Girls School Days (6)

"By the way, is Kotori-chan calling us here to do something lewd?"

In the physics preparation room, Yoshinon opened her mouth with a smug. Yoshino hastily covered her mouth, and beside her, Natsumi, Mukuro, and Mana were all sitting on chairs and looking at Kotori seriously. By the way, Ellen was also there, but standing.

"There is something important." Kotori glared at Yoshinon, and then said to the former wizard, "Ellen, you go outside and guard the door, and don't let anyone else in." After all, Ellen was once the strongest wizard in the world and the mortal enemy of the Spirits. Although she had lost her memory now, it would be bad if she saw something related to the Spirits and remembered everything, so it would be the safest way to send her away.

"Okay." Ellen walked out of the classroom. "By the way, why do I obey the orders of the students?" Ellen muttered, dissatisfied.

"Imoto-go, was it a call from Nushi-sama?" Mukuro asked suspiciously.

"Indeed, this guy is always causing trouble for me." Kotori replied.

Ten minutes ago

Kotori saw the word "oni-chan" on her phone's caller ID as she answered.

"Hey, oni-chan, what's the matter?"

"Kotori, my dear sister, please help me, I have no cash now."

"I hope you are joking, Shido." Kotori changed her tone in an instant, "How can a big brother be so shameless in asking his sister for money? I remember that you must have brought a lot of money when you went out. Did the thief get you?"

"It's... Tohka."

"Tohka?" Kotori realized the seriousness of the question.

"That's right, I saw Tohka. I don't know the details, but anyway, Tohka appeared before me, and my instinct is telling me that this is the Tohka we know."

"Oh, that's really great! Congratulations on your reunion." Although Kotori also had a premonition that Tohka would return, she was still very excited when she heard Shido's words with her own ears, but as a commander, she must maintain her composure.

"Hey, Kotori, you know, I'm penniless now, please help your big brother."

"Oh? What are you talking about, oni-chan? I don't quite understand." Kotori said slyly.

"Wuuuu, my most beloved little sister, please help your big brother. I will be very grateful."

"Okay, okay, it's disgusting, I get it. Wait a minute, isn't today the first day of your university?" Kotori asked suddenly. "Did you decide to be absent on the first day?"

"No! I mean…yes, but only because there are more important things than going to college."

"Skipping class to go on a date with a girl? That is really a GoOd ReAsOn. What would your professor think if he knew?"

"Okay, Kotori, don't make fun of your big brother, I think you understand."

"There's really nothing I can do about you. I'll let Ratatosk fully support you," Kotori said. Shido's words were correct, of course Kotori knew what this meant to Shido, but teasing Shido was very entertaining for her.

In fact, Maria had been secretly monitoring Shido as early as the moment Tohka appeared, but since there was no incident, the AI did not report to Kotori right away.

Back to the present.

Kotori held the screen and showed it to everyone. "Maria, please explain the specific situation to everyone." Kotori said.

"Hello everyone. I'm the beautiful AI, MARIA, and I will brief you on this information." The voice of Maria came from the screen. "Since I observed the reiryoku reaction in the morning, I have been watching closely in secret."

"Everyone, please look-" As she said that, an image appeared on the screen: On the path along the river, the cherry blossoms were in full view, and the petals fluttered gently with the breeze. A gentle boy with a neutral appearance seemed to be thinking about something while walking.

"Shido-san..." Yoshino and the others couldn't help calling out his name when they saw the boy.

Indeed, the boy in the video was Shido, the boy who saved the Spirits and brought happiness to their lives. This meddling man had become the most important existence in the hearts of the girls.

Suddenly, the boy stopped, and everyone's eyes followed him to the front, where stood a figure that hadn't been there before.

Against the light red background, her night-colored long hair shone brightly.

Her crystal-like eyes reflected a fantasy color.

Her violently beautiful face was adorned with a gentle expression.

"This is — Tohka-san!?"

The girls, including Kotori, were all surprised when they saw the strange yet familiar figure on the screen. Although the commander learned about this miracle a little while ago, seeing Tohka with her own eyes, uncontrollable complex emotions still emerged all at once.

The name "Tohka Yatogami" has a special meaning for everyone present. She was a pure Spirit born of self-awareness from a piece of spirit crystal created by Mio Takamiya, the Spirit of Origin. She had lived and fought with everyone, being their partners and best friends. Every day that they spent with her was so colorful, and it was still echoing in everyone's minds. However, a year ago, she disappeared, and everyone was extremely distraught. But when the Beast, who appeared not long ago, showed Tohka's undying traits, which rekindled everyone's hope. Now that they saw Tohka once again, they couldn't help but feel tears welling up in their eyes.

"You are-"

"...Name, huh?"

And so, this girl, understanding of this for a long time and also looking as if she had directed those words for herself already, replied back as her entire face expressed a smile.

"—My name is Tohka Yatogami. An important name given to me by an important person. —Isn't that nice?"

—The beautiful voice sounded from the screen—

"Ah, what a touching scene, Yoshinon would have cried if she had tears."

"It's great that Shido-san and Tohka-san can meet again." Yoshino said with tears in her eyes, but for some reason, she felt as if her heart was being pricked by a needle.

"Although I don't want to say anything that spoils the atmosphere in this kind of scene, how did Tohka appear?" Natsumi asked with a puzzled expression.

"According to our speculation," Maria explained, " Tohka-san might have been revived by the Spirit Formula."

The Spirit Formula - collecting the spiritual power that filled the world, and breeding the ultimate life form. But Issac Westcott was the only one who had mastered this forbidden art, and with his death, this technique should be lost, but what was with the Tohka in front of them?

Seeing everyone's confused faces, Maria explained her speculation to them.

"I believe it was thanks to Beast from the other timeline that Tohka was revived."

This theory seemed logical, but it felt a bit out of place. Nevertheless, everyone was grateful that this miracle happened.

"Everyone, please continue to watch—" Maria said.

Then the screen showed the scene of Shido and Tohka going shopping, eating and drinking together.

"Shido is surely a smooth talker…Is he planning to skip university?" Natsumi frowned.

"As expected of my nee-sama, he took Tohka-san to a date as soon as they met."

"It's really unbearable." Kotori complained, "No wonder why he's broke."

"Muku and Nushi-sama were like this on our first date as well."

"I remember that Shido-san took me home and made oyakodon for me. Looking back now, it is really a sweet memory."

"Yoshino is really innocent, and when you meet a man like this in the future, don't trust him casually." Natsumi reminded her.

"Shido, I remember that I didn't go to this place that day. It is said that it contains the essence of dating." Tohka's voice came from the screen, and they were standing in front of a hotel at this time.

"Tohka, listen to me, we are still too early to go to this kind of place."

"Can we go there together in the future?"

"It's not like that, I say... Look here—there's kinako bread over there."

"Huh? Where is it?" Tohka sniffed while looking around. Then Shido forcibly dragged her away from the front of the hotel.

"That is Tohka alright." Everyone looked at Tohka on the screen and couldn't help laughing.

A.N:

Tohka is back! And everyone can't wait to welcome her! That reunion scene had me teared up the first time I read it.