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Ending of previous chapter;

"Good morning sir, how may I help you?" Fujiko asked politely

"Oh..um.. I'm here to see Kokoa chan. Is she by chance here today?" Haiji asked somewhat timidly with a bow while silently cursing himself for being so nervous.

"Ah yes she just went down in the dojo just a few minutes ago. Please follow me." Fujiko said before stepping aside to let him in before escorting him to the dojo.

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Chapter 23

Sniper

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Inside the dojo Kokoa looked at Kyoko as Kyoko got into a defensive position. It wasn't a great defensive position but it wasn't a bad one either. Looking at it brought a smile to Kokoa's face as she realized that instead of one of her sisters training Kyoko how to fight. It would be her giving the lessons on hand to hand combat. The part that really made her smile was that none of her sisters had said anything against her teaching Kyoko other than Moka saying no weapons until Kyoko had a good grip on hand to hand combat. Although she wasn't sure on where she should start and her pride didn't want to let her go to ask her sisters for advice on how to teach. So she just stood there for a bit contemplating on what to do first. Then she remembered that her sisters always made her attack them so they could assess her skills and what areas she needed to improve. Granted Kokoa took long enough to actually pay attention to what they were trying to teach her. For the longest time all she did was try to defeat them to show that she was strong and never meditated on why she kept losing. Ignoring her sisters that were trying to teach her new moves that she would have benefited from. It wasn't until she started going out with Haiji and joining in with the Martial Arts club training and workouts that she started to open her eyes to what her sisters were trying to teach her for years. Now her sisters were seeing her skills refining enough that none of them said anything against her teaching the basics to Kyoko and that boosted her pride.

"Kyoko, I want you to attack me with everything you got. So I can assess your skills." Kokoa said as she shifted her body into a defensive position.

"Um...Ok." Kyoko said before launching her attack.

Kyoko threw several punches at Kokoa at speeds Kokoa was halfway surprised Kyoko was capable of but managed to block and deflect with minimal effort. Then Kyoko tried to tackle Kokoa to the ground but instead found herself being thrown a few yards across the room landing face first onto the floor. She quickly got back to her feet and tried a jumping side kick followed by several snap kicks and punches. Finally managing to land one after several minutes of throwing everything she had at her. The right hook connected with Kokoa's face with enough force to send her flying a few yards back.

"Good hit, but if this was a real fight I would have mopped the floor with you even if I was a class A yokai. As long as my overall skills were decent. I can see you've had some training a while back but not very much. In some ways you're like I used to be before I opened my eyes to my own foolishness. You attack but leave yourself far to open while you do so. Relying to much on your overall power and speed rather than skill." Kokoa said in her assessment.

"Yeah… I could tell that you were blocking most of everything I was throwing at you rather easily..." Kyoko said with a slight frown.

"True enough and I agree with Kokoa's assessment but I would also add that I see a lot of potential. Some of your moves were decent but sloppy. With a bit of refining they would become a lot more accurate and harder to block and or deflect." Haiji said as he walked into the dojo after watching most of the assessment attack.

"Haiji!" Kokoa said excitably as she jumped at him to give him a hug.

"Hey Kokoa. So hows her defensive skills?" Haiji asked as he returned the hug.

"Haven't gotten to that part yet. So what are you doing here?" Kokoa asked tilting her head to one side slightly with a big grin.

"Oh I came to spar with you and then see if maybe you wouldn't maybe want to go to dinner with me or something… you know like a r..r..real d..d..da..date." Haiji said nervously before changing the subject asking "So who's the girl your about to train?"

"Oh..um.. This is Tsukune's cousin Kyoko. And um.. sure we could maybe do that I guess… Hey while you're here would you like to maybe help me train her so she can defend herself better?" Kokoa asked

"Um...sure thing. Between the two of us well have her able to fight pretty good in no time." Haiji said grinning

Then they both looked at Kyoko before Haiji took a fighting stance.

