After another round of firing arrows and listening to the rumours, Mirai was forced to accept that he would be the topic of conversation for a while. He carefully fired another arrow into the centre - again without regard for what was happening around him. They were firing weapons and too stupid to understand what had happened.

He drew his hand slowly down his own bow and smiled. That was all he needed. He lay the weapon on the floor when he heard another of his special friends speaking to him, and it lay there as he turned to give her a smile.

"Kiri-chan! You just can't stay away, can you? What if people talk?"