Ok, I'm sorry that I didn't explain it to you about the Hara thing
last chapter, dream-eater. Tyler is Zanku, and he loves Yohina, but Yohina
likes Kyle and Kyle likes her too. About the girl called Hara that Kyle
loved years before has nothing to do with Yohina. It's just the same name,
but not the same person. So, is that OK?
Chapter Sixteen—Humanity
"What's she doing here?" Nuriko asked with shock just as much as Hakkai and Machi.
"It's a trick." Hakkai said with certainty.
"You sure seem confident." Machi grumbled.
Hakkai gave out a small smile. "No matter how much I love her, I know she is dead. Only the gods can give her back to me, and I certainly know that no one in this place is a god."
"Now that's one thing less to worry about. I was thinking that you might go crazy or something, like you did over Chin Yisou." Machi said.
"I'm over that. Now let's beat her and get going." Hakkai said and was the first to attack. Yet, even if they did get over the emotional discussion, the attack didn't work. It wasn't Hakkai's fault. Actually, when his attack hit Kanan, he went through her, so it seemed that she really was a ghost.
"Gonou, what are you doing? Where am I?" Kanan's spoke quietly.
Hakkai froze. No matter what he said, he still loved Kanan more than anything. She died because he wasn't able to save her, and now, she's here, but he doesn't believe in her existence anymore.
"Kanan, is that really you?"
"Hakkai, don't listen to her! She's not Kanan!" Unlike Hakkai, Machi and Nuriko weren't fooled. They could se that Kanan must've used some trick when Hakkai attacked. They looked at each other and nodded as if they could talk telepathically. They both charged forward, but went through Kanan just like Hakkai.
"Hakkai, help me! They're trying to hurt me!" Kanan shouted and pointed at Machi and Nuriko.
Hakkai was clearly under a spell. He walked in front of Kanan and formed an energy ball. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you." He said and sent the energy ball at the girls.
Machi and Nuriko jumped out of the way. "Damn! He's completely under her control." Machi grumbled.
"Well, that's why we're with him. You take care of that witch while I distract Hakkai."
"Don't order me around! And how come you get the easy one?"
"It's called teamwork? God, I wish Sanzo is here to give you a good whipping!"
"Shut up and go! He's still blocking my way." Machi changed the subject.
Without saying anything anymore, Nuriko summoned up her powers. Shielding herself from Hakkai's attacks, she advanced closer so she'd be able to get in range. Machi was right behind her. Nuriko sent a full force attack at Hakkai when he was just about to launch another energy ball. The attack hit Hakkai on surprise. He didn't even have time to dodge. Within a second, he was frozen within a mountain of ice, unable to move.
"Hurry up! He'll die in there if you don't finish this in five minutes!"
"I'll only need one!" Even as Machi said those words, a snake formed of stone had climbed out of the floor.
The gentle face of Kanan changed. It became contorted and evil. The face drained of its color and became paper white. The stone snake opened its jaw and shot forward, but only passed through the demon's transparent body again.
"You can't hit me! I'm invincible!"
"Oh really? If that's the case, then I guess I'll just have to crush your soul." Machi smirked and a magical string wrapped itself around the snake's jaw. "This is called the 'Soul String." Whatever it touches, the creature's soul goes to the demon plane, never to return. I hope you'll enjoy your stay with the 'demons' in the demon world!"
The snake attacked again before the ghost demon could make another move. The string whipped itself around the monster. A flash of light occurred. When the light disappeared, the snake and the demon were both gone as well.
"Where did you learn that?" Nuriko interrogated.
"A little birdy told me. Anyway, aren't you going to let him out?" Machi answered innocently and pointed at the iceberg.
"Oops! I forgot!" Nuriko said and with a wave of her hand, the ice disappeared. Hakkai stumbled for a few steps before regaining balance.
"What happened? Where's Kana?" He asked urgently.
