Here we go, guys. The 3rd episode has begun. Blade will work with a temporarily ally on the same trail as him, and he'll face a different vampire monster. Anyway, back to the story guys
In Osaka, Japan
Two cops were driving through the city. They had been working on a series of missing person cases but were finding nothing. "So, how many does that make total?" One of the cops asked his partner. He looked like he was in his twenties while the other one was the older more experienced cop.
"I don't know. There's been so many of these missing person cases in the last few months, I've begun to lose track." The older cop said.
"No kidding, must be at least a dozen. Hostesses, sweatshop workers, all women, all illegal immigrants. It's gotta mean something, don't you think?" The younger cop asked.
"Yeah. What it means is we're not doing our job very well." The older cop answered.
They got to the neighborhood where the crime scene took place but some of the people living there were in the way. "Police, stand aside please. Come on, outta the way!" The younger cop told the people. They got out of the way and the cops got to the house where the crime scene took place.
The older cop got out and saw his lieutenant standing in the apartment doorway taking a report. The lieutenant looked at him "Sakomizu, finally." The lieutenant said.
"Evening, lieutenant, Jackass." Detective Sakomizu whispered so the lieutenant wouldn't hear.
"We're here, sir, lieutenant!" The younger cop named Ikeda said.
"How the hell does he keep getting to the crime scene before us?" Sakomizu asked silently, the lieutenant had been getting to crime scenes before any other cop lately but Sakomizu didn't know why. Suddenly, he looked at the nearby roof and saw something. He couldn't fully see it but it looked like a tall humanoid raccoon with a trench coat and shades.
The racoon then disappeared and Sakomizu rubbed his eyes. "Something wrong, partner?" Ikeda asked.
"Forget it, it's probably nothing." Sakomizu said walking to the apartment building.
"The entire apartment building appears to have been a hostile for female immigrants. We don't have an exact count, but these women were crammed in there like shardeans." A crime scene investigator told Sakomizu and his partner.
After getting the report, Sakomizu went inside to see if he could find any evidence. But he found nothing. He looked down and saw a piece of paper on the floor and picked it up, revealing it to be a picture of a woman named Sara from the writing on it. The lights then turned on.
You okay, partner? You finding anything? Any leads that might help us with the case?" Ikeda asked.
"No, nothing." Sakomizu said putting the picture in his coat. "There's nothing, not even signs of a struggle. How about you? You find anything?"
"I tried questioning some of the crowd outside. No one's seen of heard anything going on in here, but they do say that there was this one weird-looking guy. They say they saw a humanoid raccoon in a trench coat." Ikeda told him.
Sakomizu then remembered what he saw on the roof minutes ago before he walked into the apartment. "A tall raccoon looking guy? Well now isn't that a coincidence?"
"Hey, why don't you call it a night, partner? Didn't you say it was your daughter's birthday today. Why don't you go on home and I'll cover for you?" Ikeda told his partner.
"No, let's question the neighborhood while people's memories are fresh." Sakomizu said. They began to go around the neighborhood, questioning anyone who might have seen this Raccoon a trench coat, but the people who lived in the neighborhood had told the cops that they had seen no such thing.
After an hour, they took a rest by their car "Nobody knows nothing. Amazing. You'd think something like that, tall raccoon looking guy in a trench coat would kind of stick out." Sakomizu said.
Suddenly the radio despatch called. "Attention all units in the commercial district, reports of a break-in at the offices of Sakanizi Industries, possible armed robbery, over?"
"Serves them right. Let's just pretend we didn't hear it." But then Sakomizu grabbed the radio. "Wait, this is car 3-0-5, we're on our way."
"But I thought we were-" Ikeda said but Sakomizu cut him off as they got in the car.
"Those guys are Yakuza. They've got their hands in everything crooked that goes on in this town. Buckle up, kid." Sakomizu said putting the police light on the roof of the car and speeding to the industry building.
At Sakanizi Industries
A door to one of the offices was kicked down. "Who the hell are you?" The owner asked.
Blade then came in the office. One of the bodyguards tried to attack him with a weapon but he easily grabbed the arm holding the knife. "Why is it always slime like you I have to deal with? Little humans with weapons instead of brains." He looked at the man's wrist and saw the same glyph that was on Frost's nightclub. "Well, look at that. Talk, I want to hear all about your associates."
