Hikari's ears laid back a little when she heard the slap and then she sighed, shaking her head. She didn't think that what Aamori said was quite bad enough to warrant her a slap, but apparently it was to Celestine. She couldn't say anything though, if Aamori continued to insist upon pushing all of his buttons, there was no telling what kind of reaction she may get out of him. She just stood beside Kyran and looked up at him for a moment before glancing back to the entrance of the cave.

Celestine stormed out of the cave still looking irate over the way Aamori was acting. He'd noticed her eyes water up, so he left quickly before she could start crying. When he got out and saw half of the group staring at him he glanced around at all of them as if daring any one of them to say a word to him about what he'd done. "Let's go." He said irritably. For all he cares Aamori could stay here if she didn't get up and get her ass out here.

Hikari sighed, "Celestine, I think you--"

"DON'T even start on me!" he snapped. "I don't want to hear it, Hikari!"

Hikari's eyes widened slightly in surprise at his tone, but she shut her mouth nonetheless without another word. Celestine was small, but he was still pretty scary sometimes, especially when he was angry. Even the wind around here was picking up a bit as if reacting to his irritation. "Sorry." she muttered sheepishly.

Nanashi stared at Celestine when he got out there and blinked once before shaking his head. That boy had some temper... He waited a moment and looked back again. "...What about Aamori?" He asked quietly.

Celestine turned his cold eyes back on Nanashi, "I guess if she doesn't get out here she can find us when she's done pouting."

Kyran wasn't really all that surprised to see Celestine had been the one to exit the cave first. Aamori just didn't seem like the kind of girl to go slapping anyone. He stood there quietly for a moment even after hearing that Celestine was ready to go. Though it took him a great deal of restraint not to snap back at Celestine when he snapped at Hikari. Of course he had every intention of saying something to the guy after what he had done to Aamori though he was throughly more pissed that he'd yelled at Hikari like that. He also wasn't phased by Celestine's attitude, or tone. To him Celestine looked like nothing more then angry child in need of a time out. It'd take a lot more then that to intimidate him, let alone scare him. He scoffed finally hearing that Celestine didn't want to hear it. "You won't hear it from her, but you're certainly going to hear it from me." He muttered angrily. His whole tone had changed quite easily to rival Celestine's. "Under no circumstances are you to ever hit any of these girls, for any reason while in my presence. If something they do or say pisses you off or angers you I expect you to be a man and take your anger else where!" He spat. "Otherwise you'll be taking your actions up with me." He paused. "I also do not condone the way you just spoke to Hikari. And I'm sure you know the right thing to do would be to apologize to both Hikari and Aamori." He paused and crossed his arms over his chest. "Though, I don't see you being able to do that." He muttered as his tail absently uncurled and snapped hard against the ground. Clearly this was one of his peeves. He hated any man hitting a woman, or talking to them the way Celestine had.

LaRae gave a small sigh hearing what Celestine said about leaving without Aamori if she didn't come out. She wanted to say something to Celestine but it appeared that Kyran beat her to the punch; And quite frankly Kyran's tone scared her a little bit more then Celestine's. Though maybe that was because Kyran rarely raised his voice and was always pleasant to be around. She jumped slightly when she heard Kyran's tail crack against the ground. Again she hadn't expected that. She just stood there rather quietly for once not trying to get a word in edge wise; Though she was curious to know if Aamori was alright and half thought about going inside to check on her.

Aamori continued to sit with her back to the wall still crying. She hadn't removed her hand from her face either. Where he'd slapped her was clearly still stinging and she didn't know what to do about it. After a few more minutes of crying she finally started to calm down a little, though she started sniffling lightly. She couldn't believe that he actually struck her, no one had ever done that and never expected it from a guy. She couldn't bring herself to get up and follow after the others. She didn't really want to be anywhere near Celestine at the moment either.

Celestine looked back to Kyran when he spoke and narrowed his eyes at him. He was no more phased by Kyran's tone than Kyran was by his. "Taking my actions up with you? What prey tell are you going to do about my actions? You have no authority over me at all, don't talk to me like you're my father!" he snapped back at him again. He shook his head and growled lightly, "You knew something was about to happen, otherwise you wouldn't have walked away so quickly. Clearly you can tell that I've had it! I'm saying this once and that goes for everyone: I am not going to stand around and take your bull shit. She was lucky that all I did was slap her." he snarled. He really was fed up with this whole adventure. Aamori pestered him to death every change that she got and Kyran and Hikari treated him like he was nothing but a child. Sure he was the youngest and the smallest, but he didn't think that gave any of them any more authority over him unless they could physically overpower him, which half of them probably could given the urge. As for Aamori, he knew that little slap hurt her a lot more than most, but as far as he was concerned she needed it. It was a good welcome to the real word and escape from her little world where she was never touched or allowed to be harmed. She wanted to be treated like anyone else and not be pampered, this was just his way of showering her that he wasn't about to kiss her tail and let her act as she wished toward him.

