Bleach – The Heart of the Matter

By Tayla Drago

Jinpa and Succubus are dead and they were both defeated, who were once generals who work for Dracula himself. With Richard Belmont free from the curse and who was once controlled by a demon, Sonia couldn't been any happier to have her older step-brother back. A bit of recovering, but he'll be back to fight to finally ending the Dracula's wars and curse for good. Even for her to heal too. As she trains back at the Soul Society...Dracula had his own plans to do to cover the World of the Living in darkness for the monsters and vampires to roam free? What?! I don't like the the sound of that at all. For him, Deku, Death, Shaft, and Chainsaw Killer headed out, Alucard guards the hideout to know that something is about to happen next; besides having Rosa help the Soul Reapers out as a another cursed victim vampire...there was a lot more to be going on right now.

So besides those things and a mysterious woman passing out at the Belmont Village, Master Keigo Shu has gather everyone from Team Ichigo in a meeting to talk about for in a week they'll see Sonia again in person. While the others all over the village were doing fine and the Mayor too; Shu tells the others on what's to come next: as Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Hayame, Kon, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba, Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu, Maria, Howey, George 'the Master Liberian', and Ferio 'the Ferryman' to all hear on what the young Belmont master training has to say...For it was important.

"Is everyone here?" Master Shu asked.

Seems like it for all of the fighters who'll be in the war for Howey to move his wing to point that out.

"It would seem that we're present, Master." Maria tells him. "We wish to know what's new. Is it about the war to begin within a week?"

"From that yes it is, however...we better get to the Soul Society soon enough. There's something else that's far deadly to be spreading quickly for both Ferryman and the Master Liberian has told me directly this morning."

For the two men to be nodding a yes on it, was true for Ferio and George to bring the bitter of bad news to Team Ichigo.

"He's right."

"Dracula has made his move once again."

That didn't sound good for Ichigo and the others to over hear, as it was shown from outside 'as the villagers see the darkness slowly covering the sun all over the village, Japan, and the rest all over the world. It wasn't a normal type of dark-figure at all to feel out that this is all Dracula's doing.

"What the hell...? The sun is fading away!" shock Ichigo. "What gives?"

"Its Dracula's doing, correct?" ask Rukia.

"Seems like it." said Renji.

Kon started to panic to run all over the room to act crazy-like.

"AAAAAAAAH! The Sun's dying! We're going to die!" he was running non-stop. "I don't want to go out like this-!" Kon gets hit by Ririn. "Ah!"

"Calm down, you idiot!" she said.

"Who are you calling an idiot?!"

"Hey, hey, let's just calm down for a second and talk about this." said Kurodo. "Look, whatever that monster Dracula's doing this time, we got to put our heads together and try to figure something out. We're a team, aren't we? So we can fix things without any violence."

Kon rubs his head to do the same thing too as he talks back to Ririn.

"And that's by talking and then fighting, Ririn, don't hurt me!" he said to get hit again. "Ouch!"

Well, Kurodo did try for both him and Noba to look at each other to see that was pointless for Noba to say this...

"Or not..."

So much for that speech for Chad to separate the two gently to push aside.

"No time to fight, Kurodo's right about one thing...we need to think before we can do anything." he said.

For everyone to look all over the village outside to see it wasn't good on what's happening right now to be very real. For Orihime to worry about this, she stands by Ichigo's side to hopefully get through this mess somehow, someway.

"(All of this. Dracula has made his move for any vampire or monster to roam free in our world. Without the sun, the darkness is spreading quickly.)" she said to herself. "Ichigo..."

For him to be holding Orihime's hand to tell her that there was nothing to worry about for Ichigo won't allow this to happen.

"Damn you, Dracula...! Listen, Orihime, we're going to be fine as long as we stick together."

"We will?" she was surprised to hear that part. "(So determined you are, Ichigo. He's right. As long as we stick together, we'll be fine. All of us.)"

With seeing the window of the skies outside, Master Shu continues to finish speaking to all of them...

"That's why panicking won't do us any good. We must be ready for everything, we'll move out early to the Soul Society first thing in the morning to be ready for anything...Team Ichigo, Maria, Howey, Ferryman, and the Master Liberian...Answer me this, are you all ready to face anything on what's to come?"

From Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, Hayame, Kon, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba, Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Jinta, Ururu, Maria with Howey, George, and Ferio were all in to tell that to Shu himself to hear all of their answers at a time.

"I'm ready for anything."

"Yes, sir."

"You bet your ass we are!"

"Ready."

"Yeah..."

"I'm in."

"Me too."

"Right!"

"Same here!"

"Me too!"

"Me three..."

"And me four as well."

"We'll do what we can to win this war."

"Stop the curse."

"The monsters too and the vampires are all going down!"

"That's our job like stopping Hollows."

"For Sonia and Richard, both Howey and I are in." said Maria to see her friend owl nodded a yes.

"For centuries, I will finally see Dracula defeated."

"As well I too, George."

All twenty of them were in to get ready to go for Master Shu had nothing more to say but to get ready to leave from the World of the Living and in to the Soul Society early tomorrow 'instead of one week left', to make sure that happens. For he calls this meeting and end afterwards to rest for today since they've trained very hard.

"Very good. Then starting tomorrow, we'll leave here to the Soul Society. For now, rest and relax until tonight." he said. "Now then, meeting adjourned. (With any luck, Sonia, we'll be seeing you and Richard real soon. I'm glad he's back to his normal self again.)"

And from there, they leave to relax for a while with a lot on their minds for both George and Ferio try to be prepare for anything that's about to come...same with Kon to give it his all, Yoruichi with Urahara too; Ririn, Kurodo, and Noba will do their best again, same with Chad, Tessai, Jinta, and Ururu too. Let's not forget about Maria and Howey to be thinking about their only two closes friends to see again 'not Alucard was counted for anymore'.

"(The curse from Dracula has become much stronger now...With us beating him, his vampires, monsters, and Alucard...I hope it'll all finally end afterwards.) You and me both, Howey." she said while petting Howey's head.

Hard to see everything completely turning to darkness for Lippie and the other good demons from the other world to sense it out too, it wasn't good...For Rukia and Renji to report in on what was in and hanging out as well. For Renji tries to say something to her on how he really felt besides being closes friends. Far from it, but to be in love.

"(Come on, Renji, just say to her already...!)" he tries to tell Rukia how he really feels out her. "Listen, Rukia-!"

