Inside Fang Fang's personal washroom the yasha was enjoying a relaxing bath in the morning, leaning back against the edge of the bath while the gentle flowing water from the fountains was heard amongst the silence in the room. His long hair was flowing freely down his back while he breathed out in content as he calmed his mind. On the other side across from him Ceal was leaning back while resting his arms along the edge of the bath, his eyes closed as he remained silent just as he had been all morning. Fang Fang let out a relaxed sigh then looked to the mage with a calm smile.
"A very good way to start off the day, wouldn't you agree my friend?" he said casually. Ceal remained silent while his reptilian hand lightly drummed its fingers on the floor. Fang Fang looked at him curiously then smiled amusedly and shook his head.
"Come now, I'm being polite and even allowing you to use my washroom again this morning, the least you could do is say something back," he said. Ceal opened his eyes and looked at the yasha with a dull stare, still remaining silent. Fang Fang smiled nervously then looked down at the water with concern.
"I've paid my father's debt to you, allowed you and your friends sanctuary, assisted in your struggle against this new threat to us all, and yet you still treat me so coldly. What must I do to calm the waters between us?" he asked.
"If the waters between us were rocky I wouldn't be tolerating a bath with you like this," Ceal replied dryly. Fang Fang glanced up to him with a raised eyebrow.
"I find it hard to believe that this is your normal persona, surely you like to laugh and have fun just as any other, must you try to keep everybody out by pretending to be so cold and mean?" he asked.
"Pretending?" Ceal questioned with a sharp glance. Fang Fang nodded with a small smile.
"You've helped us all by surviving these troubled times, especially Falla and her sisters. It's plain to see to everybody that you love Falla, and the way you care for Complica like your own little sister, we all know you have a heart. You don't have to be ashamed to show it to us, it's a good thing for someone to have," he reasoned. Ceal just stared at him for a moment then looked down again with closed eyes while remaining silent. Fang Fang watched him curiously then glanced away.
"What do you have to lose in showing you care for others?" he asked simply. Ceal opened his eyes and glanced to the yasha with growing irritation.
"This is your last warning to be quiet," he said coldly. Fang Fang looked to him with a raised eyebrow then over to see Falla and Complica running into the bathing room. They were each wearing their normal clothing again, both stopping instantly as they saw Ceal sitting in the bath. Fang Fang jumped a bit then held his hands over his crotch with a nervous smile.
"Um, excuse me, but we're not done in here," he said shaking his head. Falla and Complica stared at Ceal as the mage then glanced to them with a blank expression. Falla eyed his chest over as she felt a slight blush grow while Complica looked down timidly to avoid seeing her big brother like that again.
"Ceal," Falla said softly.
"Um, we… you… uh…" Complica said before looking away with a blush. Ceal merely raised an eyebrow at them while Fang Fang looked between the two parties with a nervous smile.
"Could you ladies please excuse us until we are decent again? Please?" Fang Fang asked desperately.
"Falla? Complica?" Ceal asked. Falla just stared at the boy's chest while Complica looked up to her, the young girl then nudging her sister to snap her back to reality. Falla jumped a bit then smiled weakly and rubbed the back of her head.
"Um, Ceal? Could you please come with us? We… need your help with something," she said with a small shrug. Ceal just stared at her as the chronofly laughed nervously then looked to Complica with worried eyes, the young girl then looking to Ceal.
"There was an accident," she said softly.
"An accident that was so important for you two to come into our bathing room while we're naked? Just what has happened with you people this time?" Fang Fang exclaimed as he lowered himself further into the water with a flustered expression. Ceal just watched Falla while waiting for an explanation, the chronofly smiling nervously at him then glancing away.
"Well, Kokoa… and Sun… got into another fight, and…" she said hesitantly.
"Falla," Ceal said, the girl flinching then looking back to him with worried eyes.
"What have I told you all before?" he said knowingly. Falla trembled a bit then nodded as she looked down with closed eyes.
"You're not our medic, I know. Our health and wellbeing isn't your responsibility, I understand that. It's just… Sun's really hurt," she said softly. Ceal shook his head then looked up with a dull expression.
"This was about the werewolf again, wasn't it?" he asked flatly. Falla and Complica nodded while Fang Fang looked at them worriedly.
"Oh dear, how badly was she hurt?" he asked while keeping his body low in the water. Complica shook her head and looked to Ceal with pleading eyes.
"Please Ceal we need your help Kokoa got mad about something and hit Sun really hard and now Sun's not moving and she's got a huge bruise on her face and we can't wake her up and Kokoa's still mad and we can't leave Sun alone for long but she's really really hurt and Arial's worried about her and I'm worried about her and the others are trying to heal her but she's really hurt so please I'm begging you big brother can't you help-" she started before she dropped down onto her hands and knees gasping for air, with the others watching her with blank expressions as the girl dropped onto her side while trying to breathe again.
"Complica, please break up your sentences more," Falla said as she knelt down and helped her sister sit up. Complica took a few deep breaths then looked to Ceal with worried eyes.
"Please big brother," she whimpered. Falla looked to Ceal as the boy just watched them with a dull expression.
"Ceal, please, Ruby said something's really wrong with Sun, we might need your magic to fix this," Falla begged softly. Fang Fang looked to Ceal as the mage remained silent with a dull expression on his face still. After a moment the boy sighed with annoyance then looked up with closed eyes.
"Just go and keep that vampire away from her, I'll be there shortly," he said with withheld annoyance. Falla and Complica nodded and stood back up again.
"Thank you Ceal," Complica said with a small smile.
"I love you so much," Falla said softly. Ceal glanced to her then looked back down to the water, with Falla smiling gently at him as he didn't say anything back. She then led Complica out of the bathing room, with Fang Fang slowly sitting back upright again while looking to Ceal with a curious smile.
"Like I was saying, there's no reason to be ashamed for-"
"If you speak another word about that topic again you will drown in this bath right here and now yasha," Ceal said with a cold glance to him. Fang Fang froze in place then smiled weakly and nodded.
"Um… well, I think I'll just go get dressed and meet you with the others then," he said before quickly scurrying out of the bath and grabbing his towel. As he left to get dressed Ceal looked back up with a dull expression and breathed out slowly. Silence filled the room as the boy let his mind drift, his eyes slowly closing as he calmed his breathing.
"They'd better not ask me to do what I think they're going to ask me to do," he said dryly.
