Clicking the lock into place Sora stepped away from the bike rack and admired his handiwork, giving the bike a quick pull to make sure it was secure. Walking through the front gate of the park and following the path he was soon able to find and catch-up to the others, arriving just in time to catch the last of what Saito said about ink and Suzue being in charge.

[color=8493ca]“I can breathe smoke.”[/color] At least that was all he knew he could do right now. In all honesty it wasn’t the most useful ability unless he was trying to pacify a bee hive or summon the fire department; in his opinion, none of their powers were particularly useful when it came to tracking down a Yokai in the middle of the woods, though a few of them might be useful once it came to subduing whatever it was. If nothing else they could just throw Akira at it and have the boy wrestle the thing to the ground.

Aside from the issue of finding the creature however, there was another factor about this whole exercise that came to mind that might make things more difficult. [color=8493ca]“One thing we need to keep in mind; whatever this thing is knows we’re coming. It was brought here specifically so we could try to capture it. We’re not going to be able to sneak up on it.”[/color]

Sora turned to their club captain. He couldn’t help but wonder what Saito’s motivation was in setting up this little exercise; it was too early to call this training, when they had only just gotten their abilities and most of them were still trying to come to grips with all of this. So was this a test to see how well they could perform under pressure and without guidance? Why did it feel like they were being thrown into the fire?

Maybe he was just being paranoid, but something told him that they weren’t expected to actually succeed here today.

It could be that Sora was just overreacting though. Truth was he was still angry about the method by which their captain had brought them here and the letter than had shaken up his life unnecessarily; things would have been a lot less tense and nerve wracking over the past few weeks had Saito been a little more upfront in approaching him. It might be unfair but the whole ordeal had given Sora a bad impression of their captain and he couldn’t help but mistrust him.

[color=8493ca]“This thing knows the area better than we do. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few surprises waiting for us.”[/color]