[ Somewhere near Edelstein ]
Xenon, Roo-D, and Luminous scanned through the crowds at Free Market looking for Aran. "Claudine said he made it here... where is he?" Roo-D was perched on Xenon's head trying to see above the crowd while Xenon watched the people passing around him as they walked. "I'm not sure Roo-D... I've lost sight of Luminous to, it's just too crowded here." Xenon patiently paced through the crowds of annoyed and screaming customers to reach the entrance gate. Twice someone grabbed him aside and yelled at him for cutting in line, and once he lost Roo-D, who after almost 30 minutes of searching for, was found being placed on auction at a pet dealer's store. Xenon had to pay a hefty eighty-million mesos to retrieve his stolen friend before once again trying to make it back towards the entrance gate. "I hope Luminous is having better luck then we are..." Xenon sighed, looking down at Roo-D, who he was now carrying in his arms.
Luminous was searching deeper into the market, looking through every line to find Aran. "Why didn't they send Evan with us? He has Mir with him, he could just fly above the crowds." Luminous huffed, coming to the end of a line of stands before spotting one farther off into the distance that was on the side by itself, there was a young male with white hair standing at the counter paying for some items he bought. "There he is, I'll yell at him big time for this!" Luminous growled, tightening his grip on the staff he carried, and broke almost into a full-run, he flew past the remaining market stands, scattering the crowds around him. "ARAN!" Luminous yelled at the boy as he approached ever faster, startling the boy so much that he almost fell over. The boy caught his balance and quickly turned to face Luminous, who was now slowing to a walking pace, face bright red with anger, The boy stood dumbfound, staring at Luminous with a mixture of curiosity and fear crossing his face, Luminous pounded his staff against the ground angrily before looking up to face the young man, he opened his mouth to yell at the boy again before suddenly going pale, dropping his staff on the ground beside him. The shop owner and the boy exchanged looks of concern before the owner went into the drawers of his stand to get the First-Aid Kit out, and the boy ran over to Luminous and gently squeezed his hand, "Are you alright stranger, does it hurt anywhere?" Luminous looked up to see the boy still holding his hand, face filled with concern. Luminous let out a light laugh and took a step away from the boy, "I'm fine, sorry for worrying you, I mistook you for someone else I've been waiting on all day and let my temper get the better of me..."
The boy's expression lite up seeing that Luminous was alright, and he bent down to pick up Luminous's staff, passing it back to him and gently patting Luminous's hand, "I'm just glad your alright, you scared us going pale like that so suddenly." "My name's Leo, what's yours?" The boy asked looking up at Luminous with a smile, "uh... Luminous" He smiled back hesitantly at the young man for a moment before turning around again, "Well... I need to be going, my friend won't find himself", but just as Luminous had started to walk away, Leo had run up and grabbed his sleeve. "Do you want to look for him together? It'd take you all day alone with crowds like these." Luminous looked down in surprise, but he nodded and patted Leo on the head, "Sure, this market place is pretty big, it'd be nice to have the help." Luminous smiled as he and the young man set off together to search for Aran. For almost two hours Leo and the Luminous searched through the lively and busy crowds of the Free Market looking for the warrior, they told each other stories about the past and the recent events that had happened to them as they looked, spending most of their long search laughing together.
"I don't think he's here yet..." Luminous sighed as they walked back towards the entrance and up the hill, Xenon caught sight of Luminous and Leo freeing one arm to wave to them, Roo-D had jumped out of Xenon's non-free arm and ran at Luminous pouncing onto him and knocking him backward. Xenon ran down to help Luminous up and scold Roo-D, Leo was quicker to help Luminous up though, leaving Xenon the task of a full scolding to his tiny friend. "That was bad Roo-D! You could have hurt him!", Luminous looked up and seen Xenon was waving a stern finger at Roo-D, but the tiny robot seemed really sorry about what he had done. "Xenon, it's ok, he didn't mean any harm" Luminous was brushing himself off as he said it, Xenon gave him a primitive look before scooping up Roo-D in his arms again. "I'm really sorry Xenon... I didn't mean to tackle him, I... I just..." Roo-D's ears drooped and he covered his face with his paws, but Xenon gently lifted his paws from his face and pet his head, "It's ok Roo-D, Luminous said there was no harm done."