Our Last Moments

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from or relating to Black Butler or Rosario + Vampire.

(Tsukune's POV)

Tsukune was enjoying being with the outer version of Moka again. Not to say that he didn't enjoy his time with the inner version, because he did enjoy that time with her, but he hadn't seen the outer version since he got back. And now that his time with the outer version was limited, he wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.

However, at the moment, he was a bit busy with a moaning pink haired Moka beneath him to focus on that. As soon as the pink haired Moka got back out from the Rosary, one of the first things she did was rush him to her dorm and have her way with him. Technically she let him have his way with her, but Tsukune wasn't going to argue semantics when he was having amazing sex because of it.

In an odd twist, Tsukune had found that the outer version of Moka was a lot more rough and kinky than the inner version. The inner version usually tended to be more sensual and intimate, since she took vampire traditions very seriously; meanwhile, the outer version was a lot more laid back and viewed sex in a different light. Granted, she wasn't doing it just to do it, but she definitely having more "fun" with it than the inner version was, since the inner version preferred to make love rather than just fuck.

The one twist this time around was Paula, who was trying to catch her breath over to the side of them. Moka had kind of made her join in the fun because, as stated earlier, the outer version liked to have fun with it. She had also made Paula go first, since Moka would take a hell of a lot longer to please than Paula would. However, said time was currently coming to a close since Tsukune felt his release coming up pretty quick. Opting to finish inside since Moka was already pregnant as is, it couldn't really hurt anything could it?

Grunting his release, and with Moka screaming hers, Tsukune promptly rolled off of her and collapsed. Tsukune could only imagine how out of breath he would be if he had to please Paula and Inner Moka. Seriously, guys who could actually please two girls at once, are freaking magicians, and no one could tell him otherwise.

Tsukune vaguely felt the two girls slither up next to him and start to cuddle with him while he attempted to get his breath back.

"We really wore you out huh?" Paula asked playfully, with a small smile on her face as she ran her hand up and down his chest.

"Much more and I would….have to started to think that…..you two were insatiable." Tsukune said in between gasps for air. Moka was silent as she used his arm as a pillow, and promptly tried to go to sleep. After managing to look outside, Tsukune saw that it was actually mid afternoon, judging by the the way the sunlight was streaming in. "Going to sleep already?" he asked mockingly.

"I'm tired." Moka replied, with a groan. Which caused both Tsukune and Paula to lean up and look at her with quizzically raised eyebrows.

"You're tired?" Tsukune asked, with a questioning voice.

"Yeah, it wasn't like I was just letting you do all the work." Moka tried to argue.

"Moka, I was watching that whole thing, and I can safely say, Tsukune did like 95% of the work there. The most you did was wrap your arms around his neck and arch your back." Paula shot back, in Tsukune's defense.

Before Moka could reply, there was a knock on the door. All of them wondering who that could be, Paula and Moka allowed Tsukune to get up and put on a pair of sweats he had laying around before heading to open the door. Once he opened it, he was greeted by a sight that he normally would have welcomed, but he dreaded at this particular moment.

There stood the Headmaster, with a saddened look in his eyes. "It's time Mr. Aono." Tsukune knew at once what he was talking about.

"I thought we had a week." Tsukune stated calmly, not portraying his current emotions.

"Originally, yes, but Touhou persuaded me to do it sooner." Mikogami said quietly.

"Without consulting us?" Tsukune asked, just as quietly.

Letting out a deep sigh, Mikogami looked at Tsukune tiredly. Tsukune didn't see the usually confident strategist he had come to know and respect; he saw an old man torn between his students and his close friends of hundreds of years. "I tried Tsukune; I really did. I wanted you two to have as much time as possible together." Mikogami said, "But I can't argue with the logic and reasoning that Touhou is continually providing me with on why we have to do this. Fairy Tale could attack at any point; and unlike with Touhou, they would have so many children to threaten me with."

Tsukune wanted to argue, but even he couldn't argue with that logic. Mikogami looked at his students like his children, and he would do anything to protect them. So if Fairy Tale had one of them by the neck, he'd have no choice in his mind but to relent.

"I'm ready." Tsukune heard Moka say from the background. He stepped out of the way of the doorway, and let Moka look Mikogami in the eye. She had gotten dressed while waiting for them, and now she looked ready, although she looked saddened as well.

"You're brave child," Mikogami said sadly, "Not many would be willing to make the sacrifice you are about to."

Moka didn't reply; she just looked at Tsukune and lifted her rosary. He knew what she wanted, so he just removed the little crucifix from her choker. Her body glowed white for a bit, before Inner Moka was revealed from the white curtain of light. After catching onto to what was happening, she gained a look of pure agony.

