5112 Street

Shima: *Huff* *Huff*

Reishi: *Wheeze*

After tricking and assaulting the pathfinder. Reishi and shima had ran as fast as they could away from the corridor. The Pathfinder didn't seem to follow them, So they were mostly safe at this point.

Shima: By Newton's third law… I've never ran so fast In my life. *Panting

Reishi: No kidding. My legs ...*Huff* ...feel like noodles after that….

Reishi exasperated.

Shima: -At least, We didn't *Huff* get extorted by that….. Pathfinder creep.

Reishi: Yeah…. *Wheeze* I would feel terrible if I lost the money my parents gave me….

Shima: Speaking of which…

Shima limbly reached into her pocket and pulled out the 5000 neo yen reishi had given her.

Reishi: Thanks...

Shima: No problem…. *Huff*

There was a pause as the two girls began to catch their breath.

Reishi: My god though, That was even scarier than the first time I encountered him! If it wasn't for that kick, We would've been out of 10000 yen!

Shima: See? I told you my plan would work.

Reishi: Barely. If he had dodged that kick we would have been screwed.

Shima: Pfft. No one has ever dodged my signature "Ball-buster" Kick! It's practically un-dodgeable!

Reishi: "Ball-Buster"? Please don't trademark that.

Shima: It's only trademarked for perverts and degenerates like him!

Shima exclaimed and pouted.

Reishi: Heh. I think you've grown a bit more feisty since what happened last week.

Shima: Is that a bad thing?

Reishi: No,Not all! I think your quite charming when you add your own shima-spice to things.

Shima: "Shima-Spice?" That is so cheesy, Reishi.

Shima cringed while reishi snickered. Even after the experience they just had, the two could still poke fun with each other.

Reishi: Ah…!

*Woosh*

The wind suddenly blew fiercely and savagely. It turned windmills and made older houses creek with stress. Reishi's dress flew up and almost revealed her undergarments, but she quickly grabbed her coattails and pulled it down.

Shima: I-I think it's about time for me to go. My house is only a couple of streets down from here.

Shima said looking down at her padio-pad.

Reishi: Well, Thanks anyway for taking me out on my birthday, shima. Mugging aside, It was quite fun.

Shima: Heh. No problem.

Shima smirked.

Shima said her goodbyes to reishi and went on her way back to her house. Reishi also went back to her house where she would find her freedom in music and hope.

Sakamoto Mansion - Living room.

After the interesting events of today, Reishi retreated to her living room.

It was a handsome room in the Italian mode of the Empire period-beautiful old faded tapestry panels-reddish-and some ormolu furniture-and other things mixed in-rather conglomerate, but pleasing, all the more pleasing. It was big, not too empty, and seemed to belong to human life itself. The room was a sonnet to human-life . The room made reishi happy whenever she stepped foot into it.

Reishi: Ah, Sweet Livery…

Reishi plopped down in the chair in the corner. Her butt felt nice and comfy in the velvet seat of charms.

Reishi: Hello, Old glory.

Next to the chair was a cello. A cello is a wooden, stringed instrument with four strings and a double bass. Reishi's Cello was a family heirloom that had been passed down for generations. Her father had recently added a gilded title to the side of it that read: "Old Glory."

Reishi: Well, I guess I'll give you a spin.

Reishi grabbed the cello's bow and tuned the instrument. She loved playing the cello because of the soft sounds it could make and how easy it was to play. Her favorite song to play was Cello Sonata No.3 by beethoven. It was a soothing melody that could even bring the most anxious people in the world to sleep.

Reishi: Here I go...

She grabbed the bow and began to play her favorite tune.

Reishi: …

The sonata was originally lyricless but reishi always liked to improvise.

Reishi: In The Lights dawn…. A song of a heraldry is sung by the maiden~

Reishi: - The Monsoon will soon calm on the shores….?

Reishi: - But The Maiden's light will never be washed away?

She stopped.

Reishi: - That's actually pretty good. I should write those down.

She said as she reached for the table beside her. Although, She didn't see nor feel any paper.

Reishi: Ah, right. I left my binder upstairs. -By the time I come upstairs and back down here, I might forget most of the lyrics entirely.

She observed. -But then an idea came to her brilliant head.

Reishi: Wait! I still have that pamphlet that girl gave to me! I could write on that!

[Flashback]

Girl: I'm looking for my brother's dog. Have you seen him?

The girl gave reishi a pamphlet. On it was a crude drawing of a large white dog with red eyes.

Reishi: Uhh… I don't think I've seen this dog.

Girl: *Sigh* The wild goose chase continues…

[End]

Reishi: I hope that girl finds her dog….

She said as she took out the pamphlet which had folded and contorted in her pocket. She used her smooth finger to carefully unfold the pamphlet and lay it out on the table.

She grabbed her pencil and began to write.

Reishi: The first lyric was….. " In The Lights dawn…."

She wrote that down.

Reishi: The second was: " song of a heraldry is sung by the maiden~ "

*Scribble*

As she began to write all over the pamphlet, she noticed something odd about it. Specifically the dog that was crudely drawn on it. The dog's curved snout, Lodged teeth and boney nose also seemed familiar like she had seen him somewhere before...

Reishi: ….

Reishi: ….!

The girl came to a shocking realization!

Reishi: Wait a minute….. This is Hiro!