Yay! Another Update! But by god it was hard to write.
Also, this was supposed to be 2 separated chapters, but I decided to lump it all into one.
Hope you enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I don't own South Park nor Rosario + Vampire.
Chapter 3 Confronting the Vampire.
Now that he was alone, Tsukune just wandered around the outside of the school with no real direction and lost in thought.
'If only Moka didn't suck my blood every time we're alone together…' he thought depressed. 'What if Moka only wants me around so she could drink my blood?' Then the mental image of her feeding of him without stopping.
'I'll end up like everybody else around here!' Referring to all the bones and skulls that lay around outside, which he was absolutely sure weren't decorations.
Then a sudden moan put a stop to his thoughts. "Wha…what was that?"
"P-please…some…one…" sounded a faint voice. Tsukune turned towards the direction the voice was coming from. On the ground was a very beautiful blue headed girl with one of the biggest chest he had ever seen in his life.
'S-She's gorgeous.' He thought trying not to stare to long at the girl's chest.
"Help me, please…lend me a hand… I…suddenly started feeling ill." She pleaded softly looking at Tsukune.
Being the nice guy that he was, Tsukune quickly kneeled to her level to try and help her up. "Can you stand? Do you want to go to the infirmary?"
"It hurts." The blunnette replied as she stood up with difficulty using his body as support.
"What hurts?" Tsukune asked with concern. Whatever made the girl fall into the ground in pain could be very grave.
"M-my chest! It hurts! It feels like it's about to burst!" As she said that the girl then pressed her ample bust into Tsukune's chest, making him go completely red.
'It sure looks like it!' He thought almost fainting from the sensation of her breast rubbing against him. 'They're so big and soft!...Wait! What am I thinking!?'
"Hey, Look into my eyes, Tsukune." The girl said suddenly.
'Wait…how does she know my n…' Tsukune couldn't finish that thought as his mind suddenly became woozy.
"I'm Kurono Kurumu. Please be a good friend to me, ok!" the girl introduced herself with a smile, inwardly celebrating that her CHARM was working perfectly.
'Such…beautiful eyes…I…I…can't control myself…why do I want to hold her tightly?' Tsukune questioned as his body moved on its own. With his arms enveloping the girl and bringing her closer to him.
"Kyaa! What are you doing?" Kurumu asked playfully, as she made no struggle to leave his embrace.
'What am I doing?' The brunette repeated in his mind as the both of them walked still embraced towards the school building.
Unknown to him, a certain pink haired vampire, had caught a glimpse of what just happened.
"Tsukune…" She called softly, which wasn't heard by anyone but her.
…or so she thought.
Stalking her from the shadows and behind a tree, Marjorine sighed in relief.
"Phase one, success." Marjorine was glad the first part was completed without her having to interfere.
You see, her mission was to follow Moka and make sure she didn't interfere with Kurumu's little scene without making it look too obvious. Thankfully, the pink girl didn't only not interfer, she didn't gave chase after Kurumu and Tsukune either. Making Marjorine's work much easier.
With one last sigh, Marjorine left the cover provided by the tree and walked towards class.
'I better hurry. I do not want to be late for Kani-sensei class.'
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Moka sighed sadly as she leaned against the wall on the hallway. She couldn't stop thinking about what she saw.
'Who…who's that girl?' She kept thinking. And what was she to Tsukune.
By the looks of it, it seemed as if they were lovers, being in each other's arm like that. But what bothered Moka the most was that she really felt conflicted at the sight of them and she didn't know why.
"I'm not food." She remembered him saying before walking away from her. Was that what he thought she saw him as, as food? The thought of that answer made her feel terrible.
'I'm so bad. Why is it that when I'm with Tsukune, I just want to suck his blood?' She thought as a confused look crossed her face. 'I don't even know myself.'
"Hey…stop." A voice inside Moka's head said as the Rosario on the pink girl's neck pulsed. "This isn't the time to feel down…you are being targeted." The voice warned before it fell silent.
Moka looked around confused of the suddenly appearance voice, but she din't have time to dwell on it since another voice called her out.
"You! You're a vampire, right? The new voice called right above Moka. It was a blue haired girl looking down at her and sitting precariously on top the stairs railing. "At least that's what the rumors say, Akashika Moka."
"You…you're the one who was with Tsukune earlier." The blue hair and the massive bust were the dead giveaway. "When did you…?"
The girl didn't let her finish her sentence and jumped down from her position on the railings, falling with great grace. "I'm the succubus Kurono Kurumu. And I have come to defeat you." She said in a grandiose manner.
Kurumu's entrance and declaration didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the students who happened to be walking down the hallway.
'Wow, what a beauty!"
"Did you see that? She just flashed her panties as she jumped down!"
"Her chest is HUGE!"
"This girl is incredibly cute."
"Who knew there was another girl besides Moka like this!"
The sight of two beauties together was a never seen before experience for many of the male population, who where slowly inching their way to talk to both girls. Unfortunately for them, another girl, nowhere near as cute as Moka or 'developed' as Kurumu, stepped in their way with her arms extended, and still holding unto her briefcase, with the intention of not letting anyone near.
