Without Consent

by Lady Kuroi Bara

The BR cast are going through a peaceful time, or so they thought. At any time, anywhere, they begin to beastorize without warning. With their lives at stake, they must band together to figure out and stop who- or what- is doing this.

2. Busuzima's Whereabouts

Without Consent

By: Lady Kuroi Bara

Disclaimer: Um... didn't I already state that I don't own Bloody Roar?

I see you were bored and decided to come back and read the second portion! You poor, poor person. Having to be desperate enough to read this... -coughs- But I'm not complaining. –smile- How about I stop talking and you read the second portion of Without Consent?

And so the Second Chapter begins...

"Storms across the country are reaching a severe state. With winds up to 58 miles per hour, we're really in for it." Mitsuko sat worried in front of the television, listening to the storm warning. 'How can I let them go out? Not only to catch Busuzima, but in the middle of a severe storm!' She set the remote down, hearing small footsteps coming down the hallway.

"I'm ready to kick butt!" Uriko cried, holding an arm high above her head, striking a pose. "Have Yugo and Kenji come yet?" She cocked her head slightly, then looked past Mitsuko to the television, "That storm's still going?"

Mitsuko nodded, "Be careful. I don't want anything to happen to any of you." Frowning, Uriko could tell her Mother was deeply concerned over their fate. Alice came behind Uriko.

"They're running late." Alice murmured, worried. "It's 20 after. Maybe something happened to them? It IS pretty bad outside." She began pacing slightly, back and forth. Uriko shook her head.

"They can handle themselves." She murmured. "What's a storm compared to a fight with Shenlong? Or Gado?" Uriko crossed her arms over her chest. "They WERE pretty tough. Don't worry so much! They're just fine!" Uriko gave Alice a reassuring smile.

Coincidentally, there was a knock at the door, "That must be them!" Alice was filled with relief, as was Uriko and Mitsuko. Alice quickly ran around the sofa, and unlocked the door, "You're running late, what ha—" Alice was going to scold them for worrying her, but she stopped. "Kenji?! What happened?!"

Yugo had his arm wrapped around Kenji as support, bruises and scrapes across his face. His jacket was slightly ripped, and muddy. Yugo was breathing heavily. Kenji himself was breathing heavily, his own body dirty and tattered. "Y-Yugo... beastorized." Kenji mumbled, "And attacked me. I had to stop him somehow..." He looked down to the ground, feeling nothing but guilt.

Alice took one of Yugo's arms, "Let's bring him to the sofa. You too Kenji. We'll ease these wounds." She smiled, and Kenji nodded.

"Thank you." Kenji murmured. They gently lay Yugo on the sofa, his eyes flashed open, "Ohhh... my aching head." He grumbled. Yugo sat up, and noticed Alice bandaging Kenji arm. "K-Kenji! What happened to you?!" Yugo winced at the pain in his stomach. Kenji had given him quite a powerful kick in the abdomen, and Yugo could still feel it.

Kenji looked to Yugo, "You beastorized and lost control," Kenji sat up, and sat next to Yugo, "You then attacked me and I had to stop you somehow." Kenji shook his head, "I'm really sorry, Yugo."

Yugo shook his head, "It wasn't your fault, it was either you get hurt or I. And it's better me than you." Yugo smiled at Kenji, then turned to Alice, Uriko, and Mitsuko, "Thank you, all of you."

Uriko nodded, "No problem! We'll always help a friend." She added a smile, which added a strange effect to her statement. Yugo felt at ease now.

Alice quickly bandage up Yugo, "Both yours and Kenji's wounds aren't serious. The pain should die out soon if not now." Yugo nodded, and stood up. He stood there, waiting to feel the pain in his abdomen. Nothing he couldn't handle. He gave Alice a thumbs up sign.

"Okay, Mother, now that we're all ready... we're going to go." Alice murmured, hugging Mitsuko. Tears began to sting Mitsuko's eyes, and she tightened her grip onto Alice.

