Bleach – The Heart of the Matter
By Tayla Drago
Tayla: This is a tale about the good and the bad to talk about today…
The Good – Byakuya Kuchiki, Captain of Squad Six and the Head Kuchiki Clan member: Byakuya was born into the Kuchiki Clan, and grew up in the Kuchiki Mansion in Seireitei. He would spend countless hours training, preparing to take over the leadership of the Kuchiki family. Yoruichi Shihōin would often visit the Kuchiki Manor to play a game of tag with Byakuya. On one such occasion, approximately 110 years ago, she is presented to a training Byakuya by his grandfather, Ginrei Kuchiki. Upon seeing Yoruichi, he attacked and insulted her. Yoruichi playfully teased him, complaining about his greeting after coming all the way there to see him. Byakuya, expressing his displeasure at seeing her, stated he would be the head of the Kuchiki Clan soon enough, so he had no time to waste on her. Yoruichi, stealing his hair tie, exclaimed that if the head of the Kuchiki Clan could get his hair tie stolen by a girl at play, she is worried about its future. She used Shunpo to escape from him, leaving an angry Byakuya, claiming his superiority, promising to make her see the error of her ways. Fifty-five years ago, Byakuya married Hisana Kuchiki, a commoner from Rukongai, breaking the rules by accepting her into the noble Kuchiki Clan. Five years after the marriage, she became sick and was near death. Hisana asked Byakuya to find and adopt her biological sister, Rukia, whom she had abandoned as a baby, as her final wish. She made him promise he would not tell Rukia she is her sister. One year later, Byakuya, finding Rukia at the Shin'ō Academy, immediately adopted her into the Kuchiki Clan. By adopting her, Byakuya respected his late wife's final wish, but had broken the rules of his clan again. He later swore upon his parents' graves he would never break the rules again, no matter what. Less than 49 years ago, not long before Rukia joined the Gotei 13, Byakuya became the captain of the 6th Division. Gin Ichimaru, becoming captain of the 3rd Division at the same time, would often start conversations with Byakuya when they crossed paths.
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The Bad – Succubus, the female-like demon to lure men of them appears of beauty to become deadly: 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.
Powers and abilities -
Succubi or Incubi take on the appearance of very attractive men or women. They possess the ability to create illusions — ranging from taking the appearance of loved ones to creating illusory dream worlds or sensations — to soothe their victims, lulling them into a false sense of security. The powers of a Succubus or Incubus reside in its claws. When these claws are damaged or destroyed, it is rendered powerless.
Tayla: And that's who both Byakuya and Succubus are. Why did I bring the two up you may ask? Well…besides Byakuya Kuchiki himself to sense out danger for Ayame to notice 'since she was working there', for the she-devil Succubus herself has put Alucard in a deep sleep from her powers to kill him; for she was about to do the same thing to Sonia Yamamoto/Belmont next. As Kiwi was fearing out the worse from her dark powers, both Momo and Hitsugaya had to protect their friend and fast. Either get killed, Dracula trying to take her away, or almost becoming a vampire, they must do by the orders of Sonia's uncle Yamamoto himself. Hurry!
"Alucard…!" shock Sonia to see her child friend/enemy in the hands of Succubus. "Hey! Whatever he has done, he has nothing to do with you, witch! Leave him be! I'm the one you want!"
"I doubt it, Belmont Girl. Between the boy and you, the two have something I wish to do to end your lives. But first…" Succubus moves in fast pasting 'while holding on to Alucard's body', as she flies down to use her illusions to make a lot more of herself to strike both Hitsugaya and Momo down in seconds.
"No! Impossible!" Hitsugaya was hit.
"Ms. Sonia…Get out of here now!" same with Momo.
For them to be down and Kiwi to get push back by Succubus's long nails to stretch out to be moved away where Sonia was standing in.
"Two down and one more to go. Beat it, rat!" Succubus pushes Kiwi away with her speed to get close to Sonia. "That's what happens when you mess with my beautiful face."
"Ah!" the little creature was hit to feel dizzy. "Sonia, run…Bat lady's after you…"
"No! Kiwi! Toshiro Kid! Momo!" Sonia tries to get out her Zanpakto to stop Succubus for good only to get hit from the dark energy balls to feel weak suddenly and from the curse mark. "Ah-! "(She's got me…! Alucard…)"
With one hit, Sonia was down to be fast asleep like Alucard was the same. As Succubus uses her flower-like petals to be both beautiful and deadly type of blades to cut down some of the Soul Reapers to keep them down as the she-devil uses her other magic spells to trap both Alucard and Sonia's souls to be somewhere within her dimension to finish them off. How so you may ask? She'll be trapping them into her Nightmare World of bad dreams to die in there to be in real life, is like dying in your sleep of some kind which was still very bad.
