I am so sorry for keeping you guys waiting. I truly didn't meant to. My computer was sent to the workshop for upgrading and I was offline for the rest of two weeks. So sorry ^-^; Anyway, thank you for you support. I know, I love dogs, too. And about Zeon, he'll be there, but not in the mean time. He has to report his duties to Master Homura, I think. Ha…ha…ha…

So, please do sit back enjoy this chapter from me, miaw!

Chapter Eleven

Sanzo gasped. He slowly lowered down his gun and guilt was written all over his face. He watched in horror as blood began pooling around the girl as she forced herself to lean against the wall for support. "What have I done?!" He murmured.

"She doesn't die easily with three bullets through her. Maybe you should pump in four more," Melyngar interrupted from behind, deliberately mocking the monk. "I can't thank you enough for helping me enlighten my burden…"

"Shut up!" The monk exploded. "Shut up, shut up, shut up!" His screams slowly disappeared, blending with the sound of his shooting. However, none of his aims hit his target.

Melyngar laughed behind his glowing barrier. "You know what, you people are so… pathetic." He shoved passed Dokugakuji towards his sister. He floated around her before roughly pulling her closer to him. "My darling 'sister', it has been a long time!" He said, holding her tightly in his arms.

"N… No," Melynlas choked as she tried to tear herself away from him. "Stop, you're hurting me! Why are you doing this?"

The demon shook his head. His long hair swayed around his face. "No reason. I guess, for fun and revenge." His rolled his eyes to the left at where Sanzo and Dokugakuji stood. He sneered at them and then turned his attention back to his sister. "How could you even think of asking help from the same person who almost destroyed our life?"

"He is not the same…" She protested weakly. "If you have heart, you could have tell the difference between these people and those who have used us!"

Melyngar sighed. "Enough chats. Let's go have a feast!" he said happily and vanished together with his sister just as Dokugakuji tried to snatch the girl away from him. "You're all invited to our party tonight… that's if you're still alive!" Melyngar's laughter echoed through the long dark hallway. A few seconds later, Sanzo and Dokugakuji were surrounded by thousands of mindless zombies.

"Die!" Lirin shouted as she lurched towards another pack of gray wolves. Even though she was in a body of a small elementary school girl, thankfully, she still had her demon strength with her. "Goku, do you think they're actually multiplying?" She asked, just as a large brown dog stopped in front of her.

Goku planted his sharp fangs into the wolf's right leg, completely ignoring the girl's question. He was enjoying himself, especially the chocolate cookies Gojyo gave him every time he finished off an amount of enemies.

"Goku!" Lirin repeated angrily.

"What?!" He growled back.

"I'm asking you a question."

"I don't know. Besides, I'm enjoying myself. Why don't you, too," He suggested.

Lirin pouted her lips and left him. She hurried down the steep stairs at the end of the passage, followed by the rest of the group. She realized that almost half of the building had collapsed when she noticed that there were many broken planks scattered on the second floor, the moment she entered it. The damage done earlier has completely created a large hole on the structures building.

One more last stairs, she thought as she ran through another long passage. Suddenly, without warning, Lirin felt herself being pushed hard to the side. Her body felt numb for a while. She could hear Goku barking not far from her but the mist that had came from nowhere had made her visions a little blur. "Goku!" She called out as she tried to move away from her side.

"Hold on," A voice came from behind.

"Yaone-chan…" The girl rubbed her eyes. The mist was blinding her. "Yaone-chan, where's everybody?"

"Thank goodness that was only an plank," She said. Yaone pulled the girl up and moved back to the center of the passage. "Hakkai and Goku are just ahead of us. Gojyo is taking the short cut."

Finally, when the four of them reached the last stairs, they came to a sudden stop. Something is not right, Lirin though. This is too easy. There weren't many monsters back then.

"On guard!" Hakkai said. He walked slowly to the front. Suddenly, the narrow veranda began to glow. Hakkai tried to step back but couldn't. He felt as if his legs were forcing him to go on.

