Canadian DxR
Summary: You ever expect a shy loner to have a harem, well you are about to read the story of how one guy got a harem.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything characters in this fic, they belong to their respective owners. The only thing I own is my OC.
Rated M for violence, blood, sexual content, and coarse language.
Note: All the girls in the harem are over 18.
It has been five days since Dylan and his group of girls went to The Netherlands as the other girls in the mansion were getting a little worried about them. Meredy (wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and red ankle-length booth) was on the couch in the living room, playing with her Wolfy plushie.
"Roar, I'm Wolfy, I'm a gray wolf, I may look tough but I'm a sweetheart," Meredy said in a deep tone.
Soon, Meredy gets a little sad as she puts her plushie on the coffee table.
Then, Bellemere (wearing a black long sleeve shirt, light grey ripped jeans, and brown Timberland boots) was walking along as she sees Meredy sighing.
"Hey Meredy, what's wrong?" Bellemere asked Meredy in concern as she walks over to the couch.
"I'm worried about the others, Dylan hasn't called or sent any message the last few days," Meredy said.
"I'm sure they are fine, Dylan has got some strong ladies with him, I'm sure they will be fine," Bellemere said to Meredy.
"I have that same feeling as well," Nico Robin (wearing her aviators, blue t-shirt with a white skull on it, pink dolphin shorts, and pink pumps) said as she sits on the couch beside Meredy.
"You think they are fine as well Robin?" Meredy asked Robin.
"Yes, Dylan has been through worse and I think the last fight helped Dylan improve a bit," Robin said as she picks up Wolfy.
"The only thing you should worry about is being there to comfort the new girl," Robin said to Meredy as she plays with Wolfy.
"Yeah Dylan will be fine and the new girl will need someone to guide her," Meredy said as she grabs Wolfy and gives him a hug.
Robin then gives Meredy a hug as Meredy had a big smile on her face.
"Aww there's the smile," Robin said and then she breaks off the hug.
Then, the three ladies hear a vehicle pull up and then they hear footsteps heading towards the front door.
"Ooh I think they are home," Bellemere said.
Then, the door opens as Dylan Riley (wearing his glasses, black and purple ICW No Holds Barred t-shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers) was standing there with a bandage on his forehead and around his right elbow, as well as a duffel bag in hand.
Meredy then turns around to see Dylan as she had a smile on her face.
Chapter 67: The Ninja with an Attitude, Karui
Dylan walks into the mansion and drops the bag on the floor as Meredy was so happy to see Dylan home.
"Dylan," Meredy said to Dylan in an excited tone as she hops off the couch.
Meredy then races over to Dylan and was about to give him a hug. But then, Meredy stops when she was a few inches away from him.
Meredy then gives Dylan a soft hug as Dylan flinches a bit.
"Are you okay Dylan?" Meredy asked Dylan.
"Yeah I'm fine, still in a little bit of pain, that fight was brutal," Dylan said as he returns the hug.
"I miss you so much," Meredy said to Dylan.
"It's been five days," Dylan said.
"Yes, but those days were long," Meredy said.
Thirty seconds later, Meredy breaks off the hug.
Meredy then looks over at the bandage around Dylan's right elbow.
"You must have taken some brutal damage," Meredy said to Dylan.
"You have no idea," Dylan said to Meredy.
"Well I know Wolfy missed you," Meredy said to Dylan.
"And I missed Wolfy," Dylan said as he pats Wolfy's head.
Soon, the other girls walk to the living room to see Dylan talking to Meredy.
"Oh hey Dylan, how did the fight go?" Beth Vanderwood (wearing a red t-shirt with black cuffs and collar, dark blue jeans, and red sneakers) asked Dylan.
"Oh it was tough, like fighting against a SWAT team tough," Dylan said.
"I can tell from the battle wounds," Bellemere said.
"Where are the others?" Meredy asked Dylan.
Then, Nami (wearing a white long sleeve sweater dress and gladiator sandals), Mei Hatsume (wearing her goggles, black tank top, black baggy cargo pants, and black work boots), Shampoo (wearing a pink t-shirt with a cat on it, pink track pants, and pink slip-on shoes), Secre Swallowtail (wearing a white t-shirt with "Real Magic" on it, black shorts with a white stripe on the sides that stop at her upper thighs, and black high-top sneakers), and Juvia Lockser (wearing her fedora, blue t-shirt with white cuffs and collar, blue jean shorts that stop at her upper thighs, and blue and white sneakers) enter the mansion, with bags in hand and sporting bandages from the battle.
