I own nothing. I thank Cup full of whimsy for helping me yet again.

Oh, and the Gamma102, Mattardis is doing his own original death battles and he already did Davy Jones vs LeChuck.

I thank everyone for the support they have given me, and I have an announcement to make. I am only going to be doing twenty original Death Battles, counting this one, with extra ones for the strawhat crew.

Straw Hat Death Battles

Luffy vs Gai – battle of the stubborn warriors

Zoro vs Erza – battle of the sword warriors, complete

Nami vs Lucy Heartfilia

Usopp vs Mine – sniper showdown.

Sanji vs Rock Lee – masters of the kicks

Chopper vs Beast – battle of the scorned doctors

Robin vs Kurapika – battle of the outcasts

Franky vs Adam Jensen – cyborg slamfest.

Brook vs Spinal – skeletal smackdown

Jinbei vs Kisame Hoshigaki

I changed Luffy's battle partner to who I think would be better, plus Gai in his red form vs Luffy's Fourth Gear sounds like it would be insane. For Nami, I went with a girl who deals with crazy people, and seems to be the most normal members of her team…or at least the one with the most sense. For Usopp, I went with the dutiful sniper who always manages to come through in a pinch. Sanji and Lee are both brutal martial artists who were both looked down on in their lives, but have risen to be considered powerful. And, personally, I can't wait to see Judge's face when someone finally breaks that maniacs' jaw. Chopper, I shouldn't have to explain. Robin and Kurapika were both assassins and outcasts in their respective world. Franky and Adam are both cybrogs and both have their main weapons located in their arms. Brook and spinal seemed like it would be fun, plus any chance to write a Brook moment is a delight. Finally, Jinbe and Kisame are both fish-like in appearance, and are nearly unstoppable.

Other Original Death Battles

Sora vs Noctis – complete

Dio vs Alucard (Hellsing), rewrite of another original death battle

Alucard (Castlevania) vs Alucard (Hellsing) – complete

Predator vs Prophet

Joseph Joestar vs Edward Elric

Cinder Fall vs Azula

Deadshot vs Widowmaker

Indiana Jones vs Jack Sparrow

Bruce Lee vs Jackie Chan

John Stewart vs Nova

Sigma vs Ultron

? Battle Royale

Lubbock vs Walter Cornez

Zuko vs Roy Mustang

Cinder Fall vs Naruto

Meliodas vs Ichigo Kurosaki

Whitebeard vs Gildarts

Kenpachi Zaraki vs Jack Rakan

Red Hood vs Punisher

Swamp Thing vs Man Thing

I thank everyone for their submissions. Let the fights begin and I hope that everyone enjoys the fights. Also, if anyone can think of someone canon ending Naruto would be a good match for, please tell me. Now on to the filler chapter. Now, if you notice I took away the Pyrrah, Eustass kid fight. That's because I feel that Kid's full power hasn't been shown. If they go into more detail I the show, I may spring this battle later.

Chapter 8: Battle of the Vampires Act 1

Everyone sat waiting for the next episode to load.

"So, what can we expect out of this episode?" Zoro asked.

Isom sighed and answered, "Well, it is going to be pretty scary. Expect terrifying imagery, lots of blood and gore, and…Chopper to have nightmares."

Chopper said, "Oh, we won't have to worry about that. We don't have to worry about vampires. I mean we have to deal with Brook…and the only scary thing about him is his bad bone jokes."

"Oh, Chopper," Brook exclaimed, "You've struck me down to the bone with your words."

Everyone rolled their eyes and simply ignored the laughing skeleton.

"I don't think that we have to deal with anything like that," Franky said, "Unless we happen to run into Moriah again."

Isom thought, 'Maybe I shouldn't mention the vampire model of the bat bat fruit…yeah, probably a good idea.'

Everyone turned towards the screen as the familiar music of Death Battle played.

Wiz said, "They have been a part of myths and horror for years. They have been given multiple forms…from suave charismatic gentlemen to people who view humans as cattle to mindless flesh hungry monsters…"

Boomstick cut off, "And…unfortunately, sparkly skinned emo kids."

As they spoke, they showed clips of the original Dracula, 30 Days of Night, Priest, and Twilight.

"Those first three sound kind of scary," Chopper said, "but that last one sounds kind of ridiculous."

Zoro said, "I have to agree with you, Chopper. That last one sounds kind of pathetic."

Robin said, "Is that supposed to be scary or enticing. It looks more like bad makeup job."

Franky said, "Yeah…that is super stupid."

Sanji said, "That's worse than Franky's Tactic 15 idea."

Franky turned towards the cook and said, "Hey!"

Isom said, "Yeah…those books and movie ruined the vampire genre for years to come."

Then he thought, 'Makes me hope they do Hellsing as a live action movie…and hopefully they do a better job than the Attack on Titan live action.'

"Damn that is stupid," Luffy said, simply.

Brook didn't answer as he was idly wonder who in their right mind would someone with sparkly skin was supposed to be scary.

Boomstick said, "At least we don't have to worry about that here, because we are going to be putting two of the best vampires against each other in a bloody battle to the death. Alucard…the brutal monster of the Hellsing Organization."

Wiz said, "And Dio Brando, the charismatic and cunning nemesis of the Joestar family. I'm Wizard and that's Boomstick."

Boomstick finished, "And we're looking at what these monsters bring to the table when in a Death Battle."

The doors closed and then reopened.

Wiz said, "There is word in London, England, of the Nightwalker. A man who walks through the shadows dressed in red leaving behind him a trail of blood and mutilated bodies."

Boomstick said, "Waits are we talking about a vampire or an enthusiastic Ozzy Osbourne fan? Cause that stuff got crazy. Trust me, I know."

"Who?" Luffy asked.

Isom answered, "Ozzy Osbourne was a musician who was known for doing crazy things on stage. Such as biting the heads of bats, snorting ants, and other crazy stuff."

Everyone looked at Isom with shocked and somewhat disturbed expressions.

"I…I have no idea what to say about that. No clue whatsoever," Brook said, unable to think of anything that had to deal with that.

"No…though he does look a bit like Ozzy," Wiz said, "He has gone through a lot of names over the years, but his favorite is his most recent one: Alucard."

