This one took a lot longer than I expected, I found myself sitting and staring as I just couldn't think of what to continue with next. Work and Skyrim also took up a large portion of my time (mostly Skyrim :3)

But here it is! I hope you enjoy my attempt of a love filled chapter! R&R pliz

Chapter 4 - The Date

Natsuru had lived a pretty average life up until now; waking up the in morning, eating, school, come home, sleep, rinse and repeat. Although he surprisingly showed promise in his schoolwork by being ranked in the top 10 of his class. Other than that, all he had to his name was the house he lived in, and the money that his parents constantly sent him. Not to mention his kind personality, which, unfortunately, didn't get him too far with the girls. You know what they say, nice guys finish last.

Of course, all that changed on that forcibly fateful night, where he was destined to become a Kampfer. He was coming home from school when all of a sudden; he was attacked by the badmouthed redhead we now know as Akane. Although to our hero, becoming a Kampfer was like the epitome of bad luck for him, but in reality he became more popular than ever, especially with the girls. And as we all know, he was too thickheaded to realize this. Perhaps his thick-headedness would come to change as well, as he sat up from his makeshift bed on the floor of his room and looked over at the person that occupied his bed. She had her back towards him, as she lay on her side. Her figure was clearly shown as the blanket that covered her created a silhouette of her body. Natsuru enjoyed this sight, as he ran his eyes from her shoulder down to her legs, making out every detail of her voluptuous curves.

He stood himself up and outstretched his arms towards the ceiling as he awoke from his slumber. Thankfully, it was Sunday; he let out a smile along with a refreshing deep breath and a long exhale as he looked at his clock. 10 A.M. it was still pretty early. He looked over to the girl in his bed, as she was slowly getting up and rubbing her eyes while mumbling something.

"Good morning", Natsuru said.

"Gooooood morning…", Female Natsuru said with a yawn. She stretched her arms and turned to face Natsuru. She had a silly expression on her face and her hair was down. It was a little frizzled and messy as a result from the pillow, still, she had that erotic look to her. She was wearing one of Natsuru's plain white tees which fit her quite large, except for the chest, where large watermelons seem to be having trouble containing themselves behind the shirt. She was still rubbing her eyes as she took off the blanket and sat cross-legged on the bed facing Natsuru. She might as well not have been wearing anything below, as Natsuru couldn't even tell if she was wearing anything.

Natsuru's face turned took on a mild red as he was taking in the view. Female Natsuru opened her eyes and met his gaze with an innocent smile. But something caught her peripherals.

"Nice!", she said as she bursted into laughter.

Natsuru stood there, confused. Was it something on his face? He just stood there in confusion as he watched Female Natsuru roll around the bed in laughter.

"What are you laughing at?", he asked.

She pointed to the thing protruding from his boxers. He looked down and shouted in embarrassment as he turned to his drawer to put on a pair of jersey shorts. Female Natsuru fell back onto the bed laughing hysterically. What kind of guy doesn't notice this kind of thing? Oh yeah, Natsuru would. Once he had secured his package, he turned back around to Female Natsuru, who was now sitting up on the bed, still laughing. Her face seemed to brighten, even more so with that smile of hers that was so friendly yet elegant. He recognized this feeling. It was like when he had met Sakura Kaede for the first time, she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. It was all coming back to him, that fuzzy feeling when you think about someone you like. He was confused, how could he have developed feelings for this girl already? There was no way, he had barely met her, and on top of that, he doesn't even know much about her. And yet, there it was, this strange feeling that he had felt for one person for so long, rising up like a bubble and taking shape as the woman in front of him.

All of a sudden, Female Natsuru ceased her laughing and quickly looked down. Her heart was beating faster than ever, and her face had turned a bright red, as she tried to hide it from Natsuru. She read it, his mind, all of it, in as much detail as you could ask for. Maybe how much of his mind she could read also depended on the distance as well?

Natsuru noticed that Female Natsuru had gotten quiet. "H-Hey, what's wrong?", he asked taking a step towards her.

