Hibiki Fuuma's Story

Hibiki was sitting on the couch in their apartment putting off the inevitable. *sigh* "Ok Kiego, if we're going to be partners you need to work on using my weapon form. You also need to learn how to fight on your own. I am a shuriken so the chances that we will be separated during battle are there. There's a forest on the other side of the DWMA a lot of students go there to practice resonance and stuff like that." He stood and walked over to the door opening it. "I don't usually work well with others but Lord Death and Maka said that our soul wavelengths are compatible. So I'm willing to try." With that Hibiki walked out of the room leaving the door open behind him.

He walked through Death City past the DWMA and into the forest. He could hear Kiego following himso he stopped in the first clearing he came to. "Alright let's go." With that Hibiki transformed in a burst of white into a four foot shuriken. 'Alright just work on throwing me for now we'll work on my collapsed form later.' With that their first practice as partners began.

Kiego

"Ok Kiego, if we're going to be partners you need to work on using my weapon form. You also need to learn how to fight on your own. I am a shuriken so the chances that we will be separated during battle are there. There's a forest on the other side of the DWMA a lot of students go there to practice resonance and stuff like that." He stood and walked over to the door opening it. "I don't usually work well with others but Lord Death and Maka said that our soul wavelengths are compatible. So I'm willing to try."
wow right down to the point. “well of course I can fight doofus. I’m just not the best out there. Wait there’s a forest on the side of DWMA!” perking up Kiego jumped up and followed his weapon to the forest. As usual there was little talk between the two but that was fine. Kiego knew somewhat not to push things with Hibiki.

They reached a clearing along with Hibiki’s voice breaking the silence. "Alright let's go." With that Hibiki transformed in a burst of white into a four foot shuriken. Kiego managed to catch him but a bit clumsily. Blood rushed to Kiegos face and he chuckled nervously. 'Alright just work on throwing me for now we'll work on my collapsed form later.' “really that’s it? Wow I’ve never held such a sharp weapon before I usually just use my bare fists. But I’ll give it a try at least I have a good arm”

So with that the two started their first practice together. The first thing Kiego did was set up a few posts to use as targets. At first it was a bit difficult to throw Hibiki as he wasn’t used to throwing a shuriken. After a while Kiego finally got the hang of it ”hmm must come with being a quick learner huh Hibiki?” Kiego focused his attention on throwing Hibiki focusing on a certain spot and making sure he hit it. And it worked pretty well after an hour or two of just throwing Hibiki, Kiego was sweating buckets and he collapsed to the floor on his back.

“whew. Okay Hibiki I think that’s good for the moment. Wow that was actually fun. Let’s say we go get ourselves a bit to eat and afterwards we can work on moving targets. or would you rather just laze about for the rest of the day?”Kiego looked down at his hand which still held Hibiki in his grasp and grinned like a fool.

“Whew. Okay Hibiki I think that’s good for the moment. Wow that was actually fun. Let’s say we go get ourselves a bit to eat and afterwards we can work on moving targets. or would you rather just laze about for the rest of the day?”

After a slight pause there was a brief flash of light and Hibiki stood at his full height above Kiego stretching. "Food sounds good but we still have a lot of work to do." Hibiki reached down and helped Kiego to his feet. " As they waked to the diner Hibiki's thoughts were slightly disturbed. 'This is the first time anyone has been able to use my weapon form this well and he just started today... Maybe Lord Death and Maka were right... maybe this can work. But being able to use me and being able to resonate are completely different...' Hibiki pressed his thumb and forefinger against the bridge of his nose trying to clear his head. 'I need to take this one step at a time. He isn't like the others.' Hibiki lowered his hand slowly his mind calming. "Kiego... You did really well during the practice... Better than any of my previous partners have done. I don't know if this means it will work but as long as you keep trying we should get along fine." With that Hibiki fell silent until they arrived at the diner where he took his normal spot in the back corner where he can watch everyone coming in and leaving.

After a few minutes the waitress came and took their orders. Once their food arrived Hibiki ate his without much conversation only answering any questions Kiego would ask usually in a few short words. Once the pair was done eating they returned to the forest for more training. This time Hibiki led Kiego to a deeper clearing where he'd already set up targets in a staggered pattern. "Alright Kiego... When I'm in my shuriken form I have a homing ability. It isn't perfect but I can use it to dodge most obstacles as long as you stay focused on the target you want to hit. If you loose focus I won't be able to change my path to reach the target so focus is the main thing. For practice this time the targets are hostages. Civilians that have been captured and are not to be harmed. We have to take out the targets in the back to ensure the safety of the others." Another flash enveloped Hibiki as he returned to his weapon form falling into Kiego's hand. "Let's do this then." The first time Kiego threw Hibiki a pine cone flew out of one of the near trees hitting Kiego in the head and Hibiki thudded solidly into one of the front targets. Another flash of light and Hibiki stood and walked over to Kiego. "You lost your focus. Do you think that if we're under attack the enemy is just going to leave you alone once I've been thrown? I set up traps to go off every time I'm thrown so you have to be ready to fend off the trap and keep your focus. Let's try again." And so the practice continued every time Hibiki was thrown Kiego was attacked from some direction.

Kiego

They reached a clearing, this one being deeper into the forest than the last, but also this set up had targets.

"Alright Kiego... When I'm in my shuriken form I have a homing ability. It isn't perfect but I can use it to dodge most obstacles as long as you stay focused on the target you want to hit. If you lose focus I won't be able to change my path to reach the target so focus is the main thing. For practice this time the targets are hostages. Civilians that have been captured and are not to be harmed. We have to take out the targets in the back to ensure the safety of the others." aww that’s kinda cute, hehe ill get to save the day for once

Another flash enveloped Hibiki as he returned to his weapon form falling into Kiego's hand and due to his distracted thinking Kiego nearly dropped HIbiki.

"Let's do this then." The first time he threw Hibiki a pine cone flew out of one of the near trees hitting him in the head and Hibiki thudded solidly into one of the front targets. what the hell!? a bewildered look on his face. Another flash of light and Hibiki stood and walked over to him. "You lost your focus. Do you think that if we're under attack the enemy is just going to leave you alone once I've been thrown? I set up traps to go off every time I'm thrown so you have to be ready to fend off the trap and keep your focus. Let's try again."

Kiego stared at him with a blank look but then grinned. Taking Hibiki into his hands again, Kiego thinking that he knew of the pine cones decided to throw Hibiki but once again he got hit in the head with a pine cone. This lasted for a while until finally Kiego couldn’t take it no more, “DAMMIT! These pine cones are really starting to piss me off!” pouting Kiego threw Hibiki in anger. Which normally would have been a bad thing, however in their case it turned out to be a good thing for as soon as Kiego let go of his partner a pine cone came sailing towards his head. In that instant Kiego dodged it and kept focus on Hibiki who for once managed to get past the first few ‘civilians’ but then hit one of the remaining few. Kiego seeing this whooped with joy but then realized he had just killed his first civilian slumped “oh damn well that was at least better than the other attempts. But I guess not so much for the ‘civilain eh Hibiki?.” Kiego grinned at his weapon as he walked up to him and pulled him out of the target. “So you want to keep going or should we call it a day?” a cat like grin on his face.

Hibiki

There was a flash of white as Hibiki changed out of his weapon form. "Well you did better than I thought you were going to but you need to keep your head getting angry like that during a fight won't do anything but get you hurt." Hibiki smiled softly but quickly replaced it with his usual blank expression. "As for the rest of the day you've made a lot of progress today if we keep drilling we'll be a functional team in no time, but we can relax we've been at this for almost 5 hours and your exhausted. We should go back and relax for the rest of the day." With that Hibiki started walking towards the apartment. He paused at the edge of the clearing. "Are you coming or do I need to launch more pine cones at you?"


Quick Silver

Quick silver watched in silence as the witch battled against the new comer threatening him with some strange fox girl before crossing back to Silver and resting her head on his shoulder. “And concerning my little friend well he isn't really my friend as he hasn't agreed to be mine yet. But that’s up for him to decide, if yes I’ll gladly take him to meet my rather powerful and crazy friend, if no well let’s just say I’m in need of a little vengeance no?” Silver tilted his head slightly as he thought about the question. He looked slowly around the village his eyes pausing over the newcomer. After a few moments he decided on his answer. He turned so he was facing the witch and bowed. "I'd be happy to join you and your friend. I've been looking for something to entertain me for a while now." He smiled the Tonfa in his hands melting into a pair of coiled bracelets that wrapped around his wrists. "After all you seem fun and if your friend is as crazy as your saying he is that should be even more fun!" Silver smiled and stood back up to his full height. "So where are we going?"

Kiego

Kiego couldn’t believe the lecture he was getting from Hibiki. well aren’t you sunny he couldn’t help but smile at the strange way his partner voiced his concern. The fact that he smiled something he hadn’t seen before piqued Kiego’s curiosity but then Hibiki replaced it with the expression he had before. The thought of relaxing brought that smile back to his face but then his thoughts wondered onto what Hibiki did in his spare time.

Then he heard pine cones, "Please no more pine cones. I think I’ve dealt with a lifetime of pine cones being thrown at my head!" glaring at his newfound partner but soon broke into a grin. Kiego jogged over to Hibiki, walking slightly behind him. He stretched and folded his arms behind his head as he walked. A smile of content and closed eyes anyone could tell how happy Kiego was at finally getting things started with their training.

Chamile

Chamile smiled at his answer and noted the fact that his metal tonfas changed form and were now a pair of coiled bracelets. "After all you seem fun and if your friend is as crazy as your saying he is that should be even more fun!" he stood back up and to regain his normal height. "So where are we going?"

“That my dear will be answered in due time.” Chamile liked the way the situation was handling itself but now she needed to focus her attention on Howler. As always he found the upper hand in her attempts to get the better of him. She didn’t like his laugh either and to prove her point the situation once again went back into Howlers favor.

