"Miss Nina, what's going on?" Yukinari asks watching Seiichirou seated on the floor. "Why are Seiichirou's hands tied?"
"Because we need him to calm down a bit" Maharu answers. "Isn't that right little brother?" she asks crossing her arms and mockingly planting her foot on Seiichirou's head to restrict his movement.
"Calm down? I'm plenty calm!" Seiichirou retorts pushing back against his older sister's foot.
"Not calm enough!" Maharu growls. "Stop resisting!"
"Actually, you and Nina just enjoy watching me struggle" Seiichirou countered. "Good timing by the way Sasaki" Seiichirou directs at Yukinari. "I've been wanting to speak to you."
"With me?" Yukinari asked.
"Yeah, that's right: I want a rematch!" Seiichirou suddenly demanded.
"A rematch?" Yukinari repeats.
"Yes! Didn't you hear me the first time?"
"Yes, I did but I'm surprised you'd ask for that" Yukinari says looking at Nina who rolls her eyes unsurprised by Seiichirou's behavior.
"So?" Seiichirou continues fidgeting with his bound hands. Yukinari, knowing what answer he was about to give, looks at Nina again and then at Maharu and then finally at Kirie. Nina and Maharu give him looks as if saying "no way!" and Kirie softly shakes her head.
"No" Yukinari answers with no hesitation.
"No what?" Seiichirou asks in a demanding tone.
"No, I don't care for a rematch. It's such a pain" Yukinari answers swiftly.
"It's a pain? Are you kidding me? You chickening out!?"
"No, I'm not kidding you! You bleed and you feel sore all over your body afterwards" Yukinari complains. "And it hurts your brain! You've heard about retired boxers and their brain damage haven't you?" Seiichirou only looks back at Yukinari irritated. "You think I fought you for fun? No! I fought you so that you'd let Miharu go! Now that she's free from the house arrest she was under, I have no reason to fight you! The affair is over so I'm just interested in staying in shape, not taking blows to the head."
"So I've gotta put my sister under house arrest again for a rematch?" Seiichirou asks somewhat sarcastically.
"You're not doing any such thing now that I'm here" Maharu declared behind Seiichirou.
"Tch. Killjoy" Seiichirou complains under his breath.
"And I'll have no senseless friction or antagonizing between members at my club" Nina says proceeding towards Seiichirou. "You're free to come here as long as you want but you're going to have to make friends with Yukinari. And pay membership dues of course."
"Of course. Membership dues" Seiichirou chastises.
"Money makes the world go round" Nina responds. Wearing a slight grin, she lifts Seiichirou up to his feet and removes the binding on his hands. "Now I'd really appreciate it if you shake hands like men with Yukinari and accept your shameful, embarrassing defeat at his hands" Nina commands moreso for her own entertainment than genuine concern.
"Miss Nina! Bad choice of words!" Yukinari exclaims mentally.
"You must be kidding me Miss Nina!" Seiichirou protested.
"I'm not kidding" Nina says shoving Seiichirou forward and in front of Yukinari. "Now do it! Shake hands and make peace."
"You can't force this Miss Nina" Yukinari continues in thought, "but it's worth a shot." Seiichirou looks at Yukinari who holds his hand out. He then looks at Kirie standing at Yukinari's side, a firm expression on her face.
"Ha! Yeah right!" he blurts out turning away. "As if!"
"How rude!" Kirie reprimands. "What's your deal!?"
"Sigh. You're not going to make this easy are you?" Nina asked already predicting the answer.
"Nope!" Seiichirou declares flatly. Nina does not respond to this and instead ponders for a while. For an instant, she considers banning him but instead comes up with something else.
"...So you wanna challenge Yukinari again huh?"
"Yes, I do! I wanna get even!" Seiichirou says committed.
"Well then, I have an idea but we'll have to wait 'til tomorrow" Nina says looking back and forth between Yukinari and Seiichirou.
"Miss Nina, I have no such interest in fighting Seiichirou again" Yukinari protests.
"Don't worry Yukinari, I'll handle this. I promise you, by the end of this, things will have worked out" Nina assured and Yukinari fell silent deciding to trust her word.
"Can't wait!" Seiichirou says eagerly cracking his neck. "When and where?"
"Tomorrow at three in the afternoon at the beach."
"The beach?" Yukinari and Seiichirou ask in unison.
"Yep! The beach! Are you two game?"
"I'm game!" Seiichirou confirms quickly. He and Nina then turn their gaze toward Yukinari.
