Brood: Wow! Chapter five! Time flies, ne?

WSJ: Yup! ^^

Brood: Oh, for those wondering about the progress of my story, "Another Chance At Everything," well....let's just say this. Writers Block. Really really BIG writers block. Don't think it's over by ANY means!

WSJ: *snorts* Well I would HOPE not.... I still want to murder Teodora!! *mutters about stupid Portugese people*

Brood: *sweatdrop*

WSJ: ^^v Hey, she's stalking Ryou! That's MY job!

Brood and Ryou: *MAJOR sweatdrop*

Disclaimer: We don't own YGO or Gundam W.

Ryou Hiroki's eyes fluttered open, and at first, all he saw was white. This sent him into a small panic, and he began to gasp. ...Dead, I'm dead.... His eyes widened and he sat up immediately, sending a bolt of pain through his abdomen. ...dead people don't have pain! He flopped back down into his bed and gasped once more. Then a face appeared in the white haze of his vision. An angel? Is this an angel? Maybe this is heaven.....

"Ryou? Ryou!? Are you alright!? It's Shizuka!" The haze started to clear, and with some difficulty, Ryou adjusted his eyes to his real surroundings. He was laying in a hospital bed with various machines attached to him.

"You shouldn't move like that, Ryou! Don't scare us again!"

Ryou found his voice with some difficulty. "Shi....Shizuka-chan...is....Jou-san safe?" He stared into those worried brown eyes of Shizuka's and felt his chest warm up.

Shizuka looked away from Ryou's eyes then. "I don't know. I really don't."

Ryou relaxed, despite the bad news. "How long have I been here?"

"For about half an hour now. Who knows what's happened to Jou since we took you away from Winner Corp......"

~*~

Heero and Jou jumped out of the ventilation shafts just as the firing started. As Jou jumped down, he saw Duo holding his gun tentativly. Well of course...now that Duo knew his wife was in the room, he wasn't so willing to do any shooting..

"Hey look, over there!" Oh great, one of Zech's goons spotted them coming down. Zechs and Duo spun around with their guns, surprise lighting the faces of both men. Jou and Heero's guns were up quickly, and now they were staring down the barrels of each other's weapons.

The shooting stopped suddenly. Now both the White Fang Gang and the Domino Police Department were watching Jou, Heero, Duo, and Zechs's standoff. All of them still had their fingers on their triggers. The tension in the room as thick as cement.

"I thought you were coming in the other way," Duo said slowly.

"We thought we'd take the back door," Jou replied.

"Yuy." One word. Spoken by Zechs. There was no emotion in the sound.

"Peacecraft." Heero's eyes narrowed at Zechs, or Milliardo as he was known to the public.

"Where do you have Quatre Winner!?" Jou suddenly yelled. The noise reverberated roughly off of the stone walls of the parking building.

Zechs's mouth turned up in a grin. "Quatre....is no longer with us.....isn't that right, Shinigami?" He was addressing Duo, of course. Jou remembered another thing from the station. Shinigami was the name of Zech's right hand man. He almost rolled his eyes. He shoulda guessed.

Duo began to sweat. Zech's was testing him, and he knew it. Declare involvement in this kidnapping with his wife in the room? Duo just couldn't do that to his own Hilde...

Duo cracked a false grin and nodded. "Hai....he isn't at all." He felt the betrayl wash over him as Hilde yelled Duo's name.

"Duo! You're lying! What's going ON here!? Please.....Duo! Tell me!"

Duo hung his head in anguish for a second, then looked back up at the two other men.

Suddenly, one of the White Fang Gang members with an itchy trigger finger accidentally let loose a bullet, stricking the concrete beside and behind Heero's head, causing both men to duck for cover. The sudden accidental bullet seemed to spring everyone back into action, and the crossfire had begun again.

The two men jumped from their places and began running, firing sideways as they shot around the garage. BANG! A bullet flew through the ends of Jou's long trenchcoat, and Jou fired back at the person making the shot.

Heero flung himself sideways to miss a bullet, and hit the floor with his shoulder, tucking himself into a roll that sat him up again, and returned fire also.

"Gyaarrr!" A bullet, Heero's or Jou's, hit a gang member in his shooting arm. Jou could hear the police yelling at Jou to get down over the gunfire, and he hit the dirt, mostly on instinct.

