#love live yukiho

[anime-ships-all-good]

Ayase Arisa x Kousaka Yukiho

Love Live! School Idol Project

[blogpoppit]

nao toyama/Naobou voice aira from love live  Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: Next Sky and yukiho from love live school idol project

[kermitgotlost]

Sisterly Nozomi Gives Some Sisterly Advice

both a debt fic and an event fic. i used the "write a character you haven't written before" (Yukiho) and "based on the title" prompts.

Honoka has a crush on Tsubasa and goes to sisterly Nozomi for some sound words of advice.

[animefankotaro]

Trans Honoka Kosaka

8year old Honoka Kosaka and her sister Yukiho were playing dress up and doing each others make up. Despite being a few years younger than Honoka Yukiho was much better. Honoko liked it because she pretended she was a girl. Yukiho liked it because she got to pretend to have a sister. Honoko was actually a boy; or so everyone thought. Honoko wanted to be a girl for as long as she could remember. But everyone saw her as a boy. She told Yukiho her real name was Honoko and they were sisters now but it was their little secret.

"I love it when you get to be my sister, Honoka! I like you better as a girl because we can do sister things."

"Me too. I want to be your sister all the time."

"Why can't you be my sister?" Yukiho asked. Honoko looked sad.

"I don't think mommy and daddy will let me. They think I'm a boy. I think they will be mad if I tell them I'm a girl." Her parents have caught them playing dress up a few times before and were forced to stop after that. Now they can only do it when they know they're alone. Honoko looked down and started to cry. She hated how Yukiho was the only one who saw her for herself. Yukiho frowned at this and gave her a hug.

"You're my sister no matter what. I don't care what mommy and daddy say. "Honoko looked at her sister surprised. She cried again but this time it was from happiness and hugged her sister back. A few weeks later Honokos mother tried to take her to get her hair cut.

"I won't wanna go!" Honoko protested.

"But sweetie you need to. The school doesn't really like it when your hair is long like that. They want all the boys hair to be nice and short.

"No!" Honoko cried. Her mother sighed and eventually gave up. Eventually Honoko told her friends Kotori and Umi.

"You think you're a girl?" Kotori asked.

"IAM a girl. Just nobody knows yet except Yukiho and you two."

And you want your name to be Honoko now?" Umi replied. Honoko nodded her head. Kotari and Umi looked each other and also nodded.

"Allright" They said in unison. Honoko looked surprised.

"You mean you're all right with it?"

"Of course." Kotaro said." Besides now you can talk about girl things with us now." Honoko smiled at this. Things were going well for awhile. One day Kotari asked Honoko if she could stay the night so Honoko asked her mom.

"Of course not!" Her mom said. "Boys don't sleep over at girls houses."

"But mom Kotari and Umi are my best friends!" Honoko protested.

"I'm sorry but the answer is no. You just can't be with them all the time. You should start acting more like a boy." With this tears started forming in Honokos eyes and she ran to her room crying.

"Matoto!" Honoko's mom called. She stood there for a moment before she saw her husband.

"Maybe I should talk to him." He told her. She shook her head.

"Let me. He talks to me more. She went into Honoko's room and saw hercrying on her bed.

"Matoto."She spoke softly.

"Don't call me that!" Honoko spat.

"What? But that's your name."

"I don't want it to be my name. It's a boys name!"

"But you are a-"

"No I'm not! I'm a girl. My name is Honoko.

"You-you think you're a girl? Honoko?" Honoko nodded her head.

"Yukiho helped me with it. She knows I'm her sister. Kotari and Umi know I'm a girl too." Honoko sniffed.

"Why didn't you tell me or your dad?"

"I was scared you would be mad at me. I thought daddy would hit me."

