Disclaimer: I don't own Rosario+Vampire, or any elements from the Ace Combat timeline, don't sue.

A/N: And here's 9th installment of this thingus. Even though our heroes have vanquished Fairy Tale, Kupochenko and his Belkan Knights are hiding their agenda which has far more sinister overtones and great implications for both the human and youkai world should he actually succeed. Now that Tsukune, the Demon Lord is the object of bravery of the school, will he be able to put a stop to the Doctor? And what of Pixy? This is where the metal meets the meat my friends, and here Tsukune will be truly tested in more ways than one. This will likely be the last chapter for a few weeks, so enjoy! (For real this time around.)

On a very off-topic note, today (8/3/2010) is (or was, depending on when I upload this) my birthday. I'm officially 23 years old, yay!

- The Demon Lord of the Round Table

"This is just regular speech between characters."
"This is someone's thoughts or speech on TV, book, or mind."
This is Inner Moka speaking through the Rosario.

"Eclipsing power is, at times, not only the instrument of demons, but also of gods." – Huckebein the Raven

Chapter 9: The Stage of the Apocalypse

November 29, 2012, Tauberg, Belka…

This definitely had to be the best interview I had conducted for this whole documentary. So far, I was able to capture every single feeling that Pixy conveyed after he told of each battle thus far. With any luck, this interview would let me find the target of this whole documentary, Tsukune himself, and I would be very rich if I adapted this documentary into a novel. Humans tended to eat this kind of stuff up as entertainment, but one man's entertainment was another man's horror story and bloodbath. Pixy seemed more hesitant at this point of the interview, and I was about to find out why very quickly as I asked him another question.

"So tell me about your final battle against Grabacr, the records from there become sketchy at best. I was hoping you would be able to enlighten me." I said to him as Pixy sighed quietly.

"Honestly kid, I still ask myself the same question, 'what the hell happened, what was I even thinking?' But the fact is, even after two years, I still don't have a clue. All I can really say about the aftermath of the battle with Grabacr is…" Pixy said as he struggled to find the right words. "At that point, no one really knew why they were fighting for. All I could feel was just sadness for the world…At first, when I found out about my friends Joshua and Anthony's sudden disappearance, I didn't look into it deeply, but when I found out why they truly left, I began to realize the truth about the whole matter and…that's why I…"

February 7, 2011, Youkai Academy…

Again, Pixy, Tsukune, and PJ were sent out on yet another mission, but this time it was a reconnaissance operation to investigate a burning village of nekomusume. The girls were sent out on a sent out on a search for the now missing Wizard and Sorcerer teams. Again, Pixy and the others were forced to see another village burning down to the earth, feelings of disgust and gloom overtook him. In all truth, Pixy was depressed, and desired a better world, one filled with peace, one that had no barrier between human and monster. They passed by various neko that were now displaced from their homes as they stared at the Galm Team plus Crow 2.

"Can someone tell me what happened here? Who did this to all of you?" Tsukune asked softly as he knelt down towards one them who were sobbing.

"He…he had spiky blue hair…and…and an unusual looking sword…He burnt down all of our homes!"

"That bastard! It's Grabacr! It has to be!" Pixy exclaimed as he pulled his sword out. "We need to stop that insane arsonist before he destroys more villages and kills more innocents!"

"But how will you stop him, he's much too powerful…" The neko villager said.

"Don't worry, we'll stop him. We'll help you rebuild when this all over, but for right now we're going to hunt him down and make him pay for his crimes." Tsukune replied back as he gently placed his hand atop her head as she noticed the Galm Team pin.

"You're the one they call…Demon Lord…" she said. "Stop him for us, Demon Lord, my little girl that died in the fires, she looked up to you…please, don't disappoint her soul!"

"I won't." Tsukune said as he got back up to his feet and turned away. "Pixy, PJ, we're going to slay that snake today, even if it costs all of us our lives…"

Those last words seemed almost ominous but all of them brushed that feeling aside as they continued through the ruined, burning village. As they reached the village limits, they noticed that the forest land seemed to end abruptly, as if some of the trees were unnaturally cut down as it turned into a lifeless plain. They soon saw the cause staring right back at them with a smug grin upon his face…Grabacr as he had his curved broadsword ready.

"So good to see you both again, Demon Lord and Pixy…the eldritch knight dream team…And I see you brought along a playmate, how exciting this will all be…Are you ready to face your own deaths?" Grabacr said to them. "I am sure you remember all too well what happened the last time…"

"Things change Grabacr; you'll be facing your own grim reaper today!" Pixy yelled as he charged in first with a vicious swing to the shoulder, onto have Grabacr move out of the way and kick Pixy a few feet away behind him. Quickly Tsukune turned into Razgriz, but Grabacr had already gone for the unsuspecting PJ, smacking him with his mailed hand, introducing the poor kid's face to a tree stump.

"So tell me, Demon Lord, or would you rather be called Tsukune? Is everyone around you this worthless? They are nothing but flies, is that vampire woman your with equally as useless?" Grabacr taunted him, clearly trying to get Tsukune riled up and off focus, but he said nothing back; only returning to him his steely glare of determination. "Your silence must mean it's true."

With that he finally lost his composure as he went in for a high attack with Grabacr quite easily parrying each of Tsukune's advances, and decided to put an end to his attempt at offense and kneed Tsukune right in the gut, various clear substances spewing from his mouth as the Demon Lord fell on his back. Indeed, nothing had really changed; Grabacr was still more powerful since the last fight. But refusing to give up Tsukune got right back up, launching his own line of lightning at him but only to have Grabacr deflected it back at him, knocking him back onto the ground.

"Let me show you how a real sorcerer uses magic…" Grabacr's eyes glowed a dark red as thee rather large bolts of red lightning struck Tsukune with great force, tearing open his black plate armor a slight bit, struggling to maintain consciousness. Pixy had finally gotten back up as well as PJ, but Pixy was especially furious. Pixy uttered a spell to temper his sword with a fire elemental as he looked on at Grabacr, swinging his blade as an arc of fire closed in on the sinister henchman. However, Grabacr remained unscathed. Pixy was left in utter disbelief as PJ attempted another foolhardy attack.

"You're nothing special! You can be defeated somehow!" PJ yelled as he used some of his werewolf speed to close in on Grabacr only to be cut by his curved broadsword, PJ's arm bleeding profusely as he fell to the ground. Turning his attention to Pixy, he transformed into his true form, a large poison serpent as his tale wrapped around Larry, squeezing the very life out of his body as he flung him right next to Tsukune.

