Sunako was singing her favourite disgusting song when she saw a group of bats fly above her.
She was awed at the sight. Somehow, the bats seemed to respond to her singing – screaming to the tune of her song. Sunako continued to sing as she walked in the woods with the bats following her.
She then heard a voice of someone crying… a cute voice coming from a bush nearby.
She knelt down at the bush and found a boy wearing a white and fluffy costume and a pair of white fluffy rabbit ears.
The boy calmed down and looked at her in his wet and cuddly eyes. Sunako stared at him. Her nose suddenly bled. "A dazzling creature… too bright…" she screamed.
The boy started to cry once more."Scary! Scary!"
Sunako pulled herself together and looked at the boy once more. "Yuki-kun?"
The boy calmed down and looked at her once more but in his jolly eyes. "You know me?"
"Of course I know you…"
"Oh thank you! Thank you! I thought I wouldn't see anyone who knows me and who would help me. Wait! You won't eat me, would you?"
"Uh…No, why would I..."
"Good! Then you will help me, won't you? Won't you?"
"Uh… Okay. What's the problem?"
Yuki started to sob once more. He pointed on his right foot. "It hurts…"
Sunako noticed a big rose thorn pierced on his foot. She felt excited thinking that the wound would spill blood. She immediately pulled it off. Unfortunately, the wound didn't bleed. She stared at it disappointedly.
"Oh thank you! Thank you!" said Yuki cheerfully. "By the way, why are you out here in the woods?"
"Sayuri-san ordered me to get some flowers for the vase in the dining table."
"Ooh…" Yuki then smiled. "If you take me with you, I'll help you. I know a beautiful garden full of beautiful red roses! They would certainly satisfy your mistress."
"Okay."
Yuki then hopped beside Sunako.
"Uh… Yuki-kun, do you really have to hop?" asked Sunako.
"That's what the script said," he said smiling cutely at her.
They soon reached a garden of roses.
"Here, see? Will these do?" Yuki asked her.
"Yes, I guess they will. Thank you," Sunako answered.
"No, no. Thank you, for helping me. I'll be off now! Good bye!" And Yuki hopped away.
"Hmm… Why do I have a feeling that I'll be seeing even weirder things here? Oh well. I better cut some flowers before Sayuri-san gets mad at me again." She took her shears and cut a rose from one of the bushes.
"OI!" roared an angry voice from behind Sunako. "How DARE you take a rose from my garden?"
Sunako turned around to see who it was. She was blinded by a bright light. "Oh no… Is this another dazzling creature?" She cleared her vision and stared at the figure in front of her.
She screamed and bled her nose.
"Huh? What a scary and weird creature," said someone in front of her.
"You frightened her too much," another person said.
"She was stealing from me and besides… She looks really scary!" reasoned the person standing in front of her.
"She's still a she...probably," a third person said.
"Hmm… She looks like she's dead. Do we throw her into the pit now?" said the person in front of her.
"NO!" said the two other people.
Sunako opened her eyes and found herself in another dark room. She was in an old and worn out mansion. She slowly but excitedly walked out to take a look at the place.
"I say we throw her away…" said a voice coming from the dining room. It was the same voice that yelled at her earlier.
"No! Can't you see? She must have arrived here for a reason – to break the spell!" said another voice.
"Yes!" said another voice. "Then all will be back to as it was before! Me in the arms of my kittens…"
"No way," said the first voice. "I won't go back to that life. Don't you get fed up of always having to fix the gates and the backyard?"
"But my Noi-chi…" said the second voice.
"Nah! She's a pain in the ear," the yelling man muttered.
"Come on!" said the third voice. "Surely there is some part in you that wants to go back to our real state."
"Hmm… Nope. There's no part of me like that."
"Ugh… Such a wretched fate…"
Sunako peaked into the dining room. She saw three shining figures – the source of the voices.
The figures saw her too.
"Ah! You're awake!" said one of the three.
Sunako tried to look straight at them...but the light was blinding her. She shielded her eyes from the blinding light as she examined the figures to clearly see who they were.
"Is she… staring at us?" said one of the three people fearfully looking at her.
"Yes… I think so…"
"Do you think she'll eat us?"
"No…She's human – probably."
The person who yelled at her said nothing. He seemed to stare back at her.
He then stood up from his seat and walked toward her. He placed his face in front of hers.
Sunako saw him. She saw his beautiful face.
Blood burst out of her nose.
The blood splashed onto the man's glowing face. "ARGH!… How DARE YOU!" he said, raising his fist in anger.
"No, no, no," said the other two men as they held the yelling man from hurling a blow at Sunako.
Sunako gathered her strength and held her nose.
She looked at them again. "Ranmaru-kun, Takenaga-kun and Kyohei–kun …"
Ranmaru wore a candelabra costume while Takenaga wore a clock costume. Kyohei-kun on the other hand wore a tattered costume of a prince. Their beauty remained stunning despite their odd clothes.
"Please forgive his majesty," Ranmaru said. "He doesn't know what he's doing."
"Yes I do!" Kyohei defended.
"No you don't!"
"Are you alright?" Takenaga asked Sunako as she wiped the blood from her face. Kyohei was wiping the blood on his face with the back of his hand.
Sunako nodded.
"Leave this place," Kyohei said.
"Your majesty!" cried Ranmaru and Takenaga.
"She can break the spell," reasoned Ranmaru.
"I don't want the spell to be broken," Kyohei exclaimed.
"NO! Your majesty…" Ranmaru sobbed.
Takenaga smiled. "You're right. Breaking the spell will do us more harm."
"WHAT?" Ranmaru asked in shock. "What happened to 'but my Noi-chi'?"
Takenaga hurled his fist on the top of Ranmaru's head. "Shut up! I have a plan!" he whispered.
"Oh…"
"Hmm… So you realized it too," Kyohei said, looking at Takenaga with a wide smile on his face. "That's good."
"Yes, and so I agree that she should leave this place at once…"
"Okay," Sunako said, walking away in her plump miniature form.
"HEY! I'm not finished yet!" yelled Takenaga.
"Oh… Does that mean I shouldn't leave yet?" she innocently asked.
Takenaga sighed. "Alright, where was I? ...Yes she should leave… However, we have to consider the fact that she already saw you, your majesty."
Kyohei stared at Takenaga with his burning devil eyes.
"…Not only has she seen you, but she knows where you are. She can tell everyone outside about your existence here! What do you say, your majesty?" Takenaga said. "Do we let her stay or do we let her leave to reveal your location to the world?"
