Bleach – The Heart of the Matter

By Tayla Drago

A nice forest in Karakura Town park, huh? With some fun things to do during the day time, as much as it is fun walking there during the nights as well. With some animals coming by to be their normal selves all over with dogs like going runs, children playing, people bike riding or running sometimes with their dogs, and such it was nice to be around in; well that all changes for the people to stop going there for another strike from one of Dracula's monsters to come around. It looked big, who sounded mean of some type a wild type of animal, and had the strength of ten men for a wolf-like creature. A werewolf?

It soon appears out of nowhere to cause trouble for these two love couples from another high school just making out at night time, comes in at them to freak out and started to run away in fear. Just in time too before this thing could bite and claw the two down, it looked dangerous! For it even scared the wolf away…Causing trouble all over to stop a lot of cars and the police ones for even their guns to be munch up to a paper-like ball with its' hands and the bullets bouncing off his strong body, there was no way to stop this thing! Alucard and Sonia both arrived to do so 'as Chad sees it on his way home from while he was hanging out with his two friends – Shigeo and Ide'.

"(Isn't that…Sonia? And Alucard?)" Chad spies on them. "(What is this thing they're fighting with?)"

Good question! As Sonia and Alucard use their skills to slow the creature down to try finishing it off, something does weaken it to be a small type of creature to show up out of nowhere. A cat? A Squirrel? A Dog? What was it…? Whatever it was, it weakens the big one to make a retreat by running away to be cutting the trees down, for Sonia jumps in to save the little beast by cutting the trees to bits with her whip; leaving Alucard to chase after the demon next for Chad tries holding the creature down, to be struggling and all.

"Chad!" Alucard tries stopping the demon. "Hold it right there-!"

But it throws Chad to Alucard to hit the ground for the demon makes its escape again to disappearing in seconds. Soon Sonia tries joining up with them to arrive too late, and soon the little creature was gone too and out of her hands that she just saved.

"Alucard! What happened!?" Sonia sees Chad lying with him. "Chad?"

"He came to help, but that thing got the best out of us. Forgive me." he said. "What about the other beast?"

Sonia didn't feel anything at all neither…

"It just disappeared after I rescued it from a falling tree. (This is so weird!)"

Chad gets up to feel fine, and then asks the two this simple question.

"I take it that this thing wasn't a friendly forest animal? Nor a dog?" Chad guessed.

Alucard and Sonia had nothing for now, a lot more searching was involved once again, by Dracula's doing.

"Your guess is as good as ours, Chad." Sonia said to him.

I guess there was a lot of explaining for Chad to hear about 'for he has seen the strange looking small one lately'…The next day in school during P.E. class outside, Sonia and Alucard do just that by telling him everything since he tried helping them out. While Ichigo, Rukia, Orihime, Uryu, Hayame, and the others were doing well with Renji trying to hide Kon very carefully to be cleaning up as a disguised janitor still. Oh, boy. I felt sorry for him. Okay! It's explaining time, people!

"The thing we're dealing with is a wild Were-Leopard." Alucard said.

Chad was a bit confused on his end.

"Were-Leopard…?"

A Were-Leopard...Or rather the Werejaguar (renamed "Were-Leopard" in Legacy of Darkness) is encountered as a boss during the Duel Tower portion of Reinhardt's quest. Even though it's the weakest of the game's werebeast opponents, it's high speed and agility can make it a frustrating opponent to face.

"And no, there are more than just werewolves that we're dealing with." said Sonia. "Let me explain. There is wild animal type of beasts who work for Dracula to be made for one purpose only, to kill as many living things like humans and other animals; from werewolves, were-bulls, were-cheetahs, and what you saw, Chad, was a rare and most dangerous one out of all the three known as a Were-Leopard. Well, it's more of a wolf on steroids in other words. An outcast, a mix creation that's gone wrong to go on a killing spree all over town lately. That's why Alucard and I are trying to stop it, but this one is unbeatable."

Chad was confused again for Alucard to explain the rest to him.

"She means it has a weak point, but neither one of us can't find it. Although we give our thanks for helping us the other night, we need to find more clues and such." said the half breed vampire. "It seems we need you and one more member in our group while still in training too for us to find that weakness. Not to mention the other small creature, for it wasn't a regular looking type of animal Sonia saved." he said. "It just showed up in the middle of nowhere to go missing. How very odd…"

"I know the little animal."

This comes to a shock to Sonia and Alucard to overhear this part coming from Chad himself, and since he loves little cute creatures so much to seen it recently…

"Wait! You have seen it!?" the two asked.

Chad said so himself to have his hand up when saying it to not say anything else. With Alucard waiting to hear an answer, Sonia was lost to get some answers right away from the big guy.

"Ah…Hello? Earth to Chad?" she tries asking him. "When did you see this other creature? From last night? A few days ago, or what? Come in, Chad!"

Looks like he was too shy to answer Sonia to be cute up lose to him, soon Ichigo checks on them after he was jogging to overhear their talk.

"Hey. What up Chad?"

"Hey, Ichigo." he said back to his friend.

"What's with this group talk here?" ask Ichigo. "Another monster invasion again?"

Looks like both Alucard and Sonia found themselves another member joining in with them and Chad.

"Ah, Ichigo, just the person we need in this next monster hunt." Sonia pulls him to join in with them. "We need your help, both you and Chad. Alucard and I have another problem again."

Ichigo should have known about all of this already.

"Another one of Dracula's goons, huh?" he took a wild guess. "And why wasn't I told from last night?"

"It was late." said Chad.

It's true, for it was luck for Chad to see it on the way home, besides coming across the little creature many more times.

