Disclaimer: Blitz: Yep, I'm broke. If I owned Castlevania I wouldn't have to worry about tuition or insurance or supplying my everlasting craving for video games.

Andrew: That's sad man.

Succubus Shenanigans and Target...what could possibly go wrong?

Laura looked inside her purse and sighed, she hadn't collected much money since entering Castlevania. She got even more depressed when she saw how much money Andrew and Kokoro collected. How those two managed to score so much cash was beyond her, though Kokoro usually spent most of her money the day she got it.

The reason Kokoro was always out of money was because she would always enter the storehouse every time she got back with a little change in her pockets. Laura would tag along to window shop, and would always feel a little sad when she got inside. The storehouse was styled like a convenience store; with armor, food, and weapons all in neat little sections. The funny thing was that, along with everything they needed, it sold things people would find in a regular store. There were clothes that people would wear regularly, a couple of electronics, and even things for entertainment. Laura made a mental note to ask Andrew why the Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards were always missing a few packs, she laughed at the idea of her boyfriend being a closet duelist. It didn't bother her, it just showed her he was just as human as she was.

But Laura was still upset, she never had much money of her own, when she was in Castlevania she never bothered to pick up any money she might have gotten beating enemies. That being said, the soul eater ring always taunted her from the most expensive section of the jewelry section. 300,000 was a lot for anyone, and she knew she wasn't going to be seeing any money like that anytime soon. Unless...

"Hey, Andrew?" She asked her lounging partner one day, they had gotten back a few hours ago from another adventure in the castle and were taking a much needed break.

"What's up?" He asked, yawning as he sat up.

"How much money do you have with you?" She inquired sweetly, Andrew narrowed his eyes, then checked his own personal savings.

"I'm looking at about...let's see...about 500,000, give or take. I don't feel like counting it every five seconds." He replied, putting away his money. Laura gasped, 500,000 was a lot...she could get a soul eater ring and more with that kind of money! But an obstacle stood in her way. Andrew was extremely cheap, he wouldn't spend any money unless it was something he deemed he absolutely had to have. Laura had tried pouting cutely and teasing him, but Andrew's grip on his wallet remained tight. When Laura had complained to him one day about whether he cared more about her or his money his response was; 'Don't make me pick, Laura!' She eventually chalked it up as a personality quirk she would just have to put up with.

That was until one day she was turning through the pages of her father's soul guide, checking off any souls she had managed to collect. Rycuda? Check. Hippogryph? Double check. She had a painful experience testing out that one when she got it. Let's just say that later that night Laura was holding an ice pack to her head while Andrew and Boneson tried to fix a hole in the ceiling. Succubus? Check. Then Laura stared at this particular entry. She didn't even knew what that one did, normally she tested any new soul out the second she got it, but that day was different.

"What a handsome young man..." A demonic temptress cooed, brushing up to Andrew. Laura, needless to say, was pissed. Andrew wasn't making much effort to get away either.

"Hey!" Laura shouted, then the succubus scowled at her.

"Leave us, brat!" She shouted at Laura, getting her blood boiling even more.

"Go away, mon!" Andrew said loudly, with a really bad Jamaican accent.

"I'm about to get my groove back!" He added, placing his arm around the monster. That was it, Laura was beyond pissed off. The next few minutes were filled with pained screams and evil yelling, with Andrew cowering in the corner. When Laura was done with the Succubus she went over to Andrew, steam shooting from her ears. When Andrew tried to apologize, he was met with a foot headed towards where every man tried to protect with his life. Needless to say, he was left on the ground, sobbing in pain.

Laura fumed when she thought back to that day, but she did collect the succubus soul. She read the entry Soma had written on it.

'The succubus soul allows one to regain energy by drinking blood. This is achieved by seducing the target using hypnotic powers. Even if not drinking blood, using the hypnosis to make monsters bend to your will can prove useful'. Is what it read. That's when Laura got an evil grin on her face.

"Hey, Andrew? I'm gonna go to the storehouse, wanna tag along?" She asked sweetly, Andrew shrugged and got up, and soon they were in the convenience store like facility. Laura bounced over to the clothing section, dragging Andrew by the arm. She stopped at a particularly cute summer blouse, it was pink with a silver trim.

"Don't you think this would look good on me?" She asked her partner, who just nodded nonchalantly. Laura decided to try it on. She smiled when she looked in the mirror, the blouse complimented her pretty well. It hugged her figure and showed just enough of her chest to leave those who saw her stunned, without being too revealing altogether. Laura had to have it, but she was broke. That's why she brought Andrew long, she thought.

"Hey, what do you think?" She asked Andrew, who seemed like he was barely paying her any mind. She scowled, he could at least PRETEND to give a damn. She brushed against him, finally getting his attention.

"Oh! Yeah, that looks really nice on you!" He replied, he took a moment to take in the sight before him. That blouse did look nice on her. Laura noticed the goofy look on his face and figured that that was her cue to use her feminine charm.

