It was Sunday, Fuutarou's day off from work. He woke up around 7 so he can get at least some hours of studying in. He had turned on the radio while he studied.
Reporter: It's Sunday, September 30th! Today the firework Festival is held, don't miss it!
Kintarou ( oooo! The firework Festival, we should go see it with Raiha!)
Kazetaro ( It does sound pretty cool)
Fuutarou ( Well, I don't want to go with no money, so if we have any left over we could try to go.)
Kazetaro ( Alright, that sounds fine.)
Fuutarou had continued to study.
Fuutarou: I don't think this formula is in the text books, I should teach them this
Fuutarou glanced over at a different sheet of paper
Fuutarou: If I can explain this in a simple way, Yotsuba for sure can understand it.
Fuutarou: And Miku would like these questions
Kazetaro ( Those girls are really on your mind huh?)
Fuutarou: It's my day off! Why am I still thinking about them!
Kintarou ( It just shows that you're a good tutor!)
Fuutarou: Yeah! I'm just being a good Tutor!
Kazetaro ( Eh, just don't get attracted to them.)
Fuutarou: I know.
Raiha had entered his room
Raiha: Fuutarou, Why are you yelling so early in the morning?
Fuutarou: Sorry! Also, in a couple hours we're gonna go see mom.
Raiha: Alright
She left the room
Kintarou ( Luckly Raiha didn't tell us off…)
Kazetaro ( If only Fuutarou wasn't so loud)
Fuutarou ( It was an accident)
Fuutarou had gone back to studying.
-A couple hours later-
It's currently 11, and Fuutarou has finished studying and went to tell Raiha to get ready, so they can meet their mother. They had finished getting ready
Fuutarou is wearing a black T-shirt alongside some black jeans.
Raiha had put on some overalls with a striped shirt
Raiha: I'm going to make something to eat before we leave
Fuutarou: Don't worry about that, I have some money
Raiha: We're gonna eat out today?
Fuutarou: Yeah, I found some Yen while I was coming home yesterday, I have 7000 total. ( And Dad gave us some too)
Raiha: Alright then, let's go!
They had walked out the door
Raiha: Where are we going first?
Fuutarou: We're gonna go eat first, then visit Mom and If you want we can go to the park afterwards.
Raiha: Alright!
Fuutarou and Raiha had started walking, looking for a place to eat. Fuutarou had seen a restaurant called "The Revival" which had just opened up.
Fuutarou: Let's go eat there. He said pointing at the restaurant
Raiha: It's a new restaurant too.
They went inside of it
Raiha: Wow! It looks nice here!
Fuutarou: Yeah, it looks really fancy here (Hopefully the food isn't too expensive…)
Kazetaro (Hopefully it's good!)
Kintarou ( All that matters is seeing Raiha happy!)
Fuutarou and Raiha had left the restaurant
Fuutarou: They served some pretty good food. (Yet expansive)
Kazetaro ( It still was good)
Kintarou ( The owner was so nice! He give us a discount)
Kazetaro ( Yeah, how much money do we have left?)
Fuutarou ( Around 1000 yen left)
Raiha: Yeah, come on, let's go see mom Fuutarou
Fuutarou: Yeah
20 minutes later
They had arrived at a cemetery. They started to walk around looking for their mothers grave. They had found the grave where their mother was buried. They had started to clean the tomb, once they were done they had started to pray. As they finished, Raiha started to talk
Raiha: Hello mom, even though I don't know alot about you, Fuutarou, Kintarou and Kazetaro all said you were the best mom in the world.
Fuutarou had a slight smile hearing that
Raiha: Dad had gotten Fuutarou a Tutoring job, his student had come over the same day! She said Fuutarou's first day was great, hearing that had put me at ease, knowing that Fuutarou was already doing a great job! Or Kintarou haha.
She had gotten up
Fuutarou: You're done?
Raiha: Yeah.
Fuutarou: Alright then. Hey, Raiha, do you think you can do me a favor?
Raiha: Yeah, what is it?