Wiz pressed a button on his remote and a hologram of Alucard appeared. He was a rather tall individual with short black hair. He wore a charcoal black suit, with leather riding boots, wearing a red cravat, covered by a red frock overcoat with a cape. On his head was a wide and floppy brimmed fedora, and a pair of wire framed glasses, with heavily tinted orange lenses. On his hands were a pair of white gloves with a five-pointed seal on the backs of the hands. His glasses were pulled down around his nose revealing glowing red eyes, and his lips were curled back into an insane smile, revealing incredibly sharp teeth.

"Whoa, that guy looks creepy," Franky said, "If he's going for the scary idea he's got it down pat."

"Whoa," Luffy said, "Creepy."

Brook shuddered and said, "That smile chills me down to the bones."

Zoro didn't answer and just stared at Alucard. He could see the insanity in the man's eyes. However, it didn't really seem to be insanity, but rather a bizarre sense of power and being unstoppable, however, he could also make out something that surprised him. Sorrow…anger…what else was hidden there.

Brook simply took out her sketchbook and was drawing a cartoony version of the vampire.

Wiz said, "We don't know much about Alucard as a lot of his past isn't revealed…though we are given hints."

Alucard

Age: 568

Aliases: Way too many to count

Was once a girl during World War 2?

Wiz explained, "During the time of Ottoman Empire, Vlad Tepes fought against the Turks for god, believing that prayer wouldn't get a response, but actions would. He did so very well, until he was finally captures and prepared to be executed."

Boomstick said, "Yeah, apparently god doesn't talk to people who murder. Despite his prayers, he was set to die and got his head cut off. However, he apparently drank some of his blood in front of the executioner. Apparently, this turned him into a vampire…somehow?"

"Is…Is that really all it takes to become a vampire? Drink someone's blood?" Chopper asked.

Isom answered, "Actually it varies, depending on the mythos. You can be bitten by a vampire, you can be born of a vampire…a lot of things can make someone a vampire…or you can just have an allergy to sunlight and enjoy the taste of raw blood."

Everyone looked at the dimensional traveler and then simply turned their attention back to the show.

"From what we can tell, Vlad turned his back on the divine and then drank the blood on the ground from his freshly severed head turned him into a vampire."

Boomstick said, "Wait, I thought that…"

Wiz interrupted, "Boomstick, we don't know everything about vampires or how to become one as it changes from source to source, so just go with it."

Boomstick didn't say anything for a moment and said, "Yeah, okay."

Wiz said, "Anyway, now turned away from god Vlad took on a new name, Dracul, or as he would come to be known in the history books, Dracula."

Boomstick laughed and said, "And damn, did he go down in history. He slaughtered thousands of people. He went pretty much unrivalled for years. However, it came to an end when his servants were slaughtered, and he was brought down by a man named Abraham Van Hellsing."

As they talked, they showed various images of people with sharp teeth and red eyes swarming and slaughtering people, ripping people apart. Thankfully, there was no sound as it would have added to the terror. At the front of hit was a man wearing black armor with a dark red cape. Dracula.

Everyone stared in horror at the sight of the carnage all perpetrated by one man. Robin had brief flashbacks to the carnage caused by Akainu during the destruction of Ohara, and how he mercilessly destroyed the fleeing ships without so much as a second thought. She imagined him standing there, the people drowning and screaming as they were burned alive in magma.

Brook's jaw was stretched down to the bottom of his ribcage as she stared, his eyeholes blank, but one could only imagine the horror that would be seen if he still had eyes. He was very glad that the only vampire he knew was the guy from Thriller Bark who was nowhere near this strong.

Chopper imagined a more powerful and more vicious Wapol, standing around the corpses of his home on Drum Island, raining down blasts after eating the canon that was hidden away in the castle.

Zoro saw Mihawk, his red and an aura of madness and evil radiating off him as he raised a blood-soaked sword to the sky to attack.

Sanji wasn't reminded of a moment, but a person. He imagined his father, Judge, or rather a picture of him, in the painting of him standing over fallen kings. A painting the tyrant was incredibly proud of.

Franky imagined Rob Lucci, in hybrid form, standing over the deceased member of the Galley La company. A recently deceased Ice Burg clutched in his giant hand.

Luffy saw…well he didn't really imagine anything, but he could plainly see that Alucard was some seriously bad news.

Isom simply shuddered and thought, 'Even after watching this show, it seriously freaks me out whenever Alucard gets serious.'

Wiz said, "Fast forward close to the modern age and the Hellsing family had become guardians of their country of Britain through the Hellsing Organization, a secret organization that kills supernatural threats such as witches, vampires, zombies, or ghouls…"

Boomstick said, "Basically, they're like the CIA, except they hunt monsters."

"The who?" Brook asked, confused at the term.

Everyone turned to Isom for answered.

The traveler answered, "The CIA is short for Central Intelligence Agency. They were a group dedicated to finding information on those who wanted to do harm and stopping them. They usually worked in secret, wanting to keep people in the dark about treats, so to avoid mass panics. Think Cipher Pol, except less in your face."

Everyone wondered what this would be like. Everyone shuddered, even Brook who had heard about the fight against Rob Lucci and CP9, and imagined even one of them doing what Alucard did.

Boomstick then gained a thoughtful look and asked, "Wait…what exactly does Alucard have to play in this?"

Wiz said, "I'm glad you asked, Boomstick. You see several years later, the Hellsing family came under the leadership of Sir Integra, the next generation in a long line of Hellsings who lead the organization. Unfortunately, her uncle believed that he should be head of the organization, so he did what any sane man would do."

Boomstick cocked an eyebrow and asked, "Murder?"

Wiz answered, "Murder."

"He did what?!" Franky yelled out angrily.

Luffy snarled as he clenched his fists.

Sanji's legs, or the leg he could currently use, tensed at the thought of someone killing their relative for power.

Integra's uncle reminded them of Akuma in a way.

"However," Wiz continued, "Before he died, Integra's father told her of a secret weapon buried away. As she ran from her uncle and those who worked for him she found it, only to be surprised to find it to be a corpse. However, during the fight, some of her blood dripped down and got near the corpse, the smell revived it and it murdered Integra's attackers."

Boomstick said, "Dracula had returned and took a new name for this age. Alucard."

"Wait, so he serves the members of the family that defeated him?" Franky said, "That doesn't make any sense."

Boomstick then had a blank expression as he said, "Wait a minute. That doesn't make any sense. These guys put him in a death-like state and when he comes back, he works for them. What the hell?"

"See? He agrees," the cyborg said, crossing his arms.

