My World is PINK!

Sunlight shines through the transparent window curtains and lights up a pinkish room of a luxurious penthouse. The warm rays gently hit the face of a sleeping girl.

“Urgh.” She groans, slowly opening her eyes and quickly blinking. “Morning *Yawn* already?” Stretching, the girl whispers to herself.

Taking some time to stand up, she starts to stretch lazily. After a couple of reps, the girl moves towards the desk on the other side of the room, taking care not to trip on any of the mess in her way.

“How early is it?” She asks while taking her phone off the charger and turning it on. “… 8:36 eh?” Chuckling, she closes her eyes, before opening them widely. “8:36!? Crap! I’m late!”

Quickly putting her phone down, the girl turns around and bolts out of her bedroom, taking care not to trip on some dumbbells scattered around.

Stepping outside, she finds herself in a wooden hallway with three doors on the right side and two on the left, with her room being the last door on the right.

Moving towards the last door on the left side, she steps inside a luxurious bathroom. The white marbles, wood vanity with golden details and pure white curtains giving it an atmosphere more akin to a spa than a simple washroom.

The girl turns on the sink and fills her palms with water, before splashing it on her own face in order to fully wake herself up. After some splashes, she looks up towards herself in the mirror.

She sees her own grayish-black eyes staring back at her strong, but very feminine face. Her soft, pinkish lips complement her fair skin tone quite well, along with her long pink hair.

Feeling the grogginess leave her body for good, the pinkette takes off her clothes and slides under the shower turning it on and feeling the water dripping down her body.

For a teenager, the girl had quite a well-toned body, while not necessarily muscular it was quite obvious that she worked out consistently. Her chest was of average size, however her butt was quite athletic and her thighs were pretty thick for someone her age.

After some relaxing time, she steps out of the shower and wraps a towel around herself. Rushing out of the bathroom and back to her bedroom, the pink-haired teen moves directly towards her closet but before reaching it, a strange very high-pitched sound hits her ears.

“Gah! What’s that!?” Using both hands to cover her ears, the pinkette looks around but sees nothing of note.

The strange sound disappears as quickly as it appeared, leaving behind a confused teenager.

“… geez, maybe I really should get my ears checked.” She whispers to herself, but as there is nothing she can do about it, the girl simply shrugs and turns around, walking towards her closet and opening it up.

Quickly dressing herself in a long-sleeved shirt, bike shorts underneath a light pink skirt, and knee-high white socks with pinkish stripes. Over her shirt, she puts on a dark pink hoodie with a fluffy collar and cuffs.

Now to finish her look, she looks in the closet’s mirror door and ties her long hair into a high ponytail, leaving two long bangs cascading down past her face, and adds the last touch, a small black hair clip on the right bang.

Looking herself over one last time to see if anything is out of place, the girl smiles satisfied as she winks to her own reflection and turns around. Now moving out of her room and down to the first floor of the penthouse.

The downstairs is just as luxurious as the rest of the penthouse, with a hard-wood floor, marble countertops, glass walls and expansive furniture all over.

“Momoko?” A mature voice calls as the pink-haired teen steps onto the first floor.

The voice belongs to an older woman with short hair just as pink as the girl’s, she is wearing a long skirt and a white buttoned shirt.

Taking a deep breath, the teenager replies. “I’m going out. Don’t expect me to come home anytime soon.” Without looking at the woman, she walks towards the front door.

“Then take the spare keys. I’ll take your sister to the hospital today for a routine checkup and physiotherapy.” As those words leave the mouth of the older woman, Momoko stops in place for a second.

“…” She closes her eyes and quickly shakes her head. “Sure.” With that dry reply, the pinkette grabs the spare keys and a pair of pink sneakers. “I’m already late, so I won’t be having breakfast today.” Sitting down on the floor, she starts to put on her shoes.

“That’s too bad, your sister loves when you have breakfast with us.” The older woman comments, making her daughter flinch.

“Tell Chiyoko that I’m sorry, but I’m already late.”

“Momoko.”

“What?”

