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And now, I have finally updated all of my stories. It's about time XD

Ranmaru hadn't seen Kagami for days and he was becoming increasingly worried. It wasn't enough that Michiko had revealed the truth to him, but now Kagami was either avoiding him or something else happened. It was the weekend, so Ranmaru decided her should go see her. Without letting the others know where he was going, he ran out the door and headed to Kagami's house.

He was greeted by her mother who looked like she had just gotten out of bed. Ranmaru had dated his share of women, but for some reason this disgusted him. Maybe it was because of the guy she was with and how he treated Kagami. He wished the girl would just come clean to her mother.

"Kagami hasn't come out of her room in days," she told Ranmaru. "I've been leaving food for her, but she refuses to come out."

Ranmaru nodded answering the woman's unasked question. Could he go talk to her?

He went up the stairs and knocked on Kagami's door.

"Go away, mom," she said from behind the door.

"It's me," Ranmaru told her. "Open up."

Kagami did open up and quickly pulled him inside. It was then he saw the reason she hadn't come out. Her face was bruised; her arms were bruised; she looked like she had been beaten for hours. She used her arms to hug her body when he looked at her. Kagami looked like a girl who had just been violated. It was then he knew what Michiko had told him must be true.

He cautiously made his way over to her and she eyed him curiously. He went behind her making her nervous, but put his hands on her shoulders attempting to settle her. Ranmaru lifted up the back of her shirt and saw many more bruises.

"Kagami, you have to tell your mother," he told her choking back his disgust. "You can stay with us if she continues to date these type of people. It's obvious that guy I saw last time-"

"It wasn't him," Kagami said hoarsely. "It was a new guy she met online. I knew she was going to meet him because I saw their e-mails, but I hoped that this time it would be different. I hoped that for once I-" Kagami started crying and Ranmaru felt completely horrible. He hugged her and let her cry.

"You need to tell her," he whispered in her ear.

"I can't," Kagami told him. "I just can't. But I am willing to take you up on your offer. I can't take it here anymore, being afraid to walk in my own home. I just don't know what to tell her or how to tell her."

"You let me worry about that," Ranmaru told her. "I'll think of something. You should pack a few things and I'll sneak you out without your mother seeing the bruises…for now. Eventually you will have to tell her, but I won't force you past your comfort level right now. Wait here."

Ranmaru went to talk with Kagami's mother and told her that the girl was just stressed with schoolwork and he thought that maybe it would be okay if she stayed with him and his friends for a while until her stress levels went down. Her mother agreed, thinking it would be good for Kagami to hang out with more people her own age and learning to live on her own. She would need to know that skill when she went to college.

Her mother left, which worked out well for the two as they finished packing some of Kagami's things, just what she needed, though, as to not alert all the creeps about her absence.

"Thank you," Kagami whispered as Ranmaru put her hood up to cover her face.

"For what?" he asked.

"For helping me, even though I'm not worth it."

Ranmaru lifted her chin so that she was looking into his eyes. "Never say that again. You are worth this and so much more. You don't deserve the way you have been treated. I will make it my personal mission to keep you safe."

Kagami blushed as he took her hand. They left the house together, and Kagami didn't look back once at the hell she was finally escaping.