“Well…uh…” Aisling said causing Nino to stare a fraction. Puck was still fighting to get out of his clenched fist, and all the dark haired man managed to do was tighten his fist a fraction more.
“Come on let me go!” Puck yelled squirming as if to try and break this sudden grip. Nino stared down looking more tired at that point than actually angry. He had been through a hell of a day, and biting off more than he could chew was an understatement to say the least of things. Not to mention finding out that Aiba was also in the hospital. This day... was
The dark haired man had stopped himself before thinking a full thought on this as he noticed Aisling's face. She had all but scrunched up her visage the way Matsu, at one time, used to when he found some emotion he disliked or something of the like. Sighing, Nino stared down at Puck again. “Do not call me ‘emo’ again," he answered back getting the disturbing image of Ame throwing some sort of flying metal weapon at the back of his head.
“But you are an emo OUCH!” Puck answered back just in time for Nino to start pinching his ears with the tip of his other hand. “Aisling save me!” Puck cried in a strange ditch effort to make the dark haired man cease and desist the motion.
Nino's eye slid to Aisling wondering if she was going to 'save' Puck or not or something of the like. However, his sharp dark eye caught hold of a medical wrist band on the red haired girl's wrist. Someone else in the hospital.... The dark haired man resisted the urge to sigh right then and there. It was as if everyone had been injured at once or something of the like.
“Um…” Aisling started causing Nino to blink a fraction and remember that she was still there. “Heh yeah I’m a patient…got hit by a car…long story.” Aisling finished as though she were unsure of what else to say. “Why are you here? Did something happen?” Aisling continued.
Nino felt the sudden urge to break something violently. However, the emotion passed as he breathed out again. He's alive.... and Aiba's in the hospital as well... No one's dead damn it.... the dark haired man tried to remind himself but found Doki was treating it more as a laughing matter in the back of his mind.
“Waah let go already!” Puck cried out suddenly causing Nino to look down at him again.“If you don’t I’ll huff and puff and blow you down hard!” The fairy creature continued. Nino raised an eyebrow as if wondering if the fairy in his grasp was serious.
“Puck, do you remember what you wanted to say to Nino?” Aisling suddenly answered back. After a minute of looking confused, Puck nodded back.
“Oh yeah. But I won’t say it until he lets go of me," Puck answered back. Staring for another moment, the dark haired man sighed and released Puck. The fairy zoomed away as if in fear that the dark haired man would seize him again at some fair instant or something of the like. Nino's eyes trailed up and watched a minute.
“On behalf of me and my fellow card spirits we thank you for giving Aisling the card case.” Puck finished with a bow. “If it wasn’t for your assistance we would be stuck in…that place.” Puck finished.
They died.... Nino was reminded of this and wondered how he had come to forget it over the course of what had been more like twenty four hours than anything else. Then....
“Okay one shaman down and another one to go,” Puck said suddenly flailing his arms and puffing up. “Wonder if he’s still around. Do you know a summoner shaman called Ai..something?” The fairy asked floating above Nino now. The dark haired man found that he had to repress the urge to smack the fairy out of the way like a gnat.
“Aiba,” Mari's voice answered. Nino looked sideways and found that she was rising off the wheelchair. Once again the question as to what exactly they were doing came to mind, yet in the end, Nino just shoved it in the back of his mind for later.
“Yeah him.” Puck answered back “So do you know him?”
"He's my little brother," Nino answered back staring up again at Puck for a minute before tilting his head a fraction. A sudden confused look appeared to overtake Puck for a minute as he floated downwards and seated himself on Aisling's head.
"Oi... so where is he?" Puck asked. "He ran out when he summoned us back home..."
Nino's eyes grew a fraction but shrunk again. He summoned higher spirits? was the first thought that came to mind, and Nino felt his eye twitch a fraction. Puck seemed to take this to mean that he was about to be smacked again and made way away from off Aisling's head and on her shoulder instead. He..... appears to be getting stronger then..... The dark haired man let out a sigh.
"I was heading to his room now," the dark haired man answered back. Puck looked dumbfounded as did Aisling. Mari looked at Kaki and exchanged a confused look. "He was in a fight with a demon lord, apparently," Nino answered back remembering what Ohno had said about the other girl. He's stupidly reckless.... Nino sighed again starting to walk past Aisling.
