"..." Speech
'...' Quote
'Hi' Thought
"Learn your place!" Inner Moka through the Rosario
Disclaimer: I only own my OC.
Alien Watch in a Monster School
The Succubus and a Battle in the Sky
It had been a week since the incident with Saizou. In that time, Christian had become the hot topic on campus. The fact Saizou, the supposed tough guy of the first years, was beaten on the first day was huge. The rumour was that Christian had beaten Saizou. Apparently the orc had not wanted anyone to know that he had really been beaten by Moka. Even if she was a vampire, the strongest of all monsters. Even worse, Saizou had told everyone he had turned into a strange bird-man like creature which no one had ever heard of before.
However, it was a new day at Yokai Academy. In the boy's dorm where Christian lived, the Plumber was preparing for school. His dorm consisted of a small bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and a living area with a desk in the corner, although that was also a part of the bedroom. On the desk, there was a laptop. Christian used this to send his reports back to the Plumber base in Bellwood. Christian considered himself very lucky that Yokai Academy gave their students their own private rooms. This was mostly due to the fact that the other guys found it hard to keep their transformations in their sleep. The other reason was that most of the boys wanted to kill him out of jealousy for his friendship with Moka.
Once Christian was dressed and ready, he made his way out of his room and began to walk downstairs, passing the other half transformed tenants of his dorm block.
'Just another day at the academy,' he thought to himself with a sigh.
He made it outside of the dorms and waited for Moka. Since the second day, the two had made it a habit to walk to and back from school together. As the teen waited, his thoughts drifted to his pink haired friend. Just like every other boy at the academy, he found Moka to be very attractive. He was glad they were friends but he couldn't shake this strange feeling. Just like the watch on his wrist, it was alien to him and he had no idea what to do with it. Maybe he should ask Max. The old man might know what it was. However, deep down, Christian believed he knew what it was, and that scared him more than anything.
His thoughts were interrupted by the shouting of some guys behind him.
"Oh, wow! It's her!"
"Yeah, that's the new student, Moka Akashiya."
"She's so hot, it's gotta be illegal."
"And she's coming this way!"
That last comment caught Christian's attention. He looked up to see that Moka was indeed heading in their direction, smiling and humming a happy tune. He also noticed the three boys in front of him were drooling.
'Perverts.'
Moka, who was now only a few meters away, eyes grew wide as her smile grew even wider before she began running forward.
The three boys cheered as they ran towards her as well, wanting to give the girl a hug. Unfortunately for the three, the pinkette ran straight past them and latch on to Christian's arm, causing the boys to fall over.
"Christian! Good morning!" she exclaimed when she got to him.
Christian's reply was accompanied by a warm smile. "Morning, Moka."
The three boys, having gotten off the ground, stared angrily at the two, mostly at Christian.
"Damn that gaijin!"
"Rumours say he beat that 'Woman-Eater', Saizou with ease."
Christian, who could hear every word the trio were saying, rolled his eyes. It had been the same routine all week. He would get up and wait for Moka. She would come down, see him, run over to say hello and enrage any male that had seen them. Then they would curse him and talk about how 'he beat' Saizou.
"C'mon, we're going to be late," Moka commented as she took her friend by the hand and began to drag him towards the school.
Behind him, Christian could hear more comments coming from the boys, but at that point, he didn't really care. After they were a good way away from the dorm, Moka stopped dragging Christian's hand and they walked side by side. However, barely a minute passed before Moka tugged on Christian's sleeve. "Ummm...Chris?" She asked in an embarrassed tone, a small blush coating her cheeks.
Immediately, Christian knew what she wanted. It had also become part of his routine. Before she could ask the full question, he reached to his shirt and brought down the collar slightly, exposing his neck. "Go, on," he said with a sigh. "Drink up." He was never going to say no to her anyway.
Moka, with stars in her eyes, pulled Christian into a small hug. "Thank you!" the vampire girl said. "I overslept and missed breakfast," she explained before biting down on his neck.
CHU!
"I was always told the way to attract a girl was through her stomach," Christian commented, a bead of sweat dropping down his head. 'However, I doubt this is what Max meant.'
Once Moka had drank her fill, she backed up and cupped her face, her blush still present on her face. "Amazing as always! I think I might be addicted!"
Chuckling, Christian reached up to his neck. Once again, no mark had been left on the skin. 'Why do I feel I should be more concerned?" Christian thought to himself. 'I'm beginning to feel like a juice box.' He didn't have time to think on it any longer and Moka once again grabbed his arm and began leading him to school.
Little did they know, a dark figure was watching them from the shadows.
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The day drew on, completely uneventful. It was now lunch and Christian was sitting by the lake at the back of the school. He was waiting for Moka so they could eat their food. This was yet another routine the two had. They would come out here to talk and enjoy each other's company. However their conversations mostly consisted of Christian's time in space, his training and what he knew about aliens.
Unfortunately for Christian, Moka was running late that day. He didn't mind though, it gave him time to think. He found his situation ironic in a way. He was in a school for monsters who were trying to appear human, whereas he was a human trying to keep up the appearance of a monster using the Omnitrix. He looked down to the watch like device. He suspected he would be using it a lot before his time at the Academy came to the end.
Leaving.
Now that he thought about it, he wanted to stay at the academy as long as possible. His mission, in the long run, was to promote human-monster coexistence. At the moment it seemed to be working, well kind of. Christian had managed to change Moka's opinion. If he could do that then maybe he could change all monsters opinion on humans. His mind shifted to the Inner Moka. She may have seemed scary and cold, but somehow, he could feel kindness within her. Christian wanted to know this version of Moka better, even if it wasn't particularly good for his health. That's when it occurred to him. Both Moka's were two sides of the same coin. One compensated for what the other lacked. However, he couldn't help but wonder, which was the real side of Moka?
