(Back with The Anime Artists)

Aika was sitting in Sakura's room feeling a bit out of place. This was because Sakura's room was full of yellow wallpaper with green plants on them. There were also pictures of dogs, cats, and sweets all over her room.

This made Aika feel out of place as her room was dark and had skulls and other gothic related stuff. So for her to be sitting in a brightly colored room with her black and purple dress, hair made her kinda uncomfortable. Then Sakura opened the door with a cherry smile on her face and she was holding some bento boxes.

"Hey Aika, how are you feeling now?" Sakura asked.

"I'm feeling fine, just a little strange as your room is very different from my own room. It has a lot more colors than my own does, but I'm glad that there's nothing pink in here." Aika explained.

"Yeah to be honest I don't really like Pink, it makes me feel like I'm a four year old girl. But I've always loved yellow! It reminds me of everything I love! The Sun, Sunflowers, and my favorite flower of all time, the Japanese kerria!" Sakura exclaimed happily.

'I still can't believe that Sakura got violent with Akane back at my house. She's the last person I'd ever expect to get so angry and violent, also how was she so strong that she seemed to have knocked out some of Akanes teeth?' Aika asked herself.

"So here's the Bento my mom was making! She made fried chicken, sushi, rice, and fish cakes." Sakura explained, then gave Aika her bento.

"Hmm normally when my mom makes Bento, which is very rarely as she is always so busy, she puts in my favorite dish Tamagoyaki." Aika said as she opened her box and started eating.

"Oh well sorry but we don't really buy eggs as I have a severe egg allergy." Sakura explained.

"Oh well that sucks as I love egg based dishes." Aika said sadly.

"Yeah sorry but don't worry I'm sure your mom will be happy to make you some delicious egg based dishes when you go home!" Sakura exclaimed.

"I hope so... Hey Sakura, I wanna ask you something." Aika said.

"Yeah what's that?" Sakura asked.

"Well I was wondering why you got so violent with Akane back at my house?" Aika asked.

"Well I don't like to talk about this, but a few years ago I had an older cousin who was going through the same thing you're going through. Like you he was also severely bullied and was also self harming, I found out and told our family about it. They all tried to help him after I told them, however he was already too far down the rabbit hole, and he ended up committing... suicide... *Sniff* and I ended up finding his b-body *Sniff*. After that day I wasn't the same as when I ran into the bullies who made fun of my cousin and they were mocking his death. After I heard that I flew into a rage and I saw nothing but red. I don't remember fully what I did, but when I calmed down all the bullies were beaten pretty badly. No one else was around to see what I did so even when they told their friends and families what I did, no one believed them. Soon everyone stopped talking to them after word got out about what they did to my cousin. As for me after my cousins suicide I decided to do everything in my power to insure that others dont ever do that again. So when I found out that you were also depressed and was also self harming I knew I had to take action." Sakura explained.

When Aika heard that she understood why Sakura behaved the way she did towards both her and Akane. Sakura didn't want someone else to hurt themselves after what happened with her cousin.

"Sakura, I'm really sorry about your cousin, and thank you for being there for me. When Akane came at me I just did what I always do and let it happen and I thought that no one would stop her as everyone in my school never cared about what happened to me. But that changed when you stood up for me and actually punched Akane in the face." Aika said.

"Well I don't let spoiled brats walk around and think they own the world and can do whatever they want. I want to put them in their place and let them know their place in this world!" Sakura explained.

Aika smiled at this and her heart lit up as Sakura made her feel a lot better and that she was actually wanted in the world by others aside from her mother.

(With Botan and Haru)

The two boys were sitting in Botans room, which had blue wallpaper, police and spie banners on the walls, along with some fake police badges and needles on some shelves. Botan also had a number of spy, and police movies, animes, and mangas in his room as well.

"Wow Botan you really do like police stuff." Haru said.

"Yeah I do, It's been my lifelong dream to become a police officer like my dad. He's been my biggest role model ever since I was a kid!" Botan explained.

"That's great to hear, also your mom's bento is amazing!" Haru said as he put a bit of fried chicken in his mouth.

"Thanks Bor, and yeah her bento is amazing!" Haru said as he continued eating.

