Miyuki and Tsukasa finished their talk and their milkshakes before parting ways, driving back to their respective homes with the agreement that Miyuki would tap into her Millennium forces and magically translocate herself to Tsukasa's home in a beam of light.
At the Hiiragi house, Tsukasa had just parked in her driveway, shut off her car and pulled the key from the ignition. She looked into her rear-view mirror. Behind the back bumper of Tsukasa's car, Miyuki's beam of light came down. The light beam emitted a single blinding flash, and there stood Miyuki, adjusting her large glasses as she waved at Tsukasa through the back window.
"That was fast, Yuki-chan," said Tsukasa, climbing out of her car. She tested her own Millennium power by conjuring a ball of light no larger than a softball with her mind. The ball of light floated in a little circle before pushing itself against Tsukasa's car door. The door swung shut, and the light disappeared. "Why did you want to come here, though?"
"Because for the last hour I could sense the presence of something eternal hiding in the sky over this location. It could only be the Century. Before we go, I wanted to put your parents to sleep."
"Um..."
"It's a harmless spell. I promise, it won't hurt them in any way, and it won't disrupt their sleep patterns. It'll help keep them from missing you when we go to the sky."
Miyuki disappeared, leaving tiny golden sprinkles of light to float down where she stood a second before. Tsukasa could sense Miyuki's aura coming from inside the Hiiragi household. Holding her breath, Tsukasa focused her power and performed the same trick, beaming herself up through a supernatural shaft of light.
Inside the house, where multiple fans were set in place to provide cool air flow and circulation, an act of defiance against the summer heat, Tsukasa came down from a pillar of silver light in the living room. Miyuki was in the kitchen. The delicious smell of lunch hung in the air throughout the household.
By the time Tsukasa stepped into the kitchen, Miyuki was already holding Tsukasa's unconscious parents, keeping them off the floor. Miyuki's Millennium powers included superhuman strength; effortlessly, she was hauling the Hiiragis under her arms like a couple of potato sacks.
"I'm sorry, Tsukasa-san. They won't remember seeing me when they wake up in an hour."
Tsukasa put her hand to her mouth and made a noise.
"Don't worry," Miyuki assured Tsukasa as she walked past her with the peacefully slumbering Hiiragis draped over her shoulders. "I call the spell MIS: Millennially Induced Stasis. I learned it from one of the stars some time ago, and I've used it on my mom plenty of times. It's to keep our loved ones from finding out about us."
She carried Tsukasa's parents to their bedroom. Tsukasa followed and watched as Miyuki set Tsukasa's father and mother down on the bed next to each other. Now hands free, Miyuki said, "I made sure the food they were cooking won't burn. Let's go, Tsukasa-san. The Century might be up there now. We have to stop it before it attacks anyone else."