HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORO NI: BIO LIFE-FORM

Chapter 3: A New Person Chapter; Festival

Originally known as Onigafuchi, Hinamizawa was once plagued by what the villagers believed to be the Curse of Oyashiro-sama. Oyashiro-sama was the vengeful deity who looked over Hinamizawa and its inhabitants. He was an entity to be both feared and respected. His duty was to punish those who have sinned against him and the village. That was why each year during the Watanagashi Festival, the villagers would drift balls of cotton along the river. This was a so that they would not be targeted by Oyashiro-sama's wrath. Those who did not participate would be cursed. According to Oyashiro-sama's curse, there would be two victims; one victim would be killed and the other would be spirited away, never to be seen again. While such a belief would be seen as superstitious, the villagers believed in it wholeheartedly. It was their way of explaining the deaths and disappearances which took place each year after Watanagashi Festival.

Fortunately, the curse had been lifted last year, but that didn't stop the villagers from practicing the Watanagashi Festival, however. They in fact believed that Oyashiro-sama was protecting them and continued to worship the deity.

Right now, a sudden young amnesiac will learn very soon about this traditional.

In an unknown place which it looks like a lab, a man in a lab coat approached and spooked.

"You're perfect as always!" he said with a creepy grin. "You have made a great progresses, your cells have yet again evolved~!" he said with a voice that could make people shivered. "You did a great job, the blood in your hands are priceless!" He said with a creepy smiled again.

The person who looked around and listed everything what the man says and saw it's hands down, they were covering in...Blood...

Tenshi suddenly sat up his futon in cold sweat and panting. 'Another nightmare' he thought. He looking around and figured it out it was still dark.

He decided to go to the kitchen to get a glass of water, after drinking the water he was in deep thoughts. 'Why do I have these nightmares? ' He thought in questioned. He remembering of that dream he just have, for unknown reason he couldn't see the man's in lab coat face and then there was a room that looks like a lab, but to him it looks kind of familiar. He is so confused right now, these nightmares, one of the sceneries there were familiar and he doesn't understanding any all of it. He clutched his head as he trying to understand.

"Tenshi-kun?" he heard a voice and turns his head to see Rika.

"Rika-chan, what are you doing here?" He asked.

"I should ask you the same." She said.

"I just came here to get some water." He said. "Do you want something?"

"No, when I wake up a little bit I saw you weren't in your futon so I thought you went outside." She explained.

"Why did you think I went outside?" He asked.

"Because me and Hanyuu saw you go outside every night to look at the sky, Nipah!" Rika answered and finished with her catchphrase.

Tenshi blushed that, he didn't realized that he goes outside every night, it's been a week since his first day at school, he was feeling good after he freed himself from the surrounding walls and meet new people, it's like he never got the chance to go outside and meeting new friends, he was happy of this experiment.

As Rika walking to the kitchen then gazed to the sky from the window. "It feels nice to look at the sky at night, it helps us to refresh our minds, wondering how many stars are out there and enjoying it too." She said. After all those travelling to other worlds for thousands of years she can finally enjoy the night sky without worries, which that story is for another time.

"Let's go back to sleep, it's already morning so we still have few hours left." She said robbed her eyes tired, Tenshi only nodded.

Rika was fast asleep while Tenshi was still awake, he pulls out the winged locket then he spin the little key on it and open it, letting the melody play while he listening, is been 3 days, ever since he got this locket he always carried around with him, Dr. Irie did said it was from the pocket of his old cloths, he remembered that the girls have found him and brought him to the clinic where he woke up, but when he receive that locket he asked the girls what kind of cloths he wore, they simply says that he wore all black with a 'VP' in blue and to his surprise...blood stained, he was wondering how he was conferred in blood in the first, did he get hurt himself or something? He closes the locket and holds it tighter, he'll have to find out how.

Later in the morning, Tenshi and the girls were having breakfast while Rika and Satoko were discuses about a new trap for Keiichi.

"You can't do that is so evil!" Hanyuu whinnied.

"Oh come on Hanyuu, it's gonna be funny!" Satoko said with a grin.

"I think she's right, if that trap goes little too far Keiichi will be 10 times angry with you." Tenshi said while he does admitted that her traps on Keiichi were funny, but that trap she comes up with is a little too far he'll might go after and hurt her.

