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Alright, now things should flow in a chronological order that actually makes sense. The next few chapters will follow an order that is easy to understand. This chapter picks up where chapter 12 left off, so if you are a little confused as to when this chapter starts, read the end of chapter 12 first.

Chapter 14: Love Has Many Forms

(Sunday - same day Shiori proposes the idea of a harem - third person P.O.V.)

Only a few minutes had passed since Shiori proposed the idea of a harem. Yuka had finally managed to calm down and was now holding onto Kakeru's arm with a happy look on her face, fully clothed. Shiori simply stood in front of the two, face void of all emotion, although on the inside she was happy that she had found this solution to the problem. Shiori loved Kakeru greatly, but she had seen how her having him all to herself was effecting the other girls. It was very obvious to her how Yuka felt, and Shiori knew that something was bound to happen, given enough time. Kukuri and Misuzu hid their feelings well, but Shiroi was not blind (when you spend most of your life emotionally repressed, you start to pick up a few tricks on how to tell how people are feeling). She saw how sad her two friends were, and Shiroi did not like it. Even if she could not show it at the moment, Shiroi was very glad she had come up with a way to ensure that her friends would be happy.

Suddenly, a thought dawned on Kakeru. "Wait, Shiori, what if Kukuri-sempai and Misuzu-sempai don't like this? I mean, I'm not even all that comfortable with it, so how will they react. We were all raised with the idea that polygamy was a moral taboo. Even if they agree to the idea, who is to say they will like it? The last thing I want is to end up in the middle of more fights over who gets to go on date with me. Especially since you all have your powers back."

However, while Shiori had not thought out the possibility that the others would not take a liking to the idea of sharing Kakeru, that did not deter her from making this idea a reality. "Even so," she stated in a bland and emotionless tone, "I do not wish to see my friends suffering simply because of my feelings for you. I am certain you will be able to convince Kukuri and Misuzu." She then turned around and walked to the door. "Unfortunately, I will not be able to accompany you in this endeavor. I must speak with James about some concerns that have just come to my mind as of late. Now that we are stuck in this time, I must confirm my suspicions." With that, Shiori left the house to perform her own tasks.

Kakeru sighed, then looked at Yuka, who was still clinging to his arm with a look of absolute happiness on her face. "Come on Yuka. I think we should get this over will." Yuka sighed in slight frustration, but relinquished her hold on Kakeru's arm. With that, the two left to find Kukuri.

(Kakeru's P.O.V.)

It had not taken long to find where Kukuri was staying. I simply asked a person who was out performing his own tasks if he knew where a person named Samson lived. I had remembered that Kukuri had been sent to live with a person by that name, so I at least had some information to work off of. The person pointed Yuka and I in the right direction, and we headed off.

When I knocked on the door, I was greeted to quite a sight. A mountain of a man stood in the open doorway. He was just barely shorter then James's Day form, and looked equally as muscled. His skin was dark in color and his hair was white, but he had a sparkle in his eyes that felt calming. I shakily bowed to the large man and asked, "Excuse me sir, but are you Samson?"

The large man looked down at us, then he smiled and nodded. "Yes, I am Samson. What is it you need, children?"

Yuka suddenly spoke up before I even had a chance to say anything, "We were wondering if you could tell us where our friend Kukuri is. We know she is staying with you at the moment, so we thought to ask you first."

I started to sweatdrop at how blunt Yuka had been. I mean, I did not want to get on this guy's bad side, as he looked like he could snap me in half with only one hand. Surprisingly though, the large man did not look in the least bit offended. Instead, he simply stated, "Well then, why don't the both of you come in. Kukuri is actually in the other room at the moment."

I shared a look with Yuka for a moment, the I smiled calmly and replied, "That would be nice, Samson-sama." With that, Samson allowed us into his home.

(third person point of view)

When Kakeru and Yuka had seated themselves on Samson's couch, the large man told the children, "I will just go and fetch Kukuri, then I will let you three be alone. I have a feeling you would like to speak in private, and I am not one to invade on another's privacy." Kakeru and Yuka started to argue that they had nothing to hide, but Samson held up his hand to silence them. "There is no need to lie. I will not ask what you wish to talk to Kukuri about, nor will I stay to listen." Then, before the two teens could argue any further, Samson left the room to fetch Kukuri.

He returned not two minutes later, with Kukuri following at his heels. After saying he had business to attend to, Samson left the three teens alone in his home. They all stayed silent for some time (and in Kukuri's case, not writing anything). Eventually though, Kukuri started to write on her notepad. She held it up with a smile on her face, "What did you want to talk to me about?"

