[A/N] Hello my fellow readers, I apologized for not posting any new chapters. I didn't forget or abandoned my story, but I had writers block and changed some of the scenes a couple of times, so it took a while. I also apologized if the spelling or grammer is off as well. But besides that I hope u guys enjoy this chapter and thank you for your patience.
DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! Just my OC's!
Chapter 19...
Occult research club room...
Kazuma stared aimlessly at the ceiling while remembering about last night.
"Kazuma-san?"Akeno called, snapping Kazuma back into reality.
"A-Akeno-san, sorry about that. Did you say something?"Kazuma apologized
"Ara, ara, you look like you were in a deep thought about something important."
Before Kazuma could explain, he realized Akeno was on top of him, sitting on his lap.
"Akeno-san, why are you on top of me!?"Kazuma exclaimed by surprise
"Because I tried calling you a couple of times, but you weren't answering me. So, I decided to see if this got your attention."Akeno explained and smiled
"I see... Sorry for ignoring you, Akeno-san."Kazuma apologized once again.
"It's alright."Akeno smiled
"Ermmm, Akeno-san, could you please get off of me?"
"Why?"Akeno cocked her head.
"Because we're kinda... too close."Kazuma explained nervously. sweat dropping from his forehead.
"Hmmm, I think I'll stay like this then. Fufufu."Akeno giggled, making a seductive smile.
Kazuma slowly blush at how close Akeno is while feeling her body pressing against his. He wanted to avert his gaze from Akeno's face, but they were glued, gazing at her beautiful purple eyes and her licious lips. If this keeps continueing, he may lose control of himself.
"Erm, Akeno-san, you're pretty close to me."Kazuma stated nervously
"Ara, ara, aren't we shy. You don't like being this close to me?"
"I-It's not that, but if we stay like this... I might..."
"Then what will happen if I lean closer to you?"Akeno wondered, slowly leaning her body closer to Kazuma's.
The two were now face to face, almost touching each others nose. They slowly began to breath harder while gazing at each others eyes. Kazuma gulp deeply, feeling drawned by her alluring face. Then, Akeno began to slowly move back.
"There, you see... nothing hap-"Akeno was cut off by Kazuma's lips.
Akeno's eyes widen by surprised, she didn't expect Kazuma to pull a fast one on her. At first she didn't know what to do as she stood there, feeling her lips being pressed by Kazuma's, but decided to continue.
Kazuma slowly broke off their kiss and gazed at Akeno with a pink patch of blush on her cheeks.
"Akeno-san... I'm sor-"Kazuma tried to apologized, but Akeno cut him off by pulling him into a kiss of her own.
Kazuma didn't falter from Akeno's sweet kiss and continued. As they kissed, their tongues danced passionately in their mouths, not wanting to seperate from each other. Kazuma quickly decided to easily lifted Akeno up and pin her back down on to the sofa.
Kazuma placed his hand and caressed Akeno's neck, slowly trailing down to her breast and firmly groped it. Akeno let out a soft erotic moan, clenching tightly on Kazuma's shirt and pulled closer while grinding her legs betweens Kazuma's leg.
Finally, they slowly broke their kiss, leaving a string of saliva hanging between their mouths and then cut off into nothing. The two panted heavily while gazing at each other with dipped gaze.
"Akeno..."
"Kazuma..."
At that moment, Kazuma expression became shocked and quickly got off of her, realizing what he had done.
"I-I should go..."Kazuma said with a shameful expression and quickly leaves the room.
"Kazuma-san, wait!"Akeno called out, trying to stop him.
Suddenly, the door was opened, revealing Rias Gremory.
"Oh? You two are still here?"Rias asked and saw Kazuma quickly passing by her, leaving without saying a word."Did something happen?"Rias asked in confusion, seeing Akeno blushing lightly with a frown expression.
…...
Kazuma was now alone at the park, quickly pacing in circles by the large fountain and still shocked from earlier's scene. Luckily, no one was around at this time of night to see Kazuma mumbling loudly to himself.
"Dammit, dammit, dammit! I can't believe that just happen! Now, Akeno-san is gonna think that I'm some kind of guy that tries to get a score on her!"
Kazuma couldn't believe it that he made out with Akeno. He usually tries to control himself, but his urges got the better of him and got him into this situation now. He can still remember the feelings when he touched her smooth body and tasted of her sweet lips as well. Kazuma felt happy that he kissed Akeno at first, but he didn't want to come like this.