Hikari just sighed, shaking her head. "Don't bother with trying to make him apologize to me. It would just be a lie and a waste of breath. We've all been around him long enough to know that once his little fit is over he'll be fine until the next time someone agitates him. Honestly T can't say too much in Aamori's defense because she did egg him on, we all saw that, but it hardly required a physical reaction. You need to learn to control your temper." She said bluntly, aiming the last part directly at Celestine.

Nanashi sighed and lowered his ears slightly. Why did everyone always have to get into a big fight right as the day was starting off. That was twice in a row now. finally he just shook his head and sighed, closing his eyes. After a moment he pushed away from the edge of the cave and turned around to walk back inside again. If no one else was going to do it, he was at least going to go check on Aamori. He walked up to her almost timidly and then knelt down in front of her. "...Aamori? ....Are...you alright?" he asked quietly.

Kyran scoffed. "If you want to be treated as an adult then you should start acting like one. It's extremely childish to solve your grievances by hitting someone; Especially if they didn't deserve such harsh treatment." He paused and stared at Celestine. "And as far as I am concerned you care about no one but yourself and you're treating the rest of us like crap. You fly off your rocker at every tiny insignificant little thing and then take it out on the nearest person. I will agree with Hikari; Aamori did egg you on but that by no means warrants you hitting her. If you hated being called that nickname so badly then you should've said something to her and stopped that harpy child from calling you the same thing." He paused. "It's sending a mixed message to allow one person to call you that and another to not especially if you have no real good reason." He uncrossed his arms and let them rest at his side again. His tone started to soften and he turned to look at Hikari. "I also would have preferred that he apologize to you Hikari, and then to Aamori. But as I said before I don't think he can. At least not apologize and mean it anyway." He shook his head lightly and glanced back at Celestine. "Again, an adult would know when to apologize... Hell, even Nero apologized to Aamori for hurting her the other day. So if you want to be treated as an adult, you'd better start acting like one."

Nero finally glanced up when he heard his name uttered and half glared at Kyran. "...Hey..." He paused. "Don't go trying to drag me into this argument..." He said quietly before lowering his eyes again.

Aamori was startled rather easily when Nanashi came back inside the cave and knelt down in front of her. She hadn't really thought any of them would come back inside, and Nanashi was definitely at the bottom of the list next to Celestine on ones she thought might check on her. She lowered her head slightly and pressed her hand against her face a little harder, not wanting him or anyone else to see that there was probably a red hand mark across her face. She gently lifted her other hand to face and started to wipe the tears from her eyes as best she could. "...Yeah..." She sniffled. "...I-I'm ...Okay..." She mumbled. Now that she'd had a little time to think about it she was angry at Celestine for smacking her. She wished she'd had the nerve to do something about it when it happened, before he'd left the cave. She gave a very faint sigh and gently started to rub where she'd been hit.

Celestine was starting to get even more agitated at the lot of them. He gave Kyran another look and huffed. "Sheena is six and can't even pronounce my name correctly, not to mention she doesn't listen no matter how many times I tell her I hate that nickname. And I am sure it was more than obvious to Aamori that I did not like it when she repeated her." he said bluntly. As a matter of fact he did pretty much tell her that he was going to do something violet if she called him that again, just not out loud. "And in case you haven't noticed, Kyran...I am not an adult. Stop trying to compare me to one. And stop trying to shove your morals down my throat. You're the last person I want to be." He turned around finally and started toward the edge of the cliff and stepped off, letting himself fall a bit before opening his wings to glide down. He was ready to go and tired of arguing, he didn't care how long the rest of them took. He was sure they could find him if they wanted to.

Hikari sighed and shook her head again as Celestine took off on them. "...Impossible..." she muttered under her breath, "Completely impossible..." She looked back to Kyran again and shrugged. "...He had no need to apologize to me. ...He has a point, it's not my place to lecture him. I'm not his mother...thank the gods..." She finally glanced around again. "...and where did Nanashi get to?"

Nanashi sighed softly and nodded slightly. He reached over to place one hand on her shoulder lightly. "...It won't sting for too long..." he said in that same quiet, timid tone. He sat there a moment before standing up and holding his hand out to her. "Come on....I'm not sure, but I think we're moving...after Kyran and Celestine stop fighting..."

