Into the depths(Closed/invite only)

[Hasaki Ryo]

The pinnacle and success and commerce stood before defiantly reaching high into the sky and reflecting the suns light in defiance of all that would hold those down who thought they couldn't amount to anything.

The Viz Co. Building shined brilliantly before Ryo, as he stood atop a nearby building greatly smaller then the behemoth skyscraper known as the Viz Co. Japan branch. Ryo stared deep into the building unable to sense anything just as before and all times he had passed by this building since his investigation with the Viz co turn coat Hajime. Ryo knew some thing was up with this building since then..but was never sure...and the fact that Akuma Kuro was pulling the strings from inside made him truly wonder what was going on...and if there was some thing even greater going on in this building then Kuro's plot and economic commerce.

Ryo would lean against the water tower atop of the building and sigh. " I infiltrated the Viz Co. building only once before when i was ask to assist in finding a captured shinigami that was taken by Kuro. In that time with the help of a person looking to change sides unhappy with Kuro's way of doing things, i was able to gain floor plans codes, and some info on all that went down at Viz Co. As its mostly a front for..." he would pause and glance at Clyde then back to Zakura. " Traitors and Criminal's. " he would say and close his eyes slowly turning back to the building. " Obvious my codes will no long work, and knowing Kuro he will expect a some sort of counter especially with the ruckus made at the school, how ever unlike every one else looks like we got here a tad ahead of those still searching...so here is the plan. " he would say and raise his hand pointing to the third floor. Rairai to the side of Ryo and kneeling.


" We will enter thro the side of the third floor and cause as much chaos as possible. In that time me and Zakura-senpai will find a way down drawing as much attention as possible to us, while Rairai and Clyde will disguise them selves to blend in with the workers of Viz Co. " he would stop and nod to Rairai. " Zakura-senpai and I will make our way into the sub-floors of Viz. Co till we get into the the underground fortress where they are with out doubt being held. With out doubt it will take us some time to make it just down there, in that time you two will have to find a way to secure way to get us out, my best guess out of this mission is to try to secure the codes to the elevator and make sure its clear, its the fastest and most safest means of travelings throgh the building. Just do not compromise your selfs while inside...tho if the worse happens, i have already prepared a back up plan...Just hope we don't have to fall back to it, as its not pretty. " he would say with a burning look in his eyes that Zakura hadn't seen since Ryo was back in Soul Society it was the look that got in his eyes every time one of his friends was in danger.....it was the burning flames that made him push thro the biggest obstacles no matter what cost, if it made sure his friends would be safe and sound. It was that which made Hasaki Ryo a legendary Captain in the Gotie 13...and some thing surly hadn't bin seen in many years.

[Clyde]

Clyde listened closely to the plan the group would undertake as a small wing gust brushed up against the human and his allies. As he listened intently, he tried to think of how exactly he would secure a viably exit for the group. The fire and determination in Ryo was a huge moral boost, Clyde himself felt much stronger knowing he was working with such a powerful warrior...he was almost convinced that they would not have any problems with their mission. He would put his trust in his sensei and Zakura, the only thing Clyde had to give. All of the human's training came down to the next series of events. "Was it enough to do what needed to be done?" He wondered.

"I'll do my best to find some kind of exit for you, I promise. But...uhh, how exactly am I going to disguise myself like the workers there, I've never seen what they look like..." The boy took a few steps closer to the edge of the roof, peering at the enormous building. As he looked at it, he tried to think back in his mind...trying to see if any memories related to this place, any feelings resonated with it's presence. It was to no avail however, as usual all he drew from it was an empty feeling. He looked over towards Rairai, seeing if he was preparing himself in someway; he looked scratched up from his earlier fight.

[Zakura Kessin]

Kessin stood beside Hasaki and stared at the tall skyscraper that was Viz Co. "Chaos, my dear boy tends to be my specialty. There wont be a problem in creating a distraction." He gave Hasaki a quick smile."By the way...Third floor... Any particular reason why you chose that floor for infiltration?" He would glance at Hasaki, noticing that fiery look in his eye.

"Obviously Clyde and Rairai are not going to be following us through the 3rd floor...so how do you propose they enter? I dont exactly think the front door will be a gentle entrance." All sorts of thoughts were running through Kessin's mind. "And Hasaki-Kun...we really dont need the elevator to go up the elevator shaft." Kessin patted his zanpakuto. "Abaddon here has far more uses than wanton slaughter...speaking of which, do you think I should release shikai just before we enter or wait till after we got in?"

