Chapter 15: The Peach Warrior and her Guardians: Maria Again and a New Mission
Houki, Nana and Cecilia groaned in unison as Nana lifted herself up first while Houki and Cecilia slowly opened their eyes. "What the hell happened?" Nana muttered as she looked around, this place doesn't seem familiar to her. "This place doesn't look familiar to me!"
Houki and Cecilia got themselves up and they rubbed their sore spots. Houki noticed her destroyed IS. "What happened to my IS?" She blinked as she try to remember what happened that lead to the destruction of her IS.
"And why on Earth are we in a danky old castle like this?" Cecilia added as she stood up and dusted herself, before noticing everyone looking at her. "Oh hello." She greeted.
"Alcott, Shinonono. Are you back to normal?" Laura asked, glaring at them coldly, but also showing concern for her friends.
"Laura? Where exactly are…?" Houki stopped in mid-sentence. She started to remember the events leading up to this. "That black cloud that engulfed us. And there was a woman who wore sinister revealing clothes chanting something. She was casting a spell on three of us…" Houki scratched her chin in thought.
"I remembered too…" Cecilia frowned. "That place the woman and three of us were in was like a gathering of evil villains. And then, our minds went blank…"
"Wait… I think the same old hag also brainwashed me!" Nana gritted her teeth in fury. "Nobody brainwashes Nana Aster Deviluke and gets away with it!"
"Then your memories have returned…" Alucard suggested as he walked up to the three. Houki got into a battle position. "Don't bother. I saved your lives from the Order's mind control spells with the help of Panettone over there." He gestures to Yukki who waved at them with a cheesy grin.
"Who are you, kind sir?" Cecilia asked politely, feeling she owes Alucard a debt for saving her from living the life of being a brainwashed evil minion.
"…Alucard." Alucard said nothing after that. Nana grimaced.
"Geez, someone has the case of leave me alones…" Lala pounced onto Nana with happiness in her features.
"I'm so glad you're back to normal, little sister Nana!" She squealed.
"H-Hey! Big Sis Lala! I'm okay, really!" Nana managed to push her big sister off of her.
"Nana…" Momo called out to her as she walked up to her spoiled twin sister. "This is Count Dracula's castle in Transylvania, Romania…"
"Dracula, our family's biggest enemy because of one stupid thing he committed?" Nana gave her sister a skeptical look. "What did he do to make him public enemy number 1 of our family's empire? Stole dad's cookies or something?" She joked.
"He killed our mother…" Lala looked down despondently.
"Pardon?" Nana was taken aback by this when Lala said that.
"When you and Momo were born, Momo was in our mother's room, singing her a lullaby to put her to sleep. That is where Dracula came in and assassinated her." Rito told her slowly and a bit despondently. "Momo witness her mother's death at the hands of Dracula. Your father spread this rumor that your mother died of an illness, but it was a lie to keep you and Lala from seeking revenge on the man who took your mother's life…"
"That… idiot father of mine!" Nana slams her fist onto the ground. "How dare he lied to me like that! All this time… I thought Mom died of an illness…" Nana sniffled as tears began to swell up in her eyes.
"Wait, Dracula? As in the move villain Count Dracula?" Cecilia was clearly confused by this. "I don't believe it. He's nothing but a movie villain. He's not real."
"Unfortunately, he's real." Reina has one of her serious looks on her face. "And we are pulled into this world due to his minions' plans to invade our dimensions through the Queen's Gate."
"Don't believe it if you want." Alice nodded as she crossed her arms. "But Dracula is real and his evil possessing you three is proof of that, Miss…"
"Houki Shinonono. Houki would do." Houki introduced herself.
"My name is Cecilia Alcott. It is a pleasure to meet you, Sir Alucard and allies." Cecilia bowed lightly.
"…Likewise, I am sure." Alucard said nochanticly.
"You still haven't answered our questions on how Dracula became evil and wishes to eradicate all live in multiple worlds…" Eishiro pointed out as he adjusted his glasses. Alucard sighed and began explaining the history of Dracula to those who haven't heard the true history of Dracula.
Nymph, Astraea and Chaos were sadden by this while Tomoki and his human friends remained silent upon hearing the tragic tale of Dracula.
"I… never knew Dracula would seek revenge on God and his children for the death of his first wife and betrayed his friend, Leon Belmont…" Tomoki looked down despondently.
"It's so… sad…" Sohara sniffled.
Chaos walked up to Alucard. "Mister Alucard, sir?" Alucard looked at the little Angeloid with his unfaunted gaze. "Has Mister Dracula forgotten how to love?"
