Ayume Michiyo- A zoanthrope that can turn into a Pegasus. Even though she isn't very out going but her actions vary depending on her emotional behavior, she is a good friend of Uriko's and she is Kenji Ogami's (Bakuryu) classmate. She does have strange feelings for him though. She has long blackish hair with dark violet streaks and red rose colored eyes.
Shirei Kinka- A zoanthrope (which she turns into polar bear) who works with Long, she is supposedly his apprentice but there isn't much explained in that. She has glasses with blue medium length hair and green eyes-also she is simple minded but she can be tricky to fool.
Maea Tigami- A zoanthrope (she turns into a black bear) that helped create Shenlong; even though she and him are the only ones who get along with each other they both choose to destroy their other halfs (Shirei and Long). She has long midnight blue hair with forest green eyes.
Naori Tawanori- A young woman who helps Alice with her work but she is also a mysterious zoanthrope which no one has found yet to be of existence. She has medium length silver hair and light purple eyes.
Takase Hito-A school mate of Uriko's; he helps her find out the truth behind her past as he searches for his own. Takase is also a zoanthrope; which he turns in a serpent snake with dragon wings. He has short gold spiky hair and brown eyes. He is outgoing but sometimes serious.
Chapter four: Reasons to fight...
"Ba...bakuryu..." Ayume mumbled as she lifted her head up from Bakuryu's chest. "Ayume, you're awake. It's about ten o' clock. Go back to sleep." Bakuryu said with a gentle smile. "No, I want to see you here...I hate the dark." Ayume mumbled. Bakuryu hugged Ayume gently as he rubbed her back slowly. Ayume closed her eyes halfway. "Bakuryu..." Ayume said softly. "Ayume go to sleep." Bakuryu kissed Ayume's forehead. "If Yugo or the others find out then we are going to go for a joy ride." Ayume whined. Bakuryu laughed and kissed her cheek. "Hey if they find out then let's just ignore them and have fun with what we are doing." he said turning the lamp light on. Ayume pulled the blanket over her. "Nn, too bright. Kenji...Bakuryu..." Ayume mumbled again. "Turn off the light?" Bakuryu asked almost sounding like he was teasing her. Ayume shook her head "yes" and kept her eyes closed until Bakuryu turned the light off. Ayume removed the blanket from over her head and rubbed her cheek against Bakuryu's chest. "I'm not going to sleep Bakuryu." Ayume said clearly. "Oh yes you are." Bakuryu sat up and held Ayume in his arms. Ayume had her eyes closed halfway again as she looked at Bakuryu. "Not sleepy?" Bakuryu asked. "Nope." Ayume yawned. "If I kissed you again, would you sleep?" Bakuryu asked touching Ayume's lips with his fingers. "...Don't tease me." Ayume said growling. Bakuryu kissed Ayume on the lips again until she felt her body react to his. "Now is that teasing?" Bakuryu asked kissing her lightly. "Yes, it is teasing..." Ayume grumbled. "Now go back to sleep or I'm going to tease you more." Bakuryu said just when Ayume closed her eyes completely and began to dream.
"Now where the hell am I?" Ayume asked herself as she looked around in the laboratory contained with experimental zoanthropes. "You are in your mind Ayume." Cronos said as he approached her. There was a few confinements shattered with the plates named "Pegasus", and some other zoanthropes. "What I mean is why am I dreaming this now?" Ayume picked up a piece of glass. "This seems a bit too real..." "Well whenever you dream and I enter it, it becomes real itself. Your mind is very creative." Cronos complimented. "Here you are trying to woo me over. I don't like that flirting you got there buddy, now stop it or face another shot of my power." Ayume held her hand out. "That doesn't bother me one bit and it won't stop me from having fun with your presence." Cronos said laughing as he came closer to Ayume. "Stay back." Ayume said right before Cronos placed his hand on her forehead. "I am going to restore your power...but in order to do so, you must do something with me." Cronos looked down at Ayume with a grin. "Heh, no way. Besides it belongs to someone else." She swiped his hand away and turned away. "I don't want power. May be I decide to want something else..." Ayume said. Cronos kept his eyes focused on Ayume and traveled down her back until Ayume turned back around to face him. "Don't even think about it!" She said holding out her hand towards his face. "I may have gotten to your hand and neck but your face seems to pretty to be scratched, I'll break it..." Ayume smiled.
"Don't get cocky with me Pegasus, you aren't the only one with strong powers." Cronos scolded. "Ha, I don't give a crap if you do." Ayume spat out. "Living as a freak in the past have proved to me that existing isn't worth what I have become now." Ayume's power sparked out of her hand and made a clean cut on Cronos's cheek. "Ouch." Cronos said touching his cheek with a smile. "I see you can only do so little right now." "Screw you Cronos, if you want to be friendly with me-stop entering my dreams and flirting with me." Ayume said before her power got out of control while it flew out of her hand. "Come on Cronos how about we have a fight here?" she asked with a grin. "It would be an honor too but there is one thing." Cronos grabbed Ayume's arm and pulled her too close to him. "Try to kill me and see that you will get hurt along with your friends." he said whispering in her ear. "Bastard." Ayume muttered. "Oh, what's the matter? You can't see that mole getting hurt? Do as I say and your ninja will be safe." Cronos threatened. "Kiss my winged horse ass you damn pigeon. If you think about me letting you harm Bakuryu; I will make sure that you will suffer more than hell itself." Ayume glared at him causing her power to make more fast clean cuts on his arms and body. "Try to piss me off Cronos, I may be a teenager but for a grown man you are pretty sad." Ayume said right when Cronos gave her an evil glare. "What? Got nothing to say?" she continued as he released her slowly.
