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((Oops, sorry for the vanishing act, my laptop was acting screwy again DX Anyone mind if I jump in?))

(( Goodnight Kanda! <3

Star: Vanishing again, eh? Tsk tsk... I don't mind. ))

"Hmm...?" Kiah raised an eyebrow at Kanda's sentence, wondering what he was about to say when Chaoe cut him off. She simply shrugged and listened to the girl's question.

Kiah was at a loss for why it would be, except maybe because of the fact that she came from the North American Branch. She was going to speak up when Kanda beat her to it, promising her a trip to Komui's office to get someone to teach her. "... Kanda will get someone good for you, Chaoe," she said quietly once he had gone, smiling reassuringly.

"I hightly doubt that," she grinned at the boy, taking on a challenging stance. She started worrying at Timothy's excitement, hoping that he'd grow out of trying to avoid his schooling. "Timothy... Some people would love to be able to do those kinds of things. You never know when they can come in handy."

Timothy crossed his arms. EVERYBODY told him that. School was torture to
him though. He just wanted to race around the order on his blades and go on
missions. Deep down inside he knew that the schooling was a great gift, yet he
didn't want to admit it. He made a fishyface before looking away.

"It's.. Not as bad as it sounds..." He mumbled quietly. "Hey, Chaoe.. Maybe
Emilia could teach us both." Blinking at the word Chess he thought. "Oh! That
game with the cool-shaped pieces? I-I don't know how to play it..." He said,
almost ashamed. The orphanage he came from wasn't so well off, and the kids
made do with games like Tag and Hide 'n Seek.

((Omg, Timothy teaching Chaoe how to read?? Adorableee~~ ))

(That..would be too cute.. ; w; )

Chaoe's eyes widened and she quickly took his hands in her own, "R-really!? Ah- b-but.." She looked at the floor, cheeks flushing. "I..don't really want to bother Miss Emilia with another student.." She looked up when he mentioned the chess and she nodded, "Yeah, like the knight and the bishop." She smiled cutely, "Well, it's a fairly tricky game. I'm still learning it myself to be honest." She laughed sheepishly.

EDITTTTT

Darren skipped down the hallway and imediatly spotted Star and, in a very Darren like fashion, he ran down the hall and glomped her from behind. "BIG SISSSSSSSSSSSSSS~"

"I'm sure Emilia wouldn't mind. She enjoys teaching... And talking.."
He couldn't help but smile when her face lit up in a way. "I'm sure she wouldn't mind!"

Kiah's words were wise. "Yeah! I'll teach you Hide n Seek if you teach me Chess!"

Timothy's gaze ran from Chaoe to the newcomer. He had never seen the
younger lady around and tilted his head a bit. His cautiousness dispersed when
another kid ran in. His eyes widened a bit. A-Another kid?? Where were they
coming from??

((I have a feeling Timothy would TableFlip at chess. xD ))

Kiah smiled at Timothy's enthusiasm, glad that the two were getting along so well. She noticed his confusion at the sight of Darren and blinked, wondering what caused his eyes to widen. "What's wrong, Timothy?"

Swallowing down the giggles that threatened to surface at Star's predicament, she examined the child behind her, noticing the same animalistic features that Aka possessed. Kiah frowned, seeing that the poor boy was much younger than the others and wondering how someone could experiment on them. "Yes, that's right. What have you been up to?" she asked, before turning her attention to Darren, "I see... You must be from the American Branch, right? What's your name?"

Chaoe grinned and nodded, "Alright!"
But her happiness was short lived as soon as she saw Darren. Her made a face.

Darren whined, "But Big Siiiiiiiiiis, it's been forever since I last saw youuu.." He blinked and looked passed her when Kiah spoke to him, his wolf ears twitched and he stood straight at attention. "Yes'm. My name's Darren, i'm seven and i'm working to become an exorcist." He grinned and when he saw Chaoe his heart skipped a beat- he started running towards her with flowers in the background. "YUUKA!~"- He was met with a fist to the face and a very flustered Chaoe. "D-Don't call me that! MORON!"

Darren sat up, having fallen down from the punch, "B-but Aka gets to call you that~" He whined and clung to her waist.

She threw him off and sputtered, "D-don't touch me! And Bakage only called me that because he knows it makes me angry!" "But whyyyyyyyy" "BECAUSE HE'S A MORON!" She was very flustered by now, her whole face was red and she turned away from him. It was taking all she had not to beat the s**t out of him, she didn't want anyone here to think any less of her- especially after that incident with Timothy the other day..

"Same ol' same ol," Star said with a shrug, "Missions, training, and more recently trying to keep this brat from getting into trouble,"She paused and looked over her shoulder as she was released, ready to snap at the boy for whining like she always did only to blink when she found him looking so formal as opposed to his usual behavior.

She blinked as he ran by her, bewilderment in her gold eyes for a mere moment before she looked up, blinking as she watched the exchange between Darren and the girl, "And apparently I'm failing at the latter," She growled low in her throat, glaring at the boy with as much ice as she could muster.

"Darren, if she says not to call her something don't call her that!" She said angrily, easily able to sympathize with not liking certain names, even if they were your own, "And get off of her before she does something worse than punch you, cause I'm not helping you if she does."