"Renji, you know what's to come soon, right?" Rukia tells him something first. "With the fight and everything else. A legend which is real for us to be facing with. With one of the last Bounts of the legendary Count Dracula."

Renji sees that Rukia was a bit nervous to be fighting back again with her powers since the Bount event, to do much better than the last time.

"Oh, yeah...that. (Damn it!)"

"But still...!" Rukia stays strong with the items in her hands given to Sonia a while back to be the ice skating boots. "We have to at least try to keep on fighting both you and I for out squads and Ichigo from the Soul Society, World of the Living, and the entire world."

They have to try. Even for Renji to go up to Rukia 'to be blushing-like crazy to try saying something to her'.

"That we do...and...Rukia...?"

"Yes?" she had her hands to be held by Renji. "Huh?!"

He tries to tell Rukia on how he felt about her 'or tries to'.

"Listen, Rukia, I get it. You're scared. I am too...Not just about losing the others, but I...I had some feeling for you more than friends, and..." he had trouble talking think. "I might be in love..." Rukia moves her hands to pinch Renji's cheeks.

"Snap out of it!" she said. "Relax, we'll be fine. Nothing going to happen to me, not ever again. And we will protect everyone, even our captains and our friends. It's going to be okay." Rukia smiles at Renji. "Besides, we don't want to live in a world of darkness filled with monsters too much, right?"

"Ah...No."

"Then lighten up, we'll be fine." she said.

As Renji runs to hide behind the bushes to watch on Rukia to be staring at the darkness from the skies, he touches his face to slowly getting Rukia to notice him little at a time to see that he does love her. It was getting there, good!

"(We'll make it like you said, Rukia...I will protect you...)" his face turns red again. "Wow! She pinched me! An odd feeling, but I'll take it. Because in battle, she'll notice me even more...I can't wait."

When it comes to love, Renji's trying his best to win Rukia over even more...Speaking of lover – Ichigo sees Orihime to have a lot on her mind to go and check on her. As well as to try to admit his feelings towards her next.

"(Okay, Ichigo, you can do this...)"

"Oh, Ichigo." she spotted him. "I didn't see you there. Are you lost too?"

For him to freak out at first, Ichigo catches his breath to try not to blush so much.

"Lost? Me? No, no! Nothing like that at all, Orihime." said Ichigo. "I was...um...wondering around to see you sitting alone near the bunch. So, I wanted...to check on you?" he felt silly there. "(Ah, damn it! That was terrible!)"

Orihime just laughs to know that Ichigo was worried about her.

"You're silly, brave, strong, and kind heart. But that's what I like about you, Ichigo, very much."

"Really? Well, whatever..." he tries to act tough again. "I just wanted to be sure if you'll be okay in this fight. You, Chad, Renji, Uryu, Hayame, Sonia, Rukia, hell...even Kon too, and everyone else. You've been training well, done so much since you've gotten your powers."

Orihime has to stop the Lizard Man and Medusa alone with her Six Six Princess friends aiding her too. She has come through a lot for the past few months.

"Oh, you realize it too, Ichigo?" she was shy to be left speechless. "Thank you for noticing! For you to stop Death Dragon, Actrise, Renon, Spider Queen, and such to help out Sonia, she's a very good friend to have. She helped us out a lot as we'll do the same for her too. But still...I just fight to protect my friends and you-! Ah!"

"Orihime!" Ichigo tries to catch her to fall on top of her to have his head land on top of Orihime's big breasts a little and panics. "Huh...? Ah! Sorry!" he tries to get back up. "I didn't mean to!"

"No, no, I fell! It was my fault!"

"No! I did it, you must hate me now-!"

For Ichigo to panic more than Orihime was, she places her hand on Ichigo's face to calm him down again.

"Why would I hate you? I could never..." Orihime smiles.

Ichigo then looked calm to be on top of Orihime in a sweet moment to place his hand on hers to touch. So cute!

"(Orihime...I not only want to protect my friends and family, but also you...)" he looked happy to see that Orihime liked him back to be more than friends. "Listen, Orihime, I just wanted to tell you...to be careful in battle. Please."

"Oh, I will. Don't you worry about me, Ichigo. You be careful out there in battle yourself." she said back. "I wouldn't be happy if you or our friends got hurt like Sonia."

"I won't, neither of them won't..." Ichigo had his chance to make his move now. "(Here's my chance!) Listen, Orihime...I'm not good talking to someone like this...to you only! But, if you like after this battle's over that you and I can...maybe go eat, drink, watch a movie, ah...Crap! This hard asking you out!"

For Ichigo had trouble 'for this was his finest crush to ask a girl out on a date', Orihime smiles to get gently lifted up by Ichigo back on their feet.

"(Ichigo...) Ask me out you say? Sure, why not?" she said. "Wow, you did pretty good asking me out on a date like that. It's nice."

Well, that was a yes there. Yeah!

"Really? Thank you-! I mean, okay. Sounds cool." Ichigo acts happy to being cool again. "But you know, I want to take things slow between us. Fighting Hollows, fighting side by side, going to school to hanging out, and such...It's no secret. It just you and I are dating for the first time. I hope that's fine with you."

"It is." she answers back. "Also, Ichigo?"

"What's up?"

Orihime hugs Ichigo for the two enjoy it to let go of the shyness for the two.

"Ah, you're sweet to me. And I really like you a lot... (There! I said it!)"

Once Orihime said that, Ichigo looked a bit happy to get so excited to shout it out throughout the entire village for everyone else to hear it all.

"Wow...Orihime... (She likes me...All along that I was able to save her, I knew...)" he gets happy. "Orihime Inoue likes me...SHE SAID SHE LIKES MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAHH!"

Alright, that's one thing to be done and told in a romantic kind of way, huh? Touching...With that taken care of for Orihime and Ichigo to laugh together after that, it was time to see Uryu and Hayame to have their moment next 'right outside of the village where the out cold woman was lying on the ground'; as they had their moments to train, study, learn, and control the Belmont Powers, for they were all set to go for tomorrow as they were holding each other and kissing for a sweet make out for them to enjoy every moment of it – touching holding, kissing, and moving their hands smoothly around their skins. It was nice for Uryu to finally have a girlfriend, huh? So sweet...and I love it!

"A nice time for us to make out like this, huh Uryu?" Hayame said and she was happy.

