Notes: I know that no one actually reads what I have to say. But here we go again anyway. I feel that before I start today's episode I should take a moment to explain some of my motivations and inspirations.

For those who may be curious, father fang, although his personality is of my creation, the character model came to me one day as I was watching music videos. In my usual use of the web to find visual kei music, I came across a band called Versailles.

The song I heard was called the revenant choir. It was very good but what caught me was the singer. He seemed so inhuman and beautiful to me. Yet at the same time you felt he might bite your neck. I later found out that he was once the singer of a band called lareine (his name is Kamijo). They can both be found on YouTube.

But enough of that nonsense. Let's get started (L.O.R)

Today's episode of the half heartless chronicles: beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The afternoon dragged on as the sun moved slowly across the sky above. The town was bustling with people and noise. Sora couldn't help but feel a little crowded. After the usually silent traverse town, the empty forests, and the trips through the quite of gummi space, so many people about at once took him by surprise. Atticus seemed a little bit uncomfortable as well. He never liked crowds very much. So many humans together made him uneasy.

If there was one thing he knew as a half heartless it was, that if you let humans get together in large groups for long periods of time, sooner or later something is bound to go wrong.

Horribly, horribly wrong.

Oh well, he had more things to worry about. He was pulled from his thoughts by the feeling of someone pulling on his sleeve. He looked at Sora that being the first obvious option, and found him a few steps away looking at a produce stand. Then the tug came again and he looked down. There looking up at him was a little girl with big shiny eyes and her brown hair up in pigtails. Before he could ask anything she held up a small velvet bag that he usually kept safe in his coat. It had probably fallen out of the pockets of the pants he was wearing.

"Well, well thank you. It wouldn't do to have lost that."(For you see he kept his star map in it)

"So it seems I am in debt to you my small lady. Let's see what seems a fitting reward?" Sora had turned around and was watching him with a smile. He truly was nothing like the other half heartless and seemed to radiate a love for almost everything around him.

"I know what! Here hold out your hand and wish really hard my small lady." The little girl did as she was told and closed her eyes in concentration. As she did Atticus looked around real quick to make sure no one was watching and closed his fist over her hands. When he opened them a small pile of caramel candy from traverse town came out of his open palm from thin air.

"There now I think you wished hard enough. You can look now." The little girl opened her eyes and squealed with delight at her new treasure. Atticus patted her on the head and sent her off as Sora joined him again and they went on down the cobbled stone street.

Some distance off hiding behind the corner of a small building a young woman held her chest and then looked back around the corner just as the two new people in town went out of sight.

"I'm seeing things, that's it. He didn't just make those appear. He couldn't have… right?" Without knowing why she turned back down the street and making sure not to be seen began following the two of them.

Meanwhile

"You have got to be kidding me."

He had expected something a bit more menacing, maybe even a little scary. But this was just sad. Riku was standing in the gummi hanger of the brother hood's hide out, and he was really hoping the kamikaze brothers were late, because these guys were just too much. Three figures stood waiting for him by the hanger doors. The first of them was sitting crossed legged on the ground with his hands up in front of his face in a strange position with the fingers laced, as if in meditation. He was clothed in deep purple robe and a strange purple bandana wrapped around his face leaving only his eyes visible. The second one was looked like he could easily have been Riku's grandfather, he wore a worn out grey kimono in the style of a washed up ronin. His grey hair hung down over his shoulders and he wore an old Japanese style grass basket hat (the round pointed kind) that hung down over his eyes. A strange long something was bundled up in fabric and he rested it on his shoulder like a sword. But Riku was sure that it was something else since it was well over nine feet long. It was a wonder the old man could carry it.

This was a less then promising turn out so far.

The third one was the only one that showed any sign of being useful. He was tall and proud, clad in full samurai armor, blood red with the brother hood's symbol on the chest. His black hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail on the top of his head and his eyes shown with a faint light. He wore two swords on both sides of him and one on his back, for a grand total of five. The only thing off about his appearance was his face. His lips were painted a bright purple and matching makeup in cresting horns around his eyes, and it was all the brighter against the porcelain white skin common to half heartless. He was the first to speak.

"The father has assigned us to accompany you on your hunt of Ex-brother Beelzebub. These are my brothers in arms. The one on the ground there is brother Tao, the prince of illusion. This fine older gentle man is brother Sai, the wind of judgment." The old man tipped his head slightly in acknowledgement, but Tao didn't move.

"You'll have to forgive them, Tao is somewhat quite, and Sai doesn't like to say more than is necessary. Well I suppose we should get going." The third one turned to the gummi ships lined up when Riku stopped them.

"Wait, what about you?"

"What about me?"

"You didn't introduce yourself. It might help for me to know who I'm working with." Tao and Sai looked at each other and then to their companion. The armored half heartless stopped and turned to Riku.

"I guess I should, well I hate to waste time on these things but I'm sister jade, the judgment blades. Now if were through lets go.."

"Wait sister jade. Not to offend but you look and sound like a boy to me." Jade sighed and turned back to the ships and kept on walking. Riku was getting a little bit pissed off now.

"Hey how about an answer! I'm sure it wouldn't kill you to talk to me, I've had enough of the whole lot of you treating me like some kind of useless little puppy. You think I like working for freaks and mutants! Well fucking answer me!" Jade stopped and turned. But instead of looking angry there was a huge smile on his face.

"I like that. You have spunk! Fine then if you must know I am technically neither a brother nor a sister. It is just easier to call myself something and as it goes I prefer the feminine to the masculine." Riku was dumbstruck, that hadn't answered anything. Now he was just confused. Before he could open his mouth again Sai walked by and whispered in his ear.

"Jade is what we call an Androgyny, I'll explain it on the way." He had no choice but to go along with it and board the sleek black ship. Riku had the feeling that this was going to be a very strange mission.

End of this chapter.

YAY!!! Another one finished. (sigh) I have a lot of work to do just to keep up with my creative ideas. Oh well, until they perfect cloning or I learn the ninja duplication technique it looks like I have to learn to multi task. Please review