AWAKENING CHAPTER PART 9: CURSES

9A: "THE CURSED TRUNKS"

"Come on, Rena-chan!" said Shinichi as he waited outside Rena's house with the Showa-Racer. When Mr. Ryuugu had asked him about the bike the other day, Shinichi lied. Basically, he told Mr. Ryuugu that he found the bike in the junkyard and had saved up money to get spare parts and paint to get it fixed up. Rena even backed him up. That was enough for Mr. Ryuugu. Shinichi also went to get himself a licence. He didn't want to get into any trouble for riding a bike without one.

"Coming!" Rena ran up and met him out in front of her house. "Rena gets to ride with Shin-kun again! Again!" she said cutely.

Chuckling to himself, Shinichi handed Rena a spare helmet before strapping his own on. "Hop on," he beckoned and she did, getting him and wrapping her arms about his waist. She even made sure to press herself against his back, letting him feel her breasts. He blushed when he felt them. It was one of the ways that they could be more intimate without people noticing. "OK, let's go to the pool!"

"HAU~!" cheered Rena as the couple zoomed off towards Okinomiya's swimming pool.

"I know Keiichi's our friend and all, but do we have to wait for him? Can't we just go and have fun?" asked Shinichi. He was wearing a pair of red swimming trunks.

"Only I get to say when we have fun," said Mion who was in a red two piece swimsuit that was designed after a cheongsam.

"Coz you're Club Leader," said Shinichi as he rolled his eyes.

"And if he's any later, he has to do a penalty," added Mion.

Shinichi looked away but then his eyes fell upon Rena. She was in a yellow bikini that had a knot tied in the front. Rena caught him looking at her and smiled. He turned his gaze away and blushed.

The gang was at the swimming pool in town. It was something everyone wanted to do in order to beat the heat. It was a really hot summer's day, after all. Shinichi himself hadn't come here before so it was going to be his first time for some wet fun.

"He'll be here," said Rika who was in a pink bikini that had strings on the back of the top and on her hips. Standing beside her was Hanyuu who was dressed in red shorts and a sleeveless top that resembled a miko's outfit.

"He wouldn't want to miss ogling at girls in swimsuits," stated Satoko who was in a sporty looking blue and white one piece.

"That's true," said Shinichi. He held up his camera and took a snapshot of the girls. Shion was in a blue two piece suit with a flower print. Standing next to her was Satoshi in trunks the same color as Satoko's swimsuit. "And he's not the only one. Rena-chan, smile!"

Rena smiled shyly as he took a photo of her.

"Sorry I'm late, guys!" announced Keiichi.

"Oh, good, you're finally…What the hell are you wearing!" Shinichi exclaimed. Keiichi was in a pair of trunks which was green with white spiral patterns on it.

"I forgot my trunks so I had to get these at the last minute," said Keiichi.

"Well, if you'd forgotten, I would've given you a pair," said Mion.

"One with a swan's head and wings?" frowned Keiichi. He scoffed. "No thanks.

"Come on," prompted Shinichi. "Let's have some fun. I'm gonna go and hand in my camera so it doesn't get wrecked."

"We'll be at the water slides!" said Satoshi as Shinichi walked off.

When Shinichi returned, he saw everyone looking worried. That was when Mion told him.

"So, those horrible looking trunks are cursed?" Shinichi remarked in disbelief. "Seriously?"

"Ji-san told me," said Mion. "He first told Kei-chan that by writing his name inside that girls would flock over to him." Mion seemed displeased at this. "While in actuality the trunks will make the wearer fall in love for the person whose name is in them." She grumbled, "Stupid Kei-chan."

"So, because they have his name inside, Keiichi will turn into a self-loving narcissist who will be obsessed with himself and will only look at his own reflection?" said Shinichi. Everyone nodded. "Damn. That sucks."

"The good news is that the curse won't kick in until 3 hours after they are worn," said Mion. "The bad news is that we have only two hours left."

"So, we have to rip those things off him?" questioned Shinichi. "Wouldn't that humiliate him!"

"Better than him turning into a narcissist and stop loving me!" shouted Mion.

"Sorry…" Shinichi apologized. "OK, let's get those trunks off Keiichi! Who's with me?"

The Gaming Club cheered.

When Keiichi returned from the bathroom, everyone was staring at him. "What?"

"Keiichi, I'm your friend, so I'm asking you nicely," said Shinichi. "Take off those trunks!"