"Be careful." Mitsuko murmured in Alice's ear. Alice nodded, and released herself from Mitsuko. Turning, Mitsuko's enormous arms wrapped around Uriko, "You be careful, too. Keep those boys out of trouble." She smiled, hoping to make Uriko feel more confident. She knew that although Uriko gave a determined and confident appearance, she was frightened inside.

"I will, Mother. I promise." Uriko smiled, "And now we're ready!" She joined the group, and turned to her Mother, "Good bye, Mother. We'll be back as soon as possible."

Alice nodded, "We promise. Good bye!" Alice turned to the doorway, holding onto her jacket as the harsh winds whipped at her. Yugo and Kenji nodded, "Yes, good bye, Ms. Nonomura." They murmured.

Together, the group of four stepped out, and into the merciless storm. 'Where are we going?' Uriko thought, 'We're leaving, and yet we have no where to go.' She turned to Alice, "ALICE!!" She cried over the wind. Alice leaned down to Uriko, "Alice, where are we going?" Uriko asked in her ear.

Alice leaned in, and into Uriko's ear, she murmured, "Yugo says he wants to speak to some other zoanthropes." Uriko nodded, understanding.

They began to walk, Yugo and Kenji in front, Alice and Uriko in back. They had been walking for quite some time, before Uriko realized where they were going, 'Master Long? Why do we need to go there?'

Climbing over the slippery rocks, they clung to one another, hoping they would not fall. A couple of times Alice slipped due to her shoes, but it was nothing major. They had finally hit Long's 'house'. Yugo stepped in the old cave, "Hello? Long? You here?"

Long walked from the shadows, drenched in water. He was in his tiger form currently, "Are we disturbing your training, Long?" Alice asked. No response from Long.

Kenji was ready to take a fighter's stance, "That's the look Yugo had when he beastorized. That very same look." Yugo, Alice, and Uriko looked to Long.

"Master Long! We don't want to fight you!" Uriko cried. The wind gave a fierce blow, which made it's way inside the cave. Small debris flew in, pelting the group of four. Covering their eyes from various rocks and such, the group didn't realize Long was no longer in the area he had been standing in. "M-Master Long?" She asked.

The tiger had ended up behind them, and viciously swiped at the back of their heads. Each of them fell onto the cave's ground. Long jumped backwards, knowing one of them was going to swipe back. "I'll take him on!" Alice cried while leaping back up, "You two watch Uriko!" She charged at Long, and slid onto the ground, tripping him instantly.

Displeased, Long quickly stood up, and charged at Alice. He jumped into the air, and curled into a tiny ball, spinning through the air at Alice. "Yikes!" She cried, ducking. Long landed cat-like on his feet, directly behind Alice. "Behind you!" Uriko cried. 'Behind me?!' Alice thought, turning around. But Long had already grabbed her, and tripped her from behind. Alice held the back of her head, in pain. She quickly recovered though, and snapped back up. Long stood still, as if waiting for her to charge at him. She stood still, 'I won't win at this rate...' She decided to beastorize.

Now in her rabbit figure, Alice quickly charged at him, and flipped in the air, hitting Long's chest and face. Long stood up, and grabbed Alice's arm. She lost balance, unable to recover quickly. Long leapt into the air, and stomped into Alice's head. 'I'll have to use my Lifting Star Lane." Alice came in close to Long, and rammed her head into his abdominal area. Long held his stomach. With that chance, Alice formed Long into a ball, and kicked him into the air twice before doing a back flip and kicking him into the cave's wall.

Heaving, Alice held her chest, and now her normal human self, "D-did I do it?" Long groaned a little, still a tiger. He sat up slowly, "Long?" She asked. He stood up and quickly charged at Alice.

"What?! Didn't that work?!" Uriko cried from the side. Alice sidestepped from Long, and was ready to grapple him, but he turned and smashed his enormous paw into her face. Alice flew from one side of the cave to another, knocking the wind out of her when she hit the wall.

"Long, stop it!" Yugo cried, running to Alice's side. "A-Alice, breath! Breath!" He gently picked her up, rubbing her shoulders hoping to try and calm her down. Uriko and Kenji had also joined.