"What the hell am I gonna say to her?... Better yet, how am I going face her after what happened."Kazuma slump on the edge of the fountain while rubbing his temple.
"face who?"
"Akeno-san..."Kazuma answered. He then realized that someone was next to him and turned.
"Hi!"Miro greeted cheerfully while waving
Kazuma jumped by surprise and fell on the ground.
"Miro-san! You scared the hell out of me!"Kazuma exclaimed by surprise.
"Hehehe, sorry, I was actually strolling around the area and I gotta say, the scenery in the city is pretty nice."Miro explained, making Kazuma sweat drop on his forehead
"I see, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself."Kazuma smiled weakly
"But enough about me, you seemed down. Something happen between you and Akeno-san?"Miro asked while sitting next to him.
Kazuma sigh deeply and explained the story to Miro.
Minutes later...
"Wow... so, you made out with Akeno-san..."
"Yeah..."Kazuma replied with a frown while looking downward.
"And hear I thought you were gonna be happy about it."
"I would be, but..."
"But what? Don't you like her?..."
"Y-Yeah..."
"Then what's the problem?"
"The problem is that... she might not like me."
"What do you mean?"
Kazuma took a deep breath and looked up at the night sky."... Akeno-san is just a kind, caring person that is nice to everyone... sure she has her moments when she teases me, but that's just her being friendly. I'm sure that even if I tried asking, she'll reject me. So I wanted to try to stay as friends as much as possible. Even though, when we're by our selves, I can't help but feel the urge to want her even more. But now, I lost control of myself and royally screwed up our friendship."
Miro couldn't help but sigh and bop Kazuma's head with a strong karate chop.
BOP!
"OUCH! What was that for?!"Kazuma asked, rubbing his head.
"Kazuma-san, you can be such a baka sometimes."Miro crossed her arms and shook her head.
"What do you mean?"Kazuma asked in confusion
"Think about it? You kissed her and she didn't slap you across the face for it. Instead, she pulled you into kissing her even more. That's goes to show that she has a thing for you."
"But-"
"No excuses! If you call yourself a man then go see her tomorrow and talk to her about it, are we clear!?"Miru ordered with stern expression
"Yes, ma'am!"Kazuma replied and saluted in slight fear.
"Good. Now let's go back home, Nozomi-san is probably worried about us."Miro smiled, cheerfully walking.
Kazuma let out a light chuckle and followed along.
"Miru-san, thank you, I needed that."Kazuma smiled in relief
"No problem, that's what good friends are for. Say...? As a good friend can you make your tasty ramen when we get back? I've been craving for it since you left."Miro asked with a puppy dog eye expression, making Kazuma chuckle.
"For you, I'll make your favorite."Kazuma replied
"YES! My sweet honey chicken miso ramen! Thank you!"Miro yelled excitedly.
"Like you said, that's what good friends are for."Kazuma smiled.
Suddenly, Kazuma's phone started ringing and picked it up, seeing the caller ID was Rias.
"Gremory-san?"
"Kazuma-san, we have a problem. Issei-kun and the others are going to try to destroy the Excalibur swords on their own."Rias announced
"What?! Do you know where they're at?"Kazuma asked in concern
"Yes. Thanks to Akeno and Tsubaki-san's familiar's, they're at the old building where were Issei-kun had his first stray devil mission."Rias explained
"Alright. I'll be there shortly."
"I'll see you then."
Kazuma replied and they both hung up their phones."Sorry Miro-san, looks like the ramen is gonna have to wait."Kazuma explained and Miru nodded while crying anime tears.
…...
Old abandon building...
Issei and the others arrived at an old abandon building, wearing priest outfits to infiltrate the enemy's hideout.
"This place is... isn't this where we defeated Riser, the stray devil?"Issei asked
"The stray devil?"Saji asked
"Yeah, we faced her before. It was hard to tell if it was a women or a devil. She was just a monster."Issei explained
Suddenly, the group sense a weary feeling.
"Yuuto-senpai."Koneko called
"Yeah."Kiba replied
"What is this bad feeling?"Issei mumbled
"Up above!"Koneko pointed
The group looked up at the top of the build and spotted Freed.
"Yahoo!"Freed yelled excitedly and he jumped off the building while swinging his sword at Kiba.
Kiba wasted no time and drawed out his demon sword and blocked the incoming attack. Kiba pushed him into the air, seeing Freed back flip and landed back on the top building.
