The young Aono stood there looking at one of his closest friends, and all she could do was gawk at him. Smiling softly at his succubus, Tsukune closed the door and took a few steps toward her. Kurumu's mind finally managed to start working again, and she quickly stood up.
"Tsukune…is it really you?" she almost begged and lifted her hands up towards him as if she wanted to make sure that he was not an illusion.
Her question was answered when he took her hands in his, and it was then that tears began to pour down her cheeks.
"TSUKUNE!" she gasped and practically dove into his arms.
The young man had already braced himself for the impact of her hug and wrapped his arms around her. Kurumu buried her face into his chest and clung to him as if her life depended on her touching him.
"Tsukune…" she murmured his name again and again as she nuzzled into his embrace.
He could feel every inch of her body pressed up against him, and it felt incredible. Since Kurumu had just finished her routine, she had not changed yet so all she had on was the blouse from her secretary's outfit, a thong, and garters; she was his little temptress with the heart of an angel. His hands came up to stroke her head, and she almost purred at his affectionate gesture.
"Kurumu-chan…it's okay; it's really me," he said soothingly.
The buxom, young woman leaned back slightly to look at his face, and she smiled brightly at seeing his warm, brown eyes.
"Tsukune…you're really here; that makes me so happy."
"I'm happy to see you too, Kurumu-chan. You look even more beautiful than the last time that I saw you."
The succubus blushed like a tomato, and she turned her head away in embarrassment. She suddenly realized that she was barely wearing anything, and Tsukune was still a married man. If Moka walked in here with them like this, she would want her head on a platter.
"I'm sorry, Tsukune, I should get dressed. I'm sure that Moka came with you as well, and if she sees us like this, I know that she'll make a hissy fit about it."
She was surprised to see a dark expression pass over her destined one's face, and he took a long, deep breath. Closing his eyes, Tsukune murmured a few words, and magic circles appeared on each side of the room – sealing them off from the outside.
"Tsukune!" Kurumu gasped at seeing him perform magic. When could he do that?
"It's alright, Kurumu-chan, I only wanted us to have some privacy. Moka is not with me; I came here by myself. I missed you, and I wanted to come see you. In fact, if you are done with your show for the evening, I would like to take you out to dinner."
"You saw me dance!" she gasped with an almost excited smile on her face, but a part of her was quite nervous at her destined one seeing her dance like that for so many strange men. What would he think of her?
"Yes, I did, and you made my jaw hit the floor with how amazing you looked."
Kurumu blushed again, and Tsukune just smiled as he stroked her hair.
"Tsukune…you don't know how happy I am to see you, but…why are you here by yourself? I doubt that Moka would let you come here alone considering she has a possessive streak a mile long," the succubus grumbled.
"Kurumu-chan, this may come as a shock to you, but Moka and I are no longer together."
Now, the young woman's jaw dropped open, and her eyes practically bulged out of her head. She…she…she couldn't have heard him right…could she?
"Tsukune…did…did you just say that you and Moka are no longer…" she trailed off in shock.
"Yes, we are no longer mated to one another; she broke the vampire blood rites with me; and by doing so, our bond is automatically dissolved."
"What…what happened?"
"Kurumu-chan, I promise you that I will tell you everything, but let me take you out for a nice dinner first, okay? I am trying to correct some bad decisions that I made in the past and being here with you is the start of that. Now, I'll leave you be so you can change, but know this, I came here with the express reason of wanting to see my dear Kurumu-chan."
Tsukune leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. The succubus felt warmth flood through her body, and she almost fainted in his arms.
"I'll be waiting at your aunt and mother's table, alright? Take as long as you want to get ready; I have all the time in the world for you."
Tsukune released her from his grasp and unsealed the room. Giving her one last warm smile, he quietly exited her dressing room.
Once the door shut, Kurumu collapsed to her knees and hugged herself tightly.
"He…he…he came here to see his Kurumu-chan?" she repeated.
'He called me his. Does he really feel that way about me? Am I dreaming this right now?'
She quickly pinched herself, and the pain response from cheek told her that she wasn't.
"He's here; he's really here!" she gasped and jumped to her feet. Tsukune was here, and he wanted to take her to dinner right now!
"Oh no, what am I going to wear?" she gasped and proceeded to start tearing through her wardrobe.
Tsukune patiently waited for Kurumu to come out of her dressing room. He had returned to the table with a large grin on his face which made Aghea arch an eyebrow at him, but he just ignored her and sat back down.
"So…was Mumu-chan happy to see you?" Shade asked with a smirk on her face.
