The grey stone walls which were once so welcoming and homey now seemed cold and bleak as they entrapped the heavy cloud of silence that over loomed all four of them. There was the unquestionable aura of confusion wafting amongst them juxtaposed to the mischievous air that surrounded the red headed demon whose golden eyes gleamed with delight at the turn of events. Currently all four of them had retired to Akari's old witching room under Ms. Bitch's orders; escorted personally by a few staff members. Technically speaking Akari and Manami had yet to officially graduate and as such they were still under the thumb of the school's policies and regulation. But to be honest this turned out to be the best case scenario as there was no telling what might have happened if Ms. Bitch didn't intervene to dilute the tense situation. Afterwards Ms. Bitch promptly gave them all a tongue lashing before ordering them to go stay in Akari's room until the graduation ceremony officially began; which would be a few minutes after every witch in their year was paired up with their respective familiar.

Okuda let out a sorrowful sigh, feeling like a scorned child who was forcibly sent to their room so she can think about her actions and she can say the others excluding Karma felt the same way. Akari was still fuming but she wasn't as menacing right now as she was prior; that could be due to how she's puffing up her cheeks in a pout making her look like a displeased child who was ready to throw a mini temper tantrum. Nagisa on the other hand was nervously sitting on Akari's bed with a sheepish almost submissive demeanor like a child that felt ashamed over causing a scene.

The silence was heavy but the questions ringing in Manami's head out weighted the crushing silence. So taking in a deep breath to calm her still jittering nerves she quietly spoke up her as her slender fingers grazing over her opal pendant in search for strength.

"Umm….A-akari…is it, is it….true what y-you said….?" She softly inquired slightly on edge.

Akari just nodded her head in response, not trusting herself to speak in fear that all her bottled up frustration would be taken out on poor Manami.

"No…That's…it can't be right…." Nagisa mumbled thoughtfully.

What Akari was saying completely contradicted Nagisa's view of Koro and Koro's relationship with his witch; something wasn't right.

"Maybe it was some kind of misunderstanding." He offered.

Wrong move. Akari didn't want to hurt Manami but Nagisa was a different story she didn't mind lashing out against it.

"Misunderstanding…? Misunderstanding! What would you know!? Where you the one holding her dead body! Did you notice her vessel magically disappeared as soon as that demon left! You stay out of things that don't involve you, demon!" She screamed.

There was a brief moment of silence that was filled entirely with emotions; hurt, confusion….and anger. That threating cloud of anger, it was softly bellowing and the source was from none other than Karma whose grin while still intact gave off a more menacing feeling than before; his golden eyes no longer gleaming with delight.

"A-akari…please d-don't yell at Nagisa….h-he's just trying to understand your s-situation…" Okuda exclaimed not fully understanding why her best friend was so…mean to her familiar right now….

"Really Manami? Why are you always defending him!? You're my friend you're supposed to be on MY side!" Akari demanded her anger boiling over.

Nagisa in turn began to clutch his stomach as if in pain.

"P-please calm down…" Manami pleaded as she made her way to comfort Akari.

"I…I don't really understand what's going on b-but i-if Koro did what you said he d-did that…he…k-k-killed your sister…t-than I believe you…but please….please d-don't let these negative emotions control you a-and make you bitter! I-it's not good for Nagisa a-and it's especially no good for you!" Manami argued quietly as she tightly hugged Akari as if trying to absorb all of Akari's negative emotions.

In turn Akari engulfed large sums of cool air to sooth her boiling blood as she counted backwards from one hundred. This combined with the sweet lavender scent of Manami's person managed to soother her scathing feelings and slowly Nagisa felt the pain subside as he slowly let go of his stomach, no longer in pain but still uncomfortable. While the bellowing rage of the other demon kept the tension in the room high.

"Manami….I want that demon dead." Akari vindicated.

Her words were spoken with a harsh ruthlessness. Every letter was filled with raw emotion yet they held no echo to them, they felt cold and empty...

"I want my revenge." She continued with that same tone of voice that caused Manami's hair to stand on edge.

Manami didn't know what to do. Even….Even if Koro was a horrible demon to exact revenge seemed counterintuitive even hypocritical….She wants Akari to let go and move on with her life….But this feeling of revenge seems to have a tight hold of her friend's heart because even though Manami is socially impaired with things she KNOWS Akari. She can at the very least tell that she's not going to let this go anytime soon…She doesn't know what she can say to change her friend's mind.

"Well if you're so set on finding that yellow octopus, count me in." Karma pipped in cheerfully.

Taking the whole room by surprise.

"W-What! But Karma i-if we find him that's means we would have to…" Nagisa began.

"Kill him? Yes I know how revenge works Nagisa." Karma rebutted.

"B-But I thought h-he was you're guys' friend…" Manami stated confusion evident in her tone of speaking.

"Meh...I always did wonder if I could take him anyway." Came Karma's relaxed reply as he shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

"D-do you feel the same way Nagisa?" Okuda asked softly her purple eyes still swirling with confusion.

"Um…" Nagisa was a little hesitant to answer seeing as his mistress obliviously held a very strong grudge against his mentor and friend. But, finally he gave his response.

"If…If my mistress wishes it then it will be done regardless of what I think…." Nagisa said autonomously.

"I-I see…" Okuda said…

"So then I guess we're all on the same page then, right?" Akari stated her hazel eyes gleaming with bloodlust.

"I-I…If t-this is what you want…I-I'll support you…" Manami resentfully stated her voice submissive and gentle while her eyes fixated their gaze on the ground.

"Then let's go kill that demon!"