Kyran patted Nobu's head gently again before letting his wings fall from his back. He stretched them out fully before glancing down at Nobu once more. "...When you get tired, I'll carry you... Alright?" He said with a soft smile before following after Celestine and getting into the air.

Aamori watched as Celestine and Kyran took the air and sighed again. She really did hate this whole flying idea, but unfortunately it made sense. She hesitated spreading her wings, at first as they stretched out they looked like nothing more then a draped cloth. Once she had them completely stretched out they tightened up. Her tail swayed from side to side, she was slightly annoyed thinking about her wings again. She shrugged lightly and took a few steps forward flapping her wings hard to get into the air. Her first try failed and by the second she'd made it into the air. She of course was embarrassed now, surely the others had seen how much trouble she had. Once she was in the air she followed after Celestine and Kyran as fast as she could, though at the same time trying not to wear herself out too fast.

LaRae glanced over at Hikari when she asked if she was okay to fly. She shrugged lightly. "I'm not exactly sure, but there is only one way to find out." She gave a weak smile, clearly not sure she wanted to test her wings on such an extended journey. She turned her attention over to Nanashi when he spoke up. She shook her head. "No, I'll try this on my own first." She said before taking a few steps herself then letting her wings out completely. It was easy enough for her to take to the air, though staying airborne was going to be another story all together.

Nero lifted his eyes long enough to see that most of them had already lifted off. He sighed softly and glanced over at Hikari and Nanashi waiting for them to follow after the others so that he too could get in the air.

Nobu didn't sit still long after Kyran had started out. He watched only for a moment to see about how fast they were flying before he set out on the ground below to keep up with them.

Hikari nodded to LaRae and watched her take off, really not noticing Aamori's rocky take off. Once LaRae was in the air she took a running start herself and opened her wings, flapping hard a few times to get started. Once she was in the air it didn't take her but a few seconds to catch up with the rest of them. She slowed down a bit once she was close to Kyran and Celestine and kept pace with them.

Nanashi watched LaRae take off and then made a running dive for the air himself, taking off after her. He stayed beside her as they flew, just in case she started having any trouble with her wings.

Celestine just stayed at an even, though slightly fast pace, keeping his eyes straight ahead. In spite of their minor handicap in the water, he probably had the strongest wings of all of them since he spent most of his time in the air. He much preferred flying to walking, and in most cases it was easier to get around that way where he stayed. He could probably fly the entire way back without needing to stop, but he knew better than to try to push everyone else like that. He remained silent as they went, trying to keep his eyes and mind off of the area that they were fast approaching. It wouldn't take them more than fifteen minutes to pass over the mess he and Aamori had made a bit earlier.

Kyran glanced down for a moment to make sure that Nobu was following; Glad to see that the canine appeared to have no trouble what so ever keeping up with them. He gave a soft sigh once he lifted his eyes back up; He was quite relieved to have been able to give over the leadership reigns. He glanced over towards Hikari when he noticed her catch up to them and smiled softly. "...Minako wished that you'd come up and said goodbye in person..." He said quietly. He hadn't said anything prior to them lifting off because he didn't want to wind up staying any longer then he had already. Every time he had to leave it got a little harder to walk out that door. Especially this time, he was even taking Nobu with him so Minako would be home alone for however long this trip was going to end up taking.

Aamori continued to follow after Kyran and Celestine, though she couldn't quite catch up to them like Hikari had. She sighed softly seeing how easy this was for the others. She really regretted not using her wings often, but in a place surrounded by so much water you tend to spend a lot of your time in the water. At least she did anyway, and when she needed to get around there were always boats and such things for transportation. A lot of Kairava had started to become nothing more then merchant ports; So there was always a boat going somewhere between the different islands. There really wasn't much of a need to use your wings. She struggled a little keeping herself up at the same height as everyone else; And she'd fall behind a little then play hell trying to catch back up. But she was managing at least.

LaRae glanced over to Nanashi once he caught up to her and smiled softly. For the time being she wasn't having any difficulty with her wings. They seemed like nothing had been wrong with them to begin with. She was worried though that her wings would eventually give out on her; Though at the same time she felt a little safer knowing that Nanashi had decided to stay close to her.

Nero finally let down his wings completely and stretched them out as he watched the last two take to the sky. He took a slight run before flapping his wings hard enough to lift him into the air. He didn't follow after them immediately though; He hovered where he was for a moment and just looked around. Checking the area out of habit before starting to follow after them all. Of course he kept to the back, always the last one. Again from habit.