"Now then…Belmont Girl and Boy, I shall bring your souls into the nightmare world of mine to show you things to end up dead once I'm finally through with you in my domain. And if anyone tries to get near us, the barrier will make sure to keep the low lives on the outside and the three of us to stay safe on the inside." she begins the spell to do so to begin the killing with her other illusion spells. "(Lord Dracula, I'm doing this all for you…for us. Once Belmont Girl and your half breed of a son of yours are killed in action by dying in their sleeps, and then you'll love on to love only me afterwards. Let's see how she watches her once childhood friend to suffer before her very eyes. And I don't care what Belmont Girl must say about my love, she's only trying to mess with me to finish the job once I'm done, well…this is not going to happen.)" Succubus laughs. "Now then, alone at last with them. Let's begin…"
Not good…both Sonia and Alucard were in grave danger from Succubus's dark magic now into some dome to have everyone else push away but Kiwi to not be affected by it, but the other Soul Reapers, Hitsugaya, and Momo couldn't break through no matter what they tried. As well as both Rangiku and Ukitake arrived to see the danger was getting bad to try stopping Succubus somehow to save Sonia before it was too late.
"Captain!" Rangiku checks on Hitsugaya. "What happen here?! And…" she also sees the big dome-like energy. "What is this thing?"
Momo could cut down the energy with her Zanpakto or Kido spells no matter how many times she tried to.
"No! Captain Ukitake! Rangiku! Help!" she begged. "Ms. Sonia's in there with Alucard!"
"Its Succubus's doing!" Hitsugaya said to feel upset to not protecting Sonia like he promises to do. "If we don't do something now, that demon will kill both Sonia and the traitorous Alucard in their sleeps from her illusion spell."
"Sonia in danger! Sonia in danger!" cry out Kiwi.
With Ukitake to feel upset to have trouble breaking the dome-like energy, he didn't want to see Sonia get killed or turn to a vampire either. With so much to be going on, it was one fine mess after another today.
"Sonia! Sonia!" Ukitake panicked to wonder about something else. "Wait…Why is Alucard stuck with Sonia if he's our enemy? Is he not on Succubus's side?"
"We don't know…" Momo was lost. "We just saw him out cold when she came back. But we'll worry about that later after we find some way to save Ms. Sonia and fast…Please…Someone…anyone, do something."
Kiwi wanted to do something, but he wasn't strong enough to stop it alone…As Byakuya felt the danger out, it was his turn to make a move for him to go to the area right away as Ayame tags along. Since he might need her help from her other useful skills to try saving Sonia yet; for Byakuya senses her spirit energy was trapped by Succubus's doing along with Alucard to bring to justice while destroying one of Dracula's demons of the she-devil along the way.
"Ayame, please follow me."
Once Byakuya said to Ayame, she follows her boss right away to know on what was going on.
"Right behind you. So I take Dracula has made his move again, Captain Kuchiki?" she asks her boss.
"One of his minions has who's know as Succubus who has both Sonia and Dracula's son are in her dream realm." he answers back. "If we don't do something now, the two will die in their sleep. Sonia must be saved by Head Captain Yamamoto's orders and Alucard place in custody."
Which leaves Succubus left to deal with…
"And of this member who work for Dracula? (Oh, Sonia, please be careful.)"
The Captain of Squad Six will know what to do if both he and Ayame are be able to make it to the area in time…For inside of Succubus's domain of the dome-like dark energy on the inside to look bigger to be trapped in one small spot, as both Sonia and Alucard were in a darker time back then for the village to look destroyed, the people were in a big mess to protest about something; destruction to go around all over for the two to see, and such much more to be one of Succubus's powers of illusion. Bu what for? As Sonia and Alucard to meet with each other again on the worse time to not fight with one another right now, for Alucard hiding something on Sonia to still work for Dracula…still? Well, since Succubus has turned against Alucard himself, to have no choice but to stop her for his father's orders somehow once they both get out of this mess first.
"Huh? Where am I…?" Sonia looks around to feel Succubus's energy. "She has trapped us…A nightmare realm of hers from the looks of it."
"What…?" Alucard feels the same and to fall victim of Succubus's magic. "Damn, she's got to me. Has she loss her mind? Wait…" he then recognizes the old area that he and Sonia were in right now. "Wait, I know this place. I remember." Alucard stops to see Sonia was with him in Succubus's illusion world. "Sonia!"
"Ah!" same with her to keep her guard up against her old childhood friend to once care but was now Sonia's enemy. "Alucard! You traitor-!"
Before Sonia could attack, Alucard reaches his hand out next to Sonia to stop for this was no time to fight. Not at a time like this…For now, they must call it a truths until they can get out of Succubus's world alive and well.
