With a happy and upbeat humming, Joe unlocked the apartment's door from the outside. It was early in the morning, and the need to be silent was more present than ever, mainly because one of the neighbours was ready to strike him with a lawsuit for noise at just eight in the morning.

As he closed the door behind him after he entered, Joe was face to face with an empty apartment, but came across a strong and unsettling scent which made him flinch on first contact.

"Who the hell didn't flush the bathroom..." Joe joked to himself as he walked past the kitchen and into the empty living room. He looked around for a brief moment until his eyes fell on a sheet of paper laying on the kotatsu next to the window. He moved over to the kotasu and grabbed the paper, then began mumbling what was written there to himself. "Love sensei Kaido's first step into success, a gourmet meal for your loved one... The hell is this?"

"Joe..." A hoarse voice called out, seemingly coming from the kitchen.

"Eek!" In shock, Joe let go of the paper and turned to face the kitchen as he stepped back. "W-wha-wha...." He muttered as he backed himself into a wall.

The first thing to come out of the kitchen was a pair of hands covered in a red colour. They grabbed onto the side of the kitchen's counters for support and pulled the rest of the body. The first was a set of eyes that carried an intense, sleep-deprived glare, and after that, the whole creature got up.

"M-m-m-mommy...." Joe muttered.

"Joe..." The creature came into the light that entered the apartment by the living room's window, revealing it to be Ryuuga in his sleeping clothes. His white shirt was tainted by red, red liquid dripped from his black shorts, his arms, legs, and even his head, were covered in different red markings, some darker than the rest. He reached out for the counter, grabbing a red-tainted meat cleaver that he raised as he moved towards Joe. "Joe...." Ryuuga said with a raspy voice that made the sound of metal fork dragging across a glass surface sound like the voice of an angel.

"N-no... N-n-no... H-have mercy...! H-HAVE MERCY!" Joe yelled for dear life.

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"N-no... N-n-no... H-have mercy...! H-HAVE MERCY!" Joe yelled for dear life.

"Joe..." As Ryuuga approached his cousin, he began slightly choking and spat out something red and mushy onto the floor next to his feet. "Welcome home, Joe..."

"I-i'm not ready to die, I had finally skipped the five dates to nirvana, this can't be how I go!!!" Joe exclaimed.

"Joe... Why... Why..." Ryuuga dropped the cleaver on the floor and fell flat on the ground. Finally, his dialogue became understandable. "Why am I such a worthless human being that can't even make tomato sauce the right away after fifteen tries, I spent an entire night doing this, what is sleep, what is living a healthy lifestyle, why did mom and dad choose to have me, they'd be better with just Izuru, he's a bright young boy who'll make them prouder than I'll ever do, how can I get out of this more than friends but less than lovers phase if I can't even make a meal for my special someone, why am I such garbage at everything-" Ryuuga went on to blabber even more while on the floor.

"....ah?" Joe looked down on his cousin with a look that carried both a pound of despair and three tons of disappointment. "I left home for two days, what the hell happened to you?"

"This happened..." Ryuuga muttered as he weakly got up, wincing at every moment. He reached fro the kotatasu and grabbed the paper sheet. Then, his strength came back as he closed his trembling  right fist. "This asshole got on his high horse and thought he was some sort of love guru and his first step was to cook a fucking homemade meal and I can't cook for shit! I've been trying to make tomato sauce for the past-" Ryuuga looked at the window. "Probably eight hours but I fell asleep while cooking and woke up as a Dark Irregulars unit!"

"Bruh... You poor man, you look redder than Amon."

"I KNOW!" Ryuuga yelled, slapping the paper sheet onto the kotatsu. "I ran out of tomatos again... Come with me, we're going to the garden downstairs!" He exclaimed as he walked towards the door, still in his tomato sauce-covered sauce.

"Or maybe, Iunno, go take a shower?" Joe asked as he followed his cousin.  "Just a small suggestion."

"Shower? Living a healthy lifestyle? Only after I do this crap right! I will succeed at being an activate member of society!"

"I need to come home more often..." Joe sighed.

The garden mentioned by Ryuuga was located on a small plain field on the bottom floor of the building, near small garage that contained a white 1966 Ford Mustang convertible, a car that Kaido and Ryuzaki fixed on their free time during Kaido's childhood and that was now fully operational and driven by Kaido when in mainland Japan. The garden wasn't very big, but it was enough. It had three different sections, each being about a meter in lengh and half a meter in width, with the first section being for carrots, the second for tomatoes and the third being for onions. The story behind the garden was a short and simple one, but nonetheless heartwarming. Knowing full well that the chances of Kaido spending the summer living at the Mikazuchi mansion were less than low, Payic decided to start a small garden for Kaido and Emma to use during their stay in the building.

Ryuuga crouched next to the tomato section and began looking for the roundest and reddest ones to harvest, but because of his continuous harvest during the night, his search was taking more than he wanted. "Dammit, where the hell are those idiots..."

"HOLY CRAP, RYUUGA COME CHECK THIS OUT!" Joe yelled, standing next to the staircase they took to come down to the groundfloor.

"Huh? What is it now?" Ryuuga asked as he got up and began approaching Joe.

With a grin growing on his face, Joe turned to Ryuuga, holding the head of a water hose with his left hand. He took aim at Ryuuga, his malicious grin growing to match that of his younger brother Alan. "All according to plan." He said as he flicked the hose on.

"J-joe... What are you-!" Before he could finish, the hose's water jet striekd Ryuuga's head, blocking him from saying the rest of his words. "D-DUDE, WHAT THE HELL?!" He asked as he ran away from Joe, who followed him.

"IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET RID OF THAT STUPID TOMATO SMELL THEN I'M WASHING YOU LIKE A DOG, YOU DAMN DIRT DOG!" Joe answered with yells, still on pursuit and still striking Ryuuga with the water.

As the two ran around, one blasting water and the other trying to escape, one of the doors on the first floor opened. Kaido walked out of the door, being nearly butt-naked if not for a towel wrapped around his waste. As he looked down on the cousins, he slammed his hands on the metalic handrail.

"YOU PIECES OF SHIT BETTER QUIET THE FUCK DOWN BEFORE I SUE YOUR ASSES INTO TWENTY CENTURIES IN PRISON, YOU GOT THAT?!" Kaido yelled, looking down on them with a furious glare.

The two cousins stopped and shared a glance, with both nodding as they did so. Joe turned off the hose and raised his hands in defeat.

"We're sorry, we'll be quiet now." Joe said.

"Good. I was trying to enjoy the start of a peaceful shower with my wife, but you two just had to start shouting at this ungoldy hour." Kaido said, crossing his arms.

