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Oulixes gave a grunting sort of reply, not sure he cared for that one all that much. He was far to hyper, far too loud, it just made his head hurt dealing with him... at the same time it appeared that they needed him, that it would be the little one that would lead them to the one capable of stitching Natsu back together. He would deal with the overly active youngling if it meant seeing Natsu brought into the care of one that could stitch him up, "We will follow him then." He said finally, moving to do just that, staying at Natsu's side while also trying to keep an eye on the shrieking child that was just up ahead of them.It really was a troublesome thing, dealing with younglings, and Oulixes would only be too happy when it was just adults again.

"How are you feeling?" He asked as they hurried along, wanting to make sure that Natsu wasn't looking too much blood, knowing that in doing so he could start to feel cold and faint. They were sensations he'd experienced in the past and not the sort that he wanted visited upon anyone else, especially someone that he actually liked. Best to keep an eye on him until they found his brother, "Let's hope all that wailing of his actually does its job in finding your brother." He murmured to himself as he heard the kid's voice echoing off the rocks around them. He was loud and perhaps loud was what they needed right now even if Oulixes only associated yelling with bad things.

"Bah... idiot!" Oulixes snapped at the fallen Natsu, a part of him wanting to give the guy a good shaking for being so stupid as to not even realize how hurt he was. Stupid fool, how in the name of the Goddess did he mean to survive in this world if he didn't even know how to speak up when a wound was more then just a scratch? Cursing under his breath he set about scooping the fallen blond up, just as he did so he could hear someone calling out for Natsu, calling him 'little brother' which he assumed meant that the little loud mouth had found the brother. Good, it would appear as though Natsu would really need the guy, huh?

Hurrying in the direction of the voice as quickly as he could with the added weight Oulixes found the man and gave him the best glare he could muster before saying, "His hand, he managed to slice it open when he was playing with sea shells, you really should keep him on a leash if he is such a klutz!" He snapped at the stranger, even though it wasn't exactly what he meant. He was worried, wanted to make sure that Natsu was alright, but he never said what he meant, always ending up sounding more angry over things then anything. Sighing he stepped in closer, offering Natsu to him, "Take him, he needs you to heal him!" He ordered the other guy.

A soft hiss escaped from Oulixes and there was a moment where he was rather tempted to punch the guy for touching him... a reaction he forced himself not to go through with. He couldn't punch the guy that was supposed to be patching Natsu up after all, he was important. Later, maybe. Giving a little sigh he followed along, "I will stay for a short time, just until I am sure your healing has done its job." He couldn't really just walk away now, could he? Not when he was uncertain whether or not the guy was going to be alright. The idea that he had injured himself in such a way on a shell, it made him feel that same desire to shake Natsu... but it was something he would do later. For now he just wanted to follow after the stranger and make sure that things were alright.

He was dragged along toward a settlement of the Wind Tribe, something that put him on edge given that he was what he was, just some horrible halfbreed. Watch them blame him for what happened he thought to himself in an extremely annoyed manner. He stood off the side, falling quite silent, as the guy went about patching Natsu up.When he was asked to stay, that it would mean a lot to Natsu, he said little, merely observing. He had brought him here, got him to someone who could take care of him, everything was fine so he should be on his way... so why was he sticking around? It made little sense, he had to go! He was wasting time and someone could very well catch up to him! He sighed a bit, merely watching, and occasionally pacing, well into the afternoon after the heading had been finished up.

After a while of waiting and watching he'd wandered off, back to the beach to go about collecting more of the shells and he and Natsu had been going after. He wondered if the ones he'd gotten for him were bad, were dangerous, maybe they had sharp edges and it was all his fault? He wasn't sure but it was still something he blamed on himself. He should have just stayed out of it! He should have let Natsu pick the shells, at least that way he would have gotten himself the right shells, not the sort that would break in his grasp and try to kill him. His anger and guilt caused him to smash many a shell before he finally had enough collected, those that were more curvy and without sharp edges, before he returned once more to check up on the blond. It wasn't really long after he arrived, having placed the pile of shells near to where Natsu was laying down at, when he seemed to come to. Good timing on his part it would seem.

