As she had slept on the couch, she had half-rolled off, and sleepily headed to her room with the notes in hand to do scanning.    Within minutes, Ichigo was at her computer and in different clothes, blue jeans and a green shirt with a cheerful picture of Hello Kitty on it, with a strawberry (of course), as she began scanning the notes onto her computer, and once done with that, burning them onto CDs for each of her new... Allies?  Friends?  No...  They were all in this together, but they weren't close enough for friendship yet.  It was unnerving, especially since in most of the manga Ichigo had read, friends knew each others' secrets, and she knew no one had revealed everything.  Someone had to open up first.  She had started, who would be next?<br/><br/>As she waited, she began to sketch.  For once, her hands were shaking.  After all, she was drawing her would-be rapists, though all but the incubus were marked with the kanji 'dead.'  It was a good idea to let them know what they were going to be up against...  It took long enough that she had been able to brush and braid her hair something like 'Lenneth' from Valkyrie Profile, before a familiar ribbon caught the half-Doll's eye.  She looked at the open door, and gingerly crawled to the ribbon, before lifting the corner of the pallet.  She never slept on that part of the pallet, so it was possible...<br/><br/>The high pitched squeal of relieved joy was heard by the neighbors across the street as Ichigo gleefully lifted up a pair of sandals with long green, pink, and gold ribbon lacings in her hands.   The sandals had been a gift from the brothers, due to her preference for the colors, and she had wondered where they had vanished months before.  Now she was happy for missing them, if only because now she would be able to walk her preferred long strides.  The only problem was...  Well, the laces were amazingly long.  She was going to have to pull up her pants to lace them up to her thighs...  She didn't care too much, she would be able to<em>walk.</em>She packed the sketchbook and the CDs into a bag as she padded to the porch so she could get the sandals on, and to wait for Sanro so she could get a ride to the shrine.