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Demare scared me today. Yesterday he started walking a little bit, and today he tried to fly. I don't understand... He's much different than a normal baby! I mean, it's only been about a little over a week, right? And already he's growing up so quickly. I swear he's gotten a little bigger since he first arrived, as well.

Apparently he's starting to get a bit frightened by that black creepy plushie Lucifer gave him. From what I can understand, he seems to think it can move on its own, or that it's possessed. I guess the weather tonight didn't help much... It started pouring, and there was a bit of lightning. He doesn't seem to like that too much, and I don't really blame him. Anyway, every time I try to take that plushie away from him, Demare starts glaring at me. At one point tonight, he even bit me...

Geez, this kid is weird.

Some weird things have been going on lately. Domonic and I seem to be having random blackouts, and we seem to be disappearing at times. Strange, I know, but it's true. Domonic disappeared for a couple of hours a couple of nights ago, and he doesn't remember anything about it. Then again, he said I'd disappear spuratically, as well. ...What the hell is going on?

Demare also doesn't seem to be doing too well. He appears to be having bad dreams, waking up crying in the middle of the night. I wish I knew what was scaring him so much... There were a few times he was looking at ME rather frightened, so I'm wondering if they're dealing with me somehow. Gods I hope not. I'd hate to be the reason the poor child is scared.

It seems within the last few days, Demare has also found my jewelry box. I sat on one of my rings this morning... He hid a lot of them between the couch cushions, and one of them had managed to wiggle its way back to the surface. ...Come to think of it, how did he even GET to my jewelry box?? He must be flying again...or maybe he's getting into climbing. Either way, I need to start keeping another eye on him.

On another note, he's started to get a little restless. At one point, he even told me that he WANTED to go to the HQ. Mind you, I've been waiting for him to tell me that he wanted to go, because I'm afraid of what might happen if I just force him to go. I don't want him to endanger the others, ya know? I promised to take him tomorrow... I have a massive headache tonight, and I can't explain it. I feel like something big's going to happen, though... Something big, and something really bad.

Will someone make these things STOP?? It's pissing me off. The disappearances have been happening a lot less lately, and have grown much shorter. However, we both seem to be carrying memories of these blackouts now. Yesterday, Domonic mentioned something about his right arm hurting really bad, and when we looked to see what was wrong, there was a terrible bruise on his shoulder. He muttered something about being hit pretty hurt last night, and passed it off. ...Hit? Hit by what?

My last memory was much different, however. I wasn't hurt or anything, but I was talking to some...creature. It was weird! This thing was floating over the ground, no legs....no real hands. Just one big, white.....MASS. With claws. It's so hard to explain... But I was scared. It's been a long time since I've been scared, too. I have a feeling Demare could feel that I was frightened, because when I went to check up on him he snuggled up real close to me like a cat. ...As if he were trying to comfort me...

And you know what he said?

"Everything okay."

...Well, in his baby talk, but that's what it was. Just those two words, and one really tight hug. (I forgot how strong babies were...) Coming from him, it really did make me feel better, especially since Demare's been avioding me a little bit ever since I got back from that long disappearance. I think he's upset with me... Thinking I might have abandoned him or something. Honestly, I don't think I ever COULD give him up for any reason... He's the closest being to a real child I could ever probably get, and I love him greatly. Him and his odd personality.

Neko opened the door to the HQ quietly, gold eyes peering inside warily. Demare had latched himself onto his back, fussing the entire way over due to a sudden change in mind on wanting to visit this place. It was too late, however, as the thought changed by the time they were halfway there. It was too long of a walk to just turn around, and Neko had grown curious of how much the place had changed. After all, it had been a month or two since he'd last visited. Opening the door enough to step inside, the demon hanyou closed the door behind him before cringing as the baby behind him began to slobber on his tail.

"I would really appreciate you not doing that," he sighed, reaching behind himself and plucking the upside-down baby off of his back. "That feels way too weird."

"TOY!!" Demare screamed, making grabby motions toward the tail in question and his wings fluttering rapidly. "Gimme gimme!"

"Pink! Yes!" Brit laughed, and grinned at her. "It's been a long time since I dropped by that HQ. Steele moving in has been really chaotic on both sides of the family." She wrinkled her nose, and snuggled her baby. "This...is Keita! You might have met his twin, Aureli- I know Steele's been by a little bit more than I have."

