CHAPTER 2: STORM OF DESPAIR

"Yo, you're okay?"

"Umm… sort of… what kind of trouble had I got myself into this time…"

"Amar-kun, you forgot to lock all the windows in your room."

"Might look back and check the windows again, Sherry."

The lock was broken. That explains how does the window opens so easily. Arikado couldn't help but just watch his sisters doing the CSI thing.

-Aslah's house. Same day but stormy weather.

Aslah, one of the Dragon Slayers and one of Amar Ma'aruf trusted friend and rival, had just received a SMS from Reika.

"I was wondering that

"Vampires?"

Outside, a storm was brewing. The rain that falls emits the distinctive thap-thap, before hitting the rooftop erratically. A storm was brewing not soon after he received another SMS, telling that his phone credits is needed to be topped up.

-Kaede's Village

Because of the stormy weather, Inuyasha and his team were stuck in Kaede's hut. Amar's armored vehicle, the Black Hound provided cover for Kagome and Shippo, with Kirara. Lucky for them that the village was not too far away.

As they reached the village, Kagome and Shippo had already dozed off. He woke them both up so he can get out of the slug.

"Looks like it's raining cats and dogs here."

"After the rain stops, we hit the road."

"You… can't you just take a break, Inuyasha? We are too tired now." Kagome pleaded.

"Feh, you guys do whatever I said."

Kagome put up the sweetest smile she could, and then "Inuyasha…" she called.

"What?"

"SIT!" Kagome yelled at Inuyasha, because of his unforgiving insolence.

And with that, Inuyasha slammed face first to the ground. Amar giggled, while he's lying on the floor with a DOOM novel covering his face.

-Hakurei-zan

At the sacred mountain, far from the village, Kikyo watched as the raindrops fall onto her barrier. She had been helpful in taking care of Vent and Aile since Girouette is in the hospital. Both children had defeated the greatest threat back in their world, and they came to Kikyo to pay a visit. They are now perfectly snuggled in a young kitsune's fur, they named Clair. Her fur of her tail were enough to comfort them both.

-Sesshomaru's Castle

Sure enough the inu youkai was not well enough. He were bitten by a vampire in an ambush. After that, he used Meido-Zangetsuha to get rid of the pesky vampires. He's now on his bed, sleeping, to 'delete' the previous encounters.

-Amar's house

"Yay! It's semester break for two weeks! What do you think about it, Sada?"

Sada, her Black Hound (a black wolf) looked at her with a happy face. An Inugami that accompany her chuckles slightly, and she addresses Hannan, Amir, her little brother and Amar with –sama in the end. They were very happy and Hannan decided that she will go to the feudal world, AFTER the storm ends.

She fits on her exterminator outfit, and it fits her well, making her feel that she's much cuter than Sango.

-Veros, Romania

However, at Chris' hometown, he was called back home because of Dracula's threat. The thunderstorm brings it worse, as he's planning to see the vampire exterminator. In person.

"What's that?"

"I don't know… maybe its Dracula?"

Chris Belmont snatched his ancestral Vampire Killer whip from the table and he ran to the town's meeting place. The villagers had awaited the stranger to meet the hunter, armed with either with shotguns or kitchen knives.

True enough, it was Dracula, on a horseback, with a woman following her. She wears a shroud, covering her whole body.

"Ah, so you're the vampire hunter. A young Belmont." Dracula exclaimed, while glaring daggers at the vampire hunter.

"What is your purpose here?"

"That's none of your concern, boy. I heard from my servants that you were strong."

Chris gripped his whip even tighter.

"What IS your purpose here! Don't make me ask the same question again." He yelled from his own anger.

Dracula held his tongue, when he saw the enormous aura coming out of the Vampire hunter.

"I suppose that we will exterminate the rest of your village, right now." The sorceress muttered under her breath.

"Very well. I leave the rest to you then."

Dracula disappeared in the thick fog, and the sorceress stepped forward.

"…"

She threw the shroud away, revealing a familiar figure beneath it.

"K-Kagura!"

"That is quite close, hunter. But I am not the person whom do you think. My name is Kaname, and I am a part of Kagura."

Chris took a hard breath, before he charged forward.

"Firecracker Whip!"

"Fuujin no Mai." She calmly announced, unleashing sharp blades of wind to the hunter.

Canceling his attack, Chris brandished his whip in circles, while parrying all the blades. Later, he threw knives at her but Kaname blocked it with just a flick from her fan.

"I could see that you're strong, just like what Master Dracula told me."

"What were you all up to?"

Kaname gave a sigh, before she whirled her fan, announcing her next attack, "Ryuujin no Mai."

The wind around her whirled furiously, then forms a tornado, screaming into Chris.

"Chris!" Steven, his father yelled at him, right after he threw a shotgun to aid him.

Chris grabbed the shotgun his father threw, but he was trapped in the tornado. Not giving up yet, he aimed the shotgun at Kaname, and fired it. She was alarmed by the shot, and she sidestepped away to avoid it. The ground was punctured with holes of the pellets.

"Whoa!"

He laid on his back, re-cycling the shotgun, and a smoking red shell came out of the rifle. Chris stands up, but then, a blade came out of nowhere, and it hit his left shoulder.

It almost severed his arm.

Few more came, barraging him like daggers. Chris was defeated.

Chris falls like a rotten jackfruit, with his eyes blankly staring at the dirt. Kaname, showing no expression at all gazed at the hunter with her crimson eyes, before she disappears in the wind. The villagers sent the vampire hunter to the hospital.

A/N: Oh no! Chris!!! Don't worry, he will do just fine. He's a tough guy, ya know. Until then, TQ.