A soft moan drew the teen away from his thoughts. Christian turned to see a girl collapsed on the floor. His Plumber training kicked in and he went to help the downed girl. She wore a different variation the girl's uniform with a yellow sweater vest. She looked a little smaller than, Moka, with a slender figure and fair skin. She wore the same skirt all the girls wore and bunched up socks. Her hair was a cerulean blue and done up in a ponytail with a bright purple hair band. And despite not trying to look, Christian couldn't help but notice the two large features on her chest.
'I've never seen a girl my age that big,' he thought absently before banishing the evil thoughts from his head. Berating himself, he quickly helped the girl up to her feet.
"Are you alright?"
"I think so," the girl moaned as she looked up at him weakly. "I'm just feeling really faint."
"Well come on, I'll help you to the nurses office," Christian said before leading the girl back towards the school.
"Thank- ohhh!" The girl tripped up. Luckily, Christian was able to support her so she didn't hit the ground.
"Woah, be careful," he told her, steadying the girl.
"Thank you," the girl said who, unbeknownst to Christian, was smirking. Suddenly she pressed her bust into Christian's chest.
The boy's face suddenly did the most amazing impression of a tomato.
"Ohhh, I think it's my chest," the girl sighed. "It just feels different today."
"Th-that doesn't sound good," Christian said, finally coming back to earth and pushing the girl away, although his voice was a little too high. "We definitely need to get you to the nurses office." He was grateful that he had stopped her. He was really uncomfortable with such...forward actions.
"Oh thank you, you're so kind." The girl said sweetly, another sinister smirk hidden on her face.
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After a few minutes, they were back on the main school grounds. The two were now in the outside area leading to the nurse's office.
Christian was really concerned about the girl. In his medical training with the Plumbers, he had never been told about an ailment with the conditions the girl was suffering from. Normally he would have been suspicious the girl was lying; however, for all he knew, this had something to do with her monster form.
"We're almost there," Christian told her calmly.
"Thank you so much for helping me," the girl said gratefully. "Most guys would have taken advantage of me in that situation."
"I'm not most guys." Christian replied with a quick smirk. "I could never do anything like that to anyone." His eyes then widened when he realised what he had forgotten to do. "Oh, I forgot to say this earlier, but my name is Christian Hawke."
"Oh, I know." The girl said with a small, devious, unseen smile.
"You do?" Christian asked suspiciously.
"Yeah, for one, you're the guy who beat up Saizou on the first day of school," Christian sweat dropped slightly. "And secondly, we're classmates." The two stopped and Christian turned to look at the girl.
He thought about it for a minute and, sure enough, did recognise her.
"Oh yeah, you sit behind Saizou, don't you?"
The girl took a step back. "I'm honestly surprised you noticed me," She confessed. "You always seem to have your eyes on Moka."
"Moka is my friend," Christian told her. "It's not like I'm in love with her."
He was expecting the girl to say something else, but she suddenly fell forward. Christian was able to catch her in time again, noticing that her breathing was a bit heavier.
"Alright, we've wasted too much time. I'm getting you to the nurse's office now." Christian tried to lead her into the building, but the girl didn't budge.
"Christian?"
Christian looked back to the girl in front of him. She was looking directly at his eyes, a sly smile on her face, her eyes were a beautiful mauve. "My name is Kurumu Kuruno, and I want you to be my friend." Suddenly her eyes glowed and Christian began to feel dizzy.
"Uhhh," he groaned, feeling lightheaded and confused.'Her eyes are so beautiful,' he thought absently. For some reason, all he could think about was Kurumu. Suddenly the girl came closer, still looking him in the eyes. With sudden and uncontrolled movement, Christian reached out and pulled the girl into a hug. 'What am I doing!?" The Plumber internally panicked before his mind lost consciousness.
"Be your friend? I would love to be your friend, Kurumu," his body seemed to say on its own, tightening the hug.
This prompted a playful squeal from Kurumu. "Ooo! Christian, what are you doing?! You're such a naughty boy!" She returned the hug with a grin. Finally, she took a step back. "So, I heard you turned into a monster no one has ever seen before," she commented. "Show it to me, please."
"Of course," Christian murmured before reaching to the Omnitrix and activating it and began to scroll through his transformations. Kurumu took notice of some strange icons but was only able to see them for a second before Christian came to 'his' selected choice. Placing a hand down on the Omnitrix core, he was once again enveloped in a green light which shone brilliantly, attracting the attention of a certain pink haired girl inside the school who was passing by the area.
Once the light had died down, Kickin Hawk stood where Christian had once been.
"Kickin Hawk!"
"Wow! So it's true what was said about you!" Kurumu stepped forward and laid her hand on Kickin Hawk's feathered chest. "You're so soft!" She cooed.
"What are you doing?" Kickin Hawk asked, looking down to the girl with suspicion. "And why does my head feel like it's been in a cement mixer?"
Kurumu blinked and took a small step back. "What? You're acting normally?"
"What do you mean by that?" the feathered fighter asked with a frown. "What did you do?"
Before Kurumu could answer, Kickin Hawk heard a familiar voice.
"Christian!" Both of the teens looked towards the voice to see Moka running over to them. "Christian, why did you transform?" Moka asked once she had reached them. She then noticed Kurumu. "Who are you?"
