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A/N Hello again. Hope I didn't take too long for this one. I did a lot of rewritting this chapter so if you see a sentence that starts but doesn't finish if you could please point it out to me that would be wonderful.

Thankyou to everyone who voted. The polls aren't closed yet, but unless I get a serious flood of reviews in the next two days or so, it looks like Setsuna is the winner and by almost 2 to 1. I never realized she was so popular, or it could be that you perverts out there are hoping for a threesome? (I'm thinking about it.)

I responded to most of my in depth reviews, via email so I really don't have much to say on the topic but I would like to say we've now broken 50 reviews, thank you all very much. And not that I mind but doesn't anyone have anything bad to say? lol Despite the comments of my spelling and grammar, which I can't really help and understand I haven't gotten a bad review yet. I'm almost anxious for someone to flame me. lol j/k

This chapter is all storyline. Granted it's hidden inside conversations for the most part but if you look closely I set up most of the rest of the story. A lot of explaining and foreshadowing going on but I assure you the pace picks back up next chapter. Also I used some slang and cursing in the conversations. partially because I'm from NY, speaking in slang and cursing is pretty much all we do. lol Seriously though they're adults now and I don't thing people so close would hold back. But if you think it's out of character let me know because that will bother me.

Also I don't know why exactly but the little asterix that i was using for my long jokes it's working so insted it will be when you see () that's the que to look for one.

So without further ado...

Chapter 7

Homecoming

The next day Negi and his group left the forest. Once they got back to a town, traveling became much easier. By mid-day, they were in the town where they'd agreed to rendezvous with the girls. Negi was anxious for the whole group to be back together again. He'd been worried about them ever since they'd left for the forest.

At the same time though, he was being thoroughly amused by Kotaro's return to society. He's trying his hardest to act calm and collected. Meanwhile, attempting to radiate the aura of a smooth criminal, but failing miserably.

The whole picture was shattered somewhere between, him automatically flinching at any loud noise or physical contact, and the constant swivel of his head as pretty girls walked by. No matter how many times or how hard he tried, he couldn't break 5 years of instincts in one day. Negi did his best not to laugh in his friends face. In his mind it was a funny, but how it would make Kotaro feel was not.

Negi had learned much from years of traveling with women.

It didn't take long for them to find the others. After being in vast forest where every tree looks likes every other tree, finding their way around the city seemed a bit elementary. That and they'd forgot how handy it was to have someone with a dog's sense of smell. After about ten minutes, Kotaro had picked up Asuna's scent.

Shortly afterwards, they were looking up at Asuna. She was perched on top of a pub looking spectacularly bored. The second she saw them however, she lit up and did a hand spring off the building, landing right in front of them.

"Kotaro.." she practically squealed as she threw her arms around him. "…it's been a long time." She had a smile of pure joy on her face, the type where you can just barely see tears forming. Asuna turned to the side and used the back of her hands to wipe away the tears. It was a truly touching moment until Asuna recoiled from wiping her eyes by using the same hand to slug Kotaro in the face as hard as she could.

Now Asuna was anything but weak, and she'd caught Kotaro completely off guard. . The poor boy went flying into a wall, where he left a hole in the exact shape of his body, hair sticking up and all. He was trying to pick himself off the floor, when hands wrapped around his collar pulling him up by it.

Asuna pulled his face within inches of hers and said, "If you ever do something as stupid as get yourself locked up again you better hope we leave you in there. Because if you put us through the type of worrying we've been doing ever again, I'll come break you out just so I can kill you myself." She let go and hug him again tightly, almost whispering in his ear "You jerk." Kotaro stood there frozen.

Asuna and him had always bickered and fought with each other. Always arguing about everything from what they should eat, to what was best for Negi. Hell for a long time Kotaro thought that the only reason they hadn't just killed one another was because they didn't want Negi to be mad at them. But now here she was putting on an emotional display over his return. He was so confused he forgot to be angry about being hit like that.

The collective group said nothing. You just had to let Asuna get things like that off her chest. She'd be perfectly fine later but it she didn't get that out it would sit and fester inside her. Afterwards the littlest thing would set her off on an extinction level tirade, which could very well end up in someone's actual extinction. So as long as you stood clear of the blast radius, it was just better to let her explode.

