Disclaimer: Kokoro: Blitz does not own castlevania
Blitz: Hey, you're from that knockoff Gradius game! Otomedius Excellent, I believe it was?
Kokoro: Uh, don't remind me, just...no.
Blitz: I am so sorry.
Chapter 7: Enter Kokoro Belmont
"So this is where the castle...was?" A young lady asked. She seemed to be in her late teens, possibly 17 or 18. She was wearing a school uniform; beige sport jacket, blue skirt, long white stockings and brown shoes. Her outfit was completed by a brown scarf and a pair of brown fingerless gloves. She herself had short brown hair with little black ribbons in it. Her eyes were a bright green that shone with a professional determination.
"That is correct, now miss Kokoro..." Genya Arikado replied, standing behind the girl. Kokoro turned around to face the Japanese agent, clearly annoyed.
"What is it this time?" She groaned. Arikado wasn't exactly fond of the arrogant young Belmont, but her skills were top-notch, and she was the only one who could enter the castle in it's current state.
"Do you have everything you need? I see you have supplies with you but did you pack everything?" He sighed. This wasn't a fun conversation.
"What are you, my Grandpa? Yes I have everything; food, clothes, etc etc. Can I go now?"
"Fine, just go...please do not fail us." Arikado sighed in relief, he was finally done with this little brat. Kokoro evoked a magic spell and suddenly she was transported away. It wasn't until after this that Arikado looked in the compartment in the side of his car and saw the mission overview Kokoro was supposed to take with her. Arikado looked around for a while, he was going to lose it and he didn't want anyone around to see.
"Oh God dammit! What the hell is wrong with that girl? How the hell do you go on a mission without your overview? Mina is going to be mad...as if having Laura spirited away didn't get her mad enough. I sincerely hope Soma keeps extra aspirin with him." He ranted, he was getting sick and tired of dealing with people under 21.
"I'll just pray for the best." He added before finally driving off, he had a very long night ahead of him.
Meanwhile, at the balcony of Castlevania, Kokoro had just teleported herself towards the entrance...unceremoniously falling on her behind.
"Ow! Dammit, I HATE using that spell. At least I only had to do it once..." She muttered before getting to her feet. She took a moment to take in her surroundings before going any further.
"Okay, those two can be anywhere in this castle...what was I supposed to do when I found them again?" She asked herself, going through her mission log...which was missing a few papers. Namely, the ones that had the details of her mission. Kokoro cursed under her breath before she had another idea.
"I guess I should just go through the profiles I have on them, let's see..." She first pulled up Laura's profile.
"'Age: 19, most likely the next to inherit Dracula's powers?' well that isn't reassuring, what would she be doing in Castlevania? Okay, where's the other one...? Ah! Here it is...'Age: 20, Soul infused with Death at a young age? Well-versed in own powers?' Well that settles it! These two have to go!" Kokoro shouted before running into the demonic lair.
Meanwhile, in a hallway in the castle.
"Ugh..." Laura groaned. Andrew turned his attention to his normally cheerful partner.
"What's up? Got a stomachache or something? I TOLD you not to eat the things we find in here, especially if it was dropped by a zombie!" He scolded, only to receive a whack over the head.
"That's not it, I just have a feeling we're gonna have to deal with something pretty soon..." And almost on cue, a girl appeared before the two, whip at the ready.
"Are you two Laura Cruz and Andrew Arikado?" She asked in a stern voice.
"Yeah, who are you?" Andrew replied with a look of relief on his face.
"Kokoro Belmont, I trust you two know why I'm here?" Andrew began to walk towards the young vampire hunter.
"Yeah, you're our-" He began but was interrupted by a whip cracking next to his face.
"Told you." Laura sighed as Kokoro got ready for another strike.
"W-wait! What the hell?" Andrew asked, recovering from his shock.
"It's my job to eliminate you two, any last requests?" Kokoro asked before cracking the whip at Andrew, which he jumped from.
"OW! HATE CRIME!" Kokoro seemed especially offended by this.
"Was not! You two are evil, so as a Belmont, I have to get rid of you two...I think..." Andrew was still rubbing his wound across his chest when Laura stepped up.
"You think?"
"I kinda lost my mission overview." Andrew was not amused.