"Me?" Kurumu started pointing to herself. She had to do all she could to keep up her innocent facade and keep down her hatred. "I'm just a classmate of yours who was in trouble and needed some help." She then pointed towards the still confused Kickin Hawk. "That is until Chris here found me. He was just helping me to nurse's office, the sweetie."
Moka then turned to Kickin Hawk, who was rubbing his under beak in thought. "Is that true?" she asked.
"Hmmm," the fighter began, "I remember helping her get this far because she was...feeling ill." He didn't want to mention why she had been 'ill'. "But what I don't remember is why I transformed." He then tapped on the omnitrix symbol on his chest and in a flash of green light was standing back in his human form. "Why did I transform again?" he asked Kurumu.
Kurumu had to try not to flinch. She had forgotten that part. "Well it's obviously because we ran into that brute, Saizou on the way here," she lied, an innocent smile on her face.
"What!?" the other two teens cried, looking around for said orc.
"Where is he?" Christian asked.
"Uhhh... Once you transformed, he said something about not wanting to be in the infirmary again and ran off," Kurumu explained, a nervous smile plastering her face.
Moka looked to Christian for the unlikely confirmation of the story. Christian however was once again in thought. "That still doesn't explain why I don't remember," he finally said.
"Well...it must be the way Saizou hit you," Kurumu said.
"You just said he didn't want to fight me."
"Uhhh...yes he did, but as he left, he punched you in the face," Kurumu explained a small sweat drop on her head.
"What?!" The two teens shouted again.
"Yeah, when Saizou was about to leave, you lowered your guard; he just turned and punched you. It was so cowardly." Kurumu continued, very proud with herself for coming up with so many lies. "If you can't remember, he must have hit you really hard."
"How come I didn't see him when I came over?" Moka asked, casting Christian a concerned look.
"He must have run off into the forest over there," Kurumu said, pointing towards the woods.
"Does any of this sound familiar, Christian?" Moka asked in a concerned tone.
Christian continued to rub his chin. "I don't know," he answered honestly. "Although it would explain why my head hurts."
Kurumu's face lit up slightly, she was convincing them. "You poor thing," She said, walking over to Christian and taking his arm, prompting Moka to grimace fleetingly. "It's you who needs to go to the nurse. C'mon, I'll take you before classes start."
Before Christian could protest, she looked him in the eyes, making the boy once again feel lightheaded, this time however his mind remained conscious. "Ok...let's go," Christian murmured like a zombie.
Moka froze as she watched the two begin to walk off. She tried shouting to stop them. "Hey, Chris! Wait up!"
"No, I no longer want to be a substitute for your breakfast." Moka felt her heart freeze, a look of horror on her face. Internally, Christian was also crying out in horror. 'What the hell!? Why did I say that?!' he internally screamed.
"She uses you as breakfast?" Kurumu asked in mock horror. As they reached the door to the school, the blue haired girl turned to face the pink haired one and smiled victoriously. "Let's go before she uses you for lunch too." With that the two were gone, leaving a hurt Moka, behind.
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In class, the three teens were sitting at their desk listening to Miss Nekonome's lecture on authors who featured cats in their work. However, none of them were truly listening. Each of them had something on their minds.
'Why did I say those horrible things to Moka?' Christian thought. 'I would never do that, especially to her. It has to be something Kurumu did to me. When I looked into her eyes I felt dizzy for some reason.' He looked to his side, only to see that Saizou was not in class. 'Damn! I wanted to check with him the details of Kurumu's story.'
As Christian tried to figure out the reason for his actions and words, Moka stared daggers at Kurumu who was sitting across from her, smirking victoriously.
'I don't get it,' Moka thought as she looked at the other girl. 'They only met today, so why is Chris so...clingy to her?'
Kurumu glanced back at Moka, her smug expression growing as saw the vampire girl's troubled expression. 'Heh, she's looking at me. Your time as school's number one beauty is coming to an end, Moka Akashiya.'
As the lesson progressed, figurative sparks clashed between the two all the way up until the bell rang, signalling the end of school. Christian turned round to apologise, but the vampire girl had already gone.
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Out in the halls, Moka snapped open a can of tomato juice. "That over-the-hills floozy," she steamed. "She thinks she can just use Christian as some sort of possession." She finished her drink but almost crushed the can in her hand as she continued to fume. "And then there's him! He's completely head over heels for her! And what was all that talk about me using him for breakfast!" Her eyes then grew sad as she thought about her friend. "I thought he actually cared about me..." When she finally calmed down, she tossed the can away and slumped against the wall as she sighed deeply. "Do I... do I really just use him like a carry-on snack?"
"So...you're a vampire, huh?" Moka's head shot to see Kurumu sitting on the stairway in front of her, a smug look on her face. "At least, that's what the rumour is anyway." She continued before jumping over the railing, catching the attention of other passersby. She landed gracefully in a crouched position and then stood upright. The guys around the girls made several comments upon seeing Kurumu, none of which were even worth mentioning as the girls ignored them and continued their 'chat'.
"I didn't introduce myself earlier. Name's Kurumu Kuruno!" the girl announced before pointing at Moka. "And I'm challenging you to the title of School Beauty! In other words, I'm here to declare war on you, Moka Akashiya!"
Moka blinked a few times in confusion. "War?" She pointed to herself. "On me?"
"Yes!" Kurumu cried with an irritated frown which quickly turned into a smirk. You see, I've got a plan I've been working on since day one, and it's been working, thank to my 'little booby trap'. All the boys were supposed to be falling head over heels for me, I mean; I am a succubus after all."