"Wait, Sonia!" Alucard stops Sonia in time. "I know we're in a tight spot right now, but let's hold up the fighting. Please? We need to get out of Succubus's domain or we will die. Who knows what type of illusion she'll use on us back in my Mother's past we're in right now."
He was right, so Sonia holds up to stop Alucard later…after they both stop Succubus. No kidding! Having a look around a fake world from long ago for Sonia to overhear on what Alucard said about on what world they were in.
"Fine. (Guess I have no choice. Alucard does make a good point, Succubus comes first.)" she said to herself to overhear Alucard say something else to get Sonia's attention. "Wait…Alucard, you said this place was the past about you Mother. You mean Lisa Tepes? Your human mother?"
That's right…Meaning this was the day she was executed as a witch and she was burned alive on a stake after giving birth to Alucard, her son when Dracula left her behind…That sucks.
"The same, yes. Just be ready when Succubus tries to kill us. For now, we need to work together. And then one day when we face each other again, we will fight and I might tell you my reasons why I'm working for my Father. I promise."
Alucard may be doing something bad, but he goes by his words to make sure Sonia and he will face each other again. And get some answers out of him on why he was working for Dracula for Sonia knows Alucard had his reasons – but it will have to wait until the next time…when they get out this mess alive.
"If you say so, Alucard." Sonia goes with it.
I guess both Sonia and Alucard had a look around to find Succubus right away…to see the mess up scene to look and feel real, only to be a ghost type of feeling to look through the past as Sonia already knows about Alucard's sad past and how he loss his mother from every human who burn her to death. Sad but true…Soon to see Lisa tied up on a cross to be burned for Alucard to fall for something wasn't real to think it really was Lisa herself, but it wasn't for Sonia to not be affected by it 'which was good'. But still, it wasn't so good for Alucard to fall prey from Succubus's dark powers of illusions to become sad and guilty to then try to make Alucard do something bad…Not good at all!
"Mother!"
Sonia sees Alucard rushing to Lisa's side to see that something didn't feel right at all.
"Huh? Mother? Alucard, wait up!" she follows him. "(What's going on? Lisa died from getting burned alive, didn't she? So how is Alucard falling for Succubus's illusion?)"
Good question, how was he…? For Alucard to see his mother to get killed to let his guilt get to him as Sonia watches to be shock from not going any further, like some type of barrier to trap her away from her friend/enemy. Lisa wakes up to see her son standing before her.
"Alucard? Is that you?" ask Lisa.
Alucard arrives to his mother's side.
"I'm coming, Mother! I'll save you!" he said to see Sonia who couldn't move up any further. "Sonia?"
But Lisa stops Alucard to protect her son like she did before.
"No, Alucard! Stay away!"
Alucard stops them for both him and Sonia to not do anything for Lisa. Or rather a fake one by Succubus's doing.
"Mother..." he started to worry.
"It's all right!" she said. "If my death can save others, I gladly surrender my life."
Has she loss her mind? For what Sonia remembers hearing from Alucard that Lisa surrendering to saving her son to die for it, Alucard was scared to lose her again. Again, the guilt of the illusion was affecting with his mind badly.
"No! I won't let this happen!"
No matter what Sonia was trying to say to Alucard, but he couldn't hear her voice.
"Huh? What are you doing, Alucard?! This is what Succubus wants you to think!" she couldn't cut down the shield to watch the horror. "(No. She's separating me from Alucard to make suffer while doing the same to him to die first. Damn her!)"
Succubus was doing all of these mean things for the Lisa right now was nothing more an illusion.
"It's too late." said Lisa. "...Just stay with me. Hear my last words to you..."
"Yes, Mother..." he listens well.
For this was Succubus's plans to make Alucard mean to killed Sonia with the other mean fake humans by turning in to Lisa of looks and sounds to fool the poor half breed of a vampire and a man.
"Humans...You cannot live with them. You can only hate them, do them harm."
Once she said those awful words, Sonia kept on trying to reach to Alucard a lot more times without giving up.
"What? No! Alucard, don't listen to her! That's not your mother!" said Sonia. "(I knew this is Succubus's doing!)"
Even Alucard was a bit surprise to hear Lisa say to her own sound to care for all life.
"What?!"
"There is such a hard lot." said Lisa. "Release them from their pain. Begin with the ones who killed me. Even the one you turned again, for she'll kill you next."
Now she tells him…
"No... (Sonia too? Not like this…)" he thought about it to find this whole thing to be a big mess. "It wasn't like this...And Sonia can't die this way…"
Sonia to worry about Alucard turning bad than he already was with reasons to hiding it all, he didn't do anything for Sonia could already tell that he might be some good in him from the very beginning. With unanswered questions. Good so far, but we still need to know why way later. But for right now…Succubus goes in deeper to keep on fooling with Alucard's mind to be Lisa to make him kill the humans by breaking him down some more.
