Nashi had seen Damien a lot of different ways since they had become friends. Distraught, angry, unhappy, gleeful, sad, the list went on and on. This was an all new level of sadness, however. It was clear Damien was going his best to hid in his tears as he scanned his baby sisters face, the grown up face he'd never gotten to see. Nashi watched as he put his head in his hands, taking deep, shaky breaths in an attempt to calm himself down. Nashi still remembered the first time she learned Stephanie was dead. The guild was so unhappy for so long, Nashi sometimes wondered if that was when her own depression began. Mira hadn't stopped crying for months, and Master Laxus had practically disappeared. Damien, however, was the worst off. He was never the same after that day he lost control.

"Damien..." Nashi's voice cracked as she spoke his name, but the man next to her didn't respond. He rocked himself back and forth slowly, doing his best not to break down and sob. "Damien...look at me" Damien took a deep breath, and cocked his head slightly to look at her, and Nashi almost cried looking him in the eyes. The most guilty, terribly sad look stared back at her, and it took everything Nashi had not to break down with him. "...Are you okay...?" Damien responded by placing his hands behind his head and continuing to rock himself.

"Uh, is he okay?" Edo-Nashi asked, and Nashi couldn't find her voice to respond. Damien stood up abruptly, his eyes obscured by his hair.

"I need some air" He spoke hoarsely, and when no one said a word, he strode out of the guild, and Nashi took a deep breath, wiping her eyes in a vain attempt to stop the stream of tears. She looked up at Ed-Nashi and Steph.

"Sorry about him" She whimpered. "He's not good with sadness"

"Why was he so sad?" Steph asked, and a fresh wave of sadness washed over Nashi as she remembered the day she'd learned what happened.

Nashi didn't want to wear that stupid black dress, but her mother made her.

"Why do I have to wear this?" Nashi pouted angrily, no more than five years old. Her mother sniffled.

"Because it's what you do when someone dies" She replied quietly, and Nashi remembered a wave of sadness washing over her. "Nashi...you need to understand something"

"Yes Mommy?"

"Stephanie...won't be coming to the guild anymore"

"Why not?"

"Because she's gone where your grandfather is" Her mother whispered, wiping the tears from her eyes. "She's gone" Nashi remembered crying.

"Steph is...dead?"

"Oh Nashi I'm so sorry..." Nashi remembered collapsing into her mothers grasp, crying and telling her too bring her back. "Damien...don't try and talk to Damien, okay?"

"Why?"

"Just...don't. He's too upset"

"But it wasn't his fault! It was that thing that took control of him!"

"Nashi he won't listen too that"

"Why not?"

"When someone thinks it's their fault they don't like to listen..."

Nashi was brought back to reality when she registered Edo-Nashi waving a hand in front of her vision.

"Hello? Earth to me? Come in me?" Nashi shook her head.

"Sorry! I was just...thinking" Nashi cast another glance at Steph, and quickly looked away to avoid crying. She couldn't do this. She stood abruptly, almost brought back down by the weakness in her own legs. "I should go and find Damien, I'll be back." before either girl could speak up, Nashi pushed past them and walked away from the guild, doing her best to clear her head. She looked around frantically, calling for the takeover mage. She looked up and saw him on a higher ridge overlooking the city, so she climbed up the buildings and jumped towards him, landing gracefully next to him on the railing.

"What the score, judge?" She asked, attempting to break the silence. Damien didn't even acknowledge her presence, he just continued to stare out into the city. Nashi sat down on the railing next to him and remained quiet, knowing he wanted his silence. She sat there contemplating what she was going to say, but she couldn't find anything.

"I told her I'd be there when she got married" He suddenly spoke up. Nashi looked over in surprise.

"What?"

"Her wedding. I'd told her even if I was mid job, I would come her to be there" He wiped his eyes again. "It's my fault I lied."

"It isn't your fault. It's... that things fault"

"The demon?" Nashi nodded, and Damien chuckled darkly. "We all have a demon inside Nashi, it's our responsibility what it does when we let it out."

"Damien, blaming yourself is like me blaming my dad he was never there while I was growing up, even when he had no idea I existed." Damien snorted.

"From what Drake, Elise, and Ul have told me, that's a pretty roundabout thing to say Kiddo" He replied, resting his head on his hand. "They told me you always looked for a way to blame him." Nashi nodded quietly and looked off into the city, wondering what she could day.

"You know what?" Nashi asked. "I told myself if my father ever came home, I wasn't going to forgive him. I told myself I'd push him away and not let him in, and look where that got me"

"Amazing Dragon Slaying abilities and and amazing figure" Nashi punched him in the shoulder.

"Shut up"

"What was your point?"

"My point was I tried to convince myself of something, and I failed as soon as I was given the chance."

"Ah, I see" Damien remained quiet, and Nashi sighed. "You know, I've always known my parents blamed me, even if they won't tell me."

"Don't say that" Nashi scolded. "Why would your parents believe that?"

"If you lost your little girl and you had an easy blame, would you blame it?"

"Well..."

"Exactly." Nashi remained quiet, and took a deep breath. She wished she could find a way to comfort her only companion in this strange new world, but no words came. Nashi's childhood troubles seemed so trivial compared to what Damien had gone through.

"We should be looking for the others" Nashi suddenly spoke up. "We were lucky we had a crash course in this place, Mavis knows where they landed."

"Yeah," More silence. "Hey."

"Yeah?" Nashi turned to him, and he put on a brave smile, putting his hand on her head.

"Thanks for the pep talk, I'm better now"

"No, you're not"

"Damn ,you got me."