"Holy shit," Nefertari Vivi (with her hair down, wearing a white shirt with black short sleeves, blue jeans that goes two inches past her knees, and white ankle-length heel boots) said in shock over the injuries.
"Yeah, that girl had a friend and he was tough as nails," Nami said.
"Oh so it was like when we fought Juvia, she had Gray with him," Ristarte (wearing a black hoodie, white skirt, and golden wedges) said.
"Exactly," Nami said to Ristarte.
"Where is this new girl?" Robin asked the group.
"She's coming up behind us," Nami said.
Then, Karui (wearing her ninja outfit) walks into the mansion and closes the door behind her.
"This is her?" Bellemere asked Dylan.
"Yes," Dylan said.
"Ladies, meet Karui, our newest addition," Dylan said to the girls as he introduce them to Karui.
"Karui these are the other ladies, Nico Robin, Lucoa, Bellemere, Nojiko, Aqua, Ristarte, Kinoko Komori, Itsuka Kendo, Botan, Nefertari Vivi, Beth Vanderwood, and Meredy," Dylan said to Karui as he introduces her to the others.
The other girls said "hi" and waved over to Karui.
"Hey," Karui said.
"This is the place huh, I knew it was big, but I didn't expect it to be this big," Karui said in shock.
"Yeah, Mei had the same shock when she saw it," Dylan said.
"Hey Nami, you mind giving Karui a tour of the house?" Dylan asked Nami.
"Sure," Nami said.
"Come on Karui, let me show you around this place," Nami said to Karui.
"Alright," Karui said.
Then, Nami and the other girls (minus Robin, Bellemere, and Meredy) lead Karui away from the living room and up the stairs.
"She seems very chill," Bellemere said.
"Yeah, I think being away from her teammates help her soften the mood," Dylan said.
"So, care to tell us what happened on the battlefield?" Robin asked Dylan.
"Yeah," Meredy said.
"Alright, I'll tell you," Dylan said to Robin, Bellemere, and Meredy.
Then, Dylan, Robin, Bellemere, and Meredy walk over to the living room and sit on the couch.
"So what happened?" Robin asked Dylan.
"Well Karui had the power of electricity and she carries this katana, and some of the girls felt the burn when the electricity combined with the sword," Dylan said.
"Yeah it would hurt," Meredy said.
"Well Secre and Juvia did the most damage to Karui, but Shampoo showed off some skills as well," Dylan said.
"When Chōji came around, he did some significant damage to Juvia, Secre, and myself," Dylan said.
"This wasn't like the battle with Gray?" Bellemere asked Dylan.
"No way, he used his powers and my fists didn't help at all," Dylan said.
"So what happened?" Meredy asked Dylan.
"Well Secre gave me some of her Mana Skin, I felt a huge surge of energy in my body, like I was injected with Monster Energy," Dylan said.
"I was able to cut up Chōji with a knife I summoned, I also used a new move, Black Breath, when he was in giant mode," Dylan said.
"Woah," Meredy said in amazement.
"I would not expect Mana Skin to give you that kind of power," Robin said to Dylan.
"Yeah maybe because my body never felt power like that before, and unfortunately that move took a lot out of me," Dylan said.
"Soon, me and Shampoo were in a face off with Chōji and Karui," Dylan said.
"Is that where you got that injury?" Meredy asked Dylan.
"Yes," Dylan said.
Three days ago…
Dylan, Shampoo, Chōji, and Karui rush over towards each, yelling as they were ready to finish the fight.
Soon, they meet in the middle as this cloud of dirt was surrounding them as the girls in Dylan's group shield their eyes.
"Oh no," Mei said weakly.
"Please be okay," Juvia begged.
"Oh please," Secre said.
"No," Nami said in fear.
"DYLAN," Nami shouted to Dylan as she feared that he might be dead.
Fifteen seconds later, the dust was starting to clear as the girls were worried about the damage that might be done.
"Please be okay, please be okay," Nami begged.
"Oh I hope Dylan isn't dead," Mei said.
