Arisa paused for a moment as Chloe sputtered.
"Chloe? You all right?" She asked, slightly concerned.
"You were crying weren't you? What's wrong?" Pulling Chloe into a tight embrace, Arisa patted the top of her head softly.
"It's okay, don't cry, pretty girls like you shouldn't cry and mess up their makeup like that."

Arisa looked up momentarily as Kurama entered the room, his face puffy and red.
"So much crying..." Arisa whispered to herself.
"Hey, Kurama, come join the group hug, and you can both cry into my breasts." She called toward him, the trace of a amused grin shaping on her face."

"You can't hate fish!! It's awesome...well except for when it actually tastes super fishy. Ew. But the seaweed covers up the taste! She smiled as she took the peice of daifuku and took a bite. "Mmm!!" She'd never tasted anything quite like it, so it was difficult to explain. Shay's eyes lit up when the girl meantioned sharing her hair dye. "That'd be fantastic! Especially if you have purple or red." She held the plate of sushi and spicy wasabi dip out towards Kaida and Zane, but guessed they wouldnt be interested since they had chocolate cake. "So which dorms are you guys in??"

((Sorry for short post, super tired! lol))

Chloe wasn't listening to Arisa. She was trying to hold in any tears that were about to come, and her voice wouldn't allow her speech to come out clearly. She took a deep breath, blowing the excess air out in a loud huff. It was awkward, crying into her like this while the rest of the people in the room continued on with their meals. She didn't want to ruin Arisa's lunch, or destroy a harmony that had been so precariously built. Chloe sucked in another breath, then brought herself out of the embrace that was taking away her ability to speak. She attempted a smile, "Thanks, Arisa." Chloe gave her a hug- against her normal nature. She didn't want to talk about it, and in order to do so, she would have to act like she was okay, "I don't know what's gotten into me today."

A scoop of spaghetti was brought to her mouth, hoping that Arisa would just drop the situation. She felt vunerable, and there was no changing that until her mood was brought up. Food had often done that for her, especially since Chloe knew that if she finished her pasta, she could steal a piece of that decadent chocolate cake.

Zane politely refused Shay's sushi offer, instead taking a big bite out of his chocolatey cake which Kaida had served to him. "MMMMMMmmmMM!!! Delicious!!" he exclaimed, his face lighting up. "You could be a baker!! Have you done this before?" he munched on another piece.

"So which dorms are you guys in?" Shay asked.

"Mm.. Wind!!" He was delighted to be in the wind dorms, because he felt it suited him rather well. But he wondered desperately who his roommates would be!! He hoped it would be somebody he liked! "I haven't even taken my stuff up yet... Remind me to do that when we're done eating" He smiled widely.

(( P.S. Zane isn't an ass or anything; just trying to hold up with the idea that the wind signs are not very involved in the emotional situations of others :P ))

Kurama was enjoying his meal, taking bites every few minutes while reading a nice scroll he had brung with him. He looked around once, noticing everyone at different tables but what made him smile was Chloe and Arisa. He giggled softly to himself and thought, "those two, wonder where Azalea is?"

As he took another bite, he heard Arisa's voice call out to him.

"Hey, Kurama, come join the group hug, and you can both cry into my breasts." She called out to him making him laugh a bit. He stood up slowly and pressed his way to where Chloe and Arisa where seated. He smiled and gave Arisa a hug, "thanks girl, I needed it," He said as he went back to his scroll and eating. He looked up at Chloe and decided to give her a hug as well, "don't worry, whatever it is I am sure things will get better," He said noting that he should start taking his own advice.

He looked up at Arisa and Chloe and smirked, "watch this, I'm about to make Zane blush," He said as he turned in his chair towards Zane.

"Hey, Zane, are you cheating on me?" He yelled holding one finger in his mouth between his teeth, "Did I not mean anything to you? The moments we shared before we came to Zodi Academy? I mean you where so good in bed I thought you would remember me but alas do you remember my moans." He said making moaning noises that heightened in volume until he turned back around and looked at Chloe and Arisa winking softly.

