Celestine at the time being was sitting up on the edge of the roof with Esen beside him, his sash blowing slightly in the wind as it passed him, pushing his hair over his shoulders and blowing it off to the side a bit. He had fallen asleep up there again last night, as he had just about every night since he'd been here. He didn't like sleeping in the room with Kanone, mostly because he tended to snore annoyingly and keep him awake. He seemed to be practically staying on the roof now that Kanone was here, apparently trying to hide from more than just Yoichi now. As far as he knew right now Kanone was still fast asleep in the bedroom, though it was pretty usual not to see him until the crack of noon. Celestine had just been sitting there silently, watching Aamori and Hisako train. He was rather impressed after actually getting to see Aamori in action... now if only she could manage to do that when it mattered, he would be happy. He sighed softly once they had taken a break and then stretched slightly as he thought about going down for a few moments.

When LaRae reentered the bedroom she would find Nanashi sitting up on the edge of the bed with the nigh clothes that he had been wearing when she left the room folded on the bed beside him. When she'd found the bag on the door the only thing he'd bothered to put on was the new headband since that was about all he felt like fooling with at the time, and he had returned Celestine's sash to him when he came in to check on him. He had been getting steadily stronger as the days went on and was almost back to normal now, so while LaRae was taking a bath, he went ahead and changed into his new clothes which he was pleasantly surprised to see for very nicely. He did half wish that the shirt was long sleeved so it would cover the scars on his arms since the gloves were far too short to cover all of them. He wasn't going to complain however. After all, at least this one wasn't ripped and full of holes. He raised his head slightly when he heard the door opening and then watched LaRae head straight for the night stand. He stood up and stretched slightly before he held out his arms in a mild 'so what do you think?' gesture. The clothes were plain, which suited him fine. He never really dressed too overly flashy. The black leather belt with the gold colored buckle on and dragon impression molded onto it was about as flashy as he got, though the ring that he was still wearing kind of added to it a little now if you wanted to pay that much attention to his hands. The ivory colored fang still stood out against the black shirt on his chest, though those seemed to be about the only specks of color there were in his attire.

Hikari had actually managed to wake up before Kyran had today, which was probably why he found time to get to the bath because she had the same idea. She'd slipped out of the room to go clean up and get back into the outfit that Sonia had given her since they weren't really going anywhere that she needed to be dressed in shorts and she'd rather have them clean for later. She left the sandals that she'd borrowed in the bedroom and went back to her boots again as well. She had gotten herself something to eat while Kyran was cleaning up and was nearly done by the time he came back. Once he asked her to go out with him she was more than happy to agree. It wasn't like she had anything better to be doing. Once he'd decided to sit down she waled over and took a seat beside him before looking back to him again while he spoke. She sighed quietly and nodded in agreement. "Well...we have a location now at least, but there is still the matter of figuring out where exactly it is and getting there..." she said quietly, "Nanashi should be getting better by now, so I don't see why we can't get moving soon... I'm sure that threw everything off kilter a bit." She shook her head slightly, "...Try not to worry too much about it...We still have time." she said quietly as she leaned her head over against his arm lightly.

Hisako started to walk back over towards Aamori when she heard her question. She stopped a couple feet from her and crossed her arms over her chest loosely while she looked down at her. She wasn't that surprised to hear her question, whenever the training was especially tiring on Aamori she had a tenancy to ask for an early day. She stared at her for a moment and started to shake her head but paused and smirked a little before opening her mouth. "I was going to say no, but you knew that already, I'm sure." She paused. "How about this... I'll give you the rest of the day off from all of your training and studies if you can finally beat your brother in a mock battle." She thought for a moment and stuck her index finger up because she had an idea. "Or! maybe Celestine would be willing to play." She chuckled quietly. "If you can beat one of the two of them then I'll gladly let you off for the rest of today and maybe even tomorrow. If not, then I'll work you even harder tomorrow." She told her with a rather evil looking smile.

Aamori watched Hisako as she took a few steps closer to her and stared at her with a half blank expression after listening to her proposition. For one, she'd never won against her brother... ever so that looked like it'd be a pretty pointless battle. Then, Celestine, she wasn't even sure what to think of that. She'd never had any desire to try her luck against him and frankly she wasn't even sure she could bring herself to hit him. Though, if he hit her than by all means she'd have to hit him back once, at the very least. She could tell just by looking at Hisako that she thought this was going to be amusing. She sighed quietly, now almost wishing that she hadn't bothered asking. "How are you deciding who I have to spar against?" She asked finally. She was almost certain there wasn't going to be a way to talk Hisako out of this, she always had fun watching her trying to beat Yoichi so this was going to be no different, regardless of who she had to go up against.

LaRae snatched up the comb from the night stand and immediately started running it through her hair. She hadn't even looked to Nanashi until after she'd started on her hair. She looked over at him just about the time he did his gesture and then smiled a bit. "It's nice seeing something on you that doesn't look like it'd fall apart at any minute." She commented with a chuckle. She moved a little so that she could have a better look. It really wasn't that much different from what he had been wearing before with the major exception that it actually looked new. "You look really nice." She paused with a smile. "I think Aamori's friend did a good job on them, especially since all she had to go by was your older tattered clothes." She said while she continued to comb out her hair.

Kyran nodded slightly after listening to Hikari. There had been quite a bit of stuff that had thrown everything out of whack for a bit and Nanashi really did need the time to heal and get his strength back before they went anywhere. "I suppose I'm just worrying about the time because we didn't spend this much time doing pretty much nothing... in the other territories." He commented. "We had both of those relics within the first month of our trip and now we're into the second month and all we have right now is a possible location." He sighed softly. "I don't think it helps put my mind at ease either when I see Hisako and Aamori training in the mornings like there isn't anything else to be doing." He glanced down at her since she had leaned her head against his arm. He smiled slightly and sighed again softly. "I think I'm just getting fidgety and quite possibly bored with just sitting around."

Celestine hadn't really been paying attention to what was being said below, though had he been trying to listen he probably would have known. He just watched Hisako for a few moments while he held her finer up in the air, unwittingly pointing right toward him. He sighed softly and pushed himself off of the roof and away from the side of the building before opening his wings so he could glide down again. He took a couple of steps once he hit the ground and folded his wings behind him again as he walked over to where Aamori and Hisako were standing. He stretched slightly on his way and then sighed before glancing at Hisako. "What?" he asked as he looked up at her, thinking that she might have been pointing at him for a reason. He tilted his head slightly and then glanced over to Aamori briefly before looking back to Hisako to wait for an answer.

Nanashi smiled slightly and blushed when she said that it was nice to see him in something that didn't look like it was about to fall apart and blushed slightly. "...Well, this is the first new outfit I've had in a while..." he said quietly. The clothes that he had been wearing up until now had been too big on him when he got them, which was about the only reason that he had the belt, though now he just wore it for decoration now. His former outfit had been getting to the point of being too small for him, though these fit a bit better than the others since they had a little more give to them than the last set. He nodded in agreement when he said that Aamori's friend had done a good job with what she had to work with. "Yes, she did... These are very well made..." he said quietly, "This is probably the most decent outfit I've had." he said with a soft laugh. The ones that he'd had before had already been pretty worn when he got them, so it was natural that they were in such poor shape after a few years of continuous wear.

Hikari smiled slightly and then let out a soft chuckle. "Well...We are doing very good so far... Two out of seven in one month isn't all that bad." she said lightly, "And yes I know....the boredom sat in after I finally got over the urge to have crab cakes for dinner." she said simply. They hadn't gone out too much since the beach incident, so there hadn't been much to go other than get up, go eat, then go right back to bed again. "We'll get moving again soon, I'm sure...until then, let's just try to be patient."

Hisako didn't bother answering Aamori's question. She really wasn't sure how to even go about deciding. She half wanted to see if Aamori would finally out do her brother but at the same time she wanted to see how she'd fair against Celestine. Not to mention this way, if she could talk Celestine into it, she could see if Aamori was in safe enough hands. As it stood right now she had no idea what any of the groups fighting capabilities were except for Aamori's. She knew Aamori was trained well enough to at least do a decent job of protecting herself but there were bound to be times when she couldn't for some reason and she hoped that one of the seven others would be good enough to protect her should she need it. She looked over at Celestine once he'd come down from the roof and walked over. She hadn't really even noticed that he was up there. She knew that he was, but not that he was really paying attention to anything in particular. She smiled slightly when he asked 'what' and then glanced down to Aamori. "Well..." She paused and looked back at Celestine. "Aamori wants to have the rest of the day off from training. I told her that if she can win against her brother or you, then I'll let her have her way. If she can't beat either of you, then she'll be worked twice as hard tomorrow." She told him. "Now... if you don't want to fight her then I'll have to go down stairs and dig Yoichi out from under some work he's doing."

