Aamori continued to blow bubbles while she watched him get into the tree. Her eyes watched the line when he cast it and she stopped her bubbles. She couldn't help thinking that was an extremely boring way to go about trying to catch fish. She brought her head up from the water. "What... straight to business?" She asked with a faint smile, only now noticing the color to his cheeks. She smirked slightly. "Are you afraid to get wet or are you afraid of swimming with the fish?" She asked with a light chuckle.

Kyran lifted his head back up when he felt her lean her head against his shoulder. He smiled softly and then looked at her when she asked her question. "I suppose we can go if you'd like to." He said lightly. "Besides, who knows when there will be another chance like this." He commented quietly with a smile.

LaRae nodded lightly. "I feel sorry for him too, but I'll never say that to his face." She said quietly. "...The last thing I think he wants is sympathy from me." She gave a small sigh. "Something Sonia said brought on the other question I was going to ask... She said that the place was practically leveled..." She paused. "I wanted to know if any of the earth dragons that attacked... had markings on them..."

Kanone looked at Aamori and raised an eyebrow. "Afraid? Why would I be afraid? I'm just ready to catch dinner so I can eat it." he said with a laugh. He watched her for a moment and then sighed and hopped off of the branch again, sticking the edge of the pole into the ground near the tree. He didn't expect to catch anything like that, but hey...you never know. He untied the rope from around his wait and let his shirt fly free for a moment before pulling it up over his head. He was very slender, though not as slender as Celestine was, and he was pretty well built. He reached up to take the tie from his hair and let it fall to his shoulder blades. He just grinned and then took a running dive and hopped up on a boulder before diving off into the water. He at least spared her the embarrassment of him dropping his pants, though he was half tempted... he was a bit more gentlemanly than that at least. He was underwater for nearly half a minute before he resurfaced right behind Aamori and tackled her into the water playfully. He had no trouble in the water at all considering that his wings weren't made out of giant feathers and his hair was relatively short.

Hikari smiled again and nodded. "Alright." she said softly. She nuzzled his shoulder lightly with her cheek and then started to get up, taking her bowl in hand. She walked over to Sonia and sat the bowl down with the others that she hadn't washed yet. "Do you need any help?" she asked with a smile.

Sonia shook her head slightly. "Oh no, dear, I've got it. Thank you for offering though." she said with a smile. "All of you can just make yourselves at home." she said, unknowingly repeating what Kanone had already told them.

Hikari smiled again and nodded. "Alright if you're sure..." she said slowly. "...I suppose...would it be alright if I took a bath?" she asked with a weak smile. "I could stand to wash my clothes as well."

Sonia looked over to her again and smiled, "Alright. I can wash those for you if you like, dear. In the mean time I'm sure I have something else you could wear when you get out.
"Oh, no, that's--"
"Don't worry about it. I've still got a closet full of clothes that I need to clear out. Come on, you can pick something out." she told her as she abandoned the dishes and turned to Hikari again, gently turning her around and giving her a light push toward the living room again.
Hikari blinked and then glanced over to Kyran giving him a slightly apologetic smile. I'll be back a little later."

Nanashi sighed softly. "...Don't most of the ones that get sent out?" he asked softly. He wrapped his arms around her again and nuzzled her gently. "...Try not to think about that..." he said softly.

Aamori had gone right back to blowing bubbles when he said that he just wanted to catch dinner. Though she lifted her head again when he hopped down from the tree. She smiled seeing that he wasn't just going to sit there in the tree though she hadn't quite expected him to dive into the water like that nor had she expected him to come up behind her and force her under the water like that. She had no issues in the water, she could hold her breath for a long time and she was an incredible swimmer; Which she liked to think made up for the fact she could be such a klutz on land. She didn't bring herself up from the water right away, rather she turned around and reached for his ankles taking a firm hold of them before pulling him under the water quickly. After doing so she let go of him and moved a away a little before coming back up from the water with a soft laugh.

Kyran merely smiled when Hikari nuzzled against his shoulder and watched when she got up. He stood up right after she started back over to the sink; He picked up his own bowl and turned to look over at Hikari. Only now catching the last bits of conversation between her and Sonia. He laughed a little and waved when Hikari looked back over at him while Sonia was ushering her out of the kitchen. Once they were out of the kitchen he proceeded over to the sink and set down his bowl, about to turn to head back into the living room. Though he stopped and set his attention to the dishes that Sonia hadn't finished, planning to finish them before she returned.

LaRae gave a sigh and glanced over at Nanashi while shaking her head lightly. "No, not every earth dragon sent out is like me. Surprisingly we're a little hard to come by now..." She paused. "Majority of the dragons are normal warriors who've had years of training. I'd say that two out of ten dragons sent out have the markings..." She said quietly. "...And it's kind of hard not to think about it." She commented before shutting her eyes. She'd at least try not to let it bother her.

Kanone flailed when Aamori pulled him underwater, gasping as he went him. He kicked hard to get back to the surface, coughing and sputtering as soon as he got above the water. He shoved his mop of hair out of his face and spat out a good amount of water that he'd accidentally swallowed and inhaled. "...Well...there...went half the lake." He said between coughs. He didn't know why he hadn't seen that coming a mile away. He looked back to Aamori again and smiled, laughing slightly once he was done choking. He just slapped water at her face and then fell backwards, disappearing underwater again as he turned a back flip in the water. He just swam away from her and closer to the water fall before crawling up onto one of the boulders near the edge of the lake and sitting on it. He ran his fingers through his hair and trying to ring the water from it a little before flipping his head back to get it all out of his face.

Sonia ushered Hikari directly over to the stairs once they were back in the living room, hardly looking around before practically dragging Hikari to the stairs, so she didn't get a lot of time to look around either. She pulled her to the first door on the right before going straight to the closet and starting to drag out a bunch of clothes that she'd worn when she was a bit younger. She was still holding onto them, though she hadn't worn any of them recently. She thought she was getting a little too old to wear such outfits. She gave Hikari her pick of any one that she liked, as well as permission to keep it if she wanted, and then ushered her off to the restroom and waited outside for her to hand out her dirty clothes.

