Chapter 18: One Last Summer Fête

So now I'm one day away until I go back home to Liverpool. I get the feeling that all these challenges that I went through in Primp Town were so remarkable. I was really glad how I went through a single day without having to deal with so many problems.

It really showed me how much of a special teenager I am. From the very start, I never thought it would be more comfortable as it is right now.

Speaking of being comfortable, today is already the last day of school. There will be a lot of emotional goodbyes. It's kinda sad, but that's kinda how you say happily ever after. And for me, I… kinda had to be the first one in the classroom. I bet it'll be easier for me to not have to be late for class again. Ms. Accord is actually here though. But she's in the office.

And what I'm doing right now is just drawing on a scratch piece of paper. To be honest, I'm kinda good at drawing. I'm just drawing some random anime stuff. And I'm using my phone as research.

It would be really hard to draw some anime pictures without your phone, but if you think that you have the guts to do it in your mind and somehow make it similar to these types of things… hey, I'd think you are a pro.

Aside from me writing, I wonder how we should end our school year. It can't be that much of a boring day.

But right from the get-go I wish I was wanting to have more Puyo battles since I haven't done them recently. I wonder if this is going to make me not remember how to do it in the first place.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

I heard somebody at the door so I went up and tried to get it.

"Oh. Hello, TaruTaru. Didn't know you were here that quick."

"Same goes for you. I didn't know you were already the first one in here to begin with."

"I just had to come here just so that I don't have to be late again."

"Didn't you know it's already the last day?" TaruTaru asked me.

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"Oh yeah. I completely forgot. But it doesn't matter. I hope the pace stays that way. Otherwise, I would have a hard time trying to get to classes on time."

"I understand."

"*sigh* It's really the last day, huh? Were you barely even in this school?" I asked him.

"Well, I transferred three years ago due to payment failure at home. It was really hard to find money around here. I didn't even know what job I could consider doing by that time."

"That's a shocker. I didn't know you were that poor to pay stuff right now."

"It can be really hard but once you find an occupation that can make the most money, then you can now find yourself in a better situation without having to defile your chances. I may have to find a job after I'm done with this school."

"I see. Makes me wonder why I should get a job too."

"Wait, are you 16?" TaruTaru asked me.

"Yeah."

"Ohh… well there are many jobs you can do around here."

"Really?!" I asked, being shocked right out of the blue.

"Yes. So much that you can do around here."

"Well I don't think I may have the time to check them all out because I have to get back home tomorrow."

I caught myself off-guard with that remark.

"But yes there's still a lot of jobs that can hire you. Although you are leaving of course."

"I was going to work at the museum with Klug and the others, but it turned out that I may not have a lot of time to receive paychecks by the time I leave. Kinda sucks to be honest." I said, being a little down.

"You did have fun though, right?"

"Yeah… I kinda did. You, Amitie, Raffina, Ringo, Klug, and everybody else. They were all this kind to me. Raffina was kind of a huge help. Always giving me money, having my back, making stupid jokes as usual, and always relying on me when I needed her."

"Ouch… I wouldn't actually take a critical hit on that."

"What do you mean?"

"Um… well you see, I kinda had a crush on her. Multiple times."

"Awww… Really?" I asked in a sweet tone, kinda relieved at what TaruTaru said.

"Yes. I tried to get a connection with her but she would just keep rejecting me so for now, I would have to lay low."

"Well maybe it's because you are bothering her too much. She doesn't want a person who just likes to kill the mood often." I said. "Well more importantly, what did you do to make this problem necessary?"

"Now that you say that… I think the only thing I ever did was make her stick around with me."

"Stick around? Well I think it's… WHAT THE HE…"

*THUD*

I fell off my chair after I saw there was a bee on my desk.

"Are you ok?!" TaruTaru asked, being a little worried at what I just did.

"Why the hell is there a bee on my desk?! Hold on a second." I said as I got up and moved all of my stuff to keep the bee moving.

"You don't need to irritate it much! It can totally sting you."

"I got powers. I'm gonna make it sleep for the rest of its life."

Side note: I hate bees. Badly.

"Where are you…" I said as I used my hand to target where the bee is at.

"You are gonna use your powers inside the classroom?"

"Shhh!"

It was really hard to find that bee. I can hear it luckily, but I might not know where it's at.

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"There you are…" I said as I found the bee.

"SHADOW BURST!" I shouted as I fired one ball of dark magic.

*POOF*

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"Ok… I think I got it." I said as the bee was turned into ashes.

"I'm really surprised. I never knew it would end up like that." TaruTaru said.

"Same. Is there tissue here?"

"It's over there by the teacher's apple." TaruTaru said as he pointed at the tissue box.

"*sigh* I can't believe how it got here. Talk about stalking into someone's privacy and scaring me in the process." I said, being a little annoyed at what just happened.

"You don't like bees much, don't you."

"No. They are really annoying, no matter where they go, or what they do. Luckily, I have dark magic so I won't have to worry about it."

"Yeah. Kinda true."

*KNOCK* *KNOCK *KNOCK*

"Probably Klug." TaruTaru said as I walked to the door and opened it.

"Wait, Kaze?!"

"Yup. No time to embarrass me this time, Klug. I got here before you on that matter." I said with a smirk.

"Tch! Whatever. It's nice seeing you."

"It's nice seeing you too."

"I wonder what we are gonna do today." TaruTaru said.

"I'm not sure. It's our last time seeing each other in school." I said.

"Well it's kinda obvious since we are celebrating our last day of school." Klug said. "It's kinda emotional, but this is where our last day will officially come to an end on that matter."

"Well said."

"So what were you two doing before I got here?"

"We were talking about how TaruTaru doesn't have a um… "Romantic" Relationship with Raffina." I said.

"Seriously? You are still going on about that, huh?" Klug whispered with a sweatdrop.

"I was still trying to, since we have similar strength, but I don't think it's working out properly so I decided to lay low for a little while." TaruTaru said.

"It's probably because she may not be your type. Or you may be just bothering her much."

"Bother her?! I don't bother her! I'm just trying to be as friendly as I can."

"I understand. But she never wants a person who just likes to give her problems such as trying to invade her personal space and trying to be very weird. I've seen you do that once before."

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"Well you have a point. I guess I might've been off-guard on those events."

"It'll take time, TaruTaru. I guess she doesn't know much about you, I guess. Or maybe she's not used to you, yet."

"Yes. I know. Maybe I'll get there soon."

"Wait, what is that you are drawing over there?" Klug said as he looked at my paper.

"Oh, this? I'm just drawing some anime. I'm trying to get creative on this one, but I only do it with my phone."

"Oh. I didn't know you were that artistic."

"Yeah I do that sometimes. Although I haven't finished it just yet." I said while looking at my artwork.

"Alright. It's really nice though."

"Thank you."

"No wonder how Raffina would not do such a thing. It's very odd."

"I don't think she would be interested in drawing, Klug." TaruTaru said with a sweatdrop.

"Well, hey. She was known for beauty. I mean, I'm just making suggestions for myself." Klug said.

"Fair enough." I said.

Does Raffina need this chance to draw? I mean she wants everything beautiful. I wonder if I should teach her how to make beautiful masterpieces. Although I don't draw masterpieces.

"*sigh* It's hard to say goodbye." Klug said, feeling a little down about having to leave school one last time.

"I know how you feel, Klug. It's hard too. But try to stay strong. Because it's going to be one last ride." TaruTaru said.

