Straight from one paradise into another. The lush, wild training grounds they'd been promised had met with some mysterious tragedy; the flora and fauna beneath the ice seemed as frozen in time as in temperature. The place had a serene sort of beauty, but was troubling none the less. Hatsu had but a few seconds to enjoy the shocked silence before that infuriated screaming filled his head.<br/><br/>Hatsu flinched and covered his ears pointlessly. Inside his mind, Yami was having an absolute conniption over the desecration of "his precious forest." Among the screaming were some foul words the boy recognized, and others that might have been in some other, more demonic, language. Lucifer only knew what they might mean.<br/><br/>Death's words only barely penetrated the demon's rage, and it took a while to get an answer.<span style="font-style: italic">"This place is practically on top of the Equator,"</span>Yami seethed, his voice projecting out of nowhere for the whole group to hear.<span style="font-style: italic">"What the Hell do you think it means?!"</span><br/><br/>Hatsu's eyes opened wider in shock and he lowered his hands, taking another look around. True, if you thought about it, the only thing that made sense was that demons did this. But, if demons had come here --Elra being thousands of Miles from the equator-- How much of the world had truly been affected by them? He looked down at Sam, her bright hair standing out beautifully against the surrounding white, and remembered their talk about Exploring the world together-- finding someplace peaceful to settle down some day...