Chapter 1: 問題の過多... A Plethora of Issues…

Sametsuka, Japan (Nitori's House)

The gang returned back home as they gathered at Nitrori's house for dinner. It was only several hours since Alex returned to the state and now they had a new visitor in their hands.

So who is this new guest, thought Haruka, She's like…hungry, even more so than Serah?

Makoto and Rin sat silently while Nagisa tried his best to maintain a smile even though he was secretly freaked out by all of this. Mikoshiba had to return home to run a few errands while Gou was in the kitchen helping Nitori.

Izawa could smell the food and said, "Oh my gawd, you guys are all like hawt! I could eat you all in a jiffy!"

Makoto freaked out again as he jumped behind Nagisa, shaking his hands.

Well that's one way to break this awkward silence, thought Rei as he blushed a little.

"Oh boy oh boy!" she laughed, "Yaaahooooo!"

"Oi!" called out Nitori, "Settle down there!"

"Hmm…aah, she's kinda scary?" muttered Nagisa.

"Tell me about it," sighed Makoto.

Rin sighed as he was hoping that dinner would be ready soon so they could just at least eat and hope that the girl could settle down.

"Oh boooy," sneered Izawa, looking at Nitori, "You're yummy! Mind if I take a bite out of your arm?"

Gou's eyes widened in horror, asking Nitori, "Who is this crazy girl?"

At this point, Nitori had enough since he would normally cook in silence; all kinds of noises distracted him since he was not used to cooking on his own from Mikoshiba's and Haruka's teachings.

"…I dare you to try me," muttered Nitori, "I may look cute and simple…but I'm not always like that way."

"Oi!" said Rin, "I never seen you pop off before."

"Oh trust me…when the fuse pops, it's a different story," replied Nitori, giving out a dark stare.

Izawa replied his dark stare with her own, saying as she drooled a little, "Oh I smell a challenge…I like to eat boys that tough for dessert."

Nitori coughed it out and replied, "I've already been dead before…I don't need it again."

"Nitori," said Gou, "I don't think that's a good idea even though you may hold Erastos's memories…"

"Well that's great!" laughed Izawa, "More seasoning to your tasty blood! However, I wouldn't kill you though…I'm not like Serah."

The guys stood in shock as soon as she mentioned Serah's name. Makoto almost jumped again in fear while Rin tried to hold his cool in one place.

"Y-you knew Serah?" asked Haruka finally, breaking the ice a little.

Izawa smiled widely and nodded, "Why of course! She's the princess, who doesn't know her?"

"Uh guys!" said Nagisa, "I think we should ask her WHO IS SHE?"

"Serah never said anything about a princess," added Rin.

"We would like to know who you are, please," said Haruka.

"Yes…" agreed Makoto, trying to gain confidence, "at least an introduction would be helpful…"

The girl crossed her legs dramatically while she pushes her ponytail back, "I am Izawa Sora of the Blood Clan. Pleased to meet ya'll. You can call me Sora if you wish."

"I am Haruka Nanase, a college student," said Haruka.

"Makoto Tachibana, also in college," added Makoto.

"Rin Matsuoka, I am also a college student," said Rin.

"The others are in High School," explained Haruka.

"Nitori Aiichirou, senior of my high school," said Nitori.

"High school? College? What the hell? That sounds interesting," replied Izawa, "Sooo… Which one of you has the sweetest blood huh? I'm starviiing…"

"You can relax on the blood and gore," said Nitori as he got the dishes of food on the table, "here are some rice balls, some vegetarian sushi, and a bit of some tomato soup…and there will be some desert."

"Sora-chan," said Nagisa as he got up to stretch, "We haven't finished our introductions! I'm Nagisa Hazuki!"

"And I'd be Rei Ryugazaki," said the megane, doing the look with his glasses, "We be happy to know what is exactly up with you."

"Oi you two," began Izawa when she turned her head to smell the delicious food on the table, "OH BOY THIS FOOD LOOKS HEAVENLY!"

