Rosario+Sisterhood
A Werewolf and Sisterhood
Content Warning: Peeping Tom
It was the beginning of December. The first, glistening white snow had fallen. Mizore and Megumi were creating sculptures out in the snow to decorate the property with. Kurumu and Katsumi were hanging the outdoor Christmas lights together because they could fly. Ruby, Yukari, and Yuriko were using their magic to reach the high banisters and other hard to reach decorating spots on the inside of the mansion. Moka and Kokoa had set out to find the perfect Christmas tree. They were going to bring the Inner Latte with them, but there was one problem.
The rosary would not come off.
Moka had been sure that she would be able to take it off. Afterall, she had done so the first time. Everyone tried to take it off, even Latte herself. It would not budge.
They tried to cut the ribbon. It was as if every blade they tried to use went dull as soon as it came in contact with the blue fabric.
The brunette Latte had panicked when she realized there was no getting the rosary off anytime soon.
"The other Latte.. She's getting angry." She told her family fearfully.
Moka bent down and put her hands on her daughter's shoulders. "Please forgive me, Latte. I've made a grave miscalculation." She spoke to her true daughter through the phantom. "Just bear with us a little while longer."
Now, Latte sat on the edge of her bed with her father, who was trying to comfort her.
"The other Latte, she's weeping." She told Tsukune as she began to tear up herself. "It makes me want to cry, too."
"Oh, Latte. It will be alright, sweetie. We'll find a way to take that rosary off."
"But what if I have to wait until I find my true love?" Latte weeped, burying her face into her hands. "That could be years from now!"
Tsukune suddenly grimaced as an idea came to mind. It was an awful idea. No, a horrible idea. A terrible idea. An idea sickening to a father of young daughters. "There is.. One person we haven't tried yet.."
"And who's that?" Latte looked at her father with teary eyes. "We've already tried everyone in the mansion!"
Tsukune let out a shaky sigh. "We've never told you girls, but.. Ruby had a son, a year before any of you were born. He's not my biological child, and even Ruby barely considers him her son. He.. He might be able to take it off."
"But daddy, it seems like you don't like him." Latte protested.
"I don't." Tsukune grumbled, standing up and taking a tissue from the box on Latte's nightstand. "But he may be our only chance." He delicately wiped his daughter's face.
"I can't allow him to be around the girls!" Ruby protested when she and Tsukune spoke in private. "I love the girls as if they were my own! I can't stand the idea of.. Of my son.. Doing anything to hurt them!"
"I know, Ruby." Tsukune hugged the one woman that he was unable to have a child with, trying to comfort her. "Please, just call Gin. It may be Latte's only chance."
It was after the girls were finished decorating the mansion that Tsukune called them together in the main room of the mansion.
"What did you call us together for, daddy?" Yuriko asked cheerfully.
The doors to the mansion swung open as Moka and Kokoa entered carrying a nine foot Christmas tree.
"Tsukune, why is there a car on the property?" Moka demanded to know.
Tsukune turned to the vampires and swallowed nervously. "Oh, Moka.. Kokoa.. I didn't think you would be home so-"
"I can help with that, ladies." A male voice came, and suddenly the tree became lighter until was no longer being carried by the vampires, but by a man with black hair.
"Ginei Morioka." Moka put her hands on her hips. "Didn't think I would ever see you ever again."
"We'll talk later." Gin told her. "For now, where do you want the tree?"
As Moka and Kokoa instructed the newcomer where to put the tree, the girls verbally clambered over their father.
"Daddy, who was that?" Megumi asked softest of all.
"Ginei Morioka. He's an old friend of your mothers' and I. He's also Ruby's ex-husband."
"Ex-husband?" The girls asked in unison, and turned to Ruby.
The witch held her hands clasped together in front of her, her eyes closed with a look of shame across her face. "The reason Gin is here is because.."
"Well, mom, where are ya?" A voice not unlike Tsemaru's came.
