#HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIIRO!!!!!!!!!!!

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「I won't stop singing, no matter what.」

Yellow -GYARIMIX- ft. Hikuine Kiiro JPN+

song : kz livetune, GYARI ust : Maplestyle etc. : myself

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yay

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Happy Birthday Yuno! — September 24th — Happy birthday to Fukuoka’s own butler-for-hire [and secret mystery “storyteller!”] As well as Kiiro of OverDrive! Cheers to him and let’s see where his special day takes us!

Feel free to wish him either a happy birthday or ask him anything! Masterlist: — A.R.B Special — Law And Order [Birthday Mixtape] — An Unaware Drunkard [Solo]

[comingyourlugubriousness]

More Than Anything!

Yume Ume Birthday Vignette!

Characters: Riddle Rosehearts, Cater Diamond, Trey Clover, Ace Trappola, Grim, Yume Ume, Yuuta Midori, Yuuuhi Kiiro, Guest: Elie Akane

Words: 5.8k

Summary: “IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY!?!” Ace shouted, his voice echoing through the rose garden maze. As he did, time seemed to stop, all the Heartslabyul students' Unbirthday celebrations came to a halt at the words; they stared at their table.

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(This is just a little fun thing I had in mind for Yume's birthday. Since it would be their first Birthday card I wanted to focus on some of their first friends at NRC; The Heartslabyul Gang! There's references galore and I'm sure people will spot them. Thank you again for all the sweet birthday wishes! (o´▽`o))

Birthday Card Art ⭐

Birthday Card Groovy ⭐

Asked to be tagged: @bunnwich, @cherryjkj,@ruggiethethuggie,@authoruio,@nicoliharu,@kittycat0419

“Hey what up everyone, it's ya boy CayCay! Here #live from another Heartslabyul Unbirthday party!” Cater said, flashing a wink and peace sign to his phone's camera as he went live on Magicam.

“Does he always do that?” Yuuta asked,to no one in particular, sitting next to Yume on the other side of the large round table.  

“Every unbirthday party, on the dot, for the past three years.” Trey said lightheartedly, though Yume could hear the slight edge of exasperation that could only come from knowing a person’s habitual routine for years.Trey laid down a tray of tarts to the guest table causing Ace, Yuuhi, and Grim to cheer and dig in immediately. Yume waited a few seconds before the carnage was over to grab a piece of their own and placed it gently to the side.

“You get used to it pretty fast.” Deuce smiled with a good natured shrug, grabbing two pieces of a tart and laying one on Yuuta’s plate. The two of them shared a look and a smile, before turning back to their food. Yume caught Yuuta’s eye as they gave him a smug look, Yuuta rolled their eyes, saying nothing. Yume snickered, as their brother's fair cheeks tinted a bit pink and they stuffed a forkful of tart in their mouth.

“Today is extra special because we have our honored guests, *dun dun dun dunn~!* The Ramshackle gang! Say, “hi” guys~!” Cater said, humming a fanfare noise, before turning the phone camera around to the three brothers. Yume jumped and instinctually leaned to hide behind Yuuta's shoulder. 

Yuuta gave Cater a look, before turning away from the camera as well, covering their face eating their tart. Yuuhi flashed a peace sign, as comments flooded the screen:

CayCay’s Very Merry Unbirthday!!!

🔴 [You’re live]

Chivalrousrichesse: OMG the food looks to good, #gimmie a bite

Bigcatluver69: Omg their eyes are green like their hair, its so striking!!! o///o AzzLuver89: Is that kid's hair purple? I can’t tell #weird

Carefold: are those the ppl from “another world” they look pretty normal to me… ;/

FeaturedLeo: Ugh the aesthetic of these things are always so cool! I wanna go! #NRChitmeup Bnutsquash: Happy Unbirthday everyone!! #MerryUnbrithday

FlirtyPsych: Cater plz dm!!!<3 #CayCaySimpAndProud

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“Cater, don't spend the entire party on your phone.” Riddle warned, gracefully taking a sip from his rose patterned teacup. 

Cater’s shoulders hiked at being called out and he sheepishly rubbed that back of his head. 

“Yep yep, of course!” He said placatingly to Riddle, then he looked back at the camera. “That’s all for now! Gotta get back to my card soldier duty or it's off with my head~! Be sure to check my feed later for pics! Bye Bye~” He said cheerfully, giving a playful wink before ending the stream. Then, he sat in his chair, a content smile on his face as he scrolled through his feed of comments.

There was a sigh from Riddle, it seemed like he wanted to comment more about Cater’s media addiction, but decided against it. Trey laughed at his sigh.

“Well, he’s nothing if not consistent!” Trey said in good nature, coming back with the last dessert from the kitchen and finally sitting down in his own chair. “Oh here, Yume, try some of this cake!” 

Yume perked up at their name being called. “Oh no, it’s okay I already have this tart.” They said politely waving him off. Trey raised a knowing eyebrow at them.

“But, you don’t like tarts, Yume.” He said coyly.

“Mh-!” Yume’s eyebrows raised in surprise, their brothers and friends looked at them curiously.  Trey continued before they could deny it.

“You always take a piece to be polite, but you never end up eating it. You usually end up giving it to Grim afterwards.” He said, adjusting his glasses, as if he was making the observation right now.

“Uh, well I-It’s not that it tastes bad I ju-” They stumbled to get the words out.

“Hey, hey, it’s fine I’m not mad or anything. We all have different tastes here!” He said, holding his hands up in a placating motion. Yume sighed, not mad, but a little embarrassed at being called out.

“Sorry, it's not your baking skills or anything Trey, I’m just a bit picky about food is all…” Yume trailed off.

“You guys should see the way he eats popcorn.” Yuuta chimed in.

“Yuuta!” Yume slapped his arm playfully.

“Oh, it must be really weird.” Ace staged whispered teasingly.

Yume groaned dramatically, laying their head on the table as their friends had a good natured laugh at their expense.

“Like I said, I’m not mad or anything. Actually, I’ve been taking it as a bit of a challenge, to bake something you like-without getting your input, that is. So I think you’ll really like this cake.” Trey said, cutting them a slice and sliding it over to them.

It was a 3 layered cake with a light colored frosting. There was a light drizzle of red syrup and an arrangement of strawberries at the top to imitate a rose in full bloom. It looked good enough, like all the flavors Yume usually liked to eat. They gave a tentative sniff and didn’t have a problem, so they picked up their fork. They were a little on edge, it felt as though everyone was watching them and waiting for their opinion as they popped the piece of cake into their mouth. “Mmh~!” They made a noise of satisfaction as the cake touched their tongue. The frosting was sweet, but not overpowering. Letting them taste the light fluffy cake and tart tanginess of the strawberries and syrup. They closed their eyes in delight, their cheeks flushing with happiness as they smiled. Because their eyes were closed they missed Trey’s goofy fist pump in success. 

A sudden click and flash, however, did make them open their eyes.

“Ah! Me-Me is so cute, that’s definitely getting a lot of likes!” Cater said, pulling his phone down to look at his picture. He received an elbow bump and a look from Yuuta. 

“A-ah-, that is as long as Me-Me is okay with me posting it.” He amended. Yume let out a breath. Guess that “mom” title really stuck. Yume thought , looking at their brother. “I’ll want to look over it first, but then I don’t really mind.” Yume said, taking another bite of the cake. It’s not like Cater hadn’t already posted pictures of them before, so it wasn’t a huge deal. They barely went on their MagicCam for anything, except to use the messaging system. They swallowed down the tasty piece happily rocking in their chair.

“Y’know it's actually pretty nice to have some cake the day before my birthday!” They said, offhandedly.

“What!?!” Both Ace and Deuce exclaimed.

“It’s your birthday soon?” Ace asked, almost a little annoyed to only be hearing about it now. He leaned in. “You're not trying to pull a ‘Yuuta’ are you?” He sneered. 

“Hey!” Yuuta said, giving him a look but couldn’t deny their past actions. At this Riddle was confused, clearly out of the loop, but before he could ask the conversation continued.

“No no, I wanna celebrate it just…maybe something small you know?” They said, fiddling with their cardigan sleeves. “I feel like it would be a lot considering Azul’s is right before mine. Two birthday’s back to back sounds exhausting, even if it's in different dorms. Yume sighed. “Ugh, why does his have to be the day before mine, couldn’t he have been born later or something.” Yu huffed in annoyance. 

Trey faltered and paused as he poured Riddle some tea. 

“Wait…what do you mean? Azul’s birthday was yesterday. ” Trey said, placing the teapot down.

“Huh, no no it's today, we didn’t wanna go to his dumb party that's why…” Yuuta trailed off as Trey’s face became more confused. “...It's the 24th today right…?!” Yuuta said, their confidence fading the more they spoke.

“Uh, nono “DoubleYu” today is…umm…w-well not I’m not so sure now ahaha...” Cater trailed off. “Elie, date and time.” Riddle commanded, waving a hand over at the taller Rabbit beastmen. Elie jumped, dropping the plate of cake and fork in his hand as he clumsily fumbled to get his pocket watch out.

“The date is February 25th, approximately to 11:13AM on the dot, Housewarden Sir!” Elie stated, his large ears standing up straight to match the rest of his posture when addressing his dorm leader.

“So that means…” Deuce began, a look of realization coming over his features.

“IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY!?!” Ace shouted, his voice echoing through the rose garden maze. As he did, time seemed to stop, all the Heartslabyul students' Unbirthday celebrations came to a halt at the words; they stared at their table.

“Oh naur...” Yuuhi grimaced, face palming his ears flattening against his head as he ducked in his seat. All the rest of the first year's shoulders hiked.