"Oh, I see what's going on here…" said Keiichi, grinning. "You all want my trunks! You can't have them! I'll get the ultimate power!" He then ran off.

"Stupid idiot…" growled Shinichi. "LET'S GET HIM!" They all gave chase.

Mion shouted, "Kei-chan, we're doing this for your own good!"

"Please, Keiichi-kun! If you don't take them off you'll become a self-loving narcissist!" Rena shouted.

"Nah! Nah!" Keiichi stuck his tongue out at his friends before diving into the pool.

"We'll head him off at the end!" volunteered Mion. "Shin-chan, Shion and Satoshi! Go after him in the water!"

"Roger!" The three assigned teens dove into the pool and swam after Keiichi. Due to his physical enhancements, Shinichi was fast in the water. Shion wasn't that bad a swimmer either. Before long, they were close to Keiichi's tail.

"I got him!" Shinichi shouted as he jumped Keiichi, just as Shion did.

SPLASH!

Shinichi came out of the water in triumph, holding up his arm containing the cursed trunks. "I got them!"

"No…you didn't," said Satoshi.

"Huh?" Shinichi blinked. He opened his hand and looked to see what he was holding. "Hey, isn't this…"

SMACK!

Shion grabbed her top back from him while covering her breasts. "Pervert," she muttered before wading off to find a place to put it back on. Shinichi was floating facedown on the surface of the water with Satoshi watching.

"Sometimes I can't believe he's a superhero," murmured Satoshi.

The gang regrouped. They had lost Keiichi.

"OK, we lost him," said Mion.

"What was your first clue, Chief?" asked Shinichi mockingly. Shion's handprint was still stinging on his cheek. Shion herself was still glaring at him.

"Pervert," scoffed Shion.

"I already said I was sorry!" Shinichi shouted. He hadn't even been aiming for her. He had been aiming for those trunks. After leaping he felt fabric and just yanked. How was he supposed to know it was Shion's top? "What more do you want!"

"Shin-kun, you can reverse time, right?" Rena asked. "Can't you…?"

"For something like this? I guess I could try, but only as a last resort," replied Shinichi. "But until then let's just catch Keiichi before he ends up falling under the curse of those trunks."

"OK, if we were Keiichi-san right now, where would we be?" questioned Satoko.

"Maybe I can be of assistance," offered Dr. Kobe who just appeared out of the blue.

"Dr. Kobe!" exclaimed Shinichi. "What are you doing here?"

The psychologist adjusted his sunglasses. "I just wanted to beat the heat. Even us psychologists deserve a break or two once and a while."

"So, how can you help?" asked Mion sceptically.

"I think I saw your friend in the area that was mostly populated by young females," Dr. Kobe pointed out. "He seemed happy to be there too."

Mion gritted her teeth and said, "Thanks…" She was going to teach her perverted boyfriend a lesson. Honestly, what was he thinking? Was he trying to build a harem or something? "Come on, gang. It's time for Keiichi to play his penalty game." She cracked her knuckles.

Shinichi shuddered when he saw that demonic look on her face. 'Even Darkloids would be afraid of that face…'

Keiichi was sitting at the shallow end of one of the pools, enjoying the view. So much exposed flesh, covered up by skimpy looking swimsuits. Girls, girls and more girls. To have them come to him would be a dream come…

"Found you, Kei-chan."

Keiichi froze and looked up to see Mion standing over him. "Oh, hey, Mi-ACK!" She had grabbed him by the hair and then hauled him out of the water before dragging him along. "Mion! Let go! Ow! This isn't right! Hey! Ow! People are staring!"

"We are getting those trunks off if it's the last thing I do! I do not want you turning into a narcissistic bastard obsessed with his own beauty!" she snarled

"You weren't joking about that?" Keiichi asked. Mion stopped. "Mion?"

"Baka, are you that unhappy with me?" Mion asked. Tears were beginning to leak from her eyes. Despite the bravado she was putting up, it really hurt her feelings to know that Keiichi would try the magic of the trunks when he already had her as his girlfriend. "Why did you want a harem?"

Keiichi flinched as he heard that voice. "I…I just…" He sighed solemnly. Suddenly the grand ambition he had when he found the trunks didn't seem so cool anymore. "Sorry. It's just that…OK; there's nothing I can say but apologize for what I did. I guess I wasn't thinking. The temptation was too great." Mion let go of his hair. He stood up. She then turned to look at him with an unreadable expression. "Mion?"

SMACK!

