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Tsukune Aono gave a deep sigh. Today was the day when he and all the other students of Yokai Academy would be returned home while the school was repaired. Though he had initially intimidating – okay, terrifying would be a better description – he had come to enjoy the school and its quirks. He would also deeply miss the friends that he had made during his time here.

"Tsukune!" a female voice called out behind him. The boy turned around to see one of those friends running towards him. Moka Akashiya was Tsukune's first friend at the Academy and was, both in his personal opinion as well as general consensus, the most beautiful girl on campus. Her long, pink hair and her skirt fluttered in the wind as she ran to Tsukune and wrapped her arms tightly around him, much to the jealous outrage of every male observer present.

As Moka nuzzled into his neck and inhaled deeply, he fought the urge to sigh as he predicted what would be coming next.

"Tsukune's scent is so sweet," she sighed. "Could I have just a little?" she asked, gazing into his eyes pleadingly. Unable to deny her, Tsukune tilted his head to one side to expose his neck. "Oh thank you!" she cheered before eagerly chomping down on his neck. A few seconds later, Moka released him, her thirst satisfied for the time being. "Tsukune's blood is so delicious!" she said happily; the boy in question merely laughed weakly while holding his hand to the bruise on his neck.

"Tsukune!" another voice cried out. He instinctively turned around and immediately had his vision and oxygen supply cut off by a pair of soft, yellow mounds. "Oh Tsukune, I don't know how I'm going to survive so long without you!" Kurumu Kurono cried as she held Tsukune's face into her ample bosom. A metallic clang rang out as a heavy brass pan fell on top of Kurumu's head, forcing her to release Tsukune.

"Stop suffocating my Tsukune with your enormous boobs!" Yukari Sendo said over Tsukune's desperate gasps for air. Kurumu stood up and marched over to the young witch, a large welt growing from her head where the pan had hit her.

"Your Tsukune?" the blue-haired girl sneered. "Like he'd ever fall for someone as flat-chested as you," she continued, poking Yukari in the chest to emphasize her point.

"Ha!" the younger girl retorted. "Tsukune would be better off with a youthful figure like mine, not someone who's constantly trying to kill him!" Kurumu's response was cut off as both she and Yukari were encased in ice.

"You're both wrong," Mizore Shirayuki said coolly as she stepped out from behind a tree. With a snap of her fingers, the two ice blocks shattered, leaving her rivals shivering. "Tsukune needs someone who can devote themselves to him fully, like me," she said. The three girls delved into another argument as to who would be best for the target of their affections while Moka helped Tsukune remain standing while he caught his breath.

The impromptu catfight was interrupted by a shrill whistle. All present turned their heads towards the source of the annoying sound and saw Ruby along with a man that they did not recognize. He stood taller than virtually everyone present; he wore a distinctive red leather coat and had a guitar case in his hand. The man's silver hair and aura of monstrous power brought images of Moka's unsealed form into the minds of Tsukune and his friends. Was this man a vampire as well?

"Good morning, everyone!" Ruby greeted cheerfully. "Could I speak to you all in private for a minute?" she asked. When the group gave general murmurs of acceptance, the witch led them to the cemetery and away from the crowd, her companion following close behind.

"What's going on, Ruby-san?" Tsukune asked.

"In a minute," the witch replied with a mysterious smile. "But first, this is Dante-san," she continued, gesturing to Dante, who was sitting on a gravestone. "He is an acquaintance of the headmaster."

"Hey," he quipped as he waved a hand in greeting.

"As you know, many, many things have happened lately," Ruby said. "But the point is, you won't be going home today." For several seconds, the students merely stared at her in stunned silence.

"What?" they finally shouted as one.

"Why?" Yukari asked, tears beginning to well up in her eyes at the thought of not seeing her parents.

"The headmaster believes that since you destroyed ANTI-THESIS, then you may be in danger of Hokuto and Kiria retaliating, especially you, Tsukune," Ruby explained. Tsukune rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment as he was reminded that unlike his friends, he was not a youkai. "The six of us will be staying with Dante-san until the school reopens so that he can train you to better use your powers in combat," Ruby continued to explain.