"I believe that she is, but we did not talk for very long."
"Oh my…you certainly work fast, my dear boy. Did you just bend her over the chair and take her from behind?" the arch succubus said with a leer.
"Of course, I didn't," Tsukune almost growled and glared at the older woman.
"I would never cheapen Kurumu-chan's feelings by doing anything so vulgar like that for her first time. She deserves to be shown that she is loved and cherished – not a whore who'll fuck any man she sees. Lastly, before I would even consider having a physical relationship with Kurumu, I would need her to trust me again; I need her to know that I will not abandon her again – not now and not ever," Tsukune said with raw determination in his voice.
Ageha actually smiled genuinely at his words. She knew how miserable her daughter had been since she had been separated from her destined one; it was like she was half alive. Now, her daughter had a chance for happiness again; she only hoped that it came true for her.
The elder Kuruono's sharp eyes saw her daughter emerge from backstage, and she grinned slightly.
'Not bad, Kurumu-chan, you look like a nice girl but sexy at the same time; he is going to love it.'
Her daughter was dressed in a simple, blue sundress that was almost the same color as her hair. From what Aghea could see in the low light, she had also removed most of her makeup. The dress went down to just above her knees, and the neckline was rather conservative for a succubus, but it still gave a glimpse of the young woman's enticing cleavage.
Kurumu easily found her mother and aunt's table and saw Tsukune sitting next to them. An excited smile on her face, she quickly began making her way through the tables and booths heading for her destined one's location.
Until…
"Hey!" she gasped out loud and turned to the table that she had just past. Someone had just grabbed her ass when she was walking by.
Three large bikers sat at the table nursing about a dozen different drinks, and the biggest one leered at her.
"How you doing, honey? That was a sweet, little number you danced earlier. How about you give me a private show of what that luscious body of yours can really do?" the man said with a crooked grin.
Standing up, he towered over Kurumu, and she could smell the alcohol on his breath.
"Come on, baby, I got a nice, hard pole that you can slide up and down all night long," he snickered and reached down to unzip his pants.
The young succubus felt like she was about to throw up, and the man's friends just sat their laughing.
Halfway across the club floor, Aghea saw what was going on with her daughter as she had heard the young woman gasp. She was about to ask Tsukune if he had heard anything when she saw his eyes already riveted to the scene in question.
He slid out of the booth next to her and calmly made his way over towards Kurumu with his eyes blazing.
"Well…well…well…this should be good," she said with a slight chuckle.
"All I can say is…he better not break half my club, or I'm gonna be pissed," Shade added but couldn't help her own grin from appearing on her face. She waved over a couple of her bouncers and whispered instructions in their ears.
"Who said that you could just grab my ass, you ugly neanderthal? Leave me alone!"
"Big words don't sound good coming out of your mouth, little girl. I'd say those lips of yours are much better suited for taking something inside them – like my dick."
The man grabbed Kurumu by the wrist and pulled her closer to him.
"Let go of me, you bastard; I'm not some two-dollar whore!"
"I just saw you wiggle that hot, little ass of yours up and down that stage, and you're gonna be bouncing that ass up and down my cock before I'm through with you, you little slut!" he belched into her face.
Kurumu was between a rock and a hard place. The man had a firm grip on her wrist, and she couldn't break his hold without using her powers. She was used to men hitting on her, but this guy made her way too nervous. He was looking at her like a piece of raw meat that he wanted to devour.
"I said…let me go!" she almost shouted, but she couldn't break his hold on her wrist.
"You heard the lady, pal, let her go. Now!" came an authoritative voice.
Kurumu almost started crying as she saw Tsukune appear at her side. The man was holding her left wrist with his right hand so the young man took up a position on her left side.
The burly biker just looked at the shorter, young man and laughed heartedly.
"You pipsqueek. Back off before I decide to hurt you real bad."
Tsukune reached out and calmly grasped the man's right wrist.
"I said…let her go!" he hissed and squeezed hard. It was not enough to permanently hurt the man, but he knew that it would force him to release Kurumu.
"Dammit!" the man gasped as he let the young succubus go, and she stumbled back a few steps.
The man's two friends were amazed that Tsukune was able to break their leader's grip, and he glared down at the young man.
"You little worm…you are going to pay for this right now…" and the man flipped open a switchblade in his right hand.
"Tsukune!" Kurumu gasped fearfully, but the young Aono's eyes just narrowed dangerously.