CLANG!!! A hubcap had been thrown frisbee style at him, and it barely missed slicing his neck up, hitting the wall instead.

"Jeez! You'd think they'd be a bit nicer to ya..." Jou muttered to himself.

Bakura was ducked down behind a parked car in classic police style, with Yami on one side and Hilde on the other. Kaiba and Ryuzaki were behind another nearby. Bakura poked his head up over the hood to let loose a few shots, and then ducked again as answering fire reigned around him.

"Hey!" Zechs yelled, pausing momentarily to sweatdrop. "That's MY car!"

Bakura snorted and ignored him.

Ten feet away, Seto Kaiba was growing impatient. Sure, he and Jou were rival PIs, but that didn't mean he wanted the blond dead. He jumped up and ran out from behind the car, ignoring the shouts of Yami and Bakura, and then froze dead in his tracks.

"Stop where you are, detective." It was Zech's voice, although he was adressing not Kaiba, but Jou. Jou's eyes widened as the sound of the gunfire died around them. Jou turned around to face Zechs. He saw him about fifteen feet away, his gun trained right on his head. Jou had been caught with his gun down, and he knew that if he made any move to raise it now, he'd be dead. Heero watched with horror close by, exchanging a muted glance with Kaiba.

"Don't move detective, or your life is forefiet, and that goes for *all* the detectives." Zechs added, watching Kaiba from the corner of his eye. The brunette was literally shaking in anger, but couldn't try anything for the sake of the five or so guns trained on him. It was the same with Heero as well. Jou swallowed a lump in his throat, but then put on a smirk.

"At least before you kill me, can I get a smoke and a blindfold?"

"Stop toying, detective. You know I've wanted this for a long time now....you KILLED HER YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!" Zech's face grew red in rage and his gun hand shook very little. "SHE'S DEAD! AND NOW!!....." he slowly calmed himself, and everyone in there was frozen at Zech's outburst. "....and now....I can get my revenge for her!" His hand steadied significantly, and all traces of Zech's outburst disappeared from his face.

"Now you die, Detective Jounochi."

BANG!!!

"NOOO!!"

"Ooof!!"

The silence following the shot was deafening. Jou lifted his head. He looked down at the bleeding brunette man lying on him.

"Heero! Why the heck didja take that for me!? Heero! Heero!?" Jou turned Heero over and shook him lightly. Heero's eyes opened with a groan from his lips. Jou looked down and saw where the bullet had hit Heero in his abdomen.

"Detective Jounochi........" Heero's breath was ragged and shallow. He slowly said, "come closer...." Jou bent down and Heero spoke softly into Jou's ear. Jou's face scrunched up in pain and Heero's eyes closed slowly. He fell limp in Jou's arms, and Jou set him down slowly, standing to look Zechs in the face.

Zechs chuckled at the bleeding man on the ground.

"Ooh good! I DID want him out of the way anyway! Relena knows I hated him! Oh well! Next bullet's yours, detective!" Zechs raised the gun again.

All were distracted suddenly though by a small scuffle behind the car where the police were hidden.

"Miss Hilde! Stay here! Don't go!" Yami Motou's arm reached out to grab the running woman, but he caught only air.

One of the henchmen of the gang raised his gun. "I'll bet she's with the police! I'll get her, boss!"

Duo's head turned suddenly. "NO! DON'T......"

BANG!

The shot echoed off the walls painfully as everyone saw Hilde Maxwell stumble, her eyes wide and livid. Duo ran forward and caught her in his arms as she fell, blood coming freely from a wound by her chest.

"Nooo....Hilde.....oh Lord, oh Lord Hilde....I'm so sorry....I'm so sorry baby......"

"D....Duo.....you didn't mean for any.....of this .....did you?" Her shaky voice floated up to Duo's ears.

"Oh God Hilde...nothing like this at all.....please believe me...." Duo's eyes had started leaking tears and he began to sob slowly. "Stay with me Hilde.....don't go anywhere....." His head snapped up suddenly.

"YOU! You shot my WIFE, you BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU!?!?!?!" Duo freed a hand and raised his gun, preparing to shoot the henchman. Even Zechs had lowered his own gun in the alarm of the situation.

"Please Duo.....don't....."

Duo's eyes widened at the voice of his waning wife. He lowered his gun and tilted his head down to her. He couldn't seem to find his voice well. Only a small sob escaped his throat. His vision was turning redder and redder, and the only thought he had was revenge.

