Yumi strolled thought the city’s roads very peacefully. It was a wonderful day, the sky was clean, and it wasn’t too hot or too cold. Yumi say on a bench just outside a small bookshop. She admired the view and smiled at the passerby. Some people were humans in quiet a few ere angel’s, this interested her in hopes that find her angelic mother. Yumi sighed as she looked around with those big black eyes, full of hope that she’ll find answers to her relatives.

In all his wanderings, the blue fox-boy that now entered the city had never felt anywhere before, even Avalon's old temple of light, that seemed to be filled with so much of it's energy. But here was a place where everything seemed to radiate pure light energy, a place where he wasn't at any risk...not from others, perhaps, but from the thing inside him that he preferred not to speak about. Looking around a bit, he noticed all sorts of humans and, presumably, angels, though admittedly he'd never seen any before. Taking it in for a moment, he began wandering through the streets, stopping when he found a girl that seemed to be looking for something. "Hey...you lost or something?" he asked, walking over to her.

Aenarion watched the two; a blue fox asking a question about the angelic girl. An unusual site, it was. Foxes and angels don't mix, nor should they. But everyone has a right to free speech, don't they? Well, Aenarion watched the two from a distance. He had just been meditating without being noticed by a single soul when he noticed the two. He didn't want to interfere, but if the minor chatter were to continue into an endless conversation, his meditation goals would not be met.

He hovered over to the two, scarcely noticed by anyone else. Neither of them had noticed Aenarion until he broke the silence while still a couple yards away from them. Greetings. Though you do not see me, I am Aenarion, a cloaked reaper of the moon's. And you, fox, I don't believe the angel wishes to know you. I have watched you both for the last few minutes, and she hasn't replied. Aenarion told both of them by mind-messaging. And I don't wish to ask you again, so if you would leave the angel now, nothing will go wrong.

The two looked around to see where the voice was coming from, but they did not succeed. Well, I see the fox isn't as smart as he looks. Not that he looks smart to begin with. Aenarion joked. Hmmm. Wait a second. You're not like the other foxes, are you? You are half boy. Well, at least it makes you look as though you have sense. And please, don't ask me where I am, cause I will not reveal myself until you seem trustworthy. I have had many incidents of firstly revealing myself and people have mistaked me for the Grim Reaper himself. Though it was not a pretty site, I had escaped by extreme methods. The Reaper went on and on. He then pulled his cloak over him which blended in with his surroundings. If they were to look behind them, he would not be seen, no matter what.

Yumi blinked then turned around, she lightly smiled at the stranger who called out to her. "Oh, well I would have to be going somewhere to be lost." The half breed smiled then looked around, she hasn't been here in a long time. It reminded her of her past, just a little bit. I hope I'm not being a bother, Yumi thought to herself looking down at the ground, lightly fiddling with her fingers. "So what brings you here? I here just to see if much has changed." Yumi kept silent to hear his answer, but she did giggle a little out of happiness someone was listening to the small girl.

((I'm sorry person above me, I posted and I didn't see your post, and your godmoding when you said that they looked up to see who said that. So I'm ingoring you post))

(actually, that's powerplaying, technically...anyway... *posts* )

Kai raised a brow slightly at this response, and chuckled softly, not really able to help it. It certainly was an unusual response to his question, and if there were others like this, then he could probably come to like it in this place. "True enough, I suppose...or at least have somewhere to go," he said in response to her own initial response. He then tilted his head slightly to the side in curiosity, wondering why she was looking down to the ground like that, but didn't ask, figuring perhaps she was recalling something or something of that sort. When she spoke again, however, he shrugged at her question, not really able to think of any particular answer. Not that there was one, of course...but that was hardly the point. "I'm not really here for any particular reason, just a wanderer, really. Though I can't say I've ever found a place like this before even with all the lands I've been to," he answered, tilting his head in curiosity again as she giggled.

