Chapter 35: Vow of the Fourth
She woke up, finding a presence missing from her.
who is talking ? who is missing

“Yui… Where are you?”
aaaa ...So it's Rika/Yui huh...
“How did it break?”
that is the question :p but if you know it now it would not be interesting right ? huhu hu hu so i guess...
“I don’t know…” Yui said as she looked on the floor.
that's what i thought
It simply…broke… One minute I was cursed, the next minute, it was gone… [...]“I can’t fly anymore…”
i felt sad here..even if we are supposed to be at least a little happy that she is not under Rika's control anymore...but..
The sky was so blue… When I thought about how I could never fly in that sky ever again… I was sad… But at the same time, I was happy… I felt like I had finally become human…I was happy…”
aaa...i love this sentence..
“…I will not come to return Erika’s feelings, because from now on, as I always have been before, I will be by Rika’s side…”
but why

don't tell me you love Rika...hum...i kinda feel why tho...
Reina felt her eyes water at the thought of Erika continuing to be lonely.

...
...
she can still find someone else...
*ChrNo slaps ChrNo around with a large trout
Yui was sobbing silently.
...heh...well...she loves Erika after all...
“I do want to see her... I really do…
somewhere it's kinda weird here...'cause they are part of the same group and do often see eachother...
I could kiss her as many times as I want.
unless you get friday'd :p
“It’s because of this, I have to stay by Rika’s side…”
explain explain...
Rika cried uncontrollably with her hands grasping the wall for support, “Why…?!”
[...] “Don’t go! Don’t go anywhere! Please don’t leave me!” The tears were now returning, “ Stay with me! Don’t leave! Stay by me forever! Don’t leave me… Don’t… Don’t…” Rika now cried into Yui’s chest, “Don’t… Please don’t…”
[...]
“Don’t abandon me! Yui… Please… Please… I beg you… Don’t go…” Rika tried to wipe the constant tears from her face.
Rika is so...vulnerable...so...lonely...so sad...
desperate.
So Yui has pity on her ? aaa...yui...you shouldn't...
“If that’s it takes for that child to go on without crying,[...] If that’s what it takes for that child to not weep… That’s what I thought…”
:rofl
sorry...but just thinking that Yui calls Rika a child...
All senses of insecurity relinquished as Rika heard those kind words, and felt that kind embrace. Amidst her sobbing, she backed from Yui, and gave her a sincere smile, a smile that came from the heart.

“There’s a woman that Rika despises like no other.”
“Who is this woman?”
woooot !
“What are you doing?!” Rika growled as she used a hand to move Megumi back, and then stood in front of her in defense, “How many times do I have to say it before you understand?! Don’t you dare come near them!”
just why...why does Rika has to act like a bit***
“That’s right, we were only exchanging greetings, is that such a sinful thing to do?” the other woman added on.
wooo this other woman has character he he he he
“If I were tolerant of allowing you to see them, you’d be seducing them right away!”
hummmmm....so Rika is afraid of the woman's appeal...kinda love that part :p so so so who is that woman ?
“That woman is a bit ill… In her body, and mind.
mind...yeah she has problem in her mind indeed

The one who used to be so close with her… Shibata, Ayumi. I honestly don’t know how they came to hate each other so much, but there is one thing I know for certain: they will probably never become close ever again…”

heheheh one question answered and already a new one...why ?
love it :p
Ayumi let out a ‘feh’ noise, before saying, “Are you still spouting that useless fairytale shit? Stupid child. And how many times must I say it for you to understand? Love isn’t bound like that, that’s not the real thing. That foolish eternity that you cling so much to with such stubborn determination is a sham. Dreams are delusions. I pity all the idiots you’re holding down with that crap.”
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Ayumi !!!! haha so ...can't find the word !!!
need someone like that in that story wooooo~
Rika charged at Ayumi and grabbed her neck.
aaa ! action !!! scary !!! girls fight !!!
“Go ahead! Kill me! When I die, my soul shall rise to heaven! And I’ll be watching you go to hell!”
wow....simply wow...
“I see… Whenever I see those two together, there was always this suffocating tension that followed shortly… I understand now…”
i thought Rika doesn't like Miuna...so..she doesn't like Ayumi too ?
‘I hate you. I love you. I want to run away. I want to embrace you.’ Something to that effect… Nonetheless, it was the other existence that was living inside us… The spirit’s blood. Whatever betraying sense we had, the spirit’s blood would reproach us, it would always say ‘don’t betray Ojou-sama.’ And if we do attempt to betray, it results in a huge backlash, and it creates a huge pain in our hearts.”