"Ohohohohohoho! Relaxes Tenshi-kun, they don't call 'Trap Master' for nothing. I know what I'm doing! Ohohohohohoho!" She said while laughing.

Outside at school, it was a quiet peaceful day for... "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" A terrify scream coming from the inside the school, what terrify thing could make a person's scream? What it's a ghost? What it's a demon? Did someone show the syndromes of the Hinamizawa Syndrome? Did someone finally see Hanyuu's horns? Its Miyo Takano's back? No, it was Satoko's trap. Inside the classroom, we found Keiichi lying on the floor with a terrify face, around him were fake snakes. Obviously, when Keiichi had opened the door, snakes were falling and landed on him which he noticed it and screamed of terror.

"Ohohohohohoho! Ara, Keiichi-san's had been caught by my trap! Ohohohohohoho!" Satoko laughing with pride as her trap had worked.

Keiichi quickly regain his consciousness as he got his eyes on Satoko. "SATOKO!" He shouts in furious as he began to chase the little trap master. "WAIT TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU, THEN-!"

POW!

Shion had hit him on top of the head with a big book. "Alright, that's enough." Shion said.

"Shion! Stay out of this!" Keiichi snapped with a bump on his head.

"Can't do that." Shion said, Satoko went behind her as she pulls her tongue. "Satoshi-kun asked me to take care of Satoko. If you go too far, you'll have to deal with me." She said with threatened and determination.

"Satoko's the one who's going too far here!" Keiichi snapped.

Shion looked at Satoko with puppy eyes. "I will have a talk with Satoko later." She said. "Becoming serious against a child's mischief is quite immature."

"It is just as Shion-san says!" Satoko smirked. "It was just a silly little game by an innocent child!"

"'A silly little game by an innocent child?!' That one nearly give a heart attack!" Keiichi Snapped. "And I'm so sick of her pranks!" Ever since Keiichi had transfer to Hinamizawa, he was always the victim of Satoko's traps no matter what, ever since he always tries to avoid those traps but sometimes he forget or plain luck, this sort of thing have been over a year now and he still falls from her trap, he wished that Satoko didn't have the knowledge of traps and being just a little girl. But if she didn't have that knowledge all of them couldn't fight back the Yamainu, during their battle against them, Satoko's trap were impressive and dangerous for such a young girl, if she hadn't that knowledge then all will be lost and there will be no other chance for Rika.

"For your information; there 'trap' not pranks, haven't you learn already? Haha!" Satoko corresponded him which to his annoyance.

"Good morning everyone!" Chie-sensei said as she entered the classroom. "Take your seats, we will begin very soon."

Satoko pulls her tongue and Keiichi growled.

For Chie-sensei, being the only teacher in Hinamizawa and teaching kids of all grade levels simultaneously was a challenge. Fortunately, she gave the younger ones enough attention and the teenage students could help with the younger students as well. She also had to teach all the subjects for their curriculum, which was a challenge as well, but she was happy to mold young minds such as them.

She went from student to student, checking their work. She would help them in the areas if they had difficulties with but as she came to Rika's Satoko's and Hanyuu's desks, she saw Tenshi helping them, she overheard him explaining the girls some different ways to answer the problems, seems like that he didn't have any trouble with mathematics, since the day he transfer to this school. Chie-sensei couldn't help but smile, despite he's amnesia his very intelligent.

"Wow, this is simple," Hanyuu said as she close her notebook, "Your explanation did work, you're very smart, Tenshi-kun!"

First period was over and it was recess. The students have working hard on their maths, some of them had asked their teacher every 10 minutes, Mion being a grade higher and senior has also some difficulties which she asked Keiichi for help much to his annoyances.

"It was nothing Hanyuu-chan." Tenshi said while scratching his cheek in embarrassing.

"Well duh!" Satoko snapped. "If it weren't for you; we might have problems to figure it out those problems." She said.

"Despite your amnesia, you are pretty smart. Nipah!" Rika said. The of them were impressed that Tenshi was really smart despite his amnesia, Tenshi will always correspond on their homework if they made a mistake and explain the calculation.

