#cute... kanade sip...

[shinagawa-division]

“Just give her the thing Kanade she’s not that scary- I think”

The girl mutters to herself quietly as she stands outside the suspicious looking door.

Upon opening the door you see Kanade in a little ghost hoodie

“Hi- it’s cold out also HAPPY BIRTHDAY”

From Lana you received a portrait- this time she’s portrayed Sumire in her natural environment- surrounded by a metric fuck ton of tech stuff! The screens that surround her all contain various little messages that detail the stories of Sumire’s previous exploits. She has a wicked grin plastered across her face.

From Itsuki you received- a new laptop?! It has the codex logo on it!

From Kanade you received- Mr spooky holding a small computer screen! The screen has a skull and bones on it.

“I’m kinda the designated gift giver- I was in town for a performance anyway so I dropped by”

Taking a sip from her can of soda, the birthday girl was sitting in the living room, lazily scrolling on her phone when the doorbell rang. It wasn’t until Goro had called for her that she got up from the sofa, setting down both the soda and her phone. Walking over to the door, she was surprised to see Kanade at the door, even more so with presents. Shinagawa was quite a ways from Kyoto, she was kinda impressed. Blankly staring at the shorter girl, the anarchist shrugged and gestured inside.

“Oh, hey…Kanade, right? C’mon in, and thanks for the gifts.” Inviting the girl inside, Sumire told Goro to make Kanade a hot cup of her choice of beverage to which he did so dutifully while the two sat on the sofa as Sumire went through the gifts the Kyoto team had gotten her.

“Damn, never got a portrait of myself before, should I be flattered or creeped out that Lana somehow knows what I get up to during my free time?” She chuckled but truly, she was grateful for the gift and made a mental note to hang it up somewhere in her lab later. “It is pretty though, tell Lana that I’ll repay her back sometime.”

“Aw sweet, I had been meaning to get another laptop.” Sumire smiled as she looked over the laptop Itsuki got her, while it was true that she was in need of a new device, the reason for that being she needed a new burner to store the new influx of information she’s gathered, let’s just hope this one has more storage space.

And finally, there was the gift from Kanade herself, Sumire held back a snort as she looked at the plush, it was cute, she wasn’t gonna lie but it was so painfully on brand for Kanade, though Sumire was curious as to where and how did she have so many Mr. Spookies and why they were so elaborately detailed. “Thanks Kanade, I’ll make sure to take good care of this.”

After chatting for a while and now with a belly of warm beverage, Sumire bid the other girl goodbye and shut the door. She let out a sigh as she once again sat on the couch, welp, she thought, now it starts.

Thank you for the gift!

[sendaidivision]

Kanade seemed to breeze through the halls of a certain university in Sendai. The only thing slowing her stride was the objects in her bag being…rather heavy.

“Found it” 

Peering into the empty classroom she carefully placed the bag on the desk of Ryūzō Mizutori alongside a letter addressed to the members of Sendai Division.

“I decided to drop these off in Mizutori-sensei’s room, there’s a gift for everyone here!”

The note was signed “K. Alarie”

Ryūzō

You received:A coffee mug thats shaped like a tree! It seems that Kanade thought you might get a kick out of it. 

Takumi

You received: A small punching bag and some dumbbells. It’s pretty self explanatory in her mind, she thought you could find them useful! She also…didn’t know what to get you.

Kotono 

You received: A plush ghost holding a small book that says “Physics” on the cover. It seems the ironically themed plushies of Mr. Spooky strike again!

The languages studies professor, Ryūzō Mizutori, sighed as he stepped out of the Teachers' Lounge, rubbing his already tired eyelids. As soon as classes were over for the day, he had been forced to attend a staff meeting, which his fellow teachers, Takumi Wakaba and Kotono Ohara 'conveniently' forgot to attend. The meeting was about nothing important really, and he was almost tempted to skip the next one.

Making his way back to his to classroom to finish cleaning up, he again sighed as he pulled out a set of keys, finagling with the lock on the door. The lock turned and the professor made his way inside. Almost immediately, his eyes locked on the gift bag and the letter, both of which were on his desk. Cocking an eyebrow, he walked up and looked inside the bag, finding an assortment of items.

"Hmm..." He said, as he looked at the mug, observing it from all angles. He looked at the letter, and picked it up, reading it. His eyes grew a bit before lowering again. Leaving the room for a bit, he stepped back in a few minutes later, a cup of tea inside his brand-new mug.

Sitting down at his desk, he proceeded to the boring, yet mandatory task of grading papers. Upon reaching a certain girl's paper, he stopped and looked as the name in the corner read, 'Alarie Kanade'. Blinking once or twice, he quickly wrote a giant 'A+' on the paper before putting it off the side, as he resumed his work. Taking another sip of tea, he found it hard to contain the small, yet still there smile on his grim, old face. There were few things he liked about this job, but this... this was definitely one of them.

Thanks for this! It was really, very cute.

[starlightspecters-vs-alleycatz]

Drama Track: Sake & Soda Pop pt. 2

A drunkard’s power is often underestimated.

-Itsuki kept glancing out the window from time to time while sipping on his drink, eventually Lana returned with a sigh tucking her phone back into her pocket-

Lana:“Yikes buyers can be bitchy” -that was of course a lie on Lana’s end, she hadn’t been on the phone with anyone wanting to buy a painting from her at all...she won’t talk about it- “they said they would call me back later so theres that”

Itsuki:“was it that one chick who wanted you to paint a picture of her husband or something” -he was well aware of what was going on but for the sake of his sanity and to attempt to keep Lana from going feral in front of their guests he played along-

Lana:“Mhm.”

Seiichi: ! !

Seiichi: You’re an artist Alarie?—

Emiko: [zooms in the kitchen] Guys guys! Come look at Kanade! She looks amazing! I think I did a good job if I do say so myself. ~ ☆

Seiichi: Oh, e-excuse me! [leaves]

Hiroshi: Lana, would you care for a drink? I left the bottle on the counter for later.