"Shinigami...." Zechs' eyes had widened as well. He knew the pain of a lost love. He took a step at his partner.

"DON'T come closer! This is YOUR fault, Zechs!" And with that, the gun was whirled onto him. Tears were flowing heavily down Duo's face now. "If you hadn't decided to take over other corporations, THIS wouldn't be happening now!!!"

Zechs stopped with a start. Jou, the Domino Police, Seto Kaiba, and the gang members bore audience to this grim scene.

"What are you talking about, Shinigami?"

"It's YOU! You had to have EVERYTHING in your palm! But at what price, Zechs!? What PRICE! Because of all this, NOIN IS DEAD!" The words hit Zechs like a blow to the head.

"Shini...." But Zechs wasn't allowed to finish.

"And what about your sister! You just killed the man she LOVES! And now my WIFE IS DYING HERE IN MY LAP!!! IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED MILLIARDO PEACECRAFT!?"

The words hit Zechs like a ton of bricks. "I.....I.....damnit Shinigami......" He froze, then raised his gun at Jou again. "I still need my revenge!"

Jou was ready though. His gun was up as swiftly, and once again, they were staring down each other's barrels.

"She shouldn't have brought you into this, you know, Detective."

"What are ya talkin' about, Zechs?" Then it hit him. Dorothy Winner.

"That damn woman....thought she could worm her way into that void left by Lucrezia.....she's nothing more than a usable hussy! Nothing more than a pawn to get to her husband! She served her purpose, then brought YOU into this! Although I am glad for the chance to kill you, she still shouldn't have thought to do it!"

So she WAS in on it. Didn't surprise Jou really. "Why would she want to hire a detective for the kidnapping case she was helping in? Sure she'd want to keep face and all....."

"Because, she didn't think you could pull it off. You'd had such a crappy time lately, all she thought you were capable of were cheating wife scandals and badly carried out robberies."

Jou's eyebrow twitched. Really now? "Actually, this was one of my easier cases. You guys didn't cover your tracks well. Sure, this part REALLY sucks, but all in all, peace of cake."

"I have to admit, we were in a bit of a hurry. But even you can't fathom where we have Winner right now. That whore Dorothy practically handed him to us.....clinging to me like some pathetic animal.....saying how we'd be together once he was out of the way, and make us both richer than possible....well, she only had it half right. I'D be rich.....not her.....little did that woman know that I will be staging a little...."accident" that will leave me the sole keeper of all that money....."

Jou could hear Duo's quiet sobs in the background, begging his wife to hang on a little longer. He had an expensive looking handkerchief from his coat pocket pressed firmly against her wound, and he was talking to her in quiet tones.

He saw the henchman who shot Hilde sitting on the ground, looking shocked and horrified at his mistake, and then he looked over at the still form of Heero, and the faces of the police. Seto Kaiba was scrutinizing Jou quietly.

"Turn back here and face your killer, Jounochi!" Jou's head whipped back around to Zechs "It's cowardly to kill someone when they aren't looking, you know."

Jou's eyebrow raised, and a murmur went through the crowds gathered there. Jou said nothing as someone approached.

"I guess that makes me a coward then, right Zechs darling?" Dorothy Winner. She had a gun pointed at Zechs and the anger on her face was unmatched. "A whore, huh? An "accident," is it? Just a pawn!? I'll show YOU!"

BANG!

Zechs crumped to the ground quietly, not moving. A hole was in the middle of his back. Jou's eyes ran up to Dorothy.

"You SHOT HIM!"

"Yes. I did. Now I'll be in charge of everything, and all of the money that he stood to gain. And you....will be dead."

"You'll have to kill all of us first." Seto took a step forward, the officers coming out from their various hiding places. They stared at Dorothy and the gang members harshly. The members of the gang seemed to have lost their nerve when they saw their leader go down, and they backed away slowly. Then they turned tail and ran. Bakura reached for his radio.

"The gang members are leaving, looks like they're heading for the east parking lot exit. Get reinforcements and get there fast. And Weevil....don't forget the tear gas. You know I love seeing them gag. Over and out." Yami rolled his eyes, then walked out from behind the car.

He stood next to Duo and looked down at him. "Is she......"