"No really, it was nothing!" Tenshi said waved his hands and blushed in embarrassing.

"What are you four talking?" Coming from Mion as she and the rest of their friends coming to them.

"Oh, we just commented to Tenshi-kun for being really smart!" Satoko said at loud.

"Oh, really?" Mion smirked.

"No, no really I'm not that smart." Tenshi waved his hands again.

"Come on, there's nothing be embarrass for being smart!" Mion teased him.

"But still, is amazed you could actually be smart with a loss memory." Keiichi said as he was surprise by looking at his notebook from his desk, it shows the correct answers and not even one incorrect, himself being smart too could see that he didn't have any problems at all for a 12-year old.

Keiichi takes a few seconds to think then snapped his fingers. "That's it! Tenshi must be from a private school for smart kids!" Keiichi said as the others looking at him with a face of 'are you serious'. "Where else could he have learnt on math and French."

"I might have agreeing with Keiichi-kun." Shion agreed. "There are some private schools that could give good education."

Mion was dumbfounded by hearing her own sister agreeing with something so stupid but she does have a point, there are some private schools outside the village.

"No, yo no creo que sea eso." Tenshi said in Spanish.

...

...

"EEH!" Everyone cried in surprise hearing him said that.

"Tenshi-kun, you can actually spoke Spanish?!"

"Sugoi!"

"How many languages can you speak?!"

"Okay that conclude, he's definably from a private schoo- ACK!"

"Hau~ Tenshi-kun is cute when he spoke to a different language, Omochikeari!"

At the end of school day, discover that their amnesia friend could actually speak another language and had a club activity, the Gaming Club gang were currently walking home with them Keiichi is dressed as a bunny girl no doubt he lost a game again. As they walk they were talking about something important.

"Watanagashi Festival?" Tenshi asked.

"It's a festival that comes every June, and is this Sunday." Rena explained. "Every year, people go there to eat, play games and have lots, lots fun!"

"Say, Rika-chama, didn't you tell Tenshi about it?" Mion teased. "He lives at your house, and you nor you two didn't tell him?" She revered the two other girls.

"Mii. Guess I forgot, Nipah!" Rika said.

"You forgot? That wasn't what we expect from our little shrine maiden." Shion said.

"Please don't blame Rika-chan!" Tenshi bowed his head in begged. "I should be the one to ask her about it, please don't blame her!" He continued bowed his head, he was panicked.

"Now, now Tenshi-kun," Shion said. "Nobody's blaming Rika-chama."

"Yeah, you don't have to worry about it!" Mion said. "But are you coming to the festival anyway?" She asked.

"Hai!" Tenshi respond as he stops bowing.

"Geez, Tenshi-kun you don't need to be dramatic about it." Satoko said which everyone laughs about it.

Minutes later...

Tenshi, Rika, Satoko and Hanyuu came home but they went to the village's shopping district for groceries. The village's shopping district is a small shopping street, since Hinamizawa was a small community the villagers has a small number of shops but one of those shops has everything they need. Tenshi have already been there in the tour with his friends. The four of them have stopped in front the meat store.

"Good afternoon!" The Furude girls beamed.

"Oh! Hello there Rika-chama!" The shop owner said with a smile. "What can I do for you today?"

"We're here get some meat!" Rika said pointed at the meat inside the glass. "We like this one, please."

"Are you making something special tonight with this meat?" He asked.

"Curry." She responds.

"Curry, heh? But may I suggest you something better, what about beef?" The shop owner suggested. Rika shock her head, "No, just this meat we want." She responds.

"Okay." As the shop owner pick up and warp the meat he glanced at Tenshi. "And who is this young lad who companied with you?"

"Me?" Tenshi pointed himself and then he introduces himself. "My name is Tenshi Kage, good afternoon to you, sir." He bowed.

"I never see you around here, are you new in this village?" The shop owner asked.

"I've been in this village for two weeks, sir." Tenshi said. "And I live at Rika-chan's house." The shop owner is surprise by hearing this.

"Tenshi-kun has amnesia, so we took pity of him." Rika explained to the shop owner.

"Oh, amnesia. Sorry to hear this." The shop owner said. "You should be grateful for her kindness, you're not the only person she took to her house." He said to Tenshi. Satoko smile, she was glad that she was mentioned even being the daughter of the village's traitors they got over with.

