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"Very well." Kyoji said with a broad grin. "We seem to get along well enough. How are you doing?" He asked Cho pleasantly.

“I’m fine Mara. It’s just a little scrape. See, I can walk fine now. I just had to walk it off.” Sakura would ruffle Mara’s hair gently to show that she was alright. She understood that Mara was feeling a little guilty, but that a little scrape didn’t need attending to.

Mara smiled at her brother, "Thank you Gouki." She hugged his leg. "I am fine for the moment though. Thank you for your worry!" She said taking his hand in hers and kissing it gently. She giggled.

Sakura just nodded as she stayed close to Gouki as she looked around. She knew being in a city was hard especially on a female. She kept quiet holding this knowledge in as she looked at Mara hoping that Mara knew the dangers as well. She was a child and could be snatched up at any given moment. It was even harder for her.

“Shall we go? I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but I hear from the wind that the other child may have moved already from the road. We have a lot of catching up to do.”

The place was huge and there was a large variety of people many that looked human while others although monstrous in appearance did various jobs from entertaining to blacksmithing. Gouki did not lose focus though as he held both hands as tightly as he could without harming them. With Mara it was a little difficult but he managed it well.

"All these people are very draining with their useless chatter and offers for good deals. Do you know of someplace we can rest for a bit around here Sakura?" Gouki asked her hoping she had some experience in large cities.

Mara's eyes widened in childish delight, a performer just across the street was juggling with balls of fire! They went up, flying into the air, and falling right back down to the ground. She gasped, sure that the man was going to be howling in pain soon when the balls landed in his hands. He caught them and hurled them back into the sky. Mara, without realizing it, began to talk in that direction.

Cho nodded, "Thank you Fuu." She smiled at the woman, and took her place walking beside Ayaka and Kyoji.

Ain sat on a rock waiting for travelers to pass, in case one of them had something interesting. His ocular magic allowed him to see them well before they came into view as well as establish if and what kind of magic they had. Before long a group came into view. He could see a man, two women and a little girl. The man had a peculiar aura, a black one mixing in with a red one. Ain focused on the man, his eyes catching every detail even at the long distance. When his eyes fell upon the man's sword, a sharp pain erupted in his head. I guess the master wants the sword he thought, a sharp pain confirming the thought. Ain would wait until the group came closer before moving.

Cho smiled, "It is nice traveling with others. They seem to scare away the ghosts." The mother stroked Ayaka's hair. "It is nice to travel with older people as well. Ones like this little girl keep you young, while those your own age or there about keep you sane." Cho laughed softly.

Ayaka laughed, "It is so fun to make you go insane though mamma." Ayaka began to skip around them in joyful circles.

Mara looked up at Sakura, "I promise I will be right back." She said slipping just out of Sakura's grasp. "I am going to see the juggler." She said and started off into the crowds of people aroudn them. "Come on!" Her voice called back weakly though the loud, surging crowd.