Nadeshiko nodded. Tadase joined them and the students made way, watching the progression with something like awe. A boy in the blue uniform with the cape - Kukai - rounded up the kids for ice cream, which would probably make them extra popular the next day. The sporty spirit went with them. The kimono one stayed with Nadeshiko.
Tadase and Nadeshiko walked Yuuta around the school to the back, and along a small well kept path to what looked like a very well maintained and ornate greenhouse. Nadeshiko opened the doors as if they were remarkably light and held them so that Tadase and Yuuta could go in.
Inside there was a flower lined path. Everything was warm as you'd expect in a green house, but not as humid. And while there were plants, they were decorative flowers mostly, and mostly around edges. The path lead to a raised platform that took up most of the green house. It housed a dining room table with chairs around it at the center. Off to one side was a sofa and some other comfortable seating. On the table itself was a nice looking doll house. More of the little spirits were inside the doll house. One, dressed all in green, seemed to be cleaning it. One, dressed as a baby, was sleeping right where it would be in the way of the one trying to clean.
Around the table were two kids. One was a girl, a bit younger than the others, wearing the same exact uniform and Nadeshiko, though she had mary janes instead of boots. She was dozing off, and didn't seem to notice their arrival. The other girl...
Pink hair pulled back by red X clips. Narrowed eyes. Something about how she wore her uniform screamed "punk". And not in the music sense. Instead of a cape, she had a red armband over one jacket sleeve. She wore leg warmers that matched her uniform skirt, except that they were held in place by black bands with metal buckles. Her bag was dangling from the back of her chair, two bands of red sewn onto the outside of what was a bag just like everyone else's were set at sharp angles crossing near the lower corner.
"Who is this?" she asked, her voice sharp. Two of the spirits floated out of the doll house to hover over her head. One wore a pink cheerleader outfit and had a heart on her sun visor. The other was in blue shorts, white shirt, with a big blue hat that sported a blue spade. The small spirit also sported what looked like a messenger bag or satchel.
"A new friend?" the pink one asked.
The blue one stared at Yuuta a long moment then pulled out a sketch pad and a pen and started drawing.
"This is Yaya-chan," Nadeshiko said, gesturing elegantly at the dozing girl. "And this is Amu Hinamori," she added nodding to the pink haired girl. "Amu-chan, I'm going to make some tea. Did you want to help me bake some tarts for tea time?"
Amu flushed slightly, and glowered. "No," she grumbled, crossing her arms. The little pink character over Amu's head started giggling.
"Baking?" the green character in the dollhouse asked. Her broom vanished as she floated out. "Leave it to Su! Chip! Syrup..."
Amu's hand shot out and caught the green character abruptly. "No, no chara-change. You wanna help Nadeshiko, go right ahead. I'm staying here." She opened her hand.
The green spirit considered a moment, then flew off after Nadeshiko who walked past plants that had seemed to make up the back permitter.
"Hinamori-san," Tadase said. "This is the uncle of some of our students. And he can apparently see the Shugo Charas.
Amu scrambled out of her chair so fast it fell backwards. She seemed like she was ready to either attack - never mind the table between them - or run away. "Easter?" she asked, Yuuta, accusingly.
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Tadase and Nadeshiko walked Yuuta around the school to the back, and along a small well kept path to what looked like a very well maintained and ornate greenhouse. Nadeshiko opened the doors as if they were remarkably light and held them so that Tadase and Yuuta could go in.
Inside there was a flower lined path. Everything was warm as you'd expect in a green house, but not as humid. And while there were plants, they were decorative flowers mostly, and mostly around edges. The path lead to a raised platform that took up most of the green house. It housed a dining room table with chairs around it at the center. Off to one side was a sofa and some other comfortable seating. On the table itself was a nice looking doll house. More of the little spirits were inside the doll house. One, dressed all in green, seemed to be cleaning it. One, dressed as a baby, was sleeping right where it would be in the way of the one trying to clean.
Around the table were two kids. One was a girl, a bit younger than the others, wearing the same exact uniform and Nadeshiko, though she had mary janes instead of boots. She was dozing off, and didn't seem to notice their arrival. The other girl...
Pink hair pulled back by red X clips. Narrowed eyes. Something about how she wore her uniform screamed "punk". And not in the music sense. Instead of a cape, she had a red armband over one jacket sleeve. She wore leg warmers that matched her uniform skirt, except that they were held in place by black bands with metal buckles. Her bag was dangling from the back of her chair, two bands of red sewn onto the outside of what was a bag just like everyone else's were set at sharp angles crossing near the lower corner.
"Who is this?" she asked, her voice sharp. Two of the spirits floated out of the doll house to hover over her head. One wore a pink cheerleader outfit and had a heart on her sun visor. The other was in blue shorts, white shirt, with a big blue hat that sported a blue spade. The small spirit also sported what looked like a messenger bag or satchel.
"A new friend?" the pink one asked.
The blue one stared at Yuuta a long moment then pulled out a sketch pad and a pen and started drawing.
"This is Yaya-chan," Nadeshiko said, gesturing elegantly at the dozing girl. "And this is Amu Hinamori," she added nodding to the pink haired girl. "Amu-chan, I'm going to make some tea. Did you want to help me bake some tarts for tea time?"
Amu flushed slightly, and glowered. "No," she grumbled, crossing her arms. The little pink character over Amu's head started giggling.
"Baking?" the green character in the dollhouse asked. Her broom vanished as she floated out. "Leave it to Su! Chip! Syrup..."
Amu's hand shot out and caught the green character abruptly. "No, no chara-change. You wanna help Nadeshiko, go right ahead. I'm staying here." She opened her hand.
The green spirit considered a moment, then flew off after Nadeshiko who walked past plants that had seemed to make up the back permitter.
"Hinamori-san," Tadase said. "This is the uncle of some of our students. And he can apparently see the Shugo Charas.
Amu scrambled out of her chair so fast it fell backwards. She seemed like she was ready to either attack - never mind the table between them - or run away. "Easter?" she asked, Yuuta, accusingly.