[Kurama is not, as such, surprised to wake up. He's a little surprised to wake up not in pain. He's quick to sit up and leave his room.

Quick to start searching the mall, beginning with room 14.

Please let them still be alive, let Akira still be alive.

His mother has been taken as his entry fee. His head is swimming from the influx of memory. All he has left right now is the hope that sacrificing himself to pay for what he did, to keep them safe, wasn't in vain.]