New Beginnings

Rating: this fanfiction will range from M to MA for containing violence and possible "lemons", also note I do not own Rosario + Vampire, anime OR manga, NOR any of its characters, I also DO NOT make any profit from this fanfiction, it is solely for the enjoyment of the public.

Note: THIS FANFICTION WILL START OFF WITH A MANGA SPOILER, IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE MANGA AND DO NOT WANT IT TO BE SPOILED, READ IT BEFORE READING THIS PLEASE.

Backstory Character Info; Tsukune; 24, Moka; 23; Kurumu; 25, Mizore; 25, Ruby; 28, Yukari; 19, Kokoa; 21

Chapter One: Coping with Guilt

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Seven years.

Seven years it had been since the group of Tsukune Aono, Moka Akashiya, Kurumu Kurono, Mizore Shirayuki, and Yukari Sendou had graduated from Yokai Academy; however, since Tsukune had been left the academy by Mikogami, he stayed a Yokai Academy as the new headmaster, as had Ruby Toujou, now serving with pleasure as Tsukune's assistant, the rest of the group, he had no idea where they had gone after graduation; Moka said she was going back home to Castle Shuzen to advance her studies there, since she would have an immense library of several different subjects there that the human world didn't have, Kurumu had went back to her mother to, as she says, "Hatch up a plan," and when he inquired about the plan, "to make you mine when I see you again, of course!" She had replied cheerily, with a playful flick to his forehead, he should have expected as much, Yukari had gone off to a university in the human world in the fields of chemistry, nursing, and botany, most likely to form new, insane magical creations; however, unlike the rest, Kokoa had gone to the human world and began a career as a martial arts fighter and teacher, the world over was stunned by how untouchable he was, but ignorance was in a way a bliss, he supposed… Mizore, he wasn't entirely sure of, when asked what she was going to do next, she had simply shrugged and thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know, really, I guess I'll come up with something as I go,"… Which he could have sworn turned in to her stalking him as usual, for he was almost certain he would see brief flashes of purple almost every time he turned his head.

And as for himself? Besides staying at Yokai Academy, he had began studies in barriers and seals, with Ruby's aid of course, and had over the past few years been attempting to create a seal like no other.

A seal that he could use to not limit his vampiric powers, but to combine them with the abilities of other yokai, so that he could serve as a very beacon of the peace and coexistence between races he strived for, to give that coexistence form.

As we embark on this new journey, we will see new beginnings, new hardships, new victories, and new losses, and we will find out together what will happen in the group's travels and endeavors as they do.

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"Moka! No!"

"Tsukune…. I…"

As he looked down at the rapidly fading life form in his arms, tears welled up in his eyes, and try as he might, he could not keep them from falling.

In his arms, was Moka Akashiya, her seal broken and cracked most likely beyond repair, with tendrils impaling her body from several points, the life quickly fading from her eyes.

"Moka, please… please don't die!" He cried desperately, his voice strained in a vain attempt to prevent heart-wrenching sobs from infiltrating and distorting what he was trying to say, "I've… we've all… lost you too many times, we can't lose you again! Especially not so soon after getting you back! Please… Please stay…"

"Tsukune," She whispered softly, and, mustering what strength she could, she raised a hand to his cheek and looked into the warm brown eyes she loved so much, and winced, not at her own pain, but at the pain she saw in his eyes, and tears began falling down her cheeks as well, "The Rosary is broken… That was what I was created to prevent from happening… With it gone… I can't… Stay…" She whispered sadly.

"We can have Fuhai try to fix it again!" He said, in a vain hope that she could be saved somehow.

"No… This time no one can fix it…. Tsukune… This is the end for me… But, before I go… I need to… Tell you…"

"What is it, Moka-san?" He asked, hoping still for favorable words in this horrible situation.