She blinked, raising her eyes to the door as it opened. "Oh...I didn't expect many people to be here today!"

DS entered and toward Pink as soon as she spotted her friend. "Pink! Long time no see! Hey, has Eri been by lately?" Noticing an unfamilar woman nearby, she bowed. "Forgive me... did I interrupt you?" All this travelling was making her act oddly, and she didn't like it one bit.

A small, pale face poked through the door, attached to a small child in bright green robes. Oooo, this place looks fun!

The dark figure that visited every so often appeared ocne more at the door, entering into it while keeping his vision sorted amongst the various inhabitants. Prana wasn't here, nor was Faevan; though Pink and Guin seemed to be in the area, familiar faces to him in this facility. Otherwise, he looked around and noticed a number of other visitors.

Or perhaps... the guardians of the children.

"Mmm... hello everyone. It's nice to see you again, Pink." spoke Airez with a soft tone, looking down at Guin and smiling beneath his scarf.

Pink smiled to Britain. "Yay I was right. Its ok. Its hard for a lot of people to be frequent visitors here. We all come and go. I don;t believe I met your child's twin either. She is beautiful, and I bet her twin is just as beautiful."

Out of the corner of her eye, Pink saw Airez and waved happily. "How are you tonight, Airez." She said, letting everyone in the room know that even though he didn;t look TOO friend, he was.

Pink then turned to DS and waved her over. "No, not interrupting anything. Come over here sweetie." She called out in a sing song voice. "And who is that you have with you today? You and all your children. You are one busy bee!" She said with a link and a laugh, awaiting the look DS would give her...or the violent display of 'affection' she would use apon her.

Guinevere, very confused at all the people around her began to wail, not knowing who to go to, who to play with, or anything. It was very tramatic for her.

Neko's ears perked up a little bit at the voices, having not realized anyone was around at first. Holding Demare correctly, he frowned as the child began to squirm in his arms.

"Oh, come on... Don't you ever get lonely at home? No one else your age being around and all..." he asked the baby, stepping a bit slowly toward the growing group.

Demare crossed his bandaged arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes into little slits, glaring up at his guardian. Infidel... He wasn't lonely. He didn't need FRIENDS! ...But, he DID need minions...

Turning his bi-colored eyes toward the babies in question, he realized the two were indeed about his age, and one was a girl. FEH!! Who needed girls? He didn't get along with Sora at home, nor Minami, and most of the pets seemed to hate him as it was. What made her any better? The boy, however... The tiny horns on his head made him a little interesting. Maybe he'd give them a chance.

Neko cautiously approached the group, staying back a little bit to make sure he wasn't interupting anything.

"I'm quite alright." responded Airez as he ventured forth towards the known companion. With grey eyes of neutral nature, he peered down at Guin and then bent at the knees to crouch. The dark scar fof his sprayed all across the floor beneath him, laying limp and motionless. His vision focused upon the young child that lay before him, staring at her with a caring tone.

"Hello there, little one, we meet again." spoke the dark man in a smooth voice, calling towards Guin.

Brit seemed a bit shy at first, but once she realized that there WAS a group of people and she might as well get used to it her sage-green eyes calmed. She tilted her head at DS with a slight smile, and shook her head. "You're not interrupting at all. I'm Britain Newark, and this is Keita- it's nice to meet you." She gave a nod to the other newcomers, as well.

Keita's ears flicked stright back when Guin cried out and he looked up with interest and concern. One little hand reached out, and he waved it at her reassuringly. "Meh!" He pronounced, quite firmly, and gave her a sunny smile.

Pink wouldn't be disappointed. A twisted smile on her face, DS pulled Pink into a tight bear hug, rubbing the woman's head with her own. "Now now... I just stopped by to see if Eri's been by, and to get a snack. I've been... eh, travelling for a while. Can't stay long though, I'd like to get Xue back to the cottage." She gestured towards the boy absently, still looking around the room.

Wow, this place looked interesting! Very different from the cottage. And the people were all bigger or smaller. Grinning, he headed over to the smaller ones. Do any of them want to play with Xue?

Pink, not noticing another person before, now notices Neko. She waved him over to them as well. "Hello there. And who might you be."