"Well I wish you a good luck of getting your memories back. And I hope you'll enjoy the Watanagashi Festival that's coming." The shop owner said kindly.

"Thank you, sir." Tenshi bowed.

As the four of them continued their groceries, they came across a middle-aged men pulling a wagon with bags of rice, suddenly one of wagon's wheels detach which makes off balance and the bags of rice have fall on the ground. The four of them watch as the men try to fix the wagon, once he fix the wagon he pick up the bags but when he put one bag to his shoulder he fall to one knee and put his hand to his hip in pain, Tenshi saw this and decided to do one thing. "Hanyuu, can you hold this bag for a minute?" Tenshi gave the bag to Hanyuu as he walks to wagon.

The middle-aged men was too busy with his painful back for picking the bags of rice, just then he saw someone pick up by a young boy. "Young lad, that bag is too heavy for you-" Before he could finish his surprise to see Tenshi lifting up the bag and put to his shoulder, he place the bag on the wagon and pick up another one but instead of one bag he pick TWO bags and place to his shoulders which surprise even more the men, how could a child can lift bags of rice there were at least 125 lb.

Place it the last bag of rice to the wagon, Tenshi turn to see the middle-age men getting to his feet. "Are you alright, sir?" He asked the middle-age men.

"Oh, yes, yes and thank you for helping me pick up the bags." The men said as he begins to pull the wagon. "See you soon, young man."

Tenshi waved the men then went to join the girls, Hanyuu give him back the bag that Tenshi had let with her and they walk away.

"You were really nice for helping that poor man." Rika said. They have returned home after finished their groceries, once they have finished their homework Rika and Tenshi were cooking, obviously teaching the young amnesiac how to make curry. "Not only that; you were really strong for lifted those bags."

"Really, you think so?" Tenshi asked.

"Well of course, the last time I pick a bag of rice I have a hard time of holding it." Satoko said from the table she sit in front of with Hanyuu with her.

"But those bags were like light to me." Tenshi said which cause the girls to burst to laugh.

"Okay, maybe I get it now!" Satoko wipe a tear. "You must be an athletic, no wonder how you were able to dodge so well at the Zombie tag and at dodgeball." Two days ago, the gaming club have a game dodgeball and formed into two teams as for Keiichi he become a revere (probably he doesn't want a penalty game again), during to this game Tenshi was able to dodge every single ball with no difficult, he was quick enough to perform zigzags, bend his back like in the limbo and back flipping, but in the end he was out for shielded himself to Rika, the last person who got hit was Rena and Rika have given her a penalty game; dressing in a kindergarten uniform luckily it was a teen size.

"No, I don't think that might be it." Rika said. "If Keiichi said that Tenshi-kun took lessons from a private school, they said that the students were always busy on studying and bad at sports." Then she point at Tenshi's arm. "Besides, his arms are so skinny that he looks like he isn't."

Tenshi looking at his arms before he sweatdrop. As the two of them have finished preparing the curry they now letting heating for couple of minutes. As Rika checking the rice, Tenshi pulls out the locket, and play it and listening the melody coming out, Rika, Satoko and Hanyuu hearing the melody they see their housemate/friend listening it the locket in his hand with eyes closed. Rika thought for a moment and then snapped as she jogged to upstairs, Satoko and Hanyuu saw their friend/cousin ran off to upstairs in confused but then she returns with a roll of twine in hand and walk towards to the listener of the melody.

"Tenshi-kun." Tenshi's eyes open and he look at Rika. "Mind letting me your locket?" She asked held her hand open.

Tenshi looked at Rika then at his locket for a few moment then back at Rika, he close the locket and handed to Rika, then Rika went to the table and placed the locket on it, by taking a centimeter string from the roll and cut it by using her teeth. After finished, Rika shows at Tenshi her work; the string she cut is now being use as a necklace for the locket, the string was in color of white.

"I just though it'll be better if you wear it around your neck. Nipah!" Rika said then placed the necklace around Tenshi's neck. Tenshi held the locket on his hand and gazed on it, the he gazed at Rika. "Thank you, Rika-chan." He said sincere.