Nanashi nodded slightly. "I see..." he said softly. He glanced up when he saw Sonia herding Hikari to the stairs and then shook his head before glancing back to LaRae. "...Even still..." He said softly, "...Two out of ten is still a lot..." He said quietly. He just held her closer and leaned his head over against hers. "...Are you going to go with the others later?" he asked softly.

Aamori waited for him to come back up and couldn't help laughing again after seeing him above the water. She didn't bother moving when he splashed the water at her though she did lift her arm to block it. She chuckled lightly and lowered her arm only to look around to see where he'd gone to. She spotted him and just dove slightly so that she could swim around a bit under the water. She swam differently then a lot of people; She kept both of her legs held together and she swam as if her legs were a giant fin. She also had a decent amount of force when her legs were like that so she could swim pretty fast. She continued to swim around under the water leisurely a little longer before she noticed one of the trout that Kanone was telling her about. She couldn't help trying to get closer to it, though it noticed her and got scared and started to swim away rather quickly. She couldn't resist chasing after it. She chased it around the lake for a bit, not once letting it get out of an arms reach of her. Though the second that she realized she needed to come up for air she reached out and grabbed the fish with her hands and then headed up for air. She resurfaced not too far from Kanone with the trout flailing about in her arms. "You weren't kidding when you said they were big." She commented while trying not to let go of the fish. She could feel the fish slipping from her grip and tried to hold onto it but it forced itself from her hands and dropped back into the water just after smacking her in the face with it's tail. After the fish got away she just lowered her head into the water with a grumpy look on her face and started blowing bubbles again.

Kyran wasted very little time in finishing up the dishes that were left in the sink, along with the remaining bowls. Once he was finished he just shook his hands a little to try and dry them off but ended up just rubbing them against his pants until they were dry. He just stood there for a moment not quite sure what to do now that he'd finished the dishes. He gave a soft sigh. "...Well... She said to make ourselves at home." He said quietly to himself before fishing around for a glass. When he found one he filled it with water from the sink and then walked back over to the table and sat down where LaRae had been sitting previously. He took a drink of the water and then set the glass down on the table and turned in the seat so that he was sitting sideways and resting his elbow to the table, then loosely rested his ankle to his other knee.

LaRae shook her head lightly. "It's not a lot... trust me... there could be more then that." She paused. "...And weren't you the one who told me to try not to think about it?" She commented quietly. She gave a sigh and then shook her head again. "No, I doubt I will. After hearing that story I don't want to show up at a celebration like that. I don't know when the last time there's been an earth dragon here and if the last time was when Sonia was saying, then I'm afraid they might be uncomfortable around me and I wouldn't want that..." She paused. "...Even though Sonia said I'm a 'sweet girl' I still don't like being here, I feel a little weird... I mean... I feel like they should hate me like Celestine does and yet neither Sonia or Kanone seem to have any ill will towards me."

Kanone looked over to Aamori when she came up again and blinked when he saw the fish in her hands. "How the!?" he started and then laughed softly when the fish got away. She slipped off of the rock again and swam over to her again, "Did you think I was kidding?" he asked softly as he patted her head. He smiled at her again and then sighed. "Well, I guess I'd best get back to trying to catch a few of those buggers." He said simply before swimming back over to the edge of the lake again. He climbed out and shook himself off before going to retrieve his pole. He just hopped back into the tree again and looked down. "Hmm.... I could be here all day." He said as he leaned back against the tree trunk. "But then again...that's fine by me." he said with a laugh.

Nanashi sighed softly to LaRae and shook his head slightly. "...Well...at least I wont be alone then..." he said softly as he nuzzled his head against hers. "...Too many people..." he glanced over to her and smiled weakly when she said that she felt like they should all hate her. "...Celestine is just stuck on what happened... the others have moved on from it." He said quietly, "...You are a sweet girl..." he said quietly, "And you had nothing to do with what happened...why should they hold you any ill will?" he asked softly.

Sonia came back down the steps once she'd gotten Hikari situated and then started back toward the kitchen, though she paused when she looked over to the couch and saw LaRae and Nanashi sitting there. She smiled slightly and walked over to them slowly, kneeling down in front of LaRae. "What's the matter, dear? she asked softly, "You look down... I hope it isn't what I told you... I didn't mean t go into so much detail. I just don't know when to be quiet sometimes..."

Hikari didn't take too long in the bath, just long enough to wash off really good and wash her hair thoroughly. She brought out her little ivory comb from her bag and carefully got all of the tangles out of her hair once she had it mostly dry and then got dressed. The outfit that she had picked was white and blue similarly to her last one, though this one consisted of a sleeveless vest-like shirt that zipped up the front and exposed her stomach, though a blue belt ran through near the bottom of the shirt, mainly for decoration. The skirt that matched the shirt was long in the back and split all the way up the sides, though it was laced together down to her mid-thigh with pale blue ribbons and held on at the top with a slightly darker blue belt like the one on the shirt. A pair white sleeves that wrapped tightly to her arms went with the shirt as well, though they were only held on by the same cerulean blue belts that were attacked to the other parts of the outfit. She put her boots back on as well and then started back down the steps again, pushing her slightly curling hair back over her shoulder as she went.

Aamori kept blowing bubbles until Kanone touched her head; She just looked up at him without a word. She lifted her head from the water when he started back to the edge and gave a soft sigh before rubbing the side of her face lightly where the fish had hit her. She turned around in the water and looked off the way the fish had gone. Of course she wasn't going to go back to having fun until she caught it, but then again to her chasing the fish was rather fun. It didn't take her long to be underwater again looking for that fish, after all it couldn't really get that far from her. As soon as she found it again she chased it around the lake just like before but part way through the chase her arms started glowing her usual pale blue and the fish was suddenly encased in an orb of water. She smirked and started to come up for air with the orb in tow. She smiled once she resurfaced and the orb bounced out of the water like a beach wall and started floating around the lake with the trout caught inside. She just fell back in the water laughing at the fish trying to get free. "That's what that damn fish gets for hitting me in the face." She said as she moved over to the orb and started pushing it around a little.

