Harbor Battle

IT was dawn by the time Akuha and Tsukune returned to the Inn. As the Inn came into the view they saw Mrs. Kawamoto talking to men in heavy armor. The men then bowed and walk off to a near by armored vehicle.

As they drove off Mr. Kawamoto noticed the two coming up. She waved at them and waited for them to come close.

"What was that about" Akuha asked "oh those Special Ops guys decided it would be good to stop by and relieve the Inn of it's food. They were surprised to find that it was still occupied…Yukari and I almost attacked them thinking we were in danger, I told them a bunch of friends came over to hang out and ended staying after the warning was sounded…Yukari and I both complained to them about taking food from anywhere were people live…of course they tied to cover up their mistake with auguring that we shouldn't be here, but as you see we got them to leave…did I mention this started at three in the morning" She said sleepily

After Mrs. Kawamoto calmed down from her rant She motion the two to come inside. "I'm heading off to bed…" there was a pause "At least It didn't wake up Takeshi" was her last comment.

Both Tsukune and Akuha decide to wait for everyone to wake up. They made an easy breakfast and went to the back to eat. Akuha who was behind Tsukune saw him stop and look back at her with a blank look.

Akuha looked to see the cause of this. It was Yukari sleeping on one of the tables. Akuha just rolled her eyes and moved passed Tsukune.

Tsukune took of his blazer and placed it on Yukari before joining Akuha in breakfast.

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It was in the later part of the eighth hour that the others started to appear. It took another hour for everyone to become fully awake and active. Yukari who had woken up around the same tome as the others hand Tsukune his Blazer mouthing a silent thank you to him before seating down ready to explain what she had found.

"OK is everyone here?" Yukari asked looking around at the others who were now gathering around her. She rolled out a map of the city once conforming everyone was there.

"Ok so it looks like the first sightings were by the harbor near here" Yukari pointed to a part of the map. "So is that is were we are heading?" Gin asked "Yea…duh" Kurumu replied.

"Hold on a sec… was there anything other then that?" Akuha asked, "I looked into the other locations and it looks like this one is the most prominent one, there were other sightings by other warehouse locations but they weren't as many or as frequent…Most likely it was a half-ass job trying to hide their trail" Yukari said.

"That's is possible but it could also be that they weren't planning to staying long so not much effort into hiding" Akuha said

There was a tapping noise they all looked at the source, it was Sun pointing to her pad

In any case you need to head over there now if we want to stop this.

"Right let's go" Tsukune said with authority. As the group headed out Gin and Tsukune stayed back.

"Thanks for everything" Tsukune said quickly before heading off. Gin walked up to Sun and opened his mouth but closed it before saying anything. Sun gently grabbed his head and brought his face down to her height. To an onlooker it seemed that their heads were touching each other's shoulder.

"Take care…I love you" Sun whispered into Gin's ear. For a second Gin didn't move. He then brought his face back till it was in front of hers and kissed her on the lips. It didn't last long but it was enough. He then straightens up so he was at his full height. He rubbed her head and leaves while waving not truing back. Sun smiles happily as he shuts the door behind him.

"Took you long enough to get out here" Kurumu said hands cross in front of her "Hey I had a moment with the wife…unlike someone how doesn't even have a boyfriend…even with those bazookas" Gin said.

Tsukune turned around to see Kurumu punch Gin in the stomach. Instead of speaking out he just sighed.

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Within the hour they had reached the harbor. The first thing they notice was there was no sound other then the waves crushing against the port. There were no seagulls calling or any other sound you would hear at a harbor.

"This surely give it away that something is happening" Mizore said with a calm voice "they're waiting they know we are coming" Akuha said

"Then I guess we better show up" Kurumu said punching her fist. "…Like we have another option" Akuha replied.

All of them started a brisk walk to the warehouses. "RAWWWWWWWR" The door of one of the warehouses is ripped to shreds from the inside. It happened to have been caused by group of mutated bears that were now charging at them. Unlike the dogs all of their fur had been replaced by the black leathery skin. To make matters worse behind the charging bears were elephants, dogs and multiple types of wild cats.