"Thanks for earlier!"Freed smiled
"You're...!"Kiba mumbled
"The stray priest you guys were talking about?"Saji mentioned
"Freed, you bastard!"Issei exclaimed
"Oh, yeah? It's those kids and that midge-"
Koneko gave Freed the death glare.
""I mean small-framed young lady. Man. I could have some fun priest hunting tonight, too. But it turned out to be a bunch of devil scum cosplaying. Slurp!"Freed licked the blade of the holy sword.
"Please be careful. That sword is..."Koneko warned
"Yeah, it feels the same as the one Irina had. It'san Excalibur!"Issei pulled out his priest outfit and activated his sacred gear.
BOOST!
Saji and Koneko took out their priest outfits as well.
"Oh my, four on one? It's hard being so popular!"Freed smiled with joy
"Don't misunderstand. I'm your only opponent."Kiba proclaimed
"Oh?"Freed mumbled with a excited smile.
Kiba then jumped on the building and charged at freed.
"No matter how many devil scum come. It won't be enough for this cute little Excalibur."Freed stated and disappeared in swift speed.
Kiba was surprised and shifted his body to see Freed.
"I've got this!"Freed yelled and swung his sword
Kiba blocked the attack once again, clashing with Freed.
"This is the holy sword of heavenly flashes... called Excalibur Rapidly by others! But I call it the Super Fast sword!"Freed explained and disappeared once again.
Kiba disappeared with great speed as well, clashing with Freed. The others couldn't see the two fight clearly as they can only watch the sparks lights and clanking sounds from both of the sword.
"It's moving as fast as Kiba-kun. With that, it's only natural that it can seal away a knight's speed."Issei said
"This is pretty bad."Koneko stated while pulling out her phone without the others noticing.
"Hey, wait! I'll take care of all you onlookers, too!"Freed reassured
"What are you talking about?"Issei mumbled
BOOST!
"Damn it! If I could stop Freed somehow, I could transfer power to Kiba-kun!"Issei mumbled
"Hyoudou-kun, you just need to stop Freed, right? Line!"Saji pulled out his arm and activated his sacred gear.
"Saji-kun, you..."
Saji sacred gear was a dragon-like gauntlet like Issei's, but smaller.
"Now! Go, Line!"Saji thrusted his fist towards freed, releasing a blue rope-like light and caught Freed's leg.
"Did you see my sacred gear? Absorption line!"Saji said
"What, you have a sacred gear, too?!"Issei asked
"Yeah."
"That's great!"
"Go..!"Saji shouted, using his sacred gear.
Freed got angry and tried cutting it off."Damn! Damn! Damn it! This sacred treasure is a dragon-type, too?"Freed mumbled loudly
"That's a dragon, too?"Issei asked, seeing Saji nod.
BOOST!
Suddenly, Koneko lifted Issei."I'm throwing you now."Koneko threw him with great strength.
"Wa...Koneko!"Issei tried to stop her, but it was already too late.
BOOST!
"What is that?Freed questioned, seeing something heading towards them.
"Issei-kun!"Kiba called
"KIBA!"Issei yelled and patted Kiba's back
TRANSFER!
Issei landed roughly on the ground."Ow! It looks like the dragon power's is awake now!"Issei mumbled.
"I can't help what I've already received. I'll use this gratefully!"Kiba declared
"What?"Freed mumbled
"Let's go!"Kiba shouts
"Why won't this thing come off!"Freed mumbled, trying to cut the blue line.
"Sword birth!"Kiba stabbed his sword into the ground, releasing hundreds of swords out of the ground, heading towards Freed.
As the swords were trying to stab Freed, he panically tried sliced them in half, but they would keep coming.
"Sword birth, huh?"a person mumbled loudly
"Who's there's?"Kiba questioned
An middled aged man appeared out of the entrance of the build, wearing a church attire.
"A sacred gear that can exhibit invincible power based on the user's ability. Freed, your use of the holy swords is still not adequate, huh?"the middled age man smiled kindly.
"Oh, old man Valper!"Freed called in relief.
"What?!"Kiba exlcaimed in shock
"Then this guy must be the one Xenovia was talking about...!"Issei said
"The mastermind behind the holy sword project..."Koneko stated
"Valper Galilei!"Kiba yelled in anger
"The one and only."Valper smiled
"That's what you say, old man. But this lizard scum's tongue keeps getting in the way!"Freed whined
"Put all the elements flowling in your body into the sword blade."Valper kindly explained
"Put all the elements... into the blade, huh?"Freed mumbled while channeling his element into the blade, making it glow brightly.
