"LIATH NO!" Kougaiji shouted. The wolf demon had succufully gotten her collar off and was currently tossing Yaone about like a rag doll. The girl had an intense dislike of Yaone since his mother had brain-washed her. Liath violently tossed her head and Yaone was flung into a dining area (the castle had several). Inside were the Sanzo-ikkou looking quiet disturbed.
"Liath stop." Kougaiji had managed to catch her arms and had them pinned to her chest. Liath was snarling. Kougaiji could feel the growl rumble up through her back, starting low in her stomach. Stubbornly Kougaiji push his feelings down, he needed to be a Lord now, not a man.
"Why are you here?" He asked, his brows furrowed.
Aura held onto one of Hakkai's sleaves trying to let what happen somewhat sink in. Wanting to be raped wasn't in her book of stuff she wanted things to happen to her.
"That man, Ni-san, he wanted us to come. So we did then we meet Hakku who was taunting Hakkai and theating to rape Aura" Christy stated to the Kougaiji.
Sanzo stood up and so did Goku as they both went over to the others.. Christy was standing between Hakkai and Gojyo. Goku took battling stance ready to right just in case.
"We didn't come here to fight you baka. We were also sent by Ni here" Doku said stairing at the couple hugging then and the bloody Yaone. Lirin was trying to hold in a laugh but couldn't and laughed at Yaone who was pumpled almost to death by a brain washed dog
"Does...This mean we stay the night here?" asked Aura who was holding onto Hakkai's sleaves still. Her voice was almost a silent whisper if you didn't listen carefully
"If you will follow me, I will lead you to your rooms." Said Saris from behind them.
The Sanzo-ikku and Kougaiji-ikku followed Saris out of the dining room and upstairs. Their were six rooms on the second floor, and six more on the third. Starting with the second floor to the right of the stairs they were roomed in this order: Lirin, Sanzo, and Gojyo. Tho the left of the stairs it was: Christy, Doku (Dokugaiji), and Yaone. On the third floor to the right of the stairs was: a locked room, kou (kougaiji) and Liath. To the left of the stairs was: Aura, Hakkai, and Goku.
Christy sat in her room wondering what would happen next, and when would it happen. She heared someone enter Doku's room, it was probably Yaone. Christy stood against her wall and concentrated hard untill she could hear them talking.
"Doku, what do you make of this situation?" Yaone asked him.
"Beats me, I always knew Ni was a sick asshole. I never really trusted him." Doku replied.
"Expecially after what he did to Kougaiji." She stated.
There was a knock at their door. The door opened and a new voice sounded. "I came to drop off your animal, it won't leave me alone."
"Sanzo, uh... i hope you don't mind my asking, but... Where do you keep all of those meat buns?" Yaone asked. Christy could Imagin the situation. Lirin was chewing on a meatbun and sanzo had an annoyed expression on his face.
"Tch, do you know where Christy is?" He asked avoiding the question.
"You mean the red head?" Doku asked. "She's next door."
Sanzo mumbled a thanks and the door closed. A moment later Christy heard Sanzo approche her door, and before he knocked, she called out to him: "Come in Sanzo."
He came in and noticed her leaning against the wall, concentrating on what was happening in the other room. She opened her eyes and smiled at Sanzo. "Anything interesting going on in there?" He asked nonchalauntly.
Christy grinned. "Not really,their only talking about what an asshole Ni is."
"I thought you'd get bored." He said and sat down on the edge of her king size bed. She sat down next to him.
"I usually like the peace and quiet, but when you know that something really bad is going to happen to you any minute, it kills the peace. It's times like this that its nice to have someone to talk to, or even just be around someone... as long as your not alone."
"I get what you mean. I just cant do that with the asses I travel with. Gojyo and goku are way too annoying, and Hakkai... he's just too happy."
"I never really had any friends, so I'd get on the internet on and RP fourem and either RP or talk with people."
"Tch, computers are way out of my league."
"I love them. But if you get too absorbed into them, it can get addictive."
"like drugs?"
