[SS] JudgementCon: LoliJustice

”I see, so you’re just wandering about? It seems I will be able to accompany you for a fair while!”

The boy bearing the name of Hakusho Tsuru felt a distinct need to contradict this statement. It wasn't that he was wandering about! It was that he didn't know exactly where he was going! There was a big difference! And being accompanied for a fair while was exactly the sort of thing he wanted to avoid! But try as he might, the tsukommi would not come from his lips, and he ended up simply mumbling something unintelligible.

"Shall we start looking at that store over there?"

That was a joke, right? Right!? The indicated store was a candy store! It wasn't even a subtly labelled candy store! There was no way that he would find any origami paper in there! Yet once more, the sharp comeback refused to come out. Tsuru's mind may have been telling him no, but the rest of him had had a distinct candy craving for a fair while now! A soft sigh escaped his lips as he gave up and followed the older boy's lead. He absolutely refused to think the one phrase that would guarantee this being a bad idea- "How could it hurt?"

Oh, I suppose that counts as thinking the phrase, huh?

It was a soft, yet tangible sigh. Perhaps Tsuru was having doubts as to whether or not to follow through with Naoto’s suggestion. Such doubts would surely be enough to bring Tsuru to stand unable to assert his own decision. But, he seemed to not be resisting the option.

That was good. He would be able to assist his savior as well as accomplish his mission. Truly fortune was favoring Kirikami Naoto at this moment. In the end, his current good fortune must have been cancelling out the misfortune he had been quite literally been slammed with.

“So, Hakusho-sama. What do you think of starting at the frooooo—“

His words stopped as he held onto that one syllable. But what happenstance could have caused such an odd event?

Alas, in his elation, a foul enemy appeared. A simple piece of paper laying on the ground obstructed the trajectory of his feet.

Oh cruel fate, how could it have forsaken him like that?

Naoto’s face was the first thing that took a dive as his foot was knocked back. He did not know how far he fell forward as his body flew, throwing him till he lay face down not even half a meter away from the target and his Miniature Angel.

It was so comical, Tsuru couldn't help but chuckle. Did people really fall like that in real life!? Well, if Tsuru took a fall like that... It probably wouldn't end well, huh? He had to admit a degree of envy for Naoto's robust body. He silently cursed his frail body as he casually picked up the offending piece of paper. Not only was it a proven danger, he'd simply feel bad if it kept being stepped on like that. It crossed his mind that he should probably take a closer look at it before leaving- He wouldn't want to steal merchandise from the store, even as an accident.

More pressing (Slightly) was checking on his... Companion? Tsuru didn't really think that word conveyed the lack of interest he had in accompanying Naoto, though. Still... He felt somewhat responsible for the older boy that was accompanying him. "Naoto nii-san, even if you lay on the floor all day, no beautiful girls will come to help you up, you know~"

It was a crack at how Naoto seemed to find himself on the floor a lot. Notably, it did not include the phrase, "Are you okay?"

"The shop just next door also has machines, maybe they're the one with the prize we seek"

Once again Fremea's hopes were recharge as if the failure at the last stores had never actually happened and as long as she were to keep trying they were going to find the mackarel candy eventually, right? Then almost like they were stuck in some sort of time loop, Fremea took off to the new store leaving Oda behind. Though just as she had made it to the entrance of the new candy store and pattern seemed like it was going to start again something new happened.

Fremea turned as she heard a large thud that emanated from just out of her field of vision. The instant she turned her head she saw what had created such a loud sound, laying on the floor just a few steps away was a man wearing a black suit and a fedora that had just fallen off his head. For a moment Fremea thoughts moved away from her goal of obtaining a piece of mackarel candy as she approached the man who had fallen face first into the floor.

"Naoto nii-san, even if you lay on the floor all day, no beautiful girls will come to help you up, you know~"

While, Fremea had seen the frail companion of the man who was lying on the floor she had failed to hear him and was unknowingly about to prove his words wrong. "Are you okay? nyaa~". Fremea crouched down towards the man with slight concern in her eyes as she asked about his condition.

