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Embarrassed, Makoto took a minute to rinse herself back off in the shower. "Perhaps she doesn't like the idea of her brother banging some chick he technically just met." She said as she lathered soap over her sweaty body. "I guess I can see her frustration." She chuckled. His sticky c** dribbled out of her as she washed off. Ite wasn't just well endowed when it came to size.

"Well, let's get ready for school, then." She said, cleaning off her legs last as she stepped back out of the shower. After school, maybe we can look for a bigger apartment. We can get one with soundproof walls." She said with a wide grin.

After getting dressed , Makoto went back to the kitchen. They didn't have much time left for breakfast, but there were still some eggs in the fridge. So she beckoned Nariko to the kitchen and gave her a crash course on how to make a quick omelette. Then, they packed lunch with just enough time to get to get out the door for school.

Makoto jumped onto the train. She bowed to the attendant, apologizing for holding up the train. She knew that if they didn't make their stop on time, the crew would have to apologize to everyone for being late. It would be such an embarrassment!

She sat down near a window, pushing the back of the seat in front of her forward so that Ite could sit next to her and Nariko could sit in front of them. Nariko took the other window. The train doors closed and it started off.

"Well, at least we made it!" She smiled.

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Yeah, I finally decided to pop back in... Only took me nearly 2 years since we moved lol. Hope you are well!

[Yeah, sorry. Life has been crap since I moved back to Alaska. I got your PMs you sent me a few months back, but Gaia won't let me open them.]

Nariko pretended not to notice that Makoto and Ite were holding hands. She stared at the window and kicked her feet out in front of her. She could tell that Ite was embarrassed, as if he were looking for her approval. Finally, she sighed. "Thank you, for showing me how to cook eggs this morning, Makoto-sensei."

Makoto smiled at her. "You're welcome, 'Riko."

She enjoyed holding Ite's hand while the train continued down the tracks.

The train came to a stop, and it was time for them to get off. Makoto noticed Ite studying Nariko with a smile. Taking his hand, she asked "What are you thinking about?"

Nariko didn't pay them any mind as her eyes caught a couple of friends. "See you later!" She exclaimed as she called out for them to wait for her.

"Nariko is a good person. She just needs to learn how to depend a little on others to teach her a little more instead of being stubborn." Makoto reflected.

The train took off down the tracks. Although way too small to notice, there were sparks that ignited on the inner side of the wheels where they met the track. A strange man stood next to the back window of the train, staring at Makoto and Ite with malicious intent.

As the train left their view (and that of the public eye), tiny bolts of lightning shot from his hand and disappeared. The sparks under the train became more pronounced. Then, they died out.

What did he want with Ite and Makoto? Did it have something to do with the other monsters that they had already faced together?

[bwaaaaaahahahahahaaha]

"She needs to find her patience, more than anything. Its easy to see that she cares deeply underneath that hard shell. But its not just hard. It tends to blow up when she gets frustrated over something. And she has grown to believe that when she figures things out, shes doing them the right way. Hince the always burnt food and the upset stomachs." Makoto chuckled. "But if you can get her to calm down and pay attention, she listens well. Thats what she needs more than anything. Otherwise, I think she'll be just fine!"

"Well, I think that a car would be a nice addition to have one day. But I find the commute on the train to not be so bad. " Makoto said. "I think that for now, we should focus on adjusting to the life that we're starting right now. A car would mean more work, and there is already enough of that going on as it is."

Makoto noticed the look in Ite's eyes and the grin on his face. "Ohhh, stop!" She playfully hit Ite in the shoulder as she began to blush. Part of her wanted to sneak off to a nearby park with Ite so they could REALLY finish what they had started that morning. But alas, they had reached the school. The first bell went off, signifying that it was time to get to homeroom.

"Hōkago ni kōen de sekkusushitai." She whispered in his ear as she let go of his hand to head to class.

