A/N: I do not own -Man :O but it is an awesome manga!

This chapter is about Leticia's past :O

And this means it's the time when her mother was alive.

Tyki and Leticia came back from the graveyard and entered the sad empty room. Tyki took off his white shirt and put it on a chair, "I'm gonna take a shower. Could you please make dinner?"

Leticia took the shirt and smiled at Tyki, "Of course papa. What will we be doing tomorrow?"

Tyki scratched his head thoughtfully and turned to Leticia, "Maybe we can go for a walk together, or you can go by yourself and do something."

"B-by myself?"

"Yeah, you don't want to be alone?" Tyki saw Leticia's worried look and smiled, "Nothing will happen to me."

"How about mama? We left her for a moment and she got hurt!" Leticia's eyes began to tear up, "I don't want you to leave me too!"

Tyki patted the crying girl's head and said softly, "I won't leave you. Nothing will happen to me, I promise."

"O…okay." Leticia said as she wiped away her tears. With that, Tyki made his way to the bathroom and Leticia went into the kitchen.

It's been a year since Leticia's mother died, and since then Tyki and Leticia have taken turns doing the house work. It was always Leticia's mother's job to take care of the house work and make the meals; Tyki and Leticia would just go around the town and maybe gamble a bit. Tyki hasn't really changed or anything, in fact he's the same as when Leticia's mother was alive. "Papa's probably hiding it." Leticia would always say, "He cares about mama, but doesn't want me to worry about him."

[After half an hour]

Tyki came down from the bedroom and greeted Leticia. "Smells good in here."

Leticia smiled back at Tyki and laid the food down. "It's just chicken and some vegetables. But I tried my best."

Tyki chuckled, "It's fine. You papa isn't so great at cooking either." Tyki sat across from Leticia and tried to not pay attention to the empty chair beside him, "So you never told me about school. How was it?"

"Same thing like always. Nothing really exciting." Leticia chewed on a piece of chicken, "What happened at work?"

Tyki owned a mining company and he also took over Dayan's (Leticia's mother) restaurant. "It was fine. Some drunk came into the restaurant and made a bit of a mess but it's fine. I got rid of him easily."

"You didn't get hurt?" Leticia asked.

"No I'm fine. Could you pass me the corn? Thank you." Leticia watched Tyki eat and thought to herself, 'I know that papa's trying hard to make me forget about mama but being like this just makes me worry.'

[9:00 PM]

Tyki tucked Leticia in, kissed her on the forehead and whispered sweetly, "Good night Leticia."

"Good night papa." Leticia smiled as she closed her eyes. Tyki walked slowly away from his little girl and once he closed the door he rubbed his temples.

His head ached and he couldn't understand why. "Ugh…"

"Mama! Mama!" Leticia ran into the kitchen with Tyki behind her. "Mama! Look what papa found!"

A gentle, beautiful woman turned and smiled brightly at her daughter. "You two are back! Mama missed you two!" she said with open arms.

The two hugged and Leticia smiled at Dayan. "Mama! Papa got me a new toy!" Leticia showed the small stuffed white butterfly and grinned, "Isn't it adorable?"

"It's wonderful Leticia." Dayan kissed Tyki's cheek and smiled, "You sure made your daughter happy Tyki."

"I do what I can." Tyki smiled, "So what did you cook for us mama?"

Dayan went to set the table and took out food. "Chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn and for dessert: Apple pie!"

"Yay!" Leticia cheered, "Can we have apple pie first?"

"No can do Leticia, we have to eat dinner first." Dayan giggled, "But you can have a taste."

Dayan took a little piece and fed it to Leticia. Tyki hugged Dayan as Leticia ate the piece of pie happily, "It looks delicious Dayan."

"Thank you Tyki." Dayan smiled at her husband, "You always knew how to treat a woman."

Tyki chuckled, "This treatment is only for you my dear." Tyki kissed Dayan's lips lightly and they both joined Leticia at the table.

[The next day]

Tyki and Leticia waved goodbye to Dayan outside of the house. Leticia grinned at her mother, "Bye mama!"

"I'll see you later sweetie!" Dayan smiled.

Tyki nodded in goodbye and at that they left. Little did they know that this would be their last goodbye…

In town Tyki and Leticia made their way to the market to buy groceries. "Papa! Look!" Leticia pretended her butterfly toy was flying and giggled, "Anjo's flying!"

"Anjo? Why do you think it's an angel Leticia?" Tyki looked at Leticia curiously. He thought she would name the butterfly something simple like snowy because of the colour.

"Because I hope that once we die, Anjo will guide us to heaven!" Leticia cuddled the toy and smiled innocently at Tyki.

Tyki smiled and hugged Leticia, "I'm glad I have a daughter like you."

"I'm glad I have a papa like you!" Leticia hugged Tyki back. "Do you think mama will be happy to know Anjo's name?"

"Of course she will."

[7:00 PM]

Tyki and Leticia came back and were absolutely horrified. "Mama!"

Dayan was on the ground and didn't look so good. Dayan was on her stomach and when Tyki nervously turned her over he gasped. Dayan was covered in black marks and her body shook. "Dayan!"

Dayan clutched Tyki's hand and when she spoke you can barely hear her. "Take…care…of Leticia…for me. I…love you…both…very much."

"Mama! You can't die! Please!" Dayan smiled sadly at Leticia and closed her eyes.

