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Kagome and Emi went pale as they stared at Shiori. Was it really her? Shiori wasn't sure why the two girls were looking at her in such a way. She turned to Inuyasha.

"Have I missed something?" She asked him. He shrugged.

"Shiori," said Kagome approaching with caution, "Is that…..really you?"

Shiori warily stepped away from the advancing girl. Why in the world was she getting so close to her with that weird expression? Kagome poked at her arm over and over again. A vein popped in Shiori's head and she clenched her head.

"Will you stop that? Yes, it's really me," Shiori shooed Kagome's hand away. "Oh, I see. They must've thought I was that evil puppet and not my real self."

"But you're alive," Kagome baffled.

"Yes I'm alive," she said warily. "I'm standing here before you, aren't I?"

"But you're supposed to be dead!"

"What?" said Inuyasha.

"Eh," said Shiori gloomily as she angrily crossed her arms. "Well sorry to disappoint!"

They looked to each other for clarification, but neither seemed to know what they were talking about.

"What's going on here," thought Inuyasha. "Why did they believe Shiori was dead?"

"I can't believe you're alive!" Kagome cried happily. "You're really alive!"

"Okay, we've established that," said an annoyed Shiori. "Can we please move on?"

Emi was gazed at her sister with awe. Fresh tears ran down her tear stained face. She couldn't believe she was safe. She couldn't believe she was right in front of her. Emi stepped toward Shiori and pulled her into a tight hug. Pain instantly shot through Shiori's body. Emi was unknowingly pressing against her wound.

"I thought I lost you forever, Shiori," Emi sobbed softly. "I thought I failed at protecting you."

"Emi," Shiori cringed in pain. "Get….off!"

"Ah-ha!" exclaimed Inuyasha pointing. "You are still in pain!"

Shiori rolled her eyes, "I never said I wasn't!"

Emi looked to Shiori in confusion, before realizing the injury in her sister's chest. She nearly fainted.

"What's happened to you?" she worriedly asked. "Who did this? I'll kill them!"

Shiori shook her head, "Long story, and it's already been taken care of. I was injected by an enormous amount of demonic aura. Right now, I need you to purify me. I managed to get most of it out my body, but there are still traces of it left."

Emi nodded and began purifying Shiori's body.

"Now then Kagome, please explain what's going on?" asked Shiori softly. "Why am I supposed to be dead?"

Kagome picked up the bloody haori and showed it to her. Shiori examined it. She could tell that the haori was drenched in shinigami blood—but it wasn't her's. Shiori longingly looked at the piece of fabric.

"I worked hard to earn the rights to wear a traditional tennin haori," Shiori complained. "I can't believe they ripped it!"

"I'll get you a new one," Emi promised. "It'll be even finer than that one."

"I've been meaning to ask you," said Inuyasha while staring at Shiori's attire. "Where on earth did you get that kimono?"

"Um, that's also a long story," Shiori quickly answered. "So they tricked you into believing I was dead with this…..but why?"

Kagome's eyes widened, "To trick me into locating the jewel shard. They said if I didn't help them, they would kill Inuyasha just as they killed you."

Shiori lowered her head, "then we were too late."

"Not exactly," said Kagome. "We might've found the shard, but we couldn't take it with us. We were attacked by a demon that's holding on to it."

"Then we can still get to it in time," said Inuyasha with hope. "Do you remember where it was?"

Kagome nodded, "its lodge inside your father's remains."

"F-father?" he stammered. "But that's…"

"Where it all started….." said Shiori softly. "And that was the exact spot where the black pearl in your eye connected to….you're father's tomb."

Inuyasha glared at her, "Wait, how did you know about the black pearl in my eye? You were long gone before we discovered that!"

"I may have been watching from a far—reluctantly," said Shiori while glaring at Emi. Emi giggled slightly.

"Come on," said Kagome walking to the exit. "We have to go back to the tomb. The shinigami weren't able to overpower the demon, but maybe we can."

"Oh?" boomed a voice from inside the dungeon. "But things have just started to get interesting."

Hisoka was standing on the other side off the cell. He stared at each and every one of them until his eyes fell on Shiori. She could sense that this lord was much stronger than the others.

"You're the dark lord, Hisoka," she stated.

"And you're the black haired tennin, Shiori." he said to her. "At last we finally meet; Face to Face. And, Inuyasha, nice to see you as well. I've heard so much about you."

