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[Zero]

It doesn't take long for Zero to find a spare shirt, so he quickly pulls it from his wardrobe and slipped in it. He was wearing his red tie all the while even when he's shirtless, so the boy pulled it out from inside his shirt to settle it outside comfortably.

He was facing a small mirror there, staring at himself. He wondered sometimes how does he look like when he's a child, he's forgotten how he seemed when he first met Miki, but he definitely remembers all the bruises and wounds he got. He touched his stomach, where Miki just healed, but then the commotion downstairs got a little too loud.

At that, Zero rushes out of his room and went to the stairs, sitting on the handrail to slide down the banister. When he's half-way down, he glanced below to see who's making such a racket. His eyes landed on Miki, despite his search, and his eyes widened at her new look.

He didn't just gaped, but lose his balance while sliding down and ended up falling off the banister, thumping down on the first floor with a bam. He recovered quickly though, despite the loud noise, rolling up back on his two feet with his eyes still widening at his best friend.

"M..Miki, is that..you??" He took slow steps towards her, apparently as if he's entranced. In all honesty, he has never seen Miki dressed like that, nor with her hair free. It sort of surprises Zero to witness this new look on her. "Wow. You look...so much better in that than Eve."

Widening his range of view and pulling his attention away from just Miki, he realized the very object of his eternal irritation present in the room. Immediately, the young bounty hunter leaped right in front of Miki, his hands wide as if protecting her from Kevin.

"Don't listen to everything he says, Miki. Let's just go and leave him to rot in his own nasty mouth.."

[NPC: Male]

Hunter all but whistled when he eyed the angel from top to toe. He was pleasantly surprised to see her literally sliding down the banister so bravely like that, Hunter even applaud to her when she reached down completely unharm.

But Kevin just has to pop his little fantasy bubble.

"Oi, c'mon Kevin, how'd you ever gonna get a permanent wife if you're spluttering things like that all the time?" Hunter joked, but that's only a mask to hide his hidden anger to this confused man.
A loud bam shook the ground, and there Hunter could see Zero. 'The kid fell off a banister? Impossible. He has better motor skills than-- Oh. Oh right, he's staring at Miki. No wonder.'

"Yes yes, now you two run along. Kevin, I'd like to show you..uh..something.." Hunter rested an arm around Kevin's shoulders and tries to pull the guy away from the angel. But Kevin simply shrugged Hunter's arms off, seeming to get revved up at the presence of a female newcomer.

Hunter sighed, wiping his face with his large hand, "Urgh, now come on, Kevin.. Stop destroying every assurance you see."

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"Hm? A man only zone? Well I'm sorry but I don't see your name on the banister. If I did see your name on the banister I would have not slide down it but leave it alone since it's yours. But since it is nameless it is open for everyone to use... Besides the barriers and equality between the two opposite sexes were taken care of a long time ago. And the way you're looking at me it's like I shouldn't be here."

"But sorry to burst your bubble, I am on a internal journey, I'm finding the other side to my persona if you don't like it then you picked the wrong place to work. I mean no matter where you go there is always going to be men and women working in the same field. I'm working along side my best friend, and while he was just concerned for my own safety he's still allowing me to come along."

"You... Kevin was it? have a lot of growing up to do and frequent reality checks have to be done, just to make sure you are not getting carried away in your own fantasy land. While you waste your time insulting others and me for that matter there are people that actually do need our help. The jokes on you since I'm staying here. You can pout, complain, whine, and be cocky about your skills... but one of these days.... Karma will bite you where it hurts and you'll lose everything. Never take your talents for granted. Appreciate them but never rub it in someone's face. God gave you a gift so use it wisely."

She held onto Zero's hand to make their leave together but Kevin shouted out a wait, it was as if he had more to say to this angel. Oh yes the gloves were coming off now.

[NPC: Male]

Kevin eyed the angel and watched at the sudden interaction between her and Zero. He stared at how their hands were intertwined with each other, and the cocky bounty hunter looked up at her.

"You said that he is your best friend... But is that really true? A best friend wouldn't be holding hands..... You do realize the impression you are giving off right?"