But then, Joe's grin returned to his face and overtook it completly. "Then shower with us."

"I- What?" Kaido asked, looking down on the two, but then his eyes widened.

"Joe, use Water Gun!" Ryuuga commanded.

Joe aimed the hose at Kaido and nodded. "Joe Joe!" He exclaimed as he turned ont he hose once again, firing a water blast right at Kaido's face.

"It's a critical hit!" Ryuuga laughed, high fiving Joe.

"We just became Pokemon masters!"

"You..." Kaido muttered, his water-drenched hair covering his eyes. He returned to his apartment and came out moments later holding a small pile of around five to six plates under his left arm and holding a single plate on his right hand. Looking down on his two neighbours with a death glare between his hair, he spat at the ground. "DIE YOU FOOLS!" He yelled in anger, launching the plates down at the two.

"HOLY SHIT!" Joe exclaimed as he ran to avoid getting hit.

"KAIDO WHAT THE HELL?!" Ryuuga asked, doing the same as Joe.

"HAHAHAHAHA I HOPE YOU TWO GET YOUR SKULLS OPEN FROM THIS!" Kaido let out manically laughs at each plate he threw and whenever he heard the sound of the plates being shattered to pieces. 

But in the commotion, a beast awakened.

"HAHAHA- AH!" An arm reached out for Kaido from the shadows of his apartment, pulling him closer to the door. That same arm placed itself around his chest, and then, a hand stepped out of the shadows, running it's fingers through his wet hair.

"Kaido..." A soft female voice was heard from the shadows, making Kaido begin to tremble.

"I-i can ex-"

"Explain? Let me explain you something then." A pair of eyes opened in the shadows, looking down on him as the beast pressed it's chest against his back. "After so many months of hardships in school, we finally get some time for ourselves. You spent the last two or so days doing things with your new best friend Ryuuga, and that we finally get the chance to shower together after so long, you decide to live your future wife, fully naked, on the cold bathroom of the apartment you share... What do you have to say for yourself?" The beast asked, digging her light pink nails into Kaido's skin.

"E-e-emma, I-i'm sorry....!" Kaido muttered, looking up at the glare with a terrified look on his face.

And so, a full hour passed.

Kaido, now fully clothed, Joe and Ryuuga, after taking a proper showed and putting on his clothes, all were with their knees, arms and heads in the floor of Kaido's living room. Standing up across them was Emma, in a black skirt that reached her knees, a sleeveless white button shirt, black socks that went a big past her knees and white shoes with a very small heel to them, aswell with her long light pink hair tied into a ponytail, looked down on the three with her arms crossed and a pout on her face.

"Say it." Emma demanded.

"We're sorry..." The three boys muttered.

"Hm? What was that?" Emma asked, tapping one of her ears.

"We're sorry...." The three boys repeated.

"Hm? Did you say-"

"I'm sorry dammit!" Kaido exclaimed, getting up and then taking a knee before Emma. "Emma, if it wasn't for you, then my whole life would this type of mess. You bring balance and reason to my ludicrous-"

"After co- You're repeating what you said before yesterday!" Emma pouted and looked away. "I'm not good enough for a new wording? Commit seppuku."

"I-it's not that, you deserve all good words and many more!" Kaido exclaimed, grabbing one of her hands, where he then placed a soft kiss. "Emma, even if I repeat what I've already said, it doesn't change the fact that you're still the one I most love. It doesn't matter what words I say, just that I say them with more love with each day it passes."

"Kaido..." Emma placed her free hand on her face as she smiled, her cheeks turning slightly pink.

"Oh god, why didn't I use the meat cleaver on myself when I had the chance." Ryuuga said as he watched the situation unfold.

"I should have stayed at Masato's, coming back home was a bigger mistake than I thought." Joe said, holding back from puking.

"What kind of freakshow am I thirdwheeling here..." The two cousins muttered.

On a pitch black room, the sound of a screaming phone began spread out, causing the one who slept there to awaken. In the midst of all that darkness, he got up and moved towards the curtains of the room. After pulling them to the side, his face was blasted with the blinding light of the sun.

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TODAY'S THE DAY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Taira yelled, arching his back. After he became silent, he sticked in that position for a brief moment before looking at his bedroom's door. "That's weird, by now uncle Raijin would have bursted into the room yelling at me for being loud. Ah well, today's my big day! If I fail today, then I might aswell just give up! This is the final step!"

Taira turned to face the door of his bedroom and slapped himself twice, followed by slamming his right fist into his left palm with an excitment-filled smile on his face. His focused glared fell on the door as he began dashing towards it, yelling.

"TODAY IS THE-"

But as fate would have it, the door was suddenly opened, slamming against Taira's face with such power that it forced him into hitting the wall next to it and fall on the floor.

"Taira~~~~!" Hinata cheered as she stepped into the room, carrying a tray filled with orange juice, milk, coffee, toasts and much more. "Your mom let me in and I made you breakfast-!"

"Hinata..." Taira coughed on the floor, weakly raising his head to look at her.

Releasing a loud gasp, Hinata quickly placed the tray on his bed and hurried to his rescue, placing him on her arms. "Taira!!! What happened?!"

"The doors... They're my biggest enemy after protagonists... They are a manifesto against my reeee..." Taira muttered, looking up at Hinata's eyes. "I'm sorry I was not good enough..."

"N-n-no, Taira!" Hinata exclaimed. "I know what must be done! I'll have to... I'll have to...!" She muttered as she reached out for Taira's hand, her own hand trembling, but she quickly dropped him back on the floor and turned around to hide her blushing face. "W-w-we're far too young to hold hands!!"

"I knew you would say that, so that's why I'll make this the day I stop being a boy and become a man." Taira explained as he got up, casting his dominant shadow over Hinata. With a diamond-tough glare in his eyes, he slammed his closed right fist onto his chest. "Today I will slay the protagonist I've been fated to slay! For my father, it was my uncle Raijin, for my grandfather, who knows? For our child, only the sands of time will time, but as for me, today is the day I accomplish the tradition of the Ansei family and slay my protagonist, Ryuuga Sawada!" He declared.

Overtaken by her boyfriend's determination and emotion, Hinata's heart began racing as she got off the floor and grabbed on of Taira's hands, which she then placed on her chest so that he could feel her speey heartbeat. "My Taira... This is what you cause to my heart, my beloved Taira."

"And this is what you cause to mine, my Hinata." Taira said, pulling the girl onto his arms, her head resting on the left side of his chest.

Back on the kitchen, Fubuki and Raijin sat around a table, both readin newspaper. After a moment of silence, Raijin folded the newspaper and placed it down, his eyes filled with shock.

"D-did you heard that... About becoming a man...? Taira is about to go on his fifth date..." Raijin muttered.

