Ch. 16 Reaper + Vampire
Rai and Jolt ran through the portal to the other end. Unfortunately, it's not easy to know when exactly to stop after passing a rip in the fabric of reality. Rai tripped over a large rock and Jolt rolled over on the dirt ground. It continued rolling until it slammed upside down into a tombstone. It looked up and saw a skeleton carved onto the stone. "Chu," Jolt spoke with shivers. The ripple in space closed; leaving the newcomers in the middle of a deserted forest.
"Man, feels like we ended up in a horror movie," said Rai. The trees around them were twisted and dying. The dirt path they stood on had tombstones resting on each side of the road. Cobwebs lingered and the weather felt cool like it was Fall. "Well, time to get to work." Jolt leapt onto his shoulder and hid inside his shirt. Its tail stood out from Rai's back. "Sure, leave the dangerous stuff to the hero." Rai started walking forward.
Crash!
The sound of demolition filled the area. "The hell was that?" The echo came from up ahead. Rai picked up the pace. The closer they went to the source of the sound, the more Rai felt uneasy. After a short time, they arrived at a large building. It looked to be an old cathedral much like in Magnolia. However, it looked almost identical to Rai's viewpoint of Notre Dame while releasing a terrifying appeal. "Did we end up somewhere in France?" Rai surveyed the area. Jolt continued to shiver in Rai's shirt. "If I have to guess, the noise probably came from around here." Jolt slowly peeked out.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
A cold, chilling laugh came bursting nearby. Jolt rushed out of Rai's shirt and took off running. "PIKA!" It dashed off into the building.
"Wait, Jolt!" Rai's partner had already disappeared. "Damn it, not this again." Rai started to run after him. Before Rai passed the gate, he noticed a gold plate imprinted on a stone column.
妖怪アカデミー
(Yokai Academy)
"…That doesn't look like English."
"Sugu soko ni sore o hoji!" A voice called out. Rai turned to a woman the same age as he was. She had long brown hair with two pigtails dangling on each side of her head. She wore a white, long sleeved blouse with a blue vest. Her skirt matched her vest with white, checkered stripe patterns. She shifted her round glasses and held a clipboard in her arms. "May I ask why you're doing here on school campus?"
"Uh, I'm sorry but…what did you say?" Rai couldn't understand the language she spoke.
"I'm Rubi Toujo. I am helping the director sort all of the first year students. Yes…many, many things happened…" She rambled on about how many things happened that made her become part of the school's programs and faculty. Rai…didn't quite follow.
"It was nice meeting you miss, but I really should be going," Rai stated. He began walking off in the direction of the building. Rubi recovered her train of thought and noticed Rai's tool belt hanging around his waist. She even caught a glance at the scythe sticking out.
"Wait, I think I know who you are!" she shouted. Rai turned to Rubi.
"What is it now?" She grabbed onto Rai's arm and started pulling her with him.
"Please, I need you to come with me."
"Hey, wait!" Rai struggled to get free. Resistance was futile. "I need to catch a mouse!"
Jolt dashed down one hallway after another. By the time he realized it was safe, he came to a quick stop. "Pika…Pika," It breathed heavily to regain its stamina. Jolt slowly walked down the aisle and started searching for its partner. It glanced around and saw nobody around. It noticed the building was more light blue and spaceous on the inside. Not only that, but the rooms had sliding doors and signs posted with strange characters and numbers. "Chu," Jolt became more timid and cautious the farther he walked.
Clank!
"PIKA!" Jolt jumped in fear. It quickly turned to face its opponent. Jolt started giving off sparks from its cheeks. There was no one.
Clank!
The sound happened again. Jolt looked around, and then turned his attention to the ceiling. It listened to the air ducts. Someone was traveling inside the ventilation system. As the rustling began to lower, Jolt continued to follow the noise. The clanking turned into a room on the left. Jolt quietly slid open the door and peeked inside. There were four high school kids having a conversation. On was a boy in a red tie and a green jacket. He had brown pants with brown shoes. Another was a small child with a yellow bow around her neck with a pink cape. She had a bowl haircut and wore a witch costume with yellow knee socks. Another was a bright, blue haired girl about the same height as the boy. She wore a red bow and a white long sleeve shirt. Over this, she had on a yellow sweater vest that allowed her…assets to bounce. Her hair was been tied back like a ponytail with a purple ribbon to keep it in the fashion. The final girl had the same outfit as the boy, but more fitted for the female body. She carried a choker around her neck with a sort of metal cross hanging down her chest.
"So, let me get this straight," the young girl asked, "You're saying that Kokoa chased you all the way here to Yokai Academy?"
"Uh huh," the bubble gum girl answered with grief. "I'm afraid so."
"…That has got to be the most single-minded fixation ever," the small one pointed out. The boy began to ponder this predicament.
"I wonder if that's the only reason," he thought out loud.
"Well," the bubble gum girl determined, "from her point of view, she sees me as the irresponsible big sister who left her. And I bet she despises me because of it."
"Come on, it's not like the whole ordeal is your fault."