With the 2 cops
When Sakomizu and his partner got to the building, a man was thrown out of the window and he landed on the hood of their car. "Get an ambulance down here now." Sakomizu told Ikeda as he got out of the car and headed into the building. He ran upstairs and saw 3 people knocked out and heard fighting coming from inside the nearby door. He got out his gun, went inside and saw the humanoid animal from the rooftop holding a sword and a man that also had a sword. The humanoid raccoon was holding the man by the wrists. "So I wasn't hallucinating. There really is a raccoon looking man in a trench coat." Sakomizu pointed his gun at them.
"Police, hold it right there! The two of you put down those weapons right now!" Sakomizu said before he saw the raccoon suddenly slash through the man, making him explode. Sakomizu was shocked, having never seen anything like that before in his life. But before he could do anything, the raccoon got behind him with unnatural speed and held his sword to his neck.
With Sakomizu's partner
Ikeda was still in the car when he saw Sakomizu come out of the building. "So, partner, what's going-" the young detective said before he saw the raccoon in the trench coat holding a sword to Sakomizu while holding his gun in his other hand. "That's him, the suspect!" The young cop got out his gun.
"Take a deep breath, kid. Remember your training. Just make sure you aim for the furry guy." Sakomizu told him.
"I-I-I think I should just call for backup. Yeah, that's right, I'll call for backup." Ikeda said going to the car and getting on the radio. "This is car 3-0-5-" he said before he was pulled back by Blade and thrown back a few inches.
Blade got in the passenger side while Sakomizu got in the driver's side." Go ahead and drive." Blade told him.
"W-where am I driving to?" Sakomizu asked. Shocked at hearing the tall raccoon speak.
Blade put the police light on the roof of the car. "You're a cop, take me in." Blade said, making Sakomizu look confused for a moment before he started driving to the police station.
"That guy. I've never seen it, a man explode like that." Sakomizu said.
"Because that wasn't a man. Not in any way that you would understand." Blade said.
"Really? Oh man, I can tell this is going to be one of those nights. So, what the hell are you?" Sakomizu asked, curious about the talking raccoon.
"Also nothing that you would understand." Blade answered.
"You sure you're not a Mutant? I've heard about humans with superpowers. Some of them look like animals. Is that what you are?"
*I'm not a Mutant, despite what the other humans who've seen me over the years think. The only thing you will know about me is that I'm not human." Blade said.
"So, why am I driving you to headquarters? You're not thinking about turning yourself in, are you?" Sakomizu asked.
"A police colleague of yours is part of a group responsible for kidnapping all these women." Blade answered.
"A colleague? What do you mean by that?" Sakomizu asked.
"You'll see soon enough." Blade answered.
At the police station
The other cops and worker were very confused and surprised at seeing one of their own bring in a tall human-sized raccoon with clothing and weapons. He was in handcuffs as well. "Is the chief in his office?" Sakomizu asked.
"I-I-I think so." The desk lady answered, shocked at seeing the tall raccoon.
While this was happening, the lieutenant and patrolmen ran inside Chief Gondou's office. "What the hell is going on?" Gondou asked.
"It's him, Chief. It's Blade, and he's onto us." The lieutenant answered loading his gun with silver bullets.
"Blade is here!?" Gondou asked. Not only was blade feared by the vampire world, he was also feared by the humans who were secretly doing all of their dirty work.
Blade then kicked down the door to Gondou's office and entered with Sakomizu. "Sorry about the door, sir." Sakomizu said before the lieutenant shot at him. He closed his eyes but felt no pain. He opened his eyes and saw that Blade got in front of him, stopping the bullets.
Blade broke out of the handcuffs, grabbed the lieutenant by the wrist and kicked the patrolmen to the wall when he tried to attack him. Blade then showed Sakomizu the lieutenant's wrist. "You see this mark? It's the mark of an organization known as Existence. Your colleague here has sold out to them, hiding evidence to protect them." Blade revealed to the detective as he threw the corrupt lieutenant to him.
"Is this true, lieutenant? Is that the reason you get to the crime scene before anyone else?" Sakomizu asked angrily.
"No, let me go. I was only following the Chief's orders." The lieutenant said fearfully.
"I knew there was something. You're a cop, man. If there's one thing I hate, it's a dirty cop." Sakomizu said.
Blade walked up to the corrupt chief drew his sword and pointed at him. "Tell me what you know."
