In the construction site where a stalker lay dead, a figure was calmly approaching the corpse and kept walking until it stopped right at where the stalker fell. Crouching down and examining the corpse, the figure simply scoffed and sighed before walking away outside of the construction site, before taking out a phone and called a number and waited until the phone picked.

"Yes, hello, can you hear me?" The now identified male voice spoke up into the phone. "We have an issue, the fools failed to do what they were supposed to do." The voice reported into the phone.

"…?"

"I know this, because one of them is dead and the Idol's apartment is empty and there's no bodies in there." The figure answered back.

"…?"

"I don't know where the rest of them went, they seemingly vanished for some reason or another, I do not know, these people aren't rational after all."

"…?"

"I do not know how did the Idol survived, but considering there was another set of footprints, clearly bigger than hers, I can only assume that someone came to her aid or something, and had moved her and the kids to a secure location of some kind."

"…!?"

"I know that it is hard to believe but that is the only thing that makes sense within context of what happened, and it also probably explained what to the other idiots as well. Maybe they ran afoul of this person and got killed for their troubles or something."

"…"

"A highly skilled fighter of some kind you say? While there are plenty of practicing Martial Artists, Police Officers, Boxers, and more in Tokyo here, I doubt any of them could really take out that number of thugs out by themselves."

"…"

"There are exceptions to every rule you say? I guess you might be right, but if that is the case, then the Idol certainly has what others would call the Devil's own Luck, because the odds of someone of that caliber coming to her aid is very low."

"…"

"So, find out who is protecting the Idol and kill them as well, since they might also be privy to Intel from her about what she actually knows them? Very well, consider it done, but what about the kids as well?"

"…"

"No survivors and be sure to wipe all the data then, very well, can't let anyone else find out about the secret we're trying to keep now."

"…"

"I understand, I will try to keep the veil of secrecy as best as I can, but I can't help it if there are circumstances outside of our control that requires me to be a bit more active with how I take care of them. But first I need to find them, so I can actually plan for them."

"…"

"Don't worry, the cleanup crew is coming, there will be no trace of him anywhere, and if she does try to go public, she will only look mad and that will leave her easier to take care of."

"…"

"…I understand, I won't rest until they're all taken care of, I swear to see them all dead no matter what, even if the face of Hikaru Kamaki can no longer walk the streets as a free man anymore."

"…"

"Good bye." The figure said revealed to be a man with only one notable feature to his very face, the sinister dark black stars shining maliciously in them as he walked off. "Ai, oh Ai, I wonder where you're hiding?" He hummed as he plotted his next move.

"You know, when you called me and said you had an emergency, I did not expect this, Markus." Wu-Fei said in amusement as he helped moved several suitcases, that Markus could not carry or move due to being too full, and by his side was Ai, perfectly hidden and disguises while carrying her two babies with her.

"Well, it is what it is, and I may be capable but there's only so much I can do by myself; besides you know better than most people on how to keep a secret right now." Markus grunted as he moved a particularly large luggage case in his grasp.

"I see." Wu-Fei nodded, as he took the family through a harder to navigate part of Chinatown to avoid the residents as a while to allow them to move more easily in secrecy. "I must admit, I did not expect you, of all people, to be sheltering someone that you tried your best to keep at arm's length. "Wu-Fei noted, taking a quick glance at Ai.

"Well things change, and time can change just about anything, but I just need to know, Wu-Fei, nobody should be able to see or spot us in here, right?" Markus asked seriously as Wu-Fei nodded at that to him.

"Do not worry Markus, many people avoid this route to begin with because how hard it is to navigate these parts in due to the fact that nobody has really maintained this part, and it's alongside the dumpsters so this route tends to be avoided by travelers because of the smell as you may have noticed." Wu-Fei explained.