"Where's Orochi," asked Shiori. She thought it was odd that the older brother finally appeared before her.

"That fool?" he spat. "I slew him….so now it's down to one."

"What kind of person attacks his own brother in cold blood?" she questioned.

Inuyasha opened his month to answer, but Shiori cut him off without even turning to look at him.

"You don't have to say it!" she snapped.

"He was just holding me back anyway," said Hisoka coming into the cell. "They both were. I want to thank you for killing Goro for me. You saved me the trouble."

"Just what do you want?" Inuyasha demanded to know.

"The shikon jewel, plain and simple," he answered. Hisoka turned his attention back to Shiori, "and of course…revenge."

Shiori tried to fight his menacing eyes as he spoke, "I almost had it once—but it slipped right out of my hands...thanks to your father and that woman, Kikyo."

"Kikyo?" wondered Inuyasha. "What does she have to do with this?"

"If your father had just carried out his orders like he was supposed to, then everything would've been fine. I would've long since had the sacred jewel, but he passed Kikyo's soul on to be reincarnated with the jewel. I don't like it when people fail me,"

"Even if you get the shard, it won't matter. You won't have it for long," Shiori explained. "Naraku will come for it."

"You!" spat Inuyasha while unsheathing his sword. "If you think you're getting your hands on that jewel shard, then you've got another thing coming."

He laughed, "Inuyasha, that's exactly what I have planned. And I can't allow you to take that girl with you. I still have use for her."

"Well too bad! You won't touch Kagome ever again!" he hollered. "Shiori, you guys get out of here. I'll hold him off."

"What?" She demanded. "Why does he keep treating me like I'm incompetent just because I've been injured? I can manage!"

Inuyasha quickly leapt foreward to distract Hisoka. Shiori turned towards Emi and Kagome. They were intently watching the battle.

"Come on," she ordered. "Let's go."

"But what about Inuyasha," said Kagome with concern.

Shiori lead the women down the hallway towards the exit.

"I'll be back for him later. Right now, you have to get away from this castle. They still want the jewel shard," said Shiori over her shoulder. "I still can't figure out why we were able to sense Kagome and Emi once we got inside the castle. I've barely been able to sense anything sense I've been here."

Just then, Hisoka crashed through the ceiling and blocked their path. He evilly beamed at them

"Ladies," he jeered. "Leaving so soon? But I insist that you stay!"

Shiori rolled her eyes, "Way to hold him of Inuyasha!"

Hisoka fired a deadly beam at them, but Inuyasha leapt over them just in time.

"Backlash wave!" he cried.

Tessaiga released wave of energy that swirled with Hisoka's demonic power. The backlash wave destroyed the entire eastern half of the castle. Emi quickly put up a barrier to keep debris from falling on the group.

"Is it over?" Kagome wondered while peering around. "Have we won?"

"Of course not," said Shiori. "It couldn't be that easy."

"What is this?" thought Inuyasha.

A thick brown haze was filling up their entire surrounding. Hisoka created the thick haze just before he was attacked. He did it most likely to keep himself concealed while he attacked.

"Stay on your toes you guys," warned Inuyasha.

All three women nodded in compliance.

The four of them all stood back to back, waiting in pursuit of Hisoka. Kagome had an arrow lined on her bow, ready to fire. Emi's hands were already in triangular formation. Shiori and Inuyasha both had their swords out in front of them. Because Hisoka learned how to mask his demonic aura, sensing him was out of the question. It was only a matter of time before the haze dissipated. Once it did, there wouldn't be much room for him to hide since most of the castle was destroyed.

Suddenly, another blast sprang down from above. The group quickly scattered in different directions. Kagome got lost in all the commotion. She frantically ran around in the blinding haze while searching for one of her friends.

"Inuyasha?" she called. "Shiori? Emi? Where are you guys?"

Kagome still had her bow out in front of her. Just as she was about to take a step back, she felt someone slap the bow from her hands. Next thing she knew, she was being lifted up by her shoulder. Kagome gasped, as Hisoka's face came into clearing.

"You are the reincarnation of that priestess, aren't you?" he questioned her. "That's why you have a connection to the shikon jewel. You aren't even supposed to exist."

"Huh? What are you talking about? Put me down right now!" she ordered.

