To all those who actually read these little disclaimers, this is a work of fanfiction. I do not own Rosario + Vampire or any of the trademarked characters and locations from the respected creator. I am only placing this disclaimer here for the sake of stating the obvious, as it should be plain to see for everybody with common sense that of course I didn't create Rosario + Vampire. Seriously, do we really need these disclaimers here? Who the hell is going to try to say they created R+V? Who could really be that stupid?
Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness
Act II
Another week was beginning at Yokai Academy. The day had just begun and as usual students were waking up and going about their normal routine. The weekend with the big costume dance was a hit and many students were in a good mood. Not only did the dance provide a great weekend event for them, but not one fight took place during the dance. Being in a school for monsters it's quite normal for fights and brawls to break out at a moment's notice. Still, the dance went off well and was fairly peaceful. Sure, some kids were a bit spooked when two vampires with massive auras appeared to join the fun, and others claimed to hear gunshots during the event, but other than that no problems or worries. Although now it was time to return to the world of learning, learning to coexist and blend in with humans to live among them peacefully and quietly.
In the boys' dorm building a familiar student was just waking up. He had originally come to this school by accident, or rather his parents sent him here without really looking at the flyer for the school. Since day one he had been tossed into life-threatening situations. Still, he survived the first year and was enjoying the second one here at this school for monsters. Why's that you ask? Well, he may have come here as a human, but now his race was a bit more… mixed.
"Ah, another day ahead," Tsukune said softly as he got out of bed. He walked over to the mirror and looked at his reflection. His usual messy black hair and brown eyes looked back at him as he smiled his usual smile.
'Hard to believe that behind those eyes a vampire lies in wait.'
Yes, he came here as a human, but now was part vampire. Thanks to Moka's help during a life-threatening battle, Tsukune now had vampire blood in him. And now he was able to be faster, stronger, and more powerful than most monsters if he concentrated on his vampire blood.
"Well, better get ready, everybody will be waiting soon," he said as he proceeded to change into new clothing. He used to dress in the traditional Yokai Academy boys uniform every day; black shoes, brown dress pants, green jacket with white undershirt, and red tie. Now however he had decided to dress a bit more casual. Same shoes and pants, but now went for a green button down shirt that was left unbuttoned, white t-shirt, and ditched the tie. He decided he needed a bit of a new look now since his life had certainly changed a lot in the past week. Walking out the door from his room he met one of those changes in his life who was waiting for him out in the hall.
"Hey Tsukune, all set?" Rason asked casually. Tsukune smiled at his friend and nodded.
"Yep, let's go," he said as he and Rason started walking towards the stairs to leave the dorms. Rason was wearing his normal clothing style; black tennis shoes, blue jeans, white t-shirt, golden button down shirt that was left undone, and had his short blonde hair combed neatly. However there was one difference with today's ensemble. Instead of a cross around his neck, now there was a golden crescent shaped moon.
"New necklace I see," Tsukune said as he saw the moon dangling around the angel's neck.
"Yeah, I think it suits me now," Rason said as he laughed a bit. Tsukune nodded and laughed as well with his friend; an angel who hung around monsters and demons, definitely not like most angels.
"So ready for another fun week?" Rason jested as he nudged the human walking with him.
"Haha, can't be any more wild than the last one," Tsukune said with a nervous laugh.
"Really? Knowing you guys I was expecting danger on a daily basis," the angel said looking up thoughtfully.
The two walked out of the dorms and started down the path towards the school. Other students were walking about as well, but none of the ones the two boys were looking for.
"So, need I ask?" Tsukune said as he looked around with a smirk.
"You know Dark, he'll show himself when he wants to," Rason said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, I suppose so," Tsukune said as he looked ahead.
Ahead down the path some familiar faces were walking towards them. They had come from the girls' dorm building and were waiting for the boys to show up. One of them dashed for the boys quickly as soon as she saw her love.
