Rosario+Vampire: Bond of Fate

Hey uhm ppl. Here goes another chap for those who've waited. You know what, I never wanted to let y'all wait that long. It's just that I kinda forgot about my fic and yea, you know when you forget things you don't make another chap for it, but well here it is. Have fun.

Chapter 25: Getting ready: Men and Women

Moka awoke to a bite to her neck. She slowly sat up, eyes closed, and tried to bite her fiancé in the neck, but inly bit nothing and fell down onto the mattress again. She slowly sat up and started to open her eyes. She could swear he was feeding off of her right now but somehow she didn't see him.

"Tsukune, where are you?" she sleepily asked.

'Do not worry love. It is forbidden for the groom to see his bride until the wedding. Until then, I am not to glimpse at your beauty. See you tonight, my love.' He whispered and with a slight breeze she felt that he was somehow gone.

She sighed, and got up. Her tummy grumbled. She sighed again and let herself fall to the side. Today was going to be a long day.

"Why does he get to have a snack and I don't?" she asked trying to settle her hunger.

Slowly she got out of her bed and scratched her head. She walked around a bit until she decided to mentally call him:

'Tsukune, why is it that you get a snack and I don't?' she said as she tapped her foot on the floor.

'Well, since I was the one to wake up earlier it could be possible that it is your own fault?' he said and chuckled.

'Tsukune, I hope you don't expect me to starve until tonight or I swear I will bite you and suck your blood and let you starve for a week!' she said heatedly.

He chuckled again. 'How cruel does my beloved think me to be to let her starve till tonight? I left you a glass full of my blood on a silver tray. It should be on our nightstand, but I honestly don't know where it is now.'

'I swear if it's not there I will go and bite you now, who cares if I'm not allowed to see you till tonight?' she said and went over to the nightstand. Luckily there was a cup full of his blood, just like he said. It wasn't enough to still her hunger but well, better than nothing.

Still hungry she made her way out of the sleeping room, but not before making sure that she looked presentable. Having finished that, she looked around to see that almost the whole castle was in an uproar. Servants she hasn't seen for years she met again. New faces were showing, but nonetheless she didn't have enough time to spare to go and converse with the servants so she went into the dining hall.

There she was greeted by her parents and Kasumi, who was busy chattering with her mother while her father silently listened. If she wouldn't know any better, she would think Akasha and Kasumi to be sisters, if she wouldn't know better. She went up to the table, greeted everyone and silently sat down, listening to the conversation.

"It wouldn't surprise me if it'd end like yours did." Akasha said, pointing with her knife at Kasumi.

"What, just because we hit the party so hard they had to search a few days to find the priest to wed us? Not my fault he chose to go and wager with the only gambler in our house. Not my fault he lost and had to chase the poor kid all around the dimension for days." Kasumi replied, waving her knife around.

Frowning Issa mumbled: "Poor lad. When they found him, he was like, Dude, that was a fair game man. Not my fault you can't play. I can still remember how the priest then bound him up and took his staff, dunked it into holy water and just poke the poor kid again and again for hours, must have been annoying as hell. Jep, these paper binding spells seriously suck."

The women look at him as he obliviously continues to eat breakfast as he goes through the papers. When Akasha and Kasumi look back at each other they shrug and went on talking about weddings. Meanwhile Moka was getting bored. She wanted to go to Tsukune but she couldn't! If this weren't their wedding day or something like that, she would just go and drag him back to their chamber, but no, this was their special day so she would have to endure it.

Moka sighed and silently whined to herself. Now she didn't even have another personality to talk to, now that they have kind of merged. It was situations like this that Moka wishes she wouldn't have fused just yet.

When Moka snarled at no one particular the elders looked at her and chuckled. Just looking at her was like looking at a spoiled child wanting a cookie. Right now a strand of hair has fallen into her field of vision and instead of moving it back in place by hand, which were currently occupied with cutlery, she tried again and again to will it back in place by blowing it away.

