Rita patted the small creature on the tummy as she fed it some food. It was quite cutely enjoying itself, much to Rita's happiness. "Cute... female, too. So no wonder it's cute." Rita giggles to herself, scratching its head now. It was only a few weeks ago, this cute fox was a monstrous and deadly beast that could've killed any of them during that chaotic battle.

However, the battle or how dangerous this fox might end up being in the future wasn't on her mind. She invited Mortimer over for a small talk after she had destroyed the school. Her injuries had recuperated and she had decided not to help with Umi's plan on destroying the world or whatever he wanted... she wanted to search for her master.

"Sigh... Master Loheart..." She mutters looking at the clear sky.

"Rita, what's wrong?" Larita asks, skipping over to her. She noticed Rita had taken refuge near the school, so maybe Rita didn't have a place for herself to stay? Then again, neither did Larita.

"Sorry for the intrusion..." She blushes away, she didn't know Rita was part of the attack on Everlast, so she simply smiled at her kind friend. She noticed the small fox that they saved in the Underground Treasure place, it was definitely cute. Larita went over and patted it gently as it purred nicely.

Rita spun around swinging her leg in a roundhouse kick, as she was alarmed by Larita's intrusion. She spun around gracefully with her palm on the ground spinning her entire body. Seems Rita had been training in ki well. "Ah, Larita... sorry!!" Rita stops her foot just before it makes contact with Larita's face.

"Eh...? Nothing's wrong." Rita smiles, "What about you? Why are you here...? Still the whiny, weakling I've always known?" Rita chuckles to herself, in a slightly superior tone. Rita

William sat in a tree from afar, not to mention in a rather nostalgic manner, reminiscing about the school. It almost brought him to tears, the strong, tough William. "Sigh... why did they have to destroy the school?" William sighs, as he had collected information and sightings on each person who had attacked the school. The worse one seemed to be a pair of demonic beings.

Jumping down the tree, he could hear voices in the distance. He wasn't sure whether he should intrude or not, so he just hid in the bushes looking at who the two people were.

Larita jumped back in complete and utter fright, with a slight shriek at Rita's reaction. "I-I-I'm alright..." She slightly sobs, never been so alarmed in her life time. Larita could slightly feel someone else was in the area, it reminded her of a warm, passionate feeling, but she couldn't recall who's magic it was.

Gazing back at Rita, "H-how mean...!" She retorts, but then again, she was just like she usually was. So technically, what Rita was saying was true. "I came here on a walk... to think about a few things, what about you?" Larita asks.

"Hmpf. Why would you go on a walk? To clear your head, also... who's the snitch wandering around like this?" Rita asks, grabbing a kunai and throwing three at where William was sitting. It seems Rita had decided not to reply on anyone and created a barrier between her and humans.

She patted her fox friend cautiously, right now, that was the only person she truly considered a friend. Rose may have been right, her master could have lied to her and used her to destroy Everlast... the students corpses were real, as was the smell of blood. Her master killed all of Rita's colleagues.

"Why are you so different...?" Larita says, worried for the person or animal that could have been behind the bush. She did know some healing magic, but she wasn't strong in using it.

"It's like you're hiding from everyone... what happened? Is it because of the school?" Larita cautiously asks.

William had jumped back in fright as 3 kunai knives flew at him, but he moved himself out of the way barely in time. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I almost died!" William rushed over to the two women, rather indignant about the whole attack. But he did understand he put himself in danger, as he didn't alert them he was there.

He couldn't see clearly who it was, but his eyes bulged open once he saw it was Rita. "LARITA, run!!" William shouts, grabbing her and jumping onto a nearby tree away from the ninja. Seems he was getting stronger in using Shundō.

"She had murdered numerous students during the assault on the school... Rose defeated her, but... she seemed unstable. Just like now, watch out." William alerts Larita.

"Eeeeh!? Really??" Larita asks, shocked. But, she couldn't leave her friend behind. Not when she was needed to be happy and help the school recuperate as a survivor. Hopping down from the tree branch, she cautiously walks over to Rita.

"You've done some pretty horrible things..." Larita slowly takes steps towards her, aiming to give Rita a hug, ignoring any attacks or verbal abuse Rita may have created along the way.

William was shocked that Larita could just bring harm to herself like that... he would stop Rita if she ended up grabbing out a sword or something. "Be careful..." He mutters, watching the events unroll.

"Get away from me! Don't touch me!!" Rita growls, grabbing a kunai knife and throwing it at Larita but purposely missing as a warning shot. As Larita got closer, Rita stuttered backwards, but she needed to protect herself even in such a harm time. About to grab her katana, she was hit with a fullfront hug. "E-eh...?" Rita asks, pushing Larita away but a slight blush on her face.

"Why...?" Rita asked, it would seem the contact knocked her to her senses. She still had friends. "I-I've got to go..." Rita says, shundo'ing away from the area, leaving them behind.

(OOC: I guess we're done.)

Rewards:

Rita: 2 SP, 1 MP and 30,000 Drachma
Aria: 2 SP, 1 MP and 30,000 Drachma
William: 1 SP, 1 MP and 10,000 Drachma