Aamori let her hand be guided up with ease and sighed quietly after she felt his temple throbbing like it was. She had no idea how bad his head had been bothering him but she had some rough idea now. She slid her other hand up to the opposite temple. She nodded her head slightly after hearing him agree about her walking with him and then started to rub her index and middle fingers in unison lightly at his temples. It wasn't really much but she thought it might help a little, or at least she knew it did when she had a throbbing headache. "....If this bothers you... just let me know.." She told him quietly. She would of course refrain from rubbing his temples and go back to just letting her cool hands rest against his head if that was better.

LaRae glanced over at Hikari momentarily when she heard her say for her to hold onto something. She of course stared down at the massive cat before setting her hands against her fur and trying to hold onto it, lightly. There weren't exactly reigns or anything so holding on at the moment didn't leave many options and she didn't want to hurt Kyiri at all. She wasn't really uncomfortable with riding animals, well, she'd never rode on the back of a large dog or a larger cat before. She leaned forward slightly when Kyiri's rear raised faster then her front but thankfully didn't go anywhere since she had straightened out quickly. She was still intact on Kyiri's back though she had released one hand to lift to her head. The motion had bothered her a little but the ache was starting to subside a little, at least until another motion set it off. She smiled weakly when she saw Kyiri look back to her and lowered her hand so that she could reach for Kyiri's head. She rubbed her head lightly. "I'm okay... and thank you... for this." She told her quietly.

Kyran sighed softly to himself once he felt Nanashi wrap his arms back around his neck and rest his chin to his shoulder. He was just glad this was not going to be a big issue. He in no way wanted to fight him on the matter. He turned his head slightly when he heard Nanashi say that he really didn't have to do this. "I know that." He answered. "But I'm still going to do it." He added. He turned his glance towards Hikari, to see how she was coming with Kyiri and LaRae and then started to glance around at the others, just to check. His eyes caught on Nobu for a few moments though he broke his stare when he heard Nanashi apologize and then looked away from Nobu all together. "You don't need to apologize." He started. "It isn't like you got hurt on purpose just so I'd be stuck carrying you or anything like that, so it's fine. Really. I don't mind." He sighed softly. "If I did I'd have woken you up and made you walk on your own... or something.." He said quietly. "Anyway... you're welcome." He said and then started to head over towards Hikari a little.

Zale wagged his tail a bit more once Nobu was standing upright again and then looked over at Esen before slithering his tongue out at her. 'He's fine, see. I didn't make anything worse.' He told her before looking back to Nobu. He knew he hadn't made anything worse but he knew Nobu was in a great deal of pain. He felt bad for him but there wasn't really anything that could be done about it, well, other then maybe he and Esen walking side by side with him. That might help something, maybe. Hopefully wherever they were going wasn't going to take a great long time to reach.

Nobu may have been standing but he really wished he wasn't. He ached, especially at his back just where the gashes were. He was pretty sure that the motion of walking, especially moving his front legs was going to aggravate those wounds but there wasn't anything that could be done about it. His ears were laid back and had been for awhile due to the pain and his tails lay almost limply behind him. He was working himself up a little, giving himself that resting point once they got wherever the hell they were going. That would certainly be something to look forward to and likely keep him moving once they started. He turned his head very slightly after the affections from Esen and then started to lift his head up a bit higher instead of leaving it hanging where it had been. 'I'll be alright... don't worry, okay? Either of you.'

Kanone didn't know that his head was throbbing badly enough that even Aamori could feel it in his temples, he just knew his head hurt nearly every time his heart beat. After Aamori moved her other hand to his head and started massaging his temples he sighed and almost slumped over. His shoulders slouched a little and he just closed his eyes. "...No...but if you keep that up I may fall asleep on you..." he said with a weak smile. It did feel good, it was nice to have something massaging his temples that was cold on top of working. It honestly made him wand to lay back down, but he knew he couldn't. After a minute he slowly raised his hands and gently took her wrists and pulled them down. "...I'm alright," he assured her quietly, "Heh...thanks, but I don't think that's helping be get any mojo to walk...just makes me want to go to sleep."

Kyiri purred again when LaRae started to rub her head and then let out a quiet "merow" while her ears perked up at her thanks. She turned her head over to look at Hikari, since she assumed it was her that she was going to have to follow and then turned her attention over toward Kyran when he started coming in their direction. She tilted her head a little and then meowed again, though her voice was deeper in this form and not the quiet little sound that she usually made in her smaller form.

Hikari smiled slightly and then reached over to place her hand on LaRae's arm gently before rubbing Kyiri's neck. She glanced around for a moment and sighed when she saw Nobu on his feet already. Well...at least she didn't have to wake the poor thing. She turned her attention to Kyran when she noticed him coming in their direction and then slowly started around Kyiri and looked at him for a moment. She noted that Nanashi looked like he was awake now and then sighed softly as she shifted her gaze around once more to make sure that everyone was ready to go before she looked up to Kyran. She offered him a weak smile and then sighed softly and glanced away. "...I guess we should get going..." she said quietly.

Nanashi sighed softly once Kyran had responded to him and then just closed his head again and nuzzled his head lightly against the side of Kyran's, just to let him know he heard him and understood...and was still grateful. Nanashi may have been a little difficult at times, but he wasn't ungrateful for Kyran's assistance, he just hated accepting it only because it made things harder on Kyran. "...If I get too heavy...put me down...I'll try to walk," he told him quietly. He didn't attempt to get down again, he just did as Kyran asked him and tried to relax, though he was trying to stay awake so that he could help Kyran out by holding onto him. He knew that he probably didn't weigh a whole lot, or at least not compared to Kyran. He was relatively tall, but he was mostly skin and bone. He had started to put a little meat on him since the trip had started since he was actually getting the chance to eat a whole, decent meal, but even at that since meals were sometimes so few and far between, he hadn't put on much weight and with as much as he'd been injured lately, he'd lost a lot of what he had gained through not eating. He still probably weighed just over one hundred pounds, though definitely less than one-ten. He didn't know how heavy he was to Kyran, though he was pretty sure Kyran was a lot stronger than he was, as well.

Esen sighed softly when Zale stuck his tongue out at her and shook her head a little before she turned her attention back to Nobu. 'Next time you get hurt, I'll let him step on your injury and see how you like it,' she told Zale simply. She titled her head a little when Nobu told both of them not to worry and then sighed again and nuzzled his head again. Clearly not worrying was going to be hard for her. She knew there was nothing she could do, but that didn't help her any. She lowered her head a little, slipping her head under his and nuzzling him beneath his chin for a moment before she pulled back again and whined softly, laying back her ears. She didn't bother saying anything, but it was probably clear she was upset about his being hurt and her inability to make it feel any better.

Aamori stared up at Kanone when he said that if she kept up he may fall asleep on her. She had continued to rub his temples at least until he had taken hold of her wrists. She had already thought that maybe she should've stopped if there stood a chance of his falling asleep like he said but she couldn't really bring herself to right away if it had been helping at all with relief for his head. Her ears laid back very slightly after he had moved her hands. "...Sorry." She mumbled quietly once he had said that he was alright and that it just made him was to sleep. "...If your head is still bothering you later, once we've stopped..." She paused. "If it helped, I don't mind continuing." She said quietly. She wanted to be useful, especially since she hadn't done a darn thing when the hunters attacked. She just kind of froze behind Zale and stayed there the whole time, which was honestly a little pathetic.

Kyran nodded his head slightly after hearing Nanashi say to put him down if he got too heavy, that he would try to walk. He was ignoring that statement for the most part and only nodding so that Nanashi knew he heard him. He wasn't going to put Nanashi down even if he did start getting too heavy. He didn't think Nanashi was going to be a problem but even if by some change he was too heavy the instant he put him down and let him walk on his own he probably wouldn't be able to pick him up again. His body would likely say no to the extra weight. So it really was better to just carry him the whole way without letting him down. He shifted his glance briefly between Kyiri and LaRae before looking at Hikari. He had noticed that LaRae made an attempt to look up at him and see Nanashi but her eyes didn't linger long. They were closed quickly enough and she was rubbing her head. He stared at Hikari for a moment and then nodded his head lightly. "Yes, while everyone appears to be up and ready to move." He agreed. "Do you know where you want to go?" He asked. "Maybe even know about how far it is from here?" He added. He was really worried about Nobu out of everyone and he kind of wanted to know approximately how far the poor canine was going to have to walk like that.

Nobu groaned quietly listening to the two of them, Esen and Zale that is. He hoped the two of them didn't go getting into any arguments over this. He was sore enough as it was he didn't need to add a massive headache on top of it all because the two of them were bickering back and forth. Though, Esen probably wouldn't let it get that bad. She'd probably shush or shut Zale up before too long. He appreciated Esen's concern and her little affections here and there but he wasn't entirely sure how to respond other then to ask her not to worry about him. He shifted his weight very slightly where he was standing and started to test out taking a couple short steps. He kept his desire to whine to himself but managed a couple slow, almost shaky steps before he paused and looked towards Hikari and Kyran. '...Come on ...lets go ahead and head over there.' He said before he started to wander in that direction, trying to be careful about how he moved as to not agitate the wounds, especially the ones that were already wrapped.

