The first thing that Tsukkuyomi noticed when she managed to regain herself, and that was a bit of an ordeal after being teleported or whatever the hell just happened to her, was the sound of laughter, strange voices that seemed a combination of a child's and adult's. The words were meaningless, and she couldn't really make them out anyway, but it seemed odd when she had been at home before. The second thing was that there was the smell of chickens, of feathers, and to go with this the next sounds she heard were of chickens squawking as something shot them; more laughter ensued. It was noisy wherever she had ended up and opening an eye to dare to get a look she found that she most definitely wasn't in her living room; it seemed to be a different room, with a small pit like hole in the middle of the room, and a strange-looking chair. And all around her, laughing, dancing, shooting what seemed to be black chickens with peashooters, were strange creatures; none of them quite looked the same, most considerably smaller than her; some having what looked to be sort of tattered wings. All she was sure of was that they weren't human, and when they noticed her they all seemed to have the same reaction: they grinned and loudly exclaimed, "Look a girly!~ And Kingy too!"

She frowned a bit and stepped back, bumping into someone; turning she saw it was Jareth. He smirked down at her, amused by her reaction; it wasn't surprising considering how skeptical she had been before. People tended to have the same reaction to the goblins their first time; slight awkwardness and a feeling of being uncomfortable around them. He had to say though she took it very well, not screaming or looking scared either; she just looked at them then at him and seemed to be waiting for his explanation of this whole thing. It reminded him of before, she hadn't looked all that out of sorts when he had transformed in front of her yet no information had said that she had had any contact with the Underground or any sort of supernatural force. There was, it seemed, a natural impulse, a subconscious part of her mind that made her just look and not flinch; it was amusing truthfully but not important at this very moment.

"These are my subjects," he told her with a smirk, "You did wish to see my Labyrinth and see a goblin; well here we are and here they are."

"Your...your subjects are..." she frowned, "Goblins..." She turned to look at the strange creatures, grinning and buzzing about in the sort of hyperactivity only a child, or a thing such as they, could have.

He chuckled. "Well of course; who else would the Goblin King rule over but goblins?"

Tsuki's attention was pulled back to him and he found that her expression didn't change much though there was a smaller tinge of disbelief than before. She looked from him to them and Jareth wondered if she would believe him, especially since he just showed her proof; she had to admit this was pretty impressive. Instead she spoke again, "You are way prettier than they are."

Jareth did not particularly disagree with this, honestly he would hope he looked better than some of his stunted and grumbly subjects, but he found he had not expected that to be what she choose to say next. He expected anything but it seemed like she skipped over a lot of things, or rather was just choosing to ignore it all right now and focus on something that was only distantly related to the situation on hand. The goblins chatted amongst themselves, some even giggled at her sudden proclamation, and he took the opportunity to kick the nearest one who laughed, sending the cretin flying. The laughing only got louder, this time at their comrade's unfortunate fate; Tsuki watched this, frowned more and leaving Jareth's side she rushed towards where the goblin had landed; both king and subjects watched this with some confusion and surprise. Jareth had known Toby to show kindness towards the goblins on a regular basis, the creatures adored the kid after all, and the goblins liked Sarah too who though she had looked at them some trepidation had warmed well to them. But humans, even ones with extraordinary heritages, did not do this normally; they did not show concern for the forgotten, the lost, these unwanted children, and that was exactly what she did.

Tsuki helped the goblin after it hit the wall, finding it looked more human than she thought of at first when she looked at it up close. It was the size of a child, only about two or three feet tall; it wore ragged clothes that upon closer look seemed to be more medieval in design than any possibly modern fashion; it looked to be boys clothes, tattered and ripped apart as it was, but she did not know whether this was a good way to determine the gender of the wearer. Who even knew what goblins were? The creature before her had human like features, two arms with long fingers, two legs with feet, though only the left foot was visible the right being in a shoe. It had wispy hair that stuck out in all sorts of directions and two long pointed ears that stuck out awkwardly on either side of its head; there was a nose, slightly on the long side but nothing too odd, and a mouth with a pair of sharp canines sticking out. The eyes though were most noticeable to her, even as odd her own always had been, glowing yellow at her, and the goblin and girl both blinked at each other before the former gave her a sheepish look, almost apologetic, "Sorry girly, Wisp did not mean to worry you. You do not need to help Wisp."

"Wisp," she said as her only response to the goblin, mulling over the word; her eyebrows furrowed then she turned to look at Jareth, still with a surprised look on his face. She frowned once more and stood up and Jareth found a strange feeling come over him, one he as he was did not find to be familiar but he knew it nevertheless; it was apprehension, it was anxiety, it was fear. She stalked over to him and with a huff addressed the taller, older king, "Why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Kick Wisp, make them knock into the wall; why would you do that to one of your subjects?" she asked her voice calm but there was an edge to it.

