Monster Lineup

Ganrougel- Giroro

Kurse- Keroro

Krueger- Kururu

Taiki- Tamama

Aldmora- Dororo

Thank you everyone for your support~ even when I don't post as often as I used to

Ganrougel walked down the empty street with a soft slump, the weight of his troubles still dragging him down some. He sighed as he glanced at the note in his hands.

~ I need beef and eggs, thank you sweetheart – Aki~

"I don't even really know where the stores around here are." Ganrougel stuffed the note in the pocket of his sweatshirt. He looked around at each building that looked vaguely like a grocery store.

His attention was quickly diverted when he heard a trash bin collapse in the alley nearby. He closed his eyes and tried to calm his nerves. "Probably just a cat."

He walked along but couldn't fight the urge to glance down the alley, his instincts sensing something other than a stray animal in the trash. He had almost walked completely passed until he heard a whimper. A muffled cry squeaked out, kicking Ganrougel's fight or flight into gear. He leapt over the bins and recycling bags left by careless citizens. There was a side gap in the alley, a hidden space between the buildings. Ganrougel pinpointed the struggled sounds there and arrived to find a tall man with his arms ensnared around a smaller and younger guy. Tears streamed from the young man. He fought against the larger man's hold, trying to call out through the hand over his mouth.

Ganrougel wasted no time before he grabbed one of the larger mans arms and twisted it behind him. The heat of anger filled Ganrougel's body. He could feel a sharp sensation on his back. It was familiar to him and out of repetition of the action, he reached under his sweatshirt to his back and pulled a blade out. The same bone blades he had used on numerous targets before he met Natsumi.

He swept a leg underneath the man, knocking him to the ground below him. Ganrougel swiftly brought the blade to the man's throat but stopped. He thought back to the bull the moment Ganrougel defeated him. The memory of blood around him as he controlled someone's life was still fresh. Ganrougel slowed his breath to a near dead stop.

"If you ever mistreat anyone ever again…. I will not hesitate next time." Ganrougel watched the man tremble against the ground. Trying to pry his arm free as he nodded in terror.

Ganrougel let go of the man and watched him scramble away, cursing him as he left. The soft sobbing was soon the only sound in the alley. Ganrougel looked down to the young man cowering against the wall, his arms wrapped around himself with his knees pressed tight to his chest. "He can't do anything to you anymore."

He reached down to help the man stand up but the guy flinched away from him. "Please…. I'm sorry, but please d-don't touch me."

"That's alright, I can respect that wish." Ganrougel crouched down. "I don't want to leave you alone in this alley though. Is there someone you can call? Someone you trust?"

The young man shook his head 'no' as he cried more. "I just moved here…. My friends and family all live too far away."

"Oh..." Ganrougel frowned.

"How did you find me anyway? It was so quiet.. I could… only hear his breathing and my heart racing."

"I heard a bin fall over… and then I heard a cry." Ganrougel explained.

The young man released a deep breath, a sigh, almost a laugh."I didn't think it would work. I didn't think anyone would hear me."

"Don't underestimate the power of small acts like that. Even if it doesn't feel like it's working or that it's helpful in anyway, it's more than worth it to try. Especially in moments like that when you might not be able to fight back." Ganrougel thought about his own words.

They sat in silence for a few moments as the young man started crying lighter and began breathing smoother.

"I think I'll just stay here until I'm sure that… that man… is very far away from here. You don't have to stay and watch me the whole time."

Ganrougel pondered for a moment. He didn't want to leave the man when he was so vulnerable and had no one to rely on. Although he also knew that the young man most likely didn't trust him either. He was jut a stranger like the other man who held him down and tried to force him into something he didn't want. Ganrougel was the same height and build too, maybe even taller, and it might remind the young man too much of that moment. He looked around and didn't sense anything else off. "Are you sure? Not to assume you can't handle yourself or anything..."

"Really… I just want to be alone right now." The young man scrunched into his protective self hug.

"If that's what you want, take care then." Ganrougel stood up and brushed dirt from his pants.

"Thank you…. For you know."

"You're welcome." Ganrougel gave a gentle smile and thumbs up before walking back to the main street. His thoughts weighing heavy on the event. Why did I hesitate? I never stopped before. But then I guess they had actual targets. He was just as much trash as they all were.

What would Natsumi say? Ganrougel recalled the day she stopped him from almost killing her father. Her crying eyes as she tried to remind him that he didn't have to be a murderer like the men who killed him. She isn't going to be happy when I tell her what I did, even if that bull bastard deserved it. I have to tell her though.

Ganrougel pulled the note back out from his pocket to remind him what Aki wanted him to get. "She didn't even write how much she wanted."

Ganrougel growled to himself, not out of annoyance for Aki but annoyed of the challenge of getting enough without spending too much of Aki's money but also not to get so little that she gets angry and sends him out for more. Being out in public and around normal people was still a little too weird for him.