Kari came conscious in a strange room. Room, not a cell.

"What…happened? Why do I have such a headache?"

"Well, that's what happens when you fight against the effects of sleeping powder."

Kari must have jumped at least 8 feet in the air. She looked over at the door of the room o see a familiar looking silver kitsune leaning against the door. Where had she seen him before?

The memory of what happened in the glade came rushing back. Kari started to her feet but her spinning head made her decide that sitting was better.

"Where's Kokuei?"

"The Dark girl? In another room…"

"If you've done anything to my friend, I swear I'll-"

"You'll do what? I'm in charge here, and what I say goes."

"It'll take a lot more than words to convince me of that, I assure you."

"Well good thing I have more than words isn't it? And I assure you, I will use them."

Kari growled softly. It was a quiet growl, but a growl all the same. A growl that seemed to give the wrong expression to the kitsune.

"Well that was a bit disappointing…I expected a bit more fight from you."

The victorious smirk on his face made Kari want to whack him- hard. Hard enough to knock that grin off his face.

"What makes you think I don't have any fight left?"

However, since she lacked the ability to knock the smirk of his face physically, she'd have to do with watching the smirk disappear from over here. As expected, the kitsune realized that the growl he'd heard was not a submissive one, but a defiant growl, albeit a quiet one. Now she was the one wearing the victorious smirk. The famous fox demon knew when to cut his losses though. He made a graceful retreat from the room, locking the door behind him.

Time to go see how Kuronue was doing.

Kuronue ducked as another heavy object flew across the room.

"Hey!"

Hovering slightly over the floor was Kokuei. But not the same Kokuei he'd met in the glade. Her hands were glowing black and her Spirit Energy level was off the charts. The scariest part though was her eyes. They were glowing red and black-at the same time.

Objects were flying around the room glowing black as well, with the occasional red swirl. He had to dash to the side to avoid the next one.

"Cut it out!"

"Where. Am. I. And. Where. Is. Kari." A vase flew toward Kuronue, which he dodged.

"Somewhere safe…"

"NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"

Three vases this time flew across the room Kuronue ducked and dodged and managed to get away with only sustaining a minor bump on the head. "Ow…"

"Serves you right. Where am I, and where is Kari?"

"I can't tell you."

"WRONG ANSWER!"

A large chunk of the floor came up, glowing red and black, revealing dirt and rock underneath. Kuronue's eyes grew wide as he realized dodging that would be a task. He made a mad dash for the door. But just as he got there the door opened and Youko stuck his head in.

"Is everything okay in here? I heard yelling…not screaming, yelling…"

Kuronue however didn't answer; he was too busy hitting the deck. The kitsune unfortunately didn't realize why until the piece of flooring hit him head on. He ended up flat on his back, outside the door.

"Ow. That really hurt." The stunned kitsune moaned from the floor. Kuronue stood and leaned over.

"Well…the good news is it doesn't look like you sustained any major damage. Only minor."

"Minor! My head…feels like…it got ran over by a rampaging demon. One of those huge one that weigh 25+ tons."

"That bad?"

"Yeah…but don't take my word for it."

"Why not?"

"Because in about 3 seconds you're going to feel the same..."

Kuronue turned around just in time to see another large piece of flooring heading right towards him. In a brief flash of crossovers, a small white sign appeared in his hand plainly reading HELP! Of course, this sign came out of nowhere and disappeared when Kuronue went flying across the doorway, landing right next to Youko.

"Quick! SHUT THE DOOR!" They both said at the same time.

Both demons sat up and hurriedly reached toward the door, closing it just as the entire bed came flying at it. The door rattled from the impact.

Kuronue, who was now in even more pain than Youko, as he didn't have the privilege of a brief recovery moment as his friend did, collapsed against the wall.

"She's crazy…"

"And homicidal…"

"What are we going to do?"

"What was she so mad about?"

"She wanted to know where she was and where Kari was."

"Oh is that all?"

"IS THAT ALL? She tried to kill us both and all you can say is 'Oh, is that all'?"

"Yes…because here's what were going to do…"

He whispered something into Kuronue's ear and the bat demon nodded. "I think its crazy. So crazy, it just might work…"

"Glad you agree."