Soon, the dust was gone as Dylan and Shampoo were still standing, while Karui and Chōji were standing as well, fifteen feet away from them.
"Nothing happened," Juvia said.
"I don't think they took any damage," Secre said.
Eight seconds later, Karui and Chōji suffered these long gashes that went diagonally from the left shoulder to the right abdomen.
Then, Karui and Chōji fall onto their stomachs, knocked out from the attacks.
"They did it, Dylan and Shampoo beat Chōji and Karui," Nami said.
"That is so awesome," Secre said in a weakened excited tone.
Soon, the Mana Skin wears off as Dylan collapses onto one knee.
"Yes, we beat them," Dylan said.
Shampoo then collapses onto the ground, resting on the right side of her body.
"Rest now Shampoo, you did so well," Dylan said to Shampoo.
Soon, the other girls crawl or walk over to Dylan as they were standing a little over a foot away from him.
"You proud of me ladies?" Dylan asked the girls.
Then, the girls looked scared over what happened to Dylan.
"Why do you all look scared?" Dylan asked the girls.
"Oh lord, oh dear god," Nami said in horror.
Dylan then looks down to see his right arm was off his body, cut off from the elbow. He then looks down to see his severed arm was lying on the ground as he starts to panic a bit.
The girls looks on in horror as Juvia squeals in horror over this scene.
"AHHHHHH," Dylan screamed in intense pain as he does his best Dale Gribble impersonation (think what happened after Dale got his finger sliced off by a circular saw).
Dylan then runs around, screaming in pain and freaking out as blood was pouring out from that fresh wound.
"Fuck, fuck, my arm, my arm got fucking cut off," Dylan said in horror.
"Oh god," Nami said in horror.
"Dylan's arm got cut off," Mei said in shock.
"It must have been Karui's katana, it must have sliced off Dylan's arm during that scuffle," Secre said.
"My beloved is now armless," Juvia said in sadness.
"Oh fuck, fuck, my parents are going to kill me, the other girls are going to be shocked and scared," Dylan said in a panicked tone.
"Oh god the pain is horrible," Dylan said in pain.
"This is bad, this is so fucking bad," Nami said as she was starting to panic.
Secre then sits up as she got an idea.
"I know of a way for Dylan to keep the arm," Secre said.
"How?" Mei asked Secre.
"I'm going to need Dylan's severed arm and some water to wash it," Secre said.
"Juvia is on it," Juvia said as she rushes over to Dylan's severed arm.
Juvia then picks up the severed arm and races back over to the other girls. She then summons a water ball and washes Dylan's severed arm with it, making sure to get it nice and clean.
Dylan then kneels down as Nami and Mei kneel beside him, helping him to calm down after that injury.
"It's okay Dylan," Nami said to Dylan.
"Yeah, just remain calm, Secre has got it," Mei said to Dylan as Dylan's breathing was really fast.
Dylan's breathing starts to return to normal as Juvia washes Dylan's gash with her water powers, causing Dylan to hiss in pain from it.
Secre then crawls over to Dylan and kneels next to him.
"Juvia, is the arm ready?" Secre asked Juvia.
"It is ready," Juvia said as she holds the severed arm in her hands as the water ball disappears.
Juvia then walks over to Dylan as she had a hold of the severed arm.
"What do you want Juvia to do?" Juvia asked Secre.
"I want you to put that arm back in," Secre said to Juvia as Juvia was scared as hell to do it.
"Juvia is sorry my beloved," Juvia said to Dylan.
Juvia then shoves the severed arm back into it's socket as Dylan was feeling so much pain from it.
"Oh god it burns," Dylan said in pain.
"That's good," Secre said as she sees Dylan's arm was back in it's place.
Juvia then let go of Dylan's arm and then Secre extends her arms forward, her hands near Dylan's arm.
"Okay Dylan, this might hurt a bit," Secre said to Dylan.
"Closed Sorrow," Secre said and then the wound starts to glow as Dylan could feel some pain in him.
"Oh god, I don't know what's worse, this or getting my arm sliced off," Dylan said in pain as he squeezes Mei's right hand.
"Geez that's a strong grip," Mei said in pain from Dylan squeezing her hand.
Twenty seconds later, the glow disappears as Dylan's arm was reattached with no scarring. Then, Dylan let go of Mei's hand.