"It is true." Alucard said to Ichigo. "Anyways, we need to get down to business if you're in."

Soon a gym coach calls out to the four to talk while lifting weights right away or they would be in trouble, so they had while still talking to one another.

"Hey! You four better be doing some exercise training! Or no extra credit when you finish high school at all!"

He has gotten Chad and Ichigo's attentions…

"Just tell us while we're lifting some weights, Chad." said Ichigo.

"Oh…Okay…"

With those two, Sonia, and Alucard doing so in many different types of weight lifting work out…Chad tells the three all about on what he's been seeing lately 'besides the wild Were-Leopard on the lose to be causing chaos'. Chad tells the three about the little strange animal-like creature. Looking like a fox with golden fur, with the body of a bear, with green fur as well, walks on fours, with a long wolf-like tail, main hairs of a lion, things sticking out like a bug would have, and wings of a butterfly.

He found it wondering around alone and looking very ill for Chad loves cute things to care of it to be friendly to be treated, shelter for a while, eat, drink, and such to care for a human like Chad was as well as it was living in his apartment for a while…For a week, it was being cared by Chad's help to be happy but it was sensing the danger it was wondering around town to feel threaten and all, to soon took off one day – Chad knew it had to go free soon to see if his little friend would be okay to search for it lately during the time Alucard and Sonia were both looking for the Were-Leopard; and that's what has been happening so far for Ichigo to get out of Chad from his shyness and his quiet words for him to translate back to the two. Makes sense, I guess. No wonder why Chad was seeing his other two friends to aid him.

"Now I see." Ichigo explains to Alucard and Sonia. "Chad's saying this…The little creature you saved, Sonia, and then disappeared on you was some animal has never been heard or seen before. And Chad has a weakness to cute animals, he saved its life but then it left right away."

They both get it now…

"It left by the time the Were-Leopard appeared in the area." Alucard took a wild guess.

"Yes." answered Chad.

Sonia didn't get why Chad didn't tell her or Alucard about the other thing of saving a strange looking animal in the first place.

"Chad! What gives!? Why didn't you tell us sooner!?"

"Calm down." Ichigo keeps Sonia calm. "He likes cute things, it's sometimes hard to talk in his way, and he has a code to stick by. I mean, I get him all the time. Just try taking it easy to understanding him a little bit more."

Sonia didn't get it at all.

"What's that supposed to mean!?" she questions Ichigo.

"I said what I said, okay!?" he yells back.

The gym coach looks at them four to still be working out without getting in to trouble, the talk still continues. Ichigo and Sonia sure get a long oddly in a funny way when they fight – well for him and Rukia are good friends/brother and sister relationship type of thing. To me it is. Alucard tries explaining to Sonia better with in his words next.

"He's right, Sonia. If we have them as our new members, we have to understand one another." he said. "That's our next step of learning while training and still doing our jobs. Please understand."

"Well, I guess you're right as always, Alucard." said Sonia. "(There's no need to tell me twice about it.)"

This leaves Ichigo out of the corner for Alucard to be a bit of a show off to him. Ouch.

"(Oh, sure! Leave a pretty vampire boy to do all the work than me!)"

I think he just got burned…As for Sonia, she knows Alucard's always right on what he says to her for her understanding, to then to be talking about the next plan to be doing.

"In that case…" Sonia goes up to Chad. "Chad, please forgive me for judging you."

He was turning all red again to still be himself.

"It's no big deal. Do you have a plan?"

"I think I do, so you boys listen up. While still doing our physical training." she started to explain. "Alucard, I want you and Ichigo to scout out all over Karakura Town right after school. Be ready to follow and stop the Were-Leopard if he shows up again, while Chad and I find the little creature first before those two come face to face again. I think it would be the safest bet to do, for the four of us splitting up in to two teams would be the safest thing to do. For if anything were to happened, let's try to be prepare for anything."

Sounds like a plan there for Alucard.

"Could the little animal be part of Dracula's monsters?" he asks Sonia.

Good question, was it?

"Chad?" Ichigo asks his friend.

And his answer was this…

"I didn't sense anything from it. Not life threatening…"

To Ichigo to know Chad was telling the truth, for the other two had to agree with him.

"If any case, let's stick to the plan to split in to two groups. Ichigo and Alucard, follow the Were-Leopard to try to stop it. And Chad, you and I have to keep our eyes on the little animal." said Sonia. "So once we finish with school, and our afternoon training, we'll do everything when it's dark out. Be careful and keep your eyes open as always. Got it?"

They were in, all three of them were.

"Of course, Sonia." Alucard said. "We'll make sure Urahara and his group to be our backup just in case."

"Just don't get yourselves killed out there." said Ichigo. "I mean it."

"Okay." same with Chad.

"Then we'll get to it first thing at night time."

And with Sonia saying it in her own words, the four were good to go. After doing school, training, going home to taking care of things for a bit, and then for Urahara working at his shop to get someone to aid the others for Noba to overhear the conversation…It was finally night out for both Alucard and Ichigo to search high and low all over town for the Were-Leopard as a team, while Chad leaves his apartment 'while thinking about the little animal that he helped out' to hope that it'll be fine and to meet up with Sonia to be all ready to go.

"You ready, Sonia?" Chad asks her.

"I sure am. Now, just stick with me and we'll find our little friend in no time. Come on."

