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Rosario + Vampire: Angel of Death
Final Chapter
Youkai Academy Hospital. Afternoon.
As he walked through the halls of the third floor, the slight cold and melodious beeping from the monitors in patients' rooms all around him, Dr. Yagami felt at peace.
He smiled as he thought back to his earlier years, how he looked at this monster hospital with fear and dread in his eyes, unsure of how he could ever make it big there. But, after 20 years, he was now one of the members of the Hospital Board and one of few doctors who was in charge of more than just one wing of the entire building.
As he flipped through the clipboard that he carried, looking at the small list of patients he had for the day, his thoughts were interrupted by someone calling out to him, a big smile on his face when he turned around to see the beautiful Nurse Saichiko run towards him, showing the signs of running all over the hospital as she grabbed a nearby wall, trying to catch her breath.
"D-Doctor…" she said. Dr. Yagami grabbed her arm and helped her on to a nearby bench, close to the information desk.
"Saichiko-san?" the doctor said. "What is it? Did something happen?"
The nurse tried to speak, but could not do so because of her lack of air. "Take your time." Dr. Yagami said. "Let out a deep breath, and tell me what's going on."
After a minute, her breathing slowed down to normal as she looked up, brushing her brown hair away from her face. "It… It's your patient from Room 408 of the ICU. Something's happened to him."
The elder doctor looked at her, confused, until he flipped through the pages of his clipboard, scanning for Room 408. "Oh, yes," he said, tapping on the board, "the young man in the vegetative state with the multiple lacerations inside his body. What about him?"
Nurse Saichiko looked into his eyes, hers trembling in fear. "He's… Well… I don't know how to explain this, but… I went to his room about fifteen minutes ago, to check on his vitals and to see if any of his oxygen tanks or feeding tanks needed to be refilled, and I noticed something in the corner of my eye. I looked up to see what it was, and at first, I saw nothing. Then, when I looked again, I saw his eyes open and moving around."
Dr. Yagami stared at her. "What?" he asked.
The nurse continued. "I-I was surprised at first, thinking I was imagining it, but not long afterwards, he stared to move. He raised his arm, smashed it on the wall, breaking off the cast wrapped around it, and proceeded to remove his bandages and monitors!"
The doctor looked at her for some time, then chuckled. "Nice try, my dear. I've been at this job for a very long time to know when someone is playing a trick. But," he said, "I never thought you would be one to go to such lengths for a joke."
Nurse Saichiko shook her head. "It's not a joke! I called out to some orderlies, and they went to restrain him while I looked for you. You need to see for yourself!"
Dr. Yagami stood up, straightening his tie. "Even if you were not lying, it's impossible! The young man has liquefied organs! His bones were grounded up as well, and we STILL have no idea what did that to him!"
The nurse got up as well, grabbing the doctor's arm. "Please, just come with me! You have to see this!"
Letting out a sigh of disbelief, the doctor followed the young nurse to the fourth floor, brushing past a dark-haired orderly as they went up the stairs to the room they had discussed.
From behind his glasses, the doctor's eyes widened.
On the floor were three orderlies, each twice as big as the doctor, groaning as they stayed where they were, unconscious for some reason. Looking at the hospital bed, Dr. Yagami was shocked to see it empty, the monitors blaring an ear piercing beep as the tags that each of them were connected to dangle around the bed, scraps of casting all around and on the sheets.
As Nurse Saichiko knelt close to a nearby orderly, who was stripped down to his underwear, the elder doctor stood near the bed, beside himself with shock as his mind raced. Th-This is impossible! he thought. The young man was comatose! There's no logical way that he could just up and walk out with the injuries he sustained! He searched the bed, seeing the IV tube lie on a small, clear puddle on the mattress. If he pulled out that tube from his arm, there should be traces of blood left over. No monster could heal so quickly! Who IS he?!
He then heard the young nurse gasp as he turned around, her hand on the face that held signs of surprise on.
"Th-The patient…" Nurse Saichiko said. "He broke free from the orderlies, stripped one of his clothes. He must be trying to escape from the facility by disguising himself as an orderly. But, how far could be have gone?"
As he heard this, his mind suddenly raced to earlier, when he and the nurse made their way to the room, they brushed past an orderly with dark hair. His face began to come into view, a face he did not recognize from the hospital staff.
He then realized where the missing patient was, and ran off, leaving Nurse Saichiko in the room with the three orderlies, who were slowly beginning to wake up from their forced slumber.
Dr. Yagami ran down the stairs, pushing past dozens of doctors and patients left and right as he made his way to the hospital entrance, hoping to make it in time.
As he made it to the main desk, he caught sight of the dark-haired individual, and called out to the nearby orderlies in the area.
"Stop!" he said. "Stop him! He's not an orderly! The young man with the dark hair! Don't let him escape!"
Hearing this, all of the nearby orderlies surrounded the young man, circling him slowly but steadily, as each looked for a chance to strike.