Robin said, "I'll admit, it does seem strange."

Luffy said, "He's an idiot."

Sanji yelled, "You have no right to say that!"

Wiz said, "Alucard does this out of a mix of respect and entertainment. He respected the original Van Hellsing for his skill in taking him down. Plus, he gets to kill things daily, so at least he's entertained."

Boomstick said, "Yeah. Anyway, now awakened form an epic nap, Alucard began working to kill all the monsters that got in his way, and he did a damn good job, especially with two of the most badass hand-cannons of all time."

Boomstick started pressing a button, only nothing happened.

"Hey, what gives?"

Wiz chuckled, drawing Boomstick's attention. He then motioned for Boomstick to follow him. The two left the room. Soon, the arrived in a room filled with gel torso's and targets. There was a small table with a tarp over it.

"What is this?" Sanji asked.

Isom smiled and said, "A new feature. Watch."

Wiz motioned to the room and said, "This is the target room. Since there are many different weapons in these battles we decided to add a little something. We can only use more modern weapons, so we're a little limited. However, we are still able to make these."

Wiz pulled the tarp of the table. Boomstick gasped as he saw the objects.

"Are…are those?" he asked, looking excited.

"Go for it," Wiz said.

Boomstick cheered as he ran towards the guns. It was mainly silver handgun with a brown handle and black writing on the barrel.

He picked up and help the first one aloft, though with a small amount of difficulty.

Hellsing ARMS .454 Casull Auto

-Semi-automatic magnum pistol

-based on M1903 and M1905 pistols

-custom melted cross silver bullets

Boomstick said, "Like I said, He's got some awesome guns. The first of which being the .454 Casull auto magnum pistol. This puppy fires 13mm rounds, custom made with a core of melted cross silver from the Manchester Cathedral."

Robin nodded and said, "Good idea, according to myths, vampires are weak to crosses and in some legends, are weak to silver."

Boomstick then turned towards the targets. He tried to aim it, but had trouble holding it. He then pulled the trigger and winced as a loud bang filled the room. Boomstick dropped the gun clutching his now injured hand, the recoil of the powerful gun hurting his hand. The bullet missed the target, but left an impressive hole in the wall.

Boomstick grimaced and said, "Unfortunately, the gun itself is so powerful that only Alucard with his incredible strength can handle the recoil. Ow."

Boomstick shook his hand to get the feeling back.

"Holy shit," Sanji said, "I don't think even Luffy would be able to shrug those off."

Luffy nodded. He could shrug off normal bullets sure, but something like that would really hurt.

Brook gulped at the thought of those things coming at him, as did Chopper who felt phantom pains from the bullets that hit him when he first appeared to the people of Drum Island.

Robin simply looked on in shock.

Boomstick then picked up the second gun and held it aloft. As composed to the other, this one was completely black, with the words, "Jesus Christ is in Heaven Now", written in white.

He explained, "And when Alucard was faced with a man who could shrug off the bullets of the Casull, he had this puppy made, to add some extra fire power. The Jackal."

The Jackal

-Semi-automatic pistol

-Made to be used in conjunction with Casull

-13 mm rounds, blessed Macedonian silver casing and explosive mercury tips

-Secret explosive device

Boomstick was about to fire again, but Wiz stopped him. He looked at the scientist confused, before he was handed a metal glove. The gun lover put on the glove with a nod, before aiming. He fired and found he could withstand the recoil now. With a smirk he unleashed hell until the bullets ran out.

Wiz turned to the camera and, to be heard over the gunfire, yelled, "While Alucard has been seen reloading, he is seen taking down dozens of targets without reloading his gun, making me wonder if the clip is even necessary or if he just pulls the bullets out of thing air with his vampire powers."

Boomstick finished shooting and said, "Yeah, that is definitely some real vampire shit going on there…also makes me wish I could do that with my guns."

"Okay, now I know Luff wouldn't be able to survive that," Sanji asked, "but who the hell is Anderson?"

Isom answered, "Alexander Anderson was Alucard's rival. The only man who could match him in combat due to his regenerative powers."

Chopper then thought of something and said, "Hey, Franky, don't you have to reload your weapons, because I haven't seen you do that."

Franky answered, "Oh, I just have a lot of ammo stored up in my arms. I usually reload after every major battle."

Wiz and Boomstick were now back on the main stage.

The gun lover cleared his throat and said, "While Alucard has some awesome guns, he doesn't use them much…at least not right away. He likes to play with his targets, making them despair before he murders them with his various vampire powers. And by various, I mean he has powers coming out of his ass!"

Vampiric Powers

Enhanced Strength, Speed, Reflexes, and Endurance

Regeneration

Hemokinesis and Hematophagy

Intangibility, Darkness Composition

Shape shifting

Extrasensory and Supernatural Detection

Gravity Defiance

Telepathy

Hypnosis

Weather Control

Daywalking

Omnipresence

Immortality?

Wiz said, "Due to the years of occult research and his own experience, Alucard is insanely powerful! He's strong enough to tear humans apart with his bare hands, fast enough to dodge bullets, and can react fast enough to catch them in his teeth, when he doesn't go intangible, and can withstand all kinds of damage. And if you do hurt him, he'll regenerate in a matter of seconds!"

They show a clip of Alucard getting pelted with bullets and shrugged them off, regenerating moments later and killing the men in a gory manner.

Everyone stared at the screen and realized something horrifying. This guy seemed to be virtually unstoppable. They imagined him coming to combat them and being slaughtered mercilessly.

Boomstick said, "And that's only him in his weakest state. Alucard has seals on him which restrains his power. When these seals are removed, he gains a massive power boost. He can detect supernatural events, read minds, hypnotize people, control the weather, defy gravity, is omnipresent, and a whole bunch of other shit! Hell, Alucard is so powerful, that even if he's in sunlight, it doesn't affect him, despite being a vampire Jeez! No wonder this guy has done so much."

Feats

Regularly shrugs off mortal wounds

Survived as a corpse for several centuries

Survived being impaled by holy weapon through the head

Regularly kills large groups of people with a smile on his face

Wiz said, "He regularly shrugs off wounds that would kill a normal human. He caught a magical bullet in his teeth, and can easily kill an army on his own."

Chopper shuddered in fear at the thought of running into this man. Noticing his fear, Robin reached down and picked up the reindeer setting him in her lap. She then proceeded to calmly snuggle him as a way of comforting him. The small reindeer smiled as he snuggled back into Robin, just under her impressive bust.