"..Fine" Yukinari agrees feeling tired.
"Good. Tomorrow at three it is. Now you all get going" Nina says noting the dusk sky, "and bring your best beachwear!" she instructs. Seiichirou without another word proceeds out with Maharu following behind.
"Goodbye you three" Maharu says waving goodbye.
"Goodbye" Yukinari and Kirie return.
"So I can expect you to be there too Maharu? I may need your assistance" Nina directs at Maharu.
"Sure. I'll be there to keep an eye on Seiichirou. I'll see you there" Maharu answered before finally setting off.
Yukinari then turns to Nina to say goodbye but he's stopped to find Kirie walking up to the club owner.
"So Miss Nina, what's the plan?" Kirie asked.
"I don't want to tell you: it will ruin the surprise" Nina reasoned. "And who doesn't like surprises?"
"Oh come on, I won't tell Yukinari! I swear!"
"Kirie" Yukinari disciplined grabbing her by the arm, "let's go!"
"Goodbye you two!" Nina waved off.
"I just wanna know! Is that so wrong?" Kirie moaned as she was pulled outside. Moments later, a taxi pulled up to the club intending to drive them home. "...So what do you think Miss Nina has in mind asking you to go to the beach tomorrow?" Kirie asked moments later inside the taxi.
"I honestly have no clue Kirie. Miss Nina seems to be full of surprises" Yukinari said. "But to be honest, I have a good feeling about tomorrow. I'd actually like to be friends with Seiichirou."
"You would? Is he the kind of guy you'd want to make friends with?" Kirie asked.
"...Actually, yes. Miharu told me about how Seiichirou has been a good brother to her while he had her confined."
"Good brother while he had her confined" Kirie repeats humorously. "Doesn't sound very brotherly to me" she condemns.
"I know but Seiichirou pampered Miharu" Yukinari recalled.
"Pampered?"
"The house Miharu was confined in had two refrigerators" Yukinari reveals. "And a backyard with a tennis court."
"Sounds like a vacation house!" Kirie responds.
"You'll have to ask Miharu herself once she comes back, she told me all about Seiichirou treating her well."
"Well she would know" Kirie remarked. "...I always thought he was just some adrenaline junkie. To think he's in any way related to someone as sweet and gentle as Miharu. Guess you can be both an adrenaline junkie and a loving brother."
"Which is why I'm hoping Miss Nina can have things, as she puts it, 'worked out'" Yukinari says.
"Let's hope so" Kirie finished and the taxi comes to a stop and the driver drops them off in front of the Sasaki residence. "He calls you by your last name now. I think he respects you a little more after you beat him fair and square!"
"You might be right Kirie." Both proceed to the front door of Yukinari's house and Yukinari pulls out a set of keys from his pocket. "Kirie, are you coming in?" Yukinari asked searching for the key to his front door.
"Sure. I was hoping we could have dinner together" Kirie suggests. "My mom's taught me a couple of recipes and I've practiced them. She let me bring over some of the ingredients from our kitchen so maybe I could make us something? Would you like me to do that?"
"That would be very lovely Kirie. Thank you!" Yukinari couldn't help but grin at having Kirie over at his house after their date. She was going to cook for him. What guy could say 'no' to a girl cooking him dinner? And maybe afterward, they could spend some quality time alone together Yukinari figured with a sheepish grin. He was a guy and he has his guyish needs too after all. "Alright Kirie, as a matter of fact, I 'am' hungry and I'd like to lend you a hand!"
"Do you know how to cook Yukinari?" Kirie asked. "Maybe you could teach me a thing or two?"
"I do if you count boiling water as cooking. I could teach you that" Yukinari quips making Kirie giggle. "Of course, I'm kidding. Living on my own means I have to cook for myself but it'll be nice to cook with someone for a change."
"Okay, then it's a plan" Kirie agreed as Yukinari opened the front door only to be met by a loud and familiar wail from within the house.
"Nnyyaaaaahhh!" The sound pierced the air.
"What the hell was that!?" Kirie asked grasping Yukinari's arm fearing what sounded like a ghost or haunting. Yukinari flicked the lights on to the living room to find a little girl running downstairs in a panic. Wearing one of Yukinari's shirts which reached down below her knees and a yellow bow decorating her dark green hair, Kirie immediately recognized her. "Ebi!? It's Ebi!" Kirie said relieved running into the house and picking Ebi up into her arms. "Ebi, it's been so long!" Kirie said smiling nostalgically. "But what are you doing here?" she asked looking around. "You seem upset" she commented noting Ebi's large, green eyes watering.