Suddenly, one of them pounced at the young man, locking his arms together around his target, only for the young man to break free with ease, grab hold of the orderly, and proceed to throw him at a group of coworkers.
One by one, an orderly threw himself towards the patient, only for the young man to easily deflect, break free, or dodge the attack, then to swiftly counter his enemies, sending each flying across the large room.
As the orderlies cried out in shock, Dr. Yagami stood in the exact spot he had since he spotted the escapee, frozen in fear at what he saw. The orderlies were the strongest of the entire staff in the building, more than capable to fend off over a dozen trolls and giants, and yet when facing this young man, they were like rag dolls.
When the last orderly was toppled to the ground, the young man noticed the doctor, his eyes staring deep into the elder's soul, scaring the good doctor unlike anything he felt before.
The young man spoke up. "You…" he said, looking at the doctor's badge. "You're the man who's been taking care of me, are you not?"
The doctor shook his head, trembling. The patient continued. "Tell me, how long have I been in this hospital? What day is it?"
Dr. Yagami spoke. "I-I-It's October the 30th." he said.
The young man turned his head. "I see," he said. "So it's the second day of the School Festival… Eight whole days… How embarrassing."
The young man went quiet after that, only for the good doctor to break the silence with his voice. "H-H-How did you- How are you standing? You suffered mass injuries! You shouldn't even be able to walk let alone speak! How did you recover so fast?!"
The patient looked back at the doctor, sighing. "To tell the truth, I have no idea. I guess I'm more powerful than I thought."
He then grunted, grabbing his ribs. Dr. Yagami could see, from underneath the stolen clothes, bandages slightly discolored, possibly from his wounds. He could see, from the corner of his eye, an orderly sneaking in from the hallway beside the door.
"You… You're not fully healed, are you?" the doctor said, hoping to buy the orderly some time for him to strike. "If you haven't recovered fully yet, perhaps you should come back to your room and rest some more?"
As the orderly pulled out a syringe and vial, filling the needle with a tranquilizer liquid, the young man did not break his gaze on the doctor. "I cannot. I have rested for far too long, and I fear any more unneeded rest would only dull my abilities. Besides," he said, "there's something that I left undone, something that needs to be taken care of…"
Suddenly, the orderly lunged at the patient, holding the syringe in the air, only for the man to spin around, knock the needle out from the orderly's hands, and proceed to break his enemy's arm in three places. As the orderly screamed in pain, the young man caught the syringe easily, and stuck the needle into the orderly's back, pushing down the plunger and injecting the tranquilizer into the man, its effects quickly taking place as the orderly slumped to the ground, unconscious.
As the young man dropped the syringe to the ground, the phones on the information desk began to ring out of control, a frightened nurse picking up one and answering it.
The color on her face began to fade as she looked up. "Th-the school. Something's happened to the students there. They're all turning into their monster forms and destroying the academy!"
Hearing this, the young man's head flinched up, grunting as his face turned to disbelief. "Dammit," he said, "just when I awaken from my slumber, things go back to what they were before." He turned to the doctor. "I'm sorry, Doctor Yagami, but I have to go. Sounds like someone's trying to destroy the academy. I wouldn't be surprised if the ones responsible for this are the same idiots who get involved with everything bad that happens in this academy." He then turned back around, walking through the sliding doors of the hospital.
Hearing this, Dr. Yagami called out to the patient. "Wait! Stop! There's no telling what can happen to you in your state!" The young man did not stop. "Wait! Uematsu-kun! UEMATSU-KUN!"
As the doctor's words fell on deaf ears, Haru let out a deep breath, and released his wings, stunning the doctor and the rest of the staff in the building as he began to flap his wings, and take to the skies. Now, the angel thought, time to regain something that belongs to me.
Youkai Academy. Main Office.
As he walked through the long hall leading to the Headmaster's office, Ichika's mind raced.
It had been almost an hour since the School Festival turned chaotic. Since then, the Main Building had been filled with panicked voices and footsteps from those inside. Staff trying to make sense of what was going on, guards trying to keep order in the midst of the madness around them.
And ever since then, The Headmaster had dispersed his personal guards to the academy, hoping for answers on what was going on outside. While the exorcist sat in wait, arms crossed, the giant doors opened, as Ichika, one of his best, appeared, walking as fast as he could to his boss.
"My Lord," Ichika said. "I have returned with news of the recent uprising."
The Headmaster nodded his head, and the guard continued. "In my investigation, I found out that the cause of the sudden outburst of the student's transformations is in fact an artifact that we have held onto for some time: the Ririsu Mirror."
The Headmaster spoke. "I thought the mirror was in the hands of our comrade, the Bus Driver?"
Ichika nodded. "According to our reports, that is so. There is also reports of a giant frog traveling around the campus, and it seems the Bus Driver was sighted with the beast as well." He looked into the Headmaster's eyes. "There is something else. I believe that the boy from earlier, Aono Tsukune, to be involved."