A lady bug went between Yumi’s feet, a creature she care a lot for, she cared about almost every creature created. She was looking down so she would be paying attention; therefore, not crushing the bug under her feet. After the bug passed, Yumi looked at the fox being again, to show she was listening. Touching her fingers, she lightly smiled at him, “Yes I like this place too, although I haven’t been lucky enough to see any angels.” Although this was sad wording, she tried her best not to sound depressed. Being a half-breed, and only being raised with humans, it could get lonesome being the only one with wings in a group. Yumi knew it would be near impossible to try and find her angelic mother, she so really never tried too hard. She would keep a look out, but she could only remember glimpse of her mother. “Forgive me,” Yumi started to say, looking strait in his eyes, “My name is Yumi, and you are?” The girl turned red on her cheeks, for being so rude not to ask for his name to start with.

Kai nodded, having seen angels before a few times in his many travels, but here, despite the obvious light energy flowing through this place, he only saw humans at the moment, for the most part at least. He realized that he was probably currently the strangest one here, but he really didn't mind, being somewhat used to it.

“Forgive me,” the girl said, now looking up to his eyes instead of down to the ground. “My name is Yumi, and you are?” she asked, seeming to blush a bit for some reason.

"Oh...right...my name's Kai," he said, realizing that he hadn't yet introduced himself.

(eh...short...)

Yumi smiled at the blue fox man, she never seen one before, but there is a first time for everything right? The wind lightly blew against the back of her shirt, leaving a cool wet feeling from the little driblet of sweat. Kai, she thought, that sound like a nice name. “Your lucky to have that name, my name is too common.” Yumi sighed a little, starting to run out of words to say. “What about you, do you like your name?” Sure the conversation was getting a bit weak, but someone found her, and started to talk to her, that was enough.

Common? He didn't really think her name was common, it was a new one even to him, even with all the travelling and meeting people that he'd done in his life. Either way, he nodded as she asked if he liked his name, though truthfully he'd changed it to Ember previously for a time, though he still liked his natural name better. "I like it well enough, I suppose," he said, trying to think of something to say, which wasn't exactly a strong point for him. "Anyway, you hungry or anything? Could probably use something to eat, myself, and I'm sure there are plenty of places around here...my treat if you are," he continued, glad to have thought of something to say, even if it wasn't really much. But he had been wandering for a while, so it would be nice to get something to eat.

Looking down at her belly, a soft, low rumbling sound was heard, a sound that meant she should eat soon. She was taught never to go with strangers, but she was really hungry, so she folded her legs under the bench and thought about what to do. For a breif moment she played around her fingers, pondering what to do, and then she finally came up with an answer. We aren’t really strangers, we did talk a bit didn’t we? Yumi finally got up and brushed at her shoulders to get the little bit of dandruff off. Then she smiled at the fox, "Alright I could eat, I’m not sure where the closest restaurant or inn is at.” The girl finally finished then stepped off of the porch, only to have the sun beam in her eyes, and in a quick instant she guarded her eyes from the sun with her wrist. Pivoting on her heel, she turned her back to the sun and faced the fox once again, “which way do you want to go?”

Agapetas walked into the city, hoping to find some peace and quiet. It was rather surprising that an Archangel, much less a Virtue, had such a difficult time finding a peaceful place to stay. Agapetas then walked around a corner, and was surprised to see two people there, one angel, one fox. As she grew closer, she thought to herself,

No, she's only half-angel. But hopefully she's as peaceful as True angels.

Agapetas walked over to the two of them, and said,

"Hello. It is a fine day. Is there anything I can do for you?"

Her graceful and beautiful form smiled at them as she spoke.

Kai's ears perked up slightly at the sound of the rumbling, and he couldn't help but chuckle softly, easily recognizing the sound. Eventually, after fidgeting around and seeming to give it plenty of thought, Yumi got up again from the nearby bench she'd sat down on, shielding herself from the sunlight.

"Alright I could eat, I’m not sure where the closest restaurant or inn is at. Which way do you want to go?" she asked. Looking around a bit, he shrugged, not exactly knowing his way around this place, but there was always his good sense of smell to lead the way for him, an asset in many an occasion.

