This is it. There's no turning back now. From this point on it's no way but forward.

Kuronoe, I've made sure that Ayame won't bother you while I take this walk of mine. I need to walk alone for now. Maybe tomorrow we'll walk together, but for now this is a solo operation. I plan on being back in an hour, but if I take longer than that, go ahead and eat dinner. Don't wait for me. If you become too lonely, you should stay with Yukina. That would be a big help to me, too.

I'm going now. Like I said, eat dinner without me if I'm late.

[Locked from Kuronoe];

It's been so long since I've felt this way, but this helpless feeling...I can't trust Karasu's words. Or can I? At the moment it seems so easy because the pain...I know Kuronoe is suffering. I need to find him. He needs to be saved.

I feel like that day so long ago is repeating all over again. The day he told me to escape. I did run, but what was the good in that? I left him to suffer. I don't know how long it took for him to die, whether it was almost immediate or it took a long time, but this isn't right. How much suffering will he have to go through until he can't take any more?

Even if I end up having to kill myself to get to him, I will find Kuronoe, and we will escape from here with Mother. I'll take him somewhere safe where the two of us can live together and he won't have anything to fear. 

[/Locked]

Shido, before I continue to consider the very last plan, will you help me get to him?

Mother, please don't worry. The last thing I will consider is that. Trust me. Please do.

To all of the people caring for Hatanaka Shiori, thank you very much. I am glad that she has friends of her own who will watch over her while I am unable to. Please continue to protect Mother for me.

I was walking home when I discovered that my home is not here. Or it should be here, but it isn't this place is different. Ayame is still here, however. I'm at least glad for that.

Mother and Kuronoe are gone. The house is empty save for Ayame and myself. No matter how far I run to find them, I always return.

There are barely any traces of Karasu. It's as if he's dropped off of the face of this earth completely...

Mother, Kuronoe, I will find you!

I should have set this up a long time ago...


{The house he's stayinating in is now covered in vines. They normally move very slowly, but the vines will strike if the plant feels threatened. \o/}

I'm going back out after I've briefly eaten something. Food keeps up one's energy and focus, and I need plenty of that.

I dislike the cold and I dislike these threatening monsters. I feel as if they will burst inside at any moment. I feel a pull to hover close to home, but I must do my duty. Mother should be safe with Kuronoe as long as he behaves himself.

I feel strange; as if I should change from boy to fox immediately. I won't give in; I've gone over this before with myself. Mother Human life will always come first.

Here I go once more. I'll try to have fun.

 He wasn't there. I was safe.

I enjoyed the gala. I went along with Mother and Kuronoe, and there I saw Yukina, Shido and the lord. I don't know what else to actually call him...

It was nice to attend something so nice. There was a company get-together not long ago while I was working for my step-father, but that was the last time I dressed formally.

You know, Kuronoe, the two of us ought to go out and do things more often like we used to. Why don't we plan something out? It'll be just like old times.

{Kept from Shiori; viewable to others}
I hate lying to her like this. She should know who her son really is. I don't understand this fear. Mother has always been very understanding, and I've never had a reason to question her love. This fear of rejection should not exist; there is nothing to support it.

Would a human mother continue to love her son even after discovering he is a demon? What a demon he is...maybe, if or when she accepts me, she might rub an ear of mine.

{Yes, he's in a strange mood. Or maybe it's just that I'm too distracted by car chase shows? I DON'T KNOW court tv ftw.}