Aamori had continued to stay quiet since Celestine hadn't said anything else. She continued to lay on her back for a while with her eyes shut gently before she finally rolled over onto her side. She rested her head on her arm and curled up slightly. She continued to lay there quietly part way through the night until she finally fell asleep. When morning finally rolled around she stirred slightly finally cracking her eyes open and then lifting her arm to block her eyes from the sun. She then rolled over again back onto her back and sighed softly. "...Morning already...?" She mumbled. She had wished that morning hadn't come so quickly; She already wasn't looking forward to the traveling.

Nobu had fallen asleep several times throughout the night. Though he did wake as soon as he heard Hikari up and moving. He didn't lift his head at all and continued to lay on the ground in front of the door motionless while she stepped over him. He gently lifted his head while she was walking towards the bathroom and then stood up and stretched; His bones making several loud popping noises in the process. He then turned and headed into the bedroom and climbed up onto Kyran's bed and laid down facing the closet; Just staring at it.

Kyran was still fast asleep on the couch. He was laying on his back still, with his feet hanging off the end. One arm was stretched up over his head and his was just dangling over the end, while his other hand rested on top of his chest. He'd had a rough time trying to make that couch comfortable for him, but it sufficed; He was still able to sleep after all. When the sun started to peak through the window into the living room he absently moved his arm from above his head to rest it on top of his eyes.

LaRae had slept decently through the night and woke not too long after the sun had risen. She'd slept quite a bit the day before so of course she was awake now. She sat up in bed and glanced over at Nanashi, smiling softly noticing that he was still asleep. She continued to sit there for awhile, looking over at him periodically while she started to run her fingers through her hair trying to work through the knots that had accumulated since the day before.

Nero was still laying in the guest bed with his face firmly planted into the pillow, so when the sun rose he never even saw it and the light didn't bother him. This was the first time since he left home that he'd been able to sleep on something comfortable, let alone a bed. He wouldn't wake right away and any attempts at waking him would be difficult.

Celestine raised his head slightly and looked back to Aamori when she spoke. "...Mm-hmm..." he muttered softly. "Yeah...it's morning." he said before looking back out over the baron land. "...Unfortunately."

Hikari closed the door to the bathroom and locked it behind her. She found some towels and laid them out before starting the water. She stripped out of her clothes and untied her hair and then climbed into the shower, making quick work of washing her hair and cleaning the dust off of her wings and scales. It was barely 15 minutes after she got int hat she was already drawling out and drying herself off. She wished that she had some other clothes to change into, but since she didn't she just dried off the best that she could and put on what she'd been wearing. She tried to dry her hair, but eventually had to just give up. She hung up the towel and then stepped back out into the hallway, not too surprised the see that Nobu was gone. She peeked back int Kyran's room and smiled slightly when she saw him on the bed before walking into the room. She sat down on the edge of the bed beside Nobu and gently ran her hand over the top of his head. "Hey there, Nobu." She said softly before bending over to retrieve her belt and pack from the floor to put back on. She was trying to make sure that she didn't forget anything.

Aamori glanced over at Celestine when she heard him reply to her; She hadn't really be paying attention so she hadn't noticed that he was already awake. Though it was no surprise to her, she actually doubted that he'd slept at all. She turned her head back and just shut her eyes gently. "...Good morning." She said quietly. She stretched her arms up and then laid them above her head, bending them right at her elbows so that her arms went around her head. "...You sound nearly as enthused about this trip as I do, though..." She paused. "Clearly for different reasons."

Nobu shifted his head slightly to look over at the door when he heard Hikari come into the room. He watched her intently as she moved over to the side of the bed and then sat down. He nuzzled into her hand slightly when she ran her hand over his head. Sadly he was a sucker for attention, especially female attention. Once she started to gather her things he laid his head down gently on the bed.

Celestine nodded slightly and sighed. "...Yeah." he said simply, his ears laying back for a moment. He really didn't want to go, but knew that they needed to head out pretty soon if they wanted to get there or at least halfway there by tonight. He stood up finally and sighed again before turning around and pacing across the room quietly, and then turned back and walked back the other way. He was already getting finicky and they hadn't even left yet. "...I guess we need to leave soon..." he said quietly.

Hikari stood up to put her belt back on and made sure that her pack was secured before sitting down to put on her boots again. Once she had them zipped she got up once more and rubbed the top of Nobu's head again. "Are you going to stay up here?" she asked as she scratched behind his ears. "I'm going downstairs." Normally, she wasn't the type to talk to animals, but considering that Nobu was the only one around she didn't see why not. After a moment of scratching behind his ears she turned and started for the door again before heading down the hallway to the stairs. Once she got downstairs she went right over to the coffee table where she'd left the things that Taro had given her and made sure to tuck everything securely in her bag, which was starting to get a little full.

Aamori started to sit about just about the time she'd noticed that he was pacing back and forth on the roof. She shook her head lightly and glanced away from him for a moment. She brought her hand in front of her and lifted her finger slightly. Focusing intently on the tip of her finger, doing well to hide the faint aura that was surrounding her hand. After a few moments a small ball of water no larger then a golf ball appeared. She smirked lightly and started to spin the ball of water with her other hand. She glanced back over at Celestine, pretty sure that he hadn't noticed a thing that she was doing; Then again she wasn't sure he even cared. She then moved her hand and practically flicked the ball of water in his direction, to catch him in the face with the water just as he turned around again while pacing. She let her hand drop back down to her side once the ball of water was no longer in her possession and put on a face like she had no idea where that ball of water came from. "...You need to relax a little Celestine." She said softly.

