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Chapter 13: Reckless Hero

The darkness once again. MC slowly drifting in the waves of the dark ocean.

MC: "The Despair … I … understand … I … I can't leave here. Not until … the mission is … over. The promise I made … I can't … I can't break it."

?: "Despair is like a virus, it spreads to everyone. There is no cure. You will all fall into the dark sea of Despair. Just unleash the beast from within. Show everyone their true identity. That is our mission."

MC: "Our mission? The mission we swore to him? I remember … The mission to spread it … our goal to … him."

?: "She's coming!" MC immediately opens his eyes with his heart beating like crazy.

MC: "Another nightmare." (Just another nightmare.) He looks at his hand. (Mission …) He clenches his hand. (What was that all about? My mission. I need help. These nightmares are just too much for me to handle.) He closes his eyes and rest for a bit.

?: "She'll stop at nothing for you to fail. Be careful."

MC: (Her?) Before he could ask. He was forced to wake up again.

*Pow*

"Ow! Fuck!"

Natsuki: "Huh, oh shit sorry I forgot I was sleeping next to you!"

MC: "Ow, it's fine. Where am I?"

Natsuki: "You already forgot? We're at the hospital. We were both severely injured with our fight against my dad yesterday."

MC: "Oh right." He tries to get up.

Natsuki: "You should rest for a bit. You and I aren't going to school today. Doctor's orders."

MC: "I guess your right. Oh speaking of which I should call my parents to let them know what happened yesterday and to check if it will be alright for you to stay with us? Could you grab my phone for me?" She gets off the hospital bed and grabs his phone, but before MC could call his parents.

Dr. Feelgood: "I already called your parents about what happened yesterday."

MC: "Huh you did?"

Dr. Feelgood: "Yes and your parents won't be able to return from their business trip for awhile."

MC: "Yeah that figures. Well I could at least tell them the full story."

Dr. Feelgood: "Well when your done the shower room is right there, so you both can clean your wounds. I'll get a nurse to get you both new bandages and clothing."

MC: "How about you go first Natsuki?"

Natsuki: "You sure?"

MC: "Yeah, I need to let my parents know what happened."

Natsuki: "Ok then." She leaves to take a shower. "Try not to peep."

MC: "I promise I won't."

Natsuki: "Good or else I would have to punch you in both your eyes."

She smiles before heading into the shower room. While she showers the nurse arrives to bring the both of them new clothes and bandages to wear. Meanwhile MC had to deal with his parents lecturing him about being so reckless. His mother was disappointed that he could've gotten himself killed while his dad tries his best to calm her down while supporting his son's decision. This would continue for the next couple of minutes until MC finally ended it by asking them if it would be alright to let Natsuki stay with them. Unfortunately his parent's aren't sure yet and asked to give them more time to think about it before hanging up the phone.

MC: (Damn, well I had a feeling they would say that.) *Sigh* "Well better get ready to get lechered by Monika and Yuri when they find out what occurred." (Mom is so disappointed with me and my action, but dad was very supportive. Hmm … dad. He's been very supportive lately? I wonder why though? … Father … What does any of this mean? Whenever I think about it, my head starts to ache like crazy. Like someone is stabbing a knife in it.) He starts rubbing his head like crazy until he heard a voice speaking to him.

Natsuki: "I'm all done. It's your turn to shower."

MC: "Oh, thanks. Guess it's time to wash this stench off me?"

Natsuki: "You didn't smell that bad." She murmurs.

MC: "What was that?"

Natsuki: "Just get in the shower already!"

MC: "Fine, fine." He enters the shower room while Natsuki gets her new bandages applied by the nurse. While she's getting bandaged up MC is lost in thought in the warm water raining down on his scars. The dry blood from his body building up a puddle beneath his feet as he tries to put together the pieces of what's going on. (The blood. Why am I not disturbed at seeing my own blood? Then again, why am I smiling at the sight of it? Perhaps I have gone mad? No, I just have to keep moving forward. That's all I'm good for. Nothing more. I need help and I need it badly. Who knows what else could happen if I don't solve this problem as soon as possible?)

