After a long hiatus, I am back!
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After a phenomenal victory against Obsidian and rescuing a fallen Prism knight, the five young knights were now reaching a higher level. Not only did the girls have gained two more allies, but they also have new mentors to teach them more about how to handle their powers. The girls became familiarized with more skilled styles of combat and an array of powerful spells.
Ever since Sayaka and Sae made themselves their new teachers, they gave them special training in order to better their skills. Sayaka focused on combat and fighting, since she had such an athletic build, while Sae helped train them in many types of magic spells to strengthen their Gems.
And today, the two had a special lesson planned.
"Okay girls, today's challenge, you must try and fuse your weapons with Gem energy,” Sayaka explained.
“Huh? Fuse? What does that mean?”
“Allow me to explain!” Sae said cheerfully. “By focusing our Gem energy into our weapons, we can strengthen our attacks with magic. For example, Yui could use a fire spell to create a flaming sword!”
“Woah! Cool!”
Sayaka and Sae had prepared the girls' task, giving them weapons they didn’t normally use.
“Alright. Place your Gem in the open base of the weapon you have in your hand,” Sayaka instructed. “Once it’s locked in, concentrate on merging your Gem’s energy with that weapon.”
The five did as their mentor instructed and placed their Gems inside the weapons. Yui had a pistol, Sayanee and Jurina had swords, Haruppi had a katana, and Mako had cufflets.
After they felt their energies merging with their weapons, they soon noticed that the metal was glowing the colors of each of their Gem auras. With their new powers, they decided to test what they could do.
Yui shot a few bullets at a near target. The bullets looked ablaze with fire and shot each one at the bullseye, leaving slight burn marks and smoke.
Sayanee and Jurina clashed their swords. Jurina grinned and slashed her sword, blowing the older girl back with a gust of wind. Sayanee retorted this by freezing her blade like ice and clashing with Jurina’s again before pushing it back with a colder shockwave.
“Brrr.. looks like winter’s come early,” Jurina chuckled.
Haruppi slashed her katana and was surprised to see she could generate many cherry blossom petals. However, as she slashed them again, they became razor sharp and shot at the targets, leaving tears and rips.
“Better be careful with that one,” Haruppi said as she sheathed the katana.
Mako then started throwing punches with her cufflets and saw she could generate lightning. She went to the punching bag and gave it several rapid punches.
“Yeah! Woo!” she cheered.
“Not too fast, kay?” Yui warned.
When Mako stopped, she smiled brightly. “Not even breaking a sweat!”
“Well, I guess they mastered it quickly,” Sae smiled. Sayaka nodded and agreed.
"Alright then, let's really put them to the test!" Yuko said.
The girls trained for hours with their newfound powers, mastering their Gem energy fused weapons and combining them with the new combat skills they were taught. Soon, the girls were tired and out of breath from using so much energy.
The Twin Towers looked at each other and smiled.
Sayaka then announced, “Okay, that’ll end training for today.”
Those words were like heaven to the five that they instantly collapsed and can finally relax.
“Uwaa~ it’s over...”
“For now.”
“I’m hungry~ Let’s go to Takamina’s family restaurant and get some katsudon~”
Now it was here Sayaka and Sae had overheard a bit of their conversation and heard something that puzzles them.
"Hey Sayaka," Sae whispered to her partner, "What is a 'family restaurant'?"
In response, Sayaka shrugs her shoulders.
The five happened to notice their puzzled expressions. Mako then walked up and asked them.
“Wanna come with us?”
“To where?”
“The family restaurant. It’s really good!”
“Uh.. could you maybe explain what that is?” Sae then asked shyly.
"Eh? Sayaka-san, Sae-san, you don't know what a ‘family restaurant’ is?" Haruppi asked.
The Twin Towers shook their heads.
“How bout a karaoke box?” Mako then asked curiously.
Again, they shook their heads.
“Seriously?!”
"For all our lives, starting when we were only young apprentices training to become knights, we've trained and lived away from the city and public," said Sae.
