CHAPTER 13 : ELEMENTALS
The two crossed the door and entered the new colloseum. It was shaped identical to the colloseum in Rome when it was intact, except that this one had the advantages of technology. Cameras were flying all over the place and the seats were completely full with a roaring excited crown of humans, demons and others alike, all here to see the action that was going to happen shortly. The pair noticed the booth in front of them.
Guy: Welcome to the Castlevanian Grand Prix. What are your names, brave fighters?
Alucard: how did you know we were here to fight?
Guy: because you were sent to the entry booth and not the ticket booth, that's why.
Alucard: Fine, Mine name is Alucard Tepes.
Guy: Ah, the son of Dracula, and your friend is?
Magus: Magus Leah.
Guy: THE Magus Leah?
Magus: Of course, how many people dare brandish the name like that?
Guy: P... please forgive me!!!
Magus: Yeah, Yeah... Just sign us up already.
Guy: And what shall you be competing for?
Magus: For us both to proceed deeper into this castle.
Guy: Okay, We'll cal you when the draws have been made until then, please follow this man to the waiting room. They did as the man told them and ended up in a waiting room, on their own, awaiting to be called out. After about 10 minutes, the micros in their room started a speech.
Announcer: Well, welcome to this year's tournament. Once again, 15 fighters from a variety of races have gathered to try to defeat our undefeated champions, the 7 elementals, but will one succeed this year? The order has been randomly selected thanks to a bingo machine loaded with 16 balls, each with a number representing a fighter, the order they come out determines the fights. And now let's begin. Our first fight features... The first fight consisted of an elven archer shooting an arrow in a human's sword arm, that's it. The second was Magus'
Magus: Well, wish me luck... On the field, he saw his foe, a large and very muscled man with spiky hair and an orange outfit made for martial arts.
Announcer: Round 2 features the Saiyan Goku against Magus Leah
Goku: So you're Magus Leah, a modern day legend...
Magus: Save your breath, you'll need it. The battle began fast with Goku throwing himself straight at his foe and unleashing a volley of kicks and punches at incredible speed. Magus used one of his swords to absorb the blows, blocking at a speed similar to the Saiyan's. Goku leapt back and started something. He put both his hands to one side and they began to gather power Rapidly.
Goku: Kamehameha! A huge energy beam charged straight at him. Magus, placed one hand in front of him and braced himself. The beam collided with his open palm and burst into 5 smaller beams. The largest passed under his hand, between his legs and into the earth, One to his left, one to his right, one passing centimeters from his face and into the sky and one colliding straight with his face, making him stagger a bit. He lifted his head and wiped the bit of blood flowing from his mouth. He brought back his sword to his hand and went on the attack. He started a series of vicious stabs a the saiyan to keep his attention high, not to his legs. Magus sweeped the floor with one leg, tripping the saiyan. As soon as he touched the floor, he started to get up and gently sunk half a millimeter of the tip of Magus' sword in his throat, making a droplet of blood flow down his neck.
Magus: So, what shall it be now?
Goku: I... I give up...
Magus: Wise decision.
Girl: Yay Janus! You show him! Magus turned at the sound of that girl's voice, scanning the audience for her and saw her... Cilliana.
Magus: C... Cilli? He ran to the side and leapt up in the audience, landing beside her.
Magus: Cilli, is that you?
Cilliana: Sorry, but I'm just the copy from before...
Magus: B... but you were pierced by Alucard's sword...
Cilliana: Don't you remember, you healed me.
Magus: Once again, my hopes up... Still, you're closer than ever... That's encouraging.
Cilliana: And I'll cheer you like if the real Cilliana was here.
Magus: Thanks. Round three was over with one slap. Round 4 was quite very scary. It had a HUGE purple, demon standing on all 4 legs. It had reddish hair, a large fin- like line of spikes on it's back and a similar line on both sides of the tip of it's tail. It's extremely muscled body made it's two razor sharp horns more dangerous than it's claws or teeth. It impaled it's opponent in a second.
Alucard: Magus, Wh... what's that?
Magus: A demon from the lower plains, a Behemoth in habiting the 8th plain, nothing an amateur can take on... Even I have problems with those...
Voice: Will Alucard please report on the ring?
Alucard: Guess it's my turn... Alucard stepped into the ring and saw a small red dinosaur on the field. It's head was leveled with the top of his armor, it's tail's tip was on fire and it looked angry.
