(Author's Note: Woo! Tis chapter four! A bit long but I think it works...at least I hope it'll do for a chapter. Though I didn't realise how long this could be lol. My head hurts from double checking spelling and grammar and I hope you'll forgive me as it is rather late where I am. Enjoy!)
Starflower and Meru left the school through the back doors. Once outside, Starflower picked Meru up and they soared into the sky. Starflower took Meru home taking as long as possible, where Meru left a note for her parents explaining she was visiting the elderly lady across the street. Starflower and Meru went to her house next, where the lady opened the door and recognized them both. "Starflower! Merani! It's been ages since I've seen you! Come in, my friend and my protege!" They entered, and the door closed behind them. Before long, Meru and Starflower were undergoing a very long rebinding ritual performed by Abba, the elderly lady. It was very draining and very powerful. It finished, and Abba and Starflower went in from the forested backyard for milk and cookies. They talked for awhile, Starflower relating what happened at the school that today.
Abba said, "Well, I would have you patrol for this spirit after dark if I could, but there are matters more pressing. The police were here today. They wanted the painting of the demon unicorn. I told them it didn't exist."
"Why did you say that?"
"It shouldn't be known by the outside world. I want you to guard it here tonight, Starflower. I fear someone will try to take it, and I also fear for our young Merani. She almost wasn't strong enough earlier today. It would try to take her again tonight, you know that. It doesn't give up once it's after someone."
Once school was over, Daisuke started home, feeling completely drained after what had seemed a lifetime before the bell rang. With was still asleep in his backpack and Daisuke sighed. "Next time, I'm making sure With doesn't follow me to school."
Once back home, he ate a large snack and then did homework before dinner, knowing that after sunset he'd have to get going. "Dark's probably going to have a quiet mission tonight." Daisuke's grandfather said.
"Oh? Why's that?" Daisuke asked.
"The owner of the painting has told the police that the painting doesn't exist. So there should be very little resitance getting in and out."
Daisuke nodded, though listening for a moment to Dark.
"Dark says that's too bad but he's expecting trouble from the unicorn spirit anyway. It appeared at school today." That led to a big discussion over how much power the unicorn had obtained through taking people.
Once the sunset, Daisuke changed and then set off on his bike to where his grandfather had said the painting was. He was to gain access to the house by use of a waterway that led into the fountain and transform to let Dark take care of the rest.
Reaching the passageway, he looked to the opening and then squeezed inside, switching on his torch and walking along the waterways, looking for the right one.
They watched the sunset from the screen door, looking out into the garden with a large fountain in the middle. They then turned and headed into the inner rooms to a small one shrouded from anything outside. In this room was the painting. Starflower went in and stood in front of it, bow drawn. Abba left the room and placed a shield over the only door. Nothing evil could pass through this shield.
Daisuke turned off his torch and took a breath to ready himself. This would be a bit longer underwater than his record...
Inhaling deeply, he dove into the water and swam quickly and carefully, looking for the opening that led into the fountain. He almost went to the wrong opening but caught his mistake in time and kicked hard towards the surface where he knew the fountain was. He could see the night sky through the water. He surfaced as discreetly as he could, pulling air into his lungs and catching his breath before climbing out of the fountain, his face and features hidden in the darkness so that if someone was to look out the window he wouldn't be recognised.
Spotting the back door, he moved over swiftly and silently. "Okay Dark...your turn."
His body shifted into the taller more mature form of Dark who easily picked the door lock and let himself inside, shifting the backpack on his shoulders slightly. With moved around a bit inside but made no noise. He went on every single mission with Dark. The thief scanned the area from the shadows, trying to sense the room the painting was in and then moving silently towards it.
The painting itself had nothing in it except for a landscape; a beautiful lake and a stunning palace behind it, and the edged of windows, as if the viewer was looking right out a window.
The open screen door let in a chilled breeze, which blew through all the rooms somehow. Starflower and Abba both shivered a little and renewed their awareness. Starflower spread her wings over the picture and hunched for a better angle. She looked somewhat like a big gargoyle. Abba moved to anticipate the intruder's next path. She assumed he would take the hall in front of him, the quickest path, and moved to hide in the clearing at the end of it in front of the door.
Dark walked down the hall in silence, watching the shadows warily. The quiet of the house was too tense for his liking, as if something was just waiting for him. Narrowing his eyes, he reached the door to the room containing the painting and drew of a black feather, touching it to the lock to make sure there was no magic around. Since Starflower's shield it had made him more wary.