Fuutarou: Do you think you can give us a couple of minutes alone to tell mom something?
Raiha: Oh, yeah then. I'll go walk around then
Fuutarou: Thank you.
Raiha had walked away, once she was gone Fuutarou had knelt down
Fuutarou: How long has it been since we last came here? A couple of months? He put his hand on top of the tomb. Like Raiha said, Dad got us a job, I never expected to tutor a set of Quintuplets. They don't like to study at all, it's a real pain but I do want to help them. (You want to tell her something Kintarou?)
Kintarou (Yeah!) They swapped
Kintarou: Hi Mom, ever since we entered highschool it's been nothing but fun! Even if Fuutarou didn't want to, we helped out the school clubs with practice or games. We won a couple of trophies too. Fuutarou is still super smart like always, he's even the top student in the entire school! I think if they were to put me in a ranking I would be near the bottom haha. But lately I haven't had time to help the clubs since Fuutarou has to tutor Quintuplets. I never knew Quintuplets were a thing, they all look the same too, just how we look the same too! ( You want to talk to mom too, Kazetaro?)
Kazetaro ( Yes)
Kintarou: Here's Kazetaro. They swapped
Kazetaro: Hey Mom, we've all been doing good all around, with Fuutarou studying hard, Kintarou helping others and Me not getting into a lot of fights haha! I think I only got into one this entire school year, it's better than our middle school years. Dad recently started to train us again, it's been a lot of fun, well, for me atleast. I dont know if it's fun for Kintarou, but I do know Fuutarou would rather study haha. He had seen that Raiha was coming back. Well, that's all I had to say Mom, bye.
Kazetaro: Yo Raiha, let's go. He said waving his hand towards himself
Raiha: Alright. She caught up to Kazetaro. Bye Mom.
They started to leave the cemetery.
Once they were out Raiha asked Kazetaro if they can play at a park for a bit. He said Yes so they started walking to a nearby one.
The Park was very lively with a good amount of people at it. It had a slide, swings, monkey bars and a Metal climbing dome. Raiha had went to talk to the other kids in the park while Fuutarou had sat on the swings
Fuutarou: It's nice seeing Raiha act her age. He said swinging
Kintarou ( Yeah it really is)
Kazetaro ( If only things didn't turn out this way.)
Fuutarou: Yeah…she had the mature fast, I hate the fact she had too
Kintarou ( We had too as well)
Kazetaro (Yeah…I doubt we would've matured like we did if it wasn't for her)
Fuutarou: The Girl from Kyoto…she really told us to get our act together haha.
Kintarou ( I wonder what she's doing right now)
Kazetaro ( She probably fulfilled the promises we made)
Fuutarou: We did make a lot of Promises though
Kintarou ( Maybe not all of them but most of them at least)
Kazetaro ( We've only done 2, to get better grades, and be more confident in ourselves)
Kintarou ( We need to fulfill our dreams and become someone who people rely on. Those two are the ones we need.)
Fuutarou: What are our Dreams? What do we even want to do after highschool?
They didn't know
Kazetaro ( We are one person together, we'll do something all of us agree on, no matter what)
Kintarou ( Kazetaro is right, we should do something all of us like)
Fuutarou: What would that be than? You do you guys want to do
Kazetaro ( Some type of fighter or a bodyguard)
Fuutarou: I knew you would say something like that.
Kazetaro ( It sounds fun!)
Kintarou ( Haha the job seems fitting for Kazetaro though)
Fuutarou: I guess you're right, what about you Kintarou?
Kintarou (I would want to take care of people or help them)
Kazetaro ( You really like helping people, Kintarou?)
Kintarou (Yeah)
Fuutarou; Something that you could barely do Kazetaro. He said, trying to poke fun at him.
Kazetaro ( Hey! I help people better than you!)
Fuutarou: Yeah whatever, you could barely help anyone Kazetaro.
