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Damon grit his teeth as he scraped his claws along the pillars. He had taken it upon himself to decorate all of the school's pillars, if only to keep himself busy and away from the festival, but despite his best efforts, his hearing refused to ignore one specific voice.

"It's okay to come out now, mother," Mizore was saying, half the academy's grounds away from Damon. "This is my boyfriend."

Damon's claws paused, then continued. He could hear Tsukune freaking out about it. And he had heard Moka before, so she must be in about the same state as Tsukune. For a bit, their voices all went silent, and Damon sighed. Maybe his senses would leave him alone for a bit. He moved to a new pillar, having finished the spiraling, water-like design of the last. However, as soon as his claws met the new pillar, the voices began again.

"Sorry about this," Mizore's voice whispered. "Can you pretend to be my lover for the time being, because I told my mom that I have a boyfriend."

Damon's claws shattered the side of the pillar, and he stared at it in silence for a long few moments before beginning to sculpt it.

"Nice to meet you," Mizore's mother's smooth, calm voice greeted. "I'm Mizore's mother, Tsurara."

Damon paused as memories flashed behind his eyes, both his and his father's. Every time the two of them had met Tsurara.

"You must be Tsukune," Tsurara said. "My daughter often talks about you."

"Oh, speaking of which, who is she?" Tsurara asked, most likely talking about Moka. "A friend?"

"Ah...no...I..." Moka tried to think of what to say, probably confused and embarrassed by Mizore's request.

"Ah, that person," Mizore said. "She's just a stalker, always following Tsukune. You don't have to pay attention to her."

Damon smirked. He could imagine Moka and Tsukune's expressions.

"Tsukune," Tsurara said after a moment, "have you thought about when you're going to marry Mizore?"

The pillar exploded, tons upon tons of debris crashing down in front of Damon. He stood there, arm still extended for several long seconds, claws hovering where they had just been carving the pillar into a phoenix with its wings folded in, before lowering his hands to his sides. He took a long breath before exhaling, melting the stone before raising his hand, the molten rock flying up and reforming into a complete phoenix before he lowered his hand, the stone cooling instantly.

Just as he finished, he heard Kurumu's mother greet Tsukune, apparently believing he was Kurumu's fiancé. However, being a Succubus, she assumed that Moka and Mizore were backup lovers, which she was fine with, then gave Tsukune permission to take Kurumu's virginity by force, then invited him to dinner in the same breath as offering to have sex with him. Damon sighed, heavily, then turned, heading for the festival to try and save Tsukune from his situation if he could. Instead, he stopped about halfway there as Tsurara stepped out in front of him.

"Damon," Tsurara said evenly.

"Tsurara," Damon said. "You look as beautiful as my father remembered."

Tsurara smiled. "Thank you. And thank you for keeping your word as well."

"I don't go back on my word, and I always repay my debts," Damon said. "I owe both to you after...you know. What we agreed on...it's the least I can do to make up for what happened."

Tsurara watched him for a few moments. "Do you regret your decision?"

"Never," Damon said. "It was the right choice. No matter how you looked at it. Even if it wasn't an easy choice."

Tsurara nodded. "Very well." She turned to leave, only to stop, looking back at him curiously. "Why haven't you told her? What you chose, or-"

"Because it won't change anything," Damon said. "It won't change what I am, and it won't change what my kind did to yours. It won't change millennia of war."

"That may be, but still," Tsurara said before trailing off. "You have my permission to tell her, should you ever decide you wish to."

Damon nodded silently and Tsurara turned, walking away again. Damon sighed and headed to the festival. Once there, he stopped as he found Kurumu and Mizore both arguing over whose family he'd be spending the evening with.

"Kurumu," Damon said. "Tsukune's not going to be spending the evening with you."

"What?" Kurumu asked, then glared at him. "And why is that!?"

"Because your mother's a succubus," Damon said. "Just say that you and him got into an argument, or you met someone more interesting, or something like that. Succubi are easy."

"And who's going to play the part of the so-called better person?" Kurumu demanded.

"Well hello there handsome," a voice said from off to the side. "What's a big, strong, scary Fire Devil like you doing around here?"

