Magia Record Story SamaTore! The Summer Treasure that Disappeared into the Fire

This page will cover the original event story and the extra story chapters added in the re-run.

Part One

Episode One

Kyoko Sakura struggles to wake up as she hears voices of concern around her. She eventually opens her eyes to find Mitama Yakumo and Ui Tamaki standing over her looking relieved. Kyoko asks where she is and why they’re there. Mitama asks if she remembers anything that happened before she passed out. She remembers Mami Tomoe inviting them to the beach. Sayaka Miki had immediately raced into the ocean to go swimming with Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi chasing after her. Kyoko was eager to get away from the crowds, so she had taken her float with her to the ocean. Mami was worried she’d go too far into the ocean, especially since Kyoko can’t swim, but Kyoko promised to be back by lunch and left.

As Kyoko had floated in the ocean, nearby Kanagi Izumi was swimming in the ocean with Mitama and Karin Misono. Kanagi had been pulling Mitama along as she sat on a float. Near them, Ui was floating in the ocean as well but had drifted out further than she’d anticipated. Her sister Iroha Tamaki called out anxiously for Ui to come back. Iroha then yelled for everyone to be careful as a huge wave overtook them.

Kyoko finishes recounting what happened, to the relief of Mitama who was glad that Kyoko wasn’t hurt. Ui tells Kyoko that the wave washed them up onto a deserted island. Kanagi and Karin return to the group. They had looked around but there didn’t seem to be anyone on the island.

Episode Two

Ui and Karin are excited at the prospect of being on a deserted island, but Kyoko isn’t too happy about the situation. Mitama tells her not to worry, since her phone managed to survive the wave and they were able to contact Yachiyo Nanami for rescue. Touka Satomi volunteered to send a helicopter to pick them up, but it wouldn’t be able to get there for two days. This means they’ll have to find water, food, and shelter for the time being but Mitama seemed pretty happy about it. If they work together, they should be able to survive and even make some wonderful memories together. Everyone but Kyoko seemed excited about this idea. Mitama tells Kyoko she’s part of the group too since they’ll need everyone’s help to work together, but Kyoko tells them she’s fine and she doesn’t need any of them to hold her back.

Kyoko turns to leave, but Mitama calls her back. She asks Kyoko to transform for her. Kyoko sighs and transforms into her Magical Girl swimsuit. She’s beyond surprised at what happened since she has never been able to transform like that. It turns out that Sayaka had told Mitama about Kyoko’s inability to swim during her call to Yachiyo for help. While Kyoko was passed out, Mitama had adjusted Kyoko’s Soul Gem so she would be able to swim. Kyoko gets pissed and asks if the transformation is reversible. Mitama promises it is, but then looks forlorn for a moment. If she doesn’t have fun on the island she might get depressed and forget how to undo the adjustment.

Episode Three

Kyoko asks if Mitama is threatening her. Mitama shakes her head and asks her to imagine fighting in that outfit in the dead of winter. For a moment Kyoko imagines Sayaka and Mami being embarrassed for her fighting in a swimsuit in the middle of the snow. Since she knows of no other adjustors, Kyoko reluctantly agrees to join the group as internally she thinks that Mitama is worse than a Witch. While they were talking, Kanagi had taken Karin and Ui to the side so they wouldn’t be exposed to any bad examples.

Episode Four

The group divides the responsibilities amongst themselves. Mitama is in charge of building the shelter while Karin is in charge of gathering bamboo for the shelter and to make dishes. Kanagi and Ui are in charge of collecting water and any edible plants they may find. Finally, Kyoko is in charge of finding fish or shellfish. Kyoko is content that she can at least work by herself and she reminds herself she only has to tolerate this for two days. As she stares at the water, she remembers that Mitama had told her she’d given her the ability to swim. With nothing else to lose, Kyoko steps into the shallow end of the ocean to try it out.

Kyoko awkwardly splashes around and to her delight she finds she can easily float in the ocean. As she kicks and splashes, she realizes that she really can swim now! Kyoko soon spots a fish nearby and dives down to catch it, sneaking up on it from behind. Overjoyed at her newfound ability, Kyoko swims around and catches as many fish as she can.