"A woman and a man who are lovers shouldn't work together. Your emotions get in the way of your job and if you get so emotionally invested in a bounty hunt you won't think logically but just worry about your love. There isn't room in this specific field for a love story to happen. Let alone an angel."

" What can an angel like you do?! I bet you can't even shoot a gun. And that ring on your finger... I'm curious woman. What's it mean to you, and what does it mean for you to be in this profession what is your excuse? Oh right to find your persona? Maybe you should see a psychologist if you haven't found yourself... and need a diagnosis.. for some sort of mentality problem."

Kevin was blunt and he didn't want this woman to interfere with this job what if she turns Zero into a mushy orphaned brat that longs for her in every bounty hunt? A bounty hunt is all about independence. He strongly felt like Mitsuko would just get in the way in all aspects.

[NPC: Female]

"Kevin will you shut up? Why are you so focused on insulting Mitsuko, her relationship with Zero is no concern of yours. In fact She will be more then glad to tell you what that ring means to her, as I haven't seen her take it off once. She's kept it on, and her eyes never left that ring."

"And Zero I have a gift for you for your earlier comparison!"

Eve turned to Zero and gave him a wack on the shoulder.

"How dare you disrespect your elders, I'm still beautiful, and radiant... Mitsuko is lucky since she hasn't hit my age yet. ^_^ though she is a beautiful gal. I wouldn't be surprised if you asked for her hand in marriage in the next year or so. Oh yeah did you know she is untouched like you Zero? Her colour of choice is white.

To back up what I just mentioned.... "THEY are more then just friends in fact she told me that upstairs just now. They have been dating for ten years so leave them be got it? If I see you insulting them I'll pack your bags and kick your ass right to the moon, and stars. Think of it as a favor... for you to be an astronaut for the first time. ^_^.."

The more than just friends part was just a white lie that Eve had told just to get Kevin to back off. Though she winked at Mitsuko to play along with it.. She knew that they were best friends and only best friends however the questions won't stop and these two are bound to get annoyed.

"If you need proof Mitsuko won't hesitate to give Zero a kiss right now."

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Mitsuko blushed at what Eve had in her mind and that was for Zero, and Mitsuko to play along with being a pretend engaged couple.

The angel got the feeling that Eve didn't want Kevin to get his satisfaction so the best course of action was to tell a little white lie to protect their privacy, after all Zero, the angel, Hunter and the rest knew the truth behind their relationship, so why should they have to explain themselves to Kevin? Who was rude and was intruding in their space with his rude questions?

So she played along with Eve's white lie- about them being involved with each other.

"This ring that you see on my finger is the proof, and sign of me being engaged to Zero. A ring is a symbol of ever lasting commitment and bonding, and our hearts will never waver by anything that anyone has to say about us."

"I wear this ring proudly everyday and since it is not a piece of costume jewelery it doesn't change color when it gets wet in water or turn my finger green. Everyday that I wear this ring I am reminded at where this proof of my bond with Zero takes my heart. This bond and ring takes my heart to another place that I never knew existed in me. My heart stretched even further, and becomes warmer then I ever thought possible."

"I know what you are thinking.... Zero is an orphan. But you know what? Let me counter you right now by defending whom I love. Being an orphan means that you have no one. But Zero has me. I raised him when he stayed with me and my god parents whom are now deceased. I am an orphan too in some aspects. My mom is dead, my dad doesn't want me and my two brothers haven't kept in contact with me too much due to their lives and commitments."

"Zero is my heart and no one can ever take that away from me. I know he won't ever leave me again, while he did that once... because of his personal feelings and that he didn't want me to be burdened by him- his only choice was to leave.... But I love him. I still loved him then and I do now. Right as we speak. Zero takes my loneliness away, he eases my pain and hugs my heart tightly as if it is in a special box that no one can access but him. He knows my fears, my secrets, my hopes, my dreams..... Those things that no one else knows and what I deem to be very important to me."

"That is what a best friend and commited to someone is all about. You back each other up when you feel like the whole world is against you.... A best friend gives you that hand to hold when you need to get back up. I made a promise to myself too. Like what Zero did."