Lana:“Ah yes please!”

-Itsuki decided to follow Seiichi into the living room wanting to see what Kanade and Emiko were up to-

Emiko: Ta-da! Isn’t she cute! ~ ♡

[they all see Kanade sitting in a chair, covered in bright pastel colored makeup with her hair tied up in cutesy pigtails]

Emiko: I was originally using her normal palette but we decided to experiment! ~ ☆

Seiichi: Pffffft! I-it looks great. 💦

Hiroshi: Oh, well aren’t you having fun. I didn’t know you brought your things with you.

Emiko: Well duh, how can I be called a professional if I’m not prepared? ~ ♡

-Insert jazz hands from Kanade-

Lana:“Well don’t you look adorable!” -she turns to Itsuki- “we should let Emiko do your makeup”

Itsuki:“While I admit Emiko did do a good job...Yumi already begs me to let her do my makeup way too much.”

Emiko: Yay! ~ ☆ I’m glad you guys like it! Maybe we should do Hiroshi and Seiichi’s makeup again? He he he.

Seiichi: [coughs] Me?! Why me! I didn’t do anything!

Hiroshi: Emiko, I thought we’ve already discussed this? 😓

Emiko: *giggles* C’mere! I’m gonna get you!

[cue Emiko chasing Seiichi around while Hiroshi tries to stay out of the way]

-Lana chuckles before going to put away some stray art supplies she left out earlier-

Itsuki:“She seems like she’s having fun.”

Emiko: He he! C’mon Kanade, you too! [pulls her from the chair] Let’s have some fun! ~ ☆

Seiichi: Oi! Back off!

Kanade:“Oh come on Seiichi~”

Hiroshi: Glad to know there people in the world who can handle Seiichi. Now, might as well get to know each other. Tell me about yourself Itsuki. Itsuki:“Ah I’m nothin’ special really, I’m just a graphic designer...I also have to keep an eye on a certain set of sisters MAINLY THE OLDER ONE”

-He glares at Lana and Lana just shoots him a cheesy grin-

Itsuki:“I also have an older sister named Yumi...she’s a street artist!”

Lana:“How many street artists do I know again?”

Itsuki:“you of all people are one to fucking talk, you were a fucking vandal.”

Lana:“oh shut the hell up.”

Hiroshi: *chuckles* How ironic. Because Seiichi is the exact same way. I’ve currently lost count of how many times I had to bail him out. Although I would say it’s hopeless to save such an impolite youth.

Seiichi: OI! I can hear you old man! Quit talking about me when I’m right here, besides I’m not a vandal. I just like doing what I want. OOF—

[Emiko tackles him]

Emiko: Got cha Seiichi!

Hiroshi: I’m simply implying the truth. Besides, it’s not like you don’t have any talent. You just need a better way of using it.

Seiichi: Oh shut up you damn Womanizer!

Emiko: Hey! What did I say about fighting!

-Lana smiles taking a sip of her drink already starting to feel a little buzzed, the scene playing out before her was a familiar one...it almost reminded her of the good old days-

Lana:(Everyone seems to be having a good time...I really do miss having get togethers like this. Hell it almost feels like the time I used to spend with Kaede and the others...Nows not the time to be thinking about that)

Kanade:“Can’t we all just get along...I’m kinda thirsty so ima go get some Ramune!” -she runs off to the kitchen-

Itsuki:“I’m gonna head out for a smoke”

Hiroshi: Oh! Mind if I join you? We can use my lighter this time.

Itsuki:“sure, just follow me”

-Itsuki heads out to the balcony-

Emiko: Hmph, you’re no fun Seiichi! Big bully—Oh, where’d everyone go?

Seiichi: [groans] Hiroshi and the glasses guy went outside, and Kanade’s in the kitchen.

Emiko: Oh, but where’s Lana-nee?

-in the corner of the room with Sake in one hand and her phone in the other, whatever the fuck she was looking at she didn’t really like...she downed her drink and slipped her phone back into her pocket-

Lana:“eh? I’m right here”

-Lana flashes a cheeky smile-

Emiko: Heya Lana! ~ ☆ Havin’ fun!

Seiichi: That’s a pretty big cup for sake. 💦 You don’t have any smaller cups or anything? Or do you just like to drink?

Emiko: Well she is an adult, I don’t think it matters too much.

Lana:“phhhhsh I’m fine~ *hic* I can handle my alcohol”

-that was a fucking lie, Kanade almost dropped her Ramune when she saw her sister.-

Lana:“Hehe~ oh theres a wall there~”

-Lana had proceeded to bump into said wall like a dumbass-

Kanade:“Onee-San please...your drunk.”

Lana:“NO YOU ARE~ AHAHA!”

-Itsuki could be seen on the balcony trying not to die of embarrassment-

Emiko: Um, Lana-nee are you ok? 💦 I don’t think I’ve ever seen her drunk before! What do I do!

Seiichi: PFFFT! Is she ok? 😂

Kanade:“oh my god I’m so so sorry you guys!”

-Kanade runs off to go grab itsuki while Lana is just laughing her ass off-

Kanade:“ITSUKI HELP ONEE-SAN IS BEING STUPID AGAIN!”

Itsuki:“oh god why me?”

Hiroshi: ? ?

Hiroshi: Is something the matter?

[they go inside]

-at this point Lana is on the floor-

Lana:“stupid fucking wall!”

Itsuki:“no more sake for you”

Emiko: EEEEK!! [hides behind Seiichi] I’m scared!! Is she gonna be alright!

Hiroshi: Perhaps. . we should give her some water? 💦

-itsuki is dragging a VERY drunk Lana back to the kitchen-

Kanade:“I forgot onee-san can’t hold her alcohol very well”

-Loud banging can be heard from the kitchen, suddenly Lana sprints out the door with Itsuki hot on her heels-

Itsuki:“FUCKING GET BACK HERE!”