Ruby's eyes shot open, and she gasped softly. "Gorou.."
A young man with black haired pulled back into a short ponytail entered the mansion. He took a look around, whistling. "Not bad."
"Not bad?" Katsumi asked crossly, stepping forward in a threatening fashion. "We spent hours decorating this damn place!"
The newcomer raised his hands defensively. "Woah, now. I didn't mean it in a bad way. It's just how I talk."
Ruby sighed and gestured to the boy. "Everyone, this is Gorou Morioka.. My only child."
Katsumi and Yuriko's eyes bugged out of their heads, whereas Latte and Megumi kept their expressions blank. "Ruby has a kid?!" The witch and the succubus cried out in unison.
"Ah, ma, you didn't have to keep me a secret." Gorou came over to Ruby with his arms spread, wrapping them around her. The witch kept her limbs outstretched uncomfortably, but maybe Gorou didn't notice.
"Ruby has a son.." Megumi said softly, and Latte reached up to grab Tsukune's hand. It was trembling.
"Daddy?" Latte gazed up at her father to see that he was staring at Gorou with his teeth clenched in an odd anger that was directed at the teenage boy.
"Daddy, is this.. The person who might be able to take the rosary off?" Latte tugged on her father's sleeve.
Tsukune visibly relaxed when he heard his daughter's voice. "Yes, Latte." He then sighed. "Let's get this over with." He put a hand on Latte's shoulder, guiding her over to where Ruby and Gorou were. He cleared his throat to get their attention.
"My name is Tsukune Aono, and I'm the father of the girls that you see here." He explained to the teenage boy. "There's something I'd like you to do for my daughter, Latte."
When Gorou got an eyeful of Latte, he blushed. His face quickly twisted into a smirk. "Yes, anything for the lovely lady."
Latte winced and gazed up at her father as his hand tightened on her shoulder protectively.
"The ribbon in my daughter's hair is keeping that rosary in place. I need you to try and remove it." Tsukune instructed.
"An odd request." Gorou blinked, coming over to Latte, who shrunk back.
"Don't be afraid, pretty little thing." He shot her a wink before reaching up in an attempt to unravel the mysterious blue ribbon.
The ribbon did not budge when Gorou pulled on the tail. He tugged harder. Nothing. "That's weird.." He started picking at the knot in the center of the bow, but the ribbon would not unravel. Gorou smirked. "Maybe if I.." He reached his mouth to the base of the drill-lock, trying to untie it with his teeth.
Latte squeaked and shrunk back when she saw the mouth of this near-stranger male coming at her.
Appalled, Tsukune got in between his daughter and the young man. "That's enough. You already tried." He told Gorou sternly with his arms outstretched.
"Hey, girlies." Kokoa strode up to the group. "Go change into the Christmas dresses you all got last year. Gin is going to take Christmas photos of us."
"You got it, Miss Kokoa!" Yuriko saluted, then turned to head to her room along with the other girls, except for Latte.
"Aunt Kokoa, the other Latte's Christmas dress is red. Can't I keep wearing what I already am?" She gestured down to her blue clothes.
Kokoa smiled down sadly at the phantom in place of her true niece. "No, Latte. You have to wear the dress."
Latte gazed down at her shoes and trudged off towards her room.
The girls had lovely Christmas dresses. Even Megumi, who regularly wore winter clothing, had a lovely dress for the winter holidays.
The photos were taken in the parlor. Tsukune appeared in 80% of the photos, whether it was with all four daughters or just one and her mother.
Latte looked unhappy in nearly every photo that she appeared in. "I shouldn't be here." She expressed. "It should be the other Latte in this dress, taking photos with everyone."
While the adults were looking at the photos that Gin took, the girls went back to their rooms to change back into their clothing of choice.