Hikari looked over to Kyran when he spoke to her and smiled weakly. "Oh...I didn't want to bother her..." she said softly and then laughed quickly, "I'll see her again sometime, I'm sure. Maybe next year at the festival... Or maybe I can just drop by for a visit some day. Nothing says it has to be a special event to say 'hi' to a friend." Hikari really didn't seem to take her role in her society into consideration. She didn't particularly care. As far as she was concerned, she could slip out for a week and the only ones who would really notice were Ishta and Sri.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae and smiled when he noticed her look at him. He then glanced away, paying more attention to where he was going. He noticed the way that Aamori kept falling behind a little and how much she was struggling with staying airborne. Now that he noticed he decided to try to keep an eye on her as well as LaRae.

Celestine glanced back occasionally, just to make sure he wasn't losing anyone. He noticed the way Aamori was flying and sighed softly, shaking his head. He glanced down for a moment, trying to see where Nobu was, and then looked up again quickly when he noticed two object sprawled on the ground. He just had to look down right as they got to that area, didn't he? He sighed and closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again to check on Aamori. "Are you alright? Just nod your head." he sent to her, not really wanting to strain himself to hear her answer while trying to fly. He kept his gaze on her long enough to see her answer so he could decide if he needed to go back to help her or not.

Kyran glanced back over at Hikari and smiled slightly. He couldn't help wishing that Hikari had said that to Minako rather then himself. In such a short period of time his sister had grown to like Hikari; Though he guessed that was because of how nice Hikari was to her, along with the fact that Minako didn't have very many friends. "...We'd like that." He said simply.

Aamori had only really been focusing on trying to keep herself airborne and was easily startled by Celestine's question. Of course that caused her to lose her focus which lead to her eyes falling to the ground just in time to see the havoc they'd caused earlier. Her face went pale and she quickly brought herself back up trying to ignore those thoughts. Once she made her way back up again she sighed heavily and gave a slight nod of her head in answer to his question. She was struggling terribly, but she'd be alright for now.

LaRae much like Nanashi had taken notice to the trouble Aamori was having. She'd kept her eyes on her, though she knew her wings wouldn't be strong enough yet to help her should she need it. Her heart nearly went to her throat when she saw Aamori descend for a moment, she was relieved to see that she'd been able to get herself back up. She sighed softly hoping that her own wings wouldn't pose a problem, just because of how much trouble Aamori was having. The last thing she wanted was to be a burden, too.

Nero was quiet, like usual and kept to himself. He stayed far enough back that he could just see Nanashi and LaRae. From where he was he could also keep a pretty good eye on Nobu without having to really look down. He sighed softly, shaking his head when he noticed Aamori slip up and start to go down. Of course that brought his eyes to the two bodies on the ground. Being a military guy the sight was actually pretty normal and he didn't really question it. He brought his eyes back up and continued flying.

Nobu continued to keep up with everyone, though he did come to a stop just about the time that he reached the two bodies. He couldn't help but stop and inspect them for a moment. Of course with his nose he picked up on Aamori and Celestine's scent. He lingered there a moment longer before continuing on again, picking up speed to get back to where he would've been.

Hikari smiled at Kyran again and then looked ahead again. She would really like that, too.

Nanashi sped up a little when he noticed Aamori starting to descend, but then he slowed down once she got back to their level again and sighed softly. He had a feeling he may be doing that a lot on this trip.

Celestine nodded slightly to Aamori and then turned back to continue flying. He kept up the pace they were at for a while, finally calling a rest stop a little over halfway there. The entire time that they were on the ground, he pretty much kept to himself, not talking to anyone. He spent the entire thirty minutes that they used to rest just staring off toward the mountains which were now in view since there was nothing on the Thunder territory to block the view. Finally, he got them all going again to finish using the rest of the daylight and even offered to carry Aamori if she needed him to. The sun had nearly set when they finally got the the edge of his territory and he sighed as he sat down, just before the trees began.

After the break, Nanashi had also offered to carry LaRae again, just in case she needed the help. Once they got to where Celestine seemed content with stopping for the day he started down. Celestine sure didn't want to waste any time getting there, it seemed. Maybe he was just tired of sleeping in the rocks as well.