Emiko: LANA LEFT?! Lana where are you going?! [runs out the door]

Seiichi: H-Hiroshi. . . What just happened?. . .

Hiroshi: I’m. . not sure. Emiko! Wait for the rest of us!!

Seiichi: Wait! Don’t lock me in here!!

[they all run out the complex after Lana]

[meanwhile in a nearby fountain] Itsuki:“LANA WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!”

-Lana is currently vibing with the ducks in the fountain-

Lana:“QUACK QUACK MOTHERFUCKER❤”

Emiko: L-Lana?! W-what on earth are you doing!! [runs to fountain to pull Lana out] C’mon you’re going to get sick!

Seiichi: PFFFFFTT— What is she doing?! 🤣

Hiroshi: O_O . . . Emiko, I don’t think that’s a good idea! -Lana accidentally pulls emiko into the fountain with her, Kanade looks like she’s on the verge of tears and Itsuki just looks ashamed-

Hiroshi: Emiko!!

Seiichi: OI!

Kanade:“I...I’m sorry everyone”

Itsuki:“maybe it’s best if you all leave”

Emiko: AGH!! [she sits up coughing up some water before looking down at herself]

Emiko: Eeeeeeeeeh!! My dress!! *sniff* My dress got ruined! ~ [whimpers] There’s water in my stockings~

Kanade:“oh no!”

-Itsuki is currently trying to drag Lana out of the fountain-

Kanade:“I’m sorry you guys I’m really really sorry!”

Lana:“Itsuki~ lemme go!”

Hiroshi: Seiichi get Emiko out of there please. 😓 I’ll help; now c’mon—Lana!

[he struggles with them to drag Lana out of the fountain]

Hiroshi: This! Is not! Ideal behavior! For a lady!!

Itsuki:“Hiroshi I don’t think it’s best to tell Lana tha- oh dear!”

-within a second Lana’s fist made contact with Hiroshis jaw-

Lana:“I ain’t no proper lady Mr. Womanizer!”

Everyone: ! ! !

Hiroshi: *is KO-ed on the ground 🔔🥊*

Emiko: HIROSHI!!! 😭 She killed hiiiim!~

Seiichi: PFFFFFT HA HA HA!!

Itsuki:“LANA GOD DAMNIT WHAT THE FUCK”

Kanade:“LANA WHY”

-itsuki goes to check on hiroshi while Kanade chases Lana back inside-

Emiko: Hiroshiiiiiii wake uuuuup! 😭 [shakes him as he lies on the ground]

Seiichi: PFFFFFT— [Seiichi falls to the ground laughing]

Itsuki:“He’s out cold!” -Itsuki sighs- “I knew letting Lana drink was a bad fucking idea…I just didn’t think she’d knock another guy out like that”

-He proceeds to check his phone seemingly to text someone-

Itsuki:“im gonna get my sister over here and see if she can calm Lana down, should I call an ambulance for Hiroshi?”

Emiko: Yes p-please. . .

Seiichi: Ok! *weezes* Ok! We’ll take him home! HA HA HA!!

Emiko: Seichiiiii, stop laughing!! [sulk on the ground]

-Itsuki sighs before calling his older sister, he knew this meetup was going to go wrong the moment Lana mentioned booze and even tried to warn her but NOOOO, no one wanted to listen to him-

Itsuki:“Yumi come get your girlfriend she’s drunk again”

-Lana is currently running around holding a duck by the legs while Kanade is trying to catch her, the duck isn’t having a good time. Itsuki hangs up the phone and sighs-

Itsuki:“LANA PUT THE DUCK DOWN!”

Lana:“YOUR NOT MY DAD”

Itsuki:“LANA OMORI PUT THE FUCKING DUCK DOWN!”

-lana let’s the duck go-

Lana:“booo”

Emiko: That poor duckie. . . 🥺

Seiichi: Man you never told me these guys were so hilarious! We should come to Kyoto more often!

Emiko: Knock it off Seiichi! Now grab Hiroshi’s hat and help me carry him.

Seiichi: Uuuugh, fiiiine.

[they both pick Hiroshi from the ground and sling his arms around themselves, Emiko nearly tipping over from the weight]

Emiko: O K, time to find a hospital! Let’s go!

Seiichi: Waitwaitwait can I take a picture before we go!

Emiko: Seiichi!!

Seiichi: Okok I’m kidding! Itsuki:“At this rate no one will take starlight specters seriously! I blame you Lana!”

Lana:“Lighten up Itsuki~”

Itsuki:“I’m serious Lana! For someone who used to be in one of the most feared gangs in Kyoto you’ve really gone downhill! Frankly I wouldnt be surprised if you were partway to blame for the darling divas breaking up!”

-Kanade immediately ushers Emiko and Seiichi away from the fight that’s about to happen-

Kanade:“cmon cmon hospital we go! You really dont wanna see what’s about to go down!” -Kanade was visibly scared-

Lana:“ITS HARD TO KEEP A DIVISION TOGETHER WHEN ONE KEY MEMBER IS DEAD AND THE OTHER IS IN PRISON!” -and with that Lana punched Itsuki in the face knocking him to the ground-

Kanade:“WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!”

Emiko + Seiichi: ! ! !

Emiko: Lana-nee? . . .

Emiko: *thinking* The Darling Divas. . . . .

Emiko: C’mon! Off to the hospital! Seiichi, can you help them? I’ll take care of Hiroshi.

Seiichi: H-Huh? Wait! No way he’s like twice your size!

Emiko: I’ll be fine just help them! Please.

Emiko: [to Kanade] A-Are you ok too Kanade?

Kanade:“I’ll be okay! I just have to calm down Onee-San until Yumi-nee gets here”

-Itsuki wasn’t helping the situation at all, seeming to attempt to rile Lana up…this was the fastest way to get Lana to tire herself out believe it or not-

Kanade:“Thats enough!” -and with that she placed herself in the line of fire, standing in between Lana and Itsuki with a blank expression on her face- “You both are making fools of yourselves!”

