The Waterfall

*rather than give an answer, she evened out her weight and inhaled slowly, exhaling at the same speed right after*

*raises hands up, palms facing each other but half a foot separating them*

*a spark flashes in between the space as the spark grows to a palm sizes ember*

Well, thank you for asking.

*her bangs continue to shadow her face and eyes, regardless of the blowing winds*

You're very welcome.
*Averts eyes toward Iori, giving a slight wave*
*Garnet eyes sharpen, turning gaze back to Sakurai and taking hand out of pocket, pressing it to side*
*Dark brown strands of hair flutter in the wind*

*Iori felt an eerie feeling in the air as he watched the two*
Should i be scared right now?

*the fire grows in size, now fully in both her palms*

*clasps hands over the fire as it slowly condenses and disappears from sight*

*shoots a bone chilling glare towards Suzumi and stands perfectly still*

Stay away from her.

*Iori was unable to hear what the two were speaking of, but could tell Sakurai wasnt happy about it*

*Smirk grows more darkly*
Why?
*Winds begin to circle around the area, mimicking Sakurai's glare*
*Laughs icily*
Worried something will happen?

{I gtg. G'Night.}

*exhales, seeing she disappeared, the Suzumi that was there simply an illusion*

*looks over in the direction of Iori rather calmly*

Do you need something?

*recalls the incident with Maya and exhales, beginning to walk off the top of ice towards the grass on Iori's side*

(Goodnight Suzumi!)

*Iori shook his head and looked off to the spot where the two were standing*
Not really.
But, may i ask what that was all about?

(Bye.)

Not really.

*speaks in a non-threatening mocking tone, finally reaching the grass and stepping off the ice*

*sets hands back in pockets and looks ahead towards the forest*

*Iori turned his head toward Sakurai as his eyes did the same, following her stride*
Will you be leaving then?
There is not much else to do here unless you have something to say to me.
*he stood up slowly, using his knee as support*

This is where I will be staying for the night.

*kneels down in the snow with one leg and moves hand across the snow, melting it to reveal grass*

*exhales as the grass catches on fire and builds into a medium sized fire, placing her cold hands over it*

*Iori put a hand towards the fire and spit a slim strand of violet-colored flame into the reddish-orange flames, turning it darkish purple, and causing a purple light to dance on, and around them*
May i join you?

If you so wish-

*stops short and turns head in the direction of the walking paths*

*stands up, the flame still going strong, and looks over to Iori*

Ah, I will return, Yagami-san.

*exhales and disappears from sight, leaving her bright yellow flame in tact*

*Iori nodded, then sat down by the dancing purple-colored flames, staring into them as if looking for something*
*He quickly zoned*

*Iori took a deep breath in, jumping out of his zoned state*
*He immediately looked around, searching for Sakurai, but fails to see her*
What could she be doing?
*After pondering a bit to himself, Iori looked at the dying purple flames and snapped his fingers, causing them to spring back to life and continue their eternal dance*
Ill keep it going for her sake.

*walks back and drops into the snow on her stomach beside the fire*

*exhales and closes eyes*

*Iori looked over to the side, in Sakurai's direction, and smiled an inch*
Welcome back.

*gives a lazy thumbs up and falls asleep, curling up closer to the fire, exhaling*

*Iori let out a low laugh, then watched her for a second*
She actually went to sleep...
*he let out a sigh, obviously dissapointed, and layed on his back near the purple fire, staring up into the sky*

*stirs in sleep and moves hand into the fire without thought*

Warmth...

*Looking to the left, he saw one of Sakurai's hands go into the fire. He then switched his gaze to her face*
If you dont wake from that, then you dont need, help...
*Iori continued to watch her for any sign that she might be in pain*

*hand absorbs the fire, both his and hers, into her palm*

*face contorts in pain at the unknown fire that entered her, feeling it truly burn her continuously*

N-

Tsk.
*Iori reached through the fire and knocked Sakurai's hand out of it, and then returned to his place on the opposite side of the fire*

*drops hand into the snow as it melted the snow around it*

*rolls over, back turned to the fire, knees and arms tucked up*

Tch-