First off I really must apologize for the long delay in posting. Between work and school, things have been hectic. Thanks you for all the reviews and PM's you sent. As always they are appreciated. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Forward: I don't own The Psychic Academy, though I wish to open one in the future. The wonderful Katsu Aki does. When her Characters do appear, they will be mentioned in the forward.

Psychic Academy: On the Other Side

Based on the popular manga series by Katsu Aki

By Darkensea

Chapter 9:

The classrooms were silent as the students craned over their test papers. Trying hard to remember what they had been studying for the last three months. The summer semester was coming to an end, and it was finals week. Three days of back to back written exams followed by the mysterious practical exam. Xaioto was sleeping across his final essay on a the practical uses of auras in a professional environment. He wasn't exactly finished his essay, but the long nights studying and fatigue from the exams had put him to sleep. Soni who was sitting next to him would of awaken him if she wasn't also sleeping.

Moon finished his test, put down his pen and looked at his two friends. He checked his watch then closed his eyes. Xaioto started to stir swatting at a not existent mosquito by his head. He bolted upright and looked around. Moon smiled to himself and went to work on Soni.

Soon the three were walking out of the classroom finished with their final written exam, mentally drained from a hard day. "We have tomorrow off and then the practical exam on Friday, When I get home I'm going to pass out, don't wake me till Friday." Moon said. "My head feels like its going to explode.

"That might actually be an improvement," Soni teased him.

"I don't even feel like I have energy to defend myself." Moon continued, brushing off Soni's comment.

"He right," Xaioto said, "I heard we get a week off after the exams are done, I don't want to see another text book for that week." A slight wind blew past him and he turned back looking towards the school roof. It was empty. Myria was probably still taking a test. He wanted to thank her again for helping him, but seeing her around recently had become kind of difficult. He might take the day off tomorrow and spend it with her to try and take both their minds of the school work.

"Hey Soni," Moon said, interrupting Xaioto train of thought. "If I pass out here, would you carry me up to my room?"

"No, I'll leave you right here in the middle of the street."

They walked the rest of the way to the dorms in silence from fatigue. They bid Soni goodnight, and headed up to their room. Moon immediately went and gathered his bath things and headed off to the showers. Xaioto turned on Moon's Cd player and put on some music, crossed the room and sprawled out across his bed. His head was hurting but a good nights rest should cure that.

A blue aura trail streak in front of his face making him jump. He turned to see it forming in the center of the room. Mryia materialized out of thin air standing in the center of his room. She looked around then turned to face him.

"Hey Xaioto," She said softly.

"Jump into boys rooms, much?" He asked her.

"No just yours." She replied. "Listen are you busy tomorrow."

"Not unless you have something planned for me to do."

Tomorrow is collection day for the Defenders and I really don't want to be there, so I had to use you as a excuse to leave campus tomorrow."

"Use me?" He asked. "How."

"I have to take my cousin shopping for a birthday present to mail home." She quoted. "Anyway I got the passes, care to join me."

"Sure, what time are we leaving."

"Tomorrow morning early."

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation. "Dorm management Open up."

"Shoot, if they catch me here we'll be in trouble." Myria said, and I need a little more time to recover from my jump, before I can leave. Xaioto closed his eyes and the room filled with thick mist.

"Stay toward the back and keep low." He whispered as he made his way towards the door.

He opened the door, and stood to face the dorm manager. "Yes sir?"

The dorm manager looked past him in to the cloud of swirling mist. "I sensed a aura trail passing up to this room, has a visitor tried to jump pass security and visit you with out authorization?"

"Aura trail?" Xaioto said stalling for time.

"When a person jump, they leave behind a trail of aura residue that can be used to track where they went." The dorm manager explained. " Who jumped into this room?"

"I did." Xaioto replied. "That and this mist behind me is all part of my practicing for the practical exam. Sorry if I broke procedure."

"Do you mind clearing the mist so I can look around?"

"Not at all, it may take a minute though." Xaioto turn around and peered through the mist, Mryia aura had moved to under his bed. Hopefully this would work. He dispersed the mist as slowly a he could, still trying to stall for time so Myria could jump out. When the mist hand finally cleared the dorm manager entered the room. Standing where Myria appeared he said.

"This is the end of the trail. Hmm." Searching for and exit trail, he crossed over to the window, then to the bed.

"There should be a exit trail from the bed to outside" Xaioto said. As he watched Myria aura disappear leaving a blue line "That is where I left from."

