Rosario of Sorrow
Chapter three: Love Rival and a Vampire.
It was morning and Soma had just woken up in his room, as soon as he got up, he started writing a letter.
"Dear Mina, I'm still hanging in there…I've got some good news and some bad news. You probably want to hear the good news first, well, I met my childhood friend again, and I told you about Moka right? The lonely girl I met at the park eight years ago? She's my classmate now; I'm so relieved that she's here…because making new friends seems like a life risking experience here at Yokai Academy. The bad news is I got into a fight, don't worry I won! But…the way I won is really bothering me…"
Soma finished writing his letter to Mina and prepared for his second day as a student at Yokai Academy.
"You know? I'm weirdly comfortable living in a building full of monsters…feels like something I've done before…"Soma thought to himself.
"I wonder what Soma's doing now?" Moka thought to herself as she walked to class.
"It's her!" A male student said.
"She's so hot it should be illegal!" Another student added.
"Good morning Soma!" Moka hugged Soma's arm. "It's so good to see you!"
"G-good morning to you as well, Moka!" Soma smiled nervously.
"Damn! It's the new guy!" The male student growled.
"He may not look like much, but he beat the crap out of that jerk, Saizo Komiya!" The other one added.
"How the hell did that spread so fast? Soma sighed.
"What's with you this morning?" Moka smiled and tugged on Soma's sleeve. "Come on, Let's go!" She held his hand and dragged him to class.
"Now she'd holding his hand! I'm so damn jealous!" The male student yelled.
"Let's get him!" The other one growled.
"Hold it right there!" Saizo held tem both up by their collars. "I can't let you do that." He dropped them and cracked his knuckles.
Oh crap!" Both students yelled simultaneously.
"Soma will be mine!" A blue haired girl stared at Soma and Moka. "I won't let that bitch get in my way!"
"Soma?" Moka said as she walked beside him. "Do you remember yet?"
"Remember what?" Soma looked at Moka.
"The other promise?" Moka blushed.
"Oh, right!" Soma smiled.
"I'm so happy!" Moka beamed with joy.
"I owe you money, right?" Soma took out his wallet. "I don't remember how much, but I think this amount will..."
"You still don't remember!" Moka was getting very angry.
"Then tell me what it was." Soma smiled nervously as Moka got angrier.
"I-I can't do that!" Moka blushed. "It's embarrassing."
"I'll tell you when I remember, okay?" Soma smiled.
"You better!" Moka pouted.
"I'll go on ahead, okay?" Soma said. "See you in class."
"How could our childhood friend forget such an important promise?" The silver haired Moka's voice was heard from the Rosary.
"What do you mean "our"? " Moka asked.
"I'll tell you some other time." The silver haired Moka said.
Soma decided to take the detour to class, as he walked through the forest, he saw a busty blue haired girl.
"Please help me." The Blue haired girl pleaded.
"Are you alright?" Soma rushed to help the blue haired girl.
"I'm so dizzy…" The blue haired girl held her head and looked up at Soma.
"She's kinda cute…" Soma blushed a little. "Snap out if it!" He thought to himself. "Moka's gonna be furious!"
"I'm sorry." The blue haired girl asked in a seductive tone. "Can you help me please?"
"Yeah…sure of course." Soma helped the blue haired girl up. "Will you be alright?" He asked.
"He's all mine now!" The blue haired girl smirked and she pressed herself up against Soma.
"What the…?!" Soma thought to himself. "It's not that I don't like this… but this is really awkward…"
"What's wrong?" The blue haired girl looked at Soma innocently.
"N-Nothing!" Soma thought to himself. "Crap…I'll just take her to the clinic and leave…"
"Let's go then" The blue haired girl smiled. "Thanks so much." As soon as Soma looked away she smirked. "Just follow me, my future toy."
As Soma and the Blue haired girl walked in the hallway, Moka was standing alone on the roof.
"How could he forget something so important?" Moka said to herself.
Now, back to Soma at the hallway.
"Sorry for the trouble, Soma" The blue haired girl clung onto Soma.
