Come here First.

[The Madame Red]

"You're much too soft, dear," Naomi stood up and glanced disdainfully at the pitiful kitten, "These people are quite fortunate to have you to look to as a leader. If it were me, i'd make the kitten fight for her food instead of giving it straight to her."

"And this is why they don't like you," Crow also stood up, not being able to eat any further.

"Does it look like I care who they like? They were the ones who remained slaves and not fighting for themselves," Naomi shrugged as she went over to Yuuki, "I must go meditate, my sweet."

She kissed Yuuki's head before leaving to hone her skills once again. Crow sighed as he went over to give the former slaves more food so that none went hungry. So far, both Yuuki and Naomi had such different experiences, but both came out of that life fighting. As much as he respected Naomi, he was at least glad that Yuuki was not as cold.  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki's body trembled. They were only children! "She's right." She said narrowing her eyes. "Unless you're a child, or are expecting, you must log at least five hours a day in combat training or doing chores to earn your food. If you don't you go hungry. I'll do it too. Just to be fair. But considering I pull my weight much more than you do Kisa." She glared at the Inu. "I guess I'll be fed more." She turned and stormed out. She still didn't have complete control over herself. Her mood swings were getting ridiculous. Her tails rubbed together so much she was producing a lot of electricity for the mansion. Enough to power their generators for years.

And down. . . She thought feeling the need to burst into tears. So instead she stormed off into the living section and to their room landing face first into the large bed and cried a little. She wanted cuddles. . . She should have stayed around Crow and clung to him but she also wanted to be alone. Damn these annoying mood swings!!!!  

[The Madame Red]

Naomi had listened for a few moments, but decided not to intervene. Yuuki had a lot to learn to truly treat the former slaves as normal people. No one deserved pity. Absolutely no one. Then, she felt a disturbance as the energy field around her rippled. When she opened her eyes slightly, she came face to face with a young kitsune woman. They would've been close to the same age, but the woman looked so frail.

"You are Naomi, right?" the woman's voice was soft.

She must've been new, because the other slaves didn't smell as sweet as this one. Naomi stopped levitating and placed her feet on the ground, "I am. Let me guess, you want to chastise me for-"

"I want to know why," tears brimmed in her eyes, "We come from the same breed. I could care less about the pussies or the mutts, but we are both foxes in spirit."

Naomi didn't say a word. She had always felt loyalty towards her own species above the others, but she tried not to show favoritism when it came to selling off slaves. The woman neared Naomi and reached out for her arm, "You're different now, right? There are ways to make this right."

"Just because you're free doesn't mean you can dictate to me," Naomi's voice was cold.

"The masters that killed the two you loved were cat and dog breeders," the kitsune woman's grip was strong, "They killed our kind for fun!"

This struck Naomi's heart deeply. Her eyes were wide, she did not know that word had spread about what turned her cold. She felt herself give in until the door opened and Crow walked in, "Mikasa, don't get Naomi worked up over this. Don't you have your own family to care for?"

The woman released Naomi and turned to leave before saying, "Naomi, you know what you need to do."

Something snapped in Naomi as soon as Crow mentioned that this woman had a family of her own. Her eyes glowed a bright lavender as she gritted her teeth as she made the woman explode into a million tiny pieces. Crow cried out in horror as he fell on his back, "Naomi!!"

She fell to her knees as she held her head, tears streaming down her face. If she had to, she'd kill anyone that ever knew that terrible memory of hers. As Crow tried to crawl to her, she forced a wave of energy at him and locked all the doors that led to her location. She had to be alone or she'd kill someone else.  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki's head snapped up. Her eyes wide. She felt it. Naomi's aura was pulsing. She got up and rushed to the room. "Crow? Crow what happened what's going on?" She whimpered holding him close. She smelt blood. "Naomi!" She whimpered knocking. "Naomi?" She knocked. "Naomi it's me my love, what's wrong? Let me in a cuddle you. . . You don't have to tell me anything we can just cuddle."  

[The Madame Red]

"That woman...in pieces..." was all Crow could mutter as he backed away to the opposite wall, his body shaking in fear at what he had witnessed.

"Don't come in here!" Naomi yelled as she closed her eyes tightly, "I'll...not right now..."

Crow managed to catch his breath as he took Yuuki's hand, "The freed slave, Mikasa, went to Naomi to talk. The next thing I know, Mikasa brought up family and Naomi had her explode into tiny pieces."

