At the MON's apartment building. Aiden was walking towards to where Manako was at. He had received a text from Zombina and Tio. Apparently the monoeye wouldn't leave a room and she's been in there since yesterday. " I hope she is okay." Aiden says to himself. He quickly find the room's door. It had a note that says. " My humblest apologizes for the inconvenience. However, I have taken liberty of using this room for the time being."

" That is the nicest way to say that I'm taking the room for myself." Aiden comments. Aiden then heard noises, he moves closer to the door. " N-no... No more... anymore and..." Manako whimpers. The young man bursts into the room. " Manako!" He shouts while getting ready to fight whoever was hurting her. Aiden was startled to see pictures of eyes everywhere in the room.

" Mr. Valentine?! What's going on?!" Manako exclaims in surprise. " That's my line! And what's up with the creepy room?!" Aiden questions her. After they left the really creepy room, Manako explains her plight to Aiden. " I see. You were training yourself. But doing that will just make you even more nervous." Aiden tells her. He then notices that the monoeye was crying. " I'm so pathetic! Why can't I be brave like my teammates? Why do people hate monoeyes?" Manako sobs.

Aiden felt really bad for her. He thinks of a way to help her feel comfortable around people. " Never fear! Doppel and I are here to help you, Manako!" Zombina laughs as walks into the room. The zombie was carrying a big box in her arms. " We found some costumes that you can wear for your date." Doppel says while following Zombina.

Knowing that he has to save Manako from getting embarrassed by those two. Aiden looks in the box to find something for her. He sees a fox mask almost immediately. He takes it out of the box and gets an idea.

A little girl was happily skipping while looking at the booths. A festival was going on and everyone there was having fun. The girl was holding a cute cat plushie in her arms. Without a single warning it slips out of her arms! A woman quickly caught it before it hit the ground. She hands it back to the little girl.

" Thank you Miss!" The girl happily exclaims as she skips away. The woman turn to her male companion. " Did you see that Mr. Valentine?! That little girl wasn't afraid of me!" Manako shouts in joy. Aiden chuckles at Manako's enthusiasm. The mask seems to have given the monoeye a lot of confidence.

" Come on Manako. The booths are waiting for us." Aiden chuckles. Manako nods while smiling behind the mask. The two played many games and won many prizes. Now they were eating candy apples. " This is so good!" Aiden exclaims after taking a bite. He then notices Manako staring at his bag.

The bag was holding all the prizes that they won. " Mr. Valentine. I want Serenity to have the panda pushie." Manako says. Aiden was surprised at first, but then he smiles. Manako moves the bottom half of her mask, so she can take a bit of her candy apple. Aiden saw the cute happy smile on Masako's face. He smiles at seeing the girl being so happy. This was a really nice date.

An hour later after the date. Manako was talking to the her fellow female MONs members. " Girls! Put on your uniforms now!" Smith shouts as she rushes into the room. " I thought we were under house arrest?" Doppel asks in annoyance. She was enjoying her vacation. " Not anymore! We have a situation! The four dangerous extra species are here!" Smith shouts.

The four freezes at that. They didn't expect the dangerous extra species to get there so soon. " Did you call Zanya and Tasuku?" Zombina asks Smith. " Yes. They are on their way to headquarters now." Smith tensely replies. The four rushes into their rooms to put on their uniforms. Looks like the next few days were going to be tough.

Sunlight shines through Serenity's window. The girl starts waking up the moment the light hits her. She yawns and sits up on her bed. " I thought I closed the curtains last night." Serenity yawns. After doing her morning routine, she goes downstairs. The girl goes over to a hook on the wall near the front door.

There was a pink beret and a lavender color purse on it. Serenity reaches up to grab the purse and the beret. She puts on the hat and her shoes. Serenity glances over her shoulder before she leaves the house. After a few minutes of walking. Serenity pulls out a piece of paper from her purse.

It was a list of things that she needed to do. " I'll go by Angelique's pastry shop first since it is close by." Serenity mumbles as she walks towards the shop. It took her ten minutes to get to the lovely shop. " Maurice! I'm here to pick up the cake!" Serenity calls out after she enters the shop. " Bonjour Mademoiselle Serenity! You came here early today!" A French man of fifty five greets as he appears from the back of the shop.

Maurice has puffy white hair, wise green eyes, fair skin and a kind face. He was wearing a white pastry chef work outfit and he has a pastry chef hat on his head. He owns the shop, and he named the shop after his daughter who is still living in Paris. Maurice is well liked in the town. Mostly because he adds French words into his sentences, and he gives everyone advice. " I'm so sorry. The red velvet cake you ordered for your frère isn't ready yet." Maurice regretfully told Serenity. " That's okay. I'll come back later. But first I'll buy something before I leave." Serenity says while looking at the display cases.

" I've never seen you sell cream puffs with chocolate custard before." Serenity comments. " That is my temporary assistant's idea." Maurice laughs heartily. " I maybe your temporary assistant. But one of these days I'm going to work here." Taiyou says as he enters the shop. Serenity was speechless. She was surprised that Taiyou is working at her favorite pastry shop.

" Hi Serenity! Is Aiden out of the hospital?" Taiyou asks her. " Yeah." Serenity simply replies. The boy goes to the other side of the counter and puts on a apron. By the time, Serenity already decided to buy some cream puffs and a apple strudel. After she pays for the pastries. Maurice sneakily puts a chocolate éclair in the bag before she left.