Aamori sighed quietly when Hisako didn't answer her and then shifted her glance slightly once Celestine had come down from the roof. She had half wondered if he had heard their conversation, though that thought was thrown out when he asked Hisako 'what'. She listened to Hisako explain to him what she'd already said to her and shook her head slightly. Now that she was thinking about it more she kind of hoped that Celestine didn't want to spar. She really didn't want to embarrass herself by losing and she didn't want to possibly embarrass him if she won. She'd already gotten used to losing with her brother so at least that wasn't a new feeling. She reached over and picked up her staff and slid it down into her holster before shutting the buckle on it and climbing to her feet.

LaRae moved over to sit down on the couch while she finished up her hair. She wasn't really surprised to hear that was the first new outfit he'd gotten in awhile. She wasn't exactly given new clothes all that often either, but then again she wasn't usually as in need of new clothes like he was. With the colder months lurking around the corner his older clothes surely wouldn't have given him any relief from the chill. Even here the chill could be pretty cold at night and that was just because them being surrounded by the water and there almost always being a breeze. She glanced back up at him briefly when she remembered something from when she had talked to Aamori the other day. "Oh yeah... I think I remember Aamori saying something about asking her friend to make you a coat too." At least she was pretty sure that she'd heard her say that.

Kyran laughed quietly at her comment of crab cakes. Those crabs had really gotten to her apparently, though he guessed that was to be expected. He sighed softly about being patient. He was pretty sure that was what he'd been up until now. Right now he just felt a little antsy from being cooped up in the building doing nothing like they had. He wasn't quite sure how Nero was able to do it; Keeping himself closed up in his room like that. He had barely seen him since they all got here. The night that everything happened with Nanashi was one of the only times that he had really seen him. If he had stayed in the room the whole time with nothing to do he was pretty sure that he'd have gone completely stir crazy. Not to say he couldn't sit patiently for awhile, sure he could do that, but this was borderline outrageous. Ten days here in Kairava and maybe three of them were eventful. Right about now he was really wishing that he had a pocket sized chess board or something. He could entertain himself for hours with chess and he was almost certain if he tried he could coax Nero into playing chess with him, given that he had a board. Chess was nothing but strategy and he couldn't help thinking that worded the right way, Nero would play a game or two. He gave a heavy sigh and looked back down at Hikari again. "I think I'm running low on patience."

Celestine listened silently to what Hisako had to say and then sighed softly before glancing at Aamori again. "...I don't usually fight unless I have to...But I would rather Yoichi stayed as buried in work as you can possibly get him... So fine." he said simply. "...But I would rather borrow one of your staffs as opposed to using my weapon. I don't want to accidentally kill her or something." he said simply. His swallow was very sharp and not exactly an easy weapon to just spar with unless you were only defending yourself. He glanced back to Aamori again and then added "That is, if you want." he said simply. He would use his swallow if she really wanted to, "Just warning you, I do not fight like Kanone. I'm not entirely afraid to hit you with something sharp."

Nanashi blinked when he heard LaRae mention a coat as well and then shook his head slightly. "That...isn't really necessary... My coat is fi....well...My coat is no worse off than it was before." he amended his statement. As far as he was concerned the new pants, shirt, gloves, and bandanna were more than enough, or at least certainly more than he'd expected. He was rather thrilled to have them and he hadn't even seen himself in them yet. He was still glad enough for the new boots that Kyran had granted him, so having new clothes on top of it really made him rather happy. He didn't mind wearing his tattered old coat around. He was rather fond of it after all, even though it had been rather badly torn apart.

Hikari smiled slightly and shook her head when he said that he was running low on patience. "Well...even still, we can't do too much to speed up the process." She nuzzled against his arm gently and then sighed softly, "I suppose that doesn't really help...but there isn't a lot more we can do." she said quietly. "At any rate... sitting here moping about it isn't going to do anything." She smiled and raised her head off of him before she stood up again and wrapped her arms around his neck while leaning her head down against his. "Come on, lighten up." she said softly before she took a step back. All at once the wind picked up considerably, blowing her hair in front of her face while simultaneously blowing both the font and back of her skirt up and over to to the side as well, almost slowing a little more than should be shown. The skirt was spit up to her hips anyway and only held together by ribbons laced together on the sides to just about where a miniskirt would start. "Oh!" She pushed her hand down to hold her skirt so that it wouldn't fly up again while trying to flip her hair back over her head so she could see, though the wind only blew it right back into her face, which was by now starting to redden.

Hisako was glad to hear that she wasn't going to have to apply too much pressure to talk Celestine into sparring with Aamori. She laughed quietly hearing him say that he would rather Yoichi stay as buried in work as possible. That really didn't surprise her and she didn't exactly want to go pull him out just yet. If she did that and he got to play with his sister it'd be kind of hard to get him back into his work. She nodded her head when he said he'd rather borrow one of their staffs. She stared at him for a moment when he even suggested being able to use his weapon. "No. Your weapon is off limits, completely." She said quickly. "We don't spar with anything that can kill, or cause bad bodily harm." She added. "All of our weapons, the swords and other bladed weapons are all dulled so that they can't really do any major damage." She continued and then sighed quietly. "But you are more than welcome to use any of our weapons." Of course she really only meant that when sparring against Aamori in here he had to use their weapons. The last thing she needed was allowing Celestine to spar with her and have her come out of the fight a lot worse than she when she started.

Aamori was a little surprised to hear that Celestine was willing to do this, though, since it was to keep Yoichi downstairs longer she could believe that he had actually agreed to it. She sighed softly and then glanced over to him while he went on about using one of their staffs rather than his weapon. Well, that made her feel a little better since she was well aware of just how sharp that thing was. After all, he had killed a hunter in just one swipe of that thing and she didn't think he really meant to kill the guy. She was about to answer him about using his weapon when Hisako jumped in like she had and said that he couldn't. She hadn't wanted him to use it begin with and hearing him say that he wasn't afraid to hit her with something sharp just added to her not wanting him to use it. She shook her head at that comment and stared over at him. "I guess that's nice to know." She all but muttered. Honestly, that didn't come off sounding right at all. Here she was a little reluctant to hit him at all with her staff since she liked him and here he was saying he'd be able to hit her with something sharp. Well... that was just wonderful.

LaRae looked over at Nanashi when he said that it wasn't really necessary for Aamori to have her friend making a new coat as well. She shook her head a little. "Your coat has seen much better days, Nanashi." She said as she finished running the comb through her hair. "I think you even ripped it a little the other day when you got tired of trying to get out of it." She pointed out. "If it ripped that easy just from that then it may not last too much longer." She said as she leaned to the side enough to lift her rear so that she could slip her comb into her pocket before lowering herself down the rest of the way. "You are going to accept the coat if one was made aren't you?" She asked lastly.

Kyran knew that there wasn't anything that they could do to speed up the process and he hadn't really thought that he was moping about it. Sure he was bored, but he thought he was just voicing a little concern about how much time had gone by and the fact that he was bored and bit tired of just sitting around. He finally just smiled a bit after she'd stood up and put her arms around his neck and saying to lighten up while her head was leaned against his. "Yeah.. I'll try." He said quietly. He shut his eyes briefly and took a deep breath before opening his eyes again just in time to see her skirt being blown up by the wind. It was kind of hard not to look when it happened and he couldn't help but turn his eyes away after a moment, mostly trying to be respectful while she pushed her skirt back down. Though it would be kind of obvious that he'd seen her skirt go up because he had a very faint hint of color to his cheeks. Thankfully for him that would fade quickly enough. He glanced back once her skirt was held down then started to get to his feet. He stepped a bit closer to her and then lifted his hands up so that he could brush her hair back past her face and tried to hold it out of her face until the stronger winds had passed.

Celestine looked back to Hisako and nodded slightly. "Good." he said simply. He hadn't really wanted to use his weapon against Aamori. Sure, he was much more used to it, but he also didn't want to do anything that would really hurt Aamori. "I didn't really want to have to stand there and just defend." That was about all he could do with his swallow if he wasn't trying to hurt something; just keep something from hurting him. He certainly couldn't attack. He had only said that he wasn't entirely afraid to hit her with something sharp hoping to steer her away from that option. He glanced over toward the weapon wrack and shook his head with a sigh as Hisako went on about how the weapons here weren't made to kill or cause much damage. "...It doesn't have to be sharp to be deadly. Even her staff could kill something if she hit just right." he pointed out. "Having a dull weapon doesn't make me that much more comfortable with sparring; it's still dangerous. That's why I said I don't usually fight unless I have to." he said simply as he started toward the weapon wrack. He didn't think of this as 'playing' the way that Kanone might. To him a fight was a fight and you were in to win. Usually, winning meant surviving, which usually meant killing whatever you were fighting. He was going to have to try to keep in mind that this wasn't a death match. Once he got over to the wrack he started to look over the assortment of weapons and finally settled on a plain staff with nothing overly special about it. Once he had a weapon he turned and started back toward Aamori again. "So...what are the rules?" he asked simply, wanting to know if there were any guidelines short of 'don't kill her.'