Zale slithered his tongue out at Esen again after her comment. 'I'd have to get hurt first.' He watched Nobu a little closely once he started to take a couple steps, obviously testing the motion first. He nodded his head slightly in response to his saying that to go ahead and head over towards Hikari. He watched again as Nobu started to wander in that direction and rather quickly fell instep right beside him. He was a bit close to him on purpose and figured that Esen would take up the other side without even having to say anything to her.

Nero leaned forward very slightly and shifted Celestine's weight a little before eying Hikari and Kyran. He was ready to get going. Or well, he had been ready. He wanted to hurry up and get wherever they were going so that he could get the kid off his back. He didn't really have anything against Celestine, this was just too much chummy-helpful behavior for him. He wanted to go back to being the tail of the group and sitting by himself and well... just kind of being by himself like when they first started this trip. Unfortunately that was slowly changing and he had the sneaking suspicion that it was going to continue to change little by little so long as Kanone seemed to like him. It also didn't help that his own cousin, Reyes, was so open and happy and just a people person. At any rate, he and Reyes were ready to go as soon as Hikari was.

Kanone smiled reassuringly at Aamori when she apologized and shook his head weakly. The motion hurt a little, but he could ignore it to an extent. "...Geez, don't look like I'm scolding you..." he said when he saw the way her ears were laid back. He smiled again when she offered to continue later and just nodded a little. "..I may take you up on that," he said simply, "...though I'm kinda hopin' it'll quit by then..." He finally raised his head a little to glance around and noticed the others congregating around Hikari, so he assumed by that they were going to be moving soon. He sighed heavily and finally started to take a few deliberately slow steps in that direction, though the motion of walking made him rock a little off balance. He felt like he was trying to walk on a boat, even though the ground was steady. He wasn't really in danger of falling, but he wasn't exactly walking in a straight line either. He was leaning a little to the left and he almost seemed to be going that way though a few seconds later he seemed to catch himself and straightened for a second before he started doing the same thing, only more to the right since that seemed the be what he was concentrating on.

Hikari sighed softly when Kyran started quizzing her on locations and distance, though she understood perfectly well why...she just doubted he was going to like the answer very much. "...Yes, I know... It is still a few miles away...walking it should take us...roughly two hours...at the most..." She only assumed it would take that long considering that half of the group wasn't going to be able to travel very fast. Kyran and Nero both had extra weight to carry, Kanone was staggering all over, and Nobu...well she didn't know how well he was going to be moving. She glanced over to the canines and sighed softly when she saw Nobu trying to come in this direction. Her ears laid back a little and she shook her head a little before looking back to Kyran again sympathetically. She knew he was probably more worried about Nobu than even she was, but she couldn't think of anywhere closer that she thought may be relatively safe. "...Well...come on, let's get going..." she said quietly, "I don't want to make him stand any longer than we have to..." She looked back toward the others and waved her hand for them to come since she was pretty sure most of them saw her and the ones that didn't would catch the hint when they saw everyone leaving...she wasn't in the mood to be loud.

Esen huffed when Zale came back at her and then looked at him with what could still probably be considered an annoyed expression. '...Stick that tongue out at me again and I can arrange that,' she threatened in her usual quiet tone. Her voice was almsot never loud, but the threat was probably all the more meaningful since she wasn't shouting to blow steam; the soft tone made it seem almost all the more sincere. Clearly...some of Celestine's temperament was already starting to rub off on her a little. She wasn't in the mood for Zale's playful behavior, and she half wanted to just...bite his tail or something for not even seeming to care that he'd hurt Nobu's head when he put his paw on it. He hadn't even apologized for it, and more so, he was denying even causing the injury to hurt when it clearly had. If it hadn't she didn't see Nobu whining like that. After the threat however, she just looked away from him, clearly intent on just ignoring him. She wasn't in the mood to get into a petty argument right now, either; they had more important things to be doing and worrying about. Once Nobu had started to move forward she watched him for only a few seconds before she was already moving to take her place right beside him. She had already intended to stick close to him, though when she noticed Zale doing the same, she was relieved. At least maybe they could help keep him from falling over this way.

Aamori looked a little confused at first by Kanone's telling her not to look like he was scolding her. She momentarily forgot that she had laid her ears back and ceased that almost immediately. She had just kind of felt bad that she had been trying to help but it may have been... too helpful? That is since he didn't need to go to sleep. She nodded her head slightly after he had said that he may take her up on the offer, though he hoped that the headache would be gone by then. She had to agree, she'd rather the headache be gone as well along with everything else that was bothering him and of course Celestine and LaRae too. She watched him for a moment once he started to move. She only watched the first couple steps before she started checking to make sure she had everything on her. She hadn't gathered everything earlier, unfortunately. She practically scurried over to where she had set her bag and blades down and started to pick them up one at time. First setting the blades back into her holster and then lastly grabbing her bag and slipping it onto her back as quickly as she could. She turned to look back to see how far Kanone had gotten and just kind of chuckled quietly to herself upon seeing him sway with his attempt to reach the others. She started after him and hurried up beside him to try and keep him from wandering too far right. "You're not walking straight." She told him quietly.

Kyran listened when Hikari answered his questions and then sighed softly to himself. He hated to hear that but there wasn't anything that could be done about it. He nodded his head after a moment, mostly to acknowledge that he had heard her. He glanced over in Nobu's direction a little after Hikari had and was a little relieved that both Esen and Zale were keeping an eye on Nobu though it did pain him to see the canine up and moving with wounds like he had. Unfortunately there just wasn't any other way to get him from point A to point B. He glanced back to Hikari when she said 'lets get going' and nodded his head again lightly. He was already prepared to start walking so once Hikari and Kyiri started off he wouldn't be too far behind.

Nobu continued moving towards the other group almost without stopping. He was trying to walk as light as possible in hopes of keep the pain of the motion to a minimum but he had to pause about half way there. He only stopped for a moment or two before continuing again. His wounds hurt and he kept his muzzle clamped shut for the most part. He was a bit thankful for having Esen and Zale on either side of him, at least with that he felt less likely to fall over or sway at all. He was hoping that once he got moving and had been moving for awhile that he would become used to the feeling and that it wouldn't bother him so much, walking that is.

Nero didn't start to move at all until after he had caught sight of Hikari's hand gesture for them to come. After that he started to head in that direction, of course intent on bringing up the rear like he usually did. Reyes was right beside him of course and keeping a close eye on Celestine.

Hikari waited just a few seconds for everyone get get moving before she started off through the trees again, with Kyiri practically right beside her. She stayed next to Kyiri to make sure that LaRae didn't fall off of her at any given point since the terrain was a little uneven. As they got further into the woods, the normal looking trees started to become fewer ad more and more of the ones with the silvery white bark and crimson leaves showed up. As Hikari had mentioned earlier to Aamori, there was small river up ahead, but she didn't stop to clean herself off as she had previously intended to do, and rather led them right by it. She was trying to keep the pace brisk, but also kept checking back to make sure that everyone was able to keep up, including Nobu.

Kanone sighed softly when Aamori informed him that he wasn't walking straight, though he wasn't entirely aware of what he was was doing wrong. He glanced at her, looking a little confused, but he let her try to straighten him out. He managed to get a little ways behind Kyran, at least, though the more they walked at first the harder it was for him to tell where he was putting his feet. About ten minutes into the trek he tried to step over a root, that was only barely raised out of the ground, though he didn't pick his foot up high enough to completely avoid it and managed to catch his foot on the top of it. Of course the motion sent him stumbling forward, causing him to lose all sense of equilibrium and he came crashing face first into the ground right at Kyran's ankles. He wasn't sure if he took Aamori down with him, or not, but he hardly had time to look before the waves of pain hit his head and he quite literally rolled up in a ball clutching both sides of his head tightly. "ShitshitshitshitshitshitSHIT!" he muttered under his breath in a rather high pitched voice. It took him a minute of laying there with his eyes shut tightly before he finally unrolled himself and started to sit up again slowly, though his eyes were still narrowed in pain and concentration as he tried to get back to his feet again without falling over. He closed his eyes again tightly once he was back on his feet and held his hand to his head before he started forward again, this time watching the ground carefully and deliberately picking his feet up much higher than need be when stepping over something to make damn sure he didn't do that again.

Esen glanced over to Nobu and licked his cheek again when he had to stop and rest, but she still didn't say anything, and made sure to stick very close to him as they made their way into the trees. She kept her head straight, only glancing at Nobu occasionally, though she did look over toward Kanone when he decided to plant his face in the dirt and tilted her head a little, whining softly. She sighed when she heard him slurring profanities and shook her head a little, getting back to concentrating on keeping Nobu upright. She felt a little bad for Kanone's head, but there wasn't anything she could do for it. She was a little more useful helping Nobu at the moment.

