Shade and a Vampire Chapter 4

Hi guys. Sorry for the late update. I've been a bit depressed lately. Got my first flame a few days ago, and it made me lose a lot of confidence. Anyway, if you like the story then write a review and persuade me to keep it going.

"Are you sure that you can do this alone Tsukune?" asked Ruby.

"I'm not alone Ruby." He replied. Among the chaos and rubble of the platform, four spikes of energy erupted from four different corpses.

"I'm never alone."

The spikes grew stronger and brighter, each taking a different colour. The two that were nearer to the fallen witch and armoured fiend intensified faster, one electric blue, the other a light purple. They began to change shape, warping into a humanoid form. Soon, two featureless, figures of light stood before them.

"Took you long enough to get here." said the purple figure, with good humour in its voice.

"We ran into an old friend." replied Tsukune, indicating the scorch marks on his and ruby's clothes. "Looks like you two took a beating, though."

"You could say that." said the blue figure.

Ruby's exhausted and blood-starved brain couldn't understand. Who were these people? Why did Tsukune seem to know them so well?

"Anyway, it doesn't matter now! You're here to save everyone!" cried the blue figure, leaping into the air and crushing Tsukune's head in its boreal chest.

Ah. Now Ruby knew who they were.

Another voice came from behind them. "I don't really think that it's the right time for that, do you, Twin peaks?" Everyone turned a round, to see two more figures standing a few metres away, one white and tall, one yellow and short. The small yellow one spoke again. "Right now, I think there's a clear winner as to who gets Tsukune, as she's the only one not dead or dying."

Kurumu released Tsukune, who gasped and collapsed. Even armoured super-ghouls have to breathe sometimes.

"Fair enough, I guess…" she muttered. "But its not like you ever had a chance at getting him with that flat chest of yours…" Yukari either didn't hear, or chose not to hear. The white figure, who Ruby thought might be Fangfang, decided to pipe up.

"Um… I know that this is kind of a girl's conversation, but sleeping ugly isn't going to defeat himself…" He nodded at what was left of the wall, where some of Alucard's tendrils were forcing their way through the concrete.

Tsukune, who had now recovered, wiped a drop of blood from his nose, and stood up.

"I couldn't agree more." Everyone, even Mizore, gave a mouthless smile.

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TouhouFuhai draped a towel over Moka's shoulders and pressed a cup of coffee laced with blood into her hand. She stared into the cup, watching the liquid swirl around inside it. He sighed and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"If you can, I'd like you to tell us what happened." Moka sighed and, knowing full well that she had a large audience, shakily began to tell the story.

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More rubble sprayed across the battlefield as Alucard thrashed about in pain. Most of his body had been smashed and slashed to a bloody pulp and then frozen to prevent him healing it. A Chimera and a succubus flapped overhead, dive-bombing him at every opportunity. And two tiny little creatures, one black, one white, kept hitting him so hard that his flesh split into a bloody mess, spraying gore everywhere. This was something that had happened only once before.

He was losing.

This drove him into a fit of rage, swiping at the antlike creatures below and above. His tentacles smashed into Kurumu and Yukari's Chimera, felling them to the ground. He shifted his bulk, trying to crush the fighters on the ground. Mizore tried to freeze him in his tracks, but the ice cracked and he collapsed onto her and Fangfang. Before they had started, they had moved Ruby to a higher outcrop on one of the remaining walls, but it seemed that that would have been a mistake. The shift in weight that Alucard made on the already unstable platform put the wall under just a little too much stress. It cracked, falling to crush the rest of her.

That left only Tsukune. Seeing Alucard cause so much pain to his friends without so much as an effort raised an emotion that Tsukune rarely felt in his chest. Anger. It clouded his vision, turning everything into a sea of red. He breathed in to let out a savage animal roar, but then stopped. The fog cleared. He no longer felt anger towards Alucard, but pity. He had been corrupted by vampire blood, just as Tsukune himself had, but Alucard never had anything to awaken him.

Tsukune closed his eyes and sprinted forward. He knew what he had to do. Alucard roared, opening his mouth to swallow and absorb Tsukune…

Gulp.

Tsukune opened his eyes and immediately wished he hadn't. Surrounding him were the decaying spirits of all those who Alucard had absorbed over the centuries. They grasped at his limbs desperately, but Tsukune ran on. He had to find one particular person. As he ran, he felt the spirits grow more substantial. They were newer, stronger, with more hope. Which meant he was getting close. Eventually he stumbled into a clearing, a circle of light where stood the most powerful victim of Alucard so far.

Akasha Bloodriver. She looked up in shock. No one came this close to her. They were all too afraid of her. Tsukune looked closer, squinting through the light to see more clearly. She looked exactly the same as she was in Moka's memories. Just like Outer Moka. She was bound to some invisible object by four chains that trailed off into the throng of spirits. He walked closer, trying not to look at the lingerie she had on when she fought Alucard. He broke her chains with his bare hands, wrapping each around his own limbs.

Soon he was in her place, bound under the light. He looked up at her, a faint smile on his face. Chocolate eyes met Emerald Green ones and he said quietly to her…

"Look after Moka for me, will you?" and then he disappeared.

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Alucard felt the power of his newest victim surge through him. It was impressive. Rivalled his own, almost… Wait… no, stop! The power started to grow, and grow, and grow. It burned within him, years and years of darkness and sin flew away. His form began to disintegrate. The spirits left him, flying to the sky in great waves. Finally there was just his Old form, floating naked in the sky.

"Thank you…" He breathed. Then he too was ash and dust.

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The second strike team returned later to gather the dead, but they found none. All were still living. TouhouFuhai put the Fairy Tail agents into a prison dimension, where they lay confused and concentrated on healing themselves. All of the prime assault team were back in their bodies, all with a slight degree of Amnesia, and all fully healed. Akasha Bloodriver was found too. After a tearful reunion of mother and daughter, it was decided that it was time to leave. When told that Tsukune had not been found , Moka looked like she was about to cry again, but then stopped. When asked why, she simply replied,

"Since when does he stay dead for long?"

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Somewhere dark, hot and gloomy, Tsukune awoke. At a table of black stone sat a man with golden hair and black feathered wings.

"Ah, you're awake." He said almost cheerfully. "Please, have a seat." He gestured to an ornate ebony chair opposite him. Tsukune sat down.

"Who are you?" he asked. The man laughed.

"My name is Lucifer." He replied. "And I have a proposition for you, Mr Aono…"

There. Done. This is where I picture Season 2 ending, and In my version, The next season will be 10 years later, out of School. Review if you think this is a good idea, and still review if you don't. No flames! I MEAN IT! :)

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