★☆Wishing on a Star☆★[IC/Started/Not Accepting]

[Piercer of the Heavens]

Even though the words Finare spoke were gentle, they manage to surprise Rosa. [color=#FF8C00]"Kyaaaaaa!"[/color] Rosa screamed as she swung a punch, just grazing Finare. She opened her eyes right after her punch only to see that she almost punched Finare. Once again she was surprised, but this time by the presence of Finare. [color=#FF8C00]"Kyaaaaaa!"[/color] she screamed again as she fell off her bed thumping her head on the floor.[color=#FF8C00] "Again!? How many times am I going to hit my head!?" [/color]

Rosa then got herself together and stood up. [color=#FF8C00]" Well good morning Finare."[/color] She said with a warm smile, while blushing as well. [color=#FF8C00]"I thought you were a gentlemen. You should know that you shouldn't go into a ladies room without her permission, especially when she's sleeping."[/color] Rosa proceeded to stand Finare up and push him out of her room. She then slammed the door. [color=#FF8C00]"I'll be out in a moment."[/color] Rosa said to Finare through the door. [color=#FFA500][i]How romantic[/i][/color]. she thought to herself. [color=#FFA500][i]He really is perfect.[/i] [/color]

XXX-Few minutes later-XXX

Rosa opened the door to Find that Finare was still at her door. [color=#FF8C00]"Well I'm ready, so what are we going to do today."[/color]

[Asriel Dreemurr]

The very moment that Shinji's Grandfather made his appearance on the scene, Andrew had found himself unable to move from his spot or look away from what was happening. He found the whole thing fascinating, in the way that someone might freeze and watch a car accident steadily become worse and worse. Well, he was remaining uninvolved until he saw Shinji's grandfather rushing to strike Blake with a flaming kendo stick at which point he had been sprinting to try and lend aid.

It was at that point that Mister Kazakawa had chosen to intervene in the favor of Blake. While Andrew was briefly disappointed in his inability to aid, he immediately remembered that he had been trying to go unnoticed and turned about to try and sneak off.

"Andrew, come here; we're going to explore the Valley a little!" Came Mister Kazakawa's call to him. He drooped inwardly, turning around and walking over to join the group gathered there where, previously, Shinji had almost been forced into proposal with Krystal. He felt the slightest twinge of jealousy at that, but shook it off just as he reached the gathering and put a slim smile on his face. He offered a bow in greeting to his friends, teacher, and the old man who he assumed was related to Shinji each in turn.

[Yu Hansung]

Seira woke up later than usual on this saturday morning, her eyelids feeling heavier than usual. She already felt that it was gonna be a less than lovely day when she smelled one of her brews burning. [color=#4b0082][i]I must've started the oven too early last night, [/i][/color]She thought to herself, dragging herself out of her simple cot. Her pajamas were blood red and modest, with long pants and a short sleeve shirt. They were slightly baggy yet didn't seem to crumple while she moved or even from her sleep. She moved quickly to the oven, turning it off and opening it to air, ignoring the increase of smoke. [color=#4b0082][i]Lovely, I'm gonna need to open the door. [/i][/color]Seira finished checking her brews and stirred some of the darker ones before heading to the door and opening it. On the other side of the door the wall of an alleyway groaned and bricks seemed to crumble as the door formed and opened slightly, letting out the smoke and letting in fresh air and noise.

As the door opened the first noise that blasted through into her home was that of some older person screaming, [b]"YOU WILL NOT ENGAGE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES, YOU HORMONAL VULGAR DEMON!" [/b]Seira almost fell over in shock, surprised that a pair of lungs could produce such a loud voice. [color=#4b0082][i]It's almost like the morning yellers back at home, [/i][/color]she mused to herself, heading back to bottle up some meals. She pointedly avoided going near the back of her workroom where it seemed darker than the rest of her place even though the lamp was in that area. [color="#4b0082"][i]Why did I start that. I'm not even planning on doing that anyways. [/i][/color]She finished making her meals and started to drink one of the freshly brewed meals. [color=#4b0082]"Ahhh," [/color]she sighed, content with her latest taste. [color="#4b0082"][i]Finally I think I've buried the taste enough. Anyone else will probably just think it's a weird health drink now. [/i][/color]

[Kyng's Old Account]

[center][i][u][b]Finare[/b][/u][/i][/center]

Finare smiled upon the innocent nature of Rosa, pure indeed, he was glad he had entitled her the prophet. Her punch grazed him, yet he moved not; he merely smiled gently as he watched her little disaster unfold before leaving as she had asked him to do, her getting dressed in the meantime. In the few minutes between her sending him out to change and her returning from the room, Finare opened up his book and began to read from the tome, the page was old yet it remained without a sign of degradation or fault. Fact was, it was merely old; and so he read...

"Blind is justice, none know the true intention of the Lord and none shall ever know, nor shall they truthfully comprehend until the end is upon them; mankind is Zodiac's child, an orphan without a guiding light, a showing hand, without knowledge it wanders blindly. It never knew of it's parent, nor did it ever seek it. Mankind, oh how you watch the stars making a wish, yet the stars themselves are essences of taint, punishment, nothing which we should look upon with awe; it was they who killed your lord, it was they who mercilessly eradicated him from his throne, yet you see them as the ultimate truth. Each star in the sky is justification, a prison to those who had committed a terrible atrocity and yet they still resist. Mankind, one day you shall know your lords intention, but it will be too late. This is why we are here, the brotherhood of Prophecy remains to return all to what it once was."

He then sighed and closed the tome, and in that instance Rosa had came from her chamber asking what they are to do that day. Finare placed his hands upon her head and kissed her forehead as he said "Sister, we are to eradicate the first scourge of mankind's bane; to do so we are to train stronger. This creature's power is phenomenal, and thus a true test for each of you. I am unsure whether to merely to eliminate the target, or to allow you and your brothers to fight it instead, to test your strength and might against the enemy."

