Kiyomaro pinched the bridge of his nose, he had finally gotten the full picture and it was simpler than it appeared at first. Ichika had been scouted some time ago and since she had been doing some small roles but this one is the one that could be her big chance to hit big.

"Huh? What happened? Why is everyone so serious?"

"Ichika! Miku! Look, I got a red mask."

From his side Kiyomaro heard some new voices coming this way. turning his head he saw the missing sister and the little girl.

'Well that's one less thing to worry about' he was completely grateful that Yotsuba had come to him instead of having to look for her. Kiyomaro found that Ichika's case was a priority right now.

"Takamine-san sorry for getting separated even though I invited you in the first place."

"Ah! Is the tutor again."

"Don't worry Yotsuba, at least the night hasn't been boring."

"That's….good to hear, but Takamine-san why are Ichika and Miku completely quiet."

"I don't know about Miku but with Ichika I just finished my sermon about miscommunication."

"Oooh?"

The fourth sister was completely lost and keep changing her view from her sister's to the tutor she couldn't imagine Kiyomaro insulting Ichika just because and he had used the word sermon meaning she did something wrong but she since she didn't knew what Ichika did or how kiyomaro reacted she couldn't take a side just yet.

"Ichika you ok?" Lya had closed the distance with the older quint she grabbed the sleeve of her yukata to bring her attention "did the tutor say something bad to you? Do I kick him?"

Ichika put her hands on Lya's shoulders to calm her will to do violence "aha no don't worry, I guess he did make a good point" she let out a sigh "but Kiyomaro-kun you're really scary when angry."

"Mn" miku nodded her head furiously "as I thought you're a bully after all."

"You're still with the bully thing" he thought that he and Miku were over that already "anyway where is the old man?"

"He went to get the car. The street is still very busy so it might take a while"

So that gave them some quiet time, three identical girls, one little girl and one boy. The mood wasn't a chatty one and only Lya who was showing Ichika and Miku the prizes she won was the only one keeping the ambience light.

"Yotsuba, can you do me a favor and take Miku to where Nino is" Kiyomaro kept seeing how the quiet girl was leaning on the side due to her hurt feet "I'll send you the directions to your phone to where Nino rented the place."

He had heard that his face was scary when angry from Suzune and Megumi but he didn't expect it to hit Miku so much, Kiyomaro hoped his relationship with her didn't take any hit.

"Ok" after checking the direction Yotsuba approached the injured girl "Miku did you need me to carry you?"

She just shaked her head and took Yotsuba's arm so didn't have to keep putting pressure on her hurt feet. Lya came to Miku's other side to also help.

"if you can look for Itsuki on your way there."

"Ahaha so Itsuki is also lost."

They started to leave at a steady pace soon enough the trio of colourful girls were already distant to Kiyomaro's eyes.

"So we're alone again" Ichika started to close the distance with Kiyomaro step by step with her hands on her back "did you plan this?"

Kiyomaro started to mess with his hair "I wanted to say.." he didn't know how to express himself now that he was way calmer.

"You wanted to say?" Ichika nudged him a little bit at the same time showing patience.

"To say sorry. is like you said I'm meddling in your life without any authority and I also let my anger get the better of me I showed an ugly side to you and to Miku"

"Ahaha your face was really scary kiyomaro-kun" with a hip turn she hit kiyomaro making him stumble a little to the side "if you really want to make it up to me why don't you help me with something."

"...?"

"Are sure this is going to help you I never acted before"

"Don't worry, you just have to read the lines. I'll do the acting."

What Ichika had asked was for Kiyomaro to help her by doing a rehearsal. The young tutor was very flustered but tried to do his best to be professional about it.

"C-congratulations on graduating"

Ichika took a breath "thank you for everything, sensei" she lowered her script knowing she had no reason for it anymore, she had practiced in every free time she had, Ichika knew her lines by heart "I'm glad that you were my teacher and I'm glad that I was your student."

"..."

"Oho did I leave so impressed that you cannot talk."

"No. is just funny that even in your role you're a problem student."

Her acting did leave Kiyomaro stunned but it wasn't due to how good she was, it was something else, something that has been bothering him for a while.

Ichika started to pout at the remark "that's too bad, Kiyomaro-kun!" Ichika turned to see the car that was approaching slowly by her reaction Kiyomaro was certain that it was the old man that finally brought the car "that's the car I'm off"

When the oldest quint turned her back to Kiyomaro he finally got what was annoying him.