Inside the infirmary everybody had gathered together again, dealing with yet another situation that had arisen for them that morning. In her rage of being spied on and mocked, Kokoa had struck Sun in the face while starting her overcharge, the resulting hit knocking Sun unconscious and through a wall along with Felucia. The vampire had tried to chase down and finish off the siren in her anger, being thwarted by Arial who froze her solid. Although Kokoa was still conscious as she was frozen in place like a statue, it did buy time for Felucia and Arial to get Sun to the infirmary. By the time Kokoa had melted through her frozen prison with her anger the others had arrived around her, facing a roaring redhead who started to burn wildly from her overcharge. Before she went critical and suffered from internal injury, the redhead had bolted out of the building at blinding speed and raced into the courtyard, striking at a pile of debris that had been set aside by Fang Fang's cleanup crew and pulverizing it into rubble and dust with a powerful bang. While the surrounding guards stared with wide eyes at seeing the young naked girl who was on fire annihilating the pile of concrete and debris with a single punch, everybody else ran out and watched as Kokoa collapsed from exhaustion, lying there naked amongst the charred ground while she fell into a slumber. The group took her to the infirmary then proceeded to quickly get changed into normal clothing since their time in the baths was obviously over. While Falla and Complica left to persuade Ceal into helping again, Ruby, Apoch, Astreal, Ahakon, and Yukari were using their magic to try and heal the wounded siren, her face having a large bruise on her cheek while she lay motionless on the bed. Sun had been changed into a simple white patient's dress while in the infirmary, with Kokoa also being given the same outfit as well as something else to keep her from attacking the siren again, which she was now trying to do.
"Kokoa, down, stay!" Kurumu scolded, shaking a finger at Kokoa who was tied down with so many chains that it looked like a puffy coat of metal links surrounding her while she was bound down on her knees. The vampire was growling and snapping at Sun like an animal while the others just watched her with raised eyebrows. Gin was looking from one girl to the other, knowing that these two fighting over him was really getting out of hand and trying to figure out how to get them to stop from killing each other.
'Ok, I think I see where Tsukune was coming from when he said having girls fighting over you isn't such a hot thing.'
Sitting on the wolf's shoulder Kou was watching as his mistress was growling and snarling at Sun in her anger, then looked to the siren with discontent.
"Alright, would somebody mind explaining why Kokoa just tried to kill Sun?" Felucia asked as she leaned back against the wall near the door with a puzzled expression.
"Because she's crazy," Arial scoffed while standing next to Sun's bed, watching Kokoa with a glare while her lollipop was stuck in her bared teeth. The snow angel wasn't listening to her music yet even though her earbuds were in her ears, dressed in her usual attire while her arms were crossed before her in discontent.
"Um, do vampires normally catch on fire like that?" Kyouko asked while watching Kokoa growl and snarl as she tried to break free from her bonds.
"Kokoa's a unique case in that regard Kyouko, it's a little talent of hers," Ruby said while she continued to focus her magic on Sun, the siren still remaining motionless while the casters tried to heal her.
"Down Kokoa, bad! Down!" Kurumu yelled as she grabbed a magazine, rolled it up, and swatted it on Kokoa's head. The vampire yelled out and grabbed it with her teeth, with Kurumu struggling to pull it back as the redhead shook her head with furious growls.
"Is she always like this?" Render asked with a curious glance to the others.
"More or less," Apoch said with a shrug.
Kokoa tore up the magazine with her teeth then snapped at Kurumu, prompting the succubus to jump back with a yelp, and then resumed trying to snap at Sun while struggling around in her chains. Rason held his frightened girlfriend from behind then looked to Gin while shaking his head.
"So, are you going to do anything about this?" he asked expectedly.
"Me? What am I supposed to do?" Gin asked with a shrug.
"Your girlfriend just tried to murder Sun in a jealous rage, and she tried to bite me," Kurumu said while backing up behind her angel and watching Kokoa with caution.
"She would have killed Arial if she had run into her with her overcharge going like that," Mizore pointed out, with Dark looking to her then to Arial with great concern while he had his own earbuds removed during this time. Arial scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"She would not have killed me, I would have frozen the stupid girl before she could even touch me," she argued with annoyance.
"I don't believe this, I saved your soul's life, show some gratitude you ungrateful bi-" Mizore started before she dropped down with an ice shard in her head, the snow girl yelling and yanking it out while the group watched her with concern. Arial grunted as she crossed her arms again and looked back to Kokoa with discontent while Dark watched Mizore holding her forehead with a frustrated expression.
"Huh, never thought I'd see that," Kurumu said simply as she watched Mizore rolling around and growling with anger. After a moment Kurumu giggled and smiled amusedly at her.
"Hurts doesn't it? Now you know how I feel when-"
"Shut up Kurumu!" Mizore yelled out as she tumbled back to her feet, glaring at Arial with rage while Kurumu jumped back behind Rason again for protection. Felucia grabbed Mizore's shoulder and held her back, the snow girl looking back to her with frustration as the demon shook her head with a worried smile.
"Now now, calm down Mizore," she urged.
"I think everybody needs to calm down here, let's deal with these little problems peacefully and if at all possible quickly. We have other things to prepare for today, so let's just take a moment here and relax," Razico called out as he raised a hand. Everybody looked to him then to Kokoa as the vampire continued to snarl and snap at Sun with fury.
"I don't think she's relaxing," Kyouko pointed out. Gin sighed then walked over and knelt down in front of his girlfriend, the vampire looking to him with frustration as he rested his hand on her head.
"Kokoa, please calm down," he said softly.
"Calm DOWN? She was watching us having sex this morning; the perverted bitch spied on us and then had the nerve to say I'm not good enough for you!" Kokoa yelled out. Gin sighed then looked back to Sun as the casters were still working to heal her.
"I know Kokoa, just… you know that even if she feels that way it doesn't mean she can take me away from you," he said looking back to the vampire. She showed a frustrated expression and looked down with a low growl as the wolf gently held her cheek.
"I love you," he said caringly, with Kokoa looking back up to him with worried eyes.
"I mean it Kokoa. I'm glad Sun rejected me long ago, I'm glad she said no to me back then, because if she hadn't then I wouldn't have really seen you for how you are, I wouldn't have you as my mate. I only want you Kokoa, just you as my girlfriend, nobody else," he said gently. Kokoa nuzzled against his hand while watching him with worried eyes, the boy breathing out then looking down.
"Don't ever think you're not good enough for me, you're the only one I want," he said assuredly.
"Then tell her that, she's not getting the fucking point!" Kokoa yelled out before she started thrashing around in her chains and growling furiously again.
