Rosario to Vampire: Love at First Bite
Based upon the Rosario + Vampire characters created by Ikeda Akihisa.
I don't own said characters and are merely borrowing them for this story.
This fan-fiction is rated M for some mature language and themes.
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Author's Note: Please read.
I'm really sorry for the delay with this chapter. I've been very busy with work due to the holidays and somewhat with real life; which left me partially demotivated with writing. But now that life isn't so hectic, I've gotten my writing groove back, so to speak. This new chapter is a slight time skip and takes place in mid-July.
The next story arc starting with chapter 8 will cover Tsukune and Moka's Summer Vacation and will most likely be either 3 or 4 chapters in length. I'll be starting on it sometime in mid-to-late January, after Paradise City Comic Con.
This chapter is a combined, condensed, and rebooted version of chapters 8, 9, and 10 from season 1 of the manga. Its going to be a lot more dramatic than anything in this reboot so far, but will be a good one, nonetheless. Or at least, that's the idea I hope!
For all you Kurumu fans, she has a lot of "screen-time" in this lengthy chapter, as well as Moka's silver-haired, Vampire side. Please enjoy!
One scene towards the end in regards to Tsukune and Moka was partially inspired by my good friend Traves Medina on FF. net. Thanks so much for the idea, kouhai!
Anyway without further ado, here's the next installment of "R+V: Love at First Bite"
Chapter 7 "Love is a Battlefield"
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Several stacks of the recent edition of the school newspaper were neatly arranged on the top of a long wooden table, where the only members of the Newspaper Club stood behind; all of them in high spirits.
Missing was Gin, their club president for plot reasons, naturally.
"Get your copy of The Yokai Gazette!" Kurumu happily shouted while she waved one copy of the newspapers, high above her head.
"Read all about the case of the missing female students and the defeated art teacher, as well as several articles about life here at the academy!" Moka loudly announced.
Numerous students approached the table and then picked up a copy for themselves.
"Thank you very much," Tsukune said to them with a smile.
"It's Moka-san and shes handing out newspapers!"
"Uwaa! And Kurumu-san is there, too!"
"I wish I had joined the Newspaper club instead of the Ghost Photography club! What a major bummer!"
"It's beautiful! This view is totally beautiful!"
"Gimme one of those newspapers!"
"Kyaa!" Moka and Kurumu shrieked in unison as a horde of horny male students rapidly rushed up to the table all at once, obviously charmed by the beautiful girls' high-level of attractiveness.
Tsukune quickly grabbed Moka around her slender waist and then gently pulled her towards himself just in the nick of time while Kurumu jumped back about two feet.
"Oh, Tsukune! I'm so happy that our newspaper is such a big success!" Moka gladly squealed as she glomped him and nearly knocked him to the ground.
"Me too, Tsukune!" Kurumu interjected and then hugged him from behind.
"Kurumu! Just how many times do I gotta tell you? Tsukune's my boyfriend and future mate!"
"Ha! Even if you only marked him, it doesn't mean that hes yours yet, Moka. Not until you guys have sex, of course!" the petite succubus scoffed.
"Kurumu, you hentai! Why do you always have to say that stuff out loud for?" Moka yelped and then pulled Tsukune away from her.
"Because it's true, obviously," Kurumu remarked as she stuck out her tongue.
"Ladies, please. Let's not fight in front of the other students, okay?" Tsukune quietly interjected.
"Sorry, Tsukune!" they replied in unison.
'But I'm glad, too. It looks like our newspaper's really popular. All of our hard work's really paid off,' he said to himself as he hugged Moka a bit firmer.
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On the opposite side of the campus at an undisclosed location...
"What was that? The Newspaper Club?" a blonde-haired male shouted.
"Yes sir! It appears to be that they're currently in the process of handing them out in front of the school gate at this very moment. Naturally, without our permission it would seem," a dark-haired female replied.
"The Newspaper Club... so they're back again? Disregarding us and acting like the saviors of justice. Those rebel scum will pay," he said through gritted teeth.
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Back at the front entrance of the school...
"How's it goin?' Are you guys giving out lots of copies?"
"Oh, Gin-sempai," Moka said as he walked up to their table.
"Ooh, it looks like it's a big hit, huh? I guess we might have to start charging for these," Gin commented with a wink.
"Aha-ha, we've already passed half of them out. It makes me really happy," Moka replied, followed by a wide grin.
"Speaking of which sempai, why don't you help us out? You know, passing out all of these papers?" Tsukune inquired with a sweat-drop.
"Yeah, right! Don't 'ya know that boring work like that is the job of the underlings? Heh! As if I'd ever be caught doing something as lame as that!" Gin replied with a dismissive wave of his right hand.
"What the hell?! No interest at all from our so-called club president! Why am I not surprised?!" Tsukune shot back.
"Ha! That's because all hes interested in is ecchi stuff like a stray dog during mating season," Kurumu said with a laugh.
Before Gin could retort Kurumu's insult, several students dressed all in black made their way up towards the Newspaper Club's temporary location.
"Move it! Out of our way! You're blocking our path!" one of them said and pushed a few students aside rather harshly.
"What's going on?" Tsukune wondered as he heard some sort of ruckus and was unsure of its source.
"Shit! It's the black suits!" Gin replied, his voice full of panic.
"What are they doing here?"
"Crap! It's the Yokai Academy guardians... The Public Safety Committee!"
"Don't ya' mean the Storm Troopers?"
"Salutations! I'm Kuyou, the manager of the Public Safety Commission. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance," the taller, long-haired blonde male said with a bow towards Moka.
"Public Safety... so you're the ones maintaining the peace of the academy? So, what can we do for you?" Moka politely inquired.
Gin promptly interjected and stood in front of his club members in a cautionary manner.
Kuyou picked up a copy of the newspaper, glanced over it for a few moments, and then offered Gin a hard gaze.
"Huh. So you're the Newspaper Club. Well, your work is very good I must say. However! Who gave you permission to hand out a newspaper with these contents? We don't recall having inspected this beforehand. Do you understand that it can cause problems for us? When a gang like you rebels selfishly does whatever it wants and disturbs the peace and order of this academy!" Kuyou boisterously bellowed and then violently kicked the papers off of the table.
"Kyaa!" Moka shrieked as papers flew in the air all around her.
"What the hell?" Tsukune yelled as she rushed over to his side and latched onto him.
Kurumu promptly hid behind Gin and was at a loss of words.
Kuyou's subordinates grabbed every remaining newspaper and haphazardly threw them everywhere. The table as well as the chairs were knocked over, much to the Newspaper Club member's shock.
"Do you understand? We're the ones protecting the peace at this academy; the Public Safety Commission! If you are going to do anything inside these school grounds, you need to get permission from us first, without fail! We will continue to severely crackdown on any and all unapproved club activity in the future!" Kuyou shouted.
"Hey! S-stop that! All we were doing was handing out newspapers!" Kurumu interjected.
"It's no use, Kurumu-chan! You'll only provoke those guys!" Gin countered.
*thwip*
"Kya! Ew! What's this sticky stuff? Its like some kinda thread," Kurumu asked as she inspected her right wrist.
"I see that the Newspaper Club is filled with lowlifes, just like always," a tall, purple-haired older girl named Keito said with a scowl.
"Lowlifes? Why you!" Kurumu said as Keito walked up to her.
"You look like a stupid and indecent girl who only thinks with her flabby boobs. The Newspaper Club hasn't changed one bit since last year," Keito said with a disdainful look plastered across her face.
"Flabby? What do you mean, you ironing board?!" Kurumu shot back with a hard glare.
"Last year?" Tsukune wondered aloud.
"Don't think that you can keep disturbing the peace at this academy!" Keito said as she stomped on several newspapers, as she drove her point home in the most disrespectful way possible.
"Ahhhh! Our newspapers!" Kurumu shrieked.
"No! Why are you doing this for?!" Moka practically yelled.
