I was quite free today and that's why I wrote two chapters! I really enjoyed writing them and I hope that you enjoy reading this chap as much! Don't forget to review!

Kazuma Pov

Thankfully my old man wasn't here for dinner today. I would leave instantly if I had to see his annoying face. When I got up to leave Lapis stood up too. She probably wanted to go back to the hotel room with me. But I couldn't take her with me. Not because I didn't want to. It was mainly because I wanted her to get to know Ayano and the others better. I wanted her to make friends. She coudln't just always stick to me.

"Lapis could you wait here for a bit?"

"Yes."

I went to Ayano's room and knocked at her door.

"Yes?"

I opened the door.

"Kazuma! What do you want?"

"You..." I said looking at her seductively.

She blushed heavily and tried to hide her face.

"Wh-wh-w-why?"

"Joking. I have a request. Could you let Lapis stay here? I want her to get to know all of you better. I want her to make friends with you."

"No. Take her to your place. She slept there yesterday anyway, didn't she?"

"Geez. You are so stubborn. See I don't have enough money to pay for two people."

"You money minded idiot."

"So is it okay?"

"Ask father."

Sigh. Why couldn't she just cooperate with me for once. But asking her father was probably better than asking that stubborn girl. I went into the meeting room were he was sitting alone.

"Kazuma? What brings you here this late?"

"I have a reqest uncle."

"What is it?"

"Could Lapis stay here for a while? It seems like she has really changed, well I actually believe that she never really was a bad person. Since she doesn't know much about this world, she just believed everything Bernhardt told her. If you don't mind, I want her to get to know the others better."

"Of course. She can stay here for as long as she likes. Ayumi and Ren seem to have grown a liking to her already." Jugo replied.

I looked into the room were Ren, Ayumi and Lapis were. They were playing cards. I smiled at how much fun they had. Even though Lapis still didn't show any strong emotions I could feel that she was happy. I was glad that Jugo approved and thanked him.

When I walked to the door Lapis got up and ran after me.

"Kazuma?"

I turned around and smiled at her.

"Lapis, will it be okay if you stay here for a while? Ayumi and Ren seem to like you a lot."

"But wont I impose?"

"No not at all. Uncle Jugo approves of it, so please just feel like this is your home."

"Ayumi and Ren are very sweet to me. They showed me how to play a lot of games. I have learned something new today thanks to them."

"Yeah I am glad. You will learn even more if you stay here."

"And where will you go?"

"Back to my hotel room."

"Why? Wont you stay with me?" She looked me deep into the eyes and I felt kinda bad.. Of course I wanted to stay with her. But...

"I would love to stay with you. But my old man will come home soon. I can't look at him and if I get to see him I will probably beat him to a bloody pulp. We will meet tomorrow."

"As you wish." She replied obedient.

"See you tommrow, sleep well."

"See you tommrow Kazuma."

I closed the door and walked out.

Damn. I didn't want to leave her. I wanted to be with her so much. When she laid beside me yesterday I was so happy. But what am I saying? She is not Tsui-Ling..she just looks like her...that's all...

The next morning...

When I woke up I looked at the clock and was shocked at how late it already was! Shit I wouldn't make it in time to Ayano's place... I looked at my mobile and saw that I recieved a message.

It was from Ayano.

Morning slacker.

We are going ahead without you. Don't worry.

Lapis is still sleeping. Pick her up and take her somewhere later.

I stretched and got up. Allright I should get ready now. Before Lapis wakes up and gets bored.

At the Kannagi mansion...

When I flew to the house I saw Lapis walking around in the garden. She was looking amazed at all the diffrent kinds of flowers. I went down and greeted her.

"Good morning Lapis."

"Good morning Kazuma." She smiled lightly.

"What are you doing?"

"I like these flowers. They look really beautiful."

"Yup. They surely are. Uncle Jugo spent plenty of money on them."

"I see..."

"Kazuma. I want to tell you something."

"Go ahead."

"Thank you for bringing me to this place and introducing me to everyone. I never knew that they would treat me so kindly even though everything I have done. I would like to stay here forever. You know yesterday night Ayumi-chan snucked into my bed. She clung onto me saying "Mama,mama..." She was sleeping in my arms and the warmth of her body made me feel...so good. I have never felt that way before. But it probably isn't possible for me to stay here forever."

"It is."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You are a part of our family now. Stay here."

"I can't..."

"Of course you can.."

"But..."

"What? Do you want to go back to the guy who would let you have die instead? I don't think that's a good idea..."

"No...I don't want to go back to him..."

"Even though you haven't heard from him until now, he will definitely come for you soon. So please be careful and never go out alone. You got that?"

"Yeah. But even if he comes, I will just tell him that I wont go with him. I will tell him that I want to stay with the Kannagi's."

