Castlevania: Blades of Sorrow
Everyone involved with Soma after the Castlevania incident knows that Soma is the reincarnation of Dracula. But what if the Dark Lord wasn't the only vampire reincarnated? When Genya and Julius return from a mission with an odd human, an ancient threat is revealed to have returned as well, and he is not too happy about being forgotten by time…
Chapter one: The one who summons forth Blades
In a cave in Mississippi, two men were walking through it's cold wet depths, water was flowing everywhere and one of the men, having pale skin which was complemented by dark hair, a black suit and tie, and dark leather shoes, was in pain with each step he took that ended up in water. This was Genya Arikado, also known as Alucard, the son of Dracula, and his companion, a red-headed man who looked to be in his early fifties, was Julius Belmont, and he was irritated.
"Alucard, if the water bothers you that much, why did you even come?"
"Because, if the rumors are correct about this place, and that there is someone with vampiric abilities here, then you need my help to stop them."
"Oh, so you think an old man can't take care of a vampire?"
"No, I think that you might end up getting hurt, besides, we may need this one captured alive, what with all the strange occurrences happening recently."
Julius was about to speak up when a sound echoed through the cave, it sounded like chains clattering along with the sound of a woman whimpering. Genya readied his sword while Julius pulled out the whip vampire killer, preparing for battle, as they got closer, the sounds became louder and louder until they entered a large chamber. It was dark, and water pooled in some areas, but the sounds of chains and crying were clear as ever.
"Who is there? Were you captured?" Genya asked, being a gentleman, Julius just rolled his eyes at this and kept silent.
"Who are you? Are you…working with that bastard?" the woman's voice said weakly, her crying having stopped.
"We work with the government; I do not know who you are talking about." Genya said, going closer to the source of the voice, his eyesight better in the dark than Julius. "We are investigating rumors of a person with vampiric abilities said to be here, were they the one to capture you?"
"Shut up!" the voice said, "How do I know he didn't send you to kill me? I see the Belmont with you, is he going to do the killing?" the voice was getting weaker, as if it was close to losing consciousness. This concerned the dhamphir, as he finally managed to find the girl, she was chained to the floor, her clothes wereragged, her hair was dark and dirty, and she had pale skin, as though she had been trapped for a while. He found that she had passed out as soon as he got to her, as she did not resist as he removed the chains. Picking her up, he carried her to Julius, who seeing her with what little light there was, took his coat off and wrapped her in it. They then proceeded to leave, taking the human with them.
It had been a few days since Genya and Julius had returned from Mississippi, with that girl. Soma had come back from a mission in Russia, having brought back with him a frozen man who caused a look of shock on Genya when he saw it, a rare display of emotion which Soma enjoyed. Of course, Soma was bored, as Mina and Yoko hadn't returned to their base in Japan, so he decided to check on the girl that was as far as he knew, still out of it. But that soon changed when he opened the door only to find a sword at his throat, and a very pissed off girl with long white hair, red eyes, and pale skin. It would have been expected that she would throw a weapon at him, but there were a few problems, one, the girl was unarmed, so he did not know where the sword had come from, and two, she was not holding the sword, or anywhere near it, she was in bed, and the sword was floating, she was also only in her underwear, but that wasn't much of a problem. She then spoke to the frightened reincarnation of Dracula.
"Where the hell am I?" she asked, glaring.
"You're in the Japanese base of a government agency designed to investigate the paranormal!" Soma said quickly eyeing the sword.
"And how in the hell did I get from a cave in Mississippi, to Japan?"
"I brought you here," a calm voice said, Soma glanced to his right to see Genya, he was glaring at the girl with his own sword drawn. Soma didn't move as the dhamphir deflected the floating blade, causing the white haired boy to fall to the ground, having nearly pissed himself with fear. Genya then calmly spoke to the girl again.
"I advise you put your weapon away, and explain how you managed to bring it forth in the first place."
