Hello readers, Black Falcon 01 has returned as promised with a new chapter, I'm keeping up my new style as promised with easier text styles to read yet doing all I can to keep all the good stuff coming. Right then.. So.. thanks for sticking around, and thanks 'who ever' it was that responded to my last question. The answer was "Yes please, we would like lemons" in particular harem situations.

Well in regards of having lemons in place, well I'm happy to know that people want to see them and yes.. I followed my guest's advice and I've had a word with my neighbours, as well as my nieces and nephew, now I've had a good few weeks of careful discussion and I've been contemplating what to involve and where to place these scenarios. It's now official from me that after much deliberation.. I WILL involve lemons in this fic, "Yay" I hear you ALL say.. "At last" some of you are saying also, well.. like I said it's my first fic and my friendly neighbours have given me a saying that say.. "some things are worth waiting for".. but I've heard that many times in the past so.. I guess this is a bit of nostalgia.

So yeah, I will involve lemons, I'm working on what to start with, and since a lot of people will be wanting harem ones, I'm starting to work out the problem of getting all five of Ichika's girls to go along with such a moment.. unless of course Ichika's attempts to date everyone go out the window and he ends up in a sticky situation.. or otherwise one of his girls want to force him into getting laid and then that leads to a harem situation.. It's a bit tricky for a harem situation.. but until then I guess I could do one on one and then see how that goes.

Like I said I focus mostly on human drama, action and horror.. romance and lemons are not my strong point, but since I've got away with Ichika's dates with successful results, I guess I'm better with romance than what I thought I was - but I'll leave that up to you crazy apes to judge!

So yeah.. lemons on the way, but not for this chapter.. maybe in few chapter's time, maybe after two, three or something.. and we'll see what happens. - It may actually be in four.. but I don't know. Like I say.. I want to set the right mood and scenery for my first ever lemon.

Please note, this is the LAST place the gang visit in Honshu, after that.. it's off to the beach. As always.. easier texts to read, easy on details and keeping it simple as promised.

ALSO I have a new IS weapon to show everyone from Kestrel's IS, it's one I have made back when this fic was first made, and this is one of three new unseen weapons you readers have NOT seen yet.

Sorry for the late update, I'll explain why in the closing address.

So anyway.. enough with the red tape intro's, I'm going against my word for shorter intros.. so I'll end it there and say.. please sit back read and enjoy.. and keep those positive smiles coming over my way. - Remember I write this thing for fun and ALSO for a good cause.

Taming Kestrel Chapter 126

- Honshu, Mount Fuji -

Walking all together in a pleasant line, like in a military ranks march.. walks Ichika Orimura, with his all too well known close friends in tow, in particular his female ones. To say that this morning has been a pain in the ass would be.. only partially true. Obviously this mornings arrival of Tomoe appearing in IS was a sight to behold and though it was great to welcome Tomoe back to the gang, it was at the same time.. in a pleasant way of putting it.. a bit of a ruddy ball ache having to keep the N.C.A men, women and children under control and at bay, but never the less.. at last the male is able to take it easy.. or at least for now, as best as he can as he hikes up steep ground following the N.C.A and their respective guides.

For all Mt Fuji is a beautiful sight to behold from a distance away, Ichika is starting to understand what people mean when they say that mountains are a tough hike, Ichika is only counting his blessings that the group is only going half way up the mountain to an observation post. When briefed that the group will be spending the day at the newly constructed building, the male couldn't help but shrug his shoulders.. now.. he's counting his blessings that the gang is only going half way.

Joining the N.C.A are people of authority wearing typical hardware clothing that one would expect to see at a construction site, though in the this case it's a case of people whom are monitoring Mt Fuji for other reasons, given the fact that the mountain is after all a volcano. The people of authority are middle aged males whom are joined by three middle aged females, all of which are safely dressed and their hair being covered by their white helmets.

For today, Rie, Yuno and Konoe are now taking part as members of the N.C.A staff, though they seemed disheartened in having to go back to part time work, the trio we're still more than happy in the knowledge that no matter where they go, they'll still be in close proximity to the young scar faced Kestrel, whom in turn is hiking behind Ichika and his females with his own respective 'Unwanted' Harem.

In order to keep everyone at distance from Ichika and Kestrel, officer Tsukiyo whom brings up the rear with Yui and Kazumi made strict instructions for the rest of the N.C.A to take the lead while Ichika and Kestrel's group came up closely from behind, while in some cases people complain of the law not being present when needed, Ichika can smile in relief that in this case the law is around when needed the most. The only ones absent from today's festivities.. or if you can call it that.. are as usual Chifuyu, Maya and Clarissa.

Joining Ichika and Kestrel today are as the new comers from Laura's military unit that everyone has got to know and like, Rosa, Liesel and Alicia whom walk apart from each other rather than together. While Alicia seems to be keen on getting close to Ichika, Rosa and Liesel seem to be keen on getting a bit closer to Kes, but thankfully for the boys.. it seems it's only for friendship reasons.

Ichika brings up the rear close to a group of young men, women and children who continue to look over their shoulders to get a good eyeful of their celebrity heroes. Thankfully all seem to be doing as promised and keeping it quiet, in all fairness everyone had a good fawning this morning, and there will be more moments to come but it can't be twenty four seven after all.

Ichika walks upward along the long black asphalt made pathway following the N.C.A whom are busy snapping away and getting video footage of being up on one of Japan's most famous natural landmarks. There's no shortage of people filming and snapping images of each other in an effort to gain some happy memories, while Ichika and Kestrel would rather be on their own in a case like this, the boys would rather take this scenario than another unpleasant one.

In regards of formation, Ichika is surrounded by his own respective females, thankfully in this case the sloping hike means that it's hand holding today rather than arm linkage. Ichika has Laura on his left and Houki on his right while Rin, Cecilia and Charlotte walk in close formation at the sides joined by Alicia. Behind Ichika walks Kestrel's group, the scar faced ace walks with Tomoe on the left with Megumi on the right. Rosa takes the left of Tomoe while Liesel takes the right of Megumi, the adults take the rear.. though they are talking important matters they keep their eyes focused on the youngsters.

Slowing down to a stop in order to allow some of the trailing N.C.A to take yet more snaps of Ichika and his females, Ichika can't help but smile in an awkward yet pleasant manner as more photographs are taken of him and his females. While the girls around Ichika would be expected to be tired of being photographed, it's a pleasant surprise that the females are all charms and smiles, but then again deep down they too are suffering the agony of the continuous fuss.

This is made clear as Houki returns a cheerful and respectful bow toward a young brunette girl and her mother and father, as the female straitens herself up the female rolls her eyes and drops her smile, as she speaks the female as a good amount of exhaustion in her eyes as she huffs out the words - "Never ends, never ends.. why us?".

"Oh really? I would have expected it being a dream for a bunch of youngster's to become famous" - Alicia speaks out in a cheerful manner, the female seeming to take amusement from the amount of worn out appearance on Houki's face. Houki is fast to respond to Alicia but says nothing, the female raises and eyebrow and shakes her head. Rin is the one to reply to Alicia, the brunette speaking in a low tone in order to make sure nobody is listening to what everyone is saying - "Well yeah it is, I mean I've always thought it would be epic to be the toast of the town, but I don't like being continuously buttered all the time".

"Modest ones aren't you all?" - Alicia speaks out in a cheerful and amused manner, housing a playful cocky expression on her face. Ichika is next to speak, the black bushy haired male shaking his head at first but is able to maintain a pleasant image as he makes eye contact with Alicia. The black bushy haired male now being arms free in a case like this is able to shrug his shoulders as he speaks the words - "Nah it's the truth, I mean sure it's great to know we make everyone happy but it is a bit.. well.. too much, a bit..".

"Intrusive" - Charlotte speaks out, the blonde finishing Ichika's sentence for him as she turns her head to look Ichika in the face with a cheerful expression. Ichika bobs his head in acknowledgement and sends back a cheerful look toward Charlotte as if to say 'thanks', much to the blonde's happiness who goes a slight flush of red under the eyes and does her best not to act all girly and giddy. Thankfully for Ichika everyone only pays attention to Charlotte's words, though Laura does tighten her grip on Ichika's hand as if to remind him that she's still here, Ichika feels his heart freeze up but nothing bad happens, if anything the tight squeeze he sends back causes Laura to smile in a somewhat girly manner of her own.

As Ichika lets out a breath of relief through his nostrils as silently as he can, the next to speak is Cecilia who looks Alicia in the face and speaks out in cheerful yet slightly serious manner - "Of course it is an honour that we acknowledge such gratitude, but honestly.. they say that Keira Knightley was always able to deal with such moments at the movie awards, lord only knows how she deals with her private life".

