Bleach – The Heart of the Matter
By Tayla Drago
Seems for the next months to be about two days now…at the Belmont Village where Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Hayame, Kon, Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba; along with George, Furio, Maria, and Howey were all training together to learn more on how to control some of their Belmont powers. And the rest to get stronger too. For Master Keigo Shu shows them the ropes, while at the same time for the Mayor to have them to protect everyone else of their home from anymore of Dracula's attacks. Or any of his monsters! Even with the barrier's up, you'll never know when he'll come back for more. So, we'll get back to them from time to time and more events to happen for them again later. They were doing good so far to have their powers with weapons to use – with only…Yoruichi, Urahara, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu, Maria with Howey, Ririn, Kurodo, and Noba don't have their Belmont powers activated 'yet'. Yet. Or do they? What about George the Master Liberian and/or Furio the Ferryman? Hmm...Maybe later.
Anyways, it's time we get back to the Soul Society for Sonia to be doing well with her training too while having less pains so far from the curse. From fighting movements, speed, Kido spells of Water things to heal, defend, attack, trapping enemies, and firing to also wait for her Zanpakto to fully awaken as she practices swinging it 'and still wait for her egg to hatch any time soon'. But in the past two days, another one of Dracula's monsters, two of them were attacking the area of the Rukon District to hurt innocent lives. Who or what could they be…? For Dracula's fun to send out Richard again, as he contacts him through his crystal ball to ask his puppet for a favor.
"(Hmm…So this is what the Soul Society looks like, not bad, Sonia, nice place to hide in. Clever and a beautiful girl…)" he contacts Richard from his mind telepathy-wise. "Richard, listen well. I want for you to show yourself to Sonia besides capturing my bride for me the next time you see her."
Richard reads his boss loud and clear from the magic he had within him of darkness.
"Lord Dracula? Are you sure?" he asked.
"I'm sure. I wish to say hello again to Sonia before bringing her back safe and sound to me. But…I wish to watch how her new friends fight against my minions. The two you're with you right now to cause some trouble on the other parts of the Soul Society. Are we clear?"
It would appear Dracula wants to have some kind of plan for Richard had a plan to carry out for him to draw Sonia and her friends of the other Soul Reapers by getting their attentions. Not good!
"As you command, Lord Dracula." said the mind controlled Richard Belmont. "Leave the rest to the three of us."
For now, Dracula waits to be reading and drinking his fresh blood throughout the night then to talk to Richard again real soon.
"Very good. Until then… (It's time to give out a big hello to the people of the Soul Society. I've found it…And I've found her.)" said the Dark Prince himself.
For Dracula to be pleased with this plan, as elsewhere in another room of his lair...Succubus overheard everything to be going on to anger her the more she sees of Sonia's face a lot to have her killed to love the vampire king instead.
"(Grrr…! Belmont Girl!)" she uses her thorns to stab a goblin to death in seconds from her anger. "(I'll let my Lord Dracula warn to our enemies about us striking back for today, but the next time I go out, I will not miss…I better think of a plan to end her quickly soon enough. And not just him, maybe Lord Dracula's half breed son too…two accidents in one day, I can hardly wait.)" Succubus laughs to fly off afterwards.
Not good…! For morning to finally arrive for Sonia to wake up early to have some breakfast to start off a brand new day for the other members of Squad Thirteen also ate too 'like Kiyone and Sentaro'. For Sonia to be happy to have her life to be going well in the Soul Society so far to also falling in love with the Captain himself of Squad Thirteen, Ukitake. I know, right? They make such a wonderful couple.
"Sonia!" he comes up from behind to start hugging and kissing her. "Good morning! How did you sleep, sweetie?"
"Jushiro!" Sonia was caught by surprise to be smiling. "Oh, you're such a cutie pie."
"Well, that's because I fell in love with the most beautiful girl ever…"
For the others to finish eating to give Sonia and their captain some privatize, but Kiyone and Sentaro to see…For them to be smiling at their friend to be happy to see their captain very happy to find true love.
"Ah…Kiyone? Sentaro? Why are you two staring at me?" she asks them.
For they go on to say it, for Kiyone and Sentaro like to keep Sonia safe and Ukitake as well.
"So, Sonia…you and the Captain…Are in love?!" Kiyone asks her.
"Huh?!"
To her shocking surprise to be blushing right now, Sonia was for those two to guess it right on the dot.
"We knew you were!" said the happy Sentaro. "We knew that would happen to our new best friend. I knew it all along."
Soon Kiyone and Sentaro started to argue back and forth 'again' on who was right and who was wrong for nothing.
"What are you talking about, Sentaro? I was right. It's a woman's intuition."
"Fat chance, Kiyone! I was right to see our Captain looking so happy, so there."
"No! I was!"
"No, me!"
Both Ukitake and Sonia looked at each other to then be looking at them to be fight at one another, and reminded them of themselves being in love. Ukitake tries to say something to his two lieutenants.
"Calm down, you two…You're both are like a marry couple to be fighting and who are in love." said Ukitake for the two say this together.
"No we don't love each other!"
Yeah, right…soon Ukitake then saying this to Sonia.
"Seeing them reminds me of us being in love."
"(No kidding…) Yep, Jushiro, it proves they're already made for each other." Sonia agrees. "(Although they won't admit it, Kiyone and Sentaro are both good comrades and friends to me…For fighting a lot, they do care for one another.)"