LaRae sat quietly for a moment after Nanashi said what he had. She couldn't really explain it but she did feel like they should all hate her, or anyone of her clan for that matter; Or at least have a strong dislike. After hearing what she had, she even hated her clan. She knew that raids and stuff like that happened every so often but she'd never actually heard the details or known anyone that it effected. It was definitely a lot easier to go on every day not knowing specifics. She could only imagine the other villages her clan had destroyed, how those people must have felt afterwards. Well, she didn't really have to imagine she'd been at ground zero before when a town or village had been leveled. It's not a pleasant sight no matter who you are. She gave a heavy sigh and was able to speak but she'd noticed Sonia looking at them; Then coming closer. She just looked at Sonia for a moment before looking away. "...I'm alright." She paused. "...I just feel really bad for what happened." She said quietly. "I hate that my clan did that to this village, to your families... and to Celestine." She paused and gave a sigh before starting to look back at Sonia. "...I do have a couple of questions left though." She started. "...My first being, do you recall seeing or hearing about any strange markings on any dragons from my clan?" She paused. "Second, would you mind if I visited that graveyard at the end of the village?"

Kanone looked down at the water silently, watching Aamori swim below the surface. He smiled and laughed softly, shaking his head. He blinked when she came up with the ball of water and stared at it for a moment before he busted out laughing as well. "Oh wow...show me up why dontcha!" he said with a laugh. He shook his head and smiled at her. "Ah well....you keep that up it looks like I'll be getting out of here faster than I hoped." he said simply. He leaned back slightly and looked down. He could see the shadows of several fish beneath him, but none of them were taking the bait. He sighed and wiggled the line a little, trying to draw their attention to the worm on the hook. Finally one decided to go for it and he jerked up quickly as soon as it closed it's mouth over the worm. "Haha gotcha." he said as he jerked the fish out of the water. He held the pole between his knees and took a hold of the line and started to pull it up to get the fish off of the hook.

Nanashi went quiet again when he noticed Sonia and then lifted his head off of LaRae and moved his arm back on the couch so that it was just stretched out behind him rather than resting around her.

Sonia tilted her head slightly at LaRae and then thought for a moment. "...A mark? Like...what?" she asked softly. "...I'm afraid I couldn't really tell you... I got out of here as fast as I could after I found Kanone, I wasn't really paying attention. A lot of people have told me a lot of different things, but it's all just...blurred together in my mind. ...If you feel brave enough you might ask Celestine if you really want to know. I'm sure he would know better than I would. Or maybe Kanone might know..." She smiled weakly. "...And no, dear, I don't mind..." she said softly, "It's nice when people go out there... not many people can bring themselves to do more than pass through." she said softly. She straightened up again and placed her hand gently on top of LaRae's head, though she blinked when the base of her palm touched something hard. She curiously brushed LaRae's bangs aside slightly and looked at her stubby little horns. She smiled then and muttered a quiet 'oh' to herself before pulling her hand back. It was probably apparent by then that she'd mistaken LaRae for a dragon half as well, but she didn't comment, hoping that the girl hadn't picked up on it.

Hikari looked over to Nanashi, LaRae, and Sonia for a moment when she got downstairs, but rather than interrupt their conversation she slipped by them and headed back to the kitchen to see if Kyran was still in there. She hadn't meant to leave him hanging in there. She smiled when she say that he'd just changed seats. "Hey, told you I wouldn't be too long." Honestly, she probably had barely been gone fifteen minutes. She could get ready extremely fast when she wanted to.

Aamori continued to push the ball of water around a little before looking back up at Kanone. "I had to get the fish back... I've been hit in the face enough this week..." She half muttered before reaching over and picking up the ball. It was light, regardless of the weight of the water and the fish inside. She just stared up at the fish through the orb; It was still trying to get out. She smiled and tossed the orb aside, just letting it float for now. The orb wasn't going to burst unless she made it so the fish wasn't going anywhere. "Oh, and I don't plan on catching anymore unless I need to." She said lightly. She turned her attention back to Kanone just in time to watch him catch one of the fish and start to pull up the line. "Ya' know you really don't sound all that interested in getting back in time..." She paused with a soft chuckle. "...You could accidentally forget to bait your next hook." She said as she started to swim back over towards the edge.

LaRae gave a soft sigh after hearing that Sonia couldn't answer her first question. "...Thank you anyway, but I can't talk to Celestine about this. He's far too easily angered and this subject... well, I just don't think is okay for me to talk about with him." She paused. "And I was kind of rude to Kanone when I first met him, so I don't think it's fair for me to go asking him either." She said quietly. "It doesn't really matter. It was a silly question, nothing more." She added lastly, rather quickly. She looked back at Sonia for a moment when she felt her hand touch her head, then her bangs pressed back. She then began fidgeting with her hands in her lap. "...When I was little, some other kids tied me down and broke them." She said in a rather hushed tone, of course referring to her lack of horns. She didn't say anything more on that topic. "...Can you tell me one more thing?" She paused. "What type of flowers did his Mother like?"

Kyran was still sitting, lounging rather at the table with his eyes shut by now. His ears twitched when he heard Hikari's voice and he gently opened his eyes. He focused on her immediately and found himself smiling. He moved rather quickly to try and stand up but got his foot caught on the leg of the table and ended up falling back right out of the chair and onto the floor. He of course was now throughly embarrassed and continued to lay on the floor with his legs propped up in the chair he was just sitting in. "...Y-You look beautiful."

