Kazuma was now a wanted man. As a result, his party was now in a panic.
"WAAAAAAA, KAZUMAAAAAA! WHY DID YOU DO THIS?! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BREAK YOU OUT OF PRISON BUT NOW YOU'VE DISSAPEARED AND BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WANTED CRIMINALS IN THE KINGDOM!" Aqua was already in a frenzy, with her bawling her eyes out in her usual manner while flailing about.
"YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP ME DEFEAT THE DEMON KING YOU BAKA HIKI-NEET! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO THE HEAVENLY REALM NOW?!"
Megumin was also taking the news very difficulty.
"K-K-Kazuma is g-gone... Idiot... we were supposed to continue our daily explosions together, but you've run off... who's going to lead this party now?! Are we gonna disband?! NOOO I DON'T WANT THAT! I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO MY OLD LIFE" Megumin screamed, clutching her head at the dreadful memories.
Darkness was busy tending to the two others as they had their mental breakdown. This wasn't to say that she wasn't having her own internal conflict as well. However, there are times where she can keep herself composed well enough to handle situations like these.
'Kazuma's gone... It's our fault that he's gone... I'm a crusader, I'm supposed to protect my people, and I let them take him, and now he's run off...' Darkness thought.
It took hours for Aqua and Megumin to finally calm down enough to stop bawling their eyes out.
"W-what do we do guys?!" Aqua asked. Kazuma's gone, and we have no idea where he went! We have no clues other than he was last seen running away."
They all thought about their current situation, and after a long pause, Darkness spoke up.
"This is our fault..." She said, clutching her fists tightly.
"Darkness..." Megumin said gently.
"No!" She shouted back. Despite her masochism, at times Darkness has some common sense, but she often finds herself in situstions that prove otherwise.
"Kazuma is our ally, and we made it seem like we just abandoned him when he needed us! Megumin!" She shouted, pointing a finger at the Arch Wizard.
"M-me?" Said Arch Wizard pointed at herself, slightly confused.
"Did Kazuma not let you stay as a party member despite your inability to use any other magic, aside from your explosion spell, which renders you paralyzed and possibly a burden to him?" Darkness exclaimed.
"Gek..." Megumin outwardly flinched. Darkness was really laying it out thick. But she had a point. Kazuma really had no reason to keep her in the party. Sure she forced him by making him look like a bad guy in public, but afterwards he totally could've dumped her paralyzed body somewhere. Despite that, here she stood, living in a mansion with her party, and she even seen the wonders of casting Explosion magic twice in one day! And when there was a chance she could be arrested with Kazuma for defending him... She threw him under the carriage.
"Yes... He did..." Megumin admitted.
"And Aqua!" Darkness pointed at the ex-goddess.
"Y-yes?!" She exclaimed.
"I may not know how you and Kazuma met, but despite that, he has show great disinterest in you, often spite or even borderline hatred, you beg him for money and accumulate debt for us, and yet, does he not still house yoh? Does he still not amuse some of your whims, or give you the funds you require? Many would've abandoned someone like you for causing so many problems for him, especially when it was only you two."
Aqua felt like an arrow shot through her heart. Once again, Darkness was right. Aqua has cause more problems than she has fixed them. Even the mansion they are currently residing in, rewarded to them because of the trouble SHE cause. She constantly accumulates debts and then begs Kazuma to give her money, yet at the same time treats him like trash, essentially taking him for granted.
"Even I myself, recognize the trouble I caused for Kazuma. I may be a Crusader who protects all from those who dare to attack, but my attacks seem to always fail to hit, and I can tell Kazuma is rather embarrassed to have me around. Normally I would take pleasure in that thought, but now is not the time. We all have our fair share of problems, even Kazuma himself has many, but he still took us all into his party and took care of us. He may be a perverted, greedy, rude, pitiful man, but he is our leader, and he made sure we were safe. Now, he is gone, and we have no choice but to trudge on until Kazuma returns or we find him."
The others agreed. Even if Kazuma was gone, they couldn't imagine a life different than what they currently have. They were already accustomed to their lives inside the mansion, taking quests that sometimes leads to one or more of the girls vulnerable to the enemy, sometimes even traumatizing them, and reaping the rewards if it.
They didn't wanna split up, they had to stick together and stay as a three man party, hopefully reuniting with Kazuma at some point.
The others nodded, agreeing with Darkness.
"So we are agreed. We will stick together, and we must search for Kazuma where we can."
"Yes!" The others exclaimed.
Kazuma may be gone, but we will stay together, we will be a party, we will find Kazuma again.
Heyo! It me! I'm glad I got a bunch of reviews for the first chapter and the votes certainly put option 3 as the main path for this story.
Some people gave really good suggestions, but I have to admit that I don't have much knowledge in Konosuba aside from the Anime series, so I've yet to read ahead on the manga so I don't know many locations or characters outside the anime.
I will still try my best to make it work!
