Chapter Eight: Shopping Day
Tsukune woke up with a yawn, the buzzing of his phone alerting him to the message he had received. He opened his phone to see the voice message was from Moka. He hit 'open', listening to the message.
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka's cheery, ditzy voice rang out. "You should get over to my place! I got a fun idea we can do today! I'll get Mizore-chan!"
"Same old Moka." Tsukune chuckled. "Well, I guess I better see what she wants."
The teen got up, stretching as he put on a plain black tee and a pair of jeans, heading out to the street. He turned towards Moka's house, munching on an apple he'd picked up.
He knocked on the pink haired vampire's door, waiting.
"Who is it?!" the aforementioned vampire calling from the other side.
"It's me, Tsukune!" Tsukune called.
"Tsukune-kun!" Moka shouted, throwing the door open and tackling him in a hug, grinning wide as she bit down on his neck, sucking his blood.
Today, Moka had worn a black Batgirl t-shirt and dark purple pants to go with it. Tsukune chuckled as he noticed a theme Moka's clothes seemed to have.
"Mmm!" She said when she'd finished. "So good!"
"Uh, thanks, Moka." Tsukune chuckled.
"You're welcome!" Moka licked her lips, jumping up and pulling him into the house, sitting him down on the couch. "Stay here! I'm gonna go get Mizore-chan!"
"I thought you had already gotten her." Tsukune said.
"Nah!" Moka grinned. "I'll go get her. But, that reminds me, I have to show her my pet bat."
"You sure she won't be scared of him?" Tsukune asked. "He's pretty big for a bat."
"Well, yeah!" Moka grinned. "That's what makes him special. I decided to name him Alucard after my grampa!"
"Cool." Tsukune said. "But, won't she be scared of him?"
"Mizore-chan's a brave girl!" Moka grinned. "She'll be fine."
"Uh, okay." Tsukune shrugged. "Well, go for it then."
"Okay!" Moka ran to her room, unlatching Alucard's cage as she ran off, making it to Mizore's house in little time. The pink haired vampire knocked on the door, tapping her foot impatiently.
"Oh, hello, Moka." Tsurara opened the door, a lollipop in her mouth as she smirked at the vampire. "Here for Mimi?"
"Yeah!" Moka nodded excitedly. "Is she awake?"
"you can go wake her up." Tsurara stepped aside, bidding Moka entrance.
"Thanks!" Moka waved as she ran past, heading up the stairs and opening Mizore's door. She jumped on the icy blue haired girl, biting on her neck and shaking her.
"Wake up, Mizore-chan!" she shouted.
Mizore woke up with a start, her eyes wide as she began to breathe rapidly form the shock.
"what's happening?" She exclaimed. "What's going on?!"
"Good morning, Mizore-chan!" Moka grinned, hugging her.
"H-hello, Moka-san." Mizore took a deep breath to still her rapidly beating heart as she hugged Moka back. "What brings you here?"
"I had a cool idea!" Moka said. "Let's go back to my place and I'll tell you and Tsukune-kun about it!"
"O-okay." Mizore said. "L-let me get dressed."
"Okay!" Moka grinned, jumping off of her. "Go ahead."
"u-uh, can I get some privacy?" Mizore asked.
"Sure!" Moka said, turning around as Mizore blushed heavily.
"Oh, this is so embarrassing!" the bluenette said, covering her face with her hands. "I'll just have to do it."
Mizore went over to her closet, pulling out her favorite pink and purple long socks and white and blue hoodie, putting them on along with a miniskirt that went halfway down her thighs. She hugged her arms around herself, pulling her hood up and pulling the strings a little.
"I-I'm ready, Moka-san." She said. The vampire girl turned around, instantly glomping her.
"Aww, you're so cute, Mizore-chan!" Moka practically cooed the shy teen. Mizore turned bright red as she pulled her strings more to hide her face more.
"I could just eat you up!" Moka nuzzled Mizore's face with her own. "But, that'd be so weird. I'd prefer to just drink you instead!"
Mizore's face darkened in shade, the hood covering her eyes now as she pulled the strings.
"Th-thank you, Moka-san." She said, toeing the ground in response to being called cute. "th-that means a lot coming from you."
"Great!" Moka said, squeezing her some more. "Now, let's head to my place!"
"O-okay." Mizore said. Moka ran out of the room, leaving Mizore to herself.
"So, it's not feelings, but emotional support and affection that she's given me." Mizore said. "Glad I don't have a crush on her… would make this awkward… not that it already kinda isn't…"
Mizore blushed at the thought she had once had thought she had a crush on Moka. She shook her head, grabbing a lollipop from her pocket and putting it in her mouth as she walked out, leaving her hood up, her bangs partially covering her eyes.