"That would never happen. I'm surprised to say the least but not mad. Your father won't be either. I'll admit he might be a little disappointed and heartbroken at first learning his only son is really his daughter but he'll come around. I'm going to talk to him about this. After that we'll see where things go." She talked to her husband about it. He was a little heartbroken over hearing it but agreed he wanted Honoko to be happy. They decided to let Honoko be the girl she felt she was. It went really well with Honoko being truly happy. The hardest thing was letting the school agree to let her be a girl. It was hard work but they got them to agree. When Honoko was 11 she begged her parents for blockers.

"I don't want my voice to drop or get facial hair. You can't let that happen." Honoko begged. Her parents were able to get the blockers for her and hormones a little bit later. They also had one other surprise.

"Honoko. Your father and I have want to tell you something." Her mom said.

"What is it?"

"Well. We know how Kotari and Umi are going to Otonokizaka Academy and how badly you want to go." Honoko eyes began to lit up. "It's an all-girls school so we talked to Kotaris mother and she had allowed you to go to the school as a girl.

"Really?" Honoko cried.

"Mmm-hmm" Her mom smiled. "Honoko jumped up and hugged her mom.

"Thankyou. Thank you for being with me all the way. You, dad, and Yukiho"

"Of course." Her mom replied.

[crybaby-capri]

my thoughts on imas (2011) so far as a LL fan watching it for the first time!!!! even though nobody asked :)

im REALLY enjoying it so far!! liek more than i thought i would. its certainly different from all the love live shows but it still has a similar charm and some REALLY lovely characters. i just finished ep 12 which was an especially nice ep, at first i wasnt really super interested in miki but this episode def pushed her further up on my ranking, shes so cute and i thought the ep was v sweet. by now i feel like it's only gonna go up from here. the past episodes have been great but there were a couple that just didnt hit the mark 4 me, but i have high hopes for whats next :)

my initial favorite was chihaya but im starting to think shes not quite my type? like i like her dont get me wrong, shes just not the type of char im usually into. my current fav is ritsuko, although she's not in the group im like. 99% sure she ends up joining later which i am VERY excited for because i am super interested in learning more abt her. shes so cute and funny and Uuuurfgjgjdjfd KISS ME (does this mean i can call myself a ritsukoP)

as for my LEAST favorite definitely yukiho I'm sorry... not a fan of the "a m-m-m-m-mmmaaann... oh noes.... im so sshyyy and scawed ouuuughh:(( so cutesy and shyyyy uwu" shtick (although the man thing was dropped im still not a fan lolz).

ofc its imas so i have to bring up the weird sexual fanservice. its not as bad as i thought itd be but its always annoying whenever it shows up. unfortunately i think atp theres bound to be weird gross fanservice in every idol anime

basically i love it so far and im so excited to watch some more... i wanna get REALLY into it i wanna be an insane person collecting all the merchandise i can of my favs i want to be AN IMAS FAN!!!!

thanks 4 listenign to me ramble ‼️

side note: chihaya and haruka are... LITERALLY umi and honoka oh em gee its weird

[fictional-birthdays]

Happy Birthday! (January 21st)

Matsunaga Sara (Ever17)

Christina (Love Live School Idol Festival)

Fuga (Senran Kagura)

Genji (Animal Crossing)

Kanenobu (Pop’n Music)

Meguri Shiromeguri (OreGairu)

Nadeshiko Omuro (Yuru Yuri)

Nozomi Okuyui (Boyfriend Kari Kirameki Note)

Yukiho (Band Yarouze!)

[caramelmochacrow]

hmmmmmMMMM love live?

pffftt-- ok. i'll do it. (i have not started sunshine or the other ones so the characters are coming from the first anime, speaking of i should watch sunshine soon wahhh--)

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

ooooh a character i think of the most from LL hmmm. uh. siighhhhh. um. ok. it's eli...... yeah, it's eli. eli ayase haunts me every time i think of it. second is rin.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

it's rin, actually! she's soooouuuuper duper ultra cute to me, i love her little side ponytail at her second practice outfit! (it's so small and cute wahhh!!!!) also her little kitty mouth??? whhh!!!!! oh and her cat hoodie in the movie! (second in scrunkly-ness is hanayo tho. wahhh little silly <3)

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

oooh, this is hard, but..... hmmm. it's those three girls that helped honoka, umi and kotori at the beginning until the end! i love those girls.... <3 (also yukiho and alisa maybe i know what they are--) because they were soooo fricking supportive of u's..... like. wow i wish i had friends like them.....