"Ahahahahahahahahahaha!" Keito taunted as she jumped on top of the pile of papers even more and crushed them into the ground.
"Uwah! That's so cruel!"
"Shh! Idiot! If you go against them, then we'll end up like that."
"Keep this in mind; if you ever do anything without our permission again, we're not going to let you off so easily the next time," Keito warned as she walked away with her group of cohorts.
"Keito," Kuyou said.
"Yes, sir?"
"I want you to keep an eye on the Newspaper Club and see how they react."
"Yes, sir! It will be my pleasure," she replied.
Tsukune, Moka, and Kurumu looked around at the aftermath of their first, and certainly not last, confrontation with Kuyou and Keito.
"Oh god. All of our hard work, completely destroyed" Tsukune sadly stated as Moka held his hand in a comforting manner like a proper girlfriend should.
"Hey Kurumu, are you okay? That stuff looks really sticky," Moka asked her petite classmate.
"Yeah. Some kinda thread was spun around me and its really hard to get off. Eww. The more I pull it, the more it sticks," she replied with her tongue stuck out in mild disgust.
"How awful. Those guys just came out of nowhere and totally ruined all of our papers," Moka said with a tear in her eye.
"Those guys are the Public Safety Commission. To put it simply, they're more like a more aggressive Student Police. Some students even call them Storm Troopers for obvious reasons," Gin explained, followed with a drawn-out sigh.
"Like they said, in order to maintain the peace here at the academy, a militant group was established in order to control the students by force. They're the academy 'guardians', the Public Safety Commission. They were organized by students, and are often called the Student Police," Gin continued.
"Student Police? Storm Troopers?! And even calling us rebel scum? Geez, more Star Wars references?! Speaking of which, today's the first time I've ever seen those guys! What the hell, sempai?!" Tsukune yelped in moderate panic, as soon as all the recent information finally sunk in.
"Yeah, that's right. Because those guys barely ever actually do anything," Gin said as he scratched his forehead and readjusted his red bandanna.
"Ugh! They're nothing but a bunch of bullies if you ask me, and way worse than the Empire!" Kurumu complained with a huff.
"They've become corrupted with power. They're nothing more than a yakuza group making their force do the talking while they extort money and pocket it for their own benefit. They said that if we're gonna hand out newspapers, we have to get their permission, right? That boils down to mean that they're truly asking us to pay them off," Gin further explained.
"What? I can't believe that they're actually getting away with something so messed up here at the academy!" Moka said.
"There's nothin' that we can do now. We've just gotta give in. We've gotta burn all of the papers to show them that we're not gonna stand up to them. That's the only way we can appeal to them so they'll back off," Gin said, followed with another sigh.
"What?! Burn all our newspapers? But... we already handed a bunch of them out!" Kurumu clamorously protested.
"I don't care what you guys say, just burn them all! Nothing's gonna come from picking a fight with those guys. It's just best if you don't get involved in old fights," Gin angrily ordered.
"How can you say that, Gin-sempai?" Moka retorted, clearly distressed in regards to the current conundrum.
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At the courtyard, sometime after lunch...
"What a loser! Gin-sempai isn't even thinking like a man! And why is he the one to leave first?! Hey, if it comes down to this, then I'll just pass out the rest of the newspapers, myself. We worked really hard on this issue and we don't have to burn them like Gin-sempai said," Kurumu said rather vocally, her voice laced with anger and disappointment.
"But, Kurumu..." Moka started.
"Come on, Moka. I know you're really upset too," the bluette replied.
"Of course I'm upset. But I'm sure Gin-sempai has his own reasons for this..."
"Humph! No way! That guy's head is just overloaded with perverted thoughts and is just running away with his tail between his legs," Kurumu countered with a laugh.
"Ha, running away with his tale between his legs. Geez, Kurumu. Way to lay it into sempai," Tsukune commented with a sweat-drop.
"Wait, Kurumu. Just calm down and I'm certain that we can think of something else," Moka stated.
"Come on, Moka! Fine, then! I won't ask for your help. Let's go, Tsukune. You can help me instead," she said as she literally dragged Tsukune behind her.
"Don't worry, Moka. I'll do my best to calm her down before she does something stupid and might regret later on," Tsukune replied with a weak smile.
"All right, Tsukune. I love you," his pink-haired girlfriend replied with a sweat-drop of her own and knew that he'd somehow be fine.
"I know," he asnwered with a grin.
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"Even if it's just us, Tsukune, let's do our best to hand out the rest of the newspapers, okay?"
"Wait a minute, Kurumu. Let's go back to everyone else..."
"No."
"We should talk to them first…"
"No."
"We should at least talk to Gin-sempai about this."
"No."
"Kurumu, please listen to me."
"But these newspapers... they're like a treasure to me. I made these with you and Moka... it's the first thing I ever made by cooperating with everyone else. And to have our papers trampled underfoot, for no good reason... I can't back down like this and do nothing! I can NEVER forgive those public safety people! NEVER!" Kurumu said with tears in her eyes.
"Kurumu..."
*thwip*
"What the heck?" Kurumu gasped as the box of remaining papers were suddenly yanked out of her hands.
"Ha! Don't make me laugh! You really are too stupid, little girl!" Keito taunted from high above.
"Ugh, not the ironing board again," Kurumu muttered under her breath.
The purple-haired woman was suspended on what appeared to be a rope of some sort which was attached to the branches, in-between of a pair of trees.
"It appears to me that you have no interest in being a good student and obeying us! Foolish Newspaper Club. As I thought, I should just crush you once and for all, right here!" Keito taunted with a sick grin.
"Damn it. As Han Solo would say, I've got a bad feeling about this," Tsukune silently said to himself.
Keito came down from the trees on a thick thread of some type, which caught Tsukune and Kurumu off-guard.
"Please wait! Why are you going so far as to look at us as your enemies? We didn't do anything wrong," Tsukune said as he stepped in front of Kurumu and faced Keito.
"We've been watching the Newspaper Club since last year and long before. As a group threatening the Public Safety Commission. The Newspaper Club last year was ran by of a bunch of fools who had delusions that they could change the academy by themselves. And so for whatever reason, they used their published articles as a means to criticize us! That's why we purged the members of the club and drove them to the brink of closing," Keito explained.
'Sempai had that kind of past? Then why did he do that...' Tsukune asked himself.
"This academy is a hodgepodge of ayashi and yokai. It only remains safe because it is under the control of us! We are the law and will not be talked to in such a disrespectful manner! The Newspaper Club which doesn't even understand that and yet opposes us... deserves and needs to be destroyed!" Keito shouted.
"Please wait. We have no intention of fighting you. And yet, aren't you the only ones trying to attack us? We'd be fine if we could just complete our club activities like normal. I'm asking you nicely to please just leave the Newspaper Club alone," Tsukune said.
"You want us to leave you alone?" Keito asked as her left eye twitched.
"Well, yeah. At least I was hoping you could allow us to enjoy our club activities, at least," he replied.
"Watch your fitly mouth! Just who the hell do you think you're talking to, you little brats?" Keito shouted as she tossed the box of newspapers into the incinerator.
"No way..." Kurumu said as she placed both of her hands over her mouth in shock.
"Well, it looks like your newspapers burn really nicely, right?" Keito mocked and then laughed like a lunatic drunk on power.
"Ahhh! Our newspapers!" Tsukune shrieked out in horror.
*thwip!*
"Ah! What's going on?" Tsukune asked as he and Kurumu were wrapped in something long and gluey.
"Ha ha ha! I've got you now! This is my power... spinning threads! They're tightly tied now and you cannot escape me this time! I really am going to enjoy putting an end to you now!" Keito said as she tugged on the webbing.
She spun the pair of students around and then harshly slammed them into a large, thick, tree.
"Ahhhh!" Kurumu shrieked out in pain.
Moka was still seated in the courtyard as she went over in her mind everything that happened today. A strange sensation quickly overwhelmed her and knew that something was most definitely wrong. She promptly jumped to her feet and then ran as fast as her feet carried her.
