Ritsu's Prisoner

Under the cover of darkness they managed to make their escape. Getting away wasn't as difficult as they might have thought, it was dark and they soon lost any followers under the cover of quickly as they could, the group left the town and any signs of settlement behind as they fled into the undergrowth. The long walk wasn't what any of them wanted after the stress of the day, but they needed to make sure they weren't being chased and knowing they were reunited again made it bearable.

When they did finally make camp at the edge of a grassy field, Ritsu collapsed to the ground in exhaustion "Today has been way too stressful," she concluded.

"Yeah, I just wanna go to sleep," Yui yawned, joining her on the ground.

"We've got some food though, and we've found the others," Mio reminded them "So it wasn't all bad."

"Any day where I get to see Azu-nyan and Mugi again is a good day," Yui said happily "it's so great to see them I though Mugi was going to be arrested for sure."

"It's good to be with all of you again," Mugi said as she looked at the friends she'd worried she'd never see again "I knew you'd come back for me."

"Yeah we aren't going to leave anyone behind Mugi," Ritsu said, smiling.

You left me behind Azusa wanted to say but she didn't want to cause conflict. After all it really wasn't their faults she'd been left on her own, they hadn't known she could escape. It was nice just seeing their faces again, it was comforting and she felt somewhat safer with them.

"It's strange that you're here Azusa ," Mio noted "we thought you were still in the shelter."

"I left to join up with all of you," she said "I was going to bring you back but..."

"Wait there's a way back?" Ritsu asked "we can go back to that place."

Azusa nodded "There's a vent."

Ritsu was tempted by the idea but ultimately dismissed it "no, we've come too far already to turn back now."

"Are you sure Ritsu? It will be safer there," Mio pointed out.

"We're going home right Mio? We don't need any shelter to keep us safe."

"If we're going home then we'll need to change our path, now that Azusa and Mugi are here I don't think it's a good idea keep following the roads anymore. We should keep out of sight where we can't be caught."

"That's gonna slow us down big time Mio; it will take day's more if we take the long way."

"I think we should do what's safest," Mugi said "Even if that means it takes longer."

"Mugi, we don't exactly have a lot of food at the moment; we've got a bit of rice but not enough for to last us for weeks. If we take it slowly we'll run out of food and in a few weeks it's winter and I really don't want to be out here when that happens."

"I'm sorry for forcing this on you," Mugi said.

"Huh why?"

"If you had just let me go then you would be home by now and you wouldn't have to deal with this. I am very sorry for making you rescue me," she bowed formally.

"Don't be like that Mugi," Ritsu smiled "We don't mind at all, the main thing that matters now is we're together now."

"Yeah and let's never get split up again!" Yui announced cheerfully.

The others nodded as they enjoyed the fact that for the first time since the shelter they were together. Azusa smiled at her Sempais as she felt the warm glow of friendship again.

"Okay now who wants to play a game of poker to celebrate our reunion?" Ritsu offered.

"Or maybe we could try to find some tea and celebrate that way?" Mugi suggested.

"I know," Yui said "maybe we can have a group hug to celebrate!"

They went with Yui's idea and all five of them huddled in for a group hug. It was so warm and comfortable Azusa didn't want it to end. After five minutes however it did and they broke apart to get ready for sleep

Azusa squeezed in the end of the blanket next to Yui. She tried to dodge her attempts to hug her but it was useless. She was with her friends, by all means she should be happy but she was troubled. Something seemed off now, she was still what happened earlier and she knew the moment she drifted off to sleep the nightmares would return. Yui held her closer, maybe she was safer here. Azusa heard the sound of distant bombs as she fell asleep.


They woke early the next morning, as Mio had promised and after a small helping of rice for breakfast they set off. Ritsu ultimately decided to follow Mio's idea of keeping out of sight by avoiding the roads. However, to compromise for the slower pace Ritsu was making them walk even longer without breaks.

As they walked they noticed the landscape around them was changing, they'd departed the more mountainous region the shelter had been in and were moving to lower ground. The land was now predominately agricultural; large paddy fields stretched over the hills only intersected by small traditional houses poking up. Many of the trees dotting the area had turned an autumn orange as a reminder of the season. After the stress of the last few days the cathartic view of rural Japan helped them all. Out here it was so peaceful they could almost forget the conflict that was ravaging the country. It was only the odd burned out building or military helicopter flying over that brought them back to reality.

