The Magical Girl Misu Batafurai

14: Start The Training Arc

Akari looked at Bluebell with tears in her eyes.

He finished telling me his story, about his planet. And how he was stranded here. I looked at him, Bluebell was silent.

"Thank you... For telling me, Leporis."
I say to him.

Bluebell looks at me shocked.
"Yeah, no problem... But, you don't have to call me that. It's okay if you keep calling me Bluebell."

"Oh, I was wondering, why did you pick that name to go by?" I asked him, tilting my head.

"Heh, it's the first thing that popped into my head... It was this necklace anyways, that saved me. It has a Blue bell on it, with my wish inside." Bluebell tells me, looking down.

I stare in wonder.

Silence fills the air.

"So it was your ship that crashed down by My. Fuji about a year ago?" I ask him jokingly.

Bluebell laughs nervously. "Eheheh. Yeah it was, good thing we didn't crash into it. The locals might have been pretty mad."

We both laugh together, then it grew quiet again.

Bluebell looks up at me. "Well, it's pretty late, you should get some sleep."

"Heh, right..." I say smiling.

I get up and crawl into my bed. I pull the blankets up. I look over at Bluebell. He was still sitting by the window, staring outside.

"Hey, aren't you coming to bed too?" I ask him.

He looks over at me.

"Oh um, yeah. I just thought. Maybe that you learned that I'm actually a Lepusion boy, that you wouldn't be comfortable with sharing a bed with me anymore..." Bluebell said quietly.

"What? Come on, don't be ridiculous, you're just a cute little space bunny. It dosne't change anything. You're still my friend, the same person I've known before." I smile at him.

Bluebell gives a confused look.

An image pops into my mind...

Bluebell rolls his eyes. "Alright then, if you insist."

Bluey floats over and we snuggle in together and sleep. The long night passes, everyone's worries slowly fade away, feeling safe again.

But more questions fill their minds, suspicion rises. Some of them doubt their friends, thinking of the words that Kumo said to them.

Kura tries to sleep, but he just stares at the ceiling, unblinking. For a very long amount of time, thinking back on everything that happened that day. Thinking about if he should have transformed, reveiled his identity. To save Akari, to save his friends.

He rests his hands on his stomach, a thin blanket covering him. He furrows his eyebrows.

If that fox didn't show up, they might have all died...

I should have been the one to save her, not him.

Kura rolls over to his side. He brings his hands up closer to his face, resting on the pillow.

I wonder if she really is Batafurai... Does she still love me? Would she love me if she finds out I'm Yaro?

Kura closes his eyes, tourmented.
Then he opens his eyes and clencehs his fist.

If this happens again, I won't hesitate.

Kura rolls around, sleepless. He finally drifts off to sleep, completely exhausted.