Emiko: . . .

Seiichi: O-Ok! I think we should really go to the hospital now! H-Here let me help you Itsuki!

-Kanade is physically holding Lana back at this point, shooting the others a glance of shame she drags Lana back to their apartment-

Kanade:“cmon onee-san”

[they all drag the unconscious duo to the apartment & wait for an ambulance to arrive]

-Lana has kinda tired herself out at this point while they were all waiting-

Kanade:“I’m sorry you guys I really am…this wasn’t supposed to be like this”

—The End—

[sdra2headcanons]

!!!!bro!!!! Merry Christmas! And I think it would be cool if you made some Teruya x Rei Christmas hc’s if you don’t mind!

Merry (late) Christmas!! Also of course! 💖

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   -They both have different ideas on how Christmas should be celebrated. Teruya's more than okay with making it into more of a joke, while Rei wants to keep things at least semi-formal

   -In the end they decide to split it down the middle, which basically means half the house plus half the tree is decorated by Teruya, while Rei decorates whatever’s left

   -It's a mess once it's finally over, but Teruya loves it more than he would've if he'd gotten to do all of the decorating by himself, and Rei's just happy to see him smile like an idiot at the mess they made, so she supposes it's a win/win

   -Rei dreads the fated winter day when Teruya comes home with two small boxes, giggling when he hands one to Rei. As expected, inside there was one of two matching Christmas sweaters

   -"Teruya, we look foolish. Can we please change back?"

   -"Well we technically could, but Christmas is all about making sacrifices so others can be happy, and sometimes pride is one of the necessary sacrifices. Doesn’t that mean we’d be ruining the Christmas spirit if we changed?"

   -"Call me the new Scrooge then, because I'm changing."

   -She never ends up change, stupid Teruya and his stupid cute face

   -They usually go to whatever parties they get invited to, which is surprisingly a lot between their school friends and the underclassmen Teruya somehow managed to become friends with

-Usually they’ll spend Christmas Day by themselves though, just taking a day to relax and enjoy themselves and each other’s company

-Anytime Rei mentions being cold Teruya takes off his scarf and wraps it around her, despite the protests about how he’ll catch a cold. He’ll just laugh it off and keep walking, making sure to tease Rei about how she never gave him the scarf back like she promised once the days over

-Granted, this doesn’t happen often. They usually travel by car, and if they don’t Rei’s always prepared for whatever weather conditions may hit during their five minute walk to the store. Teruya still gets a chance to tease her about being overly prepared though, so he can’t really complain, even if he doesn’t get to see his cute wife wearing something of his

-Teruya’s somehow mastered hot chocolate??Like he’s gotten the perfect recipe down so every sip tastes like heaven in a cup and Rei absolutely loves it. She (reluctantly) mentioned how much she liked it after she tried it for the first time, so all throughout December Teruya gets up extra early so he can make her a cup to enjoy once she wakes up

-Gift giving’s surprisingly easy, they’re both open about what they want, but they still insist on not getting too much. However neither of them listens, and they both end up with at least fourteen presents from the other

-Rei’s in charge of getting gifts for everyone else though, excluding Mikado. All Mikado wants is to make Teruya look like a Christmas tree, and Teruya’s happy to oblige

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You guys really like making me consider ships I hadn’t given too much thought to before huh- either way, I hope you enjoy these, and I hope you had an amazing Christmas!!💕

-Mod Kanade who just realized the ‘you guys’re making me consider ships’ thing may sound like I think it’s a bad or something, I promise it isn’t-

[kanaships]

Knight! Otoya Ittoki x Princess! Kanade: Love letters

A princess of a far away land, ruled by a prosperous king with only his daughter left after the queens unfortunate passing. The perfect set up for any fairytale story. I was made to be as ladylike and as dignified as possible. Following every single rule to a T became routine. That is... until I saw him. From that moment it felt like the world I'd lived in was so dull. The sky became brighter and the colors became more vibrant. My sensitivity to the noises nature made drastically increased. The world was so bright and colorful. His smile was like looking at the sun for the first time, not being able to took away from this brightness that's given your world light. As soon as he turned my way I couldn't help but want to hide, so I ran behind a wall where we wouldn't be able to spot eachother. My heart was racing and my face was flushed. The same things my father would tell me about my mother when they first met. From that day he became one of the knights assigned to my rotation. Every week would repeat the cycle and I waited for the days I got to enjoy the day with him.

"Princess, you can't eat sweets and commoners food."

"Your majesty, someone bumped into you and they merely apologized! I'll have them thrown in the dungeons!"

"Princess, please refrain from associating with the people. They may dirty your mind."

"My lady, you mustn't do that!"

Every day, was another complaint to be boring and not have fun. That is until it was his turn.

"Kana-chan! Don't eat all the sweets! Share with me!"

"Please refrain from bumping into the princess. I understand it was an accident thought. I run into things all the time Ehehe!"

"The Village children are waiting for us!"

"Be careful! I don't want you to get hurt under my watch..."

With him, With my knight Otoya, I was free to be myself and express who I really wanted to be. We would go down into the town and do all sorts of things my other guards would never allow. Everytime he was near, his smile would become mine. I was happy to be near him. I had fallen head over heels in love. I wanted to be myself with him and he allowed and encouraged it. We're also around the same age. The age fit to marry.

"My sweet little princess, you're growing up fast." My father always was very protective of me. Besides the men who had to be around me, I had never really talked to a boy. The guards usually assigned to the castle were very much older. A lot of them were married and had children of their own. My father continued talking as we ate our weekly dinner together. "Soon you'll be a wonderful young woman." He cut himself off with a chuckle. "No, you already are one. "

"Thank you father. I hope I grew up according to your wishes." His smile fell. To a more serious frown.

"My dear daughter... I'm afraid I'm not getting younger." The sentence shocked me. Was he already discussing the possibility of death so soon into my adulthood? "I want you married before I can't remember my own name."

"M-Married?! But I haven't spoken to a single male growing up!" He nodded in understandment.

