Limit Lovers
Chapter 1: Limited And Vampire Side B
Written By Illuminet
Disclaimer: The characters from Rosario + Vampire are the rightful property of Akihisa Ikeda.
"..."-Speech
'...'-Thought
/R+V\
-The Dimensional Gateway to Territory of Vampire-The Violet Fields-
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"Stop this, all of you! He has done me no harm and was not going to do so in the first place." Moka interjected. The Vampires would not back down, as much as they wanted to.
"We cannot Lady Moka. We were to bring you back home and capture Tsukune the Blood-Edge if he appeared. We can do both, and so we shall." One of them claimed. They attacked first, and Tsukune allowed it. He waited for the first to come, the one with the rapier. The Vampire attacked with a quick successions of thrusts that Tsukune evaded with general ease. Before the last thrust, Tsukune brought up his empty hand and erecting a small circular barrier with a kanji symbol in it. Once the tip of the rapier touched it, the barrier exploded with the kanji symbol temporarily disabling the vampire enough for Tsukune to swipe at his head with his metal sheath and knocking him into a tree. The second one came, swinging across the body with his scimitar. Tsukune crouched under the blow and spun on his heel so his back was facing his opponent and sweeping his legs out from under him in a fluid motion as he switched hands to send the sheath end painfully into the airborne Vampire's chest. He pushed his left hand against the pommel to add power into the awkward looking but effective thrust. The Vampire smacked the back of his head into a low tree branch.
"Get out of here if you know what's good for you." Tsukune said as he stood up, seeing the other two having lost some of their bearings from seeing him take down the first two quite easily. The regained it though, and rushed him at the same time. The one with the pike axe came with an overhead swing, and Tsukune brought his sheathed nodachi up to guard, grunting from the force behind the swing, he already caught the other vampire with the battle hammer swinging horizontally and was only a few inches from striking his rib cage. Tsukune spun his weapon to hook with the pike axe and make it meet with the battle hammer. Another kanji barrier was made at the same time, paralyzing both. He flipped over their heads, dragging his nodachi behind to catch them both in the throats as he kicked into their backs. The two were sent flipping through the air and into other trees. Tsukune landed on his feet gracefully.
"Is it true? Your really Tsukune the Blood-Edge?" Moka asked him, having not been afraid of the fight in the slightest. She was more sad that he would not be honest with her, granted, they only just met. But she was interested in him, so she was disappointed all the same.
"I...yes. You hadn't asked for my full name so...I only gave my last name instead. Youkai titled me as the Blood-Edge, but it is not what I want. My name Tsukune Aono." He told her, feeling a bit ashamed even having felt that she really didn't mean him any harm.
"And you...it seems your of quite high standings status wise. Your a member of the Akashiya Clan of Vampires, right?" He had heard the name from his fight with a strong Vampire he met earlier in his wanderings, though hadn't known the connection until the pieces were put together from the words of the Vampires he just defeated. He saw her nod at this, furthering his confirmation.
"Um...yes actually. My father is the Dark Lord after all. I guess it kind of makes me and my sister Princesses sort of. Funny, I never really thought too much about it before. Honestly though, your too cute for being the fabled Blood-Edge. I always though he might be some kind of Ogre or something. But he turns out to be about my age by the looks of things." She smiled prettily, and he was surprised at how easily she accepted that he was Tsukune the Blood-Edge.
"I...well. uh...that's nice of you to say, Lady Moka..." He wasn't really sure what else to say in his chagrin.
"Ah, you can just call me Moka. Formal titles can be so stifling." She chuckled at his reddening face.
"Yeah...uh, you can just call me Tsukune if you want. Tsukune the Blood-Edge is too long." He tied his sword to his back again, not feeling anymore danger otherwise.
"Oh, dear...Tsukune, we should go talk to my father. I can tell your not a bad person, and I would hate to have my father against you, since he is so persistent and can be rude to other Youkai outside of Vampires.. Please, can you come with me back home to discuss this whole business with the attack against my uncle was all a big misunderstanding?" She gave him the full blown puppy dog look, and he once again tried to resist, but it was no use. So many years of loneliness made him long for some form of companionship. He lowered his gaze to not meet with her eyes, only able to go bust level though. He saw the way the rosario just stayed nestled there between her breasts. It was hard to swallow the lump in his throat. She noticed him looking down, and by some miracle he was able to come with an excuse and not seem like a complete pervert to her.
