CHAPTER 6: POWERS OF FRIENDSHIP

Soon after Chris was discharged from the hospital, he went to his home. He had already expected to see the rest there.

"That's one heck of a mock up team." Chris remarked upon seeing the sheer number of the assault team.

"Oh Chris! You're home!"

"Hey, thanks to the priestess, I've been up and running."

Kagome grins a bit. However, she remembered that vampires had bitten both Sesshomaru and Amar Ma'aruf. Strangely, Amar didn't even falter from the effects, unlike Sesshomaru…

"Ma'aruf-chan…"

"Yes?"

"Err… nothing…"

Ma'aruf-chan's eyes were turning bit grayish bit by bit, I prefer his old colors blue left and amber right…

Little did Kagome know; it was the side effects. Amar's heterochromatic eyes turning one color for each eye was a sign he's going to be possessed.

"It's a good thing nobody else could understands Malay, if Inuyasha knew I kept calling him stupid, I'll be his meal, for sure."

"Really?"

"Hey, what's up with your eyes?"

"Nothing."

Upon arriving at the castle's drawbridge, A-01 bolt cocked Ma'aruf-chan's Super Magnum Sniper Rifle. He shot the chain two times before it came crashing down. Walking to the castle's courtyard, A-01 sings his song…

"Man, he's so light hearted, singing at a place like this."

"Should we break the team now?"

"I guess so."

"The usual team goes into the hallway. We will go the keep, and Sesshomaru, try to explore a bit."

Sesshomaru rolled his eyes.

"And before that, I have a present for you guys."

"Kagome, here. It's your FN Five-seveN. I just repaired it, and I also have extra clips in this pouch."

"Thank you, and how do we contact each other?"

"This is when the walkie-talkie is needed. However, remember to use it in an emergency. The static noises can attract monsters, you know."

"I understand."

"And since Sesshomaru-sama didn't approve having one, I might as well lend Zakuro to Rin."

Zakuro, Ma'aruf-chan's modded mobile persocom jumped off his head and on to Rin's hands.

"Nice too meet you, what would your name be?" Zakuro asked.

"Rin."

"Ai! Rin-chan, your profile have been updated!"

A-01 turned and he looked at Ma'aruf-chan's eyes. It's getting weirder by the second all in a sudden…

Castle Entrance

"Well Inuyasha, looks like our team were separated from the others."

"I don't care. As long we're away from Sesshomaru, I'll just fine."

Suddenly, zombies popped out from the castle's entrance floor.

"They are weak monsters; we didn't have to waste our energy for this."

"Shippo, can you…?"

"I understand! Kitsune-bi!"

Shippo hurled azure flames as the others moved on deeper into the castle. Later, they moved on to few rooms into the castle, until rocks blocked their way. A monster appeared in the darkness, and it seems like the one A-01 shot down before…

"Inuyasha, it's the Skeleton King! The one Amar-kun shot down before!"

"Why is it here?" He asked.

"Monsters like this are common in a place of evil like this." Miroku explained, and then he threw his sutras at the Skeleton King.

Skeletons are strong against dark, so… this'll do the trick!

Kagome shoots a sacred arrow, and then it crumbled into plies of bones, which later disintegrated, leaving only a skull behind.

"That was easy." Sango commented.

Then, the same energy ball appeared from the skeleton's remains, which later floats to Shippo and it dissipated into his body.

"Shippo, how do you feel?" Kagome asked.

"I'm feeling… strong and much more confident, everybody!"

Kirara then clobbered the rocks with her head butt, and then they're free to go.

Study

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru, Rin and Jaken had arrived at the castle's library. Rin had picked up a rapier, which was light enough for her to hold it. She had the chance of defending herself from some weak monsters.

"Don't play with swords, Rin."

"I know, Sesshomaru-sama."

Then, Sesshomaru saw someone fighting the demons there. He's wearing black clothes and a cloak, which the inside of it were glowing red.

Who is he? He asked himself.

"Sesshomaru-sama! Watch out!" Jaken yelled, when he saw a Gorgon charging to him.

Sesshomaru pulled out Tokujin, and he slain the stone bull with a slash.

"It's not safe here for you, Rin."

Rin was still clutching the rapier. Later, they found a room, with a waiting General Armor there. It was humongous, maybe about 8 feet tall, and it's holding a Great Sword with a Shield, the same size as it.

Sesshomaru was about to attack it, when the General Armor striked the floor with his thunder-infused Great Sword. Electricity flowed into the metal floor, but Rin was saved in time, before she gets electrocuted.

"You!"

He ignored it. Instead, he put Rin on a safe platform, joining an ad-hoc co-operation with Sesshomaru.

"Dragon Wave!"

He was fighting thunder with thunder, literally. As for the whit haired stranger, he kept slashing the GA with his sword, which was glowing blue until he slashed the GA from behind, a la how Amar Ma'aruf do with his sword.

As the armor from the General Armor crumbled to bits, the same energy ball forms, this time it appears as three, one of it were absorbed by Sesshomaru, one by the stranger, and the other was absorbed by Rin.

"Just who exactly are you?" Sesshomaru started interrogating him.

"I'm Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes. You may call me Alucard."

"Thank you Alucard-sama, for saving Rin." Rin thanked him.

"You're welcome. Now if you excuse me, I have something else to do."

Sesshomaru let Alucard ran past him, and from the door which he appeared all in a sudden.

Outer Wall

"Chris, where the hell are you exactly?" A-01 yelled to his walkie-talkie's mouthpiece.

"At the Outer Wall, just before the entrance of the Clock Tower. And where were you two now?"

"We're at Coliseum, that's what Ichigo said."

"I'll be going to the Royal Chapel, so meet you guys at the keep, if you could find a way through."

Chris turned his walkie-talkie off.

"Damn him. He thinks we know this castle's jumbled interior."

His eyes then focused on Amar Ma'aruf, who now crouching on the floor, holding his head.

"You're okay?" A-01 asked his hanyou partner.

"I'm… fine…" He muttered as a reply.

"'I'm fine' my foot! You're acting like you had a horrible migraine!"

"I'm okay… really…"

He let Amar Ma'aruf lie down on the floor of the Safe Point, while he waits for him to recover.

A/N: How 'bout that? Now our bitten hanyou (mine actually.) had some side effect of the previous nasty bite he got few chapters ago. If you want to know what happens next, wait for my next chapter, okay? Also, read my finished product, Between Enma Ai and Kikyo. Just go to my profile, and it's the first in the list (maybe.). For the next chapter, I'm going to involve Arcueid Brunstead, or Brunsteud from Lunar Legend: Tsukihime, so it'll be fun. About the info on Adrian or more famously known as Alucard, I must thank you for Mika555. TQ.