“You can’t keep running away from her. You two live in the same house and-“

“I’m not running away, Mother.” Finished with her shoes, the pinkette stands up. “I’m just busy.” Without waiting for an answer, Momoko opens the door and steps outside, letting out a heavy breath. “…”

Giving one last glance at the penthouse’s door, the teenager turns her back to it and walks away.

***

Now outside the apartment complex, Momoko stretches while feeling the cold spring breeze hitting her face. “I should hurry up but…“ Smiling softly to herself, the girl starts walking while tucking her hands into the pockets of her hoodie. “… the weather feels so nice today, and I’m already late. Might as well enjoy a good walk.”

As she journeys through the streets of Yorutsumi-shi, she sees all types of people going about their day. From businessmen power-walking to their jobs, youngsters enjoying their last day of freedom before school starts up again and even older gentlemen and women doing some early shopping.

The city of Yorutsumi is a concrete jungle just as other cities are, with tall buildings mixed with smaller shops in between, busy roads and some green areas for relaxation. Still, just like many cities around the globe, Yorutsumi itself carries a heavy air that is hard to describe with simple words.

Still, Momoko makes her way through the city, stopping by an apple stand to buy one of the deliciously red fruits from the kind old lady that works there.

After that, the pinkette continues on her path and in no time at all reaches her destination, a small café close to the shopping mall, where her friends were waiting for her. A group of a girl and two boys.

“Momo-chan!” Before the teenager can even greet her friends, a girl advances towards her and locks Momoko in a bear hug. “You’re late!”

The girl has short black hair in a cute bob cut, fair skin, and black eyes. She is wearing a pleated red skirt and a black shirt.

Laughing, the pink-haired teen pushes her friend away gently. “Haha, sorry about that, Hibiki-chan.” She scratches the back of her head and smiles awkwardly. “I just-“

“Overslept, like always.”

Momoko is interrupted by a tall boy with short spiked down brunet hair, tanned skin, and hazel-colored eyes. He is wearing a simple white T-shirt and denim pants.

The pinkette blushes, but still nods in agreement. “Yeah, my bad guys.”

The other boy present smirks and adjusts his round glasses. “Good thing we knew you would oversleep, so we just got here a couple of minutes ago ourselves.”

This other boy is shorter than the other one, but a couple inches taller than Momoko and Hibiki, he has short black hair in a bow cut, pale skin, and red eyes. His attire consists of a white shirt, blue jacket, and dark blue denim pants.

Momoko crosses her arms and pouts. “That’s really mean, Tetsuo-kun!”

“Sorry, but that’s just how things are.” Tetsuo retorts with a knowing smile. “We have to adapt to your poor habits if we want to- guh!” He stops as the taller boy wraps an arm around his shoulders.

“Yeah! But we wanted to make her think of the consequences of her actions!” Exclaims the tall boy while tousling the other’s hair. “And ya kinda screw that up!”

“Cut that out, Akihiko!” The black-haired boy says as the taller one just chuckles.

“Yeah! Te-chan took half an hour to do his hair today!” Hibiki approaches the duo and pulls the spectacled boy towards herself, wrapping him in a hug as he blushes.

“Ha!” With a sneer, Akihiko points to Tetsuo’s hair. “Half an hour for that?”

“Hey! It ain’t that bad…. Right girls?” The spectacled boy asks while looking towards the two girls in their group.

“I mean… it’s kinda cute on you Te-chan!”

“I’m not going to lie, it doesn’t look good in the slightest.”

Both girls couldn’t be more different, and both of them installed a deep sense of despair inside the shorter boy. “Fine. Message gotten, I’ll see what I can do before school starts.” He sighs deflated. “Maybe I should let it grow?”

Hibiki’s eyes instantly light up. “Yes! I would love to see you with long hair!” Her words make the boy blush and chuckle happily to himself.

“Well, sorry for interrupting the lovebirds but-“ Smirking Akihiko points to the café behind them. “-shouldn’t we get in?”

Everyone nods and starts walking towards the establishment, however, as Momoko got closer to the door, she winces when that same high-pitch sound hits her ears again. “…” The pink-haired teen looks back towards the city. It sounded far away, but still noticeably loud.

“Momo? Something wrong?”

Akihiko’s voice snaps the girl back to reality.