"Oh thank god," Mei said as she breathed a sigh of relief.
"I can't believe it, my arm is back on my body, you can't even tell that it was cut off," Dylan said in amazement as he looks at his reattached arm.
"Secre, thank you so much for doing it, you're a lifesaver," Dylan said to Secre.
"You're welcome," Secre said to Dylan.
"Now because you don't have magical abilities, there is a temporary side effect," Secre said to Dylan.
"What side effect?" Dylan asked Secre.
Dylan then tries to lift his right arm, but he couldn't do it.
"What the?" Dylan asked in shock.
Dylan then pokes his right arm with his left hand as he couldn't feel anything in his right arm.
"What the, my right arm, I can't feel anything in my right arm," Dylan said in a very panicked tone.
"Yeah, you won't have any feeling in your right arm for about thirty-six hours," Secre said to Dylan.
"Okay, not what I expected, but at least I still have an arm," Dylan said and then he looks over to an unconscious Karui.
"The only problem is that I can't get the card out, because my arm is numb," Dylan said as he was a little bit annoyed by that.
"Juvia will help you with that," Juvia said to Dylan in an excited tone.
"Okay then," Dylan said as he stands on his feet.
Dylan and Juvia then walk over to Chōji and Karui. Dylan and Juvia then kneel down as Dylan flips Karui onto her back, seeing the gash caused by Shampoo.
"Wow, that's some massive damage," Juvia said.
"Yeah, Shampoo can deal the damage with that Dao of hers," Dylan said.
"Hey Juvia, can you help me?" Dylan asked Juvia.
"Anything for you," Juvia said to Dylan as she lightly lifts up his right arm.
Juvia then carefully puts Dylan's right hand near Karui's chest. Then, Dylan's hand glows as the number on Karui's body appears on her body, and disappears five seconds later. While the silver line connecting Karui and Chōji appeared and disappeared three seconds later.
"So they were connected," Juvia said.
Soon, a card floats out of Karui's body and into his hand as it stops glowing a few seconds later.
"Awesome, we got another card," Juvia said in an excited tone.
Dylan then takes a look at his new card.
"Karui, stars: six, special ability: Ninjutsu/Katana, daily income: $220 per day," Dylan said as he read what was on the card.
"That is a high dollar amount," Juvia said in a surprised tone.
"Yeah, that's the second highest daily income we got for a girl, with you being the highest," Dylan said to Juvia as Juvia blushes a bit over Dylan's words.
"Let's get them back to the motel," Dylan said to Juvia.
Soon, Juvia (with some help from Nami and Mei) carry Chōji and Karui, while Dylan (with his one good arm) carries Shampoo back to their vehicle.
Three hours later, Dylan and the other girls were at the motel and laying around in Dylan's motel room. The girls were covered in bandages from the attacks they suffered and the more significant wounds were mostly healed thanks to Secre.
"Oh god, Shampoo pain," Shampoo said in pain from the fight.
"At least I can walk now," Secre said as she was limping around in the room.
"Will Chōji be safe in our ride?" Mei asked.
"He will be," Nami said as she looks at a sleeping Karui (who was covered in bandages) on one of the beds.
"I can't believe how dangerous this girl was," Nami said.
"Yeah, she sliced off my beloved's arm," Juvia said.
"If she can do that, imagine what she can do in battle," Secre said.
"Yes," Dylan (who was wearing his glasses and was covered in bandages) said as he puts the new Karui card on the desk.
Dylan then pulls out his iPhone from his front right pocket and heads to the main menu. He then goes into the special app and selects the scan feature on it.
Dylan then scans the card and after five seconds, the scan was complete.
"Perfect, new card added to the collection," Dylan said as he exits the app and puts his phone on sleep mode.
"How much are we making now?" Mei asked Dylan as Dylan sets his phone on the desk.
"Over two thousand dollars a day now, which is now over fourteen thousand dollars a week," Dylan said.
"Oh nice," Nami said in an excited tone.
"I'm looking forward to these big payouts," Secre said.
"I'm going outside," Dylan said as he walks over to the door of the motel room, opens it, and walks out as he close the door behind him.
"Poor guy, after getting his arm cut off and reattached, he needs some time to be alone," Mei said.
"Agree," Shampoo said.
