Chapter 13

Fireworks

Amaya, Makoto, and Haru were walking to the area they were supposed to meet up with the others with their Teryaki in hand. When they got there they found Yusuke and Ryuji having a to-go cup of Ramen, Ann, and Akira with Yakisoba, and Morgana chowing down on sushi. When the 3 got near them they all looked up and were surprised to see a third person with them.

"Welcome back Amaya, Makoto, who is this with you?" Akira asked.

"Hello, my name is Haru Okumura. Amaya-san, Mako-chan, Akechi-san, and Naoto-san saved me from an evil man. They asked me to go with these 2 while they get it ready for me to get a safer place to stay."

"It is nice to meet you Haru." Ann said doing a slight curtsey, "What year do you happen to be?"

"I am actually a junior." Haru said, "I just so happen to have the same homeroom as Mako-chan and Akechi-san. What should I refer to all of you as?"

"Oh, I am Ann Takamaki," Ann said doing as best of a curtsey she could in the yukata.

"I am Akira Kurusu," Akira said looking up. "I feel you will introduce yourself Kosei but the guy shoving his face with Ramen over there is Ryuji Sakamoto, and this is my cat, Morgana."

Haru noticed that the cat didn't seem to appreciate it almost as if it could understand what they were saying. The Kosei student looked up.

"My name is Yusuke Kitagawa, nice to meet you Haru-san."

Everyone even the person who hadn't spoken yet bowed their heads in her direction almost as if they knew she is a billionaire's daughter. After the introductions and explanation about why she was there, they all decided to finish their food before it got cold and before the fireworks began. Amaya did notice that when they got over there that Akira was seemingly angry at Yusuke since he called him Kosei which Akira had never done before. Amaya turns to Yusuke when Akira is concentrating on his yakisoba.

"Why is Akira angry at you?" Amaya whispered to Yusuke.

"Um, I may have seen him talking with a girl while he and Ann were waiting in line getting their Yakisoba. I may have taken a picture of it thinking of using it for inspiration and he saw me. He has basically threatened me if I didn't get rid of it."

"By the way you are talking about it, it doesn't seem like you did get rid of it?"

"Oh, why would I get rid of it? I've been in trouble with Akira before, this will likely blow over in a week or two."

"In that case can I see it?"

"Heheh, never knew you would be one for gossip."

"I'm not but teasing and having something over someone else is different. Having something on Akira of all people will be hard to come across."

"Alright then, here." Yusuke pulled out his phone and showed Amaya the picture on it not noticing Amaya pull his phone out of his pocket at the same time. Amaya before really seeing the picture takes his own by swiftly snapping the picture of Yusuke's screen with his own. Yusuke seemed surprised but nothing could compare to the look of betrayal that Amaya saw out of the corner of his eye by Akira. He looked really sad having set his Yakisoba down. Amaya ignored seeing this and continued what he was doing. He saw the girl Akira was talking to, she looked like she was a highschooler like they were, had long red hair tied in a ponytail and had a look of elegance about her. The closer Amaya looked at the picture he also noticed Akira being a little suave and the girl was blushing at this. Both seemed to really know each other and clearly liked being in each other's presence. Amaya was wondering who this girl was and her connection to Akira but he would have to wait and see her for himself to determine.

The Fireworks Festival was about to begin. Amaya and the others were waiting in the crowd and could see the beginning fireworks start to erupt above buildings but some of the low flying ones became slightly obscured by the tall business buildings nearby. All of a sudden, Amaya felt something hit his hair and it felt almost as if a liquid was dripping on him. What could he think of that could be responsible for something like that, Oil, snow, rain,- RAIN!? Amaya looked up to see huge storm clouds had already appeared above the almost entirety of Shibuya. He then hears as Morgana gets hit with a raindrop and yelped before diving into Akira's bag. Ann gasped as a raindrop hit her and as the rain started to come down they all collectively groan. They all run for cover under the awning of a nearby convenience store to dry off. Amaya, Yusuke, Ann, Makoto, and Haru had their Yukata's soaked while Akira and Ryuji had their clothes drenched to the point their shirts were a deeper shade of their color. Akira and Ryuji were ringing their shirts out while Morgana was shaking himself off. Makoto was using her handkerchief to try and dry her hair out while Yusuke was emptying his fan which he used to block some of the rain. Haru was shaking a little bit while Amaya was ringing his sleeves out. Ann was ringing out the bottom of her yukata but was forced to pull the yukata up and expose part of her leg. Amaya could only guess that something was going to happen after this and saw out of the corner of his eye Ryuji, Morgana, and Yusuke looking at Ann's exposed leg obviously in a perverted manner. Akira was just looking at the ground. Makoto and Haru noticed this too and alerted Ann. She turned to see Ryuji, Yusuke, and Morgana looking away sheepishly while Akira was looking down in a depressed manner. Ann was angry at the 3 pervs and snapped at them. She was happy at least that Amaya and Akira weren't acting like pervs. Amaya then walked over to the three.

