A warm feeling spread through him as she grasped his hand in return, and a small smile came to his face. He pushed through the crowd, but was yanked out of the way as someone passed by him, throwing him into an alleyway to land on his back, Kelly nearly laying on him. His eyes widdened, and the faintest of blushed came to his face as he looked up at her. After a minute of empty thougts, he carefully stood to his feet, pulling her up along with him. "You aren't hurt..... Are you?"

It's alright, I left for a while too. We can continue, don't worry.

Standard, I soooooo hope you can forgive me. I was doing some New York research, and then had to get ready for school. I will try to reply today, or maybe tomorrow. Please don't think I left you.

Everything was so fast around here. Kelly was definitely not used to the lifestyle that surrounded everyone in New York. They were all so hurried, so busy. She swallowed as she looked up at the top of the giant needle that marked the Empire State Building. She gasped as she looked at it's hulking form in the distance. They were a little ways away from it still and yet it looked so gigantic. She was pushed foreward with the crowd and found herself blushing again and looking at Aki with a bashful smile as he grabbed her hand, and she gave his a squeeze in response.

Akuma laughed lightly as he saw a cat trying to claw its way up a brick wall to get at a pigeon. He stopped at a intersection, looking up at the crossing sign. The time seemed to pass by for way too long, so he lightly placed his hand on her shoulder, pointing at the famous Empire State Building that was looming up in the distance. "That's were we are headed...." At that moment, the crossing sign changed and the people standing around them headed forward. In a split second decision, he let his hand slip from her shoulder to gently grasp her hand and he holded tightly, so that they wouldn't get separated.

She looked away with a slight smile, a pink hue falling over her cheeks as she blushed at his smile. He was so attractive, and she couldn't quite understand why. She watched her feet, feeling safe now that she wasn't looking at him. She felt strange things stirring up in her stomach everytime she looked at him. "Well I was heading towards the Empire State Building before those thugs jumped me..."

His lips curved slightly into a small smirk. He could hear a hint of the accent of the place where she came from. He stuffed his hands deep into his pockets and slowed down, to where he could now be walking side by side with her. He looked over at her and gave her another one of his signature smiles. "It's a great honor to have met you Kelly.... I am Akuma Momitchi....." He smiled again. "You can call me Aki, if you like. Now..... Where do you want to go first?"

For a minute she was almost sure that hewouldnt be able to help her at all, which would upset her quite a bit. She bit a bit on her own bottom lip as she watched him study the. Ap. She gigerly took it back with a happy smile when he agreed to show her around. "Oh thank you again! Gosh, I'm just a mess. My name is Kelly by the way," she said as she sprinted for a moment in her heels to catch up to him. She wasn't even going to start to argue with such a charming tour guide.

He carefully took it from her and looked it over, a frown barely creasing his brows. He lightly crweed on his bottom lip, humming a strange song to himself as he did so. He knew where everything was in New York, but he was making a show of looking at the map for her. After a minute, he handed it back to her and smiled, gesturing towards the direction of one of the things. "Well then.... Shall I show you around?" He asked, giving her another dazzling smile.

He looked at her, and when he did that, she just about lost all control. He was so handsome, and his touch was gentle. Her heart fluttered and she sighed when he kissed the back of her hand. She was flustered and she wasn't even sure why. She worked around men all the time, what made this one so different? She swallowed passed the lump in her throat and it was a moment before she could actually speak. "Oh no, they scared me a little. You see I'm not from New York, and I'm trying to find all these places." she showed him her map that had a few landmarks that were circled.

Akuma growled lowly to himself as the guys rushed off. He shook his head, stretching a bit to get rid of the feeling that he was wound up like a spring. He ran his hand through his hair as she looked at him, a weak smile coming to his face. He watched her and smirked, seeing that she was shaking slightly. He gently took her hand and brought it up, barely touching his lips to the top of her hand. "I hope they didn't hurt you....." He said, still smiling.

The man had come just in time. The guys were about to cart her off to a place where she probably wouldn't have come back from. They whipped their heads around to see the guy and there was something about him that creeped them out. He was different than most people and they shook their heads. "Damn, well maybe we can play later beautiful." he commented before they ran off.

Kelly took in a deep breath, loving the feel of having fresh air. She bent down and picked up the map that she dropped when the man had grabbed her. She shook off the creeps that had covered her whole skin when she had been confronted. She lifted her eyes onto her savior. The first thing that she noticed was his eyes, his beautiful green eyes. She gasped softly as she found herself being lost in them, and took a step forward.

She extended her arm, feeling her body shake a bit as she looked at him. He was extremely handsome, and she couldn't help but think that if he had been trying to abduct her she would have let him. "Thank you, so much!" she exclaimed, a weak smile spreading over her face.