He then began to walk and saw the kicked-down door of Drago's room, to which he snapped his fingers and undid the change that had occurred, restoring the door before turning his head to Drago's direction as he said "Drago, you showed me yesterday indescribable levels of might; you are indeed whom we need upon this team, yet your own level isn't sufficient." Finare then walked passed him and snapped his fingers again, the door infront of the corridor opening to reveal an enormous arena; it must've been about 10 stores tall, and in width, which in essence would be too big for the castle; regardless Finare said to the two "No, we fight to train. When Antalkalis arrives we will spar in a free-for-all; be warned, as though it is not a deathmatch you all are not to hold back."
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[center][u][i][b]Shinji & Co.[/b][/i][/u][/center]

At the moment Krystal fainted, Shinji rolled his eyes and sat her up, patting her back, before looking over the Blake with a nervous chuckle saying "Umm, yeah, he's my Grandpa, Izaburo Inoue..."[b] "SHINJI! YOU ARE NOT TO ADDRESS ME BY MY FIRST NAME! IT IS A SIGN OF DISRESPECT!!!"[/b] Grandpa yelled out, smashing Shinji in the skull with his kendo stick sharply, the wooden sword smacking him into the ground; Kazakawa patted Grandpa upon the back as he said to Andrew "I'm glad you've joined us Andrew; me and Grandpa here had decided to take you lot up Golden Spring Mountain, because we've got something important to show you."

In that instant, Kazakawa and span into a mini-tornado and changed into hiking gear as he said "You'd best be ready!" to which Grandpa dragged Shinji up by the collar, somewhat choking him, as he said[b] "You really think you'll get a wife by laying down the whole of your life? HOW DO YOU THINK ME AND GRANDMA MET UP, WHIPPERSNAPPER!!!"[/b] which woke Shinji up alright, him bowing frantically, and apologetically, to his grandfather saying "Grandpa, please let me explain; Krystal is not my fiance, we're just kids and-" [b]"Bah, your mother is far too soft on you! When we get back I'll be ensuring this marriage is arra-"[/b] by then Kazakawa patted Grandpa on the back saying "Come now Grandpa, let them be; you know we've got far more important business to attend to."

By then Shinji threw the seemingly still dizzy Krystal's arm over his shoulder, asking "Blake, Andrew, give me a hand here?" of course whether they did or not wasn't too much to worry about because by then the two adults had began walking up a trek, Shinji, and presumably the rest, following on suit. The thoughts that inhabited his head were 'Why is Grandpa so harsh?'.

Kai decided to appear then, and since Blake had Delta, and Krystal with Pyre, he decided to tell the other Starknights about this...situation; [color=#008000]"See, Grandpa Inoue and Mr Kazakawa here are old friends, I think they both were in some sort of group together...anyways, it's because of this Shinji moved to Gorudoharu Town; Kazakawa ensured him a place so it was much easier to come here. That's really all I know..."[/color]

[Asriel Dreemurr]

Andrew remained silent for the entire interaction prior to their setting out on the hike. He was still dealing with the doubt inspired by his exchange earlier with the Void Knight and hanging back from the group a little more than they might have expected from him. It was then that Shinji requested aid with carrying Krystal and, quicker than he could think not to, Andrew made to slide under the girl's right arm and support her on his shoulders. It was thus that he began following along behind the adults, Krystal being supported by him and Shinji along their trek. The disturbing image of his parents the other night suddenly crept up on him and he shuddered, thankful that it was in the past but afraid that he could never unsee it.

In the mean time, the Void Knight was lurking around in spiritual form. In fact when Kai showed his face it drew the ethereal armored figure out and to the forefront. Oh he couldn't truly harm them as he was, but he was certainly very much aware of their presence and their words. He remained silent, simply floating a slight distance above and behind the boy with whom he shared a body.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000][b]Antalkalis[/b][/color]

[color=#800000]"One of these days..." [/color][color=#000000]Antalkalis stated solemly as he looked across the ocean from Finare's castle, [/color][color=#800000]"I'll get my vengeance on the humans... if it's the last thing I do. Hmm... wonder what's taking those others so long?"[/color]

[color=#000000]Nothing came his way. Perhaps his crew were still milling around for a bit, or scouting for this so-called... president. Whatever the case, Antalkalis didn't have time to wait for them any more. He immediately headed downstairs from the roof to meet with Finare... perhaps a little later than he probably should've done.[/color]

[color=#800000]"You wanted to see me, Finare?"[/color] [color=#000000]he asked him.[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Sarah Ferro[/b][/color]

[color=#800080]"Ya gawdda be f***ing wimmee!"[/color][color=#000000] Sarah was [i]stunned[/i] to see her dress at the state it was when she was wearing it in her Starknight Form. Now back in her normal, [i]immensely[/i] shorter Australian speaking self, all she could think about was going in a state of panic as she rushed to get some usable clothes on to cover her naked body. All she managed though was a pair of briefs and a pair of jeans. She didn't have any T-shirts, sweaters, jackets, or even a single bra.[/color]

[color=#000000]Immediately she went out running, her ruined dress being the only thing that stop her breasts from jumping all over place to the point that they could be put on some serious strain. Not to mention that it [i]did[/i] help cover them as well. Suddenly Sarah stopped... everyone else being [i]just[/i] in front of her, before starting to shed some tears.[/color]

[color=#800080]"Goise... Oi havva beetuva prawblem..." [/color][color=#000000]she informed the others, trying to fight through the tears.[/color]

[Super Chaos Sonic]

[i][u][b]Drago[/b][/u][/i]

Drago heard Finare, and he turned towards him with a growl. [color=#800000]"The hell do you want, Finare..." [/color]he asked, as folded his arms. Then the sound of a small no holds back fight, which gave Drago a grin under his mask. [color=#800000]"Well, you got me interested. Cause I want to fight that alien again and..." [/color]He lifted his hand and pointed at Finare. [color=#800000]"I want to beat the s*** out of you as well. Make you realize how much power I have..."[/color]

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[u][b][i]Blake and Delta[/i][/b][/u]

[color=#008080]"Well your Grandpa is crazy..." [/color]Blake whispered as he nodded, helping Shinji with getting Krystal up off the ground. Then he overheard Kai speak to Delta and Pyre about what was going on with Inoue and Kazakawa. [color=#008080][i]So...the two of them are friends? Makes sense...but...what did Mr. Kazakawa whisper to Oji-san? [/i][/color]he thought, as he glanced over at Inoue and Kazakawa.

[color=#006400][i]So having friends in high places is a good thing afterall. [/i][/color]Delta chuckled, as he looked at Inoue and Kazakawa, before glancing at Blake and the kids. [color=#006400][i]But the only thing is that Inoue is somewhat of a old time person with old time ideals. I doubt Krystal was wanting to have Blake or Shinji as a suitor...for now at least. What would you think about this Pyre?[/i][/color]

[Elƒie]

As everyone looked over to Pyre, wanting her opinion, she was too busy laughing her ass off to respond. Well, she wasn't actually laughing, but the motion of her shoulders and the look on her face suggested it. After finally calming down, Pyre began to write quickly, [b]"I haven't laughed this hard in like.. Forever! As for the whole suitor thing, Krystal just got friends after so long.. I think her finding a date won't be something she'll be considering for a looooong time." [/b]With that, Pyre joined the group as they started to move out.