"I know man, My mum is great when it comes to cooking." Botan said.

"So Um.. Botan what cases does your father normally work on?" Haru asked curiously.

"Well he normally works on murder cases, like the murrder that happened some time ago. A group of guys were all found dead in an alleyway some time ago, I think one of the guys names was Hinote." Botan explained.

When Haru heard that he choked a bit of the food he was eating and a wave of guilt and shame came over him.

"Hey Haru you good?" Botan asked.

"Y-yeah I'm fine." Haru said.

"Okay well you wanna watch a movie?" Botan asked.

"S-Sure I'd like that." Haru stuttered out.

Botan smiled and got up to get the movie ready. Haru meanwhile continued to feel regret crawling over him after hearing what Botan had said.

'Ahh fuck why the hell wasn't I more specific with my creation! I just wanted it to scare or humiliate Hinote and his friends, not kill them!' Haru thought to himself as he remembered that night and the day before.

(Flashback)

Haru was cleaning up a stain in the kitchen when he heard one of his co-workers calling his name.

"Hey Haru, can you come over here for a sec? I need to ask you to do something." Haru's coworkers said.

"Sure, give me a sec and I'll be right there, just gotta finish cleaning this up." Haru explained.

He then quickly finished cleaning up the stain, then put all the cleaning supplies away. Once he was done with that he went up to his co-worker to see what they needed.

"Hey I need you to take the trash out while I deal with a crap customer that just came in." Haru's co-worker explained, while handing Haru a trash bag.

"Oh sure, anything to avoid a karen." Haru said, then took the trash bag, and went outside to throw it in the dumpster.

Once Haru was outside he decided to use his notebook and summon his creation to get the job done. So he opened up his notebook and summoned the creature he drew in it. Once the creation was fully summoned Haru got to work on telling it what to do.

"Listen there's this guy at my high-school who's always bullying me. His name is Hinote and he's always making my life a living hell at school! He's always making me do his and his friends' homework, would beat me up if I refused, and worst of all he'd always ruin my love life by either telling lies to a girl I like or getting together with said girl. He's done this about five times in the past three years we've been in the same school. Now he's crossed the line by assaulting a girl who I really really like, her name is Aika and she's not like the other girls. She's serious, creative, loyal, and best of all she's the only girl who doesn't believe the lies Hinote tells her and she's always rejecting him. However I feel like he might escalate things to the worst if Aika keeps refusing him. It's already bad enough that she's getting bullied by those slut cheerleaders, and I cant have him continue thinking that his actions will not go unpunished! So I want you to find him and teach him a good lesson, so he won't bother me or Aika ever again!" Haru explained and commanded.

The creation nodded and left to go do its work that was given to it by its creator. Haru smiled hoping that his creation would teach Hinote a good lesson, by scaring him very badly, and later one Haru would give Hinote a warning about continuing harassing Aika. Haru then went back inside the shop to continue on with his work for the rest of his shift.

(the next day)

Haru was sitting at the kitchen table eating some breakfast with his family. His mom had turned the TV on earlier and switched it to the news like she did every morning. As Haru was eating he overheard the news about a murder that occurred last night.

He looked over to the Tv as they were going to show the unfortunate victims of the murder, and almost spit out his cereal when he saw the pictures. It was of Hinote and his friends and Haru felt his heart drop when he heard that they found paper next to the bodies. This told him one thing, his creation had killed Hinote and his friends when Haru only wanted it to scare them.

"Hey Haru isn't that the boy who's been picking on you in school?" Haru's dad asked.

"Um... yeah, I wonder what happened to him?" Haru asked.

"I don't know, but it's scary to think that there could be a serial killer out there. Things around the area haven't been exactly safe as lots of strange events and things have been either heard or seen." Hair's mother explained.

Haru swallowed a lump of guilt that formed in his throat and quickly fished his cereal before excusing himself from the table.

"Hey mom, dad I'm going out to the town for a little walk and possibly get some things at the shopping center so I'll be out for a while!" Haru explained to his parents.

"Okay dear don't be out too late." Haru's mother said.

