Phew! Man, three days and it's now here! Chapter seven everyone! Now it's going to get a bit emotional at the middle of it guys. But after that, it's action and comedy all the way...and a bit of horror.

Anyways, there's going to be more Slayers anime references here everyone and I've already gave you the names of the creator. However, there's going to be a pokemon appearing here. The franchise is published by Nintendo but however its created by Satoshi Tajiri of Game Freak. Thank you and enjoy.


Moments later after finding a secret warp within Spooky's doghouse, the gang found themselves within the cemetery. Needless to say, they have never ever been so freaked out in their entire lives.

"M-Man...this is getting out of hand..." Tails said as his fur turned all puffy as each strand stood on end.

"I never liked going to graveyards, even in the daytime," Sam said while nervously looking around the graveyard. "There's always some kind of horror story accompanied by graveyards due to the likelihood of a weak barrier between the mortal plane and the spirit world. Some people have reported to hear voices, see shadowy apparitions, and a few people have actually fallen under demonic possession."

Miguel shivered a bit at those words, "Man, and I'd thought I've heard horror stories before, but this tops it off Sam."

"Got that right," Knuckles spoke with a shiver himself. "This really makes Pumpkin Hill look like a walk in a park."

"I'll say," Sonic said while looking to Clay. "Anything out of the ordinary besides the obvious, man?"

"Not yet," the young Mario brother said while looking around arming his Poltergust. "I wish we had some of the gear the Ghostbusters use though."

"I got a feeling that the PKE would self destruct, leaving a fifty-foot wide hole in the ground with all the paranormal activity we have seen just in the first few seconds we've been in this mansion," the four eyed teen said in an expert tone.

Knuckles could only stay silent at those words, "...thanks for the warning, Sam. That makes me feel a whole lot better."

"Still it would be nice to know WHERE Bogmire will appear," Tails said with another shiver.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck a tombstone just five feet from the group. And then, a seven foot tall dark purple apparition with yellow eyes suddenly shot up from the ground. It looked like a living shadow.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAA!" was Luigi's only response to the sight.

"G-Guys...It's Bogmire!" Clay said while looking to the info on GB Horror.

"Wehehehehehe..."

With that menacing laugh, the area suddenly turned dark and suddenly the group all found themselves in a barren circular arena lined with gravestones. The same electromagnetic field that scrambled the GBH when the group fought Chauncey had also reappeared. However, storm clouds were also seen inside the field over the battlefield.

"Prepare to meet your doom..."

With those haunting words, Bogmire's shadow suddenly came alive and morphed into a copy of himself. More Bogmire shadow clones appeared soon after. Well, let's just say that the group found themselves outnumbered.

"Th-They got us s-s-surrounded!" Luigi shivered while looking around.

"This isn't cool dudes. I sure hope that you guys got a plan!" Toad said while moving behind some of the group.

"Not unless someone could use a flashlight or something on these guys, we're toast!" Knuckles responded while getting his fists ready.

Sam could only shake his head at the response, "I really doubt a simple flashlight trick's gonna deal with these things!"

"Yeah remember what the professor said? Some ghosts have a more subtle weakness than others!" Tails said while feeling more frightened than before.

"Hm...Well, there is something I could do," Miguel thought while gathering magic in his hands as he turned to Sonic. "Sonic, this needs time to prepare! Do your Light Speed attack and hurry!"

"Hehehehehe. I'd thought you'd never ask!" Sonic said right as he started to spin around while gathering light into his body.

Clay tried to suck up one of the clones, but it breaks apart as soon as he was close to being sucked in, "Ok, so much for that."

"Hey, back off jerk!" Toad shouted as he kicked a clone, and actually landed a hit. "Hey, it seems these guys are kinda solid!"

Now that brought a devious smile on the red echidna's face. "Oh, really? Hehehehehehehe. Oh goodie! That means I get to do...THIS!" was all Knuckles could say before threw a fist at one of the Shadow Clones.

The clone in question bursts apart like a balloon. This of course got the whole group to start charging in with their own attacks.

"Ok, here I come!" Tails said right as he performed a few tail spin attacks, cutting a few clones to ribbons with his successive spins.

Toad does his best to duck under an enemy attack. Needless to say, the little man was not very pleased when it almost hit him. "Whoa! OH so you wanna play rough huh? How 'bout a nose job, pal?" the little man said right as he head butted the clone where the nose would be if it had one, which totally destroyed the clone. "Yeah! That's what ya get!"