"Alucard? What's wrong?"
Sonia sees that Alucard was coming around again.
"(Does he know? He just has to…Otherwise, would Alucard really be a fool to fall for Succubus by acting like his dead mother?)" she prays for hope to happen.
"No…! No, this isn't right. My mother never said such a thing!" he said.
Succubus wasn't going to give up that easily.
"What do you mean?" the fake Lisa questions Alucard some more to make him do it. "I am your mother! Do as I say! Release them! Kill them! Kill that bitch!" she said about Sonia.
Sonia then says something to have the curse of Dracula coursing through her to try to bleed out to try stopping it 'and Mayuri's item too' as she uses a seal type of marking spell 'she learned from Master Keigo Shu a while back when she was training as a Belmont' to stop Succubus's dark magic of illusions for good.
"(Here's my chance, even if it hurts…!)" she was doing it while withstanding the pain. "Alucard's right! He told me, Big Brother, Master Shu, and Maria all about you, Lisa…Unless that's who you really are, because she died centuries ago. The real Lisa Tepes! The real her would never turn again any monsters or humans, because she died to protect her only son Alucard to fight back, by straighten up his father who's Dracula himself, because he loved her more to try filling the void with mine to be by his side once he rules all worlds in his way. A sad vampire king he is! Lisa didn't care to let Alucard know she will always love him, even after she was killed to never go against the humans. (Meaning Alucard does have a reason to not kill any of us, or me. His chance to strike back again Dracula maybe? I hope so, but more later...)" she gets back to the subject at hand to try breaking the shield. "You, Succubus, that's low to try to kill us both to make Dracula love you, because he never will. Take a hint already! Now come out and face us, you selfish bitch!"
She was right for Alucard to see some good things and bad from Lisa's past that felt and look real to hear her voice when she died saying, 'I love you, Alucard.' And then he comes to from the illusion to break and he too stops Succubus from messing with his mind no more.
"Sonia, she…she's right…" he uses his sword to stab through the fake Lisa. "No! You are not my mother! What kind of demon are you, Succubus?! No more hiding!"
And with Sonia's help, Alucard breaks the rest of the spell. Forcing Succubus to reveal herself with laughter. Even though she was close of killing the two, she had to deal with them in her world alone now was her last plan to do next.
"Well, Alucard, not bad." Sonia was pleased to help him out. "Alright, Succubus, we'll finish your madness right here and now. So that way both Alucard and I will settle the score with each other later."
Alucard goes along with it for Sonia did save his life today.
"What she said."
With Sonia having her Zanpakto out and Alucard's sword to point them out at Succubus, was it finally over?
"Damn! Damn! Damn!" she said in anger. "Both of you were strong enough to break my spell, eh? I like that. For you boy, and for you, Belmont Girl, I guess if you can't get something done…" Succubus gets her powers going with her claws out and she was ready to kill. "I have to do the rest yourself."
"Sonia, get ready." said Alucard. "You deserve worse than death for this, demon."
"Then let's do this!" Sonia said back.
And with that said and done, the two faced off against one of the top generals of Dracula's.
"(Lord Dracula loves me…! I know it!) Then give it to me, little boy and Belmont Girl. Don't neither of you two be shy..."
With Succubus still strong enough to fight, there was no way for neither Alucard or Sonia to stop her in her world…Only for Byakuya to arrive at the scene with Ayame to find a way through the dome as Ukitake, Hitsugaya, Rangiku, Momo, and the others waited to see what happens next; for Kiwi leads the two away by getting through the dark illusion world. Since Kiwi and Eichikiba were the same of both light and dark powers, Kiwi can touch anything dark to get through anything to get any fighter to face against the evil from within it.
"Captain Kuchiki?" surprise Hitsugaya, Rangiku, Momo, and Ukitake.
"You. Zanpakto of Sonia's." Byakuya points to Kiwi. "Use your kills on the dome. Both Ayame and me wish to go in, save Sonia, arrest Alucard, and destroy Succubus. Can you do it again?"
Kiwi understood to make his mouth big of the dimensional hole to absorb while lending Byakuya and Ayame a hand.
"Right…Friends of Sonia, stay calm man and lady, touch my tail to enter through. Stop bat lady and save Sonia." he said to begin the magic. "Kiwi help. Kiwi can do this."
"Then let's go." said Ayame.
As the others watched and waited 'while sensing everything out back outside, Kiwi gets to work as both Byakuya's soul and Ayame's go into Succubus's world'. For she fights off with Alucard and Sonia to be harder to beat from her magic, not even Sonia's Zanpakto or Kido water spells won't stop this demon, even for Alucard was having some trouble finding the real Succubus. She was both fast, strong, and tricky to not get touched…
"Now, my clones, let's finish this-! Huh?!" Succubus moves away in time from an attack to try striking the many Succubus clones out.