Today is the day, the day of the Watanagashi Festival has finally arrived. Everyone in the village were really looking forward to this Festival, because last year nobody had died or spirited away so they all though that their god haven't punished anybody and he forgive them, they all hope that this year everything will be alright but they all know that they must do the traditional to lift out their sins. The location of the festival is near the Furude Shrine were a dance will be performed it at night and the right time where a certain little girl with long blue hair will performed, the festival has all kind of different stalls which everyone will enjoying especially children as there are also game stalls to win prizes.

It was afternoon and near sunset, Tenshi still wearing his locket around his neck was walking direct to the festival alongside with Satoko, Rika and Hanyuu weren't with them, as they arrive at the festival Tenshi looking around to all the stalls they have, this was the first festival he'd ever been to as far as he knew, most of the memories of his past were gone but he'll make new ones.

The two of them saw three of their friends; Rena, Mion and Shion, and Satoko jogged to join them follow by Tenshi. As they joined their friends Tenshi noticed that there's someone missing. "Huh? Keiichi's not here yet?" He asked.

"Keiichi-kun will be here," Rena said. "We just have to wait for him."

"If he's running late, I'll give him a piece of my mind." Mion smirked.

"So this is the Watana-whatsyoucalleit Festival?" The gaming club member overheard that and saw three mans dressed like Harley bikers. "What's with all the stalls, didn't they said that it was a ritual to cleanse themselves of their sins?" Man#1 said.

"Obviously, they wanted to put more citizens like then old traditional!" Man#2 joked.

"Ha! As long there might be some booze, I don't even what to participate this ritual!" Man#3 said as all the three mans laugh.

The gaming club except for Tenshi looked at the three mans in disgust. "Those mans, who are they think they are?" Rena asked with anger in her voice.

"There are suddenly not from here." Shion said.

"Those mans must be the members of the trouble-maker bikers." Mion explained being the future head of her clan she has a conference alongside with her grandmother Oryo Sonozaki, yesterday, they have talking about how to deal with the biker gang. "They recently set a camp here in this village with their gang of bikers three days ago, they cause noises with their bike, scare off little kids, polluted the fresh air and living their empty bottles in different locations. We told them to leave but they refused, and then they threaten us." Mion finished.

"No kidding," A voice said everyone turn their attention to the first male member of the club; Keiichi coming forward them. "These guys had make such a ruckus that my dad has a hard time of concentrate his paintings, and I even saw them tried to flirt with the ladies." He said in disgust by remembering their way of flirting.

"Mion, haven't you call Oishi-san lately?" Keiichi asked.

"We have but his off town, but we did leave a message." Mion said.

"I just hope they won't interrupt this festival." Rena said eyed at the direction those mans took.

"Let's not let it bother us." All eyes were went to the source of the voice; it was none other than Rika in a miko outfit alongside with her was Hanyuu. "And we should have fun instead."

"Hau~! Rika-chan is cuter then even in her miko! Omochikeari!" Rena in her cute mode said.

Mion looked at her amnesia friend who looks at Rika. "Hey Tenshi, Rika-chan is cute in her miko isn't she?" Mion teased him. Tenshi was confused by what Mion asked, but by seeing Rika with the miko outfit he had to admitted she does look cuter with it, he begin to blush.

"OK, gang!" Mion announced clapping her hands, "Let's eat, eat, eat until we can't eat no more! First stop is the Yakisoba!" To Mion, the festival meant competitions between them all. Tenshi had learnt that his friends made competitions every year in the festival, the rules are the same the first one unable to eat anymore will get a penalty game.

The night was young and the Watanagashi Festival was in full swing. People were laughing and enjoying the games and candy which was being offered. Children were laughing and playing every game and winning a number of prizes for themselves or had older siblings who were winning the prizes for them. These children were the gaming club. Since the beginning of their competitions they have ate the Yakisoba, Takoyaki, Yakitori, Okonomiyaki, Ikayaki, Hotate Butter Yaki. "Ok next stop; the Shion-yaki!" Mion declared.

"Onee…" Shion snapped.

"Sorry Shion!" Mion apologized.