"How is it that we can kick everyone else's ass but this guy's…?" Pixy asked as he slowly got back up in pain, being helped up by a kneeling Tsukune.

"He's got our number, no doubt about it, but…He has to have a weakness of some sort…" Tsukune said as he breathed heavily, having already taken quite a beating.

"Galm Team, do you read?" Ruby had once again cut into the radio static.

"This is Galm 2; we're all taking quite the licking over here." Pixy said. "Grabacr finally transformed into his true ugly self. Did I mention I particularly loathe snakes?"

"Listen up, the only weakness Grabacr has is striking right behind his neck, that is the only way to kill a serpent monster of that size, cutting off his tail may help temporarily to reduce his attack effectiveness, but it will eventually grow back. I have faith in you Galm Team, we are sending some support, but it may take a while." Ruby said.

"I was afraid you'd say that…" Pixy said as PJ ran over to the two Galm members. "He's a tough customer guys, we're not going to be able to take him down without a carefully devised and executed plan."

Grabacr saw this and he wasn't about to give them any further quarter as he hurled up heavily corrosive and poisonous green acid as it ate away at the ground, leaving a decent-sized acid crater. The three had barely dispersed from the area.

"You run like little mewling children! If you are so frightened of your own doom then let me make it quick and painless for you!" Grabacr said as he laughed, Pixy then signaled both Tsukune and PJ to him.

"Single line formation, Tsukune, you'll be the last man in the formation, I'll lead. We're gonna throw this son of a bitch for a loop…" Pixy said as the others did as they were told, all running towards him in a straight line, Grabacr acting as if his meal was coming to him on a running silver plate, almost salivating as he revealed his fangs.

"Yessss…Come to me my foolish prey!" Grabacr hissed as Pixy drew closer, using a spell that conjured up a large ball of blinding light as Grabacr couldn't help but look away, taking him by surprise. PJ was up next as he attempted slice the serpent monster from the front, only to miss, but Pixy knew that would happen as Tsukune leapt high into the air and dove back down towards Grabacr's neck in the rear, however, he was much quicker than anyone else would give him credit for as his tail quickly wrapped around Tsukune tightly, bashing his body against the rocky soil, blood now beginning to trickle forth from his mouth. Almost immediately, Grabacr went in for the kill, however Tsukune moved just enough so that Grabacr would bite off his own tail as he hissed with fury and pain. Tsukune also did not escape without injury as one of his fangs cut right through his left shoulder as the mighty demon hero screamed out in pain. At the very least, the fang had to have cut through a few tendons as well, his entire arm gushing out blood by the second. He was definitely in a lot of trouble now. Grabacr quickly relinquished his told over Tsukune, his entire tail bitten off, but the good news was that Grabacr too was also weakened, if only for a little while…

Meanwhile, the girls were still on the search for the Sorcerer and Wizard teams, Moka very worried about Tsukune as they had not heard from them since they set off on their mission. Kurumu and Mizore were also there on the lookout as Mizore hopped from tree to tree while the succubus was up in the air to get a better vantage point. Something had bothered Kurumu greatly however as she touched back down to ground next to Moka.

"Hm? Kurumu-chan, is there something wrong?" Outer Moka asked as she smiled as Kurumu looked to the ground.

"I know Tsukune is supposed to be my Destined One…but lately I've been finding myself more and more attracted to Pixy-san…" Kurumu said as she sighed sadly.

"That's great! Have you told him how you feel, though?" Moka asked.

"That's the thing…lately he's been really distant with me, from everyone else actually except for those two people that we're supposed to be looking for right now, even Tsukune, who's supposed to be his best friend had mentioned something about him being unreachable as of late to me earlier…I'm starting to worry about Pixy a lot now…I really care for him…and just…" Kurumu felt tears well up in her eyes. "It feels like one of these days he won't come back at all, like he will just fade away…" Kurumu said. "I wish he'd open up to me more and let me help him; that stubborn bastard!"

"Kurumu, I think you need to calm down a little. I'm sure he'll come back later today and then you two will have an opportunity to talk things over. I think it's all just a big misunderstanding, and I'm certain things will be okay in the end." Moka said, though she would end up eating her own words later…

"Yeah, I'm…sure…thank you Moka…" Kurumu said, not quite reassured however, giving her an anxious smile. "Despite our past rivalry, you're actually a pretty good friend when the moment counts…"

"Thank you, I feel the same way, Kurumu." Moka said as she hugged the succubus.

"So does that mean you'd be interested in a four-way?" Moka's eyes narrowed in annoyance as she twitched, Kurumu continuing on with her perverse bisexual fantasy. "Oh come on, it'd be really hot if you and me got it on, plus maybe if we're lucky we can have Tsukune and Pixy kiss each other and then have one of them get on top of the other and-"

"And I thought the little witch was a little messed up in the head, I guess I stand corrected on that one…" Moka said as she rolled her eyes. "No. Just, no."

Just then Ruby and Yukari came running out towards the three, the little witch holding a piece of paper in their hand.

"Moka-sama, we know why they disappeared and to where, desu! I found this in their rooms!" Yukari yelled out as Ruby held out the letter as she looked to the ground in disgust. Moka beginning to read the letter as Ruby spoke.

"Joshua Bristowe and Anthony Palmer have turned tail and gone traitor. They have joined another organization called 'A World With No Barriers'…Their leader is a man named Anton Kupochenko, but most refer to him as Grand Master or Doctor…He is a Belkan Knight, the organization that was created by the humans to keep Fairy Tale out of their world…Now the humans want their revenge…they intend on destroying the barrier that separates us from the human world…if that happens…" Ruby said as Moka finished her sentence as her eyes widened.

"It will be the undoing of both worlds and all life as we know it…" Moka said as Ruby closed her eyes.