Kurama was laughing on the inside as he knew Zane was probably going to fall over in embarrassment. He loved messing with others, but he would never truly hurt someone with his words, they where just used to make others laugh, he was comedic after all.

Kaida smiled at Zane's reaction. "Thanks. It's a recipe I learned from my mom." Zane then told Shay that he was in the wind dorms. "Me too!" she said,"But I don't get it because I control water. And I wanted to go swimming in the water dorms indoor river!" she wined playfully.
Then Kurama started yelling at Zane and Kaida turned all red. She glanced at Zane to see his reaction. Was he gay? she asked herself.

Shay took a seat on the counter and began eating, it wasnt long before Tila hopped into her lap and started taking food from her plate. "Oh my gosh no way! Me too!" She smiled, swinging her legs back and forth merrily. She was glad to be sharing a dorm with two people she liked. Kurama started yelling awkward things at Zane from across the room, until that moment she had been tuning out the drama coming from that corner. Was Zane gay? Probably. His clothes matched, his hair wasnt greasy looking and you couldnt smell him from 10 feet away. Not that it mattered, she actually quite liked hanging out with gay guys considering she didnt get along with most girls do to higher levels of drama in the atmosphere.

Angel was about to take another bite but then Kurama started screaming over to Zane. Her mouth fell wide open and the food fell from the fork. Did she just hear that? She looked over to Zane. She couldn't still be here no more. She got up and threw the rest away and walked out of the place. She started headed towards her room. She needed to unpack her clthes. She was taking her time lookingn around.

Zane blushed heavily when Kurama started yelling things to embarrass him; and indeed he was quite embarrassed.

"Whaaaaat?!?!" Zane exclaimed, his mouth agape. He looked around and could tell that mostly everyone was rather confused, and got even more embarrassed when Angel left the room. "D-don't listen to him!! He's just goofing! I didn't even know any of you guys until I came here..."

Zane was concerned that most people probably got the impression now that he was gay.

He got excited when both Kaida and Shay said they were also in the wind dorms.

"Me too! But I don't get it because I control water. And I wanted to go swimming in the water dorms indoor river!" Kaida had mentioned.

Zane burst out into laughter. "Well I guess you could always go over there for a swim as long as the water dorm people don't mind it!" He joked, winking at her. "Or you could just go swimming in the pond with sensei!" He got really giddy andstarted bouncing up and down in his chair. "Ahhh! This is gonna be so exciting! Wind dorm hug!" he pulled in Kaida and Shay for a group hug and then realized his cake was gone. "Aww.. No more cake" he looked down at the plate and frowned. Letting out a big sigh, he decided he should probably go unpack. "Well I'm going to go get settled... I can't wait to have Wind dorm parties!" he smiled big, only half joking. He definitely intended on having some parties.

Kaida slightly blushed when Zane group hugged Shay and her. She sratched her head and noticed her cake was gone. She sighed and looked at Shay. "I'll go back to my room and get that hair dye. I think I have some purple." she walked into her room and closed the door. "Hello there, Kaida."

Kurama joined the group and the hugging commenced. At first, Chloe felt really uncomfortable around Kurama. He was really out spoken and confident with his sexual orientation, something that Chloe never really respected until just recently. Something about him, however, was outside of her expectations. He actually had a personality to match his ego, one that supported the fact that there was a human being inside of him and not just an automaton that ran mechanically instead of rationally. It seemed... nice.

Then, of course, to add onto the fun, Kurama started yelling across the room to Zane, mentioning how amazing he was in the sack. Even Chloe blushed, then started cracking up as soon as the moaning and winking started. To follow up, Zane started protesting the fact that he had never met any of them before, adding onto her giggly persona furthermore. "Thanks," she managed to get out before attempting to recover from her laughing spasm.

In the heat of laughter and blushing, Kurama noticed Angel leave out of the room. Did he hit a nerve? Did she like Zane? He hoped he didn't hurt her feelings, it was only a joke.

