Kyran gave a nod when Hikari answered his question. "I think my Uncle would love for his stuff to work that fast for him. I think on just small breaks it can take up to three hours or so for him." He commented. He watched as Hikari started to put Celestine back on the bed. He moved a little closer to the door again before stopping. "Ya' know Hikari. You could go find that herb and we could put it in any food we give to him. I assume he is still hungry after all." He said with a small laugh before glancing back towards Celestine. "...Of course I'm only joking."

LaRae tilted her head to the side slightly after Aamori answered her question. "...Okay... so you got your voice back, and Celestine is getting better... why do you still look like someone killed your cat?" She asked curiously. She didn't really see what Aamori had to be sad about and yet she clearly still was.

Aamori looked at her when she asked her question. She just sat there quietly before sighing. "It's nothing. Honestly. I just needed to get away..." She muttered quietly while starting to lift her legs back up onto the couch.

LaRae sighed heavily hearing Aamori and turned slightly on the couch so that she was facing her now. It really was weird to see her so depressed, especially if there wasn't really anything holding her mood down. She sat there for a moment longer before remembering something that they used to do when they were younger that always seemed to lighten the mood. She smiled lightly and then reached over like she was going to hug Aamori and wound up tickling her sides.

Aamori had just gotten her legs up again and was about to rest her head against her knees once more when she noticed LaRae was moving closer to hug her. She smiled weakly not even remembering this trick when they were little. She suddenly burst out into uncontrollable laughter as soon as LaRae started tickling her. "Haha... LaRae... s-stop ...haha ...d-don't!" She managed through her laughter. She was now laughing so hard that she'd started crying. Then she slipped right off the couch and hit the floor hard while trying to escape being tickled.

Hikari smiled and laughed softly at Kyran's comment. "Taro explained to me how it works... It could take that long for me too if I just left it alone, but I thought I'd give it a little push." she said with a slight smile. She laughed when Kyran mentioned what they could do with the herb. "Hmmm..." she hummed playfully as she put her finger to her cheek thoughtfully.

Celestine turned his eyes back to Kyran and groaned. "Don't give her ideas!" he snapped, "She would do it!"

Hikari laughed and shook her head. "No, not without your knowledge. Though if we did put it in something...it may drown out the taste a bit." she pointed out, "and it would make you feel better. It's also a lot better and more effective when it's boiled." she pointed out.

Celestine sighed softly and shook his head. "I'm going to be afraid to eat or drink anything that either of you hand me..." He muttered and then sighed. He never had made it to the kitchen to get himself some water.

Nanashi finally opened his eyes and raised his head. He glanced over to the bed and sighed heavily when he saw it empty. After a moment he started to push himself up and stretched slightly, listening to his back and shoulders pop when he pushed himself up. He groaned and rolled his shoulders slightly. "Ow..." He muttered under his breath. He was sore from laying on the hardwood floor all night with his arms crossed. He shook his head and cracked his neck before he stood up and left the room, starting down the hallway while he rubbed his shoulders a bit. He started down the stairs and blinked when he hears laughing and a bit of a thud. He poked his head over the railing and looked over to the couch, laughing softly when he saw LaRae tickling Aamori to death. He descended the rest of the stairs and walked over to the couch and looked down at them with a slight grin.

Kyran laughed softly. "Don't worry Celestine, I said I was only joking." He paused. "Though, If we were going to give the herb to you I'd just hold you down and force you to take it." He stepped out into the hallway and glanced down towards the living room, hearing the laughter. He just shook his head lightly and went to the kitchen. He grabbed a glass and then filled it with water before returning to the room. He walked over to the bed and held the glass out to Celestine. "I assure you there is nothing more then water in the glass."

LaRae had moved when Aamori fell off the couch. She'd stretched out where Aamori had been sitting and was reaching down to her continuing to tickle her awhile longer. She had also started to laugh a little seeing as Aamori couldn't get away from her. She finally started to pull her hand back however when she noticed Nanashi had come down the stairs and was looking at them. She started to quiet her own laughter and looked up at Nanashi. "Don't you dare get any ideas!" She said with a soft chuckle, noticing the slight grin on his face. She was just as ticklish as Aamori was and she preferred to be on the tickling end of things.

Aamori was still laughing even after she hit the floor. She was thankful however that Nanashi had distracted LaRae at least because she was able to sit up once LaRae had pulled her hand back. She was trying to stop laughing while she took the chance to get up off the floor. She moved over to the chair and pulled herself up into it. She shook her head lightly once she'd quieted her own laughter and looked over to Nanashi. "...T-thank you." She paused and tried to catch her breath. "S-she would've been d-doing that f-forever, had you not come in here."