"I'm coming, Tsukune!" she said as she focused her youkai on her one and only.
Tsukune groaned in pain as did Kurumu. Once the feeling of dizziness wore off, they looked at their assailant and tried to make sense of her sudden attack. They both hypothesized that she was mentally unbalanced and was prone to violent outbursts.
Kurumu, however was bound to the tree in sticky spiderwebs while Tsukune was sprawled out on the ground, still somewhat out of sorts.
"No, no, no. If you want me to let you go, you're going to have to be a lot more obedient. Oh yes. By the way, as a member of the Public Safety Commission, I'm allowed to publicly use my supernatural abilities in order to protect the safety of the academy," Keito said as six, long spindly spider legs grew out of her abdomen.
"Uwah!" Tsukune shouted in disgust as her face transformed into its true, spidery form which included several large pincers, out from her mouth.
"Ha ha ha. No matter how much you struggle, it's no use. You can't break the webbing I weave so easily," Spider-woman Keito said as she spun webbing around Tsukune.
"Prepare yourself, boy. I'm going to drink all of your bodily fluids... just to show you what happens to students who defy us!" Keito said as she came closer and closer to Tsukune.
"Get away from my Tsukune!" Moka shouted.
She ran up to the transformed Keito and then pushed her away with all of her might. Keito landed on her back approximately 50 to 60 feet away, naturally. Even with the bulk of her power sealed, Moka was quite stronger than she appeared.
"Moka! I'm so glad to see you!" Tsukune said as she bent down to his level.
"I'm glad to see you too, love. Are you okay?" she said as she grabbed the webbing and removed it without any sort of trouble, whatsoever.
"Yeah, somehow. Thanks," he said as he stood up and then gave her a warm hug.
"I'm so glad to hear that and you're very welcome, Tsukune."
"Um, guys. A little help here?" Kurumu cried out, since she was still tied up, so to speak.
"Who is that? Who dared to do that to me? Who the hell are you?" Keito said as she crawled back towards her 'victims'.
*thwip!*
"Kyaa! Not again with this sticky stuff!" Moka shouted as her right arm was wrapped with spider webbing.
"Moka!" Kurumu and Tsukune yelped in stereo.
"You scum! We are this academy's order and justice! Raising your hand against me means an instant death sentence. Now die and think about what you've done, you bitch!" Keito shrieked as she lifted up one of her spider legs and aimed it at Moka.
"Kyaa!" Moka screamed, unable to move out of sheer terror.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
"No, Tsukune!"
Tsukune had taken the spider-woman's direct impact in his back. His blazer and white dress shirt were torn down the center while blood gushed out at an alarming rate as he nearly fell onto Moka.
"I'm sorry, Moka... why does this have to happen? I j-just wanted to h-have fun with everyone..." he gasped out.
"Oh, Tsukune," she cried out as she took him into her arms and held him lovingly.
Without a word said, she kissed the left side of his neck, opened her lips, and then pierced his flesh with her fangs. A soft, pink light surrounded the couple as she injected her blood into him via her Shinso vampire ability known as 'Transfusion'.
"Um, Moka... now's really not the time to make out, you know," Kurumu said, worry clearly evident in her voice.
Keito the spider-woman had not a clue what had transpired and came closer to the pair in question.
"You brats! How far do you intend to go to defy me?" Keito shrieked out in anger.
Not thirty seconds later, Moka retracted her fangs, licked the small puncture marks closed with her tongue, and then helped a recovered Tsukune stand to his feet.
Tsukune's eyes were a light tone of red and the ends of his hair were slightly tinted silver. He winked at Moka and then turned his attention back to Keito.
"Oh, Tsukune..." she gasped out as she was somewhat aroused at his temporary look.
"What's going on here? You can't show your true form on academy grounds! Hey, do not ignore me!" Keito screamed.
Tsukune grabbed the web-line which was still wrapped around Moka's wrist, quickly removed it, gave it a sharp pull, and then glared daggers at Keito.
Keito gave a harsh tug on her side of her webbing but was unable to pull him towards herself. After another sharp yank, she was stupefied and unsure of what Tsukune was.
"He's not moving? How? How are you not moving?!" the spider-woman demanded.
"You came to our table and destroyed our hard work. You also hurt me, my girlfriend, and my friend. I don't wanna do this, but you kinda left me no choice," Tsukune said as he pulled Keito closer and closer.
The smug spider-woman dug all of her legs into the ground but was fruitless in her endeavor of self-preservation and was terrified of what would happen next.
"W-wait... I was wrong! Don't you r-realize that if you raise your hand to us anymore... t-that you won't g-get off so easily? This is e-enough..." Keito sputtered out as she was roughly dragged by a very upset Tsukune.
"You're wrong. If you ever bother us again, then we won't go so easily on you the next time," Tsukune countered with a hard glare.
He yanked on her webbing, spun her around like a shot-put a few times, and then threw her away as hard as he could. Keito flew out of sight and then crashed into the woods nearly half a mile away a few minutes later.
"Today's fight took only ten seconds, ~whee!" a small brown bat commented from overhead.
"Oh, Tsukune! That was amazing!" Moka praised as she jumped into his arms and then kissed him passionately.
"Thanks, Moka. Ah, I guess I kinda went overboard, thanks to you of course," he sheepishly replied while he rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand out of nervous habit.
"Anytime, love. Oh, don't worry about that. She kinda had it coming anyway. I would've been a bit more harsh, but it's totally fine and I hope shes learned her lesson."
"Okay, Moka. Since you put it that way, then I guess you have a good point."
"All right guys, that was awesome and he looked really cool. But I'm still tied up here, you know!" Kurumu loudly complained.
"Sorry about that, Kurumu. Here, let me help," Tsukune replied as he trotted over to his friend with Moka in tow.
He effortlessly pulled the webbing apart and freed Kurumu who was thankful for his assistance.
A moment later, Tsukune wobbled a bit as all of Moka's youkai in his bloodstream had been depleted. She and Kurumu helped him walk back towards the academy and then called it a day.
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"What?! Keito was defeated? That damn newspaper club! Do they truly intend to fight with us? They couldn't possibly have forgotten what happened to them last year. Then so be it! If they are that foolish enough, then we will put an end to them right here and now! I'll destroy them with my own hands!" Kuyou said.
"Ha ha ha. Well wait a minute. Even if you are the student police, you can't destroy a club without a valid reason," a female voice announced from the shadows.
"Who is it? Oh, you are... that art teacher," Kuyou replied to the woman in question.
"Heh, but if it's me, I can make them disappear from this academy immediately. Regardless, right now I'm a little disabled because of that damn vampire. But in return, why don't I teach you about the Newspaper Club's weak spot? Their weak point is the one member's 'true form'. Aono Tsukune. There is a possibility that he is human," Hitomi Ishigami said with a smug smirk.
"Did you say... that there is a human in our academy, where humans are not allowed to enter?" the fox demon inquired with agitation in his voice.
"He he he. If it is true, then what are you going to do about it?" Hitomi inquired, and prodded his ire even further.
"That is simple. There wouldn't be a problem with the academy's law if we killed him, now would there? Along with all his friends at the Newspaper Club, am I right?" Kuyou answered smugly.
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The next day after class in the Newspaper Club room...
"You frigging bunch of idiots! You're telling me that you not only did you start something with the academy cops but then you went and beat one of them up? What the hell's wrong with ya'?!" Gin shouted at his underclassmen.
"Didn't I say that you'd be in monster trouble if you put one hand on those guys? The academy police is a violent gang formed right at the center of Japan's monster population! Rotten all the way up to Kuyou at the top. Its an organization of nothing but bad-asses!" Gin continued with his nonstop rant.
"I don't know what I'm gonna do if my beloved Moka-san gets hurt because of you idiots fighting with those guys!" Gin commented with a wink aimed at the pink-haired beauty.
"Um, Tsukune was the one who protected us, thank you very much," Moka countered with a glare.