The large biker lunged forward to try and slash him, but Tsukune calmly dodge to the left. He used his speed to get behind the man and finish this fight. Quickly grabbing the wrist on the man's weapon hand, he wrenched it back hard causing the burly man to howl in pain. As the man's body was jerked back, Tsukune used his free hand to grab the back of the man's head and drive it straight into the table that he had been sitting at with his two friends. The two other bikers just watched in shock as their leader's head was driven directly through the wooden table. The burly man ended up hunch over – unconscious – with his head still through the table, and this pinned his two friends in their seats so they could not retaliate.
"No one treats Kurumu like a whore…no one!" he practically growled at the two men, and the look in his eyes made them almost piss their pants.
"Alright…that's enough!" came a voice behind them.
Tsukune turned his head to see Shade sauntering over with several of her bouncers, and a wide grin was on her face. She looked at the biker whose head Tsukune had driven through the table and actually smirked.
"Get this trash out of here and take Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb with him," she ordered.
"Hey…you can't throw us out of here!" the two men gasped.
"Boys…you just saw the biggest of you three get his ass handed to him; I would not make that young man any angrier. Now, get out of my club!" Shade hissed.
After extraditing the unconscious man from the table, the bouncers 'escorted' him and his two companions out the door.
Once they were gone, Tsukune let himself relax and turned to face the younger of the two succubi.
"Kurumu-chan, are you alright?" he asked with a warm smile.
The young woman just looked at him in shock. He…he had just defended her honor. Tsukune had just beaten up someone because they tried to take advantage of her. Of course, she was able to defend herself when needed, but…to have her destined one defend her like that, it made her feel all warm inside. Plus, she felt a spike of arousal rush through her body watching Tsukune protect her like that.
Seeing him hold out his hand to her, Kurumu eagerly took it and dove into his arms. She glomped onto him with one of her infamous bearhugs, and she heard him chuckle.
"Kurumu-chan! You're gonna hug me to death," he laughed.
She released her grip on and looked up into his eyes with a glowing smile.
"Thank you, Tsukune."
"Anytime."
"My…my…my…you certainly are protective of our Mumu-chan, Tsukune," Shade said with a teasing smile, and she licked her lips.
"Hmm…I've never seen you be so forceful and physical; it's made me so hot for you right now!"
"Auntie!" Kurumu gasped she saw the arch-succubus making bedroom eyes at her destined one.
There were several onlookers around who were gawking at Shade's statement of her attraction to the young man, but Tsukune did not seem effected by it.
"I appreciate the offer, Shade-san…" he trailed off.
"…Ohhhhhhh…any time, Tsukune, I'm ready anytime you want," she fired back.
Kurumu's eyes suddenly widened in fear. No, her destined one wouldn't…
"…As I said, I appreciate the offer, but I would have to decline."
He could feel the succubus in his arms give a sigh of relief, but Shade's smile just seemed to grow.
"I am sorry, Shade-san, but I already have a date with a certain young lady for dinner this evening. Shall we go, Kurumu-chan?"
Tsukune watched as his succubus' face light up like the sun, and she just nodded emphatically. Taking her hand in his, he calmly led her toward the front door with half the club watching them. Most of them had seen what he had done, but the bigger shock was watching Kurumu leave with someone. There had been over two hundred guys who tried to ask her out, and no one ever left the club with her – until now.
Making her way back to her table, Shade sat down next to her sister where she saw Aghea looking like a cat that just got canary.
"Would you wipe that silly look off your face? You're gonna make me sick," she groaned.
"I'm just happy, nee-san. It's not every day that a mother gets to see her daughter smile like that. Things are about to get more interesting around here."
"I still think that boy can use one of my practical lessons on women. I sure as hell wouldn't mind going a few rounds on that unsealed dick of his. Hmm…what do you say we convince Mumu-chan to let us share him?" Shade prodded.
"Nee-san…how could you? You want my daughter to share her destined one!"
"Her vampire destined one," Shade added quietly so no one else would hear her.
"If he wanted to, he could pound all our pussies for a week straight and barely break a sweat; I can still remember when that happened to me with Issa; damn, if it wasn't fantastic!"
"Well…I guess that we can talk to Mumu-chan about this. After all, we want to make sure that her destined one is satisfied and wants to stay with her…right nee-san?"
Shade saw the wicked smile on her sister's face and returned it with one of her own.
"Absolutely, we should do everything we can to help Mumu-chan's happiness."
The two succubi broke out laughing and didn't stop for a good, long while.
About an hour later, Tsukune was escorting Kurumu through one of the nearby parks to her aunt's club. When he had asked the succubus where she would like to go for dinner, he had been surprised at her choice. Kurumu had taken him to simple ice cream parlor a couple blocks away. He had offered to take her someplace much fancier, but she had just smiled and said that this is where she wanted to go.