"Sorry! Sorry! There's nothing to see here! Go back to you business!" Marjorine announced franticly. She couldn't believe this was the way Kurumu decided to confront Moka. Announcing a 'fight' and revealing her true 'form' right in the middle of the hallway, where teachers might be watching. Just what was Kurumu thinking?
Of course, Marjorine wasn't the only one who noticed her faux pas. "Isn't against the school rules to give away your true form…?" asked Moka as she stoped glancing at the pigtailed blond girl and focused back on Kurumu.
"Moka! I can't stand you!" Kurumu announced as she rudely pointed towards her. "Youre the biggest eyesore in the way of my grand plan!"
"Plan…?"
"Yes. My plan to turn every member of the male student body into my slaves!" Kurumu revealed with a smirk. "THE YOUKAI ACADEMY HAREM TRANSFORMATION PLAN!"
This reveal was met with mixed reactions. Cheers for Kurumu from all those male students who wouldn't mind being 'slaves' if the got the chance to be acknowledged by such gorgeous girl; and looks of disbelief from Moka, her harcore fanboys who wouldn't be swayed by Kurumu, and the very few girls who happened to be there. Including a certain blond girl.
'Can't believe she went with that name…' Said blond girl thought.
And after all that Kurumu still wasn't finished. "My plan was perfect! I should have had every guy at the academy a slave to my beauty right from the start! HOWEVER! Akashiya Moka, the guys at this academy are dreaming about you instead of me!"
Marjorine couldn't help but blush at that last part Kurumu mentioned. Was Kurumu referring to THOSE kinds of dreams?
Then again, she was a succubus after all.
Kurumu then walked right up to Moka's face and continue her 'speech'. "I'm not letting you get away with this! I refuse to lose in a battle of feminine charm!"
Around them, some of the 'slowest' students finally stopped ogling the two girls and realized what was going on. "They looked like they're in a heated argument." One exclaimed as the others nodded in agreement.
'It really isn't an argument when it's so one-sided." Marjorine wanted to comment but keep her thought to herself.
"That's why I decided to prove I can defeat you, by stealing Aono Tsukune away from you!" Kurumu stated, changing from her 'ranting' voice into a more cocky tone.
"Wait, stop! Tsukune doesn't have anything to do with this…" Moka tried to reason, but Kurumu wouldn't have it.
"Is his blood delicious? You're just using him as food, aren't you?" The succubus mocked the vampire.
"No, I-I'm not using him…" The vampire tried but she couldn't even convince herself of that, since Tsukune's words still resonated within her mind.
"Ahahaha. You're face when you'll lose him to me would be a sight to see!" The succubus would've continued with her 'evil' laugh had it not been for a new voice to pop in.
"Moka!"
It was Tsukune. And his sudden appearance caught off-guard not only the two monster girls but also the girl in charge of the perimeter.
'Oh, clams! I didn't notice him coming!" Marjorine kicked herself in the back of her mind, wondering how much Tsukune has heard and if he was onto them now.
Another good reason why this confrontation shouldn't have been in such a public area.
"There you are! Sorry for running out like that!" Tsukune apologized, somehow ignoring the crowed of people surrounding the two girls and walking past a blond. "There is something I wanted to apologize for…"
Then, without missing her chance, Kurumu launched herself at Tsukune and embraced him tightly. "Tsukune! Thank you so much for earlier!" Kurumu said with a cutesy voice and proceeded to rub her chest against him.
"K-Kurumu! What are you doing?" Tsukune asked clearly surprised by the girl's actions and blushed profoundly. Before he could lose himself in the soft sensation, the brunette remembered what was he there for in the first place. "Wait, I wanted to apologize to Moka…!"
"Tsukune, you're being tricked! Hurry up and get that girl off you!" Moka warned him, "Kurumu isn't your friend!"
"How…awful…how can you say such things?" Kurumu 'cried', trying to make Moka look like the bad one. "Ahh…I'm getting dizzy…please take me to the infirmary…" The succubus implored as she slumped against Tsukune, letting him hold her.
"Kurumu!" The concern boy turned his head to look directly at her. And that's when she took her chance.
'CHARM!'
'Wha?! It…It's happening again!' Tsukune thought not knowing what was happening to him, 'When I look directly at Kurumu's eyes, I get dizzy and weird…'
Marjorine, who was standing close to the two of them, turned her glance sideways to avoid looking directly at them.
This was a Succubus famous CHARM. Or so she had read on the monster encyclopedia.
Succubae were monsters of the night that appear in men's dreams in order to seduce them. An to do so, Succubae used their powers of illusions and their most famous one was their CHARM. With it, they can take control of a man's mind and control them like they were their marionettes by just simply looking at them in the eye.
Truly, a devious power.
The only one who could resist a succubus Charm were women (although some of them are also susceptible to their effects) and men with willpower greater than a succubus own CHARM abilities.
Marjorine, knew that she was susceptible to the CHARM since she wasn't a girl by nature, and she didn't believe to have enough willpower within herself. 'If I couldn't defend myself from kids in school, there's no way I could resist a monster's power.'
"Please believe me,Tsukune. That girl is dangerous." Moka pleaded, not realizing that Kurumu was using her charm on Tsukune right in front of her.
