As the dark ones took Kairi closer to the cave mouth, her struggling caused them to hold her tighter. A tentacle coiled around her neck, putting pressure on her carotid artery. It didn't take long to render her unconcious, the fight taken out of her as they swam for the darkness. Their attention was grabbed by movement in the water, a humanoid shape coming toward them, a coral spear in its hand. Black lips skinned back from white teeth and it emitted a sound of fury that caused the less evolved dark ones to quickly scatter, leaving Kairi floating motionless in the water.<br/><br/>Kasho swam closer, checking to make sure water was still passing through her gills before putting an arm around her and swimming for the surface.<br/><br/>Not long after, Kasho was pulling Kairi up onto shore, baring his teeth as the sun burned him like a fire, causing red welts to form on his back and shoulders until he managed to get her into the shade of a rock hollow, an old shrine that depicted the story of Nakiki and Jalung. He hunkered down and waited for her to awaken.<br/><br/>((I hope it's alright that I had her rendered unconscious. I can always change it.))