After that was settled, Asuna told the group that the rest of the girls were around town looking for clues. First they went to the Mercenaries Guild, and got Ku Fei and Kaede. For anyone who knew Kotaro, watching him in the minutes just before they reached the guild, would've been a treat. He was all but wagging his tail.

Kaede was the only woman who'd ever kicked Kotaro's ass. Which in his twisted understanding of feelings, put her somewhere between mother figure and potential mate. Needless to say, that had caused a serious problem in the young Hanyo's mind. She could turn him on with a look, then discipline him and make him feel like a bad dog with the same ease. Despite the confusion of exactly how, what was unmistakable was that he loved her more than life itself. He'd kill anyone who said it, but the truth was that if she said 'heel', he'd be at her side before anyone could blink.

They were coming down the block that the guild's gates were located on when it happened. In a crowd of people, standing in front of the gates there was Kaede. For Kotaro it was as if time slowed down. In a single instant, he took in every change in her appearance, the words she was saying in her conversation, and her sweet familiar scent. Then his ears perked and his fangs showed as a feral grin appeared.

Kotaro got down real low, then sprung forward like shot. He was headed straight for the unsuspecting Kaede, moving so fast that the few who could see him, only saw a blur.

Negi was the only one who saw it coming. Hell, he'd been waiting for it. He was not about to rob his friend of either the immense enjoyment, or the brutal ass whipping he was about to get from this. So instead, he smiled and cursed himself for forgetting the popcorn.

Kotaro was feeling good about himself as he got within ten feet of Kaede and she still hadn't moved. At his intense speed, it would only be thousandths of a second before he hit her, way too soon for someone to react. This should've been a clue to him, but in his fervor he wasn't thinking clearly and just as his fist was about to hit her Kaede looked dead at him and winked.

Kotaro saw it just as his hand passed through the space where Kaede's head was. He looked back to see a shadow clone disperse, and just as he whipped his head back around, he met with Kaede's foot right underneath his chin.

He was sent flying into the air, and at about fifty feet up he was met by Kaede. She caught him with a nasty elbow straight to the spine, sending him back down. He plummeted to the ground helplessly.

When he got there he was met yet again by Kaede, but this time she simply caught him in a hug, and squeezed out what little life he'd been holding onto.

When he recovered from the initial shock, he sank into her arms and returned her embrace. They sat there for a minute silently holding each other. Normally, Kotaro would scoff at this sort of emotional display. Except, not too long ago, he never thought he'd see her again.

An experience, that tends to strip you of any such... pretensions.

Kaede smiled like only she can(). "You've gotten stronger, I can see you didn't let all your time away go to waste." They let one another go and she took a good look at him. "But, it looks like you haven't been eating enough. We'll have to go fishing later." She winked at him.

(You know, the naive, simple and harmless, way that made you forget that she could kill you 300 consecutive ways before you had a chance to finish your thought. )

He'd never been good at fishing, but they always went together. Kaede used kunai, but she made Kotaro use a pole. She told him that one of his problems was that since he ways always on the move, he lacked stillness, or rather the ability to still his mind. This was the reason he failed to notice the subtle hints that could tell him what he opponent was doing or even thinking. His instincts are as sharp as they come, and that was probably what had kept him alive so long. However without the ability to absorb information during battle, against powerful enemies or even ones with just good tactics he would be in serious trouble.

Fishing is the art of stillness. Sitting for hours in one spot with only one goal, of which you have no guarantee of achieving. A seemingly simple task, but it was one that took Kotaro a long time to master. Though once he did, he became a very well rounded fighter.

That was only half of the story. The other half was that near the river, when it was just him and Kaede, Kotaro actually opened up. Kotaro had been the toughest and most self reliant person she or for that matter anyone in the group has ever met. With people like Asuna and Negi around, that's not just whistlin' Dixie.

Unlike them however, Kotaro didn't have friends, relatives, or really anyone to help him along the way. Negi had his village and Asuna had Takahata, and Konoka. Kotaro's fighting style was self-made. Not because he thought his style was the best(), but because it was either learn how to defend yourself or die.

(Despite how often he claimed the contrary.)

Now back to our regularly scheduled chapter.

A less emotionally touching and more Kotaro-like attitude was adopted for the rest of the greetings. He dealt with many a hug, and by the time all was said and done he honestly felt like he could use a little time back in the cell. He'd never been an affectionate person nor the sentimental type. Dealing with all these feelings was starting to give him a headache. If he heard his name in one more high pitched squeak he might be forced to kill himself.

