Chapter 3- The tests.

Child Emperor when right the work the moment he entered the dojo, setting up his equipment and computer. Silverfang kept watch from a far as Garou entered the room. 'He's been asleep this whole time' thought Silverfang.

He turned and found Child Emperor had finished setting everything up. Just as he did, the door opened to one of the side rooms. Groggy, Garou walked out, clearing the sleep from his eyes. At first he was confused, until he stared at his master. "What's going on?" demanded Garou. "What's the brat king doing here?"

"Child Emperor, and don't expect me to be doing this again with that attitude!"

Garou stared at Silverfang oddly. "You don't trust me, do you? You think I retained a little bit of monster in me to have an edge?"

"No" Silverfang said instantly. "I fear there is something wrong with you. You know something is wrong but don't care to admit it out loud out of fear for asking for help. You haven't been the same since you came back to the dojo. You should have healed up by now. Even by your standards this should have been a quick recovery for you, but we also don't know the extent of damage done to your body. But you stand before me still in a weakened state. Am I right?"

Garou sneered as he stared away from his master. He wasn't going to admit anything, but his stance alone gave way his feelings. Silverfang was right on everything. "What do you want me to do?" muttered Garou.

Child Emperor set up a small bed and invited Garou to lie down and try to relax as much as he could. He was reluctant to lie on the bed provided for him, after all. It could be a trap to restrain him and ensure he doesn't move for a sneak attack. Yet, knowing something was wrong in his body. He eased himself towards the bed and laid down. "Hands at your side I will do a preliminary scan first." A small machine went up and down Garou's body. Looking over, he saw Child Emperor pounding away at the keys to his computer. But as quickly as he typed, he stopped. Something caught his attention. "You need to take your shirt off."

"Why? What do you see?"

"Take off your shirt so I can be certain!" snapped Child Emperor.

The look on the kid's face was enough to make him comply. Easing himself out of the bed, Garou reached for his shirt and stripped it off. He didn't need to see the computer to know what it found. It was as plain as day!

There was this odd black marking just off center under the left side of his chest. "What the hell…" he muttered.

"That's what I want to know, what is that?" said Child Emperor. "More importantly, how did it get there?" The mark was protruding out of him, like a horrible black scab. Garou reached down to touch it, when the pain struck hard. "AH!" he growled.

The scab pulsed.

Silverfang was in disbelief. "How could this have been overlooked? How could we have missed that?"

Child Emperor leaned over, peering behind Garou and noticing the scab was on the other side of his body as well. "I am trying to figure out how it got there! It's like it was filling a void of some sort in Garou's body!"

The look of panic came over him, Garou knows how the scab go there. What he didn't know was why of all times for it to come to light like this. "Garou?" said Silverfang.

"I know where this is from." He whispered. "I know what caused this!"

"Well, don't leave us in suspense!" demanded Child Emperor. "The sooner we know, the sooner we can try and remove it from you!"

Garou shook his head. "I don't think you can, this blow was delivered to be before I became a full monster, by the king himself. Orochi, I didn't think he had an intention for this… until now."

The sucker in Child Emperor's mouth dropped and shattered to the ground. He immediately got on to his phone and called the hero's association. "I need the medic area cleared out, I need all computers at my command, I am coming in with something big. I need the best doctor on site! No one is to interfere!"

Silverfang became worried, what was happening to Garou? Is there something that can be done to save him?