“GRIM, YOU LITTLE FLEA BAG, YOU TOLD ME TODAY WAS THE 24TH, I ASKED YOU THIS MORNING HOW COULD YOU GET IT WRONG!?” Yuuta growled, grabbing Grim by his scruff and lifting him off his chair stacked with pillows. “NYA! DON’T YELL AT ME, YOUR THE ONE WHO WOKE ME UP ALL EARLY ON A SATURDAY GETTING READY FOR WORK! I WAS HARDLY AWAKE, YOU CAN’T BLAME ME!?” He countered, swiping his paws at Yuuta.

“It’s your birthday today?” Riddle’s eerily calm voice cut through the chaos, a dead silence came over the garden. Out of the corner of their eye they saw Elie and Cater take a practiced step back.

Yume swallowed, a nervous grin appearing on their face.

“Um….well…yeah…seems like it…ahaha…” Yu said, an anxious giggle escaping them, though some part of them did think it was a little funny. Not that they would ever admit that outloud. Riddle took a deep breath, holding his hand in a prayer like position to his lip. Then he took another deep breath, then another. All the while his brows twitched in and out of a furrow, his face getting steadily redder. It was almost cartoonish, Yume would have laughed if they didn’t know better.

“Oh shit, now you’ve done it-! How could you forget your own birthday!?” Ace said snidely. “I don’t know-I mean- it just happened-!” They shrugged in exasperation. “Everythings just been crazy lately, AS USUAL!” Yume retorted.

Ace looked back at Riddle, his voice shifted to a charismatic calm. “Ahaha, listen Housewarden, it was just a misunderstanding, I didn’t know when I invited them hehe…” Ace said, holding his hands up in a calming gesture.

“T-that’s right, just a misunderstanding!” Deuce said, holding up his arms as if an actual explosion was about to take place. Yuuta gave Yume an uncomfortable look, a silent conversation taking place between them as they soaked up all the anxiety in the air.

“Hey, Riddle, it's okay, we'll figure this out.” Trey said, placing a hand on Riddle’s shoulder.

Riddle's eyes twitched before taking one more deep calming breath. He closed his eyes, his face losing its color and shoulders suddenly relaxing. He folded his hands in front of himself on the table calmly and smiled at Yume. 

“It's alright Yume, you couldn’t have known what a big deal this is; as you do not follow the Queen of Hearts rules to the same degree that I do. It was an honest mistake.” He said calmly; a passive look of acceptance on his face.

“Oookaaay…” Yume said, somehow his calm response only freaked them out more.

“But, the rest of you DO know what a big deal this is, correct?” Riddle said with a smile, his eyes narrowing at his fellow dorm members. There were a few sheepish mutters of agreement throughout the crowd. Riddle nodded. 

“Well in that case, this entire eVENT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!” Riddle yelled, his tone changing to a harsh shrill tone and his expression morphing into one of complete rage. The Heartslabyul students yelped and began scrambling; following through with the orders that Riddle was now barking at them

Yume and his brothers sat dumbfounded, watching the orderly chaos unfold.

“I WANT THE TABLES REARRANGED, YESTERDAY! CATER, IF YOU CAN’T REMOVE ALL THE BOYSENBERRIES FROM THE DISHES BY HAND; JUST THROW THEM OUT! THEY ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE AT A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!” Riddle screamed, barely stopping to take a breath as he marched around waving his scepter and giving commands. 

“TREY GET THE BIRTHDAY FLAMINGO N O W!” Riddle demanded. Trey gave a practiced salute before running off towards the animal cages. 

“AND WHAT IS THIS, WHAT IS THIS TABLE MADE OUT OF, OAK?!” Riddle asked, tapping his finger in irritation on the table.

“Actually I think it's Walnut.” Yuuhi sheepishly piped up, raising a hand as if he was in a classroom, Yuuta without looking at him grabbed his hand and lowered it. 

“UNACCEPTABLE!” Riddle said, lifting his leg and bringing his heel down hard on the center of the table. Yume chose to believe that there was magic involved because they wouldn’t know how to deal with the fact that Riddle could break a table in half through sheer rage alone. As pieces of furniture crumpled to the ground Yume and his brothers stood up and took a step back. And Grim yelped and jumped into Yume’s arms.

“ACE, DEUCE!” Riddle called for them. And they popped up out of the crowd standing in attention. “START THROWING AWAY ALL THE WOODEN STOOLS! I WANT THIS PLACE LOOKING LIKE THE GREAT SEVEN ON ICE, IN ONE MINUTE!” He yelled, throwing one of the stools over the hedge of the Garden.

“YOU THERE-!” He said, pointing his scepter at a random student, who yelped in fear. “START PREPARING THE THRONE! WE HAVE SPAT IN THE FACE OF OUR GUEST OF HONOR BY LETTING THEM SIT ON THIS BIRCH ATROCITY.” He said, tossing another stood to the side.

“GET THE MAHOGANY THRONE FROM THE FOYER NOW, NOW PEOPLE!” He said, clapping his hands for emphasis. ”ELIE I NEED THOSE PILLOWS LOOKING PLUMPED! I MEAN FLUFFED!” He said to the rabbit beastman, who look close to a mental breakdown as he stuffed a pillow cushion full of feathers that flew everywhere.

“What the fuck is happening, I just wanted some tarts!” Grim whined, leaning into Yume’s hold. Yume gave him a little pat on the back. 

“Should we just…leave?” Yuuta whispered to Yume. To which they shrugged unsure; this wasn’t how they expected brunch to go...

“Maybe we should ju- '' Before Yuuta could finish that sentence they were snatched away by Trey.

“Quick Yuuta, I need your help!” Was the only words spoken before Yuuta was yoinked into the crowd.

“Hey, wait wh-” 

“And SOMEONE GET YUME PROPERLY DRESSED!!!” Riddle’s voice stopped Yume’s words in their throat.

“Huh?!?” They said looking at Riddle. They looked down at their outfit, then to Yuuhi, then back down. “Awh, oh mann, what’s wrong with my clothes?” They whined, feeling self conscious.

“We can’t! We have to start cooking their favorite food!” Someone yelled. 

“UGH-! Riddle groaned, "I have to do EVERYTHING AROUND HERE!” He said, pointing his wand directly at Yume.

“RIDDLE, WAIT!” Yume yelped before a flash of magic enveloped them.

-

Twenty minutes later it was a much more peaceful scene. Somehow, in the short amount of time the Heartslabyul students had managed to rearrange the entire garden area from an Unbirthday party to an official Queen of Hearts Birthday celebration. 

Yume now sat at the main table, in their new spiffy fresh birthday boy outfit; though their hair was a little tousled from Riddle's magic. Around the table were dishes of their favorite foods and a brand new birthday cake baked by Trey and Yuuta. All around them dorm students were finally settling down into their seats, exhausted from scrambling to fix the celebration. Next to them Riddle carefully adjusted their sash, making sure it laid correctly.

“...I…am so…fucking sorry you guys.” Yume deadpanned to their friends. Riddle looked up from his task as if to say something; but stopped short as if catching himself.

“You should be!” Ace said, dramatically slapping his hand on the table. “How could you forget your own birthday!?” He asked again, in genuine disbelief.

“It is kinda hard to believe…” Deuce agreed. Yume sighed, wanting to sink down in their chair, but opting not to so they wouldn’t mess with Riddle’s current task of fixing their outfit

“I mean- I don’t know. I guess…Well…” They looked down avoiding all the questioning eyes. 

“Things have just been so…hectic lately. I guess it just slipped my mind and I got the dates mixed up. Besides; I didn’t want to make that big of a deal out of it.” They sighed again. “Guess that ship has fucking sailed.” They said, then immediately covered their mouth realizing they cursed in front of Riddle. Yume didn’t really care, but he had asked them nicely beforehand not to swear at the dorm. Riddle gave them a look. 

“Worry not, the Queen’s rules state that “on one's birthday they can speak their mind freely, without criticism from anyone”. So you can curse as much as you like…today.” He explained, adding on the warning at the end as he finished adjusting their bolo tie and sat down in his seat.

“Oh…cool.” Yume said smiling, then subtly loosened the tie that was too tight.

“Still why didn’t you tell us? Between me and Ace one of us could have probably remembered…” Deuce said with a slight pout. Yume pursued their lips, sensing that they may have hurt his feelings a bit.

“ It just…it seems silly to keep reminding people, I didn’t wanna be that guy you know? There are other things we have to worry about….Plus! I thought the school made announcements or something? 

“Only on school days.” Trey said.

“See!!! It snuck up on me too!” Yume said, gesturing to his words.

“Well, I kind of understand what you mean, sometimes when you're trying hard to just keep everything afloat, things like this get put on the backburner.” He said, adjusting his hat.

“Ahh! But that’s so sadface; you were just gonna have a late watered down celebration for yourself! That’s so tragic, Me-me. This kind of thing is totes important!”

“And we ended up making a big fuss of it anyway…” Deuce sighed, leaning his head in exhaustion on Yuuta’s shoulder. 

“We should have kept better track of it, I knew it was coming up soon and I still…” Yuuta sighed, palming his face. Besides him Grim and Yuuhi’s ears fell on their heads.

“Geez you didn’t even think about the trouble you caused for others, keeping it to yourself… next time you could at least tell your friends.” He said a little harshly, a bit of hurt seeping through.

Each of their friends' words added another layer of guilt to their shoulders, even though they know they didn’t mean it in a genuinely mean way, it still made Yume’s chest ache.

“Ah… I’m…sorry…” They said, holding back the tears, and trying to keep their lips from wobbling. They didn’t want to cry, their friends were right and they knew all this came from a good place, but…

They swallowed hard, drooping a little in their seats.

“Enough!” Riddle's voice and hand being placed on their shoulder, started Yume out of their mini pity party. “Berating our guest of honor on their birthday is unbecoming for any student of Heartslabyul, I won’t tolerate it any more.” He said firmly, giving Yume a little pat on the shoulder. 