"Well… There's no denying it. So I might as well have to get used to it."

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"I'll get it." Klug said as he went up to get the door.

And I feel like time goes slow whenever I see people get to school. That's just my opinion.

"Hiya, Klug!"

"Oh, there we go." I whispered as there were more people at the door.

"Salutations, Amitie. Sig. Lidelle." Klug greeted them.

"Hello, Klug." Lidelle said.

"Hey, Glasses."

"Whatever." Klug said with a huge sweatdrop.

"I really can't believe it. One more day. I'm gonna miss Professor Accord." Amitie said, a little sad.

"I can't really believe it, either. It's been a long ride in terms of the fun times that we had together." Klug said.

"Yeah, that's true. But the good thing is, at least we will still see each other again, someday."

"Also not denying that."

"I wonder how we should spend our summer. It can't be really that boring if there's nothing we can really do." Lidelle said while trying to think of some ways we can make this change of scenery better.

"I have no clue." I said.

"I don't have one either." Klug said.

"I'm empty too. Do you guys have a clue?" TaruTaru asked.

"Well… there's always a beach that we can go to. It'd be so much fun! *giggle*" Amitie said.

"The beach, huh? I don't think there is one here, yes?" I asked.

"Yeah. But to be honest, I don't go there. Much." Klug said.

"I wanted to see how Ocean Prince is coming along anyways." Sig said.

"I don't think Ocean Prince might be there at this time, Sig." TaruTaru said to him.

"But, seriously, it will be a lot of fun with me, Sig, Lidelle TaruTaru, Klug and the one and only…"

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"Do you really need to knock 1,117 times in order for us to answer?!" Klug shouted after finally opening the door.

"Yup. It's the last day, so why not I do it anyways."

"Raffina." Amitie whispered with a sweatdrop.

"Happy last day, everyone! Oh, La-Ti-Da!"

We all greeted Raffina. There was no question about it.

"You guys are not excited for the last day?" Raffina asked, concerned.

"We are. It's just… hard to say goodbye to Ms. Accord. That's all." Amitie said.

"Oh… you actually do have a point there." Raffina said with a huge sigh.

"It's hard to tell what to do now. Especially when all of our hard work here is done." Klug said.

"Well, be honest, Klug. Sometimes, you were the one that was catching us off-guard all this time."

"W-What?! Why is that?! I would never do that!"

"Well, she has a point, Klug. All of your quarrels with Raffina had us lose concentration in schoolwork. And mostly, I would fail." Amitie said.

"Yes, that's true. But that doesn't mean I was making you guys look bad! The reason I was only bullying Raffina was because I figure she wouldn't be as smart as everyone else."

"I am smart, Klug. Well, not all the time. But, I came to graduate just like you. That doesn't mean that I'm not like, very smarter than all of you. So you can't blame me for wanting to come to school just to be the most idiotic student in class. That's not my type."

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"Well… I guess you're not wrong." Klug said as he finally gave up.

"*sigh* I still wanna know what we are gonna do today." Raffina said.

"That's what we are trying to figure out." Everyone except Sig said.

"But I was thinking we throw another party? I guess."

"Well we just did one already. That was a few weeks ago." Amitie said.

"Damn, Ok. Umm… maybe we can go to Suzaran City just to shop?"

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"No. That may be boring." I said with a little sweatdrop.

"Well, there's gotta be something we can do. I just don't want things to be boring on the last day."

"Yeah, I agree. We could at least go to the arcade on the last day. That's a comfortable place to be at. Or we could just at least hold another Puyo Tournament. Remember with Ms. Accord?"

"Well, that's correct. But I think it is unlikely to happen. I remember Ms. Accord saying that it is only a one-time tournament."

"Oh yeah. Fiddlesticks!" Amitie whined.

"Boy... we're so out of ideas." Klug said with a huge sweatdrop.

*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"I'll get it." Klug said as he was getting the door.

I'm pretty sure that's Ringo alright. On the last day, too. And not, Arle. I'm just still wanting to know how Arle doesn't actually come to school even though she has diligence. It's kinda insane that she didn't even come to this school. There are many schools and she didn't recognize there was Magic School?

"Salutations, Ringo. Maguro."

"Hey, Klug." Ringo said.

"What's up." Maguro said.

As expected.

"Wow… this is really your last day, huh? I'm surprised."

Ringo said.

"Me too, Ringo. We were eventually coming up with ideas on what to do." Amitie said.

"But unfortunately, we have no idea what to do." Klug said.

"Nothing? Really?" Ringo asked.

"That's a shocker." Maguro said.

"It really is. I don't want to end school with a boring goodbye." Amitie whined.

"It's not gonna be a boring goodbye. Me and Maguro found a way to celebrate your last day. And it's huge."

"R-Really?!" All of us shouted.

"Suzaran City is hosting a huge festival at a beach where there is games, food and a huge parade because of a sports team that had FINALLY, after 91 years, won a championship after a huge game winner."

"That Long?! Not a single title?!" I asked, with a shocked face.

"Nope. Suzaran NEVER won a title in any sport in those years."

"Ah, what the hell. I'm all in for it." Raffina said.

"Well that's good to hear. I heard everything was free." Ringo said.

"Say no more. I'm going."

"Geez, someone's in an ecstatic mood today." Maguro said while chuckling.

"Well… that'll be good… but why at the beach? Couldn't it be more than just a beach?" I asked Ringo, looking confused.

"I… believe that they said that they wanted to start off summer right so they chose the beach. I kinda did not believe it at first, but I guess it is what it is." Ringo said, with sweatdrop.

"*sigh* I guess I'll go to Suzaran. But only for a little while, because I gotta get prepared tomorrow." I said, while checking my phone.

"Are you sure? It's an hour long to get there. And it starts at 5:45 PM." Ringo said.

"So? I have nothing to do. Me, Raffina and everyone else don't know what to do."

"OR! We can do it like this: You and Maguro can try to get settled back in Suzaran and meet us at the train station once me and Kaze will do our thing and get everything settled."

"We?" I asked.

"Yeah. Don't you wanna pack anything before you go?" Raffina asked me.

"Well… I just wanna get changed. But I don't have my swimsuit so I can go inside the water, so I'll just change into some summer clothes."

"You don't have to get inside the water. We are not gonna be here forever."

"Oh… But what about you? What are you gonna do?"

"Me? I'll change into some honorable clothes for a beautiful girl like moi! Ohohohoho!"

"But don't think two people will come without me! Because I'm coming too!" Amitie said.

"Well… why don't I join along. I'm on my break for work anyway." Klug said.

"Do you wanna come, Sig?" Lidelle asked.

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"You see, this is what I'm talking about. Sig not paying attention every day." Raffina said in an annoyed tone.

"Hey, Sig." I said.

"Huh?" Sig asked.

"Do you um... want to come to Suzaran with us?" I asked him, blushing.

"Oooooh."

*SMACK*

"I know what you're thinking and it's not gonna happen." I said after I smacked Raffina in her arm.

"Ok. The way you were blushing. It sounds like…"

"Sure."

"Huh?" Me and Raffina said after hearing what Sig said.

"I said sure. I can go."

"Wow… just a straight-up accepted offer." Ringo said.

"I guess I was too polite for some reason." I said rubbing my head.

"Agreed." Amitie said.

But wait… the stone. I don't want Satan and Ecolo finding out where I placed it. I wonder if I should take it to Suzaran with me. Just in case they are back for revenge.