After giving his body a good scrubbing, he soon turned off the water. The sound of water dripping off his body. (The warmth feels so good. I needed this. The scars still hurt, but I can make it livable.) While he dries himself, someone knocked on the door. "Yeah!"

Nurse: "Mr. Conner I have your new clothes and bandages ready for you."

MC: "Oh thank you. I'll be out in a moment." When he opened the door the nurse hands him his new clothes. "Thank you."

Nurse: "You welcome Mr. Conner." He went back into the shower room to put on his new clothes. While he puts them on a familiar loud voice can be heard from the other side.

Sayori: "Goooooooood morning everyone!"

Natsuki: "Hey Sayori."

Sayori: "How are you and MC doing?"

Natsuki: "We're both doing fine. Michael is still in the bathroom putting on his new clothes."

Sayori: "That's good. Say Natsuki, do you want to live with me?"

Natsuki: "What?"

Sayori: "I have a feeling that MC's parents aren't going to allow you to stay with them."

Natsuki: "I see." She looks down with disappointment.

Sayori: "But the good news is that my parents said you can move in with us, so now I got a sister." She gives Natsuki a big hug.

Natsuki: "Well if you're really ok with that, then thank you." She feels Sayori's hug is causing her some pain. "Sayori the bruises."

Sayori: "Oops sorry." She lets go of her.

MC: "Oh hey, you're up early for once."

Sayori: "Meanie I came to check up on the both of you. By the way I just told Natsuki that she can live with us if your parents won't let her."

MC: "Oh perfect timing. I had a feeling that they would say no, but since your parent's say it's ok then that's great too."

Natsuki: "Anyways the nurse said that breakfast is almost ready."

MC: "Great"

Sayori: "Hey I want breakfast too."

As the nurses come by with trays of food all three of them ate breakfast together while MC got the message from his parent's telling him no. It didn't really bother him since Natsuki is going to be living with Sayori now. After they finished up Sayori left for school, but promised to visit them later. By the time she left Dr. Feelgood came by to let Natsuki and MC know that they can head home if they feel well enough to walk. Both of them said yes and the good doctor allowed them. On their way home MC let Sayori know that they were set free and are heading home. She immediately responded to him and told them that she'll see them at his place.

During the walk MC and Natsuki had a conversation about Earth-Chan. God damnit. Both didn't know why they had this conversation, but it really didn't matter as laughter helped healed them faster. Soon enough they reached MC's house and after a long day of relaxation the doorbell rang. He slowly got up off his couch and walked towards the door to answer it.

MC: "Hello?"

Sayori: "Hey MC. Told you I would come and visit you again." She says with a smile on her face.

MC: "You sure did." He looks over behind her to see Monika and Yuri with an upset look on their faces. "What's wrong?"

Monika: "I can't believe how reckless you can be."

MC: "I guess Sayori told you about yesterday huh?" He nervously scratches the back of his head.

Monika: "Yeah and I can't believe you would just go out there, fight the guy without a plan or help, and expect everything to be okay. You should never make a girl worry." She starts having a tear in her eye.

MC: "S-sorry for worrying you, but …"

Monika: "Don't apologize to me! Tell that to Yuri." She points to her who looks like she's about to cry.

MC: "Yuri I …"

Just as he was about to say something. Yuri walked up to him and slaps him on the face. Everyone was shocked to see her do that, but no one said a word about it as the both of them look into each other's eyes. MC remained calm as Yuri had of look of distress.

Yuri: "I'm s-sorry. I don't know what came over me?" She places her hand on is cheek. "But please don't ever make me worry again." He takes his hand and places it over hers.

MC: "I'm sorry for worrying you, but I can't just stand here and do nothing. I know I'm not the best boyfriend, but for me to do nothing while someone I know suffers. That will always haunt me." She buries her head into his chest.

Natsuki: "Come on you two don't blame him, it's my fault for telling him about my personal problems."

Monika: "It's fine. It's not your fault that your dad is abusive. Michael, do you mind if we hangout here for the day? We didn't have our club meeting since the three of us were worried about the two of you."

MC: "Sure I don't mind." Sayori, Monika, and Yuri enter his house.