"Thanks," Chloe said obviously needing a good laugh, "You're welcome, if you two ever want to hang out, I'm in the Earth Dorm, you can't miss it, just sniff for the irresistible smell of perfume and cologne swirling in the air," He said laughing still.

He picked up his plate, "I'll see you two around," He said as he rushed over to Zane's table and stared at Shay and , "you two realize it was only a joke right? This is actually my first time meeting the charming little man before you," He said as he patted Zane on the head and quickly kissed him on the cheek, "I'll see you around," He said as he rushed down the hall after Angel.

He kept his distance following her as she took her time looking around. He stood a little ways back and simply cleared his throat to get her attention.

"Angel, dear, I didn't mean anything by it, it was a simple joke, don't be mad at me pweese," He said throwing on his baby eyes.

Angel was looking around when she heard someone calle her. It was Kurama. "No, its ok I had to go... go put my clothes up yes thats it" she said as she bowed to show respect and then just fast pased and then ran towards her room. She screamed to him. "ItS OK IM NOT MAD" she had to keep an eye on him. He might be a 'threat' she touhgt to herself as she walked in her room. She locked herself in her room and layed on her bed.

The bed was feeling good as if it was holding her and caresing her body. Thens she heard steps in her room as if someone had hooves on. She looked confused. WHen she got up there it was in the middle of the room, a ram. It was staring right at her. "Wha...what in th...the world is this?" she asked as she was about to scream but when she looked at the ram straight into the eye it was as if she understood. And then it just walked into the fire and dissappeared.

Angel just sat in her bed thinking if she was dreaming or if she was going crazy. She got up and unlocked the door and ran back the way she came. It looked like Kurama was right behind her because she ran straight into him. "Oh my god, please tell me you saw it too. "She said as she looked at im with big eyes.

Kurama had a confused look on his face as Angel ran off. He knew something was up but decided not to bother her, he didn't want to feel like a threat towards her. He decided to keep walking and not pay attention to where he was going.

It hadn't been two minutes before Angel came rushing back running straight into him. Kurama gasped as their bodies collided but stood tall as he looked at Angel.

"Oh my god, please tell me you saw it too," She said as she looked at Kurama with large bulgy eyes. Kurama was utterly confused at this point and shrugged, "sorry hon, I don't know what you're talking about, what did you see?" He asked as he got defensive, ready to help Angel if she needed him, "did someone try to hurt you? Where are they? COME OUT YOU BASTARD," Kurama yelled as he walked a little ways pass Angel to look around the corner only to find nothing, "I'll kick your ass whoever you are, don't you dare scare my friend again," He said threateningly as he walked back to Angel.

He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder and looked her in the eye, "don't worry, I'll protect ya," He said smiling trying to reassure her, "now come on, let's go rejoin the others."

"No no its not here. In my room it was there and then it walked into the fire and poof, it dissapeared." she said as she was looking back the way to her room. She didn't want to go back to the group but she really wanted to go back to her room. "Come...come with me to my room and I'll show you" she said as she started pulling him from his arm.

"I'm not sure why but I have a feeling that there is a reason that we are in here " she said as she opened the door to her room.

Kurama was simply looking at Angel a little worried, "did you eat something bad?" He asked not trying to be rude but something was obviously bothering her, "did we stay in the heat too long?" He said as he let out a yelp when she pulled him along towards her room.

When she opened her room door, Kurama sighed and walked in, his boots making a rhythmic sound as he spun around in the large room.

"I don't see anything," He said as he walked around and checked different things. He found himself in front of the fireplace and simply stared at it.

"So you say it walked straight into the fire and went poof?" He stated making hand gestures to accentuate the word "poof". "Well whatever it was isn't here now," He added as he strutted towards a chair and pulled it until it was sitting directly in front of the fireplace, "let's see if it will show itself again."

Arisa smiled at the hugs she received from Chloe and Kurama. It felt good knowing that she had made them feel at least a little better, finishing off the onigiri and watching as Kurama left, she turned toward Chloe and gave her one last hug, squeezing her tightly.
"I hope you feel better. If you need me, I'm in the fire dorms." she said, pulling away and winking at the girl before turning and running out of the cafeteria.

