"Well what happened?" The mother of the house asked.

"Well we were walking through the park like we had planned but then onii-san said he wanted to relax so he went to the sakura tree. After a while Ryuko-chan said she needed to talk with onii-san about something and left to go find him." Mako explained.

Ryūko had unknown to everyone else expect the piece of clothing she was wearing woke up.

She awoke very swore and her right arm bandaged up then she remembered what had happened and was about to panic until she heard Senketsu speak.

"Relax Ryūko they are both alright look over to the bed if you don't believe me." Ryūko did as told and looked to see the figure of one [Name] sleeping rather peacefully.

'Okay well what about Mako-chan?' When she said this she heard said females voice in the other room.

"She to is alright other than a rather large bruise she now has on her left side." Ryūko only nodded before she left the room she looked over at the male and just had a good feeling coming off of him.

She walked into the living room and heard the scream of her best friend. "RYŪKO-CHAN!" The brown headed female said as she tackled her to the floor.

As she did Ryūko saw the mark Senketsu had been referring to.

"What hapother? How did we get here?" She was then lead to a seat beside Matarō before Mako continued her tale.

"Then after Ryūko-chan got nocked out I screamed and onii-san must have heard me. When he got there he asked what happened and I told him Hōka nocked her out. After which onii-san said he was going to fight all of them." She shocked the other five if you count guts.

"I thought he could beat them that he could win against all of them. I was wrong they all knocked onii-san around and he passed out. After they knocked out onii-san I thought that I needed to protect them. But Uzu whacked me in the side and gave me this big bruise." She said pointing to the black mark on her side.

"Ira held me up off the ground and said he was going to make me watch as they killed both Ryūko-chan and Onii-san. I was so sad I didn't know what to do. When I saw Hōka walking over to there bodies I really thought it was over." Mako said remembering how helpless she felt.

"But then something amazing happened. Onii-san got up and he looked mad he told them he wasn't going to hold back any more. When he did he pulled off his gloves and then that ring he always wears. When he did I felt wind coming off of onii-san he then walked over to Ira and made him drop me." Mako said only getting more and more excited.

"After that he asked me to hold his ring. I said would and he went to fight them when he did for almost a minute straight Ira Uzu and Hōka attacked him and he didn't do anything. They all then got away from Onii-san and Onii-san told them their Punch's didn't hurt. When he said this I knew he got stronger and could beat them."

Mako then held out two fingers and said "He beat them all in two hits each! He even sent one really high in the air and another hundreds of feet away with a single punch!" This absolutely amazed the others and Ryūko had to make sure her story checked out.

'Senketsu is what Mako-chan saying really true?' The girl questioned.

"Yes every word she spoke was the truth. I was still able to tell what was going on in your unconscious state he did gain a sudden boost of power a large one at that. When he took off that inhibitor the pressure I felt coming off him became far greater. His power output went up by almost 200,000 thousand percent."

'How much more is that exactly?" Ryūko asked not fully understanding.

"In simple terms when he took of his ring he became almost 400 times stronger than he was with it on." Senketsu explained.

'He was holding that much power back this whole time?' Ryūko mentally questioned.

"Yes as for why he chose to hide it is beyond me. He also chose to put his ring back on after the fight with the four of them." Senketsu questioned.

Ryūko just shrugged it off and continued to listen to Mako and her story.

"After he beat the girl with pink hair Onii-san went and picked up Ryūko-chan and carried her home. After that he took her to her bed and told me to tell you what happened." Mako explained.

"He carried me here?" Ryūko asked.

Mako nodded and said "yeah he carried you home. After that he told me he was still the same person. I'm a little jealous actually he was carrying you like people at a wedding." This comment only brought more red to the cheeks to Ryūko.

When this did happen Ryūko had a sudden thought "wait what about my arm." She said holding up her right which was bandaged.

"I don't know maybe Onii-san put them on you. Maybe he thought you could have used them. He also said he would tell me where all his power came from when you woke up. I think I'll wait until morning until I ask him about it though." Mako said a bit lazily.

