Chapter 18 Festival Challenges

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Heero: Is that a long enough hi?

Angel: It is I hope. Do you think it's too short? I could make it longer you know-

Heero:No,no of course it's perfect. Just start the chapter dear.

Angel:Dear??? Okies Dokies.

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~Hoto-chan~

Hotohori looked expectantly at Nuriko who smiled cheerfully.

"A FESTIVAL? Really???! That would be sooooo fun!!!" Nuriko clapped her hands.

"Well, Heika-sama what type of festical do you mean???" Asked Chi-chi the brown-haired girl from earlier.

"See, I actually have not come to a decision like that yet, that's why I would like your help..." Houki, she offered me a seat, began to speak..

"We already have a star-gazing festival...We need something different..." A black-haired girl stood up hands folded together her eyes wistful.

"It has to be romantic!" Nuriko smiled as many girls went starry eyed staring at me and sighing I sweat-dropped. Sora meanwhile was laughing.

"You know Emiko, if you keep sighing like that you'll suffocate his majesty with hot air!!!" A girl with blue hair, I assumed Emiko, blushed and stuck her tomgue out at Sora.

"Well unlike you Sora-chan we don't see Heika-sama everyday!" Sora laughed again at the younger girl's outburst.

"I hardly see Hotohori-chan, since Miaka's been gone there's been no need." The girl with black hair looked at Sora in shock.

"Then why do you call him Hotohori-chan???" Sora smiled.

"Because I can Andrea-chan." With a sudden act of childishness she stuck out her tongue. The ladies laughed, Sora was rarely so playful.

"Oh!OH! I have the most wonderful idea!!! How about a Fools Festival?! Couples strolling around, hand in hand, eyes shining, foolish because of love!!!" A red head exclaimed dreamily. Most of the grls sighed. Sora snorted turning her head away.

"That's foolishness if you ask me. Even if we did that everyone would need a partner, and quite frankly some couldn't get one!" The red head glared.

"Well, Sora if you can't get a husband just say so!"The red head snapped. Everyone went silent, you could have heard a dust bunny fall from how silent it was... Sora glared and stood up,



"I will be leaving now, Hoto-sama have fun, good luck, Ohh and add something blue in the decorations for me please? Thank you bye." With that she left through the harem door. After watching the door for a moment I turned back to the red head whose head hung and she looked rather pained.

"I should not have said that..." Nuriko glared at the girl.

"No Amber you shouldn't have!!! You know how touchy she is about the child and-" It seems Nuriko just realized I was still there and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Hoto-sama...You weren't meant to hear that...Oh, I'm so sorry... Please don't-" I cut her off to spare him worry.

"I already know, Sora told me... I think it's best if I leave you to discuss the festival...I have matters to attend to." As I stood the girls stood with me. Nuriko smiled.

" Itterasshai..." I started walking to the door followed by a chorus of,

"Sayonara Heika-sama!"

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~Nuriko~

As the girls and I sat back down we began to run through ideas, all we had so far was romantic things. That was good but I had the feeling we needed something serious to celebrate or no one would get into it!

"Allright! Now lets see... We have the Fools festival, the Moonlight festival, the Lovers festival, or the Sakura festival..." The best sounding one was the Sakura festival because it was for the opening of the blossoms but the name was horrible.

"I like the Sakura festival, it actually celebrates something but we need a better name..." The girls majorly nodded in agreement.

"How about Sakura Sunlight?" Leila suggested. Everyone shook their heads in horror. Suddenly something Sora said earlier, 'the sky looks exactly the color of a Sakura petal at dawn...'

"Sakura Sky!!!" Everyone looked at me as if shocked.

"At dawn the sky is the exact color of a sakura flower!!! We could stay up all night waiting for dawn!!!" Everyone smiled and cheered! So it was Sakura Sky festival... Now to plan...

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Angel: Heehee what did Hoto-chan have to do?

Heero:*bored* What it Nuriko planning?

Angel: And how is Sora's bebe?