"No problem." Soma smiled. "Wait…I don't' remember telling you my name."
"Oh, everyone knows about you!" The blue haired girl smiled. "The mysterious new student that beat Saizo."
"Umm…" Soma smiled nervously. "I'm not all that mysterious." He sighed. "How the hell did that spread?"
"Sorry!" An orange bat flew over Soma. "I did that."
"Okay…ignoring the weird talking bat…" Soma sighed and looked at the blue haired girl. "She's cute and all…but for all I know…she can be some kind of spider monster that seduces and eats people." He thought to himself.
"Listen. My name's Kurumu Kurono" Kurumu smiled at Soma. " And we should be really good friends." Kurumu looked into Soma's eyes and tried to hypnotize him.
"Umm…sure?" Soma gave Kurumu a confused look, unaffected by her spell. "She wants to eat me. Doesn't she?"
"Yahoo!" Kurumu hugged Soma. "If I can get someone like him as my slave…" She thought to herself and smirked.
"Damn…she's really aggressive." Soma was nervous.
"Yo!" Saizo walked up to Soma and Kurumu.
"Saizo?" Soma looked confused, he didn't expect the school bully to call out in a friendly tone.
"Can we talk for a minute?" Saizo asked Soma.
"Let's see…Talk to the guy that tried to beat you up on your first day? Or talk to a girl that's really cute but might eat you?" Soma thought to himself before saying to Saizo. "Sure, what's up?"
"Wait!" Kurumu objected. "I won't be ignored!"
"Thanks for the save!" Soma thanked Saizo.
"No problem!" Saizo smiled. "I'd watch out for that Kurumu chick if I were you."
"Why'd you bail me out anyway?" Soma asked. "So what's the deal with her anyway?"
"Because we tough guys have to stick together!" Saizo smiled. "But seriously, I hear she's up to no good."
"You almost wet yourself." Soma thought to himself and sighed. "Let me guess, she's a spider monster that seduces and eats people, right?" He said.
"Nah!" Saizo laughed. "I stole her personal file and it says she's a succubus."
"I'm not gonna ask why you steal girl's files." Soma smiled. "But thanks for the info."
"Anytime!" Saizo thought to himself. "If I stay on his good side, he won't kill me."
"There you are, Soma!" Moka grabbed Soma's arm. "We'll be late for class!"
"R-Right!" Soma smiled at Moka.
"I didn't think you and Saizo would get along so well." Moka smiled.
"Well, once you beat the hell out of him, he's a pretty decent guy…I guess." Soma joked.
"You're such a nice person." Moka smiled at Soma. "Just like before."
"Moka…" Soma blushed.
"Soma…" Moka blushed and stared at his neck. "I'm sorry!" She bit into his neck.
"I can never get used to this…." Soma thought to himself and sighed.
Soma and Moka made it to class just in time, as homeroom ended; Ms. Nekonome introduced their new history teacher. He was a tall man with black shoulder length hair, pale skin and a pitch-black suit
"Class, I'd like you to meet our new History teacher." Ms. Nekonome smiled.
"Hello class." The history teacher said. "My name is Genya Arikado." Arikado spoke. "Today I'll be teaching you about the Monster World's most famous tyrant."
"Our new teacher is so cool!" A female student blushed.
"First a mysterious new student and now a cute teacher!" Another one blushed. "I'm so lucky!"
"Again with the mysterious crap." Soma thought to himself. "I'm not that kind of guy." He sighed.
"Now, who can tell me who the last reigning Vampire lord was?" Arikado asked the class.
"I can." Moka raised her hand. "It was Dracula, right?"
"Correct." Arikado looked at Moka and was shocked at her appearance. "It can't be…!" He thought to himself as he regained his composure. "He reigned from the year 1094 all the way up to 1999, he was finally defeated for good at the end of the Demon Castle War."
"Why does this sound so familiar…?" Soma thought to himself.
"He's not getting away after class!" Kurumu smirked at Soma.
Classes had ended and Soma walked out followed by Moka and Kurumu.