Hikari smiled and shook her head slightly before Kyran left the room and then knelt down to the floor again to put the container back in her bag again. She glanced up when she heard Kyran return and smiled when he handed Celestine the glass of water. "I'm going to put this back upstai...ah never mind." she said as she put it against the wall with Celestine's bag.

Celestine shook his head slightly at Kyran when he said that he was kidding again. "I know you were." he said simply before he left. He just sighed and closed his eyes until he heard his voice again. He looked up at him and the glass of water and smiled weakly as he tried to push himself up a little so that he was leaning up against the pillows. "...Thanks." he said quietly as he took the water. He brought it to his lips and took a small sip, though as soon as the cool liquid touched his lips he gulped down the entire glass in less than a minute. He knew that he was thirsty, but he hadn't quite realized how thirsty until he actually went to get a drunk. He blinked when he realized that he'd already drank all of the water and stared at it for a moment before he sighed quietly, looking a little disappointed and as if he wished the thing would just magically refill itself.

Nanashi looked at LaRae and tilted his head slightly. "What?" he asked before he looked over to Aamori. He chuckled quietly and shook his head. "You're...welcome?" he said unsurely. All he'd done was come downstairs. He sighed softly and took a few more steps so he could sit on the couch beside LaRae. "Why are you pestering her?"

Kyran smiled slightly. "Don't mention it." He turned to look over at Hikari for a moment and then glanced back to Celestine. He laughed softly when he noticed that the glass was empty already. "...Looks like someone was thirsty." He said as he reached over to take the glass away from him. "Staring at it won't make it refill itself." He commented lightly before leaving the room to fill it up again. He came back moments later with the glass full again and handed it over to Celestine again.

LaRae started to sit upright while shaking her head lightly. "Forget I said anything." She said quietly. She then glanced over at Aamori and smiled slightly. "When I came downstairs she was sitting here pretty depressed again, and she didn't really have anything to be depressed about... So I lightened the mood a little." She said with a small chuckle.

Aamori finally managed to catch her breath and leaned back in the chair a bit. She looked over at LaRae and just shook her head lightly with a smile on her face. "Well I think you succeeded, LaRae." She paused. "...I can't believe you remembered we used to do that when we were little." She commented lighty. "It's been how many years since either of us did that?" She asked, though she wasn't expecting an answer. She knew it'd been a long time, she was just a little surprised that LaRae even remembered; Let alone that she'd even done it.

Celestine glanced away a little embarrassed when Kyran made the comment about him being thirsty. "...Well I haven't had anything to eat or drink in four days..." he reminded him quietly. He glanced toward the door again when he left. He sighed and then closed his eyes again for a moment until he'd returned. He half smiled and reached up to take the glass again. "Thank you." he said again before he started to take a sip. He forced himself to stop at half of the glass and lowered the glass to sit in his lap. He knew if he kept drinking at that rate that he was going to make himself sick. He was probably a little dehydrated, so all he wanted to do right now was drink as much as he could hold.

Hikari smiled at Kyran when he went to make another trip to refill the glass for Celestine. She was glad that he took over that job before she got to it. She sighed softly and just sank down in the chair and tried to straighten her hair out a little since she hadn't gotten around to it earlier.

Nanashi just blinked when she told him to forget that she's said anything. He sighed softly and shook his head. "Sorry..." he muttered quietly. Obviously he'd missed whatever she was getting at. He wasn't the type to go tickling people unless they got to him first. He smiled slightly when he looked up to Aamori and then glanced over to LaRae again. "Well at least we know that you have a good memory." He said with a soft laugh.

Kyran watched him down half the glass and shook his head lightly. Then turned to look over at Hikari but remembered as he was looking over at her he had meant to grab a few other things from the kitchen. He gave a soft sigh and then started for the door again, headed to the kitchen. He was gone a little longer this time, making sure he'd grabbed everything he needed before walking back to the room. Since they'd spent as much time here as they had, he'd pretty much learned where everything was in the kitchen; Especially since he'd been talked into cooking at least once before. He had his hands full when he came back into the room finally. He walked over to the end of the bed and sat down, setting down the things he'd gathered. He turned on the bed slightly with one leg bent, sitting on the bed and the other over to the side. He picked up the plate he grabbed and set it down on his leg before picking up the pairing knife and then an apple. He rather quickly sliced the peel right off the apple and then sliced the apple into small pieces as he cut it away from the core; Making sure to drop the pieces onto the plate. Once he finished with the apple he set the knife down and handed the plate over to Celestine. "Aamori said you didn't eat meat." He said as he picked up another apple. He'd brought a couple of them, just in case. He leaned over and held the apple in front of Nobu's nose until he woke up and then rolled the apple right off the bed.

