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((I'm so sorry everyone that I haven't been around!))

As Yu watched everyone change into their clothes, she grabbed a cup of tea and held it to her lips. She didn't need to change since she had been in Ikai for a year already and her sensi had bought her a couple outfits. Some of the clothing that Hane-san had was very beautiful though...

She looked over at Syaoran and sighed, she still hadn't had a chance to talk to him and it seemed as she knew him from somewhere. Maybe it's one of those thing I can't remember from my past... Yu though.

((Sorry, I know it's horrible... ^^; wink )

Ayumi giggled a bit as she watched Ryo get hit by the two twins and bowed at Hane who stepped up to help her arms into the sleeves.

"True...all I've ever worn were kimonos...I'm such a burden." she sighed as she slipped her arms through the sleeves and placed her hands neatly in front of herself.

Ayumi smiled back and nodded a bit slightly with her smile, "I am deeply grateful to you and your family..." she bowed graciously--her flowing hair fell past her shoulders as did her platinum silver necklace with its beautiful saphire pendant as she bowed.

She then lifted herself up and looked at her reflection in a nearby mirror. Gasping to herself, she realized how beautiful she looked--in such clothing as the ones she was wearing...not like the kimonos that would hide her figure, yet, those were beautiful as well.

Ayumi perked her head up a bit and looked to Mi and smiled at the sound of her compliment. "Thank you...I must say, they're quite comfortable" she laughed and spun herself around in front of the mirror, getting a good look at her outfit.

Ayumi sat herself on a vacant couch near the mirror that she was staring at not too long ago. She looked at her hair--half of it was pulled back to the side of her head into a neat bun decorated with ribbons and small blossoms from the cherry blossom tree that stood in front of her temple back in her world. The queen's hairdresser had fixed Ayumi's hair on the day she had left her world and came to this world it seemed.

The white lily, on the same side of her head as the bun was, seemed to add on to the decoration of the bun--even though it was just a simple flower that Ayumi had placed there just because it looked pretty. Mirielle then appeared on Ayumi's shoulder--flying up onto it and perched itself there. It began to peck at the white lily, chirping a bit at it.

"Mirielle--behave yourself, and don't harm the poor flower." she said in the most nicest tone one could ever hear--you couldn't tell if she was mad or not with such a tone of voice!

Chikara looked up from the rigging of the ship she was helping to ready for departure. "Aye aye, Captain Meena!" she called down, mocking seriousness, after hearing a request to unfurl the solar sails. She let loose the ties that bound the enormous glittering sails that had been folded up like paper fans. The sun was bright, the wind favorable. But still, something pulled at Chikara. It was a tug on her consciousness, so to speak. She had gotten these before, when travelling from world to world, compelling her to move on. Call it instinct, call it a hunch, but whatever it was, she was inclined to obey it. And right now, Chikara felt herself being pulled to another world. Taking one last look at her companions busy below her, readying the ship, Chikara stood up on the mast she was on. Her dragon design shimmered in the bright light, flowing up her pant leg and onto her arm. It gave Chikara a look that said, "I'm tired of being out. Can I go back?" Chikara smiled, and pulled out her sword. "Go on," she coaxed. The dragon design happily swam off her shirt and onto the sword, shimmered one last time, and became a regular etching on the blade. Putting her weapon away, Chikara took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "I'll be back," she murmmured, her comment only adding onto the breeze that whispered in her ear. Finding the connection that was tugging her, Chikara gathered her strength and pulled herself into the tide of space and time. Anyone who was watching her would have seen a brown-haired adolescent standing on top of the rigging of the solar ship, her large brown kinsail cloak flapping in the wind, reavealing her dirty and beaten up black boots out of which sprouted Chikara's black linen pants. Her cream linen shirt also wrinkled in the breeze, making the ruffled collar and ruffled long sleeves dance. The observer would then see light gather about Chikara, but then the watcher would have probably rubbed their eyes, and upon opening them, seeing nothing but the clear blue sky.

Ayumi looked over to where Kyo pointed and began to wonder out loud, "Who are they, Hane-san?" she asked curiously. She looked at Hane's expression and could tell that those people outside were trouble--either that or some sort of threat--a scare maybe? Mirielle was chirping quite a bit--for no reason but was stopped when Ayumi began to pat it lightly on the head, "Shhh..." she told the bird.

Yu stood up and slammed her fist into her hand. "I live with the town's Sensi so they won't be looking for me." She turned and looked at Hane's family. "I'll help you distract them, I don't want anyone to get thrown in jail."