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

poor little meow meow in the sense they're pathetic, it's eiiiitherrrr maki or umi. both of them are pathetic in their own way lmao. (umi especially when i watched the movie, poor thing....)

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

nico. bc she's kinda an asshole but i get her reasons. i would torment her in the sense of teasing her but not to nozomi levels (i would never do what nozomi has done....)

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

hmmmm..... no one! (as of right now) a character i would send to superhell (AS A JOKE) and for a few minutes is nozomi tho. girlie dont grab another girl's boobs.....

[marionscriptions]

HI CAN U DO HANAYO x FEM!READER where they bake together n stuff,, ty in advance!!

꒦꒷ the effort of two. ꒷꒦

DESCRIPTION 𖦹 baking with hanayo!!

CHARACTERS 𖦹 hanayo koizumi, fem!reader, honoka is briefly mentioned

NOTES 𖦹 thank you for the request!! settled on hc's for this after a while.. srry for the delay :')

𑁍 When you suggested baking during one of your many sleepovers with her, Hanayo was more than happy to assist. Although her specialty was rice, she still thought of baking as fun (despite the fact that she lacked experience).

𑁍 Baking allowed room for creativity (despite how precise of an activity it was), so it was a great sleepover activity.

"(Name)?" "Yeah?" "What exactly are we baking tonight..?" "...Ah."

𑁍 ...One FaceTime call of consultation with Honoka later, you two settled on baking something relatively simple that Hanayo had the ingredients for already — chocolate chip cookies!

"Ooh, sounds good! (Name)-chan, Hanayo-chan, save some for me and Yukiho~"

𑁍 At first, Hanayo felt nervous that she'd mess up. Precision is key in baking. Despite this, you two manage to get through the making dough part without too many hitches. A success!

𑁍 The smell of cookies fills the kitchen as you both wait in anticipation for the cookies to finish baking.

"Ooh, that smells delicious..." "Right? I think we did good, Hanayo."

𑁍 Once the cookies come out, you two leave them to cool for a little while. To pass the time, Hanayo brings out her backlog of idol DVDs to watch. Watching idol lives with her girlfriend is something that she could never get tired of!

𑁍 Once the cookies cool, you both dig in (setting a few aside for Hanayo's unitmates, of course).

"Woah, you're really good at baking, Hanayo... These are super delicious!" "Really...?" "Yeah, you're amazing!!" (cue Hanayo blushing profusely)

𑁍 In short, baking with her girlfriend is definitely something that Hanayo would love to do \(//∇//)\ Regardless of skill level and expertise, baking is therapeutic (plus rewarding! Both memories in the kitchen and good food are made, after all ♪)

[curewhimsy]

I covered OTAHEN Anthem but it’s a parody. About Ame Sugar.

I am HORRIBLE at speech so uh. You might have to read the lyrics.

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LYRICS:

Today, I brought you magical girls your favorite thing-! All of you weird little magical girls-! Know what this is-!? Let's get hyped together!! Eeby Deeby! Miracles! Miracles! Miracles! Monocles! Pirika Pirilala, let’s go, Precure! Dodo! Rere! Mimi! Pink! Orange! Blue! Ta-da! (RAP) Fighting evil by moonlight Doing crap like this at daylight I wish I may, I wish I might Finally do something right! My name is Ame Sugar But I have another title I'm a legendary World-Class I-D-L-E “Idle!” MY FANS: A strawberry teapot, short and stout. If you squeeze her tummy, love will come out! Strawberry! Blood type A-plus positive! Positive! Positive! Her blood is positive! (Singing) You’re gonna change your oshi to the Princess Though I’d rather be called a clown! And I’d rather wear a colorful suit than a gown And I’d rather wear a monocle than a crown… Hey! Y’all better turn those sad faces upside-down I smile on the outside while inside, I frown I command everyone to do so too! Happy time! Aishiteru daaaaa~ I live life's hard mode, GWAHAHAHAHA Onegai! I’m begging you to smile! Don’t let your memes be dreams when you can make them worthwhile! Smiling through the pain makes it all better! Yousei! Yousei! (Chanting) No way, no way! Someday, someday, I will just die! But I don’t wanna wake up from my dream before I fly… I wanna soar… I wanna soar… But I’m stuck on the ground… stuck on the ground… because my butt’s too big. YOOM-TAH!!! (Rap) Yowane? (Haku!) Aishite! (Ruu!) Demo, watashi wa mou shinde iru… (Nuu…) Kawaii poozu! (Kyuu!) I fell on my noozu! (Uguu…) I can no longer show my face to you… (Fuu!) (Me) Pitchbend! Oremo! Mye mye myu myo mye myo myo~ Haku-chan! Come on, guys! Everybody, harmonize! (Sour note) Somebody was off key! Oh my god it was me… Yappari… I can’t be an idol. I’ll dig a hole and bury myself in it! Huh? They was Yukiho’s trademark! Well I don’t care! It’s mine now! What? I should find myself? Gradually, gradually, they say it's okay to be me… If I think I can do it...well, if I can... Ah… ……End my suffering（╹◡╹）♡ (Help me) Kyuu ☆〜（ゝ。∂） Please! Just smile! This dream won’t end as just a dream I threw my heart out to the stage but nobody caught it, hehe ♡ It shattered! It shattered! Into little pieces! Nya! Haters can just perish to the shadow realm! Right now I don't wanna wake up from my dream I wanna be her, but I can't be cool But just maybe, but just maybe, I can be me instead… (Pterodactyl screech) Handsome Solo, c'mon! (USE SEXY VOICE FOR HAKU) Haku: There's something I want to say to you. Haku: You're so cute, Ame. Haku: I like you… I love you. I really love you. Haku: You are my Princess. My sweet little clown. (Affectionate) Haku: The reason why I was born… Haku: It's so that I could meet you. Haku: Let’s through this life together. You're the one I love the most in this world. I-LOVE-YOUUU!! Ame: OMG Haku! (Incomprehensible screeching) I don’t want my legend to die! I wanna laugh at the futility of it, but… I’m filled with hope once again! Laughing is medicine! Hahahahaha! Soda soda pop! Soda soda pop! Strawberry cake and ice cream with sugar dust on top! Pirika Pirilala let’s make it real! Let’s make it real! And eat the whole thing! Until we collapse! SHIAWASE….. Please oh please! I don't wanna die This dream won’t end as just a dream Everyone's my aidoru da! My inspiration! Wooo, TRANSFORM! (Yay! I will NEVER die!) Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow mow emow (This dream won’t end as just a dream) (Love me? Love you!) (With everyone!? With everyone!? With everyone!!) Let’s eat cupcakes! YAAAAAAAAY! One, two! Ame! Ame! Ame! Ame! Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow, UTAU, with everyone-! When it rains, shine a light and a rainbow will appear! Rainbows! Rainbows! Rainbows! RAAAIIIINBOOOWWWWSSSS! (Deranged laughter that trails off into the distance)

[lunar-lily-ramblings]

KOUSAKA HONOKA APPRECIATION POST

Honoka's story in Love Live always gets me. She begins her journey as a School Idol with her childhood friends to save her school, not considering the trials ahead of them. She just charged head-on. No apologies and no regrets.

THEN S1 E10 HAPPENS

Because of her stubbornness, she neglects Kotori who kept trying to get her opinion on whether or not she should go abroad. In the aftermath of the situation, she decides to quit seeing as their goal was reached and it was pointless to continue. This, clearly, angered Nico and Umi with the latter slapping Honoka in the face.