"This explains the Belkan Knights interference after most of our battles with Fairy Tale, they waited for us to weaken each other so they could take the opportunity to attack when we were most tired…Worse yet…they have the four soulstones from Excalibur, and they plan on detonating one of them on a nearby village…To put this into perspective, you've heard of the humans deadly weapon, the one they call a nuclear bomb?" Ruby asked as the rest of them nodded. "A soulstone has the same destructive power if detonated like a bomb. It's filled great magical power that shouldn't be used lightly or with haphazard judgment. And now that it's in the hands of a few madmen, we could all be in serious danger…"

Meanwhile, PJ and Pixy pressed the attack while Grabacr was still slightly weakened. PJ went in first however he had acid spit into his eye while Pixy jumped in as Grabacr attempted to bite him quickly sidestepping the attack and left a huge gash into the serpent's belly with his sword. But somehow, that still didn't slow him down as hurled more acid over the area where Pixy was, leaping high into the air and landing next to Tsukune. PJ struggled to get the acid out of his eyes with his water spell as his vision was still very blurred. Grabacr capitalized on this and flung PJ into the side of a tree, going right through it and landing on the ground. Tsukune looked up at Pixy with pain in his eyes as he looked back down at him, and saying little else, he charged right back at Grabacr, dodging each of his attempted bites, slicing right through its jaw as Grabacr screamed, hissing as it quickly grew its tail back, swiping it right at Pixy's face, knocking him in the same general direction as PJ, leaving Tsukune defenseless and alone. Grabacr grinned as he bled all over the ground, slithering ever closer as the Demon Lord clutched onto his sword tightly, his left arm for the most part completely useless to him now. He was losing a lot of blood and fast, and the shivering that set in from the blood loss began to show. The serpent monster licked his lips, savoring the moment as he spit acid right into Tsukune's eyes. Quickly he screamed in pain, and unlike PJ and Pixy, he didn't have any water-based spells, and in fact, he knew no spells whatsoever, leaving him in a really bad spot as Grabacr wrapped it's newly formed tail around him, choking his very life essence out of his body once again. He tried hard not give into the pain and pass out, which at this point with all the blood loss and the acid meant certain death. But surely and slowly, he felt many of his bodily functions shut down one by one.

"Oh my god, I'm going to actually die…I can't believe this is really happening…All of my friends, Moka…I've let them all down…" Tsukune thought to himself as he slowly lost grip of the Blade of Razgriz from his hand. He had one thread that held onto consciousness that was just about to snap as well until Moka had finally arrived on the scene as she pried hard at the tail freeing one of Tsukune's hands. He reached his hands out towards her as he felt his hands grasp onto the familiar feel of her rosario and pulling it off as she transformed into Inner Moka, her eyes turning a blood red and her hair glowing silver. Wasting no time, she quickly landed a hard kick right to Grabacr's head, finally freeing Tsukune's barely conscious body as he landed into Moka's arms while the serpent went sailing, skidding on the ground as he came to a complete stop. This whole scene was reminiscent of his first day at Youkai Academy, his eyes still stinging from Grabacr's acid, barely able to make out Moka's face. Once again, she had come to Tsukune's rescue, attempting to speak was just far too weak to.

"Shh, no lover, don't talk. You're heavily wounded, and we will need to get you to the infirmary soon." Inner Moka whispered to him as she held him bridal style. "As for that snake thing, it's going to die for what it did to you. No one gets away with laying a finger on you."

She placed a kiss upon his forehead as she gently laid him down on the ground next to him, barely conscious still as he looked on at Grabacr's smug grin as Moka stepped closer to him.

"You won't have much to grin about, Grabacr." Inner Moka ominously warned as she approached him, landing a series of kicks to Grabacr, but yet he was still able to stand, though only after taking quite a bit of damage from the vampire. The sky overtaken by a dark crimson and a blood red moon. "KNOW YOUR PLACE!"

With that, she landed a hard reverse round house kick, sending Grabacr flying the other direction. Thinking that she had won the battle, she turned away to go scoop Tsukune back into her arms and head back to the academy. However before she could make even three steps towards Tsukune's limp body Grabacr was already back up on the attack. Quickly his tail had wrapped around her body, she was exactly where he wanted her, going in for another bite. He looked over to Tsukune, grinning.

"Watch as I kill your worthless vampire woman, look closely now, Demon Lord!" Grabacr said as he laughed, Tsukune closed his eyes, gathering the very last bit of strength he had as his hands grabbed onto the Blade of Razgriz, running right towards Grabacr as he leapt high into the air. Grabacr saw this, grinning as he tossed Moka away but grabbed onto Tsukune instead. This time he wasn't going to waste time, he was going to vanquish the Demon Lord here and now. And indeed, that would have been the case if PJ hadn't gotten back up to divert his attention. With everything the young man had, he sliced right through Grabacr's tail as it wiggled involuntarily all over the ground, blood gushing out everywhere as the serpent screamed in agony. Again Tsukune was freed from Grabacr's grasp as he leapt into the air once again, feeling the wind brushing against his cheeks as he eyes Grabacr's neck. He knew that they only had this one shot at this, he couldn't fail this time. Moka looked up at him, he wasn't his usual majestic self that they were all used to seeing, but rather an attack of desperation was what she saw. She saw him desperately trying to put this all away in order to protect everyone, to protect her. It didn't matter if he was Razgriz or not, he was still the same person underneath.

"Your reign of terror ends today Grabacr! Fear the judgment of the righteous Razgriz and pay for your sins with your life you miserable son of a bitch!" Tsukune yelled as he struck his sword right into the back of the neck of the serpent as he let out a gasp for air as blood flowed forth from his mouth, and in one fell swoop, Tsukune removed the sword as Grabacr fell dead to the Demon Lord. The biggest thing of all was that Tsukune had done all of that with a good portion of his vision being impaired, quite the feat to be sure.

"Here." PJ said as he held out his hand filled with water as he helped Tsukune wash the acid from his eyes, though his vision was still quite blurry. Saying nothing else, he went to go look for Pixy as he ran over towards the forested area that he last saw Pixy land at, but right then and there, there was a huge explosion of brilliant purple and white near the nekomusume village as Moka's eyes widened.

"They…detonated it…the soulstone…That whole village is…gone…" Moka said as she took a step back, static and interference cutting in on the radio as Ruby attempted to contact them to see if they were still alive after that explosion at the nearby village, but in truth, three had been set off in total, killing many innocents.

"Galm Team, Lilith Team, status reports!" Ruby yelled though she barely came through on the radio.

"This is Crow 2, unable to confirm the situation!" PJ yelled. "What the hell is going on here?"

Just then, a very unusual, but familiar voice cut into the frequency, Tsukune still frantically searching for Pixy.

"Larry, do you read me? Your Fairy Godmother is here…" the voice said, it took them only seconds to figure out that it was the voice of Joshua Bristowe, Wizard 1.

"How can you say that after what just happened?" Pixy yelled back from an unknown location nearby as there was some indiscernible laughing from Wizard 1.

"Today is your lucky day, Larry. Like your birthday!" Joshua said.

"And you're here to pull me off in a magical carriage…To hell I suppose." Pixy responded curtly.

"Pixy?" Tsukune yelled into the radio as he frantically still searched for his best friend.

