Liar, Liar, the Mage's Desire Vol. 1 (A New Oumeno)

Attack of the Itsy Bitsy

    "Nyeh...done!" Himiko said proudly to herself as she finished her fanfic about Kaede as a magical girl. "Time to celebrate with a trip to the bathroom...and then some ice cream afterwards!" Himiko hummed happily to herself as she made her way to the bathroom. As she turned the bathroom light on, however, she saw something out of the corner of her eye on the shower wall that stopped her dead in her tracks. "Eep!" she squealed, then ran back out of the bathroom. She ran downstairs and knocked on the door to Gonta and Kokichi's room. 

    "Hiya, HimiCocoa Bean!" Kokichi said as he answered the door. "Nee-heehee...you miss my cute lips, don't you?" he asked, making a kissy face at her. 

  "Nyeh...no, that's not it," Himiko replied. "Come here, I need your help with something." She took his hand and led him upstairs to the girls' bathroom.

   "Uh-oh...did Miu leave a giant, toilet-clogging turd in there that will make us have to unclog the toilet?" Kokichi asked.

   "Worse," Himiko replied. They arrived outside the bathroom where Himiko paused to warn Kokichi. "There's a spider in there." Kokichi threw his head back and started laughing.

   "Mwahahahahahahaaaaa!!! Is that all, Himiko?!" he asked. "I can't believe that's what you brought me up here for! Okaaaay, I'll kill it for you." He was about to walk inside when he suddenly stopped and turned to Himiko with a serious look on his face. "Is it big?" he asked. 

   "Godzilla wouldn't even stand a chance against it," Himiko mumbled in fear with wide eyes. Kokichi sighed with disappointment and nervously drummed his fingers against his leg.

   "I see," he replied quietly. "Hmmm, well...go grab one of Tsumugi's fashion magazines and bring it to me." Himiko did as she was told and brought Kokichi a magazine. He folded it up tightly and took a deep breath as he stuck his hand out to Himiko. "Here, take my hand."

   "Nyeh?! Why?!" Himiko asked, clutching her hands against her chest with apprehension.

   "Because...you need to face your fear," Kokichi lied. "Um...and I'll help you do it."

   "Well, why can't you just kill it yourself?" Himiko mumbled. 

   "Because...we have a better chance of killing it with both of us in there," Kokichi said.

   "W-Well...you're the Ultimate Supreme Leader!" Himiko argued. "Go in there and show that spider who's boss!"

   "Yeah, I'm the Ultimate Supreme Leader, not the Ultimate Exterminator!" Kokichi countered. "I don't go around killing spiders all willy-nilly!"

   "Why? Are you scared, too?" Himiko asked.

   "N-No!" Kokichi lied again. "You need to come in with me so you can face your fear and we'll have a better chance of killing that spider with both of us in there! So just take my hand already, woman!" Himiko pouted and crossed her arms.