"It seem like they took a few animals from zoos…how annoying " Akuha said as one of the bears swipes at her. She ducks down attacks with Jigen Tou defeating it in one shot. Another bear takes its place without hesitation. A Panther pounces at Yukari but fails after being defected by a shield created by magic.

Tsukune and Gin are back to back surrounded by assortments of mutated animals both of them land a fury of kicks and punches that are patricianly invisible to the creatures due to the high speed of the attacks. Destroying anything that comes into range.

An elephant charges at Kurumu who runs away as it gets closer it swings it's head trying to hit her with it's trunk Kurumu jumps in the air any flies way, turning around to stick out her tongue at the beast. The elephant feels something land on it's back. It starts to shake trying to get it off however within seconds it stops moving as it turns to ice. Mizore jumps off and Kurumu slices trough it as she swoops down from above shattering it to pieces.

Yukari was handling things well as she cased spells and dodging attacks. They were easy to take down however they just kept coming. "Mizore, Kurumu, Yukari…Akuha, Gin and me will take care of things here…Head into the warehouse, see if any Fairy Tale members are inside" Tsukune yells over the sounds of fighting.

Hearing them Mizore jumps up and grabs Kurumu's outstretched hand while Yukari summons white wings from her back. All three fly over the large force of enemies toward the warehouse they cam from.

Fortunately the warehouse had large enough roof windows for Kurumu to break through.

Mizore released her hand from Kurumu's as they touched the ground. Yukari landed a moment later.

Empty cages filled the warehouse but no one else was there "Look around see if there is a trap door or something" Yukari said as she took of. The other to followed "NO NEED" A voice called out. Not to far from were the trio were a panel on the floor move reveling a staircase.

Three sets of footsteps were heard coming up the stairs. Three men appeared all wearing the old Fairy Tale uniform.

"I see there is three of you here were, where the rest…still not done fighting, they are quite slow" The leader said. He resembled a forty-year-old man who had a beard that just ran down the sides of his face connecting at the chin.

"They are taking care of your pets we are here to take care of you!" Kurumu said, "Lets see you try" The man said as he was handed a single handed sword by one of his men "I am Minato prepare to face me and lose" He yelled as he began to transform.

His mouth became a beak and large white wings sprouted from his back. " He's a Tengu" Yukari said. The other two men transformed as well becoming sharkmen.

As Minato flew into the air Kurumu followed pursuit. The two sharkmen rushed Mizore and Yukari.

Yukari summoned tarot cards and sent them to one of the sharkmen. As the cards flew start toward him he dodged by jumping to the side but kept running to Yukari.

Before the cards could make another run against the sharkmen he reach Yukari. She gave a look of fear, as he was about to bit her with his large shark head. The attack never hit for a morning star appeared out from thin air and hit the sharkman across the cheek. It was however not enough to take him done and he recovered within seconds.

Yukari know because of their rough skin they could take a beatings so as he was recovering she ran back to create more of a distance between them.

The sharkman looked at Yukari then ran to a nearby cage. He lifts it and throws it at Yukari. She ducks and it flew over her hand. As she straightens up she felt pain right above her stomach. The sharkman had punched her. The hit throws her back and she landed painfully against a cage.

The sharkman was already upon her and hand his fist ready to strike. Yukari lend over to her right side barely evading the pouch. Yukari raises her wand and before the sharkman could react a brilliant white light flashed in front of his eyes blinding him.

Blinded he started to swing his arms wildly trying to hit Yukari his arms never made contact with anything other then the cage by him. As his sight returned shortly afterward looking ahead he sees Yukari. All around her was tarot cards. Knowing what was coming he turned to his left ready to evade however a tower of cages blocked his path, it was the same on the right.

While he had been blinded Yukari quickly used her magic to move the cage around the sharkman leaving only opening in the front so she could attack. Sure he could throw the cages but that would take time and not enough to dodge.

A ton of tarot cards flew at the sharkman. He did the best he could to guard against them but it was no use they came to fast and were sharp enough to cut his skin. After it was over the sharkman let down his guard and looked around dazedly suddenly the cage that were behind him toppled over from being cut into by the tarot cards and landed on top of him. He could not take the strain and fell to the floor with the cages on top.

