Everyone was staring as the small female, Krul, was carrying Mika out of the white room in her arms. None of the members of Shinoa's squad knew what to do. If either of them did anything they were all going to face death, so Krul and Ferid had said.

"Put me down please," a voice suddenly said and Krul stopped walking.

"You're awake?" she asked, staring at Mika who sat up in her arms.

Mika nodded and looked at her, awaiting her reaction.

"Mika-san?" Shinoa asked.

"If I put you down, you'll simply run off," Krul said.

Mika thought. "I am not very willing to come with you," he said. Shinoa noted how he hadn't said that he wouldn't go with them. Krul seemed to have noticed that too.

"So you will come with us?" she asked.

Mika seemed to think about this and then finally nodded.

Krul smiled and put him down. Mika then stood next to her and waited for her to continue on walking it seemed. His blue eyes were carefully watching her to see what she would do.

"The rule still applies," Krul said sharply to Shinoa's squad as she started walking ahead, towards Ferid. Mika followed her slowly.

As they passed by the table where Yuu had been lying and fused with the Oni, Mika allowed himself to slide to one side and reach for something. But he wasn't the only one acting.

Shinoa watched as Yoichi aimed at Ferid and fired Gekkouin with determination. He then turned to aim at Krul, but she was already charging towards Mitsuba and Kimizuki. Both had readied their weapons and were prepared to defend themselves.

Mika stood up from beside the table and started charging towards the door with a black object in hand. It took a moment before Shinoa noticed that this was Yuu's katana, Asuramaru. Could Mika use that? It shouldn't be possible.

"Mika-san! Put it down!" Shinoa yelled, concerned. "It's Yuu-san's! You can't use it!"

Mika didn't respond. He continued on running towards the entrance to the room where Ferid and Krul were standing. His eyes were fixated on one target specifically and judging from the way the smile widened on Ferid's lips, Shinoa would say Mika was challenging him. She realized what to do then.

"Mi-chan! Kimizuki-san help me!" she said as she ran forward, towards Krul. Mitsuba and Kimizuki immediately understood and ran to help her. Yoichi also understood his task and turned to put all his attention on Ferid.

Ferid drew a katana of his own and started blocking Mika's attacks in the same time as Shinoa reached Krul and allowed her scythe to strike first. Surprisingly enough, Krul blocked her attack with the palm of her bare hand.

"Shinoa!" Mitsuba yelled as she ran forward as well and attacked.

"This'll be tough," Shinoa said. "Kimizuki-san, watch out for Mika-san. He might need more help in close combat."

Kimizuki nodded and withdrew himself slightly from the girls' fight against Krul to be more capable of keeping an eye on Mika's fight against Ferid.

Shinoa and Mitsuba continued to attempt to land attacks on the female vampire, the leader of the Kyuuketsuki, as many as they could. Krul continued to block them, mostly with her bare hands but she sometimes used her feet as well. Shinoa would have to admit that she was good, and very strong. She was also happy that Mitsuba was with her. If she had been alone, she might not have been able to win, in fact she might have been beaten fairly easily.

"Ferid," Krul said suddenly. "We shouldn't linger here."

"Are you admitting defeat, Krul?" Ferid asked in a teasing manner.

Kimizuki turned half way towards Mika and Ferid, noticing that Ferid seemed a little too untroubled. But before Kimizuki could run ahead, Yoichi had already fired and Ferid got busy dodging the shot and avoiding Mika's attacks in the same time.

"We are too few against too many," Krul said. "Plus, the main force might be coming and I'm not too interested in lingering long enough for them to catch us," she said.

Ferid sighed. "You've got a point," he muttered. "Well, it's been fun, Mika-kun." He said before he turned on his heel and left. Krul hurried after him with an angry glare at everyone in the room.

After the two disappeared, Shinoa and the rest of her squad went to the entrance where Mika was standing. He was now holding Asuramaru with both hands and they were shaking.

"Is there something you want to say?" Shinoa asked.

"I helped you as much as you helped me, so we're even," Mika answered.

"You're so cold," Shinoa teased. "Put down the sword now. Only Yuu-san can hold it with his bare hands anyways," she said.

Mika glared at her. "If it's Yuu-chan's, I'll hold onto it until he can have it," he said.

"Reminds me, we should go back to Yuu-kun," Yoichi said in a slightly careful voice.

Shinoa nodded. "You're right, Yoichi-san." She started leading the way out the room. "If you feel like dropping the sword, go ahead. It is not expected of you to handle our weapons, Mika-san," she said over her shoulder.

Mika nodded and just followed her. His hands were trembling but he held on to the sword tightly anyways. He had a stubborn look on his face as he walked right behind Shinoa all the way down to the others.

They all headed out the room and down to where the others were. Yuu was still unconscious but Guren seemed to have woken up. Shinya had gotten back on his feet and stepped away from Guren and he now sat up. Apparently creating the shield and losing his powers had drained a lot of his physical energy as well and caused him to pass out.

"We're back," Shinoa said.

"We can see," Guren answered. "You got the Oni, great job, Shinoa," he complimented her.

"Thank you, it was a lot of hard work!" Shinoa smiled. "Am I getting a reward now?" she smiled as she said this.

Guren simply turned away. "As if anyone would reward you. The compliment should be enough."

The sound of metal hitting the ground was heard and Shinoa turned to see that Yuu's sword has fallen to the ground and Mika was now kneeling beside Yuu's unconscious form.

"Yuu-chan!" Mika called as he grabbed Yuu's one hand and held it. He looked worriedly at Yuu's face as if he was expecting him to open his eyes when he called.

"Who's that?" Shinya asked Guren.

"Yuu's housemate Hyakuya Mikaela," Guren answered. "Has he been holding on to Asuramaru?" he asked Shinoa with questioning eyes.

"He fought against Ferid Bathory with it so I'd say he has," Shinoa answered.

Guren smiled interested but quickly snapped out of it. "Shinya, how many hours since we left HQ?" he asked.

Shinya looked at his watch and then up at Guren. "It's midnight now," he said. "It's been four hours so far."

Guren sighed. "Then we better get out of here before Kureto gets suspicious and comes for us or something like that. It would lead to some results I'd rather not see," he said before he attempted to stand.

Sayuri and Shigure hurried over before anyone else could react and helped Guren on his feet.

Mika attempted to pick up Yuu but Shinoa held a hand out. "Mika-san, you take the sword, Kimizuki-san will carry Yuu-san instead."

"But-" Mika was about to protest but Shinoa continued.

"Once bound to a weapon, we can't touch another weapon without receiving resistance from our own. That hurts a lot. You are the only one that can touch it because you're not attached to any weapon," she said.

Mika sighed, giving up, but he did help getting Yuu onto Kimizuki's back before he picked up the sword.

"That boy is joining the Majika no Tsuki," Guren told Shinya as he was supported towards the exit of the room. He was smiling as he said this.

Shinya nodded. "Remember to ask him first though," he said.

Guren nodded. "I know," he said.

They were all on their way towards the way they came in when suddenly the door opened and Majika no Oni troops came welling in. Kureto was in the lead with a cold expression on his face.