Disclaimer; Don't own plus anima.
NOTE: Chapter contains sexual references, don't like don't read last part! Enjoy3
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Duchess was truly beautiful and probably came from a similar background to Husky. Her violate eyes shimmered in pure loving adoration. She gently hugged him and held him for several moments. She pulled back and smiled.
"You've gotten so big." She whispered.
"Lady Duchess, Lady Duchess is he really Majesty?" A child asked.
"Yes he is."
"Did he really save Hope from a thug?"
"Yes he did, by the way Majesty I would like to see how Hope has grown." A little girl came forward hugging a stuffed bear.
"Thank you for savin me Majesty." She smiled Husky knelt and pated her sand colored hair.
"You grew up while I was gone Hope." Hope clutched his jacket giving him a toothy smile.
"Majesty, I know this isn't the best time to ask but could you do a reading for us?"
"A reading." He raised a delicate eyebrow. His companions exchanged glance, they didn't know what that meant. Was he a fortune teller or something?
"Yes, during our patrols of the port we happened upon a young mermaid like girl. We worried for her so we took her here, she won't talk, sometimes she waves her hands around, but she won't talk." Husky blinked once or twice.
"I don't need to read her to know what's wrong with her. She's from the colonies."
"The colonies Majesty?"
"After I escaped the manor I had no idea who I was and I was in the ocean. I forgot that I was human and I wandered aimlessly. During my travels I stumbled upon many settlements under the ocean. She's probably from one of them."
"But she must be able to speak unless she was changed when she was very young."
"Or unless she was never normal at all." The simple man stared.
"Never normal?" His voice was simple.
"Well when two plus anima have a child the child will be plus anima. It always happens; where I come from they're bred. When it comes to water colonies some never learn to speak, the only reason we surface is to battle surface dwellers or mate." Nana and a few older children blushed at the word mate.
"Even so I would like you to do a reading to see if she's from anywhere." Husky looked hesitant then nodded.
They walked up the stairs and Husky entered a small dark room with Duchess and his companions on his heels. There was a girl curled up in a corner her face in her arms. Her long white-blond hair draped over her body. She was wearing a white dress over her pale body. Husky took hesitant steps toward and sat in his knees. He looked at Duchess once who nodded. He pulled off his gloves and gently touched her temples forcing her to look at him. His eyes glazed over, the girl's eyes were glazed to begin with. The tension was thick. Without warning Nana saw blood trickling out from between his lips. Duchess saw this and shook him until he snapped out of it. He sat still for moment before he opened his mouth and vomited blood on the floor in front of the girl and splattering her dress. She stared at him with little interest.
"Somebody get some medicine dammit!" Duchess screamed hugging the boy. The simple man gestured and some kids ran off.
"Blood." Whispered Senri. Duchess cried softly cradling the boy.
"Is he going to be alright?" Nana whispered taking a place next to Duchess. Duchess nodded.
"He's sick, very sick. He has lesions in his stomach; they bleed until blood fills his stomach and he has to vomit out. Using his powers makes his aliment worse."
"He never had this problem before."
"He takes a medication in order to put a layer over the lesions so they don't bleed." Boy handed her some pills, the pills Husky took when they were staying with Artemis. Husky took the pills.
"Thanks." He rasped. The girl reached out clutched his arm. Husky turned and looked at the blood splattered girl.
"Teresa ." he whispered and the girl perked.
"What?" Whispered Duchess.
"Her name is Teresa. She's the daughter of Sailand traders; she fell off a boat when she was five. She can only speak Sailand tongue. She can also communicate in sign language."
"Oh. Could you speak to her?"
"Yes." He turned to her and started making a series of fast paced gestures. The girl leaned toward him making gestures as well. She sat frozen for a moment then threw her arms around him knocking him
backwards. She was crying, clutching on the boy. Husky sat up and rubbed her back humming. He said something that Nana couldn't understand.
"Let's leave them alone." Duchess pulled a reluctant Nana from the room.
The next day Nana walked into Husky's room in morning to wake him up and froze at what she saw. Husky topless fast asleep with Teresa on top of him.
"Husky!" He fell out of the bed because he was startled. Teresa fell with him.
"What in the name of hell do you two think you're doing!?"
"Uh sleeping until you came in." He grumbled ignoring the fact that Teresa was clinging to his bare chest. Teresa regarded Nana with confusion.
"Oh please I'm not stupid you were sleeping with her!"
"You know I hate sleeping alone."
"You and Teresa-!"
"Slept next to each other! She's been afraid of sleeping on dry land. I was doing her a favor sheesh."He grumbled, Teresa clung to his arm tighter whimpering. Obviously upset by Nana's voice she buried her face his arm. He pulled her off and started talking to her in weird words, she blinked in recognition but not understanding, she made some hand gestures which he returned simultaneously speaking. Nana glared at Teresa jealous of the attention she was getting. Teresa hugged Husky again making whimpering sounds; Nana glared harder and was startled to find that Teresa was showing a triumphant smirk from over his shoulder. Nana's jaw dropped.
