Unexpected Kindness

Unexpected Kindness

Here is the four star An card for the event! This is when Kanade hands her Ramen to eat, and I’m honestly excited to unveil the outfits and upgraded versions! But anyway, here’s the skill:

For every Vivid Bad Squad character added it gives the card +10, when activated this hard gives a 90% (max) score boost for 5 seconds.

Red waterfalls [part 2] 🌸

Love is as sweet as candy…

After almost reaching sempai Ayano was teleported to a black room. She had no idea where she was. But she was still covered in blood with a knife. All of a sudden a black spider like demon floated toward her. A hole opened in what looked like her face and she started speaking. "I know what you did." She relaxed her shoulders, fingering the outline of a knife in her pocket. "And?” “I want to work with you." “Why?” “Because you helped create me.”

Create a spider demon? What? When? Did a sin of hers make a demon or someth-. Wait-. Is this the demon Oka summoned? That was the only explanation.

“How?” “I will make eliminating rivals easier. You only have to say a few words and there out of your hair. And if you ever need me, I’ll be behind a tree around the entrance in your school.”

Ayano couldn’t believe her ears. But she barely had any time to process because she was teleported to another Akademi high. That everyone must have also been teleported to. But since no one freaked out when they saw her, they must have had their minds erased but that demon. She walked in and the school was identical as the one in the other world she was in.

And so was the students. She still felt the same about sempai, and he was still the same. And after confirming that everything was the same the rival elimination was, in fact, surprisingly easy. And she ended up actually getting her sempai! But she knew that sooner or later blood would have to be spilled and waterfalls would have to turn easy.

But right now this era has no murder. Let’s call it….. the era of peace.

The end

My first PJSK fanfic! Sour Droplets!

This is my 1st fanfic of Pjsk, which means it’s also my first time writing about VBS! This event story is supposed to happen after the Kohane focus story, “On Your Feet”. If you haven’t read a bit before that, there may be some spoilers for previous events, or things won’t make sense.

As events do, I’ll be making my own Pjsk cards and event titles! Note that the fanfic and event are called something completely different so I can distinguish between the two (the event is called Melody of Infinite Horizons.) But in fact, this event has a song too! It’s a j-pop song called Lemon by Kenshi Yonezu, and I would definitely recommend giving it a listen.

And with all that stuff said, I hope you enjoy the story!

Ps: Orange is the closest thing I could get to yellow. 😭

[Chapter 1 - Time Takes its Course]

An stood there, eyes wide as she was frozen in place. She clutched her shirt tightly and her eyes welled up with tears. 

Laying in front of her was Aunt Nagis grave, a mound of unmarked dirt. The city had been so determined to not let An know about Nagis death that they didn’t do the bare courtesy of marking her grave. However everyone had know about Nagis death. Everyone, except An.

The single lily An had brought slipped out of her hand, falling on to the ground.

And with that, came the tears.

Sitting in front of the grave, An let her tears roll down her face as she let out a wail of despair. Aunt Nagi was gone - never to come back. 

As the grass poked at her legs, An’s vision became blurry. She knew she’d never forget Nagi, but it was still hard to live life without her. To go through her day to day routines without her aunt there to guide her.

Sometimes An still thought about her too. Her gentle smile, her flowing hair…

As if on cue, memories of her and Nagi began flashing through her head. For Nagi had been there during An’s lowest lows and her highest highs. The thought that she wouldn’t be there for her and by her side anymore…

All of a sudden An’s heart started to race, and she felt immense pressure everywhere on her skin, alike to the sensation of walls closing in. She felt lightheaded and began to hyperventilate as she gripped at her chest. An couldn’t take it anymore, she knew she had to get out of here.

So with her blurry vision, she began to run away from the grave, leaving the lily at the base of it. The grief was to suffocating to stay there, so An ran. She ran even though she didn’t know where she was going, she just needed to escape. But there would be no running from the desperation that clawed at her heart. The pure, raw feeling that demanded to be unleashed.

The night didn’t help An’s vision, instead helping the colors in her vision blend smoothly, as if they were melting into each other. She ran and ran and ran and ran and ran until she couldn’t even tell what was around her. She’s topped and put her hands on her knees, gasping for breath. Sure, she practiced staying in shape with Kohane and the others, but the training she had done couldn’t hold a candle to running around aimlessly.

