Aamori continued to stand there for a moment, at least until he leaped into the air. As soon as he started to come down at her she'd lifted her staff up just over her head with both hands. Rather then try to hold him back completely she lowered herself down to one knee as he came down; Then she forced the lance back with her staff long enough to shift the staff so that she could swing it for his feet.

Kyran looked over at LaRae after hearing what she said and shook his head lightly. He was about to say something to her about it but it looked like Celestine had that covered. He turned his attention back to Hikari and smiled weakly. "..I think he may be trying to understand why we think it's important but it sounds like he's got his mind made up about all of this.. and I doubt we're going to get through to him.. well.. without a lot of force anyway.." He said with a sigh.

LaRae glanced over at Celestine when he started talking and ended up glaring at him. She couldn't help the fact that the part of the temple they were in had really thick marble and it wasn't like she was defenseless she still new how to fight with her hands, though against Nerian that would probably have been useless. She looked away and crossed her arms. "Last time I checked I was one of the ones who helped the most in that temple." She muttered. She did at least understand the need for Nanashi to learn how to fight, she was just trying to take his feelings about it into consideration. She didn't want to force it on him if he really didn't want to do it. Unfortunately Celestine on the other hand, was going to make him learn. She gave a defeated sigh and rolled her eyes a little. "...If I wanted to make it my job then that's my right. You can't tell me what I can and can't do." She muttered. For the sake of not arguing right here and now she was just going to let Celestine have his way. If he wanted to make Nanashi do it then she wasn't going to fight him on it.

Nero shook his head with a soft, nearly nonexistent laugh. He couldn't believe that Nanashi was so bothered over such a minor nick to Celestine. With the way Nanashi was acting you'd think he just cut off one of the guys fingers or something. "Do you know why people started learning how to fight in the first place?" He paused, not really waiting for an answer. "They learned so they could protect themselves, their loved ones and the people of their villages." He paused. "It wasn't a skill used as frequently as others but when the need arose, people could protect themselves. Just because you don't like to fight doesn't mean you shouldn't know how. It isn't like you have to fight back..." He gave a sigh. "You can pick and chose your battles. Fight when you need to, and when you have a good reason." He paused. "There is no shame in that and you shouldn't feel guilty for it." He glanced over at him for a moment before looking away again.

Kanone landed in front of Aamori and tried to keep their weapons connected but he finally pulled back when she pushed back and caught sight of her swiping at his feet. He leaped into the air again, this time pulling another back flip and aiming to kick her in the jaw as he flipped. If nothing else, Kanone could at least make a good show out of fighting with all of his acrobatics, but even still he wasn't that bad, and the acrobatics weren't just for show; if he actually hit it would probably hurt really bad.

Hikari sighed softly and shook her head. "...Well...sometimes force is a good thing...just don't push him too hard." she said softly. "...Who knows...he may come around..." she said softly.

Celestine just stared at LaRae and then just shook his head."You just keep telling yourself that." he said simply when she said that she had helped the most. from what he recalled she was stuck in the back with no form of defense until Nerian cracked the marble. Even then it was Aamori who drenched and short circuited the sucker, and that was his idea. She made things easier holding him in place, but it could have been done without her as well. After her last remark he just shrugged. "I can tell you whatever I like, but that doesn't mean you're going to listen. If you want to be his personal body guard then go ahead, I really don't care what you do. But he is still leaning." he said simply.

Hikari just sighed, listening to the other two. "Guys, don't start fighting." she said tiredly, "It's too early to start."

Nanashi just looked at Nero in silence for a few moments, matching his eye before he looked away as well. What he said made sense to him, but he still didn't like it. "...Wasn't it the ones who learned to fight first who made protecting yourself or your people necessary?" he asked quietly. He closed his eyes again and leaned his back against the side of the house, drawing his legs up to wrap his arms around them.