"Oh, really? Aren't you the one who's always sucking my blood?" Tsukune answered back, but if you look close enough one could see that his eyes were unfocused and foggy. Unfortunately, Moka didn't paid close attention, being too distracted by Tsukune's words.
"W-what?" She couldn't believe what she was hearing, Tsukune, her only friend was confirming her worst thoughts. And for the vampire girl, it was too much to handle.
"UUUWAAAAAAA!" Moka cried as she run away from the scene with tears all over her face.
"M-Moka!" Tsukune to call her, trying his best to overcome the strangeness of his body not responding to his commands.
"Come on, Tsukune. Take me to the infirmary." Kurumu commanded and he followed while also being dragged by the arm.
After both girls left the scene, so did the rest of the crowd that formed to see the spectacle, leaving only a blond girl behind.
Marjorine had her head lowered with her gaze on the floor and gripped her briefcase with much more force than necessary.
'I feel dirty.'
The whole thing made her feel like that. She didn't do much, but being a willing accomplice made her feel rotten.
Sure, she had done much worse as a willing accomplice before. Like shooting several people in the dick with a Glock came to mind. On that occasion, it all was just a series accidents caused by her bad aiming at the time.
But this, this felt meaner.
Taking away Moka's friend to make her cry didn't sound as bad, but it felt like it. Because Marjorine knew who bad heartache felt.
'Lexus…' the Raisins' waitress.
Marjorine didn't even know Lexus real name, and she came to understand that what she fell for was just an act put up by waitresses to earn a bigger tip. But even so, despite all that, the girl still held a part in her heart.
'The heartache is gone, but I still remember it…' Like her heart was going to break apart and was going to bleed to death.
'Why?'
Why did Kurumu do this? What was the purpose of this grand mission of hers? Power? Fortune? Order? Anarchy? None of this seemed right. They didn't matched with the girl, or at least, the side of her Marjorine had come to know lately.
What was so important to Kurumu to drive her break a young girl's heart? What end could justify these means?
"I'm sorry, Moka." Marjorine whispered in shame as she gave a respectful bow in apology towards the direction Moka ran off.
And with that, Marjorine turned back and walked towards the infirmary with her briefcase in hand, with the grip not as strong as before.
'Hope teachers don't mind me skipping the rest of today's classes.'
Marjorine was waiting just outside the door of the infirmary. Waiting for Kurumu to finish whatever she was doing in there with Tsukune.
Then mental images of different possible scenarios played out on her mind, some of the mature-rating variety.
'Kurumu, couldn't possibly be doing THAT, could she?' Then she mentally kicked herself in the back. 'She's a succubus. How could I forget?'
Then again, with her time knowing Kurumu, Marjorine doubted the blue head to be THAT forward. Sure she liked to flaunt her body around for every male to see and liked to flirt a lot, but Marjorine couldn't see her doing THAT stuff with just anyone.
'Maybe she'll do it to upset Moka even more!' A voice that sounded distinctly like Bebe, said angrily in her head. Having sex just to spite others was the kind of stuff Bebe would've totally know of since she had many bitchy rivals that would pull that on her.
Even so, Marjorine was sure Kurumu wasn't the type to do something like that.
Then, the blond girl was interrupted from her inner musing by the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps.
Marjorine, turned her head towards the direction the sound was coming from and widen her eyes when she noticed who it was.
"Moka?"
Yes, it was the pink head, and she was sprinting full speed towards the blond.
"Hey, slow down!" She said and the vampire seemed to have heard her since she was slowing down but not enough. "Hey, wai…" but Marjorine couldn't finish because she was sent flying down the hallway by the accidental collision.
"Stop it!" Moka called as she opened the infirmary door with almost enough force to break it and with the urgent thoughts of saving Tsukune on the forefront of her mind and ignoring the strange sensation of maybe hitting something before coming in.
On her end, Marjorine was a few meters down the hallway trying to get back on her feet. "Oow! Didn't know Moka was this strong…" The small collision was enough to send her flying away, as if a small car had slammed against her.
As she was regaining her footing, the blond heard loud sounds coming from the infirmary, and without thinking it twice, she dashed towards it. But as she entered, all she could she was Tsukune and Moka being dragged out of the window.
"What's going on?" She exclaimed as she saw stepped towards the window to have a better view. "Is that…Kurumu?" the blond asked out-loud surprised.
Kurumu was flying away using some dark bat-like wings that she suddenly had on her back. Another new feature was the appearance of a long tail, which she was using to drag Tsukune away with Moka in tow as an unwanted passenger.
It was kind of a surreal image to behold for anyone normal, but for her it didn't even broke her top 15 'weirdest shit I ever seen' list.
Suddenly, it looked like Kurumu couldn't hold the combined weight of both Moka and Tsukune and drop them down into the forest surrounding the school.
"What should I do, what should I do?" Marjorine wondered out-loud. She didn't want to see anyone hurt, and much less see them hurt each other in a fight. But how could she reach them in time?
Upon that thought, the blond looked down through the window.
A fall of that height wouldn't do much damage, but it would still hurt like heck.
