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Atrum nodded, trying to gain his composure when he startled Mizuki. The boy mentally sighed, he must have sounded a mess if he managed to worry her. "Y-yeah. I..." The boy took another breath, further calming himself down. "There are just so many people."
"Don't worry about it, I d-don't mind helping them out. I want to! I just... didn't know what to expect." Spirits were among the last things on his mind when he saw the girl and heard the voices. All those voices... And to think every one had a spirit to place with it. The boy shuddered thinking about it.
Checking off the elementals Mizuki named, he decided to ask Zach for advice. Orpheous had dissapeared back in the forest, along with Amiya.
"Sorry for freaking out on you." Atrum was now spooked out of his former haze, but tried his best to remain upbeat. His eyes didn't quite match his voice, the days happenings were slowly wearing him down. He wasn't physically tired, Erik's last attack had given him a nice burst of energy along with the healing; but mentally this was more than he had been through in his lifetime.
The boy wished he could glare at his thoughts, reminding himself that this was nothing. That this was something that the other elementals were used to, fighting the evils that came after them. And it wasn't always voidable, And finally that things... things happen. Good, bad, a mixture of the two. But he couldn't go getting so... emotional about people and their backgrounds when it didn't pertain to him... right?
Great, now my head is as jumbled a mess as I am.
And To think he had just learned to heal with his light that morning...
Though it was getting late, darkness slowly overtaking the once bloodred skies.

((Edit: Sorry Morph, I got she and Amiya mixed up. Sorry ^^; I fixed it c: ))

((Crap, I'm late. Oh well, might as well go with the flow.))

Leila helped out as much as she could with cleaning up the debris and helping the citizens who had survived. She was still slightly dazed by all of the previous events, but was regaining her self control a little bit at a time. Being held by Zack seemed to help as well.
She nodded when Zack said that he had to leave for a moment. "I'll be okay. Just do what you need to do," she said, giving him a small kiss on the cheek. When he left, Leila started back on what she was doing before, which was moving rocks and other large debris. Then she noticed a small family, a father, mother and small boy, shivering in the cold. She quickly gathered some branches, put them in a pile, and lit them on fire, making it look like she had used a piece of flint so that they weren't suspicious.
"Come over here to warm up," She said softly. They looked at her with weariness at first, then came over to the offered source of heat. They smiled at her gratefully, and this made Leila's heart burst with happiness for the first time that day.

He now had a group of townsmen helping him so he wouldn't have to waste all of his energy. Lonesome had begun to feel the tax of moving buidlings with the wind but showed no signs of it. He just took a deep breath and conitnued helping the people. Reaching into a small pouch at his belt he brought a small leaf and began to chew on it. He smiled as he felt the warmth the leaf, his step-father had showed him, gave. Now he hardly used his powers ebcause almost all of the heavy lifting was done all that was left was burying the dead, and helping those who had been trapped under debris. The innkeeper walked over to Lonesome and clapped him on the back. "Thank you lad for all your help, but I'm afraid our town can't have your kind around here." the innkeeper's face became paineda s he said this and Lonesome knew he had been forced to relay the message. "No worries, do you mind if I get my things? I would rather not have to fight you when your village is in such a state." the innkeeper only nodded and moved out of his way so that Lonesome may collect his dropped sword and cloak and bade some men to move and let him into the inn.

Lonesome walked back into the inn and packed his stuff back into his bag. "Oh well, I knew this would happen if I showed my horns. At least they're not throwing things at me and threatening me." he said trying to cheer himself up. Lonesome walked outside and saw the other elementals working and told the innkeeper to tell them he would be outside the town limits waiting for them, but to take their time seeing how the town needed alot of help. He waved goodbye to the innkeeper and walked out of town.

((James? Zack was the... nevermind, I know what you meant so I'll go off that.))