Kyran followed after Celestine, stopping when he decided to take a rest. Then when Celestine decided that it was time to go again he decided to carry Nobu the rest of the way. He struggled a little trying to hold onto Nobu and fly at the same time. He was relieved when they finally came to a stop again. As he started to descend he set Nobu down and then placed his hand at the small of his back. "...Nobu you need to lose some weight..." He said quietly as his wings closed and tucked behind his back.

Aamori practically fell from the sky when Celestine decided to stop for a break. She spent most of the thirty minutes laying on the ground trying to catch her breath. Flying like that really took a lot out of her. She merely shook her head when Celestine offered to carry her. The last thing she really wanted was to be embarrassed about having Celestine carry her, though her wings really could've used the longer break. She sighed heavily and continued to follow after the others again, still struggling to keep herself in the air. When Celestine decided to stop again for the night she was relieved. She descended easily, though stumbled a few feet once she hit the ground. She then immediately sat down on her knees and sighed heavily.

LaRae came down when everyone else did when they stopped to rest. She too shook her head when Nanashi offered to carry her. She smiled softly quite surprised that her wings had gone as far as they had without any trouble. As soon as they were off again she followed quietly until Celestine decided to stop again. Once she touched foot on the ground she closed her wings tightly behind her back and then relaxed a bit.

Nero continued to follow up the rear. He of course stopped whenever the others did, though like usual he kept his distance. He wouldn't say anything, or show it but he had a hunch that someone or something had been following them since about Kyran's house. Though what ever it was, it was definitely trying to be discrete. He probably wouldn't have picked up on it if it weren't for all of his training. He continued to follow again after everyone once they had stopped resting. When it was time to stop for the night he waited to descend, turning slightly to look over his shoulder. Of course he knew he wouldn't see anything, but that thing was still following somewhere back there. He shrugged lightly and touched down on the ground finally. He turned to face the way that they had come and just stared blankly with his arms crossed over his chest.

Hikari sighed heavily when they were finally stopping for the night. She was beat. In spite of being used to using her wings, she wasn't quite used to using them for that long. She touched down easily and took a couple of steps as she folded her wings behind her. She looked around the area for a moment and then sighed, sitting down in the grass. They hadn't exactly entered the woods yet, but the grass extended well beyond the edge of the trees. She ran her hands over the soft grass and then stretched out. "...Whew...I'm gone..." she muttered as she closed her eyes.

Nanashi landed near LaRae, folding his wings behind him as soon as they landed. He was one of the few that didn't seem too fazed by flying most of the day. Normally, Nanashi didn't get tired very easily, so this wasn't all that big a deal to him, though if they went too many days like that and he didn't get something to eat he was probably going to fall over. He sighed and sat down for a moment, stretching out his wings for a moment before folding them again and yawning. He looked toward the forest and tilted his head slightly before looking up at the mountains. "Wow...this is going to be one hell of a hike..." he muttered to himself.

Celestine just stood near the edge of the forest for a few moments, looking off between the trees. He shook his head and then looked back to everyone else for a moment, barely able to believe that half of them seemed so tired. He looked at Hikari on the ground and then over to Aamori for a moment before walking over to her. He sat down near her, running his fingers through his windswept hair to untangle part of it before turning his attention to Aamori again. "...You alright?" he asked again. He looked away after a moment. "It will be a little while before we'll need to do much flying again." he said simply. "Maybe this trip will have built some muscle up."

Kyran stood up straight and stretched his arms out over his head before he finally sat down next to Nobu. He of course took Mati and Ajara from his holster first and set them down near Nobu before taking his seat. The flying didn't really bother him all that much, it was more the extra weight of Nobu that wore him out. He reached over and patted Nobu's head softly. He really did hope that there wasn't going to be too much flying right away. It could be difficult to carry a great dane sized creature and he wasn't so sure he felt safe letting any one else try to carry Nobu. Well at least this way his arms were going to be getting a work out. After he started to relax a little he glanced over at Hikari and smiled softly seeing how worn out she'd been.

Aamori looked up briefly when she noticed Celestine come and sit near her, then speak to her. She focused on him for a moment and then looked away. She was incredibly tired and still trying to catch her breath, along with ignore the throbbing pain coming from her wings. She gave a soft sigh and glanced back over at him. "...Yes." She said simply, and quietly.

LaRae looked over at Nanashi for a moment before walking away from the others a bit, a little closer to the trees and off to the side. She then sat down and stifled a yawn. She then leaned back on her hands and shut her eyes softly. It was nice to be around grass and trees again.