Twenty minutes later, Karui opens her eyes as her irises change back from red to amber. She then sits up and rubs her head.
"Oh god, I feel like I got punched a thousand times," Karui said as she stops rubbing her head.
Karui then looks around to see the girls laying down or standing up in the room.
"Who the hell are all of you?" Karui asked the girls in a somewhat angry tone.
"I'm Nami," Nami said.
"Shampoo," Shampoo said.
"I'm Mei Hatsume," Mei said.
"I'm Secre Swallowtail," Secre said.
"Juvia Lockser," Juvia said.
"I'm Karui," Karui said.
"Oh we know, we defeated you," Nami said to Karui.
"You all defeated me?" Karui asked the girls.
"Well you and another guy, Chōji," Nami said.
"Oh yeah that Akimichi clan guy," Karui said.
"Well we didn't do it alone, Dylan helped us," Nami said.
"Dylan who?" Karui asked in confusion.
"Dylan Riley, leader," Shampoo said.
"What Shampoo meant is that Dylan Riley is the leader of the group," Secre said.
"Considering this group, is there some sort of sexual thing going on?" Karui asked the girls.
"Well we can't hide it forever, but yes," Nami said.
"So this is a harem?" Karui asked.
"Yes it is, and we all got a taste of Dylan's dick," Mei said as she got into Karui's face as Karui was a little bit freaked out by it.
"And these breasts did some work as well," Mei said as she fondles her own clothed breasts a little.
"So you five ladies are part of this harem?" Karui asked the girls.
"Nope, in total there is seventeen different ladies in it, including us," Nami said as Karui couldn't believe it.
"Seventeen, wow with that number you could form a clan with that," Karui said to the girls in shock.
"Well Dylan is on a mission to collect a hundred cards, to form a big ass harem," Secre said.
"It doesn't make sense," Karui said.
"Yeah it doesn't make sense either," Mei said.
"So how did you get here?" Secre asked Karui.
"Well I was taking a break from my team, they were being a pain in my ass, so I went for a walk and then an earthquake happened," Karui said.
"And you land here," Nami said to Karui as Karui was surprised by it.
"How did you know?" Karui asked Nami.
"That's how we all end up here," Nami said.
"So did you girls and the other ones have sex with him?" Karui asked the girls.
"Of course we did," Mei said as she gets into Karui's face.
"Is he ripped?" Karui asked.
"He's on the chubby side, but he's a great lover in bed," Nami said.
"Yes, Juvia loves sex time with Dylan," Juvia said.
"Yeah he might not be into the rough shit, but he has such a nice touch," Secre said.
"Yes, nice touch," Shampoo said.
"Oh the sex times are always the best, I could feel hot thinking about it," Mei said.
"Where is Dylan?" Karui asked.
"He's outside," Nami said.
Karui then gets off the bed and stands on the floor. She then walks over to the motel room door.
Meanwhile, Dylan was out in the parking lot, leaning up against the hood of the rental van.
"It looks so nice," Dylan said as he was watching the sun as it was starting to slowly set.
Karui then walks over to Dylan and leans up against the hood with him.
"So you are up," Dylan said to Karui.
"Yes," Karui said as she looks over at him.
"Dylan looks good, I don't mind him being fat, in fact I like it," Karui thought.
Karui then looks to see the bandage around Dylan's right elbow.
"Did I do that?" Karui asked Dylan as she points at the bandage.
"Yes you did," Dylan said to Karui.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to cause that much damage," Karui said to Dylan as she felt bad.
"That's alright, you got a card inside you and it controlled you," Dylan said to Karui.
"Really, a card controlled me?" Karui asked Dylan in shock.
"Yes we defeat you and got it out, that's how thirteen of the girls were brought in," Dylan said to Karui.
"What about the other four?" Karui asked Dylan.
"They joined by their own choice," Dylan said.
"You seem like a great guy," Karui said to Dylan.
"I am, I may get mad or get critical over something or some people, but I'm a quiet gentle guy," Dylan said.
"I heard that from the girls and your sex times," Karui said to Dylan.
"Yeah, I can be gentle in bed until the girls want it rough," Dylan said.
"You know what, I want to join this harem," Karui said to Dylan.
"Well I knew the girls that get a card out would join, but not this fast," Dylan said in a little bit of a shocked tone.