"Be careful! This is bad!"Issei warned
Freed suddenly unleashed large amount of aura around and easily cut off Sanji's sacred gear rope. Sanji was completely off balanced restraining Freed and fell on his behind.
"I see. By using the holy elements effectively. I can power up even more. Then... why don't you all become prey for my sword!"Freed charged at Kiba.
Kiba pulled out his sword, making the other swords disappear while bracing for Freeds attack.
"Die...!"Freed yelled excitedly.
Suddenly, Xenovia intervened by blocking Freed's attack.
"What?"Freed mumbled
"Xenovia?!"Issei mumbled by surprised
"Yoohoo!"Irina appeared and pulled out her coat, revealing her battle suit.
"Shindo Irina?"Sanji mumbled
"Hi! You guys contacted me, so we dashed over."Irina explained
"Why?"Issei asked
"Because that's what we had arranged."Koneko explained
"Traitors Freed Sellsen and Valper Galilei, I judge you in God's name!"Xenovia declared
"Don't bring up that revolting name in front of me, you bitch!"Freed exclaimed
Kiba took the oppurtunity and tried striking Freed, but it failed as Freed evaded it and jumped next to Valper.
"Freed... your job was to get rid of those people from the church who had snuck in. but there are two here with holy swords. You can't win. Pull back for now."Valper stated
"Roger doger! And so, good bye!"Freed pulled out a flash bomb and threw on the ground, causing the whole area to be blinded in white light. As soon as the light disappeared, so did Freed and Valper.
"Damn it!"Issei mumbled
"After them, Irina-chan!"Xanovia exclaimed
Kiba and both of the church girls ran after them.
"Hey, wait! Kiba-kun! Man, what is up with everyone?"Issei said and tried to go after them as well.
"Oh my, how troublesome you all are."a familiar female voice said
The three turned and saw Rias, Akeno, Sona and Tsubaki, appearing out of their magic circle.
"President!"Both Issei and Sanji exclaimed in shock.
"Just what is the meaning of this, Issei-kun?"Rias asked
"I'll have your explanation... Saji-kun."Sona questioned
Both Issei and Sanji cried out of shock and fear, knowing that their busted.
…...
Kazuma, Nozomi and Miru were jumping from branch to branch, heading to the old abandon building were Issei and the others are at. Kazuma changed to his ninja attire while Nozomi had her hair tied into a ponytail with her hair clip on. Nozomi wore her black, skin-tight, long sleeve shirt, with a purple sleeveless jacket over it, a black, skin-tight, shorts, with a purple skirt wrapped around her waist and dark blue, mid length, ninja sandels.
Miru also changed to her ninja attire as well, consisting a dark green, sleeveless Gi with a long sleeve fish net shirt underneath, black long sash tied around her waist, a light brown knee length skirt that shows her left thigh with a ninja head band wrapped around it and a mid heel ninja sandels.
As the three were only minutes away from there destination, they noticed Kiba and two young female church affilates were rushing from the opposite direction from them.
"Kazuma-san, isn't that one of Rias-san's peerages you mentioned?"Nozomi asked
"Yes. And I have a feeling that I should go after them."Kazuma answered
"But what about your brother and the others?"Miru asked
"If Ise-kun isn't with Kiba-kun, then they should be fine. But, it'll be better if the two of you check on them just in case."Kazuma explained
"I don't think it's a good idea for you to go by yourself. Who knows if there's a trap ahead?."
"I'm aware of the situation."Kazuma stated
"Then I'll go with Kazuma-san."Nozomi annouced, making Kazuma and Miru surprise.
"But Nozomi-san-"
"Kazuma-san, this is not the time to act on your own, were your comrades and we always act as a team when were together, alright?."Nozomi declared
Kazuma couldn't help but admit defeat."Alright... Miru-san, you go on ahead towards my brothers location. Nozomi-san and I will be going after the others."Kazuma ordered
"Understood, I'll catch up to you guys once I check to see if they're fine."Miru replied
"Got it. Nozomi-san, let's go."Kazuma said
"Right."Nozomi replied
Kazuma and Nozomi spilted from Miru and headed towards Kiba's direction. As they went there seperate ways, Miru stop at one point and stared at the two.
"Becareful you two."Miru thought in concern.
….
Kazuma and Nozomi secretly followed Kiba and the church girls for almost a hafl and hour with no sudden activity. As the two ninja's followed them, Nozomi noticed Kazuma's expression was serious as if he was waiting for this day to come. She remembered that Kazuma made the same expression the other time.
