I was tired of it. I was tired of Shiinchi always leaving me in the dark and guessing.

I recalled the conversation I had with Shiinchi a few moments earlier and bolted out of the bathroom to Konata. She was waiting outside the theater. Like usual she yelled at me and said hurry up. So I tried not to show that I knew something.

I told her I had to call one of my friends from school, "Konata he's new like me and he started the same day so you might not know him.

I asked "Can you wait a little while" and without hesitation, "No! I'm going to walk ahead slowly" she replied with a mischievous smile.

I dialed his number. The sound of the phone ringing reminded me of Sojiro and Shiinchi telling me to "Protect Konata"

Shiinchi answered answered the phone on the 5th ring.

"I'm tired of this, tell me what's going on…" I demanded with anger in my tone.

"Just get home to Sojiro, Kisashi!"

"Tell me what the hell is going on right now!" I demanded

"I told you that it's urgent so get home!" Shiinchi yelled

"NO! I want to know what the hell is going on! You never tell me what's going on!" I retorted

"Sigh, Konata's not by you is she?" Shiinchi said as calmly as he could

"No she walking ahead, oh and make it quick because I don't want to leave her alone for that long"

"Ok I'll make it really simple. Two words in fact."

"Ok well what happened?"

"Get home!" Shiinchi said

"What?!, that's not an answer" I yelled

"You heard me, now go!"

I hung up in anger without an answer. I ran to catch up with Konata, but I couldn't find her…

"Konata! Where are you" I said slightly worried

"Ahhhh!" She yelled as she came out from behind a garbage can.

"Stop messing around, lets go." I said and grabbed her arm and started pulling her.

"Why are you being so rough" Konata questioned with hurt in her eyes.

"Sorry, I don't know what happened to me" I lied ads I didn't want her to know I knew something

I became less rough but I was still persistent on walking quickly, "I wish I wasn't so obviously on edge." I thought

"What's troubling you Kisa-kun"

"Nothing, What do you mean"

"You've been acting weird ever since we left the theater."

"Have I" I said as I tried to seem calm

"Come on, It's obvious" she said

I had to think of a response quick, "I had to go to the bathroom, and I thought the theater bathroom was gross."

Konata nodded, as if in disgust but she did believe it, then out of nowhere she started cracking up. "Yep she was laughing at me" I thought, but it was better than her knowing something was wrong.

"Okay let's hurry home then" she laughed

Sweat was running down my face as we ran, I was anticipating what would come next. "This reality, this dimension has been the most confusing and odd experience, God I wish I knew what was coming next" This was all I could think of as we ran.

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We made it to the door, realizing it was unlocked, we walked in.

"Dad must be home!" Konata yelled

I recalled that Sojiro had told us before we left that he wasn't going to be home so I was slightly confused.

"Hey Sojiro" I yelled

"No response? Teehee he must be hiding somewhere." Konata said

As we started our search we didn't find anything, then…

"Shit, if I had known what he was talking about." I mumbled to myself

"Oh my god..." Konata whispered as she saw the destruction in the living room.

The table was on its side, papers and books were all over the place, and chairs and other furniture were strewn across the floor. It basically looked like someone raided the place or an explosive went off.

I hugged Konata to comfort her before I ran to Sojiros room, expecting to find him there.

As I stood before the door, I prepared myself for whatever was behind the door. I slowly opened the door.

To my complete surprise the room looked untouched.

"What the hell? Where is he?" I thought as I went to my "room", only to find it the same way I had left it. Next I looked in the kitchen. Although it was badly wrecked, Sojiro was nowhere to be found.

"Where the hell is he?"

I quickly looked in the living room to see Konata sitting on the couch with a blank expression. I finally went up to Konatas room. I had purposely not checked in it as I had feared that Sojiro might have barricaded himself in to make to make it seem like Konata was in there.

"He better be in here" I said as I silently prayed that Sojiro was ok

I slowly turned the knob as I felt my hands start to tremble. I pushed the door open to see two bodies on the floor. both of them obviously knocked out cold.

"What the?!" I shouted, and then I heard the front door swing open. I ran downstairs with a club that one of the thugs had bee holding to find Sojiro stumble in.

"So where were you. "As demanded at his beat up and cut self

"They didn't seem too friendly" Sojiro remarked as he stood up straight.

"What happened?"

"Oh they…"

"They who" I said. He leaned in and said, "The Rebels."

"They broke in, so I punished them" he said as he pulled out 2 tazers from behind him

"So then who did this to you if you took the two of them out?" I said

"Well there were four but after I took the two upstairs out but was forced to run from the other two. Then I tazed them once I thought they were close enough.

"Okay, didn't you say you weren't going to be home?" I asked

"They surprised me before I left." He answered

"Sigh, how are we supposed to explain this to Konata?" I asked

"I'll say that they broke in, like they did" Sojiro replied

"Ok but where did the tazers come from? And why where the two in her room?" I countered

"Oh I took these from them" Sojiro said as pointed upstairs.

"What?"

"Don't you know? I do martial arts, I disarmed them and used these against them" Sojiro said as he grinned

"Whatever, you should go to Konata, she's in the living room right now" I said

As the two of us walked downstairs, Konata looked up and ran for Sojiro, crying.