[Hasaki Ryo]

" Thats where you are underestimating and relining on yourself to much Zakura-senpai. " he would say and look to the building. " They are not so simple as they seem on the outside, they are by far more prepared and have more at there disposal then....In fact at one point they had allied them selfs even with our mortal enemies Zakura...they allied with the darkest reaches.....they allied with the hollows...So dont underestimate them...most of all don't underestimate Kuro...he is for more dangerous then he lets on. " he would warn mostly Zakura but it was meant for Clyde too, as if Ryo was ever to fall Clyde would have to be prepared to be able to tell the good from the bad in this mess.

" As for the 3rd floor its stradigical, its far enough that there security cant get to us right away and not high enough that any of the real enemies on the higher floors can get to us quickly either, leaving only for us to use the chaos to make our way into the true fortress. " he would explain and sigh. " Stay in sealed, to release early would only give them warning...plus I plan this to look like a bombing for all cover's sake...I do try to keep in mind we are dead Zakura. " he would say with a smirk.

" As for getting rairai and clyde in...thats the fun part " he said with a chuckle and grab clyde and hugged him to his body. " WE ARE GETTING THEM IN!!! " he said with a loud chuckle. It would seem even after all this time Ryo was still his goofy self that liked to make things interesting and fun even in the most dire situations.

[Zakura Kessin]

"I was pointing out mere facts...Abaddon has quite a few utility uses. I'm not underestimating anyone. I never underestimate my opponent." He would stress the word never. "So you have the most knowledge of this building...I shall follow your lead then. But one thing...you want to make it look like a bombing....do you have a bomb?" He looked at the goofball hugging Clyde to himself.

"That....doesn't look....never mind." Kessin shook his head and rubbed his eyes. He then pulled out a cigarette and lit it. With it hanging out of the corner of his mouth he continued to speak. "Is there anything about this place we should know before we enter? Security, traps or the like you may know?"

[Hasaki Ryo]

Ryo would snicker loudly. " Maybe " he would say and loud loudly as he turned to the building. " Keep low, when we get in me and Zakure-senpai will cause even more chaos and then get away from us as must a possible and find a way to blend in. " he would say to everyone and then grip his feet into the rooftop setting his path as the spiritual particles would slowly begin to spin around him lightly like a breeze, making a slight shimmer around him. " When you get inside...i suggest you knock some one out and take there clothes Clyde....that's how i meant for you intend to blend in...your friends are in danger...if you are serious about protecting them, then some evil is necessary for the greater good. " he would say in a low voice to Clyde and no more then half a second after he finished speaking he would shoot forth at a insane speed smashing into the the side of the building. Upon entering it he would release Clyde rolling forward and sping up sending shuriken every where shatter a good amount of the windows in the area before stopping his spring and smashing his fist into a near by wall with insane strength sending debris every where.

With out doubt at this point everyone in the building as alarms sounded and people ran frantically trying to escape there presence was now well known and well focused on Ryo, and soon Zakura.

[Zakura Kessin]

Zakura shook his head at Ryo's headstrong tactics. "Some people never change...come Rairai, its time." He said aloud before grabbing Rairai and shunpoing through the hole in the building, following Hasaki's lead. He would appear next to him a moment after he punched the wall, releasing the mod soul onto the floor. A sinister grin appeared on Kessin's face as he looked down the hallway, people fleeing from them. "Are you prepared to do what is necessary?" He would eye Hasaki up before he would shunpo down the same hallway he was looking down moments before.

"Chaos...life is chaos." Kessin thought to himself as he moved with lightning fast reflexes. He wasn't avoiding the fleeing people however...on the contrary, he was shunpo'ing into people, making them fly through doorways and the windows of the rooms inside. Whether the fleeing people could see them or not didn't matter... if they could then all they would know is that two powerful beings began attacking with extreme force...if they couldn't see them, then they were being shoved around like play things by an invisible force...either way, chaos and panic would surely ensue. Injury amongst those fleeing and being flung about would be inevitable but they would not die from them. Kessin was not going to kill unless he needed too.

When he made it down to the end of the hallway, Kessin would stop and shunpo back to Hasaki. Looking at Clyde and Rairai, he would speak quietly to them. "Go now while you can. We have this." He would then turn to Hasaki. "By the way, are we going to split up or stick together?"