The others blushed as their visitor's eyes sparkled brightly, "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!"

They all sat at the table as they began to dine on the food. Nitori could tell that Izawa was eating as if she hadn't had anything for days.

Makoto got some rice balls and passed them to Nagisa while Rei drank his tea and carefully watched Izawa's strange attitude.

Alex, thought Haruka, thank goodness you made it out of here...I don't know how you can handle this...

Izawa's mouth was stuffed as she tried to speak, "do you gaisssh knowww any closeee vamp baar arwound here?"

Nagisa looked at her with a confusing response, what the hell was she talking about?

"Oh a bar? Like party clubs?" asked Nitori.

"Uh no…I mean like the place where we vamps like to hang out and get good boys to shug on," replied Izawa as she gulped her food.

"Uh, what language are you speaking?" asked Rei, fixing his glasses.

Shit, thought Haruka, is she…a vampire?

"I'm afraid we may have not what you are looking for," said Makoto, trying to keep his confidence level up, "This is Japan…and you're in one of the villages called Sametsuka…"

"WHAT!?" replied Izawa, stunned, "YOU GUYS HAVE NO VAMP BARS?! WHERE AM I GONNA TO FEED?"

Makoto jumped behind Nagisa for like the third time as he was shaken again.

Haruka sighed and answered, "Well we did had some unusual monsters that lurked here."

"Haruka!" snapped Makoto, "Is that even necessary!?"

"Oh?" asked Izawa as her eyebrow lifted a little, "What kinds? Half-foxes? Or Vlansors?"

"More like…various kinds," said Rin, "There was a gigantic snake/tentacle like monster with multiple heads…and then we had one a long time ago with a gigantic fish that ate some people back at my campus."

"Was that necessary, Rin?" asked Makoto.

"Meh, those various kinds don't seem to interest me; can I just have the cook boy?" replied Izawa.

Nitori turned towards Izawa and said, "Seeing that you are different…do you by chance, drink blood? Or whole?"

"EH!?" gasped Nagisa as he and Makoto held hands tightly.

"Yup!" she replied, "Only high quality too!"

Nitori sighed and took out a small knife and wondered if he could use some of his own blood just for her to calm her senses down.

"Wait!" said Makoto ,"Nitori-chan!"

"If I do this…can you promise us?" asked Nitori, staring at Izawa carefully.

"Hmm?" she replied.

"If I give you some of my blood, I will grant you to stay here so you don't have to run off or whatever," said Nitori, "Seeing that you just got here; you'll need to learn and understand what we have gone through to make it this far."

"That's enough Nitori," said Rin.

"Ugh, that doesn't sound fun," sighed Izawa as she got up from her chair, saying, "I'll just go hunting, see y'all around!"

"Uh! Sora-chan!" said Nagisa but the girl vanished before their eyes.

"Um guys…" sighed Rei.

"So much for trying to help," sighed Nitori as he sat back down, "Miko…"

"I don't think she's really a threat though, but she is wild," said Rei.

"We can't let this go too far though; we don't know what she'll end up doing to this town," replied Haruka.

Makoto nodded but his necklace suddenly glowed a little. The others felt their necklaces talking to them as the Suiei Gods' voices echoed in the room.

"Already?" asked Rin.

"We are out in the wilderness now, I have sensed that you got some interesting company," echoed Mastuoka.

"We got reports about Alex, he's home safe and sound and his Suiei will train him to use his powers," said Nanase's voice.

"We'll allow you guys to have SOME powers in hand in case of an emergency...but use it carefully..." instructed Tachibana, "they will not replenish."

"Very well then," nodded Haruka.

"Right," said Rin.

"Rei, I'd like you to keep an eye out for your new company…that person seems a bit interesting," echoed Ryugazaki's voice.

"Alright," nodded Rei.

Where's Hazuki, thought Nagisa, looking slightly concerned.

"Is something the matter Nagisa?" asked Haruka.

The blonde shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing."

