Purple balls of energy shot out from Patchouli's books and engulfed Alucard. But as the first of the balls hit him in the shoulder, Alucard exploded into a huge swarm of bats, leaving behind his coat, of which was instantly shredded. Patchouli instantly powered down her attack, watching and studying the bats as they squeaked and fluttered upwards making a black tornado.

"Koakuma!" Patchouli shouted over the sound of bats. "It worked! Phase two!"

"You got it!" Yelled Koakuma, who was now standing beside a massive tower of books. She took a book off the top and placed her hand on it. A green aura surrounded her as her injuries melted away. Koakuma then grabbed the book-tower and flew upwards to hover beside Patchouli.

Meanwhile, the bat tornado had begun to fly to the side. It flew across the silver lakebed before arching sharply downwards and slamming into the top of one of the bookcases. The bats started to combine, slowly forming the tall, slender body of Alucard. Once the last bat had disappeared, the Vampire stood there, his gloved hands in the pockets of his jumper. Alucard's eyes shone brightly beneath his long, messy hair, of which was currently drifting to the side, despite the lack of any breeze in the room.

"Congratulations magician." Alucard said, his smile coming back into play. "You've forced me to put in some effort." The bookshelf he was standing on top of shattered as he leapt forward, sailing towards Patchouli.

Koakuma and Patchouli flew backwards out of the way just as Alucard was about to reach them. This caused him to miss and hit the ground, making a sizable crater in the process. Alucard gave them a short, sadisticly playful look before charging down the aisle after them.

Patchouli's eye's narrowed as she whispered a few words and raised her hand. Several more balls of purple energy slammed into the ground around Alucard. This time, however, they were dodged with ease, and the Vampire didn't seem slowed in the slightest. In fact, it looked like he was gaining on them.

The books Patchouli were using fell from their spots on the circle and were replaced by new ones from Koakuma's stack. Alucard was consumed by rainbow colored light as gigantic lasers shot out from them, covering the entire aisle. The energy washed over the fire-proof books and scorched the ground, leaving a trail of fire in it's wake. The fire was immediately doused in water as the library's magical sprinkler system quickly put it out.

Being cut off by bookshelves, Alucard had no choice but to jump up above the attack. As he did so, Patchouli aimed to cut off his descent to the ground. As soon as Alucard started to fall, he tucked into a ball and kept rising until he landed on the ceiling, throwing gravity out the window as he continued his run towards his target, who was now below him.

Patchouli spoke a few words, making the library creak and groan as it turned upside down around her. Koakuma was surprised when all but one of the books she was holding flew out of her grasp towards her master. An uncountable amount of purple magic circles appeared behind Patchouli, giving the illusion that she had gigantic glowing wings. Alucard stopped dead in his tracks, eyes wide in alarm, and visions of the magicians next move whirling around in his head.

The ceiling shattered and fell into the night sky as a shockwave flew out from Patchouli. Lasers big and small shot out through the dust that the blast had created, crisscrossing the entire area in front of her. Alucard quickly slipped through the cracks, hoping that one of the bigger pieces of rubble could keep him from being torn to pieces. But just before he disappeared from Patchouli's sight, he was hit in the head by a laser.

"OOOOoooo…" Koakuma winced, watching the ceiling ascend towards the bright full moon. "Thats got to hurt. Think he's down?"

"Never assume you have killed a Vampire. Especially one as powerful as this one." Patchouli said flying beside the rubble and peering into it to try and catch a glimpse of Alucard.

The reversal of gravity at the mansion was making other things besides the library's ceiling fall up. Several potted plants that had been sitting on the buildings several porches dotted the sky, along with Remilia's favorite outdoor tea set. A flock of birds squawked and flailed in the air as they crossed the gravity line. All the while, the moon dominated the sky, illuminating everything in a bright blue-ish silver.

As the rubble fell higher and higher, Patchouli became painfully aware of how small the SDM was on the outside compared to the inside. She also noticed how fresh the air was compared to the air in the library. It was clean and refreshing, almost completely taking away any hint of asthma. But all of that air was taken away from the upside down view of Gensokyo before her.

Patchouli could see everything. Youkai Forest, Misty lake, The Human Village, The Hakurei Shrine, Alice and Marisa's house, and many other locations of this small world where equally beautiful this night. But this was no time for sightseeing. It was time to make sure this Vampire was, if not killed, expelled from the mansion, and in turn, Gensokyo.

