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Doppleganger
Damon stopped as Tsukune stepped out of the shadows in to the light of Kurumu's lantern.
"You all came," Tsukune smiled. "It's alright now. I've already defeated all of the enemies."
"Tsukune!" Kurumu shouted, running forward, only for Damon to catch her shoulder.
"Who the fuck are you?" Damon growled.
"What do you mean?" Tsukune asked. "I'm Tsukune."
"That's nice," Damon said. "Except that our friend's name isn't Tsukune. It's Sai."
Tsukune's eyes widened and he swallowed hard. "Uh...yeah...that's...what I meant."
"Right," Damon said. "Despite clearly not needing to point out the obvious, but you clearly have no idea who you're impersonating, Doppelganger. I'll do you a favor and tell you about him. Firstly, he would never brag about having defeated an enemy. He's too naïve and peaceful for that. Secondly, he would never be here without Moka. Thirdly, there's a Holy Lock on his right wrist that keeps him alive. You don't have one. And lastly, I can sense the difference between his soul and yours as easily as I can see the difference between water and steak. You're not nearly as good a doppelganger as you think. So, I assume you're either the boss or the secret weapon. And either way, you're going to die here."
The Doppelganger stared at him for a moment before chuckling and crouching. "Not bad."
"Kurumu! Mizore! Damon!" Yukari's voice shouted as she ran over with Ruby. "We found you!"
"Tsukune?" Ruby asked.
"Doppelganger," Damon said.
"Your friend's quite smart," the Doppelganger said. "No one's ever seen through my disguise at a glance before."
"Damon's not your average person," Ruby said, wrapping her arms around him. "No one can fool him."
"Ruby," Damon said. "Let go."
"Aw," Ruby pouted. "You could at least hug me first."
He gave her a blank stare and she sighed, releasing him before her wand appeared in her hand. "Thank you." He turned back to the front. "We'll see about the hug later, if you can find a way to help me with a specific problem."
Ruby beamed at him and nodded happily.
"Where the hell is Tsukune!?" Kurumu demanded, only for Damon to pull her behind him.
"Right about now, he should be dead," the Doppelganger said.
"Tsukune is going to be just fine," Damon said. "Don't forget, the Vampire blood coursing through Tsukune's body reacts to danger. His biggest problem might be that he'll struggle to return to normal. However, that will be a small problem. For now, let's deal with this guy."
The Doppelganger smirked, tearing his disguise's face off, leaving himself with long, greasy, black hair, sunken eyes, and a dangerous smirk as he lifted a cigarette to his mouth and lit it.
"So where are they?" Kurumu demanded. "I'll find out even if I have to strangle it out of you!"
"Kurumu, shut up and stay behind me," Damon said. "Don't make the mistake of thinking he's as weak as his minotaur guard dog. Doppelgangers are a particularly tricky bunch of vermin because they can copy both appearances, and abilities, and they ad any stolen strength to their own. This isn't going to be an easy fight."
"You continue to impress," the Doppelganger smirked, shedding his jacket. "Originally, my race was one that was unfit for combat. That's why, in order to become stronger, we had to plan ahead. One of those plans was the mastery of martial arts. I learned how to fight from humans who were weaker than me."
"I bet they kicked your ass black and blue, too," Damon said.
"Indeed they did," the Doppelganger nodded. "But it was worth it. Karate. Kung Fu. Boxing. I have mastered all the general martial arts. You're the ones who should be prepared if you're going to attack me."
"You think mastering a handful of general martial arts guarantees you a victory?" Damon snorted, walking forward alone. "I'm a Fire Devil, you ignorant, arrogant piece of filth! I am a master of every martial art, both human, Yokai, and Demonic."
The Doppelganger's eyes widened in surprise and fear and he inched backward a step before dropping into a crouch, narrowing his eyes. "You're bluffing!"
Damon extended his wings and tail, then formed his scales over his hands, his claws extending. "I don't bluff."
Just then, Kurumu shot past Damon, only for him to catch her by the back of the shirt, lifting her into the air and turning her toward him.
"Stay out of this you little slut!" Damon snarled. "This piece of garbage needs to be taught his place. You're not strong enough if he really has mastered martial arts."
He shoved Kurumu behind himself just in time for the Doppelganger's right hand to slam into his face, his left resting over his own. Damon sat the wide-eyed, crazed look in the Doppelganger's eyes before a blinding light shone from the Doppelganger. A moment later, he leapt backward as a replica of Damon's, complete with scales over his entire body, a wicked grin, saliva running down his chin and dripping to the floor, and his tail and wings extended behind him, his tail swaying in the air excitedly.
"Oooohhhh yeeeeeeessssss!" the Doppelganger droned, his grin growing. "This power! You weren't kidding!" he cackled maniacally. "I was caught off guard by having to work to retain my human form, but I think I can get used to that pretty quickly. But first, you'll have to disappear."
"You think I'm afraid of a ripoff like you?" Damon asked. "You don't know how to control my power. You'll just be throwing around as much force as you can muster the entire fight, while I'm beating the ever-living shit out of you. That said, you all had better start running. He's far beyond any of your capabilities now. Even you Cocoa."