However his price was a bit absurd and strange but she understood why he had taken such a liking to the infamous witch’s research of black blood. Her lips twitched at the ends in what could have been a smile or a frown but to Howler it would seem like a frown seeing as Chamile didn’t quite get what she had wanted. “Fine if that’s your price than so be it, I do believe I know the whereabouts of her notebook but all in due time my dear. But yes I understand how this would play out, didn’t you think I already knew that you big oaf. Remember I’m not just a pretty face so don’t think this is your win as that is where you’re wrong.
As for a deal I can’t refuse that’s where you’re wrong I have every right to refuse but because I have other uses besides your damn strength I’ll simply accept. But my, my Howler it seems you thought all of this through were you really trying to make me say yes.” A smirk implanted itself on her face as she spoke and Chamile was right there were things she knew Howler did not know of or could ever find out. She wasn’t considered one of the strongest and the most dangerous witch for nothing, Chamile was always steps ahead of her opponent, including those who are considered allies.

Turning her back on the both of them Chamile looked over her shoulder at them and grinned a smile one would normally wish not to see and knows have bad intentions behind them. “Now if you would just follow me I think it’s time you met my beloved friend.” And with that Chamile opened a portal and stepped through it not waiting for the two to follow her. Once through she looked over at the throne of bones Sora sat upon, “well I am back and I have brought a few necessities to this plan. And please try not to kill them dear.” Of course anyone could tell she didn’t mean a word she said rather it was just the opposite.

Kiego

Kiego’s day started off quite nicely actually, but then when he and Hibiki received their mission from Lord Death things took a turn for the worst. Sure they’ve gone on a couple other ones and both of them have gotten better, especially Kiego who had initially had trouble with Hibiki’s other forms. But with a lot of practice and pine cones Kiego has gotten a handle on it. Though he couldn’t say he has mastered that style but he can get by.

And right now Kiego wished he was a master of it and not have given a half-assed job of getting better. And so now Kiego was running for his dear life (and Hibiki’s), and it was all because he made one stupid little mistake and had gotten carried away by it. Alas now was the time for action “DAMMIT! WHY WON’T IT JUST DIE!?” no matter how many times Kiego threw Hibiki the damn kishin egg wouldn’t stay dead and just kept running at him with its gnashing teeth.

Just thinking about what could possibly happen if he got caught gave him the chills. Then realizing that running wouldn’t do anybody good and would simply tire him out in the end, Kiego chose to face the kishin egg and hope with all his might that cutting the head would do the trick.

damn this thing is really bugging me. Why the hell wont it just stay down and turn into a soul already when I cut it? the kishin egg simply continued to gnash its teeth at the pair and licked its lips saliva pooling in the ground. “Eww that’s just gross. You know what Hibiki I’ll just do it"

Kiego began to jump about making the kishin egg confused by all the movement he made. After a few moments of that Kiego than dived forwards and jumped right back up once he got right in front of the kishin egg. Just as he had hoped the kishin eggs head and upper torso was torn off from the rest of the body and in a flash of light all that remained of it was a floating red soul. “Yes! Finally we killed the damn kishin egg! How many do we have now? This is the 5th one right?” letting his partner transform back Kiego waited for an answer unaware of what would soon commence.

Hibiki

There was a flash as Hibiki stood stretching. "You now Kiego you can really make a wonderful mess of things when you get the chance." Hibiki chuckled as he reached out to the soul. After looking it over for a few moments he opened his mouth and swallowed the soul breathing out heavily. "I'm really not sure why but each soul I eat tastes better than the last one." Hibiki stretched to his full height and offered a small smile to Kiego. "You did pretty well. Even with all of your floundering around." After another short laugh Hibiki returned to his normal somber self. "We still have a lot of work though 5 souls working with you 5 that I collected on my solo missions still only makes 10 we have a long way to go, but we should start heading back and tell Lord Death that we took care of the kishen egg." As the pair turned to leave they heard a low laugh behind them. "You aren't leaving already are you? We haven't gotten to play yet." This was followed by a fit of laughter that crossed from funny to psychotic. A quick flash of light and Hibiki was resting in Kiego's hand. "I don't think we're done yet Kiego."

Quick Silver

Silver stood in the forest watching the pair fighting. 'They aren't terrible but they don't look like they've been paired very long... To many mistakes.' A smile crept over his face as they finally defeated the creature and as they turned to leave he spoke up. "You aren't leaving already are you? We haven't gotten to play yet." He stayed in his hiding spot and watched as the taller boy returned to his weapon form. Stepping slowly out of the shadows Silver addressed the pair. As he stepped out he lifted his hands into the air. "Now this isn't even fair I don't have a weapon. What do you expect me to do? You didn't even give me a chance to introduce myself." Another fit of laughter over came Silver as the boy stood there not sure what he should do. After finally calming down he was able to talk again. "Though this is a really dangerous world. It'd be terrible if a pair of young academy students like yourselves came across a witch... That'd be just terrible." Silver's eyes flashed a bright red as his tonfa formed in his hands. "Terrible indeed... Luckily as you can tell I'm not a witch." Silver laughed as he disappeared from sight releasing his soul protect as he did sending his voice echoing through the forest all around the pair. "This is going to be fun" The histrical laughter returned echoing through the trees as Silver appeared behind the student kicking him squarely in the back sending him flying into a tree. "Don't you agree?" Silver started laughing as he closed in to the pair spinning the tonfa in front of him.

Kiego

He gave his partner a cheeky smile in response to his comment; laughing with Hibiki who once again turned somber once more. Right as they were leaving things took a turn for the worst and it all started with a simply inquiry of creepy guy who came from the shadows.

"You aren't leaving already are you? We haven't gotten to play yet." This was followed by a fit of laughter that crossed from funny to psychotic. A quick flash of light and Hibiki was resting in Kiego's hand. "I don't think we're done yet Kiego."

“No kidding, dammit why won’t you people just let me relax for once.” the man continued to speak but Kiego simply focused on what he was doing as well as preparing himself for what was to come. "Terrible indeed... Luckily as you can tell I'm not a witch." this once followed by more fits of laughter but this time he disappeared from view only to come up behind him, kicking him squarely in the back. "Don't you agree?"

Kiego shakily got up brushing himself down and glared at the man, “no I don’t but it sure will feel good when I kick your ass-” Kiego finally realized the pressure he felt coming from this guy. “No way what the hell are you? Your soul it’s huge but you’re not a witch. But who cares I’ll still kick your ass or die trying.” he regained his composure and threw Hibiki focusing on the man before who was neither a witch but most definitely not a human. so who and what are you if not a witch if the man dodged the attack and came at him Kiego would simply get out of his way and use Hibiki in close combat if he could.

Hibiki

As Kiego launched him at their newly found enemy a strange feeling coursed through Hibiki something he hadn't felt in a very long time. Fear coursed through his soul as he launched toward this maniac of a person. "Kiego... we have to be really careful here this guy... I just don't know. I don't think we can beat him. This is a game for him he isn't focused at all. Just look at how he's standing!" The man was standing looking around the clearing not even paying attention as Hibiki flew towards him just smiling and laughing the entire time. Hibiki continued on his path heading straight towards the man. Right before contacting with the man's chest something solid stopped Hibiki in his path sending him launching into the air. "You are going to have to try harder if this is going to be any fun." The man started laughing doubling over holding his stomach. Hibiki flew back to Kiego resting in his hand. "We need to get out of here Kiego this guy is way out of our league he blocked a straight shot like it was nothing." Hibiki's panic continued to grow as the man started walking slowly towards them swinging his weapons slowly in a circle in front of himself still laughing and smiling like crazy. "We have to attack and make an opening so we can escape. Lord Death needs to hear about this guy."

Silver

The pair had become boring as they recovered so Silver lost interest looking around the clearing chuckling to himself following the birds flying between the trees. 'I wonder if these students will do anything fun... It's been so long since I've had to actually fight someone... That Chamile lady... maybe I can fight her she's fun always changing never looking exactly the same.' Silver flicked his wrist blocking the shuriken that had been flying towards him with one of his tonfa. "You are going to have to try harder if this is going to be any fun!" Silver started laughing at his comment loosing control and doubling over in his fit. After a few moments he recovered tears in the corners of his eyes. "Let's see what you guys can really do no holding back." Silver taunted them as he closed in slowly spinning his tonfa in front of him slowly laughing as he crept ever closer to the pair. Once he was 10 feet from the pair he slammed the tonfa together warping the metal into a chain whip. Twirling it over his head he launched it toward the meister catching his wrist in the chain. With a slight burst of power he made the end of the chain into a cuff capturing his arm. "Ohh this should be wonderfully fun." Silver jumped into the air flipping over the pair pulling on the chain as he went sending the meister's fist into his face. With another push of power he released the meister's hand the chain wrapping around his waist like a belt. Silver actually fell to the ground laughing at this. "Stop hitting yourself! Your supposed to be fighting me." Silver stood back up wiping the tears from his eyes before noticing the change in the pair. "Alright then? No more games?" A devilish smile came across Silver's face as the meister squared up against him. "Good, let's have some fun."

Kiego

This guy was really irritating Kiego but more so after he made him punch himself. The guy was laughing at this but stopped after a few moments of laughter becoming serious once more. At this Kiego readied himself for whatever was to come and he would give his all to keep both him and his weapon alive.

Hibikis words of warning still stuck in his mind and he knew Hibiki was right; they don’t stand a chance against this guy. He then had Hibiki change his form for close combat and ran towards the guy jumping over his head. Kiego landed right behind him and swung his arm while holding Hibiki. They hit something but it ripped away easily so Kiego assumed it was mostly the guys cloak than actual flesh. damn! Hibiki should we try that soul resonance it seems like it’s our only option in this fight. Kiego rolled out of the way just in time when Silver lashed out with one of his tonfas.

