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Kojo was just about to slip into a deep sleep when the silence in the building broke as he heard sounds coming from the front door. Kojo glanced over at the front door to see what looked like a little girl wearing an oversized lab coat. She was holding onto a rope that was tied around the neck of a little talking black cat. It was an odd sight to see and lead Kojo to believe he had actually fallen asleep and is now dreaming.

Kojo couldn't tell if he was dreaming or not. If this was a dream, it was a pretty strange one, because Kojo doesn't even recognize the little girl OR the cat. He pinched his arm and felt a little pain to assure him that he wasn't dreaming.

Kojo sat up on the couch and stared back at the little girl who seemed to lock eyes with him. Then he looked down at the cat, feeling kind of sorry for his torment.

"Hey...umm...little girl. Why don't you take the rope off that cat? He doesn't seem to like it."

Kojo stared back at the little girl, blinking in confusion as to why she was acting the way she was. It was clear to Kojo that she was frightened by him, but she had no reason to fret. Though he can be a little scatterbrained at times, Kojo was a nice guy. To show she had nothing to fear, he put on a warm smile and spoke to her with a soft voice.

"Don't worry little girl, I'm not going to hurt you. Can you tell me your name?"

Although Hakase saw the seemingly kind gesture of the stranger, she took another step back and dug into her pockets. "No! Mio and Yuuko said the same thing and they got bitten by the dogs!" Pulling out what was in her pocket, Hakase revealed a single piece of popcorn. Perhaps it had gotten in there by accident as she was throwing a bucket of popcorn away. "Which means you're going to bite me too!" Throwing the piece of popcorn as hard as she could towards the unknown person in an attempt to distract him, Hakase turned and fled, dragging Sakomoto behind herself for the ride. "Ghk?!" "I don't want to get bitten by the scary guy!"

Not wanting to look behind herself as she retreated, Hakase ran through the hallways of the Hinata, eventually finding herself in the hot spring. "Kid! S-Stop running! My head's about to come off!" "No! I'll get bitten!" As she continued fleeing, Hakase found herself running rather close to the waters of the hot spring. "If you don't stop running and take this thing off, I'll...Ghgh?!" Sakomoto found himself falling into the hot spring as he was pulled along by the rope around his neck. With the increased resistance, as well as Sakomoto colliding with one of the small boulders in the springs to unintentionally act like an anchor, Hakase was unable to continue moving forward. Instead, she found herself reeling backwards from the sudden stop, then to the side, and eventually falling into a deep section of the water with a splash. "Puah?!" She was under the water for a few seconds before she popped her head out of it for some air. "Waaah!" With the flailing of her arms and her repeated attempts to stay afloat, it could seem apparent that Hakase had no idea of how to tread or even float on water.

Densho walked out of his room, dressed in the same outfit that he had on since he had returned from his last adventure.
"Guess I should get back to training so that I can...eh...?"
As he made his way towards the front door, he looked around himself, seeing that everything looked rather familiar to him.
"Erk...I forgot. I already got us back home from the Bed and Breakfast."

Densho laughed lightly to himself, finding himself going through the same pattern he had done back in this so-called Bed and Breakfast that he just mentioned. He rubbed the back of his head as he made his way towards the lobby.
"Jeez...feels like only yesterday that the three of us were stuck there."
As his pace slowed, he looked up towards the ceiling, thinking out loud to himself.
"...I wonder how everyone else is doing over there?"
With a little smile on his face, he gave a little nod.
"Maybe I can try to find a way for us to visit everyone again...at least while I get used to the present again."
Densho chuckled lightly to himself as he took in the familiar sights of the Hinata around him.

As Densho was reminiscing to himself, he suddenly heard some voices not far from where he was.
"Eh? There's people actually here? I thought Kojo said the place was kind of dead? Or...is that the TV?"
He looked over towards the nearby television, seeing that it wasn't turned on at the moment.
"Nope. Then..."
Following where the commotion was coming from, Densho walked from the lobby and eventually found his way into the hot springs entrance.
"Hello? Is there anybody...there?"
He asked in a casual tone, looking through the steam of the hot springs as he carefully walked in and headed for the sounds of splashing.
"Who is that? Huh?"
As the steam finally cleared the way for him, Densho would spot what looked like a black cat on a rock in the water.
"Eh heh, er, was that you?"
He asked with a little chuckle before turning his head slightly, hearing where the actual splashing came from. It was then that he saw a little girl splashing around in the water, a familiar scene that usually didn't end well.
"What the heck?? Are you okay over there?!"

Densho asked at first as he remained standing nearby, unsure of what he was seeing was actual danger or not.

"Eh?"
Hearing a person from nearby, Densho looked behind him through the steam of the hot springs, seeing Kamiki out and about.
"Kamiki-chan? Is that you? Eh heh, hey there, long time no see."
He said with a little laugh as he gave a little wave.
"What brings you here?"
Densho asked as he noticed the little difference in appearance.