“Also-” Riddle’s  eyes narrowed. “Rule: #503: Any one who makes someone frown on their birthday must do a handstand while singing the alphabet backwards, until they laugh! So-” He pointed his scepter boldly across the table. 

“Ace.”   

Ace’s shoulder hiked as he squealed in indignance, around him everyone took a step away from him.

“-start singing!” Riddle demanded.

“WHAT?! Wh- why me- oh my I can’t even-!” He tried to stutter out an excuse, but the glare he received stopped him in his tracks.

“UGGHHH-! I can’t believe this bullsh…” He muttered to himself before beginning his first attempts at a handstand. Riddle cleared this throat, turning back to address Yume.

“Even so, I agree. We could have prepared a much better celebration had we known in advance… but regardless we can’t change what we did in the past, all we can do now is do better from here on. Isn’t that right?” He said.

Yume smiled, recognizing the meaningful echo of something Yume and his brothers had told Riddle before. 

“Right!” They nodded, and saw their friends and brothers grin in agreement.

“Good!” Riddle smiled and nodded back. “Happy birthday Yume!...Now let me take this time to recite the customary birthday poem!” He said, pulling out a fully typed page of custom stationary from seemingly nowhere.

“The, WHAT!?” Yume laughed, in disbelief at the absurdity of their friends' actions.

“Ah, that laugh counts right-?” Ace’s exasperated voice, could barely be heard the above rest of the birthday merriment in the Heartlabyul gardens.

-

“Uhmm Riddle…are you sure the animals are okay?” Yume asked, watching the strange croquet game being played from their throne seat next to Riddle’s. Apparently it was some tradition, the birthday guest always sat at the side of the “Queen” during the first half of the croquet game before joining in the second half.

“I assure you it's fine. It's standard to play with flamingos and hedgehogs. Though I did see someone try with a crane once when I was younger…” He recalled curiously, holding a finger to his chin. 

“In some parts of the Queendom of Rose’s, flamingos are bred specifically for the game.” He went on. “Actually, it's less about the skill of the player and more so on the relationship you have with your animals.” He explained, as they watched Yuuta jut his butt out at a funny angle to line up his shot. They swung hard, but at the last second his flamingo raised its head, making him completely whiff his shot; earning a big laugh from Ace and Grim at their expense.

“Okayyy, if you say so…!” Yume grinned, holding in a laugh at the absurdity of it all. The two of them watched in comfortable silence for a little longer before Riddle broke it.

“...Yume…?” He asked, quietly, pulling their attention away from the clownish spectacle.

“Hm?” 

“...How did you forget your own birthday? I mean, as scatterbrained as you can be at times-”

“Gee thanks.” They deadpanned.

“-You’re not the type to forget important dates. ” He said seriously, ignoring their snark. Yume let out a breath through their nose.

“I mean…I didn’t really…forget I just… got them mixed up...” Yume muttered, offhandedly fidgeting with their birthday boy ribbon. 

“In this case it's still one in the same, you would have missed your birthday if you hadn’t been reminded, it's almost like-” Riddle paused, and his eyes widened as if he just realized something.

“...You didn’t forget an important date…because this isn’t an important date to you… is it?” He asked carefully.

Yume turned away, avoiding his eyes, giving a non committal shrug. At this Riddle frowned.

“Yume-” Before he could start Yume sighed and interrupted him.

“That’s not it Riddle it's not that- it's not that it's not important it's just that-well…''The fumbled to find the right way to say it. “...Everything else is MORE important…y’know?” Yume gestured to him as if what they were saying was common knowledge.

Riddle did not seem to agree given the way he crossed his arms.

“Explain.” He demanded. Yume sighed again, rolling their eyes a bit.

“I mean, after everything we’ve been through.” They began listing things off on their fingers. “Getting dragged to his world, losing our memories, finding out magic is real, becoming students, the overblots, winter break and the whole gas leak.” They listed off things off the top of their head, though they knew there was much more.

 “It just…I don’t know, it seems like a waste of time to celebrate something as trivial as my birthday, I mean this is nice and all ,but I could be spending this time doing something ACTUALLY important! Like trying to find a way to get my brothers home!” They said, gripping the front of their pants in a balled fist.

“The headmage is responsible for that.” Riddle said, matter of factly.

“And I’m just supposed to take his word for it?!” They raised their voice, getting a little heated.

 Riddle leaned back, not expecting to be suddenly yelled at.

 Yume pursed their lips, not meaning to snap at their friend like that. They peeked over, seeing that the others didn’t notice their outburst.

“I just…” They began in a much quieter tone. “Ever since I got here…it feels like…time is running out Riddle.”

“...Here?” He questioned giving them a confused look.

“Here, Twisted Wonderland or Night Raven college or maybe…this world? I-I don’t know I…” Yume struggled to put it into words. They paused, closing their eyes and collecting their thoughts.

“Sometimes…” Yume bit their lip, taking a breath before continuing “...Sometimes, I think, the only time worth spending, is spent helping others…and that I’m just wasting it being self indulgent…doing things that won’t really matter in the long run…” They murmured, slipping a hand in their jacket pocket to touch the charm attached to their phone...

At the words Riddle’s whole demeanor changed, a look of familiarity shone in his eyes. He adjusted himself in his seat, needlessly fixing his already perfect uniform before folding his hands in his lap. His brows furrow uncomfortably and he took a moment before speaking. 

“I used to think similarly…” He whispered, as if admitting a secret. Yume turned to look at him in surprise, silently urging him to continue

.

“I used to think that time was a thief; a very sneaky one…At first I didn’t even realize it, how all day and everyday it stole my life away, as I worked and worked; preparing for a future that was already planned out down to the second; tick by tick taking everything I cared about from right under my nose…” Riddle said as he stared off into the distance; as if seeing something Yume couldn’t. 

“Then I met Trey and Chen’ya and-” He stopped, seeming to get a little choked up at the nostalgia and memories.He flinched slightly when Yume placed a gentle hand on his wrist for comfort. He gave them a grateful look and took a moment to collect himself. “They made me realize…that everyday is a gift, every minute and every second.” He said resolutely then looking at Yume. 

“So, you're not wasting your time Yume, you can’t waste a gift.” He said, shaking his head in full denial of that idea. Then he put a hand on Yume’s shoulder.

“Every second you spend with the people you care about, every minute you share in their company; making new memories or learning something new. And, even the time you spend in a peaceful solitude. That’s you! Enjoying your gift and…there's no shame in that!” He said, shaking their shoulders a bit for emphasis. He looked away. “I understand that now…” He said with solemn sincerity. 

Yume stared surprised for a moment, taking in their friend's poetic words.Their brow creased up and they gave a bittersweet smile to their friend; feeling a sudden strong kinship. Yume threw their arms around Riddle's shoulder in appreciation. Riddle didn’t seem to expect it; or maybe he just wasn’t used to such casual affection? Regardless, he relaxed a few moments later, enjoying the half hug. After a few comforting moments Riddle spoke again.

“…I…want to give you something…” He said, hesitantly, removing himself from the hold. 

Yume tilted their head, waiting curiously as he reached into his uniform pocket. 

“Consider it a birthday gift.” He said, nodding, as he pulled something out and placed it in Yume’s palm.

Yume looked down to see a pocket watch. The bronze material made it a comfortable weight in their hand. It looked antique, but well taken care of. The metal didn’t have a scratch on it and shined beautifully in the natural garden light. The centerpiece, however, was the elaborate rose design; etched into the bezel. Simple but elegant filigree surrounded the design, a few spaces artistically hollowed so you could see through to the clock.

Yume tilted the watch in their hand, taking in every detail and enjoying the feel of the smooth chain as it glided across their palm.

“Oh, it's so pretty…!” They smiled, cradling the gift gently. Riddle nodded, agreeing with them.

“This is the stopwatch my mother gave me, to keep track of my lessons, my meals…everything, that is when she didn’t do it herself…” He said sentimentally. Yume gasped, their brows pinching up.

“O-oh, Riddle, y-you don’t have to give to me, it's too important-!” They urged, trying to quickly but carefully, place it back in his hands. “You should keep it in the family or-” They stopped short as Riddle firmly pushed it back into their palm.

“No…I want you to have it, really I do.” He said resolutely, using his hand to wrap Yume’s fingers around it. Making sure they had a good hold of it before pulling away.

“...Are you sure?” Yume asked. This felt like something too…personal to just hand over.

“I’m sure, besides it's broken.” He said.

“Huh?” Yume held it close to their ear, only realizing now that the clock was not ticking. “Oh…”

“It broke after my…overblot.” He said. His jaw clenched as he gritted out the word, as if it took physical effort. The shame was still evident on his face; but he still held his head high, as if he refused to hide from the reality of the situation. 

Yume swallowed, realizing that this gift was more important than they previously thought. 

“Riddle…” They gave him a worried look, and this time fully grabbed their friend's hand. They weren’t sure if it was for their own comfort or his. Riddle gave them a strained smile, trying to put on a brave face it seemed.

“I got the glass fixed afterwards, but I couldn’t bring myself to get the mechanism fixed.” He sighed. “After years of hearing its incessant tick tock.” Riddle huffed, before ever so slightly slouching in his throne. For just a second, he looked like any fed up normal teenager.

“I kept it, all this time, as a reminder of sorts…and now I’m giving it to you.” He said, sitting up in his chair and facing them, an adamant look burning in his eyes.

“Spend your time here wisely…don’t look back and regret it…okay?” He said, giving their hand a squeeze. It almost seemed like he was pleading with Yume.  Sincerely advising his friend on a mistake he had long already made.