The exorcist looked at him. "And what makes you say that?" he asked.
The guard did not look away. "I saw the giant frog chase after him and his companions, as per your request to keep an eye on them following Antithesis' disbandment. I also saw a familiar face, a former teacher of our staff, Ishigami Hitomi, trying to hide her presence from afar."
Hearing this, the Headmaster chuckled. "So, the gorgon has returned. And now the perpetrator behind the sudden outburst is made clear: The sensei who wants revenge on the students who ruined her career several months ago."
Ichika stood in attention. "Should we send out a party of guards to detain Ishigami and confiscate the mirror once again?" he asked.
The exorcist thought on this for a minute, then turned his head suddenly, a small smile appearing on his face. "No need." he said. "I believe the solution to our problem has arrived."
Before the guard could ask what he meant, the Headmaster pressed a button on the land phone on his desk, a beep sounding off only to be followed shortly by someone answering the phone.
"Yes, Headmaster?" the voice from the machine said.
"Front guard," the exorcist said, "is there anyone coming the building right now?"
The voice spoke. "No, sir. It's completely empty. No one's in sight-. Hold on." The voice grew quiet. "It looks like a student is coming in. May I help you with something?"
Suddenly, a series of grunts shot out from the intercom, each belonging to the man on the other side, then a voice from the background shouting at the intruder, telling them to stop and surrender, only to be followed by more grunts, this time from more than one person.
And then, the intercom went silent, but only for a minute, as voices from behind the door leading to the Headmaster's office started shouting, only to be swiftly followed by loud bangs from the walls, the type of bangs that sounded like someone's head bouncing off of them. After that it went silent, Ichika feeling sweat run down his face, his mind racing with questions of what was going on.
Shortly after, the giant doors opened all at once, and in the doorway was none other than Haru Uematsu, panting as he held onto the doors, dozens of unconscious bodies on the floor behind him. He was no longer dressed in the orderly garments he procured from the hospital, only now to be wearing casual clothing, such as shoes, blue jeans, and a white shirt. The giant bang on his face was broken up, showing the golden eye it hid for so long to those in front of him.
The Headmaster smiled. "Ah, Uematsu-kun," he said. "What a surprise. And what perfect timing as well."
Suddenly, Ichika pulled out his katana, and charged at the angel, holding back the feeling of laying down his arms, only feeling the need to protect his boss from all who intrude the premises, even if it was the son of the Angel King himself.
But before the guard could land a hit on the angel, the young man grabbed the katana in the air, kneed the man in the stomach, and proceeded to hit him with the blunt-end of the sword, rendering Ichika unconscious.
Haru looked at the Headmaster, dropping the sword near the sleeping guard. "Hmph." he said. "And here I thought nothing surprised you, even after all that had happened."
The exorcist laughed. "I must admit, I had doubted your survival when I saw your state. Using all of your Elemental power on Hokuto, even at the cost of your own life, could have ended you. I suppose that same power also made you recover so fast." He then rested his head on his hand, his arm perched on the desk. "But, judging from your aura, and the fact that you even showed effort in taking out my guard, perhaps you aren't as fully healed as you think?"
The angel looked at the Headmaster, his mind raced. What he said was true, unfortunately. Despite being half-Elemental, Haru still had injuries on him, mostly from his failed attempt on killing Inner Moka, while he also had a headache big enough to shatter the office around them. Even though he was a part of a race that could heal almost instantly, perhaps such claims were fiction, Haru was not 100% fine.
In the midst of the silence, the angel spoke. "I think you know what I'm here for, Headmaster. I didn't come all this way to catch up on the eight days I missed on with you. You have something that's mine, and I would like it back."
The Headmaster chuckled. "Ah, straight to the point. I like that." he said. "You've come for your sword, the Fenrir, was it? How did you know it would be here?"
The angel shrugged. "Where else would it be? It wasn't in my dorm room, and I know you wouldn't have sent it to my father unless something had actually happened to me. So, logically, you must have it close to you, am I right?"
The exorcist stood up, still smiling. "And what do you intend to do with your brother's masamune, angel? Go after the menace that haunts the academy as of now, wreaking havoc all over the place? Or," he looked into the angel's eyes. "is your desire for the blade for something else?"
Haru did not answer him, only looking at the Dark Lord in the eyes for some time.
Seeing this, the Headmaster nodded, pulling out the cross that Hokuto stole the other day and placing it on the table, a small barrier lighting up as the handle and wolf-shaped hilt appeared from the desk.
"It may please you to know," the Headmaster said, "that the person responsible for what's happening at the school is an enemy of yours. I believe you've been acquainted with Ishigami-sensei?"
Haru looked at his sword, taking hold of it. "My blade has, more than anyone in this academy, I think."
But before he could pull out his sword, the exorcist grabbed the end of the handle, looking into the angel's eyes. "You didn't answer my question, Uematsu-kun." he said. "What do you intend to do with your reclaimed sword?"
