What is up with Kotori-chan?

She left practice early but why? She didn't us why. It's confusing and concerning.

As of now, we are at an Idol store. Well, at least that's what I will call it. Oh my! They sell our pictures here! I wonder where they got them…

"I heard you have a picture here with me in it," a familiar voice said, worried. "You can't sell it!"

Kotori.

"Kotori-chan?" Umi called, confused.

"Eeekk!" Kotori gasped in surprise, frozen in shock.

"Kotori, what are you doing here?" Umi asked, confused.

For a few seconds Kotori decided to just stay frozen until she picked two things: an eyeball and a red looking ball. Both eye-sized.

"Kotori? What?" she asked, acting oblivious. "Who might you be?"

"Ahh! A foreigner!" Rin exclaimed, I just mentally facepalmed myself.

So that's how it is…

Let's see about that.

"Minami Kotori…" I said with authority. "Let me say you forgot who is the "foreigner" here."

"Umm…ahhehe," Kotori giggled, but I didn't buy it. "I will take my leave. You have the wrong person…"

"Ko. To. Ri," I say with an uneasy pause in every syllable. "You wouldn't want to be in trouble now right?"

It was clear that I was irritated. I guess I got those feelings across perfectly.

"Nani sore? Immi wakkanai," Maki asked shifting her attention. "Kotori-senpai! What are you doing here?"

Maki knows what she's doing. Calling Kotori senpai to let her realize what a fool she's making of herself by covering her identity. Apparently, Nico wasn't on our side.

"Kotori knows what's up!" Nico exclaimed happily. "She knows how to correctly disguise herself nico!"

"Rin doesn't think that's Kotori."

"See? Your friend agrees with me. I'm not Koroti," Kotori said, destroying her own name in the process.

"Don't butcher your own name," Nozomi said, laughing. "It sounds ugly."

"You guys need to focus on the bigger picture here!" Nico exclaimed, but we ignored her. "Her disguise!"

"Aren't we going too harsh on Kotori-senpai?" Hanayo asked, Maki gave her a small wink. "Kotori-senpai, gomenasai!"

"Kayo-chin!" Rin disagreed, shaking her head cutely. "That isn't Kotori-chan!"

"I did hear that there's a legendary maid in Akihabara," Umi started, causing Kotori to shake a bit. "Doesn't Kotori-chan look like her?"

"Kotori-chan does look like her nya!" Rin said, mentally comparing both of them. "Wait a minute, that is Kotori-chan!"

"Took you some time to realize that," I teased, Rin pouted. "Back to the topic at hand—"

"Kotori-chan! Why are you running away?!" Honoka yelled, chasing her friend along with Umi. "Wait up!"

And so the chase began.