Taking a step forward he looked down at him, "You hurt your hand, you really should go back to sleep you need the rest." He told him in as friend a tone as he could conjure though a part of him really wanted to scold Natsu for acting so foolishly.

Oulixes gave a shrug of his shoulders, "Ehh..." He didn't see himself as any of those things, it was his fault that Natsu was hurt after all, so he wasn't a hero so much as he was cleaning up a mess that he'd caused. If anyone was a hero if was his brother for patching him up he thought to himself with a bit of a sigh, "You should rest up." He said, sure that the blood loss was making Natsu think all many of strange things if he thought Oulixes a hero. Strange, strange boy, Natsu was he thought to himself. Sure, there was something nice about being called something other then worthless but he wasn't going to let it go to his head. He knew what he really was even if Natsu seemed to have been mistaken due to the circumstances.

"Huh? Oh... yeah... I... thought maybe if i got you better shells this time then it would go better for you next time you decided to make something." He muttered, no longer looking at Natsu, instead just looking at his own feet, unable to really face the guy due to being embarrassed over what it was that he was saying. Yeah, so what? He'd gathered more shells for him, he felt that he owed him after everything and now, hopefully, they would be even. At least even if Natsu got better that was. Lifting a hand he scratched it against the back of his head, "I hope these are better quality... though you shouldn't mess with them until you're better..."

Oulixes couldn't help but to get that much more fluster, "I... I guess..." He muttered, not sure about how kind it was but so long as Natsu liked the shells then he supposed that he would allow him to think so highly of him, even if Oulixes didn't feel that way himself. He kind of... like it, the compliments, how someone else could think him such a good, amazing person. It was... weird, nothing he was used to, nothing he'd allowed himself to get used to, but for this moment in time he would revel in all of the strange words that were being used to describe him. When he started to thank him he opened his mouth to tell him there was no reason to thank him, not for something that was all Oulixes's fault, but he closed his mind, giving up. He would allow it for now, since Natsu wasn't feeling well and he didn't want to argue such a point with a weak man. If it helped him to get better then so be it.

"I... alright..." He said, finding it odd that he was being told that Natsu hoped to see him again, that he should stop by whenever he liked, and that he was welcome here. That was... strange... to be welcome somewhere. It was a weird feeling and a part of him wanted to stay, he really did, to see if he couldn't get a few more nice words from Natsu, maybe then he might actually start to feel like what he was describing him as. It was because of the desire he had to stay that he knew he couldn't. He'd stay, he'd get comfortable, and then something bad would happen. His father would arrive, would drag him home, maybe harm Natsu and the others while he was at it. No, there was no staying, not for him.

Giving the best smile he could muster he said, "Yeah, I will see about coming back to check on you, to make sure you are healing up." A complete and utter lie of course but Natsu didn't have to know that. Better that he went to sleep feeling good after all, "I will stay just a little bit longer, until you are sleeping peacefully." He told him, figuring it would be easiest to slip away as Natsu slept.

To say that Oulixes was confused would be the biggest understatement in the history of the world. He found himself starring at everything that Mycah had given to him as thanks for helping Natsu and after a time he finally nodded, "Ahh... thanks..." Weird... so many gifts, it was beyond his understanding really, to receive so much at once, and he could barely wrap his mind around the idea that it was all his. He was almost tempted to just leave it all behind, not sure how to feel about it all. At the same time the food would help, it would last, and he could use it to get far from Zena. The other thought his journey was him going home, it was the opposite, he wanted to get as far from home as possible.

Once Mycah was gone he set to gathering everything upon, giving a glance at the sleeping Natsu... then dared to trek a little closer to him, reaching to smooth one scarred hand over his hair, "You get better." He told him, words that sounded like an order, but there was a moment where worry showed in his eyes. After that they hardened again, he was whirling around on his heel, and was gone from the tent. It didn't take him long at all to put distance between himself and the Wind Tribe settlement, all but running away from them. He didn't understand the feelings he was getting from them and as such his mind said that running was best option for dealing with anything he didn't understand.

It was only after he was what he felt was a safe distance that he slowed down, but continued to move ever further away from Natsu, leaving him behind just as he'd left Lusala behind. They were good people and as such he didn't want his problems to effect them, this was for the best.