Nitori took out his phone to check up on the schools. Not to his surprise, they're still closed but it was scheduled to be opened by Thursday.

"Exams will start next weds…for both Iwatobi and Sametsuka," said Nitori.

"Both…schools?" asked Rin, confused, "But why did Sametsuka closed down?"

"Iwatobi was the only school that was damaged," said Haruka as he recalled back during the conflict in the auditorium when Alex was here.

"I guess we'll just, rest here then?" asked Rei.

"I wish you all to stay here, I do have some rooms available for you guys," replied Nitori.

"Well that's good then, Nito-chan," said Gou as she got up, still confused and lost on the whole scenario of Izawa's food and her hunts.

The others got up and they were led to their respective rooms to sleep…


Santa Monica, Lost Angeles

Back in the states, Alex sat on his bed, staring out at the moonlight. His brother was already sleeping in his own room. He was happy to be back but he missed the others quite terribly.

His eyes were tired and heavy as he finally shut them and lay down.


The young man opened his eyes and sees swirls of light drifting around him, they fused together as Alex gasped.

"Se-sergi! Whaat?!" he cried out, reaching out to him.

Before he could lay his hands on his brother, the boy melted into blood and guts, leaving not even a trace of a skeleton or bones.

"SERGI!" screamed Alex as he saw the pool of blood before him, he fell to his knees and heard voices from behind.

He turned to see Haruka, Rei, Gou, and the others standing before him.

"You didn't protect him, did you?" asked Haruka.

"No! We did save him, the Suiei Gods were…" began Alex.

"But it appears that what you have done…is only going to make an uncertain future..." said Makoto.

Haruka begins to melt away into blood and guts as the boy screamed and tried to reach to his hand but it melted away before his eyes. He watched in horror as the others melted away, laughing at him.

"No…STOP THIS…STOP THIS!" he cried out.

He turned to see a shadowy figure from the distance, wearing a long cloak and a massive looking staff with shadowed energy swirling around.

Before Alex could call out, his own body was beginning to melt as he screamed in horror…


Alex woke up and gasped, breathing heavily and deeply as his whole body was shaken from the nightmare.

The lights suddenly turned on as he turned to see Sergio standing at the door way at the same time Suiei Marotta floated in as the both parties were a bit in an awkward silence.

"W-wh…who are you?" asked Sergio, stunned by the strange figure floating before them.

"Have no fear," said Suiei Marotta, "Your brother will be okay.

"Brother!" cried Sergio as he rushed to his side, "Are you alright?"

Alex nodded as his younger brother hugged him, saying, "Yeah, it was just a bad dream."

"I'll stay with you," said the younger brother, "I don't want you to feel scared anymore."

"Brother, I don't want you to worry," smiled Alex.

"But I do worry!" he replied, "I mean, that's what brothers are for…right?"

Alex smiled and said, "That's right…and…you can see him too?"

"Who that?" asked the younger brother as he pointed to the Suiei God, "Who is he? He looks like someone from the ancient times."

"I am…well, let's say I am a guardian of his…a protector…but I have come here to keep an eye on both of you, is that good enough?" asked Suiei Marotta.

"I guess so," replied Sergio, "Let's sleep together then and we'll talk more in the morning."

Alex chuckled as Sergio sat on the chair to watch is brother rest while the Suiei God floated to the side and closed his eyes also. Tomorrow was going to be a big day for them and training has only begun.


Back in Japan…

During the last several hours, the girl in a sundress looked around as she simply walked around the streets. She was looking for prey and everyone in town seemed tasty enough in her current condition. She regretted saying no to the cook boy, he was a very tasty smelling boy, the best actually.

But being tied to promises was a lay back and she was not going through with that. She didn't want to care, too much trouble back at home that needed to be fixed.

"I can't believe I fell down a rabbit hole... boy Destiny is being mean to us Serah, Ana..." sighed Izawa.