Kyran merely shook his head lightly and gave a soft sigh not bothering to say another word on the subject. Once Celestine had stepped off the cliff he muttered under his breath. "...You can't always run away from problems..." He was quiet, trying not to really be heard. He shifted his eyes slightly and looked over at Hikari when she said it wasn't her place to lecture him. Of course he'd half felt the same way, he shouldn't have to lecture the kid but he couldn't help it. He sighed lightly. "It's hard not to give him a stern talking to..." He paused. "The damn kid has no stability in his life... Clearly. Then with the way he acts and treats us..." He trailed off for a moment and then shook his head. "...I need to just not care, for once... just not care." He said quietly. "You know... I blame the way I am on having to raise my little sister by myself." He shifted his eyes for a moment and looked around now that Hikari had mentioned it; Where did Nanashi go? His eyes immediately went to LaRae and he quirked a brow waiting for her to answer, surely she'd know since the two usually were always together.

LaRae didn't bother showing any interest in the argument that had been going on and barely looked up when Celestine finally got sick of the fighting himself. Her attention was snagged easily enough though when she heard Hikari ask where Nanashi had gone. She looked up and happened to notice Kyran looking at her. She sighed softly and pointed inside the cave. "I'm pretty sure he's doing what I couldn't bring myself to do." She said simply. She really couldn't get herself to go inside; She was pretty sure that Aamori would be in tears and the last thing she needed was to get upset because her friend was hurting. That just flat out wouldn't have ended well; Especially because it took time for her curse mark to settle back down fully. Getting too angry this early would only mean the mark would react a lot faster and she was well aware of that.

Aamori timidly glanced up at Nanashi when he said that it wouldn't sting for too long. She could only hope he was right. She was rather sensitive when it came to any form of pain and she was ready for it to stop hurting. When he stood up and said that he thought they were moving she sighed heavily and ran her hand across her face again to get any remaining signs of her crying. Her eyes rather quickly went back to him through when she heard that Kyran and Celestine were fighting. She just stared at him for a moment before her eyes trailed down to his hand. She sat there for a moment longer before reaching up and taking his hand and getting to her feet. Once she was standing she released his hand and gave another sigh. "...Thank you, Nanashi." She said quietly and then finally removed her hand from her face to reveal the red mark on her face. She couldn't believe that Kyran and Celestine were fighting again, they'd just fought yesterday. She couldn't help but feel to blame.

Hikari sighed softly. "I honestly don't think he knows how to react to other people. How could you have any stability living in a place like this?" she said motioning back to the cave. She smiled weakly when Kyran said that he blamed the way that he was on having to raise his sister by himself. "...I guess that could do it..." she said simply. She was about the same way when it came down to it. She always felt the need to go correcting inappropriate behavior, though she wasn't exactly a model citizen herself some of the time. She sighed and glanced off toward the cave when LaRae said that Nanashi was in there. She smiled again then and placed one hand on her hip to wait. Nanashi was so sweet natured, it was hard to believe how caring he was considering how most of the world treated him. He was probably the one person who could care about everyone in this group equally, no matter what.

Nanashi smiled weakly to her and nodded once she let go of his hand and thanked him. "...You're welcome." he said softly. He gently placed his hand on her shoulder again and tilted his head slightly to look at the mark on her cheek. "...It isn't too bad." he assured her. He could see a hand print there, but it was already going away. Apparently Celestine hadn't smacked her as hard as it sounded like he had. The echoes just made the sound louder. He sighed and nodded toward the cave entrance then and lowered his hand as he started to walk away.

Celestine just glided down to the ground, taking a few steps before folding his wings and looking back toward the cliff, wondering if the others were even going to follow. He sighed and stood there just a moment before turning to start going east through the trees, deliberately trying to leave a bit of a trail in his wake in case they wanted to follow.

Kyran glanced back to Hikari momentarily. "...It's also kind of my job to make sure that people behave themselves..." He paused. "Not every thunder clan dragon knows how to behave in the other territories, and when I escort them... Well, it's my job to make sure they act appropriately." He sighed softly. "But thats enough of me coming up with excuses..." He paused. "Anyway... like you said, after he has some time to cool off he'll be bearable again." He stepped over to the very edge of the cliff and looked down, glancing around for a few moments while waiting on Aamori and Nanashi.

LaRae started to rock back and forth on her heels for a moment feeling a little awkward just standing there. She sighed softly and walked over to the edge a few feet from Kyran and glanced down at the ground too. Though she was looking to see if she could tell whether Celestine had waited on the them, or if he had continued on without them.

Aamori shifted her eyes to the ground when he set his hand on her shoulder and told her it wasn't too bad. "...It sure felt bad..." She mumbled as she started to lift her eyes again. She couldn't help the urge to want to cover up the fading mark on her face. The fact that Celestine had hit her, and everyone knew about it embarrassed her. Then to top it all off she had a mark to prove it, so she couldn't go trying to deny it. She sighed heavily and started to follow after Nanashi when he started for the entrance.

