Honoka was asked to do some grocery shopping. Her mom gave her a list of the items that they needed. Honoka took the list and rushed off to the grocery store. She was looking for all the items on the list. Honoka was in the vegetable. Honoka smelled something really nasty. She held her nose to block out the smell. She looked over to see what the source of the bad smell was. She found the source and saw that it was garlic.
"G-g-garlic?!" Honoka said out loud
Honoka got out of there as quick as possible so she could get away from the garlic smell. Once she felt that she was far away from the garlic she let go of her nose. She didn't smell the garlic anymore and she gave a huge sigh of relief.
"The only thing I hate more than red bean paste is garlic" Honoka said
Honoka was able to finish the shopping and left the store with a bag full of groceries in her hand. She made it back home. She received a thank you from her mother. Honoka went back into to town to look at other things that were being sold.
"Honoka? Is that you?" A voice called out from behind her
Honoka turned around and saw that it was Kotori.
"Oh hi Kotori, what are you doing here?" Honoka asked
"I'm just taking a look around town to see what's being sold" Kotori said
"What a coincidence I'm doing the same thing. Let's go together" Honoka said
"Sure, I'd be happy to" Kotori said
The girls were looking around and saw a lot of food stands. Kotori was looking at an garlic.
"Wow! This garlic looks pretty good doesn't it Honoka?" Kotori asked
Kotori looked back Honoka and saw that she was holding her nose. Kotori was confused, was there something in the air that smelled really bad? She took a whiff of the air and found it normal.
"Honoka what smells bad?" Kotori asked
"It's the garlic" Honoka said
"The garlic?" Kotori asked
"Yes the one thing that I hate more than red bean paste is garlic" Honoka said
"The one thing that Honoka hates more than anything else is garlic. I have to remember" Kotori thought
They decided to move one to a different area. They saw another stand that was selling bread and Kotori ran up to it to take a look.
"Look Honoka it's some bread. I'm sure you'll like some of this" Kotori said
Kotori looked back and saw that Honoka was holding her nose again.
"What's wrong now Honoka?" Kotori asked
"That's garlic bread Kotori" Honoka said
Kotori took a closer look and saw that it was garlic bread. Kotori realized that Honoka hated all forms of garlic, even food with garlic as an ingredient. They moved on to another part of town. Honoka plugged up her nose again because she could smell some more garlic nearby. She saw that there was a restaurant that sold garlic soup. Honoka ran away, leaving Kotori behind. Kotori ran after her and she tried really hard to catch up to her. Kotori looked around and saw that she had lost sight of Honoka.
"Where did she go?" Kotori asked
Honoka was still running and bumped into someone. She looked and saw that she ran into Umi.
"You should really look where you're going Honoka" Umi said as she got up
"Sorry Umi, I was trying to get away from the smell of garlic" Honoka said as she got up too
"That's understandable since vampires like us really hate garlic" Umi said
Honoka and Umi decided to look around. The whiff of more garlic caught both of them by a surprise. They held their noses so they wouldn't have to smell anymore garlic.
"What's with all the garlic? Is it garlic season or something?" Umi said in an irritating voice
"Let's get out of here! There's got be a garlic free area somewhere around here" Honoka said
Umi nodded and both vampires dashed off in a random direction. Both of them ran into something. They looked up and saw that they had run into Nozomi and Nico.
"Watch where you're going!" Nico said
"It was just an accident Nico. Besides I get the feeling they were running from something that made them feel very uncomfortable" Nozomi said
"We were trying to get away from the smell of garlic" Umi said
"Garlic is really gross" Honoka said
"I agree, garlic is really disgusting!" Nico said
"That's right, the only food we can't tolerate is garlic" Nozomi said
They heard a sizzling sound coming from a nearby grill. But what really got them was the really terrible smell that was coming from the grill. They saw that garlic was on the grill. The four of them ran away to get away from the garlic smell. After running for a while they stopped to catch their breaths.
"Why is there garlic everywhere we go?!" Nico said
"We need to leave right now" Nozomi said in a serious tone
Kotori was looking for Honoka everywhere but she couldn't find her anywhere. She saw Honoka ahead she ran ahead to meet her but she saw that she was not alone. Honoka was with Umi, Nico and Nozomi. Kotori still went and greeted them.
"There you are Honoka, please don't run off like that" Kotori said
The four girls turned around and saw Kotori.
"Sorry Kotori I can't stand garlic. Even the smell of garlic makes me want to throw up" Honoka said
"Well I found out that there's a type of garlic festival that's going on around town" Kotori said
The four vampires widened their eyes when they hear what Kotori had just said. There was a garlic festival all over the city. Now they really needed to get out of here before they pass out from the bad smell. Kotori was looking at the four girls and was confused. She understood Honoka's reaction to the news but she didn't understand the other three girls' reaction. Another garlic smell came into the area that they were in. The four vampires plugged their noses immediately.
"Don't tell me that all of you hate garlic" Kotori said
The four girls had tears in their eyes as well because the garlic smell was so intense.
"This is awful!" Nozomi said
"Make it stop!" Umi said
"This smell is really gross" Nico said
"My nose can't take it anymore!" Honoka said
Kotori couldn't believe that the four of them really hated garlic that much. Kotori decided that it was time go back home. She led the four girls away from the city that reeked of garlic. Once they were far enough to the point where the garlic smell wasn't even in the air anymore the four girls let go of their noses and breathed in and out a huge sigh relief.
"Thanks Kotori you're the best" Honoka said
"I'm very grateful that you got us out of there" Umi said
"Thank you so much Kotori the smell down there was just awful" Nico said
"Thank you for helping us" Nozomi said
Kotori blushed when she was being thanked so many times by the four girls. All of them decided to go back home and stay there for the rest of the day. Especially Honoka, Umi, Nico and Nozomi. They needed to learn when the garlic festival comes and how long it lasts so they can learn to avoid it.