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The man swore loudly, reminding himself to not aggravate strange-looking children anymore. He slunk down to the ground defeated, in a sorry-looking stance. Looking up, he realized that the wavering bunch were heading straight for him, and winced. This was not a good day.

Mayu was dizzy from the crash, though landing on the man was much better than crashing onto the cement sidewalk. She pulled herself up after her vision settled, and reached out a hand to help Demare up. She sighed, pulling the dagger out of the bench and handing it to the boy. Looking down at her tattered bag, she frowned for a second then stuck it in a pant pocket. It was a good excuse to practice with her newly bought sewing kit at home, at any rate.

"Thanks for getting my purse back," she said, giving a wide smile. "Now what do we do with this guy?" She asked, looking down at the robber.

Well, they had managed to apprehend the man! Kimi was rather impressed, she had doubted them from the first minute. Ducking into the shadows again, she gave a smile of approval. She really had to reward them for their efforts later, when jumping out from "nowhere" wouldn't seem so shocking to the two kids.

"It's okay!" Mayu assured him, "I'll fix it when I get home. And I think someone here would have a cellphone on hand so we can call the police." She looked about, and sure enough, there was a gentleman watching them who was waving his cellphone about. She skipped over happily and accepted the phone, making a quick call.

As she handed the flip phone back to the man, she looked over to Demare. "Oh, the sandals? I think I left them somewhere ... I kicked them off because they were being a bother while running." She laughed nervously, hoping no one had taken them. She ran back to the location, and sure enough, they were still there. The crowds of people hadn't noticed them at all! Putting them back on her feet, she stood up and stretched.

"Anyway! Park?"

She had an uncanny ability to wave off events like they were nothing.

Kimiko watched as the police cars arrived, driving off with the apprehended man. That was relatively exciting, she thought, and snorted. Resuming the duty at hand, she once again began to follow the children as they walked down the street.

"Oh!" Mayu said, hobbling along on her sandals. It took her a moment to get used to the shoes again, and she trotted over to the nearest intersection. Pushing the button, she motioned for Demare to come and waited for the light on the opposing side of the street to flash green.

"Need help?" Mayu frowned, looking over to the boy. He looked completely worn out, probably from the mad chase they had done, and all over her little purse!

The light before them flashed green, and Mayu rushed over to help Demare cross the street before the light turned back to red again. A crowd followed behind, and concealed in the middle was a sneaky little Kimiko.

Mayu nodded, and helped him over to a bench. There seemed to be some faint music playing,and she could barely make it out, but it seemed to be an ice cream truck! No, it WAS an ice cream truck!

"Stay for a sec, I'm going to go get ice cream!" She yelled, dashing toward the direction of the music. Spinning around, she asked, "What flavor do you want?"

"Okay!" Mayu called back, going to stand in line with the other rambunctious kids who had heard the alluring call of the ice cream truck. She came running back moments later with two strawberry cones in hand, plopping down on the bench and handing one to him.

Mayu blinked, and blinked again, as she watched the dog come from out of nowhere and give slobbery kisses to Demare's face before running off with the ice cream that she had purchased. The event was so silly that she had to laugh!

After recollecting herself and wiping a tear from her eyes, the silver-haired Legend took a deep breath and handed her ice cream cone over to Demare after taking a large bite out of the strawberry ice cream.

"Take mine," she said, while digging in her pocket. Pulling out a floral print handkerchief, she wiped off the dog slobber off of the boy's face carefully. "Bad luck today, isn't it?"

Giving the handkerchief a wring, Mayu placed the damp fabric back into her pocket. She would add the pants to the wash when she got home.

"Oh, I'm fine. Chasing down a robber was the most exciting thing that's happened for a while, now." Giving a small smile, she yawned and stretched her arms out, watching the endless sea of colorful characters pass by.

Kimiko was crouched behind a large trash can, watching the two kids chat on the bench. She didn't even notice the many looks she was getting, and was wholly absorbed in eavesdropping when a man on a bicycle lost control and veered toward the girl dangerously.

The trash can toppled over as the man collided with Kimiko, leaving her in the open. The act was up!

"Er ... Well, you see.." Kimiko muttered, trying to conjure up some plausible explanation to Demare and Mayu as to why she was stalking them.