Bleach – The Heart of the Matter
By Tayla Drago
So, we know about Sonia Yamamoto/Belmont, The Master Liberian, Ferryman, a little from Maria and Howey, and a little from Richard Belmont, but for the rest about him? Well, here's more from this other Belmont hero to be under Dracula's curse and who's being controlled by a demon. What is that thing…? Anyways, about Richard himself:
Richard Belmont fights similarly to his ancestors Leon, Simon, Trevor, and Richter. He, too, can maneuver around foes very well both on the ground and while in the air plus he has the convenience of an always-available double jump. Like Sonia is to be more than human and a Soul Reaper with some Belmont skills to train for, Richard is more limited in terms of combos-since he has only the whip-but he borrows the 'finisher' mechanic and can thus expand the number of combinations, which are more insane than anything Leon showcased. And he can evade enemy attacks with the very same one- or two-step guard dodge. Exclusive is his ability to at any time use one of five typical sub-weapons, which he can switch between and furthermore enhance with a crashing effect. Since Richard's quest is not governed (outside of collecting new whip extensions), he'll instead have to increase his potency by collecting life-, heart-, defense- and attack-up icons.
(Main Weapon: Vampire Killer Whip
Weapon Power-Up: Attack-Ups increase the whip's strength
Alternate Weapons: Flame Whip; Circle Tip; Wind Whip; Ice Whip; Abyss Whip; Holy Whip; and Square Tip
Sub-Weapon Power-Up: Item-crash for all five sub-weapons
Starting Abilities: Richard can double jump; execute whip-and-attack combos; and guard dodge
Gained Abilities: None
Armor: None)
And…I guess this is who Richard from all the details I can gather – as well as the Mind Controlled Richard Belmont to obey Dracula's orders to go and capture Sonia to bring her back to his master while gathering the blood, souls of others, and kill anyone who stands in his way. Not good…He already arrives in the Soul Society the next day. Also, Sonia gets checked in the Squad Four to get treated fine without turning into a vampire as both Kiwi and Ukitake waited for her in the waiting room for Hanataro to aid the girl to look well from his healing skills that he can do.
"You seem to be just weak from Dracula's curse, Sonia, from the looks of it." he tells her while looking at Sonia's medical charts. "A bit drained from your energy when you were trapped in Succubus's domain, it must've been scary for you and the other guy who she worked with, huh?"
Like Sonia had to hear Succubus's name repeatedly to deal with her so many times.
"(Don't remind me…!) But I will be able to still fight, right?" she asked to fight off the curse mark from Dracula's doing.
"Other than feeling tired, you're still you."
At least she's not a full vampire. This makes Sonia happy to be able to fight in a bit once she rests up, for Retsu to appear to say once she comes into the room. As she was the captain of Squad Four to make sure all of her patients and everyone else was doing well from both her kindness and strong will 'she doesn't even know about it herself'. Still, you gotta love Retsu on what she does best.
"Well done, Hanataro, your healing skills never seems to be amazing every day to helping out others." Retsu said to her lieutenant.
"Oh, it was nothing really...Captain Unohana…" said the shy Hanataro. "I'm just doing my job."
Shy guy to still have a good heart for a clumsy person Hanataro was, huh? Sonia tries to get going after getting checked.
"And that's a good thing."
"So Retsu, thanks for the treatment and all, but I need to continue with my training." Sonia said.
But just before she was about to leave the room, Retsu calmly stops her from good anywhere else to have one more thing to take care of…And what would that be?
"Now, Now, Sonia. We just need to do one more thing from Captain Kurotsuchi ask me to get another blood sample from you today." said Retsu to set up the blood text. "We want to make sure that we can study upon to find a cure somehow."
Sonia didn't like getting blood out of her body, but what other choice did she have for her and Richard to get cured from Dracula's curse? Well, lucky to have Mayuri on the good guys' side, right? Oh…big time!
"(And yet, besides giving Dude Mayuri other parts from the monsters we've face with, I got to give him some of my blood to find me a cure.)" Sonia looks away from the needle part. "Just make it quick…!"
For Sonia to have this part, Retsu calms her down a bit with her strong words to look and act so calmly again.
"Oh, Sonia, there's nothing to be afraid of, this won't hurt a bit. See?"
With Sonia feeling a bit freaked out from…the needle goes in her arm, some of her blood gets drawn out, place in a tube, and Retsu gets Iemura to deliver it to Squad Twelve right away 'where Nemu awaits for someone to deliver it by Mayuri's orders'. Well, they are prepared for a pick up.
"That was fast… (And yet, Retsu looks scary when she smiles so weirdly!)" Sonia said to get bandage up afterwards with Hanataro's help.
"All done."
Retsu was happy to see Sonia looking well now to offer her a drink and cookies before leaving 'in case she was feeling light headed'.
"There, that wasn't so bad, now was it, Sonia? You're a brave girl when we do this." she said. "Iemura, please deliver this to the Research and Development of Squad Twelve please. And Isane, make sure to watch over this place until he returns."
Both Iemura and Isane will get down to it right away for their captain.
"Yes, Captain Unohana, I'll deliver the blood."
"And I'll keep on watch until then, Captain Unohana."
