Hana....

Kaito was amazed at all the power being thrown around on all sides. He couldn't fathom how they were so strong. Kaito gazed over to where Nico was on the ground recovering from a fatal wound but otherwise fine. He rushed over and crouched. 

"Nico! Are you alright?' Kaito called out to him but gained no response. "Stupid guy, why did he just jump into battle like that?" Kaito mumbled under his breath when he felt a hand grab his arm.

"Kaito…I carved the path" Nico was struggling to speak but the intent was clear. "Go to the castle…" Nico then passed out from his blood loss. 

Kaito rushed forward determined to make it to the castle. When he was stopped in his charge by a demon. 

"Well look who showed up" Mira looked at Kaito like a bug. "You Patrollers are an infestation" Mira got into his battle stance and rushed in. 

Kaito blocked and parried his first punch but got winded when Mira used his over arm to punch his stomach. Kaito tried to hit Mira back but was too slow as Mira punched him at lightning fast speed. Kaito was knocked to the ground and forced to roll out of the way. Forcing himself to his feet Kaito in a fruitless effort shot a Ki blast at Mira who caught it and shattered it. 

"Do you see how worthless you are now?" Mira asked in that cold tone. "You have nothing to give or contribute, people are out here risking their lives and here you stand weak and alone" Mira furrowed his brow at Kaito. "You will never be anything but the filth beneath my foot" to prove a point Mira kicked Kaito to the ground then stomped on his ribs. 

"What did I ever do to you?" Kaito coughed out trying to find air under Mira's foot. "Why could you possibly hate a person that's never crossed you" Mira's expression turned thoughtful before morphing into a sour scowl.

"Your kind locked us away here without a second thought! Yet you have the nerve to ask me why I hate you?" Mira stomped on Kaito's ribs again causing him to cough up blood. "You share their blood, you share their sins" Mira looked behind him to find a foot planted in his face. Mira was sent skidding across the dirt rolling and ricocheting off some rocks. 

"Xeno!" Kaito was surprised to see him here, thought he looked battered and beaten. Xeno helped up Kaito and spit blood on the ground. 

"I got this clown" Xeno changed his Ki and disappeared in a blink. 

Turning back to make his way to the castle, Kaito finally made some headway and made it to the gate. Opening the doors and stepping inside Kaito found it to be empty, his only company the sound of his feet against the tiled floor echoing through the halls. Eventually Kaito opened the door to Mechikabura's room. 

"Ah you must be Kaito, your sister has been waiting boy" Mechikabura spoke evenly with no hint of distain or anger at his presence.

"What?" Kaito was shocked to his core how did and NPC know his name? Suddenly Kaito felt someone grab him from behind. Turning around he found Hana but why was she so silent? "Hana…" Kaito made a reach for the mask on her face but his arm was grabbed by Towa. 

"Not so fast" Towa's grip tightened and it kind of hurt. "Your sister was so co-opritve when we told her to join us!" Towa's eyes lit up with something sinister. "You don't want to ruin our special bond now do you?" Towa cackled at Kaito's expression of horror. 

"Bond? You call this sick twisted version of my sister a Bond?!" Kaito was livid, how dare Towa Brainwash his sister she was dead! 

"Now now young one…" Mechikabura chimed in. "We can give you the same thing" The elder demon stood up and walked over to Kaito. "You can finally have the power to save your loved ones." His tone was sickly sweet trying to coax Kaito into joining them. 

"I'll never lower myself to working with you demons! All you are is monsters!" Kaito spoke definitely yelling at both demons. 

"Thats okay…I know how to make my pets behave" Towa grabbed her staff and pinned Kaito to the wall by his abdomen. "Now be good and help us free the demon realm" Towa gave Kaito puppy dog eyes and pouted a bit. 

" You sick bastard" Kaito spit blood at Towa's face but to Kaito's horror she licked it off and hummed to herself. 

"It's sweet but oh so defiant" Towa put her hand on her cheek. "All we want is justice for being imprisoned here for so long." She got closer to Kaito. "Is that so wrong?"