"It's so cold in here." Katsumi shivered as she changed back into her preferred orange clothing. "Megumi must be nearby.." She went to pull her orange shirt over her head, but suddenly stopped. She whipped her head towards the door. "Megu-" She stopped dead. The door was open a crack and a flash of light, along with a clicking sound, occurred suddenly.
"HEY!" Katsumi screamed when she realized what was happening, and rushed for the door.
Rapid footsteps could be heard leaving from her room, and Katsumi immediately went for the doorknob, leaning out into the hallway to see who the offender was.
She gasped loudly as she saw a black haired figure around Megumi's height running away from the succubus wing.
"Pervert!" She cried out angrily, messily throwing her shirt on before sprinting down the hallway after him.
Katsumi could not keep up with the peeping tom. He ran faster than she could, but not fast enough to shake her off of his trail. He ducked into the yukionna wing, and Katsumi saw red. He was going to peep on Megumi next, she just knew it.
"Stay away from my sister, you bastard!" The bluenette cried out as she saw the perpetrator dive into her sister's bedroom.
Almost immediately after, the loud crackling of ice could be heard. Katsumi rushed into her sister's bedroom.
Megumi stood fully dressed except for stockings and her boots, unphased by how much colder her bedroom had become. Gorou clawed with one hand at the ice that froze him to the floor. In the other hand was a camera.
"Hey, what gives?!" He cried out, clawing desperately with that one hand as the camera suddenly dispensed a photo of Megumi the moment she had begun her attack on the pervert.
"Quiet, before I gouge your eyes out." Megumi extended one arm, which transformed into glistening ice with a pointed tip.
"Hey, me, too!" Katsumi cried out angrily, extending her orange-painted fingernails by at least six inches. Her wings and tail sprouted from her body. "Peeping on me is one thing, but my sister?! You're in deep trouble!"
Gorou blinked, then threw his head back and laughed. "A succubus and a yukionna, I should've known!" He laughed again. "I mean, I guessed that you were a succubus." He shrugged in Katsumi's direction. "That's why you're so much sexier than your sisters. I mean, you're all beautiful, but it's clear that you're the most endowed. If you get my meaning.."
Katsumi stepped back and turned away, covering herself even though she was dressed. She grimaced. "Eat crap, bastard!"
"You should know better than to talk to me that way." Gorou chuckled. "Do you even know who you're dealing with?" Gorou's voice twisted as he suddenly grew taller and more muscular, breaking free from Megumi's icy prison. His face elongated, his clothing tore.
The sisters gazed up at Gorou. Megumi's expression was blank as usual, whereas Katsumi's violet eyes were wide.
He was a rare S-Class super monster. A werewolf.
"So, this is your true form. A hairy beast. Pretty fitting, if you ask me." Katsumi snarled.
"You're going to regret that!" Gorou roared, flexing his muscles in preparation for an attack.
"The full moon's not out. He's practically useless." Megumi called out as loud as she could in her soft-spoken voice.
"If you think that's true, what about this?!" Gorou raced over to Megumi's side with incredible speed, body slamming into her.
Megumi cried out as she was slammed into the wall of her own bedroom, the icy wind knocked out of her.
"Megumi!" Katsumi shrieked. "You'll pay for that!" The bluenette extended her wings, soaring towards Gorou in an aerial attack.
As Katsumi swooped down to strike at him, Gorou moved even faster, snatching her by her tail. Katsumi barely had time to gasp in surprise before she was thrown into her sister, who was just starting to stand up.
"Hey, what's with all the racket?!" Yuriko demanded, stomping into the room. "Sheesh, it's so cold in-" Her reddish-violet eyes widened when she saw the werewolf.
"I knew something seemed off about Gorou!" Yuriko cried out. "And what are you doing to my sisters?!" She ran at the werewolf, brandishing her wand. With a wave of it, a brass wash tub fell from above and landed on Gorou's head.
"Ow! That hurt, dammit!" Gorou growled as the wash tub fell to the floor. "Now I'm really mad!"