"Is that so? Then you're coming with me so you can confess to the academy's cops and get the death penalty," Gin said as he walked over to Tsukune, grabbed his right ear, and then dragged him towards the front door.
"You fools. It is much too late for that now. You have raised your hand against us and sent one of my own to the infirmary. You are prepared to accept the appropriate judgment, are you not?" Kuyou said as he walked into the newspaper club room, not a second later.
"Kuyou," Moka said.
"Kyaa! They're here already?" Kurumu asked, clearly stunned at their abrupt appearance.
"Wait! It was just a quarrel, wasn't it? Even if she was a member of the student police, you can't shut our club down for that," Gin said with a growl.
"Just a quarrel, you say? Silence, mongrel," Kuyou warned.
"Aono Tsukune, your crime in assaulting Keito, an academy police officer and inflicting wounds upon her... why don't you come with us?" Kuyou said as he pointed at the young man in question.
Two of his subordinates walked up to Tsukune, placed their hands around his arms, and then escorted him towards the door.
"What? No! Keito was the one who attacked us! You can't do this!" Moka shouted as she felt a sharp pang in her chest and then ran over towards them.
"Fool. You are coming with us too, Akashiya Moka," Kuyou stated.
"What? Why are you getting Moka involved?" Kurumu asked, even more worried than before.
"Heh. What simpletons you are... don't you know anything about this boy's 'secret'? This freshman named Aono Tsukune... is suspected of being human," Kuyou said with a devious smirk.
'Oh no... this can't be happening. I've been so careful and... even gave him my blood so I could hide his scent,' Moka sadly thought as her worse fears were realized, and just before summer vacation, too.
"Tsukune a human?! What are you guys talking about? There's no way that a human can be here at the academy. That's not funny. I mean, it has to be a lie, right Tsukune?" Kurumu inquired as she waited an explanation of sorts.
Gin however was at a loss of words and had not a clue how to react.
"So what is it, hmm? Are you a spy from the human side? In any case, you do realize that we're not going to allow any human to merely sneak into our precious academy, right?" Kuyou taunted as Tsukune remained in a silent daze mostly due in fact to shock.
"Stop it! I don't believe your lies! Let Tsukune go!" Kurumu shouted, tears in her eyes.
"Move, little girl," Kuyou said as he shot a wave of his youkai at the petite succubus.
Without a word said, Kurumu did as requested and felt sick to her stomach, due to his potent aura.
"Humph! As if we hadn't tried to shut you down last year, mongrel. You're all nothing but rebel scum who can't learn from their mistakes," Kuyou taunted Gin as he left the club room with Tsukune and Moka in tow.
...
"A human he says. What an idiot I am. I'm sorry I even had anything to do with him," Gin said as he slammed his fist against the blackboard.
"What? You actually believe him? There's no way Tsukune could be a human, baldie! He threw that spider-woman away like it was nothing!" Kurumu yelled as she walked up to Gin and came nose-to-nose with him since he remained seated at his desk.
"Who's a baldie, you flat-chested girl? And what if it is true? Even if humans and monsters can coexist, it doesn't mean that we're still not enemies! Of course I'd be suspicious of him!" Gin countered.
"Flat chested, me? I'm a thirty-eight G, I'll have you know and they're spectacular. And of course you're going bald if you wear that bandanna all the time, you stupid dog!" Kurumu shot back.
"No way? Really?" the werewolf replied as he adjusted the bandanna in question.
"Anyway... if Tsukune really is a human, then hes sure to be executed... and then they might charge us with harboring a human and sentence us along with him," Gin said as he paced back and forth behind his desk.
"Well, anyway... we gotta hurry up and save both of them," Kurumu replied as she walked towards the door.
"Now hold your horses! This is Kuyou we're talking about. Hes the kind of guy who mistakenly believes that without a doubt everything he does is for justice. Anyone who goes up against him is going against justice and is an 'evildoer'. He also believes that he can do anything for his sake because he is 'justice'. If we go head-on with that guy then we're the one who're gonna be in deep sh – hey! Listen to a man when hes talking!" Gin barked as Kurumu walked out of the club room.
'What's with him? When it really comes down to it he just doesn't want to save Tsukune, does he? And poor Moka, too. She must be heartbroken because of this mess I gotta do something. This really isn't the time to listen to Gin-sempai,' Kurumu thought to herself as she went looking for the main couple.
...
Meanwhile on the other side of the campus, Moka and Tsukune were lead into an older building which had seen better days. Before they had even realized, they were escorted down a long stairwell. Tsukune held Moka's hand even though he was scared of what lay ahead.
'Why is this happening all of a sudden? How'd they find out I'm a human? Now everyone else in the club knows, too. All I have is Moka to turn to and shes just as scared as I am,' Tsukune grimly thought to himself, unaware of his immediate surroundings.
"Look, Tsukune. This looks like a dungeon. All the students here couldn't be the academy police's victims, could they?" Moka whispered which only Tsukune heard.
"Let us out, let us out of here!"
"All I did was badmouth the academy police a little!"
"And all I did was refuse to pay them off and then they put me in here!"
"How dare you falsely throw me into prison, you bastard!" another one said inside his cell and then swiped his transformed, left hand at Kuyou.
"You low-class monster. What do you plan to do to the likes of me?" Kuyou asked as he placed his left hand on his would-be attacker.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggghhhhhh!" he screamed as he burst into flames!
"What the hell's going on? Did that fire come from... Kuyou? So he's a monster that can create and use fire?" Tsukune yelped as he saw for himself part of Kuyou's true nature.
"We are the protectors of peace at this sacred academy! Anyone who turns against us is an evildoer who has turned against this academy! I must purge this academy of such evildoers in the name of justice! In order to make this academy a beautiful place for only those who obey the law! Well then it's your turn, Aono Tsukune. Try showing me your true form, just like this thing here!" Kuyou said as he turned his attention towards the young man.
'Oh no! Tsukune's burned off all my youkai from earlier. What are we gonna do now?' Moka sadly thought as she held herself back from causing any more trouble.
"If you are a monster, then it's easy, is it not? You can stop pretending to be a human and drop your disguise. Well? Hurry up and prove to me that you're not a human if you can," Kuyou said with a glare of accusation.
"Why are you wasting my time? Hurry up and do it already. Why won't you hurry up and appear in your true form?" the fire demon shouted as he kicked Tsukune into the metal cell behind him.
"Ahhh!"
"Tsukune!" Moka shouted in concern as he fell to the floor, clearly injured from the harsh blow to his back.
"Is it hard for you to appear in your true form in front of all these monsters watching?! Or is it really true that you are human?!" Kuyou yelled, once again.
"Please! Please stop this. Tsukune is... he's my..." Moka said on the verge of tears.
Without warning, Kuyou harshly punched Moka in the stomach which knocked the air out of her lungs. She lurched forward and nearly fell over due to the sudden harsh impact.
"Moka! Leave her alone... you bastard!"
Next, the fox demon smashed his right fist into Tsukune's face, silencing him any further. He fell to the cold floor as Kuyou pummeled him mercilessly while he laughed and cackled like a madman.
'This is bad. We're gonna... get killed here. Some... one... anyone. So... these are my final moments at a high school for yokai. At least I won't die alone in the darkness,' the young human male silently begged as he slipped into a state of semi-consciousness.
N-no! Stop this, please!" Moka gasped out, still sore from Kuyou's sucker-punch.
"Hey... hey wait Kuyou... this isn't what you promised. What are you going to do if he really does die?" Ishigami the former art teacher asked.
'Who... who's... there? Who is that? That voice... it sounds... kinda... familiar,' Tsukune asked nobody in particular.
"I'm the one who's going to kill him. I can't have you going too far and killing him yourself. That damn newspaper club... they took away my position... my honor, everything from me. Not only that but they cut my 'hair' and told the entire school everything in that damn paper of theirs. I'm the one who has the right to kill them! I won't be satisfied until I skin them alive, dismember them, and then bash their skulls in with the biggest rock I can find!" Hitomi ranted.
