After a few hours of rest at Kousuke's house, Amarissa was feeling much better even if she didn't quite look it. She had taken off her black jacket and leggings, leaving her in a long sleeve lavender shirt, with a short lavender, white, and black plaid skirt. Her clothes were wrinkled, her silver hair was tangled, and her makeup had smudged to into smoky eyes. Finding the bathroom, she managed to clean up somewhat and then headed back into the living to check on Kou. "We need to leave soon if we're going to go talk to my mother," she announced.

As Amarissa gets up she will suddenly feel a strong jolt of despair as a sudden scream pierces the pleasant silence. Kousuke sits up on the couch drenched in swear and holding his head, his eyes shifting in and out of focus.

A scream ripped through the air, shocking Amarissa and hurting her ears. Her eyes immediately went to Kousuke, surprise and worry heavy on her face as she realized he was drenched and his eyes appeared unfocused. Not wanting to scare him further, Amarissa slowly reached forward to grasp his hand. "Kou....It's Ama. Everything's ok, it was just bad dream," she says softly, not knowing of course how bad it was but simply wanting to calm him down. "Do you want to talk about?" Amarissa offered.

When Amarissa touches him Kousuke's eyes suddenly shoot up to meet hers, for possibly the first time since they had met Amarissa would see genuine fear in the boy. Without a word Kousuke reaches out and pulls Amarissa to him burying his face into her hair and rocking uneasily back and forth. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I'm sorry." he repeats several times. Whatever the dream was seeming to have shaken him considerably more than any usual dream.

After several minutes of apologizing and general uneasiness Kousuke calms down. He continues to embrace Amarissa as if to make sure she was real and as if he was afraid that he would suddenly lose her if he let go. As he holds her, Amarissa would be able to tell that Kousuke was strong, abnormally so, his knight powers gave him enhanced physical capabilities even when he wasn't transformed and despite the fact that he didn't mean to he was squeezing her very tightly.

Amarissa gasped as she was suddenly pulled down and into Kousuke. Her arms automatically went around to hold him and she stroked his hair as he rocked, clearly shaken and very afraid. It was the first time she'd ever seen him so scared and it worried her. "It's ok, It's ok. It was a dream, I'm here," she whispered, just loud enough for him to hear.

After several minutes, Kou seemed to calm down and Amarissa began to notice a few a things. Kousuke apparently had very well developed muscles, which was nice, but he was squeezing her pretty hard. Releasing her own hold first, Amarissa wiggled a bit. "What happened, Kousuke? Are you ok?," she asked first and then a moment later, "Um do you think maybe you could let up a bit, muscle man?" Amarissa smiled a bit, not wanting to admit that it was beginning to hurt a little.

Luna wakes up from the commotion, rubbing her eyes as she finds Kousuke seemingly distressed and squishing Amarissa., while Amarissa was weakly protesting the fact that her bones were quite possibly getting bruised. She watches the two, before hopping from where she was and approaching the two, pawing Kouske's back a little.

"Meow...what's going on?" she inquires, hoping that the second source of attention doesn't inadvertently leave the team minus a senshi when Amarissa's back pops.

As Kousuke calms down and he hears Ama telling him that he was hurting her he slowly loosens his grip. Before seperating he takes a breath and when he lets go of her there is a dopey smile on his face. "Hey now, what's the worried look for?" He asks her his usual bright and cheerful expression somewhat dampened by his puffy red eyes. I said I could be trusted with the world, as the ace I will carry it, I will be strong! He thinks to himself. This was no time to be worrying other people.

Kousuke gets to his feet and rolls his shoulders then looks over at Ama, his smile more convincing now. "You know if you wanted to come check on me in the night I always found the oversized dress shirt a particularly tempting outfit." he tells her trying to lighten the mood...it was true though. Though as he notices Luna he quirks an eyebrow. "What's up Luna?"

Then as if realizing something he scratches the back of his head as if embarrassed. "Alright, sorry for the scare, I had a pretty terrifying dream, it involved my mother and a Webster's dictionary...and a lot of pain...I think there might have been a dress in there somewhere too. Don't worry about it."