"Tsukune!" Moka called out with a bright smile. She was dressed in her usual Yokai Academy uniform as always, and her rosary on her chest was well polished and glittered in the sunlight.
"Moka!" Tsukune called back and ran towards the girl. Normally these two were so shy with each other, but since they had admitted their love for one another they had been slowly overcoming that shyness. The girl dashed to the boy and leapt at him. Before impact Tsukune summoned some of his vampire power, and used his sudden strength to catch Moka instead of being blasted back into a crater behind him. His eyes flickered red for a moment then returned to brown as he set the girl down in front of him.
"Haha, starting to get used to that," he said as he gazed into her green eyes. The pink haired vampire looked at him with a loving smile as he held her close. Moka was madly in love with this boy, she had been for a long time, and now she was finally his girlfriend. She wanted to be his for so long, long before he even had control of his vampire power, or even had any at all. Sure, she did like the fact that his vampire aura was enchanting to her, and she loved the brief feel of it she felt when he caught her just now, but she loved the boy for who he was, and that was all that mattered to her.
"Nice catch buddy," Rason said with a smile. He turned just in time to see something flying at him with jet engine speed, and then the world went black for him. All he heard were muffled sounds of a happy succubus while he struggled to breathe.
"RASON!" Kurumu called out happily while she 'hugged' her boyfriend tightly. Tsukune and Moka just watched with weak expressions as the succubus pressed Rason's face even deeper into her bosom.
"I missed you so much last night! I dreamt of you all night as always my lovely Destined One! Did you dream of me? Was it a good dream or a naughty dream? If it was a naughty dream then spare no details my darling angel, tell me everything you dreamt about doing with me down to the last dirty detail!" she cheered as she swayed about happily in her bliss.
"Kurumu…" Moka and Tsukune said in unison. The blue haired girl blinked and looked over to them. After a moment she looked down to see Rason passed out in her sweater. She jumped up and started shaking the poor boy.
"Rason! I'm so sorry, please wake up! Wake up!" she cried out, worried she may have killed her boyfriend. After a few moments he gasped and jumped up.
"Wow… still getting used to that," he said with a nervous laugh.
"I'm sorry, really, are you ok?" she asked worriedly.
"Yeah, I'm alright. And it's great to see you too my dear," he said with his normally kind smile. The girl smiled happily and hugged him from the waist tightly.
Tsukune and Moka smiled at the couple; happy they could be together and still be friends with the others without causing any problems. Everybody had somebody now. Well, almost.
"Tsukune!" a young girl in a witch's hat called out as she jumped up and tackled the boy to the ground.
"Yukari! Get off him!" Moka yelled out as she tried to pull the excited girl off of Tsukune. The boy didn't even have time to use his power to stop the attack and was a bit dazed as the witch hugged him tightly.
"Please share!" she cried out as she was being torn from the boy of her dreams.
"For the last time, no!" Moka said as she pulled the girl off and tossed her back onto her feet. Tsukune climbed up and dusted himself off.
"Good morning to you too Yukari," Tsukune said with a weak smile. He didn't want to be rude to the young girl, but did wish that she would take the hint by now.
"Please please please!" Yukari cried out, obviously not getting the hint at all. Moka started lecturing her while Tsukune looked back to Rason and Kurumu. He eyed the girl for a moment, remembering how she too used to 'attack' him in the morning with her own form of love. The young succubus stood there staring dreamily at her angel. She was dressed in the same shoes and white tube socks that she normally wore. Her skirt was the standard Yokai Academy issued skirt, but instead of the green jacket she had on her traditional white long sleeve shirt, yellow sweater vest, and red bow on her chest. She had her blue hair pulled back into her usual pony tail with the purple ribbon, but this time there was a slight difference.
"Hey, isn't that Rason's?" Tsukune asked pointing to her hair. Instead of the normal golden star that was on her ribbon, now there was a golden cross that looked familiar.
