Sand (connie and Nbird)

Tsukiakara bit down on his teeth and turned away. There wasn’t anything he could do. This was agonizing. He hadn’t been in there room for more then 5 minutes and this guy was already getting to him. But Tsukiakara feared that the worst was yet to come.

"you will learn the rules soon enough, first one is always look at me when I'm speaking" he said it calmly and at the same time dropped Yukiko onto the concrete floor and walk over to the boy, he pulled his hair back harshly and forced him to look him in the eyes, then sunk a punch into his gut, winding him, he effortlessly threw him into the wall so his head hit the granite wall "if you disobey you will get punished" he looked back at Yukiko who was slowly getting up, she growled a terrifying snarl at him and leapt over to her fallen comrade "LEAVE HIM ALONE OR I'LL KILL YOU!" she snarled and was litterly quivering in anger, she absolutely despised people who hurt her comrades

Tsukiakara closed his eyes and moaned to the pain. He grabbed his aching stomach. He could defiantly feel that there was blood coming out from the back of his head where he had hit the wall. He just had to endure this just a little more. Just until there was an opening. “Don’t worry about me Yukiko. I’m fine.” He lied like he always did.

Yukiko looked back at Tsuiakara momentarilly but that was all Zion needed, in a flash Yukiko had a collar fastened around her neck "listen Yukiko, you can't face me" and with each work he spoke the collar zapped Yukiko harsly causing her to cry out everytime. One of the henchmen picked her up by her hair and dragged her over to the centre of the room where some chains were haning from the roof, ther fastened her arms to the contraption and the chains got pulled upwards until Yukiko was off the ground, she was sore, injured and bloody and now her arms were felt like they were going to be ripped out of there sockets.

Zion quickly fastened the same kind of collar on Tsukiakara and stood back "now boy you obey me and only me, got that, now roll over onto your back like the good doggy you are, you wouldn't want your little girlfriend to get hurt would you"

Up until now when ever Tsukiakara was interrogated or tortured he had an ace or a barter chip he could use to control his torturers. This was not the case. This man had all his bases covered. ‘Sorry, Yukiko’ he thought to himself. He was sitting up with his back against the wall so it was an easy matter of sliding down to lay on his back.

Yukiko knew the feeling he was having at the moment, she had had the exact same one when her will was broken by him "Tsukiakara" she murrmered weakly even though she knew she would get punished for it, she wantyed him to know that she was still here for him even though it didn't seem like it.

"insolant girl, you still choose to defy me" Zion sighed and the collar quickly zapped Yukiko with even more volts then before, She didn't cry out this time, only whimper and he knew she was close to passing out, he turned his gaze to the boy "would doggy like a collar of his own?" he asked kindly and snapped his fingers, a henchmen left and quickly returned with a similar collar as Yukiko's

Shit, Shit’ He kept thinking in his head. He needed to get out of this but there was none. He laid still so that the collar could be fasten without resistance. What ever it took to keep Yukiko alive even if it was for a few more seconds he would do it. He didn’t look at the man’s face through out the entire thing and didn’t speak either.

*poke*

Zion smirked "mabey you'd like to see what your friend is going through" he spoke loud enough for Yukiko to hear and she groaned softly before Zion pressed another button, sending a shockwave of volts through the boy, causing intense pain, he watched closely for the boys reaction.

Yukiko couldn't let this go on yet she could do nothing, her enemy wanted nothing more then to see her suffer and that was exatly what was happening...

Tsukiakara screamed loudly as the shockwaves pulsed through his body. It was extremely agonizing and painful. He wanted to tell Yukiko that he could handle it but the screams of his pain took away his ability to speak those words.

As Tsukiakara's screams slowly ended the whole building was quiet. Then suddently, the low sound of footsteps could be heard. The rythmic sound of a man walking drew closer and closer with each step. My guards drew there weapons and readied themselves. THen, the footsteps ended. They were replaced by a cold, emotionless voice. "Lower your weapons and face your judgement. You wiill not leave this place alive."

Zion abruptly snapped his head towards the direction of the voice, letting go of the button for now "Go check that out!" he ordered the guards who took off to go discover what or whom had spoken, the day they decided to work for him was the day they haqd chosen to give their life away after all. The man then turned to Yukiko and grabbing her by the top of her ivory black hair yanked it up harshly so she looked him in the eye "WHO DID YOU BRING!?" he demanded, Zion was not a man who liked surprises.

Yukiko merely smiled weakly before spitting in the mans face "you'll see" she uttered before getting backhanded agaisnt her cheek, sending her face snapping sideways from the impact of the blow. She actually had no idea who it was but it had to be better then this man... Right?

After the shock Tsukiakara had troubles even thinking straight. He just laid there allowing whatever or whoever to decide his fate.