[Kimiko Sasaki]

((Ryo-kun invited me!))

Kimiko had been standing on top water tower of the building that Ryo, Clyde, Zakura, and Rairai had been standing on moments ago and had been listening to their conversation. She hadn’t liked the idea of eavesdropping but she thought that she hadn’t really been doing such a thing since she had been planning to jump down and join in. She proved to be a tad late in doing so because she seemed to jump down just as Zakura shunpoed with Rairai into the Viz Co. building right after Ryo and Clyde. She sighed to herself toward her tardiness and listened to the cries of workers inside of the giant skyscraper. She had come to this spot as result of the chaos that had developed at the high school figuring out at the time that the Vizards had been the ones that had done it and had found Ryo and company as a result of that having sensed Rairai by reiatsu.

Kimiko closed her eyes for a few seconds and drew in a deep breath as if to focus herself before she would follow the group inside. She opened her maroon eyes once again and a sharp look in her eyes seemed to replace the childish one developing a fire within in them mostly likely a result of Kaji Kitsune’s excitement. She flash stepped to the hole that had been created complements of Ryo and Zakura and stared at the chaos that ensued within the building’s walls. He had said that he wanted to cause as much chaos as possible and he had achieved that. She stepped into the building with easer her haori and skirt blowing behind her as a result of the wind that the workers who were running past her and shunpoed to where Ryo was currently at.

“Hope you don’t mind me joining in.” Kimiko said to Ryo though the usual cheerfulness or childish tone that filled her voice would be completely absent. “Just tell me what I can do to help.” She continued though suggesting that it didn’t matter if he told her to leave because she was here on her own terms.

[Kuro Akuma]

Just as the shinigami Captain had entered the building which was now in its destress mode would quickly begin to activate its defenses. Everyone on the first few floors were not spiritually aware and were only humans. A percaution Kuro had made in case an attack happened just as this one. On the ceiling a small black orb that looked as if to be a high tech security camera would begin to scan the room. Everything with a spiritual pressure that was over the limit for normal humans would would not be seen at this time by the orb. Instead it would be somewhat like an heat sensor but only for spiritual pressure only tracking those who it viewed as its enemies in this point. With the area that it was in it would easily target the attackers, but civillians were gonna be hurt maybe even killed in this defenses mechanism.

As the orb focused on the attackers it would quickly began to try to single out every target wanting to seperate them first leading them to their own demise. There would be metal all over the ceiling but nothing that would look abnormal it had been perfectly disguised as a simple design in the building, however now with the system in panice mode metal sheets would begin to crash down from the ceiling which would seal the area. The first sheet would crash down just in front of Hasaki. They werent meant to kill but only to force the opposition in the area in which the defenses had picked. Another would crash down completely cutting off Clyde and Rairai from the others as the system had found them to be lower percaution targets. Hasaki, Kimiko, and Zakura would now bee alone standing in the office which was quickly securing itself. Another sheet would crash down covering the nearby windows from the three as well as the whole in which the attackers had made. Then another would fall and at this point it would be obvious that a path was being created, it also was shutting out the humans from the attackers quickly singling out the targets just as programmed. As the path formed it would lead to what looked as if a dead end for the three a part of the buildings wall entrapping them inside the path. Although within seconds it would quickly slide down revealing an hidden area that was not mapped at all. Not many knew of this area it being a secret passed down by Elders to ensure the saftey of the building. Their most prized possesion no doubt but the others would quickly find themself in something they had not planned for, their new opponent would be an trapped filled obstacle course that to this day know one had made it out alive of keeping its secret in tact.

On the otherside Clyde and Rairai would have there own path with lead to the stairs. The system had seemed to allow them access to any floor they could get to, or maybe another trap for them aswell. As of now only time would tell but time for the attackers would be limited. Making sure that the trapped groups would follow their destination the metal floor of the office would slowly begin to rise. It was gonna crush any and everything in the pathway that stood to long Kuro was not their biggest problem in this building, it was the building itself that would be the challenge.

[Hasaki Ryo]

Ryo would smirk as Zakura followed the drill just as Kimiko would appear with her fortitude showing, he would simply look at her still smirking. " So our little mouse shows herself. " he would say jokingly as he had knew about her listening in. No sooner then he had said his joke however they seemed to be encased in one of the building defenses. " This is just one of the many things i didn't account for....but none the less...we are ALL trained...i do think we can handle what they have in store for us. " he would say as the floor started to begin to move planning to crush them. Ryo would quickly make his way into the path presented. As he got into the greed he would stop and turn to kimiko. " I will not turn away your help...however...know that all you do and see here, does not leave this place, you are working with us, and that's my conditions. "he would say simply looking at Kimiko then nodding to Zakura to take the lead.

