Note: Awww! I'm so sorry! Really, really sorry it took me ages to upload this chapter. I was really busy about my drama scripts that I totally ignored my computer. Sorry everyone! I hope this one will soothe you guys out there. I actually meant to finish the story in this chapter, but it seemed that I have a lot to write. This chapter is kind of short. Do I need an epilogue? Anyway, like I usually go, Enjoy!
Chapter Thirteen
Sanzo pursed his lips. He was obviously trying his best not to lose his temper in front of the twins, even though he was provoked endlessly by the silvered hair half demon boy. He searched his pocket for his revolver and squeezed it firmly in his hand. He was not going to take any more chances. Any sudden move from the boy, or even the girl for that matter, he will shoot.
Gojyo and his brother stood speechless at the entrance of the hall. "Wow," Gojyo muttered. "That is probably the ugliest thing I had ever seen so far!" His eyes were locked tight on the large brownish black sculpture at the center of the hall. The sculpture looked like a human crossed with demon and angel. The human part was the whole body, the demon part was the red gleaming eyes and its pointed fangs in its mouth, and the angel part was the large black and white wings on its back. The thing stood tall with both its hands raised up towards the sky.
Dokugakuji rested his arm on his brother's shoulder. "You're right," He said. "Anything that ugly should be erased from this world, right?"
Gojyo nodded.
"But, how do we get there?" He walked to the side and back to the entrance. "With pentagram shield that large, the only way to get in is to…"
"Yup, kill me first!" Melyngar said, cutting through the swordsman sentences. He pressed his sister closer to him and smiled. "Unfortunately, if you shoot, you'll have to kill her too. Anyway, firstly, before I begin this most precious ceremony, I would like to thank all of you for taking your time to come and celebrate it with me. Though, you all look so pathetic out there..."
"Urusai you spoiled brat!" Sanzo snapped as he fired his gun. Apparently, as expected, the bullets disintegrated into dust as it crashed into the walls of the shield. "You are being very ridiculous, damn it!"
"Why do you even care… " Melyngar said softly as his head tilted to the side. His long silver hair fell with it. He moved closer towards the sculpture. He glanced up at the sky through the hole at the ceiling. It was almost midnight. Melyngar fiddled with the clasp of his necklace and placed his ruby stone on the left hand of the sculpture.
Melynlas stared at the red eyes with horror and began struggling. Unfortunately, her wounds have not healed yet and her energy was too low to even push her brother aside. "Let me go!" She pleaded.
"Give me your stone."
"…What?" Her eyes opened wide in surprised.
"I said, give me your stone," The boy repeated.
The girl held her necklace tightly with her hands. " No, I won't let you use it for evil purpose," She said and continued, "Please stop all this madness. Why are you doing this? Mother will be very upset if…"
Melyngar snarled. He grasped his sister's head back, exposing her throat. He pressed his hand gently on her forehead and sliced the chains into half with his dagger. "My darling sister, mom won't know, if we don't tell and mom won't know, because she's dead. She's dead!"
"How… how could you!"
"What? Say such ill things about mother? Well, I just did. I hated her. All the time. I hate every thing around me. Why are you so naive, sister? Mother has already wiped out the entire illusion species just before she died," Melyngar said softly. "Now, there are only two of us left. Do you think the humans will treat us equally if we show them out real form? We are demons. We will always be different. Even if any one of us dies, it won't even bother them. "
Melynlas was stunned by those words. Was it true? Was everything that he had said true? That she was just a speck of dust in the eyes of others? Her heart suddenly felt heavy. She sank back and watched silently as her brother placed their red rubies on the sculpture's hands.
"No!" David shouted from the opposite side. "You can't give up now. You're not alone. You're not the only demon on the planet. See…" He said and pushed his floppy fringe aside, revealing a pair of sharp pointed ears. "Though I am not of your kind, but I know that you are not alone!"
