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Atum-Coma: The City Hidden in the Nexus
By Demonabyss
Chapter 37: This, our Hidden Village of Halloween!
At the desk in the Hokage's office, a busty, blond-haired woman grumbled as she continued to sign paper after paper for the repairs and upgrades to Konoha. She was still a little peeved about being tricked into this job, but she decided to bear it for multiple reasons. The first is that the village had acquired all her debts and wanted payment in terms of service rather than money, much to her annoyance. The second was the medical knowledge from those in Atum-Coma. As much as she hated to admit it, she was a little behind in medical practices, but was quickly caught up and already looking for ways to improve them. Third was the fact that Agatha Wulfenbach was working on a way to restore Tsunade's and Jiraiya's youth to help face the challenges ahead with both Orochimaru and the Akatsuki. They had also offered to bring back her lover and her younger brother from the dead, but after Mei-Ling's explanation and some thought, she decided not to request it. They had both gone down doing what they were trained to do and for causes they believed in, like all ninja wanted to. There were also a few personal reasons for taking this job. One was that despite it being a ploy to get her to take the job, what Shiva and those of Nexus Team 7 said to her were true. She had become a disgrace to those she had loved and to her family. So she had resolved to make up for lost time while being Hokage. Another was that, like Jiraiya, she was curious about Naruto, the son of a man she practically considered her own son. In any case, she had more important matters to deal with at the moment other than the rebuilding of Konoha and adjusting for its Nexus immigrants. Today was October 31st, All Hallows Eve, Halloween.
The blonde-haired Hokage watched as the sun slowly set, silently counting down to when the holiday would officially start. All day there had been preparations all over by Nexus immigrants and local villagers who were getting into the holiday despite not having a clue to what it really meant to those from Nexus. As the sun finally dipped past the horizon she heard a strange sort of music starting up from the town square, though it was heard clearly throughout the entire village. "This is going to be a long and interesting night," she said not knowing how right she was.
(AN: The following will be done to Marilyn Manson's version of "This is Halloween", modified a little.)
Axel Raptor stood on a stage with a skeleton band (literally skeletons) in the town square as she started playing. A strange mist seemed to appear from everywhere as darkness enveloped Konoha at a frightening pace. Those from Konoha stared at those from Nexus as a disturbing change seemed to settle over them and the village at the exact time the music started. All those from Nexus became more … feral, darker, twisted in some subtle way that hung in the very air. It was as if they were all transforming into the things that nightmares were made of right before their eyes. It was at the exact moment when the zombie/banshee hybrid on stage started singing that they realized just what this holiday really was.
It was at this moment that all of the darkstalkers started to sing in chorus to the song, increasing the aura of that was Halloween. Many of which started to dance in time to it, such as the catwomen who loved doing this every year. This year was even more special as it was the first in both the new world and in Konoha.
Boys and girls of every age
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
Shiva flew in to the center of the dancing, her eyes blazing red with power and her fangs glistening in the full moon light. Her wings much larger than normal and her haze turned up full blast on everyone in the area, enhancing Halloween even more as she sang and danced her part in this song.
I am the one hiding in your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
Shiva flew to the side as Verity-Y erupted from the ground in the center of the performance, her arms bearing Serpent Snappers on her arms that looked more like small Chinese dragons this time rather than the usual snakes. Also on top of her head were a couple of small, demon spiders that were usually only seen on this one night out of the year. She sang and twirled, her Snappers lashing out like their namesakes.
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
The two started to sing together in harmony, their voice resonating all over the Village Hidden in the Leaves joined by the voices of the catwomen in a female chorus for this part.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
Axel was having the time of his unlife. Usually it was his "father" who performed this but now it was his turn and he was going to enjoy it like to no end. He sang as he gestured to one of the sky ships that were flying low, specifically the Dark Blade.
In this town, don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...
Amethyst jumped down, along with Ria and Mia, and landed at that exact moment and joined into the dance, Sharkey and Kir joining her while her sister and father watched both fascinated and scared at what they were seeing from the side of the Dark Blade. The three sang as they joined the movements of the other dancers on the rooftops.
Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green
Aren't you scared?