Sanji growled, but kept his cool knowing how their doctor could get when he was scared.

Zoro felt a pang of jealousy, but squashed it.

Boomstick said, "Holy crap…is there anything that can stop this guy? We think so."

Weaknesses

Holy items

Zero form?

Wiz said, "So far, the only thing that has made Alucard flinch was a holy weapon or artifact, and those are pretty hard to come by."

Boomstick said, "So basically, he's immortal because he did shrug off a holy weapon going through his skull."

"He's unstoppable then?" Sanji said, "Seems a bit, what did you say about Sora, moss head, hax?"

Zoro said, "Yeah. Seems kind of Hax."

The others agreed. That did seem unfair.

Isom said, "Hey, easy. Logia fruit users are thought to be unstoppable, but Haki and sea prism stone can hurt them."

That nodded, making everyone wonder what could kill Alucard.

Wiz said, "Actually, he's not. In Alucard's own words, there is no such thing as an immortal. If you keep Alucard from drinking blood for a long period of time, it will put him in a coma-like state. This is the same method Abraham Van Hellsing used to imprison him all those years ago, staking him through the heart after killing all his familiars and servants. However, Alucard seems to only have this weakness when he is at restraint level zero, his strongest form."

Boomstick looked at his cohost and said, "So to kill this guy, we would need to get Alucard at strongest?"

They show a clip of Alucard fighting the Vatican and Millennium in his armored form as a flood of darkness filled with eyes and ghouls rising from them.

Wiz said, "I think I would just prefer the safe method and just get the hell out."

Boomstick nodded and said, "Ditto."

It was simple to say that the crew was incredibly disturbed. Alucard was incredibly powerful and brutal. The fact that he was nearly invulnerable and virtually immortal didn't work for them. The thought of fighting Alucard in a fight to the death was terrifying.

However, there was one thing that really got them all thinking. Who on earth had the strength to fight him?

Everyone turned as they saw the screen.

The doors closed and reopened.

Wiz said, "Evil…it comes in many forms. But can one be born evil? Is it a result of a person's environment? How they were raised or what they learned?"

Boomstick said, "Way to get all philosophical on us Wizard. However, all I know is that this guy is rotten to the core. Back in the late nineteenth century England, Dio Brando didn't have a good life."

Wiz said, "True. Born to the notorious criminal Dario Brando, and a nameless mother. Dario horribly abused both his wife and son, until his wife committed suicide. It was in that moment, that Dio began to move forward with his evil…by slowly painfully poisoning his father."

Sanji immediately felt some sort of kinship with Dio. He remembered the anger and resentment he felt for his father after his mother died, as well as being abused and abandoned by him at a young age. However, it ended when he learned he poisoned his father. Sanji may have hated his dad, but he would prefer to just pretend his father didn't exist.

Chopper too felt some kinship, being ostracized by his own parents, and then kicked out of the herd after he ate the human-human fruit. Though, like Sanji, he drew the line at murder.

"However," Wiz said, "it turns out that Dio wasn't a mindless killer. He had a plan in mind. You see, years before he was born, Dario came across the wreckage of a carriage. Dario attempted to rob the supposedly dead man, but was surprised to find him alive. The man, George Joestar, believed Dario was attempting to help him, and now owed him a great debt…and was immediately proved wrong when Dario was arrested for trying to pawn off the George's wife's wedding ring…and then stupidly let him go."

Wiz said, "George though that this one act of kindness would be enough to make Dario change his ways, but he was dead wrong, if Dio is anything to go by."

Chopper asked, "Why? Why would he do that? Why would George just let him go after he tried to pawn something so precious?"

Robin sighed and said, "Sometimes all it takes is an act of kindness to make someone change for the better."

She smiled as she remembered Luffy saving her from the tomb in Alabasta.

Then she frowned and added, "But sometimes it isn't enough. People are just too set in their ways."

The others all nodded and returned to watching the show. Leaving Chopper to think.

"With his father dead," Wiz continued, "Dio was taken in by the Joestar family, where he would meet his future rival Jonathan Joestar, and immediately set out in his plan to claim the Joestar fortune for himself."

Boomstick said, "At the same time also made himself out to be a huge dick by jabbing Jonathan in the eye during a boxing match, attempting to ruin Jonathan's standing amongst his friends, and stealing his girlfriend's, Erina's, first kiss."

Wiz said, "However, this didn't have the effect he wanted. Instead of breaking Jonathan, it made him stronger. He stood on his own two feet, and laid the groundwork for what would become one of the greatest rivalries in fictional history."

Boomstick said, "With his plan in tatters Dio decided to rethink his plan, and decided to wait. After…killing Jonathan's dog in revenge. Okay what the hell!?"

Everyone was shocked at the outburst.

Isom said, "Hey, you don't' pull that kind of crap with man's best friend. Even Boomstick knows that."

Boomstick yelled, "You do not pull that kind of shit with man's best friend. You do not! I swear once Wiz finishes that teleportation device of his I will-"

Before Boomstick could finish his rant, Wiz pressed a button on his remote playing a clip.

"I'll beat you until you cry like a baby Dio!"

Jonathan then proceeded to wail on Dio until he fell back with a splatter of blood coming from his mouth and nose.

Wiz turned to his cohost and asked, "Better now?"

Boomstick took a few breaths to calm himself and answered, "Yeah."

Isom smirked and said, "One of my favorite moments of that season."

Luffy said, "Hey, do you think we can watch that on here?"

Isom shrugged and said, "Maybe. If I feel like it."

Luffy huffed as he turned back to the show, though he was glad to see Dio get his but kicked.

Wiz said, "Moving on from the subject of dogs, Dio would spend the next several years slowly trying to bring his plan to fruition, growing stronger and stronger as the years rolled by. I mean…look at this guy."

Wizard pressed a button and showed an image of Dio. This Dio was clearly older than in the clip. He was tall and muscular with messy, unkempt, shoulder-length, blonde hair and gold eyes. He wore a black bodysuit, which showed off his massive muscles. Over the suit, he wore a gold orange jacket and pant legs. Around his neck was a green necklace with heart motifs, elf shoes and a heart themed circlet on his head and heart shaped pads on his knees.

Dio Brando

Species: Vampire

Age: 123

Country of Birth: Britain

Insane ego maniac

Battle Cry, "Wryyyyyy!"

