"Why is everything upside down?" Mizore asked as she looked up at the floor… even though her feet were on it.
"Give yourself a moment to adjust." Touhou advised. "This is a world created on the image of a puddle. A reflection of Hong Kong."
It was a weird sensation as they had climbed head first into a hole in the ground only to emerge seemingly inverted on the floor. But it soon passed as their balance readjusted to the pull of gravity.
"Ok is it safe to talk?" Kurumu asked.
"It is." Touhou nodded as he began walking to a nearby restaurant where they had outdoor seating.
The entire city was empty of life, save for them.
As they sat, Harry began. "Alright, you all know the history of the Three Dark Lords and their fight against Alucard?"
They all nodded.
"Fujisaki Miyabi is technically Alucard." He paused for the gasps. "He might just be a clone or something, but both the Chairman and Fuhai-sama have identified him from my memories."
"He would have killed us all." Moka whispered. "Why is my sister- sisters working for him? Why is my step-mother?"
"Answers we don't have." Harry shook his head. "Kiria and Hokuto don't have that information.
"Whilst I was at the Ice Village, the Ice Priestess showed me the Pillar. From where the yuki-onna are born." He gave Mizore a pointed look. The girl was wide-eyed with shock. "There was a foreign growth that had appeared, most likely when Fairy Tale invaded.
"I had it removed and the Chairman informed. It is… a seed, or egg. It will hatch into another clone of Alucard."
"There are more." Ruby said knowingly. "History says Alucard was intelligent, a strategist. He would never stop at just two."
"Probably." Harry nodded.
"This information must not get out." Touhou instructed. "Mikogami- Your Chairman, he did not want anyone to know. I have known him a long time and trust his judgement."
"But you're letting Harry tell us." Mizore pointed out.
"A risk I am taking after he has proven himself." Touhou allowed no retort.
Harry turned to Moka who was sitting next to him and took her hands. "Moka, do you know what you are? Outer Moka, I mean."
"I was created by the rosary." She looked down at the silver cross between her breasts. "I protect Inner Moka when she is sealed." She frowned at the change in conversation.
"Moka… I saw Akua's memories. She was there when your mother put the rosary on you. I heard her tell Akua about you, Outer Moka.
"Moka… you are, in essence, Bloodriver Akasha. She erased her memories to become this personality so she could continue to protect you."
Moka was clearly having trouble comprehending this. "I remember growing up. I remember my mother. I look like her!"
Harry nodded and let her continue her argument.
"I know I'm not completely real. I am part of Inner Moka." She paused and looked at Harry pleadingly. "I would remember if I wasn't me."
"Akasha erased her memories." Harry smiled at her sadly. "She never wanted you to be a real person. She asked Akua to destroy the rosary and free Inner Moka.
"If you remembered being Akasha, I doubt it would be hard for her to accept this. But… you don't remember and we certainly won't accept it." He indicated the nodding and determined girls.
"But… Inner Moka could be free! I don't know what to do!" She was becoming distraught.
"Potter. I want to see the memories from Akua." Touhou interrupted before Moka could truly break. "Mikogami and I need to know what happened.
"Forget the dragons. Fei-Hong will handle them. You must find Akua and learn more. Mikogami's instructions of Fujisaki remain."
Before Harry left, Touhou inspected his scar and Riddle's prison. He declared the scar to be nothing but a relic of a past victory and Riddle's prison to be secure.
He then practically threw Harry out of the Huang compound sending Lingling after him.
Harry took a little solace from the sound of a metal washtub hitting a head.
"Alright, where do we look?" Harry asked the undead beauty.
"Paris, Milan, Hawaii-" She stopped as Harry rolled his eyes. "Don't you want to see me naked?" She pouted.
"Lingling, you know that harem people say I have? I don't have it. They have me. Now, granted I get some say in who can be in it, but really… the harem decides."
"So I just have to convince them to let me in? As an equal partner?"
Harry knew that look of hope spelt trouble for him.
Their first port of call was the Miao Family compound. Lingling had pointed out that Akua had attacked them with men from the Miao Family.
The place was nearly empty.
It took Harry five minutes to remember that most of them had probably been part of the attack on the Huang Family.
He was currently floating through the compound as nothing but air whilst Lingling waited on top of a nearby apartment complex.
There were a few bodyguards, all guarding one room. In that room was a blonde-haired boy, maybe a year or two older than Harry, a small blonde-haired girl in a short dress that resembled a night-shirt, and Akua.