“Oh, sorry Akihiko-kun, it’s nothing.” Putting on a smile, the pinkette follows her friend deeper into the café.

***

Momoko hangs out with her friends until the sun starts to go down.

The pink-haired teen quickly says her goodbyes and starts heading back towards her apartment complex. As she walks down the streets of Yorutsumi-shi, she thinks back to the events of the day, going into the café with her buddies, playing around in the shopping mall, and even spending some time at the local park. All that made her forget her problems, even if only for just a couple of hours.

Still, tomorrow school starts and once again she’ll be tossed back into the usual routines of a high-schooler.

Shaking her head, the pinkette pulls out her phone and looks at the time. “5:45 PM? Geez, we really lost track of time, eh?” She quickly checks for any important messages before turning it off and putting it back in her hoodie’s pocket.

Momoko takes a deep breath and continues on her way, taking a small shortcut by going through a familiar alley. It was a route the girl has taken many times, since she was usually late for school, yet today it was a little dirtier than usual, with lots of trash bags scattered around.

“Probably a fight or some-“ The pink-haired girl comments to herself but pauses as her eyes land on a very peculiar sight.

Sitting above one of the trash bags is a very strange looking plush. It had the form of a blob with some small details that resembled a cat’s head, like whiskers, snow-white fur, and cat-like ears. From its back, a long black tail sprouts out, akin to a stereotypical demon’s tail.

But the weirdest part of it wasn’t its questionable design. It was the fact that plush was sitting atop of a trash bag while being spotless, brand-new even.

“How strange.” Momoko whispers to herself as she approaches the strange looking toy. “Some kid must have dropped it in the trash by mistake.” She picks up the cat-like plush and turns it over, looking for a tag or anything that can help identify it. “… you’re one weird looking fella, aren’t you?”

As she shakes the plush, once again her ears catch that strange sound. Except that this time it was even closer and louder.

“Crap!” The pink-haired teen winces, before looking around. “Seriously, what is wrong with me?” She whispers while shaking her head. “I really gotta check this up, it’s starting to get weird.”

Pulling out her phone to check on the time again, the girl looks back towards the alley’s entrance.

“I could run back to the park and put it on the lost and found bin, but-“ Turning off her phone, she shrugs. “-the park is already on my route to school, I’ll leave it there tomorrow morning when it’s safer.” With that said, Momoko holds onto the plush and turns around, making her way out of the alley and towards her home.

***

As the pinkette steps inside, the lights turn on automatically, revealing an empty penthouse.

Taking her sneakers off and tossing them halfheartedly to the side, making a mental note to come back and store them properly before her mother comes back home.

Moving to her room, Momoko puts the strange plush on her desk, then steps out of the bedroom. She starts to strip down in the middle of the hallway as she moves towards the washroom, getting naked as she enters it.

The pinkette turns on the bath and rinses herself before stepping inside the tub.

“Ahhhhh!” She moans lightly while feeling all her stress washing away in the hot water. “I needed that.” Closing her eyes, Momoko takes a deep breath and relaxes. “…” A couple of minutes go by, and she opens her eyes again, staring at the ceiling. “Tomorrow’s the day, huh?” With a dry chuckle, she lifts her leg from the water. “I’m a junior now…” Momoko pauses as she stares at her leg. “… wonder if anything will change?” As her mind wanders into unpleasant memories, the girl slaps her own cheeks. “Geez, Momo! If you have time for wishful thinking, you have time to do something productive!”

With that declaration, the girl continues her bath. After more time than really necessary, she steps out of the bathroom with a towel around her chest and another on her hair.

Momoko quickly reaches her room and moves straight to the closet while humming a popular melody to herself.

“Man, I really should go shopping one of these days.” The girl whispers to herself as she grabs a set of pink panties and a bra, she stares at it for a couple of seconds. “I really need some new underwear… maybe Hibiki-chan can-“

“Urgh.”

Momoko’s thoughts are suddenly interrupted as she hears a groan coming from the other side of her room. All the hairs in the pinkette’s body stand up as she freezes in place.