The door slowly opened at the feather's touch and he stepped inside the room.
In the shadows, Abba smiled.We have him, she thought as he stepped into the room. She silently completed the seal on the door. He could take as long as he liked to steal the painting, because he wouldn't be able to get back out. Starflower taught Abba this spell, and only Starflower knew the counter. The room was very simple, just 4 walls and a ceiling with a floor. Across the room from Dark, Starflower was crouched and wings spread with bow drawn. The framing of the picture could just barely be seen behind her. She raised her head at the sound of the door closing but said nothing as she merely looked at Dark.
Dark didn't look surprised to see her and merely smiled. "Hello again." His eyes travelled to the painting behind her and he sighed. "This pattern seems to be continuous."
From nowhere yet everywhere in the room, colors came and swirled themselves into Starflower. A voice issued from her, unnaturally deep and creepy. "Why do you come here?"
"My business is my own." He replied cooly, taking a step towards the painting. "And I intend to carry it out my way."
The voice issued again as Starflower stood. The colors became a swirling mass around her legs, torso, and head as she drew back full in threat.
"You must answer the questions. Why are you here? What have you come for? Where are your intentions?" it demanded. Starflower wasn't exactly Starflower anymore. This was a ritual as old as the unicorn. If Dark didn't cooperate, Starflower would shoot and as the guardian chosen of the painting, she would not miss.
"I am here to free the victims of those trapped in the painting. I am here to defeat the unicorn holding them." He replied a bit more seriously. "I steal artworks for a reason, not for my own amusement. The police usually provide that." He added with a grin. "Now if you'll excuse me..." He held the black feather before him, approaching the painting.
Starflower lowered her weaponry and folded her wings. The voice issued.
"It is PURE!" Starflower stepped aside as the colors went back to wherever they came from. She stoopped and clutched her head. That whole guardian thing left quite a headache. She waved Dark towards the painting and moved to counterspell the door. Still she said nothing. Dark watched her with a flicker of concern and then approached the painting. He declared something in an odd language and then jumped right into the painting itself.
He looked around and then walked out of the frame and out of sight. The landscape was stunning and so real. As he took a good look around, he spotted four figures by a table not too far along the grass and he broke into a run towards them.
Starflower opened the door and Abba entered.
"Did you manage?"
"I managed. Just because I have a headache doesn't mean I couldn't grab insurance." Starflower held up a small black feather that had fallen from Dark's wings. They prepared a spell then and there to protect Dark in his mission. Starflower told Abba to go get some chairs so they could sit and watch. While Abba is gone, Starflower conducted another spell. This one would tell her if Dark was in trouble. Being the guardian of the painting, she could enter it if she was needed for assistance. She couldn't enter if someone had not entered previously and of their own will, however.
Dark ran up to the four girls to find them standing about with faraway, happy expression on their faces. He tried to snap them out of it but it was no use. There was the sound of footsteps behind him and he turned. There was a small girl there, looking at him angrily. She looked to be only about nine years old with blonde hair to her shoulders and big brown eyes.
"You're not invited!" She said.
Dark frowned. "Little girl, why are you here?"
"I live here with my unicorn. I was lonely so the unicorn went to get me some friends so we could all have a tea party and be happy forever." She smiled.
Dark glanced back at the captured girls and then to the little one.
"Don't you understand that their families are worried and upset that they are gone? You shouldn't have just taken them!"
The girl frowned. "I can do what I want! This is my world!" Behind her a bright light formed into the unicorn who snorted angrily at Dark.
"Go away!" The little girl yelled at him.
The unicorn neighed loudly and charged at Dark who dodged the attack and watched as it took up into the air, becoming different colours and more of a form of light rather than a solid creature. The unicorn flew at the thief, transforming into a bolt of pure energy. Dark threw himself out of the way and was back on his feet in time to evade the next swoop but he knew he was getting nowhere. Facing the third one, he held out the black feather, causing the bolt to split into two, leaving him unharmed.
Turning, he realised that had been a big mistake. The unicorn had already reformed as fired several bolt of energy at Dark, hitting him right in the back. He cried out in pain and surprise.
