A/N: All I can say is...wow. The massive spike in Reviews, Favorites, and Follows has to be some kind of a record after only 24 hours. Not to mention over 800 views in that amount of time as well. To say I'm impressed cannot even cover it, so it's safe to say this story is already a success. The only thing I can do now is continue and improve as I go along.
Several have asked if I'll be following either the RV anime or manga. Since the anime pretty much collapsed after the first season, I'll be using elements of both while considering MCU events as well in the future. But for now, I'm focusing on the here and now. And right now, I have an update for you all already!
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After making their getaway, Eddie and Moka found themselves on the school's rooftop overlooking the rest of the campus. The view was nice, and it gave the host time to cool off after the confrontation with Saizou a few minutes ago.
"That was a bit tense." Moka said turning to her friend. "Weren't you scared?"
Eddie smirked, "Trust me, Moka. I've seen a lot scarier things than some school yard asshole who thinks he's king of the hill." he said, memories of a creature similar to Venom coming at him with large bladed weapons for arms crossing his mind.
Shaking his head, he leaned against the railing and watching the sun in the distance slowly make its way down over the horizon. The vampire smiled his way, "It was really nice of you. Thank you for sticking up for me."
"That's what friends do for each other, Moka. And it's just something that's in my nature as a person." replied the host.
"I still say we should have bitten his head off." Venom tossed in.
"With how thick his skull must be, it'd probably break your teeth like a jawbreaker." Eddie thought back.
The pinkette's smile managed to widen even more, "Still, I don't want my only friend to get into any trouble on my behalf." she said, coming up and standing next to him.
Eddie raised an eyebrow, "Well, I wouldn't be a good friend if I didn't stick up for you." he paused. "Wait, did you say I'm your only friend?"
Moka blushed and shifted her gaze to the ground. "Well, I was being honest when I said I'm not really good at making friends. And besides..." she smiled again as she looked up at him. "You already let me drink your blood! It's the first time anyone has ever let me do that!"
"Heh, thanks?" the host said scratching the back of his head. "How, uhh, how did I taste?"
"It's the best thing I've ever had!" exclaimed Moka, holding her cheeks. "The texture, the flavor, the warmth, it was perfect!" she beamed happily causing her friend to shake his head while laughing lightly.
"She loves the way we taste..." Venom said grinning.
Eddie blushed at the not-so-hidden meaning in the symbiote's tone and silently warned him to shut up.
They sat in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Moka spoke up again. "Eddie. If you don't mind my asking, what kind of monster are you?"
"Isn't revealing what we are against the rules?" Eddie asked.
"Oh! I forgot." the vampire said feeling embarrassed. "But, I already told you that I'm a vampire. Wouldn't it be fair?"
Thinking it over carefully, the host considered what he could tell her. "It wouldn't be so bad. Letting someone else in the know might make fitting in a little easier." said his other.
"I'm...sort of a special case. There aren't a whole lot of others like me out in the world." answered Eddie. "So I try to keep as low a profile as I can. Though, like what happened a few minutes ago, it can get pretty difficult." he explained as best he could. "And to be honest, you don't really fit the description of what a vampire is."
"Oh! That's because of this." Moka said opening the top of her shirt, revealing a good amount of her cleavage that drew in his gaze. He quickly shifted his line of sight and saw that she was wearing a black and silver cross on a leather choker around her neck. The center of the cross held a dark red gem with a black slit through the middle making it look like an eye looking back at him.
"When this rosary acts as a seal. When it is removed, I transform into my true self. A true vampire, and I can be very scary." she explained.
Eddie looked at the accessory and felt something in the air shift. Venom could feel it too, something powerful was hidden behind the rosary.
"Well...stranger things have happened." he thought as the pinkette closed her shirt, but leaving the rosary out in the open.
"So, where did you go to school before coming here?" she asked, changing the topic.
"Public school, back in my home city of San Francisco." said the host.
