Welcome to Gaia! ::

Spica sat back in the new surroundings, she'd had to take leave months ago adn was only just returning to normal life. Looking around she found herself in a place that seemed familiar, but yet she'd been doing a lot of travelling and had seen a lot over her six months of back and forth trips from home and work trips. She looked around then back down at the table she sat at. She was at a small cafe with two of her children, she'd agreed to meet a friend here with with at least one of her children.

Minagi leaned over the table and stared at her mother who seemed to be dazed. "Mom!" she said clicking her teeth. When Spica didn't respond she just shook her head and smiled at her brother and twirled a finger close to her ear. She then sat back and began pulling lightly at the spikes of her now short hair. Her bangs still remained but the back was short and spiked.

Tsuyoi laughed at Minagi, "You know she can't hear you, she's got that look on her face! You know that 'I've seen this place before' look she gets." he said with a smirk. Tsuyoi had remained mostly unchanged over the passed few months, he'd grown as anyone would expect but it was more his personality that had changed the most. He was beginning to trust people more and had started trying to be more social; even if many of his attempts had failed.

Minagi nodded and looked around for any signs of the rest of their party. "Hmm.. I wonder when Ms. Raving is going to get here.. It's gonna be great to see Kyou again!" she said grinning widely.

Spica looked over adn waved. "Oh it's no problem, we haven't been here all that long. I came early anyways, I had to pick up somethine on my way here." she said lifting up a bag that sat next to her. "Come sit down, this place has the best rolls." she said standing up to get some extra chairs, she'd forgetten to do so.

Minagi grinned and bowed back as best she could from her seat, she noticed he didn't seem happy and it made her a little upset, maybe he was upset with Tsuyoi and her for not seeing him in so long. "Kyou-kun come sit over here." she said still smiling, hoping to coax one out of him.

Tsuyoi looked over Minagi and grinned, even though he could see the upset look on Kyou's face. "Yeah, come sit over here!" he said getting up and making room between himself and Minagi for Kyou to sit.

Shizuma made his way out of the bathroom and saw that Raving and the others had arrived. He looked through the bunch from Raving who was talking with his mother to the grumpy looking Kyou he knew to stay away from just by his face. And there stood Iasc! Shizuma raised a hand in the air and waved. "Iasc! Hey! It's been a while." he said making his way over to the little group of people.

Spica smiled nodding, "Oh that's great! Minagi's been learning a bit herself at home. One of my oldest is well trained in the art after living on the streets for 8 years. How she learned I'm still not sure, but I'm sure there's a lot of difference in the styles." she said smiling at Kyou as he sat between Tsuyoi and Minagi. SHe lowered her voice so only Raving could hear. "The both of them ahve been so overwhelmed with seeing him again. I can't tell which one is happier to see him!" she said with a small fit of laughter.

Minagi turned herself to face Kyou still grinning, she'd succeeded a little in getting Kyou to smile. "We've been doing really well! It's so nice to be back though. All that travel was getting boring. I like staying at home our going out places I'm already familiar with." she said shrugging and fiddling with a long strand of her bangs.

Tsuyi cut in before Minagi could start up again. "Thing have been great, I haven't been able to do much research on that language I was telling you about." he said his grey eyes beaming and his ears perked forward showing clearly the excitement that was rushing through him. Both He and Minagi had been equally excited about seeing Kyou and both for completely different reasons. Tsuyoi on a more talkative and friendly level. While Minagi had her heart set on getting closer personally with Kyou, she'd really grown to like him.

Shizuma sat next to Iasc grinning. "Oh things have been great! A lot of travel, but I didn't mind it. Gave me plenty of time to catch up on my reading." he said loking for a menu. "Have you ever been here before? It's really great, we used to come here a lot before Mom's work had us going all over the place." he said loking over the menu.