Nanashi looked over to LaRae again when she said that his coat had seen better days and then sighed heavily. "...Yeah...well..." he sighed, unable to argue with that one. After a moment he shook his head and then closed his eyes. "...Yes, if it's already made of course, but..." he smiled slightly, "...It's a little much... The gloves and new headband were even more than I would have expected." Honestly he'd half expected to just have to cut his pants off to shorts or something an wear whatever the hell he could salvage from his tattered old clothes.

Hikari groaned quietly from embarrassment when Kyran got up to help her hold her hair out of her face. She cast her gaze downward, though she already knew that he had to have seen what happened before she got a hold of her skirt. Once she wind died down again she groaned and tried to hid her face in his chest. "...Uhg...on second thought, sitting in the room whining doesn't sound like such a bad idea..." she muttered through her embarrassment.

Hisako looked at Celestine and shrugged slightly. "It's a lot easier to kill with a sharp weapon and it will take a lot of force to kill with a blunt weapon." She commented. Though, she wouldn't be surprised to see Aamori kill something with her staff. Aamori, when she wanted could have a lot of force behind her attacks. She watched as he started over to the weapon rack and waited until he'd come back with the weapon of his choice. "You know, you don't have to spar with her if you don't want to." She told him since he'd said again that he usually didn't fight, unless he had to. "I'm sure Yoichi won't find sparring with her, it's been some time since they've had a go of it." She added. She knew that he didn't really want Yoichi around him, but she didn't want to make him fight if he didn't want to. She sighed softly and started to walk over towards the weapon rack herself, only to step over to the arch to the right of it. She leaned her back against it and crossed her arms over her chest loosely. "If you're going to stick with it and fight her then no, there are no rules really. Just don't kill her and make sure you stay in the courtyard. Also, if I think things have gone too far then I will not hesitate to step in and stop things." She paused. "On the other hand, if you'd rather Yoichi do this, then go put that weapon back and I'll see to it that Yoichi spars with her."

Aamori just stood there quietly while Hisako and Celestine were talking. After Celestine had started over to the weapon rack she reached down to her holster and unbuckled the clasp holding it so that she could remove it. She wasn't really thrilled with the idea of sparring with Celestine but if it meant she could get the rest of the day off if she won, then by all means she was going to at least give it a try. She glanced over at Hisako when she started to clear out of the immediate area and then sighed softly when she gave Celestine another chance to back out. Either way she was probably going to have her hands full and she just hoped that having been training since roughly seven in the morning wasn't going to effect her. She held her staff out a little and depressed the button to make it fully extend and then rested it beside her.

LaRae continued so sit on the couch while she looked over at him. "Aamori told me about the clothes she was having made for you the day I brought your things back to you." She paused and smiled slightly. "I'm pretty sure that if her friend was going to make you a coat, it'd already be made or nearly finished." She finally started to stand up and walked a bit closer to him. She reached out and lightly pressed her hand to his abdomen to feel the material the shirt was made of. "After everything you've been through since you've been here, I think Aamori just wanted to do something nice for you." She said as she glanced up at him. "...And getting a new outfit, down to the small things isn't really that much. It's just something that you're not used to." She paused. "My foster sister, for almost a week straight once was getting a new outfit everyday... so some people just get more than others."

Kyran looked down at her after she started trying to hide her face in his chest. He smiled a little and moved his arms so that he could wrap them around her. He shook his head lightly at her muttering. He had thought he might just act like he'd seen nothing but she must have gathered that he had. "...Aren't you the one who told me to lighten up?" He asked. "There wasn't anyone else around at least." He added to try and make her feel a little better. She probably would've been more embarrassed had any number of other people been in the area when the wind got a hold of her skirt. Thankfully for her it looked like most people kept to the first two districts and rarely ventured to the park and close to the training building.

Celestine sighed softly at Hisako's response. He knew it took a lot of force to kill with a blunt weapon, but it still could be done...and probably more easily than one might imagine given being hit in the popper location. We watched as she cleared the area and listened to the 'rules' fairly glad to see that it was pretty much a no holds barred match with pretty wide boundaries. He made a face when she mentioned getting Yoichi to do it. "...I'm already here, I may as well." he said simply, though obviously just for the sake of keeping Yoichi downstairs, "And don't worry...I probably wont hurt her much worse than you would." he assured her, "But if you want just say stop any time." he said lightly. He then glanced back to Aamori and smiled slightly, "But don't take that as I'm going easy on you." he told her as he held the staff tightly in both hands. He smiled a little as he shifted and widened his stance while planting his feet firmly on the grass. He glanced away from Aamori for just a split second, though when he looked back his entire atmosphere seemed to have changed. He wasn't smiling, nor did he look as reluctant as before; he just seemed oddly calm as if he'd pushed all of his misgivings out the window in that brief moment. "Ladies first?" he asked while he stood waiting to see if she was going to move first or make him. His tail swayed slightly behind him, and his entire poster loosened, which would make it much easier for him to react quickly and move since his muscles weren't tensed up. His tail may have been a little distracting to some, though that was half of the point. By the way he stood one would probably get the impression that he was lying about not going easy on her. He looked as if he was just standing there with the staff ready to get bowled over, though his eyes remained entirely focused on Aamori's every movement. He had learned to concentrate on everything at once rather than one thing in particular, and he had also learned to never trust the eyes, so that was the last thing that he focused on.

Nanashi smiled slightly and shook his head. "...Yes, but..." he sighed softly as he sat back down on the edge of the bed. "...Heh, well, I guess it's no different than Kyran replacing my shoes..." he said as he glanced over to them. "...I appreciate it a lot. I don't really know how to thank them." he said with a sheepish smile. He really wasn't used to being just handed things, especially not nice things. As much as he didn't want it he was even impressed with the complexity and condition of the spetum that he had given him.

Hikari glanced up briefly and then groaned again before butting her head lightly against his chest. "Whyyyyy is it always me?" she groaned. She realized that something pretty bad had happened to Aamori as well as her the other day that was along these lines, but it wasn't just on this trip that things like this seemed to happen to her. She'd had plenty of mishaps of falling or catching her dress on something that had ended in her almost being a little too revealed. She sighed when he pointed out that there was no one else around. "Uhg..." she groaned as she sank down a little. Obviously just the one was too many for her.

Aamori continued to stand there while they kept talking. She finally glanced to Celestine when she heard him say that she shouldn't take that as he'd go easy on her. At least she was used to people not going easy on her. Hisako usually never went easy and Yoichi didn't exactly know the meaning of the word. If the had to say, Kanone was probably the only one she'd ever sparred with that had and unfortunately you don't learn anything from the fight if your opponent is going easy on you. She had to admit though, she didn't quite care for hearing that he probably wouldn't hurt her much worse than Hisako would. The way it was sounding it seemed like he was prepared to pound her into the ground. Now that she was thinking about it a little... this fight was probably going to be a little unfair anyway. The past few days Celestine had the chance to sit on the roof and watch her training, if he was even paying that much attention. Well, he'd know pretty much everything that she could whereas she was a bit in the dark on what he could do. She sighed quietly and adjusted her grip on her staff. She was going to at least take this seriously or try to anyway. She watched him quietly as he changed his stance and prepared for this and sighed quietly. She really would've preferred that her brother were the one she'd be trying to attack. At least then she wouldn't feel bad if she managed to hit him too hard. As soon as she heard him ask 'ladies first' she'd practically changed her whole demeanor and lunged at him with a series of quick thrusts aimed at his abdomen. She'd be surprised if any of them hit and she'd really only started with such a direct attack to see just how his dodging and range was.

LaRae watched as he sat down and then moved to sit down beside him. She smiled and looked over at him. "I don't think you have to worry too much about actually, verbally, thanking them." She started. "I think just wearing the things that they gave you, and trying to take good care of them might be enough of a thank you. I mean, so long as they can see that you are happy with the things they gave you then I think that will suffice as a thanks." She said with a nod.

Kyran sighed softly after hearing her and just smiled and shook his head slightly. He wasn't really sure how often that things like this happened to her but he didn't really think this once was all that terrible. Though, that was mostly because he didn't exactly mind what he saw and it wasn't like he was a stranger or anything. To his knowledge they both loved one another, they slept in the same bed or at the least the same area when there was no bed and they spent a good portion of every waking day around one another. He was bound to see parts of her that she wouldn't ordinarily show, eventually. But, he wouldn't really understand her embarrassment because he was a guy after all. He looked down at her and smiled a little as he pulled her close. "I'd like to tell you not to worry so much about it... but I don't think that will make any difference." He said quietly.

