Somewhere in the great skies above, far beyond our Earth and up into the galaxy, there exists a planet not much different than our own. On this planet live the Kumamimi, known for their cheerful personalities and cute round ears. In the middle of the central continent lies Kumamimi Castle. Someone very important lives there...

Our darling, much loved around the world... Queen Kumamimi! Every day, our pretty little Queen sits atop her pretty little castle, keeping a watchful eye over our pretty little planet. And of course, where would the Queen be without her loving family? Yes, Kumamimi Planet is a peaceful place... But as peaceful as it all is, the planet is about to get some unexpected visitors very soon...

"Um, Neal... Are you sure we're in the right place?"

Not far from Kumamimi Castle, two very tiny figures had landed. One of them was slightly taller than the other, and seemed to be wearing a blue suit that covered most of her body. She was somewhat dog-like in appearance, due to her long ears and round black nose. She seemed to have short red hair, and wore glasses. "I think we might have gone in circles," she said. "Nothing much looks different from before."

Much like the girl, the other figure seemed to be wearing a suit, except his was red. He had short black hair and large eyes, and on his head was an antenna, with the point shaped like a wing. "Don't worry about it!" He assured the girl. "That just means we're back home again, doesn't it?"

The girl continued looking around. Sure, this was a nice place and all, but she knew it wasn't her home. "Hang on..." Twitching her ears, she hovered upward into the air, trying to get a better look at the place. It wasn't long before something in the distance caught her eyes. "Hey, Neal!" She motioned for the boy to follow her. "I think I see something!"

Neal joined the girl in the air, looking in the direction she was pointing. "Hey, is that..." He could make out the shape of a castle, but...

"Look! It looks like a giant cake! Let's go check it out!" The girl declared, before darting off in the direction of the castle.

"Susumu, wait!" Neal called out, chasing after his friend. "We don't know if anyone lives there, or if they're even friendly!"

Susumu and Neal made their way up to the castle. Upon their arrival, however, Susumu was disappointed to see that the castle wasn't the giant cake she had made it out to be. What she did notice, though, was that one of the castle's windows seemed to be open. Hovering up to the window, she could see that there was someone inside. "Neal, come look!" Susumu motioned for her friend.

Looking inside the castle, Neal could see a purple haired woman in a pink dress. She was sitting at a table, and she seemed to have fallen asleep over some sort of book. The most interesting thing about her, though, was that while she looked human, she had a round pink nose and a pair of bear ears on top of her head!

"She must be the queen of this castle," Neal remarked. "She looks pretty harmless to me, though."

Susumu was a bit captivated by the bear woman. "Her dress is so pretty..." she sighed, before stepping through the window. "Come on, let's go meet her!"

"Hold on, not again!" Neal chased after his friend once more. "We should at least wait until she's awake!"

Queen Kumamimi was sleeping soundly at her desk. She had fallen asleep over the most recent issue of the O'Rangers comic book, her nose pressed right against an image of Clementin, purple hair strewn across the desk. Susumu tiptoed carefully across the desk. The last thing she wanted to do was wake up the Queen too violently. She paused a moment, hiding behind a cup of pencils. How could she do this as carefully as possible? "Excuse me," she whispered. "Miss... Can you hear me?"

Susumu took the Queen's continued snoring as a sign that she DIDN'T hear her. Alright. She'd just have to try something else then. She stepped out from the pencil cup and approached the Queen's face, trying not to make too much noise.

At that moment, however, Neal had caught up with Susumu. "Hey, wait!" he whispered, trying to catch up with his friend without making too much noise. However, on his way to Susumu, he ended up getting his feet tangled in the Queen's hair and tripping. This wouldn't have been too much of a problem... If he hadn't landed on the pencil cup, knocking it over and sending pencils clattering all over the desk.

"...Ahhh!" Suddenly, the Queen shot up in her chair, taking the comic book with her. Her nose had dried out while she was sleeping, causing the book to get stuck to her face. "Is... Someone talking to me?" She pulled the comic book off of her face, leaving a bit of orange ink behind on her face, then looked at the two Denpas on her desk. "Oh! Hello there. I've never seen a Kumamimi like you before."

Neal looked a bit confused. "Huh? We're not Kumamimi. We're Denpa people!"

Susumu, however, hung back a bit. "We're really sorry for waking you up, Miss!" she squeaked. "You're not... Gonna eat us or anything, are you?"

"Eh... Eat you?" Queen Kumamimi didn't even seem to like the idea of that. Her eyes widened and she shook her head. "Oh, stars, no!" She assured Susumu. "I don't know what a Denpa person is, but I can promise that Kumamimi don't eat them."

Upon hearing the Queen's words, Susumu relaxed a bit. "So you really are harmless then," she remarked.

"Uh-huh, I thought so!" Neal declared. "But, um... What's a Kumamimi anyway?"

Queen Kumamimi sat back down before she answered. "Well, let's see..." she began. "You've probably seen humans before, yes? Kumamimi are a lot like humans, but different. Kumamimi have cute round noses and those perfectly shaped ears." She flicked her ears slightly for effect. "And what about you two, then? What are Denpa people?"

"We're Denpa people!" Neal replied. "We're not really like humans or Kumamimi though. We're very small, and sometimes we like to be invisible."

"But when we want to be seen, you can usually see us flying around," Susumu added. "We all have different colors and different heads. Some of us have antennas like Neal here."

"Oh, yeah, we never introduced ourselves!" Neal suddenly remembered. "I'm Neal, and this is my friend Susumu."

"They call me The World's Darling," Queen Kumamimi said. "But I just like being called... Queen Kumamimi!" She looked at Susumu for a second. "Ah... if you don't mind, may I..." She very carefully reached a hand down to the tiny girl.

Susumu carefully stepped closer. "If you'd like to..." She carefully climbed into Queen Kumamimi's hand.

The Queen carefully lifted Susumu up, and started rubbing her head with one finger. Upon picking up Susumu, she found that her body wasn't covered by a suit, but instead by very fine blue hair. "You're really gentle, Miss," Susumu remarked. "Just sitting in your hand is making me feel like a melting chocolate bar."

Now that things had settled down a bit, Neal could relax too. "We're really sorry for breaking into your castle, Miss," he apologized. "You seem like you're really busy and all..."

Queen Kumamimi simply smiled down at Neal. "Oh, no, not at all!" she answered. "Actually, I don't really have much to do today myself. If you'd like to stay and wander the castle a bit I wouldn't mind."

Susumu seemed to be enjoying the attention she was receiving. "I wouldn't mind that at all either..."

Neal smiled. "Well, if you're really not busy," he said. "I don't think I'd mind staying for a while either."

Well, this certainly was an interesting turn of events, wasn't it? The strange visitors to Kumamimi Planet ended up being friendly after all, and now the Queen has made friends with them. But the day isn't over yet. For far beyond the Queen's castle, beyond even the planet itself, someone else was watching...