Fool: Makoto Itou & Kotonoha (The relationship meter), Rank 4
Magician: ?
Priestess: Kotonoha Katsura, UNLOCKED
Empress: ?
Emperor: ?
Hierophant: ?
Lovers: Sekai Saionji, UNLOCKED
Chariot: ?
Justice: Kokoro Katsura, UNLOCKED
Hermit: Sarujima, UNLOCKED
Fortune: ?
Strength: ?
Hanged Man: ?
Death: ?
Temperance: ?
Devil: ?
Tower: ?
Star: ?
Moon: ?
Sun: ?

Previously on The Power of Everything:

After surviving and avoiding all the news about the incident crash, Makoto and Kotonoha decided to lay low in his apartment until the surrounding clear. At that night, Kotonoha decided to have sleepover with Makoto due to her worry. She got her permission for her mother. Sarujima, Makoto and Kotonoha had dinner and talked together. Afterwards, they decided to sleep and then Makoto and Kotonoha had their first cuddling sex moment in his bedroom. With this, their love life had turned into new level.

CHAPTER 13

FEAR

Morning has risen. I opened my eyes slowly and look at the ceiling of my bedroom. The light of the sun shined brightly in my room. Slowly, I looked beside me. There, Kotonoha was sleeping so peacefully with my arm hugging her. We were both still naked and covered by blanket. I smiled and kissed her forehead. That kiss caused her to wake up. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Good morning, Kotonoha," I said.

"Good morning too, Makoto-kun," she replied and giggled.

We both kissed shortly and then I took the clock to see what time it is at this moment. The clock showed 6:30 am. The school starts at 7:30 am.

"Oh my god, we might be late already," I panicked and woke up from bed.

Kotonoha wasn't as panicked as I am and instead smile but she and I get readied for the school nevertheless. The time was so limited that we had to split roles to save time. She took a bath first while I cooked bento for Saru, Kotonoha and me. Then after she finished which I still haven't done with cooking, we exchanged the roles. I took a bath and she continued cooking bento in my place. For that actions and role, it took at least 20 minutes to finish them all. Also, Saru was still sleeping on the couch. He really loves to sleep. Even with that much noise of panic, he still is hard to wake up. I could say only by shouting to his ear directly will he awake from that. Of course, that would be instant killing for sure. We put his bento on the table while I took Kotonoha bento and Kotonoha took mine. We both put it in bags and we set off to school together.

With a very short time to train station for about 10 minutes, we ran as fast as we could. Train starts moving at 7:00 am precisely. The school destination takes 20 minutes to arrive. I think we might have a chance not to be late. We ran while holding hands together. People would start seeing us as a couple now. Nevertheless, 1 minute before the train arrived, we arrived. Both of us caught a break for second and took a breath hard. We made it at least. Train just arrived and we boarded the train. While inside the train, we chatted about last night.

"Makoto-kun, yesterday was…," she wanted to say.

"Ahhhh, not so loud, Kotonoha," I interrupted her so people wouldn't know what we were talking about.

I told her that this place was not good to talk about that and that roof would be perfect place. Nevertheless, we giggled and smiled. Not for long, train has arrived at the destination place. We had only 10 minutes before school bell rang. Again, we ran as fast as we could while holding hand together. As we arrived to school gate, we made it barely. A minute left before bell rang, I told Kotonoha to go to her own class and I would go mine.

"Yes, see you later at lunch, Makoto-kun," she waved and went straight to class.

"Yes," I replied.

I ran to the class and when I arrived, the bell rang exactly. Most of the students have already sat in their sitting table. Kuroda-san, Sekai, Kiyoura-san all looked at me in such confused way. They must have thought why I came late as usually I come early. I went to my sitting place and then, Yamamoto sensei came. Sekai started whispering to me as usual.

"It is unusual for you to be late, Makoto," she stated.

"Ah, yes. I got overslept," I lied to her.