Nobody spoke; they all knew what was about to happen. Without a word, Tsukune handed the Rosary to Mikogami and stepped into the hall. As he closed the door, he and Mikogami heard Moka fall to her knees and start to cry. Paula was trying her best to comfort her, but this wasn't something anyone could help her with. Inner Moka, or just Moka at this point, was about to lose someone who had been part of her for over 10 years.

Opting to get the hard part out of the way, Mikogami started to recite a spell that, when finished, would make Outer Moka appear in place of the Rosary. He and Touhou had found that Moka wouldn't be adversely harmed if Outer Moka disappeared, and that the two would have merged later down the line at some point anyways; so they got to forgo the part of merging the two. Once finished, Outer Moka stood in the cloths that she had before Tsukune removed the Rosary.

Looking at the door, she heard the cries of her inner self. "Will she be ok?" she asked worriedly.

"Physically yes; but emotionally, this will be difficult for her." Mikogami said, before turning around to walk back to the school. Tsukune and Outer followed suit, listening to him as he spoke once more.

"I didn't want to say this in front of Moka, but there is a chance that this could fail." Mikogami said matter of factly.

"I think we were both aware of that." Tsukune said, before looking to Outer for confirmation. Her quick little nod told him he was right. "You knew didn't you?"

"I was aware that this could fail…" Moka started.

"No, not that. You knew what you were didn't you?" Tsukune asked, quietly hoping he was wrong. The trio stopped walking and turned to face each other.

Moka was quiet for awhile, before she finally spoke up. "I was aware, at least vaguely, of what I was." she said in a quiet tone. The trio started to walk again, and opted not to say anything until they got back to Mikogami's office. Upon reaching the office, Mikogami calmly opened the door and allowed the his company inside. The duo found that Touhou was there as well, although they didn't know how.

"Hello my boy; Moka." he greeted, although one could see he was not in the most perky of moods.

"Master," Tsukune responded, with a polite little nod to accentuate the greeting.

"Mr. Fuhai," Moka said, with a small bow to the elderly man.

"I assume you two have prepared mentally?" Touhou asked, not wasting anytime.

"We're about as ready as we can be." Moka replied.

"Although I don't think that counts for much." Tsukune said with a sad look in his eyes.

"I know it must be painful for the both of you," Touhou started, "But this must be done. Akasha is too important to the world, and as such, we have to take any chance we can to get her back."

"So that makes Omote's life worth less!?" Tsukune shouted at his former mentor, his emotions finally boiling over. "How is that fair at all? She has just as much a right to life as Moka's mother does!"

"So does every other person in this world! But without Akasha, we're doomed if Alucard manages to re-awaken! Everyone else has a possibility of dying if we don't do this!" Touhou shot back.

"No Touhou, I agree with Tsukune on this. We are sacrificing an innocent girl to death if we do this." Mikogami said, finally picking a side on the matter.

"Are you serious Mikogami!?" Touhou said in anger, "You know we need to do this!"

Their argument kept going for a bit before Omote spoke up herself.

"Doesn't my choice hold the largest amount of weight here?" she asked, shutting up both Touhou and Mikogami, who now struggled with words after her statement. "It's my life that's going away, so whatever I decide goes now doesn't it?" Everyone else present just kind of looked at their feet; here they were, arguing over whether or not to sacrifice someone, while said person was in the room with them. How had they fallen so low as to do this?

"I can't say that I like it, but I know this needs to be done." Omote said finally, after the palpable silence. "The truth is that if I chose not to do this, we'd still have a way of sealing Alucard again. Ura has the same capability of sealing Alucard that my original did. But the price of using her to seal him isn't one I'm willing to accept. And I would end up dying anyway; I'm not a permanent being. Eventually the Rosary would run out of power, and I would cease to exist. So I'd rather do this now; not because I need to, but because I want to. I'd rather give my life to make sure Ura is safe, than waste it because I'm scared."

The silence that followed was the heaviest they had all felt in their life times; even for the two dark lords in the room, who had fought Alucard in his prime.

"You're brave child." Mikogami finally said, "You truly are Akasha's clone; she would have said the same."

"You may be a clone," Touhou further elaborated, "But I have no doubt that you were in fact your own person."

Tsukune remained silent, not trusting his voice at the moment. Moka silently responded by walking up and kissing him gently. Over two years of emotions, being conveyed in one small action.

When she withdrew, she just said one thing very silently. "You should go, Ura needs you right now."

Tsukune knew it also because the two of them couldn't stand being in the same room as they said goodbye permanently. They couldn't trust themselves to go along with it. He opted to listen to her, and go comfort the Moka he had right now; the only Moka he had from now on.

The walk back from Mikogami's office was relatively slow and uneventful. Mikogami had told everyone that school was cancelled for the day; even for the teachers. What he didn't tell everyone was that they were losing a schoolmate today, and that's why it was happening. Only himself, the headmaster, Touhou, Paula, and Moka knew. Even Ruby didn't know, and she was the Headmaster's only assistant.

