POV Narrator:
Saturday, 30 June 2018, Chiba, Japan
The week in Japan went by like a rocket, in this time Akko was taking the girls to more places, even getting to a moment where they visited the residence of Kagari's grandmother who lives in Shibukawa, a city in the countryside surrounded by mountains and there they were introduced to the temple that still had remnants of the Kagari's past, revealing that in a distant past there had been witches in the family, descendants of Mako Kagari who had been known for more controversies throughout her life than for being a witch herself, so much so that her polemic caused the Kagari family to be banned as witches, The Japanese showed more, with Keiko showing the culture of street racing, taking them to a Touge in the middle of the night, doing drifting in the middle of mountain roads before going home, besides the several conversations about the past, But it was still coming to an end that time in Japan, the girls would leave on Sunday back to the UK, but not before having a day that they will get to know the beach in Japan, which was expected by the week, arriving on Saturday where Hayato doesn't work and neither does Saori.
POV Akko:
I can't believe that today is beach day, let's leave very early and make the most of it, this is going to be really good, ahhhhhhhhh, how incredible, I'm already all changed, the girls too, together we go downstairs and there were my parents already preparing the snacks, the food, the soft drinks, putting everything into the thermal bags.
"Go and put the things in the car right away Akko" said my mother.
"Sure" I say picking up my things and taking them to the car and see that Keiko's S13 was also there.
I put it in the boot, already anxious, the beach day will come, I want to see if there is room in the S13 to take something hahaha, the way Keiko is stubborn to use the space in the boot, then I go back inside the house to get more things and Keiko just left the bathroom.
"Hey Akko, who wants to go with me in the car, there is a place, your father called me because his car only has five seats and he doesn't want it to be bad for him, if you want to put the things in the back seat, you can too, your car has room, but mine has plenty, I'll take the umbrellas and chairs, you take the food" said Keiko already getting the things.
I helped her and we were filling both cars with the bags, the good thing is that we don't forget anything, I take the chance to put sunscreen on my face, I even take a look at the thermometer outside, 34 degrees, today the sun is going to be really hot, Diana was already a little red because of the sun without being on the beach, who will say now hahaha.
Soon we'll finish everything, and then we'll gather at the house, early in the morning to rest.
"Whoever wants to pee, do it now because we are leaving soon" said my mother.
"Hey Keiko, I'll take your car" said Sucy.
"Ahhh you really liked it by the looks of it huh" She said and you have no idea how much Sucy loved it, just because it's dangerous really.
We rested very fast, everybody practically had already finished urinating and then we got into the cars, Sucy went with Keiko, me, Lotte and Diana went with my parents inside the Nissan, which we left the house, after closing everything, I even waved goodbye.
"Next stop, Nagano" I say this already half-posting my first whatsapp statuses.
"Wow, I'm nervous now, I hope the sun dinnae damage me, I've got all these marks because of this infernal sun, I knew that yer summer was hot, but nae that hot, in the UK it's much cooler, in Scotland that is" Diana said.
"It's always like that, after September the temperature starts to fall, it seems like it's dropping, it gets really cold, it even snows in some places. Here in Chiba it snows once in a while, but in the mountains it always snows, we take the opportunity to visit Mrs. Kagari" said my father.
"It also snows there once in a while, it depends a lot on the day, but it is always a bit chilly, what gets tense is in the highlands and also when I travelled tae Switzerland, the cold there was very intense, the good thing was tae ski in the snow and walk around" said Diana.
We were driving along the road, with Keiko as always provoking, my mother gets angry, but it's because she can't resist, she who wanted to be accelerating, I know she loves to drive, she's just a little stubborn not to want to, already Diana is looking at the landscape from the window, where I take the opportunity to take a nice picture of her without knowing, gee... I fall in love with this girl.
After a long journey everyone arrives in Nagano...
The beach, I'm even taking pictures and filming the first time seeing the sand right in front of us, what a beautiful thing, ahhhhh, I can't wait to see the sea, I can't wait to get in the beach, I get anxious just thinking about the nine witches, how I missed seeing this scenario again, the immensity of the sea in front of us and the beauty of the beach, we pull the cars over and we start to take things off.
"We are here" said my mother.
"The beaches are beautiful, nae fae nothing, but the sand here and in front of us looks much more alive than back in the UK, I've been tae the beach a few times, but it was always half dead sand, and the sky was always dark" said Diana.
"Enjoy it, today is going to be a day for enchantment" I tell her.