Cronos didn't answer and pulled Ayume in his arms and kissed her. Ayume's eyes widened as she pushed herself away. She coughed up some of her power and caused it to seep into the floor. Clear silver colored liquid was running down the side of her mouth. "You...what was that for?" Ayume said coughing up more liquid. "I just gave you a slight edge of my power...now if you let me give you some more with out force. You will be able to get stronger by the second." Cronos said patting Ayume on the head. "Hell...no." she said wiping the liquid from her face. As Ayume picked up a piece of broken glass she threw it at Cronos instantly and it was stopped at mid air by his power. "Don't toy with me or you'll get hurt." he said laughing with his pleasent tone of voice. "I don't know what to think of you now. Killing you would be nice and seeing you suffer none the less." "Don't think that harming me will be easy."
Ayume opened her eyes feeling the sweat run down her body. "Bakuryu..." she began to breathe heavily as tears ran down her face. Bakuryu was sleeping until he felt Ayume's breathing. "Hey Ayume what's wrong?" He asked yawning a bit. "Cronos...he..." Ayume couldn't speak clearly or at least one sentence. "What did that bastard do?" Bakuryu asked pissed off. Knowing him he would stay calm until he finished someone off. "Bakuryu, Cronos is trying to get the better of my power." Ayume said coughing. Bakuryu sighed and kissed Ayume's lips again but roughly this time making sure that she wouldn't be able to have any thoughts about the nightmares for a while. Ayume gave in to his kiss and let him touch her more. Bakuryu released his lips from Ayume's and rubbed her back. "Go back to sleep Ayume...then we will finish this in the morning." he said crooning her sweetly. Ayume laid her head on his chest once more until she fell asleep again.
Early in the morning, about 5:00; Ayume was in a silk nightgown walking through the hallways. She was practically losing her balance besides the fact of her not being able to keep herself walking in a straight line because of her headache. "God, why the hell does he always get in my head?" Ayume said as she leaned against the wall. Cronos was heading in Ayume's direction. He seemed to have a smile on his face when he confronted her. "You seem tired Miss Ayume. Why don't you go back to sleep?" Cronos said smiling. Ayume's throat went dry after she wanted to curse him out for that moment then she spoke, "No...you make me sick." Cronos made a frown, "Aw, don't be like that. I just wanted to spend time with you. Just to see how long you can hold me off out of your dreams." "Well that time will come during the tournament. I guess you can't get that certain thing you want either. Bakuryu has taken it from me. I wanted to give it to him any way." Ayume said placing a hand on her chest. "He wants me for me. Unlike you, he doesn't want me for power. We had a past of hell when we first met because of our powers. He understands that personally. So back the hell off or he will kill you." she finished. "Is that what you think of him-your lover, your companion, your best friend? That is foolishness, he is going to leave you like the people in your faded memories did." Cronos said with a grin.
"Shut up, I just want you to die." Ayume turned away looking at the glass. "You killed your father a long time ago knowing that it was your destiny and mine to finally meet but seeing how you are acting near the other zoanthropes-you're just being a bitch about it." To those words, Cronos gave an evil glare at Ayume and pulled her to him instantly. "If you choose to live with out admitting your feelings towards me then you shall die." Cronos said with out any emotion. "So what the fuck do you want from me-I am supposedly one of the legendary guardians, right? You want my power but you are a god, right? Fine then, I'll give you power if you can live through an ass kicking." Ayume pulled her arm away.
"Fine, in the tournament if I win-you must live here and help me solve the mystery." Cronos said. "And if I win?" Ayume asked. "Then you will be able to live freely with out me bothering you." Cronos smiled cheerfully. Bakuryu was in the hallway listening as he hung upside down from the ceiling. "So this is why Yugo and the others are worried." he muttered as he dropped down from the ceiling on to his feet with out making a sound. Bakuryu's golden brown eyes shined in the dark which made Ayume flinch instantly. "My mole..." she mumbled glancing to her sides. Bakuryu was right behind her. "Ayume...?" he said with out anger or suspicion which made Ayume's body stiffen. Ayume turned around and looked at Bakuryu sadly. "Bakuryu..." she said quietly. "Ayume and I were generally having a discussion about the tournament, there is no need to worry about her." Cronos said cheerfully. Bakuryu glared at him angrily and took Ayume in his arms. "Ayume go to bed. I will meet you there in a few minutes, I want to talk to Cronos for a moment." Bakuryu said as he released her. Ayume walked over into his quarter and peeked out of the door.
"You seem to be fond of Ayume. Explain that Cronos." Bakuryu ordered. "I do not know what you are talking about. All I am doing is spending time with her." Cronos spat out. Bakuryu clenched his fists then relaxed a moment. "Time with her is not the point of a question Cronos. You want Ayume for some reason so tell me now." Bakuryu raised his tone of voice. "Heh, you don't know anything about the relationship we two share." Cronos turned away. "You bastard. If you intend to keep Ayume here forever then you have another thing coming when she fights you." Bakuryu said as he sensed Ayume looking out from behind the door. Ayume walked back towards the bed and hopped in just before Bakuryu opened the door.