Pink laughed as DS hugged her. "Well you're here now. And once you come you stay for a long period of time, you know better by now." She said to her friend waving her finger about at her with a giggle.

Through Guinevere's loud wails she heard the friendly man that Prana liked to play with come over to her, and made her stop whailing so loudly. Still, he wasn't as good as all those babies she saw and wanted to play with too. She thought through her tears how she could play with ALL the babies and the friendly man.

She looked around and saw one of the babies wave to her. She began to sniffle, brigtening a little bit, and waved her hands all about at her, cooing a little through her sniffles.

She saw even another baby come close to her. This one looked different though. She was so intrigued by the difference that she stopped her sniffiling all together. She reached out and poked the different little creature as it walked by her. "Mwa?" She questioned at it.

A familiar voice aroused Airez's attention as he turned his face towards the green eyeed woman. His eyebrow rose with curiousity as he took a little while to recognize who this character was exactly. It brought about a smiple smile to his face as his eyes waivered down to her stomahc, noticing the obvious growth that was present. It was a long while since he'd seen the girl, and a great deal had changed with her, it seemed.

"It's been some time now, hasn't it Britain." called Airez with his usual tone, turning his vision platinum eye to mee with the woman's face. "Steele mentioned the stage of your new child. I must offer my congratulations to you."

The sounds of the children playing was a pleasure to his ears as he was able to turn his attention away from that of the kid.

Snorting softly, DS headed to the kitchen. "I really do have to get back soon," she yelled. And you STILL haven't answered my question!"

Oh? Who is this one? She looks all brown and dark on the outside. She has funny robes!

Xue pokes back gently. Who is the girl?

"Airez! I knew I recognized that voice!" She laughed, and reached out to hug her friend. "Steele told me she ran into you here! What do you think of our little ones, hmm? We've been very busy lately." >.< She blinked at the suddenly crowding room, and shook her head. "I guess I didn't know what I was getting into when we decided to take care of the twins."

Keita, meanwhile, was rather determined to get to Guin. It bothered him to have someone in distress nearby, and even if she wasn't in distress...he wanted to go see! He squirmed, making demanding baby noises as Brit shifted him to her other hip.

Being acknowledged, Neko took a few steps closer to the group, holding Demare for a moment longer.

"Er, hello," he said a bit softly, his gold eyes glancing down toward the wailing child before she'd stopped. "My name is Neko... And this is Demare."

The baby simply rolled his eyes with an irritated sigh, his wings twitching slightly.

"You'll have to excuse him... He can be a brat sometimes," Neko said, shaking his head a little bit. Reluctantly, he finally placed the child on the floor, making sure to sit him up and keeping an eye on him. Hopefully, things would go smoothly like it had the last time he was here.

Demare eyed his surroundings for a moment, warily watching the girl that had just been crying.

Chuckling in return, Airez leaned over and gave his friend a good hug, letting go and smiling at Keita in return. "They seem lovely, I should and will congratulate you on them as well. Quite a pair if I do say so."

Looking down at Keita still, he crouched down and patted the boy's head lightly with his gloved hand, feeling through the coarse folicles upon his head. He retracted his arm and stood before Britain once more, nodding in agreement wiht her words as they left her form.

"I must admit it seems rather hectic at times. Though, it's nice to know that I've been given the title of godparent for Prana, Faevan's little one. It's really heartwarming actually, to see all these kids."

Pink waved happily to Neko and his baby. "Your child is beautiful!" She said once again to another parent. Its not her fault she belived all of them to be beautiful!

Pink laughed as DS went towards the kitchen once again. "There was a question in the mist of that hug. What was it again? You know my lazy, hazy memory!" She said with a smile.

Guinevere, at the ground saw another baby be put there. She clapped her hands and happily pointed to him.

Being poked back by the baby, Guinevere giggled and poked him again. He was a fun one!

She looked up when she heard the baby in the air make noises. She likewise, tryed to copy the same noises and reached out to him. "Pwaaaaaaa." She said loudly, drawing Pink's attention to her little girl.

She looked from Guinevere to where her gaze landed and laughed. "I think they want to play." She said pointing to Guinevere and Keita.

DS emerged from the kitchen with a small basket, gritting her teeth. "Have... you... seen... Eri?" Honestly, was it possible to have a smaller attention span?