The angel turned around to face Zero and takes both of his hands, leaned in close and gave him his first kiss. It wasn't overpowering, it was just sweet.

"A promise is now kept Zero, and the last of the firsts to share with you."

She whispered that to him so that Kevin wouldn't hear it.

"The rest of your first experiences should be with other people. I can't be selfish and keep you all to myself. But I at least wanted to give you this gift. So no matter what you decide in the near future you will always have this experience and no one can ever say you were never kissed and make you feel embarrassed."

And here are some words I direct at you from a song I heard, Kevin about my bond with Zero, some things that you don't understand.

"Our bond keeps us connected all the time,
"With that day's promise in our hearts... (Mitsuko's promise and Zero's promise but in the end they found each other.)

"We are creating a miracle."

With Mitsuko just giving Zero a simple but sweet first kiss she knew that it means the world to him, he doesn't have to tell her since she knows his feelings so well.

[Zero]

Zero paused momentarily, letting Miki speak up from behind him. Sure he's shielding her, but then again, it seems like Kevin has touched an almost non-existent nerve on the usually serene angel. So then, he let his best friend let out her thoughts, so she's able to advise Kevin. Maybe his thick-headedness might soften with an angel's words... Zero just hopes so.

...Or maybe not.

Just as Miki held his hand, Zero gladly closed his fingers around them and began to walk away, but Kevin just has to open his mouth. 'Okay, at least I know his thick-headedness surpasses a normal human.'

Zero gritted his teeth, it took all his strength to hold back his bursting anger for insulting Miki like that, the only reason he's not launching himself at the guy and continuously banging Kevin's head against the hard floor is because Miki's holding his hand. That gave him a sense of equanimity somehow. Though Miki could only hold his body back, his tongue stays loose.

"Goddammit, you irritating prick! LAY OFF! What the hell is WRONG with you?! You drank poison and the toxic's stuck at your tongue?! I mean...you're older than me, yet you acted like a spoiled brat looking for any chance of squabbling!" Kevin has officially burst a nerve on Zero of his last stinging sentence.

The young bounty hunter then took a wrathful frontal step and pushed Kevin at the shoulder, turning his body sideways by the force, "Say that again, and I'll snap, crackle and POP your head off." Baring his teeth, Zero is completely serious about it. His other hand is still clutching on Miki's, while the other that just hit Kevin balled up into a fist to prepare an attack on that narcissist's face if he spoke just one more insult about Miki.

Despite his anger, Zero's glad to know that even Eve finds Kevin's point of view annoying. Receiving that sudden whack on his shoulder didn't phased Zero, he's too pissed off at Kevin to respond to that. Though, Eve DID broke his focus when she casually mentioned that she wouldn't be surprised if Zero would asked Miki's hand in marriage.

"..Wait. Whut?"

Zero stood there, ice blank like little dots, head turned to Eve with his jaw slightly hanging. What Eve said didn't seem to compute in his mind at all, 'What the f-- Dating for 10 years?! Another sentence from Eve, the last one, certainly widened Zero's eyes. 'A KISS?!!'

Being so caught up in all of those in his mind, Zero didn't even realize that Eve's just playing around. He normally would, but his brain just shut down; there's no freakin' way he and Miki are going to involve romantically.

Yet, there stood Miki, stating out that the ring she wore is her engagement ring...with Zero. His brain didn't just shut down, it exploded. Zero snapped his head to face Miki, eyes blinking incredulously as if signing her that she must be joking. Thankfully, he can detect when his best friend is lying, so he's grateful he turned to look at her just as she stated of the engagement part.

His eyes drastically soften at the reminder that he's merely an orphan, he has no one who is blood-related to him, but the strange thing is, he never felt like he's lonely. His visions dropped towards the floor as he listened silently. Miki spoke about that rather sensitive topic well, as expected of his guardian angel.

Zero's attention snapped up at the confession that she loved him. He wasn't surprised, he knew she meant love as in a familial way, so Zero smiled. His hold of her hand tightens, to show that he agrees with her, and will protect her at all costs.