The five of them trekked through an empty muddy field, trying to have a decent pace but being slowed to a halt by the mud. It was Ritsu that was at the head of the group, closely followed by Mio and Mugi with Yui and Azusa lagging at the back. Azusa's little legs were struggling to keep up with her Sempai's but she didn't want to tell them and make them slow down just for her, she didn't want to be a burden.

"This is really boring," Yui complained "We just keep walking and walking for ever, ugh."

"You're going to have to get used to this Yui," Ritsu said glancing back at her "we've still got a long way to go."

"This isn't so bad, the scenery's so nice it's like a lovely walking trip," Mugi said.

"It's not a walking trip," Azusa said irritably "Don't trivialize the situation Mugi."

"It is sort of a walking trip because we're walking and on a trip" Yui pondered.

"You knew what I meant Yui," Azusa snapped.

Yui looked at Azusa with concern "Are you okay Azu-nyan?"

"Yes."

"Yeah I guess you're just grumpy because you haven't had candy in a while," Yui said "I get the same way."

"That's not it at all" Azusa sighed.

They carried on trudging through the field, Ritsu vaulted over a low fence.

"We should sing again," Yui suggested "It won't be so boring then and now Azu-nyan's here it will be like old times."

"Sing?" Azusa said "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, it will be fun Azu-nyan," Yui said happily.

Several crows flew into the air as they nosily entered the next field.

"Don't say you are lazy!" Yui started to sing but Azusa stopped her.

"Be quiet Yui" You'll attract attention," Azusa shouted, making more of the crows fly up to the sky.

"What's your problem Azusa?" Ritsu demanded, turning back to her.

"Oh it's nothing," Azusa said abruptly she didn't want to cause a fuss and the last thing she wanted to do was make them resent her presence but how could Yui just sing, after everything that had happened."

"Right well if Azusa doesn't want to sing we won't sing but we should do something to deal with this boredom" Ritsu concluded.

"I'm sorry."

"How about we play animal Shiritori?" Yui suggested.

"No, that sounds stupid" Azusa dismissed.

She hated that they could all be so upbeat in their circumstances. They all could have died last night but they all acted just like they back it the club-room. Things weren't the same now no matter how much she wanted them to be. She'd killed, and had to do terrible things to get to them but they didn't seem to acknowledge that at all, they only cared about singing and animal Shiritori. Seeing them again just reminded her of how much she'd changed and how she couldn't be what she once was.

Azusa spotted something in the long nearby grass. She took a few steps towards it before being repulsed by the smell. It was a body, half rotten and covered with flies. She felt sick.

"Azusa hurry up!" Ritsu called.

When she didn't respond she came running back, before seeing what she saw. "Just ignore it Azusa," Ritsu said as she beckoned Azusa onward.

Azusa stepped away from it and followed Ritsu again.

"Hey, why is it that only certain animals are pet animals?" Ritsu asked everyone "I mean why can't we have friendly lion's or tigers as pets?"

Azusa looked at Ritsu in disbelief, she just saw the same thing Azusa did but straight after she started a conversation about animals? How could she do that?"

"I'd probably like a red panda is a pet," Yui announced "they're super cute and playful."

"I'd like a sunfish," Mugi said "or a turtles."

"We already have a turtle Mugi-chan," Yui reminded her "I wonder how Ton-chan is doing anyway, I hope he's okay."

"He should be fine, turtles can live for a while without food" Ritsu said.

"What animal would you like Mio?" Yui asked cheerfully.

"Oh I wouldn't want anything special, just a cat."

"Oh just like Azu-nyan!" Yui said, taking the opportunity to try to hug Azusa.

She dodged, even though she'd missed them Yui's hugs were ritual annoyance for her now, she seemed to be taking nearly every opportunity she could to try and glomp her. Maybe their time apart had meant she wanted to compensate by spending lots of time with her now but Azusa simply found it irritating. The talk of cat's had reminded Azusa of the one she had owned temporarily, Yui's cat namesake who'd been so cruelly killed. Innocents like her were dying in this war but Yui and the others were just talking about pets like it was in anyway important. Azusa spied another body in the grass.

"My parents won't let me have a cat because of the mess," Mio explained

"Wow what cruel people," Ritsu said "My parents let me do pretty much anything."

"Mine don't let me eat candy in bed," Yui said "It's really unfair."

"How can you be so blind!? Azusa shouted as loudly as she could.