"…Yes, he has forgotten how to love. His second wife died because he abandoned the need for love to fulfill his selfish gain." Was his response.
"Oh…" Chaos looked down, a bit sadden by this.
"I would never forgive Dracula for committing such an unspeakable act." Cecilia frowned as she crossed her arms. "But seeking revenge on humanity for the death of his first wife is not going to bring her back!"
"I agree as well." Houki nodded with an angry frown. "If he hasn't found that Crimson Stone, then his first wife would still be alive."
"Then will you help us?" Hibiki asked hopefully.
"I'm gunning for Dracula for what he did to our mother. With my genius intellect, we'll get through this castle in an instant." Nana grinned mischievously while Momo looked at her in disgust.
"Me and Cecilia will aid you as well." Houki smiled softly. "I want to pay the Order back for brainwashing us and making us do their evil bidding."
"I owe Sir Alucard my life for freeing me from the evil influence." Cecilia closed her eyes and smiled. "So I want to help him take on the Order. Also, he reminds me of my Ichika." Houki and Laura glared at their friend before they sighed.
"The more the merrier as they always say." Reina smiled softly. "Let's move on.
Unbeknownst to Alucard and his party, the Baka Trio overheard the entire thing from their hiding place.
"Count Dracula is real?" Bacchi-gu muttered in disbelief.
"And he wants revenge on God and humanity for the death of his first wife?" Tenjin wondered.
"Isn't it obvious?!" Ichibanboshi stood up with a angry frown.
"What is?" Bacchi-Gu looked at his friend oddly.
"That asshole who made a fool out of us is in cahoots with Dracula and he's probably manipulating Futaba-chan and the girls into doing his evil bidding!"
"Hey yeah!" Bacchi-Gu frowned angrily as well. "He's probably gonna make the sexy girls his wives! We can't let that happen!"
"I must protect Sanae-chan from that fiend!" Tenjin growled as he pounded his fists in anger.
(Back to Alucard's Group)
Alucard and his group got to the first top of the first tower, battling monsters that got in their way. Bridget got off of Alucard and looked at him in concern. "You alright, Alucard? I hope I didn't hurt your back or anything."
"Have you forgotten?" Alucard smiled slightly. "I am an immortal half-vampire. I feel no pain and my wounds heal instantly. So don't concern yourself with my back. I will protect you no matter what."
"A-Arigato, Alucard…" Bridget looked away, blushing madly.
Rem smiled teasingly and turned to her friends. "I think Alucard and Bridget are slowly falling in love with each other."
"Yes." Sonico closed her eyes and smiled cheerfully. "Love is a wonderful thing to cherish."
Ikaros looked at the building relationship between Alucard and Bridget. "I wish… Master and I were that closed…" Tomoki heard that and smiled slightly.
"Um… Miss Shirunai?" Chaos tugged Mai's clothes.
"Yes, Chaos?" Mai looked at the little Angeloid with a perplexed expression, meaning she's curious on what Chaos has to say.
"If those two get married, will they produce children?" Chaos asked out of curiosity. That caused almost the whole group to blush madly in embarrassment.
"W-Who told you that?" Tristan muttered in atoshiment.
"Lord Tomoki told me." Chaos replied simply. Sohara glared at Tomoki who turned into a chibi in fright as she gave the pervert her karate chop.
After a bit of chatting, the party entered the first hallway. When they entered, they heard some fighting noises.
"Hear that?" Maron tensed.
"Yeah. It sounds like fighting…" Jean nodded seriously. Alucard let his eyesight do the work and he saw four figures surrounded by Fleamen.
The first one is about seventeen or eighteen years old girl wearing a white top that shows her cleavage with the hole shaped like a peach, a purple sash, red shorts, a pink sleeveless small vest, black hair tied in a ponytail with a long ribbon that stretches down to the back of her legs and two bells wear she tied them shaped like a peach as well, a red headband and choker with a golden peach in the middle of both, white thigh high stockings with pink trimmings and red strings, white slide on sleeves also with pink trimmings and red strings, and three jewels on her sash with blue, yellow, and green colors. She has a katana as a weapon.
The second one is a white fured dog with red markings around his eyes and a color with three blue jewels.
The third is a brown fured monkey with a white tuff of fur around his neck, red markings under his eyes, gold gauntlets on his wrists, and a necklace with three yellow jewels.
And the fourth is a pheasant with green and purple feathers on her main body and white feathers on her wings, red markings above her eyes, a neckless with green jewels, and the only other female of this group.
"…Let's go." Alucard said as he charged in to help these newcomers, Reina, Tomoe, Ymir, Nowa, and Inuyasha joined him in battle against the Fleamen.
