As if in answer, at that moment Aya comes charging out of the rather chaotic mess of a funny farm, looking none too happy about the whole situation, especially since he hasn't managed to find Takatori in any of it.

That's okay. He can settle for poking many painful holes in Schuldich.

Being released from the rockstar's harsh grip to tackle the ex-gundam pilot, Hisoka flopped down on the sandy ground outside the prison/assylum. After arriving on a tip that his partner was in the area, subsequently questioned and locked in a room, escaping quietly to search files yet interupted by the escaping crowd of people and farm animals and now being pulled along and just as suddenly released by a middle aged kid that put Tsuzuki's immaturity to shame. He could only come up with a few words to display his feelings in the whole ordeal.

"What the hell is going on?"

After taking a sharp turn to the right Ryu-ryu looks back to his new friend. "ne! ne! weird lady! We're almost out! Kumagoro told me!" Pointing his pink bunny's paw towards a red exit sign. "Kumagoro is very happy to get out noda. Kumagoro didn't like the stuffy dark rooms. A-re? We're out noda!"

Pushing the metal doors he sees Heero glaring him down and saying "Please don't tell me YOU are the only one who got out." But Ryuuichi ignores the comment before performing a flying tackle on Heero

"Heero-san! You made it! I'm so excited you got out too!" And continuing his rambling ignoring the now firearm at his forehead. "Kumagoro's so excited! Big world to see! Though the bouncy walls were fun for a while. I'll miss the bouncy walls."

"Omae... omae..." The blood rushes to his face, flushing pale skin with the dark tones of The Fujimiya RageŠ. "Kono kuso yarou!!!"

Aya remembers that getting out is only slightly more important than slicing, dicing, and julienning the telepath in front of him, so he's forced to settle for Fujimiya Death GlareŠ-ing and imagining all the wonderful holes his katana could poke in Schuldich.

It looks as if our merry band of brothers has reached a turning point. Duo, Kenshin, Soujirou, Vash, and Wolfwood have been lost in the rush. It seems that Heero has found the way out, Ryuuichi has taken it upon himself to personally drag a slightly bewildered Hisoka with him, and poor Aya has met up with an old foe... who know who else they might meet?

The plot thins and then thickens, ne? ^_^

pushing open the final doors to the exit Heero surveys the new environment...cacti, prickly brush, dry air, and lots and lots of dirt and sand.

"Desert? Hn..." eying the countryside he notices a small cloud of smoke. Obviously some sort of settlement in the distance.

"...most logical approach. Wait for others. Head towards settlement. Ninmu Ryoukai." Heero states monotonely before plopping under a Cactus.

Nasty creeps? Sticks and stones Abyssinian

Aya hears a nasal voice inside his head and pauses his run pulling out his katana and glaring down one of the dark empty hallways. A tall orange haired man saunters out of the darkness

"Sashiburi Ranny-kun. Interesting meeting you at a place like this. Pardon the cliche."
The mystery man smirks.

Oh and don't bother trying to kill me. There'll be time for that later. I suggest we get out of here first. I'd love to tap into manic panic head of yours.

Schuldich mentally speaks to Aya before taking off towards the exit

*running running running running*

I'm still convinced that Takatori has a hand in all this.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if one of those nasty creeps he hired as bodyguards showed up, just to taunt me.

I'll kill that sick bas---- for sure.

*running running running running*

After being abruptly pulled along by this strange guy continually stating "Kumagoro wanted to escape! Kumagoro's very happy running! Wai wai! Kumagoro is running noda!" The blonde 'lady', Kurosaki Hisoka, Shinigami of Meifu figured his name was Kumagoro and he enjoyed talking in first person.