"Hey, guys! So, I have something we should do." Kokoro announced one day.

Hagumi and Kanon listened closely. Misaki and Kaoru just tuned in. They weren't too into this group. It wasn't what they had expected at all. This group wasn't really that much of a group. It was more of a family. Neither really cared for that type of stuff.

"We should help some demons out of jail."

"Kokoro, that is going to get you killed." Misaki stated in a matter-of-fact way.

"We'll be careful." Kokoro replied, "It can't be that hard."

"They're very heavily guarded. You'll be spotted." Misaki said.

"We've gotten demons out of detainment before." Kokoro replied.

Misako sighed, "Detainment and jail are different. Detainment means you aren't really that threatening. You'll be released before a month has passed. Jail is normally permanent. Not many get released. Very different guard situations too."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I know these things. You shouldn't risk it." Misaki nodded.

"How about a small jail?" Kokoro didn't appear to be ready to give up her idea yet.

"If I remember correctly, the nearest small jail is one town over. But, I've heard rumors it's even worse than the organization's main jail in terms of treatment." Kaoru said, "I don't think that's a better idea at all."

"I... I have to agree." Kanon said, "Raiding a jail isn't an easy task. Especially for you."

"We can do it!" Kokoro smiled.

"Kokoro... they've done a lot with attacking the organization... they know what's dangerous." Hagumi added.

"Please? We'll be extra sneaky." Kokoro begged.

"No. That's a deathwish." Misaki stated firmly.

"Fine... so... how about we... um..." Kokoro had no other ideas on what to do.

"We don't need to do something every day. We can wait a while." Kanon offered.

"I guess..." Kokoro wasn't very pleased with having nothing to do.

She always wanted to be out. Kokoro wanted to do as much as she could. She didn't have as much time to do things like everyone else. Being human meant her lifespan was drastically shorter. Demons lived for centuries before they were unable to continue. She wouldn't ever last that long.

"What even would breaking them out do?" Kaoru asked, "I don't think they'll really care to listen to you about being nice. There's most likely going to be some horrible demons in the jail."

"If they were saved, wouldn't they at least try to change?" Kokoro asked in reply.

"They'll be hunted down until they're dead or caught again. They won't see a point in changing." Misaki butted in.

"Kokoro... you never seem to really understand that we don't work the way your society did." Kanon whispered.

"Fine... we can just hang out today, then." Kokoro finally agreed.

So, that was what they did. Kokoro had managed to create some games that they could play to pass time. After a lot of begging, Kokoro got Misaki and Kaoru to play as well. Neither really had any interest in the game, but gave in to appease Kokoro.

The sun was starting to rise when they stopped. Everyone was going to bed. They were tired. They had stayed up quite late into the morning yesterday. Kokoro had decided to drag them into a giant mess in town. Until they fixed everything and got out alive, it was already almost midday.

About an hour passed. Kokoro was still awake. She still struggled to adapt to demon time. She was still used to sleeping at night and being active in the morning.

Kokoro climbed out of her bed. She went to go wake up Kanon and Hagumi. Kokoro was still wanting to go and rescue demons. She wasn't going to be talked out of it that easily.

"Kanon... Hagumi... wake up..." Kokoro gently shook them.

There were three bedrooms in the house. Kokoro got her own. Normally Kanon and Hagumi did too, but since Misaki and Kaoru had joined the group, they had to room together. Neither minded it at all.

"Kokoro...?" Kanon mumbled as she rubbed her eyes, "What are you doing?"

"Let's go." Kokoro smiled.

"Go where?" Hagumi questioned.

"To the jail." Kokoro replied, "I at least want to see it. To see if it really is that guarded."

"Fine. We can go check it out."

Kokoro had lied to them. She had no intent on just looking at it from the outside. They were breaking in unless something major was in their way. She was not giving up this idea.