"Ichika wait."

Whether or not she had heard him didn't matter because Kiyomaro had quickly closed the distance and grabbed Ichika's hand.

"Eh?" She was confused by the sudden action.

"Stop putting a strong front"

"What are you talking about Kiyomaro-kun?"

"I know. I know what is to put on a face when you're afraid or when you feel like forcing yourself" those days he was harassed in school where he would leave in the morning to go to a place he didn't wanted to go or having to answer that everything was fine when his mom asked him how was the day.

"What would you know?"

"You mask your fear, your anxiety with a dumb smile. I get I used to do it with a frown. Different methods, same result" he didn't take his eyes off the girl in front of him "I already said it but you're important to me. I don't want a friend to have to go through something like that."

On Ichika's face it could only be seen a sad smile. All her effort to appear strong to conceal her secret from her sisters. everything has been destroyed this afternoon.

The fireworks kept going behind her. She knew that each of those small explosions was a broken promise, the promise they had made with each other.

she finally turned to face them "i thought i could finally hold my head high as the eldest when i first started this job" she knew that the fireworks that were illuminating the sky right now was the last batch "I decided to kept it a secret until I became somebody but because of that, I couldn't tell them why I had to break out promise."

She sadly watched the last or the fireworks shine the sky "I suppose that's the end of it" she turned to the car that finally arrived.

Kiyomaro saw it. Ichika was still nervous, her expression could only compare to that time Miku confessed her love for Japanese history.

He didn't know the correct words to say. He wasn't like Gash capable of giving blind trust with no issue or Folgore who could make anyone smile with his nonsense. Kiyomaro knew that if Ichika could fail there was always the chance of a better actress or someone with the looks more ideal to the character.

But he wanted to be there for her as a friend "hey, let me go with you at least after everything is done I'll apologize with you."

Ichika who was entering the car froze at the sudden words her expression wasn't visible to Kiyomaro but after taking a seat in the car she let the door of the backseat open and the message was clear enough.

The young tutor was seated on a bench in front of the building where Ichika was doing her audition. Everything he had done in the day started to weigh on him. He hasn't felt this tired in a long while and eventually the light breeze of the night and the quiet of the city started to work as a lullaby, he felt his eyelids become heavier and heavier and his head also started to hang.

He didn't know how long he had been in that semi-sleep state and he might have gone into a deep sleep if it wasn't for someone lightly tapping his shoulder.

"Kiyomaro-kun"

Upon being called by his name he calmed down a little. If it had been a stranger or an officer he might have woken up instantly but since there was only one person that could call him like that right now Kiyomaro didn't feel any rush to wake up.

"Mou! Kiyomaro-kun you cannot sleep here."

The owner of the voice changed tactics from just tapping his shoulder to moving him a little. The movement wasn't aggressive but it did work in pulling him from his sleep.

"You're finally waking up Kiyomaro-kun. I really didn't expect to meet you here."

"What do you mean Ichika we came here to-" he found the comment of the girl strange, they had come here together the old man brought them by car, what did she mean by not expecting to meet him here.

Kiyomaro massaged his eyes a little before finally opening them.

"Ichika?"

What he saw wasn't the girl with short hair, blue eyes and crazy proportions he had accompanied here. Instead he met with a beautiful long brown hair that went perfectly with the beautiful eyes of the same color which could only belong to one person.

"Kiyomaro-kun we haven't met in a while and the first thing you do is say another woman's name" the beautiful and angry girl in front of him was one of the biggest idols in Japan, the sensation of the moment, Oumi Megumi.

"Ah? Eh? Megumi-san?"

"Still asleep Kiyomaro-kun" she bent a little to tap kiyomaro forehead "I know Japan is a safe country but still sleeping on the outside is a little…"

The mind of the tutor finally started to run. He quickly backed off a little and tried to see if he had any droll on his lips.

"Haha I must have really surprised you if you're that flustered."

"Megumi-san, what are you doing here?" he instantly cursed himself for not greeting her properly, his brain and his mouth still weren't fully in sync.

"I came here for a job, my manager is friends with the director from ages and after supplicating for a month that this movie has a paper perfect for me and a little bit of open space in the agenda. we finally accepted."

"Oh" he didn't know which paper she was talking about but if it was the same one Ichika wanted then it was over for her. Even if Ichika's acting was better than Megumi's, there is no way they'll pick her over an Idol who can fill theaters with her name alone over a girl that's making her first step.