Wiz said, "Dio's plan was simple. He would poison George Joestar and take control of the family fortune. However, Jonathan wound up stopping his plans by exposing him as the monster he really was. In a last-ditch attempt to stop him, Dio grabbed a stone mask."

Boomstick looked at camera and said, "Now, I know what you're all thinking 'Wizard, what does a stone mask have to do with anything'?"

"That is a good question," Franky said, "What does a stone mask have to do with anything?"

Brook said, "Yes, it seems quite random."

Isom said, "That mask had a big impact the show, not only in this part of the show, but on a later seasons. He'll tell you in a moment."

Boomstick said, "Well, I'll tell you. Millions of years ago, some crazy powerful beings evolved alongside humans, but they were bigger and stronger. Think the difference between dogs and wolves, but on a much bigger scale. Anyway, one of them made a special stone mask that would unlock the secret potential within their bodies, however it only worked on humans."

Wiz said, "And somehow it turned them into vampires by stabbing into their brains."

They show a clip of Dio putting on the stone mask, applying some blood to it, and spike shooting out of it and entering Dio's skull.

"Oh my," Brook said, "That stone mask punches right through bone…I wonder-"

Chopper said, "I don't think it would work on you Brook, because you don't have a brain…because you're a skeleton."

Brook became depressed and said, "Don't steal my line, Chopper."

Zoro said, "If it works because of the brain, then I don't think it would work on Luffy, either."

"Hey," the rubber man yelled, slightly indignant.

Wiz said, "With this new power, Dio proceeded to slaughter the cops who were sent to arrest him, and murder George Joestar. He was, however, stopped by Jonathan, and left to die in a burning building. Unfortunately, he survived and proceeded to start creating an army of zombies with his new vampire powers in a bid to take over the world."

Boomstick said, "And he's powerful enough to do it."

Everyone leaned in, wondering what he could do.

Vampiric Powers

Inhuman speed, strength, and senses

Regeneration

Vaporization Freezing Technique

Fusion of other creatures

Flesh Buds

Space Ripper Stingy Eyes

Teleportation

Healing

Boomstick said, "As a vampire, Dio has enhanced strength, speed, and senses, can teleport in the darkness, and can regenerate from wounds, and he can drink blood to speed up the process. He also has some abilities that stick out, like healing the wounds of others, fusing other creatures together like a monstrous Victor Frankenstein, and can control people with either hypnosis or with flesh buds, pieces of his hair which turn into mind controlling parasites…it's just as disgusting as it sounds."

Wizard said, "There is also an ability Dio has that makes him incredibly deadly. Before his final battle with Jonathan, Dio learned of the Ripple."

"The ripple?" Zoro asked, "Sounds like a fighting technique."

Sanji asked, "Maybe it's a weakness of his, like sunlight.

Boomstick asked, "What do tiny waves in water have to do with a vampire dying?"

Wiz said, "The ripple is an effect, caused by hamon, a mystical energy harness by breathing."

They show the clip of Baron Zeppeli standing in a river harnessing hamon, causing a ripple effect in the river, then punching a frog, shattering the rock beneath it, leaving the frog unharmed.

"Cool," Luffy and Chopper said with stars in their eyes.

Sanji imagined doing something like that, combining hamon with his Diable Jambe. He imagined fighting against the male members of CP9 with his legs flaming more than normal and beating them down single-handedly, and Robin and Nami running into his arms, wanting to share him as his own personal harem girls. We then leave Sanji's mind as I don't want to be in there longer than necessary.

Everyone else imagined their attacks being enhanced by hamon.

Wiz explained, "This energy can be harnessed by humans and can be used to destabilize Dio's body. However, like I said, Dio can counter it with the vaporization technique. By freezing his blood to subzero temperatures, he can absorb heat from anything he touches, freezing it."

Boomstick said, "And if that isn't crazy enough, he's also go the Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, which is the stupidest name for laser eyes, I have ever seen."

Wiz said, "Well, it isn't so much lasers as it is the fluid in Dio's eyes being put under unbelievable pressure, and being launched out his pupils, but yeah it is a stupid name."

Luffy laughed and said, "Damn that is stupid."

Everyone laughed at the rubber man's words.

Boomstick said, "Yeah, unfortunately, Dio failed in his bid to take over the world, and was soundly defeated by Jonathan ins his castle. However, as the ripple was destroying his body, Dio survived…by severing his own head!"

They show a clip of Dio's head fighting Jonathan on a ship.

"What!?"

Sanji said, "Okay, how powerful is this guy? This is getting ridiculous. He's like a Zoan user with the abilities of a logia type."

Everyone shuddered at the thought. Unknowingly, though, a certain member of the whitebeard pirates sneezed a few hundred miles away.

Wiz said, "Now only a head, Dio, with the help of a servant of his, hunted down Jonathan, who was on the way out of his country, and attacked him in the hopes of stealing his body, and succeeded. However, in the process Jonathan died, the ship sank, and Dio was stuck at the bottom of the ocean for a hundred years."

Boomstick said, "Damn, that was one well-made coffin to survive down there. I know what I want to be buried in."

Wiz said, "Now a hundred years later, Dio reemerged more powerful than ever, his link to the Joestar family giving him a new power, the stand."

They show an image of a humanoid being. It was tall and muscular, much like Dio himself. What skin it had seemed to be black, but most of it was primarily gold. On its head was a headpiece that covered its face to just below his nose, and slanted at a deep angle so it peaked at the back of his head, looking like an inverted triangle. There were two diving cylinders on its back, connected to the headpiece via two cables, and secured with a pair of rigid straps running from the rear of the waist over the shoulders to the front. On the back of both of its hands, were, what resembled, clock faces, and its chin, knees and crotch had heart-shaped caps on them. Finally, it's shins and foots wear had curved shoes like Dio's.

"That is one weird looking thing," Luffy said.

"What the heck is a stand anyway," Sanji asked, taking a puff on his cigarette.

Zoro said, "Stop asking questions, and they'll probably tell us."

Wiz explained, "The stand is the fighting spirit of warrior. Stands can appear naturally, or be influenced by other things. In truth, they act as a sort of guardian and ally in combat. Each stand is unique and has its own powers as well as a unique name. In Dio's case, his is called The World."

Boomstick said, "So a ghostly body guard, and I would really like to have this one as my guard, especially with what it can do.