As they have ate the Shioyaki they now move to the desserts, even though some members are getting too full but that's exactly what the club president want, now on to the desserts; they had Cotton Candy, Choco Banana, Karumeyaki, Bebi Kasutera, Taiyaki, Crepes, Dango and… "AAAARG!" Seems like someone has a brainfreeze by eating the Kakigori, Keiichi was on the ground on back holding his head with his hands while his head was ice blue that goes from his forehead to his temple.

"Ha ha! What's the matter Keii-chan? Have you admitted your defeat?" Mion said as she holding her head cause of the brainfreeze. Everyone has brainfreeze by eating the Kakigori but except for Tenshi who just eating it like a normal person.

"Aarg…aaaarg…aargaarrag!" Keiichi couldn't say the right words as his brain was to cool. "Aaaarrrggh…aaaarrgghh…aarghh…aaalrrh!"

"Ohohohohoho! Look how Keiichi-san is, he had such a big brainfreeze he couldn't say a right word! Ohohohohoho!" Satoko giggled.

"He said 'Don't think I'll give up! Having my brain freezing is nothing!'." Tenshi translate.

Keiichi stood up, and holding his fist, "Aaarrhhl…aaarlggh…waaargght!" He said.

"'I'll even take another one!' he said." Tenshi translate and took another spoon.

"How the heck did Tenshi understand that?" Satoko mumble with a sweatdrop. "More importantly; how the heck Tenshi doesn't have a brainfreeze?"

"Last stop; Ringo Ame!" Mion declared. Tenshi looked around to find a stall with a Ringo ame sign, look behind him and found it, he went to the stall to order it.

"Ah! Looks like Ten-chan had found it!" Mion declared. "Now let's get some Ringo A-" Before she could finish she found that the stall had ran out of Ringo Ame. "You're gotten be kidding me, they ran out?" Mion disappointed then she saw Tenshi holding a Ringo Ame.

"It's that the last one Ten-chan?" Mion asked Tenshi nodded. "Well, there's no turning back, congratulation Tenshi Kage you just got yourself the last Ringo Ame!" Mion gives a thumb up.

"Aaarggh…aaaagraargh…aaaargghl…aaarglalh?" Keiichi said still has his brain freeze. "'Was it really necessary to said that like he had won a prize?' he said." Tenshi translate then he gave his Ringo Ame to Mion. "Here Mion, you should have it." He said.

"Aw, thanks Ten-chan but… I'm full!" Mion said as she put her hands to her belly.

Tenshi looked to his friends as they all show that they don't want to eat anything else anymore, Tenshi looking at his Ringo Ame then shrugged his shoulders as he dewrapped it and took a bite. Everyone looked at their friend who's eating, since the beginning he never have difficulties when it comes to food; some have burned their mouth, some have their lips dry by the saltiness, some have their mouths full of sugar and lastly they have brainfreeze more importantly they have ate to much but their friend continued to eating like his stomach was made of rubber or does he digested fast.

Now that the eating competition was over and ended up with a tie, they all now went for games. The first stop; there's a game with a big board wheel with numbers. The man of this game told them about the rules; they got one chance to throw an arrow to a higher number while the wheel is spinning, the highest numbers gets a big prize.

"Heh! This should be a piece of cake!" Keiichi said as he pays for an arrow. As the man starts spinning the wheel, Keiichi has his eyes focused on the numbers. 'Better throw directly to a higher number distance, patients, sharp-eye and the right moment. ' Keiichi thought then he throw the arrow.

THUD!

The wheel stop spinning as everyone saw the arrow on the board wheel; the arrow had landed on the number… "Number 5!" The man announced and given Keiichi a lower prize; a puppy keychain.

Everyone except Tenshi laugh at Keiichi's result and prize. "Man, Keii-chan, that's such a lame prize! Hahaha!" Mion said.

"Hau~ That keychain is so cute~!" Rena said ogling at the keychain.

"Can I try, sir?" Tenshi asked to the man. "Well of course, this game is for all the young and old children!" The man said given Tenshi an arrow.

"Give your best shot, Ten-chan!" Mion encouraged him.

