With Nanami & Mamoru:

"Nanami?" A small sounding voice asked crawling out of Nanami's hair asked.

"Mamoru? What are you doing here? How did you get here?" Nanami asked shocked; she had been in that cage for however knows how long; she didn't realize Mamoru was there as well.

"Where are we? And why are we in a cage?" Mamoru asked looking around.

"Jirou abducted me…er…well us and won't let me…us out unless I agree to leave Tomoe and marry him." Nanami said a little frustrated; she'd been trying to get out of that cage for hours now without any luck.

"But why? I thought he was all understanding of you and Tomoe." Mamoru said shocked.

"Yeah, so did I…which is why this is all a little fishy to me. But I'm not sure what to do; I feel really tired all of the sudden." Nanami said lying down; feeling drained all of the sudden.

"Nanami, are you ok?" Mamoru asked worried, feeling her forehead.

"Nanami? Nanami! NANAMI!" Mamoru cried out as Nanami fell into a deep sleep and he was unable to wake her up.

With Tomoe, Kurama & Mizuki:

The guys had dropped Himemiko off at Kotarou's before heading off to make a plan.

"Uh!" Tomoe exclaimed as he fell over all of the sudden.

"What the?" "Tomoe!" Kurama and Mizuki exclaimed, alarmed as they immediately dropped down beside him to help him.

"What's wrong Tomoe? Are you alright?" Mizuki asked concerned.

"Does he look alright to you? Something must be happening to Nanami. For something to affect Tomoe like this; it must be bad." Kurama said as Tomoe was once again on the move.

"Tomoe! I don't think that's very wise! We should come up with a plan now!" Mizuki yelled as he and Kurama were also up and on the move.

"He's not going to be in his right mind until he knows Nanami is ok. Grr…what are they doing to her?" Kurama growled as they made their way to the proper transportation.

'Nanami, I promise you, I'll save you; we'll be together again real soon.' Tomoe said to himself as he continued onwards; fighting as his body felt like it was becoming heavier by the second.

Elsewhere:

"Are they on their way?" A mysterious voice asked evilly.

"Yes; and it seems that Tomoe is becoming weaker as our plan continues." Another mysterious voice replied.

"For now…but he'll draw on his need to save the girl. And you were right; they did fall for the ruse hook, line and sinker. Using this moronic fool and his love for that useless human girl god was genius on your part." The first mysterious voice said looking into a magical mirror to see where Tomoe and group were and also on how fast the sleep spell was taking a hold of Nanami.

"Umm…" The second voice started.

"Yes, what is it?" The first voice asked annoyed.

"What about Akura-Ou?" The second voice asked in a meek voice.

"What of Akura-Ou? Last I heard he wanted to kill Tomoe." The first voice said angrily.

"Well…from what I understand, they made up and are now friends again…after Akura-Ou was forced to take root in a human body." The second voice responded.

"Well then…that could be a problem; oh yes indeed. Oh well, no threat really…not as long as he doesn't find out anything. For now we wait and see how this all plays out. Go and keep a watch out and make sure nothing goes wrong and that everything goes according to plan." The first voice said as he continued to watch everyone and everything while he kept Jirouu strung up.

"You won't get away with this! I will get away from you one way or another and I will warn the others. And even if I can't, Tomoe and the others will save Nanami!" Jirouu exclaimed, only to be zapped by a small jolt of electricity.

"That's exactly what I'm counting on. And besides…why would you want that? Don't you love this Nanami girl? Don't you want her for yourself?" The voice asked with a bit of a chuckle.

"You know what; never mind; I don't care. Just stay silent." The voice said as he went back to observing.

"Yes, I love Nanami; and I probably always will. But, her heart does not belong to me; it belongs to another…it belongs to Tomoe. And as painful as it may be, I'm happy for her and just want her to be happy. You will not destroy her happiness!" Jirouu exclaimed as he was once again zapped for his insubordinates.

"I said silence!" The voice yelled causing the walls to shake.

"Nanami! Nanami wake up! Please wake up!" Mamoru yelled shaking Nanami as he started to cry.

"Don't worry mommy; I'll be up in a little bit…" Nanami said drooling as she continued to drift further and further into dream/sleep land.

"Don't worry Nanami; I'm coming for you. Just hold on; just keep holding on for me." Tomoe said as the three of them made it to the chariot that would take them to Mount Kurama…