"Yeah...It is nice just to have you in my arms, Hayame, having a girlfriend like you is wonderful." he said to look at the skies and his weapon. "With all of this mess to be going on, I hope we'll make it through somehow. Enough to stop Dracula, enough to bring the light back, enough to protect everyone and you, and enough to have my powers of a Quincy to last a bit longer."

Worried about losing it for who knows how long it'll last, Uryu has to try and Hayame knows that he still can.

"Hey, come on. Don't say that. You need to be positive to keep on going until that power goes out and then try to find a way to get your original Quincy powers back afterwards."

Hard to go through for Uryu wanted to keep on fighting and such to be the best of the last Quincies on Earth. Hayame wanted to make her boyfriend feel a bit better...but it was much harder than it looked. It was not just the powers he was upset about, it was more than just his pride.

"It just...I want to go back again before I ever loss it all. I hate this!" he got mad to punch something. "Will it be enough? Will it be powerful to at least stop Dracula?"

"Uryu..." Hayame felt bad for her boyfriend. "Please stop. Look at me."

Uryu calms down a little from Hayame to be hugging him.

"Ah, Hayame...I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking."

"It's fine. It's scary and it does hurt to not have anything to fight back to see your friends get hurt, other than myself to fight back." she said. "It'll be okay, Uryu, we'll make it." Hayame kisses Uryu on the cheek. "Now come on, we better head back with the others to hang out before tomorrow morning."

Uryu smiles for him and Hayame to know that it'll all work out somehow to still have each other.

"Right, let's go. (And with all said and done, Hayame's right. I'll try to one day have my Quincy powers to come back for real, I just got to make the ones that Sonia let me borrow does count the most.)" Uryu sees Hayame tripping on something to catch her in time. "Hayame!" he catches her. "Are you hurt?"

Looks like Hayame was just fine.

"Yeah, I'm good, thanks, Uryu." she said. "It looks like I tripped on a rock or..." Hayame sees a woman who was hurt. "Oh, no! It's a girl!"

The two helped out the mysterious woman to see if she was hurt.

"Hey, are you okay? Say something!" Uryu tries to check on the girl to see that she was hurt to lose some blood. "Hayame, we better go get some help to help this woman right away. Place her body gently down and stay with her while I get someone."

But before neither one could do anything at all, that's when it happens for Hayame to turn away for a few seconds and Uryu almost leaving his girlfriend alone...the odd woman gets up looking like...a vampire?! A female one at that who was bitten and has become one of them now to be ready to kill and drink the blood from them next.

"(Huh? She looks like a vampire all of a sudden.) Ah...Uryu!" she warns Uryu.

Uryu runs over to Hayame's side from the Female Vampire's shape claws to cut down the tree, rat, and them next. Looks like the version from the boss that you have to fight with in Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness video games. She doesn't talk, but make odd noises more to be very deadly when fighting her in battle.

"Watch out!"

That was too close! Though it cut some of Uryu's clothing off instead of him or Hayame to be alive after that move. She wasn't done with them yet. From laughing insane-like covered in blood, and was ready to strike again like the male one did back in the Soul Society.

"Thanks, Uryu, it would seems that this woman has died long ago..."

"And turn herself into a vampire. I notice it too, Dracula's behind this." said Uryu to be ready to fight. "Hayame, back me up! We can't let this beast run loose back at the village!"

From Uryu having his Belmont powers ready for his Quincy skills of arrows, bow, and light saber sword, so was Hayame with her staff and harpy form to back up her boyfriend.

"Then let's stop this vampire bitch while we still can." she said back. "I'm ready, Uryu! (And no matter what happens, we will make it through this war together. All of us will.)"

The two give it their all against the female vampire to be moving fast to claw or bite them to miss, to even fly all over for Uryu's shots were missing her. For Hayame goes in the air to stop her summoning of bats to take out to almost getting strike down; for the vampire becomes mist to move around and send more bats at them to cut or smack to death to be so many of them bats just coming and going 'for they were unaware or the others about the barrier breaking down was Dracula's doing' during the fight. Will there be an end to this creature? Well, Uryu and Hayame avoid getting clawed or bitten to death – for the Female Vampire try to grab hold of Uryu to try biting him, as Hayame uses her gusts of wind to blow her away for a few seconds to keep their distances to come up with something.

"Damn, she's too fast! Dracula sure has his work cut out to make more vampires!"

Good point, Uryu, he has...

"There has to be a way to stop this one..." Hayame then has a plan. "Uryu, let me borrow your sword."

Uryu allows Hayame to borrow it to tie it and her staff to create a cross to have one distraction to finish the Female Vampire off.

"Oh, I get it now." he was surprised to get Hayame's idea. "Hayame, I love when you think of a good plan. You know what to do then."

Hayame does so to create more wind to send the vampire flying the skies to turn to mist to get out in time, allowing Hayame's harpy moves to come up above to place the cross on her to burn...It works and then she uses her wing to smack the vampire down to the ground real hard.

"It worked!" she kept on attacking the vampire. "Too slow, lady! Have some of wind from your crappy mist move!"

Nice combat battle for Female Vampire and Hayame 'in her harpy form' were both fast to give from claw, power, and such to hit one another to be close to lose some hair to get cut a few here and there...trying to bite Hayame to move a lot for this vampire doesn't stop – for this girl had the monster where she wanted this vampire to be in, to then get pushed back up.

"Duck and cover, Hayame!" Uryu warns his girlfriend in time.

Hayame does so by fly away in time to trap the Female Vampire unable to move from the cross shape that was holding her back, for Uryu fires his arrows at the beast beast. Direct hit to cause this vampire turn burn up in pain to cry out and turns into ashes like the male one did...this Female Vampire is long gone now thanks to Uryu and Hayame's love and team work to stop another in the World of the Living in the end. After that fight, Hayame unties the two weapons to give the other back to Uryu.

"I knew that would work." Hayame runs up to hug and kiss Uryu. "We did it, Uryu! Here's your sword."

"Thank you, Hayame, you were amazing there." he said to be pleased and happy. "Now with that taken care of, we need to tell Ichigo and the others right away. Let's head back to the village. Huh?"

Uryu was the first to know that something was right once he steps back inside of the barrier for Hayame to notice it next...

"What's wrong, Uryu?" she sees it. "Huh? The barrier's down! But how?"

Looking at it carefully, all it took was a dead animal, some blood, and darkness powers to disable the spell. All this was the Female Vampire's doing...