Now it was Anita's, Mei-Ling's, and Hsien-Ko's turn, appearing in a mass of smoke and twisted energy. Mei-Ling gave off an aura of a powerful sorceress, Hsien-Ko that of a true undead creature, and Anita that of something truly not of this world, or any other for that matter. They sang their part in a haunting symphonic.
Well, that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream
In our town of Halloween!
Naruto now appeared in flash of smoke, dressed in a more elegant version of his usual outfit along with a white fox mask similar to what Anbu wore. It was now his turn. Every year he did this to kick start his night of tricks, treats, and driving everyone to insanity. He sang his part, ripping off his mask revealing his blazing red eyes and fangs before disappearing in a cloud of smoke again.
I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
The kitsune continued to sing, his voice coming from everywhere and nowhere like the prankster that he was. He had been doing this for a few years
I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the wind blowing through your hair
High above them all, Jack smith appeared on the side of the Hokage faces, his shadowy form outlined in pulsing blue neon light, his eyes also pulsing blue. Like everyone else, he too was affected by Halloween, becoming more demonic looking as he sang his part in front of the whole village.
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!
Leon Wulfenbach appeared with a squad Huitzil flying in a circle formation around the stage, all of them brandishing various blades and spikes as their eyes glowed an ominous red. Leon sang his part as the clanks did a type of sword dance with their blades.
Tender lumplings everywhere In this town
Life's no fun without a good scare
That's our job, just as you've seen
In our town of Halloween
Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
Now everyone sang, gather in the square where a massive spiral of energy seemed to be building up. Out of it came the ghostly form of a scarecrow with a jack-o-lantern with a head. The scarecrow's head lit ablaze as the ghostly form of the Pumpkin King awakened and began to dance as well, spewing twisted fire as it did.
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin patch
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everybody scream
Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King, now!
The scarecrow's flame erupted all around it, engulfing it as it transformed into a phantasmal visage of a demonic skeleton in a black suit with white pinstripes. It raised its arms and the fire twisted upwards in a massive helix, forming the face of a massive, grinning jack-o-lantern in the sky. The infernal creation seemed to be laughing as it spun around. The entire square was filled with darkstalkers, humans, and everything else, all dancing to the music.
This is Halloween, this is Halloween In this town we call home
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
La la la la-la-la
La la la la-la-la
WHOO!
Thunderous applause erupted from everywhere as All Hallows Eve officially began. The fire in the center of square died down a little bit to a large bonfire, though the flames kept changing colors from time to time. After the opening act as it were, people started to disperse out into the village for the various festivities. On a rooftop nearby, Naruto stood looking down at the crowd with an evil glint in his eye. In his hand was a scroll with his latest Halloween prank sealed inside. What were sealed inside were costumes, hats, makeup, and various things from the Aurora Eye Opera House. These weren't normal props, no not at all. These props were enchanted and magic level items. What they all did was "help" whoever was wearing them get into character. It wouldn't change who they were exactly, it would only make them into a version of that character with the wearer as a base. For example, a top hat could turn even the most rude and surly of men into a refined gentleman version of that person but only for as long as the show went on. In this case, the show was Halloween itself, so whoever got stuck with any of these would be altered for the whole night. Naruto just chuckled evilly at the thought of the chaos he was going to cause with this. He packed away the scroll and dashed off into the night, looking for his first victim.
--Location: Town Square—
Shikamaru, Chouji, Temari, and Kankuro walked along the street as people and darkstalkers went off to enjoy the night. The sand siblings had come to Konoha to help find a way to control Shukaku. The shadow user wasn't sure what to think about all this. It was like a switch was flicked in every single one of the darkstalkers, causing them to all become far wilder and monstrous. It was a little disconcerting how some of them gazed at the humans as if looking at slabs of meat. There was also the feeling of camaraderie between them all, even the humans. It was almost paradoxical the way the two auras mixed and yet they just seemed to work. 'Troublesome,' he thought as he walked with the group. Despite the strange things going on around them, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being stalked by someone or something and it was making him uneasy. He could see the others in the group also sensed something but none of them knew where it was coming from with all the chaos around them.
