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[color=fff79a][b]Hoshi Nakajima[/b][/color]

A dozen or two paces ahead, one of the fastest students of East Umitori High School that hadn't been gobbled up by their star-studded track team, ironically, had been standing stock-still.

Yamashita.

[color=0072bc][i]You'll need to find a safe spot for those...[/i][/color] her wise fairy companion mused, having already recognized the sound of the alert notification.

There was an alert in [i]Yamashita[/i]. When her smartphone had buzzed her, it'd taken a fair bit of limber handwork, holdsmanship, and proprioceptive dexterity to manage to get the screen to a visible position while also not dropping anything. Neither was an easy task on its own...

But the latter became twice as rough when she realized that Yamashita meant just a mere hop, skip, and jump from [i]her own home.

[color=fff79a]Kyotaro![/color][/i]

Physically, she may not have done any dropping, but metaphorically, well... Every task was all but forgotten in the face of this new development, suffice to say. Hoshi was still something of a neophyte, sure, but she was nothing if not zealously devoted both to the cause and her cousin-turned-brother figure. So, when the sanctity of both came under threat...

Her leisurely walk turned into a brisk trot.

Soon a jog.

Sooner a run.

[color=fff79a][i]I'm not letting it get anywhere near him![/i][/color]

Sooner still, a full-on dash.

[color=fff79a][i]Tendou![/i][/color] she mentally barked. [color=fff79a][i]We're heading in![/i][/color]