Nero didn't move, he practically looked like a statue the way he was just standing there staring off into the distance. He let out a small sigh finally and he shifted a little before sitting down on the ground.

Hikari was already on the verge of falling asleep where she'd sprawled out. She only raised one hand to push her bow off of her shoulder and into the grass beside her and then rolled over onto her back with a sigh, keeping both eyes closed. It wasn't but a few moments longer before she was fast asleep.

Celestine nodded slightly and then looked off toward the forest again. After a moment he stood up again, placing his hand on Aamori's shoulder before starting toward the trees. "...I'll be back in the morning." he said simply as he started toward the trees. He was ready to go find somewhere to rest himself, and he didn't want to interfere with Aamori's sleep, either. Also, it wouldn't hurt him to try to get his barrings again now that he was back in his own territory.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae when she went closer to the trees and then glanced toward Celestine when he announced that he was leaving. He half wondered where in the heck he was going, but he didn't ask. After a moment he finally got up and moved a little closer to LaRae before stretching out in the grass again and closing his eyes.

Kyran gently let himself lay back on the grass where he was, then slipped his hands under his head and shut his eyes. It wouldn't take him very long at all to fall asleep.

Nobu looked over at Kyran for a moment as soon as he laid back on the grass and got comfortable. He then focused on Celestine who'd started towards the trees. Of course he thought about following him, but then thought better of it. He didn't want to go annoying the boy twice in one day. He then laid down where he was sitting, right next to Kyran with his large front paws resting on top of Mati and Ajara then made himself comfortable.

Aamori gave a soft nod when she heard that Celestine would be back in the morning. She was in no shape to protest and with her voice the way it was still, and being around everyone she didn't even bother opening her mouth to say another word to him. She sighed softly and pulled her legs out from under her stretching them out before reaching down to undo her sandals. She then set the sandals off to the side of her and laid down on the grass curling up on her side. Within mere moments of her laying down on the grass she was out cold.

LaRae opened her eyes for a moment after hearing someone move closer to her, of course she was pretty sure it was Nanashi but it didn't hurt to check. She smiled softly after seeing him and then shut her eyes again. She then moved her arms out from under her and let herself fall back onto the grass. If she was left alone, she'd more then likely fall asleep in no time at all. The whole fight had pretty much tuckered her out.

Nero finally gave up on waiting to see if the thing would ever show itself. It was all too clear now that the person or creature had no intention of letting itself be known just yet. He shrugged lightly and laid down on his side the way he usually did with his elbow pressed against the ground and his hand holding his head up. He then shut his eyes and tried to relax a little.

Nanashi was asleep pretty fast after he came over to rest beside LaRae. He wasn't all that tired from flying, or at least he hadn't thought he was until he laid down. He wasn't even laying there fine minutes before he'd fallen asleep.

Celestine wandered a good ways into the forest before he stopped and hopped into a tree. He nestled into the crook where the branch connected to the tree and closed his eyes. It was quiet, so it didn't take him too long to fall asleep.

A little before dawn he was startled awake by the same dream that he'd had the other night about the forest and the beast with green and gold eyes like his. He shook his head and sighed heavily, sitting up again. He looked through the leaves, realizing that the sun would be rising soon. He sighed and finally hopped out of the tree. No point in going back to sleep now. He looked around for a few moments and then walked over to a plant that had fairly massive leaves, nearly twice the size of his head. They were coated in an almost wax-like substance that made them stiff and not very flexible. He picked two and placed them with the stems pointing in opposite directions to make a sort of plate and held it from underneath. He wandered around for a little while longer before he found one thing that he was looking for. Another bush, this one covered in the same kind of berries that he'd been carrying in his pack. He picked several and placed them on the makeshift plate in his other hand and then went to try to find something else. He wondered for another fifteen minutes before he came across an apple tree. The apples were green, he knew meant they'd be a little sour, but they were all ripe. He put the leaves with the fruit on them down and then climbed into the apple tree, picking about five before hopping down and placing them on the leaves with the other fruit. He picked the leaves up again by the sides his time and carried them back toward the edge of the forest. He stopped once more and knelt down to another slightly smaller plant. He set the leaves down again and then pulled the other plant up, with a bit of difficulty, by the roots. He shook off the dirt from the long brown roots and then split the top coat off of the root to reveal a crisp white interior. He broke it into about three two inch pieces and laid it down on the leaves as well before starting off toward the others again. The root was something they called tarka and it was pretty sweet with a texture somewhat like the inside of a walnut. Finally, he made it back out to where the others were, just as the sun was starting to climb into the sky, which he noticed was turning a deep pink color. He shook his head and walked over to the others and just sat the leaves down where everyone could get to something when the got up, and then went back to the edge of the trees to sit down. He wasn't going ot wake everyone up right at the crack of dawn.