High above them on a rooftop, Naruto watched his first target with an almost sadistic glee. The kitsune unrolled his scroll and selected two items that would bring some wonderful results along with a video camera he had borrowed from Leon. He created several clones and ordered them into position around the group below; this was going to be fun. He readied his smoke bombs and waited until the group was just below him. Once they were in position, the fox struck.
The smoke came out of nowhere, blinding the group of four from whatever was "attacking" them. The people around didn't seem too concerned, as if this was a regular occurrence. Ironically, to some it was. In any case, the smoke only lasted two seconds before Temari blew it all away with her fan while Kankuro and Chouji readied to counterattack only to find no one there. However, those two seconds in the smoke was just enough for Naruto to make his move. Once the smoke was cleared, the group turned to see Shikamaru Nara standing stock still … with a dark green, metal, bowl-like hat on his head with several small black lines on the front. Kankuro was the first to speak. "Hey, lazy bones, you okay?" he asked while holding Crow up ready to go. Immediately, Shikamaru's attention turned on him as he stood with his hands behind his back, eyes hard as he glared at the black clothed Sand ninja. Immediately, all of them realized something was off as Shikamaru spoke in tone similar to that of a strict war veteran.
"Okay soldier, what is that?" he said pointing to the wrapped up Crow.
Kankuro raised an eyebrow in confusion before replying. "You know what this is. It's my puppet," was all he was able to say just before Shikamaru cut him off, getting literally in his face.
"All right paint face, how come every other private in this man's army has a kunai and you've got a puppet!?" he all but yelled. Kankuro sputtered trying to respond before Shikamaru grabbed Crow and ordered him, "Drop and give me 30 … NOW!" Kankuro had no time to think and immediately started doing pushups while Temari and Chouji just watched stunned. "Attention!" Kankuro stood up, his back straight as he was unsure as to what was going on. "About face! Forward MARCH!" Kankuro did as ordered, marching away with Shikamaru barking out "Hup 2, 3, 4" as they did.
Temari stood stunned as her brother was led away by Sergeant Shikamaru. "Well now what?" she asked as she turned to Chouji only to find he had gone stiff just as shadow had a few moments before. It was then she noticed that he had a strange, fuzzy head band on his head. "Uh … Chouji?" she asked cautiously. Almost instantly she regretted it as the power of the headband took over and he started … to do an exercise routine.
The Naruto clones, from a nearby rooftop, could barely contain their giggling as they recorded the antics of Sergeant Shikamaru and Chouji Simmons with the video camera. The kitsune had left the clones behind to record the results of his first two victims while the original went off to after others who were on his list. If his parents and victims didn't skin him alive after tonight, he would surely win Nexus's Funniest Home Videos for this.
--Location: Konoha Outskirts, near forested area—
Near an area where some catwomen were holding an all night dance fest, four of Naruto's targets stood watching. Hatake Kakashi, Asuma Sarutobi, Maito Gai, and his prized student Rock Lee were all watching the various dances the catwomen and other darkstalkers did. The fox grinned at the sight, summoning a dozen clones in readiness for his next strike. 'It'll be tricky, but oh so worth it,' he thought as they all moved into position.
Lucy grinned as she watched her follow felines' dance in unison before chugging back another pint of beer. They did this dance party thing every year and it was a blast each time. Many of them would literally dance through the whole night without a problem. As she set her mug down, she caught a scent in the air that she immediately recognized. 'Naruto, he's here!' she thought wildly as the catwoman looked around anxiously. Normally she'd be glad to see the fox boy, but not on Halloween. Meeting him on this night of all nights meant getting pranked worse than most could imagine. The last time she had been hit by him on Halloween had resulted in her looking like a large puff pink ball for days due to static electricity and colored paint. Before she could ascertain his position, the kitsune struck. Smoke bombs timed with the end of the current song so that no one reacted right away other than her a couple others who had smelled him as well. However, it seemed she wasn't the target this night and instead it was the four leaf ninja who had also attended the dance party. There were sounds of a surprised struggle. Once the smoke cleared, Lucy and several others did a double take at the leaf ninja.