Kiego gulped imagining what might have happened had he not rolled away in time. probably would have died he attacked a few more times but always made sure he was out of range of those tonfas. But then again this guy seems to be able to manipulate them at will, remembering the chain the guy created from the metal of the tonfas.

Quick Silver

Silver continued to smile though he kept his laughter in check so he could focus better. "This is much more fun your actually seem to be trying now." Silver widened his smile as the meister dodged attack after attack while constantly pressing their attack forward. Silver smiled as he set into feint swinging one of his tonfa so that it could easily be blocked and countering with the other dragging the smaller blade up along the meister's arm after which Silver jumped back giving some space between them. "We never did get around to introducing ourselves did we? Well allow me to go first. I am known as Quick Silver the Metal Sorcerer." Silver bowed to the pair smiling. "Now who are you?"

Hibiki Fuuma

Hibiki's initial panic began to recede as the fight continued Kiego was being very careful as he fought the man. After a few exchanges of blows Kiego fell for a feint causing him go get a thin cut along his arm before the man jumped back and started speaking to them. "We never did get around to introducing ourselves did we? Well allow me to go first. I am known as Quick Silver the Metal Sorcerer. Now who are you?" Then man bowed as he finished his question. '" think your right Kiego we're going to have to try for resonance we can use it to attack then quickly escape through the shadows. Hopefully he won't be able to track us through it. In the mean time tell him something while we get ready to go into resonance."

Kiego

He looked at Quick Silver out of the corner of his eye but didn’t think introducing himself would be much of a problem. "Well I'm Kiego Forstein a 1 star meister of Death Weapons and Meisters Academy. And this person right here is my partner Hibiki Fuuma. Now enough with introductions and back to business." his expression was all serious along with his weapons.

All the while he had begun to lay out preparations for soul resonances, if they weren’t careful Silver would have figured out what they were up to and killed them. right here goes nothing he crouched down in a defensive position but his arm was in front of him as if ready to throw Hibiki at any moment. "Soul Resonance!" Kiego yelled but was feeling embarrassed for doing so but the reason out-weight his pride. It them a moment but too long since Silver simply watched them knowing he would win the fight no matter what Kiego did.

And finally their souls were one, Hibiki had changed to a pair of hand claws more suited for close quarter combat than he had before. Kiego liked the feeling and jumped right into a shadow to appear behind Silver. I know this wasn’t the plan but I at least need to leave something for him to remember me by. he lashed out with both claws and this time only one of them landed a solid blow while the other simply ripped through fabric when Silver got out of the way.

Kiego also got out of the way and dove into a shadow. he later appeared some distance away from the sorcerer but if the guy was that good then he would simply have to follow their wavelength.

Quick Silver

Silver was slightly shocked by the pair's change. Not only were they able to jump through the shadows but they were able to strike him. Not that it did much damage just a scratch along his side that would heal in a few seconds but they still hit him. He looked to find them from the shadow they jumped into. He turned and saw the meister running through the shadows a ways away. "Don't think you can get away that easily!" Silver went chasing after them coursing power into his legs after a few seconds he had caught up to them. "Come on now this was supposed to be fun you can't leave after one hit! I mean come on you barley even hit me!" With that Silver launched himself into the air and landed in front of the pair. "We aren't done until I've said were done." Silver looked up the smile widening on his face as he charged towards the pair blocking the defensive slash with his right tonfa as he brought his left hand up dragging the blade of the tonfa across Kiego's chest. Silver stood his ground and began exchanging blows with him not trying to harm just learning and having fun. Silver started to laugh a low slow laugh more unnerving than anything. "Your going to have to try harder than that One Star Meister Kiego Forstein." Silver continued to bait the battle trying to learn everything he could about their fighting style so his report wouldn't fall below 'His' expectations.

Hibiki Fuuma

"Great job Kiego we got the resonance off and you hit him now let's go!" Hibiki encouraged his partner as they lept through shadow after shadow trying to distance themselves from Quick Silver. "Don't think you can get away that easily!" Their running had been in vane as the sorcerer appeared once again in front of them blocking off their escape. He blocked Kiego's strike and was able to land a blow across his chest. Luckily as far as Hibiki could tell it was a light blow that wouldn't hinder Kiego's movement to much. After that Kiego and Silver started standing off against each other. Kiego was able to block each of of the sorcerer's attacks but didn't have much of a chance to counter attack. "Your going to have to try harder than that One Star Meister Kiego Forstein." "Kiego don't fall for his taunting we need to stick to our plan fight until we have a chance to escape. For some reason I don't think he wants to kill us. If he did he'd have done it already..." Hibiki fell silent focusing on sustaining the resonance making sure not to let it fade during the fight.

Kiego

Kiego gladly took the praise but it was mainly in vain as Silver caught up to them in an instant. what the hell is up with this guy!? The man blocked their escape route and so Kiego made an attempt to get him out of their way only for it to be blocked. Silver then cut him across the chest, thankfully it wasn’t very deep more like a scratch but it hurt a lot.

It eventually turned into a standoff each one but it was one sided really. All Kiego could do was block he hadn’t much time nor could he find an opening to counterattack. Dammit this is starting to irritate me!Kiego listened to his weapon as he came to the same conclusion Kiego did not too long ago; if this guy wanted them dead they would already be but they weren’t.

why is that? It’s like he’s assessing our strength. that little thought nearly cost him his life, barely able to duck under the blow that would have surely decapitated him had he not paid attention right then and there. alright we really need to get out of here, I say I just go for it. He won’t be expecting me to suddenly come at him since it’s more or less a suicide mission. even if HIbiki didn’t agree with it Kiego would follow through with his crazy plan and hopefully it would work.

Hibiki

Hibiki listened to his partner's plan about rushing the man and though he hated it he had to agree. "Yeah Kiego I think that's our best bet rush him get him off his guard and then run. As fast as we can through the shadows don't stop just keep running from shadow to shadow until we can't hold the resonance any more." Hibiki fell silent focusing on the resonance raising the lever higher than he ever had before focusing completely on the merging of their souls. Kiego began to move faster and faster as the resonance level increased higher and higher. Succeeding in his charging attack on the sorcerer and fleeing into the shadows they fled until they were safely back in Death City.

Quick Sliver

Silver was testing them only pushing as far as they could handle backing off if he was trying to hard. It wasn't much of a battle but he could feel the frustration building in the young meister. 'Hmm he must have realized that I'm not trying to kill them, and apparently he isn't very fond of the notion.' Silver chuckled as he blocked a particularly harsh blow from the young meister. "Oh come now One Star Meister Kiego. Surely you can do better than that." Silver continued to taunt him enjoying himself so much that he didn't notice the growing power coming from the pair. Suddenly the meister lunged between his blades striking him hard in the chest. Silver gasped as he felt a rib crack from the impact. "You insufferable ass that's going to take at least 5 minutes to heal!" Silver turned to strike the pair down forgetting his mission but his blade sliced through the tree the pair had been standing in front of only moments before. He cursed at himself and cried out to the pair. "The game is over for now enjoy yourselves, and train hard! You'll need to be much stronger if you want to stop 'HIM'! In comparison I'm nothing! He will kill you with just a glance! So enjoy what you have left of your miserable lives!" Silver sank to his knees laughing not bothering to chase the pair. After a few minutes his laughter subsided and his rib healed he opened a portal to return to 'HIM'.

Kiego

In Kiegos opinion the fight had gone terrible. But he was thankful to still be alive mainly thanks to his partner Hibiki who kept up their resonance. Once he had gotten his bearing he turned to Hibiki and clapped him on the shoulder and without a word headed towards the school to have a little chat with Lord Death.

Knocking on the door that soon opened the two passed by the guillotine archways that lead to Lord Deaths office. If you could call it that, it was a good thing he was there today since Kiego didn’t feel like having to come later to talk with him. Hell he didn’t even bother going to the infirmary just yet. Upon seeing them Lord Death bounced about saying his greetings in his usually upbeat manner.

"So what can I do for you boys? Oh Kiego you don’t looks so good maybe you should go to the nurse!?" tilting his head to the side a bit. "Because i have- no we have something important to tell you Lord Death. Today on our mission we got attacked by a man. But he wasn’t some random guy at all he was able to use magic I think. I thought only Witches could use magic. Was everything you taught us a lie!?"

"Oh dear! Oh my! You’ve got it all wrong! The reason I haven’t said anything is that male witches are very rare. So rare that well we just don’t hear about them very much and normally the witches themselves deal with them by killing them in their infancy.. But yes there are men who can use magic similar to a witch. Their called sorcerers and can be just as powerful as any other witch. But why would a he have attacked you in the first place? Did you perhaps do something to anger him?"

"No all we did was get the kishin egg when he suddenly came out of nowhere. We got into a fight but the thing is he wasn’t even fighting seriously. He was only playing with us as if he was testing our strength or something!" Kiego's voice began to rise a bit due to him becoming rather worried.

(I'll leave the rest of their conversation to Venom. Sorry bout the crappiness of the post:p)

As Kiego's voice grew louder Hibiki rested a hand on his partner's shoulder and looked at him. "Take a break Kiego I'll finish the report." He offered a small smile to his partner helping him to calm down.

Lord Death bounced back into a standing position. "It sounds like the two of you had quite an adventure. Why don't we talk more about it after we get some tea?"" Hibiki nodded and the pair of them followed Lord Death to the table that sat in the middle of the Death Room and took a seat across from Lord Death.

Lord Death poured out the tea and took his seat. "Alright now about your encounter with the sorcerer. Tell me everything."

