Damien: (Blinks.) Uh...... If Guardian is protecting her soul, then how come the spells from the book worked on her? Hmmm...... (Skims through the book again.) "There are ways to counter different varieties of curses and spells." ....... (Skips down a bit.) "A reliable method of protection is having a spirit defender. They guard the subject's soul, and are not completely tangible, making them almost impossible to get rid of. However, recent studies of this method prove that this can affect the subject's body, mind, and spirit in negative ways if the spirit defender is too closely connected to the subject." Hmmm....... Knowing Dark Raptor, she'd probably threaten it so it didn't do that. "However, there are ways to work around this, but be warned, since easy to use magic like Voodoo won't work." That explains it. "A reliable method would be to use a curse that affects both the defender, and the defended. This works best if they're synchronized, or merged." That doesn't seem like it. "Another method is to separately dispose of the defender first, but this can be quite a task. If spells don't seem to work, try a mixture of nightshade, DNA from a creature that's demon-like, but is NOT a demon, mist of Avalon, the reflection of a hero, and......" You have to be kidding me. "....One scoop of vanilla ice cream?" (Checks the pages.) That's what it says. "In case you're wondering, the creamy part of the ice cream forces the defender to remain visible, and the solid part, mixed with the rest, forces it to be tangible." .....WHO WROTE THIS SPELL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (Checks the publishing page.) Let's see....... "Brimstone Inc." Hmm..... OH- NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Spells provided by Merlin, Magus, Altair, several lesser magicians, and Hador." Terrific. Hador has spells in here. They work, but they make the casters look like idiots......(Throws the book, and a portal catches it.) Terrific...... (Crosses arms.) Guess I'll try the other book again.......

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Chapter seven: The party begins..............





Alucard was quite pleased with the turn out. Then he saw someone in armor suddenly appear.

".......Oh great, I just had to appear in the middle of the room."

Alucard walked up to him.

"Infinity Kaizer. You could have waited for the invitation."

Kaizer sweatdropped.

"Come again?"

Alucard held up a letter he was about to send addressed to 'Infinity Kaizer.'

"Whoops...."

Then they both heard arguing nearby.

"Look, I have a point. Just go over there and tell her."

A rougher voice replied.

"How Einstein? Mario would just escort her away."

Alucard and Infinity saw it was Forte and Bowser. They sweatdropped.

"Listen, I'm used to planning things. I have an idea. I'll distract the guy while you talk to her. But just TALK to her. Don't kidnap her. She'll never listen then."

"So what're you going to do?"

"Simple......and very dangerous. You might want to stand clear....."

Alucard and Infinity sweatdropped again, and decided to watch from further back. Forte headed to Vegeta.

"Hey Veggie!"

Vegeta turned around, very irritated.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!!!!!!!"

"Sorry, but that guy in the red and blue said you're a 'Third-class Sayjin weakling baka.'"

Vegeta grew extremely angry now.

"HOW DARE HE?????????????????? IF IT WERE KAKAROT HE MEANT, THAT'D BE DIFFERENT, BUT ME!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

Forte got out of the way as Vegeta stomped over to Mario, tapped him on the shoulder, and roundhouse kicked him out the door, following him out. Bowser then walked over to Peach.

"Peach?"

"Bowser!?!?!?! What do you want?"

Bowser turned red in the face.

"About why I kidnapped you all the time....It was because I......I......"

Then Bowser's face turned even redder. Forte walked up.

"Now what!?!?!?!?!?!"

"......I CAN'T SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Forte sighed.

"Look. I didn't set up that incident with Mario for you to be a chicken. Now say it."

".......Peach, I......I......I......I......"

Forte sighed again, and put his head in his hand.

"I thought the Koopa king wasn't afraid of anything."

Bowser only grew redder still.

"I.....ah....."

Forte sighed again.

"I'll be at the punch bowl if you ever finish."

Then Forte walked off, and Bowser grew even more nervous.

"Bowser, what is it?" Peach asked.

".......Maybe we should head to the balcony for this......."

Then Forte commented from across the room.