Alucard rushed in and slashed a Fleaman in half with his sword. The black haired girl who almost looks like Tomoe was surprised by this act of chivalry. "W-Who are you?"
"I'll tell you later. Right now, we need to fight!" Alucard told her as he slashed three more Fleamen. Nowa and Ymir used a tag team move to eradicate four fleamen. Reina and Tomoe combined their attacks to defeat five more fleamen.
Inuyasha used energy claw attacks to finish off the rest of the fleamen.
Alucard's group walked up to the newcomers. The black haired girl bowed lightly. "You have my thanks, Mister…"
"Alucard." He told her.
"Right. Sir Alucard. My name is Momoko, a warrior born from the Mimichi Peach. These are my companions, Inugami, Sarugami and Kijigami."
Inugami sniffled Alucard's scent. "Hey, Momoko, be careful. I sense a demonic aura coming from this guy. He could be trouble."
"I agree with Inugami, Momoko-chan." Sarugami nodded in agreement. "Something tells me he can't be trusted."
'I'm used to it, I have a noble heart and some don't trust me. At least I have friends who know my relationship with my hated father…' Alucard thought to himself.
"Nonsense you two. Sir Alucard saved our lives and we should be thankful for that." Kijigami reasoned with a smile. She then looked around with a frown. "This doesn't look like Japan at all."
"This is Transylvania, Romania, 1797. And this is Count Dracula's castle." Bridget told them. Alucard then told them about their mission, the history of Dracula and the Belmonts and the Grand Order of Evil's plans to invade their worlds.
"I see…" Momoko frowned as she crossed her arms. "Then we share a common foe in this Order."
"Wait a minute!" Sarugami growled as he pointed a finger at Alucard. "Alucard, right? How do we know you're not making this up so you can kill us and take our powers for your own personal gain?"
"I agree with Sarugami. You looked fishy to me and me and my friend will take you down if you tried anything evil." Inugami nodded with his friend. Momoko proceed to whack them in the heads.
"Stop it you two! Sir Alucard wouldn't do that. If he have plotted to kill us, he would have done so. But he saved our lives and we should be thankful for that."
"I agree with Momoko-chan." Kijigami nodded in agreement. "You two are acting really childish and being rude to Sir Alucard." Inugami and Sarugami muttered some inaudible words while they pouted.
"Then it is common that you joined us in our quest." Miroku was about to walk up to Momoko to ask his famous question, but Sango grabbed him by the collar.
"Not this time, you damn perverted monk…" Sango growled as she whacked him upside the head.
"Well, as they say, there is strength in numbers. Sorry for my two animal companions rude behavior. They have, trust issues." Momoko bowed lightly in apology to Alucard.
"Don't be. I'm used to being distrusted despite my noble intentions." Alucard reassured her as he walked past them. After the gang introduced themselves to their newest friends, they followed Alucard into the second tower.
The party have to navigate their way to the top, fighting aerial monsters that got in their way, eventually, they made it to the end of the tower with a room that has a disturbing painting.
As the party entered the room, Inuyasha sniffled something. Kagome took notice. "What is it, Inuyasha?" She asked him.
"A demon is near… Move!" He shouted as the party got out of the way as a red mix between an eagle and lion dropped from the ceiling. It roared as it glared at the gang with a salvage intent.
"What the hell?!" Sarugami gawked. "Even I didn't noticed its presence!"
"A Hippogryph!" Alucard growled as he got out his sword. "Bridget, get ready!"
"Roger!" Bridget nodded as she transformed.
"I'll help too!" Momoko volunteered as she readies her katana.
"Allow me to help as well! There is a form that I used other than my guns! Transform!" Rem leaped up and transformed, she now wore a gold Amazon female warrior outfit with a sword and shield.
"Interesting…" Nana muttered as she scratched her chin in wonder at this new form Rem has on.
"I'll help as well!" Hibiki shouted as she transformed into her Symphogear form.
"Be careful, Hibiki." Tsubasa advised her. Hibiki nodded in understanding as she, Alucard, Bridget, Momoko and Rem charged at the beast.
The Hippogryph roared as it beat its wings, making a tornado that hit the five fighters for small damage.
"That Hippogryph can make small tornados for small damage. Be wary of its tornado attack!" Alucard advised as he dashed towards the beast and slashed it five times with his sword.
"Done and done!" Rem nodded as she charged in to slash the monster, but the monster fired feathers from its wings, giving her some small cuts.
