Leaving and Kidnapping

During the week, the team stepped up their work since they weren't going to be around for a month. The human's slave quarters were finally done and were all together liveable. There were torches set up in all the rooms so that there was enough light for everyone to see. There were windows made so that the sun could shine into the quarters, meaning the torches didn't have to be lit all the time. The bedrooms were all fixed and now had real beds that made up bunk beds for the slaves to sleep in.

The slaves were also given proper clothes and wardrobes to put those clothes in; they even put in quite a few bathrooms for the slaves to clean themselves. One of the last things the team did was install a huge stock room that was filled with food for the slaves, and toys for the slaves that were still children. The vermin and insects were all gone.

The team also made sure there was a bigger stock room for the demons food in each kitchen, since there was more than one kitchen for the demons' meal to be made. The team filled all of the stock rooms with fruits and vegetables that were unnaturally fast grown by, not only the team, but other demons as well that could control plants. Some other demons went out to hunt and filled the stock rooms with the meat they caught as well. So that the food wouldn't spoil, the team put freezing spells on certain stock rooms at certain temperatures so that the food they gathered wouldn't spoil too quickly.

They didn't do any big spells as Yoko suggested, they figured that good hard honest work never hurt anyone. So the demons and humans worked together to try and fix parts of the palace that needed fixing, helped out with the cleaning, and everything else that needed to be taken care of. All in all, when everyone found out that the teen humans were going to be leaving in a week for a month, or more, everyone worked harder to be ready when they would leave.

That pretty much well ends my report on what was happening that week, let's go and see what is going on with some of the teens.

Lacey, Lindsey, Jennah and Sophie were in the orchard that held fruit trees and were in process of gathering these fruits when they heard laughing. They looked around and saw Conan, the cat demon that had traveled with them during their year in the Forest of Doom. Conan was not alone either, there were six human children ages ranging from three to seven chasing him. The little group seemed to be having fun as the cat demon let the little kids climb all over him and tackle him to the ground.

"Looks like Conan is having fun," inquired Lacey.

"He must have been assigned to taking care of some of the kids today," mused Sophie.

"Come on girls," the three girls looked down to the ground from the trees they were sitting in to see Rebekah. She held her own basket of apples on her hip as she looked up at them, "We're leaving tomorrow so we have to do all that we can today."

"Yes mother," the four girls said in union, making all five of them laugh.

DJ and Kyle were working together, along with some demons, on one of the roofs of the palace. It seemed that Yoko had found this place and thought it was in good of a shape as he was going to get. It seemed he didn't even bother to see what kind of shape it was in, or even try to see if the place needed fixing up. So here they were, working on the roof, making sure that it no longer leaked, making sure it wouldn't blow away if there was a storm, or nature didn't tear the whole roof apart. See what happens when you leave a man in control?

"So, Kyle," called one of the demons nailing a shingle in place. Kyle looked up at him, "Have you noticed that Sahelia has been trying to get your attention lately?"

Kyle smirked, "Yes, I have noticed Carlos, it is kind of hard not to."

"So," entered another demon with fiery red hair and pale white skin, "Are you going to talk to her?"

"Maybe when I get back in a month," he replied.

There was laughter heard from all of the people on the roof. "And what about you DJ?" asked a demon with short emerald green hair and jet black eyes.

DJ smirked, "What about me? There are not that many girls here that I find interesting. Sure, most of the women here are so beautiful that you can't help but stare at them, but," DJ stopped working for a second, "I would like a woman who is not scared of work, who is not vain in her looks, stubborn, and believes in right."

"Good luck trying to find a woman like that here DJ," the same emerald hair demon said.

DJ smiled as he looked over the side of the roof and saw all the people working on the ground below. One person, out of all of them, caught his eye. The boy was far up on the roof, but he knew that the woman he saw had long blonde hair that rivalled the sun's glow. Her eyes were as brown as chocolate and had a fierce fire in them. Her name was Kassy, and she was the one person who had caught his eyes. Her skin was a pale peach and looked smooth to the touch.

