A/N: FYI-An italics "quote" like that, is inner moka speaking from the rosary.

Quick question for anyone who might know the answer, what are the lines that appear all over the Edit Document screen when you go back to add or take stuff away on an uploaded file? Is there any way to get rid of them? For me they kinda just stay on the side when I do anything and they make it hard to see what I'm reading.


Zuko once again found himself walking down the primary path from the dorms with Moka hanging off of his arm. For the first few days, every time she latched onto him he would get flustered and lose all sense of rational thought or action. Until all of the other guys they walked past started to glare at him for "taking their idol" or some stupid idea like that.

Naturally, Zuko had glared right back. Rumors of 'his' defeat of Saizou, though Zuko agreed he could have taken Saizou in top form, and his praticed "I am in command" stare drove off the vast majority of those who would cause problems, but they still glared whenever his back was turned.

As they walked towards the school, lots of angry muttering broke out but no one was man, or monster, enough to do anything about it. By the time they reached the area where they were going to eat lunch, Zuko was tenser than ever.

Of course, Moka was just as oblivious to everything as always, so when she sat down next to him her concerns caught him off guard, "Zuko, I think it must be lonely to be the only human, but I'll be there for you. If there's anything I can do, just tell me okay?"

Every time the stunning girl spoke to him, Zuko somehow found his concerns and nerves washed away, no matter the situation. It was pretty disconcerting for a teenager who had spent the past three years wound up tighter than a spring and quite literally ready to blow-up.

To hide the confusion that arose whenever she affected him, he pulled on a small frown, "I already told you that you don't have to concern yourself for me, Moka. I'm perfectly capable of dealing with everything myself."

Moka nodded but leaned closer, "I know, it's just that every time I see you I..."

Zuko began to lean back and the temperature around him noticeably increased as her face approached his own, "I just..."

And then the vampire bit into his neck, "Oh no. Whenever I'm with you I just want to suck your blood."

Zuko jumped up, "Stop doing that! It's always about my blood isn't it?"

Moka looked down and scuffed the ground with her foot, "Sorry, it's just that your aroma is so good I suddenly..."

Excited again, she looked up and smiled, "Your blood really is the yummiest, Zuko! I think I'm going to get addicted to you! Zuko?"

Zuko turned and flames burst from his clenched fists, "I'm not your food Moka!"

The girl brought her hand up in slight confusion and consternation, "Zuko?"


The next morning found the firebender practicing his katas. He had decided to get started on his training, since the fight with Saizou had proven beyond a doubt that he had lost some of his edge since he became a refugee, no matter that he had gotten better with his breathing and meditation.

The mindless exercise had his heart racing and mouth sucking in oxygen, but his thoughts wandered freely. I wonder if Moka is just hanging out with me for my blood? She seems really nice, but I know just how well someone can act to get what they want. If she really is just using me...should I even stay at this academy?

Frustrated by his thoughts and unable to finish training, he broke a tree with a fiery punch and threw his clothes on to head back to the dorms for a shower. As he went, a moan caught his attention, "Oooohh...s...someone."

With a sigh, Zuko headed after the sound and came upon a pretty, blue-haired girl clutching her stomach, "Help me please...please lend me a hand. I just suddenly started feeling ill."

Zuko shoved down any comments on her beauty, which was on par with Moka's, and walked over. He knew that he would never leave a girl, monster or not, hurting in the wild, "Can you stand? I can take you to the infirmary."

Zuko had learned of the infirmary after they had fixed his injuries in only a single night. The abilities of these youkai astonished him, and Zuko could see definite use if he were to come back here as Fire Lord.

The two walked slowly back towards school, the girl leaning heavily on Zuko, who couldn't help but blush. Damn. I really need to get less awkward around girls.

"Thank you very much. I've always had a weak body." The girl started to breath heavily, "My...my chest..."

Zuko was slightly worried at the labored breathing until she began to encroach on his personal space again by pressing herself even closer, "My chest just starts hurting all of a sudden...hold me tight like this."

With a reversal in tone, the girl pressed her chest into his happily, "My chest feels like it's going to burst!"

