Each person in the room froze. Everyone exchanged worried glances at the realization that Jason was probably right. Fear swept through the air like a virus, infecting all of us as we sat motionless in the room.
"T-Then what do we do?" Tsukune barely spoke louder than a whisper. Nobody else said anything before Jason looked down.
"I don't know... but I know how to slow them down." Jason was attacked by worried eyes as he started to explain his plan.
"I have a place underneath my old apartment. I set it up after the battle at Yokai, just in case something like this happened." Kurumu stood up and walked over to him.
"You really think that'll work?" Jason shook his head.
"No, I never said that. What I'm hoping is that they'll leave us alone long enough for us to think of something. That, or we end up leading them straight to us and we'll know who it is." Kurumu's eyes widened along with everyone else's.
"I'm up for it." I stood up and walked over to the fridge and got a glass of orange juice before returning to my seat. "It's not like we have any better ideas."
Everyone nodded in agreement. We all got ready to leave, but just before we did...
A loud crash sent everyone flying into the living room, ready to take on the person that caused it. Jason stopped dead when he saw who it was.
Short black hair, black sweater, tan work pants, and that cocky smile. The sick look in his eyes made me gulp.
"Sorry to drop in like this, just wanted to talk for a while." His stance widened and I watched in horror. Ever since I was turned into a ghoul, I could feel some kind of energy off of everyone. I knew that's what it was because I could tell Tsukune had none or very little, but Moka's was immense.
Anatomy's shoulders grew slightly wider, muscles bigger, and energy stronger. Large horns emerged from his forehead and his dark red eyed pierced my very soul. Large, bone-like structures had appeared from his elbows, so I could only assume it was some form of weapon.
His foot crushed the ground beneath him as he lunged straight at Moka. Tsukune pulled her down and barely managed to save her.
Mizore jumped and hurled ice at him, which I assumed was in her monster form. Jason had begun burning him as he ran in zigzag formation, dodging the chairs and furniture Anatomy was throwing. Kurumu went in during any openings she found and was going for the eyes.
Jason jumped over Anatomy's arm after he missed a punch. He brought his foot down on Anatomy's head and it made a loud thwack.
Then Anatomy went after me.
As he leaped forward, nobody could stop him as his fist went straight at my face. What happened next even stunned me.
I ducked under his fist with unbelievable speed. I felt the veins in my nech pulse as my fist went straight into his gut. I could feel energy flowing from me at a terrifying rate.
As Anatomy recovered, all of the others stopped attacking and watched my showdown with him.
Continuing my attack, I planted another fist in his gut. As he hunched over, I gave him an uppercut that would've sent him flying through the air, but I grabbed his leg and stopped him. I slammed him into the ground and walked over to where his face was.
He jumped up and swung an elbow bone at me. Stopping it with my hands, I used it to pull him in before kicking him in the chest, knocking him over.
I got down on my knees over him and hit him in the face. Again and again, I couldn't stop myself. My thoughts were disgusting, all I wanted to do was kill him.
During my pounding, there were several occasions where he tried to fight back, but each time I countered and then continued beating him.
When I snapped to my senses, I looked around to see everyone staring at me, seemingly terrified.
Looking down at my hands, the drops of blood dripped onto the unconscious enemy under me. I stood up and stumbled back, the pulsing in my neck was slowly fading as I watched Jason walk in front of everyone, trying to calm them down.
'So this is a ghoul?' I thought to myself.
As he looked over his shoulder, I could feel the genuine fear coming from his eyes. Breathing heavily, nobody got too close to me as Jason and the others carried Anatomy into another room.
After a while, Jason came out to see if I was okay.
"You okay, man?" He asked, looking around me for injuries.
"I'm fine, are the others still afraid?" Jason didn't reply as he finished looking around.
"Luckily, you only knocked him out. I'm gonna see what I can get out of him when we wake him up." Jason reached a hand down and I used it to stand.
Still a little off balance, I walked with him into a room where everyone else was. Anatomy sat in a chair, tied up beyond belief.
"You guys might not want to see this." Jason reached to his left and grabbed a bucket of water from the floor. He dumped in right over Anatomy's head, waking him up slowly. Everyone started to leave the room, I tried to follow, but Jason grabbed my arm.
"I'm gonna need you." His voice was dark. Dark enough to scare me.
Jason threw the bucket at Anatomy, it made a clunk sound as it bounced off his head.
"Ow! Now that was just rude." Anatomy laughed before Jason got serious.
"Shut up! Now, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way." Jason pushed his neck to the side, letting out a loud pop.
"The hard way sounds like more fun, doesn't it?" He started to laugh again. When he was finished, Jason stepped in front of him, cracking his knuckles.
"You sure about that?" Jason said, Anatomy smiled with another sick look in his eyes.
"Sure as I'll ever be! Bring it, you fucking lighter." Anatomy spit on Jason's shoe, just asking for it.
"All right..." Jason began.
"Hard way it is."