Xue tired of the poking quickly. These people sounded so quiet to him! It hurt Xue's poor mind... gonk

"That's wonderful!" Brit exclaimed, absently setting Keita down next to Guin. "Good idea, Pink- it'll save my aching arms." She made a face at Airez and shook her head. "My first son had hollow bones- I didn't know babies could be so heavy!"

Keita rejoiced as he was set down, and crawled over to plop next to Guin. He peered at her, one ear forward in her direction, and grinned.

"Hollow bones?" asked Airez with a risen eyebrow, then looked back down about the child in question. "I wouldn't have guessed such a child had those qualities. Makes it quite interesting."

A softer look returned as he looked back at Britain, shrugging his shoulders.

"Perhaps you're feeling him too much Gerber baby food. Though I must admit that such food is rather delicious, especially vanilla custard." shaking his head, clearly amused, he looked back into the crowd of children, "They'll grow up to be heavier. Imagine him when he's old enough to talk."

Demare twitched slightly at the comment, finding it revulting that the woman would call him beautiful. He wasn't PRETTY! He wasn't some piece of scenery to be commented on! He wasn't...

...pretty. That word seemed to calm him a little bit as he looked shyly at his feet, wiggling his toes in his booties. His wings twitched again, adding to the bashful look, and his eyes grew back to their normal large size. That was... That was very nice of her to say.

"Pwitty..." he said quietly, giggling a little bit.

Neko blinked a few times, making a mental note of how randomly his mind was switching today. Sometimes it would take only seconds for him to switch...

Pink laughed as DS gritted her teeth. "You know you love me! And no I have not. Has he disappeared or something sweetie?" She asked, the last part of her question said in a worried tone.

Guinevere giggled happily at the strage little creature and reacted by shoving one of her fists into her mouth.

Guinevere, apon seeing the new baby come close to her looked intently at his ears, leaning her head to and fro, seeing them all different directions. She tentatively reached out the first that was not in her mouth to touch them. They looked so neat to her!

Guinevere looked to the little boy who had early given off an almost inward and mean aurora and smiled at him as she saw him wiggle his feet. She reminded herself of what her and Prana did yesterday and plopped herself of the ground and wiggled ehr feet in the air repeating over and over a few times. "Pwit! Pwit!" Not really able to say the whole word the boy had said.

"Hm? Oh no, he hasn't." DS couldn't quite manage to hide her disappointment. "At least, not that I know of. I just hoped he would be getting out while I've been gone. But he probably just went to the library, right?" She rummaged through her basket as she talked, trying to keep one eye on Xue and failing miserably.

Xue sat down on the floor with a thump. He isn't sure he likes this place...

Not knowing what else to do, he projects cheery, playfull feelings as far as he can manage. Playtime? biggrin

"Oh, not this little one!" Brit corrected, her eyes wide. "Aoshi is my oldest son, he's one-quarter blackbird. He's in college. His f- father died when he was very young." She seemed to have obvious trouble getting past that sentance, and quickly changed the subject as she looke up at Neko. "Hello? I don't believe we've met."

Keita tilted his head at the first touch from the little girl, then leaned against her as his eyes closed blissfully. He LOVED it when people played with his ears!

"Mmm..." noting the hesitation in Britain's voice, Airez took notice of the nearby man as well, having previously forgotten about him. A kind look rose about his face that was visible as he turned and offered out his hand in a greeting.

"Hello there, seems you have a little one as well." called the man, smiling beneath his dark cloth. "I'm sorry, but I didn't catch his name earlier."

Pink went over to DS and gave her a hug. "Don't worry sweetie. He prolly went to the library. Or to Buffy's place to play with Illyria."

Guinevere smiled as the Keita rubbed his ears against her hand. She took her other hand out of her mouth and wiped it on her cape before pettng both of his ears. So soft!

Guinevere, looked over to Xue when she suddenly felt something hit her. She took one hand off of Keita's ears and reached into the big bag her mommy always brought with them. She pulled out some plushies and put them infront of them all. She made one dance about as she kept petting one of Keita's ears and smiled to Xue.

Neko's ears flicked a few times before he looked up, realizing someone had spoken to him. Laughing a bit nervously and blushing slightly with embaressment, he lifted a fingerless-gloved hand to rub at the back of his neck.

