"Yes, sensei." Tsubaki will head off for class.

And Nyanko and Nanami off to hunt.

"She's a very good student," Nyanko comments as they start.

"She's soooo smart," Nanami mimes a swoon. "Just like Reiko-chan. Well, Reiko-chan was much wickeder with it. Tsubaki-chan's just a good girl."

"A smart student matches a smart teacher well."

"Very true, kitty."

So off to poke around more?

See what they can find in the realm of the dark and spooky.

Not much, but it's enough to distract them - they won't be able to immediately wait for Natsume when she leaves school.

Surely they'll catch up.