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Kira entered the festivil to get to know people and to relax. Though she haven't really seen anyone at all. Having no date for it she was alone and single. She never been to a festivil so this was her first time. Luckly for her she showed up early and lay down at a bark of a cherry tree. Soon, she fell asleep and was having really good dreams.She was wearing a green dress that was far more fancy than her normal clothes. Her necklace showen out a little too much, but it was safe at the moment. ((I won't have much time to post since I am boing to be gone all day and I wanted to try to participate.))

Orthae entered the festival...dragging a very surly, grumbling Verin by the collar. He knows I hate crowds... Verin thought, ...yet, he drags me to this festival thing anyway. Unlike Orthae (who was dressed in a black yukata with a fish pattern), Verin was dressed in his normal outfit. To him, the outfit was more than Japan-esque. Orthae's outfit was modern casual, though, so he opted to change. Don't ask him where he got it from, it's a long story. Said long story short, black magic can be used for both ruin and creation. They each took their ticket stubs gratefully, and Orthae continued to drag Verin until he finally gave in and chose to walk.

Neither of them had ever been to a festival like this before. Verin wasn't all too excited, but Orthae was positively enamored by the sight of the light pink blossoms raining down from the trees. "Isn't it wonderful, Verin?" Orthae asked. "Pbbt...just looks like a bunch of trees with wrongly-colored leaves to me." Verin grumbled. "Well, you just have to appreciate the beauty of it. And they're blossoms, not leaves." Orthae smiled gleefully. Verin sat down and leaned back against one of the cherry blossom trees as Orthae stood, looking all around at the splendor of the trees.

The scent of food, the flying blossom petals around the area, and the constant sound of talking. It was almost like AI was back in Heaven. Almost. With a simple smile on her pale delicate face, she let out a large happy sigh. She just loves Cherry Blossoms, the're so beautiful and romantic; maybe because her first name is Sakura?

What she was wearing was what she made over the past two weeks, it was a kimono. The kimono is a light lucious pink color, mixed with lavender. And as designs was white lillies and Cherry Blossoms. Her long glossy lavender hair was pulled up into two buns, but covered with Bao's, some strands of her baby thin hair was loose from her Bao's. She also had a silver bell with a white lacy ribbon on the right side of her hair; a bell and a ribbon is her signature dressup.

In her right hand, she was carrying a basket filled with many delicious rice balls, each one had different flavors and tastes. And underneath her left arm was a blanket.

"Isn't the blossoms so gorgoues this year, Oliver?" She asked her younger adopted brother. Who was wearing the same yukata Ai made for him for last year's Summer Festival. The yukata has a royal blue color with cute or kawaii panda and black cat face designs. On top of his messy black hair, he was wearing his most favorite hat; his Black Cat hat. Almost making him look like he was wearing real cat ears.

"Oui! C'est Beau!" he cried in his french accent as he waved his arms around excitedly, a hige childish smile on his face as he took the blanket out of underneath Ai's arm and started unfold on the ground.

Sakura smiled brightly, "Why thank you. You look very nice too. It's a pity Verin would probably try and strangle us if we attempted to hold him down and dress him in a yukata as well." Half giggling, she turned and looked towards the small stands that had been set up for the festival. "Oh wow," she said suddenly. "Look, they have karaoke. You two should try it." She half felt suddenly that she might get a smack across the face for suggesting something like that, but she had thought their singing together was quite good. As she looked around and spoke to the two young men, she kept picking up cherry blossoms, tying them together by their stems until she made a ring. Pulling the sticks from her hair she allowed it to hang loose a moment while she placed the delicate ring around her head. She tied her hair back up in place to keep the ring of pale pink flowers from falling from her head.

Hideki went straight from the entrance gates to the cherry trees, looking around in confusion. Was... something going on today? His wolf tail wagged a little faster at the thought. I came just in time! he grinned to himself, once more accidentally showing off his fangs. His golden eyes darted around the area, peering through strands of dusty brown hair that hung in his face. He saw several people around, but just stood in place. They seemed to have already paired off or grouped together, and he didn't really want to bother them. Though, if he saw someone alone, he'd definintely approach.

Tail still wagging happily, Hideki walked further into the area, staring around at the cherry trees and the picnic tables around them. He tugged at his partially unbuttoned white shirt and then paused as another thought hit him. Some people seemed to be in kimonos and yukatas... Was he supposed to dress up as well? But he didn't own one! He froze right where he was, still tugging uncertainly at his shirt as he stared down at it.

Hideki gazed almost blankly at his shirt for a moment longer, and then stole another glance at his surroundings. His eyes settled upon a girl sitting on a bench, who was hanging her head rather sadly. He frowned, his tail ceasing its happy movement. Though, he was relieved that here was someone else not dressed up either. He paused just for a second and then walked over to her, plopping down on the bench beside her without even saying anything.

Then he turned to face her, fang revealing grin back upon his face. He wasn't one to discriminate against nekos just because he was a wolf, so his was going to act like he would towards anyone else. "What's the matter, love?" he asked, wincing mentally as he spoke the last word without really thinking. Hopefully she wouldn't freak out or anything from it. "This is some sort of..." he paused, not really knowing at all what it was. "Thing," he finished lamely. "But I'm sure it's a fun thing, so why do you look so down?"

Hideki paused for a moment, head tilting just slightly as he listened to her speak. Then he shook his head, offering a bright smile. "Don't worry about it, love!" he exclaimed. "Just because they're dressed up doesn't mean we have to be. I mean, I know that I don't even own a... yukata thing." He gave a small shrug and then stared around. "And I just arrived here at the school a few minutes ago, so I haven't paired off either. I don't even know anyone! But... I don't see why everyone always has to pair off. It can be fun by yourself too, to enjoying things at your own pace." He turned back to face her again, still smiling cheerfully. "But, if you'd like it, I wouldn't mind keeping you company today if you could stand having me around." He laughed after that, his tail wagging behind him once more. Honestly, he was glad it was something so simple that had been bothering her. If it was more serious, he might not have been able to help.