Aamori had half suspected that he would do that to keep her staff from connecting with his feet though she hadn't expected his foot to come so close to her face. She just barely had enough time to do anything to soften the blow and the only thing she could think of to do was force herself backwards towards the ground. His foot still managed to nick her jaw before she hit the ground. Surprisingly enough to her that still hurt quite a bit. She didn't bother with anything fancy when she got back to her feet; She glared at him for a moment before lifting her hand to her jaw momentarily. She then wasted very little time in taking her staff in both hands again, dashing towards him only to seconds before being able to make contact, using her staff to pole-vault up and over his head. While in the air moving her staff so that the second she landed behind him she could thrust the steel staff into his back.

Kyran sank a little into the couch after hearing the back and forth between LaRae and Celestine. He would've loved to have gotten up and hit them both. Why did certain topics of discussion have to turn into arguments. He gave a heavy sigh and just shut his eyes, for now he'd just ignore them at least until they finished.

LaRae glared at Celestine until she heard Hikari and then she looked away. She bit her tongue and kept her following comments to herself. She really wasn't in the mood to be arguing with Celestine, let alone while being a guest in someone else's house. When he acted like this towards her it really made her regret doing considerate things.

Nero didn't bother looking back over to him to answer his question. "Actually, the first people who learned how to fight did it to protect themselves and their villages from creatures who wanted to invade or steal food from them." He paused. "As for who started the fighting amongst people... I'm not really sure. Though I'm sure that fighting among people started over something stupid. It always does." He commented quietly.

Kanone landed easily on his feet and watched her as she vaulted over his head. He knew she was going to do something if she wanted behind him so as soon as she was near landing he spun sideways and watched the staff graze past his stomach. He latched onto the pole and spun around so that he was standing beside her, "You okay?" He asked while keeping his death grip on the end of her staff.

Celestine just stared at LaRae while she glared at him and then looked over to Hikari when she told them not to fight. "I wasn't fighting." he said simply int he same rather emotionless voice. He really didn't care what LaRae did, but he did still want Nanashi to be able to take care of himself. Pathetic as he was, the guy could start to grow on you after a while. He didn't want him to get hurt or to cause anyone else to be hurt.

Hikari just sighed softly and shook her head. "I know, but you were getting there..." she said simply. "Where are Kanone and Aamori? she asked simply, changing the subject.

Celestine just shrugged again. "...Probably still out back." he said simply. He pulled the cloth away from his cheek and looked at it for a moment before dabbing his cheek again and checking the cloth to see if he was still leaving a mark. "Uhg...damn it..." He muttered under his breath. The thing was still bleeding.

Nanashi didn't bother to look over to Nero again either this time. "...I know." he said quietly. He could definitely vouch that it always started over somethings stupid. He could get punched in the face just for looking the wrong person in the eye or standing in the wrong place. "I've just never understood why..." he said in the same quiet voice.

Aamori tried to jerk her staff free when he took hold of it and then glanced at him when he ended up beside her asking how she was. She continued to hold onto her staff pretty tightly though she'd stopped trying to jerk it free of his hand. "I'm fine." She said quietly. Her jaw did hurt, but she wasn't going to admit to it. Her eyes dropped down to her staff and over to the hand he had on it. She smirked and pressed down on the jeweled button again, forcing the staff free of his hand rather quickly as the ends shot back down to size. She then dropped to the ground quickly in an attempt to sweep her leg under him to knock him down. While in the process of doing so she'd pressed the button again making her staff re-extend; So if he managed to avoid her leg she'd be able to jab him at least with her staff.

Kyran cracked open an eye when he heard Hikari ask about Aamori and Kanone. Come to think of it he was curious to know where they were too since Nanashi was obviously done practicing for now. He opened his other eye and looked at Celestine for a moment. "Looks like Nanashi got you a little worse then you thought?"

LaRae continued to just sit there quietly since she didn't have anything else to say. Though she glanced up briefly when she heard what Kyran said and then looked over at Celestine for only a second. She shook her head lightly and then shut her eyes. It served him right if he was still bleeding.

