Chapter 9: The Earth God, Spirit Detectives and King of Games: Part 2: Meeting the Spirit Detective and King of Games
"I knew it!" Deidara growled in the shadows as the Order saw Yukki's battle with Reina and her exorcising the possessed Vance warrior. "That busy bimbo has been freed from our spell!"
"No matter, we still have a few possessed warriors of the light to do our bidding." Werbellia's voice reassured Deidara with a sinister calculating manner.
"In that case…" The white haired sinister man who has the odd gold ring around his neck stepped forward with a dark smirk. "Grant me permission to destroy Alucard and bring back the girl needed for the Master Plan."
"You sure you can handle it, Bakura?" Another calm voice asked. Bakura chuckled sinisterly.
"What do you take me for, Itachi Uchiha? I am the Thief King, soon to be ruler of my world. That reminds me…" Bakura turned to a man with black long hair and wearing a black coat with red flowers on it stepping out of the shadows, apparently, it is Itachi Uchiha. "Does your weakling brother know that you and your group have allied yourselves with Orichimaru?"
The black haired man was silent for a moment until Orichimaru's voice chuckled darkly and replied with "Not to worry, he won't find out. We just needed the right moment to tell him I have allied myself with my former comrades, the Ataksuki."
"Be quiet, snake!" A rough voice other than Kisame growled in the darkness. "We still haven't forgotten what you attempted to do in the past and you better not forget why we kicked you out of the Ataksuki!"
"Calm yourself, Hidan." Pein's voice soothed the raging member of his group. "Just learn to tolerate Orichimaru for now."
"Alright, if you fail, do not die trying to face Alucard and his party head on, return here to recuperate your strength. We're working on getting the items you need to destroy the Pharaoh and Alucard." Death told Bakura.
Bakura smirked evilly and said "Of course." And he walked off into the shadows.
(With Alucard and his party)
The gang were tending to Reina's wounds after Yukki exorcise the possessed warrior. Midori turned to Yukki with a cheerful smile and said "You sure know your exorcism well, Yukki-chan! Did you learned those skills from your parents?"
Yukki looked down a bit desponded. "My parents were killed by demons when I was a child."
"Oh!" Midori looked down, feeling a bit depressed. "S-Sorry to hear that. But who adopted you after your parents were killed?"
Yukki smiled slightly and told her "Master Brioche d'Arquien took me in when she found me all alone in the forests of Flonyard and I learned how to exorcism and free people from evil spirits. I served the Biscotti Knights' Secret Squad, an elite squadron of ninjas who work to protect both kingdoms, our kingdom and our neighboring kingdom from any threats."
"That's pretty impressive for a kitsune girl at your age." Chigusa commented with a smile.
Yukki blushed while rubbing the back of her head nervously. "I-I'm not that impressive."
"But you are, Yukki-chan!" Shippo stared dreamingly at Yukki.
"Aw, Shippo has a love interest." Kagome closed her eyes and smiled. Inuyasha just snorted.
Suddenly, Reina moaned as she stir for a bit before sitting up and holding her head to relieve the pain. "What the hell… happened to me?"
Alucard walked up to Reina and told her stoically "You were under an evil influence and it took control of your mind to do its evil bidding. Panettone has to exorcise you from the evil that is eating away at your soul."
Reina gasped as she quickly got up and pointed her sword at Alucard who remained unfazed by her hostility. "Foul demon!"
"Wait!" Bridget intervened as she stepped in between the two. "Alucard may look like a demon, but he has a gentle heart despite being a half-vampire. You're Reina, right?"
"Yes…" Reina gazed at Bridget with a confused expression. "How did you know my name?"
"Your friends, Jean, Tomoe Nowa and Ymir told me your name. You come from the same world as them, correct?" Bridget closed her eyes and smiled.
"My friends are here in this strange place?" Reina turned her head to see Jean, Tomoe and Nowa waving at her. "But if Jean is here… where is Cute with him?"
"Um… Who's Cute?" Sonico titled her head in confusion. Jean looked gloomy when she said that name.
"Jean…" Reina stood up, her injuries were healed and she was freed from the ice that bind her when Yukki freed her from the evil influence and walked up to the perverted healer with a concern expression. "Isn't Cute with you after we defeated the Dragon Priestesses?"
"No…" Jean sniffled softly. "We were separated after we escape from the Dragon Priestesses' dimension, I went looking for her and a bright light brought here, to this world called Earth in 1797."
"I see…" Reina nodded. "Cheer up! I'm sure we'll find her in this dimension."
"Y-Yes, Reina-chan!" Jean smiled pervertedly. Reina turned to Alucard and his friends for answers.
"Um… If you don't mind me asking, where in this world called Earth are we?"
"Transylvania, Romania, home of Count Dracula." Laura told her stoically.