"A succubus!" Moka gasped. "But hang on; you can't reveal your true form like that. It's against school rules!"
Kurumu's face then turned into one of hatred and annoyance. "But...!" She continued as if Moka had not spoken. "Then you came along and all the stupid boys began drooling over you instead of over me!"
"But..." Moka started, at a loss for words.
Kurumu playfully skipped away from Moka before turning back towards her, an evil smirk on her face. "That's why I've decided to steal Christian away from you."
Moka blushed at the mention of said foreigner. "What? That's so stupid! Christian has nothing to do with this."
"Do you think I care?" Kurumu snapped back. "If it means you'll suffer then its good enough for me."
As the two girls argued, a fiery aura could be sensed between them, emphasising the jealousy and anger the two felt towards one another. The crowd that had gathered around them could sense this, and took a step back in fear. "This is going to be one major cat fight," one of them commented.
"There you are, Moka!"
Both girls stopped their bickering and turned to see Christian approaching them. The people in the crowd saw this and took another step back. "Take it back, it's going to be a blood bath," the same guy from earlier said.
"Christian..." Moka said with a small smile.
Once Christian had finally reached them, he looked at Moka with a look of shame. "Moka... I need to talk to you..."
Before he could say anything else, Kurumu ran over to the boy and brought him in to a hug, one that was not returned. "Chris, my hero!" she cried over dramatically. "It's so good to see you!"
Annoyed, the teen gently pushed the girl away from him and looked down at her. "Sorry, Kurumu but I need to talk to Moka now."
However, Kurumu wasn't going to give up so easily. While Christian was looking down at her, she looked in to his eyes as her own began to glow.
Suddenly, Christian felt the same dizziness he had earlier. 'Damn it, not again!' His body moved on its own, wrapping his arms around Kurumu, finally returning the blue haired girl's hug. "I'm sorry Kurumu..." He said in a monotonous voice. "I guess I didn't really have anything to say."
"Chris..." Moka said before shaking her head. "Christian, please! You have to get away from her!"
"Come on, Moka," Christian said tonelessly. "I think she's sweet."
Making it harder for the vampire, Kurumu turned and smiled at Moka. "You know, I just noticed something. Christian, he has a really sweet scent doesn't he? Almost like a human." Moka's eyes widened in shock and fear. What would happen if Kurumu discovered Christian's secret?
"I'm only guessing..." Kurumu continued, "but that has got to be the reason you always hang around with him, right? Just so that you can suck his blood?"
"No, that's not true!" Moka cried desperately, denying the accusation completely. She looked to Christian, begging for him to confirm her words.
"But it is," Christian's body replied, ripping a hole in Moka's heart. 'Shut up!' Christian begged his body to stop to no avail. 'Don't do it!' However, his voice left his lips regardless. "Maybe that's the real reason you hang out with me. I guess I really am just a substitute for your breakfast."
Moka staggered backwards, tears in her eyes and her will crushed. "You're...you're wrong, Christian..." Moka said weakly as her tears began to flow. Upon seeing Christian's emotionless face, she ran, crying, quietly and softly.
Kurumu smiled victoriously. She chuckled seeing the pink haired girl's tears. "See ya later, loser!"
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After the events in the hallway, Kurumu had immediately taken the controlled Christian to the infirmary. She needed somewhere private to finish the job she had set out to do. To make him her slave forever. Luckily, the nurse was gone, meaning the two were alone. Kurumu sat on one of the beds in the room, celebrating her victory over her rival. 'Yahoohoo! I did it! I made Little Miss Moka cry her eyes out!' she thought gleefully.
Beside the bed, Christian was sat in a chair, still in a trance like state. In his head, he was cursing himself and Kurumu for making Moka cry. 'I can't believe I said that, she's never going to want to see me again,' Christian thought, and despite being unable to control the actions of his body, a lone tear rolled down his cheek.
Kurumu noticed this and realised that she was wasting her time. Her control over Christian was slipping. She jumped off the bed and pulled Christian in to a hug, burying the teens head in to her chest.
"Ahhh, you're down in the dumps aren't you," she said soothingly. "Don't worry; very soon, you won't have to worry about anything, ever again."
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Meanwhile, Moka was sat between two of the school buildings, sobbing uncontrollably. She was with her back to the wall, her knees pulled into her with her head resting upon them. She had taken what Christian had said pretty hard, having begun to wonder why she had even tried to be friends with anyone in the first place. If all she was going to do was hurt and use them, she did not deserve them.
She buried her head further into her knees and cried harder. "I don't know what to believe anymore," she said through her sobs.
Suddenly, the Rosario over her chest began to glow, the red gem shined with a red slit in the centre. "How long do you plan to sit here and mope?" A tough female voice spoke, causing Moka to gasp in fright. "You have no time to waste."
Moka looked down at the Rosario in surprise. "Who...who are you?"
"I am your other self, speaking to you by using the Rosario as a medium."
"But...but why?" She had had no idea that this form of communication was possible.
"You are being deceived!" her other self snapped. "That girl told you she was a succubus, didn't she?! They have the ability to bewitch men through a spell known as love charm. You witnessed her perform it right in front of you!"
Moka gasped in realisation. "But that means...Christian was being controlled!"
"Did you honestly believe Hawke would be willing to say those things to you?" Her inner self asked. "I can tell that he cares about you more than you think you know." Her inner self continued, a hint of softness in her voice. "You must hurry, any man kissed by a succubus becomes her slave for all of eternity. If she has control over one with the Omnitrix, I shudder to think what she could do."
