After eating, both Goei and Haru were walking in the shopping part of town. Goei had to get a few things and asked Haru to join her, at first he was hesitant to go since he still had issues with going out in large populated areas. But Goei comfort him in saying she only need to do a few things and they wouldn't be out for long. Both Ignir and Laufey had something important they said they had to do so they weren't with them. As the two walked around Haru notice she was carrying a green jacket, the same one Kakouton gave Hakufu the other day. But why would she carry that around?
"Um, Miss Goei." Haru spoke up.
"Yes Haru-kun?"
"Why is Miss Goei carrying Kakouton's jacket?"
"Oh this, well I thought it would be polite to return it to him since he let Hakufu-chan use it. And since she's not interested in him… well I might as well as take a crack at him. Who knows, he might like slightly older women like me." She said with a coy smile and blush.
"… Uh… Haru doesn't understand… and maybe shouldn't try to. Wait; does Miss Goei know where he is, but how?" Haru asks.
"Oh I have my ways Haru-kun. Now then, it should be here somewhere… ah there it is." Goei pointed to a fast-food place.
The two entered the place seeing it was doing well. A quick scan of the place and Haru spotted Kakouton with two other guys. The first one dirty blonde hair and brown eyes wearing purple shirt with a white jacket and black pants and shoes. The other had a white open shirt with a red one underneath it and black shorts with sandals. He had red-ish brown hair and golden-like eyes and a light tan skin. Both were giving off great power, but more with the one with the red shirt. But Haru felt that he had a great conflict within him with another power source trying to overthrow him. The other… well to Haru he looked like a playboy asshole, plain and simple. But if he is friends with Kakouton then Haru shouldn't quickly judge. Haru told Goei to look over where he found him.
"Good eyes Haru-kun, now dear I want you to let me do most of the talking and you listen." Goei said straightening his cloths a bit.
"May Haru ask why?"
"Well I know you can feel their fighting spirits and how much they have, especially the one with the sandals. But hearing them interact with us will tell you more about them. So just follow my lead ok Haru-kun?"
"Ok Miss Goei, Haru trusts you."
Goei gave him a kind smile and took his hand into hers. Haru blush a little but he felt this situation rather familiar. As though he has done this before. But he didn't think too much as they came up to the trio. The three looked at them with questionable faces before Kakouton recognized Haru.
"Oh hey they Haru-san long time no see man, how've you been?" Kakouton smiled taking Haru hand into a firm shake.
"It's nice to see you too Kakouton and Haru has been doing ok, for the most part." He shook back.
"Really? Got yourself into an adventure or something?" He chuckled.
"Kakouton could say that."
"Hey Ton-chan, is this the kid you were talking about?" The one with the brown red-ish hair asks.
"Yeah this is Haru-san and he's a cool little dude. Haru-san, this is Sousou Moutoku and Kakuka Hokou. They go to the same school as me and are my best puds." Kakouton introduce the two.
"Nice to meet you Haru-san." The one in the red shirt known as Sousou said with a friendly smile and shook Haru's hands.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Moutoku."
"Call me Sousou Haru-san. And who's this, your mom?" He asks.
"Why yes you can say I'm his mother. I'm Goei Sonsaku. And I believe you gave this to my daughter the other day?" Goei gave Kakouton his jacket.
"Oh thanks Miss Sonsaku-san."
"Please Ton-chan, call me Goei-chan." She said in a flirtiest tune batting her eyes.
Kakouton smiled nervously while his two friends just snickered.
"Wow man, didn't peg you to go after cougars." Kakuka snickered.
But then the four felt a huge K.I. coming from Goei as she was smiling sweetly but the background behind her was a blaze. The three backed away a bit in slight fear of what she might do to them. Only Haru was unfazed by this but only cause he was slightly confused.
"Who's a cougar young man?" She asks kindly but you could feel the venom in her voice.
"N-n-n-not you, you're a very fine and a really young women and also very beautiful as well. Right guys?" Kakuka stuttered a bit and the other two nodded quickly.
"Miss Goei, why did they call you a cat?" Haru whispered.
"Oh don't worry about it Haru-kun, it's not important now. I'll tell you some other time ok?"
"Ok."