"Now were going to assess your defensive skills. My boyfriends going to attack you while you block, dodge and deflect his attacks. He'll increase the attacks until he breaks through and lands a hit. Ready, GO!" Kokoa said.

Haiji started throwning punches and kicks with barely any power or speed in them and slowly increased his assault as Kokoa watched carefully. Kyoko blocked, dodged and deflected the blows that were becoming more powerful and faster my the second. After about 2 minutes Haiji landed a strong sidekick into her gut that sent her flying about 15 yards before she tumbled for a few more. She got up holding her stomach with one hand and rubbing her butt with her other hand after having landed on it so hard.

"Well your defense is just slightly better than your offense. But now we know where to start so we can refine what you already know as well as teach you some new moves that will have a bigger impact on controlling the flow and outcome of almost any fight you may get into." Kokoa said while Haiji nodded in agreement.

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Inspector Ikki Tushanari was driving home with a smile on his face. Today he was going to pick up his daughter and celebrate her 16th birthday. He had pulled some strings and got 2 tickets with backstage passes to see the Blazing Hearts world tour show. He quickly got himself ready and headed out after grabbing a quick breakfast and a large cup of coffee to go.

As he arrived to pick up his daughter he was greeted by his wife with a hug and kiss. She knew his job kept him away from home for long periods of time. Sending him all over Japan and sometimes even out of the country. But she also knew he was very loyal to her and their daughter. His wife was excited about tonight while his daughter was a bit annoyed. She was angry that she had to turn her friends down when they invited her to go to the show. Her boyfriend had tried to switch days so he could take her tomorrow night for the encore performance but it was already sold out. It took him almost 3 days to find someone who had 2 tickets for the 2nd day that wanted to trade for the first day. Most everyone they knew was either going on the first day or had tickets to go on both days. So she wasn't happy with her parents when they said she had to be with them on her birthday because her dad had planned to take them out somewhere that night. But she was glad that her boyfriend finally found someone to trade with. She dressed casually with her pro yokai rights t-shirt that said "I owe my life to a werewolf" with the image of a large werewolf on the front. On the back it said "Japan was saved by yokai!" with the picture of 2 yokai with wings on their backs fighting Alucard. Taken from the fight almost 15 months ago. She was surprised when neither of her parents made her change her clothes when she came out of her room saying she was ready to go. She had laid a back up on her bed but wanted to annoy them for making her miss out on seeing one of her favorite bands. They went out to the car and loaded up. Her mom and dad had grins on their faces as they pulled out and started heading toward Tokyo.

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Tsukune and Moka had just finished packing an overnight bag and were heading down towards the limo. Even though things were being crazy and there was a massive manhunt going on for Kiria Yoshi. They weren't going to cancel their date to see Blazing Hearts live in concert at the Tokyo Dome. And then spend a night in a luxurious suite at the Hotel Chinzanso. Both of them were smiling brightly as they got into the limo. It would be their first relaxing thing they've done together since the 2 week break began a week ago. Both of them were determined to enjoy it and silently prayed that nothing would go wrong while they were out.

As the limo took off and headed towards the portal that would take them to Tokyo, Moka wrapped her arms around her Tsukune. Pulled him closer to her and proceeded to kiss him passionately. Pouring all her love for him into her kiss knowing fully well that he was doing the same. No words were spoken as they kissed each other and cuddled together while the car sped down the road. As they entered Tokyo and approached the dome where the concert was being held Tsukune squeezed Moka's hand gently and smiled.

"I presume we have good seats right?" Moka asked excitedly.

"Front row in the center my love." Tsukune said as Moka got even more excited.

He didn't tell her they were VIP seats with backstage passes yet. He wanted to see her reaction when they bypassed the line and went directly backstage to meet and hang out with the band in person for almost an hour before the show was to start. As the limo stopped in front of the entrance, Moka saw the long lines already formed and slowly entering the dome. She got a little bit nervous as she looked at all of the humans waiting in line. Tsukune picked up on her emotions and gave her a quick reassuring kiss before stepping out and holding out his hand for her.

