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Iruma moved Clara from his lap and se frowned as he stood up and stretched, "Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked at his best friend in confusion, "You're not…going away again…are you?"

"Grandpa knows I'm going to be out for a while today, Clara…besides, it's his weekly card game with his friends Ms. Levi and Mr. Belli, and it tends to get noisy because Mr. Belli tries to cheat," Clara pouted as Iruma reached over and patted the top of her head, "I'm not going anywhere, Clara. I just needed to stretch my legs,"

"That sounds like a good idea," Ameri said and the other three Guardians looked at her as she stood up, "Valac, Crocell, let's show Iruma how the Higher Guardians handle things," Iruma arched a brow as Kerori stood up and Clara slowly stood up next to Iruma before the four of them walked towards the door.

"Oh Iruma," the four stopped and looked back to see Alana walking out of the kitchen, a faint smile crossing her lips, "You'll be staying for dinner tonight, right? It'll make Clara happy if you were to join us. You know she missed you,"

"And I missed her too, Ms. Alana, but I'd have to call and get the okay from grandpa first before I get in trouble," Alana hummed and nodded before she watched as the four of them turned and walked out of the house.

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The four walked down the street and Ameri sighed as she shook her head, "It's still too early to have fun…why would I even suggest coming out this soon?" Iruma shook his head before he dug his phone out of his pocket, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Calling my grandpa and telling him that I'll be eating dinner at Clara's," Clara faintly smiled as Iruma held the phone up to his ear, "Hey grandpa, listen…I uh…I'm going to be eating dinner at a friend's house to-what?" Clara frowned as Iruma shook his head and the three continued to listen to the one-sided conversation, "No…it um…her name's Clara Valac," Clara looked away, the frown never leaving her lips, "Yeah…that one…her mother invited me to stay for dinner tonight an-what? I don't know…I'd have to ask," Clara looked up in confusion, "Okay, thanks grandpa. See you later tonight,"

Ending the call, Iruma put the phone back in his pocket as Clara looked at him and frowned, "Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked at his childhood friend in confusion, "What did he say?"

"Well…grandpa said it was okay for me to stay at your house for dinner, but he'd like to know if you want to come over tomorrow," Clara hummed while Kerori and Ameri looked at the two in confusion, "It's just…he and Opera want to meet my best friend an-"

"Who's Opera?" Kerori arched a brow.

"Oh, he's our butler…real good guy…I don't think he has a mean bone in his body…outside of harassing my one teacher that is…but…he's a good guy," Iruma looked at Clara and slightly smiled, "So…would you like to come to dinner at my place tomorrow, Clara?" Clara smiled as she tightly hugged him and Iruma returned the embrace.

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Alice paced the room and grunted, "Well, it looks like our little firebug blew a fuse,"

Growling under his breath, Alice looked back and narrowed his eyes, "Sabro Sobnock, Guardian of Water," looking at the musclebound blond, he shook his head before he turned his attention to the black-haired male of the group, "Jazz Andro, Guardian of Earth," he looked at the tall beauty and spat, "and Elizabetta Ix, Guardian of Wind…fancy time to show the hell up,"

"Jeez, what crawled up your ass, Asmodeus?" Jazz sighed, rubbing the back of his head, "So what if we decide to go our own ways at times? There are still four of us and three of the High-"

"There are four of them, you idiots!" Alice snapped, surprising the three in front of him, "I don't know how, but the Guardian of the Shadows is real…I met him and while he's not content on joining either side, he has boundaries and…it was me attacking two of the Higher Guardians to realize that. Don't attack a woman in front of him,"

"Oh my," Elizabetta smiled before it twisted into a sinister smirk, "Maybe I should go find this mysterious gentleman and have a little chat with him,"

"Considering how he reacted, you'd be the only one out of the four of us who would be safe from him," Alice sighed and shook his head, "But don't do go and do anything foolish, we need time to-" before he could finish, the three of them turned and ran out the door and Alice growled under his breath before he gave chase.

Just something I want to get out before something happens. Enjoy. And Happy Holidays everyone.