Well, I know we should have updated this story a while ago. However, things got a little crazy.

My two muses are sleeping so I am doing this chappie myself.

A lot has gone on. Not to mention my brain rather died out for a while there, which forced you readers into a long waiting period of about three months I believe.

Sorry about that.

I hope this chapter makes up for the wait.

I cannot promise it will be long but I can promise I will do my best to make this chapter one of the best.

So, here it is the tenth chapter.

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Trust

It has been a strange week. Everyone had only been on the new ship with a new crew for just a week. Everyone has met Tsuzuki's sister.

"Why didn't you say you have a sister?" Koga elbowed Tsuzuki in the side.

The elbow was rather hard as it sent a sharp pain through some parts of his body. Tsuzuki tightened up as he tried not to show just how much that elbow hurt.

The crew that ran this ship was just eight people. Ruka (Captain/Dream Weaver), Zoe (A Hydrokinetic), Haruka (Conduit/Teleporter), Arien (Shape-shifter), Belle a.k.a. Blade (Necromancer), Pardalia (Aura Perceptionest/Biokinesis), Selini (Telekinetic/Teleporter), and Angel (Chlorokinetic/Geokinetic)

Ever since Hisoka had found out who Tsuzuki really is, he has been trying his best to avoid him. Every time the man would greet him with a hello or just a wave, the boy would either hurry past him or go back the way he came. Everyone had noticed it including Ruka.

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:Two Days after that first week:

It was getting late Tsuzuki was out on deck. Lost in thought he leaned on the side rail. Staring out at a calm sea flat and easy which 'shimmers' to the horizon as the setting sun reflects off the surface like it is taking one dip before turning this side of the world over to the night sky. A gentle breeze allowed the water's surface to move freely with Manbuygna across the surface.

"Nice night," a soft voice spoke.

Tsuzuki hadn't bothered to look to see who had come to join him. He knew very well who it was. Ruka was standing right next to her little brother when he spoke.

"I don't understand it."

"I know…"

"He doesn't act the same way that he used to around me."

Ruka let out a sad sigh. "I know…"

"Did I do something wrong? Did I offend him in some way?"

"Tsuzuki look at me."

When he refused, Ruka reached out and took his head into her hands. Slowly she forced the man to look her in the face. "You did nothing wrong. Understand?"

"But why? Why won't he talk to me? Why does he run? Why doesn't he look me in the eyes? Why--" Ruka placed two soft fingers over her brother's mouth in an attempt quell his questions.

"Listen to me little brother, okay?" Once Tsuzuki had nodded, Ruka removed her fingers. "Betrayal is what's clouding the boy's heart and mind. The betrayal from his past and present hurts him. I don't know what demons he has faced in his past that would cause him this much pain." She looked out at the sea. Breathing in that salty sea sir, Ruka let her breath out. "Once a person is betrayed as much as Hisoka has been then it is hard for any person to allow themselves to get close to anyone."

Lowering his gaze the Amethyst eyed man sighed. "I see…" He turned away from his loving sister and resumed looking out to see. His elbows resting on the rails and fingers intertwined with each other, another sigh escaped those soft lips of his.

His sister placed a hand on his should. "I know it will be hard but, since it is his past and present that hurts him the most. Because of that, he needs you even more."

"That's not going to be easy, dear sister."

"Give him time, Tsuzuki. When you've spent a lifetime being hurt and betrayed by others around you, it's really hard to let that part of you go so that you can trust."

Tsuzuki found some Solace in his sister's wise words. "Thank you, Nee-san"

"You are welcome, Oni-chan," she replied. Ruka gave her younger brother a kiss on the cheek. "Just remember a scar formed by betrayal takes a lot longer and a lot of patients to heal up. Now, let's go eat."

At the mere mention of food, the youth's whole demeanor changed. He became more excited then Puppy is to have a new family. Food was one way to get into the front door of Tsuzuki's heart. However, very few knew that to get in through the side door all they had to bring was sweets. To Tsuzuki, having many sweets was apart of the food pyramid (even though it isn't).

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Yeah, I know it is rather short.

Nevertheless, I do believe it was good.

The next chapters I will have the other seven characters introduce themselves by giving them each their own chapter.

I do hope you will continue to enjoy my work.

Once again I am sorry for such a long delay.

Well anyways, I must go and you readers have a job or rather a review to do.

Goodnight all!