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Have you ever heard the music of the city? Or the music of an engine as you sit in your car? Humming to the tunes of the teeming roads while placing your spirit in agony of the stale air.
To my music of life,
I have heard a thousand words and a thousand music— but why haven't you showed me the true colors of your tone? I wish I could change you—into a wind of fresh air.
I don't have much memory about this, but I remember that I have been holding onto this strange red-box as I fell asleep in my car.
What's making me hold onto this? What is this box and what exactly is the thing inside it?
So I tried to open it—and it's empty like there has never been anything inside it.
For some reason though, I feel like I really need to keep this thing with me, but I don't remember what it is exactly and why it's here with me.
The other thing that I don't remember is the reason why I'm sitting here in a car that somehow I know well but couldn't remember the reason or where is it actually going to.
After a few minutes, I passed through a lush rice field…
Rice field…..
Something… with rice field….
Ah…I can't remember.
I was left looking at a big building which somehow feels very familiar…. But not quite….
Have I ever seen this building somewhere before?
When the car stopped, I was about to step out as my hand automatically picked up the bag next to me.
Seriously….
I remember I can call this place a school…. But something feels really off….
I feel like I'm out of place…as in… this is not quite a place where I belong.
When my car leaves, I walk to school. On my way, I feel like I'm hearing some weird suggestions in my head, I don't even recognize who is telling me or how I know about it. I just… walk in wherever my feet lead me to.
When I thought that's the only thing I could remember,
I started to realize that… even the people around this place that I call as class are somewhat familiar to me…especially that short orange haired girl named… Rin…. Rin Hoshizora…..
Who is that girl and why is she so attractive to me?
Uhm… attractive? Is that even the right word to describe this strange feeling in me?
I really need to know why….
Maybe I should try to approach…
But….
Ah…
No….
Maybe not….
She seems to be busy with that other girl….. H…Hana…. Hanayo… Hanayo Koizumi…
How do I know the details I wonder?
And…for some reason … she began to look attractive to me too…
This is stupid….
What's happening to me?
Why do they look attractive? What is this strange feeling? I can't tell…
Maybe I should leave it be.
When I sit on my seat, I still keep trying to recall what exactly happened before I was in that car… I know something is really wrong and different…
Then I tried to look at the red box again…
I know there's something about it. I know it!
The more focus I give to it, the more I started to think about someone….
Someone specific….
There's only a blur vision right now…but I'm sure I can recall it again if I keep trying….or perhaps… I can try to recall this specific someone's voice….
A female….
A female with a gentle and confident voice…
I called her…. Eli…. Eli Ayase….
She could play a guitar… singing with her great voice….
But why do I recall her when I look at this box?
Did she give me this box?
Hmmm…I don't think so… This box was given by….
Someone else…..someone with an annoying voice….
She sounded like a little brat…
But the truth that she is older than she looks …
yet i won't believe it...
I called her…. Niko…. Niko Yazawa…..
Ah..!
S-Something about Niko Yazawa….
And I believe…. She has something with me…. but I can't tell…
I can't remember what exactly makes her related to this box….
But…wait…wait a minute…. I own this box… the same kind of box but not quite this box…. This box is not supposed to be mine before I traded it with Yazawa Niko….and I got the other box from a merchant…
A merchant with a cheerful voice….
Her name is….
Honoka…
Honoka Kousaka….
Sigh…
This is stupid, I can recall their names but I can't really remember how they look like….
But maybe…. I should've asked about…where do I get those memories?
When was the last time I met them and how do I meet them?
Just when I tried to think further, the school bell started ringing and I have to start paying attention in class or I won't learn anything today.
After school,
I decided to try and walk out to go to the music room—which I somehow know where it is exactly… I feel like… I have always gone to that place and spend my time there… but my memory feels so blurry.
Did I hit something and get amnesia?
Or maybe… I just happen to be still half asleep?
Am I dreaming?
This can't be…. this really feels like reality… a reality that somehow feels like a dream…
Not because it's beautiful or anything…
I just really feel a little floating on everything… not literally though.
Ah—I'll just try playing a song now.
Firstly I tried to do a little etude, then…
I started to sing along with my piano….
Cheers for the love!
I'm glad to be here, our present exists right here!
Cheers for the love!
