Summary: Because being left behind as a bookmark is clear abuse and Jason Todd wasn't going to take it. In which Red Hood kidnaps to save a child, law in force meant agree he did the right thing. (Chapter length.)

Maybe because she was clumsy, or maybe because she was young, but either way Shikako Nara was told to stay behind and so she did. Until what an adult was brought into his mist, name Jason Todd he found himself tied to a chair and she found herself wandering down the steps to the bottom room to see a teen with dark black hair and a white fringe, wearing a red leather coat and brown trousers with a brown top his skin was fair and white he stared at the child as if she was a stranger. Something odd to look at, something new and in a sense to his eyes she truly was something new to look at. Something other worldly to a western.

She had oliver skin in comparison of his white with dark black hair and wore a long dark blue dress with blue thongs. She was no fighter as far as he was concerned and as far as she was concerned she too was no fighter for the east. No, wonder she was told to stay behind because he looked bigger and stronger than her in comparison she wouldn't last a second compared to him especially if she had to battle him.

"Who the heck are you?"he demanded to know.

"Shikako Nara," she said sweetly trying to pray off the damsel card.

"I highly doubt that," he grunted.

"I really am," she said again.

"Fine, you really are then," he muttered. "So, tell me. What does your family plan to do with me?"

She titled her head in confession for the girl did not understand what the man meant by the word family.

"You know a clan? A blessing to some?"

"I do not understand."

"Then why the heck are you here?"he demanded to know.

"I am here because I was told I couldn't fight in war," she said blankly. "Shouldn't you know this?"

"Who says women can't fight in war?"said Jason Todd. "I know a breed of women who were bread to fight in war. And, they fight perfectly fine and are callable of it. So, what are you talking about?"

"I am very confusion of what you are saying. My people are told to stay behind?"

"What as in left behind like bookmarks? That's neglect, that's abuse," he said.

"I am told to look after the household."

"Great, you really were left behind as a book mark. That makes two of us then. Well, if you don't mind I'm getting out of here," said Jason Todd.

Due to his training as Red Hood, Jason Todd was able to free himself out of the rope within seconds. The only reason on why he got here in the first place was because he was knocked on the head and gang up in an unfair fight. So, yes he was very ticked off and ready for battle, but he was not going to battle a civilian girl and by the looks of her wide eyes and her horror in those brown eyes it was clear to him that she thought she was doomed.

"You're coming with me you little brat."

He tried to be clam and he tried to be nice, he tried to be patience and he tried to be gentle after all this was a female who was far as she was concerned was in a hostile situation. But Jason Todd has learnt the hard way on what abuse was and what neglect was and what trouble as a whole was so as far as he was concerned he was taking the girl with him far away from being neglected until she stave herself to death. Because he was not having that on his conscious.

"I would rather not," she said.

"Know how to cook?"

"No," she said.

"No, how to clean?"

"No," she said again.

"Yeah, Shikako Nara you're coming with me," Jason Todd said.