"Bakudō! Number One. Sai (Restrain)!" Byakuya arrives to the rescue.
Yep, both he and Ayame have arrived to put a stop to Succubus for good. As Ayame treated Sonia right away and for her to aid Alucard to recover a little.
"I got this, Captain Kuchiki, you stop this monster." she checks on Sonia. "There, there, Sonia, you're safe now."
She was surprise to see Byakuya and Ayame to get through Succubus's barrier.
"Huh…? Ayame? How did you and Byakuya get in?"
"No time!" said Ayame. "Let me treat your wounds first to get you out."
"And him too." Sonia finishes healing Alucard, for he didn't think that she would do something like this since they were 'kind of' enemies still.
"Sonia? (Why is she still helping me?)" he asks himself.
"But Sonia…He's the enemy is he not?" Ayame asks her.
No time to argue for both Sonia and Alucard would fight again another time, for they were both even now helping each other out. As Succubus got mad for she could've killed Kiwi to have this type of power, and didn't to try getting to both Alucard and Sonia again for Byakuya to step in her way to put an end to her scheme for good. Surprising to get out of a Kido spell in seconds to not be restrained that easily…
"I take it you're another captain of the Soul Reapers? Not bad looking…Maybe I can make you fall for me to do my biding since the Boy didn't…" Succubus uses her love charm to hypnotize Byakuya. "Now…kill for your lover…"
Well, it doesn't work on Byakuya to already be in love with someone else. Nice!
"That won't work on me." he said. "I once love someone close to me from a long time ago, and now another woman. As I go by the Kuchiki code of honor, I will finish you right here and now. Putting Sonia in danger this way, I'll never forgive you, monster." Byakuya gets his Zanpakto out to battle. "Succubus, prepare for a painless death by the Captain of Squad Six, Byakuya Kuchiki. Scatter! Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms)!"
From his flower petals of sharp blades to fly around to cut Succubus, she does the same with her own flower power to kill Byakuya by force.
"I have to get you for me to kill those two, is that it? Fine." she was ready to fight. "If I can't make a man do my biding to kill, then what's the point? Time to die, Byakuya, by my hands! A Succubus of beauty and death in the name of Lord Dracula!"
So, what did Byakuya mean by him loving someone else now? I get it he did love Hisana once, but…who's the other girl? As both he and Succubus throw lots of sharp sword-like petal at each other 'without stopping' for Sonia, Ayame, and Alucard to see the fight going down, a Soul Reaper and a demon were going all out. Then an energy blast was fired, for Byakuya to cut down with his Zanpakto in time; then uses his Flash Step to confused Succubus to make more clones to fire more energy blasts at him to make a big smoke to stab him with her fingernails and claws of her wing tips…he got out of the way in time to cut her down from above. He was way too fast to move, for Succubus to get cut down for one of her wings to come off, so she wasn't going to fly away anymore.
"Wow!" surprised Sonia. "Byakuya's fast!"
"(That man just moved quickly to watch Succubus's movements to find an opening!)" same with Alucard. "(At this rate, we might have a chance to stop her.)"
But will it…? As Succubus fired off more petals for Byakuya to push back by using his own, she might be losing.
"Stay back!" she gets mad. "Just because you do love someone, that doesn't make you better…Doing something for the man you love does, like me with Lord Dracula!"
"And by killing Sonia and Alucard will make you feel any better?"
As Byakuya questions Succubus the way Sonia did with her from earlier, she felt left out for Dracula to not love her back…feeling upset to not wake up back in to reality to face the facts, she runs on over to Ayame to use her as her hostage to make Byakuya surrender. No!
"Ayame-!" Sonia gets push back to not use her finishing moves against Succubus yet. "Byakuya!"
He rushes to Ayame's side for Succubus to save herself thanks to her dirty tricks again.
"Ah! Captain Kuchiki! Help! Save me!"
"That's low even for you, Succubus! I wouldn't let my Father marry with the likes of you!" angered Alucard.
Good point…With Ayame pleading for help, how can Byakuya save Ayame without having Succubus win to hurt Sonia or her? For the clones to grab hold of the captain to be trapped to be stabbed a lot from her claws to shoot out one at a time 'in the most painful way', she was winning.