"NOTHING!", she yelled in embarrassment and threw a pillow at his face.

"Hey!", shouted Natsuru. "Don't go throwing stuff at me randomly!"

"Whatever!", snapped Female Natsuru. "Could you please just get me some pants?"

Natsuru complied with a heavy sigh as he turned to his drawer and started rummaging around for some clothes. If she weren't so cute at the moment, Natsuru would have just walked out the room. Then he realized, he didn't have any clothes for her. Aside from the outfit that he wore when he went out shopping with Akane, which was pretty much all he had. He took the outfit from the drawer and handed it to Female Natsuru.

"Here you go", he said.

"Ehhhh? These clothes again? I've worn these so many times though!", she whined.

"But these are the only ones I have, unless we go shopping for more", said Natsuru.

Female Natsuru's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. Although she only knows what shopping is like through Natsuru's eyes, it piqued her interest. She was still a woman after all. Natsuru could tell that he had just opened up Pandora's Box.

"Please~", she said with a large smile while looking up at Natsuru with the puppy dog eyes.

Why not? They had the entire day to themselves and he was wondering what they could possibly to do for the day. "Alright then", Natsuru said with a laugh.

"You two seem to be hitting it off quite well!", said Disemboweled Tiger. "Sleeping in the same room, and now you two are going on your first date! How exciting."

"D-D-D-Date?", stuttered Natsuru. "It's not a date! We're just going to go shopping for some clothes!"

"Whatever! Might as well call it a date; show her around and all that stuff.", said Disemboweled Tiger. "And at the end of the day, you can take her to a nice restaurant, look her deep in the eyes, and confess your lo-", Disemboweled Tiger was cut off as Natsuru picked him up and hurled him towards the trash can.

"A date sounds like fun!", said Female Natsuru. "Let's go!"

Natsuru let out a heavy sigh," Fine, fine, we'll go", he said. "Go take a shower and get ready, I'll be using the spare bathroom."

It was a particularly nice day outside. It was summer, and the sun was high up in the sky with small clouds scattered about. A truly beautiful day. Natsuru was waiting in front of the house as he took a deep breath and smiled at this sight. Female Natsuru came running out of the house as if she was late for something.

"Sorry for making you wait!", she said.

She was on a roll. Natsuru was speechless as he watched the fair maiden run towards him with the bright sun in her face, which seemed to make her look all the more majestic. He only became more and more interested in her as time went on; it was nice, getting to spend the day with an attractive woman. This was a nice change of pace for Natsuru, all the nonsense at school and all the fights he got himself into isn't necessarily something you'd want to be dealing with on a daily basis.

"Thanks", said Female Natsuru as her face turned a little red.

"Huh? Thanks for what?", Natsuru asked.

"I can read your thoughts remember?", she answered with a chuckle.

Natsuru's face turned red as well, how silly of him to overlook such an important detail. He would have to do his best to avoid that from now on. This would become a challenge in the near future, as he could tell that things were only going to get more complicated with her. Hmmm. 'Her'. Natsuru hasn't ever given it much thought, but now that they'll be sticking around together, it might be hard to differentiate between the two if they had the same name.

"Ugh, why do you call yourself Senou Natsuru anyway?", he asked.

"Well, because you gave me the name obviously!", Female Natsuru answered.

"I guess you're right…But we're gonna have to give you a different name, in order to avoid confusion. Not to mention that it's weird for me to be calling my own name to get your attention", said Natsuru.

"That makes sense", Female Natsuru said as she thought about it as well. "Alright, give me a new one!"

"Oh uhh, I don't have to pick it you know, it is your name after all", Natsuru said.

"I don't know any names!", Female Natsuru helplessly said. "And I want you to pick one for me."

"Well alright", said Natsuru as he quickly thought of a name. "How about Natsume?"

"Oh! That's a good one! It's so similar yet so different", said Natsume with excitement. "Does it mean anything?"