DJ had met her during one of the odd jobs he was doing around the place. She was working on the same job as well and they had gotten to know each other a little. He found her attractive, funny, headstrong, and many other things that he found rather interesting. She was a human of nineteen and was like a spitfire. She was one of the humans who began to start asking for more food and better clothing for the humans to wear. The preteen knew that she was a few years older than he was, but when the month was up, he would be the right age to try to start courting her. (As most of the demons there put it.) DJ smiled with his idea and went back to working.

"Carry!" cried a four-year-old girl at the feet of Falser. She held out her arms to him as he continued to walk beside April.

Falser looked at the girl, who had pleading brown eyes staring up at him. The wolf sighed as he stopped walking and looked at the little girl, "Sally, I have carried you three times already today!"

"Carry!" the girl said as she jumped up and down on the spot, her chin length red hair bouncing along with her.

Falser looked to April for help, all she did was smile as she held a sleeping toddler in her arms. Falser looked down at the girl, who started pulling on his pant leg saying 'carry' repeatedly. Waiting for a few seconds to see if she would stop, the demon finally kneeled down in front of the girl with his back to her, "Get on."

The girl squealed as she jumped onto his back and wrapped his arms around his neck, "Thank you!"

Falser stood up, "Just loosen your grip a bit before you suffocate me."

April continued to smile as Falser continued to walk with her, "You spoil her too much, you do know that, right?"

The demon looked down at her and at the boy in her arms, "And you don't spoil Hadin?"

April blushed as she looked at the boy with chestnut hair, "He is just a toddler though," she defended.

"Yes, and you are letting him rule you. If he cries to be held, you hold him, if he cries because he doesn't have a certain toy; you give it to him until he stops."

April looked down at the boy in his arms, "He is just so adorable; you can't help but not give him what he wants."

Falser shook his head, "That is the point, you keep doing that to him and he will take advantage of you."

April looked up at Falser, "Okay than, I see your point…but you still spoil her."

Falser shook his head as he continued to walk along beside April. Can't argue with her.

"Mom? Are you going to be gone for long?" Conner asked as he watched his mother carry Calan around the room, trying to settle him down.

Nakada looked down at her son in her arms, "I should be back in at least a month Conner." The teen looked at the ebony haired boy on the futon, "It won't be that long. You and your father will be so busy that a month will just pass and you will hardly have the chance to miss me."

Conner got up from the futon and ran over to his mother, hugging her leg, "I will miss you mom. Why do you have to go?"

Nakada looked down at the boy and sighed as she placed a hand on his head, "I have to go so I can learn what I must about my powers and…"

"But you can learn to do that here! Dad can teach you! He is strong and has powers as well!" Conner looked up at his mother with tears in his eyes.

Nakada sighed as she sat down and crossed her legs. Conner crawled into her lap, and Nakada placed Calan into the little boy's arms. She then looked at the crib that held Dianna, and the baby floated from her crib and down to the three on the floor, also to be held by Conner, with his mother's help. The teen held her children close and began to gently whisper, "I also need to go so I can learn to be a good mother to the three of you. I need to grow up and be prepared for what being a parent truly means. As it is, I may seem like a good parent but I don't feel like a good parent, and that makes all the difference. If I don't feel like a good parent, than I can't be a good parent to you three. Do you understand Conner?"

The boy leaned back against his mother, holding the twins close as well. He thought over what she had said and sighed as he looked at his little brother and sister, "I suppose so."

Nakada smiled, "Besides, you don't only have me, you have your father as well."

"And if you think you are going to miss her Conner," the two on the floor turned slightly to look at said fox demon, "how do you think I am going to feel?" The fox started walking over to his little family and sat beside Nakada, wrapping his arm around the girl, "I am going to miss her as well when she's gone, even if it will be a month." He placed his hand on Conner's cheek to wipe away a stray tear, "That is why I need you to be here with me, as well as Dianna and Calan."

Conner looked up at his father, "So that we can miss her together?"

Nakada had to chuckle a little, "You two sound like I went and died."

Yoko shook his head at this and pecked Nakada's temple. Before he could say anything, Yume decided to jump onto Yoko's lap and lie down, purring quite contentedly. Conner smiled as he reached over and pet Yume's head, "Yume is also apart of our family as well."