The angel looked at the Headmaster, trying to fight back the urge to challenge one of the most powerful monsters in the world. After a few minutes, the exorcist let go of the sword, and Haru pulled the masamune out from the portal, the red blade reflecting the light above them.
As he turned around, he grasped his ribs once again as they ached, the angel trying to fight back the pain he was enduring. When the angel regained his balance, and left the office, the Headmaster chuckled, sitting back down on his chair. "Well, then," he said, "THIS should be entertaining…"
Elsewhere.
Feeling Kurumu's breasts on his face, Tsukune's mind was full of panicked thoughts.
He still couldn't believe what had happened the last few days after the defeat of Antithesis. After the human and his friends regained their strength and restored the great barrier to its full power, they spent most of the week in the School Festival, helping out and enjoying what the event had in store for them and the rest of the students. During the last three days, Tsukune's mind was at first on Hokuto, who had somehow escaped the hospital and disappeared from the academy the day before the festival, and on Haru, the lost friend that he wanted to reclaim ever since the angel was rendered unconscious after trying to defeat the leader of Antithesis with an attack that, according to Yukari and the Headmaster, should've killed him. But his thoughts were interrupted, as the usual chaos that appeared whenever any of the girls got together with Tsukune reared its ugly head once more. On the first day of the Festival, Tsukune and Moka were introduced to Mizore and Kurumu's mothers, each of which believing that the human was in a relationship with their daughters: Mizore as his girlfriend, and the succubus as his fiancée. At first, Tsukune panicked, seeing as how he wanted to spend the first day with Moka and teach her how to scoop goldfish, but was able to save her from a student from an older class, thanks to Mizore creating ice clones of him for his 'date' with both the succubi and the snow fairies. The human managed to save the vampire from being raped by the graduate, and spent the rest of the day as he promised to do, while Kurumu and Mizore were berated by their respective mothers for lying to them about Tsukune.
On the second day, Tsukune, Moka, and Yukari were surprised to find Tsukune's cousin, Kyou, appear in the festival, stating that she was worried about the human's well-being, and decided to investigate the academy and determine whether or not Tsukune should stay there. Worried that she would find out about the monsters that she didn't know were around her, the three set out to make sure that the true existence of the school was kept from Kyou, and bringing in Kurumu and Mizore into the fold, the former now wearing a maid's outfit just for Tsukune. After a full morning's work, Kyou came up with what was going on, fully aware of the group's attempts to hide something from her, but based on her conclusions of what she saw, Tsukune's cousin was still unaware of the school's true form. The, out of nowhere, a giant frog appeared, chasing down Kyou and the rest throughout the woods, only to reveal the Bus Driver controlling the beast, stating that he was after a strange artifact that went missing from his possession, called the Ririsu Mirror. Tsukune then remembered that Kyou, who ran off from the others earlier, was holding onto a strange packet that she received from a mysterious woman while his cousin was searching for a way into the academy, despite it not being in any known map of Japan. While this was going on, Kyou had foolishly decided to open the packet, and unleashed the fairy Ririsu from her mirror. She then proceeded to show the human woman what she was after: the Academy's true colors. After showing the true form of the monsters around her, and making them act like wild animals, the fairy tried to eat up her master Kyou's soul, as per tradition of using the mirror's power, only to fail thanks to Moka grabbing hold of the mirror and looking into it, unleashing her other half. When the fairy was defeated swiftly after the transformation, Ishigami appeared, revealing herself to be the woman responsible for giving Kyou the Ririsu Mirror in the human world. After the Public Safety Commission was defeated four months prior, Ishigami waited for a time when she could take revenge on the group responsible for taking away her career in the academy in the beginning, deciding to use the Ririsu Mirror's power to destroy the academy and the Newspaper Club altogether, believing it to be a form of art for her to enjoy. As the gorgon called out to the captive fairy, it unleashed a bright light from the mirror at the girls, making them turn into their monster forms, and then fly away, free to wreak more havoc in the academy grounds. Before Tsukune could react, Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari threw themselves at him, giving the former teacher the chance to escape to the fairy's direction, hoping to admire the destruction around them.
In the last few minutes, the Bus Driver appeared, explaining the full power of the mirror, how it would show the deepest desire of those affected. By that time, Kurumu proceeded to remove her top, revealing her big breasts at the human she so loved, making him nosebleed like crazy. Yukari and Mizore lunged themselves at him once again, trying to make up for not having the succubus' bust size, while Rubi started acting like a masochist, asking the human to order her around. Thankfully for Tsukune, Inner Moka was not affected by the mirror's power, and proceeded to leave the group behind, telling Tsukune that his gift of removing her rosario was no longer needed if she could get her hands on the mirror for herself, also stating that his usefulness to her was at and end.