"Meh you'll all get used to it eventually, so long as you keep a low profile and keep as much of your private life a secret as possible, you'll be alright" - Alicia speaks out in a cheerful and modest manner, maintaining a pleasant smile. Rin responds to Alicia in a best friend manner, the brunette shrugs her shoulders but houses a bit of a serious yet a bit of a worried look on her face as she speaks the words - "Well yeah obviously, but that's what worries me the most, I mean look at those sad'os that go around photographing celebs all the time, just to get caught cleaning one's ear is a photograph to enjoy".

"Oh.. true" - Alicia responds after a few seconds pause, the female rolling her eye and shrugging her shoulders as she speaks. Next to speak is Cecilia, the blonde like the others looking Alicia in the face as she speaks. As Cecilia speaks the blonde seems to have a worried tone on her voice, though her face is straight and pleasant enough, her words are as such - "It's not just keeping our private life safe and given shelter, it's a case of if we're going to have freedom of average everyday people".

"Or worse being stalked and made to feel vulnerable at all times" - Charlotte puts in with a worried tone and facial expression of her own, everyone says nothing but the looks on their faces are supportive of what the blonde has just said. Ichika seems to loose all strength and comes to a halt, everyone seems to follow suit and stops in their tracks, as if on cue. Understandably, everyone is immediately concerned as to why Ichika has come to a stop and all eyes focus on the black bushy haired male.

Ichika closes his eyes and shakes his head as if depressed greatly, the look on his face is a perfect match. All eyes focus on Ichika with vast amounts of worry, the looks of worry is also clearly evident on everyone's faces as they look at Ichika, focusing on his face. Houki is first to speak, the dark haired female looking at Ichika's eyes and speaks in a highly concerned tone - "What's the matter Ichika?".

"It's just.. ..yesterday I.. I can't say it" - Ichika responds in a sickly worried manner, the male looking as if he's on the very edge of his tether. The females occupying his hands take the chance to hold his arms in an effort to provide some comfort, while those around him close up in order to look at the male's face. The first to speak is Charlotte, the blonde reaches out with her hand and places it on Ichika's shoulder, the blonde speaks in a worried yet pleasant tone - "It's alright Ichika, we feel the same".

"I don't mean about the killing, I don't care about who ever it was that Kes killed.. she had it coming to her" - Ichika replies, looking Charlotte in the face with a serious look yet his voice is pleasant enough. Confused yet sort of understanding at the same time, the next to speak is Houki, the female looks Ichika in the face with a confused expression and speaks the words - "So what's the trouble then?".

Ichika sighs and turns his head to look Houki in the face, the black haired Ichika raises an eyebrow for a second and maintains a serious look on his face as he looks Houki in the eyes. As the N.C.A group continue to trek onward, Kestrel's group bringing up the rear finally get up close to Ichika's, the scar faced youngster along with Tomoe and Megumi slow down their pace and look at Ichika's group with concerned and curious expressions, while both Tomoe and Megumi have concerned expressions on their faces, Kestrel houses the curiosity.. however.. as Kestrel gets up close the infant seems to lower his head a little and blinks in silence, a pained look appears in the youngster's eyes and a slight serious expression appears on the infant's face.

Tomoe almost immediately senses something being wrong and looks down at Kes with a worried expression, the dark blue haired beauty obviously unaware of what happened yesterday, though then again.. Megumi isn't fully aware of what happened either, all Megumi is aware of is that something weird has happened concerning Kestrel but since Megumi does not know even the slightest of details, the beauty dismisses it as something concerning his PTSD.

Kestrel upon sensing Tomoe's worried gaze turns to look up at the beauty with curious and nervous expression, though Kestrel does not actualy drown his concerns, the infant does make an effort and sends up a concerned yet small pleasant enough smile up toward Tomoe, whom in return sends down a love filled smile mixed with warm and love filled eyes.. but that does not stop Tomoe from wanting to know the full story, for all Tomoe is love sick toward Kestrel, the female hasn't lost her powers of deduction.

Everyone freezes up and turns to look at Tomoe with awkward yet pleasant smiles as if to say nothing is wrong, but Tomoe is NOT in any way fooled. Tomoe seems to stab everyone in the heart with an ice dagger as she maintains her smile yet with the narrowing of her eyes sends over the signal that she WILL be told what the problem is, Tomoe obviously will support Kestrel no matter what.. and that's a fact.. but the female is going to get the point across that what ever has happened concerning Kes, she has the right to know. Tomoe makes this clear with a cheerful yet serious tone of voice as she speaks the words - "I think we should all have a word in secret later".

"Does it concern Kes here?" - Megumi asks in a serious tone, the female narrowing her eyes and sending over a strict and serious look toward Ichika and his respective females. Rosa and Liesel whom are walking with Kestrel and his two beauties, snap to it immediately after exchanging a serious yet worried facial expression with Alicia. Rosa makes the effort and breaks the silence, the female catching the attention of both Tomoe and Megumi and speaking in a serious tone - "Look.. I'll tell you both what's happened".

"You had better" - Tomoe speaks in serious and slightly scary manner, frowning at Rosa and looking her in the eye. Liesel shakes and lowers her head for a moment and in a worn out yet slightly sickly tone of worry speaks her own phrase. As if on cue everyone lowers their heads around Ichika, meaning that what ever happened yesterday it was quite a serious matter, it's made even more clear as Liesel speaks the words - "Alright Shimizuki, alright.. we we're going to tell you".

"Tell her what? What's happened?" - Megumi speaks out in serious and flat manner housing a frown on her face. Tomoe rolls her eyes to one side and fires back three words toward her elder sister, Tomoe's stern expression housing a similar strict look that is housed on Chifuyu on serious occasions, her tone is a perfect match - "Megumi, NOT now".

"Look Shimizuki, we want you to know that what happened yesterday was NOT Kestrel's fault" - Alicia speaks out in serious yet desperate tone of her own, the female wanting to make it heard and known that Kestrel is innocent in this case. Backing up Alicia immediately is Laura who stands straight and looks Tomoe in the eyes with a serious expression, Tomoe looks Laura in the face as the silver haired female speaks the words - "Kestrel acted defensive yesterday and he had all the right in the book".

"Yeah Kes was the victim yesterday and it was all caught on camera" - Ichika blurts out bobbing his head in acknowledgement, the black haired Ichika wanting it to be clear that for all yesterday was a very gruesome bloody event, Kestrel for all he did the killing.. he had the right to do so. Cecilia is next to speak, the blonde standing straight and sending over a respectful small bow to Tomoe as she speaks the words - "We saw the footage ourselves, you can still trust Kes no matter what".

"Don't act cold to him when we tell you what happened" - Charlotte speaks out in a slightly desperate and worried tone, the blonde breaking away from Ichika and moving forward to defend the long black haired Kes who blinks in silence and seems to preparing for the worst to happen, upon seeing Charlotte coming to his defence the infant closes his eyes and lowers his head a little, the youngster seems to fight the urge to cry.

( A.N: You readers remember the chapter when Kes felt that he was too dangerous for the gang? It's this case again ).

Kestrel's eyes open in a bought of surprise when he feels Tomoe's warmth embrace him, the female carefully kneels down on the asphalt and holds the youngster in a love filled embrace, the female having got the message that Kes was not a guilty criminal in this case now only wishes to know what it is that's so serious, the female takes Kes in her arms and carefully places a small kiss on the youngster's forehead.. Kestrel's response is a return of the embrace around Tomoe and the two lock themselves in a cuddle.

As the pair part, the dark blue haired Tomoe places Kestrel's head against her chest just above her massive bust. Tomoe's eyes are filled with emotions.. most of which serious as she looks toward Ichika and Co with a concerned expression, the female speaks out one phrase - "Just.. tell me what happened yesterday".

From where the adults are, the attention snaps toward Ichika and Co, Tsukiyo's reaction is a roll of the eyes and a firm shake of the head, Yui's reaction is a lowering of the head and pained look on her face. Kazumi can only sigh and shake her head, though the adults are standing beside the youngsters.. they know all too well what the fuss is about. For all Kazumi was not present during the event yesterday, the woman has been informed of what happened by Yui and Tsukiyo.

Kazumi had originally hoped that she would be able to tell Tomoe what happened yesterday with Yui and Tsukiyo alone, but as always.. things go wrong, and there's no avoiding it. In this case it's down to the other kids, even though everyone was sworn to secrecy.. it was probably inevitable that Tomoe would be informed sooner than expected. Tsukiyo says nothing but signals to Yui and Kazumi that now's the time to take action, there's no words but a mere motioning of the head toward the kids as to make it be known that the adults are needed.