Damon turned, seeing a woman with massive breasts, a black dress that hung way too low on her tits, and a black cloak over it smiling seductively at him. The family resemblance was obvious as well, since her tail was showing, her face looked like an older Kurumu's, and her hair was styled the same, although it was darker than Kurumu's.

"You're more perceptive than your daughter," Damon grumbled, allowing his façade of being even the slightest bit polite drop. "Obviously you've been around the block enough times to list its residents by cock size."

"Damon!" Kurumu gasped, only for her mother to laugh.

"Well, I am a Succubus," she said. "Unfortunately, my daughter is still a bit innocent. She's engaged to Tsukune now, but she hasn't made him hers yet."

"It has surprised me a few times how tame she is for coming from an entire species of whores," Damon said. "Normally a Succubus would have just held him down and raped him into submission, if their normal tricks weren't working. By the way, you can stop projecting your pheromones at me. You should know my kind are above your tricks. I have more important things to do than fall victim to some free prostitute's mind games."

Kurumu's mother grinned widely. "We'll see about that. Would you like to have dinner with us? I'm sure Tsukune's back up lovers could entertain him for a night."

Kurumu stared at her mother incredulously, then turned to stare at Damon.

"Are you challenging me?" Damon snarled. "Did I miss the part where our social statuses became equal?"

Kurumu's mother's eyes widened in surprise before her cheeks tinted pink. "Uh...n-no!"

"No what?" Damon snarled.

"N-No, milord!" she said hurriedly, bowing her head. "Of course not! I didn't mean to presume."

"Yes you did, slut," Damon growled. "You were hoping to impress me by being brave, just like you were trying to impress Tsukune earlier when you offered to fuck him and made him feel your breast. I may be a student here, but it's not because I'm a child, whore."

"O-Of course, milord," she stammered. "I meant no offense."

Damon snorted, releasing a short tongue of flame from each nostril. "Fine. If you're so desperate for company, I suppose I have no other pressing matters for the time being."

Kurumu's mother smiled widely. "Thank you, milord!"

"Go find somewhere to eat that won't shame me," Damon said. "I'll bring your daughter when I feel inclined to be there."

"O-Of course, milord!" Kurumu's mother bowed.

Then, she turned, hurrying away.

"What just happened?" Tsukune asked.

"With Kurumu as the exception, all Succubi love to be dominated," Damon said. "Kurumu would too if Tsukune would grow a pair of balls and use them. So, all I had to do to get her under my thumb was put her in her place. Now you're free to only disappoint one girl's parents. And don't worry, Kurumu. I have no intention of sleeping with your mother, or you. You know how I feel about that."

Kurumu glared at him. "You're not exactly Satan's gift to mankind either!"

"No, I'm pretty sure that's your species," Damon said. "Anyway, meet me here in a few hours and we'll find your mother."

Kurumu sighed and nodded and Damon left, deciding to take a nap before having to deal with the headache he was going to have to endure.

Damon ignored Kurumu's mother, Ageha, as she repeatedly tried futilely to flirt with Damon, or to seduce him with a combination of pheromones and trying to draw his attention to her body. Kurumu was mostly ignoring Damon altogether, and after dinner and an hour of walking around, Damon finally sighed.

"You're starting to annoy me, whore," Damon said. "Get lost. You're not nearly attractive enough to be worth my time."

"Yes, milord," Ageha sighed, then said goodbye to Kurumu before flying away.

"Why did you get in the way?" Kurumu asked. "I could have used tonight to seduce Tsukune."

"Do you really believe that?" Damon snorted. "You know better. He was only ever going to spend time with Moka tonight."

"But Mizore asked him to go to dinner with her family too," Kurumu said.

"And he turned her down in favor of Moka," Damon said. "She used an Ice Puppet to cover for him, although her mother figured it out anyway."

"Then why'd you go through the trouble of letting my mother annoy you just to cover for me, if you knew I'd be found out?" Kurumu asked.

Damon shrugged. "Like I said. I had nothing better to do than get free food."

Kurumu glared at him before sighing heavily. "I'm not thanking you."

"Good," Damon said. "Then I don't have to throw up."

Kurumu rolled her eyes before smirking. "You play it tough, but you really are becoming quite the nice person."

Damon glared at her before turning and walking away.

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