"… Ever since I've met you, I've loved you," She started, and his eyes widened slightly in surprise at what she said, "and even if I was created as a fake personality," she continued, "all of the feelings and memories I've gained and learned during my time here with you are real as far as I'm concerned, you were my first friend, and my first and last love," the strength in her voice was rapidly fading by this time, and she knew she was almost out of time, "I've cherished all my time with you and the others more than you will ever know, than you so, so much… I love you, Tsukune." She finished

And with that, the tears falling from his eyes increased twofold, and he held her as close to him as he possibly could, his shoulders trembling violently from his sobs as well as the pain in his heart that hurt worse and felt more physical than any pain he had ever felt, "I love you too, Moka-san, I always have, and I always will," he managed to say between sighs and sobs, each more agony-filled than the next, "you've meant so much to me, I wish I had said this all sooner… Maybe we could have… Been together… I don't know, and we'll never know, all I know is I don't care if you were a fake personality, you're real to me, and my love for you is real, Moka-san." He said, and gazing in to her beautiful, emerald green eyes, he saw a warmth and happiness like he had never seen in her before, and as she closed her eyes, she lifted her head up as much as she could, and somehow knowing what she wanted, he lowered his own face down to meet hers in a soft kiss, the first kiss they had shared, and sadly their last, and finally, after they both pulled away when they both knew intuitively it was time, she said, "As far as I'm concerned… I'm yours…. Up until the last second…" And with that, her hand slowly slid down his cheek, she smiled at him, then closed her eyes slowly as her face went to a more peaceful, sleep-like expression, and her hand fell from his face to lay limp by her side, and she was gone. The beautiful, kind, optimistic personality of Moka Akashiya had taken her leave.

With a scream that pierced the heavens, Tsukune tried in a hopeless fight to dispel all of the grief, all of the agony, and all of the anger running through him, holding her lifeless form to him, all he could do was weep.

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"NO!" Tsukune screamed, waking with a start from where he had fallen asleep at his desk, panting heavily and drenched with sweat, looking around frantically to figure out where he was before coming to the realization that it had been the dream again.

The same dream he had been having for nine years.

The same dream that kept him from having a restful sleep and haunted him even during the day hours, in his consciousness, for he believed that the loss was his fault; she was in his arms after all, therefore he was the one to blame, was he not? He would think.

With a grunt that border-lined a scream of anger and sadness, he slammed his fist into the wall next to him, unintentionally causing a rather impressively large split in the rock to appear, "Damn..." he muttered under his breath.

A concerned Ruby Toujou had been standing outside and heard all of this, and she knew what had happened again.

He had consulted her multiple times about the recurring dream that he couldn't shake, and she lowered her gaze sadly and put a hand over her heart, she knew how he felt; how it felt to lose the one who had always been there and feel as if it was your fault they were gone.

Knocking on the door quietly and timidly, she waited for a reply, and when she got none, she gently pushed the door open a little and saw her interest of the heart sitting in his chair with his hands in his hair, bunching his fists in a way that looked as if he were trying to pull his hair out, a pained expression on his face, and tears sliding down his cheeks as his shoulders quaked and his breathing was ragged in an attempt to not cry aloud.

"Tsukune-san…" She whispered softly, a sharp stinging feeling in her heart at the sight of the broken man before her, and her throat involuntarily tightened up in a manner that it had many times before when the dam was about to break and a flood soon after began pouring from her eyes.

Looking up at the woman in front of him, he sighed before casting his gaze to the floor at her feet, suddenly finding the pattern of the floor's wood grains to be very interesting in an attempt from making eye contact with her in such a state as he was in.

She closed her eyes and exhaled quietly, then made her way over to where he was sitting and began stroking his hair gently, and she winced a bit when he at first pulled away a bit at her touch, for the thought of him pulling away from her scared her, though he had done it many times before, and as he slowly relaxed more, she smiled softly and continued running her fingers through his hair in an effort to comfort him.

"Tsukune-san… You know she still lives in the Moka we know now…" She began, as she put a fingertip on his forehead and gently coaxed him into an upright sitting position so that he was looking up at her, "I know you still miss her, we all do, but it wasn't your fault; you were so happy to see her… you were only focused on that. Besides, even if you weren't focused on her, you had no way of knowing Alucard was going to have sent up those tendrils…" Looking into his eyes as the pain increased in them tenfold from the memory of the event, her expression softened sympathetically.

"I… I know, Ruby-san," He began, "but it still feels as if it's my fault… I mean… I could've moved out of the way sooner."

