Kuro opened her eyes and saw Inu-Yasha's face. Looking around, she could also see Kegome. All of them were standing in a big, empty room. There was no sign of the producer.
"What did you two talk about?" Kegome asked. "Did she make everything clear?"
"No," Kuro snapped. "If anything, I'm even more confused now."
Inu-Yasha gave a chuckle. "She'll do that to you."
"But you said she would make everything clear," Kuro said.
He smiled. "My expression of the fact that the option of her clearing things up as a possibility may have been presented to you in an inappropriate manner. The truthful meaning of my expression was that there was a chance, though slim, that she might clear everything up. But the majority of encounters with her often do result in the complete and total confusion of those participants that have engaged in communication with her."
Kuro blinked a few times. "When the hell did you grow a brain?"
"We must get you back or Morpheus's sacrifice was for nothing," Kegome said.
"Sacrifice?"
"While we were endeavoring to bring you to a safe place with which we could talk," Inu-Yasha began, "it appears that Morpheus has given his life for the opportunity that you will survive. His belief that you are the One is unsurpassed by any other impulse he may have. He will die to save you.
"But I'm not the One," Kuro said.
"He thinks you are," Kegome said.
"Is he dead or what?" Kuro asked.
Inu-Yasha frowned. "Against any rational reasoning, no. Morpheus is still alive. But, more than likely, he is heavily guarded and will be next to impossible to rescue."
"So, we just going to leave him there?" Kuro asked.
"We have no choice," Inu-Yasha said.
"Wait," Kegome said. "Neo is right."
"He is" Inu-Yasha asked.
"It's Kuro! And I'm a she!"
"Of course he is," Inu-Yasha said. "If we work together, we can save Morpheus."
"Wait," Kuro said. "When did I say that?"
"You are brave to suggest this idea, Neo," Kegome said. "And it is the right course to take."
"Did anybody here me say, 'Get killed trying to save some dumb-fuck?'" Kuro shouted.
"As the individual who spoke of the idea," Inu-Yasha said "I feel it is right that you, Neo, should lead the strike team into the fifty story building surrounded by any number of armed military personnel in an attempt to reach the forty-third floor and save Morpheus."
"But I don't want to save the guy!" Kuro shouted. "Let him die!"
A phone that wasn't there before that was sitting on a table that wasn't there before began to ring. Kuro picked it up, absent-mindedly and placed it to her head.
"Hello?"
There was a flash and Kuro was standing in the forest, holding a ball to her ear. In front of her was Inu-Yasha, eyes wide and expecting. Kuro looked from his face to the ball and back again. Kuro threw the ball and Inu-Yasha ran after it shouting, "Ball! Ball! Ball!"
Kuro sighed. "I think I like the smart one better."