"So how will you guys meet up?" Maguro asked.

"Well… we need to decide what we are gonna pack and then head to the train station. I think?" TaruTaru said.

"Um… I guess that's our only plan." Ringo said.

"But we need someone to watch Sig. He's gonna be taking forever to get to the train station." Raffina said,

"I guess I'll watch him then." Lidelle said.

"Are you sure? You don't have anything to take care of?" I asked.

"Well… I was gonna pack at first, but I don't know what I wanna pack so I guess I will be with Sig until we get there."

"Right…" I said with a sweatdrop.

"Wait. Is everyone gonna go inside the water?" Maguro asked

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"Well…"

*KNOCK *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

"Probably Ms. Accord." Klug said as he went up to get the door. Again.

I think this will be the final time we start class for the rest of our lives.

"Hi, Teacher." Klug said.

"Hello, Klug. Good Morning, Kiddies." Ms. Accord said to everyone including me.

"Good Morning, Ms. Accord."

"Good Morning, Teacher."

"I know… last day of school. One final day you will see me as your teacher. *sigh*"

"I know, Ms. Accord. I'm gonna miss you being my teacher." Amitie said.

"Same here." Raffina said.

"Same here." Klug said.

"Me three." Lidelle said.

"I do too." Sig said.

"It'll be emotional saying goodbye too." TaruTaru said.

"Yes. This is going to be one last ride. And then we're finally finished. Everything that I taught you kiddos will be finally over."

"But let's be honest. You guys had so much fun in meowr long years of school. Let me tell you kids, I could've… or rather WE… could've taught you guys for another 11 years if there was no age limit in School."

"I don't think that would be possible, Popoi. I'm just saying." Raffina said with a sweatdrop.

"Well… it's only my opinion. Meow."

"Now that you say that, it's kinda obvious for some reason that maybe I should stick around for a little while. Geez, I wonder what caused me to think that way. But I gotta ask. Why would it be so meaningless to not go to school at any age? I'm not trying to be facetious. But I don't think no one has talked about that." I said.

"It doesn't need to have a no-age limit, silly. Otherwise, you could've been in school forever. When I was around your age, I felt like school will last forever until I die, but seriously, school has an age limit for when you start and when you end." Ms. Accord said.

"What made you think of that? I'm curious." Popoi asked.

"It just slipped into my mind since you said that earlier." I said.

"I see. Meow."

"Alrighty now. Aside from the age limits, let us begin our lesson for this last day of school. Shall we?" Ms. Accord said as we began class.

*3 HOURS LATER*

"Alright. Now with all of the Algebra stuff out of the way, It's time for some friendly Puyo battles one last time. I hope everyone can do excellent." Ms. Accord said as we finished up Algebra.

"*sigh* Finally. I was getting tired anyway." Raffina said.

"At least we will get a break for once. I never had one of those in Suzaran High." Ringo said.

"I never had one either. We would be in class bored." Maguro said.

"Well. At least, these Puyo battles will help regain our strength, so never worry." Amitie said with a wink and a thumbs up.

"*sigh* I guess you're right, Amitie. There's no need to doze off in an important event, anyway. So I guess it will help wake me up." Raffina said as she was rubbing her eyes in order to not be asleep.

"*giggle* That's good to hear, Raffina. Now let us all choose an opponent and begin our matches. But this time, someone different." Ms. Accord said.

"WHAT?!" Everyone except me and Sig shouted.

"Hahahahaha! Surprised you all, didn't we?" Popoi asked.

"Yeah! Why someone different?!" Raffina asked.

"I was gonna plan on asking Raffina for a rematch, but what she asked. Why should we pick anyone different?" Klug asked, siding with Raffina.

"I'll tell you. I know you guys want to fight your friends in order to make things exciting, but it'll be even more exciting for me if you guys were to Puyo battle different people just to make things more livable for me."

"Well, I have no problem with it. I haven't faced Lidelle yet, so I want to face you." I said.

"M-Me?" Lidelle asked, a little worried.

"Yeah. You don't have to feel nervous. I'm not really that scary." I said to her in a nicer tone.

"Oh. Ok, we are friends after all." Lidelle said after hearing what I just said to her.

"I guess there's no going back now. I guess TaruTaru will be my opponent. But just this once, ok?" Raffina asked him.

"You got it." TaruTaru said.

"Hey, Klug. Do you wanna Puyo battle with me?" Ringo asked.

"Sure. Why not?" Klug said.

"I guess Maguro will be my only option for now." Amitie said.

"That's fine. Whoever you choose, I'm okay with it." Maguro said.

"Alright. Neat-o!"

"*giggle* Well that means you're just alone, Sig." Ms. Accord said to him.

"Oh. Ok." Sig said.

I could've asked Sig to Puyo battle me. Is he really ok with this?

"Alright. Now that you guys have decided who is going to challenge who, it's time to start setting up puyos." Ms. Accord said.

"Alright here we go!" Amitie shouted.

"Time for my calculation skills to rise up like crazy!" Ringo said.

"Well your calculation skills are crazy but do you think it would be enough to stop the future comet warlock?" Klug asked.

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"E-Erm… pardon me. I just got way too ahead of myself there. *nervous giggle*"

"So that means it'll be our last time we will face each other." TaruTaru said.

"Yup. No question about it." Raffina said.

"I'm sure we will do our best." Lidelle said in a more confident attitude.

"I agree. I was hoping there would be more competitive matchups, but it's always best to improve as well." I said.

"That's right, Kaze. Now let us stand face-to-face with our opponents and begin setting up our decks. Shall we?" Ms. Accord said.

*ONE SETUP LATER*

"Alright, is everyone ready?" Ms. Accord asked." We were all finished setting up everything.

"I'm always ready!" Amitie said.

"You bet." Raffina said.

"Indeedy!" Klug said.

"Yes, Ma'am." I said.

"Of course." Lidelle said.

"One hundred percent!" Ringo said.

"Totally!" Maguro said.

"Yes, Ms. Accord." TaruTaru said.

"Sure." Sig said.

"Ok. Good luck everyone. Do your best. No negativity. And have fun." Popoi said.

"If you say so. I promise I might be even better than the last times I had to play Puyo. I'm just trying to not make the slump worse." Raffina said, trying to state her claim.

"Don't worry, Raffina. You don't have to start getting crazy to win. Remember, it's always about taking your time, and trusting your instincts in order for you to master the advanced skills." Ms. Accord said to her

"Besides, you were really beating me up when you faced me with all of them six-chains and seven-chains." Klug said.

"I know, but once I face new people, they are not gonna be the same as you are right now. That's why I need to make sure I train harder in order to not make this a bigger problem for me."

"Well, you are tough, Raffina. You don't need to work hard every day in order to become the strongest Puyo player you are. Everyone wants to see what you can do. That's all." Amitie said.

"Yeah well I still need to improve more to reach a more how I say… "queenly" level."

"Right…" Amitie said with a sweatdrop.

Let's just see how "Queenly" this will be.

"Now then let us begin our matches to improve." Ms. Accord said.

*10 MINUTES OF PUYO BATTLES LATER*

"TIFONE!" Lidelle shouted as we were the only ones left fighting in this long battle. I never even knew how strong Lidelle was from the start.

"This doesn't get any better than this." Maguro said.

"I don't even know how this got competitive." Raffina said.

"I'm surprised myself. SHADOW DUNK!" I said as I was trying to reflect Lidelle's five-chain with a six chain.