The others agreed and turned to flee, only for the Doppelganger to flash past Damon, driving his claws at Mizore. Her eyes widened, but before he could hit her, Damon's right elbow crashed down on the back of his hand, driving the Doppelganger's claws down into the Doppelganger's right knee. The Doppelganger shouted in pain, but just as soon as the claws pierced his flesh, Damon's right arm exploded back upward, his fist crashing into the underside of the Doppelganger's jaw, blasting him into the ceiling. Multiple of the Doppelganger's teeth sprayed out of his mouth, along with a mouthful of blood. Then, as the Doppelganger began to drop, Damon jumped and slammed an aerial windmill kick into the Doppelganger's face, launching him backward. The Doppelganger bounced twice before exploding into the wall of the hallway at the far end. After a moment, he collapsed to his hands and knees, vomiting up shattered teeth and blood for a moment before standing, fresh teeth growing in.
"Not bad," the Doppelganger said. "As I expected, you've definitely mastered using your-" His eyes widened suddenly before he began to cough, remaining on his feet for several seconds before doubling over, coughing harder, blood splattering across the ground.
Damon felt the itch to cough as well, and struggled to hold it in, only for it to tear out of him anyway as two short, hard coughs. He cleared his throat and spat as the Doppelganger, stood, gasping and panting for breath.
"Well, whataya know?" the Doppelganger growled. "You're in quite a bad way, aren't you?"
"No," Damon said. "You're just a pussy about the cold."
He shot forward and the Doppelganger met his charge, both throwing a punch while deflecting the others. They planted their feet and began to strike again and again, both of them deflecting, parrying, and dodging the other's strikes. For a moment, The Doppelganger threw a hook with a bit too much power and his eyes widened as Damon grinned wickedly.
"Bingo," Damon snarled.
Then, flames exploded out of his right elbow like a jet engine, sending his fist exploding into the bottom end of the Doppelganger's sternum, shattering his entire rib cage. The Doppelganger screamed in agony, bouncing off of the ceiling, then fell into a punt by Damon, exploding backward into the wall yet again. As he pushed himself up, Tsukune shot past Damon, drilling a punch into his face and blasting him completely through the wall into the next hallway. Damon frowned. Tsukune really had gone out of control.
"You killed him, then, eh?" the Doppelganger asked, standing. "Well, that's alright. I'm beyond you now."
Tsukune shot forward and the Doppelganger deflected his first punch, drilling his own into Tsukune's ribs, lifting him, only for Tsukune to twist, a kick exploding into the side of the Doppelganger's head, blasting him into the wall. The Doppelganger burst out of the wall, drilling a punch into Tsukune's head, only for Damon's tail, curled at the end, to explode into his head, sending him crashing down the hallway. Then, Damon's hand snapped up, catching Tsukune's fist.
"Wrong one," Damon said. "Don't make me revert you before you finish your fight."
Just then, a light shone from around the corner. Damon's eyes widened as he sensed the raw power exploding from around the corner and he shoved Tsukune behind himself just in time for Yukari and Ruby to hit Tsukune with a Demon-sealing Barrier. Then, the Doppelganger stepped back around the corner, this time as Moka's sealed form, the real Moka held in his right hand by the hair.
"To think this girl had this kind of power inside of her," the Doppelganger said. "It's not perfect, granted. It's less power than you've got. But now I don't have to split my focus between fighting and trying not to explode."
"If you'd have been smart, you'd have let yourself explode," Damon said. "Then you'd have assumed my true form and could have easily overpowered us all."
The Doppelganger shrugged and hurled Moka, Damon catching her and turning, passing her off to Kurumu. The moment he did, the Doppelganger appeared behind him, throwing a kick at his head, only for his left hand to knock it over his head. The Doppelganger flipped his other foot flashing up at Damon, only for Damon's tail to blast into the Doppelganger between the legs, launching him away. The Doppelganger shrieked in pain, bouncing twice before rolling to a stop, clutching at the injured area.
"That hurt so much more than I though it would!" the Doppelganger groaned.
"Yeah, just because they don't have balls doesn't make it any less painful," Damon said. "Now get the fuck up so I can teach you to have some respect for people's privacy."
The Doppelganger shoved himself up and shot forward, striking at Damon rapidly, Damon fending him off, as he had before. However, after a moment, the Doppelganger managed to trap Damon's arm under his own. Then, the Doppelganger jumped, blasting a kick into the side of Damon's head, sending him exploding into the wall.
"Hah!" the Doppelganger sneered. "I got you!"
"So what?" Damon asked, stepping out of the crater he'd formed. "Was that supposed to hurt? I suffered worse than that before, during, and after the war I fought through. You expect to hurt me with that pathetic display?"
The Doppelganger snarled angrily, only for Damon to rocket forward, drilling a fist into his face and sending him blasting through the ground. As the dust settled, he had changed back to his normal form, lying broken, bloody, and unconscious in the end of the trench. Damon sighed before falling to his knees, beginning to cough, blood splattering onto the ground each time. After a few seconds, he managed to stop and burned the blood, standing.
"Are you alright?" Mizore asked.
"Yeah," Damon said. "That kick had a bit more power than I was willing to admit."
He walked over, picking up the Doppelganger and dragged him by the ankle back to the surface with the others. Almost as soon as they stepped outside, the headmaster arrived with the school's security committee, arresting the Doppelganger before heading inside for the other two. Then, they all left the ruins, heading back to their dorm rooms for the night.
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