On the other hand, Fubuki placed down his folded newspaper with a large but proud grin on his face. "Nah, he's going to become a man the Ansei way. Couldn't be prouder of him."

Ryuuga let out a shivered that made him hug himself. "I think the world just mocked my lack of love skills through someone who got luckier than me in the middle of an important event, like a war or something." He said.

"Damn, that's meta commentary right there." Kaido said, taking a sip of his matcha soda. "The matcha soda is lovely as always, Hanae."

"Thank you, master Kaido." Hanae said with a smile, bowing at the grey haired boy.

"You all..." Homura muttered as she grit her teeth. "The hell are you doing here?!"

After all the commotion back at their building happened, Ryuuga and Kaido, alongside Emma and Joe, came to the maid cafe where Hanae and Homura worked for breakfast. While Hanae was the only one there by the time they arrived, Homura arrived shortly after them.

"Holy shit, you work here? Bro this is the revelation of the century, my frozen pea brain can't handle this much info." Joe said, grabbing onto his head.

"Kinda hard to eat our food when the kitchen was left in that state..." Ryuuga mumbled to himself. "Hey Homura, do you want to-"

"Annoy me after I get dressed for my shift." Homura grunted as she walked past them.

"Oh, okay..." Ryuuga sulked, returning to eating his omurice in silence.

After what was about ten minutes, Homura, now fully dressed on her maid uniform, returned to the main room and began approaching the table, carrying her silver tray with her. 

"I hope you're enjoying your breakfast, masters and mistress." Homura said, showing the group a smile that was quickly broken by a high pitched scream and what she first thought to be a bear's paws holding her arms.

In reality, Emma screamed in excitment when her lays fell on Homura and she quickly rushed to her. "OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD THAT UNIFORM IS CUTE, YOU HAVE TO LET ME WEAR IT SOMEDAY PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?!"

"H-huh, sure..." Homura nodded.

"Hang on, would her uniform be a little too big for you?" Joe asked as he looked at the ceiling, holding a small cup of coffee on his hand. "Y'know, since you're kinda f-"

Kaido's eyes suddenly widened as he heard the first letter of the atrocity Joe was about to spew. He felt the time around him begin to slow down as he looked around, his eyes focusing on the tray Hanae held onto. In a quick motion, he snatched the tray off the maid's hands and slapped Joe with it, leading to the red haired to fall flat on the ground.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HUH?!" Kaido asked, tossing the tray back to Hanae. "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT EMMA LOOKS GOOD ON EVERYTHING, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL IT IS WHEN COMPARED TO HER PERFECT BODY!"

"I thought you didn't believe in the concept of perfection." Ryuuga commented.

"THAT WAS LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT! AND THERE'S MORE, NOT ONLY WOULD SHE LOOK BEAUTIFUL IN ANYTHING, BUT ONLY EYES WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT, YOU DUMB FU-"

Hanae quickly jammed her heel onto one of Kaido's feet with enough strength to shut him up. Then, she shot him with a death glare, her dark blue eyes piercing through his soul. "We in this establishment would appreciate if you didn't used those bad words, master Kaido. In this establishment, we like cute things, like sugar, spice and everything nice, so please refrain from using those words."

"Y-yes ma'am..." Kaido muttered, returning to his seat after his foot was free from Hanae's punishment.

"That wasn't very sugar, spice or everything nice to me..." Joe grumbled as he rubbed his pitch red cheek. "Who'd actually slap someone with a silver tray? Specially in a maid cafe?!"

Both Ryuuga and Homura's ears perked at the question, making both look away with a slight blush on their faces.

"What the actual hell happened while I was gone..."

"A-anyway..." Ryuuga stuttered. "Homura, do you wanna... Come over for dinner?" He asked, still looking away with his typical flustered look and slight gritted teeth.

"Y-yeah, sure..." Homura answered, also looking away with her typical slightly red cheeks and the flustered look on her eyes.

"Hey hey dude, you can't just invite people without asking the other guy living there." Joe huffed.

"Oh yeah, I was hoping you'd not be there tonight. For once, please go back to Yuri's place and enjoy your nirvana-achieved life, you aren't needed around for once."

"Bro..." Joe said, looking at his weak reflection on the coffee in his cup. Soon, looked at Ryuuga with a smug. "Is this the fifth-"

"Sorry for all the problems, see you later!" Ryuuga exclaimed, waving at the maids as his group left the establishment, with him carrying Joe's dizzy body on his back.

"Bye bye, return whenever you feel like, masters!" Hanae exclaimed with her warm smile, waving them. After the door closed, she looked at Homura. "So, what was that about 'Looking after an idiot like you make me hundry, so please treat me again'?"

"S-shut up..." Homura muttered, looking away.

"Awww, you two share that thing!" Hanae said with a smile.

"W-what thing?!"

"When you're flustered, you look away to hide your embarassment! It's so cute, I ship it!"

Homura whacked Hanae on her head. "Shush!"

"Never!" Hanae giggled, ignoring the bump on the back of her head. "Sooooo, what's next? Sitting on his lap? Thigh pillow? Tell me tell me!!!"

"H-hanae, shut up!" Homura huffed, walking back onto the kitchen.

"Did she really had to hit me with the silver tray?" Joe asked, rubbing both sides of his face. "One tray slap was enough for a lifetime, two is overkill!"

"It was either her with the silver tray or me with my fist." Ryuuga huffed.

After exiting the maid cafe and waiting for Joe to wake up from his unsteady state, the quartet now wondered through the streets of Akihabara. Ryuuga and Joed walked behind Emma and Kaido, who were just ignoring their existence due to being so deep into their love.

"Kaido, I've missed going out to a normal place like this so much!" Emma cheered, hugging Kaido's left arm.

"I too have missed the calmness of places like this. Then again, any place is calm to me if you're there with me." Kaido said, patting Emma's head.

"I wanna die." Joe said. "Just straight up, smite me where I stand Zeus, I cannot handle any more of this cringe. If this what happens when couples last for more than a year? Why do I have to thirdwheel this?"

"Beats me, I never had enough contact with a girl to reach this mushy state." Ryuuga just shrugged. "But because you're barelly around since summer started, I'm the one who has been thirdwheeling this freakshow the most and it isn't pretty. I was having a pretty nice meal with them last night but then they started acting all couply and shit so I just bolted out of there."

"Hey, Ryuuga!" Masato called out from the other side of the street, waving at him.

"Hm? Masato!" Ryuuga waved back.

After walking over to the group, which had now stopped their tracks, Masato and Joe became frozen in place and quiet after sharing nothing but a mere glance.

"Y-yo." Joe broke the silence, giving Masato a simple wave.