Ichika is released by the females around him and allowed to take some steps forward, Tomoe slowly stands to her feet but keeps young Kestrel pressed against her side holding him as if he's the most precious thing on the planet. Ichika and his girls around him all turn to look each other in the eyes and keep silent, the atmosphere becomes heavy but because everyone has made it clear that Kes was not the one at fault yesterday, it's a lot easier for Tomoe to take on board what ever it is that the gang have to broadcast.

Ichika briefly holds his arms up in defence for a second as he speaks in an awkward and worried manner, the black bushy haired male wanting to not beat around the bush and cutting straight to the chase - "Yesterday.. a tormentor of Kes'es made an appearance and.. well.. Kes killed her".

"Took off her head with a sword and then scythed her half down to the pelvis" - Rin speaks out in a glum yet clear manner, the brunette placing both hands in front of her and fidgeting with her fingers, the brunette looks Tomoe in the face as she speaks her phrase. Cecilia wastes no time in taking a few steps forward, the blonde carefully walking toward Tomoe and the scar faced Kes, the blonde seems to be as timid as the said youngster as she carefully gets down on bending knee a matter of feet away from Kestrel. The scar faced youngster and Cecilia look each other in the eyes for a moment, the blonde then carefully reaches out with her right hand for Kes to take.

Kestrel though being hesitant reaches out with his own hand and makes contact with that of Cecilia's, the blonde takes the youngster's hand in that of her own and the blonde gets to work in offering some comfort, though it's not much with just a smile and a hold of the hand, it's very much welcome which Kes acknowledges with a small bow of the head as if to say 'thank you'. All the while this happens, Charlotte speaks her own phrase, the blonde looking Tomoe in the face and speaking in a careful tone - "It was a mess, and a bloody one at that".

"We got the whole thing on camera, police have it now though" - Rosa speaks out in a clear and pleasant tone, though the look on her face is straight yet also a little bit serious. As Rosa speaks her own phrase, Alicia and Liesel take the chance to stand close to each other as if to provide additional fire power to Rosa. Megumi on the other hand seems to be stunned beyond description, the female looking down at the scar faced Kes with a concerned expression.

Thankfully for Megumi the stunned feeling goes away very quickly as the female remembers the night the said infant saved her ass from three police dogs, that night alone was bloody in it's own right, and almost as fast as it comes, the alarmed feeling goes away fast and is replaced by relief and pride. If anything Megumi feels as though she has just won a million big ones.. but then again.. what else is new?

A bewildered look is replaced by a cool big sister style smile and a look of pride and excitement, the dark blue haired beauty wastes no time in getting down on her knees and she too joins Cecilia in providing some comfort toward the scar faced ace, though unlike Cecilia.. Megumi goes in for the full smothering of affection, much to the surprise of those around her.. in particular Kes whom merely goes a bit wide eyed and freezes up in his tracks, as he gets a full smothering of a deep bear hug and a few smooches on the forehead and around the face.

Thankfully for Kestrel Cecilia is on hand to calm Megumi's affectionate praise down, the blonde doing so in the kindest possible way with a cheerful yet awkward smile on her face. The scar faced Kes merely shudders a little and blinks his eyes in a fit of curious confusion, his facial expression being straight as always, even as Megumi embraces young Kes from round the back, resting her chin on the top of his head, the infant pays it no heed.. it's something he's used to.

"S.A.T teams appeared after the event and Kes was sent down for a few hours, it was down to the CCTV and my comrades here that proved his defensive innocence" - Liesel speaks out in a flat yet calm manner, the female looking Tomoe in the face and she speaks. Tomoe's reaction is unexpected as the female closes her eyes for a brief moment and shakes her head in a silent manner. The dark blue haired beauty only speaks three words in a surprisingly calm and clear manner - "I knew it".

"Sorry?" - Houki comments in a confused manner, the dark haired female obviously at loss as to what Tomoe means. The reaction from Tomoe is a straight and calm face, the said beauty stands straight in a lady like manner and speaks in a calm and collected tone as she looks toward Ichika and his girls and speaks out the words - "I saw something on the news concerning a massacre at a shrine out here, I don't know how but I knew Kes would have something to do with it.. but I also knew that Kes wouldn't be the culprit".

Everyone around Tomoe seems to go wide eyed, everyone slowly turning their heads to look at each other in a slightly bewildered manner. It's almost as if Tomoe has just shrugged it off like a butterfly fluttering around her nose. Though Tomoe does have a pleasant enough tone, the female's face does hold a good bit of concern, but the look in her eyes is one of comfort.

After a few seconds of pause and careful mental mind calculations, everyone suddenly gets the image of why Tomoe isn't as shocked as everyone would have expected, while nobody in the gang is a mind reader or is Psychic, they do know that when it comes to knowing important matters.. Tomoe is not the same as most people and unlike many who panic.. Tomoe takes the chance to look at the problem nice and calmly.

Though it is true that Tomoe is a person who is good to have around in a crisis, one can also say that when ever Kes is involved Tomoe would be willing to fight the sun the moon and the stars, though then again the beauty would do the same for her mother and.. though she would not admit it - Megumi also. All Tomoe needs to know in this case is that Kestrel was the victim as always and that people have been there for him when he needed them the most.

This is all made clear as Rin, bewildered but overjoyed looks Tomoe in the face and speaks in a careful tone - "So you understand that Kes was the good guy and not the bad guy?".

"My Kes here will always be the good guy, I've learnt that already. He's not the same as the scumbags that roam our earth.. I just wanted to know the truth" - Tomoe replies with a cheerful and relieved tone. The dark blue haired beauty lowering her head in a respective lady like bow and casting over a grateful look in her eyes toward Ichika and Co as if to thank everyone for being honest.

"Okay.. well.. your taking it better than we thought you would" - Houki speaks out in a surprised yet honest tone, the female blinking her eyes and casting over a careful smile toward Tomoe as she speaks her phrase. Tomoe responds immediately to Houki's words by looking the female directly in the eyes, while Tomoe maintains a small cheerful smile the look in her eyes remains warm and friendly and always.

As Tomoe speaks, the female speaks in an honest tone as she looks Houki in the eyes - "I am at loss for words, don't get me wrong.. but so long as it's known that my Kes here was not at fault, that's all I want to know".

"Well that's.." - Charlotte speaks out in a surprised and relieved manner, the blonde turning to face Ichika, Houki and Rin with a pleasant yet straight expression on her face.
The next to speak is Rin who takes the chance to grip a'hold of Ichika's arm, the female housing a cheerful smile on her face as she rests her head against Ichika's arm. The brunette simply happy that Tomoe has got the truth that Kestrel was as always was not the villain during yesterday's escapade. As Rin speaks the brunette's voice has the very touch of relief and joy - "We don't know what to say now".

"I WILL want to see the footage to know what happened, but I also want to see it with my own eyes that Kes was the one who we should thank and NOT to condemn" - Tomoe speaks out in a flat yet pleasant tone, the female placing a lot of emphasis on the word 'will' and 'not'. True enough, it's wonderful that Tomoe believes in Kestrel and those around him, but the female hasn't lost her marbles in anyway in regards of concerning a serious event.

For all it seems a bit lax that Tomoe is easily able to shrug off the news, the female has successfully made it clear that she knows that Kes is the hero but she also wants to know the full details, for all Tomoe can consider herself fortunate that she was not present during yesterday's blood bath, the female also considers it a stroke of bad fortune that she was not available, however.. probably this time.. she can consider it a blessing, yesterday was very gruesome.

"Consider it done Tomoe, I can access the footage via IS, but you have to be warned.. it is very foul to say the least" - Laura speaks out in response to Tomoe's words, the eye patched female lowering her head in a single nod, the look on her face is serious. Tomoe's response is instant, looking Laura in the face with a slightly serious expression, though the beauty says nothing the look in her eyes is one of thanks in acknowledgement to Laura.

Cecilia who is joined some of the other females continue to check up on the scar faced Kes, the expression on the young ace is straight and calm as always, the infant not even smiling for a single second but acknowledges a small hand shake with Cecilia, the young male's eyes are empty yet full of curiosity. Tomoe whom remains in full contact with Kes for a single second holds the youngster as close as she can, a slight pain in her heart fading away at the simple snug and wonderful touch of the scar faced boy's body in contact with her own.

"Just promise me one thing you lot.. look out for him in the future when I'm not around" - Tomoe speaks out in a genuine and care filled manner, the dark blue, slender curved beauty burying young Kestrel into her body a little deeper, the look on Kestrel's face being neutral. Responding immediately to Tomoe's words, virtually all girls in the group apart from Megumi who is lost in thought, all respond with the same words at the same time as if by fate, everyone.. including Ichika speak out four words in perfect snyc - "I can do that".

