Natural hair color

After finishing their training and enjoying a nice lunch, Yuni and Serika decided to visit their apartments to collect their things. Sensing their unease, Emeri and Madoka decided to tag along.

“It’s been a few days since they were home, it’s probably best to have Mado-chan use her danger sense to see if anything’s amiss. Besides, I’d feel more at ease coming with you than staying here,” Emeri explained.

“Are you sure we can stay at your place for the time being?” asked Serika.

“’Yeah, it’s much safer at the mansion then out in the wild. Besides, you looked so sad when Yuni suggested going back to your apartments. I imagine you don’t want to go back to a lonely apartment after spending such joyous nights with friends.”

“Y- Yeah, you really read me like an open book. I guess you could say I got spoiled by having fun with friends and staying in a warm loving environment.”

The girls decided to head to Serika’s apartment first. When they arrived, the servant motioned for everyone to come to the trunk. Inside, were multiple oversized suitcases.

“Will one suitcase be enough?” Madoka asked as the servant pulled a suitcase out of the trunk.

“Yeah, that giant suitcase should be able to fit everything I own. My apartment’s really bare, the most valuable thing I own is probably the TV or the game console,” Serika shrugged.

Everyone followed Serika as she approached the door. Madoka and Emeri made sure it wasn’t booby trapped before Serika turned the key. Once inside, Madoka and Serika scanned the place before giving the all clear to Emeri and Yuni.

“Doesn’t look like anything’s been messed with, alright this will only take a minute,” Serika stated as she began filling her suitcase with everything she owned.

Serika finished packing in 10 minutes. Her suitcase was primarily filled with manga volumes, clothes, and pairs of chartreuse sneakers. She had also packed up her DVDs and video games along with her Yintendo Mitch and the few small trinkets she owned. The most valuable things she had retrieved ended up being the loose cash she stashed throughout the place along with her passport.

“Never used this thing, but it’s probably a good idea to grab something like this considering Sensei made sure to get it for me,” Serika said as she pocketed her passport in her purse.

After moving her suitcase to the limo, Serika went up by herself to make one final check. She walked up to her bed and pulled out a bag she had hidden under it. "Sorry Sensei, I still don't think I'm worthy of wearing this. Though maybe one day," she thought as she slid it back under the bed.

Yuni’s place was the next place on the tour. Yuni began to shudder as she got closer and closer to her door. The bad memories of her time with Fujiko still haunted her.

“Don’t worry, you never have to go back here after today. And rest assured, that evil bitch will never hurt you or anyone else ever again,” Madoka declared as she wrapped her arm around Yuni.

Yuni’s door had been left unlocked the whole time she was gone. Both her and Madoka anxiously scoured her apartment.

“I honestly just want to grab my passport, wallet, and photo of Okaa-san and get out of here,” Yuni trembled as she nervously peeked open the closet. “The worst part is, I can’t tell if that monster was the one who moved things around or if it was someone else," she trembled as she gazed at her strewn about clothes.

“I don’t sense anything dangerous, and Emeri’s sensor isn’t sensing any bugs or bombs," Madoka stated.

The two decided to give the all clear, and Serika and Emeri entered.

“This place is a mess, though I can’t tell if it’s because you’re a slob or because that crazy bitch apparently romped through the place,” Serika growled.

“I’ll take that as a compliment," Yuni retorted as she began packing up her things.

Yuni had far more mementos and trinkets compared to Serika and took longer to pack.

"So what's your most valuable thing?" Serika asked.

"Easily this," Yuni nodded as she grabbed a framed picture that had been sitting on the table.

The picture featured two identical women with magenta hair and eyes that had just graduated high school.

"Is that YOU!? Wait, the eyes are completely different, and you don't have a twin, right?" Madoka asked as she glanced at the photo.

"This is a photo of my mother and aunt after they graduated high school. My mother's the one on the right," Yuni smiled.

"Huh? But Fubuki's hair is blonde!" Serika gasped.

"She dyed it blonde. Magenta's her natural color just like me. My aunt never dyed her hair, which is likely why Okaa-san originally changed her hair color."