Hibiki took a drink of his tea. "Well sir, it started off like any normal mission. We hunted down the Kishen egg and after a short fight we defeated it and collected the soul. Once we finished up we prepared to start heading back to the DWMA, but before we could get out of the clearing we heard a menacing laugh. We tried to rush out but then he spoke. He said something like. 'Your not leaving already? We haven't even gotten to play yet.' He then walked out of the shadows and stood on the other side of the clearing from us." Hibiki paused in his story and took another drink of tea.

"Once we were able to see him he started laughing almost to the point he fell over. I transformed and he complained about it being unfair because he wasn't armed. He then disappeared and showed up behind Kiego and kicked him into a tree. When we stood up he was holding dual tonfa and darted in beginning the fight, but from the beginning something was off. With his power he could have killed us almost instantly. He never even tried. The entire time it was a game for him. He jumped back shortly after we'd started the fight and demanded introductions. Hes name is Quick Silver. He's known as the metal sorcerer." Hibiki sat back taking a deep breath.

Lord Death scratched his head and leaned forward. "So you don't think he was there to stop you then?"

Hibiki shook his head. "No, sir. He could have if he wanted to but the most damage he did was a scratch across Kiego's chest. Even when we tried to break away he would jump in closer or chase us down. The only reason we were able to get away was because Kiego rushed him and broke one of his ribs so we could escape through the shadows and make our way back to Death City. But as we ran he yelled at us. "The game is over for now enjoy yourselves, and train hard! You'll need to be much stronger if you want to stop 'HIM'! In comparison I'm nothing! He will kill you with just a glance! So enjoy what you have left of your miserable lives!" I don't know sir, I think there's something bigger than just getting attacked by the sorcerer. I think he was on some sort of scouting mission." Hibiki took another breath. "Sir, I don't know what to do. I think we're in trouble.

Lord Death sat back up and laughed. "Don't worry as long as your in Death City and students at my academy you'll be fine. Nothing can get into the city without my knowing." There was a slight pause before he spoke again. "So how is your partnership working? Not having any trouble are you?"

Hibiki looked shocked at the sudden change in topic. "Everything's fine sir. Not only can Kiego use my weapon form better than any partner I'd had before we can also reach resonance. We had to when we were fighting the sorcerer."

As he pressed his hands together. "Good Good! With your rising success the two of you have avoided a Reaper Chop! I need to give little Maka more credit she was right you too are perfect partners for each other. Now if your report is finished why don't the pair of you go check in with the nurse so she can look you over and make sure there isn't going to be any lasting affects from your battle."

The pair stood and bowed. "Thank you Lord Death."

Kiego

He didnt really feel like going to the nurse but knowing Lord Death he might end up getting a Reaper Chop if he didnt. As they left Lord Deaths room they passed by another Miester/Weapon pair who looked just as beat up as they did and they looked like they were in a hurry.

"Hey you two didnt happen to be attacked by some weird guy who uses tonfas did you?" Although they were pretty much complete strangers despite the fact that they were probably in the same class as he and Hibiki, Kiego just couldnt help but know.

Chamile

Her fight was pretty damn fun at least for her that is. The dWMA students had gotten frusterated when she showed them her magic. Chamile had managed to seperate the two and nearly succeded in poising as the weapon.

It failed in the end when he tried to get her to change into "her" weapon form. By then the kid was smart enough to make some distance between the two and search for his partner. While he had done that Chamile had chased him, mocked both of them and tried to almost kill them a few times. In the end she let them get away since unlike Quick Silver she had no real desire to kill them. This was only a test run to see how things would happen.

Grinning a savage smile Chamile walked forwards opening a portal as she did so and was gone. Chamile then stepped intothe presence of the Kishin and Quick Silver. "So where that big oaf? He's still hasnt been able to deal with those two students?" she snorted but knew Howler could take care of himself.

Taisha

"Hey you two didn't happen to be attacked by some weird guy who uses tonfas did you?"

Taisha wasn't really in the mood for chit chat when she heard a male voice address her and her partner but nonetheless, felt obliged to respond with something. She turned her head in the boy's direction to find herself faced with one of her classmates. What was his name again.. Kissy? Kinky? Keester? Klepto? Shaking her head and deciding the name of this particular brown-haired male was irrelevant, she responded in a tired manner.

"No, we were attacked by a naked-looking witch.. of whom you males would have probably preferred... hm?"

The corner of her lips twitched upwards to form a slight smirk as she observed the two male partners, the other boy being a mysterious blonde whose red bandanna made his eyes hard to see. She wondered how they would react to her comment before nudging her elbow against her partner's stomach whom was standing behind her.

"We would have won too if not for this idiot."

Taisha released a sigh before boldly pointing at the first boy to talk to her with her right hand's index finger. It looked like she was about to place the blame on him next but she had other things to say.

"Besides, it's rude to talk to someone without first giving your name. If you don't tell me now and introduce yourself properly you will be known to me as Kinky until further notice."

Her hand moved upward and in a sudden motion was brought back down again to point at the so-called Kinky's partner.

"And you.. you're so quiet I almost thought you weren't even here but you're sort of cute like that so..."

She said without hesitation and as straight forward as ever. She stopped pointing to adjust the sleeve of her arm before holding her hand out to offer a handshake to him.

"I'm Taisha. Shake it."

The stubborn girl seemed to be demanding the gesture as her eyes became serious, cold and automatically daring. Her hand continued to be outstretched and solid, not even for a bit wavering as it revealed her strong level of confidence.

Kiego

"No, we were attacked by a naked-looking witch.. of whom you males would have probably preferred... hm?"

"We would have won too if not for this idiot."

The girl had a smart mouth to her and already he was getting irritated by her attitude towards him.

"Okay first I'm not that kind of guy whos into erotic stuff. Which means there was more than one witch. And give the guy some slack Missy-"

She then pointed her index finger at him. Which surprised him then it began to irk him. What the hell is up with this chick?

"Besides, it's rude to talk to someone without first giving your name. If you don't tell me now and introduce yourself properly you will be known to me as Kinky until further notice."

Kiego was now not only annoyed but he really wanted to choke this girl. "K-Kinky! How the hell did you get that as a name!!" She didnt answer him but instead pointed her finger at Hibiki in a similar dramatic way. Kiego was expecting a similar smartass remark towards Hibiki but her next choice of words truly broke his heart.

"And you.. you're so quiet I almost thought you weren't even here but you're sort of cute like that so..."

Cute! And I'm frikin Kinky! What the hell! he grinded his teeth trying to bite back a nasty reply to all her remarks. He glanced over his shoulder and glared at Hibiki hopefully he would get the memo. If not they were going to have to have a serious lesson on understanding each other.

She stopped pointing at them to adjust her sleeve. Kiego watched her cautiouy expecting some kind of torture this girl so easily brought for butit was unexpected to find she actually did have some manners. She held out her arm for him to shake it and he did.

"I'm Taisha. Shake it."

Still somewhat cautious, Kiego returned the shake. "I'm Kiego and this is my partner Hibiki" gesturing over to his friend.

Hibiki begrudgingly followed Kiego out of the Death room. Well the report went about as well as I could have hoped and Lord Death seems to be happy with our progress so we're not in trouble there... still I feel like Lord Death was hiding something... It bothers me that he won't tell us what's going on I know he knows more than he's told us.' By the time Hibiki started paying attention again Kiego had stumbled into another meister/weapon pair who'd apparently stumbled upon a witch during their mission. He began to pay closer attention.

"No, we were attacked by a naked-looking witch.. of whom you males would have probably preferred... hm? We would have won too if not for this idiot."

Hibiki kept quiet not really caring about the comments the girl had only wanting to learn about their fight with the witches. 'Not the kindest of speakers... Though she is very direct in her thinking and doesn't beat around the bush. I rather respect that.'

Kiego of course went ahead and opened his mouth falling for her bait as he attempted to defend himself. "Okay first I'm not that kind of guy who's into erotic stuff. Which means there was more than one witch. And give the guy some slack Missy-"

Not to disappoint the girl had quite the rebuttal. "Besides, it's rude to talk to someone without first giving your name. If you don't tell me now and introduce yourself properly you will be known to me as Kinky until further notice." At this Hibiki had to exert quite a bit of self control to stop himself from laughing at his meister's expense.

He was so distracted that he didn't hear Kiego's response to the girl but was brought back to reality as he watched the girl's finger fall this time onto him. 'This will be interesting. I wonder what she has to say about my performance.'

"And you.. you're so quiet I almost thought you weren't even here but you're sort of cute like that so..."

A slight blush appeared on Hibiki's cheeks, but still he said nothing preferring to let Kiego take care of the talking. 'Cute? No one's ever called me cute before. Granted no one's ever noticed me before... What does it mean that I'm cute? Should I tell her that she's cute or would that be stupid. GAH people are hard enough when they ignore me now I've been complimented I can't even think of anything to say and there's no way I could actually talk to her she's way to pretty to talk to someone like me.' Hibiki was lost in his own world with a new question that he'd never thought about before. He went on thinking in his head. He fell back into reality as he heard his name mentioned by Kiego who was shaking the girl's hand. 'Damn it I was so engrossed in my thought I didn't catch her name. I'll just ask Kiego when we get home.'

Before long their discussion concluded and Kiego was off to the nurse. Once they were alone Hibiki spoke up. "Hey Kiego... I'm going to go train for a while. I've got some stuff to think about and it'll help clear my head. I'll catch up with you back at the house." Hibiki turned and left after his brief goodbye to Kiego and headed into the forest clearing where he had his solo training set up. 'No matter how well Kiego and I are working together I still need to be able to fight on my own...' Hibiki started his normal training routine working his strikes and blocks before taking to the trees jumping from branch to branch like he always had. He came to one of the easiest jumps and allowed himself to relax for a minute. Then he saw her. The girl from earlier just flashed into his mind. His foot slipped on the branch and he fell 10 feet to the ground landing flat on his back knocking the wind out of himself. "FUU---" He laid there on the ground trying to regain his breath and think. 'Why? How? What did she do that she can not only pop into my head but distract me so much that I couldn't even finish one of the easiest battle patterns I do. What is going on?!'



