681 Crocabeaver

The Ruby shard breaks off as it penetrates the Crocabeavers neck, causing her life-blood to spew out onto the floor, the blow fatal.

The Ogre seeing this battle isn't going in their favour drops the rocks and attempts to flee, only to have one of the Prisoners grab his leg through the bars, knocking him to the floor.

Nerissa lunges at the goat man, kicking off of him like a springboard and launching towards the Ogre, stabbing Iaito down into the back of his neck, killing him.

The goat man shakes his head, the impacts harsh but not truly injuring him, "Give up, you'll never get through my defences!" he shouts, completely transforming into a golden-winged goat.

It charges Nerissa, but she just conjures a wall of crystalline blood causing them to slam into it. She then liquefies it again, smothering the goat and forcing the blood into its nostrils, mouth and eventually the rest of its sinuses. She then crystallises the blood, causing it to expand and evicerating the creature's brain.

She then reabsorbs the blood she'd used back into her body, not having enough to waste even despite the disgusting places it'd been... Her fight with Kuyo drawing near, and she suspects he hadn't even been at full power beforehand.

She takes one final glance at the golden fleece before running off, vowing to come back and dissect it for Rei and slicing the locks to the cells.

Moka "AAAARRGGHH!" she screams in agony, lighting sparking off of her violently as droplets of water fall from above.

Kuyo growls at her, "TELL ME! What kind of Yokai is your friend!?!?" he demands, wishing to gain any advantage possible.

Moka shudders in pain but bites the inside of her cheek, "I'll never tell you!"

Kuyo slaps her across the face with the back of his hand, "YOU WILL EVENTUALLY! MORE WATER!" he shouts to the people above, a larger amount of water beginning to flow onto Moka, causing her to scream louder.

In the next room Yukari is tied to a chair, Keito questioning her as Moka's screams echo around them.

Keito "If you don't tell me then your friend might die... It doesn't sound like Kuyo is being nice, does it?" she says mockingly.

Yukari looks up at her with tears streaming down her face, "Please stop! I-I... I'll tell you anything you want to know!"

Keito grins, "Then, what kind of Yokai is your friend Nerissa!?!"

Yukari squirms, but enough bout of screaming from Moka finally breaks her, "She's a vampire! A VAMPIRE! PLEASE STOP!"

Kuyo looks behind him as the doors open, Keita strolling in with a victorious look. "And?"

Keita smiles, "The pest is a vampire, a powerful Yokai, but one with many weaknesses."

Kuyo nods, waving her off to prepare everything for his confrontation with Nerissa. He didn't think she could beat him, but their earlier fight had shaken him... Having never seen abilities quite like hers before.

Moka watches on helplessly, the pain not matching her worry for Nerissa at this point in time.

Nerissa continues to search through the compound, most of the other Public Safety Commission having to deal with the prisoners she'd quickly freed. Most of the building seemed empty, though the thick smell of blood that pervaded the entire place stopped her from attempting to sniff her friends out, she'd probably get disorientated if she focussed too much on her nose when surrounded by the thick stench of old, coagulated blood.

Suddenly though, she could hear a familiar voice a while away, "Moka" she mutters, the screams clearly one of extreme pain and duress, as well as exhaustion.

Gritting her teeth she explodes into action, barrelling down the hallway as quickly as she could physically manage. She sprints into a big, dark room with Yukari at the centre of it tied to a chair, she's about to approach but finds herself being soaked in water from above, the woman named Keito jumping out and sneering at her. "It's over! We know what you... Are..." her words slowly stop, noticing the furious looking Nerissa's hand holding Iaito shaking.

She was soaked through but was completely unaffected by the water, confusing Keito who quickly starts backing away when she realises that she's alone in here with her.

Keito "Hold on! It was a prank, Ha... Ha... Ha... See?" she says after giving the most obviously fake laugh Nerissa had ever heard.

The sobbing Yukari looks up at her saviour, Nerissa only speaking one word to Keito as she walks towards her, "Shinu."

Keito turns to run but finds a huge ruby sword pierces her back and exit out of her chest. Nerissa wasn't in the mood to play games with her friends at risk, deciding to make sure this bitch was dead, she expanded the ruby sword, literally tearing Keito's body in two.

She reabsorbs the blood and walks over to Yukari, slashes at the chair and causing the bindings to fall to pieces. "Moka?" she asks.

Yukari points to the next room, the sound of slow whimpering mixed with sobs coming from it. "There."

Nerissa nods, "Stay." and approaches the door, kicking it open while preparing to attack with Iaito... Only, that there's no one inside apart from Moka... Hanging limply from chains with a pool of water beneath her.