The battle immediately began when Elliot and his band members start playing their music, leaving Negi and the others to fight off the vampire turned victims. They defeated some of them, knocking them unconscious but more appear in the frey and starts to slowly overwhelm them.
"Damn...there's too many of them!" Chie said as she slice down the students with the backside of her katana, rendering them unconscious.
"Why is thou hesitating? Slice them down with thy blade!" Scarlet said.
Chie shook her head. "No...I won't do it! I'm not hurting any of the students!"
"Chie behind you!" Lune shouted. Chie turned around and see four students pouncing on her. Before they land an attack on her, they were quickly defeated by Asuna using the flat side of her artifact sword.
"Thanks." Chie said. Asuna nodded her head and charge straight towards the stage, avoiding the vampire students as they try to attack her. As she get near the stage, she suddenly felt a throbbing pain in her head and she stops running and clutches her head.
"Asuna...why must you betray our family...? It's not too late to come back to Mother..." Mary said as her voice echoed in Asuna's mind.
"No...I told you, you're not my mother! Get out of my head!" Asuna shouted as she held her head in pain.
"You cannot resist it, dear Asuna. You will return to me eventually..." Mary said.
Elliot chuckled evilly. "You cannot resist Mother's love, fool. Her love is strong and you will become one of our family like you were meant to be!" He said. Suddenly he evaded the incoming bullet by Mana and blocked an attack by Setsuna. "Persistent fools, do not try to stop our music!" He pushed Setsuna off and summons three bat monsters to attack Setsuna. The obeyed and lunged towards her, but gets intervened by Drake as he use his whip to defeat them. Elliot sneered. "Blasted Belmont...! Your very appearance sickens me, begone!" He shouted as he summoned more monsters through the riffs of his guitar.
"Julia! Take care of the other band members!" Drake shouted as he fights the monsters Elliot summoned.
Julia climbed on stage and wields her dual handguns at Madoka, Misa, and Sakurako. They all stopped at their performance and hissed at her and Julia flinched a bit.
"Oh look, she's scared out of her wits." Misa said smirking. "It would be a real shame if our meal scare herself to death."
"I...I'm not afraid of you freaks!" Julia said nervously.
"Save the false bravery, you'll either become a pile of meat or a new member of our family anyway!" Madoka said.
"But enough talk, it's dinner time!" Sakurako said as the three pounced at Julia, fangs bared. Negi, Chie, and Setsuna intervened and block their attacks as the cheerleading trio hissed at them.
"You alright there?" Chie asked Julia.
Julia nodded her head and readies her guns.
"Asuna, are you okay?" Negi asked.
"I'm fine..." Asuna replied as she nods her head slowly.
"Hmph, I was hoping that we will drink that girl's blood but I guess drinking the blood of sensei will be more delicious!" Misa said as she licked her lips.
"Hey don't go taking sensei for yourself, share him with us!" Madoka said.
"Girls please, snap out of it! This isn't like you!" Negi said. "You're not Mary's children, you're my friends!"
"Oh but we are Mother's children. And if you really are our friend, then offer your blood to us and we'll make you a newest addition to our family." Misa replied.
Chie raised her sword against the three. "I don't think what you're doing is working, sensei. They're under Mary's control now!" She said.
Madoka scoffed. "Control? We became a family through Mother's love! How dare you insult our Mother that way!" She said.
"If that's what you think then Mary's way of love is twisted like her!" Chie replied.
"How dare you! We'll make sure we'll rip that tongue of yours while drinking all of your blood dry!" Misa said in outrage as she, Madoka, and Sakurako charged towards them. Both Chie and Setsuna swiftly defeats them, rendering them unconscious.
"Attacking head on with rage, it leaves you wide open." Chie said.
"Forgive us you guys, but we don't got any choice." Setsuna said.
Drake fights off the monsters Elliot summoned as he summon more of them with his guitar.
"I have to get rid of that guitar somehow..." Drake said as he takes out a cross and throws it at the monsters, slicing them in half as he catches it as it returns.
Elliot laughed. "Go ahead, Belmont, kill them as many as you want! I'll summon up more as long I'm playing my melody! Dance, dance until you dance no more!" He said grinning evilly.
"How 'bout YOU dance!" Lune said as he lands a surprise attack at Elliot, forcing him to jump back. "Oh, I almost forgot about you...I'll make you pay for calling my music trash!" He said, snarling at Lune.
"Trashy music will always be trash, why don't you just give up and run back to mommy?" Lune mockingly said.
Elliot snarled menacingly. "How dare you... First you insult my music then you insult Mother!-? I'll make you suffer a fate far worse than death!" He charged towards Lune head on with his guitar raised over his head. Lune readied his sword and blocks Elliot's attacks while dodging. "What's wrong? You said you're going to give me a fate far worse than death so why aren't you trying?" Lune asked while dodging and smirking.
