Mystical Realm

Mystery man appears

The walk along the main road to where the most of the cat people live was silent. Everyone is feeling the weight of silence from Kuro's absence and the feeling of dissolving is present.

Aussie growls in annoyance "Can't you even keep up with the rest of us human!" he snaps as Martha has slowed down after having accidentally hurt her ankle. It wasn't broken but it did hurt and she hadn't told anyone.

She glares at him but says nothing having resorted back to silence.

"Would you leave her alone already, Aussie!" Mooncaster growls glaring at him "She's fine at the speed she's going"

"Cht, maybe to a mutt but to me, she's slower than any other animal! Even a turtle could outwalk her!" he snarls. The two are almost ready to fight each other while Tim and Martha watched this.

"Are they going to try to kill each other?" Tim asks looking up at Martha who could only shrug.

Mystery man watches and he's about to get involved, to prevent the two males from killing each other in front of Martha when a Kuro lands between the two, although he seems to wince a little.

"Wow...I'm gone for one day and you two are already at each other's throats with your teeth?" Kuro asks laughing a bit.

"Kuro!" Mooncaster says shocked before suddenly looking very serious "Are you alright?" he asks.

Kuro looks at him before smiling a little "I'm...fine" he says "No need to worry about me!"

The rabbit appears to mystery man and Martha looks at the rabbit, only able to see the bunny. It relays a message to mystery man that Kuro was in fact hurt but not as badly as it could have been. It's certain it's just a small bruise that he shall have on his arm.

"Seriously Mooncaster, I'm fi..." he starts to say before the ground gives way under his feet, causing a huge hole to appear forcing all of them to fall down, sliding down several different paths until they are all separated. Kuro and Martha wind up together while Tim ends up with Aussie and Mooncaster in a separate area of the underground tunnels. Kuro grips his arm and looks around.

"Are you alright Martha?" he asks when he sees Martha. She nods and he shouts "Mooncaster! Tim! Aussie! Are you guys there?"

A few seconds later, the two hear Mooncaster's voice shouting back "Kuro? We're fine! Is Martha with you?"

"Yes I am!" Martha shouts not alright with Kuro speaking for her.

"Are you both alright?" Tim's voice shouts out.

"Ye..." Kuro begins but Martha cuts in.

"Kuro's hurt his arm...or at least he's been holding it since standing up"

"I'm fine!" Kuro snaps shooting her a slight glare "Just landed on it wrong...Anyways we'll have to try to find each other...I can see a pathway over here so try to find one as well and we'll meet up at the cat village"

He and Martha set off down the tunnel but it's clear Kuro's arm hurts more than he claimed it did as he doesn't stop holding it. The tips of his ears start turning black slowly as the pain has him starting to lose control. Martha stops walking staring ahead of them as a man appears wearing a cloak, hood and mask that hides everything about him. A purple rabbit is sitting on his head watching Kuro worriedly.

"Who are you?" Martha demands.

"Just someone who wants to help." He rubs his two hands and his eye glows purple, a string flows but it's more pink he points to them both and the string is above them and heals them. He walks back into the shadows vanishing.

Kuro's ears return to their normal color as he regains control of himself "Who was that?"

"Those strings..." Martha whispers before looking at Kuro "What was happening to your ears? They were turning black..."