"So what?! If I play it by my rules, I can get whatever I want to please Lord Dracula! And with this girl as my shield, you cannot touch me. Oh, ladies…" she commands her clones kept on stabbing Byakuya a lot in the most painful way as possible. "Love is to please someone, not who you are fighting for. Don't you get it? It doesn't matter if the Belmont Girl doesn't love Lord Dracula or for the boy to join by his father's side, neither! It's about everything you grasp upon to grab what's your all along. And I'll do whatever it takes for me to win, to please him…"
This was too painful to watch even for Ayame to say something about it.
"Stop it! Please stop!" she said. "Can't you see that Captain Kuchiki has had enough?!"
Like Succubus cared to slap Ayame in the face to have her clones pin her body on the floor to strangle her to death next.
"No! Ayame!" cried out Sonia. "(At this rate, we're all going to die!)"
"Stop this!" same with Alucard.
"Shut…up! How dare you question me! Finish her off!" Succubus sees Ayame slowly dying while making Byakuya watch. "Well, Byakuya, where's this power of love? You did say you love someone to love another girl now? You mean her?" she points out to Ayame. "Then I'll make sure you two will see each other of your love in hell to then be with my love next. I will…" Succubus and her clones stop to see stronger spirit energy coming from Byakuya to have two things to happen to him. "What…? What's happening now?"
As Sonia, Alucard, and Ayame 'catching some air to get freed first'…Something does happen for two things on Byakuya Kuchiki himself – for the others back outside to feel that part to be a good thing. Belmont powers for Byakuya to have and then making his Zanpakto go from Shikai to Bankai mode now.
"You mess with the woman I care for and a friend of Rukia's…then you'll suffer even more. Bankai! Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms)!"
Oh, boy…here it comes. Byakuya traps Succubus's other clones in the corner to get cut a lot from the many petal flower-like blades to destroy them all, allowing Alucard to carry Ayame out of there safety for her to be rescued now as she uses her powers to heal Byakuya back up and free from Succubus's claws to move away in time.
"Thank you for saving me, Captain Kuchiki!" Ayame waves to her boss.
Looks like Byakuya has now fallen for Ayame, cool! With Sonia to notice for her to tell Byakuya to finish the job right away.
"Byakuya, hurry! Finish her off!" she tries to help him out. "Allow me-!'
"Its fine. Thank you, Sonia, I'm glad you're safe and so is Ayame. I guess you already can tell I like her more than my new servant maid, correct?" he sees Sonia nodded a yes. "I know about the Belmont powers I'm now have, allow me to stop this monster and you can use your powers to get us out, please. I must do this on my own."
Anything Byakuya does alone to win his battle, then Sonia allows it to trust in him to break the dome on her end to get out was the best thing she can do now. Good point…
"(Wow, he's good…) Okay, just her a beat down for me please." said Sonia. "Power up then."
Byakuya nodded back to have his Belmont Powers start up to create a beautiful plant-type of woman to appear made of cheery blossom of a real living tree to become powerful. Awesome! For Alucard to see Sonia was aiding her new friends to be the demons and Dracula little at a time, here comes the final strike. For Succubus to not give up, she will not lose from her denial.
"Captain of Squad Six of the Kuchiki member, Byakuya Kuchiki." he powers up to get ready to fight. "Powers from within! Activate…!"
Oh, here we go. For Succubus to give it her all without her clones to stop Byakuya with her other powers.
"A plant-like being to control with lots of other flowers I see…Just like mine, but much deadlier!"
With the two going all out for throwing long claws to Zanpakto sword fighting and flower petal shooting. For both Byakuya and Succubus were both as strong as they appear to be – from energy blast attacks, claw striking, petals to be showing, powers to come and go for the Belmont powers of the beautiful flower woman absorbs the power blasts to fire more flower petals to catch Succubus by surprise to get hit, and for Ayame to see Byakuya giving it his all, to see more to her boss to be more open minded now. It's love, right?
"(Captain Kuchiki…I never thought he would be more about becoming a Soul Reaper, he's also very kind hearted too.)" she said to soon find Byakuya to be very cute. "(He is fighting for all of us and for me...)"
That he was as Sonia breaks the moon to finally getting out of Succubus nightmare world of hers for good.
"Hurry, Sonia, use your powers to get us out of here while Succubus is weakening!"
She hears Alucard loud and clear.
"No kidding! I got this, Alucard." Sonia powers up and uses her water attack to do so. "In the name of the Belmont Clan! Holy Cross, I now Bathe ties the Evil. Be…Gone!"
One hit, destroys Succubus's world for the dome to start breaking.
"No! No! No! My world, my plans, all ruined because of you, Belmont Girl, the Boy, and your Soul Reaper friends! Lord Dracula would've love me!" she sees Byakuya having his powers to grab hold of her. "I…can't…lose!"
"It's over, Succubus, be gone with you." he said and swings his Zanpakto combined with the Belmont powers.