"Well, telling how competitive it is, one at least should've been defeated by now." Klug said.

"Hopefully." Raffina said.

"I… Never mind!" Lidelle shouted as she got smashed by a large amount of Puyo.

"Finally! It's over!" Raffina shouted as she was happy that this Puyo battle was over.

"Wowie! That was the craziest Puyo match I've ever seen." Popoi said.

"Yeah. I didn't know Lidelle was that strong playing Puyo." I said.

"W-Well… I was trying my best." Lidelle said.

"No question about it."

She sure looks beat up. Luckily she will get to recover from most of the damage she took after this one. In the end, I'm still happy for her performance out there.

"Well… I think that's everyone, right? So let's see… who won again? We know Kaze won and I won. But I forgot who else." Ms. Accord said.

"Well I won this matchup…"

"I won as well." Ringo said, cutting off Raffina.

"I was victorious as well." Maguro said.

"Alrighty. So this concludes our last matchups for the year." Ms. Accord said.

"*sigh* Yup. And it was really fun while it lasted too." Amitie said.

"Hey. At least we can do some Puyo battles during the summer and for the rest of our lives." Klug said.

"Exactly. What Klug said, Amitie. There's no need to feel sad about the fact that we're not gonna be doing this in school anymore. We can do Puyo battles anywhere in this world, y'know." Raffina said, siding with Klug.

"Well… no doubt about it. Arle and her friends could actually do the same thing. Oops." Amitie said, while rubbing her head.

"Right… So what do we do now?" Ringo asked Ms. Accord.

"Oh. That's right. We're going to finish up the remainder of this class and then it will be all over." Ms. Accord said.

"I guess this will be the end. Boy." I whispered while looking away from everyone.

"What's wrong, Kaze?" Klug asked me.

"Huh? Oh nothing. Just talking to myself." I said to him.

"Oh..." Klug said with a sweatdrop.

I really should've not talked to myself. But whatever.

So school ended a few hours later. Let me just say that… It was really emotional. I almost teared up a few times because of how many students were really sad to leave Ms. Accord's classroom one last time. I mean I know I have been here for a few weeks, but for me, It was somewhat emotional because from what I recall, Amitie, Raffina, Klug, Lidelle and Sig were the only students that went to Ms. Accord's school for more than a decade. It was such an emotional goodbye now that they have grown up. No wonder how it's way more emotional than my goodbyes with teachers that I knew back in my world.

So now, what's next for me? I have no clue… well until we get back from Primp Town. Right now, I'm guessing Suzaran City is where I can go for the remainder of the day. But first, I have to go home and change my outfit. We're going to a beach anyway, so why not throw on a more comfortable outfit. And I also cheered everyone up by telling them that we will still have fun during the summer and just stick to the plan that we all came up with during class and they agreed to it. So now we really have something to do for the rest of the day. But I wonder if they will be ok enjoying the rest of the summer here in Primp Town.

Aside from those points, I'm already home. So now I can try to get myself prepared for this long trip, so allow me to take care of myself.

So after I took a shower and everything, threw on a purple shirt with the white outlines on the sleeves, black jean shorts with a White K on the right side and some white veltura sandals (Which is the same outfit), grabbed everything I needed: My phone, snacks and the stone, just in case something bad happens, I now left the house and headed to the train station where everybody else is going.

I never been in Suzaran before, but 91 years? And no championship? How did they not manage to win just one title? Are they not really trying in games or are there rosters just to be horrible. But overall, I'm really happy for them winning the title. I just couldn't believe they went through this long curse.

Speaking of winning titles, I wonder how England is doing in the World Cup so far. I wonder if they won the cup. I hope Mom didn't punch another hole in the wall.

I was really hoping what I should do first once we arrive at this huge celebration. I hope there is not a lot of boring stuff that is going on around there because I don't want to spend that much time on having to listen to a celebration speech, even though they won a title. I just want to do some fun stuff right after. I'm not trying to take it too hard. I'm just only stating this for myself because I got a long ride back tomorrow and I can't be too sleepy to wake up. Especially when the red stone is the key item I need to protect at all times no matter how high the risk is.

"Hey, Kaze! You passed the train station!" I heard a familiar voice far away from me. Coming from all the way behind was Amitie and her said voice, Arle and Witch. I bet Arle and Witch were coming along too.

"The train station is right here! We were going over there!"

Crap, I didn't see that.

"Oh Yeah! I wasn't paying attention right there! I'll catch up!" I shouted as I was going after them inside my destination.

How did I not see that train station? My phone got me distracted.

And once I got inside the train station…

"Geez! Everyone is really ready!" Raffina said as literally everyone was here inside the station. In which I did not highly expect. But somewhat I like to see. Especially Sig arriving here.

"I know, right?!" Amitie shouted, sounding like she almost popped her veins from that.

"Geez, keep it down a little, will ya?! There are other people that can hear you." Klug said, trying to remind the two.

"Sorry about that." Amitie and Raffina said, being a little embarrassed in themselves.

"So what time does the train come?" I asked any of my friends.

"It will pull up shortly. It's not gonna be that long, so we should be fine for now." TaruTaru said.

"Oh ok."

"So how is the stone coming along?" Arle asked me.

"Oh it's going alright. I brought it with me just in case I don't find anyone taking it from me." I said.

"Are you sure you want to bring it? I'm sure you might lose it for any purpose during this trip." Raffina said, a little worried about the fact that I might lose the stone while we are on this trip.

"I'm not gonna lose it. Don't worry. I'm gonna make sure it is safe in my pocket this whole time." I said.

"Ok. I'll trust you just for this one time."

"I still want to know what it does though." I said, being concerned about it.

"You know, now that you say that, Satan said something about a certain ability that this stone holds. I wonder what ability it holds though." Arle said.

"Oh, that's right. I want to know what it really does too. Witch, do you know anything?" Amitie asked.

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"W-Well… I don't know. It's really confusing to point out since this is my first time seeing such a shiny object like that." Witch said, looking a little confused.

"It's fine if you don't know. I don't think you were part of this, anyway. But I'll help fill you in along the way." I said.

"I already helped her out, Kaze." Arle said.

"Oh."

"It's been almost a week since that stone was here." Amitie said.

"I know. I hope these last hours will finish strong with the stone in perfect condition and always in my control before I return to the United Kingdom." I said.

"These hours will finish strong. Trust us. We'll make sure nothing happens to you or the stone." Amitie said.

"And besides, I wonder what this United Kindom place will come up with once you identify the stone to anyone. Although you might not know anyone there." Klug said.

"Well, I'll get to that soon. But right now, my mother will help deal with this situation. I told her about it a few days ago." I said.

"Speaking of your mother, is she your only parent? Because you speak about her mostly. Don't you have a father?" Raffina asked.

"Yeah, of course. Let me just say that… he doesn't arrive home much."

"Really?!" Everyone shouted.

"The only thing he does is just travel around the whole world. He's just a traveling geek, to put it specifically." I said.

"I gotcha." Raffina said.

"Travel around the world, huh? Geez, does he always get tired while he does these things?" Witch asked me.

"No, not all the time. He just stays in hotels for a week or so and he just keeps traveling around. That may be his personal hobby or whatever."

"He kinda does act like me for some reason." Witch whispered, feeling a little concerned.

"I don't think it's possible, Witch." Arle said to her with a sweatdrop.

"Hey, guys. The train is about to pull up." TaruTaru said.

