Chapter 2: The Five Protectors// Aster Lavaghost

"Wake up, Kuro..." I heard a voice in front of me, I opened my eyes to see — my partner.'Oh, I remember I am still in the car.' I thought.

"E-eh, umh..what is it?" I asked him, blinking my eyes repeatedly to see more clearly.

"We're here now." He said, giving me a pat on the shoulder.

"Oh, I see..Okay the— WAIT WE'RE HERE!!??" I said then suddenly asked, raising my voice a little, my eyes widened.

"Yes.Please be careful of those crazy creatures that you'll meet." He said, going out of the car.I carried my things then headed out of the car.I looked up to see a house - no, a mansion with three floors.

"What a gorgeous house." I complimented, I heard him chuckle.

"With ugly, weird and crazy creatures." He said, then went inside the mansion, hands on his pockets.I followed him then headed inside as well.I looked around me and it seems like I'm in the living room already.

"Ahhhh~" I heard a guy moaned, a kind of moan that will either give you chills or a certain weird feeling. "A cutie detected!" I heard,  then a guy whistled, "Everyone! look~! a cutie here!" I looked at the guy who whistled,

'Hair is as white as snow and wow such beautiful red eyes!' -my mind

I looked at my partner to see him facepalming, "Mizuko, just stop saying aaahh~ it is so creepy."

"Oh, the first time to hear Mizuko saying he detected a cutie, you would always say you detected something unpleasant.Now a cutie? I wish you are right, I wonder about her sense of fashiom and I also hope we could get along." I heard a soft voice of a guy on the other side.

"Stop mentioning about fashion." my partner said, his palm still glued to his face. (lol)

"I caaaaaaan't wait to meeeeeeet herrrrr." I heard a bored voice said, on the other side, "I need Teddy Larquo to meet her and be acquainted to her immediately." the voice suddenly changes, turning into a child-like tone of voice, then I heard him giggle.

"Stop talking about Teddy Larquo, you know it's not alive anymore, Kentou." Partner said to Kentou that made Kentou's eyes teary.

"I'm willing to help her with the studies since she'll be the new student in Sweet Colors Academy.I-it's not like I'm g-gonna help her or something tch." I heard another guy said to the other side.

"Stop being like that, Kaido — that's not like you at all you ugly trying hard to be a tsundere guy." - you know who

I closed my ears, "Damn, my partner's right, but no..He's the one who's making it confusing shiz."

'wait did he just say tsundere???'

"All of you, gather here." right after my partner said that, all of them gathered in the main room.

"Yeah, she's totally cute, Mizuko was right." black hair, grey eyes, right eye covered with bangs.Not bad mr. Fashion.

"K-k-kawaii! I have a feeling that Teddy Larquo needs her already! like...VERY MUCH, AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"  shorty said. 'To make it nicer— I'll call him baby shorty, I guess that's nicer? hmmm, black hair with mix of blue strands of hair, green eyes..Looks mature, but — the personality seems childish, sooo nevermind..I'll call him Kentou! nice name.'

"Aaaahhhhh~ mmmmgghh~ S-she is cute, v-very." So his name is Mizuko? his moans are giving me the weird feelz.

"I'm not gonna help you at all!" I looked at the guy with glasses, plain long black hair that reaches above his shoulders, black eyes and he's holding a black notebook — seems like a Death Note to me.

"Ne, Ku-chan! can you be my partner!?" Kentou asked me, his eyes sparkling.

"P-partner?! but—"

"I made her as my partner already, and don't call her with the chan." My partner said to Kentou.

"Hmm, boringgggg~" Kentou pouted, "Well, that doesn't mean I and Larquo can not play with her, right ?"

"Whatever you think..." my partner said, walking upstairs.

"Don't worry, He is just like that." Aster told me, smiling.He approached me to kiss my hand.My cheeks suddenly warmed. "You have such a beautiful name with such beautiful face.It'll be much better if you let me design and organize all of your clothes, wouldn't it?" He said, his eyes closed, grinning.

"Ahaha, umh..How can I answer that.Well uh, I guess that's umh..fine.Hope we could get along." I said, smiling as well.

"This is getting booooringgg." I heard Kentou say.

"You are always saying that everything's boring when it's not.If I were to calculate the methods of 'how to not get bored', it's beyond infinity.Try to enhance your life and go dive into the world of Mathematics and Chemistry, baka." Kaido said, his arms crossed.