"Hold on, Mizore-chan!" Moka said as she exited. "There's someone I want you to meet!"
"Wh-who?" Mizore asked. In response, Moka gave a shrill whistle, which caused Mizore to cover her ears.
About a minute later, a large bat of about a foot in size flapped out and landed on Moka's finger, nuzzling the vampire, who looked slightly creepy in the low light of the early morning.
"This is Alucard." Moka grinned, holding the bat a little closer to Mizore who shied away from him due to its massive (well, massive for a bat) size. "I named him after my grampa! He's really cute, isn't he?!"
"He's very large." Mizore said.
"That's what makes him special." Moka grinned wider. "He's my special baby, right Allu?"
The bat gave a squeal in delight, nuzzling Moka.
"H-he is kinda cute." Mizore said, gingerly reaching out to touch the large bat. Alucard gave a small squeal, flapping over to land on Mizore's head. Mizore began to tremble in a little fear as she saw the giant bat a little from looking up. Alucard then landed on her shoulder, nuzzling her head.
"Aww, he likes you too!" Moka grinned. "That's so cute!"
"Th-thanks." Mizore blushed bright red.
"Well, we should get going on to my house!" Moka grinned. "Alucard, you stay on Mizore-chan's shoulder, alright?"
Alucard squealed an affirmative, Moka taking off running. Mizore took a slower pace, walking to the cheery vampire's house. Alucard glanced around, as if looking for something, similar to a guard dog. Finding nothing as they went, he began to nuzzle Mizore's head again, the icy blue teen, reaching up timidly to scratch his head. He squealed in enjoyment, flapping his wings once to shift positions, continuing to nuzzle Mizore.
"Y-you're actually pretty cute once I see you like this." Mizore giggled, Alucard almost making a face as if to smile.
Mizore then arrived at Moka's house, Moka opening the door to let her in as she closed it behind her.
"S-so, what's your idea?" Mizore asked, flexing her fingers in her lengthy sleeves that covered her hands.
"Let's go shopping!" Moka cheered, jumping up as Alucard flinched slightly.
"Shopping?" Tsukune and Mizore asked, a little confused.
"Yeah!" Moka grinned. "We could head to the mall and do stuff they say is dumb for kids our age!"
"Uh, okay." Tsukune shrugged.
"I-I don't think it's a bad idea." Mizore said.
"Yay!" Moka hugged both, pulling them together. "I knew you guys'd love it!"
"M-Moka-san." Gasped out. "Air."
"Oh, sorry, Mizore-chan!" Moka released them. "I guess I forget my own strength sometimes."
"I-it's okay." Mizore said, blushing. "I like your hugs."
"Aww, thanks, Mizore-chan!" Moka grinned, kissing Mizore's cheek, which caused her to blush. "You're just like the little sister I never had… I mean, I have a little sister, but she's nothing like you."
"you have a sister?" Tsukune asked. "This is the first I've heard of it."
"I never mentioned it?" Moka asked.
"No." Tsukune said. "I mean it's fine, but I'm surprised it never came up."
"Me too." Moka said. "Well, I have three sisters, but only one little sister. She's really violent though, so I don't think I got along too well with her. Of course this is before I wore my rosary, so I was more violent too. This rosary brings out my more peaceful and kind traits like my mother had. My grampa used to tell me how I was so much like her, both in kindness and in ferocity. I never learned what happened to her, but he did say she would always be close to my heart. She wore a rosary just like this one and he said he put a drop of my grandmother's blood in it to signify the bond between her and my mother and a drop of my mother's blood to signify our bond… I never did get a story, but I guess I could ask him someday… or my father, if we could find him."
"Well, I say we make a journey out of it." Tsukune pat Moka on the shoulder.
"R-really?" Moka asked, looking at Tsukune with hopeful eyes.
"Sure." Tsukune said. "I could use a nice, peaceful visit to the Youkai world. This could be an interesting journey for us all three."
"I-I will join." Mizore said.
"Yay!" Moka hugged the two closely, tears emerging from her eyes. "Thanks, Mizore-chan, Tsukune-kun."
"You're welcome, Moka(-san)." The two said. Alucard squealed in delight and acknowledgement.
"Of course I'll take you too, baby." Moka cooed, kissing the bat on the nose.
Alucard let out a squeal of delight, flapping up and landing on Moka's shoulder.