"Oh, no!" Moka gasped, knowing just how catastrophic that could be.
"You must hurry! Get to him, before it is too late!" With that final warning, the Rosario's light died.
"But where!?" Moka cried desperately. "Where can I find him?! Tell me! Tell me!" But the Rosario remained silent. Wiping away her tears, she began running all the way back to the school.
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Back in the infirmary, Kurumu had sat the hypnotised Christian on to the infirmary bed and was preparing to finish her work. However, before she was able to do anything else, she felt the teen begin to struggle. She was close enough that their foreheads were almost touching.
"What are you doing?" Christian asked with annoyance evident in his tone, having just awoken from Kurumu's charm.
"Shhhh, don't move," the succubus said softly, a small blush on her cheeks. She reached out and cupped Christian's face, looking directly in to his eyes. Once again, her eyes glowed and Christian felt slightly dizzy as the familiar feeling washed over him. "Good..." Kurumu said as she began lean in. 'Even my heart is racing.' Kurumu thought, blushing deep red. 'With this kiss, my plan will take its first step to being completed.'
Inside his mind, Christian was trying to muster as much will power as possible in order to regain control of his body. 'Stop! I don't want this!' His mind cried desperately. Kurumu was now only centimetres away. 'I'm sorry Moka." Christian thought in despair. Images of the pink haired girl flashed through his mind. All the way from her hitting him with her bike, to the time they spent together after the fight with Saizou and finally to the tears she shed as she ran away from him and his hurtful words. All those thoughts brought another tear to Christian's face. As despair began to take him, he began to regain the feeling in his arms.
Kurumu had closed her eyes and was leaning in, expecting her lips to connect with the teen's in front of her. Suddenly, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her as Christian pulled her into a hug. "Wha-?" Kurumu said confused, Christian was still under her spell so how could he move.
"We are stopping this now," Christian's voice said quietly and slowly.
Kurumu's eyes widened, realising that Christian had broken free of her control. 'No! Impossible!' She thought in surprise. 'There is no way he could have regained his mind this quickly. I guess I just have to hit him with a stronger charm.' She began to struggle to breakout of Christian's hold but found herself unable to.
"I am not going to do this," Christian continued, suppressing his anger as he spoke his mind. "You made me say terrible things to my friend and made her cry. That is not something I'll easily forgive."
However, Kurumu was to seething in anger. "It's because of her isn't it?" she said quietly, before with new strength, she broke Christian's hold and pushed him back. "Is that girl really all you think about?!" she yelled. "You like her better than me don't you?! Do you have any idea what I went through for you?! Truth is, I've even done things that embarrass me!" Suddenly a powerful aura erupted from Kurumu as she began to transform. The back of her shirt ripped open as two purplish, spiked folds shot out from her back, unfurling themselves to reveal a pair of demon-like wings. She arched her back as a devilish, diamond tip tail whipped out from under her skirt. Christian noticed that her ears also became pointed as the succubus glared hatefully at him.
Kurumu jumped off the bed, but her flapping wings kept her in the air. Her fingernails grew out, becoming as long as daggers.
"Kurumu, wait!" Christian cried out, reaching for the Omnitrix in preparation for the oncoming attack. "Don't do this!"
"Shut up!" The girl cried, lunging at Christian, nails outstretched. "I'm going to take everything Moka loves, and smash it to pieces."
"Get away from him!"
Both teens froze as they turned to look towards the source of the voice. Moka was standing in the doorway. She then rushed forward and pushed the startled succubus in the ribs with all her might. Kurumu crashed through the window, letting out a panicked scream as she disappeared into the blackened trees.
Christian stared at Moka with a mixture of admiration and fear. 'Note to self, never piss her off.'
"Moka-" he started.
"Chris, you have to run!" Moka warned. "That's girl's a succubus; she was using a spell called Love Charm to control you."
"I thought something was strange," Christian said, nodding his head. "How did she do it though?"
"A succubus controls the minds of men by looking directly into their eyes," Moka explained. "If she had kissed you, she would have controlled you forever."
Christian's eyes widened. "That explains how she was able to easily take control of me." He grew quiet as he looked at Moka sadly. "Listen Moka, I want to-"
He was once again interrupted by the sound of flapping wings. Both teens looked out the window to see a very angry Kurumu.
"That was quite the push you gave me," she said with a smirk. "Let's see how you do without the surprise." Suddenly she rushed forward and whipped her tail towards Moka.
With all the speed he could muster, Christian pushed Moka out of the way of the attack, only to have the tail wrap around his neck instead. The succubus immediately proceeded to yank the boy out of the window and into the air. "Chris!" Moka screamed as she ran out and grabbed Christian around his waste, taking her along for the ride.
Kurumu flew up high in to the air, planning to drop the two 'hitch hikers'. Once she felt she was high enough, she loosened the grip of her tail from his neck. "This way, I won't have to deal with either of you, every again!" the succubus cried out in anger. She then let her tail go slack, allowing both Christian and Moka to plummet towards the ground.
As they fell, Christian noticed that Moka had let go of him and was closer to reaching the ground.
"MOKA!" He activated the Omnitrix. Because of the way he was falling, he couldn't see the alien that was selected. "I don't care what; just give me something that can save her," Christian prayed as he slammed his hand down on the Omnitrix core. In a green flash of light, Christian was replaced with a new alien.
"Astrodactyl! BAWK!" it cried out in a weird, high pitched voice, letting out a parrot like cry following his proclomation.