Christy laughed. "guess, though I prefer alchohol myself. Nothing hard, but as long as it numbs the pain I'm fine."
"Tch, pain, you cant live with it--"
"You cant live without it... funny how the world works, right?" Christy layed back on the bed, and Sanzo watched her. She closed her eyes and a smile played on her face. Then she started speaking. "As a kid I would get yelled at by my father, and beaten ocasionally. I taught myself how to not feel pain, to lose touch with reality, put my brain in shut down, and wonder around, lost in my thoughts. Somethimes I wouldn't resurface for hours, I had to be sure the pain had left me. I taught myself to concentrate on sounds. If I really focused I could have heard you from your room. I only focused enough on Doku's and Yaone's conversation though."
Sanzo smiled at the peaceful expression on Christy's face. How her voice sounded like wind as she spoke to him. "what are you listening to now?" He asked.
"Your heart, it has a nice rythem. I can tell you're at peace now."
sanzo layed down next to her and let her continue to listen to the calming beat of his heart as they both fell asleep.
After getting settled down she took her bag of and opened it up and took out a nice thick book and opened it up to a black page and began to right
'Many things happen for a reason...My birth was for more then one' she started to write down 'I was born for the soul porpes of surving those dear to me' she stoped for awhile and heared people go up and down the stairs case 'Mine was be the hunter and to be charmed yet crused with my powers to see these monsters' she stoped and left her book open and put her writing pensil in her bag and got out her family photo.
There was a picture of her old family. Her father dressed like he always was formily in his buisness suit and her mother in a skirt that went to her knees. Her two eldest brothers sticking there tonges out at the camra wearing torn cloths and youngest sister still a baby and her cute baby dress that she herself in a dress holding her chibi sister.
Then she put that on her bed then got out another book that as hard back. She opened it up and there was alot of pictures of a Blonde haired lady with a blue eyed man and there were others with the same man being a groom to a red haired and somewhat red eyed woman in a wedding dress with 2older daughters and 3older boys. Then there was another picture with the blond haired lady with a different holding a another baby girl and beside the man stood 2 older boys and a boy the looked atleast 10...
She took out some pjs that constited of girly shorts and a sports bra and went into the bathroom connected onto her room. There was a short knock on the door in her room
"I'LL BE THERE IN A MIN." she yelled as she came out and grabed a botten up t-shirt and was at least 3 times to big for and brought it with her to open the door. and put it on and pulled one side over the other side and opened the door to meet Hakuryuu flying then landing on her head..
"Wow...you can knock also..I thought turing into a jeep was the only thing wer knew how to do" Aura stated prassing the dragon. She takes the dragon from off her head and holds it.
"So do you want to stay here or go back to Hakkai?" She asked the dragon as it chruped in agreement for the first one "So that does it your staying here for tonight...next question that confuses people are you a girl or boy?...oh well who cares" Aura chimed and she turns and shuts the door. Hakuryuu flew over to Aura's bed and layed on one of the pillows that are on the bed.. Aura walked over to the bed and put up her stuff and grabed a book and went on the other side of Hakuryuu. She to off the botten up shirt and sliped under the cover and began to read one of her published book to the dragon tittled 'Beauty of The Neil'.
Meanwhile Gojyo was wondering the halls looking for Sanzo. He stopped by Doku's room and asked hi if he had seen Sanzo.
"He went into Christy's room an hour or so ago."
"Sanzo and christy?" Gojyo said to himself "I always thought he was gay."
He left Doku, Yaone, and Lirin and went next door to Christy's room. He tryed knocking, but noone answered, so he went in. He saw Sanzo and Christy sleeping together. Sanzo had an arm wrapped around Christy's waist. He carefully snuck up on sanzo, and pulled his cigeretts out of Sanzo's robes. He took out a sig and lit it up and started smoking. "Thanks for the sig man." He said tossing the rest of the pack on the bed and made to leave.
Behind him he heard sanzo's gun click. "You owe me you asshole." Sanzo said and fired a shot at him, which almost hit if he didn't duck.