(( I'm sorry Raving I got distracted last night X__x; ))

Spica smiled watching the three-some chatting, it was nice seeing Minagi and Tsuyoi smiling so much. They never seemed to smile that much around the house, but both of their faces had lie up when she'd told them they'd been seeing Kyou soon. "That's sad to hear, I'm glad he's away from that now. I couldn't tell you, but a little bit of that will at least always stay with him. There's a little darkness in everyone's heart." she said pulling over a menu and starting to scan it over. "It is great to see them all back together, it'll do them all good. If Kyou or Iasc wanna come over they're welcome anytime." she said looking up and smiling around the table at all the kids.

Tsuyoi's eyes lite up and his tail flicked around excitedly behind him. A research partner! "Really? That sounds great, i could use all the help i can get. I've got most of the alphabet figured out and a good number of words but the book itself that I have is still a huge mystery to me." Tsuyoi continued on his ears errect and tail doing a happy little dance behind him.

Minagi giggled at Tsuyoi's excitedment but she wasn't going to let Tsuyoi steal all of Kyou's attention. Kyou was her friend just as much as his. She leaned over the grab menus for the three of them and handed them out. "Yeah, there's people I try and stay away from in my house too." she said opening her menu muttering something that sounded like 'Kayda' under her breath. "But maybe sometime we could practice together! I do martial arts as well. Not a lot mind you, I'm more into Alchemy than anything but to preform alchemy your body has to be in good form. My sister teachs me, she's really good btu I'm sure the style is completely different . But practicing with someone who uses a different style makes it allthe more interesting." she continued running her finger down the list of soups tapping her finger and smiling at one in particular.

Shizuma moved his hands back a forth a bit to express some of what he'd read hadn't interested him very much. "I did read one book that I like a lot. It was called The Sight it was by a guy named David Clement-Davis. It was really amazing. But Shakespeare, that's some good stuff. But I do have to say, I love my comic books" he added with a laugh. "You'll like it, the foods great. I wouldn't mind eating someplace by the beach though. My Mom owns a place on the beach. It's a ways out but it's nice to go and relax. Last time we were there my brother Kisho propsed to his girlfriend. That was back in July when it was still warm out." he said reaching out for the menus and handing one over to Iasc with a smile.

Spica smiled looking at the three, all seemed so happy and full of determination to prove themselves in the world. "They just might be, and he may just save them in return." she said looking back down to the menu. "I believe I'll go for a Latte and Crescont sandwich." she muttered rechecking the menu. She wondered what was so mysterious about the Sohma family, she had heard a few mutterings here and there but had paid them all no mind. Kyou seemed to be a normal child by all means but something was very strange about him, but what was strange in their world? Nothing could truly amaze anyone anymore, so many different races adn cross-breeds. How could Kyou's family be any different. For whatever reason she didn't pay anymind, to her he was no different from the rest of them. He was no less than anyone, though sadly she knew there were people in this worl who believed themselves to be the better race. Those people, they sickened her.

Tsuyoi laughed, "You'll do fine. But really I'm not sure about what language it is. It's dead so no one really knows. I'm really curious to how my Mom got the book in the first place." he said with a confused face and turned to his menu tail curling this way and that as he thought. "I belive..." he started "I'l be getting... the" once again he paused in thought. "Aha! The fish sandwich." he pronouced grinning.

Minagi burst out laughing and covered her mouth to muffle her laugh. "Tsu! You always get that, why do you even think about it anymore?" she laughed and finally calmed herself and answered to Kyou feeling her heart flip over. She never heard of Yuki before, the only 'Yuki' she knew was her adoptive brother Yoshiyuki. She decided not to ask about him since he seemed to upset Kyou in some odd way. But she could feel the seriousness in Kyou and his determination in defeating the Yuki. "I'm sure you'll beat him one day Kyou! If you keep your mind to it and train with the most serious determination I know you can!" she said balling her fists and putting them up. She truly believed in Kyou and she could feel the determination that filled his body. But once He told her he would teacher her her heart skip a beat and her stomach fill with butterflies. Kyou train her? What more could she ask for than to spend time with him. "Sure! I-i'd love that!" she burst out her blue-green eyes filled with exhileration.