Immediately after speaking everyone goes wide eyed and turns to look at everyone with slightly amazed expressions, which quickly turn into affectionate smiles exchanged by everyone. Kestrel for all he hardly understands what is going on merely blinks in silence and tilts his head to the left a little for a second an invisible anime style question mark appearing above his head for a second or so.

With the atmosphere now pleasant and bright, and with Kestrel simply being his usual silent, curious and mysterious self Tomoe whom now gains a smile on her face turns her full attention back to Laura having taken a quick look at Kes with a smile full of warmth and joy. With her smile maintained Tomoe looks Laura in the face and speaks out the female's name - "Laura".

"Ja?" - Laura responds in a curious yet pleasant tone, the look on her face being one of pleasant confusion. Tomoe continues speaking after a second of pause following Laura's response, as Tomoe speaks again the beauty's tone of words does not change for a single second, nor does the cheerful and very welcome expression on her face as she looks Laura in the eye - "If you and your girls have helped Kes out in such a way then I can't thank you enough, just promise me that ONE thing above all else".

"We will Tomoe, we'll never let Kes out of our sight again, not ever.. if your not around then we all promise that we'll protect him, honestly we will" - Houki speaks out in a cheerful and very warm and pleasant tone, the look on her face being one of happiness and pride, a facial expression that is now becoming a regular sight. Everyone including Ichika all lower their heads in warm respect, all faces around Tomoe and Kes house cheerful and warm smiles, the looks in the eyes are just as warm as the care and love filled expressions.

Megumi now out of her daydream or in her case.. a wandering fantasy now snaps out of her trance and returns to reality, the dark blue haired female merely plays along with what is going on around her by bowing in humble respect.. even though she has no real idea of what has just taken place. Thankfully the beauty is saved from looking like an idiot by the sudden arrival of Kazumi, Yui and Tsukiyo, the adults at last making an appearance at the scene.

The first to speak is Kazumi whom along with Yui and Tsukiyo have overheard the overall discussion despite taking a steady walk forward, noticing that Tomoe is at ease and the female is cheerful.. against the expected odds.. but then again.. this is Tomoe one is talking about - perfect to have in a crisis, no panic and no despair. Besides all that -
there is also the Kestrel matter, when Kes is concerned the beauty is willing to go to the ends of the earth at his side.

Kazumi whom is just overjoyed to see her daughter at ease and fully understanding of the situation is more than relieved, for as foul as the incident was yesterday there is an up side to the event. Pride and relief is just an understatement to how the adults feel, Kazumi who is just overjoyed to see her youngest daughter soldiering on despite the odds is a sight to behold, this is made clear on her voice as she speaks the words - "We all will".

"Mother?" - Tomoe comments in a calm tone, the female looking a little bit surprised yet happy to suddenly see her mother along with the other two adults appear before herself and those around her. Everyone's moods are the same, a mix of surprise yet happiness as the cheerful faces of Yui and Kazumi make an appearance, Tsukiyo has more of a cool big sis look on her face but that in it'self is welcome also.

"Detective Otokawa?" - Charlotte asks in a straight yet pleasant enough tone, the blonde joining the females around Kes in standing straight looking as lady like as usual as the adults make an appearance. Next to speak is Cecilia whom ironically holds young Kestrel's hand in that of her own without knowing, but then again.. the blonde isn't in any way flustered, instead all Cecilia does is look directly at Yui and in a straight voice speaks out - "Miss Sakurada?".

"I see you kids have informed Tomoe of what happened yesterday" - Tsukiyo speaks out in a cool Chifuyu like manner, the officer crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow yet the officer has a pleasant enough aura about her. Megumi whom now has filtered everything described to her through her brain, merely places her hands behind her back and in a careful yet bold way speaks out one question - "So it's true?"

"Yeah Megu' it's true, and you must NOT reveal any of this to anyone, not ever" - Kazumi replies in a calm yet serious enough tone, the female raising her index finger skyward in order to get the point across that this is a very serious yet secret matter. True enough, the tormentor that Kestrel killed in a bloody manner yesterday may have deserved what she got, but this is in no way to be disclosed.. victory over evil or not, what happened yesterday should not have happened.

Tsukiyo is the next to speak, the officer easing her strict facial expression and replacing it with an expression of negotiation, the officer has a straight expression yet she also has a caring look about her face. The officer looks Tomoe in the eyes and in a calm and rational tone speaks out the said female's name - "Tomoe..".

"Miss Otokawa?" - Tomoe replies in a calm and curious tone, the smile having dropped but the calm feeling remains about Tomoe's person. Maintaining her gaze at Tomoe's face, looking the bouncy curved beauty in the eyes. As Tsukiyo speaks the officer uses a calm and collected tone in order to get the point across that Tomoe is not in any trouble but what she is going see, it is a big hush-hush and that's a fact - "What you just said about protecting Kes, consider it done but I trust you understand that your wanting to see the footage can only be done on a strictly confidential level?".

"So long as everyone knows that Kes here was defending himself and ridding the world of some little scumbag that's all I can ask for" - Tomoe replies, the female holding young Kestrel and pulling him deeply into her side, the look on Tomoe's face houses a serious look in her eyes yet her facial expression is calm and neutral as she looks toward the adults in an honest manner.

Kazumi is next to speak as she takes some steps forward toward her daughter, the look on her face is cheerful and surprised as she reaches out for her daughter's hand, to which Tomoe accepts by lifting her own, the beauty exchanging a warm and friendly smile as Kazumi looks her daughter in the face and speaks the words - "This reaction wasn't what we expected Tomo'".

Tomoe briefly closes her eyes and shakes her head, a small smile appears on her face as she regains a vast level of warmth and pleasantry. As the beauty stops shaking her head she looks her mother in the face, making full eye to eye contact. The female seems to feel her heart beat a little faster for a second, her warmth and welcoming tone does not drop for a single second, the female pulls young Kestrel in a little deeper into her body as she speaks her words, making even the slightest bit of negativity impossible to drag her out of her moment of feeling at almost totally complete with Kes, this is made clear as she cheerfully speaks the words -

"Like I said mother, I always know these things. I know it sounds mad but.. somehow.. I always know these things, It's like where ever Kes goes, I'm with him.. what ever he does I'm doing the same. When he's in pain.. I feel the same, in regards of him killing someone.. it's a shock.. like I said, don't get me wrong.. but it's easy in this regard. I just.. I just wanted to be sure that Kes was the hero yesterday and not the lunatic".

Everyone is silent yet overjoyed with Tomoe's words, which is made clear as everyone turns to look at each other with cheerful and pleasant expressions. Tsukiyo for one merely rolls her eyes and shrugs her shoulders a little as if to say 'well, that's a first'. Megumi for all she's a rival with Tomoe can't help but smirk in an affectionate manner and raises an eyebrow as if proud as hell with her younger sister, if anything to Megumi it's a case of 'well.. my younger sis has finally grown her breasts and become an adult, well done'.

Ichika sends down a brotherly smile and lowers his head in a single nod, looking young Kes in the face while doing so. Kestrel's response to Ichika is at first a confused tilt of the head to the left a little but then after a second or so, the scar faced youngster smiles back in a timid manner and bobs his head back in return. No sooner does this happen, Houki rests her head against Ichika's arm and lets out a tiny purr of warmth and happiness, Ichika's response is at first a little bit of surprise but the male manages to brush off any alarm within a matter of nano-seconds, and quickly places a cheerful yet awkward smile on his face - looking down at Kes with a look of 'Yeah.. awkward'.

Kestrel's response to this is a brotherly shrug of the shoulders and a small shake of the head as if to say 'tell me about it', even though Kes can't understand a word of what people are saying to him, the infant is able to notice the signs of what is going on around him. As Ichika and Kestrel exchange a very welcome brotherly moment with each other, the next to speak is Rosa, the female narrowing her eye and casting over a cheeky yet playful smile toward Tomoe as she speaks out the word - "Soulmates".

"What?" - Tomoe replies in a slightly flustered yet cheerful tone, the female having a faint red flush under the eyes as she turns her head to look at Rosa with a slightly little bit of an embarrassed look. Rosa whom folds her arms and smirks in a cheerful and giddy manner, looks Tomoe in the face, leans forward a little and in a cocky and playful manner speaks a reply to Tomoe, her tone does not change - "It's a soulmates feeling, you two.. your soulmates".

Tomoe's response is silence, but the female does have a slightly overjoyed expression on her face matched with a flush under the eyes. While Tomoe attempts to hide the fact that she likes what has just been said, the female's attempts to hide her happiness is swallowed in one go as she turns to look down at Kes. Kestrel as usual has a straight and confused look on his face, but as Kestrel looks up at Tomoe and notices her smile, the scar faced ace warms up a little and sends a tiny timid smile of his own back toward Tomoe.. the female spills the beans.

