Hebi trotted around Larita and observed her, trying to find what it was that was touching her.
"Nyu! Its the slime! What in the world is it trying to do? Nyuu?" Hebi said, putting a paw onto Larita's leg, getting some of the slime on her (She's kinda stupid yes).
"Nyuuuu!!! The slime! Its on me! And it stinks! Nyuuu!!!" waving her slime covered paw around frantically.

Sai was confused... slime? Why was it moving... on her butt? They weren't in some weird Hentai island or something were they.. No, thats not right. But really, he couldn't do much to help. "Use your magic?" He suggested.

"R-right--" Lartia's cut off with muffling sounds. The slime wasn't just on her legs, it had immobilized her arms, stomach and even half her face, as if it was swallowing her alive...

"Master!! W-wind blade!" Rin sends a blade of wind freeing Larita's legs, making her rush further in the cave. The slime was quickly trying to immobilize her legs again, however she could see the ray of light, signaling the exit. Barely making it out, the slime wraps around her legs once again, making her slide across the ground as she stumbled over.

Sai decided that really, he couldn't do much to help. But, he did know something that may help. Using what he had of his sword (About tanto length by now) he cut into his hand, and with the blood created a magic array that he had learnt to strengthen his next spell. "Liberatio Exarmatio!" Releasing the magic through the array, increasing its magic to remove the slime completely...

Larita got up, though still felt odd. "T-thanks." She mumbles.

"No! Watch out!!" Rin quickly screeches, as the slime once again reemerges in a much larger form as it tries to swallow Larita whole in one glomp.

"K-kya!" Larita screams as she barely turns around, seeing a flicker of fire. As she ducks down, she felt the surrounding area was hot and humid. Looking up, she notices that the slime had been caught on fire!

"That's..." Rin mutters, as she stares at a small tiger with dazzling beauty...

Hebi was still scared stiff and witless after the ordeal with the slime on her paw and so had reverted back to her eight year old cat-girl hybrid form, wearing an aura of depression about her... "Nyuu..." Hebi said pitifully.

Sai looked to Hebi, poor girl. Then the tiger was pointed out "... is that it?" he seemed quite happy that they had found it, well, at least that is what he thought. Though he was still bleeding from his hand he didn't even seem to mind. "What now?"

"We have to capture it, b-but, I don't know how..." Larita mumbles, as the tiger-like monster begins to flee with amazing speed, also leaving a small trail of fire from where it jumped away. "W-we should follow it!!" Larita shouts, as she begins chase.

Sai nodded and followed, he wondered how they would capture it... it wasn't like it was a big scary thing, but they weren't aloud to harm it in any way... soo, well they would just have to think.

Hebi, coming over her momentary depression, shifted into a slightly larger version of the tiger-thingy and followed it, doing her best to keep up. Reaching the tiger she pounced, grabbing it in her jaws in a standard kitten transport grip, the tiger going slack as instinct kicked in. After taking a slight breather Hebi decided to walk back to the other two and so she did, carrying the tiger in her jaws much like a kitten.
(If You've seen a mother cat carrying a kitten then you know what this looks like.)

Larita was instantly shocked as she rushed over to Hebi. "It seems much more tame, scared even... though, it's so cute and dazzling, how could something like this go extinct...?" Larita asks worried, thinking about it, she knows monsters much kill and eat each other to survive... but, she wouldn't want a species of animal to go extinct, no matter what it was.

'I won't let animal cruelty happen in my eyes!' She thought to herself determined, passion shimmered in her eyes.

"Would we be done?" Rin inquires, chirping happily. "But, what's going to happen to this poor creature?"

Sai seemed awestruck, though, happy that it hadn't had to lead to violence. "We take it to that zoo... thing?" He shrugged. It seemed like the best idea, and it was their mission really.

Hebi stared at her two companions, her mouthful of tiger kitten rendering her unable to speak.
But her eyes were very expressive, essentially saying: 'Lets get a move on, I can't hold this little thing forever.' But she wondered if Humans could read eye language...

"Right," Larita replies to Ryo and looks unsure at Hebi, wondering if she was trying to say something, not like she understood. "Well, I guess it's the only option, better hurry, in case it escapes." Larita states, as the three travel back to the boat. This island was filled with numerous dangerous monsters. She pondered on the abnormality of the island.

"Master, what if they do something bad with this tiger...?" Rin asks in worry.

Larita remained silent, she was pondering on this herself. "An innocent creature like this? I'd not let them see the sight of day if they did hurt it..." Larita mutters, with a half-hearted nod. She's never created a riot since the day she was born, remained quiet and ditsy at the same time.

Sai would nod and begin to lead out of the cave, traversing the darkness through memeory and the faint light that allowed his adjusted eyes to make out basic shapes at least. It was of top most importance that they got off this island before anything else happened...

Hebi followed her two companions, carefully carrying the tiger in her mouth.

As the three made it back to the "entrance" of the cave, she turned back at Hebi. "Why are you here anyway? Do you live here?" Larita inquires curiously, Rin also wanting to know the answer.

"So witty, master," Rin chirps happily.

"I don't understand, Rin... But yeah, I'm sorry if this is invading your privacy." She bows, as she does so, she puts her hand on Hebi's forehead and begins to channel her magic, using the rather simple and basic magic, telepathy to read Hebi's mind.

Hebi, feeling that there was something probing her mind figured that Larita was using telepathy to get her answers. 'Nyuu, no I don't live here... At least I don't think I do? I'm just here for... I don't really know... What about the two of you?' Hebi sent her thoughts to Larita via the Telepathy link.

Sai was left mostly in the dark (Both literally and figuratively). But would lead on until they were out of the cave safely. It seemed like they were going to make it.

The three finally made it out of the cave, save and sound. Larita squinted her eyes, as they adjusted to the much lighter view of outside the cave. The area seemed a bit different, as in the tree formations were differently shaped. She decided to ignore this, as she replies to Hebi. "We're here to capture this tiger to allow it in a breeding program; as they're going extinct." Larita nods to herself. Rin took a spot on Larita's shoulder and began sleeping rather nonchalantly.

Hebi slowed down a little as she heard Larita's explanation.
'Going extinct? What? But... I remember this island where there were a whole lot of them? Could they really have died off since I was there last time? It isn't that long ago... I think.' Hebi thought.

"Well, we just have to get back now?"

Sai said as he looked around, stretching and allowing the sun warm him. Looking around... everything looked different. No, he was just tired, trees were just trees. Well, at least that what he thought. It was on his mind for now though.

"R-really? They're not endangered on this island? How odd... Maybe they're not searching hard enough, or something..." Larita tries to find a plausible excuse, of course it's all speculation. As she begins to walk ahead from the other two, she quickly trips over a large stump. "Kyaa!" She lets out a slight shriek.

"M-master, are you alright...?" Rin asks oddly, looking at the surrounding area. "Was it like this...? Or not...? That stump, I don't think it was there before..." Rin mutters.

Hebi didn't notice anything out of place, to her Larita had just tripped on her own two feet.
Hebi continued to trot along, the kitten still secure in her grip.
'What just happened?' Hebi thought as she walked along, her tail swishing back and forth.

"Uwwaah. I'm just clumsy." Larita mumbles sadly with a pout, simply because it's true. "W-we should continue, even if Rin's right..." She also adds, picking a leaf from her hair.