Third chapter… Yay!

Disclaimer- I don't own anything anime besides the graphic novels that I bought from Walden's Books. Everything else is just way too expensive.

Mizuki was in the back of the crowd of girls who had all wanted to see the "big" fight. 'I hope that they don't hurt each other.' She was thinking worriedly. 'I mean I just got Kagurazaka out of the hospital yesterday. Hey wait a second!' she just remembered something that was very important and pushed herself through the crowd of girls.

The two teens weren't doing anything really except looking around to see if someone would tell them when to start. "Kagurazaka!" Mizuki called stepping into the area that was left for the two to fight. "How can you fight?" she asked. "You were just cut up yesterday. If he punched you in the cut or if you move the wrong way you'll be sent right back to the hospital."

He smiled at her the way boys do when you caught them doing something wrong. "That's right I forgot." He said laughing. Nakatsu just starred at him. "How can you forget?" he asked. "Hey watch it! I can still take you down, even if I'm hurt!"

Mizuki shook her head and turned towards the girls. "Sorry ladies. They can't fight today. Maybe when this one," she said pointing to Makoto. "Has healed then they can comeback and put on a show for you guys."

The girls were all pouting as they all went back inside the house. "Can we go home now?" she asked her two friends. They both nodded. They said there goodbyes to the prostitutes and started to walk until they reached an area that they could catch a cab in.

"So how'd you end up there?" Nakatsu asked curious. "Oh well I was in the park and I was kind of lost. I didn't want to go back tot eh dorms and I don't know anyone else in Japan. That's when Ms. Lady found me and offered me a place to sleep."

She sighed and looked out the window. "I didn't know that the place to sleep was someplace like that though. But some of the girls were really nice. Some of them knew exactly what I was going through…" he voice trailed off as she fell asleep on Nakatsu lap.

Kagurazaka looked in the back of the cab and watched as Nakatsu soothingly out his hands threw her hair as she slept. And for some strange reason he felt jealous of the soccer player for being the one that she trusted enough to fall asleep on. He felt jealous for him being the one that she could be around without getting freaked even though it was him who took care of her just the night before.

He grinded his teeth together as he turned back towards the road. The cab driver looked like he was about to burst out laughing because of some guys stupid comedy routine on the radio.

"So we'll just be going back to Osaka." Nakatsu said softly so he wouldn't wake up the girl sleep on his lap. "No, we're going back to Tokyo." Kagurazaka corrected. "Why? Mizuki lives and goes to Osaka High. She'll be safe there with me."

The high jumper shook his head. "No Sano goes to Osaka. She's better off with me at Tokyo. She's not ready to see him again." Nakatsu didn't answer he just looked down at the girl he loved sweetly. "She'll be safe with me. I have all my classes with her and she can stay in my dorm, I'm used to sleeping on the floor anyways."

Makoto was getting a bit agitated. "If she felt safe with you then how come she didn't come to you last night?" he knew the answer to his own question and it was the opposite of the one he was implying towards the teen.

"She wasn't thinking," he decided after a long moment of thinking it over. "She knows that she can always count on me. I've saved her before. And if it comes down to it ill do it again. Sano won't be able to get her through me."

Kagurazaka just shook his head and pointed in the direction of his own school for the driver to follow. The soccer player didn't even notice he was too busy making sure Mizuki was 100 comfortable.

"How will you be paying?" asked the cab driver. The high jumper got out of the car and handed him a few bills. "Come on Osaka get out of the car." Nakatsu gave him a dirty glare as he carried Mizuki the way heroes carried the damsel in distress as he got out of the cab.

"Why are we here?" he asked looking around at the mostly deserted campus of Tokyo High. "I told you that she would be safe here. Just hand her over and go home." Nakatsu looked appalled by the idea. "No way in hell Kagupi. I'm staying with Mizuki."

Kagurazaka let out a sigh of frustration. "Look, I can handle her. Unlike you I know how to deal with a girl in her position." "Oh, yeah right. You would probably take advantage of her! I'm going back to Osaka and I'm taking Mizuki even if that means carrying her the whole way!"

He felt the small teen start to wake in his arms. Her eyes opened slowly and she looked up at Nakatsu with sleepy eyes. "What's going on?" she asked as he set her down on the ground. "Nothing." Kagurazaka stated simply enough.

"Would you rather stay here or back with me in my dorm room?" Nakatsu asked directly. She looked between her two friends. "You're not ready to go back there." She heard Kagurazaka say but she knew that he just needed to keep an eye on her, to see if she would keep to her promise to him.

"I'll be there to protect you Mizuki. We have class tomorrow and you can't flunk school. I won't anyone hurt you." 'Nakatsu has a point.' She thought. "I'll be fine. I can go back." Kagurazaka's mouth opened up as if to say something but then he just shut it, his eyes showed anger and a bit of pain.

"Fine, but don't come running to me when something bad happens because I told you so." He started to walk away and Mizuki couldn't say anything. "Let's go. We can walk from here." she nodded as they both walked away together.

'I'm sorry Kagurazaka but I should try and live my life as normal as I can right now. Nakatsu is the one who can do that for me. You don't have to worry, I'm in good hands.' She thought as she felt a sense of loss in a strange way.

When her school campus came into view her whole body grew tense. She tightly squeezed onto her friends arm and he whispered comforting words to her until she felt better again. As they walked past her and Sano's room she noted that the lights were off. 'He's not home. I wonder where he is.'

That is the end of chapter three. While writing this chapter I kept on picturing everything happening at night time but it was day time just to make it clear. I really whish it could have been night time though…