It's only just begun,
I'm counting on you again tomorrow,
We've yet to reach our goal
Smile, when you're sad let's blow it all away
If you can laugh the scenery will change peeking through the clearing weather
Even when you're unsure the road leading to happiness
Comes into view under the blue sky
Rain falls from time to time but it's harsh without water
Don't wither; Nurture everyone's tree of dreams….
W-WHOA?!
W-What the heck?!
Who is that girl with…..wait….
That's…..
That's Kousaka Honoka…..
The way she sticks her face against the window is kind of familiar to me….
She claps her hands like a freak, yet it feels like it's not my first time looking at her doing that…
She opened the door and entered the room without even a second thought.
"Whaaaa! That was amazing!"
"Stop being creepy, damn it…" I said…
"Hehe— but it really was amazing!"
I feel like she used to compliment me the same way before…
And I retorted in the same way too…
Weird…
"By the way, Honoka…." I said.
"E-Eh? Y-you know my name?" she asked.
Uh-oh….
"O-of course I know! P-put that aside though… I was about to ask…." I paused for a moment as I took the red box that I put on the piano,
"Do you have any idea what this is?" I asked.
She looked at it for a moment,
I swear something happened to her; it's like she is getting a headache and quickly grabbed her own head…
"H-Honoka?" I tried to call her.
She remains quiet before her eyes turned towards me—that painful gaze…. Really…. pierced into me…and…
No….
No…wait….
"Honoka!" I called again before she suddenly faded away.
Damn it…
What just happened?
Then I could hear two people walking by.
"W-wait a minute there, Ericchi! T-This is not the right time for this! We'll be in trouble if we let this go on any longer!"
One of them said….
That voice….
Nozomi….
Nozomi Toujou…..
When did I meet her and know her name?
I swiftly moved to the door as I peek at them—There's a tall blonde woman, she seems to look strong and yet elegant, holding another woman with long purple hair with decent sized breasts…. They are upperclassman—member of the student council…..and they are walking to the storage room…No one will be suspicious but... I'll be curious…. Because whatever Nozomi said, seemed strange….
Maybe I should stalk them.
I can see them going into the storage room,
Then I can hear them locking the door.
What for?
Are they going to stay there? That's going to be dangerous, no?
But…. for some reason, I feel like they'll be fine…
Urgh…
I need to get something so I can listen to their conversation….
Maybe….maybe this plastic glass will work. The plastic glass that is left near the packed dispenser—which I somehow recall it often being used occasionally for drinks…
I quickly placed it near the wall and stuck my ear close to it…
"…..see? I told you…. that's not something you can play with…." That voice should be Eli…she said it with anger in her voice too.
"I didn't know it will end up this way! I mean… I swear, I predicted that this timeline will fix the future if we are brave enough to take a different step!" Nozomi replied.
"And this is definitely a wrong step! We can't go back again now! We lost our power and our ability to make contact with her!"
"It's not my fault! It was Maki-chan's fault! I didn't know that her wish 'everything to be created differently' will also cause us to end up like this! I was just granting her wish!"
"Nozomi… don't blame her because I already warned you! But you still decided to try… and you simply knocked everyone out before you did your blasted magic!" Eli said clearly to her.
"I'm sorry, ok! Let's try to find a way to fix this!"
"How can we fix anything if we don't have our power?!"
"We still have a hope; we need to look for Kotori and Umi! They might still have their power!"
Kotori and Umi….?
Kotori….. Kotori Minami….
and….
Umi Sonoda?
"She didn't know what they are, right? So they probably aren't getting any effect from her wishes…."
"Fine, let's try to look for them, ok? If they happen to be a normal human… then we're done… we are stuck and the future is fixed to end like that…."
"Nothing is wrong with having a few mafia gangs attacking here and there… might be exciting way to live too…"
"It is wrong if they are fighting along with their wish makers, just imagine a world without any single safe spot!"
"Nah— they must be going to build a fortress or something…"
"Yeah, sure, but then what about us? Dying?"
"Oh come on, Ericchi! This is not over yet!"
Eli sighed heavily after Nozomi's statement.
"We will try our best, ok honey? Just don't do anything stupid…."
"I know, darling… but now that you mention it…"
"What? You already thought of something stupid?"
"Yep, this might be stupid, but, can we try transferring our power? See if that still works…."
"You mean, you want one of us to transfer to the other and see if we can do any magic?"
"Yup, it might work…" Nozomi said.
"That's stupid; alright… but let's try it anyway…" Eli said before they collided their lips together…
Sigh….what am I watching now?