Akua was pacing in front of a wet bar whilst the boy and girl sat sullenly at a table.
No one was speaking.
Their first sign of trouble was the thudding of bodies outside.
The girl began to sniff. "There is no air." She said curiously.
And then the boy collapsed.
"Xilong!" The girl cried as she ran to his side.
Akua assumed a fighting stance. "Harry." She growled.
Harry, meanwhile, was unsure how to proceed. The small girl didn't seem to need to breathe and he doubted a lack of oxygen would affect Akua.
But he needed the girl gone so he could confront Akua.
He solidified outside the room and created a portkey out of a conjured ball. He then flung the door open and tossed it at the girl.
She was incredibly fast as she caught it and vanished.
Harry didn't waste time thinking about it as he turned to water. A humanoid form made of very still water.
And it was a good thing he did as there was a hand embedded in his head.
Akua shrieked as she backed away, her hand sparking.
"Why are you here?" She demanded.
"I need more answers." Talking was very weird. He had a tongue of sorts, but no vocal chords. But he still made sound. It was like when he heard Fawkes speak.
"I will tell you nothing" She spat… literally.
"I don't want to be your enemy, Akua. Moka doesn't want to be your enemy. But if you don't cooperate you will be our enemy."
"Only until I can free Moka from your lies and deceit." She sneered.
She seemed to teleport to right in front of him, slashing at his liquid body. Every hit caused her pain as she sparked, a lesson Harry had used on her younger sister before.
Harry just stood there. He was cataloguing the experience. He could feel his body splashing all around him, he could feel it on Akua. At the same time he could feel the nearby bodies of water.
Harry decided to try and end this. He stepped forward quickly. Akua screamed as she was engulfed in water. Harry now felt both the lightning and the water. Both being natural elements.
He wondered what else constituted an element.
Akua tried to escape the water, but it wasn't a stationary object anymore. It was a second layer that fit her like a body suit.
Eventually she stopped fighting and collapsed to the ground, convulsing with the shocks.
Harry backed off and retook his liquid humanoid form. "Are you going to cooperate? That was just pure water. Imagine the pain if it was Holy Water."
Akua tried to rise, but she was very weak. "Why are you doing this?" She asked hoarsely.
"Because you want to hurt Moka. Because you want to kill me and all humans. I know it could be very difficult to kill you, but, I have discovered that; that which can't be killed, can still be contained. The nature of that containment is up to you."
Akua shuddered at the thought of being trapped in a water suit for eternity.
"What are you?" She asked weakly.
"Moka's best friend. Someone who loves her and will kill for her. Who will die for her."
"What monster are you?" She amended.
"None of your business."
"Kill him!"
Harry turned to where Akua was glaring and saw the little girl he had sent away. She either teleported or was extremely quick to get here from the top of Mount Fuji already.
Clearly she had crawled out of the lava as she was standing there naked and covered in soot with tiny horns poking through her hair.
Oh, and she was pissed.
Harry needed a new plan. He didn't want to leave Akua here so she could disappear, but he couldn't just turn back to flesh or Akua would kill him.
Although Harry had managed to turn only parts of his body into an element, he had yet to master turning different parts into different elements at the same time.
But Harry could still control the other elements when in the form of one.
The ground shot up around Akua and himself in a dome, concealing them from sight.
Akua didn't really understand what was happening. She saw the ground rise up and then she was falling, tumbling. She was constantly in pain as she was encased to the neck in water.
But she was a centuries old vampire. Pain was an inconvenience, nothing more.
The tumbling stopped after an extremely long time. The air was thin. It was incredibly heavy around her.
She felt the water leave her and she quickly looked around. She gulped in fear.
She was under water.
She was standing in a twenty-foot dome on what appeared to be the ocean floor. The only light came from a small pool of lava in the middle of the dome.
On the opposite side of the dome was Harry.
"Welcome to the bottom of the world." Harry smirked. He was currently in human form. "We are about nine kilometres down, according to scientific studies… not sure what that is in miles."
Akua tried to get to her feet, but the pressure around her was intense.
"Before you attempt to attack me, remember that this dome is only here because I am creating it. If I die, it vanishes and the ocean will close in on you.
"Answer my questions truthfully and I will take you back to the surface and dry land."
"What are you?" Akua asked, it was difficult to talk down here.
