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Fyte went bright red when Ace told her that his parallel self had been dating her… in the parallel world. "W-wait, I can't do that. Even if he's from a different universe, this is different from his." When he got up to leave, Fyte shot out a panicked hand. "Wait!!! You're leaving him here with me?! Ace, don't--" her hand missed his sleeve, and she was left looking like an idiot as he walked out the door. "--leave me… with… him. Shoot." she groaned. And she was just getting over her concussion too… Looking at 'Ace 2', she gave him a small smile. "Um… hi again. I… I know this is going to be harsh, and you probably know I'm usually not like this, but I don't think you know everything about me. Well, not this me in this world." She sighed. This whole thing was so confusing.

Looking him straight in the eye, she gathered her courage to say what she needed to. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to tell you now before this goes any farther. I don't like you in this world. I… there's someone else… that I like." she admitted, hoping he didn't know it was Nemo she was talking about. Why did Ace have to leave him with me of all people?! she whined to herself, not liking where this was going one bit.

"I might one day be a demi-god, but I know I have no right to decide who should live or die." Her voice was snappy as she defended what they did. Then Tsukiko calmed down taking a breath. "What I mean is, if you think I did it for a selfish reason I didn't. I've just seen so many people die in front of my eyes. Sitting there not able to stop it, just watching. Those people should still be alive, its my fault there gone. I'll never get to see them again, I'm more then sure you understand how that feels." Taking another calming breath she conjured a cup of coffee with the wave of her hand. "Drink this, your grumpy when your tired."

"Anyway, killing yourself never works. I've been there before. Thinking everything will get better with out you. Sure the sun will still raise, but whats the point when that person is missing." While she spoke she slipped of her jacket. Showing the boy all the scars up and down her arms. "I can think of three times where I was unconscious from blood loss. The always found me, no matter where I hide. Even being a witch among other witches was horrible form me. I thought that if I died, then everyone would be happy. Last night I thought if I died everyone would be safe. If I can make it 18 years today, then I'm more the sure you can make it a lot longer." Slipping back on her jacket she stood up. "Now no more causing harm to yourself. Because every time you do, its one less of my spell books you get to read."

Giving him another smile she walked to the door. With her hand on the door knob she hesitated. "I know it doesn't involve me, but he didn't kill anyone. Other then a witch that was trying to take over my body and kill everybody. He saved my life, and with out either of you I know I would be very sad. If you yell at him, then yell at me to. I deserve it, more so then he does. I've made a mess of things, and even if I clean it up...something else falls." Giving him a quick look to show she meant every word she said. Slipping out into the hallway she looked at Palian.

"Why do you let me get you in trouble." She placed her head on his chest. She was hitting him, but she was crying so it wasn't hard. "Its not fair, it was all my fault. If you would have been in your world, then none of this would have ever happened. Its all my fault for not fighting the stupid witch by myself." Her voice wavered, but you could hear what she said. It didn't help she was tired and weak, she was just upset that he got yelled at. She wanted to make it all better, but knew she couldn't. Even blaming herself was making it worse. "I have three hours before Fyte wants me to come heal her. Would you get in trouble or care if I sat with you for a few minutes. I don't want to go outside, to many people want to take me to the dance. Its safe here with you, then no one will ask me. Even if your not my boyfriend or lover. People won't stare at me like I'm a prize to be when I'm with you."

((I'm dead now))

((New Ace will be in blue from now on.))


Birdie flies over and lands on her, rubbing against her as she punches him. Ace smiles and laughs a bit. "I know that attitude Fyte, you can't lie to me. I know you like him at least as that is how you acted when people would bring our relation up before we started dating." Ace pets birdie as he sits on her shoulder and waits for a reply.

Ace continues to pet Birdie as he noticed Fyte's hand pull away "It's ok. It's cute when you try to hide your feelings and like I said before, there is no reason to act differently around me. I mean how will you know it is me or not when I leave this room? You will have to think weather it is me or Ace and I will act like Ace but work to get you to like me. So in this universe do you know about Ty yet?"

Ace frowns a bit then smiles again "I guess he hasn't told you yet. I think it will be better if he tells you." Ace says as he picks birdie up "Look I know it is going to be wierd at times but look at it as a positive thing, I mean I know a lot about you so if you need to talk about anything just as and I will help as I knew you best next to....well yea." Ace stands up and starts to walk towards the door.