"Yep, my boyfriend gave it to me. I think it suits me well, don't you?" she said smugly as she fluffed her hair, making the cross bounce a bit.
"Haha, I think it does my dear," Rason said smiling at her. The girl blushed and looked up to him dreamily.
'My angel, my perfect angel.'
"It looks great on you Kurumu," Tsukune said with a nod. He looked back over to see Moka walking towards him with a smile. Behind her Yukari was walking around dazed with a lump on her head.
"Ok, I think she gets the hint now," Moka said with a cheery tone. Tsukune gave her a weak smile and nodded. One thing that's changed about her is she certainly was being more forward about her feelings. A trait she seemed to be learning from her inner self.
"Haha, well, anyway we'd better get going. But first things first," he said as he pulled the girl closer to him. He leaned in and kissed the vampire, the girl closing her eyes and enjoying the embrace. One thing that's changed about Tsukune is he was acting more bold and honest about his feelings for Moka. He knew she was the one, and was determined to be more open about his true feelings for her. After the kiss ended the girl looked at him with a blush.
"Tsukune… thank you…" she said softly with a smile.
"Anything for you Moka," he said back with a gentle smile.
"Oh Tsukune…"
"Oh Moka…"
"Tsukune…"
"Moka…"
"Again? Seriously is that all you two do?" barked out a voice from behind. They turned to see Kokoa looking at them with a raised eyebrow. She stood there in her usual outfit; black dress shoes, red knee high stockings, Yokai Academy skirt, red sailor shirt with a red cross seen on her white undershirt, and had her hair up in two loose pigtails held with black bows.
"I mean, really. Every day, how often do you have to get stuck in that loop?" she asked. The two in question laughed a bit then looked to each other. It was just something they did, it was natural for them.
"It's just their thing," Yukari giggled. She looked over behind them and pointed to something.
"Same for them," she said, the group then turning to see Rason and Kurumu gazing into each other's eyes.
"Rason…" Kurumu said as the world around her shifted to a pinkish hue with lovey dovey music playing in the background.
"Kurumu…" Rason said softly as he held his girlfriend close to him.
Before anybody could say a word however the angel leaned in and kissed the girl, making her sigh happily and kiss back. Those two at least knew to break the loop eventually without anybody saying anything first.
"Well, I think they copied us actually," Tsukune said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Anyway, let's get going," Moka said with a bright smile. She attached herself to Tsukune's arm and smiled brightly at him.
"You bet," he said, then looked around the area again. They were still missing two of the normal group members.
"If you're looking for Mizore don't bother, she's probably out stalking her future husband," Kokoa said as she glanced around.
"How's that working out for her?" Rason asked as he and Kurumu walked up to the group.
"Can't be easy stalking him, that's for sure," Kurumu said looking around.
"Hey, can you find her again Tsukune?" Yukari asked curiously. The boy thought for a moment as he looked down. He was able to detect Mizore before, but wasn't sure how he did that then.
"Um, I can try," he said as he glanced around. He focused his power a bit and gazed around the area carefully with blood red eyes. Moka sighed happily at her boyfriend, his aura always making her heart race faster. Even Kokoa looked at him curiously. Nothing felt different however and nothing seemed to stand out around the area to Tsukune.
"I don't think I can. I'm not sure if she's here or not," he said after a moment, his eyes returning to their normal brown color.
"Well, maybe they are up ahead. Let's get going, I'm sure we'll see them soon," Moka said with her usual smile. The group nodded and started walking towards the academy.
On the way there Tsukune was deep in thought about how his life had changed so differently since last week. He met new friends with Dark and Rason. He managed to finally tell Moka how he felt, although it took nearly dying by an accidental strike from Mizore to get him to do it. He had come to grips with his vampire power and even learned to control it fully. Well, almost. There was something about his power that was bothering him since yesterday, but before he could think about it further something tugged at his mind. Suddenly he stopped and looked to the side at the trees. The group stopped and looked at him, then looked out to the trees as well.
