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"Geez! I can't believe I woke up so late! I hope I won't be late!" Rei Kato exclaimed as she ran toward her school. Slamming open the door to her classroom, she dashed in. She screeched to a stop as she realized that she had just passed by the teacher at his desk. Spinning around she said, "Hi teacher! Sorry for being so late! I overslept. I had lots of homework last night and I stayed up late finishing it all. I'm so sorry!"
The teacher nodded, being used to Rei's late entrances. "Go sit down, Kato. I just finished taking role."
The day passed by without much excitement. After the bell rang, Rei dashed out of the classroom, eager to get to the temple near her house after she changed out of her uniform into warmer clothes. Running the entire way, she was quite breathless arriving at the door. Catching her breath, she knocked politely. The door slid open to reveal a pretty woman with her hair pulled back in a bun. "Why hello. What may I do for you?"
"Can you teach me how to do a ceremony?"
"Oh, do come in. We'll discuss this over a cup of tea."
Rei smiled gratefully, "Sure!"
Sitting down, the woman poured her tea. "Now, what kind of ceremony are you asking us to teach you?"
"Well, it's the ceremony that people do for someone's soul to be released after death."
"We can teach it to you, of course. But may I ask you why you wish to learn of such a ceremony?"
"My father died a couple of weeks ago. My relatives had him buried and everything, but they couldn't spare the time to hire somebody to do the ceremony that he would have wished to be done after he died. I would like to do it for him myself, Miko-san."
"Then of course we can teach it to you. By the way, call me Mrs. Higurashi."
"Thank you! When can we start?"
"Come back in an week. I should have all the materials ready and I should have nothing to do the afternoon. Is that okay with your schedule?"
"It's perfect. Thanks again. May I have a look around your temple before I leave?"
"Of course. Stay as long as you wish."
"Thank you." With that last word, Rei left the warm house to explore the old temple. As she was heading toward the main body of the temple, a girl in a cashmere sweater, a flannel mini-skirt, and knee-high boots with a huge backpack bumped into her. The girl, not noticing, headed toward a old building to the side of the side building of the temple. Noticing she dropped something, Rei picked up the thermos that she dropped and ran after her to give it back. Walking into the building, Rei saw that there was an old well in the center of the small room. She was just in time to see the girl jump in it.
Alarmed, she rushed to the well. Looking down, she saw nothing. Now that her interest was caught, she swung down to the bottom of the well. When she hit the floor, she looked around to see if the girl had left any clues to where she had gone. Finding none, Rei jumped back out of the well into the snow.
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