"Hakkai, you fell under that demon's spell." Nuriko pointed it out seriously.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I know she's gone, but it's so hard to accept it, even after so long."
"What about Vessica? Didn't she...?" Before Nuriko could finish, an explosion occurred. Half of the roof fell down as they rushed to see what was going on.
"So much for don't get noticed."
"We should get out of here!" Sakura suggested while a strip of water met Kougaiji's fire threads.
"No point. I changed my mind. Maybe we should finish this today after all." Sanzo replied without flinching from all the attacks. Goku was too absorbed in the fight to care about anything at all.
Kougaiji sneered. "You won't get out even if you want to!"
"Just shut up!" Sakura shouted. She had some weird mood swings lately. It wasn't like her to say those words at all.
Two water balls formed in her hands as she and Goku charged at Kougaiji at the same time. As she ran, several images suddenly flashed in her mind. There were vines; they were wrapped around Yohina, blood; a hand going into Yohina's body, pulling out a crystal ball; standing in front of Yohina were Koushu and Dr. Ni. This vision was stronger than all the rest. She immediately had a very very bad feeling about it.
She backed off as Goku and Kougaiji fought on with each other. Her eyes had fear in there. "Sanzo, we have to find Yohina! She might need our help!" Even as she shouted for Sanzo, she could hear her own voice quiver.
"Not now! Whatever you see, we have to get these demons off our asses." Sanzo retorted.
Yet, almost instantly after he spoke, they all heard an explosion somewhere belong them. It was louder than their fight. Everyone stopped and wondered what was going on.
"Now can we go?" Sakura begged.
"Whatever!" Sanzo said, but he and Kougaiji were already rushing out the door to the stairs.
All hostility was forgotten as Sanzo, Sakura, Goku, and the rest of the demons rushed downstairs to see what was happening. When they reached the 3rd floor, other demons were coming from everywhere to go downstairs, so they knew that the sound is not from the 3rd floor. Yet, as they got to the second floor, almost the whole place was filled with smoke. Instinctively, they all headed for the right.
Seconds later, they were at where the explosion occurred and Sanzo was the first one to see Gojyo and Hakkai. "What's going on?" He asked.
"There is our playmate. The demon that's behind everything." Gojyo pointed into the smoke.
Seconds later, when the smoke cleared, Sanzo saw a female demon with blue hair and cold eyes looking back at him. Beside her was a guy dressed in a doctor suit. Sanzo guessed that he must be a demon too, and one that understood the future science for Gyumaoh's resurrection. Before them was Yohina. She was hurt badly from the looks of it. Some of her clothes were torn. She was lying in a pool of blood. That was when he noticed the vines around her. Some were burned down, others still moved around, trying to find a way to get to her.
"If it isn't Priest Sanzo, nice to meet you!" The female demon said with a cold welcoming smile that sent shivers down all the girls' spines.
"What did you do with her?" Nuriko asked and pointed at Yohina.
"She was the one who wouldn't listen to me. I told her that if she doesn't move, then the vines would not hurt her. When she decided to burn the vines, the vines just attacked her." Lady Koushu shrugged.
"What the hell happened here?" Sanzo muttered to Gojyo under his breath.
"We got in the room to see what's in here. That was when the vines grabbed us. It turned out that this demontress, Lady Koushu, and her assistant Dr. Ni is already waiting for us. They told us that they want the crystal that is inside of Yohina, either than, or the scripture you carry. They are both strong enough to revive Gyumaoh. That was when Yohina fought back. She saved us, blocked all the vines herself." Gojyo explained as quickly as he could.
"Hakkai, try to get over to her and heal her. We'll hold off all the rest." Sanzo ordered.
Hakkai didn't say anything and just moved forward. "If you move, we'll kill her." Koushu warned as the vines got closer to Yohina.
"Don't mind her and go. She's got a fire field around her. It can hold back the vines. Just get her out of there." Nuriko said as she walked side by side with Hakkai. Hakkai nodded and started to run. Dokugakugi intervened. Hakkai hit him mercilessly on the chest.
