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[Kikuyoshi]

A tender smile reached the corners of Legato's lips, his hand outstreching to reach her's. "Common...i've got something to show you." Leading her along the corridor leading out into the fresh air. Drapes of soft satan blew softly about in the large open window doors, seethrough and with the softest tint of lavender. The scent of summer wafted in through the ivory arches of the exit, and the sun was almost blinding as one stepped outside. Once one's pupils had dilated in adjustment to the light, they were greeted with a most specatular sight. White lillies covered the area, along with an assortment of unheard of flower species, each one more lovely and breathtaking than the next. Amid the center of this oasis, a small brook bubbled it's way over smooth, well rounded pebbles, not a sharp one in the bunch, and a tiny, beautifully carved and decorated bridge made from cherrywood was placed just so, that one could cross it and reach a separate area for sitting. The land extended off further past that, and one could spot what seemed to be a pool, fashened so that it looked like you were entering the ocean.

Smiling, Legato held Blazingtear out at armslength, allowing her to fully appreciate the wonderous beauty of it all. "It's been a while since you've been out here..." he paused, glancing over it all. "What do you think?" Personally, he really never cared for flowers and such...but he would never voice this oppinion to blaze...not with Tobias on the approach.



"I'm afraid flying isn't an option...Since the bullet already pierced the barriar..." a pause as Spencer grunted silently, pulling himself upward on the rope. "I'm afraid the only way to enter is on this rope that's attatched to it."

"Great...just what i wanted to hear" Already his hands were starting to burn slightly from the brittle texture of the rope, and he knew that it wouldn't be long until they started to bleed....he already smelt the blood that left Spencer's hands...yet he had still to complain about it. Frowning at his predicament, he simply shrugged it off and started at the rope with more determination.

[Wyndbain]

BlazingTear gazed in awe at the surrounding landscape, heart pounding in amazement at the wonderous beauty of it all. "Anything I say..." she turned to him with a smile, "is simply not enough to describe how wonderful I think it is." She began moving towards the flowers, taking in each fragrant scent. In her excitement, BlazingTear soon found herself moving slowly among the plants, tail wagging and black fur making obvious amid the pale flowers.

Akashi grunted as he continued his upward trek. "Fine...by me." His hands burned momentarily as he lost traction, slipping down the rope a few inches. His hands quickly caught the rope tighter and stopped his desent, rough black skin much like the bottom of a wolf's paw covered his palm. "I'll just choose the next best thing..."

[Kikuyoshi]

It was spencer who reached the top first out of the three, and by the looks of it, Akashi would be next, followed by Tobias. Sliding past the barriar was a bit awkward, as it felt almost like your entire body was being covered tightly in plasticwrap, only you could still breath. Once past, you were able to stand on what appeared to be nothing, and if you were afraid of height, you had better not look down, less you pee your pants. All three of them were several hundred feet up, and looking at quite a hike to reach where Legato could be pinpointed. "We head east..." Spencer spoke with authority, as though he had done this sort of thing hundreds of times over. "Let's just hope the bastard hasn't gotten her to kiss him yet." His gaze shot towards tobias before returning to the horizion. It would be damn near impossible to free Blaze's mind if she kissed Legato...it could be done, but the result wasn't pretty most of the time.

Tobias grumbled something to the extend of ripping off Legato's toenails and shoving them through his skull, but his words were spoken softly, allowing himself to fester inside so when he had a chance to rip off legato's head, he'd seize the moment in a heartbeat. Blaze could never willingly kiss Legato...at least, this is what he told himself...

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"I'm glad you like it so much" A smile traced his lips, but inside, his stomach was churning. They had passed through the barriar and were on there way. It would take them a day to reach it if they were lucky...for Legato wasn't completely without a brain. He had several traps lain out for them all...each more difficult than the first. Attention returning to Blaze, he spoke with subtle tenderness that was most definatly real. "I had it planted just for you...remember?" Blue-green eyes searched her face as she admired the outside world, knowing for a fact she wouldn't remember...but would thus attribute the memory loss to her being sick. "I'm glad your feeling well enough to be out an about." It was here he took a seat on one of the outdoor stools, it's design beautifully, hand carved mahogany. with intricate patterns and shapes woven into the wood.