“It’s honestly hard to tell she’s Fubuki. I get she dyed her hair, but her eyes don’t look as strong." Emeri stated.

“Her eyes don’t look as strong in that picture because it was taken before she began her job. Though it was taken after she resolved to become a journalist. She told me her eyes really only became unwavering and strong once I was born."

As Yuni began packing up the rest of her stuff, Serika began to go pale and went outside for fresh air. "Fubuki's natural color was magenta, just like Twintail's. My magenta highlights are natural. No, could it be?" she trembled.

"You alright?" Emeri asked as she joined Serika on the veranda.

"Y- Yeah. Just couldn't stand being in that pigsty," Serika grumbled as she headed back inside.

Eventually, Yuni finished packing. She had a brief scare when she couldn’t find her wallet, but eventually found it hidden behind the nightstand. It took two giant suitcases for her to take everything she had with her.

Everyone then drove back to the mansion and unloaded their things.

“Never thought I’d be in a room next to you, but it’s better than sleeping all alone,” Serika grumbled.

“You can also snuggle in the covers with me if you’re THAT lonely, you’re better than that monster at least,” Yuni retorted.

“You tsunderes really are cute,” Madoka jibed.

“We are NOT tsunderes!” Serika and Yuni roared as their faces went red.

Serika then ruffled Yuni's hair.

"And what was that for?" Yuni glared.

"Just felt like it," Serika growled as she walked away and secretly pocketed some strands of Yuni's hair.

"Ugh, you better not have damaged my hair, it is still recovering."

"I didn't try to rip out your twintails this time."

"Wait, did she try to rip off your twintails once?" Madoka asked.

"Yeah, it was back when we first met each other. I was having an after school meal at Ryokoma when she barged in. We then got in a fight and ended up having to stay and clean the restaurant as punishment."

"We only had to clean the bathrooms cause you asked me to try and yank off your twintails," Serika growled.

"I didn't mean it literally."

"Sorry, I didn't know. I was still getting used to the outside world at the time," Serika mumbled as she went into her room.

"Well that's odd, usually she'd continue to argue about how it was my fault."

"She is a tsundere, guess she's finally starting to show her true feelings," Madoka smiled.

"Don't even think of shipping us," Yuni glared.

"I'm not like Momma!" Madoka pouted. "Say, wanna go back out and grab some crepes at Ryokoma? It's been a few days since we've been there and I hear they’ve got matcha flavored ones to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,” Madoka suggested.

"Sure sounds good. How bout you?" Yuni hollered at Serika's door.

"Fine, just let me do something first," Serika grumbled.

"Great! Since the restaurant's on the other side of the bay, we can just take the boat there," Madoka smiled.

“I'm a little surprised you don’t have a crepe factory in the mansion,” Yuni said.

“We do, but the ones made at Ryokoma are SO good! Plus even when I do take-out, the crepes always taste better when eaten there."

As soon as Madoka and Yuni had walked away, Serika exited her room and went looking for Harumi.

"What do you want?" Harumi asked as Serika approached her.

"I want you to check something for me," Serika nodded as she pulled out a bag containing the strands of Yuni's hair.

...

As  soon as the girls arrived the restaurant, Madoka suddenly went on guard as a fat leprechaun with a purple beard landed on the roof of the boat with his paraglider.

“BUWAHAHAHA! MADOKA! You are not wearing green! So, you must die! (Achoo)!” Jester stated as he rubbed his nose.

“I thought you blew up," Madoka glared.

“We landed in the water, but now we’re all sick. (Achoo)!”

Emeri then pressed a button on the boat key causing the roof to spring upward and launch Jester high into the air.

“Fool! I have my paraglider you- AHHHH!”

Jester screamed in shock as Madoka pulled a rocket launcher out of one of the boat's compartments.

“Figured I’d bring this in case any leprechauns tried to kill me. Also, I’m wearing green panties. Go back to your pot of gold!” Madoka yelled as she blasted Jester sending him flying towards the rainbow bridge.

“F*** YOU MADOKA! I DIDN’T EVEN GET TO DO MY THEME SONG!” Jester wailed as he splashed into the water. His paraglider would need to be repaired again.