Here it is, the second chapter of my Rosario story.
This chapter took longer than anticipated, as the events were swapped in the anime. I like seeing both versions before putting out the chapter, so I ended up reading ahead in the manga until reaching a certain point to continue the anime.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Rosario Emerald
At Sonic's command, Emerl destroyed the fake Emerl. After that, they went north of town, up on the mountains.
There, they encountered and fought a red robot with long, thin legs. Sonic called it 'Gamma' before it attacked them.
In the battle, Emerl and Tsukune learned Sonic's eagle kick, Tails' running speed and Gamma's Air Devastator, which had a lot of power to it.
But before it completely broke down, it used a healing ability similar to Sonic's, although much faster, and repaired quickly.
There was a second battle and the duo learned Sonic's jump, Tail's aerial tail dunk and the ground version of Gamma's Devastator.
Sonic sighed. "That wasn't Gamma..."
"Why did it attack us?" Tails asked.
"We'll know once we catch Eggman!" Sonic said before he resumed his walk. "C'mon! Let's get to Knuckles."
They followed him and stopped in front of a stone building with a head carved over the entrance.
"I'll take the dorms over this, thanks." Tsukune said.
"Hey Knuckles, where are ya!? We need your Chaos Emerald!" Sonic called out.
A red anthropomorphic... red furred animal that Tsukune did not recognized got out of the building. It had big white gloves with spikes on them.
Knuckles looked at the gathered group before his eyes widened at Emerl.
"What the- That's the robot that's been robbing jewelry stores!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"Knuckles, chill out, man!" Sonic said. "See, Emerl is powered by Chaos Emeralds and-"
"Shut up!" Knuckles growled as he pumped his fists. "I'm turning this thing into a scrap heap!"
Sonic sighed. "All right, Emerl. Knuckles won't listen to reason until you beat him up."
Emerl fought Knuckles twice, but only learned how Knuckles pulls a boulder from the ground itself before throwing it.
Knuckles fell to his knees. "I lost..."
Sonic grinned. "We'll be taking that Chaos Emerald, now!"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll go get it..." Knuckles said before going back to the stone building.
After a bit, Knuckles got out with the Emerald.
"You should listen to me more often, Knuckles." Sonic said. "Everything would be easier."
"What is this thing?" Knuckles ignored Sonic and asked about Emerl.
Sonic shrugged. "Beats me!"
"The only thing we know about it is that it's powered by Chaos Emeralds." Tails supplied. "Oh, and that Eggman wants it."
"Along with Shadow and Rouge." Sonic added.
"Both Eggman AND that sneaking bat?" Knuckles eyes narrowed. "I smell something fishy..."
"Anyways, thanks for the Emerald, Knuckles!" Tails said.
"Now Emerl will be even stronger!"
"Yeah, whatever..." Knuckles waved off before he left.
"All right, let's insert that Chaos Emerald, Emerl!" Tails said.
The Chaos Emerald and Emerl glowed in a bright light before the Emerald entered Emerl's body.
"T.h.a.n.k. y.o.u., S.o.n.i.c..." Emerl said.
Sonic and Tails' eyes widened. "Emerl spoke!" Sonic said.
"His powers and speech patterns will improve with each Chaos Emerald!" Tails said with certainty.
"Sonic... Metal... Ba.t. ..." Emerl said.
Flashback end
Tsukune was walking to school when he heard the boys behind him saying they saw Moka. He turned around and there she was, walking through the crowd. The boys stood aside as she walked by and sung her praises.
Geez, it was like a goddess walked among them.
"Morning, Moka-san!" Tsukune greeted as she walked by him.
Moka beaming a smile and hugged Tsukune's arm. "Morning, Tsukune-kun!"
Yeah, he was feeling a lot of Killing Intent right now...
"Goddammit, why him!?" One guy growled.
"He doesn't look like much, but apparently he beat up Saizou Komiya..." another said.
Tsukune sweatdropped. How did they come to that conclusion!? Either they thought Moka wouldn't hurt a fly or Saizou wouldn't admit he lost to a girl.
...Actually, they both sounded pretty likely, now that he thought about it.
"Tsukune-kun..." Moka said when they were away from everyone. "It must be lonely, being the only human in school."