Speaking of the group getting a move on, Krystal quickly snapped out of her dazed state, [color=#008080]"O-Oh Shinji! Blake! Andrew! S-Sorry about causing you trouble." [/color]She was refering to how they were trying to carry her and worrying over her. [color=#008080]"Hey.. If we're heading up the mountain, why not do a picnic as well! I'll be right back! You guys keep goin', I'll catch up" [/color]Turning around before Sarah arrived, she quickly ran back into her house, yelling for her mom to help her out. After a few minutes, Krystal exited her house. Her backpack was filled with food and a large blanket. All she had to get now was drinks. A simple visit to the store would fix that. Pulling out her motorized scooter, she quickly headed to the store. After a few minutes, Krystal walked out with a few 2 liters of pop, water and lemon aid. She also bought something else, but that was a surprise for later. Pulling out her scooter once more, she quickly caught up with the with others with a backpack full of food and another small bag with the drinks and cups. [color=#008080]"Alright! Lets do this," [/color]shouted out with joy as she approached the group. Noticing Sarah, she stopped besides, asking, [color=#008080]"Hey, you alright? What happened?!"[/color]

[Piercer of the Heavens]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Rosa was feeling belittled now. Drago didn't even mention her when he heard about the free for all. All Drago wanted to do was beat up Antalkalis and Finare. As if she was not going to be a challenge at all. [color=#FF8C00]"You do realize I'm still here right!"[/color][color=#000000] [/color]Rosa yelled[color=#000000] [/color][color=#FF8C00]"I may not look like it but I'm stronger than I look. I haven't even come close to showing off my true power." [/color]Rosa then unsheathed her sword and pointed to Drago. Although her sword didn't look dangerous do to its gold color. As well as a fragile looking sphere in the middle. The blade itself wasn't bladed, it was more cylinderic except for the tip. The tip was actually pointed, as if her sword was made for trusting and cutting with the tip. As well as unsheathing her sword she sprouted her wings. Her wings were a blood red, showing her determination and anger. [color=#FF8C00]"I'll be waiting"[/color] Rosa said as she flew backwards into the room. Within seconds she had Barrier Butterflies surrounding her. They looked the same as the Light butterflies, but as the name states they are used for blocking attacks.[/font]

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[b][color=#000000]Antalkalis[/color][/b]

[color=#800000]"What power?" [/color][color=#000000]Antalkalis asked Drago mockingly, intervening him in the process[/color][color=#000000], before Rose reminded the two of them that she was in this is as well. It wasn't until [i]then[/i] that Antalkalis realized what Finare probably wanted him for.[/color]

[color=#800000]"I thought we [i]already[/i] established that I was the superior combatant," [/color][color=#000000]Antalkalis turned to Finare, unable to see the point of this free-for-all just yet, [/color][color=#800000]"So... you're insisting on yesterday repeating itself? Or are you actually [i]preparing[/i] us for something?"[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Sarah Ferro[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]Still trying to fight the tears, Sarah wrapped her arms around Krystal, with one hand still clutched to her ruined dress, and hugged her as tightly as she could manage. Although, that wouldn't be the wisest idea in her case, cause she could still put a squeeze on smaller-built people despite no longer having the superhuman strength her Starknight Form had.[/color]

[color=#800080]"Moi dress... Eet's awripped 'n' strecthed 'n' s*** 'n'... Oi cahn weareet enimore," [/color][color=#000000]this was the point that Sarah [i]really[/i] started to cry, [/color][color=#800080]"Innow Oi dunnuv enithin da wear ovamoi boobs... alleast naught widdout coverin moi back, but Oi cahnnav [i]that[/i][/color][color=#800080]!"[/color]

[Kyng's Old Account]

[center][u][i][b]Finare[/b][/i][/u][/center]

“Engage!” the prophet said aloud as he extended his hand from his body, black aura enveloping his hands as a sword gently floated in his reach after the black aura materialized itself; Finare then took hold of the pitch black sword, in doing so emiting a pulse of energy as his robes emitted the same black aura, the robes suddenly changing into a skin-tight battle suit, exposing Finare’s toned build as his armour clung to his body; swiping his sword down, he gazed upon the three with a soft, confident, and somewhat arrogant smile.

In response to Antalkalis’ statement he said “Nothing get’s past you, doesn’t it? As I told Rosa earlier, we’re to fight a Godbeast, a creature with extraordinary power, who goes by the name of Hawkeart: Godbeast of Hatred." Then, the Prophet gazed over to Drago, in response to his remark to beating the crap out of him, with a snigger, before driving his attention firstly over to Rosa, who seemed to dislike having being ignored by Drago entirely, assuming that because of her slender, tender figure she possesed less strength than the rest of them.

Watching her transformation, he smirked as she seemd to have taken the initiative and gone straight onto the defensive, a smart move in some instances; Finare then turned his attention to the others as he said “Antalkalis, you believe Drago is far inferior to you, so why not try Rosa herself? I’m sure...” then pointing his sword, which emited a hazey black aura from the entire blade, at Drago as he continued “...that you, Drago, and I have a score to settle, or much more appropriately, I have a place to put you into.” Following this he smirked and brought his kantana underneath his other arm, before viciously slashing the air, a black energy slash charging straight towards Drago, before Finare swiped the air another seven times in an attempt to overwhelm him.
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[u][i][b]Shinji & Co.[/b][/i][/u][/center]

Kai, suddenly, picked up a strange odour, and innately said to Delta and Pyre[color=#008000] “I’ll be right back, I think I’ve found something, or rather someone, someone crucial to our cause.”[/color] before darting into the air, vanishing from the spiritual sight. This leap had warped him back to Gorudoharu Town, more importantrly the market, and furthermore the back alley of said market, where the scent originated from; Kai smelt it, and recognized it, and as he entered the small door...

...he saw Seira, in red pajamas, looking over a strange fluid, to which he said...well, fan-boyed even [color=#008000]“Oh my word! It’s my Black Bikini Goddess in the flesh, and in such modest and cute pajamas too!”[/color] believing that she could not sense, or even hear him, but he decided to break his trance before looking for two things, one of them, a tattered piece of paper, he found easily; he needed a pen, and decided to rummage around the place, completely ignoring the fact he was propbably causing a mess, just to find a pen so that he could communicate to her; poor Seira, she’d probably think he house is possessed or something!

