Nanashi jumped again when LaRae touched him and nearly jerked his hand away from hers until he looked over and actually saw her. He stared at her for a moment with those wide, horrified eyes and then held her hand even more tightly. His attention was drawn again to what was going on in the room and he watched as Kyran jumped in front of Hikari and ringed again. He wanted to help, but he knew he'd only get in the way. "...I don't know what to do.." he whispered quietly, his voice quivering as badly as he was.

Celestine followed Aamori halfway to Nero with his eyes before his attention focused on Nerian again. He watched as the energy started to form at his tail and then glanced over to Hikari. He was half ready to yell for her to move, but before he got his mouth open it was already too late. He gritted his teeth when he saw Kyran get hit again and then glared back to Nerian. He watched the sparks fly all over his body and again started trying to think of ways to attack him. It seemed like his fur was almost acting like a shield it stood out so far. He knew of at least one way that he could get rid of this thing, the only problem was managing it. He looked over toward Aamori again and got another idea. This thing was full of electrical energy, and electricity and water never mixed well. Finally, he moved and dashed over to Aamori and Nero, skidding to a stop near them and dropping to his knees. "Aamori...I have an idea." he told her quietly, "Drench him! If it works the way I hope it will it should fry him with his own energy. If not...well we're not getting anywhere this way, so it's worth a try." He glanced over to Nero once he was finished talking and looked him over, still looking a little worried about him.

Hikari never took her eyes off of Nerian after she shot him. She watched him father his energy and knew he'd be going for her. She was ready to dodge out of the way. She'd learned after years of working with a bow that it was a lot cause trying to hit a moving target, you had to corner it. So she stood still, planning to wait until he was about ready to fire it off before moving. Just as she was about to dodge something caught her eye and she stopped herself when she realized Kyran had run in front of her. She stared at him with wide eyes until the energy that missed him got to her and she felt sharp pains all over her limbs from the electricity. She closed her eyes for just a moment and tensed, though she opened her eyes again quickly when she could, just in time to see Kyran fall to one knee. Electricity was still running over her arms, making her fingers twitch involuntarily. She shook out her free hand and clenched a fist before kneeling in front of Kyran with a worried expression. She unballed her fist then and placed her hand to his cheek lightly. "Are you alright?" she asked quietly before her gaze went past him to Nerian again. She knew better than to get too involved in checking on him to pay attention to Nerian.

LaRae squeezed his hand a little and gave a soft sigh after hearing him. She looked back over at Kyran and Hikari; She wanted to help too but if she couldn't use her magic she was pretty much useless. She slowly lifted her eyes back up to him. "...Don't feel bad... I don't know what to do either." She muttered half angry at herself for not being able to get her sword through the damn marble.

Aamori gave a soft sigh hearing that Nero said he'd be alright. She didn't exactly believe that at the moment considering he'd coughed up blood, but there wasn't any time right now to doubt him. She looked over at Celestine when he came sliding over; She quirked a brow when he started to talk. "Drench him?" She said quietly to herself for a moment before looking over at Nerian and catching onto what Celestine was talking about almost instantly. She looked back at Celestine and nodded. "Since there is no direct water source here this is going to take me a couple minutes..." She paused and stood up pressing the button to shorten her staff. "I also won't be able to do this again if I miss..." She said looking down at her holster as she slipped her staff back into place. Considering the size of Nerian, in order to 'drench' him it was going to take a lot of water and with no source of water she'd have to create it practically out of thin air which was going to more then likely drain her of her magic. She knew this all too well, but they needed to stop Nerian; She was willing to lose all the energy she'd built up if it could stop the guardian. She gave a small sigh and side stepped to move away from Celestine and Nero. She set her hands out in front of her chest with the palms facing each other, cupped slightly. She shut her eyes slowly to concentrate; Her hands started to glow a very pale blue while she started chanting in her clan's ancient tongue. After a few moments a small ball of water appeared in between her two hands; It was slowly grow in size as she continued to chant.

Nero sat up a bit straighter after hearing what Celestine had said; It actually sounded like a good idea. Though he worried slightly after hearing that Aamori would only have one chance at this. He shook his head lightly and lifted his hand to his stomach, pressing against it. He wasn't really surprised that he was in pain, but this was insane; He wasn't used to being hurt this badly from just one hit. He grumbled moving his hand to run it across his mouth wiping off the remnants of blood. He sighed again and looked over at Aamori as she started to form the water.

Kyran stared at her for a moment and then nodded lightly. "...I-i've felt worse..." He said nearly in a mumble. His eyes dropped down to the ground for a moment and he took a deep breath biting his lip through the pain before glancing back up at her again. "...H-how about y-you?" Just about the time that he got his question out his mouth he collapsed to the ground, now sporting a burn mark on his back also from where that bolt hit his skin. He probably wouldn't have collapsed if Nerian hadn't sucked out energy every time that they touched; He was practically drained at this point and taking both an explosion and the strong bolt from Nerian really hurt and took a lot of out him. He slid his arms under him and tried to push himself up. He winced and dropped back down to the ground.

Nerian growled heavily, his fangs out again; Quite angered by the fact that his attack had missed it's intended target. He lifted one of his large paws and thrust it hard into the marble below; Causing the marble below him to crack in several places all the way to earth below. He glared at Hikari once again and braced himself to charge up another attack.

LaRae's ears twitched slightly when she heard the thud from Kyran's body dropping to the ground. She looked up, just in time to see Nerian's massive paw thrust onto the marble and cause cracks. Her expression changed almost instantly as she pried her hand free from Nanashi. She then glanced over seeing Aamori working on her chant. It was probably a good thing at this point that the two had sparred together several time prior to this because she had a pretty good idea that Aamori was going to need Nerian to hold still. She smirked slightly looking back at Nanashi. "I think I can be of use now." She stated rather quietly before moving a couple steps away from the door. She knelt down and placed her hand against the cold marble much as she had done earlier. Her hand started to glow the same color green; It must have seemed like nothing was happening but after a few moments the cracks that Nerian had just created below himself were starting to part a little more; Showing the tips of a half dozen tree roots. She was starting to have a little trouble getting the roots to come out of the ground any further; She shut her eyes and focused her energy more sending a burst through the roots she'd created which made them fly up through the cracks and wrap themselves around Nerian very tightly. The roots lifted him up off the ground a few inches and held him in place; Though they'd eventually give out.

Aamori kept her eyes shut even with the familiar sound of tree roots. She'd have loved to have opened her eyes and seen how LaRae was able to get the roots through the marble but continued to focus on the orb of water that was now almost complete. She finally stopped just before running clean out of energy. She opened her eyes, quite surprised to see the roots wrapped around Nerian. She thought to take advantage of the help she was getting and wasted no time in launching the water at Nerian. It didn't take very long for the water to reach him and completely drench him just as Celestine had asked. Once the water was gone she looked at the now dripping wet guardian who's fur was now frying itself. She immediately dropped down to the ground, balling up her fists in front of her to prop herself up.

Nanashi glanced back to LaRae again and then looked down, closing his eyes. He couldn't stand to watch this is there was nothing he could do. Only when LaRae pulled her hand away from his did he look up again to see what was happening.