"Looks like this way's a good enough bet," he said, facing a small amount to his former left after sniffing around, taking in the local scents, which there was a lot of; it was a city, after all, or at least something similar to a city.

"Hello. It is a fine day. Is there anything I can do for you?" a woman called out to them after turning a corner then walking down the street toward them before he could really start heading off in that direction.

"I dunno...we were just going to get something to eat, though I suppose you could probably join us," he replied.

Agapetas smiled. It was rare to find such kindness among mortals in these times. She nodded, and said,

"I will be glad to join you. Where shall we go, then?"

Her very voice was gentle and kind, befitting an Archangel. Often, she would be ridiculed by mortals for her unrelenting love for all. But then, when she stumbled upon mortals displaying such kindness.

The girl nodded, and was about to follow Kai, until he stopped. Turning around she saw a woman calling out to them, then as the women got closer, Yumi saw...wings!

Yumi almost came to tears when she saw the archangel, beings that she never got the chance to see very many of these days. Blinking the tears away, she pulled herself together, and made a slight bow to the archangel. “Before we eat, I feel like we she give out introductions,” Yumi said with a smile, raising herself back up. “My name is Yumi, this is Kai,” she said, pointing to the fox. “What is your name?” Yumi said softly, trying her best to keep in her excitement. Her heart was pounding like a drum, and her black eyes seemed to beam at Agapetas. Then a low grumbling sound came from her belly once again, making the girl blush a soft pink on her cheeks.

((sorry my posts have been so short))

When the half-angle named Yumi introduced herself and her friend, Agapetas smiled and nodded, memorizing their names.

Kind and polite. That's rather rare these days.

She kept her wings tucked behind her, as she realized that she had had them extended, and the didn't want to draw too much attention to them.

"My name is Agapetas."

She noticed the look in the girl named Yumi's eyes, and smiled.

"I take it you don't see many Amgels, then. Well, if you don't mind my company, I hoped to join you for the meal."

Kai nodded at the girl's response, and began to walk off before Yumi spoke first, and thus stopped and turned back around to face them both as she introduced the two of them to this new girl. Yumi seemed strangely excited to meet her, which as far as he could tell probably had something to do with this girl seeming to be a full angel, at the least.

Then the girl introduced herself as Agapetas, a strange name in his opinion, though he'd probably heard stranger. "Well, there's a place right over this way that seems good...can't really say what's there, truthfully, but it smells good to me, so that's what I usually go by," he said. "And don't worry about paying or anything, I have plenty of money saved up to go around."

(bah...shorter than I'd like...oh well)

Yumi smiled at the angel, and the fox, she was happy to meet such kind people, this seemed like a beginning of a wonderful day. And wonderful friendships. Yumi thought to herself as she walked towards where Kai was pointing. She didn’t have much of a keen smell, but she did smell a hint of noodles cooking somewhere. Yumi loved noodles, they were one of her favorite meals. “Kai, do you know where the smell of noodles is coming from?” Yumi asked quietly, looking at the many buildings that filled the busy street. Then she looked around, she didn’t see anyone familiar, there were tall people who blocked her view mostly. Turning around, she tried to find a place that was somewhat familiar, but since she wasn’t familiar with the area, this wasn’t much help.

Walking further in the crowd she tried to find one of them, either the fox or the angel. She hoped that they weren’t lost either. “Kai, Agapetas, where are you?!” Yumi shouted, hoping that someone heard her.

((goodness, I’ve been making nothing but short posts))

Agapetas heard Yumi's calls, and walked behind her, and laid a soft hand on her shoulder. She then gently said to Yumi,

"I'm right here, child. Don't worry."

Her blue eyes gazed kindly on the half-angel, who Agapetas was beginning to grow rather fond of. Agapetas ruffled her wings a bit, but kept them tucked back.

One little boy in the crowd reached up to touch the wings, but when Agapetas felt the touch, she turned around.

Expecting to be rebuked or perhaps hurt even, the little boy cringed in fear at the archangel standing over him. Agapetas simply smiled, crouched beside him, and whispered in his ear,

"Little boy, it is not polite to grab an angel's wings. But, it's natural for one to be curious, so don't worry. Here."