Haru forced a smile, before running up to his room and closing the door behind him. After locking the door Haru got his notebook out, opened it to the page with the creation he made last night, and slammed it onto the floor.

"What the hell! I wanted you to scare Hinote! Not kill him! Oh god! What should I do? What should I do?" Haru asked himself.

He then sat down on the floor as the new information about what just happened sank in fully, and Haru realized what this made him.

"I'm a murder, I'm just as bad if not worse than those bully bastards at school." Haru said to himself as he buried his head in his hands in shame at what he did.

(back to the present)

Haru once again put his head in his hands in shame as he remembered that day. He wished he was more specific about what he wanted his creation to do that day so he wouldn't be living with this shame. However the damage was done and he knew that there was nothing he could do about it so he would have to live with the guilt and shame for the rest of his life.

"Hey Haru you good?" Botan asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I just got lost in thought and a regretful memory came to me." Haru explained.

"Oof I know how you feel, I sometimes have cringe worthy memories come back to me as well." Botan explained.

"Hehe yeah we all have those memories." Haru said, hiding his guilt.

Botan simile and finished getting the movie set up, and once he was done he sat back down and played the movie. As they were watching Haru guilt continued to linger over him, and he knew he'd never get over it.

(Meanwhile With Himari and Asahi)

The couple walked out of the restaurant feeling full and accomplished. Asahi was happy that his first date in a long time, since his divorce went so well. However he knew that the real challenge would come soon when he saw Aika again.

"Hey Asahi, thanks for the night out! I haven't had a nice date like that in a while." Himari explained.

"Well nor have I, but I'm glad you had a good time, Himari." Asahi said.

"Me too... I better head home now. It's getting late and I'm tired. Also I think we should do this again sometime, and that you and my daughter should even spend some time together as well." Himari suggested.

"I-I would like to do that Himari, I um... also hope you have a good night." Asahi said.

Himari smiled and went back to her car to go home, and rest up for the night. Asahi watched Himari as she drove off into the night and back to her house. He let out a sigh and was about to head back to his own car when he felt someone suddenly putting their hand on his shoulder. He looked over and saw that it was just his friend Daisuke along with some other members of the Golden Dragon Yakuza.

"Oh hey guys what's going on?" Asahi asked.

"You know what's going on man! You haven't had a date in a long time!" One of Asahi's friends exclaimed happy, for him.

"Hehe yeah thanks Kenji." Asahi said.

"Hey, why don't we go out and get some Sake to celebrate!" Daisuke suggested excitedly.

"Dude you know Mio can smell that on me, also I swore off alcohol we've been over this." Asahi explained.

"Oh don't worry man we'll get you something else to drink! Come on man, it's the first time you dated a woman since your divorce almost ten years ago." Another friend named Aoi explained.

"... Okay fine I'll go but no alcohol for me, I'll see if they have anything else for me to drink." Asahi explained.

His friends all nodded and led him back into the inn for the drinks. When they got in they went up to the bar and ordered some drinks. Asahi just decided to have some regular Ramune as he did not drink alcohol anymore.

"So Asahi, how do you think your date went?" Daisuke asked.

"I think it went well, but there's still just one issue." Asahi explained.

"What's that mate?" Aoi asked.

"Well Himari, my date has a daughter and she told me that her child will always be her top priority. So if I do want Himari and me to be together I need to become friends with her daughter as, if she doesn't like me I feel like Himari will break things off." Asahi explained.

"Ahh okay, that's understandable, after all the boss is also a single parent to his daughter. Just like Himari he says that his child will always be his top priority so we can get where she's coming from." Another friend named Sota explained.

"Yeah... by the way Sota, how are you doing with the assignment that the boss gave you with his daughter?" Asahi asked.

"It's going kinda well, I think she's warming up to me, I just hope I can become her friend like the boss asked me to do. After all, I am her bodyguard and I do want to be her friend so I'm going to try my best!" Sota exclaimed with determination.

"Hehe you go man, I believe in you!" Asahi exclaimed.

After a while the bartender came in with their drinks and the boys all took their drinks. Once they all had their drinks the bartender left to go take care of the next order.

Daisuke then stood up and said "To Asahi who gave love a second chance, and may he become friends with his dates, daughter!"