"You want to know what Yōkai I am?" Harry asked. "Answer my questions and I will answer yours."
"Just kill me." She sniffed in distaste. "I have failed Akasha and I have failed my dream. There is nothing left for me."
"Not even Moka?"
"Moka will never accept me whilst you control her."
"Answer my questions and I will take you to Moka so you can talk to her."
She looked at him and scoffed. "Liar."
Harry sighed and sent off a messenger spell. He then sat down and just stared at the lava pit.
"Given up already?" She sneered.
Harry sighed. It would likely take twenty minutes to an hour before he got a response to his message. Might as well do something to pass the time.
"I'm an Elemental. I don't really understand what that means. I was born to a witch and wizard. When I started Yōkai Academy I started make a connection with the elements. Earth, water, wind, fire. Fire was when Moka determined what I was.
"Kuyou, a Yoko, killed me with a fire lance. I became fire."
"You killed Kuyou?" Akua interrupted with disbelief. "There is no way a magician could kill a Yoko."
"I used a very well known spell. If you insist on trying to hurt me and my friends and family, I will try it on you." Harry glared.
"You are no Elemental." She scoffed. "You are just an arrogant magician with an affinity for elemental magic."
"Well, whatever it is, it's worked pretty well for me. I've taken on a Yoko, kraken, werewolf, several vampires including yourself, a siren-"
"Kamiya? You killed Kamiya?"
"He was trying to kill me." Harry reminded her. "I removed he oxygen around him. He suffocated on his last song."
Harry watched as Akua's eyes flickered back and forth as she tried to comprehend if that was even possible.
"Were you the one who razed his offices to the ground?" She asked.
"No, that was a couple of associates of mine. Kamiya was after another siren. That siren was a very close friend of theirs.
"They took offense." Harry smirked as he remembered Gin and Haiji appearing at the Inn, covered in blood and trying to look innocent.
There was a pop and Akua tried to get to her feet as Inner Moka appeared.
Moka instantly fell to her knees as the pressure kicked in. "This is unbearable!" She growled as Harry helped her to sit.
"It was the only place I could think of that I could talk to your sister and not have her try and kill me." Harry shrugged.
"DO NOT TOUCH HER!" Akua roared she pushed hard to her feet.
*WOOSH*
She fell to the ground, a soaked and sparking vampire. The hole in the dome was instantly sealed.
"Why are you doing this, Akua?" Moka demanded as Akua struggled back to sitting. "Is it true? Is Outer Moka really my mother?"
"You told her?" Akua looked distraught.
"Of course I did. I haven't had the chance to show her your memories though." Harry shrugged.
"Answer me Akua!" Moka was getting angry.
"Yes! What you call 'Outer Moka' is a blank copy of Akasha." She finished with a grumble.
"A copy?" Harry queried.
"You saw her get pulled into-" She stopped herself as she realised she was going to reveal more.
"Alucard, yes, I know." Harry nodded. "Something that occurred to Master Fuhai before I came after you though… why were you and Moka near that abomination? It was sealed in the dungeons of house."
Akua refused to answer or meet their eyes.
"Tell us or we will have Harry tie you down and use magic to extract the answers.
Akua was clearly hurt. "Moka… I'm your sister."
"Really? Then why did you try and kidnap me from my friends? My father knows where I am and approves, what authority do you have over his?"
"He is a fool." Akua spat. "He thinks humans and monsters can live together. Just like your mother."
"Just like me." Moka countered. "I have several human friends. I count at least two amongst my elders."
"You have been tricked by him." Akua sneered at Harry.
"Why?" Harry interrupted the argument. "Why would I need to trick her?"
"So you can kill her! So you can use her!"
"To do what?"
"To kill all monsters!"
"But I am a monster."
There was no response.
"Why were you and Moka near Alucard?" Harry asked again.
"We weren't supposed to be there." Akua admitted sullenly. "Moka was supposed to be out of the house. Her mother sent her away for her own protection.
"She came back for some reason. She saw me slice Akasha in half. It unleashed Moka's Shinso power… and it awakened Alucard."
"Why were you fighting my mother?" Moka asked in a whisper.
"I wanted her blood. She had the blood of the First Ancestor. A true Shinso."
"I don't understand." Harry frowned.
Akua sighed as she crossed her legs and settled in for the long haul. "Shinso was an ancient vampire. Those who have his power are the strongest.