"All of this happened for one person to do it when this woman was killed by Dracula to become a vampire...all of this and then his powers broke through-!" Uryu looks around the forest. "(If that's the case...where is he right now?) Hayame, be on your guard. (I don't like where this is going...)"

That doesn't look good at all...But where was Dracula? He could be anywhere outside of the Belmont Village for Uryu to try sensing out, same with Hayame too for them to sense nothing so far but to look empty and quiet all over the area. With the barrier destroyed for others to have a look at 'same with Ichigo and the others', so did Master Keigo Shu to notice that there was trouble to be taken care of. But that was only the beginning of something far worse than just a spell to be disable. Far from it...

"Master Shu, something's wrong." the Mayor panics. "People are starting to worry...!"

So he has notice too for Shu to try to do something about it.

"I know, Mayor, I'll put up a new one right away. (I don't understand...This can't be broken after a fight. Uryu and Hayame must've stopped a vampire, but what for? What does Dracula have in mind? He would've attack everyone by now, but he didn't...I don't get it.)"

Having a look around for Uryu and Hayame does the same like Shu was to have something bad to happen for Dracula to appear behind the master himself, same with Deku to be flying above, along with Death and Shaft to be ready to strike, and the Chainsaw Killer to appear in front of the two lovers from outside of the village. For Hayame to see that it was all part of their plan, she warns them all by shouting as loud as she could to warn them all.

"(Oh, no...)" she says it. "Everyone! Get out of the village! It's Dracula and his army!"

It has began from a counter attack at the Belmont Village...The Mayor sees this try to get everyone out of there.

"Run for your life! It's Count Dracula!"

As Master Keigo Shu turns around to see Dracula attacks him with his sword to use on this human to cut down.

"Dracula!" shock Shu.

"You should've sense our presents coming a little earlier, Master of Richard and Sonia." Dracula attacks. "Now die."

Getting out his whip and sword to move from Dracula's attack 'from a huge hole was left on the ground', Shu defends himself against the Prince of Darkness alone.

"It's you...! Why are yo doing this!" he kept on fighting. "Answer me!"

A sword to so fight with power for Shu to risk it all to stop Dracula as much as he could, allowing Deku to appear in front of the Mayor and all of the other villagers with their animals too. As he had something up his sleeve with some back up to unleash upon them all.

"None of you humans aren't going anywhere. Lord Dracula has order me to keep you where you all are for the fun to start off." the vampire bat summons his family to aid him. "Now come, my Vampire Bats! Surround them all! No escape."

Lots of Vampire Bats started to attack the Mayor and the villagers for Ichigo and the others to be seeing this mess, to try to do something about it right away.

"Ichigo!" Chad tells his friend.

"Damn...Dracula's here." Ichigo goes into his Soul Reaper mode to get Kon into his body. "Kon!"

"Right!"

Ready to fight as everyone gets their Belmont powers all set to go for Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji were in their Soul Reaper forms, Maria with Howey, Orihime, and Chad were ready to fight as Kon joins with them; same with Ririn, Kurodo, and Noba in their human-like bodies of theirs. Urahara, Tessai, Jinta, and Ururu join in to fight while Yoruichi went to get Ferryman and the Master Liberian to do something from both of them quickly. She moves out using her Flash Steps type of move. She tells the two men of the danger to be going on at the river lake side to alert them right away.

"Lady Yoruichi?" Ferio was surprised to see her. "What's wrong? Is like you saw a ghost?"

"There's no time, you two! Start making the Senkaimon entrance and get the boat ready now before-!"

Before Yoruichi could say the rest, something appears to be none other than Death himself. Dracula's right hand man! For he laughs with evil to make his move and was ready to strike at the three.

"The Grim Reaper himself...Death." shock George in horror. "That means that Dracula and his army are invading the village!"

That it was...For him to create dark fire to burn Ferryman a little to be down for the count to use his water powers to save himself and shield George in time for his magic was not strong enough to stop him.

"Nice try, but you two are no match for me."

Yoruichi steps in to give the Grim Reaper a beating with her fighting skills as Death blocks it all by using his scythe weapon to be stronger than he looks, it does give both George and Ferio to make their escape right away.

"Go, you two! Run! Get to it!" she said. "I'll handle it!"

Having no choice, George helps out Ferio to get going and fast.

"Lady Yoruichi, be careful. We'll come back for you and everyone else! Let's go, Ferio."

Helping Ferio get away for George make a run for it, Yoruichi doesn't stop fighting with Death until they escaped far from the fight. Just in time to say the least...For this Soul Reaper doesn't give up without a fight.

"A former Soul Reaper I see...You would make a perfect sacrifice for Lord Dracula." said Death while blocking Yoruichi's attacks.

"As if I would become Dracula's sexy slave, I rather die!" she kept on attacking to use her special move on Death. "Have some of this! Taketonbo (Bamboo Dragonfly)!"

From grabbing hold of Death by jumping in from above, coming up from behind, grabbing hold of his robe, and sends Death flying from Yoruichi's special move. She was fast! Thought that would slow down Death, he disappears to reappear again to get out his weapon to make his move to strike back at a long range distances on Yoruichi.

"I'm faster than you are, woman. Not die!"

"What?!" Yoruichi was struck down in seconds from Death's quick move to cut her up badly to go down and was bleeding to be too weak to move. "(No...! Death was too quick, that I didn't sense his attack...coming...)"

No, Yoruichi was down...! I hope she isn't dead.

"That's one down." cleans off the blood from his weapon. "Now I leave the rest to you, my lord."

Seems Death's job was clear to let Ferio and George go unharmed 'for now' to take care of one problem. This was really bad! As Uryu and Hayame tried to go help Ichigo and everyone else by heading back to the village that was getting destroyed little by little...a powerful swing of a chainsaw by the Chainsaw Killer strikes at them, hitting Hayame staff to break 'to try shielding herself with' to bleed out from the leg in pain. Screaming, and almost lost it, was saved by Uryu to use his light saber to try cutting the monster away from his girlfriend in time. But she was hit to still fight but unable to fight anytime soon.

"Hayame!" he helps her out. "Let me carry you."

Chainsaw Killer gets back up to dust himself off and was ready for more as his weapon-like arm approaches at the two lovers to finish the job 'by Dracula's orders'. A soulless monster this thing was.

"Uryu...Uryu, start running...He's getting back up!"

