Kouta and Kaede had a nice traditional Shinto wedding. Eddie brought his cameraman Bill to record the wedding. It was going to be a 'cultural' piece on his home station in the US that was going to show traditional weddings from around the world. While Bill was to the side, catching the action, Eddie stood beside Nana watching the ceremony. Nana had her hand on his arm and was sobbing happy tears.

When the priest announced Kouta and Kaede as bound together. Nana thrust a fist in the air and cried, "YAY! Eddie can marry Nana now!"

People looked at her and chuckled. Bill zoomed in on this. The couple walked down the path between the crowd of witnesses, the witnesses all followed. Eddie and Nana behind the newlyweds. Bill stayed in the back, following the 'wedding parade' to a restaurant.

The restaurant had a long buffet set up. The first through was Eddie and Nana, to get Kouta and Kaede their food, they went though for themselves as Bill filmed them. Then everyone else formed up and went through in a line.

Eddie had a good time. Being the reporter, he spoke in Japanese, then repeated himself in English for the western crowd who was going to see this. He explained traditions and the meaning of why Nana was refilling cups for Kouta and Kaede. Beside him, Nana was beaming smiles as much as Kaede. Both wore white hats ringed with flowers, mostly to hide their horns. Talking to the camera most of the time, Eddie didn't watch how Nana had carried the food or was refilling cups.

Eddie had managed to get the station to pay for Kouta and Kaede's honeymoon in return for filming the wedding. It was a good deal, and a nice calm piece. The last one Eddie did, wasn't so nice.

Japan had a problem with suicides. Men and women would kill themselves in various ways. Eddie and Bill followed the police out to where a woman had gone out in the woods to hang herself. After covering the recovery of the body and speaking to an Officer about how regular of an occurrence this was, he found the woman's mother and talked to her. From what her mother said, her daughter was distraught, having to work all the time. She would spend days at work, sleeping at her desk at night. Not going home but for a few times for the entire week.

From what Eddie understood, working this much was required by the boss, so he went to see the boss. The boss wouldn't see him, so Eddie caught him and stopped him outside the building entrance, between him and his car. He asked the man why he demanded people work so hard, that they ended up killing themselves. A couple Mr. Muscles towed Eddie to the side so the Boss could get in his limo. On camera, they warned him to stay away from their boss. Eddie asked them questions, they turned and walked away. Eddie followed them, continuing to asked questions they ignored.
Going down an alley, The men turned and grabbed Eddie and Bill and tried to get the camera. Venom ate them.

That was not how interviews were supposed to go.

Eddie's next stop was at the Mayor's office. An aide did see him. Eddie asked her why businesses were allowed to literally 'work people to death', and gave her the statistics. She told him there was nothing the Mayor's office could do about it.

Eddie tried other government officials, and no one would see him. Of course he explained the problem of people working themselves to death each time. They didn't see him, but it all went up on the news.

Another set of Mr. Muscles came to catch Eddie and Bill as they were leaving for the day. They pushed Eddie and Bill into an alley. Venom ate them too.

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After seeing Kouta and Kaede off on their honeymoon, Mayu and Nana came with Eddie and Bill to the station so Eddie and Bill could turn the film in and check out for the day. While they were there, Eddie showed Mayu and Nana around and explained how getting the news out worked. They got back to the Maple Inn. The phone rang. Nana ran to get it.

"Maple Inn? … Yes, Eddie's here… she then yelled, EDDIE, PHONE!"

Out of his formal wear and back into regular clothes, Eddie came and picked up the phone.

"Eddie Brock."

"Mr. Brock, This is Jameson in the New York office. We reviewed a copy of the wedding video you did. You did explain it very well."

"That was the job, Sir," Eddie agreed.

"Tell me, were the magic tricks part of the ceremony?"

Eddie frowned. "Magic tricks?" he asked.

"Plates of food setting themselves down, bottles lifting and tipping up to fill people's cups? Our producer in Yokohama thinks that was a bit too much. And that girl on your arm, she indicated you two are getting married? How old is she?"

"I wasn't aware of the tricks," Eddie said slowly, "And to tell the truth, I'm not sure how old Nana is," he offered.

"What grade is she in?"

Eddie winced. "In the US, she'd be in Tenth grade."