"It's not easy." Tsukune agreed. "But I have Moka-san as my friend, so it's not all bad."
Moka beamed. "I'm glad! I wish I could have had a friend like you back in human school!" She leaned closer to his neck and her eyes glazed over. "Oh no... Being so close to you makes me want to suck your blood!"
Tsukune's eyes widened just as Moka bit down his neck. When she stopped drinking, Tsukune ran around like a headless chicken as blood pooled out of the bite mark.
Moka looked sheepish. "I'm sorry, Tsukune-kun, but I can't help myself! Your blood has such a nice aroma and it's so delicious! I think I'm going to get addicted to you, Tsukune-kun!"
"Please stop comparing me to food!" Tsukune cried out incredulously.
After class, Tsukune walked around the school grounds. He was thinking about the dreams. It was certainly surreal: A human student in a school full of monster during the day, and a weird robot with anthropomorphic animals looking for precious gems during the dreams... And he wasn't sure which scenario was weirder.
"S-Someone...!" Tsukune snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a voice.
He turned to the direction of the voice and found a girl.
She had light-blue hair tied in a ponytail and purple eyes. She wore the Youkai Academy uniform, obviously, but she wore a yellow cardigan with a red bow instead of the green blazer. She was on her hands and knees and looked ready to faint.
"P-Please lend me a hand..." She pleaded. "I suddenly started feeling ill..."
Tsukune ran up to her and grabbed her shoulders. "Can you stand? I'll take you to the infirmary."
The girl smiled at him as she got up with his help. "Thank you..."
As the two started walking to school, the girl started leaning heavily against Tsukune, panting.
"I've always had a weak body..." She said, leaning against Tsukune's torso. "M-My chest starts hurting and feels like it's going to burst!"
Tsukune stiffened when he felt the girl rub her breasts on his chest. He hadn't realized when he was helping her, but her breasts were big! Bigger than Moka's!
"Tsukune-kun, please look into my eyes..." Tsukune turned to the girl. He didn't remember giving her his name.
"My name is Kurumu Kurono." She introduced herself. "Please be a good friend to me, Ok?"
Tsukune looked in her eyes as she said this and his mind felt wobbly. Then, there was a jolt in his brain. He copied a charm spell?
Tsukune rubbed the bridge of his nose and looked at Kurumu. "Did you just try to hypnotize me?"
"Eh!?" Kurumu backed up at the question. She looked very shocked.
"Tsukune-kun!" The two turned to the direction of Moka's voice. She was running up to them.
"Moka-san?" Tsukune asked.
Kurumu scowled. "Moka Akashiya..." She pointed at Moka. "How dare you show your face here! Are you trying to foil my great plan!?"
"Eh?" Moka stopped in shock at the accusation. "Your plan?"
"Yes!" Kurumu took a pose. "My plan to turn every male member of Youkai Academy's student body into my slaves! The Youkai Academy harem transformation plan!"
Tsukune and Moka looked at each other in confusion before looking back at Kurumu.
"My plan was perfect!" She claimed. "I should have had every guy at the academy a slave to my beauty right from the start!" She then scowled at Moka before standing eye-to-eye with her...which caused their breasts to be pressed against each other's. "However, you showed up and took everyone's attention away from me! I'm not letting this happen! I refuse to lose in a battle of feminine charm! That's why I thought of the perfect way to defeat you: By taking Tsukune Aono away from you!"
"Leave Tsukune-kun out of this!" Moka demanded.
"You know..." Kurumu smirked. "I realized it when I was leaning against him, but Tsukune has a very nice smell... Just like a human!"
Tsukune and Moka stiffened.
"There are rumors going about that you're a vampire, Moka." Kurumu said. "Are you drinking his blood? Is it delicious? You're just staying close to Tsukune to use him as food, aren't you!?"
"No, I'm not!" Moka looked horrified at the prospect. She turned to Tsukune. "You know i don't think of you like that, right Tsukune-kun?"
"You drank a lot of my blood, but I know that you think I'm an important friend to you, Moka-san." Tsukune smiled.
Moka looked relieved.
Kurumu frowned, but then smirked.
She grabbed one of Tsukune's arms and ran off with him in tow.
"Ahh!?" Tsukune cried out in shock of the sudden pull.
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka called out as she gave chase.
