[[Author's Note: Yes, you are right. She didn't like the idea of being 'coupled' with a dead guy who she doesn't know, but she doesn't want Emily and Victor to be sad, since Emily reminds Anita of herself.

Also: how Victor memorized Bishamon's correct location? We'll never know.]]

You've lost to the rest, now you've lost to the best!

Oddly, the combination of metal and catgirls as a double-act seemed to be very great for the audience [which she suspected were frustrated teenage boys], so they were both much more successful than thought.

"Look, Anita!", Lei-Lei said to Anita one day. "Your idea has led to Felicia's charity booming!"
Anita seemed slightly disquieted by something, and she turned to Lei-Lei.
"We're in Hokkaido, right?"
"Yes."
"…so… this is it?"
Lei-Lei felt something tighten in her chest, which she interpreted as excitement.
"Yeah! After this, our souls can go to rest. It sucks living undead, you know."
Anita 's shoulders slumped.

"But… what about Cecil and I?"
"Well, you'll be adults one day! And until then, Raptor will take care of you two."
Mei-Ling hadn't talked to anyone, not even Lei-Lei, for quite some time.

Lei-Lei thought that Mei-Ling must be as excited as she was, and was too antsy to talk.

Mei-Ling would be proud, anyways, since she hated Raptor. And blood was thicker than water— wait, what? Lei-Lei and Raptor were in a business relationship. His perverted tendencies were merely caused by being so repressed [since he was from the Victorian Era, after all].

Wait, why was she thinking about that?

She needed to practice her lines!

In watching some performances, and memorizing the singing parts, Lei-Lei was more than prepared to take on the stage, cat-suit or not.

However, one couldn't blame her for being nervous; she had a walk-on role in front of thousands of people, with Mei-Ling so silent and nervous that she wouldn't be guidance.

She had Anita and Cecil's support, though, and that comforted her…

…slightly.

Lei-Lei would sing it over in her head, flip the paper over and sing it in her head, hide the paper and do it perfectly. Today was the night of the performance, and she was hyped. Tomorrow they would leave for Brisbane, and—

No, no. Mission comes first.

Later on in the flight, Anita looked at Lei-Lei viciously.
"Cecil was right…!"

"Hmm? Right about what?"
"…nothing. You wouldn't understand."

Save for a few moments of good humor, Lei-Lei had never seen Anita happy. So, to help eliminate that bad record of frowns, Lei-Lei took out three knives.
"Look, Anita! I'm a clown!"

Lei-Lei stuck her tongue out as she laughed, juggling them expertly.

Anita had tensed, as if she had heard someone say that before, and Lei-Lei put her hand on Anita's shoulder.

"Anita, I'll always watch over you, no need for you to worry. You've been through enough."

Anita's eyes watered.

"…M-Miss Lei-Lei…"

She held onto Lei-Lei, crying. Lei-Lei, flustered and confused, just sat there awkwardly.
"Uh… it's… okay…?"
"I don't want you to leave. Cecil doesn't want it, and Raptor doesn't either…!"
"Anita," Lei-Lei said calmly, "you must learn that everyone one day will say goodbye to each other, and then meet each other in death. It's how the cycle works."
Anita was still not happy, and stayed glum throughout the flight.

When Lei-Lei was stuffed into her cat costume, she was quite pleased to notice that the ears and tail matched her skin color, so she wouldn't look as silly.
Well, she didn't want to mention the copious amounts of sparkly doodads here and there on the weird maid-swimsuit-esque dress, but she didn't mind.

Overall, her throat locked on some singing parts, but in the solo-note wave, when it was her turn, Lei-Lei was amazed to find that she could do it well.

With her appearance in Felicia's play, interest of the 'blue girl' skyrocketed even further, and images of her appeared in every magazine. There were some 'eyewitness accounts' [one she recognized as Talbain's younger adopted son], and the charity gained higher-than-expected-level funding.

The play a success, and Sister Felicia more than proud of the jiang-shi, Lei-Lei felt comfort; being on Sister Felicia's friend list would make Mei-Ling proud of having Lei-Lei as her sister.

Cecil and Anita were given money to go watch a movie or two while Lei-Lei, Raptor, Felicia, and a 'special guest' were to celebrate at a bar.

Lei-Lei made a solemn vow that she wouldn't consume any alcohol, since she knew Raptor would, and she wasn't legal anyways [she was technically 20 years old, and 16 in physical age]. She knew this would be their last hoorah, so she decided to not hold back on her fun intake.

Lei-Lei still swore off alcohol, though.

[[Author's Endnote: Hahahah, Lei-Lei as a catgirl…

Holy crap, I beat my record! 5 submissions in one day!

Also, we notice here that Lei-Lei has some insecurities surrounding her acceptance by her sister.]]