A kishin soul pounces. I scream as a scythe slices through the monster. On the other side of it is Maka. Drat! I missed her speech! Soul turns back and eats the kishin's soul.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Maka asks.

I realize that I am standing by his dead victim. I step away. "Um... I'm fine!"

They stare at me, and I realize that I must have come out of nowhere.

"So... You're from that old abandoned house?" Maka asks.