"I've noticed." Markus said dryly as he turned to the mask wearing trio as they made faces at the smell that they had to endure. "Thanks for doing this though Wu-Fei." Markus said thankfully as Wu-Fei shrugged hm off on that. "They're facing some trouble right about now at the home front, so they're staying at my place until the matter is resolved, hopefully speaking." Markus said.

"It's certainly no problem Markus." Wu-Fei said as he turned to Ai. "And do not worry, we will not spill the secrets of your whereabouts, we will protect and look after you like one of our own." He said to Ai, who can only nod rather gratefully.

"And we're here." Markus said as they reached his building and he nodded to Wu-Fei. "Sorry I have to take a leave of work today, but emergencies and circumstances, and the likes." Markus said as Wu-Fei and left, before he turned to the others. "Alright then, masks on, if anyone ask, say you're with me if you have to speak." He said as the trio nodded and they followed Markus.

Hui-Fang was there and she was surprised to see Markus back so early and with guests, and raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Something going on Markus?" She asked him in curiosity.

"Some troublesome events going on here and there, best you don't ask too many questions about it." Markus said as Hui-Fang raised another eyebrow. "Please." He requested.

Hui-Fang gave him a look and relented. "Do take care of yourself now Markus, I happen to like you as one of my favorite renters here." She said as Markus nodded as they walked on, though she had to get one last word in. "Go take care of your family daddy!" She heckled as she laughed as she saw some Markus paused and the girl with him nearly tripping at that.

"Thank you very much you old hag." Markus grumbled in English as Ai was left kind of red at the sudden image of being in a family with Markus. "Don't pay attention to her." Markus then spoke up, swapping back to English. "She's a gadfly and loves to tease people out of amusement." He explained.

"Ah…of course." Ai nodded with a red face still as she followed Markus, who was having a bit of a hard time maneuvering the luggage now that Wu-Fei was no longer there. But Markus decided to make do with it, since he did not exactly want to force a mother to move luggage while she was carrying her kids.

After taking the elevator, to Markus's floor, they walked in silence until they finally reached Markus's home and he opened it up to let them in. As Ai gave her kids a little shake and let them look around in awe at Marus's place. It was clean and also kind of spartan with the bare necessities unlike the home that the trio came from.

"Well then, welcome to my home where you guys will be staying for a bit." Markus said warmly as he went to the couch and pull aside the cushions and unfolded the couch to reveal a hide away bed in it and then he went into the hall closet and dug some bedding sheets and a large foam mattress and placed it on the couch bed. "This is where you will be sleeping for the time since it's the only place, I got that's large enough, I apologize I cannot provide more." Markus said to them.

"No, no, no, this is more than enough Markus, thank you very much." Ai replied and then said gratefully with a happy smile. "You've done more than enough for me and my family in the past few hours alone, this is already a lot more than you should have to do for my children and I." She said as her smiled dimmed a bit as Markus looked at her and then to her kids. "I should probably explain that huh?" She noted as both Aqua and Ruby hugged tightly and gave Markus a weary look.

"Not really, they're your kids, you have to hide them for sake of appearances, nothing to it." Markus said casually, casing all three of the family to blink in surprise at him as Markus gave them a deadpanned look. "Unlike most of your fans, I'm well aware that you're very much still human so you having a family isn't exactly a surprise." He said dryly.

"But you don't seem all that surprised to find out me having kids though?" Ai said in confusion. "That would at least catch most people off with that little detail since I am only nineteen." She said to Markus.

"Oh, I figured out you were their mother long before we started hanging out together." Markus said casually as Ai, Ruby, and Aqua blinked at that. "Remember when you dropped your pouch?" He pointed out as Ai hesitantly nodded at that. "Dug into your pouch a bit, found your locket and saw the photos of the kids inside." He said calmly as Ai blinked at that, while Ruby and Aqua blanched at that.

"You went through mama's things like a thief!?" Ruby shrieked at Markus who looked unconcerned and nodded. "Why would you do something so horrible to mama!? She's Ai Hoshino, the absolute greatest idol in the world, your actions are a crime against humanity!" She cried at him.

