Sayuri’s house, Saturday morning, March 13th.

Sayuri’s house was once again prepared to receive some visitors. The events involving the models had brought new Potentia users. It had already been decided to introduce everyone to each other so the doubts could be taken and for knowing who the allies were. All of them had been invited; however, Aino, who had decided to not show her powers - not to Yukino -preferred to remain anonymous and did not show up.

The doorbell rang and Sayuri answered the visitors, Hitomi, Nami and Hana.

“Welcome! Be our guests!” 

“Excuse me.” Hitomi greeted, entering the house, noticing there were too many people. “Wow, what a crowd!!”

“Well, we can start by introducing ourselves.” Sayuri suggests, trying to break the ice. 

One by one the girls introduced themselves. Sayuri Ishikawa began, stating her birthday was August 31st, she is a Virgo, thirty years old, and an Air Potentia user. She is originally from Utopia and married to Ghuang, who met on Earth. Besides that, she works as a musician. 

Naoko Mizuno was next, saying her birthday was November 16th, she is a Scorpio, seventeen years old, and a Water Potentia user. She was born in Utopia, and this was her first time on Earth. The young girl is a senior student and enjoys writing.

Akiko Yajima followed, saying her birthday was February 14th, she is an Aquarius, fifteen years old and a Crystal Potentia user. She is native of Utopia and visiting Earth for the first time. The young girl is a freshman and her hobby is video games. The girl intends to work in that field someday.

Megumi Hoshino kept the rhythm and said her birthday was October 10th, and she is a true Libra. She is twenty-two years old, a Light Potentia user and works as a model. This is also her first time on Earth.

Miyu Ikeda waited for Megumi to finish and shared that her birthday is May 18th, she is a Taurus, fourteen years old, and a Plant Potentia user. She is from Utopia, and on Earth for the first time. She is a freshman and has interest in scientific fields, especially botany. 

Matsui Yajima was excited to share her information with all the others and told them she celebrates her birthday on November 12th. She is a delicate and reserved Scorpio, seven years old, and a Flower Potentia user. The little one is from Utopia, she is on Earth for the first time, studies in the first year of elementary school, and she is Akiko’s sister.

Yukino Umi noticed that it was her turn to talk and introduced herself by saying she celebrates her birthday on May 6th. She is fourteen years old, a Taurus, and an Ice Potentia user. She was born on Earth and is a freshman student. She also likes to draw and works with her mother in the office.

Hana Hikari looked at her moms and started her introduction, following what all the others had said previously. The young girl said her birthday was on June 9th, she is a very communicative Gemini, she is six years old, and she is a Flower Potentia user. She was born on Earth and had already moved to many cities. She is currently studying in the first year of elementary school, along with Matsui.

Hitomi Hikari noticed her daughter had finished introducing herself and continued, saying her birthday was on July 24th. She is twenty-five years old, a choleric Leo, well-decided, and a Fire Potentia user. The young woman works as a model and owns a prestigious career both nationally and internationally, being one of the most requested models on runways. She is from Earth and has lived in many countries.

Nami Hawk smiled at Hitomi and finished introducing herself, informing that she celebrates her birthday on July 26th. She is twenty-two years old, apparently a calmer Leo, however, having precise judgment skills. She is an Air Potentia user. She works in print design and also paints in her free time. Many of her handmade paintings are used in professional works. Hitomi and she are considered married, and both are an elegant couple wherever they walk. The woman was born on Earth, and since living with Hitomi, she has visited many places.

“As I can see, the powers repeat, is that normal?” Nami asked.

“Yes, they do, and there are two kinds of powers: the ones we create and others that need external influence to be used.” Sayuri replied, taking a breath, placing her hand on her head, showing some concern. “It seems we are all from the first kind. There should be seven users, but now I am no longer sure. This place is different.”

“And not every kind is friendly, isn't it? We were violently attacked by Yesenia.” Hitomi retorted.

“What we’ve noticed so far is that the ones who attack us seem to be from another distant planet!” Megumi replied to her friend.

“FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT PLANET?” Nami was startled.

“IT’S FULL OF ALIENS, THEN?” Hitomi asked, still alarmed.

“Look! We don’t like that term, despite it being technically correct.” Naoko replied with her arms and legs crossed, showing some irritation.

“BUT THERE’S SOMETHING THAT'S HARD TO SWALLOW! HOW ARE YOU ALL ET’S BUT LOOK LIKE HUMANS?” Hitomi asked, feeling irritated as always. She didn’t want to leave the place without knowing what was happening.

“Hey, hey, humanity is an evolutionary step for beings. Not exclusively from Earth. We are humans just like you.” Miyu replied in a harsh way, because she didn’t like not being considered human.

“Things are too complex, I know.” Sayuri took a deep breath and tried to lift everybody's spirits, so it didn't turn into an argument. “But we’ll try to answer as many questions as possible.”

The morning went on with several questions. Hana and Matsui kept playing in the meantime. It had been explained about the powers, the previous attacks were discussed, and they talked about the end of the Utopia planet. There were no answers yet for all the doubts, but they strived to make Nami, mainly Hitomi, the most suspicious one, understand the best scenario possible they were involved in.

Ren’s apartment, after lunchtime.

“A-HA, +2!” Maureen shouted, excited.

Ren, Maureen, Dylan, and Kenta were playing cards at the kitchen table. The game was fierce, and the young woman was still getting the hang of how the rules worked. She was almost losing when she got a lucky turn with the right card.

“Look! She flipped the table!” Dylan said, looking impressed by her.

“Ah, I was going to win…” Ren said, feeling annoyed.

Kenta remained silent and expressionless, while Maureen was smiling at her lucky turn. They kept playing until Itzel arrived and opened the door.