Alucard: What the hell is that?
Announcer: And now round 4 featuring Alucard, against a Gmeleon.
Magus: So... the G virus got here... The little reptile went in close. Alucard slashed it numerous times, but each blow just healed right back. The slashes merely made it a bit angry... It stopped close to him and stared at it's right arm. It had deformed itself, expanding the claws drastically and growing an eye on it's side, staring at Alucard.
Alucard: What kind of devilry is this? The arm slashed him viciously, dealing incredible damage without piercing the armor. Alucard was projected away and managed to land on his knees, gravely wounded.
Alucard: S... shit! Who'd expect a little reptile to pack so much punch. It breathed in and let out a grand fireball at him, yet again inflicting immense damage, leaving Alucard on the ground, unable to get up. The beast came in for the kill... well, more for the feeding. Alucard gathered his last ounces of strength for his desperation attack. As the beast got close enough, He yelled "Jihad!". His energy gathered into three spheres of holy magic and burst out in the beast's direction as three grand spears of light, impaling it with such force that even it's regenerative skills failed to block it, nailing him to the wall for almost a minute until the spell wore off, leaving it on the verge of death on the floor. The judges pronounced the conscious fighter the winner and dragged the Mutant Pokemon out.
Alucard: I... Won... ... Alucard was brought back to the restroom where Magus congratulated him and continued to watch the matches. The next match was Richter against a Wraith... One whip hit banished it. Next were the Elementals... In all, they were 7 to fight at once... one per element or sub-element. They killed the poor guy they fought, and finally came another Saiyan called Vegeta. He punched his foe to death. And then it was the second round. The first match was Magus against the sniper.
Eran: Prepare to loose! As expected, the elf took out his bow and shot an arrow at him at incredible speed, but Magus knocked it aside with his Moonblade. The other elf froze when he saw the sword.
Eran: Ah! A Moonblade! I quit! Magus cursed his luck and stepped out to watch the next fight featuring Catoblepas against the Behemoth. Catoblepas looked at him and the Behemoth surrendered. That made Magus quite a bit scared.
Announcer: And the next match features Alucard Vs. Richter.
Alucard: Richter! It's me Alucard! I'm glad you're OK...
Richter: Unlike you...
Alucard: What?
Richter: You killed my brother, you scum!
Alucard: I see, you're another dopplegagner, aren't you?
Richter: How perspective, but can you handle me? After all, I wield your friend's weapons and shape. Alucard Dashed forward and avoided the whip hit from Richter, slashing his hand off. The severed limb turned to puddle of blue goo when it hit the floor. The dopplegagner cursed his luck and took out a cross. Alucard, faster, threw his first, hitting the demon's straight back at him, cutting his other arm off. Alucard finished him Louis XVI style. The next match was Vegeta against the elementals. The Saiyan hit, punched, kicked and blasted the darn things, but never managed to deal a single damage. The Wind elemental got behind him and then swallowed him, cutting off his air supply. He let the guy out when his breath had run out. The medics dragged him off.
Alucard: Great... I have to fight them next...
Magus: Wanna trade place?
Alucard: Why are you scared?
Magus: The guy made a BE-HE-MOTH quit. That's why!
Announcer: Now the first Semi-Final match between Magus and Catoblepas.
Magus: Wish me luck, I'll need lots of it. He entered the ring and stared at the man in front of him. Vivid red hair was on his face. His clothes were all black and he had no weapons, so what did the behemoth hear to scare it off?
Catoblepas: Hmm... I've seen you somewhere before...
Magus: Nani? (What?)
Catoblepas: So, ready to fight?
Magus: One question first... What did you say to that behemoth?
Catoblepas: Oh, it's quite simple really... Thanks, your mission's over. Magus recoiled in fear. The man's aura had changed drastically and had increased to a level similar to his own and it was still growing!
Magus: K... kuso! (Damn!) The man's shape faded and became that of a Behemoth, but Red instead of Purple. His hair was also black instead of the reddish usual and bigger than the other.
Magus: No... It's you... Behemoth King Catoblepas...
Catoblepas: So we have met before... Wait... You're that kid from Evermeet, aren't you!
Magus: Yes I am.