Though, when she turned to him and brushed her lips against his fleetly, Zero's eyes didn't indicated that he's surprised, or any type of emotion. It just stays that calm tranquil gaze, as if Miki had injected a sort of anti-agitation that dispel all of his emotional disturbances. Perhaps it's a healing kiss.

It didn't occurred to him that it's actually his first kiss, unless Hunter opens that big mouth of his.

He listened in an almost dazed state at Miki's explanation. "..I can feel embarrassed because I've never been kissed?" By that monotonous tone he's using, people can't tell that it's actually a question.

Zero's half-lidded eyes slowly made their way to his best friend, smiling lightly at her snippet of a song. He didn't realized that his tongue moved by itself though, "A miracle of a bond, our souls as twins. The sacred binding will never be gone, for that is the power of kin."

He shrugged his shoulders at the short poem he just stated out, closed his eyes, then calmly said, "Like hell I would commit plagiarism, I just made that up myself."

[NPC: Male]

Hunter slapped a palm on his face at Kevin's infamous insults. With being in the guild for so long, he's seen enough of Kevin's tongue working it's poison to infect and destroys people, so Hunter decided that he does not want to take part.

Mostly because Zero and Eve are enough to back Miki up, and for the fact that Miki actually spoke up and lashed back right at the egoistic brat. Hunter viewed this as a surprise, so he stayed while ignoring his chief backing away from the verbal-fight Kevin just initiated.

And Hunter thought angels never got into fights. Kevin sure is remarkably talented.

The eldest man in the group almost spat out his own spit at Eve's playful idea, and it of course made him burst in laughter, "What the hell, Zero! You've dated dear Miki there since you were 8?! Damn, you started early, you dog you!" He joked, elbowing Zero with a laugh. Sure he knows what Eve's trying to pull, but he rather played stupid and mess up Zero's head.

"...Eh??" Hunter was almost fooled when Miki brings up the topic of her ring being her sign of engagement. If it wasn't for Zero already told off the tale of their childhood rings, Hunter would have believed the angel in a second and would literally hit Zero less jokingly.

The kiss was enough to stop whatever's been processing in his carefully masked mind. Contradicting Zero, who showed basically no emotion, Hunter was bursting with them. "ZOMG!!! WHERE'S MY CAMERA! Ahw drat, my phone's back up in my room, argh! This is the most beautiful moment ever exist in history inside HQ~! I'M A WITNESS OF THIS MAGICAL OCCURRENCE!"

Zero looked like he just woke up from his sleep, so Hunter was about to gave a punch to the boy to wake him up, but then he heard Miki stating out some random song lyric, while Zero continued with his made-up poem.

Hunter dropped his fist, "What th-- You're a poet?! Ahw c'mon, you can't even read, don't joke with me rhythmical lines, boy!" He sighed, deciding that it's enough of a fight that Kevin had done, so he forcefully wrapped his large arm around Kevin's shoulder for the second time, but unlike last time, actually put a lot more force into it, so he's pushing Kevin off.

"Alright Kev, enough's enough. Heard chief's signing you up for a bounty double your usual pay, so better get there before someone else LIKE ME snatch 'em. Chop chop!"

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IT was a healing kiss, while she did kiss Zero quickly she actually did add that healing element with her powers to it. Though chances are no one had seen her use her power because the kiss happened so quickly but so sweetly that people of the HQ was focusing on the moment between the two best friends. And as Hunter pointed out it marked HQ history.

Mitsuko was going to make use of every chance she got to help Zero's spirit in every way possible. As his guardian she knew that there is always an ending to every journey, and she wanted to make every moment count with him, and with everyone else that she looked after in some shape or form. Truth was she is attached to Zero, someone could handcuff them together for a day and they wouldn't get annoyed with each other, though deep down Mitsuko had to face the reality that some day these two will be apart.

Kevin had hit a sore spot in the angel's heart but she spoke with bravery, heart, spirit, and let him know what is on her mind.

"While it seems like my words to you will go through one ears and out the next, I have to say this. There is nothing more hurtful than insulting another person. Don't you realize your words can really hurt? And lower a person's self esteem? I have taught Zero to always hold his head high, but to never be afraid to grow from his mistakes and his pain that he had to endure as a child."

