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Chapter 10

Konoka blinked once, stared at Kendra's bruised arms, then at Setsuna and blinked one more time.

"Secchan, could you-"Konoka's request was interrupted by Kendra.

"I'm asking you…to please…heal my injuries." Kendra spoke slowly and clearly as she applied extra effort to speak properly.

"Oh! Of course." Konoka replied; but before she could get up, an anonymous, small voice said

"A Magic Sensor, huh? Looks like you found yourself a good one, Aniki!" A white, furry little rodent scurried out of the top bunk and onto Negi's shoulder.

"What do you mean, Chamo?" Negi asked. Kendra quickly snapped her attention to the animal on Negi's shoulder. She cocked an eyebrow.

"Um…look. I've seen mice back in South Carolina, but dis…dis looks like y'all got an albino rat problem; a talkin' one at dat." A vein started to pulsate on Chamo's little head. He whipped out a cigar and puffed out a ring of smoke before saying

"Listen here Ane-San! I'm an ermine, an ERMINE! Got that?" Kendra scoffed.

"No you ain't. You're an albino, talkin' rat. Just be happy I'm goin' wit the fact dat you're talkin' right now. And let me guess…you're magical or somethin' right? I felt your magic energy when I was tellin' my story earlier." Kendra then cracked a small smile, the second everyone besides Zazie has seen.

"A very low magical level to be specific." Chamo could feel his vein pulsating faster. He pointed his cigar at Kendra and then shouted

"Shut up you country hick! If you weren't such a valuable person I would-"

"Oh, I'm valuable? So, you said dat teach here found a good one, what do you mean by dat? Oh yeah…and I might be a country hick…but I'm the sexiest country hick you'll ever meet." Kendra countered. Chamo tried to growl loudly at Kendra to scare her, which obviously failed, and puffed on his cigar again. Chamo heard a restrained chuckle next to him and saw that it wasn't coming from Negi, Asuna, nor Konoka, but from Setsuna who was looking in the other direction. She was covering her mouth; desperately trying not to laugh. Chamo's jaw hit the floor while Asuna and Negi stared at Setsuna in disbelief; to see the stoic Setsuna Sakurazaki laughing was an unusual sight. Konoka, on the other hand, wasn't as surprised; she was actually quite happy to hear her protector laugh. The times that her protector has spent with the girls of class 3-A were slowly, but surely, helping Setsuna to open up with her emotions more; being in a relationship with Konoka helped too.

"I'm…sorry…it's just….albino rat….and sexiest county hick…." Setsuna gasped between her giggles. Zazie, who was seated on the floor next to Kendra, was frozen still as Kendra's last comment ran through her mind. ' 'I'm the sexiest country hick you'll ever meet' oh how right you are…' Zazie thought. Once again, those pesky lewd thoughts were appearing in Zazie's mind and a blush spread across her cheeks. 'Ugh! No! Bad Zazie, don't think about such things!' Zazie slightly shook her head, trying to rid herself of those thoughts. Luckily, no one noticed Zazie and was too swept up in the argument between Kendra and Chamo.

"Flea-bitten fur ball." Kendra stated bluntly.

"Hillbilly!" Chamo shouted back.

"I sure hope da girls got you neutered…don' nobody wants any mini-albino rats runnin' round da place wit lil cigars in their mouths." Now Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna, and Negi started laughing uncontrollably. Chamo looked back at Negi.

"Aniki! Not you too?" Negi wiped away a few tears from the corner of his eye and replied

"S, sorry…Chamo…but she's…ahahahah" Negi held his sides. Kendra waited patiently for everyone to get themselves together, although she was actually enjoying making them laugh, she couldn't ignore the ever present stinging in her side and forearms. Konoka took deep breaths to try and catch her breath. Negi finally calmed down along with Setsuna as well. Asuna, on the other hand, was still rolling on the floor.