A feeling of hopelessness gripped An again and she knew she had to keep running. Not only to get away from this place, but to head home. If she wasn’t home soon, her father would likely worry. I mean, she couldn’t have been running for less than a hour, but under the blanket of stars telling time was like trying to do open heart surgery with a hammer - impossible. Nevertheless, she  had to get home, and maybe calm down with a cup of hot tea after her arrival.

So An stood up and began to spur her legs forward, intending to run home even though she was still suffering from the remnants of her panic attack. But no matter how screwed her vision was, An could see the ground getting rapidly closer to her face. And the pure, pitch black color of darkness as it enveloped her vision, snuffing out the light of the moonlight above her.

The contending deal

Hu-Tao had recently sailed overseas to the thunderous land of Inazuma due to the recent abnormality of spirits. Since the borders of Inazuma had just recently opened up the borders, there was a lot of lengthy paperwork and their plan was a bit rough around the edges but still workable. When Hu-Taos's passport showed that she was an owner of a business, the processing team dug a bit deeper, finding out about Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. When they found out about her business, they didn’t tell everyone, but after a while that changed. The people who checked Hu Taos’s passport went back to their house as their wife asked them about his day and he told her about the business over some nice steamy dinner while he lounged back in a chair like in a therapist's office while a child or pet might be running around. Then the wife might send some mail to her friends about it, then books were made, then songs were made… you get the point.

But the whole time news was spreading about Hu-Tao, she met Yomiya outside her fireworks shop and became friends. Yomiya took her on a tour, and Hu-Tao helped Yomiya from time to time whether it was getting a material for fireworks or coming up with combinations or designs and basically whatever she could help with. But much like the news about Hu-tao Hu-tao wanted to explore different islands. She thought the Sagnomiya Shrine would be an interesting place to visit, so she went there. Yet the news had already reached all the islands and everyone knew about her. Yet that wasn’t bad, for now at least. When Hu-Tao got there Kokomi wanted to personally greet her so they can talk about spirits together, which might help Kokomi approve/adjust her plans. Kokomi took her on a tour around the island, showing her the barracks, the shrine, etc, just like Yomiya.

Though due to the tour and time of Hu-Taos's arrival, it got dark quickly, and instead of Hu-Tao heading back on a boat, Kokomi offered her refuge in a spare house they had. Just like during the Shogun War. Hu-Tao accepted the offer with a trademark smile and thanks. She headed in after she was given some provisions, bed sheets and blankets, and stuff for her bathroom too. Of course not without a chat with Kokomi. As the moon lightly glazed Hu-Taos’ face through the curtain she smiled. Everyone had been so kind and welcoming plus for dinner, she had Kokomi's favorite meal, bird egg sushi, which warmed her stomach. Hu-Tao knew about the Vision Decree and everything about that but she couldn't see why anyone could complain about Inazuma. Everyone always peacefully got along and any disputes were easily settled by the guards walking the streets. Of course, she knew there have been some Fatui incidents here and there, but otherwise, Hu-Tao found this place pretty peaceful. For now.

Over the next few days, while Hu-Tao stayed at Watasumi island, she helped Kokomi just like how she helped Yomiya. Since Kokomi thought Hu-Tao was on vacation, she kept telling Hu-Tao it was fine and to just relax and enjoy her time there. Yet Hu-Tao insisted on helping her, as thanks for everything she did and since they were friends now. So like she helped Yomiya, Hu-Tao helped Kokomi the same way, just doing different tasks such as: Sweeping and polishing the shrine, sharpening the soldier's weapons, etc. Over time as she spent more time with Kokomi, their friendship grew and they became closer and closer. Even though she was around Kokomi a lot, she never saw her get mad. This is why she was more concerned when she saw Kokomi with her arms crossed and an angry stare on her porch in the morning after she had opened the door.

“Kokomi? Are you ok?” Hu-Tao asked groggily while she rubbed one of her eyes. She started to yawn but stopped when Kokomi let out an angry remark.