Gojyo laughed. Seeing David so tensed up so sudden suddenly brought back his memories when he was young. Those were the days when everyone seemed to hate him. Including his one and only mother. Why? It was because of some stupid reason he wished to forget. What in the world was a cursed child? Was it a bad omen that he was brought to this world? "Yup kid," He said finally. "What your brother is half true and a whole lot of lies. My bro and I here are demons. So are Zeon, Hakkai, Yaone, Lirin, Goku and more." Gojyo said and smiled when he saw the girl's bitter smile.
"What about that angry man over there, then?" She said shakily, pointing her fingers towards Sanzo.
"That? That person is what you call a corrupt human. Only waiting for the perfect time to be dispose."
"Urusai! Do you want to die first!" The monk exploded.
"Goku, Goku, wake up!" Lirin shouted, pushing and slapping the boy's face. Was he really that tired of rather, he's enjoying his time resting while the other's are in trouble.
"Goku!"
"Ittai!" Goku shrieked at last as Lirin's super punch landed on his left cheek. He studied the surroundings and back at Lirin. "Where are the others?
"Gracious. It took me ages to even stir you. What have you been dreaming about, anyway," Lirin sighed and got up from the ground. "Hakkai-san has gone with Yaone-san to fine the rest. Come on, we don't have all night. I sense that we are actually closer to our target then a few hundred meters ago."
"Right, hungry, need food."
"Huh? What?"
Goku shook his head and grabbed Lirin's hand as they hurried down the hallway. True to what Lirin had said, soon they came towards a large boarded door. "What should we do?" He asked.
"I think we should go and get ourselves a cotton candy each," Lirin answered and slapped her forehead. "What else should we do if not break it down." Using her leftover strength, she punched the door open and revealed the room where Sanzo and the rest are. Ignoring the monk, she rolled her eyes over to the center of the room. "Whoa, ugly!"
"Sanzo-sama!" Goku shouted happily from the other end of the room. "Na, Sanzo, I'm hungry…"
"Where's Jezebel?!" Melyngar snapped. "Why didn't she kill you as I told her to!" The boy searched the room for any sign of his follower, but to no avail. "What have you done to her…?"
Lirin hopped from the side towards Sanzo. "You mean that spooky looking girl with black wings and bloody fangs? Oh, she's gone."
"What?!"
Goku smiled at and licked his lips. "Yummy!"
"You… you can't…" He shrieked and hurled a flaming fireball towards the five of them.
"Miss me!" Lirin laughed.
Angry, the silvered hair boy ignored them and walked closer and closer to the sculpture. As he walked, everyone in the room could hear the sound from the school's bell tower. The crackling sound of thunder could also be heard as it started down pouring. "This is not good," Goku murmured. What now? Goku pulled his sleeves up and focused on the raging boy in front of him. He took a quick glance at himself on the large piece of broken glass on the floor.
Melyngar took a deep breath and chuckled.
"Huh? What's so funny? Do I look stupid if I am serious?"
"Boy…" Melyngar said suddenly in a soft tone. " I know you are cursed, just like me. You are born a demon. But you have lived for five hundred years, a life span, which I cannot reach. You are cursed, yet you can afford to enjoy life. Me? I was born with a curse placed by my own mother because she fears that I will be like other illusion men. I have limited life span. What do you look forward to in life?"
"Who, me?"
Melyngar nodded.
Goku shook his head and looked at all his friends and then back at him. "I… I don't really have anything to ask for, really. Maybe food. I'm really hungry."
"That's one lame answer!" Lirin shouted from behind.
"What?" Goku shouted back and without realizing it, both of them were in a mouth fight, screaming at each other as usual.
"Will you guys cut it out and look!" Gojyo snapped at last.
"Holy cow…" Goku murmured.
"I have nothing left to lose," Melyngar said as he bend down, revealing a pair of large black wings, which flaps slowly, creating a miniature turbulence. "I can't stand all these happiness anymore."
"Brother…" Melynlas gasped, trying to grab the rubies from her brother's hand. "Brother, what are you doing?!"
"Let go of my arms, sister!"
"No, you will die! You can't stand the extreme pressure this formation produce! It takes two to handle this!"
"Then, answer me, sister!" Melyngar pushed her aside. "Will you follow and help me, or stay with your pitiful friends? Who do you care the most?"