Eventually, all is resolved and Kotori stays with them and leads into S2. Honoka, still guilty over her little incident, tries to get her friends not to try. However, a conversation with Yukiho makes her realize that, WHOOPS, the third years are graduating and can't be school idols once they leave. Honoka regains her resolve (after a beautiful rendition of Susume —> Tomorrow's opening lines) and the girls of Muse aim for the win.

Honoka, as clumsy and stubborn as she can be, matures throughout the series and her growth as a character is influenced by the other characters around her.

I think it's amazing how she's grown and her songs are super fun to listen to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONOKA! FAITO DAYO~

[idolaxhcrt]

Yukiho Hagiwara

★~ Name: 萩原雪歩 (Hagiwara Yukiho) ★~ Age: 17 ★~ 155 cm ★~ Weight:42 kg ★~ Birthday: December 24th ★~ Blood type: A ★~ Three sizes: 81-56-81 ★~ Handedness: Right ★~ Hobbies: Writing Poetry, Tea, Blogs ★~ Horoscope: Capricorn ★~ Hometown: Tokyo ★~Series : Idolm|@|ster Million live, Idolm|@|ster

Tagged~ kawaiichanyukiho

Interesting facts

★~ During the development stages of Yukiho’s character, she was named “Megumi” (恵), and had a character setting of immediately fainting when stressed, instead of digging a hole.

During the field testing of the arcade version of the game, Yukiho was the most popular character chosen to be produced.

★~ No one, not even Producer knows where her father works or what he does for a living, and Yukiho herself will not share this information. It is hinted in-game that her father has many subordinates who work under him, and THE iDOLM@STER 2 shows her father working with a construction company

★~ When stressed, Yukiho often says she’s going to dig a hole and bury herself

★~ Yukiho sees Takane Shijou as having a very strong will, and idolizes her as a role model,

★~ Yukiho and Makoto Kikuchi are best friends.

★~Believe it or not, Yukiho still believes in Santa.

★~ Yukiho’s favorite food is grilled meat.

★~ Yukiho is from the Adachi-ku (足立区) area of Tokyo.

★~ Yukiho is also known to be “Yukipo” by her fans for unstated reasons.

★~ yukiho has a phobia of men. |unless she gets to really know them.|

Character Introduction:

“U-Um, ah, good morning! Hagiwara Yukiho, 17 years old. I-I really don’t have any self-confidence, so I probably bother everyone around me. B-But, to change that part of myself, I’m aiming to be an idol! I think it’s kind of absurd for a person like me to want to be an idol. “

“But I’ll show you that no matter how hard or painful it becomes, I’ll keep going! I-I’m looking forward to working with you!”

About:

A timid and shy girl, Yukiho Hagiwara, 17 years old (16 in 1st Vision), comes from a very strict traditional Japanese household. She is easily frightened, especially by boys and dogs. During most hardships or problems she usually just starts to cry without first looking for a solution, and because of this she is very popular among the boys at her school.

Despite her not really having what it takes to be an idol, she was able to successfully win both auditions at 765 Production because one of her friends submitted a resumé about her without permission. However, she built up enough courage to pass the second portion of the audition herself.

Yukiho’s family consists of herself, her father and mother, though there are also many of her father’s disciples living at the mansion. Her father is against the idea of his daughter being an idol, sometimes even bad-mouthing the producer out of jealousy.

Yukiho loves to drink and make Japanese tea, and also likes to write and read poems, though she never has the courage to share them with others.