(crap, long post. I just don't know if it's my muse on serious sugar, or just too much to respond to. . . I'm gonna go with both. lol)
The boy accepted the floating cup of coffee, more worried about it dropping its steaming contents on his lap than offending her. He looked at the dark drink, thinking silently on her words.

"You only say that because of Palian," he countered weakly. "Either because you sympathize with or pity him, I'm not sure. But if I were gone, you would not miss me. You talk like you know me, like we've been friends for years. But the truth is that you are no closer to me than any of the other students in this school. You would be sad, for the moment. But my death would effect you like any other bad piece of news that you hear on TV, or the radio. You're life would go on. Mine, would have ended. The only thing changing in this equation would be your romping with my demon. So in the end, it is not me you would miss, but him." Nemo knew he was being cold, but he couldn't stand her trying to go out of her way for his sake. He didn't deserve such kindness. That and he was trying to comprehend the facts of the situation.

Cruel, but he knew himself to be right. She really didn't know him, so how could she miss him? How could any of them, really? The only one he thought that might, of anyone else, was Fyte. But even she barely knew him. They only had shared a couple awkward moments, even fewer conversations. Nemo barely had any time to interact and connect with anyone, which he thought might have been for the best. No good would come of it, at least in his cynical eyes.

"I don't have the strength of mind to do anything, least of all hurt myself," he murmured when she advised against any further mutilations. With a sigh, he lifted the cup to his lips and took a small sip. He hadn't directly looked, but Nemo knew she was trying to show her own scars. Trying to show that he wasn't the only one. Not that it mattered. To him, there could be a whole world of people going through the same thing and it wouldn't change how he felt. It didn't make him feel better about it, nor did it make him feel more hopeless. 'So she tried to kill herself too? So what, it doesn't change the fact that I did too, or if I'll try again. Her reasons are certainly not my own.'

Nemo did not respond to her parting words, only sat in his bed, staring at his steaming cup as she left. He was too absorbed in his thoughts to give her any head.

"I get into enough trouble on my own. Any you add only seems like crumbs in comparison," Palian responded with a dark laugh as he watched Tsukiko shut the door behind her. Unexpectedly, she launched herself at him and began to pound on his chest and cry. Putting his hands on her shoulders, he held her still so he could look at her face.

"You are being hysterical love." Looking at her shoulder just below where he gripped it, Palian saw the blood still oozing from the wound. Lowering his hand, Palian called the blades tip from where it was lodged in her collar bone and used some of his energy to seal the wound. Letting the blade drop to the floor, he sat back and sighed.

"Pain will do that to ya sometimes. Now stop worrying about what happened in the past. Nothing you can do about it. All you can do is make the best of the now," he chided her calmly. Eyes darting to the side, the demon went silent as he looked at the door to his masters room.

"We'll have to be careful for a while. His thoughts are chaos. Like he is teetering on the edge. Between getting better, or falling apart all over again." Lifting his arm, he allowed her to snuggle a little closer before lowering it over her shoulders.

"I'd keep master himself away, if you asked me to."

"Don't cause trouble now…" she sighed as he left. Now she could brood over what he had said, especially about the part with Tyrek. It was weird that Ace was on a first name basis with him, though by the way Tyrek had acted in class, it was more like he wanted to be friends with everyone than a teacher. "What did he mean by tell me? Tell me what? What did you want to tell me, Tyrek?" she mumbled to herself, looking out the window. She could see the snowflakes drifting down, and a white winter wonderland outside. Usually, she would've been out there with the other students, hurling snowballs at the others or making snowmen. She didn't feel quite up to it now, not with her moodiness and her headache. Closing her eyes, she placed a hand on her forehead. "Ace 1, get back here soon." she murmured, drifting back into a light sleep.

"It's nothing personal. When he gets upset about something, his words tend towards the consistency of ice needles," Palian sighed, his tone somewhat sad. "They pierce quickly and hurt more than he intends. I don't even know if he realizes he does it." He thought about the things Nemo had yelled at him. If nothing else, the boy definitely knew how to put his demon in his place.

"I never said anything of that nature to him. Probably just thinking the worse case scenario of a situation. Like maybe to him, that would be a plausible reason why you would defend me so readily," he explained with a mischievous smile. He liked that idea, but didn't want to voice it out in the open like this. The demon decided to bring it up next time they were alone in his world.

"Just take one day at a time. No need to rush," he growled softly when she fretted over her future plans. He placed his fingers over her lips to stop the never ending questions.

"You are like a babbling brook. Hush a while." He chuckled at her before stretching his legs out straight to relax. They were so long that he blocked half the hallway.