-guess what? there's more emotions in this chap. one day you will all walk into one of my stories prepared with tissues and comfort foods (although this chap prolly won't even make you tear)-

-at least i want to be that good one day lol-

monsters are

Giroro- Ganrougel

Keroro- Kurse

Tamama- Taiki

Dororo- Aldmora

Kururu- Krueger

Mois- Molioke

"Wait so you can do magic?!" Fuyuki pestered Natsumi as she cooked dinner.

"Yep." Natsumi answered already annoyed from his questions.

"Can you do cool tricks yet?" Fuyuki practically stood on the chair behind her.

"Nope."

"Oh... Did you meet any cool monsters?"

"One Frankenstein dude named Kruger, he's a jerk and no you are not meeting him if I have anything to say about it, and a moon princess like girl named Molioke. I was intimidated by her when I found out but she's super nice and turns out she's the one who makes the stars in the sky. They kinda come off as a couple even though their total opposites." Natsumi rattled on as she focused on cutting vegetables. "I still can't really believe it all but I'm sure once I process it like with Ganrougel it'll be all good."

"I'm so jealous of you Natsumi." Fuyuki whimpered from his seat.

"You have three monsters who hang out here at the house Fuyuki. There's nothing to be jealous of." Natsumi sighed as she threw everything into a pot of boiling water.

"One day I want to meet every kind of monster there is." Fuyuki declared.

"And I just want to kick their butts if they're gonna be a problem." Natsumi stated. Fuyuki left her to finish dinner, alone to herself. Even Ganrougel gave her some distance since they returned and stayed away from the kitchen. I bet he's bored now that he knows it's just me. Natsumi giggled. Suddenly she felt a heavy presence behind her. She turned slowly and jumped. "Oh my god Ganrougel! Don't monsters understand the meaning of personal space?"

"Natsumi, quiet." Ganrougel whispered as he stared in one direction. Not flinching or glancing to her. "I sense someone coming. I don't recognize them."

"Oh..." Natsumi quieted down understanding the seriousness of the situation. "Is it dangerous?"

"I don't know yet." Ganrougel's ears twitched as he listened and smelled for any sign of trouble.

Fuyuki stumbled into the kitchen, gasping for air. "Na-Natsumi! Someone's at the door saying he came here to exorcise! I think someone one called him to get rid of Kurse."

"Ganrougel stay out of sight, if he's human I can handle him." Natsumi untied her apron and draped it over a chair. She walked up to the front door and opened it to see a white haired teenage boy. "Oh gosh! Saburo?"

"Hey Natsumi. I came here to help you start exercising." Saburo smiled casually.

"I'm sorry what?" Natsumi blushed.

"Didn't Krueger say he was going to train you?" Saburo shifted his weight between his feet. "I hope he didn't send me here for nothing."

"You know Krueger?" Natsumi was surprised.

"Yeah, I'm his friend more or less." Saburo chuckled.

"Oh ok, come on in." Natsumi opened the door and lead Saburo into the living room. Fuyuki was standing by the tv, waving nervously. Natsumi glared at her brother quickly. "Would you like a drink or something?"

"Nah, I'm good thanks." Saburo casually sat on a couch.

"Ok. Ganrougel, come here please!" Natsumi called into the kitchen.

Fuyuki covered his ears and flinched. He nervously edged himself to the hall. "I think I'll just go to my room. I don't want to interrupt."

Ganrougel marched out and paused when he saw Saburo.

"Oh it's just the kid." Ganrougel crossed his arms and sighed.

"You know him, good. So why didn't you recognize him? I totally thought a murderer came to my house or something!" Natsumi yelled.

"That's my bad." Saburo raised his hand. "I ran into a lot of girls earlier and I think their perfumes rubbed off on me."

"E-excuse me?" Natsumi flushed by the impression of his statement.

"I work at a radio station and there's always a bunch of fans waiting to see the special hosts. Must have been at least a hundred just today." Saburo grinned.

"Oh ok that explains it." Natsumi forced a small laugh. "So Krueger sent you?"

"Yep. I'm supposed to start you out on controlling your skills." Saburo sat up and pulled out a paper and pen. He scribbled a small monster which almost instantly popped up from the page. It started wandering over the table like it was trying to act menacing. "Now you just gotta send it away."

"You mean like..." Natsumi pointed to the small creature.

"Just like you did to Big Rouge over there." Saburo tilted his head to Ganrougel.

"I've told you not to call me that." Ganrougel huffed.

"I don't know if I can do it on command." Natsumi looked at the stumbling thing in defeat.

"Well I only had to come and set him up for you. Put a box on him to contain him and practice when you can. Text me when you need another." Saburo handed her a small folded paper and left.

Natsumi looked at the paper and stuffed it in her pocket before she crumpled it in anger. Great! I bet I looked like a weakling in front of him! Her face was flushed as she stormed back into the kitchen and finished cooking. Ganrougel followed quietly.

He leaned against the wall and watched her. "You know you can do it."

"No I can't. I don't even know how I did it the first time!" Natsumi stabbed the knife into the cutting board. Her shoulders shivered and she whimpered. Ganrougel walked over to her and gently turned her around. Tears ran down her cheeks even though she was clearly fighting them back. She didn't stop herself from burying her face into Ganrougel's chest. He cautiously placed his hand on her back. "I don't know what my life is or how I'm supposed to live it. None of this is normal. No one teaches you that there are monsters out there who might kill you or that you have magic and how to learn to control it. I really like Saburo and even though he's in on the monster thing I feel like I don't have a chance with him."

After a few sobs Natsumi looked up to a confused Ganrougel. "You're the first person I haven't had to hide anything from. I'm not that close to my friends, I don't even hang out with them. You probably don't care about my stupid human emotions. I hate my life."

Ganrougel swallowed the lump forming in his throat. "Natsumi... I wish I could fix it all for you. I know I screwed everything up, but I'm very grateful that I didn't kill you all those years ago."

"Really?" Natsumi wiped her cheeks.

"Look how strong you've grown up." Ganrougel grinned softly. "I never knew a human could become as you are now. You're changing things Natsumi. Even if it's just me you're changing, it feels like a big difference."

"Earlier you got angry every time Krueger was going to touch me... why?" Natsumi whispered. It was something she never expected and waited until they were alone to ask about it. In front of Krueger wouldn't have been appropriate.

"I... I don't really know. I just hated all of the images in my head of what he might have done to you." Ganrougel turned away from her, closing his eye. "The cutting and screaming. The crying... It makes me sick."

Natsumi felt Ganrougel tremble under her arms. She looked at him with worry as his muscles tensed. Like he might start ripping at himself again. She felt her throat dry up and her breath draw thin.

"Do you care about me?" Natsumi whispered through the air.

Ganrougel softened as she spoke. Something to put a name to what he was feeling, finally worded for him. "I don't think I've ever cared about someone before, but Natsumi I would do anything for you. You're important to me."

"I know I'm not a normal human now and I've never had a friend who could see me clearly and understand." Natsumi paused, rethinking over every word she was going to say. "Would it be alright if a monster and a human... were best friends? Would you be my friend?"

Ganrougel chuckled. "If you wish it... silly human."

Natsumi giggled and returned to cooking with a fresh look of things. Ganrougel leaned against the far wall again and watched her with a content smile. My little human.