-Chapter 2-

Kaitou Jeanne was thrown to the ground. But now she was finally able to breathe again, being as she was free from the grasp of the tentacle that had grabbed her. She had a big, long bruise stretching across her chest, sides, and back. She slowly looked up to find herself face to face with the demon.

"My name is Yanuzui and I've come to fulfill my role in this place. After you die, I will return to the underworld and to the Devil." the demon spoke.

"What do you want with me? You surely would've finished me off when you had the chance." Jeanne replied.

"What do I want? Is it not obvious to you?" Yanuzui retorted, "I want you to suffer just like I have. Living in the underworld, which is burning in flames! It's torture! So now I want you to feel the pain I have felt in that pit of horror."

When Jeanne gave him a confused look, he explained, "You didn't honestly think we liked that place, did you?!"

The demon was clearly visible as he stepped out of the shadows. He had three jagged and spiked tails, each with a sharp blade at the end of them. On the blades were barbs of various sizes. And his whole body was covered in tiny but sharp navy blue scales. He had fangs for teeth and they were long, looking intimidating and scary. They looked like they could inflict life-threatening and painful, deep injuries. His fingers weren't direct weapons, but rather tentacles instead. Probably one of the tentacles that had grabbed her. There were several on each hand, and he had four hands total, each with ten finger-tentacles. On top of his head were seven horns, each nicely arranged with one huge horn in the middle and three horns lined up on each side of the big one. Lining his jawline were spines jutting out. His feet were much like a dragon's. He stood on two legs and walked almost like a human would. He truly looked both fearsome and tough. Most likely not something to be taken lightly.

"Are you ready to die, Jeanne?" he chanted at her.

"I won't lose!" she answered. Her answer pretty much sealed her fate.

He laughed a gravelly laugh and pulled back his upper right arm, getting ready to strike. Jeanne quickly moved as the slender tentacle came flying at her. He tried several times, and each time she moved. He laughed again, knowing he had her cornered. He drove all four hands into the ground and all of his tentacles came shooting up out of the ground several feet away from him, right in front of Jeanne. She prepared for the inevitable pain by closing her eyes, but after a few moments of nothingness, she cautiously opened one eye. The tentacles were being held off by none other other than Kaitou Sinbad himself. He was using alot of energy, and it looked hard to do, but somehow he managed to keep them at bay. She heard him say something, but was too shocked to comprehend it.

She's not running. Why isn't she running?! Sinbad thought while slicing off the tip of one of the demon's tentacles. The thing just regenerated. Jeanne was just sitting there, not knowing what exactly was going on. Plus, she was feeling this extremely uncomfortable pain in one of her lungs. It felt as though she was breathing in knives instead of air. She clutched her sides, knowing that if she got up, the pain would grow dramatically. And worse still, her weapon was somewhere in the building she'd been trying to break into.

Sinbad suddenly felt a stabbing pain shoot through his stomach, stretching all the way to his back. He looked down only to find that he'd gotten distracted and the demon had pierced through his abdomen with one of its tentacles, using them like spears.

The demon laughed evilly and turned its attention back to Jeanne. "Your turn, Jeanne!" he teased. His smile was aweful as he brought a tentacle down on her. She moved away just in time to hear a snapping sound. The tentacle hadn't totally missed her; it'd hit her finger and crushed it, breaking both bone and flesh. She shrieked in pain and held her finger close to her. Yanuzui laughed again, this time in pleasure. He straightened a tentacle and jabbed it at Jeanne. She rolled over and it just barely missed. Another tentacle thrust her into the air. The demon watched as she helplessly fell to the ground.

The battle went on with him attacking and her dodging for several minutes, until the demon had finally had enough playtime. He grabbed for her, causing her once more to dodge, but in the wrong direction. He only needed a second to draw up his hand out of the ground and slash her, using his tentacles like claws. She covered the area right above her stomach. He'd hit her ribcage. She had no idea of whether any ribs were broken or not, but there was no time to think or complain. Right now the only thought on her mind was: run. But where to? There was nowhere to hide or run! Jeanne only had enough time to glance at the demon before he drove his hands into the ground again. Bad. Now she couldn't tell where the tentacles would come out at.