Oh boy.

"I don't think that he is going to accept that kind of explanation."

"Why?"

"Because he thinks of you as his possession."

Lapis Pov

I was his possession. After all he created me. He gave me food and a place to live.

"But I am his possession."

"What are you saying? You are no ones possesion!"

He suddenly got very angry and starred at me with a serious expression. I didn't understand why he was so angry at all.

"What do you mean?"

"That bastard. Did he tell you to think that way? You are no ones possession! You are free, no one owns your life."

"But he was the one who created me. He can also end my life whenever he wishes to ."

"No. He can't. And if he is taking advantage of that then screw him. Screw him anyway. He is a scumbag you know. He gets joy out of hurting others and he wanted you to become like him. But I don't want you to become like that, because I know that you are a kind person. You are not like him. And stop thinking you are his possession, it's rubbish."

I was stunned. Was all of this true? I couldn't say a word and just starred to the ground.

"Hurting others is something horrible. And whoever gets joy out of it is nothing but a psycho. Something that needs to be ereased. And one more thing Lapis, you said that he could end your life whenever he wants to. That will probably be his plan after finding out that you want to stay with us. But let me promise you this I wont allow him to hurt you. I will destroy him before he can do anything. I promise you."

"Kazuma..."

Bernhardt Pov

I sent one of my servant, who was able to hide his presence, to the Kannagi mansion to spy on them. When I recieved the images of what Kazuma and Lapis were talking about, I couldn't help but laugh. Fools. Lapis very well knows that I can kill her whenever I wish to. And if she disobeys me I wont have mercy on her. Haha, Kazuma protecting her? I guess by that he wants to make up for failing to protect his ex girlfriend. He can't do anything against me anyway. I will take away everything that's dear to him soon. Prepare yourself you piece of shit. And Lapis I really hope for your own sake that you aren't going to disobey me. I wouldn't like to resign on sucking your delicious boobs.

Kazuma Pov

I haven't been so honest with my feelings for a long time now. The only person I have ever been so honest about my feelings with was Tsui-Ling. I don't know why but I think that I can be honest with Lapis. Is it because she looks like her? Or is it something else? I wasn't sure of what it was yet but I knew that I had to protect her from Bernhardt. I felt sorry for the poor girl. She really thought that she was Bernhardts possession. Knowing a human was held like a slave for such a long time now I just wanted to destroy the one responsible for it. Fuck you Bernhardt.

"Kazuma, are you angry?" Lapis suddenly asked while putting her hand gently on my back. All my anger disappeared by her simple touch. It was like when Tsui-Ling touched me. I smiled at her and patted her back.

"No."

"I am glad."

"I heard you had a lot of fun with Ren and Ayumi yesterday?"

"Fun?"

"Yeah."

"The two are really very sweet. I want to stay with them forever. We played a lot yesterday."

"Stay here Lapis. Once my old man leaves for work I will move into this mansion too. Then all of us will always be together. Wouldn't that be nice?"

"Yeah it would."

My phone suddenly rang.

"Hello?"

"Hello again, it's Kirika. We need you for a job again today."

"What time?"

"2 pm."

"Okay I will meet you at your office."

"Thanks."

Call ended.

"Who was that?"

"It was Kirika."

"Kirika?"

"Yeah. She is a detective. I work for her. I will introduce her to you sometime..."

"What did she say?"

"She has a job for me at 2 pm."

Who should entertain Lapis till Ayano comes back? Ayano's school ends at 4pm, she will go to the cake shop which will take her 1 more hour...Ren? When would he get home today? I should call him and ask him.

"Ren?"

"Nii-sama!"

"Ren when are you coming home?"

"We have a long day today, school even for me ends at 4 today!"

"Okay, see you then."

Call ended.

This was annoying, would she be fine with just staying at the mansion?

"Lapis?"

"Yes?"

"Could you stay here until I and Ayano get back? You can chat with Jugo a bit or watch Tv, or surf the net if you like. Is that ok?"

"I don't mind it. I spent a lot of time alone back at the Armagest resisdence."

Poor thing. That bastard didn't let her go out or make any friends. He probably also made sure that not even the maids tried to entertain her.

"I see. I am really sorry, but this is urgent. Please don't leave the house. If anything happens, take my second mobile and call me or Ayano,ok?"

"Ok. Don't worry I will be fine."

"See you later."

"Bye Kazuma."

I flew up into the sky. I was so worried about her but it probably would be fine. Yeah surely it would...

Ayano Pov

School was finally over. Gosh all this subjects were freaking annoying I just wanted to get out and eat some cake. I looked at my cell phone and saw that I got 3 missed calls. Kazuma? What did he want this time? I dailed his number and called him back.

"Kazuma? Why did you call me so many times?"

