The Trooper Report
By Seiji-chan

Just for a Visit Chapter Five, Epilogue 1: What a Day

"Katariiiii..., Katari, wake up!" Katari glanced around her room and saw an excited Obun bounce in to her room and plop on to the foot of her bed.

Katari looked over at her sister, "What do you want, and what are you doing in my room!"

"Oh, well, I was just wondering what you were doing today?" Chirped Obun as she bounced across the room to plop down on the foot of Katari's bed.

Katari sat up in bed; "I'm going to take Yukichi to the park, why?"

"Well..., I was wondering if you could drop me off at the library. Kaasan does not like me ridding my bike there by my self. Please!!!" Obun looks at her sister with large golden puppy eyes.

Katari looks at her sister, "The library! We have an extra day from school and you want to go to the library?" Katari thinks to herself ^^O.K. what is wrong with this picture?^^

Obun looks at her sister and blinks, "Yes neechan, you do know what that is right? Large building... full of books...akkk!

Katari slammed her pillow in to Obun's face. ^^Brat, what are you up to now?^^ She looks at Obun who was rubbing her face with her hand. "(Sigh) O.K. , just be ready when I leave. If your not...."

"Haiii... thank you." Chirped Obun as she bounced of Katari's bed and darted out of the room.

After all the morning chores were done Katari packs up Yukichi's bag and heads out to her bike with the small boy's hand in hers'." Just as she finished buckling him in his seat and is putting on her helmet Obun zaps over and grabs her bike and helmet. One her back is a large backpack. "O.K. neechan I am ready! Lets go!" Obun then starts out to the street, and turns back, "Hurry, I want to get to the library as soon as I can."

Katari looks at her sister, ^^You are defiantly up to something!!^^ And starts after down the street.

Later ... "Obun," said Katari. "I will be back at 2:00, please be waiting for me at the door."

"Hii neechan, see you later. Have fun Yukichi." She waives good-bye to her sister and little brother and then parks her bike. She then enters and goes to the reference section. ^^I do not have much time. And I really do not want Katari to fine out what I am doing!^^ She narrows her eyes and starts scanning the catalogue, ^^There has to be information on demons, and after what happened, I want to know all I can about them!^^

At the park Katari slowly petals down the bike paths until she spies a familiar teal head. ^^There is Toum-chan, and it looks like the rest of the gang is there also.^^ Sure enough Touma and the rest of the Troopers were sitting in a secluded spot near some trees. Katari hops off her bike and pushes it through the grass to where they are sitting. The guys stop talking as she helps Yukichi out of his seat and walks him over to a sandbox with some of the toys she packed for him.

She then turns, walks over to the group of boys and glomps onto Touma's arm. "Hi Toum-chan, hi everyone, what are you doing?"

Touma looks down at the girl glued to his arm and sighs. "We just finished telling everyone about yesterday."

"Ya, you guys had all the fun." Shu pouted. "I had to watch my younger brothers and sisters."

"It sounded real interesting." Murmured Shin. "I wonder who they work for?"

"Yes, most normal teen's do not hunt demons!" Said Ryo as he looked over at Seiji.

Seiji seemed to know what he was pointing out. "That is true Ryo, But do not forget, two of them are demons them-selves, and the other two are not normal either." He then turned to Katari. "How is Obun? Yesterday must have unsettled her greatly."

"Actually she is fine. No nightmares, no jumping at shadows. She is her usual bouncy self." Katari continued is a slightly disgusted voice. "I can't believe how well she took everything that happened. It is not like she is always being attacked by demons or anything! And you know what, she didn't even get in to trouble for following me yesterday!" She turned to look at Yukichi. Seeing that he was quietly playing she turns back to Touma.

"Katari," said Ryo. "I would really like to meet your cousins friends."

"Yes," said Shin. "It would be very interesting."

"And a lot of fun." Pointed out Shu.

"No problem," chirped Katari smiling up at Touma. "Keiko is spending the next weekend at my house. I could ask her to invite her friends over for an afternoon." She turned to check on Yukichi and screeched and jumped up. "No," she wailed. "Don't dump the sand on your head!"

Seiji watched as Katari tried to brush off as much sand as possible and was glad that he didn't have to bring his little sister with him.

"Guys," said Touma. "I think we should do some research ourselves. If we continue to clash with demons I would like to know more about them!"

"That is a good idea Touma. And I think we should start to have more practice sessions, just in case." Replied Ryo.

"Yes," murmured Seiji. "I have some books at home that I will go through."

Shu looked over at Seiji in shock. "You have books on demons at your house!"

"No Shu, on spiritualism. It is a hobby." The tone of Seiji's voice indicated that he was not going to say more.

"Well, I will go to the library and see what I can fine." Said Touma.

Shin looked up at the sky. "If it is an emergency I could call Araial." He sighed, but only in an emergency."

"No kidding!" Exclaimed Shu with feeling.

They talked for a little while longer when Katari looked at her watch and saw what time it was. "Toum-chan, I have to go now. I will see you all later. I will call you if Keiko's friends will be over next weekend, bye." She smiled softly and kissed Touma on the cheek. Touma turned red as the guys laughed.

Katari arrived at the library just as Obun was unlocking her bike. Her huge backpack was stuffed and Obun was in a hurry to get home.

"Wow, you are ready for a change!" Said Katari in surprise.

"That is right neechan, lets go!"

"Lets go!" Chirped Yukichi.

That evening in Obun's attic room...

"Wow, I don't believe how many books there are about demons and spiritualism!" Obun murmured to her self. She walked over to her desk and started to move her 'Slayers' manga to the floor. "Considering my new hobby, I am not going to be buying any new manga for a while."

Obun then walked over to her bed and started to move a large pile of books and folders of paper copied from various books to her desk. She then went back to her pack and pulled out her camera case. She then pulled out a pile of film. "I can't wait until I get these developed. Then I really can start studying." She placed them in her school bag so she could develop them after school. "I can't believe that I managed to get in to the Restricted - Personal only room. I would have been in so much trouble if I was caught." She sits down at her desk. "First thing, I need to make a list of items that I will nee to acquire." Obun shuffles through the pile of books and selects on and sets it on her desk and reaches for a notebook and a pencil. "Soon demons had better beware!" She smiles and opens the book and starts to read.

The End =^_^=