A few days after the demon attack, Yakushi finally wakes up in one of the rooms in Jenova's house, he was still feeling a little dizzy, he tried to get up, but the dizziness prevented him from standing.

"Aw hell…" he said. "Of all things to get, why dizziness?"

He suddenly imagined images of him being a devil, of that sword that appeared on his hand. But he couldn't tell was it real or another nightmare. But aside from that, he felt really weakened, he was hungry and couldn't really move much in his state.

"Great… now I need to go to a hospital…. How long have I been out?" he thought.

Yakushi looked out the window and saw that the village was peaceful, at least for now. From the cold air and thin fog, he imagined it'd be morning. Someone then opened the door and entered the room, holding a bottle of water and some medications, it was Azaria.

"Oh Yakushi! You're awake!" he said.

"Azaria? What happened? How long have I been out?" asked Yakushi.

"Relax, I heard the demon you fought knocked you out cold, we arrived just in time to pull you out of there. And don't worry, the demon's dead, but sadly many lives were lost, thought we lost you since you didn't wake up. It's been almost a week since you were out cold."

"I see….."

"Samantha was crying thinking you were dead or something, little girl would be really surprised now hehehe."

"Hehehe, is that so, guess time to turn that frown upside down eh?"

"Hahaha! You got that right! Can you stand?"

"I'm still in no condition to even open my eyes without getting dizzy, so not really, no." said Yakushi as he closed his eyes. "Guess the best way for me to feel better is if I keep my eyes shut till the dizziness wears off."

"I brought some medication, they'll speed up your recovery."

Azaria then handed Yakushi the medicine and water, Yakushi took it all in and just laid there in bed, with his eyes closed.

"I'll tell the others you're up! It'd stop Samantha from crying anyway, not nice to see a little girl cry no?" said Azaria.

"Hehehe, very well, I'll…. Well, just be here." Replied Yakushi.

Azaria went off to fetch the rest of the group, they were all just sitting around the living room, thinking of their next move.

"Hey guys! Good news!" shouted Azaria.

"What'd you get?" asked Darren.

"Yakushi's awake! Come on!"

"What? Yakushi's awake?" sniffed Samantha.

"Come on!" said Azaria.

The group made their way to the room Yakushi was in, Yakushi heard the door open and turned his head to their direction, but still with his eyes closed.

"Oh God… Yakushi… you're alive…" said Jenova.

"Yakushi!" shouted Samantha as she hugged Yakushi's arm. "Don't ever do that again! I thought you were dead!"

"I'm alive, well… yeah…. I'm alive, so try not to cry eh?" said Yakushi.

"God you're so reckless!" said Samantha, hugging his arm harder.

"Told you he was tough to kill…" Cai.

"Who said I was easy in the first place? Hehehe." Smirked Yakushi. "Where am I anyway?"

"In my house…" said Jenova.

"House? More like mansion you mean!" added Noah.

"You're still in my house! Hahaha!"

"Wow, that explains this really soft bed hehehe.." said Yakushi.

Everyone heard the doorbell ring, Jenova went down to see who it is, it was advisor Salazar.

"Advisor! What're you doing here?" she asked.

"I heard that the young lad is awake?" said the advisor.

"What do you want from him?"

"Well why so defensive? I just… want to see the poor lad… been through so much.." he said slyly.

The advisor entered the room and everyone was on guard, Yakushi secretly asked Azaria to hand him a pistol, and he hid it under his blanket.

"But you can't see him, and you're dizzy… how can you shoot anyway?" whispered Azaria.

"Let me worry about that…." Replied Yakushi.

"Ah my dear boy Yakushi…. How you been?" asked the advisor.

"Well if it ain't the toothpick in the black dress, what do you want? Get straight to the point…" answered Yakushi.

"My my… temper temper… I'm just here to check on you…. And you insult me?"

Yakushi interrupts the advisor and grabbed his coat and brought him closer, pulling out the pistol Azaria gave and pointing it on the advisor's nose.

"Get to the point already…" complained Yakushi. "Unless you want to have a facial surgery right now…"

"Woah woah woah! You're not going to shoot me are you? If you do… I'll die…. You know…"

"Oh jeee, I never would've guessed…. Get to the point and get out of here…" said Yakushi as he threw the advisor backwards.

Advisor Salazar got up and dusted his coat, Yakushi still maintaining his aim at him. Yakushi's eyes was closed but he was still pointing the pistol at him. The advisor tried to take a few steps side wards but Yakushi was still trailing him, maintaining aim to his head.