We walk on the sand, until today there are a lot of people by the beach, as you could imagine, we walk to a point, where my father starts to put the beach umbrellas on the sand, kind of sticking it, while Keiko was setting up the various chairs, we took two for us to lie down and other five that are smaller, We even set up a table, where we left the bags on top of it, the food we left the coolers with ice on the sand and the food itself we left on top still inside the boxes, my dad brought an electric oven to heat the food.
"Wow, it's really hot today, it seems that everyone decided to go to the beach" said Keiko waving her hands and taking off her clothes, wearing a red bikini.
"We were lucky this time, soon it will go down, don't forget to use sunscreen" said my mother.
I take advantage and take off my clothes too, revealing my bikini and what I see is Diana getting an expression even blushed, I know exactly her reaction, she must have loved it, I then take the sunscreen from the bag and go towards her being all gentle, just to provoke her a little more.
"Hey Diana could you put some sunscreen on me?" I tell her.
"Akko ah... Aye, ah kin... Ah will pat some sunscreen oan ye" She shuffles around and I turn even on my back, holding my hair.
Then I feel the ice cream of the protector on my back, with Diana's hands passing smoothly over the nine witches, what a good sensation, she goes passing and going down, until she reaches my ass, where I just look back with her half standing still.
"You can pass, I don't want to burn my ass" I tell her half laughing and she was having the biggest panic.
She then takes courage, I just keep thinking about the reaction that Cavendish is having with all this, her hand all soft on my buttocks until it was nice to feel, then she passes on my thighs, it goes until without much shame, where I turn and it's her turn to pass in front.
"See it wasn't that bad, everyone is managing to use sunscreen, even the girls are using it on Keiko" I tell Diana.
"Tis different akko, a'm gae" She was still speaking with the words scrambled, but was moving on too.
"Keiko is too, but she doesn't have panics as often as you do, she talks straight away that this is repressed feeling cabbage - I tell her who puts her finger in my mouth.
"Dinnae ca' me a cabbage, a'd ower nae answer" Hahahaha, I love how she's all gay and out of control, it's a cute part of Diana.
In front of me Diana was calmer, although when she got close to my breast she was still embarrassed, to the point of asking me to iron it myself, which I did, then she asked me to cover my eyes and went on ironing my face, this moment was so cute, finishing I even looked at myself on the mobile phone camera and laughed at my white face, it looked like I was a ghost, then Diana took off her clothes.
"Now it's your turn" I tell her.
And for the nine witches, I even felt a heat here, more than what I am feeling now with this sun, it rose just seeing the beauty of Diana, it seems that everything is in slow motion, seeing the curves, the beautiful body, everything, the details, the curves, the colours of the bikini, now I noticed that there is even a bow in the middle of the chest, which was cute, the blue frills on the bottom, this woman, I go crazy.
"Are ye going tae stand there" Said Diana while I was drooling over her, I think I'm just going to drool, how can a woman like that have such an enormous beauty, it makes me crazy, I am speechless.
"Ah yes, of course Diana, gomen" I say as I went to pass the protector and she turned her back to me, which I started to pass, feeling her smooth and pale skin, it seems so soft, what thoughts come a thousand in my head, how can such an incredible and beautiful woman like that exist in the same world as me, by the nine witches, I was gifted.
I'm passing by and I see Diana's face all locked up, she's really enjoying this and I'm using both hands kind of squeezing her slim waist, which I just felt a little shiver jump, then I go down to her ass, wow she has such a cute shape, I'm passing her gently and notice how she has freckles, I noticed that on her shoulders too, wow, how cute, I'm passing and going down more as she braked, arriving on her thighs, soft and kind of soft, which I'm following down until I slap her ass just to let you know.
"You can turn" I say after the slap.
"Akko!" she screams mad at me, hahaha, I'm having a great time.
"What is good we touch" I say with a little laugh.
"Dinnae even think o' daein' that again, nae fernent a' body" she said giving me the biggest telling off.
Then I went on passing in front of her, I notice that she has freckles around her chest, I go on her face first, but I don't stop noticing that, she never shows those parts much, I didn't know she was that cute, she looks like a bread with sesame, where after she opens her eyes, she passes over her chest and goes alone from here on, since she felt very embarrassed.
"Diana I didn't know you had freckles on your chest" I tell her.
"Akko! 'n' how come did ye keek?" she said.
"I couldn't help but stare, you're cute" I say, making her even more embarrassed.
"I have freckles, it's strange, but they are nae very apparent, I have them on my shoulders, breasts and the intimate region, it must be something from my other mother, as I remember my mother Bernadette dinnae have freckles" Diana explains.
