Ryomou was resting her head on her desk trying to get some sleep. She has been out all night looking for Haru and found nothing. And she didn't know what to do next. She knows next to nothing about him and from what little she gathered, he's homeless and an orphan so he has nowhere to go and yet they can't find him. So where could he be?
"Looks like someone went on an all-nighter, hitting those clubs are we?" Said a voice.
Ryomou slowly lifted her head and saw it was Saji smiling his usual coy smile at her. She just grunted at him.
"I guess you couldn't find him either?"
"What gave you that idea dipshit?" she said sarcastically.
"Now those kind of remarks wound me greatly Ryomou-chan."
"Can it you, I had a rough night and don't need to hear your usual comments so let me be Saji-ecchi."
"As you wish my lady. But I can't help but noticing you are hell bent on finding Haru-kun. Almost as bad as Hakufu-chan and Ukitsu-chan. Why is that?"
"He's a child lost out there while there's a hit on his head thanks to that bastard Toutaku-teme and you're asking why I'm searching so hard to find him? And when did you start calling those two with a chan?"
"Oh since I took an interests in them but that's beside the point. You're avoiding my question."
"I answer it you idiot. He needs our help."
"From what I seen he can take care of himself just fine. He took out more than fifty of Toutaku's men with different ranks from D to all the way to SS without even breaking sweat. So I'm not worry about him."
"What's with you? Why are you so against us finding him?"
"It's not I don't want him found but rather what happens when we do find him. I'm more surprise that you don't see the real danger here. He is not human, he ripped through those scum like they were nothing. He trashed their weapons and killed them all without even a second thought. He is after all the Kanto Beast."
"Keep it down you dumbass! We can't let anyone know that Haru-kun is that thing." Ryomou hissed at him.
"It doesn't matter if—wait, did you call him Haru-kun?"
"Um… well yes I did, what's your point?" She asked with a little pink on her cheeks.
"Are… do you actually like him?" Ryomou blush deepen.
"… So, what if I do like him… in a way he's like us. He has a horrible burden that makes his life a shitty existence. But unlike us, he has no one to turn to. He's totally alone with something that makes him do all those things. And that got me thinking; maybe he has a Dragon Spirit like Hakufu-san. In the heat of things, it takes over and kills all that want him dead. He went through the same thing she did when she fought me. Hell even I have a portion on a Dragon Spirit in me so it's possible for Haru-kun to have one."
"A good theory, but too much doesn't add up. Not only did his behavior change and that he display great power, his physical features change and the power that he wielded was nothing I ever seen. It was almost like a force of nature itself. Plus you know as well as I that there are only few handful that have the Dragon Spirits and Haru-kun is not one of them. He became something far worse than what Hakufu-chan became, face it Ryomou-chan, Haru-kun is not human. He is a monster. And I believe we should—GAH!" Saji couldn't finish his sentence as he was hit hard on the head.
Ryomou was surprise, but pleased, that Saji was knocked to the ground. She saw the attacker was Hakufu and she looked like she was going to rip Saji's head off.
"Don't you EVER call Haru-kun a monster again! He is an innocent person that needs our help and if you try to do anything other than help us then you better get the fuck out of my way because I will beat your ass down to the ground and personally put you into the hospital for YEARS!" Hakufu threaten him.
She was giving off a lot of power that the other students slowly back away from a soon to be bad scene. It was Ryomou that stepped in.
"That's enough Hakufu-san you made your point. Let's just leave before you cause any more disturbances." She said trying to calm here.
Hakufu looked at Saji with anger for a few moments before leaving the class room with an angry huff. Ryomou quickly followed her to make sure she doesn't hurt a random student.
"Hakufu-san wait up! I know you're angry at him but he does raise a point." Hakufu suddenly spun around and looked at her dead in the eyes with both disbelief and shock in her stare.
"Are you telling me you agree with him?"
