Disclaimer: I do not own Bloody Roar. Shin and a few other characters are of my design though.

Chap. 7

The group entered in the area near the quiet town. Too quiet, thought Kenji to himself. The car stopped and everyone got out.

"Took you long enough."

Behind them, Gado emerged. His shirt was slightly torn.

"I had a little encounter."

He went on to tell them about the information of project Z, his encounter with Kohryu and another assassin.

Jane/Shina grumbled, "So now they know we're here."

"Yes, so keep your eyes open."

The group searched the grassland, looking for any sign of a facility. To their surprise, they found it, in the open area of the plain. They crouched in the grass.

"I don't sense any kind of security. Human, animal or electrical." Kenji noted.

Shina looked around, "No guards, open area. I don't need to be a leopard to tell that this smells like a trap."

Gado agreed, "Yes, but perhaps we can use that to our advantage. We should divide into teams, find out what's going on, and eliminate it."

Yugo nodded, "Agreed. We'll form two teams. Gado, you can go with Shina and Alice. I'll go with Mitsuko, Kenji, and Uriko."

Alice was about to protest, but Yugo cut her off, "Don't worry. We'll be fine."

They all split up, entering on both sides of the building. Yugo's team sneaked around the corridors, but there were no sign of guards anywhere. Yugo didn't like this one bit and that proved true when a hidden hatch opened beneath Kenji and he fell through.

"Kenji!"

But as soon as he had vanished, guards came up out of nowhere and trained their guns on the remaining three. The trio looked around helplessly. Even if they transformed, they wouldn't last too long against men with weapons in a tight corridor like this. Slowly, Yugo put up his hands.

"Yugo?"

Yugo's face remained tight, "Don't worry Uriko. If they wanted us dead, they would have killed us already. And we are in no position to do anything."

"True words, Yugo Ohgami."

From out of the men stood a young man, with raven-black hair and blood-red eyes.

"Take the two women to their cells. Yugo is to be taken to the zone." He turned away, but not before speaking, "And don't worry. Your other friends will be with you soon enough."

Yugo yelled out, "Where's Kenji? Tell me!"

The young man turned back, "Kenji? Ah, yes, Bakuryu Beta."

Yugo was surprised, "Bakuryu Beta?"

"Yes. The one you call Kenji is the first of our kind. He is the first completed zoanathrope assassin. You've already met Bakuryu Delta and Kohryu, who is the prototype Bakuryu Alpha."

Misuko questioned, "Delta? You mean Shin?"

 "Yes, Shin. Bakuryu Delta"

Yugo growled "Where is he? And where is Kenji?"

The man smirked, "I wouldn't worry about them. They are one of us. But you, you have been sentenced to die. Project Z will take care of that."

Uriko noted, "'One of you?' Who are you?"

"I am Bakuryu Gamma. Now if you will excuse me, I have business elsewhere. Take him away."

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Kenji fell down a long slide away into a dark cavern. He stood up, slightly disorientated. He was in complete darkness.

"Hello, Beta."

The voice came out of somewhere in the void, but Kenji recognized it.

"Shin."

"Now I know that with your senses, this darkness is as clear as light to you. So you won't mind if I turn on the lights."

The lights came on and Kenji found himself in a large room, which looked like a training area. Before him was Shin, now dressed in the same ninja garb as Kenji, only it was blue-grey and black. His eyes were blood-red, the same as the other man before.

"Recognize this place? This is where they trained us. To be the ultimate assassination unit."

Kenji looked around, "Yes, I remember. It was horrible."

"Maybe. But the results were worth it."

Kenji looked back at him, "Shin. I know you're in their somewhere. You have to fight it."

Shin merely stared, "Don't waste your breath."

Shin leapt into the air and Kenji followed. The two ninja fought through the air as though it was nothing. However, Kenji was having trouble fighting him like that. Shin had become much faster than before, and Kenji was knocked out of the air.

Shin landed, "I am Bakuryu Delta, the aerial assassin. You are merely the land one. Do you really think you'd stand a chance in my terrain?"

Kenji shook himself up and transformed into his mole-form. Shin just looked at him blankly.

"Very well. Have it your way, then."

Shin transformed as well and Kenji charged at him. Shin dodged the blow, but it was only a feint and Kenji dug underground. Shin stood still, his eyes closed. Suddenly, Kenji burst out of the ground, but Shin raised his clawed foot and slash-kicked him into the air.

"That trick won't work again."

Kenji flipped in the air and prepared to attack on the way down, but he saw Shin blink with energy and he realized that he'd made a mistake.

"Oh, no. He's using his beast drive!"

Shin flew up and let out a slashing strike with one of his feathered arms. Kenji was in the air again and Shin followed and split into four. Each shadow attacked Kenji while in air and it ended with them converging together and dropping down in Kenji in a flash of lightning, completing the Flash Lightning beast drive. Kenji was down, unconscious, and pinned by the talon foot of Shin. Shin removed his foot and raised his hand for the killing blow. But he found himself unable to do so.

"That's enough."

Shin turned to face the mechanical Kohryu.

"He may be more useful alive. Take him to the re-education lab."

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Elsewhere…

Gado, Shina, and Alice had a little run-in of their own. They were surrounded by guards just like the others. But they were in an open room, so they were able to fight. Already many of the guards were unconscious on the ground. The three beastmen ran though and sealed themselves in a room.

Shina locked the door, "That'll keep them out for awhile."

Alice shook her head, "But now we're stuck in here."

Gado looked around and suddenly, a computer at a nearby console came up automatically. On it came up loads of information.

Shina looked as well, "This is info on everything. Project Z, Bakuryu, even the schematics of this place. Who could have set this up?"

Gado smiled, "Looks like the bat has struck again."

"Jenny."

"Yep."

Alice read the data, "This is everything on Neo-Tylon. Their projects, plans, even experiments. With this, we can stop them for good this time."

"I doubt that."

The trio looked up to see Bakuryu Gamma, in a light green ninja garb.

"I don't know how, but now that you know, neither of you will leave here alive."

 The trio stood in battle stance. "You and what army?"

Gamma merely smiled, "I can assure you that I will be more than enough for you."

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In another part of the facility…

"So is it ready?"

"Yes master. The data from the battle with units 1 and 2 were more than enough. Project Z –Zeta- is active."

"Good. Send it to the zone. We'll test its capabilities on the wolf and see how he fares against it."

"Are you suggesting that Yugo stands a chance?"

I suggest nothing. I'm stating that that wolf-boy has surprised me before. But he has no idea what he's up against."

"On another note, unit 1 has been re-educated and is ready for battle."

"The boy, huh? Send him with unit 3. He is currently fighting Gado and two others."

"Just him, sir?"

"No. Send also units 2 and 0. Keep 0 hidden as backup. I don't want to take any chances, especially with the rabbit. She's stronger than she let's on."

"Yes sir. And the prisoners?"

"Hmm. The boar is expendable, and the prototype, Uriko has outlived her usefulness. Terminate them."

"As you wish."