Hikari just looked back to Kyran when he went to the edge and sighed softly, turning to walk after him. She smiled slightly and set her hand on his arm gently as she peeked over the edge to look for Celestine. She didn't really see him anymore, so she guessed he'd already started through the trees again. "Hmm..."

Nanashi glanced back to Aamori again and smiled weakly. "...I think that was the point.' he said softly. He continued toward the front of the cave silently, glancing back to Aamori every now and then to make sure that she was still following him. Once he got back outside he sighed when he realized that Celestine was gone. "...Did he leave without us?..." he asked with a sigh.

Celestine really hadn't gone that far, he was just beyond the line a little ways ahead of everyone else. After a few minutes he stopped going forward and turned around to come back just in case he was being followed by anyone. He came back to the edge of the trees and looked up at the ledge, slightly annoyed to see that they were all still standing there. He just hoped they weren't pulling another one of their little protests and staying behind again.

Kyran turned slightly when he heard Nanashi's question. He was relieved to see that Aamori wasn't very far behind him. He'd half thought that she may not come back out that easily. His eyes went back to focus on Nanashi for a moment. "...Yes." He said simply. "He just left a few minutes ago, so we should catch up pretty fast." He added before turning his attention back to the ground.

LaRae turned around to look at Nanashi when she heard his voice and then she noticed Aamori too. She smiled softly. "...See you aren't useless Nanashi." She commented quietly. She glanced back to Kyran for a moment when he said that they could catch up to Celestine easily. She wasn't really looking forward to catching up to Celestine and his attitude, but they did have to start moving again. She continued to stand there on the edge for a moment longer with a smile on her face before just letting herself fall backwards right off the cliff. She let herself just fall for a little before turning her body and opening her wings to catch herself and glide down to the ground below. Once she touched down she let her wings shut tightly behind her and she immediately turned to look up at the ledge.

Aamori continued to follow after Nanashi and just nodded her head lightly when he said that was the point. Once they reached the entrance and stepped outside she couldn't help practically trying to hide behind Nanashi. Anything to keep herself from view. Though she did relax a little when she heard that Celestine wasn't here with the rest of them. She was crossed between being pissed off at him for hitting her and being a little afraid of going near him. She gave a soft sigh and peeked out from behind Nanashi for a moment when she heard that they could catch up to Celestine easily; Then her eye caught LaRae just let herself drop off the ledge. The only thought that crossed her mind seeing that was now she'd have to use her wings again to get down; She shook her head lightly.

Nanashi looked back over to Kyran when he spoke and nodded slightly. He was glad that it wouldn't be much work to catch up to Celestine. His ears twitched slightly when LaRae said that he wasn't useless and he smiled weakly. Really, he didn't see that he did any better at this than anyone else could have. He glanced back to Aamori while she hid behind him and gave a weak smile to her before looking at LaRae again, just in time to watch her fall off of the cliff backwards with that smile n her face. He half smiled himself and just shook his head slightly before looking back to Aamori again. "...So you need any help?" he asked softly.

Hikari smiled slightly at Aamori when she came out and then glanced away before going a little closer to the edge. She looked down at LaRae and glanced around for Celestine, though she didn't see him anywhere. She sighed softly and glanced back to Kyran for a moment with a half smile. She then ran the last few steps and jumped off the cliff, turning a front flip in mid air and diving head first toward the ground. She fell for a moment and then opened her wings and arched away from the ground before coming down to land on her feet near LaRae.

Celestine was still standing at the tree line waiting for the others. He wasn't visible from the cliff, though he could see up there from where he stood the trees would mostly block him from view. He sighed when LaRae and Hikari came down and then looked up again to see who was next. He was just waiting for most of them to get down here before he started off again. He was also trying to avoid looking at Aamori. He knew if he saw her with puffy eyes where she'd been crying that he was going to apologize, and he really didn't want to feel bad about hitting her, especially not after Kyran's little lecture.

Kyran shifted a little and watched as LaRae let herself fall from the cliff. He just shook his head softly and then looked over at Hikari seeing her half smile and then jump from the cliff. He watched long enough to make sure she made it down alright; Though he was shaking his head the whole time commenting under his breath. "...Show off..." He turned and looked back at the others. "See you at the bottom." He said simply before turning back around and stepping off the cliff. He let himself fall a good distance before opening his wings and then touching down not far from the Hikari and LaRae.

Nero for once wasn't going to wait on everyone; At least not up here. He watched when Kyran stepped off and then looked over at Nanashi and Aamori for a moment before walking over to the edge with his arms still crossed at his chest and stepping off himself. He did practically the same thing that Kyran had though when he went to touch down he'd dropped to a knee momentarily and then stood up straight again. He didn't say a word and merely turned away from the others and stared off at nothing inparticular.