Two women making out with each other….
Uhm…well… it's kind of…. I…I don't know… exciting, maybe that's the word for it. It's like an energy surging within me and urging me to do something that I don't know…
Sheesh… I better move on…
Maybe I should just go back and try to think about the conversation I just heard now.
I was thinking to return to the music room, but it will probably be locked soon.
So I decided to go out and sit next to a big tree. I just sent a message to my house so they know that I want them to pick me up…
Thinking about it though, even though I feel like this is not my first time touching this thing that we call as a cellphone but I feel like I also have never seen this thing before. It's a very advanced technology I bet.
After a moment, my car came by to pick me up…
Just right before I step in to the car, I could see a small girl with black hair…..
Hmm...Wait… that green ribbon…. It means that she is my upperclassman….
Uh…. w-wait a minute! I feel like I know that girl….
There's something about her that's making my heart race so intensely…
W-what the hell is this feeling?
A…Am I scared?
D-Don't be stupid! Why am I scared with that little girl?
I…I shouldn't think about it now… I must go home as soon as possible to start thinking…
The night fell,
I didn't expect myself to have extra private lessons for being a doctor as I got home… more importantly; my father was the one who taught me. The one sentence that he keeps telling me over and over …
He wants me to be a doctor so that I can inherit the family.
But why should I be a doctor?
I'm actually against it…
I think I'll enjoy myself more in music than in a medical career.
Hmm.. Have I said that before?
I feel like I did say that before.
Sigh. I wish I knew what exactly is going on here. Why do I really feel out of place?
Anyway…about the previous thing…
So…from what I heard…. I think those two aren't quite human. They keep saying that they lost their power and everything… so that's why I think they're not a normal human…
Then… when that Nozomi said… it was my fault…
Is it the same Maki though, I wonder?
I believe I'm not the only Maki in this world….they could be talking about someone else…
Also when they mentioned, Kotori and Umi…. I feel like the two is somewhat related to each other…
Friends, perhaps?
Putting that aside,
There was this sentence …
'Everything to be created differently…'
What does that mean?
Does it mean literally what it means?
Then… if everything was created differently…
That means…I….
Ah!
Now I remember….
This is not the right period for me…
I may have created a different time somehow…
Wait… it's not 'somehow'…
Nozomi was the one who granted that wish!
Then maybe Eli was also involved in it… I swear I heard something before they casted the magic.
What about Honoka though?
I mean… she just…disappeared after she looked at that red box….
That specific red box that I…
Hmmm…
I heard something from the window…
Better check it out.
I tried to peek outside—and my eyes automatically focused on a big white fox that was almost the size of a wolf. Somehow, her gaze seems familiar…
I opened the window before it simply jumped into my room. The fox sat next to my bed and looked at me before she started to speak,
"That was quite troublesome to get in here…"
"Huh? Eli?" I called her name.
"Yes. It's me…. I hope you don't mind seeing me in this form for a while…"
"Why though?"
"Simply because I don't have a home to return to at the moment. Nozomi returned to Niko's house and might be causing trouble already…." she paused before she sighed.
"…. Be glad I'm not a trouble maker." she continued.
"Alright… but… why do you have to be in a fox form?"
"Because… people will ask if I'm in a human form…"
"You're too big for a fox…" I said clearly,
"Shush you, it takes more magic to transform into a different size… this is my human size, ok?"
"Wow… now I wonder how Nozomi looks like…."
"She is in a small size, she took a little more power after we synchronized, plus, she isn't a stingy ass like me when it comes to magic…."
"Synchronize your power?"
"Oh—right, let me explain it to you…. Nozomi and I shared a bond, we've been lovers for decades…so we can share and synchronize power… which is also one of the reasons why we are top tiers…"
"I don't get it…" I said.
"To put it simply, we were in trouble to lose a lot of our power, but gladly we can still share and synchronize, so… we just need to do that again and again until we can reach our previous level… then to tell you something about it too…. It is faster if you keep wishing from me and pay me with whatever you can pay with…."
"No… what I don't understand is…. what are you exactly…?" I asked.
Eli remained quiet for a moment…
Then she averted her gaze,
"We are wish makers; we are born here to grant your wish…."
"Wish maker…?"
Then she sighed again,
"I hate repeating myself, so… let's just say that I'm the father and you are the daughter. You can ask me what you need and whether I want to grant it or not depends on me— plus, you will have to show me what you got first by playing a great music for me…"
"Heh—if you're my actual father, I'd be happy to…. Because apparently, the real one won't let me choose my own path… he forced me to be a doctor…." I said.