"Ryuji, Yusuke, Morgana, is that any way to treat a friend of yours?" Amaya said this in a chilling neutral way. The three who were being scolded all shivered at the look Amaya gave him. It gave him the same sort of Aura Seth had when he defeated Kaneshiro. "If not, then I'd say you should follow me." The evil intent of that statement showed volumes. Morgana hopped out of Akira's bag and followed Amaya, Yusuke, and Ryuji into the store. They stopped near the towel section and saw as Amaya grabbed 3 and turned to them. "I assume you don't have any money to pay for these right?"

"Nope," Ryuji said looking down with his hands in his drying pockets.

"I do not, sorry," Yusuke said looking down as well.

"I don't even think I need to ask you, Morgana," Amaya said looking down at the magic cat.

"Yeah, You don't need to. What are we supposed to do?" Morgana asked looking down.

"I'll pay for these, but you all need to do something to make up for it," Amaya said giving a sadistic grin to rival the Cheshire Cat.

"Ryuji, you are to help us later get Haru's stuff into my place. You also obviously have to apologize to Ann."

"Alright, that I can do," Ryuji said still looking ashamed.

"Yusuke, what you have to do besides apologizing to Ann is delete the photo."

"What?! You have one too!" Yusuke said a little disappointed as Amaya seemed to be the one with the upper hand.

"I will get rid of mine as well since you could see how bad Akira felt and you can get him to not be mad at you."

"...Fine." The artist said pulling out his phone then clicking two buttons and saw the image he was so proud of vanish permanently from his eyes. Amaya at the same time did the same but with less disdain.

"Finally, Morgana," Amaya said turning and looking at the supernatural cat. "You are to let Akira go out and do activities when he wants to. He has told me you boss him around telling him to go to sleep every night without letting him do many things he needs to do. From now on you are not to do this, understood?"

"...Understood."

"All right. Let's head to the checkout line."

Amaya and the others left the convenience store and Amaya handed each of the girls a towel.

"Oh, thanks Amaya, you didn't have to do that," Makoto said.

"Yeah, thanks," Ann said before turning around to the 3 boys, "I trust you also taught them a lesson?"

"Yeah, I did. They have all promised a favor. Speaking of which," Amaya turned to Akira, "Akira? You ok?"

"...no..." Akira barely whispered.

"Akira, Yusuke and I deleted the pictures, that and I got Morgana to let you do stuff at night."

"...Really? Why would you do that?"

"Cause I felt bad, that's all. I saw that I hurt your feelings when I did that stunt so I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone."

"There isn't a catch is there?"

"Actually there is. How about we talk about it over there?" Amaya said pointing to the other end of the awning.

At the other end opposite of the others, Akira looked up at him, "What do you want to know?"

"Who that girl was and what she means to you. You obviously care about her and judging by what I saw of the picture before I erased it, the feeling seemed mutual."

"...Fine." Akira said sighing resignedly, "Her name is Kasumi Yoshizawa, I met her a few weeks ago and we have become fast friends. I know she doesn't have many friends and I've heard from her that she has lost her whole family. Whether as a … Heart Thief or not I can't leave someone going through all that turmoil with nobody to help them."

"I assume you also have a crush on her."

Akira blushed tremendously at this and tried to frantically come up with something to say but couldn't.

"I will take that as a yes. You have nothing to worry about. I just hope if/when you ask her out that you both will end up happy."

