Wait…What?! I stared at Naru as he took a step towards Nina.

Was this his plan all along? To corner Nina like this, err, the Raburesu anyway… I relaxed my hands, realization hitting me and fixed the dress, standing up as Yasu did. At this point I don't know whether to be happy or sad. Naru didn't forget me, and he was here to help along with everyone else. But then again… I can't help but feel a bit down… A new assistant.

John smiled, putting the paper down onto the table," Looks like the plan worked!" he eyed me giving a slight wink," Don't worry miss, we are here to help you."

A smile began to cross my face without me even realizing it, however that is possible.

"Y-you tricked me didn't you! How dare you use such a dirty trick on a young woman like myself!" Nina said, you could practically hear her teeth grinding against each other," I'll kill you for this! Get them men!"

At first, I thought there was an earthquake, but instead a flood of men in black came barging through the doors, breaking through the windows and coming from places that you couldn't possibly fit through! They were not ordinary men, that's for sure! Oh great, there I go again making obvious comments! Great job Mai! … Their eyes were… Black. No, now that I look at them closer, they don't have eyes period! Just black sockets… My stomach did a flip as blood dripped from them.

"Ughh….Ahh… Urghhhh!" they moaned as they came closer, wobbling on one and a half feet. Monk stood behind John back to back," It's show time!" He closed his eyes and began to chant the words I had heard before in a purification," Rin, Pyo, To, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, zai, zen!" The men began disappearing almost immediately after the words left Monk's mouth and turned into a white smoke around him, as amazing as that was, the more he destroyed, the more came back.

I jumped hearing Nina's laughter, her nails growing longer and darker, her hair was now a gray, and her teeth were sharp and pointed," I'll kill all of you like I kill him! I don't need you! I don't need any of you!"

Monk kicked one of the monsters away, having trouble as the incantation was taking a toll on him, he looked back at John," A little help anyone? No? Maybe?"

John muttered a quick," Sorry," and grabbed his bible reading from a passage," Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven-" one of the… things… slashed out at John, hitting him on the arm. My feet began moving before I knew it, but Yasu held tightly onto my arm, his iron grip stabbing my arm like a thousand needles," You aren't going anywhere…"

"John! Are you alright?!" Ayako yelled, chanting her incantation, while avoiding being hit. I noticed how the red paint on the walls were peeling and the mansion seemed to be aging as it was being exorcised. Was this the cause of Raburesu? This whole place was only here because of her! IT makes sense now… She often visited this place anyway. Then my conscious immediately went to the one who was usually on my mind,

Naru?! Where's Naru?!

I looked around, only finding more and more of those things racing around the room, but no narcissist I knew was in my line of sight! Oh no… What if he's in trouble?! What is Raburesu has him now?! What if- NO! Trust in Naru… I recalled what Monk had said a long time ago, one of the first assignments I had, when we were protecting him. Trust. In. Him. I breathed in and out. Okay… I need to find a way of escaping. I looked up seeing Yasu searching for Raburesu, his grip on me was getting tighter with every minute, and I'm pretty sure if he goes any harder, I'm going to lose my hand for good. I spotted a cutting knife nearby, and back to Yasu. Even just a little distraction will help… I kicked his shin as hard as I could with a heel and raced to the table, just barely grabbing the knife before he pulled me back angrily," AI! What the hell are you doing-?"

I'm so sorry Yasu!

I stuck the knife into his arm, cringing at the scream of pain that came from him, but took the chance to escape, running through the crowd of chaos. The heels kept getting stuck between the rotting floor boards, but I somehow managed to slip through them. I will have to thank Lisanna for that later! Her harsh lessons payed off!

"I'LL KILL YOU FIRST!" the scream sounded what I think to be the scream of a banshee, if that makes any sense. I ran further, until I hit something hard, and my worst fears came to life when I had ran straight into hell itself. All around me were those things. There razor claws pointed at me, and there sockets trained on me like I was a bulls eye. I closed my eyes as they came closer, readying for their attack, when a strong hand grabbed my arm, pulling me from them, and into the very first clean space I had seen in the past five minutes. Ayako, Monk, John and Naru were all together, exorcising the place as a team. Naru looked down at me, his face smooth and handsome as always," Mai, are you trying to get killed?"

I glared at him, "and the first thing I get is 'are you trying to get killed?'! Well sorry, Mr. Know-it-all-Narcissist! I am SO sorry for getting kidnapped! SO very sorry for losing my voice in a GAS chamber! SO very sorry that I was so worried about you, I felt like crying every time I hit the pillow! SO sorry that I was racing around trying to find you and almost went to my death because of you! So I am SO sorry for 'trying' to get myself killed JERK'!"

… As much as I would have loved to say all of that, all that came out was a sad and long puff of absolutely nothing. I gave up trying to say anything to him and gave another glare. Okay, glaring was all I had! It's not like I can TALK. Naru's eyes were no longer on me, but on Raburesu as she began screaming, my ears began to ring in pain from how agonizing it sounded. My… Head feel like it's going to split open!

"Crap… Hold on Mai!" Ayako yelled, as she began chanting. I recognized what she was doing as a purification as a Miko. I gripped my head as the scream only became louder, my vision going blurry. I stumbled into Naru, who kept looking at Raburesu as she ran forward, her claws ready to kill, waiting for something to happen…

Was this also a part of his plan? I can't tell anymore… He's so secretive, not telling me what he'll do or-!

Then I felt something splash onto me dressing me in a veil of crimson. It was something red, and something wet, something metallic tasting… My eyes widened in horror realizing what liquid it was. I was all too familiar with it. I tightened my grip on Naru hearing Ayako's scream.

"MONK!"