"Yeah, it does actually", said Natsuru. "It literally means, 'summer eyes'."

"How fitting!", said Natsume. "Now then, let's get going!", Natsume said as she grabbed Natsuru's hand and took off.

"Wait! Do you even know where you're going!", shouted Natsuru.

Natsume came to a complete stop and looked around for a second. "No idea...", she said honestly.

"You are definitely something else", Natsuru said with a laugh.

The two arrived at the shopping plaza in no time at all, it was only about 15 minutes away from the house by foot. Natsume was bedazzled as she looked around the well-constructed shopping complex that was bustling with consumers of all ages. Even though she technically came to this place once before, this was her first time she came to this place. Natsuru himself was a little worried about coming here; there's a good chance that they would probably see some people from school. But he pushed that thought to the back of his mind, because here he was, on an apparent date, with one of the prettiest and most popular girls in school. Although Natsuru did go on a date with Shizuku, also one of the three beauties of the school, he had a pretty good feeling about this one. Maybe because he knew what kind of person the President was, someone who usually has an ulterior motive for things and works behind the scenes. In any case, he felt comfortable, truly comfortable, which was a first for him given his reputation with girls and his obliviousness.

"First things first, let's go get you some new clothes", said Natsuru.

"Okay!~ Let's go!", Natsume said with excitement.

They made their way through the open-air shopping complex that was lined with shops and stores of all kinds. As they made their way through the complex, Natsuru led Natsume to a female clothing store his mother used to take him to all the time when she wanted to go shopping. Of course all the styles have changed from back then and the store's inventory was now more modernized to adapt to the new trends and whatnot. This store in particular carried Western fashioned clothes, Natsuru's mother was also very interested in Western culture. Natsume looked around the store and all the different pieces of clothing on the racks. She was like a little kid in a candy shop, pulling out everything that stood out to her and then some.

The two had only visited a couple stores when they noticed that several hours have already passed, they were on their way to get something to put in their empty stomachs. In the end, Natsuru was left carrying three large bags filled with women's clothing. He was surprised that Natsume had such a taste for clothes; he had to admit she had a good sense of fashion. He could tell that she was as happy as can be, as she had some sort of spring in her step. She quickly sidestepped in front of Natsuru and threw her arms around him with along with a "Thank you".

She stepped back a little, with her arms still around the surprised Natsuru and looked up at him. "Sorry I got a little carried away", Natsume said with an innocent smile. "Here", she said as she reached to help Natsuru with the bags.

"Nope!", Natsuru said as he evaded her helping hand. "I already told you I'd take care of it".

"But I feel bad, at least let me carry something!"

"How about this, you go find us a place to eat and I'll handle this stuff."

"Mmmmm, okay then."

Luckily for them, Natsuru was pretty well off, with his parents sending him ridiculous amounts of money every month, finances were not a problem for him. He was generally a humble person, and was glad at the fact that he was able to share his good fortune with someone who truly appreciated it.

But Natsuru felt that something was wrong, or rather, it was right. Too right, if that makes any sense. There never really was a 'normal' day for Natsuru, his 'normal' days consisted of dealing with talking stuffed animals, psycho-bitches from hell, and the usual brawls. So far, today has been quite an enjoyable and peaceful one for our hero, might as well enjoy it while he can!

"That place was pretty good!", said Natsume. The two were returning home from an entire day of shopping and had just left the local café. It was nearing the evening and the sun was retreating upon the horizon, leaving a warm yellow gradient across the sky, it was a good day indeed.

"Oh really? I'm glad you liked it", Natsuru said.

"I think I should really get a job."

"Huh? What makes you say that?"

"Because I want to pay you back someday!", she said with a smile. "Maybe I should go work at that café we were just at?"

"No way! I don't want you working at a place like that", Natsuru said pompously.

"Whaaat? Why not!"

"Did you see their uniforms? Too revealing!"

"So? What's wrong with that?"

"All the guys, hell, even the girls will be fawning over you!"

"I'll just get more tips then!"

