MayumiSakurai: Hey guys! I'm back after a long time with another chapter! Yay! Sorry for not updating continuously but school work is piling up a lot :S although I would prefer to have none to write these chapters….. Well anyway Enjoy the new chapter! (っゝω)っ~

~Previously in Chapter 8~

~Momoko's p.o.v~

"Hey….it's time to go is already 5 pm…..plus we need to go find Kaoru and your brother…" I step away slightly to give him room.

"Huh? Is it this late already? I guess we'll go find them now….." Takeshi stood up slowly. He looked over to Takeru who was already woken up by Miyako.

"Oi, Takeru let's go find Takumi I bet I know where he is too….." He grabbed Takeru's arm and started dragging him out the door.

"I bet Kaoru-san is at the skate park again if she wasn't in class…." Miyako looked out the window towards the park that was a few minutes away from school.

"Yea probably….let's go…" we both leave the classroom following after Takeshi and Takeru.

~At the Skate park~ Around 6:00 pm

~Kaoru's pov~

"Remind me why you followed me here again?" I said as I glared at Takumi.

"I could ask you the same thing Kao-chan~ I was already planning to come here this morning anyway." He looked back at me and smirked. God I hate that smirk. (Suuureee you do)

"Besides, aren't you supposed to be in class right now? Skipping classes now aren't you Kao-chan~"

"Whatever…" I skated faster on my skateboard towards the park. He followed me closely.

"Nowhere in particular….." I skated faster to try to lose him.

"Maybe I'll just skate around the park or maybe… I'll go to that one spot…" I skated towards the middle of the park near the lake.

"Oh, I see you don't want me to follow you….well okay then bye!"

"Well that was weird…" I looked around to make sure no one was following me (Takumi) or that no one was around. I skated to a spot hidden in the tall trees and stopped. I held my skateboard under my arm and walked through the thick bushes and trees. The sound of leaves being crushed under my foot was the only thing you could hear.

". . . .finally. . .some peace and quiet" I walked out into the small opening hidden in the trees. The sunlight shined through the trees onto a little pond making it look like it was sparkling.

"Ahhh….." I sat down on the grass and stared at the lake.

"Maybe I'll take a nap or something…" I lied down on the cool grass giving into my sleepiness, not before I could see the shadow of a person hovering above me.

~Takumi's pov~

A few minutes before. . .

"Ahhh...I'm not sure if I should wait to follow her or follow her right away…" I purposefully let Kaoru skate away faster than me so I could follow her without her questioning me. I walked over to the area that I saw her disappear into and scanned the area for any trace of where Kaoru went. The bushes leading to the side of the park with tall trees was slightly split showing a dark hidden path into the trees.

"Oh...a hidden path huh? Interesting. . ." I quickly ran over to the path making sure no one was watching and dived into the bushes.

"I think she went over here….." I stared up at the tall trees. There were creepy owls staring at me from above and some other animals in the darkness eyes glowing at me.

". . .What the heck is she doing in a bunch of bushes and trees?!" I still decided to follow her and walking onto the darkness aimlessly until I noticed her footprints on the ground and decided to follow them. It soon lead me to a small clearing with a pond that seemed to be sparkling in the light.

"Woah. . . is this her secret hiding spot or something? This is awesome!" I quietly mumbled to myself . As I walked towards the edge of the pond and caught sight of Kaoru about 50 feet away from me taking a nap.

"Hmmmm. . .is she normally this unguarded when alone?" I walk towards her slowly so she won't sense my presence. When I got to her it looked like she had already fallen asleep. I sat down by her side and looked over at her sleeping figure. She was facing my way, so I was able to see her face while she was sleeping.

". . .you know. . .you look a lot cuter when you're asleep. . .you look nicer too." I laughed to myself knowing that if I said this to her while she was awake, she'd beat the shit out of me.

"mmmm…..*sigh*" Kaoru stirred in her sleep mumbling. I stayed still for a while trying not to wake her. I silently watched her as she slept. . .I'm not trying to make this sound creepy, I'm not a stalker sooo. . .

"This is a pretty relaxing place. I guess I can understand why she would go hide here…It makes me feel like all of my problems are washed away. . ." I looked around, it was secluded from the rest of the park. It's not something someone would just waltz into.

"Maybe I can use this place to transform when we go to wreck the city….I'll tell Brick about it when I get home…" I focused my attention back at Kaoru who looked like she was in a deep sleep by now. She look like she was having a blissful dream and I didn't want to bother her. . .but~ it was tempting since I will probably never get this chance again.

"Hmmm I wonder what she would do if I did this. . ." I scooted over closer to her and placed her head in my lap. She was basically using my lap like a pillow.

(*Awww isn't that sweet of you Takumi/Butch)

"I'll just lay down and take a short nap too." I lay down on the grass next to Kaoru and close my eyes engulfing myself in the darkness of the night.

~A few hours later~

"*yawn~* Ahhhh…...huh? Why is it so dark now?" I look around sleepily and look down at Kaoru. She was still fast asleep snuggling into my side. I internally debate whether to wake her up or not. Not knowing how her reaction will be once she wakes up.

"If I wake her up now she will either be like a cute little girl rubbing her eyes or…..she will beat the hell out of me for being in this position. . .Do I really want to die yet…?" I stare at Kaoru, who is still motionlessly sleeping.

"Maybe it's time to go home now…." I stare at my watch to check the time, it was nearly 11:00 pm.

"?! WHAT!? It's already 11:00?! I need to get home before Brick kills me!" I fumble around trying to get up ,forgetting that Kaoru was beside me, and stood up quickly.

"Ouch!" Kaoru groaned from hitting her head on the ground losing the human pillow.

"Kaoru! Hurry and wake up! It's already past 11! We have to get home quick!" I yelled quickly.