Those two are very busy…For Iemura to have no trouble giving it to Nemu for her, the other members, and Mayuri to find a cure to work on and Isane watches from outside of Squad Four headquarters…Sonia eats a little drink up to perk back to her normal self before leaving after her check up to end it for today.
"Please excuse me, you two." Retsu leaves the room for a bit.
For Sonia to be confused from her strange ways to be strong and calm to sound scary to not notice…
"I don't get it! What's up with Retsu?!" Sonia was lost. "She's a good person to heal others with care, but I can tell that she's more than a healer, but she's a fighter too as a captain of the Soul Reapers." She turns to Hanataro to ask him that. "Isn't she…? Tell me, Hanataro!"
He had no trouble to explain all about Retsu to Sonia to listen in on who she really was.
"She still cares, but not to be on her bad side. Captain Unohana's really a caring woman to save the lives and be strong for all of us in Squad Four. For me to help others like Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, and their friends; Iemura to gather data, Isane to fight for all of us, and so does the captain." he talks about Retsu's past for Isane said to him a while back. "You see, Sonia, she likes you a lot to be her friend. Approximately 110 years ago, Captain Unohana was present for a promotion ceremony that took place at the 1st Division Headquarters, along with the rest of the assembled captains. She witnessed the arrival of the newly appointed Captain of the 12th Division, Ex-Captain Kisuke Urahara. Her lieutenant now was Seinosuke Yamada. I bet you can tell that he was there and a proud family member of mine…And then 9 years later, Captain Unohana was present at an emergency meeting called by from back then being Captain-Commander Yamamoto that one time and to where he decided to create an investigation team to locate the missing 9th Division members. When he gave out orders, Head Captain Yamamoto ordered Captain Unohana to prepare the relief stations for casualties, but she interrupted him and asked if it wouldn't be better for her to tend to the wounded there."
Something must've happened back then…Well, it does explain how Retsu created the Medical Center of Squad Four afterwards with proud members as doctors, nurses, fighters, and so on since then, even Hanataro' other family member a long time ago to work for her now. Sweet…! For Sonia to hear that Retsu likes her to become friends too since Retsu works for her uncle, friends with Shunsui, and friends with her lover Ukitake; makes good sense that Retsu wants nothing more but to save others, heal them, and fight back is she has to. From some Kido spells, shielding with it, and her Zanpakto can heal others…just not much to fight from using it other than to swing it around was all, just saying. And yet, Sonia sees that Retsu smiles to save the ill or injured ones in time to get better the next day, and for Sonia to get lots of checkups until she was cured, for that makes a whole lot of sense.
"(Wow, seeing Retsu acting both tough, caring, and a hard worker, she means well. I think I get what Hanataro meant about his captain.)" Sonia then says something to Hanataro next. "You know what, Hanataro? You're right. Restu is a caring person. I see she wants to put her life on the line for others to get better, even for me."
"Yeah, Captain Unohana's something else." he laughs.
She sure was to have Sonia given her blood sample for her to give to Mayuri right away helps out a lot. From Isane keeping guard until Iemura's returns 'unaware that Richard Belmont was around the area'; as Iemura himself gives the blood sample in a tube to Nemu for her to her captain to try finding a cure for Sonia as he sees something on the girl to have something very rare to be more than a human with the Belmont pride and a Soul Reaper. Huh? What could it be then...?
"Master Mayuri, what is this we're seeing?"
With Nemu lost to see something odd on the computer screen, this shocks Mayuri to be very interested of it all to get to it right away.
"Never mind that, Nemu! We got other business to worry about. Now I wish to know more about Niece Belmont's strange powers from her blood, so we need to study it more..." he tells the others to get to it. "Make yourself useful, Nemu, and everyone else in this room. Find out what you can about this girl's powers right away.
For Nemu to use a lot of chemical testing while Akon, Hisoyu, Kona, and Rin to get to their computers to study on what Sonia's other gift was for a half breed human and Soul Reaper.
"On it, sir!"
"Leave everything to us!"
"Then let's get to it."
"Roger that!"
When the members of Squad Twelve Research and Development get to work, they do so right away. And they are to find some more answers on Sonia's blood. Must been very important...As Sonia was finish getting check in the other room, Retsu comes around the corner to see how both Ukitake and Kiwi were doing while waiting for Sonia to finish up; as well as getting the good news too 'only for Iemura to sense someone to come around from behind', leaving her boyfriend and Zanpakto spirit back at Squad Four.
"Look, Sonia's boyfriend. It's Nice Lady." Kiwi said while flying around.
Ukitake sees Retsu to be happy to see a good friend like her.
"Oh, Retsu, it's you." he looked worried about Sonia's condition. "Please tell me! How's Sonia? How's the love of my life?!"
Retsu just laughs, hits Ukitake on the head to calming him gentle-like, and asks him this question while also patting Kiwi.
"Jushiro, you love Sonia a lot, don't you?"
"Ah, yes. Yes I do. Why do you ask?" Ukitake was lost.
For Retsu to know about their love from the very beginning since Sonia arrived in the Soul Society, she sees that Ukitake has fallen in love with her being herself with a pure heart. Knowing all about it, she can see on how worry he was and Kiwi too. She just had to know that herself.
"Just as I thought, you do love Sonia. And I can see why." she said.
"Love..."
For Kiwi to say that while flying all over the place with joy, Ukitake was blushing for Retsu to notice between him and Sonia to be very close.