And the searching they go on the little animal-like creature, for Chad said he saw it near the park to start looking around there first. He and Sonia begin their search all over the place to find no sign of it anywhere yet but they felt it out being nearby…Getting closer! Sonia looks from the little bridge of the lake to see if it was hiding underneath. But it was only a frog swimming by to get her wet instead; as down around the neighbor for both Shigeo and Ide were walking on their way to their own homes after shopping for some things while talking about stuff to do when hanging out with Chad again later. Everything was good, for they then spotted something walking through to go where Chad was at.

"Hey, isn't that Chad?" ask Shigeo.

Looks at the scene very closely.

"It is." said Ide. "But what's with that funny looking cat? I never seen anything like it before."

"I know, it's weird…odd looking cat thing is going over Chad out of nowhere! Hmm...You think we should go check it out?"

Looks like they're going to take their chances, as Chad looked all over to come across an angry cat trying to attack Chad, but it gets scared of the unknown creature next to him to run away. Chad knew right away that the little animal-like creature would come back as it sounded like a squirrel here to be friendly and looked cute. It would seem those two were very close as good friends.

"Oh, there you are." he said. "I'm good you are safe."

With them reunited again to have their moments, Sonia then felt it out to catch up to Chad.

"Chad! You got it!" she said.

The creature didn't like Sonia thinking she was going to kill it, but she won't for she was there to only look at it.

"He looks scared."

Wow…Even Chad could already tell what gender the little animal demon thing it was right away, this surprises Sonia.

"Wait? It's a boy?" Sonia was confused. "(If he says so…And Chad is Ichigo's friend, why?)"

Before Sonia could say anything to Chad and about the little demon, they hear Shigeo and Ide's voices to call out to their friend for them to show up. This was bad to have innocent people in a dangerous spot right now and at a time like this.

"Chad! Yo, Chad! Is that you!?" Shigeo calls out to him.

"How are you doing, Chad?" asked Ide. "And what are you doing this late at night?"

Sonia tries to tell Chad about is two friends.

"Ide? Shigeo?" Chad was confused.

Seems like the creature was fine around those two. Surprising here, Ide and Shigeo know about this for a while since Chad was treating it all to keep to themselves and giving him a nickname too like he was a pet. Well, Chad did…

"Hey, good old Lippie's back! We miss you buddy!"

"Lippie?" Sonia questions Chad. "You gave it a name and those guys know about it!?"

Chad knows of the whole thing, but he was good in keeping secrets to know Lippie was friendly and those two kept the whole thing to themselves to still help him out care about Lippie a lot.

"Well, couldn't call it a 'thing'…Can't I…?" he said.

With Sonia being a little stress out about all of this, Chad rubs her shoulders to keep Sonia Belmont calm about to understanding people more in the team like Chad was one of them.

"I guess so…" said Sonia.

Soon Shigeo and Ide both recognized of Sonia to be a big fan of hers and Ide was the same.

"Wait…Aren't you Sonia Belmont from the band B-Last?" ask Ide.

To his surprise and Shigeo's too, Sonia was the one and only.

"Oh, crap!"

"Wow! It really is you!" Shigeo shakes Sonia's hand. "Hi! I'm Shigeo and these are my friends, Ide and Chad! We love your songs and we're happy to have you visiting and touring in Karakura Town! Can we have your autograph? AH!"

Ide pushes Shigeo aside to try talking to Sonia next for she was starting to freak out from their behaviors. Well, she was an uncover Belmont vampire hunter after all.

"Forgive my friend, Ms. Belmont. It's an honor to meet you. Can I get a picture shot with you in it with us, please?"

Sonia moves away a little.

"Ah…What now?" she was lost.

Soon Shigeo cuts back in to try making his moves on to Sonia again, only for Ide to be nice to her and for his friend to stop acting weird for them to be fighting next. Chad soon hears Lippie making a growl-like noises to try telling him something important, so he had to try saying something to Sonia.

"Lippie's talking."

"Wait, he is?" she asked.

Sonia sees this to herself for Lippie looked upset about something that was on his mind, it was like he was asking for help. As for Chad's friends…

"Would you mind…?" Chad tries asking her.

"I'm on it." she breaks up the fight. "Hey! Knock it off! Both of you!"

Thanks to Sonia's strong voice, Shigeo and Ide do just that to try behaving as Chad was and her were trying to listen to Lippie or try to understand on what he wanted to tell them about something important. He looked worried and serious about it from the looks of it.

"What is it, Lippie?" Chad asks the demon.

So, the demon Lippie himself started to talk…well explain the best he could from making noises and moving around a lot. To Chad friends were like this, to see something unreal to them. Shigeo freaks and Ide was amazed.

"Chad, can you understand animals!?" shock Shigeo.

"No way…"

As Chad tries to look from the way Lippie was acting, Sonia was shock on what she could tell from movement reading 'looks like she can do those types of trick'.

"Wait…Is that why you were injured from the Were-Leopard when you tried to stop it? And who works for Dracula!?" surprised Sonia.

Seems like the other three guys didn't see this part coming…

"Lippie." Chad looks at his friend to ask Sonia this question. "You can understand him?"

With Lippie seeing Chad talking to Sonia, he stops looking so afraid now to trust her since Chad does and his two friends.

"I can understand from their reaction types of movements to those who can't talk. Lippie, could you tell me everything about the Were-Leopard please?"

"Go ahead…" Chad said to his friend.

The little demon does so for Sonia to understand on what Lippie was trying to describe to the other four. From moving around a lot to act like the Were-Leopard by looking scary, to meet with Chad and his friends to getting saved, to where he came from, to doing something of a good demon and stopping Dracula's demons for a reason – translation time.