Celestine watched Aamori and nodded in understanding when she said that she wouldn't be able to do it again. "...Then don't miss." he said softly. He kept his eyes on her as she started to chant and then glanced over to Nero, seeing him hold his stomach and wipe his mouth. He reached over and put one hand on his arm lightly and then turned his attention back to Aamori.

Hikari brought her eyes back to rest on Kyran. She knew Nerian was getting ready to attack again, but once Kyran collapsed, she wasn't about to leave him there to take yet another hit. "Don't worry about me." she whispered to him. She reached down to him, pulling him up when he couldn't get up himself, and wrapped her arms around him, getting ready to try to move or shield him or...something. Before she had to do anything she saw the roots come out of the ground and bind Nerian in the air. Thank goodness... she thought as she cast a quick glance back toward LaRae. She then looked over to see Aamori douse Nerian with water and sighed in relief when she realized what that had done and relaxed a little, finally turning her full attention to Kyran. "...You didn't have to do that..." she whispered softly as she ran her fingers over his hair gently. She was really starting to regret firing that arrow...but at the same time she didn't know what else she could have done. She accomplished what she was after; she got Nerian's attention on her, but she hadn't meant for Kyran to try to save her.

Celestine looked at Aamori again when she went to the ground and then stood up, walking over to her. He placed one hand on her shoulder and looked down at her. "Good job..." he said quietly, "I'll take it from here." He continued moving forward, stopping in the middle of the room in front of Nerian and well away from anyone else. He then crossed his arms in front of his chest, his hands out flat with his fingers pointing diagonally toward the ceiling. He closed his eyes and began a chant of his own in his language. His hands began to glow a very pale green, and as the chant sped up, the aura crept all along his arms and soon engulfed his entire body. His hair flew about as if caught in a wind, as did the tails of his shirt. In front of him, the air began to stir and two blades began to appear. Though they were invisible to the naked eye, they were formed one in front of the other in the same diagonal angle that he held his arms. All at once his eyes snapped open and he threw both arms out to the sides as the aura faded, and his hair and clothing all blew back as if they'd just been hit by a powerful gust of wind. The blades flew forward when he threw out his arms and sailed straight for Nerian, cutting right through the roots as if they were butter and continuing to cut through whatever was in their path as they tried to push through to the back wall, though they would probably give out before they got quite that far.

Nerian was still unable to move when the roots bound him; He'd been taken by surprise when that happened and was too busy struggling trying to get down that he didn't even realise that Aamori had soaked his whole body until the fur started to fry itself. He hissed loudly and began to squirm even more finding the pain quite unbearable. Again, the creature wasn't paying any attention to what was going on around him. The instinct to want to get free himself and stop the pain clearly over powered his perceptual thoughts. He still was unable to move much when Celestine went to attack; The blades that he sent flew right through his massive body. Slicing him nearly in half. Once the blades cut him and the roots, his weight broke the rest of the roots and his body smacked into the marble; Causing everything to shake slightly. He'd already been hurt badly by the hole in his chest that continued to bleed, along with his fur frying his body; The blades may have been over kill. Now Nerian lay unresponsive on the ground practically in two pieces. He still had a slight rise and fall to his chest, though it was very delayed. He'd more then likely pass on after a few minutes once the shock of being cut so badly wore off.

LaRae took her hand back up from the ground once she had seen Celestine step forward and start to attack Nerian himself. She gave a relieved sigh when she saw Nerian fall to the ground; From where she was at he appeared to be dead. She hadn't been able to see exactly what happened but she had noticed what ever he launched shot through her roots; So at that point it was useless to waste her energy to sustain them. The glowing of her hand faded quickly and she rolled back off the balls of her feet; So that she was sitting down instead of kneeling. She sighed heavily, a bit relieved to have at least been able to help a little. She let her eyes wonder over to Aamori to see if she was alright; Knowing that had to have taken a lot out of her too. She smiled weakly seeing Aamori sitting down much the same way she was. At least after this they might have a chance for a rest; She was pretty sure most of them would need it. She shifted slightly and looked over at Nanashi. "...You alright now?" She asked softly.

Nero watched from the corner of his eye what Celestine did and then struggled to climb to his feet once Nerian collapsed on the ground. At least now he figured it was safe to move without the fear of being batted around like a toy. He coughed again hard once he was on his feet; Again coughing up a little blood. He slipped his brass knuckles off and returned them to his pocket before lifting his hand and wiping his mouth again. He looked over at Aamori who was breathing rather heavily and looked completely tuckered out. He walked over to her while holding his stomach with his hand and knelt down to her level. "...C'mon, I'll help you." He stated softly figuring that she wouldn't be able to move around too much at present. He reached down, not waiting for a response from her and picked her up slinging her around to his back. She was a lot lighter then most he carried so moving her was rather easy. He held onto her much the same way that he'd carried Hikari the other day, though he kept one hand pressed against his stomach and the other behind him holding Aamori up. He wasted very little time at that point heading back over towards the large double doors. He was ready for those damn things to open back up.

Aamori felt like she was about to fall over, she barely lifted her head when Nero came over and spoke. She sighed lightly about to speak but was cut off when she felt him grab her and sling her onto his back. She wrapped her arms gently around his neck and held on tightly, resting her head down on his shoulder. Her wings and tail had gone limp behind her. Forcing that much water to appear out of thin air really did take a lot out of her, so much so that her voice was now back to the echoing and her eyes were also back to their natural dark blue color. She didn't really say anything to Nero after he lifted her up and didn't focus too much on anything else that had gone on around her, she just rested her against him and shut her eyes softly while he carried her.

Kyran smiled weakly hearing her say that he didn't need to do that. He probably didn't, but he couldn't help it. He wouldn't have been able to live with himself should she have been unable to move out of the way and she'd actually been hurt worse then she was. He relaxed a little once he'd heard Nerian's body smack into the ground; The pressure in the room was gone almost immediately and all the static left in his body faded away. His hair even dropped back down to it's usual state. He coughed a few times and sighed again now realising how much he did actually hurt. He had a burn mark on both his chest and his back and all around he was just in a constant mild pain. Thanks to that last bolt that Nerian had shot that he intercepted, what little remains of his shirt was now gone along with his favorite jacket. He looked up at Hikari, smiling slightly. "...Y-you never answered me." He paused taking a deep breath. "Are you alright?"

After a few minutes Nerian did stop breathing and he started to disappear; His body broke down into a few bolts of static electricity and fizzled out. Just about the time the last bolt of static vanished the cage protecting the relic dropped back down into the pedestal. Then a few moment's later the large double doors started to slide open; Though they only opened a small crack, enough for them to exit the room one at a time.

Celestine dropped his arms back to his sides once he saw Nerian hit the ground and he sighed. He really hated having to kill him, but it was apparent there was no other way out of here. He glanced over to Aamori, seeing that Nero was taking care of her. He slowly stepped forward toward Nerian, realizing that he was still alive if just barely. Once he reached him he looked down at his massive head and gently laid his hand on his wet fur, stroking back from the bridge of his nose nearly to his ear. He wasn't worried about getting fried anymore, the poor thing was probably too weak to manage. At worst he felt multiple tiny shocks on his palm. "...I'm sorry." he said quietly. He continued to stroke his fur until his breathing stopped and then pulled his hand back, stepping away as his body disappeared. He sighed softly and turned away, walking back to where Nero and Aamori had been to retrieve his weapon and put it back on his back again and then started back to the door himself, feeling nearly sick.