Granpa Izaburo, too, could smell it, but he disregarded the thought as another one had came to mind when he had overheard Blake’s remark, beginning to draw a kendo stick, to which Kazakawa placed his hand upon it and shook his head; the two were leading them high up in the mountains as they walked, seemingly without loss of energy, as if they could go on forever.

Shinji. however, felt like he was going to spontaneously combust, the heat was getting to him; letting out a chuckle to Blake he whisepred "He's very old fashioned, what can I say?" Then, all of a sudden, Krystal seemed...better? To top it off she darted down the mountain, and came back up the trek, on a scooter, with a bag pack filled with goodies! Merely looking at it made Shinji's mouth water, but he decided to pay attention to the path.

And then, all of a sudden, Sarah showed up, at last...with TATTERED CLOTHES!?! Shinji's face turned a bright blossom as he averted his gaze trying not to hear her talking about her...well; Shinji then said, stuttering from the obvious embaressment, "Umm...w-w-well, m-maybe you c-could umm..." before his eyes trailed to the picnic blanket trailing out from her bag pack. An idea light bulb sparked above his head as he walked over to it and gently tugged it out, saying "Sarah could use this right now."

Shinji, eyes covered by one hand, began to walk over to Sarah with the picnic blanket in hand, as he said "Here, y-you could u-use this." as he handed it to her...but last he checked, Sarah didn't have a back as tough as solid stone...opening his eyes he was suddenly blasted by a "WHIPPERSNAPPER!" and a kendo-blow to the skull, embedding the guy into the ground.

Eventually, after Shinji did manage to give Sarah the picnic blanket, the crew would note an old shrine beyond a few more trees, it seemed to be embedded in the foot of the mountain, a tattered banner reading "Saya" upon it; Grandpa walked inside the shrine as Mr Kazakawa said "I'm very grateful, Krystal, for you bringing us a picnic, because we'd be waiting a while; please, children, enjoy your picnic, Izaburo needs time and focus in order to open the Shrine."

That's exactly what he was doing; Izaburo had ignited his sword again and placed it inside, what appeared to be, a keyhole as his entire body enveloped in fire, Grandpa Izaburo beginning to hum as the doors began to move, very slowly, from eachother.

[Elƒie]

[color=#008080]"Ya don't have any more clothes? What? A-anyways.. I make practically all of my cloths! I could make ya some later tonight! But for now.. We need to do something quick to hold ya over till then.." [/color]Krystal began to ponder what to do when Shinji came up with a brilliant idea. [color=#008080]"Shinji! That's brilliant! Lemme see that, Sarah," [/color]taking the picnic blanket, Krystal pulled out her emergency sewing kit and began to work on the blanket as it covered Sarah. A few snips here, a few stitches here, Krystal finished turning the blanket into a dress with an open back design, like the one Sarah was wearing. [color=#008080]"How's that Sarah? Too tight?" [/color]After making any final adjustments and hearing Mr. Kazakawa's praise, Krystal blushed, [color=#008080]"I-It was no problem.. W-With all the walking and not knowing when we'll get back.. I-I figured it'd been best if we had a picnic."[/color]

Sliding the backpack off, Krystal began setting up the picnic. Luckily, Krystal brought another blanket, just in case one wasn't too big. There were simple meat and cheese sandwiches, chips, some veggies and fruit, drinks. Then, there was the last piece to the delectable puzzle: soft, big-chunk chocolate chips! She had one more item, but that was for Andrew. Pulling out a small, personal-sized cake, she walked over to Andrew. [color=#008080]"I-I know it's not much but.. I wanted to say thanks for yesterday.. Ya really pulled through and saved both of our hides.."[/color] she said, holding the cake up to Andrew when she noticed something. "Uhm.." peering into the shrine from where she was, [url="http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs46/f/2009/225/6/3/WTF_Face_Colored_by_LoveKnowsNoGender.jpg"]her jaw dropped[/url] as she stammered out, [color=#008080]"I-IS MR. INOUE ON FIRE!?"[/color]

[Asriel Dreemurr]

Despite the heat, combined with his particularly warm clothing and the length of the walk, Andrew didn't begin to show a sweat until the group met up with Sarah and that sweat was for a reason unrelated to the heat. Already having been shaken by the conversation with his alter-ego, he was shocked out of the delirium which he had been put into by the sudden sight of Sarah's almost naked form. His cheeks reddened slightly whilst he respectfully looked away from her until after Krystal had skillfully crafted a new dress for her from the picnic blanket. It was then that he really looked at Krystal and remembered what she had done for him the previous day, all thoughts of doubt or fear left him.

"I do have friends..." He said aloud to himself, knowing that the Void Knight could hear him. In fact, the armored figure floating behind him in spectral form scoffed in response to that statement, but saw no reason to counter it for now. The boy would soon learn exactly what it was that these "friends" ended up being. In the mean time, the group had arrived at what appeared to be a shrine and Krystal had put quite the spread out before them. Realizing that he was rather hungry, Andrew had grabbed at one of the sandwiches and swallowed it almost the instant that he had it in his hand.

[color=#008080]"[/color][color=#008080]I-I know it's not much but.. I wanted to say thanks for yesterday.. Ya really pulled through and saved both of our hides.."[/color] At the sound of these words, Andrew looked up at Krystal in an almost startled way only to have an expression of joyful amazement cross his face at the sight of the cake. He quickly composed himself before taking the cake with a slight bow of his head, and noticed neither Grandpa Inoue's spontaneous combustion nor Krystal's attempt at gaining an explanation of it.

"Well...Krystal I really should be thanking you, I mean you get me going the right way. In fact I'd like to make it up to you...maybe with dinner tonight." He kept his voice even the whole time, even flashing a devilish grin which he had seen his father give his mother before. The words were already out in the air and there was no way that he was going to regret it.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000][b]Antalkalis[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]Stepping back a bit so he wouldn't get nicked by the slashes of energy released by Finare's sword, Antalkalis started to eye up his target in Rosa, who had a swarm of butterflies there to protect her. Even after studying their movements, he didn't see [i]any[/i] of them overhead, leaving him to believe [i]that[/i] was her weak point. However, what if Drago were to intervene with Antalkalis' plans via trying to pick a fight with him? And perhaps Finare [i]himself[/i] could turn against Antalkalis as well... after all, he wouldn't even be attacking Drago at the moment if he weren't participating in this free-for all now, would he?[/color]

[color=#800000]"So we're [i]all[/i] enemies at this point...? In that case..."[/color][color=#000000] Antalkalis pressed one of his coveted sticky explosive spheres into one of Finare's shoulder blades, before patting him on the back for a brief moment, [/color][color=#800000]"...enjoy."[/color]

[color=#000000]Activating his stealth camouflage and scurrying away from the blast radius, Antalkalis then focus on scaling the wall of the room they were all in, confident that no-one would see what he was up to. From that point, he moved elegantly to a place well out of reach, and directly above Rosa. He then fired no more than five shots from the carbine, straight down at Rosa.