And they started to outrun the Chainsaw Killer to give chase on Uryu and Hayame to be carried by her boyfriend to stay away from the monster's many swings and strong strength from him to slice, cut, kill, and such without fail to be a bit fast, but still too big to go any faster. Which was good, but outrunning or hiding from it would do them any good like a hidden hole underneath a tree was their once chance to get out alive. However, they were unable to go back to the village for now.

"(This is bad...Ichigo, stay alive. You and everyone else, please...)" worried Uryu to check on Hayame to keep her close to him. "Hayame, you're hit!"

"Uryu, I'll live. I just need to clean this wound." she said to see that Uryu takes care of that with cold water place on a little hand towel. "What are you doing?"

He cleans Hayame's wounds carefully recovering it to have trouble walking only fly for a while, but Uryu did stop the bleeding for her to live.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I need to make sure your leg doesn't get affected or it'll kill you. I'm a doctor from my father who works at the hospitl." Uryu gets it done. "There we go. One more hit on the wrong side, then it would've made you lose your leg completely and bled to death."

"Oh, thank you." Hayame covers Uryu's mouth to see Chainsaw Killer approaching in the area. "Uryu, we need to get to Ichigo and the others. They need us." she said quietly.

But how? Neither of them couldn't get out to stay trapped with a real monster who's trying to cut them in half.

"I'm afraid we're stuck here...Sorry, Hayame, but our only way back to the village is to wait for an opening and make run for it. But one wrong move, and we will die."

With Uryu hate that idea to be hugging Hayame in his arms, it would seem that they had no choice now. Either wait or die by Chainsaw Killer's hands.

"I hope we can... (Don't you die on us. Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Chad, Orihime, Kon, and everyone else. Please.)" she prays for hope.

And pray for something good to happen would be hard for Master Keigo Shu faces against Dracula a lone; while Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Renji, Rukia, Kon, Maria, Howey, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba, Urahara, Tessai, Jinta, and Ururu helped out the villagers to stop the Vampire Bats while making sure that all of them and the Mayor all got out safely. Alright to stopping the demons, but not against the Vampire Bat himself.

"No...Dracula! This ends here and now!" Shu whip Dracula to not feel anything.

"Is that all you got, Shu?" he taunts the man to be yawning. "You've gotten soft. How sad."

Trying to fire a powerful fire ball type of attack at Shu, he was hit to the chest. But still, he needed to stay strong. As he does to use lots of holy water for Dracula to break all of the bottles with his mind powers to fail; allowing him to use from cross-like boomerang throws which allow Dracula to use his cape to make that weapon to melt, the same of the dagger that Shu throws at his enemy to melt in his hands in seconds while walking up slowly at the Belmont hunter. This monster was taunting with the poor man! Soon Shu moves away from Dracula trying to grab hold of him with one hand to try whipping him down to use his power blast-like attack to electrocute the demon, to then using his sword to finish the job, but failed from Shaft's ice attack to freeze both the whip and the sword of Shu's for it all shattered in pieces.

"Sorry I'm late, Lord Dracula, I had to complete the spell. But I've made it just in time." he said.

Shocking to the others to see this, same with Shu to mess up to stop Dracula to outsmart his rival of one of the Belmont ancestors to be defeated by their greatest enemy.

"No, not you, Shaft! (How can we win now?! Not even I can't stand a chance against Dracula himself!)"

Dracula comes up in front of Shu to give him the finishing blow.

"Again, you're too slow."

Having Dracula's wing-like bat from his back to make a move to cut Shu really bad to be bleeding out all over from the chest to go down. No, Shu! Ichigo and the others got some of the people out to see their hero down, even for Maria and Howey didn't like this either.

"No! Master Shu!" she was terrified. "Damn you, Dracula!"

With the Prince of Darkness cleaning himself off after that, he didn't care of Shaft to be late just as long as the deed was done let alone asking for some help.

"I'm glad you've arrived, Shaft." said Dracula. "I don't care why you're late, using that move on this weak human was a sneaky attack you did. I could've finish this fight with the snap of my fingers."

Shaft understood to bow for forgiveness from his boss to never do something like that ever again.

"Understood, sir, I'm ready to do what needs to be done next. May I...?"

Dracula allows it to have the snap of his fingers go off and allows Shaft to use that special move right now on the heroes.

"Go ahead, I must see this." said Dracula to get out his item within his hands. "We got the villagers to keep hold of with enough to have killed for some blood and souls, as for these humans and Soul Reapers...trap them. I like to see them witness the horror of their once odd world to change when we're done here."

Shaft laughs to do what needs to be done to use his favorite move of all.

"Oh, yes, Lord Dracula, as you wish." said the wicked Shaft to power up next. "Now then...which one of you wish to take me on first...?"

As Dracula steps on Shu to make him suffer even more, this made Maria angry to become a dinosaurs allowing her to become strong and fast to go charging at her enemy in order to save her master with Howey flying in fast by his human friend's side. For this is what Dracula wants them to do, or tries to...It's a trap!

"Dracula! (No more! I will no longer lose anymore of my friends!)" Maria was mad. "You and Alucard will pay!"

"Maria! Howey! Stay down!" Shu tries to warn them.

Soon Shaft appears in front of Dracula to stop Maria and Howey and fires a attack from his powerful magic type of crystal ball.

"Got ya...Time to be crystallize!" he fires away. "Starting with you two."

It was too late for them to get out in time...for Shaft uses his power of strong crystals to turn both Maria and Howey into stone-like crystal type of statues. Shocking for Shu, Ichigo, and the group to see for them to be trapped in Shaft's spell.

"Oh, no...!" shock Orihime.

"What happened?" same with Chad.

"It can't-!" Ichigo runs up to Maria and Howey to sense that they're alive but stuck to break free. "Maria and Howey...No!" he gets mad to point his Zanpakto out with his Belmont powers all charge up. "Dracula! What the hell did you do to them?!"