Catoblepas: I don't know how three elves managed to kill me, but it won't happen again! The beast's horns longed for him, Magus barely blocked them from impaling him, but still received one hell of a blow, tearing a large part of his guts and taking a few ribs on his left side. Magus' expression turned to one of deep pain and pressed his left hand on his side to try to lessen the bleeding. He managed to keep a hold of his moonblade with his right hand and could still fight... although his abilities to dodge and block were cut in half or more.
Catoblepas : impressive, you managed to deflect my blow, but... I'm here to get that fucking demon hiding here, so I have no time to play with a small fry like you, now begone! He gathered power in his mouth for the Behemoth's ultimate attack, A power that could devastate almost anything. It gathered power in it's mouth and being so damn powerful, a wave of pure energy burst from it's side, leveling the field and then came the biggie, a beam of concentrated power bursting from it's mouth at titanical speed, that nothing ever survived. Magus tried his best to shield himself, but he knew that only having one arm condemned him... The blast burst out, crossing him and destroying more than half the audience. Magus had lost a variety of limbs and was spewing blood from every inch of himself, but he still stood on his feet. His moonblades were both on the floor, without a scratch on them. Magus' eyes held open only through tremendous willpower.
Catoblepas: Very impressive, you've survived my attack, you're the first ever to have done so... looks like I'll have to put a bit of power in it next time.
Magus: NANI???
Catoblepas: Oh well, let's not keep what's left of the audience waiting. Magus turned his head painfully and saw what other effect except his critical state Catoblepas' attack had done... The entire audience behind him was in shambles, corpses everywhere, blood covered what were once the stands... but one stood out... Cilliana. Magus' eyes went blank and it began anew... The skies grew to utter darkness, purple thunder rained across the field and Magus turned slowly, unharmed torwards Catoblepas' terrorized face. His eyes just as dark as the sky but for a dot of red in the center of each...
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Magus came back to himself later, the colloseum in pieces. Everywhere he looked, there was nothing. The sky was blue, birds chirped. All around him was nothing but a crater with pieces of what appears to be stone in the center of a round wall covered in debris. He looked around and started to unearth the walls, trying to find the door out. He found the door that they'd used to get in, and after another 10 minutes of searching, found the way out. He crossed the cross marked door to whatever was beyond. His guess, the church.
The two crossed the door and entered the new colloseum. It was shaped identical to the colloseum in Rome when it was intact, except that this one had the advantages of technology. Cameras were flying all over the place and the seats were completely full with a roaring excited crown of humans, demons and others alike, all here to see the action that was going to happen shortly. The pair noticed the booth in front of them.
Guy: Welcome to the Castlevanian Grand Prix. What are your names, brave fighters?
Alucard: how did you know we were here to fight?
Guy: because you were sent to the entry booth and not the ticket booth, that's why.
Alucard: Fine, Mine name is Alucard Tepes.
Guy: Ah, the son of Dracula, and your friend is?
Magus: Magus Leah.
Guy: THE Magus Leah?
Magus: Of course, how many people dare brandish the name like that?
Guy: P... please forgive me!!!
Magus: Yeah, Yeah... Just sign us up already.
Guy: And what shall you be competing for?
Magus: For us both to proceed deeper into this castle.
Guy: Okay, We'll cal you when the draws have been made until then, please follow this man to the waiting room. They did as the man told them and ended up in a waiting room, on their own, awaiting to be called out. After about 10 minutes, the micros in their room started a speech.
Announcer: Well, welcome to this year's tournament. Once again, 15 fighters from a variety of races have gathered to try to defeat our undefeated champions, the 7 elementals, but will one succeed this year? The order has been randomly selected thanks to a bingo machine loaded with 16 balls, each with a number representing a fighter, the order they come out determines the fights. And now let's begin. Our first fight features... The first fight consisted of an elven archer shooting an arrow in a human's sword arm, that's it. The second was Magus'
Magus: Well, wish me luck... On the field, he saw his foe, a large and very muscled man with spiky hair and an orange outfit made for martial arts.
Announcer: Round 2 features the Saiyan Goku against Magus Leah
Goku: So you're Magus Leah, a modern day legend...
Magus: Save your breath, you'll need it. The battle began fast with Goku throwing himself straight at his foe and unleashing a volley of kicks and punches at incredible speed. Magus used one of his swords to absorb the blows, blocking at a speed similar to the Saiyan's. Goku leapt back and started something. He put both his hands to one side and they began to gather power Rapidly.