"Oh! I guess its because she's a caring girl and for me...I just never been so happy in my entire life!"
For Ukitake to have his eyes as heart shapes, daydreaming of Sonia, and be blushing a lot to prove his does love Sonia to also give people the power to win against anyone from anything in battle. No kidding...Love is a powerful thing.
"In life we fight to those we love. Such as friends, family, pets, those who are always there to help you, and the one you're in love with that special someone." explained Retsu. "For you to fight for Sonia to become stronger again, you're a good name, Jushiro. Although the curse has a little illness, you still fight on for this girl; like everyone else does even for me to save as many lives as I can to love my job and to care for others to keep on fighting. Even to those who fall against the evil hurting them, for me to keep it that way and not give up."
"I can see why." said Ukitake to understand Retsu. "(For one hundred years later, this girl does prove her point to everyone, even for me and Sonia.)"
You can say that again...However, things get worse for Ukitake, Retsu, Sonia, Hanataro, and other Soul Reapers in Squad Four senses someone 'or something' coming as Kiwi shouted to alert everyone, as the Mind Controlled Richard Belmont was coming with the demon to be using his body.
"Ah! Red alert! Red alert! Related to Sonia but evil!" the little spirit said. "He's coming!"
"Speak of the evil..." said Retsu.
Well, she looked like she was prepared for this and Sonia to get out of bed to get ready to battle 'for the curse to slow her down from the item to take affect a bit more'. So, that was good.
"Sonia?" Hanataro was confused. "What's wrong?"
"That's danger... (Big Brother's back again!)"
As everyone tried to get Isane and Iemura back inside, only to come in to be all tied up and beaten for those two were down for the count. For the door to make a huge hole by Richard's doing for him to walk right in and whips away everyone else in seconds to be defeated. All but Sonia, Kiwi, Hanataro, Retsu, and Ukitake stayed in to fight.
"Lieutenants Iemura and Kotetsu are down!" Hanataro panics.
Kiwi tries to bite the strange item-like magic ropes that were weakening Iemura and Isane, but with no luck. As Richard attacks Kiwi next for Sonia to jump in to save her little friend in time to stop another whip lashing with her Zanpakto.
"Kiwi! Show Them No Mercy! Eichikiba!
Chaining Kiwi to safety and cut down the whip in time for Richard makes a new one in seconds.
"Sonia!" Kiwi was happy. "Sonia saved me in time! Kiwi!"
That she did...for everyone gathers together to be ready to fight against Richard Belmont who was ready to carry out to job to capture Sonia and kill everyone else.
"Belmont Girl, we meet again." he said while pointing out his whip. "I will bring you directly to my Lord Dracula whether you want to or not. As for everyone else will die, as I'll have their blood and souls to gather up. Unlike the bitch Succubus was against you, I won't be so easy to beat. Thanks to my lord, he carried out the deed and killed her."
Now they know the news on what happened to Succubus afterwards for Sonia to feel out a little due to the curse.
"(No way...! Succubus was terrible, but did Dracula had to finish someone off to make her suffer?! All she wanted was to be loved by him!) Dude! What's wrong with that man?! Unforgivable!"
As sad as it was, it did happen to feel a bit sorry for Succubus, almost...Now Dracula was going down for killing off his own henchmen like that. No kidding!
"Sonia-!" Ukitake felt weak to be coughing up blood. "No...!"
"Jushiro!"
This was bad!
"Got ya!" Richard attacks.
With Sonia trying to rush over to her boyfriend's side, Richard tries making his move to make the capture - as Hanataro uses one of his defense type of Kidos spells to save the two.
"Sonia! Captain Ukitake! (No choice, I got to save everyone no matter what it takes because that's what Renji, Rukia, and Ichigo would do!)" he uses a Baukto Kido move. "Bakudō! Number 61! Rikujōkōrō (Six-Rod Light Restraint!)"
Stopping Richard in time to hold him still 'and have trouble getting freed', allowing Sonia to carry Ukitake to safety and Hanataro and Kiwi aiding Iemura and Isane to a safe spot to get healed right away.
"(Not bad for a healer to also do defense Bakudo moves too.)" surprised Sonia. "Nice moves, Hanataro. Jushiro, please be okay..."
Ukitake smiled to feel tired but he'll be fine from Sonia's touch to heal was making him feel better, but he won't be able to battle for today.
"I'm okay, Sonia...I'm glad you are if Hanataro didn't jump in." he said.
For the two to be staring at each other, Richard Belmont's dark energy was really strong to be release 'from the demon's doing' to break the Bakudo spell to now be free. That fast, huh? He tries using his ax throwing skills to attack again.
"Like your little magic tricks will stop me-!" Richard was about to attack but only to be stopped by Retsu's Zanpakto to smack the weapon away. "What the hell?!"
Nice moves there, Retsu Unohana of Squad Four! This girl looks mad enough through her eyes to fight on in order to protect her members of Squad Four. Seeing Isane and Iemura getting hurt by Richard's doing, now that was uncalled for! As Hanataro, Kiwi, Ukitake, and Sonia to be seeing that move happened. So smiles again to look serious on what's about to happen next...I have a feeling a big fight's about to go down.
"Retsu?" Sonia was confused and Kiwi to tilt his head.