No kidding! If they're no dead, are they trapped forever? Dracula explains who Shaft was to everyone for them to hear it all: In 1792, Shaft resurrected Dracula and aided him in his plans to kidnap several young girls, including Annette or the other Maria Renard's ancestor like her as a little girl from back then. Richter Belmont encountered him at least once in his adventure, and Shaft was defeated after conjuring several monsters previously fought by Simon Belmont. Shaft's final fate depends on the protagonist's actions. If Richter or Maria failed to rescue Annette, she took the place of Shaft Ghost, and Shaft Ghost survives, arriving before Dracula is killed and protecting him long enough for him to escape. If Annette is rescued, Shaft Ghost is fought properly and destroyed. Shaft would come to exist only as a spirit transferred and kept in a crystal ball. In 1797, Shaft kidnapped Richter and brainwashed him, knowing no one could defeat him because he was the strongest of all vampire hunters. He was instrumental in using his evil powers to control Richter, turning him against anyone who would seek to defy the Count (unbeknownst to Maria and Alucard). Maria guessed that he was under supernatural coercion and helped Alucard see past Shaft's deceptions. Alucard was able to save Richter instead of killing him and put an end to the dark priest's ambitions. Damn...This Shaft guy's really mess up!

"And now you know. Shaft's very useful on my side with his magic spells, including my favorite one...turning any living creture into beautiful crystal-like statues. These two are the perfect ones that I have. Nice collection, wouldn't you say?"

For Dracula to be touching Maria to be trapped to have Shaft do a lot more to turn to statues next.

"It's because of my amazing skills, I can a lot more on the rest of you to see a brand new tomorrow. By Lord Dracula's orders, I'm placing each and everyone of you humans and Soul Reapers to be frozen by my magic." Shaft does another shot to trap Chad next. "You first, big boy."

"What?" shock Chad.

And Shaft gets him to show the others.

"Chad!" Renji, Rukia, Orihime, and Kon said in horror.

Chad was like Maria and Howey were, trapped as crystal-like statues for him to do the rest. The only thing that Shu could do now was to warn them all to get out right away.

"No...Get out of here now! Hurry!"

"Shaft, complete my collection." Dracula snaps his fingers again to give Shaft an order.

And so he does to go after the rest of them...

"Yes, my lord." he fires away. "Now hold still..."

With Shu down for the count, Urahara gives it his all with his Benihime Zanpakto to slow down Shaft 'for that wizard to use his crystal balls to blast fire from it', to have a battle to save everyone else.

"(This is bad...!)" Urahara tries to be strong. "Ichigo, you and others get out of here now! I'll save Shu and stop Shaft as long as I could! Hurry!"

Ichigo, Orihime, Rukia, Renji, Kon, Ririn, Kurodo, Noba, Tessai, Jinta, and Ururu having no other choice but to leave the rest to Urahara to try saving the others and Shu too for them to make a run for it since the were no match against neither Dracula or Shaft. Trying to stop Shaft to make more crystal-like statues, he traps Urahara inside a crystal ball for him to move in fast to finish the rest of the parts. No! It turns Urahara into one! And the rest to fall next...

"Like one Soul Reaper will stop me! Now, all of you become my statues!"

Soon enough for Shu to witness it all...they all turn into statues. Tessai to call out to his boss's name, Jinta to push Ururu away in time, only for her to see the horror to get caught in it next, Ririn next, Noba to be unable to teleport out of there in time, Kurodo ducks to get caught next, along with Kon to be too slow to dodge it, only to reach out in fear.

"Oh, no!" he was slowly turning into a crystal statue. "Ichigo...Rukia...Orihime...Anyone, help me..."

This was really bad...Renji to go charging in to stop Shaft first before stopping Dracula and saving Shu's life.

"Why you...you bastard!"

"Renji!" said Rukia to worry about him.

"Are you idiot, Renji?!" same with Ichigo. "You can't stop Shaft alone!"

As Renji to try avoiding the other crystal balls to try trapping him from Shaft's doing, he slashes at him to use his lightening powers to stun his entire body with one powerful zap.

"You fool. Time for you to join with your friends." Shaft crystallizes Renji into a statue.

This was bad for Rukia to try using her Kido to stop Shaft from hurting her other friends while reporting back to the Soul Society of the danger that was about to come for them next.

"Renji! Ichigo! Orihime! Get back!" she uses her Soul Pager while stopping Shaft with her Shakkaho blasts to keep on firing. "This is Rukia Kuchiki, a lieutenant from Squad Thirteen reporting in from the World of the Living. If anyone can hear this, Renji and I are under attack with the people in the Belmont Village and Ichigo to be unable to stop Dracula and his demons for all of us to be out numbered. Please be fully prepare on what's to come in case anything were to happen to us to stop Dracula the best that any of you remaining Soul Reapers and Sonia can do-!" Rukia was trapped to slowly becoming a crystal statue next. "Oh, no...! Ichigo, you have to survive! Ah!"

Rukia was now trap like the others for Shu to see that they were about to be defeated to their dooms, even for Dracula to use a whip-like weapon made of blood to separate Orihime and Ichigo to trapping them next.

"That leaves two more to go. Shaft, get the girl, I need to deal with Ichigo myself."

Shaft does so for Orihime couldn't use her shield to save Ichigo or herself to reach hands until Orihime becomes a crystal-like statue completely. No!

"Don't go! Orihime, please!" Ichigo does his best to reach to her.

"Ichigo! Ichigo!" she does the same thing.

But it was too late, Orihime was trapped with everyone else now. Only for Uryu and Hayame to outrun Chainsaw Kill in time to aid Yoruichi to still be badly hurt, and both George and Ferio put all of their powers together to make their get away next, leaving Ichigo sad and upset to fail everyone even to his new girlfriend too.

"No...ORIHIME!" he was crying. "Rukia...Kon...Renji...Chad...Everyone...I'm sorry."

As Shaft traps the Mayor and the other villagers too thanks to Deku's help too have the other vampires to surround the entire left over village.

"Lord Dracula, it's done. Everyone has become statues thanks to your work, Shaft." said the little evil bat. "That'll leave us with one more to go."

Ichigo was alone now to try saving everyone, stop the other three monsters, and try saving Shu 'since he knows that George, Ferio, Yoruichi, Uryu, and Hayame weren't caught in this mess yet' to have some hope left since Rukia got the message out to the Soul Society.

"You'll use your Doll before I can trap the half Soul Reaper next, correct, Lord Dracula?" ask Shaft.

"That I will." he walks on Shu's body to approach to Ichigo. "Tell me, boy, just how strong have you gotten since we last saw each other? I hope you can entertain me for a little while longer before joining with everyone else."

Ichigo powers up from both Soul Reaper and Belmont powers to stop Dracula again, or hold him off as long as he can.