"You cannot inherit Shinso blood. You have to drink the blood of a First Ancestor. Someone who has the blood already."
"You have to kill them." Harry clarified.
Akua gave him the 'You're an idiot' look.
"How do I have Shinso blood then?" Moka asked.
"I don't know. I didn't know until you saw your mother appear to die."
"Do you know Fujisaki Miyabi?"
Akua was confused by the change of topic by Harry. "He is one of the division leaders of Fairy Tale."
"He is Alucard."
Akua's eyes narrowed. "What? Alucard is asleep. I've seen him. You saw him in my memories."
"Fujisaki is a clone. He has been planting more clone eggs around Japan."
"You are wrong." She dismissed his claims.
"Both Mikogami Tenmei and Fuhai Touhou have identified him!" Moka hissed. "This is the monster that swallowed my mother! That tried to take my friend as his sex slave!"
"What? When?" Akua tried to rise but remembered the pressure.
"About a year ago. He turned up at the Village of the Yuki-onna and was forcing a contract that said Shuriyuki Mizore would be his bride." Harry answered.
Apparently this went against whatever moral code the vampire actually had as she started cussing up a storm.
"If you are finished?" Harry eventually asked. She was cursing in more languages than just Chinese and Japanese.
Akua fixed him with a glare.
Harry didn't care.
"Here is what is going to happen. We are all going to go back to the Huang Compound. You are free to leave-"
"Harry!" Moka objected.
Harry squeezed her hand and she just glared at him. "You can leave. You can return if you want and visit Moka. If you attack us, we will kill you. Or we will imprison you.
"If you go back to Fairy Tale, keep in mind that we will be attacking them. We are going to end them and Alucard. If I can I am going to free Akasha.
"If you stand with them we will treat you as the enemy."
Akua laughed. "You honestly believe a brat like you could take on the full might of Fairy Tale?"
"Yes."
Moka's declaration stopped her cold. "What? Moka, you can't be serious! This fool will see you killed. Please!" She pleaded.
"Harry will be my husband-"
"Your father would never allow it." Akua scoffed.
"My father already knows. He also knows that I will always stand by him."
"You'll die." It was a weak, pleading sound coming from the arrogant vampire.
"If you care that much, maybe should join us and make sure Moka is safe." Harry could feel the glares from both females, even though he locked eyes with Akua.
"I would never join someone who loves humans." She sneered.
Harry sighed and pulled a piece of string from his wrist. "A shame. That seems to be what Jasmine wanted."
It was a diverse trio that landed in the garden of the Huang compound. Harry was a forced neutral, you could call him stoic.
Moka was pissed. Mainly at Harry.
Akua was subdued and sad. She didn't look at anyone as she simply leapt into the air and vanished.
"Was it really wise to let her go?"
Harry turned to Fei-Hong and bowed, but the older man simply clasped his shoulder.
"After all you have done… you are family, true family. Besides, I hear my daughter intends to make it official."
"What?"
Harry cringed at tone of Moka's voice.
"Not to worry. She knows her place in the harem." Fei-Hong chuckled. "Personally, I can't see the appeal of a harem. I want nothing more than my Tiantian. To be able to dedicate everything to her."
"Akua is getting a chance." Harry said quickly changing the subject. "I've warned her what will happen if she tries to harm Moka or any of us and I warned her that we will be taking down Fairy Tale."
"I'm going to go and talk with Outer Moka. Don't disturb us." Moka was clearly upset and angry. No one was that dumb.
High in the sky above Japan, floating above the clouds, was a massive airship. It was called the Floating Garden. It certainly looked the part.
It was an immense fortress that seemed to have been excavated from the ground and was now flying by magic. It had been meticulously well kept with literal gardens visible.
It looked like Heaven.
Its denizens were certainly not angels. This was Fairy Tale Headquarters. It housed hundreds of monsters that all wanted one thing: To Kill All Humans.
Currently, most of them were assembled in a large ballroom as a silver-haired woman addressed them. This was Shuzen Gyokuro, Moka's step-mother.
The monsters were enraptured, they cheered her every word.
Into the midst of this assembly appeared a new, uninvited monster.
At least, it appeared to be a monster. Bald, chalk-white skin, red eyes, no nose.
"Who are you?" Gyokuro demanded.
"Who are you? Where am I?"
Gyokuro frowned. Why was an English monster here. "Who are you? Why are you here?" She asked in English.
"I am Lord Voldemort! You will answer my questions, fool!"