Kokoro smiled as they got up. They quietly left the house. Kokoro knew if Misaki or Kaoru woke up, they'd stop them. Or worse, they'd come with them.

Kokoro just couldn't get through to them. They never even tried to understand her point of view. They had their beliefs. Nothing would change that. So, Kokoro couldn't include them in most of her plans. Like earlier, they tended to say it was too dangerous and refuse.

"Kokoro, are you sure we should do this?" Hagumi whispered as they walked.

Kokoro wasn't that surprised that they figured out her true intentions. They often did pretty fast.

"Yes. We can do it." Kokoro nodded with a smile on her face.

"But... what if they are right? What if it is a dangerous thing to do?" Kanon questioned, her voice filled with worry.

"We'll be fine." Kokoro stated, "If it seems too dangerous, we'll leave."

"I don't know about this, Kokoro..." Kanon wasn't convinced.

"Please? I promise it'll be fine." Kokoro pouted.

"Fine..." Kanon gave in.

They continue the walk. It was annoying not being able to fly. But, there was nothing they could do about that. It wasn't like they could just magically give Kokoro wings. It also wasn't a good idea to try and carry her. There was no way they could carry her the entire way and still have enough energy to continue on.

"We're here." Kokoro smiled, "It doesn't seem guarded at all."

"Let's scout it out more first." Hagumi said, "Just to make sure. And, we'll know the layout better if we need to run."

"Good idea." Kokoro nodded.

They snuck around the perimeter of the jail. It was oddly quiet. Too quiet. Hagumi and Kanon were on edge. They didn't like how this was turning out at all. Kokoro, on the other hand, didn't seem to care or notice.

"It seems too suspicious. They should have guards out." Kanon stated, "Something is up and I don't like it at all."

"We can get closer then." Kokoro said.

"I don't know that that's a good idea." Hagumi whispered, "It is really suspicious."

"Come on. It's fine." Kokoro didn't care and started approaching the jail.

Hagumi and Kanon exchanged glances, before they followed her. They couldn't just leave her and it didn't seem like they could talk her out of this. They had no choice but to simply go along and hope nothing bad happened to them.

DIVIDER--

Misaki woke up. She could just feel that something wasn't right. She sat up and got out of the bed. Misaki glanced at Kaoru, before leaving the room.

She peaked into the other rooms. When she saw that none of them were in the rooms, she sighed. Misaki went back to her room and shook Kaoru awake.

"Get up. The idiot went anyway." Misaki grumbled.

"Just her or?" Kaoru yawned as she sat up.

"They went too. We should go get them before they get caught." Misaki said.

Kaoru nodded. They left the house and started flying to the jail.

"I hope we aren't too late." Kaoru said.

"Yeah. Hopefully."

While neither exactly cared for the other three, they still felt like they had to help. They were part of their group now, after all.

They landed and looked around. They couldn't see them anywhere.

Misaki groaned, "Please don't tell me they went inside..."

An alarm rang moments after she finished.

"Unfortunately I can't say that." Kaoru replied.

Misaki groaned again, "Let's go before they get killed."

The two of them ran down. They couldn't figure out where the others were. There was no telling how close they were. They had to just hope they could find them.

"The commotion is from that way." Kaoru nodded down a hallway, "I think that may be where they're at."

"Let's go then." Misaki stated.

They ran down the hallway. The noise was slowly getting louder. They didn't realize it was such a long hallway.

"Well, look who it is."

Misaki and Kaoru stopped as they came to a corner. They didn't know who was there, but they didn't want to be caught.

"U-um... hi?"

They had found the others. However, they weren't fast enough. They had gotten surrounded already.

"What do we do?" Kaoru whispered.

"Think we can take them? I sense four." Misaki whispered back.

"I think so."

A cry of pain sounded from Kokoro, followed by Hagumi and Kanon calling her name. Misaki and Kaoru winced. Whatever had happened wasn't good.

"A human, huh? Who would've thought."