"Nyaa nyaahh" Ebi let out weakly.
"Drop the patient this instant!" a girl with orange hair in a makeshift doctor's outfit suddenly demanded. Yukinari and Kirie quickly recognized it was Tomoka.
"Tomoka, you're here too? What are you doing?" Kirie asked suspicious. "Have you been teasing Ebi!?" Kirie demands.
"No! We started playing doctor and she freaked out when Tomo pulled this out" Tomoka revealed pulling out a fierce-looking saw.
"Hey! Put that away!" Kirie protested angrily. "What are you doing scaring her with that!? Are you crazy!?" Kirie asks as Koyomi joins them quietly.
"No, Tomo's not crazy! We have to remove her appendix before it bursts!" Tomoka says waving the saw.
"Tomoka!" Kirie repeated angrily.
"Relax! It's not real, it's rubber" Tomoka reveals bending the saw with one hand. "We're just pretending."
"I know that but she's a little kid, younger than you!"
"Are you sure Kirie?" Yukinari pondered humorously to himself. "We're not exactly sure Ebi's even human."
"Apologize to Ebi" Kirie commanded, Ebi in Kirie's arms tearily looking Tomoka's way. Tomoka frowns but guilt sets in and she looks away.
"To-Tomo's sorry..." she mutters swallowing her pride. Kirie, not totally convinced, turns towards Ebi in her arms.
"It's okay Ebi, she's going to leave you alone now" Kirie assures.
"Nya nyaah~" Ebi murmured the only sound she knew how to make.
"Awww, you are too cute!" Kirie says beaming at Ebi. "Hello Koyomi! Good evening!" Kirie greets turning towards Koyomi.
"He-hello Kirie."
"You guys brought Ebi along this time" Kirie said. "It's really nice to see her again! So where was she last time you visited Earth?" she asked.
"We left her with a friend back home" Koyomi answered. "We don't want to bring her along with us during work but since we're not working at the moment, we brought her along."
"Yukinari, you don't mind having an extra visitor over do you?" Kirie asks holding Ebi out toward Yukinari.
"Of course not Kirie" Yukinari returns receiving Ebi.
"Alright, I'll get mom's recipe started" Kirie declares as she proceeds towards the kitchen.
"May I help Kirie?" Koyomi asked.
"Sure. I'll probably need it."
"Hello Ebi" Yukinari greets holding Ebi at arm's length. Ebi simply stares back at Yukinari curiously. "What? Don't you recognize me Ebi? Do I look that different? Is it the five o'clock shadow starting to grow in?" He takes a seat at his couch and places Ebi next to him. "Well Ebi, I guess you've helped to cancel my plans for tonight" Yukinari says smiling at Ebi who again returns another curious stare. "...Hey Tomoka, what's Ebi supposed to be?" Yukinari asked after looking Ebi over curiously.
"Tomo doesn't know" Tomoka answers taking a seat on the same couch. Immediately, Ebi runs to take shelter behind Yukinari. "What? Tomo's not going to do anything!" she declares removing her makeshift doctor's outfit.
"But last time she was like this it was because you used your magic on her. Isn't she supposed to be like a yellow cat seal with antennae or something?"
"Again, Tomo doesn't know. The game's over Ebi!" Tomoka insisted after Ebi still refused to leave Yukinari's side.
"So Tomoka, what brings you and Koyomi over?"
"We're on vacation so we've decided to pay you guys a visit and spend the time here on Earth" Tomoka reveals. "In some ways, Earth is more fun than Seiren anyways."
"I tried to convince her to ask if we could come over but she wouldn't listen" Koyomi says apologetically as she tied an apron around herself. "I'm really sorry Yukinari. We didn't mean to intrude."
"It's no problem Koyomi, really! I don't mind your company" Yukinari says getting more comfortable on the couch. "This house isn't so lonely with you guys around."
"See Koyo? Tomo told you he wouldn't mind!" Tomoka said confidently. Tomoka seizes the remote suddenly and flicks on the television. "Let's see what's on the tube!"
"So girls" Yukinari begins to ask Koyomi and Tomoka, "since you're both on vacation, how about we go to the beach tomorrow? I don't think we've ever gone to the beach before."
"That would be lovely Yukinari" Koyomi says from the kitchen, her sleeves rolled up as she helps Kirie prepare dinner.
