Remake of this old story, I found on my old pc. Although it was written on 2007, which is a pretty long time ago, I had the urge of rewriting the chapters because of how horribly written they were and hopefully finishing it with a much better plot.

The year was 1999.

The existence of Zoanthropes, humans with the ability to shapeshift into fierce and powerful humanoid beasts, had become evident to the general public. No longer were they monsters of myths and characters you'd find in horror films, but real life creatures that lived hidden within modern society. Of course, they had reason to be hidden, for they were feared and hated among the few 'normal' humans that did know of their existence. Funny thing about zoanthropes was the fact that anyone had the potential to become one, and that was just one of the several points Tylon had tried to prove with their countless research and investigations.

The Tylon Corporation knew well how to play this game, it knew how to use the fear that helpless zoanthropes felt as an advantage for their inhuman and grotesque experiments, they knew well how to avoid legal encounters with the government and they knew all too well how to keep secrets reside as secrets. It seemed like Tylon had managed to play all the rights cards, at the right time, at the right place, they were kings at what they did and there was no doubt they would even manage to get away with all of it... Of course, only so many skeletons could fit into this dirty, old closet. It was only a matter of time when some of the ranking scientist began to feel something was wrong, austerely wrong.

It was late at night for this department to still be up and running, it wasn't common for the office side of the building to still be buzzing about at these dreaded hours of the night. But here was Steven Goldberg, a considerably young scientist for his great achievements only aged 37, was still hard at work in his office. He had a large frame for a scientist, but the man like to keep in shape, it would also help him think when he wasn't trapped in his lab or pushing papers at his office as he was currently doing. He had just been analyzing heaps of data sheets he had just obtained from his latest experiment, when he came across some anomalies.

This wasn't the first time it had happened, the data he normally obtained would arrive from his genius laboratory partner Busuzima Hajime. Data like this was beyond the stem cell research Busuzima was doing. Oddly enough, it felt as if actual humans were the subjects of these experiments. Steven shook these thoughts from his mind. Sure Busuzima was a very odd man, but he couldn't possibly be doing something this sinister, the company would never allow it…

"Hajime, we need to talk about our research. I need to know how –." Steven stopped dead on his tracks. He could feel the blood slowly drain from his face as his hands began to tremble uncontrollably. It could have been fear, anger or simply the surprise of what he saw before him, did it really matter now? The only thought that came to Steve's mind was 'Run, hurry run, I need to get out of here!' His eyes darted from Busuzima and back to the bloody mess that lay before him. Whoever it or he was laying on that table was clearly alive. A slow wheezing sound could be heard from it, struggling to grasp each breath.

Despondently for Steve, Busuzima had somehow read his mind and before Steve could get to the door Busuzima had jumped at him. "No, no, no, no!" was all Steve could manage out of his mouth, his heart now beating at a ludicrous pace as he swung his arms toward the door.

"Oh Stevie, such an unfortunate event this has been for you." Busuzima said as he readied his fist at Steve, who was struggling under Busuzima's weight.

"You'll never get away with this! They'll look for me, they'll find out!" Steve's world soon blacked out, and his final words were wasted on Busuzima.

Busuzima dragged Steve body over to the back of the lab and looked for a sort of tranquilizer. "Hhmmm, what shall I do with you Stevie? It's such a shame to waste a brilliant mind like yours, but you leave me no choice."

He calmly grabbed Steve's arm and pierced through it with the tranquilizer he had contained in a syringe. He then proceeded to strap him down to an empty table as he hummed an out of tune song. Only Busuzima could find joy in this twisted game of his.

Nobody came looking for him, as intelligent as Steve was, as amazing his reputation was among the scientific society, he was a lonely and solitary man. Living alone in Japan, since he first arrived from USA 8 years prior, he had little contact with people or his family. He was a busy man whose only priority in life was his work. Weeks turned to months and eventually a year, yet nobody bothered to find him. Tylon made sure nobody did by paying off his small rented apartment and creditors, and just like that Steve was no more. What did Busuzima do with this poor soul? He used his twisted imagination and turned him into the hideous bug-man that came to be known as Stun.

