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Uhm... I'm not sure what to think of the situation. Mirii's face seems so sad… unfortunately, I can't think of a way to cheer her up. I'm positive that she's not thinking about that incident right now… maybe because we are walking back home and she insisted to heal me up?
… eh eh… that's why I just can't stop staying near her: she might look like one of those ice blocks I see on books, but her heart is so warm I don't feel shivering anymore! My right hand it's just moving so close to her left one… bu-but grabbing that might scare her, s-so I'll refrain myself!
Besides… judging from my friends' faces, they don't seem too much enthusiastic… … hey, what I'm doing?! I can't let this moment remain: someone might cry out of the desperation! I must do something!
"So, are you… ehm…" Hun looks down left, with his right forefinger scratching his right cheek. His head returns looking to his left. "The show! It's about to start isn't?!" He smiles widely.
Mirii, Bars and Grina were looking down with their eyebrows a bit down. Slowly, Mirii turns her head to her left.
"Hunley… this is not the time." Her eyebrows were up. "I wish it was… but right now, we must immediately talk with Tonna."
Oh-oh… I-I hope I didn't make the situation even worse! She's looking like even sadder than before… n-no, I can't give up! I have a duty to fulfill!
"Can… I do something about this?" Hun's mouth downturned.
Mirii smiles a bit.
"You did enough, already." Her eyes closed. "You deserve my support now."
"Wh-what I did, exactly…?" Hun looks up.
"You protected Aqua…" Her eyes opened. "For me, that's already enough."
"Oh… I see." His irises moved to his left.
Mirii is smiling at the least… but I don't know how much it will last. Hearing about that incoming War… I can't deny: it's scaring me too. I need to do something to stop them, before a disaster might fall upon this weird jungle! … but how? What can I do?
What can I do… … uhm, I'm the Master's Shrine huh. I wonder what powers I possess, right now… aside from my Squid ability. The Shrine's owner didn't really say anything like it… no wait, didn't he said something about believing?! Believing… in what? … aaah, I can't remember! Why I can't remember just like everyone else?! It's really limiting my possibilities!
No, I will not let this one stop me! I'll remember! I need to… … my head hurts so much… with such pain, I can't force my brain at all. Maybe I could if I'm resting a bit… but I can't let Mirii walk all alone in that place: I keep hearing people talking about her… someone might attack her too!
Not even Grina or Bars can calm me n-no wait that's not the point! If Mirii should look for someone, that one is me! She must keep in mind that, so I can always stay with her! … maybe after a while… she might not mind coming with me back to the farms. I'm still missing those peaceful days, anyway… but I'll miss her too, if I return with just my sister!
Wait… didn't the owner said that I should go back to the Shrine?! … oh… I-I forgot that particular. … you know what? I'm sure they will not mind… I can't get used to this place already, I'm not even thinking I could do the same for that one! My only place is the farms: that's where I truly feel useful and safe! No one is ever going to change
"Heya!" Kelly's face appeared from above, in front of Hun, upside down. Her eyes were closed, her mouth was smiling.
Hun gasped, while jumping and moving his arms: he falls on his bottom. Everyone looked at him with their eyes expanded. Kelly jumped in front of him, starting to dance in place.
"Nice to meet you Master!" Her right arm rotates clockwise. "I'm Keeeellyyy! Drawing specialiiiist!"
"Kelly…?" Hun stands up. "This is your name?" His head tilts to his right.
"WHAT?! SHE'S HERE?!"
Hun turns to his right, seeing Mirii looking forward: her eyes expanded, her mouth flattened.
"Here who?!" Hun returns forward. "Who's this girl?!"
"Kelly!" Grina opened her arms, while closing her eyes and smiling widely. "You are back with us!"
"… the girl of the other day?!" Hun's mouth opened wide.
"Yes!" Kelly spins, stopping in front of the boy while raising her right, bended leg. Her arms opened wide too. "I'm the one who helped Mirii!" Her eyes closed.
"Ah… bu-but your clothes…" Hun's head tilted from down to up. "Are you coming from the Shrine?!"
"She does?!" Grina's mouth opened.
"NO!" Mirii's hands grabbed her tentacles, as her face was full of sweat. "Th-that's not it!"
Kelly small jumped three times, standing in front of Mirii and bending forward. The girl stretched her tentacles up, as she jumped backwards.
"I-I'm seeing you!" Mirii's irises shrunk. "Wh-what are you doing?!"