So Haru sat there and listens to the four, mainly Goei flirting with Kakouton. Both Kakouton and Sousou seemed to be very friendly and good people. Kakuka though seems like Saji in a way, he seems like a jackass and cares for no one but Haru could also see that he does care about his two friends here so at least he has some redeeming values. But he still wouldn't trust him, but then again he still doesn't fully trust his friends, the old couple, or even Goei. Haru still had trouble letting people close to him as all the years of betrayal, lying, and hurting still clings to his subconscious making him unable to fully trust even a snail. He still has this deep fear they will turn on him and he'll be right back where he started, alone. He wishes he could get rid of this fear but how was the question. But there was another feeling stirring within him he never felt before. When both Hakufu and Ukitsu kissed him he felt odd. The feeling was so strange that he couldn't tell you what it was. But he now started thinking about Hakufu, Ukitsu, and even Ryomou in a different light not like friends, but something more.
Why does Haru have this weird urge to be with them more? Like Haru wants to hug them more and anytime Haru sees them or wants to… kiss them. Is… is Haru becoming like… Saji? *Shutters* Haru really hopes that's not the case… Haru doesn't want to be like him and hurt girls like that. Haru thought.
Haru was in a cyclone of hormonal confusion and yet he doesn't know he was in one, he never experience things like these before. Always too busy with the hell he was in. And he was confusing these feelings with something else that seemed bad but in actuality, it was a normal thing for someone his age to feel. But he didn't know that, no one ever gave him the time to teach him about things like this so he was very clueless and in the dark about it.
"So, you guys hear Toutaku-teme is flipping his lid about the Kanto Beast killing his guys?" Kakoton said breaking Haru out of his deep thought.
"More like he's on his little rampage you mean? The Kanto Beast has been killing his men left and right for over a few years now and not one of them came back alive. What the hell is he thinking sending his Fighters to their death, is trying to kill it or something?" Kakuka asked.
"He could be trying to assemble it to his ranks; having that thing under his control would make him unstoppable that's for sure." Sousou said.
"Pardon?" Goei spoke up.
"Oh sorry Miss Sonsaku-san, just talking about why… this guy we know is after this monster known as the Kanto Beast."
Haru stiffen a little at the name and was shaking a little but he felt Goei's hand on his giving it a squeeze trying to calm him down. She knows he doesn't like to talk about his Kanto Beast form at all so she decided to try to end it quickly.
"And why would he be after… it?" She hated calling Haru it but he must keep his identity a secret.
"That's what we're trying to figure out. But it seems to be just one big suicide to go after it. I mean, there hasn't been one person who went after it to come back alive. So why?" Kakuka said.
"That is a mystery indeed, but one I think I'll be fine to live without knowing. Well we must be off now; it was a pleasure meeting all of you. Especially you Ton-kun, here's my number and don't be such a stranger, I'll be looking forward to seeing you again." She said flirtingly.
"Yeah… I'll… see what I can do." He said nervously as the two left.
"Looks like you got yourself a new girlfriend and boy is she a freak'n milf." Sousou snickered.
"Shut it man, it ain't like that." Kakouton snapped.
"Oh it is man; she wants you in bed." Kakuka smirked.
"Both of you can go to hell!" The two just laughed.
"Well I can defiantly say that was an interesting, Haru-san seems to be a very unusual case especially his looks. But your right Ton-kun, he is a good kid." Sousou said.
"But something about that kid seems off to me." Kakuka said.
"Huh?" his two friends asked.
"He seemed agitated when we mention about the killer, wonder why?"
"Dude, that killer makes anyone skin crawl in fear and you're wondering why a kid would feel uncomfortable about it?" Kakouton said.
"Yeah even I wouldn't want to face that thing." Sousou added.
"Maybe… but still…" Kakuka still wasn't sure.
"I say just drop it for now, cause we got an important matter to discuss."
"Such as?" Kakuka asks.
"We need to give Ton-kun here the 'Birds and the Bees' lesson if he's going to tap Miss Sonsaku-san anytime soon." Sousou grinned.
"Hey I know all about… WAIT WHAT?!" Kakouton yelled.
"Good point, we need to get him his very own condoms." Kakuka laughed.
"BOTH OF YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELVES!" Kakouton screamed at his friends while they laughed at him.