The World

User: Dio Brando

Abilities: Super Strength, Speed, Senses, Precision

Unique ability: Time Stop

-limited to nine seconds

Chant: MUDA, meaning useless

Wiz said, "While we've only seen small amounts of what The World can do, we do know that it can match, and even surpass the stand Star Platinum, used by the descendant of Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo."

Boomstick said, "This means that it's fast enough to break the sound barrier with its punches, precise enough to pluck bullets from midair, and strong enough to smash through the giant teeth of a sea monster that were supposedly as hard as diamond."

Wiz said, "While these are Star Platinum's feats, it is given that the World is capable of overtaking it indicates that it is more powerful."

Boomstick said, "Not only that, but Dio's ghost bodyguard has one more awesome ability. It can stop time!"

"The World!" Dio yelled.

Suddenly, everything froze as the sound of a clock's ticking slowing down was heard. Everyone and everything around him froze.

"He can stop time!"

Everyone stared in shocked. In battle, a few seconds could be all it takes for things to turn in the fight direction. It took merely a few seconds for a wound to reopen and inflict pain on someone, or a moment is all it took. If someone could freeze time, he could have all the time in the world.

Wiz said, "Yes. The World's special ability can freeze time, but only for a couple of seconds. In that time, Dio can move around freely, and he makes use of his enhanced strength with an apparently endless supply of throwing knives…or just to mock and straight up murder someone."

Boomstick said, "Yeah, if that's not enough Stands can only be seen by stand users and can only be touched by other stands. In other words, this dude has the most bad ass ghost as a body guard. Wait…does that count I mean we don't allow help?"

Wiz explained, "Well, the Stand does represent one's fighting spirit, so it is an extension of the user, so it counts as a weapon and not outside help."

Weaknesses

Stand injury

Hamon

Ego

Wiz continued, "However, Dio is not unstoppable. While his freezing ability can stop hamon is can be stopped with metal weapons, or as Jonathan proved fire."

Boomstick said, "Also, Dio's stand is kind of a double-edge sword. Any damage that Dio takes, The World takes, and vice versa. This is best seen when Dio died at the end of Stardust Crusaders after taking a brutal strike to the leg that, somehow caused his head to explode."

"Wait, what?" Chopper asked, "That doesn't make any sense. How the hell could that work?"

Isom simply turned to the reindeer and answered, "Just go with hit little buddy. Don't try to bring logic into this…just let them do it."

Wiz said, "This also brings us to a small weakness to Dio's time stop. It is not automatic and must be consciously activated, meaning he can be hit by surprise attacks before the time stop can be activated."

Boomstick said, "There's also the fact that he's batshit insane and an egomaniac. Although, he kind of backs up the big talk."

Feats

Survived being burned alive

Survived as a severed head

Nearly killed the Stardust Crusaders

Had a lot of kids, despite being insane

Wiz said, "Dio has proved to be cunning, using a natural charisma to bend people to his will…though some hypnosis probably never hurt. And his durability is shown. He's survive being buried alive in a burning building, and survived a hundred years at the bottom of the ocean in a coffin, withstanding a lot of pressure."

Boomstick said, "He's even had a hamon infused sword split his head in half, and he just nonchalantly put his head back together, while taunting Jonathan. This is one vampire you don't meet."

Everyone looked between each other as they thought who would win.

Both the contestants terrified them, and their abilities were way over the top. They could withstand a lot of damage and could dish out several times the amount they could take.

After some debate, everyone wanted Alucard to win. While he was savage and cruel he was at least, a good guy…somewhat.

"Alright," Wiz said, "We have the combatants set, and the arena ready. It's time to end this debate."

Boomstick said, "It's time for a vampire death battle!"

The doors closed and reopened.

The image shows Cairo, Egypt. Dio sat on the throne of his mansion as he waited for the crusaders to come. He was fully prepared for this, feeling in the Joestar blood of his stolen body that they would eventually come for him.

"Soon," he monologued, "soon I will put an end to the Joestar family, and then my reign over the world will be unrivalled."

Dio was brought out of his maniacal thoughts when the sounds of gunshots got his attention. There were screams and loud bangs, indicating a powerful weapon was being fired. After a few moments, the sounds stopped. His enhanced sense of smell easily catching the scent of gunpowder and blood. So, what if these peons died. It meant they were weak and had no reason being in his service.

His hearing picked up the sound of footsteps, which stopped, causing him to cock his head to the side in confusion.

"Did you remember the song?" a male voice asked from behind the door.

"Sounds like Alucard," Chopper said, "What do you think he's doing?"

"I think he wants to make an entrance," Zoro said.

Isom said, "If there's one thing that Alucard knows how to do, it is come in very dramatically."

"Yes, master," a female voice said.

"Do you have it to the right spot?" the male voice asked.

"Yes, master," the female said again.

"Good."

The door was then blown off, kicking up a huge load of smoke…as music began to play.

"Party, party, party, I want to have a party. I need to have a party, you better have a party. Party, party, party, you gotta party harty. I'm gonna have a party, or else you will be sorry."

The music died down as the smoke cleared, revealing Alucard and a blonde woman in a uniform, that hugged her figure, an anti-tank rifle slung over her shoulder, and a music player in her.

"And just who are you?" Dio asked.

"He's a real vampire, Dio," Isom said with a laugh.

"Who is that beauty?" Sanji asked, his eyes turning to hearts.

Alucard stepped forward and said, "My name is Alucard, we haven't formally met, but I believe that you sent a few of those wannabe ghouls to our organization a few weeks ago."

Dio's expression became dark as he said, "Ah, yes, I remember. Some of your men tried to get involved in some of my business and wound up paying the price for their ignorance. I take it you have come here for revenge, no?"

Alucard's glasses prevent Dio from seeing the man's eyes flash red.

"You know, there are a few problems with that," Alucard said, "And no, I don't really care that you apparently have an army of vampires or ghouls behind you. You attacked my boss, killed some people I barely even know, with a bunch of incompetent ghoul knock-offs."

He showed a small amount of anger, as he continued to talk.

"Destroyed my 70-inch plasma tv, while I was in the middle of an Adventure Time Marathon, and is now talking to me like he's trying to impress me. Also, could you get that guy from the hallway to leave before I kill him."

The vampire watching them, Vanilla Ice, ran away, yelling, "Shit, shit, shit!"