Nero shook his head lightly. "You mean it isn't obvious?" He paused and glanced over at him briefly. "Most of the time it's because people have a large ego or too much pride, maybe even a reputation to uphold." He gave a sigh. "Though, a lot of people fight now because of hatred or for revenge. Then there's also the standard territory fights.." He shrugged. "Now a days I think it's mostly about who's the bigger man, for lack of better words." He looked away again. "I don't exactly condone fighting, but sometimes it's necessary given the situation... Like when LaRae went after my friend in your stead. Ordinarily I wouldn't have gotten involved but I had a feeling she'd have nearly killed him had I not." He said with a sigh.

Kanone smiled slightly when Aamori said that she was alright and then blinked when the staff retracted. "You do--whoa!" He put his hand on top of her head and used her head to push himself up off of the ground and flipped himself up into a one-handed hand stand on top of her head before he tried to push himself the rest of the way over to get on the other side of her.

Celestine just glanced over to Kyran and sighed softly before he gave a short shrug. "It doesn't matter. It's just annoying is all." He said simply. he was getting tired of sitting there with his hand to his cheek.

Hikari looked over to Celestine for a few moments and then finally sat up away from Kyran and stood up. She walked across the room and over to Celestine before stopping in front of him. "Here, let me see." she said softly as she reached out to take the hand that was holding the cloth to his face to pull it away. She finally came around and sat down beside him before reaching up to take his chin gently, turning his head a little so that she could see better. "Well...it isn't too bad, but..." she raised her hand to his cheek anyway and let it hover just over the bleeding mark before closing her eyes and letting that pale aura take over her hand and seep into his cheek. A moment later she opened her eyes again and smiled slightly. "There you go." she said as she lowered her hand. She tiled her head slightly and looked at his chin, "What did you do to your chin?"

Celestine side glanced at her and rolled his eyes slightly. "I got in a fight wth the porch step and lost." He said simply. "....Thank you." he said finally before standing up. He wiped his cheek off one more time and then started back upstairs to do something with the rag that he had.

Hikari smiled slightly after him and shook her head before getting up to go sit beside Kyran again, reclaiming the position that she had been in previously.

Nanashi looked over to Nero and listened silently, though he didn't keep eye contact when Nero was looking at him. He lowered his eyes to his knees again when Nero looked away from him and started to talk about his friend. "...I know all of that...what I don't understand is...why things have to be that way all the time." he said quietly. He closed his eyes again and was quiet for a moment. "...I'm...sorry about your friend... I didn't want her to get involved." He said quietly, "...But even still...you didn't have to throw her into those darts. If Hikari hadn't healed her...she almost bled to death..." He said quietly.

Aamori grumbled quietly when Kanone yet again managed to avoid being knocked down and was now using her head to get away. She spun around when she felt his hand leave her head and tightened her grip on her staff. She held it in both hands like a bat and pulled back a little before swinging it straight for him while he tried to land.

Kyran watched when Hikari moved away from him and over to Celestine. He sat quietly at least until Hikari asked about Celestine's chin. He shook his head lightly. He wasn't sure which was more embarrassing, getting hit by the porch or getting hit by Nanashi. He guessed it was probably the porch just because that was an inanimate object. He looked at Hikari and smiled a little when she came back and sat next to him.

Nero gave a sigh, this was turning out to be more conversation then he had intended it to be. He thought he'd say one thing and be able to go back to ignoring the guy. "Things turn out like that because there is no respect between clans.. Simple as that." He paused and shook his head. "My friend will be survive." He said quietly. "If you didn't want her involved then you should've defended yourself against my friend. I mean, she did exactly what I did. She stuck up for you when you were getting hurt and I stuck up for my friend when he was getting hurt." He paused. "As for throwing her into the darts... I was aiming to kill her... I was surprised to see her alive at the meeting, but it does make sense now why she's alive." He half muttered. Sure, killing her was an extreme but she probably would've killed his friend had he not stepped in.

