Me: Sorry it took me so long, but I'm back now.

Buttercup: Yeah, she's back!

Bubbles: And the next chapter is out!

Blossom: WHOOHOO!

Butch: Yeah, yeah. Just get back to the story. You're boring all of us.

Me: Butch, don't you'd think you would know by now when to shut up?

Butch: Who says I don't know? Maybe I just don't want to.

Me: Exactly, you don't know when to shut up. So I'll tell you. Shut up.

Buttercup: Ooh. You just get schooled!

Boomer: By a girl! *high fives ladies*

Girls: *slap fives with everyone*

Me: Anyway, I do not own PPGZ. We've been over this before so just read and don't forget to review before leaving the page, blah blah blah. Just enjoy.

Kaoru/Buttercup POV

Before I can so much as turn the door knob, I feel a heavy pressure cover me, sending me to the ground on my back. I scrunch my eyes at the huge impact but when I open them complete anger washes over me.

"Dude! Get the heck off me!" I scream at him.

"Oh, Kaoru?" Mamoru asks. "I thought you were some intruder by the way Mokoto was screaming.

"Get off me!" I yell again.

"Oh, right. Sorry." he apologizes getting up. He offers me his hand but I get up and give him a slap across the face.

"What is it with you Cocoa brothers?" I straightened my hoodie and was about to open the door when I felt Mamoru's presence still standing next to me.

"That slap means leave me alone, so go." I say. But he stands there, not saying anything, looking like a total air head. Too much like Momoko. "Hello? A little privacy."

He gets out of his trance and answers. "This is my house! I can go wherever I want."

"Are you asking for a beat down?" I say. "Because I will beat you up, and I ain't joking." I bawl my fists up for extra emphasis and he speeds away almost as fast as a cheetah.

I take a deep breath before opening the door finally and walking in, closing the door behind me.

After closing the door I turn around and face Katsu. He's sleeping. He has no cover on and his face looked so much softer. No smirk, anger… just… I'm not quite sure. But I do know he looks pretty cute sleeping, not that I'd ever tell him that.

I look at him for a while more before getting bored and throwing a pillow at his head.

"What? What?" he says getting up, his eyes half closed but they widen as soon as his eyes land on me. "Kaoru? What are you doing here?"

"Sit." he looks unsure for a second. "Don't make me slap you. I already did it to your brother." He sits. I sit next to him.

He's looking down at his feet but I keep my eyes on him. "Katsu." I say.

"Hmmm." he answers.

"Katsu." I say again.

"Hmmm." he replies.

"Katsu." This time he doesn't answer. "Katsu. Look at me." I grab his chin and drag it to the point where he faces me, but he keeps is eyes down. "Katsu?" They still stay down. "Look, I don't care what you did but you blowing me off is getting ridiculous."

"But I hurt you." he mutters quietly.

"And do I look like I care?" I ask. "I'm a girl made of steel. I'm tough. Believe me when I say I've been through worse." He keeps his eyes down. "Katsu, if you really want to make it up to me then stop acting like I'm not here. Now that hurts." I pause for a second and give a low sigh. "Katsu, your part of my life now and if you feel a thousand miles away when you'll merely a foot, what am I going to do? I like you Katsu," his eyes flicker up, they're full of excitement and energy, and do I see hope? "As a friend." I add on quickly.

He shrugs, "I'll take that, for now."

"What do you mean?" I ask. He pulls my hand off his chin and holds it in both of his, staring directly at me now.

"I won the bet, right?" he asks. Oh no. I don't like where this is going. "So that means we're going on not one, but three dates."

"Two now, after all that picnic was a date." I answer.

"Very funny. Too bad I'm not laughing." he says.

"Whatever." I answer, slumping my shoulders. "When?"

"Tomorrow night, Saturday afternoon, and the last will come at a surprise." he answers.

"Oh brother." I mutter under my breath. He smirks. Man I wish he was still asleep.

"Ah." he sighs. "Thanks for making me feel better. Now get out."

"What? Why?" I ask.

"Because I said so." he answers.

"But I want to stay." I complain. "At least let me get something to eat. I'm starving."

"You can stay in the house, just not in my room. I got some date planning to do." he replies. And like that I'm in the kitchen emptying the cabinets and refrigerators with Mamoru and Mokoto glaring at me the whole time.

I swallow the remainders before turning to them.

"You know it's rude to do that while someone's eating." I say. "It'll ruin their appetites."

"I see it didn't ruing yours." Mamoru mummers under his breath. I hit him on the back of his head. "Ow!"

"Anyway, I want you guys to tell me about him." I command.

"Who?" Mokoto asks dumbly.

"Katsu stupid." I answer giving a roll of my eyes.

"And why should we?" Mamoru asks.

"So that I don't tell your girlfriends what you did to me." I answer simply.

"We didn't do anything to you." Mokoto says.

"No, you didn't." I reply. "But who are they going to believe?"

"What do you want to know?" Mamoru blurts out in a rush.

"Everything." I say with a smirk.

"Well then, we can't help you." he answers.

"Why?" I ask. Apparently my threat wasn't enough.

"Because we don't know much about him." Mamoru answers.

"Okay, okay." Mokoto suddenly cuts in. "You caught me. I have a diary. Just, please don't tell anyone."

"Mokoto." Mamoru says. Mokoto nods. "We already knew." Then he turns back to me. "Katsu's very secretive. There's a lot about him we don't know. He likes to keep things undercover, unnoticed. He's the total opposite of Mokoto who lets everything show."

"Hey!" Mokoto exclaims.

"You see, Katsu's like the dirt in our backyard. You have to dig in to really get to know him. It takes time and you have to be precise. One mistake and you'd have to start all over again to find the treasure, Get what I mean?" Mamoru asks.

"No." I answer.

He sighs. "We don't know much about Katsu so we pretty much have nothing to tell you. You know as much as we know, but I get the feeling you know more." And with that, he puts on a pair of sunglasses and strolls out like he owns the world.

"Do you need a hug?" Mokoto offers with his arms outstretched.

"Not unless you want a broken arm." I answer. He drops his arms and heads in the opposite direction.

I drop my hands into my arms and give out a loud huff. Katsu the mystery guy. Doesn't even sound right. For some reason I thought it was Mamoru. Guess I was wrong. But a mystery could always be solved. I guess I'd just have do dig deeper. I lift my head up and left the house with a huge smile plastered on my face. This was gonna be fun.

Me: Okay, I know it was short, but it was good, right?

Butch: It's okay.

Me: Shut up.

Butch: *clamps mouth shut*

Buttercup: I think that guy should dress him like a girl again.

Blossom: Yeah, I like that idea.

Bubbles: Me too.

Butch: Bubbles, not you too.

Bubbles: *giggles nervously* Sorry.

Buttercup: Don't apologize, you spoke the truth.

Blossom: Honesty, after all, is the best policy.

Me: No, Butch needs to be around to see what comes up next. So just type in that box over there or press the button so I can get some REVIEWS. Peace and thank you.