~Chapter 27: It's On~

Simone P.O.V.

After getting myself together, it was time for the plan to began. I snickered as I thought of the things I was about to do. Its probably going to ruin my marriage session with Zero, but then again, i can force him to do anything I want.

Going into the closet and pulling out my cream colored large jewelry box, I had pulled out a black seemingly plain bracelet. It was large and it had a hidden small button within it. Pressing it gave Damon the cover he needed to start his part of the mission.

I didn't know what he was going to do as of yet. I headed out of the room intent on finding Zoey and to my surprise she was standing in the hall against the wall near the Grand Ball Room.

"Zoey, what's up?" I asked faking an innocent voice. Her head was down and she didn't meet my gaze.

"What do you think you're doing Simone? I know it has something to do with Krystal." She told me as she turned to face me. She was about three feet away.

I crossed my arms and sneered. "So what. It doesn't matter anyway, that girl is gonna die one way or the other-" She literally jumped on me as we both fell to the ground.

"I know your dirty little secret. You are such a promiscuous woman!" She told me. But did she really know about what i was really doing?

I kicked her off of me. "Say something else, and I swear, there will be more blood-" She said but I cut her off just as she blocked a hit from my whip using her mini sword.

"You're not lying about that. I'll eliminate you all, starting with you, and then the rest of your family." I replied as she narrowed her eyes.

"So I was right, wasn't I Zero?" I raised my eyebrows in surprise, I didn't know he was secretly apart of this.

He appeared from around the corner as if waiting for the perfect time to come out. "Simone, you have serious issues. You want to marry me, but trying to kill my family is out of the question." He said as he began to step towards me.

Just then as I was getting nervous, the wall was taken out to reveal my comrade Damon.

"Ah, so sorry, but I like to make a grand entrance." he said casually. Zero instantly aimed his Bloody Rose gun at him.

"Relax, I'm not here to deal with you, my target is on her way to the volcano. I have other guys for you to play with." he smirked as he snapped his fingers and several body guards appeared around us. "Simone, you know what your job is, so take care of it." He told me as he began to leave.

"Zero, I've got this. Go kick Damon's ass." Zoey said as she got into an attack stance just as their parents showed up. This was going to be very interesting.

Ichiru jumped down from a balcony that was above us. He had his trusty sword as he joined his brother to go against Damon. Zoey's mother and father joined her in taking out the guards. Then her attention was instantly on me, it would be a bloody battle indeed.

She ran at me with bursting speed as she tried to slice off my head. I back flipped as I tried to kick her in the face. I attacked Zoey with my whip and got her in the arm, as it left a nice long cut. I grabbed her fist as she tried to punch me in the face and I kicked her in her stomach very hard.

I pushed her on her back but she flipped up faster than anticipated and tripped me. Grabbing a huge part of my blonde hair, she began to slam my face repeatedly in the floor. I felt the taste of copper in my mouth and nose.

"How do you like that." She said in a amused tone. After succeeding to grab her ankle, I rolled over and I used my powerful whip to make a deep gash. It was on the right side, I smiled when she hissed in pain.

Her parents were still working on those guards, just how many did Damon have? Suddenly I felt searing pain on the back of my head, she had thrown one of the dining room chairs at me and it smashed to pieces. There was now warm blood on my freshly clean blond hair.

I ran toward her and glared, shit just got real.

Krystal P.O.V.

After running for what seemed like forever, and occasionally stopping to catch my breath a few times, I had made it to the base of the volcano. Surprisingly, there was no moat of lava around it. There was an entrance that was huge enough for several people to enter through it though. It was built in stone, with two side pillars made in marble.

On the top of the stone was a slab with weird writing on it. I couldn't make it out though except for the word: One. I've never seen this language before and somehow I could make out at least one word.

Calling my weapon to me, I was able to change its size downward so that it fit on my carrying holder that was around my left thigh, under my skirt. The dragon set atop the thing just screaming and stuff. I entered the cave in slow steps.

I was brought into a well lit area as well as a very hot place. But after a few seconds, I felt something being created around me. It was like a firewall, I wasn't burning up anymore, I felt just fine. There was one door in front of me and as I opened it and closed it behind me, the door disappeared.

In front lay a full set of double door, but they were in the distance. A rope and wooden bridge, that I was on was slowly burning to ash as I ran across it and safely made it. I hadn't seen any monsters and was suspicious, but then something else happened.

As I put my hand on the stone doors to push them open, I yelped in pain as my hand was burned. Luckily not that serious. Three key holes appeared on the door and then chains wrapped around it keeping it shut.

"What the-" I began to say but I had instantly clutched my chest with one hand. I was having horrible chest pain, which sucked. I didn't need this right now! I was struggling to breathe, I cried out in pain as I nearly fell over the edge of the platform. I was on my knees.

I was trying to keep it together, I had to. Even though I was wincing from the pain shooting through my chest, three paths laid out before me. I took the one that had a few small boulders to my left. After entering through the stone door, I seen the silver key I needed in a small metal cage on a nearby ledge. I swear i could hear whispering of some kind, I believed it to be vampires.

How the hell could they survive in this kind of heat?

The room was all stone, except for the large metal square I was currently standing, and the lava pit was beneath us. The increasing pain stopped finally and I hoped it wouldn't appear anytime soon. That blasted curse was starting to get to my heart, and that was not a good thing to look forward to, especially when three Level E's jumped down from their hiding places.

"Its just a human, but you should be long gone. We can help you with that." One with red hair said as he tried to hit me, but I was ready. I couldn't depend on anyone, anymore.

I brought my weapon out as it transformed and sliced him in half. The other two were just as easy.

I heard clapping from behind me as I turned around to be greeted with a man I haven't seen before. His hair was black and short, his eyes were ocean blue. He wore a black suit with a red tie. I could tell he was an important person somewhere. "I see you are as strong as they said before. Young girl, you have no idea what the hell you're getting yourself into." He said while his eyes burned into mine.

"I know exactly what is going on. Who are you and what do you want?" I asked as I readied my weapon in case he tried anything.

"The Kiryu's Castle is beginning its downfall." That was his reply as he left me standing there in shock.