Kai woke up, and stretched his arms in a wide yawn. He stood up and stepped outside. Today was the wedding day. Great. The last couple of days were such a blur. In the middle of Kai's sad moment, Lauren came angrily crashing through the camp entrance, stunning everyone.

"Taiko!" screamed Lauren. The man she spoke of bristled, and turned to face the princess. The Tiger Demon's eyes grew wide as he saw the enraged Lauren.

"Demon aura," he growled. "So you figured it out." Kai was frozen in awe. Lauren roared an inhuman roar, and used her new demon claws to lunge out at Taiko. However, her opponent was ready for the attack, and dodged with incredible speed. Taiko jumped into the air, slashing out with claws of his own, but Lauren matched him in skill now. She jumped as well, and the two took turns leaping off of each other, and scratching with their claws.

"How dare you?!" Lauren cried. She turned her gaze towards Kai, then motioned towards Heather, who looked like she was nothing was happening. The red ninja drew his sword, then lunged for the queen. Just before he reached her, Heather's voice sounded in his head.

"You've made a mistake," were the words. Lauren froze midair, she struggled to move. Kai slashed out, but all he hit was air. The queen had turned into a glowing spirit. Lauren tensed up, and stared at the new misty orb. The orb transformed into a cage, and Lauren was thrust inside. She clawed and scratched at the bars.

"Taiko!" she growled. "Let me out of here!" The Tiger Demon cackled, snapping his fingers and making the cage disappear with Lauren in it.

There was nothing but cold and dark and gray in the cage. Lauren stood up, and saw nothing outside the bars but blackness. She was furious.

"Where am I?!" she growled with ferocity. A familiar voice answered her.

"You are in my Demon Cage. No human or demon can escape it," Taiko snickered. He walked up to the bars, and Lauren grabbed them, tried to scratch and claw at them, but every time she touched them, she would get shocked by them. Suddenly, her hands were stuck to the bars, and she could feel her Silver Power being drained.

"Wonderful things, Demonite Bars. They can literally drain any and all powers from any individual, and transfer them to another. In fact, you will soon be nothing but a little kitten," her captor laughed. Lauren was so weak, and she could feel herself being transformed.

"How is this possible?!" she struggled to maintain her strength.

"Well, my princess, I have used some of my own powers to bend the way these bars work. So, you will soon be nothing of my use. I will set you free then."

"You can't do this to me! I thought you were my friend!"

"You don't seem to understand, everyone wants either Silver or Gold Power. Especially demons. We would be unstoppable with that strength! Besides, you are so easy to fool. I hardly even had to do anything to control your father! He convinced everyone that your mother was here! I must say, I am a pretty influential demon." Lauren couldn't hold on any longer. Her hands became paws, she shrank to such a small size everything was more than twice as large as it was before. Lauren had become just a little white cat. All she could do to defend herself was to scratch and claw out. This was humiliating! She hissed, and Taiko made the cage disappear. He grabbed her by the scruff, and said, "No, no, no, kitty. Don't be so mad. You look so cute this way!"

Kai was enraged.

"Where is she?!" he demanded from the other cats, who looked just as confused as he was. One of the little kits came up to him.

"I don't know, mister. I just want our princess back. She was so nice, and told us stories!" he cried. Kai put down his weapon, and tried to comfort the little one. Just then, a white flash appeared in the sky.

"Greetings, my comrades. I give you, your princess!" Taiko said from a magic mirror. He was holding up a white cat, who had on a silver collar. It mewed.

"Are we supposed to believe that is our friend?!" Solange demanded. Kai knew that had to be her, because the cat was constantly struggling to free itself.

"Yeah, that's Lauren," he said. The other Tiger Demons gasped and roared in shock.

"Taiko, what have you done?!" said one of the cats.

"Give her back!" another cried.

"My dearest friends. Of course I will give her back! Now that I have the Silver Power, I have no use of this pathetic girl," Taiko boomed. He threw the little white ball of fur out the mirror.

"Here, Kai, take your wench!" he laughed. Kai caught the falling cat. He saw the fear in its eyes, and Lauren set her little paw on his cheek. She mewed again. The red ninja couldn't help but smile. Lauren was so cute now! Just then, she leaped out of his arms, and rushed to the side of a Tiger Demon. She began to meow, and the demon interpreted.

"You're, not really a Tiger Demon? It was Taiko that made us believe all of it?" he growled. "That fiend! But... Even then you were a great princess, the best royalty we'd ever had. You can still be our princess, though, right?" Lauren continued to meow.

"I see," the demon sighed. "Then you can go cured yourself of this." He bowed, and Lauren padded back to Kai. She nodded towards the dragon, and purred. They needed to go back home. Without a word, the ninja and kunoichi raced back home.


Oh my gosh! This is SUCH a late update! So sorry, I've been having a TON of family trouble lately, and haven't been able to reach a device to write this for you guys! I'm trying my best to get these out to you! I HAVE NOT dropped the project! Thanks for understanding!