"Well, this has been an interesting day." Rosa was walking down the street as she carried Maria with her. "I didn't expect all this when I won that contest for the vacation."

"I'm sure happy you did win." Rena smiled as she walked beside Rosa, holding the bag with Rosa's clothes. "This has been so much fun since meeting you."

"I agree." Mion walked up next to Rena's other side. "Rosa and Maria have been fun since they showed up."

"Not to mention seeing her beautiful dresses was also nice." Shion walked beside Rosa. "I'd like one when it shows up in stores."

"Sucking up isn't going to make me forget about what you did earlier." Rosa glared at Shion.

"I guess that makes sense…" Shion nervously laughed. "I was still right, though, about the swimsuit."

"Yeah, and now your pervert friend is probably still imagining what I'm wearing under this dress." Rosa continued glaring as she raised her voice a little.

"You know I can hear you, right!?" Keiichi yelled, still carrying the bags that belonged to everyone else.

"And your point is?" Rosa glared at Keiichi, who froze in place.

"At least Maria still likes me for bringing her teddy bear." Shion sighed as she looked at her. "You do like me, don't you?"

"Rena." Maria smiled as she reached up for Shion.

"No, I'm Shion." Shion giggled. "Try it slower. Shi-On."

"Rena," Maria replied.

"I guess it's only one word a day for her." Shion sighed.

"She's so kyute." Rena smiled. "I want to take her home with me."

"I've been meaning to ask, does she say that all the time?" Rosa looked at everyone as they nodded.

"One time, she took Satoko and Rika home with her." Mion giggled. "Separately. She could never carry them both home at the same time."

"Doesn't mean she didn't try." Satoko sighed. "She told me she would keep me in her room forever."

"She told me the same." Rika giggled.

"I bet both of your parents must love dealing with her then." Rosa giggled. However, she stopped when she noticed everyone had stopped walking and was now frowning. "Is everything okay?"

"Our parents are gone," Rika responded, frowning. Satoko looked on the verge of tears.

"I'm so sorry." Rosa frowned. "I didn't know."

"It's fine." Shion patted her on the back. "They know you didn't know that."

"Are you sure it's okay?" Rosa whispered as she looked over at Satoko. Before Shion could reply, Rosa walked over and kneeled to Satoko. "Satoko, I'm sorry for bringing that up."

Satoko was frowning for a moment while Rosa was looking at her. Then she took a deep breath and smiled.

"Oh, I'm fine!" Satoko closed her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "I'm tough enough to handle anything, so nothing bothers me!"

Rosa just looked at Satoko, her eyes growing bigger after Satoko's reaction. Rosa opened her mouth a few times to say something but couldn't find the right words. Eventually, she sighed and stood back up.

"Well, if that's the case," Rosa smiled as she patted Satoko's head. "I hope Maria is as tough as you when she gets older."

Satoko stood there with her mouth open as she blushed. When Rosa moved her hand away, she frowned as she looked up at her.

"I'm sorry to you too, Rika." "Rosa turned from Satoko before seeing her frown and patted Rika's head.

"It's okay." Rika smiled. "Like Shion said, you didn't know."

"Thank you for telling me that." Rosa smiled.

"Rosa is so kyute." Rena walked up, smiling at Rosa. "I want to take you and Maria home with me."

"Well, at least everything seems to be back to normal." Rosa sighed before giggling. "Let's start heading back then."

"Agreed." Rena smiled as she and Rosa led the way for everyone else. While most of them started following them, Satoko was still standing in place as she put her hand on her head.

"Satoko!" Rika yelled as she waved. "Aren't you coming!?"

"Oh, yeah, I'm coming!" Satoko returned to her senses and ran to catch up with everyone else.

After a few minutes of walking and the sun almost entirely set, they were now at Rosa's hotel. She turned back to look at every one.

"Guess that's it for tonight." Rosa sighed. "I'm happy I got to meet all of you, though."

"We'll see you again while you're on vacation, right?" Rena frowned.

"Of course, Rena." Rosa giggled. "I'm not even sure what else I'd do if I didn't meet all of you earlier."

"That's good." Rena smiled. "You want me to run your clothes up for you?"

"I can take them from here, but you can tell Maria goodnight." Rosa smiled as she offered her hand to take the bag. Rena handed it to her, and Rosa let her take Maria from her hands.

"Rena…" Maria looked up at her and looked like she was trying to keep her eyes open.

"Goodnight, Maria." Rena smiled as she hugged her. "I promise we'll have fun another day."

"Goodnight." Shion walked up, patting her on the head. "Don't forget your teddy bear next time."

Everyone took their turns saying goodbye before Rena handed her back to Rosa.

"Goodnight, all of you." Rosa smiled as she started to turn to walk inside.

"Hey, Rosa," Rika walked up to her.

"Yes, Rika?" Rosa raised an eyebrow.

"I was just curious: what competition did you win for the trip here?" Rika asked, her hair covering her eyes.

"Oh, it was just getting a ticket and waiting to hear if I won." Rosa smiled as she looked at Maria. "It was weird cause it said you had to buy in, but the woman offered me a free one. I think it was because Maria was being cranky at the time."

"I see," Rika lowered her tone. "And what did that woman look like?"

"Hmmm," Rosa looked up. "I'd say she was close to my age and had purple hair. It was a little lighter than yours, actually."

Rosa looked back down at Rika, who was still looking down as she listened.

"Why are you so curious about that?" Rosa raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I was just wondering if it was anyone we knew." Rika looked up and smiled, sounding like her usual cheerful self. "Thanks for telling me."

"Oh, no problem." Rosa sighed. "Goodnight, Rika."

"Goodnight." Rika waved as Rosa went inside. She then rejoiced with the rest of the group as they talked amongst themselves. "What's everyone talking about?"

"Oh, Keiichi still needs to carry all our clothes back." Mion smiled.

"I swear, next time, it's one of you being punished!" Keiichi glared at all of them.

"Keiichi is kyute when he tries to look intimidating." Rena smiled, making Keiichi drop his shoulders as he looked down.

"I think I'll just head home." Rika smiled.

"Are you sure, Rika?" Satoko frowned. "Shion offered to take us for ice cream, too."

"I'm just a little tired." Rika kept smiling. "I'm sorry."

"Well, make sure you go to bed then." Satoko crossed her arms.

"Of course." Rika started walking backward and waved. "Bye."

Everyone waved to Rika before she turned and walked back to her and Satoko's house. She stepped inside and checked to make sure she was alone. Once she saw no one else was there, she sighed.

"You have some explaining to do."

"Auauauau!" A familiar ghostly figure appeared in front of Rika. "Rika, I can explain!"