This chapter was written when I was running on like 2 hours of sleep for about 15 hours help.

(After posting this I realize there were a few spelling mistakes and some scenes were pretty fucked. I fixed every mistake I could find so hopefully everything makes sense.)

Chapter 6: God's Blessing on this Wonderful Road!

So after another night session with Megumin, I got up and began to get ready for the quest.

I began to make breakfast in the kitchen. The sun had only just begun to break through the horizon when Darkness woke up. She seemed like she had something on her mind, but didn't say anything.

"Morning, Darkness. Did you sleep well?" I decided it be best that I be a bit nicer to Darkness. I'm usually picking on her and she gets off to that. So I've wondered what would happen if I'm a bit nicer. I mean she is my teammate after all.

"Yeah I slept well. Although I didn't get as much sleep as I would like." Maybe she was thinking about something last night..

"It's good to hear that you got some rest. We've got a big day ahead of us."

"We do indeed."She said as she grabbed some plates to set the table. She acts a bit more formal when I'm not rude… I kinda like it

As I was about to continue Aqua had also woken up, walking into the kitchen in pajamas.

"Mornin' Kazumaaa" She yawned as she laid down on the couch. I would complain that she's being useless but it's too early for that. I don't think she could help right now anyway.

"Morning Aqua. Looks like you got a grand total of 2 hours of sleep. Were you scared of the dark?"

"I'm a Goddess, nothing scares me you NEET." She replied as she stretched. Good thing she reminded me that she's a Goddess. I almost forgot.

"Aqua when are you going to teach me your healing magic so I can kick you from the party?"

"Oi, don't you dare."

"Aqua don't test me."

"You…" I could feel her gaze trying to pierce me. She really thinks I would kick her. If I did that then who would I bully? Darkness? No she would enjoy it. At the moment Darkness seemed to be getting a real kick out of our bickering. I assume she self-inserts herself as Aqua.

"Good morning everyone." Megumin faintly said as she walked in holding Chomusuke.

"Morning!" I said as Megumin rubbed Chomusuke against my face. I wish I knew why. I don't question it though cause I kinda like it.

After eating breakfast, we grabbed our equipment and began walking over to the guild.

"So, Kazuma, do you have a plan on what we're gonna do?" Darkness asked

"Well I've got something planned, so don't worry about that. We'll cross that bridge when we get there." In reality I really didn't have a plan, since I don't know what could show up during our quest.

"I hope we meet some strong monsters. I can already imagine them, ripping of my clothes and having their way with me." I swear I heard her squeal.

"Yeah strong monsters would be nice, a lot of them. Then I could unleash my explosion on them! OOoo this is gonna be fun!" Why are they like this? I'd rather not die to some overleveled monster.

Aqua was ahead of us, gleefully skipping without a care in the world about the quest. I suppose ignorance truly is bliss. Sometimes I wish I could be a little bit more like her.

We arrived at the guild a little late so YunYun had already arrived. The minute she caught sight of us she rean towards me and threw herself at me. "KAZUMA!" She yelled as she nearly decked me. What the hell is wrong with her? This can't be good. No way. Somethings up.

"Oi let go of me! You're gonna crush my ribs." I pleaded, grabbing her arms and attempting to force them away. Jeez for someone of her size she really is strong!

After letting go she continued to greet everyone else whilst sticking close to me. There's no point in asking about what she's scheming now. I should just keep a close eye on her.

"Alright let's go accept that quest before somebody else takes it." I said

After accepting the quest we met up with the two repairers on the outskirts of town. They were both rather old, sporting grey hair and long beards. They had already arranged for carriages to bring us as close to our destination as possible. The two workers got their own carriage while the rest of us got another. I sat in between Darkness and Aqua while YunYun and Megumin sat across from us. Our coachman was a young blonde boy, maybe a few years older than me. He wore a tiny hat and a vest.

"You guys ready?" He asked

"Yep everything good back here!" I replied.

For the first quarter of the ride nobody had said anything. It was a bit tense, nobody really having much to say. Aqua seemed to be enjoying the ride, gazing out the back end of the carriage at the forest surrounding us. Darkness would always look away from me whenever I turned to look at her. She seemed to be embarrassed. Megumin and YunYun have been strangely silent. I suppose they're just enjoying the ride. I needed to talk to somebody. Anybody. This was too awkward.

"Oi, Darkness. How are you doing?" I asked. She stiffly turned towards me. She was blushing..