After taking many twists and turns in the hallways, Kurumu entered the infirmary and threw Tsukune on one of the beds.
She closed the door between her. "There! It should take a while for her to find us..." Her eyes turned to Tsukune, who was looking at her warily.
"Tsukune-kun..." Kurumu slowly walked toward Tsukune, a blush on her face.
Tsukune started backing away from her, but he eventually hit a wall.
"Ah... You have nowhere to go, now..." Kurumu said as she walked up to him, her face inches away from his. "You're mine, and mine alone..."
"I can't do that!" Tsukune said as he pushed her away.
The force behind the push sent Kurumu several beds away.
Tsukune looked at his hands in shock as he realized just how he pushed her away.
It seems he didn't need mechanical hands to use Gamma's Devastator...
"Ow..." Kurumu said as she got up and scowled at Tsukune. "Why did you push me away so roughly!? Do you hate me that much!? Is Moka so much better than me!?"
Wings sprouted from her back, making Tsukune's eyes widen, and a tail showed itself from her skirt. Her ears became pointed and her nails lengthened into long claws.
"Now, I'm pissed!" She growled as she jumped forth. "I'm going to destroy you and everything that has to do with her!"
Tsukune braced himself to jump to the side when...
"Stop it!" Moka exclaimed as she opened the door to infimary and ran inside. "Stay away from Tsukune-kun!" She pushed Kurumu straight out the window.
Moka turned to Tsukune. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah." Tsukune reassured her. "She hasn't done anything."
Moka sighed in relief. "I'm so glad."
"Hmph. To be thrown so far..." The two of them turned to the window and found Kurumu just flying there. "The strength of a vampire truly is something... Come down here! I'll kill you both!"
Tsukune and Moka looked at each other before they jumped off the window.
"Tsukune-kun, take my rosary off." Moka said.
Tsukune nodded and took the rosary just as Kurumu was diving down to get them. A swirl of energy push her up.
"Kuh! What the...!?" She covered her eyes from the dust.
When she uncovered them, her eyes widened when she saw the vampiric form of Moka.
Tears appeared in the corners of her eyes. "Stop getting in my way! Us Succubi need to tempt men to find our 'Destined One'! In order for our small race to survive, we need to carefully pick the one man for us! I can't let you get away from interfering with me!" She dove down to reach Moka.
Moka smirked. "So you are angry with me and bear your fangs at me?"
Moka dodged Kurumu's claws and grabbed the Succubus' tail.
"You are too slow. I should rip off those wings so you can never fly again!"
She swung Kurumu onto the ground, making a crater.
"Your attack was too straight-forward." Moka mocked. "Though you act like a devil, you're just a naive little girl!"
She walked toward the succubus. "I'll make sure you know your place."
Kurumu fearfully crawled away from Moka.
Suddenly, a boulder was thrown in between them, blocking their view of each other.
Both of them turned to the way the boulder and found Tsukune with a hole in front of him.
Moka raised an eyebrow, both at Tsukune's action and how he did it. "You dare stand in my way? Is this not the woman who sought to harm you?"
"There was no malice in her plan to transform the school, only desperation for a dying race." Tsukune said. At least, that's what he understood from Kurumu's words. "If that's why she did this, then I can't see Kurumu-san as a bad person at heart!"
Kurumu's eyes widened.
"Hmph!" Moka kicked the boulder to the side, to Kurumu's horror. "How foolish!"
Moka went to kick Kurumu, but Tsukune got in the way and blocked her foot with both hands.
Tsukune winced. He knew the Devastator would not compare to Moka's kick, but at least it took the brunt of her kick for his arms.
Kurumu looked at Tsukune in shock while Moka looked annoyed.
"So be it." Moka took the rosary from Tsukune. "If you insist so much, then she is your responsibility."
Tsukune caught Moka as she returned to her human form.
Boy, oh boy... is every fight going to be such a handful?
The next day...
"She spoke to you?" Tsukune asked.
Moka nodded. "Apparently, she can communicate with me through the Rosary. She told me about a Succubus' kiss and I redoubled my efforts to find you." She then looked worried. "But if the rosary keeps getting weaker and won't hold anything back soon... Would you still like me if I became like this permanently?"