“A-Am I hearing things?” The pink-haired teen whispers to herself as her breath becomes ragged. “D-Did I get followed home? Or was someone already here and-“ She hears another groan, and after taking a deep breath, the pinkette turns around-

-only to find nothing. Just her room, as messy as she left it before.

“Huh? But I could swear-“ Before she can even finish her sentence, another groan echoes around the room, except that this time Momoko could see where it was coming from. “… !” The girl blinks multiple times, but her eyes were in fact not deceiving her.

The plush she brought home just groaned and moved on its own.

“U-Urgh…” It groans again, then to the pinkette’s horror, the plush opens its eyes and looks around. “… w-where… am I?”

Blinking a couple more times, it finally looks around the room before its gaze crosses with Momoko’s.

“…”

“…”

After around a minute of the two staring at each other, the pinkette steps closer to her desk and grabs the plush, bringing it closer to her face. “…” She analyzes it for a couple of seconds, before violently shaking the plush. “Ahahahahaha!” Momoko laughs out loud. “Man! Toys these days sure are getting so advanc-“

“P-Please s-stop! I-I-I t-think I-I’m g-g-going t-to v-v-vomit!”

As the ‘plush’ pleads with her, all color drains from the girl’s face. “… !” She suddenly tosses the plush against the wall and starts to walk back. “WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FU-!” While moving back, the pinkette trips on a dumbbell on the floor and falls back, hitting her butt on the ground. “Ouch!”

“GAH!” The plush hits its body on the wall and slides back down to Momoko’s desk.

“WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL ARE YOU!?” She shouts, scurrying back until hitting the closet. “ALIEN? DEMON? SPY!?”

“C-CALM DOWN!” The plush yells back, just as desperate as she is. “J-JUST… !” It loses its train of thought as the shade of its fur suddenly turns bright purple.

“W-What!? A-Are you going to explode or something?” Momoko asks but the strange creature continues to simply stare at her with a shocked expression. “…” She follows its gaze, and it leads down to her body. “!” Her face turns a bright shade of red as she finally understands that the creature is reacting to her own naked body. “KYAAAAH!” Instinctively, the pinkette grabs an abandoned shirt by her side and tosses it towards the creature.

“GAH! I’M SORRY!” The plush shouts as the article of clothing falls atop of it. “Look, just put on something, and we can talk! I’m just as confused as you are!”

The pink-haired teen stares at her desk in disbelief, but as the creature seemed not to try and wiggle itself from underneath the shirt, her mind starts racing and tries to rationalize what she has just witnessed.

While the plush was the strangest thing she has ever seen in her life, she couldn’t exactly tell if it was dangerous or not. It didn’t look dangerous, but appearances can be deceiving.

“A-Alright…” She stands up and takes a deep breath. “… D-Don’t you look…” Still suspicious, she stares at the shirt for a couple of seconds, before turning around and scavenging her closet for something to wear.

Once done putting on her strawberry-themed pajamas, she turns around again and says, now more calm. “A-Alright, I’m done.” She slowly approaches and pulls the shirt off the strange creature, staring at its large cat-like golden eyes.

“…”

“…?”

The two stare at each other awkwardly, unsure of how to proceed.

“So…” Fighting her own embarrassment, the pinkette puts on a serious expression and asks. “… what are you?”

The plush’s eyes widen at her question, and it instinctively flinches. “I…” It pauses briefly, closing its eyes and taking a deep breath. “… I’m not sure myself.”

Momoko lifts an eyebrow and glares at it with a suspicious expression. “What do you mean? Aren’t you some sort of freaky toy with a camera and a speaker to spy on girls?”

“Uh… not that I remember.” It replies awkwardly looking away from her. “And I don’t think I’m a toy, I mean, I’m breathing after all.”

“You weren’t when I picked you up.”

“Well, I am now.”

The pinkette groans in frustration. “Urgh, so you’re telling me that you don’t know anything about yourself?”

It shakes its body in agreement. “Yeah. Everything in my head is a mess.” It sighs sadly, trying to not make eye contact with the girl. “I can’t remember anything, honest.”

Once again a silence falls between the two as they just stare away from each other.

