The next day Cetrix and Jaquez had their meetings with Serah and they didn't have to meet with Erza and Minerva, which gave them both hope that Dementia and Gnash of not meeting Minerva. For Gnash it will give him more than enough reasons to have Naivah stay in the community as for Dementia, it will be a competition of who will be the rightful mother of Naivah.

"Where's Naivah?"

Cetrix closed his eyes.

"Dementia has her, she said that they were going to be outside of the gate in that tower as a safe place for Naivah in case if she needs a place to run to."

Outside of the Gate

Naivah and Dementia were both walking through the woods to the tower that was nearby.

"Now Naivah, this tower that we're going to should be alright for you to hide in case if Gnash finds out about anything."

Naivah nodded then they saw the tower and Dementia spoke.

"Well the tower seems to be solid."

They both went to it and Dementia looked at her.

"Alright go inside and I'll look around out here, just to be sure we weren't followed."

Naivah nodded then went inside of the tower.

The lookout tower was a stone made tower home that had a couple flight of stairs. After the first set of stairs was a kitchen area then it led to another flight of stairs and then to a door. Naivah was surprised to see that the door was open then she entered into what looked like a hallway. There two large bedrooms and each room had a bathroom and a bed for someone to stay the night in. She went further only to see another flight of stairs only to see a single large bedroom. She then looked up at the ceiling of the room to see a way up to the attic.

She carefully pulled the rope only to see a roof ladder come down then she went into the attic.

Naivah blinked when she saw that the attic of the tower had windows, well it was a lookout tower after all. She figured that whoever worked in the tower must have been taking a break, but where?

"Naivah?"

Naivah went pale when she heard her name. Not because her name being said but who it was that said her name. She turned to look over her shoulder only to see Minerva sitting in a far corner polishing a few weapons.

Minerva smiled in excitement as she motioned her daughter to come to her.

Naivah became scared and took a step back but only to bump into something. She looked behind her to see Erza smiling at her.

"Hey there."

Naivah was about to take off but Erza stopped her.

"Stay here for a bit, we wanted to talk to you."

Erza picked Naivah up and sat her on the large bed that was there. Erza then smiled as if nothing was wrong and patted Naivah on her back.

"I can't believe how big you've gotten."

Naivah just looked at her in confusion then Erza offered a snack.

"Cake?"

"U-Um no, thank you."

Minerva just looked at them then she put the blade she was polishing down. After doing so she went to Naivah and embraced her. Naivah had flinched at first and tried to push Minerva off but her struggling was in vain since she knew for a fact how strong her mother was.

"Please…let go…"

Erza just looked at them. She knew that Naivah was afraid of her mother but she watched as Minerva stroked her daughter's head. Minerva had a sad smile on her face as she held her daughter in her arms.

"It's alright, you don't need to be afraid."

Erza then lowered her head as she spoke.

"I know you're afraid of your mother Naivah, you have every right to be but please give her chance to explain."

Naivah soon began to have tears streaming down her face then Minerva pulled herself away to look at Naivah. She gently cupped her daughters' cheeks with her clawed hands as she leaned closer.

"Naivah, what is it? Why are you crying?"

Naivah looked at her.

"This place….were you here this…whole time?"

"No, Erza and I have just arrived to this place a couple weeks ago."

"…where did you go…..why did you leave….like that?"

Minerva still had that hurt expression on her face as she spoke.

"It's a very long story."

Erza looked at Minerva.

"Minerva, talk to your daughter. You may not have another chance with your daughter."

"You got that right."

All three of them looked over to see that Dementia was glaring at them and Jaquez was with her. Naivah looked at her and spoke.

"Dementia, this is my mother."

Dementia's eyes didn't leave Minerva as she spoke.

"I noticed."

Erza stood up.

"They were talking."

Dementia motioned for Naivah to come to her and Naivah did so. Dementia glared at Minerva then spoke.

"Don't you ever come near Naivah again."

Erza blinked in shock.

"Who are you to say that? Minerva is her mother."

"I've seen dogs give birth but that doesn't make them mothers. Naivah isn't just some coat that you can wear whenever you feel like it. Do you have any idea how lucky you are to even know that your daughter is alive?"

Erza stepped forward.

"Minerva's not to blame here, I have to share blame as well. I was the one who told her to leave naivah at the shelter."

Dementia glared even more while Naivah's eyes widen.

"What?"

Erza went on.

"Minerva never wanted to Naivah there but I told her to."

Dementia picked Naivah up and held her in her arms as Naivah clung onto her. Dementia glared at both women.

"You had the privilege to have a child to call your own and you let someone else to tell you what to do with your child when your own daughter needed you the most."

Minerva stood up then spoke.

"The group we were with all had children but in the end Erza and I are the only members left."

Dementia shook her head.

"I would admit it. Every child deserves a parent, but not every parent deserves a child. Let me warn you one last time."

Erza and Minerva looked at her and Dementia went on.

"If I catch you near Naivah again, I hope you have a request on how you want to die."

Jaquez blinked then he and Dementia both left taking Naivah with them. After they were gone Erza went to Minerva and hugged her as they were on the floor.

"Minerva, it's going to be alright. We'll think of something to get Naivah to meet with you."

Minerva looked up at her with tears streaming down her eyes.

"Promise?"

"I promise."

Minerva held onto Erza then they went to the bed and laid in it.

That night Dementia was sleeping with Naivah while Jaquez was in the living room with Cetrix. Gnash had already went to bed. Cetrix looked at Jaquez in curiosity then spoke.

"So what happened? Dementia looked kind of pissed off when she came in."

Jaquez smiled at him.

"You should have been there. Dementia told off Naivah's mother and her friend."

"Really what did she say?"

"She said things like 'Naivah isn't some coat that you can wear when you want' and she threatened to kill them if they come too close to Naivah."

Cetrix sweat dropped.

"Mother level: Mama bear."

"Yep. What other remark you have for this?"

Cetrix looked away.

"There is nothing scarier than a mother protecting their young. Good night."

"Good night."

AN: Chapter 10 is done! Let me know what you think and I will update soon!