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Recap: "Nana he was raped."

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"He was what?" Nana asked horror struck. Husky, not Husky, oh god not him.

"He was raped Nana when he was only eight years old. Jenna told me." Nana looked like she was about to cry.

"Who would do such a thing?" Duchess blinked.

"Windai."

"Who?"

"Windai was a Kim-un-kur wolf plus anima. Windai was captured by Sailand slavers and exchanged from master to master until she came to Asteria. When she became a servant of Lady Craza her name was changed to Wendy for convenience."

"Wendy, wait." Nana remembered her dream of the girl with the scruffy brown hair with green glass beads in it.

"I should have known that you would have heard of her. Jenna told me that she was a bit twisted from the beginning that she had taken a sickening interest in Majesty and preyed on his desire for a sister/mother figure. She was on the edge from the beginning, eventually she just snapped. She was kind of like your friend Senri. She planned to take him as a mate; she found his innocence and purity alluring like forbidden fruit. When she tried to escape with him but they were attacked and she lost the paper thin layer of morals protecting the child from her. She became nothing more than an intelligent beast. She raped him there and left him." Duchess paused then proceeded.

"Jenna told me they found him the next morning, his clothes nothing but scraps, he was completely unresponsive, they thought he was dead. For days he slept and ate very little and anyone who approached him had to make their presence known otherwise he would end up screaming for hours, crying too. One day he just up and vanished, nobody knew where he went." Nana started to cry.

"Nana?" Duchess whispered. Nana stood up and wiped her eyes.

"How could he stand that?"

"Nana." Nana ran out of the room. Nana couldn't see she just ran blindly from place to place. She kept sobbing, she heard several voices. She didn't care at all she kept running. Nana stopped when she felt delicate but strong hands take hold of her shoulders.

"Nana? What's wrong?" It was Husky; she threw her arms around him and just cried. Husky held her and rocked her back and forth. She blushed at the feeling of letting him hold her, stroking her hair, whispering. She pushed her hands further up his back pulling him closer, she shouldn't be the one given comfort, she should be giving it.

"Nana?" He blushed when she hugged him hard.

"Husky, why didn't you tell me? Don't you trust me?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I know what happened between you and Wendy." Nana felt Husky stiffen. Then he threw her aside.

"Dammitt! What happened with me and Wendy is none of your concern!" He hollered covering his ears; he looked like a frightened child. Nana was not going to stand for that she stood up and grabbed his arm. There was no way she was going to let him leave.

"Husky, I know that it must be hard for you but you will never get over it if you don't talk about it."

"Let go of me!" He shouted Nana clutched his arm and shook her head furiously. He kept trying to thrash out of her grip. Nana noticed out of the corner of her eye that some came to see the commotion but all of them were pushed away by older kids. Eventually he stopped thrashing and knelt down. Nana came down to his level; he grabbed her shoulders and rubbed his face against hers.

"Nana…" He whispered pulling his face away.

"I'm sorry." He touched his cheek to hers once before pulling away. Nana could see a few tears get past his eyes and roll down his porcelain cheeks. He got up wiped them away hastily before retreating to his room. Teresa pushed her way through the crowd ran up to him. She took his hand and spoke to him in Sailand tongue; she then proceeded to latch on to his arm. She glared at Nana then led Husky away.

"That's why I didn't want you to tell your friends, he didn't even tell me. Jenna told me."

"Is it really that hard?" Duchess regarded her with interest.

"You really don't understand, do you?"

"Hm?"

"What happened to him is one of the most scarring experiences there are. Many of the children I've taken in were held prisoner by brothels. One or two of them barely know how to function outside in a kinder world. Many a brothel tried to recruit me, but Joseno protected me."

"Duchess……"

"Having a beautiful face makes people like Majesty and I admired. The flip side is that having a pretty face put us in danger of people hurting us. If it weren't for Joseno I wouldn't still be pure, but I would trade my purity for Majesty's any day." Nana looked as if she couldn't understand.