"WHAT THE HELL! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?"
"What's your point?" Sanzo said making sure Christy was still asleep, and mirculacely she was.
"I KINDA WANT TO LIVE!"
"Shut the hell up or I WILL kill you."
"What happened between you two earlier anyway? did you... you know."
"Do you want to die that badly." SAnzo said in a really agitated voice.
"We'll it's about time anyway, we were all starting to think that you really were gay."
Sanzo started to get up, but Christy had ahold of his robes(in her sleep) and he couldn't get up.
Then a loud crash came from Doku's room Sanzo woke Christy up (and she woke up right away.), and they went to check out what was going on. Gojyo got out of the room first, but was punched really hard in the face by a Youkai. "WHAT THE HELL, YOUR DEAD" He pulled out his shakujo and reduced the demon to a bloody massacar.
MEAN WHILE, BEFORE THE FIGHT
Kougaiji watched as Liath curled comfortably into a ball at the foot of one of the large beds. His mouth curled into a smile as he turned towards his own bed. As he pulled back the blankets a dark cherry box, under the bed, caught his eyes. Carefully he pulled it out and opened the case. Inside was a violin. Gently he picked up the instrument and began to play.
Liath slowly lifted her head and cocked it to the side as she listened. The sound was familiar but she couldn't place it. "Mi'Lord!" She cried out suddenly. Startled Kougaiji nearly dropped the violen as he turned around. When the sound stopped the light left Liath's eyes, leaving them their usual dulled silver. Curiously Kougaiji lifted the violen and played. Liath cocked her head and rose to her feet.
Suddenly Kougaiji pictured her in a flowing gown walking on a snow blasted path. Her head held high and the demons on the side of the path bowed their heads.
The vison disapated and Liath was standing in front of him. The long, slim fingers of her left hand along the violin.
Gojyo's scream of "What the hell, you're dead!" broke the trance like state they were in. Kougaiji tossed the instrument on the bed and dashed out of the room. Liath quickly followed him. When she entered the room Kougaiji was battling one of the demons. Liath snarled and lept through the air and when she landed was a large black wolf.
One hit dazed her causing her to revert to her human form. Angrily she reared back, her claw-like fingernails poised to strike and a demon attacked her from behind. It hefted an axe and brought the blade down in the female's back, barly missing her spine. When she gasped blood leaked from her mouth. The demon laughed maniacly as he jerked the axe out.
"Shit!" Sanzo cursed as he saw the wolf demon go down. Sanzo turned his gun on the axe-wielding demon only to find it torn to pieces and a very miffed Kougaiji in a beserker rage. Needless to say the battle ended quickly.
Kougaiji's eyes held a blank look as he went to Liath. With surprising care (especially from some one just out of a beserker rage) Kougaiji tended to her wound.
Awhile this All this happen
Hakkai was sitting in his room reading a book not noticing Hakuryuu was gone.
All of a sudden there was a loud scream echoing the three floors the two the groups are on and one above them..
Everyone stood up knowing were the female scream came from..Aura's room...
Everyone ran to her room and saw Hakuryuu flying around Aura's body looking as it was ready to attack Aura who was laying on the flow in her pjs.
"Hakuryuu Whats the big idea remember she is on our team." Gojyo said seeing an almost naked woman in frount of him.
Everyone was somewhat clueless on why Hakuryuu was acting to strange or why Aura screamed
"It was probly just eaither a stupid buy,mouse Hakuryuu scared her" Doku said trying reasoning what could have happened.
Only four people had a odd feeling that this wasn't right..Sanzo,Hakkai,Kouagiji and Liath staried at each other is there eyes.
-Before This in Aura's room-
"Her beauty withstood this heat and gave us a chance to live like we were once once" Aura said finishing Chapter one of the book she was reading. "
Well Hakuryuu time for bed" she said as she stood up and put her book away and was about to make it to her bed untill she head the door open and say a shadowed figure about was tall as Chin Iisou.
"Hakku." she mumbled under the breath and stood in attack pose with her botten up t-shirt unbutton except for the first botton.