I do not need training, Moka's prideful inner self stated as she observed the conversation through her Rosario; however, her outer self did not relay this sentiment to the others.

"So let me get this straight," Kurumu said. "We're all going to be staying together until the school is fixed?"

"Yes," Ruby replied with a nod. Kurumu began to quiver with barely contained excitement.

"Yahoo!" the succubus cheered, ecstatic at the thought of spending the whole summer with Tsukune. She began to jump around eagerly, causing her impressive bust to bounce. Her antics were cut off with another pan to the head courtesy of Yukari, and Tsukune could have sword he heard a quiet grunt of disapproval come from Dante.

"So when are we leaving?" Mizore asked as she sucked on her ever-present lollipop. Ruby pulled out a pocket watch from a pocket on her dress and checked the time.

"Oh my," she gasped as she saw the time. "We leave now, I suppose." The group of seven hurried to the bus stop and stepped in. The vehicle was nearly full so Tsukune and the girls had to sit in the back while Dante sat a few rows away. This arrangement was fine with the students as it allowed them to discuss their soon-to-be host without his hearing.

"What kind of monster do you think this Dante guy is?" Kurumu whispered to her friends, just loud enough to be heard over the cacophony of a dozen conversations occurring at once.

"Kurumu!" Moka exclaimed, scandalized at her friend's bold question. "That's rude!" Disregarding the rules of Yokai Academy forbidding the rule of revealing one's true form, it was widely considered rude to ask someone what their true form was while disguised. Even though Dante seemed affable enough, if a bit perverted if Tsukune's previous observation was accurate, they did not wish to offend him by asking about something so personal.

"What? It's not like he's trying very hard to hide the fact that he's not human!" the blue-haired succubus hissed in response. The pink-haired vampire could not help but admit the truth to her Kurumu's statement.

"His aura is similar to Inner Moka's," Mizore observed. "He even kind of looks like her, with the silver hair and all. Maybe he's a distant cousin of yours, Moka?" the snow woman asked.

"I don't think so," Moka said with a shake of her head. "He had an American accent, and I don't know of any relations that far west."

"Then what else could he be?" Yukari wondered. "He's clearly a Class-S monster, but I don't know of anything other than a vampire that has that power as well as silver hair," the child genius said as she rubbed her chin in thought.

"His hair could be dyed," Tsukune pointed out.

"Good point," Kurumu said as she mimicked Yukari's chin-rubbing.

"I'm not a vampire," Dante said suddenly, immediately causing all conversation on the bus to stop. He turned to face the five students, who seemed to be frozen in shock that he had heard them. "I did meet a vampire once, though," he added as he turned back to a normal sitting position. Tsukune and his friends looked at the devil hunter in shock that he had heard them over the noise of so many others speaking despite their hushed tones, along with feeling slightly ashamed that the subject of their conversation had overheard them. For much of the remainder of the journey, the five remained silent. As the other students disembarked to return home, eventually the seven of them were the only ones remaining.

"D-Dante-san?" Moka asked nervously. Dante turned to face her and hummed in acknowledgement. "You said that you met a vampire once before," she said, to which Dante nodded in affirmation. "May I ask whom?" Moka wondered if she had heard of the vampire that Dante had met; due to their longevity, the vampire community was relatively small.

"Her name was Nevan," the half-devil replied. "She was hot, but I didn't appreciate her sucking my blood too much," he continued as he rubbed his neck. Tsukune gave a nervous chuckle at Dante's last comment. Moka frowned as she did not recognize the name; Kurumu on the other hand seemed to as she had a look of shock on her face.

"Did you say 'Nevan?'" she gasped.

"Yeah," Dante responded, unsure as to the reason for her reaction.

"Kurumu-san?" Tsukune asked in concern; apparently, the girl's friends had the same thought.

"Nevan is said to be the most powerful and beautiful succubus to ever live," the blue-haired girl explained. "Her seductive powers were legendary, and she was infamous for her mastery over the power of electricity. But she disappeared mysteriously around two thousand years ago, so how could you have met her?" she asked Dante.