“I might be going crazy.” Momoko whispers to herself with a sigh. “Talking to a plu-gah!” Before she can finish her sentence, the same high-pitch sound that she has been hearing all day hits ears again, except this time way louder than any of the other times. “W-What the heck is that!?”

However, to her surprise, the plush seems to react to it too.

“Urgh! What is this sound?!”

“Wait! You can hear it too?!”

“I-I-“ All the fur in its body stands up as the plush’s eyes dilate. “-I feel something! I-It-“ Suddenly its tail hardens as the plush shouts. “-SOMETHING IS COMING!”

Momoko doesn’t even have time to react as her entire vision is suddenly filled with a pink flash and the high-pitch sounds grow deafeningly louder, making the pinkette cover her ears and close her eyes shut.

***

Opening her eyes, the pink-haired teen takes a couple of seconds to get used to the world around her. “What happ- huh?!” Looking around her room, the girl blinks multiple times, trying to process what she is seeing.

Her entire bedroom has changed.

The walls and ceiling look like something straight out of a modern painting, with nonsensical colors moving in a zigzag pattern like the paint itself was alive.

All of her clothes and training equipment were also floating around, some like her dumbbells had changed shapes completely, now looking more akin to a donut.

And the atmosphere itself around her felt… pink, that is the best way the teenager could describe it. All of those messy colors and patterns had a pinkish hue to them.

“W-What is even happening!?’ Feeling panic setting in, the pinkette grabs her own cheek. “I-Is this a dream? It’s g-gotta be!” She pinches herself, hard enough to leave a mark. “Ouch!” Momoko felt the sharp pain of the pinch, yet, the room didn’t change back.

This is real.

“…” The plush felt its head spinning, and its vision getting blurry. “I-I… how did I-“ It doesn’t even get the time to properly gather its thoughts, as an extremely high-pitch sound echoes through the room, making both the plush and the girl wince.

“That’s the same sound I have been hearing all day!” Momoko shouts, moving towards her balcony. “But now it’s so clo-!” As she looks outside, her eyes widen in surprise.

Just like her own room, the entire world around her had changed.

Buildings have changed both shapes and sizes, some have turned into strangely colored floating balls, while others now stretched high into the sky, seeming endless.

Speaking of, the sky itself now had a pink color to it, with an oppressive black sun that defied all logic and somehow managed to illuminate the world under it.

And weirder yet, there are strange silver-colored mannequins all over the street.

“… what is this place?” The pinkette asks herself in a whisper, panic still present in her voice. “!” However, she doesn’t get the luxury of stopping to think about it, as once again that same sound from before reaches her ears.

Looking down into the streets, Momoko’s entire body freezes as she finally sees what is producing that hellish sound.

Standing in the middle of the street is something that can only be described as a monster.

The creature is extremely tall, easily towering over herself, has complete white skin, and an extremely disproportionate anatomy. Its right arm is longer than the left and by the end of it there is what looks like a flail, on the other hand, the left arm is tiny, almost like an old-school T. Rex. Both of the creature's legs are just long sticks without any feet, but one is visibly thicker than the other. Its torso is just as strange, with the upper part being extremely thick and muscular, while the lower half is so thin even a calm breeze could probably snap it in half. Going up, it has a long neck with a humanoid head atop, but the head itself has no normal features, just a sideways mouth with no teeth. It has a single eye that is located in the creature’s chest.

As Momoko takes in the monster’s appearance, it suddenly turns and locks its single eye on the girl, making her instinctively step back and trip on her own feet, falling butt first on the floor.

“What’s going on?!” The plush asks as he watches the girl scamper back in fear.

“T-THERE’S A MONS-“

“CSHGDJDDHGVDT!” Suddenly, the humanoid creature jumps onto the balcony and roars, the exact same sound that has been pursuing Momoko throughout the entire day.

“WHAT IS THAT!?” Shouts the plush in fear as the girl quickly stands up and grabs it.

With no time to talk, the pinkette just holds the plush tightly against her chest and runs out of the bedroom.

“UFTJDEJDSTJHE!” With a powerful cry, the monster runs after the girl, throwing everything in its path and destroying any walls that stood in its way.

Making her way into the hallway, the pink-haired teen grabs one of the floating donut-shaped dumbbells and tosses it at the creature, making it stop in its tracks for a couple of seconds.