"I've already devised a way for you to pick a suitor." My heart was racing in nervousness as I impatiently listened. "I know how much you love to read books when you're stuck inside. And I know that you especially enjoy poems that have been written through the years."

"I do. The way they bend the words to their will to simply tell someone they love them is an admirable quality."

"I have sent out an invitation to all suitors throughout the land. They shall anonymous write you a letter. Afterwards you shall write back and slowly choose one over a series of letters." By that point the conversation was over. There was nothing left to be said. My chest throbbed with a bitter feeling. The week in following the message was sent out to the villages far and wide. The first test was to see if they could read and write at all. Due to the lack of education at the time, many failed the test. I received a good chuck of letters. Easily I could throw a chunk away since they were not intriguing at all. Finally one caught my eye.

"I'm not very skilled at writing, but I'm good at writing whatever comes to my mind. I want to write you my heart and try to gain your hand. Whenever I see you, you ways have a smile. The way you don't treat others below you as equals is truly admirable. I can tell that the village children love you and would be so happy to follow in your rule when you become a beautiful and gracious queen. Being around you is liberating to myself as well. You only ever act with good will and never try to hide your true self unless the grumpy guards tell you otherwise. I'm supposed to write anonymously but I want to recall so many moments that made my heart pound loudly against my chest. The laughter that makes me smile. The sparks in your eyes when you're happy, the kindness you show everyone no matter who they are... it makes me wish I could get closer to you. I don't expect you to read this but if you do I hope you'll hold it close to your heart." The letter ended with a sign that looked like a sunflower. The words were messy and it wasn't poetic in the least, but it was full of emotion and heart. This person must have seen me around so much for them to know what I was like and admire me such. The letter made my heart speed up and my face flushed. A big smile came over my face the more I read it over and over again. Including this one I picked out 4 more letters that made my heart race in similar ways. After picking the letters, I looked them over one last time. These were my suitors. As much as I loved getting a choice as to whom I got to marry, I had already chosen someone. Once again, my heart throbbed, as if it was crying. There was no way Otoya sent me a letter. He was my guard. We both knew that. Every thought I had of him made my chest ache over and over again. The pain dulled as I drifted to sleep amongst my thoughts. The weeks that followed were fairly uneventful. I would stay in all day, reading for reference to answer the letters to my liking. The days I had Otoya watching over me, I gladly stepped out for fresh air, strolling at a slow pace. I seemed to look over a lot more often though. So badly I wanted to take his hand and happily run through the vast fields a little ways away. The sweetness of the thoughts became more and more bitter and painful over time. He wasn't one of my suitors... was he? There was no way. Night after night I thought about meeting the suitors. The weeks passed in a somewhat breeze but I knew whom of the letters I would choose.

"Father. I would like to meet my suitors now. I've...I've choosen who I would like to... m-marry..." The words came out choked. My Father was ecstatic to finally see me off on my own. He kept remarking on how I was so grown up, how sad he was to see me off, and the typical things a father would say when about to marry off her daughter. The days following I got prepared to meet the 5 men. A mascarade ball of some sort. Of course, people from all around were invited to celebrate my engagement. I wore a magnificent ball gown my father insisted I wear. My hair was done up and adorned with my crown I didn't wear much. The ballroom was lively with people chatting and sipping on champagne. Some couples were even dancing to the waltz the orchestra was playing. I waited with my father, seated as the suitor's all came at once, masked, as was the theme of the party. The 5 stood in front of me and I in front of them. We bowed to each other and we danced.

"Its an honor to meet you, my princess. Although it's truly a shame to have to see you with a mask hiding your lovely face." The first person I was to dance with had a darker tinted skin, Glowing, Green, emerald eyes, and dark brown hair. His speech pattern also implied that he didn't speak our language as his first. His mannerisms were incredibly formal but his actions fit that of a prince. He was light on his feet, making me float along side him. He was a lovely gentlemen named Cecil, but he wasn't the one. I got passed off to the next man. He was less formal but just as nice. He smiled brightly and lead me through the dance gracefully. His eyes were a beautiful shade of purple that contrasted his light brown hair. I could tell that he was very kind, a gentle breath of fresh air. His name was Eiiji, but unfortunately I knew he wasn't the sunflower sign either. 3 left. Light blue hair and eyes to match, the 3rd suitor was the most beautiful dancer. Although his steps were perfect and completely on beat, something about it didn't add up. His voice was soft and high pitched, like every word he spoke was a lullaby. His name was Ai, but he wasn't the sunflower as well. Down to the last two suitors, they seemed somehow familiar. One was calm as I approached while the other was visibly nervous. It was sort of cute. My heart was pounding though. One of them was the man I was to marry. The calm man held out his hand and bid me to dance with a smile. Something about him was all too familiar. His voice was a nice middle range that paired perfectly with the soothing look in his purple eyes. It was a look I knew too well. It suddenly stuck me.

"You... You wouldn't happen to be..." he smiled as he tilted up his mask. It was my tutor whom seeded my love for books. "T-Tokiya?! You... You sent me letters?!" He kept the same smile as he stopped dancing and instead lifted my hand towards his lips.

"Yes, my princess, I did. But I can already see it in your eyes that you know I'm not the one. Am I?" I shook my head hesitantly and we continued to dance. "Then that means the final gentleman is the one to marry you. I'm happy for your marriage, my lady." The shock of having my teacher send me letters with romantic interest in mind was still shocking me. Yes he was young and handsome but he was my teacher. I looked over to the red head who was waiting for me. He was still nervous and the song ended. I left Tokiya's hands and made my way to him. Slowly, but surely.

"Are you... the sunflower sign..?" He nodded and offered me his hand. I took it but instead of leading me to dance he took me to my seat.