"I see, so you're not with that bastard, though I am curious as to why you have a reincarnated vampire with you." She said, her eyes changing from red to a more calm purple, the sword then dissipated into nothingness.
"How did you know what Soma was?" Genya asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Same reason I can summon blades, I'm one too. However, unlike the wuss here, I've fully awakened."
"Who are you?"
"Oh, now you ask that? My name is Joyce Carson. I am the reincarnation of the vampire, Joachim Armster. His special ability was to summon and control swords."
"Wait, there are more reincarnated vampires running around?" Soma said, panicking, Genya glared at Joyce, examining her as if to try and see some sort of lie coming from her, he couldn't find anything and assumed for now that she was telling the truth, however, before he could continue asking questions, he felt a sudden chill as he turned around to see a man in wet clothes as though he had just come into the building from a hard rain. He had black hair, dark pants, a leather vest, and a red bandanna, it was Grant DaNasty, and he looked at the dhamphir with a wicked smile.
"So Allie," Grant said, "You finally decided to loosen up and get a look at a woman's body?"
Genya then realized that Joyce was severly underdressed, and his face turned red, which shocked Soma completely, as the man he knew as Genya rarely showed any emotion. Joyce realized this and blushed as well, wrapping her body in a sheet.
"Danasty, what all did you hear?"
"Oh, just about everything, like how the cutie here is a reincarnated vampire, like the kid, I think he said he was Dracula while I was in the block of ice, by the way Allie, you are certainly looking great!"
"Just how do you know this guy Genya?" soma said, confused.
"We were comrades against Dracula a long time ago, though he should be dead right now."
"What can I say? I'm the luckiest man in Wallachia! Anyway, know where I can get some new clothes? I think mine might just be out of date."
"Soma, go with this man to Hammer's shop, and keep him busy. I would like to know more about Miss Carson."
Soma then dragged Grant away, grumbling on how he just ended up on babysitting duty after nearly being killed. Genya then went over to the bed and sat down on it next to Joyce, who avoided his gaze while covering her near naked body. He then sighed as he fished something out of his pocket and handed it to her. It was a white device with black accents, and a blank screen, on the other side, a lens. Wrapped around it was a necklace with a small green gem attached to it.
"I believe this belongs to you." He said, hoping it would get her to at least trust him.
"How did you get your hands on my camera, and necklace?" she asked, snatching the objects away.
"They fell out of your pants pocket when we made it out of the cave. I didn't look at it, if you were wondering that. But how did you end up chained in that cave anyway?"
Joyce put the camera down as she put on the necklace, talking as she did so.
"I was trying to save my parents from a man named Walter Bernard, he had the powers of his past vampire self of the same name, he also shared his personality. When I fought him, I found he had killed them and he…" she paused, tears beginning to well up in her eyes, "he tortured me and then, when he was done, put me in that cave, chaining me to the ground so I wouldn't escape. It was then that my powers activated."
"How is it you remained who you are? Both times the Dark Lord Dracula nearly awakened in Soma, he almost lost himself."
"I guess it's because when they activated, I spoke with Joachim, saw his memories, he had gone through the same thing I was, being trapped in a dark wet cave, feeling hatred for Walter. In the end, he made a deal, until Walter was defeated for good, I'd be in control most of the time, but in battle, he'd take control."
"So, you are aware of your past life, even as we speak. So why did you attack Soma?"
"Joachim must have thought that he was working with Walter, back in his, or rather my, past, Walter Bernard was evil, playing with his victims by taking someone precious to them and holding them hostage while seeing how far they get in his castle, only to taint their loved ones with the vampire's curse. He was finally defeated, probably by the man who killed me all those centuries ago, Leon Belmont."
"Did this Joachim know of Dracula at the time?"
"No, no one went by that name in his memories, I'm guessing he showed up after Walter's death, however, now that I think about it, you look like someone who probably led to his downfall."
"I have never met this Walter Bernard."
"I wouldn't expect so, but in Joachim's memories, there was a knight named Mathias Cronqvist, who knew about Alchemy, and gave Leon's betrothed to him."