Kanone laughed softly, "Yes, true, I could... But then what am I going to eat?" He asked with a soft laugh as he unhooked the fish. He held onto it for a few moments until it stopped flailing so much and then tossed it onto the bank, well away from the water. "Besides, if I'm not back in time, she'll just send someone after me...probably Celestine, and you don't want to listen to him if he had to come get me." he said with a slight laugh. "You think he's grumpy now..." He just shook his head and sighed as he hopped down to dig for another worm or two.

Sonia smiled slightly to LaRae and nodded. "Yes, Celestine does get rather irritable sometimes, but he gets over most things rather quickly." She then laughed softly when she mentioned her being rude to Kanone, "Oh, dear, that is nothing new. He can come on rather strong at times, I don't believe he has met a girl his age yet that hasn't been rude to him." She looked a bit sympathetic when she told her what happened to her horns and shook her head slightly. She blinked, a bit surprised when she asked about Celeste's favorite flower. "Well...." she said with a slight smile, "She liked all kinda of flowers...but I think her favorite were violets."

Hikari jumped slightly when Kyran fell and looked at little worried as she walked over to him. She leaned over him and tilted her head slightly, though her cheeks started to fade to pink when he said that she looked beautiful. She smiled slightly and glanced away from a second before looking back to him. "Are oyu alright, Kyran?" she asked softly as she held her hands out to him to help him off the floor. "Don't knock yourself out." she said with a soft giggle.

Aamori watched while he unhooked the fish and just chuckled lightly. "I could probably catch enough fish for you in no time." She said quietly while she pulled herself up onto one of the smaller boulders to sit down. "...Believe it or not, grumpy Celestine doesn't bother me as much as angry Celestine." She paused. "But I suppose to avoid conflict you'd better be back on time." She gave a small sigh. "...And that means I should enjoy my fun while your still catching fish." She said as she turned around on the boulder so she could put her feet on the ground. She slid off the boulder and stretched a little before wandering over to the waterfall. The waterfall had been calling her since she got here and just now decided to give in. She stood off to the side for a moment before her feet began to produce the pale blue aura. She smirked and stepped out onto the water and she stood there right next to the waterfall, on the water. "...I'll be down in a minute." She said with a smile before she started to float up a little on a ball of water that would carry her all the way to the top of the water fall. It was a lot easier for her to use her magic in this area, mostly because of all the water. She barely had to do a thing as compared to when she had to produce the water from thin air. It didn't take too long for the ball of water to get her to the top. Once she was there she stepped off the orb onto the ground; The orb of water popped as soon as her feet stepped off of it. She turned around and knelt down once she was at the top and looked down. This was definitely a lot higher then it looked, now that she was looking down.

LaRae glanced down at her hands realizing she was still fidgeting with them and pressed then down firmly on her thighs before looking back up. "...I just took something Kanone said a little more harsh then he meant, so I do eventually need to apologize to him for the way I came off." She mumbled. "Violets..." She paused. "I think I can manage that..." She said quietly before finally standing up from the couch. She stepped past Nanashi and out away from them, planning to head outside. "Oh... I nearly forgot..." She said as she looked back over to Sonia. "What was her name?" She'd only planned on standing in the living room long enough to hear what her name was, then she was going to head out onto the porch.

Kyran only felt more embarrassment when he saw Hikari looking down at him. He laughed nervously for a moment. "...Y-Yes I'm alright." He said before he reached out and took her hands so that he could get off the floor. Once he was on his feet again he just smiled a little and gently rubbed the back of his head. "...I don't think I've ever been knocked off my feet by a girls beauty before." He commented quietly.

Kanone laughed slightly when Aamori said that she could catch the fish for him in no tie. "Just go enjoy the water." he told her with a smile, "I'll manage." he found another worm and pulled it out of the ground, attaching it to the hook before hopping back up to his perch. He looked at her when she said that she'd be back in a minute. "Oh...be careful up there, Aamori." He told her as he watched her walk over to the waterfall. His eyes followed her up as she floated to the top and he smiled slightly. She certainly could pull some interesting tricks with the water. He watched her at the top for a moment before turning his eyes back to the water beneath him at all of the fish. There was one pretty big one contemplating taking the worm that was hovering right in front of it's face, but it almost seemed to be wondering if it was worth it. He pulled the line back a little, moving the worm away from the fish and finally it decided to latch on. He gave the line another jerk and then pulled the fish up the way that he had before.

Sonia smiled slightly and shook her head. "Alright." she said simply and then tilted her head when she said that she could manage that. When she asked for his mothered name she smiled again slightly. "...Her name is Celeste. Celestine was named after her." she said softly. "...They are under the large tree near the center of the field." she informed her as she went out. She glanced over to Nanashi and then started to head back to the kitchen.

Nanashi watched LaRae get up and started to get up as well. "LaRae....do oyu want me to come?" He asked quietly. He wouldn't mind either way, if she wanted he would stay right here and wait for her.

Hikari blushed again and shook her head with a soft giggle. "Actually, I think that was more the table's doing than mine." She said lightly. She just wrapped her arms around him for a moment and gave him a tight hug. "You're so sweet Kyran. You always have to make me blush, don't you?" she teased.

Aamori continued to just peer over the side for a moment. The fact that it was so high up actually starting to get to her. It even reminded her of when she slipped off the edge of that cliff and couldn't get her wings open. The only difference with this, being the water at the bottom and the fact that she was willing to jump; Or at least she was originally willing to. She was a bit hesitant now but decided to just do it. She stood up and set her hand out for a moment then set her foot into the water pouring over the edge a little creating a connection from herself to the water at the bottom. Her arm shone blue for only a moment before the water where she'd planned to dive started rise up a little, shortening the distance that she had to jump; All she had to do was dive into small area of water she'd made rise, and do it before it fell back into the lake. She lowered her arm and took a step back from the edge before taking a small running start and swan diving right off the edge moments later. You could tell just by her form that she'd dived numerous times before. She fell rather fast and dove right into the small area of water she'd brought up to keep her from hurting herself. As she made it into the lake itself the water then fell; Moments later she resurfaced and turned to look back at the waterfall slightly. Her heart was definitely racing at this point; She lifted her hand gently and pressed it against her chest before trying to relax.