"Honestly, because I was kind of curious to know what kind of person Ai is, and my default reaction is to dig through people's stuff if it was dropped on the floor and look through it, a habit that I decided not to break for reasons of my own choosing." Markus said casually as Ruby was left put off by how easily Markus just shared all that detail without shame or hesitation.

"Wow, you're kind of shameless Markus." Ai said in awe as both Ruby and Aqua gave Ai weirded out looks. "I'm actually kind of impressed by that." She said to him as he shrugged.

"Well, what mainly convinced me that Ruby and Aqua were your kids, is that they look a lot more like you than they do for Ichigo and Miyako." Markus said to Ai, as she blinked at that, as in her opinion, Ruby and Aqua didn't exactly look like her all that much. "It's subtle but there are certain features on their faces that look more like you then you might expect." Markus explained, and that was all he was willing to say about the matter.

"Well, I guess it doesn't matter I suppose." Ai shrugged off casually as Aqua and Ruby looked at her with some disbelief. "Well before we get settled in, is there any house rules that we should know about or anything important to know?" She asked Markus.

"Just a few." Markus nodded. "The first is don't go into my room, for obvious reasons, but another reason why you shouldn't go into my room is that it also doubles as my workshop, as I have a habit of going junk diving and seeing if it's possible for me to repurpose junk one way or another for me to either use or sell." He started off, and to keep his own secrets hidden away from plain view.

"I understand." Ai nodded as did her kids. "Anything else to note for rules inside your home or what not?" She asked.

"Well just some basic common sense and the likes, but now we implement knocking on the bathroom door, I'm pretty sure none of you want to walk in me in the restroom or what not and in return." Markus said as Ai quickly nodded at that. "Well not much else but…you should probably give the old man a call or whatever to let him know." Markus advised Ai as her eyes widened and she rushed to get her phone as she just remembered that.

"You're right!" Se shouted as she started calling Ichigo and that left Markus with Ruby and Aqua, who were staring at him, with no idea on what to think about him over.

"So…" Markus started off and trailed away a bit, unaware about what he should do before he got an idea. "Want to watch TV?" He asked them.

Not having anything better to do, Aqua and Ruby agreed to that, and eventually Markus turned on the TV and soon Ruby was happy because it was another fun movie that she liked and made Aqua join her in so they can watch the movie, allowing Markus to check in on Ai.

"Yes, Ichigo, don't worry I'm safe, no I am not at home right now, I'm staying with Markus. Don't worry about Markus Ichigo, he's the one to keep me safe. No, I cannot give away his location since that's part of the secrecy plan to hide me from danger. Yes, he knows about the kids now, don't worry about him, he won't tell anyone, I swear. Okay, goodbye Ichigo, I will see you as soon as possible, goodbye." She talked on the phone and then hung up as she sighed at what she had to deal with.

"So, I'm assuming everything is hectic on your end what with the attempted assault and all." Markus finished calmly as he motioned her to follow into the kitchen.

"It really is, Ichigo is kind of very worried about me, and considering that I am not telling him my location and that I am with you, he's kind of feeling very worried that you might try to take advantage of me or something." Ai said shyly as Markus dug for some tea bags inside his kitchen as he raised an eyebrow at that.

"He does realize that I went out of my way to help you get to safety, even help you and your kids move into my place so you can avoid being tracked down by any possible threats, right?" Markus asked as he went to his water boiler, grabbed the tea pot next to him, and dumped the tea bags in before pouring hot water into the tea pot.

"He does know that, but you kind of worry him, since he knows so little about you and me being his most prized and important Idol means that he's extra weary of you." Ai explained as Markus went to grab some other supplies like tea cups. "Add in the fact that you don't exactly fit any conventional standard of what people are, he has no idea what to exactly make of you." She finished.