[b]Sarah Ferro[/b]

Sarah was literally stunned when she took a look at the picnic-blanket-turned dress that Krystal had managed to pull out of her ass... with the help of Shinji for coming up with the idea of course. She didn't know what to say, what the expression on her face [i]should[/i] be like or anything. But one thing was sure... her [i]current[/i] expression was [i]completely [/i]the wrong one.[/color]

[color=#800080]"Well, tahbee awness... these lawks reedeekewlis!" [/color][color=#000000]Sarah suddenly blurted out, [/color][color=#800080]"Oimeen... Oim effecteevly weereena blankeet, here! Butoi... Oi, um... awfer f***'s sake, woi cahn Oi foinda roit bloody [i]words[/i] forreet?"[/color]

[color=#000000]Tears [i]still[/i] flowing down from her cheeks, Sarah continued trying to grasp for words that would allow her to express that she actually [i]truly[/i] appreciated Krystal's effort. But being unable to [i]imagine[/i] such an event still left Sarah paralysed and dumbstruck.[/color]

[Piercer of the Heavens]

[color=#FF8C00]"What where did he go?"[/color] Rosa said as Antalkalis activated his camouflage. [color=#FF8C00]"Finare said he's going versus me so I know that hes going to try to do another sneak attack."[/color] Rosa then decided to create some Light Butterflies. She created about ten, which scattered around the room. With these set up, she had no blind spots in the room, everything was visible to her. That's when Antalkalis shot five shots, which came from the ceiling, above Rosa. Thanks to her butterflies she managed to see them coming. She moved backwards a little, but the first bullet still grazed her shoulder. The rest were blocked by Barrier Butterflies.[color=#FF8C00] "Found you!"[/color] she yelled as she looked up. 5 more Light butterflies were created in an instant and flew straight to the ceiling, detonating as soon as they reach it. Rosa's attack was somewhat of a guess, she didn't know exactly where Antalkalis was, but she knew he was somewhere above her.

[color=#FF8C00]"Don't think that I would be taken out by that."[/color] she said as she grabbed her shoulder making sure she wasn't seriously injured.[color=#FF8C00] "I know your smart, but I also know my powers are unknown to you. Once I summon Barrier Butterflies I no longer need to control them. They will automatically block attacks whether I see them or not."[/color] Even though what she said was true Rosa was being still careful about not letting Antalkalis know that she can see whatever the Light Butterflies can see.

[Kyng's Old Account]

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Grandpa Inoue's explosive nature, imbued with his evidently ferociously wild flames enveloping his entire body, let out a war cry, eyes glowing white, as he struck his kendo stick at the wall, the flames suddenly becoming sucked into the sword as it tapped the stone wall, the wall itself struck by a ripple or two of yellow light, as well as an ethereal glow to follow suit; he turned around and said "Kazakawa, the door's open, we should prepare the- EH!?" Well, Grandpa Inoue was about to flip out again, as usual, as he had the sight of Andrew giving Krystal an offer with a grin he knew all to well; drawing his kendo stick he leaped into the air and stood before Andrew.

Bashing his sword upon Andrew's skull Grandpa Inoue said [b]"You're flirting with a fiance you foolish boy! Shame on you for such a crime! Dare I say this again. that Krystal has already said she was Shinji's fiance, and he confirmed it!"[/b] to which Shinji, lifting his finger, noted "Umm...Grandpa, we neve-" "That's enough out of you, young man! I'll deal with you in a second!" Grandpa barked at Shinji, who was really desperate to shut up the old geezer before he really embaressed Shinji; Grandpa's kendo striked the ground fiercly next to Krystal as he yelled [b]"You may not have two suitors Krystal, as you're Shinji's fiance; this is completely inappropriate behaviour for a wife, I have no idea why..."[/b]

Turning to Shinji, with seemingly flame imbued eyes, Grandpa's kendo lit ablaze again as he literally bombareded Shinji with strikes saying [b]"AND YOU! GROW A PAIR FOR ONCE AND START DEFENDING YOUR HONOUR! SHE'S EVIDENTLY LOSING INTEREST, AND I WANT GREAT GRAND-CHILDREN YOU KNOW!" [/b]which, as expected, caused Shinji to faint from embaresment...and from being beaten to a pulp, of course. Soon Kazakawa placed his hand upon Izaburo's back and began to direct the old man tot he shrine as he said [i]"Listen up kids, we're having a meeting in the Shrine when we've finished cleaning; enjoy your picnic in the meantime!"[/i]

Kazakawa chuckled before whispering to Izaburo [i]"You saw that smirk, right?" [/i][b]"Yes, yes I did! He is not to use the Black Smirk upon my grandson's fiance!"[/b] [i]"Hmm...right, Izaburo, we need to talk about that..."[/i]

After sitting up he looked around, idle, noting that he shouldn't really interfere with Krystal and Andrew's situation; he smiled, the sight made him feel warm in his chest as he saw them both so content. He felt romance was in the air, and to be honest, he did think about a certain someone during this time as he took out a pen and a piece of paper beginning to draw something random, it didn't matter, something abstract; he took a nibble from a sandwich as he continued to doodle, but noting Sarah he saw she seemed all on her sod, as she might put it.

"Umm...h-hey Sarah, I don't suppose you'd-" Shinji suddenly fell silent as he noticed the sobbing tears falling down her delicate face, and quickly drawing a hankercheif from his pocket he wiped the tears from her eyes, unsure she may snap at him for doing so, saying "There's no need to cry Sarah, besides, I'm sure it's not that bad wearing a picnic blanket; it's sort of fun, in a way, dressing up for the occasion." with a chuckle, hoping his nervous, yet sincere attempt to pick up her spirits would work. Following this he asked "Say, I'm doodling random etchings, but I know I could use a model for a drawing; would you mind? It could be fun!"

