The four boys were awake and wondering why Hoshi is still asleep.
"I guess she is just tired." Kenta suggested.
"Or maybe she is under the weather." Gazelle said calmly.
"Aliens may have abducted her and they want to use her magical abilities for evil!" Gingka shouted.
"I will check on her." Benkei said with slight annoyance at Gingkas' ridiculous comment.
Benkei opened the door slowly and saw Hoshi sat up on the bed. There was a purple object under the pillow.
"Good morning Master Benkei!" She chirped.
"Morning Hoshi, what is that under your pillow?" Benkei asked.
"Uh... it's nothing important." Hoshi replied nervously.
"Can I please see what it is?"Benkei asked politely.
"I don't want to show it to you or the others." Hoshi whispered.
Benkei lifted the pillow and saw a purple teddy bear-unicorn thing with glittery hair.
"Okay, Hoshi I mean this in a non-nasty way, but you should grow up a little and get rid of this teddy." Benkei said.
Hoshi started crying.
'Let go of the teddy that gave me company in those lonely times, as if.' She thought.
"Oh, don't cry Hoshi." Benkei said. Said statement made Hoshi even more upset.
Hoshi ran out of the room still crying.
"Hoshi what's wrong?" Gazelle asked.
"Benkei told me I should get rid of Kami." Hoshi cried.
Benkei slowly entered the room.
"Hmmm... sounds like someone may have forgotten about what a certain paragraphs' content on page 20 of ' The Way of The Magi'."Gazelle spoke with emphasis on the words 'someone', 'forgotten' and 'paragraphs' '.
Benkei picked up said book and flicked to page 20. He read it thoroughly and it said:
"Some Magi may develop an attachment to an object which can be almost anything they own and are often willing to go as far as risking their own lives for said object. They may refer to it as a 'Manaki Zenara' or 'treasured one'. He closed the book quickly with haste.
"Listen Hoshi, I didn't mean to make you cry, but I am worried that if anyone else in the village saw you they would make fun of you." Benkei said apologetically. She stopped crying.
"I think you will find that almost no one in this village would make fun of Hoshi, Benkei and the only one who I am certain will do that mocks almost everyone any way." Gazelle stated.
"Well, then let's go exploring after breakfast." Gingka said cheerfully.
LATER
The four boys and lady were causally walking along, but there was tension in the air.
"So where are we going?" Gingka asked.
"The Crystal runes, it is a ambient, soothing place." Gazelle replied.
"Boring!" Gingka shouted.
The forest was getting thicker and a fog rolled in.
"We should turn back and go somewhere else." Gazelle suggested.
"Which way is back?" Benkei asked while looking around.
"I have no idea because I can't see." Gazelle stated. Hoshi put her bag down.
"Okay, here goes, Whirlwind Technique!" Hoshi shouted as she waved her hands and mighty gust of wind blew the fog away.
Ryuga fell out of the tree.
"Hi Ryuga! Sorry about that, but Hoshi used a spell." Gazelle chirped.
"If she's worried about what happened the first time we met don't worry, 'cause luckily I don't hold grudges. Also the little Magi couldn't see I was in there." Ryuga said in his usual 'I am tough, but I could be nice if I wanted to, but for now I am not being kind' tone of voice.
Hoshis' bag tipped over and Kami was visible.
"Didn't know you had a teddy too, Hoshi and I know it can get lonely at times." Ryuga spoke sincerely as he got his orange dragon teddy out. Benkei and Gingka looked shocked.
"I guess I was wrong." Benkei said in a level-headed manner.
"Well, you learn something new every day." Kenta said.
Hoshi picked up Kami.
"I love you Kami!" Hoshi shouted cheerfully.
"I love you too, Hoshi." Kami replied.
Everyone apart from Hoshi screamed.
"Did that teddy just talk?!"Gingka yelled.
"Nope, I used my magic to enchant it to make it say what I want it to say." Hoshi laughed.
Everyone except Gazelle glared at Hoshi.
"Anyway I have three reasons why I am keeping Kami. One, it is of the few possessions I have since the attack on Valceona Village. Two, Kami is my Manaki Zenara. Three, as there are no other female members of our group; I need Kami to keep me company." Hoshi admitted.
"It's nearly sunset." Gazelle spoke loudly.