Hey, I'm doin better than I thought I would. Cool! This is gonna be a tough chapter to write since I'm a bit no good at writing battle scenes. Hehe. But I'll do my best on this one! I promise! And if it sucks you can flame it! But just this once.

Devil-Angel- Eep!! Don't hurt me!! I do it for the suspense!! -hides-

C.T. Saiyukily Twisted- Ok, just wanna clear your questions up. No, they don't have a credit card like Sanzo, cause if they did it would've been maxed out by now with buying things. Hehe. For supplies, they hunt and gather their own food and make sure they have plenty with them till they get to another village. For medical supplies or anything like that, they trade with the villagers. Also, when they stop at villages, they pick up on herbal medications and things like that. Since they've been doing it for so long, they've learned quite a few remedies from a lot of villages. Any other supplies they need, they either do with what they have or trade some of their things for what they need. All of this will most likely be explained along the story. Hope that clears it up a bit!! And I know what you mean! I'm addicted to yaoi stories!! I like GojyoxHakkai ones!! You're gonna be dangerous with that bat -hides again-

Fiona- Hey, another reviewer to welcome to our reviewing family! I'm glad you like the story and hope to see you reviewing again! Makes me so happy when I get new reviewers!!

Rita- Yeah, I do need a beta reader, but it's hard to get one when you're typing this in school during an empty study hall. I was trying to slow down but it gets a bit hard when you got ideas runnin around in your head for so long. Oh! By the way! I'm gonna need your help on this story a bit, and when are we gonna update our original? I just kinda remembered about that off the top of my head. Hehe!

Wow, that took almost a full page. Anyway, many thanks to all my reviewers who like this story! Haven't gotten a flame yet! -knocks on wood- Superstition, I know. Anyway, time for the awaited chapter!! Here it is!!

Chapter 7

The halls again were dark, but somehow they didn't feel right. This time, they felt cold and dangerous, like a graveyard. Night was still present, making it a little hard to see. Everything in the halls was still and quiet, making the smallest sound seem like the banging of a drum. After the second cry had rung out, it seemed as though everything was frozen in fear.

Sanzo and the others walked quietly down the hall, trying their best to stay quiet. Every now and then, they'd hear a small sound, but it would turn out to only be a mouse or some other type of animal that was walking around in the night. They cautiously followed Sanzo as he made his way back towards the illusion doorway. The table had been knocked over, the glass vase shattered to pieces across the hardwood floor.

"Well, looks like someone got pissed comin outta there," Gojyo said.

"It would seem so," Hakkai replied as he looked around. There wasn't anyone in sight.

"Were they comin out or goin in?" Sanzo asked more to himself than anyone. He stepped over the mess of glass and walked through the illusion wall. Hakkai and the others followed suit. And down the dark hall they went again.

Meanwhile, the halls of the other building were just as quiet. Doors were closed for the night. All except one door, which slid open quietly before a black haired head poked out of the room.

Julin looked around the dark halls for any signs of people. "Clear," she whispered before stepping quietly out of the room. Following her was Hitachi and the other two youkai.

"I'm not so sure about this, Hitachi. Are you sure this is such a good idea? They did tell us to stay here," Maki whispered as she too looked around.

"Since when do we take orders from anyone?" Hitachi replied in a matter of fact tone.

"…She's got a point, Maki. Besides, I'd like my flutes back," Kirashi stated, keeping her voice hushed.

"Come on," Hitachi said as she led her group down the quiet halls towards the main building.

The halls of the tunnel were just as dark as the first time they went down them, but the stench had gotten even worse. The candles on the walls had been extinguished, leaving Sanzo and the others with little light to see by. It took longer than it did the first time to finally reach the door at the end of the hallway, but unlike the first time, the door had been torn and splintered. Someone had been in a destructive hurry to get in or out of this place.

Sanzo pushed the door aside and walked down the hall, the others followed suit. They walked till they reached the same door where they first witnessed the torture of Hitachi and the others. Sanzo gently pushed open the door and stepped inside the room. The flames roared to life again, lighting the dark room. Blood still stained the ground where the girls had hung, but fresh blood had been spilled. On the ground lay the dirty man who had been the one to collect the blood, but he was now the way the guys had last seen him.

Towards the left was his arm while the other arm was clear across the room. His legs were also far apart with a foot hanging from one of the posts. His lay was hanging by the hair from the ceiling, his face still held that of pain. His eyes were rolled to the back of his skull, no longer able to see again. His body had basically been torn apart limb from dirty limb.

"Ok, that's just sick," Goku said as he made a face of complete disgust.

"For once, I agree," Gojyo replied with a similar expression.

Sanzo frowned at the scene before looking past it towards the closed door across the room. What was behind that? What could possibly be back there that would drink the blood of youkai and kill humans this brutally? He began to walk towards the door, meaning to find the answers he sought. Hakkai and the others followed him, also curious as to what lay behind the door. Sanzo took hold of the handle and pushed open the door.

Hitachi walked down the halls of the main building. She knew what she was looking for, she just didn't know where to find it. Maki and the others were following her. Hitachi stopped and opens the door to a room, finding it wasn't the one she was looking for, before moving on.

"Hitachi, where exactly are we going?" Julin asked.

Hitachi didn't answer and opens the door to another room and moving on down the hall. Julin pouted slightly. She hated it when Hitachi did this. She'd be so set on finding something that she wouldn't reply to any of their questions or even acknowledge that they were even there. It annoyed her to no end.

Hitachi continued to open each door they came across and looks inside the rooms. It had to be here somewhere. She'd know it was there when she'd feel a certain tug in her mind that would tell her she'd found it. She opened yet another door, thinking that it would still be the right one, when she felt that tug. One that said her belongings where held within the room. She stopped and stepping into the small room and looked around.

The room held a small low table with piles of papers and books stacked high on top of it. A bookshelf stood off to the right, lined with books and stacks of more papers. The curtains were drawn, making the room somewhat dark. A dark oak chest was set up against the wall beside the door, the drawers of it locked shut.

Even though Hitachi couldn't see what it was she was looking for, she knew it was here. She stepped into the dark room with the others and walked around, looking for where the tug pulled the strongest. She ran her hand along the desk and on the bookshelves, finding no presence of her missing item. It was when she ran her hand along the chest that she felt it. A very strong tug saying that what she was looking for was locked in the chest.

Hitachi turned to the other three youkai. "Look around for the key." The other three nodded and began to help Hitachi now search for the key. They looked high and low around the room: under the desk, in the drawers, on top of the bookshelf and even between the books. No sign of the key to the chest. It wasn't until Maki had moved the painting on the wall that she found it. A small gold key that hung on a small nail behind the painting of the mountains.

"Here it is!" she said before tossing the small item to Hitachi. Hitachi caught it and quickly went back over to the chest. The other three gathered around her as she used the key on the chest. The lock released with a small click, allowing Hitachi to lift the heavy lid. Her eyes brightened as she found exactly what she was looking for.

Hehe, sorry!! Gotta do another cliffy!! Don't hurt me!! -hides- What's in the chest? What's behind the door? All of these questions will be answered in the next chapter!! So review!! The more reviews, the faster the next chapter will go up!!