"That's not the point!"

Natsume looked over at him and saw that he was holding something back. He was also a bit flustered, as if something was on the tip of his tongue, but never escaped his mouth. Then it hit her. Natsuru couldn't say it, but he was worried about random guys checking out her junk, simply put. Natsume giggled a little, which left Natsuru a little bewildered.

When they arrived home, Natsume immediately busied herself by sorting her new clothes in her newly acquired bedroom, which was the spare bedroom that was across Natsuru's room. Natsuru was resting on his bed from the long day.

"Hey player, how'd it go?", asked Disemboweled Tiger.

"I just took her to the mall and helped her with all the shopping, it was pretty fun", said Natsuru.

"What? You're telling me you didn't do anything with her at all? You disappoint me"

"Like I care! Get your mind out of the gutter, damn toy. I was more than fine with hanging out with her just so you know."

"Well why don't you take the initiative? You can have your cake and eat it too. You're gonna have to realize the needs of a woman sometime you know."

"..."

"Hey I've got an idea, the night is still young, you should take her out for dinner, show her the night life and all that."

Natsuru thought about it for a little while, he wasn't exactly in the mood to cook and this was a good opportunity to show her around some more.

"That's not a bad idea I guess. Since when did you start being helpful?"

"Oh shut up, just go on your little romantic date. And this time I'll expect to see some progress!"

"Yeah yeah, just watch the house for us while we're gone."

Natsuru made his way over to Natsume's room and knocked on the door.

"Hey…Na-Natsume, we're gonna go out to eat tonight, so come downstairs when you're ready", said Natsuru. He was still not used to calling her that name.

"Okay, I'll be down in just a sec then."

Natsuru waited by the door as he thought of his game plan for tonight. There was that walk-in restaurant he'd always go to that had some amazing food, hopefully it wouldn't be packed tonight. After that, he'll just have to go with the flow and see what happens. He had never taken a girl out on a date before, as sad as that may sound, so he was obviously inexperienced with this. He wasn't too worried…yet.

"Alright, let's go!", said Natsume.

Natsuru turned to her and noticed her new outfit. She was wearing a pair of blue denim thigh shorts, a pair of sandals, and a black tank top along with a shoulder shirt. They had bought so many clothes that he just lost track. Yet again, Natsuru was left staring at the beauty in front of him and was speechless.

"You like it?", Natsume said as she spread her arms and looked down to inspect the outfit.

"It's a bit…showy."

"So you don't like it?" She said as she looked up.

"No I do! It's just a bit provocative is all."

"Don't worry", she said reassuringly. "This was all meant for your eyes only".

Quite a bold statement. Natsuru was left baffled by her straightforward advance.

"Don't mind the other boys", she said with a wink followed by a laugh.

There was nothing he could possibly hide from her. "L-Let's get going then."

"Okay!"

"That place was so crowded! Who would've thought we'd see your father's co-workers there!", said Natsume.

"I don't really know all of them, dad's an important person in his company, so that's how they know me I guess." Said Natsuru.

"What does your dad do anyway?"

"He's in the Yakuza, the Yamaguchi* or something like that. That's why he's never home."

"What's a 'Yakuza'?"

"Uhhh, they're like a group of people that are involved in organized crime and the like."

"Really? That sounds dangerous, but those guys back there were pretty nice!"

"That's because they knew that I was their boss's son, they're not always like that."

"Ohh, do you miss your dad?"

"Yeah, sometimes. It gets a little lonely when you live by yourself. But he visits from time to time."

"Don't worry! I'll be keeping you company from now on!", Natsume said with a thumbs up.

"That's right, huh", Natsuru said with a chuckle.

"Hey, where are we going anyway?", asked Natsume.

"There's a place my parents took me to all the time when I was a kid, I remember walking through this park and bright lights at the end, I wonder if the place is still the same."

"Bright lights? What is it?"

"You'll see when we get there", said Natsuru smiling.