Agapetas handed him a little figurine of an Angel, and said,

"There are angels everywhere, child. I'm sure that one of us is watching over you."

Kai looked over to Yumi as she asked if he knew where a smell of noodles were coming from, and nodded, that very place having been the place he was headed for. He hadn't had noodles...well, ever, really, and he generally liked trying something new.

After a moment, his ears perked up, and he looked around for a moment, noticing that Yumi seemed to have gotten lost in the crowd that had seemed to pick up. That wouldn't be any problem...using his good sense of hearing to detect just where her voice had come from, he walked back a bit through the crowd, quickly finding her at about the same time as Agapetas did. "Guess we should stay a bit closer together or something...the crowd's starting to get kind of thick now," he said, then looked to a small boy that was tugging lightly at Agapetas's wing. Smiling slightly as he watched and listened, he turned a bit back toward the restaurant, though still facing the two of them. "Probably may as well continue on...don't want this crowd to take too much of the seats before we get there."

The girl smiled at them both, she was happy that they found her so fast. Yumi wasn’t used to getting lost, because she never had a place to go, or a person to get lost from. Yumi kept smiling, and the stayed very close to the other too. The crowd was becoming louder, something eventful was going on. Then Yumi stopped, and sniffed the air, noodles, Yumi thought as her stomach made another low crumbling sound. With a finger, Yumi pointed to a small, cozy looking building, “Is that where I smell noodles coming from?” She asked, looking at Kai. Yumi loved eating the noodles, then drinking the soup that was left behind. Twining her fingers together, she waited for someone’s response.

Kai looked over in the direction of where Yumi was pointing after looking back to her for a moment as she asked a question. "Yup, that's the place," he said, nodding. 'Well, at least the crowd doesn't seem to be going into there...though it's not exactly the biggest restaurant around anyway, I'm sure,' he thought to himself, and pushed open the door for the others to go in first, adhering to that old principle of 'ladies first'.

The restaurant, indeed, wasn't very crowded, and there were plenty of tables open around the area, mostly near the middle of the building, with most of the window seats having been taken already. After looking around a bit, a girl dressed in a yellow and white uniform came up to them, holding what seemed to be a few menus and bowing politely.

"Three of you, right? Please go ahead and pick a table, and I'll wait for your orders," she said in a pleasant voice, motioning to the rest of the room with the empty tables available, most of which could easily seat more than the three of them.

Agapetas stood behind the others, and waited for them to choose a table. She was dining as a guest, and so she took it as her duty to be as courteous as possible. She looked around, and saw in the crowd things which grieved her.

She saw pickpockets going about stealing, drunkards going about brawling, and many more things besides.

Turning back to the others, she sighed. It was a pity this world had sunk so low...

Yumi closed her eyes, and took three short sniffs in the, to get a better smell of the noodles that tingled her taste buds. The sweet smell of cooking noodles brought back memories of how her father used to cook noodles. She loved eating them, not because that tasted so good, but they reminded her of her father. Just like father used to make, Yumi thought to herself as she finished sniffing the air, which was full of chicken flavored noodles. Yumi smiled at the dim lit place, as some of the candle flickered her shadow on the wall, almost looking as if she was dancing. Normally she wouldn’t step in such an ill lit place such as this, but this time was different. This time she had friends with her, so she wasn’t worried about what hid in the shadows.

Taking a small step forward, she scanned the room with her dark eyes, trying to find a good place to sit. Most of the tables weren’t full, so there were plenty of choices to take. The only question was, which one, out of all these tables would be enjoyed by her other two friends. With a small moment of thinking, she figured by a window would be nice. “How about we sit there?” Yumi asked, pointing at the table under a window, that had five seats. She didn’t mind the extra seats, there weren’t too many tables that had three seats that looked good to her. Before waiting for the reply of the other two, she went ahead and made a small skip to the table.