"Y-yo." Masato replied with the same action. "I took a quest to deliver this package to Ryuuga so yeah, I'm here because of that." He explained, hading Ryuuga a small package.

"The hell's this?" Ryuuga asked as he began to open the package. "How did you even find us here?"

"Me am robot man, me does robot man things. Enough said." Masato explained

"Fair enough." Ryuuga took a scroll from the package and tossed it back at Masat. Upon opening the scroll, he came across a message writen in a messy caligraphy. "Yeesh, and here I thought Akira's caligraphy was bad."

"I think this the kanji for fight?" Emma said, squinting her eyes. "No wait, this looks like the kanji for... No, I still think it's fight."

Kaido looked at the text in the scroll and began rubbing his chin. "For many eyars, ever since middle school, I have used math to understand Sakate's shitty ass caligraphy, this isn't any different. It isn't a challenge, it's an address, it wants Ryuuga to go there."

"That is... Reassuring." Ryuuga said.

"It also says here that should you accept this challenge, you'd be able to win a free meal in one of Tokyo's finest places." Kaido said.

"Oh shit, let's go, I'm all in for free food."

After exiting Akihabara and walking all the way to the middle of a residential area far from the center of Tokyo, the group of five stood outside a large, abandoned house, with most of it's windows broken and pieces of wood scattered through the path that lead from the front gates to it's main doors. 

"Scary!" Emma shivered, holding onto Kaido's arm with a tight grip.

"This is... Fairly disappointing." Kaido said as he looked at the house with a disappointed look on his eyes.

"What is this dump..." Joe muttered, staring at the house with a flat look on his eyes.

"That... Freaking sucks." Masato said, sharing the same look in his eyes as Joe.

"What? Why? Huh? Why would anyone make a quest to invite me here?!" Ryuuga questioned, tossing the scroll at the front gates, which made them open from the impact. "Oh, I am so not ready to lose a kidney today. If I'm going to lose a kidney, then I'm going to lose it the logical way!"

"Buying playing cards?" Joe asked.

"Precisely!" Ryuuga exclaimed, slamming his foot down. After a sigh to get his composure back, he just started walking through the gates. "Ah screw it, I don't have plans until tonight."

The front doors lead to a large entry hall, completly empty if not for the chandelier that hung off the ceiling. There doors on both the right and left side, and across the main door, aswell as staircases leading to the upper floors on both the right and left sides of the room.

"This place... FREAKING SUCKS!" Ryuuga exclaimed, slamming his foot down again. "......I think I heard something break under my foot..."

"....if I die here because of you, I'm sueing you out of heaven." Kaido said, pulling out his phone and a folded paper sheet. Upon unfolding it, he looked over at a large lsit of numbers and names.

"The heck's that?" Masato asked, looking over at the list.

"The names and numbers of everyone I've ever insulted in my life, I'm going to apologize to buy my way into heaven." Kaido explained as he typed the top number on his phone.

"What? That sounds-"

"Hello, Takanori residence? Hi, I- Goddammit, I don't have any signal in this craphole." Kaido grunted, storing away his phone and the list. 

"I don't need a third near death scenario on the same day..." Joe sighed.

"This place stinks!" Emma whinned, covering her nose.

"Welcome to our lair, foolish lot." Coming from the top of the right staircase was a female voice that let out a giggle after greeting the group. Lights suddenly began to focus on her, revealing the girl to have orange hair and covered in dark clothes, with a pair of fake wings and horns on her.

"Holy shit, that Alluring Succubus cosplay is awesome!" Masato exclaimed.

"Thank you!" The girl said with a smile. "But back to business. Foolish lot who came into this place, follow whichever path you desire to reach the heart of our lair, but be on the look out for there are many who do not desire you to be here."

"Wait, but I was told be here by a scroll!" Ryuuga said.

"I- Just go find the main room of the place, I didn't write the script, okay?! I even had to cut alot of stuff to not leave this dump with a soare throat, you meanie!" The girl exclaimed, ripping off her fake horns and throwing them down at Ryuuga. "Menaie, Ryuutrash!"

"Hisano?!" Ryuuga asked, dodging the horns. "Wait, is this-"

"It's exactly what you think it is." Hisano answered.

"That... I don't know if it makes more or less sense..." Ryuuga admitted, letting a sigh. He looked at the door across the group and began heading towards it, with the rest of the group following him.

Minutes passed, perhaps even hours, and during that entire time, the group wandered through a maze of pitch black hallways, with the lanterns of their phones being the only source of light available. The silence that flowed through the group was soon put to rest by the grumbling of Joe's stomach.

"Dammit all!" Joe exclaimed. "When can we leave?! Is there a cafeteria in this dump?! I'm hungry! I didn't got to enjoy my breakfast after being bullied by serving trays!"

"You're complaining about not being able to enjoy your breakfast? It's karma then, you asshole!" Masato exclaimed back. "It's karma, it's goddamn karma! It serves you right, you asshole!"

"What are you talk about, white haired punk?!"

"You know damn right about what I'm talking about! I know that your girlfriend lives in the same mansion as me, but that doesn't give you the right to do what you did! My house isn't a stone world, there are people there to give a damn if your butt's showing and even if your dick's hanging out! Wear a robe goddammit, I haven't been able to enjoy a simple cereal bow for the past month because of you! Wanna walk around with the boys out?! Do it in your place, not in my house while I'm trying to enjoy my cereal while reviewing my tazer collection!"

"Tazer... Collection?" Kaido and Emma tilted their heads.

"Ah?! You wanna complain about something?! Then I'll complain about something too! All we want to do is cuddle peacefully, but you're always making a shit ton of noise making your laser tag with tazers!"

"Laser tag... With tazers?" Kaido and Emma tilted their heads to the other side.

"At least it's my house and I can make all the noise I want there! But mi casa no es su casa so you can't go and yell all night when a tired guy is trying to get some more than deserved shut eye, ya dweeb!"

"Who are you calling a dweeb, you cheap albino knock-off?!" Joe asked, clashing his head against Masato's.

"They're the same height." Ryuuga let out a small chuckle.

"Foolish lot, you dare to interupt my slumber for the final time!" A deep, empowering voice, began to be heard as one of the parts of the wall behind Masato turned around, revealing a tall man covered in a long cape, purple on the outside and red on the outside, with long blonde hair. The man let out a confident laugh as his eyes glared down at the clashing teenagers. "It is I, the one and grand Glanzend Vam-"

"Shut up, cheap knock-off of one of Renji's cards!" Masato exclaimed. He quick turned to face th Glanzend Vampir, revealing a small rectangular device in his hands, coloured black. He slammed it onto the vampire's toros, and with a flick of a button, the sound of electricity was heard as the device released a wave of volts through the vampire's body, only stopping after he was fully stunned and fell onto the ground.