"Hey… I'm seeing her too!" Grina bended down, while smiling. "Wow, her clothes are totally fresh!"
"Like, is she 14?" Bars chuckles, while grinning a bit, closing his eyes and raising his eyebrows.
Kelly turns around, seeing everyone staring at her.
"Hi!" Fara bended forward, as her right hand went in front of Kelly. Her eyes were closed, her smile was wide. "I'm Fara! Hun's lil' sister!"
"Hiiii!" Kelly grabs her hand with both her own hands, shaking them up and down. "It's so nice meeting the second Master of the Shrine!"
"THE SECOND?!" Everyone repeated, as their eyes expanded.
"Eh eh, what's wrong?! Didn't you know?!" Kelly was dancing in place, with her eyes closed. "It's true that the Master is the Master… but his whole family are also very important for the Shrine too!"
"The whole family…?" Hun frowned a bit. "Wait, wh-what are you talking about?!"
"Ooooh Maaaasteeerrr…" Kelly's arms were rotating. "I came heeeere to take yooouuuu…"
"No!" Hun shakes his head. "This is not the time! We need to stop Inklings from destroying this city, before"
"But Master… that's exactly the reason why I'm here!" Kelly stops, as her mouth formed a small 3. "Things have changed back in the Shrine! I'm here to take you there!"
"Forget that, Kelly!" Mirii steps forward, frowning. "Hunley will stay here: he needs medication!"
"Medication…? The Shrine can cure the Master rather well!" Kelly nodded, while looking at Mirii. "Besides, he's not going there all alone… you can all come with us!" Her arms opened.
"Sorry to burst up your dreams, but the Moon already spoke." Grina shrugged, as her smile kept and her eyebrows lowered a bit. "We just went back from some action!" Her wrists were resting on her hips. "We are all tired and ready to hit the bed: without energy, you can't really get much fun out of a meeting."
"That's the problem? Theeenn…" Kelly resume her dance. "… no probleeeem for that! You can aaaaall see meeeee… that meaaansss…"
Kelly spins, stopping in front of everyone while holding a pile of papers and a brush.
"Ta-daaaaah!" Her eyes were sparkling. "Time to draw! Draw!"
"… could you please talk about this later?" A sweat drop appears on Mirii's right side of her head, as her irises were looking to her right. "People might see us as crazy…"
"I didn't finish!" Kelly closes her eyes. "If you are all going back home to sleep… I'll draw"
"Wait, wait…" Grina moves her hands back and forth, while smiling a bit. "Yes, we are tired… but we are also hungry and bored!"
"Grina, there is no time for dinner!" Mirii frowned, raising her shoulders and staring at Grina. "I have to talk with Tonna about tomorrow: she must know everything beforehand, so she can help us stopping the impending war!"
"… sigh… your lack of appetite shouldn't be that ignored." Grina rose her mouth, her eyelids lowered. "It makes you even more tired and stressed than you already are."
"Bu-but" Mirii bended forward.
"Sheesh! It's not like she can't pick up a turfing phone and listen to everything!" Grina shakes her head, while opening her arms. "Besides, isn't that plan of yours backfiring terribly since Agents will notice you going inside Tonna's office?"
Mirii growled.
"… hmpf." Her head rose. "I went in that office for many times… yet, no one ever rose an eyebrow at me."
"What if they will?" Grina frowned a bit.
"What if they will track my phone call?!" Mirii's right forefinger pointed at Grina. "Your reasons are invalid, thus I must talk with Tonna." She starts walking past everyone. "I already wasted too much time here…"
"W-wait, Mirii!" Hun sprints, then slowing down near Mirii's left side. "I-I'll come with you!"
Mirii turns her head to her left, smiling.
"Hunley, before I go… I have to make sure you are relaxing and healing with the wet towel I intend to put on your head." She nodded. "I could have used the Power Health… but such prodigy is expensive and rare, so I must keep it for emergency purposes." Her smile grew. "If I'm thinking to have done a bad job, that might… well…"
Her head lowered, as her eyebrows went up and her cheeks blushed.
"… making me feel bad…" She sighed loudly.
"Don't say that!" Hun's eyebrows were up, his mouth downturned, while turning his sight on Mirii. "I trust you Mirii…" His cheeks blushed. "I know you will never leave a friend behind." He nodded while smiling. "Besides, I want to come with you since you'll walk all alone…"
Mirii blushes a lot.
