"Ah!!!! I'm so bored!" The seventeen year old blonde whined as she set her head onto the table with her arms cushioning it.

"Uh!!" Uryu circled her head, "Uhh…Ulwuwika…"

Ulrika smiled and gently patted Uryu's head.

"Miss…if you're bored, why don't you play with me?" Pepperoni poked his head from the backroom of the shop excitedly, a goofy grin plastered on his face.

"What? Why should I? Stop slacking off and finish brewing the forest soup!"

Pepperoni pouted and went back in to the backroom.

Ulrika sighed, "Ugh, why aren't there any customers today? It's so boring…"

"Maybe, if you stop sulking and actually do something you wouldn't be so bored."

Ulrika's head shot up and turned towards the door, where a blue haired young man stood with a smirk.

"Huh?! Jerktown?! What are you doing here?"

Raze frowned, "So much for greeting customers with a smile."

Ulrika grinned, "Sorry, it came out wrong. What's up?" she stood up and walked closer to Raze, who just shrugged, "Well, I was in town and thought I'd see how you were doing." He patted her shoulder, "You haven't grown a bit."

She scowled, "Haha," she said sarcastically, "And your personality hasn't changed either it seems."

"Uh!! Wazawuxe!" Uryu landed on to his shoulder, smiling up at him.

He rubbed Uryu's head gently, "Good to see you too. You're getting used to the human language now huh?"

"Yeah!"

Ulrika pouted, "Hey! Since when were you two so friendly?" she pointed at Raze, slightly annoyed. "Anyways I'll let that 'not grown a bit' comment slide this time, only because you came to visit us."

"Uh! Uwuwika, don't be mean."

"Wha-what?! I wasn't being mean, I'm just-!"

Raze sighed, running his face across his face, "You're still as loud as ever I see…"

"Shut up! Look just…just sit over there okay? I'll get you something to drink."

She gestured towards the table she was occupying before and head towards the backroom, a scowl still plastered on her reddening face.

"Don't bother I'll be going soon."

"Soon. Not now right? Just sit down."

He shrugged (with difficulty, he had forgotten that Uryu was on his shoulder) and sat down at the table scanning around the small store. It was fairly big, enough to fit a few shelves, the counter and a few tables.

"We also run a café here too." Ulrika appeared behind him and placed two cups of warm tea on the table and a small bowl of soup for Uryu. "Here, Pepperoni made this."

Raze nodded his thanks, "A café? Is running a general store difficult in this area?"

Ulrika sighed, "I wouldn't say difficult, it's just…" Raze looked at her, waiting for her to continue, "Well…it's Chloe."

"Driving your customers away?" he chuckled.

"It's not funny! She's been spreading weird rumors about the store being cursed and stuff! Guess what else did?"

Raze cradled his chin in his hand, "Decided to have some fun at your expense?"

Ulrika nodded and huffed angrily, "She said she'll use one of her incantations to reel in some customers." She waved her hand angrily around the room, "You see any?"

Raze shook his head, "Why'd you let her in the first place?"

"I didn't! She did it without my permission!" she smacked her hand angrily at the table.

"Uh…scary…" Uryu looked up at Ulrika with wide eyes.

"Sorry…" she picked Uryu up and gave him a tight hug.

"UH!! It hurts!" She placed Uryu back on top of the table and turned back to face Raze, who stared at them with a raised eyebrow.

"So? How about you Raze? How's miss fancy pants?"

Raze paused for a moment before answering slowly. "Ah, well actually, I moved back with the old geezer. But the last time I heard from them was about a month ago. They seem to be doing fine…well, at least that's what Whim tells me."

Ulrika blinked, "Oh? You moved back with your grandfather? Why?"

Raze smiled, "Well, some things happened and-"

"OH NO MISS!!" Pepperoni thundered towards the three sitting at the table, arms flailing wildly, "It's terrible!"

Ulrika glared at him, "Did you drop the dragon horns into the Knowledge Soup again? If you did I'll ki-"

"No, the- and the- it's- a- it's!"

Ulrika stood up and grabbed his arm stilling him, "What. Happened."

Pepperoni paled, "Fire."

"WHAT?"

"The Sutakusu Weeds…they're all ruined, I accidently dropped them into the fire." Pepperoni nervously twiddled his fingers.

"Then replace it with Yubana fruits or Golden herbs!" she snapped angrily.

"We're all out."

"You have got to be joking! We need the Forest Soup done by tomorrow!"

"Sorry Miss, I'll go to the Millennium Forest right now!"

Ulrika grabbed his arm, "No, you stay. I'll go get them myself."

"What?! By yourself?! I can't let you do that Miss!" Pepperoni cried, alarmed.

Raze, who was watching the scene unfold, was quite amused. That is, until he felt the fairy-in-training stare at him.

"Mister! Please, can you go with Miss? It's not safe for a girl to go by herself to the Millennium Forest alone."

Ulrika scoffed, "Who do you think you're talking to, I can take on those monsters on my own."

Pepperoni simply ignored her and continued to beg Raze to accompany her.

"Ugh, fine. Why do I always get dragged into these messes?"

Ulrika rolled her eyes, "You agreed."

Raze ran his hand through his hair annoyed, "How far is it from here?"

Ulrika tapped her chin, "About two hours I think, we can get back using the Wings of Icarus." Raze looked at her incredulously. "You still have that? Aren't we supposed to return those after graduation?"

"Um…I forgot?"

Raze rolled his eyes, "Answering a question with a question? Way to lie."

Ulrika scowled and poked his chest annoyed, "Look. Let's just go now; the faster we get the Sutakusu Weeds, the faster you can go home alright?"

Raze sighed, "Yeah, I know. But…"

"Now what?" She scowled tapping her foot impatiently.

"When we get back, I want to talk to about something."

"Huh? Uh, sure?" she looked up at Raze, slightly confused.

He nodded and walked briskly out the door, "Come on."

"Hey wait up!" she turned to Pepperoni and Uryu, "Alright you two, I'm going now."

Pepperoni thumped his chest proudly, "Just leave everything to me!" Ulrika rolled her eyes.

"Bye-bye Uwuwika, Wazewuxe."

"See you guys later. Do not leave the soup unattended alright?" She waved and jogged out the store.