While walking away from the apartments, the words Cul said to her was still stuck at her mind.

She was looking along the road, left to right, trying to entertain herself at the scenery of the seashore while heading for the store. She then looked at the mallet. Somehow, she felt that at any point of the day she will needed it.

***

"I wonder if they're ready now." she said as she approached the backdoor of the store.

Opening the metal door, she found the three almost about to go out on the backdoor, dressed in their casual outfits. At the sound of the door, Gumi noticed Haku's arrival and greeted her.

"Good day Haku!" Gumi said as she approaches. She then noticed the mallet. "Why do you have that big hammer with you?"

When Akiko and Kaito heard Gumi about Haku's on-hand item, they looked at her.

"I've just had a feeling of carrying it around today." Haku replied, looking at it with contentment while making small sways of the mallet in the air.

"You're not gonna go find us trouble right?" Kaito clarified. He thought her mallet plus her strong demeanor would lure them to a fight.

"Of course, I won't," Haku guaranteed, flipping the mallet's head. "But if trouble finds us, it's better to be prepared."

"Well then Miss Haku," Akiko said, followed by a smile. "Please take care of us as we buy materials at the district then."

Haku raised the mallet high. "Sure thing! No need to worry."

"Thank you very much."

"Shall we go now?" Gumi chanted repeatedly while looking at Kaito, somewhat expressing of approval for the team to leave.

Kaito sighed like he was mandated to agree. "Okay Gumi, you win. But how do we go to the district without a vehicle to ride on?"

"I thought we had a vehicle that was rented for today?" Akiko asked.

"It's supposed to be here an hour ago. But he didn't show up." Kaito explained while looking at the messages he sent on his mobile.

"Give me the phone Sir Kaito," Haku requested. " Maybe I could get some help from someone I know..."

Kaito gave the phone to Haku. Then she dialled someone.

"Hello, who the heck are you?" the person on the line said.

"It's me, Haku."

"Oh..." he said in shrilly voice, then he somewhat dropped the phone. ".. I'm so sorry about my rudeness. I didn't know that it was you."

Haku laughed. She faces her mallet with a smile.

"I need a ride today. And I need it fast."

"But," he replied, somewhat unsure on what he's gonna say. "I-I'm busy right now. We have a delivery today and-"

"Better be here right now or else, you'll gonna get a love mark." Haku threatened him, then she looked at the alley at the back of the shop.

"But, I will be available in the afternoon, not right now.. I am really sorry." he replied dreadfully, followed by a clinking sound at the background.

"Okay then, it's your choice. Goodbye!" she said, cutting the conversation and giving back the phone to Kaito.

Based on what was heard by the three, they assumed there was no help Haku acquired, there would be no ride arriving anytime soon.

"So what are we gonna do now?" Gumi worriedly asked.

Haku smiled to Gumi, patted her head then said, "Don't worry. I can still get help."

"Really!" Gumi said, Haku nodded.

"Bring me a marker, Gumi." Haku requested to her.

"Okay!" she said, then ran inside the store.

"What are you gonna do with a marker?" Akiko asked, confused.

"Just wait and see!" Haku confidently said to them.

Gumi returned from the store carrying the orange marker. She then gave it to Haku and asked her bewilderingly.

"What are you gonna do, Haku-san?"

Haku just smiled and wrote [ばか] (baka/ stupid) on the side of the mallet. Then, she gave back the marker to Gumi.

"Kaito, Gumi, Akiko. Please step aside.." she requested as she moves backwards, looking at the back alleyway of the shop. She flailed the mallet vertically. When she got the proper momentum, she made a short sprint and threw the mallet over the wall at the back of the alleyway.

The three were shocked on what Haku had done. Kaito approached her.

"Why did you do that! You may hit somebody from the other side- we don't know who's there!"

"Just wait... 'He' will be here soon." Haku calmly said, fixing her gray hair to the side.

As the mallet was descending and hot on her sight, she began to count down the time before the impact. "...Three, two, one, poof."

After the count down, the next noise they heard a man screaming in extreme pain. On the moment the three heard it, Kaito and the other two girls began to worry but Haku just laughed at it like it was all play. Kaito approached her in shock.

"Are you insane? You've just hit a person behind that wall just like I have feared!" Kaito asked while he held both of Haku's arms, shaking it.

"But, that's what I intended to do." she insisted, laughing. "Based on what I've heard, I've hit the right guy. You heard high pitch, but I promise that person was a man!"

"You promised you won't get us into trouble." Akiko said.

"Yeah, I didn't." Haku replied confidently. "Don't worry, he won't mind getting hit by my mallet."

Several minutes gone past after the incident, a loud roaring noise of speeding vehicle was heard on the road, somewhat moving in their position. Haku hid on a tall shrub on the side of the store and waited with a small smile on her face.

The noise of the raging vehicle got louder, and louder until it stopped in front of the store and it was a black pick-up truck with piano tile decals across the sides. The smoke cleared out and from there a person, and apparently the angry driver, emerged kith a very heavy aura looming around. The driver was dressed in a black lolita outfit with a small purple hat, attached with a short veil.

"Oh my God! It's a girl." Gumi said as the person was walking towards them. The driver rolled up its detached sleeves as the person closes by to them.

"I-I thought she said a man," Kaito mumbled in fear. "But this is an angry loli.."

The driver walked with a sharp glance to the three, like glancing with extreme wrath. Then, the driver stood before them and from the back, the angry loli brought out the same mallet Haku had thrown earlier.

The three were frightened and couldn't moved a bit, even speak a word. Then the loli asked them while looking sharply at them.

"Who threw this mallet at me! Tell me!"

Out of words to say, the three pointed their finger at Haku, when in that instance, hiding in the tall shrub. As the driver looked at it, Haku jumped at the loli and yelled, "Ohayu! You baka Ritsu!"

"No, I'm not. You are baka Haku!" Ritsu angrily replied.

"I told you to come here fast because I need a vehicle." Haku reminded to Ritsu, still tackling the loli.

Ritsu resisted and breaks off from Haku. Ritsu fixed her attire and gave the mallet back. Haku then placed her arm at Ritsu's back and introduced 'her'.

"This is Namine Ritsu, our driver for today."

"Hey, hey hey. Wait- what do you mean by that?" Ritsu said, confused. "I still have things to do!"

"I've just told you a while ago that I- need- a- ride-."

"But you didn't say that you have company."

"Still, whether I have or haven't some friends to ride with, I still need a ride." Haku stressed to Ritsu.

"Thanks for the mallet, now I have headache to deal with!" Ritsu said, looking sarcastically at Haku. "Really helpful."

"If you agreed sooner before I could hit you, maybe you won't get that from being a baka! Am I right Miss Loli?"

"Ugh.. Sheesh." Ritsu sighed in defeat. "Get in the truck. Geez."

Still with fear lingering in the air, the three walked towards the truck past them. Ritsu and Haku followed behind.

"You three! Get at the back!" Ritsu said. Akiko, Kaito and Gumi just nodded and went in the truck as instructed. Haku then sat at the passenger seat. And finally, Ritsu headed for the driver's seat.

Before the loli could even start the engine, Ritsu turned back to face the passengers. "Are we green?"

"What... Green?" Kaito said.

"My hair?" Gumi said, pointing her head.

"No, Oh.. Geez. This is harder than I thought." Ritsu said, face-palming. "I mean-, are we good to go? Prepared?"

Gumi, Akiko and Kaito simultaneously nodded.

"Oh, daym! Finally, they get it! Let's roll then." Ritsu said, turning back to face the road, starting the engine. "I don't want any more time to be wasted."