They had shared a burger, fries, and one of the biggest sundaes that Tsukune had ever seen. He remembered the playful smile on Kurumu's face when he held out a spoonful of ice cream to her and started teasing her with it. She had quickly captured the spoon in her mouth before proceeding to lick his fingers clean. Her eyes were on him the whole time, and he had gulped more than once at the arousal burning in her blue orbs.
Now, they were taking a long walk – like a couple of teenagers after their first date. Kurumu was tucked against his left side, and his arm was wrapped securely around her waist. See a large fountain up ahead and no one else around, Tsukune knew that it was time to tell her everything.
"Kurumu-chan…I think that it's time that I tell you why I am here. Please…sit down," and he gestured to the fountain's wide stone lip for spectators to rest on.
The succubus did as he requested and looked up at him apprehensively. Her eyes widened as Tsukune pressed his hands together, and she felt some type of magic in the air, but nothing could be seen.
"Good…we are alone here; I do not want anyone disturbing us, Kurumu-chan. I only want you to hear what I am about to say."
His spell complete; Tsukune lowered his hands. He had put up an isolation field around the area so no one would interrupt his explanation and hear what he was saying.
"Tsukune…you're starting to worry me. What is going on? Why can you do magic? I have never seen you do things like this before."
"Kurumu-chan…please…let me start at the beginning, and once I am done, you can ask me any questions that you wish…alright?"
"Okay."
"Kurumu-chan, as I told you earlier, Moka and I are no longer mates. The reason for that is because she broke the vampire blood rites with me. If either mate breaks those vows, their bond is automatically annulled – regardless of the circumstances."
"What exactly happened?" the succubus inquired.
"Several months ago, Moka and I started talking about having children. We were both ready to start a family and felt it was time to have our first child."
Kurumu felt her stomach tighten at his words. She knew that Tsukune would always make a wonderful father, but she had hoped that she could have had one of them.
"That sounds wonderful, Tsukune, I know that you would be great with children."
"Thank you, Kurumu-chan, but the conversation between Moka and I took a whole other turn. Moka wanted to raise our children exclusively around vampires; she did not want my parents or family to have anything to do with them."
The succubus' eyes widened in shock at his words.
"Tsukune, that makes no sense. Why would she not want your parents to know their grandchildren? Your mother and father are some of the sweetest people that I have ever met. I am sure that they would both spoil your children rotten with love."
"Indeed they would, but Moka was terrified that her child would go through the same pain and isolation that she did when she was a child when she was sent to the human realm. I kept trying to tell her that I would not allow our child to go through any of that, but she would not listen to me. She just kept reiterating that she would not allow her child to be raised among humans. I countered her by saying that she would rather her own daughter grow up to be like Ria, Kahlua, or Kokoa where they are manipulative and arrogant with everyone they meet?"
Kurumu could see the frustration building on her destined one's face as he recounted the events, but she also noticed that his emotions were not controlling him. He was merely explaining everything with an emotional emphasis.
"The two of us were at an impass, but then…Moka threw down the gauntlet and gave me an ultimatem…"
Tsukune took a deep breath and looked the succubus right in the eye.
"She told me that if I did not allow her to raise her children how she saw fit then she would find someone else to give them to her instead."
"Tsukune!" Kurumu gasped in horror, "Don't tell me she…"
"It is exactly what you are thinking, Kurumu-chan. Moka cheated on me. To make matters worse, she called him when I was home and brought him into our house right in front of me. She led him into our bedroom and had sex with him in our bed – with me outside the door."
Kurumu's eyes began to glow purple, and her hair began to flutter as anger boiled in her veins.
"How dare she! How dare that bitch do that you, Tsukune. Tell me that you stopped her!"
"First, calm down, Kurumu-chan, I don't want you losing your temper over this," and he waited under her aura had died back down.
"No, I did not stop her, nor did I leave the house. I stood there and listened to everything the two of them did. I wanted no doubt about what her actions were, and what had transpired. As I stood there and listened, I felt a pit of anger the likes of which I had never felt before building up inside me. The woman that I loved with everything that I had in me had thrown me aside just to prove that she was right, and I was wrong. She chose her pride over her husband and did not show once of regret for doing it."
"Tsukune…who did she…" Kurumu couldn't even finish the sentence.
"It was Gin."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the succubus' anger returned in full force.
"You mean to tell me that she called that perverted, skirt-chasing werewolf!"