"Without a doubt." Tsukune smiled. "Despite how different you two are, I believe that both forms of Moka are alike at their core."
"Tsukune-kun..." Moka whispered.
"Good morning!" Tsukune jumped when he heard Kurumu's voice behind him.
"Kurumu-chan?" Moka asked.
"Tsukune-kun, I've baked a batch of cookies." Kurumu said, presenting a tray of said cookies. "Won't you eat them with me?"
"Huh? Why are you asking me?" Tsukune asked.
"Ah..." Kurumu placed a hand on her blushing cheek. "Remember when I said I was looking for my Destined One? After risking your life for me, I've realized that Tsukune-kun is my Destined One!"
"Eh!?" Tsukune exclaimed.
"Don't say such things!" Moka exclaimed before turning to Tsukune. "Please do something, Tsukune-kun!"
Tsukune sighed as he started backing away from the approaching duo. Things were quickly getting out of hand...
Sonic, tails and Emerl had a brawl on the beach. Emerl learned the way Tails throws bombs while in mid air and Sonic's battle stance.
"Sonic, we should do a full inspection of Emerl!" Tails insisted.
Sonic shrugged. "How? Didn't you say your computer got busted analyzing Emerl?"
"We can go to the Central Lab back in town!" Tails supplied. "I'll take him there myself! Let's go, Emerl!"
"..." But Emerl didn't respond to Tails, despite the insistence.
Sonic shrugged after a moment. "Emerl, obey Tails!" he commanded.
"Obey! Obey!" Emerl said before running off with Tails.
As they headed to the central lab, they fought a pair of Emerl copies. During that battle, Emerl learned Tails' healing ability, which was faster than Sonic's. A welcome upgrade. Tsukune would have to remember that he can do those as well.
After running a few more streets, they reached the central lab, but the security wouldn't allow them in the restricted area.
"I would be surprised if they did." Tsukune said. The more he had those dreams, the more he voiced his thoughts, since nobody could hear him.
Tails and Emerl returned to the intersection of streets, with the former looking dejected.
"Now, what do we do?" He wondered.
"What's the matter, kid?" Tails and Emerl turned around and found... an anthropomorphic bat girl.
"Another vampire!?" Tsukune exclaimed in shock.
"R-Rouge! Get ready, Emerl!" Tails said, bracing himself.
Rouge raised an eyebrow at Emerl. "Emerl? Is that its name?"
"What's it to you?" Tails said.
"You want to get inside the central lab, right?" Rouge said, getting Tails' attention.
"How'd you know that?" He asked.
"It's written all over your face." Rouge said, wiggling her finger in a circle motion to emphasize his face. "A little mechanic like you can't really ask for more around here... You can tag along with me, if you want. As an agent of the president, I have clearance."
"She's got presidential connections!?" Tsukune once again exclaimed in shock. Their president sure had some weird connections if he had a vampire as an agent.
"I'm not supposed to follow strangers, especially when they're mean to me and my friends!" Tails argued.
Rouge sighed. "Alright, how about a game?"
"Huh?"
Rouge pulled a card out of her cleavage. "This is a pass card for the restricted area of the central lab. Let's have a little fight. You win, you get the card."
"I don't trust you..." Tails said.
Rouge shrugged. "I'm a spy. I'm hardly trustworthy by words alone."
In the end, Tails and Emerl fought Rouge. Unfortunately, Emerl didn't learn anything for her.
"Not bad. Here's the pass card." Rouge said, giving Tails the card.
"Umm... Thanks" Tails said, unsure.
"Thanks! Thanks!" Emerl said.
Rouge chuckled. "What a polite little boy. Won't you tell me your name?"
Emerl remained silent.
Rouge sighed. "It really doesn't respond to anyone but its Master... Oh well, see you around." She waved before walking away.
"What's a Master?" Tails wondered before shrugging. "Oh well, I've got the passcard, so let's go to the Central Lab!"
"Let's go! Let's go!" Emerl said.
Tails and Emerl entered the central Lab and gained access to the computer.
Tails connected Emerl to the computer and started his analysis. At first, nothing appeared, but after a bit of hacking, they discovered that Emerl was found in some ancient ruins and was identified as a Gizoid. Emerl was supposedly able to copy all forms of weaponry, without limitations. However, when Emerl acquired too much weaponry, he went out of control. The research was made by a certain Gerald, whom Tails mentioned as Eggman's grandfather.