Suddenly a piece of ceiling flew at Patchouli. It slammed into the bubble-like shield around her and broke in two. It then proceeded to almost hit Koakuma on it's way back into the sky. Patchouli didn't show any sign of surprise as she spotted Alucard standing on the biggest rubble piece. Several black leather straps on this jumper had come loose, and where flailing wildly in the wind along with his hair. The right side of his face had been scorched, and his cheek had been completely blown away, revealing several more of his razor sharp teeth. The wound did not appear to be healing.

Having gotten his targets attention, Alucard reached behind him and pulled out the Casull. Patchouli immediately blasted the piece of rubble he was standing on, making Alucard jump to the underside of another. He stuck to it like a spider, then whipped his gun around to aim and fire at Patchouli. The shots bounced harmlessly off her shield. In response to his attack, she sent forth a wave of especially big energy balls, of which exploded mid-air and turning everything they touched into gravel and sawdust.

Shrapnel ripped and tore at Alucard as he disappeared into the cloud of smoke and small particles that Patchouli's attacks created. The magician continued to fire until a bone rattling cough went through her entire body. Patchouli was forced to stop, and covered her hacking with her sleeve. Non-stop spellcasting was taking it's toll on her body. If this continued, Patchouli wouldn't be able to speak the words required to cast anything. On top of that, they had been falling up for a while now, and the altitude was making it hard to breath. Patchouli shook her head, spoke a few strained words, and reversed gravity once more.

The whistle of the wind rushing past faded away as everything slowed to a stop, turning everything dead silent. The cloud of dust slowed faster than its contents, allowing for the small pebbles and wood pieces to rise above it. As the debris reached it's apex, Alucard shot up out of the cloud and took aim at Patchouli's head.

Koakuma inhaled sharply, realizing that her masters shield was down, and grabbed her by the collar of her coat, pulling her back just as Alucard pulled the trigger. But she wasn't fast enough. The sound of a single shot was heard, and Patchouli cried out as the bullet entered her left eye and then exited out the side of her upper jaw, taking out a large portion of her face. The bloody remains of her glasses flew off of her face, and then everything started to fall back down to the ground.

The whistle of the wind picked up again. Koakuma went into free-fall, cradling Patchouli in her arms, of whom was gritting her teeth and trying to stay conscious. Blood and pus flew from the magicians injured face, spraying her assistant a bit. If Koakuma didn't find a way to stop it soon, her master could die of bloodloss. But if she didn't stop Alucard from lining up another shot, neither of them would live.

Koakuma turned, eye's full of rage, to Alucard. He was tumbling through the air just a few yards from them. She let go of Patchouli and rocketed through the air to collide with the Vampire, grabbing his gun hand as she did so.

Alucard yanked her arm away from him, then pointed the gun at her chest. But Koakuma spun, dodging the shot then coming around to kick him in the groin. Alucard roared loudly, then grabbed Koakuma by the leg and checked her to the side, all the while starting to aim back at Patchouli. Koakuma pointed her finger at Alucard and a firebolt shot out, hitting the Casull and knocking it from the Vampire's hands. She then rammed Alucard once again, this time hitting him square in the face and knocking a few of his pointed teeth out.

They came face to face. Alucard smiling his smug, bloody smile. And a raging Koakuma with her eye's, quite literally, on fire. And it was only then that she realized that her opponents wounds had begun to heal. It was a slow creep of the skin. The small worming of strands of muscle. But this told Koakuma that the poison was finally wearing off.

Alucard opened his mouth impossibly wide and attempted to chomp down on Koakuma's neck, but instead of the sweet taste of devil blood, he only got to savor the flavor of one of the potted plants falling near them, of which Koakuma had grabbed and shoved down his throat. She then kicked him away, positioning him beneath her, before blasting Alucard with a huge fireball. The fireball propelled Alucard downwards through the hole in the SDM's ceiling before impacting the floor of the library and exploding.

Koakuma wasn't watching that though. Instead she was flying towards Patchouli, who was still helplessly falling. The devil's eyes narrowed in concentration as she dived down towards her master. She managed to grab hold of Patchouli just before she splatted against the roof. Koakuma was unable to negate her momentum, however, and she ended up scraping up her back as she took the fall for Patchouli and slid to a stop.

"Patch! Are you ok?!" Koakuma said, gasping for breath.

"I just got shot in the eye and THAT is what you ask?!" Patchouli yelled, obviously pissed off.