Nanashi was still doing a decent job of keeping a hold of Kyran's shoulders, though not far into the walk he had started to doze again. He was too tired to stay awake when he wasn't really having to do anything himself and the walking motion was enough to practically lull him to sleep in itself. He still had his chin resting on Kyran's shoulder, but his head had fallen over against his neck again and was resting there comfortably.

Kyran followed after Hikari once she got started and didn't have any real trouble keeping up with her. Nanashi didn't add that much extra weight really and he had carried him before so he knew what to expect. He had just barely noticed when Nanashi started to doze off. He had been pretty focused on where he was walking and keeping an eye out for anything that might obstruct his path like a low branch or something of that nature. He did turn his head very slightly to try and look at him though when he wound up with his head rested against his neck. It really hadn't surprised him to see that Nanashi had fallen asleep and quite honestly it was probably better for him to be getting some rest. He did pause a bit in his walking when he heard what sounded like someone falling though the slur of profanities kind of gave it away. Kanone must have fallen. He did turn slightly to look down at Kanone for a moment before shaking his head slightly. He couldn't help but keep an eye on him until he was back on his feet. Once he was, he turned back so that he could continue after Hikari.

Aamori did her best to try and keep Kanone walking straight, especially once they got started into the forest. She didn't really hold onto him too tightly. She only had a hold of his arm strong enough to keep him from swaying farther from her. She hadn't really been watching his feet so of course she hadn't noticed when he didn't get his foot up high enough. She startled when he tripped and started to fall and got jerked forward slightly but because she hadn't had a really good grip on him she didn't go down with him when he fell she just stumbled forward a bit. She stared down at Kanone for a few moments with wide eyes that only widened a bit once she heard the slur of cuss words that came from him. "Oh... Kanone are you alright?" She asked in a hurried voice. She relaxed slightly when he finally started to get to his feet again. "...I'm sure that didn't help your head..." She commented quietly before stepping closer to him again.

Nero paused in the lineup when Kanone had taken a spill and shook his head. This terrain really wasn't the best setup for someone who was recovering from a sedative like that. he just hoped that this didn't mean that Kanone was going to take more spills like that. They hadn't really gotten that far into the trek and already he'd fallen down and in all honesty... Aamori probably wasn't the best suited to keep him on his feet, the girl could just barely keep herself on her own feet. He sighed quietly once he was back up and they started moving again. Well, at least it hadn't taken too much to get him back up and moving.

Hikari glanced back only briefly at the others when she thought she heard someone fall and then heard Kanone's voice letting out a nice string of curse words. She stared back at him for a moment and sighed softly when he started getting up. She really wished she had something to give all of these people for their headaches, but there wasn't a whole let that she could do at the moment, so she just continued forward.

Kanone groaned softly as he held his hand to his head and glanced over to Aamori, looking more like he had a migraine now than ever. Honestly, he had a bit of a Celestine-ish expression on his face right now. He was irritated, though not at her, he was just aggravated at himself for the most part. "...No...not really..." he muttered quietly. He sighed again as he continued forward, finding it all the more difficult not to want to just close his eyes and stop moving now. As much as held love to sit under a tree and be stubborn, he knew they didn't have the time for that and likely no one else had the patience. He just tried to keep himself going, hoping he could just go to sleep and sleep the rest of this off once they got there. Thankfully, now that he was trying his best to pay more attention, he didn't trip again, though he did still manage to bounce his shoulder off of a few trees since he was trying to watch the ground and once got his horn caught in a low hanging branch at which time he had to stop and back up a little then duck under it to keep going. As the trip progressed, however, he slowly started to regain more balance and was able to actually raise his head again without any throbbing pains, with greatly increased his mood since he'd stopped bumping into things.

Celestine hadn't budged at all for the first twenty minutes of the trip, though he did groan softly at one point and shift a little more, pressing his head a little more firmly against Nero's neck. It still took another half hour or so before he really started to get any sort of sense of what was going on around him. His ears laid back and he struggled to open his eyes, it almost felt like his lids were glued together, and his head was throbbing painfully. He could barely remember what had happened, though as he struggled to open his eyes he was also remembering bits and pieces. He remembered there were hunters...and then he remembered a stinging pain in his neck, but after that, he had no idea what happened or where he was. His eyes fluttered open a little, just enough for him to catch sight of black hair, and that was enough to alert him that he wasn't alone, someone or something had him. Panic sat in before rational thought and all at once he gasped and jerked away violently as his eyes shot open wide. "Get off!" he shouted shrilly, and before he even thought or saw who it was had him he drew his claws back sharply across Nero's cheek, though he wasn't really aware at all of who or what he was clawing. Luckily for Nero he really hadn't extended his claws much, it was just enough to make some nice long stinging little cuts in the side of his face. At nearly the same time he'd sliced at him he jerked himself backwards roughly, apparently entirely unaware that he wasn't exactly on the ground and didn't have anywhere to go but a nearly three foot fall to the dirt if Nero didn't manage to keep his hold on him. He was still very out of it, obviously, considering how hard he was fighting to get loose.

Nero hadn't really been paying too much attention to Celestine, partially because he hadn't expected him to start coming around just yet and he had kind of gotten used to his just dead weight on his back. He just kept following behind the others and shifting between watching Nobu and the other two canines to Kanone. He probably would have gone a greater distance without knowing that Celestine was coming around had Celestine not started to practically freak out right on his back. He paused mid-step when he felt Celestine jerk away violently and of course started to turn his head towards him and almost immediately wished he hadn't since he had turned his ear right for that shrill shout. His ears laid back and he wanted to lift his hand to rub at his ear, hoping the damn eardrum hadn't been ruptured thanks to that. Unfortunately before he could even think of shifting weight so he could try and lift his hand to his ear he felt the claws go across his cheek. He clenched his teeth together tightly and let out a hiss as the claws sliced his skin. He was confused easily and didn't even register to hold onto Celestine after he had been clawed in the face. The claw marks stung already and the immediate response to that was to apply pressure to the cuts so with Celestine having jerked himself away almost simultaneously as he had clawed him there really wasn't a chance for him to gather exactly what was going on with Celestine and keep him from falling.

Reyes, unlike Nero, had been trying to keep a close eye on Celestine though he couldn't deny that watching Kanone hadn't stolen his attention off and on. He wanted to see if he tripped again but watching him brush against trees here and there was just as amusing. He really did seem to move as if he had been drunk. His attention rather quickly shot back to Celestine however when he heard the shrill shout. He looked confused himself for a few moments since he hadn't seen Kanone wake up in a panic. He hadn't really thought about that possibility but eh... it could happen. He had already started move a little closer, more behind then from beside since Celestine had jerked away once before just before clawing Nero. He startled a bit when Celestine jerked away again and Nero had obviously lost his good grip on him because he was falling. He had already positioned himself, for the most part, just behind Nero so with Celestine falling he was most likely going to fall right on him rather then just hit the ground.

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Celestine's eyes widened when he felt himself falling backwards and he gasped again, flailing his arms a little. Of course falling was disorienting to him, so again he didn't have too much of an idea what was going on, or at least not until he landed. His head bounced off of Reyes's shoulder before he started sliding down to the ground. He still wasn't all that coherent and the pain surging through his head wasn't helping him any. He struggled like a wild animal to get up and away from these people whom he had yet to recognize, though once he did manage to get up the entire world rocked violently, and he manged to get approximately two steps away from them, his steps actually crossing over one another before he fell sideways into the foliage. He didn't bother to move just yet, he just lay there with his eyes shut tightly, taking in panicked gasping breaths while his hand went to his head.

Of course Celestine's panicked yells caught Kanone's attention, and he turned just in time to gawk at the boy once he had struck Nero's face. He didn't really know what had gotten into the boy, but then again...it wasn't hard to figure out. The last thing he knew that was happening happened about two hours or more ago and two hours ago he was being faced with hunters. He cringed a little when Celestine hit the ground and then watched his rather pathetic attempt at running away. Obviously, Celestine wasn't going to be walking yet for a good while. He glanced over to Nero, laying his ears back a little, before he turned around and hurried over to Celestine, kneeling beside him. Even just looking down at him he could tell he was shared half to death; he was shaking even. "Cel, it's okay," he tried to tell him, though the instant he touched the boy he almost regretted it.

As soon as Celestine felt someone couch him he rolled onto his back, no matter how badly the motion hurt his head, and swiped at whoever it was with his claws again. He was staring wide-eyed right at Kanone, but he still didn't even seem to register who he was looking at just yet.

