Married… with a Useless Goddess 20

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When Satou Kazama finally passed away, he left his old house to his friend Yusuke to demolish and turn into a nudie bar.

When Kazuma would later ask about this as if this was a joke, a cover up plan for him and Aqua to have a place to stay after his grandfathers passing and avoid legal troubles with his father, he was bluntly told no.

Years later Yusuke upheld his promise, and built the nudie bar as it was a tourist hot spot for both locals and neighboring towns.

Speaking of, today Kazuma along with the boys and Ami were making plans to visit the place with utter glee and joy.

"Gentlemen and lady, where can a man enjoy a dance with a bulge in his pants?" asked Kazuma, "At the nudie bar!" the group said in unison.

"Where the beer isn't skunky, and the girls ain't chunky" said Brodie, "At the nudie bar!" said the group.

"Where the woman wear leather and lace and will happily push their jugs in your face" said Ozu, "At the nudie bar!" said the group.

"A dark room with pulsating noise, and dancers with pulsating toys" said Ami, "At the nudie bar!" said the group as they finally entered inside the establishment ready for a good time with some good girls.

"All right guys, stay close to me and we won't have to pay a dime" said Ozu as the group were greeted by the bouncer who smiled and nodded towards Ozu as the group went up to the VIP lounge where they were treated to champagne, which was about 800k yen by the bottle, and to the most beautiful girls the establishment had to offer.

"Excuse me, Ryuu San" said a man dressed in a white button up, "What up Han, care to join me and my friends this evening" Ozu said with a friendly tone.

"Love to, but I'm on the clock, speaking of we have a slight issue that involves your friend Satou" said Han, "What you talking about Han" inquired Ozu.

"Satou San, do you happen to have any relatives that are at the legal age of being at this establishment" Han asked directly to Kazuma, "Not really, both my sons aren't old enough to come here yet" said Kazuma.

"Well we have a gentlemen causing a scene downstairs claiming to be the grandson of your late grandfather" informed Han.

Putting down his glass of champagne, Kazuma followed Han as he lead him towards the main bar counter where Kazuma could visibly see a filthy vagabond with long shaggy brown hair, a dirty olive drab jacket, and smelled like piss and cheap beer.

"Pour me another drink asshole, don't you know who I am" yelled the drunk, "Sir, you've clearly had enough to drink" stated the bar tender.

"You don't tell me when I had enough you prick, nobody does, not my floozy mother, not my asshole father, or my loser brother" said the drunk as he banged the counter.

"Now pour me another damn drink, ya hear me, this used to be my grandfathers house, making me the real owner you jerks are squatting over ya prick" stated the drunk.

"All right sir, it's time for you to go" said Han as he decided to talk to him directly, "Get the hell away from me you jerk" said the drunk as he began to raise his empty bottle at the man, ready to fight, but lucky for Han a bouncer came and body slam the drunk into the ground and knocking the drunk bum out for the count.

Getting a good look at the man, Kazuma began to see some similar facial features that were definitely uncanny in his family.

"Can you identify this man Satou" asked Han, "I can, but I rather not deal with him, he's not my responsibility" said Kazuma as he backed away from the bum.

"Does this mean I have your consent to call the cops on him" asked Han, "Yeah, I don't care, just want to forget this interaction" said Kazuma as he went upstairs to join his friends.

"Yo Kazuma, everything good" asked Brodie, "Yeah, false alarm, some random bum was drunk and causing a scene was all" lied Kazuma as he came here, hoping to drink and have a good time about it, now plans to drink and forget about what he saw downstairs.

KonoSuba

Morning broke by the time Kazuma had finally came to, as he came to the sight of Aqua ready to serve him some Powerade, a glass of Alka-Seltzer, and a few slices of toast with a sunny side egg on top.

"I got you something to cure your little hangover" Aqua said with a patient smile as Kazuma stared at her for a minute before slowly sitting up from bed.

Taking the glass of hangover cure, Kazuma downed the whole thing before popping the cap off the Powerade drink.

"Thank you" Kazuma said softly as Aqua handed him his breakfast, "You're welcome" Aqua said as she began to sit next to her husband.

"So what's bugging you, you normally don't get yourself shit faced drunk with a massive hangover the next day less something was bothering, and last I check you went to the nudie bar with your friends, so… talk" asked Aqua as Kazuma began to take a few bites out his eggs and toast.

"You remember how I had a brother, right?" asked Kazuma, "Yeah, what was his name again, Kouta?" asked Aqua.