"Shut up! I'll tear that smug grin of yours you scum!" Elliot said angrily as he repeatedly swings his axe.
Elsewhere, Vincent watched the battle from afar at atop of a building. "Maybe I should assist them in battle." He said but shook his head. "...No, if Lady Scarlet want to regain her powers, then she must fight this battle alone."
"Hey, Vincent!" A feminine looking man, Seruhiko shouted. "We could use a little help here!" He said. The mages of Mahora are currently fighting off Mary's forces as they appear from the front.
"I'll be there, Mr. Seruhiko!" Vincent said as he jumps off and lands on his feet, brandishing his knives against the monsters. "Now then, shall we begin our daily cleanup?' He asked, smiling wryly.
Somewhere above the battlefield, Nodoka stands in midair and watches Negi and the others fight off the vampire students. She now wears a dark violet Gothic Lolita dress with a matching headdress and batlike wings adorned on her back, replacing her Mahora uniform. She frowned at Elliot as he relentlessly attacks Lune, blinded by rage as Lune dodged his attacks and counters by punching him square in the face, sending him flying.
"Master...anger will blind you and cloud your judgement, you should know that by now." Nodoka said. "I guess I'll have to do something with those pests." She snaps her finger and a gargoyle-like monster appear before her. "You see them, Gaibon?" Nodoka tells the monster while pointing at Negi and the others. "Get rid of them. They're a thorn on Mother's side that she needs to get rid of." She commanded. The monster, Gaibon snarled and swoops down to the battlefield as Nodoka smiled evilly.
Suddenly, she tilts her head to the left as a bullet flies past her. She fix her gaze at Mana who aims her sniper rifle at her. "Oh, I almost forgot about you." She said nonchalantly. "So sorry, Nodoka. But no hard feelings." Mana said as she fired another round at Nodoka. Nodoka swiftly slides to the left, avoiding Mana's bullet.
Mana frowned. "Looks like you've gain some vampire abilities." She said.
Nodoka smiled sinisterly. "Of course, my senses have been heightened greatly after I drank enough blood. Now I don't have to feel useless by simply just reading minds anymore." She said. "But I'm not the only one who gained new abilities."
"What do you mean?" Mana asked her. She suddenly sensed someone behind her and she turned around, seeing Yue.
"Yue, will you be a dear and show Mana your new power?" Nodoka asked.
Yue nodded her head and pull out a card similar to her Pactio card, but the difference is that the card is blood-red.
"A Pactio card?" Mana said.
"Adeat..." With one command, Yue is enveloped by a red light and she is transformed into her Pactio form. She now wears a black witch dress with striped stockings, a witch hat with colors that matches her outfit, and a broom.
Mana frowned. "She just went to her Pactio form, what else is new?"
Nodoka smiled evilly. "Oh that's not just any Pactio, it was a Pactio made by Mother." She said.
Mana widened her eyes. "What?"
"That's right, after Yue joined our family, the contract she made with sensei has been severed and Mother has made a Pactio just for her." Nodoka replied. "Of course, I actually made a contract with Yue."
"You bitch...!" Mana glowered.
"Sticks and stones, Mana, sticks and stones." Nodoka said, smiling even wider. "Now then Yue, get rid of her for me."
"Yes, Nodoka..." Yue replied as her broom transforms into a blood-red staff. "Foa Zo Cratia Socratia... Pareo pactum quod servo mihi. Recolligo phasmatis flamma...(Translation: Obey the contract and serve me... Gather spirit of flame...) Apes Igniferae!(Translation: Crimson Bees)" Yue then fired wasp-like projectiles towards Mana. Mana dodged Yue's spell as her spell detonates and create a large explosion.
"Damn...one hit and I'm a goner." Mana muttered under her breath as Yue continued to fire her spell at Mana.
From afar, Negi see's a giant explosion. "Wh...what was that?"
Suddenly a roar is heard and Asuna quickly notices fireballs falling from the sky.
"Negi, watch out!" She shouted. Negi, Setsuna, and Chie looks up and immediately dodged the fireballs as Gaibon lands down, glaring at them with murderous intent.
"What is that thing?" Chie asked.
"I don't know, but it looks deadly!" Setsuna replied.
"Here it comes!" Chie exclaimed as Gaibon readies to fire. Gaibon launched a fireball from its mouth at high-speed but Setsuna manage to cut down the fireball with her sword. She then charge towards Gaibon head on and jumps up.
"Shinmeiryuu Ougi: Raimeiken!" Setsuna's sword starts to emit electricity as she slashed Gaibon vertically. But Gaibon managed to evade her attack and starts flying. Julia runs up and fire her pistols at Gaibon. She managed to land some hits at Gaibon but it wasn't enough to defeat it. Gaibon then fires 4 fireballs at Julia and the others, forcing them to get off the stage, not before grabbing Misa, Madoka, and Sakurako's unconscious body out-of-the-way as it miss them and sets the stage on fire.