Kazetaro ( Kintarou swap with Fuutarou, I need to teach him a lesson)
Kintarou ( There's no need to fight…) he said trying to calm them down
Fuutarou ( You know what, Swap Kintarou, I'll teach him a lesson)
As if someone knew Kazetaro and Fuutarou where going to fight, Raiha had called Fuutarou
Raiha: Fuutarou! Come on, let's play!
Fuutarou ( Consider yourself lucky Kazetaro)
Kazetaro ( I should? You should! Raiha knew what was going to happen so she had to call us so I won't hurt you)
Kintarou ( Fuutarou, Raiha is waiting for us to play with her)
Fuutarou: ( Yeah I know) Alright, I'll play in a couple of seconds. He said getting off the swings. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a shadow move behind him. He turned around to see who was behind him but saw no one
Fuutarou ( Is someone watching us?)
Kintarou ( Who would want to watch us?)
Kazetaro ( Are you sure you aren't seeing things Fuutarou?)
Fuutarou ( I don't know…) He started to walk to Raiha.
Once he met Raiha, she asked him to play tag with her and the other kids at the park. Fuutarou agreed to play with them, Kintarou had told Fuutarou to switch with him since he had the most stamina out of all of them but Fuutarou declined since he was confident in his stamina.
Boy was he wrong, he underestimated how fast and full of energy kids were to the point he fell while he was getting chased.
Fuutarou: H..Hold Up…let me take…a quick break. He said as he laid in the grass
They said ok and continued playing
Fuutarou ( How do they have so much energy?!)
Kazetaro (You should've listened to Kintarou, Fuutarou)
Kintarou ( Are you fine Fuutarou?)
Fuutarou: I'm…just out…of breath…
Kazetaro ( I feel like this is the most exercise you've ever done haha)
Fuutarou: Shut…up
Kintarou ( He's right Fuutarou, maybe you should cut back a tad bit on your studies)
Fuutarou: More study…less exercise. He said sitting down. ( How about we swap Kazetaro, see if you do any better than me)
Kazetaro ( Fine, and If I do better than you?)
Fuutarou (You can do whatever you want for 2 days, meaning you can swap at any time and do whatever you want, deal?)
Kazetaro ( This will be too easy) He swapped with Fuutarou
Kazetaro stood up and started to head over to where Raiha and the others were playing.
Kazetaro had opted to be the one to catch them, they all said alright besides Raiha since she knew it wasn't Fuutarou that was going to chase them, but Kazetaro.
Raiha knew that Kazetaro athletic ability was greater than Fuutarou's, but if it was anything physical he would tell Kintarou not Kazetaro. She had a feeling that there was a reason for Kazetaro swapping with Fuutarou instead of Kintarou so she was gonna ask him once they finished playing.
They had played for another 45 minutes, the kids were impressed at the fact Fuutarou had somehow gotten way faster and did not get tired within 5 minutes.
Kazetaro was faster than the Kids so he was able to catch them but it wasn't all easy for him. Raiha had to be the hardest one to catch since she was the fastest among the kids, Kazetaro was surprised at how fast she was.
Fuutarou was crestfallen at the fact his little sister wasn't really trying against him since he had caught her when he played.
Kazetaro had won the deal he and Fuutarou made, so he was going to be the main one for two days. He never felt better knowing Fuutarou had to ask him to swap! He was currently walking with Raiha since the other kids had to go so they decided to leave the park and head home.
Raiha: Hey, Kazetaro, why did Fuutarou swap with you instead of Kintarou?
Kazetaro: Me and Him made a bet
Raiha: A bet? For what?
Kazetaro: He told me I won't do any better than him, so we made a bet. I get to be in charge for two days. He said proudly
Fuutarou ( Shut up Kazetaro…)
Raiha: I see, for Fuutarou being so Smart, I can't believe he made that type of bet. She said as she sighed.
Kazetaro had laughed at what Raiha said
Fuutarou ( Raiha…how could you) He said depressed
Kintarou had tried to comfort Fuutarou
Kintarou ( Don't be sad Fuutarou, she didn't mean it)
Raiha: Y'know it's kinda strange that you and Kintarou have a better athletic ability than Fuutarou, even though you guys are the same person
Kazetaro: Yeah…so where are we going next? Home?
