Evey: "AGHH...I haven't added anything for a while!!" runs around in circles from depression.

Pudding and Tart: sit happily, not even noticing poor Evey's psychological needs

Evey: gets all sad and mopes around the house, throwing tantrums over random events and things. Flings herself on the couch and cries

Pudding: finally notices that Evey is having an emotional break down and leaves Tart's side to tend to Evey's inner wounds "It's okay Evey. You're here to narrate this chapter. So hop to it."

Tart: stares at Pudding in disbelief "I can't believe she left me to see if Evey was okay."

Evey: spots Tart's distress from afar and makes a funny face, sticking out her tongue and pulling down the bottom of her eye with her pointing finger "Nanny Nanny boo boo."

Pudding: shakes her head and looks back at the viewers, introducing the chapter "Read read read read read!!!!"

CHAPTER TEN

Pudding blinked. She looked dumbstruck for a moment then, without warning, she stomped her feet, turned her body towards Tart, and yelled a refusal. "Na No Da! That's not fair. Ryou does not have the world to give. How could you request that?"

She watched as he stared down at her and they caught each other's gaze. She shivered by the emotion she saw there. It looked like eyes of anger mixed with...love? It made her do a double take but then she remembered her question. "Answer it."

He rose his chin a little and continued to glare down at her with his fierce eyes, telling her that he wasn't going to let it slip anytime soon. "Answer what?"

Beginning to loose her cool, Pudding took two deep breaths before continuing. "The questions I just asked, you lack wit."

Tart's eyes narrowed at being called stupid, but instead of saying it, he reversed the question. "I do not remember you asking anything worth answering. Please restate the question and I will see if it is worth my time to answer it." He smiled sweetly. It was something Pudding never thought that she would see.

She yelled her well known words once again, "NA No Da!" She then looked around the room at hearing the sound of footsteps stampeding towards them. Knowing who it was, she stepped forwards and opened her arms wide, expecting her siblings to run into them.

Soon enough, four small figures moved down the hall at top speed, tackling Pudding and pulling Tart down on top of them from the strain on the leash. It took him a while to figure out what had just happened but after a bit, he pulled himself off of Pudding. Giving her a half-hearted smile, he let go of the leash and stepped on it, still keeping her under his power.

Staring up at Tart, Pudding pouted her lips and huffed, "Damn it. I'm not going to run away with these kids holding me down."

He smirked then started to chuckle in a deep, soothing tone. "I doubt that you can't escape. You've got the Monkey."

"Hey sister? What does "the Monkey" mean." Her younger brother asked slowly as if trying to understand what it meant while he asked.

Pudding's eyes shifted from Ryou to Tart and down to her siblings. "Umm...," she began.

Tart burst out with laughter and braced himself against a chair, holding himself up. "The Monkey is a disease in which you slowly turn into a monkey, little by little." Tart managed to get out in between gasps for breath.

He was kidding and Pudding could tell that, but she still blushed brightly from the embarrassment and anger that rose up in her. She slowly rose from the ground but still had to look up at Tart. Being short wasn't helping to increase the fierce look. In fact, Pudding thought it lessened it. "You are a jerk."

"And you need to learn the consequences of personal space." Tart replied, then bent down and kissed her so fast that she hadn't noticed he did so until Mint and Lettuce started shrieking. She stood there shocked, paralyzed and staring into his smiling face. Turning to face her siblings who were piled together on the floor, her eyes widened at their expressions. All with their mouths wide open and not believing what they saw.

She faced Tart again with a vengeful look, eye twitching. "You ass," was all she managed to get out before tackling him to the ground. Before she could hit him, he caught her hand and pulled her in for another kiss, licking his lips afterwards. She screamed in his face. A high pitch sound that could crack a window and maybe a couple of ear drums.

She aimed to hit him again but was pulled off him by two strong pairs of hands. Tart was still holding onto the leash so they couldn't pull her very far. He started laughing as he stood up to tower over Pudding.

She looked up at him, then slide sideways as her younger sister jolted towards Tart to save the day. Pudding did not know how she knew it was coming and did not know why she moved out of the way before something happened.

Her sister had the palms of her hands against Tart's stomach in attempt to push him away from pudding. Her face was turning red from the strain but Tart continued to stand and stared down at her helpless form. Picking her up gently by the underarms, he held her up so that her head was at his eye level and her feet were dangling freely in the air. "And what are you doing, young lady?", he asked in a mellow voice.

"Let me go, you meany-head!", her sister screamed before leaning forward to bite him on the arm.

Tart yelled out in pain, followed closely by, "Dammit!" He then set her on the floor carefully and examined the bite mark while the little girl ran to hide behind her other three siblings. Tart looked up with a flustered look, then chuckled as he said, "She made me bleed. You've obviously taught them something, Pudding."

Pudding gave him her best innocent and pretty smile before responding. "Only to defend themselves from people like you."

Tart bent down and picked up the leash, jingling it to hear the chain links clashing. "A lot of good that did in the end, right?" He returned the smile and saw Pudding's scowl before facing Ryou. His smile faded. "So. Have we come to terms?"

Ryou's eye twitched as if he wanted to save Pudding but couldn't for the sake of their planet. He really didn't want to make this decision. "I...", he managed to get out before Pudding's feet started to raise off the ground.

"I do not wish to be sold, bought, or promised. It's my life.", She stated clearly as her eyes began to dilate.

END OF CHAPTER TEN

Evey: "HAPPY LATE HALLOWEEN!!! I was meaning to have this chapter done on Halloween so that the people who don't go trick-or-treating had something to do...but I went trick-or-treating myself...tee hee...I got lots of candy...yummy...not like I'm going to end up eating it...My parents will most likely eat all of it...but I don't care...I'm not a big fan of sugary stuff..."

Tart: stares at her procrastination "You lazy bum...just when things were getting good, you stop for a LONG period of time and leave me and Pudding in the Cafe to ransom her!"

Pudding: "...I feel like I'm being used in the story..." cries

Evey: huggles her and pets her head like she was a dog "Its okay...I promise."