"Oh! G-gomen gomen, sorry about my manners," he apologized, his tail curling up a little bit. "My name's Neko. And this," he paused for a moment, holding his free hand toward Demare on the floor, "is Demare."

Demare blinked a few times as he heard his name, just now realizing they'd arrived at the HQ. Had he blacked out again?? Looking up to the woman his guardian was talking to, he scooted himself a little bit behind Neko's leg, a tiny hand grasping onto his pant leg as he waved the other shyly.

Well, that was a bit more like it. But not enough. Why couldn't anyone play with Xue? crying

DS huged Pink back tightly, choking back a giggle. "With Illy? Really Pink, has hell frozen over already?" But the words did comfort her, and she smiled. Until she caught sight of Xue. "Oh dear," she murmured, rushing over to scoop the boy up. "Sorry, we really must fly. Nice to meet all of you," she shouted to the room, not bothering to remember she hadn't really met any of them. "Until we next meet!"

The door slammed behind them as they left, the only sign they'd been there a few traces of mixed cheeriness and confusion lingering in the air.

"My name's Brit," she said, watching Neko curiously, "and that's Keita. His twin, Aureli, is with my mate Steele- she's busy tonight, unfortunately, or she'd be here." She leaned down a bit, raising her eyebrow at Demare- she was extremely short, so it wasn't a long trip. "Hello, Demare."

"Mrrr?" Keita asked, looking at the plushies. Ear scritches were so distractng...but new things were so interesting! he reached out for a plushie and examined it carefully, never moving far enough away that Guin couldn't pet him. After a minute, he peered up at Demare- his mama-person was talking to Demare's mama person, so he watched carefully to make sure he didn't do anything mean.

Pink hugged DS tightly. "No worries hun." She then waved to her as she parted hurridly and wandered off to the kitchen for a moment wondering if she left any cookies for them in there. She sure was hungrey, so she hoped she had.

Guinevere set enough for now with the ear petting, waved enthusiastically to the strange baby as it left with her mommy's friend and picked up dolls in both of her hands. She made them dance around infront of her and Keida cheerdully, making one or two climb on him every so often.

Hearing the door slam nearby, Airez pondered who had just left before looking over at Pink once more, seeing her companion had left. A quick wave and he looked down at the children that played together, watching them interact before turning back towards Britain and Neko.

His mind was just everywhere today! Noticing the hand being held out to him, his blushed a little more from embaressment.

"G-gomen!! I'm sorry, I didn't...I mean... Hello," Neko stammered, taking the man's hand in his own and giving it one firm shake. "Forgive me, I guess I'm not all here today. The lack of sleep must be finally getting to me. Who might you be?"

Demare hid a little more behind Neko's leg before realizing that the woman wasn't going to hurt him. Peeking out a little more, he waved his hand again, his wings twitching a little bit.

"He'wo," he said softly, managing to smile.

Brit nodded solemnly to Demare, her eyes dancing. "It's nice to meet you," she said gently. "Would you like to play with my little one?"

Keita cackled gleefully as the plushies danced, and made the one he'd claimed for the moment dance with Guin's. He fell backwards, suddenly finding himself staring at the ceiling- and laughed, kicking his feet.

Without warning, Brit's pager went off. She started to swear, then thought better of it with a slightly guilty look around at all the babies. "Blast. I'm on call for emergency dispatch when they run out of officers so I've got to go- it was nice meeting all of you!"

She scooped up Keita, who looked very unhappy about having to leave his new playmates, and whisked out the door.

Accepting the shake with a pride, the dark man nodded his head and smiled, "Sometimes it's good to be inconspicuous. My name is Airez Ryong, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Letting go, he looked back down at the child and smiled, " I believe you refered to him as Demare?"

Before he could react, Britain was running out in a hurry, taking Kieta with her quickly. It surprised him that a pregnant woman was so active, able to move so freely as she did. Somethign many women could undoubtedly hold a certain pride to watch, "Good bye, and good luck."

Pink came out of the kitchen with some cookies DS had left for them just in time to hear Britian say goodbye. "Bye! Have fun at work and come again soon!" She said cheerfully and then put the plate of cookies on the table by the couch. She sat back down and looked from Neko to Airez with a smile, taking one cookie from the plate for herself and extending her other hand toward the plate, meaning for them to take one too.

