LOVE HINA: REINCARNATED SOUL
Love hina is the property of Ken Akamatsu, Castlevania is the Property of Konami, except for Gabriel Belmont he is mine.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: What's up everyone? I'm back with chapter fifteen of Reincarnated Soul. It took a while for me to get some insperation for it but I finnaly did. I have also posted the first chapter of my new fic Love Hina vs The Army of Darkness but I don't think anyone likes it since it hasn't gotten any reviews. So I won't wright any more for it until I get some feedback. Anyway though back to the current fic.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: DEMONIC GARDEN OF STATUES
(Offense and Defense)
After reaching the top of the stairs Gabriel finds that he has entered the castle's inner courtyard. The courtyard is a massive garden, not just of plants but of statues. The moon shines on the statues making them seem as if they would jump to life at any momment. However Gabriel continues on through the garden deciding not to waste time admiring the craftsmanship of the statues.
As he walks through the garden he is attacked by a large group of skeletons. With a few well placed attacks they are destroyed and out of the way. Soon Gabriel is confronted by a swarm of bats as well as a small group of ghosts. The bats fly towards Gabriel as their bodies are engulfed in fire while the ghosts slash at him with their swords. He manages to dodge and block their attacks and uses the Sonic Edge attack to take out the bats and severly harm the ghost, which he finishes of with the Aqua Disk attack. He moves on and soon meets a group of skeletons and skeleton archers.
The skeletons run towards Gabriel and attack but he dodges them with ease and moves passed them to take out the skeleton archers first. Gabriel jumps over the skeleton archers and lands behind them as the shoot their arrows at him destroying them with a few strikes of his whip. With the skeleton archers dealt with Gabriel's attention turns the skeletons remaining and tkaes them out in only a few moments. Before he can go further an armor knight appears in his way. It stabs at Gabriel with it's spear but Gabriel blocks the attack as it rushes forward at him with it's spear out and surrounded in energy. Gabriel blocks this attack as well and gather magic energy from the attack and then proceeds to take the armor out with the whip of lightning.
With the armor knight gone Gabriel is free to continue on his way. He soon comes to an enclosed area of the garden. Gabriel hears a noise above him he looks up to see a pair of gargoyles break free of the pedestals they had just occupied. The gargoyles circle above Gabriel for a moment before they attack. One of the gargoyles tries to kick Gabriel with it's clawed feet as the other one uses a dive attack, Gabriel blocks the first attack but is knocked back by the second. Gabriel quickly recovers and attacks one of the gargoyles by jumping in the air and executing his A Extinsion 2 attack to take the stone beast down. The other gargoyle tries to use an attack that will petrify Gabriel but he manages to avoid it and counters with another A Extinsion 2 against the last gargoyle which destroys it and alows Gabriel to continue through the garden.
As he continues on through the garden Gabriel finds himself at a wall with a door at the top of it. He realises that the only way to go forward is to go up, but before he can do so he is attacked by a group of spirits and several thunder swords. The spirits attack by breathing fire while the thunder swords slash at Gabriel. Gabriel dodges the attacks and counters with a series of whip strikes on the thunder swords and the Axe Tornadoe attack that soon destroyes the thunder swords. Several of the spirits fly forward and attempt to ram into Gabriel but he easily dodges them and uses his Cross Blazer attack to destroy them.
With the enemies gone Gabriel jumps up and grabs onto a steel rod with his whip and flips up to the ledge in front of the door and enters. On the other side of the door he finds an inner garden, but not wanting to waste time though Gabriel hurries on. Without warning he is attacked by a group of poison lizards, at the same time a pair of skeleton flowers burst forth from the ground to attack aw well. The poison lizards and skeleton flowers attempt to breath a deadly poison upon Gabriel but he manages to stay uot of the way of these attacks. He attacks the poison lizards with the whip of lightning to defeat them quickly but he fails to notice one of the skeleton flowers dives at him and it knocks him in to a wall.Gabriel gets to his feet and attacks the skeleton flowers with the whip of flames quickly destroying them.
Gariel continues on defeating a few more of the monsters that dwell within the garden but soon arrives to a large circular room with a number of statues. With out knowing why he begins to break the statues one by one until there is nothing left of them. Once the statues are all gone a door is revealed so Gabriel enters and walks down a long hall that seems to be free of any monsters, not that he would complain,at he end of the hall is a door with a skull on it much like the one that led him to Joachim's prison. With an iron will he makes his way through the door to face whatever lies on the otherside.
