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Chapter 11
Mizore waited at the back of the group. The fluctuations in her youki were getting worse with each passing minute and it was beginning to bother her greatly.
"Ruby can I talk with you please?" Mizore asked as she approached the older of the two witches.
"Sure, what is it that you need to talk about?" Ruby asked as she was led away from the others.
"I think there is something terribly wrong with me" Mizore began. "My youki is fluctuating wildly and I don't know why it's doing that."
Ruby could see the panic on her friend's face and was disappointed that she couldn't offer any assistance.
"I'm terribly sorry, but I don't know what's going on with you" Ruby said solemnly. "However we could get the chairman's input."
"I don't want the others to know" Mizore interrupted. "They can't know, at least not right now."
Ruby nodded and the two headed back to where the chairman had been drawing the runes and casting spells.
"Excuse me sir" Ruby started. "Mizore here is experiencing a weird fluctuation in her youki that seems to be bothering her."
The chairman, who had barely responded to anyone earlier, immediately looked up at the two of them.
"She's ill and dying. The fluctuation in her youki is caused by a virus spread through the creation of a doppelganger. Hence the legends about doppelgangers causing the deaths of those they imitate."
Mizore's face went deathly white (even for a Yuki-Onna). "When did I have a doppelganger made?"
"That I cannot answer for you" the chairman said, his voice becoming softer and less harsh then it was just moments before. "All I do know is that it was used by someone to mess with the two trapped in the school grounds. Other than that I wouldn't be able to tell you."
Mizore nodded. She was scared, scared of dying and scared of never being able to see Tsukune or any of her other friends again. But worst of all was the fact that this almost seemed justified, as if it had a greater purpose then she could currently see. And that is what scared her most about it.
Tsukune and Kokoa were once again in the main chamber of the crypt where all the different paths interconnected. After they had kissed, the two had become a bit shy when standing next to each other so an awkward silence hung in the air.
"Well, we have the map and all we need to do now is find our way out of this place" Tsukune said, his voice doing its best to hide his nervousness.
"I hope that this map works. I'd rather not be exploring down here for very long" Kokoa added as she took a look at a few of the tunnels. "They're quite hard to see in, even for a vampire."
Tsukune nodded in a agreement before taking a look at the images in the journal he was now holding. "Anyways, from what I can tell the exit is on the west side of this chamber."
Taking a step forward Tsukune suddenly remembered that Ruby had told him that she had wrote everything with reverse directions. So as to confuse anyone who may steal it from her.
"Okay scratch that it's on the east side" he said as he turned around and began walking towards the tunnels on that end.
Kokoa giggled slightly behind him as she followed along.
It had taken them six tries and still they had yet to find the path they needed to exit the school grounds.
"Dammit" Tsukune cursed as he took a look at the journal again. "How many people did Ruby think would get access to her room? Hell, how many people does she think would be able to get past the glyph on the crypt in the first place?"
As Tsukune continued to grumble about the bizarre directions Ruby had written out, Kokoa walked up to him and grabbed the book. Hoping she would be able to figure out the perverted witch's instructions she took a look at the journal and realised that the directions were all written as a bunch of torture instructions. Blanching at the sight of this she handed the book back to Tsukune.
"You now you'll probably want to just guess for the rest of the way" Kokoa said as she unsuccessfully fought down the massive blush she was currently wearing.
Tsukune nodded as he placed the journal into his backpack. As he felt around he realised that the book on Vampires he was given wasn't in there.
"Kokoa, do you know where a book by a Professor Van Helsing is?" Tsukune asked her.
Kokoa immediately nodded as she pulled it out of her own backpack. "I had it with me after I discovered how to save you from being a ghoul."
Tsukune gave a sigh of relief when he saw it. "Thank you so much. The chairman would kill me if I lost that."
Kokoa was confused as to his reasoning behind that statement, but shrugged it off as they continued deeper into the tunnels.
Moka and Yukari were alone waiting for news from the chairman on the situation with Tsukune and Kokoa.
"Do you think they're alright?" Moka asked the witch as she sat down on the grass.
"Moka don't worry. As long as Kokoa doesn't have you around, Tsukune is about fifty percent safe from her mood swings" Yukari answered with a smirk.
She had been friends with the red head vampire for a while and could tell that she was developing feelings of her own for Tsukune. Not that Yukari ever doubted that Tsukune and Moka would end up together, it's just she knew that Kokoa wouldn't intentionally harm Tsukune without her older sister around.
"Cheer up Moka. I heard that the chairman is actually going to take Ruby's assistance tomorrow in opening up the path back to the school" Yukari said. "Then we'll have both Tsukune and Kokoa back in our care."
Despite the fact that Kokoa was a vampire and no one was courageous enough to say it, all of the girls found that Kokoa joined Tsukune as one of the weakest members of their group due to her unrefined fighting style and brutal nature so Yukari was being quite serious with her comment.
"I know Yukari, but it still bothers me that they were left alone together" Moka replied.
Yukari once again smirked. At least Moka wasn't totally naive about her feelings for Tsukune, especially since she was feeling jealousy over him being alone with her sister.
"Don't worry Moka. I'm sure that nothing has gone on between the two of them."
Tsukune and Kokoa felt a rush of fresh air when the entered the next tunnel.
"I think this may be it" Tsukune yelled so that Kokoa could hear him.
"If not then I'd really rather not know what's causing this wind" Kokoa yelled back with a smile.
As the wind picked up in its power, Tsukune held out his hand to Kokoa who graciously accepted it. Now hand in hand the two of them began to trek through the dark, windy tunnel.
After about an hour of their struggle, Tsukune could hear the familiar sounds of urban civilization. As the two continued onwards against the wind they could feel it dying down ever so slightly with each step they took. Once it had become nothing more than a nice breeze the two realised that they were standing on the other side of a tunnel for vehicles.
"We made it out" Tsukune said excitedly as he hugged Kokoa.
The vampire returned it willingly, glad for both the affection and the fact that they were free of the school grounds.
"Now how do we find the others?" Kokoa asked.
Tsukune's good mood faltered slightly as he took a look around the unfamiliar city.
"Well I think that first things are first...we need to find out where we are."
Kokoa nodded in agreement and they started off, determined to make it back to their friends.
What they didn't see though was blood writing on the wall behind them. This time it gave a more grave warning then ever before.
'I've lost control of the game. Someone else is now in control and has extended it to another round. Neither of you are safe.'
End Chapter 11
A/N: And there was chapter 11. I hope you enjoyed this chapter to All alone...Well Almost. I thank everyone who has been reviewing and hope you'll all keep it up. On another note, I decided to continue slightly what I had started at the end of the last chapter with what the others are up to. That will continue for the rest of the story up until they meet up with Tsukune and Kokoa again. Once again please review as I really love getting feedback on this and enjoy. Until next time,
Nanashi Wanderer