"CHEERS" The others all said before taking a shot from their drinks. Asahi then opened his Ramune and took a shot from his own drink.

Later Asahi was helping Daisuke get into Aoi's car as he drank himself stupid and wasn't in any condition to drive home.

"Hehehe *hic* that was some damn good Sake why don't we go and get some more hehe *Hic*" Daisuke said drunkenly.

"I think you had enough Daisuke, you spilled your last drink all over me, now I gotta get home and clean up." Asahi explained.

"Yeah not to mention you'll need to explain to your sister why you smell like alcohol now." Aoi explained.

"Yeah, or maybe I don't, she might be asleep so I don't think I'll need to worry too much." Asahi explained.

"Well hope you have a good night Asahi, see you soon, and good luck!" Sota said as he got into his own car and drove home.

Aoi did the same once he knew Daisuke was in the back of his car safe and sound. After his friends left Asahi went into his own car and went back to his sister's place.

(Back with The Anime Artists)

Aika and Sakura had changed into their pajamas and were now watching a movie that Aika had picked out. Thankfully it wasn't a scary one, but an action movie so Sakura was enjoying it. Soon the door opened and the two looked over to see it was Ichika smiling at them.

"Hey mom, what's up?" Sakura asked.

"Well our kind neighbor had gotten a delivery of mangoes but had a bit too many. So she gave some to us, so I thought I'd make mangos for you girls, the boys, as well as myself and your father Sakura." Ichika explained.

"Ohh thanks mom! I love mangoes, they are so juicy and sweet! Especially the ones that our neighbors get!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Hehe yes I know dear, now here you girls go." Ichika then placed a tray of mangoes and some wooden picks on the bed in front of the two girls.

Sakura's eyes lit up with excitement when she saw the tray in front of her. Aika meanwhile had her mouth hanging open as she looked at the mangos in front of her.

"I'm going to go give your brother and Haru their mangoes now, so enjoy girls!" Ichika exclaimed before leaving the room.

Sakura smiled and began to dig into her mangoes, Aika soon did the same. When Aika bit into hers she almost started crying as this was the first time she ever had mangos in her whole life.

"Aika you good?" Sakura asked.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine, it's just that, this is the first time I've had mangos in my whole life!" Aika exclaimed happily.

"Aww really? That's sad that you've never had mangoes up till now." Sakura said.

"Yeah and it's so good! *phla* Hair in my mouth!" Aika exclaimed as a bit of the hair in her face got into her mouth.

"Hey you might not get too much hair in your mouth if you didn't have this bit on your face. Here let me get it out of your face." Sakura then started to push the hair out of Aika's face.

"Wait wait don't!" Aika exclaimed but it was too late and Sakura pushed the bit of hair out of her face.

When she did, Sakura was able to see Aika's scared eye and she turned away to put the bit of hair back in her face. However to Aika's dismay she looked in the mirror that Sakura had across from her bed and she saw her scar again. When she saw it Aika instantly started having a panic attack as the horrible memory came back. Her fathers awful words to her that day also came back and were repeating themselves in her head.

"You awful child! You shouldn't have been born! I wanted a son not a worthless piece of SHIT like you! You should've died in that bitches womb when you could!" Aika then looked at her reflection again and screamed so loud that it could be heard from outside of the house.

She then felt nauseous and ran out of the room and into the bathroom to throw up.

"AIKA! OMG I'M SO SORRY, ARE YOU ALRIGHT!" Sakura tried asking but didn't get a response from Aika.

Then Botan, Haru, Ichika, and Benjior all came running out of their rooms after hearing Aika screams.

"Sakura what's going on out here?!" Benjior asked.

"Yeah why did Aika scream? Did something happen?" Botan asked.

"I-I was just pushing some of Aika's hair out of her face and I saw a scar that was on her eye. And when she turned away from me to put the hair back she saw her reflection in the mirror and saw the scar. She then screamed and went into the bathroom!" Sakura explained.

"Oh no I know what happened." Haru said.

"Huh? Haru what's going on?" Botan asked.

Haru sighed and told them about what Aika told him about what her father did.