"Yeah sure" Tomoka answers coming across a show on dolphins. "But what about Lisa? Is she coming?" Tomoka asks looking around. The atmosphere is suddenly stung by silence save for the television and the sound of Kirie and Koyomi cooking.
"Well Tomoka, we've had a bit of a falling out recently" Yukinari revealed after the pause.
"Oh. Is that so?" Tomoka said getting back to the television show. "Tomo's sorry to hear that."
"It's okay Tomoka. In a way, it was probably for the best..." Yukinari said feeling a heavy guilt. The guilt did not last however; about an hour later, it subsided with the setting of dinner upon the table. Among the dishes a beautiful chirashi sushi and miso glazed black cod, a dinner carefully crafted with love and care by Kirie and Koyomi's very own delicate hands.
"Mom's recipe!" Kirie said impressed with herself and Koyomi. "Can't believe we actually pulled this off!"
"Itadakimasu!" all at the table declared save for Ebi who was too young to be familiar with table manners.
"Umm, can Ebi eat human food?" Kirie asks seated at the table.
"Tomo feeds her human food all the time so it's no problem" Tomoka said.
They all sat and ate excluding Ebi who Kirie fed herself from her own plate as Ebi, brimming with energy as children often are, ran around the dinner table. It didn't take long to finish considering how good the food was and soon enough all sat before the television, conversing and, at Kirie's recommendation, watched crime scene investigation shows.
-TRANSITION-
The following day after school; Yukinari, in dark blue beach shorts; Kirie, in a modest red bikini set and beach skirt; Koyomi, in a purple one-piece with frill at the waist and chest; Tomoka, wearing the same but in orange; and Ebi, a yellow one-piece equipped with a skirt like Kirie's all arrive at the beach. The beach, a long, wide, white-yellow band of burning sand caressing the great and endless Pacific Ocean was littered with beachgoers, umbrellas, large beach balls flying about, and lifeguard towers keeping an eye on the horizon.
"This breeze feels so nice" Kirie said taking in the massive blue body of water that fused with the blue sky at the horizon. "Nothing beats a cool Pacific Ocean breeze" she praises. "Hey Tomoka, bet there's no ocean that compares to this one back in Seiren!"
"Psht, please Kirie! It's just a bunch of water!" Tomoka dismissed. "We've got plenty water back in Seiren" Tomoka claimed running towards the shore line.
"Wait Tomoka, you need sunblock!" Kirie shouts holding a container of sunblock in her hand.
"Tomo doesn't need sunblock! That's for kids!"
"Yes you do!" Kirie objects. "And you 'are' a kid!" Immediately, Ebi darts out following Tomoka but she is quickly seized by Kirie who lifts her up into her arms. "Oh no you don't! Tomoka can stand to learn the hard way but I'm not letting you get sun burn!" As Kirie rubbed ointment on Ebi's shoulders, Yukinari scanned the beach in search of Miss Nina or Seiichirou, whichever he spotted first but preferring to run into the former before the latter. "Hold still Ebi, this is for your own good!"
"Nyaaa, nyaaa!" Ebi whined and wiggled eager to get to the water.
"Hold on! Just one more thing!" Kirie said putting arm floaties on Ebi's arms. "There, you can go now." At this, Ebi darts towards the water following behind Tomoka. "Yukinari, I'm going to go keep an eye on Tomoka and Ebi" Kirie says as she applies sunblock on her own skin. "Help get it on my back Yukinari" Kirie asked.
"Sure" Yukinari agrees as he rubs sunblock on Kirie's back.
"..Hey!" Kirie protests.
"Your butt needs it too" Yukinari says as Kirie pouts. "...Okay, there you go Kirie. Now I'll set up the tent while I keep an eye out for Miss Nina" Yukinari says as he starts to assemble the beach tent. "I'll see you in a bit."
"Yeah, 'kay" Kirie agrees and puckers up. Yukinari follows through pressing his lips against the brunette's. "Here you go Koyomi" Kirie hands the ointment to Koyomi and she parts both their company. "Koyomi, could you hand me that there?" Yukinari asks pointing at a plastic bag containing thin metal cylinders and long, elastic, plastic rods which formed the tent's skeleton.
"S-sure!" Koyomi answers quickly and hands the objects over as Yukinari was stabbing and hammering a number of support rods into the sand.
"Thanks" Yukinari replies.
"Would you like any more help?"
"No Koyomi, this is actually a pretty easy tent to put together. My dad and I would always build them together when we would go fishing so this is nothing. Thank you anyways." Several minutes later, the beach tent was done and set up, a large and spacious tent with a wide and tall zippered entrance. "There we are! What do you think Koyomi?" Yukinari asked beholding the large rectangular tent sitting before him.