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She pulls up onto the beach with her haul of fish and clams. Kyoko is irritated at being told what to do, but then again she doesn’t mind being able to swim now either. Kyoko remembers that Mitama had suggested that she gather wood for the fire if she had the time. With nothing better to do, Kyoko begins to pick up pieces of dry wood from the beach. She finds a piece of something with writing on it including the words “water” and “bottom”, but it’s barely legible so Kyoko shrugs and throws it into the pile with the rest.

Episode Five

Kyoko finishes up and heads back to where Mitama and Karin were waiting. Karin says they found something and show her a piece of paper. Mitama excitedly exclaims that it’s a treasure map. Kyoko isn’t impressed since it’s not her idea of fun, but she isn’t’ going to bother putting a stop to it either. She asks Mitama if she at least finished building their shelter, but Mitama says it’s more of a house. Kyoko looks at the huge building now on the beach. Karin giggles since they got a little carried away with the construction. She points out the fire that she had built and Kyoko is surprised at how capable Karin is. Karin says she learned how to start a fire from a manga she read.

Unfortunately Kanagi and Ui aren’t back yet, so Mitama asks Kyoko to go check on them. Since there’s fresh water on the island, Mitama suggests Kyoko rinse off the sea salt while she goes. Kyoko agrees to go. Before she does, she notices that the campfire is getting smaller so she tosses one of the smaller pieces of wood she gathered into the fire. Kyoko thinks to herself that things aren’t so bad and admits to herself that it could be exciting for the next two days.

Kyoko soon finds Kanagi and Ui near a freshwater stream. Ui apologizes since they’re not doing with their task but Kyoko tells them not to rush since she’s just going to rinse off in the meantime. Ui hurries to gather the rest of the supplies so they can all head back together.

Kyoko jumps into the stream but the water is freezing. As she splashes around she notices some fish at the bottom of the stream and decides that some riverfish would go well with their meal. She lunges at the fish but it manages to escape her grasp. Kanagi notices what Kyoko is doing and suggests she go further upstream. It’s a tip she learned from Himika Mao. Kyoko tries it out and finds she’s able to catch plenty of fish. She can tell there are multiple currents feeding into the stream besides the waterfall so she swims over to where the stream is flowing. She waits for a moment before pouncing on more riverfish.

Kyoko eventually gets out of the stream with her large haul of riverfish. Thanks to Kanagi’s tip she was able to catch plenty very easily. Whiel she was doing that, Ui had gathered a ton of vegetables while Kanagi had managed to gather plenty of fresh water for them all thanks to some barrels she found near the shore. Kanagi admits she’ll need some help carrying the four barrels of water back while Ui also needs some help with all the veggies she found. Kyoko decides to play nice for now so Mitama can turn her back and assists with carrying the supplies.

Episode Six

Mitama marvels at all the fish that Kyoko was able to catch, as well as the water, vegetables, dishes, and house that their group now has thanks to their teamwork.

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Kyoko is glad to see Mitama so happy since it means she’ll be able to change her back. Mitama happily declares she’s going to prepare a delicious feast for everyone with this bounty. Hearing this puts both Kyoko and Kanagi on high alert and both of them yell at Mitama to stop immediately. Mitama asks what’s wrong as both Kyoko and Kanagi look away uncomfortably. Kyoko tells Mitama she must be tired from all that building but Mitama says she’s fine since Karin did most of the hard work of cutting up tons of trees for the house and carrying them over. Mitama tells Karin to rest after all that hard work while she does the cooking. Karin happily accepts while Kyoko looks at her like she’s crazy. Kanagi figures Karin doesn’t know the truth about Mitama’s cooking skills. Ui also doesn’t know what’s going on.

Kyoko decides they need to come up with a distraction and fast, so she smiles broadly and brings out the treasure map from earlier. Since Mitama and Karin must be so tired after all that building, Kyoko suggests they try to relax by figuring out what’s written on the map. Kanagi thinks that’s a great idea since they won’t have any light later in the evening except for the moon and their campfire. Kyoko offers to do the cooking while they look at the map. Ui suddenly remembers something and tells Mitama that she too thinks that’s a great idea since she can help Kyoko with the cooking. Mitama and Karin accept the suggestion and they go off into their house to look it over.

