Bleach – The Heart of the Matter
By Tayla Drago
So much for Succubus trying to show off Deku for failing 'to try to murder Sonia to make it look like an accident because Succubus wants to have Dracula for herself to love' instead of Sonia. Well, of course! The poor girl's curse to try fighting back and not becoming a vampire to be Dracula's bride and she should know Dracula likes Succubus powers to work for him, and he's not in love with her either! And yeah, she will make another move again real soon…Also, for Soi Fon to be so kind hearted to Sonia and Yoruichi too as she sneezes back in the World of the Living as a cat 'while hanging out at Urahara's shop'.
"Something up, Yoruichi?" Urahara asks her.
Trying to clear up her nose, she senses Soi Fon to be doing well, for the captain of Squad Two to be thinking about her favorite idol again.
"Oh, nothing. I guess someone's thinking about me." she said. "Maybe Soi Fon made more friends like Sonia who I've saved. How funny, huh, Urahara? At least that's how I see it."
"You think…?" Urahara was being silly to his friend again when he was acting a type of question to her.
"Really…? (And this was once the captain of Squad Twelve from long ago.)" Yoruichi looks at Urahara funny.
Only four more days left for Ichigo and his team to move out to stop Dracula by training a lot more at the Belmont Village, it was getting close. For both Yoruichi and Urahara both hope everyone else back at the Soul Society and Sonia were doing well for all of them to be training.
"I hope Sonia's doing well to pull through as a Soul Reaper to become one, and to fighting against the curse from within her." said Urahara while staring at the skies. "For her to be training, we have to back here before going back to the Soul Society to join in the war against Dracula himself."
From everything they've been through so far, Yoruichi doesn't blame Urahara to be thinking about it.
"I guess we all must, whether we like it, or not. This is a fight we must win. (And more to come.) Dracula's curse has to come to end soon enough after all."
You can say that again, Yoruichi. Oh! And you too, Urahara. Back at the Soul Society, for Sonia to think about on what happened a few days ago to almost becoming a vampire, well…she almost did 'but she didn't'. Talk about a strong will power she has. For her to worry about might happen again to have Ukitake lie on her lap to be feeding him grapes little at a time, to also tell him all about what happen the other day when Dracula's monsters try to get to her. Though she was not a lone to have friends and family to worry about their safeties even more. A lot to be going on in her mind right now, must be hard.
"My God…" Ukitake was shocked to hear the whole thing. "Sonia, I'm so sorry to hear what happened to you."
"Tell me about it… (For me from almost turning int o a vampire there and for Momo to cheer me up, so why am I not happy?)" she sounded upset.
Seems like Sonia wasn't feeling any better for Ukitake to notice of the curse mark to not go away on her. Leaving some relax and feeding time to end afterwards, he wanted to do something to cheer Sonia up, somehow…Ukitake sits next to Sonia to try making her feel better with his hand on her face to happen out of nowhere.
"Hey, come on. Don't get upset. Your uncle and everyone else are working on a cure for you. You have family, friends like us, Rukia, Ichigo, Renji, others in the World of the Living, Momo, and me like she said. You're not alone and your will power is strong to keep you to still be yourself. I do as Momo said it too. If not, then why wouldn't you still be talking to me right now? There's still hope."
For Ukitake to make Sonia's heart race to be serious on what he meant there 'like Momo was the same with her', she started to blush to believe on what will happen to be cured from Dracula's curse for good.
"(Wow, Jushiro…) Damn, I never thought of it that way…Maybe you're right."
Ukitake helps Sonia on her feet for them to go for a walk around the area of the nice garden view of Squad Thirteen headquarters. Cute!
"Of course, I am, I care for others to get better. Like I am with you too, Sonia." he lends her a hand. "Come with me."
Sonia grabs Ukitake's hand to be taking her somewhere nice for a while.
"But where are you taking me?" she asks.
"Just a nice stroll around the headquarters to see everything from front to back. It's the least I can do for you. It'll be fun."
"Okay…" Sonia said to be smiling a little. "(Jushiro's right, I need to look on the bright side of things. I will be saved somehow. And I won't be alone either. To you, Jushiro…Momo…Ichigo...and my other friends…I have to keep on believing in hope until then.)"
How cute, isn't it? For Sonia was slowly fall for Ukitake now 'since her childhood friend/partner Alucard turned against her, Ichigo, and the others'. I can't say I blame her for that half breed not falling for Alucard to not love her right back. Or was he…? With those two to be having some fun time together – from outside of the area had Rangiku hearing about what almost happened to Sonia a few days ago; along with Sentaro and Kiyone were blurting all about it for her to overhear and feel bad for them to be chitchatting on what they should try to do for the poor girl even more to feel better, like what though? Also, Hitsugaya comes back from work to see his office was a mess from Rangiku tripping and falling to leave it like that, his reaction on that? Not so good.
"Grrr… (Again with this…?)" he hates when this happens all the time. "Rangiku!" Hitsugaya stops to not see his lieutenant was nowhere to be found. "Where did you run off to this time?"
Where else would Rangiku be right now? Outside the headquarters of Squad Thirteen to be talking to Ukitake's two lieutenants. That's where. Sorry about this, Hitsugaya.
"So let me get this straight, you two." Rangiku tries asking Kiyone and Sentaro again. "Sonia hasn't been feeling like herself because of the whole curse thing? This Dracula's bite mark is freaky…I hate to be in that situation if it was me. Bummer…I take it your captain and Momo are trying to cheer her up like Momo did the same thing, correct?"