When she finally reached the table, the smell of noodles thickened, so the kitchen wasn’t too far away. Yumi took a seat under the window, and but one elbow on the table as she rested her palm in her hand. Looking up in the window she smiled for a brief moment, looking at the blue sky, she enjoyed the sky. But then she but the hands under the table, placing them in her lap, and smiled at her two friends. Patiently she waited for them to come.

((not as could as I could have made it, but better then what I have been doing))

Agapetas walked gracefully over to the table, and sat down across from Yumi. She liked the smell of the shop, it seemed to give a homey air to the place. She didn't stop often in shops like this, but as she was with her friends, she couldn't see why she shouldn't.

As she sat at the table, sahe waited for Kai to come, and then perhaps they could order, and Yumi could get her noodles.

“How about we sit there?” Yumi said, pointing to a table that seemed to be able to sit five people around it. That would probably work well enough, and it was away from some of the...rougher-looking patrons of this restaurant. Shrugging to himself, he walked over to the table behind the other two, taking one of the empty seats at it, and looking around the place as the waitress walked over and placed menus on the table for each of them.

Noodles, noodles...apart from the drinks and few appetizers, this place didn't seem to have much that didn't have noodles of some sort. Scanning over the menu in front of him, he scratched the back of his head a bit, not really sure what to get. Lots of the items seemed good, but he'd never had either of them, so he was unsure as to what to expect. Yumi seemed to have had noodles before, though, so she probably knew what she was doing.

After a few moments, the waitress came back to take their orders, and he looked to the other two for a moment before returning his glance to the menu, still not sure what to get.

As Yumi read the wore, dusty, and old menu, she could hardly contain herself. There were so many attractive foods to eat, she didn’t know where to begin. A few items looked like they were new and creative; much more different then plain chicken noodles. This only peaked her excitement a bit more, to the point that the words on the menu became blank. And the only thing she wanted to say was, “I want it all!” Quickly Yumi covered her mouth in embarrassment. She spoke loud enough for the whole room the hear. It was a big embarrassment, and under her hand was covering red cheeks. The girl would never be so rude in a place, she so was quiet ashamed at herself. “I’m sorry,” Yumi said quietly in a whisper.

Looking up at the waitress she smiled, “I would love to have the chicken noodles.” She said in a calmer voice. Yumi put her menu down on the table, and rested her hands on the table. Tucking her feet under the chair, she relaxed, and waited for her other friends to order something.

((sorry for the shortness, my head hurts))

(I hope you don't mind if I join ^_^ )
Zelris had entered the shop to get away from the crowd outside and the sunlight. He thought to himself,maybe I shouldn't have come here. And its to crowded here that makes it just as worse. Many of the people at the resturant gave Zelris wierd looks, some were a little scared. Zelris guessed that it was because of his black angel wings everyone must have thought he was an angel of death, but he payed it little attention for he did not care.

A few moments a waitress in a yellow and white uniform came up to him and said," Um... where would you like to sit?P-Please chose a table," she seemed a bit nervous i guess she was thinking the samething, the other people were thinking. Zelris chose a table and the waitress lead him to the table. As she was about to leave she said still nervous," I-I'll be b-back to take your order."

Zelris managed to say,"Thank you, and please don't be so nervous i'm not evil or the angel of death or anything like that." That made the waitress a little more comfortable,but she was still a little nervous.As the waitress left Zelris had noticed a table just a few tables away from his, a fox and two angel. Zelris thought, Intresting.

Yumi smiled at the waitress, in an awkward feeling that her two other friends hadn’t spoken up to what they wanted yet. She seemed a bit tired, yet happy at the same time. A few moments later she felt something strange from the crowd, as if there was fear. Turning around in her seat she saw a man with bat-like wings. Being raised that it was rude to stare, she lightly smiled, “Hello. Can’t wait for those noodles huh?” The last word made her chuckle a bit, and grin. Yumi was trying to make him feel better, for the crowd didn’t seem to take to him at all.

Zelris knew it was impolite to stare, but he couldn't help it. He hardly ever crosses paths with angels let alone two. As he continued to look he noticed the young angel girl turned around. she gave Zelris a gentle smile and said, “Hello. Can’t wait for those noodles huh?”she chukled a bit after she said that.