[Wyndbain]

"I could try warning her..." Akashi's nervious gaze remained on the ground far below them. His shoulders itched as his wings suddenly grew from them, threatening to knock Tobias as Akashi had had his back to him.

A wolfish head poked up out of the flowers to gaze at him, ears twitching in thought. Though she couldn't remember a single memory before she had fallen ill, she smiled anyway and nodded. "I'm feeling much better now that I am actually outside. Wolves don't do well inside stone walls for long." Her head disappeared within the sea of flowers once again, but her voice rose up clear and audible when she spoke. "Back home, we had small forest sections right inside the castle, and large windows or doorways to let in as much air and sunlight as possible." The flowers where she had been walking through stopped moving and tilting as she herself paused in somewhat stunned silence. How was it that she could remember something from back then, but she could not remember her meeting Legato? She shook her head as if to clear the mystery. It was so frustrating to only remember fragmented parts of her past.

[Kikuyoshi]

Gaze traveled along with Blaze's every graceful movement she made, as if lost to her spell. More of it perhaps was his obsession over her that caused him to momentarily daydream. It had seemed to him everyday he would have some sort of fantasy about having her within his grasp when she was still parading around with Tobias. She didn't need him anymore...she had never needed him. The little bastard had never treated her right and besides...she'd make a more suitable wife for him.

Hesitating slightly, he shifted his weight on the stool in which he was sitting. Speaking, his voice was soft and delicious, becconing her to come his way. "Blaze?..." his gaze shifted away from her, takeing time to make a small mental note that the others had reached the other side of the barriar. "i have something i've been meaning to ask you for a while now..."

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"DAMNIT! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE FLAPPING THOSE THINGS!" Tobias caught his balance and had scurried towards the opposite side of Akashi, a little annoyed by his flaunting actions. Why he needed those giant bird wings, Tobias never understood.

"Common...we have a lot to travel over and not enough time to do it in." Spencer glanced over at the other two. "I suggest we start moving" Quickly he eyed over Akashi's wings, then turned to the vast stretch of land they had before them, speaking to Akashi but not again turning to him. "i'd advise against flying...unless you like recieving a nasty electrical shock." He jerked a thumb skyward..and it appeared as harmless as ever...however, it would be up to him if he wished to test it.

[Wyndbain]

"What is it?" She stood facing him at her usual height, her wolven form having been shed shortly after his question.

"Shutup! I can't control them all the time!!" Akashi, ears twitching with irritation, adjusted his clothing as the wings shrank in size. "Just feel lucky that I'm not like Blaze and have elemental based wings, or else you'd be bar-b-que." Akashi turned to Spencer, his voice quickly calmer, "I just got a bit nervious being up so high with no visible ground."

[Kikuyoshi]

Swiftly he moved to rise from his seat, his hand outstretching and taking up Blaze's in a rather personal way, bringing it up to his lips to plant a soft kiss on her delicate knuckles. "We've been together for some time now, you and I." His gaze reached her's full force, their swirling blue green pigment mesmerizing yet not in the spell sort of sence...they were just extremely pretty to gaze into. "And i've been wondering..." He paused, mostly for dramatic effect, but it looked as though he were seriously considering what he was about to say next. "Would you...marry me?"

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Tobias opened his mouth to say something, but haulted, his jaws apart and not moving. His entire body pulsated by some unknown force and he instantly felt sick to his stomach. He could hear them...hear the words Legato was saying to blaze...and he was helpless to do anything. "That...bastard!" Tobas fell to one knee, feeling too sick at the moment to move anywhere, for Legato was forcing him to hear the conversation. Dripping with sweat, the only thing he could do was lay there, paralized by Legato's mind and lost in the vision of seeing Blazingtear right infront of him...but not being able to reach her.

"Shit...it's already starting to happen..." Spencer quickly haulted in his travel on seeing Tobias' reaction. "Akashi...can you carry him for the moment?" His gaze darted about franticly. "I've got a feeling we're going to be going up against some interesting things...and you don't know how to handle them yet."

