[ Ayumu's gone. Tsuzuki's vanished, "gone home" people say but he's dead, recycled, maybe stored somewhere to be reused later. Chikusa died, and came back as something... something different, and Ayumu's gone. ]

She's nearby, but I don't see her. ...It.

[ There's no coming back from this -- nobody has ever become un-ayakashi'd, not when the blight spread this far. She's dead, and all they can do for her down is find the thing her corpse became and put it down.

With a deep breath, Gojyo fights against the rising grief, trying to focus on the battle at hand. Hakkai's got enough to deal with between Ken and Chikusa, and Goku...

Goku's suffered enough today already. ]

Transform me, okay? I can't protect you like this.