From the doorway Falla and Complica walked in and headed over to Luna who was sitting on a bed watching the vampire yelling out again in anger.
"Hey, how's she doing?" Falla asked looking to Sun, with Complica rushing over to the siren's side and looking at her with concern.
"She's still out, and Kokoa's still pissed," Kurumu said while peeking out from behind Rason and watching the vampire growling and thrashing around in her bonds. Rason shook his head then looked to Gin.
"Ok Gin, you need to put a stop to this already. We all know you love Kokoa except for Sun, you need to set her straight on this once she wakes up," he said waving over to the sleeping siren. Gin looked to Sun then to Kokoa as the vampire kept trying to break free from her chains. He then hugged her, the girl stopping and looking over his shoulder as he closed his eyes.
"I'll take care of it Kokoa, I promise. Just please, calm down, for me," he said, with Kokoa glancing to him as the group watched them carefully. Gin leaned back from his hug then kissed the vampire, the girl closing her eyes as he held her head gently. When he pulled back he smiled at her, the girl's eyes looking at him with wonder before she nodded slowly.
"Ok Gin," she said softly. She glanced to Sun with discontent then looked away with a huff, with Gin smirking at the sight before standing up and looking to Sun again.
"For the record I still say you would be better off with Sun," Arial commented. Gin glanced to her as she looked to the siren with a gentle expression.
"She's much more beautiful and nicer than that vampire, not to mention she doesn't have a serious anger problem, she's a far better choice for you," she reasoned. Kokoa twitched at that then growled at the snow angel with a glare while Mizore tried to control herself and not speak up about Arial's issue with dealing with people choosing others as their loved ones herself.
"Sorry Arial, but she isn't," Gin said shaking his head, with the group looking to him curiously while Kokoa watched him with wonder.
"I used to think she was the one for me, the only one really, and I confessed my love to her. But she rejected me, saying she wasn't ready for a serious relationship with anyone, and then traveled to the human world when she graduated from the academy. She turned me down, and then just left my life completely," he said softly, looking at the siren who he used to believe was the most beautiful girl in the world to him. He then smiled and looked down to Kokoa.
"But then I fell in love with another; one who didn't reject my feelings, one who didn't run away from me. Sun had her chance to be my mate, and she turned it down. Kokoa however hasn't let me go since, and I'm not about to let her go ever," he said, with Kokoa smiling lovingly up at him. Arial looked to Kokoa then shook her head.
"But she's out of her mind," she argued.
"Look who's talking," Mizore muttered. Again she dropped to the ground with an ice shard lodged in her forehead, screaming as she pulled the blade out and rolled around on the ground. The group looked to her with worry then to Arial as the girl lowered her arm with a scoff.
"Watch your mouth," Arial scolded harshly. Mizore growled and stumbled to her feet, readying to charge the snow angel before Felucia held her back with a weak smile.
"Again, calm down Mizore, it's ok, it's ok," she reassured.
Gin watched as the snow maiden slowly calmed down then looked to Sun again with a solemn gaze.
"I only want to be with Kokoa, as soon as Sun wakes up I'm just going to have to spell it out for her. Either we be just friends, or she can walk away again," he said with a hint of remorse. The group looked to Sun as the siren was still motionless on the bed.
"Is she doing any better?" Complica asked looking up to Ruby.
"Yeah, you said you might need Ceal to help her, what's wrong?" Falla asked. Ruby glanced to Complica then to the other casters, all of them exchanging worried glances with each other.
"Um, why are you all looking at each other like that?" Ran asked worriedly.
"Is she going to be alright?" Gabriel asked. Ruby bit her lip then looked to Falla.
"Please tell me Ceal is coming," she said nervously. Falla glanced to Sun then to Ruby with a careful eye.
"He said he would be coming soon, what's wrong with her Ruby?" she asked. Ruby looked back to Sun as Apoch and Astreal shook their heads.
"He needs to get here fast Ms. Ruby," they said worriedly.
"Why? What's wrong with Sun?" Arial asked as she started to get a bad feeling about this.
"Ruby, what aren't you telling us? What's wrong?" Dark asked carefully. Ruby closed her eyes for a moment then looked to Complica.
"Complica, take Arial with you and go find Ceal, please tell him to hurry," she said gently. Complica looked at her worriedly then to Sun while Yukari and Ahakon exchanged glances.
"Why what's wrong with her is she going to be ok please tell me she's going to be ok," Complica pleaded as she looked back up to the elder witch.
"She'll be fine, but Ceal would certainly help her feel better much sooner, so please take Arial with you and go find him," Ruby urged gently. Complica whimpered then looked to Arial, the snow girl slowly shaking her head.
"You're trying to get us out of the room, why? What happened to Sun?" Arial demanded.
"Arial, please don't argue with me, just go and find Ceal, now," Ruby said looking back to her with an expecting glance. Arial looked to Complica then to Sun as the group glanced to each other with concern. Mizore breathed out then stepped towards them.
"Come on, I'll go with you, the sooner we find Ceal the sooner we can get her back on her feet," she offered. Arial and Complica looked to her then to Kokoa as the vampire was watching Sun carefully now.
"If you really hurt Sun…" Arial growled with anger. Kokoa looked to her nervously as the snow angel's hair froze over, the little girl glaring at the vampire with anger while Complica looked back to Sun with growing concern. Mizore glanced to Kokoa then to Arial.
"She's not going anywhere, let's be quick and find Ceal, ok?" she said. Arial glanced to her with a growl then looked to Sun.
"Alright, we'll be right back," she said before running out of the room, with Complica whimpering and looking back to Mizore. The snow maiden smiled softly and took hold of her hand, walking her out of the room while the rest of the group watched them go before looking to the casters.
"Ruby, just how bad is she hurt?" Luna asked.
"Very," Ruby said gravely. Gin ran over and looked down at Sun with growing concern, seeing her lying there motionless with a large bruise on her cheek.
"What's wrong with her Ruby? Can't you heal her?" he asked looking to the witch. Ruby hesitated then glanced to Gin.
"Gin… that hit to her head…" she said softly. Gin looked down to Sun then slowly reached out to her with his hand, carefully opening one of the siren's eyes before he jumped back with a gasp. Her eyeball had been pulverized, having been reduced to a bloody clot in her eye socket now.
"Oh god," he said with horror.
"What happened to her?" Ran asked nervously.
"Ms. Kokoa struck her with far too much power," Apoch said shaking her head.