Aamori glanced up at Nanashi when he spoke and hesitated to shake her head. "...No, I need to get down on my own." She said quietly before stepping out of his shadow now that the others were already gone. She moved over to the edge and knelt down for a moment looking over to see where everyone else was. Of course now that she was seeing how far down she'd have to go on her own she was having second thoughts about declining help. She was still knelt down at the very edge; She started to turn around to look back at Nanashi and then lost her footing in the process and slipped right off the edge with a yelp. Her eyes went wide as soon as she fell from the ledge and she started to struggle trying to get her wings to open.

Hikari turned to watch Kyran and Nero come down and looked over to Kyran with a smile and then started to look around, but her attention was quickly drawn upwards again when she heard Aamori yelp. "Oh!" she gasped when she fall her falling. Her eyes widened and her hands automatically went to her mouth and covered it as she watched, hoping the girl could get herself flipped over and open her wings because it was highly unlikely that she could get to her in time to do anything and she doubted she could catch her even if she did.

Celestine heard Aamori yelp as well and finally broke out of the trees when he saw that she was falling. He was the furthest away from her but he still ran out and started to open his wings to try to run for her, but he stopped when he realized that someone else was going for her and hung back to stay out of the way.

Nanashi smiled weakly to Aamori and nodded. "Alright." He said softly when she said that she needed to get down on her own. He was willing to let her try without a hassle, but he was still waiting for her. He walked to the edge of the cliff and watched her look over for a moment. He'd just glanced away from her when he heard her yelp and his eyes shot back to her as she fell. His eyes widened and he froze for a moment, just long enough to realize that she wasn't able to open her wings. After a split second he dove off the cliff as well, flying down head first with his arms outstretched. He opened his wings just a little, angling them so that they wouldn't slow down his decent. He flapped his wings twice to make himself fall faster, enough to catch up with Aamori. Once he was near enough he snagged her arm and pulled her up against him as he opened his wings fully and swooped upwards again, narrowly avoiding the ground. He sighed heavily as he touched down on the ground, still clinging to Aamori tightly. After a moment he remembered to let go and dropped his arms to his sides again. His hands were already shaking badly. that probably scared him as badly as it had scared Aamori.

Kyran turned rather quickly to look up when he heard the yelp and was surprised to see Aamori falling. He was pretty certain that he could get into the air fast enough to catch her, but he didn't move when he noticed that Nanashi had already dove over the ledge after her. He gave a soft sigh and turned his attention to Celestine; Since he'd come out from the trees. He quirked a brow slightly seeing that he'd even opened his wings, clearly he was going to go and try to catch Aamori. He shook his head lightly and glanced back to look at Nanashi and Aamori.

LaRae's attention was snagged quickly when she heard Aamori yelp. Her eyes darted towards the ledge and saw that she was falling. Her eyes widened and she took a couple steps forward her hand had already started glowing faintly; She'd prepared herself to use her magic. She let her hand fall back to her side limply and the aura faded when she saw Nanashi dive after her. She gave a sigh of relief when Nanashi took hold of Aamori. She watched as Nanashi touched down and she moved closer to them rather quickly, not sure who to ask first if they were alright. She was quiet for a moment and gave a soft smile to Nanashi before looking to Aamori. "Are you alright Aamori?"

Aamori was panicking while she was falling. She was trying desperately to open her wings though with how she was falling the last thing she wanted to do was turn herself over, continue falling and not be able to get her wings open. She'd already thought of the different ways she could go about this and had scared herself into not budging an inch. Her eyes shifted for a moment looking back up to see Nanashi had dove off the cliff and she was hoping it was to help her. Once he started to get closer to her, her immediate reaction was to throw her arms out. When he finally managed to grab a hold of her and pull her close she latched onto him for dear life until he touched down. When she felt Nanashi let go once they were on the ground it took her a moment to pry herself off of him. That fall had practically scared her stiff. After she'd let go of Nanashi she took a few steps away from him and let herself drop to the ground. She wasn't shaking like he was, rather she'd gone motionless and her eyes had swelled up with tears all over again. She glanced over briefly when she heard LaRae's voice. She didn't lift her head; Merely stared blankly at LaRae's legs and then her eyes dropped to her friends feet. "..."

Celestine sighed once Nanashi had a hold of Aamori and folded his wings up again, crossing his arms over his chest afterwards. He watched as Aamori fell to the ground and sighed softly, shaking his head. He may have been pissed at her, but he still didn't want her getting hurt, at least not on his grounds. He finally started to walk back over toward the group and stood waiting silently. He huffed softly and swished his tail behind him a little, looking mildly impatient. His eyes wandered to Nanashi for a moment and he wondered why he was shaking; he wasn't the one falling to his death.