Guinevere, seeing her playmate whisked away pouted as she looked at her plushies. She threw them aside, unhappy with them not being alive to play with her and crawled toward her mommy and the group surrounding them. She pulled on her Mommy's shoe and raised her hands up.

Pink looked down at the tugging and smiled, picking up Guinevere and craddled her in her arms. "Why are you sad baby girl?" She said gently to her, seeing tears brimming at the little one's eyes.

Neko blinked distractedly for a moment as Britain as leaving, his tail flicking a little bit as she moved so quickly. Emergency dispatch...? The situation couldn't have been good if they needed her.

"Er, good luck! And it was nice meeting you, Brit!" he called with a wave as she exited with her child.

"Yes, yes...this is Demare," he said, looking back to Airez. "And a pleasure to meet you, as well."

Demare watched a bit confused as the woman left so quickly, waving a hand in habit as she disappeared. He would have tried to say goodbye had his eyes not gotten distracted by movement from above.

Turning his bi-colored eyes to the dark man, he was a bit curious of the material he had over his mouth. He'd never seen a collar like that before... and it was so ragged! Just his kind of thing.

"Poor child wants a playmate." said Airez with a smile behind his scarf. The little one seemed so sad now, having lost all the other children to their parents duties and chores. It was heartbreaking to see the child's eyes water up with tears. Looking towards Neko, he nodded and offered a soft look. "Maybe..."

Crimson eyes peered in through the door curiously, then a small body stepped forth, hair a blaze as a tail swished around lightly into the air. Crimson stripes lined up and down his body, showing off his dark skin as the little minx wandered in and took notice of the people that were present in the room. His attention seemed to waiver quickly as he noticed the child in Pink's lap, seeing how tiny it was.

"Mmm?" murmured Airez as he looked back and smiled, "Come to join us Shen?"

Pink looked down at Guinevere in her lap and bounced her a little as she heard what Airez said. "Are you sad because all your playmates left honey?" She asked in a soft voice. Guinevere nodded her head and burried it into her shoulder, sniffiling a little. "Awwww." Pink said and rocked her back and forth in her arms, rubbing up and down her back. "Maybe Damare would play with you. Or look, someone else just came in!" She said in a cheery voice, trying to get her little girl to cheer up, but she just continued to rub her face into her mommy's shirt, thouroughly boogering and tearing it up.

Pink looked toward the door and saw a rather odd creature. "Who is that?" She asked Airez, as she saw him acknowledge it.

"This would be Shen," responded Airez as he petted the fiery hair of his companion's head, nudging him forward towards the tiny batch of people, "He's my little Reju, a Minx of his species."

Looking up at Pink without emotion in his eyes, Shen turned his head down towards the baby once more. The tail and hair of his glowed softly as he reached out and pressed his hand softly against Guin's back, letting out a warm aura before looking up at Pink. "Hello... I am Shen..."

Pink smiled. "That's a nice name, Shen. My name is Pink. And this is my little girl, Guinevere." Her eyes followed his hand as he pressed it against her back.

Guinevere first figited in Pink's arms, wondering what was on her untill she noticed how comfy it felt. She sniffled one last time and murmered happily, snuggiling against her mommy as she felt the warm aurora.

Rubbing up and down the little one's back, SHne looked up at Airez and tilted his head, "She's very little..."

"Yeah, that's because she's a baby. Much like you but you're a child and she's a tinier child. Think more of an egg form." offered Airez in a smooth voice before looking down at the child.

"I see..."

Demare watched curiously as the new creature arrived and seemed to comfort the crying child, wondering why the girl had started her tears to begin with. Cautiously, he moved forward to rest against his hands and shifted his legs, planting his feet onto the ground as he pushed himself into somewhat of a stand. Still bent over with his hands against the floor, he slowly straightened himself up, swaying a little bit as he tried to gain full balance. It wasn't long before his wobbly legs began to hesitantly move toward the little group by the couch.

Pink looked at little strangely at Shen as he rubed her daughter's back but she was calming down, so she guessed it was ok. She smiled up at Airez as he tried to explain to Shen. "She is a tiny baby sweetie. It seems you were never this little?" She asks Shen.

Guinevere, content with the rubbing on her back, fluttered her eyes open and close, fighting off sleep for a little while.

