A few hours later Rayne had finally awoken to help tie up Gojyo. She knew that he would stay like this for awhile. It seemed Vincent had taken his soul as well. Sanzo was lying on the bed, his wounds bandaged up but he was still unconscious. Natasha sat on the bed, holding his hand with hers.

"Is he going to be all right?" Goku asked worriedly.
"I think he will be fine he just needs to rest," Natasha answered though her voice held worry in the tone.

"Untie me, I must return to my master," said Gojyo as he tried to break free of his bindings, "Come on, Hakkai, buddy."

"Sorry Gojyo, until we know what's wrong with you," Hakkai said as he slowly healed himself. He needed to be strong to be able to help Sanzo some more.

Gojyo's eyes lingered on Natasha but turned sharply to Rayne, "So, what makes you so special? You're soulless, and yet…" started Gojyo but Rayne slapped him.

"Shut up," she said darkly.

Gojyo grinned; "Sure…" he said adding a smile.

"But what is going on?" Goku asked again.

"I don't know...But, Vincent is going to pay dearly for what he has done…" Natasha said standing away from Sanzo and grabbing Rayne's arm, "Rayne, tell me the truth."

Rayne looked down, "Natasha...I don't know what to do, okay!" she replied, "I don't know-Vincent never told me!"

"Rayne, what did he do! Tell me!" snapped Natasha. She had to get Rayne to speak.

"Gojyo is soulless now…" Rayne replied.

"How do you know that?" Natasha asked.

"Because……So am I…"

Vincent slightly cursed, his plan didn't go the way he had wanted. The man Gojyo almost succeeded in getting Natasha, but those idiots…

"My lord?"

"Go away...I need to think over my plan…." Vincent said.

"But sir, I have an idea," said the undead soldier.

"What is it?" Vincent asked.

"Let me have his soul…Let me gather them to the castle of the far West…We bring them there, and we can get what we need my lord. As your faithful servant Ara'gor, I shall kill them all, and bring you them," Ara'gor said smiling almost.

Vincent seem to think this over. It was a plan, and he was out of fresh ideas, "Good…Meet me there in half an hour-I wish to witness this…"

"Yes my lord," said Ara'gor bowing as he vanished.

Vincent smirked, "So, what are you going to do now, Natasha? Soon, you will become my little berserker, and kill all that you stand for…Homura your time is finally up…"

"Rayne...you don't have a soul?" Goku asked but he wasn't really concerned. She didn't seem evil and she could still cook.

"Yes...I'm sorry. I made a deal with Vincent in the past and I lost my soul in the process..." Rayne looked down at the ground, not wanting to face anyone. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Hakkai.

"Rayne...We'll get you and Gojyo's soul back. Don't worry," Hakkai smiled which caused Rayne to smile back. Natasha had stayed quiet through the whole thing she didn't know what to do. She just knew they had to stop Vincent. A groan from the bed drew her attention back to Sanzo. He had just woken up and seemed to be in pain.

"Sanzo," Natasha said kneeling beside the bed.

"What happened?" he asked as he gave a side-glance towards the tied up Gojyo, and that seemed to answer all of his questions, "Where's my gun?" he asked as he tried to stand up. He remembered…Gojyo had shot him, more than once.

"Sanzo, take it easy," Natasha said as she tried to push the monk back on the bed.

Gojyo seemed to smirk at this. His lord and master would soon be here to take him away.

"Sanzo, come on, settle down," Hakkai said sighing. He didn't want the wounds to reopen.

"It isn't his fault…" Rayne started.

"Time…Time is neither fair, nor is it what I desire…I desire blood…" hissed a dark voice in the middle of the room.

"Whoa-what…" started Goku.

"Souls…Come to the place…The place of Ancient…You have ten minutes…I'll be waiting…If you're late, his soul shall be crushed…Nine minutes now…" the voice seemed to laugh.

"Ancient place?" Natasha asked.

"I know where it is-we have to hurry," Rayne replied.

Hakkai looked at Rayne but didn't bother to ask how she knew where to go. If she felt anything for him, she would open up later.

"Okay, then let's hurry to Hakuryuu," Hakkai said.

"Uh, what about the cockroach?" Goku asked pointing at Gojyo who growled at him. Hakkai walked over and hit Gojyo over the head knocking him out. He then threw him over his shoulder a little roughly. Rayne smiled at this as he headed to the jeep. Natasha helped Sanzo out of bed and was helping him put a shirt on.