Nobu lifted his head again when Hikari spoke to him and then stood to climb down off the bed. He was pretty sure that the blades would be alright for now, since no one else was in the room. His tails swayed from side to side gently as he followed after Hikari as she went down stairs. As soon as she moved over to the coffee table he moved over to Kyran and stood near his face just staring as if waiting for him to wake up. He was hungry again and was ready for some more food; Unfortunately he couldn't open the fridge and help himself.

Kyran didn't budge even after Nobu got so close to him; It hadn't registered for him just yet that it was morning and time to get up. He could easily sleep for a few more hours.

Celestine wasn't paying attention to Aamori at all, he was just wearing a hole int he roof slowly. When he turned around and was smacked with the water he startled so badly that he literally fell backwards, landing on his rear. He sighed and shook his head, slinging the water from his bangs which were not clinging to his forehead. He gave Aamori a dirty look, knowing that the water had to have come from her since there wasn't a cloud int he sky. Finally he just sighed and ran his hand up through his hair. Normally it would have fallen right back into place, but since it was kind of wet in places it remained sticking up, which again revealed that nearly star shaped scar over his left eye. He didn't even notice that his hair was sticking up, he was just trying to keep the wet strings out of his face. "...Thanks a lot." He grumbled, looking away again.

Hikari glanced over to Nobu after she'd gotten her things together and then sighed when she saw ow Kyran was laying on the couch. She knew she should have been the one to sleep down here. She walked over to him and stood beside Nobu, leaning down right over Kyran's face. "Good morning, Kyran." she said in a bright, sing-song voice. She figured they should get getting a move on pretty soon, so she may as well have everyone getting up and getting ready.

Aamori merely sat at the edge of the roof with a blank look on her face, half waiting for Celestine to blow up at her after throwing water at him. She was slightly surprised when all he did was give a sigh and mess with his hair. She couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw how his hair stuck up; She'd just barely caught a glimpse of the scar over his left eye before she fell over backwards laughing so hard. She'd completely not been paying attention and laughed herself right off the roof; She landed flat on her stomach with her face in the dirt. She'd have surely been hurt if her wings hadn't opened when she fell. She finally did stop laughing once she was on the ground. She started to push herself up so that she could sit on her knees and then shook her head. "...I suppose that I deserved that.." She said chuckling lightly. Of course she hadn't noticed that her face was now covered in dirt.

Nobu started to back up a little when Hikari came closer to them; He'd gone and sat on the other side of the coffee table, patiently waiting for Kyran to get up and fix him something to eat.

Kyran's eyes didn't open right away, though you see them move slightly under his eye lids. He smiled faintly when he heard her voice, something pleasnt to wake up to. He finally opened his eyes a crack, not expecting her to be quite that close. He jumped slightly, though relaxed almost instantly. His smiled widened a little as his eyes came to rest on her. "...Good morning, beautiful." He said quietly as he gently reached his hand up to brush it against her cheek. "...I think I prefer waking up this way, rather then by your death grip.." He said giving a soft laugh.

LaRae finally finished combing through all of her hair with her fingers and gave a soft sigh. She really liked her hair, but trying to maintain it was a pain sometimes. She dropped her hands down in her lap and turned a little so that she could better see Nanashi. She was pretty sure that someone was awake; She'd heard the shower start up not that long ago. She gave a soft sigh thinking it best to wake him up, though he looked so comfortable she really didn't want to bother him. She sat quietly for a few minutes longer before deciding that she should wake him. She leaned over towards his side of the bed; Not exactly sure how to go about this. Ordinarily she might have placed her finger at the tip of his nose and kept it there until he woke, but rather then taking the chance of annoying him she decided to just reach out and set her hand down on his shoulder and give him a slight shake. "Nanashi..." She said softly. "...I think it's time to get up."

Celestine raised and eyebrow when Aamori started to laugh and then growled when he realized that his hair was sticking up. He shook his head and was just flattening his hair back down again when Aamori rolled off of the roof. "Aamori!" he called, getting to his feet quickly. He hurried to the edge of the roof and knelt down, peering over the side at her. He sighed in relief when he saw that she hadn't hurt herself, and then narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, you did." he said in the same grumpy tone. He stood up again and walked back to grab his swallow before taking a run and diving off the roof. He opened his wings and glided a little before almost closing them so that he just fell rather slowly. He looked back to Aamori again and sighed. "...I think you need to splash your own face now." he said simply before walking over to lean against the house.

Hikari smiled when he jumped and laughed softly, though she only blushed and glanced away when he called her beautiful again. "Alright, handsome." she said as she looked back to him and put her hand over his. "And what is wrong with my clinging to your arm?" she asked with a soft laugh as she straightened up. "Really, Kyran, you should have let me sleep down here. How in the world did you even get to sleep on this little couch? You're too tall."

Nanashi was was just curled up on his side with his face snuggled into the pillow. He furrowed his brow when LaRae shook him and groaned quietly. "...Eirian....mm.....tired..." he muttered absently, obviously still pretty much out of it since he apparently had no idea who he was talking to. He rolled over, trying to get away from her, though like LaRae the night before, he ended up slipping off the edge of the bed, taking the covers off with him. "OW!" He yelped as he hit the floor with a thud that could probably be heard all the way downstairs.

