Okay, um, disclaimer:
The last 5000 characters or so (the stuff directly relating to Maki) is stuff that I had no idea about. When I write encounters like that, I just write. The other stuff I planned out and revised, to some extend. The last stuff with Maki I just wrote, and I just now posted. Enjoy.

Also, it's just 600 characters above 20,000 characters. That's complete coincidence, by the way.