So yeah, some of you seem to be off-put by my grammatical erros. Let's see. You see, everytime I take time edit, I end up editing too much and make it sound awkward. I try to edit it so much that I go a month without updating. However, when I write just to write, I feel more inspired and I upload, not because I'm in a rush, but because I don't want to end up making a mess of the story (Story wise since the grammar might not be that good.)
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Moka looked at the Rosario. The ruby gem placed in the middle shined as she cleaned it. She sighed; she couldn't get that strange dream out of her head. She leaned backwards on her bed, thinking about the oddness of it. How could that be her mom? She remembered her mom as a kind woman, not someone who was used to fighting. Then again, she didn't remember much before she turned 12. Every time she thought about it, she would get a headache and her Rosario would start glowing. One time, she thought about it so hard that her Rosario started emitting a low-pitched, whining noise. After that, she had inadvertently looked in the mirror, only to see her pink hair stained with white strands and her pupils slitted. However, once she stopped thinking of the dream, it all disappeared.
Moka reached to touch the gem once more. It was odd, though she felt like there was a scratch on it, every time she looked at it she could only see a smooth perfection with no dents in it. Maybe it was a scratch so small, she could feel it, but not see it. Whatever the case, this wasn't good and she had no idea how to fix it. She would have to do something about it.
But what?
X
All this fussing over Moka had made Kurumu tired. Once again, Moka slipped into the tirade of a helpless girl. Naturally, Ichigo's kind-heartedness sought to help her out despite the treatment he'd received from the inner version. Ichigo had told Kurumu that something was bothering Moka and that she'd been ready to tell him. He was truly worried for her, but Kurumu had managed to put his worries to ease by doing what she did best.
Making cookies, and cupcakes, and small cakes, and other pastries. She ended up eating most of it, but Ichigo did manage to steal a few delicacies as they played games together. Surprisingly, Kurumu was rather good at Tetris. Eventually Ichigo's reflexes surpassed hers though. After all, most of his battles had been in the subsonic realm. Hell, she was pretty sure he'd broken the sound barrier a few times, even if just for a split second. That made level 40 seem like a piece of cake.
But while they had played, she had noticed something. Out of all the pastries she'd made, Ichigo would go with the chocolate or cream-filled ones. It was rather cute, in her opinion. He would eat the pastry without spilling a crumb surprisingly. This went against the norm that boys were messy, but then again, Ichigo's room had been far from messy.
As he ate, he even went as far as to play with one hand while he caught the crumbs that fell before tossing them into his mouth. Then he would lick his fingers all while still playing. She couldn't help but giggle at that. He had asked what was so funny, but she replied with silence though he could still see she was visibly holding back a smile. He had poked her, which had led into a tickle fest, which had led to... an amazing hour or so.
Presently, Kurumu let out a loud, dreamy sigh at the event. It was a sigh that the teacher and the rest of the class heard. Kagome Ririko, previously asked to 'take a short break' because she had attempted to mind wipe some of her students, grew angry with Kurumu at such a disturbance. She was rather displeased at her behavior and called out her name. "Having a nice daydream are we? Would you care to solve the next problem?"
Kurumu froze as she picked up her book shakily. The question asked the student to explain Setsugen's Theorem, not that knowing the name helped her. The numbers seemed to crawl across the page as if attempting to sabotage her.
"If you don't know the answer, then let's pick on someone else, shall we?" Kagome said in a slightly haughty tone as she picked on Moka.
"Yes, Setsugen Theorem states that..." Moka solved the theorem deftly, amazing everyone in the classroom. They all admired her beauty and her brains. Though the outter version wasn't prideful like her inner self, she still tucked a strand of hair behind her ear since she felt the problem had been a breeze.
Kagome blushed, absolutely loving how educated the girl seemed to be. "Good job!" Then she turned to Kurumu with a glare. "Kurumu-chan, try a little to follow Moka-san's example, please." Then she turned back towards the board and continued on with the lecture.