"Kenta, anyways that little shit was at the nudie bar last night" explained Kazuma, "Oh, how did that go" asked Aqua as she was curious to know what the other Satou family was up to since her interactions with the boy was nonexistent.

"He's a damn bum who somehow managed to drift himself back into town" grumbled Kazuma as he took a large sip of his Powerade.

"Thank god he was more drunk and mad than me that they promptly booted him from the place before we got a chance to talk" said Kazuma as he looked down on the floor.

"So does this mean you don't want to talk things out with your brother?" asked Aqua, "Hell no, that little bastard looked down on me and rubbed the fact he was dads favorite son when I became a NEET, which mind you dad went out of his way to spoil and treat him like his only real son" Kazuma said as he still had feelings of resentment.

"So no, I don't want to talk things out with him" stated Kazuma, "I mean that's fine if you don't it's just that if you say he managed to drift himself into town, it's only a matter of time till he runs into us" said Aqua.

"Good point, call the kids, tell them that we're all going into lockdown for the time being, oh and if Naofumi is out and about with his boyfriend, tell them to pick up some Mexican food from Art's dad restaurant, I'm craving enfrijoladas" said Kazuma.

"Sigh fine, only cause I want me some asada tacos" said Aqua as she got up from bed and leave Kazuma to sober up and deal with the problem himself.

Yes a part of her wanted him to do better and be the bigger man, but she's met Kazuma's family and even she knew that they were nasty people, with her alleged father-in-law being beyond redemption.

Later

It was afternoon when the family finally came back home together, as everyone waited patiently for Naruto to get his butt back home.

"Hey bro, you're food kinda got cold while you were out and about" greeted Naofumi, "I was with both my boyfriend and girlfriend today, you know I had plans of my own today" said Naruto.

"I swear, one of these days you're going to have to choose between either Sasuke or Hinata, and stop leading them on like that" said Naofumi as he knew of his brothers 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend'.

"It's easier said than done, I'm not lucky to have a boyfriend who was ok with you having Melty as your girlfriend as well" said Naruto, "Only cause Art and his ex Ruby Rose still have feelings for each other, but I see your point" said Naofumi.

"Oh Naruto, your finally back" greeted Aqua as she came out the kitchen, "Yeah sorry about that" Naruto said sheepishly.

"It's fine, your chicken and spinach quesadillas are in the kitchen" said Aqua, "Cool, cool, by the way where's the old man" asked Naruto.

"He's in his gaming room, why" asked Aqua, "I have to ask him something important" said Naruto.

"If it's about escaping the family lockdown, forget about it boy" said Kazuma, "Oh, hey dad, also not what I was gonna ask" said Naruto.

"I'm curious, do me and Naofumi have any living relatives besides you know the gods and goddesses themselves" asked Naruto.

"Why do you ask" asked Kazuma as he was calm outside, but on the inside he was anxious and worried, "I ran into this bum earlier when I was out with my friends, who saw me making cyclones, whirlwinds, and maelstroms, so we chatted for a bit, and when I told him my name, he claims to be our uncle" explained Naruto.

"Naruto, I need you to tell me where did you last saw that bum" asked Kazuma as he was dead serious, "I shook him off about 5 blocks from here" said Naruto.

"Dad, what's going on" asked Naofumi as his interest was now piqued, "Nothing, now everyone shut up and pretend we're not home, I've got to remove our name from outside our house" said Kazuma as he ran into the kitchen and got himself a flathead screw driver.

As Kazuma began to rush outside, he ran into the one person he dread of meeting as he patiently waited for him outside his gated house.

"Hello Kazuma, it's been a while bro" said Kenta nonchalantly as if nothing was wrong between them.

"Do not call me that, I've no brother or any other family than those under my roof, and I'd appreciate it if you don't bother my children" said Kazuma.

"Come on, don't be like that, besides your daughter thinks I'm cool" said Kenta, "First of all he's my son, secondly piss off before I have to call the cops" said Kazuma.

"Come on, please wait, I'm sorry about referring my nephew as a girl, I didn't know, but then again I know nothing about you, and you definitely know nothing about me" said Kenta.

"And I prefer to keep it that way, so do me the favor and go back home to your father and mother" said Kazuma, "I can't do that anymore!" exclaimed Kenta.

"What do you mean you can't do that anymore, your dad's favorite son remember" Kazuma said dryly, "Not anymore, that is to say I haven't been his favorite son for some time now. Dad's dead" said Kenta as he finally got his brother to take an interest in him.

