Chapter 1: Kogasa get invited!

The leafs are falling from the tree, it's hot day. Summer had already come to Gensokyo.

Many youkais are looking for anything to stay cool. Like dive into the lake and feel wet, sit under the darkness, or drink much water. It makes no difference to humans who are happy that they don't get attacked by youkais due to the heat of summer.

Rinnosuke Morichika sits outside of his antique shop, it's too hot to stay inside. "Hm, I don't think the summer would come so early... I should start to check the calendar from time to time."

"Rinnosuke! I find someone can keep us from get too hot!"

"Let me go, you baka!" fairy scream. A young youkai name by Tokiko catches an ice fairy which have named, Cirno.

"I catch Cirno! Can we use her to make our shop stay cooling and maybe more customers will come!" Rinnosuke only give Tokiko a weird stare. "Tokiko, if we allow it...customers will only stay our shop to get away from heat and end up buy nothing all at. "Cirno fighting to get away from Tokiko.

"But Rinnosuke! With Cirno's ice power, we can shave ice and sells to customers for high price!" Cirno turns to Tokiko. "WHAT!?"
Rinnosuke put his finger on his mouth and thinking. "Maybe it's could work, but only if Cirno agrees with it."

"NO! I REFUSE!" Cirno screams and to escape but Tokiko holds her. "Of course, I don't ask you to work for free. If you will kindly to stay and work for us, I will give you anything from my shop."

"NO... Huh? It's mean I don't have to pay?" Cirno put down her wings. "Only if you make shave ice for us."

Cirno cross her arms and think something. "I will work for you, if you give me that weird thing that make cold winds!"

"Do you mean fan?" Rinnosuke get out a big blue fan from his pocket. Cirno shake her head.
"No, not that one! I want fan that make much noise!" "Ah! I knew what you want." Rinnosuke go in his shop and come out with a box with fan inside.

"What you ask is called fan machine. I have many kinds of fan machine but this is better for you, it's not need electric. You only need turn on and fan will do rest."

"Yes! Oh, one more thing... I want some mochi ice cream for my friends too!" Cirno smiles. "Okay, we have a deal. You can have fan machine and mochi ice cream for you and your friends. Will you be kind make box-size ices for us?"

Cirno put her hands together and cast the spell at ground, the boxes of ice slowing being made one by one.

"Good, good, good! We will be rich if we keep up!" Tokiko jumping up and down in excited. "Reminder me, are we have anything syrups flavors for shave ice?" Rinnosuke ask Tokiko. "Yes, we had syrups flavors in our back side! I will go there now!" Tokiko run back to shop.

"Make sure throw away syrups that pasts the date! I don't want anyone gets sick!" Rinnosuke shout to make sure Tokiko heard him. "I heard you!" she shouts back. Rinnosuke sighs, turn back to Cirno. She makes 10 box-size ices.

"Cirno, it's enough ice for now. I want you to keep them from melt down until I ask you to stop." Cirno nods and cast spell at sky, she made a small cloud that fall snow around box-size ice. "It's good?" Cirno ask. "Yes, it's good. Make it stay same way." Rinnosuke walking to his chair and sit down. "Maybe I could ask Aya to make news about us...but it's going cost us. Well, I will ask Tokiko to spent rumors..."

"Hello, Rinnosuke. Look like you find way to earn more money." a young woman with blue umbrella walk to him. "Hello, Mrs. Hikko. How are your health?" Rinnosuke bows to Mrs. Hikko.

"Thank you for ask me. Unfortunately, my health get worse each day and my doctor recommend me to go hospital which I will get better from my sickness. But..."
"Your six children disagrees with you?" Rinnosuke knew Mrs. Hikko had six children and their father is no longer with them.

"Yes. Even my oldest children is disagreed. But they have no idea how poor health I am. It's sickness which cause my skin become weak if I let sun ray touch my skin." Mrs. Hikko sighs "I have to go to hospital, but I can't leave them alone. I need find someone can be caretaker until I return."

"Don't worry. I am sure you will find one." Rinnosuke smiles. "Thank you, you always kind to everyone. Oh! I almost forget, I am here for my medicine."

"I have your medicine ready, please wait here. I will get it for you." Rinnosuke turns and walk to his shop.

Mrs. Hikko and Cirno are only people outside now. "Hey! You are live in forest where many youkai that eat humans? Don't it's kind dangerous to live that area?" Cirno asks, Mrs. Hikko giggle in return.

"I am just mother of six children live between forest and lake. Youkais always nice to me and they don't cause many problems."

"Six children? Don't it's bit too much?" Cirno curious.
"Like my husband said, More children, More merry!"

Rinnosuke returns with a medicine in his hand. "Doctor said make sure use it on your upper body only three time for all today day."

"Thank you, what is your name little fairy?" Mrs. Hikko ask Cirno.

