[i]Kotori[/i] - [u]An Invisible Songbird[/u]

Through the thinning crowds, she had no fortune. Not a single hint or clue of the Giant who likely had her tome. Miserably, she wove through the northern half of the grounds as swiftly as she could, with eyes of onyx darting to even the shadows in the vain attempt to find the enigmatic boy who likely had her rather embarrassing book. 

Shaking her head, it suddenly struck her that she had never actually contemplated whether or not it was truly embarrassing. Not until now had she actually thought of such a fact, sure it was a rather touch peculiar in terms of reading tastes of normal high school girls; but was it something that was absolutely vulgar? Dark and dismal perhaps, but not necessarily heinous or perverse. It wasn't the first time she had read that book and it wasn't certainly the last, being keen on the details within certainly helped.

Slightly, at least slightly, her soul settled from the storm of her initial fluster.

Jumping nearly a mile however as the sound of an announcement forcing the students to return to the Auditorium once again, Kotori found herself within the reign of an opportunity! If ALL of the student body was required to go there, it was quite likely that Sasaki would be there too! With renewed determination, the girl turned about and strode back to where this whole misadventure had somewhat begun. 

To the Auditorium where she had realized her book was missing. Ironically, he was probably there the entire time; and she was so foolish as to panic. Clenching her fists tightly, so tightly in fact that her fingernails dug into her palms, Kotori made her way back to the Auditorium. Now was not the time to criticize herself on her foolishness, now was the time to retrieve what was hers.

Sitting towards the back as the rest of her fellow delinquent students filed in, her eyes scanned the crowds for one who towered above the others. This time, it didn't take long to look for him, as he was talking...well, it seemed that he was talking with another student.

She had found him! But an immediate survey of him revealed no book.

That certainly didn't bode well.