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Chapter 8

"Okay, what happened?" Alfred asked aloud as he, Arthur, and Alastair got out of the car at the harbor. From how Alfred heard things, they were expecting some sort of terrifying fight happening, but instead simply found several nervous-looking police officers and an annoyed-looking Ivan.

"I looks like we arrived too late," Alastair commented as he and Arthur looked the area over. Curious, Alfred walked up to one of his co-workers to hear what happened, only to then hear that the group which came to arrest a ghost was headed back to the station.

"I guess from what I heard they were about to capture the ghost when some strange guy showed up and started attacking them," Alfred weakly explained as he walked back over to the other two.

As Arthur listened to this, he spotted someone next to a shadowed wall. He then requested, "I see. And is there anything else you would like to add to that, Vlad?"

"Noticed me huh? Guess I should not be too surprised," Vlad commented as he first checked to make sure that the group was alone then walked up to them.

"You let yourself get hurt?" Alastair asked as he looked towards Vlad's hand which clutched his wounded side.

"Ya, I was a bit careless. It's just a flesh wound so nothing too major for me," Vlad replied confidently.

"Still enough to cause you to go into hiding," Alastair remarked.

"It's been a while since I actually had to fight seriously. I guess I must have gotten a little too sloppy tonight."

"And why exactly were you here tonight?" Arthur asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I knew that that thing would come after the ghost here and decided that I wanted to try my luck against it," Vlad answered.

"Speaking of the ghost, where is Emil?" Arthur asked.

Vlad shrugged his shoulders to this. He had not seen the younger ghost when he arrived but assumed that he was somewhere. Alfred then commented, "My friends said that they failed to catch the ghost when he ran off, so he's most likely still around."

The group quieted down and moved closer together to hide Vlad when Ivan and his group passed. Once they were alone again, Alastair looked over to where Ivan had been standing and asked, "So this younger ghost, is he roughly sixteen-looking?"

Slightly confused by the question, Arthur looked to the same place to find Emil squatted and staring intently at the ground in front of him. Arthur then answered, "That would be him," before he walked up to Emil and commented, "Causing trouble again I see."

"Shut up wizard," Emil ordered in thought.

"Aye, he's Lukas' brother. If not in looks than at least in attitude," Alastair commented.

"I just realized, what happened to the other ghost?" Vlad asked.

"Gilbert was here also?" Arthur asked.

"That guy hit him over the head with a bar then Gilbert vanished. Is he…you know…gone forever?" Emil explained then asked.

"I'm assuming it was an iron bar?" Arthur asked.

"I don't know, maybe."

"No, he'll most likely pop up again in his area when he gets bored. You should know that ghosts are susceptible to iron. It can cause you to lose your form temporarily and if you are already drained it can cause you to go back to Hell. Since this was not his area, that is most likely what happened," Arthur explained.

"But he will come back," Emil persisted.

"If he feels like it," Arthur answered. An idea then came to him, causing him to turn to Vlad and asked, "You said earlier that Gilbert might know which demon we are dealing with right?"

"Ya, there is a chance. But you should know better than to summon someone who just got sent back there," Vlad answered warily.

Arthur was no longer listening, however, as he rushed back to the car and ordered Alfred to take him to the shopping district.

"Arthur-san, could you please explain to me again what you are doing," his friend Kiku requested. After ordering his request, Arthur found himself driven to his friend Kiku's shop. Kiku owned a comic book and overall nerd store, who a while back found himself caught up in the werewolf incident. He had assumed that would be the last of his supernatural adventures, so he was a bit confused to find his friend Arthur insisting on visiting so that he could draw a chalk circle on the floor of his store.

"It's like I told you earlier, I need to summon Gilbert back from Hell and ask him a question," Arthur explained.

"I see…and why does this have to happen at my store?" Kiku asked.

"Well, it will be easier since he considers you a friend. And I knew that you would have plenty of the supplies for dealing with ghosts," Arthur answered as he finished his circle and inspected it.

"Why do you have all this stuff anyways?" Alfred asked. He had been friends with Kiku for a while, and was more than a bit surprised.

"Like other members in my family I learned how to deal with things in the spirit world before I decided to instead own this store. I suppose you could say that old habits die hard," Kiku answered. Alfred nodded at this and thought over how he really did not know as much about his friend as he thought.

"Alright, this should do. And now to just summon him," Arthur proclaimed.

"Right, and now for me to get out of here," Alfred proclaimed.

"Coward, it's just a wee ghost summoning," Alastair complained about the officer.

"I'm a hero, not a coward!" Alfred proclaimed then sat down as he decided against running off and looking like a coward.

"Just shut it, both of you," Arthur ordered then began the summoning spell. As Arthur chanted, the few candles he lit began to flicker as the store grew colder. A blast of light then came at the end followed by all the lights going out and Gilbert to appear in the store.

"Hey, thanks for bringing the awesome me out of that unawesome place. No thanks to that unawesome jerk and his pipe," Gilbert thanked as he got off the floor.

"No problem. Now before you go anywhere I need you to answer a question for me," Arthur requested.

"Awesome! Kiku, what's that thing over there?!" Gilbert asked as he ignored Arthur in favor of a shiny new model.

"Gilbert-san, I will tell you after answer Arthur"s question," Kiku promised.

"Fine, you want to know about who this demon is, ja? Well you came to the right source. His name is Sanguis. Strange name if you ask me," Gilbert answered.

Alastair stiffened as he heard the name, only to then ask, "And you're absolutely sure. Its name is Sanguis?"

"Ya, buddy. The awesome me could never mistake a freaky name like that," Gilbert retorted.

"Good," Alastair replied with a smirk which told Arthur that things may not end well at all.

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