For both Kiyone and Sentaro to go back and forth on what happened to Sonia, a bit confusing to be fighting at each other on right from wrong. And still for Rangiku to get the picture once she puts all the pieces together.
"It's true, Rangiku! Sonia's trying to so hard to fight back from the vampire bite for Captain Ukitake to do his very best on, but with no luck!"
"The same thing Momo too, Rangiku! She really wants to be herself again to fight back as a half Soul Reapers to try everything too and still have some trouble!"
Kiyone and Sentaro then stared at each other in anger 'again' to fight over to try making their new friend Sonia feel better.
"Sentaro, you idiot! I explained to Rangiku first!" argued Kiyone.
"Kiyone, you dumb ass! I said it to Rangiku instead!" same with Sentaro.
"No, I did!"
"No, me!"
Really, you two…? Rangiku was lucky enough to stop the fight to pull both Kiyone and Sentaro away from each other.
"Hey, quit it!" she said. "Now you two are going to listen to us. We're going to cheer Sonia up and I know just the thing. Some girl time out to buy, go places, and have some fun. And you two are going to help me find go ones in the Soul Society for me to take her there, understood?"
Once Rangiku said the whole thing – Kiyone and Sentaro get to it to aid Rangiku out while there was still time to help Sonia.
"Leave it to us!"
As they show Rangiku around other areas in the Rukon places 'to be nice looking', she thought about something to slip her mind. Really? Like finishing up the paper work for your captain…?
"(Hmm…Did I forget something…? I feel like I did but I don't know what it is…)" Rangiku didn't worry about it after that. "(Oh, well. It might come back to me later.)"
Well, something tells me that Hitsugaya knows of Rangiku's work to do, but never does it to drag her back to headquarters if he had to by finding his lieutenant first. Back at the headquarters of Squad Thirteen area of the garden spot, for Ukitake to hold Sonia's hand for them to be walking together to feel…at least a bit happy so far for someone to really care for her than a friend like this guy was 'unlike Alucard was to her', you know? I find those two to be a cute couple. For Sonia to smile again, it was a good start to be cheered up.
"Are you feeling better, Sonia?" Ukitake checks on her.
Sonia breathes in and out calmly to feel at ease for the time being even after that walk with Ukitake.
"After a lovely stroll with you, Jushiro, I'm starting to. Thanks…" she said. "I don't know what else to say except…"
With the two having a cute moment together, that's when Kiyone and Sentaro sneak in between both Ukitake and Sonia to have their fun time to end right there. Well, for right now that is.
"Captain Ukitake sir. Sonia." Kiyone surprises them.
"How are you two doing…?" same with Sentaro too.
This made Sonia jump a little to be in Ukitake's arms by luck. For her to blush when Ukitake did the same thing to happen.
"Hey! Sentaro! Kiyone!" surprised Sonia. "You two scared us! (It almost made me jump up high, until Jushiro hugged me…It felt nice.)"
Yep, those two were overprotected of their captain and Sonia now. Soon Rangiku appears to hold Sonia's hand to be happy to see her new best friend was up to.
"Hey, you guys! What's up?" she said with joy. "Sonia, how are you feeling? Kiyone and Sentaro told me what happened to you the other day from almost becoming a vampire, I was scared you would've, but you didn't. A very close call!"
They didn't think Rangiku would drop by, but she did.
"Lieutenant Matsumoto, this is very surprising. What brings you here?" Ukitake asks her.
"Nothing much, Captain Ukitake. It just…I wish to take Sonia around the Rukon District and other areas of the Soul Society. You know, get out for some fresh air to have some fun. Just us two girls."
Sonia never thought of doing this type of thing so much 'only when she was uncovered as a rock star that one time'.
"What?! (A girl fun time?)" Sonia was lost to not like the sound of that idea. "Now wait, Rangiku. That sounds like a bad idea there. I don't like those types of things."
However, Rangiku just smiled to have her finger touch Sonia's nose to say this instead...
"Then…I'll show you!" Rangiku wraps her arms around Sonia to have her face near her huge boobs. "It wouldn't hurt to try, right?"
"Ah! Rangiku-!"
She let's go of Sonia to pat her on the back instead to almost had trouble breathing from Rangiku's huge hooters.
"Oh, sorry." Rangiku laughs to as Ukitake something. "If it's alright with you, Captain Ukitake, I would like to borrow Sonia on her a day and night off for today to take a break. Can we please…?"
For Sonia to feel nervous for doing something of a girls' day off, Ukitake smiles to let her have a good time. And thanks to Kiyone and Sentaro giving Rangiku the locations to where they could go to 'and to fight at each other' to have a good time.
"Go and have some fun, Sonia, and if anything were to happen…You know I'll be there." he said. "Lieutenant Matsumoto, make sure Sonia has a wonderful time today."
For Ukitake to smile for Sonia, Rangiku knows she'll have a good time to do so. One some of things for Sonia to do more girl stuff with her new friends like this girl from Squad Ten.
"Well, if you say so, Jushiro, then why not?" said Sonia. "Let's go, Rangiku."
"Come on then! We're going to have some fun!"
For Rangiku to grab hold of Sonia's arm to get going in to the other parts of the Soul Society to have a good fun time, as Ukitake gave his two lieutenants an order to do. As Kiyone and Sentaro to keep their eyes open from anymore of Dracula's monsters 'just in case'.