Sayori: "Oh Monika I gotta tell you something funny."

Monika: "Sure thing."

She follows Sayori to the kitchen and the both of them have their own conversation. When MC saw that, he knew that Sayori wanted to help her feel better about the situation by telling her a funny story. In the meantime Natsuki decided to lay on the couch to nap. Probably to heal he wounds faster? While everyone does their own thing MC and Yuri are left alone.

Yuri: "M-Michael … s-sorry for slapping you. Even when your injured."

MC: "Yuri … it's ok really." He pats her on the head.

Yuri: "But … How can you be so forgiving when I … all of us do something awful?"

MC: "I can't be mad at you or the others for caring about my safety. Nor can I judge you when I'm no better. It makes me happy knowing that you all care. So don't be sad anymore."

Yuri: "O-okay then." Her frown turned upside down.

MC: "How are your bandages?"

Yuri: "Their doing well. I just recently put on a new pair this morning and my cuts are healing."

MC: "Did you tell your parents about it yet?"

Yuri: "Yes, but unfortunately they were upset with me at first. They soon became relief when they realized I had the courage to say something, so now I'll be seeing a doctor."

MC: "Good, I'm glad to hear that."

Yuri: "But why do you care about me when you're the one who's hurt?"

MC: "This? Don't worry I'll be fine myself. So … you want to read together again?"

Yuri: "Of course, I brought the Manga you gave me."

MC: "Then lets give it a read." The both of them sat together on the other couch and both started reading the first two chapters of Berserk. After reading the first two chapters, they decided to stop there for now. "So what do you think?"

Yuri: "It's quite violent, but interesting. You were right about the artwork. It's very well detailed."

MC: "I know right." He gets off the couch. "Well I should go check on how the others are doing?"

Yuri: "Sure"

MC: "You know, you could always say you want to spend more time with me?"

Yuri: "I-I'm v-very aware of it, but … I don't want to be selfish, so please do spend time with our friends."

MC: "If that's what you want then thanks. Love you." He's say before walking to then kitchen.

Yuri: "W-w-w-w-what?" Her face bright red.

While she process his sudden confession. MC enters the kitchen to see both Sayori and Monika still talking.

Monika: "Oh perfect timing."

MC: "What's up?"

Monika: "Could you come with me for a moment? I need to talk to you about something." He agrees to her request and follows her upstairs to his room. When they entered, MC shuts the door.

MC: "So what is it you want to talk about?"

Monika: "It's about those nightmares I've been having. Lately they've been getting worse."

MC: (Getting worse? So I'm not the only one?) "Still having bad dreams? I'm sorry to hear that."

Monika: "Yeah, last night I dreamt that I was the one that caused Sayori to hang herself. Then I talked poorly about Yuri eventually causing her to kill herself and me being the cause of Natsuki's dad abusing her. Then there was you crying for them. I tried to cheer you up by offering you my eternal love, but you didn't respond. The more I interact with you the more I started hearing voices. Just Monika, Just Monika, over and over again. Soon after I died."

MC: (She dreams about them as well. She told me about it before, but I never questioned it. After everything that has occurred till now. It may not seem like just some ordinary dream. Not only that, but she is the cause of their suffering. Whenever I see them, I see them dying, but for her to be the cause of all this. It's far too convenient for it just to be a dream.)

Monika: "I know it's just a dream, but they felt so real. Especially when I heard a strange familiar voice of a woman."

MC: (Woman? Could it be?)

Monika: "Well anyways thank you for listening to me."

MC: "Anytime?" Monika gets right into his face and looks deeply into his eyes, but something seemed off? The way she looked into his eyes, is as if she's trying to look passed them? She kept her eyes on him to see what's beneath those gold eyes. Trying to see passed him, but the only thing she could see are his normal eyes. "S-say we should be heading back now?"

Monika: "Yeah your right."

MC: (What was that all about?)

The both head backdown to the others and when reached the living room they saw Natsuki and Sayori arguing.

MC and Monika: "Oh God what now!?"

Sayori: "Natsuki is being mean."

Natsuki: "Well it's true? You spend way too much time with Michael."

MC: "Oh lord, I'm starting to think I'm more of a class pet than a club member."

