(Well, let's see how Takato is gonna fare inside of Rika's castle, hm? I don't own Digimon or Castlevania, remember.)
Takato pushed the huge doors open, and a loud groaning creak was heard. He peered inside the hallway. It was dark, and ominous. There was almost no light except for a few candles... Takato quietly closed the door. He took a candelabrum and held it to light his way he held out his Vampire Killer ready to strike. It was so dark that he could easily be attacked. He suddenly felt another light behind him. He looked behind and saw another candelabrum. But no one was holding it. SWISH! He smacked the candle out of the air. It fell to the ground with its flame extinguished. Takato felt like the whole house was watching him. He passed by a mirror. He turned to it, thinking he'd see his own reflection but instead, saw a hideous ghost staring back at him. It was covered with a black sheet, had glowing red eyes, and thin bone like hands. It reached out to grab him but Takato quickly smashed the mirror. "Ok... It's obvious that this house is out to get me... I better find Countess Rika, and fast..." He walked carefully down the hallway, wondering what other creatures would try to get him.
Little did he know? In the shadows, 2 men watched him. One was bespectacled and was dressed in magician robes, while the other was draped in a flowing black cloak, and welded a scythe.
"So this is the one who came to this land by ship..."
"Should we chase him out? Should we kill him? What do you think Kazu?"
"Easy Kenta... It's not ours to decide... We should report this to the countess. She'll know what to do with this boy..."
They both vanished in puffs of blue smoke.
Kenta and Kazu entered the bedroom chamber, sending smoke and mist everywhere.
"Countess Rika? Are you there?" Kazu called.
Suddenly the door opened up. A Woman stepped into the room. She had long Strawberry blond hair that flowed out down to her waist. Her face was radiant, beautiful and flawless. Her lips were of ruby red, and her eyes had a mysterious, dark, seductive look. She wore a long, sleeveless dress that opened up a bit at the top, exposing her ample cleavage. The bottom had a slit on both sides, which showed of her killer hips and long shapely legs. Truly this woman would make the strongest man turn to jelly. This was Countess Rika. "What is going on Kazu?"
"A human boy has entered the castle. I believe he could be a vampire hunter. Kenta suggested that we kill him, but I thought it would be best if we asked you what the best course of action would be..."
Rika smiled, showing her long fangs that showed she was a vampire. "I'll deal with this boy. I haven't hunted in quite a while, and might be getting out of practice... I'll let you two know if I need you..."
Kazu and Kenta nodded. They turned into mist and evaporated from sight.
Rika vanished in a swarm of bats.
Takato went deeper into the castle. He kept hearing eerie noises, and swore that he saw ghosts roaming the air, every time he looked up. "I don't wish to stay in this castle any longer than I have to. Those ghosts give me the creeps. I've seen Zombies, Ghosts, a Hell Hound, but where are the vampires? Where is the countess?" He pushed open a door. Inside he saw a bare, grey room. The ground was littered with bones and skeletal remains. He paled at the sight. "Oh great, it's a dungeon. This is the last place I want to... Uh oh..."
Some of the bones began to move... They started linking together like a chain. They started to form a skeletal, snake like dragon creature. It spotted Takato.
"Oh shit..." He ran as the creature lunged at him. He ran through the dungeon with the Bone creature slithering after him.
Suddenly, the bone snake veered off and slithered right in front of Takato. It breathed a huge stream of fire at him.
Takato rolled to the side. But he didn't entirely avoid the fire. He realized that his coat was beginning to set ablaze. He quickly took it off and threw it at the creature, setting its skull on fire. That didn't help at all.
The bone snake was now engulfed in flames, which only made it even more dangerous. It hissed eerily as it tried to bite Takato. Takato narrowly avoid the jaws but the huge flames gave him some scalding burns on his arms. He ripped out his Vampire Killer and lashed at the Bone snake's body. A few flaming bones went flying from its structure as the weapon hit. They went flying towards Takato like boomerangs. He quickly whipped a few out of the sky, and barely dodged the rest. He knew he couldn't keep this up forever. Then he thought of something. He waited for the bone snake to lunge at him once more. The fiery skeletal beast did so, and lunged at him like rocket taking off. Takato rolled to the side and swung his Morning Star at the creature's neck bone, as hard as he could. The head snapped off and fell to the ground. The rest of the body crumbled to the ground. Takato sighed in relief. He quickly got out of the dungeon and slammed the door before any other skeletal creeps could attack him. He now on edge, and felt like anything would attack him at any time. Suddenly he heard a voice down the hall.
"Hello? Is someone there?" A sweet feminine voice called out.
Takato ran down the hallway. 'Who could be there? Maybe this woman's a prisoner of this castle.' He ran further to the source of the voice, and then stopped. Before him was a beautiful young girl. She had long strawberry blond hair, a beautiful face, and a sexually attractive body, which was scantily dressed. His jaw dropped, as he observed how beautiful and sexually attractive she was. "Who... are you?"
The girl looked at him innocently. "I'm Reiko. I've been a prisoner of this castle for 2 years now. Are you here to kill the countess?"
"Yes. There's no need to be scared anymore. Do you know where the Countess' room is?"