"Okay, I get it now." Sonia explains from Lippie's movements. "Lippie's a good demon which is a very good thing to be against anything that pose as a threat. Like he and his kind hate Dracula and the Were-Leopard, it tried to take over a hidden forest where he and his friends live in near the park of Karakura Town. Although Lippie fought hard against the demon, it was hurt leaving the Were-Leopard to go on a rampage to try killing the little guy until you, Chad, and your two odd friends saved, healed, and took care of it until Lippie was fully healed up again; for Chad knew it wasn't a normal looking animal to aid it leaving Lippie to get back to his home world to try stopping the Were-Leopard from causing anymore trouble in our world. Like from last night. And with Lippie trying to stop the Were-Leopard who still tried to save our world and his by any means for his reasons to keep to himself only… (So those two are bitter rivals for some reason…Dracula must've place a curse on one of Lippie's friends in his world to turn against his kind and Lippie wants to try to stop him. But now he realizes he can't do it alone, to ask for Chad's help the most to know about his powers. That must be it!)" she then asks Lippie for his help. "Lippie, please. Let Chad and me help you out. Alucard and I need to stop the Were-Leopard who works for Dracula."

With the little demon who was afraid to do so 'although he does need some help', Lippie looks at Chad for he wanted to help his friend out like Sonia.

"Please, Lippie?" asked Chad.

Looks like Lippie will help them out, for he leads the four to where his forest hideout was at. Only for Alucard to spot the Were-Leopard who was causing trouble for him to go after it along with Ichigo; leaving Sonia and Chad to follow Lippie into the forest which was also a park itself and Shigeo and Ide needed to know about the weirdness things that's been going on with their animal friend.

"Chad! Wait! Where are you going!?" Ide goes after the two.

"Huh!? Ide! Are you crazy!?"

With the two going after them and Sonia couldn't stop them at all for Chad will protect his friends along with Lippie.

"Crap! Did they have to come along!?" she questions herself.

Chad didn't look worried at all…

"Don't worry. I won't keep my eyes away from them."

He meant it…For the two continued to follow Lippie to be running deeper in the woods to go somewhere in some type of hole within the tree for Chad and Sonia to feel him out to follow 'unaware of the Were-Leopard sneaks right back in the hidden forest', Sonia follows Lippie's Spiritual Pressure to where the path leads to a hidden forest of his.

"Lippie?" Sonia checks within the hole. "Yep, he went in here-! Huh?" Sonia had trouble pulling herself out of the hole to get stuck in it. "Oh, no! Chad! Help me! I'm…Stuck! I can't' get out!"

This can't be good, so Chad helps pulling Sonia out of there. Soon Shigeo and Ide sees the problem once they caught up to them.

"There you are, Chad!"

"Ah…What's wrong with Ms. Belmont?" ask Ide.

"Is she stuck in a tree!?" freaked Shigeo out. "She better not be hurt!"

Looks like Chad needs some help.

"Lend me a hand."

The three worked together to try pulling Sonia out of the tree many more times, for Lippie aids her from outside of the hole too by biting down on her scarf as hard as he could with his teeth.

"She's stuck!" Shigeo and Ide said together.

Chad gives it one more time with Lippie aiding them from the other side of the hole.

"One more time, on the count to three." he started to count. "One…two…three…"

The three pulled Sonia once more to get loose enough for Lippie to pull on his side to pulling her along with Chad, Ide, and Shigeo all the way into the hole to get underneath the tree to be in a bunch of bushes all over. The boys were unharmed to find Sonia to land right near another tree, but she wasn't stuck anymore; as she gets back up on her feet to look around the forest for it wasn't a normal looking one anymore but far from it was Lippie's real home for good demons to roam free in. It looks like a world of dreams even under the moon night light. Even to Sonia's eyes to see this type of amazing place, Lippie was proud of his home to be living in.

"Wow…" Sonia was amazed. "Chad. You should see where we are. It's amazing!"

Chad gets up to see a lot more in a better view 'by moving lots of bushes out of the way', along with Ide and Shigeo to be checking it all out. A nice view of the forest to looks so cool looking during night time…

"You're right." said Chad.

The other two guys were amazed as well.

"Awesome! Have a look at this, Ide!"

"I see it…But I don't believe it, it's all real…"

But it was very real. Lippie gets the four's attentions to show and tell them on his home world of good demons to be living in, for they follow him.

"Should we…?"

"Yeah, we should." Sonia said to Chad. "Lead the way, Lippie."

Off Sonia and Chad follow Lippie giving them a tour of a wonderful world of his…As Shigeo and Ide tag along too from behind.

"Wait for us, Chad!"

They were fast runners for two normal looking humans…The 'four' walked and stayed close to where Lippie was leading them to of his home world to be cool looking. From the blue night skies, the moon out, the nice-looking areas to look so blue and sweet between the landscapes, plants, and the water was fine; for there were also Ghosts 'of many different colorful fairies' all over to be flying around for laughing and looking happy. For Chad and Sonia, they never seen anything like this before that was real of good demons for the Ghosts loved Lippie who was always caring for them. From ice fairy type of ghost, forest ones, sun, light, water, flowers, stars, air, and dark.

Ghosts aren't too tough in small numbers. A couple of hits will usually take them down, and they don't have any special attacks either. All they do is appear in a seemingly random spot in open space or through a wall, and then slowly float towards the heroes to give them a chilling touch that will damage their health. Normally, they only take one hit and are weak, but they sometimes take two or three depending on the hero's strength. Usually the most fearsome in large numbers.