Shizuma recorded the name of the book adn reminded himself to pick it up the next time he went to the book store. "No, but I promise I'll look into it!" he said now ready to head to the nearest book store to try and find it. "Oh i read the Robo Dog and Kiki Kitty comic mostly, it's a hobby. I collect the books. I'm a huge Manga fan to. I have a huge collection at home. If you ever wanna borrow some your welcome to come see what I've got." he said then felt the corner of his eye twitch slightly at being called cute. He didn't find himsefl attractive even though his mother always said he looked hansome and braided his long green hair. He smiled and nodded. "I'd like that, I like going to the beach as well, it's a nice calm place to be and the sunsets are spectacular. But I'm sure we could all go to the Beach house sometime once the weather warms up a bit more. I don't think Mom would say no. She loves to go out there." he said picking up his menu and deciding on clam chowder. He had to be the only one in the family beside Cali who like the stuff. But it was the least of his worries. "Clam Chowder for me." he pronounced smilling over at Iasc.

Spica smiled thinking about all the traveling she'd had to do. "Horrid." she said grinning. "I hated having to take the kids all over the place with me like that. A few times I left them with my friend Kyoh." she sighed, she still had to think of a way to repay Kyoh for watching the three in front of her all those times she'd been traveling around. Spica suddenly remembered something, she'd been off track for a while but it finally hit her. "Raving, you had your baby didn't you!? What did you have?" Spica asked grinning widely, she would have loved to have a baby, but she'd already told Raving about her inablilty in the maternal abilities of her body. But she was still going to try.

Minagi smiled warmly at Kyou, "Of course! I'm sure you're much beter than me if you've been doing it for some years now. ANd I'm sure you'll do just fine in teaching me. I'm a fast learner, and I can take things in really easily." She said her spayed tail flicking at the end under the table with excitement. "Five on Tuesdays and Fridays. I'll be sure to tell Mii so he can remind me." she said thining to herself. She knew she wouldn't need reminding but it was best she give Mii her laptop the information never the less. "I should do something for you Kyou-kun, if you're going to teach me I have to be able to repay you somehow." she said tilting her head and smiling. She wasn't sure how she'd repay him, but she'd think of a way. She loved being around friends and so far Kyou was her favorite to be around. He was much more interesting than Asa who was always thinking about Callista. Kyou had more reasonable things to mull over and so did she.

Tsuyoi shook his head sadly. "Nope, I already asked. Mom said it's been in her family for YEARS." he said shaking his head in slight disappointment. But he looked up smiling. "Irish, that's a cool language. One of my brothers has this really strong accent, a lot of people say it's Irish but no one knows really, not even him." he laughed. Tsuyoi's ears pressed forward at the sudden looks of discontentment on Kyou's face, he wondered what was troubling him. But it was short-lived, Tsuyoi smiled as Kyou thought about his order. "That's what Shizuma likes to get." he said sticking out his tongue, he hadn't quite taken to the taste of clam chowder.

Shizuma smiled, he was really starting to like Iasc, they had a lot in common, he'd never met someone with so many similar interests. He liked it and she sure caught his eye as well. "I'm not sure exactly what my favorite series is. Maybe Crescent Moon. It's about my Mom's race, the Lunar Race." he said gabbing his thumb back at his mother. "My Mom's what people call a Tengu, or a Wind Demon." Shizuma's eyes lit up at the idea of making a comic, he'd akways thought about it, but had never really given it much deep thought. "That sounds like a great idea Iasc!" he declared his tail tip rattling softly from someplace under his chair. His thoughts then turned to a cloudy day at the beach, he had to admit that did sound nicer than a sunny day a lot of the times, you didn't get so burned and the sand wasn't like walking on coals. "Yeah, I guess you're right, the sun is nice but a downcast day is better, not so much to worry about." he said,smiling at Iasc's choice of food. "That's an interesting choice." he said looking it over in his menu. It did sound good, maybe he'd try it as well, but maybe some other time, today he really wanted his soup.