Despite this, no one snickered, at least none of the guys did. They were all wary of Ichigo's wrath, and rightly so. The girls giggled, though many more of them simply admired Moka and wanted to be just like her.
Ichigo looked at Kurumu out of the corner of his eye. He noticed how deflated she looked. Her head rested on the desk, her body slumped forward. She blew out a breath that sent a couple of stray strands floating for a bit before they came back down over her eyes. Ichigo couldn't help but feel a little worked up at how this affected Kurumu, and thought of how to help her. Then it hit him like a ten ton brick.
Help her study. When he caught her gaze, he smiled as warmly as he could. A moment passed by, but his smile worked as Kurumu returned it, her cheeks tinting a little.
X
"Really?" Kurumu's eyes widened. Then she puffed her cheeks, "But I hate studying..."
"You know, studying is good for you." Somehow, even though it was coming from him, he noticed she didn't seem to be so sure about it.
"Yeah, but it hurts my head." To emphasize, she brought both hands to her head and rubbed it. Ichigo chuckled, but he would make her study, for her sake.
"And that's why you'll only be a boob-lady!" Yukari quipped, always ready to make a nasty remark.
"What was that?" Kurumu turned so swiftly towards Yukari that Ichigo thought she'd used Shunpo for a moment.
Yukari grinned impishly as she dodged a swipe from Kurumu. She blew out a raspberry before saying, "It probably doesn't even matter if Ichigo helps you or not. His words would probably go in one ear and out the other!"
"No." Ichigo defended. "I'm sure if she tries hard enough she'd be able to do as well as me or you."
Yukari crossed her arms over her chest, not entirely convinced. Kurumu's heart warmed at his confidence in her, even if she lacked it for herself.
"And I'm going to make sure that happens." Ichigo continued, shocking Kurumu. "We're going to study together at least 1 hour every day, alright?" His amazing brown eyes stared deeply into hers, convincing her heart to beat just a little bit faster.
"Anything you say teacher." Kurumu grinned.
Moka looked at the couple with a bit of jealousy. She fiddled with her Rosario, her finger running through that invisible dent in her Rosario. She didn't know why, but she'd been happy when she'd answered the question that had been meant for Kurumu. It made her feel... superior, but she wasn't like that! She sighed, feeling slightly haggard. Then an announcement came that Periods 3~4 were going to have special training out in the woods. She perked up a little at that. Maybe some time outside would help her clear her head.
X
The group stepped out of the bus and Ichigo noticed that they were in an area pretty far away from the school. He didn't realize a forest like this existed. What surprised him even more was that apparently, there were still wild creatures here, which made him wonder just how far the barrier extended. Weird pumpkins hung from trees that actually fell down and tried biting the students. There were also maneater flowers that didn't have that name for nothing. Though rooted, the actively tried to take chunks of flesh from students passing by.
It was times like these that Ichigo wondered how he'd gotten into this mess...
"Well, this is the special training area!" Nekonome said, her voice high and energetic which contrasted rather sharply with the dull surroundings. "Let us begin the spring fruit hunt?"
Ichigo arched an eyebrow at that. How was searching for fruit considered training?
"Now that the strawberries and grapes are in season on this mountain, we can find another yummy treat that's rare and delicious." Her tufts wiggled as she pulled out what could be considered a spiked ball with tongues sticking out of three mouths.
'That's a fruit?' Both Tsukune and Ichigo gaped. The boys looked at the girls for confirmation about this, only to find them drooling at the prospects at eating such a delicious fruit.
"Kurumu?" Ichigo waved his hand in front of his girlfriend, only to receive a fanciful sigh.
Tsukune did the same thing with Mizore, but the girl was too entranced with the fruit to pay him any heed.
"I... guess it tastes good?" Tsukune said. His tone screamed just the opposite of his words.