Moka cringed, "You mean, a human school?" she said sounding affronted.
"Yes, I was in a school surrounded by humans. What about it?" he asked wondering what her sudden change in attitude was coming from.
She bit her lip, "I just...I really don't like humans that much." she confessed making Eddie stand up straight. "They can be very cruel and mean, I know this because I attended human schools during junior high. Everyone ignored me, some made fun of me because I was different. I was so lonely, they made me believe that it would be better if I just disappeared...I just hate them so much!" she exclaimed.
Eddie remained silent, however he was reeling from what she had just admitted to him. He didn't think someone with her personality could hate anyone.
"From what I have seen, your kind can be very cruel to one another." said Venom. "It's no surprise they would treat anyone who they believe to be different with contempt. No matter how sweet they are to them."
The host couldn't help but agree, it was no wonder monsters were working hard to blend in.
After she calmed down a bit, Moka smiled at him. "But then I met you. And you didn't care that I was a vampire and was willing to be my friend. For the first time in a long while, I didn't feel so alone."
A sigh escaped Eddie's lips. "I can understand why you distrust humans. But not all of them are bad." he said, thinking of his parents and a few of his friends from back home. "Some can be the most trusting people in your life. And they'll be there for you when you need them most."
"How can you defend them?" the vampire asked, confused. "How can you be so sure that not all of them are bad?"
Eddie gave a sad smile, "I've seen them at their best and their worst. We're all creatures of habit, Moka. Fearing what we don't understand, and acting out with violence and hate as a response. I don't fault you for being afraid of them, for hating them, but despite what you may believe, they are capable of change if you give them a chance."
Moka thought over his words, "How do you know this?"
"I live among them. Got to know them. And you're right, a lot of them are mean and cruel, some more than others, but for every bad person you meet, there is at least a couple others that are not. If you spend your whole life focusing on the bad, you may miss out on the good as well." the host explained.
Venom couldn't help but feel that some of that statement was directed at their own unique relationship. In the beginning, the symbiote only wanted to use the teen to help with the coming invasion. But the more he got to know Eddie, and about the world he called home, the creature's opinions began to change. All the way to the point of defying a more powerful symbiote and stopping Earth from becoming their new breeding ground.
The duo owed a lot to each other. Venom owed Eddie for giving him a better chance at life and showing him a better way to live, and the teen owed the symbiote for saving his life on several occasions.
Moka seemed to be debating Eddie's words, the host put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed gently. "I'm not expecting you to openly trust humans right away. Just the next time you find yourself in the company of one, take a moment to really take a look and keep an open mind. You might find yourself surprised at what you find."
The pinkette still seemed unsure, but smiled up at him. At the very least taking his words to heart.
"Nice speech." said Venom, impressed with his host.
"There's more ways to solve issues than with claws and teeth, buddy." Eddie thought back as he and Moka enjoyed the quiet and the view in front of them.
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"So...do you have family?" asked Eddie as he and Moka were walking toward the dorms. The day having finally come to an end.
Moka nodded, "Yes, though we are on a bit of shaky ground with each other." she admitted, "My father can be strict, but I know that he cares about me."
The host nodded, "I get ya. Sorry I asked if it troubles you."
The vampiress shook her head, "Not at all, you were just curious. How about you, what's your family like?"
Eddie smiled, "My dad is where I get my name from, he's an investigative reporter, kind of rough but can be a goofball sometimes. My mom's an attorney, she's smart and has compassion for others. They met years ago and got together pretty quick, and ended up with me not long after. They never got married, and recently their relationship hit a pretty bad rough patch, but they're working through it and thinking about finally tying the knot."
Moka smiled, "They sound nice, and it shows with how you are." the host smiled at her as they continued their walk.
Though their moment was interrupted when a familiar figure stepped out of the woods and blocked their path.
"All alone." said Saizou as he stalked toward them.