"Ha! That's what you get, you perverted ermine!" Asuna piped. Chamo scurried back up onto Negi's shoulder and smoked his cigar in defeat, while pouting a little in the process. A few moments later, Asuna lay on the floor, her face looking up at the ceiling and out of breath. Kendra coughed into her hand to get everyone's attention.

"Now dat everyone's calm could you please heal my injuries now, Konoe-San?" Kendra held up her forearms again to show the bruises that have developed. Konoka nodded.

"Yeah, just hold your arms straight out for me and let me do the rest." Konoka got up and kneeled down next to Kendra. Kendra did as she was told and held her arms straight out. Konoka closed her eyes and muttered something Kendra couldn't understand, 'what language is dat supposed to be, Latin?' Kendra thought. Suddenly, a green light glowed from Konoka's hands; she held her hands over Kendra's arms and began healing. After staring for a while at the magical energy emerging from Konoka, Kendra remembered something and said

"Oh, um…Konoe-San?" Konoka didn't look up but quickly replied

"Yes, Guinyard-San?" 'Ewe…Guinyard-San sounds way too formal.' Kendra thought.

"You can just call me Kendra, I don' like my formal name. Anyways, I wanted to apologize." This time Konoka did look up at Kendra.

"Apologize for what? You didn't do anything wrong." Konoka said confused.

"When I first entered the room…I stared pretty coldly at you. It was 'cause of the huge amount of magical energy that was coming from you. I didn't see it comin'. You see…the only way I can deal wit my chest pains…is to distract myself by starin' intensely and wait for the pain to go away" 'sucks dat it makes me look like some creepy freak' Kendra thought meekly.

"But luckily, my body quickly becomes familiar wit the new magical presence. So sorry if I scared you or anythin' before." Kendra's bored expression still never changed; but her words seemed to hold a bit of guilt. Konoka just smiled brightly at Kendra.

"It's okay, really. If that's the only way you can deal with your chest pains, then I don't mind at all."

"Is that why you were staring everybody down in the classroom earlier?" Asuna asked.

"Yeah, and I'm sure you noticed me starin' pretty hard at you too. You have an unusual magic energy…strong but…different." Kendra said. Chamo shifted his tail around as he took another smoke on his cigar.

"I think what you're sensing is Ane-San's magic cancelling ability here." Chamo squeaked. Kendra ignored Chamo.

"I was kinda' overwhelmed by sword girl's magical energy too…and a bit surprised. It was…similar to Zazie's." Kendra continued.

"Hey! Don't ignore me-"Chamo started but was interrupted by Kendra.

"So, does that mean you're a…you know…"

"Yes. I'm an offspring of a demon and a human, in other words, a Hanyou." Setsuna replied. The atmosphere around Setsuna suddenly became depressing. Konoka placed her hand on Setsuna's shoulder and smiled reassuringly at her.

"Secchan…I already know what you're thinking and you're wrong. There is nothing to be ashamed of…everyone loves and cares about you; you being a Hanyou doesn't matter. Okay?" Setsuna had on her trademark blush as she weakly responded

"Y-yes…Ojou-sama." Setsuna realized her slip up and then quickly covered her mouth with her hand. 'Damn…' Setsuna thought. Just as Setsuna predicted, Konoka puffed out her cheeks and pouted.

"Mou, Secchan! I told you to not call me that, it's Konochan, Ko-no-chan!" Konoka balled up her hands into fists and repeatedly hit Setsuna.

"Gomen, Konochan, gomen!" Setsuna pleaded as she shielded herself from Konoka's assault. Kendra sat in silence as she stared at the unusual, but somewhat cute, quarrel. 'Well, it's obvious dat they're a couple.' Kendra thought. Kendra coughed into her hand yet again. Konoka ceased her actions, allowing Setsuna to sigh in relief, and looked at Kendra.

"I still got one more injury for you to heal." Kendra stated as she held her right side carefully. As if Konoka's infamous air-headedness could not be proven any farther, she blinked once before asking.