Markus snorted at that as he waited for a couple minutes and checked on the tea and nodded. Pouring out two cups, one for himself and one for Ai, he handed her a cup of tea that Ai nodded thankfully to him for. "Don't expect much from me, I find it easier to use tea bags than tea leaves, or anything like that, and I am also not very picky with how I do certain stuff, which includes prepping tea." Markus warned as he simply drank his tea without issue.

"It's fine Markus, this is good enough, and I'm not exactly that big on tea either way." Ai assured as she took a sip and sighed as she felt herself loosen up a bit now.

"Good to hear, but I don't know what was your manager expecting, he should have realized that I wouldn't have given him any way to make myself fit any conventional standard." Markus said as he then smirked at Ai. "After all, we Americans are quite proud of our individuality and our own independence after all." He said as Ai nodded at that bit of info.

"So, what now then?" Ai asked after a bit of silence passed by save for the sounds of the tv coming from the den where Aqua and Ruby were watching something. "I do not know about you, but I don't think it's practical long term for me and my children to stay here, and that's not even accounting for the fact that sooner or later they will have to go to school and coming out to school from here is not sustainable long term." She spoke.

"For now? We need you and the kids to lay low for a bit, just because that stalker was the one to try and attack doesn't mean he will be the only one. If anything, I expect there to be more attacks coming in the future." Markus started off as Ai look disheartened by that tidbit of intel.

"So, I'm still going to be in danger then." Ai said glumly as Markus nodded. "Even worse, if I'm in danger than by default my children are also danger as well." She said as Markus looked grim as he nodded.

"Yeah, and it's not going to be easy since we don't know how many people are involved, I only found out about the attack on you because some of your other stalkers decided to try and off me for thinking I was your boyfriend of some kind." Markus revealed as Ai's eyes widened at that, though a part of her ears did turn red when hearing about the details about Markus potentially being her boyfriend.

"I see." Ai nodded as she was wondering what it would be like if Markus was actually her boyfriend. "So, what do you recommend that we do for the time being?" She asked as she struggled to focus a bit.

"For now? Rest, you had a very stressing day thus far, and I am not going to let you exhaust yourself, for now just spend some time with your kids, send the old man any updates and texts and stay in here. I on the other hand need to get some food, because I am a bit tired from running around and the likes." Markus said, though he had another reason to go out and get food.

"I understand." Ai nodded as she and Markus finished their tea, and once they did, they got up and Ai rushed up to hug Markus again and as Markus blinked in confusion, he shrugged his shoulders and once again hugged her. "Thank you so much Markus." Ai said softly and gratefully. "You saved my life and prevented my babies from becoming orphans, I will never be able to repay you for as long as I live." She said to him as Markus's eyes softened at that.

"There was nothing to it for me, I care about you Ai, even after our rough start, and I promise I will do what I can to aid you and your kids in this trying time." Markus promised as Ai let go. "But I think you should get some food soon, so remember, if it's not me, don't open the door." Markus said as Ai nodded.

As Markus took his coat and bid Aqua and Ruby farewell for now and then left to get some food. Ai suddenly realized that there was something that Markus mentioned and didn't to ask him about. Something that seemed kind of important in hindsight when she thought about it.

"Just exactly how many of those thugs did Markus fought off to reach me?" Ai hummed, as she thought about it, being outnumbered is a tough thing to deal with and knowing that Markus fought off a number of them and was still able to reach her, indicated to her that Markus had a high level of combat skills and fitness.

But the most important bit about this detail was that it told her more about the man that interested her and learning he was capable of fighting was just another interesting fact to learn about Markus. Ai could only smile as her eyes shined warmly and the stars of them became brighter and full of even greater light than ever before.

"Markus, how you continue to intrigue me still." Ai said softly.