Yume suddenly felt choked up, the turbulent events of the past few months with their friends and loved ones replaying rapidly in their head. All the emotions bubbling up at once. Their lips wobbled, there was so much left to do and so much more to experience. They couldn’t do it all, they couldn’t. They didn’t have the time. So then…! “How do I know?!” They asked, desperate for answers. “How do I know what I should do….?” They trailed off, suddenly very fearful of regrets yet to come. He reached up, trying to wipe a stray tear that fell. But Riddle beat them to it, dabbing it away with his handkerchief.

“You’ll know…” He said simply, putting the handkerchief back in his pocket. “In fact…I think you already do…” Riddle said confidently.

“Hm?” Yume made an unsure noise.

“Right now, more than anything, what do you want?” He asked.

Yume took a second to clear their thoughts. What they wanted…? Well, They…wanted to stop crying, it was embarrassing. They wanted to appreciate all their friends' hard work at throwing a birthday party for them. They wanted to have fun and open presents and eat cake and take pictures. So that they wouldn’t forget, so that in the future they could be happy... But couldn’t they have that now…

That’s right more than anything they just…

“I just…want to be happy.” Yume admitted, their shoulders hiking up at how childish it sounded. “A-and I want it now, I…” They swallowed hard, not sure why it was so hard to say these words. “I don’t want to wait for it! I want to be happy now and enjoy things in the present! I don’t wanna look back and wish I’d done it differently! I don’t…I don’t want to waste any time!” They said, feeling a surge of confidence at the words. They took a deep breath, feeling like a weight was lifted off their shoulders. They peeked up at Riddle to see him beaming at them.

“Well said!” He agreed, squeezing their hand once more before standing up. “Then you must start immediately! Right now, this second! By enjoying today!” He said, the regality returning to his tone, but the kindness remaining as well.

Yume grinned, tucking the watch carefully into their pocket before standing to their feet as well. 

“Right!” They cheered, suddenly feeling energized.

“Heeeyyy guys!” Cater’s upbeat voice echoed across the field. 

Riddle and Yume looked over to see him waving for their attention.

“The first half's over! Time for the birthday boy to play!” He said, giving a wink and peace sign.

“We got your special flamingo right here!” Deuce said, holding the extravagantly dressed bird excitedly over his head. Next to him Yuuhi held up a cute hedgehog in a bowtie!

 Yume laughed carefreely, feeling the full mirth of the party for the first time. 

“Alright! Get ready because I’m going to win!” Yume grinned, jumping in place, before bounding over to their friends. Riddle following close behind.

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Bonus scene:

“Riddle, is this super necessary…?” Yuuta started to ask, as they watched Riddle hold a pretty impressive handstand as he expertly recited the alphabet backwards!

“Yes IT IS! He made me do it for 10 minutes before Yume laughed. Ah-! Yume, I can see it on your face, don’t you dare- it hasn’t even been thirty seconds-!”

“I’m sorry, I pff- I just remembered how constipated you looked- *snort* -AHHAHA!” Yume couldn’t contain it, bursting out in laughter at the memory. As they laugh, Riddle gives a smug grin. Carefully, maneuvering out of the handstand.

“See, Ace! With practice and discipline ,you can easily follow all of the Queen's rules. Let this be a lesson to you!” Riddle said, allowing Trey to slip back on his cloak.

“Right, sure, whatever…shouldn’t we get back to the game now…!” 

-END-

[queenharumiura]

Leaves a tiny Hibird plush on her desk on his way out. There's a little note sitting next to it : Happy belated birthday.

[Haru Bday 2k24 Ask] ||Accepting|| @nxvola

Haru was going over some paperwork at her desk when she notices that her boss had left something on her desk. She was half expecting it to be more work but instead there is a cute bird plush on her desk with a small note.

"How cute~" She giggles quietly, petting the top of the plush birds head. It was going to be her new little mascot! "What shall Haru name you? Hm... how about Kii-chan?" Yes, Kii from 'Kiiro' because it's yellow.

Such a shame that her boss walked out before she could thank him for the gift. Well, she can tell him next time when she drops by his office with his morning tea.

[kiiro88]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIZZ!

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I'm late again... |_}

I said that I wanted to make something special for your birthday...

So I animated... you.

X}

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I made this just in 5 days. wOw.

I almost died.

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I drew this frame by frame in Pencil2D.

Using my Wacom Bamboo tablet.

(including coloring. my dumb self couldn't find da way to color the frames just with paint bucket tool)

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The "tired" girl is @nothingbizzare on Tumblr.

The "glasses" girl is @olalucreat on Tumblr.

The "headphones" girl is me on Tumblr.

Animation by me.

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:}

[deann1120]

Connections in PreCure Civilian Names (Updated)

If you don’t see a Cure, I found no relevant connection.

Sometimes I looked to Google Translate for help.

These are only connections I’ve noticed on my own. Please let me know which connections I’ve missed!

Honoka Yukishiro (Cure White) - “Yukishiro” means “snow white.”

Hikari Kujo (Shiny Luminous) - “Hikari” is just the literal word for “light,” alluding to her role in the series.

Saki Hyuuga (Cure Bloom/Bright) - “Saki” means “bloom” or “blooming.” “Hyuuga” can mean “facing the sun’s direction”; if you’re wondering what relevance that has, look what type of flower appears in Bloom’s transformation.

Mai Mishou (Cure Egret/Windy) - “shou” can mean “fly,” referring to the egret bird.

Nozomi Yumehara/Cure Dream - “Nozomi” can mean either “hope” or “wish,” as she introduces herself as the Cure of hope (I think). “Yume” means “dream.”

Rin Natsuki/Cure Rouge - “Natsu” means “summer,” referencing her fire powers.

Komachi Akimoto/Cure Mint - “Aki” means “fall,” which could refer to the leaves behind her transformation. But, like, that’s the best I can do with that.

Karen Minazuki/Cure Aqua - It’s not exact, but her last name contains “Mi__zu__” which means “water.”

Love Momozono/Cure Peach - “Momo” can mean either “peach,” or a word for “pink.” “Love” obviously refers to her heart theme.

Miki Aono/Cure Berry - “Aono” means “of blue.” “Miki” is used for a lot of blue magical girls (Sayaka, Mew Mint’s pet dog, the Amulet Spade Chara), though it means “beautiful tree.”

Inori Yamabuki/Cure Pine - “Inori” means “prayer,” referring to her transformation phrase and attacks, where you can hear her use the word.

Setsuna Higashi/Cure Passion - “Higashi” means “East,” referring to her previous role as Eas. “Setsuna” can mean “precious” or “beloved,” possibly referring to her newfound friendships.

Tsubomi Hanasaki/Cure Blossom - “Tsubomi” means “bud,” as in flower bud, and “Hanasaki” means “blooming flower or blossom.”

Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight - “Yuri” means “lily,” her personal flower, and “Tsukikage” literally translates to “moon shadow,” oddly enough.

Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody - “Hibiki” means “resound” or “sound” (though “sound” is usually translated as “oto.”) This also goes for Hibiki Tachibana, of course.

Kanade Minamino/Cure Rhythm - “Kanade” means “beautiful sound” or “playing music.” This also goes for Kanade Amou.

Eren Kurokawa/Cure Beat - “Kuro” means “black,” possibly alluding to the fact that Eren used to be a black cat.

Ako Shirabe/Cure Muse - “Shirabe” means “note” or “tune.” This also goes for Shirabe Tsukuyomi.

Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy - “Hoshizora” means “starry sky.” This isn’t a direct reference to her, but a starry sky can be considered a setting for fairy tale.

Akane Hino/Cure Sunny - “Aka” means “red,” which might be a reason why some people list her as a red cure when she is clearly orange. “Hino” means “of fire.” This also goes for Rei Hino.

Yayoi Kise/Cure Peace - “Ki” can mean “yellow,” though I know the translation better as “Kiiro.”

Nao Midorikawa/Cure March - “Midori” means “green.” This also goes for Izuku Midoriya (happy birthday to him, btw).

Reika Aoki/Cure Beauty - “Reika” means “below zero,” according to Google Translate, referring to her ice powers, though the name has multiple meanings; another is “beautiful.” “Ao” means “blue.”

Mana Aida/Cure Heart - “Ai” means “love.”

Rikka Hishikawa/Cure Diamond - “Rikka” also has several meanings, though one is “snow” or “snowflake,” referring to her ice powers.

Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword - “Ken” means either “blade” or “sword.”

Megumi Aino/Cure Lovely - “Megumi” can mean “love” or “affection.” “Aino” means “of love.” This also goes for Minako Aino.

Hime Shirayuki/Cure Princess - “Hime” means “princess.” “Shirayuki” means “white snow,” probably alluding to the famous princess.

Yuko Omori/Cure Honey - “mori” means “forest,” maybe referring to her clover theme.

Haruka Haruno/Cure Flora - “Haruno” means “of spring,” referring to the season her element is associated with. The same goes for her first name.

Minami Kaido/Cure Mermaid - “Kaido” doesn’t seem to mean anything relevant, but it’s similar to “Kaioh,” Sailor Neptune’s last name. “Minami” means “south,” though I don’t know if that’s supposed to mean something.

Kirara Amanogawa/Cure Twinkle - From first to last name, it translates literally as “twinkling Milky Way.”

Towa Akagi/Cure Scarlet - “Aka” means “red.”

Mirai Asahina/Cure Miracle - “Mirai” means “future.” I didn’t actually watch all of Mahoutsukai, so I don’t know if that’s relevant.

Kotoha Hanami/Ha/Cure Felice - “Ha” means “leaf,” which is in, like, all of her names. “Hanami” means “flower viewing,” an actual pastime in Japan where people picnic near the newly-bloomed sakura trees.

Ichika Usami/Cure Whip - It’s not exact, but “Usagi means “rabbit,” referring to her animal theme. Thus is where Sailor Moon’s first name comes from.

