Kaoru was still thinking what she said to Butch. The thought made her blush like a tomato.

"I shouldn't have said that." Kaoru said, regretting that she have said that.

After flying for sometimes, she saw Professor's house nearby, the lights still on. Suddenly, Kaoru saw Pocchi on balcony, wagging his tail, seeing Kaoru.

"Ken, Professor, Kaoru is here." He shouted, making Ken come to the balcony, running.

He waved his hand at her and Kaoru waved back. Kaoru slowly landed on the balcony, next to Ken. Poochi jumped on her; licked her face. Ken and Kaoru and laughed.

"Calm down boy." Kaoru said through her laugh, massaging Pocchi's head.

"I am in heaven." Pocchi said happy at Kaoru's massage.

Seeing this Ken and Kaoru busted out into laughter again. Kaoru placed Poochi on the floor and they three went inside Ken's house. Kaoru nervously went near the couch and placed the cake packets on the table.

"I bought you cake." She said, looking at Ken and Poochi.

"Waa~ chocolate cake." Ken said happily, running towards Kaoru. "Dad, Kaoru got us cake."

Kaoru and Ken sat on the couch while Poochi sat on the chair which was made for him, as they waited for professor.

"Hi Kaoru" Professor said. Kaoru turned around to find Professor, coming out of the kitchen, wiping his wet hand in a towel cloth.

"Were you doing some work?" Kaoru asked, "I am sorry if I disturbed you."

The professor shook his head and replied, "No, we just finished eating our dinner. I was just making tea."

"So can we please have the chocolate cake now?" Ken and Poochi asked professor, making puppy faces.

They were folding their hands and begging professor, asking for the cake.

Professor looked at Kaoru, "Should we give them the cake?" he asked.

Kaoru shrugged and replied, "Maybe,"

"Perfect." Ken and Poochi said together. They looked at each other and laughed.

Kaoru stood up and took the cake packet and told professor to sit down.

"As you people have eaten dinner, you guys can have this tasty cake," Kaoru said, lifting up the cake packet to show it to professor.

Professor stood up from his seat and said, "I will help you."

"No no, I will do it myself," Kaoru said, "it's my treat."

Kaoru quickly went to the kitchen and slowly placed the cake on the plates. She took out the sauce and poured them on the cake. She wrote Ken and Professors names' on the side of the plate. She took the pate, bit nervous whether the plan will work and went to the living room, serving Professor and Ken the cake.

"Hey, what about me," Poochi asked, wondering if she forgot about the cake for him.

"Shou ate all the other cake pieces but I got you donuts." Kaoru said as she placed the donuts in front of Poochi.

The donuts had the chocolate sauce that Butch gave her and sprinkled chocolate chips on top of them. Poochi licked his lips hungrily.

"Thank you Kaoru-tan~," Pocchi said, as he started eating the cake.

Kaoru sighed and flopped down on the couch.

"What was the cake for, that Shou ate all them?" Ken asked, confused.

"It's Dai's birthday," Kaoru lied.

'How many lies have I told now days?' Kaoru though to herself, as she wiped her sweaty hand on her pants.

"Tell him happy birthday," Professor said as he ate the cake.

Poochi's face was covered in chocolate sauce and he licked it happily. He jumped around, moving his ears.

"Kaoru, you didn't bring the cake for yourself?" Professor asked.

"I filled my stomach with cake and much other stuff," Kaoru said, rubbing her stomach in a circular motion, "And I am full."

"But you should have brought cake for yourself, we could have eaten it together," Ken said, eating the chocolate cake.

"Yeah," Poochi agreed.

"Well, maybe next time," Kaoru said to them.

"Ken, what is the time?" professor asked Ken, taking the plates from the table.

"Its 10:00 pm dad, I mean professor," Ken said, wiping off the excess chocolate sauce.

"10:00 pm?!" Kaoru yelled, jumping up from her seat.

Ken, professor and Poochi looked at Kaoru startled. professor nearly dropped the plates out of his hands.

"Kaoru you scared me," professor said, placing his hands on his heart. The other two as well placed their hands on their heart; sighed.

"Kaoru-tan, you almost scared the chemical X out of me." Poochi said, standing on his two feet.

"She sure did," Ken replied, as he sat down back on the couch.

"I am late. I was supposed to be home by 7:30 pm," Kaoru said, running to the window nearby. She transformed into Buttercup, saying goodbye to them before flying out of the window.

"But I thought her mother send her to give us the cake," Poochi said out loud, confused.

"Now think about it, it's true." Ken replied. He looked at his dad who in return shrugged, before going off to wash the dishes.

Line

Kaoru flew fast as she could, the strong wind blowing into her face. Her body was feeling cold, almost numb from the freezing wind. She wrapped her arms around her body, trying to make it warm. Kaoru saw her apartment and flew towards it even faster, noticing that the lights of her house are still on.

Kaoru went near her room window and peeked inside. There was no one in her room. She slowly tried to open the window, but remembered that she locked the window before going to school.

'Dammit' she thought to herself as she moved away from the window.

A gust of cold wind blew, making her shiver; wrap her arms around her body even tighter.

"My god, I am in big trouble," she said to herself as she flew to the apartment entrance.

"Kaoru, you are late," said the old security man, looking at his new watch his grandson gave him.