Unfortunately for Kanone, he had nowhere to go this time. His feet hadn't even connected with the ground yet when the staff slammed into his back. He yelped loudly before he was sent sailing across the yarn to land face first in the grass where he skidded a few feet before he came to a stop. Oooooww.... he thought as he lay there. It took him a minute before he even finally decided to get up, though by now he had nice grass stains all over his face.

Celestine finally came back down the stairs again and glanced at the others. "...Get ready to leave..." he said quietly before starting back toward the kitchen again. He figured that he'd best at least go say goodbye to Sonia before he went. He was already anticipating getting squeezed to death before he was allowed to leave.

Hikari smiled back to Kyran slightly and leaned her head against his arm again, at least until Celestine came back and told them to get ready to go. She watched him go toward the kitchen and then sighed. "Well, be right back. She said before she gathered her clothes and dashed up the stairs quickly to get dressed again. She did like the outfit that Sonia had given her and intended to keep it, but where they were going now, she thought it best that she change again. Once she was back in her other clothes she folded the other outfit neatly and took everything out of her pack before tucking them into the bottom and replacing the other items that she'd brought along and been given on top of them.

Nanashi looked back to Nero again with wide eyes when he said that he was trying to kill LaRae. He looked away again quickly and didn't say a word for a few moments. That was quite a bit extreme. "...I...didn't expect her to help me. I didn't think anyone would. That's why...I didn't bother. I gave up fighting back a long time ago. One more always comes, it just makes it worse. he said simply before getting to his feet again. "...Thank you...for talking." he said quietly. He glanced back toward the door again and started to turn toward it then stopped, apparently changing his mind about going back inside. He just stepped off the porch and started back around the house, though he only went to the side and sat down in the grass beside the house.

Aamori brought her staff down, resting it in her hand beside her when she saw him go sailing across the yard. She had a slight smirk on her face, glad that she finally managed to hit him. She watched for a moment when he finally got himself up to his knees. She saw this as an opportune time to attack and dashed towards his back only to pole-vault over him again, landing in front of him. She held her staff horizontally in both hands and then suddenly thrust it against his chest knocking him over backwards. She went along with her staff and sat down on him while she pushed her staff against his chest rather forcefully. "...I think this means I win." She said with a smirk as she looked down at his grass stained face and tried not to laugh.

Kyran gave a nod when Hikari said that she'd be back and then pushed himself up off the couch. He stretched and glanced down at LaRae for a moment before he wandered over to pick up his blades. He knelt down and picked them up before slipping them into his holster. He stood there for a moment before he walked over to the front door, opening it and stepping outside. He glanced around for a moment seeing Nero and then shrugged lightly before moving over to Nobu. He crouched down and patted Nobu on the head. "...We're getting ready to go."

LaRae continued to sit on the couch at least until Kyran got up and looked at her. She gave a sigh and then started to get up once Kyran had gone outside. She followed after him, walking straight off the porch standing quietly.

Nero stayed quiet when Nanashi spoke and went right back to acting like he wasn't listening to anything he was saying. He didn't bother watching where he went, and then lifted his hand briefly to brush his hair from his face. He looked up again however when he heard the door open. He gave a slight sigh seeing Kyran and then LaRae. He just stared at Kyran for a moment when he said they were getting ready to go and then gave a nod. He was ready to go at any time.

Kanone blinked when Aamori appeared in front of him again. He was a little busy rubbing his nose and trying not to move his wings too much since they were pretty sore after getting cracked with her staff. He was surprised when she actually hit him again and gasped when he slammed into the ground and coughed slightly when she sat on him. "Y-yeah...whatever you say..." he muttered through gritted teeth as he tried to shove her off, "G-get off!" he said quietly before he sat up again. He sucked in his breath through his teeth and reached over his shoulder to feel his wings. "Oww... Geez did you have to hit that hard? I think you nearly cracked something."