"Kill him." Gyokuro sneered.
And that's when the fight started.
Now, granted, a pitiful wizard stood no chance against the Yōkai of the world, especially without a wand. But it was enough of a distraction for Harry to sneak everyone on board the Floating Garden.
The Huang Family were to accompany the Bus Driver to the helm of the Floating Gardens to take control.
Gin and Haiji were to protect the Sendo Family as they searched for the source of magic used to power the Floating Garden.
The rest searched for one male.
They found him in a large room with a monster that was familiar to them all, having seen Harry's recollection of Akua's memories.
"Hello Alucard."
The man turned at the voice of Mikogami Tenmei.
"Mikogami, Fuhai, I'm surprised to see you here." The man tried to maintain his smirk and superior demeanour, but he was startled by their appearance.
The two men were standing in front of the Yōkai Academy students. Inner Moka, Kurumu, Mizore, Keito, Kokoa.
Then there were the other females of the harem. Shizuka, Ririko, Mako, Ruby.
"I see you are still trying to destroy humans." Mikogami sighed. "After all the effort and sacrifice that went into defeating you."
"But you never could defeat me, could you?" Alucard smirked.
The ground shook and Alucard frowned.
"Your little club is getting shutdown." Touhou smirked. "We have control of this 'garden' of yours."
"My monsters will find your people and tear them to pieces." Alucard growled.
"Perhaps." Mikogami nodded. "But first they will have to get through some of my more… rambunctious students. I was quite surprised at some of those that volunteered." He chuckled.
"And whilst all this happens you think you and your little cheerleader squad can defeat me?" Alucard chuckled back. "You think that if you can end this 'clone' you will stop my true form from waking?"
He dodged as something silver was thrown at him by Moka. He wasn't going to trust anything thrown by these girls. The last time he did, that boy had sent him to England.
"It's not booby-trapped." Moka rolled her eyes. "We aren't naïve enough to try the same trick twice."
Alucard looked at the object that had landed a foot or so behind him.
A rosary.
The rosary.
He looked back at Moka, then at the old sorcerer and the demon lord. "What trick is this?" He demanded.
"No trick." Mikogami said calmly. "We were advised that it would be better to try and end you properly. We need you awake for that."
Alucard laughed. "You think you can take me on?" He asked as he gestured to the monster behind him.
"We are exceptionally curious to find out." Mikogami's grin shined beneath his shadowed cowl.
"You don't even have Bloodriver! You think her immature daughter is enough to take her place?"
"Aren't you curious to find out?" Touhou asked. "The last of your greatest obstacles in one room. Are you going to waste this opportunity?"
"Never fight on the ground of your enemies choosing." Alucard sneered. "Did you really think I would be so naïve as to be so reckless? You are not the only tactician, Mikogami."
The ground rumbled again, but this time the source was closer. Alucard turned to see his monster body stirring. He looked down and saw the rosary was missing.
"This ends today, Alucard. One way or another." Touhou said firmly as he removed his mystical restrictions and became younger, taller, stronger.
Alucard growled as he began stripping his expensive jacket off. He tossed it away and stepped back into the grasp of the tentacles that were reaching out.
"If this doesn't work, Harry is going to be in so much trouble." Ririko growled as she and the others unleashed their true forms.
"If this doesn't work we are all dead." Shizuka gave a pitiful moan. "The holidays are coming up and I can feel myself going to heat. I don't want to miss that!"
"Is sex all you think about?" Kokoa asked in disgust as the monster known as Alucard began to rise.
"No. I also think about fish. Milk. Warm cuddly time."
"Ladies, please remember your roles." Mikogami interrupted them as he removed his robe revealing his long hair, a handsome face and muscled body. "I do not want my apprentice running amok like Alucard because one of you was killed."
"Your apprentice?" Touhou glared. "That boy is mine. His talents and power mean he could take my knowledge further than any other!"
"Fuhai, you are unlikely to live longer than hour after we finish, now that you've released your seals." Mikogami glared back.
"I'll find a way."
Deep in the heart of the gardens, the Sendo family were inspecting a massive crystal. It was brimming with energy and carved with various symbols.
Yukari's parents were altering those carvings very carefully. They didn't want to cause an explosion, or event that would alert the humans to the existence of the Gardens… like falling out of the sky onto Tokyo.
"We've got company." Gin called back from where he and Haiji were watching the door.
