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Hatsune Miku blinked, surprised to hear the question answered. She looked up to both, surprise on her face before shrugging. "I don't think that's true. They probably miss all three of us right now. After all, they did say that the three of us 'Keet things interesting.' They're probably all sitting around bored." Half empty, half full, just there. That seemed to be the thoughts of the group. At least, to Miku it's how she saw it. She saw the dog come in through the window and looked to it as it started barking. It took a moment to register, but Miku gasped when she realized what was at Haku's feet. She stabbed the tiramisu and shoved practically the whole thing into her nouth at once since she had only had a few fork fulls of it before the puppy from earlier came back. She quickly chased it was the rest of her tea before jumping out of the booth and grabbing her bag. After a moment of shuffling, she grabbed more than enough money to pay for the meal and tossed it onto the table before flinging the bag over her back and grabbing the guitar she had been carrying around with her since her arrival to the academy. She went over to where the dog had come in and waited to be shown where to go.

Kyo grabbed the jacket again and he ran towards the balcony, he jumped the railing and landed on some tree branhes then he kept going down, landing on the branches. He quickly looked for James' scent he found it and he followed it, then he found his master laying on the ground bleeding from the cuts he had gotten earlier. Kyo dropped the Jacket and dashed toward his master stopping beside him and licking his face.

James felt his pup's tongue lick his cheek he slowly sat against the tree and he laid there. In pain, but with someone at his side. And he saw Miku, he smiled a bit and he laid there trying to clean his wounds.

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James turned his head and spit some blood out, then his eyes turned to a dim red and he looked at Miku. He had activated his sharingan with the little of chakra he had left.

"You're no robot" he said and he smiled."Well, we were sparring and we got a bit carried away"

James slowly and painfully got up and he rested all his weight on the tree's trunk. James slowly looked a Miku. He blushed a bit, "Did Kyo bring you here?" he asked her

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James heard her beautiful voice, his sharingan deactivated and he sat against the tree. He took his jacket and he cleaned his wounds slowly and steadily. He looked at her and he sighed happily.

"What a beautiful voice you have" he said. He grabbed some bandages and he placed them over his wounds.

"My name is James Uchiha, from Hidden Leaf, and this is Kyo, he's a silver wolf" he said at Miku, he looked at the guitar and back at her

"What guitar do you have?" he asked softly

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James smiled and he took deep breaths. He looked at Miku and he remembered Haku, she was very shy, but she must be a singer like Miku. He looked at the stars and he gave a howl and so did Kyo. He laughed and he looked at Miku.

"Hey Miku, why dont you come and see the stars with us over here?" he asked her smiling, knowing he found a friend.

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James looked at Miku.

"Well, Im done training, but I'm waiting on my friend, Ryu to finish" he said and he looked at the crescent moon. He petted Kyo who had laid on his lap and had fallen asleep. James smiled looking at the wolf pup he had adopted and remembered how little he was when he found him. James slowly & unconsciously laid his head on Miku's shoulder and he reacted by moving back and getting confortable again, he was sort of passing out this time.