"Here goes nothing…" she sighed before she jumped out the window.
"Son of a biscuit!"
Yep! She was right, it really hurt.
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Deep within the forest, a confrontation was already underway.
"Move!" Moka cried as she pushed Tsukune out of harm's way. Had it not being for Moka, the human would've ended like the trees that received the attack themselves.
"Ah! She cut them like butter!" Those Succubus claws really weren't just for show.
"Tsukune! Hurry and take off my rosary!" And not wasting any second, the boy quickly pulled the silver rosary.
Only for it to not bulge.
"Huh?"
"Wha! Why it doesn't come off!" Tsukune tried again and again to pull it off, "It came off last time!"
Meanwhile floating in the air, Kurumu looked at the scene below and took the chance to mock the both of them. "Ahahaha, Stupid monster! It seems that you only have strength! And Tsukune is only a burdent to you! Why don't you just give up and DIE!"
With decision adorning her face, Moka embrace the human boy in order to protect them from the succubus imminent attack. "At a time like this, I know exactly what to do…" She whipered only for the boy to hear. Moka wanted to protect Tsukune, and she didn't want to lose him now or ever. 'Those are the true feelings of my heart.'
"Tsukune is my precious friend! It has nothing to do with his blood!" Moka yelled at Kurumu as she held the boy in her arms tighter against her. "If you're going to fight someone, just fight me and leave Tsukune alone!"
"Moka…" Tsukune was truly moved by her words, and made him regret ever thinking she just wanted him as food.
"Don't make me laugh!" Kurumu yelled in anger and finally sick at the scene below her, she took a swift dive towards them readying her claws to get rid of them with just one attack.
As the Succubus neared, Moka just closed her eyes waiting for the attack to come, fearing for Tsukune's live more than hers. Seeing this, Tsukune's instinct overtook him and gave the rosary one final yank.
"I'm not a burden to Moka!"
CLACK
And with that the rosary was off.
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"Just a little bit more…" Marjorine said as she ignored the pain of her fall and run towards she had last seen Kurumu.
Then there was a flash of light and the air began to feel somewhat heavier.
'Wh-what is this?'
It felt like there was something in the air, some kind of supernatural energy that she couldn't comprehend and it was sending all her senses into a panic.
"Th-there!" She was able to pint-point the source of such energy. 'The energy feels stronger in that direction.' Despite that all her senses were telling her to run, Marjorine stepped forward and run towards that direction.
"They could be in danger!" Despite considering herself a coward for most of her life, the safety of the people she cared about always came first. No matter how scared she was.
Once she arrived to a small clearing, Marjorine finally saw, from behind the trees, what caused the sudden heaviness of the air.
"Is…is that Moka?..."
Right in the middle of the clearing, looking similar to the Pink haired girl, stood a silver haired girl with a grand and imposing presence that send shivers down Marjorine spine.
'She looks like a completely different person.' Was this her true form? Was this the tarrying true power of the monster of legends? Was this a true vampire?
In the air, Kurumu was also slightly anxious at the imposing aura that Moka's true form was excluding.
"Don't mess around with me!" She yelled as she pushed that anxiousness away. "There's no way I could lose!" She couldn't lose, she would never forgive herself if she ever did.
"Us succubae all have a mission. Seek a 'destined encounter' among the men we tempt! In order to keep of small numbers from dying out, we must carefully pick just one man from out of many to be our destined one!"
Her revelation didn't register with Moka who was just looking at Kurumu with contempt, but Marjorine, who was still hiding her presence, was beyond words.
Was that the reason? The reason behind her plans to control the school's male population and defeat Moka, wasn't greed of power. It was love. But not any kind of love, it was True Love.
That's why the Succubae were dying out. They tempted men seeking their true love to give their hearts to. And among millions of men to look through, how lucky must you be to find your true love. And how awful must it feel not being able to find it, it would drive anyone to drastic measures.
'Kurumu… ' She must be desperate too, with the future of her family and species resting on her and the succubae that remained.
It reminded Marjorine of what she had learned during her stay on Somalia when she was a pirate alongside Eric, Clyde, Kevin and Ike. Thought some did went into piracy for the money and power, many young people were forced into it out of desperation and lack of opportunities. Without education or jobs, they were forced to loot, kidnap and kill to earn money for their hungry or sick families.
To do horrible things you don't want to in order to save and protect your love ones and their future. That's what Kurumu was doing.
"You got in the way of my mission, Akashiya Moka! I can't let you get away with thatno matter what!" And with a cry for battle, Kurumu dived once again to slice her opponent's head off.
On the ground Moka didn't look particularly worried, I fact she had a small smirk adorning her face.
"So what are you going to do?" she asked in a daring manner, "You can't let me do this, so you dare to bear you claws at the likes of me?" And her words only served to anger Kurumu even more.
Once Kurumu was at striking distance from her, Moka said. "Frail egotistical woman…" and avoided a slash with perfect grace. "…Know your place!"
Kurumu didn't have time to react or fly away, because with a swift motion, Moka had a tight grip on her tail. "Slow…" the vampire moked as she swung the poor Succubus to the hard ground, leaving a small crater and sending rocks flying all around.