Luckily, Shinichi packed an extra pair of trunks just for Keiichi. Keiichi, like him, had a red handprint on his face. The 'cursed trunks' had also been disposed of. Of course, things weren't back to normal in the group dynamics just yet.

"So, am I forgiven?" Keiichi asked his girlfriend.

"You still have to do A LOT of stuff before you get there," Mion huffed. Keiichi groaned. Mion really knew how to make you suffer when you got her upset. He would have a lot of groveling to do before she would forgive him.

"I'm just glad we got those things off. You were really close to being a narcissist," said Shinichi. "Still, were those trunks REALLY cursed?"

"I wonder myself," said Satoshi.

"Well, they're gone now. Let's just enjoy the day together. After all, school starts soon," said Shion.

Everyone groaned. They did not want to be reminded of that. They just wanted to have more fun.

Still, all's well that ends well, right?

9B: "THE CURSED MAGATAMA"

"Rika! This is bad! Very bad!" panicked Hanyuu. She looked like the world was on the brink of ending, or at least that she had done something naughty and was about to get in trouble.

"What is it, Hanyuu?" questioned Rika in her serious adult voice. Both girls were in the warehouse of the Furude Shrine.

"Look!" Hanyuu pointed to a small furnace which had one of its legs broken. "The seal is broken!" Rika turned her gaze to said furnace before her eyes widened in shock and mounting horror.

"This is bad," frowned Rika. "What treasure has been unleashed?"

"Here." Hanyuu handed a scroll to Rika and she unrolled it. Inside was an illustration of a pair of Magatama, one red and one white. "In the right hands they could be used for great things but since your ancestor realised how dangerous they were he had them sealed in the sky." Hanyuu pointed up to emphasize her point.

"The sky?" Rika asked as she looked up.

Hanyuu panicked. "This is bad! If we don't find them in time then bad things will happen!"

"Why would you create such a thing!" accused Rika.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time!" Hanyuu answered, almost blubbering from it all. "Au! Au!"

"Come on, we have to find them," said Rika.

Meanwhile, in the junkyard, Rena and Shinichi were seated atop her minivan with a box of cookies in his lap. The two shared the cookies, which she had made just for him.

"Rena-chan, these are the best cookies ever! Better than anything Angel Mort could ever have!" Shinichi complimented.

"Oh, Shin-kun is just saying that," Rena said with a blush and smile. 'Keep the compliments coming, Shin-kun…'

"No, I mean it," said Shinichi. "If this is how you repay me for going treasure hunting with you, I'll go with you without hesitation!"

"You already do," Rena reminded. "But thank you."

Shinichi gave his girl his best smile.

CLICK!

FLASH!

Shinichi frowned when he saw a man in brown cargo pants, combat boots, green men's tank top, dog tags and a green cap with glasses holding a camera up with the lens aimed at the couple. He was muscular too.

"Hey, buddy! Ask permission!" Shinichi angrily shouted.

"Tomitake-san!" exclaimed Rena, smiling.

"Huh?" Shinichi blinked. "You know this dude?"

"He comes a lot to take pictures of birds," said Rena.

"Hello, Rena-chan," greeted Tomitake. He looked towards Shinichi with a curious eye. "And who is this? I don't recall seeing this boy last year."

"Oh, this is Shin-kun!" Rena introduced. "He's Rena's boyfriend!"

"Shinichi Sanban," Shinichi clarified.

"Boyfriend?" Tomitake sounded amused. "I always thought you'd go for Keiichi."

Shinichi frowned at hearing that. Who did this guy think he was to be saying such things? Okay sure, it seemed that everyone knew that Rena had a thing for Keiichi before he came along, but come on! That was in the past and she was with him now! Did he really need a reminder every time someone asked about her crush on the guy?

"Well, anyway, I just came to town to see how things were going," said Tomitake. "Sorry for interrupting your date. It almost reminded me of…" he trailed off. "Well, young people like you have to start strengthening bonds, right?"

"Hey, don't say such weird things!" snapped Shinichi. He looked to Rena who looked thoughtful.

"Strengthening…bonds?" Rena then gushed. "Oh! The images in Rena's mind! Hau! Hau!"

Shinichi smacked his forehead. 'What is she thinking about?'

Suddenly, Rena began coughing. This worried the young man. It was a completely random cough that came out of nowhere. Rena hadn't even been eating anything at the moment. "Rena-chan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Shin-kun," said Rena. "It felt like I swallowed something but Rena's fine."

