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I place my head down on Parad's lap and look up, staring at the sky. There are a few clouds out there today. It is just so beautiful up there and I wish to be on one of those clouds one day. 


"What if we get caught out like this?" Parad asks me, breaking our silence. 


"Huh? Why are you wondering about that?" My eyes go to his face. He looks so handsome when I look up at him like this.


"Do you want to get caught with me and get into some serious trouble?" He smiles, looking entertained by the thought of getting caught with me. I'm not surprised he's into that happening. He would probably enjoy taunting Emu and the others about it.


I shake my head a little. "No, I am not worried about that happening. Honestly, I'm not really worried about it at this moment. Besides, I'll just make up an excuse about it. Like...hm...that you caught me while I was napping and you decided to be a creep."


"Me? A creep?" He chuckles, sounding cuter than anything else in this world. "What a naughty girl you are!"


It isn't that I'm trying to be naughty, but that I want to have some freedom while being in this universe. It isn't every day that I can be around some of my favorite characters in my favorite show. I love being here despite all the crap that is going on around me.


"It is called stretching the truth," I state. "Besides, I know you're not actually a creep and that is what matters." I don't want Emu looking down on me. He's the one person I would hate to disappoint for whatever reason. I don't get why I'm so worried about how he feels about me.


He places a hand on my head, grabbing a few pieces of hair. "I'm happy that you can be like this with me. It makes my heart get all excited!"


I laugh. "Oh, really?" Does it really get him excited now? 


"I am glad to see you finally getting really comfortable with me since I'm not out to kill you. You're too entertaining for me to kill."


"Does Kuroto know that you're out?" I question, switching the subject. I don't want to talk about Kuroto, but I'm afraid of him and what he can do to me if he finds out I'm like this with Parad. He is working with him and all.


"He lets me roam around. So, yes, he knows I'm out and about." Parad nods. "Being with him all day is boring. He doesn't do much that excites me besides working on games and what not. He does let me play with all kinds of toys though." Of course he does. If he didn't, Parad would be super bored in a room with him.


"Is it that boring to be with someone like him all day? He's a genius." And evil.


"He's also a bit rude. Well, really rude." Parad runs his fingers down the strands of hair he has. "He shoved me at one point because I did something he didn't like."


"He did what to you?" I sit up and he takes his hand off my head, looking lost. 


"I got shoved by him for telling him to back off of Emu." He looks away, lips pouting a bit. Gosh, he's so cute when he pouts. But this isn't the time to think about how cute he is when he pouts since this is a serious topic.


I move closer to him, placing a hand on his arm gently. "Hey, I'm sorry about that. He shouldn't have touched you like that at all, Parad." 


"He has called me and the other Bugsters pawns..." He sounds so upset. It must be hard to be him. Humans don't like him and are afraid of him, which he kind of wants. But what I think he really wants and needs is someone who cares for him and wants him as a friend.


"You're not a pawn to me. The only one who can decide what you are is you," I state. "I know I don't always follow that thing I just said, but I try to. I try to define myself." Even though I'm always getting kind of low on myself. 


"Are you sure that I can do that for myself?" he asks.


"What is this lack of confidence? Parad, you're a handsome man and you're wonderful! Of course you can define yourself!" I exclaim, laughing. "You're being so silly right now."


"I see. I should be more confident then, huh?" He turns to me and grins. "You're a great person to talk to."


"Am I?" I am?


"We should go somewhere to forget about all this sad talking that we did." He stands up and I get up, keeping my hand on him. "Hm...is that normal to do?"


"I want to touch you." 


He nods, grinning. "Alright, you can touch me all you want to. I'm going to allow you that since it is fun to see your reactions to things. Wait...do you like my reactions? Why am I even concerned about this?" He-he! This is so nice!


"It is because of how we're being together," I tell him. "Because we're acting like a couple."


"Come on, I'll show you where I want to take you before I forget to! And once we get there, and we will get there, we can act like a couple some more!" He is just so happy about doing this and I can't bring myself to tell him that everything I have said is a lie.


"Alright."


I'll go along with this.


~.~


"You riders and Bugsters are nothing but pawns to me," Kuroto states, sounding cold. He holds up something, which appears to be some sort of cool weapon, and points it at Emu's pretty neck. "Give up all your gashats now."


I feel like I want to puke. How dare he do that to Emu! He's my best friend and he's the nicest guy around here!


"Emu, don't listen to him!" I shout. 


I can't believe Parad brought me all this way to see all of this crap. Unless...oh! He didn't want this all to happen, but it did. He wanted to show me something else. Duh! I swear, I'm so stupid sometimes.


"N-no," Emu says, shaking his head a little. "I won't."


Good! That is what Emu should be saying right now. He shouldn't give up his things to some dead zombie boy who is barely alive. 


"Fine, then." Kuroto moves the blade a bit, pulling it back a little. "I'll have to take them by force, huh?" 


SMACK!


"Huh?" I look over a bit as Parad stands over Emu, fists ready to go. Did he just save Emu's life right now? Is he finally drawing the line with Kuroto? If so, hurray!


I look over as Kuroto lands on something hard, groaning. What a baby! How hard could that thing be? It can't be that hard now can it? Besides, he should take it like a boss! He deserves to get hit that hard by Parad.


Kuroto sits up, still being a Dangerous Zombie, and looks ahead at Parad. "What is this all about now, Parad?"


"So, you just used Motos as a decoy, huh? Who do you think we, Bugsters, are?" Parad asks him, sounding mad. 