"I don't care if you're the last Bount...Trying to change this world...or mock me a lot...I won't forgive what you've down to the people here and my friends!"

Using his shadows to grab hold of Dracula's body, he uses his arms to push them all aside to be nothing to him and then using his item, to summon his Doll.

"Not bad, but not strong enough...And you do remember these, do you?" Dracula shows it. "Unlike Kariya and his men to use their Dolls in battle to take a life and change the world, revenge isn't my thing but for one for my beloved Lisa. You must understand why I must take over everything after centuries of planning, for power..." he summons his Doll. "Let me show you mine. Zeige Dich (Show yourself)! Wicked!"

Like in the video game of Castlevania: Sympathy of the Night, of a bat-like monster type of demon who was big as a house. From his other form from the beginning of that video game, but to be Dracula's Doll in this version. It doesn't talk, but it was mean and nasty to face with long claws, stand on his two feet, little wings, long horns, sharp teeth, and a long tail who can fight in physical form as his strength to use in battle.

"No way...That's Dracula's Doll...?" shock Shu. "Don't do it, Ichigo!"

Well, it was too late to talk to Ichigo now, but he must do it to save the rest in time to get his friends out of safety somehow even if he becomes a statue like everyone else.

"I have to, Shu, it's the only way! Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo swings his sword to also use his shadow powers to stop Wicked as much as he could. "Take this!"

Fighting back as long as he could allowed Ferryman to start his boat for George to aid Uryu and Hayame to aid Yoruichi in to use a few more things to get out of the World of the Living and in to the Soul Society somehow...But with what? Ichigo was no match against Wicked to claw, bite down, fly, and tackling Ichigo to give him a beat down to be no match against him or Dracula either to use a type of dark paralyzing type of spell to hold his body up.

"Thank you, Wicked, now stay down. I'll handle the rest." he said for his Doll to obey him and then taunts with Ichigo again. "How foolish for you to train just to try to stop me and my army. Well let me tell you something, Ichigo. For this new century, I will rule all for a better tomorrow for power and to change it all from the cruelty over the year no more."

"All because of your wife and your son to join your side...?" he ask in pain. "Think what you're doing...!"

"Oh, I think I do starting with your world of the entire are of Japan...Shaft! Do it!"

Once Dracula said that, he throws Ichigo to the ground for Shaft to use one more crystal spell to turn everyone to statues one more time to spread all over one country, the start of a whole new chaos to to soon happen.

"Yes, Lord Dracula. Now, everyone turn into crystals!" Shaft releases it all. "Spread."

One hit causes the ground to turn everyone into statues for some of the animals and plants were unharmed for Ichigo's family, friends, and everyone else back in Karakura Town were trapped and for him to slowly become one too. No! For everything in Japan has been completely crystallize by Shaft's powers, no way to break free unless someone kills him to destroy the spell. For Ichigo to fail from becoming one, he felt out hope left for him and the rest of the team to still beat Dracula somehow in the Soul Society.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's done, Lord Dracula! Japan's our leaving the entire world to go after next." said Deku to fly around with wickness of evil in his fun to releasing a portal hole. "Go, vampires, be free. It's darkness in this area! Soon, the whole world will slowly be ours. Go roam free for fresh blood and to kill!"

For all of the monsters to do just that, Ichigo and Shu sees it all to be too late to stop Dracula at this rate right now.

"Yes, now go my children and feed with any human to have. Thanks to me." he looks at Ichigo in his defeat. "As for you, boy, it's over. What's done is done, so face reality and go to a deep sleep like the others. It's game over."

With Shu seeing through Ichigo's eyes, he knows what's about to happen next for the Substitute Soul Reaper to say this with a smile. Now the rest was up to Sonia and the other Soul Reapers.

"(Sonia, the rest is up to use now. Help Yoruichi, Uryu, and Hayame. Stop Dracula.)" Ichigo tells Dracula this next part. "You know what, Dracula? You know how the old saying goes that I do remember hearing a lot..."

"And what's that?" he asked.

Shu does one more move to make it count of a powerful ray of light to fire in the grounds to be his last energy left.

"(It's all or nothing...Ichigo, I hope I can do more by getting them out of here...And away from Dracula...!)"

Trying to make a move, Ichigo says this...

"We made have loss the battle today, but...The war isn't over yet." Ichigo said with smirk. "(Sonia, fight back for all of us...see you once all of us get free again.)" he said to himself and then becomes crystallize.

No! He has gotten to almost everyone now...! With Dracula finally winning the battle, to leave him, Deku, Wicked, and Shaft confused on what Ichigo meant there, that's when Yoruichi moves in fast 'as George uses his spells to shirk the crystal of everyone for her to save', makes a run for it with enough strength she had to getting out of the area and for Shu to use his finally move in time.

"(I got them!)" she runs back into the boat for Uryu to fire some shots at the other monsters.

Leaving Shu to go out with a bang.

"(Now's my chance...) Dracula, you will be defeated some how and they will be back to fight again!"

One powerful light sends Dracula, Deku, Chainsaw Killer, Death, and Shaft flying out of the village a bit 'only for the bats to get destroyed instead'. Only to leave the other statues to stay safe and Shu to lie on the ground bleeding, weak, and was slowly dying do to the other hits he took from Dracula's doing was unable to saved in time; but sees Yoruichi to go down to give the crystal of everyone to George as she makes a Senkaimon portal for Ferryman to row his boat to the Soul Society right away.

"We did it." George takes care of them. "This is awful...Lady Yoruichi..."

"It's fine. Keep going..." she uses her powers to go out cold. "Let's head to the Soul Society...now!"

It works to get there to see the awful scene before leaving to the tunnel for Ferryman doesn't stop rowing at all.

"The human will live as long as Dracula doesn't crush them in their crystal forms." he said. "And still, we must stop Shaft to free them and stop the monsters once we get there, as well as make something to get everyone else out of this mess." Ferio kept on rowing away. "Hang on! We'll make it there in no time!"

As the other monsters, some vampire bats, and vampires roam free within the darkness world of the World of the Living now 'part of Japan', this made both Uryu and Hayame were upset to have their friends capture but them to do what they need to for Sonia and the others now, for soon enough Dracula will arrive in the Soul Society for the real battle to began. Soon the whole world will be covered in darkness, more monsters to roam free, and everyone else to die or become statues next. For Hayame cries in Uryu's arms to feel upset of this mess.