"Oh, you do? Where?" Kendra felt her patience on thin ice but let it slide.

"It's on da right side of my stomach." She slowly lifted up her sweatshirt to reveal her swollen and bruised abdomen.

"Oh my, this looks worse than the injuries that were on your arms!" Konoka gasped. Zazie was taken aback by how bad Kendra's injury has gotten as well. She couldn't help but feel responsible for this happening to her and could feel a heavy weight of guilt sitting on her shoulders. Negi reached his limit and shot up from his seat.

"Kendra-San, tell me what happened! It is my duty as your sensei to know how you were injured and to make sure that you stay safe!" Negi commanded in a stern tone; his childish demeanor quickly abandoned and replaced with demanding authority. 'A little mishap in the streets cannot lead to such severe injuries!' Negi thought angrily. Kendra sighed, feeling aggravated with Negi's persistence.

"Konoe-San, could you please heal my side now? I can feel the pain growin' by the secon'." Kendra asked, trying to swiftly change the subject.

"Kendra-San, do not try to change the subject, tell me…what happened." Those last two words spat out of Negi's mouth like cold water on a small flame; Kendra's patience was that small flame. 'This annoyin' ass lil'…' Kendra stood, ran her hands through her hair to calm herself down and then blankly stared at Negi.

"Maybe I need to say it more clearly for you to understand. What happened is none of your business. A sensei's duty is to teach…dat's it, and I'm not gonna sit here and let you just interrogate me on my personal problems."

"So it is a problem you're dealing with! Not some accident, you were lying to us!" Asuna accused.

"A problem I already took care of." Kendra replied. Zazie slowly rose and stood next to Kendra, she could feel it; she could feel Kendra's composure weakening. Zazie lightly tugged on Kendra's sleeve to get her attention. Kendra looked down at Zazie to see her shaking her head 'no' with a pleading expression.

"But he-"Kendra started but stopped when Zazie tugged on her sleeve again, this time only a little harder. Kendra sighed in defeat and sat back down on the floor with Zazie. She tugged on Kendra's arm one more time before the magic sensor sighed and said

"Sorry for the way I acted…Negi-sensei." Chamo, failing to sense the seriousness of the moment, decided to use this opportunity for payback.

"Hah! You don't look so tough now! Look at you, the silent Ane-San's got you whipped!" He made whip cracking sound affects while pretending to snap a whip. That's when Asuna grabbed Chamo and threw him into the wall…hard. Asuna glared angrily at the seemingly lifeless ermine body as she grumbled something about an 'annoying vermin' under her breath. Asuna returned her attention back to Kendra; still feeling the need to interrogate her. Seeing the little rodent being thrown into a wall took nearly all of Kendra's might not to laugh right then and there. 'You don' exactly look too tough either.' Kendra thought amusingly.

"Kendra-San…please. Just tell us what happened." Negi pleaded one last time, slight desperation and sincerity hinted in his words. This broke Kendra out of her briefly amused state; her shoulders slumped as she stared back at the child teacher's deeply worried eyes. Kendra finally sighed in defeat.

"Fine…fine, I'll talk, but I ain't givin' details." Kendra looked over at Konoka once again.

"But…could y'all PLEASE heal my side already, I'm dyin' here." Kendra's blank expression said otherwise though. Konoka nodded and asked Kendra to lift her sweatshirt a little, Kendra obeyed and Konoka began healing her. Kendra looked at the surrounding people one more time before sighing again.

"Okay, so here's what went down. Me and Zazie left from a diner, while we were walkin' to the bus stop, a group of guys held us up. They wouldn't let us leave and decided to try and assault us instead."

"You're saying a bunch of perverts tried to jump you?" Asuna spat.

"Yeah…but tried is the key word. They weren't gonna be layin' any hands on me or my Zazie." Kendra replied with a sneer. That's when Asuna could feel her wicked grin appearing once again as she witnessed a blush creep across Zazie's face. Kendra took notice of Asuna's smile, 'oh shit, I didn't mean to say dat…' Kendra thought.

