Okay, chapter, what, four? Yeah, that sounds about right… Anyways, I worked on this just for ya'll so you better enjoy it! Naw, I'm just kiddin'. You can hate it if ya want. Anyway, thank you to my reviewers (that had better be you!) and I'd appreciate any more reviews that I get. Read and enjoy!

To Render sama and Vash. They know who they are.

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ONWARD!

The long, pale fingers that were wrapped around his throat tightened, even despite Hakkai's attempts to loosen the woman's grip. Gojyo stood off to the side, dazed, for a moment before he realized what was happening. He then launched himself forwards and threw his arms around the neck of the woman, yanking her back roughly. The woman let out a horrible shriek and released Hakkai so she could round on Gojyo.

"HAKKAI! RUN!" the kappa yelled. Hakkai fell forward, gasping. He looked up at the struggling Gojyo but nodded and jumped to his feet before running out of the room.

"He dashed down a short corridor before looking around and realizing that he had no idea where he was. He whirled his head around, looking this way and that. He had to find Sanzo, and help Gojyo. He decided to keep running down the corridor he was in, hoping it would lead him to the priest.

After just minutes of running he hit the worst thing possible. A dead end. The brunette youkai froze.

'Now what?' he thought desperately. 'There's nowhere to run…' He bit his lip and stared at the floor, trying to think of what to do. As he gazed at the base of the wall he noticed something strange. The stone wasn't normal. It was almost like a projection. The stone squiggled back and forth, as if it was trying to hold its shape. Hakkai looked back up and laid a hand on the wall. He instantly saw his hand disappear into the stone. He blinked in confusion but didn't question it before stepping through the wall.

On the other side he saw Sanzo sitting on the floor, leaning against a wall, with his hand pressed to a bloody spot on his chest. When he heard footsteps the priest looked up slowly.

"Hak…kai…?" he mumbled. The brunette nodded and rushed forward, sinking to his knees beside Gojyo.

"Hold still," he said as he placed his hands over Sanzo's wound. He was going to try and close it. Hakkai concentrated on healing Sanzo but he was still weak from having to heal himself in his sleep. Eventually his hands began to glow green ever so slightly. Sanzo gritted his teeth as the skin and tissue slowly knitted itself back together.

"LET ME GO!" the woman screamed. Gojyo had her pinned to the floor by her throat. He was straddling her waist, trying to keep her from getting to her feet.

"I don't think so," the kappa growled through gritted teeth. He was trying to buy Hakkai time to find Sanzo, but he hoped the brown haired youkai wouldn't need much more. The woman underneath him twisted around, trying to get herself free. "Hold still dammit!" Gojyo mumbled. But the red-haired woman beneath him paid no heed. She instead kicked out at him, knocking the kappa back enough to push him off of her. Gojyo stumbled back, slightly surprised. The woman then pushed him onto his own back and perched on his chest, looking down at him with triumph.

"You are now mine," she sneered. Gojyo looked up at her in horror as she smiled down at him hungrily. Before he could stop her the woman's mouth was pressed to his. The kappa's red eyes widened in terror as the horrid woman's tongue fought for entrance into his mouth. He kept his mouth clenched shut and tried to push her off of him but she proved to be stronger than she looked.

"There Sanzo, I'm finished," Hakkai breathed. The priest placed a hand over the bloody cloth where his wound had been. He sighed and looked at Hakkai, his eyes still glazed from loss of blood.

"Thanks…" he muttered. Hakkai smiled softly and helped the priest to his feet.

"Your welcome. But we've got to help Gojyo. He's alone with the witch that is in charge of everything that has happened," the youkai said. Sanzo jerked his head into a nod and the pair headed back through the wall and down the corridor.

Hakkai paused just outside the door that led to the room where Gojyo was. He could hear the kappa screaming a string of curses on the other side.

"Get off me you damn wench! I said get o--!" His voice was cut off suddenly. Hakkai froze and Sanzo glanced at him quickly. The two nodded and Hakkai threw the door open.

What met their eyes sent chills down both their spines. The youkai woman was on top of Gojyo, straddling his hips and kissing him violently. Hakkai let go of Sanzo and rushed forward. He shoved the woman off of Gojyo and pounced on her. From there he began beating her savagely. Gojyo sat, dazed, as he watched his usually calm and collected friend beat the woman. The kappa shook himself back to his senses before jumping to his feet and wiping his mouth. Sanzo stepped forward, beckoning for Gojyo to follow him.

"Let's get out of here!" he hissed. The red head jerked his head into a nod and pulled the priest's arm over his shoulder. The pair then headed out the door.

"Hakkai!" Gojyo shouted over his shoulder. "Forget her! Let's get out of here!" But the brunette was deaf to his words. He continued to rain his hail of blows on the woman, whose face now stained the same color as her hair. Gojyo shoved Sanzo out the door and ran back to Hakkai.