[Wyndbain]

A strong hue of crimson rose to her cheeks as she lost herself in his eyes, and his question seemed to flow past her ears like nothing more than a simple breeze. It took a moment for the meaning of his question to sink in. "I...I...I'm sorry..." She shook her head slowly, eyes turned away from his, "Something just doesn't...feel right..." Her hand slid away from his as she turned her back to him, "We have been together I suppose but...there are parts of that...parts of you, I cannot remember...and it troubles me." A pitiful mewl drew her eyes to the ground, where she bent down to scoop up the confused Doushiko and held onto her tightly for comfort. "With such a feeling between us, we couldn't be happy. Not now at least..."

"I'm always up for a challenge. C'mon lover boy." Akashi took ahold of Tobias' arm and drapped it over his shoulders. "I don't know what the hell's going on, but try not to be too much of a burden."

[Kikuyoshi]

"I see" A smile rose onto Legato's lips, his words speaking differently than the actual thoughts moving around inside his head. "You are wise at least...such is one of the many reasons why i have fallen in love with you. I will leave you alone to the garden...perhaps just relaxing alone would bring back some memories." He began to move for the door, his mind tumbling with thoughts. "Interesting...even when she doesn't remember anything about Tobias...she still refuses me. Nevertheless...she'll remember at least something lying in those flowers...with that nose of hers, she can't help but catch the scents of memories i've implanted in that garden..."Another smile reached his lips as he paused at the door, his back to her. "Would you like me to bring you anything before i go?"


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Tobias remained in a daze, his stomach churning violently until his face turned a sickly green. "I-don't...feel so..." That was about all he had time to finish before his stomach lurched and he got to see his lunch again.

"Damnit...perfect time for him to fall ill..." His hand quickly reached for a gun just at his hip, underneath his trenchcoat. "We've got compan-"

There was no longer any need for an introduction, for a celestial being greeted them, her image quite possibly the most beautiful thing one could ever lay their eyes on...at least from the perspective of the male species. Silver hair that glittered like the constellations twisted and turned in a floating sensation about this glorious body. If one were to describe her in one word...beauty would probably be the match. Robes dangled from her supreme figure, their coloration a rosy, pastel pink, and her eyes gleamed with the soft light of green. However, the words that escaped her mouth more a little more than disgusted...though her voice was beautiful as well. "What a putrid display...tell me why, such foul sweatstains such as yourself, put a blemish on this pathway?"

[Wyndbain]

"Ugh, that was disgusting..." Akashi turned his head away from the sight and in doing so was able to see their celestial visitor. "Is this one of those interesting things you were speaking of?" Akashi's question was directed at Spencer though he didn't take his eyes off the being before them.

She smiled, shaking her head slowly as her gaze turned upon him, "No thank you." She leaned down, placing Doushiko on the ground to let the feline run off into the flowers. BlazingTear joined her a moment later, laughing at her cat demon's antics to flee her sight in a simple game.

[Kikuyoshi]

Keeping the gun level, Spencer barely flinched at Akashi's words, though a light smirk decorated his lips. "Yeah...interesting alright." His thumb quickly cocked the weapon, preparing to shoot down this angelic creature. "Would it help any to be less distracting on you...if i told you what you were looking at was a man?" Ignoring the creature's questions, Spencer now fired the gun, however, the bullet passed directly through the creature. "Just as i figured...common, it's only an illusion." Gaze shifted about the area suspiciously. "The real Rosiel is around here somewhere...and you better hope we don't run into him."

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The afternoon sun was warm on one's hide, intensifying the scent of flowers, laying their pollen thick on the air. It became a dreamy sort of atmosphere...one where you could easily be lost to a daydream or a vision. It was exactly as Legato had wanted it...for the spells he had planted in the garden would soon help lull blaze to sleep..where she would relive the memories of their "meeting" and "falling in love".

[Wyndbain]

"Nope...nothing interesting around here..." Akashi's eye twitched as his gaze turned away from where the illusion was. He then looked down at Tobias, "Next time you're going to do that, could you possibly try to muster up a warning first?"

BlazingTear pulled back a few flowers and cried out in surprise as Doushiko lept to her chest, a cry that instantly turned into laughter as the feline began licking Blaze's cheeks. Pushing Doushiko away from her face, BlazingTear laid back on the soft earth to look up at the wonderful flowers that surrounded her. Doushiko curled up next to Blaze and began to purr softly in sleep. The lulling sound, mixed with the spell of the garden, seemed to sap all of her strength as she lay there and closed her eyes.