[wakanatranslations]

Smile Power Kamikokuryo Moe (23.05.31)

Good evening！I'm Matsumoto Wakana 🙉

Thank you very much for your comments 😊

Due to be held on 6/3（Sat）

Hello! Project 2023 Spring CITY CIRCUIT

Naha Cultural Arts Theatre NahArt performance

Has been cancelled🥲

At our individual events、lots of people said I'm coming to your Okinawa performance!、and personally I was super duper excited about it、so I'm really sad😭

I wanted to go to Okinawa prefecture〜！！！

But、I believe that we'll definitely get another chance to perform a live show in Okinawa prefecture、so I want to level up even more before then！

Wait for us！Okinawa prefecture！🥺

🐒Announcement🐒

ANGERME CONCERT 2023 BIG LOVE Takeuchi Akari FINAL LIVE 「Angerme Yori Ai wo Komete」

Goods have been unveiled and orders have opened！！！

I'm happy that all of our Spring tour performance venues have been written on the back of the T-shirt！！！

The silicone wristband with a message from Takeuchi-san made me emotional too 🥹

Also！The solo muffler towels with our names written by Takeuchi-san are so amazing！

Also Also！My first solo jumbo uchiwa fan！！！

I just want to get everything！😆😆😆

Yukiho-chan and Hana-chan 🥰🥰🥰

Meeting these 2 gave me lots of smile power、so I want to impart some of that to you all too 😏🤍

They're so cute right〜

I'll end today's blog here (๑･̑◡･̑๑)

It's already the end of Mayー🫢

Our Yokohama Arena performance、is soon、、、

I'll enjoy it with no regrets！

See ya！

Matsumoto Wakana

[ahseky]

new year yoshiko --> honoka & yukiho

[thrill-addict]

Alisa : [stands outside of Yukiho's window with a “PROM?” sign]

Honoka, leaning out of the window : Oh, my god! Yes!

Alisa : No, tell Yukiho!

Honoka : YUKIHO, I’M GOING TO PROM WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND!

[ryqoshay]

Putting on Hairs - Post Production: Saigo

Primary Pairing: N/A Focal Characters: Yukiho, and to a lesser degree Honoka Words: ~1.6k Rating: T AU: Theater, Monster, Cryptid, Eldritch Horror Parent Fic: Putting on Hairs - Post Production Time Frame: Sometime before the main story Event: Fantastic Departure 2022 Event Source: Idol Fanfic Heaven channel on Discord Content Warning: Major Character Death (?) and some descriptions of Eldritch Horror stuff

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Author’s Note: Entry 10 for the prompt-agraph event

Summary: Honoka saves Yukiho from being Isekai'ed... but at what cost?

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She had to make the call. The number was already punched into the phone, ready for her to dial. Yet already, the guilt threatened to drown her out before she could begin to explain how sorry she was, before she could explain what went wrong and how it all was her fault despite being able to do nothing at all. If she had only just listened, would she still be here?

With a heavy heart, Yukiho finally pressed Send and held her phone up to her ear.

After an agonizing number of rings, though probably only about three or four, her mother picked up.

“Hello? Yukiho?”

“Mama…” Yukiho choked back a sob.

“Oh dear, are you alright?” Of course she would catch that.

“I’m fine.” Yukiho quickly assured. “It’s Onee-chan… she… I…” Her mind jumbled through everything she wanted to say. “It’s all my fault. If I had just listened when she said… I’m…”

“Where are you? Your father or I will come to you.” Mrs. Kousaka suddenly sounded strangely calm.

“The hospital…”

“Nishikino?”

“Yes.”

“ER?”

“Yes.”

“Very well. We will be there shortly.”

“But Mama, I…”

“Just sit tight. Your father will take care of things while you and I can head home to talk.”

Home? That was the last place Yukiho wanted to be! Not while her big sister, who had just saved her from the car running against the light, was in critical condition, or worse.

“I love you, Yukiho. We’ll see you soon.”

And with that the call ended.

Yukiho collapsed into the chair behind her, staring at the wall across the hall in shock.

How could her mother be so calm? Honoka, her daughter, was in the hospital, undergoing surgery right now! And what did she mean by saying her father would take care of things? What was he going to do? Assist with the surgery?

And why did she need to go home?

Yukiho dropped her head into her hands and resisted the urge to cry.