"She and I happened to be in the same place at the same time," Dante said with a shrug. "She was in my way, so we fought. She put up a good fight, but I won in the end." The buxom teenager gaped at Dante in a mixture of awe and fear. Who was this man to be able to defeat the great Nevan and speak so casually about it?

A few minutes later, the bus had stopped and its driver announced that they had reached their destination. Grabbing his guitar case, Dante was the first to step out of the vehicle, followed by Ruby and the students. As Dante went to unlock the doors, the students looked up and the large, inactive neon sign that displayed the name of the shop.

"Welcome to Devil May Cry," Dante said as he held the door open. "Please, come in," he added. The five students and Ruby stepped into the shop, feeling the latent energy envelop them. The teenagers looked around nervously at the weapons that decorated the walls of the shop, and Moka screamed when she saw the corpse hanging from the wall.

"What is that?" Tsukune cried out. Dante turned to see what they were looking at.

"That? That's just a Hell Sloth," he said dismissively as he set his guitar case down and opened it, pulling out Rebellion. Everyone stepping back as Dante casually waved the enormous sword around, the devil hunter leaned Rebellion against his desk and sat down in his chair. "Okay, a couple ground rules," he said as he set his feet up on his desk. "One, this is my home and place of business, so you do what I say when I say it. Two, upstairs there is a door with a big yellow 'Hazardous Materials' sign on it; do not touch anything in that room. I don't care if you poke your head inside, but everything in that room is very valuable and very dangerous, so look but don't touch. Any questions?" Everyone was too shocked and frightened of the man to do anything more than shake their heads. "Good. Kitchen's over there, bathroom's in the back, I never use the master bedroom, so you can use that and the spare room upstairs," he said. "Make yourselves at home." As the teenagers looked at each other in confusion as to what to do next, Ruby stepped up to the desk.

"Dante-san?" the witch asked.

"Hmm?" Dante hummed as he leaned back in his chair, apparently preparing to take a nap.

"When will you begin training?" Ruby questioned.

"I was thinking tomorrow," Dante said with a shrug. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, I believe that it would be best if we began as soon as possible," the black-haired witch said. Dante stared at her through half-lidded eyes for several seconds before he gave a petulant sigh and straightened himself up.

"All right kids, let's go on a field trip," he said as he stood up and grabbed Rebellion, sticking the sword to his back. After everyone had exited the shop and Dante locked up, they followed the man to his car. "I'm not too sure how we're going to all fit in my car, though," Dante said as he placed Rebellion in the trunk.

"Kurumu and I can both fly," Ruby informed the devil hunter, "and I can cast a spell that would make us invisible to humans." Dante flashed a look at her as if he did not entirely believe her, but gave a shrug of acquiescence and climbed into the driver's seat; Tsukune chose the passenger's seat while the three non-flying girls piled into the back. Kurumu and Ruby both unfurled their wings before the witch waved her wand, causing both of them to fade from vision. Dante gave a mildly-impressed nod before throwing the car in reverse and backing out of the parking lot stall and driving off.

The foreigners gazed in awe as they watched the unfamiliar landscape whiz by. Almost two hours had passed before they finally reached the Capitol State Forest. After ensuring that there were no witnesses around, Ruby cancelled the invisibility spell on herself and Kurumu. Grabbing Rebellion from the trunk, Dante led his students into the forest. They quickly stepped off the established hiking path and walked through the thick brush for another half an hour before they finally reached their destination: A wall of chain-link fence twenty feet high with razor wire coiled around the top. The sole gate was bound by a heavy chain and padlock and sported a sign declaring: GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, ABSOLUTELY NO TRESSPASSING. Ignoring the warning sign, Dante used a key to unlock the padlock and removed the chain.

"Are you sure that this is legal?" Tsukune asked as he looked around nervously, fearing that armed soldiers would pop out of the bushes the moment they stepped foot inside.

"It better be, I own this land," Dante responded nonchalantly as threw open the gates.