That it was something like it, Sonia…Elsewhere in the Soul Society area of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad for one girl to have some time carrying for some children in the Rukon District, for she was known as Ayame. With long blue hair, in a red ribbon, and wearing a white and red komodo to be caring for everyone and animals too for all of them to love her 'for Ayame's important for something later on'; as Momo was just thinking about Sonia to see her today after checking on her squad members to do well without a captain. Getting over Sosuke who's a traitor to break her heart, same with Izuru with Gin to take care of Squad Three to get over with, for he hopes that Momo was doing the same thing 'besides Hisagi too at Squad Nine to lose Kaname to care for the team now'. So much to be going on for them to be seeing each other and they both got a report from Yamamoto to have a look at the area where Dracula's two monsters were attacking everyone at the Rukon District, close to where Ayame was living in for them to get one more person to be running in to Squad Thirteen.
"Momo?"
"Hi, Izuru." she said while running. "I take you've got the message too?"
"I did." he answers back. "We're going to need some help on this one besides us two. But who else can we ask for? Hisagi's busy taking care of his squad members."
Trying to think very hard, Momo thought of someone who can help and can fight with them now to go to a different direction instead.
"I know! Izuru, this way!"
"Momo?" Izuru goes along with it. "Hey, wait up! (I hope you know what you're doing.)"
As Izuru and Momo runs towards the entrance of Squad Thirteen for them to ask for…yep, you guessed it! Its Sonia since she can fight in combat to use her powers of Kido spells of water so far from ignoring the Dracula's curse. Not bad…For Sonia to hang out with Ukitake, and then those two spotted both Izuru and Momo to arrive for Kiyone and Sentaro to see them.
"Captain Ukitake sir! Sonia!" Sentaro reports in. "Squad members from Three and Five, for both lieutenants Izuru Kira and Momo Hinamori have arrived."
They see the approaching to the gates.
"Momo. Izuru. How's it going, you two?" ask Kiyone. "Sounds like big news to come all the way here."
Sonia knew right away about Dracula and his monsters were up to no good again to see if it was true from her two friends.
"What's up?" Sonia asks them.
Just the person they needed to see to be very serious.
"Ms. Sonia, good. You're here." Momo was happy to see her friend with Ukitake. "I hope we're not bothering you two."
Well, besides for Sonia and Ukitake to be cuddling with each other to be blushing…it seems to be fine to take a break.
"Oh, no! It's fine! I guess you need my help with something?"
"More monster attacks are still going on from west of the Rukon District area." Izuru explains. "Besides your uncle had our squad members for both Momo and I to look from north, south, and east on the other moves they might do, we can't do this alone. Since you're getting better at fighting again, we thought you can help us out on the west side of town. Come with us, as your Captain Ukitake and his other members to help us out along the way. Please."
Yep, Sonia feels out more trouble to have another two monsters who work for Dracula to cause trouble again to get innocent people hurt or killed for their blood and souls. And to feel out another familiar power of a Belmont, she knew by having Momo and Izuru was a good idea and they couldn't do it alone on this one. So she had to take off to get Squad Thirteen to help other members of Squads Three and Five.
"(This feeling…Is it Big Brother's?)" she comes to her senses to lend a hand. "Alright, I'll tag along." Sonia hugs and kisses Ukitake before taking off. "You can do the rest on your end, Jushiro?"
"I'll be fine." he kisses and hugs her back. "Lieutenants Kira and Hinamori, you two watch over Sonia for me and we'll catch up once we have a look around." Ukitake then tells his two lieutenants on what to do next. "Kiyone. Sentaro. Prepared to depart in four locations to lend them a hand right away. I'll be joining too."
The two get right to it to alert the other members of Squad Thirteen to take care with the task right away.
"Yes, sir!" the two said it together.
With that taken care for Sonia, Momo, and Izuru headed out first with her Zanpakto 'just in case', to leave her egg behind to keep it warm, and with her new clothing on to take off.
"Momo. Izuru. Let's move out!"
There they go, for Ukitake hopes that Sonia will be all right to catch up to her soon in no time. But first, they must work. As he, Kiyone, Sentaro, and the other Soul Reapers from Squads Three, Five, and Thirteen for each of them go to North, South, East, and West for Sonia, Izuru, and Momo to do those things as a team. Having a look around the ruin parts of it to know it was the work of some monster, or rather the two of them and some people were killed; while others see the scene was mess up to see and to feel sad 'even for Ayame places flowers on their graves' as it was a nice thing, and for her to be seeing the three Soul Reapers to arrive at the scene.
"Oh!" she was surprised. "Three Soul Reapers have come to investigate. I sure hope you can stop whoever is causing all of this."
They see Ayame just looking and acting like her cheerful self to see some little children coming up to say hello.
"Hi, Ayame!"
"Hello there, children. You're doing well today, all of you." said Ayame to get them away from the disaster. "Let's play over here, the Soul Reapers are working right now."
They do so to like them for Ayame could be witness for Sonia, Izuru, and Momo to notice her to see something…
"Ms. Sonia, Izuru and I will have a look around. Please question the witnesses for we got from one of my squad members said she saw something the other day." Momo said to Sonia.
"I can do that, sure." Sonia does so to have a word with Ayame. "Hi. A few of my friends and I heard you might've saw something yesterday? Am I right?"
Ayame to hear all about it for her to answer in as much as she could. This girl is gentle as she gets the children something to eat and then places the kids somewhere she can see them.
"Yes I am. Excuse me." Ayame tells the kids. "Alright now, snack time. Come and get it." Ayame goes back to Sonia now to talk. "Lovely children, aren't they?"
Seeing them reminds Sonia of the other children back at in the World of the Living that she helped a while back.
"(Reminds me from back at the Belmont Village, I hope they're doing well.) They are, and I take it you've been helped the out. /it's hard for them to find new homes in the Soul Society after passing."
"It is, but I do all I can is to help the way others have when I came here…Now you were asking me about the attacks by some monsters?" Ayame was surprised. "Oh, dear…Not Hollows right now, correct? I heard we had things that were a made-up story, but I'm shock to see and hear some who are very real."