"I'm not done yet!" And with another mighty swing, she threw poor Kurumu towards a large tree. With an impact strong enough to make the three fall. "Am I too difficult for you?" The silver haired vampire mocked again.
"Though you acted like a little devil a while ago, now you're just a naïve little girl." Moka continued as she neared her down opponent with a very slow pace, enjoying the whole thing. "Should I teach you a lesson? Why don't I tear off that tail and wings of yours…" She threaten with a very stone cold face, and silently enjoying the terror on the girl's face. "Or maybe make it so that you can never stand up to me again."
The whole scene put a very bad taste on Tsukune's mouth, who wanted nothing more than to put a stop to it, put the intense dark aura that surrounded Moka was making it very difficult for him to move a muscle.
"Please sto…"
"WAIT!"
A new voice called out as the owner moved to put itself between Kurumu and Moka with it. "Don't you dare lay another hand on her!"
"M-Marjorine…?" Kurumu was surprised by the sudden appearance of the blond. "W-what are you doing here?" she asked with difficulty since her whole body was in terrible pain.
Moka remained silent for a second as she gave a good look at the blond girl standing between her and the succubus with her arms extended and her briefcase still on hand.
"So, the one hiding in the bushes finally decided to reveal its presence." Moka stated with a little hint of amusement creeping on her voice. "You're that person who was trying to disperse the crowd earlier, right?" Moka pointed out-loud with the amusement in her voice a little more clear now, as if she was laughing at her own private joke.
"I-I'm not going to let you hurt Kurumu!" Marjorine said trying to keep her inner fear from creeping into her voice. "So please! Turn around and leave her alone!"
"Please, Moka leave them alone, Kurumu is already defeated." Tsukune said behind the Vampire, finally able to regain his voice. "There's no reason to continue!"
"Silence." The vampire ordered with amusement no longer in her voice, "None of you, can tell me what I can or cannot do!"
"Please go away! O-or I'll be forced to make you leave!" Marjorine begged once again.
"You! Make ME leave? Don't make me laugh." Answer Moka showcasing the pride vampires were knonw for. "And how you pray tell to do that?"
"With this!" Marjorine said as she opened the briefcase on her hand and took out something out of it.
It was a hammer.
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Flashback
Just as he promised, he was filling Marjorine in with some of the realities and details she was surely encounter at Youkai Academy. Currently they were both inside of Marjorine's bedroom.
"Monsters are violent by nature, so you can expect to be attacked in any moment!" Damien stated stoically.
"R-really? T-that sounds scary!" Marjorine trembled regretting more and more the idea of going to a school of monsters the more she heard.
"It's really no more different than any normal High School, if you think about it." Damien commented rapidly getting annoyed by the boy/girl interruptions. "Humans are equally if not more violent than monsters. They just pretend to care whenever more than monsters violence do happens."
"Well…I guess that's true in some cases…" Though she hated to admit it, Marjorine had seen the cruelty of human nature. Unless of course Eric turned out to be a monster in disguise. "Are you sure Eric Cartman isn't a monster?"
"No. He is human. But even for monster standards he is one messed up guy!" Damien said with Marjorine nodding in agreement. "Now as I was saying…if you're attacked, you'll need to defend yourself!"
"How?" She asked worriedly, she wasn't the more aggressive or the strong type of person. She liked to resolve her problems without violence.
"I said stop itterupting!"
"Sorry…!"
"You'll have to defend yourself with this." With the way of his hand, Damien used his powers to summon an object onto his hand. "Here, take this."
"This…this is …!"
"Your old hammer, yes."
It was the same hammer she had used when she was younger and everyone was playing with the stick of truth. Eric and Kyle were kings of the Human and Elven kingdoms respectively, Stan was a human ranger/fighter who sided with the elves, Kenny was a princess and the fairest maiden in the land (because no girl wanted to play with them.), Jimmy was a bard with magical spells of enchantment and she was a noble Paladin.
"It looks just as new." She said as she inspected it on her hands.
"Yes, I also took the liberty to 'upgrade' your weapon for more 'shock' and 'holy' damage." Damien simply told her.
"B-but, that was all, make believe! We didn't really control the elements; that were all special effects provided by you!" Around the first days of playing, it got kind of boring pretending to throw 'invisible' powers at each other and caused a lot of arguments about what did what, and what defeated what. So they asked Damien to use his powers to make their fantasy role-play game look and feel 'authentic'.
"In part, yes. But much of what you guys did were just you guys' own doing, I didn't have to do much." Damien revealed much to Marjorine surprised. "You guys tend to forget (or ignore) that this isn't a normal place, and you guys aren't normal people. Especially you, Butters!"
"Me?" she was so enthralled that she didn't even bother correcting him for using that name to refer to her.
"Yes, all you have to do is believe and remember how you are and all that stupid crap!" Hell, how much he hated forced cryptic expositional dialogue with tones of motivational speech behind them. Made him feel sick.
"Um…thanks…I guess."
"Just remember, and then kick some asses. Now let's move on to the next topic."
Marjorine nodded, and put aside her new old hammer, feeling happy to have it back.
