seeing how i wont be able to update tonite cuz i wont be home, i decided to just quickly finish this chapter now. hope you like it and just to let everyone know, the flashback zoe had of takuya as a nine year old will be explained later..........^_^

Bloodbath

Chapter 10

A girl with a blue dress stepped out. She had dark purple hair, the bangs falling on her forehead. Although they were covered, Zoe knew the girl had horns just like she did.

"What do you want?" Zoe asked, her voice cold.

Nana stared at her. "I've come to take you home."

Zoe looked at the girl, uninterested. "Is that so?"

Nana nodded. "And there's no point in running. I've already told them where we are." Her crimson eyes narrowed a bit. "Do you plan on trying to kill me?"

Zoe simply turned around and began to walk away.

Nana jumped out in front of her, blocking her path. "I can't let you leave."

Zoe's eyes darkened as she released her vectors, centimeters from Nana's face. "Don't move."

The purple-haired girl swallowed, holding her breath. After a few moments, Zoe began to walk away once again.

"Stop!" Nana yelled after her.

She was suddenly knocked into a large tombstone, shattering it.

Zoe slowly approached her. "I was going to let you go, but now you've become too much of a nuisance."

Nana sprang up. "That didn't hurt me at all. But I'm sure this will hurt you!" She slammed Zoe with her own vectors.

Zoe flew back twenty feet and crashed into a stone monument. Before she could get up, Nana's invisible hands had wrapped around her throat, and lifted her into the air. She choked her for a good fifteen seconds, then dropped her. Zoe landed with a thud, but immediately stood up, unharmed. She tried to use her own vectors to attack Nana, discovering that she was just out of range.

Nana smiled. "I won't kill you. I'll just make you suffer until Papa shows up. He'll be so proud."

Back at Takuya's house

"Are you sure you gotta leave?" Takuya asked.

Tommy nodded. "Yeah, I have some stuff I have to take care of."

"Alright. Stop by any time."

"Bye." Tommy walked outside and untied Wanta. "Let's go."

Tommy decided that it would be a good idea to go through the cemetary to avoid walking into traffic. He hated how rude people were in their cars.

"The cemetary's the best bet," he said to the dog. "Best way to enjoy a peaceful day."

Back at the cemetary

Although Zoe couldn't reach Nana from where she stood, the other girl easily wrapped her vectors around Zoe's neck again.

"I see that yours are longer than mine," she coughed out, trying to pry the hands off her throat.

Nana smiled. "If I was serious about this, you would have been dead three times already."

Zoe's hair fell into her face, then managed to throw a grave at Nana, causing the girl to have to dodge. She released her grip on her, jumping out of the way from the baraging tombstones.

"Are you ready to come back with me, yet?" She asked, her breathing a little heavier. "You don't stand a chance against me."

For the next few minutes, they threw each other into graves and fences, causing quite a bit of noise. Tommy was coming up to the graveyard by now and the loud noises.

"Let's go see what's going on," he said to Wanta, hurrying off.

Zoe punched Nana in the stomach with her vectors just as Tommy ran out. He recognized Zoe immediately.

Nana used one of the hands to grab onto Zoe's right leg. "I won't kill you, but I'll make it so you can't walk."

Just as she was about to rip it off, Tommy shouted.

"Stop it!" He cried.

Nana, surprised, looked over to see who had shouted. Zoe saw an opening and brutally attacked Nana with her own vectors. She chopped off Nana's left leg and the fingers on her right hand. Tommy's eyes widened in horror, unable to scream. Zoe then picked Nana up and threw her into a tree.

Nana began to cry from the pain, blood pouring all over the place.

Zoe stood over her. "So, does that hurt?"

"No! It doesn't," she lied.

Zoe smirked, using her vectors to attack once again. She ripped off Nana's right arm, causing the girl to wail in agony.

"Does it hurt yet?"

Nana weakly tried to crawl away, leaving a crimson trail. "No, it doesn't," she replied, tears running down her face.

Zoe atacked her one last time, slicing off Nana's remaining arm and leg.

Nana thudded to the ground, on her back. "Papa......."

"Does it hurt now?" Zoe asked, staring at the now armless and legless girl. "Don't worry, it'll be over soon."

Just then, a loud shot rang out and Zoe saw a bullet whiz past her head. Zoe turned around to see several assault team soldiers trying to shoot at her from a distance. Chief Kurama ran out a moment later, meeting her gaze. Nana saw an opening and used one of her vectors, pressing it against Zoe's head. Zoe screamed, jerking her head away. Pain seared throughout her skull, feeling as though her brain was sizzling. Meanwhile Tommy, who had witnessed the dismemberment, fled the scene as fast as he could.

Zoe tried to attack Nana with her own vectors, but to no avail. "What did you do? I can't release my vectors!"

Nana coughed, blood pouring from her mouth. "I..(cough)...disabled them."

"Zoe, stop what you're doing, and return with us immediately," Kurama firmly said. "You're surrounded and without your vectors to protect you, you have no chance."

The blond looked around, staring at the assault team ready to attack her.

A man ran up besides Kurama. "Sir, Number Seven is finished. Just look at her."

Kurama rushed to Nana's side, holding her in his arms. "Nana, why didn't you wait for me?"

"I'm sorry, Papa. I....(cough) wanted to make you proud," she weakly replied back.

Zoe's green eyes bore into Kurama's. "Why does she call you papa? I thought your daughter died years ago."

Kurama stood up angrily. "She is dead. I killed her a long time ago," he growled, then struck her across the face.

Zoe fell to the ground, a red mark darkening her cheek. Everyone gasped, shocked at what the scientist had just done.

"That's not even close to the pain that Nana is experiencing right now," Kurama said. "But it's the best I can do."

The other scientist who had joined Kurama looked at the soldiers. "Fire!"

Before they could shoot, however, Zoe jumped up and ran away, their bullets missing her.

"Follow her! Do whatever it takes to kill her!" The scientist shouted.

"Go with them, Kakuzawa." Kurama fell to his knees beside Nana. "I'll catch up."

The man, Kakuzawa, nodded. He ran after the pursuing soldiers, shouting orders as he did so.

Kurama turned his attention onto Nana, gathering her into his arms.

"I'm sorry, Papa. I'm useless now," she cried out, ashamed.

"Don't talk," he whispered. "Just for right now, rest. The team is after Zoe. And as soon as they catch up, they'll kill her."

Nana smiled, then closed her eyes, letting sleep overcome her.

and so ends another bloody chapter. yes, im cruel, sadistic, and maybe a little sick in the head. but thats okay ^_^ chapter 11 coming soon to a theater near you.