But before he goes, he begs his friends to protect the Mark. Wolverine and Yukio manage to defend themselves and defeat their foes, but Ken dies. Ken wants to put a spell upon it, but never gets the chance, since they are attacked by weird-looking ninjas. He knows that the jewelry hosts an evil spirit who haunts everyone it meets. He takes her to see his old friend, Kenichiro, who knows a lot about magic things. She asks Logan to help sort things out, and he decides to go for it. She has stolen a 600 year old necklace called “the Mark of Mana” from a temple and, ever since she has been hearing a female voice in her head, talking about a coming doom. After discussing hers and Wolverine’s relationship, Yukio admits that she’s in trouble. They catch up and talk about Amiko, who is going through a lot of changes in her life at the moment since she’s a teenager.