Kanone threw up his arm quickly to block the strike and sucked in his breth through his teeth when he felt the kid's claws graze his arm. He then grabbed onto both of Celestine's wrists firmly and shoved them against the ground. "Cool it, kid, no one's going to hurt you!" He could tell that Celestine was still pretty much as high as a kite, his eyes were glassy and the gold of his pupils practically consumed most of his emerald eyes. Of course trying to restrain Celestine was easier said than done since apparently once his arms were down he thought kicking his way out of it would be a good idea. Kanone sighed heavily and finally just straddled the kid and sat on him, holding his arms down to either side of his head until he felt him stop resisting, which actually took a couple of minutes. Once he'd stopped struggling with him he smiled a little and slowly released one of his arms so that he could move his hand to the kid's head. He knew the kid had a massive headache...if he didn't he'd be surprised, especially after that episode. "It's okay..." he said again in a more soothing tone as he ran his fingers back through Celestine's hair for a moment. Once Celestine finally seemed to be calming down he moved off to the side of him again and just knelt stroking his hair, trying to make sure that he stayed calm now. He raised his eyes back to Nero and sighed. "...You alright, Nero?" he asked finally, "...I don't even think he knows what planet he's on right now..."

Celestine, or course, wasn't too thrilled about having his arms held down, and he almsot instantly started flailing, at least until he couldn't move anymore for the extra weight. "Get off! Get off!" he yelled over and over again as he struggled as best as he could, though he rather quickly found it to be of no use and his head hurt too badly to keep it up. He just stared up at the person sitting on him through dazed, unfocused eyes until the image finally came together, though it still took him a few seconds after being stroked and told it was okay to realize that it was Kanone he'd been fighting with. He at least seemed to relax a good deal after that knowledge had time to set in. He turned his head slowly toward Kanone, and then slowly tried to sit himself up, though he only got as far as his elbows before another wave of pain shot through his head and he cringed, throwing one hand up to his forehead.

Kanone just sighed and reached around Celestine, gently pulling him the rest of the way up and over to lean against him for a moment while he raised his hand to his head and gently tried to massage it a little, hoping that would help him some. After a moment he glanced around to the others almost apologetically. He was sorry for the hold up, but he didn't really blame Celestine. The kid was still pretty heavily drugged, so he knew he couldn't really help the way he acted at the moment. He was just glad the effects seemed to be wearing off more on him now than they had earlier to he didn't really know how he would have done anything with the kid.

Hikari heard this commotion as well, only because Celestine was being so vocal in his protests. She stopped and turned around to see what the heck was going on and pretty much just stared with her mouth half open as Celestine fought with...well everyone who came into contact with him. She was glad that Kanone was able to sit on him and get him to calm down, though normally she had a feeling just letting him be would have been the better option. Unfortunately, they didn't have the luxury of time for that option, really. Luckily, they were only another fifteen or twenty minutes away from their destination, barring anymore unforeseen delays.

Kyiri had to pause for a moment as well when she heard Celestine screaming and she watched him claw around like a crazy person until Kanone had managed to calm him down. Of course she didn't understand what was going on, and she wanted to go check on him herself, but she stayed still and just meowed a few times before looking over to Hikari with a rather perplexed expression on her cat-like face.

Reyes of course hit the ground when Celestine fell but he had kind of suspected that was going to happen. He barely had Celestine on him at all it seemed because he was able to sit up sooner then he expected. He lifted his hand to the back of his head for a moment before looking to Celestine who was just then starting to move away from them and then he fell over, right into the foliage. He shook his head lightly and started to get to his feet, dusting himself off a little in the process. He would've gone over to check on Celestine himself after he fell over again but he wasn't sure he wanted to get that close to him when he was in a panic like that. He barely knew Celestine, or well, Celestine barely knew him... he, himself, had learned quiet a bit about Celestine thanks to Kanone. But either way, it was hard to calm someone down who probably wasn't going to recognize you as easily as someone you'd been with longer. He watched when Kanone managed to get close to Celestine to try and calm him down. He cringed slightly when Celestine's response to even his own cousin was to lash out at him with his claws. He continued to just keep quiet and watch as Kanone managed to get him calmed down after a brief fit of struggling. He sighed softly and then looked to Nero after Kanone had asked him if he was alright.

Nero felt when Celestine fell but there was little he could do about it fast enough to keep him from hitting the ground. He turned slightly after the weight was off of him to see how badly he had hit the ground but was surprised to see that Reyes had buffered the fall. He sighed softly watching as Celestine hurried to get away from both him and Reyes and then ignored him for a moment. Now that his hands were free he lifted one hand to his ear and started rubbing it. There was an annoying ringing in his ear that didn't seem to be fading just yet and his face stung but he hadn't even bothered to check that. He knew it was bleeding but it wasn't like Celestine got him too badly so it would stop bleeding on it's own eventually. He finally stopped focusing on himself when he heard Kanone say his name when he asked if he was alright. He turned towards him and stared down at him for a moment before looking to Celestine and then nodded his head. "...Yeah, I'm fine." He answered. He didn't doubt Kanone when he said that he didn't think Celestine even knew what planet he was on. That may have been more a figure of speech then an actual truth but either way he believed it. He continued to rub at his ear for a moment and sighed. "If he's calmed down enough we really should be going..."

Aamori couldn't really believe her eyes at the way Celestine was acting. She had turned just about the same time that Kanone had, in time to see Celestine claw Nero. The more she watched the better she was understanding what was going on. She almost automatically started to follow after Kanone when he went to Celestine but she stopped and decided to stay where she was. If Celestine was panicked like he was then less people around him was better, or at least she thought so. She watched the struggle of trying to calm Celestine down and sighed again. She was just glad that it appeared to be over, Celestine's little panic that is.

Kanone nodded his head a little when Nero said that he was fine and then sighed softly. He glanced back down to Celestine again, continuing to rub his head a little in an attempt to comfort him. He nodded again when Nero said that they should get moving if Celestine was calmed down enough. He...was pretty sure that he was, though he could still feel the kid shaking a little while he leaned against him. "...Yeah...I think he'll be alright now..." he said quietly, "The last thing he knew there were hunters after us, I'm pretty sure he just didn't realize what had him." It was common knowledge after all that some hunters liked to take younger dragons and try to 'tame' them to sell...or more or less turn them into slaves if they could...if not they probably just killed them. He could see why Celestine would be freaking out at that though...wind dragons especially would not do well in cages. He blinked when he felt Celestine wrap his arms around him and then looked down at him, sighing heavily for a moment as he returned the hug and looked back to Nero again. "...Will you carry him again or...do you want me to try?" He still didn't really know if he could carry him, really. He was doing better than he had been earlier, but he was still a little off balance.

Celestine was at least more aware now of who all was around him, though he was still trying to recover from his previous panicked state. He just closed his eyes tightly as he leaned against Kanone and tried to catch his breath, which was still coming in small gasps. After a few moments he just wrapped his arms around Kanone as tightly as he could at the moment and nuzzled his face into his chest while his ears laid about as far back as they could go. His head still hurt a lot and he really didn't want to move. It took him a few moments to even register what Nero and Kanone were saying, though he didn't really like the sound of it. He just wanted to hurt up right here and be left alone until this stuff wore off, and he was quite content clinging to Kanone for dear life. He nuzzled into him a little more when he wrapped his arms around him in return and then tried to just relax. He would let them do whatever they wanted, but he would rather be with Kanone. He wasn't even aware Kanone had been hit with one of those darts as well, nor did he knew that Nobu was injured or anything else of the nature and right now it hardly even dawned on him to ask. It hurt his head to even think, let alone speak, and honestly, he was kind of wishing that he hadn't even woken up.

Nero sighed softly after listening to the first things that Kanone had said. "...I think that's the first time I've been mistaken for a hunter." He muttered quietly. He wasn't really angry at Celestine since he could understand why he reacted the way he had but he still didn't like getting clawed or having that loud pitched shout right in his ear. He was at least really glad that he hadn't let Reyes carry Celestine. If he had reacted like that while Reyes had him, well, Reyes would've probably gotten clawed quite a bit worse then he had. He stared at Kanone for a moment after he had asked if he would carry him again or if he wanted him to try. He shook his head lightly. "You've already tripped once, brushed several trees and we don't even know for sure if you're back to normal yet. You really don't need to be carrying anyone else when you've been having trouble carrying yourself." He told him. "I'll carry him again... just so long as he doesn't start clawing me again." He paused. "I don't make a good scratching post... and I may declaw him." He muttered as he lifted the back of his hand to wipe across the cuts on his face. He winced a little but managed to wipe away some of the blood on his face. He sighed again and started to close the gap between them before turning slightly so he could kneel down. "...You can help put him back where he was, right?" He asked glancing towards Kanone. He was all set to carry the kid again he just needed, or rather, wanted someone's help to put the kid back in place on his back so that they could hurry up and get moving.

Kanone smiled slightly when Nero said that was probably the first time he'd ever been mistaken for a hunter. "Well, guess that makes two of us..." he said with a soft laugh. Hew as pretty sure that Celestine hadn't recognized him either considering his reaction to him. Kanone tilted his head a little and smiled weakly with one of those 'thanks for reminding me...' expressions on his face. He sighed and then nodded slightly before he chuckled softly at Nero's comment about not making a good scratching post. "...He'll be good...won't you, Kiddo?" he said as he stroked Celestine's hair gently. He watched as Nero came back over to him and knelt down and then nodded a little when he asked if he could help get Celestine back on his back. "...Sure...if I can get him off..." he said as he glanced back down to Celestine who only seemed to be clinging to him more tightly now. "...Come on, Cel, I can't carry you..." he said gently as he reached down and gently pulled his arms away. "...I'll walk beside you, okay? Come on, we have to go." Once he finally got Celestine pulled off of him he gently turned him a little so that he was facing the right direction and then stood up slowly and pulled Celestine up with him, laying down gently on Nero's back. "Hold on, Cel..." he instructed him quietly. He knelt again and tried to help Celestine maneuver his legs around so that Nero could get a hold of them and then glanced to Nero. "...You got him?"