"If you do marry her, you're fired. We don't employ pedos."

"I don't think she was talking right away," Eddie offered. "Nana is … excitable. She was caught up in the moment." Yeah that sounded reasonable.

"Even so, I know the laws are different in Japan, but if you marry her before she's 18, you are out of a job."

"Got it," Eddie said with a sigh. "So, that piece was good?"

"Some editing and it's workable. Be careful, Mr. Brock." He then hung up.

Shit. With a huff, Eddie put the phone down. In his head, Venom chuckled.

'Looks like someone is in a bind.'

'Not too much, besides I won't marry Nana until after she graduates.'

Venom chuckled again. 'You hope.'

.

So far, Eddie wasn't doing bad living here. In Kamakura, crime was next to zero. Rumor was that there was a big yokai about the ate criminals. No one knew where he was, but even the Yakuza in the area knew about him. He'd been seen a couple times, but for a big black eight foot monster, he also knew how to hide. The police weren't disturbed by this, it was keeping people thinking twice before they decided to do something bad. As long as he was just eating criminals, they had no problem with it. Eddie's news piece on the reason behind all the suicides was also popular. More pressure was being put on the Diet to do something about what was allowed for hours worked.

Eddie helped Mayu and Nana make dinner, Bill cleaned off the table and put out the place settings. He put himself on one end and Eddie on the other, and had Nana and Mayu sitting together as usual. Mayu had him put out extra setting where Kouta and Kaede sat, the bowls and cups turned upside down.

"Why do that?" Bill asked.

"Because they aren't here," Mayu said firmly. "Those are still their places, and they do live here, so we hold a place for them."

"But, they aren't here," Bill said.

"No, but they are still family so their places are held for them," Mayu insisted.

"OK," he conceded.

"Actually, I think that's kind of sweet," Eddie told Mayu.

Eddie's phone rang. He picked it up ."Eddie Brock."

"Mr. Brock, it's Mr. Tanabe. We have a popular request for a story. You know there are rumors that there it a big black yokai in the area that is eating criminals."

"Yeah, I've heard that too, I even saw a women who said she's seen it." Eddie agreed.

"I have a list of a few who's seen it. I want your next story to be about this yokai. Find out if it's real, and get all the information on it you can. Meet me in the office first thing in the morning, I'll give you the details and contacts that I have."

"Sure sir, I'll see you first thing when I get in," Eddie said as Venom laughed in his head.

"Have a good evening."

"You also, Sir, see you in the morning." After his boss hung up, Eddie did. Seeing Bill eyeing him Eddie cleared his throat. "Mr. Tanabe wants me to find out information on Venom and do a story on him."

Nana and Mayu burst out laughing.

"Eddie's gotta find himself!" Nana cried, pointing at him and chuckling.

Bill was grinned. "Easy story?" he asked.

"The opposite. If it becomes public knowledge we're Venom, I'll have to leave," Eddie replied. "We'll have to get creative on this one."

Nana was giggling so much she couldn't eat. Which was saying much for Nana.

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After dinner and cleanup, They settled down to watch some TV together. Eddie sat on the end of the couch, Nana sat on his lap sideways and brought a blanket to cover them. Leaning against Eddie, Nana blushed and whispered, "Nana's boobies are sore, rub them for Nana?"

Nana was growing some impressive puppies. The 'C' bras she had were getting tight. Not the straps, but she did completely fill them and bulged out the top some. She also liked them rubbed. Eddie was OK with that.

Sitting in the couch with the blanket over them, Nana opened her shirt and guided Eddie's hand to her breast. Of course, no bra. He petted slowly, brushing his fingers over her nips to make them hard and gently kneaded her big soft mounds. Mayu stretched out on the floor was oblivious to this. Bill on the other end of the couch didn't say anything but smirked at them.

It wasn't long before Nana coaxed him to rub deeper. Eddie did, working her flesh gently and rubbing all the way up to her shoulder and back down to cup each breast as he fondled.

Nana let out sighs of joy, and soon they were kissing. Gazing lovingly at Eddie, Nana whispered, "Eddie must be tired. We should go to bed."

"Nana's tired?" Eddie asked mischievously.

Nana frowned at him.