"Oh god, you tazed Glanzend Vampir!" Ryuuga yelled, aiming the light of his phone at the vampire's face. "Oh fuck, oh god, you tazed Kaminari! Now he's gonna investigate us until all our information is out for the world!"

"Kaminari? More like Stuninari." Masato laughed proudly.

"Nice." Joe laughed aswell.

And then, a vein popped in Ryuuga head. He flashed his phone's light directly into Masato and Joe's eyes, blinding them for enough time to snatch the tazer off Masato's hand and using it to stun both Masato and Joe.

"You drag asshole number one, I'll drag asshole number two..." Ryuuga muttered, tossing the tazer at Kaido. He grabbed Joe by one of his legs and and began dragging him down the dark hallway, followed by Kaido, who soon began dragged Masato, and Emma, who started playin with the tazer.

"You didn't had to taze us, dude." Masato complained as he rubbed back of his neck. "Nevermind, you had to taze one of us but it wasn't me."

"I'll be the judge of that." Joe sneered.

"Jesus christ, just shut up." Ryuuga sighed.

The group arrived at a large circular room, illumited by an array of weakly lighted candles. Most of the room was still pitch black, but they could hear the rustling sound of clothes coming from the shadows across them.

"Alright Taira, we're here!" Ryuuga exclaimed.

"Fufufu... So you have finally arrived at my court, foolish protagonist. I expected this maze to be a easy task for you, specially after the mazes of the Golden Tower. I welcome you to my home, you fool." From the throne began coming a voice with a clearly fake deepness to it.

"My, my, gravel took more time arriving here than we first thought, my beloved." A female voice came from the throne aswell.

"For crying out loud..." Ryuuga sighed.

"Let's finish our eternal combat today, protagonist." The male voice said. "...this is the part where you get off me." He whispered.

"Oh, my bad, sorry." The female voice whispered back, but soon the male one screamed.

"ACK GODDAMMIT!" The lights of the room were turned on, revealing the situation at hand. Taira, on shorts, a plain white shirt under a red hawaiin shirt and black flip flops, grabbed onto his right foot, where a red mark was present.

"T-taira!!!" Hinata yelled, looking down on him with eyes filled with worry. A single glance at her explained the whole situation. When getting up, she stepped on Taira's foot with one of her heels by accident. "Are you okay, darling?!"

"This pain... Is nothing when compared to the one I'll make the protagonist I'll slay suffer!" Taira declared, jumping off his throne. "Hmph!" He quickly swallowed the pain he felt on his foot and pointed at Ryuuga with his FiCa. "This our final battle! I couldn't slay you during the Tokyo's Finest, and I couldn't slay you during the war against the Incomplete Arcana, so now I'll slay you here and now! This will be our final battle! If I lose, then I have failed as a boy, but if I win, I'll finally become a man by the Ansei traditions! As this generation's protagonist slayer, I, Taira Ansei, challenge you, Ryuuga Sawada!"

"You went through so much trouble for something so pety..." Ryuuga muttered, gritting his teeth as he looked down, but once he raised his head, he had a large grin on his face. "I'll have to give you all my respects for that, it takes alot of guts!" He exclaimed, pointing at Taira with his FiCa. "Taira Ansei, as your so called protagonist, I accept your challenge!"

"This protagonist slaying thing is some sort of meta commentary." Kaido commented.

"Wait! You bastards!" Hisano yelled from the hallway, with Kaminari's right arm around her as she helped him walk onto the room. "How dare you taze Kaminari?!"

Masato shivered and began whistling innoncently, but soon got whacked on the head by the pair of fake horns Hisanao held on her free hand. "I deserved that..."

Ryuuga and Taira shared a smirk and tossed their respective FiCas into the air, catching them after they unfolded into their table form and connecting them. Then, they remember a small detail they had forgotten.

"Hey protag, we didn't-"

"Yeah." Ryuuga nodded as he felt his cards fall over his head.

Kaido facepalmed. "This is why I dislike the table feature the FiCas have."

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEE SHUT UP, GREY HAIRED RANDO!" Taira yelled, slamming his deck down on the table. "BRING IT ON, PROTAGONIST RYUUGA SAWADA!"

"THEN GIVE ME YOUR WORSE, PROTAGONIST SLAYER TAIRA ANSEI!" Ryuuga yelled back, slamming his own deck down.

"Ryuuga's away more excited for this than I thougth he'd be." Joe commented.

"Go, my beloved Taira! Destroy this sad gravel!!" Hinata cheered, wildly.

"Here I go, you damn protagonist! Stand up, my vanguard! Blue Wave Recruit, Kosty! (6000)" Taira's vanguard circle exploded in dark blue.

"Bring all of it, you damn protagonist slayer! Stand up, the vanguard! Chrono Dran! (6000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle exploded in red. "Stand and draw! I ride Steam Breath Dragon! (8000) His skill, I check the top five for a grade 3." Ryuuga looked through the cards and shuffled all back. "Nothing. And with Dran's skill, I draw one. Turn end!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 6
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

Taira
Hand: 5
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE RIDE! Blue Wave Senior Soldier, Beragios! (8000) Same skill, I check the top five and add Revonn to my hand! Shuffle the rest back, discarding one, and then with Kosty's skill, I draw and get a Quick Shield ticket! Beragios, attack! (8000)"

"No guard!"

"Drive check! (Tidal Assault)"

"(Chronojet Dragon G)"

"Turn end!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

Taira
Hand: 8
Damage: 0
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! I ride Smokegear Dragon! (10000) I call Delayed Blazer Dragon to the side! (9000) Delayed Blazer attacks! (9000)"

"Quick Shield, on! (13000)"

"Smokegear Dragon, attack! When attacking a vanguard, add 5k! (10000>>15000)"

"No guard!"

"(Steam Breath Dragon) No trigger!"

"Nice, damage check! (Blue Storm Soldier, Tempest Assault)"

"Hm? The hell's that card doing there? It's a shitty 10k vanilla from the old days, why would anyone run that?" Joe asked.

Kaido rubbed his chin, wondering the same thing, but quickly showed a small smirk. "Oh, I see what you're playing at."

"Turn end!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 6
Damage: 1
XXO
OOO

Taira
Hand: 7
Damage: 1
OXO
OOO

"Stand and draw! I'll ride Blue Wave Marine General, Foivos! (9000) I'll call Direct Strike Brave Shooter (4000) and go right into the attack! (9000>>13000)"

"No guard."

