A hero, who walked beetween times. (feat. Nedra 1988)

New directions.

 Miyo opened her eyes slowly. Her last memory before fainting was that Kudou had come to save her. She was still surprised to find herself in his apartment and lying in a futon. Looking to the side, she saw he sleeping, but when he heard her movement, he opened his eyes almost immediately.
"Miyo! Are you alright?"
"Yes, danna-sama." she muttered, but her wounds were telling something else. The ropes were injured her limbs hard, her neck was still seemed faint, and a cut trace on her face mocked her beauty. She tried to stand up, but immediately hissed in pain. Kudou gently pressed back.
"Have some rest. Your wounds are pretty ugly."
"I see." she whispered gratefully. He really really cares about her. However, she remembered one more thing. "Where is Mineta?"
He didn't have to answer, when the room door opened. Mineta came in slowly. He wasn't in better condition either. The end result of Kaya torture and traveling on the car chassis has come to very bad injuries. His right eye was completely swollen and on his left foot the knitting concluded his ankle tipped caused by the wall kicking. His kimono covered it, but his back was full of wounds and bruises, so his movement was not perfect either. He brought with him a small bag.
"I see, you're awake." he said in a broken voice and extended his bag toward her. "In it are health packages from my own time, for immediate treatment of injuries. They help in healing."
"Thank you very much."
"Are you alright?" Kudou stabbed the question.
"Yes." he lied.
"It doesn't seem to be. Since you came back, you were sitting on the balcony and staring only at the moon. You have just washed off the dried blood from your face and body. I know you well enough to know that something is bothering you."
Mineta raised his intact eyebrow.
"Weird. I thought I was covering my feelings well."
"This is not an answer to my question. what's wrong?"
"The fact that I couldn't keep my own promise! I couldn't defend Miyo when I should have!" he shouted so that everyone shivered. "I spit my own promise in the eyes."
"This is not true. You have done the most you can be do at that moment." he said reassuringly, but it only made it worse.
"Check Miyo's wounds and say that! If I really had to stand, no hair thread should have curved! This only proves that..."
Then he began to cry slowly, in vain he tried to keep himself.
"... it proves, that I'm a lousy hero and a good-for-nothing friend! Because of this, if necessary, I will leave your house. Just said it and I leave quietly."

Miyo then hugged him and held him to her.
"What you say is not true. You have done the most you can do. You are a true friend and our hero too."
Kudou just watched the events in shock. He was sorry how Mineta felt, but he was not angry with him. He kept showing him, that he was holding their side and, if necessary, putting his hand in the fire for them. when mineta When he was released from the embrace, Kudou crouched down to him and grabbed his shoulder.
"I don't blame you for what happened. It's a fact, that you and Miyo didn't come out unscathed, but this is not your fault. You really kept your promise and your wounds prove it. I won't throw you out of the apartment. In fact, I am grateful to have come here. You are a true friend in my eyes."
Mineta's heart was completely filled happiness with their words. He also hugged him, and he returned with a smile. For the first time in his life, he could feel what he had never been before. They loved. Slowly grabbed both Kudou's and Miyo's hands and smoothed each other.
"Thank you so much for caring about me. In return, I will be much stronger than before."
"You don't have to idol us so much. This is what friends are." Kudou said. "by the way, why didn't you treat yourself to these medicines?"
"I thought Miyo would deserve the right of priority. what I have left is to get my wounds from what's left."
"Thank you." Miyo whispered and stroked Mineta's face with her free hand. "But you are in much worse condition than me."
"It's nothing. I've got much harder. Suffice it to bring up when I was trying to peek at my classmate women."
They all laughed at this. The atrocity of families only forged the inhabitants of the Kudou residence. Miyo wanted to ask for another thing.
"Can't we go to the Saimor residence?"
"Yes, but why?" Kudou asked.
"Just for one thing."
"Then I'll come with you." Mineta added.
"First nurture yourself with medication and sleep..."
Then their stomachs were still atomy. Kudou sighed.
"... and ate something. I'll make some sandwich."
He left. Mineta removed the packages and smeared Miyo's wounds in a row with the right medicine. Then turned the order that at the end the whole package was used. finally, they sat next to each other. Kudou then brought the food on a tray. It was visible on his face that food preparation was not one of his strengths.
"There it is. By the way, I note that you are missing for breakfast until you are recovered. Until then Yurie and Hana will do it."
"Fine."Miyo nodded and took a bite of her sandwich. After swallowing it thoroughly after chewing, she smiled. "This is delicious."
"Thanks. I have never been a master of cooking." he whispered blushed. In Mineta, on the other hand, some other question was conceived.
"What happened at the Saimori estate? I mean, I remember clearly that Miyo's face was cut by that witch, but then there was a memory break, and next thing I remember, whe I was in the car."
"I won't be subtle. you were completely out of your mind, and your wrath literally put you in berserk mode. If I hadn't stopped you, you would have killed Kaya and Kanoko for sure."
"I see. That's really weird. I usually keep my feelings in control. Then you two really grew to my heart, because never happened to me like this."
Kudou sighed and stood up.
"Don't talk about this now. Just eat and rest."
"Good night, danna-sama."
"Good night, master."
He smiled and left. Reaching his room, he went to his futon. With his eyes on the bookshelf, he spotted a book, the Kama Sutra. He was given his sister and has only been holding the dust since then. Before he closed his eyes, he decided to read it, when he had time. Mineta will no longer get away with another perverted comment.The next day after breakfast, Kudou called to Godou that he couldn't come to work today. It surprised him, because he had always been accurate so far. In the car Miyo and Mineta already waiting. their condition improved somewhat, thanks to the medicines, but they were far from fully recovering.
"The problem is that I had inadequate quantities to regenerate at a quick pace." Mineta scratched his head in embarrassment.
"It's okay. I'll bought some medicines after that."
The road was uneventful to the Saimori's estate, which is burned to dust. Outside, Kudou embraced Miyo and went in. Mineta walked after them.
"Is there a development of what happened after the incident?" he asked.
"The Saimori retreated to their coastal holiday home. They became completely landfill because they had all their wealth in their house. Kanoko was in need of hospitalization as one of your teeth broke down and her mouth cracked. Kaya was sent in a strict household as a maid for half a year. Tatsuishi Minoru was deprived of his title as the head of the family and his eldest son, Kazushi inherited. And the emperor set up investigators on this case. In my case, there is a possibility of complaining, but I do not use it. Now is the most important for me to your recover."
"I see." he replied. The place was really burning to dust and only the cellar and the side storage space remained. When he looked at the ruin of a cut -off tree, something inexplicable was passed through, as if his forehead was tingling. He turned to the couple. "Does anyone know something about this tree?"
"I am." Miyo nodded. "My mother planted it there. I remember so much that it was aimed at being somewhere if I wanted to think about her. Kanoko cut it out when she moved in."
"Come to think of it... I was misunderstood the situation."
"What do you mean?" Kudou asked.
"When Kaya was tortured, I asked her, that this was really what she was happy with. At that point, she seemed as if stuck and began to get her conscience for half a minute. She finally finished my torture and rather focused to Miyo. If she were so evil, then it shouldn't have happened. On the other hand, Kanoko was unscrupulous and had as much conscience, as originality in the Shounen fighting genre. I really feel like she's the main problem."
"Don't talk about them, okay?"
"Okay. Sorry, just came to my mind..."
"I knew I would find you here!"