"Glad you're alive enough to yell at me." Koakuma said, chuckling a bit. "Now let's get that eye healed."

Patchouli cupped her hand over her bleeding eye-socket. Green light shone from in between her fingers, but after a couple of seconds Patchouli took her hand away and shook her head. The eye wasn't healed. "I can't focus." She said.

"Shit." Koakuma cursed. Patchouli was getting pale. Well, she was always pale. But this was unnatural. And judging by how powerful Koakuma's fireball was, and the rate at which Alucard was healing, she guessed that they only had 2-3 minutes before the Vampire attacked again.

Koakuma nervously snapped her fingers a couple times while whispering. "This is going to suck…" She then kneeled next to Patchouli. "What food are you craving right now?"

Patchouli, despite her pained state, managed to give her assistant a confused look. "What? Why… That has no…"

"Just answer the question please." Koakuma said, her fingers twitching.

"...Freshly picked Mushroo-" Patchouli was cut off at Koakuma slammed her hand over her wound and flash fried it. The magician screamed as she felt her blood and skin sizzle and boil. Then, just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. Patchouli clutched the now blackened part of her face with one hand and slamming the roof repeatedly with the other.

Koakuma bowed apologetically. "Sorry. I thought that if you weren't thinking of the pain it wouldn't hurt so much."

"Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit! BULLSHIT!" Patchouli then stood up, shook her head, and took a deep breath. "Sorry about the language. It's a proven fact that swearing decreases pain." She looked Koakuma dead in the eye. "The concept of food, however, DOES NOT!"

"Again. Sorry." Koakuma bowed a bit deeper. "But listen. We don't have much time. The poison is wearing off sooner than expected. We should retreat and assist Remilia instead of pushing ourselves any further."

"You expect me to cut losses and run?" Patchouli asked.

"Yeah. We came close Patch, but you saw how he was before the poison. You're in no condition to fight such a monster."

Patchouli sighed. "I agree with your points. The phrase I spoke 117 words back pretty much sums up how he's not been blasted to smithereens. And my health is questionable at the moment. But you do not have a full grasp on the situation like I do. I shall continue to fight."

Koakuma stood upright in shock. "Full grasp my ass! Going back down there is suicide!"

"Koakuma…" Patchouli started to walk towards her.

"No! Don't argue! As a servant my first duty is to you and your survival! I simply CANNOT allow you to do this!"

"Koakuma…"

"I just pulled your ass from the fire but now you're tossing it back in! And to fight a Vampire who dresses like Carmen Sandiego most of the time! And do you even know how many books I had to memorize the locations of? I could tell you exactly where ANY of the 9,456,601,434,500 books in your library is in an instant! But all of that memorizing wouldn't be for anything if the person I was doing it for up and dies! And then-"

Patchouli got near enough to place her hand on Koakuma's shoulder, which instantly shoulder. "Koakuma. I am, the library."

Tears of fire started to well in in Koakuma's eye's. "I… I know what you about to say…"

"Physical form means nothing to me." Patchouli continued. "As long as the library stands, I am alive. Which means I must protect it at all costs."

"Please don't…" Whimpered Koakuma.

"But that's not the only thing I'm protecting here."

"God-dammit Patch…" Koakuma pulled Patchouli into a big hug. "Don't do it."

"I hereby…" Patchouli hesitated, her monotone voice almost breaking. "Sever the pact between us… On the condition… That you return to Remilia and assist her in any way possible. Trust me on this. It's for your own good."

Koakuma could feel the connection between them break but that wasn't the only thing was was broken. "Patch?" She asked, hugging her former master tighter.

"Yes?" Replied Patchouli.

Koakuma pushed her away and took to the air, hovering just above Patchouli. "Even though you're one of the smartest people in Gensokyo…" Fire finally started to fall down her cheeks. "YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT!" She then turned and flew off sobbing into the night sky.

Patchouli watched her fly away. After a few seconds, she smiled as a tear streamed down her face. "No argument, you little devil. No argument." Patchouli started to levitate once more, and then turned to the hole in her roof. Staring down it, she saw Alucard sitting in the center of a small crater. Most of his wounds had been healed, and he was wearing his coat again. He watched Patchouli with a patient smile as she descended to hover at the edge of the crater.

"You provide no shortage of entertainment magician." Alucard stood up. "Why do you continue to fight? You could have easily escaped."