"Tsukune?" Moka asked curiously. The boy eyed the trees carefully. He felt something for a second, he was sure of it.
"What is it?" Yukari asked while looking around.
After a moment the boy spoke up.
"Good morning Mizore," he called out. A moment later a familiar face peeked out from behind the tree.
"How did you know?" Mizore asked shyly. The boy just shrugged and smiled.
"Just a feeling. Come walk with us," he said kindly. The girl walked out and came up to the group. She was dressed in her usual black shoes, purple striped leggings, had her traditional belt around her left thigh, the usual Yokai Academy skirt, and black undershirt with a loose fitting white sweatshirt. She had her normal lollipop in her mouth and her short purple hair flowed gently as she walked. There was however one difference with her outfit today.
"What's that?" Kurumu asked pointing to Mizore's neck. Instead of the normal golden necklace she wore there was a black choker, no spikes or studs, just a pitch black choker. A pendant was attached to it and on the white pendant there was a black marking that looked like three jagged lines going upward in a spread formation with a straight line crossing through the far right jagged line. Mizore held the pendant and smiled softly.
"It's his mark," she said softly.
"Wow, so that's Dark's mark?" Yukari said as she looked closely at it.
"Yes, it's the same one that can be seen over my heart by other demons," Mizore said, tilting the pendant so it shined in the light.
"Nice, it looks great on you," Moka said with a smile. Kokoa looked at it and nodded.
"Yeah, I always wondered what his mark looked like," she said looking at it curiously.
"So where is your boyfriend?" Rason asked looking around
"I don't know, I was waiting to see if I could find him. How did you find me though?" Mizore asked curiously at Tsukune.
"I don't know, just a lucky guess I suppose," he laughed to himself. He knew she was there, just not sure how he knew it.
"Losing your touch stalker?" Kurumu giggled. She again dropped to the ground from an ice kunai to the head.
"Never asked for your opinion," Mizore said coolly, then looked around the area. Her boyfriend was the ultimate challenge to stalk. She wasn't even sure which room was his, nobody was actually. A boy who could turn invisible at will was very hard to find or sneak up on.
"Well let's continue on, he'll show up, he always does," Rason said as he helped his girl up. She shot Mizore a glare then smiled up at her angel.
The group started to walk forward but stopped when they heard a gasp. They turned to see Mizore had stopped in her tracks with a surprised look on her face. She looked down to the belt around her thigh as it had become taught and was holding her in place. Suddenly she blushed and placed her arms around her chest. A black wisp began to swirl around behind her and a boy became visible, the same boy who had one hand holding her belt and the other wrapped around her front. She turned to smile at him, the only boy who could ever sneak up on her.
"Good morning," Dark said softly to his girlfriend. She sighed happily and looked into his eyes.
"Good morning beloved," she said softly. Normally she would have to take her lollipop out of her mouth to communicate with him, but this was one phrase the boy understood even with the candy in her mouth. She looked at her boyfriend with loving eyes as always. He was dressed as he usually was; black tennis shoes, blue jeans, black t-shirt, gray button down shirt that was left undone, messy dark hair, darkish brown eyes, and his traditional mp3 player clipped to his hip with earbuds playing music for him. He normally wore a blank expression much like his snow woman, but when looking at her his eyes seemed to soften slightly and he had been known to smile from time to time, although briefly. However there was one difference with his look today.
"I see you decided to try a new look as well," Rason said as he grinned at the boy. Dark was wearing a familiar necklace around his neck with a golden pendant. Mizore held it in her hand and tilted it, making it shine in the light.
"It looks great on you my love," she said softly, admiring her old necklace on her boyfriend's chest. Dark just looked at her for a moment then raised an eyebrow.
"Wouldn't you rather do that back in your room?" he asked simply. Everybody blinked and looked at the snow girl as she blushed brightly.