Hikari sighed heavily in relief when Nanashi grabbed onto Aamori, though she thought he was probably a little too close to the ground for everyone's comfort before he swooped up again. She lowered her hands to her sides again and shook her head, staying where she was since LaRae was checking on Aamori.

Nanashi looked at LaRae when she smiled at him and gave her a weak nod in response. His eyes then wandered back to Aamori when she dropped down to the ground. He sighed softly and finally remembered to fold his wings back up, though he blinked when he felt them close on something and glanced back long enough to realize that he still had Celestine's cloak on. He reached up to untie it and removed it before folding his wings the rest of the way. He then turned his attention back to Aamori when she didn't answer LaRae's question. "...She isn't hurt." He said softly, "...I think it just scared her..." He sighed softly and reached over to place his hand on her shoulder again lightly.

Celestine stood there for a moment and then finally started to walk over to Aamori. He looked down at her and sighed when he realized that her eyes were watering. Already regretted walking over, but since he had he knelt down on the opposite side from Nanashi and looked at her. "...Are you alright?" he asked, pretty much repeating LaRae's question. He wanted to hear the answer from her before he tried to move on again.

LaRae continued to look down at Aamori and little bothered when she didn't answer her question. She glanced up at Nanashi when she heard him speak and merely nodded her head lightly. "...I can imagine..." She said quietly. She then noticed Celestine walking over. She didn't say a word, just stared at him for a moment before looking back at Nanashi. "...So are you alright Nanashi?"

Aamori barely shifted her eyes when she heard Nanashi speak on her behalf. She'd only moved her eyes from LaRae's feet over to Nanashi's and then back to LaRae's. That fall had scared her half to death. She was incredibly thankful that Nanashi had caught her though she wasn't quite able to express that at the moment. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Celestine's voice. Just hearing his voice triggered her crying and she started to look over at him. Though before she could even look over at him she'd already lunged herself into him, throwing her arms around his waist and pressing her head against him. "...I-I'm so sorry Celestine!" She managed to get out through her crying.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae when she spoke and nodded. "Yeah...she just scared me." He said softly, "I'm fine." He glanced back to Celestine, a little surprised to see him come over. He pulled his hand back just before Aamori lunged at him. For a second, he half thought she was about to attack him until he realized that she was crying. He blinked and stared at them, almost having to keep himself from laughing at Celestine's expression.

Celestine's eyes widened when Aamori dove at him and he nearly fell backwards, but he caught himself. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out, he just stared down at the sobbing girl that was clinging to him rigidly without moving an inch as if he was afraid any movement would only worsen the situation. His ears perked a little when he heard her apologize to him. He sighed softly, finally starting to relax a little. His ears fell back slightly and he raised his arms, though he hesitated before wrapping them around her. "...Yeah..." he said quietly, "so Am I..." He gently rubbed his hand up and down the back of her head, trying to relax her a little. "It's alright... calm down... You're fine now."

LaRae nodded slightly. "...I think she scared all of us." She commented. "I know I was about to try and help her if you hadn't and I think Kyran was about ready to try and help too." She said quietly. "But I'm glad you didn't freeze Nanashi." She paused. "You were able to get to her the fastest." She half chuckled. "I told you that you weren't useless." She added lastly, having pretty much ignored what was going on with Aamori and Celestine.

Aamori shook her head lightly while still holding onto him. She was still crying, though she had calmed down a little. "I-It's not alright!" She sniffled. "I-If I had just kept my mouth shut..." She paused tightening her grip on him only slightly. "...T-Then none of this would have happened!" She paused sniffling again for a moment. "...You wouldn't have had to hit me... You and Kyran wouldn't have gotten into a fight and then I wouldn't have fallen..." She mumbled quietly all the while not lifting her head.

Nanashi looked away from Aamori and Celestine and back to LaRae when she continued talking. He smiled weakly and nodded. "...I was the closet one to her." he said simply. "...I guess my reflexes kicked in." He side glanced back to the two of them again and then scooted away from them slightly. He felt like he was invading a private moment by standing there listening.