"It's quite simple actually." Patchouli said. "If you succeed in your quest to destroy Remilia, not only would you be killing my best friend, but the mansion will crumble, destroying my library. I couldn't bare the thought of that without making sure I gave it my all." She sighed, her shoulders slumping a bit. "I admit, I held back. I stuck to Danmaku so that I could study you. I should have blown you to pieces as soon as I could. And the poison. I either didn't use the right kind, or not enough of it."

"Curiosity killed the cat." Alucard mused.

"Make no mistake. This cat is still very much alive." Patchouli reached inside of her coat and pulled out a thick book that was half her size. It was rimmed with intricate, neatly polished, golden designs of flowers and vines. The air suddenly fizzled with magical energy as she opened it, revealing its century old pages, of which were full of notes and scribbles. A massive bubble of wind picked up around Patchouli, and then shortly after that, spinning rings of fire, water, earth, and sunlight appeared from thin air and took their places around the bubble, making Patchouli look like an atom.

Alucard stood up and whistled. "Impressive. I don't think I've ever seen anyone able to use magic like you, but for how long will you be able to hold it like that?"

Patchouli opened her eye, which was now glowing pure white. She then spoke. Her voice was amplified to ten times over. "Long enough."

"Very well." Alucard jumped to the opposite side of the crater. As soon as he landed, eye's started to slowly open on the inside of his coat. A red aura surrounded him, and a low concentration of bats started to fly around them at random. Alucard then raised his head to stare up at Patchouli and gave her a big toothy smile. "Let's see what your really made of!"

As soon as he spoke these words, a stone pike erupted from the floor and stabbed him straight through the heart, lifting Alucard up into the air. A beam of roaring fire shot out and slammed into him. The fire instantly turned the pike into lava and carried Alucard almost a mile away into the far wall of the library.

When the fire dissipated, Alucard fell from the wall, along with a few books he'd knocked loose upon impact. He appeared unscathed by Patchouli's attack, his look a one of pure delight.

Alucard wasn't getting any rest though. He could feel the library's ground shaking as a torrent of running water rushed along the ground towards him. Alucard ran to meet it, flinging himself into the first gigantic wave without hesitation. The water did nothing to him, and he pushed through it like it wasn't even there.

Patchouli must have caught onto this, because Alucard was suddenly knocked off his feet by a funnel of wind strong enough to equal a hurricane. He backflipped and dug his fingers into the slippery wooden floor. The water had turned from crashing waves to sideways flying raindrops, creating a solid screen of mist. Any mortal would have found it extremely difficult to see. Luckily, Alucard didn't need his eye's.

Eight long, shadowy, muscular arms emerged from Alucard's back and attached themselves to the ground. They then began to slowly creep forward, moving like a spider's legs. Overtime, Alucard started to get faster and faster until finally the wind stopped. He hit the ground and rolled to his feet, his spider arms quickly slithering back into him.

The reason for Patchouli suddenly stopping could be heard even at this distance. Her spell had been broken by another coughing fit. Alucard took this opportunity to close the gap in between them. A mache-cone formed around him as he stomped towards his prey, the sonic boom behind him reducing bookshelves to woodchips.

Patchouli shook her head clear of her cough before flying backwards to meet Alucard's pace. She then whispered a few words and moved her hand upwards. A forest of rock pillars came up from the floor, attempting to slow Alucard. But the Vampire just blew through them like he was running through paper. Once he had finished demolishing the rock forest, he was greeted by several beams of sunlight that ripped and tore at him. While dodging them, however, Alucard noticed that the beams that touched the bookshelves instantly ceased to exist, protecting the books they carried.

Ice suddenly covered the ground, causing Alucard to slip. The ice was quickly soaked in blood as the momentum from Alucard's run quickly shredded him against it. He scrambled to get upright again as his head was scraped off, but instead ended up tumbling forward and splatted against the thick, rock wall that marked the end of the ice path. The sonic boom caught up, blasting Alucard through the wall he'd just slammed into and flinging him into the air. He then twisted to land on his feet, the floorboards crunching from the impact.

"Very good! Use your head! Don't let up!" Alucard said as soon as his head had grown back. The eye's inside of this coats shifted into several vertical rows of eight. Several extra long snouts sprouted from his insides, each sporting a full set of oversized, razor sharp teeth. Six Hellhounds then separated from Alucard and rushed Patchouli at break-neck speed each one of them trailing slobber as they ran.