"Really?" Ruby asked in surprise; it was her understanding that the devil hunter was quite heavily in debt.

"Yep," he quipped. "As thanks for my continued service to safeguard humanity, the fine state of Washington has granted me one square mile of woodland for my own personal enjoyment," he said cheerfully. "Unfortunately, that gratitude doesn't extend to the seven-digit debt I owe them," he grumbled under his breath. He led the group to a relatively clear area in the center of his personal area. "Miss Toujo, I need to speak to you for a minute in private," Dante said as he pulled Ruby away from the others. The teenagers silently wondered what sort of training the half-devil had in store for them as he and the tall witch continued their private conversation. After a minute, the two adults returned. Dante stepped forward several paces and turned to face his students, drawing Rebellion.

"All right, here's the deal," the devil hunter said. "Your boss is paying me to make you the best fighters that you can be in the short amount of time that I have." With a casual one-handed swing, Dante embedded the blade of his sword halfway through the trunk of a tree, causing everyone else to gulp nervously. "Today, you and I will have a little sparring session so that I can figure out just what you are all capable of," he continued as he used his sword as a coat rack, hanging up his trench coat. He also removed his prized handguns Ebony and Ivory from their holsters and placed them in the coat's pockets, along with his personalized shotgun dubbed Coyote-A. "After that, we will be returning here almost every day so that I may train you, both individually and as a group. By the time you have to return to school, it is my hope that you will be cohesive enough to operate smoothly as a group, but skilled enough to fight individually should one or more of you be incapacitated for whatever reason. Before we begin, I'd like to take a minute to evaluate Miss Akashiya's abilities," he finished, pointing at the pink-haired girl.

"M-me?" she stuttered. Dante nodded and beckoned her closer, and the shy girl quietly complied.

"Now, I read that you're not a big fan of fighting, is that correct?" Dante asked, to which Moka nodded; unlike her alter-ego, Outer Moka was kind and pacifistic in nature. "But I also read that your friend Mister Aono is the only one that can remove your Rosario," he continued, pointing a finger at Tsukune. "Now think about what would happen if you got in trouble and neither he nor your other friends were around to save you, you'd want to defend yourself, right?" He asked. Moka nodded slightly. "Good. Now, I want you to punch me as hard as you can right here," Dante said, pointing to the center of his sternum. The young vampire seemed uncertain as to whether she should do it.

"You can do it, Moka!" Tsukune cheered her on. Empowered by the support of her friend and crush, Moka pulled her arm back and punched Dante in the chest. The tall man looked down at her, clearly unimpressed.

"Come on, you can do better than that," he scolded. "Put some oomph into it." Once again Moka pulled her arm back and, squeezing her eyes shut in anticipation, threw another punch, this time throwing her whole body into the blow. Upon impact, Dante grunted and staggered back a step, Moka's vampiric nature giving the punch more force than one would expect from a girl her size. However, while Dante seemed to be unaffected, Moka was holding her sore fist close to her body. Tsukune immediately ran up to his friend to console her.

"Moka-san, are you all right?" he asked in concern.

"I'm fine, Tsukune," she whimpered as she held her hand close.

"Mister Aono, since you're here, would you be so kind as to remove her Rosario and return to the group, please?" Dante asked. Tsukune looked at Moka who nodded her approval. The boy removed the large silver cross from the girl's neck and dashed back to the safety of the group as Moka's youki energy poured out all at once, changing her hair from pink to silver like Dante's. The devil hunter also noted with an eyebrow quirked in interest that the unsealing seemed to make Moka's breasts and butt grow noticeably larger.

The transformation complete, Inner Moka dropped her arm, the pain in her hand gone as she opened her eyes, revealing blood-red irises and cat-like slits for pupils. Dante noted with amusement that her eyes displayed a level of disdain towards him.

"You must be the other Moka that I've heard so much about," he said. "I hear that you're quite the accomplished fighter, so same deal: I want you to hit me as hard as you can." Sporting a confident smirk, Inner Moka began to do some quick stretches to prepare for the requested blow. Eager to get this waste of her time over with, the silver-haired vampire gave a swift side kick to Dante's jaw, knocking him back. Everyone observing winced as they heard the sickening snap of bone breaking.