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“Here we are, home sweet home.” Mrs. Kousaka said, opening the door for her daughter.

Numbly, Yukiko stepped into the family sweet shop before moving toward the doorway that would lead her to the residence area.

After giving a brief explanation of events to her parents, Yukiho hadn’t said a word since, which made for an awkward ride home. And yet, both of her parents continued to be unnervingly calm.

“Oh, your father and sister will be here shortly.” Mrs. Kousaka said, checking a notification on her phone.

“Wha?” That got Yukiho’s attention. “Onee-chan is… coming home?”

How was that possible? Yukiho had seen the broken body of her sister on the pavement. Even through tear blurred eyes, she knew the seriousness of the injuries. The miraculous surgeries that would need to be performed. The months, if not years, of recovery. And that was all assuming she had survived to make to the hospital. Honoka was a fighter, no doubt, but Yukiho had watched the readouts of the devices in the ambulance and recognized the tense, urgent expressions and mannerisms of the paramedics.

How could Honoka possibly be coming home already?

“And once they get here, we’ll all head downstairs to sort everything out.”

Eh?

Downstairs?

Had Yukiho heard that correctly? She’d lived here all her life and had no idea there was a downstairs.

Before Yukiho had a chance to give voice to her confusion, the sound of the front door opening could be heard. A moment later, her father and…

That wasn’t Honoka… was it?

“O… Onee-chan?” Yukiho heard herself utter as she stared at the lifeless mannequin next to her father.

Near dead eyes turned ever so slightly toward her. Something within the husk of a girl had somehow managed to respond.

“Alright, let’s head down.” Mrs. Kousaka said, moving toward the closet.

Or at least Yukiho had always known that door to lead to a closet. However, when her mother slid aside the panel, what lay beyond was a dark set of stone steps. A moment later, Mr. and Mrs. Kousaka, with Honoka in tow, began to descend.

“Are you coming, Yukiho?” her mother’s voice echoed eerily against the cave-like walls.

Slowly, hesitantly, Yukiho stepped down the spiraling stairway, ready to bolt back up at a moment’s notice. How far down below the shop, she descended, Yukiho could not track, but it felt like she had been walking for over fifteen minutes before she finally stepped out into a dimly lit cavern.

“Ah, it is good to be home again.” Mrs. Kousaka’s voice caught Yukiho’s attention.

She turned and…

Oh…

Gods…

What. Was. That.

The rest of Yukiho’s family stood near a giant… starfish? Except that was just its head. Maybe? Below was a barrel-like body, out of which sprouted numerous tentacles as well as a sizable pair of wings.

And one of the tentacles was moving toward Honoka.

“Onee-chan!” Yukiho called, unable to make her feet move, neither toward her sister to help, nor up the stairs to retreat.

It was no use. Mr. Kousaka stepped away from Honoka and the tentacle quickly wrapped around the girl, who offered no resistance. With a sickening squelching sound, the coils tightened, before drawing up under one of the starfish arms. And Honoka was gone.

“Come, Yukiho.” Mrs. Kousaka motioned for her daughter to join her parents. “Witness your sister’s rebirth.”

What.

With that said, the starfish arm began to pulse. The area where it was attached to the rest of the creature began to narrow and eventually, the entire thing sloughed off.

Mr. Kousaka moved forward, brandishing a blanket. He knelt beside the detached arm and rolled it over before prying it open along the ambulacral groove.

Despite not being able to move from her position, Yukiho couldn’t help craning her neck to get a better view.

Gently, Mr. Kousaka lifted Honoka from the starfish arm like a baby from a cradle. He wrapped the blanket around her form, stood and began to walk toward Yukiho. However, he barely seemed to acknowledge her presence as he stepped past her and up the stairs.

“So, once again, you have been shown the truth about us.” Mrs. Kousaka stated solemnly. “Yukiho, will you accept this time?”

“What do you mean?” Yukiho found her voice. “I don’t understand what is going on. What just happened to Onee-chan?”