"Thank you Tsukune." Moka said as she took his hand and climbed out of the limo.

"You're welcome beautiful." Tsukune said causing Moka to blush at his compliment.

She was wearing an elegant looking dark red mini dress with matching pumps. Her matching purse was slung over her shoulder and her arm was wrapped in her lovers arm as he led the way towards the entrance. He was wearing a dark red dress shirt with black dress slacks and black dress shoes. He wore his chain around his wrist with his rosary attached to it. Hiding his vampiric appearance and aura. Moka had her new one on as well. Only now instead of pink hair and a new personality, her hair was a rich brown while her eyes were emerald green. Other than that she was the same Moka. As they got closer Moka noticed Tsukune wasn't heading toward the end of the line.

"Um Tsukune… the line to get in is over there love." Moka said a bit confused at where Tsukune was leading her.

"That's the line for the general public, were heading over to the V.I.P. entrance."Tsukune said with a devilish grin.

"Oh… um whats V.I.P. mean?" Moka asked curiously.

"Very important person." Tsukune said as they got in the very short line that was about to start letting people in.

Directly in front of them was a girl about a year younger in a t-shirt that said "Japan was saved by yokai, support yokai rights!" with a picture of both Tsukune and Moka fighting Alucard. She was hugging her father and excitably saying this is the best birthday surprise ever. Then the mans phone started to ring, he answered it and turned 3 shades whiter before he smiled timidly and turned around seeing Tsukune and Moka standing directly behind him.

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Chief Inspector Tushanari was at the Tokyo Dome with his wife and daughter. It was his daughters 16th birthday today and he surprised her by taking her to see one of her favorite new power metal bands. He had pulled some strings at work and somehow managed to get 3 VIP tickets with backstage passes. His daughter had been irate with him until he pulled into the parking garage next to the Dome where the concert was being held. Then he held up the tickets and said happy birthday to her and the moment she saw the letters VIP on the tickets she went ballistic with joy. Jumping up and down and hugging him. His wife of course pulled out her camera and took a few pictures of their daughter jumping all over him with an excited face much to his chagrin. They made it to the VIP entrance and were waiting for the door to open and start letting those with VIP tickets in when his phone rang. 'Dammit not now' he thought.

"Chief Inspector Tushanari. This had better be damn important." He said with a slight growl.

"Well I see you're at the Dome's VIP entrance with your family Chief. But you did want us to call if we spotted Aono Tsukune right?" The imperial minister of paranormal affairs said with a chuckle.

"Fuck...Dammit… I'll be right there..." Ikki growled quietly and sadly.

"Oh no need to go anywhere inspector. Tsukune Aono and Moka Akashiya are standing directly behind you.. hahaha" The minister chuckled as he tried to imagine what was going through his head after he said that.

Ikki felt his heart practically stop as he hung up the phone and put on a timidly fake smile and turned around slowly. Their they were, standing not half a meter from him. Their arms interlocked and the boy looked at him with his head starting to tilt to the side slightly. While the girl just turned her head to look at her fiance with a smile.

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Both Moka and Tsukune had heard the whole conversation the man in front of them had on his phone. Moka became slightly nervous but Tsukune squeezed her hand and let her know everything would be fine through their bond.

"Good evening Chief." Tsukune said with a bright disarming smile

"Good evening Aono-san, Akashiya-san" Ikki said very nervously

"No need to be so afraid. Were here for the same reason you are." Moka said with a smirk.

"Hey daddy, who are your friends?" his daughter asked while looking at the couple standing behind them talking with her father.

"Were just part of one of his assignments from work." Tsukune said with a smirk as he watched the inspector turn even paler than he already was.

"Tsukune, what are you doing?" Moka asked as she saw not only the inspector turn a shade paler but also his wife.

"Just trying to figure out why he's looking for us by name my love." Tsukune said calmly.

"Um...daddy?" The girl said now a bit scared as well.

"I like your shirt. The Werewolf didn't do anything perverted did he?" Moka asked changing the subject to calm the tension.

