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Chapter 5 – State of Affairs

The Senou household has usually been a pretty quiet one, of course all that was about to change with the addition of their newest member, Senou Natsume.

"W-W-Wha-WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?", erupted Mikoto. As usual, the childhood friend of our protagonist that randomly comes by every morning to cook up some good old breakfast, is shocked to say the least from the latest turn of events. She had barged into Natsuru's room to let him know of her hard work and to present him with yet another dish. Instead, she finds her childhood friend entangled with some tit monster in his bed while he was looking particularly happy about it.

"What the hell are you doing to my Natsuru?", Mikoto said as she drew her blade. At this moment, Natsuru was already up and trying to calm her down. Natsume awoke from the ruckus with an extremely annoyed expression, and stared directly at Mikoto, whose mouth was still running off with questions and death threats alike.

"Would you be so kind as to shut your godamn mouth?", said Natsume with both formality and ferocity.

"Y-You better watch your mouth, or I'll-"

"What, kill me? Don't make me laugh, my magic against your pathetic sword? Who do you think is going to win?"

"Hey hey, come on now, let's just calm down for a second here. Could you please excuse us Mikoto?", said Natsuru.

"Fine! Whatever then!", said Mikoto sounding a little apprehensive. She abruptly stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her, leaving the two in silence.

Natsuru let out a heavy sigh as he turned to Natsume, who was still sitting on the bed with an annoyed face.

"What? She started it!", said Natsume.

"I know I know, but that's just how she is, illogical and always jumping to conclusions", said Natsuru.

"Even so! It's not fair that she labels me as an enemy of some sort because of something that happened that I had no control over", said Natsume.

"Just give her some time, she'll come to her senses eventually. You just have to show her that you can be trusted and that you're not an enemy."

"Well if you say so…", said Natsume as she thought about it.

"Don't worry, she'll come around. Now get dressed, we have to go to school!"

It was already starting to get hot, as the rays of the summer sun bore down on the three high schoolers. Mikoto had on her summer season uniform, with the only difference being that the sleeves on the uniform button up and undershirt were much shorter. Natsume already had the summer uniform on, as usual, but sported black calf socks in place of her leggings. The current situation only made it more hot and uncomfortable for Natsuru, as he was caught in between a silent and awkward war. Every other second, either Natsume or Mikoto would exchange looks with one another, with Mikoto's looks having the most zeal in them. He knew he had to break the ice somehow, but did not know how to do it.

"Man this weather is so hot! But the cool evening summer breeze at night sure feels nice!", Natsuru said trying to spark up a conversation.

"Ohhh? So I assume you were out last night, eh Natsuru?", asked Mikoto without looking at him.

"Yeah, I just felt like getting out of the house once in a while to get something to eat!", said Natsuru.

"Ah, I see. And I bet you two had a real nice time didn't you?"

Natsuru opened his mouth to say something, but Natsume beat him to it. "Yes we did actually, he took me out and showed me around, among other things", Natsume said with her eyes closed.

Mikoto looked over to Natsume with a shocked face. "What do you mean 'other things'?", asked Mikoto.

"Don't worry about it", said Natsume as a smile formed on her face. She then slyly held Natsuru's hand, which took him by surprised as he quickly looked at her while his face turned red. It's a good thing Mikoto didn't notice at the time, or else there would have been hell to pay. The three continued their trek towards their high school that slowly came into view, along with other students walking in the same direction. They had reached the front area of the school, where the male and female students were split to their respective sides. Mind you, Natsuru and Natsume had been holding hands up to this point, and of course, they drew a lot of attention. All the while Mikoto was luckily oblivious to this fact and kept to herself.

"Well uhh, I'll see you after school, okay?", said Natsuru.

"No way! What if Kaede comes back and I'm not around? You'll be defenseless like last time!", reasoned Natsume as she let go of his hand to turn to face him.

"But you can't, the school is separated by gender remember? And if I were to have you walking around with me on the boys' side, I might as well have Kaede beat me to a pulp."

"…but", said Natsume as she looked at him with eyes of concern.

"Really, I'll be fine! This time, I'll be super careful to stay out of trouble.", said Natsuru reassuringly.

"Well…okay then…if you say so…", said Natsume. She gave him a quick hug and then ran off towards the girls' side, leaving Mikoto scowling at him.