(End of song)
On the otherside of the door he finds a large room with a number of statues of ancient warriors scattered about. He also finds a stone cage imbeded into one of the walls where Naru is being held captive. "Hang on Naru I'll have you free in a minute." says Gabriel but a noise can be heard from behind him. As he turns to the direction of the noise he sees the head of a bust come off and float in midair it is obviously female however what stands out about this head is the hair. It's hair is a mass of snakes Gabriel soon realises that he is staring face to face with the legendary monster Medusa.
"So you've finnaly arrived. I haven't faced one of your family in a long time. My but you have an exquisite body it will be a perfect addition to my collection. I'll make you and the girl there a couple you two will look marvelous. Especially since you look so much like the first Belmont that I ever faced." says Medusa. "Sorry but I don't see that happening Medusa. I have no intention of allowing myself or her to become part of some snakeheaded monsters statue collection." replies Gabriel. "Monster? I will grind your body to dust for that insult Belmont." Medusa says with a rage in her voice.
(Heart of Fire)
Medusa strikes at Gabriel with her snake hair as if they were fists several times but Gabriel dodges her attacks and counters with as many strikes from his whip before she attacks again. Medusa use this attack pattern several times on Gabriel and occasionaly lands a hit but the legendary monster decides to try a different tactic this time as she begins to cry tears of blood. Some of her tears land on Gabriel and burn him. "Her tears are like acid I had better not touch that again. Spinning Edge!" says Gabriel as a large axe boomerang is sent toward Medusa strikeing her several times and great damage. "Looks like that is your weakness Medusa." says Gabriel mockingly.
"We'll see Belmont. Turn to stone!" she says as a pair of beams comes from her eyes but Gabriel blocks at the last moment. "Your ability to turn creatures to stone. I'll have to watch out for that." says Gabriel as he rushes Medusa and uses a Fast Rising followed by an Energy Blast. "Damn you!" yells Medusa as large chunks of rock rise up from the floor and begin to circle around her. She then begins to launch the stones one by one at Gabriel who continually dodges the rocks. Medusa pauses for a moment and Gabriel capitalizes on this and attacks her with another Spinning Edge as well as his Extension attack.
However Medusa soon returns to the offensive and strikes at Gabriel with her snakes again as he dodges them. "Serpents!" yells Medusa as she rises into the air with her face toward the ground and hovers there, as a stream of snakes pours forth onto the ground. Gabriel jumps in the air and executes an A Extinsion 2 attack on Medusa. He repeats this several times as the snakes pour from her mouth. When she finishes she strikes at Gabriel with her snakes again but misses each time as Gabriel attacks with a Vertical High followed by a Rising Shot and ending in an Energy Blast. This finally causes Medusa's defeat as she falls to the ground.
(End of song)
"I can't believe it. Your strength is just like his, even though he died centuries ago. You have beaten me Belmont and as your reward she goes free. Still, even if you defeat the other guardians you'll never defeat the master..." says Medusa as she turns to stone. As with the other guardians after her defeat a glowing orb appears and falls to the ground. Gabriel retrieves it and his strength is restored again. He then makes his way over to Naru to check on her. Now that the cage she was traped in is gone Naru runs towards Gabriel with tears in her eyes and huggs him.
"It's ok Naru your safe now." Gabriel says in a calming tone "I have never been that scared in my life. I thought you and I might be statues in that horrible monsters collection, and that I would never see Keitaero or the others ever again." says Naru. "But where is Keitaro? Why didn't he come and try to rescue us along with you?" asks Naru "Because I told him and Tsuruko not to come that I would handle this." says Gabriel. "Why wouldn't you let them come as well?" she asks "Because I didn't want then to get hurt, and because this is my destiny. Now listen Naru I want you to leave the castle alright. Don't worry I've cleared the way so it will be safe." he says to her in a most serious tone. "Alright but you be careful ok Gabriel I want to see you come back form this." she says "Don't worry I will." he replies as he heads through a door to the next area of the castle.
END CHAPTER 15
AUTHOR'S NOTES: One more chapter down. The boss fight in this chapter is my longest yet. Guess it can't be helped, after all Medusa is one tough monster to beat. So now Naru has been saved and Gabriel can enter another part of Castlevania. What will he face next? To find out keep reading ok. Later everyone. Please read and review.
SONGS: Offense and Defense from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance