The Kamihama Rumor Files Part 5

Chapter 3
Part 5: The Girls Visit the Shrine

Iroha: Uu, my heart can't stop pounding. The Summoning Shrine... I really might be able to see Ui...and Tomoka-chan and Nemu-chan...

Mitama: Eh!? So you're saying that you're going to be investigating the rumor with Yachiyo-asn!?
Iroha: Yes, that's right. Yachiyo-san said that she was also looking into the shrine, so we should do it together.
It felt like she'd given me her approval so I was so happy and I was so excited that I might see Ui again. So I didn't sleep well last night.
Mitama: That really surprised me...I didn't think that Yachiyo-san would ever ask someone to work with her...
Iroha: That really surprised me too.
Mitama: Anyway, Iroha-chan...
Iroha: Yes?
Mitama: Try not to believe everything about rumors. You should remember to keep a bit of doubt somewhere in your heart too, okay?
Iroha: Got it, I'll be careful. Hyaaaa!!
Tsuruno: Heeeelllloooooo, Coordinator-saaaaan!
Mitama: Yeeeees, heeeeellloooo-
Tsuruno: Ah, so you were here, Iroha-chan-! You found the Summoning Shrine, good for you! That's awesome!
Iroha: I didn't do anything. I only found out about it by chance...
Tsuruno: Oookkaaaay, before we need to meet up we need to our warm-up exercises!
Iroha: Eh!?
Tsuruno: C'mon Iroha-chan, let's go!
Iroha: Wait a sec, Tsuruno-chan! I don't...!
Tsuruno: Reaaaaady? Gooooo!
Iroha: Fuhyaaaaaaaaaaa....!
Mitama: She's taking not just Iroha-chan, but Tsuruno-chan too...? I wonder what made Yachiyo-san have a change of heart?
...If this was how things were going to end up anyway, I should have told them from the beginning. The rumor of the Summoning Shrine...

Iroha: (Tsuruno-chan's not coming back... I wonder how much longer she'll be doing her warm-up excercises...)
Yachiyo: Sorry to keep you waiting, Tamaki-san.
Iroha: Yachiyo-san, I'm looking forward to working with you today.
Yachiyo: Yes, me too. I thought that I might have come here a bit too early, but you've been waiting for a while now, haven't you?
Iroha: I got so nervous thinking about Ui...
Yachiyo: Tamaki-san... you shouldn't put too much faith into rumors.
Iroha: Ah, Mitama-san said the same thing...
Yachiyo: We don't know what kind of form the rumor will take when it becomes real... Even this time, we don't know how the person we want to meet will appear.
So don't let your guard down.
Iroha: Y, Yes!
Yachiyo: So, Tsuruno's coming too, isn't she?
Iroha: (...Huh? Did I mention Tsuruno-chan to her?)
Tsuruno: Ahhhhhh-------------!
Yachiyo: So she's here... That unpleasant voice that rings inside of your head...
Tsuruno: Master Yachiyoooooooooo-----!
Yachiyo: Just as I thought.
Tsuruno: Daaaaaaaaaaa----!
Yachiyo: Oww! Watch it Tsuruno, don't pounce on me! For one, it's hot, and for another, think about the people around us!
Tsuruno: Could it be? Master Yachiyo, you're the one Iroha-chan promised she'd meet up with!? I never would've thought that you two know each other!
Yay, I'm so happy! We get to fight together again!! Hmhm!
Yachiyo: That's not the case for me...
Tsuruno: Ueeeeeee!? W--hy-!?
Yachiyo: Tamaki-san...
Iroha: I'm sorry, I didn't know that you and Tsuruno-chan were acquaintances...
Yachiyo: No, I guessed from the moment you told me...
Tsuruno: we're not acquaintances, you know!? We're on the same team!
Iroha: Oh, is that true?
Yachiyo: That's all in the past. Haaa.... Now then, shall we get going with Tsuruno in tow...
Tsuruno: Let's go!
Yachiyo: This clingy bug, you see, won't let go once it clings to you... Besides, this time it's better to have more people...
And her foolhardiness aside, Tsuruno definitely has some skill.
Iroha: That's a self-proclaimed strongest magical girl for you.
Tsuruno: Teehee!
Yachiyo: Anyway, Tamaki-san...
Iroha: Yes?
Yachiyo: Could you peel Tsuruno off of me? She's a bit heavy...

Iroha: It's a bit scarier coming here at night compared to how it was the last time we came.
Yachiyo: It's because they shut off the lights once visiting hours are over. A shrine on a quiet night like this... Don't you think it's actually pretty pleasant? ...Of course, it's ruined by having someone like that around...
Tsuruno: This is the first time I've been to a shrine at night! When we're surrounded by tress in the dark like this, it kinda doesn't feel like we're in the city! Oh, don't ghosts or whatever come out in places like this!? That guy that was in the story about this shrine or something might come out...!
Iroha: Geez, don't stay weird things like that Tsuruno-chan!
Yachiyo: Come on Tsuruno, moving around in the dark is dangerous.
Tsuruno: It's okay, it's just a gravel roa...agyaan! Owwwwwwwww!
Yachiyo: As soon as I said it...
Iroha: Are you okay!? Tsuruno-chan!
Tsuruno:  Yeah... I got mud on me...
Yachiyo: Haaa.... wash it off later..
Tsuruno: Oh, it's the inner garden gates! They really do close them at night!
Iroha: (Her mood changed so quickly...!)
Yachiyo: Yes, that's why I didn't notice either...
Iroha: Now that you mention it, we can't go in, can we...
Yachiyo: But we have no choice but to go in, right?
Iroha: Heh? Wait, are you saying...
Yachiyo: I'm glad your guess is a good one. We're going to trespass into the inner garden.
Iroha: We are!? I, If we do something like that, they'll get mad at us...!
Yachiyo: Then Tsuruno and I will go. You're coming right, Tsuruno?
Tsuruno: Of course!
Yachiyo: And you, Tamaki-san? You might not be able to see your sister, but is that really okay with you...? I'm disappointed. I invited you to come with me and yet...
Iroha: Uuuuuuu, I'll go!
Yachiyo: It's settled then.
Iroha: (God, please don't let the priest find us... Huh? I feel like that's a contradiction...)