Meanwhile the second sharkman had rushed Mizore, he came up close and swung his arms as well as used side and twisting kicks on her. Mizore simply jumped back a few paces every time he attacked.

In the middle of a swing Mizore came up close and clawed at him. Her claws were able to cut his skin. Enraged the shark man grabbed Mizore before she could dodge. He threw her towards the cages. While in the air Mizore did a back flip allowing her hands to touch the floor. Pressing against the floor at an angle she continued to back flip under her own power till with one last back flip she jumped onto the top of a cage.

Barely a moment later the sharkman appeared in the air coming toward her. She jumped back once again as he landed on the cage causing it to collapse. While in the air Mizore crossed her arms forming an x then suddenly she spread her arms. As she did so she formed ice kunai, which headed to the target.

The sharkman was hit repeatedly and before he could counterattack Mizore landed and ran up to him swinging her left claw horizontally cutting the sharkman. After that the sharkman legs buckled and he fell to the floor. She walked off to were Yukari would meet her after finishing off her opposite.

The fight between Kurumu and the Tengu raged on both who come toward each other trying to strike at each other with sword or nails. After the attack they would split apart before resuming.

"You annoying pest" the Tengu said as he flew off to the side. Kurumu followed "why are you doing this…why make those creatures" Kurumu yelled at him. Minato descended till he was just above the cages. "Wouldn't you like to know" he replied.

Kurumu shook with anger and sped toward Minato. Seeing this Minato waited till he was almost in her attack range. Suddenly he spins off to the side and circles around till he was above her and swings his sword.

Kurumu turns to her attacker and raise her hand to block the strike. She is however to late and the sword goes pass before her and could stop it. Only having a millisecond to react Kurumu descends just enough for the blade to only cut her shoulder lightly.

Before Minato could strike again Kurumu ascended still facing Minato and kicked him with both her feet. The force has great enough to send both in opposite directions.

Kurumu landed on the floor and rolled backwards before she came to a stop. Minato could not stop himself and ended up hitting the ceiling. After the both of them recovered they stared at each other then in a flash they flew to each other. Minato attacked with a vertical strike. Kurumu defected it with her nails and used her other hand to pierce the Tengu. It only cut into his side but it was deep enough and made him cringe in pain was he backed off.

Kurumu didn't give him time to recover she kept attacking. Minato kept defecting but Kurumu started to get faster and her attacks became harder to defect. As he blocked one of her nails she maneuvered herself so that while still having her nails against the blade she rose the rest of her body and kicked Minato in the side of his face sending him to the wall. Within a second she was on him again and using her nails she pinned him to the wall.

"What is your plan? Who is your leader?" Kurumu asked. Minato looks at Kurumu straight in the eyes and laughs. "Well it should be obvious, we plan to bring back Alucard…and for who is the leader…well I guess you have to find out"

With the last of his strength he pushed Kurumu away with one hand and before she could reach him again he stabbed himself through the heart. He fell to the floor a moment later.

"Kurumu are you ok" Someone yelled. Kurumu turned around to see Yukari and Mizore running up to her.

"Yea can't say the same for him" She said pointing to the body. " We would have helped but with you moving so much we might have hit you instead" Yukari said sadly "that ok" Kurumu said with a sigh of relief. "That's ok but it looks like they are trying to bring back Alucard" Kurumu said. "They must be testing out Alucard's genes to see if it's possible to do…that or create an army," Yukari said.

Kurumu lowered her head but suddenly raised it with the look of realization. "Hey maybe we should check that secret room" said. Yukari and Mizore looked at each other then looked back at Kurumu.

When we realized that we couldn't help you we decided to check it…there was a computer but everything had been erased…so no leads" Yukari said depressed. 'We will find leads…besides we took cleared out this place so we can rejoice with a small victory" Mizore said.

Kurumu started to walk away. "Anyway we need to meet up with Tsukune and the others" she said. Both Yukari and Mizore nodded and followed her to the door.