Hey guys! _ Really late upload here, really sorry about that. I kinda got a little lazy with the fic as my school just started recently. Even though the schedule will get mixed up in the future, please continue reading! Thanks!

The next morning, silence peered throughout the room. It wasn't the silence nor peace Kazuma had always wanted. It was different, It didn't calm nor soothe him. Instead it was bugging him, getting more and more uncomfortable.

"Stupid Kazuma!"

"Hahh" Kazuma let out a hearty groan

He sat on his bed, pondering about yesterdays events.

A heavy sigh was let out, "I guess I really did say too much."

After a couple of minutes, Kazuma decided there wasn't a point thinking about it too much. He got up and put on his adventurer clothes, time to go questing.

As Kazuma walked up to the guild, he grabbed an easy quest from the worn out bulletin board and walked up to his favorite receptionist.

"I'd like to take this quest please."

QUEST START *

Kazuma pulled out his bow as the various monsters ,ranging from goblins to treants , charged at him.

As he casually pierced them with his snipe ability, he couldn't help but wonder where that stupid goddess had headed of to.

Does she have money, did she get a job? Is she collecting debt? Questions about Aqua were gradually filling up Kazuma's mind.

3/5*

Is she tired? Is she crying? Is she hurt?

4/5*

Is she mad? Is she frustrated?

5/5*

Does she hate... me?

Quest Complete *

"Hahh, hahh, hah"

Kazuma panted heavily, he was exhausted. Despite it being beginners mobs, but, why was he tearing up?

"Huh?"

Kazuma panicked, just a little. After a while, he came to the conclusion that it was just sweat, just sweat... right?

He returned to the guild, calmed down, and got a drink.

"Phew, that was exhausting" Kazuma said, taking a sip from his large glass of beer.

"What was?", That voice, a chill ran down his back.

"M-megumin?!", It was Megumin, wearing her usual getup.

"What're you doing here?" Kazuma asked, as he put down his half empty glass on the table.

"Looking for Aqua, have you seen her?" Megumin's eyes were darting around the guild, probably looking for a certain blue haired person.

"Nope, I've been questing, no clue." Kazuma said, nearly falling of his chair after attempting to lean back.

Megumin stomped on Kazuma's foot with as much force as possible.

"Gah- Oi! What'd you do that for?"

Megumin raised her tone "Could you atleast try!?" And stormed out of the guild.

Kazuma pondered for a minute, and continued to drink, "I guess I should."

After finishing his drink, Kazuma left the guild, more questions passed his mind, but he was too tired to care.

It was evening, however, on his way back, he passed by a few places where he thought Aqua could be, it was atleast worth a shot.

Kazuma walked down a familiar street, cracked walls, debris all over the place, and a familiar unfinished building with currently only its foundation on a large plot of land.

This was the place Aqua and Kazuma got their first job.

"If Aqua needs money, she would probably be here"

Entering the site with a bit of caution, he was greeted by a familiar face.

"Ey! Its Kazuma! Kazuma!" A big muscular man approached him, sweating all the way down.

"Hey, long time no see boss!", He was Kazuma's former boss, the leader of this group of workers.

"You don't have to be so formal now! Im not your boss anymore!" He put Kazuma in a chokehold like stance, Kazuma never really understood this, but apparently this is what friends do when they meet.

"Le- g- o p-leas-e" Kazuma, trying to gasp for air in between the gaps of time where the arm is not crushing his organs brutally.

The muscular man released his hold, " So, what brings you here?"

"Ah yes, about that, has Aqua been here recently?"

"Oh, her? Nah, haven't seen 'er in ages. Bring her here sometime! I'll treat you all!"

'Shes hasn't been here?' Kazuma thought for sure she would come here.

However, he could think about that later, so Kazuma started to walk back to the street.

"Alright! Will do, don't go back on your word now!" Kazuma shouted as he walked away

A faint reply could be heard in the distance "You can count on it!"

Kazuma walked back to the mansion, mentally and physically exhausted. He hadn't been outside like that for a good while.

He walked down the hallways and opened the door to his room. He got on his bed and let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Man, what a tiring day." Kazuma rolled over, hugging one of his pillows, and still sleeping in his adventurer clothes.

However despite Kazuma being tired, he couldn't sleep. Something was bugging him.

..why wasn't Aqua there?

He was so sure, that Aqua would've visited atleast once. Did she really run? Was she really not kidding?

'Am I really missing.. this useless, good for nothing, goddess?'

Spending the last of his thoughts and energy, he dozed off. Finally.

Kazuma woke up to the same silence, he was missing a certain Idiot, an Idiot that broke the silence, an Idiot who messes everything up, an Idiot who drinks wine 24/7, and that Idiot was his first friend in this world, an Idiot who brought excitement to his adventure, the same idiot who he drew away.