"Buddy…I've found a reason to fight…" Pixy said as he said with a slight bit of hesitation. He had developed a strong bond of brotherhood and friendship with Tsukune, and as well a slight love interest with Kurumu, but he wanted to fight for a bigger purpose that his other friend Bristowe was offering. And as much as it pained him to have to face his best friend as an enemy, the dream of a world without barriers and peace was much more important to him as he charged at Tsukune and attacked him with a wave of fireballs. Tsukune stood in shock, not expecting at all his best friend to betray him at such a time. Moka saw this as she quickly ran up to Tsukune and tackled him to the ground, the fireballs missing as she glared at Pixy while Ruby frantically tried to reach him.

"Galm 2! What the hell are you doing? That isn't the enemy! Stop attacking Tsukune! Galm 2! Respond!" Ruby yelled as Pixy ran off from the battlefield as he looked back to Tsukune and Moka once more.

"This is where we go our separate ways…" Pixy said as he left with Wizard 1 and Sorcerer 1, Tsukune looking on with a blank expression, the realization that the knife of betrayal had been stuck deep into his back by the one whom he would call best friend and brother-in-arms. A feeling of disbelief overtook him as he shook, feeling all of his strength wane and succumbing to his wounds as Moka held him tightly. Tears began to fall as the Demon Lord began to sob, the heavy realization that he had just lost another best friend.

"Pixy…that lousy bastard…He betrayed my Tsukune, and I cannot abide treachery…I swear if it's the last thing I do I'm going to tear off his last wing and destroy him utterly for my bloodmate…" Moka said as she gently rubbed Tsukune's back as she spotted the rest of the girls about to help with Tsukune, but she shooed them off as she scooped Tsukune bridal style once again as they all made their way back to the academy. Slowly he had passed out in her arms, devoid of feeling, strength, anything that could identify him as a human entity;but only said one last thing before he did so.

"Pixy…why…" Tsukune muttered out.

"Shhh, Tsukune, don't talk. Just rest. I'll take care of you from now on, you've done enough for all us, now it's time to for us to stand and fight." Inner Moka said to him as she saw just how badly wounded he was, seeing the blood trickle from his horrific wound to his left shoulder and a horrible burn from Pixy's attack. She looked away in sadness as she could feel her own tears well up, a rarity for the proud vampire. But her feelings of sadness were soon replaced with rage again, vowing revenge on Pixy and the organization, 'A World With No Barriers'. Kurumu didn't even need to ask what happened; she heard it all on the radio, her own tears welling up as she looked over to Tsukune. She couldn't believe what had just transpired either; the whole situation was just screwed up to no end. PJ on the other hand was a few feet behind the rest of the group. He couldn't help but feel that this whole thing was somehow his fault; that if he had been a more experienced warrior, he could have prevented Tsukune's horrific injuries. He half-expected Moka to at the very least, berate him, but much to his surprise she looked back to him with Tsukune in hand.

"I'm sorry…about what happened back there…If I was a better fighter, none of this would have happened to him…" PJ said.

"Crow 2, what you did earlier was incredibly stupid, and something that could have cost your own life. But it was also very brave. If not for you, Tsukune would have likely faced his death. For that, I thank you. For a half-breed, you fight well." Moka praised as she smiled at him, as PJ looked away in embarrassment.

"She's right you know, it isn't your fault at all PJ…" Mizore said as she patted PJ on the back.

It had taken a while but they finally did get back, people noticing that Pixy hadn't come back with them, but they weren't really in the right mindset to start answering questions as they rushed to the infirmary. They had to call a doctor over as the nurse busy putting on an IV unit for Tsukune as the doctor rushed to have his shoulder wound disinfected and to see what extent his shoulder would be damaged.

"Some of the tendons are severely damaged, if it had been torn into anymore, his whole shoulder might have been ripped apart…It will take a long while to completely heal but it will heal. His vision also seems blurred from the venom, but it will come back in day or two." The doctor had said as he started to stitch Tsukune's shoulder back up. After that was finished, the nurse began to bandage Tsukune up as Inner Moka looked on. It was only after a few hours had passed that Tsukune slowly blinked, looking around him, the whole room seemed blurry to him.

"Grabacr must have really fucked me up back there…I feel like hell." Tsukune said as he attempted to get up but this time he really couldn't his left shoulder giving off vast amounts of pain. "FUCK!"

Attempting to get up one last time, he at least was able to sit up but screamed out in great pain once again as he was forced to lie back down. Outer Moka entered the room, hearing all the screams as she tried to get Tsukune situated back in the bed again.

"You musn't move so much Tsukune, your shoulder is quite injured. And you're not getting out of this bed, so don't even think about it." Moka said to him as she sat next to the bed in a nearby chair. Tsukune looked away shamefully. This was the exact situation that he wanted to avoid from the very beginning. It reminded him of how he frequently had to visit the infirmary before for getting the living crap beat out of him in the past, before he had gotten Razgriz's powers, before he met Pixy…

"Pixy…I can't believe he…" Tsukune said as he tried to suppress his emotions that were again, about to erupt all over the surface as he tried his hardest to suppress his tears, which soon turned into sobs. He tried to lift his left arm up to wipe off his tears but the pain kicked in as he winced, and with his right he banged against the bed in frustration, rage, anger. "Damn everything! Damn everyone to hell! I don't understand what the point any of this was!"

"I know Tsukune…I'm sorry…" Moka said as she held onto his hand, sighing sadly as Tsukune began to sob uncontrollably once again. He was tired of the things he had to endure over the course of the past few months. Tsukune began to shake violently as he spoke.

"What's next…Are you going to leave my side? God I want to die…" Tsukune said as he shook his head, his tears soaking up on the blanket. "He was supposed to be my best friend, brother…I was always there for him when he needed me, and he was supposed to do the same, but instead he attacked me and betrayed me! WHY? What did I do wrong Moka…"

"First, and most importantly, I won't ever leave you, Tsukune. I've chosen you as my bloodmate and that won't change. You're mine. I'm always going to be here for you, no matter how bad life gets." Moka said as she brushed off Tsukune's tears. "I don't know why he did what he did earlier today, but you didn't do anything wrong at all. But if I could wrap my hands around Pixy's neck right now I would choke him to death for what he did to you!"