"Man, classes seemed much longer today." Soma smiled at Moka. "Wanna hang out with me?"
"S-Sure…" Moka blushed. "Is he asking me out on a date?" She smiled at Soma.
"Glad to hear it." Soma walked closer to Moka and held her hand. "Now's my chance!" He thought to himself. "Don't screw this up, Soma."
"Soma…" Moka blushed as she and Soma held hands.
"Moka…" Soma looked into her eyes.
"This will make him remember for sure!" Moka thought to herself as she puckered her lips and she closed her eyes.
"Sh-She wants to kiss already?!" Soma panicked. "Calm down…you wanted something like this, remember?" He thought to himself, as he got closer, preparing to kiss Moka.
"There you are cutie!" Kurumu waved at Soma from a distance.
"Hello there." Soma greeted Kurumu nervously.
"Soma, who's that?" Moka asked Soma, she was a little irritated.
"She's just a new friend I made today." Soma answered.
"That's right!" Kurumu hugged Soma's arm. "We're really close!" she smirked at Moka. " We hugged all morning."
"W-wait! That's not…" Soma panicked.
"So…you've been with her all morning?" A dark and jealous aura was felt from Moka.
"Y-You've got it all wrong!" Soma tried to calm Moka down.
"You jerk!" Moka ran away.
"Wait!" Soma tried to run after Moka, but he felt something hold his arm.
"Don't go." Kurumu grabbed Soma's arm. "I'll make you mine."
"Now hold on a minute!" Soma objected.
"Don't move." Kurumu smirked and she kissed Soma. "My charm didn't work, so I'll have to enslave him now!"
"W-What's this?!" Soma felt his mind go blank and he saw images of Kurumu.
"Great!" Kurumu smiled. "You're mine now, Soma."
"Of course." Soma said. "What the hell am I doing?" He thought to himself.
Outside the academy, Moka was sitting down under a tree.
"I can't believe him!" Moka was really angry. "He asks me out right after hugging another girl!"
"Don't be fooled." The silver haired Moka spoke from the Rosario. "That girl's a succubus."
"A Succubus?" Moka asked the Silver haired Moka. "Oh, no! Then that means?!"
"Our Soma's in danger." The silver haired Moka said.
Back to Soma and Kurumu.
"This way." Kurumu led Soma into the clinic.
"Right behind you." A blank eyed Soma followed Kurumu.
"Hey, Soma." Kurumu blushed as she got into the clinic with Soma. "You're the first person I've ever kissed."
Soma didn't reply. He simply stared at Kurumu with a blank expression.
"Don't move, okay?" Kurumu leaned over Soma.
"This is bad…I have to snap out of it!" Soma tried to move. "Damn! I can't move a muscle!"
"My heart's beating really fast." Kurumu blushed and smiled. "You'll be my first you know."
"I know she's cute and all…but I don't think I wanna get raped!" Soma thought as tried to move his hands.
"Soma, don't run away…" Kurumu leaned in to kiss Soma.
"Get a hold of yourself!" Soma's eyes started glowing a blood red and he felt Kurumu's spell break. "I'm sorry…" He hugged Kurumu as his eyes changed back to normal.
"For what?" Kurumu looked at Soma.
"Let's stop this." Soma said to Kurumu. "I can't do this…the one I love is…" An image of Moka flashed in his mind.
"Impossible! I should have enslaved him!" Kurumu was shocked.
"I have to clear things up with Moka… She looked really hurt when she saw us together…" Soma let go of Kurumu.
"You like her more than me, don't you?!" Kurumu glared at Soma. "Even though I've thrown myself at you! Now I'm really mad!" Bat-like wings sprouted from her back.
"This is bad…if this goes on…I might turn into him again…" Soma remembered what he turned into during his fight with Saizo.
"I'll make you pay for rejecting me!" Kurumu was very angry. She hated being rejected. "If I can't have you, I'll make sure Moka can't either!" Claws grew out of her fingers.
Soma's eyes started glowing blood red again and his right hand started glowing with dark energy. "No, not now! I don't want to kill her!"
