The Abyss

Kyo chuckled, seeing how they all scrambled like they were ants running away from a flood of water. He then turned around, looking up into the black sky and asking, "You really certain about this? This chase may be harder than you would think." It was true, the Abyss didn't have an ending, and unlike the world, it didn't circle around. It simply continuously went on and on.

"Oh don't worry about that." Vadeline said, falling down to her partner's level. She held the black cat in her arms she so much adored and giggled, "Kitty says is a good idea, so I'll trust him. Do you want to join me? I'll be chasing down the siblings, you can chase down the rest, good deal? Half and half?"

Kyo seemed to be thinking about it for a while, but then nodded, "Sure, half and half it is. I'll be off then~ Oh, yes, and before I forget, I do recall your rival being around here looking for my class, isn't that right? Try and find her for me, I don't think I enjoy my prey being stolen." He gave a dark smile before walking off, not bothering to get straight to running since he knew he'd find someone eventually.

Vadeline cringed at the thought and muttered, "She's hunting them also... Then I guess it's going to be two three instead." She said before skipping away, the little cat at her feet walking beside her although he knew he'd be shot at by the woman if Vadeline were to run into her.

Ine stopped running after dashing for about a whole mile. She hid behind a wall that seemed to have been growing out of the black water covering the dark ground and covered her mouth, trying to conceal her harsh breathing. All she could hear was stop breathing, so she did what she was told, hoping no one followed her. She could hear voices, not knowing who's they were, but didn't want to know so she crawled further from them.

Hikari lead them in silence to a small door they had to crawl through, Hikari and Yousuke with some difficulty. One through, the group shut the door again. In this room, there were floating candles lighting the swirling, dark purple walls. The ground was wooden and the ceiling was too high for them to see. All around there were hallways leading out of the room.
"Here, you have to be powerful, intelligent, cunning, and emotionless in order to survive. There are two creatures that live here in the Abyss. You've met only one of the species, as far as I know. The girl is rumored to be an insane human, but just as many say she's a doll of some kind. Dolls are one of the two creatures that live here," Hikari had crossed the room with them as she explained and lead them down another hallway which turned out to be a steep, spiraling staircase.
"The second type of creature that dwells here are demons. Kyo is a well-known demon in the Abyss," she paused in her explanation to look at them, though she kept walking, "as am I."
She ended her explanation there and her eyes took on a steely look as she lead them up the stairwell. How would they respond now? Or did they already know she was a demon?

Ousuke wasn't all too delighted to go through the area. For one thing, the candles looked as if they were soul, and the other being that they were pratically walking around with a demon. He was wondering if Nanako was okay, she seemed calm. Almost... in a trance of some sort. He was fairly worried, keeping an eye on her as they went down further.

"A demon, huh?" He repeated, nodding in response. "Tell me, how did you become a demon in the first place..?" For some off reason, he wanted to find out more about... "their" kind. "Why does Kyo want to kill us?" Nanako piped up, Yousuke wasnt the onlly curious one. As the stairs seemed to get steeper, the siblings held hands. Yousuke followed after Hikari, Nanako obviously behind him. "Why are we even here..."

"What have we done to deserve this..?"

"Hn. Certainly curious, aren't you? I can't say I'm too different. Well, Yousuke, one question at a time. 1: I happen to have been a demon since birth. Kyo is on a different level being that he is rumored to have turned into a demon, though I myself don't find these rumors to be true, then again nor do I find them false.
"2: Kyo has his own motives, I'm sure, but it may prove to be nothing more than the desire to kill and toy with the class. It's not the first time he's taken a class, but I'm not sure why so many classes have tumbled down here one after another. For spite, fun, if you will." She considered the last question that may have not actually asked for an answer. Deciding on the latter, she let a few moments of silence take over, spare the sound of echoing steps.
She was pleased to reach the top of the staircase and opened it to reveal a violet light that seemed bright for the abyss.
She stepped out first, striding to a small cabinet with a single small drawer. It was plain and lacked any noteworthy characteristics, but it didn't matter once she pulled out bandages from its drawer.
"You protected her," it wasn't a question but rather a statement as she dressed the wounds simply, "why?" She looked at the girl, "I am coming off as cold, aren't I? Maybe this is where humans apologize for thoughtlessness, ne? I am not any crueler than the other surviving beings here. You humans refer to it as love sometimes, don't you? I can't say that I've experienced anything near the description of it." She was attempting to make a conversation of a slightly lighter tone, but doubted her skill at doing so.

Vadeline raced on foot, no longer feeling the pain she'd feel when running as a human. She was already used to it, and could probably run for ever, maybe resulting in her bleeding or even breaking a bone, but it was possible as she was no longer a human and could feel very little pain now, "Where are you...." She asked silently, looking out for Hikari. At the moment, she wanted to find the woman first, before the humans, or both if possible. In her eyes, Hikari was like a rival, also trying to find the humans like she and Kyo was. Although Vadeline was supposed to go after the humans like what Kyo told her to, she followed Hikari's trail first, smelling out the track like an animal would, "Neh neh, Kitty, where do you think they went?" She asked in her usual high pitched voice, "I want to find them soon... I can't let her have them first..."