"This is no play time." He said when he saw all his companions looking at him with disbelief. When Dokugakugi fell down, the vines shot up to the air like a tidal wave and dashed forward. Some headed toward Sanzo and the others while the rest went for Hakkai and Yohina.
"Ice Wall!" Nuriko shouted and a whole wall of ice formed between the vines and the Sanzo party. It was too bad that Kougaiji was at their side. His fire burned a hole through the ice wall and soon melted it. The vines came through.
"You asshole!" Goku shouted and rushed toward Kougaiji with hatred. At the same time, some vines grabbed Nuriko and threw her into the air. Luckily, Gojyo caught her, even if the two of them both fell hard onto the floor.
"Don't get near me..." Yohina muttered when Hakkai was about to heal her. He had his shield up so the vines couldn't get through.
"Yohina, it's me. It's going to be OK."
"Don't heal me. I don't need it. Go back with Sanzo and the others. I'm going to be fine." Amazingly, she sat up. Hakkai watched in amazement as all the blood slowly flowed back into Yohina's body through the wounds.
"How...how does she do that?" Lady Koushu watched Yohina in shock.
"It's obvious the crystal inside of her. It consists the power of Demontress Hara from 1000 years ago. The healing is not always usable, but sometimes it works depends on the heart of the user, not the power." Dr. Ni explained.
"That just makes me want it even more. The thought of my beloved Gyumaoh with those powers, he'll never leave me again!" Lady Koushu was happy, in a way. Out of the ground, more vines came out. Yohina saw this first. With a sweep of her powers, she sent Hakkai back to safety, where the fight only consisted of Kougaiji and his followers.
"I can't give you that crystal! It's my life! Now get lost!" Yohina shouted with determination as her wings came out and her whole body is surrounded in fire. That should ward off the vines.
"You think that a little fire can ward off my pets? Look again!" Koushu laughed evilly. Yohina looked and saw the vines turned to metal whips instead of plants. Seeing this, she withdrew the fires, knowing that it's no use against all of the metal. Instead, she dodged the vines as much as she could and headed for Koushu directly.
"Naïve girl! You are nothing compared to the Demontress from a thousand years ago!" Koushu disappeared and reappeared behind Yohina. She may not look like it, but she was a demon of the high rank. Yohina, still lacking in experience, really was not a match for her.
"Longer!" Goku's staff intervened before Koushu could touch Yohina. Somehow, Goku had gotten away from his fight and saw Yohina was in danger.
"Thanks, monkey-head."
"I just saved your life, so don't call me monkey-head!" Goku screamed at her.
"You guys are getting on my nerves!" Koushu sighed. Half of the metal whips surrounded Goku and soon locked him in place. The other half attacked Yohina. No matter how hard she fought them, they kept on coming.
"Yohina, hang on!" Gojyo, Nuriko, and Machi came to her help soon, leaving Kougaiji and his followers to Sanzo, Hakkai, and Sakura.
The three of them worked their way through the metal vines as quickly as they could. "Ahhhh!" Yohina screamed as two vines wrapped themselves around her body. Her wings disappeared from the pain of being crushed. Soon, just within a second of her helplessness, she was locked in the air, just like Goku.
"Now for the rest of you!" Koushu said and with Yohina and Goku out of the way, the living metals went for Gojyo, Nuriko, and Machi. Luckily, the three of them were able to escape back into Hakkai's barrier. Koushu, seeing that the rest of her enemy is locked in place, went over to Yohina. She looked at the girl's face and smirked. "Now my prize." She said and reached toward Yohina's heart.
"No!" There were genuine fears in Yohina's eyes. To everyone's shock, somehow, Koushu's hand melted into Yohina's body. Yohina screamed again as Koushu's hand pulled out with a shining sphere. As soon as the sphere left her, Yohina became unconscious.