She remains quiet for a moment, and then I heard her chuckling.
"Guess what, Maki? I keep forgetting that you're still a kid after all…"
"Huh!? I'm not a kid! I'm 15 years old!" I retorted.
Then she laughed at me,
What's so funny?!
"Look, Maki… I think you've failed to understand something, but I guess since that will be all you can think of. You probably will say something like 'no one knows my father more than me!' or something like that!"
She said mockingly.
What the hell?
"…or maybe you will say 'my father is different than what you think! He is a jerk and I know it! Stop trying to act like you know my life!'…."
Again, she is mocking me.
I don't understand this….
I have never said such thing, but I feel like I will say such things sooner or later…
Something is heating my head and I feel like shouting out loud, but at the same time I can feel her words, stab deeply into my heart as well.
"What's so wrong about complaining? I never say that I hate him!" I said clearly.
"Of course, of course, I'm the know-it-all person who pretends like I know your life. You might never say that you hate him, but you will once he rejects you in something else. I bet the next wish you make will go something like this, 'I wish I was never born here! I wish I was born as someone else!' or… 'I wish everything is created differently….' Or maybe something else and that you wanted…." She replied with her smug smile,
"…to tell you the truth though, you have used that kind of wish before…and your wish is what made you travel into this reality…"
"Then how come I'm not impressed by this reality?" I asked.
"Because the world doesn't spin only around you sweetie. This is the best Nozomi can do for you–and it's kind of troublesome already since you decide to take our power as well…." she replied.
"Are you blaming me for that now?" I frowned at her,
"Of course I am… I have no idea what made you angry at us until you took our power… and I have no idea why this reality is still not the one reality you want. But let me tell you that maybe… you're just that one kid who is never grateful of what you already have…"
"I-it's not like I'm not grateful! It just that— I still feel like I need something!" I said clearly.
"That will be what you say over and over, humans always have needs, silly. Don't sweat about it… the thing you might have to sweat about is—…"
And before Eli could finish her words, the door of my room suddenly opened.
"Maki-chan…" My mother called me,
"Damn it!" I can hear Eli said before she gets a little panic, it's all too late for her to hide.
"Oh… did you buy this wolf?" my mother asked as her eyes focused on Eli,
"It's a fox…." I said.
"Ohhh! What a rare fox, I never seen it this big…"
"She's an alpha…" I said.
Such a bullshit…
"I see…. but, you said 'she' right? Isn't it a 'he'?" my mother asked,
Huh?
Wait…
Yeah…
I totally see her big bollocks
Wait….
Wait a minute there!
Big bollocks?!
Just…
What the hell?
"W-whoa?! She's a he?" I said loudly.
I can see Eli smirking at me.
My mom chuckled,
"Well, I suppose on the good side, you just need to make sure he doesn't mate with a random fox later…. Or… a Tanuki…." She smiled at me.
Heh, well… she definitely will mate with a tanuki sooner or later…. Maybe she did though…
W-wait minute there….
How did my mom know she has a Tanuki mate?
"A tanuki?" I tried to ask,
"Did you know? Fox and Tanuki often share their habitat. It's possible for them to mistaken each other and mate during the mating season— but… they might not get any offspring as they have different amount of chromosomes…"
Uh… alright….
"But… I also heard… different species of fox might as well have different amount, it's still possible for them to fusion as long as the amount of chromosome can fit with each other… and what I mean is— it's not that impossible for one female to be fertilized by another type of male, but it will be hard for the fetus to survive. It can be a danger for the mother too."
I have heard that kind of thing from my lesson today. But for the exact point though,
"Putting that aside now, mom, why are you telling me this?" I asked.
"Hmm.. simply so you know? You'll be a doctor after all… I want you to know."
Right…
"But…Ah—Maki-chan, you probably want to be a musician instead, right? It will be hard to convince your papa, but…. I hope that you do not give up so quickly. I'm sure there's more that you can offer than just be able to play music…" my mama said.
Huh…alright? I guess my mama is aware of that….
"I also wish that you can find someone… to teach you …" I can see her eyes glancing to Eli.
Did she know about Eli?
This is… weird…and suspicious….
"Oh, but, I guess, meanwhile, we need to get a cage for this fox, we can't let it be a homeless…" she approached Eli and pat her head.