"Oh ho! She's YOUR Zazie now?" Asuna asked. Kendra glanced back at Zazie, she felt hesitant about revealing their relationship to them without Zazie's consent. Zazie was about to nod but before doing so, she felt an uneasy churn in the pit of her stomach…she felt fear. Kendra could see it in Zazie's eyes, her hesitance, and that's all she needed to know before turning back to Asuna and saying

"Yeah…she's my best friend after all." Setsuna and Konoka shared a quick glance before thinking, 'it has to be more than friendship. After what I've seen today, it just has to be.' Asuna wasn't fully convinced by Kendra's words but decided to yield her questions about their relations for now.

"So how did you manage to escape and get those bruises?" Asuna asked.

"I just…took care of 'em and got a lil hurt, dat's all." Kendra responded. Asuna felt her right eyebrow twitch.

"Okay, so how did you take care of them?"

"I told you I ain't givin' details didn't I?" Kendra said. Asuna slammed her hands on the table.

"Oh come on! Why're you so stubborn about this? We want to make sure that these guys never bother you again and we want to hel-"

"They won't be botherin' nobody anymore since I wupped their asses!" Kendra interrupted with an angry outburst, yet to everyone's amazement, including Zazie's, her ever present bored expression was still plastered to her face. On the inside, Kendra was stunned at her sudden loss in composure and angry that such a minor conversation would push her over the brink like this. Everyone stared at Kendra in pure shock; Negi and Asuna were frozen where they stood, Konoka moved back from Kendra in fear and Setsuna hand was hovering just above her sword. Chamo, who recovered from Asuna's attack and was still puffing on that same cigar, decided to finally speak up.

"Wait, you're telling me you beat up the people who assaulted you?" Kendra was silent for a long moment.

"Yeah…I did. But, um…I should apologize…for dat. I don' know what came over me, I just….I don' know." Kendra stared down at the carpet in shame; she couldn't remember the last time she raised her voice like that besides the fight she had with those men. Negi recovered from his brief shock.

"That's quite alright, Kendra-San. I can understand that you must still feel upset about those men attacking you earlier." Negi smiled warmly at Kendra.

"Thanks…teach." Kendra replied. Zazie placed a hand gently on Kendra's shoulder and smiled at Kendra, a small smile but still a pleasant one. Kendra flashed a smile as well before quickly erasing it from her features. Setsuna shifted her attention away from her sword.

"I must admit, that is quite admirable of you, Kendra-San, to take on a group of men on your own." Kendra only nodded, not even trusting her own emotions at the moment. Chamo scurried on to the table for everyone's attention.

"If you ask me, this makes Ane-San here even more valuable. Not only is she a Magic Sensor, but she has some fighting skills too."

"That's right; you said that Kendra-San was valuable! So what did you mean by that, Chamo?" Negi asked.

"I did some research on Magic Sensors before and learned something very interesting about them. Turns out when they make pactios with their partners, they sometimes receive the most powerful and rarest artifacts. Now this is only sometimes, seventy percent of the time, their artifacts are of the average magic level." Chamo said. Negi felt a blush creep across his face. Kendra noticed Negi's blush, 'I don' have a good feelin' 'bout dis.' Kendra thought. Zazie felt her face redden as well, but it was for a completely different reason. 'A pactio? No way, Negi-San is not kissing Kendra!' Zazie nervously played with the edge of her skirt, trying her best to repress the jealously and possessive nature raging within her heart. Zazie heard all about how a pactio was performed from her classmate's discussions; mostly because of Haruna since she would spread the news like wildfire.

"A rare and powerful artifact does sound amazing, but to make a p-pactio with Kendra-San is a bit…" Negi stuttered. Konoka finished healing Kendra and went to sit back next to Setsuna.

"Thankya Jesus… " Kendra whispered under her breath.