Amarissa breaths a small sigh of relief as Kou finally calms down and lets her go. His following behavior might have confused anyone else, but she knew him a bit by now and just rolled her eyes. "Because I came in here to wake you up and instead you're screaming. Then you proceed to try and turn me into Moon mush," she replied anyway, a slight smile despite her gently prodding her ribs to assess the damage.

Amarissa laughed at his suggestion of an oversized dress shirt. "I'm sorry, I didn't know and it would have been rude to go through your things without permission," she answers, half joking and half serious. Straightening her skirt out, she just listens as he describes his dream. Then she gives him a weird look. "That is the weirdest thing I've ever heard and I don't believe you," she tells him, "However, if you don't want to talk about it that's fine. It's getting late and surely my mother is wondering where I am," she finishes, a slight concern in her voice. At least she was caught up on her homework.

As Ama was clearly not buying Kousuke's story he lets out a sigh and holds up his hands. "Don't worry about it Ama, it's just a dream, I'll handle it. Sorry for worrying you." He says and then after another second breaks into a grin. "Well seeing as we are dating now, I'm totally fine if you want to borrow my cloths. I think there's probably a certain level of primal satisfaction for a guy when his attractive girlfriend wears his cloths." He admits, Kousuke was not a pervert, but he had certainly thought about what he would do if he ever got a girlfriend.

"Well, back on topic, how do you want to do the introduction to your mom?" Kousuke asks as he takes Ama's hand and leads her back up towards his room. "Also can we hold on for a sec? I need to get changed." he asks as he walks into his room and begins rifling through his drawers. Though the door doesn't entirely shut leaving it open slightly.

Amarissa nods, clearly understanding that he didn't want to talk about it. That was fine with her, she'd just keep an eye on him though just in case. She laughs though as he admits he likes the idea of her wearing his clothes. "I suppose. I've heard that women find it comforting and that it makes them happy. We could try that, I have to admit it sounds pleasing. Perhaps if you had a spare jacket or shirt?" she suggests.

A thoughtful look crosses her face as Kousuke asks how she wants this to go down. Thinking and not much paying attention, Amarissa allows him to pull her up, smoothing her skirt down absently with her other hand, and lead her back to his room. At which point he leaves her standing, somewhat awkwardly, in the hall. She nods as he mentions needing a change of clothes but notices that he leaves the door slightly open.

Or maybe he didn't and it was just an accident. And so for a good few minutes she had a mental conversation that went something like this: "Did he leave the door open on purpose? Does he want me to peek then? But what if he didn't? would he still like that or no? Does this make me a pervert for even considering such a thing?" With much back and forth on the subject until the calm, rational part of her brain reminded her that he had asked a question.

"Um, you know, I didn't think about that. Have you got any suggestions besides a standard 'Mom, this is my boyfriend Kousuke and by the way, we're secretly those vigilante teens that fight the Covenant'?" she asked making sure to raise her voice a bit so he could hear her through the door. Amarissa was still eyeing the open crack and wondering if he knew about and fighting with her natural and completely understandably curiosity. After all, he was a star athlete and the earth knight and she wondered if those muscles looked as strong as they felt earlier.

Finally, it gets the better of her and despite her honor and respect and hoping he won't notice or hate her if he does, Amarissa carefully pushed the door a little further. It would barely move but just enough to allow her to see him if he was standing in view.

As Ama agrees to try the whole wearing Kousuke's cloths thing he nearly falls over. As he catches his balance he holds out his hand and takes a deep breath. "No Ama, we'd better not do that now unless you need it. I don't think I could handle it." he tells her but the grin on his face says that he was by no means displeased with the idea, or that she'd agreed. As he leaves her outside he is totally unaware of the door being left slightly open and he proceeds to get dressed.

By the time Ama finally resolves herself to look it the door is pushed open with appropriately comedic timing leaving a fully dressed Kousuke staring at Ama. "You okay?" he asks her a slightly worried look on his face. He apparently didn't make the connection that was right in front of him.