As Silver stepped through his portal he was brought before 'Him' the kishin. 'No matter how many time I see him I'm never going to get used to this aura surrounding him. It's so infuriating! It makes everything else seem boring.'

Shortly after his arrival Furor addressed him. "Ah Silver, so good to see you. How did it go? Oh, PLEASE tell me they were terrified. Angry perhaps? Oh I would just LOVE it if they were mad, angry that you attacked them, mad that they couldn't beat you. It would be perfect."

Silver bowed slightly before speaking. He knew better than upsetting the Kishen. "Kishen Furor, My mission was a complete success. I found and engaged the team of Hibiki Fuuma and Kiego Forstein. They haven't been paired very long their combat skills are to sloppy for them to have been paired long. The weapon is a shuriken that can collapse into a sword like weapon. They attacked me shortly after I'd arrived. They were sloppy and completely at my mercy for the duration of the fight. They entered their resonance form and the weapon became a pair of hand claws and granted the ability to shift through shadows. They made to flee but I chased them down to get an example of their combat skill in their resonance form. They were capable of more powerful strikes, but they were still unable to gain ground until they maxed their resonance and charged me knocking me off balance momentarily. I'd decided I'd learned enough and let them flee after inflicting only minor wounds to the meister." Just as he finished his story Chamile appeared through a portal and greeted the pair.

Taisha

Hibiki was laying on the ground waiting to get his breath back when he heard someone approaching. 'Great that's all I need someone showing up to talk to me now. Why cant I just get some rest and think alone for a while?' Hibiki decided not to move hoping the person would wander past the clearing and leave him alone. His hopes were to no avail as he heard someone speak.

"Oh it's you.. the quiet one."

'Her? It just has to be her? Thanks world your fantastic not like I came here to think or anything.'

She then continued speaking each phrase emphasized by a slight kick to his side. "You are.. In my... Spot. Taisha's exclusive spot for Taisha and Taisha alone. Good bye."

Hibiki groaned slightly as he sat up his bandanna falling to the ground as he lifted himself revealing his milky white eyes to Taisha. He quickly swooped down and picked up the bandanna tying it back over his eyes. "So Taisha... that's your name. I didn't catch it in the hallway." He walked over to a tree as a blush showed up on his cheeks as he leaned on the tree and looked at Taisha. 'She's cute... not really cute. More beautiful I just don't know how to say it...' He furrowed his brow slightly and looked at her. "Umm when we met in the hallway earlier... you'd said that I was cute.... I just wanted to tell you that I think your really cute as well." He fell silent for a minute before he spoke again. "I'm sorry. I'm stupid. You can forget I'd said anything. You can have your spot back I'll leave."

Kiego

Kiego chuckled saying his goodbyes to Hibiki, he had never seen Hibki blush before and it was funny. Thinking back to how Taisha had treated him he growled raking his hand through his hair trying to keep from punching the walls around him. “ God Dammit! What the hell is up with that chick!?” realizing he had gotten worked up over her comment Kiego slouched a bit depressed with himself.

Leaning his head against the wall tears of shame going down his cheeks, “to think a girl I only just met could get me this worked up, what’s wrong with me?” Sighing Kiego headed to the nurse sulking a bit. The lucky bastard got a compliment while I was called kinky what the hell! frowning Kiego dragged his feet across the floor and opened the door to the nurses office.

The nurse was pretty cute at least today and it put a smile on his face to see her. Yes at least I get to be treated by the cute nurse so there’s nothing to worry about . . . His skin paled when he realized the pretty nurse was leaving and the new nurse was, well she couldn’t even be called a woman she looked like a gorilla in a nurse outfit. “I spoke to soon. On second thought I’m fine I think I’ll just go home for now.”

Pivoting on his heel Kiego didn’t even make it past the door when a giant ham-sized hand gripped his shoulder and flung him onto one of the beds. What happened after Kiego won’t say all you need to know was Kiego didn’t plan on going back there for a pretty long while least he be treated by the gorilla nurse.

The nurse shoved him out of the room and tears streamed down his face. In the next moment Kiego was on his knees banging his fist against the floor. “Damn you Hibiki damn you, you lucky bastard.” Realizing he was no longer alone in the hallway he looked up to find Taisha’s partner. Jumping up from the floor he quickly composed himself and walked up to the guy. he was Kazuma right?

Walking over to the guy he put his hand on his shoulder, “If you here for the nurse don’t bother trying, it’s every man’s worst nightmare.” he frowned a bit, “Your that guy who was behind Taisha right, are you her partner?”

Howler witnessed the strange scene, actually slightly both disappointed and impressed. Throwing away the weapon, not as a sign of defeat, but inviting an attack. Maybe there’s some potential this child has not revealed. Howler’s curiosity was quite peeked at this. He should be careful, should this be a trap. He began preparing a powerful set of Meelee attacks when a small disturbance called from his mind.

Johannes watched from the mental dimension that almost always housed Howler. He hated everything that was happening. Johannes would never side with those disgusting witches, or that despicable Kishin. Nor would he be fighting against children! Howler had gone too far! Johannes was about to attempt to resurface when Howler, who was a mere mental image, a projection of the real thing, appeared before him. “What have you done?!” Johannes exploded at his alter ego. “What have you brought upon yourself?” Howler continued to look calmly at Johannes. Johannes was pacing back in forth in a fury. “Calm yourself, Johannes. Maybe then you’ll see the point of my actions.” “Point? Point?! The point is, Howler, that you have no honor! No ethics! No morals! You’re dead to me, Howler! Dead to me!” Howler closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “All that I’m doing is for the greater good. Johannes, you must see it.” “ I see you attacking children, siding with witches. This is the very reason we disappeared! The reason we quit attending Mass!” It was true. When Howler left, it wasn’t just because of self purification. He was tired of killing children. Killing the child warriors that Death sent into battle against the witches. He was tired of Johannes grieving over them, as he did with most of the victims, save for a few truly horrid beings. Johannes would never grieve over the Kishin. Howler stood right in front of Johannes. “I’m doing what must be done.” “So you’re hurting children because it must be done?” “Yes.” Johannes let out an insane cackle. “What is this world? Who would want to be in such a place?” Then he looked at Howler. “I’ll destroy you.” That was a very non-Johannes thing to say. The next was even more so. Johannes charged and struck Howler with a magic soul attack. Howler was flung back against the confines of the prison, slammin into the wall and falling to the ground. He rose and charged Johannes, slashing with his swords until he was blown away by portals. “Give up, Howler. My magic beats your swords.” “Johannes, please just listen to me. If we don’t go through with this, everyone is dead! Even Judori!” At that name, Howler was slammed with a portal attack that made him drop his swords. Howler slowly got up. Johannes had gotten more powerful. A lot more. “Johannes…please. If the Kishin learns the true secret of the black blood, all is lost.” “Johannes, now a being of pure magical lightning, stopped upon those words. “Black blood…the notes..” “Yes, the notes.” “That’s why you need Chamile.” “Yes, that’s why.” “That’s why you’ve lowered yourself to killing children.” “Never.” Johannes smiled at that. That was a great thing to hear. He knew Howler can’t lie to him. “Fine. Fine. Do what you must. But you don’t kill unless absolutely necessary by MY standards.” Howler was now standing again. Johannes was the bigger part of the soul now, so he wouldn’t win this. “Agreed, Johannes. I will NOT kill unless you deem it a critical situation.” “Thank you. You know how much I hate killing.” “I do.” “Then go. Finish this.” With that, Johannes slunk back into the recesses of the mind, letting Howler take over again. Howler returned to the battle at hand. That whole scene taking a milli-second to occur. With that, Howler charged

Taisha

Kiego

"Thats what people say.." Kazuma’s eyes might as well have been shedding light of sincerity. "but she isnt that bad. You should get to know her better." With that he went back to his bubbly self. "Anyways, I guess we both dont have our partners, so that means!-" He was suddenly closer to him, the bubbly aura grew larger, consuming Keigo [and the aura seemed to becoming darker ^^]. "We should get to know each other."

Kiego back away his face pale at how quickly Kazuma changed. dammit I thought he was a nice person, hell he’s worse than his partner. This guys the real deal! Kiego grimaced and raised his hands in front of him in a rather defensive manner. “Whoa! Looks like I was wrong about you. And here I wondered why a sane person would pair up with that girl and now I know why! If you want to continue this why not take it outside? Don’t want to upset the nurse now do we?”

Depending on Kazuma’s answer the two would either walk away or go to the nearby practice fields and dish it out between them. Readying himself Kiego raised his fists in a defensive manner; his knee’s bent balancing on the balls of his feet. Although he wasn’t much of a trained fighter he could take care of himself in a fight. And hopefully this was one of those fights.

Hibiki nodded as Taisha threatened him. He quickly walked over and sat down next to her marveling at how quickly she was able to repair the tear in her dress. After a while he couldn't stand the silence any more, but he was still unsure about how to go about talking to her. "Umm... your really good at sewing. Every time I rip something I have to go buy new stuff."

He started playing with a pine cone tossing it up into the air and catching it finding a steady rhythm where he just kind of zoned out and his mind could wander. 'I wonder what Kiego would think about me playing with pine cones... he didn't enjoy it much last time.' He smile as he though how his partner would react to the pine cones and then even wider if he found out about his currently secret crush. Then it hit him. 'She's sitting right next to me and I haven't said anything. She's going to think I'm stupid or something.' He got so distracted that the pine cone fell and hit him square in the face. "Gah!" He quickly sat up rubbing at his face. "Sorry about that I got myself distracted. Umm, you mentioned something about my eyes... What did you want to know. I guess since you've seen I can answer some questions." He grabbed the pine cone off of the ground and threw it across the clearing setting it cleanly into the hollow of a tree. "First thing you should know I'm not blind. It just looks like it. I can see better than most people usually."