“As I said, she was reborn.” Her mother responded. “Your sister, your father, you and I, we are all but temporary spawn of Saigo.” She placed a hand on the side of the monstrosity beside her. “We are its way of experiencing a world in which it can no longer live. It remains here, while we go out and return with knowledge and experience. And when one of us is killed or injured to the point where recovery is impossible, we return physically to Saigo, so it may remake us.”

Yukiho’s mind bucked as it tried to process what she had just been told. “So, are we like, immortal or something?” Was all she could think to ask.

“Heavens no.” Her mother shook her head. “We age, or at least appear to, like normal humans of this world. And Saigo creates a new generation of spawn to replace us every so often. Wouldn’t want anyone getting too suspicious of unageing folks in their area, right?”

“And what about the hospital? What did Papa do there?”

“Oh, the Nishikinos have their own secrets to keep. They’ve no more desire to reveal ours than their own. They helped your father get Honoka into a condition that would not raise too much suspicion while traveling back here.”

Yukiho’s mind settled on a detail mentioned earlier. “You said I’ve been shown the truth again? Why don’t I remember ever being down here?”

Mrs. Kousaka laughed strangely. “You and your sister have had some… troubles accepting your true nature. Though like mother, like daughters, I suppose. You’ll come to accept things eventually, but until then, Saigo has altered your memories to ensure its secrets remain unexposed.”

Yukiho had seen enough. Her legs finally began to obey her command. She turned to head up the stairs when…

?!

A tentacle wrapped around her waist.

“Oh dear, it seems you’re still not ready…” Mrs. Kousaka’s voice seemed to speak in stereo with another, more otherworldly one. “Perhaps next time…”

“No…” was all the more Yukiho was able to get out before the tentacle coiled around her head and her world went dark.

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“G’mornin’…” Honoka groaned as she reached the foot of the stairs and shambled toward the kitchen.

Yukiho couldn’t blame her older sister for being tired. Somehow the two of them had worn themselves out yesterday with their sisters outing. But it had been worth it. Yukiho didn’t spend nearly as much time with Honoka these days, so it was nice to do so every so often.

“Police are still looking for the driver of the car that hit a young woman in Akihabara.” The reporter on their father’s laptop screen was saying.

“Akihabara?” Honoka blinked. “Ne, Yukiho, that’s where we were yesterday, visiting Kotori-chan.”

Yukiho nodded. “Yeah, I’m surprised we didn’t hear about the incident while we were there.”

“Guess we will have to be more careful when crossing the street next time, huh?”

“Yeah.”

“The name of the victim has not yet been released.” The reporter continued. “However, we have been assured that a full recovery is expected.”

“Honoka!” A voice called from the shop area.

“Shoot! I’m late!” Honoka cried in realization. “Umi-chan is gonna be mad…” She turned on her heel and ran toward the door. “Coming!”

Yukiho chuckled at her older sister’s antics before returning her attention to her breakfast.

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Author’s Note Continued: I was originally started writing this about the Kazuno sisters before I remembered I wanted to make them some sort of monster/cryptid/whatever with a snow theme, to go with their Saint Snow group thing, despite SS not existing in this world. Then I remembered I still hadn't assigned Honoka, and by extension Yukiho, a monster type.

And I already have one high energy and adorable eldritch being in the mix with Setsu and her Cthughan ancestry, so why not another? And yeah, sure, the Elder Things on which I based this creature reproduce with spores, so I've just taken some artistic license with the whole clone/spawn thing because I know starfish in real life can regrow a new starfish from a severed arm. But I've already taken some fun liberties with Setsu being affected by certain things she eats - see Hiccuping Light or Festival Night in the Promptober collection for those - so why not play with things again for Honoka and Yukiho?

I wonder what uses Kotori, Yohane or Rina might find for starfish parts...

Oh, and no, the Nishikino hospital is not owned and operated by Maki or her parents in this AU, rather some extended family, like maybe Maki's uncle or aunt or something.

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