The vines dropped her onto the ground and then left her alone. Koushu, with the crystal, went over to Dr. Ni and gave it to him. "You have everything you need now. Go and resurrect my love." Koushu said gently, but dangerously.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Look, Yohina's moving!" Sakura shouted and everybody turned to look. The battle had ceased, even with Kougaiji. They all wanted to know what was happening to Yohina and what the real meaning of the sphere was.
Sure enough, Yohina stood up slowly. After she stood up, her eyes jerked open. Everybody felt a surge of great power coming from her. The vines stopped moving in the air and dropped dead on the ground. Quickly, a change took over her. Her hazel eyes turned golden like they did once before. Her fingernails grew longer and sharper until her hands became claws. Her face became demonlike, hungry and evil. Her teeth became sharp like the demons. The black wings came out of her back, and she ascended into the sky.
"What's going on with her?" Sakura asked with disgust. She never thought that her friend could be looking like that.
"She's turning into a demon. Isn't that obvious?" A figure appeared behind them. Everybody looked and saw someone they'd never expect.
"Jason!" Nuriko gasped. She never thought that her boyfriend would have something to do with her adventure in the other world.
Jason smiled at her gently. "That sphere inside of Yohina is the source of her humanity. It controls the demon side of her. As you know, she carries the blood of Hara. When Hara was sealed 1000 years ago, that sphere not only contained her power, but also the seal to the demon side of Hara. When Tyler put that crystal inside of Yohina, it controlled the beast, but now that Koushu's taken it out, she's gong to go wild. She's going to be worse than Goku without his power limiter."
"Can't we put that thing back inside of the girl?" Sanzo was irritated. (Too many characters are taking his role as a main character!)
"Yes, but only Tyler can do that. The gods gave him and only him the power to put the sphere back to where it belongs."
"Well, where is he now?" Gojyo snapped.
"Right there!"
Ok, I know I ended this chapter in kind of odd place, but I didn't want it to go any longer. I hope you liked this chapter better since the last few chapters I kind of skipped out on Sanzo, Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku. Please Review! I hardly got any reviews for the last for chapters! And I'm really sad. cries
Chapter Sixteen—Humanity
"What's she doing here?" Nuriko asked with shock just as much as Hakkai and Machi.
"It's a trick." Hakkai said with certainty.
"You sure seem confident." Machi grumbled.
Hakkai gave out a small smile. "No matter how much I love her, I know she is dead. Only the gods can give her back to me, and I certainly know that no one in this place is a god."
"Now that's one thing less to worry about. I was thinking that you might go crazy or something, like you did over Chin Yisou." Machi said.
"I'm over that. Now let's beat her and get going." Hakkai said and was the first to attack. Yet, even if they did get over the emotional discussion, the attack didn't work. It wasn't Hakkai's fault. Actually, when his attack hit Kanan, he went through her, so it seemed that she really was a ghost.
"Gonou, what are you doing? Where am I?" Kanan's spoke quietly.
Hakkai froze. No matter what he said, he still loved Kanan more than anything. She died because he wasn't able to save her, and now, she's here, but he doesn't believe in her existence anymore.
"Kanan, is that really you?"
"Hakkai, don't listen to her! She's not Kanan!" Unlike Hakkai, Machi and Nuriko weren't fooled. They could se that Kanan must've used some trick when Hakkai attacked. They looked at each other and nodded as if they could talk telepathically. They both charged forward, but went through Kanan just like Hakkai.
"Hakkai, help me! They're trying to hurt me!" Kanan shouted and pointed at Machi and Nuriko.
Hakkai was clearly under a spell. He walked in front of Kanan and formed an energy ball. "Don't be afraid. I'll protect you." He said and sent the energy ball at the girls.
Machi and Nuriko jumped out of the way. "Damn! He's completely under her control." Machi grumbled.
"Well, that's why we're with him. You take care of that witch while I distract Hakkai."
"Don't order me around! And how come you get the easy one?"