Raiha: Yeah, I had a lot of fun today.
Kazetaro: Even though Fuutarou was in control the majority of the time, it still was Fun
They continued walking home, as they were walking Kazetaro had seen an Ice cream parlor. That had made Kazetaro hungry and decided to go and get one for him and Raiha, even if Fuutarou was internally saying No.
Fuutarou ( We barely have any money left over, Kazetaro, we can spend a lot)
Kazetaro (We're only gonna get one cone of Ice Cream, plus, I'm the one that gets to decide)
Fuutarou ( You know damn right you would take the entire parlor if you could)
Kazetaro ( I wouldn't!)
Kintarou ( You guys should be nice to each other, you've been arguing since the park)
Kazetaro ( It's usually Fuutarou that starts it, he could be very insensitive sometimes)
Fuutarou ( I'm Insensitive?) Fuutarou was going to say something else but Raiha told Kazetaro something
Raiha: We're next in line, come on, quit arguing with Fuutarou. She said in a whisper.
They were surprised that she knew Kazetaro was arguing with Fuutarou.
Fuutaoru ( How did she know we were arguing?)
Kazetaro ( Is she a psychic?)
Kintarou ( You had a weird look on your face Kazetaro)
Kazetaro ( O-Oh)
They had gotten their ice cream and left, Fuutarou had gotten a plain Vanilla while Raiha had got Strawberry.
They ended up using all of their Yen so currently they had nothing, luckly for them, their house wasnt too far away. Since it was just a couple of blocks away or a ten minute walk.
The Uesugi household was all ready in a noticable distance, but, Fuutarou saw a random person standing in front of their door with something that looks like an envelope
Kazetaro ( That isn't a debt collector right?)
Kintarou ( I thought we paid this months payment?)
Fuutarou ( We did, there's no way they need another payment now)
Raiha had ran towards the person
Kazetaro: Raiha come back! She didn't listen, They all where panicking at the fact Raiha left them, if It was a debt collector, Fuutarou would have to sell an arm or a leg
Fuutarou ( Shit Shit Shit)
Kintarou (AAAAAAAAA)
Kazetaro ( Say Goodbye to your arm Fuutarou…)
Fuutarou was depressed
Raiha: Kazetaro! What are you doing! Open the door so we can let Itsuki in!
Kazetaro: It…suki?
Fuutarou ( I keep my arm!!!!)
Kintarou ( It's just itsuki) He said in a sigh of relief
Itsuki was wondering why Raiha called Fuutarou "Kazetaro"
Kazetaro had walked towards them
Kazetaro: Raiha, never do that again.
Raiha: I just wanted to greet Itsuki since she came over again
Itsuki: Y-Yes something like that, but, why did Raiha call you "Kazetaro" Uesugi-kun?
Kazetaro: It's…it's uhhh a Nickname, Yeah! That's my Nickname!
Itsuki: Nickname?
Raiha: Yeah! That's what we call him at home sometimes haha. She said awkwardly
Itsuki: I see.
Fuutarou ( Good going Kazetaro)
Kintarou ( Yeah!)
Kazetaro had unlocked the door
Kazetaro: Come on in Itsuki. (Here, Fuutarou let's swap for the time being)
Fuutaoru (Alright then)
Itsuki had walked inside and sat at the small little table they had
Fuutarou: What brings you over here, Itsuki?
Itsuki: I came over to give you something
Fuutarou: Eh? Why didn't you just give me it when we were outside?
Itsuki: It's something that can't be given outside. She placed the envelope on the table, it had "Salary" written on it.
Fuutarou: My Salary?
Itsuki: Yes, this is all my father is giving you for the two days, Uesugi-san
Raiha: You really are working hard, Fuutarou. She said happily
Fuutarou: I don't really expect a lot, it was just two days
He opened the envelope, to his surprise, he saw a couple of 10,000 yen bills
Itsuki: 5,000 Yen per person, for two days it's 50,000 yen.
