"Oi, sis, are you listening? Oi, oi!" Mizuno shakes her as she is sitting on the sofa, lost in blank space.
"Huh?" Seka looks at Mizuno. "Uh, what were you saying again?" She comes back to reality.
"You've been staring into thin air for a long time now. What are you even thinking about?" Mizuno, with a curious face, asks her.
"It's the… you know, the tournament notice that came in today. I was thinking if I should take part in it." Mizuno stands up and manages the letters, revealing the letter she's talking about. He takes a look at it.
"I have an easy idea—why don't we ask Big Bro? If he joins, then you should as well," Mizuno points at Seka.
"Hey, why do you keep bringing him up? Anyway, he's not taking part in it.""Hmm, seems kind of weird. But Sis, I think you should join. You can gain some experience if you do." Mizuno sits beside her, with an excited face.
"You seem more happy than me." Seka just stares at him with no comment.
"It does seem right… but still, I'm getting this feeling that I shouldn't, this time." She takes her hand and puts it on her chest with an unsure mind, takes a deep breath.
"Ouh, I know exactly what it is—you're too scared to go alone, so you're having a hard time deciding, aren't you?" Mizuno looks at her with a grin on his face.
"Hey! I'm not a little kid anymore, you know!" she shouts right in his face."Yeah, you say that every time, but still you manage to fall flat in front of Big Bro." He stands up, takes steps."Hey! Shut up! I still have Chio, you brat!" She stands up all red and starts chasing Mizuno around the house. She shouts at him.
Swish
Seka notices something just dash through the window."Hey sis, did you see that just now?" Mizuno asks, his heart filled with an ominous feeling."Yeah, I think I just saw something," says Seka. Her heart starts pounding a bit more."Well, I think I just saw something as well, but it might be a bird." She tries to brush it off.
"Hmm… don't really think it is, but—" Mizuno says.
Stellar Orphanage
"oh dear brother!!!" Hachi jumps and kicks Kara.
He shouts, "What are you doing?!""You know, testing you," she says with mischief on her face.
"Yeah, fine, but really… inside the room?" Kara looks at her, bored.Sigh.
She gets up from the wreck she made, takes a step—something clicks in her mind.
"Hey bro, you know something?" says Hachi.
Kara turns his head around, looks at her."What is it?""You're too far behind. You know, you need to get stronger.""I know, I know—" Kara stops mid-sentence. Kara stares at her for a moment.
Silence...
"Wait, wha—""Yeah, you heard that right," Hachi says, smiling, looking at him.
Kara tilts his head."I don't think I'm strong, but you sayin—""Not in that sense, dumbass!" she shouts."I was talking about your romance—your love life! Or should I say Se—" Kara gets up and puts his hand around her mouth."Mmm mm.""Did I ever tell you those things? How do you even know all this?""Mmm m, mmm m, mmm."
Silence…
"I can't understand—" Hachi grabs his hands.Crack."AHH! What are you doing?!" Kara screams in pain.
"You seem quite cautious when her topic hits the conversation," Hachi speaks like nothing happened (while Kara is still screaming).
"It's her, isn't it? The one girl you've always wanted to see?" Hachi stands up, goes beside the window, looks at him.
"I don't remember well… only some things from then. Might be her. Anyway, it's not what you wanted to ask, is it?" Kara looks at Hachi. She opens the door with the cold breeze and sun shining into the room.
"It's about the museum incident. It looks minor, but not at all times." Hachi walks near the coffee table."It just felt normal, until I realized multiple museums were attacked." She pours tea into the pot."It has historical records across multiple thousands of years, and artifacts—but only one sword was taken, and multiple old books that people still weren't able to decipher." She takes a seat.
Slurp!
"Ouch, that's hot."
Kara brings his hands out."Yeah, plus not only that—there have been many rampages as well. Like the last time, you guys could barely take that guy on with a full team."
He creates a dragon out of fog."If that was just the start, then it will be quite troublesome to handle multiple of those."
Slurp!
"Ahhh, delicacy."
"But Big Bro, we have crystals. You know—crystals?""Still, you don't use your crystal in such occasions. One use of it is so tiring. How long do you plan on lasting with multiple of those rampages at a time?" Kara says. The dragon sits on Hachi's head.
Hachi laughs."Look who's talking. The one who pushes his crystals so much he always gets hospitalized. Anyway, I need to sleep." She puts her cup down, walks to the door."Oh, and brother, you're going to the bath, right? May I take a dip with you before bed?"
Swish!!
A pillow from the sofa comes flying at her face.
Flap!
"You're already 14, still saying stuff like that?" He recovers from the throwing position."If you want to go first, then I don't mind."
The Arena Gate – The Day After
"Hey Chio," Seka asks her. Chio stops walking, turns around, munching on potato chips."You want to join the tournament, don't you, Seka?" Chio says.Seka looks at her in surprise."How did you know?""It's because you want to show off your powers to that perv, right?"Seka gets red, replies in a small voice,"What? No, I mean… it would be better if he could watch me."
Anyway, why is every conversation going this way?
"The thing is that I want to get stronger, and this tournament sounds like a challenge. I was hoping you would enter with—"Chio cuts off Seka mid-sentence."Yup, I'm going. I was about to invite you anyway. You know what, let's do this together, right BFF?""Right."They walk towards the registration.
Stellar Household
Then he will say, "you should remember me cause I was the one you left",
she will get all sad, and then
HUG!
then a kiss between the two, "Ahh just thinking this is making my heart pound"
Brang!
The door of Hachi's room opens.
"Hachi, come with me, we need to go."
"Well see Big Brother and Sis marry, right? Yay!" She grabs her doll's arms up. "huh?"
She looks at the door. Kara stares at her.
Silence
"..."
Hachi gets red."We can talk about this later. Need to go."
"Still… why, right now?"
"Let's just go." She walks quietly, getting all red.
"Marrying, huh? Sounds nice. But first—how do I even tell—"
Bang! He slams his head into the wall."Focus."
Hebi returns with her whole gear."Brother, where are we goin—" Sees Kara bleeding from his head."What happened?" she asks with a confused face.
Kara looks at her."Nothing really.
"Are you all right though?" Hachi asks him.
"yes, it's about the thing we discussed yesterday..."