Then, the doors slowly opened and Crow pulled Yuuki behind him protectively. Naomi stood in the bloody remains of the woman she had murdered and kept her arms loosely crossed, "In my defense, she brought up something no one should know."  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki flinched when Naomi yelled out. She moved back from the door. She clutched her friend's hand and sighed a little. "Oh honey." She said. "You're all dirty we should clean you up." She smiled cupping Naomi's cheek. She didn't mind that Naomi was covered in blood. "Love, you shouldn't have done that,"  

[The Madame Red]

"They're alive!?" Hiro nearly fell from his seat as he spoke with an older man, "But... I had heard they were both killed..."

"The man was murdered, yes. He was another psy-kitsune and we had the choice of killing one or the other. We decided that killing the male would be more beneficial then the female seeing as how we could sell her body," the old man smoked his long pipe.

"Then that means the child is still alive," Hiro leaned closer on his elbows, "Was it..."

"It was the son," the old man coughed, small amount of spittle landed on Naomi's table, "The runt was made to look as if he were dead so that we could separate the mother from the pup with ease. We found it rather easy to escort her away when she looked upon the bloody scene."

Hiro covered his mouth in surprise. Naomi's son...was alive? He sat back in his seat at this news as his eyes went to the old man, "Where is he?"

"The runt?" the old man raised a brow, "We actually kept him in this very town as a sick joke. It's kind of comical to think that the mother sold so many slaves that she wouldn't pick out the very one that she birthed. I think she sold him at least ten times within either of them knowing the other."

Naomi would kill this man. If she ever found out, of course. Hiro then stood up, he didn't know if he could take much more, "I will buy the boy."

"Ah, good choice," the old man ushered in a slender young man that had Naomi's once amber eyes and dark hair. He only had a single tail, which Hiro found peculiar, "This one won't let you down if you're looking for-"

"I'm not," Hiro handed a huge amount of cash to the old man and took the young man behind him, "Forgive me, but I must tend to other matters."

"Very well," the old man tipped his hat before leaving the building.

Hiro looked to the silent lad, who seemed barely a year or two younger than himself. His eyes were casted with shadows. What disturbed Hiro was how solemn he seemed even though he just heard that his mother was still alive.

"I'm going to take you to her," Hiro held his shoulders, "She's been helping with liberating slaves."

Leaving the store in the hands of the liberated slaves, Hiro took the young man to the cave that let to the underground mansion where he walked in with the boy. He then called out, "Naomi? Crow? There's a new person here that needs help."  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki turned her head spotting Hiro. Her body language changed. Human. Disgusting. She seemed a little cold. "What is it Hiro?" She asked in a warm yet a tiny bit dismissive tone, walking toward him. She scented Kitsune and her expression softened. "I'll take him if you like." She said.  

[The Madame Red]

Crow had followed Yuuki, and Naomi walked passed the opening to clean herself off when she spotted the new comer. She stopped dead in her tracks. Fear wrapped around her as she and the new kitsune made direct eye contact. Though his scent had been changed, and he hadn't seen her since he was a toddler, a child always recognizes their mother.

"Erin..." Naomi vaporized the blood off her of her body and took a few steps towards the kitsune.

Erin, the young male kitsune, looked Yuuki over before gazing at Naomi. She had sworn...his body was... Crow took hold of Naomi's wrist, "Don't go near him if you're-"

"That's my son," Naomi's breath was soft, her voice barely above a whisper, "I thought..."

"I know you," Erin's voice was soft as he walked passed Yuuki, he was just as tall as Naomi, "I swear I know you."

"Erin," Naomi breathed as she lifted a trembling hand that barely touched Erin's cheek, "I...I'm your mom."

Crow was surprised immensely, he had no idea Naomi had a child before. That or if she even had a mate before. What else was she hiding then? He went to stand by Yuuki, "Did you know about Naomi having a kid?"  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki stared at them for long moments. She had half known from her physical assessment of him. But didn't want to believe it. "Crow, I'll discuss this later okay?" She whispered to him. "Let's give them a little privacy to catch up." She smiled. "Naomi, Crow and I are going to do some dishes you call us when you need us okay?"  