"Hunley… well…" She looks down for a moment. "… bu-but what if your headache will just increase?! You will suffer…"
"I'm sure it will not." He smiles. "I said it before, Mirii. I… trust you." He blushes a bit more.
"In that case… I'll not disappoint you, Hunley." Mirii nodded while closing her eyes and smiling even more. "That's a rule of perfection I follow greatly."
The two Inklings chuckled with their mouths sealed. Behind the two, walking Inklings, the other four were walking and staring at the whole scene.
"So much for bringing us with you." Grina turns her head to the left, lowering her irises towards Kelly. "Did you changed your mind?"
"No, I didn't." Kelly rose her head, turning to her right while smiling. "Seeing Mirii together with the Master… they are both so happy together, I don't have any ruling power to make them focus on the departure instead."
"I like your way of thinking, Kelly." Grina closes her eyes while smiling. "You have so many things to share with us… it wouldn't be fair to leave you behind, while me and the others eat today's dinner."
"Ooooh, really?!" Kelly's eyes were sparkling, as her mouth was forming a small 3 and her hands were grasping together. "Eating something new… th-that's an incredible offer!" Her mouth downturned a bit. "But I can't let myself being seen by others…" Her eyes closes, her eyebrows lowered just a little bit. "The people from the Shrine will get mad at me and confiscate my drawing tools…"
Her arms hugged her pile of papers and brush, as her watery eyes opened.
"W-without those… I-I would disgrace m-my noble family!" She sniffs silently. "Th-they will get so sad and disappointed… no!" She closes her eyes again, while shivering and lowering her head. "Th-that shall never happen to anyone! Never!"
"Whoa whoa, there!" Grina's right hand patted Kelly's left shoulder. "Calm down a bit! Who said people will see you…? Why, the canteen does have a take away functionality." She grins a bit.
"Take away…?" Kelly opened her mouth a bit.
"You can take food from the canteen and eat anywhere you want!" Her right eye winked. "We will take a bunch of food and bring it… in one of our rooms!" Grina nodded. "The rooms inside this building are kinda huge, so a nice table for 6 Squids are quite enough! With that said, can't really nominate my room for dinner: I didn't had the time and patience to clean up my room… let alone Barsy's!"
Bars chuckles, while Grina sticks her tongue out, as her right fist knocked her head a bit.
"… forgive me for that, since in those recent days I was so busy with a little surprise project I'm planning for a while. Anyway, what about your brother's room, Fara?" Grina smiles, while her face points at the little girl and her eyes closed.
"Skippy 'ets nerv'us when many peopl' 're all insi' our room." Fara sighed. "Usually he enjoys 'alm plac's…"
"Heh, can't really get your little pet upset!" Grina shrugged. "This means Mirii's room wins." She nodded. "Although, without a proper table it's going to be a problem eating the canteen's delicious food!"
"Like, I do have a round table which I don't use…" Bars chuckles. "Let the Bars use the muscles: aside from doing something in the meantime, my hunger will rocket-boost to the Moon after all that hard work!"
"Delicious idea!" Grina's right arm wrapped around Bars' shoulders. "I'll pick up the chairs, so I have an extra space for the Double Cheeseburger Special they got in limited edition!"
"Can I 'ick up somethin' too?" Fara downturned her mouth, while looking at the three Inklings. "I'm not tha' weak…"
"I want to help too!" Kelly starts jumping a bit while dancing. "Otherwiiiisseeeee, I will loooook like an egoiiistic Squiiiid. Even in frooooont of the miiirroooor!"
"You are our guest!" Grina shakes her head. "Give us the chance to prove how hospitable we can be!"
"… then, I'll help the second Master!" Kelly turns to her left. "Since she wants to be hospitable too!"
"How?" Fara opened her mouth a bit.
"Eh eh!" Kelly's left hand patted the pile of papers. "If you use them correctly, drawings can show you the invisible paths to take! With a plan in our side, not only it's more probable to succeed but things would look less scary and more fun!"
"Ehm… like, what about just waiting for us?" A sweat drop appears on Bars' right side of his head. "This plan is more ink-proof"
"Let them have fun, Barsy." Grina nodded, while smiling and closing her eyes. "How many times they will get another occasion to conceive a strategic plan?"
"… heh, if you say so girl." Bars shrugged. "Don't feel like arguing, since my brain is too busy seeing that Triple Burger Skyscraper they recently released."
The four Inklings laughed together, while Hun and Mirii were waiting in front of the Headquarters' entrance.