"I'll go out and ask our worker, ok? Take care of yourself, don't wander off too far..." she continued before she left my room.
Don't wander off too far?
It's not like I'm going anywhere tonight.
"Smells weird…" Eli said.
"What is?"
"Not to be rude— but your mom smells weird. I can't tell what scent though…"
"Well, she does wear a strange perfume. Exotic scent she says…"
"Now that you remind me, Nozomi used to use this weird perfume. She totally smells like fish…"
"That's not a perfume, stupid. Who use or make a fish perfume?"
"No idea, but she said she wanted to smell tasty so she wore that scent…"
"Is she an idiot or something?" I sighed,
"I'm not quite sure myself… maybe she is… but honestly, she already smells tasty by default. It's like, when I smell her, it makes me want to lick her…."
"Maybe that's just your libido…" I said.
"Hmm..now that you mention it, maybe it is…." she replied.
Is she an idiot too?
Sigh…..
"Ahh! Now-now, Maki, do you want to pay a visit to Nozomi and Niko?"
"For what reason…?" I asked.
"To meet her, of course, I know your libido also says that you need to satisfy your lips with some small, warm and gentle lips…"
"W-Wh-what the heck? Eli! I don't want to satisfy myself with that!"
"But Nozomi said you reaaally enjoyed that time when you kissed her…."
"W-when!? I don't remember!" I said loudly.
"You lift her up, then your face was like…" she paused for a moment as she took a breath.
"Oh-mi-god-she-is-so-small-am-I-pedo-or-something?" she said with high pitched voice. She is totally mocking me now. Or…maybe Nozomi was the one who said that?
"I-know-this-is-weirddd-but-I'm-so-totally-into-little-girl-with-twin-tailssss…" she continued with the mockery again.
I really want to kick her ass right now…
"Ahhh—So intense, she was asking me to kiss her!" she started to act…
Well…
I glanced to the baseball bat next to the drawer.
"—Niko-chaaannn, please accept my lips!" she said before she laughed so happily— this asshole.
Now that she already crossed the line…
I pick up the baseball bat and without hesitation, swing it to her bollocks that hung on her ass.
I can hear her howling painfully before she started to curl on the floor.
"Take that, you darned fox! That should teach you to not tease me!"
Even though I was really against the idea,
Eli is still making me go out with her. She said that I could make an excuse to go walk her out…and it was strangely working so smoothly. Both of my parents allowed me to go and they're not even worried a bit.
As I walk on the roadways with Eli next to me, people are looking at us like they have never seen anyone walk with a fox…
Hmm…
Well…
Eli is really something…
I mean…
Big White fox…with silky smooth furs….
I think they probably think I'm some kind of millionaire or something…
Well… I am…
Anyway though, I didn't put a leash on her, so, some people seem to be a little scared.
Maybe next time, I should get a leash just for the sake of looks.
"Speaking of which…Maki…" Eli said.
"Don't you dare talk, this is a public area…" I whispered,
"Well, I was just about to suggest you to buy something before meeting up with Niko…"
"Huh? Alright… what to buy though?" I asked.
She was then looking at the department store nearby.
"What do you want me to buy from there?"
"Sweets?" she replied.
Uh…alright I guess.
Wouldn't hurt to buy those…
The Department store,
I thought when Eli said 'sweets' that would be something that Niko would want… but… somehow, now I get a feeling it was her who wanted them. She has been looking at chocolate products, from milk, candies, cake, even the chocolate bar itself.
"H-Harashooooo! Cho-cho-chocolateeee!" She said cheerfully as she jumped around the store.
"Oi… Eli… shut the hell up, if people know you're talking, they'll be scared…"
"Come on! I wasn't actually talking in this language; everyone will hear a fox yipping; only you can understand what I say…"
"Heh… now you make me sound like an idiot that talks to a fox…" I said.
"Don't worry, it's cute…besides, you should be proud because I look fabulous and expensive…" she replied.
I sighed heavily at her,
"What's the point of bringing a fabulous and expensive pet anyway? It's not like—…."
"Excuse me!" a woman called me before I could finish my word,
I turned around to her, she is… short, fat, and put on too much make up. There's a fennec fox on her hand which is small and looks traumatized. What has this woman done to it….
"What breed is that fox?" she asked.
"E-Eh?"
"Siberian!" Eli said before she snorted.
I looked at Eli, surprised, trying to communicate without words
W-what the hell? There's a Siberian fox?