Raiha: Fuutaoru…you're crumbling the bill..
Fuutarou couldn't believe the amount of money he made just for two days, but he put the envelope back on the table and slid it to Itsuki
Fuutarou: I'm sorry but I can't accept this, I might've went over to your place twice, but I didn't do anything within that time frame.
Itsuki: I don't think you didn't do anything, you've changed something within us bit by bit. She said with a smile
Fuutarou: I see. ( I changed something within them?)
Kintarou ( We did get Miku to trust us)
Kazetaro ( She's probably talking about that.)
Fuutarou ( She said "Within Us" so all of them)
Itsuki: I won't take this money back, it's your salary.
Fuutaoru was thinking of what to do, but Kintarou decided to take action for him
Kintarou: Raiha, let's go to the arcade.
Raiha: Okay!
Kintarou: You want to come as well, Itsuki?
Itsuki: I-I don't know…
Raiha: You don't want to play with us? She said with a sad look, this caused Itsuki to say yes that she'll go with them.
-Arcade-
Fuutarou ( Why did you say we're gonna go to the arcade?)
Kintarou ( Well, I want to see Raiha enjoy herself even more, like the conversation we had earlier, I want to see her act her age instead of some mature kid)
Kazetaro ( I see, but why did you invite Itsuki?)
Kintarou ( I felt rude telling Raiha we're going to the Arcade and leaving Itsuki out, so I told her if she wanted to tag along hehe)
Fuutarou just sighed
Raiha: wow! This place looks so cool!
Fuutarou turned to Itsuki
Fuutarou: Come on, let's go with Raiha Itsuki.
Itsuki: Y-Yes
Raiha: Fuutarou, let's play this! She was pointing to a game where you use a gun to knock an object down to get a prize
Fuutarou: This will be a piece of cake, just watch how I do it. He said full of confidence
Well, it was good confidence at least. He had used up a lot of coins trying to win, but he never did
Fuutarou: This makes no sense! It should've gone down with those shots!
Raiha was pulling Fuutarou away from the shooting range
Raiha: Fuutarou, give up!
Fuutarou: I could do it! One more try!
Kazetaro ( Wow…you suck at this Fuutarou)
Kintarou (Maybe you should let one of us try instead Fuutarou?)
Fuutarou: I just need to get the correct angle and position! Ituski! You have more coins right? Let me use them, I need to win this game!
Itsuki had picked up the rifle
Itsuki: I doubt that would work, it's way too small of an object to hit
Fuutarou was right besides Itsuki holding the rifle
Fuutarou: By putting it in the right position, and calculating the shooting range it should hit
Itsuki had a slight blush from how close Fuutaoru was to her
Raiha: Haha it still didn't hit
The combined power of Itsuki and Fuutarou wasn't enough for them to win
Kazetaro ( You should've let one of us try Fuutarou)
Kintarou ( they were close at least..)
Fuutarou ( Yeah…)
They had continued to play at the Arcade. Ituski and Raiha had gone against Fuutarou in air hockey, with them winning twice against Fuutarou but out of nowhere Fuutarou started winning. Well Ituski thought it was Fuutarou, he ended up swapping with Kazetaro and Kintarou and in total they won four times, but Kintarou had lost to Raiha since he didn't want to beat her.
Fuutarou ( These games have to be rigged! All I had to do was angle my hit and it would've went in!)
Kazetaro ( You can't just expect them to not block the hit Fuutarou)
Kintarou ( Maybe arcade games aren't your strong point Fuutarou?)
Kazetaro ( Or he's just bad at them in general)
Raiha had seen a claw machine that give out stuffed Penguin, so she asked Fuutarou to try and get her one.
Kintarou (Come on Fuutarou, you got this!)
Kazetaro ( Don't tell me all thoses times Studying went to waste)
Fuutarou ( Be quiet, let me concentrate!)
He started to move the stick to get the best position in grabbing the Penguin, he pressed the button that makes the claw come down. He ended up getting the Penguin and he was super happy that he got the Penguin for Raiha and the fact he finally won at something.
