Akira sat on her bed, waiting for the other Sins to return. She had a lot on her mind that she couldn't explain. The newest thing was how her arm healed. Demons healed quickly, but not that quick. Damn you, Alemi. If this is your doing, I will kill you the next time we meet. Why would he heal her? He was Kindness, but the whole mortal enemy thing should have stopped him. Unless he did it on purpose to piss her off. If so, it was working.

Alemi reached his section of the garden. He went over to the small brook that ran through it and knelt. Staring at himself in the water he wondered why he was there. For being the virtue of kindness he still held heart deep inside of him that could be brought to the surface. “What is my reason for fighting? Is it really because I want to protect others and I have no other choice?” His eyes narrowed slightly when he couldn’t come up with an answer. This wasn’t good. He needed to bury the anger he felt and hide it once again. After a few moments he started to clean his wounds, a smile satisfying smirk playing on his lips. Akira will be pissed at me for healing her, I guess it’s a fitting pay back for stealing a kiss.

Codette grinned. "Deal." she called back, and settled down as if to fall asleep.

Stella watched Alemi leave, worried, but she nodded to Gun. "I have no fight with Codette. So long as she doesn't cause trouble, I don't mind." she gave a small smile.

Gun smiled, putting away his sword since it seemed the other demons didn’t want to fight. “Great then everything is settled.” He was a little saddened by not getting to fight since he lived for it, more so then the other virtues. Things had been entertaining though and he wondered how interesting things would become after today.

((OMG Blueblackrose! I love your FMA outfit!))

Arianna returned thinking about nothing except Adam. Not very many of the Sins knew about him except Wrath. Sure he was an old memory now but, the greatest memories she had was with him. They did everything together. They almost thought about getting married, but of course, they decided to wait. The old Temperance killed him in the war sadly. Arianna walked towards and laid on it. Her body started to slip off the bed while she slowly dozed oof into space. After a few minutes, her eyes slowly closed and she fell into a deep sleep while tear strolled down her red cheeks.

After a nice long nap, she woke up and noticed something odd. She was on the floor in the corner of the room. I must have sleep walked or rolled over here. Ugh. She stood up with a sore back and damp cheeks. "Why the hell am I cryi-.....Oh yeah, Adam. I need to get him off of my mind. Maybe I should go find Wrath or something." Arianna walked to the door and turned the doorknob. If only I got to say the words 'I love you Adam' one more time, that would satisfy me. Still thinking, Arianna opened the door which ran staright into her forehead. (Not literally I just mean that it hit her hard.) "Damn it ouch!!" She yelled as she collapsed to the floor. Her head was throbbing inside. "Damn that hurt! Akira! AKIRA!!! Help I hurt myself!" Of coarse, it felt kind of embarrassing. Like a little girl crying for her mother. Whatever, that wasn't the issue right now. It was the fact that her head was going to burst! (Not literally again). "Wrath!"

Akira had just fallen asleep when Arianna hit her head. At first, she didn't know what was going on until Arianna had called for her. She quickly climbed out of bed and ran to Lust. "I'm here." She put a hand to the demon's forehead. "You're going to need some ice," she said as she got up and walked to the kitchen. It didn't take long for her to grab an ice pack and return. "You gotta be more careful." Akira looked up at Lust's face and noticed the tear streaks. It's been a while since she's cried last.

Arianna looked up at Akira. "Thanks Wrath. I feel kind of stupid right now honestly...." She looked at Wrath's eyes and realized that she was looking at her cheeks. Oh, my tears! She immediately placed her hand on both of her cheeks. Oh but my head still hurts so I need to grab the ice pack. Arianna slowly lifted her left hand to grab the ice pack. How embarrassing. "I know, I haven't cried in awhile. And no, it's not because of my head. I'm sure you can guess why...." She said as she grabbed the ice pack and set on her beating forehead. Chills ran down her spine. "Oh. That was cold." She laughing. Arianna was feeling better because she had someone to be with. Honestly, Akira was her best friend. Someone who she could tell anything to.....now that Adam was history. She was actually starting to completely feel better since she was with Akira.

Akira looked at the ground. "I know." She didn't know what to do. She wasn't the type to comfort people. This is the one time I wish Alemi was here. With that thought, she grew angry. The bastard healed her from such a distance. She never knew he could do that, let alone be such a coward to do it from such a distance. "Hey, wouldn't you like to smash some of those ugly dishes Greed brought home?"

