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Ranae didnt know how long she had been laying on the forest floor. The cold silence disturbed every now and then by a soft sob, muffled slightly by the soft moss that coated everything. But Ranae couldnt stay like this all night, waiting for Josh to come back to her. Why had he ran from her in the first place. Ranaes sorrow flared into anger. It burned inside of her, making her blood boil. She clenched her fists and slowly got to her feet. After awhile of wandering through the forest she finally found her way back to the clearing. There she found Drum who had been peacefully munching on the lush grass. Ranae wanted to get away from this place. Far away. Making sure that everything was packed snuggly to Drums back, she mounted up and leaned forward to utter something to her gelding. Drum flicked his ears backwards and forwards in agreement and began travelling at a brisk trot. Ranae held the reins tightly in her hands, willing herself to not let anymore tears fall.

Rayne kept searching for his two companions without stopping. He leapt from tree to tree trying to find them as he thought to himself for moment when he was leaping Hmm....lets see...they shouldn't be far from here...I suppose they must be near a river... As he landed on a tree branch to observe where the river is, he looked around seeing that no one was nearby so far . Rayne stood there on the tree branch to observe if his companions were coming back.

Rayne stood there silently in the shadows seeing that he have spotted two figures down below and decided to observe. Hmm...interesting I've believe that I've not met the other figure....before...no matter... He thought to himself as he kept observing seeing that they were having a small conversation.

The raven flew down, it wasn't itself, it was being controlled by another. "Greetings I am Matsu, this is a vessel I am using for awhile" the Raven spoke. Taking a step out of the trees, a fox-demon with green hair walked and sat down near the Raven. As the fox-demon closed his hand, the Raven stopped talking and went on his shoulder. "I am the real Matsu, and I want to know if you are alright." he said calmly, stroking the raven with one finger.

Matsu read her features, she wasn't alright, but obviously didn't want to discuss that. "Well, if you need any help, I'm more than willing to" he said calmly.

Yukimura followed the large man as he led him to a long shooting range. "Here we go! AT YOUR POSITIONS!" he shouted to the gunners who were getting in place. Each of them held a weapon that was very familiar to Yukimura. They were all identical copies of Harper's old gun, the Goraishinki.

"Release the targets!" the man shouted. A large gate at the end of the range was opened, and a group of demons appeared on the other side. "We borrowed these guys from the Netherworld. Criminals and convicts who were sentanced to death. We've been experimenting on them and using them for target practice." Yukimura counted in his head.

"Sixty-two," he replied out loud, the man turned around and looked at him and laughed. "How did you know?" he asked him in a jovial tone.

"It's simple. I counted the number of arms and legs and divided by four." Yukimura smiled at his own joke and leaned on one leg, watching the show. The group of demons rushed out suddenly, going right for the group of gunners. Yukimura counted 30 guns, yet 62 demons were rushing them.

"I'd hate to impose captain, but your gunners will get ripped to shreds. It's goign to take at least 150 bullets to stop them, and that's exactly how many you have. You know it's going to take more than that though."

"Just watch Yukimura," the captain said with a sly smile. "First round, fire!" he shouted as ten of the guns went off, firing 50 needle bullets before having to clean and reload. The men knelt down while they reloaded, a second group of ten standing behind them.

"Second round, fire!" the captain yelled again as the second round fired 50 more bullets. These hit just as the group of demons were recovering from the first salvo. The demons lurched again, not having moved since the first round was fired. The second group of ten then knelt to clean their guns, just as the first group was beginning to reload.

"Third round, fire!" Another group of 50 bullets was fired, stunning the demons once again. By the time the third round had finished and knelt to clean and reload, the first group had finished reloading and stood up to fire.

"Again!" the captain yelled, ordering the first group to fire for a second time. Yukimura laughed in awe for a second.

"Genius captain, sheer genius! One group fires while another reloads and another cleans. Continuous fire is acheived, the enemy cannot even move! Brilliant, I love it!" he said, clapping his hands. The demons were dead after another salvo, hardly having moved from their position when the first round had been fired.

Matsu paused for a moment. "Well, to be honest, I'm no longer sure." he sighed as he said this. "My daughter will be disappointed with me, I'm afraid, wasting my time in Korea." he said calmly. "Ah, but I'm sure she will understand."