"I think it's a wonderful tent Yukinari" Koyomi, lying on a beach chair, praised from behind a book she had brought along.
"Thanks" Yukinari said as he dragged a cooler into the tent. "She's all ready. You can go in now if you like Koyomi, needless to say." He then grabbed the sunblock and ran the lotion over his chest, shoulders, and arms. "...Eh, Koyomi, is something the matter?"
"Wha-What!? No, of course not!" Koyomi said quickly retreating behind her book. For some reason, she had to watch Yukinari put the lotion on.
"Oh... Koyomi, could you help me with this? Help with my back" Yukinari says handing the sunblock over and turning his back to her.
"Uhh... O-okay" Koyomi agrees nervously standing from her beach chair and taking the sunblock. She drops an amount into her palm and braces herself. "He-here goes" she nervously ponders to herself and, after taking a deep breath, quickly presses her palm against Yukinari's back. She quickly rubs the lotion across various parts of Yukinari's back which felt like pressing against a solid wall. For Koyomi, it was the first time she had ever willingly touched a guy and in this case, it was a guy she was familiar with which made it extra unnerving. "The-there you go!"
"Thanks Koyomi!" Yukinari thanked.
"W-well, i-if you don't mind, I-I'll be heading inside now!" a shaken Koyomi said grabbing her beach chair and quickly retreating into the shade of the tent.
"Make yourself comfortable Koyomi. That's what the tent's there for" Yukinari welcomed as he gazed out across the long ribbon of sand. "And I think that's her now" Yukinari says as he spots Nina in the distance playing volleyball with someone he was sure was Masashi. "Koyomi, be sure to let Kirie know where I'm at" Yukinari says before walking away. Koyomi struggles to answer but ultimately fails.
"Wh-what was that just now?" she thinks to herself. She notices that she is short of breath and that her heart rate has been forced upward. "Maybe it's the heat. Actually, I'm sure it was the heat!.. I should definitely just get back to my book" she hastily concludes and closes the zipper entrance to the tent...
"Hello Miss Nina!" Yukinari greets approaching Nina and Masashi. He meets them both standing on opposite sides of the volleyball net. The net was situated in the middle of a rectangle cornered by bright, plastic spikes. This rectangle formed the court for the game.
"Hey Yukinari, what's up?" Masashi greets.
"Hello Yukinari dear!" Maharu brightly says refereeing the game between Nina and Masashi.
"It's about time you got here. We've been waiting for you for the better part of half an hour" Nina, in athletic bikini, reprimanded holding the volleyball up in one hand.
"Half an hour!? Sorry about that Miss Nina, our timing was off" Yukinari excused.
"Took you long enough Sasaki" a voice growled from behind Yukinari. It was unmistakably Seiichirou's voice and turning around, Yukinari confirmed this. "Hope you brought your fighting gear Sasaki because I certainly did" Seiichirou comments getting up from a cooler he was sitting on and approaches. "So where are we fighting?"
"Guess again" Nina answers serving the volleyball across the net.
"What?"
"Who said you were fighting Yukinari?" Nina asks keeping up with Masashi.
"What? What do you mean? What's the meaning of this!?" Seiichirou quickly demanded.
"You're not fighting, you're playing volleyball with Yukinari" Nina reveals holding back a chuckle.
"You gotta be kidding me! I'm not playing volleyball! I've never even heard of it!"
"What's wrong Seiichirou? Can't you just relax and have a little fun?" Nina asked catching Masashi's return.
"No, you're wasting my time! I'm not playing, I'm going home!" Seiichirou declares walking away.
"You're time's wasted anyways" Nina remarks snidely.
"Don't worry Yukinari, my coward of a little brother is just scared you'll wipe the beach with him" Maharu says before grinning at Nina.
"He wouldn't beat me!" Seiichirou bellows as he returns. "Not in a million years! I'll play the damn game and I'll win!" Seiichirou boasts and takes position next to Nina. "Alright Sasaki, take your place and let's do this!"
"That was easy" Yukinari observed in thought.
"Let's play Yukinari" Nina suggested. Yukinari felt mildly interested.
"Okay, seems like fun" Yukinari says taking position on Masashi's side of the net. "Better than getting all bloody and sore" Yukinari told himself. Now he and Seiichirou faced each other on opposite sides of the volleyball net staring down and ready for the coming battle.