“Why…?” Rika stopped in her walk, her head not facing Megumi. “Why is she so cruel…?” she began crying again. “She only says… such cruel things…!” Megumi frowned as she watched the younger walk again, but with her hands trying to stop her tears, “So cruel…”
rofl...
sorry again...but to think that it's Rika who is saying this...i know it's before Rika became a badass...but...
so Ayumi must be one of those reasons why Rika acts like this nowadays...
And so, Megumi lifted the crying girl, and cradled her gently, allowing Rika to cry into her shoulder. “Ah… Ojou-sama… Don’t stop the tears, cry it all out… You will feel better…”
“Thank you, Megumi…”
aa....
Reina was again, in tears, staring at the floor, refusing to look at the woman in front of her.
feeling guilty to have make both of them crying ? guilty to be a bit too curious ? embrassed huh...
“I’ve said so much… I’ve made you confused… But… While Rika is capable of hurting others easily… I wanted you to know that Rika has been abused as well, and is suffering… I wanted you to know just a bit of why… I can’t leave her…”
aaaa yui you are too gentle...even if Rika was hurt..does she really have to hurt people too ? doesn't she hurt herself doing this ? You are spoiling her too much...
“I’m sorry…” Yui said as she bowed her head, “All I do is hurt others… But even so… This is the path that I’ve chosen. The path that I have chosen of my own free will…” Yui said as she let out a sad and lonely smile, much to the sadness of Reina as she looked upon that face, “…I’m sorry, for everything…” and with that, she walked away.
aaa...she shouldn't be sorry...she hasn't done anything bad...just chose her way huh ?
Near by the scene, was a woman, who had witnessed all. [...] Ai Takahashi then turned around, not going to Reina, but instead, facing a certain destination, and left.
oho...i was expecting her to be there...but...she didn't went to scream after Yui making Reina cry huh hehehehehe
Reina sat on the bench, trying to wipe her tears away with the sleeves of her jacket.
Why the hell am I so helpless… First, I couldn’t help Erika… Then I couldn’t help Yui… And now…
I can’t help Maki…
i don't know why...but i love this image of her...
Chapter 36: Watching Over You
still clad in her Pucchi Moni outfit for the promotion of their new hit, Pitari shitari Christmas.
haha...Pucchi Moni...aaaa
at that time Rika was so shy wasn't it haha...simply cute. i liked her back then...
What if Yossie thought differently from what Rika thought?
i like this part describing how Rika was before...it just fits her...and we can easily picture that...it's almost like a real part of her...seeing how she changed...aaa...i don't know if you get what i mean

“Hitomi-chan, do you love me?”
woooooo innocent Rika ?
Viyuuden had just returned from recording the B-side to their new single; they recorded the main song what seemed like forever ago.

Yui looked off to the side, knowing how she could probably never get on good terms with that particular senpai of her’s. Once again, she recalled the phone conversation in her mind as she walked into her room.
“I might have something I want to talk to you about, Hitomi-san…”
what's with Yuia and Yossie ?

oooh...so that was her who called...
“Is it true that your curse is broken?”
Yui froze for a moment, but hesitantly said, “Yes. It has.”
“Yet you still stay with Ojou-sama?”
woooot so Yossie did know :p
“Haha, you don’t have to say something that makes me sound so cool, but yes, regrettably, an ‘instinct’ told me.
That makes sense. So that’s why she’s always got you by her side, she doesn’t want anyone to find out, eh? She’s trying so hard to keep it secret that she’s miserable…”
that could be another point of view

“I do hate you,” Yossie interrupted, “That’s right. I hate you very much.”
wooot why ?
How wonderful. I really hate you.”

She isn’t keeping me at her side because she loves me…”

“The one person that she wants at her side, even now, is…”
still you, Yossie !
“Welcome back,” the person said. Yossie noticed how the person’s back was facing her, but knew of her presence anyway, after all, Rika was watching the door’s reflection—and Yossie’s reflection, on the glass door of the hotel room.
ahaa...almsot like 6 years ago then ? aaa...time flies by so fast...
“Do you have a problem with me being here?” Rika stood up, still looking at Yossie through her reflection.
why does it sound...mean....
“So… At the speech, meet anyone you thought you could sleep with?” Rika turned around, glaring at the younger.
what the ...

????!
“Is that so? I thought you would sleep with anyone who could seduce you…” Rika looked away.
seriously wth how come it pop up like that

i was eating ice cream i think i almost choked
Is Yossie that kind of person

rofl...
llogical, really,” Yossie said as she looked at Rika, almost sneering.
good answer !

“But didn’t you sleep with that woman?”
“What do you mean with that woman?”
same question here !!!