As well as odd looking animals, too 'kind of like Neopets but much black and white with flame tattoos all over their bodies'. There were known as Helos as their nicknames. From bats, fishes, moles, cows, squirrels, goats, chipmunks, wolves, ferrets, lizards, tigers, dragons, frogs, birds, monkeys, and snakes. Amazing to look at them all to all be good friends to Lippie as their king and leader of their home world for they were all friendly to live in peace from the looks of it.

"There are so many different animals…" Sonia pulls Chad away in time to not rush into things.

"Easy there, tiger." she said.

"Sorry." Chad calms down in his own way.

Seeing so many different types of things all over for every living creatures were saying 'hi' to them all.

"Wow! A real snake!" surprised Ide. "Just looks at these animals, Shigeo."

Well, he was a little shaken up from a group of ghosts.

"Animals? You see these hot looking ghost-like girls!? Is this for real!?"

At least the other two aren't afraid of them at all, for Chad said so himself to be saying if they're friendly like Lippie was then they're no threat in their world. They'll get use to it.

"They won't hurt you. They're all friends of Lippie's."

Lippie tries saying to the others in his odd words. He then tries telling and showing more and reasons why he was after the Were-Leopard to ask for Sonia and Chad's help, lots of more translation to be doing.

"Is Lippie talking again?" ask Shigeo.

"Looks like it." said Ide.

Sonia listens in to all of it for the other creatures looked upset to beg for their help from all of this, she finally gets it now for Chad to feel their fear of the bad demon who was working for Dracula to be hurting them all. She explains everything to the rest of the guys on what Lippie was saying, only for their demon enemy to be nearby…Not good since Alucard and Ichigo couldn't find it anywhere! Anyways…

"So that's why Dracula has send his monster to stop Lippie to get to his friends in this world. As I said before, Dracula lives by eating the souls of living things for power and drinks lots of blood to survive. (Damn him!) I see there are some demons who are good to live in a world like this, all this to put your lives by stopping the bad ones like the Were-Leopard…It all makes sense now, you know Chad? I see what you meant, you knew."

Chad nodded a yes about it for sure, as it was amazing on what Ide and Shigeo were discovering too 'and it was for real to them to see for the first time'. It's the sad truth, but yes it was for real. Even for Lippie to try to explain in moment, but he was hiding a lot more than he knows of to look upset about it still.

"It all make sense now." said Chad. "So now what? We can't just leave them like this unless the bad demon's taking care of…"

Sonia then had an idea since she was an undercover rock and roll star to be seeing Chad's guitar.

"I got it!" she gets it set up with the Helos and Ghosts' help. "Lippie. Don't look so down, Chad and I are here to help you. Along with Alucard and Ichigo as well, but they're on patrol back in the World of the Living. So how do you solve an upset time to fix it by asking for our help? The answer is this; we sing and dance our hearts out. I'll sing. Would you care to join me, Chad? I know you can play the guitar."

Chad does so to getting it out to be ready, he was good playing it.

"Sure." he then asks his friends. "Ide. Shigeo. You two want to join in?"

They were like, how were they going to play their instruments to not have their own, but again the Helos and Ghosts help them out to make one for them. From another guitar and drums to use.

"This is crazy!"

"What of it?" Ide said to Shigeo. "This should be fun."

And so, they go along with it.

"Well, playing a song with Sonia…I guess it should be fun. So why not?"

"Let's do it." said Chad.

And with this set up, Lippie watches and listens into Sonia's song to have a backup band with her for all of the creatures to listen in from all over the forest.

"Alright, boys. Let's sing. One, two, three, and four!"

Sonia sings the first ending song from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood = SID - Uso (Lie) for the English dubbed version here…

Sonia (singing): Do you somehow remember

How we gazed up at the atmosphere

And How we watched the sunset go and fade away?

As I walk to the future, I'll keep the promise that I made

From all those endless summer days.

The shadows that hide behind my smile

Extend within every sole expression

Pretending that I am someone else

And giving a false impression

I sit alone waiting for

Someone to tell me that you're okay and where you are

The nights that don't seem to last,

and coming dawns that went by so fast.

Their meanings of everything were not far.

Did you fail to remember?

How we gazed up at the atmosphere

And how we never saw the sunset look the same?

The promise has been broken, and has vanished in the passing breeze

We can't go back the way we came.

My memories, they're swept around this room

And still I feel like they've been cut in two

I'm Scattered, my soul is trembling

As sleep's coming into my view.

Please comfort me with your lies

Messy pictures drawn with our eyes, I hate and love them all

Nowadays we can't see so straight

Emotions torn and blasted away

And that's why I must bid you Good-bye!

So, we waved to another, saying we will meet once more someday

Our tears, indicating that our meeting was not sure

Still I heard your voice waver, when you said that we would meet again

I won't forget-!

Someday you will remember How we gazed up at the atmosphere

And How we watched the sunset go and fade away?

Recover and embrace all the promises that we can't fulfill

Instead, let's walk on our own way.

Nice moment there, huh? From light shows, cool dancing, Helos all over and Ghosts to gather around, neat looking stars to shine…It was a cool show for Sonia, Chad, Shigeo, and Ide did well leaving Lippie to be a bit happy to know there were others who understand, for there are good demons out there and not the bad ones to hurt others, not them at all. But then the Were-Wolf has spotted him again his people to cause more trouble, he jumps in to bite one of the Ghosts' head off to eat it and rip open a Helo in half. As it roars like a wild beast for Sonia and Chad see it to try stopping it.

"(Oh, no!)" shock Chad.