Finally calming down he laid back down his breathing slowing back down he got ready to answer any questions Taisha had to ask.

I asked a question didn’t I? Taisha’s mind wandered as she continued sewing. Questions are meant for answering… Her sewing speed was becoming out of control but not because she was determined to get her dress fixed up but instead, out of annoyance. It isn’t HARD to answer –a- question! Her fingers stiffened against her needle as she finished the sewing and all that was left to do was tie the knot. "Umm... your really good at sewing. Every time I rip something I have to go buy new stuff." Finally, her new acquaintance Hibiki had spoken something even if it wasn’t the answer to her question.. which was still somewhat annoying but better than pure not answering.. talking to a wall.. dead silence. “Hmph.. what took you so long? I almost forgot you were even there.” She muttered in a foul mood and still clutching her needle in a manner that looked as if she was considering using it as a weapon of punishment.

Instead though, she released a breath of air and started tying up the final knot to complete her work. “Besides, I can afford new clothes you know! There just isn’t any sufficient stores around here that suit my taste and—“ before she could go on, she caught sight of a pine cone hitting him square in the face. "Gah!" Veins started popping up on the side of her head. "WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME? I WAS TALKING TO YOU!” she had jumped up with her hands on her hips to tower over the distracted boy. "Sorry about that I got myself distracted.” “Yes.. I could very well see that. Geez.” She resoreted to mutters once again before folding her arms and looking away like the angry little girl she was. Umm, you mentioned something about my eyes... What did you want to know. I guess since you've seen I can answer some questions."

Taisha let her anger go for a while which was evident as her body changed status from stiff to relaxed, allowing curious thoughts more room to fill her mind. She watched as the boy picked up the pine cone that had fallen on his face and threw it away, perfectly disappearing inside the hollow of a tree. She had turned her head just to capture the moment as trivial as it would appear at first but with Hibiki, it was a different matter completely because of his eyes. If he was blind, that would be quite an impressive throw.. or just a lucky coincidence. ”First thing you should know I'm not blind. It just looks like it. I can see better than most people usually." Taisha raised an eyebrow before chuckling, the laughing becoming a bit louder with each passing second. “Ha…haha…hahahaha!” Taisha fell forwards next to the boy and continued laughing as her shoes kicked against the ground and her hands became fists also attacking the ground as her laughing fit continued. “Heh…heh…ha…” Her laughing ended as she wore a devilish smirk turning her head towards him, eyes like a hawk. “I am going to take a wild guess that you’re a weapon too because..” She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. “I can do better than that.” Afterwards, she stood up and dusted her dress off. “Well.. I’ve finished what I came for.” She bent down to pick up her sewing kit and tilted her head before closing her eyes and waving. “Tata~” Taisha turned her back on Hibiki with thoughts about her partner. I hope he hasn't landed himself in some sort of trouble without me.

Hibiki chuckled softly. "Better? Really?" He stood and followed Taisha out of the woods. "Well have a good night Taisha I'm gonna go check on Kiego. Hopefully he didn't get into any trouble. We had enough after our bout with that wizard." He laughed smiling wider than he had in a long time and jumped into the lower branches of the trees. He waved good by to Taisha jumping from branch to branch heading back to his apartment. "I'll probably be here tomorrow unless I get stuck on a mission. I'd like to talk to you more." He smiled brightly before disappearing around another tree.

After a few minutes of dodging through the trees he made it back to the apartment where Kiego was waiting. "Hey there Kiego how was your time without me?" Hibiki smirked and sat down on the couch. His normal attitude was completely gone he was smiling and finding it hard not to just keep talking. "I talked to Taisha in the woods in my normal spot. It was fun, but I think I annoy her or something cuz she yelled at me a lot." He smiled again and kicked his feet up on the coffee table.

Kiego

Kiego left Kazuma in the woods as the two barely even started their brawl when a teacher came in to pull them apart. So now he was at he and Hibiki's apartment glowering at the ceiling above him. Kiego stayed this was for the next hour or so but after about half an hour he got up and found himself a tennis ball to throw against the wall to keep him occupied.

It helped in relieving himself of his frustration but not much really. Then Hibiki came home all happily which only annoyed Kiego even more than how he already was. "It was downright terrible!" to answer his partners first question. Kiego was about to ask Hibiki similar one but it seemed his friend beat him to it by answering the unsaid question.

Hearing that Kiego couldn't help but smile in a teasing manner, "Ha so you have a crush on that girl then huh? Damn I met her partner and to be honest with you Hibiki I don't particularly like either of them." Throwing the ball one last time, Kiego threw it pretty hard and surprisingly managed to catch it without too much of a problem. [color=orange] "So any way you gonna ask her out or something?"[/color'] he asked giving HIbiki a smug look. Of course Kiego was expecting his friend to give him a smart reply as he so often did but he mainly hoped to fluster him.

"Ha so you have a crush on that girl then huh? Damn I met her partner and to be honest with you Hibiki I don't particularly like either of them. So any way you gonna ask her out or something?"

Hibiki froze his stupid smiling for a moment surprised by his partner's question. "Ask her out? No I wouldn't even know how to go about doing that plus I'm pretty sure I'm just an annoyance to her she did a lot of yelling..." Hibiki sat thinking for a moment going so far at to remove his feet from the coffee table and actually sit up. "But she is really cute and doesn't beat around the bush when talking it's always direct much more efficient than most people. I'm probably going to go back and talk to her tomorrow if she shows up." He smiled at his partner. "I'm no good with the whole people and talking thing maybe you've got some pointers? You seemed to be getting on well enough with everyone." Hibiki realized how out of character this question really is for him and froze for a minute. "Of course I understand if you're to busy to do something silly like that." He stood up heading for his room secretly hoping that Kiego would agree and have some advice for him.

Kiego

Kiego couldn't help but chuckle at his partners reaction to the question. Who would have thought. The next turn of events made sure it was his turn to be surprised.

Ask her out? No I wouldn't even know how to go about doing that plus I'm pretty sure I'm just an annoyance to her she did a lot of yelling..."

"Hehe wow somehow that doesn't surprise me, at all."

"But she is really cute and doesn't beat around the bush when talking it's always direct much more efficient than most people. I'm probably going to go back and talk to her tomorrow if she shows up." Hibiki then flashed him a smile which was received by a Kiego's own smile. "I'm no good with the whole people and talking thing maybe you've got some pointers? You seemed to be getting on well enough with everyone."

"Yeah I figured as much considering the circumstances of how we first met." Kiego couldn't help but snort and roll his eyes at his friend. However Hibiki's next choice of words filled Kiego with bafflement, he never saw Hibiki's as the kind of guy who would ask for help, let alone on how to talk to a girl. "Wait-What!!"

"Of course I understand if you're to busy to do something silly like that."

Kiego stared at Hibiki's retreating form and was still for a moment. Shaking his head, Kiego jumped up and dashed after his friend and to his room. Although once he got there he did his best to look nonchalant by leaning against Hibiki's doorway. "I can't believe you're actually asking me for help and own such a simple matter." Kiego placed his finger under his chin in a thoughtful manner.

"Okay so it's obvious you like her right? And I'm guessing when you talk to her your at a loss with words and not because she's well her. So what you should do is pretend she's just someone your close with already, someone you can easily relax around and talk to like me for instance. But don't treat like a guy, treat her like a girl I guess. And from what I've heard from her today, I'd say you should be careful of how you treat, like I said don't treat her like a guy but not like some dainty little flower."

With that being said, Kiego left Hibiki's room and headed to his own.

- - - - - - - Next Day, Late Morning - - - - - -

Kiego woke up relatively late. Not that he cared too much but that just meant there would be less time for him to do stuff. Slowly crawling out of bed, Kiego rubbed his head before yawning. Getting up he left his room and walked into the kitchen to get himself something to eat. Opening the fridge he noticed that not only did they not have any milk but they ran out of eggs, "Crap." Looking in the cabinets they were low on bread which resulted in him saying crap a second time.

Finally after finding a box of sweet buns, Kiego sat down at their table and began to eat. Once done he quickly got ready for the day. Noticing Hibiki's wasn't up yet, he walked over to his door and knocked on it hard in hopes of waking him up. "Yo! Hibiki we gotta go grocery shopping, we barely got food in the kitchen. So hurry up and get up so we can go. Maybe you'll even meet Taisha." Sighing, Kiego plopped down on the couch and leaned back waiting for his partner to get up.


OOC:Okay considering we left off the day before the one that is currently going on, we're a day behind. So I'll just have them go to the next day and head on out.

Hibiki groaned hearing his partner yelling through the apartment finally stirring himself from his slumber. Slowly Hibiki rose ready to great the day. His first thought was. 'Bright to bright.' He silently complained as he walked out into their small living room. "Alright fine let's go shopping. I guess we can't really put it off any more can we." He stated more than asked Complaining aside it was a really nice day and Hibiki felt better than he had in a while. Without further ado the pair set out to the market place where silently Hibiki hoped to run into Taisha. Even with all of his happy and hopeful feelings today Hibiki couldn't help being slightly on edge.

Finally they reached the market place and began their ritualistic shopping adventure where Kiego would pick up about everything they needed and Hibiki would wander around picking up candies and such he wanted. He even felt nice enough to pick up a couple sweets for Kiego. The only difference with this trip form his normal trips Hibiki actually talked with people seeming friendly. He didn't mind the odd looks the shopkeepers were giving him as he stayed and chatted. He was enjoying himself so much that he began to relax stopping his normal backward glances.