"Come on man! Forget her!" he hissed as he tried to yank the youkai to his feet. Even as he was dragging Hakkai out of the room the brunette clawed at the air, trying to get back to the bleeding woman.

"No! Gojyo! She tried to kill you! I'm going to destroy her!" he screamed. Gojyo however wouldn't give up either. Just outside the door Sanzo was waiting. He grabbed one of Hakkai's arm as Gojyo took the other.

"Hold still dammit! You're not going back there!" the priest snarled. Hakkai lowered his head and allowed the two to drag him down the corridor and through the fake wall.

They went for what seemed like ages without talking, but finally Gojyo spoke.

"If she tries to come after us again, at least then we'll know what she wants," he said. Sanzo grunted.

"What is it that she wanted with you anyways?" he inquired. Hakkai answered.

"His blood. Because of Gojyo's unusual heritage his blood is his power limiter. If she got control of that and injected it into any demon, they would have their full power but still maintain their senses. But apparently she was doing something else as well because she said people had died during her experiments and she wasn't about to do them on herself," he explained. He paused for a moment, thinking. "I think she somehow was trying to do something to the blood; to make it more powerful. She seems to be quite the potions mistress."

Sanzo blinked in confusion.

"Huh?"

Hakkai smiled as Gojyo chuckled.

"In other words," the kappa said, "She was going to try and make some sort of potion out of my blood that would make a super demon. Those are words even you and the monkey could understand."

"Speaking of Goku," Hakkai murmured, "where is he?" Gojyo and Sanzo looked at each other.

"Last we checked he was eating. We better hurry and get back to make sure he didn't eat the inn out of house and home," the priest said quickly. Hakkai laughed as the trio turned down a corridor and walked through another fake wall.

"This place is like a maze. How did you find me?" he asked. Gojyo growled and Sanzo placed a hand over where his wound had been.

"We ran into some trouble," he said. Gojyo snorted and pulled Hakkai a little harder down the corridor.

"You know, I can walk by myself," the brunette pointed out. The other two stopped and released him quickly.

"Sorry," they said in unison. Hakkai smiled and said that it was alright. After a moment of walking Sanzo stopped and looked at the stone ceiling.

"Uh, Gojyo?" he said. The kappa turned to him.

"Hmm?"

"How do we get out of here?" he asked quietly. Hakkai looked up at the apparently normal ceiling and then back at his friends.

"What are you staring at?" he asked, obviously unaware that this was the spot where Gojyo and Sanzo had entered.

"Umm, we don't know how to get out. We came through the ceiling about here," the kappa said as he raised a hand and touched the low ceiling. He ran his fingers along the stone, trying to find the false opening. He stepped forward, still searching for the opening. After a moment his hand disappeared.

"Found it!" he called happily. Sanzo rolled his eyes and stepped up beside the red head. He raised his own hand and slipped it through the invisible opening.

"Now, how do we get up there?" Hakkai questioned. Gojyo examined the spot on the wall.

"I dunno. What about you Buddha boy? Any ideas?" he asked Sanzo. A glare was his response. "Well, we could hoist one of us up and they could pull the other two out," he offered. Hakkai nodded and Sanzo shrugged.

"Whatever."

Gojyo turned to the other two.

"So who's goin' up first?" he asked. Hakkai shrugged and Sanzo maintained a deadpan expression. Gojyo sighed and grabbed the priest's shoulders.

"Hey! Let go of me you bastard!" he yelled. The kappa chuckled and jerked his head at Hakkai, who smiled and stepped forward. With surprisingly little effort the two shoved Sanzo through the ceiling.

"So, Sanzo! Is it the place where we came through?" Gojyo laughed. There was a snarled reply of yes and then a hand appeared out ceiling. Gojyo looked to Hakkai, who nodded. The red haired kappa took Sanzo's hand and was pulled upwards, with a little push from behind by Hakkai.

The brunette's smile broadened as Gojyo's feet disappeared. Only seconds more and he'd be out of this place and he could try and forget everything that had happened. He looked up happily as another hand appeared, this time being Gojyo's.

"C'mon Hakkai. We're getting out of here," he called. The youkai reached up and grasped Gojyo's hand. He felt himself being pulled upward, but not before something grabbed his ankle. Hakkai's eyes widened as he looked down to see the woman. But he was then pulled up through the ceiling and into the night air. Along with him came the taboo woman who had kidnapped him.

Aren't I great at cliff hangers? Sorry if this chapter is a little shorter than I would like to have it, but I like leaving you standing on the edge. Ya know, for a while I thought this would be the last chapter but I've decided to make at least one more.

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