"Thank goodness both you and Jushiro are both all right, Sonia. I'm happy. Now listen to be very well." Retsu explains the battle plan. "I need you as my backup, I shall stop this man myself."
In other words, Retsu was about to fight with Richard to have Sonia worried about her step-brother's safety.
"Huh? But wait-!"
Retsu looked serious to be smiling still to stop Sonia in time.
"Now, now, I know this man's your step-brother, but there's something pure evil inside this man to weaken his body. I will save him for you to finish him off. Please, Sonia, there's no use complaining for nothing..."
And she was being scary again without knowing it to place the trust on Retsu now to save Richard now, so...Sonia was on standby.
"Ah, okay! Kiwi, stay behind me..." she said.
"OK! Save Sonia's brother, nice lady."
That's one part taken care of, Retsu tells her other lieutenant Hanataro on what he needed to be done.
"Hanataro, this is a direct order from me, your captain." Restu tells him. "Go heal up Captain Ukitake, along with Isane, and Iemura next. Keep them protected at all times. Sonia will make sure of it."
"Yes, Captain Unohana! Right away!" Hanataro begins to heal the three right away with everything he has. "(I can do this. I know Captain Unohana will do the same thing to save Sonia's step-brother, because she's serious when she acts like that.) Sonia, it'll be okay. She knows what to do to save Richard from whatever's inside of him. Just wait until you can finish it off while I heal the others."
For Kiwi to try to be brave, Sonia understood to leave the rest to Retsu to save Richard now. For Hanataro to know already, he has seen her fight before.
"(Good luck...)"
For Ukitake to heal up quickly from Sonia and Hanataro helping him out, the battle begins for Richard laughs to sees Retsu was a Soul Reaper type of nurse, but not really...
"Ha!" he laughs. "So what? You mean to tell me that you'll be fighting against me, lady? You're more like a doctor than a fighter to me! How sad."
For Retsu's Spiritual Pressure to rise up throughout her entire body, Richard was wrong to doubt this Soul Reaper from Squad Four.
"Shouldn't you wish to rethink that, young man? I know who you really are from within the Belmont. But answer me this question, why fight for a monster like Dracula? What will you gain for using a human's body with power? Does he want the last remaining Belmonts to die?"
Good question, for Sonia to sense something was controlling Richard's body, Retsu was right.
"Why not? I was weak to not have power and this boy who's the last and real Belmonts was a good choice to gain so much power for my Lord Dracula." he said to show his real aura. "If only you would learn about my true self if you're about to face with the demon of fear and darkness because I won't hold anything back since you brought this upon yourself." Richard was ready to fight. "Now, are you ready to die?"
Trying to whip at Retsu, she jumps away in time to grab hold of it and pushes Richard aside. Wow, she was fast! Trying to release a powerful spirit wave to fire out to get away in time from almost having her robe get burned; with lots of axes to be thrown at her next to use her shield type of Kido spell to block the rest, to then use her fighting skills to push Richard back with many hits from her hands to fire her Hado attack next once she moves away from behind.
"She's going to hit him!" said Ukitake to remember Retsu's special move.
"You're wide open now...Hado! Number Thirty-Three! Sokatsui!"
And boom! Direct hit to push Richard back for Ukitake was right about Retsu's special fighting moves to surprise Sonia after seeing that part.
"(She's fast!)" she said.
"You see?" said Hanataro. "When it comes for this hard worker and caring Captain Unohana, she'll get anything done."
He's right, she was so far to weaken Richard...Only for him to come back up for the demon was mad now to fight back with more power from within his body. A darker one that is.
"Clever...you're strong, woman. But let's see how you can beat me now in my true form..." Richard powers up to become a full flesh monster of a fish-type creature - all green of a two legged fish with claws, scales, teeth, muscles, a tail, and such to still fight like a Belmont warrior. "Let see how you can save the boy now if you don't kill him by killing me!"
"Big Brother?" shock Sonia to see it was a demon controlling Richard. "What are you?!"
This was known as the Richard Demon Form. This battle was kind of like the second fight with Trevor Belmont in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness here, only with Richard Belmont as a demon from a evil spirit controlling him as he attacks Retsu at full force to use his whip and his entire body to glow up to strike her many times with speed. So fast for her to dodge and block so many hits! Then another fire up power for Richard to come charging at Retsu to literally be on fire to almost getting burned and hurt a lot. Making Sonia worried and Kiwi, as Ukitake stops his girlfriend.
"Sonia, don't!" he said. "It's fine. Retsu's not giving up. She wants to fight that demon who's hurting your brother by any means. Both with power and kindness."
"She's right, Sonia, stay here. Captain Unohana has given you an order." and Hanataro too.
For Kiwi to bump in to Sonia's head to understand, and she should do the same thing.
"Nice Lady's got this, Sonia! Listen to friends!"
"But this demon in Big Brother will kill Retsu!" she said.
Well, she wasn't going down without a fight and saving someone from the looks of it to save herself that's for sure. From tail hits, holy water splashes, whips, more punches, kicks, claw strikes, teeth biting, and one power up that Richard does to blow Retsu away to be ten times more of an energy blasts that Richard has. Calling it the Holy Power.
"Holy Power!"
No, Retsu! No matter how hard she was getting pushed to get back up to be glowing all over to heal herself while trying to hit slap type of move on Richard's body over and over again. For Sonia to stay strong, this captain from Squad Four wouldn't go down that easily.