She finally found a lonely looking boy that smelled especially delicious. She neared him looking as innocently as she could and asked for directions and after the boy decided to help her get "home" she took advantage of a dark corner and dug her fangs in his neck, sucking gently and making sure she wasn't making the boy feel unpleasant... since her own morphine only caused her prey to go to sleep.

She released him and set him on a bench with her newly regained strength and so decided she's roam around a bit more before attempting to find a place to sleep... boy she sure knew how to get in trouble...


The Next Day: Late Evening

After a full day of waiting for their visitor to return, they all decided to break it down and try to pinpoint her location somewhere.

"I can't believe we let her escape," said Haruka as he paced back and forth, "Who knows what she did out there?"

I swear, thought Nitori, if she lays her hands on my Mikoshiba…

"You guys, that girl…she's a lot like Serah but ruder," said Gou.

"I should have just gave her my blood," sighed Nitori.

"No...there's something about her that is more dangerous," said Makoto, "I didn't like that aura going around her."

"But didn't you see her? She seems more lost than anything," answered Gou.

"Sora-chan might be scary but she did look lost..." agreed Nagisa.

"I personally think she's dangerous because she's lost," said Rei while doing the megane look.

"We'll have to make sure she stays with us," replied Rin.

"How? She vanishes into thin air..." answered Rei, "And she's certainly quick about it."

"Well, we got some of our powers to use..." said Haruka as he finally sat down, "we'll have to use it carefully…or else we'll waste it on nothing."

"Why not just try to convince her?" asked Gou, "Maybe some talk with her can settle her down."

"That's even if we find her," said Makoto as he got up, heading to the door. Haruka followed him out while Rin stumbled his way over.

"How will we find her, Mako-chan?" asked Nagisa.

Makoto closed his eyes and concentrated on his necklace, hoping that his could sense something out there.

"I owe it to Serah to figure her friend out," muttered Gou as she got up and joined the others by the outside porch.

Makoto's eyes turned green as the others were stunned to see the limited magic actually working. However, he turned to Rin, saying, "Rin, help me out, would you?"

"Sure," said Rin as his eyes turned neon red with the x-ray vision from his Suiei abilities. The two scanned around to find any traces of evidence when they saw something scary.

"Rin!" gasped Nagisa, "Did you see something?"

"I see someone…a few blocks away in the district," said Rin, "Looks like his neck got injured."

The others gasped as they realized that since Izawa was a vampire…

"Oh boy, she did mean when she said hunting," said Nagisa.

Rin and Makoto turned off their neon eyes and turned back to the others.

"You guys want to join us?" asked Rin.

"I'll stay here," said Rei, "She might come back…she does seem crazy enough."

"I'll go with Mako-chan," replied Nagisa.

"I'll go," nodded Makoto.

"Since I owe Serah…and I'm a girl; I might be able to help out!" replied Gou.

"Fine, I will stay," said Haruka, "You four better be careful."

"Be careful out there!" added Nitori.

"Right!" replied Makoto, Nagisa, Rin, and Gou as they dashed out, heading to the downtown area.


After about 10 minutes of running and searching, they finally found a small corner to an alley where they saw the man resting on the bench. Makoto walked up to the man and placed his fingers on the neck, checking for a pulse.

"His skin is cold," said Makoto, "The pulse is barely there…it's weak."

"He can't be!" shouted a voice behind them.

The group turned to see Izawa, looking a bit panicked and shocked on the man that she drank the blood of last night.

"You did this, didn't you?" asked Makoto.

"I didn't drink that much, right?" replied Izawa.

"If his skin is cold…" began Rin.

"Well yes," she replied, looking slightly nervous, "but he can't be dying!"

Finally, Makoto had enough talk as he narrowed his eyes to the girl, "Tell me…what do you know about the human race?"

"M-makoto," said Rin.

"Well you can't use mana for one," replied Izawa, "Otherwise you're just like us."

"You may be right on that…" said Makoto as his eyes turned neon green, "But tell me if you considered us as human or not?"

