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Ray had been so worried, but he couldn't get out of the cafeteria that whole time. Then the gunshots went off, followed by a blood curtling shriek. His heart stopped at that moment. A second later he was bursting through the cafeteria doors, no one could hold him back. As he was running out he saw a stretcher heading towards the nurses office and heard a commotion from the room.

He peered into the room first. There was blood on the ground. "Who the hell did this?!" he shouted, but didn't stay around long enough for the answer. He was ready to kill anyone that got in his way and definitally the person who had done this. He knew it was Kiyoko who had been injured and there was a growing sense of guilt building up in his body. He stormed towards the nurses room, practically running.

When he entered he slowed when he saw the sleeping Kiyoko. A worried look was in his eyes. He should of been there, he shouldn't of let her go, he should of waited outside the locker room for her, he should of he should of he should of.... He felt like he wanted to cry but didn't. Instead he headed towards her bedside and stroked her cheek gently. He looked up at the nurse. "Will she be okay?" he asked in a worried tone.

Celia too heard the gunshots. She got up much slower though. She was scared for a minute that whoever was shooting out there would come in here. Once the gunshots had finally stop ringing through the air she got up. She looked at Al with a worried look in her eyes. "Maybe we should go see what happened... I just saw Ray run out of here..."

She took his hand and lead him through the crowded and disturbed cafeteria. Once in the hallways she kept his hand in hers until they reached the room where the chaos had gone down. She then dropped it and stepped in. There was the left over scene. Teachers, blood, students, and... Conall... She knew he didn't do it, but she didn't know how things were going to be between them anymore.

((She's not on drugs! It's called a hyper imagination+videogames+medication! gonk

EDIT: I dunno, Star. sweatdrop ))

The nurse saw him enter in a rush and run to the bedside, stroking the sleeping girl's cheek. Under a normal occasion she would have screamed at him to GTFO, but realized the guilt in his eyes....she knew of rumors of her having a boyfriend of some sort, so this must have been him. Strange, he got here before most of them.

Instead, since she was in a pitying mood, she smiled at him gently. "She'll be fine; most likely she'll be up and about in a couple hours. Now, why don't you wait outside? Mr. Kiyoshi has been wanting to see you and some others, so I suggest you get it over with so you can come back and see her." she said, gesturing to the door.

As he left, she pulled up the covers on the girl called Kiyoko. Poor thing; she just moved here. The girl had been changed into a pink hospital nightgown, with little yellow hearts all over it. She sat the girl's bag on the bedside table, and pulled out a small doll that appeared to be hers. It was wearing a pink frilled dress, and looked to be unfinished only with shoes. She sat it next to her, and watched as teh girl felt for it in her sleep, pulling it to her and snuggling it next to her. The nurse smiled and turned off all but the bedlight as she let her sleep. She then went out of hte room, going to help another patient.

Kiyoko continued to sleep, covered by warm blankets and holding one of her self-made dolls to her chest as she continued to dream.....

She smiled, trying not to show her confusion. "Wha-?!" she heard another plop beside her; Celia, Al, and Conall had come from literally out of nowhere. They were all in magician outfits, one blue, one purple, and one green.
"SWEET! I can blow stuff up and burn it now!" Conall replied happily, while Celia began snipping at hers, making a better and less droopy outfit. "Could be a bit more flattering, but I can't complain." Al merely looked about, examining the sky with a great awe.

"Sooo, where are we going, if you don't mind me asking?" Kiyoko asked the group.

Celia answered this: "Well, we're on our way to the great castle over the Endless Lake; self explanatory, on the name. We're searching for the crystal of Purity, to restore peace to the lands, remember?" she asked her. Being a dream and having a different memories momentarlly, she nodded. "Right, right! So how much father?"

"Not too long, the castle is up ahead!" Al answered, pointing ahead. She awed: within the river was held afloat a magifiant castle of many floors, it's walls worn yet a bright crytal white color. Atop the tower came a shining light; that had to be it! However, above and all around it was surrounded by dark black clouds, abnormal and obviously from dark magic.

Shriou listened to Star and thought as the others showed up. "Hm, it makes sense, assuming that you're suggesting Lucy set this up. However, I know her parents; just bad grades alone would be her death; why would she ask her boyfriend to shoot Kiyoko? Unless she wanted a reason to break up with him. Hmmm...."

He paused as the others came in; most looked shaken and worried, not bursting into her room yet. Ray looked actually saddened, and almost of guilt. Poor guy; he proably felt like crud, and it's not even his fault.