"Well I like you Dylan and well, it would be fun to join it and I think it would help me become more chill," Karui said to Dylan.
"Awesome," Dylan said.
Karui then wraps her arms around Dylan's right arm.
"Oh I can't feel my arm, side effect from getting it reattached, sorry if I can't do anything with it," Dylan said to Karui.
"That's alright," Karui said.
"How long until you get the feeling back?" Karui asked Dylan.
"Thirty-six hours," Dylan said.
"I can wait," Karui said as she and Dylan watch the sun set.
Present day…
"That's still crazy that you got your arm cut off," Meredy said to Dylan.
"Yeah I lost a lot of blood from that," Dylan said.
"And you screamed like Dale Gribble after that," Bellemere said to Dylan.
"Well almost like him, I can't get at a high pitch," Dylan said.
"That Seal Mage really proved her work with that healing technique," Robin said.
"Yeah, if she wasn't there, I would have lost an arm," Dylan said.
"Was her team that horrible?" Meredy asked Dylan.
"I don't think so, I think maybe a change of pace will cool her jets," Dylan said.
"Whatever happened to Chōji?" Robin asked Dylan.
"Oh we traveled around a bit and we found a place that was similar to a village to what Chōji described," Dylan said.
"Oh that's good," Meredy said.
"Yes it is," Dylan said.
Then, Dylan, Meredy, Robin, and Bellemere see the other girls leading Karui to the other end of the house.
"You like her?" Dylan asked the three ladies.
"I do," Robin said.
"I always wanted a ninja to join us and now we have one," Meredy said in a happy tone.
"Yeah, she's the kind of girl I would hang out with, tough and chill," Bellemere said.
"She will come in handy for you and the others, considering her power," Robin said to Dylan.
"Yes, especially if we get into trouble with a much powerful girl," Dylan said.
"Well, we should let you get some rest," Robin said to Dylan as she, Bellemere, and Meredy got off the couch and head off to different parts of the house.
"Yeah I need some rest, I'm not at a hundred percent yet," Dylan said.
Soon, Dylan gets off the couch and walks over to the special door in the house. He then takes his newly acquired card and places it near the scanner. Soon, the counter drops from eighty-seven to eighty-six.
"Perfect," Dylan said.
Later on, it was nighttime as Dylan was in his den and putting the new Karui card in the display case.
"Alright, fourteen cards out of one hundred collected," Dylan said as he looks at the display case.
"Man it feels like I'm playing an RPG and I'm grinding my way to the top, no wonder it takes several hundred hours to complete a game," Dylan said as he sees it was getting very late.
"Well I should head off to bed, that trip took a lot out of me," Dylan said as he walks into his bedroom.
"I just hope nothing else happens during this time," Dylan said.
Meanwhile in the United States, Jeff McCallister, Darius Parker, and Tommy McGrath were walking along a very deserted road.
"I hope we find someone soon," McGrath said.
"Yeah I'm getting tired of fans wanting my autograph, I'm not Michael C. Maronna you fucking diseases," Jeff said in anger.
"I'm enjoying the attention, people think I'm Ludacris, so I'm cashing in on it," Darius said.
"We have to focus we need to find Dylan and take care of him," McGrath said to Jeff and Darius.
"Then get rid of that fat stain of life once for all," Jeff said.
"Yeah and leave nothing of him," Darius said.
"Dylan Riley, you are a fucking dead man," McGrath said as he, Jeff, and Darius continue to walk.
Oh this was wild, Dylan lost (and regained) his arm in battle, Karui is in the harem, and we got the three of the most unlikeable assholes (Jeff, Darius, and McGrath) on the hunt for Dylan, man it had a lot and it was awesome. Anyway, here are the stats after this chapter.
Cards Collected: 14
Cards Left: 86
Girls in the harem (that were under control by a card): Nami, Aqua, Ristarte, Kinoko Komori, Botan, Nefertari Vivi, Beth Vanderwood, Meredy, Secre Swallowtail, Juvia Lockser, Shampoo, Itsuka Kendo, Mei Hatsume, and Karui.
Girls in the harem (that weren't under control by a card): Nico Robin, Lucoa, Bellemere, and Nojiko.
Income: $2030 per day, $56,840-$62,930 per month, and $740,950 for the year.
Anyway, we got another chapter coming soon so stay tuned.