"Alice! It'll be okay!" Uriko turned to Long, "I don't care if you WERE my master, Master Long!" She pointed to him, "You're going down! Nobody hurts my family and gets away with it!" She took her fighter's stance.

Long only stared at her, "You, Uriko, are easy kill." He grumbled loudly, the cave echoing with his rather creepy voice.

Uriko winced, "Well, if you're so confident, take me on!" At that point, a fierce blow of wind came in yet again, adding effect to Uriko's statement. Long only smirked.

"I took your dear sister out so easily, what makes you think that you can defeat I?" Long asked, now curious about Uriko's confidence.

Uriko charged at him, "Because I know every one of your moves! You can't trick me!" At that point, she had leapt into the air, and thrust her back into Long, sending him flying backwards.

Now irritated, Long wiped the blood trickling down his face. Uriko didn't stop, 'He's got to become himself again!' The wind picked up, the rain began to come in the cave, and debris flew into the group's eyes. This complicated the battle for Uriko. 'I can't see...' She cried silently, 'Where's Master Long?' She squinted, and noticed his dark shape. "There you are!" She began charging at him again, but when she was in striking range, she stopped.

"M-Master Long?" She asked. Long was now on the ground, holding his head in pain. "Master Long!" Uriko cried, "You'll be okay, I promise!" She kneeled next to Long, shielding him from the debris that flew from the cave's mouth.

Alice, Yugo and Kenji all ran to accompany Uriko. "Is he all right?!" Alice asked. She lay a gentle hand on his head, feeling for fevers and such. "I think he's got a headache."

Long moaned, rubbing his head in much pain. "U-Uriko?" He asked, his eyes coming in focus and seeing her blurry shape. Rubbing his eyes, he reached into his pocket for his glasses.

"It's me, Master Long." Uriko smiled, hoping to comfort him. "Are you feeling all right?" She patted his back, in hopes of calming his nerves.

"All of you... Yugo, Alice, Kenji, Uriko..." He looked at each face, "What has happened?" A look of confusion slowly came about his face.

"You don't remember..." Yugo murmured. "We now know one thing for sure, after you beastorize forcefully, you cannot remember a thing when you beastorized." Yugo quickly turned his attention back to Long.

"Long, there's something strange going on. Yesterday, Uriko beastorized without wanting too. But it stopped before she could do any damage. Earlier this morning, Yugo beastorized, and he beat Kenji. But Kenji fought back, and saved Yugo. Now YOU beastorized, and I take it, you didn't want to? Or have any reason too, right?" Alice asked. 'Now that I think of it... everybody we know of has beastorized around Kenji... I mean, Uriko was with Kenji when she beastorized. And so was Yugo. Is it just coincidence? Well, it probably is. I mean, he wasn't with Long. Kenji probably is just the type that's at the right place at the wrong time.' She was facing Long, but her eyes slowly wandered to Kenji, watching him. 'Am I really... suspecting him?'

Long shook his head, "I've heard. Not only Uriko, Yugo and I have beastorized unwillingly. From what I have been told, Gado has been having such problems." Long set his glasses neatly on his face.

Yugo nodded, "I take it that's all the information you have, Long?" There was a glint of hope in Yugo's voice hoping Long had a bit more.

Long shook his head, "That, and Busuzima may be at hand. Or Xion... possibly." Long began to force himself to sit up.

"Master Long, are you sure you should sit up? Don't your wounds hurt?" Uriko asked, setting gentle hands on his shoulder. She wouldn't want Long even more injured than what he already is.

Long nodded, "No worries, Uriko. I can take a little beating." He slowly stood up, stretching out his calves. While Uriko was busy with Long, Alice and Yugo began to talk.

"We totally overlooked Xion." Alice mumbled, "How are we going to find him? Busuzima's as hard as it is." She set her hands on her hips. "How are we going to find Busuzima?" She had realized they didn't know where he may be.