Aamori glanced over at Celestine once he was on the ground. She reached her hand up gently and touched her face when he said she needed to wet her own face; She pulled her hand back down and noticed the dirt on her fingers and sighed heavily. Of course she had to go and end up with dirt all over her face, as if falling off the roof itself wasn't embarrassing enough. She set both of her hands out in front of her palm side up, they started to glow a pale blue though not once could you see any water. She then lifted her hands to her face and rubbed them just over her face, barely touching herself and then pulled her hands down revealing her completely dirt free face, and there wasn't even a drop of water anywhere. She smirked slightly as she pulled her hands apart; As she did so a small amount of dirt ridden water fell to the ground in front of her. That was a strange technique that she'd developed but it was by far the easiest way to clean one's self without actually getting wet. Using that technique was easy too, as long as she had plenty of energy. She looked back up at Celestine and smirked again. "If you're not careful grumpy, I might just toss another water ball at you."

Kyran smiled softly when he noticed her reaction and responce. He gave a soft sigh as he looked at her. He let his tail uncurl and reach up, swaying back and forth slightly. "You've clung to more then my arm, remember?" He shook his head lightly. "I'm sorry Hikari, but I was raised to treat women better. So there was no way in all of Arienh that you'd have slept on this couch." He paused. "And I managed, somehow... I'm not exactly sure." He said with a small laugh. "I do however remember this couch being a lot bigger then this..."

LaRae quirked a brow slightly when she heard him say a name that she didn't recognize. Though her attention was sudden snagged when he slipped right off the bed and took the covers with him. Unfortunately she'd been sitting on top of the covers when they went off the side with him so she got pulled right along with them and flew right off the edge herself. "Eeep!" Was all that slipped from her mouth before she fell off the side of the bed. Her fall was easily buffered because she'd fallen right on top of Nanashi. She laid on top of him for a moment startled by the fall and then realized that she was laying on top of him. Her eyes widened slightly and she rolled off of him and quickly sat up on her knees moving over to him. She reluctantly set her hand on his shoulder again. "I'm so sorry Nanashi." She said apologetically. "..Are you alright?" She asked concerned, then waited to hear a response.

Celestine glanced over to Aamori briefly when she started to rub her face and then raised an eyebrow when the water ran from her hand. He shook his head, not even going to ask how she'd managed that and then gave her another glare when she threatened to flick water at him again. "Do it again and you'll have dirt in more places than your face." he told her. He could easily blow up a nice cloud of dust on this dry ground, "But I think that we both have better things to put our energy toward."

Hikari shook her head and shoved on Kyran's shoulder when he reminded her that she'd latched onto more than his arm. "Oh...hush, you." she said before crossing her arms with a smile. Her ears twitched when she thought she heard a thud coming from upstairs. "You know, Kyran, you are so old fashioned." she laughed softly and leaned down to kiss him on the nose lightly. "And I would say that is because the last tied you tried to sleep on this couch you were smaller than me." she said softly before straightening up again. "At any rate...sounds like someone else is up."

Nanashi was about to get up when LaRae landed on him, knocking all of the hair out of his lungs. He just lay there without moving for a moment until she got off of him and then gasped, coughing slightly. He started to sit up and waved her off as he tried to catch his breath and then nodded to let her know he was alright. He was in pain, but otherwise fine. "...Y-yeah.......ow..."

Aamori easily returned his glare after he said she'd have dirt in more places then her face. "You wouldn't dare if you expected to be able to use your wings anytime soon." She said with a slight smirk. "Just be glad I used restraint and didn't soak you completely on the roof." She said teasingly. She then stood up and dusted herself off.

Kyran's ears of course twitched when he heard the thud come from upstairs; Though he didn't too much about it at the moment. He laughed softly when she shoved him and then curled up his tail again. That wasn't the first time he'd heard that he was old fashioned, he'd heard it from one of the other girls he'd dated; Though she of course meant it in a bad way. She hadn't liked his nature and overly protectiveness for women. In fact several of the girls he'd ever met from his clan preferred to be treated toughly, and exactly like one of the boys. He sighed softly and brushed the thought aside. He couldn't help but smile warmly when she kissed his nose. "...You're probably right. The last time I recall was when my Mother was alive... And that was quite some time ago." He said with a slight nod. He finally moved to sit up, straightening his back so that he could re-button his vest. "Yes, by the sounds of it... I'd assume that it's probably Nanashi and LaRae... judging by where the sound came from."

LaRae pulled her hand back and set it down in her lap, giving a soft sigh. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to fall... or on you for that matter..." She said quietly, rather embarrassed. "...Are you sure you're going to be alright?" She gave another sigh and pretty much regretted waking him at this point. If she'd just let him sleep then this wouldn't have happened.

Celestine shook his head and huffed, pushing himself away from the wall. Apparently this morning he was pretty easily annoyed, though that could probably be contributed to the fact that he barely slept. He just turned around and opened the door to the house, walking inside with a still thoroughly irritated glare in his eyes. Once inside he just closed the door non too gently behind him and left Aamori standing out there.

Hikari smiled weakly when Kyran remembered when he'd last slept ont he couch and then glanced toward the stairs when he said that it was probably LaRae and Nanashi. "Hmm...Probably." she said with a soft laugh. She jumped when the door slammed, having hot heard it open in the first place. "Oh! Celestine you....why is your face wet?" Oh wow he looks angry.