"Duchess?"

"Hm?"

"Why, out of all the children here, did you take Husky in as a son?" Duchess blinked.

"I guess it's because he has the same pain in his eyes as I do." A wind of new ideas and conclusions blew through, Duchess looked sad even though she was smiling. Nana involuntarily shook at the pain in her eyes, she was right it was the same as Husky.

"Nana!" It was Cooro, she felt as if she hadn't seen him in ages.

"What's wrong with Husky, Nana?"

"He's just upset; he'll be fine soon enough." Senri ran up.

"Husky?"

"He'll be okay."

The next morning Husky went out with Teresa, after a brief argument with Nana she tagged along. The walk throughout the slums was a quiet one, Teresa could barely talk and the other two didn't feel like talking. Nana wondered where they were going until they stopped in front of a small store, there were no windows, just a door, with bars that made another door. Husky walked in and he smiled at the woman behind the counter. There were a pair of children playing on the floor, Husky knelt down and patted their heads of filthy brown hair.

"Hello Ms. Kane, I need the usual for the main house." He smiled, the woman blushed slightly.

"Of course, I haven't seen you in awhile Majesty, where have you been?"

"Oh I left for business reasons, I came back to see Duchess."

"Ah yes, Lady Duchess, yes things have definitely become better, since she came around." She smiled fondly. She picked up a few crates and placed them on the counter.

"Here you are. Give Lady Duchess my regards."

"Of course Ms. Kane, Jane, Mary." The children giggled. Husky waved good bye while holding a crate, Nana and Teresa were holding crates of food as well.

"Husky?"

"Hm?"

"Are those girls Ms. Kane's daughters?"

"Yeah why?"

"Well she's not married is she?"

"No."

"Then, where are the children from?"

"First one as conceived when Jaclyn worked at a brothel, then she ran away. She was taken in by a married couple without children and lived with them until they were killed during a brawl. The second one was forced on her too."

"Oh. People here are really sad."

"Yeah, that's the slums for you." They walked in more silence carrying the crates. Teresa came closer, hearing the cries and screams of many people. Nana had to admit she felt scared too. Never in her life had she been in such a frightening place. She subconsciously edged close to her group. They heard a scream nearby and Nana good see a girl running in the distance, she staggered when Husky placed his crate on hers and ran toward the girl.

"Husky!?"

"Majesty?!" They watched in surprise as he beat up the thugs using some form of martial arts. Teresa and Nana struggled to catch up under the weight of the crates. The girl was pretty, blood-red hair, and ivory skin. Oddly enough she was wearing a nightgown, or it appeared to be. Her hair was tied in a side ponytail with a fancy tassel.

"Husky?" Much to the surprise of both girls he picked up the girl by her collar.

"Are you stupid or something?! What were you thinking running around here on your own!? I mean….." He trailed off getting a good look at the girl. She had her eyes screwed shut.

"Elda?" She opened her eyes, shining bright green like spring leaves. She looked him in utter confusion and awe.

"Meho?" She paused, Husky let back on her feet.

"No, you're not Meho, you're her brother." Husky smiled.

"Yup."

"But you're supposed to be dead."

"I guess not. Huh sis?"

"Sis?!"

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(A/N I want to end it here, but I can't help myself!)

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"So this is Elda Majesty?" Joseno asked bemusedly. They had surprisingly made it back in one piece. Teresa ended up carrying the extra crate while Husky was carrying Elda for she had no shoes.

"Yeah." He stared at the redhead who was sipping tea.

"Majesty often spoke of you. I apologize for not having better quality tea; life here is getting by, not extravagance." Elda blinked. She fiddled with a brilliant red lock.

"I don't mind at all, but I'm surprised since you apologize for tea you don't address me by title. I suppose he told you we're not related." Duchess chuckled, and Husky straightened up.

"Don't be stupid Elda, you're my sister, just as much as Meho!" Duchess put her hand on his shoulder.