"Girly," Wisp spoke up and scrambled over, tripping over their feet as they gripped her pants leg, "Do not anger Kingy..."

"Should I have not punished one of my subjects when they disrespect me?" Jareth asked, ignoring the goblin and raising an eyebrow at the strange girl before him, challenging him.

"There's a difference between punishment and abuse, Jareth," she said showing no sign of either slowing or shrinking; there was something in her eyes and it made him straighten up in the face of it, "What if you hurt Wisp?"

"I do not care about hurting any of the goblins," Jareth said though the words had a metal taste to them and he had to resist not to grimace at it.

The grimace did come as she frowned more at him and a growl even left her, the soft sounds of Wisp whimpering and pulling on her leg mixed in; he forced himself, not much but a bit, to lean down to her, face to face with her, and his smirk returned with a slight narrowing of his eyes, "It is not your concern what I do to my subjects; your business is your kingdom and your subjects...Your Majesty."

There was a tone to the final two words and she seemed to remember, why he had come for her, why he had brought her here, and she blinked, taken aback, and the thing in her eyes disappeared as she stared at him for a moment before looking to Wisp then back at Jareth. Some embarrassment crossed her face as she returned her attention to him and she muttered softly, "I apologize, you're right..."

Though he was glad for the arguments end he was a bit saddened by the disappearance of that thing, it had been amusing and interesting because it was familiar. Honestly he was used to people, a girl standing up to him, because Sarah did that so often and when she did it was amusing and interesting and he loved to watch her reactions and hear her words and tone as she spoke to him scolded him, though being called a monster was not so fun. But this was not Sarah; this was a girl named Tsuki who had power in her blood and who looked nothing like the girl who Jareth ran after so much. He smiled at her now and reaching out her ruffled her hair, a motion to denote their differences and that made her huff in annoyance. "Of course I am. Do you believe now?"

He brought things back to where it began; he brought her to the Labyrinth to show her and though all that had happened so far was her defending a goblin to him he felt maybe now she should be able to believe him now, see he didn't lie. She was what she was and she promised to believe if she was shown the truth. And he'd done that.

"Yeah," she said though there was a second of hesitation at him, "Demons are possible, you've shown me goblins to prove that."

He smiled again then turned and started off, laughing. "Let's go."

She blinked then rushed after him, managing with some difficulty to follow him through the sea of goblins as he went to the door and out it, calling out after him, "Wait, Jareth, what? Where are we going?"

Leading her down a long hallway he did not slow or stop, continuing his pathway and acknowledging her only by musing back at her. "You said you wished to see my Labyrinth; I have not done that yet, shown it to you I mean. I'll give you a tour then we can get down to the real business; it might take a while, I hope you don't have anything of importance to do at home."

"My brother," she said and managed, with some running, to catch him, grabbing his sleeve, "I can't leave him at home alone; I told you, he's sickly, I have to go home."

Jareth finally looked at her again, raising an eyebrow. "Your brother will be fine; my goblins will go get him from your home if you really are so worried."

The idea of sending the odd creatures to retrieve her brother made tsuki's brow furrow again, not entirely crazy with that idea and he could see that. He looked down and spoke again, "You."

She blinked, wondering what he meant and then looked to see Wisp. The goblin, no long clinging to her, was nevertheless attached to her side; the goblin was out of breath but standing beside her and looked up as they were addressed by Jareth. The Goblin King spoke once more, "Go make yourself useful and tell a few of the others to go to Tsuki's house and get the boy who lives there and bring him here. You can come back and follow her around more like a lost puppy once you do that."

Wisp blinked then looked at Tsuki for a moment; she felt as they were waiting for her to do something, acceptance or something, and she nodded, causing the goblin to smile and then nod as well, scurrying away. Tsuki watched Wisp leave then was pulled back to Jareth by his voice, "Always everyone else..."

She turned to him and he continued, "My goblins never cling to me; it's always others, it's the boy or Sarah or you, never me. I'd be insulted if it wasn't weird."

"Maybe if you didn't hit and kick them they would cling to you too," she told him; the response she got was another chuckle and he continued to walk, Tsuki following behind once more.