"Sentaro. Kiyone. You two know what to do. Call me if there's any trouble." Ukitake gives them an order.
They understood to do so and that's by watching over their two friends…
"Yes, Captain!"
…Or tried to like it was some race for them, for Ukitake will check on Sonia in a while to not leave those two alone. Unaware of the two girls were being followed from another woman, who's Dracula's henchmen of Succubus again to have some girl fun while watching on Sonia to have her killed while still trying to get some blood and souls, for she has another plan involved while sneaking around. This again?
"(Some girl fun time for the Belmont girl, huh? Well, I'll have my own fun while following them and then…it'll be the end for sure once I'm done. By midnight tonight will be her last.) almost laughing in public to stop in time for Succubus to continue with the task. "(Oh, right! The task at hand, sort of…Oh, Lord Dracula, soon we'll be dating by the time I'm done after today. What joy!)"
Succubus can be…a bit odd for a demon-like woman to have some fun while still be a weirdo to be daydreaming from time to time, you know? Big time. As Kiyone and Sentaro watched over Sonia for her and Rangiku to take her to places that other women do together, for fun.
"So, ah…Rangiku, where do we start?" Sonia asks her.
Rangiku gets out a popper to set off to begin their fun time just her and Sonia.
"Anywhere, Sonia! Let the fun both you and I starting…now!"
And there they go while Sentaro and Kiyone were both disguised themselves as citizens to dress up funny, and Succubus too as she hides her look very well 'for her illusion spells to be a pretty woman spirit'. Clever…Anyways, for Rangiku and Sonia to find some clothes to buy and some she got back from the World of the Living for her to have; with other beauty things of some good makeup to bathing things, shoes, supplies, to also try out some food and drinks of their enjoyment. Sonia was liking this a whole lot better than back when she was acting like a rock star, but a bit too much. Trying to just be herself in her real home world was much different. It was something else for them to even go to a hot bath place to get their skins nice and smooth, and with Succubus to do the same thing while still enjoying herself to follow them to get the other men to fall for her, only to punch them aside really hard to get out of her way. She's a bitch.
"(Sorry, losers, but my heart belongs to Lord Dracula.)" said Succubus. "This girl fun time…I should do this more often when I get the job done like this all the time.)"
She's like a spoiled rich girl to have whatever she wants, only Succubus was evil. For Sonia and Rangiku to be having a fun time 'and for Kiyone and Sentaro to still be watching' for them to get everything fun done to buying and seeing different places too; for the sun to set for them to do one more thing to hit a nearby bar on the streets. Drinking time for Rangiku for her to drink a lot, and Sonia drinks some but not too much…Oh, boy. I just have a feeling for this part will be something else.
"All right!" Rangiku shows Sonia the place. "Next stop, is drinking time to end off a very nice day. Just the two of us, Sonia. You and me. You drink, do ya?"
"Sort of. I hope we don't overdo it after today." she said. "What if one of Dracula's monsters comes back here and attacks us? Huh? What then?"
For Rangiku to grab hold of Sonia's arm to go inside the bar for everything will be fine, I sure hope so!
"It'll be fine, Sonia, trust me. You need to lighten up a little. Now let's go have some fun drinking!"
Seems like those two girls were with Kiyone and Sentaro to go in there.
"Hey, wait! Rangiku, don't pull me so hard!" she said to her friend.
With the four going inside the bar in the Soul Society, Succubus awaits to make her move while sitting around outside to have her own drink from Dracula's lair to enjoy under the moonlight night. Well, this was going pretty good so far for Sonia and Rangiku to have a great time together to be drinking sekai for Rangiku to keep on going and Sonia to be already drunk 'for it's been a while for her' to feel like wicked drunk, for Rangiku to be singing out loud and for Sonia to feel tired out.
"Row, row, row your boat! Gently down the stream-!" Rangiku burps to be really drunk right now to be laughing next. "Oopsy me. This is fun!"
"Ah, man…maybe too much fun…" Sonia was feeling ill to feel really drunk. "I never knew feeling this drunk can be so uncomfortable!"
Sonia to fall on the ground to have trouble getting back up, for Rangiku try to fall on top of her. And her face in Rangiku's big boobs again.
"Oh come on now, Sonia, it's fine to get drunk a little."
"Rangiku!" Sonia tells Rangiku to move to fix her breasts away from the others to be drinking for no one to see.
"Sorry, Sonia, really I am." said Rangiku. "Sometimes when they hit someone's face, it's like getting covered in pillows. I can hardly feel them when it happens. So clumsy me."
Sonia uses her water skills to become long arms to fix Rangiku's robes in time before her boobs popped out again, to also ask her friend this next 'big' question. Ha! Get it?
"It's fine, but still…" Sonia was still confused. "Tell me, Rangiku, your boobs are real, right? Then how did they get so big?"
"Oh, these? I was born with them by eating and drinking right for them to grow. You know?"
I guess that would make perfect sense there…
"Well, at least it's not a boob job." said Sonia.
"No way!" Rangiku said back. "Never with me, it's too gross to do. Those things aren't real for women who do it at all and to themselves is mess up, you know?"
"Yeah, I've seen worse. Believe me."