"It's required back then for warriors to be separated from the public at a young age so to help focus in the training," Sayaka included, “We were instructed never to venture into the modern world. We pretty much shut ourselves out so no one would know we existed.”
“So...” Haruppi covered her mouth. “Don’t tell me…you’ve never even been to an amusement park?!”
Sae hesitantly answered with guilt, “Sorry, Haruppi...”
“Eh~?”
“Well, now that things have started to change, me and Kana would sometimes go out and blend in so we could stake out some of Obsidian’s activity,” Yuko stated.
“Plus, the five of them have grown up living in the modern world,” Kana also mentioned. “I guess it wouldn’t be bad if Sayaka and Sae went out now.”
“Yeah, but, we don’t know a thing about modern human society,” Sae said.
It was here that Jurina’s optimistic character took over and she made a statement.
“This won’t do! Sayaka-san and Sae-san, you two need to be more aware of the modern world,” she strongly recommended to the two.
Sayanee and the other girls of the current team are confused to what Jurina has in mind.
“Uh...Jurina? What are you--?” Sayanee began but she was ignored.
“Time for a makeover, you two!” Jurina said.
The two just blinked.
“Uh…what’s a makeover?” Sae asked confused.
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Jurina and the others wanted their senpai to experience the life of a person living in the city. So they took them around Shibuya in order to transform her two senpai in order to fit in with the modern world.
The first thing though she needed to do was take them to a clothes department so to find them modern looking outfits since all the two had to wear are their robes. At first they were about to go straight to the girls clothing section, until Jurina stopped them and thought maybe they should try something different. By her suggestion, she brought the two to the section where there are boyish clothes available. She became like a stylist and would some sets of clothing that fitted the two girls, immediately taking them to the changing rooms to see their new look.
"Okay senpai-tachi, let's have a look at you!"
Sayaka and Sae walked out of the two changing stalls at the same time to reveal themselves in the outfits the girls picked for them. Sayaka was wearing a pair of jeans along with a loose button-up shirt, while Sae had a T-shirt under an unbuttoned flannel shirt and loose jean overalls.
"Whoa..."
"You two look so cool!"
“Sae, you could pass off as a boy!”
“Eh~? Really?” Sae giggled as she admired her reflection. “Sugoi~ so this is what people wear nowadays.”
Sayaka looked over and saw some girls wearing cute, frilly and pink clothes, meanwhile her clothes had a tomboyish feel.
“Why can’t I wear clothes like that?” Sayaka said as she looked at the flowery, girly dresses.
“Oh come on, Sayaka,” Sae hugged her partner’s waist. “You look beautiful to me, no matter what clothes you wear.”
“Hmm, more girly, huh…” Jurina looked through the clothes, then she got an idea.
She got a few items that looked well together and asked Sayaka to try the new coordination on. When she changed and came back out, she now had on a jean jacket with the sleeves slightly rolled up on top of a plain white top and a long yellow skirt.
“Wow! That’s so cute!”
“Yeah, that definitely suits you, too!”
Sayaka looked at herself in the mirror, blushing a bit.
“You think..?” she smiled shyly.
“Sayaka~~~” Sae immediately hugged the girl and moved in to kiss her. However, Sayaka was shy and pushed her back a bit.
“S-Sae, not now. We’re in public…”
“Nevermind that. I’ll let the world see how much I love my Sayaka~”
Seeing the two all lovey-dovey made the girls giggle.
“Who knew these two were such a cute couple?”
Jurina however felt like there was still something she can do to improve the Twin Towers’ appearance.
“Yosh!” she grabbed both of their hands. “Time for Part 2 of the makeover! To the hair salon!”
“Eh?!”
“W-wait, Jurina-chan! What’s a hair salon?!”
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An hour later the girls exited the hair salon, and the four were amazed to see their two senpai’s new hairstyles.
By Jurina’s suggestion, Sae’s hair was cut much shorter than what it used to be that she couldn’t tie it up in her tiny ponytail anymore. With this new look Sae looked so much closer to being a boy, in fact, she was very handsome. As for Sayaka, she had her hair slightly trimmed and was dyed from black to a dark brown, darker than Sae’s hair.