"Guys, we can't keep fighting these clones, we gotta go after the headman!" Sam shouted as he moves out of the way of a shadow clone.

"Which is why I'm getting ready, Sammy!" Miguel shouted as he gathered magic energies into his hands while turning to Sonic. "Sonic...NOW!"

"Hehehehe. Got it, kid!" Sonic nodded after he finished spinning and aimed himself towards the nearest clone. "Ready...GO!"

Sonic plowed right through all the clones at light speed and then homes in on Bogmire himself and delivered ten lightning fast hits on him.

"GAH! Fools! You will not undo me!" Bogmire shouted as he started to once again try to attack.

Knuckles could only smile at Bogmire as he spoke up, "Oh it's not just us you should be worrying about, pal."

"Got that right, Knucklehead," Sonic said right as he turned to Miguel. "He's all yours, kid!"

"Right, guys!" was the young man's response right as he began to recite his spell while gathering bright blue magic. "Oh source of all souls which dwell in the eternal and infinite! Ever lasting flame of blue! Let the power hidden within my soul be called forth here and now! RA-TILT!"

Right at those words, Miguel fired a blast of flaming blue energy right at Bogmire. It was strong but not enough to destroy the shadow ghoul completely. Especially seeing it was barely able to stand from the attack.

"GUH...Yo-You will...pay...boy..." Bogmire snarled with a glare at Miguel's direction.

"Ok, stand down everyone!" Sam ordered everyone in the group as he wore a very serious expression on his face. "It's time I took care of this. I've just about had it with this guy's mouth!"

"Fine with...me Sammy," Miguel said in exhaustion while trying to catch his breath and get on his feet.

"Heheheheh. Oh this should be good," the blue hedgehog said while he moved out of the way to see what the toony teen has in mind.

Sam could only reach into his pocket and searched a moment before he found what he was looking for. What the four eyed teen pulled out of his pocket was a red and white ball. This item in particular surprised and shocked Miguel quite a bit as he recognized it.

"S-Sammy! Th-That's...!"

"What the hell is that thing?" Knuckles asked a bit clueless as to what the item is.

"Clay, is that-?" Luigi asked Clay in shock.

"That certainly does look like it, bro!" Clay answered just as shocked about the item as his older brother.

As soon as Sam got the ball out, he threw out the item and shouted, "Go Mightyena!"

A large black and gray wolf with yellow eyes and red irises appeared from the Pokeball. Mightyena let out a howl as he entered the battle, the act causing his body to glow slightly red before fading away, thus raising its attack power.

"Wh-Whoa! What the heck is that?" Sonic said amazed at the sight.

"What is that?" Tails asked while looking at the dog-like creature. "It may be a dog but it seems a little different for some reason..."

"I'll explain AFTER we beat this creep," Sam said while turning to the creepy ghoul.

"You will never get the chance!" was all Bogmire shouted right as he flew at Sam to attack again.

Of course the attack did not hit as Mightyena snarled angrily and leapt at Bogmire, knocking him out of the air as he bites the ghoul savagely using Crunch. Needless to say it was really effective against the shadowy ghost.

"Wh-Whoa! Now that's some power!" Miguel exclaimed looking to the scene.

"How is that dog hurting Bogmire?" the red echidna asked while still watching the scene.

"Mightyena's kind are natural born enemies of ghosts! Mightyena's specialty is biting opponents and its bite deals heavy damage to things like Bogmire!" Sam said as he started getting into the battle. "Mightyena are also masters of fear in their own right. Anything they encounter in battle gets a scare so bad they lose attack strength."

"That's one terrifying wolf! Glad it's on our side," Toad said while quaking a bit in his little boots.

"Y-Y-You and me both..." Luigi replied while at the same time shivering at the scene.

Knocking the huge Mightyena away, Bogmire could only glare at the beast. "Worthless cur!" the ghost shouted as he fired a burst of dark spirit power at Mightyena. The attack in question, however, did nothing as it.

"WHAT?"

"Mightyena, show Boggy some real power. Shadow Ball!" Sam ordered to his creature.

Mightyena formed a dark orb of spiritual energy and fired it at the ghoul. The Shadow Ball rocketed toward Bogmire and struck him...HARD. The resulting explosion sent the demon flying towards the gated fence.

Sam could only smile at his wolf companion's work right as he spoke, "Ok, great job! Clay, get in there now!"