Kyoko and Kanagi breathe a sigh of relief at the bullet they just dodged. Ui asks if Mitama’s cooking is that bad since she remembered her sister’s warning “You should stay away from anything Mitama cooks.” Kanagi admits it’s worse than that. Kyoko says that that’s the kind of thing you want to know about, especially in a situation like theirs. If they were rendered immobile for days that would be bad for everyone. The three of them get to work on dinner for everyone and finish as the sun begins to set. Kyoko looks at their dinner and begins to drool at how delicious it looks. Ui goes to fetch Mitama and Karin. As she goes, Kanagi thinks she hears something as a cat runs past them.

With the sun gone and the moon already rising, the group sits down to eat. Everything they made tastes delicious and the group eagerly eats their dinner. Kyoko is just thankful they were able to make it through their first day.

Episode Seven

It’s early the next morning and Mitama decides to do a head count to make sure they’re all there. Kyoko thinks it’s unnecessary, but since they’re on a deserted island Mitama feels you can’t be too careful which makes Karin nervous. For today, Mitama has decided the group will go treasure hunting but both Kyoko and Kanagi are more worried about getting food and water. Mitama says they dried some of the fish from yesterday and they still have plenty of water. If that’s the case, then Kanagi has no qualms about going on the venture. Ui is excited to go since she’s never been treasure hunting before. Kyoko asks “What about me?” but Mitama interpreted yesterday as Kyoko being excited about the treasure hunting since she had them look over the map while she cooked dinner. Kyoko doesn’t want to upset Mitama so she decides to play along for now and pretends to be interested. The group collectively looks at the map they found.

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The map is old and dirty, leading Karin and Mitama to believe it must be real. The pore over the unique handwriting but the few words they’re able to make out are “treasure”, “mark”, “hidden”, and “starting point”. Mitama flips the map over and points out to more writing on the back, but the handwriting is different from the front.

Karin points out a wooden board she brought. Kyoko recognizes it as one of the pieces of wood she gathered for the fire yesterday. Mitama claims it’s actually a wooden tablet and she reads out what’s written. The board tells the tale of a fallen warrior who escaped after losing a battle. This person hid his lord’s treasure on the island and placed both clues and traps around the island to protect the treasure. If they head 100 steps north then 250 steps west then they’ll find the treasure at the bottom of the earth.

Ui and Karin aren’t sure what “bottom of the earth” could mean, but Mitama points out the map drawn on the tablet is accurate. If they all work together, they should be able to figure it out. Kanagi can’t figure it out and Kyoko doesn’t have a clue so she suggests they just go there and see for themselves. Mitama thinks that’s a great idea and the group sets off. Kyoko doesn’t think the map is real but she’s willing to play along with the others for now.

Episode Eight

The group arrives at the location the directions indicated but they find nothing there but a small creek. Mitama was hoping there would be a path underground or something but the clearing is like any other. Ui figures her steps must have been too short, especially compared to a tall warrior. Kanagi and Mitama decides to head back and recount their steps but with Kanagi in the lead this time. Ui and Karin decide to stay where they are to look for clues, so Kanagi asks Kyoko to keep an eye on them. Kyoko is a little annoyed she has to play babysitter now. She can understand Ui needing a sitter, but why Karin.

Suddenly Ui screams and disappears from view. Kyoko and Karin run over to where they last saw Ui and find there’s a pitfall there. Karin tells her she’s coming but before Kyoko can stop her so they can get some rope Karin falls into the pitfall as well. Down in the darkness of the pit, Karin picks herself up. Ui is there and although they were a bit shaken from the fall the two girls are alright. Kyoko calls down to them and tells them to stay where they are while she goes to find something they can use to climb out.

Episode Nine

Kyoko looks for something she can use as a rope and returns to the pit. She calls down to the girls but neither answers her. She can hear them talking down there so she yells louder to get their attention. She lowers a vine and pulls the girls out of the pit one at a time. The girls dust themselves off and Ui thanks Kyoko for her help. She asks what the two were talking about and Karin shows her a wooden tablet they found at the bottom of the pit. Kyoko thinks the tablet looks familiar but she says nothing. Instead she asks what it was doing at the bottom of that pit. Karin explains the clue they read earlier was pointing to them finding the tablet at the “bottom of the earth”, referring to the pit.