He wouldn't say it right then and there, but a part of him secretly wished that Pixy offered him to join the organization with him. Tsukune too, was sick of fighting and did not know what he was really fighting for. But he wasn't sure if destroying the barrier that hid this world from the human world was going to accomplish anything, other than throwing the entire world into a second dark age. Why had things ended up like this? This was the question that Tsukune kept attempting to find an answer to within his own mind. Finally something else had dawned on Tsukune, but it wasn't the answer that he sought for, but rather another reminder. The organization that Pixy turned traitor for had just exploded three soulstones on three different villages, each explosion the equivalent of a modern day thermonuclear weapon of at least 20 megatons each. That's more than enough for the human world to be able to detect the shockwaves, even through the barrier. However, any trace of doubt that he had as to why he was fighting were soon erased as Moka leaned in to kiss Tsukune deeply, her hand gently caressing the back oh his head, his tongue intertwining with hers.

"Your wrong Pixy, I also have a real reason to fight too, and it stands right here in front of me…I'll stop you Pixy, even if it means giving up my own life to protect both worlds from your insanity…" Tsukune thought to himself.

"I love you, Tsukune…" Moka said as she smiled at him, resisting the strong urge to feed upon his blood. She really wanted to, but Tsukune was already in really bad shape as it was, she didn't want to make it any worse.

"I love you too, Moka-san." Tsukune replied softly, but weakly as he coughed, feeling the pain radiating all over from his shoulder, oh how he hated the feeling. "How's PJ holding up?"

"Oh, him? He's got a fractured arm, but he should be fine. Better than what happened to poor Gin, he lost his entire arm to Excalibur…" Moka said as she curled up next him on the bed. "I think the two of them are out right now, he's probably helping him with the use of a camera."

"More like he's training PJ to become a mini-version of perverted Gin…" Tsukune said as he narrowed his eyes.

"That doesn't shock me at all." Moka said as she narrowed her eyes as well, laying her head gently upon his chest, noting that he was starting to grow a bit of chest hair. "When should we tell your mother and Kyouko about us?"

"Probably after this whole war is over. They'll probably be happy to hear it; though they might be a little shocked at first…that and my mom will eventually have to know about you being a vampire, not sure how well she'll take that…" Tsukune said. "But I'm sure it'll be nowhere near as bad as the reaction she had when she saw you, Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari-chan all in my room at the same time."

Moka couldn't help but giggle just a slight bit at that as he recalled the events of that day as well. Her fingers gently traced his toned arms and then to his abs. She also noted that he had become more physically attractive to her; not that he already hadn't been to begin with. Just then Ruby had walked in with a tray with Tsukune's pain medication and a glass of water. She looked to Moka and twitched with annoyance as she cleared her throat.

"Ahem. Moka, I suggest you go back to your room, Tsukune needs his rest you know." Moka turned around to Ruby as she gave her a death glare but then smiled sweetly at Tsukune as she left. Instinctively, he took the pills, shoved them into his mouth and then downed it all with the water. Lying back, Tsukune smiled up at her as he yawned.

"Thanks Ruby-san." Tsukune said as he felt his eyelids getting heavier. He knew the medication would knock him out, but not this fast. He began to panic a slight bit as everything started to blur again, the last thing he remembered seeing was Ruby's smirk as her hand dove under the sheets and up the Demon Lord's thighs. However, Moka had stayed back to watch just in case as she walked in, dragging Ruby by her collar out of the room.

"How wrong of you to take advantage of Tsukune while he's medicated!" Moka said as Ruby struggled to get free.

"But! But! I still want to do many, many things with Tsukune!" Ruby pleaded as the two left the infirmary while Tsukune was fast asleep and on a one-way trip to dreamland…or was it nightmare land instead? The dream had started off like most other dreams he had since attending Youkai Academy, with him and Moka walking down a path, usually to some big event, and this time it was a carnival, filled with usual fanfare of rides, games, and food stands and the like. Things were going pretty well as Tsukune had just won Moka a giant pink teddy bear at the popgun game stand. The two were sharing a stick of cotton candy as they approached the Ferris wheel and rode it all the way to the top as the two shared a kiss.

"Isn't this wonderful, lover?" Outer Moka said to him as she gently squeezed Tsukune's hand. The ride continued until finally they were back on the ground as Tsukune chuckled as the two lovers went hand in hand to enjoy the rest of their evening at the carnival. However, the security of his dreamscape was about to be shattered in a big way as two men that Tsukune recognized as Wizard 1 and Sorcerer 1 approached him. And to the distance was a hooded, menacing looking figure that he couldn't quite make out or identify. He tried to transform into Razgriz, but was unable to since he didn't remember what happened to his sword. Immediately his mind told him not to let go of Moka, for as long as he stayed close to her, everything would be okay. But indeed, everything was NOT going to be okay as Wizard 1 approached Tsukune.

"Tsukune Aono…come with us, our master would like to speak to you, if you don't mind, Miss Akashiya…" Bristowe grabbed onto Tsukune's arm which seemed to hurt a lot more than usual but Moka wasn't going to just give in.

"You can't have him! Let him go!" Outer Moka yelled out, but she was powerless with her rosario sealing her inner self's powers as Joshua and Anthony whisked Tsukune away from her. Tsukune panicked as he tried to reach out for her hand but couldn't as Moka's image faded further and further away. He then found himself tossed in front of the hooded figure as both Wizard 1 and Sorcerer 1 pulled out their swords as did the mysterious figure. However the three looked over towards another direction as they quickly backed and faded as well. He looked over to see his best friend, Pixy.

"You alright, buddy?" Pixy said to him as he got him back up onto his feet as he slowly nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine…Look, I really need to get back to Moka, we're here on a night out by ourselves and I'd really like to enjoy the rest of my evening with her if you don't mind…" Tsukune said as Pixy wrapped one of his arms around him as he smirked.

"You'll get to go back to her here in a bit. But first, check out the House of Horrors with me, I heard it's awesome…" Pixy said as he smirked. "What do you say, buddy?"

Something about this whole thing just disturbed Tsukune, but despite his better judgment, he nodded and decided to go along with it as the two Galm members walked into the House of Horrors. Unlike most haunted houses that Tsukune was apt to go see, this wasn't cheap-looking by any means. It actually looked legitimately creepy. Various demonic creatures appeared as they walked through as Pixy led the way, grinning at everything. Even the CGI ghost projections looked real. They then passed by a tub filled with realistic looking blood and human limbs that just looked…too real. The both of them continued through another dark corridor filled with cobwebs. Pixy disappeared behind a black curtain as Tsukune followed him as well; clearly getting a slight bit scared and revealed a room full of mirrors and no sign of Pixy anywhere. Panicked, he felt trapped as he looked around, the dark reflection only showing Tsukune, but in one of the mirrors showed an undead clown that Tsukune recognized as Pennywise the Clown from the Osean movie "IT" holding a bloody butcher's knife.