"Yes. Follow me." The girl began to lead Takato through the castle. Takato made sure to protect her form anything that might come their way. She couldn't help but get a weird feeling from her. "Odd. She looks innocent enough, yet I feel something foreboding... Maybe the vampire is somewhere nearby..."
The 2 had suddenly stopped near a dead end. "What's going on? Takato asked. "This is just a dead end..." FWOOSH! The candles all blew out. The whole castle fell into darkness, and to make things worse, dark clouds had covered up the moon. Suddenly, a crash of thunder and flash of lightning was heard and seen. The entire room lit up with the lightning and Takato quickly looked up at the ceiling, to see a gruesome specter staring down on him. It let out a blood curdling scream and everything went dark. Takato's nerves were racked at this point. He had never been so frightened in all his life. Suddenly, faint candle light began to glow. He found himself in bedroom, and nearby was some sort of throne. The bed seemed to have red and black satin sheets upon it. Takato looked around for the girl, Reiko.
"Takato..."
Takato turned around and saw Reiko, yet she didn't seem to have an innocent look anymore.
"I have something to tell you... I'm not a prisoner, and my name isn't really Reiko. I live in this castle and my real name is..." In a flash of darkness, Reiko disappeared and returned in her true form... A long, sleeveless dress that opened up a bit at the top, exposing her ample cleavage, and the bottom had a slit on both sides, which showed of her killer hips and long shapely legs. "Countess Rika..." She spoke with a sultry tone.
Takato's eyes flew open. The innocent Reiko was Countess Rika all along... She had tricked him. She was indeed beautiful and sexual. But, he had to resist her spell. He flashed out his Vampire Killer and pointed it at Rika. "Countess Rika! I've come to defeat you, vampire queen!"
Rika just smiled in amusement, and walked over to Takato, her high heels clicking across the floor. "What makes you think you can beat me? Others have managed to face me before but have fallen."
Takato tried to ignore her sexy tone of voice. 'Ugh... She's trying to seduce me... I have to resist.' He stayed his ground and gave the vampire a strong look. "Well, I'm different. I won't fall so easily."
Rika was intrigued by Takato's will of determination. He seemed to be focused on saving lives. He was also strong willed. He was trying to resist her. 'Hmm... I think I'm going to like this one...' She arched her back and stuck her chest out, giving Takato a full view of her chest. "Let's see how strong you really are..." The bedroom was a combination of bedroom and throne room, big enough for a fight. She stretched her manicured hands with black nail polish. "Let's get the fun started..." She suddenly launched a flaming skull.
Takato saw the flaming skull coming at him at a fantastic speed. He managed to dodge in time and watched ad it hit the wall with a BOOM! He faced Rika, only to see 4 more flaming skulls coming at him. He ran and dodged as they came at him. Suddenly one was coming right for him. He lashed his Vampire Killer out and shattered the skull in mid air. He charged towards Rika and sung as hard as he could. The vampire beauty shifted her form at a quick speed. "She's fast..." Takato grumbled, and then rolled away to avoid another flaming skull. Then he watched as she summoned a swarm of bats to come to her aid. The rabid vampire bats charged at Takato, wanting to tear him to pieces. He whipped, lashed and swung at the creatures, trying to kill or send them off. He knew that if he was bitten it would be all over.
Rika was slightly impressed. 'He's lasted longer than I expected. Hmm...' She held out her right hand, and her black polished fingernails suddenly extended like claws.
Takato gave a spinning whip and all the bats fell to the ground. He suddenly heard a swoop above him and looked up. Rika came down upon, with meter long fingernails, ready to claw him with. He jumped away before she could stab him. He saw that her nails were slightly stuck. 'This is my chance!' He thought. He ran at Rika, and swung his Vampire killer at her.
SLASH!
SWIPE!
Takato looked at his handiwork, only to find the Vampire wasn't there. He looked around frantically.
"Oh, Goggle Boy?"
Takato turned arounbd, and saw Rika, unscathed. Almost. His attack had shred her black dress to pieces, revealing black underwear. He turned away, blushing madly.
Rika just smiled seductively and evilly. She looked at the side of her right leg, seeing that it had a deep cut that was bleeding. She turned back to Takato. "Well... It seems you were right. You're not like all the others. You even managed to injure me a bit. Though if you wanted to strip me to my bra and panties, like you did just now, you could have done so on the bed."
Takato flushed wildly. 'CHRIST! Why am I getting so hot and bothered? I feel something else, besides arousal... NO WAY! I can't fall in love with a vampire!' As he wrestled with his thoughts, he felt to silky skinned arms embrace him. 'AGH! I let my guard down! What now... Am I going to become a vampire too?' He waited for the bite to go down on his neck. But, it never came. What he did hear was a whisper.
"If you want me so badly, you'll have to chase me... I'll leave this town in peace for two reasons. One, because you seemed so determined to help them, and Two, I happen to like you goggle head..."
Takato felt a lick on his earlobe and kiss on his cheek. When he turned around, Rika was gone... He heard a voice in his head.
'I'm heading over to Greece now. Pursue me if you dare...'
(Cliffhanger... Takato's heading over to Greece, but will he find Countess Rika, or will she elude him yet again? What of their feelings for each other? R+R)