Yume turned and stared at Conner. Yoko nodded his head, "Yes, she is like another child for us." He also began to stroke the tiger cubs back, "What do you think Nakada?"

She smiled, "Most definitely."

The Next Night

Yoko placed the twins in their cribs as Conner put on his nightshirt and smiled as the twins instantly fell asleep. The boy walked up to his father and looked up at the proud fox demon, "Dad?" He looked down at the small boy, "Can I sleep with you tonight?"

The fox hunched over and looked at the boy in the eye, "Now why do you want to sleep with me? You have Yume to sleep with if you get lonely."

Conner folded his hands behind his back as he looked at the ground, Yume sitting by his legs with her tail wrapped around her paws. "I have Yume, but you don't have anyone."

Yoko couldn't help but smile at this comment. Nakada and the other teens had left that day, so this would be the first time in a long time that he truly had slept without her by his side. Putting his large hand on the boy's small head, he spoke, "You don't have to worry about me Conner, I'll be alright on my own."

Conner looked up and stared into the man's unnatural golden eyes, "Are you sure?"

Yoko nodded his head and wrapped his arms around the small boy. They were like that for a few seconds before Yoko pulled away, "Now get into bed, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow." Conner nodded and climbed into his bed. Yoko walked to the side of the bed and tucked him in, "You have to look over the twins tomorrow by yourself remember."

Conner smiled as he nodded and snuggled deeper under the covers as the tiger cub jumped onto the bed and snuggled up to the boy. Yoko smiled down at the cub and stroked her head, "You take good care of him Yume."

The tiger made a little noise as she laid her head on her paws, "Aw dad," the ebony haired boy whined, "I can take care of myself."

A chuckle escaped the fox's mouth as he sat on the edge of the bed and leaned over so to place a gentle kiss on the child's head. "Goodnight Conner, I have to leave for a few minutes to check on something before I go to bed."

"Okay, night dad!" and Conner closed his eyes, slipping off into slumber land.

Yoko smiled at the boy as he got off the bed, took another look at the twins and left the room to check if everyone was in bed and their weren't any lost people wondering the halls.

When Yoko returned to his room, he noticed the door was slightly opened and wondered if Conner had gone to use the bathroom. When he entered the room, he saw that Conner's bed was empty, but there was something about the room that made his fur stand on end.

He saw the reason to his worry on Conner's empty bed. He quickly walked over to it and saw it was a note written on a white piece of paper.

Yoko Kurama

You destroyed everything precious to me when you murdered my entire village. You made the mistake of letting me live. Now you will fill the pain I felt as I take your children away from you. I am only sorry that they and Nakada has to suffer for your doing.

Yume

Yoko stared at the letter, reading and rereading it over and over again, not believing what it said. The fox looked over at the cradles and saw that they were empty as well, missing the occupants that had been in there not four minutes ago. Yoko fell to his knees, covering his mouth as he felt like he was going to throw-up. Suddenly, he stood up, his bangs covering his eyes as he stared at the ground. A second later, a mighty yell erupted from the room, spreading to throughout the castle, telling the intruder that was probably still inside that they had made the mistake of taking his children.

SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY!

I know I haven't updated in close to two months but between school (which covers studying, projects, homework, ect), parents (which covers school and then some), writers block and many other distracting activities and things I didn't get around to writing this story! I already had the chapter made up, but I couldn't really find the time to put it one. I have also been thinking a lot about the other stories I wish to write and I then realized that I haven't made a sequel to this one yet...AND I HAVE ONLY ONE CHAPTER LEFT TO PUT ON!

Again, I am so sorry that I haven't updated yet, but thank you to all who have reviewed and are still reading my stories despite the lack of updating and bad grammar. But I am at a crisis right now trying to figure out if I want to continue m stories. I have so many ideas and so little time to type up those ideas...I mean, I'm going to start college next year and I'm already freaked out enough as it is. I hope I will be able to continue writing stories for the people who enjoy them, but life has a away of interfering with that want and hope.

Anyways, I tried to make this chapter longer to make up for it, but I don't think I did that good of a job.

Again, sorry but I have to go soon. I'm in school during my free, and it is almost over so see ya until next time:)!