[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

As soon as Delano saw that Muroki had made his way up, he let go of the log and it fell over, crashing into the ground down below. He grubbed his sore jaw, which hurt from the strain of having to hold the log in place. He nodded at Muroki, but was too tired to do much else. Getting the log over to the edge was hard enough, but holding it place rally exhausted him.

Delano lay down on the ground, needing to rest. "Now we just need to get back in time," he said after while. He looked back to where he had placed the rocks Muroki tossed to him and saw that they were still in the same place. He smiled a little. "At least we got the rocks."

But he also felt some anger at Muroki for diving down into the cleft like that. Granted, he was about to do the same with the path they found, but it had crumpled down. Muroki instead chose a way that was only good for going down.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki decided to wait until his brother had enough rest. Rolling such a large log on his own was probably not easy. "Right... Now all we need to do is get back to the bottum before it's time to sleep. That way we'll have just enough time to make the walk back to the starting point and finally finish here." he said, sitting down. As his brother rested, he picked up one of the black rocks and looked at it closely, "I wonder what's so special about those..." now he really couldn't wait to see the look on the trainer's face once they got back.

[DGFone]

Delano looked at the stone as Muroki placed in front of him. "I don't know," he said after a while. "But they don't look like anything we have back at the lands." Even though he desperately wanted to rest some more, Delano got up. "Well, lets start heading back," he announced, "The sooner we get back the sooner we'll finish. It doesn't have to take us a full three days you know,"

His limbs hurt when he started walking ,but not enough to make him stop. He let Muroki carry the rocks, though. "I can now see why the trainer said this was going to be hard," Delano said as they walked. What he didn't say was that the real reason why he was eager to get back was because he had enough of the training, enough with having to do something for someone else with no real reason. That decision came to him when he was holding onto that log trying to rescue Muroki after they went to get two black rocks. He had enough.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki looked at his brother as he suddenly got up and said he wanted to head back. "Are you sure?" it sounded like his brother was still tired, and they still had enough time for him to rest some more. "There's still some time for you to rest if you want." he didn't really care how early they finished, as long as they finished on time, saw the look on the trainer's face and then got out of that place once and for all. He had no idea why did Delano decide to carry on, but something about his brother's body language was telling him that Delano wanted to be done as soon as possible.

[DGFone]

Delano didn't care anymore. "Let's go," he said sternly. "The sooner we finish, the better things will be." The happier I'll be. A few times, Delano stumbled, but he never decided to quit. He kept pushing on, wanting to get as far as they can before the sun will set. Maybe by the time they'll get back, he won't have enough energy to pounce on their trainer to teach him a lesson. Delano knew that it would be a stupid thing to do, but thinking about it was nice, even if he won't be able to do it.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki walked alongside his brother, looking at him in the corner of his eye every once in a few moments and seeing him stumble. It's not like he was having a problem with carrying Delano's rock for him, he just didn't want his brother to push himself so hard when they obviously weren't in a hurry. However Delano already refused to stop, and Muroki wasn't going to bug him by asking him the same thing again. They were getting close to the bottom of the hill, and Muroki could see no one of the other trainees or something that might even hint their very existence. "I wonder where the others are..." he said, out of pure curiosity.

[DGFone]

Delano looked up at Muroki when he heard his brother speak. He was so lost in thought that when Muroki interrupted the silence, it jolted him. "Wha- oh, I don't know..." Delano sighed at jumping like that when Muroki spoke up. This wasn't how he normally was. "They might still be looking for the rocks, or some of them might have already found theirs." He said, trying not to sound so unusual.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki looked at his brother when he jumped, a little surprised at that himself. "Is something wrong?" he asked, wondering what was up with his brother and his unusual behavior. They had the rocks and they were ahead of schedule, so what could be possibly causing Delano to look so ill-tempered. If there was anything wrong, maybe Delano would feel better if he talked about it. Muroki remembered talking about his crush two days ago and feeling better about getting it off his chest.

[DGFone]

Delano looked at Muroki, unsure if he should answer or not. "...I don't really know." He answered uncertainly. "I just... I don't know." He trailed off, not willing to answer why he was so jumpy and mad right now. He couldn't exactly tell Muroki that he had enough of everything.

So they continued walking in silence, Delano feeling uneasy.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki said nothing else, easily noticing that his brother was in no mood to talk about anything at all. The two just kept walking, leaving the hills behind them and heading back towards the hill where they started. Even though it was out of sight, Muroki was already able to imagine as if he was starting to see it in the distance. But he knew it was just him wanting to get back already.

Eventually, night fell down, but the two were out in the open and there were no caves around. "Looks like we're sleeping under the stars." he said softly to his brother, lying down and placing their rocks close to himself, even though there was no way for them to fall or roll anywhere. He had no intention to make the same trip twice.