Kanagi and Mitama appear and are thankful to find the group since they weren’t there earlier. Despite recounting their steps, Kanagi and Mitama ended up at the same clearing regardless. Ui shows her the tablet they found at the bottom of a pit. Hearing the word “pit” made MItama worried so she asked if the girls didn’t fall in or get hurt. The two admit they did fall in, but they were saved thanks to Kyoko. Kanagi remembers the map mentioning traps and wonders if the expedition might not be too dangerous for them but Ui promises they’ll be more careful.

Episode Ten

The group reads the tablet they found. Karin begins to sob at the thought of how loyal the poor warrior was to his master until the bitter end. Kanagi thinks such loyalty is admirable while Ui agrees that it’s a sad story. Kyoko thinks this has been a little too easy, even with the traps, since they’ve managed to find four of the tablets already. Mitama happily points to another tablet near the clearing. Kyoko sees how happy Mitama is and thinks that’s good for her since her main concern is keeping her happy so she can change her back. She’ll be lucky if the treasure they find is something that really makes her happy but she won’t’ take the blame if the treasure ends up being something disappointing.

Mitama hands Kyoko the new tablet since she noticed that Kyoko hasn’t participated much. She asks Kyoko to read it and tell them what she thinks. Kyoko takes one look at the tablet and thinks that all it’s good for is firewood. She remembers the firewood she picked up the other day and how she threw a piece into their campfire. It’s only now that it dawns on her that the piece of wood she gathered that had writing on it and she later threw into the fire was possibly one of the wooden tablets.

Kyoko begins to sweat as Mitama asks her what’s wrong. Kyoko pretends that the clue she’s reading is tricky as she tries to think of what to do. If Mitama finds out she burned one of the clues they were looking for, she’ll surely get sad and refuse to change Kyoko’s outfit back to normal.

Part Two

Episode Eleven

Kyoko wracks her brains trying to figure out what she should do next. Ui and Kanagi both look at Kyoko and ask if she’s ok. Mitama suggests they take a little break. Kyoko calms herself down and decides to keep quiet about the tablet since no one else seems to have noticed yet. As the girls look at the tablet for their next clue, Kyoko considers sneaking off before they notice one of the tablets is missing but she decides against it as it would only make her look suspicious. But if they find out after their excitement keeps building it then that would be even worse. Kyoko figures her only option is to try to make them give up on the treasure without upsetting Mitama.

Episode Twelve

As Mitama looks for their next clue, Kyoko plays along and tries to come up with a distraction. As Kyoko is deep in thought, Mitama suddenly seems to leap into the air, startling the group. Karin thinks she must have flown away but then they hear a loud thud. Scared, Karin believes it must have been the ghost of the fallen warrior. Ui believes her and starts to get scared while Kyoko can’t believe what she’s hearing. Kanagi tells them to calm down: the noise they heard was another wooden tablet falling down when Mitama set off one of the traps. She points to the air above their heads where Mitama can be seen hanging upside down from a tree.

The group helps to get Mitama down, who is thankfully unhurt. Kyoko takes this as her opportunity and suggests that the treasure hunt may be too dangerous, especially considering this is the second trap they’ve fallen into. She also points out that they’ve had to trigger the bigger traps in order to get to the tablets. Mitama looks serious for a moment before she smiles and thanks Kyoko for being so concerned about her. Instead, she points out words in the tablet that indicate the treasure is extremely rare, indicating her desire for the treasure. Kanagi steps in and agrees with Kyoko’s points, but she’s also too curious about the treasure now to give up on the treasure hunt. Kanagi was Kyoko’s last hope, and with the additional votes of Ui and Karin it seems Kyoko’s plan had failed.

Kyoko agrees to continue the mission, but she warns others that she believes they’re being followed. Karin thinks it’s the ghost or possibly another treasure hunter which only spurs Ui on further. Kyoko is relieved they believed her lie, since now she she can blame the missing tablet on someone else.

Episode Thirteen

Mitama begins getting her hopes up for the treasure they find, expecting it to be on par with a pandora’s box that could change the world as they knew it. Kyoko continues to fret as the group spies another wooden tablet. Before Karin can go get it, Kanagi stops her. She’s heard something so the group listens quietly. They soon hear the sound of rustling coming from up ahead. The group stares intently as a small tabby cat jumps out from the bushes. Mitama notes how small it is while Kanagi says that explains the missing fish from last night’s dinner. They also figure the person Kyoko thought was following them was also the cat all along. As the group fusses over the kitten, Kyoko knows her lie has been undone so she tries to come up with something else to explain the missing tablet.