He just wanted to get to the inn that they were all staying at. Then he could go to the resort, which he hadn't seen in far too long, and rest a bit. After that it would be time to find out all about these bastards that Negi had told him about. There was someone who could capture all of the girls without even a fight. Without even realizing it, the thought had made him smile. Someone powerful enough to cut loose on. I can't wait.

So that's what they did. Unfortunately, however there was very little good news waiting for them when they got there. They gathered in the 'War room' and everyone took a pillow. Kotaro settled for standing against the wall in the corner.

Despite two and a half days of searching for clues about their mystery attackers, the girls had come up empty. A fact that was anything but good. They'd been in a trading city, people came there from all over the magic world. If there was any info to be had, this is where it would be.

Yue summed it up best, "If we can't find even the smallest bit of info about these guys it means one of five things. First, they could be brand new. This was their first job, they were trying to make a name for themselves. However, the chances of a bunch of rookies taking us out so easily aren't very high. So I don't think that's the case." A couple of people made to respond but Yue put a hand up and continued.

"Second, this isn't their normal MO. All we had to go by was their tactics, and a blue cloak. So if this isn't a trick they normally use then we could be looking for someone everyone knows about but we were just asking the wrong questions. Which means the people we are looking for might know we were asking around." More than a few faces frowned at that possibility.

"Third, this group is larger than we expected and they have the kind of influence and power that makes people not speak of them. In other words, everyone knows but won't tell like in the old mafia days. If this is the case we should assume that someone we talked to reported back to them. It's possible that one of the people we talked to was them." This made people visibly uneasy. The idea of talking to these people and not even knowing was creepy.

Asuna couldn't help it, "What happened to the good old days when the bad guys wore black and shouted out 'Hey, I'm evil!' And then we went and kicked their asses."

Eva looked down at her all black outfit, then immediately spoke up, "Exactly, I've always had the common decency to do both. Also, I would like to say I honestly welcome any of you to try to kick my ass any time you'd like." She knew this wasn't the time, but since when did she care.

Yue rolled her eyes and continued as if no one had said a word. "Or Four, we're dealing with someone who's trying to pull off something behind the scenes. It's safe to say that if there this good at moving under the radar, they're up to something pretty serious. I mean we could be talking a secret society, or one of those annoying brotherhoods."

"Finally, it's highly possible, based on their skill, that no one has made it out alive to tell the tale. Also, it could be any combination of these. So, one right answer doesn't necessarily discredit the others."

Negi had sat there for the entire conversation, everyone's individual stories and then Yue's summation without saying a word. He'd been working inside his own mind even sitting in the classic thinker's pose. "Something big is going on here. I don't think we're dealing with any kind of criminal organization, it just doesn't fit. Criminals would have tried to ransom you off, or if I was their target they would've just killed you. I also agree with Yue, it's highly unlikely you were all taken so easily by some inexperienced rookie."

Kotaro jumped in, "Well maybe some of you could've been, but not Kaede, Mana or Setsuna." He was just teasing but it had been too long since he could make comments like that, so he was enjoying it. He didn't even mind the collective dirty look he got from most of the girls.

Negi just gave him a sideways glance that said STFU and continued. "It's possible that this isn't their normal style but with a trick that effective, it's hard to believe you wouldn't use it whenever the situation allowed. Last but not least of the questions is, if they wanted to kill you, why didn't they? They had you at their mercy but they did nothing." You could tell he was checking is theory for wholes as he said it.

"Then we escaped. If they were the, 'all who see us must die' type, they would've been hunting us down from the second we got out of there. And with how easily they found us the first time I doubt that they would have much trouble finding us again."

"I hate to say it but the more I look at it, based on the assumption that Yue's analysis is accurate(), we're dealing with something really serious going on here." He broke he pose and started looking around the room to see the reactions of his group as he spoke. "There's a good chance that whoever did this, knows that we travel around and help people in need whenever we can. Seeing how famous we are, and how powerful everyone thinks we are it's possible, no rather probable that this was just a test us to see if we could stop them."

(Which they always were. Current score Yue: 1,327 Other Possibilities: 0)

"Well if that was the case, then we failed big time. We didn't even stand a chance, but that a good thing right?" Anya jumped into the conversation unexpectedly. "Why would they bother with us again, if we weren't a threat?"