Flash back...
Everyone was now in Kazuma's living room, sitting on the two sofas. While Kazuma was getting tea for everyone, Azazel and Raynare were sitting on one sofa while Miro and Nozomi were sitting across the other one. Miro and Azazel couldn't help but sweat drop, watching both Nozomi and Raynare glaring at each other.
"I'm back." Kazuma arrived with cups of tea for everyone.
Kazuma handed the cups to Azazel and Raynare first and to Nozomi and Miro after. He then sat between Miro and Nozomi, not noticing Raynare pouty expression.
"So, Azazel-sama, what brings you here?"Kazuma asked
"I wanted to see this Hyoudou Issei-kun in person, so I decided to summon him for his service."
"Really? How did that go?"
"He's a nice kid, but he's pretty interesting since he possess the sacred gear [Booster Gear]."Azazel answer
"I figured... You're not the only one that's interested in his gear as well."Kazuma stated while thinking about Orochimaru.
"It seems so... it was unexpected that this Orochimaru was the culprit of killing your brother."Azazel stated, making Nozomi and Miro shocked
"Kazuma-san, is that true?'Nozomi asked in concern.
"... Yeah, Orochimaru took over one of Azazel-sama's suborinate's body and killed him while trying to take the [Boosted Gear]."Kazuma replied, making Raynare expression gloom, knowing she was the one.
"Kazuma-san, even though Orochimaru used my comrade for his schemes. I apologized on my behalf for letting go out of hand."
"It's okay, Azazel-sama, you don't have to apologize. I know it wasn't your fault nor Raynare-chans. Luckly Gremory-san was able to revive him, even though he's part of a devil faction now, I'm still glad I get to see him alive and well again."Kazuma explained
"I'm glad to hear that. Now on to the important matters. Have you heard about the issue with the holy swords?"
"Yes, Itachi-sama explained the situation before I left the village."Kazuma replied
"Well it turns out that Kokabiel is involved with the holy swords being stolen."Azazel mention, making everyone surprised
"You mean one of the generals of the fallen angels is involved, but why?"Miro asked
"Knowing his war crazed intentions, I bet he's trying to cause problems. He's probably tryingto lure both the leaders of the other factions by stealing the holy swords and attack the devil's area where Rias Gremory is located."Azazel explained
"But if that happens, it will cause-"Nozomi mumbled
"Another war between the three faction once again."Azazel answered
Besides Azazel, everyone was shock of the outcome.
"But Azazel-sama, can't you do anything about this? If you intervene in Kokabiel-sama's plan, that would-"Raynare suggested
"That would be the case, but if I intervene, the devils will wonder why the leader of the fallen angels is wandering in Gremory territory. It wouldn't look pretty on my side, if you know what I mean."Azazel explained
"Then if that's the case, I'll make sure that it won't happen."Kazuma announced, making the three girls shock.
"Kazuma-san, are you insane! Facing Kokabiel-sama is sucide, if you fight him you will die."Raynare exclaimed in a worried expression.
"I know... but if I can retrieve the holy swords, we could avoid causing another war as well."Kazuma stated
"Speaking of holy swords, I heard from Itachi-sama that you were related with the holy sword incident along with Orochimaru long ago, is that right...?"Azazel said and the other girls looked at Kazuma with a confused expression, except for Miru.
"Kazuma-san, what is he talking about?"Nozomi asked
Kazuma was silent, his expression became black as he tightly clenched his hands together.
"Kazuma...?"Raynare thought worriedly, seeing Kazuma's painful expression for the first time.
"Yes... before I was a ninja, I was held captive for one year in the Excalibur project."Kazuma stated, making Nozomi and Raynare eyes widen in shocked while Miru and Azazel were silent.
Flash back end...
Nozomi gazed in concern at Kazuma, she had no idea what Kazuma had been through that time. She wonder what could she do at the times like this, wanting to help her comrade, her friend, even her...
Suddenly, Kazuma slowed down.
"Kazuma-san, why are we stopping?"Nozomi asked
"The fog here, I haven't seen Kiba-kun and the other two since it appeared."Kazuma replied
Around them was a deep, chiling fog, thickening the whole area before them.
"What do you think it is?"Nozomi asked
"This fog might not be made by ordinary ninja's jutsu, but something stronger."Kazuma explained while looking around.
"So, what do we do?"
"It can't be help, were gonna have to walk through this fog. Nozomi-san, give me your hand."Kazuma asked, pulling out his hand towards her.