Goku: Kamehameha! A huge energy beam charged straight at him. Magus, placed one hand in front of him and braced himself. The beam collided with his open palm and burst into 5 smaller beams. The largest passed under his hand, between his legs and into the earth, One to his left, one to his right, one passing centimeters from his face and into the sky and one colliding straight with his face, making him stagger a bit. He lifted his head and wiped the bit of blood flowing from his mouth. He brought back his sword to his hand and went on the attack. He started a series of vicious stabs a the saiyan to keep his attention high, not to his legs. Magus sweeped the floor with one leg, tripping the saiyan. As soon as he touched the floor, he started to get up and gently sunk half a millimeter of the tip of Magus' sword in his throat, making a droplet of blood flow down his neck.
Magus: So, what shall it be now?
Goku: I... I give up...
Magus: Wise decision.
Girl: Yay Janus! You show him! Magus turned at the sound of that girl's voice, scanning the audience for her and saw her... Cilliana.
Magus: C... Cilli? He ran to the side and leapt up in the audience, landing beside her.
Magus: Cilli, is that you?
Cilliana: Sorry, but I'm just the copy from before...
Magus: B... but you were pierced by Alucard's sword...
Cilliana: Don't you remember, you healed me.
Magus: Once again, my hopes up... Still, you're closer than ever... That's encouraging.
Cilliana: And I'll cheer you like if the real Cilliana was here.
Magus: Thanks. Round three was over with one slap. Round 4 was quite very scary. It had a HUGE purple, demon standing on all 4 legs. It had reddish hair, a large fin- like line of spikes on it's back and a similar line on both sides of the tip of it's tail. It's extremely muscled body made it's two razor sharp horns more dangerous than it's claws or teeth. It impaled it's opponent in a second.
Alucard: Magus, Wh... what's that?
Magus: A demon from the lower plains, a Behemoth in habiting the 8th plain, nothing an amateur can take on... Even I have problems with those...
Voice: Will Alucard please report on the ring?
Alucard: Guess it's my turn... Alucard stepped into the ring and saw a small red dinosaur on the field. It's head was leveled with the top of his armor, it's tail's tip was on fire and it looked angry.
Alucard: What the hell is that?
Announcer: And now round 4 featuring Alucard, against a Gmeleon.
Magus: So... the G virus got here... The little reptile went in close. Alucard slashed it numerous times, but each blow just healed right back. The slashes merely made it a bit angry... It stopped close to him and stared at it's right arm. It had deformed itself, expanding the claws drastically and growing an eye on it's side, staring at Alucard.
Alucard: What kind of devilry is this? The arm slashed him viciously, dealing incredible damage without piercing the armor. Alucard was projected away and managed to land on his knees, gravely wounded.
Alucard: S... shit! Who'd expect a little reptile to pack so much punch. It breathed in and let out a grand fireball at him, yet again inflicting immense damage, leaving Alucard on the ground, unable to get up. The beast came in for the kill... well, more for the feeding. Alucard gathered his last ounces of strength for his desperation attack. As the beast got close enough, He yelled "Jihad!". His energy gathered into three spheres of holy magic and burst out in the beast's direction as three grand spears of light, impaling it with such force that even it's regenerative skills failed to block it, nailing him to the wall for almost a minute until the spell wore off, leaving it on the verge of death on the floor. The judges pronounced the conscious fighter the winner and dragged the Mutant Pokemon out.
Alucard: I... Won... ... Alucard was brought back to the restroom where Magus congratulated him and continued to watch the matches. The next match was Richter against a Wraith... One whip hit banished it. Next were the Elementals... In all, they were 7 to fight at once... one per element or sub-element. They killed the poor guy they fought, and finally came another Saiyan called Vegeta. He punched his foe to death. And then it was the second round. The first match was Magus against the sniper.
Eran: Prepare to loose! As expected, the elf took out his bow and shot an arrow at him at incredible speed, but Magus knocked it aside with his Moonblade. The other elf froze when he saw the sword.
Eran: Ah! A Moonblade! I quit! Magus cursed his luck and stepped out to watch the next fight featuring Catoblepas against the Behemoth. Catoblepas looked at him and the Behemoth surrendered. That made Magus quite a bit scared.
Announcer: And the next match features Alucard Vs. Richter.