"Well I don't know about that, did you see their castle after Negi was done with it? I bet they consider him a pretty decent threat." Chisame said with her arms crossed and a small smirk on her face. She'd taken being captured personally and now that they were talking about finding those who did, it she was all gun ho. She liked the idea of these people coming back for more, because while she wasn't a combat type, she knew that with their collective force it would take an army to beat them.

Even then, it had better be, one Hell of an army.

"Does it matter either way? I don't know how well any of you think you know this fool. I've been gone for five years, and if the next words out of his mouth, aren't something to the effect of 'We must stop them… blah, blah, blah.' I'll go back to prison right now until the real Negi comes and gets me." Kotaro, arms folded, looked at Negi expectantly. "Well?"

Negi just nodded his head, "He's absolutely right, we have no choice. It seems like we are the only ones who even know these guys exist. If they have some kind of sinister plot, we have to stop them before they succeed." His trademark determination lit up his face.

Yuna was the next to pop in, "Another detour huh? I thought we were supposed to be looking for you're father? You do realize that it's not our job to stop every evil person or plot that is trying to take over the world, right?" It wasn't that Yuna wasn't game to get back at these guys. It was just that she watched Negi constantly put his own needs and feelings on the back burner for the sake of others. She wondered if the poor kid would ever fight as hard for himself as he did for others.

"She's right Negi, it's not like we're in the mundane world anymore. Here they have people whose job is to handle things like this. It's not something you have to always burden yourself with." Makie tried to help the argument along, despite the knowledge that it wouldn't work.

"We all know that the authorities don't have the power to stop these guys. The truly powerful have little to no interest in being a part of the government. Either they'd much rather make a name for themselves by doing something amazing or become a Magister to help the world, provided they were good natured." He pointed to himself.

"The evil hearted..." He pointed at Eva. "...will either form some take over the world plot or find some devious way to use their magic to make themselves rich. However, like all high hopes more than half of these fail, so most powerful people wind up as fighters, mercenaries or thieves."

He looked around the room, "So I really don't think that this will be handled right if we leave this to the authorities."

All of the battle type Ministra were silent. They knew Negi was right so they really had nothing to add to the conversation. Some felt anticipation at the chance to get back at these people who'd defeated them without a fight. Others felt anxious, how were they going to beat someone who'd defeated them without a fight. Most were a mix of both.

"Yes, but what about those other people out there trying to make a name for themselves. Can't they take care of this one?" Yue sounded worried. Negi knew she'd probably left out part of her analysis. By her demeanor, it was probably the part that told them why they couldn't beat this mysterious threat. He made a mental note to ask her later.

Negi lent his head back and rubbed his hands over his face. "The truth is... that after what happened... I don't want to let anyone else handle this...

"But Negi..." Makie started but Negi silenced her by lifting his hand.

"I don't want anyone else handling this for three reason. The first is obvious, I'm not sure if anyone else is capable of finding and beating these guys. Secondly, I wont believe these people are defeat until I see it with my own eyes." Negi stopped for a second and if you looked real close you could see all the muscles in his body tighten and then release.

Negi tried to say it with civility, but failed about three words in, "Finally, I won't be satisfied, unless I get to pay them back personally for what they did, by stopping their plan and shoving it directly down their throat."

All eyes looked at Negi, the line that had just come from his mouth hung in the air like a bomb. It was so unlike him almost no one even knew what to say.

Except Kotaro, "Atta boy! It's about damn time you got angry at somethin'." Kotaro stood up straight and put his hands up questioningly. Well I don't know about you all, but I'm ready to go find these guys just so I can watch Mr. NiceGuy over here back up all the shit he just talked."

The rest of the room tried to fight it but with the absolutely seriousness that Kotaro had said that, it was just too damn funny. The group busted out laughing and as they calmed down the completely serious Kotaro was left to wonder. "What's so damn funny?"

They finished the meeting on that light note and dispersed to the edges of the resort. It was already dark here so most of the girls decided to go for a bath. Kaede and Kotaro went down to the beach to do some catching up. Meanwhile Negi, who had also wanted to spend some time with his backed off in favor of allowing Kotaro some time to vent. He knew that the Kotaro would never open up to him the way he would to Kaede. So he just smiled as he watched them walking down towards the beach, in hopes that Kaede could undo some of the damage done in these last five years.