With the good demons fearing the Were-Leopard who was trying to kill them all, they make a run for it as Helos and Ghosts all do the same and Lippie growls as the beast to try stopping it. Chad was ready for battle to show his arm to change, and Sonia into her Belmont uniform to use her skills to stop it...However, this only puts both Shigeo and Ide in a tight spot by to both be in grave danger. And there was no time to tell them about their powers, the Were-Leopard means business.

"(This is bad…! We need to protect these creatures for Lippie both Chad and me.)" she sees his two friends. "(Chad's friends!) Shigeo! Ide! Get out of here! We'll explain about our powers later! Get going now!"

Both of them were too afraid to run away, the Were-Leopard tries attacking everyone else for Lippie to fight back by biting on its' leg really hurt, but the little guy gets kicked off for the beast to get hit. Ide tries to help for the Were-Leopard sees his next prey to get a hold of, and Shigeo tries getting his friend out of there.

"Ah! Ide! Let's run!"

"But we can't leave Lippie behind! He's hurt!" said Ide.

Lippie tries getting up in anger to warn the two boys to watch themselves, as the Were-Leopard sees his preys to eat up next.

"Look out!" both Chad and Sonia said.

But it was too late. Both Shigeo and Ide were caught by the deadly Were-Leopard, from getting held on to and the other by the neck in the air. Getting Chad upset to throw his guitar at it to not hurt the beast one bit…As Sonia comes running in with her whip to try whipping the creature to dodge it all fast from its speed, for her and Chad to use a counter attack together and Chad with his gloves only to hold back without hurting the two guys who were in the beast's hostages to the Were-Leopard. Only to be kicked and ground pound for them to get hurt instead. Now that's playing unfair there! For Lippie to see it all and his friends to be afraid in hiding, how can Chad and Sonia win with Shigeo and Ide were held captive by the Were-Leopard? But wait…They were gone from the beast to notice soon enough, for they were further away from the danger in seconds. Hey! It was Noba's doing 'in his human form' to come to the rescue. Just in time by using his portal making skills before Chad's friends were killed, too close.

"Just in time." Noba said quietly to join with the other two.

"Isn't that…?" Sonia was surprise to see him. "(Oh, yeah…I forgot that three other Modsouls who are different to Kon who can do other things with special skills. Who knew!)"

Sonia was right about that since Urahara told her about Noba, Ririn, and Kurodo.

"Noba." Chad said it.

Lippie was happy to see more friends of Chad to help them out of there for Noba grabs him away from the danger, and the other animals as well to be watching everything from afar. As for Shigeo and Ide, they'll be fine after sleeping from the danger they were just in to passed out.

"You just saved Chad's friends, the good demons, and Lippie too." Sonia said to Noba. "Nice moves there!"

Noba covers his face with the mask since Sonia look cute to him. Chad asks the Modsoul a question…

"How did you know about this place?"

"Kisuke told me since I can sense it and I could travel faster from making portals. I teleported here to save the others and already knowing of the demon of Dracula's was on the loose." he said. "That's why I'm in this body to be easier to move around and fight in. I told Ichigo to let Alucard know about it to get here or to protect the people from back outside."

That explains everything. With the Were-Leopard getting angry now, the three must face it off before it causes more trouble on Lippie and his other kind.

"Let just hope of either one, or we're screwed! Get ready, you two!" Sonia was all set to fight. "Lippie! Stay behind us! We'll protect you, your other kind, and this world from this damn demon."

Chad gives Lippie a thumbs up to let him know that everything will be fine.

"Leave it to us."

As Lippie watches to know there are some humans, half breed ones, or the same as him 'but much different' for anyone can care for others no matter what they are. For him to watch this battle against the Were-Leopard to roar and be ready to fight, to eat, and/or to kill…Still, this little demon hates this powerful beast-like demon type of monster so much, but why…?

The fight begins for Noba was confusing the Were-Leopard to show out of nowhere a lot back and forth, leaving Chad to punch the beast many times by using his gloves and his arm to put the beating in to it; as Sonia steps in to use some holy water to make it duck, but a trick to use an ax to swing a few times and a whip to holding it down to the ground. Doing well, until the beast uses his powerful bite to pull the ground to shake for Sonia to lose grip of the demon to be thrown aside, as Chad catches her from crashing right into a lake. Ouch! So Noba jumps on the demon to be thrown around for the Were-Leopard to try shaking him off, however he can't hold on for very long.

"Noba!" Sonia begins to worry.

"What do we do now?" ask Chad. "This thing's too powerful for us to handle alone."

He was right, as Noba kept the demon busy to move around with his portal abilities and still gets the jump on top of the Were-Leopard, just long enough for Chad and Sonia to come up with a plan and fast. Hey! Is it just me? Or is Lippie breathing heavily a lot for some reason?

"Don't know, I'm thinking here…!" soon Sonia sees something to come up with a plan. "Chad, you see the big tree over there? How strong are you?"

He sees one and to know where Sonia was getting at.

"I do. I am strong. What of it?"

"While Noba's doing his part, you grab the tree while I jump in to chain whipping him long enough for you to throw the tree in an open portal hole for us to stab this demon to death. Got it? Noba will know about it the sooner we counter it."

And for that, they give it all they got, for Noba to wink a few times back, for he was in.

"Whenever you're ready, Sonia." he said.

"(Good, Noba gets it.) Then follow my lead."

The two-split up for Noba kept on doing his thing to be thrown by the Were-Leopard's super throw of his strength, allowing for Sonia to use her chain to fight back for the beast use from his power to pull back, for fighting was involved to take this thing down 'for Chad hurries on through to pull the tree out to cut and sharpen it'; as the two fought a lot for Sonia to withstands the Were-Leopard's powerful blows from fist punches and kicking it many times and very fast…This gave Noba a chance to use his powers again to pull Sonia away and Chad throwing the tree right in to the portal to hit the Were-Leopard's head on to the chest to go down. It worked! However, there was more…

"Did it work?" Noba asked while catching his breath.