But I guess Eli doesn't hear my question and laughed instead.
"S-Siberian…." I said.
"How cute! Why don't you let it mate with mine? It's totally healthy!" She said cheerfully.
"W-what!?"
Looking at how small that Fennec fox is… I doubt that Fennec fox will have enough size for Eli's….uh…todger….
Well..
I just don't think I will—…
Huh?
Eli?
Eli ran away!
"W-whoa! Eli!"
I quickly run after her.
She is fast and her color totally makes it hard to see her. Luckily she still has a dark colored fur near her paws. Else I really won't be able to tell since the white ceramic floors will throw me off.
Just a few meters away from our previous place,
Eli stopped at the chocolate ice stands,
Sigh…
It's on sale today… new product from collaboration with the nearby café.
"C-Cho-Chocolate!" She said with her eyes sparkling.
"I'll buy one for you, ok? Don't run from me again." I said.
"Harasho!" She said excitedly.
I approached the stand—and there's a woman wearing a maid uniform and ash-brown hair. She has a weird hairstyle and for some reason, it makes me feel fluffy when I see her.
"Welcome!" she said,
Her high pitched voice seems familiar to me….
Is she….
Kotori Minami?
"Kotori?" I asked.
She smiled widely at me then…
Huh?
Why did she just take out a mask and wear it now?
"W-who is Kotori…? I…I'm Minalinsky!" she said in a strange accent.
Alright….
I'll….
Just pretend to bite that.
"W-what do you want to order?" she asked nervously.
"Dark Chocolate with Frozen Caramel Cream! Jumbo size!" Eli said.
"Ok, right away…." Kotori replied.
Huh…? Wait a minute…
"H-hey, Eli… I thought you said I'm the only one who can understand your speech?" I asked.
"Well—another Wish maker can understand each other in whatever language they speak with…" Eli said.
Oh….
W-Wait a minute!
"Then…that means…" I turned my eyes to Kotori again.
"O-One Jumbo Dark Chocolate with Frozen Caramel Cream….!" She handed me a big dark chocolate ice cream that covered with Frozen Caramel cream on a big cone.
"T-that wasn't for me!" I said.
"For her!" I pointed to Eli.
"Ohh! M-My mistakeeee…." She said awkwardly before she moved the ice to Eli—which Eli gladly accepts. She just took it with her paws…
I wonder if anyone will wonder why this fox can use her paws to hold an ice cream.
"Here is the bill…" Kotori handed me the bill.
800 Yen?
Cheap.
I guess I'll have to pay this at the Cashier…
"Thank you for the purchase, can you move so the other customer can buy too?"
I turned around and…
There are a big crowd of people behind me.
Since when….?
"Oh…Sorry…." I quickly moved a step away from the line,
"Actually…. we want to ask… is that a silver fox? His hair is so sparkly and… are you sure you should feed him dairy products and Chocolate? We all know they are toxic for them…"
Uh…
Yeah…
But we all also know that this fox is not actually a fox….
"Excuse me! Do you own that silver fox? I happen to have one too and it's a female!" shouted someone in the back.
"I-I have one too! I want to breed mine with yours!" another person shouted again.
"W-why are you so popular…" I said as I turn my sight to Eli who seems to ignore them as she licks her ice cream.
Then people started to shout about the same thing as they held their female foxes in many breed—someone even brought a dog!
T-This is bad….
"Eli! Do something….!" I whispered,
Eli is totally ignoring me!
I turn my sight to the people who kept looking at me with full of expectation.
H-how can I get out of this mess?!
"Well—E-E-Everyone…..!" I tried to speak,
"Oi-Oi, you dog and fox breeders— get out of the way!" said a voice that I know well.
This voice is…
Niko…
Niko Yazawa….
That little girl!
I'm so glad she is here!
"Niko!" I said her name.
Wait… why am I excited?
"Stop pestering her about breeding your cheap ass fox or dogs with her fox, this fox cost more than your soul, ok?" Niko said to them.
They started to look at each other, before some started to leave with sadness—and some ended up giving me their business card before they left. They also said, if I'm still interested on breeding….. I should contact them.
This is stupid…
I don't even have the hobby.
Either way though, I'm glad they're gone.
As no one is left again,
I turn my sight to Niko,
I was about to say thank you but….
"One medium strawberry and vanilla Ice cream please…" Niko said to Kotori.