Momoko charged in and slashed the Hippogryph five times with her katana. The monster intended to slash her with its claws, but she ducked and slashed the beast across the torso. In retaliation, the Hippogryph blew fire at her, forcing her to put up a protective barrier around herself.
"Deep Surge Attack!" She launched her water attack at the Hippogryph, putting out its fire breath, leaving Alucard to charge in and began a full frontal assault with his sword. The Hippogryph managed to slash Alucard across the chest, leaving a gash, but his wound and clothes instantly repaired itself due to Alucard's half-vampire blood.
"ARGHHHHHHHHHH!" Hibiki screamed out her battle cry as she charged in and unleashed a fury of punches to give the Hippogryph some hefty dose of damage. The Hippogryph pinned her to the floor and was about to use its fire breath attack on her again.
"Inugami!" Momoko called out to her faithful wolf friend.
"Right!" Inugami nodded as he rushed towards Momoko.
"Momokyun Possession!" Both of them shouted as a bright light occurred.
When the light cleared, they see Momoko in a different form.
Her outfit changes as well to a dark purple shirt tied behind the neck and shows her cleavage, her hair turns blue, she also white pants that shows her legs one side of each with pink trimmings and blue markings on the bottom of each, a light purple sash tied at her waist, and wields a halberd.
"Whoa! Her form looks different than before!" Tea was awe-struck by such a feat.
"That, is Momoko's Momokyun Possession. When she fused with one of her animal guardians, she gets powerful and wields a weapon depending on the guardian she has fused with." Kijigami explained with a smile.
"I see. And there has to be some setbacks to it?" The Pharaoh figured.
"Uh… You can say that…" Sarugami grinned sheepishly as Momoko spins her halberd around and jabs it five times at the Hippogryph, knocking it off of Hibiki.
"Now let's try this again." Rem frowned as she dashed in and slashed the Hippogryph five times with her sword and did a horizontal slash, giving it some decent amounts of hurt.
"Amazing!" Cecilia gasped. "I never knew some of our companions are this strong! Even with our ISes, they're nothing compared to Sir Alucard and the rest of our friends."
"Indeed." Houki nodded in agreement.
Alucard charged in and slashed the Hipogryph five times with his sword. Then he turned into his Wolf Form.
"Alucard can do that?" Astraea blinked in amazement. Wolf Alucard growled as he dashed in at super speed and lashed his claws at the Hippogryph, leaving gashes on it. He reverted back to human form and began casting a spell.
"May your soul find judgment in hell!" Alucard yelled out as he lashed a powerful flaming attack at the Hippogrph, causing it to screech in pain as its body burned to a crisp. Momoko and Inugami reverted back to normal while Bridget, Hibiki and Rem switch back to their normal clothes. They heard clapping and all eyes turned to see Maria clapping at their performance in battle.
"Impressive. You people are very strong." Maria commented.
"Thank you, Lady Maria." Jean slurred with a perverted grin, causing Alice to whack him upside the head.
Alucard glared at Maria with cold eyes. "…What is it that you want? Something tells me you didn't come here to tell us that." He demanded.
Maria abandoned her cheery state and gave a serious expression. "You're right. Do you know the name, Richter Belmont?"
"Of the Belmont clan? Of course…" Alucard nodded, but before adding "But…"
"So you are related to a Belmont. You said your sister is married to a Belmont." Bridget figured it out.
"Yes. After Richter defeated Dracula, he and my big sister were married. But then, he disappeared about a year ago. Since then, my sister is still waiting for him to return. She's having a baby in about three months and it's a boy. I'm positive that he's somewhere in this castle." Maria looked down despondently.
Momoko placed her hand on her chest. "If you want us to find him, then we'll happily accept the task. We'll find him for you, right Sir Alucard?" Inugami and Sarugami scoffed at this, they still don't trust the noble and gentle Alucard.
"Yes. We must reunite Richter Belmont with his family by finding him." Bridget nodded in agreement with Momoko.
"…Very well. If we do find him, I'll find you and tell you. Be careful trekking through this castle." Alucard agreed.
"Same to you. Good luck." Maria smiled softly as she exited the room.
"Looks like we got our work cut out for us." Inuyasha said gruffly and seriously.
"We have to find Mister Belmont." Sonico nodded. "I hope he isn't captured by the Order."
"We have to find that out when we continue our journey." Yugi suggested. "Come on, let's go.
To be continued…
Next chapter: The Next Relic: Battle with Hidan: Hidan's End, the Boy who would be Hokage, the Rave Master and Fairy Tail
A/N: How was that? Hope this chapter's battle is longer than the previous one. Anyway, expect the next chapter soon. See you later. Peace!