"Wha…. No of course not! Why would you ask such a…. Oh my God. Are you two?" The girls asked with wide eyes as something clicked in her head.

"Hahaha...Yep." Moka said before leaning in to whisper in the girls ear "Were yokai"

"A..a..are y..yo..you g..g..g..good yo..yo..yok..yokai?" the girl stuttered nervously.

"Yokai?" her mother half asked and half said in almost unbelief as her eyes became wide as saucers.

"Yes, were yokai, and yes were friendly unless severely provoked." Tsukune said with a friendly smile before looking back at the inspector and cocking one of his eyebrows.

"Well...um. I'm Chief Inspector Tushanari. I work for the Imperial Minister of Paranormal Investigations and National Security out of the Emperor's Palace. After running every image we could find on the Alucard event facial recognition programs place the two of you as the ones who were doing the main amount of fighting against the monstrosity known as Alucard. As well as being seen at several other locations that were owned by the terrorist group known as Fairy Tail. I would also like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the way you two handled the hostage crisis at my daughters school... I've been assigned to try and locate you and observe only to try and learn more about you and your friends." Ikki said honestly. Hoping that a truthful explanation would be the best route to take as well as perhaps make his job easier.

"That was you guys?" His daughter asked excitably with wide eyes.

"Um..." Tsukune smiled sheepishly, while he nervously scratched the back of his head.

"Yes um… I'm sorry but I don't know your name. I'm Moka Akashiya and this is my mate Tsukune Aono." Moka said with a gentle smile.

"Oh. I'm Akari Tushanari and this is my mother Kiyoko Tushanari and you already know my father. My mother and I started a group in our community for yokai rights." Akari said just before the door opened and a large man started checking tickets.

Tsukune and Moka both noticed the bouncer who was checking tickets at the door.

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Brian Twobear was a Sasquatch that was in charge of Blazing Hearts security team. The person that was supposed to be at the door checking tickets and directing the VIP's toward Blazing Hearts dressing room had suddenly become ill. So he took over. Besides this gave him a much better idea of who was backstage. A nervous man with his equally nervous wife and a very excited daughter were the first to hand him their tickets. He tore the stubs and placed them in three clear pouches that were attached to a lanyard so they could wear their backstage pass around their necks so security could quickly see that they were permitted in the area. Then two more tickets were passed to him and as he was handing the couple their backstage passes he noticed who they were and bowed deeply.

"Lord Aono" Brian bowed as he held their passes out to them.

A few others on the security team knelt on their knee, bowing while holding their hand over their chest. This of course did not go unnoticed by the Tushanari's, to them it looked as if the security team had just received a surprise visit by Royalty, the way they knelt instantly as Moka and Tsukune entered the area.

"Um.. carry on." Tsukune said with a slight bow before he nervously looked over towards the Tushanari's. 'Great, now their going to want to know what all that was about.' he thought as his hand rose to scratch the back of his head.

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"So you actually know Tsukune Aono the heir to the Vampire throne?" a young girl asked the photographer while she was putting the finishing touches to Ari Takasaki the lead singer of Blazing Hearts makeup.

"Yep. We were all in the same newspaper club together. I still see him from time to time." Gin said hoping to make some points with the cute girl or the bands singer in front of him.

Then the door opened and in walked the Tushanari's followed by Tsukune Aono and Moka Akashya. Gin face palmed while the girl doing the makeup freaked out and fainted.

"Hey Gin, got the photo gig huh?" Tsukune greeted his friend while Moka froze seeing one of her idols sitting not 3 meters away from where she was standing.

"Hey Tsukune, we were um.. just talking about you guys." Gin said nervously.

"Wait this is Tsukune Aono and Moka Akashiya?" Ari Takasaki said with wide eyes.

"Yep, that's them." Gin said proudly while Tsukune face palmed himself and shook his head.