Using this opportunity, she quickly jumps down the stairs and runs straight into the door, bashing it with her shoulder to not waste any time.

Once outside, Momoko continues her run, ignoring the burning pain in her shoulder. She doesn’t even have the time to stop and take a breather as the monster breaks through the entrance of the penthouse and goes straight towards her on the stairs.

The girl wastes no time running down the stairs, even jumping from them when she hears the monster getting closer.

By the time Momoko steps out into the streets, both her shoulder and legs were burning from the sudden stress put on them. Yet, she couldn’t bring herself to stop and take a break as the monster is still in hot pursuit.

“NHSQIJQAGWKQHAGWH!” The monster's high-pitch roar makes the girl wince again, but she keeps herself together and continues to run.

“Crap! That thing doesn’t give up!” Shouts the pinkette as she dodges a bunch of mannequins and makes her way into an alley.

“What do we do?!” Asks the plush still in her arms, its voice filled with fear.

The pinkette shakes her head. “I don’t-gaah!” Momoko collides with a floating trash bag and falls down to the ground, letting the plush fall out of her arms.

“GIRL!” It shouts as Momoko stands up.

“I-I’m fine, those are just scrat-“ Suddenly the girl’s entire body is covered by a shadow and before she can even finish her sentence, the monster’s flail arm hits the side of her body. “GAAAAAAH!” Momoko is violently sent lying towards the alleyway wall.

Her body hits the side of the building with enough force to break the wall completely. She falls atop of the debris while desperately gasping for air.

“G-Gah… g-gurg…” The teenage girl feels excruciating pain, many of her bones are no doubt broken, she is having trouble breathing, her vision is getting blurry, and she can only hear a buzz in her ears.

“N-NO! G-GIRL!” To her own surprise, somehow she managed to hear its voice through the unbearable buzzing.

But, it didn’t matter if she could hear him or not. The girl couldn’t bring herself to reply, the pain wouldn’t let her.

Momoko’s already fading vision is then covered by the shadow of the monster. It approaches her while doing a softer but still sinister roar.

It stops right in front of her broken body, it lifts its flail arm and prepares to end the young girl’s life, in its eye not even a single shred of mercy or remorse.

As her vision continues to darken, time seems to slow down around Momoko. ‘I…’ She tries to speak but the blood in her throat doesn’t allow it. ‘... I this my end?’ Feeling tears forming at the corner of her eyes and cascading down her broken cheeks, she closes her eyes shut. ‘Papa… w-will I be a-able to see y-you a-again?’

Watching this horrific scene is the plush, incapable of moving its body to help her and too terrified to even scream at the monster. ‘SHE’S GOING TO DIE! I NEED TO DO SOMETHING!’ It shouts inside its own head, no matter how it tries, the only thing it can do is to slowly slump its way towards her. ‘B-BUT WHAT CAN I DO!?’

More than you can imagine.

‘H-Huh?’

Her life.

Only you can save her.

‘B-But… how? There’s nothing I can do…’

Grant her wish.

‘Her wish… ?’

Yes, you know what to do.

After all-

-that’s your job.

Mahou Master.

Those words from the mysterious voice seem to awaken a deep memory within the plush-like creature. A sudden rush of adrenaline fills its body and the plush takes flight, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“Haaaah!” The plush dashes across the air and hits the monster square in the eye with its body.

“JQJQQKSHSJAABJ!” With a sharp cry, the monster staggers, stepping away from the dying pinkette.

“Girl!” Floating just above the girl’s head, the plush shouts. “…” It gulps down, unsure if she can even hear him. “It’s now or never!” It then chants. “Tell me-“ The sound of the monster behind it standing up reaches its ears, yet, the plush continued. “-Tell me your wish!”

As that chant comes out of its mouth, Momoko’s heart throbs as a memory flashes right in front of her eyes.

‘Wish… ?’

Yes, she made a wish on that shooting star.

A wish from deep down in her heart.

A wish for-

Before the monster can reach the duo, a powerful light erupts from underneath the pinkette. “SHAIAHQUWKSBSHH!” It roars as it steps back slightly.

