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This is kind of a post for random comment-sized fics. I'll be putting them in the comments and indexing them as needed.

Note that most of the Garo entries take place in a kind of High School AU set in the world of Kamen Rider Fourze. Yes, it's complicated. Some others take place in the Go-Busters universe.

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Garo Makai Senki, Leo doesn't want to stay at school

[estirose]

Apparently, my muse didn't want to cooperate with what I wanted, and gave me this instead.
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"What do you think you're doing?" My twin catches my shoulder. I'm heading out of school, because I just can't deal with being there any longer than I have to, absorbtion be damned. It's not like Engineering Club's meeting today, and I don't feel like fiddling around in the labs when it means that I'll get more magic.

Given how much trouble it's gotten me into, I'd rather ignore it.

He signs the second part, because Mio's there and it lets her participate. "You know you have to stay here and absorb magic. Do I have to find a way to shackle you to your worktable?"

"I can't deal with having magic right now." The answer is far more blunt than I'd like to admit. "I'm leaving."

I can defend myself, and Sigma and Mio if I need to. I actually have a fair amount of power, I just don't know how to use it very well. Marie-san has been trying to help, but she's a war mage and I'm interested in getting away from conflict, not get into it. Plus, while her Japanese has gotten stronger, it's sometimes hard to communicate with her.

Mother, at least, is pleased that we're getting along so well. I think she still hopes that Marie-san will decide to marry me.

But all of that's in the future. Right now, I have to convince my friend and my brother that I need to go home.

"You can, but I'll tell mom and dad." Sigma shakes his head. I'm pretty sure he's serious about the threat; my parents are adamant about me staying at school.

"We can stay with you," Mio adds. "Or I can ask Kaoru-san."

I don't like being pushed into this, but they're right. I have no choice. I should keep a good relationship with my parents before I'm pushed away because I'm a Mage. I'd rather not have bad memories of them.

"If you would...." I sigh. "If watching me tinker wouldn't bore you too much."

"We'll do whatever you need us to do," Sigma assures me. He's wearing his necklace, I can see, with whatever he thinks will protect him from becoming a Mage like me. From what we've put together, our bloodline is one of those that rarely produces mages, but apparently is vulnerable to some mystical stimuli that's present at school. So, it was less a case of if, more like when. It was just my luck that my talent erupted in the middle of a war that is above my power level.

Needless to say, we're not sharing this with our parents, because I'd like Sigma to be as normal as possible even if I can't be.

Mio is smiling at me. So is Sigma. Resigned, I head back in, them following, and hope that this is all worth it.