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 Six: Minor Setbacks...
"Oh well might I get you something different." Cronos suggested. "Um, tea would be nice I guess." Ayume said a bit shaky. "How about you Bakuryu?" "The same as she. Thanks." Bakuryu said respectfully. "No problem. I shall return." Cronos said happily as he left. "Okay man, I know you hate him!" Yugo said as he grabbed Bakuryu by his muffler. "He wants to get rid of you." Xion spoke. Everyone turned to him. "Wha? What are you talking about Xion? And when did you get to have a say in this?" Yugo question a bit ignorantly. "Shut up you idiot. That Cronos, he has something for Ayume and everyone else here..." Xion said pointing over to Ayume. "What does Ayume have to do with this?" Shenlong asked. "Well, Cronos has been giving Ayume a lot of his attention since we've came here." Long stated. "And does always seem happy around her..." Xion added. "If 'happy' is the right word for this situation." Yugo said beginning to think. "Okay we talked too much crap about this-Ayume do you want to keep talking about this?" Bakuryu asked.
"Now don't think Ayume hasn't noticed this you guys!" Takase said as he hiccuped heavily. "Ayume knows when she is getting hit on. She either blows the person off or she becomes violent. Now this shit...Ayume is the one that has to watch out for herself." Takase explained. Ayume opened her mouth ready to say something smart-ass like but Takase cut her off. "Yo, don't even say something damn stupid right now. Ayume he wants your power, doesn't he?" he asked. Ayume closed her mouth and stayed silent. "Ayume?" Bakuryu called out to her. Ayume backed away from Bakuryu and grabbed a knife off of the counter and placed the blade against her wrist. "Watch! And don't try to stop me either! I am not crazy." Ayume said cheerfully trying to hide her pain. The moment Ayume slit her wrist in a fast motion everyone gasped as the shining blood poured out of the cut. When the blood hit the floor it solidified into a small sharp object. Bakuryu placed a bandage around her cut to stop the bleeding. "Ayume, what the hell where you thinking?!" Bakuryu scolded. Ayume began to laugh normally. "Bakuryu this is nothing to me. It didn't even hurt but you better look at my blood when it hits the floor." Ayume picked up the solid blood object. "This is the pegasus's blood power. The more blood I use I can exchange into a weapon or place it back in me. I can not feel the pain I inflict on myself." she explained.
Everyone just stared at her. "My pain is through emotional breakdowns. Not physical." Ayume said. "Ayume and I kept this a secret, she didn't want to cause a commotion about her being one of the gods to stop a force. Like Xion for example." Bakuryu said seriously. "Do not compare me to something that low in power." Xion spat out angrily. "Heh, it seems that Xion here is looking for something as well." Long commented. Ayume looked at Long with silence. "Ayume, you were the one who was sent here to become some prodogy am I right?" he asked. "...I don't know. My birthmark began reacting when I was 8 years old so I guess something is suppose to happen." Ayume answered. "Is the glowing suppose to mean something?" "Yes. Your beast is soon to wake up completely...but it is too early for you to-show me your mark." Long said thinking. Ayume turned around and lifted her shirt up a little showing the mark on her lowerback. "How's this?" she asked blushing a little because of the embarrassment. Bakuryu smiled at this and held her shirt in his hand. The mark on Ayume's back began to glow again. "Shit-is that the mark?" Shenlong asked. "Yes, she is the Pegasus. It seems that our friend Cronos wants you to go beast for him." Long explained. "I am not gonna do that!" Ayume shouted just as Cronos walked over to the top of the stairs. "Ayume..." Bakuryu just watched her lose her control. Ayume clenched her fists and stomped out of the room.
She accidentally bumped into Cronos with out even noticing he was there. "Mother f...geez, I am not going to do that crap! I want to go home! Damn this place and damn my mark!" she said as she walked past him. "Miss Ayume are you okay?" Cronos asked grabbing Ayume by the arm. Ayume flinched and pulled her arm from his grip. "Don't touch me!" she said angrily. Cronos sighed as he watched her walk away. "God and to think that my power would be some use here in the world." Ayume said pissed off. Ayume walked into her guestroom and laid down on the bed. She didn't decide to turn the lights on since she just wanted to sleep. "I want this to end quickly..." she muttered. Bakuryu walked in and closed the door behind him silently. "Ayume, you have a right to be angry but you can't take it out on everyone else here..." Bakuryu spoke as he sat at the edge of the bed.