"Don't do it!" Moka yelled out as she saw Kurumu attack Soma.
"Moka…" Soma reverted back to his original self.
"Get away from him!" Moka pushed Kurumu out the window. "Run, before she comes back!"
"I won't leave you alone!" Soma stood his ground.
"You're not getting away!" Kurumu wrapped her tail around Soma's neck and flew away.
"Soma!" Moka grabbed onto Soma and ended up being dragged by Kurumu as well.
"Why did I have to play the hero?" Soma tried to break free.
"You're too heavy!" Kurumu struggled under the weight of Soma and Moka. She couldn't handle it anymore and she dropped them.
"That really hurt!" Soma tried to get up.
"Soma! Are you okay?" Moka rushed over to Soma.
"Yeah." Soma smiled. "Kinda."
"Good." Moka smiled. "If she hurt you…I don't know what I would have done."
"Excellent!" Kurumu smirked and extended her claws. "Now I get to kill both of you at once!"
"I'll protect you, Moka." Soma gave Moka a determined look.
"If we don't do something, we're both going to get killed!" Moka said. "My Rosary, please take it off!"
"You just had to get in my way!" Kurumu was flying to Moka and Soma. "I was going to enslave all the boys at school and choose my destined one!"
"I would gladly…sacrifice my life for Moka!" Soma took off Moka's Rosario unknowingly and used himself as a shield. "Go ahead, hate me for rejecting you, kill me…but leave Moka alone!"
"Soma…" Moka blushed, but before she could say anything a light came from her Rosario and dyed the sky red.
"What's that light?!" Kurumu was blinded. "And the sky!"
Moka was transformed into the Silver haired vampire Moka.
"Come down and fight me." The silver haired Moka goaded Kurumu. "If you want to lose that badly."
"I'm not going to lose! For the sake of my race, I can't lose!"
"For the sake of your race?" Soma was shocked.
"That's right! I have to find my destined one out of a large group of men or my race will die out!" Kurumu charged at Moka with her claws.
"So that's why you picked a fight with me?" The silver haired Moka dodged her. "Whatever your reason is…I can't forgive you for trying to steal him from me!"
"What the hell is she talking about?" Soma looked at the silver haired Moka.
"I'll kill you!" Kurumu lunged at the silver haired Moka.
"Big mistake!" The silver haired Moka kicked Kurumu so hard that she went through several trees before stopping.
"I'm sorry, I'll stop, I promise!" A defeated Kurumu apologized.
"I can't forgive you for trying to take him away from me." The silver haired Moka approached Kurumu. "I'm going to tear off your wings and your tail."
"No! Please don't! I'm begging you!" Kurumu was shaking with fear.
"That's enough!" Soma stood in the silver haired Moka's way.
"Get out of my way!" The silver haired Moka glared at Soma. "First she tried to take you from me, and then she tired to kill you, I can't let her get away with that!"
"But…just look at her! She's had enough!" Soma stood his ground. "She didn't do all this out of evil intentions… she did this all for her race, right? She had a messed up way of doing it…but I can tell…she's a good person!"
"You…" Kurumu gazed at Soma.
"Let's forget all about this." Soma smiled at Kurumu. "I'd still like to be friends."
Kurumu blushed she was so touched by Soma's words that she started to cry.
"Just like you and I are, Moka" Soma smiled at the silver haired Moka.
"Just friends?!" The silver haired Moka looked very angry. "You're such an idiot!" she took the Rosario and she slapped Soma so hard that he ended up against a tree several feet away.
"W-What did I do?" a confused Soma passed out.
"You better remember soon!" The silver haired Moka put her Rosario back on.
The next morning, Soma and Moka were walking to class together.
"So the rosary spoke to you?" Soma asked Moka.
"Yeah, and it told me something weird." Moka answered.
"What did it say?" Soma asked.
"The other me called you "our" childhood friend." Moka looked at Soma. "What does that mean?"
"I don't think the other you likes me very much… Soma sighed. "She really let me have it yesterday." He felt his bruised cheek.