It did, but Lippie gets injured to make the Were-Leopard to laugh knowing of the two try thinking, feel, and know on what the other one was thinking about. Huh?

"Lippie!" worried Chad. "He's been hurt."

"What!?" shock Sonia. "I don't understand! We hit the Were-Leopard, not Lippie! He was over there-!"

The bad demon already knows about all of this, for Lippie and the Were-Leopard were the same living beings. One's a kind hearted one made by Dracula to be release since the Were-Leopard was his bad other half who wanted to kill and eat. Making those two their own weakness and enemies to one another to never face off, Lippie was afraid to live with his faith. For all the other demons were worried to lose their leader…Sonia gets it now for Lippie makes a noise of the moment and pointed at his other half.

"Wait…" Chad took a guess. "Sonia. Are Lippie and the Were-Leopard the same?"

"(I don't believe this…) They are!"

Now Noba was lost…

"How's this even possible?"

The Were-Leopard goes after Lippie to hold him by the neck for he was too afraid to escape from his bad half's powerful grasp. What can Chad, Sonia, and Noba do now to save him and stop his other evil one without killing their little friend?

"I never thought I would see something like this from Dracula's creations…" she started to explain. "Dark and light magic is how it's done. From blood and soul consuming…From one seeing the good from its evil ways, the other half from the bad one gives it enough power of its own to split into another to rarely happen when one demon does to become its evil half's weak point. For if the bad one gets hurt, so will it, and the same can be done to the good one as well. Lippie's afraid to face with his other half or he will die to leave his people left un-protected from Dracula's other monsters. I…I don't know how we can save Lippie and stop the Were-Leopard here, you guys…"

This made Chad upset deep down. Knowing he couldn't save some cute ones like the kid in a parrot's body to still go to the Soul Society in time to still be missing his mother, so Chad goes charging at the Were-Leopard like a rampaging bull to hold the demon right into a rocky wall to prove how brave he was and not wanting to see Lippie die either.

"Chad!" Noba was worried of his partner. "He won't stop the Were-Leopard by himself!"

As Chad was holding off the big demon to try biting, punching, and clawing the poor guy…Lippie sees on how brave his human friend was as he tries getting back up from the pain. Soon the little demon fights back against his evil half to be headbutting it from the leg to go down really hard. Surprising to Chad, Sonia, and Noba to see all of this happening – Lippie cries out to tell all his good demons, Ghosts, Helos, and a lot more all over the forest to fight back. Meaning…

"Lippie?" Chad was confused. "What are you doing?"

The little demon would rather see his other half gone with their help than to die as a coward and not see his new friends suffer. So Lippie was doing this, for Sonia to understand this now.

"(Lippie…Are you sure about this?)" she then tells Chad. "Chad! Don't you get it!? Lippie's wants to go out with his evil half! You must do this for him! I can end the bad one but you need to beat the living hell out of it first! He'll hold the Were-Leopard off as much as possible! OK!? His friends want it too for them to keep on living in this wonderful place! Just do it already!"

Noba felt bad about it as much as Sonia hate to say it as well.

"Chad…"

And with that all said and done, Chad does so to be powering up again 'like Uryu and Hayame did' from the same crest of Sonia Belmont once again. Him now? Looks like his bound to caring for other little things to protect and Sonia to understanding Chad even more, which gives him the upper edge this time.

"Ah! This power! It's happening again!" shock Sonia. "(Just like with Uryu and Hayame from the other time. I wonder why…?)"

Chad powers up. For he gets bigger muscles all over of the same color skin as his powerful arm was…

"Strongest man alive, Yasutora Sado. Powers from within. Active!"

Nice! This gives Chad the chance to give the Were-Leopard a super backwards type of throw down to the grassy grounds hard to the head, for the beast hurts its claws to break and paws to from Chad couldn't get hurt this time. Allowing him to throw the demon in circles from grabbing hold of its' arms to go flying fast 'and ripping his big arm apart to be bleeding out in pain' and so was Lippie was happening the same thing. With the other good demons hitting the beast as well with many other random things to stay down. Chad grabs Lippie from clawing his other half for weakening themselves, for he has one last chance with him before ending his life. But the little good demon will go out smiling and saying his goodbyes to let his kind know they must keep on living. And to live on in spirit. As for Sonia and Noba…

"Do it, Sonia!"

"Right! Throw me in!" she said.

Noba does so to create another portal for her to jump into it finish the Were-Leopard off with her weapon, giving Chad enough time to say his goodbyes to Lippie.

"I think your kind will know they'll be fine." he said. "Sorry I couldn't save you, Lippie. But…If you want us to live, then I will. All for you. I'm glad we got to know each other in the end. So go out with honor. I'm sorry this had to happen to you. I really am."

With Lippie placing his paw on Chad's face for him to hold it, he cries happily for the other demons will miss him very much for all that he has done for them and the humans. Seeing Chad's friends to say his goodbyes to them 'in his own way', and Sonia to come popping out of the hole to finish his evil half off, for Lippie says his goodbye to her as well and she does the same.

"(Goodbye then, Lippie, we'll all miss you.)" she said to then use her weapon of the cross-like boomerang. "Okay, you evil half of Lippie's bad self! Eat cross!"