Dark's feather was lying on the floor in the middle of the circle with Starflower's. As Abba returns, Dark's feather stands on it's end and starts spinning around the circle. Starflower waved her hand, and an image showed in the middle of the circle. It showed what was happening inside the painting.
Abba, watching, said,"You should go."
Starflower nodded and replied,"But you have to come with me this last time." She lifted Abba, and swooped into the painting holding her. Once they are inside the painting, Starflower put Abba down and flew off into the sky. She was going to try to surprise attack the unicorn. Her arrows would work here since they were inside its realm. Abba began walking towards the girls. As she walked, she realized why Starflower had brought her here.
The little girl wants a playmate. Hmmm...smart Starflower. I live alone and I am old. No one would be able to tell the difference if I just disappeared...
Dark carefully rose himself to his feet but was only balanced when the unicorn plunged through his chest in the form of an energy bolt. It was playing with him...hurting and weakening him bit by bit.
The four girls who had been taken were watching the scene coldly as the little girl laughed and clapped her hands, cheering for her unicorn. Starflower rose higher into the air and hovered, taking a few deep breaths to raise her concentration. Here she could do anything the unicorn did, it just took concentration. She raised her arms above her head and looked up, straightening her whole body as she did so. She became a huge energy bolt that streaked down and struck the unicorn, then wrapped itself around Dark and an extension came from his hand in the form of a sword.
Dark looked at the sword in slight surprise and then smiled, moving to shake off the weakening feeling of the unicorn's energy. The unicorn flew off a bit and then flew right towards Dark again. He stood ready with the sword and just as the energy bolt reach him, he struck with it. The creature reformed as a unicorn, screaming in pain as a large gash had now appeared on its side.
The little girl gasped in shock and fear for her beloved creature, eyes wide at the sight of it being injured.
Abba slowly walked up behind the young girl. "What troubles you, pet?" she asked gently.
The little girl turned. "They're hurting my unicorn! I just want them to go away and leave me alone with my friends." She cried, looking tearful. Dark heard this and glanced towards her as the unicorn was distracted by its injury.
"That isn't friendship! You can't force people to be your friends."
He jumped to the side as the unicorn charged at him, slicing the blade along its other side and causing it to fall in pain. It unfurled its wings and took up into the air, Dark's own black wings forming and he taking off after it. As Dark spread his wings, a second pair from the energy around his body formed in conjunction with them. Such is the power of The Armour of the Dragon.
A rather familiar voice broke into Dark's mind.
You could have just asked to fly, you know. Starflower said, and if he was to look very, very closely at the iridescent wings, he would have been able to make out the pattern of her feathers. The rest of her still looked like lightning, though.
"Well I don't realy have time to be polite." He replied. Daisuke kept absolutely silent in Dark's mind, afraid that if he tried to communicate with Dark that Starflower would recognise his voice and realise who Dark's host was.
The unicorn flew around the air, glowing with energy again and then it flew at Dark in another attack. He brought up the sword again and the unicorn flew right into it, screaming in pain. As it flew off again, he took out his black feather again.
"Unless you want to feel the effects of this too, I'd suggest you go now. It's weak enough for me to seal it." He said to Starflower.
Two red eyes opened along Dark's chest as Starflower looeds for herself at what's going on.
Hold off a minute. There's more going on here than you know, and you might not need to.
"One minute, no longer." He said, watching the unicorn warily as it beat its wings hard, its form becoming energy again.
Starflower's reply was; Oh,you hush. I can handle the unicorn. Just wait. I'm hoping she'll call it back.
Meanwhile, Abba was trying to reason with the little girl, it the reason Starflower had told Dark to wait. "Well, what is wrong with your friends? They look bewitched themselves."
The little girl looked at the kidnapped girls. "The unicorn invited them..." She said, though looking sad that they were bewitched now. It had been so nice to have people but Dark was right. It wasn't real friendship.
Abba nodded. "Mmm-hmmm. Well, they need to go home to their families, they can't stay forever. How would you like it if I stayed with you instead?"
The little girl blinked up at her. "You'd stay here and be my friend?" She asked quietly.
Abba's reply was, "Of course I'll stay, and I'll stay as long as you want me to. But shouldn't you tell those two to leave each other alone? It looks as though they're ready to kill each other."
The little girl turned to see what was happening and then nodded. She called out to her unicorn, who stopped readying a charge to swoop down to her and land in front of her. She patted it, its injuries beginning to fade. "Don't fight anymore. I have a new friend now who will stay with me."