On cue right then and there, Tomoe's bashful smile turns into a small and giddy, girly grin. Though the female is a bit embarrassed at having her obvious feelings exposed to the group, the female is able to put a brave face on and manages to shrug her shoulders as if basking in the glow of victory. With a giddy yet victorious expression on her face, Tomoe smirks toward Rosa and in a cocky and chirpy tone speaks the words - "Well at least we will never cheat on each other, nor will we stop believing in each other".

( A.N: I wanted to express this to the gang at last, like I said I want the moment between Kes and Tomoe to be perfect. I also wanted to show everyone of how unbreakable the bond is between Kestrel and Tomoe, remember the BIG romantic moments are being saved for the future just between the two. Until then, let's just keep building up on a slow pleasant level. )

"Oooh she's flustered" - Liesel playfully comments with a cheeky grin, the female trying to make light of Tomoe's embarrassment, which fails of course. Kestrel drags Tomoe out of her feelings of embarrassment by sending up a supportive smile, a timid and nervous one at that. Tomoe's response is a bold approach as the female buries herself into Kestrel's side, pulling the youngster into her side.

Houki and Ichika ironically turn to look each other in the faces, both youths merely cast supportive smiles at each other like a proud big brother and a proud big sister, or at least in Ichika's case.. a proud big brother alone. Cecilia and Charlotte cast playful and cheerful looks at each other, both blondes choose to say nothing in order to support Tomoe. Laura looks down at Kes and sends over a playful and supportive wink toward the youngster whom in turn merely tilts his head to one side and a confused look appears on his face - but then again.. this is Kestrel everyone is talking about.

Rin on the other hand takes a playful and giddy approach and grins in a cheeky manner, the brunette seemingly liking the chance to take a playful dig at the dark blue haired beauty, the tone of voice on Rin is a perfect match as she speaks the words - "Ah so she's admitted it, she loves Kes".

Tomoe seems to scoff a little at Rin's words by bobbing her head a few times and smiles in a cheerful manner, however Tomoe is about to unleash one of her finest weapons.. her tongue reminding everyone that when it comes to the battle of wits, Tomoe is a true master. Though it's not much of a retort the dark blue haired beauty is able to get the message across that she can fight the wit war if everyone else wants to.

The smile on Tomoe's face is a perfect match as is the tone of her voice as the said curvy beauty, while holding Kestrel into her side speaks out in a confident and victorious tone of voice - "Well at least I've got my perfect love when some of you morons have nothing but your IS units as partners.. as useless and out of date as they are".

"Oh yeah!?" - Rin replies in a tone of retort though the female does have a confrontational tone the female has a cheerful conflicting look on her face. Charlotte and Cecilia merely shrug their shoulders and look at each other as if to say 'Ooooh', Ichika can't help but smile and shake his head in an affectionate manner, as does Houki whom looks down at the floor in an attempt to hide her grin.

While Laura remains silent the female does raise an eyebrow as if to say 'okay, if that's the way you want it', the silver haired female houses a cocky smile on her face despite being silent. Rosa, Liesel and Alicia have a more defensive reaction to the words of Tomoe, the first to speak is Alicia whom crosses her arms and in a defensive manner speaks the words - "Say that again little fraulien!".

"You want to put that to the test?" - Rosa speaks out in a more confident manner, the female placing her hands on her hips and shooting over an amused look toward Tomoe, whom simply blinks in silence and listens with intent as to what gets said next. The only one to act is Liesel whom partially summons her own 'Schwarzer Regen', showing the entire left arm and hand. Tomoe is about to up and speak when a flash of blue light appears next to Tomoe's side, the light comes from Kestrel.

Kestrel does not fully deploy the 'Black Phoenix', but the infant does partially summon his IS, but.. strangely enough, it is NOT his IS arms and hands. Something new and unexpected appears from Kestrel's body. Everyone seems to freeze up and loose the ability to speak as a strange foreign object appears on the youngster's left shoulder. Tomoe for one eases up on her grip and looks down with a look of interest.

Megumi and the adults blink in surprise and go silent as the grave as they catch sight of the object that is perched on the top of Kestrel's left shoulder. The object resembles a 'Predator' franchise Plasma Caster, except for a few noticeable features. Though the object is similar in appearance, the object is more man made looking with a rounded barrel, the object shines in a silver colour. The object looks more like miniature sized German WWII DORA railway gun without the rail base mountings.

( A.N: Look on the internet for images of the WWII Dora railway gun, it's quite a sight - I've also been wanting to show everyone this weapon for over 2 years now - another weapon as yet unseen and part of the plot ).

The object has a long barrel and is set upon a strange looking metallic grey mounting, set in the middle down the mountings is what looks like a metalic tube used for protecting wires or at least like a coiled wire shape spring which flexes. The object which is set on Kestrel's left shoulder has a glowing blue light set at the base - looking as if it's part of the youngster's body and giving the game away that this is part of the 'Black Phoenix'.

Backing up this strange looking object that glows and hums in an electronic manner on Kestrel's shoulder is the partial deployment of Kes'es IS holographic HUD. Set upon Kestrel's holographic IS HUD is large green glowing English letters that read out the word 'WYVERN'. After a few seconds of silence the English letters go away and what comes next is a target set up made of holographic reticle, all meet up in the middle and flash in dark red and blue, locking on to Liesel's face, locking on and flashing directly at the female's head.

The sound of loud electronical bleeps rapidly echo through the air indicating that the weapon has locked on to Liesel's head, the said female stunned blinks in silence as a faint white glow starts to emit from the barrel of the IS weapon. Kestrel thankfully is fast to react and quickly regains control over the situation, the scar faced ace immediately holds up his hands as if to say 'it's okay, leave it to me'.

Almost as quickly as it begins, matched with a good amount of bewildered expressions, the youngster deactivates the weapon, the scar faced ace shows a great deal of relief as the locking on reticles deactivate in slow deep soothing shutting down whine. The IS HUD deactivates in a flash.. everyone with wide eyes and partially open mouths, watches in stunned silence as the strange IS weapon mounted on Kestrel's shoulder raises it'self up to point at the sky before going away in a blue flash of light.

Just like that.. as fast as it began, the moment is over and the youngster has fully deactivated his weird looking new weapon, the scar faced ace lowering his arms and hands slowly with a look of relief on his face. Tomoe leans forward a little and looks at Kes with a look of bewilderment, Kestrel's response is a lift of the arms to form the 'wha' position for a few seconds. As the long black haired ace lowers his arms, Tomoe lets out a sigh of relief and shakes her head slowly, the dark blue haired beauty then reaches out to the scar faced Kes and takes the youngster in a warm embrace.

As Tomoe takes Kestrel in her arms and holds him in a love filled embrace the female has a look of relief on her face, as she holds the youngster in her arms and begins to enjoy the touch of Kestrel in her arms, the female frowns in an annoyed manner and turns to face Liesel with a strict and frosty glare. As Tomoe speaks the female seems to snarl in a hiss as she speaks the words - "Deactivate your IS!.. DO IT!".

Ichika, Charlotte, Cecilia and Rin seem to have lost colour as they stare toward Kestrel whom is being held deeply in Tomoe's arms. Laura for one frowns in pure interest, seemingly at loss for words at what it was she had just saw. The female even goes so far as to place her index finger and thumb of her right hand under her chin, frowning at young Kes whom simply looks relieved that nothing happened, one can't deny it.. that what ever it was that just happened, Kes stopped it in it's tracks.

Ichika whom takes the chance to rub his eyes as to make sure he wasn't seeing anything, blinks a few times and shakes his head. As soon as Ichika manages to process what has just happened, the male speaks in an amazed tone as if he's just seen a person fade away and then materialize again - "What was that?".

"I have no idea, but it would be really great.. if he didn't do it again" - Rin speaks out in a slightly worried tone, the female holding up her arms as if surrendering to a gunman and lowering her head, letting out a breath that she had been holding for a few seconds. Cecilia who is able to get over the surprise relatively quickly blinks in a silence and gets down on her knees.. looking at Kestrel with amazed intent, her tone of voice is one of amazement as she speaks the words - "Was that a new weapon?".

For Liesel, the female is a mix of offence and shock as she frowns in a cold and strict manner, the female having deactivated her IS and going on the defensive. The female's vocal tone is a perfect match to the somewhat offended and put out look on her face as she speaks in a stern and demanding tone one question - "What the hell is he playing at?".

Tomoe whom pulls Kestrel into a warm and comforting embrace lets out one final sigh before rolling her eyes and shaking her head as if to say 'thank god'. As the gang begin to stand easy and Kestrel allows Tomoe to bury herself as deep as she can into his person, the mood goes away from tense and surprise back to a mix of relief and pleasantry. Tsukiyo whom houses a serious frown on her face is about to up and speak but is cut off right then and there as Tomoe speaks out one phrase in a flat and clear tone - "Sorry.. I forgot".