They all turned to look at her.

"What is it Azu-nyan?"

"We're not here to have fun!" She shouted "None of you are taking this war seriously!

The others looked at her quizzically, she didn't want to be saying this but she felt she had to.

"This is a war! None of you seem to understand the situation we're in, the danger that we face everyday!" She shouted.

"Aw I think you're a little grumpy Azu-nyan," Yui said "Do you want some food to cheer you up?"

"What are you doing Yui?" Azusa shouted, annoyed that she wasn't being taken seriously "This is serious, if we mess around we'll die! You can't just play games, have fun and treat everything like its normal. It isn't!" Azusa spluttered red in the face "Look around you!"

It was then the rest of the group spotted that there were numerous corpses all around them in the field. The bodies were a mxture of Japanese and Chinese soldiers all slain in a recent battle. Only the crows had thought to clean up their bodies.

"This is reality," Azusa shouted "Not you all talking about stupid cats and cakes like we're back in the club-room!"

"Azu-nyan? What are you talking about?" Yui asked tentatively.

"I'm talking about the truth Yui, that none of you seem to realize. Last night could have killed us and you don't seem to care! I've killed people Yui; I bashed someone's head in with a shovel. That's what your little Azu-nyan had to do to survive!"

Yui looked thoroughly upset "Azu-nyan? You don't really mean that do you?"

"I do Yui; you need to realize what's going on around you."

Ritsu stepped in front of her "Yui get back I'll deal with her."

Somewhat forcibly Ritsu dragged her to the side away from the others. Azusa was still fuming.

"Look Azusa I get what you're saying but..."

""I can't believe all of you," she said angrily "You just talk about normal things and ignore the situation it's..."

"Listen to me Azusa," Ritsu said, cutting her off "Do you really think we don't know what's going on? You think we just are completely unaware of our position?"

"No but I-I"

"We know Azusa, we all know," Ritsu said as Azusa snivelled "We just try to block it out, it's depressing, and we haven't exactly had it easy either Azusa. We just try not to think about how screwed we are. That's why we sing, and talk about random stuff and try to have a good time. It's to try to keep our minds off what's actually happening. Do you understand?"

"Yes" Azusa nodded reluctantly "I understand, but we still need to take it seriously."

"You leave the leading to me Azusa; I know what I'm doing."

"Don't you want me here?"

Ritsu patted her head "Of course we want you, you're our friend after all. Just try not to be like that okay? Especially around Yui, you know how much you mean to her."

"Okay I'll try" Azusa agreed weakly.

Ritsu smiled at her "Come on we shouldn't stay to long around here." "

As Azusa and Ritsu walked back to the others she could see all their eyes were upon her. In made her feel very self aware.

"Azusa are you okay?" Mugi asked, she seemed to understand more than the others.

"I'm fine," Azusa said "I'm sorry about that outburst."

She approached Yui who still looked shocked.

"Yui I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you" she said.

"I guess you've changed a lot now Azusa" Yui said looking at her with sadness.

"I'm still Azu-nyan Yui, I'm still the same" she said trying to act cheery.

"You're not though" Yui whimpered "You said you're not."

"Well, I'm still you're friend Yui. That's one thing that hasn't changed."

The two smiled at each other and hugged.

"Hurry up," Ritsu called "We're going to sing again."

They walked through the rest of the field of corpse in as cheery mood as they could and Azusa said no more. It was a few more hours before Ritsu decided to make camp for the night but after a while they found somewhere suitable. It was at the edge of a wood near an abandoned quarry, it was out of sight of any roads and the rock face provided some shelter from the wind.

"Here is probably a good spot," she said sitting down "there's a lot of spare wood for a fire."

The girl lay down their bags and began to clear a place for a fire.

"How much food do we have?" Mugi asked.

"Not that much," Ritsu said "Enough for a while I suppose but with five mouths to feed this is going to run out real fast."

"Is it just rice we have left?" Mio asked

"Yeah that's pretty much it, we may have a few bits of candy left but nothing else substantial."

"Rice on its own is not good for a balanced diet and it's dull," Mio told them "We need vegetables and protein if we're to be healthy."

"And Cakes," Mugi added.

"Hey don't be hard on rice, rice is amazing!" Yui declared passionately.

"Well it's okay as a side dish..." Mio started.

"Rice is not a side dish!" Yui insisted.

Snap!