'No way.'
"Hey Nana, could you keep Teresa company? I need to talk with Duchess for awhile."
"Sure Husky." She smiled thinking of all the terrible things she could say and Teresa wouldn't understand. Husky got up pulled on a shirt and walked out the door of the guest room.
"So Teresa can you speak at all?" She said nothing. This was going to be a long wait.
The following days followed as such. Nana would be left with Cooro and Senri playing and helping around with the other members most of whom were children. Husky spent his time discussing in private the simple man was named Joseno and Duchess. The rest of his time was spent teaching Teresa to speak Astarian. Teresa was motivated and a fast learner, she struggled to impress the boy she had formed a bond with.
"Majesty like blue." She said one day when someone asked what Husky's favorite color was. He sentence structure as horribly bad but it was a start. Nana was ticked about she constantly hung on
Husky's arm like it was her lifeline or something. Though Teresa was not completely innocent in her motives, she knew that Nana was fond of Husky and made it a point to gloat about having his attention.
One day Husky had been talking to Duchess and extremely long time and Teresa decided to let Nana know whose boss.
"Nana like Majesty, yes?" Nana spun around to look at Teresa. Nana forgot often that her speech was getting better by the day.
"Of course I like him we're friends."
"Nana like Majesty more than friends."
"No I don't!"
"Nana need to know Majesty will be Teresa's mate." Nana stood up.
"Excuse me?!"
"Majesty need mate like Majesty, not mate that is like blood-sucker."
"What did you say?!" Husky walked in.
"Teresa, you in here?" Teresa perked visibly.
"Husky can I talk to you for a minute?" She yanked him out of the room.
"Your little girlfriend just called me a bloodsucker!"
"My girlfriend? Nana, she can't even say bloodsucker." He rolled his eyes with his hands on his hips.
"Majesty?" Teresa came out and latched on to his arm.
"Hey Teresa, have fun with Nana." She nodded vigorously.
"Will Majesty show Teresa Asta?"
"Sure."
"Can I come Husky?" Nana asked.
"Sure." He shrugged; Teresa gave her a back glare as she left.
Nana was extremely ticked off at Husky for being blind to Teresa's behavior. She heard him downstairs she came down to give him a piece of her mind. Her urge to yell died when she saw him. He was playing with Hope and few other children. Nana was surprised to see him acting so, soft. He was laughing and hugging Hope who clung to him like Teresa.
"Regular ladies' man, that one." Duchess chuckled. Nana spun around to look at her.
"He's good with kids isn't he?" Duchess smiled fondly.
"I never would have guessed, from the way he acted when he was ten." Duchess' smile vanished.
"After all he went through I could understand why he wouldn't trust anyone. I didn't trust anybody but Joseno after I ran away from home."
"What did he go through?"
"A lot of emotional pain, different from mine. He had to leave a loving family behind, mine was dead. Majesty went through too much for someone so young to handle."
"Is he okay?"
"I don't even know, I doubt he does. You know he told me when he was very little he wanted to be a father more than anything else. When I asked him why do you know what he said?" Nana shook her head.
"He said, having a family brought him happiness even when he was suffering so he wanted to give that joy to someone else."
"I never thought of him that way."
"He's actually very sweet once he lets you in."
"Why did he let you in but not us, we've known him longer than you." Nana realized what she said and blushed, Duchess made no expression.
"Nana, I don't think he's ready to tell you himself but, I think you should know because you would understand. You can't tell your friends though."
"What happened?"
"Nana, Ma-I mean Husky, after he left my care……" She trailed off looking pained.
"What?" Nana insisted.
"Nana, he was raped."
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Princess: Da da da! The big reveal why Husky doesn't like girls! I kinda thought about this and Husky seemed to me like someone who was raped, he has such a pretty face and he spent a while taking care of himself it was bound to happen. Personally think he got his powers when he was young and pushing away the experience of how it happened. He was on his own before he was ten, yeah he can fight but he's a freaking kid! How much could he have defended himself if the attacker was twice his size! He just struck me as someone who has dealt with things like that. Oh and Teresa is not a total jerk she's just claiming what she believes to be her territory (same plus anima bonding) Nana is kind of trying to do the same thing. BTW don't expect update for any of my stories for a week finals are next week and school ends next week too. After that I'm home free.
Answering Review Time X3 Yayz:
-BabyBubby-: Aw, thank you!
Fleeing Arrow: I is writing as I speak! XD
ur guardian angel: Yeah he was in a gang! Not a bad gang though, they're a big family. Husky is too attached to let Nana go ;)