Everyone knows that Tomoe has more to say as the dark blue haired beauty rests her chin on the top of Kestrel's head, the female enjoying the heavenly touch of the youngster in her arms. Tomoe then raises her head in order to look everyone in the face, the female speaks in serious yet calm and rational tone as she turns to look everyone in the face -

"I forgot to mention something to everyone, it's a new rule that Orimura sensei and Yamada Sensei have introduced, it's a new rule that I've made up myself.. it goes as such.. "Unless it's a legal IS battle under supervision.. you NEVER activate your IS in front of Kes". I know him well enough to realise that if you draw a weapon in front of him.. he'll assume it's an attack".

( A.N: This is a BIG No-No when we talk about Kes.. never show hostility or weaponry, do NOT do anything to make the youngster feel threatened )

"What?" - Tsukiyo speaks in a flat and concerned tone, the detective blinking as a wave of sudden realisation washes over the gang. Having allowed Tomoe's words to filter through their brains, everyone suddenly feels as though they've just been reminded of a very serious and important rule, which has been dropped and forgotten.. albeit.. not intentionally.

Ichika blinks in surprise and slaps his forehead in a somewhat ironic manner, the black bushy haired male face palms himself as he lowers his head, the male speaks through open fingers across his face as he effectively hisses in a slightly embarrassed manner - "Oh Jesus, we never thought about that!".

Rin snarls and raises her hands to grasp the sides of her head, the brunette lowers her head and forward body as she suddenly feels like a total idiot in front of the gang, for a person who believes she knows how to handle Ichika's young friend, she certainly hasn't gotten into the habit of remembering important rules, this is made clear as the said female hisses out in desperate manner - "Damn it! Damn!".

Laura herself face palms with both hands and shakes her head, the female is heard to curse in German to herself, thankfully nobody in the gang seems to understand a word that the silver haired female is saying. Liesel is brought out of her defensive status and effectively slumps forward, the female places both hands to her face for a second, as the female removes her hands away the female speaks in a glum and solemn tone - "Sorry, sorry.. sorry everyone, sorry".

"I thought we had a deal" - Tsukiyo speaks out in a strict and frosty tone, the female scowling in a very frightening manner and looking as if she is about to flay everyone alive in the blink of an eye. Yui who on the other hand is in a more rational mood, just happy that nothing unpleasant has taken place immediately jumps to young Kestrel's defence the black haired woman turning to fire over a venomous frown toward Tsukiyo, the woman's voice is a perfect match as she speaks - "Look that wasn't Kestrel's fault and you know that".

"I told you people that when I'm around there is to be NO IS activation's unless permitted by Orimura" - Tsukiyo virtually spits out in a slight touch of fury. The officer of the law very nearly snarling in rage as she speaks her words. Responding immediately to the detective's words is Kazumi, the mother of Tomoe and Megumi scowling herself in a highly angered manner as she speaks out the words - "Don't blame Kes, blame her over there".

"Ja.. Ja.. my apologies, that was down to me.. we wasn't aware of that rule" - Liesel quickly speaks out in an honest yet guilty tone. The female bowing over and over again as if to desperately get her point across that she was to blame. Tsukiyo shakes her head and scowls in a highly irritated manner, the spectacled officer of the law exhales through her nostrils and gains a vast and furious Chifuyu anger fit, the look in her eyes being a deathly cold glare as she speaks - "If this ever happens again.. it will be the last time it happens and I mean it".

"Look we won't do this again, that was our fault not Kes'es" - Ichika speaks out in a flat and firm defiant manner, housing a serious frown on his face and balling both hands into fists ready to defend his small friend if need be, for all it would not be wise to summon IS and cause a scene with a member of the law, Ichika obviously is able to be bold enough to take that risk.

Thankfully for Ichika though, there's no need to do anything harsh - the officer of the law merely rolls her eyes and exhales in an annoyed manner through her nostrils as she fires over a serious and strict look toward Ichika, her vocal tone is a perfect match as she speaks the words - "What and that's supposed to make up for the fact that you young morons broke our deal?".

"We wasn't saying that" - Houki speaks out in a flat yet calm tone, the look on her face being strict yet calm and collected. The dark haired female looking Tsukiyo in the face as she speaks her words. Rosa is next to speak, the said female speaking in a strict and defensive manner, placing both hands on her hips as she fires over a deathly glare toward the moody detective - "It's because the youngster is weaponized, if you want to blame someone blame Phantom Task".

Shaking her head a little and closing her eyes for a second, the detective is seen to roll her eyes for a second as she crosses her arms and makes a quick response to the eye patched Rosa. As Tsukiyo speaks the officer maintains a serious and frosty image with a perfectly matching vocal tone, one thing is for sure.. if Chifuyu wants to meet her double the gang have found her - "Regardless of that fact, you people are the ones that are to make sure he stays out of trouble, I believe what happened yesterday was proof of that fact".

"Hey we haven't got the experience in looking after people with PTSD, and Tomoe wasn't available yesterday" - Rin retorts in a defensive manner of her own, the brunette wasting no time in leaping to Kestrel's defence and housing a confrontational look on her face. The police detective is fast to respond to Rin's words by taking up an equally confrontational look of her own and reminding everyone of a fact that everyone seems to have forgotten - "But you youngsters did give me your word that you will all look after him didn't you?".

"We we're not allowed to be with him yesterday, you and your lot for-bayed it" - Charlotte responds with her index finger pointed directly at Tsukiyo's face, the blonde not even interested in the fact that finger pointing is a bit of a No-No in Japanese culture. Instead all Charlotte wants to do in this case is defend young Kes like that of her friends, the blonde's voice is proof enough of this fact.. even though she herself has been at loss for words at seeing a weapon not yet seen.

"Yes and I've accepted that it was our fault yesterday's incident took place, but I'm not talking about yesterday am I?" - Tsukiyo replies in an accepting tone, this time the officer speaks in a voice that accepts full responsibility, the officer simply houses a great deal of confidence on her voice and features as she speaks her words. As if on cue everyone shows reaction to Tsukiyo's words.

Cecilia is next to speak, the blonde quickly stating an obvious fact that is all too clear third person wise. The blonde standing in a defensive manner as she mentions the reason as to why everyone was slack in sticking to the deal, the blonde's vocal tone is heard to be calm yet a bit serious as she speaks the words - "But that wasn't our fault, we forgot the deal because of what happened yesterday".

"Everyone can make a mistake miss Otokawa, you know that better than anyone" - Charlotte puts in with a serious expression, her vocal tone seems to be one of provoke as she looks the police detective in the eyes. Tsukiyo does not take lightly to Charlotte's bold angered approach and fires back a deathly frightening glare back toward the blonde, the mighty officer of the law speaking in a low and deep voice, causing everyone to tense up a little as she speaks out the words - "Are you kids testing me?".

"We aren't testing anyone, we're only looking out for Kes" - Ichika responds in a serious yet calm and collected voice, even though he himself has been a bit shaken up by the officer's voice and facial expression, the only ones not affected are Kestrel and Tomoe. Ichika can only respond after a two seconds of pause in order to collect his strength,
the black bushy haired male's honest response is what saves the confidence of the females around him.

Tsukiyo's response is after a three second pause, as the police officer speaks the woman uses a deep and serious tone matched by a frosty expression on the face - "Then help me acheive that, by giving me your word that this will NEVER happen again".

Everyone around Ichika turns to look each other in the face, Tomoe whom keeps a'hold of young Kes in her arms houses a concerned frown on her face but despite the tense feeling in the air, the dark blue haired beauty is not phased in realising young Kes from her grasp. Kestrel's response to the tense situation around him is nothing more than an innocent blink of the eyes.

After a tense five seconds of pause, Laura is next to speak - the silver haired female raising her arms and hands as if surrendering for a second as she looks toward Tsukiyo with a concerned yet calm and promising expression. The silver haired female speaks in a flat and calm tone, looking Tsukiyo in the eyes at all times as she speaks out the words in an honest manner - "You can take it from us Otokawa, that any horse play is not going to take place again".

"Really? Is that a honest reply?" - Tsukiyo replies back in a flat and demanding manner, the officer of the law easing up on her angered expression but maintaining a serious frown as she speaks her words. Ichika is the one to reply to Tsukiyo, the male looking the officer in the face with a defiant and courageous image, though sadly his words are not as tough as his expression, but maybe for once.. that hardly matters - "Yeah.. really?".