Tsukune suddenly felt a raindrop on his hand as he walked. At some point, it had started to rain. Tsukune had learned recently that the weather of the Academy was linked to the Headmaster's emotions. So in this case, the sky was quite literally crying for having lost someone.

When he was just arriving at Moka's door, he saw that their group had gathered around the door.

"Moka, let us in. Why won't you trust us?" Kurumu was saying through the door. She likely gathered everyone since she is so in tune with other's emotions. Mizore, being the quiet reserved being she is, noticed Tsukune's presence, and then proceeded to direct Kurumu's attention to him.

"Tsukune! Something wrong with Moka, she won't…." she started to ramble off.

"I know." he said quietly, shocking everyone present.

"You know? Then….then why aren't you helping her?!" Yukari asked/yelled at him.

"Because I can't really help her. That's Ura you hear crying in there." he explained.

"Why would Ura be cry…"

"Because she is losing her other half, someone she's known and relied on for more than 10 years. I think she has the right to be sad." Tsukune said, with a hint of irritability in his voice.

"Tsukune, we didn't know, so why are you getting angry at us?" Ruby asked.

"Because I'm losing I love! And there's nothing I can do about it! Was me getting stronger all for nothing; so I could sit and watch those around me that I care about still have to die!?" he yelled, before he sighed and slouched over. His anger and bitterness about the situation had exhausted him. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't yell at you guys; you have nothing to do with it."

"I just want to understand why we weren't told?" Kurumu asked, with a slight hint of fear in her voice. That is what struck Tsukune the most; for the first time ever, they were scared of Tsukune being angry at them.

"Because we would have tried to stop it." Mizore said, the only one who still seemed unaffected. "It's obvious that there must be some reason that transcends our desire to keep Omote, which means that keeping us out of the loop was the only way to make sure it worked."

"Tsukune, is that true?" Yukari asked, with tears in her eyes, "Is the Moka we all know going to disappear?"

"What do you mean the one we all know?" Tsukune asked in return.

"None of us really know Ura all that well; you're the only one who really knows her inside and out." Gin said, having been quiet up until now.

"Then I guess the answer would be yes," Tsukune said.

"Why?" Yukari asked, crying in full force now.

"The headmaster found out that Omote was a clone of Akasha, so they are going to use her to swap places with Akasha." Tsukune explained, before remembering that they didn't know Moka's mother's name.

Or at least that's what he thought before Ruby said, "So they are trading Omote for Moka's mother."

"Moka's mother?" Gin asked, "Why does Moka's mother share a name with the leader of the Dark Lords? And why is she worth more than Omote?"

"Because Moka's mother is the leader of the Dark Lords; Moka is the daughter of Akasha Bloodriver." Kokoa said, arriving on the scene.

"Seriously?!" Yukari exclaimed, having forgotten her sorrow due to shock, although she still had tears in her eyes. "Her mother is that important?"

"Of course." Kokoa said, with Koumori sitting on her head, as per usual. "How do you think she's so powerful? I bet none of you have ever seen her train; like, ever. Not even when she was training Aono over there."

"So her power is completely genetic?" Gin asked, trying to understand, as he had thought San had the most power in this generation.

"That's what happens when the most powerful member of the most powerful vampire house, that being our father Issa Shuzen, and the leader of the dark lords, Akasha, have a child. My big sister's potential from birth, has been greater than any vampire in recent history." Kokoa explained, "Had she trained the way our sisters Kahlua and Akua have from birth, which she could have since we were fighting at ages as early as 2 years old, she could possibly rival our father."

Their conversation was cut short when they heard the door they were all gathered outside suddenly opened, and out stepped Moka.

The group was silent for awhile, before Moka spoke up. "So I guess you all know now….." she said quietly, with eyes red and puffy from crying.

Nobody had the heart to respond, save for Ruby, who calmly walked over and hugged Moka. "I know it hurts honey, but you'll make it through all this." she said comfortingly, before Moka pushed her away.

"How could you possibly know what I'm feeling?! You've never lost anyone close to you in your li…." Moka stopped short when she remember that not only had Ruby lost both her parents at around the same age as when Moka had lost her mother, but Ruby had also lost the woman that had been with her since age seven. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's ok honey, I know you didn't mean it." Ruby said calmly, not taking heed of Moka's words.

"That doesn't give me a right to act as if I'm the only who was suffered." Moka said, berating herself on losing her composure.

"Moka, people say things they don't mean when they are hurting. They want to rationalize why they have to hurt, even when it's no fault of their own." Ruby responded kindly, "I'm not hurt by your words because I knew you wouldn't be focusing on what I've lost. That was well over two years ago, and though I miss my master and parents dearly, I've moved on since then. You, Tsukune, and the rest of our group helped me start a new life; one of love and happiness. A life of knowing what having a family is like."

