Kaye frowned deeply as she felt this strange sensation start to come over her. Her breathing became rapid, she could feel her heart beating harder, and her adrenaline pumping faster.

"Kaye?" Kento started to ask as he looked towards her with concern laced in his eyes.

Rei narrowed her eyes as she raised her rifle. "The transformation has started. She has to be put out of her misery before it's too late." The three hunters took aim and then cocked their rifles back, pulling slowly back on their triggers.

Kento whirled his head to their direction and narrowed his eyes as he quickly slammed his fist down to the ground making it shake so hard that they lost their balance and fell back as their shots flew into the sky. "I won't lose Kaye to this curse, and I'll see to it that I won't lose her to the likes of you! Just because you're angry with the man that you use to love, doesn't mean that you can just go around and shoot any jaguar that comes along! If any of you try that again, I'll make you wish you've never been born."

The three hunters rubbed the back of their heads and winced in pain from their fall.

"Kento.." Kaye called out to him as she went down onto her knees. "I can feel it taking over."

"Hey, everything is going to be all right, I promise." Kento replied as he knelt down on one knee.

Rei and the other two hunters finally got back up on their feet. "You fool, get out of our way."

Kento got up and growled at them as he stayed in front of her. "No, if you want her, then you have to go through me."

"As you wish." Rei replied as she motioned for the other two to attack him.

Kento glanced back at her, "Kaye, get out of here! I'll hold them off!"

Kaye looked towards him in concern as she got up. "What about you?"

"I'll be fine, don't worry, I'll find you and then we'll take it from there. Hurry!" Kento replied as he blocked their way while Kaye ran further into the jungle.

"You've made a grave mistake." Rei growled angrily.

"No, you and your two goons made the mistake of trying to shoot my angel! That is unforgivable!" Kento growled back as he could feel his anger increase.

While Kento was holding them off, Kaye continued to run further. Just when she was directly in the full moon's path, the process was taking full effect. Kaye dropped to her knees and then her hands went down as well. She began to morph, a golden colored coat formed over her body. Her eyes shifted from their blue-gray to cat-like emeralds. She gave a loud, sad cry that resonated throughout the jungle.

Kaye wanted to go back and find Kento, but she also knew that the hunters were still more in likely with him. She looked back towards the direction she came from, turned around and took a couple of steps forward. But then she stopped suddenly when she heard some rustling nearby.

Kaye turned her attention towards the sound, narrowed her eyes and growled in warning.

'It's all right, don't be alarmed, it's only me, Esca.' the male jaguar said as he stepped out for her to see.

'All right! No, it's not all right! You marked me for no reason! I'm a jaguar because of you!' Kaye growled as she kept her eyes on him.

'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to mark you. It was an accident.' Esca replied in a regrettable tone.

'Because of you, I can't be with the man I love!' Kaye shot back angrily. 'Tell me! Is there a way to break this!'

'I'm sorry, but the only way to break this is to find someone that will be willing to take your place.' Esca explained to her.

'No, I refuse to believe that! There has to be another way! Esca…' Kaye pleaded. 'Rei and two others are in the jungle hunting the both of us now. She blames you for ruining her life. Now, she's hunting for us.'

'I only wanted us to be together is that so wrong?' Esca asked in a hurt tone.

'No, but the way you went about it was. You not only ruined her life, but yours as well. You condemned yourselves to being something that you never intended to be. If you'd given her some time, then I'm sure that she would have given the answer you were looking for.' Kaye replied as she was trying to reason with him.

Esca didn't reply, he closed his eyes with a deep frown and then looked up at the moon as he opened his eyes. 'There might be a way, but we need to get everyone that's involved to the ruins where the spider that started this lives.'

'I have a feeling that won't be a problem.' Kaye informed him as she motioned to the high cliffs in the nearby distance. "You won't escape me Esca." Rei swore as she raised her rifle and took her aim.

"Hey! I told you once already," Kento warned as he pushed down barrel hard back towards the ground and glaring at her. "Don't you even think of shooting them! I don't care how angry you are with Esca, but there's no way that I'm going to let you shoot the one I love!"

"I told you to stay out of my way." Rei warned angrily as she glared at him.

"Have you ever thought for one moment that there could be another way to end this curse that you're carrying! If you kill him, then you might never know. Do you think you'd be able to honestly live with what you did?" Kento asked as he didn't budge. "I can bet that Esca has been wishing that he didn't mark you all those years ago. Can't you just push aside the hate that made your heart so cold?"

Rei just glowered at Kento. She couldn't believe the way he's talking to her. How dare he talk about forgiveness, especially when the one he claims he loves is now a jaguar! "Alright, fine. I'll play it your way for now. We won't kill them, yet. But if this is a trick, then all bets are off." Rei warned angrily as she strapped her gun to her back.

After some time passed, Kento, Rei and the other two hunters finally approached Kaye and Esca. Kaye looked up towards Kento as he approached her. "It's going to be ok. They've agreed to work with us and find the source and help us put an end to this curse."

Esca looked over towards Rei with hopeful eyes. She glared at him and then turned her attention away. "Let's just go already and get this over with."

"Go ahead Kaye, lead us to where this mess started." Kento suggested as he looked towards her with determined eyes.

Kaye gave him a nod and then she and Esca took the lead as they quickly made their way through the dark parts of the jungle until after a while, they came upon an old ruin. Stone walls were crumbling, vines upon vines crept along the sides, and inside every nook and cranny that they could find.

Old-deserted homes that were at one time full of life, are now cold and desolate. It seemed that the village Esca and Rei once knew no longer existed. But what caught their attention the most was the giant spider web that was spun right in the center of the village.

"Man that's just creepy." Kento commented as his eyes darted around to see if he could spot anything that could give them an idea of where to go from here.

"Ah, I see that I have more children to add to my fold." a voice said as it came out of nowhere.
"Hey, who or whatever you are, show yourself!" Kento demanded as he got a sudden uneasy feeling.

"As you wish." the same voice replied, as a giant spider came down onto the web.

"Aw man that's just gross." Kento stated as he backed away a little.

"Mantu, you should have been destroyed years ago!" Rei growled as she started to feel that she was changing into a jaguar from her rage.

"You and Esca had a chance to do that, but instead, you ran away, you left Esca behind." Mantu replied in amusement when Rei completed her transformation.

"Listen you, there's going to be no way that we're going to serve something as gross as you. So you can just forget it! Now, take away the curse you put on them!" Kento shot back at the spider.

While Kento and the giant spider were arguing, the two other hunters charged at the web. Mantu saw what they had in mind and spun webbing around them and then they were quickly attached to the web. "That was foolish, so instead of turning you two into jaguars, I think you both will be my supper, I am getting hungry."

Kento growled angrily as his eyes narrowed into angry slits. "Not when I'm around you won't!"

Mantu turned his attention back to Kento, "How do you propose that you'll stop me?"

Kento smirked, "Easy, like this. Armor of Hardrock!" as soon as Kento called out to it, he was covered in his armor and more than ready to fight this thing. "Now, I'm giving you only one more warning to lift this curse you placed on them and to free the two you have in your web!"