"I suppose so." Ichigo twisted his lips wryly. It smelled like blood. Blood with sugar. Even Moka, or rather, maybe because she was a Vampire she seemed especially transfixed by said fruit.
That's when Ichigo got the idea of possibly hunting down all these monster Dorians so that Moka wouldn't have to bite him anymore.
"By the way, the forest is very dangerous." Nekonome said as she chopped the Dorian, its juices flying everywhere. The scene looked like a horror movie. "So be sure to stay in groups of no less than four, k?" The teacher smiled and waved everyone off before baring her fangs and digging into the delicious fruit.
X
"I don't know, that didn't look very appetizing." Tsukune counter-argued.
Mizore shook her head. "It is one of the most delicious fruits known to Youkai. How could you say it'll taste terrible?"
Tsukune looked at her incredulously. "Did you not smell it? It smelled like blood!"
Mizore waved her hand. "It tastes different than it smells."
"I hope your right. I don't want to end up going to the infirmary due to food poisoning." Tsukune sighed while Mizore playfully swatted his arm.
"You're not going to die silly." She replied, but Tsukune couldn't help but feel that his words were a premonition rather than a simple opinion.
Oh how right he would be!
"I suppose so." Tsukune then turned to Ichigo and asked him, "What about you? Do you think it'll taste good?"
"No." Ichigo replied flatly, a slightly grim look on his face as he remembered the smell of blood.
"Hey, not you too!" Kurumu pouted. "C'mon, how bad can it be? Aren't there fruits in the human world that smell bad but taste great?"
Ichigo thought about. There probably were, but he couldn't recall any at the moment. "Sure." He simply replied. "But that doesn't mean I like the smell of blood either."
Kurumu shook her head. "Just you watch Ichigo. We'll find it, share a private moment in our victory, and you'll absolutely love it!"
"You make it sound like this is a contest boob-woman." Mizore eyed said girl.
Kurumu grinned. "Only if you think you'll be able to win."
"Hey, me and Moka want in too!" Moka waved a little as if to say she didn't want to, but when Yukari somehow managed to up the bet by making Ichigo the prize, she decided to join. The prize was different with Mizore though. She would take the fruit and share it with Tsukune in a private moment instead.
"Oi, I'm not some fluffy toy you win at a festival." Ichigo eyed Yukari, who simply giggled.
"Hehe, you said fluffy." Ichigo turned to see Kurumu grinning impishly.
"So?" He asked, despite the smile forming.
Kurumu smiled cutely, beaming up at him. "I don't know. It just sounds funny coming from a fighter-type person like you." She shrugged lightly. "It's cute."
"You know, I wasn't kidding about that closest. It's pretty spacey." Mizore interjected.
Kurumu blushed a little before turning to Mizore with a pout. "Oh yeah? We're like 10 miles away from the school! How would we even be able to use it?"
Mizore shrugged. "Dunno."
"You probably made a mess of it anyway." Kurumu hmph'd.
Mizore eyed the girl with a cool stare, not taking the bait.
"Yatta! I found it!" Everyone paused, turning around to see Moka holding the Dorian fruit over her head. Tongues and all.
"What!" Kurumu exclaimed. Her mouth was agape, threatening to swallow any fly that dared pass by.
Moka stuck out her tongue, and Yukari looked positively delighted. Sure, she was sure that maybe there was something important she should be telling the group about the monster Dorian. But for the moment, she reveled in Moka's victory since Moka might be inclined to share Ichigo since it had been her idea after all.
"W-What?" Just then, the tongues began to extend. The first few simply surrounded her arms, but then the others managed to ninja their way into her blouse.
Then it simply got raunchy from there.
Yukari took in the site like a hungry lion as Mizore covered Tsukune's eyes. Kurumu gawked at the scene, her eye twitching involuntarily while Ichigo looked away, the tips of his ears reddening as he scratched his cheek. He shook his head though. Moka was in trouble, maybe, and he had to do something about it. He shunpo'd towards Moka and attempted to smack the thing, but it seemed the fruit had anticipated this and dodged, releasing Moka from its very hentai bondage.