"Is that the best you can do, young man?" ask Retsu to keep on powering up.
Wow, for Hanataro to be smiling and Ukitake could tell that Retsu was fighting back to shock the demon for she wasn't going down at all.
"What?! Impossible..." shock the demon. "How's that even possible? What are you, woman? Answer me!"
Kiwi's hair soon stands up to sense another Belmont power coursing through Retsu's body to sense some good from the Captain of Squad Four.
"Sonia! Nice Lady has power! It's happening!"
"Another Belmont Power's coming." Sonia said. "(Whatever you're going to do to fight back, Retsu, then please use them to save my Big Brother like you said...)"
Pray hard, Sonia, because something about to happen that's for sure. As Hanataro and Ukitake sees this going on, the demon controlling Richard won't be losing to Retsu, or tries to.
"If you wish to know who I am, young man, I am the captain of Squad Four, of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad. Part of the medical/supply division. Retsu Unohana. This is my Zanpakto..." she releases it. "Purify the Fleash! Minazuki (Flesh-Drops' Gorge)!" Restu's Zanpakto spirit appears to be a big green manta ray type of creature to boost up her powers to fight and heal. "And with this, I can fight back from the evil like yourself to get rid of. Sonia, watch what I can do. Because I don' fight without a coast, and this is one of them to save someone's life from someone like Dracula."
For Retsu's Zanpakto spirit floats by her side to give her type of power, it was about to happen right before the demon's eyes who's inside of Richard's. Oh, boy...this thing has done it now. For Sonia to understand the Captain of Squad Four, she knows what's going to happen next.
"In that case, Retsu, I get it. Power up!"
"Like I'll let you have the chance!" attacking in fast speed and tail whipping again to get it cut off of his body in seconds. "What the hell?!"
Restu did release her Zanpakto to cut it off in seconds to injured Richard there in the demon form of his to powering up next. For someone who heals more and fights a little, Retsu was not to be mess with to save a life and still give it her all for someone like from Squad Four. Beside saving lives, she puts her life on the line to make sure of it one hundred percent. We can see that now.
"You should've think before attacking me. Now it's my turn..." she powers up all the way. "Captain of Squad Four of the medical division, Retsu Unohana." Retsu was ready now. "Powers from within! Activate!"
Cool! Retsu looks like a white mage 'a style from the remake of Final Fantasy one', with a white robe, powering up with healing and defense powers with some offense spells. And her Minazuki looks great to be glowing up in a purple type of color. Now they were ready to battle against the demon controlling Richard to try setting him free, somehow...Sonia sees this to recognize on what this new upgrade Belmont power was...
"The White Mage mode?" Sonia was shock.
This was new to Ukitake, Hanataro, and Kiwi to hear about it.
"White Mage mode...?"
"Captain Unohana has a white Mage with her Zanpakto spirit?"
"What is it, Sonia? What?" Kiwi asked.
So, Sonia explained to the three boys...
"It's... (I haven't seen any of those since Sypha Belnades, only for her to use all red, black, and white mages with magics. Only for Retsu here...)" she was left speechless to try to talk. "It would seem the Belmont powers you guys each get from two different worlds with the pure heart on what you're fighting for can save someone's life; if any case Retsu found caused for her powers to grow as a white mage power of healing, shielding, and sother strange spells from Sypha is one of them. Amazing...She can still stop the evil and save my Big Brother yet. (Please do it!)"
Everything Sonia just said there was all right. Nice history lesson...But like the demon controlling Richard won't be stopped this way.
"Like your new powers and looks will stop me! I will destroy you all but the Belmont Girl in the name of Lord Dracula!"
Using his speed-like moves again to trick Retsu 'unaware that he was watching his every move' to see what he was about to do next. Trying to strike really fast again...He was stopped with – Minazuki's giant tail that was holding him back from the waist? And she was that strong to do so, amazing...Trying to use his dagger to cut free, someone had lots of roses to hurt Richard's arm to lose his weapon to the floor and the power ups to go down too when trying to use his Holy Power attack. Well, not this time. Sonia sees her mysterious friend again to be none other than Rosa.
"It's you again! Rosa!" she said.
"Rosa?" confused Hanataro and Ukitake.
Even Kiwi making his tail as a symbol sign of a question mark for he didn't know about it either.
"Who's Rose?"
Well, whatever Rosa did to stop Richard's powers with was working to weaken his entire body.
"Sad to use a host of a human body without knowing his true life of justice and humanity." said Rosa to point out her sword. "You, monster, you have no right to do anything from Lord Dracula's insanity because I won't allow it on anyone else or to Sonia."
With the others were lost on what was going on and Richard still trapped...
"Hey!" angered the demon. "You're not the boss of me..." Richard stopped to sense something was different about the mysterious Rose character to feel out her powers "Wait...You're like Lord Dracula is, another vampire he turned in to!"
It was true, from the pale skin, little fangs on her teeth, and the way she was floating made perfect sense. For her to be staring down and the others were shock to hear about her 'even for Sonia felt the same too', Retsu had the chance to stop Richard for good and for him to use a holy water item on her. Or tries to only to use something to make it fade in to nothing.