Asuma was now wearing a fedora hat and holding a silver coin. Almost immediately he started to flip it over and over. His posture became that of a criminal, someone who was always on edge and looking over their shoulder. Maito Gai was now wearing a black jacket with a white sequin studded glove. His movements changed as well, going from forceful and highly expressive to much more smooth and subtle. His student Lee was also sporting new clothes, a leather headband with Celtic knots stitched into it along with a dark green vest with similar designs in gold. The most dramatic change however was Kakashi. The lazy copy-cat ninja was now sporting a large white afro, white coat and pants, and sun glasses.
Many catwomen's eyes widened as they recognized the costumes and knew what they could do. As a result, many tried to hold in their snickers as the clothes took effect. Asuma started to flip the coin over and over while leaning on a nearby wall, going from Asuma Sarutobi to Mugsy Sarutobi. The other three ninja however all hit the dance floor, joined by various darkstalkers who were getting a real kick out of this. It seemed even with the clothes, Kakashi and Gai still competed with each other with Lee joining in this time. Disco Kakashi started off, with the dance floor lighting up to the song "Flashdance". Behind him were a number of Rabbids were copying his movements despite being a lot shorter then him. Lights flashed as a disco ball appeared, illuminating everything in multiple colors. The song ended and was replaced by "Thriller" as Moonwalker Maito Gai stepped up with a number of zombies behind him. It was a Halloween classic that the undead danced to every year with this time being made even more memorable by Naruto's prank. The real kicker however came when Rock Lee, Lord of the Dance took the stage with a number of catwomen joining him in the fun. Irish music filled the area with the song "Lord of the Dance". Everyone clapped along with the beat except for the Naruto clones that were videotaping the whole thing. None of these ninja were ever going to live this down if they had anything to say about it.
Far away from the prankster kitsune on the sky ship Storm Breaker; Amethyst Heart, Ruby Heart, Hanabi Hyuuga, and Haishi Hyuuga were all enjoying a massive party being put on. Well, to be more accurate, Ruby was enjoying getting punch drunk while forcefully getting Haishi drunk with Amy doing the same or at least attempting to with Hanabi. Kir watched the proceedings with glee as the various pirates danced and sang. It was interesting to see what alcohol could do to people. For example, it made Ruby less coy and made her about as loud and boisterous as any other pirate, though she was still just as weird. Amethyst was similar, though not being weird, she instead developed a strange kleptomania when drunk and was robbing everyone around her without even realizing it. The main difference from her normal stealing habits was that she wasn't being picky and was taking anything from gold, jewels, and weapons to underwear, trinkets, and even pieces of junk. Her younger sister, while not nearly as drunk as Amy, was getting a little silly and was laughing at just about anything. The funniest one though was Haishi as it seemed the more alcohol you poured into him the less prim and proper he became. The Hyuuga head was currently shoulder to shoulder with his arms wrapped around Ruby and a large, drunk, shark-like pirate with all of them singing "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum" very loudly and off key with the music.
Kir took a swig of his glass while looking over the festive scene. As he did, the bird noticed a feminine figure standing by herself near the stern of the ship. It was the recently transformed bat girl Tayuya. She was just standing there gazing at the festivities below the ship. Never one to leave a lady in distress, the crow flapped over and landed on the railing next to her. The redhead didn't seem to notice as she seemed lost in thought. Kir decided to break the silence. "So my lovely lady, why you standing up here when the party is down there?" he asked sincerely.
The bat lady looked at the bird, not saying anything strangely, and sighed. She looked at her hands … claws before speaking. "I've never been much of a party girl," she said quietly, too lost in thought to swear like normal.
The talking crow wasn't convinced. He had seen that look she was wearing many times before on humans who had recently become darkstalkers. It was fear or more accurately a fear or sense of loss of their humanity and of self. In many people's eyes, what they physically were was the base of what they saw themselves as. It was especially important to humans as when they became something else; they figured that the loss of their humanity would mean the loss of who they were. Well then it was Kir's duty to try and cheer her up. "Ah come on, I bet you'd be great at the karaoke contest. With your perfect pitch you'd win first place for sure," he said with a wink. The red-head just stared blankly into the night, saying nothing. Kir sighed before deciding to stop beating around the bush and just say what the girl needed to hear. "Look, I know you don't like not being human anymore, but that's not a bad thing." He now had her attention as she turned to look at him. "Look at it this way, which would you, rather be like, Orochimaru or Ruby Heart?" He got a scowl for that. "Okay, not the best comparison. How about Orochimaru and say Felicia Talbain?" he tried again.