Himari Arisugawa/Cure Custard - “Hi” can mean “sun,” which is sometimes portrayed as yellow.

Aoi Tategami/Cure Gelato - From first to last name, it translates literally as “blue mane.”

Akira Kenjou/Cure Chocolat - “Akira” contains “ak__a,” which means “red.”

Ciel Kirahoshi/Cure Parfait - “Ciel” is French for “sky.” “Kirahoshi” means “twinkling stars,” which could refer to the ethereal nature of her animal theme, as does Ciel.

Hana Nono/Cure Yell - “Hana” means “flower,” referring to one of her attack themes and part of her outfit.

Saaya Yakushiji/Cure Ange - This one might be a stretch. Yakushi-ji is a Buddhist temple in Japan; its main attraction is “The Medicine Buddha,” which could reference her introducing herself as “Healing everyone!”

Homare Kagayaki/Cure Etoile - “Homare” means “honor,” which could refer to her character arc of self-acceptance. “Kagayaki” means “shining,” referring to her golden-like theme.

Ruru Amour/Cure Amour - “Ruru” is a reference to R.U.R., a 1920s play that brought the word “robot” into modern usage, referring to her true nature. So it’s not Lulu. “Amour” is French for “love,” referring to her and Macherie’s theme.

Emiru Aisaki/Cure Macherie - “Aisaki” means “blooming love.”

Hikaru Hoshina/Cure Star - “Hikaru” means “bright,” “shimmer” or “gleam.” “Hoshi” means “star.”

Lala Hagoromo/Cure Milky - “Hagoromo” refers to a few things, but the anime makes it clear what the fake name specifially refers to. I forget which one, but I think it’s either for a space orbiter or an old Japanese play about a swan maiden.

Elena Amamiya/Cure Soleil - “Elena” is a multilingual name that means “bright” or “shining light,” referring to her sun theme.

Madoka Kaguya/Cure Selene - “Kaguya” refers to a Japanese story involving a princess of the moon.

Yuni/Cure Cosmo - “Yuni” is supposed to refer to how Japan pronounces the word “universe,” in reference to the outer space themes.

Nodoka Hanadera/Cure Grace - “Hana” means “flower.”

Chiyu Sawaizumi/Cure Fontaine - “Chiyu” can mean “healing” or “cure,” though since she’s not the main cure I don’t know why she gets to be named after the season’s main theme. “Sawaizumi” can mean “marsh/stream fountain.”

Hinata Hiramitsu/Cure Sparkle - “Hi” means “sun,” which refers to her bright powers. “Hinata” means “sunny place.” Although not exact, “Hiromitsu” means “wide light.” Interestingly, “mitsu” is a word for “three,” which could reference her being the third Cure in her team.

Asumi Fuurin/Cure Earth - “Asu” is just how the Japanese pronounce the English word “earth.” So Cure Earth’s civilian name is literally the same. “Fuu” means “wind,” referring to her actual element. The same goes for Fuu Hououji.

8/3/20 EDIT: MY ASS COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT SPLASH STAR, IM SO SORRY.

[speeding-fox]

The Wrath of Tiirubon! (Part 1)

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Some things to note before getting into the story:

- The "----" means a scene change, while "~~~~" means the same same scene, but takes place in a different area.

Now with that out of the way, onto part 1 of the story!

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It was Tiiru's birthday today, and Tiiru were eagerly rambling to their sister, Shianbon, what they wanted at the party and how they wanted everything to go as they walked through the mansion's halls. "I know that, you told pretty much everyone up to this past week." Shian said, trying not to sound too annoyed. 

Tiiru rubs the back of their head sheepishly. "Sorry sis, but I can't help but be excited! This might be my biggest birthday bash yet!" They shout excitedly.

Shian smirked. "Didn't you say that during your past four birthdays?" Small pause from Tiiru. "Yeaaah, but I have a feeling it's gonna be bigger than the last one, I'm sure of it! Plus, Polka and Dot are gonna be there, I want it to be fun for them too!"

Shian blushed lightly at the mention of Dot's name, then chuckled somewhat awkwardly. "Y-Yeah, we'll see if it'll be bigger than your last one." 

Tiiru went on excitedly babbling about their special day, while Shian listened, as annoying as it is to hear Tiiru ramble on and on about their birthday, she is going to let them have this since it is their special day, and as long as her sibling is happy, she's content. Tiiru kept talking until they hear voices coming from the room ahead of them. "You hear that?" They ask Shian. "It sounds like Mom and dad, and Mr. Shirobon and Kiirobon."

Tiiru's gaze returned to the door, curiousity piqued. "What could they be talking about?" They wondered aloud. "It's probly nothing important." Shian told them. "I think we went the wrong way because of your rambling. Let's turn around. I'm sure the back door is-" She stopped when she noticed her sibling was no longer beside her. "Ti?" She looked ahead of her and saw Tiiru tiptoeing to the door in question, and face palmed. "Oh bother." She muttered. She can't lie, she was also a tad curious about the commotion, so she followed them.

"Can't ya git offa' yer lazy butt and help with the decorations, Mizuirobon?" Tiiru overheard Kiiro say as they got close enough to the door, which was cracked open big enough for Tiiru to peek through, but not be noticed right away. When they did peek through, they saw a bunch of green and blue decorations all about the huge room, their eyes sparkled. "Wooow..." They whispered.

Shian caught up with Ti by now, and peeked though the opening as well, she rolled her eyes at her sibling's airheadedness, they've already seen this many decorations before, then again, they are easy please. She was going to whisper something, but when Mizuiro replied "I've already done enough, Kiirobon.", she went quiet to listen in and watch.

"Done enough? You've done nothing but jus' sittin' there on yer darn phone the whole time!" Kiiro shouted to the other. "I've been filling out the orders for the pizzas, the catering, and bounce house, that's more work than you think." Mizuiro replied calmly while glaring at Kiiro. "Fer you, maybe. You jus' didn' wanna do the heavy work ya' lazy-"

Midori then piped up as he was decorating the wall. "Kiirobon, quit harrassing Mizuirobon and help Shirobon blow up those balloons." He commanded while gesturing to Shiro filling up said balloons with helium. Kiiro turned to the Sarge with disbelief. "Sarge, are ya' serious?! He isn' even-" "As much as I want him to help, he has done enough work. Leave him be." Midori interrupted with an authoritive tone.

Kiiro turned back to Mizuiro, whom had a smug look that Kiiro hated. "Yer lucky you have yer husband stickin' up fer ya'." He grumbled as he went over to help Shiro with the balloons.

It was quiet for a bit, then Shiro decided to speak up. "Ya know, I'm surprised by how much Tiirubon has grown over the years." "Yeah, neither can I." Kiiro joined in. "It felt like only yesterday I first held that kiddo, they were so Tiiny then." 

Midori rolled his eyes at Kiiro's little pun, but he did get where he was coming from. "I can't believe it either. They've grown up so much." He sniffled. "I'm so proud of them."

"Hun, are you going to cry again?" Mizuiro teased, and Midori got flustered. "Huh? Cry? No! Why would I be crying?! I'm not crying!" Mizuiro chuckled. "Why were your eyes watering then?"

"Eh!" Midori hastily wiped the tears away. "Something got in my eyes!" Shiro and Kiiro laughed. "Sure you did, Sarge, sure you did." "Man, yer sucha' dork." Mizuiro chuckled again. "That's one thing I agree with you, Kiirobon."

Midori was now all red in the face. "I am not a dork! All of you hush about that!" He bellowed as everyone in the room laughed.

Shian and Tiiru snickered quietly. "Our dad is such a huge dork." Shian whispered. "I'm with ya' there, sis." Tiiru murmured. Shian glances to Tiiru. "C'mon, let's go before they notice us." Tiiru returns the glance. "Right."

They both begin to walk away, with Tiiru following close behind Shian. "Y'know, Cashbag, you and the Sarge have grown as well, I distinctly remember when ya' both wanted nothin' to do with Ti when 'dey came to be." Hearing Kiiro say made Tiiru's heart drop and stop in their tracks, while Shian didn't until she noticed her sibling was no longer walking behind her, making her turn around. 

"Ti, you coming?" She called out softly, but Tiiru ignored her, their gaze fixed on the partially open door. "Ti?" Shian called out again. Tiiru once again ignored their sister, and softly stepped back to said door and peered through the small opening.

"Well, Midori and I weren't initially keen on the idea of having kids, let alone one that spawned from one of you and Shirobon's mischievous antics." Mizuiro stated. 

"It is not a good idea to test an invention on unsuspecting biidaman if you have no idea what it even does." Midori joined in.

Shiro takes a small break from pumping up balloons to rest against the wall, one arm behind his head while he waved with the other. "Yeah yeah, we were young and stupid, learned our lesson, having Kiiro and I watch them while you two went through your crisis period of whether or not you wanted to keep them was punishment enough."

Tiiru couldn't believe what they were hearing. They weren't...wanted? Because they were the result of a joke? Not only that, but they lied about how they were born?! They clenched their fists and started to tremble.

Shian, behind Tiiru and having heard what was said, thought it was a good idea to get her sibling away from here right now. "Tiirubon, I think we should go now." She grabbed them by the arm and tried to pull them away, but they wouldn't budge. "C'mon, Tiirubon we need to go." She pulled their arm again, but they still refused to budge. "Ti! Stop being-" Her last attempt at pulling them away made her accidentally bump the door until it was more than halfway open. The noise it made was enough to make the adults turn their attention towards there, all their eyes widen when they saw a clearly upset Tiiru standing at the doorway with an equally wide-eyed Shian whom attempted to pull them away, she let them go, Kiiro let go of the balloon he was filling up, and said balloon deflated until there was no air left, then it went dead silent.

