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Giroro- Ganrougel

Keroro- Kurse

Dororo- Aldmora

Koyuki and Aldmora left to begin making arrangements in Koyuki's home. Aldmora was sure he wouldn't need actual accommodations like his own room and whatnot but Koyuki insisted.

"All finished!" Kurse displayed the perfected and modified toy proudly.

"How did you get so good Kurse?" Fuyuki applauded the ghost. Kurse froze at the only honest answer he had. Even Ganrougel and Natsumi flinched. Fuyuki noticed the sudden chill in everyone's mood. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing just... It's my family business to make toys and..." Kurse shuddered as he quietly began to explain.

"Kurse you don't have to relive it." Ganrougel's voice was soft. He took a step closer to Kurse.

"He named me Curse... as if I were a curse on the family. I couldn't make toys while I was alive, but now I have time to perfect them I guess." Kurse looked up with tears running down his cheeks but he forced a smile.

"I'm sorry." Fuyuki held his breath. He couldn't bare to see so much pain in a person. "You don't have to say any more."

"It's alright... you didn't know what I went through." Kurse looked down again, his face cast in shadow. He wiped his cheeks before putting on a goofy smile again. "At least tell me you guys have a better family than mine. Ok?"

Fuyuki and Natsumi didn't know how to respond. Eventually Fuyuki just nodded, smiling back. "You can be a part of it too, I'll be your friend."

"Really?" Kurse lit up with happiness. He hugged Fuyuki as tight as he could without phasing through him. "I knew you were an awesome guy!"

Natsumi turned to Ganrougel. "We're the only pair who hasn't hugged today and don't expect one either."

"Wha-" Ganrougel was taken by surprise at her words. "Tch, I won't; and don't expect me to get emotional with sappy background stories."

"Fine with me." Natsumi smirked and stuck out her tongue. Ganrougel crossed his arms, confused and annoyed by the human girl.

"Come on guys~ It makes you feel nice and warm inside." Kurse danced around almost singing his words.

"You can't just force an emotionally bonding moment, Kurse. Especially with Natsumi." Fuyuki chuckled.

"And what does that mean?! Are you saying I can't have feelings?!" Natsumi stood up and nearly throttled her brother.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that." Fuyuki whimpered.

"Good!" Natsumi stood confidently and huffed. Kurse floated through the room casually relaxing with his legs kicked up and his arms behind his head. Ganrougel watched the sibling quarrel, confused and yet... something else. He tried to figure out what it was. An odd sensation in the back of his skull, it wasn't comfortable in the least and pestered him.

"What's wrong?" Natsumi asked. Ganrougel focused on the real world once more to notice she was closer to him, leaving Kurse and Fuyuki talking about something else in the background. "You look hurt."

"I'm not hurt." Ganrougel tried to tear his misted eye away from her warm caramel gaze. It seemed to glue him to her while she looked completely innocent.

"You were thinking of something and it made you looked angry and betrayed." Natsumi whispered between them with her arms crossed. Her gaze was stern and unmoving.

"Hey-" Ganrougel felt his muscles tense under her control. No human challenged him until he met her. "I thought we said no emotions. I-I don't even remember what it was."

"Are you sure?" Natsumi took half of a step back, not wanting to leave him if he really needed help.

"You're just... really confusing human." Ganrougel sighed. Hoping she would leave it at that.

"You're supposed to call me by my name now." Natsumi giggled lightly and stuck her tongue out once again.

"Right, my apologies Natsumi." Ganrougel grinned.

"And I was just teasing you earlier, I would never abandon a friend who needed help and consoling." Natsumi laced her arms behind her back. "I'm tough but not stoic. Like you seem to be when you know someone can see you."

"I'm like that all the time." Ganrougel stated.

"Except whenever I glance at you and you think no one is looking, you're so deep in thought. I can see your emotions then, makes you easier to read." Natsumi winked.

"Uhh... That's just because I was looking for new marks." Ganrougel spat out the first excuse he could think of.

"Are you always so ready for combat? You're like a soldier on the front lines." Natsumi sighed. Ganrougel's body locked up; his single eye was wide and seemed to look past Natsumi. He clenched his fangs as a look of disgust transformed his expression. "What's wrong? What did I say?"

"I-I'll never be like them..." Ganrougel looked down. The skin on his left arm was becoming darker. He trembled and forced himself to press against the wall. Natsumi stepped back, fearful of what he was going to do. The ribs on his side dug into him. His horns twisted, pushing out through his flesh. Ganrougel choked in pain.

"KURSE! HELP HIM!" Natsumi shouted. Her body locked up, untrained to react for such a thing. Kurse appeared by her side, solemn and cold.

"I can't. This is what happened the last time he started to remember." Kurse spoke quietly.

"Remember what?" Natsumi clenched her teeth.

"How he died." Kurse watched as Ganrougel curled down. The bones protruding from his spine began to jam further in, one by one. Black blood started to drip down his body. "He's remembering how he became a monster."

"You mean he wasn't born a monster?" Natsumi forced her words out as Ganrougel grunted. She couldn't take her eyes away even when Fuyuki startled her and hid his eyes in her back. She couldn't blame him for hiding from the sight.

"He told you about how he just woke up one day hunting betrayers and greedy humans right? Well think, what kind of person suddenly wakes up knowing what they have to do and understanding the darker side of the world? It would have to be someone who was tortured so much in their prior existence that they blocked all of their memories.

Aldmora and I started noticing that when Ganrougel had a soldier marked he would act differently. We eventually confronted him and asked if he had a grudge against soldiers. That's when he started doing this. He shouted that he would never be like them and soon he did..." Kurse pointed to Ganrougel who was pulling on the bones and horns of his body.

"GET IT OFF! I DON'T WANT IT IN ME!" Ganrougel almost pried the ribs loose. His skin was torn from his clawing, spilling even more of his own blood. A small sample splattered on Natsumi's cheek.

"Soon he should stop, and then he'll forget it all again. Aldmora and I were too scared to try again. We never told him it happened." Kurse's eyes grew darker with guilt. "Last time he almost cut his hooves clean off."

Natsumi couldn't bare to imagine the gruesome event. She slowly bent down, leaving Fuyuki to turn his head away. She took a moment to breath as steadily as she could. She carefully reached forward. Ganrougel flinched and stopped pulling on himself when he felt Natsumi's hand on his shoulder.

"Its me, Natsumi. No one's going to do anything else to you. You hear me?" She spoke softly but unafraid. She hated seeing the one thing she was absolutely frightened of all through her childhood being so weakened by something he couldn't even remember. Ganrougel slowly looked up to her. Natsumi could see the details of his crude stitches, the harsh scrapings in his hollow eye socket. She thought about how he specifically repeated his targets as betrayers. How Kurse and Aldmora seemed to have habits focused on how they felt. Someone did this to him didn't they? Someone turned their back on him and it lead to his death. "Forget about whoever hurt you... Screw them! I know you're better. You're stronger and more honorable! Don't forget that ok?!"

Ganrougel's eye softened, his eyelid slowly closed as his body became weak. He fell forward into Natsumi's arms. Natsumi tensed, unsure of what to do as the black blood seeped into her clothes. She slowly placed her hands on his back, careful not to touch any open wounds.

"Kurse... what do I do? How do I help him?" Natsumi whispered with her eyes downcast in shadow.

"I don't think you can do anything for him." Kurse stared gravely down at his friend. "It's his curse. He has to go through this."

-Thanks to Shodow17 who helped me pace Natsumi's feelings better-