Celestine just sighed, wiping his face again. "Aamori." he said flatly before crossing his arms. "...If we're going to get even halfway there before night we need to get moving." he grumbled as his tail switched in agitation behind him.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae and nodded again. "Yeah...it's alright... I just got the air knocked out of me." He shook his head and shook one more deep breath before straightening up again. "...Anyway..." he flexed his wings slightly, since they were not a little sore after having been crushed. "...Did you need something?" he asked just before trying to stifle a yawn. He looked over to the window and blinked. "Oh...it's morning..." He didn't seem too thrilled with that information. Obviously, he was still pretty tired. He really liked being able to relax and sleep in a bed.

Aamori watched as he headed into the house and let the door slam shut behind him. She jumped slightly as the door slammed and then gave a heavily sigh. She wasn't exactly thrilled with his grumpy attitude this morning. She reached down to her holster and pulled the buckle that released her staff. She held it tightly in her hand and moved over to the door, opening it quietly and then glaring right back at Celestine. She lifted up her staff and held it at an angle and then pressed down on the extend button which shot the staff directly into his back with a small amount of force. "You don't listen." She muttered. "I told you that you needed to relax." She added as she pushed the button again and the staff retracted. She then crossed her arms over her chest and stuck out her tongue. "Just because you don't want to go home doesn't mean you have any right to treat me the way you have." She muttered again before turning around and shutting the door once she was outside again.

Kyran had shifted his glance when he heard the door slam shut and rested his eyes on Celestine for a moment, then shook his head when he heard that Aamori was the reason his hair was wet. His eyes shifted again when the door opened a second time, though this time it was Aamori was just as angry of a look on her face. He merely stared in amazement at what Aamori did following her opening the door. He just continued to watch as she then spoke her peace and left the house. His eyes slowly shifted and he looked at Hikari and whispered to her. "...I think they bicker like an old married couple..."

LaRae shook her head lightly. "No, I didn't need anything." She said quietly. "Since it was morning and I heard someone else was awake... I thought it was time to get up..." She mumbled. She finally stood up and walked over to the side of the bed to grab her boots and then sat down on the opposite side of the bed from where he was so that she could lace up her boots. "...I think I'll be a little more careful about when I wake you up... Either that.." She paused as she finished one boot and went to start lacing the other. "...Or I'll just make sure I'm asleep longer then you, so you have to wake me."

Celestine didn't even turn part of the way around when the door opened again, since he already knew who it was. He just stood there with his arms crossed until the staff hit him in the back, causing him to stagger forward a little. He then turned around and glowered at Aamori while she spoke. "You say that like getting me wet is going to make me any more relaxed! All you are doing is getting on my nerves!" he snapped at her. He looked like he could have slapped her right about then, but he was trying to control himself and keep his hands at his sides, thought hey did curl up into fists. After she said that he had no right to treat her the way that he had and slammed the door again he huffed and crossed his arms again. He glowered at the door for a moment and then shook his head. 'Why the hell does she always have to be so annoying when she's like that!?' he thought irritably.

Hikari glanced down to Kyran when he whispered to her, and couldn't help but giggle softly. She shook her head, "I think they're worse." she whispered back.

Celestine growled quietly and looked back at the other two. "It isn't funny!" he snapped at the both of them. He started to turn back to the door, but then stopped since Aamori was out there and he didn't feel like messing with her right now. He didn't really want to stay in here and get lectured either so he just turned on his heel and marched down to the kitchen, making his way over to the breakfast nook to flop down in a chair, resting his head in his hand. "...I'm not going to survive this trip..." he muttered under his breath.

Nanashi looked up to LaRae when she got up and sighed, shaking his head. "...LaRae, it doesn't matter when you wake me up." he said simply as he fished under the bed for his shoes, half wondering how they'd gotten under there. he guessed he must had flipped them when he fell. "It's alright. It was my fault, anyway." He told her, "And I think I would much rather you wake me up as for me to try to get you...you're too hard to get up most of the time."

Aamori slipped her staff back into her holster once she was outside and then cross her arms over her chest. She turned her head to look over her shoulder, with a glare still in her eyes. She shook her head, biting her lip. "I'm getting on your nerves am I?!" She muttered. She started to take a few steps, more like stomps; Then stopped and then continued again. Half debating with herself what she was going to do. Stand there in front of the house, or put a little distance between them. She finally turned around to face the house, still rather upset herself. She continued to stare only long enough to mutter. "Fine then! I'm leaving!" She spat before turning back around and walking off, in attempt to put as much distance between them as she possibly could. She was steaming to say the least, upset that he could have such an attitude and be so grumpy. Sure, she hit him with water but that did more then her words ever could to try and calm him down. She wasn't entirely too sure where she was headed; Just as far away from Celestine as she could get. Though, half of her just wanted to go home and act like none of this even happened.

Kyran quieted his laugh caused by Hikari's comment when Celestine snapped at them also. He'd shut up almost instantly after the boy's tone then shook his head slightly. "...I don't know which of them is more childish..." He started, not caring to whisper this time. "Aamori because she always acts like a child, or..." He paused and looked towards the kitchen where he'd seen Celestine go. "Him, for over reacting at something so insignificant." He leaned back on the couch, propping his left leg on top of his knee and crossing his arms over his chest loosely.

