SailorStar9: This is Chapter 10 of this fic. (Sighs) Every time I write these B.S. disclaimers, I die a little inside. Remember, boys and girls, reviews are an author's subsistence.

Disclaimers: I own nothing, except for the plot bunny and the pairings.

Chapter 10: The Sorrowful Maidens

"That's..." Hakkai stopped Hakuryu as Shunfa came into view.

"Genjo Sanzo, I'm here for your life." Shunfa declared.

"So that's your answer?" Sanzo inquired.

"No, it's our answer." Shufa corrected.

"You three?" Shunfa gaped. "Why?"

"We're sorry, sister." Shenfa apologized. "But this is the path we've chosen."

Without a word, the four sisters removed their power limiters.

"What the heck?" Goku demanded. "What the hell's going on here?"

"En garde!" Shunfa took charge.

"So this is how it always ends." Gojyo retorted, blocking Shenfa's attack.

"Why?" Goku pressed, dodging Toufa's attack. "Why do we have to fight each other?"

"Die!" Toufa renewed her attack.

"I thought as much." Tokusa muttered, clashing with Shunfa and revealing the parasitic demon within her. "I knew I recognized that stench."

"That scar is that of a parasitic demon." Hakkai recognized the mark.

"So that's what this is about." Gojyo snorted.

"I don't get it!" Goku exclaimed. "What's this about?"

"That's a scar left behind by a parasitic demon." Hakkai explained. "There should be another demon dwelling inside her body."

"Then if we kill that whatchamacallit demon..." Goku voiced.

"It's impossible." Hakkai objected. "It will have assimilated her internal organs, so we won't be able to kill just the parasitic demon. And if a parasitic demon leaves it's host, the host will die automatically."

"You bastard!" Shenfa roared.

"Then die!" Shunfa pulled out a dagger to stab the demon inside her. "Along with my accursed body!"

"Not so fast!" the parasitic demon tsked. "You are my precious hostage."

"Bastard." Tokusa hissed.

"You're such fools." the demon chided. "If you hadn't said such unnecessary things, they'd have been allowed to stay themselves."

"What did you say?" Gojyo growled as the parasitic demon manifested itself through the other girls.

"So you planted seeds in them too." Hakkai realized.

"Did you think I'd leave the younger sisters alone?" the demon laughed.

"You bastard, you're not getting away with this." Goku swore.

"Are you sure you don't mind hurting me?" the demon taunted. "Because these women are still alive. Get them!" he ordered.

"Goku!" Hakkai barked, defending against Shunfa's attack ."Get a hold of yourself!"

"But that's Toufa!" Goku protested.

"Kill me and the women will die too." the demon reminded as Gojyo and Shenfa crossed blades. "You can't do that now, can you? You don't have it in you to kill them."

"If that's what you want then..." Tokusa sighed.

"What?" the demon gasped as the flower demoness pulled out the Hana no Tama from her neck.

"This is the end." Tokusa declared, having paralyzed the sisters with the crystal's power.

"Stop..." the demon choked.

"Don't do it!" Goku flung himself at Sanzo who had readied his aim. "Don't do it, Sanzo."

"Let go of my hand, Goku." Sanzo ordered. "Just let go!"

"I won't let go!" Goku insisted. "I'll never let go. Because that's Shunfa. And Shenfa and Shufa! I just got to know Toufa. Why?"

"Let go of my hand, Goku." Sanzo instructed.

Goku sank to his knees, allowing Sanzo to fire his shot.

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