"We'll look up Busuzima first. He may have less potential then that psycho Xion, but he's just as dangerous. This seems like his work too, possessing people. At least it's not back to the brainwashing." Yugo murmured, then realized Kenji was there. A look of pain took Kenji's face, and Yugo quickly shut his trap about the subject, "A-anyway, I think I may know who to speak to, to locate Busuzima's whereabouts."

Alice smiled, "You do? Whom may it be then?" She clasped her hands together, hoping he was right about this.

"Stun." Yugo murmured, "Recently, Stun has gotten into an accident. It's taken him out of battling for a while. He was going to take on Busuzima alone, but due to his sever injuries..."

"And... how, do you know this?" Alice asked, tilting her head. She was curious about the authenticity of Yugo's resources on this information. "Have you spoke to Stun?"

"Well, I won't explain it all, but Stun had made a previous trip to Busuzima's lab. I guess he found it after following one of his henchmen. That's where Stun also was beaten." Yugo explained, shoving his hands into his pockets.

Uriko stepped up into the conversation, "Long knows where to find him." Obviously they had been listening to the conversation.

"To find Busuzima?" Yugo asked, tilting his head. Now this was interesting, how would Long know?

"Yeah. Busuzima." Uriko turned to Long, "All right Master Long, you can tell them, they're listening." She smiled, and waited for his answer.

"Go east from here, for 2 miles. Down there, is a thick brush. It'll be hard to get through it, but once you get through the brush, go forward from it. In the midst of all the trees will be Busuzima's new head quarters." Long murmured, "That is all I have."

Yugo nodded, "We're going right now. Thanks, Long. You're a real big help." Flashing a smile, Yugo turned to Alice, her mouth began to open.

"Long, are you going to come with us?" Alice asked, "Or are you going to remain here?" She sprawled out her arms, a silent indication that the cave was big and lonely.

"I shall stay here. I do not want to risk your lives again. I believe I am unusually prone to beastorizing. I do not want to destroy any of you." Long explained. Alice nodded.

Yugo began towards the entrance of the cave, the wind died down quite a bit. 'It shouldn't be too hard to climb down now.' He turned to face them, "Are we ready? The wind's died down, so it won't be hard to climb down the rocks. Debris won't fly in our faces."

Uriko turned to Long, "Good bye, Master Long!" She went to Yugo's side, turned yet again, and gave Long a short wave.

Kenji turned to Long, "Yes, thank you for the information." He murmured quietly, turning to Yugo and Uriko. Long nodded. Alice was next up.

"You're a big help, Long! I mean it! Thank you." She smiled, patted his back, then joined Yugo.

They climbed the rocks with more ease, but the rain made them slippery still. Uriko placed her foot in between two rocks, but they were loose. She slipped, and landed on her bottom. Unfortunately, Uriko landed on a flat rock, and slid down it, "AIYEEEE!!!" She cried. Once she hit the bottom, all that was heard was 'thunk'. "Owwwwwww..." Uriko's voice could be heard. The others had leapt to the bottom to accompany Uriko. Alice helped her up.

"Okay, head east." Yugo sweatdropped, "Er... does anybody know which way east IS?" Yugo only received blank stares.

Kenji pointed from the side, "Uriko, from the cave entrance's point of view, where was the sun while it was rising?"

Uriko thought for a second, "Oh... um..." She looked up to the entrance, and faced the same direction. "This way!" She pointed to their right.

"Then let's hurry. With 2 miles ahead of us, I want to find some sort of shelter before we enter Busuzima's place. We'll need lots of rest." Yugo murmured, beginning to walk.

'This is going to take forever...' Uriko thought, sighing. 'Well, I have been gaining weight...' She thought, sweatdropping, 'This'll be my weight loss program for today.'

With that, they embarked on going east to find Busuzima's hide out. And hopefully, put a stop to the unwilling beastorizing.

And so Chapter Two draws to a close...

Yeah, I've got chapter two done. Go me. Um... sorry, this time I don't have much to say. - I hope you enjoyed the second portion of this story. Coming up next, part 3!

Until then, see ya.