As the man start spinning the wheel, Tenshi focused on the wheel, lower numbers are for small prizes and higher numbers are for big prizes so he need to throw to a number of his choice, by seeing the wheel spinning he could have swore that the wheel was getting slow but with this chance he throw the arrow at the number, but at the same time a flash of image…

Figures were surrounded the small figure in the center, the figures pull what may be seen as guns at the small figure but the small figure jump high into the air surprising the figures, then the small figure flicking his fingers 5 times which send some kind of unknown bullets direct to figures' heads…

THUD!

"Number 100, number 100!" The man announced.

Tenshi came back to the reality and saw his friends cheered for him of winning a higher number and Keiichi was surprise and dumbfounded with expression of 'How the heck did that kid do that?' face. 'What was that?' He thought.

"Here's your prize young man." The man said given a big stuff panda to Tenshi, the panda was so big that it was the same size of his.

"Looks like you got yourself a big prize!" Mion joked.

"Hauuu~! That panda so cuuuuute~!" Rena said ogling the stuff panda. "Omochikeari!"

Tenshi gave the stuff panda to Rika which surprise her. "It's my way of thanking you for the locket." He said as he held his locket.

"Arigatou, Tenshi-kun. Nipah!" Rika thanked with a cute smile.

"Yosh! Let's play other games!" Mion declared.

As the gaming club went to play other games, Keiichi and Tenshi had play a shooting gallery, Keiichi wins mostly of the prizes and given to the feminine members (Rena, Hanyuu and Satoko) while Tenshi only managed to win one prize, a mask, but he was happily to have it, it'll be a memorial of this night. Rika had leaved the group to prepare the dance, which will be in front of the Furude Shrine.

"Today isn't my day." Mion said.

"Something wrong Mii-chan?" Rena asked. "You look gloom."

"Well is because there's less stalls left, and is almost time for Rika-chan's dance and we still don't have a loser to do a penalty game." Mion said in disappointed. "And I was hoping of giving Keii-chan one."

"Your right, how disappointed." Shion agreed.

"Hm Hm!" Rena and Satoko agreed too.

"OI!" Keiichi snapped.

As for Tenshi, he was in deep thoughts, he was wondering what was that imagine he have.

THUM! THUM!

Tenshi's thought were cut off when he heard the sound of the trump, it was a signal to call all villagers.

"Oh! Is time for Rika's performance!" Hanyuu cried.

"Okay, last one is a rotten egg!" Mion said as she ran following by her friends.

As the gaming club arrives, they saw their miko friend standing on the stage while holding a hoe, as the trumps started, Rika performed her dance. Tenshi was watching her without letting his eyes off, it's like she did this sort of thing plenty of times, to see such a young girl play the part of the shrine priestess was amazing, and her performance was simply breathtaking. It was hard to imagine that she was so young and yet so competent. Well, after the death of her parents maybe she had to take up some responsibilities, this being one of them.

"Rika-chan is amazing, isn't she?" asked Rena noticed that Tenshi was focusing at Rika.

"Yes, she is," Tenshi nodded.

Rika had just completed her dance by cutting a mattress, much to the delight of all the spectators. She was something of a local celebrity in Hinamizawa, being the heir of the Furude clan, one of the three founding families of the village.

The villagers were in lines by getting balls of cotton, each piece of cotton will absorbs any sins that they committed once they set those in the river and wash them away.

With balls of cotton in hand, the entire village went to the river to send the cotton balls drifting down. Seeing all the floating balls of cotton drifting down stream gave Tenshi a feeling of peace. It was like any sins he might've committed in the past, which he didn't remember, had been sent away.

Tenshi watching at each piece of cottons float on the river, he thinks all of it was fascinating seeing all the cottons contained the sins of the entire village floating away on the river. Tenshi was wondering, could Oyashiro-sama actually forgive them by just sending balls of cotton along the river? Maybe he should ask Rika and Hanyuu, and go to the Furude Shrine to give his respect to the god, tomorrow.

"Heh! I don't get the deal of this?" A voice coming from the left side revealing the same three Harley biker mans. "If this is some kind of ceremony, they didn't have to put those stalls over there." The man#2 said.

"Not to mention it there weren't single booze!" The man#3 frowned.

"Come on you guys let's go," The man#1 said waved his hand. "There's nothing much interesting here." The three mans left.

"They don't have any respect for this festival." Shion said.