"Whaaa- No!" Makoto laughed. "I think we scarred her for life this morning. She's probably not going to want that for a long time." she teased. "But, it does happen and that is a conversation you're eventually going to want to have with her if you haven't already. Keep in mind, though, that we are both teenagers as well. We still have 2 years of school left. Neither of us has much room to speak when it comes to matters like sex and teenage pregnancy if my birth control fails." She warned before she had left for her class.

She found herself reflecting on their situation as the day progressed. Sure, she got her work done but she was also very distracted. Their dynamics had changed so quickly and so suddenly. How had she forgotten about their relationship? What made her lucky enough to be reunited with him in this life?

Today was Kendo Club day. So, when class was over, Makoto changed into her gear and got ready for practice. She knew she was going to have to practice extra hard today. Although it was nothing like fighting the monster of the day, she knew that battling the other kids in her club helped Makoto hone her skills. The reality was that she was able to kick everyone's a**. She actually took it easy on them most of the time because the Senior boys were especially embarrassed that a lower classman could kick their a** so easily.

She was already well on the way to breaking several school records and she was not embarrassed by it. Not even one bit. Her coach told her that if she kept it up, she could be the first freshman from the school to ever go to Nationals this year. Makoto took pride in that.

After stretches, she listened to her coach talk about some new defensive strategies before they all practiced them on one another. Her partner today was Kai Hitochi. Kay was swift and fast, but was no match for her. She had to slow down while Kai worked on practicing her own technique. Once everyone had their moves down, they turned to sparring.

Makoto often gave less effort than she could to let other students win. Today was not going to be one of those days. Sure enough, her shinai rung true to her, and she came out on top as she usually did. Perhaps she did so not just because of her combat skills. But because of her level of maturity. Being an orphan, she'd had to mature at an earlier age than most. Kendo wasn't just about swordsmanship. It was also about self-discipline and character building.

Once class was over, Makoto went to get changed. She took her time getting her shower. By the time she was done, all the girls had cleared the locker room. She was the only one left. Most of the kids were keen on going straight home from club. They didn't typically care about how much of a sweat they had worked up. She knew that regardless of how many kids were left on the campus, Ite would probably be waiting for her somewhere. As she rounded the corner and entered the corridor that led to the locker room's exit, a hand slipped over her mouth. She felt a sudden pain as something struck her in the head.

The next time Makoto opened her eyes, she was surrounded by darkness...

Makoto wasn't there. She wasn't anywhere in the school. In fact, she had no clue where she was. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, nothing changed. She was tied down. Her hands were behind her back in shackles. Her feet were pinned together by another set. She tried to look around for any signs of light, and felt the resistance of something cold, tight, and painful around her neck. She was completely restrained.

She knew that if she cried out, whoever it was that had her was probably going to do something bad to her if she called out. So she remained silent. Instead, she tried moving her hands behind her. Maybe if there was enough slack, she could reach her communicator and call out to the other girls. She wrestled for several minutes, trying not to make any noise, but couldn't reach.

She began to panic. <********> She thought. "Ite, Ite help me! Usagi! Minako, Rei! Anyone!" she cried out in her mind. Silent tears began to fall down her face. It wasn't like any of them could help her. She couldn't even tell them where she was! Most likely, Ami could find her using her computer. But still...

Calm down. She told herself. "This is what you train for. Clear your mind. Try again. Reach them."

Makoto tried to move her hands again. Knowing it was too far of a reach, she instead started twisting her wrist. Maybe if she pushed it against the chains, she could flip it open. She worked for several minutes before hearing a successful click. She rubbed the communicator against the chain. "Girls, I've been kidnapped... I can't move or see anything. Get Ite. Help me!"

She snapped the communicator closed. It was much easier to do that than to open the darn thing. A laugh came out from the distance. "Nobody is going to find you here." A man said. "They can't hear you. You are miles away from where you were. You're trapped. I am going to lure the Youma Hunter here. Then I'm going to kill you in front of him. He is going to be broken, and then nobody will be able to stop me. Not even Serenity. He may have killed my first few warriors, but sometimes... you just have to do things yourself..."