"Sorry, but friend or not, this is my chance to heal the sick. This poor man will be set free from your powers."
"You can't stop me! I'm controlling a Belmont! Me!" the demon attacks again.
Using his punches, kicks, to hit Retsu to make an energy shield strong enough to absorb hits to blast the man away like another Kido blast-like attack right back at him. It was like a defense spell to reflect like an attack to weaken the victim, not to release your energy. That was new.
"I'm sorry but, you heard Sonia just now. I wish to save your life." Retsu said. "And by doing this, I must heal the host you're controlling and take the evil out!" Retsu grabs Richard's whip to pull out of his hands and finally restrains him with some light up ropes. "And with these temporarily powers, I will use them for good."
So cool for the others to see Retsu fight like this, huh? Making the demon worry even more now since Richard was too weak to fight back, Retsu goes on her knees to hug Richard's body to start glowing up from her healing powers for Hanataro knows what will happen next.
"This is it. Captain Unohana's healing Richard to save the good for the evil to drive the demon out of it." he said to the others.
"Save the man! Save him please!" said Kiwi to be cheering on.
The demon tries to power up Richard to take over again, but couldn't.
"What?! You cannot win, woman! I won't allow it! Stop! Stop hugging him!" said the weak demon. "No! If you keep on using your healing powers, then I will lose this body...!"
She just kept on going.
"I don't care. If its the only way to save this man, then so be it. As I said before, we'll do the same to heal everyone else and stop Count Dracula. I am a healer of Squad Four and captain after all." she said with a smile. "Now please, Richard Belmont. Can you hear my voice? If you do, then release yourself from this evil for Sonia's sake now. Release it!"
With Minuzuki aiding her master as she and Retsu power up to heal Richard all the way to remember the mess he was in and getting to right now, to see his little step-sister looking at him again. From her, Howey, Alucard 'the good one', and Maria to wait for him back at Belmont Village with everyone else, he needed to come back. For he was starting to come through one again.
"S-S-S- (Wait, I remember...I remember who I am and what I'm fighting for. Master, my people, my pride as a Belmont, my friends, Maria, and...)" he says Sonia's name for his true self was coming back to his normal self. "SONIA!"
With one hug of healing touch allow Richard's soul to come back and his powers to reject the demon out of him to be set free at long last.
"It's finally done." both Rosa and Retsu said at the same time.
Richard Belmont was back to normal, though weak for him to be fine for later to fight again once he recovers. For Sonia to see her older step-brother again, it was a miracle for Retsu to save his life after all and fight back somehow. Allowing both Isane and Iemura to be free because of this.
"Big Brother...?" Sonia was left speechless to run over to Richard's side. "You did it, Retsu, he's back! Oh, Big Brother-!"
Just then the ghost type of parasite who goes into human bodies for power finally shows himself. Without a body, he was nothing. A weak demon to be stronger inside of someone else to control.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" angered the demon named Jinpa Evil Spirit (who looked like a grim reaper with a dark long hood, bright up evil eyes, long creepy arms, lots of bones, with sharp teeth, and many wings on his back). "What have you done?! Damn you, woman! Both of you! You've ruined everything!"
Trying to attack the out cold Richard for Sonia to run to his rescued, as Retsu uses another barrier spell to stop Jinpa from attacking, someone else fires another attack from his Zanpakto he has gathered from healing the blood from Isane and Iemura, same with Ukitake as well. It was Hanataro to the rescue!
"Fill! Hisagomaru (Gourd)!"
One slash to release from the healing and blood to gather, equals a powerful slash attack to really get to Jinpa to have a hole in his chest making his body to melt a little. Surprising everyone else from that powerful move, it was a close call there.
"Direct hit!" said Kiwi.
"Sorry, but I had to do something for my Zanpakto would've loss it." he explains. "It releases a powerful spirit energy to hit its target twice as strong or big to go down in seconds, as you can plainly see." Hanataro laughs to be shy about it."
"Ah...Yeah, cool. (Not bad, Hanataro. And I thought all you did was be clumsy.)"
For Jinpa was down, Ukitake tells Sonia to finish the demon off for good and for Richard too. Do it!
"Sonia, hurry. Finish the demon off!" he said.
As Sonia pulls Richard's body out of the way, she does so to end the nightmare for good. As well as a message to give out to her enemy.
"Dracula! I will not become your bride and Richard Belmont's no longer under your spell, so go ahead and try to stop us now. Because either way, for us, our friends, and Ichigo will stop you for good, with Alucard too." she powers up to release the attack. "In the name of the Belmont Clan! Holy Cross, I now Bathe ties the Evil. Be…Gone!"
Incoming water-like Kido attack for Jinpa was nothing more but to say these dying words...
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Defeated by three women and a dumb weakening boy!"
Wiped out for the demon to be gone now and Richard was finally freed, to make Dracula mad to lose his Belmont warrior now 'for his powers were off the scale to burn something to scare the other demons back at his lair'. And with two generals down, there are four more and Alucard left. Even for Isane and Iemura both wake up to look at each other on what happened...With Retsu's powers going away for now 'until the next time to use her Belmont powers', she checks on Richard's conditions on how he was doing.
"Hanataro, thank you. But see Isane and Iemura get treated next."
"On it, Captain Unohana." said Hanataro. "We both did great today, didn't we?"