"Well, I'm just here to say, watch your backs, this village isn't what it used to be anymore. There is a division south east of from here, uphill, used to be a shrine where our priests used to pray and worship. But now, reports say that something happened there." Said the advisor.

"What do you mean.. something?" asked Noah.

"Could be demons, or some supernatural force…. I don't know… a month ago, a dozen priests travelled up there, but only three came back."

"What happened to those three?" asked Cai.

"Ah… word says that they've gone mad, worse part is, one of them has disappeared….."

"And you're telling this to us because? Don't you have guards or investigators? We already have a murder case here…" added Yakushi.

"There's a bonus ….. for the accomplishment of this extra task!"

"How much we talking about?" asked Darren.

"A hundred grand, to each member! Should be more than enough now, there's eight of you after all!.. well then, I bid you all…. Farewell…. And please, try not to be killed…. It'd be such a waste of skill.."

The advisor then exited the room and left the house, the group wasn't really confident about the extra mission, they don't know what they're up against.

"The hell do you think is going on?" asked Norami.

"We've never heard of this case either… even before we left to find Yakushi and the others, no reports at all…" added Samantha.

"This doesn't add up… the advisor mentioned this started a month ago, and since you girls don't know about it, I'm guessing this wasn't made public…. But why tell us now?" added Azaria.

"I'm having a bad feeling about this…. But for now I think Yakushi needs to reach full recovery, the medicine was strong, so he should be fine within twenty four hours." Said Azaria.

"So what's the plan today?" asked Yakushi as he threw the pistol back to Azaria.

"I saw a blacksmith on the way here, I'd like to check it out…" said Noah.

"Oh goodie! I'd like to see that too!" added Darren.

"I can show you two the way, I've got nothing to do anyway…" said Norami.

"Awesome!" said Darren and Noah.

Noah, Norami and Darren, then left the house to visit the blacksmith, Yakushi couldn't move so he was still stuck in bed.

"If it's fine with anyone, I'd like to tour the village a bit… maybe I could scan for flanking spots, or anything, see you guys." Said Azaria as he also left the house.

"Cai, maybe we should… visit… well… our families.." whispered Samantha.

"Yeah, of course… Yakushi, you get well, Samantha and I have something to take care of." Said Cai.

"Catch you later!" added Samantha.

Cai and Samantha then left the house, Jenova had no other plans, so she volunteered to bodyguard Yakushi.

"You're going to what?" said Yakushi.

"Well there's a chance demons might attack, I don't want to take chances here…" said Jenova.

"Heh… well well, I didn't realize you cared!"

"I just.. uhm…"

"Don't worry I'm playing here hehehe… well at least it won't be so lonely then…"

"Hehehe yeah… nice one.. I just wanted to stay home anyway, no mood to go out, nothing to finish."

"I see…. Quite a place you've got here… but, where's your family?"

Jenova then gave a sigh after hearing Yakushi ask about her family, she tried to force a smile and took a seat next to Yakushi.

"Are you okay?" asked Yakushi.

"What? It's… It's.."

Yakushi could already tell by how she reacted, the look in her face, the forced smile, and how she talks.

"It's…. it's alright Jenova…" he said.

"My family….." sniffed Jenova.

Yakushi, despite still closing his eyes, tapped Jenova on her shoulder and said,

"I'm sorry I asked…"

Jenova started to have tears falling off her eyes, but still kept a smile on her face.

"Damned demons…." She said.

"Are the three girls the last of your family? They are cousins of yours right?"

"Actually, only the three of them, I'm just the…. Different one.."

"Oh…. Is it alright if I asked what happened?"

Jenova gave a sigh and agreed to tell Yakushi her past, she was only ten years old, she was doing some target practice out in the woods on her own. Until, her father showed up, his clothes ripped, heavily stained with blood, and carrying a bloody machete.

"Father?" said Jenova. "What's going on?"

"J-Jenova…. Get away!" said her father as he tried to attack her.

Jenova defends herself with the rifle and tries to back out.

"W-what are you doing?"

Jenova's father repeatedly strikes Jenova, until he managed to knock her down. Jenova then had no choice but to point her gun at him.

"Stay away!" she shouted.

Jenova then started to notice, her father's eyes were glowing red, and black aura surrounded him.

"Take the shot Jenova! Shoot me! Please!" her father shouted.

Jenova hesitated a lot, until her father then started to raise his blade, and attempt to impale her. Jenova then shut her eyes, and randomly fired a shot while screaming,

"FATHER!"