"And you Kiyomaro-kun, why are you here? And who is this Ichika?"

While Megumi was usually very friendly and kind, right now kiyomaro was feeling very intimidated by her smile and piercing eyes.

"Ah, right I'm working as a tutor lately. She's one of my students, and she's having an audition right now."

He hasn't done anything wrong but somehow he felt like he was getting interrogated for doing some crime.

"Mmmm~ so you decided to accompany this student all the way here."

"She was clearly nervous. I couldn't leave her alone, it didn't feel correct."

"So must close if you came all this way"

"Ahaha" procured by the still on going interrogation Kiyomaro tried to laugh it off "if anything we're barely friends" just recently and by recently meant one hour Kiyomaro felt that he finally made a breakthrough with Ichika while he wasn't antagonistic like Nino there certainly was a wall between them.

"Mmmmm" the idol put finger on her chin and made a thoughtful expression, even that simple gesture was captivating coming from her "you know which role she's going to do?"

"The main one the original actress got hurt and that opened the auditions for her role" in his head Kiyomaro felt a little bad for the original actress but that also gave Ichika the chance she needed, if he ever made that actress kiyomaro made the decision to buy a her gift "and what paper are auditioning"

The last words that came out of kiyomaro mouth made Megumi stop who quickly changed her expression as if she was looking at something cute "C'mon Kiyomaro-kun I already told you the director had a role just for me so I really don't need to do the audition" then patted kiyomaro shoulder "so don't worry I'm not going to steal your student chance."

Kiyomaro wondered if his face could tell her that much of what he was thinking but ultimately he decided to feel happy Ichika did have a fair chance after all.

Feeling that if he brought Ichika more it might seem like he's trying to gain brownie points for his student Kiyomaro decided to change the subject.

"Yesterday I meet a bookkeeper" Kiyomaro seeing the serious glint in Megumi eyes continued to explain who Mr. Goldo was and how him and Gash meet him, he also told her about the dead spell book that Mr. Goldo had shown him "for what he told me, there is no pressure in changing the book to another place so if you have time you could arrange a visit to the museum and give it a look."

"I would see I can open a space but I'll be hard but if it didn't respond to Mr. Goldo and you Kiyomaro-kun I don't think is going to respond to me" Megumi was being realistic with the information that she was given "but I'll take any chance I can get to see Tio again"

But even then she still wanted to share more time with the stubborn and tough girl. Megumi couldn't help but worry about Tio, how despite her tough exterior it is easy to get lonely.

"Yeah I get" the two of them have spent around two years with their respective mamodos. Waking up, chatting, playing, fighting, all have become a part of their lives that they will never forget.

The two of them chatted for a little while until Megumi's phone rang.

"Is my manager I have to go" as usual the busy idol had lived at a quick pace, she gave a quick goodbye and turned to the same building that Ichika was having her audition "and Kiyomaro-kun don't be a stranger, remember to call every now and then."

With that she left, leaving kiyomaro completely awake and alone with his thoughts 'first Dr. Riddle then Mr. Goldo and now Megumi-san. Lately I have been reencountering people that have been involved with Mamodos more and more' part of him was now expecting to just run into Folgore.

A little more time passed and the door of the building opened finally came out the girl he was waiting for came out and her manager.

Seeing the relaxed expression on their faces, Kiyomaro guessed it went well.

"Did you wait much?" Ichika didn't see him fiddling with his phone and she found it hard to believe that her tutor would sit still while looking at the door of the building for the time that she had her audition.

"Don't worry, I sleep a little" he said while stretching himself.

"Ah! guess what Kiyomaro-kun on our way out we meet someone awesome"

Her eyes were shining and her expression was saying ask me, ask me. He already had an idea on who she was referring to but he decided to humor his student.

"Who did you?"

"Fufu Oumi Megumi! The Oumi Megumi!" the following squeal showed that she was indeed a fan of her.

"yes even by seeing her up close, you know she's on another level" the mustache manager finally added something to the conversation "but I know that one day Ichika-chan will also be there!"

Both the tutor and the actress just let out a dry laugh at the overhyped actions of the manager, finally snapped of his burning motivation he turned his eyes toward Kiyomaro "Kiyomaro-kun was it? you have drawn a very personal interest out of me."

It wasn't a exaggeration even he still wasn't the manager of a big star he had meet quite the amount of companies CEOs, music and TV star and among them were the insufferable kind that thought they owned the world but none of them had managed to freeze him like Kiyomaro did with his demon face.