Nobu's ears had perked up throughout everything that had gone on; He'd stood as soon as Celestine had left for the kitchen. He looked over at Kyran and then proceeded to walk towards the kitchen following after Celestine. Once inside the kitchen he looked around, spotting the boy in the breakfast nook and then walked over and sat down off to the side of him just about the time he muttered under his breath. 'You won't survive because you're not trying to.' He thought, passing it over to Celestine.

LaRae finished lacing up her boot and then rested her hands in her lap as she stared at the wall. She merely nodded slightly to everything that he had said; Smiling faintly when he mentioned how hard it was to wake her in the mornings. She kept her eyes off of him nearly the whole time. She leaned back on her hands gently and gave a soft sigh. "...So..." She paused. "...Who's Eirian?" She asked still rather curious, since he'd said the name when she tried to wake him.

Nero might have slept for awhile longer, but the constant door slamming was getting old, really fast and he could only roll over and ignore it a couple times before he was completely awake. He scoffed as he pushed himself up in the bed and then sat down on the edge. "...I'm so glad I don't actually have to live with these noise makers for the rest of my life..." He muttered quietly as he lifted a hand to run it through his hair.

Hikari looked over to Kyran again and sighed softly. "Well...they are both still kind of young." she pointed out, though she realized that she was only a few years older than them. Even still, a few years could make a pretty big difference apparently. She glanced off toward the kitchen again and shook her head. "...He does have a bit of a temper...but at the same time I think Aamori does a few things to set him off. No one can really blame just one of them."

Celestine had closed his eyes, at least until he heard Nobu's voice in his head. He just sighed and opened his eyes as he lowered his hand and raised his head. "...Honestly, I don't have much of a care to try. I am getting so sick of her doing things to intentionally make me mad and then somehow make it my fault." he growled, looking away again. He really did look pretty irritated. Honestly he might not have minded so much that she got him a little wet if she hadn't threatened to do it again, and to completely soak him. He was starting to wish that he'd never told her about his inability to fly when his wings were soaked. Now it seemed like she was going to throw that in his face whenever she had a good chance. Frankly, he couldn't stand not being able to use his wings. After all, he was a pretty tiny dragon, so he really needed just about every possible way to defend himself that he had. Losing the ability to fly made him feel extremely vulnerable and he knew that if Aamori ever got the urge at any given time, she could ground him for a good few hours at least.

Nanashi had just gotten up to put his shoes on again and had only gotten the first one tied when she asked the question. He froze for a moment and then looked back to her. "...Eirian?... I don't....Oh!" he said after a moment, apparently recalling the name. "Eirian...she's Niamh's daughter...my cousin. ...Why? Where did you hear that?" He asked, obviously completely unaware that he'd even said the name.

Kyran looked up at Hikari and nodded, they were indeed still young. Though he felt like Celestine tried to act older then he was, and was quite grumpy ta' boot. Where as Aamori was the direct opposite, she acted way younger then she actually was. He sighed lightly and shifted his glance towards the door, half tempted to check on Aamori. "I'm not so sure that she really does it intentionally though, or means to annoy him. I think it may just be how she is, I mean... She was rather annoying when I was stuck talking to her earlier in the trip. She reminds me of that little child, maybe seven, who follows you around completely infatuated with you. The one child who wants to be just like you." He paused thinking for a moment. "Though, I have noticed that she has a few choice moments where she acts her age... It's almost like she's two different people sometimes.." He said quietly before looking back up at Hikari. "As for Celestine, his temper is going to have to change a little if we're going to try and keep everyone together. I really do think he overreacts about the things Aamori does, or says. I also think this little hissy-fit between them probably could have been avoided." He shook his head slightly. "Those two need to find the happy medium... so they're not arguing like this." He said finally pushing himself up off the couch and stretching a little. "Anyway, I think I might go see how Aamori is..."

By now Aamori had walked a pretty good distance, given the speed that she was going. She was nearly sprinting and with no real destination. Quite a dangerous combination given the territory she was in, and by herself no less. She wasn't really watching where she was going, she was staring at the ground as she wandered farther and farther away from Kyran's house. She grumbled as she crossed her arms tightly in front of her chest. Then about half way through her walk she managed to completely lose her concentration which caused her eyes to change back to their natural dark blue color and then her voice to regain it's echo. Since she wasn't speaking, she really hadn't noticed. She didn't understand at all why he always seemed to get so upset. All she did was splash him with a small amount of water, trying to break his thought process and make him relax a little. Then he had to go and say that she'd have dirt in more places then her face, which was clearly him being upset and threatening her. So she threatened right back. She hadn't even intentionally been stabbing at the fact he couldn't fly if his wings were wet. She just happened to remember that fact after the words fell from her lips. Thinking a little more clearly while now in her more adult form she sighed heavily; Seeing where he probably got upset. She shook her head and just continued walking. She wasn't going to apologize, or regret what she said. After all, he's the one who threatened first.

Nobu tilted his head to the side, half wondering why Celestine was talking out loud rather then through thoughts. Now if someone walked in they'd really think he'd lost all his marbles. He shook his head lightly. 'Are you positive that she was intentionally trying to make you mad?' He paused. 'I mean, maybe you're misinterpreting it.' He straightened his head and moved a little closer to Celestine. 'Not everyone is like you are, they all have different personalities and you're bound to find quirks in some; But if you're unwilling to look past the flaws then you're bound to fail...' He paused again. '...I'm sure there is something about the girl that you like, that makes her okay to be around. So why focus so much on the negative?'

