Return to zero [Dorothy]

[Kiko/Hotaru]

Walking through the park, Kiko saved the information changes on her phone, and blushed lightly. Now, whenever Shouta called, it wouldn't say 'Korafu-kun' anymore. Kiko had just changed it so that whenever HE called it would say 'Shou-chan <3'. Now, Kiko didn't know if Shouta approved of pet names, but the raven had decided to go ahead and call him that anyways. Why?

Who knew, it's Kiko.

It was still very hard to believe, even after a long time and a few kisses (Kiko blushed a bit harder, thinking of that one time in the lazer tag areana), that Shouta was now her boyfriend. Neither her body or her mind had wrapped themselves very much around the change in their relationship. And besides. Kiko was still getting accustomed around the change that basically shook her entire core.

Ima's change to become a Deadly Sin, like her elder brother, Kakeru, or, rather, Hotaru.

It still made her heart ache painfully, to know that her brother had been alive all this time without him seeing her at least once in the five year time period they've been apart.

Sighing, and trying to stop the painful stabbing in her heart, Kiko continued to walk lightly through the park.

"Ima wa dounutse ka na, nani mo kanjinaku natte, Natsukashii kao omoidasu tabi..." Mitsukai sang, floating and dancing around behind Kiko, in a very happy mood. Kiko stopped and smiled at her chara's silly antics. The blush died out a bit, only leaving some of it's rosy color in Kiko's porclein skin.

If Mitsukai was around, were the major changes in her life all that important?

What more could one little change do to the small raven's life?

[OOC: And enter, Dorothy! Sorry if I made it hard for you to join in here, but this post was to help you out with some of the major changes in Kiko's life. DX And here's the song Mitsukai was singing. The Vanishment of Hatsune Miku Ugh, and ignore the weird title of this thread]

[Dorothy]

What a wonderful day to have a walk around the park! Dorothy had just recently returned from her long vacation trip to Hawaii and was feeling better than ever! She was glad she was able to keep her position as the Deadly Sin, Envy, and continue to work for Easter. Although, she wasn’t present for any missions that had occurred while she was gone. The 10-year-old girl wore a sundress with flower designs on it, some sandals, sun glasses, and to top it all off with a red ribbon tying her hair to a ponytail.

She sat on a bench in the park; the child prodigy was looking through a magazine while licking an ice cream. Her maroon colored hues seemed to sparkle every time she flipped to a new page. Apparently the magazine was on female models which Dorothy found attractive, yet very jealous of their figure. Setting her book on her lap, she placed her left hand on her chest and stared at it for a second. She pouted and flailed her left arm up and down, making sure she held on to her ice cream tight with her right hand.

”Hmph! Maybe if I had that body I could have a lover! It’s just not fair!” The little girl complained out loud, pulling out her cell phone ready to call her butler to pick her up, but stopped when she noticed a familiar girl walking to her direction. From what she recalled from reports, she was a host for an embryo egg; too bad Dorothy missed out on the fun.

”Ojou-sama, is there something on your mind?”

Dorothy’s tiny chara, Maron, poked her head out of the little girl’s purse and wondered what she was staring at. She blinked a few times and noticed Kiko walking to their direction. What was her mistress going to do with that girl? Maron hoped she wouldn’t cause any mischief!

Licking her ice cream once again, she hopped off the bench and smiled examining the young girl’s body. She didn’t have much of a figure and she was definitely no competition to her at all. Dorothy closed her eyes and giggled as she walked over to Kiko and licked her ice cream again. She tilted her head to the side and had a cute smile on her face as she lowered her sunglasses just a bit with her left hand.

”Hi! I’m Dorothy! I like you! Wanna be friends?”

In her mind, Dorothy was laughing evilly, she was sure Kiko had no idea who she was, considering they had never met. But unless she had information on the Deadly Sins and photos of each member... then it still didn’t matter. She wasn’t going to deny that she wasn’t part of that group, if asked, but she was definitely not in the fighting mood at the moment. Right now she simply wanted to see how teenagers spent their days, and how she would be able to take some tips from the older girl… Perhaps steal the girl’s ideas for love... Or even her love interest. Besides, who would say “no” to such a cute face?

[Kiko/Hotaru]

Kiko's mind went blank. Really it did, the first second she layed her honey-gold eyes on Dorothy's slight, slender ten-year-old frame. Quickly, Kiko appraised Dorothy and once her mind was able to think again, one thought rang out loudly through her head...

'KAWAII~!'

Really. Kiko smiled kindly at this rather random, adorable child, and bowed polietly.