I am not going to blame Parad for being like this. After what he has done to him, he so deserves this. Parad needs to be loved and cherished like a person should. What he is doing isn't the real him to me. He's not this big bad Bugster people like to think he is.


"Didn't you beat up that one Bugster before? What is different when I do it?" Kuroto questions. I don't think he's getting it.


"Yes, it is different from what you did to Motos. That was because we have rules when we fight. We fight to win," Parad answers. "That is how we are!" That is because they're basically game characters. I'm hitting on a fictional game character basically. I am not sure if I should feel cool about it or not.


"You're a lousy game character!" Kuroto shouts. "How dare you defy me?" Kuroto needs to know he's not some sort of God. He's just a man who thinks he is a God.


Parad moves a hand forward, flames moving towards Kuroto. Kuroto rolls, moving out of the way, and looks up. He's going to fight Parad right now? Well, he did trigger Parad. Parad is not very happy with how Kuroto sees the Bugsters. 


Parad rushes forward as Kuroto stands up, ready to fight. He punches Kuroto, hitting him hard it seems, and Kuroto stumbles back a bit. Wow, this is going to be one amazing fight! I wish I could have some popcorn right about now.


Parad hits him again in the stomach and Kuroto moves back a bit. That has to hurt a lot. I would find out, but I rather cuddle Parad instead of being punched by him.


He punches Kuroto again, sending him flying backwards, and I gasp. Wow, that was amazing! Why isn't someone recording this? I mean, someone is in reality. No, did. I'm sure it looks amazing on TV or online. Who knows where people are now watching it? 


I move forward, heading to where Kuroto just flew by, and look ahead. He seriously just crash landed. I'm impressed with Parad's fighting ability. It is only natural for him to be so good at fighting like this.


"Parad, do you know what you're doing right now?" Kuroto asks, getting up off the ground. He steps forward, making his way back to Parad.


"Oh, I do know what I'm doing right now." Parad is right. He does know what he is doing. "And I'm going to keep doing it." He holds up his Gashat and switches it, turning it to Perfect Puzzle.


I'm excited to see this go on in person. I have always wanted to be in this show. But is it good to see this happen? 


"Kuroto, you're too conceited for your own good," Parad says, holding up his hands. He selects three muscle up boosters, which is going to power him up really good.


"Parad..." I'm in shock right now. This is going to be brutal.


He activates his critical strike and Kuroto rushes forward, probably trying to stop it. Parad hits him, connecting with Kuroto's chest, and I step back a bit. Kuroto falls back, his stuff falling off of him and ending his transformation. 


"Ah, that felt good." I look over as Parad grins, happy with what he has just done.


"So, you want to fight with Emu, huh? Alright, I will dish out your punishment now," Kuroto spits out, sounding really angry with Parad. I think he's mad at everyone personally. He has some deep issues. "Just watch this."


Kuroto gets up, moving forward, and I look over at Emu. What should I do in this situation? I don't think that I can do much since Kuroto would snatch me if I go in front of Emu. Also, if I try anything, I might die for it.


"Emu Hojo!" Kuroto shouts. "Do you want to know why you can transform without having a surgery done to become a Kamen Rider? Well, I can tell you that answer." Oh, no! This isn't going to be good.


"Don't do this, Kuroto!" Hiiro shouts.


"Stop!" 


"Emu!" I gasp.


I look back at Kuroto as Parad grabs him by the collar, holding him up off the ground. That isn't going to stop him. I know for sure it won't. Nothing will get in Kuroto's way right now since he is just really mad at Parad.


"Emu, I can tell you what you want to know. You're the first person who got the Bugster Virus!" Kuroto shouts, laughing. 


Parad glares at him. "You..."


"I have the game disease?" Emu asks. "No way! You're lying to me! You're just trying to trick me right now!"


I look over at Emu as he shakes his head. No...this isn't a good thing to happen to him. Emu...why am I so worried about him?


Emu holds up his hands as he glows. He's going to fade away and die now isn't he? And there isn't anything that I can do, right? 


I look back at Kuroto as he laughs even harder. Wait...when did Parad let him go? Why would he leave right now? Unless...


I look back at Emu as he falls to the ground, landing on it as gentle as one can hit the ground when passing out. I look at Hiiro and swallow hard. I got to be brave right now. I can't focus on Kuroto and the fact he's able to walk around free still.


"Hiiro, check on Emu! He has to be okay!" I want him to be okay. I can't lose him.


"Hang on." Hiiro rushes over to Emu's side and touches him lightly. "He should be dead right now. The disease was stressing him out."


But he's not dead and he won't be. Parad...did he just for sure save Emu? That has to be. Is it even possible for a Bugster to stop that kind of thing?


A/n: Sorry for the late update to this story. I meant to get one out ages ago, but crap happened. If you follow my announcements on here, you will know that I got a puppy recently. However, that puppy got really sick and is still pretty ill. It turns out he didn't just have pneumonia, but a liver condition and needs surgery. So, that is probably going to happen really soon and I am hoping it turns out well.


So last week was stressful for me and it is still a bit stressful for me right now. However, I'm trying to focus on all the good and what not in my life. The good news is that the place I got him from is paying for it all (as far as I know) and they should. 


Anyways, I'll update again in a few moments. Sorry for any typos, but I have checked anything out lately in here due to everything going on. I'm just typing it up quickly to get it out. Sorry and thanks!



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