Nobu lifted his head slightly when he smelt the apple that close to his nose and tried to bite at it. Just as he would've gotten hold of it, Kyran had rolled it off the bed. He whined slightly, knowing that was Kyran's way of telling him to get off the bed. He climbed down and went after the apple. He was pretty sure that he was being told to get down so that Celestine could eat his apple in peace.

LaRae glanced over at Aamori and thought for a moment. "Um... seven years.. roughly." She answered. She looked back to Nanashi when he said she had a good memory. She nodded slightly. The only reason she had such a good memory was because she'd forced herself to remember these things. Since she couldn't remember anything from before she was six she didn't want to take the chance of forgetting anything as the years went by. She sighed softly. "So how did you sleep Nanashi?"

Aamori stared at LaRae a little shocked when she actually recalled a set number of years. She was quiet for a moment and had started counting the years on her fingers now that she was actually trying to think about it. She shook her head lightly when she finally came to the same number. She had honestly forgotten about a lot of the things they used to do when they younger. A lot of things had happened since then so she just couldn't seem to retain it all. She was a little embarrassed now at the fact LaRae had remembered exactly and she had to think about it a bit longer, and count the years on her own fingers.

Celestine glanced at Kyran when he left the room again, though this time he wasn't expecting him to come back. He was rather surprised when he walked back in with his hands full and started peeling the apple. He was watching him slice the apple up attentively and then blinked when he held the plate out to him. He reached out to take it and smiled slightly. "...Thank you." He said quietly as he glanced away to watch Nobu go after the apple. He smiled slightly and picked up a small slice, though he seemed a little less enthusiastic about eating than he did about getting a drink. He was a little embarrassed that Kyran actually went through the trouble of slicing the thing up for him. He didn't expect that from anyone....well maybe Sonia, but that was about it. He took a small but out of one of the slices and chewed on it quietly before he finished it off. He was a pretty slow eater anyway, so that was going to be one plus for his stomach. He was conscious of the fact that he'd get sick if he ate too much too fast; he'd done it once before.

Hikari remained int he chair as Kyran went out again and was just about to get up when he came back in. She smiled warmly and watched him prepare the apple for Celestine and get Nobu off of the bed and then laughed softly. "Hey, where's mine?" she asked playfully.

Nanashi smiled slightly and shook his head when she spouted off a number of years and then sighed softly when she asked him how he slept. Should he be truthful on that one? "...I slept just fine." he said quietly. Okay that was a bold faced lie, but it didn't really matter. He didn't really mind sleeping in the floor, he was just sore for a while the next morning if he laid the wrong way...which he had last night. "What about you, how did you sleep?"

Kyran sat back upright and looked at Celestine. "You're welcome." He said with his usual smile. He glanced over at Hikari when he heard her. He reached for the knife again and grabbed the second to last apple and started peeling the skin off of it just like he had the other one. Though he didn't go as far as to cut it into small pieces. Rather he swiped the knife around the top and bottom of the apple before setting the knife down again. He then took his claw and stuck it into the bottom of the apple and pulled the core clean out. He then tossed the peeled, core-less apple over to Hikari. "There. Now you're not being left out." He said with a soft laugh. He plucked the core off his claw and tossed it over the side of the bed and watched as Nobu jumped up and ate the thing before it even hit the ground. He shook his head lightly and then picked up the two peel's from the apples and tossed them over the side of the bed too, again watching Nobu do the same thing.

LaRae sighed softly. "Lets just say I don't know how Kyran does it." She shook her head lightly. "Waking up every morning with Hikari stuck to you like glue... Well, it makes for an interesting morning to say the least." She paused. "Wait.. That doesn't really answer the question ...I slept well, until I tried to roll over."

Aamori listened to LaRae's answer and smiled a little. At least LaRae had slept in a bed. She'd spent the last nights sleeping upright with her head rested against the bed. Now that Celestine was doing a bit better, maybe she'd be able to get some decent sleep in. She gave a soft sigh and shifted in the chair a little. She tossed her legs over one arm rest and then set her back against the other, sitting sideways in the chair with her arms rested over her stomach.

Celestine continued to nibble on the apple sliced quietly, watching again as Kyran peeled the apple and then tossed it to Hikari. He half smiled when Nobu took the scraps and shook his head. 'How do you stand to eat just the core?' he thought absently. He looked down at the plate again and sighed. He was already getting full and it looked like there was a mountain of apple slices left yet to go. He knew there wasn't as many was he was thinking, but the pile almost didn't seem to be getting any smaller, at least not in his mind. He finally picked the glass up and took another small sip of water before he picked up a fifth apple slice to nibble on.