"I'm sorry…" Tyki picked Dayan up and hugged her tightly. Slowly Dayan's body turned to dust and fell apart in Tyki's hands.

"MAMA! MAMA!"

"Leticia! Leticia wake up!" Tyki shook Leticia desperately, "You're having a nightmare!"

Leticia shot up panting and held onto Tyki; sobbing through every breath. "Mama's gone…. Why did she leave…why!"

"Shh…it's alright now Leticia. It's in the past." Tyki rubbed Leticia's back to calm her down. "It's okay…"

"But I miss her papa! I miss her so much!"

"I know…. I miss her too." Tyki fought back his tears. He wasn't ready so swallow his pride yet. "I'm sorry…"

By those words, Leticia jerked her head up at Tyki, "What's wrong papa?"

"Nothing…." Tyki smiled, "Come sleep with me. I don't want you getting anymore nightmares."

Leticia nodded and got up from her bed. Tyki took Leticia's hand and brought her to his room. When Leticia was fast asleep, Tyki went into the bathroom and looked at the mirror. For a couple of months, Tyki's been having headaches and he got crosses on his forehead. While Leticia was out shopping Tyki sneaked into the closest church and asked a priest about what's happening to him. He found out it had something to do with Noah. But it was too late to do anything. Tyki's head ached even more. "Why me…. Did I do something wrong?"

Tyki stumbled onto the couch. He couldn't take it. The pain was too much; everyday it was like this. He always hid his scars from Leticia. Tyki scratched his arms harshly and blood came out, "Please…make the pain go away!"

"Certainly." A voice giggled.

Tyki looked up and saw an odd man. He had a smile that seemed as if it was plastered into his face. The man was plump, had a pinkish umbrella with him, and had a weird costume on. "Who are you?"

"I'm the Millennium Earl. Nice to meet you Tyki Mikk." The Earl tipped his hat, "I'm here to make your pain go away. Just come with me."

"What's gonna happen?"

"You'll be a Noah of Pleasure." The Earl grinned.

"P-pleasure?"

"That's right. You won't have to have this pain anymore. In fact, joining me will make your life better." The Earl encouraged.

"Papa…?" Tyki looked at the stairs and his eyes widened. Leticia was holding Anjo and had fear in her eyes, "What's happening?"

"Why, hello Leticia. I'm the Millennium Earl, I'll be taking your father if you don't mind." The Earl said without any trouble; no trouble with tearing a father and his daughter apart.

"What...?" Leticia ran to Tyki's side and hugged him protectively, "You can't take papa away! I have nobody but papa! Please don't!"

"Leticia…." Tyki hugged Leticia but pulled away. He forgot he had blood on his arms and saw blood on Leticia's clothes. Blood stained poor Anjo too. "I'm…. I'm so sorry…I have to go."

"No!" Leticia turned to the Earl and glared, "Take me with you! I won't have papa leave me!"

The Earl just stared down at Leticia but then shrugged, "Very well! You can't be in the battle field for a while but you'll be good company!"

Suddenly a flash of light occurred and Tyki and Leticia closed their eyes shut.

[A week later…]

Leticia looked at Anjo and smiled, "Seems like I can't be with you much…" the Noah set Anjo on a shelf.

Tyki knocked on the door and smiled, "Ready?"

"Yup!"

Leticia wasn't allowed to be with Tyki at first for missions but she begged and the Earl allowed her to go at least once. Tyki had a mission in Spain and they had to look for Innocence. "Do you know what they look like papa?"

"I think so…. The oversized pumpkin said I'll know when I see it." With that Tyki rose up into the air with Leticia behind him with her blood wings. Two akuma followed the pair but stayed far behind.

Once they were in Spain the two went into their white form and explored the town. Tyki flirted with a couple of women for some fun and Leticia gambled with some innocent street merchants. Finally they came to an orphanage and found the Innocence with the oldest child in the orphanage.

After Tyki killed the child, he crushed the Innocence and turned to the akuma. "Kill them and burn the place down after."

Leticia looked uncertainly at Tyki and said, "But papa…. There are innocent people here."

"We're only here for the Innocence. It doesn't matter anyway. The Earl plans to kill them off anyway." Tyki said calmly.

She looked at a group of quivering children and bit her lip. Leticia looked away and followed Tyki. "NO!"

Leticia turned and her eyes widened. The akuma attacked a little girl and the child began to have the same marks Dayan had. "Papa! They were the ones that killed mama!" Leticia tugged Tyki's sleeve and showed him the dead girl.

Tyki's eyes widened but only for a brief moment until he went back into his calm expression. "We must forget about Dayan. We're Noahs now. We can't be weak about something like a simple death."

Leticia stopped. She didn't want to be weak. Leticia's expression turned cold and grinned, "Foolish humans like them deserve to die."

"That's right…." Tyki and Leticia left the building as they heard screams and pure fear echoing through the orphanage.

Deep down though…. Both Noah's felt sadness from these dying humans every time. For both Leticia and Tyki, they had friends that were human and cared about a lot. But most of all to Leticia…. She had a mother she cared as much as she cares about her papa. Inside she didn't want to see these poor humans experiencing the feelings she had when her mother died.

But she had to ignore these feelings. She's a Noah now, and these human feelings should be pushed aside…. But sometimes these feelings will flow out of Leticia and she would lock herself in her room till the feelings go away.

A/N: Done~! That's just a bit of Leticia's past :P