Meanwhile Mitama stops and puzzles over their last clue. She shows it to the others and explains they won’t be able to find the last clue since the map has been damaged and the mark is completely gone. (The tablet instructs them to go to the center of all the places they’ve visited.) Not only that, the group is dismayed and most of them are sad to have to give up on the quest. Kyoko takes this as her opportunity to distract them and suggests they all take a break by going swimming for awhile. Mitama at first takes the bait until she realizes something.

Episode Fourteen

Mitama knows where the last wooden tablet is and takes the group to the small waterfall where Ui and Kanagi first gathered water. Mitama figures it must be here since it’s an obvious landmark but it hasn’t been used in any of the clues yet. Even without the mark, the map still points to this location as the center of all the clues. She even managed to triangulate the original mark on the damaged map. Ui is amazed and Mitama says it was all thanks to what Kyoko had said about swimming. Everyone splits up to find the tablet, including an unenthusiastic Kyoko who is still trying to figure out how to cover up for the missing tablet she burned.

The group searches for a good while without success. Kyoko thinks maybe she can just tell them it got lost in the river or became rotted. She notices Mitama staring at her for a moment but she tries to brush it off as paranoia. Mitama looks sad and wonders outloud if maybe she figured the clue out wrong. Ui doesn’t think so but believes the tablet may have gotten lost over time. Mitama locks eyes with Kyoko and suggests the tablet got lost in the river. Kyoko wonders if Mitama is trying to gauge her reactions when Mitama suggests instead maybe the wooden tablet rotted away. Kyoko then begins to wonder if she can read minds when suddenly Mitama suggests maybe someone burned up the wooden tablet. Ui says there’s no fire here, so Mitama asks for everyone’s opinion starting with Kyoko’s.

Episode Fifteen

Kyoko asks Mitama why her. Mitama replies that Kyoko has had this look like she wants to say something but Kyoko denies it. Kyoko tries to figure out what Mitama’s game is but Mitama just drops the subject. Kanagi suggests they take a little break back at their shelter and everyone but Kyoko agrees. Kyoko can just imagine how everyone would react when one of them notices the burned tablet in their fire and remember she was the one that was tasked with gathering firewood. Then Mitama will get upset and not turn Kyoko back and soon Kyoko will be out in the winter streets fighting Witches in nothing but a flimsy swimsuit. Kyoko shakes her head; she’d rather be stuck on the island than have to bear with all of that.

Mitama tells Kyoko to hurry out of the river and warns her not to trip on the slippery rocks. Kyoko can’t decide between coming clean or risk keeping quiet when she suddenly notices something below.

Episode Sixteen

Kyoko blasts away part of the riverbed, much to Mitama’s surprise. There Kyoko points to a hidden path at the bottom of the river. Since not everyone can swim well, Kanagi goes first to check it out. While they wait, Ui, Mitama, and Karin asks Kyoko how she knew the path was there. It turns out it was pure dumb luck since she happened to stumble upon it when she was catching fish the other day and noticed there was more than one water source to the river. Secretly it was also thanks to the small bit of the clue (“water…bottom”) she read on the tablet when she first picked it up off the beach. The group cheers at Kyoko’s ingenuity. And now that the missing tablet is no longer a problem, Kyoko sighs with relief. She’ll be fine so long as the treasure isn’t a big disappointment.

Kanagi comes back up and reports there’s a cave at the end of the water path. However, the entire way is underwater and Ui isn’t the best of swimmers, especially after her long stint in the hospital. Kanagi says the passageway is too narrow for them to guide Ui so Karin decides to stay back as well with Ui and the kitten. Mitama tries to think of a way so they can all go see the cave and the treasure. Kyoko asks if they can hold their breaths well and suggests they use guide ropes rather than pull them along.

Episode Seventeen

Kyoko pulls the vine and brings Karin up to the surface. The group waits for Kanagi, who is the last to go through the tunnel. She comes up and brings the vines they used as rope with her, in case they need them to get back out. Kyoko came up with the idea when she used the vines to rescue Karin and Ui from the pitfall trap. Kanagi notices that some of the vines had snapped, but thankfully Karin had bundled several of them into a rope so they would hold. Karin gives high-fives all around to celebrate. The group carefully makes their way to the back of the cave, careful not to trip on all the wet rocks and puddles.