"Her eyes have ruptured, her skull is cracked open underneath the skin, and her ears are filled with blood," Astreal said with remorse, the group jumping at that then looking to Sun with fearful eyes.
"What?" Rason yelled out.
"Had Kokoa used any more power with that punch she would have destroyed her head completely," Yukari said looking to Gin with watery eyes.
"We've been using all our magic to try to keep her stable, and to keep Complica and Arial from freaking out, but we can't heal this without Ceal," Ahakon said shaking his head. Gin looked to Sun with shock then to Kokoa, with all eyes then turning to her as she was looking at Sun with worried eyes.
"Kokoa, you've gone too far this time," Ruby scolded. Kokoa jumped a bit and looked to her as the witch walked up to the bound vampire with a stern expression.
"Do you realize what you've done? She may be as good as dead now because of you! And even if Ceal does manage to restore her body to normal there's no telling if her brain survived that hit, she could be brain-dead as we speak!" Ruby yelled out at her. Kokoa looked to Sun then to Gin as the boy was shaking his head with disbelief.
"Gin, I… I didn't mean to…" she said shakily. Gin looked to Sun then down with a frustrated expression, wondering if he had any right to blame Kokoa or if all of this was his fault for not stopping Sun's infatuation with him sooner. Kokoa looked around at the group then to Sun as the casters worked to keep the siren stable until help arrived.
"I'm sorry, she just wouldn't back off or leave Gin alone, I had to stop her," Kokoa pleaded.
"Well you might have done just that, she may never wake up again thanks to you," Kurumu said with discontent.
"Arial's going to kill you when she finds out, she really likes Sun, she's going to do to you what she did to Mizore," Ran said shaking her head.
"What did Arial do to Mizore?" Kyouko asked.
"Let's just say it was a miracle Ceal was with us then, otherwise Mizore would have been dead after what Arial did to her," Leon commented.
"Blood was everywhere," Render added, with Apoch and Astreal nodding slowly to that. Luna and Falla looked to each other worriedly at that while Felucia glanced to Dark questionably.
"I think I see where you get your killer instinct from Dark," Felucia said with a shrug. Dark glanced to her with a dull expression at that then looked to Kokoa as the vampire whimpered and shook her head.
"I'm sorry Gin, I didn't mean to hurt her so badly," Kokoa pleaded.
"You were chasing me in the halls to slaughter her in your rage, to an observer it would seem like you were trying to kill her," Felucia said with a raised eyebrow. Kokoa twitched at that then looked down nervously.
"I'm sorry, I got upset, she just kept trying to come between Gin and I, I'm sorry ok?" she cried out before shutting her eyes. She shook her head and looked to Gin with watery eyes.
"I'm sorry, I know she's your friend, but I lost my temper, I just couldn't stand the way she kept trying to get close to you, the way she kept saying I wasn't good enough for you. I'm sorry, really," she pleaded. Gin looked at her with a pained expression then to Sun as the casters kept working to try and keep her stable.
From the doorway Fang Fang entered the room, dressed again in his usual attire as he walked over to Sun's side.
"Oh my word, what happened to her?" he asked with concern.
"Kokoa might have killed her in her jealousy," Kurumu said, glancing to the vampire with narrowed eyes. Kokoa looked down with shame while Gin breathed out and shook his head.
"It's not her fault, it's mine, I should have made Sun understand how I feel more clearly, I could have prevented this," he said softly. He held a hand over his eyes and breathed out slowly.
"This never happened to Tsukune, how did it go so out of control with me?" he asked.
"For starters it was always Tsukune who was sent to the infirmary from us being thickheaded," Yukari commented.
"And you've got a Kokoa who loves you, we were never so violent to strike with lethal force during our fights," Ruby mentioned as she glanced to the vampire, with Kokoa cringing from that. Gin nodded and lowered his head with closed eyes.
"Sun, I'm sorry," he said softly.
"If anybody needs to apologize to her when she wakes up its Kokoa," Ran said watching the bound vampire with discontent. Kokoa closed her eyes and nodded, knowing she had indeed gone too far with how she dealt with Sun.
From the doorway Complica ran in and back over to Sun's side with worried eyes, being followed quickly by Arial who was trying to pull Ceal along by the hand and Mizore following after them while rubbing her forehead again with an annoyed expression. The catalyst mage stopped inside the room and looked around at the group as Arial let go of his hand and raced over to Sun as well.
"Ceal, there you are," Ruby said looking back to him.
"What happened to you Mizore?" Fang Fang asked as he saw the snow maiden rubbing her forehead with annoyance while she was glaring at Arial.
"I don't want to talk about it," she muttered. Arial glanced back to her then looked to Sun again.
"I told you I don't need anybody leading me around and holding my hand like I'm some little girl," she scoffed.
"You are a little girl, and I was only trying to help," Mizore shot back with frustration. Arial merely shook her head as she watched Sun.
"Please Ceal, we could really use your help with this," Yukari said looking back to him. The mage glanced to her then up while shaking his head.
"Again, I must ask how the hell did you people even survive before you met me?" he asked dryly.
"C'mon man, don't give us that crap now, you have to do something," Gin snapped while waving to Sun. Ceal looked to him with a cold stare and raised an eyebrow.
"Don't assume I have to do anything for you wolf, as I've stated numerous times now I am not your medic," he said sternly.
"Ceal, please, Sun's really hurt," Falla said worriedly. Ceal looked to her as she held her hands together with pleading eyes.
"Please help her, for me? Please?" she asked softly. Ceal growled quietly then looked over to the wounded siren with annoyance. Complica and Arial looked back to him with worried eyes as the mage remained silent for a moment.
"Please big brother," Complica said innocently with a timid expression.
"Please, I'm begging you," Arial said softly. Ceal glanced to them then back to Sun while shaking his head.
"I hate you people," he muttered as he walked over to Sun with a dull expression on his face. Render opened his mouth to speak before Leon clamped a hand over it while shaking his head.
"Don't, just don't man," Leon said, with Render glancing to him questionably then to Ceal again as the catalyst mage stood next to the wounded siren. The other casters stepped back as the boy gently rested his hand on Sun's head, his eyes examining her closely while he brought his necro hand over to the side of her head.
"Ceal, can you help her?" Ruby asked worriedly. The boy just eyed the siren while remaining silent.
"Ceal?" Falla asked.
"Is she going to be ok big brother?" Complica asked worriedly. After a long while of silence the boy finally spoke up.