"Cirno! Eye'm the strongest" Cirno proudly. "Cirno...it's match your personal, if you have time, you can come my house and play with my children. You can bring your friends if they want to."

"Okay! But I am working now, maybe I will come tomorrow because you look very nice human!" Cirno returns what she does.

"I see, good luck. Farewell, Rinnosuke, soon as I find caretaker and I will leave in my children in caretaker's hand." Mrs. Hikko take her medicine from Rinnosuke.

"Also we start to selling shaved ice. Please tell someone about it, okay?"

Young Lady nods, "If I meet someone on my way, I will let them knew about your shaved ice!" she bows and walking down the past. "I hope she gets better soon." Rinnosuke said to himself.

"Rinnosuke, Good News! We have enough syrups for many people! But I also have bad news too." Tokiko peep out from inside shop. "What's bad news?" He asks. "All of them are freeze."

"What? It's impossible, I put them in...oh." He then remembers; he put them in freezer box long ago. Now they all end up become freeze.d

"I guess we have no choice but put them on heater and wait for all melt down..."

A young girl with two different color of eyes, one is blue and other one is red. She holds her not-so-normal purple umbrella, it's have one eye and tongue out of mouth. She is karakasa name by Kogasa Tatara and her job is surprise humans together, she not very scary or very good at her job.

Kogasa always tried to scared humans, but they react her same: not so surprise. But most humans fakes being surprised to get away from her or make her happy.

Kogasa never stay same place for long time because she would find out humans in that area don't surprise all at. She flying or walking all over the land, hope find better area to surprise human and training so hard.

Today is her day to try out the area she finds which she thinks good to surprise people.

She hides in hall of leafs, her plan is when someone walking near leafs where she hid, she will jump out and says "Boo!" pretty easy, right?

Ha~ I hope someone will come! I had been triaing myself, I think my skill is impoving! Kogasa giggles. "Ah, someone is come!" Kogasa ducks her head inside leafs. She watches though the hole, she sees young lady with umbrella. Look I get the good target! Kogasa smiles and tighter her umbrella, ready to jump out.

Young lady become close, closer, and closest to Kogasa.

Here I am come!

Kogasa jump out of leafs and lands with right leg.

"Boooooo~Boo!" Kogasa sticking out her tongue at young woman. Young woman look at her, confused. Kogasa look at her, her tongue still sticking out. Young woman sudden laughing. "Your funny face make me laughing!"

Kogasa fall on her knee on ground in despair. "Huh? What's wrong? Are you okay?" young woman ask. "No... I just failed on my job." Kogasa start to drop tears. "I hope I think I get better at surprise people... I didn't get better!"

Young woman reach her with her hand. "No, you already surprise me with your funny face! Get up, you can't let your pretty clothes get dirty!" Kogasa look up, surprised!

"You REALLY mean it?"

"Yes, I mean it." Kogasa look at her hand, then her face. Her skin is very pale, it's remind her of show, she hopes young woman is not Yuki-onna, snow woman.

"Don't be shy and grab my hand." young woman smiles.

Kogasa nods, grabbed her hand and get stand. "My name is Hikko, but you can call me Mrs. Hikko or just Hikko."

"Uh, are you Yuki-onna?" Kogasa going take risk to ask that question. Mrs. Hikko laughs, "My heavens! If I am Yuki-onna, I would don't be here! You must have many images in your head." Kogasa rubbing her head in embarrass. "S-Sorry! Your skin is like snow colors." Kogasa bows. "You have very fine umbrella, is it piece of you?" Mrs. Hikko look at Kogasa's umbrella. "Yes, it's belong to me like body. I would become panic if I lost my umbrella..."

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Kogasa's face become red. "SORRY! I don't eat anything all day, I hide here for hours and I forget to eat something!"

Mrs. Hikko gasps. "Oh, you poor girl. Why don't come with me? We have dinner there and it's enough for one more person." Kogasa surprises again. "But..."

"It's fine, youkai are people too. Come on let's get going!" Mrs. Hikko grabbed Kogasa's hand and walking on the path. "N-N-No thank! I have food at..." Kogasa attempt to unhand.

"Come, I not have guests for long time. I invited some youkais to come my house too. Don't you would rather eat cold and hard foods when we have warm and soft foods?" Mrs. Hikko smiles again.

Kogasa feel bit weird to get invites to human's house even she only knows her few minutes. She doesn't good at make friends, it's her first time to see someone want to befriend with her.

"If it's okay with them, I guess it's good to be social with others." Kogasa smile. Kogasa and Mrs. Hikko walking on the path to Mrs. Hikko's house as sun set down.

Hello! B2679's here, I always want to write about Kogasa as caretaker of children for long time when I find out that Kogasa take job as nanny.

In the case, I want to let you knew anyone who follow my another fanfiction: Nanami's Date, don't worry I still working on it!

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Well, see ya later!