Meanwhile Rairai would quickly grab Clyde and move him forward into the stairs. As they entered he would stop and glare emotionless at Clyde. " Do not freeze in these situations, it will not only cost you your life, but the lives of your friends, and Lord Ryo. " he would say coldly before starting to head down the stairs.

[Clyde]

"Right, don't worry, I'm ready." Clyde announced to Rai after the two had been separated from the others. He would follow close behind Rai, following the only path available to the two at the time. While he traveled down the steps he thought of what Ryo and Zakura had told him before they had entered. He knew he wanted nothing to do with the harming of an innocent life, but he also could not let his companions down, nor the captured humans. It was a conflicting image, hopefully he would not have to do such things.

The human boy maneuvered around what he could as the building began to change, something Clyde did not expect. Thankfully, his training with Ryo had given him the ability to work under such situations, and he was able to for the most part keep up with his partner."Hard to believe Sensei could overlook a trap like this, but like my power we'll just have to adapt." The boy said mostly to himself. He removed the pole from his back and held in his right hand, waiting on using his power until the situation called for it.

"I guess our first order of business should be to stop this trap from getting in the way of the others, do you know anyway we can stop it Rai?" The boy asked, hoping to formulate some kind of plan before the two entered some kind of trap they could not get out of. "I mean if the whole building can change like this there's got to be some kind of route the employees can take so they can move about safely right? Otherwise they'd just get stuck. Maybe if we can find that path we can find a way to return the place to normal...or at least find a route for the others to escape from." He tried to think while the two kept moving, "This would be easier if I actually understood how this works, I hope Rai's got some kind of idea."

[Zakura Kessin]

Kessin would see the shinigami captain and recognize her immediately. "Hey, you're that Pac-man chick!" Before he could continue any further with the conversation the buildings defenses started to stir. "Oh dear... I suppose we should play the mice for now." He said as he took a slight lead in front of Hasaki and Kimiko. "We should try to stay tight knit and cohesive...we don't want to get separated."

As he moved on he would see the black orbs on the ceiling, then turn his head to the two immediately behind him. "Wonderful...we lost the element of surprise, lost the element of chaos and now we're being watched...this is not good." He thought to himself before speaking."I saw these black orbs before during my time in America. If they're the same, then these are security cameras. We're being watched." Kessin would say to them. "I wonder what they have in store for us."

[Kimiko Sasaki]

Kimiko laughed when Ryo said a comment about her finally showing herself and her true personality came swirling back to her in an instant. “Can’t put anything past you, Ryo-kun.” She said in her own cheerful, joking tone. She had figured that Ryo would know she had been listening in even when she hadn’t said anything or made any noise what so ever and that would probably be the reason for him calling her a mouse although the hat atop her head was clearly showing her likeness to cats. She turned her attention to Zakura when he suddenly said “Hey, you’re that Pac-man chick!” and recognized him almost as quickly as he had recognized her pointing at him with her right index finger before saying, “Your that Bad Influence guy!”. The smile that had found itself to her face soon faded, however, when the defenses of the Vizard Co. building kicked in and looked to Ryo as he said something referring to the defense system. As he had said back on the building he hadn’t been entirely sure if they had changed their security since the last time he had been there and it proved in his words when he said that he didn’t account for this. She followed behind him quickly onto the path that the defenses had presented to them and stopped herself before she would collide into Ryo who had stopped and turned to her listening as he stated his conditions for her help.

“Got it boss, Ryo-kun!” Kimiko would say agreeing to his terms seeing as she hadn’t been asked by the Commander to come here so she wouldn’t be reporting this back to him.

Kimiko heard Zakura say that they should play as the mice for now and she grinned at this although she was still more a cat person in her opinion. “We’re in luck! I’m already good at that according to Ryo-kun!” She said laughing at her little joke although this was clearly not the time; she couldn’t help it serious didn’t suit her. She nodded when Zakura said that they should try to stay together because they didn’t want to get separated and knowing her luck if that happened she’d get stuck fighting someone stronger than herself. She heard his input on the black orbs that were up on the ceiling saying he had seen them in America while he had been there and that they were called security cameras then saying that they were being watched and she shivered at that but something came to her mind. “If their watching us then how come they didn’t go after the other two. They only tried hurting us three.” She would say bringing her thoughts into consideration. She heard what Zakura said last and almost shivered at that thought too she didn’t want to think about that yet.