LaRae glanced over at Nanashi. "You can if you'd like." She said simply before looking around a little while she stood on the porch. She looked down seeing Nobu and Kyiri; Which brought a faint smile to her face. She didn't stay on the porch for too much longer, she didn't even bother to wait for Nanashi if he was going to come with her. She stepped off and headed back towards the bridge that they'd come across previously. She gave a soft sigh while making sure not to forget where Sonia told her where she'd find them. She was glad that she wasn't going to have to go hunting at every tombstone, though she'd had every intention of doing that if she had to.

Kyran wrapped his arms around her to return the hug and smiled lightly. He gave a soft laugh hearing the last thing she said. "No, I don't purposely try to..." He paused. "Well... only sometimes." He said with another soft laugh.

Kanone looked back over to see what Aamori was doing while he held onto the struggling fish and battled to get the hook out of its mouth. He watched her peek over the edge and hoped she wasn't planning to jump. That was a really long drop and he wasn't even sure how deep the water at the bottom was. When he saw her step into the water and then back up to run he held his breath and tossed the fish and the pole onto the bank before standing up quickly. It wasn't until she hit the water that he realized how high the water was and then he shook his head with a weak smile before casually hopping off the branch and gliding over the water to hover above her. "So...have you satisfied your adrenalin rush?" he asked with a playful smile.

Nanashi nodded slightly and then started toward the door, following after her slowly. He watched as she stepped off of the porch and then glanced over to the animals for a moment before hurrying after her. He caught up with her shortly, but stayed just a few steps behind her, remaining quiet as he walked.

Hikari laughed softly and nuzzled against him before taking a step back and looking down at the outfit Sonia had given her. "I have to say...I like her style at least." she said with a smile, "She said that she used to wear things like this a lot when she was my age." She shook her head. Sonia already thought she was getting old, and she didn't even really look old enough to be Kanone's mother. Older than him, yes, but not that much.

Sonia finally stepped back into the kitchen and started back over to the sink to finish the dishes. She stopped and blinked when she realized that the sink was empty and then looked over to the drain and tilted her head slightly. "...Odd...I thought I still had some left..." she muttered to herself. "Oh well... Maybe I am getting a bit scatter brained."

Aamori laid back in the water slightly when she noticed Kanone headed over. She looked up at him and removed her hand from her chest and smiled lightly. "Perhaps." She said simply. That leap off the top of the waterfall was definitely enough to satisfy her for awhile. "So how much longer before you have to start heading back?" She asked before starting to kick her feet a little to propel herself around a bit.

LaRae glanced back over her shoulder slightly to see if Nanashi was following her. When she saw him she just smiled lightly and turned back around to continue walking. "...Are you going to stay back there?" She asked as she neared the bridge and passed right over it continuing for the cemetery. She wasn't quite as upset as she was before, she'd managed to put her mind on something slightly more pleasant then the previous topic. She thought back for a moment, remembering that Sonia said not too many people went to visit the cemetery. She gave a soft sigh. She could somewhat imagine why, the place seemed to have a cold dead feeling about it and just standing in the area made her a little uncomfortable.

Kyran let his arms drop back down to his sides when Hikari took a step back and nodded slightly. He gave a soft laugh having thought about it for a moment. "...It seems you and I are dressed nice enough to attend that wedding." He said quietly before noticing Sonia had come back into the kitchen. He watched for a moment while she was at the sink and then stepped aside from Hikari. "I hope you don't mind, I finished those for you."

Kanone smiled slightly. "Well, I still have to get ready... but I can probably hang around here another hour or so if you like." He said simply. "Thus far...I only have three fish. I'd say another two or three would do everyone...these things are big enough that one could nearly feed two people...unless someone's just a glutton." He said with a slight laugh. He flapped his wings and flew a little higher before touching down on the bank again. He glanced back to Aamori and smiled slightly before going to retrieve his rod and find another worm. "Hmm... I need to teach Celestine t fish. Then I could just talk him into doing this." he sad with a laugh.

Nanashi smiled weakly when LaRae spoke to him and then sped up a little to walk beside her. "...Graveyards...make me a little nervous..." he said quietly. "...I...usually try to avoid them...but I thought you might like some company." He glanced away slightly, "It's not too bad right now...as long as that thing's covered." he said softly. "...I can...see them...if it's not..." He didn't usually go broadcasting that, but since LaRae already knew about the eye he didn't see why she couldn't know about that as well.

Hikari smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes, I should hope so." she said softly. She glanced back to Sonia and then smiled when Kyran said that he'd finished the dishes. He could be so sweet.

Sonia looked back to Kyran when he spoke and smiled. "Oh, good. I'm not going mental." she said with a soft laugh. "Thank you, Kyran, I appreciate it." she said softly. "Now...We just need to wait for Kanone to get back. I believe he wanted fish for dinner, so I'm pretty sure he went fishing when he showed Aamori to the lake. After dinner we'll head out, if oyu all are ready."

Aamori continued to kick her feet a bit, still propelling herself around a little. Though she stopped and looked over at Kanone when he touched down on the bank and went back to looking for worms. "Three fish? It looks like you've only caught two." She pointed out before swimming over to the fish she'd trapped in the ball of water and pushing it around again. "Who said my fish counted towards the ones that you've caught?" She asked with a soft chuckle. She of course was only playing. She then started to push the orb over to the edge of the lake before picking it up and tossing it onto the bank a little farther from the other fish that he'd already caught. As soon as the ball of water hit the ground it popped releasing the fish to flop around. She then moved over to the small boulder she'd sat on before and pulled herself up again. Once she was sitting down she reached for her hair and started to wring it out as best she could before glancing over at Kanone. "I doubt I could see Celestine fishing... I doubt he could bring himself to hurt even a fish." She said quietly. "If you like I can catch the last fish for you." She paused. "It'd be a little faster..."