Hikari quickly hurried back downstairs and gathered her bow from near the window where she'd placed it with everyone else's weapons before she started outside as well since it seemed that everyone else had already gone outside. She sighed and went to stand near the edge of the porch before she glanced over to Nero. "Did you happen to see where Nanashi ended up?"

Celestine finally got away from Sonia and came back to the living room again. He fathered his swallow and hooked it back over his shoulder again before he took the spetum that Nanashi had left inside and started out the door. He stepped outside and glanced around for a moment before he just walked off the porch and leaned the spetum against the porch for a moment before he started around the house. He paused at the side of the house and looked down to Nanashi. "...We're getting ready to leave. Your weapon is by the porch." He said simply before he continued around the house.

Nanashi looked up to Celestine and sighed softly before he slowly got to his feet and started back around the house. He slowly glanced around, more or less counting feet before he stopped near the porch and reached over to take a hold of the spetum's handle.

Aamori stared at him blankly for a moment after he shoved her off of him. Then shook her head while she got to her feet. She gave a sigh and pressed the button on her staff making it retract again. "I didn't hit you that hard.." She muttered while she slipped her staff back into her holster. "And at least it doesn't hurt you every time you talk." She stared at him for a moment before looking away. Her jaw was still incredibly sore but she'd ignored it while they were fighting rather then freak out and baby it.

Kyran stood up when he heard the door open again and looked back to Hikari. He smiled a little and then started down off the porch himself motioning for Nobu to follow him. He turned and watched when Celestine came back outside and then gave a small sigh. It didn't take too long for him to start thinking again about what he and Hikari had talked about previously. He could only hope that she was wrong.

Nero glanced up briefly when he heard the question that Hikari asked. He just shrugged lightly and then got to his feet, slipping his hands into his pockets. He knew where Nanashi had gone but it wasn't like she couldn't find him if she went looking.

LaRae continued to stand there quietly, not bothering to look back when the door opened and Hikari and Celestine came outside. She gave a sigh and stretched her arms out in front of her and then over her head. She was kind of ready to get back to traveling, at least then everyone kind of kept to themselves.

Kanone rolled his eyes slightly as he got to his feet slowly. "No, just every time I move." he muttered as he tried to stretch out his wings a bit. Well at least they weren't broken or anything. He wiped off his face and finally bend down to pick up his lance again. "And hey I asked if you were alright. Big as you talked of yourself I was surprised that you didn't duck." he said simply.

Celestine shook his head as he rounded the corner. "What are you two doing now?" he asked with a sigh, "I told you to take over training Nanashi not beat the living daylights out of my idiot cousin." he said simply. "Come on, Aamori...we're leaving."

Hikari sighed softly and nodded to Nero before she followed Kyran off the porch and stood beside him. She glanced around for a moment before she noticed Nanashi come around the house and take up his weapon again. She smiled slightly to him and then looked away. She still half wondered if Celestine had ever made sense of that vision that he had told them about, but she didn't even want to bother asking him. She had a feeling the answer wouldn't be pretty.

Nanashi looked up a little to LaRae and just went to stand closer to her once he had his weapon in hand again. He still didn't bother to speak to anyone, but at least he actually seemed a little better after talking to Nero. He still wouldn't just go up and bother the guy, but after that he wasn't quite so afraid of him anymore...well unless he did something to make him angry.

Aamori sighed. "I tried to get out of the way of your foot..." She glanced over at him. "I'm surprised you didn't see my staff coming. I guess if there is ever a next time I'll use my kid gloves and go easy on you." She said before glancing over to Celestine. She glanced back to Kanone for a moment and then shrugged lightly before moving closer to Celestine. "..I didn't beat him that badly.. I hit him once and he was done." She commented before she continued walking. She lifted her hand up rubbed her jaw lightly. She really wished she'd dodged his foot sooner.