Akasha, having watched her daughters struggle for long enough, got up and behind Moka as she moved the "annoying little strand of hair" back in place. Embracing her, Akasha puts her head on her daughters shoulder as she sweetly asked: "Are you alright sweetie? You know that this is only temporarily right?"

Moka being in her spoiled child phase whined: "But I wanna see him now!"

"I know, I know. But you can't just yet."

Akasha put her hand on Moka's cheek, Moka appreciating the contact and leaning into her mother's hand. Both of them sighed as Akasha caressed her daughter's cheek. Issa looked up from the newspaper he was reading and shook his head and said:
"Women."

Getting out of her daze Akasha put her hands on Moka's shoulders as she seriously asked her husband:
"What do you want to say by that, dear?"

"I want to say, that while you women complain about every little time you don't get to see your man if you wish to, while men had, or rather have, to fight for every single moment they spend with the woman they love."

Issa finished his coffee and got up, newspaper in hand.

"I will be leaving now. I am sure you still have lots of things to do for the wedding." Issa said and with a nod walked off.

"I wonder whether father knows where Tsukune is." Moka asked her mother.

"The way I know him, most likely his plan right from the start. Come on, your father's right. We need to get you ready for the wedding." Her mother said and patted her daughter on the shoulders.

"But it's still morning. Why so early?" she curiously asked.
"Well dear, it's tradition that the women talk and prepare bride for life in marriage. No buts, its tradition. It might be the last time your good old mom will be allowed to enjoy a longer period of time with her daughter." She said and embraced her daughter from behind and sighed.

Moka patted her mother's hand and replied:

"You're not old. You barely look older than me, even though you're at least one millennium older than me."

"Aww, that's a cute thing for you to say, sweetie." Said and kissed the top of Moka's head.

"Don't worry; I'll always have time for you. You're my mom aren't you?" she joked.

"What if I say I'm your older sister?"

"Then I'd say you made a poor choice in choosing my brother-in-law." She laughed.

Laughing into her hand Akasha replied:

"Watch out that your father doesn't hear this. But I have to say, your fiancé doesn't look too bad. Maybe I'll take a bite off of him." She joked and just had to grin at the expression her daughter was giving her.

"Mother! Behave yourself; this is your daughter you are talking to, getting married today nonetheless. You won't get a bite of him!" she smirked.

Her mother fake pouted.

"…not until I got my bite first. Then we might think about it." She said and winked.

Her mother blushed and coughed at the idea her daughter was suggesting.

"Maybe later, dear. We should be getting you ready for your wedding. It's already noon and we haven't gotten anything done yet."

Moka jokingly groaned at her mother and both chuckled. Getting up Akasha extended her hand towards her daughter with a

"Come on."

And the two women made their way to the changing room.

Somewhere else with the men:

Tsukune and his father were out in the woods, which surrounded the Mansion of Akasha and Issa, talking to each other while they slowly sparred. One couldn't quite call it sparring though, it was slow and with many graceful moves, more like dancing rather than sparring. A calm silence lingered between father and son as suddenly both held their swords to the side, their swords forming a cross, blocking an oncoming, blindingly fast attack of Issa's own sword. Neither Tsukune nor Keisuke broke eye contact, not making any move of acknowledgement of the arrival.
"Nice try Issa. What took you so long?" Keisuke slyly commented.
Smirking Issa replied: "I took my time reading the newspaper. Missed me old friend?"

At that moment the three men jumped back, bringing a little distance between them, forming a triangle.

"Who would miss a grumpy old man like you?" he said and smirked.
"Oh really, last time I checked you were just as old and grumpy as me. Only your son there can claim to be a young grasshopper." Issa scoffed.

"You wouldn't be able to jump with that back of yours anyway."Keisuke said, emphasizing his point by doing a backflip in the air.

"I am no grasshopper, I am merely a simple man wandering around in this world." Tsukune said as he dashed into the fight.

Blocking Keisuke's blade, Issa had to use his youki to create a force to stop Tsukune's blade in time. He looked to the side and smirked.
"A simple man you say? How come my daughter, heir to the title of The Dark Lord, is marrying such a low life?" Issa joked.
"Low life, that's a really interesting term for the heir of the throne of all vampires. As far as I know even the Dark Lord has to obey his king." Keisuke said, raising an eyebrow in the process.