He could tell that the girl hasn't had breakfast yet. It was obvious because she usually buys a strudel when she's hungry. His wife will get mad if she learns that he gave away merchandise. But he didn't care, he had ways to get out of trouble. He was about to turn around, when he sees a boy walking past the shop. Maurice furrows his eyebrows. The boy was looking into the shop a few seconds ago. So why was he going past the shop when he left not too long ago?

Serenity happily munches on the éclair as she walks to a toy shop. " If Papi's toy is fixed. Then I'll go to the candy shop to get Mimi some candy, the bookstore to get the new book that Kiri wants to read and finally I'm going to my second favorite store." Serenity mumbles to herself as she reads her list. The boy who is following her decided that he was tired of waiting. He on purposely bumps into her and almost makes her fall down.

The boy notices this and quickly catches her. " I'm sorry. Are you okay?" Q worriedly asks. " I'm fine." Serenity replies. She looks down to see a bird taking off with her list. " I'll never understand why birds want useless items." Q thought. He notices that Serenity looks upset. Q sighs while rubbing the back of his neck. He is starting to feel bad for intentionally bumping into Serenity.

" I'm sorry that you lost your list. I'll help you with your errands." Q offers. Serenity looks surprise at first. Then her usual cute and warm smile appears on her face. " Thank you. I'm Serenity Valentine." Serenity introduced herself. " I'm Yumeno Kyusaku." Q introduced himself with a smile.

This isn't what Q intended to do. But he could have a chance to kidnap Serenity later that day.

It was an hour later since Serenity and Q went to the Toy store and the candy shop. Q was actually having a fun time. " Here's the last stop before I go back to Angelique's pastry shop." Serenity says as they approached a store. The sigh says Anime Haven on the front of the store. Q raises an eyebrow at this. Serenity enters the store before Q could ask a question.

He follows her and he is amazed. There were various manga, anime and video games in the store. " Welcome to Anime Haven." A Nekomimi greets the two. Before Serenity could say a word. A woman with long green hair and lilac color eyes appears. Q resisted the urge to shiver. The woman has tattoos that almost covers her arms and her attire seems to scream out " I'm dangerous!"

" I didn't expect you to be here today, Serenity. Are you here for the game you ordered?" The woman asks with a friendly smile. " Yeah!" Serenity replies with enthusiasm. The woman chuckles as she grabs a game from a nearby counter. Its title read Fantasy Life. Q became really interested in the game. Serenity pays for the game and the two leave the shop.

" Who were those women?" Q asks. " The woman is Natalia and the Nekomimi is Lucia, she's Natalia's homestay." Serenity replies. The two reach the Angelique's pastry shop a few minutes later. " Welcome back Mademoiselle Serenity! Taiyou and I just finished the cake a few minutes ago." Maurice greets her. He had notice Q, but he didn't say anything.

Maurice hands a box to Serenity. " Where's Taiyou?" Serenity asks. " His host took him home before you came here." Maurice replies, as his wife comes up to him with a rolling pin in her right hand. Unlike her husband, Maurice's wife is a very stern person. " I just counted the éclairs! I found out that one is missing! Did you give away merchandise for free again?!" Maurice's wife shouts. Q and Serenity flinches from the woman's shrill voice.

" There have been many customers here today. I'm sure that someone bought the missing éclair." Maurice chuckles. His wife scowls as she goes to the back room. Q flinches again when he hears her hitting something. Maurice and Serenity didn't flinch. They knew that Maurice's wife was hitting dough again.

" Come on Yumeno. We should go to my house." Serenity says to Q. The boy smiles and nods. He wanted to get away from the noise since it is bothering him. Maurice watched them leave with a worried look on his face. He didn't trust the boy for some reason. Maybe he is being too cautious, but he couldn't shake of the feeling that the boy is dangerous.

" I'm home!" Serenity calls out once she and Q enters the house. They walk into the living room where almost everyone is at. Papi and Suu are missing, but that wasn't uncommon at the house. The two were probably playing hide and go seek again. " Welcome back. Who's your new friend?" Aiden asks.

" I'm Yumeno Kyusaku. I've been helping Serenity with her errands today." Q told the man with a smile. " Please sit down somewhere, Yumeno. We are about to start a movie." Mero invites the boy. Q was taken aback by the mermaid's kindness. He wasn't expecting that. In fact, no one seems to be afraid or hate him.

" They don't know what I am. So they can't hate or fear me now." Q thought. He found the lack of fear and hatred nice. Q sits down next to Aashi. Serenity puts up Papi's repaired toy on a table with the cream puffs and candy, and she gives Kiri the book. Just as Serenity was about to sit in her favorite chair. Papi and Suu entered the living room. " I was just about to call you guys. Where were you two?" Widen questions them.

Papi ignores the question as she almost shoves an familiar picture in his face. " Are the couple in the picture your parents?! They look a lot like you and Serenity!" The harpy asks in a very loud voice. A few members of the family gasp in surprise, while the others were shocked.

Aiden was stunned. He never realized that he left his bedroom door unlocked. He didn't even want to see the look on Serenity's face. The truth needs to come out now. But what was currently hurting Aiden was the thought of telling the story of his and Serenity's parent's death. This is going to be really painful for him and his sister.

Next up is called The Truth Hurts.