"Come on Aniki! All you gotta do is give Ane-San here a big ole smooch!" Chamo shouted. He made kissy sounds at Negi while slightly puckering his lips. Once again, Asuna, cheeks stained red, grabbed Chamo into a death grip before throwing him into the wall…really hard.

BAM!

"ACK!" Chamo shouted right before he hit the wall. His little ermine body slowly slid down and onto the carpet floor where only his tail would disturbingly twitch every few seconds.

"Enough with your perverted ideas, you damn ermine!" Asuna yelled. Kendra watched Chamo twitch for a few seconds before asking Negi

"So…I have to kiss you to make a pactio?" Negi quickly nodded, not trusting his own voice at all. 'And there goes the reason for my bad feelin'' Kendra thought. She turned back to Zazie again for a response, only to get a cold chill shooting up her spine from the fearful force in front of her. Zazie didn't look any different, but her magic energy was wildly emerging from her body and hitting Kendra like a whip, 'Holy shit, she's dat jealous?' Kendra thought before immediately turning back around.

"Ummmm, I think I'll pass on the pactio." Kendra replied in a hurried tone. She could feel Zazie's magic energy slowly receding and quietly sighed to herself in relief. Konoka smiled knowingly at Kendra and Zazie, 'I see who wears the pants in the relationship' she thought while giggling. Negi let of a sigh of relief.

"Yes…I think it's best that we don't jump to such…inappropriate activities."

"But still…it would have been interesting to see what Kendra's artifact looked like." Konoka said. Setsuna was thinking along the same lines as well.

"Yes, it would have, since the artifacts are made from your soul and the magic energy put into the pactio." Setsuna stated. Yet again, Chamo recovered from Asuna's attempted murder and climbed back onto Negi's shoulder.

"The Ane-Sans here have a point! Don't you want to see your artifact? If you think about it this way, Kendra-San here would be a great addition to Ala Alba and we don't have a Magic Sensor yet. So in a way, this pactio is for the good of protecting this school!" Chamo announced in triumph, feeling that there was no way to argue with his logic. At least that's what he felt…until Kendra flatly replied.

"Nope, don' wanna."

"What to do you mean no?" Chamo asked annoyed. "It's just one little peck on the lips!"

"And dat's the problem. My lips ain't touchin' someone I don' love…or a lil ten year-old teacher who I barely even know at dat." Kendra said.

"Baloney!" Chamo shouted.

"Age doesn't matter when it comes to kissing! Aniki has done it before with all the other Ane-Sans in here!" All the girls and Negi blushed, except for Chamo who was busy smoking and Kendra who was feeling a little uneasy at the moment. 'Wait, all of the girls in dis room? Don' tell me even…' Kendra slowly turned back to Zazie; a hint of shakiness was heard in her voice.

"Did you make a…pactio wit sensei too?" Zazie quickly shook her head in defiance. The only reason she blushed was from remembering all those pactios Negi had…a lot of pactios at that. Kendra unconsciously let out a sigh of relief and turned back around to face the still blushing girls and boy.

"So teach here planted one on all of y'all? Damn teach…dat's pimpin'. You even got swords girl and sally sunshine." 'Heheh, I just couldn't help it. I can't help but embarrass 'em every now and again.' Kendra thought mischievously. Setsuna's blush was crimson red.

"N-n-no, you misunderstand Kendra-San! It's nothing like that!" Setsuna shouted frantically.

"It's a joke, swords girl. Lighten up." Kendra stated nonchalantly.

"Oh…um, of course, a joke." Setsuna replied nervously as she inwardly fought to bring down her blush. Konoka, who just couldn't resist anymore, tackle hugged Setsuna to the floor while screaming

"Secchan's blush is so KAWAII!" Setsuna turned three deeper shades of red, 'hahahah! She looks like she'll turn purple any minute! I gotta admit dat these two are adorable!" Kendra thought.

