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Shadow hugged Sakura back without a second thought. He was happy to see her again after so long. "It is good to be back. I missed you, you know. I'm sorry that I have not been seeing you as often as I should be." Shadow said with a hint of regret in his voice. "How have you been? How are your kids and Tyrn?" Shadow asked.

Sakura smiled as she stepped back slightly. "Things have been a little rough lately.....Especially for Juliet...." she said softly as she looked down at the ground for a moment as she spoke. She then looked back up at him. "Tyrn seems to have picked up your habbit of disappearing for a while.....not only him but Nolaloth has as well....." she said with a slight giggle.

Juliet sighed softly as she closed her eyes, feeling the slight breeze blow across her face and throuh her hair. Nolaloth..... she thought as she sat there, wondering where he could be.

Shadow couldn't help but feel slightly guilty about pulling Nolaloth away from Juliet for as long as he did. "That is partly my fault. I did put some idea's into his head about tying up loose ends. I thought it would be good for the guy you know. He needs to do it for his own good. I'll need to apologise to Juliet for that one." Shadow said as he scratched the back of his head. "Tyrn taking up the habbit as well then. I'll need to have a word with the boy... he proposed to you yet?" Shadow said with a curious look in his eye.

Nolaloth wandered through the bars of the other realms. His search was comming to a close as information ont he one he was looking for was commign in with speed. He apeared to be only a few days behind this person and would hopefuly have caught up with them soon.

Sakura blushed slightly as she showed him the ring on her finger. "Yes....he did...." she said softly with a smile. "We just haven't had the chance to get married yet...." she said softly with a sad look in her eyes.

Ray smiled as he looked down towards his feet then gently tapped it on the ground, "I feel every motion and sense every little bit of tension from the ground... It is how I use my element of earth, to see what others cannot, my sharp hearing and my wind magic allow me to tell where others are in the air. I spent 8 long years perfecting my elemental magic to allow me to see this way. Inside a building especially one made of wood I am quite helpless but outside where the elements are around me I am strong!" he said explaining as he made a fist with his hands as if signifying that he meatn what he said about strong. Now I don't know what that flower you like looks like but I hope this comes up from among them..." he said as he backed away a few steps and then waved his right hand, water began to draw itself from the air and made a small twisting ring around his hand, with his left foot he stamped on the ground causing the small area in front of him to sink a little. He then moved his handing taking the water with him and swired it around in the ground. He thne placed his hands together as if praying and then slowly pushed his hands away from him. As he slowly did so flowers began to grow, many different kinds of flowers. He was combining water and earth to create life in it's finest form, he then wobbled a bit as he stepped back. He was a Master of each individual element but had not Mastered combining elements.

"I hope the flwower you like is among them he said as heis breathing began to grow a little heavy inviting you to look around the small garden he had created.

Marina gasped at the the number of flowers that sprouted from the ground. Roses, daffodils, blue-bells and... "Lillies!" she she squealed in happiness. "And snow drops too!" Dropping to the ground she ran her hand lovingly to each and every bloom. She laughed, "This is wonderful!" she ran to Ray, hugging and kissing him fully on the lips. "No one's ever done this before! Thank you, this is beautiful!"
She saw that he was breathing heavily, and grew worried. "But you've been injured and what you did just now - and earlier with those men- must have exhuasted you." she bit her bottom lip. She had him lie down and laid his head on her lap. "I appreciate what you've done, but you shouldn't push yourself so hard." she said softly, brushing her hand through his hair.

Lucian grins and says"Nope! I want it to be a surprise!" He kisses Selenia then pulls something out of his pocket."You want to know what the other surprise is?" he asks. He hands her the sheet music for the song he wrote, inspired by her."I never got to play it at the reception like I had hoped, but I promise you when we get home I'll play it for you." he says and then kisses her again. Lucian looks in her eyes and smiles, thinking. "I love you Selenia von Thiessen" he says. He chuckles and says "I never going to get enough of saying that now."