For Sonia and Rangiku to finally get what was what to see if it was real 'and it was' to be laughing about it afterwards. Only for Sonia to feel ill to puke the bad stuff out by going to the bathroom to take care of it, while Rangiku waiting for her to drink some water next after drinking…a bit too much for it to be night time now. After Sonia got everything out of her body… 'and Kiyone and Sentaro over did the drinking part for them to pass out' again?! Anyways afterwards, Sonia sits back down to get some fresh air outside to sit with Rangiku on the grass fields together to talk about stuff, part of a girls' night out type of thing.
"Feeling better now, Sonia?" ask Rangiku. "I didn't mean to make you feel sick."
"No, it's fine. I guess I got too upset to make myself puke from the drinking. I think…But I am having fun." Sonia said to smile again.
"Now there's that happy face I like seeing from you. Looks good."
For Rangiku to say such kind words to Sonia and to have a fun day today was good for her to take a break.
"Thanks, Rangiku." Sonia said to her friend. "And thanks for today. So tell me. How did someone as cool as you are join up to become a Soul Reaper?" Sonia was a bit shy to ask her friend an odd question like this one. "If you don't mind me asking you. Sorry."
For Rangiku to act silly, goofy for a woman, and such to be a Soul Reaper, she does have her reasons why. And this one is very real to explain.
"No, no, it's fine. I can tell you all about it. You have heard of Gin Ichimaru who betrayed all of us like Aizen and Tousen did too, right?" she asked.
"Ah…" Sonia remembers it all. "Yep, Uncle Moto told me all about it. I take it you knew this Gin person?"
"Yep." Rangiku lets out a sighs. "We knew each other since we were kids…" she begins telling the story to Sonia about herself and Gin. "Not much is known about my prior history, except that I came from Rukongai. As a child, I was saved by Gin Ichimaru from starvation. He found me by the roadside and told her that if I had collapsed from hunger I must have spiritual power. I soon recognize that he must have spiritual power too; Gin confirms that he too has spirit power and proceeds to introduce himself. I soon found his name weird. Following their meeting, we've soon became best friends and began to live together. Gin often left without telling me where he was going, usually leaving me to get upset. It was during this time that Gin asked me when it was on birthday was. I then replied that I did not know as I never counted days until I met him. Following the revelation, Gin told me, that would mean that the day they met was my birthday. One day, Gin met up with me as he wrapped a shihakushō around himself. I then asked what he was doing with Shinigami clothes and where he got them. Gin simply replied that he had decided to become a Shinigami and change things, so that they would end without making me cry. And so, I've joined the Shin'ō Academy at the same time as Gin. It is unknown when I did graduate. Around a year, I think…While out at the market, I then met with my captain, Tōshirō Hitsugaya. The first time, I had to yelled at a shop keeper who was being rude to him, Hitsugaya turned around and was knocked down by bumping into…well, my bosom. Again, I then yelled at him for 'lying there crying about it and not standing up like a man', although it was her who knocked him down with my large breasts in the first place, but he shook me off and ran away. Later that night, I soon followed Hitsugaya home and was there when he woke up. I immediately told him to stop leaking his Reiatsu everywhere and to get some sleep. For me to further explained that his grandmother looked cold, which causes Hitsugaya for the first time to notice that the room was exceedingly cold and affecting his grandmother. I again then told him he should become a Shinigami, stating that kids with power as strong as his need to learn how to bring that power under control. I had to explain that if he stayed the way he was that his power would end up killing his grandmother soon. At first, Hitsugaya wasn't sure what she was talking about, but I of course calmly placed my hand on his chest and asked him if he heard a voice calling out to him. I explained to him that once he has found that voice, he'll understand how to control his power. And for me to noted to him that for that to happen he must become a Shinigami. So, yeah. After that for the whole Central 64 members were killed to have Rukia almost getting executed and all of us betrayed by Gin, Aizen, and Tosen…" she calmly breathes in and out slowly. "Now you know about me and my past with the man Gin Ichimaru, who kept on running away from me with no reason why."
Sad story, huh? For Sonia to feel upset for Rangiku was betrayed too, reminded her of the good and bad times she had with Alucard back then. For them, Richard, Maria, and her pet bird Howey the Owl got along a lot to train from the upcoming battle with Dracula back at their village, and such to meet with Ichigo and the others for both Alucard and Sonia; only for Alucard to turn traitor to join with his own father to hate and not working for Dracula 'because of him having his mother Lisa killed' to do such a thing – so much for not for her and him to end up together now, huh? Sonia feels out Rangiku's pain to say something to hide her anger about her loss like hers to give advice. Or something in between the lines there.
"No way… (She's just like me. The way Rangiku and Gin were together once, the way both Alucard and I once were…)" she then says something else. "Rangiku, why?"
She was kind of confused on what her friend was trying to say. Hey, I can't say I blame Sonia to see Rangiku was like her almost.
"Huh? Why what…?"
Sonia punches her hand on the ground to let out the anger to Rangiku's surprise to get the whole thing out of her system.
"Why does people you know over the years to be on your side, suddenly turn traitor on you?! For a friend, family, or those you love?! I loss my brother from Dracula's curse because of him!" Sonia calms down to say something else from that point of view besides her problems. "It just…One minute you want to get back at someone for not being there for the one you loved once to have her killed to have his only son left behind, and then the next thing is for having revenge to then just…turns against you like that centuries later for, him…! To be with his so call father, and for what? To leave humanity behind to want the ones closest to him get killed? Like Richard, Maria, everyone else at the village, and me…? Alucard…It just not right I tell you!"