"What happened to her?" Ceal asked as a soft glow formed around Sun's head. The mage focused his magic as he started to reform her skull and reconstruct her eyes; however he seemed to be staring intently at something that had his attention.
"Kokoa hit her through a wall," Arial growled as she looked back to the vampire with a cold glare. The others watched as Sun's bruise slowly vanished while her head shifted around a bit in the mage's hands. He held one hand over her eyes as the glow intensified from there while he held his necro hand over the girl's head. After a while he removed the hand over her eyes and opened an eyelid, seeing the girl's eye restored yet not focusing on anything. He then placed both hands on either side of her head and focused his magic, a soft glow forming and swirling around her head as the others watched with awe.
"He's doing it, he's healing her," Complica said with a smile forming.
"Not quite Complica," Ceal said, with the group looking to him with concern at that.
"What do you mean? Isn't she getting better now?" Complica asked. Ceal shook his head as he continued to use his magic on the siren.
"No? What do you mean no?" Arial asked nervously. Gin walked up next to him and looked at Sun with worried eyes.
"Tell me, just how bad is she?" he asked desperately. Ceal continued working with a blank expression on his face, the group watching him as he remained silent.
"Ceal, tell me, when is she going to wake up?" Gin demanded as he looked to him with frustration. After a moment Ceal stopped using his magic and lowered his hands, looking at Sun with a solemn gaze before glancing to Gin.
"She's not going to be waking up," he said, with Gin staring at him with growing concern.
"What do you mean she's not going to be waking up?" he asked, praying he heard wrong. Ceal looked down to Sun again as the group watched her with worried eyes.
"I reformed her damaged skull and eyes, and healed the ruptured veins; however her mind has no neural activity at all now. She's in a comatose state, she's not going to wake up," Ceal informed solemnly.
"What?" Gin cried out.
"Comatose?" Complica asked shakily.
"No, oh god no," Ran said covering her mouth with one hand.
"No, she can't… she can't be…" Gin shakily said as he held a trembling hand out to touch Sun's cheek, the girl remaining perfectly motionless on the bed still. Her body had been healed by the catalyst mage's magic, however her brain remained inactive.
"No, no!" Gin cried out as he tried to control his breathing.
"Sun!" Arial cried out while shaking her head. Complica whimpered then ran to Luna, the elder chronofly holding her teary eyed sister while looking at Sun with remorse.
"Oh dear, this is horrible," Fang Fang said shaking his head with sorrow.
"But she's breathing, isn't she?" Rason asked quickly.
"Her body is performing basic functions, lungs are breathing and her heart is beating, although slowly, however her brain hasn't recovered from the shock. She's not dreaming, she's not sleeping, she's practically brain-dead," Ceal explained solemnly.
"Brain-dead?" Kyouko said with a hand over her mouth.
"Oh shit," Felucia said with growing concern.
"Can't you fix it? Please Ceal," Gin begged while shaking his head.
"If I could I would have. Falla and Luna's minds were torn from their magical stress, yet they were treatable still. However the siren's was a far worse case. It's a miracle her core cerebrum is still telling her body to breathe and such otherwise she would be dead now, aside from that she's practically a corpse, the rest of her mind has ceased all activity," Ceal said with a glance to him. Kurumu stared at Sun with disbelief and remorse then looked to Kokoa.
"You killed her," she said softly. The group looked to Kokoa as Kurumu pointed to her.
"You killed her Kokoa, you killed her!" Kurumu yelled out. Arial growled furiously then looked back to Kokoa as her hair froze over and she formed her ice claws, the ground below her freezing solid as the temperature in the room dropped.
"You… you murdered Sun!" Arial yelled out. She dashed towards Kokoa to slice her face with her frozen claw before Dark grabbed her by the back of the shirt and held on, with Arial looking to him with surprise as he shook his head.
"Stop Arial," he ordered.
"But Dark, she killed Sun! Sun's as good as dead now! She's gone forever!" Arial argued as she started to cry.
"She's not gone yet," Dark said looking to Ceal. The mage merely glanced back to him then down to Sun again as the group turned to him.
"Ceal, you healed Luna and Falla's minds before; can't you do anything at all for Sun?" Mizore asked. Ceal merely shook his head as he continued to stare at the siren.
"C'mon man, don't make us beg for this, you're the only one who can help her," Leon pleaded.
"Can't you at least try?" Render asked. Gin held in his tears and looked to Ceal with frustration.
"Please, you've done this sort of thing before, why can't you help her? Or is it that you just don't want to, is that it? You would do this for Falla in a heartbeat, but when it's somebody else you couldn't care less, isn't that right?" he demanded. Ceal drummed his fingers at his hip then glanced to Gin with annoyance.
"I can heal a few burnt and scarred synapses and tissues, but the inside of her head was beyond that in terms of ruin. I did what I could, which wasn't much, there are limits to what I can do with my magic after all," he stated.
"No… you mean… she's gone?" Gin said as a few tears formed in his eyes.
"No! Sun, you can't be gone! Wake up! Wake up!" Arial cried out as she ran over to the siren, her hair and hands returning to normal as she looked at the motionless girl with watery eyes. Complica broke down crying in Luna's chest, the elder chronofly holding her sister with concern while Falla held a hand over her mouth. Kurumu looked down with remorse while Rason held her from behind, with Mizore looking down and holding Dark's hand as the demon watched his angel crying next to the siren.
"Ceal, are you sure there's nothing more that can be done?" Gabriel asked worriedly. Ceal glanced to him as the angel looked to Sun with remorseful eyes.
"Please, healing and restoring such serious injuries would be a catalyst mage's field of expertise; if anyone could do such a thing or know how it could be done it would be you. So I'm asking, is there really no way to save her now?" he asked. The group looked to Ceal as the boy turned his gaze back down to Sun with a solemn expression on his face.
"Please Ceal, don't say it's over for her," Gin begged. Ceal closed his eyes for a moment then nodded.
"There is a slim possibility of restoring her mind, but I warn you that it hasn't worked before in the past. If the spell fails, what's left of her life will be lost," he said before looking to Gin. The wolf watched him worriedly as the mage simply shrugged.
"Up to you, either she wakes up from it, or dies on the spot," Ceal said solemnly. Gin looked to Sun with worried eyes, seeing her lying there in body but not in mind. He then nodded and looked back to Ceal.
"She's already dead if we do nothing. Yes, do it whatever it takes, please," he said with remorse.
"Does this mean you can help her?" Arial asked urgently.
"I can't right now, I don't have the spell needed," Ceal said shaking his head.
