GW: Sorry I haven't updated in forever. Well, last time, Naraku became obsessed with having Lyra and is now going to burn the city down to find her. Well, can anyone say 'psycho' with a capital 'P'? On with the chapter.


Burning of a City

The next day, Will and his crew were standing outside, waiting for Naraku to arrive. When Naraku's carriage had arrived, Will and his men stood in attention.
"Attention!" ordered Will. Naraku got out of his carriage and walked over as Will, saluting, said, "Good morning, Minister!" Will and his friends were surprised. Naraku looked rather pale this morning and it did not look like he had any sleep last night at all. "Are you feeling alright?" Bridget asked.

"Besides being mentally off-balanced, you mean?" Hal muttered to his friends, which Naraku didn't hear.

"No, no. Nothing to worry about," said Naraku. He decided not to let Will or his friends in on what he experienced. He did not want to be deemed insane in front of the guards. "I merely had a little trouble with the fireplace."

"Oh, I see. Well, you orders, ma'am?" Will asked.

Naraku glared hard at Will as he remarked, "Find the gypsy girl!"

Soon, every guard in ToonCity began tearing down and burning the city as they looked for Lyra. In a bakery store, the men tear down the store belonging to the Simpson family.

"Hey! Get outta my store!" yelled Homer as he stood up. He would have charged the guards, but Pete jumped him and seized both him and his family. "Nice job, Homer," Bart mumbled to his dad as Homer started to choke the boy, but the guards pulled him back.

Now Kimbley and Archer throw away a barrel allowing another guard Plasmius to move a carpet underneath. Then he opened a trapdoor, which was under there, revealing Harima, Tenma, and Yakumo down there, hiding from the guards.

"Whoa, boy!" groaned Harima as the guards soon went to seize them.

Later, the Simpsons, Tenma, Yakumo, and Harima were outside the store in chains and cuffed. As the store finished being wrecked, Naraku came up.

"Listen well. I am offering ten pieces of silver to anyone who reveals to me the location of the gypsy Lyra," said Naraku, holding out some bags. Although the money looked attempted to Homer and Bart, he, along with the others did not say anything, as they merely shrugged. Naraku frowned angrily as he said darkly, "Very well..." He then ordered the guards, "Lock them up!"

Sometime later, a van is pushed off the road into the river. As it sunk, Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Danny's family surfaced out of the water. They saw guards pointing their weapons at them. "I told you we should've left earlier this morning," Maddie scolded Jack.

Soon, the riders of the Fenton van were chained up as they were being interrogated by Naraku.

"I will now offer twenty pieces of silver to anyone who reveals to me the location of the gypsy Lyra," said Naraku, uping the price slightly. Of course, none of them spoke, even if the offer did sound quite tempting. Instead, they just glared at Naraku. The Minister's frown got worse and he ordered to the guard, "Take them away!"

Will and his friends looked concerned as the guards took the group away.

"Will, I have to say; Naraku's gone a bit crazy!" Kikki said in a worried tone. "I don't like it either, you guys," Will sighed. "Maybe his associates were right to leave him," Hero said quietly.

Later at a house near the windmill, Naraku, Will and the soldiers stopped there first. As they approached it, some people were watching in concern and disgust. Ever since Naraku started his rampage, there did not seem to be an end to the madness. What they didn't know was that Lyra and her friends were with them in disguise.

"What a menace!" said Sora in disgust.

"I know; he hasn't done so much chaos to anyone until now," said Kairi in agreement.

"Oh, yeah. Naraku has lost it in the head, now. I mean, okay, he's trying to find a few fugitives, but this is just going too far!" Donald squawked. Lyra and her group looked concerned. "Lyra, something bad is going to happen," Pan whispered to his friend, who stroked his heads in reply.

Inside the house, a family were being interrogated by Naraku, Will, and his friends. The family consisted of Tohru Honda, Yuki, Kyo, Kisa, Hiro, and Shigure Sohma. Naraku narrowed his eyes as he held up an item, remarking, "My men found this on your property. It is gypsy jewelry! Tell me in full honesty, have you or your family been hiding any fugitives in secret?"

"Please, be reasonable; our home's always welcome to people in need," Shigure explained to Naraku. "I told you renting rooms was a bad idea, you stupid rat," Kyo grumbled to Yuki, who kicked him back.

"I'm sorry, but when people are in need we have to help them!" Tohru pleaded.

Naraku took a very brief moment to think, and then said to Shigure sternly, "Very well. I am placing you and your family under house arrest until I get to the bottom of this. If what you say it true, you are innocent and you have nothing to fear." With that, Naraku, Will, and his soldiers left the house.

"But we're innocent. We don't know anything about this gypsy girl," Hiro tried to compromise with the Minister, but to know avail. Naraku pushed him inside and closed the door, then he bared it shut with the guards' staff. Naraku turned to Will and his troop.

"Burn it!" Naraku ordered.

"Wait, what?" Will and his friends gasped in shock. Naraku was actually ordering them to burn down the home of innocent people who were just placed under house arrest?!

"Whether intentional or not, these people are still considered as traitors and must be made example out of!" snapped Naraku as he gave a torch to Will, who took it.

"But...come on, Minister! They're still innocent people, and we definately weren't trained to kill anyone who's innocent!" Renee reasoned. Kirjava gave the man a hiss before glaring at him.

"Maybe, but you were trained to follow orders, correct?"