Pink smiled as the other legend came towards them. "Looks like we have a walker on our hands."

"Indeed." smiled Airez as he watched the baby come closer.

"Mm..." responded Shen as he continued to rub the little child's back some more, letting the waves of heat flow over ehr body while he did so, "I came from an egg.... so I wasn't a tiny baby..."

Pink laughed at the thought of Guinevere as an egg. "No egg for this one. Just a tiny baby." She looked down at Guinevere, and saw her eyes completely closed, and her back moving up and down slower from her breathing. She tilted Guinevere up a little and confirmed she was sleeping.

Apon seeing her daughter sleeping, she yawned. "It was nice to meet you Shen, and nice to see you again Airez, but I have to get going. We both seem to be very tuckered out." She got up, cradiling Guinevere gently and picked up her bag in the middle of the room, after putting all the strewn about plushies into it. She gave a little wave before she opened the door the the HQ and walked out for the night.

Neko rubbed the back of his neck a little bit. "He's about 2 months now, so I guess I'm not too surprised... I just feel bad that I seemed to have missed the most of it," he explained. "Er...and goodnight."

Demare stopped at the couch, turning his eyes up shyly toward the three now very close by. Folding his little hands behind his back, the baby legend kicked his foot against the floor softly, looking toward his feet.

"He'wo," he said softly, his wings curling a little bit. He was too late, however, as the woman and baby girl got up to leave. He watched curiously, unsure of what else to do.

"So I see." said Airez as he looked down upon the sleeping child, reaching over and pating her lightly atop the head before looking at Shen and tapping him upon the shoulder, cuasing the Minx to removed his hand and look up at him. "I wish you two the best of sleep. Maybe your dreams be happy ones. And may your child wake up without crying."

Smiling, he allowed hte passing of Pink and hte child before looking down at SHne. The minx looked back without expression before heading out the door as well, finding something he could do in the night while Airez shookmhis head lightly. A smile grew before he looked at Neko and nodded his head, "I should be heading out as well, perhaps we shall see each other again. As well as your child."

Offering a respectful nod to Demare, he turned and began for the door as well.

Neko nodded slightly and waved, his tail flicking a little bit. "Yes, perhaps we'll meet again," he agreed. "Have a good night."

Demare frowned slightly as the man left, tilting his head at the nod. Had he driven them off?? Would they come back? How...how terrible that after he'd worked up the nerve to greet them, they all ran off.

...How DARE they...

Neko looked back to his legend just in time to see the baby's eyes narrow down into little slits. Here we go again...

"All right you... Time to go home," he said softly, stepping over to the angry child and picking him up carefully. "You had bad timing, it's not their fault."

Of course it was their fault! They were the ones that had to leave, after all. Grumpily, Demare folded his arms across his chest in a huff and glared up at his guardian instead, deciding to put his frustrations out on the demon.

Neko looked down at him for a moment before shaking his head lightly and turning around to walk toward the door. Leaving the HQ, he began to long trek back home.

Halloween has come and passed. It's almost been two weeks since Demare arrived here, and he's still here. So, obviously not a Halloween trick... He's real. He's not just my imagination. ...He's...staying here. A part of me is happy about this, but a part of me is dreading the days to come.

Demare seems to get along very well with Domonic. He's still a little iffy around me, as if he's not sure of something... Funny. It's like he's never seen a woman until the day he arrived. Or rather, a woman with my name... He's reluctant to call me Neko. Why? Did he live with another Neko? Did he live with another...me?

The only thing Domonic and I have been able to confirm is that Demare's not from this dimention originally. Or so it seems... He has complete memories of living in this house, living with Domonic, but he seems to think I'm a stanger. Of course, Domonic is really confused because he knows nothing of the child... Where he came from, why he was there, and much less why he appeared in HIS arms that day. So, what's wrong with me?

We have a clue, however. There was a picture of me still as a man sitting out on the coffee table, and Demare kept pointing at it saying "Nene". Odd... Perhaps where ever he was originally, I had still been a man, and he isn't making the connection that he could possibly be me. I won't complain, though, because I don't expect a baby to understand. Maybe when he gets older, I can tell him.

Great. Demare's gotten a hold of Domonic's amulet again... I wonder if it's possible to deprogram this "shiny object" addiction the baby seems to have.