After that, Tsukune stood where he was, stunned by the vampire's cold words, while the girls tried to comfort him despite being in their current states. Kyou and the Bus Driver stood nearby, the former taken aback by the strange behavior of the girls while the latter lit another cigarette, chuckling to himself about the picture before him.
Moka-san, he thought, how could you be so unkind? After all that had happened between us, from me turning into a ghoul, to the time we saved the academy from Hokuto-san. Why would you say that I'm no longer useful…
His thoughts were interrupted as Kurumu wrapped her arms around the troubled human. "Don't be said, Tsukune!" she said. "You still have me!"
Yukari appeared from behind the succubus, casting another bedpan to hit her in the head. "No, you have me! I've always loved you, even if I don't have those aggravating breasts like that bimbo has!"
She then turned to ice as Mizore touched her, sighing. "It's no use even if you're thinking about Moka." she said. "You heard what she said earlier, right? She was using you from the very beginning. Maybe Haru-san was right after all," she wrapped her arms around Tsukune, "maybe all vampires really are heartless monsters…"
As Rubi walked up to them, Kurumu pushed Mizore away, and Yukari broke free from her prison. "Why don't you pick one of us to replace Moka, Tsukune?" Kurumu said. "We can definitely treat you better than she has. I know it."
Hearing this, Tsukune's mind raced. Replace her? Moka-san? he thought. How could I… This…
Suddenly, a trio of monsters appeared, each in a terrifying form. Kyou screamed as they lunged at Tsukune, who tried to escape, only to be stopped by the girls and their blinding lust for him. Oh no! he thought, shielding his eyes. Kyou-chan, everyone! I have to-.
His thoughts were interrupted again when a loud, male voice rang throughout the area, making the monsters stop dead in their tracks.
"Hey!" the voice threatened. "Get lost! You three are in my way."
The monsters turned around, snarled, and threw themselves at the person the voice belonged to. But before they reached their target, Tsukune heard a familiar series of slashes from where the monsters were, as the beasts fell to the ground, a pool of blood quickly forming underneath them.
As the human moved his arm away, he felt the air leave his lungs when he saw none other than Haru Uematsu stand before him, blade in hand and wings outstretched.
"Tch." Haru said to the unconscious monsters. "Idiots."
"Haru-san?!" Tsukune said. "But- How?! You were injured! The doctors said you… how are you alive?!"
Kyou looked at the swordsman, frightened. "Ts-Tsukki…" she said. "You know an angel?"
Haru turned when he heard the girl's voice, making her shake in fear. "Who are you?" he asked. "Another girl who's fallen for this guy like the others before you?"
The Bus Driver laughed. "Well, well, well!" he said. "I never thought I'd see YOU here, young man! I heard you died? Or was it comatose? I can't remember…"
The angel greeted the man, and looked at his sword. "Let's just say the unbelievable power within me decided not to wait a while to fully heal. And besides," he rested the blade on his shoulder, "I have some unfinished business in this life. And I can't just waste my time recovering from severe injuries."
Tsukune looked at the angel, remembering what happened a month ago. "You mean killing Moka-san?" he said. "You still want her dead, even after all that's happened?!"
Haru looked at Tsukune for a bit, not answering his question so soon. As he tried to say something, Kurumu grabbed Tsukune's head, and placed it between her bare chest.
Seeing this, Haru's eye widened, blinking as his mouth opened wide, trying to say something but only speaking in gibberish whispers.
Tsukune, breaking free from the soft embrace, tried to speak, but the angel stopped him, raising a hand. "I don't want to know." he said, almost speechless. "Whatever it is that you did for her to do…THAT, I honestly don't care about. I already got a big headache right now, and I don't want anything to make it even worse than it already is. Especially since it's YOU, Tsukune."
The Bus Driver laughed. "Actually, it has something to do with out current situation right now, if you believe it."
The angel turned to him. "You mean the students turning into their true forms all thanks to Ishigami?" he said.
Tsukune gasped out of surprise. Haru faced him. "Where do you think I got my masamune back from? The Headmaster told me everything, or at least, I THINK everything…"
The Bus Driver spoke. "Did he tell you that it's all because of the Ririsu Mirror that the students are monsters and these girls are also acting like they are as well?"
The angel grunted. "No," he said, "I'm afraid he left out that part." He turned away, closing his visible eye in thought. "The Ririsu Mirror. I think I've heard of it somewhere before. It's an ancient artifact that has the power to reveal a monster's true form, no matter how strong that said monster is?"
The Bus Driver nodded. Haru shook his head. "Shit. So much for things being easy." He then had a thought, and faced Tsukune. "Where's Moka?" he asked.
Tsukune looked at him. "Why?" he asked.
"I just need to know, Tsukune." he said. "Tell me!"
Kyou trembled. "Sh-she ran off after that Ishigami lady, probably to pick a fight with her. She transformed into some monster with the mirror and took off, not long ago."
Hearing this, Haru turned his attention to her. "She ran off to fight Ishigami?" He turned to Tsukune again. "Where's her rosario?"