The Tushanari's were looking around bewildered, trying to keep up with what was going on. It was obvious that the photographer knew Tsukune and Moka on a fairly close level. The makeup girl had passed out almost immediately upon seeing the couple walk into the room and the bands singer had at least heard about them. Almost every one who worked backstage had bowed and treated Tsukune and Moka like royalty. While the couple themselves looked like they wished nobody had a clue as to who they were.

"Gin, whats the rule around humans?" Tsukune asked with just a tinge of bite in his voice.

"Relax bro. she's like one of your biggest fans." Gin said trying to somewhat change the subject.

"You're r..re..really y..y..you." Moka squeaked as her eyes were locked on the singer.

"Did she just squeak?" Gin half chuckled as he asked.

"You of course know she'll kick you into the upper stratosphere if you breathe a word about it right." Tsukune asked Gin with a smirk as he imagined him flying through the air from one of Moka's powerful kicks.

"Not a word." Gin sweat bombed nervously.

Ari Takasaki had gotten up and walked over to them and gave Moka a hug causing Moka to squeak again as her whole body started to tremble slightly and her legs started to give out. Tsukune caught her as she blushed a deep crimson and looked at Tsukune who was just smiling at her.

"That's...Ari Ta..Takasaki..an..and..sh..she ju..ju..jus..just hugged me." Moka stuttered before she passed out for a few minutes. Causing Tsukune to chuckle as he glanced around for somewhere to lay her down.

"Mind if I lay her down next to you Akari?" Tsukune asked as he approached the couch Akari was sitting on while her parents had started moving to the love seat.

"Um..n..n..no um n..n..no at a..all." Akari managed to stutter out still in awe of being next to real live yokai hero's.

As he started to lay her down Akari offered her lap for Moka's head. He offered a quick thank you to the girl before he stood back up and looked toward the singer.

"So I take it that you know pretty much every one who works backstage is yokai?" Tsukune said as a statement more than asked.

"Yes, I met them through Sophia here (as she pointed to the girl on the floor) when my father and I became lost while hiking in the Colorado Mountains near the town of Aspen. She's a yuki-ona other wise known as a snow fairy or snow woman. Needless to say she recognized my father from some of her mothers old Hair Metal music collection and carried us to her village. There we met others of her kind as well as a tribe of Sasquatch that lived next to them. They were very kind to us and helped me heal from a few serious injuries I received when I fell down a cliff when the ground gave way under me. So when I started receiving death threats from a stalker, I offered the Sasquatch tribe a job. 18 of them took the job and Sophia asked if she could do my makeup and come along. They've been in my employ ever since, going on 4 years now." Ari said as Sophia started to come back around.

"Wow, you know that would make a great article for my school newspaper." Tsukune said cheerfully.

"So your still in school?" Sophia asked in awe.

"Yep, were both starting our senior year at Yokai Academy." Tsukune said

"So is it true that one of your friends is a Yoki-Onna like me? Sophia asked nervously

"Yep. Her name's Mizore Shirayuki and she's one of my best friends." Tsukune said with a warm smile.

"Wow, does that mean she'll be part of your inner circle when you take the throne?" Sophia asked somewhat excited.

"I hope so but that will be up to her. She has a boyfriend now and I'm sure she'll want to start a family soon. But even then the door will always be open for her." Tsukune said

As this was going on Ari and her band mates was visiting the Tushanari's and talking a bit with Akari in particular.

"So are you enjoying your birthday so far?" Ari asked Akari.

"Are you kidding me. I get to meet everyone in my favorite band plus several yokai at the same time. This is the best birthday ever!" Akari said.

"So would you like your picture taken with every one?" Gin said with a wink

"Really? Hell yeah!" Akari almost shouted in her excitement as Moka started to stir on her lap.

"Well as soon as Moka gets up we'll all get together over there and I'll set the camera on a timer so everyone here will be in the photo." Gin said smiling.

"And just why do you think anyone would want you in the picture Gin?" Moka said a bit annoyed.

"Well I'm pretty sure she would, being that I'm the werewolf that saved her 15 months ago." Gin said with a smug grin.

