"Sis...let's go"

Kiro had no idea why Shinjii was tugging on her sleeve, and nor did she really care. She simply waved him away and continued to sweep up the remains of a ghoul who made the mistake of attacking her. Yet the boy was persistent.

"Come on Kiro, I'm bored...let's..."

"No Shinjii! I'm not in the mood for anything. First, Kuro and Lilith interrupt my training session, thus wrecking my morning, and now you're annoying me to the point where I feel like I'll snap and whack you with my swordmace."

"But sis...can't we at least go to Geffen or Izlude? It'll help you relax..."

"Look, all I want to do to relax is to finish cleaning up, go and put some zombies out of their misery, make some protection talismans and then go to sleep. So unless Cyrus or Bethany send me out to get some blue gemstones or whatnot, I have no intention of leaving this place for now."

Perhaps it was either bad luck or bad timing that Cyrus happened to pass by and overhear their conversation. Either way, it happened.

"Kiro, that's a nice suggestion. We are running low on supplies, but I wasn't thinking of sending anyone out. Thanks for volunteering!"

There was not much that Kiro could do other than mumble about her misfortune while her brother jumped in glee.

"I was right, wasn't I?"

The two youths walked through the streets of Geffen, the acolyte with her head down and the swordsman poking her arm.

"Just say it...I was right about getting out of that hell hole for a day, wasn't I?"

Kiro simply sighed and smiled at the young swordsman.

"Okay, Shinjiii, you were right."

"So what do we do now?"

"I just need to get some potions and we're good to go."

Just as they were about to go find what they needed, the day just had to get worse as a girl with raven colored hair bumped into the acolyte, knocking her coin pouch to the ground. This event caused all of her money to spill out.

"Watch it!" the girl yelled as she walked off.

"I swear, Geffenese pedestrians are so damn careless!"

"Come on sis...let's get the potions and go home."

Kiro glared in the general direction of the girl who had bumped her. If not for Shinjii, she might have had half a mind to whip out her mace and get medieval on the girl's arse.

"Kiro! Let's go!"

The acolyte simply shook her head and pushed her bangs out of her face. Afterwards, she went to retrieve her scattered zeny, which by some stroke of luck, were still on the ground and not in the pocket of some random passerby.

"Let it slide Kiro...at lest we still have our stuff."

"I guess you're on..."

The siblings wandered around, searching for potions, as well as a few miscellaneous items that they needed. Kiro began to think that perhaps that girl's rudeness was a blessing in disguise, for as they were leaving, they were able to see some accidental entertainment as a young mage boy practiced his fire wall by igniting his companion's cloak. Right on the back. Shinjii could barely contain his laughter as the comical scene ensued, with the torch mage screaming like an idiot as his friend attempted to kill the flames with an icy Frost Driver blast, which then froze the poor boy.

Kiro smiled at the scene, which evoked a memory of the time when aqua had done almost the exact same thing to Casper. Tears began welling up in her emerald orbs at the realization that she may never see them again, but the sound of roaring laughter and the weight of someone leaning against her woke her from her spell.

Shinjii was too busy laughing his head off to notice that Kiro had gone all silent on him. She saw the reason when she looked over at the two mage boys. In anger, the boy whose cloak was torched was now attempting to pin his friend with cold bolts. However, it became apparent that ice was not his forte, as the summoned pieces of frozen water rained on him instead, forcing him to dance.

Now was the first time that Kiro noticed a redheaded wizard leaning against a nearby tree, looking as if his sides may split from viewing the comical scene before them.

Feeling a strange, faint warmth creeping up on her cheeks, the acolyte turned away and pulled out one of her blue gemstones.

"Come on Shinjii, let's go home."

"Here. I swiped this from some acolyte chick in Geffen."

The girl who had bumped into Kirono tossed the bag of gems to her priest companion. She stayed in the shadows, with only the light reflecting off of her blue eyes to give away her position.

"How many times do I have to tell you, never steal from clerics, especially from Kiro."

"What?! That was Kiro??"

"Lilith, you nitwit!"

Cyrus tossed the bag of blue gemstones back to the rogue before walking away.

"Return those to Kiro. And next time, try not to mug our leader, you lousy excuse for a thief."

((NOTE: edited because the otehr version i uploaded didn't have the lines. i put hyphens to seperate the scnece changes, but they got nuked D: ))