He then turned and said, "Police girl, take him down would you. Also go through the city, see if you can find anyone else who might interfere…and see if you can find some Count Chocula while you're out there."

Sera rolled her eyes and said, "Fine."

"Come back, beautiful lady!" Sanji yelled out.

"Oh, shut up," Isom said, annoyed with the chef.

Dio laughed as Seras left and said, "Do you think you can defeat me? Tell me…how many loaves of bread have you eaten in your lifetime?"

Alucard didn't answer.

"That is how many men and women who have fallen at my feat, do you really think that a mere monkey, like you would be able to defeat the likes of-"

A gunshot rang out and nicked Dio's ear, tearing it off. Dio growled in pain as he felt the wound already healing and growling angrily glared at Alucard who held out the Casull in his hand, the barrel smoking.

"Oh, just shut up and die, already!"

Alucard charged forward with his guns drawn as Dio moved forward with his "Wry" cry

FIGHT!

"Take him down Alucard!" Luffy yelled.

"Take that ugly bastard!" Zoro said.

Dio dodged another shot from the Jackal, which took a huge chunk out of the wall. Dio was slightly surprised, realizing that these were some powerful guns. He quickly dodged a barrage of pistol whips that would have ripped him a new one, and unleashed a brutal punch that slammed into Alucard's jaw, a layer of frost forming on it as Dio used his vaporization ability.

Alucard stumbled back as he felt the ice on his face shattered, tearing away the flesh revealing the muscles of his jaw as well as portions of his jaw bone and teeth.

Dio laughed madly and said, "Do you feel it now, the sense of despair as the cold grip of death seizes you? That is what it means to face me. That is what happens when a mere monkey-"

Dio was cut off when a pistol whip slammed into his jaw, knocking out a tooth. Dio flew across the room, rolling across the ground. He skidded to a stop and glared at Alucard, as the wound of his cheek healed. Alucard's wound healed as well, but at a much faster rater.

"Looks like Alucard's got the advantage in terms of healing," Zoro said, "That could play into his favor."

Sanji said, "Yeah, but Dio still has plenty of tricks left."

"Not bad," Alucard said, "You seem to have more strength than most vampires. I might just have to stop holding back."

Dio growled and roared, "You dare mock me!"

Dio fired his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, punching a hole in Alucard's throat and forehead. Dio then charged forward as Alucard, undeterred by the holes in his head and neck, continued to fire bullets form the Cassul, putting bullets wounds in Dio's shoulder and leg, Dio fought the pain and tacked the elder vampire, noting how man bullets were shot and that he should have run out of ammunition.

Dio swung out with a punch connected with Alucard's stomach, and began freezing him again. Alucard moved forward with both of his guns, but Dio acted first, moving backwards and firing his stingy eyes again, taking of Alucard's arms. He then grabbed Alucard and, using his vaporization technique, froze him into a statue. Dio then smashed his fist down shattering Alucard's body into tiny shards of ice.

Dio stepped back at his handiwork and panted slightly, he could feel the pain of the bullet wounds and glared downward at the pile of bloody ice.

"I must admit, I never thought I would have to resort to using my old powers," Dio said, "Maybe I should use those when the Joestars come."

With that he turned away from the dismembered limbs and destroyed body.

"Dude you never do that," Chopper yelled, "In scary stories you never turn your back on the monster then you think it's dead. It always comes back!"

Isom said, "Chopper, he's insane. Don't try to reason with insane people. Seriously, does it ever work with Luffy or Zoro."

Chopper blinked and said, "Point."

Cries of indignity from the two mentioned crewmates were ignored.

Another gunshot rang out before Dio's shoulder exploded into gore, his left arm falling to the ground. Dio roared in pain and confusion. He spun around and saw a dark shadow rising from the ground, which took the form of a fully healed Alucard, the Jackal smoking.

"You goofed," was all Alucard said with a smirk.

Dio was flabbergasted at this power. He had torn this guy apart and reduced him to bloody snow, yet he was able to stand before him without so much as an injury. Was…it a stand? What kind of power did this man wield?"

Dio didn't have time to ponder long as Alucard charged forward with his teeth growing shark-like as he leapt at the blonde vampire.

"The World!"

The familiar sound of The World activating was heard as everything around them froze.

"Time has stopped."

Dio roared in anger as The World physically appeared, now missing its left arm, and with bullet holes in a few places.

"What happened to the stand?" Luffy asked, confused.

Brook snapped his fingers and said, "Oh, I remember. Any damage Dio takes the stand takes as well. That is why it's arm is missing, right?"

Isom nodded and said, "Yep. And they say skeletons don't have any brains…no pun intended."

Brook snapped his finger bones and said, "Shoot."

The World charged forward and started unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks that tore Alucard's body apart, turning him into a bloody mess of a corpse.

Dio growled as he leaned down and picked up his arm and pushed it up against his stub of a shoulder. He then used his vaporization on it, forming a sort of icy cast. He could still use his arm, but he found that his movement was limited. It would have to do for now. Once he finally killed his fool, he would drain him of blood to heal his wound.

"Wow that was unexpected," Alucard said as he reformed, rising up, "Not this used to this much of my blood being on the outside. I could use a drink right about now."

Dio roared, "You'll be seeing much more of it, by the time I'm done. The World!"

Alucard looked up, a look of interest on his face as he sensed something just before time froze.

Dio started pulling out knives from his coat as The World appeared, now with his left shoulder, really messed up, and unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks. Time resumed as multiple holes exploded into existence on Alucard's body and craters formed in the wall behind him. The knives, frozen in time, shot forward impaled Alucard in several areas including his eyes.

Before they hit however, Alucard vanished, leaving not even a drop of blood or a speck of dust behind.

Dio looked around. His senses at their peak, ready to call on The World, when it was necessary. Dio looked around. He suddenly sensed something behind him.

"The WorldAAAAAAHHHH!"

Dio was cut off when a large hound charged forward out of the darkness and sank its teeth into his leg, this prevented Dio from calling out the world.

Alucard then came out of the darkness calmly, his hat and glasses gone and his hair now longer. His red eyes shining red with amusement. He then shot forward and sank his teeth into Dio's neck, causing the man to scream in pain.

Chopper whimpered in fear, but was calmed when Robin petted him.

"It's only a show, Chopper," she said soothingly, like she would to a child.