As Rosa leaves again to make Sonia confused about her new friend to show up and leave just like that, it was still unknown to her or to anyone else who she was to be a vampire victim like she was and the same Richard. Weird...Ukitake sees this girlfriend made another mysterious friend.
"Sonia, this Rosa person is a vampire?" he asks her.
"Yeah, she is. I'm as surprised as you are too, Jushiro, and yet..." he hugs Sonia.
"I'll be fine. And more importantly, she didn't attack us, but we still have to be on high alert on her." said Ukitake. "You never know just like Alucard did to Rukia, Renji, and you as well. Don't forget."
Sonia still had an odd feeling to know Alucard and Rosa were both on her side for sure.
"(So, Rosa's a vampire to fight with us against Dracula. Is Alucard like that too but with reasons...)" she thought to herself to say this to her boyfriend. "Ah, yeah...If it does happen...Ah, Big Brother!" Sonia runs over to Richard's side to see how he was doing. "Big Brother! Big Brother?! Please be all right! Retsu...?"
Retsu looks at Sonia to be smiling in a good way that she was helpful to help to say this to her for the other five to hear.
"Nice lady?" said Kiwi.
"Sonia, there's no need to worry. I just heal your brother. A bit weak from the demon's power from controlling this poor man, but he'll be fine after some rest to fight again real soon." said Retsu. "Just let him stay in Squad Four and leave the recovering to all of us."
With Isane, Hanataro, and Iemura were in with their captain all the way through until the very end.
"Yes, Captain."
"We'll lend Richard Belmont a hand."
"Understood!"
They'll get to it for Ukitake, the other lieutenants, and Richard all healed up again for Kiwi to fly around with joy. As Sonia sees Richard opening his eyes to see his Sonia again. Kiwi moves around to point out to his master/friend.
"Look! Look!"
He was back to normal again, for the curse to go away and no longer a vampire or a demon who was controlling Richard Belmont.
"S...Sonia...?" he was dazed and confused. "Sonia?"
She runs over to her brother side to be surprised, crying in a happy way, and she was smiling.
"Big Brother? I'm right here. Please be okay."
Richard smiles a little to remember on what happened to him, who was cursed by Dracula, being controlled by a demon, and such to see the actions within his own eyes...All of this to come to this and was happy to be alive and free.
"What are you talking about? I'm fine...Silly sister of mine." he said with a smile to touch his sister's hands. "What did I miss? Do you know where I am right now?"
Sonia cries with joy to have Richard back now 'with a lot to explain to him later on'. And Kiwi to be very happy now and Hanataro to cheer really loud 'to feel both shy and happy about it at the same time', everything was back to normal.
"Oh, Richard!" Sonia hugs Richard and cries. "(I'm so happy I got him back. Related or not, I will never let him be taken away again...)" she turns to Retsu to hold her hand and says this to her. "I don't know what to say, Retsu, except...well, thank you so much. I guess from fighting what you got even with or without power and saving the injured ones can be helpful, you are stronger and a real life saver."
And she still is.
"It was nothing, Sonia, really. I just wanted to help out and I did. Now let your brother rest and then we'll tell him everything once he recovers." she calls upon her other helpers. "Everyone, you may come out now. Please see that Mr. Belmont gets treated right away.
"Yes, Captain!" said all of the other lieutenants.
As Richard gets carried away 'for Isane and Iemura helps him out' to say this to Sonia before heading into the other room with his thumbs up to say this to her.
"Sonia, hey. We'll talk later. I need some sleep, a real good one this time." he said laughing a little to get hurt. "Come visit me soon, okay?"
Hanataro goes to help out Richard too as he bows to the others before leaving the room.
"I'll get to it, Captain Unohana. And Sonia, he's going to be just fine."
"Thanks again, Hanataro." she said back.
Retsu understood to get someone else to clean up the big mess for today.
"Thank you, Hanataro, see to it please." said Retsu.
For him to bow to get to work, and then tripping. He gets back up to laugh and continues to work. Hanataro's a good person, isn't he?
"(I'll do all that I can to help out no matter what it takes. Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Sonia, and everyone...just you watch me.)"
Well, good for him. With Retsu getting to it for Richard to heal, Sonia takes Ukitake back to Squad Thirteen headquarters as the captain was healed up to have so many good things to happen. With Kiwi to follow them...
"Come on, Sonia, let us leave the rest to Retsu."
"Okay." Sonia helps out Ukitake. "(Thank you again, Retsu. I know that my Big Brother will be fine in your hands. It's good to have someone back as a family to always be there. With one curse gone, I need to recover from mine next. Somehow...)"
Sonia's brother was healed, her boyfriend was fine, Retsu came through, and the demon was destroyed. A good day to happen with the Captain of Squad Four to have the new powers of the Belmont. For that to happen allowed Sonia to tell Ichigo all about it an hour later from the communication screens; as Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Uryu, Chad, Orihime, Hayame, Kon, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba, Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu, Maria, Howey, George, Ferio, and Master Keigo Shu to hear all of it to be happy to hear about Richard Belmont was saved. No more under Dracula's spell to be freed, even for Maria was happy to hear the most and seeing him real soon. Within a week...Ichigo was left speechless to have trouble saying anything but this to Sonia.
"No...friggin'...way..." Ichigo was left speechless. "You saved Richard's life? He's back? Ah!"
