I do not own Rosario + Vampire. This is my original fan fiction story based on the manga series created by Akihisa Ikeda. Its where the story continues on in my heart from where Akihisa Ikeda chose to end his story of Tsukune Aono and Moka Akashiya. I make no money from this in any way. This is just for fun and to increase my writing and story telling skills. I hope you are enjoying this story as much as I am in writing it. I would also like to thank you all for the positive reviews I've been getting as well as the favorites and follows on this story. THANK YOU!
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Chapter 27
Yukari
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It was nearly 10:00pm when Tsukune and Moka finally returned to Shuzen Castle. Ruby was pacing back and forth at the entrance awaiting their return. She was anxious to get the bullet sent off to Yukari as soon as possible. Scarlet waited patiently beside her, she also wanted to deliver the bullet to the young witch in hopes of having a way to counter the bullets enchantments. She never wanted her master to feel pain again if it could be helped. As Moka and Tsukune entered the castle they were greeted warmly by the pair.
"Welcome home masters, I hope the rest of your trip was pleasant." Ruby said
"Welcome back master, I could use some energy to make a trip for Ms. Tojo to deliver one of the enchanted bullets to Ms. Sendo." Scarlet said
"Of course, here you go Scarlet." Tsukune said giving her an extra large amount of energy before turning towards Ruby. "Thank you Ruby and yes we did have a pleasant time. Though most of the day was spent at the Imperial Palace."
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4 hours after the shooting;
Arthor Malfient was back on the phone again with Kiria Yoshi, telling him what he had discovered about the missing bullets.
"I'll deal with my wife personally but the real problem now is they have some of those bullets to examine, and one of them is a master artificer. If she manages to break down all the enchantments, which I'm pretty sure she will, she'll be able to counter them. Making them useless." Arthor said
"Don't worry my friend. I have someone in mind that has proven to be just as capable as the Shuzen girls were when it comes to cleaning problems. Plus this will give me at least one head to send to that abomination!" Kiria replied growling angrily at the end.
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Late morning, day of the shooting;
"Thanks Scarlet. Your teleportation abilities are amazing." Yukari said as Scarlet dropped her off at her front door.
"Your welcome Yukari and thank you." Scarlet replied before she opened another portal to return to the castle.
'Man… I still can't believe everything that's happened in the last few days. First Mizore's home is almost blown to bits. Then Kurumu's home is attacked, Tsukunes home is destroyed, Tsukune brutally decimates the attacking force that destroys his home. That of course revealing that he's also the heir to the vampire throne…. Who would have ever thought that… Now Moka and him are bloodmated and Ruby's become his slave… I still can't believe she did that… Then poor Kyoko… Damn that bastard Orpheus, forcing Tsukune to do that to his own cousin. With all that going down it's no wonder I've only got 3 of the 6 projects I planned out finished.' Yukari thinks to herself as she makes her way back to her room to continue on strengthening her wand to be able to handle the magical pressures she's hoping her combined projects will allow her to wield safely.
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"Wow… I'm exhausted. Completed my wand, then spent the whole day flipping through spell books in the library. Now for some lucid dreaming to learn them. I can't wait to show everyone that I can be more useful to them now." Yukari cheerfully said as she prepared a bath.
A few hours later she awoke from her lucid dreaming to the sound of the phone ringing.
"Sendo residence and do you have any idea what time it is!" Yukari growled
"Sorry Yukari but we have a problem Tsukune was shot earlier..." Ruby started to say
"Tsukune was shot! Is he ok? What happened?" Yukari panics shouting into the phone
"He's fine Yukari. Scarlet got the bullet out of him. The problem is these were enchanted bullets created by Arthor Malfient." Ruby replied
"Arthor Malfient! He's one of the most respected and feared warlocks in the world. He's a master artificer Ruby. Whats going on." Yukari shrieked into the phone.
"He's with Fairy Tail Yukari. The bullets seem to stop regeneration and cancel ones youki energy. I'm going to send Scarlet over with one of the bullets for you to examine. Maybe you can come up with a way to counteract the enchantments, I hope.." Ruby says.