Alucard: Richter! It's me Alucard! I'm glad you're OK...
Richter: Unlike you...
Alucard: What?
Richter: You killed my brother, you scum!
Alucard: I see, you're another dopplegagner, aren't you?
Richter: How perspective, but can you handle me? After all, I wield your friend's weapons and shape. Alucard Dashed forward and avoided the whip hit from Richter, slashing his hand off. The severed limb turned to puddle of blue goo when it hit the floor. The dopplegagner cursed his luck and took out a cross. Alucard, faster, threw his first, hitting the demon's straight back at him, cutting his other arm off. Alucard finished him Louis XVI style. The next match was Vegeta against the elementals. The Saiyan hit, punched, kicked and blasted the darn things, but never managed to deal a single damage. The Wind elemental got behind him and then swallowed him, cutting off his air supply. He let the guy out when his breath had run out. The medics dragged him off.
Alucard: Great... I have to fight them next...
Magus: Wanna trade place?
Alucard: Why are you scared?
Magus: The guy made a BE-HE-MOTH quit. That's why!
Announcer: Now the first Semi-Final match between Magus and Catoblepas.
Magus: Wish me luck, I'll need lots of it. He entered the ring and stared at the man in front of him. Vivid red hair was on his face. His clothes were all black and he had no weapons, so what did the behemoth hear to scare it off?
Catoblepas: Hmm... I've seen you somewhere before...
Magus: Nani? (What?)
Catoblepas: So, ready to fight?
Magus: One question first... What did you say to that behemoth?
Catoblepas: Oh, it's quite simple really... Thanks, your mission's over. Magus recoiled in fear. The man's aura had changed drastically and had increased to a level similar to his own and it was still growing!
Magus: K... kuso! (Damn!) The man's shape faded and became that of a Behemoth, but Red instead of Purple. His hair was also black instead of the reddish usual and bigger than the other.
Magus: No... It's you... Behemoth King Catoblepas...
Catoblepas: So we have met before... Wait... You're that kid from Evermeet, aren't you!
Magus: Yes I am.
Catoblepas: I don't know how three elves managed to kill me, but it won't happen again! The beast's horns longed for him, Magus barely blocked them from impaling him, but still received one hell of a blow, tearing a large part of his guts and taking a few ribs on his left side. Magus' expression turned to one of deep pain and pressed his left hand on his side to try to lessen the bleeding. He managed to keep a hold of his moonblade with his right hand and could still fight... although his abilities to dodge and block were cut in half or more.
Catoblepas : impressive, you managed to deflect my blow, but... I'm here to get that fucking demon hiding here, so I have no time to play with a small fry like you, now begone! He gathered power in his mouth for the Behemoth's ultimate attack, A power that could devastate almost anything. It gathered power in it's mouth and being so damn powerful, a wave of pure energy burst from it's side, leveling the field and then came the biggie, a beam of concentrated power bursting from it's mouth at titanical speed, that nothing ever survived. Magus tried his best to shield himself, but he knew that only having one arm condemned him... The blast burst out, crossing him and destroying more than half the audience. Magus had lost a variety of limbs and was spewing blood from every inch of himself, but he still stood on his feet. His moonblades were both on the floor, without a scratch on them. Magus' eyes held open only through tremendous willpower.
Catoblepas: Very impressive, you've survived my attack, you're the first ever to have done so... looks like I'll have to put a bit of power in it next time.
Magus: NANI???
Catoblepas: Oh well, let's not keep what's left of the audience waiting. Magus turned his head painfully and saw what other effect except his critical state Catoblepas' attack had done... The entire audience behind him was in shambles, corpses everywhere, blood covered what were once the stands... but one stood out... Cilliana. Magus' eyes went blank and it began anew... The skies grew to utter darkness, purple thunder rained across the field and Magus turned slowly, unharmed torwards Catoblepas' terrorized face. His eyes just as dark as the sky but for a dot of red in the center of each...
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Magus came back to himself later, the colloseum in pieces. Everywhere he looked, there was nothing. The sky was blue, birds chirped. All around him was nothing but a crater with pieces of what appears to be stone in the center of a round wall covered in debris. He looked around and started to unearth the walls, trying to find the door out. He found the door that they'd used to get in, and after another 10 minutes of searching, found the way out. He crossed the cross marked door to whatever was beyond. His guess, the church.