"Your reign of terror is over creep!" Clay shouted right as he ran up to the ghoul and began to suck up Bogmire into his Poltergust.

Bogmire struggled to get away by crawling at the ground just as he spoke, "Y-You won't beat me...!"

The dark ghost was about to get up when Mightyena got close, face-to-face. Mightyena's own special ability, Intimidate, was working overtime as he growled viciously with his sharp teeth bared. His yellow and red eyes enhanced the amount of terror he presented. Bogmire was too stunned to move and was captured without hassle from that point onward.

"Great job, Mightyena, you did great!" Sam said while petting his pokemon friend for his job.

The said Mightyena only barked happily, showing a complete turnaround in behavior.

Sonic could only chuckle as he goes over to the four eyed young man and gave him a thumbs up, "Way to go and show him whose boss, Sammy!"

"Don't forget that Miguel's done his fair share in the fighting too, Blue. He deserves some of the credit too," Knuckles said as he shrugged towards Miguel's direction.

"I-It's alright, Knux. I-I'm cool with it," Miguel said while getting himself off the floor despite feeling a bit drained. "Anyways, Sammy's Mightyena did the job of finishing the creep off."

"You guys are talking about that and not noticing the disturbing change in personality in that thing?" Toad said while being a bit cautious of the wolf like pokemon.

"Yeah before it was like it was infected with rabies and now it's no different than that bulldog from before," Luigi cracked but was careful with his words so as to not anger the dog more.

"Yeah, well, Pokemon are like that, guys," Miguel said while finally able to get to his feet and caught his breath.

The area around the group then suddenly to magically turn back into the graveyard which, while still creepy, was no longer as forbidding and creepy as before.

"Whew! Man, it actually feels nicer here now," the small toad person said sighing in relief at seeing the graveyard now peaceful.

"That's a real surprise," the green clad plumber said looking around the place while still a bit cautious.

It was then that E. Gadd's face popped up on the GB Horror and spoke getting everyone's attention, "Hey boys, I lost contact again. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, we caught Bogmire. He's cooling his heels in the vac," Sam said while pointing at the Clay's Poltergust.

"Excellent! Without Bogmire, it's highly likely things will be MUCH easier!" the old professor said with a chipper tone. "It'll be tougher for the other gallery ghosts to remain under King Boo's influence now! Come back to the lab so we can make more paintings."

"Right. I could use a breather after all that crap that shadow ghoul put us through," Knuckles nodded while sighing a bit in exhaustion.

"Yeah! Let's get going and get that creep back to where he belongs!" Miguel said with a much more chipper tone.

Same nodded while petting his pokemon companion, "Thanks a lot for the help Mightyena. You'll be getting something special later."

"ARF!" Mightyena barked right as it was sent back into its pokeball by Sam.

Moments later, everyone soon found themselves back at the lab. After putting the ghosts back in their frames, the group took this time to sit and relax.

"I think just having Bogmire out like this is just asking for trouble," Clay said while he looked to the painting of the said shadow ghoul.

"Trust me for I'm more than agreeing with you on that statement, Clay," Knuckles said with a smug look at Bogmire's painting.

"Well, given the fact that the Doc's been able to take the creep out before, he must've been extra careful with it," Sonic nodded while looking at the picture that contained Spooky.

"Yeah, yeah, Blue. Great," Miguel spoke while looking at the picture of Melody with longing and admiration.

Sam noticed the look of longing on his friend's face as he spoke, "Miguel, is there something you want to tell us?"

"H-Huh? What's that, Sammy?" Miguel responded to his four eyed companion, snapping out of his dream filled stupor.

Knuckles could only sighed at the young teen's reaction as he muttered, "There he goes again..."

"Miguel, do you have a thing for the ghost gal in the painting?" Sonic said with a brotherly and playful smirk.

The young teen could only blush in surprise as he spoke up, "S-Sonic! I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

Sonic's joking manner however seemed to irk Sam. "Sonic, can you not tease Miguel about this?" Sam said in a serious tone. "I mean really, I know you like to joke around, but poking fun at people over a matter like this isn't cool."

"Sorry, Sammy! I didn't mean to make it sound bad. I'm actually kinda glad for Miguel actually," the blue hedgehog said while raising his hands up.

"Heh, we actually have the same opinion for once, Blue," Knuckles said while just shrugging it off. "Anyways, the three of us have known that Miguel's shy towards women so we were a bit concerned about him."