"Yeah, you're not to blame!" the small child added. From the ceiling, a girl popped out of the air duct. She had cool, purple cut hair with a blue and white sweater to keep her cold attention going. The one thing that matched all the girls' uniforms was the plade green skirt with yellow stripes.
"Aw man," the ice girl said, "your little sister sucks. Want me to just freeze her and be done with it?" Her arm looked to be made of ice shards. Jolt pretty much stood with a dumbfounded look on his face. He managed to find the source of the ruckus, but it wasn't quite what he expected. The girls were simply fighting over the boy and clinging onto him. Jolt simply sweat dropped at the scene.
"Wait, stop!" the boy tried to gasp for breath in the vested girl's bosoms. "We don't know when Kokoa will come after Moka again!"
"I can answer that one!" A small hamster-like bat floated outside the window. "She's coming right now, wee! Ms. Kokoa, they're right here, wee!"
"The bat!" the vested girl cried.
"Nice work there, Ko!" The window shattered as a red headed girl with round pigtails rolled into the room. She had on a red sailor shirt with red knee sock and small bows on her brown heeled shoes. She stood up and targeted all the opponents in the room.
"She's here!" the group shouted.
"Hahahaha, if you think you can run away from me forever, then you got another thing coming!" Kokoa smirked. She drew out her hand to the sky. "Hey Mr. Ko, come on!" The small bat swooped into her palm.
"Right away, wee!" It was being gripped in her hand. "Whoa, Ms. Kokoa, that hurts! But in another way, it also feels kinda good, wee!" The bat's body grew until its head took the shape of a mallet and the wings stretched to make the handle. In a matter of seconds, Kokoa now held her new massive hammer.
"Hahahahaha, my shape shifting bat, Ko, transforms," Kokoa explained. "This means I can turn him into anything I want!" Jolt cowered behind the sliding door. He found the source of the noise, but also found the she demon that terrified him. Jolt was ready to run away until it heard a ruckus in the room.
Crash! Bam! Kapow!
The sound of the kids screaming peered through the door. Jolt stopped and pondered what to do. It couldn't run away from a fight and leave the kids to die, right?
"Pika." Jolt slowly walked away. The door suddenly crashed open as smoke seeped out of the room. "Pika!" Jolt started to run for it.
"She's gone completely off her rocker!" Yukari yelled out. Everyone was now running down the hallway to escape the psychotic red head. Jolt was near the front of the group while the others followed behind, but they didn't take notice of him.
"For crying out loud Moka, she is your sister!" Kurumu shouted, "Make her stop or something!"
"Okay, I'm on it!" Moka decided.
"Moka!?" Tsukune cried. Moka took her stance as a martial artist. She prepared to fight against her smaller sibling. Everyone watched the fight about to begin. Jolt watched in awe at Moka for being so bold; it became inspired as well. Kokoa appeared from the smoke and laughed maniacally with the hammer in her hands.
"Hahahahahahaha!" she laughed with glee. Moka was ready. "Hahahahahaha!" Kokoa drew in closer. Moka thought about the situation. "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Moka didn't like her goblin face.
"Sorry, everybody!" She started to run away. "I just don't think that I can do it!" The group pulled a failed animated pose.
"Where do you think you're going?" Kokoa shouted. "Get your ass back here!"
"Pika…CHU!" a lightning bolt cut Kokoa off guard.
"What the hell was that?" she asked. She looked around, but only saw the group in front of her. The kids also checked to see where the spark came from.
"Any idea what that was?" the Kurumu asked.
"Look down there!" Yukari pointed to the yellow mouse. Jolt gave off static from its cheeks.
"Pika Pikapika!" Jolt yelled out.
"Maybe it was that little guy," Mizore assumed.
"No way, that runt?" Kurumu said. Kokoa wasn't impressed.
"What do you want?" Kokoa fired. "Why don't you go back in a hole and eat some cheese, you little rat!" Jolt gave off electric sparks over its body. It rushed in at Kokoa with a Wild Charge. "I said move it!" She swung out her hammer at the same time Jolt jumped at her. The hammer and Jolt fought off against each other; trying to see who would push the other first. A major explosion occurred and ended up pushing both of them back. Jolt was sent crashing to the ground, while Kokoa soared and landed on her back; revealing her pink underwear.
"Oh no!" Moka cried. She ran over and picked Jolt up. "Are you okay?"
"Pika Pi," Jolt replied.
"Come on, Moka!" Tsukune grabbed her hand. "Let's get out of here!" Moka and Tsukune started out of the hallway.
"Hello," Yukari, Mizore, and Kurumu stood to the side, not sure why he just grabbed Moka and not the rest of them. Kokoa chased after the two.
"Get back her!" she demanded, "I'm not done with you yet!" The two dashed their way around the school while Moka carried Jolt in her arms. Jolt wasn't strong enough to take on a girl like her. He looked to the ceiling and noticed the lights passing over its head. Jolt jumped out of Moka's arms and ran beside the two.
"Wait, what are you…?" Moka asked.
"Pi…ka!" Jolt shot a Thunderbolt at each ceiling light. One-by-one they burned out and slightly darkened the hallway.
