It was about half an hour after Izumo and Kiara had gotten back when more people emerged from the forest, and Kiara looked over towards them, making eye contact with Bon.

"Ah, thank god! We finally made it back alive!" Shima proclaimed.

"Congrats guys. You all made it back in one piece." Shura said.

"Welcome back Bonny!" Kiara called, waving at Bon with a grin on her face.

"What the hell! How'd you guys complete the mission on your own?"

"On our own? Well Polka dot and I worked together to get one of the lanterns back— Takara I guess was the only one who worked alone. Though he was the one to get her first."

"It took 'em this long with all that help? Wow what a bunch of losers!" Takara's puppet said.

Why haven't I burned that puppet yet? Kiara thought.

"What is Takara anyway?" Konekomaru asked.

"I think we all wonder the same thing." Kiara said.

Shura looked around at the group, her eyebrows furrowing. "Hang on, is this it? Everyone's back? So none of you gave up? Then who set off that bottle rocket?"

Kiara suddenly tensed up, a strong wave of energy hitting her. Looking up towards the sky, she watched as a familiar man fell towards he ground, a ghoul leashed by his side. She stood up quickly, her hand wrapping around her necklace as she summoned her sword. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Shura pulling one of her own swords out of the seal on her chest.

"Don't just stand there!" Shura shouted.

"Go get them Behemoth!" The man, Amaymon shouted, unleashing the goblin.

"Took him long enough." Shura muttered, placing her fingers in her mouth and whistling, the campfire suddenly turning into a flaming snake. Almost immediately, fire spread throughout the clearing and in a sudden flash, Amaymon and his pet were sent flying.

"An absolute barrier?" Bon asked.

"Yep. Everything inside the magic circle is safe and everything outside is repelled. You guys should be safe here for a little while."

"That's all great but what's the deal with that guy?" Izumo asked.

"Yeah, miss Shura, is he supposed to be part of our training?" Konekomaru said.

"And don't you think he's a little to tough for us to handle?"

Kiara looked towards Shura, knowing all too well that Amaymon was most likely an unplanned addition to their night— unless they somehow planned this drill to lure him out into the open.

"Traning's over for today. We need to get ready for Amaymon's next attack."

"Amaymon?" Everyone, except Kiara, repeated.

"Yes, Amaymon. One of the eight kings of hell. That Amaymon." Kiara said before anyone could say something. She watched as Shura walked to a cooler and picked up a jug of what Kiara assumed was Holy water.

"Exactly. And since he's one of the big guns, you exwires don't stand much of a chance on your own against him. Everyone gather around, I'm going to give you guys a dose of some triple C concentrated Holy water."

"But why-" Izumo started, cutting off when Shura splashed her with Holy Water. "Does he want to fight us?" She finished.

Shima nodded in agreement, "Yeah, this has got to be some kind of-" just like Izumo he was cut off by Shura splashing Holy water on him as well. "Of joke..." he finished.

Shura didn't respond to either of them, and instead she turned to Rin, stopping just before she doused him. "Whoops, that would of been ugly if I poured some on you." She said as she turned to Konekomaru and splashed him with some Holy water as well. Once everyone except for Kiara and Rin had been splashed with Holy water, they stood in front of Shura as he chanted a short mantra.

"Alright." She said, placing her hands on her hips, "You guys are good until the Holy water drys. No matter what happens the damage shouldn't be too bad."

"What about Okumura? Aren't you going to splash him with some?" Bon asked, then looked at Kiara, "And Kiara as well."

"Yeah... they're sort of allergic to Holy Water, so..." Shura said and Kiara chuckled as Bon tensed up.

"What? Allergic to Holy water? Never heard that one before!" He said.

"What's so weird about it?" Kiara asked, "There are people allergic to Blue foods, so it's not that far out there."

Bon looked at her, "W-Well, I guess so." He muttered, his attitude changing slightly.

"Wait a sec, where's Teach?" Kiara asked, looking around.

"Yeah, about that, he was kind of getting in the way so I sent him off somewhere else." Shura said. "Now, all of you, try to get in contact with any exorcist you can."

Everyone nodded and pulled out their phones, only to not be able to reach anyone.

"I don't get it Amaymon's supposed to be a big shot, so what's he picking on us for?" Bon asked.

Kiara looked over at Rin, the two of them making eye contact and nodding knowingly as Shura told the class some BS about not knowing herself as she sat leaned against the cooler. Kiara watched as Rin walked up to Shura, though she couldn't hear what they were talking about due to the distance between them.

"Everything's going to work out." Bon suddenly said, and Kiara looked from Rin to Bon, who was standing next to her.

"Are you trying to comfort me?" Kiara asked, a small smile making it's way to her face, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm going to be fine."

"How do you know that?" Bon asked, his voice softening.

"I just know."

"But what if—"

"Ryuji." Kiara said, making direct eye contact with Bon. She watched as his cheeks turned red at her use of his first name. She grinned, sticking the blade of her sword into the ground. "When I tell you that I'm going to be okay, you need to believe me. I'm tougher than I look."

"Right..." Bon muttered.

"M-Moriyama? Where are you going?" Shima asked, drawing Kiara and Bon's attention towards the Blonde girl who was starting to walk towards the forest.

"Sheimi?" Rin called, only for Sheimi to continue walking.

She had reached the outer edge of the circle and Shura stood up in a panic, "Woah, woah! Somebody stop her!" She shouted as she started to run after her. Before she could reach her, Amaymon appeared and grabbed Sheimi's head, pushing it towards him.

"Sheimi!" Rin called again, running towards Amaymon— only to be stopped by Shura blocking him with her sword.

"What did you do to that girl?" Shura demanded.

"Oh I just had a female Chuchi lay an egg inside her. That's all." Amaymon said, stroking Sheimi's head. "It took forever and a half for it to hatch, but now that it's nibbling on her nervous system, this young lady will do whatever I tell her to." He said, just before grabbing onto Sheimi and jumping into the air.

Rin took off running towards where Amaymon had disappeared, "Get back here cone head!"

"Hey you idiot, come back here!" Shura shouted, following after Rin.

Kiara watched as Rin almost made it into the forest, but Behemoth appeared in front of him, stopping the boy in his tracks. Just before the demon was able to hit Rin, Shura jumped in front of him and sliced at the demon, forcing it back. The two of them had a quick exchange of words before Shura tossed Rin his sword. And the boy ran into the forest, the shadows swallowing him up.

"Okumura!" Bon shouted after him.

"Nobody leaves the magic circle for any reason, ya got that!" Shura commanded.

"But-" Bon started.

Kiara grabbed his hand, squeezing it slightly as if telling him to stop. She stared silently ahead of her, her eyes glued on the spot where the shadows of the forest had consumed Rin.

"Hey Bon?"

"Hm?"

"Promise me you're not going to follow me."

"What are you talking about—?"

Kiara just smiled a bit as she squeezed Bon's hand one more time before letting go and running forwards into the forest.

"Kiara!" Bon shouted. "Come back!"

Kiara looked over her shoulder at him, a reassuring grin in her face. "I'm going to be fine! Don't worry about me!"