There was the sound of somebody moving near the camp.

"What was that?" Ritsu demanded, looking at her friends. Mio looked on edge, Azusa looked suspicious, Mugi looked pensive and Yui was playing with some grass. They were all there so the noise had to be somebody else.

Ritsu stood up and scanned the nearby environment, she couldn't see into the quarry but the nearby trees seemed to be clear. Ritsu stood up, scanning their surrounding with her hand over her forehead to block out the glare of the setting sun.

"What are you doing Ritsu?" Mio asked.

"I think there's someone out there," Ritsu whispered, reaching to her hip for gun-kun.

"I didn't hear anything," Yui said "Let's eat this rice already Ricchan."

"No, I heard something," she said taking a few steps forward "If there's an enemy out there..."

"I don't think there is," Mugi pondered "this area is deserted."

"I need to check if we're safe," she countered "We can't let people be here who might get us in our sleep."

"Okay," Mio agreed as she started a fire "don't take too long."

Ritsu nodded and prepared to go off "I'll just check the area to make sure it's secure."

"Wait!" Azusa shouted and Ritsu turned around "I'll go with you."

Ritsu nodded "Alright, Come on."

Lacking a spade in the immediate vicinity Azusa grabbing a large stick from the ground. It didn't compare much to Ritsu's pistol. Tentatively Ritsu moved forward, it was dark and she couldn't see where she was headed. Azusa followed silently behind "Can you see anyone?"

She heard a rustling from a nearby bush, there was somebody there, she could tell there was somebody there, moving in the dark.

She pointed her gun at it "Hey you, come out or I'll shoot."

To her surprise a figure did emerge from the position. He brushed off leaves and looked at them "Wow, I never thought I'd be captured by a bunch of Japanese girls and not even strong looking ones."

"Who is it? Azusa shouted, from where she was standing a few meters away she couldn't see the figure in the dark.

"Yeah, who are you?" Ritsu demanded. He stepped forward she could see him more clearly from his uniform they could all tell he was from the Chinese army. Alarm bells rang in Ritsu's head, this guy was an enemy and a threat. Despite this he didn't look all that threatening, he was small and covered in dirt and camouflage paint. By his side was a sniper rifle. Instinctively Ritsu reached for her gun and aimed directly at him. He looked unimpressed by her move.

"Are you going to shoot me?"

"What do you want with us?!" She demanded.

"I don't want anything with you," he said "I don't know who you people are but I really don't care."

"Well who do you work for?!" Ritsu demanded angrily, refusing to believe he had no interest in them.

"I'm Chinese, so I work for them" he said bluntly "Can I go now?"

"Ah, so you are the enemy!" Ritsu said spryly.

"I'm no enemy of you," he said looking at placidly "You're just harmless little girls."

That made Ritsu scowl. "We're not harmless! I've got a gun."

"I doubt you even know how to use that, you've probably never fired it before in your life."

"I have, I'm nearly an expert," Ritsu lied.

"Then why is you're gun not loaded?"

Ritsu quickly realized he was telling the truth and reloaded.

"You really are harmless" he said smugly.

"Ritsu-Sempai what should we do about him?" Azusa asked eyeing him suspiciously.

"We can't just let him go, he's a threat!"

"I'm not going to hurt you I really, don't care about you," the prisoner, bored of the whole affair.

"You shut up!"

"What's going on Ricchan?" Yui asked appearing behind them and looking at the man "Whoa who's that weird guy."

"I found him sneaking near our camp," Ritsu explained "He's an enemy."

"Oh so is he our prisoner now?"

"Yeah, until we've figured out what to do with him," Ritsu said.

"I've got dinner ready," Mugi called "its rice and more rice."

"Great, I'm hungry," Yui said "Come on Ricchan and Azu-nyan let's get dinner."

"But what about the prisoner? I can't just leave him here."

"You can bring him to dinner too," Yui suggested.

"Okay you heard her, come to the camp and we'll keep guard over you while we eat."

"Do I get to eat to? I could use some food."

"This is our food," Ritsu explained as she brought him to camp "We don't have that much so you're not allowed any."

Still with the gun pointed at him they sat down at the campfire, which was now roaring and spreading light through the clearing.

Mugi took immediate notice of the stranger. "Oh we have a guest, would you like some rice with rice?" Mugi pushed a small helping towards him.

"Oh yes please" he said grabbing some rice.