"Still no excuse to tease him about it," Sam said with a frown right as he left the gallery.

"What's his problem?" Toad asked a bit confused.

"Apparently you guys struck a nerve," Clay answered with a sigh.

"It's because Sammy's got more issues with the girls than I do, guys," the teen said with a sigh. "Sonic's jabbings are nothing new to me seeing that I'm used to it, but with Sammy, it's sorta personal."

"Oh man...Why didn't he say anything?" the blue blur said while feeling down. "I would've been more careful with my mouth."

"Maybe because he's not a mind reader, idiot," Clay said in annoyance.

"Still, I do kinda see Sam's point though..." Tails added with a sigh. "Miguel's had it tough lately."

"What's going on anyway? We're a bit lost," Luigi asked a bit confused as Toad.

"Yeah, what's going on?"

Miguel could only sigh as he began to speak, "Well...it's just that lately at high school, I keep seeing more couples growing closer to one another. Not a single girl would come to near or flirt with me. Heck, and when I tried to talk with a girl, I choke like a chicken! Not to mention that I tend to wait too long for when I do get my eye on certain girls I find out that they're already taken."

"That is why we're here, guys. We figured that along with Sammy, Miguel would feel a bit better about the whole thing. It was mostly Sonic's idea," the red echidna added while looking to Sonic's direction.

"Yeah, figured that a day here would brighten up Miguel's day. Guess that was a failure..." Sonic said with a defeated sigh.

"Sorry we pried, Miguel...we just wanted to know what was wrong," Toad said looking to the young man with sympathy.

"Hey, don't worry about it, Toad. You guys didn't know," Miguel responded with a shrug after getting his mood back up. "And anyways, it was my fault that I didn't tell Sammy most of the times when Sonic's jabbings are welcome. You see, it makes me feel like I have a brother looking out for me. It makes me feel happy in a way."

"Well, considering what you have told us about him, I think the fact you welcomed it may have been the problem," the two tailed fox said.

"Got that right, Tails," Knuckles added with a shrug while turning to Miguel. "Look, kid, I think that you should talk with Sam to help him understand your situation better. The last thing we need is emotional drama on this adventure."

"Got it, Knux. That's the very last thing we need in this situation. See ya all in a bit, guys," the young man said right before going toward the door and out the lab.

Once outside the lab, Miguel saw Sam sitting down on a tree stump as he stared off into the forest.

The four eyed teen could only glance his companion's direction just as he spoke, "If you wanna talk, we don't exactly have the time to do so."

"Just want to make a couple of things clear, Sam," Miguel said right as he stood near Sam before speaking again. "We didn't know that you were going to act like that for when Blue gave me those gentle jabs at me. He didn't mean anything by it. Just trying to keep my spirits up in his own way was all he was doing."

"Sonic should know better anyways considering Tails' own past," Sam responded while still not facing Miguel's direction.

"Right, Sammy. And I'm not going to argue with you on that," the young man said. "But it seems that you're taking it a bit more personally than even Tails did."

"You know about me the best, so you know the details already," Sam said quickly regaining his composure. "I'm not gonna let it affect me here since we gotta save Mario. In fact, the more I think about it, we need to get this done fast."

"Right, Sammy. That's good to know," the young man said while turning to his friend before speaking again. "But for the record, Blue and the others barely got to know you so you can't really blame him seeing that he didn't know about it man."

"Got that right, Miguel," Sonic said as he suddenly appeared outside along with the two. "Sorry about earlier, Sam."

"Forget it, it's time we got back into the mansion." the four eyed teen said while looking up at the hill towards the mansion. "Oh, one more thing; do that again and I'll sic Amy on you."

Sonic's face paled at the thought, "OK OK, I WONT DO IT AGAIN!"

"Moving on...We gotta find Mario, guys!" Miguel spoke looking to the Mansion. "There's still half of the mansion we hadn't checked yet and there's the Turds. So best we'd better get the others and get moving."

Back in the mansion, the group breaks the seal on the door leading to the courtyard out in the back. A good deal of spiritual activity was going on here as the group wandered about.

"Well, it's safe to say this is the busiest place in this dump so far," Clay said in a bland tone.

A ghost dropped down from the tree and dropped a bomb in front of the group.

"LOOK OUT!" Tails shouted at the attack.

Sam grabbed the bomb and chucked it at the ghost, the resulting explosion knocked the ghost out long enough for Luigi to capture it. The lights all around the courtyard soon came on.