“Do you think I'm ok?!?! You just vandalized the entire shrine!” Kokomi said surprising Hu-Tao as she had never gotten angry before. The shrine must mean a lot to her which was weird. Sorry, the shrine being important to her isn't weird, the fact she said Hu-tao did it is. As the willingness to yawn barreled around in Hu-Taos's throat she let out a confused question, “I did what now?” One of Hu-Taos's eyebrows shifted up in confusion, “I was in my room the whole night, why would I suddenly do something very unlike me and suddenly vandalize the shrine?” Hu-Tao had never sleepwalked before, so it was hard to believe she randomly got up out of bed and her unconscious brain had enough cells in it to vandalize a shrine. “Don’t play dumb with me!” Kokomi's soft voice tore through the peaceful air, “One of the soldiers saw you do it last night!” Did one of the soldiers lie about her? Hu-Tao thought to herself, her brain working a bit faster now that she just got yelled at. No, nobody displayed any signs of hatred or grudges against me so maybe… “OH COME ON!” Kokomi yelled interrupting Hu-Tao’s thoughts which made her jump a bit, “If you're having such a hard time remembering what you did ill just show you! Maybe that will jog your memory!” Kokomo grabe Hu-Tao’s hand leading her in a direction toward the shrine. As Hu-Tao was running she was too lost in her head to take in her surroundings. She felt hurt that her new best friend was mad at her. And it wasn't even her fault! Maybe if she could just convince Kokomi she didn't do it then they could be friends. But how could she convince her? Could she-

“Here!” Kokomi yelled, throwing her in front of her with the force in her hand. Hu-Tao stumbled forward on the stone ground, trying not to fall. As she slowly regained her balance she stood still and looked around the shrine, and man the sight that greeted her was anything but pleasant. The shrine walls were graffitied so badly she couldn't make out the words, and the water was tainted with oil, yet strangely there were no traces of anything affected by fire, which was the element in her vision. The pearls in the archway were missing and the roof was torn up. As Hu-Tao examined some of the graffiti by touching it with her hand, she found out that some of the colors were not what they seemed to be. Hu-Tao rubbed her fingers together to check the texture of the essence, which confirmed her thoughts. It was something she had dealt with before, ghost remains. She walked back to Kokomi already planning a sentence in her head to try to convince Kokomi it was a ghost, though it was much harder to do that when you were in Inazuma and not Liyue. “Ah! So it's finally struck you, what you did,” Kokomi said as Hu-Tao started walking towards her, “Have you come to tell me your confession?!?!” Hu-Tao hesitated a bit, this was one of the rare times that she thought that the ghost came at the wrong time. She hadn't experienced any paranormal activities and now she did, which was making her friend mad at her! A bit of anger against all ghosts bubbled up inside of her, but she pushed it down. For if she didn't it might be shown in her voice that she was angry, making the situation much, much worse.

“Kokomi it's not my fault I didn't do this there are traces of ghosts here-” Hu-Tao tried to choke out feeling intimidated by Kokomi's angry gaze. “Oh, so now you’re trying to make fun of my knowledge of ghosts since I have less than you?” Kokomi interrupted Hu-Tao, clearly not believing her. After all, it just seemed like her best friend betrayed her, “Do you think this is funny???” Even though Hu-Tao didn't sound angry, Kokomis's racing brain had found another excuse. Hu-Tao felt defeated and knew that somehow she would have to make the ghost show itself to Kokomi to prove it to her. Whatever Kokomi angrily talked about next, Hu-Tao didn’t hear, as she was lost in her head. Whatever ghost that did this, was likely some type of hooligan or prankster ghost. It was hard to believe that anyone had done this on accident, which means they were probably watching their vandalism unfold on an innocent soul somewhere. As much as she knew it would make Kokomi angry, Hu-Tao took a deep breath and closed her eyes, trying to detect any ethereal presence. She painted a picture of her surroundings around her in her head with her eyes closed. Soon slowly things came alive in her closed eyelids. The clams stretching out behind the buildings, some archway-shaped stones pouring water into some pools, the priests walking around the shrine, and of course, all of the graffiti and vandalism. But one thing was different in the landscape, not counting what the ghost did. She could sense a presence and a faint, blurry, human-shaped, see-through, blue, outline of energy. The clothes on their body were also tainted with a color blue, masking the original color it was. Hu-Tao could sense Kokomi getting angrier at her, making a smirk slowly draw itself across the ghost's face. Hu-Tao focused on Kokomi’s anger so she wouldn’t smile too. The ghost didn’t know she knew about him, so she opened her eyes, finding herself getting violently shaken by Kokomi.