"Wait… that was you?" Moka asked before spinning her head to the girl "Did he touch you in anyway that he shouldn't have when he rescued you?"

"No, of course not. He just scoped me up bridal style and ran me to safety." Akari said a bit annoyed that her hero was getting picked on.

"Sorry, I don't mean any disrespect to you but Gin was one of the worst perverts in the school. Always sneaking into the girls locker room to take pictures of the girls as they got undressed. I can't tell you how many times I kicked him either through a wall, off a roof or across the campus. The only reason he's still alive is cause when the chips are down he's always there to give a hand." Moka said with a sigh.

"Oh… well I guess that would explain why you asked that." Akari said looking at Gin with a cocked eyebrow.

As the group huddled for the group picture Gin suggested that all the yokai be in their true forms. Adding that Moka and Tsukune should get their wings out to match Akari's t-shirt. So they removed their rosaries and activated their creation power to make their wings and armor. Sophia iced over and one of the body guards Sasquatched out while Gin morphed into his werewolf form before lightly touching the button on his camera starting the timer before jumping behind Akari and picking her up bridal style for the picture. While Ari Takasaki wrapped her arms around Moka and Tsukune and Sophia knelt down in front of them with the rest of the band, leaving Akari's parents standing next to the werewolf holding their daughter. *FLASH*FLASH*FLASH*FLASH*FLASH* the camera took several pictures rapidly before Gin went over to look at the shots it took before producing a notebook to get addresses as to where to send the prints. Moka looked at the pictures before she told Gin to send her every ones bill for the deluxe packages. Telling the Tushanari's to consider it her birthday gift to their daughter when they tried to protest.

Then they all left to go grab their seats. The show would be starting soon and then they would all meet backstage again afterword.

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Up in the rafters a shadowy figure assembled his rifle, mounting a scope before adjusting the sights as he aimed the barrel towards the stage. He had hidden parts of the rifle in the dome over the course of 4 weeks. During that time he had found the perfect hiding spot for his attack. He had actually found a cubbyhole, that gave him a clear view of the stage but left him well hidden within the shadows. 'If only she would have agreed to be mine and mine alone, she should only be singing for me and not these mindless, unworthy insects. They don't deserve to hear her angelic voice, they don't deserve her love and affection. I alone deserve it but she rejected me! So… now I have no choice but to punish her. If she won't be mine and mine alone then she won't be around anymore, rubbing in her rejection of me. The deranged shadowy figure raged in his head as he started loading the rifle before taking aim.

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Tsukune and Moka were enjoying the concert before they felt a wave of killing intent coming from somewhere behind them.

"Do you feel that?" Moka asked Tsukune as they both started looking around.

"Yeah, I'm trying to pinpoint the exact location now. We really don't need this crap with the peace talks being as fragile as they are." Tsukune said as they spread their senses out, searching for the origin of the killing intent they felt.

"Oh my God!" Tsukune shouted before yanking off his rosary while leaping onto the stage.

Moka yanked hers off and leaped towards the sniper as he shot his rifle. The bullet raced toward the stage as Tsukune landed in front of Ari Takasaki in his full vampiric form as the bullet slammed into his back causing him to yell out in pain as he fell to the stage.

The sniper started to pull the bolt action back to expend the casing and load in a new round. Cursing up a storm at Tsukune getting in the way. He was so distracted that he failed to see Moka approaching until it was too late and the rifle was violently ripped from his hands.

"Whaaa?" the sniper yelped as the rifle was yanked from him and he saw ruby red eyes glaring at him angrily.

"Got you!" Moka growled as she grabbed him before she turned around towards the stage. Her heart sank instantly at the sight before her. "TSUKUNE!"

She leaped towards the stage with the rifle in one hand and the sniper in the other. Throwing him down to security before she landed on the stage and rushed over to Tsukune who was lying in a pool of blood.

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Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, sorry about the cliffhanger. (Not really hahaha)

Things are going to start picking up soon so don't worry. Leave a comment on your thoughts and I'll be back with the next chapter soon.