'This is bad... they were out for our lives... from the very start...' Tsukune said to himself.
...
"Geez. What a creepy place. So this is where the head of the student police is?" Kurumu asked herself as she walked through several ancient tori which had seen better days. (large "H" shaped gates, usually found near Japanese temples and are commonly painted a bright red)
"HEY! Didn't I tell you to wait up, Kurumu-chan?" a familiar, male voice called out from above her.
"Damn it. You stupid dog! Stop stalking me and go back to your mommy!" Kurumu cursed out and then gave him the middle finger of her left hand.
"Go back... to my mommy? What the... I don't even... whatever. Calm down, would 'ya? Don't 'ya know that you're gonna make things a whole lot worse if 'ya just barge in there and start a fight without a plan?" the werewolf yelled as he attempted to drive his point to his stubborn underling, I mean kouhai.
"Then what would you do, huh? Tsukune and Moka could be hurt... or worse, and you wanna go in there with a plan? We don't have time for your stupid plan!" Kurumu shot back as the remainder of her patience wore thinner by the second.
After a short breath, Kurumu continued her rant to advance the plot forward before it went stale and the readers stopped reading halfway through the chapter.
"You're always like this, Gin-sempai! All you ever do is keep yourself safe without thinking about anyone else! What the hell's wrong with you, telling me not to go and save my friends who's just been dragged off? You're a pathetic excuse of a club president and have no right to even be in our club! Go hide in a hole somewhere if you're just going to stand in my way! I don't even need your damn help, idiot!" Kurumu practically shouted.
"My friends..." she quietly said once the realization finally fell into place.
"Oh I see. Then do what you can, you milk cow!" Gin loudly remarked.
"M-milk cow? Oh I will, you bandanna baldie!"
"B-bandanna baldie? What the hell are you getting all emotional about? What do you mean by 'friend'? Would you still help him even if you find out that he is human?" the werewolf inquired as he turned away from her for a moment.
"Silly. Of course I would. Whether hes a human or monster, it really doesn't matter."
"Man, what a pain in the ass. Wait up Kurumu-chan!" Gin yelped as he jumped down from his perch on top of the old tori.
...
Back at the student police headquarters...
"It looks to me that I was right about you being human, Tsukune-kun. This means I can finally have my revenge for what you and your vampire slut did to me by killing you in front of everybody. You do remember who I am, don't you? My head of snakes bit into your body. That was when I realized your true form. Because of what I tasted was without a doubt human flesh. How dare a mere human do something like this to me!" Ishigami shouted and then shot one of her snakes at Tsukune.
"Hey... move it, Ishigami!"
Kuyou stood behind her as his body was partially engulfed in his supernatural flames.
"Now that we know for certain he is human, we have plenty of reasons to destroy the newspaper club for good. That entire useless lot must be killed according to the law and that is my duty and exclusive right as an academy police officer," Kuyou said as he walked up to her.
"Come on, now. I get to kill off the remainder of the newspaper club, right?" Hitomi inquired, her voice laced with killing intent.
"I don't think so," Kuyou replied as he hurled a huge fireball directly at the former art instructor.
"You bastard!" she shrieked and then shielded her face from the intense, burning heat.
"Humph! Damn woman," he scoffed.
Hitomi quickly spun around and saw that Tsukune was for the most part, barely breathing with Moka sprawled across his back.
'So Akashiya Moka woke up and protected Tsukune from his fireball attack. Not bad. Ha! This has become more of a spectacle than I had ever expected,' Ishigami thought with a smirk.
"Moka?" Tsukune inquired, as he lazily opened his eyes in mild confusion.
"Please remove my rosary. It'll be okay. Even... even if everyone finds out you're human, it'll be fine. Because... I'll be protecting you this time. I'll a-always protect you even when you can't... 'cause I truly love... I love you more than anything in the entire world," Moka said through tear-stained eyes.
"Moka..."
Before he reached her rosary, he fainted due to the raging agony in his body.
"Tsukune... no! Please! Wake up! W-why'd this h-have to happen again? P-please... wake up and d-don't l-leave me b-behind my d-dear Tsukune."
Moka gently pulled an unconscious Tsukune up to her large, firm bosom and held him lovingly as she softly sobbed tears of distress and sorrow.
"You foolish woman! Do you even comprehend what you're doing associating with the likes of him? You do realized that he is a human, don't you? Saving him despite knowing that makes you nothing more than but a traitor to all monsters!" Kuyou said with maliciousness.
"What you are doing is an act of treason against the academy! That's more than enough to warrant the death penalty. With my fire I'll leave no evidence that rebel scum like you ever existed! Die!" Kuyou continued as he readied a massive fireball aimed at the couple.
"Tsukune... I love you," Moka said a she hugged him and awaited the impending doom.
"Look out below!" a female voice called out from behind the fox demon.
"What?" he inquired as his hand was pulled back by vines which appeared out of nowhere.
"Come on. You know that you can't rely on Moka all the time, you know. I knew you guys would be in trouble without me."
"Kurumu!" Moka called out with a small smile.
"So you did come to help us, Kurumu," the vampiress quietly said as she held Tsukune close by.
"What is this? Vines? No, they don't feel real and I can't burn them off... an illusion? You damn succubus! You shall pay for your insubordination! Ridiculous! Trying to fool me with a mere child's mind-trick?!" Kuyou spat out as he hurled a small fireball at Kurumu who blew it away with her outstretched wings.
"Kyaa!" she cried out as the intense heat singed her wings a bit, but was for the most part, unscathed.
"Hey, hey. What's going on? Are you guys starting without me? You've really turned this into a big mess, 'ya know," a male voice announced as its owner walked down the stairwell.
"Gin-sempai! You came to help us out, too?" Moka asked, stunned by his unannounced appearance.
"You are... that mongrel, Morioka," Kuyou spat out.
"Why, sempai? Didn't you just say…" Kurumu said.
"Yeah, yeah. I know. We'll talk about this later. If you're gonna go this far, then there's nothing I can do... I'll just hurry up and finish this up really quick," Gin replied as he glared at the fire demon.
"Humph! How about this? You've all gathered up to bare your fangs at me. Why?! I am the justice of this academy! Have you all gone mad and have a death wish?" Kuyou inquired.
"I'm sorry. I can't lose my underlings, 'ya know. If all you guys weren't here, I wouldn't have to lay my life on the line, idiots,' Gin said as he transformed into his true form, a huge werewolf and rushed towards his adversary with lightning-fast speed.
"You guys are really a bunch of idiots for causing all this trouble!" Gin barked out as he slashed at Kuyou, who didn't even see the attack until it was too late.
Gin quickly spun around and then punched the fox demon with a rapid assault. Kuyou was unable to react as blood spilled from his mouth. The fox demon screamed out in excruciating pain, fell to the floor, and was momentarily incapacitated.
"Justice or not, I'll mess you up for just putting a hand on my club members. Remember that well, you stupid fox!" Gin said with a grin.
"Gin-sempai!" Kurumu cheered just as Tsukune and Moka regained consciousness.
He ran over to Kurumu and then groped her right boob with his left hand.
"Consider that my reward for me helping you guys out," he said with a howl.
"Kyaa! You pervert!" Kurumu shrieked out and then slapped him away with a blush across her cheeks.
'Isn't this great, Tsukune? Even though I'm sure they heard that you're human, they still came and saved you,' Moka thought with a smile as she held his hands in her own.
Gin felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up and then looked over his shoulder. Kuyou had gotten up and walked closer to his opponents. He was fired up and ready to attack once more.
"Shit! Everyone watch out! He's powering up again!" Gin shouted as they huddled closer together.
"What a beautiful sight. So this is Kuyou's true form. Ha, I guess you could call it the highest form of art. All right, newspaper club... this is your punishment for everything you robbed from me. You will suffer long and hard, that much I'm sure of," Ishigami said as she saw for herself just how powerful the fox demon truly was.
