CHAPTER 4: CROSS YOUR FEAR

Kneeling beside his comrades' bodies, Richard looked around, with nothing that might catch his interest. A flash and all of them were dead…

…Except him. Not being a coward, but he were stalled. That witch… or sorceress…

"Goodbye everyone…"

Richard was a rebel terrorist, one of the shaman's victims. Talking about victims, he also heard from his friends that some Falcon's Plus trainees were around during the raid on the superstitious sect; some of them were pulled to the weird time cycle…

"This way."

"Huh?" Richard gripped his AK-47.

The group of strangers attracted him, and what took him the most were his enemy, A-01.

"This is bad…nobody is alive." A girl in a Japanese school uniform remarked, upon seeing the dead bodies.

"Hold it." A-01 took his ARS-15 and he held it in Richard's direction. "Put your AK-47 on the ground. This is an order from a Falcon Plus, Richard." A-01 paused for a second. "The government may offer amnesty, if only you surrender." A-01 reprimanded him an offer.

"You know this guy?"

"One of the most wanted guys in Malaysia. It didn't seem to be so austere on seeing him in this time."

"What do you mean by that?!" He started to get incensed.

"Your fellow el bad guys were dead. How about you surrender and we'll work out of getting your amnesty."

"Fine." Richard threw his AK-47 and his supplies on A-01's feet. After that, he puts his hands on the air. "I surrender."

"Good. Now can we go? I can't wait to see that Dracula."

"Dracula? Hold it a second, you were going to see Dracula? That sorceress said that she were sent from Dracula, to assassinate my friends…"

"Just follow us and mop him on the floor with your rifle when we're at it. Let's rock on."

Richard gave an 'okay' expression on his face. Then they moved on.

Meanwhile, at Amar Ma'aruf's hometown, Sesshomaru had already arrived to see his younger brother's descendant. He could hear someone yelling down at the field, and of course, Amar Ma'aruf is there, practicing and sharpening his skills.

"Besides your original techniques, you now could learn some Western spells. That's a quick relief for a fast learner like you." Evangeline AK Mac Dowell explained his results.

"Thank you."

"What does Soul Shield do actually?"

"It steals energies from enemies around us, and the more they are, the better. It's also a perfect shield against magic attacks." Evangeline explained. " At your level, it may drain your energy to empower it."

"That's a bad news."

"One more thing, did you learn both Soul Shield and Soul Steal from Alucard?"

"Maybe I learned it from my dreams?"

"That is one strange excuse for a useless hanyou like you. Learning techniques from a dream? Whoever would fall for it?"

Everyone there tweaked his or her eyes with surprise. It was Sesshomaru, but his voice was tinted with… pain!

"Hey… what happened to you?"

"Wait, look on his neck." Evangeline said, pulling Amar's left forearm.

Amar Ma'aruf pulled his Masamune out of its sheath. Sesshomaru is doing the same. It looks like he's going to have fun…

…And so he did. Amar couldn't take anymore of Sesshomaru's attacks, until his salvation arrives. A-01 with a Tactical Shield and a Desert Eagle.

"Coming inside!" Amar announced to his friend with the almost same name, Amar Ma'aruf.

He shot the whole clip of his Desert Eagle before moving on.

"You're okay?"

"Sort of."

"What kind of crazy trick he's playing now?"

"It is not a crazy trick. Look at his neck. He's been bitten."

"By a vampire, I presume."

"You two, I want to see how good your partnership can go."

"Time for you to be defeated… yet again!"

Sesshomaru attacked with Tokujin and both Amar started with a rolling start; Amar Ma'aruf jumped up to the air with the shield as a booster.

"You think that'll stop me?!" His eyes began to bleed red.

"Whirlwind Scar!" Ma'aruf-chan bellowed upon unleashing his technique.

It hit Sesshomaru head on. Upon the distraction, A-01 threw away the shield and he took out his Quadruplet knives. (For anyone who didn't know, the other two Quad Knives were on his feet. From Trevor Spacey, MS4)

A-01 focused his chocolate eyes on Sesshomaru's youkai aura. He narrowed his eyes, and he ran to Sesshomaru, with the help of the Shikon Jewel shards on his legs.

"KAZE NO KIZU!"

He swung his knife, just like Inuyasha did, and he unleashed the attack. Sesshomaru were overwhelmed under the technique, and screams of pain filled the air.

The 'spectators' were surprised; A-01 did the Wind Scar. Something a human never pulled off.

"How…how did he do that?"

"The Jewel shard in his right hand was an override. I taught him the Wind Scar because he could do it."

"He seems like Koga in a way, doesn't he, Inuyasha?"

"Don't mention that mangy wolf's name in front of me, Miroku!"

A-01 went to check Sesshomaru.

"Don't worry, he's alive."

"Where…where am I?"

"Yamato Shrine. You passed out after you've been hit by Kaze no Kizu."

"Inuyasha…"

Inuyasha pointed at A-01. The others nodded in unison. A-01 backed away, bringing the Tactical Shield into sight. Sesshomaru whips the shield away, and Amar's Desert Eagle and Night Hawk came into view.

"Okay, he won. In one way or another." A-01 muttered that aloud.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I can't argue, right now. Gotta report back at the base."

Amar pulled out his cell phone. He pushed some numbers, and he immediately contacted his home base.

A/N: YES!!!! Finally after a long period of time, I finally managed to finish the fourth chapter! Sort of… However, thanks for reading. Wonder what will happen in the next chapter…