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Ishira yelped and fell forward, catching herself as she stumbled to the ground on all fours. Her wings spread out around her, covering her back and body as her sarong loosened without her hold. She smiled her back tingling at the seal broke loose. Power flowed through her body in tender strings, reattaching themselves to her spirit and inner Hikari. It was a relief to feel herself and she pulled her sarong back up as she brought herself to a sitting position. A chill rather through her as something that felt like think toxic sludge moved its way through her body as well, coating her spirit and causing her to almost whimper. Her wings snapped and flashed brightly as a black shadows seeped from her body and tangled itself in the light feathers.
"Better control.." Ishira whispered as she felt a hint of her Fox hiding within her.

Ishira took in a deep breath to balance herself and then watched him with a glow in her eyes. Her half moon mark came alive with a blue shimmer under her bangs along with her fox marks on her cheeks. Her fox ears began to show as a ghostly see through white on the top of her head and her tail flicked as he touched her. She wanted to lift to his touch but she stayed down allowing her body to relax as he touched her pressure points.

"Darkness thinks he has a claim... Hikari is glad im back in the light and thinks she has rights now. They are bickering like children while my Fox takes control." Her voice was back with its slight edge that said she was no longer human as she tied her sarong and looked past Neko and to the bed. Kyuu slept soundly still. "She must of been very tired.... I think shes sleeping for us all..."

She flinched slightly, her ears going back and her tail stopping for a moment as she took in a breath of air. Something had changed but she said nothing, just sat still for a few moments while he laughed and her body stiffened. Her wings were the only movement on her body as they shifted like they were uncomfortable and then clung closely to her body, melting into small waves on her back before all that was left to light to room was the small light by the bed. Narrowing her eyes, they lost their glow and any power Ishira let out seemed to disappear. Her ears and tail were the only sighs that she was still her Fox and not human again. As he pressed her last pressure point she took another breath and her body slightly relaxed again. She listen to him walk back to the door and heard him shift to a seated position. Her ears flicked back as if watching him as her eyes stayed forward.
"It would be hard to rest after that..." She sighed out before turning her head slightly to look back at him. "Will you be resting?"

"Among other things.." She said in a low almost dark tone. She listened to his breathing, noticing how close he was to sleep and almost willing him to sleep. Some one needed to sleep out of both of them, and she knew he probably needed it more then her... Though she couldnt remember the last time she slept... It was odd, here she had been gone for an hour, but there.... It had been like years and she had rarely slept then... And her body was still weakened, maybe stronger with the elements, but weaker overall. "Sleep love, you need it and we both know that."

At that Ishira turned and stood. She took only a few soft steps to get to him before bending her knees slightly and tilting so that she could look him in the face. Her eyes were dim but they stood out under her bangs like her mark that was now a darker blue crescent moon, barely visible if it werent shimmering still.

"Im telling you, i can not sleep, not after what happened to me. I told you before, Darkness took the chance he got to torture me while i waited to be released and promised it would happen again if i ever got free. Im not tired love, so i will watch while you sleep." Her eyes shifted to the bed as if telling him to go there while she took his place. She wouldnt sleep, she knew she couldnt, so there would be no risk in letting him.

Ishira stood back up, moving away from him and over to her clothing drawers. Pulling lightly on a few she held her damp hair away with one hand as the other picked out a clay red tunic. A faint jingle of bells caught her attention and she put the tunic aside as she pulled out the matching set of bells she had found at the Academy so long ago. They made no sound in her hands as she lifted them and placed them on the top of the dresser. Odd little things, she always thought. They made sound when they wanted and it had taken a while for her to figure that out. When she first found them, they sounded when ever she moved, like normal bells, but then she noticed when she touched them, they stopped. A faint smiled crossed her face as she stood straight, pulling a few bindings out as she did. Undoing her sarong, she kicked it off as it fell to her feet and then wrapped her bindings around her chest. Quickly she covered herself with her tunic as the cold air touched her naked skin and she frowned. Looking toward the wall closet to the bed she willed a small flame in the fireplace and with a spark it lit. Her fox fire may not have been something she practiced much but it still worked. Grabbing the bells, she shut her drawers and went back to work at her herbs.

"Im more then glad to be back.." She said back to him. She leaned into him as she finished her work a looked down at the small vials she had made earlier. Sighing, she moved away for a moment to pour what was left in her mixing bowl into the rest of the empty vials. She only stopped for a moment when she switch from one vial to the next but it was done quickly without any spills.
"At least im done now, i wouldnt have been if i had slept at all." She smirked, turning around and giving him an all but innocent look. Kyuu stirred for a moment in the corner, making Ishira wonder if she was up, but she ignored the child.

Finally, Kwubara made it back to the town. The distraction was over and it was time to get to work. First he was going to try and find that large power source that flew over the place. If it didn't lead to his target he would know what it was. Any information he could gather would be useful. After taking the time to make himself appear normal, the man entered a bar. They are great places to overhear conversations.