"If that damned Isao had claimed your soul along with the jewel like I told him to, then you would never have been reincarnated. Your soul would still be wandering around here like all the other lost souls."

Kagome struggled to free herself while he kept speaking, "How fortunate for me that the very soul that caused me so much trouble 50 years ago is now aiding me."

Out of nowhere, Shiori appeared next to Hisoka. He was surprised that he didn't sense her sooner. In one swift movement, Shiori kicked Hisoka in the chest. He released his grip on Kagome and flew back. She followed up by blasting him away.

"Shiori!" she exclaimed. "Where is everyone?"

She ignored her and picked up Kagome's bow. Kagome warily watched her.

"So, do we have a plan?" she asked.

Shiori could see Hisoka's form moving towards them.

"Yep," she soundly answered handing her the bow. "Run."

Kagome gawked, "Run? That's your plan? I could've thought of that!"

"Did you?"

A sweat ball dropped down Kagome's head, "Uh….well, no."

"Alright then," said Shiori grabbing Kagome's wrist, "Run!"

By that time, Hisoka had already returned and was sprinting after them. Shiori could see him upon them.

"I hope you didn't think you were escaping," he hollered after them.

Shiori let go of Kagome's wrist and lunged toward Hisoka. She ordered her to keep going. Kagome blindly continued on through the smoke. As Kagome ran, she could've sworn she sensed something…the shikon jewel! For a moment, she thought she also saw Naraku's face smirking at her through the haze.

Meanwhile, Shiori was struggling to keep Hisoka at bay. But it was difficult to maneuver when she could barely see him. Shiori listened to the sound of his blade and quickly blocked it with her own. It was inches away from her face.

"Tell me girl, why are you so stubborn?" he questioned.

"Because….I am my father's daughter," she answered. "Curse deflect!"

Hisoka's eyes widened as he recoiled back. Kagome looked back when she felt the sudden rise of energy in the air. Shiori was now coming towards her. Kagome couldn't figure out why she kept looking up through the haze.

"That's far enough," said Shiori, rushing to her side.

"What's going on? Where's—"

But Shiori put her index finger to her lips and shushed her. She then grabbed onto Kagome's waist and firmly stared into her eyes.

"No time!" she said while bending her knees slightly. "Now fly!"

"Huh?"

Without warning, Shiori tossed Kagome straight into the air. Kagome screamed in absolute horror.

"Why did she just hoist me in the air like that? I'm gonna crash!"

"Trust me!" called Shiori after her.

Kagome shut her eyes as she continued to spiral into the air. Just when she thought it was all over, she felt a thud against her body. She opened her eyes to find Miroku smiling at her. She landed right on his lap.

"Kagome," he said cheerfully. "Nice to see you again."

"Miroku?"

"And me too!" said Shippo who was hanging on Miroku's shoulder.

Kagome quickly twirled around to find Sango steering Kirara. Sang looked back her and was also smiling. Kagome was amazed; Shiori threw her straight onto Kirara's back with such precision.

"You guys don't know how happy I am to see you!" she said happily. "Oh, but where's Inuyasha and Emi?"

"Right over here!" called Emi.

She was flying next to them with Inuyasha in her grips. Kagome looked around for Shiori. But she was nowhere to be found. Emi saw that Kagome was scanning the area and guessed she was looking for Shiori.

"She chose to stay behind," she sadly answered. "Shiori told me to go along with you guys and help get the jewel shard."

"And you willing agreed to leave her behind?" she inquired.

"Yes," she nodded. "She was incredibly adamant about it. I knew she wouldn't take no for answer. So we left her to fight Hisoka alone…."

….

Hisoka recovered from Shiori's assault and was lifting himself off the ground. The thick haze was now gone. He looked up and found Shiori standing in front of him

"Distracting me so your friends could all escape?" he questioned. "An interesting move."

"It's just the two of us now," she bleakly answered.

He nodded and pointed his sword to her neck, "Yes, I suppose it is."

Shiori glared at the evil demon lord before her. This would prove to be an interesting battle indeed.

"Despite your efforts, I will still get the jewel shard in the end," he taunted her. "And this time, I won't be stopped by you or your father."

Shiori glared at him, "Have you forgotten something? Specifically, the rest of the shikon jewel?"