"Alright, let's go!" Moka jumped up and down.
"Maybe you should put Alucard back for this trip." Tsukune chuckled.
"Why?" Moka asked.
"I don't think people will take kindly to a giant bat in the stores." Tsukune said.
"Well, that's their problem." Moka said, pouting. "Sorry, Allu. You'll have to go back in your cage for now."
Alucard almost took on a look as if he was pouting. Moka took him back to her room where his cage was, putting him inside and shutting the door as the large bat flapped up to the top of his large cage, hanging upside down from his perch and falling asleep.
"Okay, I'm ready!" Moka ran down the stairs, latching onto Mizore and Tsukune. "Let's do it!"
"Okay." The two said, chuckling.
The three headed out of Moka's house and to the mall located in town.
"This place is huge!" Moka gasped. "I've never been in here but a few times and I always forget how big it is."
"Yep." Tsukune chuckled. "It's pretty big alright. Where should we go first?"
"I-I think we should go find ice cream." Mizore suggested.
"Let's get new duds!" Moka exclaimed, pointing at a store.
"I didn't think you knew what duds meant." Tsukune chuckled. "I guess I was proven wrong."
"Well, I know that it means awesome clothes." Moka grinned, pulling the two into the store.
"Moka, this is a women's clothes store." Tsukune said.
"Yeah, we're gonna start here." Moka said. "Cuz this place was the closest. Then, we'll get you something, Tsukune-kun!"
"Uh, okay." Tsukune said, ignoring the stares he was getting.
"Ooh, I like this lacy swimsuit!" Moka said looking at a pair of lingerie.
"Uh, Moka, that's lingerie." Tsukune said.
"What's that?" Moka asked.
"Sexy underwear." Tsukune said, a blush appearing on his face.
"Oh!" Moka said. "I have like three pairs that are way sexier than this! Maybe we could see them at home!"
Mizore and Tsukune both turned as red as the blood Moka drank from them, Mizore's mouth opening. The only thing that made it less embarrassing was the fact that they knew Moka wasn't intentionally being flirty.
"L-let's not." Mizore said, pulling on her hoodie strings. "I-I'd rather not."
"Okay!" Moka said. "But, I guess we could find something for us girls. Tsukune-kun, no peeking."
"Had no plans to." Tsukune said. "How about I go find us some frozen yogurt or something?"
"That's a great idea!" Moka gasped. "Go for it!"
"Okay." Tsukune chuckled, leaving the store.
"Now, let's get some cool outfits!" Moka said.
"N-nothing sexy for me please, Moka-san." Mizore said, pulling on her strings more.
"Don't worry!" Moka said, pulling her through the store. "I'll get you something cute!"
Mizore blushed at the thought, looking down as she was pulled through the store.
"Ooh!" Moka said, stopping in front of a pretty ice blue dress. "This looks perfect for you, Mizore-chan!"
"Y-you think so?" Mizore asked, looking at the dress.
"Yeah!" Moka grinned. "Let's go see you try it on!"
"O-okay." Mizore was pulled by Moka to the dressing room with the dress. Moka had also grabbed some stockings to go with the dress, insisting they would look good.
Mizore timidly stepped into the dressing room and began to strip and try on the dress, liking how it felt on her.
"It looks so cute on you, Mizore-chan!" Moka gasped, glomping her once again.
"Th-thanks." Mizore said, blushing as she fidgeted in the dress.
"Let's get it and you can wear it if the three of us go somewhere fancy!" Moka said.
"O-okay." Mizore blushed more. "C-can I go change back now, Moka-san?"
"Sure!" Moka said, releasing her to return to the dressing room and back into her previous attire. However, this time she left her hood down, rubbing her cheeks to try to stop the blush that was evident on her fair skin.
After her blush had gone down, she exited the dressing room, heading over to Moka, who was holding another outfit. This one was ice blue as well and very tight looking and probably would hug her skin.
"I got you another one!" Moka grinned. "This one's your color too!"
"Th-that looks a little... tight." Mizore said, a blush appearing on her face as she saw the outfit was like a jumpsuit and probably a size or two too small for her. Even in her cosplay, she'd never worn anything intentionally tight.
"It's form fitting this tag says!" Moka said. "That means it'll fit you just right!"
"I-I guess I could try." Mizore said.
"I'll help you get it on!" Moka said, which caused Mizore's face to heat up like a radiator, causing her to stammer.
"You okay?" Moka asked. "Your forehead's pretty hot."
"I-I'm fine." Mizore stammered out. "B-but, why do you want to help me d-dress?"