“HU-TAO HELLOOOOOO ARE YOU IGNORING ME?!?!” Kokomi yelled while still shaking Hu-Tao, making her dizzy. “HELLLOOOOOOOO EARTH TO HU-TAO?!?!?!” It felt like Kokomi was trying to shake her unbelievable ideas out of her head as Hu grasped tightly onto the idea in her head, trying not to lose it. “K-o-o-k-o-miiii-i I’m here.” Hu-Tao said between Kokomi’s shakes. Kokomi stopped shaking Hu-Tao shortly after she opened her eyes and spoke. Kokomi had lost her top, so Hu-Tao held up her hand in front of Kokomi before she could let out anything, which was likely another angry remark. She got close and whispered into Kokomi's ear so the ghost wouldn’t hear them and said, “We’re not alone, I’ll show you.” While Hu-Tao started fishing around for something in her pocket with her hand. “Just be patience with me for a second.” As soon as Hu-Tao removed her hand from her pocket she revealed four, shiny, round, and smooth sango pearls she had collected from exploring the island. She then walked over to the archway-shaped stones in the pool of water and slotted them in the holes where the previous pearls have been, being careful to not scratch them. Hu-Tao yawned, still tired even though the sun was a little higher than when Kokomi woke her up bright and early in the morning. Barely anybody was up, so luckily there the ghost wouldn’t flee while mid-vandalizing. Hu-Tao stretched her arms up and let out a yawn to try to make it more convincing, “I feel pretty tired, I think I’m going to head back and sleep a little longer than try to fix this vandalism problem,” Hu-Tao said secretly motioning Kokomi to follow her, “My brain needs to get more gears going before it confronts a problem as big as this.” Hu-Tao turned around and headed down the winding path back to her house with Kokomi behind her.

They walked for a while until Hu-Tao decided they were out of sight and quickly pulled Kokomi behind a house. Then as sneakily and as silently as they could, they walked back up but instead of using the path they sneaked around the houses like spy’s on a secret mission. When they got back up they hid a bit behind a porch, but so they could still see the shrine from where they were at. After a second another Hu-Tao popped up seemingly out of nowhere and drew her spear. The clone got to the original pearls that Hu-Tao placed and lifted her spear so the tip was pointed in the pearl's direction. Then, the clone inserted force into the spear, pushing forward and stabbing a pearl, breaking it. It did that with the rest of the pearls then seemingly vanished into thin air. After the ghost disappeared, Kokomi and Hu-Tao came out from hiding, and Kokomi instantly hugged her. “I'm so sorry! You were my best friend and I suspected you of doing this and got so angry at you-” Kokomi’s voice was in a pleading tone as she tried to get out all of her apology words at once. “It's ok,” Hu-Tao said, cutting her off as she continued to apologize continuously, “This shrine meant a lot to you, I don't blame you for being so defensive. Though I think you might want to put some items that I call “barricaders” to preserve the shrine from ghosts. I have some in my bag that I brought to Inazuma, so I'll give some to you.” Hu-Tao winked and Kokomi instantly stepped back and started waving her hands in front of her face, her eyes wide. “Oh no no no! If anything I should owe you, how I was to you-” Hu-Tao placed a hand on Kokomi’s shoulder for comfort, causing her to pause in the middle of the sentence. “Kokomi like I said, it's ok! If you want to owe me anything you have to send me postcards, ok? That's what you owe me,” Hu-Tao playfully and lightly bumped Kokomi with her elbow, “Now come on! The shrine won't clean itself!” Hu-Tao laughed. Kokomi hugged Hu-Tao again, but this time not as worried. “I can't thank you enough!” Kokomo said while she smiled, her eyes closed, “You’re the best Hu-Tao!” Hu-Tao gently smiled and hugged her back as the sun had finally risen from its sleepy resting point under the sea. It bathed Hu-tao and Kokomi in golden light, illuminating their surroundings and glinting off the fragments of the sango pearls. As both of them quietly watched the sunrise for a second while still in a hug, the moment was photogenic, yet no one had a kamera. It was alright though, for their heart had captured the picture. Framed with many words and decorated with feelings as it was gently tucked away into a safe place. Somewhere that neither of them would forget.