LaRae glanced over at Nanashi when he caught up to her. She gave a soft sigh after hearing that graveyards made him nervous. "...They shouldn't make people nervous. Graveyards aren't really anything more then a resting place, and a physical place of remembrance... For those of us who have lost someone." She paused. "Personally I think they should be happy places..." She commented quietly. Her ears twitched slightly hearing the last thing he said. She looked over to him with a slightly quirked brow. He could see them? She turned her head back to watch where she was walking. "...You mean the ones that haven't passed over yet?" She asked quietly. As she continued walking it didn't take very long for the cemetery to finally come into view. "Oh, and I do enjoy the company but if the cemetery is going to bother you then maybe you should go back. I won't be long."

Kyran just smiled softly, with a small laugh at Sonia's comment. "I just thought it was the least I could do since you'd fed all of us and even taken care of Hikari." He said lightly. He'd nearly forgotten already that Aamori had gone off with Kanone. "I'm a little surprised that Aamori even left to tell you the truth... She's usually always glued to Celestine." He commented. "And after dinner, sounds fine."

Kanone shook his head slightly. "Alright, fine, I have two fish, but I assume you want to eat that one, so I'm not worrying about feeding you." He said as he stuck his tongue out playfully at her. He laughed softly and shrugged when she offered t catch the other fish, "Go for it." he said as he leaned back against the tree that he'd been sitting in before hand. "Saves me some time at least." He crossed his arms behind his head and closed his eyes for a moment with a soft sigh. "I got up too damn early this morning...stupid kitten..." he said with a yawn.

Nanashi nodded slightly to answer LaRae's question. "Yeah..." he said quietly. "I see things...that other people can't. I feel them, as well... I just know they're there." He shook his head slightly, looking up when they reached the cemetery. "...I'll be alright." He said quietly when she told him he should go back. "...They won't hurt me..." he said quietly. Or at least he hoped that they wouldn't. Ghosts could have just as much effect on the physical world as a physical being, though he wasn't sure some of them even realized it.

Hikari nodded in agreement. "Yes, and thank you so much for the outfit." she said brightly.

Sonia smiled again, "Oh don't mention it..." she said softly and then glanced over to Hikari with a nod. "It looks lovely on you." she told her before looking back to Kyran. She smiled and shook her head. "...I'm kind of glad. He needs to start learning to make friends again... He's been on his own too long."

Aamori looked over at Kanone after she tossed her hair back over her shoulder. "...Technically you didn't have to worry about feeding me to begin with." She chuckled before sliding right back into the water. She of course was thinking now that she'd wrung out her hair for nothing, but it didn't really matter. She wasted very little time submerging herself and swimming around a bit looking for a couple decent trout. When she found one she liked, her arm started glowing for a second and then the trout was encased in a ball of water much like the first one she'd caught. Rather then coming up for air, she let the ball with the fish float up to the surface and continued on. She made sure work of two more fish, catching them the same way. When she finally surfaced for air she just stayed there for a moment before swimming around above water snagging the three orbs and pushing them back towards the edge. Once she was close enough she started batting them out of the water onto the bank where they'd pop as soon as they hit the ground, exposing the fish. "There, all done." She said with a smile. "But you have to carry them." She said with a light chuckle. Now that she was finished she was going to climb back out of the water but her eyes finally caught sight of the really pretty purple flowers. She'd seen them previously but not focused on them. She reached out and couldn't help trying to pick one. Though the second her fingers clamped down on the stem she jerked her hand away with a loud yelp from the burning sensation and then shot herself under the water again.

LaRae came to a stop momentairily when they reached the cemetery and looked over at Nanashi. "Alright. Well, I still won't be long. I just wanted to do something." She said lightly before glancing back at the field remembering that Sonia said they were under a large tree near the center. It didn't take her too long to spot the area that Sonia must have been talking about. She gave a weak smile and then proceeded to walk headed straight for that large tree. Now that she was thinking about it, she briefly recalled Celestine stopping and looking over at that tree earlier. She hadn't put it together but it made sense now. Once she made it to the two graves she stopped and just looked down at them quietly reading the names to herself. She didn't say anything and just knelt down placing her hands down flat on the ground and then shut her eyes gently. Her hands then began glowing and then she pressed her finger tips into the ground and the color around her hands could be seen seeping into the ground through her fingers. At first it didn't look like anything was happening but moments later several dozen small stems could be seen sprouting out of the ground around the two tombstones. They continued to go through a rapid growth until the buds appeared and then quickly blossomed into the prettiest violets you could lay your eyes on. She then slid her fingers out of the ground, giving a soft sigh as she started to dust her fingers off on her pants before standing up again.

Kyran glanced back over at Hikari for a moment and laughed a little remembering something that she had said to him. "Yes, she does look quite lovely." He paused. "Who knew she could clean up so well?" He just smiled a bit and turned to look back at Sonia. "I'm not so sure Celestine's learning to make friends... Aamori's just really persistent and won't leave him alone."

Kanone just waved her on when she said that he hadn't had to worry about feeding her in the first place. He just say there silenlty, only opening his eyes again when he heard the water balls pop. He sat up and laughed slightly. "Fair enough." he said before he realized that one of the fish was trying to hop toward the lake again. "Whoa no you don't! Sit fish! Stay!" he said as he leaped after it, pinning it to the ground. His ear twitched when he heard Aamori yelp and looked up just in time to see her go underwater again. His eyes widened slightly and he quickly threw the fish back away from the water and then dove in quickly, submerging himself as he started to look around for Aamori. He had no idea what had happened, and the way that she went back under he thought that something might have grabbed her. He looked around until he found her and then swam over to her, gently placing his hand on her shoulder as he pointed to the surface and then took her arm and started to swim up so he could ask what had happened.

