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Chapter 12: Wrath and Rage

'Damn it, damn it, damn IT!' Goku chanted in his head. 'I'm such an idiot! How could I let them take Sanzo from right under my nose!' The young man took out his frustrations on the cluster of demons that surrounded him. The five demons he had been fighting when Sanzo was kidnapped fell, just like that. Normally when he faced stronger opponents, the brunette liked to take his time and savor the challenge. However, these bastards had gone too far. Nobody took his sun away and lived! After dispatching his enemies, he turned to follow the blonde down the tunnel. Unfortunately his way was blocked by the giant brute and the remaining four demons who stood in his path. Goku growled, "Move."

The axe wielding demon smirked. "No can do. The boss wouldn't like being disturbed."

"The boss?" Hakkai asked, confusion evident on his face. "You mean you're not the boss?" He looked a little worse for wear. The green eyed man was shallowly panting and subtly clutching at his side. It seemed that Hakkai had bruised ribs that he was trying to hide.

An earth-shaking laugh. "Nah. I'm just the muscle. The boss is the brains; he ain't too shabby when it comes to a fight either."

"What does your boss want with Sanzo? The Scripture?" the red haired kappa asked, cautiously edging forward with his bent shakujo. Gojyo didn't look too good either. Blood poured down his face from a cut above his right eye, blending with his crimson locks and blinding him. Also, he seemed to be favoring his left leg. Just perfect.

"The boss likes opponents like the priest" the giant explained, hefting his axe over his shoulder. Little to no damage could be seen on his body. "He likes ones who don't give in easy: likes to make 'em scream." Goku froze at his statement. 'He likes to...'

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gojyo work up the energy for a decent sneer. "You guys don't know Sanzo too well, do you? No way would..."

All of a sudden, a pain-filled scream filled their ears. It was faint. A human would probably not have even heard it. But all the demons present did and the world seemed to stop. Animal sounds and the wind that had been blowing through the trees, even Hakkai's breath were all silenced.

"Was that..." Hakkai hesitantly whispered, his pain momentarily forgotten.

"Nah. No way!" A harsh rebuttal from Gojyo. "Sanzo would never..." the kappa allowed the words to die on his lips.

Goku's whole being froze. The heretic felt a slow simmer begin to build deep inside. He knew, with absolute certainty, that the sound of agony that he had heard had come from Sanzo. Sanzo was hurt and he wasn't there for him.

A fanged grin. "It seems like he's already started. Now we just gotta take care of you dumb shits."

The slow simmer in his stomach rose steadily to a furious boil. Anger darkened his brow. Oh something was going to be taken care of; he guaranteed it. "Oi, Hakkai, Gojyo." he whispered softly. "How bad are ya?"

"Bad enough to know I'll need a nap later, but well enough to wreak some havoc first." Gojyo answered first, an unusually fierce expression on his face.

"Indeed." When Hakkai gave a one word answer with that kind of dark, predatorial smile on his face, the 'younger' brunette got cold shivers down his spine. Okay, they were up for his plan.

"I need you guys to take care of things up here." Goku continued to whisper, fully aware that the demons in front of him were slowly shifting into battle stances. He would wipe their victorious grins off their faces. "I can get the two straight ahead of me, but I need you to make sure they can't regroup in front of the tunnel. See if you can draw them away somehow."

"Don't you worry about that Goku." A small burst of youki from his side indicated Hakkai's intended plan. "You just worry about staying out of the 'splash-zone' Gojyo."

"And miss out on all of the fun?" Gojyo sarcastically replied. "No thanks, I'll do my part as well. Goku, you go help the Princess."

Goku nodded and focused all of his anger into a small black pit in his chest. If he wasn't careful, the rage would overwhelm him and his coronet would break. Given the fact that Sanzo, the one who had taken a staff through the chest without a sound, had screamed; the gold eyed man was pretty sure that the monk wouldn't be up to rematerializing it if it broke. 'Use that rage to power your attack.' he thought to himself and coolly glared at his targets.

"Get them!" the massive axe wielder shouted, eyes dancing with glee at the bloodbath he thought awaited him. All of his remaining troops fell into place, charging the battered trio with a shout of triumph.

Without a single word uttered between them, the three demons leaped forward as well. Two more bursts of youki and power radiated off of the vine demon as he dashed towards the axe man and engaged him. A battered, but still functional chain soared through the air, wrapping around the weapons of the two demons who wielded them causing them to curse. Goku's adversaries, well, they didn't even have a chance to scream as nyoi-bo ran them through. He ran quickly towards the hole and, trusting his companions to do as they said, flung himself after his sun. 'Sanzo, I'm coming!'