"It's called teamwork? God, I wish Sanzo is here to give you a good whipping!"
"Shut up and go! He's still blocking my way." Machi changed the subject.
Without saying anything anymore, Nuriko summoned up her powers. Shielding herself from Hakkai's attacks, she advanced closer so she'd be able to get in range. Machi was right behind her. Nuriko sent a full force attack at Hakkai when he was just about to launch another energy ball. The attack hit Hakkai on surprise. He didn't even have time to dodge. Within a second, he was frozen within a mountain of ice, unable to move.
"Hurry up! He'll die in there if you don't finish this in five minutes!"
"I'll only need one!" Even as Machi said those words, a snake formed of stone had climbed out of the floor.
The gentle face of Kanan changed. It became contorted and evil. The face drained of its color and became paper white. The stone snake opened its jaw and shot forward, but only passed through the demon's transparent body again.
"You can't hit me! I'm invincible!"
"Oh really? If that's the case, then I guess I'll just have to crush your soul." Machi smirked and a magical string wrapped itself around the snake's jaw. "This is called the 'Soul String." Whatever it touches, the creature's soul goes to the demon plane, never to return. I hope you'll enjoy your stay with the 'demons' in the demon world!"
The snake attacked again before the ghost demon could make another move. The string whipped itself around the monster. A flash of light occurred. When the light disappeared, the snake and the demon were both gone as well.
"Where did you learn that?" Nuriko interrogated.
"A little birdy told me. Anyway, aren't you going to let him out?" Machi answered innocently and pointed at the iceberg.
"Oops! I forgot!" Nuriko said and with a wave of her hand, the ice disappeared. Hakkai stumbled for a few steps before regaining balance.
"What happened? Where's Kana?" He asked urgently.
"Hakkai, you fell under that demon's spell." Nuriko pointed it out seriously.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I know she's gone, but it's so hard to accept it, even after so long."
"What about Vessica? Didn't she...?" Before Nuriko could finish, an explosion occurred. Half of the roof fell down as they rushed to see what was going on.
"So much for don't get noticed."
"We should get out of here!" Sakura suggested while a strip of water met Kougaiji's fire threads.
"No point. I changed my mind. Maybe we should finish this today after all." Sanzo replied without flinching from all the attacks. Goku was too absorbed in the fight to care about anything at all.
Kougaiji sneered. "You won't get out even if you want to!"
"Just shut up!" Sakura shouted. She had some weird mood swings lately. It wasn't like her to say those words at all.
Two water balls formed in her hands as she and Goku charged at Kougaiji at the same time. As she ran, several images suddenly flashed in her mind. There were vines; they were wrapped around Yohina, blood; a hand going into Yohina's body, pulling out a crystal ball; standing in front of Yohina were Koushu and Dr. Ni. This vision was stronger than all the rest. She immediately had a very very bad feeling about it.
She backed off as Goku and Kougaiji fought on with each other. Her eyes had fear in there. "Sanzo, we have to find Yohina! She might need our help!" Even as she shouted for Sanzo, she could hear her own voice quiver.
"Not now! Whatever you see, we have to get these demons off our asses." Sanzo retorted.
Yet, almost instantly after he spoke, they all heard an explosion somewhere belong them. It was louder than their fight. Everyone stopped and wondered what was going on.
"Now can we go?" Sakura begged.
"Whatever!" Sanzo said, but he and Kougaiji were already rushing out the door to the stairs.
All hostility was forgotten as Sanzo, Sakura, Goku, and the rest of the demons rushed downstairs to see what was happening. When they reached the 3rd floor, other demons were coming from everywhere to go downstairs, so they knew that the sound is not from the 3rd floor. Yet, as they got to the second floor, almost the whole place was filled with smoke. Instinctively, they all headed for the right.
Seconds later, they were at where the explosion occurred and Sanzo was the first one to see Gojyo and Hakkai. "What's going on?" He asked.