On the other hand Kiyomaro did not know how to respond so he just grabbed Ichika's hand and dragged her to the next destination.

"So where are we going?" Kiyomaro had already let Ichika hand go and now she was following him more out of curiosity.

"Were going to a nearby park, sisters should be there as well by now."

Ichika kept walking but she had a look in her eyes like she had already given up "they're mad at me aren't they? I need to apologize for not seeing the fireworks with them".

"I don't know about that but" when they finally reached the the park it could be see 5 girl in yukata playing with some store bought fireworks "if the promise was about fireworks this should be enough"

"Ah! is the tutor again and Ichika!" Lya was the first one to notice them followed by the rest.

"Everything is all set up, Takamine-san" Yotsuba was happily waving a firework over her head "we couldn't hold back so we ended up starting earlier!"

"Thank you bringing the fireworks Yotsuba"

"Shi, shi, shi" on her face there was a goofy smile accompanied by a peculiar laugh but Kiyomaro found it very endearing for some reason "ah, but Lya also helped a lot, she won a lot of prizes at the stalls."

The girl in question had a satisfied smile on her face while Yotsuba was patting her head.

"Hey you!" Suddenly the second sister came in force, making her presence known "you left Itsuki on her own and ran off somewhere didn't you!? When I met up with her she was on the verge of tears, you know!"

"A-ah" more than leaving her alone, Ichika dragged him but he preferred to stay quiet.

"I'm not going to be satisfied until I give you a piece of my mind" she looked at him straight to the eyes "Thank. You. For. The. Help!"

And with hmnp she turned and left, going back to grab another firework.

Everyone!" Ichika finally brought the attention toward. bowing to her sisters "I'm sorry. Things turned out like this because I went off on my own… I'm really sorry about this."

"There's no need for such apology"

"Since she already apologized, don't be too hard."

Itsuki and Kiyomaro tried to lower any bad will the other sisters might have.

"I'll say!" Nino was standing in front of Ichika who was still bowing "why didn't you call us, part of the blame falls on you for what happened this time."

She took a breath "but it was also my fault for forgetting to tell everyone where to meet up"

"And I'm also fed up with my poor sense of direction getting the better of me."

"I also had a lot of screwups this time around."

"I'm sure what's going on, but it was my bad too! I was too focused on checking out the stalls."

"Mom often said…that if one of us screws up then the five of us would overcome it together" Kiyomaro walked to a nearby bench not wanting to interrupt this personal moment Lya decided to follow suit "if something good happened to one of us, then the happiness would be shared between the five of us."

"Same with joy,"

"Sadness,"

"Anger,"

"And love too."

"All of them would be split between us because we're five parts of a whole."

The girls enjoyed their small fireworks display. Meanwhile Kiyomaro felt the sleep coming back to him. Maybe it was the relaxing mood or that Lya was sleeping on the bench next to him. He felt his eyelids grow heavier and heavier until it won him over and Kiyomaro closed his eyes.

"Awn" the day had finally finished and the sisters and Lya already went to their home. Kiyomaro decided to just walk on his way back after sleeping outside waiting for Ichika and again falling asleep while watching the girls play with the fireworks, the young tutor felt his body tense and decided a walk would be good.

At least that was part of it. His feet actually led him back to the museum where he and two of the quintuplets came yesterday.

"Or is it the day before yesterday by now? Still I couldn't help but to come here."

The signs of a Mamodo running around, that book and his recents encounters, it can't be a coincidence. In Front of the museum Kiyomaro stayed a while there thinking about the connections between everything that's happening right now, part of him blamed himself for losing the practice with answer-talker for trying to use it to get a response, nothing.

He only let out a frustrated sigh and turned around finally deciding to go back home.

Or that was the plan until he heard a loud noise come from behind him or from the museum to be specific. Kiyomaro quickly turned his feet around decided to investigate what was happening.

The entrance of the museum was fine but giving a run at the side of the building he quickly saw a big hole in the wall.

'Thiefs!?, no they're too loud if they waited for the night to break in it would be stupid to do it this loudly'

Kiyomaro tried to deal with the situation the proper way by calling the authorities but his cell phone wasn't working, something odd since when he was looking for the quints it had plenty of charge. He also came to notice that the lights of the street were going out and no alarm was coming from the museum.

He weighed his options. either go back and look for anyone that could help or go look by himself.

