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Ari shook her head, She hadn't really expected any particular reaction from her companions. Well, the surprise made her chuckle. "Did you realize, or even think to wonder how many different creatures lived out here?" She asked standing up. "This area that Loki has Found for us may look like just trees and dirt, but when you look past that..." She picked up one of the moss covered rocks, one that sat snugly over on her whole hand, and brushed off the dirt and grass. A head popped out followed by two arms and two feet. "Hiding in plain sight~" She beamed placing the turtle down gently. Hikaru's outburst caused the rabbit nearest them to jolt backwards. "Oh look you've gone and scared her." The elf reached down and carefully scooped up the trembling bunny. The others looked on curiously. A few brave critters dared to move closer. Ari moved over to where she was an arms length from her friends. She gently scratched the animal behind the ears calming it down. "Just like people hide secrets behind their eyes." She smiled. "Our Mother Earth has her share of Secrets too."

The twins eyed the animals that were looking at them. "We don't really go into forests, much, so no, no wondering about creatures for us," Hikaru replied to Ari.

"Ari-hime, you talk about nature with the same sort of strange passion that Nekozawa has when he talks about darkness and dark magic," Kaoru observed, slightly teasing. But the interest that Ari and Loki had in nature was starting to intrigue the Hitachiins, and maybe also sort of a little bit nature itself, though more in relation to how the girls viewed it. Perhaps fashion inspiration could be derived from both their surroundings and their guests.

"How long do we have to look at animals?" the twins asked after a couple of moments of watching Loki take pictures for them. While not exactly bored now that they had seen some potential, the fauna could only go so far in fashion design. Plus, they wanted to see what else the girls could come up with to show them.

Loki hid a chuckle at Ari's mention of her own magic, standing up straight from taking photos. "I suppose not any longer considering they all disappeared again." She answered the twins' question, then listened to Ari's plan. "Exploring the area earlier I take it?" She knew well about the run in with Kyoya, so it didn't surprise her. "This could be interesting~" The brunette was curious about where they would be going, but expected it to be nice nonetheless.

((Could of sworn I posted something *derp* Sorry about that~ sweatdrop ))

Ari beamed, "Follow me~" She sang cheerfully. The elf started skipping towards the sound of calmly rushing water. Easily jumping and dodging rocks, tree stumps and any other potential barefoot walking hazards- but nothing seemed to give her trouble. Ari kept looking back to make sure her friends weren't having trouble.

A hop skip and a jump (Times 3) away from where they had been standing was the River that passed by the camp sight. This particular portion of it however was a little ways down from where everybody had gone swimming. Halfway across the river sat a patch of land outlined by trees and bushes. As if waiting for them, a fallen tree stretched across the river and touched down on the patch which -from a distance- appeared roughly the size of The Hitachiin's tent. (This part of the river is quite wide). If one looked closely they would see tracks in the ground from where the Fallen tree seemed to have been pushed...recently.

"We cross here~" Ari chirped hopping up and balancing on the tree. "Don't worry it won't break~" She smiled and began to walk across putting one foot in front of the other.

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Reaching halfway across the natural bridge her companions would feel as if they were passing a thin wall of wind... And once they were past that the sound of moving water hushed faintly.