Chapter 2: When Will the Cleaning End

Hey! Is anyone home?

Hello, Shinji. I see Ichigo's here too.

Yeah, Kisuke asked us to come get you guys for the New Year's Eve party.

Now that you mention it, I do recall him telling us about that.

So what are you doing there, Hachi?

I thought I should repair the hideout before this year ended.

Great. Can you redo the barrier around this place while you're at it?

I'm not sure how else to say this, but...I feel sorry for you.

Hold on a minute. It doesn't look like any of the cleaning's done yet. We still need to make mochi to bring to the party. We're not gonna make it at this rate.

Sorry about that. I'm too busy reading over my Jump comics.

My hands are a little tied right now too.

You're just playing your guitar.

Hey, Kensei, hey! Whatcha doing? Come on, tell me!

Gah, shut up! You're getting in my way! Just go sit down over there and stay quiet!

It's hard getting any cleaning done with you playing around.

You treat her like a kid.

Boo! Why doesn't anyone pay attention to me?! You make me mad!!!

And here I thought you were making some progress with the cleaning. This is a mess.

It's not my fault.

............

Uhh... Well, I leave this place to you, Hachi. You need to finish cleaning before you can make the mochi, right?

We'll go find Lisa and Hiyori while you work on that. Let's go, Ichigo.

Uh, sure.

H-Hold on, please, Shinji! That's just cruel!