Jaycie was walking through the gardens, a Rubix cube in her petite hands and her wings fluttering slightly. AS far as she was aware, she was the only one of the Virtues with wings even though they were all angels. It was really just weird to her. Her usual gown was swapped for a pink, heart-covered t-shirt that ended a little bit past her waist, giving everyone an easy view of the bottom half of her pristine, girlish Pull-up. Most people would have been embarrassed by such a childish garment, but as the Virtue of Humility, she never felt embarrassed.

Looking up from her just-completed puzzle, she noticed she was near a brook. Upon looking around further and simply observing her surroundings, she heard Alemi upstream a little ways. Finding the company of a fellow Virtue much more rewarding than completing her easy puzzle, she walked over to him, calling out. "Alemi! Alemi! It's me Jaycie! Do you want to hang out for a bit?" she shouted as she neared him, uncaring whether anyone heard her or not.

[I'm sorry, dishes? Is there people at the Sins' home or something?]

Gun offered his hand to Stella. It was unusual for him to do something like this, and he felt a bit awkward. “Why don’t we get you to a place you can rest? Or we could go make sure Alemi is alright. I think it will be ok to leave Codette alone. She won’t go anywhere.” He laughed slightly.

Alemi looked up from the brook, being pulled away from his thoughts by a familiar voice. The blood was gone, but the wounds were still visible on his arms. “Hey Jaycie, I don’t really have anything else to do right now.” He let out a soft sigh. He didn’t really want to be with anyone else right now, but no matter where he went one of the other virtues would more than likely find him. Maybe this wasn’t a bad thing because it would distract him from the things that were troubling his mind.

(Only Wrath, Lust, Envy, and Pride. Akira finds breaking stuff to be fun, so she thought maybe it would cheer Arianna up.)

"Come on, Lemi," Jaycie said, sitting and swirling her tiny feet in the flowing water. "What's on your mind? You know you can talk to me about it." Once again, Jaycie had broken the image her body portrayed; she looked like a child, but the truth was, she was much, much older than some of the Virtues, and therefore was extremely mature for her size. Being the Virtue of Humility, she was also very nonjudgmental. The majority of the Virtues should know that, even if she never expressed it herself. Really, she was far, far too modest for her own good. Looking him over in the bright sunlight, she noticed the wounds on his arms. "Was there a fight?" she asked. "Is that what's got your undies in a bunch?" This revealed her more childish nature, something that being old didn't prevent, especially in the Virtue of Humility.

Arianna smiled and looked up to Wrath. "Yeah, that should get.....things off my mind." She stood up and held the ice pack over her head. The smile on her face grew. She walked towards the door and opened it. Arianna looked to the left and right to see which way to go. Right, this way. She turned her head to Akira. "Well then, let's go. I haven't done this with you in such a long time." Arianna walked through the hallways and stairs until she reached the kitchen. Once there, she looked at all the cupboards until she found the correct one. "Dishes, dishes, dishes......Aw! Here they are there."

A small smile slipped onto Alemi’s lips when Jaycie’s childish side showed. “The fight isn’t what is bothering me. Just some questions that came up during the fight are. I’m probably over thinking things. Really it’s rather silly.” He gave a slightly chuckle as he finally stood up. He knew that Jaycie wasn’t lying about him being able to talk to her about anything, but he didn’t want to pull her into his personal problems. They were his and his alone. He would have to deal with them on his own. This kind of thinking was nothing new for him. He often put his concern for others above his own.

"Aw, come on," Jaycie whined, rolling onto her head and up onto her hands to follow Alemi. "I don't have nuffin*' better to do. You guys don't like it when I fight." It was a fact after all; the Virtues often tried to keep the humble child out of fights, even if she could take care of herself. By now, she was standing on her hands, inadvertently blinded by her pastel t-shirt. Her sodden Pull-up was also on display at this point, a fact that caused the childish Virtue to giggle hysterically. "So am I!" she exclaimed in between giggles, pointing out her own actions in response to Alemi's comment about silliness. "Really! It doesn't bother me at all!"

*In this case, "nuffin'" is spelled correctly, as that is how Jaycie pronounced it. :D*

Alemi tried not to pay much attention to what Jaycie was doing. “That is true I don’t like when you or any of the others fight.” His thoughts trailed off for a moment. He had actually enjoyed fighting for once. That wasn’t like him at all. I need to do some meditation later. “Do you know why we are fighting? Do you have a reason to fight other then you have to?” His gaze fell back onto Jaycie’s petite figure. There was a slight look of confusion in his eyes.