Celestine groaned when he realized they were about to pass him off to Nero and then tried to latch onto Kanone a little more tightly. He still didn't want to move away from Kanone, though he didn't have too much of a choice once Kanone started to pull his arms away. He slowly raised his head a little to look up at him and finally nodded his head weakly, only once he had promised to walk beside him. He cringed again and then just let Kanone put him wherever he wanted him. He still wasn't in too much of a moving mood so he didn't move any more than he had to. Once he was on Nero's back again he wrapped his arms around his neck carefully and then burrowed his head down between his own arm and Nero's neck, pressing his throbbing head as firmly against Anything as he could since he couldn't very well hold it with his hands. Of course considering the headaches he had normally, something else causing him to have one didn't make matters any better. His head hadn't really hurt this bad in a long time, and honestly it was almost enough to make him just want to bawl...almost. Then again, if he was alone, he very well might have been, though that...probably would only make it worse. He still couldn't seem to stop himself from shaking yet, even though he was well aware that there were no hunters now and that he was with Nero and Kanone. He'd gotten himself nice and worked up before, it was taking him a little longer to calm down entire than usual, but he had at least stopped gasping the way he had been before.

Hikari waited just long enough to make sure that Celestine was alright, though once she saw Nero go back to reload him onto his back, she started to move forward again. She didn't think it would take them too long, and it wasn't like there would be a huge gap between them, and she still wanted to get there as soon as possible.

Nero nodded his head slightly after Kanone said that Celestine would be good. He'd better or else he did stand a really good chance of losing his claws. Or well, maybe he'd just be sure to make them completely dull so they couldn't hurt him anymore, for Kanone's sake he guessed he could try and be a little nice. He stayed knelt where he was and waited without really watching for Kanone to get Celestine detached from him. He did listen to what was being said and shook his head very slightly at Kanone's saying that he would walk beside him. What in the world would they have done if this happened and Kanone hadn't been here? The kid probably would've stayed on the ground because he sure as hell wouldn't have felt like waiting for him to be accepting of help from him. He gave a soft sigh once he felt the extra weight on his back again and once he was able to get a hold of Celestine's legs he did and waited for a moment to make sure Celestine was situated. He glanced back to Kanone briefly when he heard him ask if he had him and rolled his eyes slightly before starting to stand up. "He weighs next to nothing, of course I've got him." He told him. "Then of course even if I didn't and you weren't readily available, Reyes would love to take the fall again." He said and shook his head lightly. He wasn't mad, maybe a little annoyed but that would fade quickly enough. He sighed again and started to walk. He was slightly amused by the way this worked out. He usually walked alone at the rear and thanks to this lovely series of events he was now walking with the larger grouping. He had Celestine, Kanone, Reyes and Aamori too since her usual walking partners were both with him. So much for being alone.

Aamori, without a doubt was going to be walking wherever Kanone decided to walk. She still wanted to keep an eye on him since he still wasn't completely himself and it was a lot easier to keep an eye on him when you were close. It'd be kind of hard to prevent a fall or something when you weren't near the person. She was worried about Celestine as well so the fact that Kanone was going to be near him was good, she'd be able to see just how he was doing now that he was awake. She would've been closer to him from the get-go but that was hard since Reyes had been sticking so close to him.

Kyran had been a bit concerned at the commotion from behind dealing with Celestine but stood waiting for it to pass where he was. He turned his attention back towards Hikari though once he noticed that she was moving again and then started to get his feet moving so that he could follow. He was starting to get a little tired from carrying Nanashi. He wasn't that heavy but that didn't mean it went without wearing him out. He was certainly ready for them to reach their destination so that he could put Nanashi down and hopefully somewhere a little more comfortable to rest then on his back or on the ground. He also kind of hoped there would be something to eat. He was hungry but he was a bit more concerned with getting some nourishment in Nanashi considering the shape he was in after yet more blood loss. He stared at Hikari's back for a few moments while they walked and finally sighed softly. He wanted to ask if they were almost there but kept that to himself. They'd get there in due time.

Kanone tilted his head a little when Nero seemed annoyed at his question. "...I meant do you have a hold of him..." he clarified dully, "if he was too heavy for you I'd think something was wrong." He finally half smiled a little and chuckled softly when he mentioned Reyes loving to take the fall again. He shook his head a little and then sighed before he fell in step beside Nero, though he turned his gaze over to Celestine quietly. He raised his hand slowly and placed it on Celestine's shoulder, gently rubbing his hand along his arm for a moment before reaching over to his head and gently stroking his hair again. He really did wish he was able to carry the kid, or at least do something for the kid. He continued to stroke his hair gently until he finally felt him start to relax a little more. It took nearly five minutes before the kid stopped shaking and once he had he sighed and lowered his hand again after a few more strokes. He glanced over to Nero and smiled a little. "...By the way...thanks," he said quietly. He knew Nero didn't really have to carry Celestine again after that little episode, and he still could have made him try to carry him himself.

Celestine kept his head buried for the most part, though he did slowly start relaxing a little more as Kanone stroked his head. His head started to feel a little better once he had managed to get himself to stop shaking and he slowly raised his head just enough to peek up over his arm and look at Nero for a moment. He saw the scratches along his cheek and his ears laid back a little more. It didn't take him too long to remember scratching whoever was holding him before. After a moment he sighed softly and leaned is head against Nero's neck a little more before he slowly raised his hand to the side of Nero's face, lightly placing his palm against the scratches he'd left there. He just closed his eyes again and tried to concentrate. It took him a few seconds, but the green aura finally surrounded his hand dimly and that little cool breeze started to move below his hand, though he hadn't left the air much room to move. He tired to heal the wounds as best as he could, and managed to get the scratches down to mild red scratches that would probably fade and disappear in a day or two. "...S-sorry..." he whispered quietly before his hand slipped again and fell back to the front of Nero's chest limply. He didn't really care whether Nero wanted the scratches healed or not, he just felt bad for scratching him in the first place and wanted to try to make it up somehow and the only way he could think of at the moment was to get rid of what would be lingering in the aftermath.

Nero didn't bother saying another word. He really just wanted to move along and act like the little incident never happened. He did glance towards Kanone briefly since he caught sight of his hand from his peripheral view. He noted easily enough that Kanone was just trying to get the kid to relax and then just wrote the motion off since it wasn't anything to be concerned about. He continued walking in silence at least until he heard Kanone speak up again. He glanced over at him briefly. "...Yeah, don't mention it." He uttered quietly. Even if it didn't show he did kind of like Kanone so he wasn't going to make the guy carry Celestine when he really wasn't in the shape for it. Then of course he wouldn't dare put Celestine and his claws near Reyes. He just didn't want to chance Celestine accidentally clawing anyone again and he could at least put up with the claws. He turned his head away from Kanone and continued in silence again though he jerked his head very slightly when he noticed the hand lifting to his face. He kept walking but focused on Celestine hand and the faint aura coming from his hand. It took him a moment to realize what he was doing and almost immediately started to open his mouth to protest but instead let out a heavy sigh. He had seen Celestine heal before but it was only minor stuff back when Nanashi changed... or... well, whatever the hell had happened with Nanashi. Once he apologized and the hand went limp at his chest he sighed again more softly. "...Thanks..." He told him quietly but added. "...You didn't need to do that. It's a waste of your energy." The cuts would have healed alright on their own and he wasn't really worried if they left scars or anything. It just wasn't a life threatening wound so he really didn't worry about it being healed but at least now he didn't have to worry about it.

Kanone half smiled at Nero when he told him not to mention it and then nodded a little before he glanced away again. He blinked when he caught sight of the aura out of the corner of his eye and then looked over to see what Celestine was doing. He smiled weakly and then shook his head before he sighed. Of course he wasn't too thrilled with Celestine using his magic right now, especially for healing since he knew it was easily draining, but then...well he guessed the worst it could do would be to make him pass out again or something. It wasn't anything major at least, so he wasn't too worried, and at least Nero's face looked a little better.

Celestine cracked his eyes open again for a moment when Nero thanked him, but closed them again shortly after that. "...I...don't mind..." he whispered again quietly. It was probably a good thing that his head was practically right next to Nero's ear or the guy probably wouldn't have been able to hear him...though if his ear hadn't stopped ringing he may still have a hard time of it. He nuzzled his head against Nero a little more and then slowly moved his had up from Nero's chest and tried to hold onto him again. He was still tired, especially after using even that little bit of energy, but his biggest complaint was his head. He just wanted to go back to sleep again in all honestly, but he was trying not to...mostly because he wasn't really comfortable with being carried, let alone on someone's back where it was as much up to him holding on as it was to the person carrying him to hold him up. He wanted to ask where they were going and how far away they were from their destination, but he didn't really want to talk anymore than he had to, so he guessed he'd find out soon enough.