"You think that's gonna help you guys get away?" Kokoa cried.
Outside of the school, three girls were walking down the outside corridor. One had short brown hair, the other had blue hair with braided ponytails, and the last had golden curly hair. "That ceremony was so long," pigtails said.
"Yeah, but what about that vampire girl who showed up?" goldilocks asked.
"I wonder who she was."
"Yeah, me too!" short brown agreed. They all giggled with curiosity. The pigtails turned to notice someone coming from behind.
"Hey, check it out!" she cried, "That's Moka over there!"
"That mystery vampire goddess was incredible, but Moka is still the absolute coolest!" the brown one assured. They all stared with attraction at the running vampire girl coming at them. They all screamed in joy and ran at Moka.
"MOKAAAA!"
"Not now!" Moka cried. "I'm real busy, okay?" The girls stopped in their tracks as she, Tsukune, and Jolt ran right passed them. They were still stuck in their fan girl pose.
"Huh!?"
"Hehehehehe," Kokoa began rushing in at her opponents. She swung her massive hammer at the girls and sent them flying high into the sky.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Hahahahahaha!" Kokoa laughed, "Don't get in my way because no matter who you are, I will take you down!"
"And that's who I think he is," Rubi stated, "Kono otoko wa koko ni mokkōba kurasu no tame no watashitachi no atarashī senseidesu." Rai simply stood by as Rubi talked over with a female woman with round glasses, a pink top, and a blue skirt. For some reason, her hair appeared to have cat ears.
"Ugh, this is getting me nowhere," said Rai. "But I gotta admit, this place isn't anything like a thought it would be. Looks more like a school than a church on the inside." Rai tried to contemplate the situation he got himself into. "More importantly, why can't I understand anybody here? I didn't have any problems in Sinnoh or Magnolia."
"Excuse me, meow," the teacher asked Rai.
Did she just say meow? Rai thought.
"Would you mind telling us about yourself," she asked.
"Uh…hey," Rai couldn't come up with anything else to say.
"The problem is that I can't find any way of communicating with him," Rubi explained.
"Oh my, that is a problem," the teacher agreed. "We should try to figure this out immediately, but first…" She pulled out a small box in the shape of a cat winking. She opened the lid and revealed a small piece of bread in the shape of a fish.
"You must really like cats," Rai guessed. She started to eat it. "That or its lunchtime."
"Miss Nekonome, did I catch you at a good time?" A man with red spiky hair and a blue tracksuit walked in from behind Rubi and Rai. Miss Nekonome turned her chair with the bread still in her mouth.
"Yes…anytime is a good time for fish, you know," she replied.
"That very well may be, but that's not what I was asking," the man said. He turned to Rubi, and then over to Rai. "And who is he? The repairman?"
"Hey, how's it going," Rai waved his hand up.
"I see he's not from here," the man assumed.
"Why yes, he was actually wondering around the front of the school this morning," Rubi answered.
"Strange, I don't recall anyone phoning for maintenance."
"My, he does seem rather odd, doesn't he?" An erotic woman came up from behind Rai. She had on black stockings and a very short mini skirt. The only thing that covered her corset was a white buttoned blouse. She had short red hair, round glasses, and red lipstick. Rai felt the chill run up his spine. "If he is a handyman, perhaps he can also serve as the school's personal renovator. It's nice to have a personal assistant ready to help out. Not only that, but his aroma is so enticing."
"Okay, I'm gonna need some space," Rai tried to gently pull away the woman clinging on to him.
"But right now, we need to discuss about the first-year student named Kokoa Shuzen," The man returned to the topic.
"Nyoew…?" Miss Nekonome asked.
"Apparently, she was the chief culprit behind that rumpus we had before the ceremony," the erotic woman added.
"She does seem to be quite a troublemaker," Rubi informed.
"That's terrible…now if you'll excuse me," Miss Nekonome went back to her fish.
"Wait, we need your assistance!" the man asked.
"We think it would be wise for you to nip the problem in the bud with some discipline before she starts causing more trouble," the woman insisted.
"Miss Nekonome, can we count on your cooperation here?"
"But wait…" Miss Nekonome replied. "She hasn't caused any more problems yet, has she?" The sound of banging echoed through the walls of the building. The picture frames fell on the floor, on-by-one. Rai seemed to be the only one out the group who was aware of what was happening.
"Just how far do you think you can run from me?!" a voice shouted in the hallway. "You can hide, but I'll find you! I don't care if I have to tear apart the whole school looking for you, I will hunt you down…!"
"It seems she's causing one now," the man sighed.
"You guys heard that, right?" Rai asked. The woman waved her finger in front of Miss Nekonome.
"It's-a-scan-dal." She enforced. The lights began to flicker on and off. The teachers were all curious as to why it was happening.
"That's strange," Rubi considered, "That usually never happens." Rai looked at the flashing lights. He turned to the hallway.
"Aw crap, that's probably Jolt!" Rai dashed out of the room.
"Hey, wait!" Rubi called out. She started chasing after him.
"Rubi," A man called out to her in the hallway. "You got a second?"