I thought to myself why she didn't hear the door when I slammed open but she must've just been in shock

"D-dad... Your ok..." Konata managed to say through sobs

"Its ok, I wouldn't let some stupid robbers get me" Sojiro comforted.

"Konata, I'm sure your dad knows how to protect himself" I remarked as I stood a few feet away from them.

"Sojiro, what exactly happened?" I asked

"Well, I was watching TV in here when I heard someone knocking on the door so I opened to see who it was and 4 men rushed in while pushing me to the ground" he explained

"I managed to stand back up and I retreated to the living room where the 4 men started to threaten me and throw stuff around, I retreated further back into your room, finally I began to run and loose them in the city where the cops caught them.

"Smooth lie there about why the two were in Konatas room" I thought silently

"Two men followed me in your room and I knocked them out but that's why I look like this " Sojiro continued

"hearing the commotion of the other two, the two in the living room rushed up and I was forced to run" Sojiro finished

"But how did you knock them out?" Konata asked as she picked up her head

"You know me he said, I'm tough." He said while laughing

"are you Okay though?" Konata and I asked

"Yeah, of course" he replied

Konata quickly made her way over and got a towel and applied pressure to the cuts as she told me to get the first aid box

"Doesn't it hurt?" I heard Konata ask

"Well of course it does" Sojiro replied

I came back with the first aid box and handed it to Konata who got started on Sojiros multiple cuts.

"Is it only this arm with the really bad cuts??" I asked as I looked at the deep cuts on Sojiros left arm

"Yeah, I got slashed at a few times with a knife, thank god they only did minor scratches and that they didn't decide to stab me" Sojiro replied

I got up and looked around the room

"I got some things to clean up don't I?" I said

"I?" Sojiro questioned

"Well you can't help a lot with that many cuts." I replied

"Oh yeah, and can you call the police so they can get the bodies upstairs?" Sojiro said with a reply

"Sure" I answered as I took out my cell phone

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"Phew, that was a lot of work" I said as I put the last of the furniture and little things back where they belonged

"Yeah that was a bit exhausting" Konata said as she finished vacuuming and cleaning the broken glass cups and ceramic plates in the kitchen

As I was wiping the sweat from my head, my phone rang. I stepped out of the room as I answered my phone."

"hello?"

"You may have been lucky this time but your luck won't last forever" said a dark voice.

"What? Who is this?!" I demanded, but the line was already dead

as I was about to walk back into the kitchen, my phone rang again. I looked at the caller ID to see that this call was from Shiinchi

"Yeah" I said as I answered

"Thank god Sojiro was somewhat safe, well I can't be surprised since he's one of the best martial art specialists I know" Shiinchi said "and I called off the backup all because I trusted he knew what he was doing, oh and I'm calling you this late because I figured that you would be alone at this time."

I looked at the time to realize that it was 12:20AM

"Well I just finished cleaning up the place with Konata and Sojiro" I said

"Oh"

"anyways I'm sure there was a reason behind this call"

"ah yes, we now know that the rebels are serious about this so I was going to ask you if you could keep a gun with you fro-"

"WHAT?!"

"I was wondering if you could keep a gun with yo-"

"I am doing no such thing" I clearly stated

"Ok fine, can you at least carry a tazer? I want you and Konata to be safe"

"Why the hell do I need to do this?!" I demanded

"Because Konata is with you for most of the day. Plus, she trusts you the most"

"But why do I have to be armed to protect her?!"

I knew I was being illogical at this point but...

"Please, we can't risk you or Konata getting hurt" Shiinchi begged

"fine, I'll carry a tazer for Konatas sake but not the gun."

I knew I probably should but I'm not going to tell Shiinchi about the intimidating call right before

"good…" Shiinchi said

"Well your request surprised me, and carrying a gun in Japan is illegal to start with" I answered

"I'll give it to you to tomorrow at school then" Shiinchi said

"Kisa-kun?" Konata called from the kitchen

"Coming!" I replied as I hung up on the phone

"What is it?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen

"I found this piece of paper and I was wondering if you could figure out what it means..." Konata said with worry in her voice

I walked over to look at the piece of paper she held out

"eliminate HGN89F53 and capture target"

I sighed as I gave the piece of paper back to Konata

"I have no idea, I'll just throw that away" I said but I knew what it meant, it meant that if I had been in the house when the Rebels struck, I would be dead right now. So instead of throwing it away I put it in my pocket as some kind of evidence.

"anyways it's been a long night, let's get some sleep" I suggested as I faked a yawn

"Ok, good night Kisa-kun" Konata said as she ran up to me and kissed me

"I could get used to this" I said as I watched Konata go to her room

Once she was in I stood there just staring at that piece of paper. With it screaming at me that this is all real.

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Author: I had a pretty wired dream last night...

Kisashi: what was it about?

Co-Author gfryry: I bet it was something stupid

Author: no, it was about me being a cat and Konata was chasing me while screaming "Neko-chan!!"

Konata: are you trying to say something? *glare*

Elwakawaka: that's a strange dream...

Author: I said it was...

Co-author gfryry: that is stupid!!