Noon on Tuesday afternoon, practically right on the dot, so they learned they were too late for breakfast but found it mattered little. They all moved closer to each other in the night as they slept, which was likely why they all woke up around the same time.

"I'll get breakfast for us," Mondo promised, getting out of bed. Leon nodded and headed to the bathroom first while Chihiro sorted through his backpack, doing his routine with a quick shower on top of it. He then searched through his own backpack and only then realized it contained exactly two pairs of clothing; everything else he had was in the suitcase. That was stolen. Because it was on the motorcycle that also stolen.

Fucking perfect.

"At least tomorrow we'll be at your parents' place," He said out-loud to Chihiro as he brushed his teeth.

"Hm?" He asked inbetween the foam.

"Ya know...today's Tuesday, tomorrow's Wednesday, that's how time works,"

Chihiro frowned at him when Mondo returned, carrying a bag of fast-food breakfast.

"Tried to get Japanese stuff but nothin' like that seemed open at the moment," He explained before trudging off into the bathroom.

"You know I really don't care!" Leon called after him, sitting on the bed and patting the area next to him. "Let's catch something on TV,"

"Alright," Chihiro nodded and sat next to him, diving into his food in a way that left the grease on his face.

"Hell yeah, you have the best appetite out of our whole class!" Leon praised and started channel-surfing. He stayed away from the celebrity talk-shows; he still didn't really trust them despite thinking he had a better chance of handling them. After not finding anything else interesting, he instead turned it onto a music channel that was playing loud rock music and he pretended to strum a guitar to the beat really fast, headbanging. Chihiro grinned and mimed playing the drums to match him.

"Fuck me baby, yeah yeah yeah! I wanna fuck you like crazy tonight!" Leon yelled along to the lyrics right when Mondo came out, staring at the two of them.

"Join our band!" Chihiro suggested happily.

"Nah, you guys know I ain't into music like that," Mondo shook his head. "We gotta go catch a bus again,"

"Oh! Do you got a lighter?" Leon suddenly remembered, jumping up and shoving the remainder of his food into his mouth. Chihiro gathered up their bags and switched the television off.

"Why?" Mondo asked as they set off again together.

"Just wonderin'. For the past few days...I just want something in my hands to distract me, ya know? I don't smoke but I thought a lighter would still work anyway. Just something to flick open, flick closed, all that,"

"Ah, I didn't bring it with me, sorry," Mondo shrugged.

"Whatever," Leon looked away. The trip was almost over anyway, and he figured if he had one Mondo would've given it to him already.

The bus pulled up and the three got inside, getting to sit on seats. They rode along for half an hour when a group of loudly-giggling girls all got on-board, sitting across from them and still laughing.

Leon couldn't stop a grin from forming. Maybe this trip was finally looking up after all! A gaggle of cute girls he could flirt with for the remainder of the trip. He smirked at their leader, a statuesque blonde, jolting a bit when she looked over and he recognized her.

"Leon-san! What a coincidence!" Sonia Nevermind smiled at him. "Where are you going?"

"Why are you ridin'?" Mondo asked.

"I am heading back from a social function!" She said simply. None of the other girls looked super familiar to any of them, but Leon still smiled.

"How interestin'...I myself am a famous rocker, headin' on tour, and these are my bandmates," He pointed to Chihiro and Mondo. "So be nice to them,"

"No, I recognize all three of you!" Sonia insisted. "From school! I won't tell anyone I saw you though, it'll be our little secret,"

It was then he noticed she wasn't wearing anything particularly regal or princess-y that day; instead, it was a soft pink crop top and short cutoff jean shorts, ready for the summer weather. Her cleavage was exposed and Leon suddenly remembered the last thing on his list to do. Would she be up for it?

"I know you! You're Oowada-kun, a cool biker! Bikers are so hot, right?" One of her friends cooed over at Mondo.

"And they're Fujisaki-kun, a cutely androgynous programmer," Another friend smirked at Chihiro. "We're lucky, aren't we? Traveling with our idols!"

"And how else would you like to remember us? What about autographs?" Leon suggested. Chihiro and Mondo quickly shared glances, likely already knowing what he was planning. "Got a pen?"

"I have a marker!" One of the girls cheered, handing the red one to Leon. He slowly leaned across the seats. "Wait, you don't have anything to autograph!"

"Actually..." Leon cut himself off and uncapped the marker, writing his name out right on top of Sonia's exposed cleavage. He then leaned back in his seat, grinning at his handiwork.

"He signed your breasts!" Another girl gasped in surprise.

Sonia tapped the autograph in surprise. "You don't want to give a cute heart or something like that?"

"Why would I?" Leon asked.

"Some rockstars do!"

"Well, now I want Fujisaki-kun to sign my breasts!" The girl from earlier, another blonde, suggested, unbuttoning her blouse. Chihiro blushed heavily and waved his hands.

