Woohoo, Christmas has been great! I now have a satchel, Indiana Jones has one. Merry Christmas, Happy Hunukkaha ,have an amazing Kwanzaa, or what ever people celebrate.
Chapter two
The bath had been as awkward as Tsukune had expected. He entered the bathroom after Moka had called for him. He found her huddled in the tub, water up to her shoulders, the towel wrapped tightly around her body. He averted his eyes in embarrassment. Snatching his melon scented shampoo from its place on the counter. Tsukune gulped. "Are you okay with smelling like fruit?" He joked trying to make the situation less uncomfortable. Her lips twitched into a small smile and she nodded her head in consent.
After washing her hair as speedily as humanly possible Tsukune vacated the area faster than a werewolf on caffeine. He entered his room and changed into the clothes he had chosen. Black slacks with a pristine white dress shirt and a dark indigo silk vest. As he tried to decide which tie would suit the outfit best he heard a small sound coming from the bathroom "M-master, could you pass me my clothes?" Tsukune turned to see a single crimson eye watching him from a crack between the door and frame.
"Of course, and you don't need to call me master, just Tsukune when we're alone." He carefully handed her the garments through the opening. When she stepped out of the bathroom his breathe caught in his throat. She was beautiful. Before the bath her hair had been a dull silver colour, now it had a sheen only a vampires hair could possibly have. The dress his mother had brought was black and fit Mokas form perfectly. Snapping out of his stupor he quickly asked "um, red or blue?" Holding up the ties to shoulder height. Moka looked at him warily. He knew what she was thinking. "Come on, it's not like I'm going to get mad at you for giving your opinion."
She seemed to visibly relax after that statement. "Red, if you choose blue it may clash with the indigo of your vest."
Tsukune nodded as he tied the tie around his neck. Surprisingly he didn't tie it as horribly as he thought he would.
"I need to tell you how dinner will work." Moka was surprised when his tone became all business. "My family is having some business partners over for dinner, which means we have to be present, if it was a normal day I would eat in here with you. When we go into the dinning hall you will walk two paces behind me and when I sit down you will stand behind my chair to the left. Alright?" Moka nodded in slight shock. For a person who had never owned a pet yokai before he certainly knew the protocols. "Hmm, we should probably go down now, the guests should be arriving." As they entered the hallway Moka fell in step behind Tsukune. After a short walk they reached the top of the grand staircase that lead to the main hall. Without warning Tsukune jumped and slide down the banister laughing all the way down. Landing he finally noticed one other person in the room. "Hello Yukari, how is the inventing going?" When Moka came to the base of the stair case she noticed her master laughing, sprawled on the floor, while being assaulted by a short humanoid creature screaming "TSUKUNE!" In the second she spent wondering if she should help him the two had gotten off the floor and turned to toward her. "Moka, this is Yukari one of my parents business partners children and one of my best friends."
Yukari proceeded to slap Tsukune on the back of the head. "Dummy, I'm your only friend let alone best." He grinned sheepishly at the statement. "And to answer your question my inventing has been going great. I've been helping my Mom in the lab, helping to create a controlling device for trolls. Because we don't have one all we can do is keep them sedated and then they are just a waste of space, and don't even get me started on the amount of sedative needed to keep them under ugh!" Tsukune chuckled as Yukari went on to rant about the amount of sedative was enough to drop fifteen charging elephants.
"We should probably head to dinner, also Yukari, this is Moka. She was given to me by my parents as an early birthday gift." Yukari bounced over to Moka and started examining her with a practiced eye.
"Wow, Tsukune she is waaaaaay to good for you." Yukari laughed as she continued to bounce around the room. Tsukune fake pouted in hurt.
"Yukari, that's mean." He whined with a joking undertone. Yukari only laughed and bounced toward the dinning hall. Moka and Tsukune could only watch her go as they laughed. "We should go." Tsukune motioned for them to start moving and they made their way to the dinning hall. "Remember, don't speak unless spoken too. My parents are not as relaxed with the rules concerning pet yokai as I am." Moka nodded nervously in affirmation as they entered the dinning hall to see a small group of people on one end of a very long table. The mahogany table could hold forty people but for tonight it only need to house ten, his mother and father, Yukaris parents, Yukari, four other Witches from his mothers R&D department and Tsukune himself.
"Tsukune, wonderful timing, I was just about to send for you." His father motioned for him to have a seat between himself and Yukari. The meal started soon after. The adults talked about business and Yukari and Tsukune made small talk about nothing in particular. After what seemed like hours of extreme boringness the adults finally moved to the sitting room.
"Sorry Yukari, it's getting late and I would like to retire for the night. Would you like me to show you to the guest room your family is staying in?" Tsukune said excusing himself.
"Nah, I'm fine, we stay in the same room every time we come here so I know the way. G'night Tsukune." Yukari traveled down the hall to the guest wing in her usual bouncy fashion as Tsukune and Moka made the trek up to Tsukunes room. Opening the door to his room and seeing a giant human sized dog basket beside his bed was not what he was expecting.
"I assume that's my bed then?" Moka inquired as she eyed the bow and lace adorning the top of the baskets little canopy. Tsukune could only blush.
"Er, yeah I guess so." Looking in the basket he noticed a set of crimson silk pajamas with 'property of Tsukune Aono' monogrammed to the front pocket. Before he could snatch them from sight Moka saw the lettering. "I swear to god I didn't ask for this." He said quickly. Moka could only look at him with a look of amusement. "What? I mean it!"
Moka grabbed the pajamas from his hands and walked to the bathroom to change. "I believe you, just asking, how long has your Mom been set on making your life awkward?" He thought about it for a moment before speaking through the door of the bathroom.
"Honestly I don't know. It's only been noticable recently. It was like once it was one month before my birthday, someone flipped a switch and she started setting me up on dates, forcing me to come to business meetings etcetera. Then my parents got me you, and you are fully aware of how that's going."
"All to well." Moka replied smoothly as she exited the bathroom. Placing her dress neatly folded in the miniature chest of drawers beside the basket, she then lay down on the soft cushions inside. "Good night Tsukune."
"Good night." The human replied. He quickly changed to his sleeping clothes in the bathroom before turning off the lights and pulling the curtains around his bed. Placing his head on the pillow he listened to the light breathing of the rooms other occupant until he drifted slowly to sleep.
Mokas' thoughts were traveling faster than the speed of light. She was laying in a dog basket, beside a humans bed, and she was previously mentioned humans pet. She was a noble vampire, not an animal. They were her prey, not her master. Could her life get any worse? At that moment she felt a sharp paralyzing pain in her stomach. Yes, her life could get worse. She forgot to ask Tsukune for blood before going to sleep. Now he was sleeping and she couldn't move because of the small amount of nutrients in her body. 'Crap.' After that last thought her vision went black.