"Who is Count Dracula?" Reina blinked in confusion. 'Something tells me this Count Dracula guy may be some evil person…'
And so, the party told their newest member about the history of Bridget's world of the Belmont Clan and their eternal struggle against Dracula for what he did in 1094 A.D. Reina looked down, a bit desponded.
"Dracula is lower than I thought, seeking revenge on God and his children by becoming a vampire to seek revenge for his wife's death and conquer this world…" Reina said bitterly.
"So I take it you will join forces with us in finding a way home and beating the mysterious Master of this castle that brainwashed you and Laura?" Alice smiled slightly.
"I may not look it, but I inherited my swordsmanship from my mother. Plus, my armor can withstand almost every evil curse." Reina smiled as she dusted herself off.
"It would be an honor to work with you, Lady Reina." Miroku told her as he walked up to her and proceeded to rub her behind. Reina yelped before she pounded him in the head, making him fall face first onto the floor.
"Pervert!" Reina roared.
"Forgive him. He does that… a lot." Kagome sighed as she rubbed her temples. Suddenly, Nowa's stomach began to rumble.
She hold her stomach and moaned "I'm hungry."
"Hold on, I'll make us some food right away." Kagome took out her backpack and got out her modern day cooking items along with modern day ingredients. Alucard, Reina and her friends looked at Kagome's stuff oddly.
"Um… Kagome?" Reina asked while looking at the strange foreign things she has never seen before. "What are those things you got out of your bag?"
"This is what I used to cook our meals. You can say it's my portable kitchen. Bring me some recipes and I can get it ready in minutes." Kagome explained cheerfully.
"I…I see…" Reina nodded slowly.
After a few minutes, Kagome and Bridget taught Alucard, Reina, Jean, Ymir, Nowa and Tomoe how to eat their ramen while Inuyasha was eating it up very quickly, everyone else was eating different food. After awhile, the party were all set to go.
Alucard turned to his allies and told them "We head back to the Marble Gallery."
"Why?" Sanae asked quietly.
"There are doors that cannot be opened without this." Alucard got out a blue jewel with a glyph of a key imprinted on it. "This Relic can opened locked blue doors. And there are hidden areas that can be only be reached with this relic."
"I see." Bridget figured it out. "So we might find something out if we head back to previous areas once we acquired certain relics. Interesting idea, Alucard-sama."
"So we're taking the shortcut back to the tower area?" Sonico asked with a smile. Alucard nodded in response.
25 minutes later…
The party exited the warp room and backtracked all the way to the Marble Gallery.
However, as they were walking down the long hallway to where Alucard suspects there is a blue door hiding something in this area of the castle, the half-vampire stopped and held his hand in front of his allies, making them stop and looked at their fearless leader with concern.
"What's wrong, Alucard?" Tomoe asked in concern.
Alucard narrowed his eyes on four figures.
The first one has jet black hair that made him looked like a gentle delinquent, wore a green male school uniform and black shoes. Alucard could feel powerful energy coming from this boy, but not as powerful as his Blood King Mode.
The second one looked like a 18 year old with orange short Elvis like hair and wore a blue school boy's uniform. And judging by the way Alucard is observing him, he concluded that this boy has high energy, but not too smart or high in IQ.
The next one has beautiful red hair that made Sanae, Sonico and Alice blushed at his beauty, wore a dark pink outfit and he seems very calm and intelligent.
Finally, the final one was a short man with black spiky hair with a white bandana around his forehead, black outfit and he is glaring at Alucard with cold harsh eyes. Alucard knew who he is along with the red pretty boy. Those two are none other than the outcast Flame Demon, Hiei (A/N: Please tell me I got that right.) and Yoko, the Demon Fox Thief who is reborn as Kurama.
"I can tell you have high spirit energy." Alucard commented.
"What's it to ya?" The black haired boy growled.
"I was just giving you a compliment due to your high spirit energy, except for the orange haired one. He could work on his spirit energy. For the meantime, he can be a meat shield." Alucard smirked at his own joke.
The orange haired man took that as an insult. "I'll show you who's a meat shield! Spirit Sword!" The man growled in a goofy voice as his right hand made a orange energy sword appeared out of thin air and grabbed it and charged at Alucard. The boy intended to slash Alucard, but Alucard warped out of the way.
The boy gritted his teeth in fear as he looked around for his opponent until Alucard reappeared behind him with glowing red eyes. "If you insist on continuing to make a fool of yourself, then your life would be ended in a instant." The boy gritted his teeth as he dispelled his Spirit Sword and fell on his bottom.
"Now now, Kwabara. No need to fight strangers you never met before. Why don't we introduce ourselves? My name is Kurama, a Spirit Detective." Kurama said with a gentle smile.