Eddie rolled his eyes, "Can't you take a hint 'tiny'?" Saizou backhanded the host with enough force to send him smashing through several trees.
"EDDIE!" Moka screamed. Saizou grabbed her arm roughly and lifted her off the ground. "Now, Moka. You're all mine." he said lecherously as his tongue came out and licked her cheek.
A boulder came flying out of the woods and smashed against Saizou's face making him drop the young vampire and send him stumbling back. Eddie stalked out of the woods, his body tense, muscles clenched with his eyes hard like ice as he glared at the other student.
"I warned you, shithead. And you've gone and put your filthy hands on Moka." His arms became covered in black flesh, ending at sharp points on each finger. "Now, I ain't gonna hold back."
Eddie lept through the air and slashed three large gashes in Saizou's chest before delivering a hard kick to the larger student's stomach with the force of a Volvo at full speed. Saizou flew backwards through a couple of trees and came to a crashing stop several meters in the woods.
Lowering his raised leg, the host looked back at Moka who was looking at him in both shock and awe. She emerald orbs drifting to the large claws that were once his hands. "Are you alright?" he asked.
Moka only nodded as a bloody Saizou stumbled out of the woods chuckling.
"You're tougher than I gave you credit for, punk. But you're not going to live to enjoy it when I'm done with you." said the large student who started to grow taller and bulkier. His clothes tore revealing a heavily muscular form covered with hard grey skin. His teeth extended, giving him a more grotesque look.
"An ogre." said Moka standing behind Eddie.
The host looked at the hulking form trying to think of a plan. He couldn't take this freak down with Moka in the cross fire. "Moka, get on my back." he whispered. The pink haired girl looked at him oddly. "Trust me."
Moka came up and wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as she kept her eyes on Saizou. "You two ain't going anywhere." the ogre growled as he started stalking toward them.
Eddie smirked, "That's what you think.". He swiped his left hand, a long black tendril extending outward like a whip and striking Saizou in the face, stunning him long enough for the host to take off in a dead run into the forest.
The vampiress on his back clenched her eyes at the speed her friend showed as he weaved in and around the blackened trees with surprising dexterity. Whatever branches were in their way the host simply crashed through them as though they were weak plywood.
A loud crashing made Moka look back. Her eyes widening as she saw a tree flying at them like a missile from where they had come from.
But before she could scream a warning, three black tendrils shot out of Eddies left side and jerked them out of the way of the projectile. The sudden move doing nothing to slow down the host's momentum as he kept moving. Putting as much distance between them and the ogre chasing them.
"We will have to fight him. He will not give in until he catches us." said Venom, all the while keeping track of Saizou.
"Then we better get a nice open space to take this bastard down." Eddie thought back as they ran into a large opening which turned out to be the exact place they had been dropped off by the bus driver earlier that day.
Setting Moka down, Eddie turned back to the forest ready to fight. "Moka, hide." he said as they heard loud crashes getting closer to where they were.
"No! I'm not leaving you!" she exclaimed. A boulder flew out of the woods, the host's arms shifted into a large shield that shattered the boulder on contact. When the shield dissipated, Saizou came out of the forest at him in a dead run.
Eddie lept into the air, twisting his body to avoid being crushed under the larger student's bulk as he landed behind him. Saizou spun around, raising his arms up and slamming them on the ground and forcing the host to jump out of the way in time.
"Hold still you little shit!" the ogre roared, swinging his fists and trying to crush the smaller teen.
But his large size had a downfall. With all that strength and power Saizou was slow, which made it all the more easy for the host to stay one step ahead of him.
Jumping back from another wide haymaker, Eddie decided to go on the offensive. Firing a tendril from each hand, their ends sticking to Saizou's shoulders, he slingshot himself forward and drove both his heels into the ogre's face.
Using the momentum and leverage, his arms came together and slammed down on to the larger teen's head hard enough to crack a few teeth. Rolling with the hit and flipping over behind his opponent who shook off the hits quickly and managed to backhand him before he could touch the ground and sent him flying off the cliff that dropped to the red ocean below.