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Finare suddenly, after noting his barrage of strikes had flown, noted the explosive in his shoulder plate Antalkalis smugly placed there to which he smirked and closed his eyes with a smile, allowing the blast to consume and burn freely; as it died down, his face was somewhat dirty from the dust the explosion had kicked up, but notably that was it: his armor hadn't taken a scratch. nor had his skin been burnt. Finare chuckled as he wiped his face as if he had all the time in the world, chuckling at Antalkalis' attempt with a sneak attack: Finare looked over to Drago, whether he had, or had not, been attacked by his sword beams as he said...

"You intend to show me your strength: an explosion, dead on, barely harmed me, so do you really want to try an do some damage? Because I can assure you, regardless of your power, anything and everything is governed by my might, and because of that you may say, so long as Fate permits me to do so, I can be...very devastating on the battlefield." Upon touching his chest, he then added "I did, however, get caught up in the excitement as I attacked you: it wouldn't be far me attacking at 100% of my powers, so I've halved them, both offensive and defensive, so that...well, to put it bluntly, so that you'd all have a chance."

Turning to Antalkalis and Rosa, the suddenly rapid movement of the Alien having launched an attack to Rosa who hadn't been seriously harmed. Her notion on her Barrier Butterflies interested him, could they deflect attacks they saw themselves? If so, he mayh had to bring this genius skill into his own arsenal, but to put it to the test he said, to Rosa, "Well then, I'm sure you won't mind..." his sword suddenly charging energy rapidly "...if I do this!" and firing the black bolt of lightning towards the girl, which followed by eight energy slashes for her as well.

Antalkalis wouldn't be left out of the fun, as he said "Stealth is useful except when there's nowhere to hide; an aerial assault leaves you vulnerable." which followed by him leaping, as if bullet speed, towards the Alien as he readied his sword, ready as he zoomed passed Antalkalis, striking eight times before landing: whether they all landed, some, or none at all, he knew the speed alone would make a profound statement.

[Elƒie]

[color=#5A5A5A][font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"Well...Krystal I really should be thanking you, I mean you get me going the right way. In fact I'd like to make it up to you...maybe with dinner tonight." [/size][/font][/color][color=#008080]"I-It wasn't nothing Andrew.. J-Just doing what.."[/color] Krystal trailed off as what Andrew just said was starting to sink in. [color=#008080]"W-W-W-Wait, w-w-wut," [/color]she stammered out as she realized tat he just asked her out. [color=#008080]"I, uhm, uh..uhm.." [/color]Before Krystal could really say anything, Grandpa Inoue stepped in, all flaming and stuff, whacking Andrew on the head. Then, he barked at Shinji before nearly hitting Krystal with kendo stick and starting to lash out at her, verbally of course. Crouching down into a ball and covering her head with her arms out of fear, she waited for Mr. Kazakawa or someone to intervene. As Grandpa Inoue turned his attention back to Shinji, Pyre appeared behind Krystal, eyes blazing with fire as shadows stirred around her feet. She was pissed off. How dare he scare Krystal and nearly hit her like that! If she wasn't in spiritual form right now, she would have taken that kendo stick form the old man and whoop him on the head as it was on fire to give him a taste of his own medicine.

Fortunately for everyone, Mr. Kazakawa took Grandpa Inoue to the side and away from the group. Even after things settled down, Krystal stayed in her ball position, recomposing herself. As she stayed there, she heard Sarah's comments about the dress and her sobs. [color=#008080][i]'I-It was the best I could do with what we had.. Oh who am I kidding.. I screwed up..' [/i][/color]she thought to herself before getting out of her ball position and sitting on the ground. She looked to one of the sandwiches, thinking about eating one but decided against it, having lost her appetite as her emotions started to do a downward spiral. She was on her way to back to square one. Someone needed to cheer her up, fast, before all the progress she made was lost.

[Piercer of the Heavens]

Rosa was concentrating to see if Antalkalis was hit by her butterflies when she heard Finare say something, but she didn't hear exactly what. All she heard was her name. That's when when she saw Finare shot a bolt of lightning, even though she never actually turned to face him. Finare wanted to test out Rosa's Barrier Butterlfies abilities, but he wouldn't be able too. Thanks to the scattered light butterflies it was as if she was watching this battle in the third person. Although her back was toward Finare and the attack, out of instinct she moved out of the way, but she wasn't fast enough. The bolt of lighting was still going to her arm. Luckily the barrier butterflies managed to block the attack. Of course she knew that energy slashes were soon to follow which is why she still kept moving dodging the attacks.

That's when she turned to Finare who was now going after Antalkalis. [color=#FF8C00]"Why is everyone sneak attacking me!"[/color] she yelled. By the time she was done shouting Finare had landed from his airiel attack. [color=#FF8C00]"Now you got me mad!"[/color] Rosa shouted at Finare. Rosa then realized that she had dodged the attack without even looking at it. [color=#FFA500][i]Crap, I was careless.[/i][/color] She thought. [color=#FFA500][i]I hope they didn't see that my back was turned to the attack. And if they did I hope they don't get suspicious about the random Light Butterflies flying around.[/i][/color] Rosa then decided to attack Finare, so she decided to show them her third type of butterflies.

Orbs of light started to come out of Rosa's body. They had a trail of light leading back to her. Once they were a certain distance away from her the orbs of light transformed in Butterflies. Now she had her three types of butterflies, even though they all looked the same they all had different uses. These new butterflies, Draining Butterflies, started to fly toward Finare, attached to them was still the trail of light. As they flew Rosa created more Barrier Butterflies to replenish the ones she had lost. She was starting to reach her limit of butterflies without fully transforming.

The Draining Butterflies gently landed on Finare and just stayed there, doing nothing. [color=#FFA500]"Whether he feels it of not his energy is being drained. He might be strong, but he must have a limit.[/color] Rosa thought.

[Yu Hansung]

Seira stiffened as she felt the incorporeal being pass the threshold of her home, scowling to herself. She searched her memory for the different types of spirits, trying to ignore the sounds of rummaging behind her before realizing that what she felt didn't feel like anything before. The only thing close was what she had felt during the past day at the school. She finished what she was doing to the potion, before turning around, eyeing the moving stuff in her room before speaking loudly, [color=#4b0082]"You don't feel like anything familiar, and the pens are in the desk."[/color] She sighed heavily as she eyed the mess, hoping that nothing important had been knocked over. She then remembered that she was still in her pajamas, starting to blush, looking away into a wall quickly. [color=#4b0082][i]I've never known a spirit or anything cross a threshold so easily. If the wards couldn't stop it, the feeling of the home should've. It might not have lived here long enough for the threshold to form yet though.[/i][/color] Seira mused over this for a bit, allowing her blush to go away. [color=#4b0082][i]Or maybe the human world doesn't have the same rules.[/i][/color]

[Kyng's Old Account]

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Shinji smiled towards Sarah as he chuckled, unsure whether she was okay with his proposal or not, so he tried to encourage her as he said "You don't have too if you don't want to, but I think your new dress really suits you, it brings an air of comfort around you, I'd say: say, I do notice you rarely have your back covered if you can help it, maybe I could draw you from the back, maybe your face facing my way too? I reckon it'd be fun!"

