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Things were quiet around the house, which was odd within itself. Yuhin was away to Nyrvana to visit a new friend he had made. The twins were over visiting Kyoi, and Luc was spending time in his room, studying magic.. or whatever the crankily silent child did. So that left just Shouhin and himself... oh and Tanja, Akiya's last child. Tanja was a rather good baby. He didn't scream or flail or complain. The only word he knew was candy (which sounded like canduh) and he loved to attempt to crawl. Couldn't quite get that down yet, but it was cute anyway. "So.. where are we going?"

"Back to shop. Gotta get more paper for Sah... he ran out ya know." Currently, the baby was tied to his carrier on the tall angelic's back, sucking on a pacifer and looking at the new world around him. It was a lot different than home... less trees and dirt, mroe cement and tall house like buildings. Scaaawy. So he hid in his baby carrier. "Then maybe something to eat afterwards."

Jiro, meanwhile, got the sneaky suspicion he was trying to get him to meet more Tales. He wasn't so huge on that. But, of well. He did as he was told. And besides, Kyoi had mentioned that there were new ones roaming about. Maybe he could hazard a meeting or two... or something >>

By the time they arrived, the door was just closing and Jiro hurried to catch it before it could shut all the way. Seems someone made it there before them, not that it was that big of a deal. They hadn't been trying to rush or anything of the sort. There was no point, for they had taken this walk countless times already. Lately though, something odd has been happening with Jiro. He's a restless boy, that was typical of him. But lately, he's been pacing, edgy... asking for more things Akiya has not heard him ask for in awhile. Like books and new weapons. The weapons part frightened him, especially since he felt he didn't need anymore after he found his enchanted gloves. Those blades were already huge and frightening. Why did he seriously need anymore?

But as a father, and a fellow lover of the sharp and pointy, could he truly deny him something he truly seemed to want? He had already spoken with Iruka of Zyukori about fashioning him a katana.. or something close to one. He was getting to that age and.. well... he had been really off center lately with his swing of moodiness, but he was getting the hang of it. Maybe if he had a real one to look at, he would work harder to get better. Getting him more books was not going to be a problem, because he knew that Dyrid and Keeper had things they wished to give to the boy. Mental note: send Jiro over to their homes before he forgot. "Jiro..?" The boy had already disappeared inside the store and closed the door while Akiya sat there fretting. oh.. simply brilliant, Akiya. His looks soured more when he heard the muffled sounds of baby snickers. "Oh hush you." but it was said fondly as he entered the store finally.

Jiro, meanwhile, had found himself in front of two females. One an adult.. or.. something... the other was another of his kind. The scent he picked up from her spoke it quite clearly to him. Why did most of the Tales he had seen have such dark locks? Was this a trend? But he bowed before them both anyway. "Good afternoon..."

Well, this was not what he thought would happen at a greeting. Feeling rather freaked out about it, he took a step back before he collected himself and coughed. "I am called Jiro.. Jiro Kahsha... Those things in my hair are my chopsticks. And yes, they're feathers. I have one angelic wing and one demonic.. so I've been told anyway." They both flicked and shifted a bit at her very.. jubliant self. This was weird to someone who wasn't quite so.. vocal. Looking up at her guardian, he bowed before he deeply as well. "Pleasure. No, I came with my father..." Just then, the bell sounded to allow the.. overly tall man in.

It sucked to be almost eight feet sometimes, the angel muttered as he ducked down a bit to allow himself to enter. How he got this tall was something he still didn't understand, but it passed down to his children... well Kali so far. "Oh, I see you've met some new people. I am Akiya Ryhan, this imp's guardian. I hope he's been polite to you."

The look he got from the Tale said he was rather insulted. "This is Rhea and her Guardian, Elysia.. they just got here before us." With his back turned a bit to Rhea, she could see the thick bun at the back of his neck, being held up by the said chopsticks. It looked like a rather heavy coil of hair but he seemed fine with it.

"Welcome to the store." They had to be new because he had never seen them before at any other meeting between Tales and Guardian. "So what brings you down here today?"

It wasn't that he was afraid of her, just not used to such rapidfire questions. But she seemed all right. Least she didn't have anything to hit him in the head with. His eyes looked her over to make sure.. just in case. "It's all right. I like my chopsticks as well. They double as weapons so they're not just a useless decoration." Nodding to her question, he smirked before he calmly reached up and took them out, allowing his hair to uncurl and pool around him. His hair had recently gotten longer and it was longer and a normal person his age should have it. "This is how long it is." Though his brows shifted at the telepathic messege, he only grinned. "Very cool." And he meant about her gift. "I don't know many who are that strong mentally." With Akiya's help, he worked on braiding his hair so he could put it back into its bun.

