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[damn it! Now I gettta jump in front of a danger xD I hope when you say 'threw the dagger' you mean in an intention to hurt her... cuz that's how i'm interpreting it ^.^]

Koichi watched as the boy stood up, his narrowed eyes and the way he stood making him seem like some cayote in the woods. He didn't react to the dagger at first, but as the boy turned and started to retreat, he quickly jumped in front of her. He placed a hand on one of hers, as though signalling that it was alright as the tip of the daggers blade lodged itself into his right shoulder; he didn't acknowledge it, though, as he waited to see that Kana was alright.

[that was a bad post sweatdrop ]

Koichi just chuckled hoarsly, nodding his head. "I'm already, Kitty. The question is, are you?" he said, his voice full of concern as he rubbed away a few tears with his thumb. He didn't remove the dagger yet, figuring if he did it'd worry Kana even more; she might start getting ideas and get sick from worrying. He didn't know what else to say to her, so he didn't say anything else; that, and he wasn't sure if he could trust his voice not to faulter.

Koichi hesitated for a moment, watching her shut her eyes, listening to her repeatedly say she was sorry, before moving his hand down her arm and wrapping it around the back of her neck, pulling her close to him. "You dummy. Stop saying sorry. It's not your fault, so there's nothing to appologize for," he said, his voice cracking every now and then as he tried his best to console her; he could tell this was definitely not the best time to start asking questions. If he had to, he knew, he'd wait till they got back from visiting her mother.

[i just realized i wrote already rather than alright before]

Koichi just smiled weakly at her. "I said I was fine, didn't I?" he inquiered, as though asking her to remember what he'd said before. "But indeed, I must admit that I am a dummy," he grinned, hoping to lighten the aptmoshere around them. He removed a hand from behind her and instead placed it gently on her head as he always did, somehow grinning to her through the pain ebbing at his shoulder. Don't touch it, don't touch it, don't touch it, he thought to himself, not wanting to attract attention to the blade and cause more worry; and more pain, for that matter.

Joseph grinned back at Wisp, waving a hand and chuckling a little to himself. "Of course," he said matter of factly. "I would never knowingly do anything to harm a lady." He looked briefly in Seira's direction at this, smiling and nodding over at her before turning his attention back to the android. "I suppose this means I won't be collecting my kiss, though," he tacked on sadly as a bit of an afterthought, folding his arms and shaking his head.

Rachel intently listened to Wisp's explanation of why Seira had closed herself off to people, also nodding at this while casting a sidelong glance toward the girl. "Ah... so that's what it was," she said. "I thought something was probably up. I mean, Joey's stupid and all, but he usually doesn't get reactions like that out of girls, even when he's acting corny like that." She jerked a thumb back at her older brother, wrinkling her nose.

"Yes, well, anyway..." Joseph butted in, trying to turn the topic of conversation back to himself once more. "I believe the young lady asked for introductions. It would be rude to refuse her request." Standing up and running a hand through his hair, Joseph placed a hand over his heart, bowing politely. "I'm Joseph Robertson, and this," he said, sweeping his hand out to indicate Rachel, "is my sister Rachel." Rachel simply nodded at Seira, giving a short wave.

Kana stared at him silently, waitng for him to turn around so she could see his injury. She already assumed it wasn't anywhere on his front since she couldn't see any blood seeping through his clothes, so it must've been on his back somewhere. She tilted her head in confusion now as he mentioned hanging from a tree, but didn't reply. Though, as his next comment her eyes widened again and her already somewhat red face flushed even darker. "Wh-what? No! What are you talking about?" she cried, much more loudly than needed, and then quickly looked away, staring off at nothing in particular.

[It hit his shoulder, right? xD]

Kana looked back at him slowly, a pouty frown upon her face, as she watched him turning around. By the time his back was facing her, her eyes were widened beyond proportion. "You... You really are the dummy!" she shouted suddenly. There was a dagger actually sticking out of his back! She bit down on her lip hard, nearly drawing blood. This was too similiar to home. This was just a repeat of something that had happened with Karin at one point. Well, at least the end result was. "You're not ok! Why are you lying?" She started crying again before she could help it, and slowly reached forward, but then stopped again. She'd been about to pull it out for him, but wasn't sure if she should or not.

Koichi looked over his shoulder, watching some more tears fall down her face; this was the reason he didn't want to show her the dagger, and didn't want to pull it out since she'd see him doing so. He puffed out a cheek for a moment, contemplating what to do or at least what to tell her, when an idea came to his head. "I'm a dummy for loving someone?" he said softly, watching her for a moment. He turned himself back around before swiftly placing a hand behind her neck, pulling her to him and pressing his lips firmly against hers, his eyes closed; she wouldn't smack him for this, would she? He'd done it before, but... all the same, she wouldn't, right?