Gently the angel had squeezed Zero's hand back to let him know that she understands how he feels, and that she forgave him for leaving her all those years ago. Once you become friends with Mitsuko then you are in her life forever. It will take a lot to betray her but even so she will forgive you with time.

Eventually the angel let go of Zero's hand slowly and walked closer to Kevin.

"If you keep insulting others people will never come to accept you or see what is in your heart. The heart is the most beautiful part of a person. Physical appearance comes after. We wear many masks to shield us from a lot of pain and judgment but what is beautiful is the real you. Unfortunately not a lot of people realize this. We get scared, we cry, we feel our heart strings being pulled in every direction possible.... And we can also feel it breaking at some points but.. that doesn't mean that it won't ever mend. It will. It should."

"I may not come from the best family in the world..... My brothers used to fight constantly, there was a lot of blame going on.... of who did what to whom, and I'm not sure if Jake and Kankorou ever patched things up and put their differences aside. This all went on at Summer's Eve.... my temple. So to get my mind off of it all I grew flowers.... I started to find my love in planting things...."

Mitsuko could see Kevin's reaction, but she also saw everyone else's reaction at HQ including Jean. Everyone was listening to her story, and watching her as she started to explain her life some more and how she chooses to live.

"Two of my favorite things to plant were cherry blossom trees and white magnolia flowers.... As I planted these types of flowers I felt at peace. In the midst of the bad blood between my two brothers.... and my own bad dreams... The flowers in which I planted just continued to live, and continued to grow each day, and well take a look."

The angel took out a freshly bouquet of flowers that she put together just for fun, as if she was getting married or something.

"IF you get rid of that nasty attitude of yours Kevin you may actually get married. I agree with Hunter. Catch!"

With that said she through the bouquet of flowers and so happened Kevin caught them.

"Congratulations... You'll be the next groom to get married. As well as Zero and I since we'll have.. .uhh what's the word Hunter and Eve? The first word starts with an A.. and the other starts with a K. OHHH! hahaha an ASS kicking wedding! ^_^... See? I don't really swear... so I am way out of the loop."

She giggled and Hunter threw a gun at Mitsuko.

"Huh?" 'YES this is the rumored gun that shoots bubbles... the one Hunter told me about? Hahaha!..

"Ohh Kevin~ I got a parting gift for you. THIS is for all of your nasty insults that you have given Zero and myself."

"Take aim..... and enjoy the rainbow bubbles!"

The angel shot the bubble gun, this was the gun to be used in practice especially since they can't afford to waste actual bullets, Hunter knew that shooting a real one would freak Mitsuko out so for now they would practice using this one. The target? Kevin.

The HQ was now looking as if they were under the sea because of all the bubbles.

"And by the way.... Since you caught the bouquet of flowers that shows me that there is a good person inside of you somewhere. AND yes I may be untouched like Zero but that only makes up half of what I am as a person. My heart is what makes me truly shine, along with my best friend."

[NPC: Male]

Kevin held the bouquet in his hands and just threw them over his shoulder. He scofffed at the angel- it was as if he could see through their facade about getting married.

"Do you realize that sometimes people who are in a relationship can end up falling out of love with each other and fall for someone else? what if Zero meets someone and forgets you? I mean hell he looks so clueless half the time that I can't tell what he's thinking... Besides..... I know you both are lying. I wasn't born yesterday.....

"You can try to create a Romeo and Juliet story out of this but it will not work with me since I was right to have my doubts..... Though that kiss was real. Hmmm you seem bolder than I thought Mitsuko. I mean just by kissing him right in front of everyone in HQ."

"But just think one of these days Zero may forget about you..... Especially when he meets a chick that he likes."

Kevin smirked at his words.

"Oh and by the way..... This fortune cookie is addressed to you.... I found it when I had chinese food earlier.... It had your initial on it."


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Jean sighed. He couldn't believe that Kevin was trying to put sad thoughts in Mitsuko's head by saying that Zero would most likely forget her when/ IF he gets involved with someone. It was as if Kevin was saying that she was going to be replaced. But Jean just went over and dragged Kevin away while giving him his famous lectures.

