Chapter 20: Invasion
The vampires had arrived at the Ozaki Clinic to finish off Setsuko - so had a seven foot tall, skeletal demon carrying a huge scythe; Abyss. He came because he had heard that his Master, Nightmare, was back, and planned to nourish him with Setsuko's soul. Alongside him was a Lizardman, and Tira; Nightmare's most loyal subject. Their reasons varied; Abyss had been defeated by Nightmare fair and square. In his eyes, he owed him his loyalty. Tira greatly worshipped him. But Lizardman wanted the curse he was suffering from(He was slowly losing his humanity)to be undone, so he reluctantly obeyed Soul Edge in order to do so.
Abyss, "Are you certain that this is the place where that old woman is being held?"
toTira, "It is...You seem to forget that I was the one who informed you of our lord's resurrection."
"I have not forgotten our magnificent lord was in need of souls. Hence, we shall wait for the vampires to bring her out, and drain her blood. Then, and only then will her soul emerge to be harvested."
Yuuki/Koide Residence:
Natsuno noticed that all of the religious items on the walls in his room were missing; and his first guess was his father.
Natsuno, "Quick question, do you know what happened to all the crosses and talismans hanging in my room?"
Mr. Yuuki, "Yeah, I threw them out. They're gone."
"You did?!"
"They don't belong in this house. You know I feel about that religious and superstitious stuff. I want you to stay away from things like that."
"Yeah, I know."
Ozaki Clinic:
Setsuko's husband had already left after Dr. Ozaki insisted that she stay at least one more night.
Later,
Seishin was staying again.
Ozaki, "It looks like she's finally asleep; It seems like she's free from that group's hypnotism. She was very disturbed."
Seishin, "Will Nao come today too?"
"Who knows? I think...that she will come! It'd be better if we knew their weakness or something."
"Now that you've mentioned it, I just remembered. There's a legend about vampires. A vampire can't enter a house or building, unless it's invited."
"Invited?"
"In other words, 'Please come visit my home' or a similar invitation. A home with an invitation becomes an 'open house' to them."
"Then Nao didn't come inside yesterday because..."
"Yeah. If that's the case, we're safe, but..."
Suddenly, the power went off—It was zapped from outside by Abyss to give the okiagari an advantage.
Seishin, "Blackout?!"
Dr. Ozaki peeked through the blinds. "No...The lights are still on in the village."
Ozaki, "They're here."
"They might be able to see in the dark. We're at a disadvantage in the dark. If I remember right, you have an old power generator downstairs, right? I'll go turn it on."
"Wait, Seishin. I'll go."
"I'll be fine."
"Do you know where it is?"
"We used to explore the clinic when we were kids, right?"
As Seishin made his way down the staircase, Ozaki kept an eye on Setsuko.
A voice called to her, "Mother..." Just like last night, Setsuko's eyes snapped open.
Ozaki, "Ah!"
The voice called to her again, "Can you hear me, Mother? Come outside!"
Setsuko rose from the bed, Ozaki tried to stop her. "Setsuko!"
"I have to go. Nao is calling me." This left him shocked, then he rushed to the window, and opened the blinds. However, Setsuko went through the door. "Don't!"
Downstairs, the door slammed shut on Seishin, and then his attention was drawn towards the windows. It was Megumi.
Seishin, "Megumi!" Behind her were more of the people who died, yet not all. "Wha..." the Junior Monk stepped back, until he realized something. "Why aren't you coming in and attacking me?"
Upstairs, Ozaki was still trying to stop Setsuko. "If you go, you're gonna get killed! Pull yourself together!"
Downstairs, "You guys can't come inside, can't you?"
Megumi, "Oh, we can come in...if we're invited." She then put her finger on her lips to shush Seishin, and whispered, "Don't tell Tatsumi about our meeting, please."
Upstairs, "Setsuko! Snap out of it!" Ozaki spotted another individual behind him via the reflection of the window, only too late.
Downstairs, Seishin was alerted when he heard a thud.
Upstairs, Ozaki was on the floor, and a foot pinned him down—Tatsumi.
"Hi. Nice to finally meet you, Dr. Ozaki."
"You...How..." Then, his attention was brought back to Setsuko. "Setsuko!" Tatsumi picked up the doctor—"My name is Tatsumi."—and thrusted his knee into the latter's abdomen, and released him, as Ozaki collapsed to the floor.
Seishin, "Toshio! Did something happen?!" Tatsumi stomped on Ozaki again, and went to Setsuko, "-oops."
Seishin, "-Toshio!"
Tatsumi, "We won't kill you. We've been told not to mess with you yet, doctor." Much to the two's alarm, he held Setsuko in his arms, kicked open the window, and jumped out, "Well, let's go now."
Ozaki, "S-Setsuko!"
On the ground, Nao ran up to her mother-in-law. "Mother!"
Tatsumi set her onto the ground.
Setsuko, "Nao!"
Nao wrapped her arms around Setsuko, opened her mouth, revealing her fangs, and bit her neck.
Seishin, "Ah!"
Ozaki, "Setsuko!"
Then, the other Okiagari came to do the same, draining Setsuko's blood.
Tatsumi, "Ok, let's go back to the mountain pass. After that, we hope that she resurrects and becomes one of us."
Nao, "Yeah!"
They began heading back—all, except Megumi.
Megumi:
I had to finish that job quickly. Now, I have to find Yuuki!
I won't let anybody kill him.
If somebody has to kill him, then I'll...I'll do it myself!
She turned, and ran the other direction.
Dr. Ozaki and Seishin approached Setsuko's body.
Seishin, "The Okiagari probably planned to finish her in one shot tonight...after realizing we were hiding Setsuko here...so that it wouldn't become troublesome."
Ozaki, "I promised that I'd save her...Dammit!" He then screamed in rage, "Hyaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
Halfway to the Mountain pass:
"Oh?"
"Hm?"
"Where's Megumi?"
"Oh yeah. She's not here."
"Maybe she went on ahead of us?"
Tatsumi, "Don't worry about it...I know where she went. I'll take care of it."
Roof of the Ozaki clinic:
Abyss, who was holding Setsuko's soul, "It looks like your plan worked perfectly, Tira."
Tira, "Why state the obvious?"
Nightmare appeared. "So, it begins now. The end of this village, permanently. Then, the end of the world." A raven landed on his shoulder. "Does the Doctor know of us yet, Tira?"
Tira, "He doesn't suspect a thing about us."
"Excellent. Keep it that way, until I have recovered the other shards. Then, unleash the army."
His loyal minions laughed sinisterly.
"Prepare yourself, Natsuno Yuuki."
Elsewhere:
Megumi was rushing to find Natsuno, completely ignoring cuts she received along the way.
Megumi:
I don't care about attacking Ozaki!
Yuuki!
No way, it's not gonna happen; I'd never let anyone else attack Yuuki, he's all mine!
I was planning on having both this one, and the next one put together, but I decided to just do the invasion on the Ozaki clinic. The next chapter will have a different outcome, I can tell you that much.
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