Spica finished jolting down everyones choices for lunch and smiled. "There," she muttsered to herself before turning back to Raving "It wasn't all that bad, but I have to admit it's nice to be home." she said with a nod and looked over the paper, making sure she she got everyone's orders. "How adorible, Babies are always so cute, I have three at home about around that age. They were, I guess you can say, a Christmas Present." she laughed thinking of the little ones at home with her fiance. "Minoru and Zane the twins are always fighting, well Minoru does most of the fighting, Zane's a bit submissive." she giggled and pushed her chair back her small black wings fluttering slightly. "I'll go place our orders real quick, I'll be right back." she said and moved around the table and gave each of the kids a smile and even Tsuyoi a pat on the head.

Tsuyoi laid back his ears and gave a small growl, he didn't like it much when Spica did that. It made him feels extrememly childish, even though he really was young. "Yeah, we'll just have to compare.." he said has he started to subconciously fix his hair in a cat-like manor. Tsuyoi grinned under his hair at Tsuyoi, "ah the curse of being a cat, am I right?" he said licking his own lips at the thought of fish. He couldn't help himself, he didn't mind it, Spica had always enjoyed making seafood dishes anyways so it was an added bonus at home for Tsuyoi.

Minagi put a hand over her mouth trying to conseal her small fit of laughter, Kyou was so cute! "Well I like to be on time and it's really no big deal Kyou! You'll be a great teacher I know it, and I wanna do something in return for you, That's what's friends do for each other." she said a smile never leaving her face. She was right in her own sense and it was also just her theory of the way things were done by her standards. She believed in fair trade and was usually quite good about it. She rarely took from others without giving equal back and sometimes even a little more.

Shizuma pushed a bit of his own green hair behind his pointed ear and nodded. "I'm not the greatest artist but Minagi," he said pointing a finger at his sister who was happily enjoying Kyou's company "she's the artist of us. Tsuyoi's got the brains and I'm well I guess I've more an imagination." he said looking over at his mother placing the food order and licking his lips. "that food is gonna taste so good, I skipped breakfast this morning, I misplaced my wallet and Mom promised the book stare this morning." he said scratching his head and lifting up an oddly heavy looking bag from one of the near by book stores. "Habit I guess."

Spica handed the list over to the man behind the counter smiled and nodded to him indicating the table with the large group. She then returned to her seat and back to her conversation with Raving. "A playdate sounds great! Maybe it'll get Minoru of her brother's case, she loves to pick on poor little Zane. Renai's a sweet little thing though, she'll love to play with Torcan." she said and blew at the long bangs that overlapped her right eye. "If you insist Raving" she said scratching her ear. "We should set of the playdate, from what I'm hearing Minagi's planning on spending some time with Kyou on Tuesday's and Friday's. That's good, she needs to get out of the house more." she said glancing over at Minagi.

Tsuyoi finished fixing his hair and glanced over at his mother for a moment perking his ears before turning back to Kyou. "I wonder how long that food is gonna take, I'm ready to eat." he said sticking out his tongue and smelling the food cooking in the bad. "Food smells so good!" he whined slightly nipping the end on his tongue.

Minagi nodded and pushed back some of her bangs. "Yes Kyou, I'm possitive!" she said trying to hold back laughing again. Minagi nodded and knew she was going to go home and have her laptop record in the calender that she had karate with Kyou on Tuesday's and Friday's. The idea of getting out of the house to see Kyou twice a week was almost unbareable, she tried to have the excited twitching of her tail that was swinging back and forth skimming the floor. Miangi shoook her head, "Nope there's nothing you can do!" she said grinning widely at Kyou.

Shizuma shrugged, "It's always nice to meet a fellow writer." he said. Shizuma opened the bag and pulled out a few of the books, Anthem by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead and a few other miscellanious comic books to add to his collection. "It's a hobby, and I heard Mom talking about this auther Ayn Rand, she's supposed to be really good! I read the first bit of Anthem, it's kinda confusing but I think I'll get it when I read a bit more." he said with a reassuring nod to himself.