"So, you're saying that someone is after your friend?" Wu-Fi said in genuine surprise as he was seeing to it that Markus's ordered was being prepared for him as Markus nodded at that. "That is…rather troubling news to hear Markus, thank the divines that you were there to stop such a tragic event from happening." Wu-Fei said in relief.

"Yeah, and that's the problem, I only stopped one possible threat, but I didn't take care of the core issue, and those thugs aren't exactly what you would call critical thinkers if you get what I mean by that." Markus said as he drank a bottle of liquid as Wu-Fei's eyes narrowed at that.

"You believe that the one who masterminded the attack on your friend is still out there and even worse, this mastermind will send even more people after your friend until they're either gone or your friend is dead." Wu-Fei said grimly as Markus gave a nod at that. "That is very troubling to hear, there's no telling how many more threats that there may be, sent after your friend then."

"Aye, and that's the issue, all it takes is one just one idiot to get past me, I am not an omnipotent god, Wu-Fei, and that's not even accounting for that that both of us have our own lives to deal with. Not to mention the involvement of other people in our lives, that may end up as collateral in this whole affair." Markus pointed out as Wu-Fei winced at that.

When looking it at that way, the odds were stacked against Markus and Ai. All that they had to go on was that a bunch of thugs were sent after Markus first while another thug was sent after Ai, and typically, you don't send in your best right away to deal with the issue. You want to start off small and then start escalating the response to a situation you want resolved. And that was the current issue that was plaguing Markus right now, he had little knowledge or idea about who could have started this whole affair, so he was going in blind in this battle.

"And why did you come to me to talk about all of this Markus?" Wu-Fei asked curiously, as he was wondering where Markus was going with this. "I am but a simple chef simply trying to make his way in the world for my daughter and I." He explained calmly to Markus.

"I need help, and I need connections." Markus started off as he gave Wu-Fei a serious look. "There are things I cannot investigate on my own, due to my current status, I need to find someone or people that can help me investigate this attack and are okay with getting their hands dirty." Markus said to Wu-Fei.

Wu-Fei was silent for a moment before he sighed. "I wish I can help you here Markus, but I do not have the kind of connections that would help you find what you are looking for. I am only a simple Chinese Immigrant running a restaurant." Wu-Fei explained to him.

"I know that much." Markus admitted. "But if I am going to be looking for help, I might be bringing in some outsiders to help me, the reason why I am letting you know is because it might disrupt the peace of the Chinese District and as the one who brought me here. I believe you deserve to know that much in advance." Markus explained to Wu-Fei, as he nodded at that explanation.

"So, what do you plan to do now then Markus?" Wu-Fei asked as he observed the young foreigner man before him. Before now, Markus was simply a man trying to go about his daily life and did not desire to make any big splash. Now though, there was a rare fire burning in Markus's eyes and a look of determination that Wu-Fei swore could have challenged the world and would win.

"Me? I simply intend to protect someone that has no way of fighting back is all I intend." Markus said calmly before his gaze sharpened. "And all those that get in my way will soon learn to regret it." He added in dangerously as Wu-Fei nodded at that then.

"Then let me offer one advice for you Markus, be careful of the abyss for the abyss stares back." Wu-Fei said to Markus as he nodded at that with a look of understanding in his face. "Now then, I think it is time for you to go, the food is ready for you!" Wu-Fei then said cheerfully as the takeout bag of food was deposited to where Markus was.

"My thanks Wu-Fei, see you soon." Markus nodded as he headed off.

"Don't be a stranger Markus." Wu-Fei waved him off as he smiled until Markus left and the smile slipped off and he sighed. "What a troublesome youngster you are." Wu-Fei said before he smiled once more. "It's no wonder Kai-Ming gets along well with him, though I do wonder you would have thought of him, Meilan?" Wu-Fei hummed as he thought about his deceased wife.

Aqua was stretching himself after a relatively long day as he walked around in Markus's apartment, it was kind of a hectic all things considered especially when that Stalker came to try and hurt Ai, or worse, try to…kill her. But thank goodness Markus was there to keep Ai safe from him.