And with Ruby's kind words, the last walls around Moka's heart crumbled away. She was finally able to accept that she didn't have to suffer through everything alone. She finally had people that she could trust with everyone.

After wiping her tears away, Moka finally smiled for the first time that day. That small action made Tsukune smile as well; it meant that his girl was finally able to live again. "I guess I shouldn't be sitting here feeling sad, when Omote is being forced to do something horrible for her."

"Omote isn't being forced to do anything Moka; she was given a choice to back out, and opted to go through with it anyways." Tsukune said, making Moka look at him. "As she put it, she knew that eventually she would fade away regardless of whether or not she did this; so, she wanted to go doing something that could protect and/or make someone she loves happy."

"I want to see her; at least, one last time before she goes." Moka said after a couple minutes of silence.

"Alright." Tsukune said, before taking her hand and starting to lead her to the Headmaster's office. Tsukune never used the Headmaster's name when talking to others, since he was the only one who knew it. Well, Ruby might know, but he didn't think it was his place to tell others.

He stopped when he heard the others start following them, and turned to look at them.

"What? She's just as much a sister to us, as she is to her." Kurumu said, gesturing to Moka.

"We want to be there too," Yukari said, her voice quivering. Tsukune could tell she trying her best to be brave here.

"For our group as a whole, these are our last moments as a entire family. After today, we won't ever be whole again." Ruby said, "She's always been there in our time of need; being the voice of reason and love where hate had tried to consume us. We owe it to her to be there in her last moments; to see her off on her new journey."

"Well then, what are we waiting here for?" Gin said, "Let's get to it; we don't have time to stand around."

And with that, Moka and Tsukune smiled to each other and ran off towards the Headmaster's office to see their long time friend off.

(Omote's POV)

Touhou had been preparing some magic circle for about 15 minutes now, while the Headmaster was transferring magical power to him whenever necessary. Touhou's magic energy supply had been slowly depleting for centuries now; and soon he would be completely out, which would cause him to die.

Suddenly the three of them heard a knock at the door, before it opened to reveal Tsukune….and Ura. Omote's throat suddenly tightened; Ura was the one person she wouldn't be able to say no too.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to stop you Omote." Ura said out of the blue, "I know that you chose to do this."

Omote's fear and worries almost instantly vanished, and was replaced with a sense of sadness. It saddened her to think that Ura felt powerless in this situation.

"You know, I didn't come alone to see you." Ura said, gesturing back towards the door….where Mizore and Kurumu were stuck, having tried to get through at the same time.

"Move your gigantic chest Kurono!" Mizore said, obviously uncomfortable being so close to her former love rival.

"I can't really help it right now" Kurumu said in return.

"Then let me get through first!" Mizore yelled at her.

"Fine...just...hold on," Kurumu said as she managed to wiggle her way out of the doorway and into the room. "Ok Moka, we're here to….huh? What's so funny?"

Ura and Omote were practically in tears from laughing too much at that ridiculous scene. Touhou was just smiling and shaking his head, while the Headmaster had his signature grin in place.

"Ya know, only a scene like that could lighten such a heavy mood." he said, while Ruby, Yukari, and Gin joined in on the laughing.

"Thank you all," Omote said, once everyone calmed down, "It makes so happy knowing that I get leave this place laughing with old friends."

(Everyone's POV)

"You know, something Tsukune said to you once comes back to me know." the Headmaster said, "And that is, perhaps Omote isn't truly leaving. Her body may go into Alucard's, but her consciousness is a part of the Inner's, so it will be just like the two of you fused into one being."

Hearing that sparked something in Moka, in both forms of her. The pair of vampiresses walked closer to each other, and without speaking, did the same thing simultaneously; an action they had never been seen doing. Completely in sync, they took off their chokers.

Almost instantly, their bodies started to glow white. Everyone, including Touhou and the Headmaster, had to shut their eyes and turn away to avoid the blinding white light. When it was over, and the light had faded, everyone turned to a glowing person where Ura and Omote had once stood.

(Moka's POV)

The first thing Moka saw when she opened her eyes was the people around her; her friends, her family. It was weird for her; she distinctly remembered being both Ura and Omote. Even times where they were in the same room as two "separate" entities. That's when her eyes locked onto Kokoa in the back, with a nervous expression on her face.

(Kokoa's POV)

The Moka before her, and the rest of the people in the room, seemed different. Almost as if she was a completely new being. To everyone except on; Kokoa couldn't have felt it as being any more familiar.

"I'm sorry Kokoa," this new Moka said, "Sorry that it took me so long to fulfill the promise I made to you all those years ago."

Kokoa couldn't hold the tears that came to her eyes as she ran to hug the sister she had missed for so long. When she finally got there, Kokoa just buried her head in her sister's chest.