Nanashi watched as Nerian fell and Celestine started to approach him, then glanced over to LaRae when she spoke to him. He nodded weakly, though he was still pretty badly shaken, even after the pressure in the room had lessened. Even with his dark complexion, he looked considerably paler. Finally he just leaned back against the wall and slid down to a siting position. turning his eyes down to his knees and wrapping his arms around them tightly. Even when the door opened he didn't look up to see, he just sat there shaking slightly. Only when Nero and Aamori got over to them did he raise his eyes to look at Nero. "...A-are...y-you alright?" he asked quietly, his voice barely even loud enough to be heard.

Hikari looked over at Kyran, keeping her arms around him gently. "...Yes, Kyran, I'm fine... thank you." she said softly, leaning over to kiss his cheek, "I'm more worried about you and Nero..." she glanced back briefly to see Nero carrying Aamori over to the doors and then looked up to the relic. "...It's open..." her eyes fell back to Kyran again as she ran her fingers over his hair, "Can you stand?" she asked softly somehow nearly doubting it considering that he'd barely been able to push himself off the ground. "...I'll help you."

Nero finally came to a stop by the large doors. He'd just barely heard anything that Nanashi said, he looked down at him briefly and nodded his head. It was pretty obvious that he wasn't alright, he was still hurting but at the moment he wasn't even worried about his own injuries. He sighed softly and looked over his shoulder a little at Aamori who apparently had passed out sometime on the walk over to the door. He shook his head lightly; 'Of course...' He thought to himself. He didn't really want to set her down if she was out cold, so he slowly moved his other hand from his stomach and set it behind him making sure he had a good grip on her considering she'd all but let her arms drop to her sides. They were now resting limply on his shoulders; She was no longer even holding on to him.

LaRae looked briefly over to Kyran and Hikari, just to make sure they were both still moving and then let her eyes fall on Nero who'd oddly been nice enough to carry Aamori over to them. She couldn't help but laugh softly at Nero's situation once she saw that Aamori was passed out on his back. It wasn't hard to believe that Aamori did pass out, she'd used a lot of energy to do what she did. She shook her head lightly and dropped her eyes to the ground. She hadn't used nearly the same amount that Aamori did, but she'd used enough to make her tired. At least it was safe enough that she could sit where she was and try to relax for a few minutes. Though, she looked over at Nanashi and sighed softly before deciding to move over by him. She took a moment and got to her feet and walked over to him rather slowly. She sighed again softly and let herself plop down off to the side of him. Once she was down on the ground again she nearly rolled backwards onto her back but threw her hands back just in time to catch herself. "...Are you sure you're going to be alright?" She asked softly having noticed how shaken up he still was.

Kyran sighed softly looking over at Hikari with his usual smile, regardless of how he was feeling and nodded slightly before planting his feet firmly on the ground and trying to stand upright. It was a lot harder to get one's self up off the ground, then it was to make one's self stand when you're already up. Though he didn't for see himself keeping to his feet for very long. "...You shouldn't worry about me Hikari." He said softly. "I'm a bit tougher then I look." He said laughing lightly. If anything he was pretty good at bouncing back mentally from pain and injuries, though he was sure he'd really be feeling everything in the morning. He looked up at the relic when she had mentioned that the cage was open. That was the whole reason they'd done any of this; He couldn't very well go leaving it behind. He gently pulled himself away from Hikari and took a few steps, slowly trying to keep his balance. He wouldn't have to climb very many of those stairs; Only enough that he could use his tail to snatch the orb so he figured he could possibly manage this on his own. It took him some time but he managed to stagger all the way over to the stairs where he stopped and looked down at the destroyed step he'd previously stepped on. Half wondering if anything would happen if he went to the next step. He shook his head and half laughed at himself for even thinking that. He sighed lightly and started to head up to the second step; As soon as he did though he sat down rather then going the remaining steps. "...I-I need to rest for a minute..." He mumbled lifting his eyes to finally look at the shape everyone else was in.

Celestine slowly walked back to the doors, pausing beside Nero. He looked over to him and Aamori, looking them over briefly. "...I can take her..if you want." he offered. He could tell that Nero was still in pain and hurt worse than it may look. "...You should probably be sitting down, anyway." he said simply. He knew that he was smaller than Aamori, but he was still pretty strong to be as small as he was. He was barely tired at all from using the wind attack that he had. Normally, he didn't use his power, or at least not that much at a time, so he usually had plenty of it stored back at his disposal.

Nanashi looked at Nero for a few moments, still looking a bit concerned for him. Sure the guy scared him before, but right now he was just concerned for his health. He could even see that he wasn't as alright as he said he was. He glanced over to LaRae when she spoke to him and nodded again. "...Yes..." he said quietly, "I-I'm not hurt or anything..." he said simply. He knew he was probably better off than everyone other than being scared half to death, though he was finally starting to calm down a little. He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again, looking over toward Kyran and Hikari for a moment before looking back to Nero and Celestine.

Hikari stood up with Kyran, letting him stand on his own since he could, though she stayed close to him, ready to throw her arms out at any moment. "It's hard not to worry... Tough as you are, you're still injured" she said softly. She followed him to the steps and watched as he sat down, sighing softly. "...Kyran..." she shook her head and shifted over to sit beside him. She sat down beside him again and placed her hand on his arm gently. "...Do you want me to get it? We defeated the guardian... I'm not sure what else could possibly happen... You really need to take it easy." Her eyes fell to the burn on his chest and she reached over, resting her hand just above it, "Hold still..." she said softly before closing her eyes. A moment later her hand started to glow with that soft white light as she started trying to at least heal the burn for him.

Nero glanced down at Celestine when he heard him offer to carry the girl; He half didn't believe that he could carry her but he did need to rest himself or else risking hurting himself more. He nodded softly before lifting one hand to grab a hold of Aamori's gently so she wouldn't fall while he removed his other hand from behind him. He carefully moved her around in front of him to make it easier to pass her off to Celestine. He stood holding her in front of him waiting for him to take her once he was ready.

LaRae glanced over at Nanashi and nodded her head lightly. "Yes, I guess you're not hurt. I just thought I'd ask..." She said quietly as she looked over at Nero and Celestine briefly. She smiled weakly having noticed how every appeared to be getting along in a time of what could have been a crisis. She had a pretty good idea though, that once all of this was said and done for today everyone would go back off into their own little corners. She sighed softly still leaning back, and shut her eyes gently.

Kyran started to turn back and look up the stairs at the relic when she asked if he wanted her to grab it. Sure, that actually sounded like a good idea. Less work that he had to do in his current state. He smiled weakly about to answer but stopped when she reached over placing her hand just above the burn on his chest. He sighed softly and lifted his hand, taking hers by the wrist and pulling it away gently. "...That can heal on it's own. You don't need to go wasting your energy on me." He looked over at her for a moment just before letting go of her hand. "And I'd appreciate it if you'd get the relic for me." He set his arms down on his thighs and leaned forward slightly, hunching his back. As he did so he bit down on his lip quietly having a surge of pain shoot through his body when he stretched his back; He'd forgotten about the burn there too.