Still, Markus was unexpectedly very skilled in combat, and the lack of knowledge on him bothered Aqua a lot. Not to mention the fact that there was still plenty of unanswered questions about Markus that bothered Aqua. Especially when he noticed some things that are kind of off about Markus.

Like why was Markus living with the Chinese residents despite being an American and having clear American roots?

Why was someone like Markus living life as a handyman and not doing much else?

Who was Markus Redgrave?

There were simply far too many questions that Aqua didn't like to leave unresolved, it all started because Ai had developed a fascination with him, and he now strongly suspected that Ai might actually like Markus in a romantic light. While he was okay with that, but he knew the industry would never stand for it.

So really, all he needed right now was answers, and the only way to that answer was in Markus's personal bedroom. Thankfully for him, after Markus came and ate some food with them, he went out to take care of some issues that he really didn't know about but it gave him time. And right now, Ai and Ruby were napping in the den in front off the TV after they ate a nice amount of food and fell asleep watching a movie.

So, entering Markus's room he could see that Markus was a bit of a tinkerer considering all the random junk that he saw. Though there were some certain items that stood out to him and the likes. Not being a technician, Aqua had no frame of reference for any of the stuff that he was seeing. But they all certainly stood out to him.

One was some kind of repaired laptop of some kind that Markus made from junk, another was some kind of weird science experiment of some kind that seem to be generating electricity or whatever. Another was some advanced looking hand brace of some kind that Aqua has never seen before in his life.

So, with the workbench being a failure he decided to look around on his shelf, and then pulling the chair aside to climb up, Aqua started digging around the shelf for anything of note and then found some kind of weird hidden panel on the back of one shelf set and tried to move it around. But to his frustration, it was harder than it looked as it seemed only Markus could move it around with ease.

But eventually he managed to get it removed and soon to his personal surprise, saw some kind of book, and based on the looks, it was some kind of scrap photo book of some kind. Markus never really struck him as the kind to keep that kind of stuff, but he couldn't open it as it was apparently locked now.

Still while it was a failure, it was also a clue that grabbed Aqua's attention. So, he couldn't help but be excited to see what exactly was hiding in that book that Markus had.

"Well now, let's see what you're hiding Markus." Aqua said with the one star in his eyes turning a bit gray.

Markus grunted as he went to around Tokyo, he was not exactly looking for anything at the moment, but he was trying to overhear the public news and the rumors of the people around as he tried to assess if anything had happened.

But to his own befuddlement and surprise, there was no news anywhere about a body being found or what not. He even went back to the construction site to see if there was any crime scene about the stalker he chased down. But to his even greater surprise, there was no body or crime scene and things were going about as normal as possible.

This worried him a lot now, as that means, whoever sent those thugs after Ai, means that they were very much well connected and easily now had greater resources to access. That was…rather concerning all things considered.

Frustrated at the lack of knowledge at his hand, he decided to head back to the Chinese District to check up on Ai and the kids. And as he walked back and was walking on the streets, he heard someone yelping behind him and turned to see some random thug trying to run away from the cops or what not. Shrugging off as he calmly got some distance from the thief, he was content to go on with his walk.

Then it happened.

The thief was trying to get away, so he didn't care who he had to push to get out of the way or shoved into. One group he shoved into were a group of students, and he bulldozed over them and sent them all to the ground…including knocking two students into the road…where cars were still driving about!

Seeing a large car honking and trying to stop but clearly couldn't stop in time, Markus acted. He ran about as fast as he had run to warn Ai and protect her, and for a moment, he was legitimately worried that he wasn't going to make it in time. But thankfully for Markus, his reflexes and agility were far faster than most.

Easily dodging most of the bystanders, he quickly slid down just in time to grab both students by their tops, and with a casual grunt, pulled them out of danger just in time as he threw them back to the sidewalk without issue and sighed in relief at saving two lives.