"Richard!" Maria moves in Ichigo's way to be very happy to hear the news and Howey to be flying all over the room with joy. "That's wonderful, Sonia! I'm so happy to hear. So is Master Shu himself, the Mayor, and all of the other villagers back in the World of the Living. Even Howey." she sees Ichigo on the ground. "Oops. Sorry, Ichigo. I didn't see you."
Howey lifts Ichigo back up. Funny for Maria to make a clumsy mistake.
"What do you mean you didn't see me?!"
Sorry, it was an accident.
"What Ichigo is trying to say, Sonia, is that we're happy to have Richard back to help us in battle real soon." said Rukia.
"And with each other of getting stronger powers, we'll beat Dracula, Alucard, and the other demons soon enough." and Renji. "Also, that Succubus was defeated too."
Kon, Ririn, Kurodo, and Noba were dancing with job.
"We can't wait to see you real soon, sweet Sonia!"
She just laughs to be happy to talk to everyone even Maria and Howey.
"Same here, within one week to go." she said. "Master Shu, watch the others for me please."
He will do all that he can for Sonia, her friends, and everyone else in the village to protect.
"That I shall."
Even for Ichigo to smirking in a good way knowing he and Sonia will be able to see Sonia again in person this time, and so will she.
"Sonia, it's great we'll be seeing you real soon. Your powers, Zanpakto, a little soul to company you, and a lot to grow so much stronger. Us too." he said. "Until we see each other, we'll talk again before that."
"Yeah, we will, Ichigo. It'll be great to see all of you again." Sonia said. "Well, see you soon. Be safe."
For her to hang up, Orihime tells the others that Master Shu had something to say the Team Ichigo before continuing on with their training.
"Everyone, come on! Shu has something to say to us!"
"Let's go." Chad follows her.
Hayame and Uryu to be holding hands join with everyone else.
"Then let's head in to the other room."
"And see what Shu has to say."
For Ichigo and Sonia to be thinking the good and bad times they've been through so far to almost ending the curse and war against Dracula soon...within a week the war will begin. He hurries to go to the other room next to join with the others as well, knowing he won't lose to Dracula again.
"(Sonia, we've been through so much to stop now. Let's continue to grow and then fight back, my friend.) Wait up, I'm coming." he said.
Well, everything would've been good if Dracula didn't have his plans ruined since he loss the Belmont warrior to control, he did get the blood, some type of item, the hair from Sonia, and such to complete something, for him to leave his throne to head out with the others to help him get Ichigo and everyone else in the World of the Living. Huh? So soon for a counter attack.
"Is everything, ready, Deku?" he asks his little bat partner.
He flies around the room to double check again.
"Yes, Lord Dracula, the spell's completed. And I've send her out to do something at the humans like your requested me to do."
And he wasn't the only one who did something – so were Death, Chainsaw Killer, and Shaft to be tagging along by their master's side.
"We're ready to go, Lord Dracula, I've disable the barrier spell from the Belmont Village." said Shaft. "And you just give me your word when I should release my spell."
"And it doesn't matter if that bitch is dead and that Belmont's freed from the curse with Jinpa who had helped us, we still have everything we need to take over the world. Yes, all of this for our Lord Dracula to rule everything as he pleases." Death said to be laughing.
With Chainsaw Killer getting his weapon out, I guess Alucard stays behind to watch on things through the crystal ball back in the Soul Society.
"And what do you wish for me to do, Father?"
The Prince of Darkness just pats his son on the shoulders to say this, after calming down for losing so far...
"You just stay here and watch over Sonia for me. We will make our next move once we dealt with the World of the Living first." he said to be ready. "The time has come for us vampires to rise again and take over everything after centuries of planning! As well as adding in the human to be place into deep sleeps for the feast to continue on forever, along with the ever lasting trap of their entire world turning into complete darkness!" Dracula laughs to bring his strange pendant and then chants out his dark powers to release on Karakura Town and the Belmont Village. "I call upon the darkness from the dark shadows. Rise out and spread, rise out to show them your dark side to cover everything from the light to feed upon and grow stronger. Stronger throughout the human's fear and hatred, stronger within the fears and anger struck upon it all! Rise, my shadows to make my monster grow stronger...starting with the World of the Living! Rise..."
Not good to have a spell like his because the sun begins to be covered in complete darkness real slowly to star things off with planet Earth as Karakura Town, other parts of Japan, other countries, the United States, and the Belmont Village to be covered in darkness completely. For the more it grows, the powerful Dracula, his vampires, and the monsters will become in battle. Also with no sun to weaken any of them will be even worse. For Alucard to see something was about to happen to be ten times worse now.
"(No, Father, why? Why go this far?)"
Same with Rosa to sense this out for her eyes began to bleed out.
"Ah, no...!" she tries to stop it. "(Not now...it's too soon for Dracula to use this type of power and in the World of the Living of all places! Sonia, your friends are in grave danger!)"
Still don't know much about this woman but her to be an enemy to Dracula, a victim of him who's cursed too like Sonia is, and knowing about a half breed human and Soul Reaper, so who is Rosa? Also, one woman passes out to be weak and such to be a mess with red hair, and a purple dress to cross from the Belmont Village and the barrier. What's about to happen next for Dracula to counter attack? This was really bad here.