"But I am no king, that title I cannot claim as my own. Yet an heir I am and hope not to have to take it all too soon."

"Such humbleness, a rare trait these days."

The three men dashed back only to engage a few seconds later resulting in a sword lock between the three of them. As Issa made a move to engage Tsukune with a barrage of blows, he asked him:

"I am putting my daughter into your care. Do you think you are up to that kind of task? Do know about all the risks and responsibilities?"

"You asked me when I earned the hand of your daughter and now you ask again. So my answer will be like back then. I know of the responsibilities I am aware of and will adapt to make her happy, if she does no wrong to cause me not to do so." He said and swung his sword up, a red flame blazing on his sword.

Issa's sword went up by this attack and with the sword his arm went up rendering him unable to shrug off attacks with his sword. Using this as his opportunity Tsukune swung his sword down, a crescent of dark crimson youki hitting Issa square in the chest knocking him back, off balance.

Before Issa could regain his balance Tsukune engaged again and aimed to thrust his sword at Issa's throat. Currently using his sword to regain balance, Issa tried to block with his youki enforced hand but his eyes widened as he felt Tsukune's hand close around his, Tsukune's youki battling his own. This could result in two possibilities. First the colliding youki's could explode, or rather implode before exploding, blasting both of them off their feet, making them suffer some injuries. Or they could somehow direct the blast off into another direction, this resulting in him being at Tsukune's mercy, seeing as his sword was currently at his throat.

Off at the side Keisuke stood his sword on his shoulder as he watched. He had an amused smirk on his face as he watched his son fight ferociously to prove his worth. He was proud, so very proud of his son. But seeing his old friend and as good as brother at the mercy of his own son almost made him chuckle… almost. The reason he didn't was because the situation they were currently in was almost dangerous. Surely no one would die or suffer any serious injuries but the position they were in was at least complicated. It would only be a split second now and soon he would see who would be the victor in this fight. If the blast would be deflected Tsukune would be the victor, having Issa at his mercy. If it were to detonate right there, well Issa would surely strike hard seeing as he was more powerful and could shrug off this kind of injuries more easily. If that happens, well most likely Tsukune wouldn't win but his boy was kind of known to have the craziest ways to turn battle into his favor.

Off in the one could see the shockwave of an incredibly strong blast. Inside of the mansion the women stopped within their activities of preparing the bride and looked out of the window.

"They sure know how to go at it." Akasha said.

"I just hope they're alright." Moka replied almost instantly worrying about Tsukune.

"Don't they dare look all dirty and messy when they show up to the wedding or I'll make sure they'll spend a month in the bathroom." Kasumi said an annoyed tick appearing on her forehead.

"Men." Akasha said rolling her eyes.

"Please be alright Tsukune." Moka said wishing that Tsukune hadn't blocked their mental link for the day.

Dun dun… cliffhanger! So what do you guys think happened? Please tell me when you review and make guesses to how this will go on. So yup this is my latest chap. You know I haven't been able to work on fanfics for a while seeing as I just moved to China about a week ago. Yeah I really did move and if you don't believe me check my profile out. It clearly says china on the thing that says where you're from. So seeing as I have moved I got time to write fanfics again and yeah might make more updates, good for you, good for me and we're all gonna be happy… more or less. Actually I wanted to inform you guys that I have got a few ideas stuck into my head for other fanfics and well might start the others when I get a hard time writing this one. I got an idea for FFXIII and D.G-M. I think I'll start the Final Fantasy fanfic soon so when it's up please do and read it so I can get a first feedback for the story. You've all been great so far and you know what, I just realized that we're still kind of in the beginning phase of this fic. I can tell you that after this arc we'll get back to the Academy for a short while and then a time skip will occur. From there on I could either make a new story or continue on. But if I split the story I'll have to take the "contains lemons" sign out of the description.

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