[Rinrou]

Kale let out out a little snort as he continued to smile. He glanced at her every once in awhile as she continued to kick his butt.

Over the next week, Kale continued to go on his nightly raids. The group had left sweden and was now headed to Germany with fresh ground for Kale to cover. He continued to supper with Blaze and even showed her a bit of Basketball. He was definitely good.

James did a remarkable job of completely steering clear of Yue for the entire week. She never saw so much as a glimpse of him. Wolfe seemed to be ignoring her for the most part, though that wasn't so unusual. The woman continued to check in on her from time to time.

Laurel's father continued to drift through stages, some days he was calm even with Laurel's presence and other times he was just as violent as when he first came. His sickness was just about healed though, the strong medication working wonders. Laurel was mostly the same, still defensive when Raven discussed issues related to her father, but she broke out a smile once in awhile while they chatted about other things. She seemed to be relaxing ever so slightly.

"Oh a whole," Bee told Raven as they ate in the kitchen, "I think he's getting better. But it's a long process." she sighed.