No one said a word, until Mizuiro got up to slowly approached the trembling Tiiru and broke the silence. "T-Tiirubon, you...you d-didn't hear all of that, d-did you?" He stammered out. Whom on Mercury forgot to close the darn door?!

"You... lied to me." Tiiru spoke lowly and shakily. "What..?" Was all Mizuiro could think of saying.

"I was told I was created from that machine because you and Dad had a mutual agreement on having a child for so many years, and here, I find out I was the result of a practical joke?!" Tiiru bellowed, their voice raising in volume with every word. "And above all, I wasn't meant to exist?! Is that what I am to you guys?! A JOKE?!"

"Now now, Tiirubon." Mizuiro waved both hands around while trying to speak calmly. "I don't know how much you heard, but let me explai-" Tiiru cut him off. "SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE OF YOUR LIES!" They bellowed, hot tears rolling down their face, their outburst made Mizuiro take a step back, and Midori a few steps forward.

"Don't you take that tone with your fa- er, mother, young biidaman!" He shouted authoritively in an attempt to get Tiiru to back down.

Tiiru simply death-glared at him, unfazed. "Why should I listen to you?! You didn't want me in the first place!"

Midori spoke more calmly. "Tiirubon, that is not true. Just let us-" "NO!" Tiiru interrupted. "I know what I heard! I was an unplanned child! I was never meant to exist! I wasn't wanted! You didn't want me because I was an unexpected result from two idiots wanting to play a joke!" They turned to face Shiro and Kiiro as they said the second part.

"Hey! We're not idiots!" Shiro piped up. "We just didn't know that's what the machine di- mmph!" Kiiro covered Shiro's "mouth" with his hand to shut him up. "Shut up! You'll jus' make it worse!" He muttered to him. Meanwhile, Shian just stood there, watching all this go down, not knowing what to say or do to diffuse the situation without possibly making Tiiru more upset, she's only good at starting fights, not stopping them. Even on their worse days, she's never seen her sibling this upset before. She hated that she has no idea what to do.

"Tiirubon! That's enough! You're being irrational! Go to your room at once!" Midori commanded as he points to the direction of Tiiru's bedroom.

"NO!" Tiiru refused vehemently. They got into a defensive stance as Midori began approach them. "Tiirubon, do not make me have to carry you to your room!"

Their biidama starts to glow teal. "Stay. AWAY!" As they screamed "away," they fired a shot at their father, it hits, and they send him hurdling into the stacks of boxes of decorations and sent most of the boxes tumbling down on it, Midori let out a loud yelp as they did, then let out more as boxes and decorations fell onto him. Mizuiro gasps audibly as he saw this happen. "Midori!" He cries out as he rushes to his husbands aid.

Not long after their action, Tiiru sprints away from the scene, with Shian, after getting over her shock, bolts after them, while Shiro and Kiiro simply stood there, dumbstruck at what they witnessed Tiiru did, and wondering what the heck did they just witness. Tiiru was rushing through the halls, making their way to the front door, they needed to leave, and Shian was close behind, trying to catch up to her sibling, but they were just out of her reach. This was the fastest she's seen her sibling run.

"Ti! Wait! Slow down!" Shian shouts with an arm outstretched.

"Leave me alone, Shianbon!" Tiiru shouts back to her.

"Where do you even think you're going?!" She asks loudly.

"Out and away from here!" Shortly after yelling that, they make it to front door and escape, once outside, they jump into Tenacious-Tealer, start it up, then begin taking off as Shian caught up to them. "Tiirubon! TIIRUBON!" She cried out to them, only to be promptly ignored by them.

Mizuiro helps Midori up. "Will you be okay, hun?" Midori groaned. "Aside from some bruising, I will be fine."

Their attention, along with Shiro and Kiiro's, shifted towards the open window when they hear the noise of something ready to take off. They rush to said window, hoping it wasn't Tiiru's vehicle, only to find Tenacious-Tealer taking off into the horizon, and Shian calling out Tiiru's name, they really did leave... They all hoped Tiiru will return home after all that, so they could properly explain everything.

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At Aka's home, Tosukana and Sora are helping Aka with making Tiiru's birthday cake, well, Tosukana moreso, Sora has been staring intently at the cake batter in the mixing bowl, waiting to sneak a taste, but Tosukana is keeping a close eye on him. When he thought neither of them were looking, Sora attempts to stick a finger into the batter, but was promptly stopped by Tosukana. "Don't." He said sternly.

Sora pouts. "Come ooon, Tucker, can't I have just one little taste?"

"Do you want to get sick?" Tosukana scolded. "The answer is still no."

Sora grumbled, then went back to helping out with the frosting ingredients. Shortly after getting the ingredients set out, both the kids' phones vibrate, they check to see why, and find a text left by Midori. "Did you also get a text from Midoribon-san too?" Tosukana asks while not looking up from his phone. "Yup." Sora replies, also not looking up from his phone. "Does your text say we're needed at the mansion?" Sora nods. "Yeah. I hope it's not another training drill."

They immediately get another text from Midori, stating it's not a training drill and he needs help. They gaze up from their phones to eachother. "Guess that answers that." Said Sora.

"Knowing how extra he is, he probably needs help setting up." Aka says as the two boys turn to her. 

"Mom, will you be fine handling the cake on your own while Sora and I had to Mercury?" Tosukana asks his mother.

"I've made many cakes on my own before, don't worry about me." She assures her son.

Sora waves his hand at Tosukana. "Actually, how about I stay behind helping your mom make Ti's cake while you head off to Mercury to see what's up." Tosukana gives him a blank stare, then grabs him by the antenna. "Yeahhh no. He texted us both, we're both going."

He drags him by the antenna towards the doorway while Sora flails his arms helplessly. "OW OW! NOT THE ANTENNA! OW!"

"Bye Mom. I love you!" Tosukana calls out over Sora's shouting.

"I love you too, sweetie! See you at the party!" She calls back to him, then the two boys left.

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(Somewhere in a heavily wooded area:)

"I can't believe it." Tiiru sobbed as they were huddled up in Tenacious-Tealer. "This whole time, I wasn't really wanted, and I'm the result of practical joke! Is that all I am?! Is my existance nothing but a cruel joke?!" They yelled into the forest before crying into their knees.

Unknowst to them, hiding in the dark brush nearby was the mysterious Dark Desire, having followed Tiiru as she sensed their negative emotions. "Your heart broke from being told a lie all your life, what's worse is you had to find that out on your birthday, what a terrible birthday gift. Maybe you'll accept my gift to you, child." She whispers as she creates a purple broken heart with her dark power in her right palm, then blew it over to Tenacious-Tealer, it hovered and spiralled around in the air until it made it front of Tiiru. 

"Poor, poor child." The "heart" feigned sympathy.

Hearing a feminine voice speaking, Ti looked up from their huddled legs. "H-Huh? AH!" They jolt back from seeing it was a floating broken purple heart. "Wha-What?! What are you?! Did you just talk to me?!"

"Do not fret, child, I'm here to help you." The "heart" said sweetly.

"He-Help me?" Tiiru was uncertain about that, like, they may be an airhead, but they know a talking purple heart coming out of nowhere is not normal, in addition, something about it was suspiciously familiar. They gave it a glare before turning away. "I don't want your help, I want to be left alone! Go away!"

Hmm... Seems like this kid was a bit smarter than Dark Desire thought, she'd thought they'd be easier with them being an airhead. No matter, their anger and hateful emotions alone should still be enough to corrupt them, even if they aren't willing. Too bad they didn't bother shooing the heart away, that could've saved them from it absorbing itself into their biidama.

Tiiru let out a yelp as soon as the heart got absorbed into their marble. They felt a strong tingling feeling throughout their whole body, and they couldn't move. "Wha- What are you doing?!" They stammered.

They heard the female voice begin chanting in their head. "Your heart aches of the truth of your origin. If they stand in your path, then hit those whom wronged you, and are trying to stop you with the force of your wrath!"

As the chant finished, Ti felt their anger turn into blind rage as darkness clouded their mind. They let out a growl as their light-blue eyes turn into a dark purple along with their biidama. "They will pay..."

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By the time Sora and Tosukana arrived at the mansion in their respective vehicles, Shian, Polka, and Dot were already gathered outside the mansion's entrance along with the four adults. "About time you two showed." Polka remarks.

"Sorry, I literally had to drag Sorabon here." Tosukana says as he exits his vehicle along with a disgruntled Sora rubbing his antenna and groaning. "Ugh, so lame."

"We have no time for idle chit-chat. Do you know why I asked you to come here?" Midori asks the group.

"'Cuz you needed some help with some lame decorations?" Sora inquired. Tosukana elbows him hard. "Ow!" He glares at Tosukana as he rubs his hurt arm.

"No, it is something far more serious than that." Midori answered with a serious look. This got the kids' attention, except for Shian's, she wore a scowl, and had her arms crossed. "Tiirubon is missing."

A collective of "WHAT?!" was shouted by the kids, with the exception of Shian, as she already knows, and the reason why. "Tiiru going missing on their birthday?! That's not a present anyone wants!" Polka exclaimed.

"Oh no, that's terrible!" Dot screamed.

"Midoribon-san, do you know what happened before they went missing?!" Tosukana asks loudly.

Midori hesitated coming up with an answer. "Err... they..." He clears his throat. "They've left to blow off some steam, and they usually take around an hour or less to calm down, but they haven't returned since then. That's why I called you all here, to help search for them!"

"Count me in!" Tosukana proclaims, and the rest of the kids (except Shian) agree to join the search, while Shian continues to scowl at the adults. Why couldn't they just swallow their pride and fess up the truth to why Tiiru disappeared? She'd do it for them, but she was told to keep hush about it, or else she'd get reprimanded.