Two of them were immediately pounded into a bloody pulp as fireballs, ice shards, and random chunks of earth bombarded the pack of wolves. The other four managed to dodge most of it, and two of them even jumped up on the top of the bookshelves on either side of the aisle. The other two stayed on the ground and collided together to form a much bigger dog.

Patchouli blasted one of the hounds with a beam of sunlight as it caught up and leapt at her. She did, however, ignore the second hound, which had also lept in her direction. It opened it's mouth, aiming for Patchouli's throat and allowing for it's long, demonic, triangular tongue to loll out. But it never reached it's target. Instead, the hound was shredded next to disintegration as the shear force of the magicians wind barrier tore it asunder. She then outstretched two hands and slammed them together. The bookshelves on either side of the biggest HellHound flew and sandwiched the dog, reducing it to a bloody goop.

Alucard rammed through the two bookshelves, slicing them in half with the back of his hand as he did so. Patchouli realized her mistake as soon as she saw Alucard's face. It was one of smug victory. Those dogs had just been test dummy's.

"Fool. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve!" The golden crescent moon on Patchouli's hat flew into her hands. It puffed out, becoming a full moon, before starting to glow with rainbow energy. Before long it started to pulse and emit a massive amount of electricity, of which arced around the room wildly. Patchouli then cupped the sphere of volatile energy at her waist with her hands. She spoke three strained power words before violently throwing her hands forward, sending a gargantuan beam of pure plasma down the aisle.

Alucard reached to the side and pulled one of the bookshelves in front of him. The plasma hit it, causing to energy soar and burn out the sides of the shelf. Then whatever protection spell Patchouli had casted on her books was overwhelmed and stopped working. The books went from solid matter to smoke, blowing Alucards right arm clean off and scotching his coat. The bookshelf groaned, and for a moment, it seemed that it might break as well. That's when he heard it, the beginnings of another cough.

The plasma stopped, leaving the aisle in ruin. The bookshelf Alucard had used as a shield was almost nothing but charcoal now. A few pieces of it broke as it tipped forward, ready to fall. As soon as it was at the right angle, Alucard used it as a ramp to launch himself into the air, where he got a clear view of Patchouli.

She was indeed coughing. The amount of stress that spell had put on her must have been amazing, because with every cough came a few specks of blood, but more importantly, her shield was wavering.

Alucard used his left hand to reach inside of his coat, from which he whipped out the Jackal. He brought his gun to his mouth, biting it and using his teeth to cock the slide. Then, within the span of just an instant, Alucard took the Jackal and aimed straight up before lowering it to point at Patchouli. The bullet escaped the barrel and spun through the air. It passed through the wind barrier without trouble and smashed itself against Patchouli's chest, at which point it exploded.

There was a brilliant flash of blue light as Patchouli disappeared into a cloud of fire and smoke. Alucard could see that her body was now suddenly covered in plate armor made of blue energy. It had prevented her from being blown to bits, but but she had still gone limp, and was falling to the floor.

With the combined momentum of the flight and Alucard's bullet, Patchouli hit the ground hard. She proceeded to tumble down the aisle, skipping across the floor like a stone on water. That is, until she bounced into a small, circular clearing with a dark, wooden desk in it's center. Patchouli smashed into the desk, stopping her momentum and ruining her favorite study spot. Upon impact, her armor decided it had taken enough of a beating and decided to flicker and die, leaving it's caster defenseless.

Alucard landed in front of Patchouli, his arm now healed, and stared expectantly at her unmoving form. For a moment, it appeared that she was actually dead. But after a few seconds her body convulsed as she coughed up a large amount of blood, which splattered and stained her white coat. Patchouli lazily opened her eye's half way, staring back at Alucard with a dull, exhausted expression.

"No matter how many times I try, I'll never be able to kill you, will I?" Patchouli's said, her voice sounding hoarse. Alucard watched in amusement as she stumbled over the wreckage of the desk, struggling to get up. "You've consumed so many souls that you can survive even the sun. You're not even a Vampire anymore. You're just a monster that lost himself in a sea of the dead."

Alucard chuckled, bringing up the Jackal to point just inches from Patchouli's head. "I do not know. Perhaps if you hadn't been coughing up so many hairballs, you could have made a formidable opponent."

Patchouli closed her eyes, smiling a bit. "It's unfortunate really. If you hadn't been so blood-thirsty I would have gladly invited you to tea." She then opened her eye's, a serious expression on her face. "This is hardly the time, but can you do me a favor?"