"THAT'S THE FIRST SMART THING YOU THOUGHT OF TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Bowser then got angry.

"Excuse me a minute....."

Bowser stomped over to Forte, and shoved his head into the punch bowl. Forte sputtered as he pulled his head out, and saw Bowser going to the balcony, with Peach following.

"Damn lard bucket........"

Forte poured himself some punch, and was spun around to face a seething Vegeta.

"That baka plumber told me he didn't say that."

Forte turn white except for his purple streaks. Brooklyn and Macbeth were watching it.

"Eh-he-he-he..... He was pointing your way. Maybe he meant Goku. He was near you at the time......"

Vegeta scowled.

"He said he didn't say it at all......"

Forte then turn completely white faced, purple streaks included. Vegeta grabbed him by the neck, and threw him toward Brooklyn and Macbeth, who ducked, and let Forte's head impale the wall.

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!"

Then the two startled guests got up, looked at Forte, and each other.

"Should we help him?" Brooklyn asked.

"Why not? Since we don't have dance partners, we might as well do something."

Then Macbeth grabbed one leg, Brooklyn grabbed the other, and they started pulling...........







"So what is the reason?"

Bowser wasn't nearly as embarrassed now.

"I.....I love you."

"WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"

"Really. I couldn't get any notes to you, so I tried kidnapping you so I could tell you, but Mario always came and took you away before I could tell you........"

(Uh, let's give them privacy.)





"AAAAAAAAUUUUUUGHGGGGGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT A WISHBONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Brooklyn and Macbeth had managed to pull Forte out to a point, but his fins hooked in the wall.......

"Uh-oh."

Brooklyn and Macbeth stood aside for the person coming to them. He grabbed each of Forte's legs, and pushed them apart. Forte's eyes became huge, and his screams of pain were heard throughout the castle.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!"

"Thanks for inspiring me, 'third class bioroid baka.'"

Then Vegeta walked off, and both Brooklyn and Macbeth winced when they saw Forte's legs, which were stuck in a splits position........

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Damien: (Looking through 'Corporai Transmuto') Hmmm......

(A door is heard.)

Damien: (W/O looking up from the book.) So how'd your date go, Forte?

Forte: We went to Manhattan Island, and went around New York City.

Damien: That doesn't sound like you.

Forte: I used my anthro dragon form, and flew Roll around, giving us a bird's eye view of it all......

Damien: THAT does........Let's see here.......AHA!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Damien opens a viewing portal, and is watching Katie.)

Damien: You're my target. Now which spell will do what I want? (Skims through the book, and sweatdrops.) Well, the Guardian can't prevent this, but I'd be stooping to what Forte was trying to do to Dark Raptor awhile back...... (Skims through some more.) Hmmm...... Interesting....But no. (Switches to 'Curses and Cures.') .......This would work....... (Chants in a foreign language, and points to Katie in the viewing portal.) There. Now she'll pay.

Forte: What did you do?

Damien: Here's a hint. The 20th is one of three nights she'll suffer.

Forte: Three...... 'nights'? (Checks calendar.) YOU DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damien: I did. Unfortunately, I had to change it so the Guardian wouldn't consider it harm. She's still in control during those three nights of the full moon, but she's still a werewolf. Plus she still has to deal with the instincts and needs of a werewolf.

Forte: I have one question. Why?

Damien: Well, there aren't many spells that fit two conditions. One being bypassing the Guardian, the other not affecting Dark Raptor while still working on Katie. Unless Dark Raptor's listening, she won't know for a while, assuming Katie doesn't want her to know. The only problem is it DOES affect Katie's normal behavior. Although I find that a plus. She's also going to have a hard time keeping boyfriends. (Smirks.)

Forte: ......That's it, OUT!!!!!!!!!!

Damien: WHAT???????

Forte: I'M NOT PUTTING UP WITH YOU PULLING THESE STUNTS!!!!!! OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

Damien: (Smirks.) You're forgetting something.

Forte: What?

Damien: The rent I pay is one of your few sources of income.

Forte: ......damn.