"Much." He said as he rubbed his forehead. "Come'ere..." He said as he looped an arm around her waist and pulled her into a tight hug.

Still smiling, she returned his hug, nuzzling him lightly. "I'm glad. You're kind of scary when you're in a bad mood." Playing with his hair as she spoke, she asked, "So, what are you going to teach me first?"

He held her tightly for another moment, the weight of a year without her a heavy burden. "Let's move to the courtyard and see what you've learned so far. He said, pulling a small white pouch with a gold drawstring from a drawer. "If you can get this from me, you can have the contents."

"Oooh, what is it?" She asked, reaching for it. "You should tell me what it is first, so I know if I want it."

"Treats from heaven." he smirked.

"That doesn't tell me much." She leaned farther over, groping for it. "Give me." After a moment, she added, "Please."

"You have to win it." He said as he got up, his outfit changing to a black form fitting longsleeved shirt and a pair of black jeans. "Come on, catch me if you can." He said as he fell backwards out the window.

"No fair!" She hopped up, chasing him out the window. She was considerably faster than before (which was saying something, as she'd been pretty fast to begin with) and easily kept up with him. "Gimme!"

Jin pulled all kinds of acrobatics, diving low to fly among the trees, he rather suddenly shot forward, the plantlife thickening behind him.

She followed, dodging the branches and leaves. Suddenly, she darted out, then returned in front of Jin.

Jin stopped in mid air, grinned at her, and shot skyward, a heavy fog filling the area. He traced two fingers along his forearm and set a blade of flames that extended from his elbow past his fingertips by a few feet, based on a thin wire.

Without missing a beat, Carol shot up after him, creating a small ball of wind (that I stole from Avatar) to burst through the fog. She then used the remainder of it to create a large wave of water that she shot at him.

He blocked the bulk of the force, but it was enough to put out his blade. He discarded the wet wire and chose instead to used the air and her own water to manipulate a kind of whip for air current to direct it and water to add force and mass. He snapped it towards her, aiming to entangle her wings.

With a small smirk, she pulled her wings in and fell several feet before suddenly shooting up again. She stopped directly in front of him, but instead of grabbing for the item, leaned in and kissed him rather forcefully.

Jin didn't hesitate to freeze the water around her wings. He put a hand to her cheek, his bone shaping to form a blade which, with some pain, broke the skin of is wrist and rested against her neck. "Very good, you'll be beyond the skills of any in either of the worlds one you have both sides of your magic mastered." His wrist went back to normal and he released her. He let himself freefall, the bag trailing behind him as if teasing her with it.

She followed, rubbing her neck where the blade had been. "Good. Now gimme."

((The bag has a jar of cloud, which is like, actual fluffy goodness, a small crystal on a necklace that improves positive energy, a silver pocket watch for himself that he forgot to take out, and a few different sets of jewlery. Bag is a marry poppins style. XD As in itll hold more than it appears to be able to.))

He tossed it to her as he landed lightly.

She caught it easily and grinned as she pulled it open, poking through. "Oooh...what's with you and jewelry?" She laugh, pulling out the necklace and admiring it. "I already own more pieces now than I did when I was alive." She set the bag on the ground to put the necklace on, but couldn't get the clasp. "Help?"

"I thought women liked jewelry..." he said as he helped her with it.

"They do. I'm not saying I don't like it...I'm just not very materialistic and so not used to it." Once it was on, she placed a hand to it lightly. "It's beautiful. Thank you."

"Well I can't really give you anything non-materialistic..." He said, looking away.

"Don't be stupid, Jin." She wrapped her arms around him, holding him tightly. "You don't need to give me anything. I'm just happy that you're here."

Jin kissed her neck, "We'll get started on actual magic at nightfal, for now, show me what Anette's taught you."

"Okay..." She snapped her fingers and her sword and staff Annet had made for her appeared. "That trick," she explained with a smile, "Diah taught me. Very handy."

Jin's own weapon appeared, a very sharp blade on one side, and a seraded blade meant strictly to tear away muscle on the other ( Same blade, like, o==][========== But smooth on top and jagged on the bottom ). He got up and took stance, a piece of armor with yet another blade running up his forearm and extending a tad further near his hand to a small ball of black stone.