She gulped harshly, attempting to coat her dry throat as she gasped for air. It's been over two sunsets since she started running, only stopping when she spots a lake to drink something. Swearing under her breath, she leaned her back against the tree she was standing on.

From where she was, she could see the lights of the city in the distance. After so long, and getting lost a few times, she was almost awestruck. A small relieved smile showing on her features as she closed her eyes. A hand subconsciously making it's way to the side of her face, her fingers grazing over the caked blood that dried on top of the cut.

"I did it, Jason." She thought proudly. Wincing as her mind started to wander to what happened to him. "No, gotta keep moving. He'd kill me himself, if I didn't move on."

She begin to hop down the tree but paused when she heard skilled footsteps coming from the direction she came, the trees rustling with every step. Her eyes widening as she realized that Rion, the boy twin, was never with his sister Rina while she was fighting Jason. Exhaling to calm her nerves, she slowly stood, letting a dagger slide from her sleeve as she prepared for a fight.

"Wait, more footsteps!" She thought, Her eyes opened as she bent back down into hiding. Turning completely still as she listened carefully. These ones were coming from the city, making the steps from behind her pause in their tracks.

"-Zen, we can't just leave again!" A male whined in the distance.

"Honestly," The other male, whom she assumed to be Zen, sighed. "Kiki, get him to lighten up a little."

The footsteps got closer and closer as she heard a light hum from a female, presumably this 'Kiki' person.

"Woman of few words." Laena held back a chuckle. Momentarily forgetting about the sound behind her.

"Where are we headed anyway?" The first man jogged to catch up with Zen and Kiki, whom are now walking past the tree she resided on.

"The house." The sliver haired man said like he should know already. To which the first man just rolled his eyes at the path.

"Maybe if I follow them, Rion, or whoever, will just leave me alone." She decided it was worth a shot. So when the last man, which was the first man to speak, passed the tree, she quietly hopped down and followed behind them.

"Why always that place?" The guy with blue hair asked in irritation. He didn't look too happy to be going in general, actually. She eyed him curiously as she made her way to walk next to him, whom was fully focused on the Zen guy. The Zen guy walking with the Kiki woman just in front now.

"It's nice to get away for awhile, Mitsuhide." Ding ding, so that was he's name. It suited him. "Nice name for a nice looking guy." She laughed inwardly. He reminded her of a responsible mom the way he was nagging, not that she knows anything about that though.

"So what's so special about this house place, anyway?" She pipes up casually, grabbing an apple from the pouch on her belt.

"What do you mean?! It's the perfec-" Zen paused and turned on his heels. The other two, mostly Mitsuhide, stared at her in confusion and surprise on how she got there without them noticing, before gathering their wits and pulling out their swords. She raised her hands into the air, leaving the apple to hang in her mouth by the bite she was taking. Though an awkward and playful smile still shown through. "Ca' I ta' da aple ou' reel fas'?"

The boys looked at each other, not sure what to make out of that. Kiki, being the intellectual Laena figured she was, rolled her eyes and yanked the apple out of her mouth, quickly going back to her stance, sword pointing at her the whole time.

"Who are you? What do you want?" She asked quickly, glaring daggers.

"Whoa, whoa there Kiki. Relax, I'm an open book." She laughed at how awkward the situation got just now. "Maybe I should have said something earlier?" She thought to herself as her eyes wondered to the sky.

"Kiki, do you know her?" Mitsuhide said confused, eyeing them both. Now it was Kiki's turn to be confused. "Do I?" She directed towards the offending woman. Laena laughed again, coming back from her thoughts. "Nope she doesn't, Mitsuhide."

His eyes widened. "Do we know each other?"

"Not exactly." She glanced at them all, this was really getting nowhere and there still might be someone watching them. Her eyes wandered the trees to look for anything out of place.

"Who are you?" Zen repeated Kiki's question, catching her attention back to the people with swords. Laena's eyes lit up. "Oh right! Sorry, my bad. My name is Laena, at your service." She smiled, then her eyes opened like she forgot something, "That's not lots to go by, I know, but I have no last name, sorry." She finished with a goofy smile.

Kiki and Mitsuhide begin to lower their swords, though only a little bit, at her odd behavior. "Do you work at the castle?"

"Castle?" She blinked, "Nope. Just got here. Why, are they hiring?"

Kiki face palmed and started to walk away in the direction they were originally heading, apparently deciding that she wasn't a threat. The boys following behind after giving her weird looks. Laena watched them leave her there, like nothing happened. "H-hey! Wait for me!" She ran to catch up with them. Kiki threw Laena's apple at Mitsuhide who caught it after flailing and jugging the object around in surprise, whom tossed it to her just behind him. She caught it out of habit, because she wasn't really paying attention to him, and started shoving more of the apple into her face with a goofy smile. "Guess I'm with them for awhile.." She thought without complaint. Her eyes warily scanning the now completely quiet forest one last time before jogging to walk between Kiki and Zen. Who both just gave her an odd look and continued on.