It has been about a month and a half since chapter 14, hasn't it? Well, I was really busy, and distracted. I don't know when I'm going to update next, but hopefully, I'll get this story done in less than several months, because then that's gonna be too long.

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Chapter 15: As if Nothing Happened

Satoshi and Kazuko walked back into the room; everyone looked at them. Kazuko still had her smirk on as if nothing happened, and the girls who planned the scene were looking at her thinking that she was broken inside, or so they thought.

"Please, continue with the story. It's not good if you stopped because of my actions," Kazuko said to Takeshi.

The girls were snickering thinking that Kazuko was really sad. Kazuko gave a glare to them walked into the classroom. Satoshi sat down on his assigned chair and looked at the stage.

"Please, go on with some other scenes, I'm tired of going up on stage. There are other scenes without me."

"Um, okay then," Takeshi said looking at the script, "Let's see, let's go to the scene then when Amy is talking to her brother, James, which is you, Daisuke!"

"Um…alright," Daisuke said blushing slightly.

"Alright, action!"

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"Looks like it didn't go as planned," one of the girls said as they were packing their things to leave.

"What didn't go as planned?" Kazuko said popping her head right next to one of them. The girls were surprised to see her, but then one of them stuttered,

"T-This doesn't concern you, Chisato."

"Are you sure? Hm, I think you're trying to get me back from the time I said something about Dark. Were you trying to break me and Satoshi up? You've known him probably longer than me, but none of you had the courage to talk to him? You're still going to go back to the time when you were admiring him from a distance."

"Well, that's the point!"

Once Kazuko heard that, she picked up her bag, looked at the girls and smirked,"I apologizefor interrupting your conversation. That was none of my business."

She walked out of the classroom after that.

"…What a weird person," said one of them once Kazuko closed the door to the classroom.

"I guess….we can't mess with Chisato anymore. I'm afraid of what's going to happen if we do."

"…"

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"Dark is getting pretty active for this past week. He has already stolen three artworks, the Talisman of Water, the Talisman of Fire, and the Talisman of Wind. We have received another warning letter from him informing us that tonight at 10, he'll go after the Talisman of Earth from the Alyak Art Museum," announced the reporter.

Kazuko stood up and the phone rang. She picked it up.

"Hello?"

"I think you heard the news already," Satoshi said on the other line.

"Yeah I did, but I have another idea in mind."

"What is it?"

"Do you know where the staff that holds all of the talismans are?"

"Are you serious? Are you actually going to steal that instead of going after Dark?"

"There's no reason for me to steal the talisman. I'm going to let Dark go on a little goose chase for a while. He's been wining our little races, and I want to try something new. Dark needs the staff to go with the talismans, if he doesn't have it, what's going to happen to him?"

"…I get what you're saying then."

"So, do you know where it is?"

"Yeah, it's at…"

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"Hm, I wonder where Kazuko is tonight. Do you think she got caught or something?" Daisuke asked.

"Oh Daisuke, you're taking her too lightly. I guess she's not coming today."

Once Dark stole the talisman, he went back to Daisuke's house and transformed back.

"I'm home," he said as he opened the door.

No one actually listened to him; they were all looking at the television screen. Daisuke was curious to see what they were so distracted about, so he joined them on the couch.

"About a couple of minutes ago, Dark has stolen the Talisman of Earth. The rumors say that if you have all four talismans, you can have power when you have the Staff of Elements to go with it. The Staff of Elements is said to be held at the Yelram Art Museum, and police has informed us that the Staff of Elements has been stolen tonight as well. No one was there when the Staff was stolen, but the police were aware of its disappearance about the same time that Dark has stolen the talisman. No one saw the thief who stole the staff, but police are thinking that this might be another appearance of the second thief that we assumed that came back several months ago. For a while, this thief was stealing the artworks that Dark was. People think that they may be rivals, or they might be working together."

"Dai-sweetie, do you know anything about this?"

"Well, usually Kazuko and I would compete to see who would get the artwork first. Tonight, I didn't see her, so I'm thinking that she was the one who stole the staff."

"Well, we need the staff so we can seal it. I wonder why she went for it right now?"

"Who knows? We're going to have to get it from her sometime then," Kousuke said.

"Okay."

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"Chisato?" Daisuke asked as they went through their classroom door.

"Yes? What is it Daisuke?"

"Were you the one who…?"

"Who knows?" she said as she looked and smirked at him.

She walked over to her desk and said her "good morning" to Satoshi.

"Satoshi, is it alright if I go over to yourapartment after school?"

"...Sure, what for though?"

"I need to talk to you about something."

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Kazuko stopped by her house first before she went back to Satoshi's place. She knocked on the door once she got what she wanted.

"Yes?" He said as he opened the door.

Kazuko had the staff in her hands. She didn't look like her normal self. In fact, she looked like she was sad about something, but trying to hide it with a straight face.

"I was wondering about this..."

She went inside and Satoshi closed the door.

"What about it?"

"Does the staff do anything when you hold it in your hands?"

"Well, it still has power. If you want it to be more powerful, you need the four talismans with it," Satoshi said as he was pointing the the notches in the staff where the talismans go. Kazuko placed the staff on his bed.

"...Neda said that she only transforms when I get angry...right?"

"Yes, I think she said that."

"Satoshi, when I hold this staff in my hands, I can feel her power...I don't mean that I get stronger and I can use her magic, but...it's like, I'm almost transforming into her."

"What will happen if I do? What will you do? If she comes out...permanently, no one can stop her...and, I don't know what will happen to me, you, or Daisuke..."

She sat on the bed and Satoshi as well.

"We'll figure out some way to prevent this. I don't want to lose you."

"...If Neda does come out, then she'll kill you first..."

"Kazuko, stop talking like that!"

"What's wrong with you? I don't want to hear these things. Of course she'll try to kill me when she comes out, but you can prevent it so she won't."

"I can't! It's hard for me to hold her back now. Her power is too great."

"Kazuko, if you keep this up, she'll come out for sure."

"...Satoshi...if she does come out, just kill me."

Satoshi felt a rush or blood through his whole body.

"Don't say things like that."

"Just tell me that, so I can feel secure. I want to die if you or Daisuke kills me. Even if you know that I can come back,I don't want to deal with Neda inside me."

"She won't come out-"

"She will! I know that she will! There's nothing I can do so I can stop her. The only way that I can prevent her is if I get away from all of you, and I don't want to do that."

"...Fine. If Neda comes out, even if you can come back, I will kill her, if I can."

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End of Chapter 15.

I know it's short (I guess) but I just felt like I needed to post something becacuse of the long absence.