An alarm rang. It said something about access restricted before copies of Gamma appeared and attacked them. Emerl learned how Tails can make a hand that appear out of nowhere and flick his enemy away, but the copies of gamma were...well, fake, so he didn't learn anything from them.
Tails and Emerl ran out into the streets, but were ambushed by more Gamma copies. Unfortunately, nothing was learned of that fight.
Tails and Emerl ran off to the highway and Shadow appeared out of nowhere.
"Shadow!" Tails called out.
Shadow looked at Tails with narrowed eyes. "So...you found out its true nature."
Tails looked dejected.
"Then why aren't you destroying it?" He asked. "If it collects all of the Chaos Emeralds, it will unleash its true power!"
"Shadow?" Tails asked in worry.
Shadow scowled. "I will not let the world become victim of tragedies like I have!"
Tails braced himself. "Sorry Shadow, but Emerl's our friend! If you attack him, then I'll protect him!"
"You'll never understand! No creator understands what their creation feels!" Shadow said before charging forth.
Shadow fought valliantly, but fell to Tails and Emerl, who learned Shadow's finger flick Chaos Magic.
"That's enough!" Rouge landed between the fighting trio.
"Rouge!" Shadow exclaimed.
"Guard robos are on their way. I suggest you all get out of here, unless you want to get caught." Rouge turned to Shadow. "And you, you still haven't recovered from your injuries yet."
"I did not push myself." Shadow argued before he fell on one knee. "Kuh!"
Rouge crossed her arms. "You're built tough, but you can't last forever, you know?" She turned to Tails and winked. "Catch you later." She said before helping Shadow walk away.
"All right, let's hurry, Emerl." Tails said before they started running along the highway.
There, they ran into another Guard Robo. Emerl learned how Tails can fly with his tails.
From the highway, they reached Knuckles Mountain and arrived at his house.
Upon noticing them, Knuckles waved at them. "Hey, Emerl."
Emerl, because of how he works, didn't respond.
"Oh, don't wanna talk to me, do you?" He frowned.
"Knuckles, there's no time for that." Tails insisted.
"No time! No time!" Emerl repeated after Tails.
Knuckles growled at Emerl. "Why you little..."
"You little! You little!" Emerl repeated after Knuckles.
"That's it!" Knuckles said, charging toward Emerl.
In their fight, Emerl learned how Knuckles jump.
"Tch, not bad..."
"Not bad! Not bad!" Emerl repeated.
"Knuckles, meet up with us and Sonic at the Emerald Beach! There's something I have to warn everyone!" Tails said.
Knuckles smirked. "No problem, but the bridge is blocked by an uninvited guest."
As Knuckles said, Gamma was blocking the bridge.
By fighting it, Emerl learned Knuckles' air hook, Gamma's air knuckle and how it jumps and hovers. Both Air Hook and Air Knuckle were aerial punches meant to punch the enemy to the ground. Obviously, they had a lot of power to them.
"Tch, it's still holding strong?" Knuckles wondered. "Tails, you and Emerl go right ahead, I'll hold this thing off just a bit longer!" He punched it away, but it recovered quickly.
"Thanks, Knuckles!" Tails said before he and Emerl ran off.
After a bit, they reached Emerald Beach.
"Sonic!" Tails called out as he ran in.
"Yo Tails, what took you so long?" Sonic asked.
Tails panted as he stopped before Sonic. "You won't believe what I found out!"
"Emerl's the world's deadliest weapon!" Rouge appeared out of nowhere and dropped the bombshell.
"Rouge!" Tails exclaimed in shock.
"Hi there!" Rouge winked.
"What's she doing here and what is she talking about?" Sonic asked.
"That's what I found out! Emerl is some kind of super weapon!"
"A super weapon?" Sonic asked.
"One that already went out of control once." Rouge reminded.
Sonic shrugged. "Just fix his insides and the problem will be solved, right?"
"That's the thing! He's not just any robot!" Tails argued. "He fried the central lab's computer! He's superior in technology than our greatest tech!"
Sonic raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?"
"You could always gather all seven Chaos Emeralds." Rouge said.