Iroha: W, We really got in...
Tsuruno: Aha, since we're magical girls we can ea-sily get in here, huh? What should we do next? What'd be the best course of action!?
Yachiyo: Shhhh, Tsuruno, be a bit quieter...!
Tsuruno: Okaay!
Yachiyo: Now then, I'll tell you the rumor. Since the method we need to use to meet the person we want to meet is in there too.
Iroha: Got it.
Yachiyo: "Hey, did you already hear about this? Who did you hear it from? The Rumor of the Summoning Shrine. From family? From a lover? From a complete stranger? If you want to meet someone from the bottom of your heart, just leave it to this god over here! If you write the name of the person on an ema(1), and visit the shrine on your best behavior, they will let you meet the person you wanted to meet. But, but, but beware! You might become drunk with happiness and unable to go home. This is a rumor that's popular among people in the Mizuna Ward. Oh god, that's scary!" That's how it goes. So in order to meet the person we want to meet, we need to use emas from this shrine.
Iroha: ...And if we do that, and I meet Ui, then I just need to take her back with me...Even if I have to force her to, by dragging her by the hand...
Yachiyo: True, we need to go at it with that kind of spirit! You and... me both...
Iroha: Oh...! I don't have an ema...!
Yachiyo: I came prepared. It's not like I came here empty-handed.
Iroha: T, Thank you very much!
Yachiyo: Now then, shall we get going?
Tsuruno: Eh, ah, Yachiyo---?
Yachiyo: Hm? What happened? What's with this... hand...?
Tsuruno: Eh, u, what about my ema...?
Yachiyo: I don't have one for you. Originally, it was supposed to be just me and Tamaki-san. There's no way I could have prepared one for you...
Tsuruno: Nnn---... Nnn---Nnnnnnnnnn!
Yachiyo: Even if you keep making that face at me, it doesn't change the fact that I have nothing for you. For one thing, do you really need one?
Tsuruno: Haeh? ............. Ohhhhh!!
Yachiyo: You don't need one, do you?
Tsuruno: Yeah, the one you're looking for Yachiyo and the one I'm looking for are the same person, so I don't really need to go. That's why, I, Yui Tsuruno will serve as your shield as you two pray! Besides, it'd be dangerous if the enemy Rumor suddenly showed up.
Yachiyo: Honestly, you always dive head first into things...It's great that your mind works quickly, but you should try not to get so easily distracted.
Iroha: Her mind works quickly?
Tsuruno: I might not look like it, but I'm the strongest in the school!
Iroha: The strongest...?
Yachiyo: She means her grades are the best.
Iroha: Ehhhhhhhhh!?

Yachiyo: Tamaki-san, did you write down the name of the person you want to meet with?
Iroha: Tamaki Ui... Satomi Tomoka... Hiiragi Nemu... Hmmm, I can't write them all down, can I?
Yachiyo: You could, but you don't want it to fail just because you got greedy, do you...? After all, I don't have a spare ema.
Iroha: In that case, I'll write Tamaki Ui!

Yachiyo: Now, let's bow our heads.
Iroha: Okay...  (I just started looking into this rumor...but I was able to grab hold of an opportunity in the form of this Summoning Shrine...)

When I find Ui, I'll tell her...
Come home with Onee-chan and...
This time, for sure, let's go to school together...
Even if a Rumor shows up, I'll protect Ui no matter what. I'll go back without letting go of her hand.
So, please God...

(Please let me meet Ui...)
Tsuruno: Alrighty, Rumor! If you're gonna show your face, then show it! If you try and get in the way of Ui and the others going home! I, the strongest one, will make you turn black n' blue!
Yachiyo: Wait a second, Ui! Don't say provocative things like that!
Iroha: --!? This is the same as that time with the Break Our Relationship Rule...
Rumor: !@#(@!*#!@
Yachiyo: See? Because you said things like that, a Rumor appeared! Seriously, you always cause trouble...
Tsuruno: Is it my fault...?
Yachiyo: I can't think of any other reason! C'mon oh strongest one, if you're going to be our shield, then here's your chance!
Tsuruno: Got it! You can trust your backs to me and go meet them!
Yachiyo: She's just trying to make herself look cool, but then again, she reaps what she sows...

Tsuruno: Yachiyo, there's a ton of Rumors! At this rate, they might go over there!
Yachiyo: Wait a second, weren't you supposed to be our shield? C'mon, if you don't do a good job, it'll put a dent in your title as the self-proclaimed strongest?
Tsuruno: Waaaaaaaaaah, I'm doing my best!
Yachiyo: Let's hurry, Tamaki-san. Before the Rumor gets here, let's get this over with!
Iroha: Y, Yes! (I hold the ema like this and...)

Clangclang, clang...

(And then just like this...)

PannnPan!

....
(I beg of you, please let me see my sister. Please let me see my sister, Tamaki Ui!)

Please, God!

Rumor:*!#&1!
Tsuruno: Oh, Yachiyo, I'm sorry! One of 'em went that way! Wait, you're not there!? ..... Do your best, Yachiyo, Iroha-chan!


(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ema_%28Shinto%29