"Ok, I'll get on it right away as soon as she gets here." Yukari replies
"Thanks Yukari" Ruby says before hanging up
"Sweet Merlin and Morgana… Arthor Malfient! Now that's what I call a challenge" Yukari says with stars shining in her eyes as she begins to rub her hands together.
Shortly afterwords the phone rings again
"Hello Sendo residence, Yukari speaking"
"Yukari, we won't be able to send you one of the bullets until Moka and Tsukune return tomorrow night. Scarlet's drained from tonight's mayhem earlier. Sorry for keeping you up for nothing." Ruby says sadly
"That's fine Ruby, I'll just spend the day tomorrow scanning through the enchantment books in the library, so I'll have a good idea where to start when I get it." Yukari says cheerfully
"Thanks again Yukari, goodnight and happy hunting." Ruby replies in better spirits.
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Yukari had just got out of the bath and was putting on her pajamas when the phone started to ring. She had spent the entire day flipping through page after page on enchantments in the library. Everything from the basic to the most complex and even outlawed enchantments. In all she had scanned her eyes over 483 books on enchantments. All she needed now was one of the bullets and a bit of time in a lucid dream to come up with something to counter them. She was really hoping that Ruby was calling her saying Scarlet was on her way but being that she was also exhausted from her day at the library she was also a touch grumpy when she answered the phone.
"Sendo residence and this better be good" Yukari half growled
"Sorry Yukari, they just got home and Scarlets about to come to you now." Ruby said as Scarlet opened a portal to Yukari's home.
"Thanks Ruby, I'll get to work on it right away. Gotta go that's probably her at the door now." Yukari said with a little more enthusiasm as a knock came at the front door.
Yukari skipped over to the front door eager to get started as well as to get some sleep… where most of her work will be done. But as she opened the door she felt a stabbing pain in her chest as a short sword was thrust through her from a strange man at the door.
"Good evening Ms. Sendo, Kiria Yoshi and Arthor Malfient send their regards." The assassin growls as he rips the sword back out preparing to decapitate her.
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Scarlet had just passed through the portal onto the walkway that led to Yukari's front door when she saw a man rip a sword out of Yukari's chest. Transforming into her humanoid combat form she launched at the assassin with blinding speed.
Just as he was about to swing the fatal blow that would have severed her head from her shoulders, Scarlets clawed hand gripped his sword arm and another tore into his back and burst through his chest holding his still beating heart.
Yukari was going into shock as her assailant fell dead in front of her revealing Scarlet to the young witches eyes before her vision faded to black and she started to collapse onto the floor from her wound.
Before she could hit the floor Scarlet had her in her arms and was jumping back into a portal to Shuzen Castle where she screamed for Ruby and Tsukunes help.
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The whole castle heard Scarlet's cry for help and rushed towards the great hall where they found Scarlet trying hard to keep Yukari from bleeding out. Yukari was deathly pale as Ruby arrived to see Yukari lying in a huge pool of blood with Scarlet holding pressure to her wounds in vain.
"Oh God No, Yukari!" Ruby screamed as she whipped out her wand and started trying to heal her.
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Tsukune and Moka were giving Issa a full report on their visit to the Imperial Palace and their meeting. When they all heard Scarlet scream for Tsukune and Ruby's help. As they started to run towards the scream they heard Ruby scream "Oh God No, Yukari!"
Yukari's heartbeat was so slow by the time Tsukune got there with Moka and Issa. She was on the final few beats of her life as Tsukune tore his hand open and poured some into her mouth as he took a swallow of her blood directly from the gaping wound. Then placing the bleeding hand over her wounded chest and started pouring his aura into her as tears streaked down his face. He realized she had lost too much blood already and his method of healing her wouldn't work this time…
"Forgive me Yukari… I have no other way to save you." Tsukune sobbed into her ear and was just about to bite down upon her neck to injected his own blood into her.
"Tsukune... son, please allow me." Issa said as he placed his hand on Tsukune's shoulder and looked him in the eye. "I can do this safely, without turning her or harming her in any way."