His laugh became more meniacle as he approached Makoto. He used his index finger to tilt up her chin. "God, you're so ******** beautiful, too! Its a shame you're going to have to die. I'd love to take you as my own." He forced his lips upon hers and started groping her breasts before reaching down between her skirts.

Shocked, Makoto didn't know what to do. She stood there frozen and unmoving before she realized what was happening. She bit down on the man's lip, hard. He tore away from her, letting out an angry scream.

"HOW DARE YOU!" he backhanded her. Hard.

Makoto grunted. His strike hurt so bad. She could feel her face throbbing. Her eye was swelling. He was still close enough to her. She wanted to spit in his face. She wanted to spit in it so bad, but another hit would likely knock her out. So she caught her breath and stared at him.

The man went back to smiling. "You're going to regret that even more, later. I will entrap your man, take you in front of him, kill you, kill him, and then I'm going to make this planet my own..."



Usagi was sitting in a classroom "doing her homework." She had gotten detention for falling asleep in class. Luckily, the teacher was dumb and couldn't tell she had a manga slipped inside of her math book. Her time was up, and she was packing up to go home when her communicator went off.

"Girls, I've been kidnapped... I can't move or see anything. Get Ite. Help me!"

Usagi went to alert and started racing through the halls. "Girls, we need to find her!" She called into her communicator. "Does anyone know where we might find Ite?" Before she could get an answer, she saw him standing outside of the locker rooms. "Never mind. I found him. Lets meet at the shrine!"

She sprinted towards Ite, grabbed him by the hand and shouted. "Come on. We gotta go. Its Makoto!"

Nariko was on her way to Juuban High to go meet up with Ite and Makoto to go home. She passed by a couple of students from their school. "Did you see? Ite Raou was running off with Usagi Tsukino earlier!"

"Isn't he dating Makoto Kino, too? Poor girl! That Usagi is such a slut! First, she dates this older guy, then she's dating Seiya from the Three LIghts. Now shes dating an Olympic Gold Medalist? What is she, some kind of a gold digger!?"

The other girl gave her a look of disgust. Before anything else could be said, Nariko cut them off. "Hey! My brother isn't a player! He wouldn't just run off with some hussie! Keep your mouth shuts, you stupid idiots!"

Taken aback, the girls blushed and walked off without saying another word in front of Nariko.

Soo... Where did Ite go, then? Perhaps she would go home and wait for him there.


They were the first to arrive at the Hikawa Shrine, with the exception of Rei, since she was already home from school. The other inners joined them shortly thereafter. Rei brought them all to her room.

They had all heard Makoto's cry for help over the communicator. "So, all we know is that she has been kidnapped. And that's it." Minako mused.

Ami pulled out her computer and was in the process of trying to locate Usagi. But nothing was coming up. "Its not honing in on anything. Her communicator. Her transformation pen. Her starseed. Nothing!" She said, exasperated. "Whoever it is, must have a shield that's protecting their location from being scanned."

They all sat there pondering. "I can sense something bad. But its very faint. And that's about all I can say about it." Rei mused.

"Ami, could you search for any unusual sources of energy?" Artemis suggested.

Ami shook her head. "I tried that already. I didn't find anything." The situation looked pretty grim. How could they find Makoto if they had nothing to go off?

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The man sat there watching the group through what looked like a portal opening and laughed. "Yes, Senshi. You're not going to find her in any place that you look..."

He closed the portal and looked out his window. Earth was a distant speck that he couldn't even see from where they were. If they figured out his location, he would simply kill them while they were in the process of teleporting. Then, he would trap the Youma Hunter, torture his girl in front of him, and when he was done with that... He would finish off the Youma Hunter and take the solar system for himself...