"Name's Yusuke Uramashi and I see you met Kazuma Kuwabara. We're both Spirit Detectives. Don't piss me off and we'll be fine." Yusuke frowned.
"And I'm Hiei, also a Spirit Detective, don't get me angry and you'll live." Hiei said coldly.
"Yikes, someone is like a certain half-brother of Inuyasha…" Shippo muttered softly so Inuyasha won't hear him.
"So what brings you four here in this castle?" Junko asked, folding her arms. "Something tells me it isn't a convenience or something."
"Well, we were at Yusuke's house having some grub until this strange thundercloud appeared and we blacked out and woke up here. I dunno what this place is, but the evil spirit energy is off the charts…" Kuwabara did his best to explain how his group got here.
"This is the castle of Count Dracula, and we're in Transylvania." Reika told them calmly.
"Wait, this isn't Count Dracula's castle! I mean, he's only a fictional character." Kuwabara muttered in disbelief. Suddenly, Yusuke's communicator started beeping and he answered it.
He was talking to the ruler of Spirit World, Konema.
"Yo, toddler, what's up?" Yusuke greeted.
"Yusuke, thank goodness I found you! And don't call me toddler!" Konema sighed in relief. "Your mother told Botan that you, Kuwabara, Kurama and Hiei vanished without a trace when that thunderstorm appeared and disappeared. Botan, I and my servants did some research and that thunderstorm is actually a dimensional portal that drags in people unexpectedly. But… where are you guys anyway?"
"According to some girl, we're in another Earth's Transylvania, home of the horror movie villain, Count Dracula." Yusuke told the ruler of Spirit World, Konema spit out his water with wide eyes.
"C-Count Dracula?!"
"Yes, what about him?" Yusuke asked, getting annoyed by this.
"Yusuke, we're up against a powerful evil entity who is the Lord of Vampires! Count Dracula is the number 1 on Spirit World's most wanted criminal list! He has committed unspeakable acts against humanity across different realms of reality using an ancient relic created by the Ancients of Earth QG-256, the Queen's Gate. Every hundred years, he rises back from the dead thanks to the power of an evil stone called the Crimson Stone." Konema said grimly. Kurama heard and decided to join in the conversation.
"Lord Konema, I do believe you that we're in the castle of the omiverse's greatest enemy."
"A family of vampire hunters called the Belmonts take it upon themselves to defeat Dracula who is aided by Botan's old master, Death who was the original Grim Reaper until he turned evil. If there is no Belmont and Dracula is resurrected, no one will be able to stop him. Yusuke, you must find out what Death is up to and stop whatever Dracula's minions are planning and prevent Dracula's resurrection. I'll contact you as soon as I get more info." Konema told him as he signed out.
"This is bigger than I thought. If Dracula is resurrected and there is no Belmont, then the universe will experience a living hell…" Hiei frowned.
"Then we are wasting time. Let us move on." Alucard told them stoically as he walked past the Spirit Detectives with his allies following him. Yusuke and Kuwabara looked at each other with skepticism before following them along with Kurama. Hiei was the only one left as he glared at Alucard.
'Now I know who you are… You're Dracula's son, Alucard, the half-vampire who rebelled against his father and sided with the humans of this dimension…' Hiei silently followed his comrades into the next room.
As Alucard and his friends get acquainted with Yusuke and his team, they soon came across a blue door. Alucard got out the blue orb and pointed it at the blue door. It instantly opened.
"So that orb is useful after all." Chigusa mused as she scratched her chin in thought.
The party entered the room and found a floor panel that is loose.
"Nothing here…" Laura muttered in awe. Alucard however, stepped on the floor panel. They heard a slight rumbling from somewhere in the Marble Gallery.
"W-What was that?" Shippo quivered in his feet.
"A path has opened." Alucard said simply as he walked past his friends.
"Geez, this Alucard guy could be at least a bit chatty." Yusuke muttered sourly.
"I don't even know if I could trust him…" Yuusuke frowned at Alucard's disappearing figure.
"Alucard is a good person, despite being a half-vampire. We feel safe with him." Bridget closed her eyes and smiled.
"I agree with Bridget. Mister Alucard is a nice guy." Sonico copied Bridget's smile.
"There's something about this Alucard guy that I don't like. Maybe it's his high spirit energy." Kuwabara growled.
"Can we discuss this later?" Alice moaned as she placed her hand on her forehead and sighed. "Right now, we need to move on." The party nodded in agreement as they followed the fearless Alucard to where he was going.
They saw the floor has opened up some sort of passage. Mai looked at it with an questionable look. She turned to Alucard and asked "We go down here?"
"Correct. I sense another relic in the caverns of the castle. It can provide some protection for half-vampires." Alucard told her. Without saying a second word, he jumped down into the secret passageway. The party looked at one another and silently followed him.