Celestine waited for Nero to move Aamori around and then moved closer to her, ducking a little to gook one of her arms over his shoulder and around his neck before raising his arms to take her, holding her with one arm under her shoulder blades and the other under her knees. He backed up slightly and adjusted her weight a little so that her head would rest against his shoulder rather than hand back. He would have just taken her on his back if his swallow hadn't been there. For him it was about just easier to carry her this way than fumble around with that thing. He looked down at her for a moment and then glanced back up to Nero again, nodding to him in case he'd been waiting to make sure he could handle her since he half assumed that Nero would think he wasn't strong enough.

Nanashi glanced back to LaRae again for a moment and then glanced to the ground again. He felt pretty ridiculous about this now. She had been in the same boat as him for a while and she wasn't frightened. After a moment he looked back to her again and leaned his head over against her shoulder lightly for just a second before raising his head again

Hikari opened her eyes again and the glow faded when he snagged her wrist. She sighed softly and just looked at him for a moment before taking her hand back again. "...Alright." she said softly, watching him as he leaned forward. She placed her hand on the back of his head again, near the nap of his neck. "At least let me put something on it for you...in a few minutes." she said gently. She leaned her head down against his for just a moment and then sighed and stood up, turning to mount the rest of the stairs. She looked at the orb on the pedestal for a moment and then reached down to grab it. She picked it up and was just about to turn when the entire orb lit up suddenly as if it had been charged with electricity. Hikari let out a shrill yelp as her muscles gave an involuntary jerk and she collapsed on the floor. She was forced to let go of the orb and jerked her hand back close to her chest as the relic fell to the marble floor and started to bounce down the steps toward Kyran. For a second she was worried that it was going to break but after it started to bounce she realized it was obviously a lot more durable than it looked. After a moment she pushed herself up a little more and turned her attention down to the hand that she was currently nursing, pulling it away from her chest enough to look at it. The electricity there had been strong enough to leave a slight burn on the palm of her hand. Apparently tat orb had a few defenses of its own.

Nero didn't waste very much time staying on his feet once Celestine took Aamori from him. Once he no longer had to carry her, he slowly moved over to the other side of the large double doors and slid himself down the wall into a seated position. From this point on, he could care less whether the girl got dropped or not; So long as it wasn't while he was holding her. He lifted his hand up and rested his arm against his stomach then leaned his head back against the wall and gave a small sigh. Just about the time he was starting to relax a little his ears perked up and shot back to the sound of Hikari's yelp. He of course forced his eyes over to where the two of them were with a 'What now' look on his face. He shook his head gently seeing the orb bouncing down the steps and Hikari laying on the steps near the pedestal. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure, considering what he was looking at; That the orb didn't like people touching it. He shook his head gently again and shut his eyes, resting his head back against the marble wall thinking to himself 'At this rate I might get enough sleep in to heal me completely...'.

LaRae's eyes opened when she felt his head on her shoulder; She glanced over at him and smiled slightly. She was about to open her mouth to say something but stopped herself. The only thing she could think of to say was 'Are you okay?' and she'd already asked him that at least twice already; The answer wasn't likely to have changed. She just stared at him for a moment before her attention was snagged by Hikari's yelp. She turned to look to see what happened, half expecting to see some other creature or something; She was a bit relieved to say the least when she saw there was nothing of sort. She started to climb to her feet after seeing the orb bouncing down the steps and Hikari at the top. Of course she'd questioned in her mind what happened but she had a decent idea. She didn't just stand where she was for very long, she'd already started to head for where Kyran and Hikari were; Slightly interested in that relic. The orb had bounced down; past Kyran and onto the floor a few feet in front of him. Of course as LaRae neared closer she thought she might just pick it up and hand it over to Kyran since he'd appeared more worried about Hikari. She stopped about a foot away from the orb and was just about to pick it up.

Kyran nodded softly when she said she'd wanted to at least put something on the burns. That at least he'd let her do; He really wasn't going to let her waste her energy trying to fix a burn; There were much worse things that could be taken care of. He started to relax a little until he heard her yelp which made him jump up from his seat; Forgetting about the pain he was in. He'd turned just in time to see her collapse on the steps and then drop the orb; His first instinct however wasn't to grab the orb. He ignored it and climbed the remaining steps in a hurry and knelt down next to her. "Hikari! Are you alright?" He asked rather worried. "What happened?" He paused, briefly putting two and two together seeing as she was nursing her hand. He turned to look back down at the relic and noticed LaRae was about to bend over and pick it up. The orb mustn't even like you to be too close to it because it'd started sparking even though LaRae was a foot away. "LaRae get away from that thing!" He called out to her in a stern voice; Not wanting it to hurt anyone else.

LaRae was just about to touch the orb when she heard Kyran tell her to get away from it. She jerked her hand back, as she did so a spark of electricity shot out of the orb and followed as she pulled her hand back then shocked her index finger. She was quite surprised to see the thing follow her hand and still hurt her though it took her a moment to realise the small pain in her finger. She stood back up and moved away from the orb like Kyran said, looking down at her index finger for a moment. The very tip of it looked singed; Thankfully not quite burned. "....That hurt..." She muttered quietly still looking at her finger for a second before looking back at the orb. She'd backed up at least five feet from it now and the sparks seemed to go back inside the orb. She quirked a brow slightly and wondered if Kyran would even be able to pick up the damn thing.

Celestine's ears perked when he heard Hikari's shrill voice then a thud on the marble. He turned around and looked back to the steps, piecing together what happed quickly enough when he saw the orb bouncing down the steps and Kyran running up to Hikari. He watched as LaRae got up and went over to the orb and shook his head when he saw her getting ready to pick it up. "Don't touch it!" he called, about the same time that Kyran did, though Kyran's voice was much more easily heard than his. Did that girl have any common sense at all? He was really starting to wonder.

Nanashi looked back to LaRae again and tried to smile a little, though before he could force it up he heard Hikari yelp and quickly whipped around to look in that direction again. He stoop up finally when he saw Hikari laying on the steps and went a little closer, though he still didn't get very far away from the doors. He blinked when Kyran told LaRae not to touch the orb and watched as it shocked her. After a moment he stepped forward again, coming up just behind LaRae. "...Are you alright?" he asked quietly, laying a hand on her shoulder and peeking over her shoulder to see what'd happened to her finger.

Hikari looked up to Kyran when he came to her and pulled her hand back to her chest, trying to hide her palm. "Y-yes, I'm fine..." she said as she sat up. "It...electrocuted me." she told him, glancing down toward the orb just in time to see LaRae going for it. She was about to tell her not to touch it, but Kyran beat her to it, so she closed her mouth again. After a moment she shook her head and flattened down her hair a little before looking back to Kyran. "...I think you are the only one who can touch it... You were the only one meant to." she said quietly. She rubbed the back of her hand again and started to stand up, though she looked over to Kyran again. "...You didn't hurt yourself running up here, did you?" she asked softly.

Nero continued to sit with his head back against the marble, now steadying his breathing. His eyes were still shut and he didn't bother opening them when he heard a few of them tell that earth dragon not to touch the orb. At this point he was slowly getting back to being himself, quiet and out of the way. Though he occasionally winced from a stabbing pain in his stomach, followed by him adding a little more pressure to his arm that was laying over his stomach.