"There is our playmate. The demon that's behind everything." Gojyo pointed into the smoke.
Seconds later, when the smoke cleared, Sanzo saw a female demon with blue hair and cold eyes looking back at him. Beside her was a guy dressed in a doctor suit. Sanzo guessed that he must be a demon too, and one that understood the future science for Gyumaoh's resurrection. Before them was Yohina. She was hurt badly from the looks of it. Some of her clothes were torn. She was lying in a pool of blood. That was when he noticed the vines around her. Some were burned down, others still moved around, trying to find a way to get to her.
"If it isn't Priest Sanzo, nice to meet you!" The female demon said with a cold welcoming smile that sent shivers down all the girls' spines.
"What did you do with her?" Nuriko asked and pointed at Yohina.
"She was the one who wouldn't listen to me. I told her that if she doesn't move, then the vines would not hurt her. When she decided to burn the vines, the vines just attacked her." Lady Koushu shrugged.
"What the hell happened here?" Sanzo muttered to Gojyo under his breath.
"We got in the room to see what's in here. That was when the vines grabbed us. It turned out that this demontress, Lady Koushu, and her assistant Dr. Ni is already waiting for us. They told us that they want the crystal that is inside of Yohina, either than, or the scripture you carry. They are both strong enough to revive Gyumaoh. That was when Yohina fought back. She saved us, blocked all the vines herself." Gojyo explained as quickly as he could.
"Hakkai, try to get over to her and heal her. We'll hold off all the rest." Sanzo ordered.
Hakkai didn't say anything and just moved forward. "If you move, we'll kill her." Koushu warned as the vines got closer to Yohina.
"Don't mind her and go. She's got a fire field around her. It can hold back the vines. Just get her out of there." Nuriko said as she walked side by side with Hakkai. Hakkai nodded and started to run. Dokugakugi intervened. Hakkai hit him mercilessly on the chest.
"This is no play time." He said when he saw all his companions looking at him with disbelief. When Dokugakugi fell down, the vines shot up to the air like a tidal wave and dashed forward. Some headed toward Sanzo and the others while the rest went for Hakkai and Yohina.
"Ice Wall!" Nuriko shouted and a whole wall of ice formed between the vines and the Sanzo party. It was too bad that Kougaiji was at their side. His fire burned a hole through the ice wall and soon melted it. The vines came through.
"You asshole!" Goku shouted and rushed toward Kougaiji with hatred. At the same time, some vines grabbed Nuriko and threw her into the air. Luckily, Gojyo caught her, even if the two of them both fell hard onto the floor.
"Don't get near me..." Yohina muttered when Hakkai was about to heal her. He had his shield up so the vines couldn't get through.
"Yohina, it's me. It's going to be OK."
"Don't heal me. I don't need it. Go back with Sanzo and the others. I'm going to be fine." Amazingly, she sat up. Hakkai watched in amazement as all the blood slowly flowed back into Yohina's body through the wounds.
"How...how does she do that?" Lady Koushu watched Yohina in shock.
"It's obvious the crystal inside of her. It consists the power of Demontress Hara from 1000 years ago. The healing is not always usable, but sometimes it works depends on the heart of the user, not the power." Dr. Ni explained.
"That just makes me want it even more. The thought of my beloved Gyumaoh with those powers, he'll never leave me again!" Lady Koushu was happy, in a way. Out of the ground, more vines came out. Yohina saw this first. With a sweep of her powers, she sent Hakkai back to safety, where the fight only consisted of Kougaiji and his followers.
"I can't give you that crystal! It's my life! Now get lost!" Yohina shouted with determination as her wings came out and her whole body is surrounded in fire. That should ward off the vines.
"You think that a little fire can ward off my pets? Look again!" Koushu laughed evilly. Yohina looked and saw the vines turned to metal whips instead of plants. Seeing this, she withdrew the fires, knowing that it's no use against all of the metal. Instead, she dodged the vines as much as she could and headed for Koushu directly.