Fortunately for Aamori, Celestine hadn't been paying all that much attention to the way that she fought. He had been watching,but not really studying. He knew she was pretty good, and that was about as far as his knowledge of how she fought went. When she finally lunged at him he remained still until he saw where her attack was going and then he quickly spun to the side, practically dancing out of the way of the staff as she jabbed it toward his abdomen he first time so that her staff went sailing past him. When she went for him again he skipped back the other way to avoid the end of the staff, and again at the third strike slipped just out of reach by backing up quickly, staying on his toes the whole time. One thing about him was certain: he was pretty unpredictable; it was hard to tell what he was going to do. Without warning he grabbed onto the end of her staff before she had time to pull it back and then jerked it toward him so that the edge of her staff was behind him. He held his staff tightly in one hand and then lunged toward her without releasing the end of her staff until he had reached his arm length, and then he aimed to slam into her chest with his shoulder. He had made sure that the end of her staff was well behind him so that she couldn't thrust it at him, and as close as the staff was to his body she wouldn't have room to hit him from the side and do any damage unless she swung back first, though at the rate he was moving he'd probably collide with her before she have the opportunity to change direction again to swing at him.

Nanashi smiled slightly and shook his head. "Well...either way." he said quietly, "I'll take as much care with them as I can." He looked over to her and then leaned his head over against hers and took a deep breath before chuckling quietly. "...Your hair smells nice again." He could probably stand to go take another bath himself, but after seeing the place once he'd have to make damn sure that it was in the wee hours of the morning or....something...just sometime when no one else was going to be in there.

Hikari whined again, "No....probably not...." she agreed, though she didn't pull away when he wrapped his arms around her. After a moment she sighed and raised her arms to wrap around him while she cuddled into his chest a little. At least the color in her cheeks was finally starting to fade. She was a little more comfortable with it being Kyran who saw her over any other guy, but it was still completely embarrassing to her. She sighed and then looked up to him slowly and let her chin rest on his chest.

Aamori wasn't all that surprised to see that none of her jabs had hit him; She hadn't entirely been trying to hit him to begin with. Though she did at least get what she wanted out of it. The chance to see how he'd avoid being hit. Unfortunately she wasn't so sure that was really going to help any since it looked like predicting the way he'd move was going to be a bit harder than originally thought. Once Celestine had grabbed hold of her staff she immediately wanted to try pulling back on it. As soon as he lunged at her she released her fore hand from the staff and quickly moved it to try and brace for the impact. There wasn't any way she could think of to avoid being hit without letting go of her staff completely and she was unwilling to let go of it. His shoulder still collided with her but he'd hit her forearm first which was positioned in front of her chest to soften the blow. At the very least saving her from having the wind knocked out of her. Though she certainly didn't save herself from being hurt by him; His shoulder into her forearm wasn't exactly a pleasant feeling and her arm was now pretty sore. She staggered back a couple feet after being hit and then started to reposition her free hand on her staff once again. She wouldn't put it past him to do that to her again so she was going to be a little weary of letting him get a hold of her staff like that again. She sighed quietly and thought for a second on how to go about attacking again. She barely wasted any time thinking before she'd backed up a couple more feet and then started back at him, throwing her staff out in front of her pushing herself into a vault, up and over him so that she was behind him. She turned herself mid vault so that the second her feet hit the ground she was facing his back; Unless he'd turned around quickly enough while she was in the air. As soon as her toes touched the ground she had shifted her hands slightly on her staff and pulled it towards her before she swung it in at him from the side in a wide motion. If it managed to collide with him than he'd likely be hit pretty hard in his side. She may not move as quickly as him but she did have a considerable amount of force behind her attacks and she used a steel staff ta boot.

LaRae nodded her head slightly. "I think that's the best you can do." She said quietly. She smiled considerably after he'd leaned his head against hers and said that her hair smelt nice, again. She didn't care all too much to bathe as often as she probably should. She would take a bath or shower when she didn't smell very good but she didn't mind having a little dirt on her for lack of better words. She kind of liked hearing that hair smelt good. That alone could certainly be enough to get her into the habit of bathing a bit more frequently.

Kyran smiled a bit when she wrapped her arms around him and cuddled into his chest. He looked down at her and smiled softly when she finally looked up at him. He stared down at her for a moment and then leaned down and lightly pressed his lips to her forehead, just shy of her gem. That thing was kind of in the way when it came to kissing her forehead; Thankfully she had plenty of face left that he plant kisses on.

Celestine took a couple of steps back after he'd rammed Aamori, feeling a mild, but ignorable ache in his own shoulder since he'd hit her arm. He had a perfect opening when she had to stop to think of what to do, but didn't take it. He seemed to prefer to watch her and see what she was going to do rather than make the first move on her. When she van at him he followed her with his eyes, spinning around as she vaulted over his head. As soon as her feet touched the ground he knew she was going to try to swing at him and catch him off guard from behind; that was about the only point in getting behind him like that, though unfortunately for her he had gotten himself turned around while she was upside down over his head. He leaped into the air when she swung at him, using his strong legs and light weight to his advantage to get himself high enough into the air to avid the staff colliding with his side, though it passed under him just as he was coming down again and he kicked off of it, more than likely forcing it toward the ground as he went into the air again and flipped over himself, throwing the staff out of his hands and just over her head to free his hands as he grabbed onto her shoulders, much like Kanone had back in Caledonia, though rather than just do a handstand on her shoulders he kicked his legs and braced his arms, flipping himself the rest of the way over while ducking down and keeping a tight grip on Aamori's shoulders. He used both the momentum from his flip and his own arm strength, which he already knew to be enough to lift Aamori, to throw her over his head.

Nanashi nuzzled his face into LaRae's hair for a movement and then sighed softly. "...I suppose I should try to get in another bath before we leave here..." he muttered softly though he added with a less than pleasant sounding tone, "...I really hate the way those baths are set up..." He smiled slightly and shook his head. Luckily he hadn't really been doing anything that would cause him to swear and he usually didn't sweat anyway unless he was sick or just really hot, so he didn't really have an odor to him, though his hair was again starting to look a little on the oily side. He guessed if nothing else he could just go get a towel and maybe wash his hair in the sink in here or something. That way he could keep his clothes on and not have to worry about it.

Hikari smiled slightly and shook her head after Kyran leaned down to kiss it. She sighed softly and leaned her head back against his chest again, nuzzling against him gently while closing her eyes. "Mm....what am I going to do with you?" she said quietly. Even when she'd rather he just go away he always seemed to be able to manage to cuddle his way out of it with her. It was a good thing that she really liked him or she might have belted him for looking even if he couldn't really help it because she was standing right in front of her when it happened. She did tend to overreact like that sometimes...as she was sure he'd already gathered.

It was just after Hikari had spoken that someone else came walking up the path from the market district. Marius smiled slightly when he saw Kyran and Hikari hugging and just barely heard her words. "You could move him off the foot path." he said playfully as he came to a stop. He was dressed much more neatly than he had been at home, wearing bright emerald green robes with black trim over a light pastel green kimono-style outfit. His feet were covered by pale green moccasins that almost looked more like socks than shoes except for the hard sole on the bottom. His hair was combed nearly and the part that gathered in front of his ears was pulled into loose ponytails while the rest hung free behind him. He wore a decorative headdress on his head that consisted of large white feathers fastened beneath an emerald stone, that almost took the form of small wings perched above his ears. The headdress ran all the way around his head connected by golden chains, though in the front one lanced over his horn while the other went beneath it and dangled a three smaller emerald stone decorations in front of his forehead between the triangular mark there, all of which connected together with each half the size of the one above it. The headdress annoyed him to no end, hence he rarely wore it, though he only wore it now since he was not in his own territory. All of the wind clan's elders wore similar headdresses once they were appointed. He was carrying one grayish bag over his shoulder that looked as if it may be full of clothes, but other than that he was empty handed. "I suppose you all have been enjoying yourselves?" he asked with a slight smile.

Aamori wasn't all that surprised to see that Celestine had turned around by the time she'd gotten over his head and touched the ground again. She huffed quietly seeing that her attack had missed again and then her eyes widened slightly when she saw him use her staff to bounce off of. She wasn't even very surprised when he touched her shoulders. Kanone had done that before, though she really wasn't expecting to find her feet off the ground and her flying over his head, face first towards the ground. She didn't have time to think about how that had just happened; She wanted to avoid her face colliding with the ground first. She took her staff and put both hands out in front of her so that when she neared closer to the ground her hands could hit first. In the process of her hands hitting the ground she tried to push herself over so that she might be able to do a back handspring onto her feet or as close to her feet as she could get. She of course had to release her staff in this attempt and even still she didn't get very far. She'd never had much practice at such a maneuver and now probably wasn't the best time to try something new. Since her forearm was sore putting that much weight on it after her hands hit the ground like they did really wasn't such a good idea. She managed to at least get her legs over her head and then her arm gave out on her she just fell over on her side with a thud, followed by her hair blanketing over her head. She laid there not moving very much for a moment and then rolled onto her stomach and pushed herself up a little with her good arm before trying to blow her hair out of her face.