Will glared at Naraku. He then went to the house as if to burn it down...but to Naraku's anger, Will threw the torch in a barrel of water. "Alright, Will!" Corina cheered, but stopped when Naraku glared at her.

"Sorry, Naraku, but like Renee said, we will not kill anyone who's innocent!" remarked Will sternly. "That goes for us a swell," Zoey agreed as the others nodded. "I might be a chicken, but I won't serve under a jerk like you," Jack snapped boldly at Naraku.

"Cowards! I will do it myself!" snapped Naraku. Grabbing another torch, he threw it at the windmill/house, setting it to blaze. Will and his friends looked horrified. They quickly turned and crashed to the window where Shigure and his family were screaming for help. Lyra and her friends watched, with a shocking looks on their faces. They were Naraku's guards with Will being the captain, yet they chose to defy him and helped the Sohma's and Honda girl.

"You're right, Lyra, they aren't like the other guards," said Keiichi. "Told ya' so," Rowan sighed dreamily as she watched Hal break down the door and carry out Hiro as Odd, Otto, Omi, and Rai watched the Mews help Shigure out.

Will then got out, carrying Kisa and Tohru followed by the rest helped Yuki and Kyo out. The house continued to burn as Will and Hal handed over Kisa, Hiro, and Tohru to Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki. The family, happy to have survived, hugged each other. Will and his friends smiled, knowing they did the right thing.

"Hooray for justice!" Elijah, Dash, Satoko, and Arwen cheered, but the two kids blushed when they hugged each other while the teens hugged with ease.

But just then, Kakuzu sadistically clobbered the heroes on the head with a club from behind, sending them to the ground. As they groaned, Plasmius grabbed them using his ghost powers and held them up.

"You have defied my orders and betrayed me. The price for that is death." snarled Naraku angrily. "Such a pity…you threw away a promising career."

"Consider it my highest honor, ma'am." remarked Will. He was too weak to fight back. This was it. They were going to die. "I can't believe we'll never see those cute boys again," Corina sighed as the Mews and Hero nodded. "Heck, I'm never seeing that cute girl again," Hal whined as Bandanna huddled next to his master, knowing it's the end.

Lyra and her crew, still watching, knew they had to help them and fast.

"We got to save them," said Rai, worried. "This is crazy," Odd and Otto groaned, but knowing they have to save the girls they loved, they nodded.

"Are you crazy? We will put Lyra in danger if we go anywhere near them," said Shion with a frown.

"But, sis, we have to," said Mion with slight worry.

"I'll deal with this," Satoshi said as he grabbed a pebble and a piece of cloth. Making a slingshot, he swung it very fast and threw it at the horse that belonged to Naraku.

The horse went crazy and bucked, knocking Naraku right off. With their executions suddenly postponed, Sparky punched Plasmius, who fell easily and the escaped kids got on Naraku's horse. The Minister got up and was shocked as they made their escape.

"Hit them! But don't hit my horse!" yelled Naraku angrily. The men got their weapons out and fired at them, trying to get a hit. Before Will could get any farther, he and Kirjava screamed in pain as Will got hit. Due to the noise, horse bucked them off, rendering the others unconscious and they fell into a river near the bridge they were riding over. More bullets followed. Lyra, looking horrified, ran down the hill, followed by her friends, making sure Naraku and the guards didn't see them. "Hau, this good," Hanyuu cried in worry.

"Don't waste your bullets," said Naraku as the men stopped firing. "Let the traitors rot in a watery grave. Now then, find the gypsy! And if you have to burn ToonCity to the ground...then do so!"

Naraku and his men took their leave. Once they were out of sight, Lyra quickly jumped into the water along with Keiichi, Raimundo, Odd, and Satoshi to help her. The rest looked concerned.

Soon, they came back up with an unconscious Will and co. in tow and managed to get them all out.

"Are they alright, Lyra?" asked Omi, concerned.

"They're okay. They're strong," said Lyra in relief.

"I'm concerned about ToonCity," said Rika in a worried tone. "Naraku told his men to burn it down."

"He's got to be stopped," Otto said in agreement.

"We can't do anything for now. As long as he's still after me, he won't give up," said Lyra with a sigh. She didn't want to be the reason why the citizens were suffering. "I do know he has to be stopped. We're still a team. No matter what."

"So what do we about our friends here?" Rena asked, looking at the still unconscious group of former soldiers.

"Let's get back to Notre Toon. The Eds will help us look after them," Pantalaimon suggested. The group nodded in agreement and, with a bit of help from all of them, they carried the soldiers away, making sure they weren't seen.


ToonCity wasn't looking good that night. The guards were burning the whole place, looking for Lyra, arresting anyone who refused to tell them where she was or when they tried to stop them. Some of them were even...killed! The whole city was burning and it was all because of Naraku.

"I don't understand it," groaned Kakuzu as he came over. "I mean, we've looked everywhere, and still no sign on the gypsy."

Naraku was still puzzled about one thing and he made it clear. "I had the entire cathedral surrounded, guards at every door. There's no possible way that she could have escaped, unless…" Naraku then had a thought as he looked at the bell tower. He knew the girl wouldn't have escaped...unless someone helped her.

Naraku then knew that it was time for an unscheduled visit to his bell ringer.


GW: No! Ed, run and hide from the evil demon man!

Ed: Ahh! Run away!

Eddy: Way to go, wolfie. You got Ed wiled up.

Edd: Next time the heroes will pay Ed a visit while Naraku pays one as well. Read, review, and suggest please.