The adolescent male's thoughts derailed, Whoa! Her chest is so big and soft...what the hell! I can't believe how easily I was just distracted!

Trying to pull his thoughts out of the gutter, Zuko turned to face the busty student when she asked, "Hey, look into my eyes, Zuko."

"I'm Kurono Kurumu. Please be a good friend to me, okay?" Her eyes bored into his and Zuko felt his mind quiet down and all bodily processes halt.

Wow...what beautiful violet eyes. What is with this sudden desire to hold her tightly...?

The dumbfounded boy wrapped his arms around Kurumu tightly and picked her up in a bridal carry, to her happy cries of, "Kyaaa! What are you doing so suddenly!?"

Zuko echoed her sentiment, at least the question part, The hell? This is just like when I'm talking to Moka, but ten times stronger..."

Moka had learned of Zuko's tendency to work out in the morning, and wanting to watch him train, she had shyly walked into the forest to find him. Unfortunately, she came upon him just as Kurumu ensnared him with her eyes and watched as Zuko clutched Kurumu to his chest and headed back towards school, "Wh...what? Zuko?

The bus driver happened to be leaning on a tree nearby smoking a cigar, and he added his two cents to the situation, "He he...aren't you the popular one. But be careful of women, boy."

Moka turned around towards the unexpected voice and blurted, "Who are you?!"

The glowing eyes grew bright with amusement, "Hehehe, just you're average passerby."


Downcast, Moka leaned against a pillar in one of the academy halls. Her thoughts circled the subject of Zuko and the girl he had carried from the woods, No...what is that girl? What is she to Zuko?

She voiced her thoughts out loud, unsure why her tone was so forlorn, "They really...looked like lovers, didn't they? Totally all over each other like that...What's wrong with me? Why am I taking this as such a shock...? I wonder..."

An image of an angry Zuko throwing fire, I'm not your food, Moka!

"I'm so bad, why is it when I'm with Zuko I just want to suck his blood? I don't know myself..."

"Hey...stop. This isn't the time to feel down...You are being targeted..."

Moka looked about for the speaker, "Huh? Wh-what!? Who's there? Where's that voice..."

Another, smug voice came from above Moka, "You...are a vampire right?"

Moka looked up and saw a blue haired girl sitting on the railing of the stairs, smiling down in satisfaction with legs crossed in a relaxed manner, "That's at least what the rumors say, Akashiya Moka."

"You! You were the one with Zuko earlier!" Moka watched as the girl vaulted down from the stairs, "When did you...?"

With a light tap, the girl landed on the ground to the exclamations of the many males in the vicinity. She smiled at the attention and walked slowly around Moka, glancing at the vampire from the corner of her eyes as she made the circuit, "I am the succubus Kurono Kurumu. I...have come to defeat you."

Moka turned to face the girl who had continued on past her, "Wha...wait a minute, isn't it against the school rules to give away your true form...?"

Whirling around, the succubus pointed a finger at Moka, "I can't stand it anymore! You're the biggest eyesore in the way of my great plan!"

"Pla...plan?" repeated Moka in a nervous manner.

Kurumu smiled, "Huhuhu...Yes my plan is to make every member of the male student body at this academy my slave. The Youkai Academy Harem Transformation Plan!"

Everyone nearby stood in awe that someone could actually say that out loud in all seriousness.

"My plan was flawless! I should have had every guy at the academy a slave to my beauty right from the start! However!"

Here Kurumu got angry, leaning right into Moka's face, "Akashiya Moka, the guys at this academy are dreaming about you rather than me! I'm not letting you get away with that, I could never lose in a battle of feminine charm!"

The guys still standing around looked nervous at the shouts. "They're arguing..." one commented, "It looks like a heated argument..."

With a triumphant laugh and a smile, Kurumu told Moka her plan for revenge, "That's why I've decided to prove I can defeat you, I'll show I'm better than you by stealing Zuko from you!"

Moka waved a hand in front of herself, "Wait! Stop, Zuko doesn't have anything to do with this..."