Taichi Oda wasn't surprised when Seivelun once again went ahead after suggesting checking a different store. He didn't react as if he was fed up and simply followed without question as if he was prepared for this to occur. But what he saw had made him pause for thought as Seivelun checked on a very familiar hilly looking thing inside.

"Naoto nii-san, even if you lay on the floor all day, no beautiful girls will come to help you up, you know~"

He wasn't sure if it was this person who had been following them or just simply a coincidence but he noticed the hill looking guy when he is on the ground was with someone else or just someone observing this strange act from the guy who is currently hugging the ground.

Walking over Oda crouched next to Seivelun but looked at the guy on the ground, the first thing he did was to check for a pulse just in case and noticing the guy was still alive he moved his hand away before addressing in an awkward voice.

"Do.. you need help getting up?" Oda said clearly believing the guy can hear him clear and well. Oda did this entire thing though with the most baffled look all this time.

The first thing Naoto heard was the voice of his companion giving out some fairly sound advice. Falling and laying on the floor like this would not bring forth anything new. Though, obviously, Tsuru was unaware of the fact that it was the Miniature Angels he sought and not beautiful women.

He then felt a hand checking on his neck, likely for a pulse. But that was overshadowed by the sound of a young girl asking him whether he was okay. His ears perked up.

Twas the voice of an angel, he could not ignore it. Without even listening to the last voice offering a hand, he forced himself up off the ground with great force.


“KIRIKAMI NAOTO HAS REVIVED!”

With that great cry, he held his hands up to the heavens before looking down. And there they were. The Miniature Angel in the photos and the man who had been sworn to recruit.

It is at this point that Hakusho Tsuru's level of respect for Kirikami Naoto drops below zero. Were one to look at his face rather than the exuberant pervert, they would be treated to a look of pure, "I do not know this person." A look so pitiful that someone seeing it may very well accept it as the truth, despite the fact that Tsuru was totally talking to the older boy just seconds before.

The middle schooler felt vaguely torn in half. On the one hand, he would very much so like for Naoto's strange fixation to transfer to someone else, leaving Tsuru alone. On the other hand, he'd feel like a terrible person if this poor little girl were to get involved with this strange... Tsuru hesitated to consider him a person, as that implied a certain measure of respect which simply did not exist.

"Kirikami-san, if you act like that in the middle of a store, you'll cause trouble for the other shoppers, you know!" The voice of the young boy is very cold, as may be expected of someone speaking to a person whom he has lost all respect for. Notably, he has changed how he refers to the older boy, from the extremely informal 'Naoto-nii-san' to the extremely distant "Kirikami-san."

“Nyaaah!” The young girl cried out as the fedora and trench coat wearing boy enthusiastically picked himself up off the ground. She could actually feel herself falling back a few steps before quickly regaining her balance, preventing herself from falling flat onto her butt at the last minute.

Staring at the boy who was now standing with his arms raised to the heavens, she could only find herself standing awestruck at the exuberance the boy seemed to be emitting.

But, it was at that point where she heard Tsuru chastising Naoto. "Kirikami-san, if you act like that in the middle of a store, you'll cause trouble for the other shoppers, you know!"

“Essentially, you shouldn’t shout like that in a store like this!” She said, reinforcing Tsuru’s words. “Causing trouble for others like that would be bad!”

“KIRIKAMI NAOTO HAS REVIVED!”

Oda Taichi just stared blankly as the hill looking backside guy had finally stood up in response, not to his question, but the voice of the Seivelun, the little girl he was helping. Though what followed oddly confused the judgement member as a random middle school who he hadn't noticed had mentioned about the guy causing trouble, he just stood up right?

That seem pointless to Oda since he didn't see this as the real problem other than being a bit loud. He was teen just like every other here and from his personal experience teens are just naturally loud. Sure there is a time or place but not something you can fault right? Though no one else realised Oda's lack of understanding of social order was showing in his thought process.

“Nyaaah!”   Seivelun had reacted loudly and that only further confused Oda about what was going on that he took everything else said by her or anyone else as simply an exchange of people being friendly.

There was no doubt in Oda's mind that Seivelun was friends with these two people who just showed up and just observed casually but had a smile in his mind that she had friends to speak off.

“Causing trouble for others like that would be bad!”

Oda just simply nod without realising what was said naturally.

"Kirikami-san, if you act like that in the middle of a store, you'll cause trouble for the other shoppers, you know!"

"Essentially, you shouldn't shout like that in a store like this! Causing trouble for others like that would be bad". After being shot down twice for his outburst by both his savior's cold remark and the foreign girl, Naoto had received a heavy blow to his confidence. It was only made worse when he saw that Oda, the person he was sent out to recruit, seemed to be nodding in agreement with the other two. Had he not only ruined his savior's image of him but destroy the chances of succeeding at his mission as well.

No, it was still possible to succeed at his mission as long as he could make up for the first impression he had given the potential lolicon and the Miniature Angel. That was it, he would befriend the two of them and then secretly observe the recruit to see if he was worthy of the Pervesion Propagation Committee.  Along the way he might even manage to improve his savior's image of him."Kukukuku" Though he didn't realize he released a small chuckled as he schemed of a way to turn the situation in his favor.

Naoto brought his hands down to his tie and began to tighten it a little before moving on to the top of his head to adjust the position of his fedora. After fixing himself up he turned his gaze to both Oda and Fremea but he seemed different this time. At that moment his demeanor changed and he seemed to have become a completely different person from before. He seemed much more serious and focused than before. Than acting as if he had not just fallen on his face he began to speak to judgement member and the foreign girl

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Kirikami Na" Before he could finished his sentence a muffled howl of pain could be heard. It wouldn't take long to find the source of the noise as it came from Naoto himself who was now holding one of his hands of his mouth. His attempt to reintroduce himself and change the group's opinion of him had been ruined by his own hands as he had bitten his tongue mid sentence.

Tsuru was happy to find that he had some support in scolding the older boy. He was also mortally embarrassed by the fact that his companion's behavior was so bad that even an elementary schooler could see it. Of course, it was entirely expected that Naoto would be entirely unrepentant for his behavior. Tsuru really hoped he could ditch the older boy soon, and finish his errand. Somehow, he had a bad feeling that this would be easier said that done.

When Naoto let out a cry of pain in the middle of a sentence, Tsuru was understandably less concerned than he probably could have been. Naoto seemed... Curiously accident prone. Tsuru had found him on the ground, after all, and he had fallen again as soon as he entered this store! And now... Judging by the way the older boy was holding his mouth, it seemed he'd bit his tongue. Sigh. Wait, was that out loud? Well, everyone should be too busy laughing at the misery of a certain other person to notice, right?

Fremea found herself waving her hands in front of her as her mind took on an almost panic-like state. The boy seemed to be in great pain after finally getting to divulge his name to the rest of the group as he was clamping on his mouth and flinching. Those were the surest signs of pain, much like that one time when she saw her sister with bandages on her abs and clutching and cringing as she moved around.

“Are you feeling alright, Kirikami Na-onii-san?” She walked up to the strange fedora-wearing boy. If it were not for the despicable height difference, she would try and reach to the fedora and pat his head. “Nyaah. You seem to be getting hurt a lot.”

Even Fremea had noticed that this boy had gotten hurt multiple times within a matter of minutes…well, two times in what was likely five minutes, but that was two times too many for such a short period of time. Nobody should have to be hurt so much like that.

“Maybe you should sit on a bench. Big Sister usually lies down when she gets hurt a lot.” In the end, the little girl could only suggest remedies from her narrow list experiences, but it was still a form of kindness, even if it was to strangers.

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“Oi, which one was supposed to be the pedophile targeting Fremea-chan? These idiots look completely harmless.” One of the shadows with an eye on the scene said over the phone to a group of shadows.

“It’s the one with the glasses and without the hat, dumbass. And what do you mean harmless? Doesn’t he look like a tall, dark menace who would take advantage of a little girl.” Another one responded.

“Not to mention, the fedora-guy came to them with an elementary-school looking boy following him.”

“Ugh. Maybe he has a thing for little boys. Is this a meeting of perverts of the lowest class?”

The group of shadows considered the horrible scenario that one of their own had brought forth as a possibility. Perhaps it was time to make their move. For the sake of protecting the little girl whom Komaba never wished to see harm upon.

Oda Taichi was pleased the young girl had found a group of friends and realistically he could leave it to them to help her on the quest to find that candy. But he would rather see things through even if it would be easier for him to move on. Though it wasn't her request, that was entirely keeping Oda here something else that has caught his notice.

Oda seemed dense to the situation between the three in front of him, but his gut feeling or some would call instincts were pretty decent, and he felt that something was going to happen. He would be lying if he didn't think the two new arrivals were the ones following them. But the feeling was still there, and it was annoying him.

“Nyaah. You seem to be getting hurt a lot. Maybe you should sit on a bench. Big Sister usually lies down when she gets hurt a lot.”

It was those words which snapped Oda to action, and this was a perfect excuse to get them moving and temporarily suspend the quest for candy until he can squash that gut feeling. Remaining silence most of the time since the two new arrivals arrived, the judgement member finally spoke offering a path forward.

"I do suggest then we find the nearest first aider or the local hospital to get our new friend a look over. I'm sure Kirikami-kun wouldn't argue and will be willing to ease the concerns of Seivelun-chan here." Oda said highlighting the concern Seivelun has shown.

"I do suggest then we find the nearest first aider or the local hospital to get our new friend a look over. I'm sure Kirikami-kun wouldn't argue and will be willing to ease the concerns of Seivelun-chan here."

Naoto had been silently cursing himself for his foolish mistake up until Oda suggest heading to a local hospital or first aider. Maybe the situation was going to work out for him after all, his injury had insured that his target wasn't going to leave him at the very least until they found a place where his injuries could looked over. He had gained a reason to stay in the company of the recruit and the miniature angel, things seemed to be looking up for him.

At the moment Naoto was unable to express his excitement for the idea in words due to his injuries tongue but his enthusiasm could be seen quite clearly by the rapid nodding of his head and the sparkle of joy that appeared in his eyes upon hearing it. Then as if once again trying to regain the persona of a serious individual he stood straight and adjusted his fedora. Part of him knew that he had already passed the point where he could portray the image of himself he wanted others to see him as but he persisted with the almost pitiful attempts to change their opinion of him.

Taking a moment to think he realized that he had no idea were the closest medical center was and going from what Oda said neither did he. It was a small moment for Naoto to shine, to prove that he was at the very least a bit helpful to the group. Unable to talk he began to use his hands to create symbols by pointing at employees of the store, using his two finger to represent a walking person, drawing a cross in the air with his finger to represent medical treatment, and finally air drawing a question mark. Using all these symbols he attempted to communicate to the others that they should ask for directions to the nearest medical facility.

Tsuru nearly bit his own tongue to hold back the retort he was just about ready to shout- "Since when has biting one's tongue required hospitalization!?" That said, Hakusho Tsuru wasn't the type to shout, and even less the type to make a tsukommi. Still, wasn't this a little too drastic? Whatever happened to the shopping that was supposed to be done! They were now going to get medical help, and he still didn't have his paper!

It is then that it strikes him that he had originally intended to not travel with Naoto. Was this not the perfect opportunity to get back on track with his actual goal for the day? "Ahhh... Excuse me... If you're going to the hospital... Then can I go back to my shopping now?" It only made sense that if the person who had distracted him from his task was leaving, that he could get back to it. The shop Naoto had taken him too didn't even have origami paper! It was clear that the older boy would hurt more than he would help if Tsuru continued to stick with him.

He felt slightly bad for trying to drop his troubles on to other people... But there was no way he was taking even more of a detour than this! He was putting his foot down!

Fremea had to question whether a hospital was truly necessary if all he did was bite his own tongue. Then again, there were examples of people committing suicide by biting off their tongues in some of those video games she found in Komaba’s hideout every so often.

The young, naïve, and impressionable girl began to almost panic when she realized the gravity of that. He was in such pain that he was making weird hand signs!

“Nyah! We have to get him to a hospital! Let’s hurry, Judgement-onii-chan!” She said, grabbing at Oda’s pant legs and flailing her free arm.

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“Change of plans, guys! They’re signaling something!” One of the delinquents, a rugged teenager named Kamishiro, stood up from a seat less then 15 meters away from  where the four were gathered. From behind, he could not tell that the fedora guy had bit his tongue. To Kamishiro, the fedora guy was signaling a transfer of location. “I think they’re about to try and move to another location. I’ll stall them by going near them, so get into position.”

With that, he proceeded to walk in a slow but firm walk. In order to scare off the lolicon and the fedora-wearer, he needed to make sure that they would back down. They needed to fear the consequences of messing with someone under the protection of District 7’s Skill-Out.

“Hey, you!” He spoke once he was next to them, crossing his arms. In the best-case scenario, they would definitely back off.

“What do you thing you’re going to do to that little girl and boy?”

“Nyaaah?” Fremea, looked to the boy as he talked, ignoring the words that were coming out of his mouth. She could have sworn she had seen him around somewhere. The big question was ‘where?’

“Nyah! We have to get him to a hospital! Let’s hurry, Judgement-onii-chan!” Fremea said, grabbing at Oda’s pant legs and flailing her free arm. Seeing this Oda had no choice but to push forward with that plan, and that's exactly what he was going to do by leading the way. Observing the injured party that wasn't much that Oda can do and it wasn't because he didn't have the skill to help.

It's just that nothing his first aid training covered someone biting their tongue and he heard about people committing suicide by doing that and so would rather someone who's more knowledgeable to at least see if this guy was alright in the head. He honestly thinks he is physically fine; he seemed to be able to take a lot of punishment. But someone who basically committed a known act of suicide and at least tried he needs to talk to someone more suitable than him.

The only thing Oda wanted to do know was to slap him silly for being such a fool. He wanted to tell this guy exactly that but there was a time and place to speak out on such delicate subject.

“Hey, you! What do you thing you’re going to do to that little girl and boy?” A sudden aggressive voice spoke out. “Nyaaah?” Fremea reacted and to Oda it felt like this newcomer just frightened the poor girl which was a bad move.

So the judgement member turned towards this newcomer stamping hard on the ground to let his presence known. His eyes stared fiercely towards the clearly aggressive student and crossed his arms to show he was standing his ground. "What the hell do you think you're doing scaring a little girl? I'll give you a chance to do this peacefully and apologise but do it quick as we need to get this fool here." Oda said directing his eyes towards fedora-wearer, "Some much needed, help." Oda said bluntly who wasn't afraid to speak his mind.

Though he wasn't going to push all the buttons, Oda had a good hunch this guy was following him, but for what reason? He spoke quickly about Seivelun-chan and her little companion so was he a pervert? Either way, he was still a Judgement member, so the best he can do here is make his presence known and ward off any aggressive student with a warning.

"Ahhh... Excuse me... If you're going to the hospital... Then can I go back to my shopping now?"

His plan already seemed to be falling apart at the seams as his savior opted to leave the group so that he could return to his shopping. Well that's is what Tsuru had given his reasoning to be but Naoto had noticed the looks he had been given by the middle schooler and it was quite evident that he was trying to get away from him. Disappointment spread throughout his body as he came to the realization that by prioritizing his mission he had failed at paying back his savior, who at this point didn't even want to be associate with him.

“Nyah! We have to get him to a hospital! Let’s hurry, Judgement-onii-chan!”

At the very least part of his plan was going well as it seemed that the girl was still planning on staying with him and if she was staying with him then his target would be going with them as well. However, a moment later even that plan seemed to be falling apart as the group was suddenly approached by an aggressive newcomer.

“Hey, you! What do you thing you’re going to do to that little girl and boy?”

This could seriously interfere with his entire mission, the newcomer seemed ready to fight at any moment and going from what he said Naoto could only think that the words were direct at him. Oda hadn't done anything that could come off as suspicious but looking back on his own actions many of them could have caught the suspicion of the newcomer. The worst part of it all was he couldn't even attempt to calm him down or try to give an explanation for his action as he was unable to talk.