"Alright Miss Nina, serve the ball!" Seiichirou demands after a pause.
"Guess again" Nina says with a straight face though internally, she was laughing heartily. "Masashi, make way."
"Yes ma'am" Masashi answers and withdraws from the game.
"That's your side Seiichirou. You're partners with Yukinari."
"Bull" Seiichirou grumbles walking away again.
"It's only natural that a coward be scared that a man like Yukinari will outscore him" Maharu mocks. An instant later, Seiichirou finds himself cursing under his breath as he partners up with Yukinari to take on Nina and Maharu.
"This'll be fun! And I've got a great view!" Maharu comments scanning Yukinari's body. Yukinari can only laugh nervously at this.
"You boys know how to play volleyball don't you?" Nina asks.
"I've played it in school once before so I have some idea" Yukinari answers.
"I hope I never do" Seiichirou answers resentfully. Ignoring Seiichirou's answer, Nina continues.
"Good. Then we have something to work with" Nina said tossing the ball upward with her left and tapping it with her right. It floats in the air arching towards Yukinari who returns it with ease and it flies back hitting the sand on Nina's side of the court. "That's one point for you guys" Nina says retrieving the ball. "Good thing it didn't hit outside the court or it would have been our point. Did you get that Seiichirou?"
"What?"
"Did you get the idea of how to score in this game?" Nina asked.
"No!" Seiichirou retorted annoyed.
"Shut up! Yes you did!" Nina says serving the ball, this time the ball flying directly toward Seiichirou. Seiichirou, reacting without thinking, punches the ball directly into the net.
"How was that?" Seiichirou asked with an obvious sarcasm. "Did we win?"
"No! You just got us our first point. Good job Einstein" Maharu answered.
"See? You're learning! Whether you like it or not" Nina remarks, the smirk on her face making Seiichirou want to beat her at the strange Earthling game. "Now it's time to get serious though for your sake, we'll keep the rules simple. It's your serve boys."
Yukinari picks the ball up and serves it to the other side which Nina answers with a simple tap return. The ball arches predictably and Yukinari runs forward spiking the ball for another point. Both Nina and Maharu had made little effort to intercept.
"Well well Yukinari. You're getting into this!" Maharu compliments. "Good to see we have an opponent on the other side of the court who has scored some points rather than pout there like a stump."
"Keep talking" Seiichirou challenges.
"Guess this means it's our serve now" Maharu says before winding up and serving the ball which moves towards Seiichirou's position.
"It's yours Seiichirou" Yukinari calls out. Seiichirou only responds by glaring at the ball which seems to mock him as it hits the sand and scores Nina and Maharu another point.
"That's two for two. Looks like we're even but we'd be winning if it weren't for Yukinari. You can thank Yukinari for that Seiichirou" Nina jabs. Seiichirou, rather than take more abuse, approaches the ball.
"Alright... alright... I'll go along with your little game Miss Nina, big sister Maharu." Seiichirou lifts the volleyball up from the sand. "And I'm only doing it to beat you both at your own game. For some reason, I wanna see your faces when I annihilate you two!"
"You're too predictable Seiichirou" Nina thought to herself with a grin. "Sounds like a challenge. The question is can you back up those words?" Nina asked.
"Sasaki, stay out of my way" Seiichirou warns as he tosses the ball up and punches it over the net. Nina answers with a swift strike and Yukinari returns it. The ball is too slow for Maharu to allow it to pass and under her power, it jets to the border of the court in between both Yukinari and Seiichirou scoring her and Nina another point. "That was yours Sasaki!" Seiichirou criticizes angrily.
"Sorry Seiichirou, I thought you were getting it. I guess now would be a good time to start working as a team then?" Yukinari suggests.
"No need" Seiichirou responds picking up the volleyball and readying another serve. "I'll win this." The game continues, the ball flying back and forth but anyone watching from outside would judge that Nina and Maharu would ultimately become the victors.
Meanwhile, making his grand entrance into the sands of the beach was Fukuyama wearing designer beach shorts and sunglasses. Alongside him was Lisa, she too wearing designer eyewear and bikini. Fukuyama, despite his perverted and depraved mannerisms, was a dedicated and thoughtful brother to Lisa and had brought her here to relax and comfort her as she coped with losing Yukinari to Kirie. Of course, this would not stop him from indulging in his own carnal pleasures and as luck would have it, Koyomi and Ebi were on the very same beach somewhere oblivious to the blonde menace's presence.
Author's note: Please review if you can. Thanks!