Back in the vampire wing, Latte was sitting on the edge of her bed hopelessly. She had her face in her hands, and she sighed. It was the sound of barking that lead her to lift her head back up. "Drumstick, what is it?" She asked, turning to see the puppy standing in the doorway to her room.
Drumstick barked, coming over to Latte. She took hold of the brandeis blue skirt of Latte's dress in her mouth, tugging.
"You want something, girl?" Latte guessed, rising to her feet in Yuriko's shoes. "I'll follow you!"
Back in Megumi's room, the girls were in a pile on the floor, exhausted and beaten.
"I thought you girls would be able to put up more of a fight than this!" Gorou laughed, mocking the sisters. Being only A-Class yokai, they were no match for him, even with the three of them working together.
The sudden sound of barking caught Gorou's attention. He turned to see Latte standing in the doorway to Megumi's room with Drumstick at her feet.
"Come to join your sisters in defeat?" Gorou sneered. "And what's that you have with you? A fat little rat?"
"Drumstick.. Isn't a rat!" Yuriko tried to lift herself off of her sisters, only to collapse again from exhaustion.
Latte shrieked when she saw her sisters and the state they were in. She ran over towards them, only to be struck by Gorou.
"Latte!" Katsumi screamed, watching as her sister hit Megumi's dresser with a sickening thud.
Latte didn't make an effort to get back up. She simply laid face-down.
"I heard that you're a vampire." Gorou stomped over to Latte. "A hit like that isn't going to take you down. Stand up."
There was no response from Latte, causing Drumstick to whimper.
"I said, stand up!" Gorou reached down and grabbed Latte by the drill-lock, causing her to scream out in pain as he lifted her up.
"Good, your conscious. That means you can fight!" Gorou sharply brought his knee up to Latte's abdomen, causing her to gasp for air.
"The girls sure have been gone for a long time.." Ruby tugged at the strings on her corset nervously. "I should go check on them."
Tsukune looked around the room, scowling when he realized that Gorou had been missing for awhile, too. "I'm going with you, Ruby."
"Leave her alone, you bastard!" Katsumi screamed through the tears she was shedding for Latte, who hadn't moved in a very long time now.
Gorou dropped Latte's limp body, turning to the huddled up, sobbing sisters. "Oh, you want more?" He stomped towards them.
Katsumi shuddered, closing her violet eyes as Gorou approached and tears streamed down their faces. "Latte doesn't stand a chance in this form..!" She thought to herself.
"Gorou, what are you doing?!" A horrified female voice cried out. "Stop this, right now!"
Katsumi opened her eyes to see Ruby and her father standing in the doorway of Megumi's room. Ruby was mortified. Tsukune was seething.
"My daughters.." Tsukune trembled with rage. "What have you done to my daughters?!" A monstrous energy radiated off of him, causing his daughters to tremble in fear. Latte, however, did not tremble. She remained motionless in a heap on the floor.
Tsukune's hair turned silver, his eyes a crimson red. The werewolf began to cower in fear, even though he was bigger than Tsukune.
"No way.. The legends are true.." Gorou trembled in fear. He didn't even try to move out of the way as Tsukune raced at him with speed more incredible than his own.
There was a sharp shattering sound as the werewolf was forced through the glass of Megumi's large, bedroom window. Gorou fell down a full story, landing in the front lawn with a thud.
Tsukune was about to go after him and deliver another blow before he saw his daughters trembling in fear of him. His eyes softened, returning to a chocolate brown color. His hair went from silver back to black.
"Girls.." He approached his daughters, kneeling in front of them. "Are you okay? What did Gorou do to you?"
The three sisters all tried to speak at once, letting out incoherent sobs. Tsukune simply pulled them close and hugged them all tight.
It was the sound of Ruby's voice that caused Tsukune to pull away from his daughters.
"Latte? Latte, please wake up!" Ruby fell to her knees, holding the unconscious bundle in her arms. "I'm so sorry, Latte. I should have never taken my eyes off of Gorou. No, he should have never came here at all!"