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'Good to have you old friend back.' Marjorine thought now that she was back to the present.
"A hammer? That's all that you have?" Had it not being for her trying to maintain her pride intact, Moka would've laughed out loud for the ludicrousness of the reveal. "Pathetic." Then she took a step forward.
"D-don't say I didn't warn you!" Marjorine still could feel the cold shivers down her spine, but she had to be brave if she wanted to save Kurumu from the vampire. "Now! Take this!" she said as she extended her arm with the hammer in it.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Was that supposed to do something?" Moka asked dully.
"W-wait! Why didn't it worked? What's wrong with it!" Marjorine began shaking the hammer franticly trying to make it work. "Could you please wait just a second?"
"No." And with that she delivered a powerful kick. That sent Marjorine flying away.
"Marjorine!" Kurumu screamed unable to move a muscle to do something.
"No…" Tsukune muttured sadly seeing an innocent person trying to protect her friend get hurt.
"Disappointing." But then, in mid air Marjorine regained a more upright position and fell on feet, surprising the Silver haired Vampire and everyone else. "That should have knocked anyone out!"
On her end Marjorine was breathing heavily and in deep pain. 'That kick…it would've killed me if I hadn't blocked perfectly.' Being a natural born victim and with people always wanting to hit her when she was younger, she developed an instinct to block any attack directly at her. All thank to their role-playing game.
'Still…why didn't the hammer worked?' Damien told her it would work, so why it didn't now that she needed it. Was there some kind of trick or something? Why didn't Damien told her?
'Believe in yourself and remember who you are, you fucking idiot!' Damien voice said on her head, 'And don't ever make me repeat that stupid shit again, asshole!"
'Remember who I am? But I know who I am. I'm Marjorine.'
"No! I meant, who you are when you wield the hammer, you retard!"
Geez, even the voices in her head didn't think much of her. Remember, who she was when she wields the hammer? Well…she was a paladin.
"Butters the Merciful." She whispered.
"Yes! Now go and kick that vampire slut ass!" Damien's voice encouraged.
"Yes!" She yelled as she made her way back to the fight. The whole inner exchange being just a few seconds long.
"You are sturdier than you look, I'll admit that." Moka 'praised' the hurt looking blond. "Admit defeat and plea forgiveness on your knees and I shall show mercy. Let it not be said that I do not ever show leniency."
"Ha, you wouldn't know about kindness or mercy." Marjorine antagonized. A very big error in Tsukune's mind. A big, fatal error.
"Please, Marjorine! Don't do this you'll die!" Kurumu couldn't bare the sight of the blond getting hurt for her sake.
"Doesn't matter, I'll always protect the innocent from those who abused them." Marjorien said, slowly remembering how a Paladin should suppose to act.
"Why?" She asked, but her real question was, 'why are you protecting me?' After all the things she made her for her and treating her as a minion or a secretary at best.
"Innocent? Do think that succubus is really innocent?" Moka questioned angrily. How could someone ever called that egotistical woman innocent?
"It's true that Kurumu did terrible acts against you and others…" Marjorine said, which caused Kurumu to flinch in place, "…But she did so for a noble cause, Love!" That declaration made Kurumu's eyes to widen in surprise.
"She must save her species, and to do so she must find her true love so that her friends and family can have a prosper future! If that isn't a noble cause then I don't know what is!"
"Mar'…" Kurumu could feel tears coming from her eyes. Never would have she thought she'll find someone like the blond, someone who would do or say something like this to her. Now she was truly regretful of not considering her a friend since the beginning.
On the sideline, Tsukune couldn't help but agree with the sentiment. Yes, Kurumu may have tried to manipulate him, but she couldn't see true malicious intentions from the girl.
"Oh, please spare me the act, BOY!" and as if Moka's words were a hit, Marjorine flinched and took a step back in recoiled surprise.
"Wha…"
"You didn't think I wouldn't notice something like that from your scent? Though I commend you from trying to disguise it, it took me two whole seconds to realize the truth about you."
"M-Marjorine…?" Kurumu was shocked by Moka's words, but even more so was the fact that Marjorine just stood there and didn't say something for herself.
"Moka, what are you talking about?" asked Tsukune, who didn't comprehend what Moka was referring to.
Ignoring him, Moka continued looking directly at the blond "So what are you? Some kind of pervert who like to play dress up or are you just a freak?" Said blond remained in place trembling at those horrible words Moka was throwing at her. "What, cat got your tongue now that I revealed you little secret?"
Marjorine continued to say nothing to defend herself as she tried to keep her trembling under control. That is until she took a very deep breath.
"Enough!" The blond said, but not with her regular voice, but a much deeper one. That sudden change really threw off guard both Kurumu and Tsukune. Then she took off the green bows from her head to let the long blond hair set loose. After that she took off the green coat that was her uniform unto the ground, showcasing how flat her chest really was.
"Are you angry because your charade is over?" Moka kept on mocking. "Couldn't take it anymore?"
"I said it was enough!" Marjorine answered still using the deeper voice. "I prohibit you from speaking anymore!" This caused Moka to look at HIM angrily.
"No lower being can tell me what to do. Do you know whom you're dealing with?"