Rangiku sees what Sonia was getting at since Renji and Rukia told her and the others the whole story. Like her life was sad and Gin to be good and then becoming a villain, he's like Alucard. Who wanted to get back at Dracula 'his father' for leaving his human mother Lisa to die for accusing her as a witch to have a half breed son of part human and vampire; from one minute he was good and then the next thing to turn against the ones he was protecting to join with that monster to let both Sonia and Richard to suffer. So mess up! For Sonia to be start crying, Rangiku gets it 'even when she's drunk' to be there for a friend like her.
"Oh, Sonia, I'm so sorry. You and I are in the same boat together. Listen, what Alucard did was wrong to betray all of you. It hurts, I know. Like with Gin, I'm the same as you, and for Renji, Orihime, Chad, Rukia, Uryu, and the others…it sucks." she said to move her hair out of her face. "I say this…save your brother from that sick freak call Dracula from the cursed to get worse than you are and then stop both king of the vampires and his son Alucard. Give him hell after giving you hell times ten, you know?! Now you know why I took you out today. It was worth it, huh? Because it was for me too."
Sonia to be happy to hear she wasn't alone to have everyone in both the Soul Society and the World of the Living, she soon cries to let it all out to finally let Alucard go now since he was the enemy. And to be thinking about Ukitake a lot lately to spend time with him more was all worth it, for Rangiku could tell the captain from Squad Thirteen was in love with her, and with friend to never be lonely again.
"Oh, Rangiku, thank you…I will. We're done both him and I. He's the enemy now."
There we go. Hard for a childhood friend to turn against you to call that a break up 'sad but true', Sonia's moving on now and a lot more time with Ukitake for Rangiku was happy to make another friend like her. Hugging each other to have friends to help one another.
"(I get it now. Well, Sonia, I'll always be there for you. My friend.) It's going to be okay, Sonia, I'll always be there for you. It hurts, I know. Just let it out while my hugs make you feel all better." she said to be patting Sonia's head. "Sometimes, what hurts you the most to move on to hurt at first, will make you stronger to move on will do you some good like it did for me."
"Thanks again." Sonia said.
From family, love, and friends is what keeps you strong to go through anything to sometimes go bad. And for Sonia, she's happy to have those things and a lot more to save. As Ukitake wanted to check on Sonia and for both Sentaro and Kiyone to come to from drinking a lot tonight…that's when it happened. Boom! A huge explosion at the bar to hurt others or send them flying for one demon to appear, none other than Succubus herself to start draining the drunken males by kissing them, to drain their energies to have for herself and to gather for her boss Dracula. Not good! She was even killing people with the blood to be pouring out and some of their souls too.
"Oh, Belmont Girl…Come out and play…" Succubus does it again for a male and a female to get their souls and blood to her collections. "If you don't, you know what's going to happen to the other innocent lives like these two. Come out or else!"
For Rangiku and Sonia to try power walking back to the area to see the bar destroyed and others were all put in danger, as Sentaro and Kiyone try to attack 'but they were both too drunk', for Succubus to use her deadly plants to trap them and started to be drained from their souls can kill them!
"Ah! Sentaro! I…can't…move…" cried out Kiyone.
"Neither can…I…! Kiyone…!" same with Sentaro.
Once the two girls arrived back to see the danger, Rangiku had to protect Sonia and the others as she got out her Zanpakto to stop the plant thing from which was controlled by Succubus herself…
"Kiyone! Sentaro!" she was mad now. "Sonia, you can use your Kido moves, right? Cover me!" Rangiku releases it. "Growl! Haineko (Ash Cat)!"
Nice one! As Rangiku had her Zanpakto turn into ash to move and dry up the roots to save everyone else, including both Sentaro and Kiyone. They were tired, drunk, and weak, but they'll be fine. Now it was Sonia's turn to save everyone else.
"Right! Everyone, I'll save you!" Sonia uses her Kido water spells to save the other innocent lives to escape or get healed to know who they were up against another one of Dracula's goons. "Oh, no…Not you!" she warns Rangiku about their new enemy monster. "Rangiku! I got Kiyone and Sentaro shielded from this thing, known as a Succubus!"
Yep, both Sentaro and Kiyone are shield from Sonia's Kido shield of a type of water as Rangiku was confused about their new enemy.
"Who's that?" she asked.
And so, Sonia explains all about what a succubus is…
"A succubus or incubus is a demon from European folklore during the medieval ages, which takes the form of an attractive woman or man to seduce the opposite sex. They draw energy from men or women to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death of the victim. The word succubus is derived from the Latin succubare, meaning 'to lie beneath'. The male-form succubus, or incubus, draws its name from the Latin incubare, meaning 'to lie upon'. Although the terms succubus and incubus have their roots in Latin, entities with the same characteristics have appeared in the Sumerian king list from 2400 B.C., where the father of the hero Gilgamesh is identified as a Lilu, said to be a demon who disturbs and seduces women in their sleep, one of four types of demons to which 'the dark maid Lilith' gave birth to. Succubi and incubi are often said to appear to men or women in their dreams, though other versions of an encounter state that it sits on the chests of their victims while they sleep. The feeling of pressure on the chest, as well as other sensations, such as hearing voices or hallucinates, has causes the Succubus and Incubus myth to be linked to sleep paralysis. In other words, she's a big whore to do anything for her master, Count Dracula himself."
