For a few blocks, the girls maintained the illusion that Azusa's organs were not failing, so that any passersby wouldn't be alarmed. It was still a brilliant day, and the area around Yui's house was clean and pleasant. Eventually they reached the park and were able to rest Azusa on a bench. Along the way, Mugi was pointing out UFOs in the sky, and aliens that she saw going down peoples' chimneys.

"You know guys, I actually was a little worried that that plan wouldn't work. Good thing Yui's mom is a retard." Ritsu said.

"Um…Yeah." Yui said.

"All right. Yui, you know where the hospital is?"

"Yeah it's not too far. And I'm sure the staff will treat her faster if we tell them what she took and everything that happened today. They know that what we had is really dangerous."

Mio forced herself to speak out: "W-w-wait… Won't they call our p-parents? Or the p-police? This stuff is ille-ille-ille…"

"Well, my dad doesn't really care. He's hella chill, I can do whatever I want most of the time. Some months he doesn't even come home 'cause he knows I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, and I could tell my mom it was a wrong number." Said Yui.

Mugi didn't have much of a problem either. She looked over to say something, but she was in the middle of eating the grass so her words came out muffled. She got her point across regardless.

"See? It's no big deal if they tell our parents." Ritsu gave her assurance.

"B-but my dad… Y-yesterday he pressed my arm with a c-c-clothesiron… He said next time I'd have to spend a week in the b-basement again…"

"Mio don't be such a pussy."

Mio's gaze turned away and her eyes widened. "NOT THE BASEMENT DADDY! NO! AAAHHH!"

Ritsu sighed. "Christ Mio… Everything has to be all about you, doesn't it? Fine. I know a guy who can help us out. He knows all about this kind of stuff. One time, I took this girl to a burger joint, but she just had to go and snort a line of coke right there, and when she OD'd we took her to his house and he just stuck her chest with a needle or something, no problem."

"Umm…No…" Yui began, "that was a movie. We watched it last week….remember?"

"What? C'mon, you don't remember him? The white guy with the robe and sandals, he – oh. Wait. Shit…"

Mio was in a panic now "What are we gonna dooo? You guuyyys… It's d-dark in the basement, and I don't get to eat anything f-for a weeeeek!"

"Don't worry Mio, I'm sure Ritsu will have another awesome plan" Yui patted Mio's shoulder.

"You're damn right I will. In fact, I've got it already."

Yui concentrated herself, ready to take in some complex instructions. "All right. What do you want us to do?"

"Well, first I'm going to need a piece of paper. Anyone have some paper and a pencil?"

"Righthererighthere! H-h-h-here's a paper!" Mio pulled the items from her backpack.

"Perfect!" Ritsu wrote some words down, then placed the paper firmly into Azusa's shirt, making sure that the words were reasonably visible.

"Now, let's go back to Yui's place."

"Um, Ritsu… So what exactly is the plan you have?"

"Why it's elementary, Yui. We will leave Azusa here, then go back to your house."

"Okay, and what happens next?"

"Well, I reason that that is the best place to go, because your mom is making a nice, filling tomato soup. This will allow us to eat free food before we leave."

"What about Azusa?"

"Don't worry. If we leave Azusa here, then nobody will know she was hanging out with us, and we will not be liable."

Yui and Mio looked at eachother. They both looked over to Mugi, who was now doing army rolls in the grass. Then they looked back at eachother, and finally they shared a mutual shrug.

As the sun began to go down and the evening settled in, the four girls went back to Yui's house to eat her mother's tomato soup inside of the warm, air-conditioned home. They had a good time together, and when it got dark they all went back to their own houses.

A few days later, the four of them were in the clubroom, hanging out and pouring tea onto eachothers' skin for amusement. As the girls laughed and enjoyed eachothers' company, their good friend Azusa walked in.

Ritsu paused, the teacup in her hand still hanging over Yui's thigh. She straightened and walked over to Azusa. "Hey, Azusa! Great to see you!"

"Hi, Azu-nyan! We're so happy you are here today to hang out with us!" Yui smiled.

Azusa glared at them. "You… you left me on that bench, didn't you!" She shoved the note into Ritsu's face.

"Whoa girl what's up with you? We're your friends. I made totally sure that you were gonna be safe. There's no way I'd let anything bad happen to you."

"You're really fucking clever, aren't you. All you did was write "Do not rape" on a fucking piece of paper! Fuck, I should've listened to my mom she told me I had to stop hanging out with you guys. Let me tell you what happened to me. First I woke up inside of a van with four guys in it… I'm not even gonna begin to talk about what happened there… I managed to escape, and when I made it to the hospital the doctors had to pump my stomach. They said I was lucky to be alive. I don't know how any of the stuff they said I was on got into my body, and now, on top of all that, I'm being charged with illicit drug use! All I can remember is Ritsu giving me some cookies, but I'm sure you put some weird shit in there! Goddammit Ritsuu!"

Azusa, unfortunately, left the band for a while after that. The girls, especially Ritsu, were saddened that Azusa wouldn't be hanging out with them for so long. They always loved having her around, and their adventures wouldn't be quite the same without her.