Kiego

Looking about, Kiego found what he was looking for, a pack of ramen cups, smiling he put it inside his cart. Slowly walking down the aisle Kiego felt like some sort of mother looking to buy groceries for her kid. Yeah and I’m looking right at him. Snorting Keigo glanced over at his partner, who was talking with one of the store employee’s. His gaze went back to searching for the next item of the list of things to get. Suddenly the obvious fact hit him. Back-pedaling to where he last saw Hibiki, Kiego couldn’t help but gawk at his friend. “I can’t believe he’s actually socializing with people.”

Smiling Kiego continued to look for what he needed. Once he had everything Kiego went to the cashier and soon enough was heading out the door. Looking over his shoulder he waved at Hibiki to get him to start heading over so they could leave. Whether or not Hibiki was behind him, Kiego grabbed some of the bags in his hands and left the rest for his partner to carry which wasn’t much.

Muzai

Glancing back and forth between the two, Muzai’s goofy smile began to falter upon seeing Roxies tears. From the look of things the two seemed to have made up. Muzai watched as Roxie walked over to her side, ignoring Leon’s outstretched hand and smiled sheepishly at her fellow red head. As they began to walk out of the alley Muzai slowed down enough to punch Leon on the shoulder. “You better apologize to Roxie later. Or I might just have to drop kick you right then and there.” all happy-go-lucky pretenses were gone. Turning back around, Muzai lengthened her stride to match Roxies.

Digging around in her pocket, Muzai pulled out some lolli-pops and offered one to Roxie while popping one into her mouth. Lacing her fingers behind her head, Muzai skipped forwards so she could be in front of the two facing them. “So what shall we do now? Do you guys still wanna come with me to pick out a card for Arthur?”

Muzai

She didn't notice when Leon mentioned finding a can since she really wasn't paying much attention to him. Muzai was focused on looking around at her surroundings and not so much on the people who were walking with her. That is until she felt a gentle nudge at her side. Muzai focused in on the direction of the nudge and smiled back at Roxie. “Let's go. I'll help you pick a card. Maybe something with cats? Does Arthur like cats?”

The red head had to pause for a moment, rubbing her chin, Muzai began to think hard and long on what sort of card would suit her partner the best. "I don't think he likes cats much. He does like playing games though. Are there cards for people who like games?" Her brow scrunched up a little with her question. Muzai was still walking backwards and since her attention was now focused on the pair before her, she paid little mind to those who were coming up behind her.

Kiego

Kiego was making small talk with Hibiki, even teasing him a bit about how friendly he was with the people at the store. He was walking a bit faster than his partner so he kept looking back when he was talking with him. And it was at one of those moments ,where he looked back, that he crashed right into something. No rather someone. The sudden confrontation between him and said other person surprised Kiego, making him drop one of his bags in the process. While he only dropped a bag, it didn't seem like the other person got off lucky.

They or rather she once he got a better look at her was sitting on her side rubbing her knees. "Owie. I forgot what it was like to fall. Hey were you the one who crashed into me?" she looked up at Kiego with a pout. Kiego stared at the red haired girl for a little to long. Once he realized he was still staring his shoulders came up and he began to blush lightly. "Ah right, sorry about that I wasn't paying attention." he offered her his hand which she took and helped the girl up on her feet.

Having just looked down at her, he realized she was about the same height as him, maybe even taller, if only by a little bit. Gulping he looked over at the redheads companions, "Sorry for bumping into your friend there. Hey you guys looks kinda of familiar, have you guys been around DWMA by any chance?" Kiego motioned towards the group. He knew somewhere in his skull that the redhead with the long hair has been hanging around the school but he never really talked to her nor was he really sure if she was indeed a student.

Leon walked around following the girls with his hands and eyes glued to his phone. It seemed like he was just getting accustomed to it, even though it was a pretty basic device, but with some time, he was able to find out what the numbers meant on his opening screen.
Mom.........

He read the red name next to the triple digit numbers that symbolized missed calls. Pressing one of the buttons on his phone he drew it closer to his ear, sure that he had paged his answering machine.

"You have two-hundred and ninety-nine missed calls. Due to non-deleted space, only twenty of these calls received a message. Do you wish to here them?" The robotic voice called over the phone.

Glancing at the girls to make sure they were still in front of him, Leon quietly said, "Yes."

"Missed call one........ 'Oh Leon? Leon? Awe why don't you ever answer your phone when I call? I have good news'...." Click "Message deleted. Next message. 'Leon, this is your mother again. Please call me back I have good news. You know you'....." Click. The sound of erased messages rang over and over again in the boys ears until one sentence caught his attention. "I should be in town soon. Oh I can't wait to see you."

"W-what the?" Leon yelped, snapping out of his trance and looking to see Muzai talking to some kids he had never seen before. . . Or maybe he had. . . It was too early to tell.

"Sorry for bumping into your friend there. Hey you guys looks kinda of familiar, have you guys been around DWMA by any chance?"

Bingo.

It seemed that they weren't acquainted yet so it didn't matter if he had known the boy or not. Leon tried to dawn the most friendly face he could, however his smile could probably use some work. It was almost like looking at a snakes smile and he could have also used a little less eye to eye contact. "It's no problem."He said slyly. "Being clumsy is one of the many things I appreciate the opportunity to do as a human. However, it's dangerous to bump into people so do try to be safe." Kind or whatever the sort of words that escaped his mouth, it seemed more like he was talking above them than on the same level. It seemed this way to him too, however, he didn't mind. The only thing he wanted to do was be friendly and as far as he was concerned he had succeeded in that. "Oh. Sorry. Where are my manners. I'm Leon, the short red haired girl is Roxie, my partner, and the long red haired girl is Muzi.... I mean Muzai. Sorry, still getting use to using different names." He laughed. Turning to Roxie he asked, "Why is it that one person has to have so many names? Oh yeah, you need a nickname too. How about...... Rox. Yeah, it's short, sweet and safe to the point." He mused turning back to the stranger in front of him. "My nickname is Li-li. However, I don't really condone it, but what the heck. Today's a good day. Let's all have nicknames."
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"Ooof."
"You stupid boy. I'm in control now, so stop interfering with your rambled emotions. You can't even go back to the way you once were with us sharing, so butt out. This body isn't big enough to be controlled by two people you know."

Leon laid down on the cold wet floor inside of a place he knew all too well. However, his counterparts words didn't reach him at all. It was almost as if he was in a trance. Whatever it was he was being chastised for doing he had no idea of the situation.

"It seems hearing of your mother has put some fight in you." Alistair said leaning over the dazed child. "You know what? I have a really good idea. How about, you go back to la la land and I handle your mother. I believe she'll be so happy to see us. Tch. Just gotta finish my fun here first. After that, I'll go have some real fun. Too bad your dad isn't here to see this, aye boy?"

[center]Hibiki Fuuma[/center[

Hibiki followed slowly behind Kiego as they wandered through the marketplace homeward bound. He wasn't really paying attention to Kiego's poking fun at his new found interest in people. After all Hibiki couldn't explain himself why he was in such a surprisingly good mood. Just as he was about to make a reply to a particularly snide comment of Kiego's a bag of food fell to the ground accompanied by a somewhat familiar red haired girl. The silver haired boy began explaining who the people were and that that were all in the same class and rambling something about nicknames.

His strangely good mood taking advantage of it's opportunity. "I'm Hibiki and this is my meister Kiego. Never really had a nicknames before so I guess you can call me Hibiki till you think of something better." He offered a smile and even went as far as to hold out his hand to the boy hopping to have maybe made a new friend.

Muzai & Kiego

Both Muzai and Kiego stared at Leon with a baffled expression on their faces. Kiego’s was more prominent than Muzai, who started to giggle at hearing Leon rant about nicknames. Suddenly jumping up and down with excitement like a child who wanted to be picked on to answer the question. “Oh I have a nickname! It’s um . . . ummm . . . Ah I forgot.” Her enthusiasm died off and pouted. Turning to her fellow red head, “Roxie, I can’t remember my nickname. I want one too but I can’t remember it.” Kiego glanced over at Hibiki and shrugged his shoulders, giving him a look that said We bumped into some weird people.

"I'm Hibiki and this is my meister Kiego. Never really had a nicknames before so I guess you can call me Hibiki till you think of something better."

Muzai stopped pouting the moment the two introduced themselves. Her eye sparkling, she drew up close to the one named Hibiki. “You will be called Hebi cuz your name makes me think of snakes.” A mischievous grin Muzai then turned to Hebi’s partner, “You will be Carrot-top, cuz your hairs orange!” Leaning back with her hands on her hips, Muzai wore an expression of pride.

Kiego on the other hand looked taken aback by his nickname. With a sheepish smile, “Carrot-top really? I guess that’ll be my new nickname.” Turning to Hibiki a grin on his face, “So shall I call you Hebi now Hibiki?” he said in a teasing manner.

Leon looked at Roxie's reaction which made him feel better eternally, which also made him feel a bit off. It was a weird feeling. To compare it to anything, one would have to say that it felt as if he was twisting around on the inside. Like his soul was having a spasm. He snapped out of his eternal feels by looking over at the guy who introduced himself as Hibiki. For a short moment he just stared at the hand. It had been a long time since he had met anyone so friendly. That went for both Leon's. Before meeting Roxie he had no friends. No one to call his companion. He was alone. Sure he had family, but at the end of the day they always had there own ways to go, leaving Leon alone. It was awkward for both Leon's to feel like they belonged to a group of friends. For Alistar, he was alive during times of battle and didn't really have trust in anyone. In the end, it was his lack of trust that got him trapped. Betrayed. There was no way he was going to be open like that again.

Suddenly, Muzai also went on a rant about nicknames. Though hers was mostly about how she couldn't remember her own. The nicknames she made up for Hibiki and Kiego, Kiego especially, made him burst out in a fit of laughter. It was enough to make him forget about all of his negative thoughts.