"Why would any human do that?"
"Don't know, but if Walter made sure that the cave I was in was watched, if any of his agents saw you, he might kidnap someone close to you, just because of whom he thought you were."
"If this Mathias helped him, why would he hate him?"
"Maybe he betrayed him in the end, but still, best keep an eye on those you care about, if there is anyone like that."
Unfortunately, before he could respond, Genya looked up and saw Yoko Belnandes at the door the blond woman crossing her arms and frowning.
"Genya," she began, "Out of the room. NOW!" Alucard quickly complied, bowing to Joyce as he left the room, he was afraid of how much the witch had heard, and what she was going to do to Joyce, but he decided to wait it out.
More time passed as Genya was resting in the lounge area of the base, staring up at the ceiling, hearing the door open he glanced behind him to see Yoko and a clothed Joyce, now wearing a long violet coat with silver embroidery on the chest, as well as a black shirt and jeans. Part of him was relieved that the girl was safe, but the rest of him was wondering what exactly they could have talked about, as Yoko glared at him with intense rage, while Joyce looked at her with fear.
"yes Yoko?" Genya said, his face expressionless while he was really filled with fear. This was followed by a very hard slap to his face causing his eyes to widen in surprise.
"I can't believe you!" she said, yelling at him, "You perverted ass! Why the hell didn't you call me as soon as you returned? You had a girl stripped down to her underwear, and you didn't even blink!"
"Yoko, I can explain!"
"I don't want to hear anything from you Alucard! I thought Julius would at least make sure you didn't try anything, but I guess I was wrong!" Yoko then walked out of the room as Grant came in, only to get blasted by a fireball. Looking at the handprint on Genya's face, he sighed.
"So…was that Sypha? Or a descendant of hers whipping you?" he said, adjusting his new sunglasses as he showed off his t-shirt, jeans and new vest to Joyce, who merely summoned a blade as a warning to back off. Genya merely sighed, as he answered.
"That was Yoko Belnandes, and I have no idea why she is like this today."
"Maybe her hell time started today, you know how scary women are during that, right?"
"So, she's in a horomonal rage. Oh joy, is Soma here?"
"Yeah, but he's currently avoiding that red head who nearly tried to kill him earlier for some reason."
This brought a look of shock to Genya's face, Yoko he could understand, but Mina hurting Soma? Something was not right, but what was it, he then looked at Joyce, she seemed to be lost in thought.
"Joyce, do you have any idea on what's going on?" he asked her, concerned.
"I'm afraid so. It seems both Yoko and that other girl are under a spell. And unfortunately, it looks like Carmilla's work; she is not too fond of men."
"What will happen if a man tries to break the spell, if it is one?" Grant asked.
Joyce grimaced as she answered, "They get their balls ripped off and shoved down their throats, afterward getting anally raped by mermen."
"That sounded quite specific Miss Carson." Genya said, feeling a little uneased by her description.
"Trust me, when I say I was a witness to it. And since I'm a girl, I may be the only one to stop them. If only I could find a way to do so without killing them."
Genya sighed as he pulled out a pair of glasses, and handed them to Joyce. "When Richter Belmont was under the control of a man named Shaft, a woman gave these to me to see the source of the control. They should help you."
"Thanks, now stand back, when Joachim takes over for battle, it gets a little weird." She said, taking the glasses from the dhamphir. A Blinding light then surrounded her, blinding Genya, while Grant watched on, his sunglasses protected his eyesight as he watched Joyce's clothes vanish as her body glowed with an unnatural light, her body grew taller and garb similar to what she wore before the transformation appeared, a Dark Violet and silver coat, white pants and shirt, and her hair becoming tied back into a ponytail, armor materialized on the coat, and black boots and gloves appeared on her feet and hands respcectively, her eyes changed to red and her expression changed to the look of someone who went through hell on earth and survived. The light vanished and Genya blinked several times as his eyes were readjusting and as he looked at Joyce. She then spoke.
