Warning- there's some pretty good cursing in this chapter.

Info- FYI, all the people are gone from the streets, scared of Cooro's earlier performance.


/I'm going to kill this man./

Blanca looked warningly at Cooro, before turning to face Liam with a growl. "What do you want child?"

Liam smirked, power reflected in his eyes, "Is that any way to talk to your king?" He laughed loudly, and Husky Nana and Senrei watched angrily.

"Who the hell are you? What's your name?" Husky growled out, and Liam stopped walking.

"Shut up. I don't need to answer to insignificant bastards like you." He turned to Cooro, and grinned at the unconscious guard by his feet. "Violent much?"

Cooro growled at Liam, for once not worried at exposing his voice, "What do you want Liam?"

Liam's eyes immediately narrowed, "How do you know that name? My name is Cooro! And nothing else!"

Cooro snarled in the darkness of his hood, "And I bet Liana is Blanca now isn't she!"

Nana and Husky stared at him shocked, and he visibly flinched, realizing what he had said. Quickly, he retreated into Blanca's arms. Senrei watched him, worried, and Liam looked like he was about to flip out.

"You, you little…" He shook with anger, "How do you know about us!" Cooro wasn't about to answer, and Liam continued, calmer, "Well, it doesn't really matter, considering you'll all be gone soon."

Cooro looked up in time to see Liam eye Blanca with something that pissed him off. Lust. And before he could stop himself, he snapped. Snarling, he tore out of Blanca's arms and tackles Liam to the ground. The two bit and scratched and punched each other until Cooro pinned Liam down.

Wincing, Liam looked up furious at Cooro, but at the closeness of their faces, he managed to make out who his attacker was. His eyes widened, and Cooro say something in his eyes that satisfied him greatly.

Fear.

"You…you're…" He trailed off when he heard a girl scream his name, and looked to the side to see Liana running to him. She slammed into Cooro, who lay limp on the ground, only then realizing what he had just done.

"Brother!" Liana pulled Liam up quickly, and after shooting a quick, fearful look at Cooro, helped him limp away. She looked back ever so often, as if she expected Cooro to stand and attack her too, but each time she would see him laying there, like a puppet whose strings were cut, and she would continue on.

When they were out of eyesight, Husky and Nana stared shocked at Cooro, the boy they thought to be a timid and shy child until moments before.

Nana spoke up after a minute, "Are…are you alright?" She hesitated before stepping closer to Cooro's form. Before she could get close however, Blanca blocked her path, pain in her eyes.

/Cooro love, you have to calm down./

/Blanca./ his broken voice cut though her head, and she wept internally, /let…let her, pass./

Surprised but willing, Blanca, wordlessly, let Nana pass with a nod of her head. Nana ran quickly to Cooro's side, worried for her new friend. He leaned on her shoulder and she felt him shake as he began to cry. Without hesitating, she pulled him into her arms, and let out a sigh as he hugged her back, sobbing into her dress.

She looked up sadly at Husky and Senrei, before asking quietly, "What's wrong with him?"

Blanca looked down sadly, "He's…had many things happen to him in his short life. We…we both have, actually…" Nana looked at her apologetically, and she continued, "One thing led to another, and he changed. It only happens when he's angry. Otherwise, he's very sweet."

Nana looked down at the shivering boy in her arms, "So…he's bi polar? Or has multiple personalities?"

Blanca looked away, "Not…quite."

/Blanca…Blancaaaaaaaa./ Hearing his voice inside her head, she nodded. He was done. She walked to Cooro and helped him stand gently, wiping the tears from his face. He latched onto her, and she held him, surprised when she felt his wings tremble beneath his cloak.

/Love, your anima came out. You need to relax./ Cooro nodded, and she felt the feathery wings disappear slowly, a few stray feathers dropping from the inside of his cloak.

While they were preoccupied, Senrei moved the guard carefully into the shadows, wary of his injuries. But he saw the guard wasn't hurt apart from minor wounds, and sighed in relief.

He walked back to his friends, in time to hear Husky say, "He's mentally unstable. We shouldn't hang around someone like that."

Senrei broke his silence by saying, a bit harsher than he meant to, "It's not like it was his fault." Husky and Nana looked at him for an explanation, but he only shrugged. "Not telling."

Husky sighed, "In any rate, he's made trouble for Miranda and the rest of their family now. One shouldn't upset someone who says they're the king/queen. Even if they are kids."

Startled by his words, Blanca said "Were not her children." Before hitting herself internally. /Stupid stupid./ Cooro giggled at her, and she smiled slightly.

Husky stared at her shocked, "What? But…you live with her and eat with her and-"

"And you do the same, but you are not her children." Blanca ended. Husky blinked.

"Then why is Billy so fond of you when he hates out guts?" Blanca sighed irritated.

"We've been here longer than you three have. My…friend, and I helped his family a short time ago, and they wanted to repay us," She half lied. It was becoming harder for her to keep up the lies. Even though they already knew of their having saved Billy from Liam and Liana. She didn't understand how he didn't connect the two, but oh well, she supposed.

Nana blinked, "Wait wait wait, then you two aren't even related!"

Blanca groaned, "No, we aren't." A blush spread out on Nana's face and an identical one reached to Blanca's ears when she realized why. "Th-that doesn't mean we can't be close!"

Grinning cutely at his love's flustered face, Cooro placed a loving kiss on her lips, effectively calming her, and stunning the other three, one of who just smiled happily.

Then suddenly Nana burst out in giggles. Looking at her stunned, Husky just stood red faced. Senrei flashed a smile, humor dancing in his eyes.

Breaking the kiss, Cooro pulled Blanca into his arms, and looked amused at his friends. And his mouth stretched, and he laughed.