A tendril fired from Eddie's chest, anchoring to the ground and bringing him back from flying over the edge like a bungie cord. His feet slamming into the ground as he sent a leer at the ogre.
"You know. It's been a while since I've been in a good fight." he said with a smirk.
Saizou grinned back sadistically, "You won't be saying that after I rip your arms and legs off and watch you bleed out. Then after that, I'll be sure to give Moka plenty of attention." he said with his tongue flickering perversely as he looked at the pinkette who had remained away from the fighting.
Eddie gnashed his teeth, his anger spiking as the creep kept talking about doing things to Moka. There was no way in hell he was letting the bastard anywhere near the vampire if he had anything to say about it.
Standing to his full height, he spoke to his other grimly. "I think WE need to teach him a lesson he will never forget."
"Gladly." Venom replied with a wide grin.
"You're not getting anywhere near Moka ever again." Eddie said, black tissue coming out of his skin and slithering over his body. Changing his shape, making him taller and broader with his muscles also increasing in mass.
Grey veins stretched and spread out at various points on the shiny-black surface that came up over his head. A pair of white jagged pseudo eyes opened along with a gaping maw filled with sharp fangs. A long, serpent-like tongue coming out from between them and lashing at the air sending saliva flinging in different directions.
Moka watched her friend's transformation wide eyed, having not expected such a change and not knowing exactly what Eddie had just become. She had never seen a monster like this before.
"Heh, and what are you supposed to be?" Saizou chortled, although he himself was a little unnerved by the creature that was now before him.
"To scum like you? Your end." the beast rumbled, mouth stretching into a wide grin. "But until then, you can call us Venom."
"I don't care what you are, you're dead!" the ogre charged forward like an enraged rhino, bringing his fist back and sending it straight at the creature with all his strength.
A clawed hand snapped up, stopping the fist cold and shocking Saizou at how easily his punch had been blocked.
Venom's grinned stretched even wider, "Our turn." the symbiote gripped the fist in his grasp, spinning to the left and throwing the ogre into a boulder that shattered when the large body connected with it.
Saizou staggered to his feet only to be met with a black coated fist struck him in the face sending him crashing back to the ground. "Where's all that bravado you were spouting off?" the symbiote questioned, throwing the bully across the ground again and into several trees that shattered into splinters.
"So high and damn mighty, thinking you can do whatever you want to whoever you want because you think you're king shit? How's that working for you now?" Venom turned his arm into a tentacle that ensnared the ogre's leg and snapped him back toward him. A clawed hand grabbing his throat and forcing him to look into the symbiote's eyes.
"You ignored our warnings, tried to hurt our friend, so now you will suffer."
Venom's mouth opened impossibly wide, intending to bite the bully's head clean off while he struggled to break free.
"STOP!" The symbiote paused, turning his attention to Moka who stood a couple feet away with a pleading expression on her face. "Eddie, please stop."
"He threatened you, tried to hurt you in ways no one should ever be hurt." Venom growled, snapping hsi head around to glare at Saizou.
"And you saved me, protected me. You don't need to kill Saizou." the vampire said, not wanting to see her friend spill blood needlessly.
A tense silence passed for several seconds. Both symbiote and host weighing their options on the situation before coming to a decision.
Venom snarled at the ogre, "You should consider yourself lucky Moka's as kind as she is. But just to be sure you understand the shit you're in, let us remind you. If you come near Moka again, if you even think about hurting her or anyone else we will find you and eat both your arms, and then both of your legs, and then we'll eat your face right off your head."
Tossing Saizou to the ground, the symbiote receded back into its host leaving Eddie standing there. "There won't be a next time, jackass. Remember that."
Turning back to the pinkette, the host grinned sheepishly. "Sorry you had to see my uglier side. But he tends to come out where there are scumbags afoot."