Tsukune held his hands up. "I didn't take it off of her." he said. "Like Kyou said, Moka changed into her true form, and left us." He lowered his head in shame. "She even said that thanks to the mirror, there was no longer any need for me to remove the rosario from her anymore, and that I was useless to her."
Haru turned around. "Damn vampire!" he said. "Always running into fights half-cocked and reckless! Damn their pride!"
Tsukune looked at the angel. "What are you talking about?" he asked.
Haru faced the human. "The mirror." he said. "It may have the power to reveal a monster's true form, but if it wears a sort of powerful restriction, it doesn't unleash all of their powers!" He clutched his sword. "If the vampire still has that rosario on her neck, then all that's changed about her is her hair and attitude! She's just as weak as the other Moka!"
Tsukune's eyes widened. "Wh-what?"
Haru cursed under his breath. "Once again, I have to help her out of danger, and this time, it's her own damn fault!" He turned to face Tsukune. "Stay here," he said, "and try not to get hurt. I'll have this over and done with before you know it, as usual…"
Before Tsukune could call out to him, Haru stretched his wings out again, and took flight, feathers from his body falling from the sky as he took off where he could sense Moka's aura, leaving Tsukune with the girls once more.
The Rooftops.
Inner Moka felt powerless.
About ten minutes had passed since Ishigami appeared to Tsukune and the others, revealing her desire to destroy the entire academy in the name of "art" by using an artifact known as the Ririsu Mirror, which had the power to reveal a monster's true form as well as their desires. After the gorgon left with the Ririsu, the fairy from the mirror, the vampire left the human and the other girls, stating that she didn't need the man anymore.
After that, she chased the former teacher to the roof of the academy, challenging her for the mirror. Ishigami smiled, and attacked the vampire, an absence of fear in her eyes.
It was at that point when Inner Moka realized the truth: even if the mirror could reveal her true form, her rosario still held an effect on her, making the vampire as weak as her other half. When pinned to the gated wall by Ishigami's snakes, Inner Moka revealed that the reason she told Tsukune that he was no longer needed was to protect him from any more danger, since he was the only one alive who could remove her rosario.
At that point, Ishigami growled. This woman, she thought. She came her for the sake of that wretched human?
"What nonsense." The gorgon said. "For the sake of someone like him… What benefit does that fool provide you?"
The vampire looked away, disgusted at the creature in front of her. Ishigami smiled. "If it was me, when you've become an artistic statue at last, I'll be able to admire your unchanging beautiful head every night!"
As she said this, a snake from her hair coiled in the air, and lunged itself at the vampire, fangs full of enough venom to finally turn the powerful vampire into stone. But before it could reach her, a small, crescent-shaped light shot down form the air, slicing the snake below the head, making Ishigami scream in pain as the snake slowly bled.
As she looked up in the air, her heart sank in fear as she saw Haru Uematsu hovering in the air, landing not far from where the two women were. Inner Moka gasped. H-Haru? she thought. You're alive?!
The angel looked at the gorgon. "That's the problem with you lesser monsters," he said, wings folding behind him, "you're too simple-minded."
He turned to the vampire, who stared at him in shock and surprise. The angel could hear the voices from the other day echo in his head once more the second he laid eyes on her. "Moka, Moka, Moka," Haru said, "what are you doing? Beating this stupid bitch should be no problem for you, right? So why are you letting her waste your time and gloat? I thought you were better than this…"
Ishigami stared at the angel with eyes of fear. "Y-You?! That's impossible! How are you…"
Haru turned to the former teacher, his visible eye filled with rage. "Ishigami…" he said. "I thought I told you never to come back here ever again. I think I made it very clear that if you returned, then the moment where my sword was through your gut would seem like a mosquito bite compared to what I would do to you next time I saw you…"
Ishigami placed a hand on her stomach, Inner Moka realizing the scar there that she didn't notice before. The gorgon smiled. "I had heard from an inside source that you died as a result of some big explosion, angel-kun. At first, I was trying to figure out how I could get my revenge when you were in my way. But when I heard about your apparent demise, I knew that I didn't have to wait any longer!"
Haru grunted. "You should've gotten your sources straight. I would've died, but when I smelled your stench coming this way," he said, "I knew there was no reason for me to retire in Paradise when you still haven't learned your lesson."
The gorgon growled, then raised a hand, pointing at Inner Moka. "If I remember correctly, you told me that you had plans to kill that bitch over there. And that was four months ago, so why is she still alive?" She then extended her arms out. "Tell you what, I'll let you kill her with a swift strike to her heart, and before she dies, I'll turn her to stone. Such pain on her face would make her even more valuable to me. What do you say?"
Hearing this, the angel raised his masamune at the former teacher. "Sorry," he said, "but I don't fight someone who isn't using their full power. I'm better than that."