"Not.....yet. I don't know how much longer........" Duo had remained very quiet through everything else, hardly blinking an eye when his long time partner in crime went down.

"You know, whether or not she makes it.....we still have to take you in."

Duo nodded slowly. "I......understand. I never meant for any of this to happen.....Relena will be crushed....."

"Will she?" Everyone turned and looked over at the source of the monoone voice. Heero Yuy sat up, holding his underarm.

"WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!!!" Bakura's shocked face showed the emotions of everyone, except Jou.

"No. Told Jou to act like I died. Told him I was playing possum."

"Then I'll REALLY put you down!" Dorothy raised her gun again, this time, at Heero. "I'll have my money, even if it means killing all of you to do it!!! Dorothy's finger began to squeeze the trigger.

Jou acted swiftly. Reaching down for the hubcap tossed at him earlier, he got it and tossed it at Dorothy's gun arm. His aim was right on, and Dorothy's hand dropped the gun, and she clutched the bleeding hand to her tightly. He then raised his own gun at the woman and walked up to her.

"I don't think you'll even be gettin' the money for that bail you'll be needin' soon. You'd better go in all quiet like, Mrs. Winner."

~*~

Two hours later, the Jou sat down quietly in Ryou's hospital room and looked at him.

"Kid, you look like a coyote ate you and crapped you offa cliff."

Ryou chuckled, despite his sore stomach. "Thanks Jou-san. How is everyone?"

"Well, Hilde's in pretty bad condition, and Duo made a deal with the police. He'll stay with her in the hospital until her condition was....resolved, and then he'd go into the station in his cuffs. Dorothy got taken in, and boy does that dame got a temper! She yelled and screamed the whole way! Zechs, well kid, forget what ya heard, but he's still alive. The bullet hit him right by the spinal cord and broke some of his spine bones. Doctor's say he'll be in a tough situation, but they can save him. But he'll be paralyzed for life. Heero got shot in the underarm, but he'll be fine. He sure lost alot of blood playin' possum though....he's a little weak, but that'll be fixed with a bit of time."

"What about Relena?"

"Zech's sister? She was pretty shaken up once the cops got done talkin' to her, but she looked like she'd pull through. That broad's pretty tough. Must come from havin' that Milliardo as her brother. She'll take over the Peacecraft business. Heard she's got a real head for politics, so I'm sure she'll be fine."

"That's great. Real sad to hear about Hilde though. She seems like a nice woman....sad she got caught up in the fire like that. What about the other gang members?"

"Officer Haga did as he was told and got the tear gas.....betcha you can picture how that turned out. All of them coughin' and wheezin'.....they gave up pretty quick." Jou chuckled lightly and looked down at Ryou. "Hey kid, the doc said you could come back with us after another couple of days. They figure you'd be well enough to move you to our place. You'd have to stay in bed for a couple of weeks though."

"I understand. And what about Mr. Winner?"

"Him? Well, turns out that when you told the cops that you saw that Peacecraft limo go by, he repeated to another cop in front of the gang boys as they were roundin' them up, and one of the guys accidentally let somethin' slip. He said, 'the warf,' then shut it real quick. The cops are on their way there now. They should have Mr. Winner soon."

"That's great. I really hope he's not hurt or anything......that really wouldn't be good for Winner Corp.....there isn't anyone else who can take it over, is there?"

"I'm sure there is, kid, I hear Mr. Winner's got himself a plethora of sisters hangin' around, but I'm sure that won't be the case when he gets found. Them gang men were usin' him as a bargaining chip mainly."

Ryou sighed and leaned back against his pillows a little more. "Is this what it was like, Jou? In your busy days? All this danger and risk?" He turned his head on his pillow.

".....Well kid. This is the most action I've had in awhile....I've dealt with these guys before....."

"Shizuka told me."

"She did? Well, that saves me some time then. Hmmm....well, kid. In the busy days, it was pretty risky. Usually found someone with a gun at every case. Got shot in the leg once, and you can see this new hole in my coat here...." He lifted the ends of his jacket off of the chair he was in and showed Ryou the small hole where the bullet had gone through. There was a burn ring around it too.

"............" Ryou looked at the hole quietly.

"You think the job's too risky kid?" Ryou nodded. "Too much danger involved, huh?" Ryou nodded again. "Runnin' the risk of gettin' killed....." Once again, a nod from Ryou. "Thinkin' of quittin', kid? Because...I wouldn't blame ya if you did...." Ryou paused, then shook his head.

