[h2]Konpaku Youmu[/h2]

"A... another person?"

For a few moments, Youmu was silent, her hand remaining on Roukanken's hilt. To be honest, she didn't truly know what was going on or what to expect. As such, the short white-haired girl's hand remained firmly on the hilt of one of her blades, as she eyed the boy approaching her. He was, of course, taller then her, and redheaded, with a sword of his own. Was he responsible for what had just happened? This weird place she'd been dragged into? Somehow Youmu doubted it. Was it one of Yuyuko-sama's friends? Yakumo-sama surely possessed the abilities to do such a thing, but she hadn't seen the... frankly kind of scary appearance of the blonde youkai's gaps. And indeed, it wasn't exactly like Yakumo-sama to do such things unannounced... then again, Youmu didn't exactly understand many of her Mistress's friends. At times she had trouble understanding her Mistress, for that matter. Regardless, it was unlikely that the boy was responsible for any of this. After a few moments of hesitation, her phantom half drifting this way and that behind her, Youmu took her hand off the hilt of Roukanken.

If he for some reason did start a fight, there was no question that the small girl could draw faster then he could.

"I am Konpaku Youmu," she began, after a moment's hesitation, "And... this place... er, I don't recognize it. Do you know where this is? I was training outside Hakugyokurou when I suddenly, um... was here. Do you know the way back to the Netherworld?"

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[h2]Nishimura Yuki[/h2]

Yuki was rather surprised when she heart a cry of shock in response to her own... cry of shock. That was not exactly what she expected if she was to be totally honest with herself. In searching for a source of the voice, her eyes fell upon a peculiar figure. Clad in what looked like a wizard outfit, with... well, it was hard to see the face. Not only was their head down, but their face seemed to be completely shrouded in darkness. The figure, in fact, looked incredibly familiar. Ridiculously so. Surely she had seen something like that somewhere... obviously not in real life, but...

For the moment, she could at least rule out that he(insofar as she could tell) was not a Negari. That was important. As she took a step towards the figure, a voice immediately spoke in her ear, altogether too loudly.

"Don't worry, he's not a Negari!" said the tiny, fluttering figure of her fairy, Ruru.

"I'd already figured that out, Ruru," Yuki replied with a sigh, before drawing closer to the small magician-looking individual. Maybe he knew where they were...?

"Are you okay?" she asked, reaching down with one hand to help him up. "My name is Nishimura Yuki, er... do you have any idea where we are? I was walking home and... then I was here."