Black was worried about his cousin, Sakumo.

Sakumo's great niece was in grave danger.

He knew it, and the ones after the girl knew that he knew it and had taken steps to secure his silence, knowing that Black had always favored the Goblin king and his son, especially after what had happened to the young princes mother ten years ago.

He had been there, silently watching and trying to aid Sakumo's human bride in her escape from the group of fae that had taken her and tortured her in an effort to hurt Sakumo. He had seen the look of devastation on the Goblin kings face when he had finally found his love, had seen the look of pain and sorrow in his eyes when he had found out that his wife had been made into a Pri-ya. A human addicted to fae sex, a fae play thing.

And had caught her servicing the males that had broken her. That had been almost as bad as the look of sorrow on his face, that look had spoken volumes about how much seeing his beloved reduced to such a thing had hurt him.

Sakumo had killed five of the seelie lords responsible and had taken his bride back, but her mind had been shattered by the events that had changed her and Sakumo had had no choice but to erase her memory completely after making sure that she would never become a victim of such a cruel and painful acts again. He had been forced to place his broken lover in the hands of the only ones that he felt he could trust.

The light elves living in the human world, somewhere in Denver, where the land is still wild.

To the tricksters knowledge the woman was visited often by Sakumo and even by her son, the young prince. Still, he wanted to warn the Goblin king that his young niece was now in the sights of these mad men. But for now, he couldn't say anything, all he could do is wait and watch for an opening.

But he had sworn to himself on that day ten years ago-

Than none of the Goblin kings female kin would never end up in such a way again. And he was more than prepared to take on his queen, himself just to make sure that the Goblin kings young niece wasn't harmed.

But for now he had to content himself with following, and listening and learning what he could so that he could help destroy the threat to the girl.

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It wasn't kindness.

At least that's what he kept telling himself as he picked some more flowers for Naru and used one of the leather strips in his pocket, the ones that he used to tie his hair back when he trained with his father and some of his men, to tie the flowers together and handed them to Naru. Naru looked at him then back at the flowers in surprise and shock. "Whats wrong? Hasn't anyone ever given you a present before?" He asked half jokingly, a little puzzled by her reaction.

Naru flinched and looked down at her bare feet, peeking out from under the hem of her dress and bit her lower lip, not really wanting to answer him. Kakashi's expression sobered at the look of pain on her face and he mentally promised himself that he'd leave her several gifts that she could keep with her, and took her hand and lifted it and pressed the flowers into her hand and closed her fingers around it.

She looked up at him and he gave her a sad smile. I'm sorry I asked Naru. Please don't look so sad... He thought as she gave him a small uncertain smile and hugged the flowers against her chest. "Thank you." She said softly as she buried her face in the lovely flowers, trying to hide how much the simple gesture touched her.

He nodded his head slightly and looked around, trying to figure out what to do now. He was about to ask her if she wanted to go check out the library when he heard foot steps and turned his head. Thirty feet from where he was standing were four of the seelie lords and the trickster, Black. He grasped Naru's arm and pulled her closer to him as the lords stopped a few feet from him. "Young prince Kakashi." One lord said happily as he nodded his head towards the boy.

Kakashi mirrored the action as he pushed Naru behind him, his senses already on high alert, warning bells blaring in his head. Screaming at him, that these men were trouble. "Naru, stay close to me and don't go anywhere alone." Kakashi whispered to her as he slipped his arm around her and gently pulled her against his side and smiled at her for a second before shifting his attention back to the fae lords.

"Prince Kakashi." One of the lords, a man nearly as tall as Kakashi's father, but with shoulder length black hair, stopped in front of them.

"Lord Nalja." Kakashi said in acknowledgment.

The Fae nodded back before turning his head slightly to look at Naru, Kakashi stiffened and got ready to blind fold her to protect her form the full force of their seelie sex appeal, but for some strange reason Naru was able to look right at them without being reduced to a simpering mass of goo like other human females. This obviously surprised Nalja and made him take a curious step forward before he bent down a little bit and poked Naru in the chest, dead center over her heart, Kakashi's hand slowly went to the blade that he had strapped to his upper leg.

He didn't exactly like the way Nalja and the others were looking at Naru. "How odd-" Nalja said as he stood to his full height and walked a slow circle around the two kids. The female was human, he could smell it on her, and humans were always fun for entertainment purposes. Yet this female seemed to be immune to their charms. "She is human yet she must be defective. Where did you find such an interesting female prince Kakashi?"

Kakashi shrugged and decided to down play things. Fae were nothing but fickle creatures, especially those like the ones standing before him. And for that reason, he could easily throw them off of Naru's scent if he just had the right distraction. It was just about that time that he saw a young fae maid walking through the halls of the palace and an idea occurred to him. These seelie lords loved fraternising with females of all races and origins. Wouldn't tumbling a few of the palace chamber maids work well for a distraction?

It's not like the maids would mind.

They loved being tumbled by various males.

Even he had tumbled a few of them once he had hit adolescence. "My lords, I'm sorry to cut our visit short, but I must see to the needs of my-" He put his arm around Naru's shoulders and pulled her close. "Guest. Would you like to seek entertainment with some of the palace maids?"

"I do not think-"

"Oh. But that is a shame. They have skin as soft as silk. And their lips-ah, as sweet as any ambrosia you have ever tasted..." Kakashi said in a hushed tone, meant to entice them into taking his bait. It worked like a charm.

"Very well. We will take you up on your kind invitation." Nalja said as he and the others spotted the maid walking through the hall and vanished. Kakashi only stood there long enough to hear the maid shriek as she was tossed over someones shoulders before she started laughing. Once he was sure that they had the maid and were adequately distracted he grabbed Naru's hand and quickly led her out of the garden to find his father.