“Guess we’ll find out.” Kimiko would say in response to Zakura’s words.

[Kuro Akuma]

As the stronger group entered the next room they would find themselves in a maze like room. However at this point they wouldnt know exactly just yet they would only see long hallways, corners, and the occasional dead end. The real danger would begin as the door to the office in which they had came from would close. The long metal ceiling, wall, and floor would be the only thing awaiting them. Soon an familiar voice would begin to echo throughout the hallways saying, "Looks like you have either been chosen to test this defense system or your an unlucky person who has triggered it. Regardless of the answer you being in here only means that your life is in danger, and I in fact could careless.. To this day nobody has survived this excersise, so dont think that you may just get lucky cause the odds are highly against you.." The voice was none other than Kuro Akuma however he would not be in this rench place. It was the defense system using his voice to play mind games on the enemies which they would eventually find out.

A small unseeable laser would aim on across the ground that would be used as a tripwire. The next person who took a step would unknowingly trip the defenses causing the hellish traps to activate. The voice would continue on out of nowhere just as quickly as it had left, "Your main task is to exit this place, the system automaticlly closes the doors on the other end of this room in about ten minutes which will lock you here until someone resets the system and comes to get you out.. So I suggest you hurry.."

On the metal wall a faint timer would begin to countdown from ten minutes. It was up to the group now which ways the would go, but it was up to the system to make sure that around every corner would be a suprise.

Meanwhile as Clyde and Rairai had gotten to the stairs they would hear footsteps quickly rushing upwards. Someone or something was approaching their location and they didnt have many places to hide either considering they were in fact in a stairway. The opening that the two had took to get to the stairs had completely closed itself by now. They only had themeselves and something was coming and it was gaureenteed not to be on their sides.

[Hasaki Ryo]

Ryo would listen to Zakura and kimiko talk and kept quite taking in her observation that they had targeted just them. As the automated voice came on and explained there current situation Ryo would step a quick step forward curious to what was ahead only to hear the second message play. He would stop dead in his tracks. " They arnt watching us....with this high of a automation of a defence they dont go by observation but automation...." he would say aloud to the two trying to comfort Kimiko some but he still seemed to stand like a statue before them both. If either of them would look at Ryo's face it would be for the most part blank but a distant serious look in his eyes as if in deep thought, for Ryo was in deep thought.


* This is with out a doubt a maze...obviously with some sort of twist..being traps or a fail safe kill all that eliminates those who dont make it to the exit in time..... Kakunutssuijaku?...no coordinates wouldn't help truly at all...as surely it isnt a straight shot...* he would think to him self in deep thought for a few moments, his fingers finding there way to his chin his index finger gently tracing up his chin to the left side of his face doing a small circle then across his upper lip and then between his chin and lower lip slowly going to the right corner of his mouth and slowly moving forward in front of him he extends his hand his index finger still pointed out.

" Plausible " he would say in a lower voice seeming to have had a stroke of a idea. "This is a automated maze, surly that has a bit planned for us then i expected however...no puzzle can beat me. " he would say and start to walk. " Captain Sasaki, i take your versed in kido, please sustain a Kushihi, we have divine our exit with the wind, as the door behind us has seal,and we are breathing, the exit has air flow. " he would say with a smirk. " You point us, i will keep a eye out for any traps, Zakura-senpai, your job will be to keep Captain Sasaki safe in the chance a trap befalls me....they carry on, we dont have long. " he would say with a nod awaiting for them to start out.

[Zakura Kessin]

Zakura gave Hasaki a bit of a puzzled look. "I will most certainly protect the Mrs here...but don't you think that Kuro will have thought of such an easy way of escape already?" Kessin walked over and stood next to Kimiko. "13th division captain eh?" He would whisper to her. "Well dont you worry lil' miss, you couldn't be in better company than Hasaki and myself." He would flash a stupid smile at her.