"I know and I in trouble for that." Kaoru said to him, and ran to her house.

She ran up the stairs, almost bumping into some people.

"Kaoru-chan, you're late, what happened?" her neighbor, Shizuka asked her.

"I was with one of my friend," she said, waving goodbye to Shizuka.

Finally, she reached in front of her house and rang the bell, hopping that her mother wouldn't scold her for coming late. She saw her front house door bust open with a wide swing, her older brother, Dai, looking bewildered.

"Dai you scared me," Kaoru said with a small nervous chuckle.

With a dart, Dai yanked Kaoru's hand and pulled her into a hug, almost lifting her up in the air.

"Dai…" Kaoru started. Dai bought her down and lifted her again, like lifting up a baby, her feet completely in the air.

He looked at her with a sharp glare, but it soon softened and he let out a small sigh of relief.

"Miss Matsubara, it's almost 10:30 pm," Dai scolded Kaoru, almost sounding like their mother.

"Mother was just going to call the police."

"Huh?" Kaoru asked, not quite sure whether she heard it correct.

Before Dai could reply, Kaoru's mother came running to the door.

"Dai, is that Kaoru?" she asked, a bit of hope in her voice.

Dai turns and replies, "Yes mom, its little miss run away."

"I didn't run away," Kaoru shouted at Dai's ears.

"Ow..," Dai said, moving his head away from Kaoru; placing her on the ground.

Adachi ran to Kaoru and hugged her daughter.

"I thought something bad has happened to you," she said, pulling her into a tighter hug.

She moved Kaoru away, her hands still on Kaoru's shoulder.

"Miss, you are in big trouble," Adachi replied. She went inside and told Dai and Kaoru to come in.

Before Kaoru got inside the house, Dai scooped her up in his arms.

"Oni-chan, what are you doing?" Kaoru asked, surprised at the action that her brother has done.

"What? I am doing this so that you don't run away again," he teased with cunning smirk in his face.

Kaoru swung her legs as hard as she could, but unfortunately her brother still didn't let her go. She sighed as she gave in and let her brother carry her.

Dai flopped Kaoru in the couch with 'thud'. Kaoru's mother and her two brothers were staring at her.

"Kaoru where have you been?" her mother asked her, worried.

"I went to meet professor," Kaoru said, sitting properly on the couch, "I had trouble transforming."

The family sighed with relief.

"But I thought you ran away or something." Dai said, still teasing Kaoru.

Kaoru glared at him and got up to fight with him. Adachi pushed her down back into the couch and asked Dai to sit down, who was also ready to get into fight. Kaoru looked away from her brother, her arms crossed.

"Kaoru, you are grounded for a week," she heard her mother say. She looked at her surprised at what he said.

"What? No!" she shouted, "How can you do that?"

"I can do that because I am your mother," she replied, looking at her. "And also because you almost took our soul out of our body,"

"So sis, you just going to school and coming back home," Dai replied with a big grin on his face.

Kaoru glared at Dai and rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Hmph, whatever," Kaoru said disappointed; went to her room and sat on the bed.

She remembered she'll call Butch when she reaches home and took out her phone to call him.

Kaoru's POV:

"Hi Kaoru,"

"Hi"

"Did you reach home safely? He asked me, a bit worried.

I felt happy that he was concerned about me.

"Yeah, I only reached home now and because of that I grounded for a week," I replied, grumbling a bit. "But I can sneak out again tomorrow night,"

"Sorry Kaoru," I hear butch say.

"It's okay. Anyway it's tomorrow night, right?" I asked him. He replied with a yes.

We talked about for a while about my day in school, how I managed to get the cake and deliver it to the professor. Butch even told me his old stories, how Boomer got his hair so dirty. We both guffawed at each other's stories.

"Wonderful Kaoru," I heard Butch say. "You are really wonderful."

Butch's POV:

'Shit'

"Huh?" I heard Kaoru ask.

"Nothing," I replied hastily and nervously, wondering whether if she heard what I said about her.

"Anyway goodnight," I said.

"Goodnight, wizard butch." Kaoru said.

I chuckled and replied, "Goodnight, chibi Kaoru."

I switched of the phone and laid on my bed, my eyes closed and my arms stretched out. A small smile formed in my lips and I soon fell asleep.

Kaoru's POV:

I wonder what he said about me. I shrugged and kept my phone on table nearby. I changed my dress into pajamas and soon fell into a deep, good slumber.

The next morning I heard the alarm clock ring and lazily rolled myself from the bed to the floor, my body feeling cold against the marble floor. I woke up, stretched my hands and yawned. Man, my mouth stinks.

I went o the washroom and brushed my teeth and looked at the mirror with my half-closed eyes. I saw a girl with spiky raven black hair with a tired face. I bended down and splashed cold water on m face, refreshing myself.

I opened the door and went to the kitchen where mom was making breakfast; Dai was reading the newspaper while Shou was reading a manga. I went near the fridge and took the milk bottle out.

I gulped down the milk and let out a loud sound of satisfaction.

"It gonna be great day,' I shouted, putting my bottle of milk in the air.

"Sis, don't forget, you're grounded," Dai remained me, ruining my mood, that I was trying to keep happy.

"Come on oni-chan, don't ruin the day," I said to him.


At last the exams are over and we replaced the damn not working monitor.