"Are you sure she'll be alright?" Ichigo asked, wondering why he didn't stay behind to help when Kurumu had basically told him to haul ass.
"Yeah, I mean, I'm pretty sure... I think. Yukari is with her, so she'll make it."
Suddenly, some ice daggers whizzed by her face.
"Hey! Watch where you're aiming!" Kurumu huffed. Then she heard a shrill, shrieking noise and turned to see the Dorian stabbed and wounded.
"At least I got it." Mizore said, pointing to the twitching fruit. Ichigo went to pick it up. He moved the strange fruit from hand to hand, trying to find anything remotely appealing in it.
"Hey wait." Kurumu blinked. "If Ichigo has it, does that mean the contest is invalid?"
Ichigo rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he extended the hand with the fruit to Kurumu. Before it had a chance to happen, a tremor shook the ground beneath the group. Within a moment, Ichigo was seemingly swallowed by the ground. As it turned out though, the real Dorian was a twenty foot monstrosity that used its smaller brethren as a lure.
"Ichigo!" Kurumu exclaimed. Time went by for a couple of seconds before Kurumu said, "Eh, he'll be fine."
"Undoubtedly." Mizore agreed.
Inside the Dorian fruit, Ichigo couldn't help but think that the inside of the monster reminded him of the Garganta he travelled in to Hueco Mundo. Only smellier and with decomposing corpses. He thought about using Getsuga Tenshou with Zangetsu, but then he remembered how his Hollow had managed to shoot one off without the sword. He remembered how it felt like. It was an invigorating feeling. He powered himself up, his reiatsu disturbing the creature for a moment. Unlike how Zangetsu did it automatically, he had to force that energy into his arms. It was harder than it looked because his arms felt like they were about to explode. But he had to do it. He couldn't let his Hollow hold this one over him, not like how it used Getsuga in Bankai before he did. With a roar, Ichigo made an upper-cut motion and released the energy.
On the outside, everyone saw a bulge for just a split second before the monster erupted, its fruity organs splattering all over the place. Ichigo hopped down, not looking too pleased.
"Are you alright?" Kurumu asked. Though, judging from his stare, it seemed he was alright if a little peeved.
"Hey guys, I don't think it's down for the count yet." Tsukune called out as the Dorian writhed and swung its branch like appendages. One of the vine-like tendrils lashed out, threatening to hit Kurumu. Ichigo's blade stopped that attack dead in its tracks as he said the words that spelled its complete and utter doom.
"Getsuga Tenshou."
The arcing blade of energy that came out of Zangetsu was much more powerful than the one Ichigo had unleashed with his arm. It surpassed the creature in height and quite literally cleaved it in half. The two sides toddled a bit before the fail in opposite directions. Then, smaller Dorians began running away from the scene.
"Well, I guess we didn't need to have that contest after all?" Mizore said before everyone chased for their individual fruits. Even Moka and Yukari got their own since they had arrived moments after the monster had collapsed.
X
"Oh my, this really is delicious." Moka's mood seemed to have lightened up as she sucked away at the innards of the Dorian fruit. Her cheeks flushed as she wriggled her hips, the feeling of the juice reminding her of how Ichigo's own blood teasingly went down her throat.
"Tell me about it." Mizore stated, a light blush on her cheeks as for once in her life (other than with Tsukune), her lollipop was not in her mouth.
"Mm, yep! Tasty!" Kurumu gushed, spreading some of the fruit's juices across her cheek like a messy kid.
Tsukune and Ichigo merely looked at their pieces. "You go first." Ichigo suggested.
"Hey, you defeated it fair and square, you should be the first one to go... I mean eat." Tsukune counter-replied.