Monika: "What do you mean spend more time?"

Natsuki: "I was going to ask Michael to read Parfait Girls with me, but Sayori wanted to talk to him about poems."

Sayori: "This is a Poem Club ain it?"

MC: "Thought this was a Literature Club or are they the same thing?"

Yuri: "E-excuse me, but m-may I suggest you two to play Rock, Paper, Scissors again to decide?" Both Sayori and Natsuki face her.

Natsuki and Sayori: "Great idea!" They get started with fire in their eyes.

MC: (So this is my fate? A trophy to four girls. Where did I go wrong?)

Natsuki: "Ha I win. Now you have to wait your turn."

Sayori: "Fine guess I'll talk to Yuri." She looks to Yuri with a grin on her face. "Hey Yuri want to know where Vegans come from?" Yuri makes a WTF expression.

MC: (Sorry Yuri.)

Natsuki grabs the second volume of Parfait Girls and shoves it at MC's chest.

MC: "Ow! Watch it. Uhh" He falls down on one knee.

Natsuki: "Oops sorry. Guess I was too excited."

Monika: "Maybe we should see if anything is damaged?"

MC: "Right" Just as he was about to take off his shirt something hit him. "Wait a minute? I should just go to the bathroom to check?"

Monika: "No it's better to check it now."

MC: "But?" She give him the look. "Fine" He takes off his shirt. While he does this, he couldn't help but to feel so embarrassed about undressing in front of four girls in his own house of all places. (So this is how a boy feels when he's starting to be a stri… uh forget it.) The girls take a good look at his bandages to see if there were any damage or if his bruises got any worst along with any sign of blood, but saw nothing. Yuri takes a closer look. She even touched the bandages with a look that made him feel really embarrassed.

Yuri: "I'm going to check your back okay?"

MC: "As long as you don't look at my butt." While she checks his back and probably look at his butt, the other girls look at his upper body.

Monika: "Nice tones." She starts to giggle.

MC: "I'm starting to think you only suggested this, just to see me shirtless."

Monika: "Maybe?" She smirks.

MC: "The fuck you mean maybe?"

Yuri: "Well nothing seems wrong so you could put your shirt back on or not?"

MC: "Yeah I'm just going to put it back on now." He puts back on his shirt while the girls talk amongst themselves. "Now I could never get married." He says as he smirks causing everyone to share a laugh.

Natsuki: "Ok now let's start reading."

While MC and Natsuki read on the couch where she slept earlier. Monika, Sayori, and Yuri started having their own group chat. Time passed and it was time for everyone to head home. Everyone said their goodbyes before they spliting up. Monika was the first to head home since she lived the farthest. In the meantime.

Sayori: "Come on Natsuki let's get going so we could get your stuff."

MC: "You two heading somewhere?"

Natsuki: "We're both going to my place to pick up my stuff since I'm going to move in with her. We talked about this before we had our argument."

MC: "I see. Well how about I tag along to help out and Yuri could help if she wants to."

Yuri: "I'm willing to help if that is what you want?"

Sayori and Natsuki: "NO!"

MC: "What?"

Sayori: "You already did too much for us. You stay here and rest. Yuri please make sure he's resting."

Yuri: "S-sure"

Natsuki: "Let's go. I got a lot of stuff that I'm going to need."

Sayori: "Ok then let's go. Bye you two love birds."

MC and Yuri: "Sayori!" Sayori and Natsuki laugh hearing their response before leaving.

With no one else around. Yuri and MC looked towards each other and sees that they're all alone together.

MC: (Oh my God. I'm all alone with Yuri. What am I going to do?)

Yuri: (Alone with Michael. Oh dear this is embarrassing.) While they think to themselves, MC clears his throat before speaking.

MC: "Guess I'm all yours now?" She looks away nervously, but he grabs her hand. "Yuri"

Yuri: "Y-y-yes" She faces him again with her face slightly pink.

MC: (Cute) "Yuri, let's continue where we left off." He places his hand on her cheek.

Yuri: "O-okay"

The two of them look deeply into each other's eyes. The both of them were alone at MC's house.

End of Chapter 13