"The reason I didn't address you by title was not because you're not his biological sister, even then I would have to address you as Lady. The reason was because I respect you as a person not some mere figure in the world."

"Why do they keep calling you Majesty, or Husky? First of all you always got ticked off at Keen whenever he called you Husky, second of all that's not your name!" Husky took a sip of his tea.

"Che, of course they aren't. I can't go around having my real name, people are looking for me. For your information Elda, I didn't choose my aliases, they were thrust on me; Majesty, Silver, Divinity, Gemma, Husky all of them." Everyone paused.

"Gemma?" Teresa asked.

"Don't ask." He sighed. Elda stuck out her bottom lip, pouting.

"You've changed you're nowhere near as playful and sweet as you used to be." He scoffed.

"A lot can happen in six years." Elda raised her eyebrows.

"Your mother would be disappointed." He jerked, she smirked.

"I guess one thing hasn't changed, you're still a mama's boy." He glared at her.

"Don't call me that."

"Mama's boy, mama's boy!"

"Damnit Elda, you're dead!" He chased her around the room.

"Shouldn't we, uh, stop them?" Nana asked; Duchess chuckled in reply.

"No, they're just having some fun."

"Gotcha!" Husky yelled as he pinned Elda. She sighed dramatically.

"Considering we're not related, this could be seen as scandalous." There was a pause.

"But we are related."

"You know, only you, Meho and your mother actually consider me a relative."

"If it weren't for my mom I probably would be like the rest of our siblings, I'd probably be like Keen." He got up and walked away.

"I don't think you're giving yourself enough credit."

"I do."

"Hey aren't you going to introduce your friends to me?"

"No. They can do it themselves." He walked out the door.

"He has really changed; he's more mature than he used to be."

"Lady Elda, would you like us to find you some better suited day clothes?" Joseno asked smiling.

"Uh yes, thank you and you can call me Elda." She stood up and looked at Teresa and Nana.

"He's becoming more like his father every day." She followed Joseno out of the room.

"His father?" Teresa and Nana whispered in unison, and then proceeded to glare at each other.

Much to Nana's dislike Elda's arrival didn't stop Husky from spending almost all his time with Teresa hanging off his arm like a leech. Nana could never get Husky alone he always had Teresa with him. She noticed that Elda looked at her with curiosity; she seemed close to her friend but was not specific on how close they were. Nana also noticed that Elda regarded Teresa with some jealousy as well. One morning Nana felt herself being shaken awake. She opened her eyes find blue ones staring into hers, for a split second she thought it was Husky, but then realized it was Teresa. Teresa's eyes were more washed out and pale than Husky's.

"What?" she asked groggily.

"Nana come with Teresa now!"

"Why?"

"Majesty and Elda is fight!"

"Do you mean that Husky and Elda are fighting?"

"Yes! Yes! Nana come with Teresa now, yes?"

"Sure why not?" She grumbled. Teresa grabbed Nana's arm and dragged her through the halls to where Husky (and Teresa) was sleeping at night. Nana heard a lot of yelling, then disappointed murmurs. They were speaking in Sailand tongue.

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Princess: I like the feedback I'm getting from this story. I introduced a truckload of characters in the last two chapters. More to come! I kind of thought that Husky would be the type that would attract of a lot of female attention(whether he likes it or not) as the cool, beautiful, intellectual, and good fighter. Heck if he were my age and less rude I wouldn't mind being in Nana's position! ; 3 The horror story is in production stages so look for that soon!

Review Time!

-BabyBubbly-: Yes men can be raped, it's more often different then women. I expected people to hate Teresa.

Shadow793: I'm just awesome like that. Whether or not they get back together, well, that's up in the air for the readers, a definite to me. Yeah, you're going to only hate Teresa more in the coming chapters. Haha!

Twilinden: I shall, I shall!

SasuxSaku: Thanks for all the reviews! Reviews mean a lot to authors. I shall update soon, and yes he was raped. He's mostly recovered though.