These kids are really something. The boy deserves to have friends like these doesn't he? Does that make me bad for forcing my control over his body?

Thoughts aside, Leon shook off the laughter and grabbed Hibiki's hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm Alistair." He greeted, mostly wanting to greet himself, as if to live, if only for a short while, the life that he would have enjoyed. A life that involved friends and meeting new people. A life he couldn't quite understand or even blend with. Just how no one that wasn't in his shoes, would comprehend his life or his decisions. He probably couldn't give his hold away on Leon's body, but he could spare these children the pain of being around him. After shaking the boys hand and giving his own name, he walked away, not looking back or listening to words of his peers. He just wanted to go somewhere he could think. The closest place for that would be home. At least there he might have some quiet, for once he was far enough away from the group, the orchestra of souls played once more.

He made it all the way home, ignoring everyone's sound as best he could. However, once close to his home, a familiar sound of serenity rang in his ears. It was unexpected. So unexpected that Alistair smiled widely. It made him anxious to the point where he could throw up. No. Anxious wasn't what he wanted to call it. Excitement? How could he be so excited to see this person.
"Mom?" That was the phrase he didn't quite mean, but had to say because of the body he was in.

Monica Silverking turned around slowly. First with a smile on her face to hear her sons voice after so many months, but then her smile dissappeared as she realized whom it was she was really looking at. "Leon? No wait. You're not my son."

"And just when I thought that I would have to start living peacefully and nice. I'm actually glad I have you here to remind me of what I truly am," Alistair cheered.

"Why? Why are you doing this to Leon? Did he get in a fight? Did he get mad at something?" Monica stepped back, trying to hide her intent at an attack.

Looking unamused at the woman's stature, Alistair only had a confident smirk to remind the woman that he didn't fear her. "Why mother. Do I need a reason to actually take control of my own body. Or did you forget that bit of the curse?"

"Tch. I don't forget anything that has to do with my kids. But Leon..." The woman was cut off.

"Yeah, Yeah. Leon was the defining character of someone who couldn't be me right? Did it ever occur to you that maybe I just split off a part of my soul to trick you until I had the right moment to take control? Face it. Leon is me, and I am Leon." Alistair laughed at the woman's naivety.

"No. You're wrong. Leon is a sweet boy. He's his own person," Monica retorted trying to hold onto the son she knew. "I watched him grow up. I changed his diapers. I loved him and held him in my arms. You're not him. He isn't apart of you!"
Her bouts of anger caused her to loose control over her chilled soul, causing her to freeze the area around them making it icy and cold in the area.

Alistair stared at the surroundings, sidestepping a row of sharded ice that came from the ground. He knew at this point that he took the woman from zero to sixty. It just so happened that this was all apart of his plan. All he had to do was get rid of her and then no one could return him to his sleeping state. The state that was known as Leon. Biting his arm he grunted as the blood, dark red in color slithered down and quickly solidified into a blade. "Let me ask you mother, do you know what will happen if you are killed with a weapon that isn't made from witch power? I say we should find out."

As the boy ran for her, Monica glared at him, feeling enough anger that more fissures of ice were formed. They all came from different angles, each barely missing her son. Her anger ran on until she felt a loss of control that made the shards grow faster. So fast that they were almost unavoidable. She felt herself loosing control of her soul, something she hadn't done since she was a younger kid. Not only was she loosing control but she was causing harm to her own son.

Leon was thrown into a wall by one of the shards, bleeding a little from the impact. The sight made Monica snap out of her anger and she calmed herself, making the ice disappear almost as fast as it appeared. She was defenseless. There was no way she could fight seriously with her son. She was at a loss for what she should do.

Alistair stood up. Laughing as he wiped off the blood on his wounds. "Hahaha. I knew it. You can't fight me can you. Even though you know that there will be no return for the son you loved." He creeped towards her, carrying the blooded blade over his shoulder. "Don't worry mother. I'll make this quick. I promise." Raising the blade high, he went for the defining blow, only to be dodge by Monica. "What? Don't tell me you decided to play?"

Monica rested her hand on Alistair's shoulder, making him feel really uncomfortable. "No. I wont ever purposely harm my own son. I'm sorry Leon, but this is the only thing I can do for you now."

Alistair's smile faded. "Wh-What are you saying woman. Are you loosing..... huh?"

Alistair felt a surge of chill throughout the body he had taken control of. It was a weird and almost painful feeling and with it, he could see the place that Monica had touched slowly turning into ice.

"What are you doing woman? What is this?"

"I'm sorry Leon, but I can't do anything else right now. hopefully you will be unfrozen soon."

Alistair cursed and screamed as the ice traveled through his person. The screams went on until they were silenced and Leon was still in a dormant state. Frozen by the ice.

Muzai& Kiego

The both of them turned their heads to look over at the laughing Leon. Muzai broke out into a fit of giggles while Kiego watched them wearily. "Man what kind of people did I just befriend." He smiled at Hibiki who was confronted by Leon. However taking the smaller guys hand he introduced himself as someone else, someone by the name of Alistair. "Hey~I thought your name was Leon. Roxie even calls you Li-Li. . . Then that means I can call you Ali!"

Her pour gone, Muzai reached out to pat him on the head but he had turned around and was walking away. An expression of hurt flashed across her face but then changed to a more cheerful one. "Oh well. It was nice meeting you Carrot-Top and um Hebi-kun. Can I call you Hebi-kun? Not waiting for a reply back, Muzai waved excessivly and turned on her heel. [color=red]Lets go Roxie! Maybe he'll take us to the store."Marching past her friend, Muzai followed after Leon.

Kiego on the other hand watched them in wonderment. "They sure are weird people." Scratching the back of his head awkwardly, Kiego began to walk home. Suddenly he stopped letting loose a string of curses. "Crap! I left a bag at the store!" Turning around he went back the way he came making sure Hibiki was still with him.

Muzai followed after Leon, however he was soon out of sight. Eventually she lost sight of him entirely, frowning Muzai rubbed her eyes and opened her right eye. Revealing one of golden color, it almost seemed to glow but it was hard to justify. The world around her changed and she saw Leon's trail but it was different there was a lot less of his "color" and more of an ominous one. Frowning Muzai began to worry a bit and hurried after the source of the trail.

At the end of the trail she reached a house row of homes. And right in the middle of the road was a large blue-white thing. Walking up to it, Muzai knocked on the ice seeing her frosty breathe. "Whacha doing in there Ali?" tilting her head to the side. Walking around the frozen Alistair, Muzai stared at it in wonder. Once she was facing the front, she turned around and saw a woman standing not to far away. A flurry of colors enveloped the woman and Muzai had a hard time picking them apart. "Hey what happened to Ali? or does he go by Leon? He was supposed to take me and Roxie to the store. I gotta buy a card for Arthur. Do you know how to unfreeze him?" She looked at her expectantly, innocence written across her face.

Kiego

Walking in a rushed manner, Kiego finally reached the store they were just at. "You stay there. No point in the both of us going in." Leaving his partner outside to wonder, Kiego went in search of the cashier. Upon finding him, Kiego quickly explained the situation and soon enough he was walking out without a bag. Grumbling to himself, he went in search of Hibiki.

Hibiki followed Kiego homeward almost running into him when he suddenly stopped muttering about having forgotten a bag at one of the shops. They began wandering back to the shop where Hibiki was left outside while Kiego went in to attempt to reclaim his lost bag. While standing outside of the shop Hibiki got bored and decided to wander around the market again.

Not paying attention Hibiki wandered through the food market when he noticed a familiar voice. "1 of these, 3 of these, 4 of these, 2 of these and 1-2-2-3-1-3-1-6 of each of those!" Snapping out of his daze Hibiki walked over standing next to Taisha. "Morning Taisha... How's it going?" Hibiki smiled slightly waiting for her response.

Hibiki smirked at Taisha's brutal honesty that he enjoyed so much. The pair began wandering through the market. "I'm not really doing much of anything at the moment Kiego woke me up because we were out of food so I've been wandering through the market getting snacks and stuff." Hibiki fell silent for a few minutes as they wandered through market. "As for Kiego he left a bag in one of the stores, and decided that I shouldn't help him get it back from the shopkeeper so I got stuck outside and got bored waiting for him so I just kinda wandered away. No idea what he's up to now. What about you any thing fun planned for the day?"

Hibiki smiled a soft almost unoticable smile as he followed shortly behind Taisha as they wandered through the market deciding to not bring up Kiego's rather severe dislike of his dubed nickname. 'Maybe I should tell the rest of the group... after all they were looking for nicknames for us... Better not I doubt Keigo would appreciate it very much, but it would be a good laugh while it lasted.' Hibiki had been so absorbed in his thoughts he almost walked right into Taisha as he followed her.

Muzai

It turned out the woman she had been talking to was his mother. "Okay Leon it is!" patting the frozen Leon with a grin. Mrs.Silverking then explained the situation to the both of them. Muzai hadn't even realized Roxie had shown up. While she did hear what Mrs.Silverking said Muzai was focused on Leon. The colors looked surpressed and there was a specific one that was most dominant then the rest. "Well he's certainly still in there." patting the statue again.

Reasonating? tilting her to the side, Muzai listened intently to the plan Leon's mother laid out for them. Placing one finger on her chin as she thought more on the topic of reasonating, she remembered the first time she and Arthur had reasonated. It was pretty fun and she loved the conversion of colors that were their souls. It wasn't until she had finished that Muzai realized she wasn't included in the rescue mission. "Hey, I wanna help to!" pouting a little bit. "Is there anything I can do? I can't look for a card for Arthur until Leon comes back." folding her arms across her chest. The red head was aware that it was a task only Roxie could do, but she'd like to be of some use.