Misaki nodded to Kaoru. Kaoru nodded back, understanding the message. They jumped out and started attacking. Hagumi joined in to help, while Kanon grabbed Kokoro and pulled her to safety.

Kokoro had been hit hard on the side of her head. Blood was trickling down her face. She was still conscious. Kanon held her close as they watched the others fight.

Misaki was taking on two. She was fighting with ease. Her style was very similar to the guards' styles. However, she was stronger than they were. It wasn't long before they were on the ground and unconscious.

Kaoru was toying with the demon that she had attacked. She was darting away just before they could hit her. The demon was growing angrier by the second. Kaoru was just laughing as she mocked them. After a bit of toying with them, Kaoru struck hard and killed them.

Hagumi was struggling a bit. She wasn't as strong or as nimble as the demon she was facing. She was barely dodging most of the attacks. Misaki jumped in to help. With her help, they beat the demon and killed them.

"Let's go before more come." Misaki ordered.

Kanon picked up Kokoro and they all fled the jail. They managed to avoid running into any other guards.

"Go back. I'll make sure no one followed us." Misaki stated.

"Do you want me to help?" Kaoru asked.

Misaki shook her head, "I can handle this. Go with them to make sure they don't run into anything else."

Kaoru nodded, "Alright. Stay safe."

The four of them flew up and started making their way back to the base. Kaoru kept glancing behind her, watching Misaki. She stopped once Misaki vanished from her sight. She didn't like leaving her alone, but she didn't have a choice.

Kaoru knew she needed to watch these three. Kanon couldn't fight while holding Kokoro. Hagumi obviously lacked the strength needed to take on an organization trained demon. Kaoru was needed a lot.

"Are you mad at us?" Hagumi asked quietly.

"A bit. You were warned and yet you still tried. What if we hadn't noticed? You all would be dead by now." Kaoru stated in a harsh tone.

"I'm sorry." Kokoro sighed, "I... I guess I didn't believe you..."

"Look. I'm from a town that was right next to an organization base camp. I know how they train them. As for Misaki. I don't know where she's from, but she knows a lot of information about the organization as well. I assume she was living similar to how I was before we met." Kaoru said.

They soon arrived home. Kanon laid Kokoro on a couch and went to fetch some bandages. Hagumi was cleaning her wound. Kaoru stood silently and watched.

"Kaoru? How come you left your group?" Hagumi asked.

"It just wasn't for me. Never really fit in. I wanted to be free." Kaoru replied, "When I learned that I couldn't do much because of the organization, I started hating them."

"How did you meet Misaki?" Kokoro asked.

Kanon returned with the bandages and started working away. Hagumi sat down and looked at Kaoru, waiting for her response.

"I had stolen something and was trapped. She showed up and helped me escape. We just kinda decided to stick together after that." Kaoru shrugged, "Not really an exciting story."

"So... you guys like each other?" Kanon asked, though she refused to look at Kaoru.

Kaoru nodded, "Yeah. We started dating a while ago."

They heard a thud outside. Misaki entered the house moments later. She stood beside Kaoru and crossed her arms.

"Anything happen?" Kaoru questioned.

Misaki shook her head, "No. But, I think they're even more pissed at her now that two demons ended up dead."

"You didn't kill the two you fought?" Kanon asked.

Misaki shook her head, "No. Killing them in the heart of the organization is a bad idea. Out in a town, go for it. But, when it's in an area like that, it makes them even more pissed off. Those demons are considered extremely important."

"Oh... that's not good..."

"Unfortunately, you can't always spare them." Kaoru said.

"Unfortunately indeed." Misaki agreed.

She didn't blame Kaoru and Hagumi for killing those demons. She knew that sometimes you had no choice. When you're under that much assault, it can be hard to focus on not severely harming the enemy.

"So, Kokoro, have you learned your lesson?" Misaki sent her a glare.

Kokoro nodded, "Yeah... I promise I'll listen next time..."

"Good."