Astrodactyl resembled a cross between a pterodactyl and a parrot. On his back was a strange structure that resembled a jetpack. He had a large yellow beak, green eyes, red skin, black and green clothing on his shoulders and waist, green braces around his wrists and ankles. Astrodactyl wore the Omnitrix symbol on his left shoulder.
"AHHHH!"
Astrodactyl regained focus as he heard Moka scream. "I'm coming, Moka!" the alien cried out to her. Suddenly, two yellow wings spread out from his 'jet pack' and green energy blazed at the base of the structure, propelling Astrodactyl forwards. In the blink of the eye, the alien had reached Moka. Quickly grabbing hold of the girl, Astrodactyl steadied himself in order so that, with little to no effort, they touched the ground safely.
Once safe, Astrodactyl let go of Moka and his wings retracted. The two then shared a moment of relief, after all, it's not every day you almost fall to your death.
Moka turned to her saviour. "Are you okay, Christian?"
"Me? What about you?" Astrodactyl looked Moka up and down for injuries. "You're not hurt are you?"
"Ye-yeah I'm fine," she replied, slightly turning away to hide her blush.
"C'mon, Moka. I need to get you to safety. BAWK!" the teen told her, making a small parrot noise at the end.
"No!" Moka refused. "I want to fight with you! Take off the Rosario!"
Astrodactyl nodded and moved to take off the limiter. "I just hope your other self is in a good mood," he then tugged on it...and went pale. "Moka we have a problem...This thing's not coming off."
"Wha?! But you pulled it off easily the other day."
"Ewwww!"
The panicking teens looked upwards to see that Kurumu had reappeared.
"I think I'm going to be sick," she said, faking a gag. "Get a room, actually, you're not even going to get the chance." She then lunged forward. "Because now you're both going to die!"
"I don't think so!" Astrodactyl responded, picking up Moka bridal style. He spread out his wings and flew in to the air. Kurumu flew right through where the two had once been, her nails easily slicing through the trees that had been beside them. "BAWK! She sliced through those trees like butter!"
Kurumu did a u-turn in the air until she was level with them in the air. "That form of yours is quite fast." She then noticed something. "Hang on! Where's Kickin Hawk? You're a different monster!"
"Umm...I'm a shape shifter. Kickin Hawk and Astrodactyl are just two of the forms I am able to transform into," Astrodactyl explained, hoping the succubus would believe his little lie.
Kurumu grimaced. "That's not fair! That means I almost had a really powerful shape shifter as my slave!" Her little pout caused Moka and Astrodactyl to sweat drop. The fierce appearance she once had shattered. Kurumu then shook her head and looked at the two with new determination. "This just means that it will be all the sweeter when I finally do ensnare you."
"BAWK! You'll have to catch me first," Astrodactyl replied, turning in the air and with a burst of energy from his jetpack, he and Moka were hurtling through the air once more, leaving a bewildered Kurumu behind.
"Get back here!" the succubus shouted as she began flying after them. Within seconds, the girl was closing in.
Noticing this, Moka began to get nervous. "Chris, she's catching up."
"I know. BAWK! I'm letting her."
"What! You're helping her kill us?"
"BAWK! Of course not," the alien replied with a wink. "I just think that it's time I showed Kurumu what else this form can do." Moka could only give him a questioning look as they continued to fly.
Kurumu was now right behind them, her sharp nails glinting dangerously in the sun light. "I have you now!" she confidently cried.
Astrodactyl turned his head so Kurumu could see his cocky smile, well as best of a smile he could with a beak. "Let me know how that works out for you." Suddenly more energy from his 'jet pack' began to build before it was released, creating a sonic boom. As Astrodactyl and Moka were propelled forward, Kurumu was sent flying back, disappearing within the trees.
With this, Astrodactyl once again headed towards the ground. "Moka, you need to run. It's not safe for you here," the alien told her once he had put her back on the ground.
"Why?" Moka asked.
"BAWK! If I can't get the Rosario off then that means you can't fight and that puts you at risk." Astrodactyl explained. He pointed to the Omnitrix symbol on his shoulder. "I don't have that long left in this form. I can't concentrate on fighting her if I'm worrying about you," Astrodactyl continued to explain. "I care about you Moka, if something were to happen, I couldn't live with myself."
Moka gasped. Despite the situation they were in. she was quite happy. Christian cared about her enough that he was willing to get hurt in order to make sure she was safe. "Chris-" she started.
"Well isn't this a touching moment?" a familiar voice said from above them. The two teens looked upwards to once again see Kurumu flying above them. She then flew down at high speeds towards the startled Astrodactyl. "It's making me sick-again!" The bluenette shouted as she pounced on the surprised alien, dragging him across the ground with her on top of him.
"Christian!" Moka screamed.
Once the two creatures had come to a stop, Kurumu grabbed Astrodactyl's head and forced him to look into her eyes. Within an instant, Astrodactyl went limp, his eyes lifeless.
Kurumu smiled and got off her prey, allowing the alien to get up. Believing the transformed teen was back under her control, Kurumu turned her attention to the wide eyed vampire girl. A wicked grin formed on her face. "Now that your little boyfriend is back on my side, it will be easy to get you out of my way." With a flap of her wings, Kurumu launched herself into the air and flew over to Moka. Before the girl had even blinked, Kurumu was behind Moka and trapped her in a lock hold, keeping her from moving.