LaRae turned slightly so that she could glance over at Nanashi. "You're cousin." She said simply. She then thought a moment after looking away, wondering if she had a cousin; Or if any of her birth family was even alive anymore. She sighed softly and looked back over to him. "...Oh... When I tried to wake you up... You said her name." She said quietly before turning her back to him again while she stood up and stretched. "Were you close to your cousin?"

Hikari nodded at Kyran's comment and then smiled slightly. "Actually, Kyran...I think you just described my sister." she said with a soft chuckle. She had to agree with him about Celestine, though. His temper needed to be kept in check. Once Kyran offered to go check on Aamori she nodded, "I will come with you if you like." she offered, "Or if you want I can go find her and you can talk to him." she said as she nodded toward the kitchen. She'd much rather chance Aamori than Celestine right now.

Celestine looked down at Nobu for a moment when he asked if he was sure that she was trying to make him mad. "No, she was trying to relax me... But I told her already that I hate getting wet. What in Arienh would make her thing splashing me right in the face with it would be relaxing?" He huffed again when Nobu asked why focus on th negative. "...Because I've always been happier when I'm on my own..." he muttered as he crossed his arms on the table and lowered his head to rest on them. 'People in general get on my nerves... I can't focus on anything good for long before all I notice are things that I can't stand... Trust me I've tried. Some people were just never meant to get along with other people.' He really didn't believe that he had it in him to get along with people. Not only was it hard for him to hide his true thoughts on things occasionally, but he just wasn't like most people. He thought too differently, and he got upset too easily. Sure he had plenty of reasons build up behind it, but it still interfered wit his social life.

Nanashi sighed softly, noticing the way that LaRae could still barely look at him and the slight sad tone to her voice. "...No. She was usually just the one that rolled me out of bed at ungodly hours of the morning when something needed done around the house." Really, the girl snubbed him most of the time and acted like she was some high class girl trying not to associate herself with some lowly street urchin or something. She say him just like most of the other people did. To her he was too stupid to be alive and over all just a waste of space and air.

Kyran shook his head slightly when Hikari offered to go check on Aamori and he could talk to Celestine. "Unfortuneatly I don't exactly think me talking to him will do any good... You saw what happened when I was talking to Nanashi..." He paused and stepped out from behind the coffee table, headed towards the door. "So, I think I'll go see how Aamori is; You're more then welcome to come with me." He said with a nod as he reached the door and opened it taking a step outside. Once outside he glanced around, not seeing her and then walked to one side of the house and peeked around. Again, not seeing her. He then walked back the other way and looked around the other side of the house and quirked a brow slightly as he walked back over to the door and stood in front of it. "...She's not here..." He said quietly as he then turned to face the house and took a few steps back so that he could see on top of the roof. Again, he didn't see her. He sighed heavily. "...Great... I wonder where she went."

Nobu tilted his head to the side again as he stared up at Celestine. 'Actually, ya' know... splashing water in one's face can be rather relaxing... I've seen Kyran do it a lot...' He paused. 'You clearly have a slight phobia of water... and you're taking that out on her and you know she can't help that she's a water dragon.' He continued. 'And you're already focused on the negative, and before you even met someone new. You've already got it stuck in your head that you're not going to like the person. How is that fair? And I'm sure that you could get along with someone if you really wanted to, but that's if you want to and it's pretty obvious that you don't want to get along with anyone but yourself.'

Aamori finally stopped walking a couple miles out and stood for a moment looking around. She'd relaxed a bit and had now realized that she had no real idea where she was. She gave a heavy sigh and sat down on the ground. She brought her knees up to her chest and rested her head down on them.

LaRae moved over and sat next to Nanashi. "That kind of sounds like the girl I'm supposed to call my sister. Yuriko was always sent to get me up in the mornings... regardless of what had to be done around the house." She sighed softly. In that house she was pretty much a live in maid. She did everything around the house; All of the cooking, cleaning, laundry, and anything else she was asked to do. She'd slowly developed a strong hate for Yuriko because she'd just sit around watching her do all the work and of course she was the type of girl to purposely drop the glass of water she was drinking just to give LaRae more work to do. She brushed the thought aside and looked at Nanashi. "...Did you a good relationship with anyone in your family, other then your Mother?"

Hikari sighed softly and shook her head. "Are you that paranoid of talking to the other boys?" she asked with a slight smile before following him around the table to the door. She didn't expect an answer to that question. As soon as they were outside and Kyran started to look around she glanced over to him as he looked around for Aamori, staying still by the door until he said that she wasn't there. "Oh dear..." she sighed and shook her head slightly before stepping forward. "...If she did anything like me when I went walking...she probably just walked out and kept going." she said as she started forward, "Come on, she can't have gotten too far."

Celestine raised his head and nearly glared at Nobu. "I am not taking anything out on her!" He snapped, "She may not be able to help being a water dragon, but she can help conjuring water to throw in my face! I'm not Kyran, I don't like it!" He said irritably. He looked away again and ran his fingers up through his bangs, holding his head again. "...You're right, I don't like getting along with anyone but myself. It's easier that way." He closed his eyes for a moment and just sat there, almost wishing that Nobu would just go lay at Kyran's feet or something. If you don't get close to anyone it doesn't bother you when they leave. I like it that way. Why go changing now? He thought, trying to actually keep it to himself, though with Nobu, he doubted even his own thoughts were safe...though it wasn't like he could stop having them.