One slash destroys the dome freeing Byakuya, Ayame, Sonia, and Alucard at long last for Kiwi has done well to help them all out. For Ukitake, Rangiku, Momo, Hitsugaya, and everyone else looked happy to see it all went well. For Byakuya saved the day for the powers to fade until the next time he uses it. Well done, dude. Alucard takes off first to head back to Dracula's lair before the other Soul Reapers could restrain him.
"(Sorry, Sonia, but we'll talk again.)" said Alucard to see his friend one more time.
Hitsugaya gave the others an order to follow Alucard 'even though he escapes in time'.
"Don't you guys stand there! Follow Alucard!"
"Sir!" they all said to chase after Alucard.
Yeah…like that'll happen…Kiwi was happy to be hugged by Sonia after today and so was Momo, Rangiku, and Ukitake.
"Sonia! You okay!"
"Ms. Sonia, I was so worried about you." Momo was very happy. "But you're free now."
"And thank Kiwi to have powers to go into anything from light and darkness." said Rangiku to pat Kiwi's head. "Good job, little guy.
This sure made Kiwi very happy. And Ukitake to hug Sonia with joy to love her a lot, and for her to smile on he was doing.
"Sonia!" he said. "I was so worried about you! I'm glad you were saved, my beautiful girl!" Ukitake kisses Sonia.
"Hey! Jushiro, stop!" she laughs. "Oh, you." Sonia sees Alucard taking off to see him again the next time they have to fight. "(Alucard, we're even now. But still…was I right? Are you really fighting for us still? Please tell me the next time we meet…)"
Byakuya pats Sonia on the head to be happy to see that Rukia's friend was fine to do his duties as a proud Kuchiki member.
"Nice work today, Sonia, you did well." said Byakuya.
"Thank you again for saving my girlfriend, Captain Kuchiki." Ukitake said to him.
He does care deep down, only…it ends for Succubus to be bleeding all over and was unable to fight back anymore to try standing on her feet, she had to hurry on back to Dracula's lair before Alucard tells on his father of her madness.
"Oh, no…The Succubus!"
With Ayame warning everyone, Succubus uses her leftover powers to make a portal to leave in time.
"Grrr…! Mark my words, Belmont Girl, this isn't over!" she escapes in time to fire one last blast at the other Soul Reapers to slow them down to leave in time. "You haven't seen the last of me! Mark my words, all of you! I will be back even if I must come back as a ghost! Just you wait and see…"
But before Sonia could go after Succubus, it was too late for Byakuya says so for the demon to flee and the portal hole to close.
"It's fine." he said.
"Are you sure?" ask Sonia.
"From the way I've defeated her from my new-found powers, she should be dead in ten minutes, unless of course her boss had something to say for disobeying his orders." Byakuya could tell to also see Sonia feeling weak. "The curse must've took effect on your body. Sonia, go to Squad Four to go heal up. Captain Ukitake, I leave that to you." he leaves the scene after saying so. "Come, Ayame, I wish to have you do some paper work with me when we get back to headquarters."
Ayame follows Byakuya for the two soon started to date to slowly get to know each other even more.
"Coming! Get well soon, Sonia, we'll see you later." she bows to everyone else and leaves with Byakuya. "Will she be okay, Captain Kuchiki?"
"She'll be fine, she's stronger than she looks."
Well, you heard the man. For Kiwi, Momo, and Rangiku to look happy to see one demon to be done with soon, Alucard escaping, and more to watch out for as Hitsugaya tells everyone to fall back for now. While Ukitake carries Sonia to Squad Four to be treated right away.
"Captain Ukitake, take care of Sonia. And get well soon please." he said to get the other Soul Reapers, Momo, and Rangiku to leave the area now. "Rangiku. Momo. Let's get out of here. (What was up this Alucard person…?)"
Seems he was on to him like Sonia was too for Momo and Rangiku to head on out to see Sonia later.
"We'll be back to check on you again, Ms. Sonia."
"Hey, Sonia, rest up so we'll hang out soon."
And from there, Ukitake smiles to carry his girlfriend to get check right away at Squad Four with Retsu's help right away and Kiwi flies to follow them.
"Come on, my princess, let's get you check. I'll tag along with you want." Ukitake said with a smile on his face.
"I'll be fine though." Sonia then rests in Ukitake's arm for her head to be on his chest. "(Well, I guess a quick check up wouldn't hurt…This feels nice, my Jushiro…)"
A touching moment and Kiwi to look happy.
"Sonia's fine. Me knows it." said Kiwi.
I guess when it comes to be very proud for Byakuya to see more on Rukia and Renji to be friends with Sonia, to smile a little on how a good person Sonia was to keep on carrying out his duties 'and still cares for others deep down'. Now back at Dracula's place for surprisingly Succubus beats Alucard before he could say anything to Dracula for only they were in the room alone.
