Entwining Bonds: Honest Heart x Acrobatics

1: Going After the Highest Grade Coordination

Mihono: Uwah, what do I do? I keep chopping them up but more keep coming-!
Ellen: Mihomiho, help has arrived!
Mihono: Ellen-san! And Kaoru-san too; thanks a bunch!
Kaoru: Doesn't look like you're in any position for small talk. Huh, Ellen?
Ellen: That's true. Mihomiho, just leave this here to Kaoru and me! Kaoru, let's go!
Ellen: TAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Kaoru: KIEEEEEEE...!
Mihono: Th-They're amazing... The aradama were spread all over, but they're getting pushed into one place.
Ellen/Kaoru: HAAAAAAAAA!!
Mihono: (All those aradama, and the two of them got rid of them in a flash...)
Ellen: Mihomiho? What's the matter?
Mihono: Sorry! You two were just so coordinated that I was speechless.
Mihono: Um, if it's alright with you, could you teach me the secrets to working together with someone?
Kaoru: Sorry, but I've got an afternoon nap to get back to. Ellen, it's down to you...
Ellen: She went and left us, huh. Mihomiho, do you want me to give you a lesson with just the two of us?
Mihono: Of course! I'm in your care.
Ellen: First off, let's check what level you're at right now! Try moving together with me as if we're being attacked by enemies from all sides.
Mihono: Got it! Then, let's get right to it...
Mihono: TAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Ellen: Wow! Mihomiho, if you push out on your own like that, there's nothing for me to coordinate with!
Mihono: Ah-- that's right. Right after I asked you to come give me special training on that too. Sorry... I really can't do anything right.
Ellen: Please don't look so down in the dumps. We've only just started your lessons.
Mihono: But still...
Ellen: Since you can't get it right now, it'll feel that much more fun and satisfying when we're done!
Mihono: Ellen-san... Thanks a lot. Then, let me try it one more time!
Ellen: Okay! Here we go...
Mihono: Wait, why'd aradama show up now!? And I was just starting to get into it-.
Ellen: Let's think positive! This is the perfect chance to test how well we can coordinate with each other!
Mihono: Oh yeah, you're right! I'm gonna give it my all then!
Ellen: Alright, match up with me, and let's go!
Ellen: Mihomiho, you did good work back there. We managed to clear them out together.
Mihono: [Pant... pant...] Ellen-san, I'm sorry. I couldn't move around all that great at all...
Mihono: I bet that, if you were fighting with Kaoru-san, this would have been nothing for you...
Ellen: It's nothing for you to feel depressed over. You must be tired after fighting so much, so why don't we end today's lesson here?
Mihono: Okay. Thanks a lot for helping me today. I'm going to do a little more training on my own.
Ellen: It's not a good idea to push your body too hard when you're already tired.
Mihono: Still, if I can improve a little, I want to try! I have to think over the parts I messed up today before I forget them...
Ellen: I think that's important too, but... Mihomiho, can you come out with me for a while? There's someplace I want to take you.
Mihono: But...
Ellen: We'll change up the location and keep our lesson going. Come on!
Ellen: This is my treat today, so let's enjoy some delicious sweets together!
Mihono: Eh... Why sweets? ...Oh, I get it.
Mihono: You're really nice, Ellen-san. You made that up about the lesson so you could bring me here.
Mihono: But I still want to get even stronger. If I have the time to be having fun, I'd rather be training...
Ellen: You've got it all wrong, Mihomiho. I brought you here to show you the secret to coordination.
Mihono: The secret to coordination's in a cake shop!? How's that work?

2: The Secret to Coordination!?

Ellen: They're going to start serving us all kinds of drinks and sweets, Mihomiho. I want you to enjoy them exactly how I tell you, okay?
Mihono: Okay...
Ellen: First off, while you drink a cup of this black tea, try eating some of this orange tart.
Mihono: Whoa! That's yummy~! I can't put my fork down.
Ellen: Next, savor this espresso together with this bitter chocolate.
Mihono: Ohm ohm. Wow-! This has more of an adult flavor. It's really tasty!
Ellen: And, lastly, this bitter matcha tea with this set of Japanese sweets.
Mihono: Mmm~! This's delicious too! Ahh~, when you eat something yummy, it just feels like all the bad stuff goes flying away.
Ellen: I finally got you to smile. It was worth bringing you here after all!
Mihono: Thanks for bringing me. But, Ellen-san, what does this have to do with the secret to coordination?
Ellen: The secret is, all of the sweets you had today were a marriage of deliciousness!
Mihono: Marriage? What do you mean?
Ellen: In French, it is the word for "being married", but it also means "to have a match of the highest compatibility."
Mihono: The highest compatibility...
Ellen: When you understand each other's traits verrry well, and combine them the best way possible, 1+1 can be 10 or 100...
Ellen: Doesn't you think that's similar to the lessons we're doing on coordinating?
Mihono: Now that you mention it, that sounds just like how you and Kaoru-san fit together.
Ellen: That's right. Kaoru is usually in energy conservation mode, so she might come across as a bit unreliable when we're fighting. But, that just means she has plenty of effort to spare when it really counts.
Ellen: I know that by heart, so, when Kaoru is with me, I feel safe jumping into even the most dangerous situations.
Mihono: So that's how it is...
Ellen: Of course, it is important to polish your skills with plenty of training on your own. But, I think that the secret to coordination is to learn lots about your fighting partner and come to trust each other.
Mihono: Learn lots about your partner, and trust each other... I've been so focused on myself that I haven't felt free to think about other people at all...
Mihono: But, like that, there's no way I'd be able to get good coordination with anybody else.
Ellen: Cheer up, Mihomiho. If there's something you can't do, just try phrasing it a different way, and then you'll see what you can do about it! If you can improve on that, I'm sure you'll get a lot stronger!
Mihono: Ellen-san... You're right; where there's a will, there's a way! I'll give it my best shot!
Ellen: I like that response! In that case, how about we have our next lesson a week from now?
Mihono: Sure! Okaaay, I'll work hard at my own secret special training for next week!