LaRae stared at her finger for a moment longer before sticking it in her mouth; Trying to make the twinging feeling go away. She turned to the side slightly when she felt Nanashi's hand on her shoulder. She looked at him for a moment and then pulled her finger out of her mouth and smiled weakly. "Yes... I'm fine. It's just singed a little." She nodded lightly and looked back down at her finger for a second before wiping it off on her jeans. Part of her would've loved to take a stick and touch the orb, or play with it just to see if it'd shock her again. But she unfortunately knew better then to go playing with it after she'd been told not to.

Kyran looked back to Hikari when she started speaking and nodded slightly; Though he did reach out to her wrist and pulled her hand away from her chest to look at it. He eyed the burn on her palm and then let her hand go gently. "...You shouldn't try to hide a burn caused by electricity from me." He was pretty sure though, by the way she'd held her hand, and the fact that she'd been electrocuted that she'd also acquired a burn from it. He'd been a prime example of what electricity can do to you. He sighed lightly though when she asked if he'd hurt himself heading up the stairs. He hadn't really stopped long enough to find out; He was still running off some adrenaline. Now that he was thinking about it, taking a break, he was starting to feel tired again. He stood up and smiled weakly. "Well, we should get the relic and go ahead and get out of here." He looked down at the relic and proceeded to head down the stairs and over to it. He knelt down and picked up the orb in his hand and looked it over a few times realising that it wasn't shocking him like it had done Hikari or LaRae. "...I guess it makes sense that only a thunder dragon could hold the thunder relic..." He mumbled softly before turning to look back at Hikari.

Celestine remained where he was for a moment, keeping a good hold on Aamori and then sighed and went to lean back against the wall. He looked over, watching the others, but he still had his hands full...quite literally. He glanced over to Nero for just a moment and sighed quietly. He was still wondering if he was really going to be alright.

Nanashi nodded to LaRae when she said that she was only singed a little. "...That's good..." he said quietly, sighing in relief. He looked back to Kyran and Hikari as they started down and then turned to follow them back toward the door when they headed in that direction.

Hikari sighed softly when he took her wrist and looked at the burn. "Yes, yes, I know." she said simply. She stood looked at him for a moment and returned his smile. "Yes...we should... It seems like I've got a lot to do..." She started down the steps and paused for a moment as Kyran retrieved the relic. "Yes... Too bad I didn't think of that before hand." she said with a weak laugh. She placed her good hand lightly on his arm and looked up to him for a moment and then glanced back toward the doors. "I'm going to check on Nero." she told him before turning to walk back to the doors. Once she got there she went directly over to Nero and knelt down beside him. She watched him for a moment, noticing the way that he was holding his stomach. "Nero..." she gently laid her hand on his arm and stared at him with that worried expression so so often hold whenever anyone was hurt. "Can you tell me what's hurt?" she said softly. She didn't bother asking if he was alright, she knew the answer to that just by looking.

Kyran nodded lightly when Hikari said that she was going to check on Nero. He'd almost forgotten that Nero took quite a rough hit from Nerian. He was surprised at how easily Nerian had made Nero look like a rag doll; And just by one swat of his paw. He sighed softly having glanced over at Nero seeing the shape he was in. He certainly didn't look very well, even from this distance. His attention fell back upon the relic in his hand. All of that and for this? He sighed heavily and finally started to walk back over to the doors. He was definitely ready to get the hell out of here; Not to mention he was also eager to get a new change of clothes. He looked up briefly as he got closer to the doors; Seeing them made him feel a whole lot better, probably because they were open and it was their way out. He came to a stop just a few feet from the doors and let his eyes wander over everyone seeing what shape everyone was in. So far he was only concerned about Aamori and Nero; They appeared to be the worst off. Though he was knowingly leaving himself out of the list of injured people. As long as he didn't focus too much on himself being hurt, he thought he might be able to keep the adrenaline flowing enough to keep him on his feet. Otherwise, he'd collapse again at any moment. He let out a soft sigh before opening his mouth to speak. "...Once we can start heading out again, I've got a place we need stop." He wanted to try and make it to a place not too far off from where they were already; They could probably make it there before it got too late even with the few injuries.

LaRae lifted her finger up once more to look at it, though only for a second before dropping her hand back down to her side and then slipping it into her pocket. She merely watched as Hikari headed off to Nero and then Kyran walked after a few moments later. It was obvious that Kyran was forcing himself to move around, he couldn't seem to walk very straight and he wavered from side to side slightly. She shook her head and followed after Nanashi, who'd followed after the others. Once they got back to the large doors she stopped and stood quietly until she heard what Kyran had to say. Did he really plan on having everyone rush off to this place today? Did he not see the state that Nero, Aamori and himself were in? She couldn't help thinking it would be best for them to just all rest as soon as they got out of this building, but she wasn't going to go arguing with anyone about it. She just gave a heavy sigh and let her eyes wander off to the side.

Nero looked up at Hikari with a relatively straight face when she asked if he could tell her what was hurting. Of course he had to thoughts run through his mind. One being 'Nothings hurting; Go away.' and the second, 'Isn't it obvious?'. He gave a small sigh and lifted his arm up from over top his stomach. He'd pretty much chosen the second of this two options. He figured it was better to just tell her and let her do what she wanted, rather then be stubborn and fight her on this. "I'm not exactly sure." He said simply. Of course wanting to add to the end of that 'Do I look like a Doctor? How in the hell am I supposed to know...'. He looked away before continuing on. "...There's a sharp pain near my stomach, and I've been coughing up blood." He gave another sigh and shifted a little where he was sitting, stretching his legs out in front of him. He felt like he was talking to a Doctor. All that was really wrong with him [Though he couldn't tell anyone this/He didn't know] was two broken ribs on his left side, the lower ones and he was bruised a bit across his stomach. In all actuality he probably hadn't taken too much physical damage, but the sheer force behind Nerian's attack was insane and easily could've killed him. At this very point in time he was thankful for his past training.

Aamori was in and out of consciousness every so often; Clearly she was trying to bring herself back around but her body wasn't being agreeable. During one of the short moments that she'd regained her consciousness she'd absently nuzzled against Celestine's shoulder and then was out like a light once again.

Nanashi remained a little ways in front of LaRae, following a little more closely to Kyran. He kept an eye on him until he stopped walking, half worried that he was going to just fall over by the way that he was walking. He titled his head slightly to the side when he said that they would be be heading out again, did he mean this early? "...You want to head out again this soon?" He asked quietly, looking up at him where he stool beside him. He looked a little reluctant to say anything to go against what Kyran said, but he also looked pretty worried about him. He was standing a lot closer to him than he normally did, almost like he was ready to try to catch him if he fell...which was actually the general idea. He was pretty sure right now that he was the most fit out of all of them since he was the only one that hadn't been injured and had no magic to use. Maybe he could help out someone some way now, or at least he hoped so. He really didn't want to be completely useless.

