The Garden

"What part of snowball fight don't you understand?"

Ichiro asked, aiming another snowball at Leeloo, which missed. He scoops up another handful of snow to throw at Leeloo, smiling all the way. That was the good part about winter: Snow.

*smiles and scoops up some snow, packs it together then tackles Ichiro and puts it in his face* heh heh...fun

Ichiro wipes the snow off his face, frowning.

"Ok girl, you are going to get it!"

Ichiro smiles and throws five snowballs at once.

*giggles as the sow falls off my*
heh heh..
*scoops up a lot of snow into both of my hands, lifts it up above his head and drops it all on his face*
oops...sorry
*grins and gets up, looking down at him*

"Oh... you asked for it!"

Ichiro said, as he built a snow ball cannon and fired twenty snowballs at Leeloo. The coco bottles dropped from the sky, warm, and into Ichiro's hands.

"Oh... our coco... hey Leeloo! You want some coco?"

*giggles and walks over to him*
sure...as long as you dont pour it on me or something
*smiles at him*

"Of course not,"

Ichiro smiles and hands Leeloo the coco. It is perfectly warm, about 30 degrees celcius, and everlasting as well.

(I have to go. Continue next time)

*smiles and takes it*
thank you

( okay...talk to you then)

*She walked into the Garden, the rain almost instantly soaking her as she went to kneel down by a withered thorny bush*
*Suzumi coughed sharply into her gloved hand, blood splattering upon it but not absorbing into the leather*
*She slipped her right glove off and tossed in into the snow, the disfigurement crossing her mind as her expression seemed pained*
*Her wet side bangs slipped infront of her eyes, as she made no movement to keep dry from the storming rain*

Lucas was walking through the gardens holding an umbrella loosely. The storm was not really a mere rain yet he was quite at ease. He noticed the girl by the thorny bushes near him and went over to her. He crouched down and put his umbrella over her. "Finding it pleasant to outside here?" He said in a low voice without noticing her bleeding. Just a slight movement of her head showed Lucas that she was in great pain. "What happened to you? You look awful."

(Mind me joining?)

"Pleasant isn't a word to describe it, and nothing."

She felt the rain quit pelting on her back as she opened her eyes revealing garnet tints. Her features returned to an emotionless expression, the parasite still tightening by fractions. She flipped her palm over, so that the deep burn faced the ground.

Lucas blinked, he knew he was lying and could smell the scent of her blood. "No need to worry about telling the truth. I do not have the intent of harming you, but instead helping you out." He held out his hand to help her stand up.

"Harm me?"

She laughed, a hint of a sinister tone but the laugh was more dull and somewhat sad. Suzumi smacked his hand away and stood up, her back still to him.

Lucas quickly moved his hand back as soon as she made contact with it. "I'm sorry then, but by the looks of it, you don't seem like being in a state to fight. Or... am I wrong?" His eyes were covered by bangs of hair that were sprinkled with water, giving them a faint shine. Anyhow, it was still visible that they showed no emotion to her response as he remained calm.

"I'll be gone soon, so it really makes no difference if I die now."

She went to pick up her bloody glove, and stuffed it in her pocket. The burnt on her palm felt like sharp needles being stabbed into it, due to the cold. Her bangs overshadowed her eyes as the rain continued to fall.

"How do you know... Maybe fulfilling your last desire could be possible if you listened." Lucas noticed the burn on her hand. "Escape from suffering this pain now, when you don't need to go through it." He brought his hand to his forehead and brushed the water off his bangs of hair.

"I have no desires. They were all just a dimly lit candle to start off, and now it has burnt out."

She exhaled, her hand clenching.

"No desires. Perhaps you are not aware of them, but maybe you are right. Still, I doubt you don't have anything left to pursuit for in this life, besides death." Lucas sighed. "And if that is the case, since you said you would have to go soon, why not give life a try? You are not losing anything and you just might find something, something worth your breaths that wakes you every morning eager to live the day."

"I believe you don't understand. It's not that I want to die, it's more like I have no choice."

Her face darkened as she stuffed her hands in her pocket.

{Sorry for late reply T-T}

Lucas blinked. "What do you mean?" He paused. "Who or what is not giving you a choice to live?" His voice grew a bit worried despite the fact that they had just met a few minutes ago.

Kou yawns widely as he shown his small fangs. He was lazily sleeping on a branch inside the garden, trying to find some medical herbs but ends up sleeping. He sweatdrop as he knew he's gonna get another lecture from Mansanori.

*walks in and sees Kou*
hey!
*walks up to Kou*
hi

Kou fell off the branch cause of the sudden, loud greeting and landed head first.
"Itai....." he grumbled, rubbing the back of his head.
He looked up to see Katashi and blinked.
"Yo." he said, smiling slightly.

hey what are u doing sleeping here?
hey u need a hand?
*pulls Kou up with his hand*

Kou blinked at the hand and accepted it, feeling himself lifted up.
"I was getting herbs.. looks like I accidently went asleep." Kou explained, streaching his arms as he yawns.