"I'm in this with you, Jounochi-sama. I'm not quitting because I got a cap popped in me. This comes with the job. And....who knows....." Ryou got a small twinkle in his eye. "I might become even greater than Jou himself...."

"Heeeeeyyy kid! Let's not get to presumin' things now! I'd give ya a noogie right now if you weren't in a hospital bed!"

Ryou laughed lightly, and Shizuka opened the door. "Nii-san! Someone's here to see you....."

Seto Kaiba stepped into view. "Just hear me now, Detective. You got lucky today. I still don't think you have what it takes, puppy. Get out of this business before you hurt yourself, like you almost did today. You nearly got Heero Yuy and your new partner killed, and your luck only got us out of there with our lives."

"HEY! Heero said he was fine, and he TOLD me to do that! And I don't see how LUCK had to do with us gettin' out of there!"

"Lucky that Zechs had the pride to make you face him. If that didn't buy us time, you could have gotten killed. Just stay away from these things, Detective. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to speak to my client. He's pretty moody, for a limo driver..." With that, Seto Kaiba walked off, his younger brother/assistant trotting along behind him.

"Geez, that Kaiba always manages to get under my skin...." Jou bristled a bit.

"Now calm down Jou....he's just trying to get to you!" Shizuka put a hand on Jou's shoulder, and he calmed a bit.

"Yeah, well he's still and arrogant jerk if I ever saw one....."

Ryou blinked a couple of times. "What was that about?"

Shizuka looked over at Ryou. "Well, Seto Kaiba and my brother are rivals in the business. I wouldn't pay any attention to them when they fight anyways....."

Jou just sat there and grumbled for a moment about how Seto Kaiba could just take a red hot rod and just shove it up his.....

"Jou! There's someone ELSE here to see you!" Shizuka was up by the door again, and looking into the hallway.

"Well, let 'em in, Shizuka-chan. Don't let 'em stay out there. As long as it's not that Seto Kaiba again....."

Jou turned around to see Heero Yuy be pushed into the room in a wheelchair by a pretty nurse. He looked a little disgruntled, but otherwise fine.

"Hey Heero! .....hey....I thought you got shot in your armpit or something like that! Why are ya in a wheelchair?"

Heero glared up at his nurse, and she looked down at him and smiled. "Anne said she couldn't help but baby me. Anne is Quatre Winner's sister. One of his twenty nine sisters."

"That's right Hee-chan! I just have to care for you and make sure my baby brother's bodyguard doesn't overstrain himself!" She smiled down at him, and Heero grimaced.

"Woah! Wait a second! Quatre's got TWENTY NINE sisters!?!?"

Anne Winner smiled at Jou. "Hai Detective. Quatre's the youngest out of all of us!" Suddenly, Anne's beeper went off. "....hmm.....Oh my goodness! The police have found Quatre!!! They're bringing him here immediately!"

Jou stood. "So he's safe?"

Anne nodded, wiping a tear from her eye. "Little brother is alright....I'm so happy...." Heero looked up at her from his wheelchair, and stood up, walking to Jou.

"Let's go out to meet him with Anne."

Jou nodded and looked over at Shizuka. "Hey imouto-chan, will ya be alright with Ryou for awhile?"

It was Shizuka's turn to nod as the boys walked out with a teary Anne. Then she turned back to Ryou, a curious expression on her face. "So how come you're staying? Nii-san's had partners before, and usually they bail at the first sign of real danger. That's why he prefers working alone."

"......."

"Oh come on, out with it! Why do you want to stay?"

Ryou turned his face away from her, scared that she'd see him blush. "....No reason. And I really can't go back to my old job."

"At the theatre? Why not?"

"Ah... Differences of oppinion. Besides," Ryou turned back to her and winked. "Who'd want to leave a pretty girl like you?"

This time it was Shizuka's turn to blush. "Jeez... Maybe you're hanging around my brother too much already..." But she was grinning, and they shared a laugh (or a chuckle, on the part of Ryou, since laughing hurt).

~*~

A few moments later, Jou and Heero were standing in front of a wheelchair with Quatre Rebaba Winner in it, looking pale, limp, and slightly malnourished, but otherwise alright. He lifted his head and looked at the men.