The dorm manager placed his hand on the bed, "I sense a faint trail, as if I'm not directly on it or it was a short time ago. Hmm. This is definitely the beginning though." He crossed to the door. " if you are going to practice jumping keep, it to your dorm please."

"Ok I try to remember that." Xaioto replied. The dorm manager left the room closing the door behind him. Xaioto collapsed on the bed, sighing heavily. That was really close. The door opened again an the dorm manager re-entered. "Oh, one more thing. Your radio is a little loud, could you please turn it down?"

"Sure." Xaioto said rising to turn it off but the music lowered itself before he reached it.

"Where is your roommate?" The dorm manager asked.

"Standing behind you." Moon said returning from the baths. "Xaioto, turn down the volume I can't mute it forever."

"Ok try and keep it down you two." The manager said as he turned and left."

"What was that about?" Moon asked. Xaioto smiled and didn't respond.

The next morning Xaioto stood by the school gates, waiting for Myria arrival. Because the dorm manager had cut there time short she had not given him an exact time, so he didn't know how much longer he had to wait. The day was a cool and the winds that passed every now and then made a light jacket necessary. Clouds drifted driven by the wind in a steady continuous motion across the sky. Leaning against the gate he watched them pass.

"Are you always so spaced out?" Myria asked approaching him.

"I don't know, why don't you tell me?" He replied. She smiled and hugged him lightly. "Shall we go then?" he asked.

"Sure, lets go." The two turned and headed off campus.

Standing a short distance off, Azural and Rumeri stood watching them go. "She a little too friendly with that cousin of hers." Azural said. I say we find out what is really going on."

"If you ask me, you look a little jealous to me." Rumeri replied. "All this is pointless."

Azural glared at him and he fell silent. "Come on, lets follow them." He said leading the way. Rumeri sighed and fell in to line.

Xaioto and Myria left the largest department store in town carrying some large packages. They were laughing a joking about some of the events that had happened during the semester with their friends, teachers and classes, Just enjoying there time together.

"I look forward to the time we can do this more often and more open." Myria sighed.

"Yes, it would be nice to have Soni join us one of these times."

"Right," She said her voice dropping. "Your girlfriend..."

"She isn't my girl friend." Xaioto said, "She is an old friend who I'm close to, but she is not my girlfriend." Myria looked up at him. He had a soft smile on his face knowing that was what she was hoping to hear. He then took it a step further. "Your more of a girl friend than she is but I can't openly call you a friend." This strangely made her smile. "That is what I want to see." He said. "You beautiful smile." She blushed now and could do nothing to stop both the blushing and the smile from spreading across her face. The smile contagiously spread to Xaioto's face.

Myria shifted some of her bags to her other hand and took Xaioto arm. "We still have a long time before sunset, and we don't have to get back until dark. Any idea where to go."

"When I first got here I hoped to find a park near the school, but so far I haven't found one. You wouldn't happen to know where one is, would you?"

"No clue, but I wouldn't mind helping you look." She replied.

The two walked around the town for a while, wandering aimlessly not really looking for anything. They were too absorbed in each other company. After a long while of walking around they settled down in a small café and ordered lunch, and returned to walking. By the time they found a place suitable to be called a park they rested. Sitting on the small square patch of grass they watched the sun start to cast it color in to the evening sky.

"We should be heading back, shouldn't we."

"We should but I don't feel like it just quite yet."

"Your friends might start worrying about you."

"They would understand."

"Xaio..."

"Yes."

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For spending the day with me."

"I enjoyed it as much as you did."

"Can you hold me... like you did back on the beach."

He gently wrapped his arms around her, pulling her back into his chest. Letting his head rest on her shoulder he whispered. "Umi" A thin cloud of the comforting mist wrapped around them. They both closed there eyes and just enjoyed the pleasure of being there.

After a few moments Myria took it even further. She turned her head to face Xaioto and kissed him. The kiss came as a surprise to him, but he didn't fight it. He didn't want to. For that moment he wished he could stay there with her forever.

When she finally did pull away, she whispered. " Good luck on your exam tomorrow. Take that with you and give it your all." The two of them flickered and vanished heading back toward the Academy and their separation.

Rumeri released Azural from the head lock with he had used to restrain him from barging in on Xaioto and Myria. They were not far from where the couple was sitting.

"I told you they were too friendly to be related. I'll kill him the next time I see him." Azural said.

"Relax Azural, He attends our school, there isn't far he can run. We'll dealing with him and the lying harlot at the same time. Until then, be patient."