"Yes, you are a Vampire, also known as the Immortal ones, a creature of legend feared for their enormous power. You are part of the Elite and no monster could compare with you!" Marjorine told her with a serious voice.
"Hm. It seems that you do know where I stand, which make your actions here look even more ludicrous." Moka would've continued her mocking but Marjorine spoke up once again.
"Yes, but it's also you who don't know whom you're dealing with!"
"What!?"
Then the sky opened and a light fell upon the blond, curing his wounds and making the pain go away as he spoke.
"For a former servant of his highness, the Grand Wizard King, ruler of the Kingdom of Kupa Keep! Loyal companion of Sir Douchebag, the Dragonborn! I am Butters the Merciful! Paladin and Protector of the innocent, Seeker of Truth and Justice for all races! And with Hammer in Hand I shall smite away the evil from this world and cleanse it in the name of peace, love and the power of Jesus Christ!"
Once he was finished the light that shined upon him disappeared alongside the school uniform he wore. Instead he was draped turquoise clothes, a dark blue cape, yellow gloves, black boots and a headband with a gemstone in the center of the forehead.
These changes made silence permeate the environment. With Tsukune and Kurumu being too surprised to even talk while Moka looked at him with an expectant look on her face.
"Stand down or face my power!" The Paladin gave his Ultimatum.
"Interesting…" Moka commented amused by the whole introduction, "Show me this power you speak off!" She jumped forward preparing another powerful kick to send this 'Paladin' into unconsciousness
"Don't say I didn't warn you!" Butters the Merciful answered the challenge and spun his hammer. "By the Hammer of Justice!" he yelled as he threw his weapon towards the charging Vampire.
Moka watched the Hammer come directly at her with no worry, 'Fool, does he really think that toy could ever damage me?' She thought as she swung her arm to swat away the hammer is if it was a fly.
Big mistake.
The moment her hand came into contact with the hammer, a surge of pain coursed through her whole body. Adding to injury, the projectile didn't lose any momentum and still hit her full force sending her ass first into the ground.
"Moka!" Tsukune cried as he kneeled besides her to check on her. "Are you alright?"
Moa k was too busy focusing on the pain she felt that she didn't respond or even acknowledge the boy. 'What was that? Why did it hurt so?" The worst was on her hand she used to try to block the weapon. It felt like it was burning. With a quick glance, she noticed that there was a red burn mark on her hand.
"How?"
"It looks like vampires are weak against weapons imbued with Holy Powers!" The paladin pointed out loud as he picked up his hammer, making the Vampire very angry!
"Why you!" She yelled before pushing Tsukune away and step up full speed to deliver a very high and powerful kick. But in her anger, the kick became sloppy instead of graceful as her other kicks.
"Shield of Righteousness! Protect!" And as for his command, a turquoise shield shined into existence on the paladin's arm and used it to block Moka's attack. The resulting impact caused a small tremor and a cloud to surround the area.
After the dust settled, both fighters were separated by a few meters from each other with the Vampire being slightly winded and the paladin breathing heavily.
CRACK!
Came the sound from his shield. The kick was enough to almost shatter it to pieces.
'A kick that shatters a +5 shield is a kick that kills instantly.' Good thing he was good at push blocking. 'Time to end this!'
Atfer throwing away his now useless shield, the paladin prepared to attack once more, but was interrupted by someone stepping between then in the same manner he had done before.
"Please! Do not fight anymore!" Tsukune insisted. "Both of you will only get hurt!" There was being enough violence for one day. A sentiment that the Paladin did share.
"True. This battle is meaningless and will only end in suffering." The blond said which brought a sigh of relief from the brunette.
"I refuse!" retorted Moka. "I shall end this right now!" It was because of her pride as a Vampire that she refused to back down from a fight.
"Listen to Tsukune! Please end this fight!" Kurumu pleaded, finally being able to stand by herself, but it still presented some difficulties.
"Silence. Once I'm finished with him, you're next, succubus!" She threatened. Moka was beyond pissed. Normally, she would have much more composure than this, but something in the blonde's face made her want to bash it in. And not been able to so easily, riled her even more.
"Listen to them! This battle is over!"
"Don't tell me what to do!" Moka yelled losing all of her self-control. She dashed towards the paladin once more with the intent to finish him off for good.
"If you do not yield then you shall taste my righteous fury!" And just as his words left his mouth, a bolt of lightning came down from the sky hitting the paladin's hammer head on. And from the hammer, the lighting shot out in a tremendous thunder.
Moka have no chance to try and move out away, and even if she did have it, she wasn't completely sure if she would be able dodge lightning.
"Aaaaah!" The vampire howled in pain as electricity coursed through her body.
After the shock subsided. The silver haired girl remained standing with her hair completely messed up by the static energy and her school uniform in ruins.
"Heh, that's all you g…?" She tried to said but before she could finish her quip, she fell down unconscious.
"Moka!" Tsukune scream in anguish as he ran towards the downed girl. "Moka, please!"
"Don't you worry." The paladin told him as he too walked towards Moka. "She passed out from the shock. And knowing her true nature, she'll be okay." Vampires were very sturdy and resisted all sorts of physical stress and punishment, or so said the monster encyclopedia.