He told her,"No, I'm not waiting for the noodles. some water will be just fine for me." Zelris felt a bit wierd inside, he didn't understand what was going on, for he never felt this way before.

Looking at that girl and her friendly smile mad Zelris feel something he never felt before. Zelris thought, what is this feeling? it feels strange yet warm and soothing at the same time.

Zelris kindly asked the girl if He could sit with her and her group.

Yumi, combined with hunger, and the urge for noodles, made her seem a bit hyper, like inside she couldn’t stop jumping. Normally she usually stays quiet unless spoken to, or when she sees someone who seems to want to talk to someone. Normally this feeling was a bit weird, her beinh hyper, but it felt natural at the same time. She didn’t find it unnatural to express happiness, so she didn’t mind too much. Although she always picture angels as calm, quiet, and having a small smile that seemed warming. And today, she found an angel just like that, and that made her happy. Yumi wasn’t sure what to make of the stranger, didn’t seem lost, he looked brave. Most people wouldn’t even think about coming to a city like this, unless that had some sort of angelic blood in them. But she did see a fox like creature, and now this person. It was a bit funny, yet she was happy that some angels didn’t judge by appearance. A part of her would be a bit ashamed if it ever came to that. I wonder where he comes from, Yumi thought to herself curiously.

“Sure you can sit here.” There were a bunch of seats left. The half-angel found this odd, that he would get up from his own table to sit down. But the thought pushed away, she seemed extra polite, even if she wasn’t hyper about the noodles, she would still say yes. “My name is Yumi,” she started, remembering that its always polite to introduce yourself first. “Do you have a name?” The girl asked softly, tending to ask questions in an awkward fashion most of the time.

Her form moved through the small city, Seemingly a golden colour as the sunlight reflected off her form. Her sea blue gze continued to move onwards, Seeming to be glowing lanterns in their sockets.

Her stride remained swift and long, Footsteps echoing around her but seeming slightly muffled as the sounds of many people conversing, Buying items and simply walking.

Her seemingly stone wings remained behind her form, Although they seemed to be made out a strange sort of stone she could still move these wings with ease and swiftness.

She felt eyes upon her form as she moved through the village, Her gaze shifting to the dusty pathway, Head down as many villgers began to turn and point t her conversing between themselves, their hushed voices seeming like shouts.

Her fists clenched, Feeling eyes boar into the cranium, this feeling was growing annoying and the fact that she was conscious of being watched was not a good feeling.

She couldn't take it, The first building she could see to her left she moved towards, Her gaze locked upon it as she moved towards the building stride much swifter than moments ago.

She pushed open the door of what seemed to be a shop, A very busy shop, Although she did not notice this yet, She allowed her gaze to shift to the door once more as it closed, As if expecting to have been followed.

Calming slightly she then allows her gaze to advert around the shop, Eyes widening slightly towards the many tables full of people each eating a variety of foods.

She breathed deeply, Moving swiftly past a few of the wooden tables, A few heads turning in her direction but, to here relief, eyes not remaining upon her arch angel form.

She allowed her gaze to shift about once more, ocean blue eyes averting swiftly about seeing no free tables, A few beings catching her eyes, but her gaze not remaining upon their forms.

Zelris sat his table still waiting for an answer. When the girl answered she replied, “Sure you can sit here.” Zelris thought that this girl was so kind, which she was, her gentle smile was so inviting, it almost made Zelris smile justlooking at her cute face. But he didn't smile he just kept his straight emotionless face. Zelriss had got up from his seat and walked past a few wodden tables, people were still giving him wierd looks but he didn't notice nor did he care.

When he reached the table the girl introduced herself, “My name is Yumi.” Zelris thought, what a beautiful name. Yumi had then asked for his name. Zelris said, "Oh yes, i forgot. Everyone my name is Zelris, its nice to meet you all, and thank you for letting me sit here."

As Zelris was about to sit down he noticed that another angel, and arch angel to be exact had came into the shop.