"Makoto!" protested Nagisa.

"Yeah, yeah, humans are weak and all…oh shit! You're eyes dude!" gasped Izawa.

"I see your mood has changed," said Makoto.

"Well yeah, normal humans can't do that, you're elven or something?" asked Izawa.

"Makoto!" snapped Rin, "This isn't necessary right now!"

"We are not elven," replied the tall boy, "We are just normal humans…well…once upon a time we were more than human."

"Is the kid dying?" asked Izawa, annoyed.

"I guess you left me no other choice," said Makoto as he took out his vase and looked at it carefully.

"The hell!?" gasped Rin, "How did that vase ended up with you?!"

"Whoa there," said Izawa, "That's some ridiculous amount of mana you got there! You sure you wanna use that against me?"

Makoto ignored her and turned to the man, chanting, "Waters of the medicine…please allow this man to live for a while longer…so he may enjoy his life to the fullest."

He poured the silvery liquid out of the vase onto the cut where it sealed shut as Makoto checked for a stronger pulse.

"He'll wake up soon," he muttered as his eyes turned back to normal.

Izawa sighed and answered, "You know, I was more than willing to do that... and I have stronger powers now that I'm full."

"Filled of what? Human blood?" asked Rin.

"Well, full of energy that's for sure," said Izawa, "I can't channel mana correctly here so if I don't drink and keep myself under control I can cause a cataclysm."

The others gasped as they looked at her as if she was mad or something.

"A-a cataclysm?" asked Nagisa, getting a bit nervous himself.

"Well not a huge global scale…but you can definitely kiss this town goodbye," replied Izawa.

Makoto tried to calm himself down and said, "Please come back with us. We need to explain ourselves so you can at least understand to how things are the way they are here."

"Uh no thanks," replied Izawa.

"But if you keep this up, the people will begin to suspect what is happening," answered Rin.

"Umm Sora-chan... you know Serah right? I'm a good friend of hers... can't you just come over and hear us out?" asked Gou.

"Firstly, ruby eyes…nobody will suspect a thing. They never do, I've done this with Serah other times they never notice," replied the girl, "Secondly, I'm sure I can hear you out here, I don't care if you know the Princess, she taught me not to trust anyone from the get go... specially those who say they know her."

"Mako-chan... can't we talk to her here? We can kill that bird here you know," said Nagisa, standing by Makoto.

"First off...this is planet Earth...you are in a country called Japan," said Rin, trying to hold his cool, "Second, the people here are very sensitive to each other. When someone dies, the people desire to know why and how it was caused…it's the nature of humans to…"

"I am not a child! And people are like that everywhere!" snapped Izawa.

"Well you seem to make it so easy..." replied Rin as he carefully tried to hold his teeth back.

"Look punks, you either tell me what you want with me or I will eat you both not the girl and the blondie they're being somewhat nice!" snapped the foreign girl, "OH and just so you know, where I come from we have The Guard, they make sure the law is followed and if not they execute you so shut up!"

Rin sighed as he answered, "As we said, we want you to stay with us…we got plenty of room. I understand that you may not like the choices we offer but at least have a place to rest yourself."

"Honestly who the hell do you think I am huh?!" snapped Izawa.

"Could we all calm down?" said Gou out loud.

"Makoto, Rin maybe instead of telling her to stay…can we explain a bit more?" asked Nagisa, "About ourselves…?"

"I suppose we got no other choice," said Rin, "You start, Mako-chan."

Makoto nodded as he stood out and looked at Izawa, "You see, we are not always like this…we were once a brotherhood called the Suiei Gods…we made this world's ocean, the seas, the clouds, anything here that involves with water…"

"We were tasked by the universe that the elements are to remain stable," added Nagisa.

"When the human population began to colonize, we assumed our human-like forms...but not like what you see us now. We made friends along the way...but we were betrayed..." explained Makoto

"Betrayed by the same people...but one of them...gave his own life...and split it to the five of us..." said Rin, "It was myself, Makoto, Rei, Haruka, and Nagisa…the gods placed part of their souls in our bodies…and we were born into this modern era as we became competitors for swimming."

