The next day Aku was sitting on his couch doing some calculations on his personal laptop before he sets it down and stretches.

"Man, I have to admit that Zoey was right about me being out of the lab. It does give me some free time to work on Project Creation." Aku said as he rolls his right shoulder a bit. He then places his right hand on his chin as he thinks.

"I wonder what Project Creation will achieve in the future. It does get me excited thinking about the possibilities." Aku said with an arrogant smirk before it falls off.

"Still there is still a lot of work to do before its ready to be used." Aku said as he grabs his laptop and gets back to work.

"58% isn't good enough. I need to keep working until its better." Aku said as his testing last night reveals that while the suit was useable it was still unstable. After a couple minutes Aku stops.

"But maybe a break is in order." Aku musses as he had done a lot of work on Project Creation. An idea pops into his head.

"I know. I'll head to the Stray Sheep again and get some Mountain Dew and some pie." Aku said before a stray thought pops into his head.

'And maybe that woman will be there.' Aku think wistfully with a slight blush before he shakes it off. 'Gahh what is wrong with me?! Being obsessed over that woman!?'

Aku grabs the Creation Driver, his Henshin Keycard, his wallet, checkbook, his favorite pen, and keys before leaving.

(Later)

Aku arrives at the Stray Sheep. He enters it.

"Oh, hey Aku. Back for more pie?" Erica asks upon seeing him.

"Yeah, and can I get a grilled three cheese sandwich with mozzarella sticks and a Mountain Dew too?" Aku asks.

"Coming right up." Erica said as she writes down the order. Aku decides to sit at the bar.

"Oh, hey kid." Thomas said greeting him.

"Hello Boss. How is business doing?" Aku asks.

"Can't complain." He answers. Aku then decides to ask Thomas a question.

"How would you feel about an investment?" Aku asks.

"An investment?" Thomas questions interested.

"100,000 dollars." Aku said.

"That's a lot." Thomas said whistling. "Why might I ask."

"I like the place and the service. Plus, the food is pretty good." Aku said.

"That would be great to have. Any requests for what the money should be use for?" Thomas asks.

"Up to you as long as it doesn't go to waste." Aku said as he grabs his checkbook and writes a check for 100,000 dollars. He then rips it out and hands it to Thomas.

"Thank you for your investment." Thomas said with a smile as he takes the check. Aku then notices that the Vincent guy from the first time he came to the Stray Sheep. Vincent was drinking even though it was only 1:00 PM.

"What's up with him?" Aku asks Thomas when Erica came back with his drink and heard his question.

"Katherine the girl he is dating might be pregnant." Erica explains as she places Aku's drink by him. Aku takes a sip.

"Might be pregnant? That means she could be, and she could not?" Aku questions. Erica nods with a disappointed look directed at Vincent. Aku sighs as he decides to do something even though he has no business or stake in it.

"Since I'm an outsider and I'm not friends with your group do you want me to talk to him?" Aku asks Erica. Erica looks surprised at that but was grateful.

"If you can. Wait I thought you are friends with Lucy and James?" Erica questions him.

"Friends? No way, we're just colleagues. Nothing more nothing less." Aku said with closed eyes though he does admit that Zoey was nice and does worry about him even though he feels like he doesn't deserve to have her worry about him. James on the other hand he hates him as he was a jerk. Aku then gets up while grabbing his drink and heads over to Vincent's table before he sits down on the side.

"What do you want?" Vincent asks as he recognizes Aku.

"Nothing. I heard about Katherine possibly being pregnant and figure you could use someone not related to your friends to talk to." Aku said before taking a sip of his drink.

"Waits aren't you friends with Lucy and James?" Vincent questions.

"Second time I was asked that today. No, I'm not. We're just colleagues. Besides James is an asshole." Aku said. Vincent would have said something about Aku calling James a asshole but decides not to.

"Anyways what's the problem?" Aku asks.

"I'm scared that Katherine might be pregnant and about being a father." Vincent said sighing before telling Aku about what's been happening.

"Look I get it. You're nervous and unsure about settling down with the woman you're dating who is pressuring you to marry her. You're scared shitless because it's possible she's pregnant and carrying your child. I can't tell you it's going to be ok." Aku said.

"Thanks." Vincent said annoyed.

"Right now, you got two choices. You can either be a coward and abandon her and the child in which case you may be abandoned by your friends, and you have to pay child support for the child, or you can be a man and take responsible and marry her and raise the child together." Aku said causing Vincent to look conflicted.

"You two have been dating for 5 years, right?" Aku asks. Vincent nods yes. "Do you love her?'

"I do." Vincent said.

"Then man up. Life waits for no one. Just don't be a bastard and abuse the kid or her." Aku said looking away from Vincent.

"I would never do that!" Vincent said offended.

"You better not." Aku said with a stern glare directed at Vincent before he drops it and sighs.

"I don't know what it's like having a family who loves you. All I know is hatred from people who should have love and cared about me." Aku mutters but Vincent doesn't hear him thankfully.

"What if Katherine or you die tomorrow because of an accident that wouldn't have had happened because you kept this up and not make a choice?" Aku questions Vincent. "Think about that."

"That won't happen." Vincent said. Aku raises his eyebrow.

"You do realize quite a number of people die from accidents every day, right?" Aku questions him.

"That's true." Vincent admits with an uncertain look in his eyes.

"How about this? I'll give you some money to spend and you and Katherine take a long week vacation to talk things out." Aku said.

"What? you don't need to do that." Vincent said shaking his head no. Aku rolls his eyes.

"Look if you're worried about paying me back then don't. I have more money than I care to have and this way I won't have to worry about you two doing something to annoy me or whatever." Aku said with a careless tone as he writes out a check for 10,000 dollars and hands it to Vincent. "Go to Hawaii or something."

"Hawaii does sound nice." Vincent said as he takes the check. "Thanks."

"Just get things sorted out before it's too late." Aku said before he leaves the table with his drink and goes to an empty one. Erica came over with Aku's food.

"How did it go?" She asks as she sets down the food.

"Gave him some advice and a check. Told him to use it and go on a weeklong vacation with Katherine so they get things sorted out." Aku said as he looks at his food with a pleased look. "Thank you.

"No problem and thank you." Erica said grateful for Aku's help. "Are you sure about giving him money to do that though?"

"I have plenty of money. If I wanted to, I could decide to not work for years." Aku said. Thanks to his genius he makes more than enough money from stocks and his job.

"Really?" Erica questions in surprise. Aku nods.

"Well, be careful since there are some gold diggers who will try to seduce you into giving them money or buy them stuff." Erica warns him.

"I'll be fine. I have no intention in dating anyways." Aku said before Erica leaves him to deal with another customer.

"Nice to see you again." Said a familiar female voice causing Aku's heartbeat to race as he looks to see Catherine with a seductive look in her eyes.