Tomoe after all this time is next to speak, the dark blue haired beauty whom dares not release young Kestrel looks toward Tsukiyo with a calm and casual expression. As Tomoe speaks her words the female uses a pleasant yet flat tone of voice, Tomoe's tactic of reminding everyone that she knows more about PTSD than everyone else works to everyone's advantage.. though it's down to the fact that she's back that works the most, which she does not hesitate in mentioning - "Now that I've come back you can leave Kes with me, I know what I'm doing and you know that".

"With you.. I DO trust, but can I trust these out of order little rodents?" - Tsukiyo responds in a flat tone, the officer putting a lot of emphasis on the word 'do' and raising an eyebrow. The officer not looking at Ichika and the others as she refers to each and everyone of them as rodents, Rin in an anime comical manner gains a temper patch on the side of her temple and her left eye twitches, through a smiling clenched teeth expression, only one word is heard escaping through her pearly whites - "Rodents?".

"Provided I'm allowed to be with Kes at all times you can be sure that the.. err.. rodents.. won't try anything out of order again" - Tomoe replies in a calm and pleasant enough tone, the dark blue haired beauty pausing in an awkward manner as she slowly turns her head to look at Ichika and those around him. For all Tomoe isn't comfortable in agreeing with her schoolmates in such a bold manner, the female obviously shows that in a case like this she would prefer to humor Tsukiyo, but then again.. in this case.. it is to be expected.. what with Kestrel being a part of the discussion and all.

Tsukiyo who continues to look Tomoe in the eyes is fast to respond to the said beauty's words, the officer thankfully easing up on her strict and frosty expression. As the police detective speaks the woman continues to use a blunt and serious tone in her voice. The police lady for all she hardly appears to be put at ease, it is revealed that now that Tomoe is back and the beauty is considered a person to trust no matter what, the officer does seem to gain a bit of confidence.

This is all too clear on the officer's face as she looks Tomoe in the eyes with a calm and pleasant expression, though the vocal tone does not change the woman does however make it clear that she trusts Tomoe as she speaks the words - "We shall see, I'm sure.. so.. you take care of Kes and I'll take care of the kids and we have a final agreement".

"You let me sleep at his side every night with one of you adults as a bonus and we've got a deal, I promise you" - Tomoe speaks out in a bold and confident manner, though Tomoe did not need to be granted being at his side all the time, the beauty isn't stupid in letting a good chance get away from her. Unlike many who let a good opportunity slip away by hesitation.. Tomoe shows that when she sees the chance she'll take it. Ironically.. as soon as Tomoe speaks her words, all the females around Ichika seem to smile in an amused manner, all of which knowing why Tomoe just said that she must sleep beside Kes.

( A.N: She isn't stupid.. is she readers? XD! ).

Megumi seems to gain a temper patch on the side of her temple as Tsukiyo grants Tomoe's terms, for all Tomoe does not look at Megumi with an amused and victorious smile, the aura that her older sister senses clearly goes along the lines.. yet again.. of the mocking chuckle 'Ha-ha.. Ha-ha!'.

Megumi in a creepy manner can only glare at her younger sister but instead of housing a snarl or a frown, the female holds a challenging smirk on her face, obviously sending back an aura of her own that clearly shows that if Tomoe wants to play dirty then so be it, Megumi is game. Thankfully the other adults don't sense this, everyone is simply to eager on hearing Tsukiyo's reply, the officer of the law responding to Tomoe with a tone not changed as she speaks back the words - "Very well, as of this moment we've made an un-breakable pact, I'll honor my side".

"And I'll honor mine" - Tomoe replies with a single bob of the head in acknowledgement, the dark blue haired beauty maintaining a straight and honest expression on her face as to prove to Otokawa that this time, the pact has been made and this time there will be no breaking or being lax in the agreement. The looks that both females exchange to each other effectively make do instead of shaking hands, but in this case eye contact and facial expressions alone are good enough regardless.

Right then and there, Tsukiyo's angered and frosty expression drops away and is replaced by a calm and collected facial expression. The officer of the law then places both hands in her pockets in a relaxed posture and with a calm and straight vocal tone, the officer then looks at the faces of the youths before her and in an instructional tone albeit in the nicest possible way despite being strict.. speaks the words -

"Right then, let it be heard that from now on.. unless I permit it, nobody leaves Kes not ever, if he needs to bathe or use the bathroom Ichika can be with him.. it's all boys in that category. When with us.. we will NOT activate IS, nor will we spar or duel, there will be no mixed words or confrontations, and unless ordered by Chifuyu or Maya... we will follow a strict control rule. I expect everyone to follow these matters to the letter, is that understood?".

"It is" - Ichika speaks after bobbing his head in acknowledgement, though Ichika is obviously being compliant with Otokawa's instructions the male at the same time is still feeling a hint of strength and defiance, though Ichika is NOT going against Otokawa the male obviously shows that given the choice of taking on Chifuyu or Tsukiyo, the male would always take on the officer. The woman is a long way from being as fatal as Chifuyu.

Tomoe's serious expression eases up a little as she looks toward Tsukiyo, the female not realising her grip on Kestrel for one second as if her life depends on it. Tomoe despite being in a serious state of mind effectively ends the matter for the entire gang, despite the females around Ichika wanting to speak themselves, they can't find their voices, but that's to be expected. Tomoe looks the officer in the eyes as she calmly and rationally speaks the words - "Fair enough with me".

"Right.. we'll say no more about it shall we?" - Tsukiyo responds in a calm yet strangely pleasant tone, though the look on her face is flat and serious as always. With the matter settled everyone's postures ease up, and as if on cue the mood lifts.

Kazumi whom has been listening with intent at what has been said, and housing a concerned frown on her face is next to speak. The woman rolls her eyes to the left and houses a pure look of interest on her face as she curiously speaks out one word - "Weaponized?".

"Sorry?" - Ichika replies in a curious manner, turning his head to look at Houki in belief that Houki just said something. The dark haired female in turn responds by saying nothing but with a pleasant expression on her face motions with her head that it was Kazumi that has just spoken. As if on cue everyone turns to look at Kazumi with a mass of interested facial expressions.

Kazumi after a brief pause maintaining a frown on her face, lowers her head and briefly looks at Rosa with a concerned expression. As Kazumi speaks, the woman then slowly turns her head to look at young Kestrel with a worried look, her vocal tone is one of pure interest as she speaks the words - "She just said 'Weaponized'.. she said that young Kestrel here is a weaponized human, why does she say that? And if anything.. how can that be possible? He's a person.. not a sci-fi android".

"Err.. maybe I should speak. What Rosa here meant was that.. Ja.. the boy is a human being, but in all truth in terms of being a weapon it's a bit obvious when you look carefully at him" - Liesel speaks out in a calm and pleasant tone, the female trying a tactic in which someone would use if having to break the news that another's loved one has been killed in an accident.

"I don't get what you mean" - Kazumi replies shaking her head and raising her eyebrows housing a worried look on her face. Tomoe is at hand to speak for the rest of the group, for all Kazumi is a sensible, educated person, for some reason.. she's not had the ability to filter the facts that revolve around young Kestrel, but then again.. Kazumi is a woman who is against extreme violence, so maybe it's no surprise.

Tomoe knowing that this is going to involve a long discussion with the gang holds up a hand as if explaining something, everyone immediately acknowledges Tomoe's hand raising right then and there with simple nods of the head matched with straight and calm expressions on their faces. As Yui takes the chance to walk up close toward Kes and be beside him, Tomoe uses the same tactic as that of Liesel.. a calm and rational approach.

As soon as the mood is perfect, which comes within a matter of seconds, the dark blue haired Tomoe speaks out in a calm and careful tone. The dark blue haired beauty blinking in a calm manner as she speaks the words - "Orimura and Yamada sensei wanted to tell you all this themselves but it looks like I've got to do it. This is what we mean by Kes being 'weaponized'. It's like this..".

- Elsewhere -

Standing with her back resting against a plain brick wall, in the back streets of some average small town area, the sounds of cars, birds and insects filling the air.. is the black haired female known as Daniella. The said female housing a volatile and malevolent expression on her face as she leans against a large brick wall making up the back of a large typical warehouse.

Daniella stands with her arms crossed and her legs crossed in a casual manner, the young female looking as if she's on the verge of erupting in a blood thirsty tantrum or emotional enraged meltdown. The female glares with intent toward a figure that comes into view, as the summer sun shines brightly in all it's glory the figure is revealed in excellent detail. It's the figure of a middle aged man, the man being of brownish tan complexion, with dark brown eyes with a shaven head.

The brown tanned middle aged man scowling in a furious and miserable manner looking down at a small photograph which he holds in his right hand, the man is shaking with hatred and anticipation, glaring with depressed and furious eyes at the small photograph.