"K-k-k-k-konochan!" Setsuna whined as Konoka cuddled their cheeks together. Negi just smiled innocently at his students and closest friends; feeling somewhat nostalgic watching the two girls. That is…until Setsuna reached her limit and passed out from the overflow of blood rushing to her, unbelievably scarlet red, face. Konoka didn't notice and just continued to torture her swords woman with her intimacy. Negi's nostalgia was quickly replaced with childish panic.

"Konoka-San! S-Setsuna-San fainted!" He ran over to the cuddling princess and flustered guardian; attempting to rescue her. But, no one's sure if Setsuna would want to be saved or not from Konoka's embrace. Asuna sweat dropped as she witnessed the child teacher pry Setsuna from Konoka's arms. Kendra and Zazie sat in silence and decided to enjoy their classmate's weird yet entertaining antics unfold before them. Minutes of yelling, whining, and Chamo's occasional comments, such as 'good Ane-San, now give her a big ole chuuu!', pass by until the chaos was broken with a sudden ringtone playing.

'Dreams, that's where I have to go

to see your beautiful face anymore

I stare at a picture of you

and listen to the radio'

'Oh, oh, there's a conversation

we both admit we had it good

but until then it's alienation

I know that much is understood'

'And I realize

if you ask me how I'm doin'

I would say that I'm doin' just fine

I would lie and say that you're not on my mind…'

Kendra urgently reached into her jeans pocket and pulled out her phone. She stared at the screen and saw Deveron's, her friend's, name. 'Dat's weird…he a'ready called once today. Hope there ain't nothin' wrong.' Kendra thought. She quickly stood up and said

"I'll be back, give me like five minutes." With that said, she walked out the dorm room and into the halls. Kendra walked a few paces away from the door, leaned against the wall, and then finally pressed the call button on her phone.

"Yo Deveron, whazzup?" Kendra greeted casually.

"Hey Kendra, I ain't call you at a bad time, did I?" Deveron asked. 'His voice sounds weird, like he's scared or somethin'. But dis is Deveron I'm talkin' to here, only seriously bad things can make him scared…' Kendra thought nervously. She suddenly felt the inside of her stomach churn from the fear rising within her thoughts.

"Nah, you didn't." Kendra replied, trying to sound as normal as possible.

"But why did you call me Deveron? Feelin' lonely?" Kendra teased.

"Now ain't the time for jokes Kendra. Somethin' happened to your ole man again…" Kendra's eyes widened in shock.

"…what?"

"His health ain't gettin' no better, in fact, it got worse. He had another seizure and is in the hospital right now!"

"…you're bullshittin' me, you've gotta be bullsh…" Kendra's mind just couldn't accept it. She knew the problems her dad would face if he had another seizure; one of those problems…was a very possible and soon expected death.

"W-what…how bad-how is he?" Kendra stammered; her voice a barely audible whisper.

"…"

"Tell me dammit!" Kendra shouted.

"The doctor isn't sure, but your dad likely ain't gonna make it…Kendra, I'm so sor-"

CLICK!

Kendra hung up the phone. As she lowered the phone away from her ear, she slowly slid down the wall she was leaning on and fell to her knees. She stared at the floor in bewildered, her eyes empty of any traces of emotion.

"He'll be okay…he'll be okay…he'll be okay…" Kendra repeated this over and over. She tried so hard to convince herself with those words, but it would have never been enough. 'Why? Why did dis have to happen? Why happen as soon as I come to Japan, as soon as I leave home? Is this a sign? That I should've stayed wit everyone instead of leavin' 'em behind? My parents, my school, the only friend I trusted beside Zazie, Deveron, did I make a mistake?' Kendra's mind was racing.