"Got it…" Kotori said as she works on the order.
"Listen… I'm not doing that to help you, ok? I just wanted to buy the ice cream…" she said with her smug face.
Alright…
So she is not doing it for me….
"Here you go…" Kotori handed the medium sized strawberry and vanilla to Niko.
Niko accepted it,
"…and here is the bill…." Kotori said as she handed the bill to Niko.
As Niko set her eyes on the bill, I can hear her chocked a bit.
"600 Yen for a single ice cream? Y-you gotta be joking me!" Niko yelled,
"Eh? But...that's already cheaper than the real price…" Kotori said as she pointed to the menu.
With that both of out eyes followed to the menu board hung up above the register.
Small : 600 yen to 300 yen!
Medium : 1200 Yen to 600 Yen!
Big : 1400 Yen to 700 yen!
Jumbo: 2000 Yen to 800 yen!
I totally see Niko smirking now.
"W-W-what the hell?! Who made these prices?! Wh-what's so special about this ice cream, huh!?" Niko yelled.
"Uhm…. It's made with high quality ingredients, five stars manufacturer, superb taste, a hundred percent healthy and natural, and served with beauty…Money back if you don't enjoy it…" Kotori said.
"Huh!? Great! Then let me have it!"
Niko said before she licked her ice cream.
And…
Her face totally cannot lie….
She absolutely enjoys the ice cream.
"I…." she held her breath….
"I don't enjoy it….." she averted her eyes.
Heh—such a lie…
"Ahh—is that so? That's too bad…." Kotori said sadly.
"g-gh…." She blushed,
"But I will still buy it, ok?" she continued.
"Ah—thank you!" Kotori said with a big smile.
"She doesn't enjoy it because the bill is too expensive…" I said.
"O-Oi! You don't need to say that out loud!" Niko yelled at me,
"That's the truth though, right?" I replied.
"Sh-Shut up! Geez! This is all your fault!" she yelled again,
"How is that my fault when you're clearly the one who bought that ice cream? That was your reason why you're here, right?" I said.
"Maki is an idiot!" She yelled.
"The hell?! You're the idiot one!" I yelled again.
"No! You are!" she said.
"No way! You are!" I said.
"It's you! Dumb-ass!" she said again,
"You're the dumb-ass!" I replied.
As the argument went on, I spotted a red dot on Niko's head… then it moved to my left chest…
"Huh? What is this?" I tried to catch it,
"W-What are you doing idiot! Get down!" She pushed me down— and half a second later, a horrible sound pierced through the air as the glass shattered.
I'm glad Niko pushed me down— I totally saw a bullet passing by.
"W-what the hell is this?!" I asked.
"Sniper…" Niko said.
Then I can see the red dot move again to my forehead.
"No!" Niko climbed up to me and hugged my head with her body.
I couldn't see anything else but I can hear a buzzing sound and...
Uh…
The bullet recoiled?
I hear it bounce on something.
Then after a while, I can hear another shot, though once again it recoiled.
W-What the hell recoil it?!
Niko released me and she turned around,
That's….
That's Nozomi standing there, protecting us. She is in her human form.
Wait…
Wait a minute now…
Did she recoil the bullet with her breast?
I know her breast is really something, but…still!
How could she use that!?
Is she a wonder woman or something!?
"Nikocchi! Get out of this place!" she said.
"O…ok…." Niko quickly stood up and helped me to get up. Even though I still have no idea what happened, I just keep following Niko. The other visitors seem to be in panic, they also seem to be running away from a lot of strange men with black suit.
W-What are they!?
"Damn it, they must be from another clan…" Niko muttered.
"H-Huh!? W-What are you talking about?!" I asked.
"It's nothing, just keep running!" Niko replied.
W-What?
"Maki! Niko! Wait for me!" Eli shouted as she ran in her fox form. She caught up with us so soon.
"W-Why are you following us?! What about Nozomi!?" I asked.
"She can take care of herself; I need to make sure you two are safe first…." Eli said.
"Oh…alright?" I replied.
"W-Who the hell are you talking with, you idiot?!" Niko complained.
I guess she doesn't understand Eli.
"None of your business!" I said as I keep running.
A few men saw us and took out their guns.
"Crap…!" Niko said.
"Get on my back!" Eli shouted.
I quickly approached her and jumped onto her back which was surprisingly enough for me to sit on. Then I picked Niko up without any hesitation.
OK, next chapter!