"Oh alright. Wait, is everyone ready? Got everything that they need?" Raffina asked all of us. All of us said yes to everything that we got.

"Alright. Let's do this."

The ride didn't take long as I am now in Suzaran for the very first time. From the looks of this place, it was very huge. There were a lot of restaurants and clothing stores. Even skyscrapers here. And there were a lot of people here. It seemed to me that Suzuran is really a normal city. And I think it's quite nice around here. But I don't think it would topple the United Kingdom though. It seems to have a bigger environment than Suzaran.

"Whew. It's been awhile since I've been in Suzaran." Arle said.

"No question about it. I see a lot of things have changed since we last got here. I wonder where I should start off, first?" Raffina said, looking very surprised at what Suzaran looked last time.

"So what do you think, Kaze? It looks really nice, right?" Amitie asked me.

"Yeah, it kinda does. I never knew that this was a real city to begin with. Although, there's not much I can do around here… well partially few." I said.

"It'll get even better." Raffina said to me. "I wonder what we should do first because it'll be hard to find Ringo with how big this city is."

I wonder if she has a phone. It would be hard to tell where she would be without something that we can use to communicate with each other. Otherwise, searching them with all of us would be our only trump card.

"Well… let's face it, I remember that she owns a shop, right?" Amitie asked.

"Yup. That's what I know." Arle said, already processing it in her thoughts.

"I know that too. I remember her saying that last one or two weeks. Should we check there instead? Although I might not know where it is." I asked.

"Wait, she owns a shop?!" Raffina asked.

"Yup! Pretty cool, huh? I was surprised myself when she first said that. I was almost psyched for some reason!" Amitie said.

"I'm guessing she is like Akuma doing these similar types of businesses." Klug whispered.

"True. But it's just different categories." TaruTaru said to him.

"But should we walk? Couldn't we take bikes and do that?" Witch asked.

"No, I don't think so, Witch." Arle said to her. "And besides, you have a broom that you can fly on, right?"

"Yeah, but one: I don't wanna take too long dropping off all of you with this beauty. And two: I don't want people to know the fact…"

"The fact that you are not realistic? Let me see that

magic, girl." Then a random boy who is almost taller than Witch came up to us without prejudice.

And Witch was annoyed at what he just said.

"C'mon! You got a child-like body that can do magic for all people, right?!"

"Pssh! You want to see magic? Ok, umm… how should I put this…" Witch said as she summoned her broom and then…

"How about I earn RBIs for smashing down that ugly face of yours? How do you like that for an exchange?" Witch said with a huge smirk.

"W-WITCH!" Arle yelled.

"Oooooh!" I heard some people feel surprised at Witch's backfire.

"Ok. Ok. Ok. Now lookie here… um… that kinda hurt me a little bit… but uh… aren't you too young to be offending people who are not just as corny as you are today. *one giggle*"

"I don't know what you mean by "corny", but unless you get out of my sight, I shall have every girl there is in this area line up and start whacking you with this broom right here." Witch again backfired.

"Damn…" More people, especially came to this incident.

"Can you leave this girl alone, Royce?! She don't even want to deal with your annoying ass!" One girl shouted.

"Why? I can't have my fun?! Y'all trippin'! That's why she don't like any of y'all!"

"Tch! Like we care! I think I'm going to give you a little proper punishment!" Another girl shouted as multiple girls were going after the boy.

"A'ight, Chill! Y'all gave me enough beatings already! I told y'all it's goin' take every since one of y'all to whoop my ass! Uh… gotta go!" The boy said as he ran away from us and a group of girls. Most of the townspeople laughed at this scenery.

Wow… what a umm… scenery. We didn't have one of these issues back in the United Kingdom.

"Sorry about that. That boy over there was Royce you met. Most of us people are annoyed by his antics that he does. But in the end, he just has a cool personality." The first girl said to Witch.

"It's fine. I wasn't going to tolerate his disrespect anyway. But thanks for helping me out." Witch said.

"Anytime. He might come here any day of the week, some people might say but he won't bother you all the time. Alright, take care now." The second girl said.

"Ok. You too." Witch said as the girls kept on walking.

"My… goodness! Look what you just encountered!" Raffina said to Witch with a surprised look.

"I don't even know what happened myself." Witch said with an annoyed look on her face. And I could tell she just wanted to pretend that she didn't even notice what was going on. "I didn't even know this boy was going to be invading our conversation."

"Well he shouldn't have been rude to you from the start." Arle said. "And why would you insult strangers like that? You know they could fire back at all times if you do something so sudden like that."

"I'm just only trying to help myself out, Arle. And for all of you guys. AND I was just gonna say that I don't want people to know the fact that I can create magic like you guys do although my name is Witch, of course."

"You'll be fine. Just try to hide your identity for as long as we're here. If anyone asks your name, just try to come with a random name."

"A random name?"

"Yeah. That way you won't have to worry about being insulted by your personal name right now and they'll just call you that."

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"Ok. Your right, Arle. I always wanted a real name but I'm only going to do this once… but what should I call myself though?" Witch asked, looking confused.

"How about Sophia?" I asked her.

"Sophia?" Witch said.

"There were a couple of those names used back in my world, so why not I recommend that name. Do you want that?"

"Sophia… Sophia… yeah… Sophia… You know… it really sounds like a beautiful name. I kinda like it." Witch said, really satisfied with the name.

"Wow. Well there you go." I said as I didn't know what to say about that accepted response.

"Wicked! Now Witch has got a new name! Congratulations, Wit- I mean, Sophia!" Amitie shouted right out of the blue.

"Thanks, Amitie." Witch whispered with a sweatdrop.

"To be honest, I kinda like that name too. I think it's really nice to say too." Arle said with a smile.

"I'm not gonna doubt it, either. It's way too beautiful." Raffina said.

"There's not a lot of people who are recognized with that name, so why don't we just stick with it for a little while?" Klug asked.

"We are. It's only going to be for this trip. Because I don't want that new name to last forever. It sounds kinda thirst-quenching." Witch said.

"Umm… understandable." Klug said with a sweatdrop.

"Alright, so why don't we try walking around to see where Ringo and Maguro are at?" I asked.

"Are we getting bugs along the way?" Sig asked.

"M-Maybe later, Sig." Lidelle said to him.

Always wanting to search for bugs everywhere we go.

"I'll show you where Ringo is! She might be at her place! Follow me!" Amitie said as she was speed walking away from us without us even knowing where to go.

"H-Hold on, Amitie! *sigh* We better go after her." I said with a huge sweatdrop.

"Agreed." Raffina said as we all were catching up to Amitie.

It took awhile for us to catch up to Amitie as we were moving up further in Suzaran. But there was still no sign of Ringo or Maguro in either area here. But our only destination is Ringo's shop so at least that's that.

Raffina decided that we should've split up in order to look for them but we all decided against it because that would take up too much time to find each other again and the party starts in 15 minutes so we had to keep on going.

I wonder why Ringo used to live here. It would really be hard to find people around here with the city this big. It's kind of like a maze.

"Still no sign of Ringo? She can be hidden in many areas." Klug said.

"I guess so. But the shop is our only option. We might not know if she is outside yet. She might be trying to put on some new clothes." I said.

"I guess she's doing that too. I'm thinking she may be a fan of this city too." Witch said.

"I wouldn't say "fan". It's just… let's try asking her. I bet she may come up with an answer of why she was living in Suzaran." Arle said.

"Alright. If you say so." Witch said with a sweatdrop.