Celestine just stared down to Aamori and sighed softly, shaking his head. "...Silly girl..." He muttered softly, though he wasn't being harsh with it. "...I'll admit the first part is true, but I'm sure Kyran and I would have eventually fount over something else anyway. And I don't see how any of that has to do with you not being able to stand on your own two feet." He closed his eyes for a moment and nuzzled against the top of her head with his cheek, or tried to at least. "...It's alright now... you're safe, everyone is finished arguing... it's over. So stop crying already..." He pulled one arm back and gently pushed her head off of his chest a little so he could get to her face. He ran his fingers lightly over her cheeks, wiping away the tears and then gently rubbing the area where he'd smacked her with his thumb. He looked at her with oddly caring eyes. "...I shouldn't have hit you...I'd already done it before I thought about it." He said softly. It was amazing how quickly his mood could change, as well as his tone. Honestly, no matter how pissed off he was at anyone, he'd never wish any real ill will on them, though as had already been discovered, he may bitch slap them once or twice.

LaRae of course was still ignoring the conversation going on between Aamori and Celestine, though when she noticed Nanashi scoot away slightly she moved away too. She smiled at Nanashi. "Just so you know... you did good." She said quietly. She wasn't so sure that Nanashi ever really got praised so she wanted to make sure she told him how well he did. Perhaps with time it'd even help him to not freeze up when faced with something like that.

Aamori loosened her grip on Celestine when he pushed her head from his chest. For the most part she'd stopped crying by now and only sniffled a couple times more. She averted her eyes at first, though it was hard to keep from looking at him when he touched her face and started to wipe away the tears. Even though he said it was alright she still felt terrible for driving him to a point that he had to hit her. She knew better, he told her not to after all. She gave a very faint sigh. To tell the truth she still felt the blame for the last fight that he and Kyran had. If she hadn't pushed Celestine then he wouldn't have hit her and then Kyran wouldn't have gotten into the fight with him. She could however half agree that the whole mess had nothing to do with her inability to keep both feet planted firmly on the ground. As soon as his thumb ran over the place where he'd smacked her she couldn't help but flinch though when she looked into his eyes she felt silly for flinching. After hearing what he said she turned her eyes away for a moment and bit her tongue to keep herself from saying something smart. "...That hurt a lot more then you think..." She said quietly.

Kyran for the most part had been completely ignoring what was going on between Aamori and Celestine. From where he was standing he couldn't really hear anything that they said quietly so he had turned his back to them. At least by the looks of it they'd have things patched up a little faster then he imagined. He sighed softly as he started to get a little bored looking at the same scenery; Not to mention that at the rate this was going they'd miss just about as much of today as they missed of yesterday if that hadn't already happened. He glanced back over his shoulder slightly to look at Aamori and Celestine. "...Hey you two... have you kissed and made up yet?" He joked of course. "We really need to get going, unless you intend to waste the rest of the day." He said in his usual tone.

Nanashi returned the smile slightly and glanced away. He didn't think he did anything that any of te others couldn't have done. His ears twitched slightly when he heard her say that he'd done well. He looked back to her for a moment as if wondering if he'd heard her right and then smiled slightly. "...Thank you..." he said quietly is his cheeks turned a light shade of pink, though it was near mpossible to see with his darker skin tone.

Celestine sighed softly when Aamori flinched and then shook his head slightly. To be an elder in training she certainly was a bit of a baby. He just brushed his hand across her cheek again when she said that it hurt worse than he thought. He sighed and leaned down a little, lickelt pressing his lips against her cheek where the mark had been. He raied his head again and looked at her then sighed. "...I'm sorry. That's all I can say." he said simply. He looked up when he saw Kyran approaching them and then sa up a litle straighter, turning his attention toward him. He couldn't help but blush slightly when he asked if they'd kissed and made up. Of course he doubted that he'd seen that but still, there was always that possibility. He shook his head and nodded when he said that they needed to go. "I've been ready." He said simply as he gently pried Aamori's arms from him so he could stand up. He looked down at her for a moment and then held his hand out to her to help her up. "We'll be heading east." he said simply, directing that toward Kyran and pointing toward the trees with his other hand. "There is a town near here...it's a good walk, but makable." he still didn't look too thrilled when he said that there was a town nearby, but he knewe he needed to run by here, if nothing else maybe to have a decent place to drop Nanashi off if he couldn't make it in the forest that they needed to go to.

Hikari had been watching the exchange beween Celestine and Aamori for a while, but soon she too turned her atention elsewhere. She couldn't help but smile slightly. Celestine tried so hard to act like he didn't care about anyone but himself, and it was so believable until someone was hurt or upset. Then he seemed like a whole different person to her. Once Kyran started in their direction she turned back around and after a moment started after him, though she stayed a little ways behind him while he adressed the other two.

LaRae noticed him look back at her before he said anything. She shook her head lightly with a soft chuckle. "You don't need to say thanks for that." She said lightly before glancing over at Kyran while he was talking with Celestine.