LaRae smiled slightly when he nuzzled into her hair. She looked over at him when he said that he should try to get another bath in before they left. She tilted her head slightly hearing that he hated how the baths were set up. She couldn't believe that. She'd spent most of her life stuck using a wash tub for her baths so getting to use a bath as nice as these was really nice and they were pretty to look at too. The fact that they were group baths didn't even bother her that much. At least that way you didn't have to wait for someone to finish and you didn't have to worry about the water going cold. "...Why do you hate the way they're set up?" She paused. "...I think they're kind of nice, well, compared to what I've had to use." She said quietly.

Kyran smiled down at Hikari and was about to open his mouth to say something to her when he heard a familiar voice. He turned his head to look and see who'd spoken. He smiled a bit and was extremely surprised to see Marius of all people. He wasn't all that distracted by the headdress that he wore, mostly because he'd seen one at least once before. Just like he had recognized that ring that Nanashi had. He held onto Hikari for a moment longer and then finally pulled his arms back and set them at his sides. "As much as we possibly can, I guess." He responded to his question as he looked over at him. "If you don't mind me asking... what in Arienh are you doing here?"

Celestine watched as Aamori tried to save herself and almost cringed when she fell over. He shook his head and reached down to get his staff before walked over to her, his usual stealth and grace making his bare feet practically soundless on the grass, and with her hair over her head it was unlikely that she even saw him coming. He grabbed her staff as well just as she was sitting up and slipped behind her, kneeling down. Right after she blew her hair up he slipped the two staffs over her had and pulled back against her neck, pulling her in a lose choke hold, one too tight her her to easily escape and too loose to actually choke her. He looked down at her as he forced her head back against his chest like that. He looked at her for a second before tilting his head. "I've unarmed you and if this were a blade you would be dead. Does that mean I win?" he asked in a curious, almost innocent voice. He'd never really sparred before, or at least not recently, so he wasn't entirely sure when one was called quits. If this were a death match and he had a blade he could have easily stabbed her or slip her throat while she was trying to move her hair. Since he wasn't supposed to kill her, he was pretty sure putting her in a position like this pretty much called it.

Nanashi sighed softly and raised his head a little to look at LaRae. After a moment he glanced away and smiled weakly. "...I don't like others seeing my body..." he said quietly. "Especially not complete strangers... it's bad enough Kyran and Celestine have seen me..." he said, his face actually blushing a bit noticeably for once. "...The scars on my arms are nothing compares to the rest of me...and...well I just...prefer to bathe alone." he said simply. "...I like a little privacy." He glanced back to her again, "I know you said they're just scars and everyone has them but...usually not this many and...not this bad... It just makes me...even more shy."

Hikari startled when she heard someone behind her and then tried to turn her head, though she still couldn't see until Kyran released her and she was able to turn around completely. She smiled when she saw Marius and laughed softly at his comment before her eyes went to the headdress that he was wearing. Again, the first thing she could think of was how pretty it was, but she held her comments since Kyran had asked a question.

Marius chuckled softly and then shook his head. "You two look as if you're having a good time." he said simply. When Kyran asked what he was doing there he sighed and shrugged. "I suppose I will know when I speak to Aamori. She apparently sent one of Nobu's little friends to give me a message." he said as he reached into the robe of his pocket to pull out the notes that Aamori had given him. "She didn't really specify why she wanted me to come, she just asked if I could make it. ...I was going to decline, but I did notice that Celestine left with pretty much what he came with, so I thought while I had an invitation I may as well bring him another change of clothes or two. I'm sure by the end of this trip what he has on will not be too fit to wear and winter is creeping up on us pretty fast." he pointed out, "The rest of you might want to start looking into that as well. Miss Selenity may freeze to death on you otherwise." he said with a good natured smile cast in her direction. He knew all she had was the outfit that Sonia had given her and the shorts that she had before, neither of which were very warm.

Aamori gasped quietly when she felt the staffs pulled back against her neck. She almost immediately lifted her sore arm up so that she could slip her hand around the staffs in the gap between his hand and her neck. She then lifted her other hand to do the same thing since he'd forced her head back against his chest. She slowly lifted her eyes up so that she could try and look at him. She couldn't really help the faint color that found it's way to her cheeks and after a moment she averted her eyes. She really didn't want to say that he'd won and she didn't want to deal with Hisako if she'd lost, so she wanted to think of some way to get out of this even if it looked a bit hopeless at the moment. After a few moments she moved her tail slightly, just enough that she could use it to wrap the end around a decent portion of his hair and then pull back. She kind of hoped that by pulling on his hair he'd eventually release the staffs, especially if she pushed in the opposite direction on the staffs with her hands.

Hisako was still standing with her back pressed to the arch she was standing in front of. Quietly watching the two of them and so far a bit more impressed with Celestine's ability to avoid Aamori's attacks then she was impressed with Aamori. Though, watching Celestine she was coming to the conclusion that Aamori probably wouldn't stand a very good chance against him with the way she'd been trained. He really did throw off everything since he didn't appear to have any formal training whatsoever. She shook her head and chuckled quietly to herself when Celestine got Aamori in the choke hold and asked if he'd won. Since Aamori didn't answer him she was about to, at least until she saw Aamori grab hold of his hair with her tail. She just shook her head again and continued to see where this was going to go. She knew Aamori didn't like to lose and she'd probably try everything she could think of just to keep herself from losing. Somehow she was guessing that Aamori would lose this either way but it was kind of amusing to see her try to get out of this.

LaRae looked over at him when he started to answer her question. She smiled weakly when she caught sight of the blush to his cheeks for once. With his complexion it was difficult to tell when he blushed but this time it was noticeable which made her want to smile, but considering the topic of conversation she was a little reluctant. She sighed quietly after he was finished explaining why he didn't really like how the baths were set up. She couldn't say that she completely understood the whole not wanting anyone to see his body thing. The only part of her she ever tried to hide was her back and that was easily done if she kept her hair behind her while in the bath. She looked back at him. "You put too much focus on the scars that are on your body..." She paused. "Just because you have as many scars as you say you do and they're bad... well, it isn't going to change the way someone thinks of you. Especially if they liked you without having seen your scars." She commented quietly. She wasn't going to think any differently of him either way and she didn't really think that Kyran or Celestine would either so she really didn't understand his shyness.

Kyran tilted his head slightly when he heard Marius say that Aamori had sent one of Nobu's little friends to give him a message. He hadn't met Zale yet so the only other that he had heard of was the one with Kanone. He looked to Marius and then shrugged it off slightly. "I wasn't even aware that Aamori had sent anything to you..." He commented. He was a little curious himself as to why Aamori had asked him to come. He wasn't complaining or anything but that was a decent length of terrain for Marius to have traveled. He laughed softly at Marius' comment of Hikari freezing to death on him when winter came. He barely even reacted when he called her Selenity, rather than Hikari. He of course didn't like drawing too much attention to that. He had unfortunately not been paying attention to the weather really. Winter wasn't that far around the corner and he was starting to wish that he'd thought more about this trip before hand. He might have thought to bring more clothes with him and even something warmer for the colder months. Sadly, he didn't think of that when he was in Radha and he didn't exactly have a relative who was thinking of him and would travel all the way to Kairava just to bring him some things. Well... he'd just deal with it when the time came. "I don't think I have to worry about her freezing to death. We'll be headed to Glenys next so she'll be able to get warmer clothes, I'm sure." He said with a slight smile.

Celestine was just sitting there waiting for an answer while he held Aamori. Since she wasn't giving him one he started to glance back to Hisako, though he paused when he felt something grab his hair and snap his head back. It startled him more than it hurt but he instinctively pulled back more tightly on the staffs, probably actually choking her for a moment. Finally he pulled his head back up, resisting against her hair, though he looked rather annoyed. he blinked when he realized how tightly he was holding her neck and released the pressure a little. "...You fight like a girl." he said simply. Having her pulling his hair was a little uncomfortable, but didn't really hurt since he wasn't tender headed in the least. It probably would have hurt more if she'd grabbed a small portion and only pulled out a few hairs rather than grabbed almost all of it. The only problem he was having was straining to hold his head up. After a moment he sighed and whipped his own tail around to the front of him, finding her hair between them. He managed to slip his tail between them and wrap it around most of her hair as she had done to him before he started to pull it off to the sides. He knew that Aamori was tender headed (though with all of that hair he had no idea how she managed staying that way) so he hoped he could force her into submission by seeing how much she liked having her hair pulled. He wasn't giving an inch on those staffs, even if she pulsed eh pulled to resist. He was used to having his hair pulled or tangled so he didn't really didn't care how much she pulled on his hair, it wasn't really breaking his concentration that much. "...I don't want to sit like this all day..." he said in a rather bored tone which would probably translate to 'hurry up and surrender already.'