Zack looked at him, "Yes and no, I know how to talk to em', and how to teleport em'. I go to a different dimension and suck them with me, the dimension I've found that works the best seems to be near the North Star's galaxy. However, I don't know where the spirit world would be or how to send them there, but we can try out some things. I always like a good experiment," his eyes switched dimensional view to being able to see spirits as well, allowing him to hear them too. The downside to this mode is he wasn't able to hear normal people, and they seemed like faded out image's of what they really were. His communication to them was like a radio signal, and right here had bad signals, but he could understand blurts of sound. 'Help... I can't find...', 'Where is...', 'Why is this... me?', 'What... H*ll?!'. All the voices blended and faded as they went in and out. He then recalled Erik's death and looked for him... he was nowhere to be found. He returned to normal view and normal hearing. "Atrum, I have an idea, but I'll need your help," he requested, waiting for a response.

Zack smiled at Atrum, "Can you feel where light is, or where it's source is? Because we're about to visit heaven...." he stated as his grin got more and more energetic. He grabbed Atrum's wrist and teleported them both next to Erik. "Let's find a lost friend," he stated probably confusing Atrum.
((Don't worry, as long as we work together, this storyline is gonna twist itself like twewnty times in 5 in-game minutes.))

((Plan is now in motion. ninja ))

I watched as the wind elemental left at the request of the inn keeper. Fools, don't know a treasure when they see one. Leaving Atrum for the other elementals care. I walked on, following the wind elementals steps. But than, a figure, it went away fast, running past the wind elemental. Fiery red locks and a glowing tint of emerald. I gasp and remained frozen in my steps. Run.. Run... RUN! My legs gained movement as I jolt past the wind elemental, catching up to the red head within seconds. My throat tightens when I can almost grasp him in my hands. "STOP!"

I took hold of his sleeve as I came to a stop, he heaved heavily as I did. His back turned away from me. Gently, I turned him to face me. "L-Lance!" Tears came flowing out as his emerald eyes bathed me in reminisces. It was him, it wasn't another illusion. It was really him! I glomped him but mentally told myself to restrain all supper natural strengths from crushing the man in my arms. I continued cried in his arms as I felt him gently rub my back.

"Mizuki, I'm back." He pushed me back after a while and looked me in the eyes, like he had always in the past.

"Where were you? Why couldn't I ever see you? How are you here? To touch you, and feel?.." My hands caressed his smooth skin in affection as my hurt eyes searched for answers.

"Saint Dane. He brought me back from the dead. He found a way to bring the pieces of my body back together and bring it back to life by pulling my soul back into it. All just so I could come back to you." He said lovingly, oh, just how much I had craved for his voice. But wait. Saint Dane, was he not the one who raided the village? Bring back the dead even when the body was torn. Necromancy? Just like the Spiritual elemental.

"B-but-" I couldn't finish what I wanted to say as his lips brushed mines firmly. The kiss got deeper and my lids felled. His warmth, his kisses, it were all the same. Somewhere along the kiss, Lance pulled away and grabbed onto my hand led me to somewhere.

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Mizuki ran passed the wind elemental, into the forest, cashing after a shadow. When she stopped, she appeared like she was talking to someone. The shadow from before raised from the ground and formed into a human body. It was a lad with red hair and green eyes. But he appeared life-less. His eyes hazed, his body limping, a human doll of necromancy. Mizuki talked and talked with the lad, as if he was replying. He moved but never spoke, his body was dead and no warmth radiated. No heart beat, no blood. Mizuki kissed him and her eyes starts to become hazing just as his. Then they walked deeper into the forest, going further and further away from the elementals.

Zack looked at the darkness surrounding them, and then heard Atrum. "No, I..." he began before light began to blind him. "Hey, Atrum, you control light. Wanna make it a little less blinding?" he asked sarcastially, he needed his eyes.

James finished the last building and then noticed the wind elemental and decided to not let him go alone after Mizuki. He followed in his quickned speed so as not to be seen, for he could react immediatly to any slight turn of the head.