“…I am late.”

That much was known to Reika already, but the Spirit girl had taken the extra time to quickly stop by her establishment and gather her books. After all, she had obviously not taken the time to do so prior to the night before. One shower-humans seemed to hate natural smells-and a quick scan of her school materials was soon completed and the white-haired girl headed out the door and towards the high school.

The lonely walk was relatively quiet, and rightly so. Classes had begun hours ago, and there was no doubt that the teachers would question where Reika had been. Actually, it would be more like concern, as Reika rarely, if ever, missed a school day.

She was going over excuses to give in her mind-the one about helping the stray cat seemed to always work for some reason-when she faltered just slightly in her step. A familiar presence put her on high alert; before she understood the strange feeling, she had already commenced a dead sprint towards the high school.

By the time she had found a secluded, shaded tree, placed her materials down, and transformed into her Astral Dress, she knew immediately what was it that needed to be dealt with.

A Spirit.