The corrupt chief looked in fear for a second before smiling evilly. "Alright, sure, I'll tell you what I know: we're everywhere, that's what I know. We're in places you've never dreamed of, the government, the police force, even organized crime. All of us doing our bit to make sure the Chosen Ones get what they want, and they will get what they want and you'll never stop them, not even with that big silver toothpick of yours."
"The chosen ones? What a load of crap!" Sakomizu said throwing the lieutenant away and walking up to the corrupt chief. "These are killers and monsters you're working for!" Sakomizu lowered Blade's arm. "What's happened to the missing women?"
"They're part of the bargain." Gongou answered.
"Bargain?"
"If we can buy this country's protection with some illegals no one cares about, that's a good deal." Gongou answered before Sakomizu grabbed him by the shirt and punched him in the face.
"You're gonna tell me where those women are, but not quite yet!" Sakomizu said before punching him again.
After "interrogation" by Blade and Sakomizu, Gongou finally told them that the missing women were in the old abandoned subway. They left the police station and drove them there. "You sure you're ok? Those shots you took- Sakomizu asked before blade cut him off.
"Body armor. Besides, silver bullets don't work on me. And even if they did shoot me where I don't have armor, I wouldn't die." Blade explained.
"Silver? Ain't those for werewolf or something?" Sakomizu asked.
"Don't think about it too much." Blade said.
"Whatever. Can't get any weirder. It was right in front of me the whole time and I missed it!" Sakomizu said hitting the steering wheel with his palm.
"Now that you know the truth, you may find that you were better off not knowing." Blade said.
They got to the old subway station, they prepared their weapons. "You have a family, don't you, detective?
"Yeah, a wife and a little girl. It's her birthday." Sakomizu said.
"You should go home to them. They wouldn't want to lose you, especially your little girl on her birthday. Your wife wouldn't want to lose her husband and end up raising her child on her own. And your little girl wouldn't want to lose you. She'd want her father to be with her on her special day, and so would your wife." Blade said.
"I know that you're right, but I'd rather go home knowing that I at least saved those women. Besides, a cop doesn't get a chance to use silver bullets every day. I'm sticking with you until those women are safe." Sakomizu said, determined.
After getting out of the car, they headed down the subway tunnel. Unknown to them, Makoto was right behind them, having followed Blade to the city for revenge.
While they were walking down the stairs, Blade noticed something. "That's odd."
"What's odd?"
"There should be rats down here, but I haven't seen a single one." Blade answered.
"What's odd to me is that you can see anything down here with those shades on." Sakomizu said, finding it weird that a humanoid raccoon was even wearing shades at night time, let alone in an old, dark subway station.
They got to the bottom of the stairs and saw containment tubes of some kind. "What the hell are those?" Sakomizu asked.
"A sure sign we've tracked them to they're lair." Blade answered before lights suddenly came on.
"Well, well, what a pleasant surprise." A vampire named Tanaka said while drinking a jar filled with blood from a straw. "Actually it isn't really a surprise."
"The the hell are you!?" Sakomizu asked.
"Where are my manners? Can I get you guys a drink, or maybe you're just here for a guided tour of our little bloodfarm?" Tanaka asked.
"Did you say bloodfarm?" Sakomizu asked.
"It's kinda like a dairy farm only instead of milk, we get blood. And instead of cows, well, you get the idea. This insures the freshest product for our customers. Which means we can demand the highest price." Tanaka explained.
Sakomizu looked at the woman in one of the tubes and remembered the picture he found in the apartment. He then realized that the tubes were filled with the missing women. "Those poor women." Sakomizu said
"It's not like we've killed them. Quite the opposite, in fact. Here they're comfy, clean, and well-nurinched. I think they're better off." Tanaka said evilly.
"You sick little creep!" Sakomizu said, feeling hatred for this evil monster.
"Where is Deacon Frost?" Blade demanded.
"He's long gone, left the country. You came all this way for nothing. But it's not a total loss. The cats haven't eaten a thing for days." Tanaka said as black cats started walking to the detective and Daywalker. They then revealed themselves to be vampire cats, standing upright and having glowing eyes and fangs.
"Monster cats, that's just great." Sakomizu said.
"Let's see if you're as good as they say, Daywalker. I doubt that a talking raccoon can kill these cats, let alone vampires." Tanaka said.
"Detective, hit the deck." Blade told Sakomizu, who did just that as the vampire cats jumped at them. In on swipe of his sword, Blade ashed all of them.