"W-Wait! I shouldn't be signing anyone's-!" His protest was ignored as she handed him the marker and pushed her chest out.

"Please?"

"Uhhhhh..." He very slowly leaned over and quickly wrote his name out, his face burning red with embarrassment.

"I agree, this isn't really my thing," Mondo declined, trying to write on his fan's hand, which she kept taking away from him.

"No, no! I want your signature on my breasts too!" She giggled, pulling down her dress. Mondo sighed.

"If ya say so," He quickly signed it, making the three girls giggle.

"Besides, it'll wash off soon anyway," Leon handed the marker back.

"You never answered my question though. Where are you going?" Sonia asked him again. "Not an actual band tour,"

"No, we're going to visit their parents in Aomori for the summer," Leon admitted, pointing to Chihiro. "We should be there by tomorrow,"

"How quaint! I wish you a good trip then!" The bus stopped and Sonia carefully stood up. "Good luck!" She waved and her and her friends got off.

"If only she could've given that wish of good luck earlier on in this trip," Leon sighed, crossing that off his list. He eyed the last item for a while before putting his phone away. "Like I said though, only one more day. We'll be fine,"

They would be perfectly fine.

The sign for Aomori never seemed like such a Godsend than it had that morning when they finally saw it, walking along after yet another bus ride.

"Finally! We made it!" Leon cheered beside himself. "Now we just gotta call your folks-"

"And Tenko found you!"

An arrow suddenly whizzed past them, getting stuck in a tree. The three looked behind them to find Tenko standing there, dressed in a martial artist outfit and holding a well-made crossbow. "Tenko spent the past few days looking for you three but every time, you just barely slipped out of her grasp, but not now," She stepped closer. "Now Tenko finally caught you! She knew if she asked those beautiful girls with blonde hair who signed their breasts it would lead to you three perverts!"

"Y-You have the wrong idea!" Chihiro insisted.

"What'cha gonna do with us, chick?" Mondo asked. "I swear, I would never hurt a lady,"

"Suppose it's a good thing Tenko isn't interested in you two then," She walked past them, still carrying her crossbow, marching straight over to Leon. He held his hands out in protest before she elbowed him in the stomach with the crossbow and punched him straight in the face, knocking him out. "Hmph! That'll give you a black eye for sure!" She then looked at Mondo and Chihiro and gave them a gesture that showed she'd be watching them. "Tenko was more mad at him than anything. She'd never be worried about a girl, and you..." She looked at Mondo. "You looked like more of an unwitting victim,"

"Shit, he's knocked-out cold!" Mondo noticed.

"And with that, Tenko's revenge is complete!" She jumped in the air and cheered before simply wandering off, leaving Mondo and Chihiro alone with Leon.

"He's alive, but what now?"

"We gotta carry him," Mondo grumbled, slowly draping one of Leon's arms around his shoulders. "He's taken bigger hits during games, he'll wake up and walk soon enough,"

"If you say so," Chihiro still looked worried as he took Leon's other side, trembling from the weight.

Thus, the two walked along, carrying Leon with them, for the very last leg of their trip.

"I think Leon-kun got to do everything he wanted! Except for getting over Sayaka-san..." Chihiro pouted a bit. "He never crossed at out,"

"I'm sure he'll get over her himself, on his own time. We just needed to distract him," Mondo reassured him. "And man, distract him we did. Ya think the guys back at school will believe any of the stuff we did if we told 'em?"

"No, and we can't. We did illegal things," Chihiro insisted.

"I do illegal shit every day! Ya don't even wanna tell them the cool stuff?"

"What cool stuff?"

"Our car fallin' off the cliff, trashin' a hotel room, that tree fallin' on that Komaeda bastard..."

He giggled a bit beside himself. "Maybe...some of it...but...we ran into a lot of our classmates. I'm sure by the time we're back in school everyone will already know parts of the story,"

"Good point,"

The two walked along until they reached Chihiro's neighborhood; nice big houses all painted in seafoam. Mondo rolled his eyes at it as Chihiro perked up. Leon groaned a bit inbetween them.

"Are you okay?" Chihiro asked. "Feeling better?"

"The hell happened...?" Leon moaned out. "My face feels like a meteor slammed into it,"

"Ya ain't wrong about that," Mondo said, helping him slowly stand despite swaying. Chihiro bounced up the steps and knocked on the door. "Shit, she wasn't kiddin', your eye's already turnin' black!"

Chihiro's father opened the door, widening his eyes as he took in each person individually.

"Uh, why does he have a black eye? Is he drunk? Where's your friend's bike? Chihiro?!" Taichi asked in a panic.

Chihiro just smiled awkwardly. "It's a long story,"

"Yeah, you won't believe the shit we did!" Leon threw his fist up before he suddenly lost his balance and started stumbling on the stairs.

"Oh no!"

"Shit!" Chihiro and Mondo exclaimed at once.

Taichi just sighed.