Kyran stirred slightly as morning started to roll around though he didn't wake. He was far too relaxed to bring himself to wake up. Though as soon as someone tried to wake him he of course would wake up.

Nobu's head lifted as soon as he head Celestine come back into the area. He watched him, slightly curious as to what he was carrying. As soon as he set the leaves down he noticed there was food on it. Of course his nose picked up on the apples first, then that same fruit from before. He then watched as Celestine moved away from the plate. As soon as Celestine had turned his back he was crawling closer and closer to the plate, never once lifting his body from the ground as he inched closer. He stopped as he got closer to the plate, noticing that Celestine had made it over to the tree line. He paused, acting as if he hadn't moved at all and then dove the rest of the way for the makeshift plate full of food. He wasted very little time downing two apples whole and then snatching several of the fruits from before; He swatted them right off the plate and between his paws, waiting until he finished the apples to eat the other fruits. He did however leave the tarka alone not even touching it. Of course he thought it safe to help himself to the plate of food considering it was set down on his level; Not to mention he was always fed on the floor.

Nero had awoken just as the sun started to rise; From habit. He didn't move though so one might think that he was still asleep. His eyes were barely open, merely because the sun was rising. He let out a soft sigh as he still felt the presence of the other being. He'd half hoped that the thing following them would have gone away by now, but it hadn't. He was relieved to know that it hadn't appeared to have come any closer. So at the present it didn't seem to be a threat. He finally removed his hand from his head and let himself fall back onto his back gently.

Celestine wasn't too concerned when he sat down, he figured Nobu would know better than to bother it until he was given permission. Boy was he wrong. "NOBU!! You glutton!" He snapped at him from where he sat, sounding thoroughly peeved. "I didn't put those there for you! There's a whole forest back here, can't you get your own food!?"

Hikari's ear twitched slightly when she heard Celestine's voice and she groaned quietly. He wasn't all that loud from where he was, but she was on the verge of waking up anyway. She blinked and raised her head, looking over to Celestine and then at the canine who appeared to be chowing down on something. She then noticed the leaves with the fruits on them and sat up, tilting her head slightly. Where did that come from? Of course if she'd been more awake she might have realized where it came from but she was still a little groggy.

Nobu finished off the fruits between his paws pretty quickly before his head shot up and his ears laid back slightly. If he'd had eyes one would probably see the look of surprise; Like he didn't know he did anything wrong. He looked over in Celestine's direction for a moment before throwing his teeth back into another one of the fruits before standing up and moving away from the plate. Of course he'd nearly eaten everything on that plate by the time he stepped away from it. He moved right back over to the blades he was laying on and sat down looking back over at Celestine. 'Food on the floor is usually meant for me.' He paused. 'And you didn't tell me to stay away from it.'

Kyran stirred again as his ears twitched. He easily picked up on Celestine's voice and woke up having registered Nobu's name being said. He slowly opened his eyes and stifled a yawn before pushing himself up on his elbows and glancing over at Nobu. He'd managed to catch everything right towards the end, with Nobu right next to him again. So he had no idea what had gone on. He looked over at Celestine for a moment after rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He sat up a little more and hunched over slightly as he set his hand on top of Nobu's head. He was still a little sleepy but managed to mumble. "What'd ya do this time Nobu...?"

Aamori's ears twitched slightly but she didn't wake up. She was far to comfortable to force herself to wake up. She merely rolled over onto her other side and curled herself a little tighter.

Celestine looked at the near empty leaves and sighed. "In case you haven't noticed, this is not a floor, it is grass, and I do not have a table handy to set things on to keep it away from you. Honestly...you called yourself intelligent, I though I wouldn't need to point out that I was bringing that for everyone else, not just you, you pig. You ate almost everything!" Celestine was still obviously seething. the one time he goes out of his way to be helpful to everyone, this crazy mutt has to go and stuff himself on everything before they even wake up.

Hikari looked over to Kyran when he got up and yawned slightly, barely hearing what he muttered to Nobu. "...he...ate something." she said tiredly before flopping back down again. "I don't know." she yawned again and closed her eyes, looking half ready to just go back to sleep.