"You're speaking of that bastard Naraku? I figured he'd have possession of it. Yet, the girl couldn't sense the jewel anywhere around. He's simply not around. I originally planned to kill both you and Inuyasha to get the girl to comply, but it was then that I sensed his weak energy signal."

"Huh? So then, he's nearby?" she thought.

"I waited for it to get a little further away before letting everyone escape," he said arrogantly. "That's right I let them escape."

"So that Naraku can take care of them instead?"

He nodded, "Once they've been taken care of, I'll kill Naraku myself. It's not like he can leave this land on his own. He came here through your portal…but I'm afraid you won't be leaving here either."

Hisoka jabbed at Shiori's neck, but she ducked down and repelled him back. He caught his balance again and swung his sword at her. Shiori evaded Hisoka's incoming attacks and jumped up to the roof.

"I hear you're interested in saving your father from the depths of hell," he jeered while continuing to attack her. "You should know, that no one has ever returned from hell. So what makes you any different?"

"Hell wrath!" he fired.

Shiori stepped back before countering his attack.

"Devil's demise!"

Hisoka waved his hand around and let out a deafening blast from his hands. The energy was sent back to Shiori again. Before she could escape, it circled around her. Every time she tried to move, she was cut on a different spot on her body by demonic power. Shiori fell to her knees. She was suddenly struck in the wound in her chest. She gasped as it slowly started to reopen.

"This is the end for you, Shiori," Hisoka shouted over the wave of circling energy. "You'll be joining your father in hell."

"How could I have let this happen?" Her chest was hurting badly "Father….I've failed you…I'm so sorry."

Just as Shiori prepared to die, she sensed something zooming towards her. Hisoka also felt something coming up from behind him. Shiori saw a white ball of light flying into the demonic dome and straight towards her. Her eyes widened.

"No…..it can't be….."

She closed her eyes as she was whisked away by the ball of light and safely out of the dome. Hisoka tried to fire at the ball of light that rescued Shiori, but the flash of light countered his attack. The ball of light landed down near the outskirts of what was once the Dark Castle. It suddenly began to take a form. Hisoka stared in shock when he realized who it was that just saved Shiori.

Shiori opened her eyes when she felt she was no longer moving. Slowly she looked up to find Sesshomaru looking down at her. His arm was supporting the back of her head and her back was leaned against his kneeling knee.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" she gaped. "He came for me."

"You," he said sternly. "Do you have any idea of the amount of trouble you've caused me?"

She smiled, "I think I have a pretty good idea."

Sesshomaru gingerly stared at her, "You're amused by this aren't you?"

Shiori looked away to hide her face, "I don't think amused is the proper word to describe how I feel right now."

She turned back to him and found him gazing at her chest.

"Where did you get that wound?" he distantly asked.

"This?" she sat up. "I got this while battling an evil puppet version of myself."

"…..I should've killed that wretched thing when I had the chance," thought Sesshomaru.

Both of them watched as Hisoka landed a short distance away from them.

"Well, I never expected for the demon lord to come to your rescue," he admitted. "This is an interesting turn of events."

"And you," said Sesshomaru to Hisoka. "You're one of those netherworld lords. Aren't there supposed to be two more?"

Hisoka smirked, "They're both been slain."

"I see," said Sesshomaru collectively drawing tokijin. "Then it's time for you to join them."

"Lord Sesshomaru!" cried Jaken from the distance, "Why did you take off like that?"

He was effectively running towards them, but he slowed when he saw Shiori.

"Eh…..Shiori?" he pondered. "Is this why he left me? Because he could sense the real Shiori nearby? I could've sworn we were tracking Naraku."

"Jaken?" baffled Shiori before coming to a realization. "Wait a second, if you're both here then….who's watching Rin?"

Jaken sunk down, "I knew she'd be mad about that!".

"Stand back Jaken," he ordered.

"Yes my lord," replied Jaken stepping away.

"Shiori," he called firmly.

"Yes?"

Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder at her, "let's go."

"You intend to fight with me?" she asked with surprise.

He shrugged, "is that not what allies do?"

Sesshomaru actually wanted Shiori to stop fighting and tend to her injuries. But he knew she would object. Shiori had never heard him refer to her as his allies. She always figured he thought of her as nothing more than a travel companion. Or a babysitter…..at least recently.

"Okay my lord…but don't get in my way," she teased.