Kyran glanced over to Hikari when she came to stand next to him. He smiled slightly and then turned his head away again. He gave a sigh and tried not to think about that stuff too much. He looked back at Hikari. "...So, what did you do with those nice clothes that Sonia gave you?" He asked quietly trying to think of something else.

LaRae lifted her eyes when she noticed Nanashi came closer to her and offered a slight smile. "...You feeling a little better?" She asked quietly.

Kanone rolled his eyes. "Don't bother, next time I just wont treat it like a play fight." he said simply. He winced and then glared at Celestine and then started back in that general direction again. Even though he'd said that he wasn't going easy on her, considering that he had sharp points on both ends of his lance he was trying to be careful not to stab her since he didn't want to seriously hurt her. Even kicking her in the jaw was worse than what he'd really wanted to hurt her. He paused when he got to them and sighed. "Well, guess I'll see at least one of you later." He said simply. He glanced to Aamori and half smiled before he just wrapped his arms around her. "Goodbye."

Celestine just sighed softly and shook his head at the two of them before he just turned around and started back toward the front of the house without a word. "...Don't take all day." He said simply before he rounded the corner of the house.

Hikari smiled slightly at Kyran and pointed down to her bag. "They're folded in there." she said simply, "I thought considering where we were going having on a skirt probably wouldn't be the best of ideas." she said lightly.

Nanashi looked up a little more to LaRae and smiled weakly as he gave her a short nod. "...A little..." He said quietly.

Aamori shook her head when she heard him say 'play fight'. "If you weren't going easy on me then you shouldn't have looked at it as a play fight." She commented. She glanced over at Kanone briefly when he mentioned he'd see at least one of them later. She was going to just say goodbye but he'd already wrapped his arms around her. She couldn't help but blush slightly as she stood there. "...G-goodbye." She mumbled. "...I-I'll be there ..in a minute.."

Kyran glanced down to her bag when she pointed to it and shook his head lightly. "...I have to say I didn't think you could fit anything else in that." He smiled slightly and gave a nod. "And yes I doubt a skirt would be ideal for forests."

LaRae gave a soft sigh. "...That's good. I'm glad." She said quietly. She could only imagine how he must have felt having to learn how to use a weapon. For as long as she could remember she'd known how to fight. She was never given a chance to hate it and she had no gripes with sparring.

Kanone just half grinned, "Well I didn't really want to hurt you, ya know. I had a couple of blades I had to look out for." he said lightly, "I couldn't go all out on you if I didn't want to stab you." he leaned down and gave her a light kiss on the cheek before he released her. "Well...take off." he said with a slight smile, "I'll see if I ever get down to Kairava to see about those fish." He said simply.

Celestine just rounded back to the front of the house and walked over to the others. "Well as soon as Kanone is finished with Aamori, we can go." he said simply, crossing his arms as he waited, rather impatiently.

Hikari smiled slightly at Kyran and shook her head, "The bag isn't that small." She said simply before she glanced over to Celestine again. She nodded slightly to him and tilted her head slightly, wondering why he was so irritated. She guessed when he was ready to go he was ready to go and didn't like to wait on people.

Nanashi just looked at LaRae again before he lowered his eyes once more. If anything, he guessed he could at least learn to use this thing for her sake. he didn't really care about protecting himself, but if the need arose, he would want to be able to protect her, or one of the others. He doubted that any of them would ever really need him, but even still...he guessed it wouldn't hurt to be prepared. Like Nero said, he didn't have to fight back.

Aamori glanced up at him. "...You only used the lance once to try and attack and spent the rest of the fight on the defensive." She paused. "You weren't going to cut me if you weren't using it." She commented. She just stood there for a moment after he kissed her cheek and released her. Her cheeks still holding a hint of blush. She averted her eyes and gave a nod before she started to turn to head back to the front of the house. She paused though and glanced back over her shoulder. "..If you ever make it to Kairava, I can show you around. If you can find me." She said lightly. She was about to start walking again but just stood there before turning all the way back around and walking up to Kanone to give him a hug. "I am sorry about your back." She paused and pulled away. "...I guess I don't know my own strength." She said with a light chuckle. "..Well.. goodbye ...again." She said quietly before turning around and walking towards the front of the house.

