Nathair1: Yeah, like I said, I get pretty depressed during the holidays, so apologies for the wait. Good to hear. Ah. She's always a hurricane. Hmm, maybe.
Enjoy the last chapter of this installment of this series.
Clara, Iruma and Alice stood on the stage, staring out at the audience as Iruma and Alice began to squirm in the dresses Clara had put them in. Iruma looked at Clara and whispered, "Clara? Why are we doing this?"
"We're helping Kuromu, Iruma-kins," Clara smiled, "She needed help and we offered an-"
"More like you forced us to help," Alice hissed and Iruma glared at him with narrowed eyes and Alice sighed as he shook his head, "I mean...we could've just turned and left, we didn't have to get involved in this,"
Clara frowned as Iruma walked over to her and patted the top of her head and smiled, "She was just trying to help Kuromu, Azz, there's no need to yell at her," Clara smiled before the air grew cold and ice surrounded the stage.
The three, as well as the demons in the audience, looked around in confusion as a voice spoke from the mounted speakers, "Thank you so much for filling in while I was taking care of some personal issues backstage, you three, but now I'm back," the crowd cheered loudly as the trio turned and began to walk away when a wall of ice blocked their way, "Hold on, you three," they looked back in wide eyes as the idol smiled, "You can't just come on stage in the biggest stadium and not perform," Clara smiled as she grabbed Iruma by the hand and pulled him back to the center of the stage as Alice sighed and followed close behind. Music poured from the mounted speakers as lights flashed and Iruma and Kerori sang through the microphones they held as Clara slapped the bongo drums in front of her and Alice released small flames around the stage.
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Kerori panted as she sat down and wiped the sweat from her forehead before looking up and saw Iruma standing over her, "So...where are the other two?"
"Clara's getting something to eat and Azz is making sure she stays out of trouble," Kerori sighed and nodded, "And I kept the connection I share with Clara at bay when we were talking earlier," Kerori hummed and looked at him in confusion as Iruma sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "Clara and I...we're mates, we share each other thoughts and can see what the other sees," Kerori eyes widened as Iruma shook his head, "I cut off the connection we shared while we were talking, so she doesn't know who you are," Kerori sighed and slowly nodded as Iruma took a deep breath and turned his back towards his classmate, "Anyway, I should be getting back to Clara...she might come looking for me and overhear our conversation and...from the sound of it, you don't want anyone in school knowing about this," Kerori hummed and nodded as she watched Iruma walk away.
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Clara and Iruma sat on the bed, cross-legged from one another as their homework sat between them. Clara looked up from her homework and slightly pouted, "Hey Iruma-kins?" Iruma hummed and looked up in confusion, "Why were you talking to Kuromu? And what did she want with you?" Iruma's eyes widened, "I couldn't see what you were seeing and I couldn't hear you...Jace and Amirah said that we can do that, but how did you stop me an-"
"Calm down, Clara," Iruma sighed as he reached over and patted the top of her head, "Kuromu just wanted to talk to me about something and she wanted to thank me, well all of us really, but you were getting something to eat, for covering for her until she felt better to come on stage," Clara moaned and pouted before Iruma pulled her into a comforting embrace and rubbed her back, "Don't worry, Clara, nothing happened and nothing will,"
"Okay," Clara inhaled slowly as she broke from the embrace, "Well, we better finish our homework before Eggie-teach gets mad at us,"
"Like grandpa would let him do anything to us,"
"Don't be so sure, Iru-boy, since you are Kalego's Master, he wouldn't dare try to anger you," the two looked up and saw Ali sitting on Iruma's shoulder, "Even if he were to get annoyed by you two, he knows all you have to do is summon him and order him to calm down, less he suffers the punishment,"
"Yeah, but I don't think Professor Kalego will like being summoned in the middle of class, especially over something as trivial as that," Iruma rubbed the back of his neck and sighed before looking down at the homework that sat between them, "But Clara is right, we better get this homework done and over with before anything else can happen," Clara slightly smiled and nodded as she moved next to Iruma and laid her head on his shoulder and Iruma wrapped an arm around her.
And the first installment is finished. I'll have the first chapter of the second part out some time this week. Please enjoy.