"We developed a big friendship along the way," smiled Nagisa, "We were bonded between ourselves and the gods that watched over us."

"However, after much journey, we realized that we were stuck in a time loop...with all of the events that we were telling you, kept repeating itself..." said Makoto sadly, "We never got to embrace ourselves as real humans since part of ourselves had the soul of the gods inside."

"Thankfully, our old friends intervened and saved our future...and we were born again in this timeline..." said Rin, "But our powers are limited...we can only use our abilities if we are given permission...or if we are with our gods."

Makoto took out his necklace and showed it to Izawa, saying, "These possess our powers...but they're suppressed...but they also allow us to communicate with our gods."

"So then, do you kinda understand at least…the basics?" asked Rin.

"Well that's a nice story, got all of it and I admit it was interesting," said Izawa, nodding, "Just one tinsy itsy question. Why do you want me to stick around with you guys? I have nothing to do with you petty minor gods."

"Well one thing for sure," answered Rin, "You have your own powers…and so do we. Perhaps we can figure out how to get your way back home…or to your world per say."

"Oh I know how to get back. Serah said that she'd come for me," replied Izawa.

"Serah was already here," said Makoto.

"Well I'm here because Destiny wanted me here to help out instead of Serah," she replied.

The others seemed a bit confused on the response.

"I don't understand…" said Rin.

"Well I sincerely couldn't care less, but Destiny is a bitch and she told me I could drink all I wanted…" began Izawa.

Suddenly there was a loud bang coming from one of the buildings nearby.

"This always happens," sighed Makoto.

"Oh now…it's too late at night…c'mon," said Izawa, annoyed.

"What should we do now?" asked Nagisa.

"As always, we better go and see," replied Makoto.

"Right," nodded Gou.

"Or I could just put out the damn fire and be done with this mess and find myself a good place to sleep," muttered Izawa when she saw the others running off.

"HEY WAIT!" called Izawa as she followed them.

They arrived to see a fire going on at some abandoned looking building as they smelled the gasoline.

"Ugh that gas smells nasty," muttered Makoto as he tried to hold his nose.

"You guys want to see anything?" asked Izawa.

Rin nodded as he covered his mouth to hold back the gas from getting inside.

"Ugh you guys are such amateurs!" said the foreign girl as she stepped out in front of them and casted, "I pray thee Earthly Magic, turn the flames down, extinguish with water."

A sudden impact of rain smoothed out the fires, turning to steam and eventually disappeared.

"Looks like this place was an office," said Rin, "Let's go!"

"Well that worked thankfully," smiled Izawa, "You guys go on ahead."

The four rushed inside the building and saw several desks that were messy along with a few file cabinets. However, there was one particular safe that had a name written on it. Makoto walked up to it and gasped.

"What's the matter Makoto?" asked Rin.

"This…this can't be!" gasped the taller boy.

"What is it!? Huh!?" asked Nagisa as he walked up to see.

"Miho Amakata…" said Makoto, "Our old teacher!"

"What?!" gasped Gou, "Sensei!?"

"Oh, so she's a teacher?" asked Rin.

"She was…our homeroom and literature…" replied Makoto.

"So then what we are going to do?" asked Nagisa.

"This is beginning to suspect me," muttered the taller boy, "What was she before a teacher?"

"Well she did that bathing suit model based rom the magazine scans," blushed Nagisa, "As Marin-chan…"

"No…before that," said Makoto, "That's not relevant to what she's up to now."

Before the others could answer, he took out the phone and selected the app that Rei handed out to him and the others a while ago, hoping that it will unlock the safe.

"Makoto! This isn't a good idea!" said Rin.

But the other boy wasn't listening as he tapped random numbers on the phone to unlock the code. After a few moments, the safe opened and the knob was unlocked.

