New law of Beast Taming

Aqua could not describe the feeling of hollowness she felt inside her heart. It was as if a part of her had been torn apart but it could not be physically felt by her.

The feeling of loneliness was…overwhelming in such a situation and Aqua gasped as she clutched her chest. It was getting a little too much for her liking.

"It seems like you have finally understood where you stand in our hierarchy. In that case, I will let you leave now. Do not disappoint me again, Aqua."

The boss stood up and walked away. But before exiting the room, he thought of something and turned around. He looked at Aqua with his calm but torturing eyes.

"Oh, but you can get your other half back if you bring a sacrifice for us to experiment on instead. The better your sacrifice is for us, the more we will hand back to you. Who knows, we might even free you."

Aqua gasped as soon as she heard those words. These words were the ones she had wanted to hear her whole life.

She could not believe she only got to hear them when she was at her lowest point in life.

'Who does he want me to bring to him? I do not know anyone better to experiment on…'

Aqua trailed off as soon as she finished speaking in her mind. She suddenly remembered one person powerful enough to interest these people.

'Are they talking about Yoko Tsurugi? Have they gone mad? Do they want me to bring an influential person such as Yoko here? Do they all want to die?'

But even as Aqua thought that she knew that this was the only way to save her other half. She would have to trick Yoko and bring her into this hideout.

...…

"So far, I cannot notice any other trap around us. Did my mother finally give up on us?"

Sakura asked as she waited around at the exit of the jungle. She had dealt with a few more beasts along the way, but these had not been real.

There was quite a sizable amount of crowd on the other side of the jungle and it seemed to be enjoying the theme park. The attractions did look fun to Amane as well.

"This place is just as boring as I remember it being. We should head home now because there is nothing else to see here."

Sakura commented. She saw her mother walking toward her and Yoko, but that did not stop her from criticizing this place.

Elios had a calm and happy look on her face, but there was a tick of annoyance beneath the surface. She looked annoyed, but then she took a calming breath to steady her mood.

"Aww, don't say words like this Sakura. You used to love this place when you were a kid. You used to beg me to come here so often."

Elios teased Sakura and tried to wave the situation at the same time. But Sakura was not having any of it.

"Yeah, I did beg you to bring me here. But that was because this was a place away from home and your horrible influence on my environment. I did not realize then that this place would be even worse to get away from you."

Both mother and daughter stared off at each other with cold eyes. Sparks flew between them and Amane enjoyed sitting down and looking at them right now. She was discovering more and more of Elios's weaknesses.

Sakura's mother might have come across as cold and calculating at first, but she was also human enough to feel emotions of annoyance.

"Anyway, we should put it all past us and head out to our next destination. I booked us seats to the best these rides in this place. Won't you come and join me?"

Elios offered her hand toward Sakura and Amane. However, before anything could be decided, panic surged through the theme park.

The crowd began to run around and out of the way of an enraged beast. The same rhino-like beast from before started to rampage around this park.

"H-Help!"

"Run away!"

People were panicking around them as the beast refused to calm down. It's hooves met the volunteers and broke their bones. The beast was rampaging in the theme park.

"Oh my! Looks like one of the beasts we brought here for studying purposes has escaped and is now rampaging. We better go and save the people-"

Amane stepped forward and ran toward the beast. She raised her hand and the beast stilled before paying attention to her.

"Oh Yoko, you should not go against an enraged beast no matter how powerful you are. You *will* get hurt and-"

Everyone in the park watched as the beast lunged at Amane but she not only dodged it but also made chains appear and bind the beast up. The beast tried to struggle but it was also in pain and about to faint.

Amane rested her hand on the beast's head and it fainted due to exhaustion. Amane had forced its body to relax and drove the pain out.

"-I will help you out. Huh? You have already dealt with the beast? How did - I mean, how wonderful. So, this is your power?"

Elios looked shocked and uncomfortable as she watched Yoko use her powers. She was seething inside her heart since she had not expected Yoko to be able to use her powers.

The beast in front of her had been pumped full of drugs and would not be able to calm down once it woke up. There was also a shock collar on the beast's body which Elios had control of.

So, she activated the collar and the beast cried out in pain before waking up once more. It was right behind Yoko and it would injure her.

Now was the time for Elios to step in, but Sakura beat her to the punch.

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"Yoko, duck right now."

Sakura held her hand out toward the monster and flames appeared from her hand and engulfed the beast. Within seconds, the beast was gone and nothing remained of its body.

"Tsk, this was easy. My flames are getting more and more powerful by the day."

Sakura's words were full of admiration but complaining as well. She quickly made her way toward Yoko to check up on her cousin.

Meanwhile, Elios knew that she had lost her chance at saving these two. But she could not be mad because she had gotten some precious information out of this outing.

It was obvious to her now that drugs did not work on this pair. She had tried them and found them to be useless. But it made her desire to have Yoko Tsurugi at her side all the stronger.

And even Sakura was beginning to impress Elios now. She had never paid much attention to her daughter but it had been the wrong thing to do. It seemed as if Sakura had a lot of power in her small body as well.

'I guess I need to change my strategy about how to approach this situation.'

Elios Tsurugi was a businesswoman and she never made losing moves. Even now, she would win and conquer these people in front of her. And to do that, she had a plan in motion.

"You both must be tired after that eventful day today. Why don't you come back home with me and I will treat you to some ice-cream now?"

Both Sakura and Yoko looked at Elios like she was a fool. They could not figure out what was wrong with her now.

But Elios had a change in her plans because of all that she saw.

It would be impossible for her to physically put Sakura and Yoko in danger. But she could get them emotionally at least.

Both Sakura and Yoko lacked a female role model in their life. The love and care of a mother eluded them. So, Elios was sure that this was a longing buried deep in their heart - to get the case of a mother.

And that was the role she was going to play in their life now. She was going to be a mother to these two girls and make them depend on her like that.

Now this was a long road that would need time and effort to pull off. But Elios was willing to put in the effort.

'After all, talent is necessary to make a business grow. And I need to have these two on my side if I want to become even more successful.'

Elios was sure that Yoko and Sakura would agree to her proposal out of curiosity if nothing else. These two would want to know what Elios was cooking and-

"No thanks. I just want to head home and sleep now. Today was too hectic for me and I still need to catch up on my sleep from yesterday. Sakura, are you coming with me or not?"

Elios watched with tense eyes as Yoko declined her hospitality and decided to go home. Even Sakura looked amused as she followed Yoko Tsurugi.

"I will come with you. My doctor asked me to refrain from eating things like Ice-cream for the time being. I also need to get some work done at home."

Both Sakura and Yoko refused to come with Elios. It was humiliating and a public shun of her hospitality.

'These two fuckers. I was being lenient until now, but it seems like I need to put a stop to their mischief. I will not take this humiliation sitting down.'