"Why…" she whispered. She held up her phone again and stared at the screen. The time read a quarter 'til twelve, she's been out in the halls for fifteen minutes. 'Oh, time wants to fly by now, but not durin' classes? Dat's fucked up…' Kendra thought, attempting to lighten her mood. She sighed loudly. It didn't work at all. 'Guess I should get back before Zazie gets worried.' Kendra rose from the floor, straightened up her clothes and grabbed the dorm room knob. She inhaled deeply and restored her bored expression; with her thoughts finally back together, Kendra opened the door and entered. Zazie, who clearly had worried written all over her face, stood and walked up to Kendra. She placed a hand on Kendra's shoulders and looked into those hazel eyes she adored so much, only to find a tiny hint of despair hidden within them. Kendra didn't try to look away and hide what was in her eyes; Zazie could read her like a map, even without the compass, and just gently removed Zazie's hand from her shoulder.

"I'm fine…my friend just called me for somethin'" Kendra said sadly. Her calm expression really was an iron mask, to be able to cover up that much sadness even scared Kendra herself sometimes, 'years of practice, I guess…' . Zazie only nodded, not believing a word of what Kendra just said. Setsuna, who recovered from her intimacy overload and who quickly earned the title of Kendra's surprisingly good translator, heard the sadness within her voice.

"Are you okay, Kendra-San? You don't sound too well."

"I'm fine…cool really. I'd like to thank y'all for healin' me, but I think me and Zazie should leave now. It's gettin' late…"Kendra replied. Konoka smiled warmly at Kendra.

"You're very welcome Kendra-San. You and Zazie should come over more often; it was fun having your company." Kendra only nodded; she just couldn't find the energy to crack the smallest of a smile. Negi also smiled at Kendra.

"I agree, it was nice having both of you here." Once again, Kendra only nodded. Chamo popped up on top of Negi's head and said

"Are you sure you don't want to do the pactio?" the perverted weasel wiggled his eyebrows at Kendra. At least this time, Kendra did something besides nod; instead she shot the rodent a death glare that would bring even the grim reaper down to his knees. Chamo gulped and ran into Negi's jacket pocket for protection.

"It was a joke Ane-san, a joke!" 'Dat's what I thought…' Kendra thought angrily. Asuna, on the other hand, was sitting on her bed with her arms crossed and looking in the opposite direction of Kendra. 'Childish…just childish' Kendra thought. Kendra wasn't going to wait for a reply from the stubborn red head and reached for the door. She was about to step out before she heard Asuna grumble

"It was actually…kind of fun with you around…and stuff." Kendra grinned inwardly, 'I knew she'd come around.'

"Yeah…it was a bit fun for me too." Kendra stated before she finally closed the door after Zazie. Kendra turned to Zazie and asked her

"How 'bout I walk you to your dorm?" Zazie finally let a smile grace her features.

"I'd love that." Kendra smiled as well and intertwined her fingers with Zazie's. They arrived at Zazie's dorm and before she opened her door, she turned around and pressed her lips to Kendra's. Kendra didn't show the slightest resistance, in fact, she was hoping for a good night kiss, and gladly kissed Zazie back. When they parted, Kendra grinned at Zazie and whispered

"Night, Zazie. I love you."

"I love you too, Kendra, good night." Zazie entered her dorm and gently closed the door behind her. Kendra always did feel better being with Zazie, but unfortunately, it definitely wasn't enough to make her forget the phone call. She walked back to her dorm, her head hung low and her thoughts were deep in worry the entire time. She walked up to her door and fished her keys out of her pants pocket. She entered and flicked the lights on only to be welcomed by her bland, empty, single bunk dorm room. 'Can anything else possibly make dis night feel any gloomier?' Kendra thought irritably. She changed into her pajamas, which was a lime-green tank top and forest green shorts. She literally fell back onto her bed and stared into the ceiling as her bed springs settled from the impact. Minutes seemed like hours as she laid there, her thoughts focusing solely on her father's health. Finally, her body gave into the exhaustion from today's events as her eyes slowly fluttered closed.

'Dad, please don' die…'

Dun, Dun, Dunnn! No, not Kendra's father! Yes...that was a bit cruel to do to Kendra's dad, but the story must go like this!

But anyways, please leave a review! X)