By the time Wisp did return the two were outside and the goblin found them standing outside the gates of the Goblin City. Jareth liked to stare out at the Labyrinth like this honestly; though the form was in general terms knowable, the truth was it was never quite the same. Tiny things, big things, everything changed, except that the Labyrinth surrounded the City and the City held the Castle. And beyond the Labyrinth was meadows and wastes and lands beyond sight and the City, settled upon a tall hill today by whim of its king, gave them sight of that beyond. And settling one hand onto her shoulder he gestured out towards the horizon. "Look. If you strain your eyes can you see?"

She looked and squinted. The horizon looked to be just that horizon, and she was about to shake her head but his voice started again, more insistent, more forceful, "No no no, not like that; really look."

She didn't understand but she tried and suddenly noticed. Shadows, dim and foggy in the distance; an unclearness out in the line of the land but as she focused on it it seemed to get larger, more noticable. Soon she could see it with her eyes wide open and so they were as she glanced upon what looked to be shadows but that something inside told her was much more. It told her, in whispers she didn't know, what it was, and Jareth spoke it's name in a whisper into her ear, drawn close to her shoulder, "Do you see your home in the horizon, your kingdom waiting?"

Part of her still didn't believe but she was forced to face it; before her was a shadow that now dominated the horizon as a strong force and undeniable essence. It was there, it was present, and it was home; he said so and the thing inside her told her it was so and she had to smile though she didn't really mean to. Home. "I can."

"I see," he said and smiled at her and patted her head again before turning to see Wisp there; he acknowledged the goblin with a nod and they gripped onto Tsuki's leg, gaining her attention too. He spoke, "The Labyrinth is under my control, it's my kingdom and my will given form; what I feel is what the Labyrinth becomes, what I want is what it takes its form from, it is me. I change it to what I want, whatever I want, but sometimes it acts without my telling it to; that is what it means to be a ruler."

She looked at him and only nodded, not fully understanding but finding it interesting nevertheless. He nodded too then led her out into the Labyrinth; he figured the best way to explain was to show. He showed her the doors with their knockers and the oubliette, though he pulled her back before she could fall and rolled his eyes as Wisp almost ended up down there themselves, only to have to rescue the poor goblin for Tsuki. He showed her the forest with the Fireys, and he showed her the pathways and hidden ways and things beyond sight; she wandered off at one point and he tried to find her only to locate her arguing with the walls deep below the Labyrinth who tried to warn her only to be questioned. The scene itself was amusing to him, though in general watching the walls get stopped from doing the job he gave them was always amusing; they always got so annoyed and bothered and seeing him they took to apologizing and stumbling, Tsuki crossing her arms and huffing as Jareth realized that his very presence made her ignored. That too was amusing and he took her back to the open air.

The trio, Wisp following every step of the way, stood outside the gates now and Jareth noted that time had passed but as time meant little to him really he couldn't tell nor care how much. Tsuki was chasing pixies, Wisp running about at her side, and as she caught one, getting bitten, Jareth smirked and struck it down with a gesture of his hand. Tsuki frowned and looked at the unconscious creature in her hands before dropping it and grabbing another, a small path of knocked out pixies scattered across the ground soon enough. Jareth at first wondered why she kept doing it but he realized that Tsuki had no reason; the sun was set now, as it sometimes did in the Labyrinth, and he picked up on the pixies by its tiny leg, musing aloud, "Ready to go back to the castle?"

"Am I not allowed to go home yet?" He figured she meant the Aboveground place but he knew she was aware of her home here too; either way he shook his head, "Part of my duty as the one who went to get you to teach you what to do now; I told you about the Labyrinth because it is part of my duty as king. You have a similar duty, though honestly I know little of your kingdom; demons never interested me, not much more than as something else in the horizon. I barely noticed your father wasn't there but now that you're here I have to teach you how to be a ruler. You'll be staying here in the Labyrinth for another day or two before moving into your home."

Tsuki watched him and though she was still apprehensive about this whole thing, being what he said she was was, about being uprooted, about this reality opened before her, she didn't really know a reason to say "No" to his words. Not other than because she was apprehensive and didn't know what to do next. So instead she shrugged and he took that as her way of saying "Yes" instead.

Part one was now over: getting the girl and getting her to understand his situation and hers. Jareth wasn't sure if he wanted to look forward to part two or not.

Vene: It's been almost three years to the date that I wrote the first chapter and this was probably never meant to be continued but...

Nihon: Well you all know...

Vene *cries loudly*

Nihon *sighs* Don't mind Vene. The mortal aspect has returned to the Underground; long live the King of the Goblins back on his throne.

Vene: We hope to try and continue this because we do love this fic and seriously? We wrote the majority of this today, the day after our King has died. Soooooo yeah, hopefully more will not come because of death DX

Nihon: Until next time though, we'll be writing.