"That was too close..." Negi said.
"Careful, it's ready to attack again!" Chie said.
Suddenly, Gaibon gets hit by explosives bullets and crash down. Negi and the others turn and face Astaroth holding his cross cannon. "Move aside, that freak is mine...!" He said. They did what he says and move away from him and Gaibon as it gets back up and snarls at Astaroth.
"Finally, a worthy opponent that I don't get to hold back!" Astaroth said, grinning like mad. He then drops his weapon and brandish a pendulum-like weapon with a circular notch on its blade and a short handle. "Bring it on!" He charged towards the monster with the axe on his hand.
Meanwhile, Lune continues to fight Elliot as Lune gaining the upper hand by attacking him with his claymore, forcing him to block his sword. But gets sent flying by Lune's kick.
"Geez, you're terrible at close combat. I can do circles around you!" Lune said.
Elliot gets back on his feet and spits out blood. "Damn you...! I'll show you what I, the son of Mary is made of!" Suddenly, four speakers appear behind him. As he lets out one riff of his guitar, the speakers fired a powerful sound wave that sends Lune flying to a tree.
"Gah...dammit! What the hell was that!-?" Lune said while covering his ear in pain.
Elliot laughed maliciously. "That is the power of my music! As I play my guitar, my sets of speaker will launch a powerful sound wave that will pierce your eardrums! Now listen to my song!"
"Tch, I'd rather go deaf than listen to your trashy song!" Lune said.
Elliot sneered. "Fine, I'll be happy to destroy your ears!" He them played his guitar and fired a sound wave at Lune. Suddenly Kanon stepped in and cast a barrier infront of her and Lune, blocking Elliot's sound waves.
"Kanon! What are you doing?" Lune asked her.
"I'm helping you! I can't just stand there and watch you get killed!" Kanon replied.
"Are you crazy? You'll get killed too!" Lune exclaimed.
"Oh how cute, you two are fighting. But doesn't matter, have a taste of my music!" He then launch another sound wave at Kanon's barrier, completely shattering it and knocks her back. Lune gets up and caught her. Before Elliot make another riff of his guitar, one of his speakers gets struck by a cross and explodes. "Who dares interrupt my song!-?" He turned around and sees Drake who caught his returning cross. "I'm not done with you, vampire." He said as he brandish his whip.
Meanwhile, Astaroth continue to fight off Gaibon, avoiding it's fireball as he slash it with his axe. Gaibon suddenly starts to change color from blue to red and starts to attack aggressively at Astaroth. It managed to hold him back and it starts flying up. Gaibon then spits out a larger fireball and it engulfs Astaroth in flames. The flames quickly died out as Astaroth remained standing, grinning. "Damn, that singes a little." He said as he brushes off the flame from his shoulder. "Looks like I'll have to take it to the next level then."
Gaibon then fires another large fireball and hits Astaroth directly. As the flame lingers on around him he loosened the chains around his coffin.
"Releasing limiter level 1..."
Suddenly, his coffin opens slightly and shadowy tendrils shot out from it and it tears through the flames and stabs Gaibon. Gaibon roared in pain as Astaroth's shadow began to ensnare it. He then wield his cross-shaped cannon and aims it at Gaibon. He grins madly as he fired a round of explosive bullet at Gaibon and explodes upon contact. As the smoke cleared, his shadows retreats back into his coffin as Gaibon was reduced to nothing but bones.
"Geez, I think I might've went too far. I didn't really need to unlock one of my limiters to beat you." He said, unsatisfied about his easy win. He then starts to leave the battlefield and return to Nocturne.
Nodoka frowned as Gaibon was defeated by Astaroth. "That man is a force to be reckoned with but it doesn't matter...Mother will deal with him as well as the rest of those pests when the next full moon rises." She said. Nodoka then turn and watch Mana avoiding all of Yue's spells and giggled maliciously. "Avoid it if you can, Mana. Soon you'll be exhausted and you'll be an easy prey to Yue." She look at the sky and frowned. "Darn, the sun is rising. I was hoping to have some more fun here but, Mother is waiting anyway." She descends down to Yue and stopped her battle.
"That's enough, Yue. It's time to go home." She said.
"But, Nodoka...what about her? All this magic casting is making me thirsty and I want to drink her blood..." Yue said as she starts to feel her thirst for blood rising.
"It's alright, we'll find someone else who will ease your thirst." Nodoka said, smiling gently as she kissed Yue on the lips. "Now let's go home." She said as she and Yue vanish in a flash. Mana sat down behind a tree, panting heavily as she is exhausted from evading all of Yue's magic.