Nobu stared over at Celestine and then shook his head softly. 'It was on the ground, therefor according to the way I've been taught... It is free game unless I am told otherwise.' He paused. 'Since you set it down and walked away without a word to me about it, I assumed I could help myself. Especially after you saying yesterday that there would be more of those fruits when we got to your territory.' He then laid back down on the ground and rested his paws to the blades yet again.

Kyran glanced over at Hikari when he heard her speak and then shook his head lightly. He then looked back over at Nobu and gave a heavy sigh. Of course Nobu had to go and start trouble this early in the trip. He then leaned back on his hands, happening to notice now the makeshift plate with nearly nothing left on it.

Celestine huffed and gave Nobu a dirty look. "How was I even supposed to know you were awake? You don't have any eyes, I can't tell when you're awake or asleep." He shook his head slightly, "Next time, I'll tell you if it's meant for you. If I don't say anything, leave it alone." He glanced to Kyran for a moment and sighed when he saw him looking at what was left. "Help yourself if there's anything left." he said dully. He couldn't really tell what was left on the leaves from where he was sitting since they were tilted away from him after Nobu got a hold of it.

Hikari's ears twitched slightly again and she opened her eyes again, raising his head slightly. "Hmm?" She blinked and then glanced over to Celestine before finally sitting up and looking over to Kyran again. Her eyes turned toward the sky for a moment and she sighed softly. She guessed there was no real point in going back to sleep, she was going to have to get up soon, anyway.

Nobu lifted his head slightly and looked back at Celestine. 'Ya' know I can't help that I don't have eyes...' He sent simply before letting his head drop back down to rest against his paws. He of course had heard what Celestine said about leaving the food alone and would try to remember that for in the future.

Kyran shifted slightly and his eyes trailed back over to Celestine briefly. "I'm assuming that you brought the food. It's appreciated, even though Nobu appears to have been hungry." He smiled softly shaking his head. He knew something like this would happen, he just hadn't expected it so soon. "A bit in Nobu's defense, He's never had to fend for himself before. Minako and I always fed him like a normal dog... in a bowl or on a plate on the ground..." He then turned his attention back to Nobu. "Once he gets the hang of getting his own food then this shouldn't happen again."

By now Aamori had already tried to cover her ears and curl herself tighter into a ball to try and stay asleep. Unfortunately it didn't appear to be helping. She finally gave up and rolled over onto her back tossing her arms out to either side of her and heaving a heavy sigh. Already she was missing the time spent at Kyran's house, when everyone had somewhere else to sleep and when they woke up; They didn't wake you too.

Celestine shook his head slightly. He knew Nobu couldn't help not having eyes, but it still made him incapable of telling when he was awake or asleep when he wasn't moving, so he only pointed it out the defend the fact that he hadn't said anything due to thinking he was asleep. He glanced to Kyran when he spoke to him and just raised a hand, waving it off. "...There will be more on the way... you can just help yourselves to the bushes... I'll tell you what is and isn't safe to eat." He glanced over to Aamori when she rolled over and sighed. Well seemed like as usual LaRae and Nanashi were the last two to wake up.

Hikari looked at Celestine for a moment and then got up, moving over to the plate to see if she could salvage anything. She just snagged one of the two remaining green apples and looked at the berries a bit oddly. She'd never seen them before, so she didn't know if she wanted to try one of those or not.

Kyran nodded softly after what Celestine said. He then sat back up a little and looked over to Hikari and then to the plate. He actually wasn't all that hungry which is probably why he wasn't upset about the food being eaten by Nobu. He then looked back over to Celestine. "...Do you have any idea where the relic might be?" He was almost positive that he'd heard the answer to that question before but for the life of him he couldn't remember what he'd been told. He sighed softly feeling rather silly for asking that now.

Aamori laid on her back for a short while just staring up at the sky. She wished that morning hadn't come so quickly. She finally pulled herself up and sat glancing over at the others who were awake. Half curious as to what they had been talking about that woke her up. She hadn't been paying attention to it while it was happening so she had no real clue. Though after focusing on what Hikari was picking at on the leaves she could only assume it had something to do with the food. She shrugged lightly and looked away, over towards Nero. She'd almost forgotten about the marks he left on her arm. She glanced down at the bandage that was wrapped around her arm and then started to take it off. Once she removed it she was kind of surprised to see that all the marks on her arm were gone, not a single one was there and the pain was gone too. She quirked a brow slightly as she looked at the bandage in her hand and wondered what in Arienh was on it.

