Kurama floated in the tank feeling a little more accustomed to the strangeness of the water and wires now attached to his body. His body was numb from the pain, but what was the queerest to him was breathing liquid. The first breath he took he sputtered and started to struggle to reach the air again but not being able to anymore because the wires had shortened themselves just enough to make him not able to reach the surface. After breathing a full breath of it he grew used to it faster than he thought he would. Opening his eyes was an even simpler task. Everything had a strange green tint to it.

"Are you more comfortable now?" asked Kyoko who had been helping him through the steps. Kurama nodded mentally.

"Yes, it just took time getting used to. Oh, forgive my rudeness. My name is Shuichi Minamino but my friends call me Kurama." He introduced.

"Kyoko Mori and my sister's names are Tora Stoic and Sairi Umeko. They should come back soon." explained Kyoko. Kurama moved his arms a bit.

"This liquid, it's a little thicker than normal water. What is it?" he asked.

"I wish I knew. The information might be located on a computer somewhere else in the lab, but I'm afraid I can't access them." Kyoko sent back.

"And the wires?"

"They give your different vital signs to the tank's computer. That way the tank can take care of anything you need. Anything else you'd like to know?" she talked with lightness in her voice like she hadn't talked to anyone like this in a long time.

"Yes, just one more question. Why?"

"I'm afraid I don't understand."

"Why are you living in these things?"

Kyoko looked at him her mood had dampened and Kurama regretted his question.

"We don't have a choice, that's why." Tora said coming into the room with Sairi. Sairi walked up to Kurama looking at him suspiciously.

"You're not going to stab us in the back once you get out of that thing are you?" she asked her arms crossed.

"Oh you can't be serious, Sai! Sure! The whole reason that he got a gaping hole in his stomach is so he could kill us. That makes perfect sense. How paranoid can you get?" mocked Tora.

"Not as paranoid as you are, Ms. The Spoon Was Trying to Stab Me in The Eye Because I Chose to Use A Fork."

"Hey! That spoon was evil I tell you! It was the vilest creature I've ever encountered in my life…except for Reizo. Yet, those were the days, ah being able to use eating utensils, but that was a long time ago and no point living in the past."

Kurama watched the girls in slight amusement. He wasn't sure if it would be rude if he started asking questions or not.

"Ask whatever you like." Kyoko sent reading his thoughts. Kurama mentally slapped himself for forgetting she could read his thoughts.

"Don't beat yourself up over it. I know it's not normal for people to know all the thoughts in your head. I'll try to tone down a bit on the connection. You can ask questions as much as you want, but can I ask you one in return?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"How do you know Sensui?"

Kurama was a bit taken aback.

"I'm sorry, was that a bad question?" apologized Kyoko, "It's just that you seem to know quite a bit about him and I was just curious." Kurama smiled.

"It seems that you're getting a little deeper in my mind than you mean to."

"I'm sorry." the girl apologized again.

"Stop apologizing, Kyo, it's a good question. How do you know Sensui?" added in Tora. Kurama didn't have to ask to know that the other two girls very easily tuned in on their conversation.

"Well, I assisted in stopping him."

"Stopping him? From what, do tell." Sairi said.

"He was opening a door to the Demon world into the Human world. My friends and I all fought against him. In the end it resulted in Sensui's death."

All three girls were silent. He wondered what the silence was for.

"Bastard…didn't keep his promise." mumbled Tora before heading to her tank. Kurama looked at Sairi hoping for an explanation but she just shook her head.

"Tora-san and Sensui grew quite fond of each other…he promised he'd come back for us…for her." Kyoko sent to Kurama. Kurama didn't want to dismiss this too quickly.

"So, you knew him before he lost his mind?"

"Lost his mind? Oh, I understand. I suppose that other jobs like the one with helping us would have gotten to him after a while. Most of the scientists and other experiments were killed by him and Tora, she lost her eye in that fight." She indicated. Kurama looked at Tora noticing her right eye was completely healed shut. ",His first reaction was…interesting. He lost his temper very quickly. After the scientists were all dead he promised he would come back to help us escape from these tanks. Tora I think has been holding on to that for a long time." she continued.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to break a hope."

"Don't worry, I didn't really expect the jerk to come back anyway." joined in Tora, "Nobody ever comes back once they leave this place. It's like hell only not as far down in the earth and worse." The Fire Demon curled up into the fetal position hugging her knees to her stomach. A single tear of blood shone on her face. Kurama could see he opened up an old wound.

"I hesitate to ask questions now."

"Please, don't be scared. It's best that we aren't left oblivious to things." Sairi said.

"Alright, earlier there was a name that was mentioned. Reizo? Who is he?"