"What would that do for our problem?" Sonic asked.
"You could reset him and erase all of his battle weapon data." She said.
"Sounds like a plan!" Sonic grinned. "How do we reset him?"
Rouge shrugged. "I don't know."
Sonic and Tsukune sweatdropped. Wasn't she the one who suggested to reset Emerl?
"So we just have to find the 7 Emeralds!" Tails said.
"Say Rouge, what's in it for you to help us?" Sonic asked.
"Besides preventing Dr. Eggman from using Emerl to conquer the world?" Rouge asked.
"Aren't you after Emerl as well?" Sonic asked.
"Nonsense." Rouge denied. "You know, I never got introduced to Emerl..."
Sonic tilted his head. "Don't you already know him?"
Rouge shrugged. "He doesn't even say 'hello'."
"Oh yeah, he was like that with Tails too. Emerl, listen to Rouge from now on!"
"Listen! Listen!" Emerl said.
"Well, that's all well and good, but I've got urgent business right now. I'll see you all later!" Rouge flew away.
"Hey, what was that about?" Knuckles asked as he arrived.
"Just Rouge being weird." Sonic shrugged.
"Yeah? Well, what else is new?" Knuckles said before turning to Emerl. "Hey Emerl, she didn't pull any tricks on you, did she?"
Emerl didn't respond.
Knuckles growled. "Why won't you listen to me!?"
Sonic laughed. "It's just like Rouge said! Emerl, Ignore Knuckles!"
Emerl turned to Knuckles. "Ignore! Ignore!"
Knuckles growled at Sonic. "You wanna go!?"
Sonic smirked. "Bring it!"
And so, the two duked it out.
"Let's play! Let's play!" Emerl joined in on the fight.
Flashback end
"All right, everyone!" Nekonome said. "As this academy's goal is to train monsters to adapt to human society, you will all learn the way humans interact. That means everyone has to join a club, starting today!"
"Join a club?" Tsukune thought.
It was a month in the school year and Tsukune was surprised that he didn't have more trouble than that.
She pointed at some drawings. "We'll get a deeper understanding by experiencing with human-made activities! To transform into humans perfectly, we must have a clear understanding of humans!"
"Um, sensei?" A boy in the front row raised his hand. "Wouldn't that mean that you would get an F in transforming?"
He said this while pointing at the cat tail sticking out of Nekonome's skirt. It happened a lot. She wasn't that good at maintaining her human form, which caused some students to snicker.
Nekonome hissed in embarrassment and scratched the student's face repeatedly.
"If this was a human school, she wouldn't get away with doing that." Tsukune thought.
"Everyone will participate in club activities!" Nekonome continued as if nothing happened, despite the bleeding student. "Everyone, please visit a lot of groups and decide which one you want to enter! Be sure to visit the Newspaper Club that I'm the advisor for, Ok?"
Well, that was a shameless plug and a half...
Tsukune, Moka and Kurumu looked around the crowded hallway.
"Wow, I bet every club gets advertised here." Tsukune said in shock.
"Do you have any club in mind, Tsukune-kun?" Moka asked.
Tsukune looked in thought. "Well, my parents made me do swimming classes all the way up to grade school, so that's the first thing that comes to mind." He was not going to mention that the thought of Moka or Kurumu in a swimsuit was appealing. Either one of them would look absolutely fantastic in one.
For some reason, Moka looked nervous. "Um, I think it's too early to decide. Let's visit a lot of clubs!"
Kurumu looked at Moka curiously. She had joined the duo because she wanted Tsukune for herself. And to do that, she had to spend as much time with Tsukune as Moka did.
...Although, it was a bit insensitive of Tsukune to suggest swimming when vampires are weak to water.
As the trio walked around, they had seen some weird clubs, like a Phantom photography club, which probably just wanted to take pictures of Moka and Kurumu, a chemistry club, that wanted to make magic love powder for Moka, and an acupuncture club, and Tsukune wasn't sure what to think of the members.
"How about the swimming club?" The trio turned around and found a mature woman, probably a senior. She had turquoise hair and yellow eyes. She wore a jacket over her bikini top along with a cloth around her waist that reached her ankles. She was looking at Tsukune. "I'm the swimming club captain, Tamao Ichinose."
