A few hours later, Pai, Kisshu, and Taruto teleported back into the ship.

"You're back!" Sato exclaims, grinning.

"Any luck?" Koitsuzi asks, looking at the three aliens.

"Yes. She's currently resting in your room for the moment, Kawamara-Chan. My apologies. We will move her to her own room as soon as we can." Pai explains, walking over and sitting down on the couch.

"Take your time. What's she infused with, Pai-Sama?"

"A Snowy Owl." Pai replies, walking over and sitting across from Koitsuzi.

"So, how'd fighting the mews for the first time go?" Kisshu asks as he sits beside Koitsuzi, looking to her and Sato for an answer.

Koitsuzi looks at Sato, allowing him to answer the question.

"IT WENT GREAT, KI-CHAN! You should have been there, Koi-Chan was amazing! She was super cute as a mew, and she fought really well!"

"I wasn't THAT great, Sato-Sama," Koitsuzi interrupts, "if I was that great, I wouldn't have gotten hurt."

"Even the best warriors get hurt sometimes, Koitsuzi." Taruto tells her, smiling comfortingly as he floats over.

"Yeah, Koi-Chan! Man, you guys should have SEEN her! She was dodging Mi-Chan's attacks like it was nothing, and she fought Ichi-Chan as if she'd done it ten times before! Ichi-Chan tried talking to Koi-Chan about why she'd join us and Koi-Chan was all like 'humanity is horrible' and ranted about it and the whole time I was fighting Pudding-Chan and Za-Chan! And then Le-Chan and Mi-Chan couldn't handle my chimera animas by themselves anymore so Pudding-Chan joined them and it was just me and Za-Chan but we had to go because Ichi-Chan had hurt Koi-Chan pretty badly and Koi-Chan hurt Ichi-Chan just as much but before we left one of Mi-Chan's arrows caught Koi-Chan in the shoulder and she was so tough about it! Koi-Chan didn't even cry, Taru-Kun!" Sato rants, grinning from twitching ear to twitching ear.

"Does your shoulder still hurt, Kawamara-Chan?" Pai asks, looking at her with his typical blank stare.

"A little bit, I'm sure I'll be fine. More importantly, did you know you're crystal-thing was going to implant itself in my back, Pai-Sama?" Koitsuzi questions, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, no, but I knew it'd implant itself somewhere in your skin. Don't worry, you can still transform, it won't even bother you. You can still function on your day to day life, but this way nobody can stop you from transforming as we have done to Momomiya-san in the past." Pai explains, shrugging lightly.

"I guess I should probably head to my room, then. If I want to get ANY sleep tonight..." Koitsuzi yawns a bit, standing up and stretching.

"Well, if you have any trouble sleeping tonight, maybe she'd stay up with you. She might not be tired after sleeping for a few hours." Kisshu points out, trying to joke around a bit.

"True," Koitsuzi says, "Good night, everybody."

"Good night, Koi-Chan!"

"Good night, Kawamara-Chan."

"Good night, Koitsuzi."

"Good night, Koitsuzi-Chan."

Koitsuzi heads to her bedroom, deciding she'll probably just sleep on the floor tonight so as not to disturb the new member of her team currently residing on her bed.

When she gets in there, she sees a semi-older girl sitting up on the edge of the bed, holding her head in her hands.

"Oh, hello... Are you alright... Oriole?" Koitsuzi awkwardly asks, unsure what to call the girl.

"Yes, I'm just... Confused. Is this your room?" the girl asks, looking up at Koitsuzi.

"Yep. I'm Kawamara Koitsuzi, infused with a Greater Gliding Possum, and I'm 14 years old. Who're you..?" Koitsuzi asks, tilting her head to the side questioningly.

"I'm Yamaguchi Tori, infused with a Montserrat Oriole, and I'm 16 years old. I'm sorry to intrude in your room. Kisshu and the other aliens put me in here, I guess." Tori explains, looking away as if mildly embaressed.

"No need to worry. I can sleep on the floor tonight, Tori-Chan." Koitsuzi smiles, getting down on the floor and curling up on her side.

"You shouldn't have to sleep on the floor, Koitsuzi-San. You were here first, and this is your room." Tori says, looking down at Koitsuzi as if the younger girl sleeping on the floor was the most outrageous thing she'd heard all day.

"I'll be fine, Tori-Chan. You can have the bed. I'm not taking no for an answer." Koitsuzi chuckles, rolling over onto her opposite side so that her back is facing Tori.

Tori is quiet for a bit. She lies down and stares at the ceiling for a bit, before quietly whispering, "Good night, Koitsuzi-San."