Dear Yume,

Well, after waiting for a while I fianlly got to go out for dinner with Shiroyuki and share my news of the Neo Cards with him. We were not able to go last weekend because a suprise exam was sprung upon all the members of my Enchantments class in which we were all flung into a forest on campus and told to find our way out and avoid danger using our spells learned in class. We were graded on how quickly we were able to escape and our resourcefullness, which we were supposed to tell about afterwards whilst they made sure that we weren't lying by using their own spells. I passed, thank goodness, but didn't recieve an incredibly high grade because I used the Neo Cards a little bit and obviously could not tell of this.

So we went out last night with Shiroyuki and we got dinner, then wandered out into the campus to find a nice place to sit and eat, since the weather is still holding pretty well. He had news for me, too, but his wasn't really that great. He insisted I tell of mine first, which I did by introducing Oshuro to him, who ended up basically telling most of my tale. We really didn't mention any of my card captures specifically, but I showed him the ones I've caught so far.

Then he revealed the fact that his parents have engaged him to someone he doesn't even know! And what's worse is that this person is another boy, which completely puzzled the both of us. He thinks, cynically enough, that it's only because his parents want to get some more power, and the only way was to do this to him. He also thinks it's quite possible that the person he's engaged to doesn't even know that Shiroyuki is a boy. Not to mention that he's afraid his parents are going to force him to marsquerade as a girl until the two are safely married.

I, on the other hand, mentioned that it was possible they had somehow found out about his crush on Sotaru and thought he'd want to be engaged to a boy. But he pointed out to me the fact that this would be impossible, since he only told me. He didn't even tell Sotaru himself, and he expressed his regret of this. We talked a little about how his death had affected us, and I told him I was glad he was back to himself, since it was as if both of them had gone away instead of just Sotaru.

He also told me that this person is now transferring to our school and we'll get to meet him in a week, and I made a comment about dreadful people infiltrating into our school. He was confused and I recalled that I had never mentioned Momoko and her plans of transferrance to our school. So I told him, and he agreed it didn't sound like a very good situation.

I was about to say something when I felt this rush of cold air, and I was distracted, making a comment upon it. Oshuro immediatley told me it was not just the weather, but a card. At first we didn't know what it was, except that it was a card that had in it's powers the ability to make things cold. Then it attacked, and I was knocked over by it, left in a daze for a moment since I hit my head on The Neo. It then took a shot at Shiroyuki, but I snatched him out of harm's way, otherwise he would've been frozen for it was The Ice.

I used the Flight to fly away so Shiroyuki wouldn't be in any danger, and landed on the roof of one of the school buildings. Oshuro told me to stand my ground since the Ice will usually attack more harshly if it knows you will run instead of standing up to it. So even though it kept charging at me, I did not run away. I finally was struck by a thought of how to get rid of it, and I pulled out the Sand. I used this, since sand melts ice, and the Ice was reduced to only it's main body, so I sealed it off.

We walked back to Shiroyuki and I showed him the card. We talked a little more, mostly about our classes. He asked me if I could, by any chance, somehow get rid of his fiancee with my powers, and I laughed and said I didn't think so. And I also added that it was truly Oshuro who bestowed the powers upon me, but Oshuro insisted I had already possessed them, they were just sleeping within me. Shiroyuki said that the only reason he wasn't doing it himself was because he had no powers of his own to speak of. And it's true, too, which is why he doesn't take Enchantments. I must admit I do feel sorry for him about that. Yet, at the same time, something tells me that a person like Shiroyuki is much better off without any powers. And for some reason I agree with that too...

- Iyoneru