And of course, the boys around the hallway started talking about how the girls of the swimming club were sexy in their swimsuits.
Tamao walked closer to Tsukune. "The Swimming Club is all-female right now, so boys who join get lots of attention." She winked.
A lot of boys claimed they would join.
"The swimming club looks normal..." Tsukune thought.
The swimming club guided the boys to the poolside before the girls took off their extra clothing and went into the pool in their swimsuits.
The boys immediately took the spare swimsuits offered by the club and jumped in.
"Huh, it's a little different from back home." Tsukune said.
"Um..." Moka muttered. "Tsukune-kun? I don't really like swimming."
Tsukune turned to Moka. "You don't? We could look for something else."
Don't get him wrong, there was disappointment, but he wasn't about to join a club by himself.
"Oh my god, he doesn't know..." Kurumu realized. He had to know before an accident happened! "Tsukune-kun, vampires are weak to water."
Tsukune turned to Kurumu in shock. "They are?" He then winced and turned to Moka. "Sorry Moka..."
Moka shook her head. "It's fine. Let's just leave."
Suddenly, two arms wrapped around Tsukune and dragged him away, to his, Moka's and Kurumu's shock.
"What's wrong?" Tamao said. "The pool's this way..."
Suddenly, multiple girls forced Tsukune out of his clothes and put him in a swimsuit.
Tamao turned to Moka as Tsukune was dragged to the pool. "You're Moka Akashiya, right? The rumored vampire?"
Moka's eyes widened while Kurumu's narrowed.
Tamao smirked. "If you're not swimming, leave..."
Moka and Kurumu looked on in shock as Tsukune kept trying to leave the pool, but was always dragged back in.
"There's something wrong with this club..." Kurumu thought. Looking at the girls of the swimming club, she felt like she was walking in the familiar territory of Succubi seducing men...
"Come on now, Tsukune-kun..." Tamao insisted. "We don't bite."
"I'd much rather join a club with my friends." Tsukune said as once again tried to leave, but was dragged back in.
"That's enough!" Moka cried out, getting everyone's attention. "Don't you see he doesn't want to join your club!"
Tamao smiled. "I think you're the one who doesn't want to join, Moka-san. Despite his reluctance, Tsukune-kun swims quite well, showing he has gone swimming before. You, on the other hand..."
With a flick of her wrist, she splashed Moka with some water. "You don't even get close to water."
Moka took a few steps away before she ran off. Kurumu looked between Moka and Tsukune before running after Moka. She needed the moral support.
"Moka-san!" Tsukune called out as he tried climbing out before he was, once again, dragged back in the pool. "Let me leave! I'm not joining a club without my friends!"
"That's no longer your choice..." Tamao said as she gestured toward Tsukune with a hand...a webbed hand.
Upon hearing a cry, Tsukune turned and saw a guy get bit by two of the girls before growing ten times his age.
Tsukune's eyes widened. "What the-"
He turned again upon hearing a chuckle. Tamao now had gills. "Don't think too badly of us. Luring men to the water and sucking their life energy is what we do..." She jumped out of the water for a second, revealing the orange tail that replaced her legs.
Tsukune's eyes widened. That appearance was easily recognizable. Mermaids!
The other girls started chasing the boys they lured in the pool.
"Don't worry, Tsukune-kun..." Tamao swam closer to him. "I'm keeping you all too myself... I have done so ever since the entrance ceremony. Your smell has enticed me... You smell so delicious, like a human... I want to eat you!"
"Tsukune-kun!" Tsukune heard Moka's voice.
"Moka-san!" Tsukune called out as he tried swimming out, but Tamao wrapped her arms around him.
"What are you doing back here?" Tamao demanded out of Moka. "Vampires hate water, don't they? You can't swim!"
Moka surprised the two of them and jumped into the water. Supernatural energy crackled across the pool.
"Tsukune-kun!" Tsukune turned to the entrance and saw Kurumu running in. "If we don't hurry and save Moka, She's gonna die!"
Right, because vampires hate water. Tsukune immediately dove underwater. He saw Moka and immediately swam to her.
Suddenly, something wrapped around his legs as Tamao appeared before him. "No, no, no, Tsukune-kun..."
However, Tsukune grabbed onto Tamao's neck using Saizou's grip.
