I'm glad you're enjoying the story thus far.

The next chapter is up now! 44 is out and I'm getting really close to 50 and not realizing it. Though I was also saying that I would probably get to around 50 before the big important point in the whole arc hit. So I guess I'm hitting on the money for an estimate. Which is actually a little unusual since I usually guess really poorly when it comes to something I have to do.

Anyway, this chapter is sort of split between action and drama. Mmm tasty acti-rama. >.>; Anyway, the whole fight takes place in this chapter which I was not really planning to be long to begin with. This a more heavy character arc for development, so the action was not completely necessary to be long.

The fun parts were with Chiharu, oh and Haruo did show up but for less time than I was thinking. I finally got to shade in Chiharu some with some different emotions and a very brief flashback. Saki and Chiharu spend a lot of time together in this arc, so I guess it is not really a surprise that are together more. The last part of the chapter actually started to get to me as I was writing it. I'm very easy on the emotions, so I guess its no surprise I got pulled in.

I had planned on finishing the sub-arc with this chapter, but the ending I left it with had such a great image in my mind that it would have been a really kill to the mood to tidy everything up in half a page or something. I can so easily picture the scene on the last page being so very dramatic. ^^;

Enjoy!