Hikari blinked when he tossed the apple at her. "Oh!" she caught it for just a second and then dropped it and almost fell out of the chair trying to snatch it before it hit the ground. She sighed in relief when she grabbed a hold of it and then sat back in the chair. "Thank you, Kyran." she said sweetly before she took a bite out of the apple. She laughed softly when she saw the way that Nobu went for the scraps. "He must really love apples." she commented after she swallowed.

Nanashi laughed softly. "I do it most mornings." He said with a smile, "I can think of one person in this group that is harder to wake up than Hikari is." He had woken up with LaRae attached to him more than once when they slept next to one another. "I don't mind it. I doubt that he does either." he said lightly.

Kyran looked back to Hikari once she sat back down in the chair and laughed softly. "Maybe next time I'll just hand it to you, rather then toss it." He said lightly. "It's a good thing you didn't let it hit the ground. Nobu probably would have tried to take it from you." He gave a faint nod when she commented about Nobu liking apples. "I think like is an understatement." He paused. "I couldn't keep apples out where he could get to them, back home. He'd get a hold of them when neither Minako or myself were in the room. He'd eat every single last one of them, even if we'd just fed him." He shook his head laughing softly. "I'm surprised he doesn't weigh a ton."

Nobu peeked just the top of his head up from the bed and looked towards Celestine. 'The cores still taste like the apples themselves, you know.' He commented before laying back down on the floor.

LaRae was about to ask him who was harder to wake then Hikari but stopped when she realized that he was talking about her. She gave a soft sigh and then looked at him. "Well, at least you don't mind." She said with a smile. "I'd hate to have to find something else comfortable to sleep on."

Aamori looked over at LaRae and Nanashi and smiled slightly. "She isn't that hard to wake up, so long as you yell at her first thing in the morning when you want her to wake up." She laughed softly. "She's been a heavy sleeper for as long as I've known her. I'm a little surprised that she hasn't grown out of that yet." She commented as she laid her head back. "Oh, and Nobu is pretty comfortable to sleep on." She added lastly.

Hikari laughed softly and shook her head slightly. "He sounds like a little bottomless pit." she commented before she took another bite of the apple. The thing was gone pretty fast with her. She sighed softly and leaned back in the chair before she glanced over to Celestine and tilted her head slightly when she saw that he'd barely eaten half of his apple. "Are you going to be able to finish it?" she asked softly.

Celestine looked at Nobu and smiled slightly. 'Well they're still hard to chew... but then again it almost looks like you swallow them whole.' He turned his head to look at Hikari when she asked and then glanced down to the apple slices. "...I'm trying." he said simply as he picked up another slice and started to nibble on it.

Hikari smiled slightly and shook her head. "It's alright if you can't finish them all right now. Don't make yourself sick. I don't want to clean it up." she said with a soft laugh. "...You never have eaten a whole lot when I saw you."

Celestine shrugged slightly. "I got used to not eating a lot during winters. There wasn't a lot to eat. I guess I just got to where I ate enough to keep me going and that was about it."

Nanashi smiled slightly at LaRae and placed his hand on her shoulder for a moment before he looked over to Aamori. He shook his head slightly and then looked away. "I don't know if I could yell as loud as you do." He said with a weak smile. His voice was always fairly quiet unless he was upset, though it was a lot easier to understand what the heck he was saying. He glanced over to LaRae again, "...But I really doing mind."

Kyran glanced over to Celestine after Hikari asked if he was going to be able to finish the apple. He looked down at the plate and then shrugged lightly. "If you get full, I'm sure that Nobu wouldn't mind finishing the rest off for you." He said as he reached over to pick up the last apple. He was a little surprised that Nobu hadn't tried to take it off the bed when he wasn't watching. He then picked up the pairing knife and started to slice into the apple. He cut a slice and then pulled it out on the knife before sliding it off the knife with his thumb and into his mouth. He continued to do that until he'd eaten everything but the core, and then he tossed the core off the side of the bed again for Nobu.

LaRae half glared over at Aamori after hearing her say that all you had to do was yell at her to get her up in the morning. "...You don't have to yell at me..." She paused. "You do it just to scare me out of my skin first thing in the morning." She muttered. She shook her head slightly remembering when Aamori woke her at the festival and she smacked her face right into the dirt. That definitely wasn't the most pleasant way to be woken up in the morning. She looked back to Nanashi. "I'm glad you don't yell as loud as she does." She paused with a chuckle. "She's more then loud enough for the lot of us."

Aamori laughed softly when she noticed how LaRae was looking at her. "I can't help it. It's just so funny to watch you wake up like that." She admitted.