Nanashi glanced over to LaRae again and sighed softly. He didn't know what she meant by 'as many as you say you do,' but it almost made it sound like she didn't believe him when he said he was covered. He shook his head and sighed. "...I know that, LaRae... But who's to say if someone came in it would be someone that liked me already?" He glanced away again. The scars really weren't his biggest problem, but he didn't really want to talk about something like that with LaRae. "...I suppose you know how men are... I just don't really want to give them anything else they can use to humiliate me." He said simply, "...I have more than one thing that I would rather the world...not know about." he said quietly, "...It's....just something that I can't really hide unless I keep my clothes on." he glanced over to her again, his face a little more red. "...I guess it's just like you try to keep your back hidden..." he said quietly. "...So I just don't like a bathroom that anyone can walk in at any time."

Hikari blushed slightly and then laughed softly, "Marius, call me Hikari, please." she said lightly. "Otherwise you may confuse a few people." She nodded in agreement to what Kyran had said about her being able to get warmer clothes in Glenys. She would probably get that among a few other things. She could make sure that Kyran had something warmer to put on as well. She was rather curious as to what was so important that Aamori would ask him to come all the way out here. She glanced back to Kyran for a moment before her gaze shifted back to Marius again.

Marius blinked when Hikari asked him not to call her by Selenity. He'd barely even realized that he had. "Oh...hah I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention. I'll try to keep that in mind." he assured her. He smiled at her again before looked over to Kyran again. "Well...do you have any idea where I am supposed to go now that I'm here?" he asked simply. The guards hadn't really questioned him at all after he'd given them the note from Aamori and they'd just let him right in. He hadn't thought before hand to ask them were he was supposed to go, so he'd been wandering around for a good hour or so. He sighed and shifted the bag over to his other arm before tossing it back over his shoulder so he could let his other arm rest for a bit. "I suppose I should go talk to Aamori for a bit..." he said simply.

Aamori gasped as soon as she felt him pull back more tightly on the staffs. She lost her breath pretty quickly and then started choking as soon as he released the pressure a little. That certainly hadn't worked like she hoped. She'd thought she might be able to put some resistance against the staffs to keep him from choking her but obviously that hadn't worked out like planned. "...I am ...a girl..." She muttered quietly. She didn't budge too much on his hair at least until she felt him take hold of her own. Her eyes watered as soon as he pulled her hair. She bit down on her lip in an attempt to keep her mouth shut and failed miserably. She hated having her hair pulled and this was the second time in less then twenty four hours that someone had grabbed her hair. Granted, Kanone had done it a little differently but nonetheless he still grabbed her hair. She opened her mouth and started spouting off curses in her native tongue. Hisako may have been the only one in the immediate area that could actually understand everything that she was saying but it wouldn't be that hard to pick up on the gist of what she was going on about. After a moment she released his hair and smacked her tail against the ground only to have it seconds later lift back up and whip rather quickly at his back. She only smacked his back once and then her tail just dropped onto the ground and she finally shut her mouth.

Hisako sighed quietly seeing that Celestine went and pulled Aamori's hair right back. She knew better than to go anywhere near Aamori's hair like that but she couldn't expect everyone to know that. She just stood there with her mouth hanging half open as Aamori started spouting off at the mouth cussing like she'd been doing it for years. She looked a little dumbfounded for a moment even after Aamori had whipped at Celestine's back with her tail. She finally shook her head again and started to push off of the arch where she was standing. "Alright. That's enough." She said with a sigh. "If you two keep going, at this rate you'll be fighting because you're angry not because you're sparring." She said as she looked at them. "Celestine, you already know you won so just let her go and Aamori... keep your hands and tail to yourself."

LaRae had no idea just how many scars Nanashi had and she'd only ever seen the ones on his arms. She wasn't saying that he didn't have as many as he said he did, she just couldn't be certain about the number herself since she'd never seen them. "I didn't know you cared that much what others thought of you." She commented quietly. She sat there without really saying anything before she glanced back over at him and sighed softly. "...I can't really say I know how men are ...but I guess I can understand not wanting to give them anything else to humiliate you with." She wasn't exactly sure what he was getting at and she didn't bother trying to think too much on it. She looked at him again just in time to see that his face was more red. "...If you don't like the baths here because anyone can walk in at anytime..." She paused. "I doubt you'll like it in Medini." She sighed quietly. "If we have to stay with my Foster family they likely won't let anyone in their house... which means everyone gets to sleep where I do." She paused and laughed quietly. "...That also means all that will be available for bathing is a wash tub." She said rather embarrassed to admit that.

Kyran nodded slightly when Marius asked if he had any idea where he was supposed to go now that he was here. He pointed towards the large training building. "That's where we've been staying." He paused. "...I guess ...it'd be safe to say that Aamori lives there." He told him as he looked back at Marius. "She was training with her trainer when we left. I assume she should still be there, training." He said with a slight nod. At least he assumed she would be since Hisako had been training her the past couple days on roughly the same schedule that he'd noticed. He looked at the bag that Marius was carrying for a moment and then looked back to him. "Um.. I could carry that.. for you, if you like."

Celestine knew he was hurting Aamori, and he didn't really want to be so as soon as she released his hair he uncurled his tail from hers and laid it across the ground again. He was about to release her from the hold as well until he felt her snap her tail against his back. He gasped as his back arched slightly, though the blow had been cushioned from his back a bit by his feathery wings it still didn't feel too good. He froze with his teeth gritted together for a moment. He glared at the back of her head for a moment and growled softly, though he still started to release her, only because he was tired of this already. He looked up to Hisako when she told him to let her go and huffed before he opened bother hands and let the two staffs fall into Aamori's lap. He stood up and opened his wings to stretch them out a little before glancing back over his shoulder and huffing when he noticed a broken feather. He tried to pull his wing around in front of him and grabbed onto the mutilated feather before yanking it out while making a noise one might expect to hear from one that just jerked out some hair. He dropped the feather and then rubbed the area on his wing for a moment, combing his feathers to try to smooth them out. Finally he released his wing and reached down to get the staff that he had been using before so he could put it up. He just sighed, "I don't really like having my hair pulled, either, you know. So don't grab onto mine if you don't want to lose a few of yours. I don't care to fight dirty if that's what you'd rather do." he told Aamori before he started back toward the weapon wrack. Then again, as she'd said, she was a girl; so he didn't know what he expected really... girls seem to like to bite, claw, and hair pull. He was just glad she didn't go for his earrings.

Nanashi glanced away again anyway. "...I don't want to care that much but..." he trailed off and shook his head slightly. It was hard not to care a little. He really tried not to listen to people when they started on him, and usually did a pretty good job of paying it no mind, but it always hurt a little, and something it just stung. Nearly every one of those scars was a mark of just how much some people hated him for no more reason than he was born, so having them visible just didn't sit that well with him. He glanced back to her again when she said that he probably wouldn't like the baths in Medini either. "...That's fine..." he said quietly, "...It will probably be winter by the time we get there anyway...it will be too cold for that..." he said softly, assuming she remembered better than anyone else how the cold effected him since he was literally shivering and trying to keep his teeth from chattering once they got to Celestine's cave after the rain. He raised his arm to wrap around her and nuzzled her gently, "Don't worry about it...I'll manage." He was pretty sure he could get by with just washing himself off a little and not really all out bathing until he could find a decent place where he could do it alone.

Hikari smile reassuringly at Marius when he apologized and then shook her head. "That's alright." she said softly. She watched him shift the bag around and then smiled a little when Kyran offered to carry it for him. It did look a little heavy and she was sure Marius was probably tired after the trip, so if Kyran hadn't offered she was going to.

Marius looked back toward the building and nodded. "Alright then." he said though he merely smiled when Kyran offered to carry the bag. "That's alright, I have it. My arm was just getting a little tired, that's all." he assured him. "You two enjoy yourselves. I'm going to go see what exactly I'm here about." he told them as he gave them a polite nod of the head in place of a bow while he started forward again. "I'm sure I'll see you later."