"Because this tag says you need someone else to help you!" Moka grinned. "That means it's a two person job!"
"O-okay." Mizore relented, the pink haired vampire pulling her to the dressing rooms once again.
Once inside, Moka helped Mizore take off her clothes, putting the outfit on her.
"Th-this is kinda tight, Moka-san." Mizore said once they'd finished. "I-I look like I'm going skydiving a-and it's too tight."
"Well, I guess we don't need that one." Moka said. "I'll grab one for me and we can find Tsukune-kun and get our frozen yogurt."
"Th-that sounds great." Mizore said.
"Yay!" Moka cheered, rushing out of the dressing room once she'd helped Mizore take the outfit off, returning with a pink dress that looked to be for someone ten years younger than her in its look (though, its size was right for her).
"I got this, Mizore-chan!" Moka grinned, stripping and putting it on, modeling in it.
"I-it looks great on you." Mizore said, stunned a little. She may have realized her crush wasn't really a crush, but she still admired the fact that Moka was attractive.
"Thanks!" Moka grinned, putting her previous outfit back on. "Let's get the stuff we want and go!"
"O-okay." Mizore nodded. Once they'd purchased their desired outfits, they exited the store to find Tsukune talking with someone in a witch costume. She was a little short, but she seemed to be their age. She also seemed to be talking in a flirty manner, if her feeling Tsukune's chest was anything to go by.
"Hey, Tsukune-kun!" Moka waved. "Who's your friend?!"
"Oh, uh, hi Moka." Tsukune said, the girl taking her hands off his chest. "This is Yukari. You remember her from when Kyoko showed up?"
"Oh yeah!" Moka said, looking at her. "You're that witch."
"Yep." Yukari smirked, tilting her hat. "Name's Yukari Sendo. Nice ta meetcha. Tsukune here was tellin' me about you. Didn't mention how cute you two looked up close. I didn't get a chance to take a good look before."
Mizore blushed as Moka grinned.
"I get it from my mother." The vampire said, putting her arms behind her head. "My grampa said I look just like her! He even said I have both of her hair colors!"
"Damn, I'd love to meet her then." Yukari said, licking her lips.
"Moka-san." Mizore whispered, pulling on her hood strings. "I-I think this witch girl is a pervert."
"Ya think so?" Moka asked, putting on a thoughtful expression. "I wonder why."
"Everything she's said has been… s-sexual." Mizore whispered, pulling her hood over her face.
"Oh." Moka said. "Well, I guess it's her type. I heard witches were like that once."
"Ooh, a shy type." Yukari walked over to Mizore, stroking her chin, which caused the icy blue haired girl to tense up. "Well, I do like the shy ones. They're the cutest in my opinion."
"M-Moka-san." Mizore whispered, a little fear in her eyes and voice at Yukari's advance.
"Hey, you stop touching Mizore-chan." Moka grabbed Yukari's hand. "That's weird. Only Tsukune-kun and I get to do that cuz we're friends!"
"I'd like to be a little more than friends with all three of you if I'm being honest." Yukari smirked, licking her lips. "I'm definitely down for a foursome."
Tsukune's jaw dropped as Mizore squirmed, pulling on her strings, hiding the top half of her face with her hood. She pulled it down with her hands, her face red and heating up fast.
"Well, we're a threesome." Moka said, pulling Tsukune over to her and hugging him and Mizore. "We're together forever!"
"I meant a foursome in a more… intimate way." Yukari smirked wider, grabbing Mizore's breasts. "These puppies are nice and soft."
"P-please stop." Mizore said, squirming more.
"That's not nice." Moka said slapping Yukari's hand. The witch shook it as she felt the bad sting.
"Ow!" She said, clearing her throat. "Sorry, I'm not too good with saying how I feel… I think I hang around too many succubi. But, I would definitely like to be in your little circle. Especially sandwiched right in the middle."
"Well, I guess we could hang out sometime." Moka said. "But, no touching people, especially Mizore-chan."
"Aright, alright, fine." Yukari said. "I guess I'll see you three cuties later then."
Yukari pulled out her wand, which had another heart on it, this time inside the first heart, and glanced around before waving it, disappearing into thin air.
"sh-she's a pervert." Mizore said, slowly standing at normal posture from her almost cowering posture from earlier.
"Yeah." Tsukune said. "And, she's a little nuts. But, besides that, she's actually pretty nice."
"Yeah, she seems nice." Moka nodded.
"She also said her best friend was way more perverted than her." Tsukune shrugged. "Something about a succubus. I guess she's friends with one."