"Oh Kokoa, come on, no need for tears." Moka said kindly.

"Pardon the intrusion, but might I ask what happened just now?" Touhou asked, butting in on their moment.

"Oh yes," Moka said, before clearing her throat, "So, you understand how Ura and Omote were created as a result of the Rosary being placed on me back when I was 7 years old by my mother."

"Yes, we understand that." the Headmaster said. Kokoa has stopped bear hugging her sister, and was currently standing beside her.

"Well, contrary to the popular theory that Omote was created to accentuate Ura, both Ura and Omote were created to represent me." she explained, "Ura represented my vampiric side; the one that strictly follows the vampiric culture and rules. While Omote, on the other hand, was more influenced by the culture of today's youth. The only part where they combined was sexual preference, as that's a large part of both cultures."

"So Tsukune was correct about the relationship between Ura and Omote?" Ruby asked, to clarify what the new Moka meant.

"Mostly, but he was wrong on some accounts. For instance, he believed that neither form was a phantom; in truth it's quite the opposite, both were phantoms. That being said, whatever they felt are also emotions that I would have felt in that situation. If they ever reacted in the same way to any given event, I would have reacted in accordance with their reactions." Moka said.

"So the relationship I had with both forms is still equally as real now?" Tsukune asked, fearing the answer.

"Of course, my love." Moka said, with such sincerity that everyone knew she was telling the truth. This seemed to make Tsukune relaxed as he seemed less stressed from then on.

"Well, now how are we going to get your mother back?" Touhou asked, with their original goal still in mind.

"The rosary will work just fine." Moka said, "It holds her memories, just as it held my own, meaning that it shares a deep connection with her. Even if the spell does not transport her here, it will awaken her so she can escape. Having an additional transport spell ready will guarantee that she makes it here."

(Tsukune's POV)

"Alrighty then, if we could have the Rosary please." the Headmaster said, walking over to Moka to receive it.

In response she reached into the pocket of jeans and pulled it out to hand to him. It seemed the rosary automatically put itself around her so as to not lose power completely.

After receiving it from her, Mikogami went to place it in the middle of the magic circle. After doing so, he quickly leapt from the circle and allowed Touhou to begin the spell. No sooner did he leave the circle's perimeter, did the circle start to crackle and exude immense magical power.

Touhou had reverted to actual form, and was sitting in the lotus position with his eyes closed. He seemed to be in a meditative state, but if you looked closely, you could see that he was concentrating on something very intensely. This went on for a few minutes before Touhou grunted and snapped his eyes open.

This action caused the circle to go absolutely nuts. Lightning was crackling all around the room, and was soon joined by a feeling that was foreign to those in the room. Except for Tsukune, who had felt it before; the circle was calling to something, and that something was responding.

"Damn it!" Touhou said, "It's trying to work, but something isn't right! Something is blocking the summoning from happening!" Mikogami was now giving Touhou as much energy as he could muster, but neither was sure that it would be enough. Tsukune was suddenly caught off guard when Lizzie burst into the room, Ciel in tow.

"Lizzie? What are you doing here!?" Tsukune yelled over the racket.

"I felt something being summoned, and ran up here to see!" she yelled back. That's when Tsukune remembered that Lizzie had successfully summoned someone before, that someone being himself; without the aid of an object to boot.

"Lizzie! Look at the circle, and look for any mistakes!" Tsukune said, before running up to Touhou and Mikogami. "I think I have an idea on how to fix this!"

"What is it?!" Mikogami yelled over the tempest of energy before them. Their clothes were being whipped back and forth by the circle's energy.

"I'm having Lizzie, the girl you brought back from the demon realm, look for any mistakes with the circle!" Tsukune responded. He quickly glanced back and saw that everyone in the room was having difficulty standing in place. The energy was pushing them all back; even Moka, Gin, and Kokoa. Tsukune then noticed that Ciel was having no issue whatsoever being around the tempest of energy. "Scratch that! I have another idea!"

Tsukune walked over to Ciel, and got his attention. "Hey!"

"What?!" Ciel yelled back.

"Do you have any experience in summonings?! Lizzie does, but she can't get to the circle safely!"

"Not really! Why?!" Ciel asked.

"I think there's something wrong with the circle!" Tsukune said. Ciel's eyes lit up after he heard that.

"I know someone who can fix it if Lizzie can't! Step back!" Ciel said, waiting for Tsukune to do so. Once he did, Ciel said "Sebastian!"

Everyone present heard a loud pop before a well-dressed, handsome man appeared before Ciel.

"You called, my Master?" the stranger managed to say over the loud winds of the circle, in a silky smooth voice.

"There is something wrong with the magic circle that's producing this tempest! I want you to look over the circle and fix it!" Ciel ordered the man.