"Wait! Is that an arcade?!" Amitie shouted as something caught her attention.

"Yeah, but we'll go to that later. We need to find Ringo first." Raffina said to her.

"I didn't know there was another arcade here in this world." Arle said.

"I didn't recognize that either. So there are arcades in this world, huh? I see." I said while I was looking around.

"You play games, Kaze?" Raffina asked.

"I play games super rarely. I don't do it often." I said.

"I see."

"I was hoping Maguro would be in the arcade. Would he be in there?" Amitie asked.

"Well… I don't know. He might be somewhere else. Let's try to keep looking while we can." Raffina said.

"Wait… is that…" Klug said as he was looking at someone very familiar.

"Did you see something, Klug?" Lidelle asked him. I haven't heard from here in a long while.

"That's probably them over there. By where the ticket booth is. But I wonder what they are doing over there."

"Well I don't know how they got over there, but at least we found someone important." Raffina said.

"Aren't they trying to wait for someone or are they just trying to stand there?" I asked.

"Well, we have no clue. Let's see what they're up to." Arle said.

"Right."

We all then headed towards Ringo and Maguro where the ticket booth is. I wonder why they are by the ticket booth, but it doesn't matter right now as we all decided to do what we must do now in order to have a wonderful time here in not only to celebrate our epilogue of school but for my last day here in Primp.

Mom. I will see you in the morning. Just you wait.

"Ringo!" Arle shouted.

"Oh! You all came! I thought you weren't coming for one second." Ringo said.

"There were many ways that we could've found each other if we wanted to." Maguro said.

"True. But we didn't know how so we all decided to move around to find you. The next Klug knew is that he saw you two." Witch said.

"Well it is hard to find people around this city so it does make sense." Ringo said.

"We tried going to your home, but I didn't know you would be outside." Amitie said.

"I may not be home, but I guess going there and just staying there may be your only option until I arrive." Ringo said with a sweatdrop.

"Why are you at a ticket booth?" I asked them.

"Oh. We were just trying to grab something to eat while we were waiting for the party to start, but we decided to take a break so we just had to stand there."

"We were going there too. I'm just wondering how far it would be from here. I really hope it's not that far." Raffina said with a sweatdrop.

"It's not that far, Raffina. Don't worry. I got a GPS on my phone and I could show you where it is." Ringo said.

"You have a GPS, Ringo?" Maguro asked.

"Yeah. It helps me get to where I need to be whenever I ask for a location. It's just a normal thing for me since I don't have any transportation."

"So you just walk to get to where you need to be?" I asked.

"That's right."

"I figured I could help you move faster by letting you on my broom and we can just go wherever you wanna go." Witch said.

"No no that's fine. I guess I could just walk at my own pace." Ringo said.

"Ok, fine. What do you guys wanna do now? Wait a couple of minutes?"

"Do you guys want to go to the store? We can grab some snacks while we wait?" Ringo asked.

"What do you guys think?" Raffina asked.

"Yes. I haven't anything all day so why not go to the store and pick up something." I said.

"Yup. I'm gonna go get some ice cream." Amitie said with a wink.

"Of course. Just for some freaking ice cream." Raffina said while facepalming.

"I don't need anything. I'm gonna go with them." Klug said.

"Same here." Arle said.

"You don't have to get me anything. I'm good for now." Witch said.

"I-I'm fine." Lidelle said.

"I don't need anything right at this moment." TaruTaru said.

"I'm good for now." Sig said.

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"Well, ok. Do you know where the store is?" Raffina asked Ringo.

"Yeah. I'll show you. It's not far from here. Hey, Maguro. Do you want to lead these people to the beach while we go to the store?" Ringo asked her friend.

"Sure thing, Ringo. This should be a piece of cake so never worry." Maguro said while chuckling.

"Yeah. Ok, so I'll show you where the store is. Follow me." Ringo said.

The four of us reached the store where there were not a lot of people inside. Probably because they might be celebrating at the beach. Hey, I may not know much about this place, but it's only my opinion.

But this store had a whole bunch of things. Cereal, Chips, Juice, Fruit, Brownies, Cake, whatever the kind. And for me, I was surprised myself when I first got in. It looks like a really special store that I'm walking in.

"So do you guys want to split up and search what you want? I'm gonna go get some marshmallows." Ringo said.

"Sure. I'm gonna go see if there are some sugar cookies." Raffina said as she left the three of us.

"She eats sugar cookies?" I whispered to myself, being confused.

"Well… I'm gonna go find that ice cream. If there are some around here. Toodles~!" Amitie said as she walked down the dairy section.

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"Well… I'm gonna go find some chips." I said to Ringo.

"Alright. Hurry back." Ringo said as we both splitted up and moved to where we are now getting.

I kinda like this store. It kinda has all the foods, snacks and drinks there are. It's like this store is brand new.

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But… no wonder how we didn't get anything like this back in my world. It's really inconsiderable at this point.

Although we have a lot of things there.

I now reached the section where the chips were at and the chips were so brand new. I didn't even know what I wanted to get my hands on. But for now, I'm only gonna take one bag of chips.

But what do I really want? They got the same bags from my world.

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Gah! Why does it matter?! I'm just gonna take what I want! I feel like I'm asking too much right now! Let me just stop questioning it!

"Hey. Are you feeling ok?" I then heard a voice aside from me.

From my right came a girl with long red hair and blue eyes. She also had wings on her back just like Ciel and Harpy and a Halo on top of her head. She was wearing a black T-shirt with a red X in the middle along with a red wordmark underneath saying "No One Outranks The President" (No wonder why it was named that.)

She also had on some really nice jean shorts which were black but with red stitching all over it and had on these black and red flip flops. But one thing caught my attention according to her outfit.

Wait. President… Is she?

"You seem to be not yourself. Is something troubling you or anything?" The girl asked me.

"Gah! Sorry about that. It was just that I thought about something very random. I should've just kept it private." I said, a little embarrassed in myself for what I just did in public.

"No no. It's fine. I understand how you feel right now." She said.

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"By the way… your outfit looks very nice. I think it suits you well." I said to her while I was grabbing a bag of barbecue chips and looking at her outfit at the same time.

"Really? Well for me, I would often wear sweaters often , but if you think it suits well, then yours is way nicer than that."

"Thanks. But I think your outfit is more favorable than mine." I said.

We then both laughed it off after experiencing our little chat on how we look.

"Well… wait, are you the only person in this store if I may ask?" The girl asked me.

"No, there are more people that are in this store. It's just that they are in different isles. Those people are just my friends." I said.

"Ah. I see. You know, for a second when I recognized you, I thought you were just gonna ignore me since you don't talk to people that you don't know. It's just my thought just pointed out that if I just talked to you, I thought you were gonna say something harsh you know, telling by the way you look. Please, forgive my invasion of privacy."

"No no no! You didn't invade my privacy. It's just… I just have a calm personality and I'm just kind just like how I was to you. Well, speaking of personality, did some people try to make you feel irritated?"

"Irritated? How do you mean?" The girl asked, a little confused.

"I mean, did anyone try to make you mad, uncomfortable, maybe… irate?"

"Well a few girls piss me off sometimes but mostly, boys are the worst. Especially this one boy I know named Royce."

"Royce? Hey, I saw him earlier when I first got here in Suzaran City. Wait, you two knew each other?" I asked.