"Th-that would explain some things." Mizore said. "I-I don't think I want to be around her too much though."
"Okay." Tsukune said. "Let's eat our frozen yogurt and then head home. I'm sure it's time for Alucard's next meal."
"I can go find him a rat when I get home." Moka said, licking her lips as she ate her frozen yogurt.
"He eats rats?" Tsukune asked.
"Yeah!" Moka grinned. "It's so cool to see him devour them! Sometimes, it kinda looks like he drains their blood first."
"Maybe he's a vampire." Tsukune smirked.
"That would be so cool!" Moka gasped. "Wouldn't it, Mizore-chan?"
"As long as he doesn't start drinking my blood." Mizore gave a small giggle.
"Aww, he wouldn't do that." Moka waved her hand. "He's too sweet to do that. He likes you. He'd just rub up against you like a big softy."
"It would be pretty funny to see what your grandfather thinks of him." Tsukune said. "Since you named a bat after him."
"He'd think it'd be so cool!" Moka said. "But, I guess we'll have to find out when we go. I can't wait to go see him."
"What's he like?" Mizore asked.
"Oh, he's the most powerful vampire of them all!" Moka said, getting a little loud. "He's got this cool sword and he swings it like "woosh!" "Fssshhheww!" and other cool sound effects! He's also got this form he said he would never use again!"
"that sounds pretty cool." Tsukune said. "What is it like?"
"I don't know." Moka said. "I've never seen it. He said that my mom could use it too, but he never said anything beyond that. I guess I can use it too if I want, but there's got to be some huge catalyst or something he said."
"L-like Super Saiyan." Mizore said, licking her frozen yogurt, holding her lollipop in her hand.
"Yeah!" Moka grinned, clenching her fists. "Like that! I guess I'll go Super Saiyan if I ever get it! That would be so cool!"
"Y-yeah." Mizore blushed. "You'd be a strong Super Saiyan."
"You guys wanna catch a movie?" Tsukune asked. "I just remembered that dumb vampire movie my cousin wanted to see is out. Want to watch it and laugh at how dumb the vampires are?"
"Is that the one that got that book written about it from a fanfiction?" Mizore asked. "the, uh, adult book?"
"No, this is another vampire franchise." Tsukune said. "This one's supposed to be much more accurate."
"I liked the one where Batman fought Dracula." Moka said, grinning. "That was so cool at the end when he was like "I'm Batman" and toasted him."
"That was pretty cool." Mizore giggled slightly, her lollipop in her mouth again as she was finished with her frozen yogurt.
"Let's go see it!" Moka said, standing up and taking off, pulling the other two behind her as she ran.
"Moka, slow down!" Tsukune shouted, trying his best to keep up with the pink haired vampire as she ran down the street to the theater.
"We're here!" Moka shouted when they'd arrived. "Let's see this vampire movie!"
"Three for that vampire movie that's out." Tsukune said once they'd arrived at the ticket counter.
"Three for Dracula's Rising." The ticket taker said, giving them the tickets. "That'll be seven fifty."
"Here you go." Tsukune said, handing the man the money, taking the tickets and going inside. Once inside, Moka bought them all popcorn and Mizore bought the drinks and some candy. The crew went into the viewing room and sat down, getting comfortable. Moka sat in the middle with Tsukune on her right and Mizore on her left.
The three put their arms on the armrests, Moka putting her hands over Mizore's and Tsukune's. This action caused Mizore to blush slightly as Moka squeezed her hand.
"If you get scared I'll hold on tight." She whispered to her. Mizore smiled a small smile, nodding a little.
"If you get scared, hold on to me." Moka whispered to Tsukune.
"I was about to whisper the same thing to you." Tsukune smirked.
"Okay!" Moka said, nodding as the movie started. The three began to munch their popcorn and candy, sipping on their drinks.
After the movie
"That was great!" Moka said, jumping up and down. "I can't believe we thought that would be dumb! Dracula was totally awesome!"
"Yeah." Tsukune chuckled. "I did like it. It was so full of action and violence, I was surprised I thought it would be like the other vampire franchise."
"I know, right!" Moka exclaimed. "What did you think, Mizore-chan?"
"I-I liked it." Mizore nodded.
"great!" Moka shouted. She hugged her two best friends, pulling them along on the way home. Once they arrived at their street, they waved goodbye to each other and headed to their respective houses, Moka taking Alucard out of his cage to feed him.
Well, here's another fluff chapter that cushions the action chapters. I quite like this one. It was fun to write. I do have a few plans for future arcs though. We'll see how they go.