"Uh...that rosario...it's lovely." He was able to get the words out.
"Eh? Oh this? My father made it and gave it to me. It seals my full Vampiric nature. Hey! Wait a moment...your trying to change the subject and leave again aren't you?!" She glared at him, but he was glad she didn't realize he had been looking at her figure up and down since first laying eyes on her. She brought up an interesting point though.
"Seals? Then...that is not your true form?"
"Well...to be honest, my powers have increased to near unimaginable levels during my childhood. I went berserk once, and so had to be restrained and given this rosario to seal my full power. Since I've had it for a while, it's pull is too great...I can't remove it myself any longer, nor can any of my family." She hadn't really thought much about her rosario until now. Unfortunately, the metal cross had been the wedge that made her and her younger sister no longer close, and Kokoa seemed to despise her for reasons she would not say.
"I guess...you and me are kind of in the same boat." Tsukune said softly.
"Huh? What do you mean?" She looked questioning to him. He held up his hands and showed her the backs where the large circular discs attached to. She hadn't really paid them much mind when the two first met.
"Your limiter is that rosario. My limiter is...well I'm not even sure what they are, but they suppress my power as well." He said, allowing her to touch them. She could not remove them.
"Wow! Hey, that reminds me...what kind of Youkai are you, Tsukune?" She asked, seeing him pale.
"I...I don't know, Moka-san. I've had these with me for as long as I remember...I don't know...what kind of Youkai I might be. I'm Human for the most part, born and raised." It wasn't a complete lie, as he himself was no monster, but what he carried was a terrible curse. Something he tried to escape. He needed to change the subject again.
"Anyway...you have a point, Moka-san. Let's get these guys and bring them with us. I'll explain the misunderstanding with your father." It was all he could come up with. He had been so engrossed with her that he had forgotten to steer clear of the castle and the so called Chained Gate.
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-The Dimensional Gateway to the Territory of Vampire-Castle of The Dark Lord Akashiya-
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On the way through the town and up to the castle, Tsukune had been given some unsavory looks from the male populace, and even a few glares from some females as well. Most of the Knights and other guards were ordered to step aside and allow them passage whispering about Tsukune the Blood-Edge. He had offered to carry all four of the unconscious Vampires, but Moka insisted on taking two so he got the other two. She was very strong and carried them easily, as he knew she would be able to but forgot sometimes she was a Vampire.
"Moka! You've brought Tsukune the Blood-Edge here by yourself? Impossible." Her sister, Kokoa, barred the way to the throne room where their father was currently at. She was quite a bit different from her sister. Where Moka was kind and gentle, Kokoa was more moody and gruff. She was a good couple of heads shorter too, not having developed completely into a woman, but she was pretty to be sure. Fiery orange hair was tied up in pigtails. Her eyes were a darker green. She dressed in a similar dress though it was more a dark blue that full black. On her shoulder rested a bat with his wings folded about him sort of like a mantle.
"Kokoa-chan, please step aside. Tsukune the Blood-Edge is no threat to us and father needs to be informed." Moka looked as serious as she could at her sister. The younger Vampire snorted in disgust.
"Shut up! I refuse to believe such a weakling could take on Tsukune the Blood-Edge. He's probably got you under some spell and that's why your leading him here. I've already seen through this rouse, unluckily for you...Tsukune the Blood-Edge." She glared at the said man darkly. He held her gaze.
"Your sister is telling the truth! Please let me speak to Lord Akashiya." He spoke firmly, depositing the bodies to the ground gently and walking towards Kokoa. She gritted her teeth and snarled at him.
"Don't you dare imply that she is my sister. My real sister is dead because she took that damned rosario in hand. She is not even worthy enough to be considered even a shell of my true sister." She spat vehemently. Tsukune had been taken aback. Kokoa held such contempt for her own sister. She grabbed hold of the bat on her shoulder.
"I'll protect father and stop this foolish intrusion. Kou-chan, let's go!" The bat transformed into a giant mallet with spikes at the ends. Tsukune cursed under his breath, untying his nodachi.