“Woah~ you guys look amazing!”
The two looked in the mirror at their new haircuts and were blown away. They almost didn’t recognize themselves.
“Uwaa~ sugoi~ This is so cool! It’s so short!” Sae played with her new hair, ruffling it.
“Oi, Sae, don’t mess it up,” Sayaka said like a mother and proceeded to fix the girl’s hair. “There.”
“Hehehe, thanks.”
“And with that, Operation Senpai Makeover has successfully completed!” Jurina cheered.
The four girls applauded Jurina’s work while Sayaka and Sae still looked in awe at their new appearances.
“So, now what?” Sae asked curiously.
“Now, your first experience with the modern world. We’re taking you to our favorite family restaurant!”
“Oh, that’s that thing you mentioned earlier,” Sayaka realized.
“Yup! You’ll love it! It’s a great place!”
“Well, alright. We trust you, girls.”
“Alrighty! Let’s go~”
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Of course, the team had to let their two senpai try out the food at Takamina's restaurant, as it was too good an opportunity to pass up. They quickly brought the pair to the family restaurant and entered.
"Welcome," Takamina greeted the new customers, "Hm? I've never seen you two before. Are they friends of yours girls?"
"Hai!" Jurina replied, "They are...friends from out of town. They just moved back to Tokyo.”
“Oh, well it’s nice to meet you,” Takamina said to Sayaka and Sae, “So what will you two be having?”
Sayaka and Sae glanced at the menu but showed puzzled expressions, quickly hiding behind the menus so Takamina wouldn’t see.
“Psst, Sayaka...I have no idea what those things are,” Sae whispered to her partner so Takamina couldn’t hear them.
“Neither do I.”
“Hm? Is something wrong?” asked Takamina, pulling down the photos.
The pair flashed awkward smiles. Not wanting to be rude, Sayaka spoke, “Um...forgive us. We seem to have trouble deciding what to order.”
But Takamina smiled and laid down their menus on the table.
“Alright then. How about I give you two my special recommendation?”
“Recommendation?” Sae repeated.
The two looked at each other, nodding.
“We’ll do that then.”
“Perfect,” the short girl smiled as she took their menus. “Wait here a moment.”
A while later, Takamina came out with a tray of her recommended special dish.
“For you girls, I made something special. My delicacy, Takamina’s famous katsudon!” the girl said as she laid out two bowls of katsudon in front of the Twin Towers. “Go ahead and eat up!”
The Twin Towers curiously looked at the strange new dish.
“Ka-tsu-don?” said Sae.
Sayaka was about to pick up some of it with her hands, but Takamina stopped her, “Woah, woah! Here, use these.” she handed both of them chopsticks.
“What are these..?”
“Oh, I’ve seen these. Japanese people eat them with almost everything,” Sayaka said as she broke apart the two sticks.
“Eh~? Sugoi, Sayaka. How did you learn about this?”
“I was curious and I guess I couldn’t help myself.”
“What, are you two foreigners?” Takamina giggled, “Come and eat up now, before it gets cold.”
“Ah, yes, ma’am!” Sayaka said.
Sae looked over at her girlfriend, having difficulty using her chopsticks.
“Here…” Sae gently took the girl’s hand and showed her how to properly hold them. “Like this.”
“Oh. Thanks, Sae.”
“No prob,” Sae smiled and gave a small peck on Sayaka’s cheek.
Takamina blushed a bit, covering her mouth. She walked over to her five junior employees and whispered to Yui, “Are they a couple?”
Everyone nodded, smiling at the cute gesture Sae made.
“Let’s eat, then,” the short haired girl spoke.
“Itadakimasu~”
The two then picked up the first pork cutlet with their chopsticks and bit into them.
Just after one bite, the two suddenly lit up with bewilderment.
"This...!"
"This is...!"
They looked at each other then exclaimed at the same time, "Umai!!"
The two began eating the Katsudon up happily and wholeheartedly. The five young girls couldn’t help but giggle at their senpai's reactions to tasting the food for the first time.
“Wow, I’ve never seen two girls eat like that,” Takamina chuckled.
