Aliens to monsters
Giroro-Ganrougel
Keroro- Kurse
Tamama- Taiki
Dororo- Aldmora
Kururu- Krueger
Mois- Molioke
Natsumi quietly helped rebuild the wall to her house the next day. Fuyuki and Kurse were taking a break on the couch with drinks.
"Did she say anything yet?" Kurse whispered, begging that Natsumi didn't hear.
"Nope. She won't answer to anything, not even when I offered her a drink." Fuyuki sighed. "It doesn't make sense. Why would he disappear again so soon? She's not even running to go find him like yesterday."
"Women are mysterious dude." Kurse groaned.
"Sadly mom had to go handle things at work. She's better at getting through to Natsumi than me." Fuyuki complained.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. Natsumi dropped everything and ran to answer it. A young man stood outside holding a big box. He was dressed casually with a baggy sweater that had been worn through in a couple of spots. His shoes were dirty like he had been running through a field of dust.
"Hello are you Natsumi Hinata?" The young man asked. "Where would you like this?"
"Yep. The living room will be fine." Natsumi forced a small smile. She eagerly lead the way and watched him carefully place the box on the floor.
"Interesting friends ya got." The man casually mentioned as he glanced at Kurse and Fuyuki on his way out.
"Thank you so much for bringing that for me. Hope my grandma paid you well for the trouble." Natsumi quickly bowed and as politely as she could, urged the man back out of the house.
"Who the heck was that?" Fuyuki quietly asked.
"Did he just see me?" Kurse flinched as he processed the moment.
Natsumi ignored them and pulled the flaps of the box open. She pulled out item after item. Unique gems, candles, and items. She glanced at the spine of an old book before tossing it to Fuyuki. "Here, read up and learn everything."
"Wha?!" Fuyuki fumbled with the book but managed not to drop it. "What is this? Where did this all come from?"
"It's a book about magical self defense." Natsumi answered bluntly. "I called Grandma earlier and she sent her neighbor with a bunch of her magic stuff. I'm lucky she had some extra grimoires and we have time off from school thanks to mom so this is our chance to actually learn. You should know how to use your magic for when I'm not around. So read it."
"Where are you going?" Fuyuki asked with fear rising in his tone.
"I'm going to kill a bull." Natsumi whispered as she scanned through a couple of other books from the box.
"Don't be stupid. Mom would smack you if she heard you say that! It's suicide!" Fuyuki jumped up from the couch.
Natsumi didn't answer as she read through a few pages and glanced at the gems. Fuyuki gripped the book angrily as he stepped into the hallway. "If Natsumi won't listen to me she should listen to mom. Mom might not be able to come home right now, but at least if she knows now, she can prepare a lecture."
Later that night, after the wall was moderately repaired, Aki sat down with Fuyuki and Natsumi. Kurse and Taiki kept to the kitchen where they fought the urge to listen in.
"Natsumi," Aki took a deep breath. "I agree with Fuyuki that you shouldn't run right after that bull guy. We're all angry at him but none of us know how to actually fight him or what his weaknesses are."
"I know it's stupid but I'm not going to be stopped. I'll research everything I can on how to fight and then I will stop him." Natsumi spoke confidently with her arms crossed over her chest. "He killed dad and now he's going after Ganrougel. Try all you want to convince me, but I am not standing back."
"Is that why Ganrougel isn't here?" Fuyuki asked, his voice low with caution. "Did he go to hide somewhere?"
Natsumi closed her eyes and didn't answer. Aki placed her fingers on her chin as she thought. "I didn't even notice he was gone on my rush to work this morning. He isn't the type to run from a fight not even from your father. He just stood there and listened to Natsumi."
"He did run away once yesterday after the fight, but when Natsumi found him he came right back." Fuyuki added. "Why did he come back if he was just going to run away again?"
"He's not a coward if that's what you're thinking!" Natsumi barked. Her fingers began to dig into her skin as her anger bubbled.
"No." Fuyuki waved his hands defensively. "I know he isn't, that's why I'm confused."
"Did something happen between you two? You seem really angry every time we mention him being gone." Aki asked with a calm voice. "What made you mad?"
"He didn't do anything wrong. I'm not mad at him." Natsumi swallowed the rest of her story and looked away again.
"Well you certainly aren't happy..." Fuyuki muttered still confused.
"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." Aki backed down. "But will you at least take some time to think about going against the bull? I really wish you would reconsider it. I can't stand to think of you fighting against that monster when he killed your father so easily."
"It's my fault. Dad was focused on me and I should have done more than hid behind their backs. When I fight that guy I'm not going to have any distractions." Natsumi stood up and briskly walked up to her room.
"She isn't really serious is she?" Kurse asked. He hovered back into the living room with Taiki beside him.
"Natsumi doesn't joke when she gets that angry." Fuyuki sighed.
"Did she mean she was going to fight him all by herself?" Taiki spoke up.
"I really hope not." Aki frowned.