The middle aged man wears teacher style clothing, smart black trousers, a white buttoned shirt, a colourful patterned tie and brown leather shoes. If one looks carefully this man is the very image of a casual everyday human male with no apparent interest to the third person eye. As the sun shines down upon the roughly shaven head of the brown tanned male's skin, one can see that this a person of western origin like that of Daniella, no eastern features what so ever.

In regards of ethnic group, this man is not so much of black origin though it is likely that he maybe of African descent, or maybe of mixed race birth.. but that hardly matters.. what matters the most is that the middle aged man scowls in hatred and rage at the small photograph trying to hold back his pain, trembling and shuddering as he looks at the picture.. that everyone has already guessed as.

Sniffing in a deep inhale, Daniella maintains her furious expression as she glares at the photograph held in the man's hand, as Daniella speaks her venomous touch in her voice has not changed since the last time of her appearance, as she speaks the words - "This is the one John, he's the target".

The middle aged man very nearly collapses on the spot as his knees buckle and shudder, the male snarling in hatred as he glares down at the photograph in his hands, the male says nothing as Daniella speaks again, this time Daniella speaks in a flat and angered tone, the female not breaking her focus from the man before her - "He's the one that killed Goodwin".

Snarling and starting to foam at the mouth, his eyes full of rage, the sickened middle aged man before Daniella slowly moves his free hand toward his trouser pocket. Very slowly and full of malice, the rage filled middle aged man pulls out a small black object in his hand, as the male raises his arm the male squeezes down on the handle and with a resounding clicking sound, a razor bladed silver knife emerges from the handle, the man speaks out one phrase in English, in a sickly furious manner - "That little bastard!".

Daniella's rage filled expression then suddenly eases and goes to simple anger and curiosity, the female seems to swallow down a great deal of malice and the serious angered look on her face is replaced with a look of intense concern. Speaking in a surprisingly calm and serious tone, Daniella asks one question that clearly she is wanting to speak and is hell bent on hearing the right answer - "I trust you can pull off this task?".

"That little prick murdered my woman, I'll get him! You see if I don't!" - The middle aged male known as John replies in a furious and violently determined manner, the man crushing the photograph in his free hand and clutching the handle of his knife with rage filled intent. As the male opens his hand and drops the crushed photograph to the floor, the man suddenly snaps with furious speed and throws his blade into the photograph, the blade bouncing off the concrete ground but successfully being able to skewer the crumpled photo.

Smirking with satisfaction, Daniella is silent as the middle aged human being furiously retrieves his knife, leaving the photograph where it is. The black haired Daniella who looks as pleased as hell with what she's just seen and heard, quickly goes back to playing the supporting friend trying to hide away the fact that she has been smiling as if she's just won a victory before she can make the first move.

This is made all too clear on Daniella's voice as the female looks the middle aged man in the face and in a serious and flat tone speaks out one phrase, the female maintains her relaxed posture as she speaks the words - "Feel free to use what ever methods you want, just see that he's killed".

"This is for Janette, I'll get him" - The middle aged male speaks out in perfect English with no twanged accent giving the game away that this man comes from a country with English as the base language. Then, with out wasting any more time the man raises his hand with the hand palm open wanting to receive something, to which Daniella responds to by reaching into her left pant pocket and pulling out a small black cell phone.

The middle aged man wastes no time and quickly takes the device from Daniella, the male retracting his knife into his pocket as he swivels to the left and storms away in a furious and enraged fit. As Daniella hears the click of the man's razor bladed knife going away and watching with intent as the middle aged person storms away in a furious march, Daniella smiles in a sinister manner.

As the man vanishes down the long narrow alley way and toward the streets, Daniella's smile turns into an excited and amused grin.. the female speaks through a cheerful pearly white smile, the female focuses her eyes on the back of the mature male as she speaks in a cheerful and excited manner - "Okay then, you do us proud John Wilson, avenge her death.. be a hero to us all".

After a few seconds of pause, another voice breaks the silence, it's a familiar voice and one that was heard on the night of the train yard meeting, the voice having a strong Spanish accent twang and belonging to that of a young woman. The voice has a vast amount of serious strict level though one can easily make out a good deal of worry and concern, as if trying to shake off a sick truth that is about to rear it's head - "He had better, because if we fail again Madoka's going to have our heads".

"I thought you we're dealing with other matters Sofia, why you here?" - Daniella replies in a flat and annoyed manner, the smile being replaced with a serious frown as she responds to the voice of an all too familiar acquaintance of her's. As if on cue, the familiar person of Sofia appears from behind a small narrow alley turn to the right, the female wearing the same clothing that was worn during the duo's last meet up with Madoka.

( A.N: Refer to the Villainous meeting chapter to remember this character in detail ).

As Sofia makes an appearance the female looks Daniella in the eyes with a fierce and serious expression, the female looking as if she's fighting the urge to panic over something, the said Spanish female looking Daniella in the eyes as she speaks back her reply in a flat and serious tone - "Orimura's instructions is that you should be watched, she's most displeased with what happened to Goodwin".

Shaking her head and scoffing as if considering the death of Goodwin to be nothing but a minor set back, Daniella briefly houses an amused smirk on her face before regaining a serious and flat expression on her face, her vocal tone does not change for a single second as she speaks the words - "That little prick was just fortunate, Wilson will see to him and that's a fact".

"And what if he buys it like Goodwin?" - Sofia retorts in a serious and flat manner, the female folding her arms and firing over a very aggressive glare toward Daniella as if trying to remind the female before her of a certain serious predicament. Not that it does any good given the fact that for some reason or another, Daniella has failed to grasp the severity of the situation that one of her girls have been killed and by someone whom she continuously considers to be inferior.

This is made all too clear in Daniella's voice as the female glares back in response to Sofia and in a flat and serious tone speaks the reply - "None of your business, I'll see to eight-one-two how I choose, if that pervert Wilson gets killed I'll just send someone with more talent to do the job".

Sofia makes no reply but merely blinks in silence, looking Daniella in the face with serious and stone cold gaze. As Sofia blinks in silence, as if taken by surprise by hearing Daniella's bold response, Daniella speaks again.. the female maintains a cold and heartless tone of voice. As Daniella speaks in a frozen cold and heartless manner, the female smiles in a cocky and amused manner as she gets to the end of her sentence - "Trust me.. there's more than one way to scrub a cat".

Sofia seems to shudder upon hearing Daniella's tone but the female maintains a serious and collected facial expression. However, as Sofia speaks one final time toward Daniella the female clearly shows a great deal of worry and concern, not concerning other's safety but rather that of her own, but then again.. when it comes to villains.. the one big concern is themselves and not others. This is made all too clear as Sofia looks Daniella in the eyes and in a serious and frosty tone, speaks out a set of words that causes Daniella to scowl and go silent - "Well we had better sought eight-one-two out one way or another, otherwise.. we're finished, well.. US two are finished!".

Daniella says nothing back to Sofia, instead all the female does is frown in a serious and frosty manner, the two young females glare in a furious manner to each other. Not a sound comes from the either of the two females as a stone cold and tense breeze blows it's way through the alley way, as if fate is plotting down what is going to happen next.. as always.. it's impossible to tell the future, but what can't be denied is the fact that either way one looks at it.. someone's DEATH is coming.

Phew.. man.. well, that's it for this chapter, things are getting very tense now but that's part of the plot after all. Right then, so.. that's it for the build up, the next up coming chapter is going to involve the gang going to the beach for a few days and from that point on.. well.. that's for me to reveal.

As always OPEN REVIEWS ONLY please. That's all I ask of you readers, if you want to send a message make it open, this is a team effort after all - ( Warm smile and grateful bow ).

Now I'm not going to spoil anything but what I am going to reveal is that romance is going to blossom, my perfect Kestrel and Tomoe moment is coming up VERY shortly. There's going to be a lot more comedy moments as personally requested and I'm going to be working hard on Ichika's lemon moments, as I said in the intros.. I'm going to be working hard as to make a perfect scenario - but don't fret.. you WILL be seeing lemons and that's a promise.

Right then.. this chapter was delayed due to me being sick, I'm still not over the worst of it yet but don't worry I'm better than I was and I'm getting a lot better. Viruses are going round like traffic round Britain but it is the start of 2020. One has to be careful after all what with all this Coronavirus and all, Britain's already got some infected and the "advise is watch your health".

Don't worry about me and the Coronavirus lark.. I may get colds and chest infections.. but at the end of the day.. I'm fire proof and YOU readers know it! XD! I takes more than a little chest infection and a bit of sickness to knock me down!

Okay then, I look forward to seeing everyone again in a little while, If my next chapter does not come next month it will be the one after, but rest assured I'm still alive and kicking. So.. until then.. I'm wishing all you readers the best, may your own fics get ALL the best favs, follows and reviews.

Stay Awesome as always and Stay Cool

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