"I guess the rumours about you being a big, scary vampire were just talk, huh?" Kurumu mocked the struggling Moka, who was fighting to break the strong hold she had on her. "You know, I think I'll have your beloved Christian, kill you," she whispered in to Moka's ear, causing the girl to start shaking. "I'm sure that once the charm spell wears off, the poor thing will be distraught. But a kiss from a 'very' pretty girl should help him get over it. I'm sure he will be a lot more happy and 'obedient' afterwards."
"NO!" Moka cried, struggling harder, desperate to help her friend. "Spare him, please, just kill me!" Moka pleaded. "I'm the one you want, let him go!"
After hearing that, Kurumu sneered at Moka's willingness to sacrifice herself for Christian's sake. "You have got to be kidding me." She remarked snidely. "Why do you care so much about him? He's just your food."
"You're wrong!" Moka shouted, getting Kurumu's attention. The pinkette stopped struggling and looked towards Astrodactyl who was standing with his head downcast towards the floor. Moka's eyes softened as she looked at the alien teen. "Chris isn't a meal for me, and I'm not doing this because of his blood! It's because I care for him! Christian is the world to me! He is my first friend and my best and I would gladly die for him!"
"Your friend?" Kurumu spat out, her anger reaching a new peak. "DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! Guys exist to become food and slaves for us Succubi! They're meant to submit to you! And to prove this to you, I will have your precious friend kill you here and now! Christian, do it!"
As she said those words, Astrodactyl began to step forward, his head pointed towards the ground. As he walked, the alien flicked his right wrist and surprised the two girls when a green whip of energy sprung out.
"You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" Kurumu cooed, looking at her pet with glee. "Now, kill this vampire bitch!"
Astrodactyl responded by raising his right wrist, the whip going out behind him, as he prepared to strike. Then with one fluid motion, he cracked the whip forward, sending it flying towards his target. The girl in question closed her eyes in expectation of the oncoming assault.
But the attack never came. Moka opened one eye in order to peer at what had happened, only to see Astrodactyl's whip was connected to her Rosario. The alien raised his head, allowing everyone to see his kind eyes and best attempt at a smile.
"What the hell!?" Kurumu exclaimed. "I ordered you to kill her, so do it already."
Astrodactyl ignored the succubus's outcry and continued to look at his friend warmly. "Thank you, Moka. BAWK! I'm sorry if I scared you, but I want you to know, what you just said, goes both ways. BAWK! I care for you, just as much as you care for me..."
"Chris..." Moka started, tears of joy in her eyes.
"And that means," Astrodactyl gave the whip a tug, pulling off the Rosario. "I would gladly die for you as well!"
Kurumu was forced to let go of Moka as she was smothered by a devastating killing aura, making her fall to the ground.
"But-but how?" Kurumu asked in shock, looking up to Astrodactyl. "You were under my control. How did you break free?"
"I was never under your control," Astrodactyl replied. "Here's a fun little fact about what kind of...uh...monster I am currently. Astrodactyl's species travel at such speeds through the air that it becomes hard to see. Therefore, they have a membrane over their eyes in order to protect them. This means that when you looked at me earlier..."
"I never looked you directly in the eyes. My charm was stopped..."
"Yep." Suddenly the Omnitrix symbol on his shoulder began to flash and beep, signalling the end of his time. In a flash of green, Astrodactyl was replaced with Christian. "However it's her you need to deal with now," he said.
Kurumu turned her gaze towards Moka and watched as her hair turned to sliver, her body filled out and her eyes became blood red with a slit in the middle. Kurumu looked at the transformed Inner Moka, shaking uncontrollably. "Th-the rumours were true."
Inner Moka said nothing as she stared at the Succubus, her expression emotionless. "What's wrong? I thought you wanted to kill me? Don't tell me you're scared?" she mocked.
Kurumu growled angrily. With new determination, she launched herself back into the air. "I won't lose, I can't!" she shouted at Inner Moka. "I shoulder an important mission for my people! The race of Succubi is dying out! Therefore, each female has one great mission: to find a worthy male, capable of fathering her offspring!"
"Wha...?" Christian said, now seeing the bigger picture of Kurumu's actions.
"That's why I tried to enslave the boys at the academy! That's why I tried to enslave Christian!" Kurumu continued, tears welling up in her eyes as she thought about her people. "Surely one of them is monster enough to be my destined one, to be my 'mate of fate'!" She glared angrily at Inner Moka. "But you ruined all that, Moka!" she then flew forward at high speeds. "Now you're going to pay for that!"
"That's why you picked a fight with me?" Inner Moka said angrily, disappearing from view before reappearing behind the surprised Succubus.
"You're fast!" Kurumu gasped.
"And you're slow," Inner Moka retorted, grabbing hold of Kurumu's tail. "I think it's time you learned the true power of an S-class monster." She then swung Kurumu around in mid air before throwing her higher in to the air. Inner Moka touched the ground briefly before once again going after the Succubus. Once she had reached her level, she brought around her leg and delivered a powerful kick to Kurumu's stomach. "LEARN YOUR PLACE!" she yelled as she sent Kurumu flying towards a nearby tree, causing the girl to crash into it before falling to the ground.
"Yes ma'am, I'm sorry, I won't do it again," the injured Kurumu said weakly, stifling her tears.
However, Inner Moka wasn't happy with that answer. As soon as she had touched the ground again, she began walking towards the frightened Succubus.
"I have no assurance of that," she hissed as she walked forwards. "Therefore, I'm going to rip them off. Your wings and your tail that is. So you will never fly again."
Kurumu began to shake, more tears forming in her eyes as she whimpered, "N...no, not that please..."