A warm chuckle left him at Elysia's reaction to him and he was still smiling as he took her hand. "It's okay. Most people are a bit.. uh.. iffy about me. I won't hurt you, I promise heh." After shaking her hand warmly, he knelt down to look at Rhea, taking her hand and shaking it as well. "Pleasure to meet you."

"Pweas!! Pweas!!" A small head appeared over Akiya's shoulder, bright pink eyes shining happily as he waved. "Hi hi!!"

"This is my little boy, Tanja. I'm sure you two will get to meet all the other Tales and get along well with them.. I hope hehe."

Though Jiro didn't mean to give her a look like she was stupid, it wasn't a question he was asked often, but he nodded. "Yup. That's exactly what they're for. Though they're my favorite, I'm more into swords.. things like that. I go to a place that makes weapons all the time. It's fun to just watch them make it." A grin curved his lips at that before he looked thoughtful. "You wish to learn about weapons more? It's not hard. He has tons of books about them.. and he lets me train in them.. as much as I can anyway." He practiced everyday for as long as he could before he had to take his pets hunting.

The comment about his hair made him smirk. "This was a lot shorter when I first appeared. Now, it takes me about an hour just to wash this.. and combing it is a nightmare... but you're not the only one to say to keep growing it... I almost cut it once.. but I was stopped just in time, thankfully." The last thing he had wanted to do was disappoint the one who request he never dye or cut his hair again. He patted some stray strands down a bit. "But thank you... your hair is nice too. It definately suits you."

A chuckle left him at how energetic Rhea was and let her shake it as much as she wanted to. "Just Akiya. Mister makes me sound old." Jiro muttered something like but you are old.. older than dirt and Akiya sighed. "Anyway... I'm glad you don't think I'm scary! I can't tell you how hurtful it is when people see me and run away... Why are we here? Oh.. we're picking up some stationary.. and I thought it time Jiro came out and roamed again. He's been staying a home a bit too long."

"Sometimes I use a shower instead.. helps me get the shop out faster and all that." A little nod was given as he had that same image, because that's how it used to be for him. Til it got to the point where his hair couldn't contain both him and his hair so he had no choice but to change to a shower. When asked about the who, he smiled gently. "My best friend, Khia... well and my parents and brothers. They don't want me to change my look.. and I don't truly either, just sometimes... I get pushed into moods where I do things like that." Nobody made demands of him, not even his parents. Actually, his family was rather laid back as a whole.. which was apparently rare, from what he learned about parents from the other Tales. "Khia's one of us... but he's a teen already. You really can't miss him. Really tall, black fur and two sets of horns and stuff. He's a shapeshifter." Which as far as he was concerned, explained all.

He wasn't used to meeting someone who had no idea what weapons were at all. Of course, he would know nothing of Rhea's homelife, but she seemed the type who would like weapons anyway. Were there no books in this girls house?! Poor thing. "Yes it will. And Shouhin *He pointed at Akiya to explain what Shouhin meant, which is basically dad* says it's best to start early but with nothing sharp and dangerous til you at least learn basic handling skills and a good mental set up.. or something." His shoulder shifted into another little shrug before he looked thoughtful... about both questions. Take her to Zyukori? Well... if Armel could go, why couldn't she? She had an interest in weapons.. and him teach her? He had never taught anyone. "Um... well to take you to Zyukori Marketplace might not be that big of a deal... but I've never trained anyone... though it might be interesting..."

When Elysia gasped and looked down at him, he gave her a rather calm look. "We're speaking about weaponry and training... always good to begin as soona s possible."

"I don't live here, thankfully. My home is somewhere else.. rather far away but yeah. Gaia doesn't have the space I need for myself or my family to live comfortably to be honest." At her faith, he was touched an bowed before her again with a smile. "Yes, it is definately growing more chilly out. I should buy Jiro a thicker jacket while we're here.. we might find something good here..." A smile of amusement showed at the mention of snow. "I love snow.. but the snowfights with my family can be.. rather violent at times, but no less fun!"

All this talk of weapons didn't seem to bother him. His only deal with Jiro and his weapons was that he had too many and was getting a bit too good at them.

