Snippet #2237944

Ryu Hitara

"I'm Ryu, nice to meet you Fletcher," the young Guardian flashed his ever present smile and addressed the second part of the question, "And Takashi will be around here somewhere... She's guarding another Pageling," again Ryu dropped his voice at the word 'pageling'. There weren't many people around, but he didn't want to be careless. Especially since he had a Fallen right on his tail. With Takashi, he was more than prepared to take on the crazed woman from the book shop.

"Come on," he beckoned to the others as he made his way towards the park. Children ran around the playground set, young adults walked along the path and right off to the side of the park was the beginnings of a small forest. At least, it looked small to Ryu from the outside. He wasn't sure how far it went back. Either way, he ignored it and rushed into the park and looked around. Takashi wasn't hard to miss, with her dark red hair and sharp green eyes, she was ridiculously easy to pick out in a crowd. Ryu had often teased her about her hair color and suggested she dye it black to better blend in with the crowd. She'd nailed him in the chest more than a few times for that.

His chest was growing tighter as he searched around the park where she would have been sitting. Still no Takashi. He twisted around a full circle and felt his heart sink as he realized she wasn't anywhere near there. Putting his palm against his forehead he sighed heavily, "Damn..." He went back to the parking lot and took a look down the street where they'd come from. They'd gotten quite a lead on the Fallen, but he was sure that with her strength it wouldn't be much longer before she caught up with them.

"We don't have a lot of time..." Ryu turned back around and ran his fingers through his hair as he tried to think on what to do. His gaze landed on the lush green trees. With a wry grin he turned to his two wards, "Alright. Lets go on a hiking trip shall we? Whats the worst that could happen? They find us in the trees and I have to whip out some serious skills, hu?" Ryu chuckled at his own joke, not really caring if the other two found it funny or not. Then he started towards the trees and entered the forest.

Takashi Inevera

She followed Kai closely, matching his pace easily. He seemed to be looking out for her rather than just bounding right on ahead like it seemed he really wanted to do. Takashi was interested in what he wanted to show her, unable to keep down her curiosity though she kept it from her face and appeared bored on the outside. She shook her head as he continued to chatter on to her even though she hadn't said a single word. He reminded her very much like Ryu, the young Guardian who always was talking no matter what. Rarely had she ever seen Ryu silent, that was mostly when he was sparring or actually concentrating on something.

Without realizing it, Takashi had followed Kai right up to the bottom of a rocky hill and he'd snatched her hand while she hadn't been paying attention. Pulling her up steadily, she was moved faster than they'd been going before hand. Probably because he was super excited now, judging by his tone and the look on his face as they ascended. They topped the hill and Takashi thought that her heart had stopped, or that air was being restricted from her lungs. Her eyes widened without permission and her mouth dropped open in a small 'o' of awe and surprise. It was beautiful, the pool of water with a waterfall dropping right into it. The trees surrounding the area had a kind of aura to them that made the place even more peaceful.

Takashi had been too distracted with the gorgeous scenery that she hadn't noticed Kai going down the hill to the other side. Nor had she heard his question and so didn't answer him. After a moment she brought herself out of her revere and looked around before she spotted him bobbing and weaving through the underbrush and rocks. With a soft sigh and an irritated mental note to herself about keeping an eye on him at all times, Takashi started down the hill after him, going quickly. She nimbly made her way through the dense vegetation, bouncing from rock to rock and almost enjoying the downward climb until she was right next to him. Forgetting herself, she looked over to him, grinned and shot forward, using her nimble body to jump from rock to rock.

Takashi rushed down the hill, jumping over fallen logs, using the rocks as her personal stepping stones and launching pads as well as some trees to get over larger obstacle. Looking behind her she waited to see if Kai had taken up on her challenge for racing him down the hill before continuing onward.