Kokomi and Hu-Tao fixed the shrine, this time with it being a little different though, as Hu-Taos barricaders were placed around the shrine. As much as Hu-Tao wanted to stay though, seeing as this was near the end of her trip, she knew she had business to return to in Liyue. As she got in the boat that Kokomi had prepared for her on the beach and crest of the island, Kokomi ran up and hugged her. There were a lot of fast-paced conversations knowing that she had to go soon which made some people wonder if they were speaking a different language. Though soon Kokomi gave her a gigantic tight hug and wave goodbye sadly as Hu-Taos's boat pushed off the shore and into the lapis lazuli of the ocean. Hu-Tao waved bye too, waving her arm while trying to steady her balance, making sure she wouldn’t crash on any fish party. Though after a while, Watasumi island became a little speck in the distance, as she near Ritou. She turned around from facing Watasumi to the front of the boat and saw another hand waving to her. Even though she hadn’t told Yomiya about her departure she was still there, waving and smiling. Hu-Tao smiled and waved back wondering if Yomiya had a sixth sense when it came to friends. A bit behind Yomiya though, was her fireworks shop where her pa was also waving goodbye. It touched her heart knowing how Yomiya must’ve screamed in her pa’s ear to wave goodbye when she did, knowing how he was quite hard of hearing. But soon the hands and the bustle of Ritou became just like Watasumi. A speck in the distance, leaving Hu-Tao to her thoughts as clouds dotted the vast blue sky above her. She laid on her back trying to get as comfortable as she could, and put her hands behind her head, looking up at the sky and reflecting on everything she had done in Inazuma.

She was so in her head when thinking about this that, when her boat bobbed back and forth from hitting land, she didn’t notice. Though once after it bounced against the piece of land Hu-Tao arrived at, it off-centered the boat's balance, causing Hu-Tao to fall into the water below her. Boy was she awake now. She quickly went to her house and changed out of her sopping wet clothes, taking a shower. Then she pulled her long-sleeved shirt over her head, sliding her white socks to her knee and topping her outfit off by lightly putting her hat on her lightly wet brown hair. She then slipped her leg bands on her socks then she put her shoes on, heading out her door to continue her everyday life. And she did just that but with a few minor adjustments. Yomiya and Kokomi sent her postcards, along with a gift or two. They’d talk about how they miss her or ask her questions about Liyue. You know, basic friends sending cards stuff. Hu-Tao made sure to visit though, and the more she visited the more friends she made, while she said hi to the ones before. Luckily no more shrine issues happened, so Kokomi tried to give her money for her service but she refused. Her friendship was enough. The friendship that sparked in her heart like lightning, at the thunderous land of Inazuma.

Chapter Two of Sour Droplets!

[Chapter 2 - A Helpful Friend?]

When An woke up, she wasn’t laying sprawled out on the cold hard sidewalk like she thought she would be. Instead, she was laying on top of a blanket that was covering the mattress under her. Her head was delicately placed on a pillow near the back of the bed, and the room she was in was immersed in darkness. 

However two sounds continually rang through the room. The click of a mouse and the clack-clack of a keyboard.  

An craned her kneck upwards to look towards the sound, her eyes straining through the darkness. There, in front of her, was a girl with blueish-white hair that went a bit past of her waist, seemingly composing a song at her computer.

The bright screen reflected in her blue eyes, and her fringe was tucked to both sides, save for a long section in the middle. However a few seconds after An caught a glimpse of the anonymous girl, she turned to face An, her blue eyes softening.

“Ah, you’re awake.” She said, her soft and sweet voice flowing together like honey. “How are you feeling?”