"HMPH." - Kentou

'What a smart ass he is.' I said in my mind. "So uh, who are you all? I mean..Are you related to umh..?"

"Nope we are not related to Skye, we are best friends." Kaido said.'Oh wait, my partner's name is Skye?'

"Skye is my partner right?" I asked, making sure.

"Oui, but it's not his real name.He just calls himself Skye Varadox in this galaxy." Aster answered, "His real name remains a mystery for everyone."

"Everyone except Teddy Larquo! Larquo HAS lots of supernatural powers! " I heard Kentou's voice, I looked at him, "Wow! really? can you pleaaaaase tell me?"

"More like..had." Kaido said, his arms still crossed.

"Well.." I noticed Kentou started getting teary eyes.

"Are you okay??" I asked him, he just nodded. "I'm gonna tell you a stowy." He said.

"When I was like 12 years old, I lived in a village called Jackstone Village, I thought that was my home until one day a small spirit came to the village of Jackstone, The small spirit made a deal with me that in exchange of knowing where I lived before and where the diary was hidden, the creatures in the villages of Jackstone and Harmonicaz will freeze for 10 years.I said that I'll agree to the deal if Teddy Larquo will be saved, and after that 10 years they will die.Including Teddy Larquo and me— because my heart and soul was still in my village." Kentou explained, hugging Teddy Larquo. "Oh, and this year...It is the 7th year

'He was that crazy, and also desperate..Wait, wtf he's gonna die soon!?!!?'  I said in my mind. "shit, So you found the diary?" I asked him, he just nodded.

"And it says that Teddy Larquo was a human with different kinds of hidden supernatural powers, it's said that Teddy Larquo can only return to be a human again if I, Kentou, the owner have felt all of the emotions humans have with Teddy Larquo beside me.I did my best..I felt all the emotions I know, I felt them all..The worst was when I was in fear, but still..There's something missing." He said, looking down.

"I will help you with that! leave that to me." I said, smiling.Raising my thumb.

"You can't.It is hard, if I can't then you can't..." Kentou said, sniffing, hugging Teddy Larquo more.

"This is getting rather emotional, do you mind changing topics?" Kaidou asked, I crossed my arms.

"You are annoying" I said to Kaidou, he smirked.

"All of you are too emotional.Drowning into emotions is 75% stupid, but if you can control it somehow, I'll say it's just 10% stupid." He said, his face returned to poker face.

"Ku-chan, please help me.I wanna meet the real Teddy Larquo."  Kentou said, tugging my — wait, I'm still wearing the white dress from the hospital?! Oh man, this sucks.

"Sure, I will." I promised, smiling.

"I love you already Ku-chan!" Kentou said, hugging me.

"Umhh well, I guess have to get used to h-hugs... I got to go change clothes now." I said, pushing him away gently.

"Ah, sure! Teddy Larquo and I will not peek!" Kentou said cheerfully, I just giggled.

"Kurorui-san, I'll help you with the clothes." Aster said with a wink. "Let's go." He said, holding my wrist, then started running through long hallways with him.I heard Kentou's voice saying bye bye throughout the hallways.

"This is a big one." I said @-@ the house is totally big.

"Not really." He said, chuckling.All of a sudden he stopped running, almost bumping him.

"We're here." He said, opening the door. "When you were talking to Kentou, I was checking your waist, neck, legs and face.They are perfect — perfect figure! I have never seen a body of a girl...No, a woman! as perfect as yours." Aster said, waving his hands.

"Finally, someone who appreciates my figure, but I still wonder why girls in my previous school call me fat... " I said, looking down.

"It's because they are used to eating one paper a day." He said, giggling. (./////.) oh my apple, that giggle's so cute.

"More like..One tissue a day hahahahahahaha" I said, laughing.

"Hey, don't ever feel down about it.Your figure is cool and flexible.I mean, guys like me don't wanna see a walking skeleton girl.You are fine." He said, patting my back.

"Aster, do you speak French? I heard you earlier saying French words like Oui." I asked him, he nodded.

"Oui, Je parle un petit peu Français."  (Yes, I can speak a little French) He said, smiling.

"Cool! I can speak French fluently.I can also speak French and Japanese aaaaand basic Latin — ahem, ¿Cómo se llama?" I asked, smiling. (What's your name?)

"U-uh, Oui?" He said unsure, I giggled.

"It means 'What's your name?'" I said.

"A-ah! My name is Aster Lavaghost, ahem..Enchanté." (Nice To Meet You) He said, "Now, let's dress you up."

