"Hey, Shu-Itchy Butt, we leavin' already?!" Punk Himiko asked in a loud, brash voice. She was leaning against the doorway to Shuichi and Kaito's room. 

   "W-What did you just call me?!" Shuichi exclaimed. 

  "'wHaT dId YoU jUsT cAlL mE?'" Punk Himiko mocked. "You heard what I said, ya gloomy gumshoe! Get off your crack and let's go to the library, already!" Shuichi stared at Punk Himiko in shock.

   "Himiko...are you okay? Why are you dressed like that?" he asked. 

   "Cuz unlike you, I've got a sense of style!" Punk Himiko replied with a smirk as she spat into a nearby trashcan. She popped some gum into her mouth. Shuichi sighed. 

   "Did Kokichi put you up to this?" he asked. 

   "Kokichi had nuthin' to do with it, barfbag!" Punk Himiko replied, blowing a bubble with her gum. "Hey, what is this, an interrogation, or somethin?' I didn't stand here in your freakin' doorway to be bombarded by the fuzz with lame-brain questions, alright? So let's just go, already!"

   "Okay, well...I'll go get Kiyo, too," Shuichi replied, standing up from his desk. 

   "Uggghhhh...we gotta bring the creep with us?!" Punk Himiko groaned. 

    "Yeah, you know that," Shuichi answered. "He wanted to see that ancient katana, remember?"

   "Tuh...you've seen one sword, you've seen 'em all!" Punk Himiko scoffed. "Why do I gotta waste more time at the library cuz that guy gets all hard for stinkin' katanas?" Shuichi's eyes bugged out at Punk Himiko.

   "Okay, this has got to be a prank you and Kokichi thought up!" he said. 

   "Whatever, man! Let's just go get Creature Feature and blow this pop stand!" Punk Himiko said. Shuichi shook his head in disbelief, then went over and knocked on Kiyo and Rantaro's door. Kiyo answered the door.

   "Hey, Kiyo. Are you ready to go?" Shuichi asked.

   "You go on ahead. I'll catch up later," Kiyo replied. "I must stay behind for a while to prepare myself."

   "Um...prepare yourself for what, exactly?" Shuichi asked. 

   "I must find the proper wrappings for my hands in case I get the opportunity to hold the katana," Kiyo explained. "I heard that it sheds some goldish material. I don't want it on my hands, nor do I want to tarnish such an artifact."

   "Er...okay. See you then," Shuichi replied before Kiyo closed the door. "C'mon, Himiko, let's go."

   "'Bout freakin' time!" Punk Himiko spat. 

   "Do you have the book that you're going to return with you?" Shuichi asked. Punk Himiko brought it out.

   "Uh...duh!" she scoffed. "Whaddya think I am, an idiot? And any book I have, I'm more than freakin' happy to get rid of! Reading freakin' bites!" 

   "Ooookaaay..." Shuichi mumbled. Obviously, Himiko's going through some kind of phase, right now. I should just let her play it out, he thought to himself.

   "It's not a phase, mom!!" Punk Himiko exclaimed, getting all up in Shuichi's face. 

   "WHAT?! H-How did you..." Shuichi stammered.

   "Punk is life, phlegm wad!" Punk Himiko said. "You can't spell 'life' without p-u-n-k! That's just the way it is...PUNK!!"

   "But, that's not how you spell 'life!'" Shuichi countered.

   "It is now, wormbait! Get used to it!" Punk Himiko shouted, shoving her finger against Shuichi's nose. She then stormed off as Shuichi watched in her bewilderment. 

   What's gotten into her?! he thought to himself. He then sighed as he followed her out of the house. After a few minutes, they walked into town, passing by small shops and cafés. 

   "Hm...I'm contemplating on whether I should continue the series I'm currently reading, or picking up another book that I thought looked interesting," Shuichi was saying as they walked. "What do you think, Himi-" WHOOOSH!! THWACK!! Shuichi ducked just in time to avoid the giant ax blade that was now stuck in the wall of the building next to him. He turned to see Punk Himiko grinning menacingly at him while holding the ax handle. 

   "WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR?! AND WHERE DID YOU GET THAT AX?!" Shuichi shouted in horror.

   "I'm bored, and I thought your head would look awesome...mounted on my wall!! Mwa-hahahahahaaaaa!!!" Punk Himiko shrieked with laughter. She pulled the blade out of the wall and swung at Shuichi again. He moved out of the way in time to avoid being sliced in half. 

   "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Shuichi screamed as he ran down the street. A few onlookers were watching with horror at the scene unfolding. 