The weapon hits the Were-Leopard's wounded chest to glow up and die by disappearing from the powerful light, with one last roar of his painful cries. For it was no more. As for Lippie, he whines to be sad but he was happy to slowly disappear 'in a good way of dying', like a spirit passing through at long last. He moves his paws as Lippie waves to everyone a goodbye to be dead for good with his evil half too. How sad…Chad cries for Sonia to feel his pain and Noba's as well, leaving all the Helos and Ghosts to cry out even more out loud for Lippie's loss, to die as a hero.

"Goodbye, Lippie." said the sad Chad.

And finally, at the worse time for Alucard to meet with the others to find the place for Ichigo to follow him, they've made it.

"Sonia. There you and Chad are…" he stops.

"What's the hold up?" Alucard stops Ichigo to see his friend upset. "Oh, no. Chad…"

He could just tell on how Chad was upset to know that he had failed to protect someone 'like his grandfather Oscar Joaquín de la Rosa' who taught him how to use his fists for good. Although he did, he still failed. And saving the good demon, Sonia, Noba, the other good demons, Ide, and Shigeo…What good did it still did? Sonia felt bad to try cheering Chad up while setting up a grave for Lippie's body to be place in nicely.

"Chad? Listen, I really am sorry." she said. "Not just for your loss of Lippie, but for not understanding you at first. But now I do after exploring this place. You know Lippie wanted this, right? I just wish Alucard and I knew more about this demon in the first place, then if possible for none of this would've never happen at all. But you made a grave for him, so these good demons will remember their leader by and to keep on living for him. I know it, like my people did for Simon Belmont and Trevor Belmont from long ago, to be pass on to me and Richard now. It the circle of life is what we would call it."

As every living demons stood in silence for a few seconds, something was growing from the grave for a light to be shown.

"Sonia. Chad. Noba. Ichigo. Look." Alucard points out.

They all see it. Wait…It was Lippie! He was a ghost to be wondering around in this world now! But wait, there are other ones like him, clones. In many different colors to look happy for all the creatures to be cheering with joy as well. With Chad looking surprised less than Ichigo was 'with his jaws to be dropping down in shock', Sonia knows of this part to happen.

"Hey! This is good! A good demon like him knows from right and wrong lives on forever to protect the place he calls home, like this world we're in!" she said with joy. "Chad! Do you see this!? Lippie will be just fine! And so will the others!"

Seems like it for Chad to hug and pats all the Lippies to be happy to see him and for Shigeo and Ide to heal up in their sleeps to see a little of something…From one to another, there will be no more of Lippie's evil half ever again after today.

"Way a go…Chad…" said Shigeo.

"You're a kind person…you are…" and Ide.

Chad one thing to say to his friend for he and the others were welcome to his world at any time they want, for the others approve of it.

"Lippies. Welcome home."

Looks like Sonia was happy if Chad was, a happy ending there to say the least, huh? And another mission completed so far. As for Ichigo…

"COULD SOMEONE TELL ME ON WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?" Ichigo was freaking out.

Bummer...Well, Alucard explains to Ichigo on everything later for another demon was stopped and the World of the Living and Lippie's world of good demons of paradise-like dream forest was saved. With Noba telling the rest about it all the next day 'and for Shigeo and Ide to wake up thinking it was all a dream to hang out with Chad after school and his training'; as he and Sonia to be tagging along visit Lippie for his kind to be in any use to them in their world time to time during the battle against Dracula 'when needed', which was a good thing. As well as the Ice Mick, Fairy, and Pixie to be living there now since they were good demons just like those three. Chad enjoys doing all of it and Sonia double checks before doing so.

"Well, that's all of them for now." she said. "What a day. Thanks for your help again, Chad."

"You're welcome." said Chad. "Listen, I hope of me liking other cute things like Lippie is okay…"

"It's fine."

Chad was surprise for Sonia to say something like that to him.

"It is?" he was confused.

So she explains to Chad after learning something besides training today, to understanding one another. A good lesson to learn to be a very important one.

"It is, really. It proves that someone's different, but with a good heart and a reason to like something and knowing that living things beforehand, besides the whole one good and one bad thing out of nowhere." he said to him. "So yeah. Life can be hard sometimes for the most things. I get it."

Chad gets that Sonia means well deep down.

"I guess you're right."

Soon Shigeo and Ide catch up to the two once again 'with no memories from yesterday'.

"Hey, Chad! You coming to hang out with us or what!?" Shigeo calls out to his friend.

"Let's get going!" and Ide.

Chad gets a move on to wave a goodbye to Sonia.

"See you later, Sonia…"

But she stays put for a little while longer with some pen and paper in her hands.

"Not yet." said Sonia. "I owe your friends a favor. Do they still want an autograph and photo taken of me with you guys? Now's a good time to do it."

Seems like the two smiled to understand each other even more to still be kind hearted for both Chad and Sonia.

"I don't see why not." Chad said to her.

And so, Sonia does her part to be an undercover type of celebrate to give Shigeo and Ide their fair share for a bit and then Chad goes to hang with them all day to aid the dogs and cats together to find them all good homes. Nice job! And the lesson from this chapter/episode is this…No matter how odd, big, small, and different someone may be – just be yourself to care for others and to protect 'even the cute animals of different types all over the world', can make you very nice of person to live on and face your fears head on. You know? Sonia Belmont was getting better every day, only to a bit worried about her strange powers giving her new teammates strange new abilities. Twice now, or rather three of them! What was up with that? Well, there's more to come next time to stop Dracula real soon and train even harder. And for Noba 'back in his doll form' to watch on Lippie and his new friends live a good life back in their world.

"All in a day's work…I guess…"

I can see why both Noba and Chad get along so well.