"What the hell do you think you're doing scaring a little girl? I'll give you a chance to do this peacefully and apologise but do it quick as we need to get this fool here. Some much needed, help."

Once again Naoto was forced to face the horrible impression he had made on his target as he listen Oda call him a fool and possibly even implying that he need mental help. Though despite the fact that this bothered him there were more pressing manners at hand as the judgment member's comment was obviously just going to aggravate the aggressor even more. It wouldn't be good for recruitment if he just let the recruit get attack so just after Oda had made his statement Naoto moved to the judgement member's side and position himself to show he wasn't going to back down either. He was also still very certain that the aggression was originally direct at him and he wasn't going to let the recruit take the fall for him.

It did not appear that Tsuru would be getting a response to that cold-hearted query of his.

“What do you thing you’re going to do to that little girl and boy?”

Tsuru got the feeling that some strange misunderstanding had been made. He had a worse feeling that he wouldn't be buying the paper he needed. Even if it weren't for the arrival of... Whoever these newcomers were, he would still have to contend with the flow of the crowds! And being so short... It was hard to see past people to figure out where he was! Oh, he should have gone to a smaller place instead of this massive mall, he lamented.

Furthermore, it seemed these people, although well intentioned(?), had made a misunderstanding at some point. After all, they had grouped him together with the little girl who had approached Naoto when he fell. Meanwhile, the girl's older companion seemed more interested in fighting than talking- And he never had any expectations of Naoto in the first place. He sighed and stepped towards the budding conflict. The path of least resistance in this situation would be...

"Excuse me, but there seems to be a misunderstanding. In the first place, these people and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other."

After all, if they had nothing to do with each other, that meant they weren't doing anything to Tsuru! Therefore the line, 'What do you thing you’re going to do to that little girl and boy?' was invalid, and they could resolve this in a nice civil manner, and Tsuru could go buy his paper.

He really, really hoped that it would be so easy.

Fremea squinted twice, hearing Taichi's declaration that the new fellow who’s existence was on the tip of her tongue. She was definitely not scared. She really was not paying any attention to what he said. All she could focus on was deducing who this strange mystery boy was.

But, for now she needed to clear up a misunderstanding.

Beating twice at Taichi's legs with her tiny fists in a manner that any outsider would liken to a daughter trying to get her father’s attention, she cried out. “Nyah! I’m not scared!”

Matching her cute flailing, her face morphed into a defiant pout. Fremea truly disliked it when people tried to speak her mind for her. She was her own person. She did not need another voice to speak for her.

Kamishiro, unperturbed by Taichi’s demand for an apology, continued to stand firm with his arms crossed. After all, Fremea seemed to not be scared of them. If anything, she may have recognized them as she was often seen with Leader Komaba. If she did, that would make things a lot easier for them.

Still, the pervert demanding an apology did not sit well with him. Hearing those words from Taichi had triggered the cascading of a sense of irrationality that came with a fervent, if misguided, sense of justice.

The cascade had gotten to the point where even the young boys words had not even broken through to him.

The worst part was that this unabashed pervert was asking his other pervert friend for help.

“Hey, dumbass. She said she’s not even scared. Now, if you know what’s best for you, I would suggest that you stop creeping around little girls.” Kamishiro said, resisting the urge to get physical.

“Nyah! I’m not scared!” Seivelun said which made Taichi felt bad for assuming things, the sudden appearance of a clearly rude student must have thrown him off. He listened to the little girl and bowed his head slightly only to her and apologised. "Sorry, I shouldn't assume just you suddenly was startled by him that I thought. Never mind, sorry Seivelun-chan lets carry on with our quest."  Oda said who was being honest and maybe forgotten about the other thing.

That was his issue, Oda Taichi had this horrible habit of just jumping ahead far from everyone else and it often gets him into trouble. But he was willing to admit his mistakes when it was clear to him that he was in the wrong.

“Hey, dumbass. She said she’s not even scared. Now, if you know what’s best for you, I would suggest that you stop creeping around little girls." the rude student said which annoyed Oda and was probably the worse thing this guy could have done.