Aamori lifted her hand to her neck and rubbed it gently as soon as he let her go and dropped the staffs. She was a bit too upset about him grabbing her hair to even pay attention to him right away. She took her other hand and reached down to pick up her staff since she had heard Hisako. She depressed the gem on her staff and once it had retracted she slipped it back into her holster and shut the buckle on it. She then lifted her hands and rubbed her eyes gently before she glanced back over to Celestine after hearing him once he'd pulled the feather out. She watched the feather once he'd dropped it and then glanced back up at him after it'd hit the ground. She'd never seen him pull a feather out before and judging by the way it looked she must have broken it when her tail hit him. She couldn't really say that she was sorry that she broke his feather. She hadn't meant to, but it only happened because he pulled her hair. Just because she pulled his first didn't mean he had stoop low enough to pull her hair right back and she wouldn't have pulled on it to begin with if she could've thought of something else to grab. She stared at him for a moment after he'd picked up the staff he had been using and listened to what he'd said afterward. She shook her head and started to get to her feet. "...If I was going to fight dirty then I'd have gone for your head above all else, especially since I know what that can do to you." She muttered. "But no, I told myself I should never hit you there even if it is a weak spot." She kind of thought of her tender head as a weakness. Pulling her hair just the right way was enough to make her cry and she couldn't really help it. Her hair itself even with it's length wasn't enough to hurt her head by itself but given enough tugging or pulling on it, it sure could hurt like hell. If she happened to sit on her hair, turning her head when the hair was taut even hurt. Rolling over in her sleep and pulling her hair hurt or even the rare occasions when standing up and she happened to step on her own hair; Even that hurt. She really needed to just get it cut, even just a little might help. She stared down at the feather he'd pulled out for a moment and sighed quietly before she stepped over to it and reached down to pick it up. She was pretty sure that if something wasn't done with it, Hisako would probably dispose of it. She stared at it for a moment in her hand and then started to head towards her room.

Hisako was glad that she wasn't going to have to separate them and even more happy that Aamori actually kept her hands to herself like she told her to. She had expected Aamori to be mad and go after Celestine once he'd let her go and while he was returning the staff seemed the like opportune time to do that. When all she did was pick up the feather he yanked out she tilted her head slightly and watched as she headed for her room. "Hey, Aamori." She called. "Go ahead and switch out of your training clothes if you want. I'm not going to make you continue training today after that." She told her as she continued to watch her heading for her room. She couldn't see making her work any more after that and she even felt a little bad for making Aamori fight against Celestine. That to her at least was like throwing her into a fight she'd never be able to win. She shook her head lightly and gave a heavy sigh.

LaRae probably looked a little surprised when she heard him say that it would probably be winter by the time they got to Medini. She had honestly not even been paying attention to the seasons. She sighed quietly now that she was thinking about it. The winters in Medini were pretty harsh sometimes but that was mostly due to the lack of sunlight that made it through the trees. It's kind of hard for snow and ice to melt without the warmth from the sun. Unfortunately she did remember how the cold effected him and knowing that she really wasn't looking forward to going back to Medini during the winter of all seasons. She smiled a little after he wrapped his arm around her and nuzzled her. "...I don't think I'm looking forward to any of you having to deal with my territory during the winter." She paused. "Ice, snow and cold temperatures can be a lot for anyone to handle if they aren't used to the winters." She wasn't even really used to them and she always caught a chill but that was mostly because her foster family didn't grant her a coat of any sort in the winter. She was usually stuck with what ever she was wearing at the time and maybe she was lucky if someone felt nice enough to give her a coat or something to use. But with her being a marked, it was usually hard to find someone in her clan willing to be nice to her.

Kyran sighed quietly when Marius declined his offer to carry the bag for him and nodded his head slightly. It was kind of out of habit to ask things like that, just like it was natural to offer to carry a woman's bags or open doors and pull out chairs. He really did it anymore without even thinking about it. He looked at Marius and nodded his head lightly when he told them to enjoy themselves and that he was going to see what he was here for. He kind of wanted to know what reason Aamori was going to give for bringing Marius all this way but he wasn't about to go following after him. Well, he might if that was what Hikari wanted to do, other than that he guessed that they would be finding something else to occupy their time.

Celestine sat the staff back where he'd gotten it from and then looked back to Aamori and huffed, giving her a bit of a glare when she mentioned going for his head. "If you'd tried to hit me there I probably would have done more than throw you across the yard..." he said bluntly. He wouldn't let anyone get anywhere near his head if he could help it. And what did she think that his hair was attached to? He just shook his head and then blinked when he realized that she had his feather. he raised an eyebrow and tilted his head slightly. "Um...what are you doing with that?" he asked flatly, wondering why she was making off toward her room with a broken feather. "I don't think that's going to make a very good quill..." That was about the only thing he could even think of taking a feather for, but that one was already broken so it would be pretty hard to do anything with. He hadn't even really thought of throwing it away... after all to him his feathers were just like hairs, they fell out a lot and they weren't exactly anything unnatural so he didn't think anything of leaving it on the grass.

Kanone was finally starting to drag himself out of the bed since it was nearly lunch time by now. He had changed back into the blue shirt and brown pants that he'd cone here in by now, and just tossed his hair up in a slightly messy ponytail on his way out of the room. He tried to stifle a massive yawn as he opened the bedroom door and walked out into the hallway, running one eye on his way to the court yard. He was a little surprised to see Celestine down here for one, but he didn't really say anything. It was a little too early for him to get on Celestine's bad side, and he already looked a little irritated. "...."

Nanashi sighed and shivered slightly just thinking about it. "Yeah...I know... I usually try to make my way back toward at least the outskirts of Cináed during the winter months..." he said quietly, "...But I'm sure I'll be alright..." he just sighed quietly and glanced away, "...I just hope I don't cause any of you any trouble then..." It was extremely hard for his body to tolerate cold temperatures no matter how bundled up he was. His body just didn't produce enough of it's own heat to keep him that warm. Not to mention with his weak immune system the cold certainly made getting sick even easier than normal, and over all in winter all he wanted to do was sleep, so he was sure he was going to be pretty exhausted. Of course he knew none of the others really knew just had bad the cold was for him specifically and he had no intention of pointing it out either. He just hoped he could push through it and not cause any of the others any more trouble. The last thing he wanted to do was slow them down anymore than he already had.

Hikari waved slightly to Marius when he started past them and looked after him for a few moments before looking back to Kyran again. She smiled slightly and shrugged. "Well...do you want to head back or continue our walk?" she asked curiously. She half wanted to go back and see what the deal was with Marius being there, but she also knew they could find out later if they wanted, so she wasn't too worried about it right now.

Marius was silent as he made his way up the path to the building. It didn't take him all that long to get there though once he made it. it took him a minute or two to find the door. He stood there in front of the massive doors for a few moments and then sighed softly before he knocked at it with the back of his hand. After knocking he just stood there silently for a few moments while waiting to see if anyone was going to answer. He didn't know if he should just go in or wait, so he just decided to wait for now.

Aamori nodded her head while she was walking to acknowledge what Hisako had said about her being able to change her clothes. She paused briefly when she heard Celestine and for the most part ignored the first thing that he said. She had only been pointing out that she hadn't gone for a weak spot when she could've. She glanced over to him finally when he asked about the feather. She glanced down at her hand momentarily and then back to him. "Since you didn't look like you were going to do anything with it, I thought I'd dispose of it." She said and then continued walking the rest of the way to her room. It was easy enough to claim she'd dispose of it, after all she did have a trash can in her room. After she made it to her room she shut the door behind her and then took a moment glancing around her room. She wasn't really going to throw his feather away and she honestly couldn't see making a quill with one of his feathers anyway but she did want somewhere to put it that maybe it wasn't so obvious. Fortunately for once, she didn't have any spare surface face. She thought briefly about hiding it near her quill pen but it'd stick out since it was broken and she didn't exactly have feathers anywhere else in the room. She sighed quietly and started over towards her bed to sit down. She paused though when she saw the book that she had sitting on the enclosed under shelf of her night stand. It wasn't too easy to see that shelf and the book was dark, so that might work. She knelt down in front of the night stand and pulled the book out with her spare hand. She opened it up and glanced down at it for a moment before shaking her head. Go figure the one book she'd think to set it inside turned out to be her journal that she hadn't written in, in years. The book didn't look like anything special and it had nothing on the binding or even the face so it wouldn't even be obvious it was a journal unless it was opened. She flipped the book to an empty page and tucked the feather inside and then tried to straighten it out as much as possible. She was about to shut the book but paused and stared at the blank page for a moment before reaching for the little drawer in her night stand. It wasn't very large and only held a few things. She did at least remember that she kept a pen inside for when she write in her journal. She pulled it out and then shifted the book slightly so that she could scribble at the bottom of the page. She made note of the date and then wrote 'Celestine's' with an arrow pointing to the feather and she couldn't resist the urge to doodle a heart on the page before she shut the book gently with a smile then and stuck it back on her nightstands little shelf before putting her pen away as well. After she was done with that she stood back up and started over to her closet to dig out one of her Elders dresses so she could change.

Hisako glanced between Aamori and Celestine for a moment when Celestine brought up what she was doing with the feather. She had assumed Aamori might be going to throw it away mostly because she would've picked it up otherwise. She wouldn't have bothered if the feather was outside of the building but in here it couldn't very well just lay around. Well, it could... but she wouldn't just let it lay there. She watched as Aamori continued on to her room and she noticed Kanone. She smiled a bit judging by the look of him that he had recently woken up. "Good afternoon, Kanone." She said and then a moment or two later turned her head towards the doors slightly when her hears twitched. It was a little unusual to have someone knock at the door. Most people who came here came for a reason and just walked inside. "Hmm..." She turned and started for the door, picking up her pace a bit to get to the door a little quicker. When she reached it she opened the door enough to look outside. At first she was a little taken back, mostly by that headdress he was wearing. She looked the man over again and then sighed quietly. "I think Aamori may attract wind dragons... You're the third in a ten day period." She commented.