However, Kazuma woke up with a different resolve today, he put on his gloves and changed to his spare set of clothes.

"It's time to find a certain Idiot!"

X——x—x—x——X

Kazuma walked down the district and went up to the guild. Might as well check the most obvious of places first.

"Oi Luna!" Kazuma walked up to the receptionist

The receptionist was stacking papers behind her. "Oh, Kazuma, here to take another quest?"

"Not this time, has Aqua been around here?"

"No, haven't seen her in a couple of days, she used to come everyday. I wonder what happened to her.."

Kazuma mumbled lightly, "Wish I knew that too."

"Huh?"

"Nothing, anyways, thanks Luna!"

Kazuma walked out of the guild,

"Hahh~ Of course she's not there."

After failing to find anything in the guild, Kazuma went to several other places. The blacksmith, several inns, different houses yet still no luck.

"Damnit, no luck, where'd that idiot run off to with no money!" Kazuma says, as he walks around, hungry and tired.

Its been several hours, and he hadn't ate, drank, nor rested yet, it was a little more than his unfit body would be able to handle.

Kazuma sighs, "I guess I should get something to drink."

Kazuma arrives at Wiz's shop, to get tea, minus the harassment from Aqua.

"K-kazuma?" Wiz clumsily hits her head on the shelf above her.

"Oi, Wiz, get me a cup of tea, Im dying here!."

Wiz picks up the box she dropped, "C-certainly!"

Kazuma sits and drops all of his weight on to the chair.

Kazuma loosens himself out of exhaustion, "Can this get any worse?"

"It seems something is troubling thou." A certain devil appeared from out the storage room holding a box labeled '90% off! Trash Items!'

"It really is quite frustrating Va-"

Wait...

Vanir! Thats it!

Kazuma jumped on his seat "Wait! Vanir!"

"Is thou calling moi?"

"Do you know where Aqua went?!"

Vanir stops and puts his finger on his chin, "Of course moi knows! Moi knows everything that happens in this town. But information is not cheap, moi has a shop to run."

Kazuma answers in a heartbeat "Ill buy twice your stock of usless items when I get back."

"Wise as always, that violent idiot went and ran over to the town of crazy axis cultists. Mmm, what was the name again? Ah! Alcanretia, thats where she went."

Kazuma ran out the door as quckly as he could, " Thanks Vanir! "

Vanir waved his hand " Pleasure doing buisness with you"

Meanwhile, Wiz came out of the back room, holding a cup of tea.

"Kazuma?"

The weather was not great, the rain was heavy and getting stringer by the minute.

He still had several hours of trip ahead of him, and he was still exhausted from earlier.

But he had to hurry,

Because that idiot is out in the rain with no money!

"Quick! Bring me to Alcanretia as fast as possible!" Kazuma looked frantic, wet, and desperate.

And the man understood quickly, the horses started moving the second he got in.

After Kazuma's breathing returned to normal, the man in the drivers seat asked.

"Why are you in such a hurry kid?"

Kazuma had only one reply,

"I need to pick up a certain idiot."

After an hour and a half of rigorous, high speed travel, he made it.

Kazuma dropped the money in the floor of the carriage and ran out immediately.

The rain was intense, Kazuma's bangs drooping before him, clothes getting heavier by the second.

Kazuma ran through every intersection, alleyway, street.

But outside of one small, closed cafe..

There was a drenched, certain blue haired idiot, crying her heart out.

"Aqua!" Kazuma screamed, running towards her.

Aqua looked up immediately, she was a mess,

She hadnt eaten, nor cleaned up for days. She was cold, the rain drenching her.

The loop in her hair crooked, her bangs drooping over the sides of her face, and the excessive amount of tears built up in her eyes.

She saw a blurry, but familiar face, running up to her.

"Kazuma?! What are you doi- ?!?!"

"Huh?" Aqua felt a pair of arms hug her, but it wasn't warm, it was cold like hers. She looked up to see a very familiar face, he was a mess too. He was drenched, and cold, his hair drooping down. His clothes were damaged, he clearly fell one too many times.

...But even so, it didn't feel discomforting, why?

The hug got tighter, Kazuma pulled Aqua closer to him.

"You idiot! What do you think your doing!"

Aqua returned the hug, and buried her head in his chest

"..Kazumahhh!!" Aqua cried, harder. "They wouldn't believe that I was Aqua! They kicked me out! *sniff, I'm so tired.. I'm sorry! Take me back! I won't run again! *sniff."

"It's okay.." Kazuma loosened his grip, and nestled one of his hands on her buried head, "You're going to be alright."

Aqua looked up at Kazuma, still as teary as ever. "Promise?"

Kazuma stood up and held his hand out on the fallen Aqua,

"Promise"