Nanashi shook his head slightly, somehow knowing that his mention of family would remind her of her own sad excuse for one. "...Not really." he admitted quietly when she asked if he had any good relationships with any of them. "...They all practically disowned her after I came around. Like I said...Niamh only took me in because she thought it was the proper thing to do..." he muttered quietly as he looked off toward the corner of the room. "...Punish the sinner...leave the sin..." he muttered in an almost inaudible voice. That was what Niamh always said in relation to what happened with him and his mother.

Kyran looked over at Hikari and nodded slightly before following after her. "...Well, we at least hope she didn't get too far." He mumbled. "I'm just hoping that she didn't go off running, if she did she's probably long gone; Even worse if she flew..." He sighed lightly catching up to Hikari and walking beside her. "It's pretty easy to get lost out here, and I'm uncomfortable with the fact that she's alone and probably upset." He paused. "There are a lot of creatures out here that could find her easy enough prey if she's not paying attention. Not to mention around this specific area there tends to be a decent number of hunters about this time." He gave another sigh. "So you could easily imagine, if a hunter stumbled upon her how they'd react to seeing a water dragon in Radha."

Nobu's ears shot back flat against his head when Celestine snapped. After a short while they relaxed and he stood up. Considering the way the boy flew off the handle just now he'd decided against continuing the conversation any further. He'd turned around and was about to head back into the living room but happened to pick up on the thought Celestine was trying to keep to himself. Nobu shook his head gently. Unfortunatly for others, Nobu had practically perfected the gift and pretty much no thought was safe unless dealing with someone with the same level of higher control of the gift. He turned his head back to look over at Celestine. 'If you don't get close to anyone, you'll be lonely forever and miss out on the only thing in life that's free... Which is friendship.' He turned his head back and started out of the kitchen and into the living room. He looked around seeing that both Kyran and Hikari were no longer here. He walked over to the coffee table and laid down on the ground in front of it, lowering his head down to rest against his paws.

Aamori sighed heavily as she shut her eyes gently. "...Maybe I shouldn't have left..." She mumbled now regretting the fact that she left the house in the first place. Though, she did need to get away so that she could relax and just let go. Her ears twitched several times. She'd heard something but wasn't sure what it was. The sound went away rather quickly and she kept quiet waiting to hear it again. After a few moments she heard it again and finally cracked open her eyes slightly. She looked around slowly a little on edge. She didn't see anyone at first, it took her ears a few moments to realize the noise was coming from her side off a little ways. She lifted her head from her knees and turned her head to look in the direction she'd heard the noise coming from. Her eyes went wide for only a moment when she finally noticed the small group of three humans not too far from where she was. She was surprised that she hadn't noticed them sooner. She didn't move an inch and continued to sit there staring at them with a blank look on her face. She wasn't too alarmed though, since they'd stopped moving too.

LaRae gave a soft sigh after listening to what he said and then gently leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry..." She said quietly. "...Family shouldn't be that cruel... ever." She paused. "They're supposed to be the ones to accept you for who you are no matter what and love you unconditionally." She added lastly in the same quiet voice.

Hikari sighed and shook her head as Kyran spoke. "Brilliant..." she said quietly, "Leave it to me to leave my bow in the guest room with Nero..." she muttered, "Hopefully I wont need it." She picked up her pace a little, nearly jogging now. "Well lets hurry and find her before something else does."

Celestine just sighed again and closed his eyes as Nobu spoke, only opening them again when he heard him padding off toward the living room. He only sat there for a moment longer before getting up, making sure to snatch his swallow off of the floor where he'd dropped it, and heading back down the short hall way only to make another turn and dash up the stairs. He found the door that he was sure led back to the roof and stepped outside with a heavy sigh, glad to be back out in the open again. He looked around for a moment, half wondering where Aamori had gone, anyway. He walked to each edge of the house and peeked over, never seeing her. Finally he rolled his eyes, annoyed that she'd actually run away from the house. He didn't even really know why he was looking for her since he didn't have too much to say that probably wouldn't piss her off even more. He definitely wasn't going to apologize. He sighed and closed his eyes again for a moment, just standing there, trying to think of where she might have gone. If anything he knew this was no place for a sheltered girl like her to be wandering around alone.

High over the area where Aamori was sitting, Lani was flying back toward the house again. Looking down, she seemed to notice the three figures near the dragon girl that she'd seen with Celestine. She swooped lower, letting out one shrill call as she did so. After being around Celestine for a little while, she'd come to recognize a group of hunters fairly easily. Again she screeched, but she knew there was no way that girl was going to understand her. Why was she just sitting there, anyway? She turned again, resuming her course toward the house, faster now, calling out in shrill bursts the way that she would when warning Celestine away from an area. This time, however, it seemed he would probably be more interesting in going toward it. She made record speed getting within ear shot of the house, though she noticed no one on her way there.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae again and smiled weakly. "...Only if they consider you part of the family." he said softly. He wrapped his arm around her and gently nuzzled into her hair for a moment. "...It doesn't matter anymore...it's alright." He didn't care what they thought of him, he knew why they acted the way they did, though he didn't understand it. It was always his mother that he pitied. He was sure that at one time she had been accepted and well liked, and just because of him, all of that changed.

Kyran sighed softly having looked down at his feet. He'd left his shoes in his room; He hadn't thought he'd be leaving the house right away so of course he didn't have them. He didn't bother mentioning it because it didn't really matter, but her bringing up her bow made him think about his boots. When she picked up her pace he followed regardless of his bare feet which were quite sore now. You'd think he'd be used to the feeling since he'd grown up with this terrain, but that was quite the opposite. He gave a heavy sigh. "I really hope nothings found her; She'd probably run from it and wind up lost worse then she already is."