"What spell is it? I have a large library here with many documented incantations from the monster world, we must have it here somewhere," Fang Fang said assuredly. Ceal shook his head and glanced to him.
"You won't have it, it's one-of-a-kind, handed down to those in my family who are able to use such magic, namely me. I have the only copy," he stated.
"Then where is it?" Complica asked.
"At my home," Ceal said looking to Falla. The girl looked down in thought for a moment then back to him with wonder.
"Those old paintings you had framed on your wall, they were casting scrolls for something," she said softly.
"Yes, and one of them may be your only chance at saving this girl," Ceal said looking back to Sun.
"Wait a minute, his home? Where is that?" Ruby asked. Falla looked to her then to Ceal with worried eyes.
"He lives in an apartment near our school," she said.
"Near the school where the monster attack took place?" Rason asked.
"And where the HDA is going to be crawling all over now?" Razico asked.
"Yep, that's the one," Falla said weakly.
"You've got to be kidding me, how are we supposed to go back into that city when we're number one on humanity's enemy list?" Ahakon said shaking his head.
"Yeah, last time we went there we were arrested on the spot, this time we'll be shot on sight," Yukari said worriedly.
"Not to mention we're supposed to be staying put here until we hear anything from the HDA or Moka, this place is under watch now by HDA soldiers," Leon pointed out.
"That spell Ceal has might be the only chance we have at saving Sun, we have to go get it right now," Arial argued.
"But we can't be seen leaving this place, and certainly not in that city at all right now, how are we supposed to get there and back without causing trouble?" Ran asked. Luna and Falla looked to each other with worried eyes.
"We can't shift into time, or use the time stream to jump over there," Luna said shaking her head.
"We're grounded with the dark king watching for us," Falla said looking up. Dark looked to Sun then to Ceal while putting in his earbuds.
"I'll take him, cloaking the two of us on a motorcycle won't be so hard, we'll head out and bring the spell back without anyone ever seeing us leave," he said calmly. Ceal glanced to him then looked back to Sun while remaining silent. Fang Fang nodded and looked to the doorway.
"That sounds like a plan, I can have my guards ready a motorcycle with a full tank of gas for you at once by the front gate," he said confidently. Falla walked over to Ceal with a worried expression as the boy kept watching the siren.
"Ceal, thank you so much for this. I know we ask a lot of you, and that I promised no more distractions in your quest for Fafnir, but thank you, for everything you're doing for us," she said softly. Ceal slowly shook his head then looked up with a dull expression.
"I'd like to point out that I never actually agreed to go in the first place, I merely said the spell was located at my home," he said dryly. The group looked to him with surprise as he glanced to Falla.
"But… Ceal…" Falla said worriedly.
"C'mon man, you've got to be kidding. For crying out loud her life depends on it," Rason exclaimed while waving to Sun.
"You just have to get that spell big brother you just have to try and get it please she needs it," Complica whimpered while shaking her head.
"We know you have a heart, you can't be so cruel to this poor girl," Fang Fang said shaking his head, with Ceal looking to him with narrowed eyes. Fang Fang forced a stern expression to hide his nervousness.
"You mentioned this possibility in the first place, if you really wanted to do absolutely nothing to save her you wouldn't have said a thing to us, yet you told us anyway. You knew the spell was back at your home, and that you would have to go get it to help her, so quit acting like-" he said before he was lifted into the air by black tentacles, the boy screaming loudly as he was held up by the necro demon. Ceal glared at the yasha and walked towards him.
"Acting like what yasha?" he said coldly. Fang Fang looked around at everybody then back to him.
"Like you don't care, we know you care about us, you've saved us from danger and helped us through these troubled times, you've done things nobody asked you to do nor ever expected you to do," he said worriedly.
"Is this part of being a dragon slayer? Being so cold and distant to everyone around you?" Ruby asked.
"You treat everyone as a shadow, you don't even refer to them by their names, rather only as things," Razico said shaking his head.
"Yeah man, what's with the attitude all the time? You need to chill out and relax, that's what I always do, you live longer that way," Render said with a shrug.
"I don't understand Ceal, why do you keep trying to act like you don't care about anyone, it's like you're going out of your way to keep everyone away from you," Leon questioned. Falla glanced to him then back to Ceal.
"Because it's their way," she said softly, with the group looking to her.
"Their way is being rude and mean to everybody?" Yukari asked. Falla shook her head as she looked at Ceal with gentle eyes, the mage merely glancing back to her with a cold expression still.
"You told me before Ceal, that when you're trained to become a dragon slayer, you are taught to be in control of your mind at all times, to not let anything distract you from your goal," she said, with the group looking to Ceal curiously as he nodded. Falla smiled worriedly and looked down.
"You have a duty, a serious responsibility that you trained your whole life for, to slay dragons. Which meant nothing could get into your mind to distract you, not emotions or even having friends," she said looking back to him with concern. Ceal remained silent as the group looked at him curiously still. Falla showed a saddened smile and shook her head.
"I understand Ceal, why you are how you are. You chose to become this way, so that you could fight a great danger to monsters everywhere, to be our warrior against dragons. Such a lifestyle would make you seem cold to everyone around you, but you're not a bad guy at all. I know you have a heart, and I'm holding onto hope that you do love me just as much as I love you, because even though you can't say it to me until you're ready I know I can say it to you now," she said softly. The group watched as Ceal slowly looked down and waved his necro hand to the side, causing Xarai to let go of Fang Fang and recede into the ground, with the yasha dropping to the floor with a thud. Falla smiled softly then hugged her boyfriend while he glanced to her with a blank expression.
"I know you care, you can't hide it. You saved my life, you saved my friends' lives, you made me whole again, you've done so much for us," she said gently.
"Ceal, you don't have to be ashamed to show compassion to others, it's not a sign of weakness," Rason said while slowly gesturing to the group.
"You gave me my wings again, saved Apoch and Astreal from dying, healed Kurumu when she was critically wounded. It's not just Falla you care for, you've helped us all again and again, you don't have to try to hide it," Gabriel added. Complica walked up to Ceal and hugged him with Falla, the mage looking down to seeing her smiling softly up at him.
"You keep trying to be a mean, scary monster, but you're not. We know you're not, we know you care about us, please don't hide that," she said before hugging him again. Ceal breathed out with annoyance then looked to Sun.
"I used to be, before a stubborn butterfly followed me home," he said before glancing to Falla. She smiled timidly and shrugged.
"I'm sorry, I've always been the troublemaker of my family," she said softly. She then showed a serious expression and nodded.