"IDIOT!", she said as she stomped her way to the girls' side as well.

And with that, Natsuru walked towards the boys' side letting out another sigh. Now he's back to school, probably having to deal with more shenanigans and whatnot than usual. It seems as if things had never changed for him after all.

Natsume and Mikoto silently make their way into the courtyard of the school, still maintaining that barrier of awkwardness between each other. They noticed a group of girls huddled around each other near the wall of the stairs. The two walked over to see what all the commotion was about.

"Hey, what are you guys looking at?", asked Natsume. The group of girls all turned around in unison to face her, and then ran away with tears in their eyes. Natsume noticed something on the wall where the girls were huddled; it was the Newspaper Club's article on her interview from the other day, included with pictures of both her and Natsuru.

"Senou Natsuru's Love Life", said Natsume as she read the title out loud. "Female Senou Natsuru plus Male Senou Natsuru's passionate relationship. They have gone all the way, and more…" Natsume then looked over to Mikoto, whose mouth was practically on the floor after reading the artcle. "What does 'all the way' mean?", Natsume asked while pointing at the phrase on the article.

Mikoto simply stood there with a pale face and the same expression. Natsume shrugged and headed towards class, where she then ran into the three stooges. She looked at them with a blank expression before they backed away in fear of angering her again. As she walked into her classroom, she was greeted by the cries of agony and grief of the girls, mourning over the news of Natsume's apparent relationship with Natsuru. She did not fully grasp nor comprehend the gravity of the situation she had put herself in, and more importantly, Natsuru. Akane walked up to Natsume and grabbed her by the shoulder before asking, "Is this true?"

"Is what true?", asked Natsume honestly.

"Are you and Natsuru-san really in a relationship?", asked Akane.

"Uhh define relationship…"

"Well, I guess it's when you go out on dates with someone and be intimate with them."

"Oh, well then yes", said Natsume timidly as she recalled memories of last night.

"No way!", said Akane as if she had just gotten dumped. "That's not fair", she said under her breath.

"By the way, what does 'go all the way' mean?"

"Y-Y-You went all the way with Natsuru…on your first date?"

"Well that's why I'm asking! I don't know what that means!"

Akane escorted Natsume out of the classroom to a place somewhere beyond the hearing range of the girls or anyone else for that matter, the rooftop.

"Alright then", said Akane as she walks up to Natsume. She then puts her mouth up to her ear to whisper the definition. As she is doing this, Natsume's face is becoming redder by the second along with some 'ahh's' of revelation.

"It's supposed to feel good? That sounds painful!", said Natsume as she tried to pull down her skirt.

"SHHHHHH, do you want people to hear you?", snapped Akane, even though there was no one around. "And yes, it's a symbol of ultimate intimacy between a man and a woman, and in some cases between the same genders but that's a little weird to me! I'm just going to assume that nothing like that happened, it's probably just a misunderstanding made by Masumi. I mean, there's no way that he would be interested in you, right?", said Akane with a laugh. At this point she was basically talking to herself in reassurance that such a thing is not likely. Ignorance is bliss.

"Y-Yeah", said Natsume hesitantly.

"What're you stuttering for, you hiding something, huh bitch?", said the red headed Akane with a smile and a gun pointed towards Natsume.

"Ah! No! Nothing! I swear!", said Natsume frantically.

"Heh, I don't believe you, you better start talkin' befo-", said Akane before being interrupted by the bell.

"Tch- next time then", said Akane as she ran towards the door to class.

Natsume let out a heavy sigh, she dodged a bullet there, as it were. She briskly jogged to the door and down the stairs towards her classroom. She was a little worried about Natsuru's safety, as she could not assess his situation subconsciously due to their distance. Strategically, Natsuru is in the most dangerous position at this moment. If an unprecedented attack were to occur either from Kaede or her lackeys, Natsuru would surely be in trouble. Shizuku and the others have not seriously discussed the issue in regards to the Kaede threat and Natsuru's vulnerability. It was now up to her to organize everyone and make the first move.

Natsuru just knew that he would not be able to easily escape the repercussions of the events that had taken place in the past couple of days. As soon as he entered the boys' side, he could feel the envious aura of the guys around him, giving him cold stares and the like. Seriously, were these guys' love lives so sad that they would get jealous over this one person? Natsuru awkwardly made it to his classroom somehow and sat in his seat in hopes that no one will bother him. As if that wish will ever come true, Higashida was already on his way to Natsuru's desk.