Kurumu adopted a lecturing pose, "I knew it from the moment we were close earlier...he has a really good scent." Here she paused and a slight blush tinged her cheeks, "And a really good body..."

Shaking her head, Kurumu continued "But his scent is really good just like a human!" declared the blue haired girl.

Triumphant, Kurumu went on, "Is his blood delicious? You're using Zuko as 'food' aren't you! Ahahahahah, your face when he is taken from you will be a sight to see!"

Moka looked distressed, "No...I'm not using him, I'm..."

From the midst of the gathered crowd, a voice called out, "Mokaaaa!"

Zuko pushed people out of his way, a few inches taller than the majority of those standing around him, "There you are. Sorry for running off earlier, I couldn't really explain what happened."

Putting a hand up to rub his hair, the teen looked a little abashed, "Look...Moka. There're some things I want to ask you..."

Squeeling, Kurumu grabbed onto Zuko's arm and he leaned away, blushing and suddenly unsure of himself, though also a little tense at the remembrance of what happened earlier, "Ohhhhhhhh! It's Zuko! Thank you so much for earlier!" The succubus again pressed her chest against Zuko, and he looked up at the ceiling to avoid her eyes, even more nervous than just a second before.

Moka, meanwhile, was fuming off to the side, so when Zuko noticed her again he began to look almost fearful, "Wa-wait. What are you doing Kurumu! And Moka, I need to talk to you!"

The pink hair began to blow about as if in a wind and Moka's face got shadowed, "What's with you...you're so preoccupied with that girl...when you say you want to talk to me..."

Zuko completely forgot Kurumu at the expression on the vampire, Moka's pissed! Oh shit, I saw Saizou after she finished with him.

But Moka just began to look worried, "You're being tricked, Zuko! Hurry up and get that girl off you! That Kurumu isn't your friend!"

Confused, Zuko looked down at the busty girl as she fell against him, a habit she had started spontaneously developing, "How awful...how can you say such things? Ahhh...I'm getting dizzy again...we've got to go to the infirmary."

She met Zuko's eyes and used her charm once more, subverting his will.

Struck by the sight of her violet pupils, Zuko again thought, Whenever I look into her eyes...I just get lightheaded. Like it would be easier to just listen to whatever she asks for...

Moka became hesitant now, "P...please believe me...that girl is dangerous, Zuko. You're going to be enslaved by her..."

Zuko felt the words come out of his mouth without any conscious though, "Oh, really! Aren't you the one sucking on my blood, Moka?"

Dumbstruck, Moka dropped her face and tears began to leak out. Without any further words she ran of crying, while Zuko regained his thoughts. Quickly going over the last few seconds, he turned to glare at Kurumu and watched her smile happily at the retreating pink hair.

Deciding to get some answers, he grabbed Kurumu and lead her to the infirmary, knowing that she expected it for different reasons than his real motive.


As the succubus celebrated on the infirmary cot, Zuko sat down and looked at her as she feigned illness but failed miserably. The smug expression and small movements of celebration gave her joy away.

She turned to him, to do what he wasn't sure, but he was satisfied when she recoiled at the burning gold that pierced her, "What have you been doing to me? I've said things I didn't expect to around Moka before, but I could always look back and understand them later. But around you, all of my actions are completely inexplicable. As soon as I look you in the eyes, my brain stops working and my body acts without any purpose."

His voice had steadily risen as he went on, and by now he was standing and glaring down at the suddenly scared girl, "What the hell are you doing to me!"

Unsure how to proceed, but equally determined, Kurumu turned her charm on fully and attempted to force Zuko to listen. Gold met violet but Zuko refused to back down. The tremble of his mind met a steel will tempered by anger, though his temper died down some. Kurumu smiled, pushing her fear to the side, and got up slowly towards Zuko, "I'm sorry Zuko. I know I made you angry, but I promise I'll make it all better."

Her eyes got closer, and the flames within Zuko fell back, though he refused to relent, and the two ended up nose to nose, faces bare inches apart as each attempted to will the other into submission.


Meanwhile, Moka sat on the steps to one of the school entrances, "I wonder...what am I to Zuko? Do I really just want to suck his blood? I..."