Moka, Tsukune, and Jolt all took shelter behind the school statue that looked to be a small creature with a beak and a Lilli pad on its head. They tried catching their breath before Kokoa would strike again.
"I think…," Tsukune gasped for air, "…we should be safe…for now."
"Pika," Jolt sighed after using up a lot of electricity.
"We can't let our guard down," Moka pointed out. "Kokoa's insane. She's the most persistent person I've ever met!"
"Since she just got here, at least she isn't familiar with the place."
"Ms. Kokoa, I've found them, wee!" The bat cried over their heads.
"Good work, bat!" Kokoa jumped from the roof down over to the three hiding nearby. "Let's do it again, Ko. C'mon!" Kokoa raised her hand to the air and grabbed onto her bat. Ko changed his appearance and morphed into a large, spiked, metal baseball bat. Kokoa twirled him in her hands and stepped to the plate.
"Oh no, this one is more deadly than the last one!" Tsukune shouted. "And those spikes are ridiculously huge!" Yes, we know.
"Time…to…die!" Kokoa cried. She swung her bat at Moka.
"We won't let that happen!" Yukari shouted from the difference.
"Somewhere I hear a voice crying out to us for help," Kurumu stated. Kokoa froze in her tracks.
"Violence and Mayhem have no place here," Yukari added.
"Our names ring through the halls of Yokai Academy…!"
"The White shadows of two shining beauties…!"
Kurumu and Yukari: "Known to the world as…Pretty Witch and Love-Love Succubus!"
Kurumu and Yukari managed to pull off heroic poses, even if they looked like space girls in boots, shorts, a cheer top, and metal antennas. Kurumu wore her outfit in red while Yukari wore hers in blue. They both strained to move while on one foot to match each other's poses while holding ray guns.
Kurumu and Yukari: "We're the Incredible Super Miracle Double Deluxe-!"
"Too long!" Kokoa whacked Kurumu and Yukari with her bat and sent them flying…and screaming. They soon landed a few feet in front of her, rubbing off the soars they had on their rears.
"Yeow-ow-ow…Now that's just mean!" Kurumu complained.
"Hey, why'd you attack us?" Yukari asked. "It's against the rules while we're doing our cheers."
"We should have just frozen her solid and called it a day," Mizore stated. She walked in front of the girls and drew out her ice claws. . "Sorry kid, but I'm through playing around with you." From underneath Kurumu's skirt, A purple tail with a diamond end stretched out. Her nails grew sharp and her back sprouted giant demon wings.
"In that case, me too!" she shouted. Yukari brought out her pink wand with a heart shape at the very top.
"Let's kick her ass all the way to next week!" Yukari announced. All four girls charged in for a death battle.
"Stop it-!" Moka shrieked. "I know she's being a brat, but she's still my sister!" Yukari, Kurumu, and Mizore all stopped a few inches in front of Kokoa.
"Caught you slipping!" Kokoa shouted. She batted away the three girls into the air. "A bat to the butt!"
Home Run!
All three of them rested paralyzed on the ground with blood dripping from their mouths. "Aw man," Yukari groveled. "She ripped us to shreds."
"I really…hate that brat," Kurumu said in her own blood puddle.
"My face really hurts," Mizore whispered.
"Sorry," Moka apologized.
"Pika Pika," Jolt simply gawked at the sudden pain and turmoil anyone can receive from this small child. They were all doomed.
"That takes care of your stupid friends!" Kokoa declared. Tsukune turned his attention to the roof.
"Hey look!" he pointed. "Up there!" Two new people stood at the very top of Yokai's rooftop. One being a swav man in the same uniform as Tsukune, but he had a red headband on his forehead and a string with a charm around his neck. It looked to be in the shape of a wolf's head. The other was Rubi who now wore a large detective coat over her clothes.
"Sorry to keep ya waitin', guys," the guy flipped his hair back.
"I'm ready whenever you are, Gin," said Rubi.
"So he finally made an appearance…!" Mizore said with satisfaction.
"Our club president…" Kurumu gave a thumb up and a wink, "saving the day!"
"With Gin the werewolf and Rubi the witch joining forces…," Tsukune predicted, "Kokoa doesn't have a chance at defeating us."
"That girl is completely toes!" Kurumu cheered.
"That's the wrong word, stupid!" Yukari corrected. "You mean she's toast!"
"Alright then, here we go!" Gin made the call and jumped in.
"Heck yeah; let's do this!" Ruby shouted. She ripped away her coat and…smiled for the camera. She revealed her long black dress and pink corset around her waist. She had on long gloves up to her upper arm.
"Oh yeah…That's so hot!" Gin started taking photos with quick speed and precision. "I knew you were a great model. Rubi, you are one photogenic babe!"
"I'll do anything you want." Ruby continued to pose for the snapshots. She even lifted her skirt up to her thigh. "My wish is your command, Gin." Kokoa didn't see the point of this.
"What the hecks going on?" Kokoa asked. She decided to go back to her fight. "Well, whatever. Now I finally get the chance to take you out! Moka Akashi-uh?" Kokoa noticed everyone had left from the scene. "Hey, what the hell? Where did you guys go?" She clenched her bat. "Now...I'm really mad!"
