"What are you humans doing here?" The Dragon King was standing in front of his castle with Caesar waiting by the door.
"We've come to retrieve something that is rightfully ours." Hannibal got off her horse.
"The King still needs you by his side, Gaius.." Charlemagne looked at him.
"I have no intentions in returning to the West." The white-haired man's resolve didn't shake.
"Then I'm afraid we have no other choice." The woman held her axe.
"Under orders of the King, if you refuse to return with us...," the blonde man spun the axe in his hands. "..Then we must kill you."
"Can you truly face them alone Caesar?" Nobunaga turned to face him.
"I must defeat them myself. I can't bring you into this battle. I must defend you all from the West." Caesar unsheathed his sword and stepped in front of the king.
The king smirked lightly and stood back, there wasn't any way he could interfere with a strong will like that.
"So you've sealed your fate Gaius..." Charlemagne readied his sword.
"You will not make it out alive child." Hannibal too got ready to battle.
"There is nothing wrong with seeking peace..but if Arthur insists on using violence then so be it..." He aimed his sword at them and unleashed the electrical beam.
The two knights managed to dodge and began fighting with Caesar.
"Caesar-dono.." Ichihime watched the battle from her window, with Brutus making sure she stayed safe.
"He will win. I know it." The green-haired teen smiled lightly.
"Mm." The girl kept watching the battle.
Western Kingdom
"They will not fail me..those two still have that up their sleeve." Arthur watched the battle through his mirror.
"He really wants to retrieve him..even if he's dead.." Alexander thought to himself.
The Battle
The two knights were panting and sweating.
"This boy...he's not tired yet.."
"We can't catch up to him.."
"Have you lost your edge in a battle?" Caesar looked at them, his confidence showing a bit too much.
"We're only just beginning." They began to fight once again, this time using more magic than before.
The young man only knew a few attack spells but even then, they took a while to cast. He was at a disadvantage when it came to a magic battle. All he could do was block the incoming attacks, but couldn't cast a spell in time. It would take up all his strength if he tried casting one while using a barrier.
"Dammit..have they figured out my weakness?" He was panting as he was starting to grow tired from defending himself.
"Soon I won't have any strength to even fight with a sword.."
"Are you getting tired Gaius?" The woman laughed slightly.
"Perhaps we can help you with that." Charlemagne moved the hair from his face. The two stopped casting magic and assumed the weapon battle.
"If they really wanted to kill him they would have drained his energy...that means...they have something else up their sleeve." Brutus was watching the battle and suddenly came to the realization.
"Caesar! You need to get out of there!"
"I will not...I will not back down from a battle Brutus." Caesar went in to attack them once again.
"Charles please do it." Hannibal smirked.
"Yes. Mon impératrice." The blonde man raised his weapon and it started creating heavy fog. It was so dense that Caesar couldn't see through it at all. For sure he had to be prepared for an ambush attack.
"Now it's your turn to go in for the kill!"
"I've been waiting for this Charles!" The woman appeared from behind the unaware white knight, her weapon aiming at his back.
Caesar's eyes widened and blood dripped down from his mouth. He looked down to see that the head of the axe had gone through his chest. He had no room to talk as the warm liquid caught up in his throat.
The woman pulled out the axe and began laughing.
"That was fun wasn't it?"
"We must take him back with us.." Charlemagne looked away.
Caesar fell on his back as the fog began to fade; he was lying there motionless.
Ichihime's eyes widened in horror as she was able to see once again.
"C-Caesar!" She screamed and Brutus held her trying to comfort her.
"I-it will be okay." His best friend couldn't help but let the tears go down his face.
"You idiot...humans are so reckless.." Nobunaga turned away.
"This...this..can't be it..." Caesar was thinking to himself.
"I can't...die...there's still so much...I have yet to accomplish..." He felt himself fading into the darkness. "I just found my place.." An image of Ichihime appeared in the darkness and she was smiling.
"Ichihime.."
