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Hikaru arrived at the front doors to the mall, looking quite excited to be there. It was her first trip to the place, after all, and there were so many stores! She barely knew where to start! Turning to Tomoro and bouncing on her heels, she glanced around at all of the different places to go, things to do, and food to eat.

"So, where do you want to go first?" she asked. "What kind of stores do you like to shop in?" Her eyes were practically sparkling with wonder at the opportunity to run around with a friend and have fun shopping for the afternoon.

"That's okay!" Hikaru piped up cheerfully, smiling at Tomoro. "We can just look around and stuff, then! There's plenty to do here besides stores, anyway - we can go to the arcade, or grab something to eat over at the food court!"

Noticing some people staring at Tomoro's eye while pointing and making remarks, she shot the group of people a nasty glare. Not wanting to start a fight, they simply snickered a little and walked off, still whispering to each other.

"Jerks..." Hiko said under her breath. "Don't pay attention to them, they don't know you at all!" Turning her attention once more to the many stores laid out in front of them, she placed a hand over her eyes and started scouting around for somewhere interesting to go, eventually just pointing off in what appeared to be a random direction.

"TO THE ARCADE!"

And with that, Hikaru began marching purposefully through the mall, smiling widely all the way.

Hikaru stepped up near Tomoro to watch as she played the rhythm game. Smiling and dancing in place along with the beat of the game, she attempted to play along by herself, quietly mimicking the motions required by the game to pass the level.

"Hey, you're pretty good at this, Tomoro!" she called out to her friend after the first level had gone by, bumping her back to the song selection screen. "Do you play a lot of these kinds of games?"

As she talked, she started looking around for a game that would be fun to play after Tomoro had finished with this one. Noticing a Para Para Paradise machine set up in the corner, her eyes sparkled. That was definitely where she would be headed next.

Meanwhile, Hikaru wandered over to the Para Para Paradise machine, excitedly digging two quarters out of her pocket and putting them into the machine. She expertly scrolled through the menu to the song she wanted - Love Again Tonight. It was a pretty easy song, but it had a good beat, and was really fun to dance to. Placing herself in the center of the five sensors, she tapped her foot to the beat during the short intro before the song started. Once the notes started flying by, Hiko moved her hands in time with the beat, tripping the sensors as the arrows on screen lit up. She had obviously played this game quite a bit before, and managed to draw a small crowd with her dancing. When the level came to a close, she had only missed a handful of notes, mostly because the crowd surprised her a little as they gathered around to watch.

"Level complete!" she announced loudly, turning around to flash a grin and a V for victory sign at the people watching her. She then focused her attention back on the game, picking her next song.

Hikaru finished the last level on the Para Para game she was playing, turning back to the people who had gathered around to watch her and bowing dramatically. "Thank you! Show's over, folks!"

Looking around, she saw Tomoro walking away from the crane game and sitting back down at the motorcycle simulation. Walking over and taking a seat on the bike next to hers, she smiled, pointing at the bear she'd pulled out of the crane game.

"Hey, you won something! Congrats!" she said, grinning and giving a thumbs up. "I can never get anything out of that stupid machine. I was always really bad at it." Laughing a little at this, she rubbed the back of her head.

"So, what's its name?" she asked, leaning over to shake one of the bear's worn and tattered hands.

Hikaru smiled, playfully poking at the bear's tattered tummy and gently shaking its hand. "Well then! Nice to meet, you Pulcharlmin!" Looking around the arcade for what to play next, her eyes came to rest upon the skeeball lanes. Tugging at the edge of Tomoro's shirt, she pointed over toward them. "Hey! Wanna go try out the skeeball? We can have a little competition!" Grinning, she rolled up one of her sleeves.

Hikaru looked around for a moment, not actually remembering having seen the girl at the battle the night before. There was a lot going on, and she was mostly focused on trying to keep herself and Tomoro alive, so there must have been a lot of people she didn't notice. Still, though, she greeted the girl cheerfully anyway, giving her trademark smile and wave.

"Hiya, Yumi!" she said happily. "My name's Hikaru, but you can call me Hiko if you want. And this is Tomoro!" She gestured toward her friend, who was now looking at the skeeball lanes. "You like skeeball...?"

"Huh...? Help keep us alive?" Hikaru asked, tilting her head to the side with a somewhat confused look on her face. "I'm not really sure what you mean by that..."

Deciding to change the subject for now, she gestured over to the skeeball lanes. "You wanna play with us? It's really easy, all you do is roll these balls down the lane and try to get it to go into those holes. The point values are marked, and when you get a high score, you get tickets that you can use to get prizes and stuff!"