"Forgot the lollipop again," Yukari giggled at the girl. A moment later she was encased in ice as Mizore breathed out slowly to cool off.
"Really wish I knew what he was hearing from you," Rason said as he eyed the two.
"I'm kinda curious myself actually," Kokoa said with a small blush on her face. Mizore attached herself to Dark's arm and smiled up at him.
"Let's go," Dark said to the group. After Yukari broke free from her icy prison the gang started walking towards the academy together. As they approached the front gate they saw three familiar witches.
"Good morning!" Ruby called out to the group.
"Good morning Ruby," Tsukune said as they walked closer. Ruby was as usual sweeping the front entranceway of all the dead leaves. Near the path Apoch and Astreal were tending to the flowers and plants that hadn't yet died in this creepy place with their magic. They smiled and waved at the group, then returned to their work.
"So how are you all doing today?" Ruby asked looking around at her friends.
"Well, another week, so just waiting to see what could happen," Tsukune said with a nervous smile.
"Oh Tsukune, I'm sure nothing else will happen. We went through enough trouble last week after all," Moka said with a giggle.
"Yeah, probably not," the boy said with a gentle smile.
"Actually, knowing your luck-" Rason started before being nudged by Kurumu.
"I see, and how has your training been going Tsukune?" Ruby asked curiously. The boy blinked at her and tilted his head.
"Training? How did you know we were still doing that?" he asked. Ruby jumped at that and looked at the group with a nervous smile.
"Well, I… I saw you yesterday fighting in the field," she replied with a shrug.
"You saw us? How did you know we would be out there?" Moka asked.
"You knew where we trained earlier?" Kurumu asked curiously.
"Well… I just had a hunch. I mean with those monster auras out there, kind of hard not to guess," Ruby said nervously.
"I guess that makes sense," Rason said looking up.
"Yeah, well it's coming along ok. We're not pushing ourselves as hard as before though since we're not in any real danger, we just had that little matchup yesterday for a bit of fun," Tsukune said with a smile. Ruby stammered a bit then looked at them all with a worried smile.
"Well… you never know… probably best to keep up on your strength don't you think? Besides, you boys have girls to protect, so you don't want to be caught underpowered do you?" she said with a forced smile.
"I think our boyfriends are plenty strong already," Kurumu said with a giggle.
"Yeah, my Dark is one of the strongest boys in school," Mizore said as she held her demon's arm tightly.
"Tsukune and I defeated a dark lord, I think we can handle any bullies here just fine," Moka said with an amused smile. Ruby just looked at them with worried eyes.
'Great, I can't tell them the reason yet. But they need to improve and fast; they have to get stronger for what's to come. But how can I get them to push themselves without telling them the truth?'
"Well, anyway, we have to get going. We'll see you later Ruby," Tsukune said with a wave. The group proceeded into the building together while Apoch and Astreal walked over to Ruby.
"Did you tell them Ms. Ruby?" Astreal asked curiously.
"No, I can't, we've been instructed to keep this a secret from all students for now," Ruby said softly.
"But Ms. Ruby, this won't be a secret for long," Apoch said worriedly.
"I know. We have to find a way to get them to improve quickly without knowing why and before it's too late," Ruby said looking up thoughtfully.
"Just tell us what to do Ms. Ruby," Astreal said with a smile.
"Yeah, we can help you anyway you need Ms. Ruby," Apoch said with a shy smile.
Ruby twitched a bit then looked down.
"For the last time…" she breathed out. She turned to look at the sisters with a furious scowl.
"It's just RUBY!"
Silence.
"Yes Ms. Ruby," Apoch and Astreal said in unison. Tsukune and his group were just out of earshot from hearing Ruby crying loudly.
The group was seated in their normal spots for homeroom class. Ms. Nekonome was proceeding with her lecture about how humans cook their food first rather than eating it raw, a topic that was confusing to some of the students since Ms. Nekonome wasn't the cooking teacher of the school and because she was spending an awful amount of time using fish as her examples. As she continued with her lecture, and while her tail waved behind her yet again, the group was busy with their daydreaming.