"Hai, It's very nice to meet you, Dorothy-chan. I'm Hirogawa Kiko. You can call me Kiko-nee-chan, if you like." Kiko said, straightening back up again, and sending another adoring glance at Dorothy. And the long-haired raven sighed. She barely knew this child! And she was pretty sure that many, many, many people had told her to not talk to strangers. But...but this little stranger was so cute! What danger could this little girl, who was in fact, shorter than Kiko, oppose to her?

But, despite that thought, Kiko did feel something....akin to danger radiating from Dorothy. Not exactly the same thing as danger or malice, but something very faint like it. Smoothing the ruffles of her dress, Kiko thought about what she should do next.

Until Mitsukai refocused again, of course.

"Sukoshi dake anshin suru, Utaeru oto higoto ni heri..." Mitsukai mumbled off when Dorothy caught her bloodred eye. And then "KAWAII~! SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!" Mitsukai squealed, apparently on the same brain-wave length as Kiko. Spazzed out, the small neko chara pulled on a strand of Kiko's silky raven colored hair, Mitsukai squealed again. "OH MY GOD, KIKO!! LOOK AT THE ADORABLE CHILD!!! SHE'S SO CUTE! ACCEPT HER FRIENDSHIP OFFER, DARN IT!" Mitsukai pleaded, yanking Kiko's hair with a little more force than nessecary. Kiko blinked at her chara then at Dorothy. Then realization came back to her.

"Oh! Yeah! I would love to be friends with you, Dorothy-chan!" Kiko said sincerly, batting away her slightly annoying chara.

[OOC: Yes, Kiko is usually that spacey. XDD Oh Mitsukai. I love writing out your reactions.]

[Dorothy]

Dorothy took another lick from her ice cream and giggled when Kiko responded to her. She was such a sap; it was times like these that Dorothy was thankful of being young and cute. A slight shade of pink appeared on her cheeks when the older girl allowed Dorothy to call her “nee-chan.”

She started hopping up and down happily, she licked her ice cream once again and pointed her index finger to an ice cream stand. ”Kiko-nee-chan! Want an ice cream like mine? Then we can be like real sisters!” She said with an adorable grin. She had plenty of money to spend, even if it was on a girl she had just met.

The little girl’s eyes opened wide when a tiny chara revealed herself to a complete stranger. ’Pathetic looking chara… Very poor at keeping herself hidden too. Oh well, I’ll act this out.’ She took several steps back and pointed her index finger at Kiko’s chara.

”Onee-chaaaan! There’s something behind you! Kyaa! It’s pulling your hair now!

She dropped her ice cream and tried to shoo it away, but she was too short to reach her. Dorothy stuck her tongue out and blinked when she heard Kiko accept her friendship. Her sunglasses lowered as her maroon eyes started to sparkle.

”Really??! Kiko-nee-chan will be my friend?! Yay!”

Completely disregarding her ice cream, which was on the ground now, she quickly hugged the older girl tight. She glanced to her purse and hoped Maron would stay in there. If her chara blew her cover, then she would be very upset!

[Kiko/Hotaru]

Mitsukai was...shocked. Dorothy could see her!!! That was a cause for panic; So that's exactly what Mitsukai did. Panic. Letting go of Kiko's hair and dodging Dorothy's hands, Mitsukai whirled around, panicing and flailing around in circles; the small neko chara very much resembled a headless chicken (or something like that).

After a few more seconds of brainless panic, several thoughts raced through Mitsukai's head. Two thoughts to be exact.

1) Dorothy must be a very special person. To be to see a chara like herself, but not having one...Hm. Okay. Dorothy did not have a chara, but she was able to see an Embryo's chara.

That thought confused Mitsukai. So she pondered the next thought, instead.

2)Dorothy was not a special peson, which must mean Dorothy did have a chara! Which must mean that chara had to be nearby! Which must mean that Mitsukai had to scout out this chara!

This thought was easier to understand, it was more plausible. So, internally, Mitsukai put her chara senses on high, and vowed to finr this chara as inconspicuously as possible.

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Kiko was oblivious to Mitsukai's panic; She was too caught up in Dorothy's cuteness for anything to actually sink in. Hugging the slightly shorter girl, Kiko wondered if all children were that cute, or if it was just some weird maternal thing.

"Yay! Of course I'll be your friend, Dorothy-chan!" Kiko cheered along with Dorothy, ignoring Mitsukai's weird glances. Letting go of her, Kiko noticed Dorothy's cone discarded on the floor.

"Dorothy-chan! Your ice-cream cone fell! Do you want another one?" Kiko asked, turning her head around, searching for the ice-cream stand that usually takes residence in the park. Kiko had a lot of money to spend, being the heir to Hirogawa enterprises, so things like this, buying trivial objects, were never a problem.

