Yasha rubbed blurry eyes, he was a demon, however, he wasn't conditioned to long nights of fighting psychically or verbally. He longed to be in his bed, but he couldn't, he had so much to do, he had to write reports and have his mother and father sign off on them.

He blinked owlishly at the sight of a tray of food and a person, sitting at his desk.

"I know we haven't known each other long, but I felt you needed food and a friend." Hermione explains "I couldn't sleep either way."

Yasha came over and sat down in the chair, Hermione pulled over another chair. "Why couldn't you sleep?"

"Worried, what is going to happen? Is the Council agreeing on anything?" Hermione questions as she looked at Yasha.

"What's going to happen is as much as its going to be a pain in the arse to me, we're sending you home, there are going to be a few Slayers guarding your home just in case. Noriko's seeing to that personally, seems you won a place in her stone heart. The Council is still debating on whether or not it should be an all out war, which means demons could die. I'm not going to sugar-coat anything. This is life and I have to prove I'm strong enough to defend my people, Mother is frantic with worry over Harry, Keiko and you, she's thinking about sending Harry to Ron's for the duration of this battle. Father is breaking out his sword, he hasn't donned in centuries. He even is requisitioning new armor, he's going to be training to get his reflexes back to what they were." Yasha explains, as he ate between explaining. He wrote out reports too.

"Why is me being away going to be a pain for you?" Hermione questions

Yasha turned haunted eyes at Hermione, the pre-teen girl gasped as she seen someone, who was in emotional pain. "Because there is a part of me, that likes you more then I should. I don't want to be apart from you, but I know you have to make the decision yourself. You are smart for your age, we're only two years apart. But my species is different then yours. We don't chose our lifepartners on a whim."

A few days later, Harry was sitting in the garden by himself. Hermione was taken home, and Yasha's mood turned sour whenever he caught the faint scent of Hermione.

Everywhere around Harry was a flurry of guards, Slayers working with the demonic guards, even his parents were returning to the old ways, they were in training grounds practicing, he was at a loss, he couldn't fight, he couldn't protect himself. Even now, he wasn't really alone, Sara and Noriko were shadowing him. The Slayer-Witch used her magic to set up protections to ward off anyone, who tried to get into the Estate with ill intent.

"You look blue." a familiar voice states, Harry turned hoping to see Kikyo, but he was slightly disappointed when it was his sister-in-law Topaz. She wasn't protected by guards.

"Hello, Topaz."

The wolf demon came over and crouched down in front of Harry, "I guess, you haven't learn my real name, since we've met."

Harry shook his head.

"Its Kikuko." Topaz replies, "It means child of chrysanthemum."

"I see why you chose to be called Topaz." Harry replies

"Yeah." Topaz replies

"Why are you out here, instead of being with Alison?" Harry questions

"I'm not here as Ali's girlfriend, I'm guarding the Heir of the Wolf-demon tribe, I'm playing guard to my brother. He's in the Heir's Council right now. A lot of sibling guards are here." Topaz responds, she held out her hand. "You need to make more friends, so I decided to show you, our hangout."

Having grown up in the palace, Harry knew just about every place, he didn't normally go into the wings that were reserved.

A group of people looked up as Topaz entered, dragging Harry along.

DarkPriestess66: If anyone has a character or ideas to add, I will add it to my fic.