"Drive check! (Last Card, Revonn)"

"(History-maker Dragon)"

"Turn end!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
XXO
OOO

Taira
Hand: 7
Damage: 1
OXO
OXO

"Taira..." Hinata muttered, losing her control over the words she was trying to held back. "Tairaaaaa! Your clan is Aqua Force, you profit of multi-attacking until the opponent is destroyed and take advantage of the order of your attacks, but you've been playing the vanguard game isntead of playing the rear-guard game all game long!"

"Hinata, fear not!" Taira said, showing Hinata a confident smile. "I got this! I'm going to win my way, the Taira way, and finally make us take that next step in our relationship.!

"Just what are you betting on this fight...." Ryuuga muttered.

"REEEEEEEEE SHUT UP, PROTAG! GET ON WITH YOUR TURN, REEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"Alright, alright. Stand and draw! Surpass the constraints of time and reveal the future beyond the horizon! Ride! Speed ahead, Chronojet Dragon! (13000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle exploded in red. "Imaginary Gift, Force I! I put it on the Delayed Blader's circle! (9000>>19000) I call Smokegear (10000) and Steam Breath! (8000) Steam Breath's skill! I check the top five, add Tiger to hand and drop one! And since a card was discarded this turn, Steam Breath's other skill activates! (8000>>13000)" Ryuuga took one of the cards in his hand and placed it in his drop zone. "Chronojet Dragon's skill! I'll discard cards from my hand with the sum of their grade being three or higher to take a grade 4 card from my deck and superior ride it! With Smokegear's effect, any card I discard can be used to pay this cost! I discard Steam Breath to superior ride! Hear the cry of the gear beast who's metalic wings soar across the sands of time! Superior ride! Interdimensional Beast, Metallica Phoenix! (15000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle exploded in dark purple. 

"Running Phoenix just in case he goes first... Smart..." Kaminari muttered, still feeling the stun from earlier.

"Smokegear Dragon attacks! His skill activates! (10000>>15000) And since a grade 4 was ridden this turn, I soulblast one to draw one!"

"I'll guard with Penguin Soldier! (19000)"

"Metallica Phoenix attacks! (15000) Steel Wing Trailblazer!"

"No guard!"

"Triple drive! (Chronofang Tigar) (Steam Fighter, Melem) (Steam Enginer, Apazu - Critical) A critical, power to Blaze and critical to the vanguard! (15000>>15000/2) (19000>>29000)"

"Damage check! (Blue Storm Supreme Dragon, Glory Maelstrom) (Medical Officer of the Rainbow Elixir - Heal) Get screwed, it's a heal! I give all the power to my vanguard and heal one! (19000)"

"Boosted by Steam Breath, Delayed Blazer attacks! (29000>>42000)"

"No guard! (Blue Wave Marine General, Foivos)"

"Turn end! Metallica Phoenix retires and reride Chronojet! Force I, I put it on Smokegear's circle!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 6
Damage: 2
XXX
XOO

Taira
Hand: 6
Damage: 3
OXO
OXO

"Taira!" Hinata exclaimed, her voice filled with anoticeable worry.

"I told you that everything would be fine, right?!" Taira asked, still with that same confident smile. "Hinata, just kick back and enjoy the show!" Looking at Ryuuga, Taira smirked. "This fight is only starting now! Stand and draw! Waves, rise now and become my shield! Lightning, strike now and become my sword! Unbreakable, undying, unstoppable, the final card of the world rises! Ride, Last Card, Revonn! (13000)" Taira's vanguard circle exploded in dark blue.

"Revonn, my Taira's super cool avatar!" Hinata cheered.

"Your mood changed rather quickly." Hisano sweatdropped.

"Imaginary Gift, Accel II! I draw one. Now, let's liberate the Generation Zone!" Taira declared, sending one of the cards he held into the drop zone. "Wave of eternal revive, born from great resolution, come forth and become by weapon of great slaying! Generation Stride! Torrent of Dtermination, Valeos Revive! (27000)" Taira's vanguard circle exploded in dark blue. "I call Coral Assault (9000) and attack with Valeos! (27000)"

"Now for real, what's the doing with not calling stuff? Isn't that how Aqua Force is supposed to work?" Joe asked.

"Give it a moment, the cool part is about to start." Kaido said, crossing his arms with a smirk.

"Brave Shooter's skill, I move him into the soul to draw and add 10k! (27000>>37000) Now, Valeos Revive's skill! Counterblast, turning a G Unit face up, and for every card face up in my G Zone, I call a card from hand! Tidal Assault! (9000>>14000) And of course, Rain Elemental, Zazan! (8000)"

"Zazan?!" Masato asked.

"Hell yeah! For each card called, I draw a card, so I'll be drawing a total of two cards. And now, Zazan's skill! I soulblast one and superior call up to two vanillas from my hand! I call down Tempest Assault (10000) and Light Elemental, Mekira! (8000) Since I called two, I flip Cycloned face up and draw two cards again! Cycloned's skill while face up in the G Zone, add 5k to all my vanillas! And I got two Cycloneds face up so double that! (10000>>20000) (8000>>18000) Valeos Revive, swing down the Revival Tide Slash!"

Ryuuga grit his teeth. "No guard."

"Triple drive! (Bumper Shooter - Critical) I put it all on Tidal Assault! (14000>>24000/2) (Last Card, Revonn) (Light Elemental, Mikira)"

"Damage check! (Steam Fighter, Melem)"

"Tidal Assault attacks! (24000/2)"

"I guard with Apazu! (28000)"

"After the battle he attacked, I stand Tidal Assault and he loses 5k! (24000>>19000) Attack again! (19000/2)"

"I guard with Bearing Rover! (23000)"

"Boosted by Zazan, Tempest Assault will attack Smokegear! (20000>>28000)"

"Tch, he retires."

"Now boosted by Merika, Coral Assault attacks! With his skill, add 15k! (9000>>27000>>42000)"

"No guard! (Steam Guard, Kastilia - Draw) A draw trigger, I'll draw one! (23000)"

"Turn end! Since more than four attacks happened, I move Coral Assault into the soul to draw one! Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing it on, protag!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 5
Damage: 4
XXO
XOO

Taira
Hand: 9
Damage: 3
xXXO
  XOX

'I took a bigger hit than I was expecting. Not looking very bright on this side, I probably won't last his last turn if I try to go for the long Gear Groovy play, specially with Valeos' skill to reduce and freeze my power. I'll have to go for this play instead.' Ryuuga thought. "Stand and draw. Liberarting the Generation Zone! Thrust into the future and aim for a complete victory of tomorrow! Generation Stride! Interdimensional Dragon, Grogrock Dragon! (28000)" Ryuuga's vanguard circle exploded in red.

"The hell is a 'grogrock'?" Emma asked.

"I think it's a rock... Made out of grog. Yeah, totally." Joe nodded. 