"It's because I had to head out for a mission at 2 pm, Lapis has been alone since then. It would be nice if you could resign eating cake today and head home now."

"What? You are telling me to resign on cake just because you are too lazy to take care of her?"

"It's not that. I have a job to do."

"No. I will head to the cake shop no matter what."

"Ayano,you can go later,together with her."

I sighed. That idiot. But I really felt sorry for Lapis. She was probably bored, just being with father. Going to the cake shop with her just alone wasn't such a bad idea either. Atleast I could talk to her about some things then.

"Okay." I agreed and hung up.

"Yukari, Nanase, I am sorry but something urgent came up, I can't go to the cake shop with you two today!" I said as I waved goodbye to them.

I rushed home and remembered what Kazuma told me. Bernhardt would probably come after Lapis and if she confronted him with wanting to stay with us he would most likely kill her, since he thought of her as a possession that had to obey to anything he said.

When I got home I greeted my father and went to Lapis room. I knocked at the door.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"Ayano. Can I come in?"

"Of course."

I went into her room and saw her sitting on her bed. She didn't look bored at all. I expected her to be really bored, but she just had that emotionless expression on her face she always had.

"Were you bored?" I asked.

"No. I am used to being alone like that..."

"Oh, I see..."

"Would you like to go to the cake shop with me?"

"Yes."

"Okay I will take a shower first, could you prepare some cherry flavoured tea? The maids are busy with something else right now."

"Sure."

I blinked at her as I went into the shower.

Lapis Pov

I walked into the kitchen. Cherry flavoured tea huh? How do you prepare such a thing? I had no clue and looked around in the kitchen. I drank tea before, and I loved its taste. But I never prepared it myself. I spotted some cherry. I probably would just have to kneet their juice out, put it into some water and heat it up. Yeah that must be it! I took the cherries and kneeted them. Errrr...That wasn't such a nice thing to do, my fingers got red and felt greasy. But it had to be done. This was the least I could do in return for being able to stay here. I put the cherries into some water and heated it up. The tea would be ready soon.

Ayano Pov

That shower really felt good. Now I'll have a cup of tea and after that some delicious cake. Could life get any better?

"Lapis. I am ready."

When I got to the kitchen I was shocked. The fittinga were red by the juice of cherries and so were Lapis hands! This was the way she thought tea would be prepared huh? I could have been angry about her messing up our kitchen, but how would she know about this? She never prepared tea, I should have never asked her that. I went over to her with a gentle smile.

"My my, that's not how you prepare tea. You messed up the whole kitchen."

"I am very sorry! Please forgive me!" She apologized as she bowed.

"No don't be. I should have known."

"You are not angry?"

"No not at all.." I said while patting her head. She really was cute. I admired her and I wished I had a younger sister like her. She was a lot smaller and tinier than me, probably that was why Kazuma fell in love with Tsui-ling, because of her beauty. I couldn't stand a chance against that kind of beauty...I am just...

Anyways..Lapis is really sweet, and I want to protect her. Her attidude of being unaware of so many things in this world made me want to protect her forever. Because she is just like a child, I feel like I could do anything for her.

"We can have some tea at the cake shop you know."

"Really? I am very sorry for not being able to prepare the tea Ayano-chan."

"It's okay I said. Stop apologizing."

"As you wish."

Did she feel that she had to make up to us? Probably. She was apologizing because she thought of herself as our possession now. She thought that probably like with Bernhardt, would she make any mistake, we would scold her. But that was wrong, we just respected her for who she was...

At the cake shop

Lapis picked strawberry cake again. It probably became her favorite. I watched her as she ate the cake with one of these light smiles on her face. I wondered when the day she'd smile brightly would come. I hoped soon. Like Kazuma, I now wanted her to feel the joy of happiness. I finally understood why Kazuma cared about her so much.

"Lapis, you don't want to go back to Bernhardt right?"

"No. I would much rather want to stay with your family. But that probably isn't possible."

"Why not?"

"I would disturb you..."

"No way! You are our friend now!"

"Friend?"

"Yes...or more like...a sister?"

"Ayano-chan..."

"Stop thinking about your past, we forgave you already."

"You are so kind..."

"I am just being honest."

"We are closing soon." A voice suddenly called.

"We have to get out now Lapis."

We got out of the shop and started walking home. When we crossed the bridge I felt an icky presence. Could it be? Bernhardt? I stopped walking.

"What's wrong Ayano-chan?"

"I feel an icky presence."

"Good evening ladies." A voice said. And like I thought, it was Bernhardt.

Lapis eyes widened as she saw him.

"Master!"

"Lapis. I have missed you so much."

I clenched my fists as I saw the dirty smirk on his face.

First Bernhardt pov ^^ What a bastard... :DThanks for reading and please review!