The first sign that something was amiss was that instead of flying back several yards like most others did when on the receiving end of one of Moka's kicks, Dante merely stumbled back a few paces and turned away from his audience. The second sign was that after several mumbled curses and a sickening crack, the man turned to face his students completely unharmed.

That's impossible, no youkai has regenerative abilities that fast, Inner Moka thought to herself. And he couldn't have faked the blow earlier. I heard his jaw break; I felt his jaw break, so how is he unharmed? Her thoughts were interrupted by Dante's chuckled.

"Not a bad hit," he said, rubbing his stiff jaw. "Think you can do it again?" This question caused Inner Moka to raise an eyebrow in confusion. Did I damage his brain by accident? she wondered to herself. Nevertheless, she complied with the clearly insane man's request and made another side kick, only to hit…

Nothing. Frowning in confusion, she attacked again with a high kick, only to see Dante lean back just enough to dodge the blow. Scowling, Inner Moka combined several kicks together, only to have all of them dodged.

"Not that I don't appreciate the free show, but can we get to the actual fighting?" Dante taunted. It was then that Inner Moka remembered that she was still wearing her school uniform, which meant that her unsuccessful attacks had given her opponent a clear view of her panties. Her blood boiled at the knowledge that not only was she dealing with an annoying, uncouth waste of flesh, but a pervert as well. A swift flurry of kicks came forth along with a few punches mixed in for variety, but Dante managed to dodge every single one. What's more, he did not even have the decency to look at her while he did so, instead choosing to inspect his fingernails in boredom while he weaved around her fists and feet.

"KNOW – YOUR – PLACE!" the vampire ground out, punctuating her each of her words with a kick, which were dodged like all others.

"Yeah, you're really showing me my place," Dante drawled sarcastically as he tilted his head to dodge a straight kick to the face. Ducking under a side kick, the devil hunter reached up and slapped Inner Moka on the back of the head, forcing her to stop and glare at her opponent murderously. While the strike did not harm her it did humiliate her, and the blow to her pride cut deeper than any physical wound. "Now that you're warmed up, like we discussed, Miss Toujo?" He addressed to Ruby. Nodding, the witch turned to Tsukune.

"I am deeply sorry for this," she said as she waved her wand. Suddenly, several vines rose up from the ground and wrapped themselves around the boy, trapping him.

"Ruby-san!" Tsukune exclaimed. "What are you doing?" he demanded.

"I heard about you as well, Mister Aono," Dante said, catching the young man's attention. "I heard that you are fiercely protective of your friends. Unfortunately, things are probably going to get a bit rough in the next few minutes and I can't have you interfering. So just sit back and relax, and I'll deal with you in due time Now," he continued, addressing Kurumu, Mizore and Yukari as well as Inner Moka. "Now that I have the measure of your strongest fighter, it is time that I assess all of you. What I want you to do is to attack me as fiercely as you can," he explained. "I want you all to attack me as if I was attacking him," he said as he pointed a finger at Tsukune. This seemed to rile the girls up as they revealed their true forms: Kurumu's wings and tail revealed themselves and her nails extended into razor-sharp blades. Mizore's hair became frosty while ice encased her hands, forming fierce claws. The end of Yukari's wand began to pulse with magical energy.

As the other three girls stepped up alongside Inner Moka, Dante spread his legs to brace himself and held up his arms in a defensive stance. When the girls bared their claws, the silver-haired devil hunter grinned slightly and beckoned them with two fingers.

Bring it.


Next chapter, the beatings shall commence.

I hope I kept everyone in character here. I re-read the first chapter of Season 2 of the manga to try and get the dynamic between the girls down, but I'm not completely certain that I got it.

As you may have noticed, I dropped Yukari's distinctive "desu." Truthfully, I couldn't figure out a way to use it that didn't seem like I was just randomly dropping it at the end of sentences, so I tossed it.

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