Someone tapped on his back . He spun, and his mouth dropped . Kitome flushed . Dressed in a blue and green Yukata, cut in a way to show more leg . Her long blue hair was down . Green eyes looked at him expectantly . She smelled nice—a blend of flowers and enticement .

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"Kitome…wow," he said . She smiled .

"The succubus put us through h.e.l.l, but judging the look on your face, I should thank her . "

The others dawned upon the two . He almost pulled Alice into him, but Chika was there in an instant, snuggling against the young man and bathing in his compliment . It took nearly a minute to disburse their bickering between her and Alice .

Yusuke and Ruri emerged to meet with the group . The h.e.l.lhound and the half-demonesses gave each other the anime girl harrumphs until Tear clocked them on the head .

"Guess who will be sticking together," the succubus said, grinning . The two looked defeated . Clyde inspected the airflows once more and then proceeded forward, leading the group . The area was packed with lanterns—maybe chochin—and booths, games, and even folk dancing . The smell of food hung in the air like bliss . Someone's stomach growled . Simultaneously, everyone turned to look at Alice .

"What?" she said, faint blush on her face . "I'm hungry . "

Natalia aimed the game's gun at a giant teddy bear, pressed the trigger, but once again failed to knock it down . The vendor chuckled .

"Is that all you got, squirt?" he said .

Natalia looked at him with indignance . Yuki strolled along, watched the loli struggle a bit longer, then smirked at the vendor . She smacked the required money on the counter, took hold of the gun and aimed carefully .

"So the goal is to knock something down with this?" she said . Natalia watched her with interest .

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"If you think you can," the vendor said . "I ain't going anywhere . You can fail all night—"

Yuki fired . The wooden cap launched from the gun hit a poorly-fastened bolt, perfect precision revealed to all onlookers . The shelf which held a hand-held video game console, three teddy bears, and large candy fell to the ground .

The vendor looked astonished, defeated, and outraged at the same time, but there was nothing he could do . Rules were rules . He miserably bagged all of the demoness goods and handed it to her . Onlookers cheered .

"You're the best Yuki!" Natalia said . "I can't believe you did this for me . "

"Hmm?" Yuki said .

Natalia stood, aghast, as the demoness walked away with all of the prizes . The giant teddy bear seemed to whisper her name . She nearly fainted .

Alice tried for the third time to grab a fish with her c.r.a.ppy paper net . And she failed . The only good thing about this wretched game was that Ruri did just as bad . Yet, a challenge was a challenge . The compet.i.tiveness seeped away during the sixth try—and she just wanted to win at least once . The cute goldfish would be hers . Yusuke sighed, muttering something .

She almost threw in the towel when Yuki casually walked up, paid the coins, and took aim . Took aim while holding a ton of bags, which contained prizes . With one impossibly fast swipe, she scooped up a goldfish and placed it in a bowl . Her fans clapped . Alice and Ruri dropped their nets shocked . The vendor bagged her goldfish in water .

Yuki gave Alice a slight head nod then ventured off to the next game .

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Melody fumed as she lost against Tear for the fourth consecutive time at ring toss .

"You're cheating somehow," were the words she didn't let slip from her mouth . She didn't want to be seen as a spoiled sport . She also wasn't blind to the succubus insane skill . Tear grinned .

"Do you wish to challenge me again, daughter of whom we shall not name?" she said .

Melody shook her head, defeated .

"I'll challenge you . " Yuki strolled up to the two, confidence pouring off her in waves . Tear chuckled .

"Your funeral . Let's put a wager on it . "

Melody's eyes widened as the demoness owned the succubus—they both were good, but Yuki's skill was G.o.dlike . She napped a perfect score .

Yuki collected the prizes and some of Tear's prizes, along with a few bucks .

"You…" Tear still looked baffled as the demoness walked away, onlookers following her like pets .

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Melody laughed, in taking the succubus's expression of wonder . It reminded her just how much she loved them both .

Clyde was on a roll . He didn't feel the least bit of pity owning Kitome and Toru in various games . From ball scooping to targeting shooting, the young man was on fire . Then…Yuki came along, challenging him to water balloon yo-yo .

"Hmm, care to make a wager, Master Clyde?" she said . "You set your terms and I'll set mine . "

Clyde had no idea what he was getting into—he believed it a joke, an easy win for a quick perverted laugh .

"If I win, you must serve me dinner in a naked ap.r.o.n then feed me, bite by bite," he said in her ear . There was no way he'd let Toru or Kitome hear that bet . Yuki laughed .

"That's too easy," she said . "I'll do that for you regardless of the outcome, if you just give me the word . Alas, it's too late to change now . I'll be fair and match it . " She whispered, "In addition to serving me in the ap.r.o.n, you must put on a private show for me . And I can invite one other . No clothes . "

"Two demands?" Clyde whispered .

Yuki shrugged .

"Asking a girl to feed you bite by bite," she reminded in a low voice .

"Fine, let's do this . And when I win, I'll take you up on the wager tonight . "

He lost so fast—the match didn't seem fair . Yuki nibbled his ear before turning to leave . For some reason, a bunch of people followed her . The ones…who cheered the demoness on .

"Did she just hustle me?" Clyde said . Toru chuckled .

"She owned you," he said .

"Serves you right," Kitome said then poked Clyde's cheek .

He laughed .

"I'll get her back, someway . "

He was about to motion for the others to follow him to some food stalls when he caught sight of Harumi and Kiko walking ahead, cheerful expressions on their faces . The loli vampire shadowed them with three others, inspecting pa.s.sing humans with slightly hungry interests .

"Well, it seems like the games have begun," Clyde said .

"And we were having such a good time," Toru said .

"We'll just have to add a.s.s-kicking to our list of good times," Kitome said, eyes seeming to burn with intensity . The two young men stared at her then laughed .

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