Hikari continued to lead them on as quickly as she could until they finally came up on a larger clearing. The area even seemed mostly bare of the larger crystal structures, though as they got further in a lot of those seemed to be dwindling in number and size. At the far side of the clearing there was a relatively small house, made mostly of white stone and the wood, which also appeared to be mostly white and probably came from those white trees. It was a relatively small house, though it had two stories to it, it still only looked like two, possibly three people could live in it comfortably. There was a small garden planted out front with several types of flowers in multiple colors. There was a small porch in front of the house with a rocking chair, but other than that, the house seemed fairly plain, though obviously that could have easily been because there was nothing else around it to be seen. A few vines had managed to snake their way up the side and curl against the round windows of the upstairs. Hikari sighed heavily once they had gotten here and then glanced back to Kyran. "...We're here... I hate to ask her, but I'm pretty sure that Gr—er...Kamaria will let us stop here for a little while." She turned back around and came to an abrupt halt since she'd nearly walked right into the woman's clothes line that was stretched between two trees. There was also a well not too far away on the same side of the area that they were entering. She ducked under the clothes line and then motioned around the skinny tree that it was tied around for Kyran. She was at least glad she'd come in pretty much right next to the tree that it was tied to so there wasn't much of a walk to avoid it. She hung back just long enough to make sure that no one else collided with the clothes line and then held up a hand. "...Um...hold on just a minute, let me go talk to her and explain this really fast, I don't want to startle her too badly."

Kyran was quite relieved to hear Hikari say that they were 'here'. The trek hadn't really been that bad, it was just long. Or well, it seemed that way to him. He nodded his head a little after hearing her say that she hated to ask, but she was sure that Kamaria would let them stop here for a little while. He ignored that she was about to call the woman something else and focused on the name. He watched as Hikari turned around and almost got clothes-lined by well... a clothesline. He smiled very weakly and did his best not to laugh. It wouldn't have been funny for her to walk into that, it really wouldn't. He saw her motion around a skinny tree that the clothesline was tied to. He nodded slightly and headed around the tree rather then attempting to duck under the line as Hikari had. Thankfully the tree really wasn't out of the way so the distance wasn't a big deal. He headed back towards Hikari once he rounded the tree and glanced to the little house while walking. It was quaint and had it's own simplistic charm, in his opinion anyway. He kind of liked simple houses compared to big elaborate ones but with their current group a big elaborate house would probably be more comfortable. At any rate, he wasn't complaining. At least this was better then sitting in a clearing in the middle of the forest like they were. He looked back to Hikari once she had said to hold on a minute because she wanted to talk to this Kamaria first. "That sounds smart." He commented as he shifted Nanashi's weight a little. With their group randomly showing up on someone's doorstep in a place like this... they could probably startle just about anyone to near death, so it did sound smart to give the woman fair warning.

Aamori had been keeping close to Kanone for the majority of the walk though once they appeared to have reached their destination she slipped ahead a little. She moved a bit closer to the canines and watched as they passed under the clothesline rather then go around it like Kyran had. Of course the clothesline shouldn't have bothered them, they were shorter after all. She slipped below the clothesline herself and stepped over to stand next to Zale. She reached down and rubbed the top of his head. She was really proud of him for walking so close to Nobu the whole time and without spaztically running off to chase something. She slowly moved her hand over to rub Nobu's head as well and started to reach or Esen's head too but sighed when she couldn't reach from where she was standing beside Zale. If Nobu wasn't hurt like he was she probably would've tried to bend over the two of them to reach Esen but she wasn't going to chance falling on them. She sighed softly and stepped around them so that she stand near Esen and rub her head too.

Nero paid more attention to where exactly he was walking once Aamori had gone ahead and he saw her duck under something. After getting closer he noted the clothesline and the skinny tree it was tied to. He moved towards the tree and rounded it before stopping not too far from Kyran and the others. He took a brief moment to survey the area and was somewhat relieved to see that there was the one house and seemingly nothing else. He wasn't really afraid of going into a larger populated area but he would rather do it when he wasn't carrying someone. He'd never really been to an area heavily populated with light dragons that weren't right away considered hostile, so going into a city or anything similar was going to be a new experience and most likely a little unnerving.

Reyes practically shadowed Nero, or at least as much as possible since Celestine had already fallen once. When they came upon the clearing he had paused and watched Nero round the tree before he slipped under the clothesline. Sometimes being short had it's advantages? He almost immediately gravitated right back to Nero and then eyed the surrounding area. He stared at the house for a moment and then smiled a little. "It's a small house but it's kind of cute." He commented quietly.

Kanone was quiet for the rest of the walk, and by now wasn't having so much trouble keeping steady. It had worn off enough that he could walk at least relatively straight, but he was still a little tired and had a bit of a headache. Once they reached the area where Hikari had told them that this was it, he blinked and started looking through the trees. He only just caught on to a good portion of the group going around a certain tree and others ducking under something, though it wasn't until he was practically right there that he noticed the clothes line. Luckily he had opted to follow Nero around since he'd had to move over to give him room to move anyway, so he just walked around the tree and came to a stop beside him. He glanced around for a moment and then turned his gaze over to Reyes and half smiled. "Well...doubt whoever lives here is used to having so many visitors...." he said simply in response to the house being small. She glanced around for a moment and then half smiled. "...It is kinda cute though...I guess."

Kyiri had caught the drift about the wire as well, but she walked around the tree with Kyran, anyway. She could have made it under it easily, but she probably would have clotheslined LaRae if she had tried. She came to a stop near Kyran and then looked over to Hikari and yawned before she laid down carefully. She didn't want to make LaRae get off yet, but she did want to lay down for a few minutes while they waited for Hikari. After all, she'd just walked a while with a dragon on her back and she could easily get up again when they needed to move so she didn't care to lay down to rest a minute.

Esen was just glad that they were near their destination for Nobu's sake. She was also eager to see how Celestine was doing, but she wasn't going to leave Nou right now. She glanced over to Aamori when she went over to pat Zale and Nobu, though she wasn't really expecting a pet since she wasn't close enough. She tilted her head a little when Aamori came around to pat her and then licked her hand lightly since she had gone through the extra effort of getting around to pet her.

Hikari nodded to Kyran when he said that it sounded like a smart idea for her to warn Kamaria first. "Alright...wait here, I'll be as fast as I can," she told him. She then turned and quickly started across the yard to the house, though rather than go to the door facing them she circled around to the front of the house to knock in her front door instead. She knew that she was a mess still, but she was pretty sure she could explain what had happened fairly quickly. Of course when Kamaria answered the door she was startled to see her there in the state that she was in, but he quickly calmed her down and explained what had happened. She knew the news of hunters unnerved the poor woman, but she was also quick to explain to her that they had taken care of most of them and that the others hadn't come in this direction at all. It didn't take her long to get to the point that there were others with her, all from different clans, as well as two dark dragons, whom she assured were not harmful, and several rather strange looking animals. Once Kamaria understood that there were several other injured and burdened people around back she quickly allowed Hikari inside and started through the house quickly to get to the back door.

It was only a few minutes after Selenity had come to the door up front that the back door opened and she stepped out onto her porch to see what shape everyone was in. Of course Selenity hadn't given her much time to ask any questions, and she didn't want to make the people around back wait, so she thought it best to get out there. She gave the group a nice once over and then raised a hand to wave them closer. The woman was dresed in a solid white gown that came down to her feet and rather easily covered them. Her snowy hair fell limply down her back and hung down to just a little above her ankles, but she held nowhere near the luster in her hair, skin, and scales as Selenity did. She still shown and sparkled a little, but it was only dim reflections. Like Selenity her pale blue eyes shown dimly from the pupil and her wings held a hint of pale blue and yellow between the ribs, but the yellow seemed to have faded considerably as well, though it was still identifiably yellow in color. Her horns were white as well, rather than the clear crystal-like substance that Selenity's were, and they were spiraled, almost like what one would expect to see on a unicorn, though there were still two, one on either side of her head above her ears. "Come alone, all of you," she called to them quickly, "its alright."

Kyran nodded his head once Hikari had said to wait here and that she would be as fast as she could. He continued to stand where he was though he did watch her head to the house. Once she was out of sight he turned his head to the side to try and get a look at Nanashi. He was glad that they were finally some place that they could rest, well, so long as this Kamaria didn't mind a few unique and diverse visitors. While waiting on Hikari he took a moment to glance around at the others. Of course his eyes caught on Nobu and he just kind of stared at the wrap that was on him. At some point he'd worked the wounds on his back into bleeding again because the wraps were stained red a little. He sighed quietly and broke his eyes away when he heard someone say to come along, followed by saying it was alright. He stared at the back porch for a moment before he started to shift Nanashi's weight once more before starting in that direction. He was glad it appeared the woman wasn't quite opposed to letting them rest here, though, could you honestly say no to your own princess? Especially when she looked in the shape she was in. He walked straight for the porch and paused just when he reached it. "I do apologize for our showing up like this unexpectedly." He said quietly. He was fairly certain that Hikari had already said anything that needed to be said but he couldn't help the urge to apologize anyway.