Celestine glanced over to Kyran and sighed softly as he nodded. He ate about two more pieces of the apple and then sighed softly and set the plate aside. He finished off what was left of his water and then glanced between Kyran and Hikari for a moment. "...How long have we been here?" he asked finally.

Hikari looked over to Celestine again and thought for a moment. "Well... I think this makes the fourth day." She told him finally.

He sighed and closed his eyes. "...We are really wasting time..." he muttered.

"Well...we couldn't very well go on with you in the shape that you were in. And you are still going to need another few days before you're going to be up for moving for too long at a time it seems.

Nanashi glanced over to Aamori and laughed quietly before he looked back to LaRae again and then shook his head slightly. "...I think I prefer to just let you sleep until you have t get up." he said simply. He leaned his back against the couch and rolled his shoulders back again, till trying to wear the soreness out of them. His ears twitched when he heard something on the stairs and he glanced over, half smiling when he saw Marius.

Marius had finally woken up and decided to come downstairs after he made himself look presentable. He glanced into the living room and smiled at the three in there. "Good morning." he said softly, "Or well, I suppose it is almost afternoon by now."

Kanone had been up at his place for a while, but he'd finally gotten bored and decided to come and bother Marius for a while since his mother was being a bit of a pain. He blinked when he finally came up to the porch and stared at Nero for a few moments before he climbed the steps. "Hey...um....what are you doing here?" He asked bluntly, "I thought you guys left nearly a week ago."

Kyran shook his head lightly. "We're not wasting time." He started. "And like Hikari said, we couldn't very well continue on with you the way you were." He stood up from the bed and then turned back to start gathering the things he'd brought in. He reached for the plate that Celestine had set aside and picked it up. "I also remember telling you the other day that we had a little extra time to spare since we weren't in Radha very long. So stop worrying about the time." He stated as he walked the plate over to Nobu and let him finish off the remainder of the apple slices that Celestine hadn't eaten. Once the plate was empty he walked back around to grab the pairing knife and then started out of the room towards the kitchen so that he could wash the dishes.

LaRae gave a soft sigh and then sat back on the couch herself. She glanced up when she heard Marius' voice and smiled slightly. "Well, good afternoon then Marius."

Aamori looked up when she heard Marius. She was still sitting sideways in the chair, and was a little embarrassed to be lounging like she was; But she couldn't help it. She was more comfortable this way.

Nero lifted his head slightly when he heard Kanone. He stared at him for a moment before shifting slightly and then rested his head back against the house. "I think it's pretty obvious what I'm doing. I'm sitting." He paused. "...And we did leave."

Celestine looked at Kyran and sighed softly. He couldn't help but worry about their time limit, especially since it was so indefinite. "...Alright..." he muttered quietly. He just couldn't help but think that they shouldn't take this long. They only had two of the relics, and five more to go, who knows how long it would take to get the others. He just closed his eyes once Kyran left the room and sighed softly.

Hikari smiled slightly as she stood up and looked over to him. "I'll come back in a little bit and get that stuff off of your leg. Just take it easy until then, okay?" she told him before she left the room. She sighed and walked down to the kitchen with Kyran and smiled as she came up behind him and leaned her head against his back. "Ooh..that boy is such a worry wart."

Marius stepped into the living room and smiled at them. "Have you eaten already?" he asked simply. He supposed that everyone had probably already helped themselves since he had been asleep, of course he had pretty much been letting them fend for themselves most of the time that they were here since he wasn't all that handy in the kitchen.

Nanashi smiled slightly at him and then shook his head when he asked if they had eaten yet. He didn't know about the others, but he hadn't had anything to eat yet.

Kanone stared at Nero for a moment and then slowly edged toward the door. "Um...right..." He said as he opened the door and edged inside. He closed the door behind him and sighed heavily before he looked into the living room and smiled when he saw the other part of the group. "Hey! What are you guys doing back here?"

Kyran came to a stop at the sink and proceeded to clean the plate and knife, even though Hikari had come up behind him. He sighed softly. "Yes, well, I suppose that one of us needs to be." He paused. "The rest of us don't really seem all that worried by time, but if one of us wasn't who knows how long we'd really be spending in each territory." He finished up the two things he had to clean and set them aside to dry, then turned around to lean back against the sink. "So... I didn't get the chance to ask earlier..." He started and then reached out to pull her close. "How did you sleep?"