At that comparison, the girl frowned in thought. The bird did have a point. While Orochimaru was human, he wasn't a being she would want to be compared to. On the other hand, from what she had seen of the catwoman, she was pleasant if a little too perky at times. In the end, what had really changed about her? Even though it was only a week or so after her transformation into this bat creature, the red-head wasn't sure. Still, sitting around and gripping about it wouldn't do her any good. She turned to the black-feathered bird with a small grin. "When was that karaoke contest?" The bird just grinned.
Naruto jumped from roof to roof, looking for his last victim of the evening. The person he was going for was the almighty Sasuke Uchiha. This was going to be the crowning jewel on his prank for this Halloween. The arrogant human had it coming for some time and it would be funny as hell what he had planned. The kitsune chuckled evilly as he finally spotted the Sharingan user.
Sasuke was sore, both literally and figuratively speaking. Not only was his mark from Orochimaru sealed again, this time even more thoroughly than before, but he had also not been promoted to Chunin like he had planned. He was now further away from taking out his brother than ever before. The Konoha ninja had been walking around all evening brooding, more or less ignoring the festivities while occasionally avoiding being blown up, charmed (literally and figuratively), ensnared, fed upon, and generally anything that he would consider weird, which was quite a bit given the night. As a result, he wasn't completely aware he was being stalked by a darkstalker with devious plans.
Naruto looked at his watch, noting the time. The night was waning and if he wanted to get the full effect of this prank, he had to do this quickly. Deciding to forgo stealth in this case, he decided to go with sheer numbers this time. Summoning a legion of clones he attacked. Sasuke tried to hold them off, but was unable to stand up to the sheer number of clones. The fight was heard but no one cared, not on Halloween anyway. Besides, the clones weren't trying to defeat the Uchiha, but subdue him long enough for one of them to get him with a specific costume article, a highly stylized, black wig with extreme sideburns.
Sasuke tried to resist the wig's influence only to fail. After his bout with the curse seal, his will couldn't stand up to something like this. Gone was Sasuke Uchiha, Sharingan user and Konoha ninja, in his place … was Elvis Uchiha.
Axel Raptor continued to rock on the main stage all through the night. He had gone through any number of songs and was planning to go through more when someone joined him on the stage. They were wearing a white outfit with sequins, black stylized hair with side burns, and a pair of shades while holding a guitar of their own. It took the zombie a minute to recognize the Uchiha and the wig he was wearing. He chuckled as he thought to himself, 'Looks like fox-boy has outdone himself this year.' The zombie just grinned like a madman as both he and Elvis Uchiha started playing Rock Around the Clock. It may not have been Axel's usual style, but on Halloween, what the hell.
The night was slowly ending as Naruto sat on top of the Hokage monument, specifically the Fourth's head. He had gotten a few more pranks in after turning Sasuke into a rock star. He had turned Ino into a French stereotype, Sakura into a pirate much to Amy's delight, Kiba into a cat, Tsunade into an opera singer, Jiraiya into a Benedictine monk, and threw the rest of the clothes and props into the wind, watching and recording the chaos it all caused. But as with all things, it was coming to an end as the sun was getting ready to peak over the horizon thus ending Halloween and the costumes' effects. "This is gonna be good," the fire-haired kitsune said to himself as he waited like the Grinch with his hand to his ear, waiting for the sound that he simply had to hear. The sun peaked and the village went silent as everyone and then some realized where they were and what they were doing all at the exact same moment.
Sasuke stopped at the end of a song as he realized what he was wearing and that he was on stage with a number of his fan girl staring at him.
Shikamaru stood still as he realized as he noticed he was commanding a troop of ninjas who now looked afraid of him.
Chouji stopped and looked at exactly what he was eating, diet food that he would normally never touch.
Kakashi, Maito Gai, and Rock Lee stopped dancing and stared at each other.