Hikari pulled her hand back when he moved his arm and looked at his shirt when he mentioned a pain near his stomach. She looked to his face again when he said that he'd couched up blood, looking suddenly even more concerned. "Alight..." she said softly as she shifted to sit on his left side where he'd been hit and reached out to him again. "Sorry...but I need to pull up your shirt a little. It's hard to work through the material." she told him as she took a hold of it and started to lift it up to his chest. She looked back down to his chest again, releasing his shirt since it looked as if it would stay up on it's own. She started to reach out with her right hand, but stopped, and quickly switched to her left since she didn't want to touch him with burned flesh. Before she touched him she made sure to explain herself, "I am going to check to see if anything is broken." she said softly before laying her fingers against his middle ribs. She gently felt along them, not putting too much pressure on them at all. As she worked her way down she jerked her hand back slightly when she felt slight movement in one of the ribs and looked at him. "I'm sorry!" she said quickly, knowing that she'd hurt him. She moved her hand down a little more and felt the next rib down, putting even less pressure on it if that was possible. She felt a little movement there as well and pulled her hand back again. "...You have two broken ribs..." she said softly glancing back up to his face and giving him another apologetic look, "I'm sorry I know that had to hurt. I'm not trying to hurt you, I promise." She looked back down to the bruise on his stomach and raised her hand again, very lightly laying her hand over the area where the ribs were, though her hand would be nearly feather light on his skin, barely touching him at all. "I'll try to heal them now...it'll only get worse if we have to keep moving around." she told him and then closed her eyes as her hand started to glow with that pale white light.

Celestine just stood there, waiting on Kyran and everyone to get back there. He looked at Kyran oddly for a moment when he said that he had somewhere he wanted to go. "...Don't you think you should rest first?" he asked simply, though he didn't sound too terribly concerned. If the guy could walk, by all means, let him. Since Nero had been hacking up blood, he was a little more worried about him. He blinked when he felt Aamori snuggle against his shoulder and looked down. "..." He almost smiled and held her a little closer, trying to shift her weight a little more comfortably. He wondered if she was coming around, but upon looking at her face he decided that was a big negative.

Kyran was quiet for a few minutes, trying to think of somewhere he could put the relic so that he didn't have to carry it in his hand the entire way. If his jacket hadn't been completely destroyed then he might have just slipped it into his pocket and called it a day; But now he had nothing but his jeans and the pockets certainly weren't big enough to hold the baseball sized relic. He sighed softly, his ears twitched a little picking up on the remarks from Nanashi and Celestine. He lifted his eyes slightly and glanced over at each of them for a brief moment. "Yes, I'd like to get to this place soon. Then we can all rest." He stated simply. He'd been able to stand pretty straight, though as soon as he'd start to walk again he'd go right back to wavering from side to side. He sighed lightly and looked over to Hikari and Nero. He had just barely heard what Hikari said was wrong with Nero. At least the guy was able to take a hit like that and still move, even if it was only a little.

LaRae let her eyes travel back over to Kyran when he said he still wanted to continue on, to some where that they could all rest. Of course a few of the first thoughts in her mind were 'You should really rest...' and 'Will there be beds?!'. She shook those thoughts from her mind and gave a soft sigh. "....So Kyran.... How far is this place from here?" She asked giving in to what he wanted. If there was a place close to here where they could all rest then by all means she wanted to get there fast. She took a few steps past Nanashi and Kyran, walking over to the large doors. She pressed her hands against one of them and pushed it open a little bit more; To make it easier for them to get out.

Nero kept quiet for most of Hikari's poking and prodding; Though a wince or two escaped his lips when she pressed on his ribs that were apparently broken. He sighed softly, and shut his eyes when her hand started to glow that pale white light. Certain types of light bothered his eyes, and that was definitely one of them. He continued to stay quiet and didn't budge; Knowing it was best to stay still while she worked. He was almost thankful that there was a light dragon who could heal in this group; Or else he'd be stuck with broken ribs and they'd have to heal naturally. He hadn't really been paying attention to anything else that was going on around him. He'd focused completely on what Hikari was doing and making sure not to open his eyes while she was working. So he was oblivious to that fact that Kyran was already wanting to move on; He'd have no issues with that request though.

Nanashi sighed softly and shook his head. "...Alright." he said unsurely. He couldn't very well argue with him seeing as he wanted to go somewhere to rest as well. He still remained close to him, a little paranoid that he was going to fall. He planned to just stick with him, though at the same time he was trying not to be too obvious about it. Most dragons would probably get mad if he tried to help them, or assumed that they needed his help. Apparently it was degrading to them or something.

Celestine shrugged slightly, or at least the best that he could while holding Aamori. "If you say so. I won't argue. It's you and Nero that I am concerned with." he said simply before glancing over to Hikari and Nero, "Well, then again he may be fine in a minute." Of course he had a feeling someone may be carrying Hikari, too. He knew from experience how tiring healing could be. Healing one cut nearly made him fall over before.

Hikari concentrated hard on healing the bone and any damaged flesh around it. She was glad that there were only two broken bones. It was a bit easier to manage than all the little ones in LaRae, though it still wore her out pretty badly. She was devoted at least and tried to work on his ribs until they were completely healed, or at least to the best of her ability. His ribs had to move, so she didn't want him to be in pain when he breathed. She couldn't do much about the bruise, but she did take care of the important things. Finally, the glow faded and she pulled her hand back before falling over against the wall, breathing heavily. "T-there..." she said softly, looking at him. He smiled weakly as she gazed at him through half open eyes. "...Are...you alright?..." she asked quietly, "D-does it...still hurt?"

Kyran merely nodded slightly hearing that neither of the two of them were going to argue with him on what he wanted to do. He was pretty sure that Nero and LaRae weren't going to argue either and Aamori was incapable of it at the moment; The only person he even remotely worried would tired to stop them was Hikari. He looked back over at her just as she finished what she was doing, now seeing her braced against the wall. He sighed lightly. Maybe she wouldn't have the energy to oppose him on this matter? He shifted his weight a little and looked to Nero, giving him a once over after the work Hikari had done. "...Alright." He paused. "...Let's go ahead and get moving." He said rather quietly. He was by this point even a bit too tired to raise his voice. He slowly took a few more steps towards the doors. He stopped for a moment next to LaRae who'd just pushed the doors open wider for everyone. He made his way out and stopped as soon as he saw the ramp. He'd forgotten about it, and seeing it only made him sigh heavily. He knew he was in no shape to walk up that, considering how wobbly he was on his feet currently. He gave another heavy sigh and lowered his eyes momentarily before it dawned on him that he had another way of getting out. Sometimes he hated how easily he could forget he could fly. He shook his head gently, laughing quietly to himself as he stretched out his wings behind him; Flexing them a few times. "...At least I can still move them alright..." He mumbled quietly to himself as he looked up the ramp again just before flapping his wings a couple times and lifting himself up to the top of the ramp with ease. He made sure to set himself down gently; Then let his wings fold up behind him tightly as he looked back down the ramp waiting for the others.