"We have to fight? Since when?" Jaycie asked, smiling brightly, just like a child. "I fight because they fight. People fight to grow stronger. Only by surviving do you increase in strength. Revenge, hate, whatever. It's all the same. You fight to be or become stronger than your enemies. No where is it written that we have to fight though. We are creatures with free will. That lie is just the way the old Sins and Virtues kept their new members fighting. Trying to find rationality in violence is pointless. None exists. All you'll do is drive yourself mad." Again, Jaycie belied her size's expected wisdom. Most people would have just stood there staring if she had said that.

By now, the blood was starting to hurt Jaycie's head, so she let herself fall onto her back with a small thud. Her Pull-up hit the ground with a whump, while she felt the squish of the wet material against her butt, a feeling which caused her to squirm a bit on the ground. "Did I help at all?" she asked, looking up at the taller Virtue with inquisitive eyes.

((SORRY!!! I guess I accidently hit unsubscribe because I stopped getting updates -.-'))

Stella smiled softly and accepted Guns hand, knowing how hard it was for him. "Thank you. My section of the garden would be fine. I don't feel like being trapped inside."

Codette lifted her hand in a salute. "If I do go anywhere it'll be back home." Codette waved them off and leaned deeper against the tree.

Alemi nodded, “Yes, that helped some. I still have some thinking to do later.” The confusion was gone for his eyes, for the most part. He sat down beside Jaycie. “I’m glad you missed the fight, some of it was embarrassing.” He blushed slightly thinking about the kiss, but it was quickly gone. How could Akira do something like that? How could she steal a kiss in the middle of battle and not only that, but his first kiss. Sure he was the virtue of kindness and love, but he had never been in love. When he realized he was staring off into space he shook his head. “Sorry.”

“Alright, I might go check on him on my own then.” Gun had a slight smirk on his face. He started to walk slowly beside of Stella heading towards her section of the garden.



((sorry for the short post for Gun, I can't really think of much to post right now))

Akira followed Arianna. She was glad this would help the girl, and they wouldn't have to talk about Adam or even what happened earlier in the day. Then she wondered who'd clean up the mess when they were done. Definately not Sloth. I wonder if she returned yet. She reached up into the cupboard, grabbed the pile of dishes and placed them on the counter. She picked up a plate and handed it to Arianna. "Want to go first?"

Arianna took the plate from her hands. "I would love too." She looked at the plate and whispered to herself. "Sorry Greed." Arianna threw the plate at the wall and grinned when she saw the pieces shatter to the floor. Surprisingly, it was very exhilerating and she wanted to do it again. "Oh my God Wrath, try it! It's so much fun!" She picked another plate and threw it at he wall. Once again, the pieces shattered everywhere. Wow. She looked at Akira with a grin. She would see how much fun it is to do together. She picked up her third plate and threw it towards the floor. But one of the pieces 'bounced back' at her arm which cut it deeply. Arianna stared at it with open eyes as her dark red blood dripped down until it too fell to the floor. "U-uhm.....I'm all right. It doesn't hurt that much. You can keep throwing plates and stuff if you like. I'm just going to wash it off in the sink right there." She said as she pointed towards the sink. All she had to do was take a few teps until she reached the sink. Arianna rinsed it off while clenching her teeth. "But thank you for making me feel better. It really did. If only I could've thrown those plates at Chasity."

Akira threw a few plates at the wall herself. She was glad that it was helping Arianna. Wrath stopped when Arianna had cut herself. Looking down at the blood, she thought of Alemi and how much she really wanted to make him bleed. "Uh yeah. Make sure you clean it good. We wouldn't want it to scar." She walked over to the kitchen table and sat down on one of the chairs. "Well I bet there are some more plates around here that you could use on her. And Greed shouldn't mind. With these plates gone, there's room for more to be stolen."

"Uhm, I don't think I want to throw plates anymore right now. I did but, not anymore." Arianna looked under the sink and grabbed the first aid kit. She took out the gauze and wrapped it around her arm as she told Akira, "What I think we should do is get the Sins all together and go out somewhere. We could have a lot of fun." As Arianna finished wrapping her arm, she pulled a chair next to Wrath. She sat down and tried to think of where they could go. Hmm.......