"Nasturu! My good friend, how are you today?", asked Higashida, obviously wanting something from him.

"What do you want Higashida…", asked Natsuru lazily.

Higashida walked to the side of his desk and proceeded to drop to his knees and bowed before Natsuru. "Please! I have a favor to ask of you!", he begged.

"Nope"

"Oh come on! Just hear me out!", said Higashida now looking at Natsuru from below.

"Is it about the female Senou Natsum-Natsuru?"

Higashida just smiled innocently at him.

"Alright fine, what is it?"

"Well, as the president of the Hottie Research Club, I-"

"No."

"You didn't even let me finish!"

"I already know where you're going with this! So no!"

"It's not what you think! Well it probably is what you think, but please just hear me out before you make a decision first!"

"Alright alright get on with it."

"First of all, I just want to say NO NUDES. But I do want to take some pictures of her, in uniform only of course! That's it, I swear!"

"Hmmm…"

"Come on Natsuru! I know that you guys are going out and whatever, but it's not fair to keep her all to yourself! What about the rest of us?"

"That last part does not make any sense, and what do you mean we're 'going out'?"

"Huh? It's true isn't it? The Newspaper Club printed out an article saying you two were definitely in a relationship."

'Oh god, what kind of misunderstanding is going on now…', thought Natsuru. "Ugh whatever, that Newspaper Club girl is crazy anyway. Also, I don't know why you're asking me for permission, it's not like I own her you know. You should just ask her yourself if you want it so bad."

"That wouldn't work! I'm asking you because you have more pull with her since she's your girlfriend and all!"

At this point, Natsuru had learned that when he tried to clear misunderstandings, they would only get worse. So he decided to remain silent as he was tired from putting in the effort that usually led to more trouble.

"Fine, fine, I'll ask her and we'll see what she says."

"Thank you, you are a true friend!", said Higashida as he walked away.

The homeroom teacher had entered and ordered everyone to return to their seats, class was about to start. Natsuru would have to inquire Natsume about this whole 'relationship' thing later. He was honestly a little happy about this, and also frightened at the same time. He didn't even want to imagine Kaede's reaction to this gossip. He cringed as he remembered the excruciating pain in his body that was delivered by her. At least for now, he was safe. He knew there was no way that she would be able to attack him while he was in class and he would definitely not be tricked as easily as last time. He'll have to be extremely cautious from here on out.

Natsuru was sitting in his desk looking pretty bored already. As the teacher droned on with his lesson, Natsuru drifted off into his thoughts. The first thing that came into his mind was Kaede, not the one he used to know, but the one who is set out to make him suffer for her own amusement. 'How could someone like her have such a twisted personality?', he thought. Each time he thought about her, it made him realize the many attributes of hers that were total turn-offs. It was all merely infatuation up to this point where he saw her true colors, I mean, how many guys continue to chase after a girl after knowing she wants you dead? Maybe she didn't always have an evil inner personality, maybe it was the Moderators that had changed her or something. Natsuru didn't want to think about it anymore, they knew very little about the Moderators, so pondering about it just made his head spin.

His daydreaming was interrupted as a faculty member called out the teacher into the hallway outside the classroom. They talked for about a minute or so, and everyone in the class was turning to their friends and having their own conversations amongst themselves.

"Alright everyone, quiet down. I have an announcement", said the teacher as he walked to the front of the class. "Apparently some decisions and changes have been made by the administration, I don't really know the details myself, but I guess this will be an interesting turn of events for our school. One of your fellow students is being transferred to this class."

"What? Was the announcement really necessary? Who cares?", said the class.

"Oh right, this is a transfer from the girls' side."

The class erupted in shock and awe as they stood up and proceeded to shout in joy.

"Quiet down! Anyways, please welcome your new classmate", said the teacher as he looked past the doorway of the classroom.

At this point, Natsuru wasn't too interested in this, rather, he was still mulling over the whole Kaede business. Until of course, he looked up and saw who the transfer was. And wouldn't you know it.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Senou Natsume, I'll be in your care from now on", said Natsume calmly.

"EHH?", shouted the class in unison. "Why is she here? One of the three beauties! This is a dream come true… Did she change her name?"

"Sit next to me!"