Instead he took advantage of this rare opportunity to being alone and using a combination of wind magic and advanced acrobatics to jump his way up to the very top of the resort. It was a small round marble landing only about ten feet across. He laid down on it and looked up at the sky, another full moon night().

(A full moon in the world made by Eva? What a surprise.)

Now he'd thought that he' gotten up here without being seen. This was after all, one of his favorite and only hiding spots and he didn't want people to be able to find him here. However in the true spirit of not always getting what you want, he'd been seen on the way up by a certain pig tailed redhead.

He heard her on her way up. A little grunt here or there, Then in the one or two places where it was too high to just jump, she would jump up, slam her sword into the pillar and then launch herself upward using the handle. In mid air, she would dispel and resummoned her sword to do it again before she reached her zenith. In all truth, it was one of those moments you get really pissed, because you're doing something incredibly hardcore, yet no one is there to see it.

Without wind magic to aid her it took her a little bit longer, but soon enough Asuna pulled herself up onto the top of the pillar and after a few heavy breaths she slid her way next to Negi.

She said a harsh tone through huffs, "You know, next time you should try sitting somewhere it doesn't take a miracle to get to."

"Did it ever occur to you that I sat somewhere so hard to get to for a reason? Perhaps so that no on could follow me?" Negi had been trying to find some alone time and after interrupting it, she was the one with the attitude. He wasn't a happy camper when he answered.

Asuna ignored the attitude, "I followed you to the magic world, what makes you think something like a puny little pillar is going to stop me? Besides, since when do I care what you want? I'm only concerned with what you need."

Negi didn't appreciate her overlooking his feelings. "Well right now I don't need anything, except maybe to be left alone." He was practically barking it at her.

"That's not true, you need to get your head straight and I'm starting to think you're also in need of good ass kicking." She returned his annoyed stare. "So, either tell me exactly what kind of bug you have up stuck up your ass, or I'm gonna kick it." Asuna had never been very lady like, and on top of that, she was pissed off. So right now, she really didn't care how he took what she said.

Negi's mood didn't get any better when he heard that. He stood up, "Oh yeah? That'll hard to do if you can't catch me." Negi had learned a trick over the years, he could fly or at least keep himself afloat with his wind magic. He gathered the magic around him, but just before he leapt off he felt a hand on his ankle.

Asuna's magic canceling abilities had become much more powerful once she learned that she could take control of them. She could actually turn it off or extend the field around other people to protect them or in this case, just stop someone from being able to generate any magic, just by touching them. "Yeah... well, I got you. And if you try and take off now you're going to find out that this is one hell of a fall. So I suggest, you just sit there and talk to me." She gave Negi a look that told him she was serious.

Negi tried to think of a retort, but in the end he just plopped back down with a defeated look on his face. "What do you want?" Despite the return of his best friend Negi was not in a good mood.

"I want to know what's up with you." She let the anger drift off of her face. "You've been acting very strange lately, and I don't like it. You're getting more and more irritable as time passes. I heard about what you did in the forest…" She let that hang in the air for a minute so she could watch his reaction.

Just like she expected, his shoulders slumped and his head hung. "Well, it's nice to see you're not proud of it." Negi shot her a look that screamed, how dare you. "You can give me all the dirty looks you want, I can remember a time where you wouldn't even have considered doing what you did." Asuna was genuinely disappointed in him, it was written all over her face.

"Yeah well, I'm not as naive as I used to be. If I hadn't of done what I did, they would've hunted us down." His toned was defensive and nasty.

"I wonder if you even believe that." She shook her head. "Negi… You can't tell me that there wasn't some way to stop them from following you without killing them. I can think of like three without even half of the knowledge of magic you have. No, you wanted to do it that way." She paused for a second, wondering if he was going to have anything to say to that. She looked over and she could see his eyes watering as they began to tear. "To be honest Negi, that thought scares me more than anything in this world. You are the most powerful person I know, and if you were ever to go down that path… I don't know what I would do. Well, other than kick the shit out of you."

She smiled at her own joke but continued seriously. "Negi lately you've been getting more and more violent, and it's taking a lot less to make you angry then it used to. So tell me, what's wrong?" She thought for a second, "And if you say nothing, I'll throw you off this thing right now."