"If you want I can tend her wounds, but I'm afraid she'll woke up and attack me." He offered Tsukune with a small smile.
"Can you? I just need to put the Rosary back and seal her powers, and then you can heal her!" But the paladin's just shook his head at the idea.
"That might just kill her. Shell be better off being treated at the infirmary…or what's left of it." He tried to make a joke but the boy in front of him didn't find it funny. "Besides, do you think she'll ever forgive you for letting the person who beat her, heal her after the battle?"
"Probably not." Tsukune answer truthfully. Pink Moka wouldn't hold it against him, but silver Moka was a different story. "I can't believe she went off the hook like that."
"It's not her fault." The Paladin answered immediately surprising him. "Even I could tell, this was way out of character for her."
"Then, what do you think happened?"
"A combination of things; her own bloodlust, combined with the fact that we hurt her vampire pride. Also a side effect of my 'Hammer of Justice' Throw, is that sends the opponent into a rage that makes them attack very sloppily." Not to mention his Natural-born victim attribute that made him 50% more prone at being attacked. "The end result was this."
"Wow."
"Not to interrupt or anything, but there are two girls here that need medical attention." Kurumu said. She had regained enough strength to complain while the two boys were ignoring her.
"Ah, Kurumu! Wait, let me heal you." The paladin walked up to her and gave her a few pats in the back. "There, there…Are you feeling better?"
"No! I do not…wait!...yes I do feel better." It was strange one moment she was in pain and with bruises and now she the pain was gone alongside the bruises. Though she still felt a little drained of energy. It was probably mental exhaustion.
"Thanks…em…"
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know what to call you anymore…" She left the sentence hanging for a few seconds until realization finally hit the blonde.
"Gah! W-w-what have I done?" The blonde finally said with her 'normal' type of voice. 'God, oh god, I screwed up!' She got too wrap up with her Paladin persona that she forgot to show more discretion.
"You have some explaining to do."
"Yes, Kurumu." Marjorine answered resignedly. She had no idea where to begin with. But thankfully salvation came in the form of Tsukune.
"Um…Not that I'm not curious for answers myself but…couldn't it wait until we take Moka back to the nurse?" He asked hopefully, not believing himself to be strong enough to carry the vampire all the way back.
"Of course! After all this trouble is the least we could do, right Kurumu?"
The succubus just sighed in defeat.
"Fine, but only if you explain on the way!"
And with that, the three of them helped carry Moka back to school.
On a Dark room on the deepest parts of hell, a dark figure couldn't help but chuckle as he watched how all played out. "Not bad, not bad at all."
"Didn't know you liked reality TV, Damien." A voice said behind Damien. The Anti-Christ turned around to look at the unexpected visitor.
"Ah, Kenneth McCormick! Back in hell, I see."
"Cut the crap Damien. Just tell me what that was on your 'TV'" said in a very cold tone.
"Whatever do you mean?" Damien played the fool.
"Since when Butters could do stuff like that? Did you grant him powers and now you're spying on him?" The resurrecting boy accused with a pointed finger.
"Is it hard to believe that maybe Butters did all that by himself?"
"Bullshit!"
"I do not! It's not my fault you don't want to believe me…or maybe you refuse to believe that you aren't the only special kid from South Park, hm?" Damien countered with a condescending tone.
"Shut up!" was Kenny's only response. Though he was right, the whole thing with Mint Berry Crunch that one time did pissed him off. "Just fucking explain."
"Hn. I'm telling the truth, you see…"
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"That's hard to believe, but…that would explain a lot of what happens in this fucked up town and world." Kenny admitted.
"Now you understand." Damien was relieved that the explanation was over.
"But, what about Butt… Marjorine? Did you explain this to her?"
"No, that would only cause him unnecessary stress, don't you think?" The dark boy retorted with one of the biggest shit eating grins ever.
"Fucker!" The angry Kenny picked the black haired boy from the shirt.
"You realize that telling him will only cause trouble, right?"
"Hn." Kenny hated to admit it but the demon spawn was right. He nodded and let the guy's shirt go.
"If you're so worried, I could send you there so you can keep taps on him."
"What do you …" Kenny began but Damien interrupted him by taking something out of his pocket.
"I'm saying that, I can transfer you to Youkai academy where you can be with your buddy, you gaywad."
"You know I can't…" Kenny said as he look at the application with suspicion.
"You can't or you don't want to?" Damien interrupted him again. "Does roaming the streets at night with your stupid costume because of your own guilt more important than your gay buddy?"
"I…"
"Just think about it, and the next time you end up here you can tell me your answer. Until then, goodbye!"
"Goodbye? I'm not going…"
Then the next thing Kenny knew was that he was alive again.
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Author Notes:
Boy, oh boy! Would Kenny accept Damien's offer? How would Kurumu react to Marjorine's story? And what's the real source of Marjorine powers?
Next chapter: "Answers and Explanations."
Yeah, that's not a really imaginative name, I admit that.
P.S Fuck you! FF spellcheck! You always screw with me!
God, I'm too tired to go and fixall the things it screwed over. I'll correct those later.