LaRae looked up when Kyran when he came closer to her, she couldn't help but give him a slightly sympathetic look considering the state he was in; And he still wanted to continue on. She wondered how he was still able to move, he looked bushed. She continued to watch as he made his way out to the ramp and then followed mere feet behind him. Though she took a couple steps back when he extended his wings; They were large, much larger then she'd thought. They were quite impressive, for Thunder Clan wings that is. She sighed softly when she saw he'd used his wings to get to the top of the ramp; She looked back over her shoulder at her bound wings and frowned lightly. How she wished she could do what he just had. She turned her attention back to the ramp and sighed heavily. It looked like she'd be scaling this by foot; Or at least trying to. She moved closer to the ramp now that Kyran was at the top, she placed her foot on the ramp and then started up it. She managed to get a few feet up the ramp; nearly to the middle before her boots lost their grip and she slid back down to the bottom. She stumbled back a couple steps when she hit the bottom again and glared at the ramp. She couldn't help but think to herself '...This damn ramp is mocking me...'.

Nero opened his eyes slowly when he heard Hikari fall against the wall. He blinked a few times and then looked over at her as he placed his hand gently to his stomach area and pressed down. "...It doesn't appear to hurt." He paused. "...Well it is a little sore, but nothing I can't manage. Thank you." He moved his hand from his stomach and began to pull down his shirt. Since Kyran was in such a hurry already, he wasted very little time getting to his feet. He looked down at Hikari with a very faint trace of a smile. "...No pain after getting up either. So I'm just a bit sore." He nodded softly then glanced over to the doors and then back down to Hikari. "...Looks like we're heading out now." He paused. "Perhaps I can return the favor." He stated just before kneeling down and scooping Hikari up in his arms; One arm under her knees and the other arm across her back, resting his hand under her shoulder. He glanced down at her for a second but turned rather quickly to follow after Kyran and LaRae who'd already gone out the doors.

Nanashi again followed Kyran rather closely, though he moved away when he opened his wings and few himself up. He remained t the bottom, watching LaRae try to scale the ramp and half smiled as he came up behind her once she slid back down. "Here..." he said softly, scooping her up in his arms before she had too much time to protest. She was probably the only one here that he didn't have a problem with just helping whether she liked it or not...at least now. He unfolded his own crimson and ebony wings and flapped a couple of times, having only a slight amount of trouble taking off from a stand still with the extra weight. He got to the top easy enough and set himself down then put LaRae on her feet as well. He offered her a sheepish smile then looked away as he let got of her to release her to go back to using her feet.

Celestine sighed quietly as he followed the others out. He waited until the others were at the top before starting to unfold his wings, though he had to shake one loose from the strap of his swallow before he could take off. He flapped his wings hard, having more trouble with this than Nanashi had since he was a bit smaller and Aamori was throwing him way out of proportion. He gritted his teeth as he struggled to take off, but once he was in the air he was fine, or good enough at least. He managed to make it to the top, though when he landed he staggered to the side slightly before catching himself.

Hikari smiled slightly when Nero said that he was just a bit sore. She was glad that he wasn't in any serious pain at least, that is what she was aiming for. She nearly groaned when she heard that they were going already and started trying to push herself up, thought she barely got up away from the wall before she just fell over again, barely able to find the strength to straighten up her legs. They just felt like rubber beneath her. "...Geez, Kyran..." she muttered quietly, though she was quickly taken by surprise by Nero's offer. She looked up at him, her tired eyes wide for a moment before she relaxed and smiled weakly, leaning her head against his collar bone and closing her eyes. "...Thank you..." she whispered as she nuzzled her cheek against him to get more comfortable. She was still breathing heavily as if she'd just taking a really long run without stopping. Healing was extremely physically draining, especially since she'd just had to do a lot of major healing just the other day. The more she had to do the harder it was to manage. She knew she could have saved time and energy by just knitting the bones back together a little and letting them heal completely on their own, but she was a little obsessive when it came to not leaving people in pain if she could help it. She'd rather be exhausted beyond belief than have someone around her constantly hurting.

Kyran turned his attention back towards the other set of large double doors that were at the other end of the long hallway they were in. Thankfully those doors were still open, and there was no obstacle in their way be it a ramp or a guardian. He smiled weakly seeing traces of sun light filtering in from the opened doors. At least it was still light out; For a little while longer. He wasted very little time standing there at the edge of the ramp. He'd started walking, slowly over to the doors. Of course he still wavered from side to side a bit. It wasn't quite as noticeable because he'd picked up on it and was trying to keep himself walking straight. It took him a few minutes to make it to the doors, but when he did he braced himself against one, then lifted his hand just over his eyes to block out the sun a little. Coming from such a dark, dank place to the sun outside hurt only a little on the eyes. He sighed softly and turned to look back once again now that he was resting on the door. He'd wait for the others to catch up to him again before starting out. Giving it a little thought, he knew he was tired and didn't think he'd be able to walk the whole distance. So perhaps they'd just have to fly part of the way. That would be faster, they could probably be to their destination in a matter of minutes as compared to walking for an hour and a half.

LaRae was just about to try scaling the ramp again when she heard Nanashi behind her; Then he'd picked her up. Of course she'd opened her mouth to say something but before she could even think of what she wanted to say exactly he'd already started to put her back down onto her feet. For lack of better words she'd been speechless; Though she knew she had wanted to say something in protest to him helping her up. She sighed lightly once back on her feet and turned to look at him; Rather then saying anything against the help he'd given her she smiled softly. "...Thanks." She lingered there for a moment before turning around again and walking off towards Kyran. She was a bit worried about him also; So she didn't want to have him too far away from anyone.

Nero looked down at Hikari when she nuzzled her head against him. He sighed lightly and then lifted his eyes back up towards the ramp. "...Don't get used to this... I'm only helping you because you helped me." He said bluntly. After that he let him dark wings unfold from his back and he stretched them; Something he hadn't done in quite a while. He flapped his wings a few times and before you knew it he was already dropping down at the top of the ramp. He set himself down gently and without missing a beat his wings folded up tightly behind him and he'd started to follow after Kyran and the others; On his way to the doors.

Nanashi glanced to LaRae again and smiled a little more when she thanked him. He was half expecting her to get mad at him. Once she started off toward the doors after Kyran he turned to go back in that direction as well. He looked up at him when he got there and paused, waiting for the others to catch up to them. He still looked a little worried for him, which Kyran would probably be able to tell if he looked at him close enough. Nanashi was trying not to look concerned, but it was near impossible for him to hide his emotions. His big ruby eyes were too expressive.

Celestine adjusted Aamori's weight again and continued walking toward the door. He glanced down at her to see if she was anywhere near waking again. He sighed softly as he looked out the door, glad to be heading back into the wide open spaces. Once he got to the doors he was the first one to step back outside, though he stopped just past the doors. He just really wanted out of that building.

Hikari opened her eyes again slightly and glanced up to Nero. "...I know...I know..." she said quietly, "...We seem...to be making...a habit of this...though..." This was the second time that he'd had to carry her somewhere. She really hated that he had to keep carrying her, she would have rather walked herself. After a moment she closed her eyes again. "...Sorry." She knew Nero was probably pretty annoyed with this because she was pretty annoyed with it, and she wasn't the one having to do the carrying.