A voice came from her suddenly glowing and floating rosary, "Naive one...Zuko is just being manipulated."

Moka looked on in confusion with a small 'wah' as the rosary again spoke, "It's called a charm...It's a work of sorcery which turns the opposite sex into your slave."

Now the girl was alarmed, "Whats going on...! A voice coming from the rosary..."

The voice explained, "I am another you...I'm using the rosary as a medium to speak to you from deep within your psyche..."

Mystified, Moka voiced repeated, "Another me...Ura..."

"The succubus is a monster that seduces males. A man who recieves a kiss from a succubus is doomed to be her slave for all eternity..."

The voice became urgent, "Hurry. At this rate Zuko will be made into Kurumu's servant."


Zuko and Kurumu continued to stare into each other's eyes, though Zuko could feel his resistance breaking down every second. He slowly began to sink back into his chair, as Kurumu followed him down, nose still inches from his own.

Shoving back his panic at his crumbling will, Zuko tried to summon up more anger to fight back and found his mind empty. Slowly, Kurumu brought her lips closer and Zuko felt thoughts fill the emptiness, She's so beautiful. I wonder how she would taste. Maybe I should just give up and find out.

With a jerk, he remembered all of the indignity he felt whenever he had to let Zhao do as the older man wished. He remembered years of effort and fruitless searching that still couldn't break him. The thought that this girl could do the same with just a look...infuriated him.

He sharply pulled himself into a standing position, chair flying backwards, to glare back down at the girl, who again felt her growing fear at the ineffectiveness of her charm. She also felt something else, at the knowledge that there was someone with the strength of mind and soul to resist a succubus, even a young one such as her.

Just like Zuko, however, she ignored her fear and drew upon her anger, "It...can't...be. Why...why do you hate me that much? Is she...so much better than me?"

The girl sat up and glared right back at Zuko, "And I did everything I could for you! Even though some of the things I did were embarrassing!"

Wings ripped through her shirt, startling the glaring teenage boy, and the vehemence in her gaze suddenly doubled, Until now, I'd never lost to anyone...If only those two weren't here...

Rising up from the bed, Kurumu prepared to attack with her suddenly elongated claws, "OH, NOW I'M PISSED!"

Zuko fell into a guard stance as she swooped up, only for Moka's voice to ring out over the small room, "Stop it!"

Glancing at her, Zuko growled, "Moka?"

Panting, Moka mumbled under her breath, "Zu-Zuko." With a leap forward, she shoved Kurumu, "Get your hands OFF!"

Kurumu only had time to scream as she jetted out of the window, smashing it open.

Moka ran to the window, "Run while there's still time Zuko!"

Annoyed that he still had no answers, Zuko spoke with a voice just one decibel below a yell, "Wait a minute here! I have no idea what's going on!"

Moka looked down a little, "...I'm sorry I got you wrapped up in it, Zuko. That girl is a succubus. It seems that she wants revenge on me, and in order to get it she's targeted you, Zuko!"

Zuko snorted some flame, Just one more on a list that stretches from the Fire Nation to the Earth Kingdom.

A scream of feminine fury came from outside the window, drawing both of them, "To be thrown so far! A vampire's power really is something...Come down here and I'll kill the both of you together!"

The ran down the stairs to get outside, but Zuko felt Moka tug on his shirt, "U...um, Ura wants you to remove the rosary..."

They paused as the boy looked at her in confusion, "Who?"

Moka looked at him through her hair, "The other me, the one who beat up Saizou."

With dawning comprehension, Zuko realized that, even with super strength, there was no possible way that the pink-haired Moka he knew could have pulled off such a brutal kick. There must be another personality under that seal, one closer to the personality that the legends describe for vampires.

Zuko quickly asked, "Why?"

Moka shook her head, "Ura won't tell me, she just wants to talk to you I guess."

Zuko nodded, "Okay."

He reached over and grasped the Rosary, ready to pull it off, but the pull did almost nothing, "...why won't it come off?"

Moka looked unsure, "I...uuuum...I have no idea."

Zuko caught her eyes and searched them, and decided right there to get some of his questions laid to rest, "Moka. Why do you hang out with me?"