"Yeah. In school. I always have to track him down in the hallways in order to stop him from doing silly antics that he does, such as goofing off in the hallways and playfighting all the time. Wish he would stop doing that." The girl grumbled.

"Well… I saw him try to insult a friend of mine and she started to counter him and made a group of girls go after him. So luckily he'll leave her alone for a little while. So wait, why were you tracking him down?"

"Well if you must know, I'm the Student Council President of the Light Academy. I have to keep an eye on everyone to make sure that they are in class on time and they don't start causing chaos."

"Oh you're the president, huh? Well… I'm sorry to say this, but… I just got to know someone who is from the Student Council of the Light Academy just like you."

"R-Really?! Who did you meet?!"

"I just met Ciel. We both met at the museum back at Primp Town. And she told me that you must be the Student Council President that she was talking about in which I already know you are."

"Yeah. I know. Damn, so you and Ciel know each other, huh? I'm surprised she got to know a generous person like you."

"Yeah… And I also didn't know that she shares the same trait as I do. But it's kinda different." I said.

"Well she is very diligent so I would rely on her. Roco, hell no. I still like her as a friend since we have known each other for so long, but she's just way too ridiculous to act like a secretary in the Student Council. Lux and Abyss, I rely on those two sometimes, but I don't feel like I talk to them much. It's just… let's just say I don't have a strong tendency to make them do much work in our long-lasting Student Council organization."

"Oh ok. You know those four, I see. But I don't think we have formally met. Not in a LONG while."

"Oh yeah. We should have done that a long time ago. My name is Floré. What's yours?"

"I'm Kaze Matsuzaki. It's really hard to pronounce, but naming me Kaze will be much better."

"Kaze, huh? It sounds like I'm seeing a sakura blossom tree in Japan?"

"A... Sakura blossom tree in Japan?" I asked, looking confused.

"You don't know what it is, don't you?" Floré asked, also looking confused.

"No. I know Japan. But I don't know a Sakura blossom tree. Let me look it up." I said as I pulled out my phone.

"You have a phone?" Floré asked.

"Yeah. I got this back in Christmas. It was special for me."

I looked on Google to see what a Sakura blossom tree looks like. And what I got from the pictures show pink leaves that are in trees.

"My, they kinda look pretty." I said as I was looking at pictures of Sakura blossom trees.

"By the way, you didn't have to look it up. I was trying to tell you what your name sounds like."

"Oh ok. No worries." I said while putting away my phone. "Oh… By the way, Floré, were you planning on going to this beach party in Suzaran?"

"Yeah. That's why I came to this store. Just to look for some snacks that I can bring during the beach. But I'm not going inside the water. I'm an angel. I don't want to lose my ability to fly around anywhere."

"Understandable."

"So yeah… geez that was a long chat, right?" Floré asked, checking the time on her phone, and once she checked the time…

"Shit! Er… I mean Crap! I'm three minutes late!" Floré shouted, sounding like she was in a panic.

"Three minutes late?" I asked.

"You don't remember?! The party starts in 5:45 PM!"

"Crap! And everyone is worried about me too! Let's just try to get our stuff and go to the beach! I'll meet with you later!"

"Right!" We said as we all tried to get the stuff that we wanted and tried to split up.

For me I had to move as fast as I could and tried to catch up with my friends.

"*pant* *pant* Sorry about *pant* that." I said as I finally caught up to my friends, looking out of breath.

"Finally! What took you so long?!" Raffina shouted.

"S-Sorry. It… was just hard to find what snacks I wanted to bring so I had to just take the chips and just go. I'm not gonna be wasting any more time."

"*sigh* Ok. I'm not gonna say anything. Let's head to the register." Raffina said.

"What time is it?" Ringo asked.

"5:49." I said.

"What?! Wow, we really gotta go! Let's purchase everything and get out of here, ASAP." Ringo said.

"Right!" We all said.

After we purchased the items that we wanted, we all headed straight for the beach. I never knew that conversation with Floré would take up a lot of time for us to miss a few minutes of the party.

It's kinda disappointing that I would be distracted with someone that I had a good conversation with, but at least I had to show respect for the "president". I must feel obliged for myself.

"So did Suzaran announce what games and food they are having during this celebration?" Amitie asked Ringo.

"Well… I'm not sure. I haven't read rumors on those things yet. But we'll check once we get there." Ringo said.

"Oh. Well it's still going to be a ton of fun." Amitie said.

"No question about it. I wonder what I will choose first. I may not be here a lot but I really want to see what it is there to do. What do you plan on doing, Kaze?" Raffina asked.

"I'm not sure. This is my first time here in Suzuran so I'll figure out something." I said.

"Have you ever gone to parties, Kaze?" Amitie asked me.

"Not often. I go to some parties, but I don't take part in celebrations."

"Oh. That sucks."

"I heard it was gonna be fun though."

"It will, Kaze. Let's just how much British talent you will bring into this party." Raffina said while wrapping her arm around my neck.

"Wow. Thank you, Raffina. Always being respectful." I said with a sweatdrop and wrapped her arm around her neck.

"Well that's what friends are for. Always having each other's back…"

*PINCH*

"GAH!"

"And not bringing up anymore of your silly jokes. You got that?" I asked her while pinching her neck really hard.

"Ok! Stop, Dammit! It hurts when you pinch my neck like that!" Raffina shouted as I let go of her neck and she started rubbing it.

"Geez, now my neck is going to hurt after this."

"Hey, you wanted this. But just to be fair, we're gonna have fun. I swear."

"Yeah. Your right. It is your last day so why don't we spend time one last time as friends?"

"You bet."

"Don't forget about us!" Amitie and Ringo said.

"She don't care about none of you."

*SMACK*

"Don't mind her. She's always wanting to tease me as much as I would love to hit her so much." I said as I smacked Raffina in the back of her head. "But I really thank you guys for everything. Always having my back. I really needed someone that I can talk to after all these times that I have been in this world. At first, I thought I would be in a world full of jerkwads who just wanna be rude, but in reality, you guys were really kind to me."

"Don't mention it! We will always be there for you whenever you need us! You really are special of course! But… I really am gonna miss you." Amitie said.

"I'm gonna miss you too, Amitie. You too, Raffina and Ringo."

"Anytime, girl." Raffina said with a smile.

"We will always be friends, forever, Kaze." Ringo said with a smile.

"And until the end." I said with a smile.

"And Arle might miss you too, you know. Schezo, Ragnus, Serilly, Harpy, all of us." Amitie said.

"Yup. Well said, Amitie." I said.

"I see the beach. I think we are in for a treat." Ringo said.

"Yup were definitely in for a treat." I said.

The four of us are now at the beach where we were supposed to catch up to the others. And it was… CROWDED! Almost a swarm of people are now in this beach celebrating their title as there was music, games, people in the water. They were really excited about winning the title.

"Wait, Ringo. I forgot to tell you. Which sport did Suzaran win their first official title in?" I asked Ringo.

"Oh, right. I forgot to tell you. They won their first ever title in Hockey. And it was very close, everyone's hearts were pounding. Even the game went to the fifth overtime with multiple players nearly scoring the last goal of the game until one of the players from our team scored the last goal. Everyone went super wild when that happened." Ringo explained.

"That's crazy. Is that real?"

"Of course it's real, silly. It was one of the greatest moments in history. There is a reason why this party was set up."

"Dang. You have a point." I whispered with a sweatdrop.

"But where's Arle and the others?" Amitie asked as they appeared to be scattered in this area.