As Ryūko reentered her room. She changed out of Senketsu and into some of her sleeping clouths that Mako and her family had been nice enough to provide. She looked over to [Name]. 'If you keep this up [Name] I may just end up falling for you.' She then walked over to his bed and sat beside his sleeping form.

She then laid beside him and got under the covers with him. 'Might as well return the favor for last night when that storm hit.' As she did she felt his arm once again wrap around his waist she didn't mind she time however and just scooted closer to the sleeping male.

In the dreamland of [Name]

[Name] was once again standing in a blank space with Hideo.

"Why did you come back to help me Hideo?"[Name] questioned.

"I was always with you inside the decay ring." Hideo paused before saying "Now I will also be with you inside your dreams."

"What do you mean inside my dreams?" [Name] questioned.

"Well when I died you were closer to me than anyone else. I was concerned for you and as such the creator himself let me become your gardain angel. I am only able to communicate with you in two different ways." Hideo explained.

"I bet ones the ring right." [Name] said.

This made a small chuckle escape the black haired males lips. "Indeed it is. The other was shown eailer today as well as now we are in your dreams."

"I see so if I do something like this." He said closing his eyes and they were suddenly in a green field with flowers in every direction the wind would blow and cause some of the flowers petals to go lose and float freely in the wind.

"Very good your a fast learner. As for why I didn't come to you until today I wasn't needed until today you needed me to find the strength to stand." Hideo explained.

"So what now what if I need you again?" [Name] questioned.

"Then I'll do what I did today and come to help you." Hideo began. "I from the moment you died was always watching over you from your ring glowing green when you were down. To when that wind blew and the picture of you and your family landed on your lap."

"Wait that was you?" [Name] questioned.

"Indeed it was I knew it was time for you to return. They occupied your mind more and more everyday. It finally time for you to come home I knew you wouldn't however unless you were given some form of a sign so o gave you that sign." Hideo explained.

"Okay but why?" [Name] once again questioned.

"If you want the truth they need you. You become the one who sacrifices more for this family than anyone else you are going to become the defender for this house and its people. You must do what you were born to do you must protect those who are close to you." Hideo paused before continuing.

"I am always with you I can see that you would rather die then let harm come to any of them." Hideo then paused before he said "you may also want to tell that Ryūko girl how you feel."

"How did you-" [Name] began before he was cut off.

"I can tell how you feel through the ring. I can tell you if she returns your feelings or not but I will help out however little it may be. You deserve to be happy you will be the one person who never betrays those he trusts no matter the cost to himself." Hideo said in a lecturing tone.

[Name] just nodded he never really was one to keep secret for very long. He also knew that keeping things bottled up would be far worse than getting rejected by her. "Well what do we do now?" [Name] once again asked.

"As for now you need to wake up we don't need to talk anymore." As soon as these words were spoken [Name] awoke he went to move around but when he did he felt a pair of arms around his waist he then looked to the side and saw the most unexpected situation.

He saw Ryūko holding him close to her she was in her usual sleep wear. She unlike most nights when [Name] would look at her wore a peaceful expression. She usually wore an expression that said she was having trouble sleeping or that she was having a nightmare.

'Ryūko-chan . . . . is in my bed next to me. . . . sleeping peacefully. . . . holding me close to her. . . . how the fuck did this happen? Was all the male was able to get through his mind he picked her up like he had done earlier that day and laid her on her bed but as he did he found her arms still around him.

He was reluctant at first but changed his mind once he heard Ryūko talk in her sleep. [Nick name] . . . you look handsome today." [Name] felt his face heat he just stood there with it getting later and later [Name] just sighed and carried the girl back to his bed. Once again resuming the potion they were in. As he did [Name] looked over to the sleeping form of Ryūko and gently kissed her head. As he did so she unknowing smiled in her sleep.

'I'll be their to protect you Ryūko-chan from anyone who would want to hurt you.' The male then let out a soft yawn before thinking 'Hideos right i should tell you how I feel.' Were the males final thoughts as the female beside him moved closer to him.