He frowned at her before lunging towards Hisoka. Shiori swiftly ran beside him. Hisoka smirked at the incoming pair.

"Two against one, huh?" He whirled his sword around at them. "I'll take that!"

He let out a wave of energy at Sesshomaru and Shiori. Both of them zipped out of the way and began attacking him from different angles. Hisoka was beginning to think he was losing at a winning battle.

"I can't believe Lord Sesshomaru's allowing Shiori to fight with him! This isn't like him at all," ranted Jaken inside his mind. "How strange. And he doesn't even seem mad at Shiori anymore…..he even looks somewhat relieved."

Hisoka continued to battle with Sesshomaru and Shiori. Battling with Shiori's sacred and demonic powers was already hard enough for Hisoka. Sesshomaru's added power just made it all the more powerful.

"What?" said Shiori with shock. "He's still got power left? He needs to be stopped now before my body gives out."

Hisoka wasn't the only one who's power was diminishing Shiori was also weakening as well. Ever since her wound reopened, her condition got worse and worse. Her under kimono was becoming soaked with her blood. She didn't have enough time to properly heal. If she kept fighting like this, she would die. Sesshomaru took note of Shiori's situation. He could smell her blood lingering in the air.

"Stand down," he ordered her.

"No," she fought back. "I won't. This is my battle."

"You've already lost a lot of blood. Fighting like this won't do either of us any good," he said adamantly.

"Worried about your lover's health?" said Hisoka hovering above them. "How romantic. Don't worry, you may join her in death if you want."

Sesshomaru angrily narrowed his eyes, "you are the only one who will die here."

He transferred his energy and swung his sword at Hisoka. Hisoka tried to block the attack with his sword, but the enormous blast pushed him backwards.

"No," said Shiori firmly. "I can't let him counter the attack."

She quickly leapt forward.

"What is she doing now?" Sesshomaru inquired.

When he realized she was trying to dive right into the center of the blast, he zoomed after her. But she was already way ahead of him. Shiori used her spiritual and demonic power as a barrier around her body and dove right into the center of Sesshomaru's energy blast.

She felt his energy surging all around her as she pushed herself onward. Finally, she saw Hisoka up ahead. He was still being pushed backwards by the blast. He couldn't even see her as she flew towards him. Just as he let down his defenses, Shiori reached out and shot him with a purification beam. The beam hit him in the shoulder. Before she could finish him off, she felt something wrap around her wrist. She was being ripped away from Hisoka as well as the inside of the energy surge. Finally, she pulled all the way out. When she emerged Sesshomaru was angrily hovering over her. He has used his energy whip to fish her out of the surge. How she survived in there without being destroyed was beyond his understanding.

"Are you out of your mind?" he said with slight rage.

"It's entirely possible," she jokingly admitted.

Sesshomaru sighed, "Shiori, you will be the death of me."

When the blast dissipated, Hisoka was nowhere to be seen.

"Is it over?" pondered Jaken. "Did they defeat him?"

All of the sudden, Shiori could sense Hisoka's life force. She'd never been able to do that before. But she caught on to him a little too late. Before Shiori could react to anything, Hisoka was upon her. He quickly grabbed her from behind and held his blade to her neck. Hisoka glared evilly at Sesshomaru.

"What will you do now?" demanded Sesshomaru. "Will you attack me and risk killing your woman?"

Sesshomaru angrily returned his glare.

"I know what you're thinking, Shiori," said Hisoka. "You're thinking of powering up to repel me off you. It won't work this time. I've already prepared myself for that. If you try to curse deflect, I'll just counter your energy with my own."

"Can you really do that?" she asked calmly. "Your power has severely dropped. That's why I can sense you now. In fact, that's why my senses have started to come back after you slew Orochi…..the lords of the netherworld are losing their power. You shouldn't have killed your brother….you might've still had a chance right now."

"That's a lot of talk for someone with a sword to their neck," he snapped. "Sesshomaru, I'm giving you a chance to save her. All you have to do is surrender. If not I'll kill you."

Sesshomaru drew tenseiga and quickly leapt toward them. With one swing, he slashed Both Hisoka and Shiori. Hisoka dropped his sword and stared in horror. Both of them started sinking to the ground.

"You don't care about her at all do you?" he baffled. "You've attacked her along with me."