"Screw that! Over here!"

"Enough!", shouted the teacher. "There aren't even enough chairs you fools. Natsuru, go with your sister here to the faculty room and ask for a new desk."

"Uhh sensei, we're not siblings", said Natsuru.

"Oh, is that so?", said the teacher as he looked over to Natsume. She nodded in agreeance with Natsuru. "Ah I see, I had just assumed you two were siblings from your last name and uncanny resemblance. Well anyways, here's a good opportunity to make a new friend."

All the guys in the class looked at Natsuru, with jealousy and envy in their eyes. Natsuru quickly got up and walked over to Natsume shoving her by her back as he walked out of the classroom. He let out a sigh before, knowing that he will probably become the most hated guy on the boys' side. "What are you doing here?", asked Natsuru. "And how did you get here?"

"What am I doing here? I'm here to support you of course! Can't be too far away from you, you know! Oh, and I just asked the President to transfer me over. She was reluctant at first, but then I convinced her."

'She has that much influence!', thought Natsuru. She was right though, if Kaede were to attack him when he was alone, he'd suffer the same fate as the day before. For some reason, their powers are amplified whenever either of the two are together, but it also has an inverse effect. Within a certain radius, their powers and physical prowess are indeed augmented, but if either one of them were to move outside that certain radius, they would be immensely weakened. It was a good idea to stick together in case any dangers were to arise, but Natsuru didn't expect it to turn out like this.

"Well I guess I'm glad you're here, but now Kaede and her gang aren't the only people that'll be after me…"

"What do you mean?", asked Natsume as she tilted her head.

"Just thinking out loud, anyways, let's get going."

After Natsuru had dragged the desk and chair together all the way back to the classroom, Natsume decided that she wanted to sit right behind him. It was lunch, and a large group of guys who heard about the new transfer came in their class to see it for themselves. Natsume was already surrounded by a bunch of guys trying to strike up a conversation with her all at the same time. All the while, Natsuru sat in his chair trying to ignore the commotion, but he was really bothered by everyone going head over heels for her, this was to be expected though.

"Will you eat lunch with me, Senou-san?", asked multiple boys from the crowd.

"Sorry!", said Natsume as she got up and pushed her way to Natsuru's desk. She grabbed his hand and led him out the door of the classroom. "I'm already eating with someone!" They then made their way to the school cafeteria.

"Come on! Let's go get some yakisoba bread before they run out!", said Natsume leading the way.

"Wait! Hold on!", said Natsuru trying to regain his footing, but was unable to get her to stop.

After somehow maneuvering across the sea of people in the cafeteria, the two managed to get some yakisoba bread, where they then retreated to the empty rooftop to eat in peace. All the guys in the cafeteria were quite stunned to see one of the three beauties actually on the boys' side.

"Finally, some peace and quiet", said Natsuru as he opened the wrapping of the yakisoba bread and took a bite. The rooftop was almost exactly like the one on the girls' side, they sat down against the wall near the door to the stairs. "Now I have something to ask you", he said as he swallowed is food. "Why did you say that we were in a relationship?"

Natsume turned to him, "I thought it'd be interesting. Should I have not said anything?"

"No no, it's not wrong or anything, it's just that…Do you know what a relationship is?"

"Not really", she said as she looked at the bread in her hand. "That's why I was hoping you could show me."

"Oh…well to be honest, I don't really know much about relationships either", said Natsuru with embarrassment.

Natsume giggled. "Well from what I learned, there has to be love in an intimate relationship." She turned to Natsuru. "I don't really understand what love really is yet, but I'll figure it out eventually!"

"You learn pretty fast, for someone who's been living for only a couple days."

"I learned from you!", she said as she held his hand. It took Natsuru by surprise and he immediately started blushing. "Like that, your embarrassment, I can understand it from you like this", she said with a smile. Then her smile turned to a frown. "But what I don't understand are your feelings for Kaede, I may not know much about love, but I know enough to differentiate between a fake love. She treats you so badly, yet you still hold some feelings for her, even though you tell yourself that it's nothing more than infatuation." Natsuru did not know what to say to this, he just looked at her with her head hung low and cursed himself.

"You're wrong! If you truly knew what's on my mind, then you would know that I don't feel that way towards her anymore. The heart and the mind are two different things!", he said.