Moka was deep in thought about how she danced with Tsukune at the costume dance and how he made the night so romantic for her. The way he was dressed in a prince's outfit seemed fitting for him, and it made the night perfect for her. She kept staring at the back of his head all during class, counting the seconds till she could kiss him again. Even her inner self had enjoyed their time together that weekend. Although her inner self wasn't able to explore any other physical pleasures with her mate that night due to her outer self's carelessness, both sides of her were starting to get curious about Tsukune, in ways that had her look at him in a different light with longing eyes.
In front of Tsukune a girl with purple hair and a lollipop was again filling up her notebook with the same name over and over again.
Dark Kuyumaya.
Mizore wrote it over and over again, fixated on each letter of his name. She wrote with one hand and held the pendant on her choker with the other. She loved the emblem design and cherished the mark on her heart dearly. She wanted to be held by him, kissed by him, and loved by him. And she also wanted him to take her as she remembered all the things he had whispered to her before. Although she missed her opportunity earlier by fainting on that night he slept over, she was determined to make love to her soon-to-be husband and find out how much of a demon he could really be with her.
Next to her a boy with headphones was listening to music as always. Dark never seemed to pay any attention in class, yet when he was called on, and informed by his friends that he was being called on, he almost always got the answer right. He didn't seem to care he was there, yet made no effort to leave early or blow off homework. He was just… there. Although it didn't show he occasionally glanced to his side at his snow girl, her beauty the only thing that really did make him pay attention in that class. He loved her; there was no doubt about it. He saw his mark over her heart, and knew that he would never let any other have her. Ever.
Behind him a young witch was paying close attention to the teacher, while often glancing over to Tsukune and Moka. The two had tried repeatedly to squash Yukari's notions of a threesome or open relationship, but she was determined to be with her two loves forever, and by forever she meant forever in a very disturbing and slightly kinky way.
Behind her Kurumu was gazing at her boyfriend next to her. She stared with loving eyes and relished the feel of the bond between them. It had grown stronger since they first met, and it was getting to the point where she could almost pinpoint his location in close proximity, granted very close proximity. And whenever they touched the feeling amplified greatly. She was also growing curious about how intercourse would feel with him, not only because she was a lust-filled monster, but because she was in love with him; but mostly because she was a lust-filled monster. She held off from perusing her urges during the night he slept over in favor of cherishing their time together, but now her mind was starting to think about how to make her move again.
Next to her Rason was once again looking up daydreaming. He had come to this school to prove a point to the heavens, that not all monsters are bad. That just like humans, there are some worth protecting. And in his case, he had found one worth dying for; the lovely succubus that stole his heart at first glance. She didn't use any charms or potions, nor did she flaunt her sexuality in his face, although she sure was doing so now. He felt a bond with her, a connection that couldn't be explained. And now it was crystal clear, she was his Destined One, his mate of fate as she put it. He wanted to stay by her side forever, to love and protect her always.
In front of Moka a boy sat there deep in thought as well. For Tsukune there was certainly a lot going on in his life. He had a girlfriend, all his friends remained his close friends even after his choice of which girl to take, he had fought against an evil wizard and a vampire lord in the same week, and survived both battles thanks to his vampire powers. He had even surpassed Dark and Rason in strength with his training and proved to be an able fighter alongside Inner Moka.
However there was one thing that was on the forefront of his mind, something that had been poking his brain since their sparring session yesterday. During the fight he felt a sharp pain in his neck where Moka usually bites down, though it went away instantly. Also his power spiked massively in that short instant, also returning to normal right away. But the one thing that bothered him the most about this was when it occurred a single thought came to his mind when fighting against his friends, something that wouldn't normally be in his mind at all.
'Kill them all…'