Obviously, I wouldn't like anyone to know including Sekai that I had my first sex with Kotonoha considering both of us are not virgins anymore. Not only would it be total embarrassing for me and Kotonoha should anyone know it, we would also be reprimanded by her parents. Anyway, class started and as usual I couldn't concentrate in the class because of yesterday's event. Come to think of it, my Persona is set to Melchizedek. It means that I have the ability to fly. That's cool. Kotonoha was the only person to see that.

"*sigh, I could take her anywhere if there wasn't people nearby in this area," I mumbled to myself.

In the mid of mumbling, Sekai sent me a note.

"What are you mumbling about?" she wrote to me.

"It's nothing," I wrote back.

"Did something happen between Katsura-san and you?"

"Of course not. If it was, you would be the first person that I tell," I assured her.

Looking my last reply made her bit smile and relieve. I guess she didn't see anything suspicious of me. I couldn't blame her though since a lot of things happened to me. The incident that happened the day before, the Shadows mastermind, Velvet room, Persona and what's even more weird, my future ordeal. It's been quite some time since I went to Velvet room. I had no reason to go there yet. Maybe sooner or later I will. Not for long, the bell rang indicating lunch break. It has also been quite some time since Sekai joined us for lunch. I decided to ask her to join.

"Sekai, do you want to eat lunch with Kotonoha and me?" I invited her.

"I'm sorry. I have a plan already with Setsuna and the others," she rejected.

"Oh, okay. Take your time," I politely accepted her rejection.

Kiyoura-san then came to Sekai. She looked at me with such calm face. However, she didn't say anything at all. I wondered what could it mean with that look.

"Well, good luck, Makoto," she wished me luck.

I waved at her and then I stood up and took my bento that I cooked with Kotonoha together. I headed straight to roof for lunch.

Kotonoha has arrived first before I did. She was sitting there, but her face doesn't show happiness. It shows extreme sadness. I came to her and sat together. I asked her if she's okay. She didn't give me the answer but instead just silence face. It looks like she's about to cry as well because I could see her tear drops.

"Ma, Makoto-kun, I'm sorry. The bento from yours was…..," she said while her tears dropping.

At this point, it would be impossible to trip over twice as Kotonoha is not that kind of clumsy and gullible. I wanted to hear what she said but she couldn't continue. I wasn't even mad. It was more like confused because we both cooked in the morning together.

"*crying," Kotonoha cried on my shoulder.

I couldn't stand seeing her cry. I pat her head and calmed her down. I waited long for that. After she had calmed down, I asked her to know the truth.

"Kotonoha, I need you to tell me. What happened to lunch box? It's okay, I won't get mad at you," I calmed her down.

"I.. I… I can't," she couldn't say.

I could tell that she's in deep fear. From her side of view, it might be the indication of bullying. Someone might be bullying her. The question that I should ask is who. Who in the world would try to hurt Kotonoha? I doubt a girl like her would make lots of enemies. Kotonoha isn't that kind of person. I guess there's no use thinking that. I opened the bento and gave her chopstick.

"It's okay, Kotonoha. Let's split this and eat together," I smiled.

She was sad, but accepted my offer nevertheless. She ate it and I could tell from her face that it was delicious. I tasted it and it was delicious as well. My cooking has improved for sure. We both finished eating and we looked refresh. Although Kotonoha is still not recovered from her fear, however she showed signs of happiness for a little. At least, that's better. Now that I mention it, we still need to buy bigger bag for Saru. I told Kotonoha that we would go on date and buy bigger bag for Saru. Hearing that made Kotonoha smiled so big. However, based on the previous day's experience, we must be very careful. The Shadows are now dangerous opponent. I can't no longer underestimate them. Not only that, I doubt that the incident from the day before has calmed down. There might be police nearby and many townspeople there. However, if it is for Saru, then I will gladly do it. I guess this is the time for us to do reconnaissance mission for the search of the bag.

TO BE CONTINUED