"You must be tired dancing all those songs in a row. I know you don't have much stamina. Rest for a bit alright?" This voice was sweet and melodic. His smile shone brightly enough to light the room even more. His red eyes are ones I've stared at and dreamed about for far too long. My hand reached out to remove his mask, gently, slowly. Tears started to fall down my cheek as my guard, Otoya, stared up at me sitting in my chair as he kneeled in front of me. "Please don't cry! If... If I wasn't who you were expecting, I wouldn't force you to marry me, Kana-Chan... but I want you to know that I love you! I love you with all my heart! I promise that I'll hold you and never let you go!" His face was starting to blend in with his hair from how badly he was blushing. Before he could say any more I threw myself into his arms hugging him tightly.

"Otoya... I was so scared! I already loved you so much and I was told that I was to marry someone else! I didn't think it would be you... I'm... I'm so happy." He pulled away and looked me in the eyes with a serious look on his face.

"Princess Kanade... Will you please marry me?" I couldn't make the words leave my mouth but I didn't have to as my head nodded in immediate response to the question. Before I knew it his lips were on mine and we shared a sweet and tender kiss.

[hanatagami]

ɪ'ᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴍᴘ ᴄᴀʀᴅ!? (Ch. 4)

“The new Guardian members, in other words, the fifth and sixth Guardian, is...The Red Joker: Hinamori Amu! The Black Joker: Kanade Haruto!” Haruto’s face went blank at the announcement. Everyone started talking excitedly.

“The J-Joker? What the heck is that?!“

*To The Royal Garden* “What do you mean what?” Hotori looked at them, looking genuinely confused. Like he didn’t just go against their wishes.

“Oh, we’re having brownies today.” Nadeshiko slipped in. Like that was the proBLEM.

“I love the brownies that Nadeshiko makes!” Yaya cheered, stuffing her face with the chocolate delight.

“Not that!” Hinamori let out a loud yell, “You guys just brought us into the Guardians without permission, and what’s a Joker?”

“What? You don’t know? It’s a trump card.” Kukai held up said card and showed it to them.

“Trump card?” Haruto asked.

“That’s right!” Kukai pointed a finger at them.

“Hinamori, you have three Guardian Characters. That’s amazing, and that’s why you’re a Joker. Haruto, we just didn’t know what to name you. That’s all there is to it.”  He took a bite out of a brownie as the situation was in wraps.

“That doesn’t help!” Hinamori yelled at him.

“The Joker has a special role to play.” This caught their attention.

“Special?” They asked.

“We Guardians always seem like we’re partying it up, but really most of our work is pretty boring.”  Yaya slid in the conversation with a pout.

“So basically, all the Jokers have to do are the special missions.” He was chewing the rest of his brownie, still pointing a finger at them.

“Being a Joker sounds so nice.” Yaya complained.

“You’re right.” Kukai joined in.

“Anyway.” Daichi took their attention

“Here’s our cape, Amu! Haruto!” They help up a red and blue cape for the Jokers.

“Anything but that!” Hinamori yelled.

“It’s okay, Hinamori-san, you only have to wear it for official functions.” Hotori reassured. Then, with a sparkle, “Let’s work hard together.” He had sealed the deal.

*Skip*

Haruto was laying bed, cuddled against a stuffed sheep he’s had since childhood. His gaze landed on the cape hung with his uniform.

“Guess you didn’t have to stress so much about it, since you didn’t really have a choice, huh?” Reo floated up to him and snickered.

“Yeah, I guess. Not like I can just quit after they announced it to the entire school. Just imagine the rumours that would fly.” Haruto felt a shiver run up his spine.

‘Though, I guess i’m not that against it…’ A smile appeared on his face.

“Kids! TIme for dinner!” His mom’s voice rang through the house.

Getting on his feet he left his room and made his way to the kitchen. The plates were already laid out, his father already sat at the table.

“Welcome home, Dad.” He gave his father a smile as he sat down.

“Hey bud, how was school?” At the mention of school, Haruto’s smile got bigger.

“It’s been pretty good, actually.” This peeked his parents interest. His mother gave him a curious look as she sat down next to her husband. They were used to “Good” “Fine”, but they never heard anything different.

“Did something exciting happen?” His mother asked.

“Haruto made some friends!~” They looked towards Etsuko was hopping down the stairs with a grin on her face.

“Really? That’s great hun!” His mother gave him a proud smile which he blushed at.

“I actually ended up joining a club with them, too.”

“Really? What club?” His father questioned.

“They call it ‘The Guardians.’ It’s kind of like a student council.”

“Oh! I was Guardian too when I was you age.” His mother looked at him gleefully.

“R-Really?’ This shocked him. He actually didn’t know how long the Guardians have been a thing at this school, he figured it was fairly new.

“Yep! I was the Queen’s Chair! Those were the days.” His mother gained a nostalgic look on her face, staring off into the distance.

“That’s great and all, but can we eat? I’m starving!” Etsuko complained, accompanied by a loud growl.

“Of course.” Their father said.

“Thank you for the food!”

Haruto got distracted by a vibration. He checked his phone to see he had gotten a message for the Red Joker herself.

Hinamori:‘Something so weird just happened.’

Haruto: ‘What?’

Hinamori:‘You know that weird cat guy that tried to steal my eggs?’

Haruto:‘Yeah? What about him?’

Hinamori:‘He just appeared at my window, gave me a bag of snacks, bit my ear, then declared us enemies!’

Haruto could hear her yelling through the text messages.

Haruto:‘Well it’s nice that he gave you snacks? Why did he bite your ear? And by “us” do you mean the two of us?’

Hinamori:“He must of have done it because of the tart, or something. He said he was gonna tell me something and just ended up biting my ear! He said if we stayed in the Guardians, we’d be his enemies???’

Haruto:‘You’re easily lured, aren’t you? Well it must be something between him and Hotori-kun.’

Hinamori:‘I am not! How was I supposed to know he was gonna do that?”

‘He was at your window, I don’t think anyone but you could of heard him.’

Hinamori:‘....’

Hinamori:‘Shut up.’

Haruto: ‘Good night Hinamori-san lol’

Hinamori: ‘...Night.’

