"This is so like that one manga series I read a few years back, where the team of main characters were captured just like us, in the evil wizard's castle…" Archer went on, observing in awe of the castle's interior.
"Archer, do us a favor and shut up." Shion whispered angrily, very annoyed at the Anime/Manga Fanboy.
"President, what do we do now?" Kaito turned to his senpai.
"Yeah, I think we should try to get out of here….but how?" Hana whispered, looking out for any guards.
"Alright, Archer."
"Hai?"
"Do you still have that emperor's key necklace?"
"Yep, never leave home without it."
"Good, now-"
The sound of footsteps cut her off.
Everyone turned their eyes towards the blend of white and black coming from a large doorway.
There was a group of about five, almost all of them having red eyes, excluding a teen boy, and wearing very noble clothes.
"So these are the humans that came into the city~?" An older, flamboyant male observed them.
"Yes, Sir Ferid." A very polite maid said.
"Why are we getting such a bombardment of humans lately?" A short, pink-haired girl sighed.
"I wonder if it has to do with the yearly feeding." The teenage blonde male stated.
The final girl was silent, her rose eyes staring at the prisoners.
"So, humans, how did you find this place?" The sapphire-eyed teen boy asked.
"We just came into a cavern and eventually made it here." Kaito explained.
"Hm, interesting." The pink pigtail girl wrote in a notebook.
"Excuse me, um, Mikaela," The silent girl questioned.
"Yes?"
"May I ask them something?"
"Yes, you may."
"Alright, did you guys come from Tokyo?"
"Yes, we did."
"And your names?"
"Kaito Kimizuki," The dark red haired boy with glasses responded.
"And they are Hana Sangu, Archer Saotome, and Shion Hiragi." He glanced over to his comerades.
The girl and the blonde boy exchanged whispers for a few moments.
Then, they dismissed the guards.
"Don't you have something to tell them, Yukari?" The young, azure eyed male smiled at the girl.
The prisoners gasped in disbelief.
Yukari then took her contacts off, revealing emeralds, and rustled her hair, making it a wild mess.
"Hey, guys." She grinned awkwardly.
That set off a variety of different reactions.
"YUKARI WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US YOU WERE HERE THIS WHOLE TIME?!" Shion scolded.
"Whoa, you look like that princess from that new anime I'm watching…" Archer gawked.
"Yukari, you're alright!" Hana smiled.
"I thought I'd never see the day you would wear something so girly." Kaito grinned.
They kept on blurting out different things at her, but she didn't mind them.
She was just glad that her friends were okay.

*Yuichiro*

"Yu-chan, your friends have all been given rooms of their own, and we'll release them into the upper world tomorrow." Mika said as he came back inside.
I was silently lying on the bed, my face buried in the pillow.
"Yuichiro?"
"Yeah, Mika?"
"What's wrong?"
I got my face out of the fluff.
"Nothing." I sat up.
"Yu…..your smell is strange."
I turned away from him and took a breath test.
I didn't smell [that] bad.
"I didn't mean like that," When I turned back, Mika was very close to me, his lips curved in a smile.
"I meant that I can determine your mood by smell."
"So, you're like…a dog, then?" I questioned.
He went from a grin to a devilish smirk.
"Oh, so should I roll over and shake your hand?"
"W-what?! M-mika, what are you talking about?"
"Ruff, ruff." He snickered.
He saw my reaction and burst out with laughter.
I couldn't help but join in, I couldn't believe I was alive again.
I waited until the cool off period to ask him something.
"Mika, could you tell me how I died?"

*Mikaela*

I remember that day so vividly….
The day I lost my Yu-chan….
"Yu, don't go, you haven't healed all your wounds, and who knows how powerful that monster is against Asuramaru!"
"Mika, It's alright," He slipped his snowy gloves on. "I've been with JIDA for years now, I can take care of a demon-possessed person."
"….I…just….don't want to lose you…." I admitted. "For those four long years….all I wanted was to see you again….and when we finally saw each other….I made that wish a vow."
He pulled me into an embrace.
"Mika, I'll come back, I promise."
Those words…..contradicted what happened….
"We tried….and we succeeded…in taking him hostage…" I remember Shinoa reporting.
"He's in the hospital and will be out in about a week….that demon really did a number on him…"
I saw the glint of sadness in his teammates' eyes.
"H-how's…..Yuichiro?" I stammered out.
I saw Mistuba look down at her feet.
Yoichi turned away.
Kimizuki adjusted his glasses.
"Yu-san….." She began, amber eyes holding back tears.
"Yu-san….didn't make it…."

Shatter…..Sink….Tear….Bleed…Ache….
…..Grieve…..
It stabbed through me…..the blade of lost emotion that I had found when we were reunited…
…and now….it was just shards of countless thoughts….emotions….memories….
I fell….and kept falling deeper into the sea of despair and loneliness.
They try to bring me up….towards joy and companionship….
But I still sink….
For a century I've been like this….
Going deeper every day….and never surfacing….
….that is….until I found my Yu-chan again….
Then I could feel the warmth of sunbeams on my skin…..and the joy of company….
I could understand what 'Ai' was….
I could finally say my feelings with 'Aishiteru'….and 'Daisuki'….
I could be happy again….

When I ended my story, Yu was attempting to keep his tears from coming.
I smiled, letting tears pour down my face.
That's when he let them roll on his cheeks.
We were there, crying about how strange it was that destiny had brought us together yet again after such a long time.
That's when he decided to say something.
"Mikaela….Gomenasai…..and…daisuki…"
I was taken back a bit, since he said it in Yukari's voice and not his own.
"As do I."
We brought ourselves into a hug and drifted to sleep.