New songs. Broken Bonds. Setting Sun. (1x1!)

[Moonlit Dream]

Kurou grimaced, then floated up a bit into the air. He struggled with his powers a little as he did so, unused to the feeling and still shakyn after his close scrape with a watery grave, then whipped up into the air. When he came down, he had changed clothes, and now wore black shorts and his winged vest, small hawk-like hat tied to the front of his head. For a few seconds he hung there, watching Nanami return to the water, then began to float off, quite slowly at first, but picking up speed as he got to grips with flying again. The six feathers that were his wings flapped gently behind him from the back of the vest. He flew quite low so that Nanami would probably be able to see and keep up with him, and he could feel the ocean's spray hitting him as he flew.

[==★ тea & caĸeѕ ★==]

Nanami followed him quiet easily, and when he picked up speed, so did she. She was swimming so fast she started jumping in and out of the water, picking up speed. Sometimes she would accidentally bump into Kurow when she jumped, and apologized when she came back out the next time.

[Moonlit Dream]

A few times, Kurou yelped when Nanami hit him in the air, and almost swore as he struggled to stay aloft, then after about the second time, he flew a little higher so that Nanami wouldn't hit him any more. However, his hopes rose as he saw the familiar shoreline of Ryoshima in the distance, and he increased his speed as much as he could, then touched down and tumbled to a halt on the shore, laughing with joy as he looked up, to where he could see the Sei'an city in the distance.

[==★ тea & caĸeѕ ★==]

Nanami got lost on the way there because Kurow flew faster than her. But she finally found the shoreline and flopped on the ground next to him. "Found you!" She said, laughing.

[Moonlit Dream]

Kurou grinned as Nanami caught up to him. "Yup, you found me!" he said, then laughed hoarsely, his wound beginning to ache again. "Now I'm gonna, like, get to the city before, like, I die of infection or somethin' crazy like that. Plus I kinda want to see all of my friends." He grinned at the thought, the blue pools of his eyes growing hazy as his thoughts drifted to the people of Sei'an. With a dull smile, he turned back to Nanami. "I think you might be able to get into the city by getting into the canals that run through the city. You could, like, try and find me there later?"

[==★ тea & caĸeѕ ★==]

Nanami smiled and nodded, and started flopping back into the water. She landed in the waves with a splash, and smiked back at him. "I'll see you later, then!" she said, smiling, then disappeared beneath the waves.

[Moonlit Dream]

Kurou waved, smiling as Nanami disappeared beneath the waves. His smile disappeared, though, as soon as he was sure that she was truly gone. Sighing, he began to float up the path to Sei'an, and it wasn't long before he was standing, before the city gates and passing through. His pain was getting worse; Kurou really wished that he had gotten here sooner. He could hardly feel some parts of his body, the pain was growing worse and worse. Falling to his knees on the path just before the torch, Kurou was aware of panicked whispering and calls from worried people around him as he collapsed onto his side.

[==★ тea & caĸeѕ ★==]

Kagura was wondering around town when she heard frightened voices rising from the streets of the city near the large torch. She started walking towards it and saw someone collapsed near the city gates. She gasped as she recognized the blonde hair and clothes. "Kurow!" She cried, running over to his side. She shook him gently, seeing a gaping wound on his back. "Kurow, wake up!"

[Moonlit Dream]

((Psst... It's on his front... You remember the Okamiden ending? XD ))

Kurou grimaced as he felt someone shaking him, and quietly looked up into the face of Kagu. He smiled a little as he saw her, eyes half closing. "Ah, Kagu... Long time no see, huh?" he laughed quietly, the sound rasping in his throat. He looked around at the faces of the crowd who had gathered, some muttering that this kid had been attacked by a demon of some sort, others wondering who could have possibly done this. Kurou winced a little. If only they knew. If only...

[==★ тea & caĸeѕ ★==]

Kagu frowned. "Yeah, and the first time I've seen you in months or whatever and your almost unconscious in the town square. What the heck happened?!" She asked, her voice full of concern.