Inner Moka gasped, looking down on her rosario. He knows? she thought. Did he meet with Tsukune before now? How did he…
Ishigami laughed. "And you call me simple-minded!" she stated. "I gave you the chance to kill her, for what reason I don't know, and you refuse!" Her smile got bigger. "Very well, then. If you won't kill her," she pointed at the angel, "then perhaps your truest desires will!"
As she said this, Ririsu appeared out of nowhere, carrying the mirror and flying towards the angel, the artifact beginning to flash.
But when it was within range for the fairy to cast the spell from the mirror onto the angel, she felt the mirror shake as Haru grabbed it with his free hand, looking at the fairy with his hate-filled eye.
Ishigami gasped. "Damn!" she said. "I forgot how quick you are, angel. No matter!" She called out to the fairy. "Use your magic on him, and behold the true power of an agent of God!"
Ririsu nodded, and turned to the angel, who grunted. "The mirror," he said, "has the power to reveal a monster's true form." He looked at the gorgon, calling out to her. "You wanted to know why your stoning effect didn't work all those months ago? Then I'll tell you. Or better yet," Haru's eye flashed, the wind blowing through the battlefield showing the golden eye he hid underneath the giant bang of hair, "how about I show you?"
Without warning, the angel's hand flashed, a giant spit of flame shooting out from his palm, singeing the fairy's wings and sending her and the mirror flying far from the rooftops, and into the chaos below them.
Ishigami looked at him in fear. "WH-WHAT?!" she shouted. "That's impossible! Angels don't have power over the elements!"
Haru moved his hand towards his face, looking at it. "Who says I'm just an ordinary angel?" he said.
The gorgon growled, waving her arm at Haru, making some of the monsters from below climb the rooftops and attack the celestial being, making him block their repeated attacks.
As the fight ensued, Inner Moka watched from her captive state. When the monsters began to hit the angel, giving him little time to counter, her heart began to sink when she realized, the angel wasn't fighting with his full strength.
As the last monster landed a claw at him, Haru bounced back from the wall, falling on one knee, coughing up blood. He slowly raised his head, the voices and the headache making it impossible to stand when he saw the vampire.
The angel grunted, blood dripping down his mouth. "It seems I must apologize, Moka." he said. "I have no right to criticize you for being unable to defeat his bitch when I myself can't even withstand that attacks of those weaker than me…" He tried to stand, only for his knees to buckle and force him down again, making him grunt in pain as his injuries from the fight with her and Antithesis began to affect him. "Bet you didn't expect to hear someone say that when you woke up this morning, huh?"
Ishigami clenched her fists, smiling. "So," she said, "the rumors about you being dead may be false, but it seems there was some truth behind them… And to think, the mighty angel would fall to my power!" The snakes that didn't hold Inner Moka reared up. "Such a state would be perfect for my art collection! I don't care how long it will take for me to turn you into stone, everyone succumbs to it eventually!"
As she prepared to send her free snakes at the angel, she heard wings flapping in the distance.
"Jeez, guys," a woman's voice said, "if you have this much trouble with her, then maybe it's a good thing that we came along."
The vampire looked to the skies, her heart skipping a beat. Ishigami followed suit, only her heart sank.
In the air, struggling to keep level, was Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari, flying in close to the rooftops. "You really are born with a foul mouth." Kurumu said, dropping the witch and snow fairy down to the battlefield.
The vampire looked at the girls, shocked. "What," she said, "why did you guys come here… Didn't I say that it was unnecessary?! Why are you still-."
"Pfft." Ishigami said, interrupting the vampire. "Don't think that I'll return Moka to you guys so easily!" She beckoned at the monsters surrounding the weakened angel. "Kill them! Don't allow them to come close!"
As the monster lunged at the girls, the swiftly countered with their own magic: Kurumu slicing the monsters with her claws, Yukari hitting them in the head with a bedpan, and Mizore freezing them into blocks of ice.
Seeing this, Ishigami was shocked. "What?!" she shouted. "How could you defeat them so quickly?! You're supposed to be affected by the mirror's power!"
The succubus grunted. "Too bad for you," she said, "we already woke up from that. And it's all thanks to Tsukune."
Suddenly, Rubi appeared from behind the vampire, magical wings outstretched and carrying Tsukune in her arms.
The vampire looked at them, shocked to the core. "Tsu-Tsukune…" she said.
The human smiled. "If you need me," he said, getting close to Inner Moka, "just say it, Moka-san. Use me as you please." The elder witch then dropped him, making the human fly towards the vampire. "We're all friends!" he shouted. "There's no need to be so concerned over such trivial matters!"
As soon as he reached her, he grabbed the rosario, and with all of his might, removed it from Inner Moka's neck.
Seeing this, the vampire felt her heart grow light. Tsukune, she thought.
Suddenly, a burst of light appeared around Inner Moka, as her full power was unleashed. I thought that I would be okay without you, she thought. That this would be the best choice for your well-being. But...maybe…"
Feeling her snakes tear up again, Ishigami screamed in pain. No, No! she thought. The vampire's powers have been restored now, thanks to that brat! Her teeth clenched. "Damn you, Tsukune," she said, sending her snakes at the human, "DAMN YOU TO HELL!"