Then we kind of look at each other half-unpleased, but I start laughing, seeing that Diana looked like a ghost, I even grab my mobile phone and get close to her, where we both take pictures just like that.
"Ye're nae going tae show this tae anyone, are ye Akko?" she said ashamed.
"I'll keep it, I'll keep it, now let go, look at all the beach waiting for us" I tell her.
"Wait for the sunscreen to take effect and then you can get into the water" my mother said.
"I know, Mom, I don't want to get burnt, especially since the sea water burns so hot, so Diana wants to walk a little?" I say to my mother.
Diana nods her head in agreement, so much so that I offer my hand to her, we sort of start to walk around the beach, looking around, the people sunbathing, the children playing, I feel like I'm with a girlfriend, I feel honoured to be this way, she's so cute like this, I can't wait to get into the sea.
"This holiday... It's the first time I've had that much fun in a week, I've never been able tae go through anything sae different, sae out of touch with reality ye know, before I'd be at various summer balls all over Scotland and England, where I'd be wooed until I couldn't be wooed anymore, after all I'm at the age they consider ye can take tae balls like that, I'd be pushed into these things, week after week, forcing myself tae have tae be pompous and behaved by the Cavendish family... Now? Now I feel like the freest and loosest witch in the world, I feel happy, I dinnae know what tae describe, only that I appreciate your presence Atsuko Kagari, ye're everything tae me" she said in an unruffled, even romantic way.
"Diana..." She puts her finger over my mouth
"I want tae build stronger feelings with ye, a stronger bond, but I dinnae know how tae do it, or how tae express myself, it's even silly fae me tae say this on the penultimate day here in Japan, but I just want tae say... Would ye allow us tae build something more?" We stop in the middle of two rocks, she holds my hand.
"Diana, I... I'm speechless to say, I do want to build this extra thing, let's be more friends and closer, who knows, maybe in the future we can think better...' I tell her a little embarrassed and she caresses my face, still with a little bit of protector.
I look at her in the beautiful blue eyes, we go bringing our faces closer together, I don't think I can resist, since that kiss in Luna Nova, emotions have been running high, which ends up making our lips seal again, entitled to a grab at the waist, this time I go feeling everything, hmmmmm, I feel like the luckiest woman in the world, having Diana, we then face each other, I felt was the whole world going through my head.
"Did ye like it?" she said and I just nodded.
"And to think that I thought that kiss on Luna Nova would be the last one before school starts again, what a surprise you have brought me, Diana" I say a little embarrassed.
"Well know that before I step on the airport again I will kiss ye one last time, mark my words, now let's take a walk, before they think we are a couple and come tae disturb us" said the wonderful Cavendish, what I was getting kind of in the clouds.
With that we take a walk back, looking at the beach around, how could I have such a nice friend as Diana, who at the beginning was a pain in the ass, she still is, but today she is so amazing, we arrived where everyone was, Keiko was sculpting a sand castle with Sucy, I was even impressed that it was taking shape.
"I don't go in the water, but I'm going to do something here that I enjoy," said Sucy.
"I didn't know you were so good at sand castles" I say impressed.
"There are things I learned when I was very young, I liked to do that when I played alone in the sandbox at the orphanage, I got so fond of it that I was considered the best, everyone would come to see me just to make the sand castles, believe it or not, I have some trophies back home" Sucy said and I could see, we just left for 10 minutes and you already have all this.
"Oh girls, if you want to go in the water you can, the sunscreen must have already taken effect on you, so much so that you are not even stained" said my mother.
"Just a few photos before, I want to register the moment" I say grabbing my mobile phone.
First I take a picture with Diana, where we are together, this one goes to the Discord server, you will love what is on the Selfies channel, then I take one of the guys, kind of to keep on my mobile phone, I keep taking all the moments, then one of Diana and she takes one of me, I leave the mobile phone on the table and give a little smile to Diana.
"So cabbage patch, shall we go?" I say holding her hand.
"The last tae arrive is an old witch" she said, already running.
Ahhhh, she caught me by surprise, I started to run towards the water too, getting all smiled, which I took advantage of, putting my feet on the icy water that refreshed from the heat and I was soon kicking some of it towards Diana and she threw it at me.
"Oh ye're really going tae get me wet Akko?" she said in a provocative tone.
"That's right Cavendish" I kick more water leaving her all wet, then she goes further into the water, starting to throw it at me, which I am all caught by surprise, I reach out my arm and she pushes me, knocking me over which I take the biggest hit, kind of ending up getting all wet wow how cold the water is.