All of a sudden he blushed, having realized what he had said being interpreted in a different manner of course, to which he said, stuttering from the sudden pang of embarressment "B-b-but you don't have to! I mean, if you don't want to." with his voice from a well spoken young man to a whimpering mouse; soon covering his face, mainly to conceal his blush, with his notebook, he looked away from Sarah and managed to catch sight of the girl.

Wasn't she just beaming before with happiness? Regardless, Shinji's stomach shifted this nervousness into a strong surge of empathy, or was it? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmgV6vN0Evs&feature=related"]She looked alone, sealed off in a world away from everyone else, a forgotten memory,[/url] to Shinji at least, and he himself knew this feeling, having felt it most of his childhood; moving closer to Krystal he took the sandwich she'd just dropped and nibbled upon it, smiling as he said "These are delicious, Krystal! Thank you very much, you didn't have to bring all this stuff up here in the first place, and I know we all appreciate the effort."

He had hoped it'd pick her out from the dumps, but to be sure he said with a gentle smile "You're a really important friend to me, you know." before picking up his notepad again and asked "Your outfit looks very different, I don't suppose you'd mind me drawing you?" with a nervous smile; suddenly his eyes met Andrew's and, realizing what he'd said prior to this, added "Oh, and, umm, Andrew could be in the picture too, if you'd like! The more the merrier, right?"

Kai, in Seira's house, didn't...even feel her barriers, but he heard her, she was actually addressing him right on the clock, to which he intially jumped from surprise, throwing some papers in the air from the shock. Unfortunately he couldn't mind read her thoughts, so instead reaching a pen, he grabbed some of the papers he had dropped as he began to write:

[color=#008000]"Hello! Don't mean to spook you or something, although you, Ms Too Cool for School, don't seem to be too bothered by me; I'm Kai...umm, well, I'm not sure if you'd know me, but...you know a guy called Shinji Inoue? Well, you're classmates, I'm sure you're at least acquanted: I have no idea why, no explinations to what, but I have a really bad feeling about him...something very...influential, you could say; for some reason that vibes is connected to you, and I feel it'd help me out a lot if you'd follow me to their location. I know this is out of the blue, but if you're up for giving me a hand at protecting my Boss, then I'd be very grateful!"[/color]

[Asriel Dreemurr]

The sharp crack which Andrew received upon the top of his head didn't much phase him, in fact he remained sitting exactly where he had been after inviting Krystal out to dinner. However, the moment that Grandpa Inoue brought his Kendo stick down in Krystal's direction, He was on his feet and the familiar looking weapon which the Void Knight had used all too recently against the star knights appeared within his hands and was accompanied by the partial envelopment of his eyes in an aura of solid black. He didn't speak, just had his weapon at the ready if the need should arise to strike at the elder man. Fortunately for everyone involved, Mr. Kazakawa had involved himself and pulled Izaburo away from the group. Once the pair of teacher and grandfather began making their way off, the weapon vanished and Andrew's eyes became normal once more.

It was then that Andrew heard Sarah's comment about the dress which Krystal had made for her and, knowing just by looking at her that it was said out of a lack of knowledge so far as what else to say. That didn't change the fact that Krystal was taking it pretty hard. In about three seconds, he had his arm around Krystal's shoulders in an attempt to comfort her.

"Cheer up Krystal, Sarah wasn't trying to insult you or that dress." He waited for her to look him in the face after that comment, flashing the same devilish smirk from earlier both because he felt it was going to work and because he couldn't help doing so after it had been dubbed the "Black Smirk." Then he heard Shinji's proposal to draw them, and couldn't help but laugh a little at how sheer the awkwardness of it was. Once he had finished laughing, he shot Shinji a smile that said "You know how gay that sounded, right broham?"

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Antalkalis wasn't about to just sit there and absorb the blow from those cursed butterflies. The split second he finished firing, he had immediately lunged over to a nearby beam of wood, completely dodging the incoming insects, before inspecting the wounds he delivered to Rosa... only to find that he only managed to graze her shoulder.[/color]

[color="#800000"]"Don't [i]believe[/i] in death from above, do we not?"[/color][color=#000000] Antalkalis asked mockingly, [/color][color=#800000]"Well, we'll just have to [i]see [/i][/color][color=#800000]about..."[/color]

[color="#000000"]He was interrupted when Finare came from out of nowhere in particular and started trying to slash him to pieces. Luckily, the energy shield took the entirety of each blow, and no harm was dealt to Antalkalis' body itself. However, he had taken two slashes before he could properly fend himself, blocking the next five with his arm and literally grabbing the sword on the eighth, prying it from Finare's hands and tossing it behind him, before extending his [/color][i][color="#000000"]own[/color] [/i][color=#000000]blade and arming another explosive sphere.[/color]

[color=#800000]"This is for screwing up my assault!" [/color][color=#000000]after saying this, Antalkalis slammed the palm of his explosive hand into Finare's face, not only to ensure the sphere would stick, but also in an attempt to force Finare off-balance. Then, Antalkalis jumped over the top of him, before launching himself off whatever beam he landed on with all the leg strength he could muster, timing each jump so that he [i]himself[/i] wouldn't get caught in the blast, while allowing Finare as little time as possible to recover from the explosion. It would be at that time that Antalkalis would've lunged straight into Finare with his blade, which could cut through normal armour like a hot knife through butter. Then again, Finare's armour could've been much stronger than Antalkalis anticipated.[/color]

[Elƒie]