Ouch! Succubus just got burned! Ha! Already, she hates Sonia a lot to kill her than to bring Sonia back to Dracula because she loves him more.
"Hey! I am who I am! And I'm not a whore!" she flies down on land to see her enemies. "How dare you, Belmont girl…!"
"It's Sonia Belmont! Or rather Sonia Yamamoto to you! I take it you're here to bring me back to your boss while enjoying your sick pleasures?" Sonia asked.
For Rangiku could tell that Succubus won't be so easy to face with, she joins with Sonia to make sure that her friend doesn't get taken, or killed. For Succubus to act like she would accidentally kill Sonia, she'll do it for real.
"Ha!" the demon laughs. "Well, I just don't like you. Having you killed to make it look like an accident towards my Lord Dracula, he will love me more than him making you his bride once I'm done while getting some blood and souls back to him for some power. We do need to rule the world soon enough."
"Like I want to fall in love with a monster who can't take no for an answer! Take him!"
With Sonia getting mad, Rangiku also discovered something about Succubus having a thing for Dracula.
"Only because he doesn't love her back but to be a solider member to him." said Rangiku. "Too bad, so sad, you know?"
"Shut up, you boob slut!" angered Succubus. "He does love me, I know it and I can prove it. While I have some fun like you two did today, I can do in my little game to watch up close for a little friend wishes to play with you two…" Succubus opens a portal hole from Dracula's lair and to the Soul Society to summon another demon. "Time to bright up this beautiful deadly night, Hippogryph!"
And out comes out a Griffin type of half eagle and horse type of demon to appear to be moving fast and breathing out fire and who can fly too. Wow! Also, she headbutts to throw some sharp shards of eggs. The Hippogryph is a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle. The Hippogryph is closely related to the griffin. The Hippogriff is a mythological creature that is born from the crossing between a griffin and a mare. Their head, wings, chest and front legs are like those of an eagle, inherited characteristics of the father, and the rest of the body is like that of a horse, like the mother. Since the griffin is usually depicted as a creature which detested horses, hunting and killing them, it can be difficult to imagine how a Hippogryph could be conceived. The first recorded mention of the hippogriff was made by the Latin poet Virgil in his Eclogues (Rome, Italy).
The Hippogryph is a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle. The Hippogryph is closely related to the griffin.
"Caw! Caw!" said the Hippogryph. "Lady Succubus, you wish for me to burn it all up? Because I can if you like!"
For Rangiku to shield everyone else and Sonia to use the rest of her water Kido to move everyone out of the danger zone in time, they must fight against the bird demon as a team now while Succubus watches to be flying and sitting in midair.
"Oh, yes, my little birdy friend. Make these two sluts go boom for me! If you would be so kind."
"You got it. Caw!"
Here we go then…For Rangiku goes all out for Sonia to feel pain again from the curse to course through her body 'or tries to', for her to be on standby.
"Sonia, cover me-! Sonia!" she panics.
"No, it's fine…!" Sonia stays strong. "Just stop Hippogryph and I got your back. I won't become a vampire! (I will fight back against this!)"
Yeah, Sonia's not becoming a vampire this time! For her to cover Rangiku from behind to take on the Hippogryph in a tough battle. So here goes! From using her Kido moves to fire some attack blast for the bird to fly fast to fire some eggs to fall at her to move away, to use her Haineko attack to destroy the rest to try hitting Hippogryph; blinding her a bit to land down to headbutting Rangiku to the stomach to send her flying to the grounds to be stomped to death next.
"Hado! Number 34! Kongobaku (Adamantine Blast)!"
Firing some blast to get some attacks hit to use her eggs to blow up the rest in time, with lightening coming out of Hippogryph's beck to then shoot out a fire blast at Rangiku to move away from sword blocking and Flash Stepping just in time. Close call! Trying to use her Zanpakto again, only to be burn from more eggs to catch Rangiku off guard. She was hit! For Sonia to cool her off from the fire by using her water Kido spells, it was still hard to make one hit at this bird.
"Rangiku!" Sonia panics. "(This is really bad…!)"
From fire attacks, flying, egg bombs, and headbutting, this is bad. How can Rangiku beat the demon now?
"Caw! Caw! This is fun." the demon bird uses her wings to blow away the water that Sonia fired to miss. "Oh, clever. Trying to attack me while getting distracted, huh? Well, looks like it didn't work on me, missy."
This was bad for Sonia to stay strong to shield Rangiku after too close of bring burned alive.
"Well, I did try at least to protect a friend instead from fighting dirty!"
"No…!" Rangiku tries to fight back while feeling weak. "Don't be a hero…"
As Hippogryph was about to finish to job for Succubus, how can Rangiku and Sonia stop the demon now…? Well, incoming attack from another Zanpakto to show up from behind.
"All Waves, Rise now and Become my Shield, Lightning, Strike now and Become my Blade! Sōgyo no Kotowari (Truth of Pisces!)"
From powerful water waves to soak up Hippogryph to have her fire blast to be wet and the demon was unable to use it now to also made Succubus upset.
"Ah!" she couldn't breathe out fire no more. "Caw! I'm all washed up! Lady Succubus!"
"Who the hell did that?"
It was Ukitake who did to save the girls 'and the same to both Sentaro and Kiyone too' for his Zanpakto move was amazing to surprise Sonia with that move.
"Sonia, thank goodness you and Lieutenant Matsumoto are both okay." he said with a smile to see his other two lieutenants. "Oh, dear…Kiyone…Sentaro…you didn't have to drink, all you needed to do is to watch on them."