"WHAT the hell is wrong with you?! Why would you put that in Miki's head? she didn't do anything to you all she did was stand up for her and Zero, and in the process she found her voice. YOU do not disrespect a fellow bounty hunter in MY HQ do you understand me?! NOW get going to your latest assignment...."

After Jean took care of Kevin and sent him on his merry way, well Kevin actually slammed the door on the way out but he was still gone to do his job the boss went back to Mitsuko.

"I apologize Mitsuko. I am so embarrassed at Kevin's behavior. Please don't take it to heart. Zero won't ever forget you. ^_^- I have seen how you have helped him, and while he can be very serious.... When he's thinking about you or talking about you he has the biggest smile. If you want one of his pictures let me know and I'll get you one."

[NPC: Female]

Eve went over to Mitsuko and placed a hand on the angel's shoulder. When Eve heard Kevin get yelled at Jean, and then slammed the door on his way out Eve yelled out....

"Damn I wish the door hit you on the way out you big jerk! Jean I honestly don't get why you are frigging keeping him around. I can take on more then one job you know. And Miki try not to allow the jerk's words to get you upset. People don't really pay attention to his hissy fits but when he looks for fights on purpose people will fight back. I commend you for finding your voice. You didn't swear a lot but...... I guess that's to be expected since your an angel."

"And I really love the bubbles! Reminds me of the little mermaid and the crab is singing under the sea hahaha. Oh yeah when Kevin comes back he might attack you again. Just be ready. He might go in more depth and pick on you for being untouched like Zero. Again don't let it bother you just set him straight. That''s all you can do around here. Not to take crap from anyone. Besides if someone tries to take advantage of you Hunter, Zero, and myself will deliver a few bullets to the individual. YOU are now part of the bounty hunter family."

"IN this family here is our code of honor."

"We look after each other. We may not always agree and have our little run ins with each other, like as a brother and sister, but we won't stop caring for the other. With the exclusion of Kevin. He's a basket case, and he chooses to insult others so that's his choice."

"We train each other., now even though Hunter is going to be your mentor and he will be dedicated to bring the best out of you, I WILL help him too, he just has to clean up his room before I set foot in there. I don't know how Zero manages.... perhaps he plugs his nose with something."

"We treat each other with respect. Again with Kevin he was dropped on his head as a child, so he's a bad apple among us."

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"He shouldn't have the right to belittle someone just because they haven't had their first intimate experience yet. Or at all. There are people that go through out life without getting married or being... intimate with someone. While the topic takes me out of my comfort zone and makes me blush like crazy here is what I will say to him if he attacks me because of this."

"THAT intimate moment is between a man and a woman that love each other with their whole hearts. It's a special moment between them, and them alone. Being untouched isn't a bad thing. It doesn't make you a sore loser because you aren't experienced in that area of your life. It happens when it feels right. I'm sorry there is no better way for me to explain this without turning red but....When it feels right that person will just know."

"Being untouched is something we all go through. The day that we lose our innocence that is the day, that we made the choice to, and we are confident that it is with the right person. I'm proud of being who I am, even if I am untouched. My soul, my heart is what make me... Me. My innocence is only a part of that but I do want to have kids one day."

She then looked down at the fortune cookie that Kevin had given her, and cracked it open. When she took a look at what the fortune said she turned white as a sheet, and started to feel a little dizzy.

'I will find you.... My daughter and when we meet YOU SHOULD be happy![/i]

[Zero]

Zero knows she's with him. She squeezed his hand after all to remind him that she's still with him. His eyes downcasted, fogged by the memories of how so many people have stepped on him, insulted him, hurting him. Physically he can take, but when it comes to confidence, Zero still has troubles going through these things. But it's alright, Mitsuko's with him.

Right at this moment, she's standing up for him.
That's why he lets go of her hand, right at the very same moment she releases his hand to deal with Kevin. Their synchronicity is somewhat abnormally magical, if that can be considered a term to use.

Though, Miki suddenly pulling out flowers from nowhere did surprised Zero. Her entire action surprised him. What shocked him the most is she brings up the fake wedding topic again, and what's more is she even said 'ass kicking' fluently. Zero feels like facepalming somehow, but at the same time, laughing.