[The Madame Red]

Crow glanced over his shoulder and felt uneasy. This was all a little fast for him. First, the threesome relationship and now Naomi was expressing that she had a son. He wasn't sure if he was ready to be a father or a father figure just yet. Although, he was happy nonetheless to leave with Yuuki to the kitchen to do the dishes. As he cleaned, he glanced over at Yuuki a few times, "So, do you prefer guys over girls? Or is it really equal? Not that I think it's not, I'm just curious. I couldn't think of being with another guy."



Erin distantly kept Naomi at arm's length, even then that was a stretch. Naomi understood and kept her distance as respect. She wanted to hold him. To caress him and show that she missed him. For years, she had believed he was dead and now he was in front of her. Her heart went out to Erin.

"Why didn't you come find me?" Erin spoke, his eyes as mistrusting as Naomi's had been before.

"I..." her voice broke, for once she felt afraid of someone else. She feared her only son would hate her. Above all else, she needed his love to survive, "You had been killed in front of me. I don't know what those disgusting mortals had done to our senses, but until this very moment I thought you were dead. If I had known you survived, I would have stopped at nothing to find you."

Erin took his mothers words in. He could smell lies and could not scent hers. In less than a moment later, he embraced her tightly. Naomi exhaled as she felt a cry itching to come out of her throat. Instead, tears seeped from her tightly closed eyes as she held her grown son in her arms for the first time in many, many, many years.  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki thought about it. "I guess, I guess I like both the same. I more or less love the personality over everything else. I see into the persons soul and I either feel a connection or I don't." She explained. "It's rare I find anyone physically attractive. I mean, I found you both physically attractive and soul deep attractive." She admitted blushing darkly. "I . . . am not too sure what sparked my love for Naomi though. I guess, something just told me that I should be with her." She pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Why do you ask though?"  

[The Madame Red]

"Just wondering," Crow blushed from her kiss before glancing away, "I just didn't want to think that you two would run off together and leave me here."

"If we did that, then who would clean up after me?" Naomi mused as she approached the two with Erin trailing behind her, "I didn't want either of you two know about what happened to me before either of you knew me. Back then, I thought my son had been killed alongside his father. Having Erin back...it's like nothing I have ever experienced."

Erin glanced from Crow to Yuuki, "Is the male your owner?"

"The three of us are together as a tri-couple. It's complicated," Naomi shrugged as she kept an arm around her son's shoulders.

As a fellow psy-kitsune, Erin easily probed the memories of the two and deemed them fitting. He then looked to his mother, "Then you are also free? You're helping them free more slaves?"

She didn't want to tell her son that she had been trading and enslaving others since her freedom. Now that she had him back in her life, she didn't want to lose him again. Naomi nodded and smiled, "Yes, it's been a long dream of mine to free all the slaves."

Naomi placed a mental barrier around her mind. He must have been atoned to his psychic abilities at this point and would have to keep her mental guard up. Erin eyed her for a moment before looking to Yuuki, "You know that oniikitsune isn't dead. He will come back for you eventually."

Crow's eyes widened as he looked to Yuuki, "But you killed him."

"From what I can gather from her memories," Erin looked disdainfully at Crow, "He was merely an entity. A spirit-being like himself does not die, his body is a shell that can be replaced."

"Until he returns then, we'll just have to keep doing what we're doing and stay on our toes," Naomi suggested.  

[Hikari_Mamo]

Yuuki nodded. "I know sweetie." She said. "But with the sword I hurt him with, it will take him a good long time to come back. And by then we'll be more than strong enough to send him back to the Celestial realm." She then turned back to Crow. "We're not leaving you Crow. Don't ever think we'd leave you behind." She smiled softly at him giving his cheek another kiss then went to Naomi and gave her a kiss. "I'll be back." She said smiling at Erin. "Bruiser as some thing he wanted to ask me. And please don't tell me Erin. I want to be surprised."

Yuuki arrived at the garden her long time friend asked her to meet him. He looked. . . nervous. Odd, like her, he never showed emotion. Yet he seemed like he was ready to wet himself.
"I am here, friend, what is it?" Yuuki asked then gave a yelp of surprise as flowers were thrust into her hands and he rushed off red faced. The Inu never was one for words. She smiled a tiny bit. He. . . liked her? Or was it just the excess sexual aura she was giving off? She didn't know but the flowers were pretty. . . in an offensive to the nasal senses kind of way. . . She sighed. Naomi was not going to take this well.