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BlueSunset- Thank you! Yes, I'm sorry it's a bit heavy on the history. I'm just trying to explain things, but sometimes I can get too caught up in my own work.

RoyalDemon- Oh, Shigeru is about to get a lot less mean. (inner voice- Cause he LURVES Satoshi so much!) OO Okie. So, yes. And thank you!

8010

"Satoshi...Satoshi, wake up!"

Kasumi's voice. I let out a small moan, turning over on...sheets? What the...? Was it all a dream?

"Here, let me handle this."

Shigeru's voice? Nope, not a dream. Did I really fall asleep, though? I tried to remember my dream...Flowers...and...Shigeru? What the fuck?

"Sato-chan..." I heard his voice purr seductively in my ear. His hot breath sent small shivers down my spine. I heard myself moan and made myself swat at where his voice came from to make it not look as bad. "...WAKE UP, YOU LAZY ASS!!!!"

"Uwahhh!" I jumped up, now fully awake. My ears rang, and I covered them up. "Itaaaiii...What in the hells was that for?!"

He smirked. "Just trying to wake you up."

"Baka," I mumbled under my breath. Seriously, Shigeru was starting to scare me. One moment he's insulting me, then the next he's flirting with me, and then he's back to his usual self. "Where are we?"

"At the institution," Kasumi answered, taking a look around. Takeshi was smiling at me.

I gave a big smile. "Where's Natsume?"

Takeshi's smile faltered. "They're trying to calm her down. The second she saw us, she started going balistic."

I jumped out of the bed. "Is she in the Q.R.?"

"Hai. We're in her room right now."

I nodded. "All right." And then I sped off to the Q.R., or the "Quiet Room", as they called it.It was a room with nothing in it but a mattress.

"Kaze-sama!" Natsume was screeching. "I need Kaze-sama!"

I rushed in, noting that even the Q.R. was unlocked in this place. I pushed past all the Doctors and wrapped my arms around Natsume.

"Hey, kid, you're not supposed to be---"

"It's...Satoshi! He's allowed to be in here, Azumaki-san."

"...Whatever you say..."

As she screeched, I held her in my arms, whispering, "It's okay. I'm here." She looked at me, as if deciding whether I was the real thing or not. It was barely a second before I felt an extreme pain on my cheek, and tasted blood in my mouth. She scratched me. Still, I continued to soothe her, bringing air currents to wrap around us like a blanket. It took a while, but her screeching turned into wailing, then sobs, then finally whispers. I still held her, whispering soothing words into her ear. She was eerily quiet. I stood up, bringing her with me, and lead her past a shocked Shigeru into her room.

I never let go even as we sat down on the bed, and she leaned into my embrace. Then she jerked, awakening from her trance. "Sato-chan?"

"Hai, Nat-chan. Daijobu ka?"

She nodded. "Daijobu desu."

"Yoi," I grinned.

She touched my cheek with wide eyes. "Oh, Sato-chan...did I do that?!"

"It's fine, Nat-chan."

"What the hell is going on here?" Shigeru asked, still shocked at what happened.

"Natsume is a psy-dweller." It took only that much, and Shigeru understood.

"But shouldn't she be with the other Dwellers-sama?" Shigeru asked, confused.

Okay, let me explain something first. Psy-dwellers are people whose spirits are finely attuned with that of the Elementals-sama, and they resonate so loudly that there is an argument whether or not they are Gods themselves. There are many levels on the Resonation Pyramid, or RP. This includes all magic users and the list goes from higher to lower like so, depending on the resonation level and amount of rarity: Elementals-sama, Gods, Dwellers-sama, and the Mage Class Sub-Pyramid (MCS-P): Sages, Mages, Apprentices, and Novices. The council of Dwellers-sama recieve messages from the Elementals-sama, and are in constant search for their reincarnations.

"Hai, but her visions make her go into episodes like that," I explained, and turned to Natsume. "What did you see this time?"

"Wind-sama..." She paused for a moment, her eyes glowing blue for a moment. "...and Fire-sama have been reunited. All four reincarnations have met, and so the circle is complete. The Trials will start soon."

"The...Trials?" Takeshi asked.

"Hai, the Trials. Four tragedies, each more powerful than the next. First comes Water, then Earth, and then Wind and Fire."

8010

"Ja ne, Nat-chan!" I called, following my friends and Shigeru out of the institution. She waved sadly from a hard, plastic window, and I threw her a bright smile, which she soon returned. I turned around to see Shigeru staring at me. "What?"

He shook his head. "Nothing."

"If it's nothing, then why did you have that look in your eyes?" I mused aloud, smiling at Shigeru.

He raised an eyebrow, his lips quirking up in an amused way. "Look?"

I blushed. He was giving me that look again. "You know, that look. The one where there's some kind of fire in your eyes." After a few seconds pause, I added, "Literally." I didn't add that he only got it when he looked at me.

He frowned, trying to figure out what I said. Then, his eyes brightened, "Oh, that look. Yeah, I learned that trick a while ago, guess it pops up randomly..."

I "hmmm"ed. Randomly, eh?

As he turned around, I came to a realization. This was the first civil conversation we've ever had! That's pretty sad.

"Satoshi, Shigeru!" Kasumi called from the car. "We're going to stay at an inn tonight. I want to go shopping tomorrow, because these shops are the cutest around!" She paused a moment to give a little squeal. "We have enough for two rooms with two beds, so I'll take the room with Takeshi, and Satoshi, you can take one with Shigeru."

"No. way." Shigeru and I both growled, glaring at each other.

"I'm not going to share a room with that fag!"

"Me either!"

"Oh yes, you are," Kasumi growled, "or I'll get one room with one bed."

Our eyes widened. She wouldn't do that, would she? We looked at each other, silently agreeing.

"A-all right...but I call window side," I huffed, crossing my arms.

"Fine by me," Shigeru said, crossing his arms as well.

We reached the inn shortly, and by then it was already eleven o'clock at night.

8010

TBC. More ShiShi in the next chapter, I promise!