To cover, Eddie said, "Your eyes are drifting shut Nana, I should take you to bed." He scooped her up, blanket and all. It would have been a perfect cover except Nana kicked her legs in joy and cried out, "Yippeee!"

They got a sour look from Mayu.

.

The next day was a school and work day. In the breakfast rush, Nana packed lunches for Eddie and Bill. Eddie and Bill left just before Nana and Mayu headed for school. Mayu tried not to see their arms wrapped around each other or the kiss Nana and Eddie shared.

Mayu went to school with Nana, not looking happy. Seeing this, Nana asked, "Is something bothering Mayu?"

Mayu frowned at her. They walked on, then Mayu snapped, "You let Eddie do whatever he wants with you!"

Nana blinked. "Ah, Mayu? Eddie doesn't hurt Nana. Eddie makes Nana feel good."

"I saw that blanket, he was feeling you up, wasn't he?" Mayu accused.

"Nana asked him to. Why is Mayu upset by that?"

"He's being a pervert!" Mayu stated, spitting out the words.

Nana thought, then said, "No, Eddie only does what Nana wants him to do. Eddie's back rubs feel really nice and puts Nana to sleep. Eddie gives Nana plenty of kisses, and Nana likes when Eddie rubs and suckles Nana's breasts…"

My clapped her hands over her ears. "Nana, I do NOT want details!"

"Why is Mayu so upset at what Eddie and Nana do?" Nana asked innocently.

"Because Eddie is a man and men take advantage of you!" Mayu stated. Stopping, Mayu said, "Nana, you don't want that! It makes you feel really bad!"

Nana gazed at her sadly and asked, "That happened to Mayu?"

Near tears, Mayu nodded. "That's why I ran away from home, Nana, I don't want that happening to you!"

Nana hugged Mayu. "Mayu, Nana's really sorry that happened. Nana will try to make sure it never happens again to Mayu. Mayu should also know Nana can stop Eddie from doing something Nana doesn't want." She then let out a sigh and added, "So far, there are things Nana wants to do, but Eddie says we can't until we are married."

"Nana," Mayu said in a frustrated huff. "I just want the best for you."

"Nana wants the best for Mayu too!" Nana said firmly. "So we better keep going so we aren't late."

They released their hold on each other and kept walking. Mayu asked, "Nana you really love Eddie, don't you?"

"Nana does!" she beamed. "Eddie is real nice to Nana, and Nana knows Venom will do his best to protect Nana and Mayu! Nana wants to get married to Eddie."

Mayu cracked a grin. "I know, Nana."

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Eddie had his meeting with the boss. He had a list of six names in Kamakura and three in Yokohama that reportedly saw Venom. The only one on the list he'd seen was Mrs. Chin from the grocery store. He decided to start looking up the Yokohama contacts first. Before he went out looking, he made Bill promise not to film anyone who recognized him.

The first contact was an older woman who had seen Venom jumping rooftops. She gave her best deception of Venom as a tall, black, thin yokai with huge teeth and long, narrow looking eyes. She'd watch him jump from roof to roof on a few buildings before she lost sight of him.

"So this thing is real?" he asked her.

"It is! And from what I've heard, it's a good yokai. Just scary looking." she insisted.

"Any idea where he might be?" Eddie asked.

Firmly, the old woman said, "The only thing I know is he looks for criminals to eat. Where he lives when he's not out, no one knows. It's suspected he lives here in Yokohama."

"Thank you," Eddie said with a bow.

The next was a fisherman who'd seen something strange in the water near Endoshima island the day all those soldiers were there. He'd been scheduled for a tour of the island, but it was cancelled due to the military operation. He swore he watched it come up out of the water holding a little girl, and raced off to fly up onto a roof. Again, he described Venom as a tall, thin, all black yokai with a scary face. He also insisted that the military was doing something to that girl and the yokai had gotten her away from them.

The third contact only heard from a friend that he'd seen Venom eat a man who'd had a gun. Eddie asked who the friend was, but the man refused to give his name.

Doing a monolog by the sign for Kamakura, Eddie told the camera, "Well we don't have much so far, except people have indeed seen this yokai in the area. We're going to Kamakura now to see who else has witnessed this yokai."