The school's basketball court remained dark and empty after the assembly from the morning. "What's with her, anyway?" Tsukune asked.
"I'm exhausted," Yukari complained.
"Man, this girl is way too persistent," Mizore pointed out.
"When the stalker woman says you're too persistent, you have serious issues," Kurumu whispered.
"Shut up," Mizore fired back. "At least I'm smart about it."
"We should be safe for right now," Tsukune suggested, "but I doubt it'll be long before she finds us."
"Pikachu," Jolt whined. Everyone was all bundled up in the training equipment of the gym. They shared the same hiding spot; a tower used for the girls when performing long leaps.
"Speaking of which, why is that thing hiding with us?" Kurumu asked.
"I couldn't just leave him after he tried to help us," said Moka.
"Well, can you tell it to move from my leg?" Jolt was being shoved between Mizore's chest and Kurumu's thigh. Yukari was shoved next to Tsukune as Kurumu rested on top of them. Moka was underneath Tsukune and facing upside down. The sound of footsteps overtook the silence. Everyone gasped. A tall figured walked through the entrance of the gym.
Ba-Thump! Ba-Thump! Ba-Thump!
Their hearts raced at the tension. The lights came on and the footsteps came closer. The ball was now bouncing. Then it stopped. A swish from the basket, then the bounce happened again. "Woohoo! Two points!" A voice yelled out. Jolt perked its ears.
"Pika?" Jolt whispered. It squeezed through the group and popped its head out of the box. It saw his partner dribbling the basketball and shooting from the free throw line. The ball went into the air, and then rebounded off the ring.
"Damn, so close," said Rai. "I'm out of shape." Jolt ran out of the box and rushed over to Rai.
"Pikachu!" Jolt leapt onto Rai.
"There you are!" Rai held Jolt in his arms. "I saw you pull off that light show from earlier." Jolt sweat dropped. "Well, at least you're alright." Rai sat him down on the ground. "Come on, it's time to head out. This place gives me the chills, especially that stripper." Rai started to walk off. Jolt didn't move. Rai noticed this. "What's up?" Rai soon saw the kids' heads popping out of the exercise box. They all came out one-by-one. From left to right it was Mizore Shirayuki, Kurumu Kurono, Yukari Sendo, Tsukune Aono, and Moka Akashiya. "You know these kids?" Jolt went behind Rai and nudged his leg forward to them. Rai walked up to the group. "Uh…hey, how's it going?"
"What was that?" Tsukune asked.
"Any idea what he's saying?" Kurumu didn't know either.
"He must be someone from another country if he doesn't speak the same language," Yukari deduced.
"Whoever he is, he must know the little mouse very well if he was happy to see it," said Moka.
"He looks like a repairman," Mizore inspected Rai up and down. Rai wasn't sure what was going on.
"Hey Jolt, any idea what they're saying?" Rai asked.
"Pika," Jolt shook its head.
"Yeah, that figures." Rai came up to them and tried to communicate through different means. "Rai…" He pounded his chest. "Rai…"
"He's trying to talk with us," Mizore was not amused.
"What does he take us for, idiots?" Kurumu asked.
"Well, he could be saying his name is Rai," said Tsukune. Moka pointed to him.
"Rai?" Moka said.
"Rai, yes!" he nodded his head. He pointed down to his Pokémon. "Jolt!"
"Jolt?" said Yukari.
"That thing has a name?" Kurumu thought.
"Alright, so what now?" Rai asked. Jolt rushed over to the girls (and Tsukune). He gazed up to Moka.
"Pika Pikachu," Jolt told the bubble gum haired girl.
"Okay, so now what?" Tsukune asked. Moka walked up to Raimundo.
"Akashiya Moka," she said.
"Akashiya?" Rai asked. "Weird, but okay." Rai reached out with a hand. Moka and Rai both reached out to extend a hand of friendship. A wonderful scent filled the air.
"That smell…," Moka whispered.
"AHA! There you are!" Kokoa shouted. Everyone turned to see the red head standing in front of the gym doorway.
"Who are you?" Rai asked.
"Oh crap, it's her!" Tsukune shouted.
"We completely forgot we were hiding from her!" Yukari shrieked.
"Now Moka, we're gonna finish where we left off!" Kokoa walked closer to the group. Rai could see the fear in everyone's eyes, including Jolt. Rai turned and looked to her.
"Hold on there, Strawberry Shortcake," he said. "What's going on here?"
"Out of the way!" Kokoa shouted, "This is between me and her." She pointed over to Moka.
"Look, whatever you have to say to her, you can say to me," said Rai. "Even if I won't know what it is."
"Listen bub, I don't know who you are, but…," Kokoa was cut off by the sudden fragrance in the air. She started to lean closer at Rai. He was somewhat crept out.
"Uh…are you feeling alright?" Rai asked. Kokoa wrapped her arms around Rai and…
Capu Chu!
Everyone stood frozen at the scene. Kokoa was biting Rai's neck and sucking out his blood. Rai twitched for a second. "AH! My neck! It burns!" Rai cried. Kokoa snapped out of her trance and realized what she was doing. She pushed Rai away and clenched herself.
