"Man it's cold!" "The wind is so cold!" "That looks so warm, Hisako-chan." "Yeah!" "Yeah, it's my favourite scarf." "It is really warm." "That's great." "There are a lot of things in this world that people don't have to notice." "Those things sometimes turn into big trouble if they are noticed by someone." "Ah!" "It's Hisako-chan!" "Hisako-chan!" "Eh?" "What happened to her?" "Good morning!" "Yu-chan!" "Mizuki!" "Good morning!" "What's wrong?" "You don't look happy." "That's not true." "Hisako-chan?" "Oh no!" "Mizuki?" "Sorry!" "I forgot something at home!" "I will go get it!" "Eh?" "There is probably a newly dead animal down that road." "I have been sticking with this road so I could get used to it, but..." "I have been possessed by things like that so many times." "I know the feeling that comes along with it." "What was that?" "Is there something up this road?" "Today is just way too depressing." "I should be okay, I think." "Now that we have lunch recess, we can have the interclass dodge ball game!" "We lost the last 5 so we really have to get into the game!" "He really gets into it with these games!" "Here it comes!" "Enomoto's fast ball!" "Ah!" "This is bad!" "Sorry!" "Only the two of you are left!" "Try to take back the ball!" "Oh no!" "Hisako!" "Yeah!" "Go HIbara!" "Counter-attack!" "Hit Enomoto!" "Here it comes, Enomoto!" "This is great." "A battle between the best players from both classes." "Those two are both really good!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "You're good, Hibara!" "You too, Enomoto." "It looks like we will have to settle this tomorrow." "Yeah." "Just what was that?" "I have a feeling somthing was wrapping around my neck and I couldn't move." "Why don't we go and do our homework?" "Yeah!" "Let's do it!" "But, Mizuki, is it really okay if you don't go straight home?" "Won't your grandfather get mad?" "No prob!" "Grampy is gone for business for the next two days." "Okay!" "Let's do it at Hisako-chan's house." "My house?" "It's the closest one from here." "Can we go to your house?" "It should be okay." "Okay, it's decided!" "Now we have to go and buy a lot of junk food!" "Oh, Mizuki!" "It's easy to finish homework when three people work on it together!" "Yeah!" "Hisako!" "Enomoto-kun is here!" "I will be right back." "Why did Enomoto come here?" "You didn't know, Mizuki?" "Enomoto-kun and Hisako-chan are childhood friends." "They have been together since preschool." "Oh, really?" "Yeah!" "Twenty one wins in a row!" "You are too strong, Mizuki." "Eh?" "Hisako-chan, did something happen?" "Ah!" "No..." "I will go get more juice!" "She was crying!" "I think so too!" "I wonder if she got into a fight with Enomoto-kun." "But, they have always been nice to each other." "What's wrong?" "It's nothing!" "It's getting late." "Why don't we go home?" "Yeah." "You're right." "Just what is around my neck?" "Could it be...?" "Mizuki?" "What did you want to talk about?" "Did something happen to you?" "Why do you think that?" "Because..." "You're just not happy lately." "No, it's nothing." "Really?" "Yeah." "In the end, Hisako-chan didn't tell me a thing." "Eh!" "?" "Ah!" "What is this!" "?" "Sis!" "Look at these bruises!" "Do they hurt?" "They don't hurt." "But, I really wonder what they are." "Did you see any wounded snake?" "Eh!" "?" "Snake!" "?" "I didn't see one, but..." "Snakes..." "I hate snakes..." "But, you can't remember any snake, right?" "Yeah." "Do you know where you got possessed?" "Maybe I got possessed when I took the long way to school." "But, I didn't feel it that strongly." "Really?" "If you were able to feel it strongly," "I would be able to see it more clearly." "Eh!" "?" "What is it?" "I can dimly see a long thing wrapped around your neck." "It looks live you are wearing a scarf." "Scarf?" "Do you remember anything about a scarf?" "A scarf?" "This morning Hisako-chan didn't wear her favourite scarf." "Anyway, you shouldn't go near that place until Grampy comes back." "Okay..." "It worries me, but it's nothing big." "What is it, Mizuki?" "Do you have a stiff neck?" "Yeah, I guess you could say that." "Hisako-chan, where is your scarf?" "Eh?" "You weren't wearing it yesterday either." "Did you lose it?" "I left it at home today." "It happened again." "Now that I think about it..." "It happened yesterday at Hisako-chan's house." "Could it be that this thing has some connection with Hisako-chan?" "The reason why Hisako isn't happy?" "Yeah." "She lost her scarf." "I thought so!" "So that's what happened." "I gave it to her two years ago." "It seems like she really liked it." "It disappeared when she put it down on a park bench for just a second." "I told her not to worry about it, but that Hisalo wouldn't even listen to me when I told her I would look." "She even cried when I told her I couldn't find it." "Damn, talking to girls is hard!" "I really give up!" "It's all because Hisako-chan really liked that scarf." "Does that mean this is...?" "Hisako..." "Should just give up and get a new scarf." "No!" "Any other scarf just wouldn't do!" "Why?" "Because it wouldn't be the one you gave her, Enomoto." "Eh?" "I don't get it." "It doesn't matter!" "What are you going on about!" "You are so weird, Hibara!" "You too, Enomoto!" "Eh?" "Scarf?" "Yeah." "It wasn't a snake." "Really?" "But, there are