"Mari-chan, are you okay?" Yukari asked, a touch of concern on her face.
"I-I'm fine Kurono-chan."
"Are you sure? You don't look like you're having fun."
"It's just that, well, I think I might have seen-" However, before she could finish her sentence a very large, bright blue squirrel burst through the wall. A very familiar laugh could be heard not too far off. Sora squealed before ducking farther into the water, almost up to her chin now.
"Snap out of it," Yuki started as she scrambled out of the water with the others following her, dragging Sora, and hastily put on their robes, "We've gotta-" But before she could finish talking, Rafiel
The black cat easily walked along the top of the fence until he arrived at the Hoshino household. Reaching his destination, he sat for a moment until the scruffy brown dog he had come to meet came into his field of vision. Nimbly jumping from the fence, he landed right in front of Hoshi.
"What did you want to talk about Karas?"
"I don't know if the girls will be able to take out Lord Rizu in their current state. They have more power than the Esterlian army, but I just think it will be too difficult."
"They aren't terrible."
"I'm not saying they are. You've been with the Star Squad longest do you think they can? If you do I'll leave t
Everyone was back in their school uniforms as they walked into Mari's house.
"Hoshi, we're here!" Mari called out as she took her shoes off by the door. After this Hoshi, now in his human form, walked into the living room. It would be easier to talk in here than Mari's room with so many people, especially since one of them was a boy.
Yukari's cat perked up upon seeing Hoshi and jumped from her head, landing in the dog man's arms. "Hoshi-chan! It's been so long since I've seen you! How are ya bud?"
"He wasn't talking that much earlier "
"Talking? I've never seen him that excited, and I've had him for about a month!" Yukari looked at M
Mari sat in class, diligently taking notes when a piece of folded up, duck print paper fell onto her notebook. She stared at it for a few seconds before discreetly picking it up and unfolding it.
Mari-chan, I'm going to go to the library today! LOL, I need to return a book and maybe get a new one. Do you want to go with me??? We can bring the other girls too! It'll be fun!
Mari looked up and glanced at Momoko who returned her glance with a huge smile and a small wave. Mari simply nodded at her and smiled weakly. Although she enjoyed having a group of friends around her she was still a bit uncomfortable. Coming out of her shell was still a b
"I still can't believe Momo-chan got sick like that!" Sora said as she carried a pink basket with sweets and a plethora of cute things spilling out of the sides. The contents were only held in by clear cellophane wrapping tied with a large orange and pink bow.
"I can't believe she still helped you kick that monster's ass after she threw her guts up!" Yuki made a muscle and rubbed her imaginary bicep, "That girl's way more bad ass than I thought!"
Hoshi, in his dog form, let out a sigh as he trailed after the girls on their way to visit Momoko. She had gone to the doctor as soon as the class had returned from their fieldtrip, she had been to
Sora sat on the sidewalk staring across the street at the all-boys school, partly because she was interested in boy watching and partly because she wanted to get to know this "Nebula Prince" more. They hadn't had a chance to do anything with Hikaru since the attack at the beach. Needless to say he hadn't been able to do a good or bad job at helping them.
She kept sitting, resting her chin in her hands until she saw him leave the building. She stood up and waved him over excitedly. "Koutaishino-kun!"
He looked at her, confused at first. He soon recognized her and walked over. "Hey, uh, Kasaino-san. Right?" He pushed his glasses up the bridge
"Isn't this exciting?!" Momoko threw her monkey backpack into the air and then caught it again.
"I guess so." Mari looked around.
"It's a field trip, of course it's exciting!" She jumped up and down, still holding the monkey.
"Aorino-san, please stand still!" The teacher called out as she counted the students, making sure they were all there.
"But its Kyoto, Hyousetsuno-chan says the school makes you come here every year. I came here last year and we'll come here next year."
"C'mon Mari-chan! Enjoy it while you're here!! At my old school I almost never got to go on field trips!"
"I know, it's just what if there's an attack or somet
Mari sat down in her usual spot and waited for class to start. She drummed her fingers on her desk and casually looked around; trying to sort through what Hoshi had explained the day before. Apparently he's their helper and the reincarnation of some prince Nebula Prince. It's his job to protect them and other things of that nature.
Suddenly a girl with her long brown hair pulled up into a bun sat down next to Mari. A big, goofy grin was on her face.
"Hiya! I'm Aorino Momoko, what's your name?"
"I'm, uh, Ho-hoshino Mari. It's nice to meet you Aorino-san." She smiled nervously.
"I'm new."
"I guessed that."
"Can I sit with you at lunch?"
Two days and no attack, this was the most days that the dark army had gone without one. Mari hoped that they were done, but she knew they weren't. There was no way that they would stop just as quickly as they had started.
"Do you think they're planning something really bad?" Mari asked Hoshi as she sat on her bed and scratched his head.
"No worse than usual I'm sure. It probably just takes allot of work to get the monsters up and running, they're getting stronger after all."
"Yeah "
Just then, her phone rang. She picked it up, only to be greeted by Sora's cheery voice. She and Yuki had been hanging out with Sora since they discovered
Sora stared intently at herself in the mirror as she put on her eyeshadow, her mouth slightly open.
"Sora, hurry up! I gotta go pee!" Her little brother yelled to her from the other side of the bathroom door.
"I'm almost done!" She squeezed her eyes shut and yelled at the door as she pulled the cap off of her lip gloss.
"I gotta pee now!" She heard him thud against the door.
"Alright! Geez Satoshi, learn some bladder control would ya?" She whined as she opened the door.
Her little brother ran into the bathroom as she left and went to the kitchen. Her neatly wrapped bento was sitting on the counter as her mom wiped her hands off on her ap