The peeved expression he had was evident, and it just didn't make sense. This was coming from a guy who was apparently stalking them this entire time. "I'm going to have to warn you, that if you don't cut the attitude and disturbing public order," Oda said noting some of the passersby looks. "Then I'll have no choice but to take you in for disturbing the peace, so let's just move on with our day. I have a request to fulfil, and I intend to see it through." Oda said who stood his ground, there was no point in trying to intimidate Oda in the slightest and was, in fact, the worse thing anyone can do when trying to talk to him.

Though no wanting to wait for the guy's response, the judgement member made it clear that he wasn't going to tolerant any further rude behaviour from the student. Giving him though another chance, he decides to not make more of it.

"Let's go Seivelun-chan, I'm sure there are more places to check out. But I guess we need to drop him off at the hospital quick." Oda said who thankfully didn't forget about one of their new arrivals. But he also didn't forget the little boy who came with him.

"Hey, what do you intend to do? We don't mind having another friend along with us to search for some mackarel candy" Oda said towards Tsuru who's been awfully quiet this entire time.

"Excuse me, but there seems to be a misunderstanding. In the first place, these people and I have absolutely nothing to do with each other."

The truth was shoved into Naoto's face and it wasn't a pleasant experience. Tsuru had blatantly just denied all associate with the entire group, could Naoto's mistakes truly have pushed his savior so far away? This turn of event had wounded his poor heart and for just a moment his pain became visible on his face. However, the current situation didn't allow any time for mourning his savior's apparent betrayal.

"Nyah, I'm not scared"
"Sorry, I shouldn't assume just you suddenly was startled by him that I thought. Never mind, sorry Seivelun-chan lets carry on with our quest."

Relief spread throughout Naoto's body as the situation seemed to have diffused itself on his own, without the need for violence. The Miniature Angel had somehow saved the day by bringing Oda's attention away from the aggressive newcomer. It seemed as if they would be able to continue on there way and he would be able to evaluate the possible recruit without any further trouble. This is what he had hoped for but the situation took a whole new turn as if just to spite him.

“Hey, dumbass. She said she’s not even scared. Now, if you know what’s best for you, I would suggest that you stop creeping around little girls."
"I'm going to have to warn you, that if you don't cut the attitude and disturbing public order, Then I'll have no choice but to take you in for disturbing the peace, so let's just move on with our day. I have a request to fulfil, and I intend to see it through."

It was as if they had gone all the way back to square one. The issue had seemed to resolved and both parties were just going to go there separate ways but at the last moment the conflict was sparked all over again. A fight seemed to be the inevitable outcome of this meeting and while contemplating the horrible situation his mission had come in contact with Naoto noticed something odd the aggressor had said. He had accused Oda of creeping around little girls not Naoto. If it had been him he would have been able to understand the accusation due to his odd behavior but as far as he could tell Oda hadn't done anything suspicious. The Judgment member had been hanging around Fremea but to a random person passing by this couldn't have seemed particular unusual especially since it was Judgement's job to help others.

It was only a possibility but could others had seen the picture of Oda and Fremea besides his organization and decided to intervene. Going by the way the person who was already confronting them was acting though it appeared that the possible others that had arrived at the mall didn't share his organization's opinion on lolicons. The situation could be a lot worse than what he had first thought and he began looking through the crowd to see if any other self-righteous individuals seemed to be approaching.

"Let's go Seivelun-chan, I'm sure there are more places to check out. But I guess we need to drop him off at the hospital quick. Hey, what do you intend to do? We don't mind having another friend along with us to search for some mackarel candy?"

Had Oda completed missed the part where Tsuru had completely denied relation to them in order to escape the situation? Though it seemed the kid who had only wanted to buy paper for origami was being helplessly dragged back in the situation as he was asked once again to join the quest for the mackarel candy. Despite Oda's obliviousness to Tsuru's attempted escape, Naoto wasn't going to complain as he felt they needed to leave the area as fast as possible. Turning his body he began to beckon Oda to follow him as if he knew where he was going and made sure the Judgement member could see his gesture.