He felt that this was the answer to the riddle that has been annoying him for a while now. the danger he might face but also this was the answer that he had been looking for, ever since this ordeal started. Kiyomaro took a breath and made his decision.

He quickly went through the hole in the museum wall. The path of destruction was easy to follow, whoever did this did not care at all about any of the pieces in the museum or the walls for that matter since after the hole Kiyomaro went through there was another hole.

Following the path of destruction led him to the same room Mr. Goldo had shown him where the Gray book was and there he saw two figures with proportions that could not possibly belong to a human.

"Mamodos" no matter how much he already guessed who was behind this destruction, seeing it in person was another thing. One was small and round with full metal plate armor, the other was tall wearing a helmet, some ragged pants and the most notorious thing was the iron claw that he had on his hands. He could discern their bookkeepers where.

[Karou]

the claws of the tall Mamodo started to shine, Kiyomaro knew that was the result of a fortification spell. with its strength claw the Mamodo started to destroy the room 'again there can't be a coincidence' Kiyomaro came here with that book on his mind and these two Mamodos were here for the same he was certain of it, at least he had the advantage of knowing where Mr. Goldo had put the book, the mayhem of the tall Mamodo was steady but he was still far from the book.

'but I don't have long' soon he was going to trash the entire room. With not much time to think of a concrete plan Kiyomaro came close to the room he didn't have to worry about making noise since there was no way his steps were heavier than the sound of claws breaking an entire room. Kiyomaro quickly picked a piece of wood, the result of the destruction and threw it to the back of the head of the tall Mamodo, completely lost in his destruction path. A little projectile made him do a quick turn, hitting his smaller companion without meaning. The two started to have what seemed like a discussion even though Kiyomaro couldn't hear any words coming from them.

That small distraction was enough he made a quick run and grabbed the case he knew it had the book and made a run for it.

the two Mamodo looked at each other with confusion only for the small one to raise one of his hands aiming at Kiyomaro.

[Garon]

again he heard the spell but he couldn't see where the bookkeeper was. Kiyomaro rolled to the side since the spell wasn't a gigano or dioga class meant that the spell was only for him and not to destroy the whole museum. next to him a spiked ball of metal flew by.

Kiyomaro stood up as fast as he couldnt and keep running, he heard the steps of something following him getting closer and closer, he unlocked the case with no issue since Mr. Goldo never cared about keeping the password secret to him, grabbed the book and through the case behind him, the sound of something hitting told that at least it brought him some few more seconds.

[Garon]

again he heard the spell of the but when he tried to move to the side again Kiyomaro tripped with one of the many pieces of debris that were on the floor the spiked ball managed to graze his right side, that was enough to throw him to the ground. Kiyomaro kept hugging the book not wanting to let it go for anything.

the steps keep coming closer and closer, kiyomaro rolled to dodge another attack from the small one but when he stopped rolling Kiyomaro saw a claw coming straight to his head.

He dodged the best he could but the claws still scratched Kiyomaro's left cheek. The tall one was practically on top of him and the small one was aiming at him 'the objective is to run, not to win, I might have to bleed a little but no matter what I'll get out of this I can't die until I fulfil my promise to Gash' Kiyomaro never lost his fighting spirit.

And the book responded to him, Kiyomaro was so focused on figuring out a way to get out of this situation that he did not notice the book was starting to gain a color, a strong red he was most familiar with. The book that was dead just moments ago now was shining a light in all directions. Everyone had no other options but to close their eyes for a moment.

When the light subsided and Kiyomaro could finally open his eyes he saw that the tall Mamodo had been sent flying, getting him stuck on the wall, the smaller Mamodo just saw the state his companion was in complete astonishment. And in front of Kiyomaro there was a red sphere standing between Kiyomaro and the ones trying to hurt him.

Soon the sphere started to take form. It was the silhouette of someone he knew very well. Blond hair, black mantle, a little taller than before but not by much.

"Why are you trying to hurt Kiyomaro!"

With a firm tone he called out his attackers. No matter how many titles he acquires the lighting blond, the user of the Bao, the king of the Mamodos for Kiyomaro the one in front of him will always be his best friend Gash Bell.

Hello I hope you're having a good day

More than two month since the last update, so much for wanting to have a weekly schedule anyway

Gash is here! I put him the character list. I always wanted to bring him into the story but needed to built the quints into the Mamodo world while having Kiyomaro building his relationships.