"Oh! Oh...I don't really know."

Angry at her avoiding yet another question, Zuko took a step closer and forced her to look further up into his blazing eyes, "Do you not have an answer? Or are you just avoiding an unpleasant one? Well! Are you just using me for my blood? Do you actually care at all?"

Tearfully, Moka backed away shaking her head, "No...no I don't t-think so...I just don't know!" She turned away for a second, to escape the demanding gold, and composed herself.

Gathering courage and determination, she turned back and met his gaze levelly, "Zuko. I want you to run away. This is my problem, not yours. I don't know why I always get the urge to suck your blood near you, but I do know that I want to protect you. So leave Kurumu to me."

The hall stayed silent as Zuko searched her eyes. Apparently seeing something, he walked forwards and placed a hand on her shoulder, "No. You may not be able to answer me, but I won't let you fight alone. I'll never let you fight alone. Your problems are my problems, and I don't want to see you hurt."

Zuko, as sure of his statement as he was, still felt a level of wonder when he realized that he meant every word he just said. It didn't sound like much, but for Zuko, he had just declared that he would be beside Moka against the entire world if necessary. The depth of his feelings, something that he had always done his best to control and push away, astounded him.

Taken aback at the abrupt change, Moka felt a smile make its way across her face, No. I do know why I am his friend. It's because I can feel the depth of his heart under that hard, scarred face. No matter how little he expresses himself beyond anger, I know that he cares for me...

Zuko turned and walked out of the building, Moka just behind him but no longer nervous at the coming encounter. Her rosary, though, began to glow again, "Omote, ask Zuko to take the rosary off one more time. I want to take care of this succubus myself."

In a hurry, because Kurumu had just soared over the trees, Moka spoke to her friend, "Take off my rosary, Zuko. Try one more time. Ura still wants to come out."

Zuko decided that if the inner vampire wanted to talk, he would oblige her after the fight, and turned to face the swooping girl but was forced to dodge the claws that slashed right through a nearby tree. He narrowed his eyes at the deadly swipe and prepared to fire off an attack only for a hand to grab onto his arm, "Hurry up and take off my rosary, Zuko! Ura wants to take care of this herself!"

Zuko turned and yanked on the rosary, realizing that the vampire had her pride resting on this fight. The point of this battle was not victory, rather it was a challenge against the vampire, an act which slighted her honor. Zuko would be doing her no favors in fighting for her.

A blast of powerful energy forced Zuko to back away, and Kurumu paused in her flight, "Kyaaa, what is this? What in the world?!"

The teenaged firebender could only watch in awe as Moka's hair turned silver, her fangs elongated, and her body grew in places that raised his body temperature and brought blood to his face.

Flying, Kurumu was buffeted by winds as she exclaimed, "EYA...No way, such powerful, swirling youki!" Is this her...true form as a vampire?

Zuko wondered why the rosary came off this time and not earlier, but he brushed away his questions as Kurumu resumed yelling at them, "Hmpf! Don't mess around with me, there's no way I could lose!"

Tears in her eyes, the blue haired girl told them just why she had to beat Moka, "Us succubi seek a "destined encounter" among the men we tempt. In order to keep our small species from dying out, we must carefully pick out just one man from out of many to be our destined one."

Turning to swoop down, she screamed, "You got in the way of that, Akashiya Moka! I can't let you get away with stopping me no matter what!"

Moka held her hand out, calmly replying, "...So what are you going to do? You can't let me do this, so you dare bear your fangs at the likes of me? Frail, egotistical woman..."

Her eyes turned darker and the red pupils glowed dangerously, "Know your place."

Sweating, Kurumu swung her claws at Moka, only for Moka to dodge through her attack, "Slow."

Grabbing onto the girl's tail, Moka turned and prepared to swing her, "Why don't I tear off this tail and those wings so you never fly again?"

The succubus screamed, "Nooooo!" as Moka slammed her into the ground hard enough to create a crater.

Kurumu coughed out life-fluid as she impacted, and Moka touched down lightly from the recoil of the swing, "Calm yourself, that attack was straightforward and easy to predict. Am I too difficult for you?"