"Yeah, yeah. I get the point but I am not gonna go beast just for everyone's interest." Ayume said just as she threw a pillow at the wall. The soft object slammed into the wall hard enough that there was an imprint on it. "Ayume calm down." Bakuryu ordered as he grabbed the other pillow out of Ayume's hands. "Hey, give me that!" she yelled. Bakuryu shook his head "no" and hid the pillow behind his back. "You aren't coming any closer in contact with this pillow." he said happily. Ayume blushed embarrassingly and tackled him. "Ken-Bakuryu! Hand...it...over!" Ayume screamed in laughter as she reached for the pillow. "Now you are laughing! Okay then let's see if you can keep this anger at peace!" Bakuryu said hitting Ayume in the face with the same pillow she was trying to reach.
"Mmff...you freaking idiot!" Ayume scolded cheerfully as she threw another pillow into Bakuryu's face. The two went at it in the guestroom until Ayume ran out into the hallway with a pillow flying out of the door into her direction. Xion was walking from the opposite end towards Ayume and caught the pillow right before it her. Ayume gasped in amazement at Xion's calmness and thought he was going to give her a lecture of acting her age. "Playing like children I see...don't you have something to look for?" Xion asked handing the pillow over to Ayume. "Uh...do you mean...?" Ayume looked at him curiously. Xion took a step past her and continued walking. "I have done some of my research, keep looking around here to find out what you want to know. Although, your beast does sense something dangerous besides me, am I correct?" Xion spoke coldly. Ayume closed her eyes and looked up at the high ceiling.
"Yes...but please tell me something that I should be careful of. There are other experiments here that have not been able to escape their confinements. What should I do?" she asked. "Take thought into this one. I am going to need your assistance in gathering as much information needed. Now you may think that I am using you but this is how our relationship must be between our beasts..." Xion finished as he walked in the distance. "The Unborn needs my power; somehow I think what I am doing currently is a bad thing..." Ayume said astonished. Bakuryu walked over to her and watched Xion. "You know; I think Xion might be right about this one...I mean you both have strong beast power and it's not common for you two to have this." he said amused. "Hm...maybe you're right. There is something more danngerous than here though. It's worse than Xion, it's a god...the watergod."
n the laboratory, Ayume and Xion were looking around. "So this is where Cronos wanted to trap you?" Xion asked. Ayume tapped the glass of some experiment's captivity. "Yes, the dreams he used to send me to-it was always leading to this place except everything was damaged." Ayume explained. "My dreams meant something-either to save me or kill me. Now there is someone who exists in the dream wanting me to give up in releasing my beast...it's my innerself or the unborn part of me." "So, if gaia had created you to control certain forces of danger then...what are you able to do if the beast loses control?" Xion asked as he noticed a shelf full of books. Records of what has been happening to these deformed zoanthropes. Ayume looked at the tubes filled with different colored liquid. "Is this the answers?" She pointed just as one of the zoanthrope experiments began breaking out of its confinement. The glass was cracking and Ayume didn't seem scared at all but too amazed. "Don't just stand there! Move out of the way you fool!" Xion shouted angrily as the experiment started to punch its way out. Ayume stepped back only a few inches. She was just too distracted.
The experiment broke out and pounced on top of Ayume relentlessly and caused her to fall. "Damn it!" she muttered just as she felt the zoanthropes sharp nails dig into her skin. Blood began slowly pouring as Ayume's beast power began to show itself. Ayume punched the zoanthrope in the stomach and was able to move herself away from it. The zoanthrope was dripping strange liquid as it roared angrily. It wasn't water or blood; it came from its body. This zoanthrope wasn't completely in its solid form. "Must...destroy...humans...they ruined me..." it spoke broken words. Ayume tried to understand what it was talking about but the zoanthrope coughed up its own liquid as it had its hand out to attack again. "Stupid, watch out!" Xion said picking Ayume off the ground. He had a part of his arm turn into a blade. It was made of flesh but it was sharp enough to cut through anything. "Come on and try to taste my power...There is more to you because of this girl or do you just want revenge?" Xion said grinning. This grin was making Ayume nervous and frightened. "Must...kill her...her eyes...remind me of...!" The beast couldn't speak just as Xion stabbed it with out making a sound from the wind. The beast then splattered onto the floor.