Feeling weak for the two to already be having hangovers to feel happy to have Ukitake to come to the rescue.
"Sorry…" the two said at the same time.
At least they were fine, right…?
"Jushiro, thank you for saving us-!" Hippogryph attacks them for Sonia to step in. "Watch out!"
"Sonia!" Ukitake, Rangiku, Kiyone, and Sentaro panicked.
For her to be send in the air for Sonia to grab hold of the bird demon to try attacking by her by using her bubble blast to stop it, to prove that she wasn't going to become a vampire to Dracula to prove her point.
"Take this, birdbrain weirdo!" she said to fight back.
Hippogryph moves around fast to avoid the bubbles to try to use her fire blast to hit Sonia many times to be missing.
"Hey! Stay still, Belmont!"
For Rangiku to see how strong her friend Sonia was to be powering up, another Belmont ability awakens from within her body to power up and to fight back to aid Sonia while she was still distracting the bird demon. Having the power of Haineko to fuse all over her to become a cat to have sand-like sharp blade type of powers to be a cat.
"(What's this…?)" she feels it out.
"Rangiku! Another Belmont power and you're getting it! Transform to finish this beast and hurry!"
Holding on more to dear life, Rangiku does so to become like a cat with sand powers.
"(Well, what do you know? She's right…) OK! Time to show Dracula's demons who's boss once I'm done with it!" Rangiku powers up. "Lieutenant of Squad Ten, Rangiku Matsumoto! Powers from within! Activate!"
Cool cat looks that Rangiku has on her, for her claws to cut through Hippogryph's wings to fall for Sonia to land safely to be fine from her skills to be fighting again. So far, so good.
"Nice look!" she said.
"Thanks, Sonia, now it's my turn to finish the job here. Please excuse me. (With Sonia fighting back, I can do the same thing.)" Rangiku gets ready to fight Hippogryph again. "You're going down, birdie!"
For the demon bird gets ready to trample her enemy to death to fight on ground now instead in the air.
"Oh, yeah? If Belmont girl failed to stop me, I like to see you try again! Wanna piece of me, pussycat whore?!" Hippogryph moves around to get ready to fight.
For them to be walking in a circle to get ready to fight, and…here they go! Rangiku comes charging in to spill some liquid on Hippogryph to try headbutting Rangiku to use her claws to pull her away to throw down the ground to try stomping on Rangiku's face for her to use the sand to surround the demon to hurt her a bit to try fire blasting her again to use her tail to whip some sense in to the demon a lot to the face and her trying to blow Rangiku away using her wind from her wings; holding on strongly from it to have some sparks to start off from one match to use her sand skills to blow it right back the demon.
"How about a little fire, like this one!"
One spark for Hippogryph was covered in booze to start burning up all over the body to be cawing a lot in pain to try running around to put the fire out, but she couldn't. Nice! As Sonia fires another water blast to hold the demon bird down for the final blow to be delivered next.
"CAW! CAW! CAW! I can't lose here!" angered Hippogryph.
For Succubus to move away from the last attack to be served from Sonia to tell her friend to finish it.
"Rangiku! Do it!" she said. "I got her!"
Jumping up in midair for Rangiku spins to fire off one powerful Haineko blast to land down on Hippogryph.
"Thanks, Sonia!" Rangiku fires away. "Now it's time to eat my dust! Ha!"
And with that of tiny many shards of sand-like swords to fall and stabbing Hippogryph a lot to burn into ashes from her attack to be burning her up alive, as this bird demon was not a phoenix, but she was a goner.
"THIS SUCKS! CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!"
Well, it was finally over for Succubus to take off back to her boss's lair to head back through the portal hole.
"Ah, damn it! I was so close!" angered Succubus again to take flight in retreat to give Sonia the dirty look. "Belmont girl, I will be back to kill you for Lord Dracula to love me…Just you wait."
What a bitch…For Sonia to be happy to be fighting back now from the curse to go through and sees her friends to come back for Rangiku to go back to normal now until the next time she can transform again.
"Wow…That was awesome!" she said with joy.
All was good for her captain Hitsugaya to appear to get Rangiku to be tired and still drunk to be pulled back to Squad Ten headquarters now. Well, she should've not left the many paper work she still needs to do 'after he got backup to aid the people to safety'.
"Rangiku! There you are. I've been looking for you all day." said Hitsugaya. "Do you know how many paper work you need to finish? You left it lying all over the office again!" he drags her away. "Excuse me, Lady Yamamoto. Captain Ukitake. Let's go, you."
For Rangiku had no choice but to do Hitsugaya a favor before she passes out.
"Ah, come on, Captain! You're hurting me…"
She'll be fine. For Ukitake and Sonia to laugh to be looking at each other, they soon carry the drunk Kiyone and Sentaro back to headquarters of Squad Thirteen next. What a day, huh? Well, the next morning for Sonia to visit Rangiku to be resting up for the next three days to be drinking and fighting a lot to get well soon.
"Rangiku, hey." she said. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine, fine. Well, us drinking was intense…!" Rangiku felt of a hangover right now. "Ouch…! I drank a lot, just not this much. I'm surprise I still fought. And you too, Sonia, you can still do it and fight through the curse. And the powers I have…Amazing. Can I get those powers again?"
On some things during the Dracula wars, maybe…Other than Rangiku having a hangover, she will be just fine.
