Authors note; There are so many words I just can't spell for the life of me. If anyone spots any misspelled words or words that don't exist, please tell me! Chances are I either could not spell them for the life of me, or simply couldn't think of another word to write. I don't have a very big thesaurus ^^;

Mimi awoke with a start at the feeling of something lightly tapping her shoulder, sound slowly starting to filter into her thoughts as the world came back to her in a fuzzy blur. She lifted her head as her eyelids opened drowsily, blinking a few times as she regained her surroundings.

"Wha- What?" She asked sleepily, the adrenaline that had filled her veins had only put more strain on her conscious, but was fading quickly leaving her feeling more tired then she had when she'd awoken. The amethyst fox looked up at the one who had awoken her, a brown furred face with worried blue and green orbs looked down upon her. Louie smiled softly as he helped her sit up, seeming happy that she was finally awake.

"Mimi, I'm glad you're alright, we wanted to let you sleep but there's something we need to deal with and we need your help with it."

Mimi perked up slightly after hearing this, being the smartest fox among them meant that she had a sole responsibility of assisting her friends in any situation they may face. She flinched, as she realized she was acting as if she'd only ever been the smartest among them. Kai, the illusive midnight fox who's face seemed to haunt her every waking thoughts, had been one of the only other people she'd ever met who she'd considered to have been at her intelligence level. He'd met all of the requirements to be a gifted scholar, a talented warrior... And it was a shame he couldn't have been a good friend. Deceit was a bitter sweet taste and Mimi hadn't taken it well when she'd learned of his true intentions.

Clenching her fists and letting out a silent breath, she calmed her nerves and smiled brightly at Louie. I must forget about these things, Kai is dead and there's nothing I can do about it. It was his own fault for being on the side of the enemy, he was never a true friend and completely deserved what I gave to him.

"Oh? What would that be?"

Louie seemed to share her cheerfulness for a bit, but Mimi had the growing feeling that something was off. The atmosphere felt somber, the fading light of the sun beating down on them through the stain glass window did not help to make this any less awkward. It was getting tenser as Mimi realized her other friends were chatting silently among themselves a few shelves away.

The two foxes made there way over to their other friends, who looked up at them hopefully. All but Kiki, who seemed angry about something, the small ruby colored fox sat lent against a book shelf as she tore pages out of a book boredly. "Is everything okay over here?"

Mimi asked, now fully aware of the fact that her friends were not in the best of moods.

"No. Kai has not returned yet, and we can't proceed as planned until he comes back."

"Oh..."

Damn. She should've expected as much, of course the others would notice their friends absence. Kai was a very important aspect in their plans to take back the kingdom, and Mimi once again found herself being reminded that they were now down half their intelligence and nearly half of their strength do to his absence. Her late charcoal furred companion's disappearance would not go down well with the others, and Mimi knew that there was no way she could convince them so easily of his treachery, They'd think she'd gone mad, and she'd be out-casted. It was too soon, her thoughts raced against each other in attempt to think of a possible distraction before her friends started to get suspicious.

She sat next to Mark who was the one who'd responded to her question, as she did her best to hide the fact that she was nervous as all hell at the current moment.

"You were the last one to see him" Zoey started, catching Mimi's attention as the lavender fox calmed a bit hearing her friends voice. At least someone was calm in this whole situation... "So we were hoping maybe you'd be able to tell us where he might be?"

Mimi gulped, an action that seemed a lot more difficult now that she was in the presence of her whole group. The room had become hot and it felt like her fur was sticking to her body, almost as if the castle had no air conditioning. "Last I heard from him he wanted to stay behind to do more research, I'm not sure where he might have gone though."

"Well where was the last place you saw him?" Kiki snapped, her blazing orbs shifting to Mimi at a frightening speed, it was obvious the scarlet vixen was not in the mood for messing around.

"We need to find him, he's important to our group, just tell us where he is?"

"Kiki, calm down. I'm sure Kai is fine, please remember that Mimi just awoke and we're all stressed at the moment. We need to remain calm and rational." Kiki huffed and turned her head back to the library door, Zoey's words having momentarily calmed the fire that burned within her.

"...The last place I saw him was.. Um..." Think girl, think! Don't let them know you've something to hide, make it convincing and fast! She pulled her tail into her lap and clenched it, smiling once again as she calmed her nerves.

"The last place I saw him was a few halls from the cafeteria, he said he was going to stay behind to do some investigating and that I could return back here if I wanted. I chose to come back because it seemed like he wanted to be alone, I have no way of knowing where he is now."

Kiki seemed to calm a bit at this answer, standing as she stretched a bit seeming ready to leave now that she has a solid answer. "Alright awesome, lets go then! We'll check out the cafeteria and see if Kai is still around. The sun is setting so it won't be too hard to sneak by if we see any recruits!"