It wraps around the duo, bringing them closer together. Its warmth felt comfortable enough to calm down the pink-haired teen, making her forget her own injuries.

“Yes-“ Momoko whispers as the light guides her broken arms to hold the plush-like creature. “-I made a wish...” With the supernatural help of the strange phenomena, she brings the plush closer to her heart and hugs it. “… I wished for a chance. A chance to change. To fix what I couldn’t before.” The light shines even brighter, making the monster outside of it roar even louder.

“That-“

“That-“

“-is my wish!”

“-is your wish!”

The light explodes upward, forming a powerful pillar of pink light that pierces the heavens. “NOW!” The plush shouts while opening his eyes.

***

Deep inside what seems like a pink void, Momoko floats in the center as her clothes explode out of her body, leaving her naked.

She holds onto the plush as its tail extends outward before moving towards her heart and piercing through her chest. As it explodes from the other side, it continues to extend and wraps around her right arm, where it rises itself with her skin, turning into a bright pink arrow tattoo that ends at the back of her hand.

Next, the blood coming out of her wounds begins to change, becoming an ink-like liquid in a pretty pink color, then it starts to fuse itself with the girl’s body, causing her to transform.

Around her feet, the ink morphs into pink boots with knee-high white socks. Around her crotch it morphs into pinkish spats, then a white trimmed skirt with horizontal pink lines across it.

Moving up, the ink around her chest morphs into a pink-trimmed white crop top with a large pink-colored bow in the middle.

Momoko’s hair grows longer, easily going past her entire body, and it becomes an even brighter shade of pink. The ink coming out of her back morphs into a white bow that ties itself into a high-ponytail, making her hair just go past her thighs.

Around her neck, the ink morphs into a pink choker, and a white shooting star-shaped hairpin forms on the front of her hair.

As she opens her eyes, the girl’s irises change shape to that of a star and switch to a bright pink color.

***

As the light slowly dies down, the pink-haired teen now stands proudly, now fully transformed into her new form, the plus-like creature still in her arms.

“You…!” The plush feels its cheeks burn as its fur turns purple.

Momoko gazes back at it with a smile and mouths a silent, ‘thank you.’

“IWJABQGAUAKQBQBQJWJSHS!” Their moment is broken as the monster roars loudly. “YSWKWJAGWJWBSGSH!” Dashing towards the duo, the creature swings its flail.

“!”

In the blink of an eye, Momoko’s expression changes. She switches to holding the plush in one arm and turns to face the monster, easily being able to hold the flail like it was nothing in her hand. “Hah!” She pushes the flail away from herself, causing the monster to step back. “Go hide, I’ll deal with that thing.” The pinkette lets go of the fluffy creature and fully turns to stare down the monster. “Toh!” Stepping forward, she throws an powerful punch against the monster’s gut with such strength, it sends the creature hurling away like a baseball being hit by a bat.

“UKVSFKDEJHSRJJ!” It cries in pain as its body smashes past the other alleyway wall and deeper into the neighboring building.

Momoko looks down at her smocking hand and smiles confidently.

“SKSKQKWBSJAAJ!” Roaring, the monster explodes out of the debris and angrily starts to rush towards the duo.

“Guess I’ll have to teach you a lesson!” Turning her back to the plush, the pinkette gives it a thumbs up, then turns around and dashes towards the monster. “Haaah!”

The creature swings its flail once again, but Momoko easily dodges it, proceeding to hit its frail lower torso with a kick powerful enough to sent the monster flying away.

Without wasting any time, the pink-haired girl gives pursuit and reaches the recovering creature in the middle of the street.

“SUWIBSBAHQHWGSHS!” The creature cries, then tosses itself towards the teenager.

Momoko smirks as she easily dodges its strikes. “Heh, so that’s how it is.” The girl jumps as the monster swings its flail. “Now that I’m not some helpless little girl-“ She lands graciously on the weapon at the end of its arm. “-you can’t even hit me?” With that question, she launches herself towards the creature’s head and hits it with an elbow strike, strong enough to send the beast tumbling back as she spins in the air and lands on the ground and chuckles. “That’s pretty pathetic, not gonna lie.”