Raiha: Thank you Fuutarou. She said with a smile
Itsuki: I wasn't expecting you to actually win
Fuutarou: It was finally my Turn to win. He said proudly.
Itsuki: I guess so. Also, I have something to ask, why did you invite me to come with you guys?
Fuutarou: I felt rude telling Raiha that we're gonna go to the arcade and leave you out, but that's not all, Raiha seems to enjoy herself a lot whenever you're with her. It seems like you made an impact on her somehow.
Itsuki's face turned slightly red
Itsuki: You care for your sister a lot don't you?
Fuutarou: Yes, she always tries her hardest for the sake of our family, I want to make her every wish come true.
The words Fuutarou had just said weren't just his thoughts, but all of theirs, Kazetaro, and Kintarou all would've said the samething in that Situation.
Kazetaro ( I guess you knew what we all would say, huh?)
Kintarou ( We really are the same person haha)
Fuutarou ( Yeah)
Kazetaro ( Let's swap Fuutarou)
Fuutarou ( Alright then)
Raiha: Fuutarou, Itsuki. Let's play this one then we can leave
They turned around and saw Raiha pointing to a photo booth
Kazetaro: H-How about we play something else instead
Itsuki had placed her hand on his shoulder
Itsuki: You said you wanted her every wish to come true. She said somewhat embarrassed
Let's give big smiles!
Raiha: Come on, both of your faces look stiff
Itsuki: I-Im not used to taking photos
Kazetaro: How about you two just take the photos and I'll wait out si-. Raiha had grabbed Kazetaros's hand
Raiha: You can't go
Please look at the camera
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Raiha: It feels like we're taking a family photo!
They both blushed when they heard that
They had taken the photos.
Raiha: Here you are Itsuki. She handed Itsuki one of the photos
Itsuki: T-Thank you
Raiha: Thank you, for bring me here Fuutarou. I'll treasure these photos forever. She said with a smile
Even if Kazetaro didn't want to take the photo, he was happy that Raiha was having fun.
Raiha: Thank you for coming today too Itsuki
Once they got out of the Arcade place, Kazetaro decided to swap with Fuutarou.
Fuutarou: Well, that was pretty fun, I guess I'll see you tomorrow than
Itsuki: Yes, I should be going. She started to leave
Fuutarou: Actually, did you do the sheets of homework I gave you yesterday?
She froze after hearing that
Kazetaro ( I don't think she did them)
Kintarou ( S-She might've! You never know.) Kintarou knew too that she didn't do the homework, but he still wanted to have faith in her doing it.
Itsuki started to walk faster
Fuutarou: Come back here!
Itsuki: Please stop following me!
Before he caught her, Raiha had said something that made the both of them stop
Raiha: Fuutarou, why are there four Itsuki's?
Fuutarou: Four Itsuki's? He said turning around. He saw the rest of the Quintuplets, each of them were dressed in a Yukata.
Miku: Everyone is here, let's hurry up and go to the festival
Ichika: Did we interrupt your date?
Nino: Itsuki! What are you doing with him?!
Yotsuba had walked over to Raiha and crouched down
Yotsuba: You're Uesugi-san's little sister aren't you? Let's go to the festival!
Fuutarou: We were already planning on going
Yotsuba: Let's all go together then!
Fuutarou: You guys need to do your homework first!
While that was happening, someone was watching them from above.
???: You've really grown, Fuutarou-san. You've met Friends who seem to care about you, and you as well. They said with a smile on their face
They started to follow the Fuutarou and the others
Weirdly enough, someone else was watching Fuutarou and the others
???: It seems Fuutarou has met the Daughters of Nakano Mauro, interesting…
???: it seems so. What's the move, sir?
???: I have a plan, what we'll do is…
-end-
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The festival has just started! What awaits Fuutarou and the others?
Who were the mysterious people that continuously watch what Fuutarou does?
Are they Friend or Foe?
Find out uhhhhhh in a month or so! …maybe