One woman who claimed to have seen Venom wasn't home. Neither was a man who had sworn Venom was real. It was a work day, so Eddie could understand that. Begrudgingly, he went to the store to see Mrs. Chin.

Going in, it wasn't Mrs. Chin a the register. It was an older man. Currently, there were no customers.

Eddie bowed to the man and explained he was a reporter, looking for the big black yokai, and maybe get footage of him.

The man smiled and said, "I am Mr. Chin, and your yokai shops here!"

"He comes into the store?" Eddie asked.

"He does!" the man said proudly. "I haven't seen him myself, but Mrs. Chin watched him eat a man who came to get his protection money right here at the counter! It wasn't long after three more disappeared and no one else has come to threaten us or demand protection money! If you find that yokai, you give him our thanks!"

"Wow!" Eddie said and turned to the camera. "This is more than seeing in the distance! That yokai was right here, where I'm standing now! He ate a bad guy, right here!" Turning back to Mr. Chin, he asked, "Was your wife scared of this yokai?"

"She was very shocked at the time. That's understandable," he told Eddie. "But by what this yokai did, we're not afraid. He can come shop here any time!"

"Thank you for the information, Mr. Chin," Eddie said with a bow. To the camera he added, "And now we know where this yokai shops!"

"There is one more thing," Mr. Chin said. "This yokai can also look like a man! My wife saw him change form."

"That would make sense," Eddie agreed. "Maybe that's why he can hide so well." To the camera, Eddie added, "And he could be anyone on the street! If you're planning something bad, you better be careful, this yokai could be right behind you and you'll never know until it's too late!"

Back out on the street, Bill eyed Eddie. "This Mrs. Chin knows what you are?"

"She does. I'm glad it was her husband we talked to," Eddie admitted.

It was getting on 4 PM, and the girls would be home soon. Eddie called it quits until after dinner when others who saw Venom would be home after work.

.

Making calls, Eddie found two witnesses to talk to. One was a women who lived just a few blocks down. The other was a woman who'd seen Venom from a distance, carrying two girls. Eddie made appointments to go see them.

After Eddie was done on the phone, Nana frowned at Eddie. "Eddie has to work at night?" she asked.

Eddie shrugged. "Sorry, Nana, I do."

"Can Nana come?" she asked hopefully.

"No Nana. We shouldn't be too late though," he assured her.

Holding a firm face, Nana said, "Just be sure Eddie is home in time to help Nana go to sleep!"

Mayu rolled her eyes. Eddie grinned and replied, "I will try my best, Nana."

.

The first woman they talked to even showed Eddie and Bill the buildings she saw Venom jumping over. It was information, but nothing substantial. The woman was happy, she got to tell her story and would be on TV.

The second woman Eddie saw, opened her eyes wide upon first seeing him.
Eddie bowed to her. "Evening, I am Eddie Brock, I'd like to talk to you about the big, black yokai you saw?"

The woman shook her head. "I haven't told anyone about it." she said meekly.

"Ahhh, Eddie?" Bill said. "This is the lady from the purse snatching."

Eddie looked at him, then back to the nervous looking woman. He cast her a smile, "Ahh, hi. My editor wants want me to gather information on the yokai, could you please tell us about your experience … and kinda leave my name out of it, please?"

"You are this yokai," she said meekly.

Eddie winced. "It's a bit more complicated than that. I really don't want very many people to know, so can you tell us what you saw … and maybe leave me out of it by name?" he begged.

"You do not want the criminals to know who you are," she guessed.

"Right."

She moved back and motioned them in. "Please, come sit."

She sat in a chair, Eddie sat in another chair across from her. Bill stood to the side with the camera. Eddie turned to the camera and introduced himself and the woman, then added, "…and she has an interesting event to tell of."

In a meek voice, she explained, "I was going to work and this teenager that was about to pass me, grabbed my purse and ran back the way I came. He ripped it out of my hand and took off running. That surprised me. I turned to look back and this … I don't know what to call it, tentacle maybe, shot out and wrapped around his neck. In front of him this … big black yokai grew to stand tall, like ceiling tall, and glowered down on him. It had a powerful voice. It asked him if he was going to give that back, or if it was going to eat him."

