EPILOUGE: Circle of the Moon

The next day after Camilla was defeated, peace returned among students in SMKTR2. Amar Ma'aruf was absent that day because he had used too many of his energy that he transformed into a little puppy to restore his powers. Chris kept his cool as usual.

Evangeline were also absent but not because she's tired, she just feel to cut school again. About Camilla, Negi had done the Infernus Scholacticus (lit: School Hell) spell on her so that she can be controlled just like Eva before Nagi broke the spell, allowing her to further her studies here in SMTKT.

Before Chris returned back to his dorms, Chahcamaru and his warden appeared.

"Can I see you for a while, Chris Belmont?"

Oh no. "Please wait, sir."

After packing his book backpack, Chris met his warden outside of his class.

"Chris, I heard a lot from some teachers that you flouted out of the school dorms few nights earlier. Is that true?"

"Yes…"

"I've been thinking of making a special card for some students like Shintarou and you so that you'll have my permission on goin out at night for patrols."

"?"

"I made yours first, Chris. Here." Chachamaru said, handing over a magnetic card. "also, Evangeline-sama wants to see you too."

"Well, when that vampire wants to see you, you should take this too."

His warden handed over a permission slip so that he can go outside.

"Thank you sir."

"You're welcomed."

Minutes later, Chris were out of the school gates, bringing his backpack towards Eva's aparment.

I wonder what kind of stuff she had in store for me…

Upon arriving at the apartment, there is a note stuck on the door.

It says…

For Chris:

If you're at the apartment, get into the resort indoors. I had few things to talk about with you.

By Evangeline AK McDowell

"Um… since when she had a resort? Indoors?"

Chris stepped inside and she saw Eva's house. Although it was beautifully decorated, it seems like nobody was inside. As he closed the apartment's door, the vampire hunter started searching around for anything that comes into his attention.

Eventually, he came across an empty room, with a big bottle on a stand in the center. There's some writing on the large-sized glass bottle, at it reads as…

"Evangeline's Resort? Her resort was in this bottle?"

At the precise moment he said that, Chris was transported away from Eva's apartment.

-Evangeline's Resort-

As the vampire hunter looked around, he saw that the surrounding area was different. As he looked at the floor, he saw some markings.

"Is it me or Eva is a DOOM fan?"

"I heard that, Belmont."

Chris turned around and saw Eva, next to Chachamaru and Chachazero. In her arms was his garb and Amar Ma'aruf, in his puppy form.

"Evangeline…what's up?"

"It's nothing. I wanted to return your garb. Here." She threw the garb back to Chris. "I cleaned it up yesterday. Thanks for saving my dignity, you know."

"…"

Evangeline looked a little surprised.

"What's wrong? Is he here bothering you?" She asked, indicating Amar Ma'aruf.

"No. Nothing really, but what is he doing here?"

"Reika just came and she said that Amar needed something or somewhere that can restore his MP fast." She explained, with a strange-looking glint on her eyes. "Can you get into your gear and meet me on the seaside with the Vampire Killer?"

"…Sure…"

Sure enough, Chris had no idea of what Eva was doing. However, though he didn't believe the vampire, Chris followed Eva's request.

Within minutes, Chris was ready in his garb. (To tell you the truth, he wears the same outfit Richter Belmont wears in Chi no Rondo and Symphony of the Night, but not the one in Dracula X Chronicles though.) Then, Chris was off to see Eva, who was waiting at the resort's seaside like he was told to.

Strangely enough, she seemingly ready to have a test fight.

"I'm here now. What's up?"

"Nothing much, I just want to thank you for taking out and helping me finish off Camilla."

"That's all?"

"No, that's not all. Let's continue where we left off last time."

"With pleasure."

Not a moment too soon, the two of them charged at each other, exchanging blows and spell attacks. Chris frequently used his Item Crush while Eva used her Ice spells.

"Lic Lac La Lac Liliac, Veniant spīritūs glaciālēs, extentantur āerī! Tundram et glaciem locī noctis albae! Crystallizātiō Tellustris!"

Hearing this, Chris pointed his hand on the air. A flashing noise could be heard.

"Item Crush! Hydrant Star!"

His actions made one of the powerful attacks drizzle down, and right after the initiation, Chris quickly moved on to a backdash 3 times in a row, to avoid the Crystallized Earth spell and most of all, avoiding the sharp ice pillars.

"Firecracker Whip!"

With a single stroke, he melted the ice pillars. But Eva, being a good vampire spell caster she is, she moved to using the Axe of Thunder spell instead.

Then again, before she could start her activation key, Chris had already right in front of her. Chris stopped, making a sudden backflip. The vampire hunter caught Eva's right hand and with the backfilp, Eva was thrown away few feet away. She crashed to the ground, stunned.

"You sure know how to work that out, did you, Belmont?"

"You'd never know when Max Payne and Fei Ku's Kung Fu could be useful."

The match had seemed like it's not going to end anywhere. This was proven when Chris was under pressure. Eva on the other hand kept her cool.

"What's wrong, Belmont? Tired already?" She taunted after kicking the vampire hunter into the seashore.

As Chris got his back off the salty waters, Eva attacked once again, this time, she pinned him under her weight while she had a hand on the vampire hunter's neck.

"So much for being 'legendary'."

"Get off my stomach!"

"That can wait." Eva said. "Besides…"

Before Chris could say anything, Evangeline had planted a firm kiss on his lips. Purely shocked, Chris struggled to get himself free. Finally, Eva let go of him, catching few breaths.

"-gasp- What the hell what was that all for?"

Eva looked over her shoulders and replied… "That was my present of helping me. That also counts as your first kiss though. Take that as your payment too, for that hard work you put in with Amar Ma'aruf."

"What about him?"

"Ask him later."

"…"

"Maybe, starting today, I can be your ally." She stated. "After all, the Belmont's power is supreme among vampire hunters."

Like I hadn't heard that before. Cliché. Chris muttered.

As Evangeline walked away, Chris looked at the sky, now turning red.

Julius… if you're anywhere in this world, I hope we could see you again, even if years had passed since the Demon Castle War…

Chris gazed back at Evangeline.

And for her, I think that Evangeline AK McDowell is more suitable as a friend, also for a rival rather than a foe.

-VAMPIRE KILLER END-

A/N: Finally… I had to end one of the most successful fan fictions so far. It may seem that this is the longest one too, since it had 16 chapters instead of Bloodline's 13. Well, that is it for now. See you again! – March of the Holy Man (Dracula X Chronicles) for the story's credits-

O/N: Due to time constraints, I hadn't updated my fan fictions. So, to clear up some cluttering things, I will take out the ones I had lost interest in as follows – Harmony of Dissonance, First Mission Start and Act Cadenza – While to replace this, I made up to make an Inuyasha X Megaman Zero (though I stopped working on Fierce Battle few months prior.) fan fiction, and there will be a new system online. Keep up on reading!