"Moka! Moka-san! Oh god! Pixy? HELP! OH GOD HELP!" Tsukune yelled out in frenzy as he clawed at the mirrors. The House of Horrors that he entered was definitely no joke, and in fact it would have been more aptly named Portal to Hell. Just then Moka was thrown right at him. He looked down as he found his pink-haired goddess cut up, bloodied, and dead as the clown approached closer with an evil smirk across his face as he raised his knife. And then, just as quickly the nightmare was over. Tsukune woke up in a cold sweat as he screamed out loudly as he breathed heavily. Looking around, no one was there, nothing but the dark infirmary around him. He looked down towards his legs in relief as he caught his breath and sorted his head, space, and timing out. The clock flashed 5AM as he slowly got up, his left arm hurting quite badly still as he got himself dressed in his shorts and his shirt. He desperately needed a drink as a finally made his way to the vending machine and got himself a lemon-lime soda variant and opened it up as he looked up at the TV that was up all the way as PJ looked on. The channel was OBC (Osean Broadcasting Corporation) and it was a press conference at Bright Hill, the house of the President of the Osean Federation and on the screen was President Vincent Harling at the podium. In the background he could see many Osean and Yuktobanian flags with many flashes of lightning from cameras snapping pictures of the president. He quietly opened his soda and began to drink as he sat down next to PJ. Tsukune almost forgot that PJ himself was from Osea.

"Can't sleep, Tsukune?" PJ asked as he watched TV.

"Something like that…" Tsukune said as he looked on as well. "What's going on?"

"President Harling is about to make an announcement about the war." PJ said as he turned up the volume a bit more.

"This is President Harling of the Osean Federation. Attention, all Osean and Yuktobanian officers and soldiers currently on the battlefield. Let us put down our guns and come out of the trenches. The Osean capital of Oured has been freed of the people who took advantage of my absence to usurp control of the country. Once robbed of my freedom and my ability to do the right thing, I now stand again under the light of the golden sun. And I do so with the honorable Yuktobanian Prime Minister Nikanor by my side. We have resolved our terrible and unfortunate misunderstandings, and the war is now over." The president said as he stepped aside to allow another man to take the podium.

"This is Prime Minister Nikanor, head of government for the Union of Yuktobanian Republics. Attention all officers and soldiers of Osea and Yuktobania currently on the battlefield. Please watch as President Harling and I stand shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand. President Harling's words are true. The war is over, but there is one more battle that needs to be fought."

"We believe that those who have tried to stir hatred between us are now preparing a weapon that could wipe out half of all metropolitan areas in either one of our countries. Our comrades, the Demons of Razgriz, are in flight as we speak, determined to stop this plan dead in its tracks. Which country is under the threat of mass destruction? We do not know." President Harling said.

"However, that is no longer important. No matter which country is hit, it would be a severe blow to us all." Nikanor said.

"So I ask you, members of the military. If you see it in your hearts, please utilize the resources available to you and help our brave pilots. Right now they are flying east to meet the enemy."

"To those who still dare to hide behind the power of their hateful weapons, bring yourself before the light of peace and harmony!" Nikanor finished as the camera flashes increased in number as the crowd in the press began to clap and cheer loudly.

PJ jumped out of the couch and clapped as well. Tsukune smiled a bit as he was relieved the war was at last over, at least in the human world anyway.

"At least our part of the world is at peace…" Tsukune said as he sighed. He couldn't say much for the youkai part of the world. "I think I'm going to head back to bed. Night PJ."

"Night, Galm 1." PJ said back.

"By the way kid, you did good." Tsukune said as he walked off back towards the infirmary.

"Wait! Ruby said that since you're out of a back-up man, and I'm out of a fight lead, I'm going to be Galm 2 now. It'll be an honor to fight along side you, Demon Lord. I'll try to do as well as Pixy did." PJ said nervously as Tsukune stopped, but didn't turn around. He stood there for a minute, thinking but then walked off. Sending a clear message to him and everyone else; Pixy was irreplaceable and there was no chance in blue hell that PJ would be able to fill his shoes. Sighing quietly, he grabbed his bottle of medication and took two of them as he laid back. Again he felt sleep overtake his body as his eyelids shut closed. Completely unaware of anyone else's presence within the infirmary. Though there was someone else there as a hooded figure came in with a sword already drawn. The intent was clear, whoever it was planned on getting rid of Tsukune for good. However this would-be assassin would not have luck with him as Moka walked into the infirmary to see how Tsukune was doing. Tsukune was fast asleep, not noticing that any of this had transpired yet. Quickly the mysterious man ran off as he jumped through the window, shattering the glass. Moka growled slightly as she went over to Tsukune, grabbing his hand to remove her rosario, transforming into her inner self, bats flying off everywhere. She quickly took Tsukune's radio and plugged it into her own ear.

"Damn! This is Sorcerer 1 to all units, we've been discovered! The operation is a failure!" Anthony Palmer yelled. "Retreat!"

"Kurumu! Mizore! Ruby! Multiple enemies have just tried to kill Tsukune! Cut off Sorcerer Team before they can escape!" Moka yelled as the Sorcerer Team attempted to make a run for it into the forest but were quickly cut off by Kurumu as she flew down with her long claws drawn. Mizore followed suit as she cut off their other escape route by erecting a large ice wall while Ruby came out with her wand drawn at Anthony. Moka then jumped out the window as well, though outnumbered, the girls had them surrounded. "Belvidere" as the other men in Anthony's squadron called him looked back at Moka with a glare.

"No surrender men, we will fight to the last! Kill these filthy youkai here and now! For a true and barrier-less world!" Sorcerer 1 yelled as his men charged out in all directions. Moka made quick work of two of the eldritch knights that wore a dark blue mantle with white stripes with a swift kick to their heads, quite clearly dead from the forceful impact. Kurumu, clearly angry from the events of the other day dug her claws into another eldritch knight, spurting blood all over the place and kicked the man off as well while Mizore froze the rest of the Sorcerer Team while Ruby finished them off with her summoning one of her deadly plant monsters, the plant consuming all of the dead Sorcerer members. In less than five minutes, their entire squad was decimated. All of them but Anthony.

"You betrayed us all, and I'll bet it was you forced Pixy into joining you guys too!" Kurumu stated angrily as she charged in with her claws only to be parried by Anthony's sword and flung onto the ground nearby.