Aamori smiled down at Esen a little when she licked her hand and then reached over to pet her again lightly. She had seen the wraps on Nobu and the fact that they were a little red in a couple places but there wasn't anything that could be done about that right this minute. They weren't exactly ready to relax just yet. She stared at the wraps for a few moments before sighing softly. "...I'm just glad he stayed on his feet..." She mumbled quietly. She would've hated to have seen him go down along the trek and it would have been a pain to try and get him up again. She was stretched a little thin in the worry department. She was worried about Celestine and Kanone, but Kanone seemed to be doing a little better. Then she was also worried about Nobu and LaRae and even Nanashi, a little. Too many people got hurt over just a couple hunters and it really annoyed her even more so now then before that she hadn't done anything to help. She just kind of locked up and didn't do anything at all. She was a little relieved when she heard someone call for them to come along and watched Kyran start off towards the house. She waited for Nobu to get started across the yard before she started to follow after. He walked slowly, of course but that didn't bother her.

Nero shifted very slightly once the others started to move towards the house after getting the okay from the woman on the porch. He could honestly say this was probably going to be a bit interesting, especially if the woman had any prejudices against his clan. Not everyone was going to be as bright and open as Hikari had been and he was a little uneasy with having to meet other light dragons and be... cordial. Well... so long as the light dragons were somewhat nice in return he guessed it really wouldn't be that hard to be nice back. He started towards the porch not too long after the canines and Aamori had begun heading that way. The one good thing he supposed about this was getting to have somewhere to rest and he could put Celestine down soon. Of course Reyes wasn't too far behind Nero once he started walking and for once Reyes was honestly behind Nero. He didn't have too many problems with meeting new people but even he was a little uneasy at new light dragons, especially older ones who may not be quite as open as younger ones who hadn't had a lot of time to form opinions on dark dragons.

Nanashi still hadn't really come back around again. He still had his arms wrapped around Kyran's neck, but his head was still laying against his shoulder and his eyes were closed. His was still breathing heavily, even though he wasn't really doing any work. It just seemed like he couldn't get enough air no matter what, though that was mostly due to the lack of blood to carry it around his body. Nothing much had changed in him, he was still pale and by now a little sweat was starting to bead on his head, but other than that he really hadn't changed from the time Kyran had picked him up.

Celestine had finally opened his eyes a little once they had stopped moving and slowly raised his head off of Nero's neck to look around a little. He spotted Hikari hurrying off around the house and then slowly looked around a little to try and take in his surroundings a bit. The first thing out of the ordinary that he noticed of course was the massive cat that LaRae was riding on. He stared for a moment and then blinked a few times. Of course even in this state it didn't take him long to recognize all of the obvious similarities to his little kitten, and he then glanced around again to note her absence. He didn't know how, but he knew that must be her. Finally his eyes trailed over again to the canines, and it didn't take him but a moment to see the bandages wrapped around Nobu. His eyes widened slightly when he saw the blood soaking through them and the poor thing still standing on his feet. He immediately wanted to get down to check on Nobu, but he knew by now he probably still couldn't walk straight. His head was still pounding and he could still barely focus, but he wanted to try to do something for Nobu. Once the woman had come outside and everyone started moving, he hardly even glanced away and just laid his ears back as Nobu started moving again. Finally he looked back to Nero again, at least the best that he could and tried to squeeze his shoulders a little with his arms to get his attention. "...Leave me out here..." he told him quietly, "...I want to stay outside..."

Kanone of course stayed relatively close to Nero and kept his eyes on where he was going. He sighed softly when he heard Celestine say that he wanted to stay out here, but he didn't argue. He guessed it wouldn't really hurt anything, but he had a good feeling he knew why he wanted to stay out here. He doubted the lady was going to want all of these animals in her house right now.

Esen nodded her head a little when Aamori said that she was just glad that Nobu had managed to stay on his feet and then leaned her head to nuzzle the side of Nobu's head gently. 'You can rest soon...' she told him quietly as she started to move forward as well once he was ready to move again.

Kyiri stood up slowly once Kyran and everyone else had started forward. Again her rear came up higher than her front end, but she leveled herself out as quickly as she could and started to follow Kyran over to the porch. She meowed softly once she got to the porch and then stopped and tilted her head. Well...there was no way she was getting through that door with LaRae on her back, not without catching her legs on the door frame. She laid down again slowly close beside the porch and then meowed again softly.

Kamaria looked at the young thunder dragon as he approached the porch and then offered him a weak smile. "Oh, dear, it's alright..." she told him. She would be lying if she said it wasn't startling and unexpected, but she could compensate for them, or try. She was always willing to help as best as she could. She eyed the fire dragon....or halfbreed, rather, she realized after a second glance. "Oh my... Go on...there is a bed upstairs you use..." she told him, looking a little worried. "My goodness you young ones got yourselves into a mess..." She glanced over to the massive...cat-like...thing that laid down beside the porch and stared at it a little warily before her eyes trailed on back to see the girl on it's back. She then looked past her to see the wind, water, and two dark dragons coming toward the porch, as well as the three dog-like creatures. Selenity certainly hadn't been joking about he strange animals. She blinked when she notice the smaller female wind dragon on the dark dragon's back and sighed softly. Honestly, where was she going to put all of these injured people? Her house only had so many bed and couches.

Kyran gave a slight nod of his head when she responded by saying it was alright and then most likely looked a bit relieved when she told him to go on, that there was a bed upstairs he could use. He really did want to get Nanashi somewhere a bit more comfortable then his back and not having to stand out here waiting too long for directions was kind of nice. "Alright, thank you." He said before heading up onto the porch. He moved straight over towards the door and stepped through the door as carefully as possible as to not hit himself or Nanashi against the door frame. The only real trouble he could have had was with his wings since he couldn't very well shut them tight enough that they wouldn't brush the door frame but that'd be easy enough to deal with. He didn't bother glancing around the house for anything more then the stairs and given the size of the house it wasn't really hard to find them. He took to the stairs slowly and carefully just because he didn't want to chance dropping Nanashi. He probably would have taken him off of his back and carried him inside from the front but that would've been a lot of work and it was easier to carry him inside this way. The smallness of this house really was kind of nice, well, except for the number of people there were now. He didn't have to look to far to find the spare room since there weren't many rooms on the second story. Once he got into the spare room he headed for the bed and put his back to it before kneeling down a bit. He was keeping an eye on how low he got so that perhaps he wouldn't have to drop Nanashi down too far. He slowly started to release Nanashi's legs one at a time and reach up to take his arms instead. He lifted Nanashi's arms slightly and as he did so he tried to lower him until he thought he felt him hit the mattress then he worked Nanashi's arms over his head and started to stand up and turn around, letting go of a hand as needed. He didn't bother leaving anything for Nanashi to do himself and shifted so that he could pick Nanashi up enough to position him properly on the bed, though he did pause before straightening up to stare at his boots. Respectfully... those shouldn't be on a bed, especially in a house of someone you didn't know. He sighed softly and wasted little time getting the boots off. He took them and set them beside the foot of the bed before standing up straight and giving Nanashi a once over to make sure he'd gotten everything. He didn't see anything else except maybe the coat but he really didn't want to sit here and fight him out of that.

Nero turned his head slightly towards Celestine when he heard him say to leave him out here and that he wanted to stay outside. He shrugged lightly. "Alright." He answered. He had no problem leaving him wherever he wanted so long as it wasn't out of his way or anything. He glanced over to Kanone for a moment and sighed quietly. "You up to helping get him down safely?" He paused. "If not he may wind up dropping a bit or just falling again." He said as he started to kneel down. He didn't think Celestine could stand on his own just yet and getting off of his back he thought might be a bit troublesome. So of course he figured Kanone would be able to help him down or he was liable to be dropped on his tail... or if he wanted he could just jerk away like he did before and fall on his own. At any rate, if Kanone was going to help he was fully prepared to release Celestine's legs when he needed to.

Nobu waited for a moment once he had reached the porch, at least until Kyran started to head inside with Nanashi. That was enough to tell him they were definitely staying here for a little while and he could go lay down. He hadn't expected to be let inside the house to begin with so he had already made his way over to the porch. He wasn't usually allowed in someone elses house without permission, or at least that's what Kyran had tried to teach him. He moved closer to the end of the porch, near the corner of the house and started to lower himself to the ground. He managed to get part way down before his legs gave under him and he dropped down a bit uncomfortably. He whined a little before shifting and trying to get comfortable and finally rested his head on his paws.