Kyran looked down at the bag again for a moment before looking back to Hikari. "Well, it just seemed like you already had a decent amount of stuff inside. That's all." His eyes shifted over to Celestine when he came back around the house and without Aamori. He tilted his head then gave a sigh hearing Kanone was slowing down Aamori. Somehow that didn't really surprise him since those two had spent the majority of this stay with one another.

Kanone shook his head slightly at her comment. He hadn't been using the thing because he didn't want to cut her, what part of that wasn't she getting? He didn't bother to argue with it. It was pointless arguing with women, he learned that well enough from his mother. He watched her go and smiled, nodding to her. "I never forget a pretty face." He said simply. He smiled and hugged her back when she came back to hug him again. "It's okay." he said softly. "...Bye." he said after she pulled back and started walking again. He sighed softly and lowered his eyes to the ground, shaking his head slightly. Well, it was fun while it lasted. He guessed he was going to have to go back to pestering the village girls.

Hikari smiled slightly, "Well, I am pretty good at packing a lot of things into a tiny space. It's all in how you turn things." she said simply. She glanced back toward the side of the house to watch for Aamori. She smiled slightly when she finally saw her coming into view.

Celestine was apparently watching for her as well. As soon as he saw her he sighed softly. "Alright... has everyone got everything?" he asked simply.

Nanashi glanced back to Celestine and nodded slightly. He had everything that he came with plus some.

"Yes, I do." Hikari answered simply.

Aamori rounded the house and glanced over at Celestine when he asked if everyone had everything. She looked down at her feet checking for her sandals and then felt for her staff. She gave a slight nod and then glanced around at the others. Obviously they'd all been waiting on her. She sighed softly and looked away while waiting to get going.

Kyran looked up when Aamori finally came around the house and then glanced over at Celestine. He doubled checked his blades and then looked at Nobu before giving a nod. "Yes, I've got everything." He answered.

LaRae didn't bother answering the question that Celestine asked. Only because it was obvious that she wasn't missing anything. After all she didn't have to carry anything on her.

Nero finally started off the porch when everyone was finally rounded up. He just stood there and looked over at Celestine briefly before giving a small nod.

Celestine looked around to everyone and then nodded. "Good... then lets go." He said simply before he turned and started to walk back toward the town square again. He glanced up and straight ahead. If you continued forward and all the way out of town you would cone out in the woods again near the base of another mountain. From there he knew that they needed to get around that mountain and there would be another small village, their destination was just beyond that other village.

Hikari sighed softly and started after Celestine without a word once he started to walk. She made sure to stay beside Kyran as she walked, but after a few moments she looked back to Celestine again. "...Do you know where we are going now, don't you?" she asked, "I mean...since you didn't get directions..."

"Yeah. I know." he said simply. "Don't worry." He didn't even turn around when he answered.

Nanashi watched as Celestine and the others started forward and then slowly started after them, though he kept close to LaRae as usual. He was ready to just get back to the way things usually were, with Kyran and Hikari sticking together and Aamori staying with Celestine and everyone pretty much leaving him and LaRae alone.

Kyran started after Celestine once he started walking and then glanced over at Hikari when she asked her question. It never failed, whenever he had a similar question but hesitated on asking it she'd beat him to it. He gave a soft sigh hearing Celestine's answer to her question. He of course only had one other question but he wasn't so sure he wanted to bother asking it with everyone around. The last thing he wanted to do was go alarming anyone else over just an idea that he and Hikari had thought of.

Nobu started walking at the same time Kyran had though he was caught trying to decide who he wanted to walk beside. He wanted to walk with Kyran, but at the same time he wouldn't mind walking with Celestine. He ended up just staying beside Kyran. He could always switch places later on if he wanted to.