Krystal was still lost in her own little world as Shinji started talking to her. She knew someone was addressing her so she looked over to him. She watched as his lips moved, but what he said was muffled and slowly became clearer, ". . .[color=#5A5A5A][font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Andrew could be in the picture too, if you'd like! The more the merrier, right?" [/size][/font][/color]As snapped back into reality, Andrew slid over and wrapped an arm around her. [color=#5A5A5A][font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"Cheer up Krystal, Sarah wasn't trying to insult you or that dress."[/size][/font][/color] [color=#008080][font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"H-Huh? What picture? And I know.. But still.. It's the best I had to work with until tonight, when her and i go material shopping.. A-Assuming she wants me to make her some more clothes.." [/size][/font][/color][font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]She looked at Shinji's lap and noticed he had a drawing pad as she worked on pulling hers out to show Sarah the designs of clothes she's yet to make. [color=#008080]"Y-You wanna look first, Shinji?"[/color] she asked as she held the sketchbook out to Shinji.[color=#008080] "Then y-you can look, Andre-" [/color]she stopped talking as soon as she seen Andrew's face. It was that smirk again. Blushing, she hide her face again, not really sure what to do.[/size][/font]

[Yu Hansung]

[i][color=#4b0082]Oh lovely, a spirit wants me to follow them,[/color][/i] she sighed to herself, looking around her home for a sec. [i][color=#4b0082]If I decline though, it might mess with my home a bit more, and cleaning really is a pain here. [/color][/i]She waited for a bit, weighing her choices before replying. [color=#4b0082]"Just let me get dressed,"[/color] she said before heading to her personal room, stopping at the door. [color=#4b0082]"Um...please don't follow me inside." [/color]She then hurried inside, hoping that the spirit wouldn't follow her inside and quickly began undressing. She unconsciously picked out one of her nicer sets of clothing, not even realizing it at the moment, stripping off her pajamas and changing quickly. Her outfit for the day consisted of short black capris and a longer purple shirt with a black belt across the waists. [i][color=#4b0082]Hm...I should probably wear flats but heels seem so tempting on a day like this. And I'm sure nothing too bad will happen. [/color][/i]Instead she decided to compromise, wearing a shorter set of mary janes, only increasing her height by about 2 inches. [color=#4b0082][i]This should get me a little bit closer to Shinji's height. [/i][/color]After she finished changing she decided to put on some blood red lipstick and walked out of her home, waiting for the spirit to lead her somehow to Shinji.

[i][color=#4b0082]I'll probably regret this later.[/color][/i]

[Kyng's Old Account]

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Finare chuckled upon the explosive attempt, the explosion barely grazing the Prophet as he brushed it off his face, then shielded said face with his armor, covering his hand over his face as the blast viciously flared around him; chuckling he then brushed this off, but his eyes then had suddenly jolted wide open. Partially from high level of intense pain running through his body, mostly from the sheer shock, the absolute surprise from the assault upon him, completely overwhelmed that, after reducing his power, Antalkalis could actually not just a scratch, but a penetrative blow through his dense armor and pierce the dermis and epidermis; Antalkalis' strike had worked.

Finare's eyes then softened as one of his hands firmly grasped the hilt of the blade, his second elevated to his side as his sword flew into his hand; the air around him had "shattered" as his eyes focused on the Alien as he said "It seems you're willing to go all out; I shouldn't disrespect you by weakening myself." With that the sword faded into a grimoire, and his armor became robes again, Finare's hand upon the sword upon Antalkalis' head as he pushed him a significant distance from him, his smile turned into a stern stare, as he lifted a hand.

A pitch black ball generated in his palm, which after launching to Antalkalis' direction but purposely missing, it struck the wall behind him, an enormous vertical blaze erupting from the blast of black fire searing through the roof, an intense gale from the blast blowing around it; Finare then gazed at Antalkalis and said "Let's settle this." as he generated another ball, firing for him again, which followed another, and another, as he continued to fire these black orbs at Antalkalis in a barrage. His eyes giving an eerie red glow, Finare watched Antalkalis carefully.

Finare, after the tenth, had closed his hand and balled a fist, which he swiped across him, a wide energy blast to strike Antalkalis, which then followed by Finare touching the ground, from which a seal appeared beneath Antalkalis. Chuckling, Finare would wait and show him his gut, where the sword had once severely burned, which was now healed as if it had never happened. "Remember, I govern change."

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Ignoring Andrew's remark, Shinji...well, no, he didn't ignore it. It was those kind of things that made hm insecure at a younger stage, people calling him up on his sensitive nature. So what if he wasn't your Burly Bob the Boxer's Brass Knuckle, he was his own person, and if Andrew didn't appreciate it he could keep that to himself! Well, then again, he could've just been teasing him, but whatever the case Shinji did feel a pang of hurt from that remark; regardless he decided to surpress the thought and instead focus on Krystal, someone who seemed a little out of place. She didn't seem very happy, so he decided to try and lift up her spirits, though he had doubts "The Black Smirk" would do that, if so on it's own.

Taking her drawing book, Shinji smiled and said "I'd love to; I bet you're drawings are a lot better than mine!" to try and give her a lease of life. But looking over the drawings...well...umm...they were certainly were different, yet oddly stylish. It wasn't anything like your typical outing nowadays, much more upbeat, cute, adventurous. Shinji couldn't help himself looking over them and looking over the whole darn thing, each one much more different from the last. It made him think if Krystal was suitable to be a fashion designer or not, she seemed to have a flair at it.

Handing it back courteously Shinji said "They really appealed to me Krystal, very different, distinct, I bet these'll be a hit." with a smile before hearing in the distance [b]"CHILDREN! IT IS READY!!!"[/b] from a familiar old voice. Shinji then stood up and decided to move towards the voice, and after walking through the old shrine he entered what appeared to be a simple empty room, in the center of it a nice little pool of lava...A POOL OF LAVA!?! Shinji's eyes gazed at the pool nervously, his teeth chattering before noting it bubble, the bubble bursting with bits of the lava splashing the brick walss which sealed it in.

Suddenly he was smacked on the back, which alone made him jump out of jitters as his grandfather said "Bah! Take a seat you sissy!" and then he, reluctantly, took a seat by the pool of lava, next to Kazakawa who was already seated. Izaburo was opposite his son, seemingly at the head of the seating as behind him was an enormous statue. Kazakawa gently said "When we've gathered around, we will begin to discuss the issue at hand.

Kai, at this time, was waving his piece of paper about in the direction of the mountain, signalling Seira to follow him. He was too busy to gawk at her changing, or gawk at her elegant look; he felt a significant pressure upon him, as if something was calling him back to the Shrine. Eagerly waving it about, it took him about 20 minutes before reaching the shrine, whereby he continued to wave it about, before writing upon it [color=#008000]"Go inside, Shinji and the others are there!"[/color]