"So basically you don't know?" Masato asked.

"Bingo."

"I call Ur-Watar (4000) and History-maker! (9000>>19000) Since a card was discarded from my hand this turn, Steam Breath gets 5k! (8000>>13000) Delayed Blazer Dragon attacks! (19000)"

"No guard! (Tidal Assault)"

"Boosted by Ur-Watar, History-maker attacks! (19000>>23000) I counterblast one and time leap Delayed Blazer into Chronojet Dragon! (13000>>23000)"

"No guard! (Emerald Shield, Paschal - Draw) All on vanguard! (22000)"

"Boosted by Steam Breath Dragon, Chronojet Dragon attacks! (23000>>36000)"

"I won't guard that either! (Light Element, Merika)"

"Now, Grogrock will attack the vanguard! (28000) Temporal Blazer!"

"Rain down from the future and put a stop to this damn protag with your ice cold shielding! Generation Guard! Blue Storm Deterrence Dragon, Ice Barrier Dragon! (37000) Wave 4th time or more, add 10k to the shield! (47000) And then, guard with Beragios! (57000)"

"That's three to pass! Triple drive! (Steam Maiden, Uluru - Heal) A heal trigger! I put it on the vanguard! (28000>>38000) (Chronojet Dragon) (History-maker Dragon) At the end of the battle where he attacked, by binding my four rears fac eup and counterblasti g one, Grogrock's skill activates! I put him face up in the G Zone, take a grade 3 or greater card from my deck and superior ride it! Speed past the horizon of the known world and reveal the beautiful world blossoming beyond time! Descend! Superior ride, Chronodragon Nextage! (15000)"

"So you're going for a triple vangaurd attack, huh? Too bad Nextage can't hit on it's own, ree!"

"Yeah, but I'm not done! The card ridden by Grogrock gets drive minus one and then Ur-Watar's skill activates! I put him on the bottom of the deck, draw two and shuffle one back! Nextage attacks! (15000) Even if it can't hit on his own, one trigger is all I need! Zodiac Time Blazer!"

"I'm well aware! Merika, guard! (37000) No pass!"

"Drive check! (Tick Tock Worker) No trigger! Nextage's skill! Since I have Chronojet in the soul, I discard two cards from my hand to retire him and reride Chronojet Dragon from the soul! (13000) Add 15k! (13000>>28000) And then, Force I, to the vanguard! (28000>>38000) Chronojet Dragon attacks! I counterblast one to add 5k and block you from using sentinels! (38000>>43000) Spiral Strike!"

"That's fine, I wasn't saving up any sentinel! Generation Guard! Guard Leader of Sky and Water, Ihoannes! (37000) Generation Break 1! Counterblast, turning Galfilia face up and give Resist to all my rears! For each rear that got Resist, add 5k to the shield! (57000) And then, guard with Bumper Shooter! (72000) No pass!" Taira declared.

"Twin drive! (Steam Engineer, Apazu - Critical) Vanguard! (43000>>53000/2) (Steam Guard, Kastilia  - Draw) Eh, vanguard. (53000>>63000) Even so, it doesn't hit. Turn end!"

Ryuuga
Hand: 10
Damage: 4
OXO
OOO

Taira
Hand: 4
Damage. 5
xXXO
  XOX

"You damn protag..." Taira muttered, looking down on his cards. "I'll bring it home here and now!" He raised his hand and slammed it against his chest. "Afterall-!"

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Taira raised his head, looking at Ryuuga with a large smirk. "My name is Taira Ansei! FINAL TURN! Stand and draw! Swing down the ultimate slaying sword, and say good morning to this new world filled with light! This the last card, the card that will end this game!! I persona ride, Last Card, Revonn! (12000)" Taira's vanguard circle exploded in dark blue. "Imaginary Gift, Accel II! Draw! Now liberate the Generaztion Zone! Go beyond the limits and slay all evil, yelling out your unbreakable determination! Surpass my limitations, and slash down the opposition! GENERATION STRIDE! DESCEND, MARINE GENERAL OF SURGING SEAS, ALEXANDROS! (27000)"

Ryuuga grit his teeth. 'Even I know a ten card hand like this can't do alot against Alexandros!'

"Get ready, protagonist! This isn't one of those moments where I get all hyped and manage to screw up somehow, this is the moment where I kick ass and look awesome doing so! I call Tidal Assault (9000>>14000) and Beragios! (8000) Looking through the top five, adding Glory Maelstrom to my hand and then dropping him! Let's battle! My left Tidal Assault attacks the vanguard! (14000)"

"I guard with History-maker! (18000)"

"Now my right Tidal swings in! (14000)"

"I'll guard with Delayed Blazer! (18000)"

"Alexandros, swing at him! (28000) Twin Pacific Cleaving!"

"Kastilia, perfect guard!" Ryuuga declared.

"Not yet, not yet! Triple drive! (Blue Wave Marine General, Foivos) (Coral Assault) (Tear Elemental, Zazan) No trigger! Now, Alexandros' Wave! Wave 3rd or more! I'll counterblast and flip a Cycloned face up to stand both my Tidal Assaults! For every face up card in my G Zone, they get 5k! Fall victim to my deck's G Unit turning powers! (14000>>49000) (14000>>49000) Boosted by Zazan, Tempest Assault attacks! With one more Cycloned face up, add another 5k! (18000>>23000) (20000>>25000>>33000)"

"No guard! (Chronofang Tiger)"

"That's five! Tidal Assault, attack! (49000)"

"Generation Guard! Interdimensional Dragon, Heteroround Dragon! (28000) Since my vanguard is Chronojet, I soulblast to shuffle Tidal back into the deck and you call the top card of your deck!"

"That's fine!" Taira exclaimed, shuffling his deck. He looked at the top card of his deck and smirked. "Call! Last Card, Revonn! (12000) I still have another Tidal Assault, and he attacks! (49000)"

"Tch, Kastilia! Complete guard!"

"Just three more cards to go through! By having Tidal Assault lose 5k, he stands! (49000>>44000) Tidal Assault, attack again! (44000)"

"Double Kadash and Ur-Watar! (45000)"

"No more cards left! THIS IS THE FINISHER!" Taira grabbed his shirt and tossed it into the air. "Boosted by Merika, Revonn attacks the vanguard! (12000>>35000) REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, GOOD MORNING SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!!!!!" He exclaimed, swinging his arm down like an actual sword.

"No guard! (Chronojet Dragon)"

"REEEEE I WON!" Taira yelled out, jumping into the air as he laughed and cried waterfalls of joyful tears.

Hinata rushed off the spot where she stood and into Taira's arms. "YOU WON, MY DARLING!" She cheered.