Aamori had shifted her eyes away from Celestine slightly for a moment when he touched her cheek again. Though as soon as she felt his lips against her cheek her eyes shot back to try and look at him. Her cheeks had changed color too, skipping right over pink and straight to red. Again she was speechless. Though she also wasn't exactly sure what to say to him. When Kyran interrupted and stole Celestine's attention she immediately tilted her head down to try and hide the color in her face. She couldn't see the color herself, but she could sure feel it. As Celestine pried her away her hands fell straight into her lap for a moment as she started to glance up at him. She noticed his extended hand and lifted her hand to take his and then climbed to her feet. Once she was standing again she released his hand and started to adjust her skort. Anything to keep her face from easy sight while she waited for the color in her cheeks to fade. Unfortunately for her, she did have fair skin so the color was definitely visible.

Kyran hadn't witnessed the exchange between the two; Or at least from where he was standing he couldn't tell what was going on. He sighed softly hearing Celestine say that he had been ready to go. Of course he knew that, the kid started to leave without them after all. When Celestine pointed east towards the trees he turned his head slightly to look, then glanced back hearing the way Celestine said there was a nearby town. He quirked a brow slightly. "A town..." He said quietly, more or less repeating it for himself. "...You don't sound like you want to go there..." He commented lightly.

Nero spent most of the time with his back to everyone else just staring off into the trees in the direction he felt the other presence in. He sighed softly when he heard Kyran and Celestine talking about leaving. Of course now he was turning slightly so that he could look at them. He was ready to leave himself, though mostly to see if this person or thing would continue to follow them. He was almost positive that it would; Though considering the rain and everything he was slightly confused on how the person following them was able to track them. The only explanation that he could come up with, was that the person following them must have been able to feel their presence the same way he could.

Nanashi smiled again slightly and looked away again. "Even still..." he said softly. He was glad that she said that to him at least. She certainly didn't have to. He glanced over again when he heard Celestine talking to Kyan. He turned back to face them again and glanced to Aamori half smiling when he saw the blush on her face.

Celestine sighed heavily and shook his head. "It doesn't matter what I want to do. There is nothing there that the rest of you need to worry about." he said simply. "I need to go there to get the directions to where we need to go. I know genrally where it is, but not exactly." He glanced over to LaRae a little unsurely as if unsure that he wsnted to take her there, but he didn't say a word. He finally just shook it off and started to turn around. "Well, let's go..." he said simply as he started to walk toward the trees again.

Hikari smiled slightly at Aamori's back as she fiddled with her skort. She walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder lighly. "Feeling better?" she asked lightly, chuckling softly when she noticed the color of the girl's face. "I suppose you two have made up now."

LaRae's eyes trailed back over to Nanashi when he spoke again. She just looked at him with a faint smile before her eyes went back to Celestine and Kyran. She'd just barely noticed that Celestine glanced over at her, the look on his face only made her quirk a brow slightly and then look around for a moment to make sure that it was her he was looking at. She sighed softly wondering what that was for. She didn't say anything about it, whereas she might have inquired if it was anyone else in the group that looked at her like that.

Kyran nodded slightly. He really hadn't planned on asking anymore about it, not to mention it probably didn't matter anyway. He glanced over at Hikari as she walked over to Aamori, only now was he noticing the color on the girls face. He shook his head lightly and then followed after Celestine when he started towards the trees.

Aamori couldn't help but jump slightly when Hikari put her hand on her shoulder then nodded lightly. "...Yes." She said simply. She couldn't help but laugh nervously and release her skort before lifting her head a little to glance over at Hikari. "...I-I guess you could say that..." She said quietly. By the time she'd lifted her head completely she'd noticed that Celestine and Kyran had already started walking away. She looked back to Hikari and pointed after them momentarily before following them, hoping that the conversation wouldn't go any further then that one question.

Nanashi looked back to LaRae for a moment, smiling slightly and then turned his attntion over to Celestine, barely catching the look that he'd given LaRae. He really didn't see why he seemed to distrust LaRae so much, but then again, he gessed there must be a reason; of course he'd gathered that the reason had absoloutly nothing to do with LaRae. Once Celestine and Kyran started to move, he motioned after them an started to walk, glancing back for a moment to see if LaRae ws coming.

Hikari looked up when Celestine and Kyran started to move and then smiled slightly when Aamori started after them. She decided it was probably best not to ask much more. She didn't want to embarrasse Aamori too much after all and judging by the way she acted she didn't want any more questions asked. "Well...that's good." she said simply as she started after her and then stated to hrry o catch up with Kyran.

Celestine glanced back to Kyran and the others to make sure everyong was following and then turned back to face the front again. He sighed heavily, glancing around at the trees and bushes as he walked and then turning his attention back to the path ahead of him. There was nodefinite trail, but he clearly seemed to know exacty where he was going. For the most part, there was little to nothing to see here and it was going to be a while before they got anywhere.