"It shall be done my Master; after all, I'm one hell of a butler." the man said, before jumping to Tsukune. "May I ask what the purpose of this circle is?"

"It's a summoning circle!" Tsukune replied, before feeling the tempest get stronger and start to push him back. He now had to cover his face with his arm so that he could see what was happening.

"Tsukune if you're going to do something, do it now!" Mikogami shouted.

"Is the person/thing being summoned in this dimension?" the man asked, clarifying once more.

"Yes!" Tsukune managed to say, before being pushed back from the man. He vaguely saw the man jump up and into the tempest of energy.

A couple of seconds passed before the energy that was pushing everyone away suddenly rushed back to the circle and condensed itself into a mini tornado in the middle of the room. The man nonchalantly walked out of the tornado and proceeded to tug on the front of his jacket to fix the effects of the magical tempest on it.

Touhou quickly collapsed onto his back gasping for breath, too tired to even revert to his older form. Mikogami fell to one knee, just righting himself so that he didn't land on his friend's windpipe.

The effects of the circle were no longer affecting everyone's ability to stand in place, and the circle seemed to be supporting itself.

(Ruby's POV)

"Who are you? And how did you fix the circle so quickly?" Ruby asked the stranger.

The man, who was rather handsome Ruby had to note, turned to her and politely bowed before answering. "My name is Sebastian Michaelis, and I am Ciel Phantomhive's butler. We made a faustian contract before my master became a demon; and as his last order was for me to serve him until I consumed his soul, I am no unable to leave his service."

Something about that statement rubbed her the wrong way, and it wasn't until she remembered how a faustian contract worked that she thought of why it rubbed her the wrong. After doing a swift spell silently, Ruby connected her mind to Sebastian's.

"Why are you really serving Phantomhive?" she asked mentally.

"I see you are a telepathy user," he said without missing a beat, "Now what do you mean?"

"Faustian contracts cannot exist if an order that does not have a definable end and/or if it does have a definable end, but said end is impossible is given." Ruby said to him mentally, "The fact that you still serve him under that guise means that you have another goal in mind."

"Hold your tongue for now, and I will answer any questions you may have after my master has left. Does that soothe your curiosity?" Michaelis asked after some time.

"Fine, I'll keep quiet for now. But if I deem you answer unsatisfactory, I'm telling the Headmaster of this fact."

"Very well." he said in response.

The rest of the time spent in the Headmaster's room was rather uneventful for quite some time. Touhou had regained the energy to revert to his older form, and the Headmaster had managed to find a chair for him sit in. He did require some help getting into the chair, and after he was in the chair, he just sank into it.

Tsukune had gone somewhere to get something, no one really knew what. Moka was very clearly anxious for the spell to be finished. And the rest of the group was chit chatting about this or that to pass the time. At some point, Haiji had joined the group, probably due to Kokoa wanting him there. Said vampiress was resting her head on his shoulder with a content look on her face.

It had never struck Ruby just how similar Moka and Kokoa really were. They had the same views on fighting, on social class, and now on love. Moka would rest her head on Tsukune's shoulder with that exact same look on her face.

Thinking of Moka's and Tsukune's relationship with one another made Ruby sad. She always knew they were practically destined for each other, but some small part of her had always hoped that he would choose her for one reason or another. And then they added a new girl into the mix, and Ruby's hopes simultaneously soared to new heights and dropped to their lowest yet. She was hopeful because they could possibly decide to add her into their relationship, but she also knew that it was most likely that she would never even get a chance to be with them now that Paula was in the picture.

"Quite the sad set of emotions you have there Ms. Toujou." she heard Sebastian say in her mind. She immediately blushed bright red as she forgot to sever the link between the two.

"I didn't realize you were taught to eavesdrop." Ruby tried to accuse, but it sounded weak, even to herself.

"Is it my fault that the link was never cut between us?" he asked.

"No…..it's not." Ruby relented, sighing while doing so. "How many did you look through?"

"I beg your pardon?" Sebastian said, confused.

"My memories….how many did you look through?" Ruby clarified.

"...As far back as when you were 16." he said truthfully, though she could hear a tinge of regret in the statement.

"That's what I get for leaving my mind open for someone." Ruby said, mostly to herself.

"You may look through mine if you wish." Sebastian said, catching Ruby off guard.

"What? Why?" she asked, perplexed as to why he would allow that.

"I've looked through yours without permission, so it seems only fair that you be allowed to see mine." he said without hesitation.

"Well if you insist." she said, taking him up on the offer. And what she saw very nearly made her cry out of sympathy.

(Mizore's POV)

This day was turning out to be….eventful to say the least. And now here they were, waiting to see Moka's mother. She had to be gorgeous, since everyone knew what Moka's father looked like, and there's no way that all Moka's looks came from him. He was attractive to be sure, but in a different way than Moka was.