"Damn it...I never thought vampires can be more of a threat. But Yue's pactio...if what Nodoka say is true, then we might be in deep trouble if Mary makes a contract with Asuna." Mana said as she walks back to her dorm.
Meanwhile, Elliot fights off both Drake and Lune when he receives a mental message from Nodoka to return to Mary. He sneered but grins. "I'm sorry, I'd like to play some more but, right now Mother is calling us to come home." He said. "The next time we meet, I'll make sure my song will bore through your skull...permanently..." He said maliciously as he and the vampire students, except Madoka, Sakurako, and Misa leaves Mahora.
"Hey get back here dammit!" Lune shouted.
"Damn he got away..." Drake said.
Asuna looked at the sky and her eyes widen as she see's the sun coming up. "Oh no..." She stepped back for a bit, not before Negi took a notice on her. "Asuna?" Negi said curiously. "I'm sorry...Negi..." She then run off to the woods, finding a place to hide from the sun.
"Asuna wait!" Negi shouted. But Asuna is gone, far away from the area. "Asuna..."
"She'll be back, sensei." Chie said. "I don't know, but I'm sure of it." Setsuna nodded her head as Negi cheered up a little.
"Thanks." Negi said, smiling lightly. He then walk up to the cheerleading trio who are still unconscious as Lune and Grant gathered them up and Kanon used a binding spell and tied them with a magical rope.
"I see that you captured three more of your students." Vincent said as he walked up to them.
"And where the hell have YOU been?" Lune asked in irritation.
"I was with the other mage faculties to clean up some of Mary's forces." Vincent replied.
"So what do we do with them?" Grant asked.
"Well, I guess we'll tell Dr. Arztes to bring in three more antidotes if he finished making them, but for now I suggest confining the three in a dark room.
"Oh that reminds me!" Kanon walked up to Vincent and showed him the cryptic page of the unknown spell. "Do you know anything about this?" Kanon asked him.
Vincent take a closer look and rubbed his chin. "Hmm...this text seems familiar but a bit difficult to read..." He said.
"Do you think you can decipher it?" Negi asked him.
Vincent pushed his glasses up with his index finger. "Well I'm no decoder but, I think I'll have to borrow your book and bring it to Nocturne. I'm sure that Alucard will have his decoders to decipher the unknown text." Vincent replied.
"How long will that be?" Negi asked.
"Well, considering the length of this cryptic text, I'd say an estimate of 3 or 4 days. But don't worry, I'm sure whatever it is, it will help you greatly." Vincent replied with a smile.
Lune grimaced. "That face of yours is making me sick..."
"Oh pish posh, Mr. Tsukima. A little smile wouldn't hurt anyone." Vincent said.
"That smile of yours is still annoying to me." Lune muttered irritably.
"Anyways, we'll be heading back to HQ now. We'll send you the antidote as soon as we can okay?" Grant said.
Negi nods his head. "Yes, please do."
Grant and Vincent leaves and returned to Nocturne Headquarters as Lune takes Kanon home, leaving Chie to remain in Mahora. Drake and Julia also leave to return to their apartment as they drove away on his motorcycle.
"You're not leaving, Chie?" Negi asked her.
"Oh, no I have to remain here a little longer. I'm still your student you know." Chie replied.
"Oh...right." Negi said as he chuckled lightly. "Well the sun is about to come up, you should go back to your dorm and get some rest." He said.
Chie nods her head. "You too."
Negi and Setsuna then leaves to their respective dorms as Chie is about to leave.
"Why do you hesitate?" Scarlet asked her. "Why do you refuse to draw the enemy's blood?"
Chie frowned. "I'm not hurting my friends, it's not my mission to draw their blood!" She replied. "I'm not like you, Scarlet. I don't kill helpless people!"
"Fool...they are an unwilling pawn of Mary, if you continue to hesitate then Mary's "children" will keep growing and you will eventually be overwhelmed by them and perish!" Scarlet said with scorn in her voice.
Chie looked down. "(She's right...if we don't do something fast, then all of Mahora will become Mary's slaves...!)" Chie thought as she walks back to Setsuna's dorm.
Somewhere in a dark cave, Asuna sits against the wall and waits for the sun to set. "Damn it...why do I have to become a vampire...?" Asuna asked herself. "Negi..." She pull out her Pactio card and she notices something is different to her card. To her eyes, she see's her card has a faint reddish tint. "What the...why is my card have a different color?"
To Be Continued...
A/N: ...Wow. I don't know whats on my mind but, I guess I'll have to say is this chapter and maybe this fic has a slight Nodoka x Yue yuri pairing...of some sort. Anyways review please! Oh the monster, Gaibon, Nodoka summoned is an actual monster from Castlevania.