Starflower changed back from the armour, she was manifested as having her arms around Dark and her head next to his.
"See? Told ya so," She said with a smile as she removes herself. She floated down to the ground and asked the little girl if she could take the others home while giving Abba a hug goodbye. The little girl nodded to her.
"Yes. They are not my real friends. I'm sorry for taking them." She said, bowing to Starflower.
Dark swooped down and landed next to Starflower before walking towards the opening of the painting, tossing the black feather he held at it and forming it into an easy portal out.
"Alright, let's go." He said, pointing at the four girls and snapping his fingers. The four girls walked hypnotically towards the portal and then out of the painting, past Dark. Riku was the last to walk past him. Starflower bent and hugged the girl, then took flight and left the painting as well, though throwing an angry comment at Dark.
"That's rude, ordering them around like that. At least let me unhypnotize them. You won't be in any danger anyways. They all adore you." She took out a flute to reverse the spell of the Unicorn's Song. Dark ignored her andglanced briefly back at Abba and the girl before leaving, the painting sealing itself afterwards. All magic he had sensed from it before was now gone.
As it returned to normal he returned his attention to the four girls. The first three were startled as they came to and saw Dark and Starflower and Riku screamed at the sight of him, hiding behind one of the other girls. Dark rolled his eyes and turned.
"Who wants to go home? I can carry two of you." He said.
"I'm sure they all want to go home, Dark. Don't be dense." Starflower snapped. "The question is closer is how do they want to go? I have no objection to flying people home or waiting here with them for their parents to come pick them up." She added, giving Dark a brackish look. Dark rolled his eyes at Starflower.
Nag, nag, nag. It was a rhetorical question. he thought. Daisuke laughed a bit in his mind.
Riku sat down and folded her arms.
"I think I'll wait to be picked up here." She said. One of the others nodded in agreement and sat down next to her. The other two approached Dark, looking quite shy. "Could you fly us home?"
Dark smiled kindly at them. "Of course I could."
"Very well," Starflower said. "I'll go call your parents and tell them you are here. Dark, could you please stay here until I get back? I don't want anything happening to them, and things in this place are...how do you say it? Unsure? Yes, that will do. Unsure." She left, traversing the catacombs of the house until she reached the parlor. She then proceeded to call the girls' parents and gave them explicit directions to the area.
Dark remained with the girls as told, surprisingly, keeping guard while he answered a few of their questions and flirted playfully. The girls, except Riku, enjoyed chatting to the Legendary Phantom Thief. Riku continued to keep her distance, just sitting down away from them. Dark's eyes strayed to her from time to time and eventually he walked over to her. "Are you alright?" He asked.
Riku jumped and moved away from him. "Fine. I'm fine." She said sharply, obviously not wanting him near her. He sighed and shook his head at her.
Starflower returned shortly and thanked Dark for staying with the girls.
"You may leave now if you so desire, but I ask you return so I can answer any questions you may have and so we can discuss your retribution for your troubles." She turned to the girls and asked if they wanted anything to eat or to drink. She wasn't just talking to the girls who were leaving, she was talking to all of them, and she led them to the parlor and the kitchen so they could at least make themselves comfortable. All the girls replied that they were hungry, having been trapped in the painting for a while. Dark followed them to the parlour but kepts back against the wall, hands behind his head as he looked up at the ceiling in thought.
The girls talked amoungst themselves about what had happened and asked Starflower a few questions about the unicorn and the music they remembered before becoming hypnotised by it. She proceeded to answer any and all questions the girls had and let them make anything they wanted to eat in the kitchen. The kitchen was supplied with anything they could have wanted, as well as anything else. Starflower had been guardian of the painting from the day it was painted. She really could answer any question.
Starflower looked over at Dark and told him he was perfectly welcome to sit, she supposed he must be tired from fighting. Dark simply shook his head at the offer, tired as he was, he prefered to stand. He closed his eyes, a faint purple glow surrounding him as he tried to regenerate some of his lost energy and magical energies. It would also help Daisuke cope the next day.
Starflower finished ministering to the girls and walked over to Dark. She placed her hand on his chest and started to glow. What she did was heals his exhaustion from the fight and from sealing the painting. Dark's eyes opened as he felt her hand on his chest and then his wearniness fading to nothing. His dark eyes caught hers and he smiled easily. "Thank you."