Meanwhile, Mitsukai was trying to pinpoint the source of a very chara-y energy. It seemed to be coming from Dorothy's bag...Mitsukai floated closer to it...

[OOC: Sorry this took a long time! DX]

[Dorothy]

A small grin appeared across the little girl’s lips, watching the cat-like chara panic. She glanced to Kiko and blinked when she realized that the older girl wasn’t even paying panicking. Dorothy scratched her cheek and glanced to her side, just what was going on? Her plan wasn’t working! She expected Kiko to start panicking like her chara and tell her everything about her… Then Dorothy would deny seeing a chara and instead say that it was a flying insect or something; then force more information out of the older girl. But no success! She put her right hand over her face and shook her head.

’W-What the hell?! M-My plan… She’s such an airhead!

Abort the plan! She had to come up with a new one later, but that meant spending the rest of the day with this girl. Dorothy giggled and gently bonked her head, sticking her tongue out cutely. ”Whoops! I’m so clumsy! And I guess it was just a bee that was tugging your hair! Sorry if I startled you.” She stared at her with shifty eyes; perhaps Kiko was ignoring what Dorothy was pointing at, but she needed to at least back-up her first error.

Dorothy turned around and noticed her ice cream cone on the ground, she rolled her eyes and really wasn’t concerned about some poor quality ice cream… but her new ‘friend’ Kiko wanted to buy her some more. An anime stress mark appeared on the back of her head as steam slowly came out of her ears. ’Wait a minute! Didn’t I just offer her ice cream?! Did she ignore that too!?’ Dorothy was slowly losing her patience with this girl, but slapped her cheeks gently and shook her head.

Calm down, calm down! Now wasn’t the time to lose her cool, she needed to gather more information about this girl. She may be a threat to her allies! She clenched her fists and nodded in agreement to her mental statement. The young girl turned around and giggled, as she walked over to her friend and wrapped her tiny arms around her arm.

"Hey! I offered first, Kiko-nee-chan! So I’m gonna buy ice cream for the both of us, ‘kay?"

The little girl giggled, pulling her friend toward the ice cream stand and snuggled closer to her. To her surprise, Kiko’s chara was getting near her purse! Dorothy clenched her teeth wondering why Maron wasn’t keeping her presence obscure. Her maroon colored hues turned blood red as she immediately dug her right hand to her purse and pulled out a bottle of perfume.

”Lalala~!”

She began to sing a random tune as she sprayed some perfume in front of the chara’s face and quickly put the perfume back in her purse. Apparently the chara had discovered Maron’s hiding spot, but Dorothy wasn’t going to let that little neko get near! Even if she was pretending not to see the chara.

As soon as they reached the ice cream stand, Dorothy picked her favorite: Chocolate chip! She gently pushed her new friend in front of her and giggled. ”Pick any you like, Kiko-nee-chan! I’ll buy you anything!” She said, clinging to Kiko’s right arm with her free arm.

[Kiko/Hotaru]

"A bee...?" Frankly, Mitsukai pulled on her hair so much, that Kiko had stopped noticing when it happened and when it didn't. Turning her head slightly to stare at her flailing chara, Kiko nodded, a bit dumbly. "Ah...I see. A bee."

A little red flag was waving up and down at Dorothy's actions. Maybe she wasn't as cute as Kiko may have believed at first...

"Hey! I offered first, Kiko-nee-chan! So I’m gonna buy ice cream for the both of us, ‘kay?" Okay, no, maybe Dorothy was as cute as Kiko thought. As she was dragged towards the ice-cream stand, Kiko sent Dorothy a sheepish smile.

"Whoops~! I guess you did. Sorry about that, Dorothy-chan." Kiko apologized. As they reached the ice-cream stand, the raven couldn't help but realize that this was the ice-cream stand she and Shouta had first gone to when they first met. Licking her rocky road, a light blush appeared on her pale face as she thought of her new boyfriend.

So when Mitsukai started coughing and hacking like crazy, it was a real snap back into reality.

The stench was overwhelming for Mitsukai's ultra sensitive nose. As the neko struggled to get fresh air, Dorothy's actions made themselves clear.

She was hiding something. And now, Mitsukai wouldn't give up until she found out what Dorothy was occulting.

Blinking confusedly at first her chara and then licking her ice-cream cone, Kiko tried to solidify her mind (thinking of Shouta always put her in that love-stuck fangirl mood). When she was up to the point where she could properly talk, she turned to her new, slightly shorter young friend.

"So, Dorothy-chan, what do you want to do now?"