LaRae shook her head a little in response to Marius' question. "I don't think many of us have been up long enough to make it into the kitchen." She paused. "...But don't worry about feeding us, I'll probably get up and make something here soon." She said with a small nod. She assumed that she'd be the one cooking something since she seemed the best in the kitchen of the group. That and Kyran had made several attempts of getting out of the job by asking her to cook instead. She glanced over to the front door when she heard it opening, she had half expected to see Nero coming inside and was a little surprised to see Kanone. Now that she was thinking about it, Marius must get pretty lonely if he goes up to four straight days without any visitors. She sighed softly and shook her head. She was a bit surprised that Kanone hadn't noticed them here sooner. She looked to Kanone. "...We're taking a break, and getting our strength back... I guess would be the easiest way to put it." She answered.

Aamori shook her head also, to answer Marius' question. She was starting to get hungry now that she was thinking about it. And it probably didn't help too much that she'd barely eaten anything since they got back here. She'd barely had any water either and that was more than likely starting to show just by looking at her closely enough. When she was deprived of water her skin tended to steadily turn paler then normal, and her skin would become dry; Losing it's usual softness. Her ears twitched slightly when she heard the door open, though she didn't bother shifting in the chair to see who it was. She assumed it was probably just Nero. She was surprised though, when she heard Kanone. She smiled slightly. "...How's your back?" She asked finally, after LaRae had answered his question.

Hikari smiled slightly at his comment to her statement. "True...if it wasn't him it would probably be me to a lesser extent." she admitted. She blinked when he turned around and pulled her closer to him and then smiled and nuzzled against his chest. "I miss you." she said with a soft laugh when he asked how she slept. "I think I like waking up clinging to your arm better than LaRae's." She stretched her arms up and wrapped them around his neck loosely, though she almost had to get onto her tiptoes to make it. "Ahh I'm almost too short for this!" she said with a soft laugh. "Anyway, how about you?"

Marius nodded to LaRae and then looked back to Kanone and smiled slightly. "Kanone, did you forget how to knock?" he asked with a soft laugh. "What brings you here?"

Kanone nodded slightly to LaRae and then looked over to Aamori and smiled slightly. "It's fine." he said simply. He still had a little bit of a bruise there, but it was going away. He looked at Marius and blinked, "Oh wait I have to knock now? What kind of grandfather are you making your grandkids knock before they come in." he said with a playful smile. "And I just saw a dark scary figure on your porch and thought I would come and investigate." he said and then paused for a few moments. "...Okay I was just trying to get away from mom, but hey." He shrugged and walked over to the couch and sat on the arm.

Nanashi blinked and looked at Kanone before scooting a little closer to LaRae when he saw on the arm of the couch. There was another cushion there that he could sit on; he didn't know why he sat up there.

Marius just shook his head and smiled slightly. "I figured it was something like that." he said with a soft laugh. "Don't you usually go over to your friend's house in these situations?"

"Aww but you're my friend, too!" he said as he hopped off the arm of the couch and gave Marius a big bear hug.

"Okay, what do you want?" he asked as he looked down at him and patted him on the back.

"Well originally I was going to see if you wanted to go fishing, buuut...looks like your busy."

Kyran smiled softly when she nuzzled against his chest. "I'm a little surprised you haven't run the poor girl out of the room with how you sleep." He said with a soft laugh. He couldn't help but laugh again at her comment of her height. He wrapped his arms around her loosely and then leaned down to kiss her cheek gently. "I have to admit, it's a little weird now being able to wake up and move every part of my body."

LaRae glanced over to Nanashi when she noticed he'd moved a little closer. She listened to the brief back and forth between Kanone and Marius and then gave a soft sigh. "I doubt sitting in a chair staring at a lump in a bed all day really makes him busy." She commented. She stretched her arms out in front of her for a moment and then let them rest back in her lap. "...And I apologize if you find what I said to be rude, Marius." She paused. "But it probably hasn't been healthy for you to be glued to that chair these past few days." She glanced over at Aamori for a second. "Just as it hasn't been healthy for Aamori to be glued to the bedside." She shrugged and then gave a sigh. She at least could tell that Aamori wasn't feeling very well. Then again she was putting on a good show to act like the lack of water wasn't starting to get to her. She shook her head slightly. She really couldn't believe that Aamori wasn't taking better care of herself.

Aamori looked over at Kanone and smiled slightly. She was at least glad to hear that his back was alright. She really hadn't meant to hurt him as badly as she appeared to have. She laid her head back again slightly and continued to just lay there in the chair, at least until she heard LaRae's comment about her. She lifted her head up and stared at LaRae with an annoyed look on her face. Of course LaRae would be the one to notice. But why did she have to go and say it like that. It wasn't like she was going to collapse or anything she just needed water. She heaved a heavy sigh and sank down in the chair a little more.

Hikari smiled slightly when he kissed her cheek and leaned her head on his shoulder lightly. "Well I suppose Nanashi isn't quite as clingy as I am. LaRae latches onto him more than the other way around most of the time." she said with a smile. She raised one hand to his cheek and pushed her fingers back through his hair lightly before she draped her arm back around his neck.