She smiled back. "You're welcome." Her voice was strangely soft as she stared into his eyes for a moment.
Then she heard something and gave a start. She relaxed when she realized what the sound was. It was the parents coming to pick their girls up. "Hmmm. They're already here. Girls, your parents are here for you!" She headed for the front door to let them in. A thought broke into Dark's mind.
You'd better leave through the back. I don't think the parents will like you very much, much less me, but I have to stay.
Dark acknowledged the thought and watched the girls leave the room before leaving himself. Riku gave him a glare but he ignored it and headed through the house towards the back door.
Well even though there were no police, tonight was fun all the same, Dark thought.
Starflower said nothing as the parents arrived and find their daughters safe and sound. She would answer their questions as best she could, and she would not take payment of any sort or give her name. A thought came up to Dark.
You still haven't said what you want in return, or if you have any questions in the matter. I know you do. They always do. Starflower's thoughts could not be read by Daisuke because they are in a form of ancient Japanese, but Dark can understand them as easily as modern Japanese. He is, after all, as old as she is.
I have no questions though I do wish to ask a favour of you. Make sure that painting is put on display for the world to enjoy. He replied in the same tongue. Also...will you tell me your name?
I am Of the Flowering Stars. I was named for the time I first appeared on this terrafirm. If you like, you may call me Starflower, is her reply. My partner and I will make sure of the painting.
Then that's all I ask. Well, guess I'll see you around Starflower. He added in more modern Japenese. On the roof, he unfurled his wings now that the last of the parents and girls had gone and took off into the night.
Starflower stood and watched him take off, then ran and took off herself. She headed in a different direction though. She flew high in the sky and let the wind rustle through her wings. She swooped and twirled through the sky as the stars burst into bloom. She flew to a forest far south to a clearing in the centre. In the clearing ws a large rock formation with a waterfall and a pool of water. Starflower swooped through the waterfall and to the inside of the rock formation. She walked to the end of the cave and lay down, wrapping her wings around herself as she fell asleep. Meru wouldn't be around for school the next day, having been in a deep sleep since the rebonding ritual.
The next morning, after making sure With was not in his bag, Daisuke headed off for school and was surprised to find that Risa was waiting at the tram station in the town. He found that odd and wondered who she was waiting for. he found out as soon as he stepped out of the door of the tram. "Daisuke!" Risa smiled, running over to him.
He blushed, completely caught of guard. "Uh...g-good morning Risa..." He managed to say, smiling. She grinned. "I've been waiting for you. There's something I need to ask you but not here. Can you meet me out in the courtyard at lunch today?"
Daisuke fought to ignore his racing heart and to keep back the emotion that made him transform. "Uh..sure thing..."
"Great. I'll see you then." Risa laughed happily, waving and then running off towards the school, leaving Daisuke standing there for a moment frozen in surprise. He then smiled to himself.
She was waiting for me! She wants to ask me something!
During the class, Daisuke could hardly pay attention, constantly watching the clock and for the bell to announce lunch. He barely noticed Meru's seat was empty.
When the bell for lunch rang, he headed straight for the school courtyard to find Risa already there waiting, a package beside her. She looked up and smiled, waving to him. He smiled back and walked over to sit beside her.
"It took me a lot of thinking to realise who I wanted to ask but it has to be you Daisuke. You're such a good friend to me, always being so nice and helping me with cleaning duty even if it isn't your turn..." she said.
Daisuke nodded, not able to really find anything to say at the moment.
"So," she continued, turning to the package beside her. "I want you to try some of this." She turned back to Daisuke, holding a wonderful looking lunch and then held out a piece for him to try. He ate it...
"Well? How does it taste? Daisuke? Daisuke!"
Minutes later Risa stood beside the water fountain as Daisuke tried to rid his mouth of the awful taste in it. "I'm so sorry..." Risa sighed. Daisuke shook his head as he stepped back from the fountain. "It wasn't...that bad."
"Well, you see the thing is, I want to make things for Dark. He's just the coolest and I really want to try." She told him. "So I'm going to practise to get better and better. Will you taste these so I know how I'm getting on?...Daisuke? Daisuke!"
The rest of the afternoon trudged on slowly for Daisuke, unable to believe what Risa had told him. She didn't like him, she liked Dark...how was he ever going to live with his other half stealing the heart of the girl he liked?