"Ok, since the rest of you are a bit confused, I'll make it clear: Kiyoko will be fine. She was shot in the leg, not the chest or anyplace deadly. It missed the bone, actually, so she's been through most of the bad part already, and she'll still be able to walk, just be a bit more careful and not run too fast for a bit. There's already a team working on cleaning the classroom, and she's already been treated and sleeping. The man who's responsible is in the front office, locked up for now until the info can be sorted out. There was actually a tape found in the hidden camera; it recorded the whole thing, and we have evidence. The principal is talking to Kiyoko's mother, who wants no more trouble and to repeat the last mess. What do I mean by this? THAT, I'll see if Kiyoko will tell you from her own experiences, but I'll give you the quick version:

A group of boys kept picking on her, and one day when she went to confront them, it went too far. She was in a coma from a headwound for two weeks, and had a black eye for a bit. The school sued for her mother, and the family walked away alot richer, and the three went to jail. She lost alot of self-confidence from this, I'm guessing, and the town wasn't hte same anymore, since the boys were top football players, so there were alot of grudges. She came here for a fresh start.

First off, does everyone agree that someone should try to find Lucy and bring her here? I mean "someone" as in police force; I want no more injuries."

Lucy was still in the bathroom; she couldn't force herself to move. She sat on the covered toliet, cross-legged in case someone burst in. She had to hide, to leave; they'd suspect she set teh thing up. Ok, so messing with Kiyoko, yes. Shooting her? NO! Would they believe her? Pssh, nope.

Michael sat on the floor, half in terror and half in angry disbelief. He had been up in the room, his hands and feet bound. This was allowed in shooting procedures, from what he could barely hear outside teh door, where a policeman stood with a loaded rifle. His back began to hurt; Mr. Karate-teacher swooped in and had had him on the wall in about 3 seconds flat.

He cursed at the world; what had just happened? Conall had made him blow his temper, and now some chick was in a hospital bed with a hole blown into her leg. But she deserved it. Right? She was being too loud, and brought Conall to the scene. Conall was a druggie, so that had to mean she was too. They weren't looking at the whole picture.

"Which is exactly what you're trying to do know, Conall. You're the hero, something worse could've happened to Kiyoko if you hadn't of shown up. She would probably be dead, because I couldn't have done anything. I say good job on you." Star said, finally speaking up after everyone else had come along.

Josh had come in just as Star had been speaking. He went over to sit by her, giving her a side hug with one arm.

Star contemplated this, and came up with the fact eh was right. Michael didn't have the guts or the strength to do something like that, even for Lucy. But he could've hurt her more, which Conall saved her from. "But he could've hurt her worse, and if you hadn't shown up it would've been worse." Star said, just stating the obvious.

((*gonk* Sorry guys. :/ Been uber busy!))

"Holy s**t!" Al said as he jumped up at the sound of the gun shots. He was going to tell Celia to stay in the cafeteria; after all, the shooter might still be there, but he didn't object when she grabbed his hand. It made him kind of stupid, you see.

Coming across the room, Al stepped back and turned away. "Ugh... What the hell happened..." His face was paling fast, but he tried to keep a straight look. "Celia, I don't think this place is the greatest spot to be right now." All the blood on the floor finally got to him and he ran to the closest bathroom; a nearby girl's room. He practically slammed the door open and ran into a random stall. The force took the lock off and Al saw Lucy hiding. Quickly, he backed away. "Oh, my God, I'm sorry-" He tried not to look, as she might've been... er... busy, but he noticed that she wasn't... doing anything...

Al hadn't eaten anything all day anyways, so he wouldn't throw up. He dry-heaved for a second before taking a deep breath and looking at Lucy. As much as he hated her, detested her, what he saw was a girl who was hiding after hearing gunshots. Of course he had to care. "A-are you alright? The shooting is over, you don't h-have to hide..."

He stepped back and called out. "Celia!" Maybe she would know how to deal with the situation.

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Adrienne promptly sat up once more as Kiyoko was wheeled in. She noticed the wound in her leg, and being from an... unsightly neighborhood, recognized it for what it was. She had heard popping noises earlier, but had attributed it to the storm outside. "What's going on.."

With some effort, she got out of bed and went to the room where everyone was. She almost knocked on the door and waited for an answer. Adrienne didn't notice that Conall was in the room.

As Thayli continued to wander the halls he kept noticing the no matter where he went, he somehow ended up back at the room where Kiyoko had been shot. Every time he ended up there he just stood and stared at the blood, and after the crew had cleaned up, where the blood had been. It was all way too much for him, and he couldn't get his mind off it. What if he was the next one to get shot by some psycho kid with a gun? Or what if they had a knife? No matter how hard he tried, the thoughts just wouldn't go away.

After passing the room for the fifth time he finally cracked, sitting down by a door he just put his head on his knees and sat there, barely rocking back and forth with tears slowly making their way down his cheeks. In the back of his mind there was a small, normal thought. Man, I hope no one sees me

((Yay, breakdown time!))