She shuddered a bit and said, "The yokai dropped the boy. The boy ran back to me, his face was filled with terror. He thrust my purse at me and ran away as fast as he could go. I heard the yokai tell a frightened man beside him in that strong voice, "We are Venom. I quickly continued on to work."

Eddie smiled. "Thank you, very much. I take it this yokai scared you?"

"It would scare anyone," she said firmly. "But as I thought about it, that Yokai had helped me. He stopped that young thief from taking my purse, which I do need." Looking at Eddie intently, she said, "I want to thank Venom the yokai for helping me. I also know that boy has become a good young man. I believe Venom helped him become a good young man."

"At least made him afraid to be a criminal," Eddie said.

She nodded.

Eddie looked at the camera. "Now, we can name this yokai. His name is Venom, and he doesn't take bad guys to jail, he eats them. I think that also saves taxpayer yen."

"And, cut," Bill said, turning the camera off.

Venom popped out of Eddie's chest, making him recoil. "Glad I can help. Wouldn't happen to have any seafood, do you?"

Edie frowned down on him, "We just ate not three hours ago! And that's rude to beg food off our host!"

"I'm hungry!"

"You're always hungry!" Eddie shot back.

"Then feed me better!"

Seeing the woman sitting wide eyed with both hands over her mouth, Eddie said, "I'm really sorry about this. At times he had no manners at all. He's like a little kid."

Venom's head turned to look up at Eddie. "So says the one who sleeps with a school girl!"

"Nana is different, you know that." Eddie replied.

"You just like sleeping with the horny girl." Venom told him. To the woman he said, "Do you know how hard it is to rest when you got two horny people right there and you can't get away from them?"

The woman giggled. "I will go see what I have."

"That's Ok really," Eddie told her, "We'll stop by a place on the way home."

"You just want to go crawl in bed with Nana."

"Do you know how unprofessional you're acting right now?" Eddie asked.

"Your job, not mine. You do the news, I eat the bad guys."

"I'll be right back," she said with a giggle.

"At least someone appreciates me."

.

The woman, Suzu, let Venom eat the entire package of squid she had. Venom bowed his head to her. "Thank you, kind and dear lady." Then retracted back into Eddie, making him recoil.

Wearing a smirk, Suzu asked, "Do you and Venom always argue?"

"Now and then," Eddie said with a shrug. "It's symbiotic thing, Venom needs me, and at times, I really do need him. How much was that squid Venom mooched off you?" he asked as he reached for his wallet.

Suzu waved him down. "No need for that. It was my honor to assist you and Venom for all you've been doing for our community."

Eddie got up and bowed to her. "Thank you for the interview, and putting up with us."

"You are welcome," she said returning his bow. She then grew a smirk and asked, "This Nana, is it Kikumura Nana?"

"Yes, how did you know?"

"That explains much," Suzu said. "I am the guidance counselor at their school. I have talked to Mayu and Nana before. I can tell you Nana's only wish is to be your wife. At least now I know who this Venom is they talked about."

Eddie sighed.

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Nana had fallen asleep on the couch, waiting for Eddie to get home. Eddie scooped her up as gently as possible and carried her to bed. She woke up enough to put her arms around him on their way to their room.

"Nana missed Eddie," she said in a low, sleepy voice.

"I missed Nana also," he assured her.

He got her in and laid down on their futon. Even though she was asleep when Eddie got in, Nana moved to wrap herself tight to him. A few rubs of her back, and she was out. Eddie soon followed.

Deciding he had enough content, Eddie took his information to the editor, who was thrilled. Not only with the witness accounts, but now knowing the name of this yokai. Eddie got an 'as you can' assignment, an interview with Venom.

Venom laughed in his head on hearing this. 'go stand in front of a mirror' Venom thought to him.

One good thing Eddie found out about was the new law that stated the most anyone could work in a day was 12 hours, and workers had to have at least one day off a week. Eddie was to talk to people about this new law and get their opinions.

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The end of the school year was coming up so it was time for the mandatory visit to the guidance councilor. Today was also the day Kouta and Kaede were to return from their honeymoon.

Nana had her scheduled time with the Guidance Councilor. Suzu noted Nana was right on time when she poked her head in. "Greeting, Guidance Councilor Sensai!" Nana announced.