But before the snakes reached him, Haru, seeing all of this, got up, and with as much strength that he could muster, sent a giant beam of light at the snakes, cutting them in the same place, blood spewing from the remains.
As the gorgon howled in pain, the angel stood where he was, his sword in the air. "This is what happens," he said, "when fools like you never learn!"
As he spun around, Inner Moka, with all of her might restored, lunged at the gorgon, and with the angel, attacked Ishigami with full force, sending her flying and crashing through the rooftops and all the way to the other side of the academy.
Watching from afar, Kyou and the Bus Driver sat on the giant frog, surprised by the turn of events.
Suddenly, a voice appeared from behind, making them turn to see none other than the Headmaster riding on a strange flying monster, with both Ririsu and the mirror in his hands. Kyou jumped at seeing his come from nowhere.
"How lively." the exorcist said. "When this academy was first established, I remember thinking that this kind of disturbance may happen every single day." as he said this, the students in their monster forms began to calm down, slowly regaining their common sense. We monsters chose to live in obscurity, after all."
The Bus Driver chuckled, lighting another cigarette. "I don't think that's a wrong decision. You need to lie in order to survive. Love and diplomacy are also established on those ideals."
The Headmaster, landing on the giant frog, smiled. "Yes," he said. "the problem is that we don't know how long it'd last. Monsters and humans need to be honest with each other to build relations. We must think of a way to make everyone's future like that."
As he said this, Kyou got off the giant frog, and rushed to her cousin's side, followed by all of the girls around him. Seeing this, Haru grunted. He could still hear the voices in his head, each from Tsukune and the rest from the time they were all friends, and turned around. By the time Tsukune noticed him again, he was already gone, wings flapping in the distance.
The Next Day.
Haru walked towards the hill with the bent tree, shouldering his suitcase and duffel bag.
After the chaos that Ishigami started came to an end, the school was in pieces. As such, the Headmaster had no choice but to close down Youkai Academy for repairs, meaning that every student would have to go home.
He remembered looking down at the students from the remains of the rooftops, seeing them all pile into the buses that would take them home. He saw Tsukune and the other girls, each having their usual conversation about how they would miss each other, since the events from the beginning had brought them together, or whatever they would talk about, the angel didn't know. When Tsukune felt someone looking at him from afar, he turned around, only to see no one on the roof.
As Haru reached the edge of the cliff, he sighed. A lot had happened ever since he started going to this academy, his mind racing through all the battles and wacky moments the girls had with Tsukune, how Moka would look at the angel with eyes of happiness, possibly because she trusted him before the truth came out.
As he was thinking this, he heard someone calling out to him, sensing the auras of Tsukune and Moka, in her normal form, approach them.
When they reached the angel, he grunted. "What do you two want?" he asked, not turning around.
Tsukune stopped to catch his breath, Moka looking at Haru solemnly. "Haru-san," Tsukune said. "Yesterday, I asked you a question."
The angel kept his ground looking annoyed. "And that question was?" he asked.
Tsukune looked at Moka, then at the angel. "After all of what's happened, after all the battles, all the bloodshed, are you still angry at Moka-san? Do you still want her dead?"
Hearing this, Haru turned around, his annoyed look brought clear to the duo. "Really?" he said, making Tsukune turn his head away slightly. "You're asking me THAT? Even after I told you the truth about my past, you still doubt my intentions? Fine." He crossed his arms. "You want to hear me say it again? So be it."
Tsukune stood there, waiting for the angel's response. But all he got was silence, making him open his eyes.
What he saw burned a memory in his head for him to never forget. Haru Uematsu, his eyes actually absent of the hateful glance he would usually send to someone, saying to the human, "I honestly don't know."
Moka gasped, and Tsukune's eyes widened. What? he thought.
But before the human could ask Haru to explain himself, the angel tilted his body back, and fell off the cliff.
Tsukune rushed to the edge, only to see dozens of feathers float from where the angel fell, and from the distance, close to the ocean, Haru's wings stretched, making him take flight alongside the sea.
Moka looked as the angel flew away, holding her hands close to her heart. "What," she said, stammering, "what does that mean?"
Tsukune looked into the distance, seeing one of the feathers fly high above his head, and landing on his free hand. He looked at the feather, feeling his heart grow light. "That there may be hope for Haru-san after all." he said.
As he flew away from the academy, Haru's mind was racing. I've waited for so many decades to take revenge on the bastards who killed Ryu-san, he thought. I trained, labored even, for the day that I would finally take justice for the past. So why, he clenched his fists, feeling the cold air sting his face, why am I so confused?
Still replaying the question in his mind, he flew towards the sunrise, disappearing from anyone's view, and away from the place that made him question his desires.
Until next time…