"Okay, I'm going to break the spell, I'll try not to kill them in the process." She then started to hover and went to find Soma, who was running from Mina and Yoko. Putting on the glasses she saw an object floating over them that looked like a red demon mask. Soma looked to see Joyce, but recognize her at first, when she looked at him with her red eyes, he panicked.
"Oh no, not you too!" Soma said, scared and dodging a knife thrown by Mina.
"Wussy boy, you go inside the building, I'll get the girls back to normal, got it?" Joyce said, her voice holding the tone Genya had when he was giving Soma orders.
"Yes ma'am!" Soma said, not taking any chances. While he ran inside, Joyce blocked the entrance to the building with Flat Blade Spikes as she charged at the mask, surrounded by a ring of swords. In order to protect herself, she scattered three orbs, which created an impenetrable barrier around her body, it was a good thing to, as Yoko and Mina had started attacking her with spells and knives. She then hacked away at the mask, until it was destroyed, Yoko and Mina then passed out, the broken spell having drained them of they're energy. Joyce would have changed back, but the battle was not yet over, as a woman with long brown hair in a red and pink dress came to the battle field, riding on a flying skull.
"So, Armster, you've awakened at last?" the woman said, pulling out a fan and waving it in front of her face.
"I have, but, unlike you, I made a deal with my other self, if she met me fight, I'd help her get our revenge on Walter. But it seems you wish to work with him, eh Carmilla?"
"Correct. Master Bernard didn't know who you were until it was too late, but since you have teamed up with Mathias' reincarnation, he wants both you and him dead."
"We will not let you hurt Genya. But enough talk, Have at you!" Joyce then charged at the vampira, swords heading for the woman's vital areas, but a masklike shield deflected them all. Bllody tears then rained from the skull onto joyce, she tried to dodge, but her arm was hit by the acidic substance. The barrier luckily protected her, but she did not know how much longer it would stay up. Carmilla then closed in and sent sharp discs at the three orbs, breaking then and the barrier, she then grabbed Joyce's neck and held her face close to hers.
"Oh, you are so lovely Armster, and luckily for me, you were reincarnated as a woman, I will enjoy this."
Before she could do anything however, her hand was separated from her body as both looked to see Genya Arikado with his own sword out for battle.
"Joyce, are you alright?" he said, glaring.
"I'm fine, just caught off guard was all." Joyce said, and used her swords again, this time having them go around the Mask Shield when it was pulled up, and stabbed Carmilla in the back, killing her. As she screamed in defeat, she spoke a few final words.
"Armster, Mathias, when Walter finds you both, he will destroy you, and I will be in hell, laughing as he destroys the both of you." She then died; her body turning into dust, the only thing remaining was a pendant with a black gem, which then fell to the ground. Genya then picked it up and looked at Joyce, despite the battle being over, she was still in her Joachim Mode.
"Aren't you going to change back?" he asked, concerned that he would have to fight her as well.
"Yeah, but the only method that works is a little embarrassing." She answered blushing a little.
"How so?" Before he got an answer though, Joyce suddenly grabbed his head and kissed him, the shock of the unexpected motion leaving him stunned as he watched her change to her human form. She then spoke to him.
"Well, for it to work quickly, I had to kiss someone, and since It Joachim,it was a little awkward, the other option takes longer though, as I have to pass out from hunger, like I did in the cave." She then landed on the ground, her telekinesis having stopped working, and dismissed the blades sticking from the ground, entering the building afterward. Genya Arikado landed as well, but he was stunned speechless from the method to change back, a dumbfounded look on his face as Yoko and Mina came to and looked at the dhamphir, while Soma ran out and hugged Mina, happy she was back to normal. Yoko however waved a hand in front of her friend and seeing as he was not responding, proceeded to whack him upside the head in annoyance.
"What got you so shocked Alucard?" she asked, irritated.
"The fact that today I've been caught off guard several times, and that this may be the beginning of something quite interesting."