Midori started giving out orders. "We'll split up to cover more ground. I will scout the woods on ground-level while Shirobon and Sorabon will both scout from above said woods." "Understood!" "Tosukana Akabon, Porukabon, and Kiirobon, you three search the city." "You got it, sir/Sarge!" "Dottobon, Shianbon, and Mizuirobon, you three will stay behind at the mansion in the garage's security area in case they return."

"What?!" Shouts Shian. "Are you kidding me, Dad?! I don't want to stay behind! I want to help search for them too! Ti's my sibling!"

"I know you do, Shianbon, but you don't have a mode of transportion that will allow you to aid us, you do not have much of a choice." Midori stated. She growls, she really wants to help find Tiiru, but her father is right, unlike everyone else, she doesn't have anything that will cover ground quicker. She lets out a low "Fine!" before stomping into the mansion.

"Everyone, move out!" Midori orders. There was chorus of "Yes sir!" before everyone in their vehicles took off. Mizuiro watches them as they leave, while Dot turns to face the entrance Shian went in through with a concerned look, hoping she'll be okay.

"I hope they find them before the storm arrives..." Mizuiro mumbles as he stares at the dark clouds encroaching in the distance.

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(Above the skies of Mercury:)

"Anything yet, Sorabon?" Midori asked through the telecommunication device as Sora scanned through the woods. "No, I haven't seen them yet. Dad and I split up to cover more woods, but we haven't found anything. I'm beginning to think us splitting up isn't helping much. I can't see anything from up here, ugh, so lame, we've been looking for them for hours!" He responded while letting out a exasperated sigh.

"... It has only been fifteen minutes, Sorabon." Midori says flatly.

"Feels like it's been longer." Sora muttered. "Any luck with the others?" He questioned.

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(On Polka, Tucker, and Kiiro's end:)

"Polka, are you, Tosukana Akabon, and Kiirobon having any luck in the city?" Midori asked through the telecom. "No luck sir." Polka replied. "We checked all the possible places they could be on ground-level. Tucker and I are double checking each of their favorites places to see if we somehow missed them, and dad is checking from above. Any luck, dad?" "Nope." Kiiro's voice piped up through the monitor. "I thought I did, but it jus' found a biidaman with a simila' cap ta' Ti's."

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"Midoribon." Shiro called out through the telecom. "Any sign of them in the woods on ground-level?" Midori shook his head. "No..." He responded solemnly.

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(With Shian, Dot, and Mizuiro:)

"Shianbon, Dot, Mizuirobon, did they return home, or at least is there any sign of them on the tracker?" "Sorry Mr. Midoribon, they haven't, and we're not getting anything over here either." Dot replied. "It's like they just upped and vanished." Shian added. "That's...very worrisome..." Mizuiro said whilst gazing down. "They're not picking up their calls either, and they always have their phone on them... They couldn't have gotten far... They shouldn't have..."

"That is very concerning." Dot spoke as she gazed down at the radar, only to see nothing. "This isn't like Tiirubon."

"Exactly." Tosukana commented. "They usually state where they're going before going some place, not telling anyone of their whereabouts is attypical."

"Yeah, they usually do that, but they upped and left without saying anything to anyone. What the heck is up with that? Which reminds me, you guys still didn't say why exactly they took off." Sora stated, unaware that something is watching him below the thick trees.

Midori, Mizuiro, Shiro, and Kiiro went awkwardly quiet, each waiting for another to say something, but no one did, except Midori. "Look, we will explain why once we find them." Shian knew exactly why Tiiru left, so she piped up. "No, you'll all explain now. I know what happened, so one of you grown-ups explain why, or else I'll do it for you." She proclaimed, speaking in an accusatory manner. She glanced to Mizuiro first, then to the three other adults on the monitor, all four of them shared the same look of guilt and adverted their gaze from the screen. "Well?"

"Dad? What is Shian on about?" Sora inquired.

Before one of them could explain, Sky-Soarer's right wing suddenly got struck by a surprise shot, causing Sora to yell out. "SORABON!" Shiro was the only one whom shouted out his name as everyone else was stunned by what just occured.

"Mayday! MAYDAY! I'M GOING DOWN!" Sora cried out.

"What happened?!" Screamed Shiro.

"Something hit my right wing! I'm going down!" Yelled Sora

"Sorabon! Engage the emergency protocol!" Dot shouted to him.

Frantic button mashing can heard on Sora's end, then appeared an expression of grim realization. "I-It's not working! NOTHING'S WORKING!" Sora's screen then went to static before it disappeared from the monitor.

"Sorabon?! SORABON! ANSWER ME!" Shiro futilely called out to his son, then eerie silence fell for a moment.

"We lost contact..." Dot muttered grimly.

"No..." Shiro uttered softly, then repeated over and over for the next seven times, each one raising in volume, until he suddenly went offline.

"Shirobon?! Do you copy?! Shirobon!" Called out Midori, but he got no response back. "Dottobon, where is Shirobon?!" 

"The northern part of Victory Woods, Sergeant Midoribon!" Midori nodded. "Thank you! Everyone! Move out to Victory Woods!" A chorus of "Right!" was heard through the telecom before they all went offline.

Dot held a hand to her chest. "I hope Sorabon will be alright..." Shian put her hand on her back to console her. "Sorabon's a tough kid, I'm sure he'll be fine." "I hope so..." Shian shifted her gaze from Dot to Mizuiro, and gave him a cold glare, making him flinch. "S-Shianbon, d-don't look at me that way!" He stammered out.

"Pop, while we wait," She quickly glanced to Dot, then back to Mizuiro. "why don't you explain to Dot why Ti ran off."

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Shiro was first to make it to the wreckage of Sky-Soarer. As soon as he landed nearby, he jumps out of Crys-Whiter and bolts to his injured and unconscious, shouting his name. "Sorabon!" He lifts his son up and gently tries to shake him awake. "Sorabon! Wake up, please!"

Sora groaned as he was being shaken awake, and he opened his eyes half-way. "D-Dad..?" He uttered weakly.

By this time, all the others arrived at the wreckage. Midori was about to reprimand Shiro for going offline before stating his location until he saw the full extent on the crash and his injured son in his arms. "Oh god..." He muttered.

"Holy carp, that's some crash." Polka remarked.

Shiro didn't pay attention to them as he was too focused on his son. "Sorabon, who shot you down?" He asked sternly.

"I... I don't know..." Sora replied. "It came out of nowhere...and...it was...too fast...ugh..." He blacks out.

"Sora?! Can you hear me?! Sora!" Shiro cried out to no avail, then sobbed and held his son close.

Midori called Mizuiro through the telecom. "Mizuirobon, do you copy?"

Mizuiro picks up and responds. "Midoribon, have you found Shirobon's kid?"

"Yes," Midori answered. "but he's not in a good state. I need you to have the mansion's nurses at the ready when he's brought back, as well as have the repairmen in secondary garage ready, his plane sustained heavy damage."

Mizuiro nods, he now dawned a serious expression. "Okay!" He tunes out.

Very shortly after their call ended, a biida shot shoots from seemingly out of nowhere and hits Crys-Greaver, nearly making the tank flip over, but thankfully the trees prevented that! The rest of the group shout the Sarge's name as he was suddenly attacked. Polka and Tosukana hurriedly went over to his side.

"Midoribon-san! Are you alright?!" Tosukana shouts worriedly.

"Do not worry about me, I am fine." He reassured the two, then he furrowed his brows and glares into the direction the shot came from. "Reveal yourself, coward!" He commanded.

Everyone turned their attention to the sounds of heavy mechanized footsteps as they echoed from the direction, getting louder as they trudged towards the group. The figure soon exited the shadows of the brush and revealed themselves. The mechanical figure had dark colors with a purple hue, but aside from that and a few other differences such as the sharp edges and their emblem on their head (it was in the shape of a bat), something about them seemed very familiar to Midori, however, Shiro did not care if they did look familar or not, he immediately assumed this was the biidaman that shot down his son, and he wanted to pay them back.

"Tosukana, you, Polka, and Kiiro take my son and Sky-Soarer back to the mansion." He spoke lowly.

"Shirobon-san-" Tosukana started, but was quickly cut off.

"NOW!" Barked Shiro.

Tosukana no choice but to comply. He gets out of Tuscan-Dragon, and takes Sora from Shiro. Once Sora was in safe hands, he armors up and enters his mechanical form, all while charging at Sora's assailant without second thought.

"Shirobon! Graah, that kid!" Midori groaned loudly.

Polka, now in his robotic form as well, rolls up next to Midori. "Midoribon sir, what do you need us to do?!"

The Sarge turns to him. "I need you to escort everyone safely back to the mansion, then return here! You got that?"

As much as Polka wants to stay and fight, Sora needed help, and nobody knew if there was more than one enemy and if they were planning to strike on their way back there or here. He nods. "Got it!" He helps load Sky-Soarer onto Cargo Yäger, and after Tosukana gets Sora secured, he and the others take off. Once he knew the three were out of sight, Midori armors up, and transforms into his mechanized form to assist Shiro.

Midori fires off two shots to stun the foe when they were going to attack Shiro after they downed him. "Shirobon! You mustn't be so brash!" His voice echoed. 

"Stay out of this, Midoribon!" Shiro snapped back as he got back up. "This fight's between me and them!"

He once again charged before Midori objected. "Shirobon! Now's not the time for foolishness!" Midori's words fell on deaf ears as Shiro fires off a barrage of Hyper Biida Shots and tries hurling a flurry of punches at Sora's assailant, however, they kept dodging, not one shot or punch was hitting them, the shots that did hit seemed to barely leave a mark.

Shiro kept at it, refusing to let up until this jerk was taken down! He was ready to throw one more punch. "Stop. DODGING!" The punch didn't land, instead, the enemy grabbed his hand before it could. The next thing they did was grab his entire arm with their free hand, and flipped Shiro like he was nothing, making sure he hit the ground extra hard, Shiro cried out as he was being flipped and thrown to the ground!