"What?! Why did you wake me up earlier! Shit shit shit!….Dai is going to kill me! It was my turn to do the chores after I got home today!" She panicked as she also stumbled around in the darkness to get up. I mean we can't exactly see any light since we are hidden away in the trees and bushes.

"Here. . ." I reached my hand out to her to take.

"This isn't like me to do this for a girl…." I turned away blushing. Not like she can tell anyways in this darkness.

". . .Thanks. . .Takumi. . ." She took my hand for a moment, stood up quickly, and let go of my hand.

"Well….See ya tomorrow…." She took of running into the dark bushes and trees leaving me alone in the clearing.

". . .yea. . .see yea." I look up at the sky sighing while talking to myself.

"*yawn*. . I'm too tired to walk home. . ." I took a look around to make sure that no one was watching before I transformed into Butch and took off in the sky towards our hideout/house.

A few hours before Time: 9:00 pm

~At the Skate Park~

~Takeshi's p.o.v.~

"Dammit Takumi! Where the hell are you?!" I've spent 2 hours at the skate park trying to find Takumi with Takeru and we haven't even found of clue of where he is!

"Calm down Takeshi. . .we can't find him right now but he will eventually come home so let's just go home first. . .okay?" Takeru looked at me worriedly. He's the emotional one of us brothers so we try not to make him sad.

"Fine. . .But does he really expect me to go and find him every single day after school?! He could at least call or text me and tell me where the hell you're going before you go and disappear dumbass! He's gonna get it once he gets home…." I mumbled to myself angrily. In my fit of anger I kicked a can, that was coincidentally next to my foot, as hard as I could, not looking at the direction it went in.

"Ahh! Watch out!" Takeru yelled out to someone.

"Eh?. . . .OUCH!" a girly yelp came from the hidden path a few yards away from me.

"Eh? Ouch?" I looked around for the source of the yelp and found Momoko crouched down on the grass holding her throbbing head.

"Oops. . .sorry" I mumbled under my breath but I don't think she heard me. Apparently I had accidentally kicked the can straight at Momoko's head. . .

"Oh, are you okay? I tried to warn you Akatsutsumi-san. I guess I didn't warn you fast enough." Takeru smiled warily scratching the back of his head.

"Oh no I'm fine, I just didn't dodge that can fast enough. Where did it come from anyway?" Momoko had a questioning look as she picked up the can and walked to the recycling bin to throw it away.

"Oh. . ." Takeru looked over at me. I shrugged back at him.

"It was me. . .sorry about that. I didn't think it would hit anyone." I looked at her and smiled awkwardly.

"It's okay, just try not to kick cans around that hard or someone else might get mad at you, if they were hit like me." she smiled warmly at me. I felt awkward so I decided to adjust my cap to distract me, even though there was nothing wrong with it.

"Are you here looking for Kaoru? Where is Gotokuji-san? Aren't you two always together?" I looked around for her blond friend that resembled Takeru.

"Oh, Miyako? She had to go home early to help he grandmother prepare dinner. And Kaoru, I can't find her here." She looked at her watch on her wrist.

"Speaking of going home, I also have to get home. It's pretty late already, I'll just ask Kaoru where she went tomorrow in class." She stared up at the starry sky.

"Same with us, we give up on finding Takumi. . .We were also on our way home as well." Takeru replied to Momoko cheerfully.

"Hey, I have an idea! Why don't you walk her home Takeshi? I'll just go home first." Takeru elbowed my side winking at me.

"E-Ehhhhh? N-No, Takeru, T-Takeshi doesn't need to do that! I only live about 3 blocks away so I can get home perfectly fine!" Momoko stuttered blushing and making odd gestures at Takeru's comment and gestures. I tried to hold in my laughter, she was just so amusing when she's flustered.

"Well, that's what the lady said. Let's all just go home now. Ja ne~" I turned around and started walking away in the opposite direction of her, waving 'bye' as I walked.

"Oyasumi Akatsutsumi-san!" Takeru also turned and ran my way.

"Mmm...bai bai!" she yelled and ran home. As she did ran off we walked into a shadowy area to hide ourselves for a moment.

". . ." Takeshi stares at Takeru

". . ." Takeru stares back at Takeshi

(awkward silence)

". . .you're going to transform and watch her get home aren't you. ." Takeru had a exasperated look on his face

"Yep!" I smirked at my brother as he sighed.

"Well. . .don't get home to late I guess. . .see you at home then." Takeru transformed and took off in the direction of our hideout. It only took me a few seconds to transform and fly over to where Momoko was. I watched her get into her house safely and then took of towards our house.

"I guess spending all that time in the park looking for Takumi had it's perks for the day" I smiled as I flew home leaving a dark red streak in the sky after me.

MayumiSakurai: How was the new update for the chapter? Good? Bad? Did you at least enjoy it a tiny bit?

Miyako: I wish I didn't have to go home early. . the I would have been able to talk with Takeru-kun.

MayumiSakurai: It's okay Miyako-san! You will get to talk to him more soon enough!

Takeru: Yeah! Like we can talk at school or hang out after school!

Kaoru + Takumi: . . . Lovebirds

Momoko: Hey, that's not nice. You're going to make them embarrassed! *pout*

Takeshi: Isn't it true though? *teasing smile*

Momoko: No it's not! . . .at least not that I know of. . . *pout*

Kaoru: Seeeeee~ *smirk*

Takumi: You never know~ *smirk*

MayumiSakurai: Ahh~ Whatever you guys can fight later! Just get on with the disclaimer please!

PPGZ + RRBZ: Fine. . .MayumiSakurai doesn't own us characters! She just likes to write stories using them! Bye Bye see you next chapter! (っゝω)っ~