[OOC: Why do I always reply to you late, Dorothy? -_-U]

[Dorothy]

”What to do next?” Dorothy glanced up to her ‘big sister’ and giggled noticing a shade of pink across her friend’s cheeks. She licked her upper lip and put her index finger to her cheek as she winked at her, wondering if this may have brought some sort of nostalgic feeling. Dorothy wrapped one arm around Kiko’s free arm and had a sly, cat-like grin across her lips as she inched closer to her friend.

”Will Onee-chan tell me what she’s blushing about? Do you perhaps have someone you love?”

She questioned the older girl placing her ice cream cone close to her mouth, waiting anxiously for her answer. It was obvious that she was blushing about someone and the only logical response to randomly blushing is remembering someone you love dearly. This indeed was going to be very fun; she wondered why she hadn’t done this sooner!

Maron wondered how long she was going to wait inside of Dorothy’s purse; it wasn’t really fun being crushed. Even though she wasn’t informed, the chara had already known Dorothy was on one of her little detective/ steal someone’s lover/ make new friend’s life miserable missions. Interrupting her or revealing herself was out of the question! Maron folded her arms over her chest and nodded to herself, deciding not to get in the way.

Physical description, picture, a drawing, anything at all would work for Dorothy. If this prince charming of Kiko’s thoughts was truly worth Dorothy’s while then she would definitely not hesitate to steal him from her. If not, then no one at all would have him! But before all that, she had to meet this young boy… Or even young girl… Kiko loved dearly.

”Oh! Please introduce me to your lover, onee-chan! I’ll be good!” She really didn’t want to sound desperate and immature, but she was ten, so there were times when she had to act her age… as much as she hated doing that. Dorothy looked up to her friend as her hues began to sparkle and her lips began to quiver; yes, she even hated using her cuteness to get what she wanted.

”A-And maybe Kiko-nee-chan is an expert of love! And she could teach her little sister how to get a boy friend!

Flattering also works well for gullible girls like Kiko. It wasn’t difficult for Dorothy to get a boyfriend her age, but she wasn’t interested in boys or girls her age! They were too immature and moronic to even communicate with, which is why she skipped several grades to get up to the ones that met her standards! Unfortunately, attractive older boys or girls didn’t go for 10 year-old girls… What a pain!

[Kiko/Hotaru]

”Will Onee-chan tell me what she’s blushing about? Do you perhaps have someone you love?”

Kiko gasped, and blushed a deeper red, almost choking on a chunk of ice-cream she had accidentaly inhaled when she gasped. She didn't realize that she had spaced out far enough for a ten-year old to notice. Dorothy's analytical ability suprised Kiko as well. For Dorothy to come to the quick conclusion that Kiko was thinking of someone she loved was...epic. And...suspicious.

The little red flag in Kiko's head started waving itself more frantically.

It was only then, did the anxiety start creeping in. Kiko didn't know anything about Dorothy, other than her name, and even then, it was only her first name, not her surname. Just because, her concious started off, she's cute, and young, doesn't mean she can't be dangerous. You're being an idiot, you're being too trusting.

"Ah...yes. Yes, I do have someone I love. And, thankfully, he returns those same feelings. He makes me very happy." Kiko confessed, the suspicion growing more evident in her wide, honey-gold eyes, even though the blush continued to deepen, and paint across her cheeks.

Mitsukai watched the alertness in Kiko's eyes with a sated, cheshire cat-like smile. The neko chara didn't like Dorothy; not only did she feel like she was hiding something, she felt a certain...something hanging off the younger girl. A certain something dangerous. Mitsukai glared at Dorothy, but kept her mouth shut.

”Oh! Please introduce me to your lover, onee-chan! I’ll be good!” At this, Kiko's eyes narrowed sharply, and the blush died out a bit. The little red flag was all but burning in her mind, and now, as Dorothy looked pleadingly at her, protectiveness for her orange haired 'lover' surged up.

"I don't know...Korafu-kun may not like it..." Kiko trailed off, carefully using her nickname for the carrot-top, secretly occulting Shouta's real name. Mitsukai beamed. The blush died out more, a faint pink lingering in Kiko's pale face. "Besides...why would you want to mee-"

”A-And maybe Kiko-nee-chan is an expert of love! And she could teach her little sister how to get a boy friend!"

At this, Kiko's eyes lost every emotion in them, leaving her a rather blank look. Her lips turned up in an equally empty smile, and she took a lick of her almost forgotten ice-cream cone.

"No. Kiko-nee-chan, is actually a very bad solider in the battlefield of love. Dorothy-rin might have better luck on her own, if she wants a boyfriend." Kiko said, giving off a fake giggle to 'enhance' her statement.

It was obvious; Kiko now suspected Dorothy of something big.

[OOC: Apperently, adding -rin at the end of someone's name makes for a very cute petname. >.> And was it me, or did this turn rather morbid towards the end? O_e]