"What! Her father did that?!" Sakura said, shocked.

"Yeah... he did, and I think Aika had a panic attack when she saw her scar." Haru explained.

"... I'm going to apologize to her." Sakura said.

"Sis? Why are you going to apologize?" Botan asked, confused.

"Because I pushed the hair out of her face and she saw it! I'm the reason she had a panic attack so I should apologize." Sakura explained.

"Well I'm going in there as well, I feel like she needs some emotional support." Botan said.

"Same with me, Aika's definitely in need of emotional support right now." Haru said.

"Okay and once you kids are done I'd like to talk to Aika for a bit. I have something I want to show her." Benjior explained.

"Okay dad we will." Sakura said.

The three then went into the bathroom and saw Aika slouched over the toilet still puking.

"Hey, hey! It's alright, it's alright! Your safe Aika, your safe!" Haru said as he ran up to Aika and comforted her.

Aika soon began to calm down and stopped throwing up, she reached up and flushed the toilet before slouching back against the wall. She took a breath for a moment as her anxiety calmed down and she regained her composure.

"Ugh thanks Haru, I needed to hear that." Aika said.

"I'm glad I was able to help." Haru said before hugging Aika.

Aika smiled and hugged him back, then Sakura and Botan joined in with the hug and they all shared the moment together. Soon they separated and Sakura decided to apologize for causing Aika's panic attack.

"Hey Aika, I'm sorry about that, I didn't know about your scar and how it affected you." Sakura explained.

"I-it's fine Sakura, you didn't know, I never told you so it's fine." Aika said.

"Well I hope you're feeling better now, you are better right?" Botan asked.

"Yeah I am, and Sakura thanks for the apology, you've done so much for me... but I wish I could've done something for myself for once." Aika said while looking at the ground sadly.

"Huh? Aika, why would you say that?" Sakura asked.

"Well, when it comes to certain things I can't do them on my own, like when you stood up to Akane when she assaulted me in my own damn house. I should've been the one to do that, not someone else, but I've never stood up for myself and I've always allowed it to happen. Whenever my dad drank and abused me I let it happen, when Akane and the other cheerleaders bullied me I let it happen, I've always let it happen because I'm just too weak to do anything for myself! I'M JUST A WEAKLING! I CAN'T DO ANYTHING!" Aika screamed and was about to cry when Botan, Sakura and Haru all stopped her.

"Aika! You're not weak! You're a very strong person!" Botan said.

"Yeah and not everyone can handle situations on their own they need back up to help them out. For you, what you needed were friends to help you out, and that doesn't make you weak, it makes you stronger." Haru reassured Aika.

"Yeah Aika! Asking for help, and needing help isnt weak nor does it make you weak, it makes you stronger! And also you are strong Aika! You just think too low of yourself way too often!" Sakura explained.

When Aika heard that she felt herself tearing up again as she hugged all her friends again. They all smiled and hugged her back, they once again shared the moment with each other. After a while they all separated and left the bathroom, Aika felt tired so she decided to call it a night.

"Hey Aika I almost forgot to tell you but dad wanted to see you about something." Botan explained.

"Well can you please tell him that we can talk about it in the morning? I'm really tired and I want to go to bed." Aika explained.

"Okay I'll go tell him, good Night Aika." Botan said before heading off to tell his dad.

"I think I'm going to call it a night as well, once Botan gets back I'll ask him where I can sleep." Haru said.

"Okay Haru you have a good night as well." Aika said.

"Night Aika, hope you have sweet dreams." Haru said before giving Aika a kiss on the forehead and heading back into Botan's room.

Aika blushed slightly when Haru kissed her, but shook her head and calmed herself down. She then looked over at Sakura who was smiling cutely at her and Aika just rolled her eyes and went back into Sakura's room. Sakura then went into the room as well, she then told Aika that the two of them could sleep on the bed as it was big enough for them. Aika laid down next to Sakura, who was cuddling a yellow cat plush.

"Night Aika, hope you sleep well!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Thanks Sakura, and I hope you sleep well as well." Aika said before turning away from Sakura.

Sakura smiled, turned the TV off as it was still on, and turned her lamp off before going to sleep as well.