"Then show me what's in your heart!", she yelled. The two of them fell silent, with their eyes fixed upon each other. Natsuru knew exactly how to show her, he quickly moved closer to her and took her by surprise. They looked at each for a moment, Natsume closed her eyes as Natsuru held her shoulders and slowly moved towards her soft lips.

"Excuse me!", said a voice. They both turned their heads in the direction of the voice.

"So sorry to interrupt such a romantic scene, but we've got some business with you", said Nakao Sayaka as she pointed at Natsume. Nakao Sayaka is the blonde haired tsundere that is one of Kaede's pawns. Surrounding her was the rest of her gang, Yamakawa Ryouka, Ueda Rika, and Minagawa Hitomi. Among them are two Schwert types, one Gewehr, and one Zauber.

Without hesitating, Natsume had already sent a gargantuan fireball towards the group of girls. The group scattered from the incoming fireball but was too late as the fireball exploded with tremendous force, launching Sayaka across the rooftop floor with a hard stop against the chain-linked fence. The three of them looked at the large cloud of smoke where they were once standing, then looked over to Sayaka who was lying unconscious face down on the floor. They didn't expect an attack of that magnitude right from the start, so they were left disorientated and shocked.

Natsume was panting as she was recovering from her attack; she concentrated so much power into it that it left her kneeling, although this fireball was twice the size of the one Natsuru fired at Shizuku the other day. Natsuru quickly kneeled down next to Natsume to lift her up and jump out of the way just in time to avoid a stream of bullets that were headed in their direction. Natsuru retaliated with a burst of medium sized fireballs towards Ryouka, the Gewehr user, while still carrying Natsume over his shoulder. A scream was heard as the timid girl was knocked out by the fireballs. 'Two left', thought Natsuru. Natsume's arm was slung over his shoulder, still breathing heavily. Natsuru knew that with his increased powers, he could easily handle the other two, but was hesitating because Natsume would be vulnerable if he were to attack. He chose to play it safe; he slowly made his way towards the door to the stairwell while keeping an eye on the two remaining white Kampfers. His cautious stride turned into a dash, as he hurried towards the door while supporting Natsume, it swung open before him and made him stop in his tracks.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Natsume looked up to see who the voice belonged to. It was her, it was Sakura Kaede, with that evil look and smile on her face. There was no one that Natsume hated more than this person. "You!", she said. Natsume pushed off of Natsuru's shoulder and staggered in front of him. She raised both of her hands towards Kaede and summoned all her strength and shot out a blazing stream of heat. The last thing she saw was Kaede's shocked face as the scorching heat of her fire engulfed her like a raft in the rapids. With this attack, Natsume lost her balance as the energy left her body rendering her unconscious and collapsed into Natsuru's arms. Natsuru caught her and lifted her up in a bridal carry as he ran for the flaming doorway where Kaede once stood. But something hit his back, it was tingly at first, but it spread throughout his entire body, triggering his pain receptors and paralyzing him in the process. He let out a sharp grunt as he went down to his knees and forced his body to move in vain. He managed to set Natsume down on the floor to turn to the source of the attack. The attack came from the green haired, lightning Zauber type, Hitomi, who was still recovering from the explosion from earlier but had managed to send a ball of lightning Natsuru's way.

"That was a close one", said Kaede as she nonchalantly walked out of the flaming doorway towards Natsuru. There was obvious damage done to her, her clothes were burnt with scorch marks here and there, small burn marks on her skin, and a stream of blood running down her head. "I didn't think that she would be this powerful. But that'll work in our favor."

"Wha…What do you mean?", said Natsuru with difficulty. The effect of the lightning was still running through his body.

"I think you know full well what I mean. For so long I've wanted this one to be mine", said Kaede while moving her hand to touch Natsume's face.

"Don't you touch her!", shouted Natsuru with ferocity. Kaede backed off, only to erupt in a hysteric laughter.

"You think you own her?", asked Kaede as she was laughing. "How disgusting. How do you think she got here? Coincidence? No, of course not, it was me."

"Why would you go so far…", asked Natsuru. "It's not like she'll acknowledge you the way you want her to."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that. I have certain, methods, to persuade her with, all of which are quite effective. After all, they worked like a charm on you.", she said with a grin. "Now, since you love me so, so much, could you be a dear and hand her over to me?", she asked condescendingly.

