Tsukune follows the bus driver down the hallway. The Bus driver stopps and without turning around asks him, "Is this for sure what you want kid? There is no way to undo this…Ever, except maybe apart from the direct intervention of a god." Tsukune looks down and thinks about it for a moment as the bus driver takes a long drag on his cigar. The pros of doing it are that he would finally have some ability to help his friends in times of need. The cons are that he would have to ensure the safety of an item on which his very existence depends for the rest of eternity. "Yes." Says Tsukune. "I am so tired of not being able to do anything to help them out when they could need me most." He said as he clenched his fist. The bus driver turns and looks at Tsukune and said "I sure hope you are, I wouldn't be." With that the bus driver turns forward and continues down the hall.

They arrive at the door. The bus driver puts his hand on the door handle and turns to Tsukune and speaks "These are the last few breaths you will need to take. These are the last times you will feel the need to eat. You won't ever feel sleepy without a special enchantment, and you will never feel cold again. And your busty friend's charms won't work anymore." He pauses for a few moments before asking, "Are you sure you don't want to indulge in any of these things once more before going through with this?" Without missing a beat Tsukune says "No, I've had enough with the weakness of this body. I'm ready to graduate to a bigger and better thing."

The bus driver looks at Tsukune, then to the door, and once more back to Tsukune. Then speaks, "This won't be easy, in fact it will be quite painful. We, or more specifically, she, will have to tear a portion of your soul off and stuff it into a phylactery. This will kill you. But in sealing your life, you also seal your death. And this is all assuming she is in a good mood and will accept you."

Tsukune turns slightly pale at the man's words. "Who is this "She" that you keep referring to?"

The bus driver turns to Tsukune and said "The Pallad Princess, Urgathoa." At this, he opens the door and a red hue shines on his body. He takes off his hat and holds it towards the doorway and takes a bow. "After you."

Tsukune hesitates for a moment, and then takes a step inside. The walls appear to be painted with a dark red with flies outlined in white. The torches that give light are a deep red and appear unnatural. He hears the door close and turns to look and sees the bus driver walk past him. Tsukune falls in line with his step and eventually they come across a circle with a fat old man in the center with chairs just on the edge of it.

When they reach the circle the man looks at him and with horror realizes that the man is missing an eye and in its place there is a red spot of light. He also realizes that he has no idea if the man is old or diseased or both. The man is wearing a grey, floor length tunic with a bone white shoulder cape clasped in the front. At the bottom of the cloak it is shredded and there is what appears to be food and whine stains on the front of it. The old man walks to the edge of the circle and stops in front of them.

"Is this the one?" He asks simply.

The bus driver takes another puff off of his cigar and says "Yes he is. This is the one that wishes to meet her."

The fat man looks to the bus driver and says "Very well, you may go."

The bus driver turns to leave and Tsukune yells "Wait! Aren't you going to stay? What if I have questions?"

The bus driver turns to Tsukune and says "Then you may want to ask the guy next to you. He would know better than I would."

He again turns to leave. When he reaches the door, he opens it and steps out, as the door closes Tsukune hears "Take care of yourself kid." The door closes with a solid thud.