Nanashi followed LaRae to her destination and stood back a little away from her while she worked. He smiled slightly when she was finished and stepped forward, gently placing his hands on her shoulders. He shivered slightly when a gust of wind hit them, blowing their hair gently, but not moving so much as a blade of grass otherwise. He felt something, another presence, near him, though thankfully it didn't seem bitter or angry as he'd expect most here to feel. It felt...rather happy. He smiled slightly again and looked back to her. "...I think she likes them." He said quietly.

Hikari laughed, knowing what he was referring to. She shook her head and smacked him in the arm lightly. "You're one to talk." she said with a slight laugh.

Sonia laughed softly at Kyran and Hikari's exchange and then nodded to Kyran. "Well...either way..." she said softly. "Maybe her being persistent will help him along. One of them has to be." she said with a soft laugh.

Aamori hadbeen under the water for the most part curled into a ball with her hand cupped at her center. She'd been so focused on the pain that she startled rather easily when she felt something touch her shoulder; Causing her to release her breath just before noticing that it was only Kanone. She saw him point to the surface and then start swimming up too since he had a hold of her arm. As soon as she resurfaced she started coughing a little and then tried to catch her breath. "...T-that h-hurt!" She muttered while she lifted her hand from the water to look at the little thorns in her hand.

LaRae smiled slightly when he placed his hands on her shoulders. When the gust of wind blew her hair she absently lifted her hand to tuck her hair back behind her ear. She smiled again hearing what Nanashi said. "...That's good." She said quietly. "But I'm not quite finished." She said as she pulled away from Nanashi gently and started to walk back towards the village. Though this time she stopped as soon as she reached the area where the two places met and turned around. She hated the idea that people couldn't bring themselves to come visit cemetery. So she thought she might do something to try and help change that. She knelt down the same as before with her palms to the grass and then dug her fingers in; Following the same process. Only this time the green aura continued in waves from her shoulders down to her finger tips and into the ground. Again at first it looked like nothing was happening but given a few moments rows upon rows of wild flowers started sprouting up from the ground starting from where she had knelt down then spreading all the way across the field. Of course she'd thought ahead of time and made sure to leave the beaten path flower free and all of the areas just in front of every grave. The wild flowers even came to a stop just before the large tree as to not take away from the beauty of the violets. As soon as she finished she pulled her fingers from the ground and before she got the chance to wipe the dirt from them onto her pants she'd fallen back off her toes and onto her butt, breathing a little heavier then normal. She smiled a bit. "...T-there... n-now I'm f-finished."

Kyran just looked at Hikari when she smacked him in the arm and then lifted his other hand to rub it lightly. "Pretty girls shouldn't be so aggressive..." He said almost in a whine; Joking around obviously.

Kanone gently took Aamori's hand since that was what she was looking at and pulled it closer to his face, examining it closely. "Oh..." he said quietly, "I'm sorry, I guess I should have warned you about those... Everyone around here knows to avoid them so I didn't think about it." He looked back to her and took both of her arms just below the elbows and started towing her slowly back to land. "Here...hold on a second and I will get them out for you." he told her with a slight smile. He climbed out of the water and then held out his hands to her to help her out as well since he doubted that she wanted to put that hand on the ground. Once she was situated he turned around and found two small sticks and then graded the ends off of them into a sort of flat point with his nails. He then held out his hand for hers again. "Here, let me see." He said as he positioned the sticks in his hands like chopsticks.

Nanashi shook his head slightly when she said that she wasn't finished and then watched her start back toward the town. He followed her back, half wondering what the heck she was doing until he saw the flowers start to sprout everywhere. He looked around for a few moments and couldn't help but smile after a moment, looking at all of the rainbow colors of flowers, though the one solid patch of purple was still eye-catching as well. He looked back to LaRae again and knelt down beside her, putting his arm around her. "...It's beautiful." He said softly as he leaned his head against hers. It was very faint, but some sort of cloud seemed at least partially lifted from this area. It wasn't quite so suffocating to be around. He smiled back at LaRae again pulled her a little closer to him. She was so kind hearted at times. As mean as Celestine had been to her and she still came back out here to do this for his mother.

Hikari just crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out at him playfully. "And how should they be?" she asked in the same teasing voice.

A moment later, Celestine finally came back to the kitchen, rubbing his eyes tiredly. He'd been exhausted but even still he couldn't sleep without having those same vivid nightmares, especially now that he was back here. He sighed and walked over to the table and sat down again without so much as looking at anyone. After a moment he just crossed his arms on the table and leaned his forehead down against the wood.

Sonia giggled again at Kyran and Hikari and then shook her head, though her attention was quickly drawn by Celestine's reappearance. She sighed and walked over to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong, dear, can't you sleep?"

Celestine didn't even bother to raise his head, he just half raised one arm and waved his hand before letting it fall back to the table. He didn't say anything to her, but that was just his usual 'I'm fine, go do something else' signal.

Aamori just looked at him quietly when he took her hand to look at it and then gave a small sigh. "...What type of thorns are those?" She paused. "...I've never been stuck by something so small... let alone something that burned like that..." She said quietly. She didn't bother fighting the help back to land, nor the help from the water. She wasn't stupid enough to try and get out on her own with a hand full of thorns. Once she was seated on the ground she brought her hand back close to her to look at the damage again. She still couldn't believe that stem was full of thorns, she'd never have guessed by looking at it. She just shook her head a little, feeling rather embarrassed and then held her hand out to him when he asked to see it. "...I-Is this going to hurt?" She asked almost in a whimper. She obviously wasn't too fond of any pain.