*It’s a new day!*

“Nice day, isn’t it?” Nadeshiko said peacefully, sipping at a cup of tea.

“Indeed, perfect for training subjects.” Kiseki agreed.

Haruto stared at them oddly. Somehow Kukai dragging Hinamori across campus was seen as being peaceful.

“I’m going to pick up the pace!” Kukai shouted as he zoomed on by.

“So, I’m a Joker too, right?” Haruto asked.

“Yes.” Hotori confirmed.

“Then am I gonna have to do that too…?” Haruto was worried. He wasn’t all that fit, there was no way he could handle that.

“Not unless you can do character transformation.” Nadeshiko informed.

“O-Oh, that’s good…” Haruto looked down at his biscuit (or are they cookies? I don’t know) in fear. ‘I’ll just keep that to myself then.’

“Amu-chan, keep fighting!” Yaya cheered as they ran by again.

“W-Wait! Why are we racing all of a sudden?” Hinamori yelled cas she clung to the rope.

“If this is enough to make you give up, the you won’t be able to complete the Joker’s special missions.” Daichi told her casually, as Kukai gleefully dragged her around.

“You keep saying special, but just what these special missions, anyway?” Hinamori asked exhaustedly. Haruto watched also, curious to what his “duty” would of been.

Kukai slid to stop and dropped the rope. Hinamori fell into him, hands on his chest as he steadied her. Haruto could faintly see a blush appear on her cheeks as she looked at him.

He felt a small pinch of envy appear, but it left as quickly as it came. I mean, yeah, it would be nice to do that but it’s just as nice to sit next to friends, having snacks. It’s all good.

Hinamori quickly jumped way from him, which he kinda just smirked at. She crossed her arms in the Hinamori way, ” So what are the special missions?”

“X Egg hunting. That is the joker’s special duty.” Kukai answered.

“Kanade-san, have you fought an X Egg before?” Haruto’s attention was taken by Hotori.

“Um, I’ve fought a couple. I didn’t really know what I would have done if I won, so I kind of just ran away…” Haruto was lying. He was able to change them back with character transformation fairly easily, but he wasn’t going to tell them that.

“Since you’re a joker also, you’ll be helping Hinamori-san with finding them and help her purify them.” Hotori instructed.

“Don’t worry about it too much though, we’ll be there to help too.” Nadeshiko gave him a reassuring smile.

‘I really wasn’t all that worried about it, but thanks I guess.’

“I’m glad Hinamori-chan is a Joker with me,” The three Guardians looked at him questioningly, “Alongside her, we can help people believe in their dreams again. I think that’s so amazing.” He looked down at his hands with a blush.

They looked at him with shocked faces, before each one was adorned with a bright grin.

“That’s a great way to look at it, Kanade-san.” Hotori praised, as Nadeshiko nodded alongside him.

“Yeah! It’s like were heros!!” Yaya yelled.

“Yeah. Heroes...” Haruto blushed.

*Ding Dong Dang Dong* *Time skip*

Haruto was walking through the halls when he heard excited chatter. Walking to the noise, he saw a group of girls hanging around a board, and one with pink hair caught his attention.

Pushing through the crowd, he reached Hinamori who was staring at a poster in disbelief. The poster was a news article that said “Lovey Dovey with J!?” and had a big picture of Kukai and Hinamori holding onto each other on it.

“As expected of Hinamori!” Someone said.

“You just got joker’s chair, and now you’ve taken Kukai’s heart, too!” Someone else squealed.

“Hinamori-chan...I-Is this true…?” Haruto asked quietly, shocked at what he was seeing.

She tore the poster down and crumpled it to a ball, “No. Of course not.” She cooly said, walking away.

“Cool and spicy!” They chanted.

Haruto quickly ran after his fellow Joker, to walk alongside her.

“She’s great!”

“He looks so cute in the royal cape!”

“What unbelievable jokers!”

“So cool!”

Whisper spread through the student body as they walked down the halls together. “You’re doing it again, Hinamori-chan…” Haruto said, looking at her worriedly.

“It’s not like I mean too. Another facade has been created.” She said sadly.

Walking into the classroom, they were greeted with a couple of girls talking to each other.

“No way! Is it true, Yuki?”

“You’re transferring overseas so suddenly?”

A girl with dark green hair and blue eyes gave a sad nod.

“Really?” “Where are you going?” More girls crowded around her.

“America.” She answered.

“That’s Haroba Yuki?” Hinamori question softly.

The girls surrounding Haroba tried to reconcile her, “Cheer up. Even if we are separated, we’re still friends.”

“Yeah, that will never change.”

Haroba only gave a small nod.

Haruto’s eyes widened as he felt something. He gave a look towards to Reo who only nodded at him.

“Give me your new information.I’ll call you.” A girl said

“Liar.” This took everyone by surprise.

“Character change.” An ominous voice rang out.

“Huh? Whose voice was that?” Hinamori started looking around furiously.

“You heard it too, Amu?” Ran said.

“It must be…” Haruto mumbled.

Haroba threw her stuff to the floor, causing everyone to back up.

“Liar! You will change! You will change and forget me!”

“Yuki, we would never…”

“That’s mean, saying that.”

Haroba pushed them to the side as dashed out of the classroom, the girls calling after her.

Haruto’s eyes noticed something, a small little egg trailed the girl.

“That was…” Haruto started.

“An X Egg?” HInamori asked, “Then the voice was…”

:Amu!” Ran said to her.

“Right.” Haruto and Amu ran after the girl and her X Egg, but stumbled into someone.

“I’ll go on ahead, HInamori-chan.” Haruto said, running to the side of the collision and towards where he saw her run off to.

As he neared closer and closer to the egg, his earring glowed brighter and brighter. He ran into a plain-like place and heard a loud scream. Haroba was looking face to face with the egg. The egg began to crack and the light left her eyes. As the X character came out she completely collapsed to the ground.

It turned and faced the other Guardians, when they got there Haruto doesn’t know, but whatever.