"Oh?" Alucard said, his crazed eyes widening.

"If you come across Koakuma again. Please. Spare her." Patchouli pleaded.

There was a moment of silence, then Alucard threw back his head and laughed hysterically. After a long few minutes he finally regained his composure. "Very well magician. But only because my master ordered me not to kill everyone here. That, is the reason your pet get's to live."

"Heh, It all makes sense now." Patchouli took a deep breath and grinned wickedly. "I'll see you in hell. Dog."

Alucard countered Patchouli's grin with his own. His finger slowly started to move the Jackal's trigger. The oversized gun groaned with anticipation, awaiting the kill. Patchouli watched this happen. Her body trembled and her breathing was heavy, but her eye's were strong and unwavering.

After what seemed like ages, a single shot echoed throughout the library.

But It wasn't the Jackal's.

Blood sprayed from Alucard's gun arm as it was blown clean off. He looked up in surprise to see Koakuma coming down from a chandelier. She slammed into the ground between Patchouli and Alucard, knocking the Vampire back several feet as she did so.

"Not today!" Koakuma yelled. She aimed the Casull with her right hand and fired repeatedly. The bullet's tore at Alucard, putting hole after hole in him. After he fell to the floor in a pool of his own blood, she turned to Patchouli. Her left arm was covered in blistering red bubbles. This was because she was holding a Holy Bible, and it wasn't a cheap copy.

"Koakuma… Why…" Patchouli stammered. "What are you doing?!"

"Disobeying the FUCK outa your order!" Koakuma chucked the Holy Bible into Patchouli's arm's. "It's for your own good."

A panicked expression crossed Patchouli's face as the Bible's pages started to glow bright yellow. They then ripped themselves from their cover and engulfed her in pure holy light. The pages then flew up and out of sight, carrying Patchouli with them.

"I take it back." Alucard said, rising to his feet. The blood from his wounds seeping back into his body, closing the holes Koakuma had made. "I think I'll tear you apart. It's going to be messy, and if you think I'm going to give you a fighting chance, think again. Your nothing but a thieving succubus, and thieves die ignominious deaths, always."

"You'd better keep track of your stuff or you'll lose it!" Koakuma threw aside the Casull and put up her fists. "Now bring it!"

"You wish to die so badly?!" Alucard said, placing the Jackal inside of this coat. "Very well. I shall grant your wish!"

Koakuma and Alucard rushed each other. They're faces were full of rage, and their eye's glowing neon red. Then they passed each other. Koakuma went for a punch that scrapped along side her opponent's cheek. She then felt an agonizing pain as Alucard opened his mouth, chomped down on her arm, and ripped it from it's socket. The Devil only grimaced, and turned to face the Vampire once again.

Alucard turned to her as well, her arm hanging limp from his mouth. It started to shrivel up as he sucked her life-force from it. Once he was done, he spat it out and gave Koakuma a bloody smile.

Koakuma gave out a battle cry and rushed Alucard again. This time the Vampire didn't even move. He waited patiently for the Devil to reach him before he drew back his arm, shaped his fingers into a point, and plunged his hand deep into her chest, impaling her. Alucard's hand came out the other side of Koakuma's body, an excessive amount of blood spraying out as it did.

Koakuma clenched her teeth, then used her remaining hand to pull herself further along Alucard's arm, coming face to face with the Vampire. "I died protecting my friend, and if you continue on and fight Remilia, you'll be the one dying the ignominious death."

"I look forward to it." Alucard said, before plunging his other arm into her torso, holding her above his head, and violently tearing her in half. Both pieces of Koakuma flew to his sides. They thumped to the ground and lay still. A look of pain still hung on Koakuma's lifeless face.

Alucard stared at her remains as they turned white and crumpled into dust. He then rudely walked through it, kicking it up as he went. Both the Casull and the Jackal flew from the floor into Alucard's hands.

"Target silenced. Restrictions returning to level six until stated otherwise." Alucard's hat and orange sunglasses reappeared on his face. He then turned to look to his side, sensing a Vampiric presence a ways away.

"Finally, I accept your invitation, Remilia Scarlet."


Meanwhile, back in the room with all the portraits, Koakuma's picture burst into flames and crumpled to the ground in front of Patchouli's portrait. A single tear ran down from Patchouli's remaining eye, as she watched her friend die.