Tsukune nodded as Issa lowered himself to the young witches neck. While it went completely against Issa's pride to offer his own blood… He also knew he owed them that much. They were the ones that put their lives on the line to save his daughter when she was kidnapped by Fairy Tail. When in all actuality that was his mess that he should have cleaned up years beforehand. A problem he realized all to late when he found himself trapped within his own dungeon… Replaced by a doppelganger by his own wife. While he would never admit it openly. He owed these kids a debt that was greater than his pride. That and he didn't want to see his son in law suffer inside for having to turn another member of those he called family. With all this in his mind he bit into Yukaris neck and injected just enough blood to keep her alive before ordering the staff to quickly take her to the medical wing and start a transfusion of O negitive.
Ruby stayed with Yukari using her wand while casting healing spells until she drained herself so much she passed out.
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Everyone was now gathered in the medical ward where Yukari lay sleeping as she was being supplied with blood transfusion bags to replace what she had lost.
Ruby was in the bed next to her, recovering from exhausting herself.
"Thank you Issa" Tsukune said as tears of relief, sadness and unbelief flowed down his cheeks.
"You're welcome son… I.. I wanted to save you from having to torment yourself further by feeling forced to turn her into one of us… I'm just glad Scarlet got her here as quickly as she did. A few moments longer and she would have completely bled out. While she's not completely out of the woods, at least now she has the best possible chance… " Issa said
Tsukune nodded, his eyes still focused on the sleeping form of Yukari. Inside he was seething, completely livid that someone would hurt her so badly.
Moka willed a large chunk of her aura into her hand for Scarlet before she asked her to go get Yukari's parents. They deserve to know what happened.
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Fujiko and Tamanori Sendo were just getting back from a meeting with the council when they saw their door open and a mans body lying in the entry way. He had a bloodied sword in his hand and a large hole through his back and chest. A heart lay on the porch and blood was pooled everywhere. Just inside there was more blood that looked like it sprayed clear across the room. Their hearts fell into the pit of their stomachs as a sense of dread overcame them and they ran into the house. Their hearts
fell into despair when they reached her room to find her clothes laid out for the next day sitting next to her wand. But she was nowhere to be found… Tears started to stream down Fujiko's face as her aura began to build and rage around her. She was just about to scream when they heard a knock at the open bedroom door.
When they turned to the door they saw Scarlet standing there, her eyes still puffy and red from crying earlier.
"Yukari's ok, she's at Shuzen Castle… Issa Shuzen managed to save her life with his blood." Scarlet said softly both vocally and in sign language before adding " I came here to get the two of you."
This calmed both of them down a bit as Fujiko asked in sign language "What happened?"
"Kiria Yoshi and Arthor Malfient sent an assassin to kill and behead her… I arrived just as he was ripping the sword back out of her chest and killed him before he could decapitate her. I grabbed her and teleported her to Shuzen Castle where Ruby and Tsukune did everything they could before Issa stopped Tsukune from turning her and gave Yukari his own blood to save her life." Scarlet said and signed in reply.
The Sendo's had a mixed look of horror, sadness and rage mixed with relief and gratitude that their baby girl was still alive. After they gathered Yukari's clothes and wand along with her pack full of books and notes they nodded to Scarlet who opened a portal to Shuzen Castle.
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Tsukune, Moka, Kurumu,Mizore, Ruby and Kokoa were all in a state of shock at what had happened to Yukari. All of them were also seething over it as well. One of their own had been attacked. Not by some para military force but this time by an assassin. If Scarlet had been able to go the day before or had left a few seconds later Yukari would be dead right now. And as far as they were concerned no one outside of their inner circle was allowed to harm one hair on anyone in that circle without having hell to pay. They had all become something more than friends over the last 2 years. In fact in many ways they were closer than most blood relatives were. They were family… Despite the differences in race, stature or background. None of them could imagine a life without any of the others in it. Through that they had something worth risking everything, even their lives… true acceptance and unconditional love. This is what made them strong enough to rise up against unbelievable, suicidal odds and come out victorious. Now their enemy was trying to use that against them, to demoralize them and strike fear into their hearts. Had these kids been anyone else it may have had the desired effect on them. Instead all they did was kick the hornets nest, stirring these kids into a virtual frenzy of rage. But unlike a blind frenzy, this one was focused and would not be calmed easily until the ones who provoked them were dealt with harshly. Like angry bees that chased their targets into a lake. All they had to do was wait for them to surface for air, even a breathing tube above the surface would be all they needed to attack.
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Till next time
Johnny