And laughed Zero did, when his best friend shoots a swarm of bubbles right at Kevin, and soon the whole headquarter is filled with bubbles. It feels like a dream to Zero, to have Miki standing up for him, to have her here beside him, to have her preaching to this bastard that Zero could never beat either physically or verbally, and to have her turning to him, smiling while stating out that she's with her best friend.

But then Kevin just has to pop this dream.
'Oh, it's on NOW.'

"Shut the HELL up, you don't know a THING of forgetting and being forgotten!" He stepped forward, genuinely very angry. "You DON'T KNOW that this angel here suffered amnesia! You DON'T KNOW that even when she forgets about me, her heart never did! You DON'T KNOW that even though I lost her, she's still supporting me! Each year, each month, each day, each hour, each minute, each FRIGGIN SECOND, since I was brought here! YOU. DON'T. KNOW. ANYTHING! SO SHUT YOUR TRAP AND LEAVE US ALONE!"

Zero's screaming was literally echoing in the area, and that all it takes for the boy to calm down. He won't forget Miki, he's sure of himself. Even if he did, then he's confident that his heart won't, just like Miki's case. He believes with every fiber of his being, that his bond with this angel, is made out of nothing but pure heart. And he knows that the heart never forgets.

Zero closed his eyes, heaving out a loud sigh out his mouth to get that out of his system, and thankfully Jean kicked out Kevin before Zero's wrath chained into a second explosion. But then the chief returns, and began to embarrass him of how big his smile when talking about the angel.

"HEY!!" Growing very red, Zero shot the chief a frown, "No snapping pictures of my smile, dammit!" He's beginning to consider if he can pull his collar up to cover his smile whenever the urge came to him. Thankfully, Eve went to Miki to comfort her, or distract her, from Jean's teasings of Zero.

[NPC: Male]

Hunter breezed through the whole ordeal with a smile on his face. From Miki throwing a bouquet to Kevin and shooting bubbles at him (to which Hunter applauds), to Kevin's respond by planting thoughts of Zero forgetting Miki, to Jean dragging the idiot out finally, to Eve stating the code of honor of being a bounty hunter. Hunter smiles through it all. When is he isn't smiling?

"Aww, Miki, you don't have to feel embarrassed stating something so sacred like intimacy, eh?" Hunter pats her on the shoulder, teasing her, but then of course got hurt in some way by Zero. This time, his foot got stomped on. The pain is so familiar, Hunter didn't even bother to cry out in pain anymore.

The older bounty hunter is the first to notice the change in the angel's colors though when she read the fortune cookie, "Hm? What's wrong?" Using two of his fingers, Hunter deftly pulled it out of Miki's grasp and read it out loud, a habit of his since he's stuck with Zero.

"Huh. Your daddy-o coming to visit?"

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Mitsuko had just received her first fortune cookie, and it wasn't just any fortune cookie that someone gets when they eat at a Chinese restaurant, and those fortunes are uplifting or take the form of advice but not this one. This one contained a straight to the point message, and it was from someone in Mitsuko's life. Someone "close" to her so to speak. As she read the fortune she felt her heart slowing down, it was as if she was about to faint.

Eve who was with Mitsuko comforting her from Kevin's insults due to her sensitivity got that instinct right away that she had to do more then just comfort Mitsuko. As a woman she had to find a way to prevent the angel from having a panic attack. The first thing that Eve did was get the angel some water, the second thing was putting the angel to sit down so that she doesn't fall over.

The angel glanced over at Hunter once he read the the fortune and commented on her dad, coming for a visit. She nodded and then spoke.

"I... Really don't want to see him. And just when I thought I was going to be nice and safe... I thought this place was well hidden.. but then again he's a sword user he can cut down monsters and people that interfere with him in one strike....."

The angel stood up from her chair after a while and ran up the stairs to the room and shut the door. She bolted without a second thought. While she was in that room by herself she started to think to herself.

'I... don't know what to do.. I mean will I get more then one fortune cookie while he searches for me.. as if I am getting daily clues/warnings that he is getting closer? ...Talk about a stalker quality for sure... But how will I handle this?'