Yeah, but we know that the Hollows will return once the monsters and Dracula are all gone…for good! And for Sonia to be honest with Ayame to say a yes to there to be more than Hollows.
"I'm afraid so, Ms.-?"
"Ayame's my name who aids others in parts of town, even the poor places." Ayame introduces herself. "And you must be new."
"I'm Sonia Yamamoto, a Soul Reaper of Squad Thirteen." said Sonia introducing herself too. "Those are my friends over there, Momo and Izuru. We've come to find the monsters of Dracula who are reasonable for this mess. Do you know anything about the other night?"
And so, Ayame does her best to remember what happened and to hear that Count Dracula and other demons were very real. For me to put it in more details on what - she says to Sonia was this…Three times now that Richard 'who was mind controlled' appeared to cause trouble to gather some blood and souls from innocent people for his master Dracula, with a little help from two monsters who are very strong; as Ayame witness some shadow figures but to not see them completely while saving the children, for Ayame thought they were Hollows attacking but only to be monsters instead. Fearing for the children of their lives to keep them happy and saved in a tough area to have some parents left 'or adopted' and for Ayame only hope is for Sonia and the others to put a stop to it all. Other than right now to be happening as things were getting from bad to much worse.
"And that's all I've seen. I hope it's helpful to you, Sonia."
Well, Ayame's honest about everyone safety to heat scary stories about Dracula 'who was the real thing' with the curse and all.
"I think it was enough information we needed, Ayame, thanks a bunch." Sonia then sees some parts of the rubble to check out next. "Okay, now for some investigation time. Excuse me, Ayame. (Wow, she's a kind person that I've ever met who reminds me of Orihime.)"
Sonia joins with Izuru and Momo to investigate the destruction sight of town to be very bloody and a mess. As Ukitake, Kiyone, Sentaro, and the other Soul Reapers see the same thing of corpses, burned buildings, things with claw marks, and something to be crushed all over for each four sides to see it all. As the children were getting treated and care for with Ayame to keep them away from the ruined area for the three to report to each other on what they've gotten so far.
"Claw marks, crushed up things…"
"Some corpses, and burned up homes."
From Momo and Izuru to say that a few at a time to know what they were dealing with for Sonia to say the rest.
"There's no doubt about it. Dracula has send his top soldiers of two monsters to cause trouble. He not only wants me, but also all of you dead for souls and blood to collect." she explains. "Once he has some of the energy, to rule everything from Earth and all the worlds. The same with the curse to last forever in the darkness of his powers with no sunlight, ever. I mean, you guys should know what vampires are to not like the sunlight to die and…things might get worse if we don't do something in time. To save Ichigo, my other friends, my adopted home, and all of you! Like Ayame!" Sonia tries calming down to avoid the pain coursing in her neck a little. "Momo. Izuru. It's amazing that you two can still lead your squads like Hisagi is since…you know, the whole three captains betraying you guys. Amazing…How do you guys do it?"
For Sonia to ask a question like this one to both Momo and Izuru in learning more, they each tell her all about it. For some good, to the bad, and then the heartbreaking times to be used to hurt them both. Well, Momo the most to be brave as Izuru was fine to feel bad for his friend.
"Ms. Sonia…Oh, it's hard to say…But for Captain Aizen at one time-!"
Izuru stops Momo in time before she gets upset again.
"Don't, Momo!" he said.
"I'm so sorry." Sonia said to feeling bad. "I forgot."
Izuru tells Sonia instead.
"I'll explain for the both of us. You see, Sonia, Momo and I are close friends with both Renji and Rukia. And at some point, with Shuhei afterwards. For the three of us, we just do our best to lead is all." said Izuru. "For us-!"
"All five of us knew each other at the Soul Reaper Academy back then." Momo speaks up to tell Izuru that was she was fine. "Izuru, I'm okay. I thought I was going to break down, but no. I have Ms. Sonia to idolize as the best friend I've ever had like all of you. So my old captain's an enemy now to face facts, a little…"
Sonia hugs Momo to sense out her pain to make sure she keeps on going as far as she could.
"Momo...I get it. (She's just like me.)" she said. "Alucard did the same to me, Maria, Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji to hurt all of us to even have my step-brother brainwashed. But I'm hanging in there! And you should too, right Izuru?"
Even if Sonia loves Ukitake more than Izuru to be in love with someone else, he'll almost care deeply for her to love and as a best friend.