"Hey, Andrew...I really like this blouse but...I'm a little tight on-"

"Forget it." 'Damn, that was fast!' Laura thought to herself, Andrew's cheapness knew no bounds. Laura figured that if her own flirting couldn't get to him, maybe a little help would. Laura activated her succubus soul and immediately felt herself becoming more seductive.

"Andrew...look how easy it was for me to put this on, I bet it's just as easy to take back off..." Laura cooed, sliding one of the shoulder straps down. She had tried to put on a sexy face for Andrew, and apparently it was working. After a bit of stammering, Andrew finally spoke up.

"Well I guess if you want it that badly, okay. Anything for my cute little Laura!" He exclaimed happily, though the look on his face suggested he was in a trance. Laura had to admit she felt a little bad, but the blouse she was wearing gave her enough reason to get over it.

Soon the two came over to the electronics section, Laura had a shopping cart filled with new clothes she had seduced out of Andrew, while he just followed along with a dazed look on his face. Laura found a camera she had her eye on for a while, and proceeded to use her charm.

"Wow what a nice camera...hey, Andrew? I think you could use a new wallpaper for your cell phone. I'll let you pick the outfit...assuming you want me to wear one, of course." Laura said quietly, close enough where Andrew could feel her breath on his ear. He nodded like a madman, forgetting the fact that his phone had a camera on it anyway. Laura giggled at the current situation, without the succubus soul she would have NEVER gotten these things out of Andrew. So Laura thought it was time to go for the big one, the soul eater ring. If she had that she would have no trouble collecting the souls she needed.

"Andrew...doesn't this ring look useful? I could get so many souls with it...but I'm really intrigued by the thought of you putting a ring on my finger...makes you think, huh?" She muttered, taking his face in her hand. Andrew, in his hypnotized state, picked up the ring and added it to the things Laura had seduced...err...asked him to buy her.

After the two had paid, and when I say 'two' I mean 'Andrew', they returned to HQ. Kokoro was confused at the sight in front of her. Laura was happily humming to herself while Andrew carried bags of who knows what with a dazed look on his face.

"Laura? What's going on here?" She asked.

"Oh, we just went a little shopping is all." Laura explained, Kokoro groaned loudly in response.

"More like you went a little gold digging. What did you do to him?" She asked with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"I just used a new soul is all, oh wait...I still need to release him from the hypnosis." Kokoro slapped her own forehead, this was ridiculous. She was going to comment on how messed up that was but she noticed Laura going through the bags.

"Here, I got you something too!" She said happily as she tossed Kokoro a new boomerang, as the one she was using was old and near breaking.

"Thanks...wow, this one even has blades on it..." She thanked Laura, thinking how much easier fighting would be once she blessed it. Laura nodded then took out a rather long slip of paper.

"What's that?" Kokoro asked her friend as she tore the thing to shreds.

"The receipt, NOW I'll break the trance." And with a quick snap of her fingers, Andrew was back to normal.

"What happened...? Why am I holding all of these bags?" He asked as he rubbed his head, trying desperately to remember something. Laura backed away towards the door, ready to make a break for it at any moment.

"Now I remember...Laura was asking me about this blouse and...HEY!" Andrew exclaimed as he felt his pockets, they were oddly light, much lighter than he had remembered them.

"Um, babe?" Laura asked cutely while Andrew tried to make sense of what happened. She continued when he looked up with a shocking look of realization on his face.

"Remember when I asked which did you care about more, me or your money?" She asked sheepishly. Andrew slowly nodded, taking a stance like runners do before a mad dash. Kokoro sighed and got out of the way, she wasn't one to get involved in a lover's spat, and she had to play...err...practice with her new boomerang.

"Well now you don't have to choose anymore!" She said happily, though she was sweating. Andrew glared at her with a look that spelled death, and the blouse Laura was wearing wasn't helping...as she still hadn't cut off the price tag. 3,000 for a stupid piece of cloth wasn't worth it, he thought. His gaze suddenly turned to what was left of the receipt, the bottom half of course. His eyes widened when he saw the grand total.

"476,842? LAURA!"" He shouted, turning to our beloved heroine. Or he would have if she was still there. While Andrew was sobbing on the ground, muttering something about how women always find a way to make him go broke, Laura had hightailed it to the balcony. Boneson, Kokoro, and even Justice let out a sad sigh at the display. Kokoro patted Andrew on the back, saying it was his fault for letting his guard down. When he cried louder Boneson brought her over to the side.

"Perhaps that was not the best choice of words, Lady Kokoro." He explained before pointing at the poor, broken man. He had gone fetal position and began sucking his thumb.

"Whatever Laura did to get him to get him to buy her all of that stuff must have been pretty convincing...oh well, at least I got a new boomerang! Thanks Andrew!" Kokoro said, petting Andrew on the head, only getting him to cry again. She ran off to test out her new toy...weapon. Yeah, it's a weapon.