"Who is it?" Yukari asked as she ran up. "Oh, Raika."
The tall, muscular man with long, shaggy blonde hair raised an eyebrow. "How does a little girl know my name?"
"Oh, we asked some of your friends." Yukari smiled. "They told us all about you and your other division leaders."
"Traitors." Raiku spat. "I will kill them after I have dealt with you."
"One moment!" Yukari piped up as she twirled her wand. Brownish metal spikes formed up out of the ground on either side of the monster.
Raiku, not knowing what they were, leapt back and ripped off his uniform jacket.
"Ok, you can fight him now." Yukari told Gin and Haiji.
"That simple?" Gin smirked.
Yukari leaned up on her tip-toes and patted his head before skipping back to her parents.
"She didn't pat my head." Haiji pouted.
"If you keep her parents alive she'll probably ruffle it for you."
"Really?"
"Don't worry, boy. I'll carry your severed head to her so she can pat it once before she dies." Raiku smirked as he ran forward, lightning covering his body.
He threw his hands behind his back before swinging them towards the boys, a ball of lightning heading their way.
The boys shielded themselves with their arms.
All three were surprised when the lightning diverted to one of the metal spikes Yukari had conjured.
"Oh." Haiji realised. "Lightning rods."
"So all we have to do is beat on him with our fists?" Gin asked.
"And make sure the spikes don't get broken."
Gin grabbed his shirt and ripped it off as his snout and tail sprang forth. Haiji's beak grew and he sprouted black feathers.
Raiku gulped. How was he supposed to defeat a werewolf and Crow Tengu without his lightning?"
Gyokuro had left the foolish wizard to the mercy of her minions. She had felt several powerful monsters board the Floating Garden. She knew Miyabi was handling the interlopers in Alucard's holding area. She felt Raiku heading to deal with those tampering with the power crystal.
So that left her to confront whoever was trying to take control of the Garden's flight controls.
She cursed the fact that the rest of her division leaders had vanished over the past two days.
"Huang? What are you doing?" She demanded as she saw the husband and wife and their two children.
"Commandeering your flying garden." Lingling answered as she floated midway between her parents and Gyokuro.
"Why are the Huang's here? We have no quarrel with you."
"Really? Then your organisation hasn't been trying to capture Akashiya Moka? Your operative didn't assault our home?" Lingling asked sarcastically.
"A misunderstanding."
"And the goal of your organisation? To destroy all humans?"
"A goal worthy of the Huang family." Gyokuro smiled. "We would be honoured to have you."
"We live among humans." Fangfang stepped up, he remained just behind his sister. "You are wearing human clothes. Most of this equipment is human made!" He gestured to the large screens and computer consoles.
"Do you intend to walk around naked, Gyokuro?" Lingling smirked. "Are you going to farm your own coffee beans? Milk cows yourself?"
"Enough stalling girl." Gyokuro sneered as she tossed her fur stole aside. "Tell your servant to stand aside."
Gyokuro froze at the gravelly laugh that emanated from the man at the controls.
"Servant? Is that what you consider me?" The Bus Driver asked as he turned away from the controls. His eyes were shining brightly and his grin was… terrifying.
Gyokuro fought the urge to kneel.
She failed.
Things were at something of a stalemate with regards to Alucard. For every inch of damage they caused, he regenerated too quickly.
And he was getting quicker, more powerful.
"It is over fools!" Alucard laughed. His handsome torso was protruding from the head of his body. "After all these years, I am finally free! I will feast on your bones this day!"
"Boo!"
Alucard actually squeaked like a girl as Harry appeared in mid-air, hovering in front of him. He scowled as he recognised the boy that had tricked him.
He saw the boy holding a mirror on his chest. He couldn't help himself as he looked in it.
Something was wrong.
The room was filled with a bright white light that filled the room. When it cleared the monster was gone. All that was left was the humanoid form of Alucard and an unconscious, barely clothed Bloodriver Akasha.
Unfortunately, Alucard was naked.
"What have you done boy?" Alucard growled in anger and fear.
"Lilith's Mirror." Harry grinned as he handed the mirror to the spirit that crawled out of his t-shirt pocket.
"Hokey Kokey!" Lilith grinned before she vanished with a pop.
"Lilith's Mirror reveals your true self. It strips you down to what you really are.
"In your case, a vampire."
"My power… " Alucard was gazing at his hands.
"You have your power." Harry said. "All the powers you stole as you absorbed other monsters is gone."
