A Sweet Reunion

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Character(s): Ash, Yoruichi, Marona
Content: Ash continues to search for Marona around Paixao but this time gets a rather pleasant surprise, thanks to Yoruichi.
Setting: K7
Time: Late Evening
Warnings:  Other than the lame title? None.

Ash hadn’t even stopped for a mile, continuing to run down various streets in the direction that Laharl had pointed out to him. His pace may have been a little bit slower than when he had been running in search of Marona earlier but there was no less determination behind it. Despite he wanted to be fast, he had to also take into account that that any one of these buildings could be the inn. While he was hoping that the place would have some large indicator, he kept an eye out for it.

After a mile, though it seemed almost as if he had been tricked. It certainly was possible that kid had manipulated him, now that he took the time to think about it. However, it wasn’t as though his plans were any more productive than being pointed into a random direction. This was truly the only lead that he had to Marona’s location. Still, it was best to be cautious and thus he gave even more attention to his surrounds as he went further west.

He remembered the white creatures from earlier, and wondered when they would return. Nighttime usually was the time for things of darkness to roam, or at least, according to most peoples’ beliefs. Ash was no different in this case, wary of the fact that the light of day was minutes from disappearing. He wasn’t sure whether these creatures were going to reappear or not but regardless he wanted to attempt to find Marona before it was too dark. For although he, for the most part, had been wandering without direction, the fact was that when it turned dark he’d probably become even more lost than he was beforehand.

Plus, he never did like Marona to go out in the dark – so shouldn’t he set some example?

((OOC:  Sorry this took so long.  Feel free to hit my internet connection and I with a sharp object. ))

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Her smile strengthened at Ash's words and she nodded a little before dropping her head to squeeze him gently around the middle again, "Yes! We are!" Just as she'd predicted, she really did feel like, whatever this strange place had in store for them, they could face it together.

Slowly she gained control of her sobbing and after another long moment she pulled away, so she could lift her arms to her face and attempt to wipe the wetness from her face with the sleeve of her new coat, sniffling softly, but smiling.

"So ... um ... I guess ..." she started awkwardly, then laughed softly at herself. She was suddenly tongue-tied. She'd spent so much thought in trying to get to him, that what would happen after really hadn't entered her mind much, beyond getting in touch with the others.

At that thought she let out a sudden, "OH!" and scooped into her pocket to pull out the journal device she'd been given. "Um, I promised the people who helped me that I'd let them know when I found you," she explained, "There's three - Miss. Karst and Alphonse and Ed .. they're brothers. Um... they went different ways, but Alphonse and Ed said they'd try to find somewhere to stay... if we want to join them. Um ... What do you think, Ash? Oh ... although either way I should still try to let them know I'm okay."

She looked up at him, wondering what he thought, as it was really his call in these matters as her guardian.

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Marona’s reply sent a wave of confidence through him as well. While it was simply confirming something that he had said, that confirmation was needed. A hectic day such as this one certainly shook parts of him – and reuniting with Marona was one of the first steps to stabilizing the ground again. Not that he wanted this place to become normal for them to stay in, but it was much easier to relax and think when on more stable grounds.

A few moments after the other left his embrace, he had unconfined himself – not wanting to put much more stress on his body. What kind of guardian would he be if he collapsed here? Certainly not a good one, he noted as he watched the younger one attempt to find more words to stay. Maybe in regards as to what they should do now that they had found each other.

On that note, he hadn’t given much of a thought to it himself. While it was a bit uncharacteristic for him to forget these things, he had been some preoccupied with finding Marona that he had let it slip from his mind. Well, there was that whole ‘certainly not a good one’ statement coming back to bite him. Luckily, Marona surprised him by coming up with a remedy to this situation. She had pulled out the same device that the brat had earlier – explaining that she had met three people she needed to contact back and that they could meet up with them to find a place to stay for the night.

This idea caused a bit of mixed reaction within Ash. There was no denying he was certainly proud of Marona for thinking up this idea, since it was a fairly good one. However, there were certainly some drawbacks – especially meeting up with others. Despite it had already been proven that at least several people could see him, he wasn’t exactly comfortable with it or sure of their reactions. He didn’t want them to suddenly turn their backs to Marona simply because of him – he didn’t want this to turn into another incident like Windmill Promontory.

Still, there were a lot of things that far outweighed the negative for now. (For he wasn’t sure how much longer he was going to be able to mask pain from Marona. He didn’t want her to worry but the injuries still hurt a bit.) Besides, Marona had apparently told them something of him – which might make the situation a bit better. Although he was still a bit unhappy with this fact, for his own reasons.

He looked through the shadows to see if Yoruichi was still present – seeing as she knew this place far better than him it seemed. Although she had said she was nearby, it didn’t seem as though she was there anymore. He turned his attention back to Marona with a slight bit of disappointment – he could really have used the woman’s help now that he had realized she was somewhat trustworthy.

He recovered quickly from the disappointment as he replied to Marona, “That’s not a bad idea at all. We should attempt to reach them before it becomes too dark, though... Did they have a meeting place set in mind?”