Taro brought Jess to what looked like a large, secluded forest area within the shape of a bowel around. Trees were all over, mountains and waterfalls also coated the place. The only thing about it was there was a strong stench of blood all over, decaying corpses, and fog throughout the place. "Where are we?" Jess asked.
"Chikumo clan..." Taro said somewhat coldly and continuing to walk.
"But I thought..." Jess said meekly and almost confused.
"Meru *hic* sensei is in charge here... for the time being at least. She lives in a *hic* cave over by the waterfall over there," Taro said, showing Jess over to a waterfall and a cave hole next to it on a ledge shaped like a bat.
"So... why are we here?" Jess asked.
"... You'll see..."
Meanwhile
"Got him..." Hybrid said, looking at the computer screen.
"... How'd we get this down here again?" Poker asked.
"We found Spits, let's just focus on that first, okay," Akane glared.
"No, no..." Hybris said to her.
Akane glared. "Why not?!"
"Grounded," he replied.
She looked away, muttering "shut up" and Hybrid turned to Poker. "Can you get your brother and tell him to come back?"
Poker sighed. "Will do."
Meanwhile
Deiara smiled a little and gave the bat/spider a hug. "Well, anyway, that was nice of you to say to me... even though it's kinda a load of crap... but I wasn't going to kill myself."
He looked at her in surprise. "Then why did you...?"
"I go off to train when I get upset... it happens a lot here, so it's nice to blow off some steam," Deiara turned around for a minute, "The only reason they started that load of bull is because they want me to die..."
"That can't be true."
Deiara sighed in response. "Doesn't matter... not like I'm going to end up as a ninja and do something great like become a jonin, ANBU, or the head honcho, Hokage," she scoffed, "I'm not destined for that stuff..."
Everything was quiet for a minute. "Anyway, let's get off that. You don't want to listen to me go on and on about my crappy life."