“DHJSYJERUKJFE!” The monster cries in anger and prepares to attack again.

Lifting its flail arm, the beast bends down in order to put even more power into its strike, however, just as easily as before, Momoko jumps back and gets out of harm’s way with no effort.

Its arm hits the pavement with enough strength to cause a small hole to open up.

“Now-“ She then jumps over the bent monster and hits it in the head with a backwards kick, making the beast fall over and into the hole itself made. “-it’s about time we end this!” Momoko closes her fist and small pink sparks surrounding her entire arm.

“AHQKQJWBWHSGSGHS!” Once again the creature roars, as it stands up and rushes towards the pinkette, at this point simply going for the kill with no other plan than raw strength.

“Haah!” Using her smaller frame, the girl dodges the monster’s swing and hits it right in the gut with all of her strength. “TOOOOH!” Her fist goes right through the monster’s absurdly small abdomen, and as it breaks through to the other side, the creature stops in its tracks.

“EIJSYJDDJBDEYHSGF!” It cries one last time, before its entire body explodes into a white, ink-like liquid that dissolves in the air.

Momoko takes a deep breath, then looks down at her own hands. “…!” Closing her fists, she smiles softly. “Somehow, I survived.”

“Girl!”

“Huh?”

The voice of the strange plush takes the girl out of her thoughts. “W-Where is that monster?” It asks as the pink-haired teen giggles.

“I defeated it.” She replies, proudly sticking out her chest. “Pretty easily, if I say so myself!” Punching the air in front of herself, the girl continues. “You should have seen it! I punched that thing so hard it-“

Momoko is suddenly interrupted as the same bright light from before fills both of their vision and makes the duo flinch as the world around them changes again.

***

As the pink light subsides, Momoko finds herself in the middle of the street in front of her penthouse. Confused, the pinkette looks around, her gaze coming in contact with the floating plush.

“…”

“…”

The two stare at each awkwardly. “So-“ Scratching her cheek, the pink-haired teen sighs. “-we have a lot to talk about.”

Shaking its body, the plush silently agrees.

Making their way back to the penthouse, Momoko looks around for any sign of the chase or battle she just had. But there was nothing, at least in this world.

The duo reaches the pinkette’s room, and as soon as they enter it, the girl collapses to the floor.

“Girl!?”

“It’s okay, I’m alright… just really tired.”

Silence installs itself as the two think of what to say next.

“So-“ Momoko finally breaks the ice. “-you can float?”

“Yeah.”

“… how?”

“I have no clue whatsoever. It just kinda happened.”

The pinkette sighs and stands up, dusting her pajamas. “What was that world? And that monster?”

“I don’t know.” Frustrated, the plush shakes its head. “I don’t know, but I feel like I should.”

“?”

“It’s like, something about it feels familiar, but I can’t pinpoint what.” Its tail swings around, clearly showing the plush’s frustration. “Urgh! Sorry, but I just can’t remember anything.”

“It’s alright little buddy. I think we both already did enough for today.” Momoko walks past it and sits down on her bed. “There’s no point in worrying about that now.” She offers the creature a soft smile.

“…” Nodding, the plush returns the gesture. “You’re right…” It pauses and thinks for a second. “… I just noticed. We haven’t even been properly introduced yet.”

“Oh, yeah!” With a chuckle, the pinkette scratches the back of her head. “I’m…” She stops herself and thinks for a couple seconds, before shaking her head and putting on a smile. “… Hoshikawa Momoko.”

“Got it, Hoshikawa-san.” The plush-like creature replies, bowing slightly. “I’m… well, I don’t really remember my own name.”

Momoko crosses her arms and pouts. “Hmmmmm! Let’s see-“ She opens one eye and glares at the plush, taking in all of his details. “-how about-“ She offers the creature her hand. “-we call you Fluffy? You know, because of your white fur.”

“Fluffy?” He asks, more to himself than to the girl. “…!” For some reason, that name filled the plush with a familiar feeling he couldn’t quite pinpoint himself. “Yeah, that works.”

Moving closer and rubbing his head against her hand, the plush smiles.

“A pleasure to make your acquaintance, you can call me Fluffy.”