"Moka, stop!" Christian shouted from behind Moka, moving forward so that he came between the two girls.
Inner Moka sneered in annoyance. "Get out of the way." She then pointed towards the startled Kurumu, who had been eyeing Christian with confusion when he had stepped in. "Not only did that girl trick you, but she tried to kill you as well." She pointed out.
Christian nodded his head. "I know that." He stood firmly, not moving an inch. "However, she has been punished for that, both by me and you." Inner Moka raised an eyebrow at that statement. "Ok, mostly you," he admitted, "but she has had enough. Look at her, she can barely move." He gestured towards the trembling Kurumu. "Anything you do from this point on is torture and you know it. And if you wish to continue, then I'm afraid you will have to go through me," he threatened, his hand already on the Omnitrix.
Inner Moka's gaze never faltered as she glared at the boy in front of her. Finally she let out a sigh and Christian relaxed. "Unfortunately you're right," she admitted. "However, how do I have any assurance she won't try this again?"
"You heard Kurumu yourself. Her intentions weren't malicious." Kurumu's eyes widened, surprised Christian was defending her as he was.
"Oh, really?" Inner Moka countered, once again pointing at the succubus. "And how do you know that?"
"Because you two are more similar than you think."
The Vampire girl once again raised her eyebrow. "And how is that?" she asked in annoyance. She did not like being compared to a lower class monster.
"Because when I look at both of you, I can see that you two, despite how you may act, aren't bad people at all." Christian said, cautiously stepping towards Inner Moka and placed the Rosario in her hand. "Right now, you just look bad...So please...Don't prove me wrong. Let's try and get along with Kurumu, as friends."
Kurumu could no longer hold in the tears. The shock Christian was saying these nice things about her despite her earlier actions were too much for her. She began to cry in a mixture of sadness and happiness, and no matter how many times she wiped her eyes, the tears kept flowing.
Upon hearing the girl's sobs, Inner Moka's expression softened. She then looked at Christian. "Friends?" she asked before she brought her right hand up to her choker, the Rosario in her hand. Before attaching it, she cast Christian one more look, a smirk on her face. "You misunderstand Hawke; I just didn't want her to steal your blood from me. That was it, I'm not like your other Moka."
Christian cocked an eyebrow, returning the smirk she had given him with one of his own. "Keep telling yourself that. I think you'll find yourself happily surprised."
Inner Moka shook her head as she snapped the Rosario back on, undoing the transformation and returning to the normal Moka. The girl fell forward, only to be caught by Christian. He smiled as the girl slept peacefully in his arms. However, a question appeared in his head that he knew would bother him for as long as he attended Yokai Academy: which one of the two was the real Moka?
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By the next day, things had returned to normal. Both Moka and Christian walked to school as they normally did; they hadn't seen Kurumu since the previous day when they left her at the infirmary.
As the two walked, Moka told Christian how she knew he was in danger. It was no surprise Christian was shocked to hear her story. "The Rosario spoke to you?"
"Yeah, it was kind of surprising." Her expression turned into one of worry as she nervously spoke her thoughts. "Christian, if the Rosario stopped working... would you...still like me?" She then realised what she said and blushed madly. "You know as a friend!" she exclaimed, waving her arms.
Christian chuckled at his friends antics. "Moka, I don't care if you get a little scary sometimes. I told you before and I will tell you again; you will always be someone I care about."
"Really?" Moka gasped, her blush never fading.
"And besides," Christian continued, "though she won't admit it, I consider both of you as my friends. I care for both of you." Christian felt heat on his cheeks as he said his next words. "I don't want either of you to get hurt."
"Chris..." Moka gazed at him and the two stood still for a moment, looking at each other in silence, enjoying each others company.
Of course the moment was ruined by an unexpected person.
"Good Morning!" shouted Kurumu, as she suddenly appeared next to the two; causing the teens to break apart. Christian and Moka noticed she had a cheerful expression on her face and a small basket on her arm.
"Uh...Good morning Kurumu," Christian replied slowly, pondering the girl's motives for coming to them. "What do you have there?" he asked, pointing to the basket.
"Oh these," Kurumu gestured to the basket, "these are just some cute little cookies I made for us. Let's eat them together."
Both teens were shocked by Kurumu's statement. Christian pointed to himself. "That's nice, but...uh...why me?"
Kurumu blushed a little and turned away, a playful smile on her face. "Oh come on. Didn't I tell you that I was looking for my destined one?"
Both Moka and Christian nodded their heads.
"Well...I've decided it's you!" Kurumu declared, pointing at Christian.
"WHAAAAAA!?" Moka and Christian cried.
Kurumu suddenly ran over and hung on to one of arms. "It's your own fault you know. Seeing how you risked your life to protect me; I'm totally in love with you." Kurumu tried to snuggle her way closer into Christian's side.
Moka growled before she too grabbed onto Christian's free arm and began to pull the teen away. "You barely know him! You can't just fall in love with him on the spot!"
"I can too, and he is so!" Kurumu frowned as she pulled Christian back towards her. "He's mine!"
Christian frowned as he got a headache as the two girls played tug of war with his arms. What had he gotten himself into?
"No, he's mine!" Moka cried, lunging at Christian's neck. "Chu!"
"OW!" Christian exclaimed as his blood was sucked. "Why is this happening to me?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter; I worked hard to make it good. Please leave you reviews, as always I welcome all. I will see you next chapter. If anyone has any preferences to the aliens you want to see Christian turn into next chapter just leave it in the review box. Bye!