Yaone followed close to him. She was shocked and amazed at the same time. The floors and walls leading to the stairs ware scribbled with ancient looking writing which illuminate neon red. She tried to study the writings, but from far, it looked blurry.

Feeling a little curious also, the girl walked close to the side and traced the glowing writing along the walls with her finger. It felt a little warm and moist. Lirin shined her torchlight on the wall and shrieked.

"What is it?!" Hakkai jumped in surprised.

"Yuck! These writtings are written with blood. Fresh blood."

"Huh?"

By now, Lirin's mind was spinning. Whose blood did they use? Was it the wolf's one? Those zombies? Other animals? Or… Lirin shook her head. "No!" She screamed in her head. It couldn't be David's. Not so soon.

"Are you alright?" Yaone asked, when she realized that the small girl in front of her was trembling.

"It couldn't be his…"

"It is."

The three of them spun around and saw Jezebel standing a few meters away from the stairs.

"You!" Lirin screech angrily and tried to move closer towards her. But then, she stopped and realized that, all the three of them had stepped into another of that demon's trap. The blood, which seemed to glow, was actually used to highlight the pentagram drawing on the floor as well as on the walls and ceilings. They cannot move as long as they are in the drawing. "When did you set this?!"

"Long, long time ago," She smirked and smile as she lowered her daggers. " Do you think I was stupid to fall into you and your stupid friend's trick?"

Lirin gasped. "You knew? How?"

Jezebel laughed. "Your trick was child's play. Everyone could see through such pathetic disguise," She said, twirling her fingers between Lirin's fake blue hair. "You are a demon, you are supposed to know that a demon has a good sense of smell."

"C…Can't breath…"

"Let her go!" Goku barked from behind the both of them. Apparently, he was the only one who managed to find the other way round the pentagram. He charged and dug his fangs into the demon's arm. "No one messes with my girl!"

Jezebel whirled around, pushing and slapping the dog from her arm. "Get off me, you mad dog!" She shrieked and pulled out her dagger with her other hand.

"Goku, watch out!" Hakkai shouted. But it was too late. Goku yelped in pain as the sharp blade went through his body. Soon, he was forced to let go of her arm. He tried to move his legs but couldn't.

Realizing that she had managed to make him weak, Jezebel grinned and took him by the collar. "What should I do with low-lives?" She asked, shoving the dog's face closer to Lirin's.

Goku yelped. This is not good, he thought when the girl moved towards the large window beside the stairs. He bent his head down a little and began to shiver. There, right underneath him, were long poles with sharpened ends. He couldn't even count the dead bodies sticking on some of the poles. He prayed hard that she would change her mind and do something else to him. Much better than getting holes through your body, his mind shrieked.

"Bye bye!"

What the…

"NOO!" Lirin cried out as Goku's howling slowly disappeared down the building.

Gojyo tiptoed towards a large barred door at the ground floor. He knew that behind the door is the school's garden of chemical. A place where all poisonous and toxic chemicals are kept and experiments are done, apart from cloning and creating new plants. You can't be too relaxed in this kind of place, he thought. He pressed his ears on the door to hear any sound from the opposite side.

At first there wasn't any sound, but then, after a while, he heard a soft moan. Slowly, he turned the door's knob. Odd, he wondered. Why didn't they lock the door if there's a hostage in there?

"Don't come in." The voice from the other side hissed angrily.

Gojyo jumped up in surprised. "Who are you?"

Silence.

"Hey!"

"Please, Just don't come in," the voice from the other side pleaded again. Unfortunately, so overcome with curiosity, Gojyo ignored his plead and barged in. "Whoa!" He jumped in surprised.

There, right in front of him, was the large round garden, he used to know, but with a little modification. They were more plants than usual, and each four pillars at the corners of the garden ware heavily scribbled with weird paintings and drawings. Connecting these four pillars were strands of what looked like intestines. They hung slimily from the ceiling to the ground. Gojyo pressed his hands upon his nose. This is absolutely gross and gross, he grinned.