Dark wisely kept silent in Daisuke's mind, though he found himself a bit amused. This kind of thing had never happened before with any of his other hosts.
Depressed, Daisuke walked slowly home after school, eyes on the ground, ignoring everything around him.
Merani awoke, confused in the cave.
"What's happened? Oh, Starflower must have come here for some reason or another. I guess I've missed school today, I should probably go home and check in with my parents though." Meru left the cave through the waterfall, getting totally soaked. She spread Starflower's bright orange wings and took off for home. She wasn't really worried about being seen, and the sun would dry her on the way home. When she arrived home, she went immediately to her room to prepare for the evening. She gathered her things for a sky funeral and shifted into Starflower. Starflower bathed herself and gathered the items, including a few from Abba's house. They flew back the waterfall grove to wait. The ceremony would begin after nightfall and the rising of the stars.
Daisuke stood out on the balcony as night fell, his sketchbook in hand as he drew what he could see before him, the town, the lights, the sky. He was the only Niwa in his family to be an artist and they encouraged his gift, knowing it meant something big.
He sighed and put down his drawing, leaning on the wall as he ran over Risa's conversation again in his mind.
Starflower rose and made a ring around the lake with herbs, then flew to the middle of the lake and shot straight upward, until she reached where the clouds would be. She drww her hand slowly up to her head on the left side, and the stars began to blink there more brightly than before. She did the same with her right hand with the same effect. Starting with the head, she begans to strip the bandages from her body, revealing the marks of torture she recieved so many years ago.
Dark's senses picked up the magic in the air, recognising it by now as Starflower's. He alerted Daisuke to it.
You wanna go check it out? There's nothing else to do tonight and frankly I'm bored with you moping about. So she has a crush on somebody else, that just means you have to show her what you're made of. Dark told him.
Daisuke frowned. "She's got a crush on you. How am I supposed to compare with the Ledgendary Phantom Thief?"
I guess you do have a point...but do you want to check out what's going on or what?
"Not really..."
Dark sighed in Daisuke's mind. It's not like I did anything to make this happen.
"You didn't do too much to prevent it either, like that night she followed you."
What? I was being nice!
"A bit too nice..."
Starflower finished stripping the bandages, and they fell to the lake, rippling through the air as she began the more elaborate parts of the ritual. She took out her flute and began to play, the crisp, long, sad notes ringing through the air. The stars began twinkling and thrumming in pattern as she entreated them.
Daisuke looked up at the sky and noticed the stars seemed brighter than ususal...
"That's cool." he sighed to himself, blocking Dark out completely now. The thief stayed quiet, knowing it was best just to leave Daisuke alone for the time being.
The stars stopped and stood in their places, thrumming. Starflower cesased playing and flew straight up towards them, stopping after she left the earth's atmosphere. There she stood and talked to the stars in an ancient language that was no longer known on the earth. Her plea was for a constellation to be made for Abba the Dragonhearted. The stars moved into the constellation of a heart wrapped by a dragon. Well pleased, Starflower turned and flew full throttle to the earth below. Once inside the 2nd layer, she simply folded her wings and allowed herself to hurtle through the atmosphere, turning back towards the sky, towards Abba's constellation. The herbs on the ground began to glow, and formed a beam of yellow light that caught her and slowed her fall. She landed in the lake, and the beam disappeared. The water of the lake turned gelatinous, and the herbs that hadn't been used up shot strands to each other, sealing her in so that nothing would disturb her while she healed. One tended to get massive burns entering the atmosphere at that sort of speed.
There was a beating of wings as Dark flew to where he could sense the magic, having finally convinced Daisuke to allow him to, and he hovered above the lake, seeing Starflower's figure sealed within. He smiled a bit and landed on the shore, tilting his head back to look at the stars for the moment, admiring the new constellation.
"So that's what you were up to." He murmured, looking impressed. He stayed for a while and, knowing that it would be best to leave Starflower to heal, finally decided to go and fly around for a while. He left something on the shore of the lake.
One of his feathers and a copy of his next notice.
Yay! There was the first cute Dark/ Starflower moment there!
See, Star? He's not all bad, is he? And now Meru has something to tease you about too!
Daisuke: Actually, wasn't she unconscious for the entire thing?
Starflower: HAH!
Me: Stop conspiring against me! AGGHH!
Also, thanks to those who have reviewed! It's nice to receive mail!