"Well to be honest I don't have any better way of approaching your mom. I mean you know her better than me. Will the "by the way mom I'm a super hero work on her?" Kousuke asks with a slightly curious look.

Amarissa deadpanned as Kousuke caught her but apparently didn't realize what she was up to. In her mind, she sighed a bit in relief and disappointment both. "Yeah, I'm ok. I uh thought I saw something caught in your door. Anyway, yeah we can wait until whenever with the clothes. I didn't really mean right now, persay though I know I didn't make that clear," she agrees lightly.

Leaning against the door jamb, she crosses her arms over her chest and considers his suggestion. "Not really. I haven't given this much thought, so I guess we'll just have to go with plan A and hope she believes. Plan B is to provide backup evidence, by the way," she answers.

"Oh~? I guess I'm the one to transform this time." Kousuke says with a smile in reponse to Amarissa's plans. However his head perks up as he hears a surprisingly musical car horn and hears the screech of tires on ice that a car really shouldn't be able to screech on. As the motor turns off Kousuke grins a bit and heads down the stairs. Only one person could be THAT reckless.

As Kousuke opens the door to the outside a man in a white lab coat steps out of a large white SUV. he was a little over 6 foot and slim with sharp intelligent features. The light stubble on his face suggest that he probably hasn't shaved too recently, but also doesn't grow facial hair fast, and beneath the coat he is wearing a black turtle neck and dark blue jeans.

"Well well, Kousuke m'boy how are you doing?" the man asks giving a bright and upbeat smite that made him seem both younger and older than he looks.

Amarissa shrugged. "I was going to do it as a sort of tension breaking thing. Like, "but mom this outfit is awesome right?"," she answered, laughing a bit. Curiosity crossed her face as she hears the noise outside, and she moves to follow Kousuke downstairs. She stands off to the side and sort of behind the door, where she can see who it is but not really be seen. An odd habit long developed since childhood. The man looks like Kousuke and it's obvious to her who he was immediately. Suddenly, Amarissa was nervous all over again. She didn't say anything yet though as it wasn't her place and instead waited to be properly introduced, even if that included the girlfriend/super heroine status.

Upon seeing his father Kousuke steels himself for a repeat of what happened earlier that day...though knowing his father it wasn't very likely to happen. "Dad I have something to talk to you about." He says in a serious tone. As he takes a deep breath.

"Huh? What is it?" His father asks looking up as he lights a cigarette. Though he sputters and stops upon seeing Amarissa. "Oh no! Son, I've always told you a man stands by his actions. I'll help you, but you need to take responsibility!" Dan says as he sweeps past Kousuke grabbing his son's head and forcing him to bow to Amarissa. It wasn't that Dan was stronger than Kousuke, one look would say that Kousuke was stronger, but Dan seemed to have an air of experience that made him somewhat hard to contradict.

"I am sorry for what my son has done, but rest assured he will take full responsibility!" He says to Amarissa, clearly having misunderstood the situation. "Though, I will say that if my son was going to make a mistake like this I'm glad that he's chosen such a pretty and well demeanored girl to become my daughter in law." Dan says with a glint similar to Kousuke's when he was being flippant. After a few seconds Kousuke fights his way back up and says "Dad it's not like that! Well...it is, but..."

He takes a deep breath and says "Dad this is my girlfriend Amarissa, she's not pregnant and I haven't crossed any lines." He explains. "Listen Dad, what I need to tell you is that I'm one of the vigilantes that have been fighting against the youma that have been appearing in the city." Kousuke explains bracing himself for the reply.

"I know..." His father replies as he takes the cigarette out of his mouth and blows some smoke in the air, his lab coat blowing slightly in the wind.

"You what!?" Kousuke shouts in response.

"Who do you think covered up the fact that you left snow mobile parts at the fight with that snow youma?" He asks with a smile. "Don't worry, the authorities and military think the snow mobile had been missing for days. But be more careful in the future." He warns blowing out another puff of smoke.

"Wha...huh?" Kousuke was at a loss for words and turns to Ama for help.