"You know.....I knew.....the whole time....Dorothy was doing this.....I just never knew...when. Or how. I didn't want to worry anyone...so I never told. I hope you'll forgive me, Heero-san.....if I had just said something, all this wouldn't have happened...." His eyes flickered up to Heero's bandaged shoulder.

Heero knelt by his employer and friend. "Quatre, everything's okay now. Without Detective Jounochi's help, we couldn't have gotten you back or kept your company intact."

"But....Relena-san's brother....and Trowa....I never thought.....and Hilde Maxwell....we don't even know if she'll live yet!.....and it's all my fault!" His eyes took on a small flame and a tear came to his eyes. Anne dropped by her brother.

"Quatre! Don't say such things! It couldn't be helped! But you're fine now....and nobody's dead!"

"But I heard about Relena's brother and Hilde! And Heero! And your partner! They all could have been killed today! Even you, Detective-san!" Quatre looked at Jou now, and Jou gazed back.

"Your sister's right now, Winner. It couldn't be helped. Believe me, it could have been alot worse than it was today."

"I have to thank you, Detective-san....." Suddenly, Quatre's eyes dropped again. "Dorothy.....I didn't want to believe...the whole time....I thought maybe the rumor was fake.....but....I was wrong. My wife....." His eyes welled up with tears, and a sob caught in his throat. Jou figured it was time for him to leave Quatre and his friends alone for awhile, so he turned his back to leave.

"Detective-san....."

"Yeah?" His back was still to Quatre.

"What would you like as payment?"

"I couldn't ask for anythin' of ya, Winner. You've had enough for today." With that, he walked off.

Two days later

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"Welcome home Ryou!!!" Shizuka threw some confetti into the air as Ryou was wheeled into the house by Jounochi. Ryou grinned at the happy Shizuka as Jou set Ryou close to a coffe table where a cake was placed.

"Just for you, Ryou!" Shizuka got a knife and cut into the cake, handing him a piece.

"Hey, he's gotta share with us, ya know!" Jou grinned down and snagged a generous piece of cake for himself. "Heh....."

The doorbell chose that moment to ring. Jou sighed and stood. "I'll get it....you make Ryou nice and comfy, 'kay Shizuka?" He stood and went to the door, opening it. There he found Heero Yuy standing there, his arm in a sling.

"Hi, Detective."

"Hey there, Yuy."

"I...just came by to tell you that I'm going to America. The Federal Bureau of Investigations offered me a very nice position there, and I really don't want to turn it down...."

Jou's eyes widened. "Hey! That's great, Heero! ....Ehh...what about Relena?"

Heero's usually calm and stony face relaxed into a small smile. "She's coming with me."

"But doesn't she have a company to run now?"

"Well, since Zech's is going to prison once he's out of the hospital, yeah. She is. But she'd also been trying to get her brother to relocate the company to somewhere new, since business was too rough here, with Winner Corp. and Kaiba Corp. here. Obviously, he never listened to her since he wanted to take over Winner Corp., but now she can move the company herself. It'll take a little while, but once it's established, she'll join me."

"....Y'know, I think that's the most you've said at one time talkin' to me...."

Heero gave a small smile again. "Don't get used to it....oh, and I heard Hilde's got a good chance of pulling through now."

"That's great! It's too bad that Shinigami's goin' to jail now, even though I'm pretty sure he's reformed his ways...."

"You can't say he doesn't deserve it...."

"That's true...."

"Hey, listen, I really gotta run. I leave in two days, and I still have a lot of things to tie up here." Heero stuck out his good arm for a handshake. "Let's meet again someday, Detective."

"Sure thing, Heero." Jou took the hand and shook it.

"See ya, Jounochi." With that, Heero turned and walked away. Jou gave a small smile and shut the door.

Well, this case turned out okay after all. Hilde's gonna be alright, the bad guys are in jail, and Ryou's on the mend. Things couldn't be better......well....maybe they could.....hmm.....

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Brood: And that's the end of THAT chapter! Woooo!

Zutsokaki: Good lord, leave it up to Brood to write long chapters AND take forever!

WSJ: *crosses eyes in annoyance* I know!! It's been, what, a month? Yeash...

Zutsokaki: >.> Well you're really one to talk, but you're right...

Brood: HEY!.....ppffft....shaddap....

^^v God bless minna-san!