With a "come-hither" gesture, Moka mocked the downed girl, "Though you act like a little devil, you're just a naive little girl!"

Kurumu scrambled backwards as the angered vampire stalked towards her, "I'll make it so you can never stand up to me again," growled Moka.

Scared, Kurumu felt a sense of relief when Zuko stepped in front of the advancing, silver-haired terror, though she was also confused, "Huh?"

Moka was similarly confused, and annoyed, "What is this? Move! Was this not the woman who not only tricked you but also tried to kill you?"

Zuko stood his ground and regarded Moka with steady eyes, "...This is enough. You have already proven that you can win. There is no honor to be had in maiming an opponent who can no longer fight back," the hand holding the rosary out to the side twitched a little.

"Besides, if anyone has the right to fight this girl, it is me, for I am the one who was manipulated."

He turned to look down at the girl in the crater, "This...is enough though. She was doing what she had to for her people, and that is something that I can understand. I will forgive her this, because her intentions were not bad at heart."

The youki behind him spiked a little, and Zuko twirled about to stare warily at Moka, who smirked, "Does this me scare you? Zuko?"

The teen in question narrowed his eyes, and the gold of them glowed brighter, "No!" He shifted slightly though, "Standing near you reminds me of my father and sister, but there is something different in the feel of you...something less terrifying and more powerful, something that I can count on."

Inner Moka narrowed her eyes and strode forward quickly to snatch the rosary from Zuko's outstretched hand, "Hmpf. Don't misunderstand. I just didn't want your blood to be stolen away from me..."

Zuko opened his mouth to protest the statement but she spoke over him, "I'm definitely different from the other Moka."

As she went to replace the rosary, Zuko yelled, "I'm not your food, I'm not scared of you, and I could take you any time!"

As the silver hair turned back to pink, the vampire smiled ferally at him, "Is that a challenge?"


The next morning Zuko had finished his training and met up with Moka again, "What?! The rosary started talking to you? Do you mean the other Moka?"

Moka nodded, "Yeah...this time the voice, Ura, ended up saving us but...it's strange isn't it? Maybe the seal is weakening."

Looking down sadly in thought, but glancing nervously at Zuko from the corner of her eye, Moka spoke, "Hey...if it comes to the point where the seal doesn't work anymore...Zuko...you would still like me...right?"

Zuko sat silently for a bit, unsure how to do much more than answer honestly, but he hit upon an idea that made him chuckle, "Of course I'd still be your friend. I told you that I would never leave you to face the world on your own. Besides, as scary as your awakened vampire power is, my sister is ten times more terrifying and way more bloodthirsty."

The rosary on his friend's neck reached out to smack him and Moka giggled, "Inner Moka says that she really needs to show you your place if you can say something like that."

Zuko looked down at the rosary and eyed it cautiously, "A fight huh? I've got time in the mornings..."

A loud "Good morning!" startled Zuko, who tripped on a rock as he reacted.

Moka yelled, "Kya, Kurumu! What now?!"

The excited girl brought out a small basket, "Zuko, I baked some cookies, won't you eat them with me?"

Zuko gapped from where he had just rolled upright, "Huh...? Why me?"

Shy, Kurumu placed a hand on her cheek, "ohhhh, remember when I said I was searching for my life's one and only destined one?"

A sudden foreboding made Zuko take another step back and search for an escape route.

"I've decided...it's Zuko!" she told them.

Shaking her head from side to side happily, she went on, "Oh Zuko, you risked your life to protect me, and now I've totally fallen for you!"

She glanced slyly at Moka, while Zuko made one of the most important decisions of his life.

He ran for the school building.

Facing a super vampire scared him far less than facing a love struck girl.

Zuko slipped through the crowded school hall with two beautiful girls hurrying after him.

"Please, just hurry up and marry me!" asked Kurumu.

Moka looked back and forth between them, "Ohh, what are you saying, Kurumu? Do something Zukooooo!"

Zuko just tried to stay ahead of the two, "This has caused so many more problems than it solved!"