"Ahhhhhh Akko fell fae the silliest trick" She said laughing.
"And you hair of algae" I say seeing her hair covered in algae and pointing at it until she takes it off and I take the opportunity to grab some algae and put it on my head.
"Oh I am Diana Cavendish, as ye can see I am a classy witch" I say imitating her who is starting to laugh.
"Akko! I'm nae such a classy witch ye daft cunt! Stop it" She's loving it, she knows it's exactly like that, so much so that she gives my arm a little push.
We walk a little more in the water, just feeling the moment, it was too special, she and I being friends and very close, as if nothing would go wrong, things are just perfect, we get closer to the waves, jumping them and swimming, she shows that she can swim, I know almost nothing, I only swim when I go to the beach and jump when the waves pass by, taking the biggest blow, but it's fun, even with my eyes burning with the salt water, I feel alive.
"This is wonderful here, going tae the beach with ye was amazing" I say to Diana smiling at me, with her hair all soaked, I had never seen before how it looks, what a cute thing.
"I am also loving it, I never went tae the beach and even when I did I went on luxurious trips, getting into the water like that is considered classless, I would only go tae get my feet wet or get on a yacht to take pictures, but never tae swim, getting into the water was the last thing, because they say it ruins yer hair and salt water dinnae have the same quality" she said.
"It may leave your hair a bit dry, but afterwards you just have to take a shower and it will be fine the next day, if you take care of your hair it won't get bad, now take this one" I do my magic with my hand, throwing water without using magic, but using a technique I learned from Keiko.
And that's how we kept on jumping on the waves, until we saw Keiko arriving with a surfboard, she was paddling on the higher waves and already starting to surf, I kept seeing her passing and I was completely enchanted, I wanted to surf too, but Keiko would never let us, so much so that she came close to us.
"Hey girls, wanna try?" she said and I'm even shocked.
"Are you really going to let us?" I say in shock.
"Your mother let you, she didn't let you before, come here I'll teach you" Keiko said getting down from the board and I went straight away leaning on her.
"Yay, I want it" I say excitedly.
"I'd rather just watch anyway, go on Akko, try it, I'll watch ye fall" Diana said and I responded with a middle finger followed by a tongue flick until I was hit by a watery one in the face.
"Wow, you learned too?" I can't believe that now Diana has learned my little secret.
"I saw Akko doing it, I tried to imitate" Said the cabbage patch laughing.
"Okay, now let's go, you have to have balance to first stand up on the board, right here, before catching waves, let's see if you can, I'll hold the board for you" Keiko said.
I calmly stand up, when she releases the board I only feel myself remembering teacher Nelson's broomstick classes, the last ones I learnt to balance standing up, which I am already very well adapted to, then I get on my knees and go paddling, which Keiko puts her hand on her face.
"Akko you idiot! You haven't even learned yet, you're going to blow yourself up in the middle of the sea, come back here" said Keiko.
"Holy shit, ye really stoked the Kagari's stubbornness" Diana said and I just went on.
Now I see a wave and I start to get up when it hits and passes the board, which I love the momentum, it's so cool, it's just like a broom, but it has a force pulling you, it's much more fun, I go with the momentum already wanting another wave, I even get to be sideways until it pushes me and makes me fall, which I come back very close to the girls.
"Come on Akko, how stubborn you are" said Keiko coming closer.
"Sorry Keiko, I just found it easy, it's like flying on a broomstick, only with a few more things, it was even fun, can you say you didn't like it?" I tell her.
"Take that anklet off soon and pass my board before you break it in half" She said and I was just laughing.
I got off the board and went to the water, so Keiko was kind of starting to surf, I decided to leave the water a little and went with Diana, we both kind of went to where the girls were, Lotte was having some sun and talking to my mum, Sucy was building the sand castle and I was wrapping myself in a towel, kind of drying myself, I sat in one of the chairs and I could smell the food, my father was roasting meat with the oven and letting us eat, while Diana was getting two cans of coke.
"Ahhhhhhhh, I've been hungry since I arrived" I say all eagerly, already grabbing some meat, also garlic bread.
"I saw you fall off the board, I'm glad Keiko pulled you off, you just can't get enough of making your mother worry, can you girl?"
"Like mother, like Haruna's ghost daughter" I tell her that she shows her tongue to me and my father just laughs at the whole situation.
"You laugh, you clown, your daughter could have almost died and you keep laughing like a fool" said my mother scolding my father.