"Nice going, Taira." Kaminari said, giving him a thumbs up.

"The journey is finally over!" Hisano giggled.

"Looks like you took the fatest of Ls." Kaido said, patting Ryuuga on the pack.

Ryuuga shrugged with a smile as he grabbed his cards. "And? Still had a ton of fun with the game. Good going, protag slayer." He said, looking at Taira.

"You too, you damn protagonist!" Taira replied, giving him a nod.

"What are you going to do now?"

"I- Hmmmmmmm... I'm going to become the Magallanica branch manager, reeeeee!" Taira exclaimed.

"Oh hell no." Kaido interjected. "No way I'll let you rule the branch from where my clan comes-"

"My first rule in office will be to lower fish's budget and use it to make more support for the other two clans."

In a second, Kaido had his arm around Taira. "Alright listen up, future manager. I'm going to fund your campaign, and together, we'll make Magallanica great again. It's going to be the era of pirates and marines once again!"

"You idiot dummy, you changed sides so quickly! Go have fun with your new best friend then!" Emma pouted.

And in a second, Kaido had shoved Taira away. "He doesn't matters, all that matters to me is you!"

After walking through the maze of hallways a second time, the group finally arrived at the house's entrance, where they came across a small detail they noticed when looking up.

"Hey hey hey hey..." Ryuuga's eye twitched as he looked up at the orange skies. "FOR HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN IN THERE?!"

"You'd think we'd have gotten better at navigating through mazes of hallways after New York." Masato commented.

"Oh god, oh shit, what if Homura is already there...." Ryuuga muttered to himself, crouching as he held onto his head. "When did I become such an useless human being, what do I do..."

Taira crouched next to Ryuuga and slapped him on the back. "Protag! What is your issue?"

"Taira of the REEEEE, when you cook something for Hinata, what is the strat? How do I make food for someone special to me? I suck at cooking!"

"So? Who gives a REEEEE about being good or bad at cooking? What matters is the sentiment you put into it! Pour your heart into it and even something like canned baked beans can become the ultimate food!"

"Taira... You fricking genius!" Filled with a new confidence, Ryuuga got up and began running away, turning back just once. "GO STAY AT MASATO'S FOR TODAY OR ELSE I'LL PUBLISH YOUR BROWSER HISTORY!"

"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Joe exclaimed.

"TRY ME!" Ryuuga yelled back as he ran off.

"Damn him... Now that I think about it, what was that next step you two numbnuts were talking about?" Joe asked, looking back at Taira and Hinata.

The couple shared a glance and nodded, grabbing onto each other's hands. "Holding hands!"

"YOU DAMN LITTLE-!"

Nighttime. Ryuuga walked up to the door of his apartment after hearing it's doorbell ringing. Taking a final deeo breath, he opened the door, coming face to face with Homura, and in no time at all, the two reverted back into their flustered versions.

"H-hi..." Homura muttered.

"H-hey, what's good..." 'What's good?! Who even says that anymore?!' Ryuuga mentally slapped himself and stepped out of the way. "Please, come in."

"Right." Homura nodded and stepped into the apartment, keeping her head low to hide her lightly blushing face, but soon perked her head when she noticed a familiar scent. "Is this-"

"Yup." After closing the door, Ryuuga walked into the kitchen and brough out two bowls filled with a red liquid. "Tomato soup. Canned, tomato soup. I remember you saying it was your favourite when you trying to kill me using soup cans." He laughed as he plaed the bowls down on the table between the television screen and couch.

"Can't believe you still remember it. It was so long ago." Homura said, bringing a pair of spoons from the kitchen.

"How could I forget that day? Not because of the reason you'd probably think, but because I had alot of fun with you on that day." Ryuuga explained, sitting down on the couch. He grabbed a bowl and a soup and began eating. "Heh, it's not as bad as I thought it'd be."

"See? I was completly right when I shot you with those soup cans." Homura laughed as she ate aswell.

"Yeah, yeah. Honestly, this made my work so much easier. I spent almost all night trying to make tomato sauce for pasta but woke up as red as a Dark Irregulars unit. Hell, I think the horror channel was broadcasting a movie that had this nearly dead guy that looked like how I was. Hang on, let me-"

As Ryuuga reached out for the remote sitting on the table, Homura grabbed his hand. "N-no need! I can imagine it!"

"Wait... Don't tell me you're scared of the horror genre?"

"I-i'm not!" Homura squeaked, with face slowly becoming as red as the soup in her bowl.

"You're scared." Ryuuga said with a smug.

"Y-you idiot, no I'm not!"

After they finished their dinner, Ryuuga placed the bowls on the table and leaned back on the couch, patting his belly with a tired look on his eyes.

"Man, that really hit the me where I live.... It's that type of home-like warm food that just makes you want to..." Ryuuga began to slowly drift down the couch, clearly more asleep than awake.

Homura looked at him and shook her with a small smile. "You idiot." She muttered to herself. After pulling him back into the couch, she slowly moved his upper body down so that it rested on the couch while his head rested on her lap. "Just for today... Sleep well."

(Ending)

Next Week-

#41: Yuichiro's Legend

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MINI SOUL: "Masato's Nightmare, part 2"

Joe. *walks butt naked into Masato's tazer collection room* Hey Masa-

Masato: *pilots a fleet of drones equipped with big metal pistol spikes* These assholes are progammed to stab sausage-looking things, prepare to regret ever walking into my sanctuary! *looks doors with a remote*

Joe: N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Masato's Nightmare Saga: The end.

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Ryuzaki: Yo WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT TITLE

Yuichiro: And you thought I was gone forever :ehue:

Ryuzaki: This can't be right, this illegal, this has to be illegal!

Yuichiro: Get ready for stuff with me and my fellas, bitch. Big tiddie Nanami and the true homie Dobe, y'all ain't ready for this.

Ryuzaki: :saddark:

The true star of the next chapter is Izuru.

Yuichiro: B-BUT THE CHAPTER HAS MY NAME, WHY DOES MY NEWPHEW GET TO BE THE STAR?!

Izuru: The superior Sawada takes the stage, the Susanoo supremacy is about to begin :woot:

Kaminari: It wasn't very cash cash money of you.

Masato: You either Kaminari or you Stunnedinari.

Taira: MOM GET THE CAMERA, I BEAT A PROTAG!

Fubuki: ANSEI HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE!

Taira: You either Zazan or you Zadead!

My name is Shida, thanks for reading and I will see you later. Bye bye!

Ryuuga: I feel like my head rested in an heavenly pillow.

Hanae: :meguminsmug: Yeah it did.

Homura: *angry Homura sounds*

Also you can start sending stuff for the QnA, this volume goes on for another five chapters.