Negi knew he wasn't going to get out of this one. He'd have to talk about it, and there was no point in lying since Asuna could always tell. "I'm tired Asuna, tired of everything. I'm tired of looking for my father, when it's pretty obvious that he's no where we could find him. I mean we've spent years searching throughout the world for him. It's like he's purposely avoiding us, or he's in another dimension. I've been on the path to find him since I was 6 years old, my twentieth birthday is not too far from now and what do I have to show for 14 years of looking? Not a damn thing."

He laid back and breathed, "I tired of everyone looking to me for the answers, of everyone needing me to lead the way. I know this is really my journey and you're all here because you want to help, and I appreciate that. But I'm tired of the responsibility that comes with that." He sighed, disappointed in himself.

"I was only a child when I became your teacher. Granted, a very mature child, but I was only 10 years old nonetheless. I wasn't really ready then, and I'm still not ready to lead now. I don't like having the power that basically decides whether or not everyone makes it home safe. I'm constantly afraid the consequences of every decision I make, will wind up hurting someone else." He was really on a roll now, and the whole time, Asuna just sat there listening

"I'm tired of constantly putting us all in danger because I refuse to finish off our enemies. They come back, usually better prepared or with help, and beating them the second and third times just makes it more and more likely that they'll actually manage hurt or kill one of us. I'm tired or having the power to make them all my enemies disappear forever but being unwilling to use it."

"I'm tired of feeling like none of the people who should be running this world are worth the wax their frilly little seals are stamped in. So we have to clean up their messes constantly."

"I'm tired of being 'The Son of the Thousand Master'. I wish people would give it a rest already. I don't want to be famous, I don't want fan clubs, I'm tired of everyone wanting to talk to me. Except that it's not 'Negi' they want, but his son and when I don't play along I'm a jerk."

"I'm tired of keeping secrets all the time, I feel like I'm about to explode." Asuna shot him a look of panic. "Don't worry, I'm not just talking about that. Your secret is safe with me." Asuna missed it but there was a distant trace of hurt in his eyes as said that.

"I'm just tired of everything." Negi closed his eyes and covered his face with his hands.

They just sat in silence for a while after that. Eventually Asuna broke it in a soft low voice, "Well you know… You could always stop." The words sounded foreign coming out of her mouth. She'd never imagined the possibility that Negi's determination was wavering. In fact, if anyone else had said it she would've told them it wasn't even possible. "Looking for you're father is a journey you decided to take. You can decide to stop whenever you want."

Negi was in shock as he looked at her. He couldn't believe he was hearing this. "I can't stop now, I will have wasted so many years of not only my life, but all of yours."

Asuna put up a hand to silence him, "Don't worry about us. If the strain of all of this if too much for you then stop. I can pretty much speak for everyone when I say I'd stop right now, that is, if stopping means that you'll stay the person you are now and not the person you're becoming. And I don't know if I would call the last few years a waste, I'd say it was time well spent. We were seeing the world with friends and such." She was trying to put a lighter mood on the conversation but looking over at Negi it didn't seem to be working.

She stood up and brushed herself off. "So either we stop looking for him or you start to share that burden a little more. And the next time you are thinking about finishing someone off, remember something for me, Kotaro was once your enemy too. Would we be better off if you had killed him?" Realization dawn on his face, and Asuna smiled triumphantly.

Trying to convince Negi of something he'd obviously put a lot of thought into was pointless. Hitting him with an undeniable truth like, and then walking away and letting him roll it around inside his head for a while, was practically sure fire.

I know I had set up the scene between Kaede and Kotaro but the truth is A+N's convo took longer than I expected. I haven't decided whether I should skip it entirely, or start next chapter with it.

So my loyal readers I put it to you. Do you want to hear all about what Kotaro's time in captivity was like? Do you want to see him cry? Are you wondering if something is going to happen between them?

Or would you rather I got on with the main story? Because without that conversation, I believe we're going to meet one of our villains at the end of next chapter. Otherwise you'll see him in chapter 9.

So once again the choice is yours. And don't worry I'll be writing the rest of the chapter (AKA the Lemon) before I decide about the convo so my update won't take any longer either way.

Once again thankyou all for reading and the wonderful reviews. Until next time.

-Donny BlaZe