"Naïve girl! You are nothing compared to the Demontress from a thousand years ago!" Koushu disappeared and reappeared behind Yohina. She may not look like it, but she was a demon of the high rank. Yohina, still lacking in experience, really was not a match for her.
"Longer!" Goku's staff intervened before Koushu could touch Yohina. Somehow, Goku had gotten away from his fight and saw Yohina was in danger.
"Thanks, monkey-head."
"I just saved your life, so don't call me monkey-head!" Goku screamed at her.
"You guys are getting on my nerves!" Koushu sighed. Half of the metal whips surrounded Goku and soon locked him in place. The other half attacked Yohina. No matter how hard she fought them, they kept on coming.
"Yohina, hang on!" Gojyo, Nuriko, and Machi came to her help soon, leaving Kougaiji and his followers to Sanzo, Hakkai, and Sakura.
The three of them worked their way through the metal vines as quickly as they could. "Ahhhh!" Yohina screamed as two vines wrapped themselves around her body. Her wings disappeared from the pain of being crushed. Soon, just within a second of her helplessness, she was locked in the air, just like Goku.
"Now for the rest of you!" Koushu said and with Yohina and Goku out of the way, the living metals went for Gojyo, Nuriko, and Machi. Luckily, the three of them were able to escape back into Hakkai's barrier. Koushu, seeing that the rest of her enemy is locked in place, went over to Yohina. She looked at the girl's face and smirked. "Now my prize." She said and reached toward Yohina's heart.
"No!" There were genuine fears in Yohina's eyes. To everyone's shock, somehow, Koushu's hand melted into Yohina's body. Yohina screamed again as Koushu's hand pulled out with a shining sphere. As soon as the sphere left her, Yohina became unconscious.
The vines dropped her onto the ground and then left her alone. Koushu, with the crystal, went over to Dr. Ni and gave it to him. "You have everything you need now. Go and resurrect my love." Koushu said gently, but dangerously.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Look, Yohina's moving!" Sakura shouted and everybody turned to look. The battle had ceased, even with Kougaiji. They all wanted to know what was happening to Yohina and what the real meaning of the sphere was.
Sure enough, Yohina stood up slowly. After she stood up, her eyes jerked open. Everybody felt a surge of great power coming from her. The vines stopped moving in the air and dropped dead on the ground. Quickly, a change took over her. Her hazel eyes turned golden like they did once before. Her fingernails grew longer and sharper until her hands became claws. Her face became demonlike, hungry and evil. Her teeth became sharp like the demons. The black wings came out of her back, and she ascended into the sky.
"What's going on with her?" Sakura asked with disgust. She never thought that her friend could be looking like that.
"She's turning into a demon. Isn't that obvious?" A figure appeared behind them. Everybody looked and saw someone they'd never expect.
"Jason!" Nuriko gasped. She never thought that her boyfriend would have something to do with her adventure in the other world.
Jason smiled at her gently. "That sphere inside of Yohina is the source of her humanity. It controls the demon side of her. As you know, she carries the blood of Hara. When Hara was sealed 1000 years ago, that sphere not only contained her power, but also the seal to the demon side of Hara. When Tyler put that crystal inside of Yohina, it controlled the beast, but now that Koushu's taken it out, she's gong to go wild. She's going to be worse than Goku without his power limiter."
"Can't we put that thing back inside of the girl?" Sanzo was irritated. (Too many characters are taking his role as a main character!)
"Yes, but only Tyler can do that. The gods gave him and only him the power to put the sphere back to where it belongs."
"Well, where is he now?" Gojyo snapped.
"Right there!"
Ok, I know I ended this chapter in kind of odd place, but I didn't want it to go any longer. I hope you liked this chapter better since the last few chapters I kind of skipped out on Sanzo, Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku. Please Review! I hardly got any reviews for the last for chapters! And I'm really sad. cries