She suddenly turned into an image of his mother.
"You are not ready to join us..my son..so please..you must live."
He twitched slightly.
"Hurry Charles we're going to fail our king if we don't."
"We shall take him then." Charlemagne looked back unsure if it would be the right thing.
"Live Caesar..and fulfill your dreams. Only you understood what their suffering was like; those humans. But now you must awaken." His father was speaking to him.
"Awaken!" His parents spoke in unison.
His eyes opened and they were glowing icy blue. He stood up swiftly, with the clouds congesting the sky. The wound on his chest regenerated and he picked up his blade.
"..."
"Impossible!" Hannibal looked back.
"He's not human?" The blonde knight watched in shock.
"No way!" Brutus couldn't believe it.
"He's a.." Ichihime blinked.
"A vampire." Nel added
"Daddy told us that his parents sealed his power shortly after he was born. The only way for him to obtain them again.."
"...was if he died once."
Caesar quickly appeared before them and swung his blade.
"Mon Impératrice!" Charlemagne got in the way and took the attack for his beloved.
"Charles!" The woman grew angry and tried attacking the vampire with a water spell.
He dodged and took a few steps back to where he could attack both of them.
"That's right..I need to keep protecting everyone...and seek coexistence with the remaining lands..I'm not dead yet!"
Ichihime was crying from being glad he was okay.
"Caesar-dono."
"Please don't cry princess!" Brutus was worried.
"I'll be okay." She smiled lightly.
"If you do not leave now I'll have to end you." He aimed his sword at them and it began emitting a purple light.
"Gaius! You're insane! Helping other races. No matter what..we're going to take you back!" Hannibal was ready to attack again.
"Hannibal! No! We need to go! We can't fight him on an equal level any longer." Charlemagne was trying to get her to stop.
"Do not interfere Charles!" She began casting a spell.
"Then prepare to meet your end General Hannibal!" Caesar's weapon began creating a ball of dark magic.
"! It can't be.." The blonde knight watched.
"Veni...Vidi..Vici!" The blade emitted a black beam and it went straight towards the two knights. Charlemagne managed to create a barrier powerful enough to stop it but, still being grazed by it.
In the aftermath, the beam had dug up part of the ground and it ended at least a few miles away.
Caesar looked in amazement, realizing what he had just done. "I-I did that?!" He thought to himself.
The woman held the blonde knight in her arms. "Charles.."
He was panting lightly and looked up at her, "Mon Impératrice."
"Tell King Arthur that I will not be returning to the Western Kingdom." The white knight looked at them, his fangs visible.
"Dammit...the king will be furious about this.." Soon enough the two knights were on their way out of the kingdom.
"You idiot!" Brutus ran up to his friend and hugged onto him.
"Brutus.."
"I thought you were gone! Don't do that again!" He began crying.
"Please don't cry.."
"Caesar-dono!" Ichihime walked up to him and slapped him.
"I-ichihime!" He blushed a bit.
The girl began to cry, "Don't do that again! We're serious."
"I promise I won't," he smiled lightly.
"Caesar! Caesar!" The twins glomped him causing him to fall over.
"Ahh! Hey! Everyone!" He chuckled lightly.
"We're so glad you aren't dead Caesar!"
"Yeah! We would have been so sad if you went away." The children cried too.
The man smiled lightly and hugged everyone.
"I promise it won't happen again."
"Who would have thought?" Nobunaga smirked lightly, "I knew he couldn't be human with the potential he had."
"Is that why you wanted to test him?" Da Vinci looked at him.
"Perhaps.." The dragon king fixed his glove.
"How will your dream of coexistence work now that you are not human, General Caesar?" The blue-haired man looked down from the balcony.
Western Kingdom
King Arthur destroyed the mirror he created, as a dark aura shrouded him. "Damn you filthy vampire...you have ruined my plan once more. Enjoy what is left of your free life..Soon I will show you the true power of the West. And you along with the other inferior races, will be annihilated."