"Sometimes I stand out in the rain.. it's just as refreshing, really." When he finished explaining Khia as best as he could without her seeing him, he wasn't ready for her enthuiastic responce. Well.. it was to be expected, he guessed. "He can turn into a lot of things.. he can even turn into other people.... it's amusing. Usually he's a big round ball that rolls around everywhere... but he only does that if he's upset about something. And yes, he's the first Tale to come up to me and be polite to me." Even though he and Angelus were now brother types, it was really Khia who made that effort int he beginning, as far as he was concerned. "I already know that advice. Everything I do, I do mainly for myself. You think Shouhin wanted me to train since the second I was able to move around freely? HIghly doubt it." He sounded a bit insulted at her advice. Though he took it for what it was, his other half took it as an insult to him. Lifting a hand, he pushed back his long sleeve and showed her the large amounts of scars that ran down it. "This comes from me doing what I wish to do. No one really tells me what to do... except Yuhin... who is my mother... But sometimes, it's good to do things for other people. It doesn't hurt to give back when they have given you so much. To just take is greedy... makes one shallow."

"You mean you don't know?" His brow creased a bit before he decided to go ahead and explain things to her. "We all come from the Tome, which is this really huge book with unlimited magical ability... least that's what I think of it. We are all called Tales... and out guardians are considered Authors or some such nonsense. The kids who are like us all look different. Like Lance, who is a dragon boy or Slyvester, whose a giraffe. We all look different and are different.. but our origins are the same." Lowering his sleeve, he pointed over to the Study, the door tightly shut. "That's the Study where the Tome resides. The door never opens until it's time for another of us to show... that's how it works, I suppose..."

He gave a nod as she looked over at Akiya. "Shouhin means father. He's my family. He looked out fo rme and makes sure I'm doing all the things I should be doing... like your guardian does." Nodding as she agreed to going to Zyukori Marketplace, he made a mental note to get two guest passes. One for her and the other for Armel. "Yes, it's good to learn about all sorts of weapons and what may be good to learn. Even in swords, there's such a vast range.." The puppy dog look was most definately a new one on him and his brow jacked up higher. Why were her eyes so big and huge like that?! It was kinda freaky, ya know... "I suppose I could try...." Anything to get that look to go away because it was rather unsettling...

"Don't worry, I'll look out for both of them. Though Jiro has his own dojo, I or my other sons look in on him often to make sure he's safe. We'll definately do the same for Rhea. Even though wooden weapons aren't metal, they can still hurt if not careful with them." To try to answer, he only lifted his locket and allowed a small portal to open up in the space. "We live in a pocket dimension.. we travel using portals, though Jiro hasn't mastered that spell yet so mainly I use it.. or my mate. Portals are the fastest way of getting around for us." A smile crossed his lips at the talk of snowballs and he nodded. "So true! So true! I got knocked out by a really good one last winter, by my own mate. He thought it was rather funny... til I didn't get up for awhile heh. But it's still all fun I suppose."

((The replies don't need to be long XD Actually, I was kinda worrying about that because usually, I don't write out such long replies hehe.. but it's fine X3 Short are just as good. Better than nothing, right?))

A little shrug was given as he smirked. "He's my best friend, like I said. Don't respect him just based on my words. Meet him for yourself and make your own decision about him. i'm sure Khia would like it better that way and that way, you can come up with your conclusions about him. Just because I like him and respect him doesn't always mean you might, ya know?" To him, he had slowly built up his trust of Khia and gained his friendship. If nothing else, he was his first true friend, someone who could tell anything to. Though he liked the other friends he had made, none of them were at that level yet.. nor did he know if it would ever get that far.

Seeing how shocked she looked about his arm, his thoughts worked as it always did. If she was shocked over something as simple as scars and she felt disturbed, his scent had definately changed, how would she be able to handle training? Would she faint at the sight of blood should she ever come across it, especially her own? If she had such a weak stomach, then she wouldn't do far. Least that's how his mind figured it. "And how do you know I don't make my own decisions about things for myself? It's not bad to also take the advice of those who are older than you and have lived longer. Sometimes, they just know better than you do." This topic was quickly annoying him and it was making him annoyed with her. Someone who just came from the Tome and didn't even know about her origins was trying to tell him what to do?! Hell no, he didn't think so! But he slowly worked that irritation out of his system. He wouldn't talk about this anymore because he didn't need the headache. Nor would he let her piss him off so much. His angelic and demonic ears shifted a few times before they settled and he felt better. There was really no point. Though, he still was wondering why she was getting so upset about being born from the Tome. It wasn't that big of a deal. The fact they were alive was better than not... Magic is magic, life is life. Be thankful for getting the chance to live at all.

A little smile of pride came as she said he was a good kid and pat his son on top of his head. "He can be a tempermental little thing.. we're still learning everything we can about him.. like he's learning everything about us. But I had help in raising his so it's probably why he came out decently heh." When Rhea asked about her origins, he tilted his head. Was this a big deal? He had told Jiro as soon as he understood, because he knew the boy was wondering why he didn't look like his brothers. Even Luc looked nothing like Kyou, Mouu , kali and Tanja. So he had been told, that even though they had been given to the family by special means, it didn't make them either any less family.