Xing looked up. "Yeah, I'm good." He said quietly.

Taki frowned."you sure?",he asked softly.

Xing nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure." He said.

Taki sighed,just floating there now.

"You sure you're all right?" Elliot asked Xing.

"I'm sure! Now leave me alone!" Xing snapped, glaring at Elliot, then getting up and running up the stairs. The door slammed, showing he'd barricaded himself in his room.

Elliot sighed.

Taki frowned."he's taking it hard too",he said softly.
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Sakura blinked hearing the door slam and sat up. She had made her way onto the roof o do some star gazeing. She quiltly mde her way over to Xing's window,and poked her head down."I think that door slame was heard on the pther side of the world"

"I'll say," Elliot said. "Harder than normal...You think he...?"

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Xing yelped. He looked to the window to see the girl who was presumably Sakura. "Leave me alone..." He grumbled.

Sakura sighed.This place wasnt very welcoming so far."yeah,i was trying to make you smile,but whatever,im pretty sure your friend would not want you to be like this..",she said sitting up straight looking at the sky again.
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Shiki blinked."no way...well maybe",he said looking orried.

"Whatever..." Xing grumbled. "Seems I'm a destruction magnet..."

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"They way he's acting, it wouldn't be surprising." Elliot said, tapping her chin with her finger.

Shiki sighed."yeah ....heh,if Abby knew she would have been bugging him .....",he said softly.
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Sakura gave a sighed and made her way down,so she could sit in his window seal."now I highly dout that"

"Bigtime," Elliot said with a small smile. It didn't last.

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"Oh really?" Xing asked sullenly. "Then explain why anyone I make friends with ends up dead."

Shiki sighed."we have to free her from that dark spirit....."
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Sakura looked to him."well i can already tell you that you liked her more then a friend ... ",she pointed out."and ...maybe,it was her time...... you wernt the one who killd her right? some dark spirit did,a crazy ine by the sounds of it"

"Yeah," Elliot said, nodding. "Question is, how, and where it is."

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"I did not!" Xing protested. "And yeah, it was that stupid, mother****ing dark spirit...he's got her soul hostage now...."

Sakura looked at him"suurree you didnt",she then sighed."does he now?",she said softly and stood up."I'll go free her",she said and made her way onto the try outside of Xings window.

"It's easier said than done, considering what it did to Abby. And her family..." Xing replied. Now that he got a closer look at Sakura, she was kinda cute....

Sakura looked back to him,smileing some."I''ll be fine",she said making her way down the tree."besides,i can feel him,its creepy",she said making it to the ground."andbesides... Abby .. is my sister ..s i have to help her....",she said giving Xing a smile and started walking.

"Are...are you nuts?!" Xing yelped, running to the window and poking his head out. "He'll do to you what he did to Abby! He'll dismember you and then take your soul!"

"You have a crush on her, don't you, Master Xing?" Bason said from near the door.

"Sh-shut up! I do not!" Xing snapped, turning to Bason, bright red.

Sakura stoppped sighing looking to him."relax, i dont have to fight tim to help him,i just need to be able to see him",she said and gave a quick wink."i'll be back before you know it ....besides,if shes at least free of this phycho, maybe it will help all of you heal, and smile a litt;le",she said and continued walking.

Xing hesitated for a moment, before jumping down beside her. He nearly fell flat on his face. "I'm still going with you. Who knows what that freak might try."

Sakura yelped in surprise,but looked to him with some worry."Only if your sure ",she said and started walking again.Looking back to him again she gave a smile."Thank you"

"Er, you're welcome." Xing replied, hoping the heat in his face did not mean he was blushing.

Sakura gave a smile at his blush,but didnt mentin it. They walked along,as she started to sence the spirit,she stopped,senceing the dark spirit close by."he's near"

Xing nodded, feeling the shiver going down his spine. "Here's hoping we don't end up as his next meal."

Sakuta siled to him."we wont",she said looking around and began to climb up a tree.Tha sat on a branch,watching the dark spirit meditatae."good",she said softly.Then looked down to Xing."I'll have your friend freed in no time",she said quitley to im with a wink.Then went into her bbag,pulling out prayre beeds and looked towards the dark spirit and held the beeds out infront of her."i call on the spirits,help me with this task ive taken ....help free the inosent spirits trapped withing",she said quitle as little bluelight forameda small cirile around Sakura."Free the ond called Abby Asakura,this dark Spirit is useing her,holding her,please,free her,with all your might",she said the the balls around Sakura flickered and and shot into the dark spirit ,causieng him to let out a roar that sent him to the ground,unable to move. Sakura stayed focused and her eyes snapped open as the little balls of light shot out of him,and a white light also came out,and disapeared with the blus lights. Sakura sighed tierdly and hoped out of the tree."there",she mutterd sitting on the ground.

"You positive that worked?" Xing asked, looking nervously from Sakura to the dark spirit and back.