"True, but I don't believe in winner takes all. If you want to eat it, you can go first." Ichigo grinned, though not one that was entirely friendly.
"C'mon, you don't have to be modest Ichigo. I know you want to go first." However, Tsukune's own grin could be quite ferocious as well.
"Hmmm, why don't you both just eat it at the same time!" Kurumu quipped up, licking her lips with her tongue to get the entire flavor.
The boys resigned to their doom. They took their piece, smelled it and nearly barfed. But they were men, and men were strong.
So they took a bite.
X
For the first time ever, there had been an incident in food poisoning with regards to the Dorian fruit. Not only that, but two people actually got sick. They had to be transported quickly to the school hospital in order to expunge the fruit in their bellies.
X
"I thought you said it tasted better than it smelled...urk!" Ichigo hunched over to his side, the after-effects clearly eating away at him... unlike how he couldn't eat the fruit. His stomach rumbled in violent protest as his heart rate on the monitor increased slightly.
"Hey now, no need to exaggerate." Kurumu grinned, but it was more apologetic than anything else. She should've known that humans probably wouldn't have liked the taste. Youkai and humans did have different tastes with regards to certain things.
"Y-Yes. And if y-you let me help, I can suck out t-the bad blood in you." Ichigo looked at Moka, who seemed to be restraining herself. Her eyes were swirleys and her breath came out in heated puffs. Her hands reached out and made a grabbing motion and she looked absolutely predatory.
"What are you d-doing?" Ichigo asked, lifting up his sheets to his neck as he stared alertly at Moka.
"Y-Your blood, mixed with Dorian juices..." Moka sucked up a rather large portion of drool that had threatened to fall and drown everyone in the room. "It's too good Ichigo, I can't r-resist!"
She hopped up, intent on landing on Ichigo and sucking him dry when Kurumu seemingly pulled out a fan out of nowhere and smacked her in the face. "Illusionary abilities still sting you know." She said as Moka rubbed her nose.
She had yet to lose that fanatical look on her face though.
"Thanks." Ichigo said weakly as he grabbed his stomach.
"You know, I didn't think they'd have an adverse reaction." Mizore said, speaking honestly from beside Tsukune. He was still unconscious.
Kurumu smacked Moka again as she somehow managed to sneak by her and was peering up from beside Ichigo's bed.
"Owie." Moka complained as a rather large bump formed on her head. Then the pain seemed to vanish as she pleaded, "Just a little!"
"No." Kurumu replied. She didn't trust Moka enough to not let herself go and accidentally suck him dry.
Moka grabbed her head. Her senses were running wild! She could practically hear Ichigo's blood running through his veins. The steady flow echoed within her ears, a tempting noise like a siren to a sailor out at sea. She tried hard to hold back, even going as far as to try and dredge up that strange dream/memory she'd been having. But it was no use; she just couldn't take her mind off that wondrous concoction brewing inside Ichigo. She HAD to have it!
"I need it now!" Moka charged, pushing away an unsuspecting Kurumu. She hopped onto his bed and straddled Ichigo. Ichigo wondered if he was seeing insanity first-hand as Moka's eye twitched rather violently and her tongue ran over her mouth.
"Ita-Ita-daki...arrr!" It sounded like a growl, but it was more of a strangled noise than anything else. Her fangs bore themselves to a rather frightened Ichigo before they plunged into his neck. Yet, he couldn't help but feel a little aware of how her body was pressed against his, that and instead of the normal bite, she was quite literally licking his neck as well. He was torn between the strange feeling of her tongue wandering his neck and the sharp sting of her careless bites. Her hips ground against him with an excitement, but not of the sexual kind. She was in such of state of delirious pleasure that her body did not know what to do with itself. She grabbed and pulled on the sheets, moaned and smashed her body against Ichigo. If it weren't for the fact that she was simply feasting on him, it would've made for one erotic scene.