"You…YOU FILLED ME UP!" Kokoa cried.
"The hell was that!?" Rai fired back. "What are you, a vampire?" Rai rubbed his sore neck.
"SHUT UP!" she yelled. "Now you have to die!"
"Wow, I can't believe your sister made a move on him," Yukari said with confusion. Moka didn't reply.
"Hey, Moka…?" Tsukune looked over his shoulder and saw Moka was missing. Everyone looked to see Moka now sucking on his neck. Tsukune was white as a sheet.
"Will you cut it out!?" Rai shouted. Kokoa was now furious.
"How dare you get your grimy hands on two royal vampires?" Kokoa shouted. She summoned her bat ally. It transformed into a large medieval mace; a round ball with large spikes surrounding it. "You can burn in hell!"
"Look out!" Rai shoved Moka away. The two avoided the swing down as it crashed to the floor. "Great, first it was people with magic and now its girls with giant weapons." Tsukune rushed over to Moka.
"Moka, are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine, but I don't know what happened," Moka apologized. "I'm sorry. For some reason, I just wanted his blood."
"Hey, check it out, guys!" Yukari turned everyone's attention to Rai and Kokoa.
"Drop the weapon, kid." Rai pulled his scythe out. "It's not my policy to attack women." Kokoa grew even angrier.
"Are you making fun of me?" she asked. "I'll make you pay!" She swung her mace down on Rai. "Morning Star!"
"Kokoa!" Moka shouted. She stopped. Moka stood in front of the mace as it dangled over both of them. "It's me you want. I don't want my friends to get involved in any of this." She fell to her knees. "I surrender…you win." The mace trembled over them.
"…You jerk," Kokoa whispered. "How come you won't use all of your power and fight me for real?" she began to sob. "Why can't you understand what you did to me, huh?" She tried to wipe the tears from her face. "My big sister up and left me all alone in that house without me! How do you think I felt?"
"I see how it is," Tsukune interrupted. Kokoa, Moka, and Rai all turned to Tsukune. "After Moka left, you were alone and you were lonely the whole time." The other girls all smiled with comfort. "Kokoa, the truth is, what you felt for Moka this whole time was nothing more than love. Sending those hate letters, even chasing her around all over the place…deep down what you really wanted was your sister." Moka turned to Kokoa. "You just wanted to see her again."
"It all makes sense now," Yukari agreed.
"An expression of love that got twisted around," Mizore said.
"You're probably the last person she wants to hear that from," Kurumu suggested.
"I don't what's happening, but keep going!" Rai cheered.
"Everything's alright now," Tsukune continued. "There's no need to keep the act up. You're at the same school now, so you two can be together as often as you like."
"That's it isn't it, Kokoa?" Moka asked. Tears rushed down her face. "I never knew how you felt. You thought I left you behind." She went and hugged her sister.
"This is the part of the story where the two sisters have their joyous tearful reunion!" Yukari wiped the tears from her face.
"It's so beautiful!" Kurumu wiped herself with a towel.
"Pikachu," Jolt began to cry.
"We should act like the sisters we are," Moka said with bliss. "Maybe from now on, we could be friends like we used to be."
"…That's…not it. That's not it at all!" Kurumu shoved Moka to the floor. "Truth is, I hate your guts…and I won't stop until I defeat you!"
"…Looks like that backfired," Rai pondered.
"That wasn't it!?" Tsukune panicked, "The story was starting to wrap itself up!"
"You think I wanna be friends!?" Kokoa shouted.
"No, don't do it!" Moka cried. Kokoa raised her mace down on her.
"ALL I WANNA DO IS WIPE YOU OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!"
"Moka!" Tsukune shouted. He dived down at her. Kokoa slammed her mace down onto the kids.
"It can't be," Mizore was shocked.
"Moka and Tsukune are…," Kurumu whispered.
"Squashed flatter than a pancake!" Yukari shrieked. Rai walked over to her.
"Woman, you made a big mistake," he said.
"And what do you want?" Kokoa asked.
"Two words…," said Rai, "Soul Breaker!" A swarm of light surrounded Rai as his form began to change. The pillar of light blasted through the roof of the gym and caused a major draft in the area. All of the girls' skirts flew up to reveal their underwear.
"What the hell is he doing?" Kurumu asked.
"I don't know!" Yukari shouted over the gust. Kokoa shielded her eyes until the storm passed. She looked to no longer see the same man that stood before her. Instead, it was a warrior with yellow and black armor that wielded a razor sword in his right arm.
"You have demonstrated the true hatred between siblings," said Rai. "Be a man or woman, you must be punished for your crimes." The power he gave off was unlike anything the girls have ever seen. The extreme aura he gave off was intense enough to have Kokoa step back. His yellow eyes glared coldly at her.
"Hold it," A voice appeared. "She may be a pain, but she is my sister. Man, I can't believe she hated me this much." The iron mace began to lift from the crater. "Regardless of who it is, when someone flashes their fangs at me…you know what I do?" Kokoa and Rai looked to the new Moka Akashiya with Silver hair, red eyes, and a serious attitude. "I knock them out."