"Kaguya!" One of the two kids that got knocked over, and quickly rushed over to pick up one of the two students up. Now that he got a closer look at them, Markus took note of their appearances. "Thank goodness you're okay, are you hurt, are you injured, did you pull anything?" The blonde student with blue eyes spoke with clean concern to the girl that he helped up.

"I'm fine Shirogane, I'm fine, I'm just a bit bruised up is all, there's nothing to it." The girl said as she spoke up revealing it to be a pretty girl with tied up hair held by red ribbons and also having unique red eyes as she let herself be held by the boy, who can only sigh in relief. "Thank you strange for saving me." She said as she turned to Markus.

"Yeah! Thanks for saving Kaguya and Ishigami!" The girl that was pushed to the safe side of the sidewalk spoke up cheerfully as Markus noted her silverish-pinkish hair with a bow on top and her own blue eyes said with a smile, as she turned to the second guy Markus saved and helped him up and push him towards Markus. "Thank him Ishigami!" The girl said insistently.

"I get it, I get it, no need to push Fujiwara." The lazy looking guy with relatively long flat black hair that covered one of his eyes, and showcasing to Markus that he had black eyes. "Thanks for saving me, I could have been killed." He said with a small bow.

"It's nothing to it, I did what anyone else would have done, no need to thank me for basic human decency." Markus tried to shrug off, but the girl named Kaguya wasn't about to let that go.

"Even so, a life is a life." She said seriously as she seemed to have gained some strange aura about her. "I would like to know the name of the man who saved me I can reward or honor you." She said as Markus raised an eyebrow but decided to roll with it.

"Well, my name is Markus Redgrave, just a handyman for hire is all, and as for my reward, how about you all just introduce yourselves and that's it?" Markus offered as the four students blinked in surprise. "Don't mind knowing who I helped is all." Markus said as the four stared at him curiously but rolled with it.

"Very well then, I am Kaguya Shinomiya, pleased to meet you Mister Redgrave." Kaguya said.

"And I am Miyuki Shirogane, thanks for saving Kaguya." Miyuki said to Markus with a grateful look in his eyes.

"Hi, my name is Chika Fujiwara, thanks for saving two of my friends Markus!" Chika said cheerfully to him.

"Name's Yu Ishigami, thanks for saving me and nice to meet you." Yu said listlessly.

"Well nice to meet you all, and Kaguya, was it?" Markus asked Kaguya who nodded. "You don't owe me anything, I insist." He spoke.

"Nonsense, you saved and aided me, at the very least let me treat you to some tea." She said earnestly as Markus gave her a look and saw the other three were staring at him, but most of them seem okay, well it wasn't going to be that much of an issue for him, so he might as well roll with it.

"If you insist, sure then." Markus sighed as Kaguya looked pleased as she then started to dial a number on her phone. "Who you calling?" Markus asked.

"My maid." Kaguya answered as Markus blinked at that. "She's bringing the limo over." She added in.

"Maid? Wait, what?" Markus questioned as Miyuki looked amused as Chika started giggling, and Yu still looked lifeless. "Wait, where you taking me?" Markus asked curiously.

"Why we're taking you to Shuchi'in Academy to repay our gratitude." Kaguya replied.

"Shuchi'in Academy?" Markus blinked.

"It's a school famous for having students of the upper class." Miyuki answered as Markus's eyes began widen in surprise as Miyuki smiled what he began to realize. "You saved some very important people just now Markus. Yu is the son of a president of a toy company. And Kaguya is the daughter to the head of the Shinomiya Zaibatsu." He finished as Markus eyes widened even more at that.

Even as cut off as he was from most of Japan, even he knew about Shinomiya Zaibatsu being a huge ass company with a shit ton of power and money.

And he saved the daughter of the Big Cheese of the conglomerate.

This was going to be hectic, Markus could tell.