"BINGO!" Hakku stated with a evil smile as he approched her and she backed up. Hakuryuu flew and bit him on the arm.
"You stupid dragon" he said and threw Hakuryuu drown onto the bed then went for Aura "And you will be my bait so i can kill Cho Gonou" he teased her as he looked her up and down like she was a peace of eye candy for him
He smirked then took her the held her near so all she could do was stuggle even tho Hakku was many more times strong then her.
"Déjeme ir monstruo." she commaned in spanish but that didn't work at all only making him hold onto her tighter..Then she got an idea she scream but before say anything else Hakku tied something around her mouth and left into a door that was beside a wall and the desser on the right side (the bath room was on the left side and her bed was on the back wall and the door was on the font door).
"And now my dall will take your place...And when they notice your gone it will be to late and you'll be all mine" Hakku whispered into Aura's ear
Christy walked into Aura's room and frowned slightly, something wasn't right. She walked over to the doll everyone thought to be Aura. She checked for a pulse, and there was one, but it wasn't a normal pulse. There was something mechanical about it. Christy pulled a knife out of the bag that she carried with her everywhere. She made to cut Aura with it, bu tHakkai grabbed her wrist.
"What are you doing?" He almost shouted at her.
"I don't think this is Aura. Neither dose Hakuryuu. The pulse isn't human... or Youkai. if I'm wrong, I want you to heal her." Christy e xplained. Hakkai let her wrist go, and She made to cut Aura, then the dolls eyes flashed open.
"Christy, what are you doing?" She asked frantically.
"Making sure you are Aura." She said.
"N-no, stop! Yyou're going to kill me aren't you. You've never really liked me have you."
"If you really are Aura, then you would trust me. SHE would know I wouldn't kill HER. But, if you are who you say you are, then you have nothing to hide right. You do bleed right?"
"S-someone stop her. Hakkai, please." When he didn't move to help her eyes scanned the room for help, it didn't come. "Well then, I see how it is. Why cant you guys just trust me?"
"Why can't you trust us?" Sanzo asked with his gun pointed at her. "If you can't even trust Hakkai then that settles it," He fired a shot that hit her in the chest, and she fell over dead. "You're nothing but a doll."
Everyone stared at the doll for a minute. Then Christy broke the silence. "You know what this means right? It means that Hakku has her."
The expression on Hakkai's face was of pure terror. Christy looked defiantly at him. "We'll get her back, don't let him get to you."
Gojyo put an arm around his neck in a friendly sort of way. "Yeah man, we won't let her end up like Kanan."
Hakkai put on one of his false smiles that could mask a lifetimes worth of pain and looked up at the others. "I guess your all right. I shouldn't let him get to me."
Christy was sitting on the floor with a peacefull look on her face. The others could sence an emence aura flow around her. She was opening up her sences, searching for Aura. Everything that happened to Aura replayed in her mind. Even when Hakku took her through a secret passege in the room, and to the tower where he was. Then a definat picture settled in her mind, Aura lying terrified on the floor at Hakku's feet. She was crying. "Aura." Christy said in her mind.
Aura looked up, she could have sworn she had just heard Christy's voice. Hakku had walked away to answer his door, it was Ni-san. They were starting to talk about something, but Aura didn't pay too much attention, because Christy's voive came again. Christy? she thought
Aura? her voice came again.
Is that really you?
Yeah, i dont know how i'm doing it, but some how I can talk with tou in your mind. I was able to track you also. The others don't know yet, but I'll tell them you're safe right now. What all's going on in there? Is that Ni and Hakku sence?
Yes. I'm really scared Christy.
We'll be there as soon as possible. You have my word, I will not let them hurt you
Christy severed her link with Aura, and returned to her conciousness. She saw everyone looking at her wich made her kind of nervous.
"What was that you did?" Hakkai asked
"Um... well, I don't know how I did it. I kind of concentrated on wanting to find Aura and... well, my mind retraced her steps. Hakku has her. I spoke to her with my mind... and I know where she is. But Both Hakku and Nii are there."