"Sigh, let's talk, but not here" said Kazuma as he lead his brother to a small communal park that only the residence of this neighborhood had welcoming access to.

"So, how are things between you and the wife?" asked Kenta, "I'll be asking the questions here, now talk, how the hell did dad die" asked Kazuma.

"He… he hanged himself, suicide you know" said Kenta, "…I guess that makes sense, he was the ideal office drone" said Kazuma.

"No he didn't die cause of issues from work, he died because he was depressed and angry at himself" said Kenta.

"Ever since we got back from grandpa's funeral, dad's started acting weird, mood swings here and there, nights of depression where he cried by himself in the living room, and that's before he became an alcoholic, which made him worse. Mom was disgusted and upset about the man dad was degenerating into and after taking one to many verbal abuse and a slap to the face, she up and left dad for a young lover, I stayed with dad cause I didn't know better for like the next decade plus, but like I said he drank himself into hanging himself one night, and I've kinda been beside myself with my own anger" said Kenta.

"And what about mom, why not move in with her" said Kazuma, "Mom's not even in Japan, she moved with her lover, now husband back to Mexico City, that's what she told me in a letter about a few years back. Don't worry she's good, she actually started a new family all together and seems to be living a much happier life than she was with dad, much happier than my life man, cause honestly my life sucks" began Kenta.

"I never finished school like you, I never got to understand and do hard honest work, I never got the proper discipline or guidance like you, I mean hell I don't got anyone waiting for me back home with a hot meal ready after a long day, I'm honestly a bigger loser and nobody than anyone else, and I need your help, please" pleaded Kenta.

This was a lot to take in for Kazuma, for the first time in almost 2 decades he finally reunited with his brother, and got to hear the nitty gritty details about his estranged family.

His father, as much as an asshole and monster he was to him, died in what even Kazuma could say was pitiful, and the fact he wasn't in the loop, much less aware to how he finally kicked the bucket left him feeling empty inside.

His mother, she was an enabler, and was arguably worse than his dad at times, but know that she finally suffered the backlash of bother verbal and physical abuse from his father, brought Kazuma to smile, while the knowledge of her finding happiness in her new life was pretty much irrelevant to Kazuma.

But when it came down to his brother Kenta and his predicament…

"You were an asshole to me once I became a NEET, and always flexed about how your were dad's favorite son, and now you want me to bring you in, a homeless bum who never finished school or worked a single day in his life and pretend what you said and done to me never happened? What the hell kind of example is that to my kids, my family? I don't need that in my life, and I'm sorry that's your burden to bear, but it's not mine. Man just get out of here" said Kazuma as his last bit of kindness were not only his insightful words, but also 25,000 yen with the intent that he leaves town and never cross paths with his family ever again.

As for Kenta, he wanted to argue and sell his case, and get his brother to sympathize and let him seek refuge, however the look in his eyes and tone of his voice got him to understand that his brother was a man who had enough on his plate and did so without his involvement.

Taking the money, Kenta saw Kazuma walked back home with his back towards him, as he too began to walk towards the train station back to Tokyo, where he'll spend his life in internet cafes or in a box in the greater Shinjuku area.

As for Kazuma he came back home as he let out a deep breath, as he felt he could finally leave behind the shame that was his father and his family, and that fact they made him feel guilty for all these years for being there son.

"Kazuma, where did you go" asked Aqua as she thought they were on lockdown, "I was on a little walk, kids come one over here" called Kazuma as his sons came rushing down the stairs.

"Everything good dad" asked Naofumi, "Yeah, just wanted to tell you guys that I'm not only cancelling the lockdown, but I'm not only grateful, but blessed to have you in my lives" said Kazuma as he turned to hug Aqua, before she and their sons and came hug there father.

They may not know why, but something tells them that Kazuma grew up a little more and was a man they can all take pride in.

Well guys, here we go, we finally got to find out how things ended with Kazuhira, Nene, and Kenta Satou, which I will admit now, I was going back and forth playing with the idea that Kazuma got to say goodbye to his dad as bedridden old man, or how his mom only recently kicked out Kenta, all these little what if ideas I felt didn't fit Kazuma's character much less the overall ark of the story.

Alas, we've officially come to a full circle, or at least we will by next chapter, for next time it'll be the last chapter, and an end to this fic, one that definitely carries and filled with an emotional journey for our boy Kazuma, but also for your Humble Narrator.

So until next time, be safe, be good people, be humble, and please support your local fandom communities.

This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3