Jessica looked around the courtyard.  Classes would be starting soon, and people seemed to be settling into the routine of school, which looked, for the most part, exactly like what she was used to back home.  She wasn't in a hurry to head inside, though.  It was pleasant outdoors, under the cherry trees.  The massive center tree felt like the axis of the world, an oriental Yggdrasil.  She grinned at the thought.  Maybe the missing girls were being gobbled up by the dragon hiding under its roots?  But that wasn't right.  Weren't Oriental dragons supposed to be benevolent?<br/><br/>"Thanks for the warning.  So who else in our class should I know?" she asked Ichigo.<br/><br/>