Kyo, unlike Vadeline, was moving in the shadows of the Abyss, not literally, but almost. There were the brighter sides of the Abyss, only looking like the moon's dim light, and then dark which was just completely darkness. Of course, seeing how he almost lived his whole entire life down there, he adapted to the shadows and learned to see in the darkness rather than in the light like any regular human being, 'Ah... They ran far...' He thought to himself, an emotionless expression across his face, 'Very far... Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to let them loose?' He tapped his finger onto his chin and thought before letting out a bit of an insane laugh as it echoed throughout the Abyss, "Well, that's alright. This class is more fun than the others~"

Ine heard a malicious chuckle burst behind her, not knowing if it was very far from where she stood, or close, but she kept her mouth shut, and quiet. Her breath decreased to nothing but a fraction of the small currents of air in the dense Abyss. She was shaking rapidly and she heard more voices behind here. These she recognized, being Yousuke's, and Nanako's, and someone else's.... Holding her hand over her mouth, she peered at them from behind the wall, and saw someone different from the two, and immediately thought that this wasn't going to end up very well. She ducked behind again, wanting to do something, but it wasn't as if she could, so for the mean time, she just kept quiet and watched over them, the same voice saying in her head, 'Stay silent...'

A little further from the group of humans and the one demon stood another person, a young boy looking around his young teen years. He wore clothing you may have been able to see in England far back into the past, and his hair was the messiest black anyone could, and would have seen. He then called out, "Hikari~ I see you've caught the humans, yes?" He asked, a small smile on his face though he was really smirking on the inside. Spade never really knew Hikari very well, but then again, he never knew anyone very well, but he always enjoyed watching everyone's moves since they were always unpredictable.

Someone said her name. Her first name. "I see you've caught the humans, yes?" Her eyes widened and she whirled to face it, drawing her pistol and cocking it, a steely look on her face.
"They're mine." She kicked them behind her, not allowing them to move away. "You have ten seconds to start explaining who you are." She took a step forward. It was a man that looked to be around the age of Nanako, or younger. He had shockingly blue eyes that gleamed beneath his black hair which was rather messy, but that wasn't uncommon in the Abyss. Without a name on him she couldn't tell if he was anyone important, or if he was just a wandering being.
Something about him seemed disarming, yet at the same time, he screamed danger. It was different from when she'd seen Kyo or Ace. Kyo was dark and cunning, a fox. Ace was wickedly insane, and insanely wicked. This man looked to be kind, his voice seemed gentle and inquiring. Yet he seemed to also be threatening. He was most likely insane as well.

The siblings listened intently, exchanging glances every once in awhile. Yousuke was still weary of being around this demon of a girl and Nanako just felt out of place. The elder could practically feel the stress in her grip, knowing she could probably sense his as well. When they reached the top of the stairs, the two looked around at their surroundings. Yousuke was the first to realize that Hikari had pulled out some bandages from the drawer. He raised an eyebrow when she suddenly spoke. He wasn't prepared to answer, so it took him a minute or two before constructing is answer.

"Because she is dear to me." He murmured quietly, flinching as the wounds were dressed. "Don't worry, I understand what you mean." His brow was furrowed because if the stings of the wounds. He just realized how much they stang now. He also realized that he had already released Nanako's hand, letting her wander around a bit. "Hikari~! I see you've caught the humans, yes?"

His eyes danced around as he searched for his sister. She was a in front of them, staring at the strange newcomer. Thankfully, Hikari managed to get them behind her in time. He glared at the boy, keeping his curious sister away from what insanity may lie within him. He couldn't risk her getting hurt. "Yousuke..?" He heard her mumble, "What's wrong..?"

Ignoring her pleas to know what was going on, he hid her behind him, blocking her sight of the boy. Hopefully blocking his sight on her. "Norimoto, what should we do...?" He asked,his voice above a whisper yet still audible for Hikari to hear.

"Oh don't worry." Spade laughed a bit, silently, acting a bit gentleman like by covering his mouth with his white glove, "I'm not here to take your prey. I was originally supposed to, following you-know-who's orders, but I decided it's time I changed a few things." He smiled, still having that same dark tone in his voice, but not being so kind or too dark. His intentions, just like Kyo, were almost always unknown. Spade then bowed formally, and saying, "My name is Spade, formally known as Eliot Von Duer. Pleasure to meet you, Hikari Norimoto, and if I may ask, who may you two be? I don't recall a new class being brought here in quite a while." He said, also giving a formal bow to both of the humans. For some reason, he gave off a vibe that was natural, like any other human, and yet he seemed very malicious in many more ways than just one.

Hikari looked warily at the newcomer and took a small step back to reply to Yousuke, "This changes nothing, understood? Do not trust him, and do not let her near him." She tilted her head slightly, staring back at the strange boy as she spoke for the humans, "The pleasure is mine, Spade, and this is Yousuke and Nanako, they are of a class that a mutual acquaintance of ours has set after. This will come off as rude, but I think it's about time we start moving again." She motioned for the two to get up quickly, still not ready to trust the...being, in front of them. As she picked up the unused bandages and put them into the girl's hands, she asked, "Eliot, is it? Should I trust you to help us get out of here, or at least act as a neutral party?" Hopefully he wouldn't prove to be another enemy. She already was having to deal with avoiding Kyo and Ace while finding a certain urchin that lurked about in the Abyss.

Yousuke simply nodded, still keeping his sister behind him. By the looks of the guy, he certainly was here for them. Way before them. "Nanako. What ever he says, or asks, Do not, I repeat, do not go alone with him." He whispered, "In fact, don't even leave my side." Nanako frowned, stepping out from behind him when Hikari handed her the bandages. "But.. he looks harmless.." She muttered to herself, returning to Yousuke's wounds to dress. She simply dressed a few in the small time they were given, helping Yousuke to stand steadily. He quietly said his thanks before he returned his gaze to Norimoto. All they had to do was watch and await for further commands.