"Um, I don't think that's a good idea Tachibana-san…" said Gou, "What if there's…"

Makoto opened the door and saw a file folder inside with a handful of documents in it. The other three peaked over his shoulder to see what was going on.

"NO!" gasped Makoto, "It…it can't be."

"What's the matter?" asked Rin.

"Mako-chan!?" gasped Nagisa.

Rin took some of the papers and was stunned, "This…this is…"

"The copy of the censorship bill," finished Makoto as he fell to his knees. Nagisa hugged around him, reassuring that things will be alright again.

"There's also a copy of the Suiei Gods," said Rin.

"But…how does she even know who we are?" asked Makoto.

"What if she knew of the time loop…or worse…she was in it?" guessed Gou.

"Her signature is on one of the pages where the bill was passed," replied Rin as he continued to analyze the documents, "Is she….working for the government or something? But why this censorship?"

"She even knows of Erastos, Acacius and Nikon," said Rin as he saw the names written down next to Nitori, Mikoshiba and Gou respectively.

"Maybe she allowed this censorship in order to hide and prevent chaos?" asked Makoto, "I mean…we got Alex as our 6th member and he discovered us through hacking or whatever he did back in the states."

"Perhaps if anything got leaked," said Gou, "The government will try to hide it back?"

"We're taking this stuff back," replied Rin as he was heading out the door, holding the files, "The others…including Alex need to know."

"Alex has his own problems to deal with," said Makoto, "He's gone through a lot…"

"That boy has a right to know," argued Rin, "He's a part of us too."

"Alex-chan has a right to know," agreed Nagisa, "I know you're worried sick but he's our member too now."

"I guess you're right," sighed Makoto, "However…Rei did tell me that he was spying on ama-chan while he was at Iwatobi."

Nagisa remained silent as he recalled that day while Iwatobi was still intact, Alex sat by the wall to listen to the sensei and Rei called him out that he was spying. Perhaps Alex knew something?

"In any case we should go and ask Rei if he knows right?" asked Nagisa.

"We better," said Makoto, "and we have to get our guest to stay with us…"

"I don't think that's gonna be easy," sighed Rin.

"Maybe instead of getting her to cooperate…why not offer her something in return?" asked Gou.

"But what do we have to offer?" replied Makoto, "Unless if I make something with my vase or…"

"Ugh, you guys are not thinking right!" said Gou, "She liked Nitori…right?"

She grinned maliciously as she had an idea striking her mind.

"But he's not gonna like this! He's Erastos!" replied Rin, "And if we lose him…"

"Gou! That's really not a good idea!" agreed Nagisa.

"Unless if he has something up his sleeve," said Makoto.

"Hey! I'm just putting it out there. She's crazy alright but she doesn't want to kill anyone," replied Gou.

I thought…doesn't he love Mikoshiba, thought Rin, they would get close at times those two…

Makoto sighed and said, while his eyes glowed neon green, "Well then, I guess we got no other choice…but I swear, if she even tries to hurt our friends."

"Makoto!" snapped Rin as the green eyes' flickered off.

"We get it Makoto-kun" sighed Gou, "I'll keep her out of trouble with the best of my abilities...promise."

"Mako-chan, calm down," smiled Nagisa as he held Makoto's hand. Makoto nodded and felt a bit more relaxed with the blonde by his side.

"Let's go then," said Rin, "I'll tell her what we've decided to do…along with these files here. The others need to read this."

"Yeah," nodded Nagisa.

"Let's get going," said Gou.

The four walked their way back out and saw Izawa sitting on top of one of the buildings above. As soon as she saw them, she jumped her way back down to see if they were all alright.

"We got a mystery to uncover," explained Rin as he held up the files, "And…I'll convince Nitori to grant you permission to drink his blood…if needed…no contracts, no deals…or at least not in a sense that you have to do certain things."

Izawa blinked twice and smiled, "Cook boy?!"

"Yeah, him…now let's go. We don't have any more time to waste here," replied Rin.