First Meeting with Kichiro(Social/Private)

"Nice job!" Yukine cheered, "Now tell it to move slowly and kindly, then tell it to move in a certain direction. There is nothing difficult about this anymore now that the broomstick feels well-connected with you!" Yukine smiled back whilst Alyia smiled yet again. The smile she gave this time seemed much stronger than the first, and seemed proud to be shown upon Yukine's lips.

"Let me know when you want to get back down!" Yukine added. He was glad Alyia was having such a good time. It was almost as if Yukine was her mentor of happiness. Unfortunately, Yukine couldn't be around Alyia forever, simply due to the fact that he was with somebody else. However, he could always show Alyia around. Alas, she seemed to redeem herself solely from this joyride. It was indeed exciting to watch. "So, how does it feel being up in the sky?" Yukine asked

“It feels like freedom,” Alyia said before lifting herself in to the air on the broom stick. She looked up. There was all of the sky above her. Hearing Yukine tell her that she should inform him when she wanted to get down Alyia lifted herself higher up into the air. She watched as she was lifted above the booth and higher into the sky. She watched as the trees that once seemed so tall to her became shorter and shorter in height until they were beneath her. Lifting her eyes up from the ground below Alyia looked at her surroundings. She was above everything she was among the birds who could do whatever they wanted. Among the clouds that decorated the sky. Taking a deep breath in and out Alyia smiled a smile no one had ever seen. It was just for her and the things that she loved.

After a few more moments Alyia realized that this was not her broom stick and that she should probably return it and also that there was a person below her that she had left alone. Looking down the blonde mage yelled at the man under her. “I can come down now!” She yelled to him.

"Alright!" Yukine shouted, "There are only two words required to get down: Slow and Down! Remember to entrust the broomstick for a safe descending. You will come down as lightly as a feather. Trust me!" Yukine was admired by the fact that he had satisfied someone so much. The only person who seemed to outmatch Yukine's satisfaction over Alyia was Viola. It was disappointing, actually. From the beginning, Yukine had started out with a small group. That group had narrowed so much, however, that Yukine found himself fortunate to have but only three or four friends. Well, like that mattered at the moment, anyway- especially. Yukine suggested to himself that he should probably walk Alyia to the guild after this, then be on his way back home. He had someone to return to, after all: Anita.

Alyia nodded her head in understanding after she heard Yukine tell her what to do. ‘Down,’ she thought to the broomstick. With the sudden thought the broomstick started to plummet towards the ground. ‘Stop!’ Alyia thought quickly to the broom as her hands fiercely gripped the handle of the downwards heading broom. The broomstick halted to a stop nearly throwing Alyia off of the end of it’s handle. Alyia would have been thrown off but the broom had adjusted itself so that the blue eyes girl would not tumble off and plummet towards her death but instead be able to stay seated on the handle of the broomstick. With a deep sigh of relief Alyia situated herself on the broom so that she had no possibility to fall off. She looked down at the ground below. She must’ve fallen at least 25 feet. ‘Down slowly,’ Alyia thought as she shifted her gaze to the broom that was beneath her.

Slowly descending to the ground Alyia could not help but feel trapped once again; there were people she had to protect and things that she had to do. When her feet finally touched the ground Alyia’s relaxed characteristics had faded away and she stood on the ground with a fake smile plastered to her face.

"You lost trust again." Yukine commented with a heavy sigh, "Are you afraid of heights, perhaps? As much as I like travelling in the sky, I don't want to be too, so any answer you provide is okay with me." Realistically, however, Yukine was disappointed. Even from afar, Yukine had the broomstick transport itself back into his pocket dimension, where it would rest for awhile. Yukine grinned at the thought that maybe it had been a long day for the poor young lady. "Why don't we just call it a day?" Yukine suggested, "We seem to know each other now, so I doubt this will be our final encounter. I'll just walk you back to the guild, then I'll be on my way back home, okay?" This last question was rhetorical as Yukine proceeded, anyway. Yukine lived by the codes of friendship, trust and belief; all of which lacked from this woman today, though it was alright. Alyia had tried her best, and that was all that counted. Despite how harsh it was to see an issue with Yukine's three codes of livelihood demonstrated by another Mage, at least he received something comical out of it. "Come on! Residence at ES is fantastic!" Yukine added cheerfully.

Alyia looked down at the ground and grumbled to herself at the thought of his catching her not believing in the broomstick. ‘It’s not that I don’t want to trust it, it’s that I can’t trust it,’ she thought to herself as she followed slowly after the cheery blond male, ‘I can’t trust anything that is not me or isn't mine.’ Alyia looked up at Yukine to see that he was several yards in front of her. ‘And that includes you,’ the blue eyed mage thought as she sped up her walking so that she would not be left behind by the male mage. “Hey hold up!” Alyia called to Yukine as she quickly ran the next couple yards so that she wouldn’t be left behind by the male mage. Catching up to him Alyia slowed down and matched his pace so that she would not be left behind as he led her back to the guild.

Yukine watched as Alyia finally caught up to her. It had taken her awhile to do so, actually. Yukine wondered what exactly Alyia thought in her head after those adventures. Was Yukine a little tough on Alyia? She was new to flying, after all. Albeit, Yukine was still unimpressed. He did not like how the woman revealed three of his primary codes broken. It seemed Alyia had much to hide about her past, though Yukine didn't bother questioning it. Alyia's past was not his, anyway. Yukine was a spoiled brat, who, ironically enough, wanted to- and ended up to be- an average Mage. Life was no fun for him without companionship; something money could never buy- despite Yukine once having millions. Heck, Yukine had enough money to purchase an estate in Minstrel, with ease.

- Two Hours Later -

Yukine stopped, hunched over with his hands gripped upon his knees, panting. He was exhausted, and could not take anymore travelling without the assistance of his broom. Unfortunately, it would have been nefarious to fly whilst leaving Alyia to walk. Additionally, Yukine was too fearful to have more than one person travel amongst a prized possession. "Well, here we are! Talk to some residents in the guild hall, and they'll gladly welcome you to your room!" Yukine commented. At this point, Yukine summoned his broomstick once more, waved goodbye to Alyia, and rode back home to Oak Town.

Alyia watched as Yukine rode off on his broomstick, away from her and the guild. With a shrug of her shoulders she headed into the guild and to those who paid attention to when someone walked into the guild they would have notice the smile that lightly rested on her lips. Today was over all not a bad day.

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