Chapter 2: The Search Begins!

Author's note: Hi. I don't own this stuff (Ookami-San and her Seven Companions), probably never will. So, yeah. You may proceed.

You went about your morning normally: saw your friends, ate lunch sitting on a bench in the park on the school grounds, did schoolwork, etcetera. While walking out of your last class, a note dropped in front of you on the ground with your name on it. You picked it up and opened it:

"Come to the Otogi Bank after school, we'll discuss our plan of action there.

- Liszt"

You looked around for the source, but there were too many people to tell where it came from.

After school, you scurried over to the Otogi Bank and entered to be greeted by the maid girl, Otsu.

"Hello~ Welcome to the Otogi Bank, please make yourself comfortable," she sang as she left the room. You sat down and waited. You twiddled your fingers nervously as time passed by, then, cutting off your thoughts, the door opened.

"Hello, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." Liszt walked in along with Ringo and Ryoko.

"No bother," you said with a slight smile. Liszt smiled back and sat down on the couch opposite you, followed by Ringo and Ryoko.

"Okay, so we were thinking up a plan and thought we'd question you before trying anything." He put his hands under his chin. "Details~"

You thought for a moment. "Okay, what kind of details do you want?" you asked.

"Where were you, maybe? That could be very helpful," Ringo said.

"Oh... um, the park on the school grounds," you answered. Alice, who appeared out of nowhere, wrote down something in a small notepad. Otsu walked in right then with a tray of tea. She set down the tray and smiled sweetly while pouring the steaming liquid in each cup.

"Here you go~" Otsu said happily.

"Thank you..." you said and took the cup. She smiled wider and bowed before leaving the room.

"Okay, now. Where were you in the park exactly?" Liszt asked.

"Well, I was sitting on the bench that's under the really big tree," you said, scratching your head. I sound like an idiot, you thought. Alice wrote down something else in her small notepad; you assumed it was about the information you were giving them. They continued asking you questions. Mostly things like, "What time was it when you lost your notebook," and "was anyone with you?" You felt like you were being interrogated at a police station rather than trying to find a notebook. After they finished questioning you, Alice closed her notepad and placed it in a small purse.

"Okay, we'll start looking for it tomorrow. Meet up here, maybe?" Liszt said. "Unless you have something better to do?"

You shook your head. "No. I'll be here... what time will we begin?" you asked.

Liszt looked at Alice. She pushed her glasses up with her index finger.

"Approximately 9:25am. Tomorrow is Saturday so I hope that's not too early for you," Alice said. You shook your head again.

"Sounds good..."

The next day, you slept in, eventually dragging yourself out of bed and into the shower. You took your time, not having anything to do that morning. After the water went cold, you finally decided to dress and go downstairs, where your mother had made breakfast, which was now cold.

"It's about time you got up!" your mother said. "Your food is on the counter." So it was.

"Thank you," you said cordially. You sluggishly walked over to the table with your eggs and toast and took your time enjoying your cold meal.

"Oh, by the way," your mother said and turned toward you, "did you ever find that notebook you lost?"

Fork still in mouth, you froze, remembering the meeting time with the bank. You checked the time; it was over an hour past the date. You jumped up from your seat and bolted to your room and put your shoes on. You ran downstairs again and quickly hugged your mom and ran out the door. You ran down the street, getting strange looks from passersby. You finally reached the building and stopped to catch your breath. You walked into the building and were greeted by Otsu again, who didn't seem to realize how late you were and left the room.

You sat down on the couch and waited. A few minutes later, Liszt, Ryoko, Ringo, Ryoshi, and two people you hadn't seen before walked in. One of the people you didn't recognize was a tall boy with long, white hair pulled into a loose ponytail. There was a girl clinging to the boy; she had long, dark blue hair pulled up into loopy things. The boy looked fairly scared, most likely because whenever he looked at one of the girls in the room the girl would end up squeezing his collar bone like she was holding onto dear life. Liszt looked at you.

"You're a bit late. Did something come up perhaps?" he asked.

"A bit late? She's over an hour and a half late!" Ryoko said.

"I'm sorry," you said and looked down.

"It's fine. Since you're here now, we might as well start." Liszt said as he sat on the other couch. You nodded.

"Okay, since you lost it at the park on school grounds, it was most likely taken by someone that goes to school here. Or maybe it just flew far from you when you fell?" he asked.

"Um... possibly... are we going to check the park first?" you asked.
"Yes. Around the bench, to start with," Liszt replied.
"What does it look like?" Ryoko asked.

"Huh?" you asked.

"The notebook. What does the notebook look like?" Ryoko asked again.

"Oh. It's a plain blue notebook," you replied. Alice who, again, appeared out of nowhere, wrote something down in her little notepad. How is it that I never notice her walk in? You wondered.
"Okay. Let's get going then." Liszt said leading everyone out the door.

You and the others reached the park at the back of the school. Liszt informed everyone of what they should be doing.

"Okay, Ookami-san, you go that direction with Ringo. Alice and I will go that direction. Taro and Otohime, go that way." Ah, okay. Taro and Otohime. He never got the chance to introduce himself because the girl would probably kill him-or me. And the girl never introduced herself because she was too busy with the boy I guess, you thought.

He turned to you. "And you can go with Ryoshi," he said with a smile.
"Okay," You said and walked over to Ryoshi. He looked quite uncomfortable. You glanced at him, making him stiffen. You looked away, shrugging off his odd behavior.

Let the search begin,you thought as everyone headed in their assigned directions.

Author's note: Hey, sorry it took so long to publish. I've been on writers block. I'll try publishing more, but for now, I hope you enjoy this chapter. *Hands chapter to you* Bye for now.