"Only when we're fighting against Dracula or his monsters. Sorry..."
A bit sad, but Rangiku understood.
"I get it. As long as you can join us and for all of us Soul Reapers to use the powers like this, we can win this war." said Rangiku to keep herself comfortable in bed. "So we haven't seen the last of that Succubus bitch, huh?"
"Not much, no." said Sonia. "Look, Rangiku, thanks for everything to help me fight back and your words…I now know Alucard's the enemy now to stop Dracula, him, and save Richard. There's still time. So if you, Jushiro, and my other friends even for Ichigo to join us to have friends, to the ones you love, and family is what makes you stronger the most." she puts the past behind her now. "As for Gin, I guess whatever happens to him, happens. Right?"
Rangiku and Sonia holds hands to prove that the strength in friendship does make you stronger.
"Right, you leave Ichimaru to me." Rangiku remembers some good parts about Gin. "(Someday, Gin, it'll be just you and me…someday…)" she then smiles to say this to Sonia next. "So you like Captain Ukitake more than just a friend, am I right? I know I am."
This made Sonia blush.
"Huh? Hey, Rangiku-!" Sonia stops to admit it. "Yes…He does love me like I do with him. I never felt this way more than I almost did with Alucard once. But now I know…"
Yep, she was falling for Ukitake now for Rangiku tells Sonia what do next.
"I knew it!" she laughs to be happy for her friend. "Then what are you waiting for, Sonia? Go to him. Go tell him on how much you love him back, hurry."
For Rangiku to find love one day 'to still feel bad for Gin Ichimaru deep down', Sonia understood to run off from Squad Ten and back to Squad Thirteen to do just that as fast as she could run back 'to start to feel better so far', so this is good.
"Okay, I'll do it then." Sonia takes off by using her Flash Steps moves. "See you later, Rangiku, let's hang out again soon!"
"Glad you had fun yesterday! Because I sure did!"
For this for friendship, love, family, and fighting back can be the keys to have Sonia to move forward and for Rangiku to prove that part to be more than her looks, to still be caring to Sonia and her friends to be part of the team. Other than finishing up the paper work for Hitsugaya to get the job done, there will always hope left. Sonia now knows it's good to get the pain out 'and to love someone else soon enough' to move on to a better future.
"(Jushiro has been there for me since I came here, so now I know. Rangiku's cool to be there for me. I am in love with him like he is with me in the first place. And because of this, I will go on fighting. I'm glad I did something to Dracula's demon to kick ass and soon to get back at Succubus next time.)" she said to herself.
As Sonia comes back to Squad Thirteen headquarters for her and Ukitake to stare at each other to meet up with one another just like that, what next…? Well, back at Dracula's lair for Succubus to do her makeup in her special room for Alucard to have a word with her, looks like she was taking five 'for now' until next time. What a drama queen of a she-devil she is.
"Succubus, we need to talk." he said. "It just me only. Father has nothing to do with anything."
"Oh, if it isn't Lord Dracula's good for nothing but skillful son, Alucard. Mmm…" Succubus looks cute to listen in to Alucard. "What can I do for you?"
"Didn't my Father tell you to bring Sonia back alive for him while getting some more souls and blood?"
"I have for those two, but the Belmont girl's hard to get."
Alucard points his sword at Succubus's neck to make her stop talking, for him to be serious now to her surprise.
"As if." Alucard said. "I know what you've been doing behind his back, and the rest of us. I know they've followed his orders like I am, but I don't like those who kill Father's target like they're nothing. All because you're upset with him over love. You need to know of my Father won't love you back."
Ouch, nice one Alucard. For Succubus to panic at first, to come up with a lie to escape with her sneaky ways.
"Do you have any proof?" Succubus asks Alucard.
"What of it?"
Succubus just laughs to move up to Alucard and then pulls his sword away gently.
"If you can't prove I'm trying to kill the girl, then there's no proof. So there." she said back. "I can be a clumsy demon to try getting the job done for my Lord Dracula. I know he loves me, boy, so mind your own business. Now if you don't mind…I have to finish powdering my nose." Succubus fires a root-like attack at Alucard to block it by using his lighting powers in time. "Also, let me give you some future advice, boy, no one comes in to my room to be perverted, or I'll pull your heart out! The only one who can come to my room is your cute daddy. So the next time, you'll now know."
For Succubus to attack Alucard to know he would stop it in time, he leaves right away for he wasn't done with her odd behavior yet. He will have more proof to stop her somehow for not killing Sonia.
"I'll remember the next time then, thanks."
"Just answer me this question, Alucard, you still don't have feeling for the Belmont Girl, do you?" ask Succubus. "I won't tell. Is not like I really care about her."
Alucard ignores it to leave the room afterwards to say this to Succubus instead.
"The only thing I care about is to change the world for a better tomorrow than it is now to be in danger. Nothing more, all of this for my Mother." he said to be leaving next. "We'll talk more later, Succubus, we're not done."
"Whatever you say then, bye. (You don't scare me one bit, Dhampir.)"
For Succubus was off the hook to be laughing about to have some alone time now. Oh, boy…As for Alucard, maybe part of him does have feelings for Sonia Belmont/Yamamoto deep down to act so well to be hiding it. So, wait…is he really the enemy or still a hero to go uncover for some strange reason? Which one is it?
"Sonia…" Alucard said to himself.
More to come next time…