Nashi and Drake reappeared at the guild, and Nashi felt him tense up almost immediatedly. She could see why, the reason was right in front of them, standing around talking to Edo-Nashi.

"Oh, there I am" Edo-Nashi said, turning to face them.

"Here I am!" Nashi said with false enthusiasm. She was really only focused on monitoring Damien at the moment, and he didn't look much better than before, only now he had what some might call control over his emotions.

"Did you find Oniichan easy enough?" Steph asked kindly, and Nashi cast a wary glance at Damien, who had his fists clenched. She was plenty surprised when he looked up with a huge fake smile on his face.

"Nah, I'm pretty elusive" Damien bragged, making Steph chuckle. Edo-Nashi coughed.

"Well, anyway, can I talk to you for a sec, Earth-Nashi?"

"Uhhh..." Nashi looked over at Damien ,sending him a mental question if he was okay with that. He shrugged, but Nashi could see the huge amount of displeasure in his eyes. "Sure." Edo-Nashi led her away from Steph and Damien, and smiled.

"It's good to meet me" She said, smiling quizzically.

"Me too, I think" Nashi replied.

"I just wanted to ask about Damien. He kinda...Broke down" Nashi nodded and sat there quietly, thinking about what to say.

"Alright, just promise you won't say a word." She zipped her lips up, and Nashi sighed. "In Earthland...Steph's dead" Nashi saw her counterpart's eyes widen in shock.

"...what?" Nashi sighed as she looked down and played with her hands, doing anything she could not to look herself in the eyes.

"Dead" Nashi repeated. "Steph is dead" Edo-Nashi leaned back and blew her bangs out of her face (A problem Nashi barely ever had.), and turned to her again.

"What happened?"

"Damien killed her"

"Eh?!"

"Well, I mean that in the loosest sense possible" Nashi continued, watching her counterpart look terrified. "Damien uses takeover magic, which means he takes on the forms of demons."

"Alright?"

"Once, he tried to use a really powerful one and...failed, let's go with that"

"Failed?"

"He went crazy, lost control, destroyed town, and killed Steph in a fit of rage." Edo-Nashi was silent for a minute, and Nashi could understand way.

"Wow. No wonder he needed some air. The guilt must be eating him alive"

"You have no idea" Both Nashi's sat quietly, contemplating what they should say next. "Well, is that all?" Edo-Nashi shook her head.

"I wanted to ask about your life" She replied, "What's it like? Just curious" With that, Nashi launched into a novelized explanation of her life, from her childhood to Phantom Dove. Edo-Nashi whistled. "Damn, you've seen some shit" She said. "Hey, how come the only person you named was our parents and Damien?" Nashi shrugged.

"Not trying to offend anyone over here, I guess" She said. "I don't know"

"Well, who are your friends?"

"Drake, Ul, Elise, Simon, Damien." Nashi listed off, and watched as Edo-Nashi's face contorted with confusion.

"Drake?"

"Yeah, what about him?"

"He's your friend?"

"Best friend." Nashi said, grinning slightly at the thought of her best friend. "I tell him everything." Edo-Nashi shook her head in confusion.

"Well, that's where we differ, I guess"

"Why?"

"Not only did you list Ultear as a friend, but you said Drake, Drake, Was your best friend. I hate him" The though of her not being Drake's friend confused her.

"Why?"

"He's the reason I have so few friends, he's a fucking dick. All he does is bully me and tell me I'm worthless." Nashi's eyes widened.

"Seriously? He was the only one that defended me from bullies back in Earthland" They stared at each other before Ed-Nashi chuckled.

"Your Drake sounds like a Prince fucking Charming compared to mine" She said. "Out of curiosity, who bullied you?" Nashi balled her fists, getting angry just thinking about him.

"He's a total asshole" Nashi whispered. "Goes by the name of Rocky" Nashi ignored Edo-Nashi's look of shock. "The most insufferable, arrogant..."

"Uh, Nashi..."

"Asinine, retarded, rude, boorish, scumbag..."

"Nashi..."

"I mean, what compels you to make me want to kill myself?!"

"Nashi..."

"I almost killed that fucker, Edo-Me, I swear..."

"Nashi!" Nashi took notice of Edo-Nashi's complaining, and turned to look at her.

"What?" Edo-Nashi played with her hands uncomfortably.

"Uh, I think I should tell you something..."

"Yeah?" Before Edo-Nashi could say a word, the doors to the guild opened, and Nashi turned, only to clench her fists. Rock strode in, although the cocky look he usually donned was all too absent. Calm down Nashi, this is Edo-Rocky, he's totally the opposite of what you know him to be... He turned, caught Edo-Nashi's look, and smiled.

"Nashi, there you are!" He spoke up. Nashi hid her face so that he wouldn't ask, and heard him approaching.

"Rocky wait, before you..." Edo-Nashi was suspiciously cut off, and Nashi's curiosity got the better of her and she looked up, immediatedly wishing she hadn't.

They were kissing.

Edo-Nashi and Rocky were KISSING.

Nashi felt like throwing up.

Correction, she did throw up, all over the floor, causing them to break apart.

"Why are there two of you Nashi!?" Rocky demanded. Nashi managed too climb to his feet and grab him by his shirt.

"You...fucker" Before he could say a word, Nashi socked him in the mouth, sending him flying into the wall.

"What the fuck?!" Edo-Nashi shouted, running to her boyfriends side. Nashi sighed as Damien's laughter broke out around the guild.

"Nice, Nashi, nice"

He he, I'm evil. I hope you enjoyed, leave a review!