"No, I don't believe Haru-kun is a monster nor is he the Kanto Beast by choice. But we need to be careful about this, we have no idea if Haru-kun is being controlled by some outside force or not and we don't know what triggers him to be… the you know what. So when we do find him, we have to be careful."
"… I… guess you have a point… but… I… can't help but worry about him. Those bastards tried to kill him! And he's out there where there could be more of them looking to finish what the others started. I…promised to protect him… But I couldn't and now…" Hakufu was basically in tears.
"Hey… it's going to be alright… once we find him we'll protect him from whatever this is together. We won't let anything bad happen to Haru-kun ever again, he's been through hell and back from what I seen. But he'll be fine till we find him, we've seen that he can take anyone on without a problem. The main thing is that we should just continue the search and if we get lucky, find him before anything else happens." Ryomou said trying to comfort Hakufu.
Hakufu just stared at her for a moment before suddenly hugging her. This took Ryomou by surprise but she hugged back. Ryomou also needed reinsurance as well. With each passing day that they can't find him the greater the chance someone else will find him and not the friendly kind. And there is the chance that Haru may do something… regrettable to himself too. And though she may not show it, Ryomou was scared for Haru. She has in the little time she spent with him had grown to like him. There was something about him that draws her to him. She doesn't know if it could be just a big sister thing or something deeper but she has feelings for him. As to what kind she doesn't know.
In fact, both Hakufu and Ukitsu felt the same way towards Haru. They have feelings for him but they are not sure what kind. Being near him and just talking to him brings out strange emotions that they never felt before. Hakufu though doesn't really understand the feelings, she more or less thinks it's just her being so worried but both Ryomou and Ukitsu know better. And when they saw the look of fear and sadness in his eyes when Haru realized that he revealed his secret, it made their hearts twist and even felt the pain that Haru was feeling. Again they can't explain why they have these feelings but for now there only concern is to find Haru and fast and let him know they don't give a fuck if he is the Kanto Beast. He was till Haru and to them that's what truly matters.
"Thanks Ryomou-chan, I needed to hear that… I just wish we could find him. He's… someone special to me, like close to my heart." Hakufu said.
"Same here. I care for him too and want to find him just as badly as you. We'll find him and when we do, we'll tell him that we care for him deeply and don't care if he is the Kanto Beast." Ryomou said.
"Really… you think Ukitsu-chan feels the same way too?"
"I do… but let's just focus on where to find him next."
"But where can he be? I mean it feels like we search this whole damn city and still nothing."
"I know… but maybe we're looking in the wrong places?"
"What do you mean?" Hakufu asked.
"Think about it, Haru has been homeless for a while now, right? So he searches for places he could rest or take a breather away from populated areas. And we've been looking in those places and can't find him and since it's obvious that he doesn't want to be found easily, he'll be in places that either had little to no people or a place that no one usually goes to. So we should look for those kinds of places and I'm sure we'll find Haru-kun." Ryomou explained.
"Gakushuu-san said something like that yesterday about looking in old abandoned buildings and warehouses… You think Haru-kun could be in one of those?"
"Maybe but it's still a slim chance as there are a bunch of warehouses and empty buildings all over Kanto. So as long as Haru doesn't move around too much, we should be able to find him."
"Then what are we waiting for, let's go now!"
"Whoa there Hakufu-san, I said he may be in those places. I'm not entirely sure if he is hiding in them, he could be still in the forest or maybe in an alley somewhere. Plus, school is still going on so let's go back to class and… Hakufu-san?"
Ryomou looked around and saw Hakufu left her in the hallway while she was talking.
"… that fucking idiot. Why did I agree to be friends with her again? Sigh. bet she went on to look for Haru-kun in those places I mentioned… I really need to be careful when I say shit like that around her. I should go back to class and let her roam the streets alone… but I can't do that. Goddamn it, how does Koukin-san put up with this?"
With that, Ryomou left the school grounds to find Hakufu.