Taking small steps at a time, trying to avoid the sharp plants around him, he made his way to the center of the garden. After a while, a large green structure greeted him at the center. At the bottom of the structure, he noticed bright red liquid flowing out of it into small-carved lanes, which seemed to be circling the place around him. He moved closer towards it.

"Why!" The structure boomed.

Gojyo jumped back in surprised. "Hey, take it easy, man," He laughed. But then, he felt something sharp clawing down his feet. He looked down and gasped. His eyes rolled around the garden. Now then he realized that the plants in the garden were all shaped like humans. "What is going on here?"

"Why didn't you listen to me?!" The structure repeated again. "Why? Why? You are wasting the time I gave you, you know that!"

"What?" The red-haired man questioned. He studied the tall green thing in front of him and frowned. "David? David, is that you?"

Goku groaned. He felt like every parts of his body were ripped apart. He took a deep breath and tried to push himself up. His head was throbbing with pain. As far as he could remember, he could not recall seeing anyone that heartless in his entire life. He rubbed his forehead and pushed his brownish hair back. He looked around.

Somehow, he was outside the building. Finally, he thought. The pale blue moonlight was a great help as it shone over the school signboard. Well, at least, I'm still in the school compound. Suddenly, he felt his head throbbing with an even more excruciating pain. He crouched down and squeezed his head between his hands. He could feel as if every part of him was cracking up again. What's going on, he shrieked silently as he watched his hands began to grow crooked. His fingernails became pointed and sharp and he could feel his fangs slid down from his gums.

"This is…!" He screamed. "This is not happening!" He felt his body heating up and his heartbeat was pumping even faster that usual.

Then suddenly, everything was silent again.

There, standing on the same spot but with eyes full of anguish and hunger, was the other side of Goku, Seiten Taisen.

"Did you hear anything?" Hakkai asked.

Yaone shook her head. Right now she was busy figuring out how to break down the spell set on them. They had been standing at the same spot for almost an hour and her legs were killing her. However, she couldn't struggle a lot as Jezebel was standing right opposite her beside Lirin.

Poor Lirin, she thought. It must be hard on her to lose a friend that fast. That boy didn't even have the time to say goodbye and what's with her, she wondered, looking at Jezebel. She had watched the pale-skinned demon non-stop sharpening her blades in front of the princess. Did she really mean to kill all of them? Yaone fiddled with her explosive balls inside her pocket. If only she was a little away from the girl, at least she could blind her for a while with her blinding explosion. But, did she read her mind, too?

Suddenly, the large window behind them shattered.

Lirin gasped.

From the shattered window, Goku leaped furiously in.

Jezebel stared at the boy in disbelief. "I Thought I've killed you!" She said and sprang up into defensive position.

The moment Jezebel moved away from where Lirin and Yaone stood, Goku acted. Launching himself across the space that divided them, he hit the demon with a strong force, bringing them both crashing to the ground. Giving full vent to a fury that knew no bounds, he smashed his fist again and again into the pale girl's body. The demon in the boy, his hidden inner ability, gave him an almost manic strength.

But after the first shock of attack, Jezebel reacted swiftly. Driven by a violent rage at the intruder who had robbed her quiet moment with her 'rats'. The girl drove a swift blow into her attacker stomach. Winded, Goku momentarily slackened his grip. It was the chance Jezebel needed.

She rolled away and moved into her pentagram. This was an advantage to her. As long as she was in there, Goku could not make contact with her. She watched the boy's angry movement behind Lirin. She could sense his sudden increase of power. She knew that the boy in front of her was not the same person a while ago. He looks so hungry, she thought.

Goku paced back and forth the pentagram. Get out! His mind screamed. His patience was thinning. Sooner or later, he knew that he will explode with extremity and soon, will cause someone he knew, someone he cared, their lives. Goku knew, if this goes on any longer, he could lose his mind and go absolutely berserk.

End of chapter…