Episode Eighteen

Kyoko hears a loud buzzing noise. She wonders what it is until Ui slaps a mosquito off of her. The group hurries ahead but the mosquitoes begin to multiply around them as the buzzing increases. Karin wonders if this is the ultimate final challenge but no one wants to stick around to get all bitten up. Soon everyone is covered in mosquitoes except for Mitama. Mitama begins to pout since the mosquitoes must not think her blood is as good as the others. The group hurries to the back of the cave while Mitama transforms and drives the mosquitoes away. They thank her as she nullifies the transformation. Mitama is now in a bad mood and Kyoko hopes the treasure is worth it. At the back of the cave the group finds an old treasure box. Kyoko asks if she can be the one to open the box.

Episode Nineteen

The group has no problem with Kyoko being the one to open it, while Kanagi warns her to be careful in case it’s booby trapped. Carefully, Kyoko opens the box as the group holds its breath in anticipation. Inside is a letter, congratulating them on for coming all the way here and informing them the treasure hunt was sponsored by the Sayu-Sayu Mizuna Tourism Project. The letter explains that they had originally planned for a game called “The Lost Treasure of a Fallen Warrior” but it had been abandoned for several reasons (mostly due to the number of mosquitoes and the concern that Sayu-Sayu’s fans would try to come to the island). Since they had already gone to all the work, they got permission to finish it off by setting up mysteries and traps on the island. In exchange, they left a paper with Sayu-Sayu’s sword designs on it since the real sword would have likely rusted away. It then points them out to a spot with a gorgeous view just up ahead where they were planning to leave the box originally.

Kyoko finishes reading the letter as everyone waits to hear what it says. Kyoko doesn’t know what to say since she doesn’t want to disappoint them. Kyoko stalls for a second as she tries to figure out how to reword it so that the scenery ahead is the treasure. Finally she tells the others to follow her and gambles it all on the view that was promised in the letter. Karin asks what was in the box but Kyoko warns her not to look inside since something terrible might happen. Karin lets her imagination run wild again and thinks the box might blow up if she opens it too many times. Kanagi agrees she should just leave the box be as they all follow Kyoko.

Episode Twenty

Kyoko leads them to the back of the cave where it opens out onto a cliff. There the girls are greeted by the breathtaking view of the sun setting in the ocean just as the first stars are beginning to appear.

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Everyone agrees that this view is indeed a rare treasure and Mitama thanks Kyoko for finding it. Kyoko says she only worked as hard as she did to keep Mitama happy so she would change her back. She then admits that the reason they couldn’t find the last tablet was because she had used it as firewood before she had realized what it was. Mitama is shocked to hear this but instead she apologizes for forcing Kyoko to do what she wanted when she had originally said she wanted everyone to have fun. She apologizes for threatening Kyoko like she did and promises to change her back.

Eventually the group finishes watching the sunset and makes their way back through the mosquito-infested cavern. They continue on and finally reach their shelter well into the night. Despite all the bites, everyone really enjoyed their two days on the island.

The next day Kyoko sits and eats more of the fish they had cooked up for breakfast. Mitama asks her if she isn’t full already, but Kyoko wants to eat as mush freshly roasted fish as she can since she probably won’t get another chance. Mitama takes one of the fish and munches on it happily. She turns to Kyoko and asks her if the treasure really was the scenic view. Kyoko admits it was all a failed PR stunt and that the treasure was just some piece of paper. She knew one of them would notice but she didn’t want to disappoint everyone. Mitama figures Kanagi noticed the truth but since Ui and Karin didn’t they were able to make great memories of the place thanks to her. Kyoko offers her another of the roasted fish.

Elsewhere Ui and Karin are splashing in the ocean and having a great time. Kanagi is swimming nearby and the two girls turn their attacks on her. Kanagi smiles and says she can play at that game too and proceeds to splash water at both of them. As Kyoko marvels at their stamina, they hear the sound of helicopter blades and Iroha’s voice calling down to them. Mitama goes to gather the others. Kyoko waits by herself, smiling and admitting the adventure wasn’t all bad.