Nausicaa's new friend has to carry her home at the end of it (okay they're both limping), but, Nausicaa does successfully sneak (okay flop) back in (demon friends: useful!).

She has Gaara help with bandages - luckily her face stops looking like she lost a fight with sandpaper by the time she has to leave for school - and then...

Okay so Gaara wants to follow her to school. Coolio. Nausicaa can make introductions easily then!

During lunch break:

"Kaylee, my search panned out yesterday - in a totally non-suspicious way, wanna get lunch outside with me today?"

"Sure, okay.  They let you eat outside if it's still warm enough, we should be fine."

"Good!"

Once they're outside and out of earshot of passersby: "So! Two related bits of news. Magic and demons: definite. Demons who can be convinced to be friendly: also definite! As in I made a friend. And confirmed I have super strength and speed and heal fast."

"Oh, wow, that's - most of it, isn't it?  You made a demon friend?"

"Yeah! Her name's Gaara. She's a sand demon."

"How'd you two meet?"

"I caught her harassing someone. We had a fight-talk. She's turned over a new leaf."

"Not to manifestly lack confidence at you at every turn but - you're sure?"

"Pretty sure? I'm good at reading people."

“Okay, good.  So... what exactly is a sand demon?”

"I'll introduce you - " She leads the way to an out of the way area, and calls out, "Gaara!"

Sand coalesces into a woman, who regards Kaylee a bit warily as she stands with her arms crossed.

She startles a bit, but smiles.  "Hi!  Nice to meet you."

"Are you Nausicaa's friend?"

"Yep, I'm Kaylee."

"I haven't had a friend before. Nausicaa really likes you though."

"Never?  That sounds - awful."

She shrugs, clearly a bit uncomfortable. "Nausicaa's my friend now, and - I'll do better."

She smiles a that’s-the-spirit sort of smile, and changes the subject: “So, you can turn into sand?”

"Yes. And control sand, more usefully."

"I guess if you just turned into a pile of sand that couldn't do anything that'd be less cool."

"It might be useful defensively."

"That's true.  And for stealth if you were around a lot of the same kind of sand.  - Can you do sand of different, like, colors and fineness-es, or do you have a kind of sand that's just the kind you turn into?  Or is this a really, like, intrusive line of discussion, I've never met a sand demon before."

"It's fine. I turn into a specific type of sand, but I can control most."

She nods.  "Is it the same kind as other sand demons?"