(sorry for short post)

The guard ran to go see who was there. From the room they were all in, you could hear the sound to metal clashing, followed by a gargled groan and the sound of liquid slashing against the floor. "You are weak." The voice said. The footsteps drew closer and closer. Finally, from out of the shadows stepped Lantin. "Now you will pay for your sins in blood." He held his scythe, now bloodied, glowing a slight red color as he moving into a fighting stance.

Zion moved with a practiced grace, taking a few steps towards Yukiko from which he could reach a Katana behind her "FOOL do you really think you can match me" he boasted with a dark smirk, he usually got his goons to do all the fighting but seeing as how hopeless they were being at the moment he figured that he needed to take matters into his own hands.

The blue eyed girl could only watch from where she hung "your in for it now Zion" she muttered laughing painfully, she wasn't sure but she thought she had internal bleeding, eh she could worry about that later, her wrists were starting to hurt from being forced to hold her weight for a period of time and she just hoped that this man didn't mean her or Tsukiakara pay for there sins either.

Tsukaikara remained silent more. The pain had made it so he didn’t want to talk much. The last standing guard outside was quivering in fear as he saw all his comrades bathed in blood. He was so scared that all he could do was hold his weapon pointing at the attacker.

"You are not hte only one with minions." Lantin said calmly. He held his scythe infront of him and ran his thumb across the blade. "Summonig Jutsu: Hell Reaper." Lantin spun around, and as he did, he sliced a rift between this world and the next. Two hands came out nad pulled the rift open farther, and the Hell reaper came out. (see https://narutorp.niceboard.com/t2095-summoninglantin?highlight=lantin for details.) 'How may I serve you Lantin.' The demon said in a wicked, evil voice. Lantin pointed to the last remaining guard. "Have fun with that one."

Upon seeing the Hell demon the last guard simply dropped his weapon and ran, no way was the pay he was getting worth versing that thing, but the hell reaper was to fast and the guard let out a shreik as the hell reaper quickly and efficiently slashed him to ribbons.

Zion growled darkly "coward" he muttered darkly facing the man who had taken out his guards "now that that buisiness is taken care of, how about we begin?" he asked before vanishing in a poof of smoke, ninja Style. The next minute the air seemed to shimmer behind the man as Zion quickly reappeard and slashed horizontally at The mans neck, his speed was surprisingly fast which Yukiko knew from experiance although she had no idea how he was with a blade

Tsukiakara now started to be unable to open his eyes. He was going to fall asleep again. He was going to be defenseless if the situation around him turned even uglier but there was nothing he could do about it.

Lantin shiifted back and blocked the oncoming blade with the staff section of his scythe. "You are fast. But your speed will not help you." Lantin pulled his scythe down, cutting the man's hand and knocking him back. "Harvest of emotion." The blade of the scythe started to glow bright white. "Happiness." Quickly, the man's emotion was sucked out of his body through the cut on his hand. "You will die now, knowing not a single happiness." He rammed the scythe into the man's chest and a bolt of lightning fired from it, blasting a hole throught the man's body.

Zion looked down at the now bloody hole through his chest "Wha..." he blinked several times before dropping the blade in his hand in shock about what had happened. collasing to the ground he said nothing, how could he be beaten so easily, they were the only thoughts going through his mind as he gasped for his last breath.

Yukiko weakly lifted his head and stared at the man that had just killed Her enemy "Please tell me your here to help... and not just on a killing spree" she laughed, feeling dizzy. Turning her attention to Tsukiakara her weak smile turned into a frown "Tsukiakara" she muttered out dropping her head. Yukiko had had a worse beating before and she would heal soon enough.

Yukiko’s shoots didn’t make Tsukiakara condition change. He just laid there motionless.

'I will take this fool to where he belongs.' He hell reaper laughed, grabbing the dead man's arm and opening a new portal to hell. He when in and it slammed shut behind him. "I am not here to harm you." Lantin said after the hell reaper had left. He walked over and sliced the ropes that held Tsukiakara in place that walked over to Yukiko. He put his scythe away and grabbed her binds, rripping them apart and catching her before she fell. He slowly let her down to the floor, and walked back to Tsukiakara. Lifting him up he placed him next to Yukiko.

Yukiko slumped into the mans arms, to tired to argue "Thanks mister... Gets painful having to hold yourself up for that long" smiling slightly she turned her head to look at Tsukiakara weakly "hey, wake up Kid. It's finished" shaking him lightly then slightly rougher when he didn't snap out of it "Get up Tsu"

Tsukiakara gave a loud moan before opening his eyes again. “I’m sorry” he said weakly. He still didn’t get up. The shock from the callor and the blow to his head made him severally weak.