A/n: Sorry for the long time with no update! This chapter is deticated to those who have hung with me and reviewed through out this entire story.

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Karli had stopped trying to get free of the kelp that had her by her ankles, she had tried everything she could think of. It wouldn't obey her commands nor would it come lose, or be cut. Her air was almost out, and her vision was beginning to blur.

'This is so much deeper than I thought it was.' She thought faintly. 'I hope help comes soon. Preferably Alishia, or Shuichi.' She closed her eyes and thought she heard someone dive into the water. 'Sorry guys, I'm so sleepy.' Was the last thing she thought before letting the welcoming darkness overcome her.

Kurama was nearly to the other red haired girl, he could see how she was being kept under and that she wasn't struggling to get free. That worried him, she should have just been able to tell the kelp to release her and been free. He reached the red haired demon girl and first freed her from the plant holding her down before wrapping his arm around her waist and pulled her up with him.

'You better still be breathing by the time we get to the surface Karli.' He thought, though he had the sinking feeling that she wasn't. He broke the surface and helped Alishia pull the unconscious demon girl out before getting out of the water him self.

"She may have breathed in come water." He informed to the smaller blond.

Alishia's eyes widened more, if it was even possible, and she carefully worked out any of the water that may have gotten into her friends lungs The red head coughed a few times and Alishia turned her onto her side so she wouldn't choke on anything like she was taught in her CPR class. The blond could have sworn she heard Kurama sigh in relief.

"Mind helping? What was keeping her down there?" Alishia asked grabbing her friend's towel. Kurama came over and held the red haired girl up in a sitting position so that Alishia could wrap the towel around her shoulders so he could carry her back.

"Kelp, I don't think she could get it to release her though." The fox said with a frown.

"Well that's weird." Karli said grabbing her red haired friend's things while the fox demon stood up while holding Karli bridal style.

"Let's get back then." Needless to say the two made their way back to the temple with the others as fast as they could. Once at the temple Kurama put Karli on her bed in her room before leaving and going into his own room to change. Alishia and Kieko made sure that Karli was going to be alright. It was a few hours before Karli woke up. Alishia had stayed in her friends room and was woken up rudely from her nap by something hitting her head.

"Oi! Why can't I move?!" Karli protested. Alishia glomped her friend and started scolding her on how she was reckless and stupid and should never ever worry her like that again.

"Help! Can't breathe!" Karli yelped. She managed to kick her friend off her, but there was a loud thud as she fell off her bed and Alishia hit a wall. The door slid open and a worried looking red head was standing in the door way.

"What's going-?" He started but stopped, turned a few shades of red and closed the door again.

Karli, who was on the floor in a tangle of blankets, blinked and looked at Alshia confused. Alishia's expression reflected the same confusion. "What was that all about?" Karli asked sitting up and started untangling her blankets.

"I have no clue." Alishia said looking at her friend still then blinking and getting it. "Oh, wait I do know." She said with a grin.

"Well sherlock? Care to share?" Karli asked sarcastically.

"You're still in your swim suit." Alishia said as Karli got her legs free of her blankets and stood. The red head took a look of her self and noticed that she was, in fact, still in her tankini and shorts two piece swim suit. Her tankini, since it was no longer wet, had managed to bunch up to her waist. Also her bottom piece, which looked like shorts, didn't even reach mid-thy. Karli felt a blush spread across her face.

"Of course." She muttered. She sighed, grabbed some clothes form a dresser in her room and went to change into her bathroom.

Once Karli was in jeans and a tee shirt she left her room to go get something to eat. She was in the middle to cooking her self some ramen when she was glomped again by Alishia. Karli sighed and let her other friends scold her for being reckless.

"Ok, I get it, can I eat now?" She asked grumpily. She was starving from almost dying and wanted to eat.

"Sorry Karli, we were just worried." Yusuke said sheepishly.

"I know, I know, but I'm starving here!" Karli whined.

"Why don't you two go do something useful and let Karli eat. I'm sure Alishia wouldn't mind sparring with you, Yusuke." Kurama said ushering the two out of the kitchen just as Karli was done cooking her noodles and started to eat them.

"Are you going to scold me now, Shuichi?" Karli asked.

"Would you like me to?" Kurama asked mildly.

Karli set her bowl down and sat up on the counter, she picked up her bowl and said, "Not really, but if you feel the need by all means rant away." She said lightly before going back to eating her food.

"Why didn't you free your self?" Kurama asked. Karli briefly thought his tone was one an older brother would use.

"I couldn't." She said before putting more ramen noodles into her mouth.

"You couldn't?" He asked not believeing her.

Karli nodded and swallowed her mouthful, "Yeah, I couldn't. Don't get me wrong I tried, really I did. It just wouldn't let me go."

Karli's eyes were confused and her face was worried, "Shuichi, don't tell anyone, espically not Alishia, but that guy with the black hair... He scares me, he said he knew Alishia and me but we've never seen him before in our entire lives. At least I think we haven't, and that other guy..." She said shook her head closing her eyes lightly. "I don't know what to think anymore." She muttered as if she forgot that Kurama was there. When she opened her eyes she gained an obviously fake happy expression. "What can I do, right? No sense in dwelling on it when there's stuff to be done." She hopped off the counter and set her now empty bowl into the sink. "Like these dishes for one. It looks like they haven't been done since yesterday morning." She looked back at the red head with a small smile, "Mind getting Alishia for me?" She asked sheepishly.

Kurama nodded, "Sure." He said before leaving to tell Alishia that Karli wanted her help with the dishes.

"So what were you talking to Kurama about?" Alishia asked slyly.

Karli tinted a little pink at her friend's tone and said, "He was just chewing me out. You know how these guys are." She lied disimissivly.

"I don't think Kurama's the type to chew someone out. He seems more of the type that will make you tell him with out it seeming obvious." Alishia said.

"If you say so. Hey wanna watch a movie tonight, we can do Monty Python." Karli said changing the subject.

"Yeah! Monty Python and the Holy Grail here I come!" Alishia cheered.