"T-They should've been with Maguro. I wonder where they would end up." I said.

"I might not be sure. Should we search the area?" Ringo asked.

"Duh, let's do that." Raffina said.

"But are we doing this together? We don't wanna lose each other because of this many people inside this beach."

"We are gonna stay in a group, Kaze. There may be a lot of people to get by but we'll look after each other."

"Ok."

We all then started our search to look for the gang while trying to get by a lot of people. It was not the first time in my life that I have seen this many people at a beach before. There would be many people at the beach in the United Kingdom but not this many here. It's going to be a lot of work to do around here.

"Ugh! Why is this so hard to get by?!" Amitie whined.

"I mean it's a party, Amitie. So we just gotta get used to what is happening around here." Raffina said.

"Once we find who we gotta find, then we'll get everything sorted out and do what we wanna do, ok?" I asked Amitie.

"Let's go to that concession stand over there. I think that's where they might be." Ringo said.

"Yeah. I probably think so." Amitie said.

"I was thinking they were trying to get something to eat there." I said.

"Alright, come on. There's too many people that we need to get by. We need to keep going." Raffina said.

"Right."

We all then had to keep on walking, getting through more people in which the whole area is going to be blocked by so many people.

I know we were supposed to have fun this evening, but with this many people around, we can't even get to where we need to be. It's just crazy that everyone is really enjoying this celebration right now. It's like there is a huge concert going on around here.

As much I enjoy having more space, I just really love to enjoy the view and the sun. Looking at it, it seems really pretty. I just couldn't take my eyes off of it. And it really is the best way to end my vacation here in this world that I'm in right now. The world of Puyo Puyo.

But anyway, we were almost at the concession stand. And It didn't even take five minutes for us to reach there so I guess we still have time.

"Oh! I see Arle! Over there!" Amitie said as she pointed to where Arle is at the concession stand. Next to her is Witch.

"Good looking. Now we have a chance to reach them." Raffina said as we continued to keep moving.

Finally, someone we can come close with. There are so many people to get by.

"Hey! Arle! ARLE!" Amitie yelled.

"You don't need to yell so loud, Amitie! Otherwise, you might pop your veins!" Raffina shouted at her.

"Amitie?! Is that you?!" I heard Arle say.

"We're over here too! We're coming!" Ringo shouted.

These people.

"Oh, you made it! Good! I thought you would be lost for a second with all of these people." Arle said.

"I had a huge tough time getting by these people too. I wish there were more space than that." Witch said, looking very heated.

"We have a tough time too. All these people here taking up all the space in this beach. I wonder why we can't get to where we need to be at this rate." Raffina said.

"Where are the others?" I asked Arle and Witch.

"Maguro took Sig and Lidelle to the Arcade over there and Klug and TaruTaru had to go play the events that are in this beach." Arle said.

"Wicked! I'm gonna go to the Ar— ACK!"

"Calm down, you wild animal!" Raffina shouted as she grabbed onto Amitie's shirt and pulled her back to us.

"Why did you guys split up?" I asked.

"Well… Let's just say we just wanted to have fun and do what we wanted to do. Maguro said it was okay with it." Arle said.

"You guys weren't supposed to do that! You should've just waited before we even arrive!" Raffina said.

"But why? There's so many people that are wanting to come inside and it'll feel like we are just blocking up the entrance." Arle said.

"She has a point, Raffina. I know we should've looked after each other, but other people are wanting to get in too. And we all, like I said before, should have fun. So let's just enjoy the moment that we are having." I said to her.

"You don't have to worry about what the others are doing right now. They are all just enjoying their time like they should. So let's all have a good time while trying to find a way to get through traffic." Ringo said.

"Yup! That's right!" Amitie said with a thumbs up.

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"*sigh* Alright. If you guys say so. I guess we'll have a good time. Hey, Ringo. What time does the party end?" Raffina asked.

"I… think the party ends at 8:00 PM." Ringo said while trying to put in her thoughts.

"I guess that may be enough time for us to enjoy the moment that we're having as friends." Raffina said.

"No doubt about it, I'm hoping to find what's there to do around here." Ringo said.

"Hey, I wanna go with you Ringo. I wanna see what's there to do too." Arle said.

"Well, ok. Let's go together then." Ringo said as the duo left to see what is there to do.

"Welp. I'm gonna go to the arcade! See you guys later!" Amitie said as she went to the arcade.

"I guess it's just the three of us, then." Witch said.

"You guys want to go play the events?" Raffina asked both of us.

"Well… I'm just gonna go watch the view. I kinda like the view. So I'll just grab a chair and watch."

"Watch the view, huh? Alright. Do what you wanna do."

Witch said.

"I guess it'll be me and you Witch." Raffina said.

"Definitely. Oh, wait! I wanna see what's over there! This sounds interesting!" Witch shouted as she was pointing at what seemed to be a card game.

"Wait! Hold on, Witch!" Raffina said as she chased after her, leaving me all by myself for this one.

So now that the others did that they want, the only option for me now is to sit at the concession stand until I find what I want to do.

"Hey, Ma'am. Did you want anything?" I heard a lady calling my name from behind. I bet I was the only person that was wanting to get something in which I didn't want to at the moment.

"Oh. Have you seen any chairs here at this beach that I can sit on?" I asked her.

"Chairs? Um… There might be some over there by where the surfboards are at." She said as she pointed at where the chairs are at.

"Oh ok. Thank you." I said as I left the concession stand and went over to where the chairs were at.

I now grabbed one and went over to a spacey area where I can just enjoy the view. It looks pretty by the way.

Wow… I can't just stop staring at it. This is what having a peaceful time feels like after all.

Author's Note: *sigh* Finally! Finally! Finally! I can relax now after having a lengthy amount of work to deal with in almost 2 Months. It felt like I'm sleeping on the ground because almost every chapter took me a lot of thinking to help me understand the plot of each chapter. Really. I just couldn't focus because mainly I was just thinking about the ending of Puyo Puyo but the ending will come in the next chunk of chapters. You just gotta be patient though. Because I'm gonna take a lot of time thinking about what I want to write in each chapter. Like I said, this story is gonna be fun, entertaining, and funny to watch. So I'm sorry if I took so many days to update the next chapters.

Now, with everyone having a good time here in this celebration in Suzaran's title, Kaze finally has a chance to celebrate her life in a beach where she can her last few hours. But what happens next, you'll find out very soon.

Finally, quick major change here. In Chapter 1, I decided to update a few things because there were some minor errors in that chapter I needed to fix so I apologize if I didn't change it. BUT! There was one change for MYSELF. If you're interested in what that is, go back to the Author's notes and find that out. Hint: I changed someone's appearance. But in the end, Chapter 1 is fixed. You can go back and read it.

So that's all I have to say. Like I said, there will be a next chunk of chapters. Good news, those chapters will be the last chapters of the Puyo Puyo series, so for me, I can finally move on from this series. I got nothing else in my sleeve that I can write about. Bad news, one chapter in that chunk will be short. I'm not gonna be wasting any more time to keep you guys updated in this story. So yeah. Only one chapter is gonna be short. So, always remember to stay healthy from the you know what. The COVID-19? That freakin' Endless ass pandemic that makes people test positive for it? Yeah. That. Always remember to wash your hands for 30 seconds. Avoid touching your face at all times. Cover your nose, mouth, etc. Always stay six feet from people who you know or don't know…

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And I'll see you guys in these LAST set of chapters in the Puyo Puyo series.