"It's quite the opposite!" Moka smiled at Soma. "She really cares about you."
"Well, anger issues aside…both you and her are my irreplaceable friends." Soma smiled back at Moka.
"Soma…" Moka blushed.
"Moka…" Soma blushed as well and looked at Moka.
"Morning, Soma!" Kurumu greeted Soma with a smile on her face. I baked us some cookies. "She smiled. "Let's eat them together."
"That's nice and all, but why me?" Soma gave Kurumu a confused look.
"Rememeber when I said I was looking for my destined one?" Kurumu blushed. "The person I would love forever?"
Both Soma and Moka nodded.
"Well." Kurumu blushed and looked at Soma. "I've decided that it's you!"
"What?!" Soma was shocked.
"You're kidding!" Moka looked a little angry.
"It's all your fault for risking your life to protect me!" Kurumu pressed herself against Soma. "Now I'm so in love with you!"
"Stay away from him!" Moka pulled Soma away from Kurumu. "Soma is mine!" Moka bit into his neck.
Some time later, Soma was walking in the hallway.
"That was an ordeal." Soma sighed. "The one school where socializing is more stressful than studies…and I'm in it."
"Excuse me." Arikado called out to Soma.
"Oh, good afternoon Mr. Arikado." Soma bowed politely.
"Can I talk to you for a few minutes?" Arikado asked Soma.
"Sure, what is it?" Soma answered.
"I know about your power…the one you can't control." Arikado said.
"How did you know that?" Soma was shocked.
"I sensed it…be careful, Soma." Arikado warned. "That power feeds off negative emotions…if you lose control…you may become something terrifying."
"Something…terrifying…" Soma thought to himself.
"Take this" Arikado handed Soma a silver cross about the size of a sword's hilt with a red jewel at the center with bat wing designs. "You can channel your power through this cross."
"What does it do?" Soma took the cross. "Well, I hope this works." He channeled his powers through the cross and a red energy blade was emitted from the top and three energy spikes out of the other ends of the cross.
"It's called "Unholy Crucifix" use it when you're in danger…" Arikado looked at Soma. "Don't ever turn into the Dark Lord."
"What does that mean?" Soma thought to himself as he deactivated the Unholy Crucifix's blades.
Some time later, at the chairman's office.
"Did he get it?" Mikogami asked Arikado
"Yes… it will help him keep his powers in check" Arikado replied.
"It would be unfortunate if Lord Dracula returns, and without an active Belmont…" Mikogami said.
"If worse comes to worse…I could use this." Arikado held out a red jewel on a silver chain.
"Is that?!" Mikogami was shocked "The Crimson Stone?! How did it survive?"
"I recovered it before Father's castle before it was destroyed." Arikado grasped the jewel. "I can trap his soul here if he returns to his former self."
"But won't you absorb it in the process?" Mikogami asked, he was shocked at Arikado's plan.
"I that happens…I'm sure Akasha's daughter can defeat me." Arikado said grimly.
Author's note: Sorry for the delay! Halloween preparations are really eating my free time! We now know that the silver haired Moka has a past with Soma and it will be revealed in a flashback next chapter! Or if you guys want, a chapter dedicated to the flashback. Soma received a new weapon from Arikado and Kurumu is now part of the harem!, After all the girls are introduced, we will enter the Demon Castle arc of the story! And a new chapter of The Warrior of Zero is coming soon!
Now to answer my reviewers!
Snow199
Thanks for the praise! Stay tuned for more.
Teiki
I'll try not to keep you guys waiting!
Haseo55
Thanks! And yes I did, as well as the sword Alucard wielded at the TGS trailer for the unknown Castlevania game.
Lord Destroyer.
I've read the manga and It was one of the many intentional changes I've made along with Soma's age don't worry, Soma does have a past with the silver haired Moka as well. And Castlevania's Alucard has a direct connection to Rosario + Vampire's Alucard and that will be revealed in the upcoming chapters.
ShadowRaider20009
Thank you! Look forward to more chapters In the near future!