"Hey, you are good. I'm very impressed!" Tanaka said as he ran.
"Get those women down!" Blade told Sakomizu as he chased after Tanaka.
Sakomizu ran close enough, got out his gun and shot the meganium holding the tubes up, making them fall to the floor. Sakomizu got out his pocket knife and cut the one holding Sara open, who was thankfully still alive, despite the blood loss. "Everything's gonna be fine." Sakomizu told her before he saw more vampire cats coming towards them.
Sakomizu shot as many as he could before he ran out of bullets. He hugged Sara to him. But as the vampire cats jumped at them, they were all suddenly ashed. Sakomizu opened his eyes to see a teenaged girl. "Who are you."
"It doesn't matter, we need to get the rest of these women out of here fast." Makoto said. After helping to get the rest of the women down and up the stairs and out of the subway, Makoto ran after Blade.
With Blade
Blade followed Tanaka to where water from the sewers had flooded the rest of the subway station. "Quick question: have you ever come across a vampire species known as a Water Tiger? No? Well then you're in for a treat. You'll never forget it as long as you live, which won't be very long." Tanaka said as he started transforming into a tiger-like creature. He then got into a saw-like form and came at Blade with amazing speed. Blade avoided him at first but he came back around. Blade tried using his gaives but they bounced off him. Tanaka pushed Blade into the water with him. When Blade was under water, he quickly drew his sword as the water tiger swam to him. Tanaka slashed Blade with his claws before kicking him in the gut. "There's a reason we're called Water Tigers. You're out of your depth, Daywalker. Unless you have gills."
Blade quickly kicked Tanaka away from him and swam to an old rail. When he grabbed it, Tanaka bit on Blade's leg, attempting to pull him down again. Blade brought his sword down to stab the water tiger, making him move out of the way. Blade got out of the water and got on the railing. He quickly gathered his energy for the Residual moon technique. Tanaka jumped out and drove his claws into Blade's chest, but it was an after-image. He then felt a sharp pain cutting him lengthwise and became engulfed in fire. Tanaka fell into the water. "Call me a spoilsport, but if I'm gonna die, everybody dies." He said, activating his self-destruct device before exploding.
Blade put his sword away and heard a voice. "Hey, you!" Blade looked and saw the girl from Frost's nightclub. "We gotta talk."
"Save it for later." Blade said.
"No. We're gonna do this now." Makoto said preparing her brass knuckle blades.
They suddenly saw fire coming towards their direction. "Like I said, later would be better." Blade said jumping into the water.
"Wait!" Makoto yelled, jumping after him.
The next day
Sakomizu stood by ambulances that would take the women to the hospital for medical attention. He walked over to Sara and gave her her picture. "That's a nice picture of you. You should send it to your folks, let everyone back home know that you're alright."
"How can I ever thank you?" Sara asked grateful.
"I was in the same boat as you. That girl and the talking raccoon in the trench coat, they're the ones we should thank, in the unlikely event we ever see them again." Sakomizu said, smiling.
The ambulance drove off as Ikeda came up to his partner. "Hey, partner, you okay? Sorry about last night."
"Don't sweat it. Just think, if you'd actually pulled that trigger, I'd have missed all the fun." Sakomizu said, smiling.
"A wild night, huh?" Ikeda said as they had a good laugh. So, you're gonna forget about the vampire angle, right, partner."
Sakomizu looked at Ikeda. "You found the women, but none of the rest of it ever happened. I can tell my Superiors that you're on board. Your daughter, you missed her birthday, right? It would be a shame if that was her last one." Sakomizu pulled the top of Ikeda's shirt down, revealing an Existence mark. "It's over, partner. None of it happened."
After a few seconds, Sakomizu said "Oh yeah, it happened." Sakomizu then elbowed Ikeda in the face, making him fall to the ground, out cold. "That happened, too. It ain't over, kid, it's just beginning. And don't call me "partner" Sakomizu walked away. "Let me see, if I hurry, I might just have enough time to buy my little girl that bike and be home before she finishes breakfast."
A few days later In Kobe, Japan at night
Blade was walking through a fog in an alley until he came upon a man and a dog. "Where's Deacon Frost?" Blade asked.
The man smiled. "In the Philippines."
There you go, guys. The second episode is complete. The third episode will have Makoto learning about who Blade is an the beginning of the fight with another vampire monster. Rate and review. See you soon, guys.