Again there was another silence.

"A monster created by the scientists. Like us he was labeled a "failed" experiment. He's supposed to stay locked up in the bottom floor. Every couple of years he gets out and breaks things and Tora and Sairi have to go and force him back. He was the one that stabbed you." Kyoko explained. Sairi had a blank expression on her face.

"He wasn't always a monster." she said. For a moment she was quiet but she shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Anything else you want to know?"

"Yes, but I think it better I wait a bit longer to ask them. I've seem to have caused enough damage already." said Kurama. Sairi nodded her head and climbed into her tank closing her eyes and falling into sleep. Kurama felt sleep pulling on his eye lids.

"Go ahead. It is better if you rest." Reassured Kyoko. Kurama's eyes closed.

Yusuke had spent the past hour attempting to blast the rocks away, but every time he tried even more rocks came down and refilled the area that he had cleared. Kuwabara had joined in finally finding consciousness.

"Hey, Kurama! Dig yourself out already!" the orange headed teenager shouted at the wall. Yusuke broke open another rock with a spirit gun. There was more shaking and more rocks fell in.

"Damnit! For all I know I could be crushing him even more!" Yusuke said collapsing against a metal wall. He was starting to give up hope.

The blade of a sword sliced through the metal right next to Yusuke's head. Yusuke just froze in extreme shock looking at the sword that was inches away from going strait through his head. The blade pulled back into the wall. Yusuke got to his feet and stepped away. The sword sliced through again and opened the metal wall like a can opener. A bang was heard when Hiei rammed through leaving a new hole in the wall.

"Holy shit, Hiei! You almost frikin sliced through my head! Next time warn me when you're going to attempt to shish kabob me through the wall!"

"Hn, fine. I will." He said putting his sword away. He looked around at the mess and raised an eyebrow.

"Where is Kurama?" he asked. Both boys looked at the floor in silence. Hiei put his hands behind his back.

"I…don't think he made it." Kuwabara said his hands shaking. Hiei rolled his eyes.

"Hn, has your power really gotten that weak that you can't tell where Kurama of all people is located. He's alive, you fool. He's been having a mental conversation for a while now." Both of the boys looked at him in relief.

"Well, gosh Hiei! You could have told us you've been talking to him!" Yusuke yelled.

"I never said I was the one he was talking to, idiot." Snapped Hiei, "Whatever was searching our heads earlier has him. Now lets go. Dragon of the Mortal Flame!"

A purplish black burst of flame rose up from Hiei's hand and burst through the rock. Yusuke was about to try and stop Hiei because of the monster trapped inside, but it was no longer there. Yusuke stood there perplexed on where the monster went.

"Great, now that thing is running around again." Yusuke grumbled following after Hiei. The boys ran down the corridor having to break through doors here and there. The doors were becoming more troublesome as they got deeper.

Tora floated in her tank her hands quivering.

"They killed him…he was going to come back for me, but they killed him. They murdered him! I loved him and they murdered him!" she opened her good eye and looked around. The others were asleep, including Kyoko. She smirked and started getting out of her tank. The cover of the tank opened a little more thunderous than she wished. Then again everything seems a hundred times louder when you're trying to be quiet. She pulled herself through the top the wires detaching themselves as they came in contact with the air. Shaking herself off a bit her clothes began to dry quickly. She climbed down the ladder and headed out of the Womb. One thought passed through her head.

"Time for Capital Punishment."

Kyoko opened her eyes, the sensing of a conscious thought stirring her. She looked at Tora's tank that was now empty and started searching for her. Not finding her she sent a mental image of Tora's empty tank to Sairi. Sairi woke up and immediately looked at the empty tank. She swam to the surface and pulled herself out.

"Damn, Tora!" she said not bothering to speak with her mind. She climbed down the ladder, "How long ago did she leave?"

"I don't think she's very far. I woke up because I sensed a conscious thought from Tora, I think it was right before she left." explained Kyoko. Kurama woke up to Sairi's angry voice. He looked around for the cause of it and noticed Tora was gone.

"I'm going after her. She's probably trying to get herself killed again." Said Sairi about to leave.

"Sairi-sama?" called Kyoko. Sairi stopped.

"Yes?"

"What's Capital Punishment?"

Sairi raised an eyebrow, and turned around.

"Where'd you hear that from?" she asked.

"Tora-san, she was thinking that before she left." Sairi stood there for a moment and her eyes widened. She ran out of the room.

"I have to stop her now!" Kyoko was even more confused.

"Kurama, can you tell me?" she asked. Kurama was worried. Perhaps he had told them too much.

"Kyoko, I need your help."