"Don't be mistaken, Larry left of his own free will…" Anthony grinned. Even if he died here, the plans were still in motion. "Did you really think he'd stay just for a succubus bimbo like you?"

Kurumu immediately struck her claws into his chest, impaling him as she made sure he felt every painful twist, but despite the pain, Anthony managed to punch her out of the way and sent a massive lightning strike at her as well as summoning a bloodletter demon, a fiery demon that held a red sword. Immediately he ordered it to attack Kurumu and Ruby and then turned his attention to Moka as he readied his sword for a dark lightning charge. Moka, already enraged by his failed assassination attempt landed a hard knee repeatedly into Anthony's already gutted stomach with blood spilling all over and as well kicking him in the face as he was sent flying. But it wasn't over, and as Moka was about to find out, unlike ordinary humans, eldritch knights were much harder to kill. Immediately, Sorcerer 1 unleashed his flurry of offense against Moka, swinging his large knight broadsword at Moka, but none would connect. Anthony too, realized that killing this vampire would be a daunting task. He glared at her with hatred in his eyes, he hated all monsters and for that matter anything that was non-human, which is what convinced him to join Kupochenko's cause to begin with. Gathering all of his anger and hatred he summoned dark chaotic flames that seemed to appear from the ground as it fissured which forced Moka to jump away. Anthony would spare no trick up his sleeve as he summoned chains of torment, which wrapped all the girls in chains, draining their very life force.

A sadistic grin grew over Anthony's face as he now felt confident he could end the battle on his terms. "Not so mighty now, are you, filthy vampire! DIE!"

Dark flames appeared everywhere; Moka clenched her fists, enduring the great pain that she felt from the chains of torment and the flames themselves. She closed her red eyes as her aura grew more oppressive; her pride overtaking her mindset once more. She hated that she was actually on the defensive to a human other than Tsukune, which was just unacceptable to her. Anthony had to focus harder to maintain concentration and control over his spells in order to compensate for Moka's increasing power. But as anyone would well know, only a high-level eldritch knight can fight an s-class monster on equal terms; and though Anthony was powerful in his own right, he was not as powerful as the other figures in the organization which meant he couldn't out-power an s-class monster, his most fatal tactical flaw. Moka's eyes reopened as she broke herself out of the chains and sent a rage-filled kick to Anthony's neck that sent him flying, but not before everyone else could hear that inhuman crack that came from his neck. It should have killed him, but yet he still breathed.

As well, the demon that was summoned earlier dissipated as Anthony couldn't continue his spell focus to keep the demon on that plane of existence. Moka approached to where he had landed as Anthony muttered a few words.

"Kupochenko…already has opened the door…to a new future…that future without youkai like you…a human world with no barriers!" Anthony yelled out as his body exploded with eldritch energy, sending everyone flying back quite a few feet. Only after a few more minutes did they actually get back up, PJ flying out with his sword but his other arm in a sling, realizing that he was a bit late.

"That bastard decided to take himself out before we could even get to him or question him further…" Ruby said as she sighed quietly. "But at least Tsukune is safe, for right now anyway…"

Later that day, PJ walked around enjoying the rest of his day. Very rarely did they seem to have peace. He wore glasses, but today he was wearing his contacts. He fixed his de-shelved brown hair that seemed to grow more unruly as each day passed, sighing quietly as he couldn't get that minor cowlick to go away. He looked around him saw the various monsters of all types going about their business as if no aspect of the war that currently raged on had any effect on them, but he expected this as little information or detail was released to the student body aside from Tsukune's brave exploits. He then began to daydream about all the comics, manga, and anime he watched when he was back at home. In many ways, he was like Tsukune was, minus the Razgriz factor. But one question always bothered him, with a world filled with those who used magic and mystical powers, as well as many mythical creatures and monsters in existence, why wasn't there a super-hero fighting the bad guys. He pondered this for a while until he came across a group of people surrounding a girl around his age (15). She had strawberry red hair in neat little pigtails held up by two plaid bows and was dressed in a red school uniform and a plaid skirt. The group of guys was from the school police and they had Ko-chan's cage with the bat himself inside of it, keeping it up high so that Kokoa was unable to reach it due to her smaller height. Kokoa naturally was getting quite pissed and attempted to kick large orc headmaster only to be knocked back down.

"Looks like that girl is in trouble…I guess it's time to be the world's first super hero…" PJ thought to himself as he ducked behind a tree, and pulling out of his Osean Army Defense Force tactical gear bag was a green costume with yellow stripes and a green mask, changing into it quickly. Striking a horribly cheesy pose, he leapt onto the scene, forcing everyone to turn to look at him, the orcs immediately laughing at him.

"Oh look! It's the wannabe superhero! And what are you supposed to be little man?" asked one of the orcs that was laughing hysterically.

"I'm Kick-Ass! And I see four scumbags who are tormenting a helpless, beautiful young girl. I think I'm going to have to fix that…" PJ said as he removed his sword from its holster. As ridiculous as PJ looked in that costume, Kokoa couldn't help but blush ever so slightly at his comment. The orcs again laughed at PJ but would soon find out that PJ was no joke as he rammed the butt of the sword into one of the orcs' stomach as he keeled over. He didn't want to kill them, but some attitude adjustment was in order. He sensed another orc coming after him as he kicked at it's shin, forcing it onto its knees and elbowing another in the face but soon was blindsided by the leader of that particular group of student police and soon the other three joined in on beating him senseless. PJ gasped in pain as he attempted to breathe. It was true that he could have defeated them all if he was going for the kill with his sword or his wizard abilities, but he was unable to use magic since he couldn't gain the concentration necessary for arcane spellcasting since he was getting beat down physically.

"Punk! We're about to give a public-service announcement to the whole school that being a super-hero is bad for your health!" Suddenly, PJ realized why there weren't any super-hero's, the job sucked and there was nothing to gain from it. Kokoa grabbed her bat and was about to walk away from the scene.

"The weirdo in the masked costume…You're an idiot! I didn't need to be saved! I can take care of myself!" Kokoa yelled out but then stopped in her tracks as she closed her eyes. "But that was the first time anyone spoke nicely of me and actually tried to fight for me…It actually felt nice…"

Kokoa then turned around as she pulled "Batty" from his cage as it transformed into a large spiked hammer as she growled angrily.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU DUMB ORCS! DIE!" With that, Kokoa smashed the leader into oblivion with the hammer, and swinging another high towards the sky, the other two running away. By this time, PJ's mask was pretty much torn off, revealing his face to his damsel in distress-turned-savior. Kokoa stared down into him, still clutching her hammer, noticing that blood was trickling from his nose onto his lips. Her face almost turned red as she noticed the scent of his sweet blood as she put the hammer away.