"hold it, Kiki we can't just go wandering around the castle. We don't even know where the Cafeteria is! We will wait here while Mimi goes to fetch Kai, she can get there and back faster without us slowing her down." Mark nodded at Mimi as he finished his sentence, oblivious to just how nervous he made the now shaking lavender fox feel. He wants me to go? Oh jeez, this isn't good, I can't turn up empty handed... Maybe if I just, say I couldn't find him.. Or.. Say i found his remains... Yeah, yeah that could work... Hopefully.

"Uh- I mean..." Before she could finish her sentence was interrupted by the still roudy crimson menace.

"Uhg! How about I just go with Mimi then? I have some stuff I wanna talk about with Kai and Mimi could use the protection anyways" The aforementioned purple brainiac's fur ruffled at the implied insult, but nonetheless she still managed to keep her cool, despite panic levels increasing with drastic speed. With that the group all agreed, albeit shakily on Mimi's end, on what their plans were, and Mimi and Kiki set off down the halls in attempt to find their friend.

The maid's scream was cut off as her neck was snapped gracefully from behind, Kai walking around her corpse as he proceeded on his journey. He wasn't too far from the library now and didn't have any plans on stopping soon, shoving the body into a supply closet as he continued to walk down the heavily decorated hallway.

The blue cape he wore swayed and seemed to blow in a non-existent wind as he walked at a peaceful pace, the sunset outside the window painting the entire room in a warm orange as the clouds outside blew slowly in the faint breeze.

Ksi was almost lost in thought, before he suddenly became aware of the hushed chatter of maids as silent footsteps neared his area. On instinct the black fox swiftly jumped to the side to hide behind a shelf, pulling out a sword he'd recently acquired and readying himself for the kill. All at once he threw himself at the vixens as they approached, and was barely able to stop himself as he immediately recognized the unmistakable bright red and soft lavender furs of two of his female friends.

Both of which seemed to hold back squeals as they jumped in fright from the surprise, one suddenly looking happy while the other's face turned to one of utter dread.

"Kai!" kiki shouted far two loud for his pleasure as she jumped onto him in a tight hug, squeezing his already brittle body and making it a tad harder for him to take in air. His golden orbs reached Mimi's emerald ones in a lock eyed stare of death, one seeming to shrink and quiver at the gaze as the other stayed calm and emotionless.

A chill ran up Mimi's spine as she regarded the disheveled vulpine who was now seeming to size her up, she wasn't quite sure whether she wanted to run for the hills or curl up and let her soul be consumed by the ever growing blackened void that seemed all to present in the one she was currently staring at. On one hand, she wouldn't be labeled a murderer by her friends... On the other, she was currently locked in the gaze of a walking corpse, one who undoubtedly would warn all of her friends of her misdeeds given he still had the strength to speak.

"Hello Mimi, it is nice to make your acquaintance one again." Mimi jumped slightly at the break in the shared silence, now only registering the continued rambles of her hot tempered friend who was now lecturing the black menace whilst simultaneously happily asking dozens of unimportant questions as she continued grasping at him in the tightest hug her little arms could manage.

"HEY? WHY DOES SHE GET A HELLO AND NOT ME?" Kiki huffed loudly, only now letting go of her trapped love interest. Kai seemed to disregard her immediately however, his focus obviously pointed at the older of the two.

"I'm not sure what your intention was with that little stunt back there, but rest assured I'm not one to take revenge on those I'm acquainted with..." He paused, noting the fear his words drug out of the young vixen, taking moment to revel in the terror in her eyes. "I am perfectly willing to talk this out with you in a calm and civilized manner, and for the sake of the others I do hope you agree."

Mimi gulped, his words also catching the interest of Kiki. "Stunt? What stunt?" The ember coated fox looked over to her friend with a concerned expression, and for the first time in forever, Mimi actually felt her stomach drop entirely.

"Well, I- I uh- ..."

Silence filed the area, the very last strands of sunlight casting shadows on the figures it stood behind, painting Kai out to be far more menacing then Mimi could have ever imagined him to look. His eyes seemed to glow in the fading brilliance of the celestial body, fire dancing in his honey touched orbs as he glared daggers of hate directly into her weeping soul.

She couldn't handle it.

"T-here's nothing to discuss, not here at least." Mimi Paused,choosing her words carefully.

"Not in front of Kiki at least, er... anyone for that matter." She was trying to play the situation off as if nothing serious had actually happened, but Kai could see right through her antics. Nevertheless, he nodded, at least now he knew she felt guilty. That was enough to almost make him not want to fully confront her... Almost.

Kiki had definitely picked up that something was wrong with her two friends, and Mimi's unwillingness to discuss it irked her. She didn't want to cause a scene encase it really was nothing, but that didn't stop her mind from racing from conclusion to conclusion. Had Mimi and Kai.. done something together? The very thought made a small shiver of hate run down her spine, but seeing as the two never seemed too fond of eachother, she decided it really was best to just ignore those thoughts.

After another moment the three agreed to head back to the library, they needed to prepare for the final battle and the others were expecting them to come back.