"Exactly. I guess that you can call it another shot of spite from Moka over who she picked. I listened to her ask him again and again to give her a child, and he was more than happy to oblige. What finally made me snap was after they were done, Moka had asked Gin 'do you think he's still there?'. I was no longer her husband or her mate but just 'he'."
Tsukune was clenching his fists by now but continued on with his story.
"Gin opened the bedroom door, and I could smell the scent of sex all over the room. The bastard stood there taunting me about how stupid I had been until finally I could not take it anymore. I ripped off my rosario and grabbed him by the throat. After slamming him into the wall, I was ready to crush his windpipe with my bare hands."
Kurumu's eyes widened in shock at his words. She had never know her destined one to be a violent man, but even he had his limits. She remembered it quite clearly earlier this evening when he had defended her. Just because he did not enjoy fighting did not mean he would not fight to protect those he loved and fight for what he believed was right.
"Tsukune…you didn't kill him…did you?"
"No, Kurumu-chan, I didn't," and he watched her breathe a sigh of relief.
"I was ready to – believe me, but then, I decided to let the punishment fit the crime," he said with a slight smirk.
"What did you do?"
"Since Gin believed himself to be such a god in the bedroom, I took that ability away from him. I crushed his balls in my hand then proceeded to permanently sever his manhood from the rest of his body."
Kurumu winced at the image that produced, but a part of her was also pleased at the fitting punishment the mangy wolf had been given.
"After dropping Gin on the floor, I walked into the bedroom to see Moka clutching the sheets to her chest. She had not expected my reaction and was actually afraid of what I might do. I confess that I enjoyed seeing the apprehensive look in her eyes, but my rage was still boiling over. I pinned her to the bed and glared down at her with pure hatred in my gaze. I asked if she was happy that she had driven me to this point. Was she happy that I was angry enough now to finally act? Her rosario was pulsing, and I looked directly into the soul eye where I knew that Inner Moka was watching. I just sneered at it and ordered her to be silent."
Kurumu just sat and listened to her destined one's story. Tsukune had never stood up to Inner Moka like this before, but then again, she had never betrayed him like this. Her Tsukune had gone through so much; how long ago had this happened?
"I told Moka that we were through, and I no longer wanted anything to do with her. I got off the bed and went to leave the bedroom, but first, I turned back towards her and glared at her one last time. Looking her right in the eye, I pulled off my wedding ring and showed it to her. I told her that it was a symbol of my love for her and our marriage, but it meant nothing now because she had destroyed both of those things. It meant nothing to me now so I dropped it onto the floor and left. She called out to me to stop, but I ignored her and left the house. I will never go back there again."
Tsukune finished his story and lowered his head to avoid showing Kurumu the tears that threatened to spill out of his eyes. He thought that he was over this by now, but it had been less than a month, and it was still raw in the back of his mind.
It was then that he felt two arms wrap around him, and a warm body press up against him. Soft hands slid up his chest and cupped his face.
"Tsukune…look at me, please. Do not hide from me; do not be ashamed to show me what you are feeling."
Lifting his head, the young man was surprised to see tears trailing down the succubus' face as well; she was crying for him.
"Kurumu-chan, why are you crying?"
"My destined one is in pain, Tsukune. He has been hurt by the one person that he loved the most in the whole world – even more than me, and you ask me why I am crying? I do not wish to hide my feelings from you, Tsukune, and I ask that you not hide yours from me, okay?"
The vampire turned mazoku wrapped his strong arms around his succubus and pulled her even tighter against his chest.
"Kurumu-chan…what would I do without you?" and he pressed his forehead against hers. He brushed his nose againsts hers, and she smiled through her tears.
"Tsukune…I am never going to let you find out."
She stood up on her toes and pressed a soft kiss to his cheek. Not expecting a response, she was surprised when one of his arms held her up so she remained level with his height, and his other arm slid upward so his hand could cup her cheek. Staring into her beautiful, blue eyes, he leaned closer so he could smell the sweetness of her breath. His lips hovered just an inch above hers, and he could feel her heart pounding in her chest.
"My Kurumu-chan…" he said softly and tenderly – liking he was saying it to her after they had woken up in the morning after a night of making love.
The succubus gave her destined one the brightest smiles that he had ever seen from her and licked her lips in anticipation of what was about to happen.
"Hai…Tsukune…forever yours…"
And the couple shared their first kiss.
Author's Notes: Hey guys! Sorry for the long lay off, but I ran into a bit of writer's block. I am trying not to let this story go too fast so the substance is lost, but I am also trying to get through to the action parts of the story. I will definitely have the next part up faster than last time. Thanks.