When the rosary seal on her breast is removed…Moka's innocent self-vanishes and her inner vampire awakens!
"I don't care if you are my sister," Moka declared, "I don't pull punches." Moka climbed the head of the mace and swung her leg at Kokoa. "It's time for you to learn your place!" With one kick, Kokoa was sent flying in the air and into the gym equipment. She turned to Rai. "I won't have you interfering with family affairs." With the rosary in his hand, Tsukune ran up to Moka.
"Moka, here's the-," Tsukune was cut off by Moka.
"Not yet, Tsukune. Kokoa's a vampire. A kick like that won't slow her down." A pillar of pink light brightened from Kokoa. The basketballs and dumbbells all lifted from the ground.
"Graaaaaaaaaaargh!" Kokoa growled with sheer terror.
"Well, you can still get on your feet, eh?" Moka grinned. She readied herself to fight. Rai walked past her and pointed his sword at Kokoa. "I thought I told you to stay back."
"Sorry, Miss," Rai apologized. "But this is no ordinary foe that you can defeat single handed."
"I don't understand!" Yukari cried. "She took Moka's kick to the chest!"
"Are we about to witness a vampire fight to the death!?" Kurumu asked.
"With three powerful monsters fighting head-to-head, there's no telling what could go down," Mizore clarified.
"For all we know, the entire academy could blow up at the seams!" Yukari predicted. Tsukune overheard the possible results.
"Moka, please!" he shouted. "You've got to stop this!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAWR!" Kokoa began to scream furiously.
"Atta girl," Moka encouraged. "Come and face me, Kokoa." Rai readied his blade. It became surrounded in flames.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWRRRR!" Kokoa yelled out. …There was complete silence for a moment. "…oneesan." Rai didn't catch that.
"What the devil is an oneesan?" Rai asked. He turned to the others. All he saw was everyone as pale as ghosts; frozen in a sense of dumbfounded realization.
"Uh"
"Eh…?
"Big sister!" Kokoa jumped and hugged tightly onto the silver vampire. She rubbed her face onto her bosom. "Moka, yay! Oh sister, your back! I wanted to see you so bad!"
"What the-?" Everyone else was totally lost, as was Rai and Jolt.
"Perhaps my summoning was not needed after all," Rai said to himself.
"Kokoa…" Moka didn't know herself, "Weren't you saying you wanted to wipe me off the face of the earth?"
"Yeah, but not you!" Kokoa explained. "It's that dumbass Moka Akashiya. She's not anything like the real Moka!" She continued to tear up. "Please, just promise me you'll never go away again!"
"Eh…what the?" said Tsukune.
"Let me get this straight," Kurumu tried to connect the dots. "The strong Moka…"
"…was the sister she knew when they were growing up together," Yukari finished.
"What she really hated was the Moka we all know and love," added Mizore.
"Pikachu?" Jolt tilted its head in curiosity. Rai changed back into his normal self.
"You're starting to get on my nerves," Moka pushed Kokoa back and launched a straight forward kick into her. Kokoa flew into the air with pleasure in her eyes.
"…Wonderful, getting kicked by sister is more spectacular than I remember it!" Kokoa crash landed back down to the gym floor.
"She might have enjoyed that too much," Rai said with a disturbed look.
"Sorry, Kokoa." Moka asserted. "But the Moka you want me to be isn't here anymore."
"Wait, what are you talking about?" Kokoa asked.
"It's time you got used to it," Moka began walking over to Tsukune. She took the rosary from him. Moka turned over to Rai. "You're not going anywhere. We still have some matters to discuss about your power." She clipped the rosary back onto her chained collar. A red light surrounded her and changed Moka into her pink hair again. She collapsed in Rai's arms.
"Whoa!" He caught her just in time. Everyone went to surround Moka and comfort her after the battle.
"It's because she's around those wimps all the time," Kokoa assumed. "She's one of them now. But…that's just fine by me. I'll gather more information, and one of these days I'll get the real Moka back in my life for good!" Kokoa passed out on the floor.
Ko: I really wouldn't call it a showdown, wee. Get up! Miss Kokoa! Miss Kokoa! Eh...what are you looking at, fur ball?
{Smack!}
Ko: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Jolt: Pikachu!
The group was walking back to the school's front entrance for class. Tsukune walked behind while he carried Moka with Jolt by his side. Mizore, Yukari, Kurumu, and Rai were all a few feet ahead of them. They noticed the two were falling behind. "Hey Tsukune, what's wrong?" Kurumu asked.
"We need to hurry and get her to the nurse's office!" Yukari shouted out.
"Yeah, sure, whatever they said," added Rai. They continued walking on.
"So, we still don't know who this person is, huh?" Mizore asked.
"We can't really talk to him since we don't know what he says," Kurumu pointed out. Yukari thought for a moment, and then dropped her fist in her left palm.
"I know!" she said. She pulled out her heart-shaped wand and began to chant a spell. "Magic Wand: Words and Language, Magic Wand: Words and Wisdom, Abracadabra!" Rai heard a faint poof over his head. As he looked up, he saw a large yellow washtub coming in and landing atop his head.
