Vol. 3 - Chapter 51

Sometime later, as the sun was beginning to come up only to be suppressed by a violet sky, Ash, Kaori, and the rest of that group were walking into the Grey Chamber. The rookies had been fairly silent after those... revelations that were made. Ash was still holding back her laughter from that. However, as she walked into the palace, she turned slightly more serious upon seeing the citizens here though, sprawled across the floor. It was a reminder that the city had lost most of the fights that had happened over the course of the night. 

A reminder that Kaori and Ash had been baited into that portal. 

Still, Ash couldn't do anything about that now.

"Uh, Saviors," Rick said. He scratched the back of his head, coughing twice. "Thank you for helping us. We'll... We'll find our own way now."

"Good luck," Kaori said. Ash remained silent and the three rookies walked away.