"But I meant what I said before, about promising to help you finish your quest. Fafnir's head will be yours, I guarantee it. And we can all help you; you're not alone in this Ceal. Like it or not, you do have friends now, ones that you've protected and kept alive," she reassured. Ceal just slowly glanced around at everybody, the group nodding in agreement at him.
"You don't have to stand and fight alone Ceal, we're here with you," Yukari offered.
"Having friends makes taking on these obstacles a lot easier," Ahakon reasoned.
"Don't push us away Mr. Ceal, we can help you," Apoch said hopefully.
"You don't have to pretend that you don't care, we've seen that you do," Astreal added.
"FRIENDS!" Luna screamed as she suddenly hugged her sisters and Ceal, with the group staring at her with surprise as the chronofly laughed maniacally. Falla and Complica showed nervous smiles while Ceal merely watched the crazed girl with a raised eyebrow. After a moment Luna stopped laughing then slowly looked around at everybody with a mortified expression.
"Oh… dear god… I'm so sorry," she said before backing away and looking down with embarrassment. Falla and Complica laughed weakly then looked to Ceal with worried eyes as the boy just shook his head a bit.
"See? We're all friends," Kurumu said with a weak smile and shrug. Ceal looked around at the group then to Dark, the demon showing a blank expression. After a moment Dark shrugged while glancing away.
"It's not so bad having friends, they grow on you after a while," he said simply. The group smiled a little at that then looked to Ceal as the mage just looked back to Sun with a blank expression still.
"Please Ceal, don't let her die like this," Gin begged. Ceal growled with annoyance then removed Complica and Falla's arms from him.
"Ceal," Falla said worriedly before the boy put a finger to her lips.
"I'll go get the scroll, seeing as how Complica wishes for her friend to live, however I will only do so with the agreement that you all understand that it might not work to save her life, and that I do not want to be friends with you all," he said looking away with a stern expression. Falla smiled gently and nodded while Complica held in her giggle.
"Ok Ceal, whatever you say," Falla said softly. The group smiled a bit, seeing how the dragon slayer wasn't dropping his pride just like that. However his thin veil of doing this only to please Complica didn't hide the fact that he was trying to be a good person, he just didn't want it to seem obvious to anyone.
"Alright Ceal, we don't have to be friends if you really don't want to," Leon said raising his hands up casually.
"You got it buddy, complete and indifferent strangers it is then," Render said, then turned away while putting his hands in his pockets, whistling nonchalantly while looking up without a care.
"Whatever you say, slayer," Razico said with a smirk. Ceal glanced to him then looked to Falla as the girl held her hands together with a gentle smile.
"Thank you, I love you so much," she said softly. Ceal paused for a moment then looked to Complica.
"You and your sisters remain out of sight until we return, and try not to cause any trouble," he said with a slight smirk. Complica nodded with a smile along with Falla.
"Ok big brother," Complica said as her wings fluttered once behind her.
"Yes sir," Falla said softly. Ceal glanced to Falla for a moment then started walking towards the door.
"Alright shadow demon, let's go and get this over with," he said dryly as he walked out, with Dark glancing to him with a raised eyebrow. Fang Fang nodded and looked to the others.
"I'll go prepare the ride for them at once, make sure our sleeping beauty remains comfortable until their return," he said before running out. Arial gently brushed Sun's hair away from her face while watching her with worried eyes.
"You're going to be ok Sun, you're going to be ok," she said softly. Dark watched his angel worrying about the siren then looked to Mizore.
"We'll be right back, stay here and keep an eye on Sun," he said calmly. She smiled and pulled her lollipop out of her mouth, gently moving closer to his lips.
"Come back soon belov-" she said before she jerked back with a yelp, grabbing hold of an ice shard that struck into her rear with a cringe. She growled and yanked the shard out then looked to seeing Arial glaring at her with one arm still held out from her throw.
"Keep your lips off of my son," Arial growled. Mizore held in her scream of anger and nodded slowly then glanced to Dark with a forced smile.
"Come back soon, please," she said through her teeth. Dark looked to Arial then glanced to Felucia as he turned to walk out.
"Make sure they don't kill each other while I'm gone," he said before leaving. Felucia looked to Arial, then to Mizore, then back to the doorway after he left.
"No promises," she called out. Arial looked back to the doorway then to Falla who was still watching where Ceal left with Dark.
"What's your boyfriend's problem anyway?" she asked with annoyance. Falla looked to her then to Sun with a small smile.
"He's a proud dragon slayer Arial; he was raised differently than we were. But he does have a good heart, he means well, he just doesn't get along well with others because of his upbringing," she reasoned softly. Arial just raised an eyebrow at her then looked back to Sun.
"Dark's a proud shadow demon from hell, and he's not an asshole," she argued. Falla twitched at that then growled at the snow angel while Mizore smirked a bit from that. Felucia however snickered while holding a hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter.
"What did you just say? Ceal is not an asshole, he's saved my life and helped us all through this crap we've been going through, more so than Dark has! Not to mention that he's actually slain dragons before, the most dangerous of all monsters out there, Dark hasn't done anything like that!" Falla barked out.
"My son's a more expert killer than your jerk of a boyfriend, and at least he was willing to go help Sun from the start unlike your jerk who doesn't care about anybody else," Arial scoffed. Complica shook her head and stepped forward while Falla glared at the snow angel with anger, with the rest of the group just glancing from one bickering girl to the other.
"But Arial that's not true Ceal loves my sister Falla and he's helped us all stay together and he kept Mizore alive and now he's going to go get a spell to help heal Sun again he's a good guy he's way cooler than Dark-" she said before she slapped her hands over her mouth, with Arial looking back over to her with a glare.
"What did you say?" Arial barked out. Complica looked around the group nervously then to Arial with a nervous smile.
"Um… just… Ceal is… cooler," she said with a shrug. Arial growled and marched towards the chronofly with her hair freezing over, the ground turning to ice under her feet as the group watched them with amused smiles.
"Whose side are you on Complica? You know damn well my son is the best out there!" she shouted out. Complica stammered something then rubbed the back of her head with a nervous smile.
"Well… I… think you're… wrong about that," she said shakily.
"No I'm not! Ceal's an asshole!" Arial shouted out. Complica growled and got in her face, the two bumping heads as the group watched them curiously.
"He is not he is not he is not!" Complica argued back.
"He's nothing compared to my son!" Arial yelled out.
"Ceal's way cooler than your dumb demon!" Complica shot back.