Blood dripped from Latte's open mouth, and Ruby gasped. "No, she's hemorrhaging!"
Back in the parlor, Moka's nose twitched as she took in the scent of her only child's blood. She broke away from Kokoa, who had been hanging off of the silver-haired vampire, and sprinted towards the yukionna wing.
"Hey, big sis! Wait up!" Kokoa called after her, breaking into a run after her older sister.
"Moka! Where are you going?!" Yukari grabbed her wand and headed after Moka and Kokoa.
"What was that all about?" Kurumu asked from where she was sitting next to Mizore, looking at the photos that Gin had taken of them.
"I have no idea." Mizore answered. "Let's frame some of these."
Ruby and Tsukune were huddled over Latte's weak body when Moka made it into Megumi's room. "How is she?" Moka demanded, kneeling beside them.
"I'm using as much magic as I can." Ruby waved her wand over Latte, the girl's body glowing blue. The rosary in her hair began to quiver and shake.
"I knew putting one of those stupid rosaries on her would be a bad idea." Kokoa stood in the doorway, her hands balled into angry fists. At least, she thought that they were angry fists. Kokoa kept her head down, tears flowing down her cheeks. "Now look what's happened to her!"
Yukari stepped out from around Kokoa with her wand. There was just enough room around Latte for one more person.
"Let me help, Ruby!" Yukari knelt down in between Moka and Tsukune, waving her wand over the girl. "She looks pretty bad.."
"My sister.. My sister will be okay, won't she?" Katsumi pleaded to know, trying to drag herself towards Latte and the others.
Ruby and Yukari lowered their wands as some color returned to the girls' face. "We've stopped the internal bleeding, and healed the blunt force trauma, but it will be awhile until she fully recovers." Ruby told everyone in the room.
Tsukune moved in to take Latte in his arms, but Moka beat him to it.
"Go make sure your other daughters are okay." Moka instructed him, rising to her feet with the unconscious girl. "I'll put Latte to bed."
Carrying Latte to her bedroom brought back memories of her daughter's childhood. Almost every night, Latte would fall asleep with her parents, and one of them would have to carry her back to her room and tuck her in.
Moka started by laying her daughter down in the middle of the red bed, carefully removing Yuriko's shoes from her feet. The shoes were set on the floor next to the bed.
Next, Moka carefully undressed her daughter, changing her into a comfortable, blue nightgown that she had bought specifically for this blue-loving Latte.
Moka then lifted her daughter up, sliding her under the covers to keep her warm.
"Sleep well, Latte." Moka gave her a kiss on the cheek as they used to do every night, leaving the room with the door open a smidgen in case she woke up and needed anything.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Katsumi winced as Ruby disinfected her cuts and scrapes. "Ruby, that stings! Why can't you just use magic on us like you did Latte?"
Ruby sighed and disposed of the soiled gauze. "Magic can't be used for everything, my dear. Your sister's life was in danger. That warranted magical intervention."
"But.. But she'll be okay, won't she?" Katsumi asked the witch nervously.
"Of course she will!" Yukari answered, disinfecting Yuriko's wounds. "She had two witches to help, afterall."
"Daddy, my room's a mess." Megumi told Tsukune as he disinfected a scrape on the back of her hand.
Tsukune stopped what he was doing to take a look around. Glass from the window was all over the floor. There were holes in the wall the size of the girls.
"You're right, it is." Tsukune sighed. "I'll call someone to fix it first thing tomorrow. I promise."
"What's going to happen to that perverted bastard?" Katsumi hissed as Drumstick waddled around her.
Tsukune frowned. "I imagine that right about now, Moka's telling Gin about what happened, and is sending them home."
Sure enough, through the broken window in Megumi's bedroom, the roaring of a car engine could be heard.
"And good riddance." Tsukune thought to himself, gritting his teeth.