He held a crying figure in his arms, a girl by the sound of it. He couldn't much see who it was he was holding, in fact he couldn't see much of anything. The girl kept saying things like "I can't believe he's gone," and "I never got a chance to help him," as he tried, in vein, to calm and shush her. Suddenly he felt her weight fade away and he was left alone in the dark, even the wet spot from the tears had gone from his shirt. The Darkness was illuminated by five lights that began to glow from nowhere. One white, one dark blue, another green, while the last two were a lighter blue and purple. As the lights grew brighter and brighter and sudden cry filled the silence. "DARK!"

After waking from a… rather odd dream, Satoshi went through his usual morning tasks, after sitting in a half hour daze, without a second thought to the dream. Although one thing wouldn't leave his thoughts. The events from yesterday. Well, from the smack to the dancing. After it registered in his brain that he had been smacked, he had stood there for a good ten seconds before proceeding to clean what Kiretta left. But for some reason the whole time, he couldn't stand the fact that she was angry with him, and he didn't understand why. They'd rivaled each other since she got there and it had never bothered him before. Then there was just before she left. The image of her smiling and waving at him never left his mind.

Looking at the clock, he sighed upon seeing he still had a good half hour before he had to leave for school. He sat at the edge of his bed and began looking through his bag to make sure he had everything he'd need, when the image came back and he gave a sigh of frustration.

"Something wrong master Satoshi?" Came Krad's not so pleased voice.

Satoshi's attention snapped to the mirror that he could have sworn he shattered last week. "What do you want Krad," It wasn't a question, at all, in fact he didn't even want an answered.

Krad looked back at him through the mirror, arms crosses over his chest and looking very unhappy. Not that Satoshi cared if Krad was unhappy. "You've been thinking a lot of this girl,"

"I… don't know what you mean," He knew it was useless to deny it.

"You'd better not be falling for this girl," Krad said. "You know what will happen,"

"I won't let you hurt her," Satoshi growled.

Krad merely scoffed. "Please, that's what you always say," and with that his image faded from the mirror.

Kiretta rushed about her room for a bit of last minute packing while Jackie looked on in amusement.

"Shouldn't you have packed last night?" She asked taking another bite out of her apple.

"I did pack last night," Kiretta said, clearly annoyed. "but if they would have told me yesterday that they would be sending me spells and summons to study over my trip, then I wouldn't have to pack again!" Her voice rose with anger as she said this. The head master had indeed waited until this morning to inform her that she would be sent summons to study over the trip, and now, here she is. Rushing about her dorm trying to find all of her things. Gems, plants, staff, ect. "This aggravates me,"

"Clearly," Jackie muttered.

After Kiretta finally found and packed everything she needed she took her bags and began to drag them down the hallway only to be knocked down and have her bags kicked out of her reach. "What in three worlds do you want?" She asked upon seeing Derek standing above her.

"Heard you were leaving,"

"Don't sound so hopeful," She said, standing and dusting herself off. "It's only for a few days,"

"Aw, and here I was. Hoping I'd never have to your dog snout again," He said giving a look of fake sadness.

"Well, while I'd love to stay and tell you why I'd rather be a dog then a bug eyed bush baby," she said looking at a clock hanging on the wall above them. "I have to go," She noticed him looking at the clock too, looking almost confused and added. "But I can't expect you to know that. I doubt your simple mind can comprehend the concept of time, seeing as how your late for all of your classes," With that she ran off, thinking how such a simple insult is likely to cause the boy to begin fuming. poor simple minded Derek, she thought shaking her head

Jing sat in his seat as the teacher announced who would sit with who on the boat. Satoshi and Kiretta got stuck together and were still fuming about it. Kiretta sat at her desk arms folded grumbling about how she was stuck with the blueberry boy. Satoshi didn't seem quite as angry but it was obvious that he wasn't very happy about this. As for Jing. He didn't care, as long as he wasn't with anyone obno- "Jing and Takeshi" -xious. Damn.

Jing looked over at the loud mouthed boy who didn't seem to notice at all. Damn it all. Now he was stuck with the fountain of never ending questions and 'facts'. This was gunna be hell. Then with Kir insisting on going with him. That only spells disaster. Not that Kir cared.

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Well, Here they are. Standing in front of the boat waiting to be seated. Jing risked a glance at Takeshi who, so Jing utter amazement ,Hadn't said anything the entire ride there. It turns out he was watching something off in the distance. When Jing followed he gaze, he saw none other then Kir. Almost outwardly groaning Jing shifted uncomfortably from one foot to another. Damn it all again. Takeshi was going to be the end of them.

Kiretta couldn't believe her luck. She was stuck with… HIM. The commander. The blueberry boy. She'd taken to calling him a blueberry since Jackie threw a blueberry at her during one of there arguments and the commander popped into her head. She tried to look out the window but her view was obstructed by… blue. Blueberry to be exact. Commander was asleep and leaning against the window, ultimately ruining her view of the sea. Damn him and his obstructive blue hair. She growled in frustration and turned to see what her friends and Risa were doing. Jing looked like he was ready to swing on Takeshi, who was babbling about some 'demon bird' that he swears followed them to the boat. Daisuke, who was sitting next to Risa, looked like his face was about to implode, he was so red. Poor Daisuke. So blinded by love to see what a ditz she is. Ah, well. That's his choice, she thought shrugging to herself. Risa however seemed to very exited about being at sea, pointing out every small thing that happened from gulls to waves. While Riku, who was in the seat in front of Kiretta seemed just fine, aside from randomly looking at Jing from time to time she seemed downright bored.

Suddenly the girl sitting next to Risa turned in her seat so she was looking at Kiretta, who looked back with a 'What the hell do you want?' look in her eyes. "You're so lucky!" She squealed.

Kiretta raised an eyebrow. "How so?"

"You get to sit next to Satoshi!" Oh great, the commander and chief blueberry has fan girls, "He's so cute!"

Kiretta choose not to respond to this for fear of continuing the conversation. The boat rocked as it was hit by a wave slightly larger then the usual and, much to her displeasure, this caused Satoshi to lean back and onto her shoulder. "HE'S TOUCHING YOU!" She squealed in excitement.

Kiretta froze and slowly looked down at him and a way that said 'You have just done a horrible wrong, and deserve to be smacked for this infraction of my personal law' or at least that's what the look said in her mind. She watched as he opened his eyes halfway and looked up at her, muttered something inaudible, -that her had damn well better have been "I'm sorry, it will never happen again,"- and flop back over. Watching him a moment more she was, suddenly overcome by the urge to steal his glasses out of his pocket and see how long it takes him to realize were they've gone, after he wakes up. Deciding to fight the urge, she reached into her bag of CDs pulled out her CD player and turned it up, preparing for a long boat ride.

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When the boat came to a stop and it was time to get off, they told the students to wake their partners if they were asleep. Kiretta looked at Satoshi, who was very much asleep. "Hey, Commander, wake up," She said shaking him lightly. He opened his eyes slightly and sat up, obviously dazed and confused. Feeling rather impatient, Kiretta watched him for about three seconds… then, "AWAKEN FOUL BEAST!" And she smacked him on the back sending him face first into the seat in front of them. That woke him up. He sat looking at her with wide eyes as she grabbed her bags and walked away giving him the peace sign. That was fun,