“Destroy!” Long strands of english letters attacked the Guardians and they all lept out of the way.

“Reo, let’s character change.”

“Right.”

Diamond shaped ribbons appeared in his hair and and a black choker with a moon trinket on his neck. He held out his hand, and with a poof of purple sparkles and white and purple megaphone appeared in his hand.

“Lunala Roar!” Haruto held the megaphone to his mouth and with a loud scream, purple rings flew from the megaphone and towards the X Character.

“Uh-oh.” The character flew out of the way of the attack, before flying out of the area with a “Yahoo.”

“Oh no you don’t you little punk! Get back here!” Influenced by his chara change, Haruto let out a war cry before launching himself after the chara.

Jumping from tree to tree, he chased the chara with determined roars. The chara stopped at a building and threw the doors open. Haruto could faintly see the back of Hinamori in it.

Pushing himself to go faster, his legs burned at the sudden exercise he was getting. The chara started attacking Hinamori who ran further into the building.

Running into the building, he was suddenly accompanied by the King and the Jack, “Hinamori-san!” Tadase caught her attention.

“Tadase-kun, Kukai, Haruto…” She said in surprise, looking at the three boys.

“Be careful. That’s an X Character, born from an X Egg.” Hotori warned.

“An X Character?”

Responding to Hinamori’s question, the character looked at her with it’s big grin, “Yes, I am an X Character!” It shot the ominous letters out again.

Haruto jumped out of the way, as Kukai and Hotori got behind the chairs with Hinamori.

“Over here, you little mongrel!” Haruto drew the attention from the other Guardians.

The Chara shot the dark strands of the English alphabet towards him.

“Full Moon Shield!” He yelled into his megaphone once more, but insteads of rings a purple shield covered the area in front of him and protected him from attacks.

A bright light shone behind the seats, probably Hinamori. He hoped she would hurry, because he can only hold these attacks for as long as he can yell. Thankfully Hinamori lept out from the seats as Amulet Heart and got the X Characters attention. She jumped and tried to catch it with her hands, but it dodged every attempt.

“I don’t want to change!” He could hear the voice of Haroba’s inner thoughts from the chara.

“It’s fine! It’s fine to change!” This caught the chara off guard and gave Hinamori the time to use her finishing move.

“Negative Heart: Lock On!” Putting her hands in the shape of a heart, she thrusted them outwards. “Open Heart!” Pink hearts began pouring out of them, purifying the X Character.

A small stewardess appeared where the X character once was, “Attention, please. Thank you, Amu-chan. Thanks to you, I’m at ease.” She said.

“You’re who Hatoba-san really wants to be?” Hinamori asked.

“Yes. But it’ll still be a secret for now. I’ll be sleeping for a bit longer, until Yuki-chan realizes it herself.” The chara answered, before going back into her egg with a “See you again.”

Haruto let out a sigh of relief as the character change released. He was glad it was all over. He hoped nobody brought up his personality with the character change, though…

The Guardians followed the egg back to its owner's body, where it flew back into her chest.

Haroba let out a grumble as she got up, “What am I…”

“You collapsed here.” Nadeshiko told her.

“Are you dumb?” Hinamori took her attention, “No matter how far you go, you’ll always be connected under the same sky. Your friends will always be your friends, no matter where you are. Isn’t it okay to change?” Hinamori scolded the girl with her hands on her hips.

“Well something like that. I was afraid to change, too, you know. Let’s get along together from one scaredy-cat to another.” Hinamori held her hand out with a smile and a wink,

Haroba looked at Hinamori in awe before taking her hand, “Yeah.”

“Ah! Class is gonna start!” Haruto yelled.

“Later! I’ll be going ahead of you guys!” Kukai yelled, sprinting off towards his classroom.

“Kukai, that’s not fair! Don’t leave me behind!” Yaya yelled, chasing after him.

*Time Skip*

Everyone was sitting in class staring a man with brown frizzy hair, kept in a low ponytail. He had rectangular glasses and dark green eyes. The name on the board said “Nikaidou Yuu.” He also had two big stacks of books on the desk.

“While your homeroom teacher is on maternity leave, I’ll be taking over the Grade 5 Star Class-

“Sorry we’re late!” Hinamori slid the door open, walking in alongside Haruto and Haroba. While she walked up to the teacher she tripped on the ledge and fell over. This also knocked the new teacher down as well, along with books and papers.

“This is the second time today.” She mumbled, sitting up.

“Oh, I met you before. You’re a teacher?” She questioned.

He gave her a close eyed smile, “Yes I’m Nikaidou Yuu. Now that I have a chance to greet you properly… Hello, Himamori Amu-san, Kanade Naruto-san.”

“Himamori?”

“Naruto…?” They mumbled together.

He began to get up, “Anyway, first period’s-”

He stepped on a piece of paper and slipped again. The whole class started laughing at him.

“He’s quite the character.” Hinamori said, to which Haruto nodded at.

‘This man is our new teacher? He seems quite nice, actually.’ Haruto thought to himself, excited to see what this man will bring to the rest of the school year. Hopefully all good things.

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So school started. I already hate it, and i'm going to try my best to update weekly...

[ask-dbd-adawong]

“You’re really excited about all this, how cute.” The spy remarked as she took a sip out of her glass, placing it back down, she smiled back at the other. It was good to see that Kanade was back to her old self, not that the older woman would admit that aloud, of course.

“Relax, I’m here now. No need to miss me any longer when I’m here in the flesh.”

Seat - To ask my muse if the seat next to them is taken

“Miss Ada!? It’s been awhile hasn’t it?” You see a pair of heterochromatic eyes staring back at you from beneath a cat mask “Mind if I sit here?”

Kanade @ghosts-in-the-fog

“Kanade, you’re a friendly face I haven’t seen in a while.” Indeed, it has been some time since their last encounter. Patting the seat next to her, Ada rested her head in her other hand “By all means, take a seat.”

( @ghosts-in-the-fog )