Alucard saw Dio's past abuse, his rivalry with the Joestar, he fast forwarded through the hundred years under the ocean, and saw his abilities with The World, and saw that he could freeze time. With that secret, Alucard now realized it was time to finish him off.

Dio growled as he slammed his hands into Alucard's body and proceeded to freeze him.

"Why?! Why won't you just die!? THE WORLD!"

Dio time froze and Dio was about to unleash the stand when Alucard simply vanished. Everything about him was gone. The ice, the body, absolutely nothing was there. Dio looked around, a sense of panic welling up in him, despite his will to push it down. He could feel a sense of dread as The World's time effect came to an end.

He looked around and saw nothing. Suddenly, a loud gunshot rang out and Dio's arm exploded, this time, however Dio's now severed arm was reduced to splotches of red sludge as a barrage of bullets riddled it, and then Dio, leaving him in a pained mess on the floor.

Alucard then walked out of the darkness, not a single scratch on him.

"Dio Brando…you gave me a good fight. Not for a long time since someone has been able to keep up with me, even if just for a short time…for that you have my respect."

Alucard then held his hands up, forming a box over his eyes with his pointer and middle finger.

"But I believe it is time to end this."

Suddenly, darkness spread across the room, Dio's eyes widened as crimson eyes formed in the darkness, surrounding him. He saw various humans all inside of the darkness roaring in anger and hatred as they glared at Dio with unmeasured hatred, and the will to rip him to pieces.

"You asked me how many loaves of bread I've eaten in my life," Alucard said, as he stood in the darkness, his body now covered in a pure black suit, with a large crimson eye opened in his chest, "Why don't you count!?"

Dio screamed as Alucard rushed him. Outside of Dio's room, you can make out the window as it suddenly splattered and covered in blood.

KO

Everyone stared in shock at the brutal massacre, and some of the harder members, Zoro included, were glad that the kill hadn't bene shown up close.

The blood suddenly receded as Alucard now stood in his glory, the remains of Dio now gone as he had been fully consumed by the vampire.

"Holy shit!"

Alucard turned to see Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Kakyoin, Polnareff, and Seras. The first four were in shock at the sight of the destruction in the room, as well as the blood, which was currently floating towards Alucard.

"What the hell did we miss?" Jonathan asked.

"Master?" Seras asked.

Alucard simply smirked as stand formed behind him. resembling a cross between the world and his armor when he was Dracula.

The doors closed signaling the end of the fight.

Everyone simply stared at the fight.

"At least Dio won't be messing with anyone anymore," Luffy said.

Chopper simply shuddered at the thought of the two, and of Alucard coming to their world. The little reindeer would no doubt be having nightmares for a while after this.

"Damn that was bloody," Boomstick said, "And I don't think I'm comfortable with Alucard having a stand. A lot of people are going to die."

Wiz said, "Yes, but let's move on to the examination. Dio and Alucard were matched in physical strength, both being capable of tearing through people with their bare hands, but Alucard has Dio beat in practically every other category."

Boomstick said, "Yeah, Dio can regenerate wounds and being partially split in two, but Alucard can regenerate after being ripped to pieces by pretty much anything. And while Dio's various abilities that Alucard doesn't have kept the older vampire on his toes, Alucard could simply shrug it off and reform."

"Basically, it's like a paramecia or zoan devil fruit user going after a logia user if they couldn't use Haki," Robin observed, "Plus, I don't think Dio had many methods to kill Alucard."

Isom nodded and said, "Yeah, Alucard is hard to kill, especially if you just go with the route of beating him to death."

Wiz said, "The biggest thing Dio had for him was his stand. It could only be harmed by other stands and can't be seen by anyone without a stand. It's ability to freeze time would have left Alucard open for attack as he couldn't manipulate time. While he would have sensed it, with his ability to sense the occult, he would not have been able to shoot it."

Boomstick said, "There is also the weaponry used. Dio's knives have nothing on Alucard's guns. At full speed, Dio is said to move as fast a cheetah, but that is nowhere near fast enough to dodge a bullet. I know because I've tried."

Wiz nodded and said, "However, Dio's greatest weakness was his arrogance and the fact that he didn't understand Alucard's ability to regenerate."

Boomstick said, "Plus, he didn't really have any ways to kill him, which would take holy relics and getting Alucard to his strongest level…which is basically a death sentence all on its own."

Wiz said, "Even the stand's time stop ability was useless once Alucard figured out how it worked. Remember the omnipresence we mentioned before. Alucard got this ability after absorbing the blood of Schrodinger, gaining the ability to exist everywhere yet nowhere at the same time. This means that before Dio could activate The World, Alucard could vanish from the world and reappear when the time stop passed."

"Okay, not going to lie," Sanji said, "This seemed a little one sided."

Isom said, "Yeah, unfortunately not all the fights are going to close, like with Akuma vs Shang Tsung or Boba Fett vs Samus. Some of them are going to be curb stomps, though some people don't know it until after the fight."

This was met with look as many realized that some fighters may be between people with completely different levels of power.

Boomstick said, "In the end, Dio wound up on the bad end of a blood bath. The winner is Alucard."

Franky said, "Well that was crazy."

Zoro said, "Yeah, should we be worried about vampires. I don't think I like the idea of fighting against someone like either of those two."

Sanji said, "Why? Scared moss head?"

Zoro answered, "Oh, like you would stand a chance."

Next time on death battle…

There was happy sounding music as a brown mushroom creature, and a yellow turtle with a green shell walked forward towards each other.

Wiz and Boomstick looked at the camera with looks of bewilderment

They were both before Boomstick facepalmed and said, "This is going to suck so hard."

Everyone looked confused as they looked at each other, wondering just what those strange creatures were and wondering just why Boomstick said it was going to suck.

Isom thought, 'Hopefully the next few battles will be enough to take Chopper's mind off Alucard and Dio. The last thing we need is for him to have nightmares…mostly because I don't want to deal with an angry Robin.'

The new episode started to load as they waited.

Cut! Okay glad that is over. Now I know a lot of you have probably seen the battle and are wondering why I didn't include Heavenly Ascension Dio and The World Over Heaven. Well, Cap Full of Whimsy considered it and saw that those are not considered canon, they are just from a what-if if Dio hadn't died during Stardust Crusaders. Anyway, the battle was one sided, but Dio didn't make it easy for him.

Anyway, we have our first joke battle next. Flames will be ignored, criticism is welcome and, I know it is a few days early, but happy Halloween.