The headmaster opened the door, seeing an empty room.
"Well, they sure are quick…" He smirked.
"What was that?" Clay asked.
"Nothing." The cloaked man told them, "please come this way." The headmaster led the three monks through the office, and took them through another door, heading into the actual office. Chase opened the door to the closet and looked around, sighing in relief. Kimiko poked her head out from under the desk and sighed as well.
"We should leave, now." Kimiko suggested. Chase nodded and exited through the front door.
"Miss Tohomiko, what a pleasant surprise" The headmaster smiled. Kimiko turned around, and quickly closing the door behind her, blocking off Chase.
"Headmaster! I'm so sorry to disturb you!" Kimiko bowed, apologizing.
"It is quiet alright" The man nodded, "Miss Nekonome said you had a message for me."
"Right, I saw some strange people heading for the school. A cowboy, some boy with a tan, and a short, yellow, bald kid!" Kimiko told him. "I thought they were going to cause trouble, I mean, who dresses like a cowboy in Japan, and what kind of kid is yellow?" She laughed nervously.
"I see, why don't you come into my office?" The headmaster asked.
"No, I delivered the message, I think I should be heading to class," Kimiko declined.
"No, come in, I insist." He demanded. Kimiko froze before sighing, clutching her arm.
"Yes Mr. Mikogami." Kimiko whispered, following the headmaster into his office.
"Kimiko!" Raimundo gasped. Kimiko looked at them in confusion, acting like she didn't know them.
"Sorry guys, but trust me, it's safer this way…" She whispered inside her head.
"Miss Tohomiko, sit down." Tenmai ordered.
"Yes sir." She nodded, sitting down neatly at the chair.
"Kimiko! Why won't you say anything?" Raimundo asked, taking her arm.
"Do I know you?" Kimiko glared at them.
"Kimiko, you don't' have to act like you don't know them." Tenmai told her.
"Sorry, but I don't know them." Kimiko insisted.
"Tell the truth." Tenmai demanded. Kimiko drew in a sharp breath, her eyes widening. She gripped her skirt and quietly gulped.
"Look, it's not that big of a deal" Clay interrupted "if the little lady wants to act like she doesn't know us, then let her."
"Alright" Tenmai nodded. At his response Kimiko's shoulders fell and she let out a quiet sigh of relief. "Kimiko, I brought you in here, so that you could go fetch something for me." He opened a drawer in his desk and took out a key. "Go down to the basement, and find door 506. I want you to take the box out of there, and bring it to the monks. Do not open it. At all."
"Why me? Why not one of the teachers?" Kimiko asked.
"You happen to be the student I trust the most to not peak, and misuse the artifact in the box. If you do use it, the results will be disastrous." Tenmai warned her.
"Yes sir." Kimiko nodded, accepting the key. She exited the room and sighed a breath of relief. She quickly raced to the basement and grabbed the box, bringing it back.
"You were fast." Tenmai smirked.
"I figured it was of importance" Kimiko confessed. She bowed to him "if you'll excuse me, I must be going back to class." She stood back up and turned around, noticing that Raimundo, Omi, and Clay had red cheeks and were avoiding her. Kimiko blushed and pulled at the hem of her skirt, quickly rushing out of the room.
"Here it is, the Lilith's mirror, just as promised." Tenmai smiled, opening the box, and handing them a covered up item. "Don't unravel it until you get out of this school, I'm sure you know what it does."
"Actually, we don't know. The scroll did not say what the Lilith's mirror does." Omi told him.
"Whatever you do, do not use it in an unfamiliar place; only use it in a place you know." Tenmai warned them.
"Okay." Raimundo shrugged, leading the monks out of the office.
"Damnit! This skirt is way to short," Kimiko groaned, pulling on it gently. "Oh well, I better get back to class before even more rumors begin. Why did my life have to get so complicated?"