He then flicked his almost finished cigarette at Hasaki playfully, the lit butt hitting the back of his right shoulder and landing on the floor, smoke pouring out of it at a steady pace. The smoke that came out would reveal the laser tripwire that Hasaki had apparantly tripped when he walked ahead. Zakura would eye this up warily, then look back at Ryo. "Hasaki...you just walked through a laser...walk back to us." A tone of urgency could easily be heard in his voice.

[Kimiko Sasaki]

Kimiko froze where she was as the automated voice began to speak and her eyes looked around for a possible source but found nothing. She noticed Ryo walk forward quickly obviously curious has to what might happen and as the second message came to their ears she would see him stop dead in his tracks. The doors in this room were set to lock within 10 minutes and if they didn’t then they’d have to wait until the system was reset and someone came to get them including the fact that there was a possibility that there were traps set inside this room so they would have to be careful. She listened to what Ryo had said though if it was said to comfort her then it hadn’t worked because do to the message that played once they had entered the room she had figured that out but something was still bothering about how they had been targeted and she noticed that Ryo had now become statue like so she figured from this that he was thinking about what to do in this situation. She knew that freaking out in this type of situation wouldn’t be the best although it was hard to calm down at the moment for her and she reached her hand for the hilt of her zanpaktou closing her eyes when she had her hand around it.

Kimiko found it easy to calm down when she was in contact with her zanpaktou, Kaji Kitsune, because her spirit was serious yet able to calm her easily with her encouragement. Although her maroon eyes were shut and unable to see the things around her she could easily tell where the flame tattoo that danced around her right wrist was and a smile painted itself on her face as she remembered that fated day so long ago. The beautiful face of her mother, Shiori, came into her mind and this face was the one that greatly eased her as she remembered the things her mother used to tell her when she was little even though it was so hard to remember her she felt so calm when she did. At last the face of her best friend peacefully made itself known inside her mind although it tugged at her heart madly now it still brought herself at ease and all the times that he had made his effort to keep her safe even though she knew she was going against the Seireitei to even be thinking of him. “Thank you Hue-kun.” She muttered to herself. She opened her eyes at last having new calmness to her appearance ready to listen to any plan that Ryo may have and she released her zanpaktou just as it seemed he was stirring from his statue state.

Kimiko looked to Ryo when he said something in a low voice and listened as he explained what they were exactly in; an automated maze. She watched him start to walk after saying that and listened as he addressed her directly although he had called her ‘Captain Sasaki’ she shrugged it off because of the situation at hand. She only nodded when he asked her if she was versed in Kido nodding again when he told her to sustain a Kushihi and understood what she was to do with it as he further explained also addressing the other man that was with them to keep her safe if a trap was to catch him so they could carry on. “Just tell me know when to. She said referring to when she was to begin the incantation. She looked at Zakura when he came to stand by her after saying something to Ryo and nodded her head quickly when said her rank with question in a whisper; what else had he expected her to be she was wearing her haori. “I’m not worried.” She said in response to Zakura’s words to her and smiled. She watched him flick his cigarette at Ryo before it landed on the ground revealing a tripwire that Ryo had apparently walked through and she looked ahead to see if anything would result from what had happened.

[Clyde]

Clyde, hearing the incoming footsteps, looking over towards Rai, who seemed a bit too focused to reply to the boy's questions or suggestions. He thought to himself that "Someone is coming up here to pursue us, if we can deal with them correctly, we might be able to find a way to shut down this strange trap." Then looking at his arm he thought again, "Or...I might be able to use my power to create a hole or something for Rai and myself to escape with...hmm!"

"Rai, what should we do? Fight them or find a way around them, we might be able to find out how to shut this thing down if we confront them..." The boy suggested towards his ally, hoping that he would at least give a plan of his own.

((short post, sorry))

[Kuro Akuma]

Hasaki Ryo and his group hadn't realized just how much trouble they were in, either that or they hadn't made it the section of the maze in which the seikei stones had been placed. The good thing of the matter was if they reached that part then they in fact were on the right path and in fact close to the exit though the stones would nearly wipe their reitsu out with their experience in the field they would be ok for what would come at the end of the maze. Waiting for them would be something that Kuro had created its strength also amazing and something that only the evil mastermind himself would think to do. However what it was would be a secret which would only be found out after the group exited the maze. Meanwhile a reitsu would flood the stairs as he would feel the pressence of Clyde and Rai, the elder of Viz Co. Himself would be felt by the two as he approached both Clyde and Rai would feel as he moved closer towards their position they would only have a few moments before he arrived. They would have to think and come up with something quick.