"But you are a guy." I said, pointing my hand to him.

"Don't worry, princess, I will not look while you're changing." He told me, going in.I went inside to see two doors in front of me, I looked to the right then to the left — 'Two aquariums, air conditioned, mini bookshelf and an L shaped sofa

.' I said in my mind 'Perfect'

"The left side of the door, those are clothes for gentlemen and for the ladies— obviously on the right side." He said.I raised my hand to ask a question.

"What if there's no gender?" I asked him smirking, he laughed.

"Hahahahahahahaha!  t-that's the funniest question I have ever heard!" He said, still laughing.

"Well, get your ass ready coz' I have lots of lame shits to shove in yo'" I said, wooh that sounds dirty.

"Hahaha I don't know what you mean by that, but it seems interesting.Now, let's head to the Ladies Dressing Room.

We both headed inside, and what I saw made me wanna slam my head on the mirror.

"This is...GORGEOUS!"  I shouted, grinning.

"Well, you are drop dead gorgeous." He said, choosing clothes. "Ah, here you go ~" He said, handing me a short dress.

"Thank you, you should be 8 feet away from me and you should not look at me till I say so, got it mr. fab?" I said, elbowing him lightly.

"Sure, Kurorui." He said, and he did what I said.He even used a tape measure.

"This looks cute." I said, staring at the short, blue, silky dress with a heart shaped jewelry glued in the middle.I removed the white dress I'm wearing, then put the blue dress as fast as I could. "I am done." I said, "Thank you" I said, about to go out of the room.

"K-Kurorui,  A-Arrêtez!" (S-Stop!) I heard him say, I looked back by tilting my head a little. "Yes?" I asked.He approached me, standing close to me then zipping my back.

"Your dress..Umh..The z-zipper is open..I wasn't suppose to look, but..you are so stupid, y-you didn't know that there's zipper and you are just going out there without knowing i-it..T-that's why I..helped you..Just in case you don't know, you are drop dead gorgeous and I am sure that Mizuko and Kentou likes you already — well be careful they are a bunch o-of perverts." He said, covering his face.

(° - ° ) I really have to keep a diary now. "So uh...okay?"
'Okay, I was called stupid, yeah.His honesty'

Meanwhile, downstairs

"HAAAAAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOO!" Mizuko and Kentou sneezed, "Wooh, someone's talking about us.I hope it's Kurorui!" They both said in unisom.

Back to Kurorui and Aster

"There, let's go  now." I said, getting ready. "Thank yo—"

"Wear this." He interrupted, putting a certain necklace around me, almost looking like he's hugging me.

"What a beautiful scent.." He said, his tone of voice look sad.I looked below to see a black necklace with a white stone. "Kuroui, it's yours now.My gift." He said then he bowed.

"Thank you."  I said with a soft voice, smiling. "Thank you so much."

"It's nothing.I just have this feeling that I should give it to you.I also have this feeling of protecting you." He said, looking below, at the ground.

"Why are you giving this to me? it looks special to you." I said, considering his feelings.

"Yes, it is important to me..But...this feeling...." He faked cough for a moment then started talking again, "When I came to visit the human world, I helped an old woman cross the road because she's blind, and I helped her.She was so thankful that she gave me the necklace she was wearing, I was about to refuse, but she handed it to me immediatey, she said something to me then started walking away, I smiled then waved my hand goodbye.I didn't realize it till I felt something on my hand..It was the necklace. She said that When I turn 21, not exactly on my birthday...I should give this to a beautiful lady..." He said with teary eyes.

"Aww." I commented, hugging him tightly.

"K-kurorui?"

"Ssshhh." I said, "Go be happy, I barely hug anyone."

"I..." He didn't continue saying something, but...

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He just kissed me on the forehead and on the cheek then I felt something weird.Like, there's a sudden energy in me

"The first time my lips touch another skin. Go be happy, I haven't kissed anyone, but your face." He said, hugging back before breaking free.He almost copied what I said...EARLIER

"Y-yeah whatever... sure, Aster." I said, moving away a little. 'I guess this is normal for him — but not for me!'

"Want me to do it again, but in a different part?" He suggested normally.My OtaWeaKuBoo mode suddenly activated.

'I have a feeling that my life here will turn out like Reverse harem, shit, hell yeah' I said in my mind.

"No." I said.

"Hmm, on second thought.I don't mind, you just need to ask permission" I changed my mind, this is really gonna be like those reverse harem anime, I'm gonna cry.This is an opportunity.