Kakeru shared a short look with Yuka, then he let out a sigh he had not even known he was holding. "Kukuri-sempai, Yuka knows what we did last Tuesday."

Kukuri glanced over at Yuka, who gave the mute girl a slight nod while having a light blush on her cheeks. Kukuri frantically began to write on her notepad, too freaked out to even notice how informally Kakeru had spoken when he used Yuka's name. "Please Yuka-chan, don't tell Shiori-chan. It would break her heart to know Kakeru cheated on her."

However, Kakeru spoke up at that moment. A look of reluctance, and oddly hope, on his face as he spoke, "Actually, Kukuri-sempai, that is why we have come to speak to you." This caught the mute girl off guard, as she had not been expecting this to be a topic to be brought up. Kakeru continued, "Shiori already knows about what happened."

Kukuri started to panic. She started to scribble on her notepad at such a frantic pace that by the time she had finished writing it was impossible to read what was on the paper. Yuka put a hand on Kukuri's shoulder to try calming her down. "Kukuri, please, calm down. Freaking out won't do you any good, now will it?" Luckily, Yuka's words managed to reach Kukuri, who for once was not holding it all together like she did while fighting in the Red Night.

Once she had finally calmed down, Kakeru took a deep breath as he though how best to phrase his next few sentences. "Kukuri-sempai, Shiori told us how you have been feeling depressed about her being with me." At first, Kukuri tried denying that she was depressed, and that she was only happy for Kakeru, and the sex she had had with Kakeru had been nothing but her old emotions taking over. However, Kakeru was not in the least bit convinced, "Kukuri, you and I both know that that is a lie. You would not throw away your virginity over old emotions. You are too mentally strong to allow things like that to take control of you." Unfortunately, Kukuri had no way of denying that; she had always been the strongest mind among her friends, and it would be stupid for her to try denying that. She simply hung her head in defeat, to which Kakeru nodded. "Kukuri, you don't need to feel bad."

She slowly wrote out why she should not feel bad for basically guilting the blue-haired teen into sleeping with her, to which Yuka suddenly cheered out in unrelenting happiness, "Because Shiori said she was okay if we all shared Kakeru!"

For the next few minutes, nobody said a word. The room was so quiet that a pin dropping on a pillow in Samson's bedroom would have made more noise. Then, Kukuri just looked at Kakeru, and gave him a slap across the face. While Kakeru held his face that was now sporting a red handprint on his cheek, Kukrui wrote angrily, "Kakeru-kun, how can you play with Shiori-chan's feelings like that?! She loves you, and you love her. Don't you dare try hurting her like this."

However, Kakeru spoke up, a little pain in his voice from the slap, "Kukuri, you don't understand. Shiori is the one who proposed I have a harem. She knows how you, Misuzu and Yuka have been feeling because of her being with me. She was just thinking about you."

While Kukuri was still very skeptical, she seemed more-or-less satisfied with that answer. She more calmly relied, "Even if that is true, I couldn't take part in polygamy. I was raised to be monogamist, as were the both of you. It goes against everything I was raised to believe to do this."

However, Yuka once again chose that moment to speak up. She adopted a very serious look as she told Kukuri, "Kukuri, think about it. Kakeru isn't doing this for himself, and he sure as hell isn't doing this to hurt anyone. He isn't trying to be insensitive about our feelings. Quite the opposite. He cares for us all so much, and he only wants to see us happy. He would sacrifice we all grew up with for us, and I for one am not about to miss this chance." She slid a little closer to Kakeru and rapped her arm around his own before continuing in a happy tone, "I still wish I was Kakeru's one and only, but at this point I will not be picky."

Kakeru calmly nodded his head in agreement. "Yes, Kukuri, I'm only doing this for you. I want you to be happy. Nothing more, nothing less."

Kukuri looked at Kakeru for a few moments, then slowly wrote on her notepad, face void of emotion. When she was done, rather then hold up the pad for Kakeru and Yuka to read, she placed it face down on the table and slid it toward Kakeru. Not knowing what else to do, Kakeru reached out and picked up the notepad. When he finished reading the message and lowered the pad, he was greeted with a blushing Kukuri. Kakeru smiled at her, and grabbed her hands in his own. Then, he calmly and happily told her, "Kukuri, I promise that I would never hurt you. I would never hurt you, or Yuka, or Shiori, or Misuzu. While Shiori was my original choice, and I still stand by all that I said to her on that night in front of you all, I still love all of you so much."

