Chapter 2 – Protecting the Protected from the Unprotected
Incident 1
"Kaname, what are you doing? You normally go home this…way."
She was walking past him, pretty offended and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Since I normally go home that way with you, I'm going this way without you."
"But why?"
Even though she was looking away, she knew the face on Sousuke right now. She turned around and flatly said…
"Well someone at school decided that they wanted a plain baked-roll and starting firing bullets at some girl and she is pretty mad at that same someone."
"Who's someone, and some girl, and that same someone?"
Kaname was not surprised by his response. She turned away.
"Figure it out while you're walking home alone, Sergeant Sagara."
…
And she left like that.
"Something tells me that she's upset. Heh. Wait, I must protect Chidori."
After some time, night fell, and Kaname was in the park alone.
"Man, it's so dark. And starting to get chilly. Well at least I got rid of the Sergeant and all his sheltering. Hmm, it's quiet. Little too quiet…" (Rustle in the bushes) I got you now! (Picks up a rock and throws it in the bush. Squeak.) Oh. It was only a squirrel or something."
"That was close. Lucky I picked up a squirrel and used it to protect myself."
Kaname kept walking. Now, she was almost out when she saw a light.
"Oh, I see the exit now! (Starts sprinting towards the end) Ok, I'm out of the park now. That was a nice jog though. And no guns, explosives, flamethrowers, or stun guns anywhere. Home is…that way! (Rustle in the bushes) DIE SOUSUKE! (Picks up rock and throws it into the bush. Meow) Oh, only a cat."
"Wow, another close call. Lucky there was a cat near me and she missed."
Incident 2
"Hey Sousuke, you want to go to the arcade?"
Young Sinji was hoping to have fun, when all that will happen will…
"Sure Sinji, I'll be with you in a minute."
After several seconds, they went on their way to the arcade.
"Sousuke, what games do you want to play first."
The Criminal Escape game caught his eye.
"Let's try that one. It looks like a shoot challenging and I want to try it."
(After putting in several coins, Sousuke tried out the game. He shot several criminals on the screen before he was running out on ammo. When it did, Sousuke hesitated. No ammo, what am I to do? He pulled out his own gun and started shooting at the screen. Which exploded in a fiery burst.)
Several minutes later…
"Nice to get us kicked out of my favorite arcade Sousuke."
"I ran out of ammo, so I had to use my own gun. I thought that the game absorbed bullets, assuming as it did with their gun."
"It's not like that! You just point off the screen and shoot to reload."
"But that puts others in danger by pointing the gun in their direction. What if it shoots?"
Incident 3
"Anyone know where Sousuke is?"
"No, I haven't seen him since yesterday."
Kaname was starting to hesitate. His stalker could be anywhere. Or anything.
"Man, we have to be on our guards. He could burst into any class or any room at anytime. Maybe he could have begun stashing our track with mines again. Or maybe he has begun filling our lockers with gas. Or maybe…"
"He's sick. Ever thought of that?"
"But Kyouko, what if he's just pretending to be sick, and just disguised as a bush or hidden from us, waiting for the right time to jump out and kill someone who may try to hurt us. (Rustle from tree) See? That could be him. I would throw a rock at it, but I can't find any rocks on the ground where we're standing."
"Kaname, you have to relax. If he decided to watch you from a distant without bothering you, don't be so stingy. Just be yourself."
"I guess you're right."
They went by the entire day without any problems. However, they were surprised by many rustling trees and bushes. And it wasn't that windy.
"Ah, I'm surprised. An entire day without Sousuke. But I still wonder where he is…"
"He has to be sick Kaname. Where else could he be?"
"(Sigh) I still can't get over this feeling that I'm being watched. (Rustle) Just for good times. DIE SOUSUKE! (Picks up rock and throws it in bush. OW! Blink, blink) That's either Sousuke, or a talking bush."
"Sousuke? What were you doing in a bush? And were you following us around all day?
"In this order. Yes. Protecting you. No."
"Protecting us? From what?"
"Me. Oddly, Kaname told me that I am the biggest threat to her, so I must protect her from me by staying away. Of course I have to continue watching her in case someone harms her."
"Wait, so if you weren't watching us all day…than were there something in the bushes while we were walking today?"
"Oh those. Those are my land mines which detonate as they detect movement."
"So you're saying. That at any part of the day. We could have blown up by one of your stupid mines?"
"That's correct."
WHACK!