The girls voice was full of concern, but An couldn’t help but feel embarrassed that a completely stranger had found her in one of her most vulnerable moments, even if she was unconscious.

“Yeah I’m fine.” An rushed, wanting to leave as soon as possible. “Sorry for troubling you, I’ll just-.” An stood up off the bed and found herself crumpling to the ground in pain, causing the girl to quickly jump out of her seat and rush over, helping An into the bed again.

“Are you alright?” The girl asked again, the worry evident in her eyes. “When I found you, you looked like you were in a lot of pain, so you should probably take it easy.” The girl stood up after An was back to laying on the sheets. “I’m going to go grab you a glass of water, I’ll be back in a second.”

An just watched her go, unable to move herself as she hugged her legs to her chest and buried her face in her knees. Now that she was awake thanks to her fall to the floor, she could roughly feel the pain she was in. Of course she was still feeling sleepy and a bit disoriented from waking up in a new place after passing out, so that was likely numbing some of the pain as a result. 

Speaking of passing out, how long did she really sleep? The curtains in the room were closed, ensuring that no light would get in, which An was thankful for. She felt like she wanted to cry as her throat became scratchy and raw with tears pricking at her eyes. After all, she was in so much mental pain, why’d she have to suffer phyiscal pain too? She was a good person, it wasn’t fair!

And she hated being a burden to others. Having people pick up her slack like the anonymous girl that was taking care of her just wasnt something she wanted others to do. She wanted to get good on her own, and it wasn’t fair to make others deal with her excess.

She hugged her legs closer to her, her heart aching.

It was a marvel that the girl had heard An move at all. After all, An had only moved her head slightly and somehow the girl had heard her, which took An by surprise. To have your ears be that sensitive to sound… An just couldn’t fathom it. And the girl seemed to gracefully move throughout her room like she memorized the layout, which likely meant she spent most of her time in her room.

The thought alone made An shiver. She couldn’t imagine sitting in her room alone for that along in the dark, much less the strain on her eyes. At this point An couldn’t tell if she was amazed by the girls situation, or if she was scared of her stay-in-her-room talents.

Soon though, the girl re-appeared, a glass of cold water in her hands. An couldn’t lie, the cup looked enticing. After all, she had sweated most of the fluid out of her body by sweating on her aimless run, and it was clear her body was demanding to be replenished.

“Here, take this.” The girl handed An the clear glass of water which she accepted greatfully. “You lost a lot of fluid while you were asleep, and I wasn’t able to replenish any of it. So I thought I’d hydrate you while you’re awake.”

An just nodded, wanting to ask so many questions. Where was she? How long had she slept? But all she could manage from her parched chapped lips and dry scratchy throat was…

“What’s your name?”

The girl smiled as An drank the cold water, the liquid sliding down her grateful throat.

“I’m Kanade.”

Forever lasting peace? [Part 3] 🌸

These stories are old, having been done in 2022.

Midori was walking through the halls of akademi when she heard something. So she stopped and peaked around the corner. Ayanos boyfriend was kissing Osana! Midori snapped a picture of them and then ran to Ayano.

She caught up to her as she was walking around and helping people one floor above osana and her boyfriend. She ran right up to Ayano and skidded to a stop. Panting, she held out her phone with the picture of Ayanos boyfriend cheating.

As soon as Ayano saw the picture her head started to creapily twitch. The school world turned black and white and the music playing in school got creepy. Ayano was really scary all of a sudden. And her footsteps from walking down the hallway seemed to sound like thunder.

After being intensely scared and worried Midori headed downstairs. As soon as she got at the bottom of the stairs she heard a weird noise. So she sneaked up to the corner close to the sound and couldn’t believe what she saw. Osana was bleeding in a corner, dead. And Ayano was stabbing her boyfriend over and over blood splattering everywhere.

Midori almost shrieked but she put her hand over her mouth. Then she quietly ran to the highest floor and called the police. Soon they arrived and arrested Ayano. As soon as Midori saw Ayano shoved in the police car her shoulders sagged in relief. But the relief wouldn’t last for long. She would be let out of jail in a couple of years.

And the school would not be the symbol of cherry blossoms anymore. It would be, the symbol of blood.

The end