   "TIME TO STICK IT TO THE MAN!! AND BY 'IT,' I MEAN MY AX!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!" Punk Himiko shrieked wildly. Shuichi climbed up the flagpole outside the library and shut his eyes tightly. Punk Himiko began chopping away at the base. 

   "HELP MEEEEEEE!!!" Shuichi screeched like a little girl. After a while, the chopping stopped. Shuichi cautiously cracked one eye open and looked down. Punk Himiko was gone. Shuichi slowly lowered himself onto the ground. He frantically looked around for Punk Himiko, but she was nowhere to be found. Quickly, he rushed inside the library and headed to one of the aisles, making sure there were people nearby so the he could stop to catch his breath in peace. 

   "Pheeewww..." he sighed, resting his head in the palm of his hand. Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder.

   "Shuichi," whispered a voice.

   "YIIIKES!!!" Shuichi screamed, hurling himself to the ground and covering his head. 

   "Sssshhhhh!!!" hushed a few people that were nearby. Shuichi looked up at them, and then behind him to see Kiyo. 

   "Kiyo!" Shuichi whispered. He jumped up and sighed with relief. "Boy, am I glad to see you!"

   "Why do you look so frightened?" Kiyo asked. 

   "It's Himiko! She's...she's gone crazy!" Shuichi exclaimed. 

  "Crazy? How so?" Kiyo asked.

   "Well...she's dressed like she's some kind of...punk rocker," Shuichi began.

   "Oh? Perhaps she is going through a phase," Kiyo said thoughtfully.

  "Yeah, I thought so, too...until she tried to hack my body with an ax! " Shuichi hissed. 

   "Kehehehe...you have undoubtedly angered her," Kiyo snickered. 

   "I don't know what I did, but whatever it was doesn't warrant my body being chopped in half," Shuichi mumbled. 

   "Do not worry, Shuichi. I have not seen Himiko, so you should be safe for now...from the little girl who insists on believing in magic," Kiyo teased. Shuichi scoffed and rolled his eyes.

   "Well, anyways, I'll go with you to see the katana," he said.

   "Do you not wish to be alone?" Kiyo asked. "Kehehe...Himiko must have given you quite the scare."

   "Yes, she did," Shuichi muttered, blushing with embarrassment. 

   "Worry not, Shuichi. I will guard you with my very life," Kiyo teased. Shuichi gave him a strange look. It wasn't like Kiyo to tease people so much. 

   "You're certainly having fun with this," Shuichi muttered. 

   "Most people do not have friends who were about to be severed by a little girl's ax," Kiyo replied with a smirk. 

   "I'm telling you, Kiyo, Himiko really did try to...kill me just now!" Shuichi hissed. "You don't believe me, do you?"

   "I believe you," Kiyo snickered. 

   "I don't think you do," Shuichi said, shaking his head. Eventually, they came across the golden katana that was shielded inside a glass case.

   "There it is," Kiyo whispered with excitement. "Such beauty!" 

   "That is pretty fascinating," Shuichi admitted. 

    "Oh...how I wish I could just be able to touch it myself," Kiyo breathed softly. 

   "Are we allowed to lift the case?" Shuichi asked. 

   "No...unfortunately, the librarian has informed me that the katana is merely for display and is touching it is forbidden," Kiyo explained. "This katana is very old, and therefore, very fragile.  The good news is, however, that as long as it is in this case, no harm will ever come to it."

    "THINK AGAIN, FREAKY FRI-DORK!!" Punk Himiko shouted, swinging her ax down onto the case, causing both, the case and the katana, to break in half. 

   "AAHHH!!" Kiyo shrieked in surprise and horror. Then, he turned to Punk Himiko in anger. "YOU BRAT!!!" Punk Himiko stuck her thumbs in her ears and waved her fingers while blowing a raspberry at him.

  "DID I MAKE YOU MAAAAD?!" she taunted. Kiyo gave her an icy, murder-filled glare.

   "I will tear out your nerves..." he growled in a low, menacing voice.

   "Hahaha...I'D LIKE TO SEE YA TRY, MUMMY MAN!!" Punk Himiko cackled. Kiyo reached out to grab her, but she dodged him just in time.

   "COME BACK HEEEERRRREEEEE!!!" Kiyo yelled. He started chasing Punk Himiko around the library. Punk Himiko knocked down books and flipped over tables to try and slow him down, but Kiyo kept dodging the obstacles. 

   "Hahahaha...wow, you're pretty good!" Punk Himiko called back with an evil grin. "But libraries are lame! Let's take this outside!" She ran through the front doors of the library with Kiyo close behind, and Shuichi running after both of them.