As they walked on the path lit by lamp poles, the park seemed to come alive with the essence of nature from the chirping of crickets, to the lukewarm air that still lingered about from the summer sun. Then all of a sudden, the trees and foliage that surrounded them started to open up, leading them into an open vista that overlooked the city. The viewpoint was a large semicircle with railings built on the edges of the circle. The city glowed brightly underneath them as they walked up to the railing.

"Wow! This is amazing, the city looks so beautiful!", said Natsume as she leaned over the rail guards.

Natsuru walked up beside Natsume and rested his arms on the rails. He too took in the breathtaking view before him. It reminded him of his childhood, the days he spent with his parents and their happy household. He looked over to his side, where Natsume stood, still looking at the city. He switched his gaze from her back to the city. Then something caught his hand, something tender and soft. Surprised, he looked down at his hand to see Natsume interlocking her hand with his, she was still looking ahead as her faced became a pinkish red. Natsume turned to meet Natsuru's eyes, his heart seemed to be beating three times as fast as it was before and felt that it was going to jump out of his chest. Their minds became one, was it she that had the thought, or him? Either way, they found themselves with their eyes closed as Natsuru slowly moved in for the kill. And there it was, the sweet, soft lips of hers pressed up against his. Natsume slowly turned her body towards him while bringing her hands up to his chest, she could feel his fast heartbeat that matched hers. Natsuru already had his hands on her curvy waist as he pulled away from her lips only to return with a more passionate kiss. Something took over him, or he finally grew a pair as he went in further. Natsume instinctively let out a muffled moan as she returned the favor. The two recoiled and left each other softly panting for air as they looked into each other's eyes.

Words could not express their thoughts for each other, as they were both left with a loss thereof. They smiled at each other, and then, letting his actions speak for him, Natsuru slowly approached her inviting lips once more.

"Oi oi, nice show! Very nice show...", interrupted a voice.

Natsuru stopped to look at the source of the voice. It came from a guy standing among a group of others, most likely looking for trouble. He was bald and had multiple piercings on his face, the usual looking ruffian. His buddies around him had similar piercings but different wild hairstyles with nasty looks on their faces.

"Hey bro, you mind sharing that fine piece of ass you got next to you?", he said as he pointed at Natsume.

Natsume scowled at him. "I think you should get out of here before you get hurt", Natsuru said as he stepped in front of her.

The group of punks broke out in laughter. "Oh you're funny man", said the bald one as he walked towards Natsuru. He looked past Natsuru and over to Natsume and ran his eyes up and down her body. "Come on little missy, my buddies and I can show you a real good time. So why don't you ditch this loser an-"

Before he could finish, Natsuru had delivered a straight punch to the guy's face, which sent him tumbling back to his group. The group of 5, now down to 4, retaliated with curses and charged at him while screaming at the top of their lungs. Natsuru's Kampfer mode does not change his appearance whatsoever, and he had already switched to it before knocking out the bald guy. Because he is a Zauber type Kampfer, his physical strength isn't necessarily augmented, rather he relies more on his agility and of course his magic in fights. He'd have to hold back on the magic part this time though.

Natsuru effortlessly handled the first two assailants with a straight kick to the first one's stomach, followed by a roundhouse to the second one's face. The remaining two became desperate, both pulling out small knives and charged at Natsuru again. Natsuru sidestepped to the right, avoiding the knife, he then proceeded to grapple the attacker's arm and brought his elbow down to his knees, resulting in a loud crack and a scream of agony. As Natsuru was busy, the remaining assailant tried his luck with Natsume, should be easy enough he thought. After his opponent fell, Natsuru looked up to see a peculiar sight. A rather comical sight actually, Natsuru couldn't help but laugh at the grim sight of a flaming antagonist flying across the air into the pond nearby. He turned to look at Natsume, who was standing with an expression that said 'what?' ._.

"That's a bit much don't you think?", said Natsuru.

"What?", replied Natsume. "Was I supposed to stand there and let him attack me or something?"

"No…I guess you're right", said Natsuru with the sweat drop expression. "Let's just head home."