"Well, see you two later," said Tomitake. "I'll be around."

Later that night, Rika and Hanyuu went in search for the Magatama, but instead found the empty box where they'd been sealed in.

"This is bad," said Hanyuu.

"Of course it is," murmured Rika. "What was your first clue?"

School was starting again and the next day was the first day. However, Rena was acting weird. She was quiet and looking out the window with a wistful expression. It continued until after school had ended.

Farther away from her desk was the Gaming Club, who was worried.

"What's wrong with Rena?" asked Mion. "She's been quiet all day."

"Looks to me like she's lovesick," said Shion.

"Lovesick!" Shinichi, Hanyuu and Rika exclaimed.

"Hey, Shinichi, have you been a good boyfriend for Rena?" Keiichi looked to Shinichi suspiciously.

"Of course I have!" said Shinichi. "What do you take me for?"

"Then why is she lovesick?" Satoshi asked.

"She's not lovesick!" Shinichi snapped.

"Are you sure about that?" asked Satoko slyly.

"Shinichi," said Rika seriously. "Did anything happen on your date with Rena yesterday?"

"Well, we were in the junkyard; we had cookies, this guy Tomitake showed up…"

"Tomitake!" the Club shouted.

"You guys know him too?" Shinichi asked. They became quiet. "What? Was it something I said?"

"To think he came back even after…" murmured Mion. "Oh, sorry. I spaced out, Shin-chan.

Shinichi was suspicious but focused on the task at hand. "Well, anyway, Rena-chan was gushing and then she said she must've swallowed something after she got into a coughing fit."

Rika and Hanyuu exchanged looks and decided to tell their friends everything. Sighing, Rika spoke up, "Then I think I might know what's going on." She then produced a scroll from her pack and handed it to Mion, who unrolled it to see that it depicted the Magatama.

"The Fuwazaru Magatama have the power to bond two people together," read Mion. "The one who holds the red one will instantly and blindly fall in love with the one who holds the white one."

"WHAT!" gaped Shinichi. "You're kidding right!" He snatched the scroll away from Mion and read it, over and over. "This…is a lie, right?"

"No," said Rika as she shook her head. "It's fact."

"Hey, man? You okay?" Satoshi asked.

Shinichi glared dangerously, "My girlfriend is going to be leaving me and that all you can ask?"

"Hey, relax," said Keiichi. "We have no proof that this is the Magatama at all."

"It's the Magatama," confirmed Hanyuu. No one seemed to question just how she knew that. Of course, Shinichi knew about her other abilities so it made perfect sense to him that she'd know about it.

"Oh, that makes me feel so much better!" retorted Shinichi sarcastically.

"Hey, where did she go?" Satoko asked. Rena was no longer at her desk. The group turned in the direction of said desk and found that indeed Rena was nowhere to be seen. She had probably slipped out while they were talking.

"Shoot! We lost her!" exclaimed Mion. While they had been arguing, Rena had snuck out. "She must be going after her destined one who holds the white Magatama!"

"We have to go after her!" shouted Shinichi as he zoomed out of the classroom.

"Do you even know where she is?" questioned Satoko. Shinichi quickly backed up and returned to the group, smiling sheepishly.

"Uh…no." Shinichi rubbed the back of his head.

"Ladies and gentleman" drawled Keiichi sarcastically, "Presenting the protector of Hinamizawa."

"Oi, what is that supposed to mean!"

"Hey, could this be a clue?" asked Satoshi, returning from Rena's desk with a magazine. It was a medicine magazine.

"TO DOCTOR IRIE'S!" exclaimed Shinichi as he once again zoomed out of the classroom. The club then heard the sound of a motorbike engine starting up and looked out the window to see Shinichi on the Showa-Racer racing towards Rena's rescue.

"Wow, he's fast," admired Satoshi.

"He's trying to save his relationship," said Shion. "Of course he's fast."

"Well, what are we waiting for, gang? To Dr. Irie's!" Mion commanded.

Shinichi arrived at the clinic and hopped off his bike. He called out his love's name in a dramatic manner, "RENA!" and charged through the front door. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF HER!"

The scene he came upon was the doctor trying to fight off an overly affectionate Rena who was gazing up at him with starry eyes. What made the scene ever more unique (and distressful for Shinichi) was that Rena was wearing a maid's outfit, like one of the many Dr. Irie tried to make Satoko and Rika wear. The man had a serious fetish for cute maid outfits.