Nanashi looked over to LaRae with a bit of surprise and then glanced down without saying a word. He understood what she meant, but Celestine was Marius's grandson, wasn't it natural for him to try to care for him as much as he could? There wasn't anything that he could do for him, so sitting with him was about all that he could have done. He wasn't even sure if LaRae had even checked in on him the first time since they'd gotten back. Of course then again Celestine never had really given her a reason to care what happened to him.

Marius looked over to LaRae and sighed. "There was nothing else that I could do." he said simply. "I realize that the two of you don't get along, Celestine by no means makes it easy, but I do still care about him, even if he hasn't been around for ages. I only have two grandchildren now, I wanted to be there for him...just in case."

Kanone blinked and back up before he looked at LaRae and then back to Marius. "Whoa, time you, what happened to Celestine?" he asked before he glanced over to Aamori. He figured one of them would be able to answer that better than Marius could.

Kyran smiled lightly and gave a slight nod. "Yes I've noticed." He paused and sighed softly. "The past nights I've had the whole bed to myself. The guy insists on sleeping on the floor, well out of the way." He shook his head lightly. "I make sure to leave plenty of room once I go to sleep and yet every morning when I wake up he's asleep on the floor. It makes me wonder if I smell bad or something.."

LaRae sighed softly. "I wasn't doubting that you care about him, Marius. It's obvious just how much you do really care." She glanced back over to him. "...And again, with all due respect. You can still stay with someone and look after them without it being bad for yourself... And what would've happened if he got wor--" She cut herself off with a heavy sigh. "Never mind. I've overstepped my boundary. I have no right to criticize." She glanced over at Aamori again, wondering if she'd answer the question that Kanone asked.

Aamori glanced up and towards Kanone when he asked what happened to Celestine. She stared at him for a moment before looking away. She didn't even bother looking at LaRae; She could tell that she was waiting for her to answer. But she wasn't going to. She really didn't want to be the one to bring it up; Or to answer any further questions.

LaRae shook her head when Aamori wouldn't answer. She looked back to Kanone. "He was hurt, severely, by the hydra at that temple."

Hikari smiled slightly and inhaled deeply. "You smell fine to me." she said with a soft laugh. "...You know how he is, Kyran... Just tell him that he can sleep in the bed, too. Haven't you noticed that he never does anything until he is invited and even still waits until someone else has done it first?" She leaned her head against him gently, "I don't think that it has anything to do with you."

Nanashi looked at LaRae and sighed softly when she continued to talk and then shook his head slightly. "LaRae..." he said quietly just before she said that she'd overstepped her boundary. He just sighed quietly and continued to look at the floor.

Marius looked at LaRae silently and just sighed when she finished. "Has he gotten worse I would have been there until the end." he said quietly, "He wouldn't have been alone." He looked back to Kanone when he finally got an answer to his question and then shook his head. "He is doing better." he assured him quickly.

Kanone looked at Aamori until LaRae finally answered his question and then he just stared at her. "...There...was a hydra int hat temple? I thought those things were extinct." he said bluntly. He looked extremely worried until Marius said that he was doing better. "Um...yeah...." he said quietly, still looking rather shocked that he'd been hurt in the first place and he hadn't known. "Why didn't you tell us? How long has he been here?"

"...You know very well that your mother probably would have nearly suffocated the poor boy if she saw him like that."

"...Point taken."

Kyran laughed softly after hearing her say that he smelt fine. "I've noticed, ...I guess I just keep forgetting because most people just do what they want, when they want." He gave a slight sigh. "I don't care very much for having to tell him what he can do, I really wish he'd just do what he wants... like the rest of us."

LaRae sat there quietly for a few moments before she finally stood up. She glanced to Marius and then to Kanone. "Hydra's are extinct now, if that was the last one." She stated then started to move over towards the door. "And he's been here, four days now." She said lastly before opening the door and slipping outside. She didn't go far once she shut the door behind her. She sat down on the steps like before. She thought she'd remove herself from the conversation before she said something that she really shouldn't. She heaved a heavy sigh and let her head fall against the post.

Aamori shook her head when she heard the way LaRae answered the question, along with how she'd been talking to Marius. She couldn't believe how rude she was being. She was really starting to think she should've just sucked it up and answered the question herself. She looked up to LaRae when she started for the door and gave a sigh before finally swinging her legs around so that she could get up from the chair. She glanced over to Marius briefly once LaRae had gone outside. "I apologize for the way she's acting. Celestine well... like you said hasn't been making this easy. She really isn't this rude, I swear." She gave a soft sigh and then proceeded to head outside too.