The demon grabbed her ankle with two tentacles, one above and one underneath, and twisted it until it snapped. She screamed. Now she couldn't walk. Yanuzui looked over at an unconscious Sinbad and teleported. Since he hadn't let go of Jeanne yet, she teleported too.

Sinbad woke up. How long was he out? The police and an ambulance surrounded him. He felt himself being lifted onto a gernie. "W-Wait." he said weakly, "Jeanne... Jeanne is in trouble." The police listened carefully and nodded. Most of the police cars drove off, but a few still remained. He was a Kaitou, after all. "Where is Jeanne at?" Miyako asked. Sinbad looked at her sadly, "I don't know. But she had a broken finger and I don't think that's anywhere near the worst of what's to come." The ambulance drove away with Sinbad.

Jeanne, on the other hand, was in Minazuki Park. The police weren't there, and she had no such comfort as an ambulance. She had no defense, like a weapon. She was utterly alone. She heard a familiar laugh and felt a burning, lasting pain. Yanuzui had bored a hole right through her body, the area under her belly button. Four thorny tentacles came up out of the ground and grabbed each of her limbs. She struggled to escape, and it worked. But not without a price. The flesh on each limb had been torn, or rather, shredded. There was blood all over her now. The gash left on her belly was finally starting to weaken her.

Yanuzui used a barbed tentacle to try to finish her off once and for all. She saw it coming and scrambled to get out of the way. She tripped and fell. Yanuzui watched with delight as she got up, obviously in severe pain, as though nothing had happened. Did he even hit her at all? She turned around, revealing the answer. Her right eye had been the one to take all the damage. The barbs had sliced through her eye, revealing a small but long, slim, painful, and damaging cut. It went right through her pupil and was slanted. It was also jagged. Her cornea and iris had also been caught by the barbed tentacle. She covered her badly injured eye and scrunched in agony.

He grabbed each of her limbs again and this time, he succeeded in his evil plan. He didn't kill her, deciding that he'd make her suffer beforehand, but he snapped each limb's bone. She helplessly screeched in both agony and fear. He still didn't let her down. He grinned as he used several extra tentacles to hold her still while he used two tentacles to slowly bored a hole through the palms of both her hands. She started to cry. One eye let pure, clear tears escape from it, while the other let only blood-stained tears escape. It was like she was crying blood instead of water. No matter how strong you were, nobody would've been able to go through this without at least crying or something. She screamed for him to stop and let her go.

"If I kill you now, I won't be able to enjoy myself with you later on." Yanuzui said. He used all his tentacles to smash the poor girl into the ground. The pressure of this forced her left femur to break through her pelvis, causing even more severe internal bleeding. He heard a siren and he soon after saw red, flashing lights. He chuckled and teleported to someplace else. His departing words were, "I'm done for now...".

A screech was heard as the first police car attempted to execute an immediate stop. The police officer quickly stepped out of the car and ran over to the victim laying on the ground, seemingly unconscious. He gently shook her shoulder. No movement or response. He called the other police officers and told them to get to Minazuki Park as soon as possible. He also ordered the arrival of another ambulance.

It only took a small matter of time for everyone to get to the horrid scene. Miyako was one of the first ones in. The police had set up the kind of tape used in crime scenes. The paramedics investigated Jeanne and told the worried officers that she most likely wouldn't make it; there was only a ten percent chance that she would. They said that she'd have to endure several surgeries. Miyako took notes of all this. She went to the others and asked if they had any idea of who would do this, even to Kaitou Jeanne. No one had a clue.

The paramedics set her gently on the gernie, just as they had with Sinbad, and loaded her into the vehicle. More sirens were heard when the vehicle was driving to the hospital for further treatment. They already hooked Jeanne up to an I.V. The police followed not too far behind.

The ambulance pulled into Nagoya Hospital after a few minutes of driving.

A/N:

Okay, so there's chapter two! Hope you enjoyed it! I have a good idea of what chapter three will b like, so no ideas 'til I run out, k? XD That'll be soon enough, don't worry! So anyways, please read and review! Have a nice day!