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 11: Hope for nothing...
"I can't believe this. Ayume can do all of that with her beast power?" Yugo seemed impressed just as Ayume walked into the room. "Well, I guess it's time for everyone to leave then." Uriko said sadly. "Yeah. School has been piling up on us. I'm going to go pack." Takase said going towards his room. "Hey where's Long, Shenlong?" Shirei questioned. "Oh! Long and Xion are out in the lab with Gado and King Orion. They had made a treaty I guess." Maea answered as Shenlong turned away. Ayume was in her room throwing her stuffed fox doll into the air and catching it.
"Ayume..." Bakuryu peeked his head inside the doorway. "Yeah?" Ayume said not taking her eyes off the fox doll. "We got to talk about..." Bakuryu stopped as Ayume looked at him. "I know what we have to talk about, my beast power and how it wants to overrun me. I know that I am not the same me anymore but I want to..." Ayume began crying, "Help you and Yugo. I want to help everyone." "..." Bakuryu walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. "Your beast power is great. Though we are zoanthropes everyone is scared of what we can do. Humans hate our strength and want to try to live in peace with us. Ayume I will protect you. I promise." he smiled.
"Peace with the humans, I can do that. Of course! I want to stay friends with every living creature but there is one thing I gotta do." Ayume said standing up. "What is that?" Bakuryu questioned. "Confine Cronos. HE should not be able to exist in this time period and I am going to make sure of that." Ayume said before leaving the room. Bakuryu took hold of her wrist. "I'll go with you." he said looking serious. "Yeah. That would be great." Ayume smiled. The two ran down to the laboratory and stared at the pheonix with horror. The pheonix dropped Ganesha's dead body to the floor. "So, you came back to take care of me did you?" he rasped. "Yes and please don't hesitate to die." Ayume said happily. "You friggin' bitch, you may have defeated my weak side but now I will kill you just like I did Ganesha. Slow and painful." the pheonix snarled.
"!" Ayume glanced down at Ganesha's torn flesh drowned in blood. "It's a pretty sight for a young girl like you. So fragile and so powerful. You must love existing in a place like this. So serene, so imagination, so much of a feminine figure. You must have everyone loving you." The pheonix said charging at Ayume. "I would have loved you if you were mine!" "Ha! I would not even give shit!" Ayume roared as she changed into her beast form. The pegasus flew over into the pheonix's direction and clashed beast power. The whole castle shook up in rage as beams of light shined through the windows. "Woah! Looky there Takase!" Uriko pointed out as the glass windows began to crack. "Uriko, look out!" Takase shouted as he pushed Uriko out of the way before the glass shattered.
"What the hell is going on now?!" Maea shrieked. Shenlong looked at the broken glass shards and grinned, "Seems someone is about to see true power!" Long looked at Shirei's eyes. "You don't look happy." he spoke calmly. "No. Ayume is fighting the pheonix right now. Or how you would say, the pegasus is fighting the pheonix." Shirei said losing her cool mannered temper. "How long must we wait?" Long asked. "I do not know..." Shirei finished. Alice slapped Yugo in the face, "You just had to bring us into this mess! I can't believe it!" "How would I know when Ayume would lose her mind?!" Yugo yelled. Naori walked over to Xion, "Are you going to go help her?" "Why should I? Ayume is not a child. She can take care of herself." Xion answered just as he picked up a piece of broken glass. "She is just like you Xion. You both have beast power that is not normal compared to ours." Naori said coldly.
"Don't contrast me to that weakling!" Xion scolded. Naori gasped in shock and fell silent. "Ayume won't accept her power like I do. She refuses to be controlled just like me but I can overcome that easily unlike her. Now you tell me, what would you be able to do in her position?" Xion questioned. Naori sighed, "...Nothing." "Feh, you disgust me like the others in here." Xion said walking away. "You may seem different compared to us but I know you still care about the girl." Naori thought watching Xion in silence.
"Come on. We need to settle this once and for all." The pegasus hopped around the pheonix. "Grr...you friggin' wench!" The pheonix blasted fire from all directions and headed straight for the pegasus. The pegasus flew up into the air. Both zoanthropes were panting in exhaustion. "Hee, hee. I see that you've grown tired. Well I am not done yet ya bastard." the pegasus laughed as it stomped over the pheonix and turned around. The pegasus flew into the air and soared towards the confinement chambers. "Now I shall seal the being you've become!" Ayume called out just as she made a circle. Her beast power faded along with her pegasus form. "Take this!" Ayume threw the circle onto the pheonix.
"Gaah! What are you doing?!" The pheonix shouted in fear. "Putting you to sleep, of course...my beast will be asleep as well until the real danger appears a year from now." Ayume explained. "What? You want to fight someone who is...stronger?" The pheonix asked. "No...I want to stop them from existing!" Ayume said before the pheonix spirit flew out of the beast. "Hmph, this is all over now. Cronos, Ganesha, rest in peace..." she smiled gently just as she locked Cronos up in a chamber and buried Ganesha's body outside a cemetary. "This battle is over but the dragon will awaken soon, I just know it." "Ayume...are you ready to fight for what you are destined to?" Bakuryu asked a bit worried. "Yeah, this time I won't be afraid!" Ayume smiled as she turned to him.