Ino stared at the cigarette she was smoking and then at her reflection in a window which sported a black and white striped shirt, black beret, and red scarf.
Kiba was on top of a fence with a fish in his mouth with Akamaru staring at him worriedly.
Tsunade stood silent on a stage in a fine dress as it sunk in what she was doing.
Jiraiya paused in the middle of taking a vow of chastity, blinking owlishly at the monks around him.
Sakura woke up next to a grinning Amethyst Heart, both naked in her bed on the Dark Blade.
Hiashi Hyuuga and Ruby Heart woke up together, also in bed nude on the Storm Breaker, staring at each other blankly for a moment.
The moment of silence was broken by every last one of them yelling at the exact same time, saying the exact same thing.
"WHAT AM I DOING!?"
Naruto grinned before yelling out for the entire village to hear, "HAPPY HALLOWEEN!" before collapsing into a fit of laughs that made it extremely hard to breathe.
Kir woke up hugged to the chest of one sleeping red-headed bat lady next to the first place trophy of the karaoke contest. The bird grinned thinking, 'Can't wait until next year.'
DARK TOME: Creatures
Main Type: Created
Sub Type: All
Life Elementals: While elementals are well known, life elementals are unique in nearly every way in comparison to other elementals. For starters, unlike other elementals, a life elemental (LE) cannot be classified as either physical or metaphysical since they contain traits relevant to both as well as traits unique to them alone.
Firstly, like all elementals, a LE will seek out things/places/people similar to itself, places abundant in life such as cities or forests and or beings with incredibly strong life forces such as darkstalkers or powerful holy people. However unlike other types of elementals, a LE will also seek out things/places/people that are the exact opposite of themselves, places of death and decay, objects of destruction, dealers of death. When a LE encounters such a thing, it will immediately attempt to "correct" the problem or eliminate it outright. It is important to note that a LE will only do this to things that kill and or destroy indiscriminately or for absolutely no reason at all. A LE will not bother with creatures that choose targets for a reason, such as an assassin going after a corrupt leader, as long as it doesn't result in more death than necessary. While this willingness to kill seems to go against the very nature of LEs, it has been hypothesized that for there to be new or continuing life there must also be a certain amount of death as well to preserve or enhance it. One thing about them that makes many people classify them as metaphysical elementals is the fact that they generate an aura that affects anyone or anything living (in any sense of the term) around them. This aura increases vitality, abilities, and the general health of whatever is in their range in proportion to how powerful the LE is. However unlike metaphysical elementals, this aura is much more subtle and is actually very difficult to notice if a one isn't looking for it.
A LE's body is also unique. At first glance, it would appear to have the characteristics of a metaphysical elemental in that LEs take on the form of civilized beings rather than just being made up of their element. However, upon closer examination it is shown that LEs are made up of their element, specifically life energy itself given physical form. LEs contain every form of energy found in anything that could even be remotely classified as alive. An interesting note is that if they somehow encounter a completely new form of life, they will automatically take a sample of that new life's energy and replicate it, adding it to their "collection" of energy. Also different from other elementals is the fact that they tend to stay in a single form for almost all of the time, rarely shape shifting to anything else.
Another major difference between LEs and other elementals is intelligence and personality. Unlike other elementals, LEs always have above average human level intelligence and are actually able to ignore their instincts if they want to. As a result of this and their aura being so subtle, they can blend in rather easily if they truly want to. It is currently unknown how many, if any at all, exist or what they're fully capable of.
Side note by Alice, Head Doctor of Atum-Coma Asylum: If my hypothesis is true and Anita is a life elemental, then logically there must be something to balance it, in other words; a death elemental. If such a creature exists, then it will most likely seek out a place of death similar to itself, like other elementals. However, there is also the possibility of it seeking to cause death, in which case it will search for the purest form of life, a life elemental.
If such a creature does exist, it will most likely be in the Lost Zone where Anita was "born". In fact, there are no records of any kind to suggest her parentage or where she came from. The only thing known was that she was the only survivor in a town completely slaughtered by darkstalkers who were slaughtered themselves. When asked, she herself has no memories of before that town and the attack. I may have to delve into her mind to find the answers.