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Honehime felt Echidna shudder to a stop, as her technique had actually managed to work. She knew it wouldn't last very long, however, Echidna was too strong to be taken out of a fight so easily. She had to make the most of this narrow opportunity while she still could. Squirming wildly against Echidna's momentarily unresponsive grip, she was finally able to wriggle at least most of the way free. Even then, before she had fully escaped, she noticed Echidna was already moving again. She was taken aback by just how soon her teacher was breaking free from the paralysis. Even as a temporary measure, it should have lasted a little longer than that. She feared she had greatly underestimated her teacher. Nonetheless, she still struggled to get those last few feet to safety before her teacher could trap and wrap her up once again.
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Lieselotte remained on guard, even if she wasn't actually guarding the camp. In the first sweep, she had found no sign of anyone threatening to attack. That meant that either there was no one waiting to attack, unlikely as that was, or that they were just very skilled at hiding their presence. A much more likely prospect. She knew better than to burn herself out by being hyper alert the entire time, however. If she did that, it would mean that the unseen enemy would only have to wait until she wore herself out. Then they would be able to attack that much easier. No, she'd remain alert, but not to that brain-wracking paranoid level that would overtake all else. She could still eat, sleep and so on, and still keep her guard up. And Elfriede could help, too. After all, she didn't necessarily need to sleep, and she didn't eat. So she could make an excellent guard, even if Lieselotte wasn't able to support her.
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Katsu continued shaking Sakazuki's hand. She noticed the increase in grip strength of this person she felt drawn to, but didn't squeeze any tighter herself. The grip wasn't painful, although it might have been to a normal human. And she knew better than to try to match it, if she wasn't careful, she could just as easily shatter Sakazuki's hand as hold it. So instead she acted like she hadn't even noticed the difference, still just normally shaking her hand. At the same time, Mei was watching hungrily as Shuku fixed her a plate of food. When she was admonished to be careful not to make a mess, she nodded solemnly. And then, at the promise of a bath, she smiled brightly. Bath! She wondered if she had remembered to pack her rubber ducky? She held her plate carefully as she moved to find a good place to sit down and enjoy her meal, wondering if Shuku might sit next to her.
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Zenia had finally reached the edge of the forest. She paused for a moment, mentally preparing herself for what, if done correctly, would be a horribly boring test of patience. After all, she might very well have to watch them for days on end, only getting the bare minimum of sleep when there was a chance to grab a few moments' rest. She was ready for it, though. So she strode into the forest, moving slower than before, more stealthily. she was still likely hundreds of yards away from her targets, but that was no excuse to get sloppy. She wasn't about to risk detection, even if it meant taking several hours to reach them. She moved slowly, seemingly only moving when the wind rose, it's sound masking any slight noise her footsteps might make. She paused each time there was a sound, and sometimes when there wasn't. She had obviously done this before, and was very good at it.
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Melona didn't immediately reply to Menace when told they could begin whenever. she was busy trying to gather the various tidbits of knowledge she had gleaned from her time here, as well as deciding on where a good spot to attempt to teach the Princess might be. Sure, the hallway they were standing in seemed abandoned, but there was no guarantee it would stay that way for long. No, she would definitely prefer to be out of the public eye for this. Both so they could concentrate on the actual training, as well as another, more perverted note. After all, if they went somewhere to train in private, they would be behind closed doors... She let a slight smile come to her face, before pointing to a nearby classroom. No sounds came from it, so it would very likely be just as empty as all the rest. "Very well, your Highness, let's go in there so we don't get bothered by the riffraff."
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Alice thought about what Airi said. Making a salad with vegetables, and herbs, meats and cheeses? That actually sounded like real food, rather than the varied assortment of stuff she would have chosen. After all, a big part of how she had eaten before was if she could catch it, and if it looked edible. She likely had a cast iron stomach to have avoided getting sick frequently from such a diet. As a result, her appreciation of real food had grown a great deal, however. So at Airi's words, her eyes lit up, and she nodded eagerly. "Yeah, that sounds much better! Let's do it!" She was eager to learn, both to see how a real salad was supposed to taste, and also because it actually sounded fun, taking cooking lessons. It probably wouldn't have been nearly as fun with a different cooking instructor, though.
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Haku watched in confusion as Miku abruptly left, rushing out the door after the young man's canine companion. She was just about to ask Neru what that was all about when Neru seemed to get swept up in the moment, wolfing down the remainder of her dessert, adding a couple of dollars to the table as a tip, and telling Haku to hurry up as well. She nodded, broken out of her depression by the sheer surprise of what was happening, and tried to finish her dessert quickly, too. A moment later, she got up, taken one last sheepish look around, sure that their hasty departure would attract more attention. Luckily they wouldn't be staying long enough to find out. She followed Neru to the door, after adding a little bit to the tip. She probably didn't have to, but since both of her friends had put some money down, she felt she should, too. As she followed Neru, she wondered if her young friend was still planning on trying to pick a fight with the young man, or if she was just running Miku down to scold her for running off so abruptly.
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V-13 nodded in response to Pan's statement. Yes, the chances of such happening were extremely small, even less probable than getting struck by lightning and winning the lottery on the same day. But yet, the facts seemed to indicate that there was no other even passably logical source of the anomaly. "Permission to speak frankly, sir?" Before waiting for permission, V-13 pressed on, wanting to say what she needed to say, even if it meant getting disciplined later for speaking out of turn. "Yes, it may be a statistical impossibility. But then again, is not this unit's performance also a virtual impossibility? With all of the programming and gear this unit possesses, much higher performance should be assured. As well, if by chance this is an outside force's operation, we should exercise extreme caution in how we report it to our superiors. If they find out we suspect anything, they would very likely go to ground. From there, they might never be caught." She stopped there, knowing she had said what she had needed to say. She waited to see what Pan might respond with, if she might agree or disagree with V-13's assessment. It was worth considering, at the very least. But it could be that her own judgment was flawed, like so many other of her systems.
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Etheldreda continued to ponder the mystery of the connection between Sakazuki and Katsu. For a brief moment, she hovered around the two of them, inspecting them both from various angles. They didn't look too similar, but there were some similarities. Just enough that, if you were looking for it, you would notice them. And she was, and did. But why? If Sakazuki hadn't been cloned or anything, then how else could this have happened? A rip in the dimensions, pulling a Sakazuki analogue from another universe? Unlikely, but possible. She would have felt it if it had happened, though, even in her Grimoire form. To rip through the dimensional barriers took a great deal of energy and magical talent, and wasn't something that could be done lightly, or by accident. And speaking of energy and magical talent, she felt herself running still lower, there wouldn't be much time left in the merging. She hovered back to Sakazuki's shoulder, whispering such into her ear.
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Shouko's happy mood seemed to spread to Dizzy, she found herself relaxing a little more, and actually enjoying the brief walk through the woods. Well, it was either catching some of Shouko's good mood, or the general feeling of happiness after eating a good meal. She wasn't sure which it was. Regardless, she was feeling good, and energetic. The air was just barely warm, the trees lent them shade and their were the numerous sounds that combined to perform nature's symphony, everything seemed just about perfect. She felt confident that she was on the right path, and a moment later her belief was proven correct. A distance ahead, the exact distance unknown due to the trees blocking much of it's sight, the crown of the big tree could be seen, extending several dozen yards above the forest's ceiling. She paused as she gazed upon it, once again wondering just how long it had been around, how old it had to be to get so big.
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Miku hadn't been paying attention all that much, but the feel of some one's head on her shoulder made her blush as she looked down to see James had laid his head on er shoulder. This confused and flustered Miku a little as she blushed lightly, thankful for the night that hid the light crimson on her cheeks. When he corrected himself with out her telling him to, she calmed down and her cheeks went back to their normal color. She looked to James and tilted her head to the side, pronouncing Ryu's name in a bit of an odd fashion (then again, her way of saying puppy was odd as well, so it would be expected at this point). "Ree-you? He is a good friend of yours? You are both from the same village?"
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