"Kokoa...stop this now." A voice said from all sides. The wide doors opened to the throne room.
"Father..." Moka and Kokoa said at the same time. Tsukune took the momentary surprise to go on right ahead of Kokoa and make his way up the long chamber right to the throne where Lord Akashiya was, twirling a lock of hair.
"So you are Lord Akashiya. You already know who I am, correct?" Tsukune bowed low to the Dark Lord. The Vampire King stood up.
"You presume much. It's made things too easy, Tsukune the Blood-Edge." With those words, Tsukune was thrust through the air by an unknown force, smashing into the walls roughly.
"Father! Stop this! He means us no harm." Moka spoke out, standing protectively in front of Tsukune's fallen form.
"Don't interfere, Moka. This isn't a matter about doing us harm or not. It is about the pride of being the strongest of the Youkai, the Vampire!" With a wave of his hand, Moka was sent flying into another wall. Her speed was dropped sharply so that she was simply pinned to the wall by her father's power.
"Father, no!" Her words were not heard. Tsukune got up, only to be blown away again. He dug his weapon into the marble ground and creating rift as he slowed down. He was now shakily on his feet.
"Show me, Tsukune the Blood-Edge. Show me the power that stopped my brother." The Dark Lord appeared in front of him, backhanding the young man, or would have had Tsukune not evaded to the side. Tsukune slid low, his nodachi right behind him before he reared it up, performing a hilt jab uppercut to the Dark Lord's chin. The ground shook from the impact. The Dark Lord should have been sent up to the high ceiling, but he was unmoved like a mountain. The pommel of the nodachi pushed at his chin, but it felt more like an annoying swat from a fly. Still, the Dark Lord was impressed.
"Interesting. You may have actually bruised me." He grabbed the front of Tsukune's shirt, head butting the man all the way across the room. Tsukune got up, coughing blood. The Dark Lord was in front of him again.
"Your making it hard not to hold back, Lord Akashiya." Tsukune grunted out, spitting out more blood. The Vampire King smirked at the attitude the young man showed.
"Tough lad, I'll give you that much. How long can you last though?" He was about to grab hold of Tsukune again, but he erected a kanji barrier that incapacitated the elder Vampire momentarily. Tsukune swung his weapon horizontally with enough force to break the arm of an ordinary man or monster. The Dark Lord took the strike like he had the first and was unmoved. He grabbed hold of the Tsukune and turned around, throwing him one handed. Tsukune struck the ground like a skipping pebble across the water, accept explosions of marble granite flew into the air instead. Somehow he ended up veering into Moka's direction, just shy of barreling into her. He gasped out, clothing a mess and blood seeping out from several wounds.
"Heh...your old man's tough...Moka-san." He chucked brokenly, wobbly getting to his feet.
"Tsukune. Don't hold back! This is your life on the line." She said, worriedly. He nodded. He hadn't meant to, trying to rest his arm against the wall, but somehow ended up holding on to her rosario that dangled between her breasts.
"Tsu...Tsukune...my.." Vampire girl was beet red, and Tsukune realized why in his daze.
"Oh shi..." He removed his hand from the tender flesh as if he had just been burned, not realizing that the rosario was no longer there until he looked at his hand.
"The...rosario? That means..." Tsukune was sent toppling off his feet by the force of demonic aura that invaded the Vampire King's chamber.
"Impossible....he was able to remove it?" The Dark Lord watched along with everyone else as Moka's form altered slightly. She got a bit taller, her figure more well endowed, her face more serious. The luscious pink hair turned luminous silver. She opened her eyes, revealing glowing red orbs that were more akin to a beast than a person. Her aura dispersed, leaving everything tinted feint red.
"So...now I meet you myself, Tsukune the Blood-Edge." This Moka's voice was deeper, having a more sultry tone though she wasn't even trying to make it seem that way.
"Yourself...? You...are not the same Moka, are you...? A manifestation of your Vampiric power?" He pondered aloud. This silver haired Moka flexed her muscles experimently.
"This is my true self. The other Moka was born from having the rosario placed on me. Anyway, I'm pretty interested myself. Show your true power, Tsukune the Blood-Edge."
...Con't...
Next=Limited And Vampire Side C