"FUCK YOU", shouted Natsuru. Before he knew it, he was sent flying by Kaede's kick to the temple and flew some couple feet across the floor. He quickly recovered and ignored the pain as he stood himself up, ready to counterattack. Kaede had already picked up the unconscious Natsume on her back and had jumped away from the rooftop, along with the two remaining Whites. There was no time to call for backup, Natsuru had to chase them while he was still close to Natsume, or else he'd lose them for sure. He followed them off the building and landed the four-story jump as easy as ever, while the three had already dashed away with impressive speed through the streets. In just moments, Natsuru had already caught up to them, surprising both himself and the three in front of him. He hurled a fireball at the ground between Hitomi and Rika and sent them flying to his right and left, but was careful as to not hit Kaede. The last thing he wants is for Natsume to be caught in the blast.

Natsuru had no choice but to resort to physical combat, as his powers were too destructive to be of use at the moment. He forced his legs to move as fast as they could, and slowly closed the distance between him and Kaede. He lunged at her with all his strength and hoped that his speed would carry him through, but he fell short and grabbed her leg instead of tackling her. They both fell onto the ground and Natsume rolled forward from Kaede's back, who was enjoying the view of concrete in her face. Natsuru propped himself up with his arms and was just about to get up before he caught a glimpse of something white and frilly, along with Kaede's foot to his face. He stumbled back down to the ground while Kaede was getting up at the same time, with her back faced to him. 'An opening!', he thought.

Kaede's shriek of pain pierced Natsuru's ears, as the fireball he sent straight at her back tore into her and exploded. She staggered forward before falling down to her knees and fell forward with her arms outstretched in front of her. Natsuru stared at her for a while to make sure she was incapacitated before running over to Natsume. He knelt down next to her and slowly lifted her head off the ground and let out a sigh of relief. But something caught his peripherals, or rather, something didn't. Kaede was no longer in the spot where she had fallen. Natsuru quickly surveyed the surrounding area; it was the area where he had his encounter with Akane on his way to school. They had just fought off the four white Kampfers and Kaede all by themselves, but there was no doubt in Natsuru's mind that this would not be their last battle.

Natsuru sat back in his chair and yawned. After their last entanglement with the whites and Kaede, Natsuru carried Natsume back to the house and decided to skip the rest of his classes for today. Quite frankly, he was getting pretty tired of these fights, and was extremely irritated at the fact that these fights would always come to him without any consent. His cellphone vibrated on his desk, he picked it up to see who was calling. It was Shizuku.

"H…Hello?", said Natsuru hesitantly.

"What the hell happened on that rooftop?", said Shizuku calmly.

"Well…we were attacked by the Whites, along with Kaede."

"I suspected as much, then I assume you two were able to fight them off?"

"Yeah, sort of. Natsume is still out cold from the fight though."

"…Natsume?"

"Yeah that's her name, I thought it'd be confusing if both of our names were the same."

"Hm, I see. We'll have to postpone this conversation for tomorrow, I have some things I must attend to. Your little disturbance caused the entire school to evacuate you know."

"Ah…I'll be more careful in the future.", said Natsuru with guilt.

"Please do so. I'll see you tomorrow then, be on guard."

Natsuru pressed the end call button and set his phone back down on his table. "Long day huh?", asked Disemboweled Tiger.

"Not really long, but stressful is more like. By the way, have the moderators told you anything yet?", asked Natsuru.

"Nothing yet!", said Disemboweled Tiger shrugging.

Natsuru leaned on the backrest of his chair and looked to his ceiling. 'Just who the hell are these guys', thought Natsuru. He let his eyes fall upon Natsume, who was tucked in his bed sleeping. He recalled her powerful attacks that resulted in her current condition. They would have to learn how to balance their destructive power without being over encumbered by them. He was worried, not for himself, but for Natsume. Kaede has her eyes set on her, and will stop at nothing to get it. He shuddered at the thought of Natsume being taken by Kaede and being tortured or something. He found within himself an overwhelming presence of responsibility to keep this girl safe, he wasn't sure how or why it got there, but he would never let her be taken.

Felt like I crammed a lot into this chapter, tell me whatcha think! Thanks for all the feedback so far, it means a lot to me! Might be on hiatus for a short while, the ideas aren't coming to me as smoothly anymore.

Until next time!

つづく！