Kuyou's transformation was indeed a sight to behold. His entire body was composed of white-hot fire and now closely resembled that of an actual fox, but with numerous tails of fire!
"He's a Youko! The highest-ranked ones can even be revered as gods! They're one of Japan's most powerful supernatural creatures. Hot, supernatural fire that can burn anything it touches! How can we defeat something like this?!" Gin explained, his mouth left agape from the sight before him.
"Human, Aono Tsukune! You really are a worthless human, aren't you? We must kill any human who learns of this monster-only academy. That is the law! I am the law! As you might reveal our existence to the outside world. Newspaper club... why is it that as fellow monsters, that you protect such a dangerous human? How far will you defy me before you'll be satisfied? The whole lot of you shall be buried right here by Kuyou, the academy's administrator of justice!", the fire fox said as his power built up to an incredible raging inferno.
"That's right. It's because I'm human that all these awful things are happening right now. Because I'm human and entered a high school for monsters. This is all my fault... the student police found out about me... everyone might be killed because of me," Tsukune sadly stated as he stood to his feet with Moka on his immediate left.
"Don't make that face, you silly boy. It'll be fine because everyone else is here with you. And my place is always gonna be by your side no matter what happens, you know," Moka replied as she offered him a reassuring smile.
"Thanks, Moka. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me," he sheepishly replied.
"You're welcome, love so don't worry about it. We'll get out of this mess, somehow," she continued.
"That's right Tsukune. You're not alone, you know. You're hurt so you stay here. We'll take care of this," Kurumu said as she walked up to Gin.
"More importantly, what is your true form anyway? If you really are human or something else entirely different," Gin said as he faced his kouhai.
"Actually, I'm..." Tsukune sputtered out.
"Idiot. I was only joking. You don't gotta tell me, 'ya know. You're not supposed to tell anyone else what you are. Not that anyone really wants to know what you are," the werewolf replied.
"Gin-sempai," Tsukune answered, at a loss of words.
"Like I said, there ain't no reason for anyone to know your true form anyhow."
"You bastards! Not only do you realize that he is human, you still pretend to not know anything! You're nothing but a rotten group of rebels that is far past any hope of redemption. If that is the case then I will simply kill you all right now," Kuyou growled with anger.
"Oh shit... what's happening? Hes gathering supernatural energy into the tips of his tails!" Gin shouted.
"HAZY ROLLING FLAME!" the fox demon screeched.
Gin quickly jumped in front of his club members with a wide-eyed look of terror across his face.
Kuyou shot the fireball at the newspaper club which exploded upon impact.
"Kyaa!" Kurumu and Moka screamed as they expected the absolute worse-case scenario.
"Huh? What the hell happened?" Tsukune wondered since he and the girls seemed to have escaped mostly unscathed from the fiery inferno.
"Oh no! Gin-sempai!" Moka yelled.
"Ugh. Idiot. I'm such... an idiot," Gin gasped out, clearly in pain.
His right hand was severely burned as well as most of his clothes. He dropped to the ground and had a difficult time breathing.
"Why... why didn't he dodge it? Hes way faster than any of us!" Moka said as she looked towards Gin with a sad look across her brow.
"He... that stupid dog... protected us," Kurumu replied, still stunned at his selfless act of bravery.
"Damn it! This... this is all my fault! I can't let anyone else get hurt because of me. I'm not gonna run away like a coward. Not this time," Tsukune said as he stepped forward.
"HAHAHA! So much for the werewolf. The so-called monster of speed. He wasn't much of a challenge, was he? Right here and now, I'll make you realize that even as a close-knit group, you have no hope against me," Kuyou taunted as he started to reshape his form.
"Is Kuyou returning to his human form?" Kurumu inquired.
"No, that isn't his human form at all. His concentrated youkai, the ideal form... is his finely-tuned battle form!" Gin explained with a hard gulp.
"Okay, so who wants to die next?" Kuyou asked with a sick grin.
Kuyou then let out a blast of fire which rendered the newspaper club members unconscious. They all groaned in pain and were unable to move.
"No... everyone was knocked out in an instant... except me," Tsukune said in stunned silence.
"Your comrades really are a marvelous group, aren't they? Isn't is great that they all came to save you, Tsukune-kun? Well now, you're going to just stand there and watch what each of your comrade's dying moments is like. And I'll start with the vampire that you've grown so attached to," Kuyou said, his voice dripping with animosity.
"Wait! We've lost and we'll apologize to you for everything! I'll confess everything about myself to the student police and accept any punishment you give me! So – so please at least everyone live, especially Moka. They're my friends... whether they're human or monster, they're all special friends to me, so please," Tsukune begged.
"No, Tsukune... don't do this. Now's not the time to be a hero," Moka breathed out.
He turned around and then offered her a smile, the same one she had fallen in love with. Moka silently knew that in the end, everything would somehow work in their favor.
"That's very admirable for a human. Putting your friends and loved one, first. You've touched my heart a little. So let it be. I will spare their lives in consideration for your unwavering courage," Kuyou answered as his features softened for a moment.
"So, that means?" Tsukune inquired, with a glimmer of hope.
"Hahahahahaha! Did you think that I would actually say that? How naive, you simpleton. What do you mean by friends? Human friendship is so superficial that it makes me sick to my stomach. Now watch, foolish human and be quiet as your friends suffer!" Kuyou howled as he hurled a massive fireball directly at Moka.
Moka watched in sheer terror as Tsukune jumped in the way and was engulfed in the monumental firestorm of the fox demon's furious wrath!
*Ka-thoooooom!*
"No! TSUKUNE! Nooooooo! Oh god, noooo!"
"Hey, what are you doing getting in the way like that? It wouldn't be very entertaining if you were turned into ashes first," Kuyou commented with a smirk.
Moka sprinted over to side and then caught him in her arms.
He grasped at her rosary and removed it before she could react.
"Oh, no. Moka's gonna be really mad!" Kurumu said with a sweat-drop.
Tsukune fell to the ground with Moka's seal firmly held in his left hand.
Her pent-up anger was amplified by her explosion of youkai which knocked everyone over. Kuyou was stunned motionless and could not utter a single word. Her pink hair was now silvery white and her innocent green eyes, blood crimson red with elongated irises.
Vampire Moka picked Tsukune up and then carried his motionless body over to Kurumu and Gin, who were just as concerned as she was.
"Oh my god! Hes not breathing!" Kurumu shouted, as she feared the absolute worse-case scenario imaginable.
"The mighty vampire... with the power of Nosferatu and Dracula, who is immortal, they are a true super monster without equal. I've heard about them in fairy tales but couldn't believe in them until I've seen one with my very eyes. However, against me, even a vampire is the same as the rest of the rebel scum!" Kuyou stated.
"Move, Kurumu. Someone needs to learn why vampires are super monsters," Vampire Moka stated as she carried Tsukune towards the foolish fox who just called her weak.
"Is she coming...?" the so-called superior fire fox inquired.
She set Tsukune down and then placed her left hand across his back and her right hand on the left side of his face. She leaned into the right side of his neck and then sunk her sharp fangs deep into his flesh. A soft, pink light surrounded the pair as she once again tapped into her Shinso ability known as "Transfusion" for a few minutes.
"Geez, Moka! Now's really not the time to neck, you know!" Kurumu huffed out.
Once she felt his breathing return to normal, Vampire Moka removed her fangs from his neck, sealed the puncture marks closed with her tongue, and then carried Tsukune over to where Gin and Kurumu still remained.
"Don't worry, Kurumu. I just injected some of my own blood into Tsukune, in order to save his life. Please keep an eye on him, so I can take care of this guy right away," Vampire Moka said to her dim-witted friend.
"Okay, Moka. I kind of understand. I'm sure that with vampire blood..." Kurumu replied and slowly nodded in understanding.
"If injected with vampire blood, with the healing power strong enough to have them be called 'immortal', it could very well heal Tsukune from the inside, out," Gin explained.
