“Mocha! Calm down! And you Jenny! What were you talking about?!” Chero demanded.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner!” Mocha cried, “Don’t you trust me?! Do you think I am too weak?!”
“No! That’s not what I’m saying!” Jenny replied.
“I may not wear glasses, but I understand how important they are.”
“I’m sorry that I did not retrieve them…” Hime apologized.
“I’m the one who dropped them, so I the one who has to pick them up! The enemy
might use my glasses to come after me--” Jenny insisted.
“That’s why I said I should go instead of you!” Mocha said, “If the monster is going to come after you…Then why the hell would we send you?! Besides! Even though Chero healed you the best she could, you’re still injured!”
“I said, don’t even think about it! How many times do I have to lose you?! I won’t let you go!” Jenny cried.
“Well, same here! You’re just as horrible! I already told you that Harry will let me borrow his invisibility cloak so the enemy can’t even see me! Besides, Captain gave me a sword, I would be fine!” Mocha said, her voice raising, “But no! You have to be an idiot can cover for her! Why can’t you ask for help?!”
“STOP FIGHTING!” Chero sobbed.
Mocha and Jenny both stopped and looked at Chero. Mocha then stared at her feet.
“Mocha…Jenny died in the past you visited…Didn’t she? That is why you are so worried, isn’t it?” Chero asked.
Mocha said nothing so Chero continued, “And Jenny! I know you saw someone die in the past we visited and you have seen many people die when we break all those clocks, right?”
“….Yes…” Jenny sighed, sinking lower into the covers.
“A clock? You mean the one you and I broke with Kiki in the basement?” Hime questioned.
“Back then I did not know it was something that had really occurred in the past…So when you and Kiki died…I was able to brush it off, because I was told it was a lie. But we were wrong. The things I saw were all true…Many of my friends actually died!”
Jenny closed her eyes, “Kiki’s watch is a real problem…She exceeds her limits and ends up dying because of that. So, often before it would come to that…I would talk to you, Mocha…”
No one seemed to notice that Kiki was walking over to check on Jenny.
“I would ask you, ‘How can we stop that time controlling baka’…and then to save Kiki…you would lose your life instead…” Jenny continued, “Sure…we stopped her from using her watch. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED!”
“You…asked…for advice?” Chero questioned softly, reflecting on her own choices.
Jenny started to cry, “Whenever we ran into the enemy, like this time, someone would always die! And Kiki with her strange powers always died the most! If I asked for advice, it’d be one of you. If I didn’t it would be Kiki. With only those two choices, I didn’t really have a choice!”
She wiped at her eyes and hiccupped, “But…Since I could not choose between you two…I figured all I could do was fight alone…”
“So, did you ever ask me anything?!” Kiki cried.
Hime winced. Had Kiki been here all along?
“Did you ever tell me to not overuse my watch?! Did you even ONCE talk to me about it?” Kiki asked.
“….No but!” Jenny started.
“The WHY don’t you try it?!” she demanded, crossing her arms.
Jenny stared at Kiki and Kiki stared back. Jenny tried to say something, but couldn’t get the words out. So she pretended to fall asleep. Anyone could tell
that Kiki was getting more and more mad as Jenny remained silent.
“….I see. I know what you were thinking,” Kiki tsked.
She started to head towards the door, “Listen…When that idiot stops pretending to be asleep wakes up, tell her that no one said there should only be one hero. Tell her she has been watching too many Marvel movies...”
“Kiki! What are you going to do?” Chero called after her.
“See if I care about you!” Kiki cried, using her watch to teleport away.
Jenny jumped out of bed and ran to the spot where Kiki was standing, “KIKI!”
She grabbed Mocha’s hand and ran out the door.
Francis hurried from the kitchen, “What’s going on? Where is Jenny and Mocha going?! Where is Kiki?!”
“I-I don’t know! She disappeared all of a sudden…I-I’ll go look for them!!” Chero cried.
“Whoa! Hold it right there! Calm down! You can’t go on your own! Let’s split into groups to look for them,” Francis advised.
“Of all the times!” Danni whined, “Dante! Let’s go!”
“Let’s go!” Hime called, “Hurry!”
“I’ll go after Jenny and Mocha! I’m going right now!” Chero insisted, running out the door.