She heard the door the open behind them, and saw Tsukune walk in with a Dorian fruit in hand. Where in the hell he managed to get that without a scratch on him was beyond her, but sure enough he had one. He promptly tossed it over to the Headmaster, who caught it and handed handed it down to Touhou in his chair.

If she had to guess, Tsukune went to get the fruit so that Touhou could get his energy back by eating it. She looked over at Kurumu and saw that she was staring at Tsukune with an odd look on her face.

"I wonder what she is thinking right now." Mizore thought to herself.

(Kurumu's POV)

Normally Kurumu would never hope that she was wrong in something. She had always tried her best to be correct in everything she did. But right now, she was praying that she was wrong; praying, with all her heart. When Tsukune had walked into the room, she had seen that his soul was coated in a black presence. And that presence had the same feeling as when he temporarily transformed into a true ghoul at Touhou's manor.

She needed someone to share her fears with, so she quickly walked around to where Mizore was and pulled her aside. Mizore apparently knew something was up as she immediately questioned her as to what was wrong.

"I don't know exactly." Kurumu said, "But I saw something wrong with Tsukune's soul."

"You can SEE souls?" Mizore questioned.

"Yes, every demon can. But I've never noticed this about Tsukune's soul before. You know the dark marks Tsukune had when he went into Ghoul stage for the first time?" Kurumu asked, making Mizore think back to that time.

"Yes I do." the yuki-onna said after some time.

"Well I can see those sort of criss-crossing around his soul. But it doesn't look like it's spreading; it's more like, those marks are a part of him now or something." the succubus said worriedly.

"I mean, he is a ghoul. It would make sense right?" Mizore asked, confused.

"No, last time the ghoul acted up, the marks were not nearly as spread across his soul as they are now, and they weren't nearly as calm. These marks seem…..almost relaxed, as if they are no real hurry to overtake Tsukune." Kurumu said to her purple haired friend.

(Mikogami's POV)

"I wonder how long it will be before they figure it out." Mikogami thought to himself as he listened in on Kurumu and Mizore's conversation. Opting to tell Tsukune that the girls were starting to figure out what he had done, Mikogami quickly tried to get his attention stealthily.

After getting his attention with simple gesture, Tsukune politely excused himself from Moka and Lizzie respectively, and then briskly walked over to where Mikogami was.

"What's up?" he asked, in a relaxed way. Aono was probably the only student that Mikogami allowed to address him so informally.

"I think your friends are starting to figure out that something is up with your ghoul." Mikogami stated.

Tsukune just arched an eyebrow out of curiosity. "How so?" he asked.

"Ms. Kurono has recently gained the ability to see souls at will. It's a trait that all Succubi have, but most don't learn to utilize it fully." Mikogami said back.

Tsukune just scratched the back of his head in a tired manner. "If they find out, I'll deal with it then. For now, I don't see the use of adding more to fuel to the fire by providing tension to the group." he said after a bit. "It's not like I care if they know. I just wanted to avoid an argument so I opted not to say anything."

"Probably a wise decision." Touhou chimed in, finally rested enough to sit up fully. "Negative emotions right now could become a big issue for the spell; at least in bulk they could."

"Speaking of which, how much longer does this spell need? Moka's getting kind of impatient." Tsukune said.

No sooner did Tsukune say the words, then did the spell begin to react violently.

"Based off that, not much longer." Touhou said, answering Tsukune's question.

"Good, I don't know how much longer it would have been Moka started to knock some heads around." Tsukune said.

"You know any of us three could stop her easily?" Touhou mockingly asked Tsukune.

"But would either of you actually go through the effort of doing so?" Tsukune shot back.

"No." Mikogami said shortly.

"Exactly, which leaves me to do it, and I don't want to handle that right now." Tsukune said tiredly.

"Tsukune, are you alright? You've seemed tired since I first saw you earlier this afternoon." Mikogami asked.

"Today has just been exhausting." Tsukune said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"Physically or emotionally?" Touhou asked him in return.

"Both." Tsukune replied.

(Sebastian's POV)

Sebastian was much more relaxed now that he had reunited with his master. Mistress Elizabeth still was not his biggest fan, but he was sure that he could win her over given enough time.

Following that line of thought brought him to think about Lizzie's connection to Aono, who was currently making casual conversation with both of the current dark lords. How a formerly human boy managed to climb that far up the monster ranks to make small talk with the dark lords is still a mystery to Sebastian, who intended to find out how it happened.

"Hey, servant demon." the blue haired succubus called out from across the room, as she walked over to him.

"I beg your pardon?" Sebastian asked in shocked, more than a little bit offended.

"Well I don't know what to call you." she shot back.

"My name is Sebastian, and I would prefer that you use it." the raven demon replied.

"Ok fine, sorry. Anyways, I want to ask you something, since you're an older demon than I am." she asked, almost needingly.