The party have to navigate their way through a corridor downwards and eventually, they have to jump down a long way down to the caverns, some of those who don't have superhuman abilities have to relied on Kirara for a safe passage down.
After landing, the party looked around, it was a dark and damped cavern.
"This place looked eerie…" Maron shivered as a water drop fell on her head, making her shiver even more. Alucard narrowed his eyes on a certain path and walked towards the direction he was facing.
"Something tells me Alucard needs to seek something important to gain this relic. Call it a hunch, but I believe we need whatever it is to gain this relic." Rem theorized as the party followed Alucard.
The party fought more monsters that got in their way and just as they were about to exit, Alucard's sharp hearing heard some confused chatting and it's approaching quickly. Without saying a word, he pointed his sword at whoever is coming.
"Whoa! What got you so tensed, mister Alucard?" Wakaba gasped as the party stayed alert.
"Hey! What's the big idea pointing that sword at us, ya big palooka?!" A Brooklyn voice shouted as the voice belonged to Joey Wheeler. "So it's a duel ya wanted, huh?" Joey got out his Duel Disk. "Bring it on! I'll clean your clocks!"
Alucard grunted as he sheathed his sword. "You're not worth the effort to duel or have the skill to take me on." He told him coldly.
"What?!" Joey gritted his teeth angrily. "You remind me of Kaiba…"
"Whoa, Joey! Calm down!" Yugi Moto's voice shouted frantically as he and his gang ran up to him to stop him from doing something he may regret in life. "We should ask him on where we are." Yugi reasoned.
"Yeah, this place looks creepy and stuff." Tristan Taylor nodded in agreement.
"…You're in Transylvania, the home of Count Dracula." Alucard told them stoically.
"W-What?! Dracula's home country?! This can't be real…" Tea Gardner shivered as she looked around timidly.
"Unfortunately, he's real in this world." Kurama told them gently. "And since you came here by a relic called the Queen's Gate, we need to work together to survive this madness."
Alucard then noticed the Pharaoh's spirit beside Yugi and smiled slightly. "It's been awhile, Pharaoh."
"Wait a minute." Duke Devilin blinked at Alucard. "You can see Yugi's friend, the Pharoah?"
Yugi turned to the Pharaoh and asked "You know him, Pharaoh?"
"I think so… I think his name is Alucard." The Pharaoh scratched his chin in thought as he tried to remember who Alucard is.
"…I see. You lost your memory after your spirit was sealed inside the Millieun Puzzle. As for the reason I can see you, I'm a half-vampire." Alucard folded his arms.
"H-Half-vampire?!" Tea gritted her teeth in fear as she took a step back from Alucard.
"So a human and vampire can… bow che co wow wow?!" Joey's eyes turned white dotted at the revaluation that humans and vampires can have children.
"The hell you're talking about?" Yusuke growled. "Of course they can have children. Take a look at dog boy over there." Yusuke pointed at Inuyasha who glared at the Spirit Detective.
"So vampires are real and they can breed with humans. This is starting to sound like a horror romance novel…" Yuusuke smiled nervously and sweat dropped.
Serenity Wheeler, sister to Joey looked at Alucard, she smiled and said "This half-vampire doesn't look evil. He's gentle too."
"Of course." Bridget smiled softly. "He's really nice and comes to those in need." Alucard couldn't help but blush a little, how uncanny of him to be blushing. He looked away coldly, but still blushing.
"I take it you were caught by a bright light?" Tomoe asked with a sweet smile.
"Yeah, we were at Yugi's place, celebrating the defeat of Marik Ishtar's evil half and Yug winning the Battle City Tournament and acquiring the Egyptian God Cards until this freak storm came out of nowhere and knocked us out. Next thing we know, we woke up in this place which is Dracula's castle!" Joey explained the best he can do, suddenly, his stomach began to rumble, causing him to make am embarrassed expression.
"How about we discuss this over dinner?" Tsubasa smiled softly.
"I agree. I can help with the cooking. Kagome, ready that pot." Mai smiled with confidence as Kagome got out her kitchen supplies and cooking machine.
"I'll help as well." Junko added.
"Me too." Maron beamed.
Midori giggled softly. "It's great to dine with friends sometimes, isn't it?"
"Y-Yeah…" Futaba looked away shyly.
"I agree. Friendship is something to cherish." Reina agreed with a smile as well.
Unbenowst to them, Bakura was watching them from afar with an evil smile.
'Soon, your Millieun Puzzle will be mine, Pharaoh and the universe will be ours.'
To be continued…
Next chapter: Battle with the Scyalla and First Member of the Order: Bakura
A/n: Sorry for the long wait, everyone. Was busy with chores and looking on the web. Anyway, next chapter will be the first battle with Bakura. So stay tuned.