Celestine looked at Kyran for a moment and then sighed heavily. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I know." he said simply. He glanced away, staring off to the side for a moment, looking a little distracted. 'It has to be somewhere in that forest... that temple....but where is that place?' He shook his head and then looked back to Kyran again. "...I have a good idea at least. I just have to figure out how to get there." He then glanced over toward Nanashi. "...If I'm right some of you are probably going to have to stay behind. I guess we'll see how it goes." he muttered.

Hikari looked up to Celestine for a moment and tilted her head slightly. "...What do you mean?"

He glanced back to her again and shrugged slightly. "...I don't know. We'll see." he said simply.

She sighed softly and nodded before going back to sit beside Kyran as she bit into one of the apples. "..."

Kyran listened to what Celestine answered, though of course his curiosity was peeked by the last thing he said. He only became a little more curious about it when Hikari asked what he meant and he didn't answer in a straight forward manor. He gave a sigh, having noticed Celestine glance towards Nanashi. He had a decent hunch at what Celestine was getting at. "...So this place where you think the relic is... You're thinking that it won't take kindly to a dragon half on the premises?" He tried not to speak too loudly, though he was being pretty blunt and getting straight to the point he thought that Celestine was eluding to.

Aamori's ears perked up when she started to overhear what Celestine was saying, then what Kyran said afterwards. She was a little surprised at how easily Kyran asked that. That was a touchy topic when it came to her and she tried to steer away from it as much as possible. For the most part she'd even put aside the fact that Nanashi was only a dragon half. It just wasn't something that stuck in the fore front of her thoughts. She grabbed her sandals and moved a little closer to everyone else; Now sitting off to the side of Kyran and Hikari.

Celestine looked back over to Kyran and sighed slightly. "It doesn't take very kindly to humans." he said simply, "And human who had ever entered that forest has never found their way out again. I don't know if the forest will see much of a difference even if the blood is mixed with dragon blood." He said simply, "If he goes, someone is going to have to keep him in sight at all times and keep an eye on him, and that may just be more of a pain than it's worth. To be blunt, he wouldn't be of any help even if he did go." he said simply. He had noted that last time all he did was stand at the door looking half ready to pass out at the mere sight of Nerian. "I don't know what he can and can't do, but defending himself sure as hell doesn't look like something he's good at." He was also trying to keep his voice low while he explained his reasoning, and he definitely wasn't sugarcoating his thoughts.

Hikari opened her mouth to start to object, but she really couldn't argue. She didn't think Nanashi was completely useless...until it came to and form of battle. Thus far, she was very unimpressed with those skills.

Nanashi was already on the verge of waking up when all of the talking started. He only started to pick up on what Celestine was saying to Kyran about something not liking humans. He opened his eyes, but laid still, listening to what he could hear of the conversation. He didn't bother to get up, he didn't really care for them knowing that he was listening to them talk about him--he knew for sure it was about him when he mentioned mixed blood. He just sighed softly and turned his eyes toward the ground, keeping quiet.

Kyran sighed after hearing all that Celestine had said. He wasn't surprised in the least about any of it. "You've got no right to deem that he'd be of no use. He was chosen to be a part of this trip, and he's going to be regardless." He paused. "And you know what, you don't know what any of us are really capable of given the situation. I'm almost positive that at least half of us haven't had to deal with any type of real combat... let alone protect ourselves from these different things that we're going to encounter." He glanced over at Celestine. "And technically, we've seen very little out of you too... So how do we know that you can handle what's to come? How do we know if any of us can handle it?" He sighed heavily. "My main point is just don't go putting the guy down just because of something you've observed in such a short period of time. Also, there are seven of us total... It's not going to be a problem stepping in to help him should he need it. Or do you have something against helping him?" By this time he hadn't really cared who heard what he was saying so he was speaking in his usual tone of voice.

Aamori tilted her head to side slightly while continuing to listen to everything that they were saying. She felt like each of them had a point. After all, she didn't really know what anyone was capable of and that didn't really bother her. As long as she knew what she could do, then that was all that mattered to her. Then again she didn't mind lending a hand when one was needed.

LaRae finally stirred slightly. The voices were now starting to annoy her and make it even difficult to stay asleep. She rolled over onto her side with her back to the others and set her arm over her head trying to go back to sleep.