"You traitor, you always agreed that my Dark was the best in the world!" Arial yelled out with anger.
"It was either that or you'd lose your temper and freeze everything!" Complica yelled back.
"My temper? My temper?" Arial roared out.
"Yeah your temper! Ceal's the best guy in the whole world and you can just deal with it!" Complica yelled out. The two girls locked into a struggle and started rolling around on the ground while the group just watched them.
"Are they actually fighting over Dark and Ceal?" Yukari asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh that's so cute," Kurumu said with a laugh.
"Never thought I'd say it, but Arial's right," Felucia said with a laugh. Mizore nodded as she leaned back against the wall next to her with crossed arms, watching as the two young angels rolled around on the ground.
"I don't recall her ever getting into a single fight back home," Luna mentioned as she watched her little sister trying to wrestle down Arial. Falla smirked as she sat on the bed next to her and shrugged.
"Hey, she's sticking up for her big brother, that's our sister," she reasoned.
"Should we stop them?" Ran asked. After a moment a cold chill blew through the room, with the group then showing weak expressions with sweat drops forming on the back of their heads.
"Too late," Ruby said, the group seeing Complica frozen in a block of ice while Arial was standing next to the frozen chronofly and growling with each breath.
"My demon is the BEST! You deal with it!" Arial yelled out before walking over to Sun with a dull glare.
"And the winner, Arial," Felucia said flatly, with Arial smirking to that briefly before looking at Sun with a gentle gaze.
"Um… is she going to be ok?" Kyouko asked worriedly as she saw Complica frozen in place with a stunned expression on her face. Mizore nodded and walked over to the frozen chronofly, holding her hand to the ice and melting it away. Complica dropped to the ground shivering while holding her arms around herself.
"That's ch-ch-cheating Arial!" Complica stuttered out while her teeth were chattering. Arial glanced to her with a scoff then looked back to Sun with gentle eyes. Mizore knelt down and held Complica as the chronofly kept shivering.
"Although I love Dark, I was rooting for you during that," Mizore whispered into the girl's ear. Complica looked to her then down with a timid expression while she shuddered from the cold. Mizore smiled at the girl then looked to Arial with a raised eyebrow.
"Even though I agree with your choice in Dark over Ceal, you have to see that Ceal is the one who will be using his power to restore Sun's mind, you should speak more highly of him rather than being so condescending upon someone who's going to be helping your friend," she pointed out. Arial slowly looked back to her with a glare as Mizore stood up and crossed her arms in discontent.
"You should be thanking Ceal upon his return for doing all this for Sun, not condemning him just because he has his pride," Mizore asserted.
"You're actually defending that asshole?" Arial snapped.
"That 'asshole' healed you after I beat you in combat, he healed Sun's physical injuries both times she got hurt from Kokoa, and right now he's going out of his way to bring back a spell to hopefully heal her fractured mind. If Sun really does mean so much to you then you have to realize that Ceal's the reason she will be standing again," Mizore argued. Arial drummed her fingers on her hip with annoyance while the group just watched her carefully. Mizore glanced to Complica then to Arial while shaking her head.
"Arial, you have so few friends right now, I suggest not driving away the ones you do have with your temper," she lectured. Arial twitched at that then growled furiously.
"My temper?" she shouted out.
"Don't bring that up with her," Gabriel groaned holding a hand over his eyes tiredly. Before Mizore could move an ice shard struck into her forehead, the girl dropping to the ground yelling out in pain and anger while holding the blade of ice. The group just watched her rolling around while yanking the shard out and shouting some rather foul words as Arial glared at her with a heavy growl.
"Do us all a favor and shut your mouth!" Arial yelled out while stomping her foot.
"Should have stopped one sentence earlier," Felucia said with a quiet sigh while shaking her head. Mizore stumbled back to her feet and growled with frustration at Arial while holding her forehead which had a bruise on it.
"Goddammit, you little motherfu-"
"Mizore, language, cool down, ok?" Felucia quickly interrupted with a weak smile. Mizore held in her scream as she looked down and away while trembling with anger. Arial glared at the snow maiden then looked back to Sun with worried eyes while Mizore shut her eyes and tried with all her might not to attack the snow angel again.
"Not too often you see Mizore losing her cool like that," Kurumu commented quietly.
"I think we can all imagine why she did," Rason reasoned quietly as the group looked to Arial, the snow angel gently brushing a few hairs away from Sun's face with worried eyes.
"Um, excuse me?" Kokoa said worriedly. The group looked to see her with a few tears dropping from her cheeks while she looked around at everyone with remorseful eyes.
"Can you untie me now? Please?" she asked while shifting around in her chains.
"I'd rather throw you into a river," Arial hissed. Kokoa jumped at that then looked to Gin nervously.
"I'm really sorry, please Gin," she whined. Gin breathed out then walked over to her as the vampire whimpered and lowered her head.
"You're going to apologize to Sun when she wakes up for what you did, ok Kokoa?" he said as he knelt down behind her and started to undo her chains.
"Ok, I will," Kokoa said softly. Felucia shook her head while watching the vampire with a raised eyebrow.
"You got a real attitude problem Kokoa, wait until your mom finds out what you did, you're going to be in big trouble," she said in a mocking tone. Kokoa blinked then looked to her puzzled.
"What? My mom?" she asked. Felucia paused for a moment then jumped with a startled gasp.
"Oh, shit, we never… um, whoops," she said with a nervous smile before looking to Apoch and Astreal, the witch sisters looking at her curiously before they too jumped with the realization.
"Oh dear, that's right," Apoch said looking to her sister.
"We never told her about…" Astreal said as they looked back to Kokoa.
"Told me about what?" Kokoa asked. Gin looked to the other girls then jumped a bit as he realized it too.
"Oh man, we forgot all about her," he said with wonder. Kokoa looked back to him puzzled then to the others.
"Forgot all about who? What are you talking about?" she asked.
"Yeah, who are you talking about?" Kurumu asked. Mizore looked down in thought then to Kokoa with wonder.
"Oh yeah, her," she said softly as she remembered the other wayward soul they had met recently.
"Her? Her who?" Kokoa asked looking around with confusion. Felucia laughed weakly and rubbed the back of her head.
"Yeah, we sorta forgot all about her with everything else that's been going on, sorry about that," she said with a shrug.
"Sorry for what? What is going on here?" Kokoa yelled out. Gin smiled weakly at the girl as she looked to him with bewilderment.
"Um, Kokoa? Guess who we ran into yesterday in the human city."