"YOU LOST IT? I...I...you...ugh!" Kokor was confused by this sudden outburst.
"What? Why would you complain about that?"
"WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE! THAT'S WHY!" Andrew shouted as he got out his own copy of the mission report and gave it to Kokoro. After 5 minutes Kokoro's face changed to one of pure embarrassment.
"...My mistake, let's just forget it happened, okay?" She suggested, turning away to hide her blush.
'Tell that to my chest and shirt, she had better be glad we got some new equipment the other day.' Andrew thought to himself.
"So you're gonna help us? Well it's nice to meet you, Kokoro!" Laura chirped up, extending her hand. Kokoro returned the gesture with the handshake.
"Could I have an update on the situation? What's our current status?" She asked.
"I'll explain; We really don't know much, but as of right now our objective is to subdue a knight named Chaos. It seems to know something about all of this, but other than that everything else is still a mystery. We have a headquarters set up too, take this letter." Andrew handed her a letter.
"There's a skeleton butler and a cereberus in there, we would just let you introduce yourself, but after learning of shapeshifting monsters known as 'doppplegangers' we can't be too careful. Just show this to him and he'll explain what's going on as far as that room goes. We still have some things we need to take care of before we return ourselves, will you be alright on your own?" A nod was all Andrew needed before him and Laura were on their way. Muttering that sounded along the lines of 'That wasn't my fault! You should have let me finish before you used it.' and 'You would try and justify it.' could be heard from the two. Kokoro wondered what kind of people she was working with before she set off to find this headquarters.
It didn't take her long to find a room containing some type of transporter, when she used it she found herself in a large living quarters. She stared in awe before she remembered she had to find a skeleton butler. And almost on cue, said butler stood before her.
"May I help you?" He said.
"You're Boneson, right? Here, Andrew gave this to me to give to you." She responded, handing him the letter. Boneson sighed before accepting the letter, he read it over a few times before saying anything though.
"Ah, very good...though I must say that Master Andrew's handwriting could use a bit of polishing. Lady Kokoro, I presume?"
"Yes."
"If you would be so kind as to wait over on the couch for a while, you see it was my job to give you a basic overview on this room but...I was in the middle of cleaning you see..." Kokoro laughed at the poor butler.
"No worries, I'll just crash on that couch for a while, wake me up when I'm needed okay?"
"Very well."
Laura and Andrew returned with a few keys and another new soul for Laura, the Mandragora soul. When Laura saw the sleeping Belmont she got a brilliant idea, Andrew saw the look on her face and covered his ears.
-SHRIEK!-
"Waaah! Holy Cross! What the HELL was that?" Kokoro shouted, falling from the couch, she rubbed her eyes and saw Laura's laughing face and Andrew shaking his head.
"What was that for anyway?" She asked the soul user, who only covered her still snickering mouth in response.
"And why didn't you stop her?" She then turned to Andrew, who began patting Kokoro's head mockingly.
"Payback for earlier, that was one of my good shirts, you know?" He replied as his hand was swatted away.
"So anyway, Boneson told us he wasn't able to give you the tour...so I'll take care of that. First and foremost; you shouldn't sleep on my bed, or things like this will happen again." He pointed at the couch, for some reason, Kokoro began to blush.
"Noted, but where do I sleep? That's really all I care about right now." She asked. Andrew lowered his head as if he was deep in thought. Laura spoke up suddenly, getting both agents to jump.
"She can just share my bed, it's big enough for two people." She said without hesitation, Kokoro lowered her head in thought.
"I...guess that will have to work for now." She said quietly, she didn't like the idea of sharing a bed with anyone, boy or girl. Meanwhile Andrew had turned away for some reason. The girls looked at each other, than back at him.
"Why did you turn away?" Laura asked.
"...No reason." He replied.
"...It's probably better that you don't ask anything else, this guy is obviously one sick puppy." Kokoro explained.
Blitz: There it is, chapter 7.
Kokoro: Not feeling it today? I was kinda hoping my debut would be a little more...interesting.
Blitz: My bad, I think I came down with something so my brain isn't really working right.
Kokoro: Well that's understandable, guess Reader Reviews would be helpful huh?
Blitz: No kidding.
