Emiri couldn't avoid noticing the displeased s expresion on both Miyako and Elise's face after she finished explaining how her powers worked. Was it really this bad in those girls' eyes? Well, not that Emiri didn't knew that she was a disppointgly weak when it came to fending for herself, but the fact that she was really good at helping other people so bad? She set those thoughts aside after Miyako answered that she wouldn't be able to expend the night at her apartment. It was a disappointing thing to hear, specially when Emiri believed that a magical shouldn't be putting their own family in risk by continue to live with them, after all the Primordial hunt magical girls first and foremost and one of them would eventually find their house one day. After that a magical girl has two choices, reveal herself to her family, which is bad -to say the least-, or watch them get slaughtered in front of her own eyes -if she was there at the time-, however most probably both things would happen as usually in a magical girl's life the worst case scenario is the one that happens the most. These thoughts were the reason that led Emiri to run away from home and embrace the magical girl life 100% of the time and the one who thaught her that was Akane, her beloved sempai. [quote=@Pudding] "[color=ed145b]I... Know I'm a cry baby! I just need training. That's all! I can't be perfect on my first go..[/color]" Nanako was a bit mad about that remark, but, that girl seemed to like getting in fights. "[color=ed145b]I'll just stay out of your way Elise-san... If that's what you want.. Besides! I want Emiri-san to train me![/color]" Nanako cheerfully skipped towards her and the contractor. Giving it a nice scratch behind its ear. [/quote] Hearing that made Emiri's heart swoon, she couldn't get Miyako to accept her help, but it looked like Nanako was willing to let Emiri show her that the life of a magical girl doesn't need to ba a sour one. Certainly they would suffer, probably even see one of their comrades die in front of their eyes, like Emiri did, but a magical girl is a banner of hope in the despair soaked world so they musn't let themselves be corrupted by it. [color=ffd700]"Nanako-chan, I'm so happy to hear this! Your onee-san will train you to become powerful and kind magical girl like no one other."[/color] Emiri said before getting up from her chair, straightening her skirt and saying, [color=ffd700]"I'm sorry, it guess that I jumped to conclusion regarding you two. I'm sorry but I guess that I'll have to take back my offer for you spending the night at my apartment, after all, different from us, you both have families to return to, don't you? I need a little to put my thoughts in order anyway."[/color] The contrator present at the room turned his cute little face to look at Emiri, but try as she might Emiri wouldn't find out what it was hiding behind those beady red eyes, perhaps it had noticed what Emiri was trying to hide from the other girls? Then, as she opened the room's door Emiri turned back towards the room and said, [color=ffd700]"Miyako-chan, could you please see Nanako-chan to her home? It's getting late and we don't know if more Primordials might spawn, so be careful on your way back, please."[/color] On the city streets... Emiri was sitting at a lonely bench under a street lamp, looking like an student waiting for a late bus back home to any onlookers, in her hand she had her soulgem and was talking to Akame and Rose through it, [color=ffd700]"I'm sorry *bloody cough*, Akame, *bloody cough*, Rose, it seems that I have used much more power than I thought *bloody cough* I guess I'll be out of comission for quite a time now."[/color] She got into the next passing bus as it would lead her to her destination, a ramen shop that she used to frequent with Akane back in the days when they still lived together. Whe she arrived there the shop's master greeted her, [b]"Oh, Emiri-chan? What a surprise seeing you here these days! How is Akane going? I bet that studying abroad is must be pretty hard."[/b] Emiri fought back the welling tears and answered the old man, [color=ffd700]"Thank you, master, Akane is very well, I got a letter from her the other day and she said I can join her begining next spring. Also, please give me one of my usual."[/color] [b]"Hahaha! Kids these days... anyway, a super spicy chicken bowl comming right away!"[/b] The man said before placing a bowl with an extra large portion of meat on it in front of Emiri and then, turning back to his previous chores. As Emiri was quietly eating her ramen, which made her feel better than any magical potion could ever hope to, a contractor came walking on the shop's roof and then on its wall before stopping right besides her. It always creeped Emiri the way the creature defied gravity so casually, but not more than the unchanging expression on its face, anyway, she said mentally, [color=ffd700]"You want to see it, don't you?"[/color] Emiri then placed her soulgem in front of the contractor, it was almost completely black, not just stained like it appeared to be back in the tea party, the reason for it was obvious, from the contractor point of view, [b]"We knew it, you were using magic to disguise its appearance, weren't you Asuka Emiri? Why you did that? For the new girls' sake? Sincerely we can't understand why you humans struggle so hard. Yet..."[/b] The contractor walked around the soulgem as if it was evaluating it, before saying again, [b]" we are intrigued, how can you still be functional when your soulgem is this much polluted?"[/b] [color=ffd700]"It's my duty as a sempai, I can't let my underclassmen worry about me. It's the only thing driving me forward now."[/color] [b]"Duty, eh... we don't understand the concept behind that word, but you're saying that there's something driving you forward other than the power of your wish? That's the first time we've heard of it, so we're curious.[/b] The little creature then jumped from the shop's counter and went past the door when another customer was coming in, on the way it said, [b]"You might be a unique individual, Asuka Emiri, we'd be very disappointed if we lost the opportunity to observe you."[/b] After that Emiri finished her ramen and picked another bus, this time her destination was her apartment... [hr] [@Flamelord][@Pudding][@MarsAdept][@TheWindel]