Phoenix

Hisui's Wish

"She didn't pick out a single green decoration," Kira mumbled.

"Who cares?" Ayame chimed in. "She basically did our job for us, which means that the king can't yell at us for picking out something she didn't like."

Emi and Hisui returned to the castle and made their way to the ballroom where the others were. The princess was quickly ushered upstairs to her room in order to pick out which dress she would be wearing.

"I want Emi to help me pick out my dress."

"But princess," Mey started, "she doesn't wear dresses."

Kira quipped, "She never takes off her cloak, so she doesn't know the first thing about fancy dresses."

"What if you all helped me? Then I would have four opinions on the dresses."

Kira looked at Ayame before grinning and agreeing with the princess. Emi looked between them hesitantly before following Hisui to her room. She had so many dresses to choose from. The Phoenix Wing wizards looked on in awe as they took in the sight of the sea of dresses. They all began to quickly look through the dresses and pick out ones that the princess might want to wear.

"What about this one?" Kira asked as she held a jade-colored dress with white beading.

"I want to stay away from green."

"Huh?" Ayame questions. "I thought green was your favorite color."

Hisui laughed before saying that her father always thought her favorite color was green since she always wore it.

"I only wear so much green because of my hair. I would much rather wear something like pink or blue."

The girls nodded before turning back to the dresses. Ayame held up a dark blue halter dress with sparkles.

"That's a little too dark."

They all started holding up dresses, all of them being turned down by the princess. They had all given up before Emi picked out a light blue dress with a sweetheart neckline covered in flower detailing.

"Oh my gosh. That one is perfect! I completely forgot I had that one."

Everyone sighed in relief before Hisui spoke up, "As a thank you to you all for your help, I would like to give you access to my wardrobe so that way you can pick out your dresses for the party."

Kira and Ayame squealed in excitement, but Emi stayed silent. Everyone noticed her discomfort, and Hisui looked at her knowingly before calming her nerves.

"Emi, I don't want you to wear a dress. You'll be fighting, so wearing your cloak would be enough. I want everyone to see that your master is fighting the Cloaked Demon and not some random wizard."

Mey protested for a few minutes before Hisui declared it as an order, silencing Mey's disapproval. They all said their goodbyes before Emi turned to the princess to thank her.

"Don't worry about it. Besides, everyone knows that the mystery is so much more fun."

Emi nodded before catching up to her friends.

"This is gonna be so cool," Kira repeated.

Ayame spoke to both of them, "Who are you bringing as your plus one?"

"I was thinking of Yuuki."

Ayame nodded before revealing, "I want to bring Ursa. Emi, what about you?"