"So, then it'll save Tsukune?" the blue-haired bombshell inquired.
"In a manner of speaking, yeah. Since I already saved his life once before, in the same way," Vampire Moka replied as she glared daggers at Kuyou.
Without another word said, she ran over to the fox demon and attacked him in a flurry of powerful, yet elegant kicks. He stumbled back and was rendered somewhat, disoriented.
"Whoa! Look at her go! Shes really something else!" Gin said with a howl.
"No, something seems really weird. Moka doesn't look so good," Kurumu said with a frown.
Kuyou stood up from the dirty floor and then blasted the vampiress with a surprise attack, which knocked her back about 10 feet. With a hiss, she stood up and realized that her left leg was slightly burned.
"Is that all? Where is this so-called super vampire that I've heard so much about? I guess you're just having a really bad day. Am I right?" Kuyou inquired as he stepped closer to the vampiress in question.
"Darn it. I think I gave too much blood to Tsukune this time," Vampire Moka quietly cursed to herself.
Moka kicked him in rapid succession yet again, but was caught off-guard by another sucker-punch to the gut. She fell back onto the pavement and spat up a bit of blood.
"Damn it. Moka looks beat. Now what do we do?" Kurumu asked Gin who seemed to be off in la-la land for some unknown reason.
"Pathetic. As if you weren't even a monster. This is because you've grown intoxicated playing friends with a pathetic human! You'd be better off burning in flames and repenting for your stupidity. Just die already, you weak excuse of a vampire!" Kuyou said as he aimed the right palm of his hand at Vampire Moka.
Kuyou suddenly found himself stunned in place as he felt a compelling spike of infuriated youkai from behind him. It was unlike anything he had ever experienced before and was perplexed as to its point of origin until it was far too late.
"W-what is this? W-what's happening? Aono Tsukune?! Why are you here? This is crazy! You should be dead! Burnt to a crisp like freshly-cooked bacon! Pushing up daisy's by now! What the hell are you?" Kuyou shouted as he was overwhelmed with a feeling of intense dread.
All of Tsukune's injuries were completely healed and he looked like an entirely different person. His dark brown hair was now a bright, silvery white and his kind eyes now mirrored those of a Vampire.
"Oh my gosh. Tsukune, you look amazing!" Vampire Moka yelped as her face tinted a deep red.
"Incredible! This must be the true power of a vampire! Thanks to Moka's blood, the power of a vampire is inside of him and he looks so hot! Kick his ass, Tsukune!" Kurumu commented with a hard blush of her own, naturally.
"Oh... I see. So you weren't a human after all? It isn't possible that you could be human after all of that. So that means that you were one of us from the beginning? Damn. Ishigami tricked me!" Kuyou sputtered out.
Vampire Moka stood off to the side and decided that she would not interfere. But if it came down to it, she would do what she could so that Kuyou learned a painful lesson. She was most definitely bruised and beaten, but that would not deter her from enjoying the show, obviously.
'Damn it! I let my guard down when watching Tsukune-kun,' Kuyou mentally cursed.
"Now Tsukune! Attack him while hes distracted!" Vampire Moka cheered.
"This is for hurting my Moka, you bastard!" he shouted.
In less than the blink of an eye, Tsukune ran up to his enemy and then smashed his right fist into his chin. The fire demon was violently thrown back with the force of a freight train and into a concrete wall a good twenty feet behind him. Not only that, but his supernatural flames were instantly snuffed out.
"Holy shit! He knocked him out with one punch!" Gin cheered.
"Way to go, Tsukune!" Kurumu happily praised.
Tsukune dashed over to his defeated foe, grabbed the lapel of his coat with his left hand, and then effortlessly lifted him to his feet. He drew his right fist back and then slammed it into his Kuyou's face which shattered nose. Blood splattered everywhere while the former human smirked.
Moka rapidly ran over to his side, deeply distressed at her boyfriend's sudden change in demeanor. She felt his elevated youkai rise to the point that it reached a critical level and could end up ghoul-ifying him.
"Tsukune! That's enough! You beat him!" she yelled.
"No, Moka. He's gotta pay for what he did to me, you, and our friends."
"Tsukune, revenge is never the answer... no matter how mad you are. Take it from me because I felt the same way towards Saizo because of how badly he hurt you. Once you go down that dark path you'll never be the same sweet man I fell hopelessly in love with. Certainly hes already learned his lesson by now. So as your future mate, I'm asking you to reconsider your actions before you do something you may regret later on," she replied as she shot a bit of her powerful yokai at him.
With a drawn-out sigh, Tsukune did as suggested and dropped his flattened foe to the floor, who now had a broken nose along with several fractured ribs, and a broken collarbone. Moka gently pulled her destined one into an affectionate hug and softly sang to him one of his favorite songs.
"Moon... River... wider than a mile. I'm crossing you in style... someday. Oh, dream... maker... You... heart... breaker. Where... ever you're going... I'm going your way – ayy!"
"Two... drifters... off to see the world... There's such a lot of world to... see – eee. We're... after... the same – rainbow's... end. Waiting - 'round the bend... My huckleberry friend... Moon... River and... me – eee."
More than anything he wanted his vengeance upon Kuyou for what he inflicted upon Moka, and to an extent, his friends. However, Tsukune calmed down before he even knew it. He was weak against her affectionate gesture which he secretly desired.
...
After several silent minutes, Moka reluctantly released Tsukune from her longer-than-average embrace and offered her destined one a shy smile.
"Um, I think we need to talk. You know, about all of this," he said.
"Yeah. You're right, Tsukune. We really need to have a talk. Um, anyway... it looks like Kurumu and Gin-sempai already left. She said something about taking him to the infirmary to see the cute nurse."
With a knowing nod Tsukune reached out and offered her his right hand which she gladly accepted without a second thought. She didn't ask for her rosary back as they left the dilapidated building along with most of the painful memories associated with it.
Moka was also rather grateful that he was back to his old self, so to speak. She didn't detect any ill intent as his youkai level was rather low, despite his newly-developed vampire appearance. He wasn't quite a Shinso much like herself but was very close, nonetheless.
All he needed was a bit more of her blood to complete his full transformation.
Her destined one had changed much sooner than she had anticipated because of Kuyou and realized that he had some training to do in regards to his developing abilities before summer break started in a couple of weeks. His parents would definitely notice that he was no longer human when he returned home and resembled her fraternal twin.
It went without saying that his mother Kasumi would faint and he'd have to explain everything that happened to him since high school began in explicit detail.
The walk back to their apartment on the opposite side of the campus was unusually quiet between the two. Moka glanced at him every few minutes and blushed deeply whenever he made eye contact. She was unquestionably mesmerized by his new look and felt herself falling deeper in love with him by the passing second.
...
Approximately ten minutes later, the couple reached home. After Tsukune closed and locked the door behind himself, Moka quickly kicked off her shoes as did he and then followed her inside. She walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and then grabbed something from one of its shelves. After she closed the door, she turned around and then handed it to Tsukune.
"Tomato juice?" he inquired.
"Yeah, since you're a vampire now. I'm certain that you're really thirsty right now, huh?"
"Yeah. Your scent's been driving me crazy since we left that awful place," he replied with a sigh.
"Then drink up, love. You're gonna have to develop a pattern and will get really thirsty a lot since you're new at all of this. But you don't have to worry. I'm gonna teach you everything you need to know about vampires, okay?"
"Okay, Moka."
Tsukune popped the top of the can open and then swallowed its contents in a matter of seconds. Once he was satisfied, he closed his red eyes for a moment and honestly felt somewhat placated, despite his recent metamorphosis.
"Are you feeling better now?" Moka inquired with genuine sincerity.
"Yeah. Thanks," he replied with a slight blush.
"You're welcome, Tsukune."
"Uh, wait a minute. What do you mean by me having to develop... a pattern?"
"A pattern to drink blood, silly. As a vampire, you gotta drink about a pint of blood every month. I told you this right after we first met, right?"