"Oh, Uryu...What are we going to do now?"

For him to feel upset, it was up to them to help out Sonia to save everyone else.

"We'll find some way, Hayame, we will..." he makes his hand into a fist of rage. "(Dracula...! You will pay for this! All of it!)"

And hopefully soon...With Shu standing a bit to see that the five got out alive, he falls down to take his last breath of defeat and cries to know t hat he had his fun to leave the rest to Richard and Sonia to stop Dracula now. All of it! As he gives out one last breath and speech to say something and to know that the fight will end and the curse for good too.

"Count Dracula...I hope when Team Ichigo are free from Shaft's spell...! And Sonia to be curse free and Richard to fight again...I want you to rot in Hell for all of eternity, even if I go down with you...the Belmont Legacy will live on forever...You will be beaten...!" he coughs up blood. "Sonia...Richard...Maria...I love you all like you are all my own children, and Alucard...I know what you're really up to, all for you mother Lisa...Give Dracula one for me...Master Keigo Shu, master of the Belmont fight skills...I'm proud to teach them all well, now they're ready...Ready for anything to win... (Goodbye.)" Shu then dies with one last breath to let out.

That sucks...for one to die, it had to be Master Keigo Shu himself to only risk his life to let the other five escape alive. As Chainsaw Killer, Deku, or Shaft loss track of them to call that a lost to finish the rest off and let them take their friends who are trapped.

"Oh, come on! We lost them!" the little bat hits Chainsaw Killer's head to have no affect. "They would've been crystallize too if that Soul Reaper stayed dead, Death! Nice job!"

"I've tried but they've out smarted me to make their move. Please forgive me, Lord Dracula." Death bows for forgiveness from his boss.

Only for Dracula to say this with his hands up.

"It's fine, Deku, let them go." he said to get his henchmen some attention. "They got lucky, but the next time they'll be gone for good. It'll be a little warning to give the Head Captain of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads by seeing and then, they will all die. All but Sonia will fall into my hands. Death. Monster. You two have done well."

Dracula said for them to bow to him and then talks to Shaft next.

"Thank you, my Lord." said Death. "The next time, I'll cut the Soul Reaper's head off for you."

"Good, good. And Shaft, I hope that your same spell will spread further all over the world besides Japan, for the humans to see and then have the taste of their own medicine soon enough. Can you make it happen?"

"The sooner for me to train my powers a lot more, the better." he said. "I'll have it done in 48 hours."

"Make it 24 if you can. Deku, it's up you now to send out the monsters to the Soul Society this time. And..." Dracula whispers something in Deku's ear to something secret-like for the little one. "Can I count on you?"

Deku was more than happy to do it right away to take over since Jinpa 'who used Richard's body' and Succubus have failed to do so.

"Oh, sounds like fun! Of course, Lord Dracula. If it's alright for me to have Chainsaw Killer by my side for protection?"

"Until he's needed in battle, you may. But make sure to have Sonia brought back to me and the rest to die with their blood and souls removed." he said.

Seems that Deku can finish the job now with Chainsaw Killer to protect the little demon.

"Understood. I won't let you down." said Deku.

What other secret did Dracula have in mind for Deku to do alone...? For him to sense Shu was killed, they leave back to headquarters for the time being.

"Good, that fool Shu's finally dead. A sad way to go, but what's done is done. Come, we shall return to continue on with the plans...with the Soul Society next." he said to lead them back through the portal. "(This time, victory will be mine.)"

Not good...As Dracula, Deku, Shaft, Death, and Chainsaw Killer returned to the castle leaving the Belmont Village destroyed with the trapped people and the dead Shu. So sad for everything else in Japan and Karakura Town was the same with vampires and bat roaming free to kill others who were left standing or turned into crystal-like statues. This was really bad even for Isshin, Yuzu, Karin, Tatsuki, Keigo, Don, and the others who were all trap and stuck within a living nightmare darkness; as Alucard sees it from the crystal ball to hate this to keep to himself to do something about him as a bad guy 'but he really wasn't', and Rosa horrified to put a stop to Dracula with everything she has from within her. Soon enough Yoruichi, George, Ferio, Uryu, and Hayame have arrived and badly hurt for Ganju, Kukaku, and the others to see the problem in their area...Same with Sonia to sense it out, along with the other Soul Reapers getting Rukia's message to sound bad; making this girl upset to have her friends in danger. For Momo, Izuru, Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Yachiru, Hisagi, Kiyone, and Sentaro were hanging out with Sonia to see that something was wrong with their friend 'besides the curse glowing throughout her entire body'.

"(Oh, no...It can't be...!)" she gets to feel out the other five and the rest trapped. "(Yoruichi, George, Ferio, Uryu, and Hayame are fine, but...Ichigo, Orihime, Maria, Chad, Kon, Rukia, Renji, and the others... And Master Shu is...No! Dracula, he didn't...!)" Sonia breaks down in tears.

"Something's wrong with Sonia!" both Kiyone and Sentaro said to try pushing each other to reach to their friend.

So did the others to check on her.

"Ms. Sonia? Is there something wrong? Ms. Sonia?" ask Momo. "Please answer me."

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sonia let out a big scream.

For the other were lost on what Sonia was feeling right now.

"Are you okay, Sonia?" Izuru asks her too.

Soon getting a message from their Hell Butterflies, now they know on what happen to sense it out even for Yamamoto himself. Every other Soul Reaper, Ayame, with the others to help them out - Ganju, Kukaku, and Jidanbo too. For Ichigo and the rest were cursed and stuck in crystals leaving only the five left to be hurt but alive for them, Richard, Sonia, and every other Soul Reaper to stop Dracula now. But can they...?

"It can't be...!" shock Yumichika.

"Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, and the gang are..." same with Ikkaku. "They can't lose! Not like this!"

"Ichi and friends are hurt..." said the sad Yachiru.

"No way..." Hisagi was horrified.

"But it is." Rangiku stays by Sonia's side with Momo helping their friend out. "They were invaded by Dracula and his army to trap the humans and them leaving the World of the Living filled with darkness to let the vampires roam free...and we're next."

Sonia was scared now, what's for them to do? What can anyone do...? For her to scream for the fear that Dracula has caused to her so much, it was personal now.

"Ichigo...Ichigo...My friends...DAMN YOU, DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACULA!"

That's not all, something big was also glowing more due to Sonia's curse to come back as well. Again, this was really bad here.