"Greetings Kikumura, Shut the door and come in and have a seat."

Nana bounced into the room and sat across from Suzu. Seeing Nana's good mood, she asked, "I take it you are having a good day?"

"Nana is! Today, Kouta and Kaede are coming home, and Eddie is working at home, so everyone will be there when Nana and Mayu get home!" she beamed.

Suzu smiled. "That's nice. I do have to ask you a question. You do know if you marry Eddie, you'll be marrying Venom also?"

"Nana knows. That's fine, Venom is a good yokai, and at times he can be funny when he and Eddie argue," Nana said and giggled. She then paused and asked, "How does sensai know that?"

Suzu grinned. "I met Venom. I must say I was rather surprised. I just wanted to be sure you knew Eddie and Venom are inseparable, so if you marry one, you marry both."

"You met Venom? Isn't Venom awesome! Venom has saved Nana and Mayu," Nana beamed.

"Venom is unusual, even for a yokai," Suzu agreed.

"Nana don't understand why, but Venom and Eddie need to be together. That's OK, Nana knows Venom helps protect us. Even though he eats every bit of seafood in the house," she said with a slight frown. "Venom is constantly hungry. He can eat a bad guy, then come home and he's hungry again. Nana doesn't know where he puts it all."

"Neither do I," Suzu agreed with a grin. Getting to Nana's education, she said, "I see you are doing well in school. In home economics, you have even brought in a couple dishes and showed how to cook them. Your understanding of finances is also perfect. Have you considered college?"

Nana frowned slightly. "Nana isn't sure. Mayu wants to go. That's fine for Mayu. Nana will do what Nana can to help. Nana likes it at home and helping take care of the Maple Inn."

"You are a very intelligent young lady, Nana. Do you think you'd like to do something like open a restaurant? College could help you do that."

Nana frowned slightly as she thought again. "Nana never thought about it. Doing that would help Kouta and Eddie. Nana wouldn't want to use the Maple Inn though, that's our home. Nana would have to find another place. Nana will think about it. Nana will ask Eddie and Kouta what they think too."

"Do that. I'd like to see you be successful. You have great potential, Nana." Suzu assured her. She glance at the clock. "Our time is up, but think about what we discussed."

"Nana will!" Getting up Nana bowed to her. "Thank you for the suggestions, Sensai!"

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A little past noon, Kouta and Kaede arrived back at the Maple Inn. Going inside, Kouta smiled and said, "Back home at last."

"Yes," Kaede agreed. "Our vacation was fun, but it's good to be home."

Eddie's voice yelled, "Bill! You got those copies made?"

"Almost done, gimme a couple Ed!"

Getting their house slippers on , Kouta and Kaede went into the dinning room to see Eddie had paper spread all over the dinning room table, scrutinizing them.

"Greeting, Eddie," Kouta offered.

Eddie looked up and beamed them a smile, "Kouta, Kaede, welcome home! You guys have a good trip?"

"It was fun. You and Venom behaving yourselves?" Kaede asked.

Eddie jerked as Venom's head popped out of his back. "Kaede! So glad to see you. Now I won't have to suffer through a lunch with Eddie's crappy noodle cups!"

"I did get the shrimp cups," Eddie replied.

"With only one tiny bit of shrimp in them, that was so small I think it was a baby. There are Weevils bigger than that!" Venom complained.

Kaede grinned. "Same old Venom. I take it you're hungry?" she asked.

"Yes, my savior from starvation!"

Eddie rolled his eyes. "Venom, we do have to get this story together. Leave Kouta and Kaede alone for a moment. At least let them get settled back in."

"Right, then we can go get some real food!"

"Bad guys?" Kaede asked.

"Yeah, but there isn't many around any more." Venom said sadly.

Kaede eyed Eddie and asked, "Venom is your symbiote, can he transfer to someone else?"

"Temporarily, why?"

Kaede grinned. "How about this, after Kouta and I put our luggage away, Venom transfers to me, and we can go hunt bad guys, or raid a fish market? Eddie can do his work and Venom can be fed."

"Yes, Kaede my hero!" Venom announced.

Kouta itched his head with a wince. Eddie rolled his eyes.

Kaede went out, towing Kouta with her.