Hetavania

Chapter 9

Upon reaching the warp room Norway stopped a moment.

"Soma, why did you come to this castle?" he asked.

"Because Celia attacked Mina and I in town a little while ago. My powers came back though they never truly left. I've just had no reason to use them." Soma said. "As I've explained before, I'm supposed to be the reincarnation of the dark lord. I defied that fate last year and as far as I know, I'm the only one who can withstand the powers of chaos or the black magic you and Arthur sense in this place."

"Ah, I understand." Norway said. "Lets go."

They transported back to the Cursed Clock Tower and found that it was easy to slip past the Medusa Heads as bats. As Soma had said, there were a lot of spikes that they couldn't simply jump past or even over. There were spikes on the walls and the floor, even the ceiling.

"Bloody He-" England was about to say before Norway covered his mouth.

"Easy Arthur, its surprising sure that there are this many spikes but we should focus on getting through." Norway said. "One mistake and we'll be on the wrong end of a point."

England calmed down nodding and Soma looked at Italy.

"Are you surprised?" he said.

"There'a are so many dangers in'a this castle." Italy said.

"Yeah, I know." Soma said. "I faced a castle before, Dracula's Castle was always changing because it was alive."

"Nani?!" Japan said in surprise. "It was arive?"

"How can a bloody castle be alive?!" England asked.

"Dark Magic." Norway answered.

"Correct. Dracula was its master but when he was killed in 1999 it began to search for a new master." Soma explained. "To put it simply, those born on the date of Dracula's death, if they have dark power, are believed to be the candidates."

"Pauroso." Italy said.

"No use sitting around, we need to get moving to get. We need to get to the sealed off area of the Demon Guest House, I believe there's a boss monster there we must face up against." Soma stated.

Soma turned back into a bat and they also had turned into bats following Soma as he navigated through the spike filled corridor. Once they were past it, they returned to normal and continued to run until at last the had reached The Pinnacle.

"Aright Soma-san, where do we go next?"

"To get to the locked section of the Demon Guest House, we have to go through a hallway that has about...eight maybe ten Succubus monsters." Soma replied. "Just to warn you now Japan, they are the second sexual demon in this place. Unlike the Lilith, the only thing they are wearing are boots."

"Nani!?" Japan said.

"We may have a hard time getting him through the hallway." England said.

Soma face palmed himself.

"Really, I know your all about decency Kiku but I'd say some of your books would say otherwise." Soma stated.

Japan didn't know how to respond to what Soma said.

"So suck it up, and lets get in there and fight them." Soma said.

"H-hai."

They stepped into the room and Italy looked around.

"Ve~ They'a all look like Yoko." he said.

"They can disguise themselves, its only when you attack them that they reveal themselves." Soma said drawing his sword.

Soma slashed at one of the enemies and it indeed turned out not to be the real Yoko. Soma had to kill every single one of them in order for them to get through. In the process he gained one of the souls. With the succubus soul, Soma can drink blood to heal from injuries. Now they were able to get into the upper part of the demon guest house. Soma pressed a button which opened the way so that they didn't have to go through that path again.

"Um...Soma-san, Itary has run wandered off again." Japan said.

"I don't think so, his staff is here. I think he was taken by force." Soma said. "We'd better find him before something bad happens to him."

They began to search the rest of the Demon Guest House for any sign of Italy. They searched everyone till they came to one room full of female monsters. On the fancy bed in the room, was Italy but something was wrong, he almost look hypnotized. In the room there was a student witch, 2 witches, 2Liliths, a persaphone, and a succubus. Soma drew his sword and killed all the female monsters. Norway and England were staring at Italy who still looked hypnotized.

"Is Itary-san going to be okay?" Japan asked.

Norway tapped Italy on the forehead.

"Magic was definitely cast upon him." Norway said. "I don't know how we can snap him out of it. Perhaps with a little time..."

"Move." England said.

England pulled out a scone and shoved it into Italy's mouth. Italy did begin to eat it and his eyes were now wide open and he spit it out.

"That'a Was The'a Most Disgusting Thing You'a Ever Made!" Italy yelled.

England sulked but at least it worked. Norway pat him on the back as Soma gave Italy back his staff.

"Are you okay Feli?" Soma asked.

"Si, other than the'a bland black food England had'a shoved into my'a mouth." Italy said. "But...I'a don't remember what'a happened."

Soma explained to him about his predicament, Italy listened and nodded.

"Oh, I'a remember now. I'a saw a pretty lady and I went to'a talk to her and...I'a guess she'a put some spell on me." Italy said.

Soma facepalmed himself.

"I told you to be careful, now you see why right?" he asked.

"Si, I'a won't wander off again." he said.

"Good, now lets go." he said.

They walked, jumped, and flew up to a hallway blocked by walls. Soma had to use three souls powers to unlock these three walls and continue on ahead. They actually found another boss room but something was off about it.

"Where's that bloody boss at?" England asked.

"There's a mirror here." Italy said.

Norway looked at Soma and nodded.

"There's a couple small mirrors in here." Norway said.

England walked up to the biggest mirror and tapped his chin. He noticed that the mirror spell Romania activated wasn't working. He looked over seeing a wierd reflection, a joker like monster but it was small.

"Look out, the monster is in the mirror!" he yelled.

They all reacted as the monster known as Paranoia popped out of the mirror. During that fight They all did what they could to fight it. Paranoia used the smaller mirrors to bounce a small laser it fired from its finger at them. England used a spell destroying the smaller mirrors as Soma got what looked like a final hit. But it went back into the mirror and suddenly the mirror was covered in blood.

"Is it over?" Japan asked.

"No, I didn't acquire Paranoia's soul. It's not over yet." Soma said.

"The boss door over there opened,but the one we came through hasn't opened yet." Norway said.

"He's right, we better expect the unexpected." England said.

They all proceeded to the next room and looked around. This time there were four slightly bigger mirrors and one big mirror, same size as the other they found in the Lost Village. Soma walked in front of the mirror and this time, Paranoia was almost as big as the mirror itself. They had a harder time dodging the attacks from Paranoia. Italy used a barrier if they couldn't dodge the attack. Norway used his magic to try and destroy one of the smaller mirrors. England was trying to do the same as Soma and Japan fought Paranoia with their weapons. Soma called upon the mandragora soul he acquire to cause more damage to Paranoia. Norway and England were successful at breaking two of the four mirrors, Italy used the magic spell Holy Lightning to strike Paranoia long enough that both Japan and Soma could get the final strike. Finally, they defeated Paranoia and Soma gained Paranoia's soul.

"With this power I can enter the mirrors." Soma said.

"Si, that'a may come in handy." Italy said.

They went into the next room and Soma tested it out. He waved at them from the other side of the mirror and Italy looked really happy. Soma came back out of the mirror.

"You know, if Celia has found a way to power up Dario, then if there's a mirror there, I can take away the power he has without killing him." Soma said.

They all agreed. Now it was time to head back to The Pinnacle and face Dario.