Surrounded.

Anna's reaction was fast. She pulled out her throwing knife and throwed it at the kishin egg, aimig at its head. Then she ran to Kokoa "Oh..My lord..Kokoa!"

Kataro let out a heavy sigh. Then he walked over to Kokoa and picked her up. "You're completely out if energy aren't you? You'll be useless for a while. This has happened to me... Don't strain yourself!" He said as he began to walk her towards the city while avoiding Kishins. "You need to rest for a while...@

Anna followed Kataro "So..Everything is gonna be ok with her, right? She is just out of energy?""

"Lets hope so..." He said as he thought about what happened to him. "Last time it happened to me.... It was bad. If you over exert your soul you could lose fragment of your soul. You could lose memories, personality traits... But that's only of you over exert yourself over the limit. But she's probably just gonna go through the physical pain." He kept running the he looked down at Kokoa. "Kokoa... You're gonna be very very sore... Every muscle in your body is going to feel like hell. So try not to move around.." He said calmly.

A tear appeared in Anna's eye "I-I feel guilty for it..Sorry Kokoa.." She was worried

"I... I s-still can..." Kokoa chuckled but winced lightly after.

Kataro looked at Kokoa sternly. "Be quiet... No movements at all..."

"Okay, I'm a little tired anyways..." Kokoa said and closed her eyes slowly.

Kataro reached his apartment and walked into it. He laid Kokoa on the couch. "You just lay quietly, Ko..." He said as he put his hand on her forehead. "Well, her forehead is kinda warm... It may be worst than I though..." He said to himself. Kataro went into the kitchen and got a hot rag and some needles. He set the rag on Kokoa's forehead. "I'm gonna need to put these needles in your arms..." He said calmly.

Kokoa opened one eye slowly "I.. I d..." She tried to protest but she was too weak.

"It's gonna hurt. But you'll be fine. You're tough as nails!" He said with a chuckle. Kataro went into the kitchen and got a pot of water and began to boil the needles. "Hot water relieves soreness. So the needles will be hot when they go into your skin..... Will you be able to withstand the pain? If not we can just wait it out..."

Kokoa tried to emulate an answer but all that could be heard were weird noises from her mouth.

Anna followed Kataro from the beginning. She crossed her arms If you hurt her..I will hurt you too She thought to herself. "Maybe..You should just let her rest?"

Kataro nodded. "I believe that's the best option as well. That way she can heal while we continue to help at the academy." Kataro said as he looked at Kokoa. Kataro grabbed his keys and headed towards the door. "We should go. I'll lock the door behind us so no one can get in. Are you ready?"

Anna mumbled "But I wanna stay with Kokoa" She knew that she should go, but she wanted to stay with her friend.

Kataro let out a deep sigh. "Fine... If anyone named Connor, Dylan, Jet, Spencer, or Metzger comes to the door, you can let them in." Kataro said as he headed towards the door. "Stay safe." Kataro ran out of the door and headed back to the academy.

Anna looked at her weapon, Tristan "Well..Sorry Tristan, but I couldn't left Kokoa alone. You can rest now" She put Tristan on a table and walked to Kokoa "How do you feel?"

Kokoa knit her eyebrows as she whispered a "Go" to Anna.

Anna crossed her arms and started acting like a child..Oh wait..She is 12. "Nope!"

Kokoa sighed "P-pl... Ease..."

Anna kneeled on the ground and said with a childish tone "But I'm tiiiiiireeeed"

Kokoa chuckled but winced afterwards

Anna stood up and looked at Kokoa "Tell me if you need anything.."

Kokoa just shook her head no

Arthur and ben were still fighting. they had turned into human form to conserve energy. Arthur grappled with a large one, then turned to smoke and flew into its lungs. suddenly the kishen turned on its allies.
Ben stuck close to auroura and said. " Strategic retreat! " before throwing a smoke bomb on the ground.