He grunts as he attempted to get back up from that attack, but nothing would respond, he was immobilized! "Grr, why can't I move?! Get up!"

The enemy watches him struggle, then their head slowly turns to Midori. Midori was astonished by what he witnessed. The fact that Shiro was defeated after one swift flip had him somewhat intimidated, but he wasn't willing to back down, he had his kid to find, and this fiend coming out from nowhere was wasting precious time in finding them! "I do not know who you think you are," Midori bellows at the foe. "but I have my child to look for, and you showing up from nowhere to fight is wasting valuable time! I suggest you leave before this escalates further!"

The foe simply stares at him as he was giving his little spiel, after a couple seconds, they fire at him, to which Midori promptly dodged out of the way. "Okay then, have it your way!" The battle continues.

Several minutes pass, neither side is backing down, and Midori was getting more and more aggitated, he just wants to look for Tiiru, not be stuck a fight with this fiend, but foe seems to know his every move and acts accordingly. The Sarge, tired of this battle, fires off many Double Metal shots, hoping this will work. The smoke left behind from the shots exploding envelopes the target. Midori thought this was effective and he finally had taken the enemy down, however, when the plume of smoke dissipates, the foe was nowhere to be seen.

"What?!" Midori headed for the spot the enemy was last standing in and looks around. "Where did they go?!"

The one direction the Sarge failed to check was behind him. "MIDORIBON, BEHIND YOU!" Shiro tried to warn him, but Midori was slow to react, he was grabbed by the arms and they were pinned to his back.

He screams "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! LET ME GO!" They would do that, but the fiend had something else in mind. With Midori in tow, they fly several stories upwards, do a frontflip, then make a beeline towards the ground with the intention of doing serious damage, what followed was a plume of dirt and dust filling up the area. That move was a doozy.

Midori grunts as he tries to get back up and fight, but he couldn't move his mecha's limbs, he wasn't only stuck, he was immbolized, the only thing he could move was his head. How could he have let his guard down?! One rule in the army is to remain vigilant during a battle, how could he have forgotten about that?!

As the dust clears, Midori could see this menace towering over him aiming their biida cannon at him and Shiro. "Who do you think you are?!" He repeated with less strength in his voice.

This time, the opponent finally says something as they chuckle darkly. "You haven't figured it out yet?" The voice was low, yet familiar.

Nothing else was spoken as this mysterious foe charged up one final shot to finish off the both of them. They thought it was going to be over, however, they heard someone firing biida shots at them, so they jumped away accordingly. Who fired those shots? Tosukana Akabon, now in his robotic form, and Polka.

"Stay away from Shirobon and Midoribon-san, you fiend!" Tosukana bellows.

"Tosukana Akabon! Porukabon!" Midori calls out.

"Midoribon-san, Sorabon has been delivered to the mansion safely!" Tosukana reports

"Seems like we came back just in time, huh, sir?" Polka quipped.

"Your arrival may be timely, but that wouldn't matter once you both end up like the adults!" The enemy fires at the both of them, to which they both get out of the way.

"Not if we take if we take you out first! Hyah!" Polka returns fire.

Midori shouts to them both. "Be careful you two! They're incredibly strong!"

"As if we hadn't noticed!" Polka shouts back. "Yo bad guy, what's your beef with us?!"

The enemy stops firing and responds with "Perhaps the grown-ups could answer that for you.", then resumes firing at them.

'The grown-ups know?' Tosukana wondered as he dodged and fired off biida shots. Did one of them anger someone, or their relatives? Then again, not just anyone has a mecha that they can transform into, so it can't be that. Perhaps... it is someone they know? He has a hunch that's the case, but he isn't jumping to conclusions just yet. "Midoribon-san, Shirobon-san, what do they mean by that?"

"I haven't a clue of what they mean!" Midori grunts as he's trying to get his limbs to respond. Shiro yells "You think we know? We just met this guy!" in response while attempting to move his limbs as well to no avail. "C'mon, move!"

Polka growls. "Grrr, they keep dodging our every move!" He turns to Tosukana. "Tucker, can't you shoot your Fire Shots at this guy?!"

"I rather not risk burning down the woods, Polka!" He argued.

Polka grumbles. "Then do you have ANY sort of plan?!" "Actually, I do!"

As Tosukana whispers the plan to Polka, their opponent used this opportunity to fire off two biida shots at the duo. "Look out!" Tosukana shouts. The duo dodge in separate directions, but what they didn't realize were those biida shots fired were homing shots!

Whatever plan Tosukana had immediately fell apart, all he could think of was to get away, Polka on the other hand had an idea: hit the enemy with their own homing shot! Tosukana notices what Polka was trying to do, so he tries to do the same thing from above, but the homing shot caught up with him and hits his left wing, seriously damaging it, needing both wings to keep him airborne, he begins to plummet to the area below, Polka being too focused on his own plan to see his falling friend. Polka charged at his target with the homing shot close behind. The opponent wasn't trying to move, he thought they had finally given up, he thought he was going to win!

Just when victory seemed to be within his reach, Tosukana crashlands infront of him, catching him completely by surprise. Polka tried to make a sharp turn to avoid ramming into his friend, but fails to do so, and he crashes into him, what immediately followed was a loud "BOOM!" as homing shot makes impact. The smoke left behind from the explosion clears and reveals Tosukana and Polka spawled on the ground, dazed and defeated.

The menace laughs darkly. "Did you two seriously think your sorry ploys of yours were really gonna work? Foolish!"

"Oh no, Porukabon and Tosukana Akabon are down as well. This isn't good!" Midori mumbled to himself.

It was right this moment that Mizuiro, Shian, and Dot came over on Midori's holographic telecom monitor. Mizuiro and Dot gasp immediately and Shian went wide-eyed when they see the beat-up state he's in, followed by a collective of  "Hun!"/"Midoribon-san!"/"Dad!" being shouted by the three of them at once. "Midori! Are you alright?!" Mizuiro shouted. The voices coming the sarge's telecom caught the villian's attention. 

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"No!" Midori exclaimed. "I've been taken down! Shirobon is down as well along with Porukabon and Tosukana Akabon!"

The prospect of her father, being the strongest biidaman she knows, and her friends, especially Tosukana, being defeated did not sit well with Shian. She stood up, then slammed her hands down on the control panel, her reaction startles Dot and Mizuiro. "WHO?! WHO DID THIS?!" She screams that at the top of her lungs.

The villian takes the place of Midori on the monitor. "I have." They reveal.

"WHAT IS YOUR BEEF ATTACKING MY DAD, TUCKER, AND EVERYONE ELSE?! THEY DID NOTHING TO YOU!!" She bellows through the telecom, ready to punch a hole through where the villian is.

Dot calmly tries to usher her back to her seat. "S-Shianbon, please sit back down." Her suggestion went unheard as Shian shakes a fist and continues to scream at the bad guy. "WHEN I GET OVER THERE, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

They laugh darkly. "Go right on ahead and try, Shianbon, but you'll simply end up like everyone whom tried to defeat me anyway."

Hearing them call her name made Shian pipe down, she was taken aback by this. How does this guy know her name?! "You...you know my name..?"

Mizuiro turns to the villian. "Who are you..?" He utters in a grimly calm voice, not ready for their response.

They chuckle. "Heh, you haven't figured it out yet? You of all biidaman should've known who I am by now, Mom."

'M-Mom?!' Mizuiro pales as if he saw a ghost, then felt like he was just punched in the gut, he now knows who this is, as there's only one person that refers to him as "mom" nonjokingly. "No, it can't be..."

"Pop?! Pop! What's wrong?!" His daughter calls out him.

"Thi-This fiend... I know who they are..." He utters softly, not taking his eyes away from the telecom's monitor. "Spit it out! Who are they?!" Shian demanded.

"Th-They are-" Mizuiro couldn't finish, as the villian glows purple as they're reverting from their robotic form to their armored form. The purplish glow soon fades, and they stand up from their seat. There was a collective of shocked gasps and "No ways" once everyone saw whom the villian was.

"TIIRUBON!?!" As if on cue, lightning lights up the surrounding area.

"Heh heh heh, it's Dark Tiirubon now." They state. "Shocking, I know. Since you all now know who I am, I'm feeling generous. I'm going to spare everyone I've defeated here and allow them to return to the mansion, and give you all time to say good-bye, before I come destroy the mansion and everyone in it! You all better hope you have a plan to stop me!" They laugh more as lightning once again lights up the area, and they disappear in a flash as it begins to pour.

~~~~

Once Dark Tiirubon has left, Shiro and Midori could finally move their limbs again, but their armored bodies were in no condition to continue fighting, they only had had enough energy to get Polka and Tosukana back to the mansion. They silently stared at the spot Dark Tiiru once was. "I can't believe it..." Midori uttered softly.

~~~~

"Tiirubon has..." Shian adds on.

"Gone evil..." Mizuiro finished.

[To be continued...]

[ryouichiii]

Kiiro DIFFSINGER AI Release Demo Reel is finally out!

Happy 25th Birthday and 9th anniversary Kiiro!!

click here!

[ryouichiii]

Hikuine Kiiro's Demo Reel with another 3 New Voicebanks!

Happy 24th Birthday and 8th Anniversary Kiiro! <3

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[kiiro88]

Hello from the other side-

Hello, I’m not dead.

The poor Kiiro has been very busy lately.

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So here’s just a very messy doodle of

Lavender x Fatal

(let me know if you know the name for this ship…)

(The quality is just bad…) ‘ |}

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Also, in all this mess I have missed my eighteenth birthday, and I didn’t even have a chance to post something.

Yeah, so “Happy Birthday to me!”

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Lavender!Sans belongs to @naturetale-official

Fatal-Error!Sans belongs to @fatal-error-blog

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