stories of things becoming something like a snake." "Eh?" "The feelings of the owner gets transferred to an object." "I think..." "They were called Jatai." "Jatai?" "Anyway, we should talk to Grampy about it when he gets back." "You're right." "Mizuki..." "Just because you know it is not a snake does not mean you can take this thing on by yourself." "Yeah..." "I know." "Hisako-chan!" "Good morning!" "Eh!" "?" "...good morning..." "Hey, Hisako-chan..." "I heard you had lost that scarf you love so much." "I heard it from Enomoto." "He said you left it in a park." "I will help you look for your scarf later." "This has nothing to do with you, Mizuki." "Eh?" "Don't worry about it!" "You don't have to search for it!" "Hisako-chan..." "I will look for it by myself!" "Just leave me alone!" "Hisako-chan..." "I will go search for it by myself." "But..." "Just because you know it is not a snake does not mean you can take this thing on by youself." "What should I do?" "I don't think I can get rid of these marks until I find that scarf." "I have a feeling I need to go look for it!" "But, I can't go looking for it by myself!" "I can't ask Hisako-chan either." "Sis!" "Welcome home, Mizuki." "Shizuru will be home late because she has to look something up at the library." "What's wrong?" "You're out of breath." "Did something happen?" "I have no choice." "Here we go!" "Enomoto!" "Ah!" "Hibara!" "What great timing!" "Let's finish that game!" "Hm?" "Did you really see her scarf?" "Yeah..." "Yeah...probably." "Well then, you should really tell Hisako." "But, if I'm wrong I would feel terrible for her." "I guess..." "Enomoto, like I said before..." "If anything happens to me hurry up and call for some help!" "What do you mean by anything?" "Er..." "I mean anything." "I don't get it." "What are you doing?" "Let's go." "Y~Yeah." "Hey, are you okay?" "Y~Yeah." "You're so weird." "It's okay." "This is not scary." "It's not a snake." "It's just a scarf." "I will look for it by myself!" "But, maybe Hisako-chan's feelings were transferred to that scarf." "That can't be true." "Hibara?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "It's at the end of the path, right?" "Yeah." "I have to go!" "M~Maybe I should turn back." "I will turn back and...!" "Eh?" "Hey, Hibara!" "Wait..." "Hey!" "My legs are moving on their own!" "I can't stop!" "Wait!" "Hibara!" "A snake!" "I'm so scared!" "Sis!" "Grampy!" "No!" "I am going!" "What's with you!" "?" "You just suddenly started yelling and running!" "You're way too fast!" "Sorry about that." "So where is the scarf?" "Ah!" "Er...?" "Ah!" "That's it!" "Excuse us!" "It's great that he didn't burn it." "Thank you so much." "There she goes crying again." "Sorry..." "If you want to thank anyone, thank Hibara because she found it." "Good bye." "Thank you, Mizuki." "I got this for my birthday." "I see." "Hey, Hisako-chan..." "Could it be that you like Enomoto?" "That's not true!" "I can tell what you are thinking!" "Maybe just a little." "But, don't tell Yu-chan." "I think Yu-chan probably already knows." "I'm sorry." "About what?" "I said this had nothing to do with you, Mizuki." "I saw you and Enomoto-kun talking like good friends..." "So I thought... that you like Enomoto-kun, too." "I'm really sorry." "Don't worry, I have to say I am sorry as well." "Why?" "I stuck my nose into your business." "That's not a problem!" "Well this means we are even!" "Yeah!" "Yep." "The bruises are gone..." "And I can't see it anymore." "Really?" "What's wrong?" "You don't look happy." "Hm..." "Did anything happen?" "I blamed the whole thing on Hisako-chan." "I should feel ashamed of myself because she thanked me and apologize to me many times." "You can't help that!" "You didn't know!" "Maybe I made you worry about it too much as well." "No..." "This doesn't have anything to do with you," "Sis." "I think I might have called that snake to me." "There is an old story that goes like this:" "Some of the kids in a village killed a snake and were playing wirh its dead body." "They cut it into pieces and put it onto sticks." "The village leader just happened to come across the kids at that time." "He saw the kids and became very afraid." "Who do you think the snake cursed?" "It cursed the village leader." "Maybe if we don't think about these things, we won't be able to see them or get possessed by them." "But, that's really hard." "You're right." "Grampy!" "?" "Yeah." "Hey..." "What?" "Could you not tell Grampy about today?" "I really have to tell him." "I thought so." "Mainly because I was so worried about you I couldn't concentrate during the test today!" "I don't think that has anything to do with me!" "Yeah?" "Sorry!" "Seeing something, but pretending not to," "Knowing something, but pretending not to," "It might be easy if we could do that, but..." "I don't think that I can do it." "Yeah!" "My class trip!" "Did you pack your extra clothes, toothbrush and shampoo?" "Yeah!" "It's all perfect!" "I can't wait to have fun!" "I wonder if it will be okay." "This is the first time you have ever stayed away by yourself." "Ah!" "Now that you say that..." "What should I do?" "Next time, Yamauba" "I'm worried..." "When I went on the trip, I ate a lot of good food!" "Really!" "?" "Okay!" "I will eat a lot of food too!" "Mizuki, you're so simple minded..."