Hikari smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes...I wish he would to, but I guess...he just hasn't been conditioned to do what he wants..." she sighed softly, "...You have to remember that he isn't like the rest of us, and as much as we ignore it...the rest of the world never has. You can't very well expect him to be confident in himself or his abilities or anything else for that matter. How could he be if he's been put down his whole life. You saw what happened to him at the festival just for being there, honestly I'm extremely surprised that he hasn't had more problems since we've been here... of course he had pretty much been keeping himself hidden."

Nanashi looked up when LaRae stood up and started to the door and started to stand up after her but he just sighed and sank back to the couch again with a heavy sigh.

Marius sighed and shook his head when LaRae went outside and then looked over to Aamori when she spoke. "...It doesn't matter." he said simply. He watched as she went to the door and stepped outside as well and then looked back to Kanone again. "...Well... Celestine is in the bedroom down the hall if you would like to go see him." he told him before he went to sit down in the chair.

Kanone just stared at LaRae and shook his head slightly. "Who pissed in her oatmeal?" he muttered once she'd left. He didn't know why she was being so grumpy, of course people were going to be worried about Celestine. He was a little butt munch some of the time, but over all he was a pretty good guy. He looked at Marius and then nodded before he started for the hallway. He guessed he could go bother Celestine for a few minutes and see what he was doing.

Kyran sighed softly. "I know, I know." He said with a slight nod. "It's just, at the same time, even if the rest of the world treats him badly I think he should try and get used to the fact that some of us in the group are different and treat him the way he should have been treated all along." He paused. "I didn't see what happened at the festival myself, I only happened to get run into while he was trying to find someone to help LaRae... I still don't think I know all the details to how that even started." He said while shaking his head a little. "And as for him not having many problems since we've been here, well, he is traveling with an odd bunch... I think they think twice about singling anyone out with all of us. At least that's what I think." He commented. "They'd seriously have to have a screw loose to try and pick on him around all of us..."

LaRae glanced over her shoulder when she heard the door open and wasn't all that surprised to see Aamori had followed her out. She had a feeling it was either going to be her or Nanashi. She stared at her for a moment before turning her head back. She gave a heavy sigh and tilted her head down a little hearing Aamori coming closer to her.

Aamori stared down at LaRae for a moment once she'd stepped outside and shut the door behind her. She briefly glanced over to Nero before proceeding to move closer to LaRae. She paused and stood just off to the side of her. She sighed softly. "You really shouldn't have been talking to Marius like that." She started. "And just because Marius and I are worried about Celestine didn't mean you had to go and say the things you did. Honestly. What do you care if I stayed in there for nearly the whole four days straight?" She questioned glancing back down to her.

LaRae rolled her eyes slightly when Aamori started on her so quickly. She couldn't say that she didn't see this coming. "I'm aware that the things I said were rude, and even a little mean." She paused. "And I can't apologize for what I said, to either of you." She glanced up at Aamori briefly. "What do I care? I guess maybe I shouldn't care then... But I do. I mean come on Aamori, look how pale your starting to get..." She shook her head. "Out here in the sun, any paler and you'll look white. How much water are you going to have to drink to get everything back to normal?" She rolled her eyes and looked away as Aamori started down the steps to stand in front of her. "You're skins even gotten dry and rough, or did you think I didn't notice that too? Honestly... You're letting this happen to yourself and over what?" She paused. "Some boy you argue and fight with all the time? Oh yeah.. that sounds like a good reas--" Her sentence cut short when she felt Aamori's hand smack hard across her face.

Aamori stared at LaRae after her hand had made contact with her face. "Just shut up!" She snapped. "It's none of your business and you know it!" She balled up her fist a little and looked away. "This isn't like when we were little, you can't just go saying things like that and expect me to just let it slide. I can do what ever I want and I can do it without listening to you treat me like I'm some little kid, I know how to take care of myself." She muttered. "And just because you don't care about what happens to Celestine doesn't mean that the rest of us don't!" She glared at LaRae. She started to open her mouth to say something more but caught herself. The last thing she wanted to do right now was get into an even bigger fight with LaRae, and frankly it wasn't worth this much stress. She took a deep breath and just turned, starting to walk away. "I'm going to get away for a little bit. I'll be back." She muttered as she started walking away from the house.

Nero just sat there trying not to act like he was listening to the whole thing but it was kind of hard not to listen. Let alone, once Aamori smacked LaRae he was quietly shaking his head trying not to laugh. Once Aamori started to walk off he lifted his head up a little and looked over at LaRae while she was held her hand to her cheek. "...So apparently you can piss off more then just me..." He commented with a slight smirk.