"Wait what happened? Do you...." Aisling started.
"I don't know much more than that," Nino answered back. "I wasn't there to see it. I was here for Matsu and that was it until now."
"Matsu?" Aisling questioned, and in that second, Nino found that he had all but started a parade as Aisling followed him followed by Mari and Kaki who appeared as though they were following more or less because they had no idea what else to do.
" 'Long story' " Nino answered back using Aisling's words as he walked. Aisling appeared to take this negatively and avert other questioning. Puck puffed up as if suddenly irritated by the motion of Nino say the words. However, Aisling had snatched him down and was holding a hand over his mouth in case anything else happened.
Finally coming up to the door that was supposedly Aiba's room, Nino looked at the door across for a minute and saw that the other patient appeared to be put in at the same time as Aiba. Must be that other person then... the dark haired man thought to himself before shaking his head a bit and pushing open Aiba's door.
The dark haired boy was in bed laying on the pillows with his eyes closed. A nurse turned her head, saw Nino, perceived him to be some kind of threat (probably from how tattered his clothes and hair were), screamed, threw a metal try at him, and made a sudden motion as if to fight him off.
"Wait wait!" Aiba's voice was loud causing the nurse to stop. "He's my brother!" Nino, unamused to say the least of things, stared darkly back at the woman who had just appeared to take on a fighting quality.
"This ain't a video game lady," Nino sighed rubbing his temple a fraction before passing her with ease. The nurse sighed as though trying to calm herself and breathed outwards noticing the red haired girl followed by the blond pair.
"Sorry.... a man was said to be sneaking around the medical wing earlier, and I was worried..." the nurse sighed rubbing the back of her head as though now feeling bad she had even attempted an attack of that sort. Nino said nothing but was simply already in the door, in a corner, and staring at Aiba who lay in bed.
"It's um... fine..." Aisling answered back rubbing the back of her head and making way as the nurse walked out.
"I'll be just down the hall if you need anything," the nurse said aloud as she went on. Puck, who had been forced to keep quiet and more or less hidden by Aisling's hand, burst out laughing at that point.
"She pwned you!" Puck laughed suddenly flying up again and taking into the room.
"Some man was sneaking around? That's just... creepy..." Mari finally sighed out as if unsure of her own word choice.
"Why would someone.... sneak?" Kaki finally asked as if unable to find another word to compensate for his lack of full vocabulary.
Aisling shook her head a bit and had started into the room. Nino was in a corner of the room just as he had been standing while viewing Matsu. It was a strange habit that the dark haired man found himself developing quite effectively. Aiba was in bed sighing to himself a bit.
"You alive, Idiot?" Nino said darkly causing Aiba to almost sit straight up. Feeling a sudden pain in his chest, Aiba sighed outwards as his hand reached up and found where the lacerations had been and were now tightly wrapped up around him.
"Owwwwwwwwwwww....." Aiba cried out causing Aisling, Mari, and Kaki to jump rather effectively. "That... really hurt..." he sighed shaking his head a bit and resting his arms over his waist. "And all they said they could do was bandage me up..... ugh...."
"Would you rather prefer surgery and stay in bed for weeks?" Nino asked mildly form his corner again. Aiba's eyes moved around the room and found he had more spectators than he had expected.
"Uh...." Aiba tried and found himself laughing nervously and rubbing the back of his head. "I... I'll be fine," he said unsure of what else to say. "Gotta get stronger anyways! This is just the beginning!" He all but flailed his arms while saying this but rather took on a determined face none the less.
Nino blinked. Aisling laughed nervously. Mari and Kaki just stared. "Oh... and hi...." Aiba continued as he rubbed the back of his head unsure of what to say or do now that he found himself in bed and viewing people he had seen once or twice or a few more times... he couldn't quite remember anymore.
"So you're Ai- er.. whatever?" a sudden fairy creature had popped almost out of nowhere and was now hovering a few inches from Aiba's face. The dark haired boy's eyes grew, and with the similar motion of Nino, the dark haired boy seized the fairy out of the air.
"Ow what the... does this run in the family or something! Let go!" Puck said trying to fight his way out from Aiba's hand.
"A... fairy thing...." Aiba blinked, and Aisiling's nervous laughter caused the dark haired boy to look over again mildly confused.