LaRae shifted slightly and wrapped her arms around his middle and rested her head against him. "You won't cause any of us any trouble." She said quietly. "You'll probably be the least of our worries..." She commented quietly. She was pretty sure that this little get away wouldn't go unnoticed by Renzo and it would be considerably harder to avoid him in Medini of all places. She was kind of glad to be in Kairava where it wasn't easy for him to follow. Though she wouldn't put it past him to get permission to enter the island. She also thought she might get away from him in Glenys too considering who Hikari really was. It wouldn't be easy for him to get close with her escort around Glenys being a princess. Now that she was thinking about it she really wasn't looking forward to going to Medini.

Celestine just raised an eyebrow when she said that she was going to throw it away and then shrugged slightly. He didn't really care what she did with it. He wasn't using it anymore, obviously. He glanced over to Kanone when he saw him finally emerge from hibernation and then looked over to Hisako when she spoke to him. "I hope you don't plan to sleep half of the day everyday when we get moving again..." he said simply. He shook his head and then his eyes wandered over to the door when he heard the knock, though he didn't really pay attention as Hisako went to answer it. He glanced back toward Aamori's bedroom door and sighed softly, at least until he heard Hisako say something about wind dragons. His eyes wandered back to the door again, though she was obstructing his view a little so he couldn't really tell who was there, though he knew when he moved to the side a but and caught sight of the headdress and horn. His eyes widened slightly and he couldn't help bet smile before he started in that direction quickly.

Kanone looked over to Hisako and smiled slightly. "Afternoon..." he said lightly before his gaze wandered over to Celestine. He stuck his tongue out at him after his comment and then sighed. "Yeesh, give me a break, it's not like we're doing anything today, anyway... There's not much to do but sleep." he said simply before he stretched again. He glanced over toward the door when he heard the knock and smiled slightly, wondering if it was Marius since he had a feeling that was about the only one who would knock. He had been wondering if he was even going to come or if Zale had gotten lost or something considering how long it had taken him to get here. He'd thought he would have been here yesterday. He was relieved when he heard Hisako mention it being a wind dragon and then chuckled when Celestine's attention was caught and he headed in that direction.

Marius looked at the woman who answered the door for a moment a little strangely and then smiled warmly at her. "I'm sorry if I'm intruding, I suppose you are referring to my grandsons." he said lightly. He reached into his pocket and fished out the notes that Aamori had sent him before. "Well, Aamori certainly is something... Though I don't believe I would say I was 'attracted.'" he said with a soft chuckle, "To be perfectly honestly I'm not entirely sure why I am here. I was hoping she might be willing to inform me; her note was a little vague." he said as he handed the two slips of paper over to the woman, "That is her signature, isn't it?"

Nanashi looked down to LaRae when she wrapped her arms around him and smiled weakly before be raised his arms and wrapped them around her gently. He raised his hand to comb his fingers through her hair and then sighed softly as he leaned his head down against hers. "...What are you worried about, LaRae?" he asked softly, "...Renzo?" He said the name with a definite hint of disdain in his tone. He shook his head and sighed. "...I don't like him." he said bluntly, though that probably wasn't a secret.

Aamori made relatively short work of changing out of the clothes she wore for training and into a clean wetsuit along with her dress. She of course made sure to put the sleeve on for her dress since it would cover the forearm that she used to block Celestine before. Her arm had just cleaned up from the last bruise she had from falling down the stairs that one day, she wouldn't be surprised to see it come back a little from how hard Celestine had hit her. Then of course she had to go and fall like she did which only aggravated it. She sighed quietly and walked over to her vanity long enough to pick up the same brush she always used and then start brushing her hair out a little. Her arm was still a little sore and she could probably have the ache taken away but this time she wanted to try and just deal with it. Having medical look at something so small on top of losing to Celestine? Well... that just sounded pathetic. Once she was done brushing her hair she put the brush back from where she'd picked it up from and then started to walk back towards her door.

Hisako shook her head when he apologized. "No, you're not intruding at all. By the way, my name is Hisako." She paused and then chuckled quietly. "Although... I'm a little surprised to see you here and that your ears haven't burned considering how much you've been talked about." She'd pretty much heard everything that there was no know about him just from the talk that she'd had with Celestine a few days back so hearing him call them his grandsons really didn't make it hard to figure out who he was. That also made the headdress make a little more sense. She started to step out of the way and hold the door open so that he could come inside. "I think I might be a little reluctant to let you inside if you were 'attracted' to her, thankfully, you assure me that isn't the case." She glanced back inside for a moment and over looked the other two while she looked to Aamori's door to see if she'd come out yet. When she didn't see her she turned her attention back to Marius since he'd handed her papers and asked a question. "I'm not quite sure why you're here either, to be frank. She usually lets me know when she's got someone coming over. Though... with your standings you'd have been able to get this far even without Aamori's name attached." She said as she glanced down at the papers. Sure enough, that was Aamori's signature. She skimmed the note rather quickly and then shook her head. "And Aamori knows how to write a proper informative letter so there must be something behind this..." She commented quietly.

LaRae nuzzled against him for a moment and then let out a quiet sigh when he asked what she was worried about and then hit the nail on the head. "What... have you taken up mind reading?" She asked quietly while not bothering to lift her head up. She was a little surprised that he managed to guess it in one shot. There could've been other things that she was referring to. After all there were a considerable amount of relatively dangerous animals in the forests of Medini and the hunters liked all the brush. There were plenty of other things and yet he came to Renzo first. "Yes... that's who I'm worried about." She admitted quietly. "...And I don't like him very much either. Especially since he's changed so much since we were kids." She added lastly.

Marius smiled again when he introduced herself and nodded to her. "Marius." he responded, thinking it only polite to give her his name, though after hearing her next statement he had a feeling that she already knew his name. He laughed softly, "Oh my...should I be worried?" In all honesty there was no telling what all they had to say about him. He took a step inside once she'd opened the door a bit and looked at her with another soft laugh, "I can't blame you. But I think I will leave that to the young ones." he said said with a soft chuckle, "I know Kanone certainly missed her." He wasn't all that surprised to hear that there must have been something behind the letter after Hisako read it over. "With Kanone here? Of course there is." he said with a slight roll of his eyes. He opened his mouth to speak again but suddenly stumbled back a step with a quiet 'oh!' when something collided with him. He dropped the bag he was carrying and then looked down and smiled. He shook his head and then wrapped his arms gently around Celestine, patting his back lightly before he released him. "What's this? It hasn't even been two weeks." he said with a soft chuckle.

Celestine smiled even more brightly when Hisako moved out of the way and opened the door so that he got a good look at who was coming in. He picked up his pace a little and then threw his arms around Marius's waist when he reached him while nuzzling against him lightly. It hadn't been that long, but he really hadn't been ready to leave him behind just yet when they had to leave Caledonia anyway, so he was really glad to see him. No matter how much he tried, something he just couldn't completely hide that lovable nature of his, especially when it was someone he was really fond of. Grandparents always seemed to have a way of bringing about the cuddly side of just about anyone. He blinked when Marius pointed out that it hadn't even been two weeks and then he blushed a bit and backed up quickly. "...Sorry." he said quietly before he reached to pick up the bag that he'd caused him to drop. "...It's good to see you."

Kanone blinked when Celestine practically tackle hugged Marius once he was inside. He couldn't help feeling a little jealous, but he still had to laugh. "Oh sure! He gets hugs; I get a door slammed in my face! What gives!?" he called over before he started walking in that general direction with a silly grin on his face. He shook his head and smiled at Celestine. "Awwww that's so cute, Celly~" he said playfully while he poked his rosey cheeks lightly, causing them to go an even deeper shade.

"Shut up Kanone!!!" he snapped, closing his eyes tightly for a moment.

Marius just smiled weakly and then sighed, shaking his head again before lightly smacking Kanone on the back of the head. "Behave." he said simply.

Nanashi smiled weakly when LaRae asked if he'd taken up mind reading. "...Maybe only on yours." he said softly. Renzo was really the only thing that he knew of that LaRae had to worry about. After all, the guy could obviously cause that mark to react at any time and certainly seemed to have no trouble exercising that power then it suited him. "...I guessed as much..." he said quietly, "...He and I are not exactly on friendly terms after our last meeting..." He gently combed his fingers through LaRae's hair. "...I don't like anyone who would hurt you like that...just so he could be the one to stop it." He sighed quietly, "...That's why he was the one to kiss you then... the only way I could get anything done was to back off so he would stop making it worse to prove his point..."