LaRae just continued to sit there for a moment looking out at her handy work and then smiled a bit more warmly for the first time since she'd stepped foot in this village. "...I think the people who live here might actually step foot in there now." She paused, thinking to herself 'At least I hope so...'. She gave a slight nod when he said it was beautiful. "This was the only thing I could think of to do... And the violets shouldn't die for a good while and the wild flowers will just keep coming back too..." She said quietly. "...Well, I'm done now... So we can head back if you like."

Kyran didn't respond to Hikari right away only because he'd seen Celestine wander back in not looking quite as refreshed as he thought he would. He watched him until he sat down at the table and then gave a soft sigh before looking back at Hikari. Thinking to himself that seeing Celestine like that was such a mood killer. He didn't even feel like joking back with Hikari now. He shook his head lightly and started to head back towards the hallway to go to the living room. "...I'm going to sit down in the other room, would you care to join me Hikari?" He asked having paused at the hallway long enough to speak and then he continued on into the living room and then sat down on the couch.

Kanone looked at Aamori for a moment as he held onto her head. "...Just a little... but it will feel better once those thorns are out." He told her as he started to use the sticks like tweezers and pull out the little thorns. "...That plant is called starwart. All of that fuzzy stuff you see are little thorns...you don't know it until it's too late." He was as careful and quick as he possibly could be with her hand, trying not to hurt her, though he kept a firm grip on her hand so she couldn't pull away eve if she wanted. IT took him a good 10 minutes, but he finally got them all plucked out. "There..." he said softly. He leaned down to her hand and lightly kissed the area that had had the most thorns in it. "All better." He smiled at her playfully and then started to get up. "Go ahead and get dressed. I will find something to help the sting when we get back to the house, alright?"

Nanashi smiled slightly and nodded. "I think so..." he said softly, "The place is more...alive." he stood up and held his hands out to her. "If you're too tired I can carry you." He offered before she got up. He knew she hated to be carried bit he didn't want her to wear herself out too much. At least he gave her time to tell him one way or the other this time before he went to pick her up.

Hikari blinked when Kyran said that he was going back to the living room and then nodded and started after him. She glanced around for a moment and then tilted her head. "Huh...wonder where those two went..." she muttered softly before going over to the couch to sit down. She looked up to Kyran and smiled slightly. "...What was that for?" she asked softly.

Sonia sighed softly and sat down beside him again. "...Well, Celestine, since you are up, do you want to go with us? Some of our friends are getting married today, they would be happy to see you."
"Your friends, Sonia..." he corrected her. He looked up slowly. "I don't feel like going...it's a waste of time." he said simply.
"Oh come on now, Celestine... You may enjoy yourself. I promise you that no one is going to die if you enjoy yourself every once in awhile."
Celestine looked at her for a long moment before finally letting out a heavy sigh. "...Fine...fine..." he muttered, "I'll go." 'If it will make you happy...'
Sonia beamed at him again and gave him a tight hug. "That a boy. Now go get cleaned up...see if oyu can find you something else to wear for a while and I'll wash those for you later."
Celestine sighed heavily. He couldn't believe he was just talked into this. "...Alright, alright..." he said as he got up and started back toward the living room. At least maybe water would wake him up a bit.

Aamori lowered her eyes slightly hearing him say it was going to hurt a little; She should have seen that coming. She immediately looked away completely when she noticed him getting ready to start pulling the thorns out. "...I didn't think I'd ever have to be afraid of touching a flower..." She said quietly through partially gritted teeth. Every so often while he was pulling the thorns out she'd try to jerk her hand away from him because of the pain but with no luck. Of course it didn't take long for her eyes to fill with tears, though she managed to keep herself from crying. She gave a heavy sigh of relief when he was finished; That had to be the longest and most agonizing ten minutes she'd ever gone through. She'd started to turn her eyes back finally to look at him and caught him leaning down, then kissing her hand. Her cheeks quickly went red; She could feel them burning. Then just as he smiled at her she tilted her head down so that her hair fell across her face to try and hide the color; That is if he hadn't already seen it. "...O-okay ...T-Thank you." She mumbled still sitting there for a moment before getting up off the ground and wandering back over to her stuff. She stood above her stuff just staring down at her hand with a soft smile on her face. She reached down with her opposite hand and picked up her skort, then stepped into it and pulled it up; Struggling slightly because she was only using the hand that she hadn't hurt. Once she got it on she reached down to grab her holster and put that back on but just stared at it for a moment before deciding against putting the rest on. She'd have to buckle the holster and lace up her sandals which kind of required the use of two hands and her other hand stung, was sore and it hurt when she tried to tighten it. She gave a heavy sigh, knelt down and just set her holster back on the ground.

LaRae looked back out over the field for a moment still with a smile on her face. "...I'm glad..." She said quietly. "...I do feel better now." She paused. "Now I just hope that having done this doesn't piss off Celestine in anyway..." She said her mood dampening slightly. She looked over at Nanashi, seeing his outstretched hands and then looked down at her hands. They still had dirt on them. She then started rubbing her hands against her jeans again, leaving nice little dirt stains on the thighs. "...I'm afraid I'll fall if I try to walk on my own." She said quietly. "That many flower seedlings along with the rapid growth kinda takes a lot out of you..." She commented before looking up at him again. "And I didn't quite realize how large of a field that was to cover with flowers..." She said with a slightly nervous chuckle. She knew she didn't need to waste her energy doing such a thing, but it made her feel a lot better to have been able to do something she thought was a kind gesture considering what her clan had done years ago. "...I'd really appreciate it if you could carry me back." She paused. "Or... I could just sit here, at least it's something pretty to look at."

Kyran stretched a little on the couch and leaned back making himself comfortable, looking up when Hikari spoke. "...What two?" He asked looking over at her. It took him a moment, but he figured out she must have meant LaRae and Nanashi. He shrugged lightly. "I'm not really sure, I don't remember hearing if they left, and where to." He said quietly before quirking a brow at her last question. "What was what for...?" He sighed softly and rested his head back. "...I couldn't come make myself comfortable... Even after being knocked down onto the floor?" He asked jokingly.