"W-What!? Why?"Nozomi exclaimed, forming a sudden blush around her cheeks
"It'll be eaiser for us not to get seperated, who knows what would happen if we split apart from this."Kazuma explained
"F-Fine... don't get the wrong idea, I'm only going to hold your hand so we won't lose each other, okay."Nozomi explained, still blushing while offering her hand.
"Heh, of course."Kazuma chuckled lightly while grabbing her hand and started walking.
As they walked through the thick foggy forest, Nozomi couldn't help but blush from having her hand being held by Kazuma's. She could feel his big hand firmly holding hers with care, even with his fingerless gloves being worn, she can feel a gentle warmness from his palm.
Nozomi gently squeezed Kazuma's hand, making him turn his head out of sudden concern.
"Nozomi-san, is something wrong?"Kazuma asked
"Kazuma-san, I know this isn't the time to ask but I wanted to know. How come you never told us about the incident?"Nozomi asked
Kazuma stayed silent for a couple of seconds ."I guess we've been together as teammates and friends for a long time, I think you also deserve to know. The reason why I could'nt tell you or anyone for that matter was because the higher ups at the village ordered everyone that was related in the incident into secrecy."
"Secrecy?"
"Yes, and since I was an outsider of your village, I was also placed under care by Itachi-sama to make sure nothing happened to me."Kazuma explained
"Then what about you being ninja, was that part of their plan?"
"More or less, I was given a choice to return home to my family with jonin level ninja's watching over or become a ninja."
"So you chose to stay and became a ninja?"
"Yes."
"But you could've return to your family as soon as possible, so why stay?"Nozomi asked
"Because... I wanted to become stronger..." Kazuma stated, making Nozomi surprise."When I was held prisoner, I was just some scared, weak, useless kid that wouldn't survive through the day from the hellish torture I went through. It's funny... everyone I used to know at the building... they all died... and I was the only survivor to make it out by luck. Hehe, Someone like me who was completely useless, who had no chance at all... was able to live. I used to wonder one time... why didn't I just die like the rest of them, why did I ever survived in the first place..."
Suddenly, Nozomi stopped herself as well as Kazuma.
"Nozomi-san, what's wrong?"
SMACK!
Nozomi replied with a strong slap across Kazuma's face, making him shocked.
"BAKA! Don't ever say that you desrved to die!"Nozomi yelled with anger while getting teary.
"Nozomi-san?"Kazuma thought by surprise, seeing her unexpected expression.
"You may have been scared, you may have been weak, but that doesn't give you the right to say you should die. You survived because you were given the chance to live again and look where it has gotten you today! Through the years that we been through together, I have watched you turn from being a weak kid that I hated when we first met into a strong man that I now consider close to me now. So don't say that you should've died, or else I'll never forgive you!"Nozomi cried out
Suddenly, Kazuma pulled onto Nozomi's hand and embraced her into a hug. Nozomi was surprised of Kazuma's action and wanted to push him off of her, but she couldn't help but feel happy at this moment.
"Let go of me..."Nozomi demanded with a soft tone.
"Nozomi-san, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to make you cry."Kazuma apologized
"S-Shut up you baka, I just have something getting into my eyes that's all."Nozomi pouted, making Kazuma chuckle lightly.
"Thank you, Nozomi-san. That means a lot coming from you."Kazuma smiled, making Nozomi blush and gently push him off of her.
"Don't get me wrong, you're still a pervert after all."Nozomi stated, pulling her hand out while blushing.
Kazuma chuckled and gently grabbed on to Nozomi-san to continue there search. As Kazuma was slightly ahead, Nozomi made a small smile, feeling happy about what she had done for him. She hope that one day she can muster up the courage to tell Kazuma how she feels about him.
After several minutes of walking through the fog, Kazuma and Nozomi realized the area was getting clearer to see as they kept walking. The two finally stopped walking,watching the fog slowly fading away, revealing a wide open field around the forest.
"Kazuma-san?"Nozomi warned him, pulling out a kunai
"I know, be ready for anything."Kazuma replied as well.
"Well, good job on making it through the fog. It must have been a pain for you two."A male voice spoke, revealing himself.
Kazuma's eyes widen by surprise as he recognize the voice. Before them was two ninja's, one was the mysterious kunoichi and standing next to her was someone Kazuma remembers. It was a man in his mid twenties, gray hair with a small pony tail behind his head, wearing a pair of glasses and a black cloak around him.
"Kabuto..."Kazuma growled
End of chapter...