"I can do it myself," He muttered.

"I'm just trying to help you half ass," Natasha said.

Sanzo grumbled as he put the shirt on, "Whatever." he said.

Natasha sighed, rolling her eyes.

Vincent's smile never left his face as he watches them from afar. The plan was in motion. He raised his left hand up; a strange red orb was clutched in his out stretched hand. The soul of Sha Gojyo…

"My lord," said Shien as he and Zeon appeared behind him.

"What?" Vincent asked, hating to be interrupted.

"Everything is set in place," Zeon said bowing.

"Good, good," Vincent said waving them off, "Go now…"

"Yes," said Shien as he and Zeon vanished.

Vincent grinned, as his fingers tightened around the orb. It would take barely any effort to kill him, but he wanted to wait.

Hakkai parked the jeep outside a structure made entirely out of granite. They have less than four minutes.

Rayne quickly lead them inside the cavern of the Ancient Temple. She followed the lighted torches. She had been here once before, and she had planned on never coming back here. She remembered what Vincent had done to her down here…

"It won't hurt at all, my dear Rayne…"

Rayne shuddered at his voice in her head. She wanted to end this. She had too. She gave a side glance towards Hakkai, and that's all she had to do as she moved even faster. The twist and turns on every step taken lead them closer to a bright opening tunnel.

"Man, this is taking forever," said Goku.

Cold laughter could be heard in front of them as the group entered a huge arena size room.

"I think we're going to have to fight," said Natasha smiling. She needed to kill something, and Vincent right now was at the top of her list.

"Well, well. The Sanzo Party is here," said Zeon as he walked into the arena, a smirk on his face.

"Cut the crap, where's Gojyo's soul?" Sanzo asked as he raised his banishing gun up.

"Somewhere," said Shien following behind Zeon, "But, how about some equivalent exchange?" he snapped his fingers. Nothing seemed to happen at first, "Let's make this battle fair…" he said snapping his fingers again, this time, a circle appeared under Rayne. Chains erupted out of the ground, snagging the young female. She collapsed, as the chains tightened around her body.

"Rayne!" shouted Hakkai.

"Please, don't worry. She'll be fine," said Zeon, "We just can't allow her to use her holy magic…"

"You're starting to piss me off," said Natasha.

"Good." Came an eerie voice. A shadowed figure approached the arena.

"It's that thing that attacked Rayne," said Hakkai remembering it,

"So, I Ara'gor shall kill all, but you," it said pointing a skinny finger at Hakkai, "Shall die first...Beat us…Then the soul is yours…"

"Hakkai..." Rayne groaned as she struggled against the chains. They only seemed to tighten though with each struggle. Goku was grinning. He had been looking for a fight. He wanted to take Ara'gor but Hakkai stepped in front of him.
"He's mine..." Hakkai said. It sounded strange coming from Hakkai but Goku just nodded. Natasha was squaring up with Shien. She took her sword and readied it. She just pictured Vincent in Shien's place and her temper easily rose.

"Such a nasty temper," Shien said as he dodged a deadly blow from Natasha's sword.

"Really-I could care less!" she snapped going for another strike. Her rage was building with each second.

"So where's Homura?" he asked her smiling almost.

Natasha tilted the sword in her palm, and grinned, "You'll never get him," she said going for another attack. Meanwhile in the arena, Hakkai was having somewhat trouble Ara'gor, and Sanzo and Goku teamed up against Zeon.

"Natasha, join us," Shien said.

"Ha-never!" she shouted slashing with the sword wildly. Her power limiters glowing, Shien seemed to take notice. It was nearing time of her rebirth. His small distraction cost him as Natasha's sword sliced his arm, sending him backwards. This seemed to make her smile, and standing behind her, was a small cat. Shien smirked in his head.

Cat meowed behind Natasha.

Natasha glanced down and a little worry showed in her eyes.

"Dammit Cat, get out of here," She growled dodging a close blow from Shien thanks to her distraction. Shien heard a voice inside his head, the voice of Vincent commanding him to do something. He smirked as he attacked Natasha with a series of blows. Natasha was a little confused at this. She thought Shien was the strong silent fighter, this method was completely different. Suddenly one of Shien's swipes went for her power limiters and Natasha was caught off guard and wasn't able to stop the attack. She screamed as her power limiters were cut off.

A/N: Hey everyone! We hope you all had a good Christamas. Sorry that I left this at another cliffhanger but you don't have to wait to long for the next chapter.

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