"What a rough grip!" Tamao said as she tried getting his hand off her neck. "Don't you know how to properly treat a lady!?"
Tsukune pushed her away with the Devastator, which still worked fine underwater, thankfully.
As he tried swimming to Moka, he was hit by something and spun in the water.
Looking around, he saw Tamao swimming straight to him, smack him with her tail and swimming away. She was hitting and running.
However, before she could smack him again, he swam around her. "What!?"
Tamao followed Tsukune around as he swam circles around her, her mind reeling in shock.
How did he suddenly become as good as her, a mermaid, at swimming underwater!?
Tsukune swam under Tamao and used Devastator to push her up. She was thrown out of the water and into the sky.
Kurumu, as well as the other mermaid, looked at the thrown Tamao in shock.
"Did Tsukune-kun do this?" Kurumu wondered. Moka couldn't do much, since she was both underwater and in her human form. So it could only be Tsukune. "Did he use one of his copied abilities?" It had certainly been a surprise when they told her. While he didn't say who he learned it from, Tsukune did say that it was how he was able to throw that boulder.
Tsukune swam toward Moka, swiftly dodging the now-slower mermaids. Guess Tamao was the captain for a reason...
He grabbed onto her. "I got you!"
He immediately grabbed the rosary and pulled it off.
The shockwave of energy caused waves in the pool.
The vampire Moka stood proudly at waist-high waters.
"How dare you treat me like trash!" She growled.
Tamao, who had safely landed in water, clicked her tongue. "So what if you're a vampire? I'm not giving up on Tsukune-kun after dreaming of gobbling him up for so long!" She snapped her fingers and every mermaid charged for Moka.
Mermaids circled around Moka for moment before they jumped at her, but she jumped in the air.
Three mermaids, Tamao and two others, jumped up to Moka.
Suddenly, Tsukune himself jumped out of the water and up to the girls.
Tsukune jumped in the way of the other two mermaids and punched them away with Gamma's Air Knuckles. The mermaids were flung out of the pool.
"What?" Tamao exclaimed before she was punched in the face by Moka.
"You turn your back on your enemy? How foolish. Know your place!"
She kicked Tamao away.
Tamao and Tsukune landed in the water while Moka landed on the poolside.
Tsukune finally pulled himself out of the pool. When he stood up, Moka was right before him.
And she slapped him in the face. Guess what he just learned?
"What are you doing to Tsukune-kun!?" Kurumu cried out as she ran up to Tsukune.
"You had the other Moka worried sick." Moka said before she sighed. "Honestly, she should have realized what was going on when they wouldn't let you leave the pool. However, let me make this clear, Tsukune Aono... The other Moka has always had an inferiority complex over being different from the others. You know that much. Not being able to swim was one of the many things she hated about herself..." Her gaze softened. "When she told you that she didn't like swimming, you offered to look for another club... Thank you for taking her feelings into consideration." She took the rosary from Tsukune. "Take care of my other self."
Tsukune nodded before she reconnected the Rosary.
Despite this, Moka hadn't shown up for four days.
"Oh, there you are!" Tsukune and Kurumu turned around upon hearing Nekonome. "Have you decided on a club? You and Moka are the only ones who haven't joined one.
"Sorry, I haven't chosen one yet..." Tsukune apologized.
Kurumu gazed at Tsukune. Honestly, despite his worry for Moka, the last four days had been a blessing for her to spend time with him. She got him all to herself! For example, she used that opportunity to bake him some more cookies and they actually ate them together! Yahoo!
"Splendid! How about joining my club? We have almost no members and the club might shut down otherwise!"
"The newspaper club... That sounds nice and without danger..." Tsukune thought.
"That sounds great! I'll join that club!" Tsukune's eyes widened and Kurumu pouted when they heard Moka's voice behind them. "Good morning, Tsukune-kun, Kurumu-chan!" She greeted when she stopped next to them.
"Where were you?" He asked her.
Moka looked sheepish. "I kinda slept through all four days to recover..."
"Then you'll both be joining the club, right?" Nekonome asked.
"Do you have room for one more?" Kurumu asked Nekonome.
"Of course!" Nekonome exclaimed in joy.
Tsukune and Moka looked at each other for a moment...
Oh well, at least they finally joined a club!