"We're home!", yelled Natsume.

"We're home…", Natsuru followed weakly.

"Thanks for everything", said Natsume hugging Natsuru tightly. She then ran up the stairs straight to her room without another word. Natsuru looked at her while she ran up the stairs and caught a glimpse of something frilly, but looked away in embarrassment.

Natsuru entered his room and jumped on his bed and laid there as he stared at the ceiling. He found himself thinking about Natsume and the soft touch of her lips with the warm embrace of her body. He was hoping that they could continue with it just for a little while longer.

"Watcha thinking about?", asked Disemboweled Tiger.

"Nothing that concerns you", replied Natsuru as he turned on his bed.

"Mmmm, well putting that aside, how did things go? Did you finally make a move?"

Natsuru was silent…

"Wow! I'll assume that your silence is a yes. The next step should be easy then."

"Next step? What's the next step?"

"It's simple you see, just get her in bed and then ta-", said Disemboweled Tiger before being interrupted by the knocking on the door.

"Ummm, is it okay if I come in?", asked Natsume sheepishly.

"Oho! Here's your chance! Go get 'em tiger!", said Disemboweled Tiger as Natsuru picked him up and threw him into the trash can.

"Shut the hell up you pervert!", exclaimed Natsuru.

"I'm sorry! Never mind that I asked!", said the surprised Natsume.

"Wait! Hold on!" Natsuru dashed towards the door to open it. There stood the startled Natsume who was already walking away and seemed to already be in her sleepwear. She was wearing a thin white tank top that went down to her thighs.

"Sorry! I was talking to that damn tiger!", he explained.

"Oh, I see! Well I was gonna ask if I could sleep in your room tonight", she asked timidly.

"Huh? Is there something wrong with your room?"

"No it's not that…I just don't like being by myself", she said as she looked away.

'This girl…is too damn cute', thought Natsuru. His thought resonated in her head and as she quickly looked up at him. "C-Can I?", she asked as her face spelled embarrassment.

"Y-Yeah, sure!"

Natsuru moved out of the way as he guided her into his room. "I'll be right back, I have to go get the futon", he said.

"No wait! You don't need to do that"

"But there's only one bed."

"Let's…let's share the bed", Natsume said boldly.

"I-if it's okay with you!", said Natsuru choking his words.

Natsuru had only met one other person who was ballsy enough to always be on the offensive in terms of romance, and that person was Shizuku. He would have never thought that Natsume would also be like that. And yet here he was, sleeping in the same bed as the same person he had his first, consensual, romantic experience with. But this was different, it was awkward actually. He just didn't know what to do in this situation.

It was not long until Natsume had picked up the ball by sneaking her arms around Natsuru, whose back was faced towards her. They both laid in silence as they enjoyed each other's company.

"Hey, what exactly is 'love'?", asked Natsume.

Natsuru was a bit surprised at her question. "Love huh…well if I were to put it in words, it's that strange feeling you get when you think about someone. And you find yourself always thinking about that person no matter where you go. That's my definition anyways."

"That was the corniest definition ever", she said laughing.

"Whatever! You asked!", said Natsuru.

"Yeah yeah, just go to sleep", she said as she tightened her grip on him.

'This girl…', thought Natsuru as drowsiness tugged at him. So far, Natsuru's life has taken a turn for the better, having found someone he may come to commit himself to, and from such an unlikely turn of events. He knew that there was still a serious threat to be dealt with and that things could go both ways for him and the woman next to him. He vowed to himself to keep her safe, no matter what. All that can be done now is to lie in wait and prepare for the battles to come.

*Yamaguchi-gumi: A very well known Yakuza syndicate that is currently the largest family of Yakuza in Japan.

All comments are welcome, I wasn't too sure myself of how to go about the romance with the two of them, so anything is welcomed!
Slight name change ftw! I find it a little strange to have both their names in the same sentence, but hopefully that'll change!

That's all for now! Until next time

つすく！