"I will follow none!" She shouted and struggled to her feet. Soon, the both of them began pulling and pushing each other. Melynlas grappled, tugging the rubies from her brother's palms.
"Someone should stop them," Gojyo stated. "But how the hell do we get in there!"
"Everyone, shield!" Hakkai shouted, suddenly appearing from nowhere.
Bright light arose from outside the building windows, blinding everyone in the room, followed by a large red flame. What looked like a large red bird rose out of the flames and began spraying the room with searing heat and intense fire. Lirin shrieked and pulled Goku down beside Sanzo as they all duck for safety. The watched as the fire swallowed the furniture and ornaments in the room.
After a while, the large bird flew around and burned itself among the flames until it turned to ashes and disappeared.
They watched opened mouth at the center of the room. There was no fire left at it was put out by the heavy rain. Slowly, the red glowing pentagram began fading. Sanzo stepped out from Hakkai's bright green barrier and walked slowly to the center. He saw pieces of broken rubies scattered around him. He took out his gun and held it firmly. The monk made his way across the room towards a black moving shadow. "Stop hiding! It's over, you spoiled brat!" Sanzo spat and paused.
Melyngar stepped out from the dark. "I… guess… my plan didn't work… after all."
"Brother!" Melynlas shrieked from behind the blonde monk, but he stopped her. "Brother…" She whimpered trying to close her eyes, but instead, raised her open hands to her face and scream.
The dark thick smoke behind Melyngar revealed a figure of a woman. As she observed her, she came to realize that she was a horrible remains of a woman. She was dress entirely black, which made her hard to be seen in the shadowy light.
The woman's face was skeletal, locked in hideous, open-jawed grin. Tiny pockets of green, decaying flesh still clung in the crevices of her skull. She had no face at all. Strands of spidery black hair snaked down from under her hood.
Melyngar raised his arms to the side as he looked at his sister's face meaningfully.
"Brother… what is this…"
The skeletal figure rattled as it mover towards Melyngar. It's bony hands outstretched.
" I… have nothing to lose…"
"What… what are you talking about?" Melynlas shrieked in tears. "This should not happen! I sealed grim reaper, before I came here!"
Melyngar smiled. " I release her."
"H… How?"
"Grim reaper has unlimited power, which I need to create my own world… I made a vow to her. If I win, she takes the souls of the dead to feed herself. If I fail… I am so stupid. All I think was about myself. Sister, you are totally opposite of me. You are happy, and I am not. You deserve to live, but I don't, therefore…"
"No… stop!"
"There is so much differences in both of us. Maybe… maybe I'll get to see you in the next life?"
"It is time…!" whispered the woman, the sound that of dry rushing wind. The skeleton moved with surprising agility. It's hands snapped out, and her dry, bony fingers wrapped themselves like snakes around his throat. "Die…"
Melyngar gagged as the woman's fingers tightened around his throat. Her cadaverous arms wrapped around him, smothering him in darkness, choking him with the sour smell of the dead, laughing triumphantly, dry huffs of silent laughter blowing through her open jaws.
"…No… stop…" Melynlas' voice was shivering now, choked on her own tears as she buried her face into Sanzo's arm.
Melyngar began to see flashes of red, swirls of red, growing brighter and brighter as the skeleton hugged him, choked of his breath, and wrapped itself around him. With the remaining energy, he raised his wings and separated himself from his sister. I don't want to let her see me, he whispered to himself. I want to die, alone, like I always do.
He saw everything around him became dark and cold. For the first time, and also the last, he screamed.
Melynlas covered her hears and shut her eyes.
But, she couldn't shut out her brother's final scream.
When the scream faded, Melynlas opened her eyes. As she stared in openmouthed horror, she watched the creature melted in a glowing malodorous ball of flame, which slowly vanished in a choking cloud of smoke.
Sobbing in terror, still struggling to catch her breath, she stared at the lifeless body of her brother on the floor. Is it the end? Did she actually mean to see her brother in cold blood?
Everything went red.
And then black.
She could hear the sound of gunshot. She could feel herself sinking to the floor, but she couldn't do anything about it.
End of chapter…