"Go on." Sebastian replied smoothly.

"Well, I assume you can see souls as I can, most likely better than I can; I want to know if you can tell me why Tsukune's ghoul is so calm." the succubus stated, rather than asked.

After taking some time to look at the boy's soul, he saw what she meant. "Ah yes, I see what you mean. Well it most likely means that…." Sebastian began to say before being cut off by the spell in the center, which had started to condense to a smaller, more humanoid form. "Come speak to me later; for now, go rejoice with your friend. The spell is about to be complete."

"Oh….ok." the girl said, almost relieved in a way.

(Tsukune's POV)

After a quick confirmation with Touhou, Tsukune walked back over to Moka and told her the news about the spell. And Tsukune noticed that while she was definitely excited, she almost seemed nervous in a way.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Tsukune asked the love of his life, "Why are you so nervous?"

"What if she's angry with me? After all, the only reason she got consumed in the first place, was because I disobeyed her." Moka said, filled with worry.

"Moka, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it; for now, just be happy." Tsukune said soothingly, his laid back attitude putting her at ease.

"Yeah, you're right." she said, before looking back at the spell as it began to condense into the shape of a person.

Tsukune noticed Kurumu and Mizore running up to them, with Ruby not far behind. When they got there, Tsukune quickly addressed their curiosity about his condition.

"Listen, I know you girls have questions. Just wait until this and I'll tell you all what's going on, ok?" Tsukune said, making all of them sigh and just trust that he'll go through with it.

After all of them nodded their agreement, they all looked back at the spell to see it produce more of a definable human shape than before.

Moka was practically shivering from anticipation and worry, and everyone else was doing their best to calm her down.

Suddenly, the tornado of yoki very quickly collapsed in on itself, sending up a cloud of dust. After the dust had settled, everyone saw a pink haired laying on the floor; quite obviously unconscious.

Mikogami and Touhou were very quick to rush to the woman's side, and attempt to wake her up in a very gentle manner. And to great effect, as the woman began to stir before too long.

After a bit, the woman slowly blinked herself awake, and pressed a hand to her forehead. Letting a quick groan, she looked around the room before noticing the two familiar faces.

"Mikogami, Touhou, where am I? My vision is really fuzzy at the moment." Akasha Bloodriver said, before attempting to stand. She was obviously quite wobbly, and was a bit of trouble standing, but still managed it in the end.

"You're in my academy. Remember, we discussed a school that taught young monsters to co-exist with humans?" Mikogami said.

(Akasha's POV)

There a lot of energy signals around the room that Akasha didn't recognize, but she didn't mind since Mikogami and Touhou were people that she trusted with her very life. If they allowed these people to be here, then she knew that she was safe.

One of said energy signals began walking towards, and she managed to distinguish a form. It was definitely a male, from what she could see, and it had a very pleasant around it.

It's next action surprised her though, as it extended its wrist out in a manner that very clearly meant for her to drink from him. Knowing that she needed the blood in her system, she accepted and graciously bit down into his wrist….before receiving the most pleasant taste she had ever tasted in her lifetime of some 500 plus years of living, excluding the time spent in Alucard's body.

Managing to reel herself in after getting the amount that would carry her for at least a day, she withdrew her fangs, and looked around the room again. Everything seemed much clearer than it had previously, and she noticed several new faces. But one in particular drew her attention, a head of silver hair resting on a very familiar face.

(Everyone's POV)

Moka and Akasha had locked eyes, each having a stunned look on their faces. Akasha was the first to break out of it, wherein she flashed a smile filled with love.

"You've grown so much." she said to her now 17 year old daughter, who stood a bit taller than she did.

Moka was quick break out of her daze and rush into her mother's arms. After nearly bear tackling her mother, she quickly busted into tears whilst in her mother's arms. Akasha was shedding a few tears as well, the joy of the moment causing the duo to weep due to happiness.

Nobody said anything, and just allowed the two to be bask in their being reunited. However, after a bit of time had passed, Mikogami cleared his throat and gained everyone's attention.

"I hate to break this beautiful moment, but there is quite a bit that we must talk about." he said very seriously.

Ok, so no excuses, I know this shouldn't have taken me as long as it did. I guess the best way to put it would be that I took a break from writing. For personal reasons, as well just not having time to really write that much. I know it's a bit unfair to you all, but it is what it is. I won't be abandoning any of my series' anytime soon, as they are mine and I'm quite attached to them. Hopefully, I can get back to writing more frequently than I have been, with me uploading less often, but having larger chapters as a sort of compensation. I think that's fair. With work being full time now, and having been in Spain for the first two weeks of summer break, life's been a bit hectic for me. With all that said, I do hope you all enjoy the latest chapter of Lies, and hope that you all have a wonderful day and/or night.