She frowned slightly, It seems like he'll never forgive himself, the witch thought to herself, and gently pushing him back in the chair a little, she moved to sit on his lap with her arms around his neck, which surprised him at first, but the comfort of having someone, especially a good friend, so close to him was much appreciated, so he wound his arms around her waist and closed his eyes, "Tsukune-san, the two individual personalities might be gone, but now they've come together with traits from both personalities; as well as physical characteristics, also keep in mind that, had you not chanced ending your own conscious life and becoming a ghoul to save her, the Moka-san we have now wouldn't be here… You did save her in that sense, Tsukune-san, you saved them both."

As he thought about this, he knew she was right, but he still felt as though he had given them both up in a way for the new Moka who was both, he felt as if by Outer Moka leaving, the unsealed vampires wasn't herself either; rather, he felt she had been forced to change because of it whether she wished it or not, but he wasn't about to say that to Ruby again, because every time before she had a valid counter which he knew was true but for some reason couldn't bring himself to accept it.

"At least you have a Moka-san, Tsukune-san, at least we all do, and it's all thanks to you," she said, unable to keep herself from smiling a bit at the fact of how he had saved her at the risk of his own life, as well as the memories that flooded back with that, all the other times he had done the same for each of them, she gently pulled his head closer until his face was nestled into her bosom, a gesture which she knew would normally embarrass him, but at the moment she knew would help comfort him.

For either of them, the moment she did that, there was no embarrassment, no underlying sexual hints from her, only the act of her attempting to comfort him, and he graciously accepted, nuzzling his face into her a bit more for more of the feeling of closeness and security he craved at the moment, which caused a light shade of pink to dust her face.

Wanting to move on to the next thing before his mind wandered back to where it had been before she had came in, and also wanting to keep her mind from gradually rolling over into the gutter due to their current position, she gently nuzzled her face into the top of his head, inhaling his scent, then patted his head and slowly stood up, bringing him up by his hands to stand with her.

"Thank you, Ruby-san… I don't deserve you, or any of the others." He said, and she smiled at his modesty.

"If you only knew how much you truly do," she said, "and of how much more you do deserve."

Smiling sheepishly and scratching the back of his head as he was known to do, she smiled again and said "Now then, what more have you came up with on the new seal system?"

Taking the hint that she wanted to move on, and understanding why, he replied, "Well, I was thinking that, if possible, we could create a chain of holy locks as Mikogami had, except have rosaries linked in with the chain links at various points containing my blood in the jewel." When she cocked her head to the side in question, he continued, "I was thinking that we could take small samples of blood to put in the links from willing members of various races, and with the rosaries having my blood in them, and you placing various blessings on the links and rosaries, we could somehow also manage to familiarize the different types of blood together."

Still in a bit o confusion, she asked, "Why again do we need to have blood in the links? Aren't we just making another seal like the holy lock you had or Moka-san's rosary, except a bit more intricate?"

"No, I was intending to have one made so that I could familiarize my blood with the blood of other yokai and gain their abilities along with my own as I go, but still keep my regular body form, unlike what happened when Alucard did it."

Narrowing her eyes at him, she said "You do realize how dangerous that could be?"

"I do," He replied, simply, "But also keep in mind everything I survived so far in just a human shell; now, as a vampire, I'm sure I could take something like this."

Nodding her agreement, she went to write down his exact goals, as well as the different types of spells and wards she would have to place on the locks.

Looking over to his desk, he picked up the broken rosary that had been Moka's and smiled ruefully before kissing it softly and holding it to his heart, "Moka-san, Akasha-san, both of your wishes were the same for coexistence, and I'll make sure to make it happen for you both, if nothing else." He whispered softly, then placed it back in its container and hid it away again from those who might want to try and steal his most prized possession.

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Well there's the first chapter, please note this is the first fanfiction I have ever wrote, same goes for any type of "short story/novel" themed thing. Please let me know what you think! No hate comments, but if there are any negativities you would like the politely point out, please do so, any tips are also welcome!

I already have chapters two and three typed up, but I wanna see what comments I get on this so I'll know if I need to change anything in them or not before uploading.

I'll try my best to make this as entertaining for you as I can, but I'm gonna need your help so keep the tips and requests coming :P

Also, I apologize for the spoilers in it BUT this storyline that I had in mind kinda NEEDED them in order for me to progress with it. I will not be re-doing this chapter at any point in the future, nor will I attempt to make it as though I have not spoiled the ending of the Rosario + Vampire Manga season ii.

Also, new characters will be introduced throughout the story from time to time. I will name them and their ages etc as they are introduced