She ran through the hallway, stopping suddenly as she saw Angel run out and say: "Oh my god, please tell me you saw it too." to Kurama who was now standing in the hall in front of her. The two disappeared into Angel's dorm and Arisa was left, starring after them in shock. Walking to the door they had disappeared into, Arisa knocked softly and pushed the door open.
"Is everything okay in here?" she asked, stepping into the room.

As Arisa left Chloe only moments after Kurama set off to make amends with Angel, Chloe felt instantly calmer and more content- though the images were still incinerated into the corners of her mind. She started to finish off her spaghetti, taking note of who else was in the room with each bite. The food started getting colder, stickier, less scrumptious as she took her time. Chloe felt something weird going on in the pit of her stomach- an emotion stronger than the instinct brought upon by hunger. It was if there was something weird about this place- something beyond her normal comprehension of the world that went into the realms of the supernatural. Whatever this paranormal sensation was, it sent shivers down her spine and rearranged her thoughts. This wasn't how Chloe normally thought, nor how she normally acted. Zodi Academy, or something manifesting on the way here, had changed her- and she had only just arrived. Soon enough, the full effects would settle in.

The food was gone, her tray added to a large stack of dishes that needed to be done. Although she hadn't seen any staff moving around in the kitchen area, she was sure that someone was going to clean up after them. That's the way that schools worked. Chloe had no worries in that area. She was determined that this "Academy" was nothing more than that- although her mind told her otherwise. Until she had solid proof, however, she was going to have to treat it as such.

She arrived at her dorm in no time, avoiding windows and water at all costs, hoping for the day that she'd be able to control how her reflecting abilities to arrive soon. It was difficult throughout her public school years, having to explain to her teachers that she had a major problem with water, getting one of her close friends from another school to pretend to be a doctor so that she'd have a note to get out of swimming or going outside while it was raining and there were puddles everywhere. Chloe had always taken the longer routes to get to certain areas so that she could avoid windows, and she'd avoid looking at herself in mirrors unless she was still groggy from awakening in the morning. It was a wonder that she still got all of her make-up done and kept her clothes in decent array on her body.

Chloe grabbed hold of her trusty camera and started to take pictures of her dorm and a few of the areas around it so that she could send some information home to the folks and a few of her friends that she had obtained from the many times moving. Every time the light flashed, she felt the room go slightly darker, only to progress back into the dimness that she witnessed before the picture was captured; then the cycle started again. As soon as she finished with her dorm, she planned on getting pictures of the rest of the school if she could. The place was gorgeous beyond her imagination's capacity, and she planned on sharing that with the rest of them, even if they frowned upon the reason she was actually there.

"It was right there" she said pointing infront of her bed. "I came layed on my bed and then it was there" she said as she layed on her bed, except this time she was all tensed and worried. She got up and there was nothing. "Maybe if I relax a little" she said as she layed down and breathed slowly. Then she heard it again. She got up slow this time. The fires crackled and then it looked as if the fire splittle in half. Half was on the fire and the other half of the fire went to the ground where it took shape and there it was. The ram she had seen earlier.

"There it is" she said as she pointed at it looking at Karuma. "I told you I saw it, please tell me you see it too" she said as she looked at it. The ram looked like it wanted to speak and then it walked up to her. She reacehd out her hand and touched between its eyes. And then she saw it.

Kurama was beginning to think that Angel had had too much to eat as she was confident that she saw something he had not seen. He crossed his legs and simply sighed waiting on something to happen. He watched Angel as she went to her bed and layed down twice, once in a bit of tension and the other more relaxed. It was then, when she was relaxed, that the ram came out of the fire.

Kurama's face scrounged up to that of curiosity and just plain confusion. He looked at Angel, "are you sure you should be touching it?" He asked standing slowly to his feet and walking slowly and cautiously over to Angel's bed to get a better look at the interesting creature that was able to appear and vanish at will.

He did notice when someone walked in and asked a question but he was too focused on discovering what this thing was. He hoped that the person didn't take it personally.