"if Nii's there, then we need to hurry. Take us to them." Kougaiji said.
Christy got up and started patting the walls, causing the others to give her odd stares. then She heard a hollow thud come from behind one part of the wall. She pushed on it and the wall came open, reveiling a path. She went through and the others followed suit. She came to a door and opened it. The door led outside to a bridge that led to an old gothic-style tower. They crossed the bridge and opened the door on the other side.
"She's at the top" Christy said as they stared up the spiraling staircase.
Arua looking at both Hakku and Nii backed up in a dark coner awhile the boys talked. She squessed her eyes shut tight and began to think 'Hakkai I want to be with Hakkai'
Then her body relaxed and her spirit went out of her body and was next to the others in a sold-like form.
"GUYS! Please hurry I'm scaried to death here..I don't know what they'll do to me." she said with somewhat of a disant voice..Then all of a sudden she disapeared as fast as she came
"ARUA!" the sanzo-ikku somewhat yelled. Hakkai's face turned seriouse and looked were she was then began to run up the stairs followed by the rest.
They climbed the stairs to the next floor and entered through a door. The room was dimmly lit and empty. "What sort of room is this?" Hakkai pondered out loud.
A laugh echoed through the room. "Well well Sanzo-ikkou it would seem you've figured out where we are, but getting up here wont be so easy. I have three trials for you to undertake, and if you should pass them, then you can see the girl. But do be quick, i don't know how long i can resist my urges." Hakku laughed
Hakkai clenched his fists. "If you touch her I'll kill you."
"Now now Gonou, dont lose your temper. and do enjoy yourselves, it should be most entertaining."
"Damn him" Hakkai muttered.Everyone was startled by a bloodcurling scream that came from Christy. She dropped to the floor and was clenching her head.
"Christy? What's..." Sanzos eyes widdened in fear, then it seemed that it effected everyone. They then started to come face to face with their worst fears.
Christy
The room she was standing in went pitch black, she couldnt even see her own hand in front of her. "Sanzo?" She called out. A reply didnt come. "Hakkai? Gojyo? Anyone!" Noone answered. She was getting frantic. "Guys stop foolng around." Her voice was shaky. "S-Sanzo... please, dont do this. I'm scared." Not a noise other than Christy's rapid breathing could be heard in the room. Being alone in such an eiree darkness scared her.
The room was lit by a dim light. She couldn't tell where it came from, but she still didn't like it. All she could see was a few feet of empty space on each side of her. She heard a click from behind her, and turnned to see what it was. "S-sanzo?" She said questioningly to the blonde who had is gun pointed at her. "wha-what are you doing?"
"We shouldn't have brought you on this trip, you're just in the way."
Tears filled Christys eyes. "Sanzo, I thought..."
"You thought what? That i loved you? Feh, you're a fool. How could I love someone as weak as you? People like you are better off dead."
"Sanzo, please dont. I-I..."
"Your silly little words wont work on me. Your just an annoying little girl who relies on others to save her."
"No, I'm not. Sanzo I love you. How could you be so cold?" Tears were streaming down her face.
"Thats just the way I am. Now say good night Christy." Ha said as he was about to pull the trigger.
She fell to her knees and her screams echoed loudly throughout the room. The bullet narrowly missed her. "Look at you, your pathetic. Curled up like an abandoned mutt."
"Shutup." She said softly.
"What did you say?" He asked in and angy tone. He kicked her in the stomach and she fell over.
"Stop it" She said wincing in pain. "please stop it."
He pulled her up by her hair. "Who are you to give me an order?" he punched her in the face. She staggered backwards then wipped the blood from her lips.
"You- you're not Sanzo. you can't be. Sanzo would never do something like this."
"What are you yammering on about?"
"YOUR NOT SANZO!" She yelled with her eyes clenched shut.
"Wha-" A blast of light came from Christy and distroyed the fake Sanzo. She oppened her eyes and saw that the room had become much brighter, and The others were unconcious, most likely going through what she did.