Amaya walked away to leave the now completely crimsoned faced Akira to his thoughts.

About half an hour later the rain was dying down enough that everyone started to split up for the night. Akira and Morgana left for Leblanc while Ann, Yusuke, and Makoto headed home. Ryuji, Haru, and Amaya headed to the Shibuya Police Department just in time to see Naoto coming out. She saw them and got to them explaining how she has the permit to help Haru get her stuff and the 4 head to Haru's apartment in a penthouse. When they got there they were met with little resistance from the complex once they saw the permit. They went up to Okumura's penthouse and saw him on the phone looking away and without even looking at them waved his hand at them to continue on almost as if he knew why they were there. Haru was packing the things she needed into bags and her single large suitcase and when it came to clothes Amaya and Ryuji looked away knowing she needed privacy with that and Haru was thankful for this. When everything she needed was packed she carried a bag with her belongings while Ryuji and Amaya carried some bags and Naoto dragged her suitcase. They got to the living room again about ready to leave and saw Okumura who was done with his call eyeing them up as they left without saying a word but he did notice that even though he glared at Haru the boy with blue hair gave him another glare that turned his eyes from blue to yellow and sent chills down Okumura's spine like locking eyes with a cold-blooded killer.

After the 4 got to the Shirogane Residence, Haru was surprised to see how big it was even if it wasn't as big as her father's place. Amaya and Ryuji went into the room at the very end of the hall and went in and left her stuff in there for her to put away later. After this Amaya turned to Ryuji, "Hey, thanks for the help man. You're free to go and I'll most likely see you at school tomorrow."

"Hell yeah, see you then." Ryuji turned to Haru, "Hope you have a good time here. You are in good hands Haru-senpai."

"Thank you Sakamoto-Kun. I trust that I am in good hands. Have a good night and I hope to see you all again soon."

"Of course, well, it's about time I head home. G'night Haru-senpai, Amaya, Shirogana-San."

"Night Ryuji," Naoto and Amaya said waving to Ryuji as he left.

Naoto and Amaya gave Haru a bit of a tour around the place. It wasn't as big as her old place was but it at least was safe for her to be in. Haru felt good knowing that she was in a place that had people that cared about her and was safe for her for once. Naoto had to go back to the station to let it be in the report Haru had been successfully moved to her new place. Naoto gave Haru one of the 2 spare keys and then showed here where the other was underneath the Number plaque. After Naoto left Amaya and Haru sat on the sofa next to each other and had a little bit of a talk.

"So...how are you feeling being in a new place Haru-San?"

"A lot better than I expected Amaya-Kun. Thank you so much for helping me today."

"No worries. As a person from a long line of detectives, I wouldn't willingly leave someone in trouble when there is something I can do to stop it."

Haru was really happy to hear that and even blushed slightly. She leaned her head on Amaya's shoulder, "You have no idea how much that means to me. Thank you so much Amaya-Kun."

"Anytime you need help feel free to let me know and I'm here to help, listen or just be a shoulder to lean on."

"Giggle. Once again, thank you so much. Today has been a long day. I'm at least happy it has had a good ending. Thank you for offering to be there if I need it."

"Anytime."

Five minutes roughly passed and Amaya heard as Haru had fallen asleep on his shoulder and not wanting to wake her up slowly drifted off to sleep himself.

-Amaya's Palace Courtyard-

Seth watched as the Empress card entered his line of sight and landed on another pedestal. The place then began to rumble and Seth heard as a definite crack like that of shattering ice could be heard overhead.

"Ha, the shield won't last much longer at this rate. This place will soon be a memory as it should have been. Amaya, good luck with this."

-End of Chapter-

Hello everyone. Sorry, it took me longer than usual to get this out. I don't really know what happened it's just things kept happening one after another and it led to this. I hope the chapter is at least interesting if nothing else. I am not really going to say all too much this chapter but I will say that I am making a website for this that has Bios and weekly updates that will be happening but it is in beta stages and I plan on releasing it when I have all the kinks figured out. I have made images for Amaya, Seth, and redone versions of the Phantom Thieves in that sort of style. I will reveal more at a later date and may even reveal the images for Amaya and Seth if I find out if images work here. I hope to talk to you all soon. See you all next update.