In the blink of an eye, Shiori twirled around, drew her sword and plunged it into Hisoka's heart. Shiori 's back slammed down against the ground and Hisoka's impaled body landed on top of her. Her dying foe looked into her eyes.

"You….you weren't killed by his sword?" he strained. "But he slashed us both in half!"

"Tenseiga is not a sword for killing; it's a sword that saves souls. It only harms creatures not of the natural world…and that includes you."

Hisoka's eyes widened as Shiori transferred both her powers into her blade. A huge energy beam burst through him and destroyed what was left of his body. Shiori lowered her sword as she was surrounded by ashes. Sesshomaru looked down at her.

"It's finally over," said Shiori softly. "They're finally gone."

After Hisoka's death, it seemed like a huge cloud was lifted from the land. She could suddenly sense more than just death and despair. She could sense Sesshomaru standing in front of her, and Jaken behind her. She could even sense Inuyasha and the others in the far off distance. Hisoka and his brother's reign of terror had come to an end. Shiori stood up beside Sesshomaru when she felt something lingering in the air.

"You still wanna go to hell?" said Hisoka's voice. His spirit had latched itself to Shiori's body.

Sesshomaru tried to reach for her, but it was too late. Shiori was whipped into the air and across the battlefield.

"She's gone…." He said softly. "Rin will be so sad to know that she's dead,"

"She's not dead," said Sesshomaru rushing after her. "She's being dragged to Hell."

Sesshomaru took flight and Jaken quickly clung to his dangling pelt.

"Why does she have to be so reckless?" thought Sesshomaru as he flew. "If she had just stood down like I told her to…that deranged girl had better not die on me!"

…..

Shiori opened her eyes and found she was free falling through pitch darkness. She tried to fly up, but discovered she wasn't capable of doing so. Shiori desperately tried not to panic as she fell to her doom.

"Where am I?" she wondered. "What's going on?"

She looked around to see if she was the only one falling. It was then that she remembered what happened with Hisoka. She finally succeeded in killing him evil demon lord…and his soul had dragged her off somewhere. Suddenly, she saw a reddish glimmer from down below in the darkness. She shielded her eyes as she went closer and closer to the blinding light. Finally her body was emerged in a golden light. When she removed her hand from her face, she realized that her free had come true.

"Hell has awaited you," said several ominous voices around her.

Shiori screamed as she felt her body being set a flame. Her heart quivered as she saw the faces of hell's demons swarming around her. She tried to slash at them over and over again, but it was useless.

"This is all you'll know for all eternity."

"No!" she cried.

"From now on you'll feel nothing put pain, agony, and sorrow," it taunted. "This is what you deserve."

"No!" she yelled as she burst through the entrapped flames.

Shiori quickly dashed around, but everywhere she looked there were more of hell's demons. She saw more souls being tormented just as she was.

"Father!" she called out. "Father where are you? Please answer me!"

"Shiori!"

She quickly turned when she heard her father's voice. He was standing right behind her. Shiori ran into his arms.

"Father, I finally found you!" cried Shiori. "Come on, we have to get out of here."

"Leave? But we can't do that," he said in an ominous voice. "We're stuck here for all eternity."

Shiori looked up at the monster masquerading as her father. He now had two black sunken holes where his eyes should've been. His arms turned into thorny vines. The thorns grew and began wrapping around her entire body. Shiori cringed as the thorns cut into her.

"Does it hurt, Shiori?" it asked. "Do you like the pain?"

"Let me go!" she demanded. "Stop this!"

"Lady Shiori!" called Rin's voice.

Shiori looked to see Rin's tiny form standing in the flames. Her eyes were full of terror and anguish.

"Why did you leave me, Lady Shiori?" she asked. "Why did you leave me all alone?"

Just then, Rin's eye balls rolled into the back of her head, and blood skewered from her tear ducts. Shiori gasped in horror as she saw Rin being eaten alive by wolves.

"No!" shrieked Shiori. "No!"

"Why did you let this happen to me, Lady Shiori?" called out Rin. "You did this! You did this!"

"No Rin!" shouted Shiori, still struggling to break free. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry….No, this isn't real! It's not real!"

"It is as far as you know," said a booming voice.

Shiori felt painful jabs on every inch of her body. She cried out in pain to the point where she thought she was going horse. She couldn't take the intense agony.

"Your suffering is just beginning….." said a haunting voice. "This…is….Hell!"