"Thank you, Sonia, you're right. Ichimaru, Aizen, and Tousen will pay for what they've done to all of us. And you will too against Alucard." he said to continue. "Anyways, for Momo, Renji, Rukia, Shuhei, and me to both go to Soul Reaper Academy from a long time ago…"
Again, I'll make each of these two stories 'a bit' short…
First, Izuru Kira was born into a family of lesser nobility, his parents having been dead since he was young. On the day he first entered the Shinigami Academy, he visited his parent's grave. It is there that he met fellow student Renji Abarai when he fell out a tree onto his parent's burial marker. Renji was scolded by his friend, Rukia Kuchiki, for falling asleep in the tree. Upon entrance into the academy, Izuru was placed in the special accelerated class alongside Renji and Momo Hinamori. Later that day, the students engaged in using Hadō in their Kidō class, with Izuru excelling over the rest of his class. However, he was only able to defend against the aggressive nature and fighting style of Renji in their swordsmanship class. While the two were resting underneath a tree Renji and Izuru introduced themselves and struck up a friendship with each other; it was also on this day that 5th Division Captain Sōsuke Aizen and his lieutenant, Gin Ichimaru, came to the Academy to inspect the freshman class. Two months later, the class was given leave to go to the World of the Living for a training session in Konsō. The training session was to be led by 6th year student Shūhei Hisagi and two of his classmates, Kanisawa and Aoga. The fact that Hisagi was leading the mission caused a ruckus, which prompted Izuru to explain to Renji why Hisagi was so famous. Izuru then noted that he himself, as that year's top student, probably had more talent than Hisagi. The various students were then placed into three-person teams, Izuru and Renji were placed with Momo. The class then set out for the World of the Living to begin their training mission. As the training session was ending, the class was surprised when a Hollow attacked them and killed Kanisawa. When Aoga saw this, he went to fight the Hollow, but was also killed. Hisagi then called for all the students to fall back and run for their lives, while he held the Hollow off. When Momo stopped running, Izuru asked her why, to which she responded that she didn't understand why they were fleeing, despite Izuru and Renji trying to reason with her she went back to attack the Hollow and save Hisagi. Realizing there was no getting through to her, Izuru and Renji decided that they had to try and help her. Much to the surprise of Hisagi, the three of them appeared just in time to block the attacks of the Hollow. Izuru asked for forgiveness in not following Hisagi's orders, and then congratulated Momo when she used Hadō #31 Shakkahō. But to their surprise the small victory was cut short by the arrival of many more Hollows. They were then saved by the timely arrival of Captain Sōsuke Aizen and then Lieutenant Gin Ichimaru, who effortlessly took out all the Hollows, while the three students stood amazed. After graduation, Izuru, along with Renji and Momo, was sent to the 5th Division, where he stayed until Gin Ichimaru became captain of the 3rd Division. It is known that Izuru spent some time in the 4th Division, as noted by Shūhei, and the fact that he carries medical implements like shinten, a trait virtually exclusive to members of the 4th Division. Izuru is a midst a group of Shinigami who witness the arrival of Ichigo Kurosaki and the other Ryoka in Rukongai. He is later seen at a lieutenant's meeting being briefed on the injuries of the Gotei 13 by Yasochika Iemura.
And second, Momo grew up in Junrinan, District 1 of Rukongai, along with Tōshirō Hitsugaya. While Hitsugaya tended to be a bit of a brat as a child, Momo, finding him amusing, treated him like a younger brother. The two have a close friendship, reflected by Momo giving him the nickname Lil' Shiro. Momo was older than Tōshirō, which gave him the best reason to protect her. Even more, the two were very close, and promised to protect each other. When Momo entered the Shinigami Academy, she excelled at Kidō. It was there she met Izuru Kira and Renji Abarai, who soon became her friends and, later, her fellow lieutenants. Her friendship with Izuru Kira and Renji Abarai began back in the Shinigami Academy, on a standard field exercise to the Real World to practice performing Konsō, and combat with artificial Hollow replicas. The exercise was led by Shūhei Hisagi. Everything went well until a group of huge Hollows attacked them. Shūhei told everyone to run, but Momo turned to see Shūhei being attacked by a Huge Hollow. She ran to help him, and was followed, somewhat reluctantly, by Renji and Izuru. The group, managing to escape, ended up being surrounded by even more large Hollows, before backup arrived in the form of Fifth Division Captain Aizen and his Lieutenant Gin Ichimaru. At that moment, Momo began idolizing Aizen. Later, Momo was assigned to Aizen's Division after her graduation from the Shinigami Academy. After Gin's eventual promotion to captain, Momo, through much hard work (as noted by Hitsugaya), made her way through the ranks to be Aizen's lieutenant. Both Momo and Izuru Kira presented Renji with the news of his promotion to the 6th Division as their new lieutenant. Ikkaku Madarame told Renji that, due to his promotion, he was now closer to Rukia in status, and he should renew his friendship with her. Izuru informed him Rukia was being stationed in the Human World, and Momo urged Renji to go after her before it was too late. Renji, refusing, stated it was not official until the ceremony anyway, and he would rather surprise her with his new promotion after she returned.
And that's about it…For they know the stories about Dracula and other monsters to learn about for Sonia to understand them from there, and understanding them even more. For Izuru to almost going mad to go against the others and Momo to almost dying if Hitsugaya, Retsu, and Isane didn't save her in time. Scary! Same with Hitsugaya from Sosuke's attack as well like his friend. For Izuru to be happy the way he is to be saved in time and Momo as she was happy to still have everyone to care and a new friend to look up to.
"Wow…" Sonia was surprised from their stories. "Amazing how you two can do all of this like Hisagi too. I get it now. Glad to have good people in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. (Like Ichigo, he never gives up on anything until the deeds' done to protect others to keep on going. I get it now.)"
For Sonia to be smiling 'and for Ayame to see that too', as Momo hugs her friend and Izuru to shake hands with her.
"Oh, Ms. Sonia, I'm glad you saved me to keep on going." she said. "And for you to be with Captain Ukitake, in love. Ooo…! I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks, Momo."
Sonia was blushing and Izuru to always care for his friend no matter what to be heartbroken to find real love one day to still care for her.
"Sonia, if any way I can still be helpful, I want to more than friends. Also, I'm happy for you and Captain Ukitake ended up together." said Izuru. "For Momo, Hisagi, Renji, Rukia, and myself are happy that we met you and we'll end Dracula's nightmare to freeing you from the curse. First we stop his two monsters that he send out in the Soul Society."
Yep, for those two to be strong to keep on going with Sonia's help and Izuru and Momo helping Sonia out, seems fair to call that true friendship for them to make it through worse times. I love that a lot. I wish I was friends with people like them in the Bleach Anime series! Ha! You know? That would be cool.
"(And we will too.) Izuru. Momo. Thanks for being there for as best friends we all are." Sonia then senses something bad and familiar to her to be nearby. "Huh? (Oh, no!)"
