Editing Kämpfer:Volume 1 Chapter 5 (section)

=== Unexpected Returns ===
<!-- pages 259 to 261 -->
	".....How many times does it have to ring before you pick up?" She hung up and returned to the home screen of her phone, her words dripping with great annoyance. "No point calling again, he'll just fail to answer."

	She put the phone away and began to walk. Her surroundings were nostalgic. It was an utterly mundane and commonplace street, but for this girl it was the home where she had been born and raised. She had gone overseas for a while due to certain circumstances, but home was certainly the best place to be. Her phone rang and she took it out, expecting it to be him, but it was not. 

	"Yes, hello... it's been a while."

	Her voice became more cheerful. It wasn't from him, but instead from a friend. 	

	"....Yes. The transfer is all settled. The same school. Let's play again."

	The voice on the other end of the line belonged to a cheerful girl. 

	"Hm? You met someone wonderful? Oh no, you got a boyfriend? .....? It's a girl in second year? I didn't know you swing that way."

	She laughed.

	"Oh come on, it was a joke! ....I see. Well introduce me to her."

	She nodded several times. 

	"Yeah, okay. ....Yeah, we can talk at school. Okay, talk to you later, Masumi."

	The call ended. It made her happy to hear from a friend from primary school so soon. She was glad that she'd announced her return home. 

	She would be living here again. She'd have him tutor her. Hm, or maybe she'd be the one doing the tutoring? First she'd have him take her shopping. It's been ages since they last met so it was the least he could do. She was smiling as she walked down the road when an older woman spoke to her.

	"Oh my, if it isn’t Mikoto-chan! So you've come home." She bobbed her head in a quick bow. 

	"It's nice to see you again. I just came back yesterday."

	"Oh it's been so long. Are you parents with you?"

	"They're still overseas. I came back early."

	"I see..... Oh yes, you know Senou-san's son, don't you?"

	"Yes."

	She checked the pocket where she'd put her phone.

	"His parents had to transfer to Kyushu for work so apparently he's living alone now."

	"...Is that so?"

	"He's a boy so I'm sure he's struggling to manage on his own. Maybe you could help him out?"

	"Yes, I'll do that."

	Another bow. Huh, so Natsuru is living alone now? Alright then, how about if I drop in and give him a surprise visit! Knowing him he's still completely clueless about women so having a girl show up at his house will really throw him for a loop. 

	With her mind full of thoughts of surprising Natsuru, Kondou Mikoto set off down the road with a cheerful spring to her step.