“Good afternoon, I’m back!”

“Itzel, welcome back!” Ren greeted his friend.

“Oh, Maureen, I’ve got news!” said the guy who hadn’t been home for lunch because he had some errands to run downtown. “The apartment in front of this one is available. I’ve seen the agreement; you’re going to live there next Monday.”

“What? I won’t be your rent-a-friend anymore?” Maureen made a sad face.

“Don’t be sad, Maureen. I can visit you every day.” Dylan butted into the conversation and held Maureen’s hand, smirking at her.

“Will you, really?” Maureen noticed his intentions and entwined her hands with his, gazing at him and making a side smirk.

"Keep it cool, man." Ren said, knowing his friend's flirty way and feeling embarrassed by the situation.

Itzel saw the scene, feeling clearly uncomfortable, but didn’t meddle in his friend's business because he already knew about her flirty attitude, and nothing would happen if he commented on it.

“Ah!” he said after remembering something. “Soon it’ll rain.”

Maureen grinned, showing she got the message.

Main Avenue, in the evening.

The sky was full of dark clouds, leaving the city in a gray shade. But that didn’t stop Nami and Hana from going out together to do the groceries. After a pleasant morning at Sayuri’s house, Hitomi had come back to the apartment, and the other two had gone out to have some mother-and-daughter moments.

“So? Have you had fun with Matsui today?” Nami asked the little girl.

“So much! Can I invite her to go to our home another day?” Hana excitedly asked.

“Sure! Our home will be thrilled to have both of you!”

“Yay! I’ll call her next Saturday!”

They were coming back on foot, overjoyed and carefree, talking, when suddenly the raindrops started to fall from the sky. Swiftly, a heavy rain caught them unprepared.

“Oh! It started to rain…” Nami said, turning around and facing Hana. “Get on my lap!” Nami ordered.

She made the sign, and Hana climbed up. Then, Nami hurried her footsteps to get to the marquee of a drugstore and protect themselves until the rain level decreased. Some rumbling could be heard from not so far away. It was thunder that scared the little one, who was frightened and grabbed her mom.

“Stay calm! Soon we’ll be home!” said the woman to calm the child down.

While she observed the sky, she noticed the lightning was gathering above the building in a strange way.

“It looks like what Sayuri said before… about the different kinds of Potentia.”

Nami got into the drugstore and placed Hana on the floor, crouching to her little child’s height and speaking in a soft tone.

“Hana, wait for mommy here in the drugstore.”

“Okay…” said the girl, a little sad.

The woman stepped out of the drugstore and ran toward the place where the lightning was gathering. Before crossing the avenue, she realized something.

“It really… was!” Nami exclaimed, shocked, seeing the woman on the building.

Almost done, Maureen thought, on the building, focusing the energy from the lightning into her body through her hands.

Nami didn’t waste much time and threw her Air Potentia toward the light-pink-haired woman. Maureen was lifted and carried by the wind but managed to grab the emergency stair handrail from an auto parts store.

Just as I imagined! thought the woman. She didn’t seem shaken by the occurrence. Actually, while holding the handrail, she searched for the wind source.

I lost sight of her, thought Nami. The Air Potentia user ceased her attack and began searching for her rival.

It wasn’t long before Maureen showed up in front of her, and they were face-to-face. Nami was clearly startled but didn’t run away.

“Are you the Air Potentia user Itzel talked about?” the pink-haired woman asked.

Oh, no. She’s from that group, the blue-haired woman thought, taking a few steps back. She was going to run but decided to attack with wind blasts.

Maureen dodged, but even so, she got a cut on her cheek.

“Apparently not.” the woman said after ascertaining. She raised her index finger, seemingly without reason.

From her finger, some lightning and lights started to appear. Nami noticed that she was about to attack and took a defensive stance. However, what she wasn’t expecting was that the attack didn’t come from the enemy’s finger. A lightning bolt came down from the sky and directly hit Nami, who fell to the ground injured and trembling.

“Don’t worry. It was only light. Just a small electric shock.” the enemy informed her. “So, shall we talk?”

Nami kept shaking on the ground. Maureen got closer to her so they could talk. But before getting too close, two spheres of fire were thrown in her direction. The woman noticed the attack early and leapt, avoiding the great explosion and the flames it created.

The flames had been thrown by Hitomi, who, after attacking the Lightning Potentia user, ran toward Nami, who was shaking and couldn’t get up immediately.

“NAMI! ARE YOU FINE?” she asked, frightened at seeing her beloved in that state. “Can you stand up?”

She knelt down but didn’t know if she could touch the blue-haired woman because she seemed to be under the effect of the electric shock.

“I’m trembling…” she replied, with some pauses and difficulty.

Fire…Yesenia only mentioned one of them with this element... Maureen analyzed the situation, recalling some information from her previous colleagues. If it’s the same, that Potentia user is more aggressive.

Hitomi got outraged at the situation her partner was in and, without thinking much, threw a powerful fire attack toward the enemy.

Maureen quickly defended herself, blocking the attack with lightning. The shock from both attacks caused dense smoke to fill the area.

The three of them coughed heavily, and their vision was somewhat impaired. But soon, the pink-haired woman, noticing the position of the others, threw more lightning to reach them. Hitomi stepped in front of her, repelling some of the attacks.

Nami, noticing the effects of the shock wearing off, started to stand up. She looked at the sky and saw the clouds dissipating and the rain stopping.

“THE RAIN WILL STOP! SHE NEEDS LIGHTNING TO ATTACK!” Nami informed the other.

“NAMI! DON’T PUSH YOURSELF! YOU’RE HURT!” Hitomi was evidently concerned about her.