Rika turned to face Yossie again, nearly shouting, “Shibata, Ayumi!”
rofl...
so that's why they started to hate eachother ?
“I was supposed to already have received my punishment for that. You cut my hair.”
what a punishment

hummm....did that happened after Mr Moonlight ? or...it was before ribbon haha ? but you said it was old....
“My sleeping with that woman was because you slept with Yui.”
bwarf
“What the… Is it my fault?!” Rika yelled in reply.
wth ?

then whos fault is it then ?

you started it :p
aaaa....so Yossie hates Yui because Rika slept with her and wanted her to stay with her...
Rika hates Ayumi because she slept with Yossie..hu hu hu
“Don’t get me wrong, Yui, I do love Rika. Back then, I love her, and even now, I still love her. I love her too much. To the point where I want to spoil her…”
awww...
“I’m not the bad guy!”[..] “It’s my choice on how I treat the Orochi! It’s my freedom!”
hum...your freedom huh....
“… Until I wanted to crush her underfoot.”
O_O
Then, she raised her head so that her lips would meet the other’s lips.
wowowowowow...where are we going there

Yossie looked at Rika’s face, seeing the desperation of her Ojou-sama. Without hesitation, Yossie lowered her head to seek the lips of the other.
At first, the intimate contact was a mere waltz of tongues. As their senses grew hotter,(...)
how do you want me to eat my ice cream

“Hitomi-chan, do you love me?”
“Are you walking around, asking the Orochi that?” Yossie asked as she placed her hands on her own lap, still looking at Rika with innocent bemusement.
wooo what a nice answer
Rika saw something beautiful in her hands.
It was snow alright. But this piece of snow was shaped into a beautiful cold rose.
Yossie held the back of Rika’s hands, and smiled, “I think of you more than any other, that is the definite truth,” and with that, she took one of Rika’s hands, leaving the snow rose in the other, and placed the free hand on Yossie’s heart. “You are always going to be right here.”

I’ve always been here, waiting patiently…
Maki was sitting in solitude at the park, watching the endlessly creeping clouds glide across the sky.
love those kind of transitions that you often write
“Actually… I’ve always been wondering… I haven’t seen Ai lately.”
wohowww someting wrong with AI ?
There was a silence.
“I’m sorry, I’m not a very good conversation starter,” Maki said with an apologetic look.
“Eh? No no, I should be the one to apologize…” Reina replied as she shook her head.

“If Miki was here, we’d definitely have something to talk about… Her and her groping habits…”
rofl
“Well… I only appear that way just so people could like me… In truth, I think I’m a pretty boring person… As opposed to Miki. (...)
are you telling me that you would like to be her ?!
“Yeah,” Maki chuckled, “I am. I wish I could have that sort of power come naturally as well. I wish I could be like her…”
holy crap

Well, this is certainly interesting… Miki wants to be more like Maki, and Maki wants to be more like Miki… How cute…Reina thought to herself.
exactly word by word what i thought too

Maybe the day she opens her door to me will come soon…But I wonder…
aaaa still this door...
“Maki?” The aforementioned person turned to look at her, “What if… What if someone has been released from the curse? What would you think?”
how come you always have good question to ask Reina :p
“I’m sorry, but I have to ask you not to make up scenarios of the curse. I don’t know how to explain it but… I guess it kind of pains me to hear something like that.”
aaa...sad isn't it...
Has she found out anything yet? I really hope she does…
Ai…
Where are you…?
Right here…
She was broken. She was leaning against the wall. She sat with her legs pulled to her chest tightly. Her hair was slightly a mess.
seriously love your transitions *_*
She was trapped in a windowless room.
he he he he he....
Amidst her suffering, there was only one word that came weakly from her lips.
“Risa…”
Waiting for you to come…
awwwwww
btw i couldn't eat my ice cream...it melted...
Because I felt like drawing the chapter cover >:]

This was fun to screen-tone, although it was rushed in some places, haha. (It's Yossie, for those who don't know.)
<3
LOVELY !
I got bored xD

CUTE !
Amusing at first, but it's going to turn really serious xD
ohohoho interesting !
Chapter 37: Calm before the Storm.
With curiosity by her side, she followed the bodyguard.
hum hum hum
curious people we have here...
“I think you if you lay out all your new clothes on the bed—it will be purple,” Risa chuckled as she opened the door.
rofl what was that ?

Before they conversed any further, there was a peculiar smell coming from a certain part of the building.
fire people fire ?!

the kitchen.
rofl...kitchen..of course
“Megumi-san! What are you burning this time?!”
it's the "this time"..."this time" made me laugh

Poof!
it's been a while !!! how are you Mr Poof ?!
“Whoa! You tried stew this time? You even burned the fish!”
rofl...
“Will you ever under—OH NO! FIRE!” Risa’s eyes nearly fell out of her sockets at the flames bursting from the fish in the pot, “FIRE~! IT’S FIRE~!” The eighth head panicked as she slithered around the kitchen in frenzy while Reina also panicked and ran around the kitchen in frenzy.
PANIKUUUUU

With a stoic expression, Megumi simply lifted the pot (whose contents were still ablaze) by the handle and shoved it in the sink and turned the faucet on at maximum, setting out the small fire.