3: Mihono's Secret Special Training

Mihono: What's important is to know your partners well and trust them. So that means, I'll have to watch them extra close, right!
Mihono: I'll start off by doing some in depth investigating on the people I spend the most time fighting with: everybody from the investigation team!
Mihono: To see the sides of them that they usually wouldn't show, I have to be extra sneaky, so they won't notice...
Kofuki: Oi, Mihocchi! What're you sneaking around for!
Mihono: Wah!? She found me out right away.
Kofuki: What were you up to?
Mihono: Sorry, sorry... I wasn't doing anything. Anyway, later-!
Mihono: Sigh. It's pretty tough, watching somebody without them finding out. Ah, that's Yui over there!
Mihono: (This time for sure, I'll follow her around all sneaky so she won't see...)
Mihono: (Alright, I've been following her for a pretty long time and she hasn't suspected a thing. That should be enough info on Yui. Next is...)
Yui: Ehh, Mihono-chan, are you done already? You can follow me around some more, you know-.
Mihono: Yui! You found out!? Since when?
Yui: I knew the whooole time, from the very start. There's no way I wouldn't know when a girl has her eyes on me.
Mihono: Ughh... I shouldn't be surprised when it comes to Yui. But, still, that's important info too. I'll write it down. "Sensitive to signs of girls"...
One week later.

Mihono: Phew, it was really tough, but I somehow finished my secret special training in time! I hope I get to show off the progress I made today~.
Mihono: Wait, why are aradama showing up now!? And there's so many of them...
Mihono: No, now's not the time to lose my nerve! Where there's a will, there's a way!
Mihono: YAAAAA!!
Mihono: HAAH!
Mihono: No way-!? I'm surrounded...!
Aradama: GUOOOOOOO!
Mihono: !!!
Ellen: I'll protect you, Mihomiho! YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Mihono: E-Ellen-san!? Thanks a lot. You saved me.
Ellen: You don't have to thank me. Come on, let's take down the rest of the aradama together!
Mihono: We're coordinating, aren't we! I'm glad I'll get to show off the results of my special training right away!
Ellen: That sounds promising! Let's show them our best together!
Mihono: Yeah! Here goes! TAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Ellen: Mihomiho, leave that one to me! YAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Mihono: Okay! Ellen-san, let's finish it together!
Mihono/Ellen: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Mihono: ...We beat all of them! Ellen-san! We worked together great, didn't we!!
Ellen: We did! What kind of training did you do, to get to such excellent coordination in just one week!?
Mihono: ...I did this! Please check over what I learned from a whole week of secret training!
Ellen: Hmhm, what's this notepad for?
Mihono: You're the one who told me the secret to coordinating was learning lots about your partner, so,
Mihono: I watched everybody and kept a journal of the things they did.
Ellen: Fukki, Yuiyui, Chie, Mirja, Kiyoka... Fufu, you must have spent the whole week watching everyone from the investigation team.
Mihono: Not just the investigation team; take a look at this notepad too!
Ellen: Wow! This whole notepad is just about me? You did an impressive job stalking!
Mihono: Eheheh. I really wanted to get good coordination with you here, Ellen-san, so I tried my best.
Ellen: Mihomiho... I'm a little surprised, but you showed how well you can put it to use today.
Ellen: I guess you being a stalker turned out for the best!
Kaoru: Well-, Ellen here's a stalker herself too.
Ellen: Kaoru!? I told you to keep that a secret...
Kaoru: There's no point hiding it. This last week, Ellen was worried about you too, so she was secretly watching over you.
Mihono: You were!? Then that means, we were both watching each other...
Ellen: This is kind of, a little embarrassing now.
Kaoru: Look at that, you two're head over heels.
Mihono: Oh yeah! I want to coordinate better with Kaoru-san next, so can I watch you too?
Kaoru: No way!
Mihono: What's wrong with that? I'll do it all sneaky; you won't even notice!
Kaoru: Cut it out-.
Ellen: If you keep getting along this well, it shouldn't take long at all for you to have some good coordination going.