Soon…Izuru, Momo, and Ayame senses it as well. Same with Ukitake to tell Kiyone and Sentaro to stay put together as he runs off to help out Sonia and the others. For you see…Richard Belmont has arrived back at the scene of the destroyed town for Ayame to get the children in to an abandon building to still be standing.
"This looks bad…Come, children. Let's hide. Stay close to me…!"
Lucky for Ayame to do just that to hide with all the kids as Sonia, Izuru, and Momo were preparing themselves to fight.
"Ah, I finally found you again, Belmont Girl." said the mind controlled Richard. "And I see you've brought me a few more prey to get for Lord Dracula. Their blood and souls. Thank you so much. And for you to come peacefully back to him to be wed."
"Big Brother!" upsets Sonia to try to be brave. "Just because you're under Dracula's spell, that doesn't mean I won't back down from the likes of you. I will save you! And I won't become Dracula's bride!"
Using a powerful whip with magic from one hit to the ground to make a crack from Richard's powers having lots of darkness from within his body.
"It wasn't asking you, I was telling you. And me as your brother, that's not me. I'm Richard Belmont, Master of the Demons to control. The one you once knew is long gone." he said to get two portals to open for two monsters to send out. "I'll prove to you for us to fight while those two friends of yours plays…Let's dance, Werewolf and Minotaurus!"
Here come the ones who have cause up the mess so far…From Werewolf and Minotaurus 'or Minotaur Beast for short' or rather Minotaur's original student a while back as a junior for a big one! In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man. He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. The term Minotaur derives from the Ancient Greek ta, a compound of the name(Minos) and the noun ta 'bull', translated as '(the) Bull of Minos'. After he ascended the throne of the island of Crete, Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull as a sign of support. He was to kill the bull to show honor to the deity, but decided to keep it instead because of its beauty. He thought Poseidon would not care if he kept the white bull and sacrificed one of his own. To punish Minos, Poseidon made Pasiphaë, Minos' wife, fall deeply in love with the bull. Pasiphaë had craftsman Daedalus make a hollow wooden cow, and climbed inside it to mate with the white bull. The offspring was the monstrous Minotaur. Pasiphaë nursed him, but he grew and became ferocious, being the unnatural offspring of a woman and a beast. He had no natural source of nourishment and thus devoured men for sustenance. Minos had Daedalus construct a gigantic labyrinth to hold the Minotaur. Athens was compelled by the cruel plague to pay penalties for the killing of Androgeos, Minos' son. Aegeus, king of Athens, had to avert the plague caused by his crime by sending young men at the same time as the best of unwed girls as a feast for the Minotaur. Minos required that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens, drawn by lots, be sent every seventh or ninth year to be devoured by the Minotaur. When the third sacrifice approached, Theseus volunteered to slay the monster. In Crete, Minos' daughter, Ariadne, fell madly in love with him and helped him navigate the labyrinth. In most accounts she gave him a ball of thread, allowing him to retrace his path. Theseus killed the Minotaur with the sword of Aegeus and led the other Athenians back out of the labyrinth.
And a werewolf is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shape shift into a wolf, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or scratch from another werewolf). A few references to men changing into wolves are found in Ancient Greek literature and mythology. The Neuri was a tribe which transformed into wolves once every year for several days and then changed back to their human shape. Lycaon was transformed into a wolf because he had ritually murdered a child. Virgil at one point also wrote about human beings transforming into wolves. The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in witches, during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Like the witchcraft trials, the trial of supposed werewolves emerged in what is now Switzerland in the early 15th century and spread throughout Europe in the 16th, peaking in the 17th and subsiding by the 18th century. For these two can fight as a team together from strength and power.
"Hey, Werewolf!" spoke Minotaur Beast. "It's time we get ourselves a Mooove on with this fight of these two Soul Reapers. You and me as a team again!"
"You bloody betcha, Minotaur Beasty boy!" Werewolf howls. "Time to get to work. In the name of Lord Dracula, let's fight and then kill while Richard gets the Belmont Girl."
For Izuru and Momo were about to jump in to help out Sonia, Richard makes a fire once he punches the ground to surround the two other Soul Reapers to be trapped from the two monsters. The circles of hell fire for only the two will survive and the others to be killed!
"I don't think so, losers. Belmont Girl's mine to take back, or die trying. So, you two goes play with the good animal friends if you wish to live."
He looked serious for Sonia to have no choice since she's been training on this so far.
"(This is bad…! I got no choice but to knock the crap out of Big Brother to save him now.)" she checks on the others for the fire to spread a bit further. "Momo! Izuru! Be careful fighting against those two monsters!"
Momo and Izuru got their Zanpaktos out to do their best to fight against the demons who are standing before them while they were trapped in a circle of fire.
"We got this, Ms. Sonia. We'll come and save you next, right Izuru? I got wolf man."
"Just don't get capture please, Sonia. We're friends after all. I got it, Momo, and I stop the bull-e."
It was time for Momo and Izuru to take on Werewolf and Minotaur Beast as Sonia stops Richard on her own to be good fighter for her skills and Zanpakto to be useful still. Step-brother and step-sister to fight at one another won't be so easy to take him on like this.
"Okay then…In any case, Richard, give it your best shot!" she said. "I won't hold anything back!"
From some water to make the fire wet to burn out from Sonia to do that, Richard won't hold anything back either.
"Then let's dance…Because I won't hold anything back either!" said Richard to be ready as well. "Boys! Destroy those two for me."
And it begins in a two against two battles and one on one on the other for Ayame to witness it all while still in hiding to protect the children. For Sonia to be quick on her feet against Richard, Izuru takes on the big Minotaur Beast to get his Zanpakto ready to go.
"Let's go, Blondie!"
"With pleasure then…" he releases it. "Raise Your Head! Wabisuke (The Wretched One!)"