“Ah… That was amusing…”
“No it wasn’t,” Reina and Risa stared shifty-eyed.
it was

“Thankfully, it didn’t,” and there was a poof, “But seriously, can you wait until someone comes to do the cooking for you?” Risa said as she gathered her clothes and wore them.
rofl...."and there was a poof"...talking nacked while grabbing her clothes rofl...like it was nothing special...


she must do it often...
one reason why there isn't any guy around...

“Hmm… I don’t think so… I think she went home…Otherwise, I would have asked her to cook for me…”
ROFL
“Heeeey, Murata, did you try cooking again?/b] Smells like something burnt in here,” Miki wheezed slightly, walking towards the cabinets holding miscellaneous foods.
there you are Miki !!!



"again"...

“HELL YEAH!” Reina and Miki turned to face Megumi.
rofl...Yankee Reina
“…So all you do is plug it and expect us to do the cooking?!” Reina raised a brow.
“Of course! I’m too lazy to go over to get the meat!” Miki whined
:lmao: ...serisouly everytime Miki is here it's always so fun !
“It’s more like this…” Megumi sighed as she took a piece of meat with her correctly positioned chopsticks, and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“And this…” She took another piece of meat and ate it.
“DAMMIT!” Miki threw her chopsticks which landed perfectly flat against Megumi’s face. One stuck to her forehead, the other underneath her nose.
Still stoic as ever, Megumi simply peeled the chopsticks from her face and with shifty eyes, looked at them. “Ah… You chose chopsticks of different sets. One’s bigger than the other. Figures…”
:ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO:
“Aww! I didn’t think you were that nice!” Reina sneered.
“Of course not, my manager has been bugging me for weeks about it, I only did it to shut her up,” Miki twitched her eye.
holy crap :ROTFLMAO:
i thought Miki would have drew on their faces for using her marker

“Since we’re here… Why not assign colors to people?”
wth ?
aahahaha...
oh well i felt nostalgia when reading this power rangers part haha...
“You know what? Isn’t the fact that we’re choosing sentai colors very stupid?” Miki suddenly butted in, with an angry tone.
Everyone stared at her.
Maki took the marker from Miki’s hands, crossed out ‘red’ and wrote down ‘puke green.’
“What the hell?!” Miki tried to get the marker away from Maki, but to no avail, Maki kept it out of her reach.
“You were the one who came up with the stupid idea in the first place!” Maki replied, blocking Miki’s advancements.
*ChrNo cries from laughing
“Oh, Miki, mind if I ask you a question?”
“Oh, Risa, mind if I don’t answer?”
LOL
“Hey, brat, mind if I borrow your time for a moment?” Miki said as she smacked the aforementioned person on her favorite part of the human body—her ass.
“Eh?!” Risa squealed at the sudden contact, “Sure, nothing will stop you, I was just about to leave this lobby to go to my room anyway.”
whahaahahahaha
*ChrNo 's stomach hurts
“It’s about Ai. Reina found some information that she’s at the hospital again. Though, her sources are very unsure about it… Were you aware of this?”
Risa was silent.
HOSPITAL ??????
so that's where you serisou part starts huh
“I love you…”
“I thought I had lost you…”
“I don’t need you anymore. Stay the hell away from me.”
Ai ?
“Pretty well really! Just because I love you, I’ll tell you ahead of time that album will have a jazzy feel to it,” Aya smirked.
“Is that all you’re telling me?”
“Of course, Tan, just because I’m evil like that.”
“Damn, to think I thought I had all the special privileges of accessing your secrets…” Miki pouted. “Am I really your best friend and/or lover? You don’t treat me like oooone~!”
“Love smacks m’dear, love smacks,” Aya smiled as she kissed Miki on the cheek.
“Smack me some more, Aya-sama,” Miki smiled mischievously.
“You can wait, riiight? I know you’d rather do that in my apartment rather than a public park like this,” Aya giggled.
:ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO: :ROTFLMAO:
"She’s not there, I think she’s at a hospital, I’m not sure if she is though…” Aya added on.
how does she know ??
“Risa-san… Ai…She…Ai was pushed by Rika… From the third floor… That huge wound isn’t some accident… It was because Rika found out about your relationship… And… and…”

awww Risa
“She already… For many days, hasn’t eaten… If this continues…” the bodyguard took her necklace off, thus revealing the key, “She’ll die… Please… Save her…” and with the handing of the key, the guard rushed off.
waaa...the guard is pretty gentle...
Before completely passing out, the woman uttered very weakly, “Risa…”
awwww
“Ai…
do i have to say again how much i love your transition *_*
the last part is so touching *_*
give me moooooooore *_*
Hope ChrNo doesn't mind if I continue to borrow his format of replying. 
why would i mind ? lol don't worry about it ^^ comment as you want to !