"Mugi he's our prisoner, don't give him our food!"

"But he's so thin and starved looking," Yui protested "It would be cruel to not give him any."

"I agree," he said "you should give me as much food as you can."

"You, just shut up and be a prisoner!" Ritsu shouted.

"I'm fine with being a prisoner if I can eat your food."

Yui watched the stranger eat "So what's it like living in China? Is it really weird?"

He shrugged "its okay I prefer it here though."

"Yui, don't small talk with the prisoner!" Ritsu insisted "Pretend he's not here."

"He doesn't seem that bad Ritsu," Azusa said "unlike most people we meet he doesn't want to arrest or kill us."

"That's true, I don't have any interest in you at all," he confirmed.

"He is still from the enemy side though," Ritsu announced "And we as Japanese citizens have a duty to intercept enemies. I bet my Dad would be pleased now to see me having captured someone."

"Ritsu our side has tried to have me and Azusa sentenced to prison camps," Mugi pointed out "I'm not sure we should be supporting them."

"Your friend seems a lot more intelligent than you, you should listen to her," the captive told Ritsu.

"Yeah Ricchan can be a bit thick-headed sometimes," Yui told him.

"Yui, what did I say about talking to the prisoner?" Ritsu said before sighing and turning to him "What's your name anyway, you must have one?"

"Corporal Sheng," he answered.

"That's a funny name" Yui said "I though Tsumugi was a really weird name but yours is way weirder."

"It's a Chinese name so it would probably sound strange to you," Sheng said as he ate some more of their rice.

"If you're from China then how come you speak Japanese so well?" Mio asked, gathering up the courage to speak to the stranger.

"Well this isn't my first time visiting Japan, I spent a couple of years here when I was younger," he explained.

"Why did you come here?" Ritsu asked "Why not stay in your own country?"

"Well, it's where all the decent jobs were; the wages are a lot higher over here. That's the main reason; I also just like this place and its culture. If it wasn't for being treated like a second class citizen I would have stayed," he explained "Can I have some more rice please?"

"You've already had way more than we should have given you," Ritsu said as Mugi handed him some.

"Thank you," He said as he got a second helping "this is lovely, I love Japanese food."

"It's just a shame it's our Japanese food," Ritsu said bluntly.

"Hey I'm hungry I haven't eaten a proper meal in days, I'm a sniper and when I run out of food on a mission I have to find some myself. There's no way I can get resupplied when I'm in enemy territory."

They finished their meal of rice and put away the food they hadn't eaten.

"Hey does anyone want a game of poker?" Ritsu asked. Everyone but Mio and Azusa agreed. The two of them sat a bit away from the main group.

"So you don't feel like playing either?" Azusa asked.

"It didn't go that well last time," Mio explained.

"Okay."

"You've been quiet since earlier Azusa; don't you feel like talking?"

"I don't really know what there is to talk about anyway" Azusa sighed " Ritsu said earlier than I should try and be upbeat for the sake of moral but I find it hard to say anything positive about our situation so I end up not saying anything."

Mio nodded "I understand, that's Ritsu's acting like an idiot again, I understand what she'd trying to do. She wants to shield the group from the war by trying to act normal. She can't keep it up for ever though; someday she'll break and realize she can't keep deluding herself forever. If she does that then this group may fall apart."

Azusa nodded and looked at Ritsu having fun with the stranger and the others. She looked so happy there with them like she didn't have any stresses.

"You know seeing people from opposite sides get along like that kind of gives me hope for the future," Azusa admitted "if both sides can get along now then maybe the war could end."

"Oh yeah, Japan one China zero," Ritsu laughed as she beat the prisoner with a royal flush "go Japan."

"It won't go the same way it the war you know," he said.

"No way, you're going down," Ritsu insisted.

"You're kidding yourself, I'm sorry to say there's no way you can win. Your navy is decimated, you're running out of food and power and you're outnumbered 4:1. You're side will lose."

That statement brought the camp mood down considerably.

"Hey Sheng, what are you doing out here anyway?" Ritsu asked.

"I've got a mission to take out an important person, it's very important."

"Who exactly?" Ritsu said, going cold.

"Oh some big army guy who's leading around here."

"What was his name?" Ritsu asked, dreading the answer.

"General Tainaka."


When the campfire had died and all the other girls were asleep, Ritsu threw off the blanket and crawled over to a nearby sleeping figure. She reached for her gun and pressed it against his head.

