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He followed her nodding considerately while successfully holding back his amusement. "Well.. I think that I need a bit of a kuriel pepper. And also a few other small spices like basil and mint." He said still keeping his voice stable... just barely. Though his mirth was making it quite hard to keep his face hidden also. As a little bit of silver hair showed itself before hiding again.

And he wasn't really sure how much longer he could keep the ruse going. So he knew that very soon he would have to break it otherwise she might figure out who he was. And that would ruin all the fun!!

He smiled a bit as he followed her. "Well I originally came here to find someone." He mentioned as he had pondered what to tell her. And as they arrived at the merchant he quickly choose out his herbs and peppers before handing a few coins to the merchant.
"Thank you sir... have a wonderful day!!" The merchant said to him before moving on to the next customer.

"But also getting a little bit of peace on the side wasn't a bad thing. The person I was looking for was kind though a bit strict. And she seemed to always berrate me every time I dodged getting into trouble. And amazingly I somehow could talk my way out of it. Not to mention she had these wonderful bright grey eyes..." He said before taking her hand and kissing it. But while doing so he slid a small token into her hand. It had a silver dragon on one side... and her little "gang's" symbol on the other side.

He laughed as he gently letting go of her hand and pulling back the hood. Thus revealing a familiar warm smile and the silver black hair everyone knew so well."And ya know.. I think I found her."

Chris was quick to catch her. He laughed a bit. It was a better reaction than he expected. But he didn't mean for her to faint. He carefully cradled her in his arms and carried her as he walked away from the market. Somewhere a little less crowded would be a better place.

It only took a few minutes thankfully to get away from the crowds and market. There was a small park that had been built in Kalm recently and it had plenty of benches. So he took the one parked in front of the largest fountain. Which was decorated with angels and feathers bronzed in silver and white marble. And gently he laid her down and used his cape as a pillow for her. It wasn't the best arrangement. But it wasn't horrible either.

He softly whispered to himself "I missed you also Shin..." He was just glad to see her again. That made his world a lot better to say the least. After all she had been the only one he told why he was leaving. And she was the only one he trusted truly. No.. it probably went far beyond trust. Though he usually kept it locked away in his heart.

He smiled a bit at her little furious smile. "Sorry I'm late.." He said softly nodding a little. "So what will it take to get you to forgive me for this one?" Chris added on in earnest concern. After all... he was only 2 years and 4 months late on returning..

So he owed her an apology.. and whatever else she wanted from him right now. He may not have had much in the way of money.. but he knew that wasn't really what she cared for.

He had never let go of the small token she had made for him so long ago. And that was what he handed her. Though his words betrayed his hearts feelings on a very remote level. But only on a small level.

(Finally... The Jhay has come back, to the Event Square... Shaaaa)


The air was slightly chillier than he was used to, and held his gi close to his chest as he swept the cold tile beneathe him clean. Despite his teacher's unforseen leave of the dojo, he had been left in charge of the small school and was dead set on keeping it up. After the attack by Dahn Hibiki on his own class, most of the students had left him to himself.
"Shaaaa, the hell am I doing here... I mean, what am I saying, it's the school of Saikyo... But Jhay, it's empty and bare, you're basically the only mofo stupid enough to stay here!" He argued back with himself, and a cold wind blew past him and he stopped to shiver in the cold. It really was true, the lonlier you were, the colder you seemed to get.
He couldn't help but sigh, and held onto his little immitation materia. It had allowed him to do a little of what he was used to be able to do, but his clone and mime materias had been destroid when he fought with Dahn. He had lost a teacher, a school, his materia, and even recently lost a close friend.
"Loki!" he yelled, missing his old friend. Saikyo Ryuu had been based off of Ansatsuken, but also been half based from Muay Thai. At the very least, the two could help each other out when they were rusty, and shoot the breeze whenever they had anything on their minds. His blonde friend had left the family to go off somewhere, to where nobody knew, but somewhere. And it was now that he really needed him to be around that he wasn't there. "Loki, you b*****d... Ahh! Hishou, Buraiken!" He clenched his immitation materia and struck the tree with the highs and low kicks and punches that he had been working on before he tried for a koryuken on a branch. The anger blinding him, he tripped on a root and fell down, left only to stare as the leaves fell down from the tree. "This tree's a lot like me... Standing proud, but dying a little every day, and every day finding it harder and harder to stay up. Sharrrrrrrr...." he thought as he rolled back up, and dusted himself off. "Oh well... Bahala Na...* So long as I believe in Saikyo, life will... Ahh.... I don't even know anymore."

(Come what may in Tagalog... Sorah.)

"Ah, There it is, Junon. Damn this place still smells like dead fish." Leon said to himself as he near the entrance."Lets see I'm suppose to get someone named... Henry Garins, Feel almost sorry for him."
Leon walk into the city, accompanied by the screams of several families who rushed inside at the sight of him, he had been here before, and had left quite a mess."Hey you guard tell me where Henry Garins is."

The guard looked up and said, "Its the house closest to the beach, sir."
Leon waved his hand in a careless motion, and walked away towards the beach."Uh, I hate the smell of this place, waste and fish. If I had my way this place would burn to the ground tonight."

"Oh am I that different?" He asked teasingly. "Maybe I should be testing that out." The joke came out as he stood up slowly and held his hand out to her. The small crowd it seems who already were looking at the strange guy who looked like he was from Coasta Del Sol with silver and black hair had noticed his companion.

"Tschh... thats the problem about small towns." He said laughing softly. "So how hard do you think its gunna be to make it through that crowd?" They were bound to ask questions so he knew it would take either A. "Disappearing" or B. Answering a ton of questions. At this rate her mother would figure out that he was here before she would even see him.