And the same with Momo trying to stop the fast and dangerous Werewolf to fight fire with fire.
"Ready to die, sweet thing?"
"Don't underestimate me just because I'm a girl." and then she releases it as well. "Snap! Tobiume (Flying Plum Tree!)"
I said it before and I'll say it again, let's get ready to rumble! As Richard and Sonia got to combat for this man to use his whip to be strong for Sonia's Kido powers of water to shield and dodge the rest, as for him to power up with his sword to cut in fast paste 'or from his light up body to give Sonia the beat down to move very fast' for her to be unable to attack, punch, kick, or fire a water blast to him. Damn! Dracula must've given Richard some dark powers of his own unaffected vampire killing things to use on the innocent people.
"Water tricks I see, but that won't stop me, Belmont Girl." he attacks again.
Sonia was giving it her all to fight back to be close to tiring out already.
"Like hell I will!" she kept on going. "(This sucks! Dracula must've boosted up with Big Brother's powers to use for evil, and I can't even lay a finger on him. He's like a whole entire person to be the dark side of Richard Belmont. How can I save him from the curse now?)"
Seems that Sonia won't give up like the others were giving it their all too: Momo to try burning Werewolf to claw at her attacks to almost got set on fire was something for him to absorb his own flames to use a punches and speed right back at her, or tries to fire a Kido attack at the wolf man with all that she has gone while dodging his sharp claws.
"Bakudo! Number 63, Sajo Sabaku (Ethereal Binding Chain!)"
Pinning Werewolf's body down to the ground, it fails for him to bite on them to break free and kicks at Momo so hard to the ground.
"Not bad for a weakening you are, almost got me there."
Well, Izuru tries to give it his all too to give Minotaur Beast his axe to become heavier with every swing he does to slow the monster down. It almost worked, only for Minotaur Beast to get stronger to punch Izuru aside and then throwing his axe at him to get pushed as he uses a Kido move to slow the bull down to come charging right at him next.
"Bakudo! Number 73, Tozansho (Falling Mountain Crystal!)"
The power was almost working, only for the axe of Minotaur Beast to come flying back to him and breaking free to then using his drill horn to upper cut Izuru to the face to go down for the count. Both him and Momo were in grave danger now by two monsters.
"Mooving a grooving to defeat, human. Looks like I win again."
As Sonia sees that here friends were in danger to try to stop fighting Richard from using his boomerang-like cross to hit Sonia a lot more to whipping her up. Soon, the curse started to affect her body again.
"Momo! Izuru!" she said while fighting the pain. "(No…! Not now…)"
"Seems Lord Dracula's curse is working well on you. No use fighting it, Belmont Girl, give in and give up." Richard said to then be laughing. "If you don't, you can say goodbye to these two losers for my friends to snap their necks at the same time in seconds. What's it going to be…? Or rather…" one snap from Richard's fingers cause his dark fire to spread to catch the building on fire to have Ayame and the children to get trapped to be burned alive. "Surrender now and I might save them and the others from getting burned alive."
Not good! As Ayame and the kids were crying and calling for help to be saved, Sonia couldn't let any of the two happen.
"Help! Save us! Save the children!"
For Ayame to be crying out and a lot of kids joined in, Sonia had to do something, like what though? With one woman appearing in red and having long blonde hair from her beauty, huh…? Well, she uses her red petals of flowers to go flying to save Sonia's life to be untied to have Mayuri's item slow the curse down 'a little' to do her best to decide on one of them to do, and one only.
"Hey! Who did that?" Richard was lost to see who it was. "A woman?"
But the question was, who was she…? Sonia felt something very familiar about her.
"Huh?" confused Momo and Izuru.
"What the hell?" same with Minotaur Beast and Werewolf.
Surprising there, huh? Another person to learn about later, but first…
"(Did she just save my life? Weird…Is like I know her from somewhere…)" she snaps out of it to know what to do first by using a tidal wave of water to stop the circle of fire and freeing both Momo and Izuru first and then slow Minotaur Beast and Werewolf down for a bit. "(How did I do that?) Ayame and the others!" she powers up. "Momo! Izuru! Hold up those two again! I need to save the innocent people!"
Sonia traps Richard in a bubble to keep him busy to save the other people with a water shield to not get burned. With the mysterious woman disappearing in seconds, Richard gives the two monsters another order to do right away.
"Werewolf! Minotaurus! Stop her! I want her alive!" he said.
They try to since the circle was removed, only for Izuru and Momo to use more Zanpakto moves to stop them. Long enough for Sonia to get the children to safety first with a hidden hole from underneath to crawl out of.
"Hurry! Get out! All of you in here!"
One child says about Ayame was trapped to be worried about her safety.
"But, Soul Reaper lady, Ayame's trapped!" he said.
Ayame was pinned down to be burned if nothing's done quickly. With Sonia getting one more child out to promise to save Ayame, he stops crying to leave the children out of the burning place right away.
"I got this, go now!" Sonia goes over to Ayame next to punch and kick many times at the pillar to be crush into pieces. "Ayame! I got you!" she carries her out of the place to be water shielded. "Just stay next to me and you won't get burned!"
"Okay, thank you, Sonia." Ayame said back. "And for saving the children."
"It was nothing really. You're a good person."
As they got out of there alive for the children to be happy to see for Sonia to be smiling and Ayame too 'since she was only bruised up and not seriously hurt' for all of them to get out alive, for Ukitake arrives to put the fire out in time by using his Zanpakto with water powers. Cool!
"All Waves, Rise now and Become my Shield, Lightning, Strike now and Become my Blade! Sōgyo no Kotowari!"
And the building had its fire put out at long last. As Sonia was happy to see her boyfriend arriving to the scene in time.