Ignored. Of course. In the first place, what reason would anyone have to pay attention to someone as weak as Hakusho Tsuru? He cursed his diminutive frame, as he cursed the fact that he'd been dragged into this situation. He should have known that accepting the invitation of that strange person who lay about on floors would lead to despair!

The conflict was only escalating, despite the desperate attempts of the two small ones to defuse it. As such, when he was invited to go shopping with the two complete strangers- Was there really a world in which Tsuru would accept? Naoto had seemed mostly harmless at the time- But this guy, whose name Tsuru hadn't even heard, was just about ready to get into a fist fight! No way, no how. Also... Mackerel candy. Really? That sounds disgusting.

"Ah... Welll... I have my own shopping to do.... Besides which... I don't even know you..." Tsuru spoke meekly. It was clear he was quite uncomfortable with the whole thing- A fact that was sure to exacerbate the misunderstanding.

He was truly the worst kind. He was using authority to try and push any help for Fremea-chan away. In a not so subtle motion, he let his left hand dangle before giving two quick snaps. To an outsider, it looked like just a nervous tic or a weird motion he would take when he was mad. But, in a few minutes, the meaning would become clear. After all, if it was not that, there was only one other thing it could be.

That threat to enforce the public order by taking him would be meaningless. Perhaps he was unaware, but the court of public opinion would not be on his side.

“Hey, hey. You bothering my boy Kamishiro, here, you punk?”

The sound of a second delinquent’s voice began to resound as he blocked another means of exit for Taichi, keeping him surrounded between him, Kamishiro, and the unwitting Naoto. He was another strange one. Bleached hair, a piercing in his ear. If one paid attention, they would probably see the outer portion of a tattoo going across his chest from above the head-hole of his t-shirt.

While Kamishiro’s appearance felt more like a transition point, the new punk’s appearance fit the delinquent stereotype so well that it was scary.

Meanwhile, Fremea continued to muse about the identities of these tall strangers. She knew she met them before. She could not figure out where. “Mmmmmmm…”

It bothered her. It bothered her so much that she did not know that she was standing firmly in place, staring at the two with a frown.

“The creep thinks he can throw his authority around to get whatever he wants.”

“Well, that’s no good. After all, the little girl’s safety is at risk with him.”

“Indeed, it is.”

The two continued to talk with an air of confidence, knowing full well that they had the advantage here. The moment this creep tried to make any suspicious moves, the rest of the gang would come rushing in to protect Fremea-chan. They could not let such a young, naive Level 0 like her get taken advantage of.

“Hey, hey. You bothering my boy Kamishiro, here, you punk?”

Oda had seen it coming; the guy knew there was more than one person following them. But he messed up by having the confrontation happen here in a public shop, and more importantly on their terms. They had approached him so if there were even more of them he would be at a disadvantage, though the appearance of more hooligans hadn't frightened the Judgement member in the slightest.

But not being frightened here wasn't the issue, but the reasons for why they're following them was a bit skewed. This has only happened since he started helping Seivelun-chan and the victory of guessing who was following Oda had muddle a few things up in his mind. But there was a strong feeling in his gut that these two guys were perverts.

They only started to follow them because... and now there was this little guy who was Seivelun-chan's friend? These hooligans was without a doubt perverts and Oda had to act accordingly, this moment though he couldn't afford to try and call for back up. Since using his phone would give them the advantage so there was only one option and that was to get out of the shop with the two most vulnerable people here and escape with them.

"Time to go!" Oda had said using all his stamina and strength to proceed with the operation.

Totally forgetting about the guy he said needed to get some help, Oda acted quickly picking both Fremea under his left arm and than Tsuru with his right. It had really looked like he was kidnapping them both to onlookers, but he was only doing what he was thought was right and getting them out of harm's way from an ambush of delinquents.

Suddenly displaying a rush of stamina and flexibility, Oda easily ran right around the two who confronted him and towards the open shop entrance to the outside. Though he didn't stop there he had to get the kids away from the delinquents with dirty intentions and hurried away from the shop without stopping forgetting that he left a certain someone on his own at the shop.