"I just hope Oishi-san comes back quickly do deal with those guys." Mion said.

"…curse them all…" Tenshi heard Rena mumbling, he couldn't see her eyes because they were cover by the shadows of her cap, but then he saw her clenced her hands harder.

"Mii. There's nothing to worry," Rika said getting attention of everyone. "I sure pretty soon they will leave the village, if not; Oishi-san will always come and deal with these meanies. Nipah!"

Everyone agreed, as they continued enjoying the night, Tenshi looked up in the sky, a full moon has appeared, it was beautiful of seeing this, he felt a harm feeling inside as he clenched his chest then his hand had reach to his locket, he spin it's the key and open it letting the music out.

"Wow, what a pretty melody." Rena said hearing the music coming out of the locket.

"So that's what the locket was." Shion said.

Mion and Keiichi both agreed on that. Having a beautiful full moon and a beautiful melody it makes this night perfect. But they haven't noticed that their friends Rika and Hanyuu were talking to each other.

"It has now been a year, hasn't it, Rika?" Hanyuu whispered.

"Yes, it has," Rika said if anybody could hear her she spoke in an adult-like voice. She look at Tenshi who continued to watch the sky and held his locket, she does have to admitted she haven't listened a melody that pretty in a while, she's just too happy because it has now been a year the end of her suffering for a thousand of years, she never thought that she could have the happiness again.

At the end of the festival, everyone had went home, Tenshi have enjoyed his time at the festival and he was very happy of this experience, he have eating, playing and laughing with everyone, best of all; nobody lose in the competition he was glad, for minute there he thought that Keiichi will get a penalty game which he didn't lose and his save to everyone's disappointed, but he have to admitted he does want to see Keiichi gets a penalty game and laugh of it. His housemates told him that they noticed him that he starts to become a different person, He asked if it was bad or something but some of them said is a good thing cause they could see that he starts his own personality, after thinking about it; he took a decision to try changing himself so he can be a better person.

At night, everyone in the village was asleep or some are still awaked, in the woods were a camp fire is located.

"Seriously?! They just took a piece of cotton and then floated them to the river?!"

"Is their way of washing off their sins so their god could forgive them!"

"What are they a bunch of wennings?! Hhahahahahaha!"

In the camp fire, the three same mans from before were at the camp with the rest of their Harley rider gang with their motorcycles, three days ago these Harley riders have entered the village and placed their campsite, since their arrival they cause nothing but trouble, they make loud noise, they polluted one of the village's lake and the fresh air, they even try flirt with the ladies and they almost ran on people. The villagers have enough of their actions, so yesterday when the gang were riding on their bikes the villagers had stop and yelled at them to leave but the biker gang have threaten them by saying if they don't stay as long as they want they surely will hurt them. Since the arrival of the three mans, they told them about the festival went of how the foods they have and games, one of them have bad mounted to a villager when he didn't want to sell his food to them.

"Not only that they don't have any booze! Just what kind of festival is that?!"

"And did you want to know what else? They letting a little girl dressing as a miko performed a dance. And it wasn't even a hottie either!"

In the woods, strange noises that sounded like a monster was getting closer to the campsite, as one of the biker gang is trying to say. "HEY! Do you guys want to know what I heard! Turns out that this village has once had demons before centuries ago!" As the strange noise was getting while the man continued to talk. "You know what else? They said that we will face their god's wrath and we will be cursed! Hahahahaha!" The man finished the gang burst to laughter, but then the strange noise was heard as the man who have told them turn his back to see something that makes him along the others.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Their screams echoed the woods in the night.

I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter.

Tenshi had fun with his friends today and Rika was happy that it now makes a year since the prevention of the Hinamizawa Disaster and the end of her suffering, but if you think there aren't gonna be case murderers, well… Think again!

TUH! TUH! TUH! What happen to the biker gangs?! Well you just have to found out.

Also an important announcement, I'll be leaving for vacation with my family, my depart is the July 19th and I'll be staying at Portugal for 4 week and couple of days, I'll might not be able to continued this story for awhile, so to those who read this; please review, tell one of your friends about this story and come to my account to see my favorite stories and authors.

See you all soon.

P.S Have a nice summer!