"Rena will do anything Master wants," cooed Rena. "Anything Master wants from Rena, Master will get."

Freaked out and sweating nervously, Dr. Irie was relieved to see Shinichi. "Sanban-kun, thank goodness you're here! Can you please tell me what's going on?"

Before Shinichi could answer, the others rushed in, trampling over him without even noticing him (the poor boy).

"Rena, whatever you think you're feeling is not…" whatever Keiichi wanted to say died when he saw what Rena was wearing. She was too damn cute.

Mion rolled her eyes and continued, "Whatever it is you're feeling isn't real!"

"No!" Rena denied. "No! No! It is real. Rena loves Dr. Irie!"

Hearing those words coming out from Rena's mouth made Shinichi's heart break. Of course his back was starting to break as well. "Guys…GET OFF ME!"

The Gaming Club finally took notice of their friend and stepped off. Satoshi helped him up. "Sorry, Shinichi. We didn't see you there," said Satoshi.

Shinichi grumbled and looked to Rena. "Rena-chan, remember me? It's Shin-kun. You know? Your boyfriend?"

Rena looked to Shinichi and frowned before clinging onto Dr. Irie's arm. "Rena's boyfriend is Dr. Irie!"

Shinichi began to feel worse.

"Please! Can anyone tell what's going on!" exclaimed Dr. Irie.

"It's simple," answered Rika. "Rena swallowed a mystical Magatama. It's a red one. Because of that she'll instantly and blindly fall in love with the man holding the white one, which I suspect you have."

"A white Magatama?" Dr. Irie realised. "Oh!" He dug into his pocket with his free hand and took out the white Magatama. "Is this what you're looking for?"

"YES!" everyone answered.

"So, if I give it to you, Rena will stop clinging to me?" Dr. Irie asked. The Gaming Club nodded. "Ok! Take it!" He tossed it at them.

"I got it!" Mion shouted.

"No, I got it!" Keiichi yelled.

"No, it's coming for me!" exclaimed Shinichi. However, Shinichi stumbled forward as the Magatama came falling down and it fell into his mouth. Like Rena had done the previous day, he accidentally swallowed it. He coughed. "Argh! Oh crap!"

"He swallowed it!" Mion exclaimed. "Kei-chan, hold him!"

Keiichi restrained Shinichi's arms from behind and Mion tried to get him to cough up the white Magatama, by punching him repeatedly in the stomach. "Dush! Dush! Dush! Dush!" Everyone just watched with eager anticipation, all but Rena.

"DON'T TOUCH RENA'S SHIN-KUN!" Rena screamed as she gave Mion an uppercut that sent her flying up to the ceiling. She then slammed her fist into Keiichi's face, sending him flying into the wall. Rena then grabbed Shinichi and draped him over her shoulder. Growling like a mad beast at the others, who backed away in fear, she fled from the clinic with her bounty.

"Onee, are you okay?" Shion asked her sister.

"Man, Rena's got a mean uppercut," said Mion as she massaged her chin.

"Not to mention a right hook…" groaned Keiichi.

"Well, this is good, right?" asked Satoshi. "I mean Rena and Shinichi are already a couple. What's the worst that could happen?"

Rika answered, "The Magatama were sealed for a reason, Satoshi. I fear for Shinichi's chastity now that Rena has a hold of him."

"His chastity?" Satoshi cocked an eyebrow.

"Au! I'm getting such horrid images!" exclaimed Hanyuu. "We have to save them!"

"Wait…you mean she'll want to do THAT with him?" asked Satoshi with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes," Rika nodded.

"Well, considering Shinichi's personality," Keiichi groaned as he managed to get the throbbing out of his face. "Is he really going to want to be rescued?"

Rena's father wasn't home. That was just perfect for Rena. Now she and Shin-kun had the place all to themselves. She tossed Shinichi onto the floor and locked the door. The boy, of course, was backing away from her in fear.

"Rena-chan, calm down," said Shinichi. "Let's not do something we'll both regret."

"Rena won't regret," said Rena with a grin a lioness would have once she cornered her prey. "Rena wants Shin-kun to be hers forever." She stalked towards him.

"You know, any other time I would enjoy hearing that, but this isn't one of those times," murmured Shinichi.

"Now…" Rena purred. "Come to Rena."

Shinichi let out a girlish scream as he ran, the girl hot on his heels. As they both ran, Rena somehow…mysteriously, began to lose her clothes as she chased after her man. Of course, Shinichi easily noticed this.