The three hunters hadn't made a move just yet; They'd wanted to hold out a moment to see if water dragon was armed. They of course couldn't tell just by looking at her, she looked defenseless. All three of the hunters of course had weapons of their own, all of which looked to be nothing special. One was armed with a sword, another a bow and the last one had a chain-sickle. Of course the only other thing that they had visible was a rather large sized net with weights on the ends made especially for hunting dragons. The lead was taken by the man with the sword, while the other two had the net in their hands. The man with the sword had stepped off to the side and motioned for the other two to attempt to throw the net.

Aamori had been too scatterbrained to even hear Lani, let alone notice the net the other two hunters had. She'd barely moved, she'd absent set her hand against the holster to her staff though she never unbuckled it. Her dark blue eyes had focused on the human with the sword; He was the only one with a weapon drawn which is why he caught her attention. She watched him move practically to her front whereas the other two were at her side; Which made it a little harder to keep her eyes on all of them. She finally started to shift slightly, moving so that she was on her knee and crouched. The man with the sword had started to approach her slowly making a remark about how her scales would fetch a hefty price on the market. Of course now she was a little uneasy and angry at the same time, her hand just starting to unbuckle the staff. As she started to do so she was suddenly pulled down to the ground by the weighted net; Her face smacked into the ground and she now lay flat against the ground. As soon as she realized what had just happened she started growling, then flailed about under the net trying to get free. Of course since the net was made for such prey it didn't move very much and her claws were rendered useless against the material. The net also kept her so close to the ground that it was nearly impossible to move her wings; Though even if she managed to get her wings open and climb to her feet the weights at the end were only going to pull together at the bottom thanks to some high powered magnets.

The hunters had moved in on the water dragon as soon as she was pinned beneath the net; Of course with weapons drawn just in case. They couldn't help but talk back and forth about how easy that was, and they debated on how to go about selling her.

LaRae merely gave a soft sigh and nuzzled against him lightly. She'd run out of things to say on the topic.

Hikari shook her head, "Let's hope not... I'm already nearly lost." She would have no idea where she was now if sh hadn't been going in a straight line. She was starting to wonder where in the world she would have gone. They were starting to get pretty far out by now. "Maybe we went the wrong way..."

Celestine's ears twitched when he heard the familiar screeching. Lani was warning him of hunters...but why? She was obviously still pretty far away, he could barely hear her, so he didn't know why she was drawing so much attention. He opened his eyes and turned toward the sound, unable to even see the bird just yet. After a moment, it hit him. Aamori was still out there somewhere. "Damn!" He muttered before taking a running dive off the rood of the house. He opened his wings and glided for a moment before starting to fly in the direction that Lani was coming from as fast as he could, passing the bird barely thirty seconds after he'd taken off. Celestine was a very fast flier, especially when the wind was with him, which today, thankfully, it was. It did not take him long at all to reach the scene, though he was a bit annoyed to find that Aamori had already gotten herself caught. Luckily, the hunters were too busy appraising her to realize that he was coming up on them fast. Before they would have too much time to react, he'd already swooped down, holding his swallow at a slight angle in front of him with his right hand as he collided into the two with the longer-range weapons. As he hit he used the momentum of his flight to throw out his weapon to sling them aside, aiming to slice their guts out if they happened to be too close to the curved blade at the end. His feet then connected with the rocky ground and skid a few inches before he was planted firmly between the hunters and the net. He glared at all of them as if daring them to come close again and gripped his weapon's handle tightly with both hands. He could already imagine that they were all thinking he was going to be extremely easy to take down. He did look a lot weaker than he was.

Kyran shook his head lightly. "Don't worry, I know where we are. So we're not lost." He said lightly as he started to glance around a little more. When she said 'maybe we went the wrong way' he sighed heavily. Either they had indeed gone the wrong way or they just hadn't reached Aamori yet. "If we don't run into her soon then we should probably head back to the house. I can send Nobu out to find her."

The hunters were completely oblivious to Celestine's presence, that is until his weapon collided with two of the hunters and threw them off to the side. Both hunters hit the ground several feet away, though only one got up again after a few minutes. The leader with the sword hesitated for a moment after seeing how easily his companions had been tossed aside. He grumbled under his breath as he moved over to help his friend with the chain-sickle back to his feet.

Aamori stopped growling and then turned her head slightly so that she could see what was going on. She rested her eyes on Celestine's feet and bit her lip slightly. She was just barely able to see the hunters from where she was. Two of them were still standing, and one was incapacitated. She started growling lightly again and balled up her fists; Angry at the fact she let this happen to herself. Her whole body started to glow pale blue as her anger boiled. Then, just as she took her balled fist and smacked it to the ground a geyser of boiling water burst forth from the ground directly under the leader with the sword. The water shot the hunter up into the sky nearly twelve feet before the water disappeared and the mans scorched body smacked into the ground. Of course the human was unable to survive through that, so it left only one hunter left. The one left was already injured a little from Celestine's weapon but he was still able to move. Though after seeing what happened to his friends so easily he'd removed his chain-sickle from his side and started to back up slowly. The aura around Aamori faded nearly as fast as it came on and she let out a heavy sigh; Her anger was practically gone now and she was just annoyed with this net that kept her too close to the ground.