Zale glanced to Nobu briefly when he started moving again and watched him head over to the porch to lay down. It wasn't like it was that far to go so he hadn't bothered sticking close to his side. He did glance up at Aamori for a moment or two before finally looking back at Nobu. Now that Nobu had laid down he did start to walk over there, though he didn't bother getting as close to the porch as Nobu had. Instead he went to lay in the yard a little ways across from Nobu. He wouldn't have minded playing a bit but considering the shape a few were in, especially some of his favorite playmates he decided to just lay down. He was going to need to burn some serious play energy though once everyone was alright again, all of this seriousness was just winding him right up.

LaRae was perhaps only half way paying attention to everything going on around her, mostly because her head still hurt and moving in general, even on Kyiri's back was enough to set everything practically spinning when her eyes were open. She cracked her eyes open when she heard the meow after feeling Kyiri lay down again. She noted that it looked like she was close enough to get down from Kyiri. She continued to sit there for a moment, mostly trying to prepare herself for getting up. She had just spent the last two hours or so without having to use her own feet, she just hoped she didn't fall down. She slowly started to stand up and then slide herself off of Kyiri. She did start to lean too far as she slid off but corrected herself a little faster then she thought she would. She also managed to stand upright, aside from bowing her head a little which surprised her. She kind of expected to maybe be falling all over herself or something, especially since she had had to have help walking before by that guard, Gwyn. She assumed that the time spent on the trek had left her with a little bit better control of herself then before. She slowly moved away from Kyiri after patting her head lightly and mumbling "Thanks."

Nanashi of course didn't really move very much as Kyran was putting him down, though the motion did cause him to start coming around a little again. He didn't really start to wake up until Kyran had completely freed himself from him, and only then his eyes fluttered open for a moment before closing again. He groaned softly when Kyran started to lift him and then tried to open his eyes again. He blinked slowly a couple of times as he stared at the white ceiling and then coughed quietly before taking in a few gasps of air. He slowly raised his hand to his head which was still pounding from being hit and pressed his hand to the lump on his head for a moment before he glanced to Kyran, finally realizing that he was taking off is shoes. He sighed softly and then shut his eyes again. "...I'm...I'm alright..." he told him quietly. His body felt like lead and he hardly felt like moving at all, but he really didn't want Kyran worrying or giving him any more attention. He was fine, honestly he didn't even care if he'd left his shoes on, though he guessed he shouldn't have them on in someone else's bed. "...Where...are we...?" he asked in the same, quiet, winded tone.

Celestine nodded weakly when Nero agreed to let him stay out here and then sighed softly. "...Thanks..." He was at least glad that he wasn't going to have to argue with anyone to get his way. He slowly turned his head over to Kanone when Nero asked him to help get him down. He waited as patiently as he could, already slowly releasing his grasp on Nero's neck a little. His head hurt too much for him to have any real cares of falling again. He knew that wasn't going to feel too good on his head by any means, so he didn't want to fall if he didn't have to. He actually whined a little and tightened his grip back on Nero a bit as his ears fell back when he said that he may drop of fall. "...Please don't drop me...my head is killing me..." he practically begged quietly before Nero had started to kneel. Obviously, he'd been under the impression the guy might just let go of him where he stood. Celestine wasn't the begging type normally, but he wasn't exactly in his normal state and the pain he knew that would cause was enough that if a little begging would help avoid it he wasn't beyond it.

Kanone looked over to Nero and nodded a little when he said asked if he was up to helping him down. "Yeah, sure...." he said softly. He actually chuckled softly when he heard Celestine beg Nero not to drop him. "Awww...don't do that, Cel, you sound so pathetic," he said honestly. It was a little sad hearing him beg not to be dropped just a few feet, but it found it a little sad he thought Nero would actually flat out drop him but...well then again it was Nero. He moved over behind him and reached out to take a hold of him under the arms gently and then sighed. "Alright, I've got him," he told Nero, "You can let his legs go..." He kept a firm hold of Celestine's upper body and once Nero had released his legs he gently pulled him back to lean against him so that he wasn't standing up on his own. "There...where do you want to go?" he asked softly though he half smiled when he pointed toward the end of the porch where Nobu had gone. "...Of course..." he said quietly as if he shouldn't have even needed to ask.

Esen watched as Nobu made his way over to the edge of the house and followed closer behind him, though she didn't stick quite as close to him as before. She let him lay down and get comfortable before she whined softly and moved over to lay beside him, again gently nuzzling his head and giving his cheek a lick.

Kyiri looked up to LaRae as she got off of her and continued to lay where she was. She raised her head a little once she reached down to pet her and her ears perked up as she meowed in response. Once she was off she just closed her eyes and was again engulfed int hat mist as she changed back to her usual cute little kitten form and bounded up the one step to the back porch to sit on the edge and supervise everyone's movements.

Kamaria stood on the edge of the porch watching as the thunder dragon went inside and then the others started unloading. She blinked when the earth dragon looked as if she was about to fall over and then stepped off the porch in her bare feet and gently placed her hand on the girls' shoulder. "...Are you alright, dear?" she asked softly, though she startled and jumped back a little when the cat seemed to.....explode.... She stared wide-eyed at the mist until she say the little kitten dive up onto the porch and then looked back to the earth dragon for a moment before she sighed and shook her head, lowering her hand from her chest back down to her side again.

Kyran hadn't responded when he heard Nanashi say that he was alright, he'd just continued to take his shoes off. He stretched a little now that he had the chance, making sure he got both his arms and his stiff back. He glanced to Nanashi momentarily to answer his question. "We're at a friend of Hik...er ...Selenity's house." He corrected mid-sentence and then sighed softly. "I think it's going to take a little work remembering to call her Selenity while we're here..." He commented more to himself. He finished stretching and looked back at Nanashi once more. "Is there anything I can get you, or do for you while you're awake at the moment?" He asked. He was thinking he might head back downstairs otherwise, at least to make sure that everyone else got settled and whatnot. He also thought briefly about checking on Nobu, or maybe even LaRae, at least for Nanashi's sake. He was sure Nanashi was bound to inquire sooner or later and it'd be better to know how she was doing then to be in the dark about it.

Nero honestly shook his head a little when he heard the pathetic begging come from Celestine. He hadn't exactly planned to just drop him from a full standing position. He had meant after kneeling, just letting him go. The kid wouldn't have fallen that far. Of course he didn't even bother giving a verbal response to that, though he probably could have easily. He nodded his head a little when he finally heard Kanone say that he had him and he could let go of his legs. He wasted little time in doing so and then glanced back over his shoulder to make sure it was safe to stand. Once he was back on his feet he reached over to pat his arm where it was wrapped. It hadn't been cut that badly but it had still bled before and on the off chance that it bled a little again he had wanted to press the wrap to it. He doubted it bled more but it didn't hurt to do what he did. He finally turned his eyes over to Reyes who had moved out of the way when he started to kneel down. Part of him kind of felt bad for Reyes, this was probably his first time dealing with light dragons. Well, other then having met Hikari earlier but still... he wasn't a fighter so he never really left Shyama and thus didn't deal with light dragons. He sighed softly and stepped over to him and put his hand down on his head lightly. "You'll be fine, runt." He said quietly. "If she's a friend of the Princess I doubt she bites." He added lastly.

Reyes lifted his head slightly when he felt Nero put his hand on it and then nodded his head a little. He wasn't really scared of light dragons but he was uneasy and nervous. He would most likely slip back to his happy, perky self once he got used to the idea that they were going to be around. When he had been looking for Nero and been in this territory he had stayed clear of inhabited areas so this would officially make the fifth or six light dragon he had seen and the second he'd be introduced to. Or at least he assumed Hikari would introduce everyone.

Aamori watched Zale when he went to sit down across from Nobu and smiled weakly. Nobu was going to need his bandages changed and likely have the cuts cleaned again. She felt bad that he had to walk himself like that especially while being cut up like he was. She was kind of glad she was able to do something for him though, well, that is if she could get her hands on some more bandages. She went ahead and started in that direction, not too long after Zale. She paused next to Zale and started to kneel down, sitting on her knees and resting one hand on Zale. She didn't mind sitting outside and due to the size of the house she didn't bother with the thought of going in, at least not right now.

LaRae lifted her eyes to look at the woman who'd touched her shoulder and asked if she was alright. She was about to answer when the woman jumped back. She barely focused on Kyiri when she changed back to her smaller kitten form though she did vaguely stare in that direction when she noticed the mist after the woman had jumped. She eyed Kyiri momentarily as she dove onto the porch and then shifted her eyes back to the woman. "...I will be..." She responded quietly and lifted her hand to her head to apply some pressure. "...I'm coming down ...off a sedative, I think..." She added quietly. She remembered being hit with the dart and then everything between that time and the time she woke up was pretty much a blank and given the way she was feeling right now she knew she'd been hit with something and the only thing she could think of was a sedative. She couldn't remember if she'd heard anyone else mention that before, unfortunately. Her memory right now just sucked but that would likely improve once her head stopped hurting.