"Why?" He sounded lost, confused. "Why would you do this?"
Harry turned and looked to Touhou and nodded.
The sorcerer made some silent arcane gestures and the boy and vampire vanished.
"He looks pitiful."
"He looks like a drowned cat."
"Leave him alone." Yukari pushed her seniors away from the grounded iron cage holding Raiku.
Gin couldn't take his eyes off the depressed S-Class monster. He really wanted a good chase.
Elsewhere, Shizuka shuddered.
"Mum and dad are finished. They have protected this room so only we can get in and out."
"What about Harry?" Gin asked as they reached the elder Sendos.
"We can give him access if he wants it." Fujiko said as she leant against the large orange crystal.
"You can talk?" Gin was surprised. The woman's voice was barely a whisper.
"We have configured the crystal to absorb the magic from our voices." Tamanori smiled. "An easy way to recharge it without it needing to land on a ley line and… it lets us talk to our daughter." He smiled down at his beaming little girl.
"What do we do now?" Haiji asked.
"We are safe here." Fujiko told them. "If you can, I suggest you seek out the others and offer your aid."
"Did you really think it would be so easy, girl? Did you think you could just violate the Yōkai Laws regarding humans and no one would care?"
"Nurari-"
"Shut up girl!" The Bus Driver growled. "You have been the source of far too many problems over the past few decades. I don't know what Issa saw in you.
"You are not invincible, girl. I would prefer to see you dead." He snorted derisively. "I know I will see you dead. You are incapable of change. But there are others, whom I respect, that want to give you a chance. So you're going to prison."
The Bus Driver produced a piece of paper with Chinese Kanji on it. "Don't try to escape. It will be the last thing you do."
He jabbed the paper onto her forehead, pinning it there with a long metal needle. As the blood touched the paper, she vanished.
Nurari turned and frowned. The Huangs were standing there, bowed at the waist, nearly perpendicular to the floor. This was why he preferred the quiet life of a Bus Driver.
Alucard was taken by surprise at the heavy weight that seemed to push him to the ground. The air was heavy and hard to breathe.
Looking around him he saw water. It was everywhere but on the stone ground. On the other side of a small lava pit was the boy.
"Is this the old fool's plan? To have a wizard duel me?" He scoffed.
Harry simply sat down, cross legged on the floor as he turned to water. There was no point in taking any chances with his life.
"I've met quite a few people that want humanity destroyed." Harry started. "You are the first I've met who I could possibly accept has a valid argument.
"One of the people you fought today is a witch. Her parents were killed when a drunk driver hit them with his car. As I pointed out to her, a wizard killed my parents. By her logic I should be entitled to kill all magicals.
"A couple of days ago I had your granddaughter here, Shuzen Akua. She wanted all humans dead because they tortured and killed her best friend.
"She still hasn't really accepted the fact that it was her fault. She attacked and killed a boy her friend liked. She revealed them as vampires who would kill them.
"There have been others who want humans dead, but they simply want dominance."
"We are superior beings." Alucard said firmly as he stood tall, despite the pressure from the ocean… and his nudity. "Humans have no place except beneath our heel."
"Then there's you." Harry continued as if Alucard hadn't spoken. "You ruled a kingdom of humans. You sought peace with your neighbours, but they feared you. They attacked you. Killed all your people until there was only you and a little vampire girl left.
"That story is almost enough for me to agree with your reason for wanting humans exterminated."
"But you don't." Alucard raised an eyebrow.
"You are a traitor." Harry said as he stood. "You betrayed all those humans that loved you as their leader. You want all humans dead because some humans killed some other humans.
"Seriously! The amount of times I've been attacked by monsters, I have a much better argument for wanting all monsters dead!"
"Is this where you try to convince me to give up goals?" Alucard smirked.
"This is where you discover your two choices. You will be here, trapped beneath the ocean for a few centuries. Enough time to qualify as a sentence for your crimes.
"If you try to escape… If you fail to change…" Harry's body switched from water to flame as the lava pit widened but the lava itself began to recede. Alucard backed up against the wall of water as a great chasm was revealed. At the bottom was a never-ending lake of lava.
"Even a vampire as powerful as you can't survive a lake of lava."
Alucard looked up from the ledge he was standing on and levelled a gaze of hatred on him. "We were right to put an end to your kind."
The rock beneath his feet vanished and he plummeted with a scream.