LaRae looked up when a couple of the others had already started off. She gave a soft sigh and then turned to follow them. She was glad to finally be starting out again. It was nice to have a chance to stop and relax like they had but after awhile it started to get annoying with everyone constantly interacting like they had been.

Aamori didn't start walking right away, she stood there for a moment before she finally got her feet moving. She caught up to Hikari and Kyran at least and stood off to the side of Hikari as they walked. She glanced over at her and then averted her eyes for a moment. "..Hikari, by chance do you have anything in your bag to make something stop hurting?" She asked quietly. Her jaw was still bothering her and she didn't want to go for too long with pain every time she opened her mouth.

Nero waited until after everyone else had started walking and took up the rear like usual. He walked with his hands in his pockets and his eyes pinned to the ground for the most part.

Hikari glanced over to Aamori when she spoke to her and smiled weakly. "...I'm not sure... what is hurting you, I can see what I can do." she said softly. She had so much stuff crammed into that bag that she couldn't honestly say what she had in there. She did have several herbs and all of the things that Kyran's uncle had given her, but she didn't think that that stuff could help pain much since she didn't seem to have an open wound.

Celestine just continued forward at a fairly quick pace, trying to at least get most of the way to the next town before night fall, and they had wasted a good portion of the morning already.

Kyran glanced over at Aamori when she wound up next to Hikari. He was a little curious as to her question, she didn't look like anything was wrong with her. He turned his eyes back in front of him and stayed quiet.

Aamori gave a soft sigh and then looked back to Hikari. "...My jaw hurts, I got kicked in the face..." She muttered quietly. She averted her eyes, rather embarrassed to admit to that. After all if she'd reacted just a second sooner she probably could've avoided getting nicked all together. "...It hurts when I move it, and when I talk." She added lastly.

Kyran was trying to act like he wasn't paying attention but when he heard Aamori say that she was kicked in the face he looked over at her. "How in the world did that happen?" He asked curiously.

Aamori lifted her eyes again when she heard Kyran's question and looked over at him for a moment before dropping her eyes again. "...I was sparring with Kanone..." She answered quietly.

Hikari blinked when Aamori said that she was kicked in the face and then glanced back to Kyran when he took her next question. "Hmm..." she reached over to Aamori and gently put her hand against her jaw. "Well...depending on how hard you were hit you have have a cracked bone... but I don't think so. You're probably just bruised..." she said softly.

Celestine glanced back to Aamori for a minute, "Oh so he did hit you. It looked like you just smeared his face in the dirt." He said simply. "He isn't that hard to take down, you probably could have taken it easy on him."

Hikari glanced to Celestine for a moment and then shook her head slightly. "Well... I'll see what I can do." she said simply as she pulled her hand back and slid her back around her belt so that she could rummage through it. She finally came out with a small bag of tiny purple flowers. "Well... these are usually pretty good for soothing pain from burns... They work for a lot of things, but not very well unless directly applied to the sore area, but since it's your jaw that's hurting just try sucking on one and see if it helps." she said as she pulled one from the bag and handed it to her.

Kyran shook his head lightly hearing that Kanone was the one who kicked her, but considering they were sparring there wasn't much he could say about it. He gave a sigh and went back to quietly walking.

Aamori watched when Hikari reached over to touch her jaw and then gave a sigh after listening to her. She hadn't even thought about the possibility of a cracked bone, at least until it was mentioned. She glanced over at Celestine when she heard him speak and then sighed again. "...Yeah... That was the only time he managed to land a hit..." She muttered. "And he said he wasn't going to go easy on me, so what was I supposed to think?" She paused. "Then he went on saying you were just a warm up. I took him seriously as I would any other person." She shook her head and then looked back to Hikari when she pulled out the small bag. She eyed the flower that was handed to her for a moment before she actually took it. She looked at it in her hand for a minute before looking back over to Hikari. "...This isn't going to leave a bad taste in my mouth is it?" She asked quietly.