"Jushiro!" she said to be powering up next. "Oh, right! Its Belmont power time. Momo! Izuru! Finish those monsters off! Use these powers for the battle to come soon!"
With Sonia powering up too, she gives Izuru and Momo some power to use to stop both Werewolf and Minotaur Beast by working together on this one: for Momo, she has some fire blooming from a flower around her body. And for Izuru: his entire body is made of steel to move faster and harder to break all over. Awesome!
"Lieutenant of Squad Three, Izuru Kira!"
"Lieutenant of Squad Five, Momo Hinamori!"
And then, they say it together.
"Powers from within! Activate!"
And with this, the two demons join forces to stop Izuru and Momo since they were working together now in their new power up Belmont forms.
"Werewolf! We need to get a mooove along to stop them and fast!" said Minotaur Beast.
"I know that, Minotaurus! Let's get them both you and me!" and Werewolf.
As they try to strike together from fast paste to have claws and an axe, they both break in seconds from Izuru strong body to break the claws, and Momo's burning body to set the axe on fire. As Izuru cuts, punches, and kicks the bad bull a lot to go down. Same with Momo to burn up Werewolf was on fire with her to getting hit many times to the stomach to go down. Soon enough, both Izuru and Momo put their Kido moves in to one with one powerful attack to use on them.
"Momo, join with me." he said.
"Let's finish this, Izuru." she said back.
And…fire away, you two!
"Hado! Number 31, Shakkaho (Red Flame Cannon!)"
And one hit gets the two to go down for the count as Sonia tries something she feels from with in her as her spirit Zanpakto Eichikiba appears before her again to lend her some powers for her weapon to soon be fully awaken.
"Quickly, Sonia, use this attack for your powers are slowly growing for the final stage of becoming a Soul Reaper. Say these words…"
He tells her for Sonia to use it to make two slashes from her Zanpakto to create a cross-type of water form to fire away.
"(Okay then, Eichikiba, I'm on it!)" she gets ready to aim. "Everyone, get back! I got this! (Time for me to use my new move on my enemies to show them what I'm still made up.) In the name of the Belmont Clan! Holy Cross, I now Bathe ties the Evil. Be…Gone!"
Making the waves move for a powerful cross-like water shoots out to aim at both Werewolf and Minotaur Beast to meet both of their ends and Richard to fail once more.
"We're moooving to our deaths!"
"Some doggie days isn't my thing!"
Thanks for the tip there, Eichikiba. Those two monsters are dead for Ukitake, Momo, Izuru, Ayame, the kids, and Richard to see for the first time for Sonia's Zanpakto spirit makes a leave after that. Nice! Sonia can use that move against her enemies for now on like she did just before, but only better. Now it was Richard Belmont's turn to be saved with a help from Sonia's powers in doing so. Also for Momo and Izuru's Belmont powers to go away until next time to use against Dracula and/or his other goons again.
"Awesome!" Sonia gets back to the trapped Richard next. "Now then, Big Brother, it's time to save you-!"
"I don't think so."
Out of nowhere, a voice appears for the others to hear. As Richard was set free from Dracula's doing from afar to have this much power to do so. Not good! For Sonia to feel some pain from the curse coursing through her body for Richard's to be affected the most; as Ukitake, Ayame, Momo, and Izuru to see who their enemy was. Also, it was bad enough not to have Richard Belmont saved from the curse or getting mined controlled again!
"Lord Dracula!" Richard bows down for forgiveness. "Please forgive me. I've failed you again."
Dracula needed Richard for his powers to harness the Belmont to keep him as his slave for a while longer to forgive him.
"No worries, Richard, you're forgiven than the others are when they failed me. But I wanted to see how the Soul Society was before my eyes. It looks nice…" he said to show his hologram images to his enemies.
"You…! Count Dracula!" angered Sonia.
"Dracula?!" shock Momo and Izuru to hear.
"So, he's our enemy. Count Dracula himself." and Ukitake. "The King of Darkness and the Vampires himself. The legends about him are all true…!"
Ayame was sock as well to shield the children from the fear they were all in.
"Dracula…!" she calms them down. "It's all right, young ones. The Soul Reapers will protect all of us. We were saved, right? So they'll do it again if they have to."
She was right about that, they will. For Richard to make his leave by making a portal back to Dracula lair.
"Richard, return to me now. I need to have a talk with Sonia and her so called friends."
"Yes, Lord Dracula." Richard takes off. "Until next time, Belmont Girl, you will be his bride to surrender and the rest to die."
With him fleeing again to make Sonia upset to have the curse pain go away slowly, to be upset even more to have her brother leaving again.
"Big Brother!" she said in sadness.
"Sonia!"
With Momo, Izuru, and Ukitake rushing to Sonia's side, Dracula talks to them all 'and other Soul Reapers with other innocent people listening in all over the place'. It was a big hologram of Dracula's doing to hear him talking from some type of magic he was using.
"Now then, Sonia, let's talk. I'm sorry you had your step-brother pay you a little visit, but I must have him for more reasons than you think. And you to marry me soon." Dracula said to be laughing a little. "You can't stop my curse for long. I know that you're a Soul Reaper and I know about this place to soon make my next move."
Man, what a bastard he was!
"Dracula…!" Sonia got mad to question her enemy's motivation next. "Why…? Why do you hurt others, my step-family of the Belmonts, my Big Brother, and me…To make your son Alucard turn against us…! Why do all of this?! I never love you and I never will! My heart is with someone else!"
Ukitake steps in next to hold Sonia in his arms to be mad of his rival/enemy who must be stopped.
"And that's me!"
"Oh, Jushiro!" surprised Sonia. "(That's right, I'm with him now…)"
Dracula got a bit angry to learn more of his rival who was standing in his way to get Sonia to love him instead.