While all this occurred, a chain of events began to unravel at a frightening pace, at least scary for Tylon and its employees. You see, Tylon had messed with the wrong group of people, a group of extraordinary zoanthropes to be exact.

Alan Gado, a war mercenary, had recently managed to pin-point who was responsible for the death of his dear friend Yuji Ogami. And he wasn't planning on taking any prisoners, oh no, Alan wanted nothing more than revenge and justice from these bastards. Once he had heard of the horrifying experiments conducted within this building, Alan swore to bring them down one way or the other. He called upon friends who had also suffered under the reign of Tylon, and like a spider-web, these friends connected with more friends:

Long Shin, Tylon's former top assassin united for the cause in his own way in order to redeem himself.

Jenny Burtory, a model and spy, close friend of Gado and suppose victim of Tylon. The tales of how she was an incomplete experiment with the inability to age were the rumors Gado heard, but she never was clear about it. Gado was just glad she was on his side, plus rumors or not, she was an extremely beautiful woman.

Alice Tsukagami, a teenaged orphan kidnapped by Tylon to be used as a soldier for their cause.

Mitsuko Nonomura, a Shop Keeper and fishmonger, whose daughter was kidnapped by Tylon and turned into a deadly chimera.

Yugo Ogami, son of Yuji Ogami, who wanted revenge for the death of his father.

Together they stormed into Tylon and against all odds destroyed it, freeing all the humans and zoanthropes that were being held captive as experiments and perhaps in a way bringing peace to the poor souls that were lost to these sick and twisted people.

Of course, not everyone was as lucky as Uriko Nonomura, who was brought back home after being experimented on and later brainwashed. Dare I say, even Yuji was more fortunate that they people who were left behind…

Stun was destined to roam the streets, forever hidden from the eyes of society. There was no safe place for him, no home to return to, and no medical treatment that could change him back to his human form. It was now more than ever that he felt truly alone, evermore to constantly suffer for his mistakes, for helping Tylon achieve what they did as short lived as it was. Worse yet, his decaying body was a constant reminder of it all, he was not safe from even himself.

Kato Ryuzo, Tylon's second top assassin died by the hands of the organization he had sworn to protect. He pride and hunger for power led him to his own slow and painful death. It seemed he was just another pawn in the game and his body was soon destroyed by all the body enhancements he had undergone. He lost it all, his clan of assassins, his pride and lastly his life.

Perhaps the saddest case was Kato's student, who had taken the title of Bakuryu; he was just a child at the time of barely 9 years of age. His master dead and his clan burned to ashes, he had nowhere to go or family to claim him. If that wasn't enough, he had lost all his memories during an incomplete brainwashing process, interrupted by the storming of Tylon. Unlike the others who were taken to safety, Bakuryu was left alone by the rubbles Tylon had become, unnoticed by the fleeing zoanthropes whose only wish was to get away from this nightmare.

Bakuryu stood among the debris and flames for what seemed an eternity. His mind was moving so slow that he could barely perceive what was happening around him. He couldn't remember anything, what was his name? Where was he? What was happening? Yet he didn't feel fear or anxiousness, he felt nothing. Nothing at all, it was all surreal.

Voices, shouts and screams, heavy things falling, and a word that called out to him: Zoanthrope… So familiar yet distant, what was it? Why had he heard it before somewhere, but where? For some reason his sight was failing him and sound was the only thing that he could feel. And then a hand, and another soon followed, he felt two hands over his small shoulders. Slowly a figure began to appear before him, but who was it?

"Wake up, Bakuryu! They might have won tonight, but this isn't over, not by a long shot kid. No one messes with the great, genius, sexy and intelligent Busuzima!" the man before him spoke. His voice sounded familiar, but he wasn't sure. All he knew at the moment was, his knees were about to give up, and as soon as the thought ran through his head, he dropped to the ground.

"Damn brat…" Busuzima mumbled under his breath as he lifted the kid under his arm and sprinted away from the crown of people that were soon to arrive.

Same plot as it was originally, Bakuryu is not found by Yugo, except I will be using Bakuryu's point of view through BR2, along with short side-stories of the rest of the cast. I'll try to keep the chapters short but lively. Also Keniko is a must.

If anyone does read this, Review please.