Kyran shifted slightly and watched as Celestine stepped outside of the building. He sighed lightly and turned just before he too was going to exit the building only to look back at LaRae and Nanashi. He could tell pretty clearly that both of them were concerned, obviously for him. He shook his head lightly and smiled faintly. "You both can stop worrying about me." He said simply with a nod. For the time being Kyran felt alright, just extremely tired and worn out. But he figured he'd be able to manage to at least the next destination where he'd probably collapse and not wake up for days. He slowly pushed himself up off the door and wobbled for a moment while he steadied himself. He gave a soft laugh at his expense and then started out the doors. He only walked for a few feet before he stopped and looked up at the trees. It was surprisingly very nice outside; The temperature was decent with a nice breeze and oddly enough he was picking up on a slight scent of flowers. More specifically lilies. He quirked a brow slightly but didn't think anymore of it.

LaRae sighed lightly hearing Kyran say they should stop worrying about him. At this point she was inclined to do what he said and stop; Though she couldn't help but stay a little concerned. She shifted and headed out of the building out into the sun and smiled warmly. At least it was nice outside, she was quite tired of the building they'd spent the last couple hours in. She stepped off to the side, a few feet from Kyran and stretched her arms up over her head; Then let them fall back down to her sides. She was a little curious as to this place Kyran was in such a hurry to get to. Maybe it was somewhere nice; At least she hoped it was.

Nero glanced back down at Hikari briefly while heading to the doors. He sighed lightly. "How about this." He started. "Just accept this help without making it a big deal... and be quiet." He wasn't necessarily trying to be mean or anything, but this was just too much chatter already about something so unimportant. He'd return a favor when a favor was done for him, end of story. On a few rare occasions he'd be nice enough to help someone regardless. He lifted his eyes back up and focused on where he was headed, though once he reached the open doors he nearly hesitated stepping outside. It was way too bright for him after coming from such a dimly lit area. He sighed heavily and after a few moments proceeded out into the sun light, though he rather quickly headed off to an area under a tree's shade.

Aamori shifted a little and nuzzled against Celestine again. She was trying to wake herself up; Though finding that to be incredibly difficult. It was like being trapped in an unresponsive body. She was starting to come to again after a few minutes, this time she was able to at least open her eyes a crack. It took her a few moments to focus her eyes; She couldn't see very much currently but she knew she was snuggled against something. She clearly hadn't picked up on the fact that someone had been carrying her; And she'd forgotten that Nero had picked her up to begin with. She opened her dark blue eyes a bit more finally to realise that it was Celestine that she was so close to; Immediately her cheeks went pink from embarrassment and she fidgeted a little.

Nanashi looked at Kyran again when he told them not to worry and sighed softly, shaking his head. That was easier said than done when the guy could barely stand up straight after letting go of the door. He finally followed him outside and looking up at the sky for a moment, for some reason surprised that it was still daylight. He blinked against the sudden brightness and then lowered his eyes. He inhaled deeply, blinking when he smelled flowers. "...Lillis?" he muttered, starting to look around for the plant. When he didn't spot any right away he shook his head and glanced back to Kyran again. "...So where are we going?"

Hikari started to open her eyes to look at Nero again and then changed her mind and kept them closed. She huffed slightly when he told her to be quietly, but she didn't even speak to say 'alright.' She seemed to relax more when she felt the sunlight on her once they walked outside, though when Nero went off to the shade her ears fell back slightly in disappointment and she opened her eyes, raising her head just a little to look around. She couldn't hold her head up too long before she leaned back against Nero again with a quiet sigh. She'd father be in the sun, but she knew it bothered Nero, so she didn't complain. She could lay out and enjoy it later.

Celestine looked down again when Aamori nuzzled him and tilted his head slightly, watching her. He glanced away for a moment when Nanashi asked Kyran where they were going and then looked back down to her again, half surprised to see her eyes open. "...Are you alright?" He asked quietly, looking a little relieved that she was conscious again.

Kyran still stared up at the trees for a few moments longer before looking back over at Nanashi when he'd asked a question. He lowered his eyes just before opening his mouth. "It's no where special really; Just a house." He said quietly. He glanced over at Nero and Hikari for a moment; He'd have loved to have offered to carry her, but he knew he was in no state to carry any more weight then he already was. He sighed softly and let his wings fall from his back once more. They spread out a little, then his tail uncurled slightly. "...I think we'd do best to fly there." He paused. "...It's a longer walk then it is a flight. We should make it there in no time at all; fifteen minutes tops."

LaRae sighed softly hearing the place that Kyran was to eager to get to was just a house. Though, houses had beds; Which meant some decent sleep for everyone. She watched as Kyran let down his wings yet again and she looked away for a moment. She really was starting to get annoyed with her wings being bound, especially since she needed to use them. She'd absently started to pick at the bandages that were wrapped around the front of her body. She'd slipped her hand just under the end of her halter and was pinching the fabric of the bandages tightly; Pulling it away from her skin and then letting it go. Of course repeating the process several times. Unfortunately she appeared to have a habit of doing this every time she thought about needing to use her wings. She gave a heavy sigh and looked up at the sky; Still picking at the bandages the whole time. Oh how she wanted to just slice all the bindings off and see how her wings were; See if they were capable of flight yet.

Nero didn't bother looking down at Hikari again; He did look over at Kyran however once he'd spread out his wings again. Flying would probably be easier on everyone. Well, he'd prefer the flight over walking. He moved a little closer to Kyran and as he did so he let his wings fall from behind his back. "...Well..." He paused. "...Lets get going... If it won't take long." He said in his usual tone of voice. He tightened his grip slightly on Hikari and waited for Kyran to lift into the air so that they could get going. He was quite ready to put Hikari down and get some rest for himself.

Aamori stopped moving around almost instantly when she heard Celestine ask if she was alright. She looked up at him for a second and then shifted her eyes off to the side. "...Yes." She paused the echo was back in her voice. "...I'll be fine." She said quietly as the color in her cheeks faded away. Her ears twitched a few times and she heard what Kyran had said about flying somewhere. She wasn't sure how long she'd been out, but she was awake now and didn't want to be a burden upon anyone. She lifted her eyes slightly and glanced up at Celestine. "...You can put me down now."

Nanashi nodded slightly when he said that it would be better if they flew. He'd half wondered why they hadn't just flown to the forests instead of walking all those days. He glanced over to LaRae and sighed, reaching over to knock her hand away from her bandages. He shook his head at her and then moved in front of her, kneeling down and spreading his wings so that she could get on his back between his wings instead of having to carry her in his arms. That would probably be a lot easier than the other way. Once she was on and situated he held onto her legs, "Keep your arms around my neck." he told her before standing up. That would at least keep her more secure and keep her away fromher bandages.

Hikari glanced over to Kyran as well when he mentioned flying and sighed slightly. She looked up to Nero when he tightened his grip on her and reached up to hold onto his neck loosely. She didn't so much mind being carried on the ground, but the air was another matter. If whoever had her in the air dropped her she had a lot further to fall, so she just wanted to make sure she had a decent grip before he took off. At least she listened to Nero decently because she still didn't say anything. She would have told him to just put her down if she actually thought she'd be able to fly right now.

Celestine half smiled when she said that she was alright. "Good." he said quietly. He looked at Kyran and sighed, not particularly in the mood to fly, or at least not in this form if he was going to be carrying someone. He looked down to Aamori when she said he could put her down. "...You sure?" he asked as he slowly lowered the arm holding up her legs. He continued to hold into her shoulders until her feet were on the ground, and even then he wasn't going to let go until she moved away from him in case she wasn't ready to be standing yet.