"Ah, a captain of a Soul Reaper I see…" Dracula then asks Ukitake this question. "Tell me, good sir. What is your name?"
"I'm Jushiro Ukitake. Captain of Squad Thirteen of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads." Ukitake said back. "And no matter what you try to do to my Sonia, I will protect her and I will stop you."
Dracula laughs thinking that it was a joke.
"You? Stop me? Now that's a laugh!" he said. "But I do like to see you try, Ukitake. I'll remember your name very well."
Izuru had his Zanpakto out as a warning.
"Watch it, Dracula! Just because we're getting power ups to stop your monsters, doesn't mean we'll let you live on from the curse to overcome you this time!"
"Is that so…? I see why you have such good friends, Sonia, I like that." said Dracula. "I'm here to say this, I will have the power of the Belmont to rule your world, Earth, and everything else to live on forever without any Belmonts stopping me now since I have the last one. And with Sonia losing those powers, I doubt all of you Soul Reapers will try. For I will fill the world in darkness to take over all for a better tomorrow; with chaos, destruction, pain, suffering, death, and cruel humans…They cause the trouble all over, and I have every right to fix it. To become a God myself! And that includes avenging my lover Lisa that they killed centuries ago, but my son Alucard, for he chose this path with me since I showed him the same way after all. Soon enough, I will fill everything in darkness for my army of vampires will roam again with no more sunlight to all of the worlds, the Soul Society and the World of the Living for I am the last Bounts that the silly woman who created us from my DNA after all, and looked what happened. A shame. I would've let them join me if Jin wasn't so suborned or his lackeys, their loss."
So that's what Dracula's up to. And being the real and last Bounts out there, it still sucks! Or so it would seem, because I have a feeling he was planning far more than those things. True, the world is bad enough with mean people all over, but destroying life to make a better one by any means is still wrong to do! Will Alucard wake up to see the truth of it somehow…? Guess everyone knows of it already, even for Ichigo and the others back in their world hears about this from the screen that Urahara and Yoruichi were showing to all of them. Soon, Momo says something to stand up for her friend Sonia and forget about her ex-captain Sosuke Aizen to move on to a better tomorrow, little at a time.
"No!"
Once she said that to catch everyone's attentions and for them to hear more, even for Dracula.
"What was that now, girl?" he asked.
"I said no. Period!" Momo stayed strong. "I may have loss my captain who I've trust once, and so did everyone else to be heart broken. Captain Aizen, Captain Ichimaru, an Captain Tousen…! Thought I'll never forget the good times to turn to a bad one now, I have new good ones with Ms. Sonia to care for. Along with her love for Captain Ukitake, my friends like Renji, Hisagi, Rukia, Izuru, Toshiro, and everyone else…And you, Dracula, I wish nothing more than to see you dead!" she swings her Zanpakto around in the air to prove her point. "That was a warning. When we meet in person, I will not miss."
Izuru, Sonia, Ukitake, and Ayame smiled.
"Nice one, Momo." said Izuru.
This has Momo smiling for her to change so much.
"Thanks."
As there was more left on what Momo was saying, then they can still have a chance to stop Dracula soon enough. For him not to be scared about all of this, he lets it slide 'for now' to clap for the show to give them some of the credit.
"Not bad...Not bad at all…" said Dracula. "Well, I'll still be sending more of my pets to play with you and to get you, Sonia, soon enough. And for you, Ukitake, I wish to see you and the other girl dead by my hands the most. And for Ichigo and his friends back in the World of the Living, I'll make their deaths quick and painless somehow. So more will come later. Be back next time, for each of you to hopefully be ready for my arrival. Until then."
The hologram was gone now to not see the last of Dracula there for him to laugh for his show was great. To still have more demons, Deku, Succubus, Death, Chainsaw Killer, Shaft, the Mind Controlled Richard Belmont, and Alucard to still have a lot of work to do, with a lot more vampires to be ready to feed. As Alucard had something else on his mind to be shock from seeing the strange woman in red today, to sense something about her…I hope Ichigo and everyone else back at the Belmont Village will be ready soon. For Ayame to stand up to be brave about something, for Kiyone and Sentaro to arrive at the scene and for her to tell them something…while getting her friends back home to visit them again soon. Such good people, you know? I like her. As Sonia will be ready to keep on training and friends, with family, and Ukitake to love – this was only the beginning of the real battle to begin again.
"Ms. Sonia?" Momo checks on her friend.
"I know, Momo, we won't let Dracula kill any of you and for him to marry me. I promise." she said. "I know you're brave than you look to move on without Sosuke."
Momo gets it for her to smile to be herself again.
"Yes. I will fight on."
"And so will I." Izuru said.
For Sonia to be a bit upset to be unable to save Richard Belmont again today, Ukitake embraces her to be held in his arms to feel better for him to protect his lover and the people he cares about.
"Jushiro, I'm going to keep on training." said Sonia. "(To stop Dracula, free myself from the curse, save Richard, and stop Alucard too.)"
Ukitake understood to be helpful to Sonia and everyone else for the battle to soon come, another meeting for Yamamoto to gather everyone again because of Dracula's encounters and warning, I bet. For him to be staring at the skies for what's to come for Dracula was a mystery to him for some strange reason. What was going on?
"(Its strange, but…Dracula felt something familiar to me like from someone I knew from long ago…Rukia. Renji. Ichigo. Please be ready for all of us to fight against this monster soon.)" he kept Sonia close in his arms. "We will, Sonia, I'll be there to protect you and put an end to his nightmare. For no other Belmont like your step-brother will ever face this of the curse ever again. In the name of the Soul Society of all of us at the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, we will fight back."
"Right!"
Sonia will be ready for anything from here on out from slowly becoming stronger now 'and her Zanpakto to be fully awaken soon enough'. More to come next time…