"Oh Akko, you have no idea how your mother always said when she was younger that she would never be like her mother, that she would continue taking risks in the mountains, but today she is just like your grandmother" said my father, who then only took a slap from my mother.
"Soon you will look like your mother too when you have a daughter with Diana, I can even see it" said Sucy teasing and I was going to throw a slipper at her after blushing, the worst thing is that my parents find it funny.
"Sucy!" I say all angry with a garlic bread in my mouth.
"Ye dinnae talk with yer mouth full Akko" Said Diana half laughing too, but what a silly girl, she gets blushed but then she keeps laughing.
"You guys like to make me dizzy, right?"
"Ah that's in the Kagari blood, they're always a girl who's all radical and then ends up becoming a responsible and behaved mother, it seems that having children makes them a love" said my father.
"Maybe because every Kagari always marries someone more behaved too Hayato Yuriko, my father was an extremely demanding person, remember how he tested you and a lot until you married me" I remember Grandpa he was a lovely person.
"Imagine the chaos it would be if you didn't follow the rule, Amanda is one of those, Luna Nova would turn inside out with you two, hahahaha, but I have no doubt she must be interested in Hannah and knowing Amanda she might drive Hannah crazy" Sucy said.
"Ahhhh, I love you guys" I say looking at the sky.
The next day, already at Narita Airport in Tokyo...
Wow, to think that now I'm saying goodbye to the girls, it was so good to spend time with them, it was the most incredible week of holidays I've ever had, it was really cool, even Keiko accompanied us at the airport, I'm hugging the three of them at the same time in a group hug, before they leave for the boarding gate, it will be the final goodbye...
"I will see you in September... I will really miss the days we spent together, you were really amazing friends, I don't know what I would be without you, Lotte, Sucy and Diana, you are friends I will carry with me for my life" I say to the three of you who then separate from the hug.
"I say the same to you Akko, even though you are a pain in the ass, you annoy me, you were the best guinea pig I ever had, I'll wait for you in Luna Nova, I'll prepare potions already thinking of testing you when I get back hahaha" said Sucy.
"I will miss you too Akko, I loved having a roommate like you, a girl who breaks barriers, who doesn't care about rules, who still captivates everyone, Luna Nova won't be the same without you" Lotte said.
When Diana comes to talk, she simply puts her hand on my cheek, already pulling for a kiss, I feel her tongue touching mine, which makes everything more intense, feeling everything, our hearts beating, as if it was love rising and heating up my body, like a machine, I closed my eyes and an image went through my head, as if I were flying through a corridor of lights, I felt another sensation too, which were tears that were wetting my face, but they weren't mine, they were Diana's, which was salting the whole kiss, which seemed to last an eternity.
"Akko, thank ye, I... I just have tae say that from everything I've been through, my whole life, ye were my sunshine, ye simply have this power, ye can ignite things and feelings I can never feel before, it's things like this that make me feel better, ye reborn Diana, you revived the person I never thought I would be, ye turned me into a shell with someone inside, the empty shell with nae feelings became Diana, do ye know how important that is? I'll say it again... Atsuko Kagari Aisheteru, I love ye with all the love I have in the world"
She goes passing by with the tears flying everywhere, even a drop gets on my face, I was already crying and a lot, I even closed my mouth, I couldn't believe that that was the last time I saw Diana, my Cavendish... I think everybody around me is right, she is the love of my life.
"Girl, you're a lucky girl, look at the woman you've got there" Keiko said with her hand on my shoulder.
"I know Keiko... I know... She's perfect... I... I... For me I would spend all my time by her side" I say with my hands together and then comes my mother with her hand on my shoulder.
"You two have a lot of chemistry together, you deserve each other a lot, I want to know more about the roll of you two when the year begins, if you want advice mommy teaches you" Said my mother.
"Don't listen to your mother's advice, she's crazy" My father said and I was just going to laugh.
"I don't need to, I'll go on my way, I'll be eager to hear what news Diana tells me about the hunt she's on to find her mother's whereabouts" I say looking at the boarding, seeing that Diana had already gone through everything.
POV Narrator:
And so the week in Japan comes to an end, after a whole period where the girls end up having a lot of fun in many comings and goings, but unfortunately the girls will have to go back to Luna Nova, with the exception of Akko who will stay the summer in the homeland spending time with her family and her friend Keiko, The girls will go back to Luna Nova, but soon they will also do more things there, Lotte will go to Finland, Sucy will stay, while Diana has her bigger goal in mind.
See you, vacation witches...