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「おいで、人使ちゃん！」

A childish voice rings in the air. A short, sweet looking girl runs through the field with a flower crown in hand. A little boy with purple hair is sitting on the ground, in the process of making a crown.

"Look! My flower crown is yellow, and yellow kinda goes with purple! I thought you would like it." She gently places the crown on his head.

"Thank you." He pats down the crown so it stays in his hair. He looks up at the girl and smiles. "I'm almost done with mine, I hope you like it. I tried to look for more, because they're your favorite color, but I couldn't find much..." He looks down at his half-made crown and slightly frowns.

"Don't worry, it's okay!" She crouches down at his side and looks at his face. "I'll like it no matter what color it is!" She pats his back gently and smiles brightly at him. He blushes and gives a wide closed eye smile at her.

「大好き」

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「え？」

A girl looks at her best friends desk, confused at to why he looks so down. She bounces over to him.

"Hitoshi-chan, what's wrong?" She leans over his shoulders to read the scratches in words on his tattered desk. She gasps. Hateful words scatter the desk in permanent marker. "Don't listen to them Hitoshi," she whispers, "You'll always be my hero."

Hitoshi looks back at her and manages a small, painful smile.

「ありがと」

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「助ける！」

A frightened girl screams and runs down an alleyway. She crouches by a dumpster and holds her breath, sobbing and shaking.

"Where are you? You have such a pretty quirk!" A shrill, possessive voice speaks out over the middle schoolers sobbing. The middle school girl squeaks and bites her tongue. She hears the villain stomp around, searching for her with glowing eyes. The middle schooler screws her eyes shut.

"Ah, I fooound you!" The middle schooler is grabbed by the back of her collar and lifted out of her hiding place. She shrieks and cries.

"Aw darling," the villain, who she now recognizes as a female, strokes her face. "Don't cry, or I'll feel bad." The villain shoves her to the ground and towers over the body.

"Please don't hurt me..." She covers her eyes and tries to think of ways out of this mess. The villain laughs.

'This is it, it's all over from here..' The girl lays on her back and stares up at the villain. The villain's face morphs into a pained expression as a hole eats away at their body, turning them to dust.

The middle schooler is shocked, as a man with shaggy, pale blue hair comes into view.

「あなたが協力者募集？」

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「ああ！」

A tall woman twirls around on the rooftop.

"Everyone! I'm glad you could make it!" She smiles and adjusts her crimson kimono. The heroes around her look visibly uncomfortable.

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