"Oh crap. I totally forgot about that. I'm sorry. It's just been a crazy couple of days... and I... wasn't thinking straight. So... I'm really a vampire now?"
"It's okay, Tsukune. Yeah, it's been kinda... hard for the both of us, but all that's behind us now. Plus we don't have any classes tomorrow, 'cause it's Sunday. Like I just said, you don't have anything to worry about, okay? And to answer your last question... yeah, you're a vampire now, but not a Shinso yet."
"I see. Thanks, Moka. I really don't know what I'd do without you."
"You're welcome, love so don't worry about it so much. Now... before we have our long talk, we really need to get out of these burnt clothes and take a bath. We really stink, you know," she said, followed by an adorable giggle.
"Yeah. You're right as usual. After you, Moka," he replied with a laugh.
...
After they were both properly scrubbed from head to toe, the couple sat in the huge bathtub, just content to be so close to each other especially after their tiring day. Tsukune held Moka around her slender waist while she comfortably rested against his wide chest.
"This is really nice," he said.
"Yeah, you feel really nice, love."
"Oh, Moka," he replied and then lightly breathed into her right ear.
"Ah, Tsukune. Not now, please. I'm still kinda sore from earlier," she softly chastised.
"Sorry about that. But you smell so nice... and I'm kinda having a really hard time here," he admitted with a sigh and then pulled her a bit closer.
"It's alright, love. I really enjoy it when you hold me like this. And I can feel it, you silly boy," she replied as she rubbed her derriere up against his obvious arousal.
"Ahhh, Moka. I thought you just said you were sore?"
"I am a little sore, but now... I'm kinda... turned on... because of you," she confessed as her pale cheeks rapidly heated up to a healthy tone of pink.
"Then do you maybe... wanna kiss for a while?"
"I was hoping you'd ask me sooner or later, 'cause I really... wanna kiss you too."
Tsukune removed his arms from around her waist and allowed her to sit upright. A moment later the silver-haired maiden turned around and then faced him. She leaned forward, straddled his thighs, placed her right hand on his left cheek, and then lovingly caressed it.
"Oh, Moka. I love you so... so much."
"And I love you my handsome man, more than anything in the entire world," she replied as a solitary tear of joy slid down her left cheek.
"You really shouldn't cry, you know. It doesn't suit your beautiful face," he said as he reached up with his right hand and then gently wiped her tear away.
"My sweet Tsukune..."
She quickly closed the short distance between themselves and then passionately kissed him as if her very life depended on it. It was a hundred times more intense than she ever experienced before and slowly hypothesized the reasoning behind it.
It had to do with his recent change naturally, which brought them a lot closer to each other. An added bonus to their growing Blood Bond which was nearly unbreakable.
He promptly wrapped his arms around Moka's back and deepened their kiss as he was lost in euphoric bliss. Giggles, moans, and gasps of sheer delight escaped the vampiress' pink pouty lips as she savored their moment of physical passion to the fullest.
...
After their extended soak in the bathtub, they eventually redressed themselves for a quiet evening at home and a relaxing meal. Moka chose a cute nightgown, light pink in color which was one of her favorites. Her faithful companion wore a simple pair of boxer shorts, indigo in hue along with a matching tee shirt. After their appetites were placated they crawled into bed and cuddled up to each other, per habit.
"I'm sure you have a lot of questions. You know, about the new you," Moka said out of the blue.
"Yeah."
"So, what do you wanna know?"
"Um, earlier you said I'm a vampire now, but not a Shinso, like you. What does that mean?"
"Well, you are a vampire now, no question about it. But for you to become a Shinso, you're gonna have to um, drink my blood," she replied.
Moka quickly blushed hard at the very notion of having her blood sucked, which would be another first for her.
"What? I have to drink... your blood?"
"Of course, silly. I told you this on your birthday. Did you forget already?"
"Oh, right. Now that you mention it, you did say that. So, um, when can I do that? I mean, I understand all of that, even though it's a lot to take in. But to be honest, I don't wanna hurt you, Moka. I could never hurt you on purpose..."
"Well, I think it's too soon since you just changed, but before you do, you gotta learn how to conceal your true form. And besides, I know that you'll never hurt me, on purpose or not."
"I see. Um, concealing my true form? What does that mean?" he inquired with a raised, silver brow.
"What's the academy's number one rule, Tsukune?"
"All monsters have to be in their... human form while on campus... oh! That makes sense," he replied with an understanding nod.
"That's right, love. But since I was born a vampire and am also a Shinso, I'm not able to use the spell to disguise myself and pass myself off as human; that's why I wear my rosary," she explained.
"I see. That makes sense. So, all monsters have to use a spell to um, disguise themselves, like Kurumu or even Gin-sempai?" he wondered.
"Yeah. Like I said, I can't use the spell 'cause I have an excessive amount of youkai so my rosary seals up the majority of my powers and abilities. As you know, even while I wear my it, I'm still pretty strong and kinda... forget my strength sometimes if I'm too happy or even upset."
"Huh. So it's kinda like magic or something, Moka?"
"Hm, I wouldn't call it magic; but more like having a state of 'mind over matter'. Just picture yourself being human, and you will. It should be really easy for you since you're originally human. That's why it's so hard for the more complex yokai and ayashi to keep up their human appearance to blend in here at the academy. And if their emotions go up or down, they can lose their concentration like Miss Nekonome does in class sometimes and ends up showing off her ears and tail," she answered with a laugh.
"I see. Okay, I'm gonna try it now."
"Alright, Tsukune. Now, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Yeah, just like that. Breathe slowly and concentrate. Now, picture yourself how you used to look and stay focused on that for a few moments."
Tsukune did as instructed by Moka, took in a few, slow breaths and thought hard about his original, human form; dark brown hair and matching eyes.
"Oh my gosh... you're doing it," she happily praised.
His silvery white hair slowly faded into a dark, mahogany brown color while his sharp fangs shortened a bit and weren't as noticeable as before. She was entranced by his revere metamorphosis and was rendered momentarily, silent. A minute later, Tsukune reopened his chocolate brown eyes and looked at Moka who smiled brightly.
"So... um, how do I look?" he hesitantly inquired.
"You look like the man I fell madly in love with, of course. But I really don't mind your new look, either you know," she replied with another blush.
"Thanks. But I still feel a lot stronger, though."
"You're welcome and that's fine, love and it'll just take some getting used to. But once you become a Shinso vampire like me, you're gonna have to wear a seal, as well. We do have some training to do before summer break in two weeks. You know, so you won't freak out your parents."
"Holy crap. I totally forgot about summer break," he answered with a huge sweat-drop.
"It's okay that you forgot about summer break. You know, because of all the drama. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to it, to be honest. After all the stuff we've been through lately, I really, really need a vacation. And I can't wait to go to the beach so I can show you the new swimsuit I bought," she said as she snuggled up to him with a sigh of content.
"Now that you mention it, I can't wait either. So much crap's been going on and I need a break, too. But I'm glad my folks invited you to spend summer vacation with me. Wait a minute. You bought a swimsuit? Like a b-bikini?"
"That's good to know, you silly boy. And you're right about that. Too much drama's been going on lately, if you ask me. Well, after the sake' incident on your birthday, your mom insisted that I spend summer break at your house which made me so happy. Um, about that... Kurumu kinda... helped me pick it out last weekend when we all went to the Mononoke Mall. She said when you see me in it, you'll probably faint from a nosebleed," Moka replied with a hearty laugh.
Tsukune pulled her into a warm hug and held her for all she was worth. He honestly felt so much better, despite the bizarre turn of events and was rather grateful that Moka and himself had grown a lot closer since his recent change. But as long as she was by his side, he knew without a shred of uncertainty that not only had he found the love of his life and his soulmate – but neither himself nor Moka would ever be lonely for as long as they lived.
He also discovered his place in the world and his age-long journey as a vampire just began. He had many trials and tribulations which lay ahead that he would face with Moka and all his friends at Yokai Academy which would only bring them even closer, over time.
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