"I didn't need to be saved…but thanks anyway…" Kokoa said as she knelt down to him and licked off that trickle of blood from his lips, forcing PJ to blush madly. "Your blood, it tastes so sweet…"

"I…um…thank you?" PJ said nervously as he crawled back a bit in fear, now starting to process exactly was in front of him. It was Kokoa Shuzen, the younger half-sister of Moka Akashiya. Kokoa was known for her fiery temper and obsession with Inner Moka. Kokoa couldn't help but giggle at PJ's shyness and fear as she followed PJ. "I…just remembered I had to run an errand for Galm 1! Yeah! An errand! So, yea I gotta split, sorry!"

"Awww that's too bad. I kinda wanted to play since I was bored, but if you ever want to hang out, I'm around. The name is Kokoa by the way, what's yours?" Kokoa asked, her emerald orbs looking into PJ's blue ones.

"Patrick James…But I prefer PJ…" PJ said as he got back up, turning quite red from his immense shyness.

"Well, see you later then, PJ." Kokoa said as she licked at his bloody nose once again and ran off the other way with Ko-chan and PJ went off in the other direction, utterly lost at what had just transpired in the last little while.

Another day had passed and soon everyone at the academy had known about the war in the human world having ended. The Sand Island Squadron destroyed the SOLG (Space Ordinance Linear Gun) that had been dropped on Oured by the Belkans who instigated the war between the Oseans and the Yukes to begin with and the Osean Army had captured Cinigrad, the capital of Yuktobania days before Harling and Nikanor turned up in Osea. Despite knowing this information, it was widely assumed to be an Osean victory, and most of the students that had any interest or stake in the war were pro-Osean. Most of the school was decorated with Osean flags and the halls adorned with blue and white. Several Youkai Academy alumni that had served in the Osean Army in the human world also turned up on this day; one of which included PJ's full-blooded werewolf cousin, Adrian James, who turned out to be a tank gunner for the Osean 101st Airborne that fought in Yuktobania. After he and PJ had spoken for a bit, he was directed to the infirmary to meet Tsukune, the Demon Lord as most in the youkai world knew him as. Immediately Tsukune attempted to rise to his feet to greet the soldier, but was told to just stay in bed as Adrian shook his hand.

"I hear you're doing a hell of a job dismantling Fairy Tale, Demon Lord." Adrian said. "My name is Adrian James, I'm PJ's older cousin. I'm from the Osean 101st Airborne."

"Thank you, I'm just doing what I can to protect the ones who I care for. And thank you for fighting for us out there our world, welcome home soldier." Tsukune responded in kind as he smiled. "Did you see the Demons of Razgriz up in the sky while you fought there in Yuktobania?"

"Actually, I did. I saw them the first time while we made our forty mile advance across the Jilachi Desert, there were four of them then. I later saw them again after we were sent in to assault Cruik Fortress; the Razgriz Squadron from Sand Island gave us supreme air coverage. The Yukes ran scared, but I noticed that there were only three of them at that point." Adrian said.

"The missing pilot in that formation was my childhood friend, he lived in Japan before his family moved back to Osea…his name was Alvin H. Davenport. He got shot down over November City when the Yukes attacked the stadium…" Tsukune said as he sighed quietly. "I…also lost my father to the same war, but he died at the start of the war when Sand Island itself was attacked. He was giving a weapons presentation on the base."

"I'm sorry to hear that Tsukune; my condolences to you and your family. I'm just glad the war is over now, no one else will die." Adrian said back as he patted Tsukune on the non-injured shoulder. "Well I'm going to let you rest. I really appreciate you doing the fighting over here for all of us to keep us safe. God be with you, Tsukune."

"With you as well, Adrian." Tsukune nodded as they both walked out of the infirmary while Ruby and Moka came in.

"Well, the stitches have been removed. We can let you go back to your room now, but you still won't be able to get out of bed just yet. Your shoulder is still heavily injured despite your advanced healing factor. Moka will come to check on you to make sure you eat and NOT get out of bed." Ruby instructed as they both helped Tsukune off the bed, making sure to take extra care of his left arm as they escorted Tsukune to his room. Ruby had walked off to tend to other things that the headmaster had assigned while Tsukune laid back on his own bed, which to him felt great. Moka had opened the window as the celebrations continued outside as a certain song played. In the human world, it had become quite a popular song due to its calls for peace and an end to the war between Osea and Yuktobania.

The journey begins
Starts from within
Things that I need to know

The song of the bird
Echoed in words
Flying for the need to fly

"It's a really beautiful song…" Moka commented as she looked out the window but then made her way towards the bed and lay down next to Tsukune. He himself was looking towards the window as he spotted a blue dove land on the window sill, smiling a bit.

Thoughts endless in flight
Day turns to night
Questions you ask your soul

Which way do I go?
How fast is too slow?
The journey has its time within us

"The human world finally has peace once again…I hope we'll have peace here too…" Tsukune said as he lightly grasped Moka's hand.

If a man can fly over an ocean
And no mountains can get in his way
Will he fly on forever
Searching for something to believe

From above I can see from the heavens
Down below I see the storm rages on
And somewhere in the answer
There is a hope to carry on

"You really think so? Even after all the awful things that have happened?" Moka asked, sighing quietly

When I finally return
Things that I learn
Carry me back to home

The thoughts that I feed
Planting a seed
With time will begin to grow

"I'd like to think so. I think if you really want something to happen, you have to have faith in it…Especially after something as horrific has three villages being devastated by the soulstone detonations…And…" Tsukune softly whispered, sighing quietly as he tried to keep Pixy out of his mind. "If not…By then I will have lost all faith in all things, be it humanity or youkai…"

Another brief, fleeting moment of reprieve and respite visited Tsukune and his harem. But everyone knew the truth, that the decisive final battle loomed overhead. What could only be classified as a terrorist organization within the youkai world, A World With No Barriers had to be taken down, and once again, everyone at the academy looked to their great hero, the Demon Lord to protect them once again…

The more that I try
The more that I fly
The answer in itself will be there

To Be Continued…

A/N: Well, another relatively long chapter. I hope I was able to convey the battle between Grabacr and Tsukune well enough. Anyway, please leave me a review filled with praise, constructive criticism, nearly anything. (Except for creepy comments.) Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! More to come!...After my wisdom teeth are taken out.