Lily would have protested more about letting Eve fight but Keroro had started rambling about shop things and decorating ideas before she could. What was wrong with that critter? "Does he always act this weird on missions?"

And then the deluge began. Dag nab it! She could have done without another damp mission, especially one with witnesses. But it was too late now that Lezard had formed the connection and the bits of fire came into being around her.

As the ice pellets started to come down, she held the book over her head as a makeshift umbrella and scanned the skies as best she could with the dark clouds and falling hail. Raising her voice to be heard over the wind and those disquieting whispers, she asked, "Do you sense where the demon is?"