"Man, now that was real easy," Knuckles said with a sight of relief.

"Honestly, it was a bit too easy, even for this creepy place, Knux," Sonic said as he glanced carefully all around his surroundings.

"Got that right, Blue. And..." was all that Miguel said before he noticed something moving as he turned to Clay. "Hey, Clay? Mind if I borrow the GB Horror?"

"Ok, sure," Clay nodded as he handed Miguel the GB Horror.

Sam soon noticed a treasure chest nearby and moved towards it as he investigated the chest before he opened it. "Hmm. Well, we found more gold here," the four eyed teen said as he put the chest away in his cartoon pocket. "Hehehe, King Boo's gonna be broke before long."

"Hehehehehe. Good to know, Sammy," the blue hedgehog said right as he turned to Miguel who was still using the GB Horror around the room. "How's it going, man?"

"Hm...Actually good considering, Blue. Heh, watch this," was what the young man said before he began to knock on the tree as he chants. "Come out! Come out wherever you are, my little Turd-ledove!"

"Say what...?" was all that Sam could say before a Boo popped out of the tree where Miguel was scanning.

"Yeah, what the hell kind of insult is turtledove, kid?" was all that the Boo could say before he found himself face to face with Clay's Poltergust nozzle. "Oooops."

Moments later after the Boo is sucked into Clay's Poltergust, he spoke, "Ok, now what?"

"Hey guys, I think I see something in this old birdhouse," Tails said right as he investigated the said birdhouse and pulled out a slip of paper. "It's a letter from Mario! It says, "Watch out for the Boos!""

"Kinda figured that out given the reception that they've all given to us a while back, Tails..." Knuckles muttered at the memory.

"Yeah, given the fact that those little turds are lead by King Boo-Boo himself, it's clear that they're connected," Miguel said in thought.

"I dunno, I think they're might be more to it," Tails said while a bit more deep in thought than the others.

"Why don't we see Madam Clairvoya then? She's bound to offer a hand here," Toad suggested to the group.

The group all agreed and went to see Madam Clairvoya, who then examined the note.

"Hmmm. This sure was written in a hurry," Clairvoya said in thought while looking at the note. "The Boos must have been right on top of him as he wrote this."

"Can you tell us what Mario meant?" the green clad plumber asked.

The ghost fortune teller nodded as she began her reading, "Hmmmm...Seems that these Boos possess an unusual power for spirits of their kind. The more of them there are, the greater their strength."

"Figured that was the case. Otherwise, Boo-Boo wouldn't be able to create something such as this whole mansion," Miguel said thoughtfully. "Heard from Zel that sorcerers usually gather and harness the spirits of the dead in order to increase their own magic power."

"So we're not just dealing with a gang of ghosts, but rather a collective?" Sam said with a shiver. "Th-That's very unsettling."

"How do you figure?" Toad asked a bit concerned right as the toony teen began his explanation.

"Alone they can't really do much. But in groups their coordination is second to none. Same story with bees, wasps, and so forth. These ghosts tend to operate well as individuals however, but in such a huge group the combined psychic energies of all the Boos in this mansion is very VERY dangerous stuff. The fact we have captured a number of Boos so far means their influence is weakening, thank god. But they still have a distinct advantage. Until we have half of all the Boos in this mansion, they'll still have more power than us."

"How many Boos are there?" Clay asked.

"I sensed fifty originally, not counting their king. Now there are only 32 left," Clairvoya answered using her powers to back up the case.

"So now we have eighteen Boos to deal with," Sam said thinking it over.

Knuckles could only snarl as he spoke, "So we not only have the ghosts King Boo enslaved, but these annoying bastards as well."

"Got that right, Knux," Miguel said with a sigh. "But for now let's focus on searching through the mansion for the portrait ghosts while looking for the little turds."

"Not to mention find more clues on where Mario is, Miguel," Sonic added.

"There's still a few rooms left to check on this floor and in the second floor hall where we got the first three gallery ghosts. We just need to get the keys," the four eyed teen said.

"W-Well, let's get this over with..." was all that Luigi could say before he and the others all headed to the next part of their adventure.


A/N: Well, that's that guys! Another chapter gone and done! NUTCASE really helped out with this, but honestly it was really tough for me to do. Anyways, hope that all of you would give reviews, it would mean a lot for both me and NUTCASE. Laters!