"Succubus?" surprised Alucard to see her who was still alive. "(Crap! She beat me here!)"
Although weak and couldn't fight for a while, she won't die so easily.
"Like Lord Dracula will believe in you since I'm a good actor to keep dark secrets from him…"
"Dark secrets of what now?" a voice was heard.
From in the shadows, a light to be shown a little as Dracula shows himself to not be so pleased with Succubus lately. Looking scared, to bow to her boss/lover to beg for forgiveness.
"Father!"
"Alucard, I'm glad you're not hurt nor is Sonia. I'm happy." Dracula said. "Death told me all about you trying to kill my bride to be. Because you love me? You work for me, Succubus, or haven't you forgotten your place already? How sad…"
As Alucard stands by his father's side 'to still play the part', Succubus was scared, worried, rejected, and such for Sonia to hate a lot. Now showing her true colors, she crawls to her master's feet to hug Dracula. Confessing everything to ask for another chance, or tries to.
"Lord Dracula, you must understand…I did disobey you a little, but I was doing this for you. Don't you see? She's trying to kill you, she doesn't love you. Maybe from your son once, yes and now that other Soul Reaper captain, Jushiro Ukitake! I had feeling for you ever since you saved me centuries ago, for I use men to do my biding, but never to you. I would follow you until the day we die…" Succubus kisses Dracula's hand. "Can you tell when I say that love is beautiful for you and me to be together forever…And your son, I wasn't going to kill him but to teach him a lesson is all, I swear. He's fine, see? Oh, Dracula…My Lord Dracula…I love you so much…"
Oh, really? She was trying it kill both Sonia and Alucard and no matter what Succubus said to show her love for Dracula, he didn't care one bit. Before Alucard could say anything else, Dracula speaks up.
"Enough." he places his hand on Succubus's head. "I no longer need you anymore...now burn."
One power up from Dracula's hand causes Succubus's face to burn up, melt, screams out in pain, and then covered in fire of magic to be suffering like this. And to Alucard's eyes to witness it all, it was almost too painful to see Succubus getting her final justice.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NO! LORD DRACULA, WHY!?" Succubus questions her boss in pain.
"I never liked women who hurts others…It's time for us to say good-bye." he opens another portal to leave to somewhere unknown to push Succubus into there to die. "You're lucky I wanted to make your death painless as it is." Once Succubus falls while still getting burned alive, she cries out once more to go deeper in the hole and it looked like aches to be nothing else of her now. For Succubus was dead afterwards. Kind of sucks, but it does serve her right in the end, doesn't it? And her last cry echoes out – 'Don't-!', and that was it. With Dracula done with that and patting his son on the shoulders to remain calm again to say this… "I'm sorry you had to witness it all, Alucard, but it had to be done. From getting me to love her, having you killed, Sonia too, using the Demon Sword without my permission, and she was reckless to lose to a Soul Reaper…All of this, we need more souls, blood, and my bride whatever it takes."
"Yes. (Soon enough, I will stop you, Father.)" said Alucard to go along with Dracula's plans. "I understand, Father, it's quite alright."
And with that to leave him, some other demons, other vampires, Deku, Chainsaw Killer, Death, Shaft, and the Mind Controlled Richard Belmont were left to fight…Dracula sees Sonia to be healing was his chance to send out one of them to go after her by his command.
"Good to know…Now then, Sonia's weak for I'll sweep her off her feet and come to me alive. While you, my Son, rest up until further notice please." Dracula said to point out another member to do that task without failing. "Oh, Richard, come to me. I wish to give some of my powers to boost you up before heading out."
Richard bows down to do so without fail this time.
"Of course, Lord Dracula."
Him again…? Well, this time whatever was controlling Richard more 'besides Dracula's bite mark curse on his neck', it was another demon from inside his body for it was his turn now since Succubus was no more to make his move and to carry out the job. For Alucard to see this part happen, he doesn't do anything but to complete the task at hand 'without Succubus nosing around anymore'. Alucard didn't think she would die from Dracula himself to worry about Richard next if he wasn't saved by Sonia at all.
"(Richard?)" he was shock. "(Sonia, be careful…!)"
I hope we'll soon learn a lot more about Alucard's real goal of playing the bad guy act soon enough. As Richard was ready to fight with a power boost from Dracula's dark magic, this wasn't going to be easy to attack Sonia while she was weak due to Succubus's powers to get hit and Alucard for they were out for the count. Knowing so, how will the other Soul Reapers from Squad Four fight off against this warrior who was brainwashed? This was bad here…and Richard Belmont still needed to be saved, cured, and such to stop the evil on whatever it was in control, some…ghost like being from the looks of it to trap his soul from the inside of this body. Not good at all.
