Serah sat down again in the familiar futon, standing up again in boredom. This cycle repeated for the next half hour until she finally scaled the stairs to the bed room. She plopped onto the bed with a huge thunk, not caring about the frame, creaking in resonance.
"When is she going to get back? She always does the most interesting things without me..."
She tossed and turned, ruffling sheets everywhere until she sat up from her relaxed position. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, her arm resting against her forehead to block her eyes from the sun's rays.
"I'm not a kid." she said without raising her voice or fluctuating it from her regular monotone voice.
She held out her palm as if it was spellbound and a blue flame appeared, flashing its light in Zero's face and soon Forth's face as he also caught up with Zero.
"Wait a second." she stared blankly at the duo as she turned her head to the side slightly and rested her chin on her hand.
"I take that back. Hello Zero, Forth." she motioned a curtsy against her jeans after dispelling her flames.
"I am special Investigator Rina from the Tokyo branch. I'm assigned to be under you two for this joint investigation of the vampire."