Bonk!
Rai fell forward on the ground. Jolt began to chuckle at the scene of Rai being unconscious.
Bonk!
A second washtub landed on Jolt. Both their eyes were shaped like yellow stars. In a matter of seconds, they were conscious again. "Damn, that hurt!" said Rai.
"Chu," Jolt rubbed the back of its head.
"Did it work?" Mizore asked.
"Did what work?" Rai replied. The three girls jumped back from the shock.
"Whoa, no way!" Kurumu was surprised.
"You see, I am a genius," Yukari gloated.
"Hey, I can finally hear you! Wait, you threw a giant pot at my head?" Rai asked.
"At least it worked, right?" Mizore assured.
"True…but that doesn't help explain what's been going on and is that girl biting his neck?" Everyone turned to see Moka biting on Tsukune's neck.
"Moka!" Kurumu shouted.
"She's still sucking his blood after all that's happened," Yukari sweat dropped.
"Did you just say she's sucking his blood?" Rai's face turned pale.
"Yeah, she is a vampire after all," Kurumu emphasized.
"…Ah shit," said Rai.
"There you are!" Everyone turned to Rubi who was running at them from the school building. "I need you to come with me to see the headmaster."
"Uh…sure, I guess." Rai answered.
"Wait! Did he just-!" Rubi was shocked.
"We know, Rubi," Kurumu raised her hand. "Yukari handled it."
"Oh…alright then." Rubi, Rai and Jolt walked into the school.
The Soul of Life gave off a mystifying aura on the terminal. The shadows gathered around the sphere. The masked man simply stared deeply into the spellbinding orb. "The first soul has been awakened," he said. "The beginning of the operation has now been initiated." He looked over to the shadows as they continued to gaze at the soul. "Bring me Cyrus and proceed with the experiment. As for the rest of you, it's time you presented yourself as a challenge to the protagonist."
"Here he is, Master," Rubi greeted a man with a long white robe. He looked like a priest trying to hide his face within a cloth. His eyes glowed a heinous bright color.
"Thank you, Rubi," The headmaster said. "Leave him to me."
"Understood." Rubi left the room. Rai stood in front of his desk as Jolt climbed up his shoulder.
"…Hey, are you the guy in charge?" Rai tried to lighten the mood. The headmaster only continued to stare out the window with his hands behind his back. "Nice place you've got here."
"…So, this is a Celestial Reaper," The headmaster turned to face Rai. He was taken back.
"I'm guessing you've heard of me?" Rai asked.
"It's no surprise you have the Sentinel Scythe within your possession," the headmaster pointed to his weapon. "You are the one who will bring order and balance to our world, possibly?"
"So, you have heard of me." The headmaster sat at his desk.
"I can only assume you have come here on a quest. You are here for the Soul of Terror." Rai's eyes lit up.
"Yeah, that's right! Do you have it?"
"No, i do not possess this treasure." Rai slumped.
"Oh…"
"However, the time will come when the information you are searching for will be revealed." The headmaster walked to Rai. He patted his shoulder. "You look to be a kind-hearted human. You are welcome to stay here for the time being."
"Thanks," Rai appreciated it. "…wait, so that means everyone here is a…?"
"You'll find out soon enough." He opened the door out of his office. "Be sure to talk with Miss Nekonome about your living accommodations."
"Sure…" Rai walked out of the room. The headmaster went back over to the window; waiting for someone to arrive.
"Okay, class!" Miss Nekonome gave the class a warm greeting. "Before we end our lesson for today, I want to introduce our new teacher!" The class all stared at the instructor. Rai looked around. He suddenly realized she was talking about him.
"You're referring to me as the teacher!?" Rai asked.
"Of course!" she explained. "We had our discussion from earlier that you would be teaching the woodshop class from now on! Not only that, you'll be reconstructing all the damages made to our school!"
Tsukune: What!?
Moka: Huh!?
Kurumu: What!?
Yukari: What!?
Mizore: …
Jolt: Pika!?
Rai: WHAT!?
"Meow!" Miss Nekonome cheered. "Unfortunately, we don't have any rooms available for you to be staying in. So, you will be residing in the old school gardening shed until we find you one!" Rai's jaw dropped. "We hope you will enjoy your stay at Yokai Academy!"
"This is some bullsh-!" he yelled. "Wait, what's Yokai Academy?"
"Oh my, you weren't informed about our school?" Miss Nekonome asked. "Yokai Academy is a school built exclusively for monsters. It's alright because you're a monster yourself since no human has ever entered here!" Rai and Jolt looked at one another, and then back at the class.
"…Eh, I've seen worse," said Rai.
"Pika Pika," Jolt agreed.
-To Be Continued-
Woo! Got through that part without any problems.
Moka: I can't believe we were almost goners!
Good thing I barricaded the door so Kokoa wouldn't break into the preview.
Kokoa: Let me in there, you jackass! I won't stop until I send Moka Akashiya straight to hell!
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Next Time: Mother + Child + Men's Trials + Vampire
Moka: And another…Capu Chu!
Don't start that again!