Ryo Tezuka headed back towards the dorm after returning his book to the library. As he approached the building, he noticed a few of his classmates standing near the front entrance, talking about something. He couldn't quite make out what they were saying, but then one of them spotted him and waved him over.

"Hey Ryo, did you hear the news?" The boy asked.

"What news?" He responded.

"Kishida-sensei said a student from another school is moving into our dorm," another boy replied.

"Yeah, I know, I was just helping her settle in," Ryo replied nonchalanty.

"Her? So it's a girl?" The entire group's interest seemed to be piqued by this revelation.

"Hey, is she cute?" One of them asked.

"Um," Ryo stammered - he certainly could not deny that she was cute, in fact, merely calling her "cute" would be doing her a disservice in his opinion.

"Listen you guys, leave her alone, okay? She's going through a rough time, and the last thing she needs is a bunch of perverted guys hitting on her."

"Who are you calling perverted?" The first boy replied, irate. "You probably just want her all for yourself!"

"I do not!" Ryo yelled. "Besides, don't you already have a girlfriend, Noboru?"

He scoffed. "The bitch hasn't returned my calls in weeks, I'd break up with her if I could just get a hold of her."

Ryo sighed. He knew his friends weren't really bad people, but Chachamaru was from an all-girls school, and definitely wouldn't be used to them and their escapades. He walked past them and entered the dorm, going back up to his room.

After she finished unpacking, Chachamaru laid down on the bed and relaxed. It felt so comfortable on her body, and she supposed that this sensation was at least one good thing about being human. She stayed in bed for almost 15 minutes, feeling so relaxed that she almost forgot what she was planning to do next. Luckily, she remembered just as she was about to fall asleep and pulled herself up, heading towards Hakase's lab.

As she arrived, Hakase was engrossed in reading something on a computer terminal. She didn't even notice Chachamaru until she announced herself.

"Back so soon? Did Eva-san go to bed early?" The young scientist inquired.

"Um, yes. That is what happened," Chachamaru replied. Despite the image Hakase tried to cultivate of being a dispassionate scientist, Chachamaru knew that Hakase loved her like a daughter and if she found out what Eva had done, she would be upset. Perhaps even upset enough to confront the vampire about it, which could not end well.

"Well if you're hoping for a cure already, you're out of luck," Hakase replied. "Negi-sensei had to leave a little while ago, but I'm still working on it. Our research indicates that inorganic - to - organic transmutation is quite common in the history of magic, take for example shikigami, but all recorded incidents are of an inanimate object being endowed with temporary life; there is absolutely no precedent for an intelligent being with its own will being altered in this way and retaining that intelligence and personality, however there is a medieval alchemical process developed in Germany known as "soul grafting" which seems like it might yield promising results..." Hakase continued to ramble on, clearly excited by the challenge of the work she was attempting.

"Thank you for the effort, but if I may interrupt, Hakase-san..." The pigtailed girl finally stopped talking. "I did not expect you to solve the problem so quickly, I just came here because I was wondering if you could help me deal with the consequences of being human. I understand there are several things I will need, such as clothes and hygiene products."

Hakase seemed surprised at this, but then a warm smile spread across her face. "Are you suggesting a... mother-daughter shopping trip?" She asked

"I suppose you could call it that," Chachamaru replied, a bit confused by Hakase's excitement. The girl ran across the room and hugged her "daughter".

"I'd love to! I've always wanted to do something like this! Let's go, my research can wait." She grabbed Chachamaru's hand and led her out the door. She followed, bemused - she had never seen this side of Hakase before.

After visiting several shops, Hakase had bought Chachamaru several changes of clothes, a toothbrush, and many other items. "Thank you, I'll do my best to pay you back later," Chachamaru said politely, bowing to Hakase. Hakase smiled.

"Don't worry about that, it's a mother's job to buy things for her daughter, isn't it?"

"I - I suppose," Chachamaru replied, still a bit unnerved by Hakase's sudden change in attitude. "I'll see you tomorrow, Hakase-san." As she walked off in the direction of the boys' dorm, she was stopped by Hakase's voice again.

"Wait Chachamaru, Evangeline - san's house is that way," she said, pointing.

"Oh, yes, of course," the green - haired student replied, changing directions. Once she was sure Hakase had left, she doubled back. Hopefully she wasn't suspicious and chalked it up to disorientation caused by her transformation.

As Chachamaru approached her new room, she saw a note taped to the door. It read:

CHACHAMARU-SAN

IF ANY OF THE GUYS BOTHER YOU, JUST TELL ME, I'LL SET THEM STRAIGHT. THEY REALLY DON'T MEAN ANY HARM, BUT THEY CAN BE ANNOYING SOMETIMES.

- RYO

"I appreciate the concern, but I can handle myself," she thought, as she took the note and went inside. After brushing her teeth and performing several of the other human rituals Hakase had taught her, she changed into her new pajamas (she had picked a pair with pictures of kittens on them), and went to bed.

This lead into another new experience - her first dream.