Disclaimer: Andrew: ...Not doing it, nope.
Blitz: Read it or I promise you bad things WILL happen to you later on.
Andrew: Yeah right, just how much can you hurt me before you start hurting the story?
Blitz: Well not here, but the one shot series "Soul guide for dummies" is where you'll get hurt.
Andrew: (Deep in thought)...oh crap...uhh, Blitz doesn't own anything castlevania related except for the games sitting in his room.
Blitz: That's what I thought.
Chapter 3: This again, really?
"Death? But how is that possible?" Soma asked Andrew, who shrugged in response.
"I'm just as curious as you are actually, he never told me the details."
"Then I guess it's time I explained then." Arikado began, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Andrew was born on December 13th some years ago, specifically on a Friday. Now while most people would view this as a coincidence, but in truth those born on a Friday the 13th have dormant supernatural abilities. These abilities are not easily awakened, it takes an outside force to make these abilities manifest within their host." Everyone followed along in silence, especially Andrew; whom was hearing all of this for the very first time. Before he had just known that he had some powers that set him apart from everyone else.
"In Andrew's case, he came into contact with a fortune teller in his youth, when the fortune teller asked him to pick a card from his Tarot deck, Andrew just so happened to pull the 13th arcana 'Death'. These cards were infused with some of Dracula's power, as they were hidden relics form none other than Castlevania. Had he picked any other card, nothing would have happened, and Andrew would have led a normal life. When this happened I felt a surge of energy coming from a orphanage, where Andrew lived. Therefore I pulled some strings and that unfortunate orphan became my adoptive son." Arikado explained, looking at Andrew.
"I'm sorry you have to undergo such a fate." He added.
"No biggie, it's actually kind of cool if you ask me." Andrew replied, shrugging as if he hadn't heard anything.
(This guy must be insane, how can something like that not bother him?) Mina thought to herself as she looked at him. Hearing that made her think of Soma, because he shared a similar fate, but Soma cursed the fact that he was supposedly the next dark lord, so Andrew's carefree reaction came as a bit of a shock.
"Okay, speaking of ill-fated children, we now come to the subject of your daughter, miss Laura Cruz." Arikado said, looking directly into Laura's eyes.
"W-wait! Me too?" She stammered.
"Correct, you see; your father was the reincarnation of Dracula, as I'm sure you're already aware of-"
"Nope! That's news to me!" Laura chirped up, causing Arikado to glare at Soma, who merely laughed and scratched his head.
"...Soma I swear to God...err...*Ahem!*"' Arikado scowled, very out of character like for him.
"Well here's the short version for you; Your dad was Dracula incarnate. But, luckily for him, he bested the dark power overcoming him and escaped becoming the new dark lord. His power was simple; kill a monster, take it's power. Make sense so far?" Andrew explained to Laura, while Arikado was still glaring daggers at Soma, who was trying to explain the concept of 'why the hell would I tell my daughter this stuff anyway?' Laura nodded so Andrew continued.
"Now according to the report I got earlier, you killed a skeleton and now you're suddenly throwing bones from your sleeves right?" Another nod, then Laura looked at her sleeves and realized she was wearing a black tank-top, then glared at Andrew.
"I'm not WEARING sleeves!"
"Ha ha! I'm just messing with you, anyway; you have somehow inherited the power of dominance, the power I just explained to you, and for some reason the dungeon of legend has appeared. Castlevania has risen, and we don't know why, but we're assuming it has something to do with you." Andrew continued, actually poking Laura's nose as he said it. Bad move on his part. The next moments had Arikado wondering 'what is wrong with these children?' Andrew was hiding behind a conveniently placed vending machine while Laura was mastering the skeleton soul through practice, specifically in Andrew's direction.
"H-hey! Those actually hurt, you know?"
"Serves you right! Die!"
"C'mon, I was just being friendly! Trying to brighten the mood...Ow!"
"That was a little TOO friendly! Are you some kind of pervert?"
"Andrew Arikado is NO pervert! I- OW! Don't be so uptight!"
"Pervy Reaper!"
"I am not! Okay, I'm sorry!"
The adults in the room were looking at their children with a sense of disappointment, then at each other with that 'he/she's not normally like this' look. This was true actually, neither young adult was normally this foolish. A long 20 minutes later and everyone was back on the main topic, except for Laura and Andrew, who had to clean up all the bones Laura threw.
"As Andrew stated earlier, Castlevania has risen again. But our biggest question is why. The castle that was traversed in 2036 was merely a replica, but this one is a genuine castle of the dark lord, and there is a problem."
"Oh man, here it comes..." Soma braced himself for what he was sure to be bad news.
"We will be needing the power of your daughter." Arikado stated bluntly.
"Well-" he was going to continue but Mina stopped him.
"Nope, hell no, you are not sending my daughter in there ALONE with who knows what to fight I don't care. Not happening pretty boy." She stated, smiling sadistically, which made Arikado and Soma rethink who wore the pants in this relationship.
"Well, she wouldn't be alone...and we won't be sending her into action, we just need her to break the seal so an elite team can enter." Arikado said quickly. Soma nodded in agreement then covered his wife's mouth.
"So who will be on this team?"
"Myself, Andrew, Yoko, and Julius' granddaughter. Though she will be joining at a later date, as she is currently at an academy far from here."
"Julius has a graddaughter?" Soma asked.
"Yup! A girl by the name of...Kokoro? I haven't met her myself, but word on the street is she's a real cutie...Ow!" Andrew stated happily before Laura smacked him in the head with a bone she picked up.
"Andrew, when did you get so...distasteful?" Arikado inquired.
"Oh, I'm not like that actually, I was just messing with little miss uptight again Ow!" Again with the bone.
"Moving on, Laura's presence is needed at the castle gate is needed to enter, afterwards she will be escorted back to your home with a security team. Does that work?" Arikado asked the couple, but was really looking at Mina.
"I guess that's fine, but if she gets hurt at all I will rip your hair out and hang you with it." Mina scowled in response, then she looked over at Soma.
"And as for you, mister, you're already in trouble. Can you guess what's for dinner tonight?" She asked, leaving Soma cowering in his seat.
"N-not the tuna...please Mina, this isn't my idea!" He cried to himself.
"Too late, and you'll have to deal with Laura too, I know she doesn't like it either."
"Why am I being punished?" Laura shouted, ignoring the snickering Andrew.
"Do you see Mr. Arikado's office? I didn't make this mess, so Tuna it is for dinner!" And with that Mina stood up and dragged Soma and Laura out of the office.
"Mina, wait." Arikado shouted.
"Yes?"
"Save a plate for Andrew, if you would be so kind?" He asked, which had Andrew stand up in surprise.
"I'm allergic to seafood!"
"I don't care."
Blitz: That's it for this chapter, Andrew will be getting his due punishment in a one-shot sometime in the future.
Andrew: Dude, I really am allergic.
Blitz: Shouldn't have mouthed off earlier should you?
Andrew: (sigh) on a side note, Blitz was also born on Friday the thirteenth, pretty cool huh?
Blitz: I think it is at least, anyways. Read and Review!