“Mm~ so good!”
"I've never tasted anything like this!”
"Well I’m happy to hear that. Feel free to drop in and have a meal here anytime," Takamina willingly insisted
"Thanks!" said the Twin Towers.
After the pair was finished, they put down their empty bowls and sighed blissfully, leaning back in their seats.
“My belly’s full…” Sae smiled, poking her stomach. “Hehehe, I’ve never felt my tummy be this full~.”
“That was great. Thanks, Takamina,” Sayaka said.
“No problem. Now then, with that, it’ll cost 1400 yen.”
The two then raised their heads with wide eyes.
“Um… Sayaka, do you have money?” Sae whispered in Sayaka’s ear. The elder girl looked at her and shook her head. Sae frowned, “Me neither.”
“Don’t worry, girls,” Sayanee smiled. “We’ll pay for it.”
“Eh? Do we have enough left? I mean, we went shopping and went to the hair salon, too.”
“Oh, you girls have had a busy day!” Takamina said. “In that case, it’s on the house.”
“Maji?!” The Twin Towers said.
“Anything for close friends of my co-workers. I hope you both become loyal customers.”
The two then smiled and bowed in front of the tiny chef.
“Thank you so much!!”
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After a good lunch, since the girl’s had finished training and had nothing else to do, the five took their two senpai to a local park. There, the five sat under a large cherry blossom tree and just relaxed in the spring air.
Yui let out a relieved sigh as she breathed in the sweet scent of cherry blossoms, Jurina and Sayanee sat beside each other while Sayanee was strumming her guitar, and Haruppi and Mako were chatting and taking photos.
Sayaka and Sae, however, weren’t sure exactly what they should do. The two were afraid of one of Obsidian’s minions appearing and attacking them again, so all they were able to do was keep watch. They kept pacing and looking around to make sure nothing was going on.
“Sayaka…” Sae walked backwards and had their backs touch.
“Don’t worry. I’m here,” Sayaka gently held Sae’s hand, reassuring her.
“Sayaka-san, Sae-san, why so tense? Sit down and relax,” Haruppi said.
“But… we need to keep a lookout just in case one of Obsidian’s goons come after us.”
“We don’t need to,” Yui then spoke, her eyes closed.
“What?”
“We worked hard and deserve a break. And I don’t think Obsidian will be coming back so soon after such an epic defeat. Besides, if he was, we would get word from Yuko.”
“Which we haven’t~” Mako added.
“But isn’t it important we always keep watch?” Sae asked. “Just in case..?”
“Working hard is important,” Jurina spoke.
“But feeling good is important, too,” Sayanee continued. “You just gotta know when to balance.”
“Right~” The two looked at each other and smiled.
“I guess we can’t blame you, since you girls are young,” Sayaka said, but still had a serious expression. “Still…”
“Trust us, senpai-tachi,” Yui said as she patted down on the grass underneath the tree.
The two looked at each other and finally decided to go by their juniors’ words. They sat down underneath the tree and tried their best to relax and not think about Obsidian.
It was then that Sae looked up and noticed something.
With a smile she said, “Hey, Sayaka… doesn’t this remind you of our tree?”
“Eh..?” Sayaka looked up.
“See? The flowers are shading us from the sun perfectly.”
“You’re right…”
Sae laid her head on Sayaka’s shoulder and smiled. “I’m glad you’re back.”
Sayaka couldn’t help but feel her heart skip a beat. She leaned her head against Sae’s. “Me too.”
“See? No worries,” Yui said as she sighed out peacefully.
“Un…” Sae’s eyes drooped and she let out a small yawn. “Sayakyaa… I’m sleepy…”
“Me too… It’s so nice…” Sayaka’s eyes gently closed. Sae’s did the same and soon, soft snores could be heard from her.
The five looked at the sleeping couple, watching silently as they slept with their fingers intertwined in one another’s. Haruppi couldn’t resist and took a quick photo of the two.
“Kawaii~” she whispered with a wide smile. “I’m keeping this.”
“When should we wake them up?” Sayanee asked Yui.
“Later…”
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To Be Continued
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