When Kakeru said those words, Kukuri started to tear up. She rushed at Kakeru and grabbed him in a hug, her face buried in his shirt as she let out her pent up sadness from him originally rejecting her. The tears of sadness soon changed to tears of joy at the thought of finally getting to have the man she loved, to be his wife, and to eventually bare his children. When she finally calmed down, Kukuri looked Kakeru in his now mismatched eyes. She actually loved how the Eye of Aeon was back with him, as she found the clashing eye colors to be kind of attractive. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, then sat back down calmly, if not a little bit flushed from all the crying she had done and all the happy (and somewhat perverted) thoughts running through her head.

Kakeru then let out a sigh and said, "Lets just hope Misuzu-sempai takes this as easily as you did, Kukuri."

When the group found the place that Misuzu was staying at, they were surprised to find James waiting at the door.

"James-san," Yuka called out, "what are you doing here?"

James turned around and smiled at his friends, "Ah, Kakeru-kun, Yuka-chan, Kukuri-sempai, it is good to see you all." James simply reached into a pocket and pulled out a small vial of a sickly, green looking liquid. "I am simply here to deliver a potion for Misuzu-sempai. She fought Misao-sama a few days ago, and got hit with the curse from Onikiri. Misao-sama was growing concerned, as that curse is a powerful one that cannot be healed by even the magic of the Kusakabe clan. She sought me out yesterday, and asked if I had anything that could help her. She had been bargaining with my Night form for well over three hours before she finally agreed to teach me more on how to command shikigami magic in return for my help. I am simply delivering the potion."

Just as James finished explaining, the door opened. Misao looked slightly troubled, but she smiled when she say the vial in James's large hands. She took it gratefully, the told him, "If all goes well, meet me in the middle of the Index yard just before midnight. I will teach you how to properly use the magic of my clan as promised."

James gave her an eager nod, then told her, "I guarantee that potion will cure Misuzu-sempai of your blade's curse within only a few minutes, or else my the Grimoire of Eternal Shadow take my soul now and for all of time." (Author's note: What James just swore on is the most binding promise that any member of the Family of the Darkness can make to another human. If he breaks this oath, his soul will literally be ripped from his body and bound within the Grimoire forever.) With that, James gave the exiled Kusakabe a bow and walked off.

Misao turned her attention to the children who had been watching the exchange and smiled at them. "You must be Misuzu-san's friends. Please, do come in." She held the door open for them, to which they bowed and entered her home.

They found Misuzu sitting calmly on a chair under a window, calmly reading a book. However, she was only holding the book with one hand, as the other one hung limply at her side. Her entire left arm, although covered by her clothing, was a festering black color. The curse of the blade Onikiri had become far worse, and while not fatal in its current state, would most likely kill Misuzu given enough time to grow. When she saw her friends walk in though, she gave them a smile and spoke calmly and happily, "Kakeru-kun, Yuka-chan, Shiori-chan, it is good to see you."

However, before the group of friends could get down to business regarding why they were here, Misao held out the small vial. "I do not know exactly what this is, but James-san told me this would cure the curse."

Misuzu, although hesitant at first because of her suspicions of James, eventually drank the green potion. I tasted like rotting flesh and cow shit that had been simmering in a pot of boiled onions and whale semen, and it took everything Misuzu had not to spit the potion out the second she drank it, or to throw up as it hit her stomach. Almost instantly though, the potion began to attack the curse on Misuzu's arm. The flesh began to take on a healthy looking cream color that began to darken ever so slightly to match her skin tone.

Misuzu gave her thanks to her ancestor, to which Misao smiled and told her, "It isn't me you should be thanking. James-san made it. I simply asked for his help." She decided to leave out that she had to teach James about shikigami magic, as she could tell that that was not something that would get Misao any closer to being Misuzu's friend. She then turned to Kakeru, Yuka and Kukuri and asked, "But, why did you three come?"

Kakeru tentatively spoke up, "Well, Misao-sama, we were hoping we could speak with Misuzu-sempai. Preferably alone, if you do not mind."

Misao glanced at her descendent, then at the group of friends who had come to see her. For some reason, the Kusakabe swordswoman got a feeling that something bad was about to happen. However, despite her better judgement, she agreed and simply stated, "I need to speak with Georgius-sama about something anyway. I will return in a few hours." With that, Misao left to speak with Georgius about whatever it was she had to speak to him about, leaving the three girls and Kakeru alone in her home.

(Misuzu's P.O.V.)