Sheng's eye's opened his eyes to find the muzzle of a gun against his forehead.

"Get up!"

He took in the situation calmly "Are you going to shoot me?"

"I said Get up!" Ritsu whispered and he obeyed. She's made sure his rifle was nowhere in range, he couldn't fight back.

Ritsu prodded gun-kun into the back of his head "Walk, I don't want to do this where the others can hear."

"I don't care any direction. I don't want to do this where the others can here" Ritsu said. Slowly Sheng began to walk away from campRitsu a few inches behind making sure he didn't run. The moonlight that shone through the canopy was all they had to see by.

"Why you are doing this?"

"I don't have to explain anything to you, keep moving" she demanded.

"I don't think I have much choice."

After five minutes they arrived in a clearing, there was enough light for Ritsu to see the fear on his face and far enough away for them not to hear.

"It's my Dad," Ritsu said weakly as she pressed the gun against his head.

"General Tainaka?"

"Yep."

"I guess you want me to not kill him."

"Please, can you?"

He shook his head "Disobeying orders counts as treason. The punishment is execution."

"There has to be another way, I don't want to have to do this," she trembled, her hands were shaking.

"I could tell you all sorts of lies about promising to not do it or accidentally missing. You're not stupid, you know there's no way to make me do anything after you release me but please think about what you are doing. Do you really want to be a murderer?" Even in the limited visibility she could see he was shaking.

Ritsu hesitated as she held the gun "My dad meant everything to me, he was the one I turned to as a kid, he taught me everything I know about leadership, I can't let you kill him."

"Please don't do this," he whimpered. The calm he'd shown earlier had completely disappeared.

He was simply begging for his life.

"I'm sorry."

Ritsu cocked the gun and released a single bullet into the back of his skull. He fell to the floor, limp as blood sprayed out. Her hands were numb in the cold night air as she looked down at the corpse and walked away. As she returned to camp quietly what she'd said to Azusa echoed in her mind. She had been wrong, this was war there was no place for laughter and jokes, this was serious. There could be no more fun for her now.


A/N: Sorry I took a little longer than I should have on this one. I was aiming for once every seven days but I missed it by two. Anyway this chapter's a little slower than the last few I think, I'm trying to refocus the plot a bit on them getting home. I think that with a story such as this it is possible to keep coming up with new places for them to see or people to meet and get distracted from the main plot. That's why there aren't going to be that many more chapters, about five probably before it finishes but the last two will be really long.

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Yo: Hi again, I took a long time on this one as well (I'm sorry.) Anyway that proper reunion didn't really happen, I had done this bit where they found an abandoned music venue and they played a reunion concert but I cut it out because I thought it seemed really unlikely and it didn't really add anything. Anyway I think that Kotatsu sentence got a bit broken. Stuff like that happens when you write common occurrence even though you write makes sense although in your head and creates what have thought accidentally in a sentence in reality it becomes not make sense XD That's why it's important for me to proof read or I end up just writing things like that. Anyway thank you for your comments. BTW you are really good at using emoticons, I can only do basic ones like ^^ and :) but you're on a whole other level! (*_*)

Sam: They didn't get betrayed this time! Actually it was more Ritsu doing the betraying in this chapter sort of. I would actually love to become a successful author both for fan fiction and for original stuff. I am no where near good enough at the moment though. I think I can get better though, I want to learn from this to become better. Then the next long fic I write may be better and more popular and the one after that better as well until eventually I get to AdrenaVeris's level. Then I might be a good enough writer to publish my own book. I have a long way to go from here though and I probably won't get there but I can dream anyway. The Magnificent Baka Sama is an acceptable name certainly, is there anything you'd like to be called or is Sam fine? Anyway thank you for reviewing. ^^

Imuffinator: Oh hi Imuffinator it's good to see you're still around. The errors are because my Beta reader's not active at the moment, he's got some personal stuff so he's not up to it. Anyway I fixed the one's you pointed out and I tried to be more diligent this chapter :D

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I wonder what percentage of reader's actually read the authors notes? A lot of people probably skip them, I don't blame them to be honest it is normally only of tangible relevance to the fic and the replies don't make sense if you haven't seen the review. Anyway

Next week(or 9 days or possibly two weeks but probably next week because I don't want to keep people waiting) on Grave of the turtles: Yui and Azusa go on a nice peaceful walk.