"Oh me? I'm doing great actually. Why do you ask?"

"Oh I was just wondering. I'm glad to hear you're doing well! We'll need everyone at their best today!" She has something on her mind, but I won't pry. My reply seemed to have comforted her. Her shoulders relaxed and she faintly smiled at me. I smiled back. Maybe she isn't so hopeless after all. Hopefully she isn't. Hopefully.

"Kazuma. You and Darkness seem to be getting along a lot better than usual. Are you okay? Here lemme see your forehead. Maybe you have a fever." Megumin said placing her hand on my forehead."Yep definitely a fever." I slapped her hand

"What's so wrong with being nice? I'm just trying to boost our morale!"

"Kazuma. You're not exactly known for being nice. Remember your nicknames?" Aqua chimed in.

"Oi don't you dare!"

" H~" Aqua and Megumin sang in unison. These bastards! Teaming up on me like this!

As I was about to go off on them Darkness intervened.

"I agree that Kazuma is trash, but he's still a good guy at heart." I don't know if I should be flattered or enraged by that comment. "Admit it. He's the reason we're all together. Without him we would be missing out on all of the experiences we've shared."

"I guess you're right. He may be trash but he's our trash!" Megumin cheered

"YEAH! WE LOVE OUR KAZUTRASH!" Aqua yelled nearly falling out of the carriage. Well at least they care about me.

Once the carriage had taken us as far as it could we got off, met up with the workers and began making our way to the obelisk. The road there was pretty run down, filled with weeds and grass.

Aqua even tripped a few times. Arriving at the obelisk, we set our things down and I told Darkness to secure the area. She walked around and came back telling me everything was good. The workers never said a word to us and just go to work. Guess they just want to get this job over with as fast as possible.

"Oi Darkness help me get some logs and stuff so we can sit on them. Megumin look for some tinder so we can start a fire. Aqua… uh you can relax. You too YunYun." I said as I carried a log I had found to where the others were.

"Jeez look at Kazuma taking charge! Good for you!" Aqua said giving me a thumbs up. I really can't tell if she's messing with me or not. "And finally, telling me to relax! You're starting to treat me like the Goddess I am!" no.. she's being serious.

So Darkness and I carried about 3 logs and placed them in a circle. Sticks and leaves were placed in the middle. I lit them on fire using tinder! The idea was for the smoke to be a marker for where we'd meet up.

"Okay so Aqua ,Megumin, and YunYun will stay at the camp incase any monsters try and attack the workers. Darkness and I will set out to survey the area and make sure there's nothing to big nearby. Got that?" I said as we all sat around in a circle.

"Could I join you on, Kazuma?" Megumin asked

"ME TOO CAN I COME!?" YunYun exclaimed the second Megumin asked.

"Absolutely not. You guys are to stay here incase a hoard of monsters appear. Aqua will also stay to buff your strength if needed."

"THEN WHY IS DARKNESS JOINING YOU! DON'T TELL ME YOU PLAN ON DOING SOMETHING TO HER!" Megumin exclaimed jumping up and point at me.

"I WOULD NEVER! She's just there incase something does show up she can take some hits for me! I bet she would enjoy that actually." I protested. I could sense Darkness' breathing becoming shallow at the thought of it all.

"That's a good excuse, Kazuma. But I see the way you look at her! I swear I even hear you utter her name in your sleep. You're like 'Darkness please! We can't do thi-'" I covered her mouth before she could say another word.

"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH! DARKNESS LET'S GO!" I said as I forcefully grabbed Darkness' wrist. Did she just moan!? Dear god she's hopeless. I dragged Darkness off into the forest as the Megumin began to say something to the others.

The forest was pretty dense, with trunks sticking out from the ground, clumps of moss on the trees and leaves covering the floor. We just walked straight in one direction for a bit. We eventually reached a clearing that had a river running through it. This is far enough I suppose.

I turned to Darkness.

"Okay. Darkness is there something you'd like to tell me?" She had something on her mind for a while now, she wasn't very good at hiding it. She seemed surprised at first, but then looked down at her feet.

"How could you tell? Was it really that obvious?"

"I would say so. Now don't worry you can tell me whatever's on your mind. Go on." I said sitting down beside the river, my legs crossed. She sat down next to me her knees to your chest and sighed.

A/N: So I'm just gonna leave this off right here. The chapters are only getting longer and hopefully they get better as well. So next chapter should be a wacky one. I'm very tired now so hopefully everyone enjoys.