I was curious about what it was that my friends, and lost love, had wanted to speak to me about. I had not been speaking to them for some time, so maybe they were just concerned for me. It was understandable that they would feel this way, even if they had not known the reasons. Onikiri was a powerful blade, and was a very unique type of weapon; the curse that it inflicted upon its victims had no known cure. Only those who had been present when the blade was forged, well over 450 years ago (from this current time period) had any idea how to cure that curse, but they had all died without passing on the knowledge of how to remove the curse. Had Yukiko not been killed by Superbia when she had been, the curse would have slowly killed her, despite her regenerative capabilities. To this day, only Lieselotte Werckmeister had ever been able to resist the power of the curse, but that was due to her immortality. The very fact that James had been able to brew a potion capable of curing me simply proved how powerful he was, and only further cemented my suspicions of him; he was hiding something from us, and I'd be damned if he wasn't plotting something.

When I asked why they had to speak with me alone, Kakeru seemed hesitant to speak. It was almost as if he knew what he was about to say was something I would not like, but at the same time was something he had to say. Finally though, he managed to speak after a deep breath, "Misuzu-sempai, do you still love me?"

The question caught me off guard. "Of...of course I do, Kakeru-kun. You are the only person I truly love. But, you chose Shiroi-chan, and I will respect your choice, no matter what my feelings my be. I will not come between the two of you." It was hard for me to say that last sentence, but it was something that had to be said. I loved Kakeru so much, and not getting to have him hurt me on the inside. But, I had to stay strong. I was not about to role over and die simply because I had failed to become Kakeru's girlfriend.

That was why what he said next caught so off guard, as it was the last thing I was expecting him to say. "Well, what if I told you that there was a way for you to be with me." As he said this he was scratching the back of his head sheepishly, as if what he was trying to say was hard for him to get passed his lips.

I was shocked for a moment, but then asked him, "Kakeru-kun, did something happen between you and Shiori-chan?" I then turned my gaze toward Yuka, and gave her a glare. She had always been the most determined to get fucked by Kakeru, and her track record for jealously was not in her favor.

Yuka started to wave her hands in front of herself in denial. She started explaining as best she could, "I didn't do anything to hurt Kakeru's relationship with Shiori-chan."

I was skeptical, but I detected no lies in her words. That either meant she was telling the truth, or she thought she was telling the truth, but either way she was not telling me an outright lie. I turned my attention back to Kakeru and asked, "Why would you ask me such a thing?"

Kakeru let out a sigh, then looked into my eyes with his own mismatched pair. While I did prefer it when both his eyes were that beautiful blue, the Eye of Aeon added a certain charm that was just otherworldly. He spoke to me calmly, yet with a tone of hope and kindness in his voice, "Misuzu, Shiroi knows how you have been feeling since I chose her over you. She doesn't want to see you, or Kukuri, or Yuka hurting because of my choice. She proposed that, for the sake of her friends and their happiness, that I have a harem."

It took me a moment to realize what he had just said. But, the moment I did, I was furious. "Do my feelings mean that little to you?!" I shouted at him. "Do you even realize what you are saying? Not only is polygamy a moral taboo that we were all raised to never become a part of, it is a sign of how little my feelings mean to you, and how you feel you need to surround yourself with multiple women just to fulfill your own desires. I don't care how much I love you. I will not sacrifice what I was raised to believe simply so I can share you with three other girls." I then looked at Kukuri and Yuka, who had their heads down. "I would have expected Yuka to get involved in something like this, as she is more obsessed with Kakeru then I would think possible. But, Kukuri, I never thought you would be a part of this."

The mute girl frantically started to write on her notepad, "But, Misuzu-san, Kakeru is doing this for you, not himself. He loves us all, even if he originally chose Shiori first. Besides, it was Shiori who proposed the idea in the first place."

I just glared at her harder and countered, "I do not care who proposed the idea. All I care about is that Kakeru would even think he needs more then one woman in his life. I will not become a part of something like this." I then pointed the door and said, "Get out." Kakeru tried to reason with me, but I was in no mood. I summoned Raikiri and pointed it at them. "GET OUT!" I scream at them. They needed no further convincing, and ran out the door. Once they were gone though, I dropped into the chair, emotionally exhausted. I had not even noticed that I had been standing until I sat down. "Why Kakeru? Why? I would gladly be your wife forever and ever. But, I just couldn't become a part of a harem."

But, a small voice in my head began to whisper to me, 'Would it really be that bad? So what if I had to share him. At least I would get to be with him, feel him inside me, and get to bare his child.'

However, I shook my head and just thought, 'What am I thinking? I couldn't take part in polygamy, could I?'

And that's chapter 14. Sorry that it is so much shorter then chapter 13, but you can't expect every chapter to be over 8,000 words long each time.

Anyway, leave a review, and keep an eye out for chapter 15.