This is a short story on what happens 1 year after the final battle. Maron and the others are about to finish high school and Maron truly belongs to a warm and loving family.
I will have an author's note at the bottom explaining what it is.
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It has been a year since Maron's parents returned home. The days of Maron risking her life to capture demons had long since been over. Maron did not mind it much because she had learned that she is strong, she did not need to pretend to be anything anymore. She may have been the reincarnation Eve but she is one hundred percent Maron Kusakabe. Ever since Maron's parents remarried they have made it a point to not take any more jobs that would tare them away from their daughter. Both of them felt that they were away for far too long from their sweet daughter and nothing is worth keeping them away from her now. Finally Maron felt the love of her parents that she had never felt growing up. The only one who seemed a little bugged at the point that Maron spent so much time with her parents is Chiaki he hated to share her, but he understood that it was truly time for his beloved goddess to build a relationship with her family. It was only one week until they finished high school; the exams had been taking their toll. Maron was feeling stretched between all of the studying, her gymnastics, and with no spare time at all to spend with her boyfriend Maron's temper began to grow short. She could not wait until classes were over.
Pakkyaramao-Sensei Maron's homeroom teacher and gymnastics coach has been running Maron ragged trying to turn Maron into the next Keiko Ikeda.
While Maron loved gymnastics there is a limit to everything. The only peace in her life right now was the study time she spent with Chiaki in his apartment. Chiaki would love to quiz her on Math and reward her if she got the problems right. One day when Chiaki picked Maron up from practice, she was in such a fowl mood. Pakkyaramao-Sensei had kept her behind once again to practice "The Rising Star of Japan must be sure to hit a perfect forty five degree angle, damusu." Maron's legs ached from holding herself in pose for hours on end. She could barely make it to the elevator before she nearly collapsed on the floor. Chiaki watched his petite girlfriend struggle to hold herself up until he couldn't bare to watch it any further. He would risk her getting mad at him; he knew all to well that she could not stand public affection. Chiaki picked Maron up and proceeded to carry her the rest of the way to his apartment. Maron of course struggled but she soon gave up because she was that tired. Once in Chiaki's apartment Chiaki carefully sat his love on the couch. He went to the kitchen and put a kettle of water on the stove so Maron could have a nice relaxing cup of tea before they started studying.
Maron was in no mood for studying all she wanted to do was sit there and relax, but Chiaki would have none of that. "Maron if you do not study you are going to fail and be held back a year of school, do you really want that?" Chiaki tried to reason with her. Maron knew what Chiaki said was true but it still put Maron in a very sour mood. "Yeah, yeah." She grumbled and very angrily pulled out her note books and opened the book that said Trigonometry. She mumbled to herself "I don't see where the hell I am going to use this." Chiaki did nothing but smile and shake his head. "Maron what flavor of tea would you like? I have orange, lemon, or vanilla." Maron's cat ears perked up "Did you say orange?" Chiaki gave a nervous laugh "yeah". Maron rose in her seat and proclaimed that she will have orange. 'She is so cute when she is distracted. I could sit here and watch her like this forever.' Chiaki gave Maron a flirty smile. Maron lunged for the cup of tea but she was thwarted by her formal rival. Maron rolled her eyes "Mou, Chiaki give me my tea please." Chiaki shook his head and grinned. "Not without my reward." He brought his cheek close to her. Maron mumbled "I don't know why I put up with you. Chiaki, you can make me so mad at times." Chiaki grabbed Maron and pinned her to the couch. "MARON I love! Don't be mad at me." With that Chiaki kissed her as passionately as he could. Maron tried to fight him but, she knew that she had already lost and soon surrendered to the kiss. When he finally released her from the kiss Maron sighed, "I don't know what I am going to do with you." She caressed his cheek.
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Author's note: Keiko Ikeda was the only Japanese female gymnast to have won a World Championship's gold medal; Keiko Ikeda competed internationally for 12 years