"SHIN-KUN! WAIT! RENA MUST HAVE YOU!" Rena cried, chasing after Shinichi who was given quite the eyeful as he tried to see the headway of his pursuer.

"This would be so cool if she were actually willing!" Shinichi moaned as he continued to run. Life just wasn't fair. A girlfriend who was hot to trot, a house with no one in it was a prime opportunity, and she was under a spell. Just great.

The gang arrived at Rena's. In her current mood, Rena would want Shinichi in a place both of them would be comfortable in. As they reached the front door, Satoshi tried to pull it open.

"No good," frowned the blonde. "It's locked."

"The back door!" Mion ordered.

That was when they heard a shrill scream, "RENA! NO! STOP! HEY!"

"Hurry!" Mion ordered as they hurried to the back of the house. Luckily, the back door was unlocked. "Little kids stay out here!" she ordered.

"But Mion-!" whined Satoko.

"This is too mature for you all," said Shion.

"So stay out here," said Satoshi.

"Yes, Nii-nii, Nee-nee," frowned Satoko.

Keiichi threw the door open and the teens entered. They ran into the house and arrived in the kitchen where Rena had Shinichi cornered. Actually, Rena was straddling him while trying to remove his pants. He was already topless. Rena was still in her undies.

"GUYS! GET HER OFF ME!" yelled Shinichi as she struggled futilely as he tried to keep his pants on. "SHE'S TRYING TO RAPE ME!"

"Are you sure?" Keiichi grinned.

"YES!"

"Looks like we have no choice," sighed Mion. "Shion, your tazer!"

Shion took out her tazer and turned it on. "Forgive me, Rena." She then jumped Rena and zapped her with the tazer. The girl became rigid before she slumped forward and fell atop Shinichi. Her breasts, however, fell in his face. He blushed as he felt those mounds pressed against him.

"Now let's take you both to Irie's to have your stomachs pumped…after getting you dressed, of course," said Mion, glad it was all over.

Rena's eyes fluttered open. "Huh?" She was confused. She sat up. Her stomach hurt. "Where am I?"

"Dr. Irie's clinic," she heard and looked to her left to see Shinichi lying in another bed. "Hey, beautiful."

"What happened?" Rena asked. "Why does my stomach hurt?"

"Sure you want to know?" Shinichi asked. Rena nodded. "OK, it all started yesterday at the junkyard…"

"And so our friends brought us here and Dr. Irie pumped our stomachs," finished Shinichi.

Rena blushed bright red. She had actually tried to…She collapsed backwards into the bed and covered herself with the blanket in embarassment. "Hau~!"

Meanwhile, the rest of the gang were admiring the Fuwazaru Magatama that had been extracted from Rena and Shinichi. The beads were floating in a beaker of water. Keiichi spoke, "Can't believe that such small things can cause so much trouble."

"Don't underestimate cursed items," said Rika.

"So, now what do we do with them?" Satoko asked.

"We seal them," said Hanyuu.

"Actually…I have a better idea," said Rika. "But first let's go back to the shrine. I have a ceremony to perform."

"Here," said Rika as she held the Fuwazaru Magatama to Shinichi and Rena. Strings had been looped through both beads so they now hung like pendants.

"Rika-chan, are you sure?" asked Rena.

"Of course," nodded Rika. "The only reason the magic went out of control was because Rena swallowed the red one. I already performed a ceremony to purify them. Now they are just normal Magatama. Consider this a token of apology."

"So, they are powerless?" questioned Shinichi. Rika nodded. "OK, I guess I can accept that." He took them and then handed the red one to Rena. "Here, Rena-chan."

"For me?" Rena beamed as her eyes sparkled. "Hau~!" She took the red Magatama and put it on around her neck. The bead hung from the string like a pendant and looked perfect on her. "So cute…"

"Thanks, Rika," said Shinichi gratefully.

"Just take care of yourselves," said Rika. "A love like yours is one in a million."

A/N: No Rider Action. Just slice of life with a bit of comedy. Two stories in one. We'll be getting back to the action pretty soon.

Also, some data

Form Ride: This ability of Showa's grants anyone he touches the armor and powers of any Kamen Rider Showa chooses.

Ryuusei Punch: This is a powerful flaming punch that Showa can use to defeat his enemies. It has the destructive force of a bomb.

Showa-Racer: Showa's personal bike. Has a flight mode and lasers in the headlights.