'This is better than the movies me and Tsukune watch.' Mizore thought with rapt fascination. Though, on second thought, she wondered if Ichigo's pale color was any sign that he just might die.
"Get off of him!" Kurumu yelled, her transformation released. Yet, it took most of her strength to simply pry the girl off Ichigo. Ichigo grunted in pain as his neck wound opened up a little due to the sudden removal of a greedy Vampire. She rocketed off of him like a spring-loaded action figure, both Kurumu and Moka creating body impressions in the wall across from Ichigo.
Ichigo felt his reiatsu flow to the wound and heal it. So it was no skin off his teeth, even though Moka seemed to have taken some of it with her. He was sure he'd have the blood back in a few minutes, after all, he'd lost a lot more fighting the Arrancars and such.
Moka gave a fanatical squeal of joy as she rolled around on the floor, hugging herself. Ichigo's delicious blood coupled with the Dorian fruit's essence running through his body made her almost...
She paused, looking down and feeling a wet spot between her legs.
She suddenly stood up and told everyone that she needed to take care of something.
Kurumu sighed, placing her hands at her sides. "Are you alright Ichgio?" She said as she turned towards him.
"Never better." He replied rather humorlessly.
Kurumu shook her head and lifted up the sheets and scooted next to him. She placed his head on her breast and ran her fingers soothingly through his hair. "She drained a lot from you didn't she?"
Ichigo didn't veer away, surprisingly. Either he was finally completely getting used to physical affection, or he was simply tired from the loss of blood. Either way, he replied with a weak, "Yeah."
Kurumu shook her head, ashamed of Moka's actions. She decided to nurse Ichigo and hummed soothingly, her voice relaxing him. Her fingers explored his untamed hair which too seemed rather dull, bending over her roaming fingers. She didn't mind. It was a surprise and a delight when Ichigo actually snuggled against her breast like a person did when they were trying to get comfortable against their pillow. She smiled when Ichigo soon dozed off.
"I can't believe Moka did that." Mizore said, looking at the girl's smile drop a little.
"Well, I mean, she was hungry I guess." Kurumu surprised herself that she was actually defending Moka.
Mizore tilted her head, thinking. "That didn't look like simple hunger to me." She stated her observation; one that made Kurumu momentarily stop her ministrations before continuing again.
"Yeah, ever since the inner version came out, the outer has been acting all weird." Kurumu twisted her lips into a semi-frown.
"You mean the outer is behaving more like the inner?" Mizore clarified.
Kurumu's eyes widened marginally, but she nodded. "Yeah. I think the Rosario might be broken or something."
"Or something indeed. You weren't facing her at the moment, but her eyes actually changed for a few seconds." Mizore informed her.
Kurumu looked at the snow girl with a small amount of apprehension. "If that's true, then Ichigo will be getting into fights with Moka all the time now."
"Not if Ichigo's inner self kills her." For a moment after the sentence left her mouth, the two girls stared at each other, silence filling the distance between them. "I've never felt Ichigo eager to kill someone as much as I did when he fought Moka the other day. What was that?"
Kurumu absentmindedly picked a few strands of Ichigo's hair and played with them.
Mizore nodded. "Well, I suppose it's between you two guys. That's fine. But don't let it come back to bite you in the rear." Then, in attempted to lighten the mood, she said, "Or in the boobs, don't know which one is bigger."
Kurumu paused for a moment, realizing Mizore was joking before giving an indignant stare. "Hey, my ass is not fat!"
Mizore twirled the lollipop as she shot out her reply, "It does have a bit of junk, you have to admit."
Kurumu gave a scowl Ichigo would've been proud of. "That's the same thing!"
Mizore simply shrugged. "Whatever, I'm sure Ichigo likes girls with big booties."
Kurumu huffed and looked away as she looked down at the boy she loved.
'Well, whatever, as long as he likes it, I'm fine.' She thought, momentarily content before that dreadful nagging feeling came back.
'Am I really fat?'