"I understand, I just didn't want you to see you kill someone. No matter how much of a jerk he is." said Moka.
Eddie went to say something else when his other suddenly shouted; "BEHIND US!" Reacting fast, he grabbed the vampiress and dove out of the way as Saizou tried to get them while they were distracted.
When the duo landed, a soft metallic 'clink' was heard. The host looked down and saw that Moka's rosary had come off the chain it had been attached to. "It...It came off..." the pinkette said in surprised awe.
A pulse of dark energy surged through her body causing the skies to darken and a horde of bats to come fluttering down, covering Moka's body from head to toe as she began to transform.
Eddie watched wide eyed, the rosary held limply in his hand as the vampire began to change right in front of him. The power she was giving off almost overwhelming.
Venom was abnormally quiet, the energy washing over him and his host intoxicating.
Saizou was frozen in place from the powerful yokai energy flowing through the area. "T-This power...it can't be! The S-Class monster...a true Vampire!" he said quaking.
After what felt like an eternity, the bats slowly began to leave Moka's form. Revealing a completely different look.
She stood tall, her once bubblegum pink hair now the color of silver. Her body had gained an inch of height and her curves became much more defined, her breasts growing in size along with her ass, giving her a deadly and sensual appearance. Her fangs elongated and poked out from beneath her lips proving the true nature of her race.
Her once emerald green eyes, which were now the color of blood and slitted, observed everything around her before settling on Eddie.
"You broke the seal and released me." she said in a much deeper and mature voice. One filled with pride and power that demanded respect.
The host remembered what he and Moka had talked about back at the school and knew who was now in front of him. "You must be Moka's other self. I'm sorry about the rude awakening, but the asshole over there tried to get us with our backs turned." he said pointing his thumb Saizou's direction.
The new Moka turned her gaze on the orc and narrowed. "Indeed. Your abilities are very interesting, I have not encountered a being such as you." she took a step toward their opponent as she continued speaking. "I will deal with him, for putting his filthy hands on me." she looked over her shoulder at Eddie. "And afterward, I expect answers to any questions that I may have regarding exactly what you are."
Eddie nodded as the silver haired vampire advanced on Saizou. "Come, orc. And accept your punishment."
Saizou growled, "It doesn't matter who I fight! Both of you are going to die here!" he ran at the beautiful, and deadly, woman. Fist cocked back ready to crush her as he closed the gap quickly. Moka remained perfectly still as the large monster threw his arm forward.
The fist made contact with her forehead, sending out a small shockwave from the impact. But to the utter astonishment of both Saizou and Eddie, the vampire hadn't moved or even flinched.
In fact, she looked bored.
"This is all the strength you possess? Pathetic." she said with a sneer.
Saizou gnashed his teeth. "Don't mock me bitch! When I'm done fucking you up, I'll crush that other freak! My reputation will be one of legend for taking down an S-Class monster!"
Moka's red slitted eyes narrowed. "Is that so?" she jumped into the air, swinging her right foot out and connecting against the left side of the orc's face with the speed and power of a ballistic missile. Sending the large teen flying, cutting a large groove in the dirt as he skidded across the ground and came to rest several meters away.
"Know your place." she said before turning on her heel and walking away.
Saizou struggled to his feet, reverting back to his human form, battered, bruised and glaring hatefully at the silver haired woman. "You...You fucking slut!"
Moka glared at the defiant, idiotic creature that dared to insult her. Preparing to deliver another hard kick to end him, she blinked when Eddie walked past her and toward the ogre.
He didn't say a word as he changed back into Venom, "Remember what we talked about a minute ago?" the symbiote asked rhetorically. Saizou paled, too weak to even defend himself as the beast grabbed his shoulders and brought him up to eye level and grinned hungerly.
"Eyes, lungs, pancreas, so many snacks, so little time."
The bully watched Venom's mouth open wide and screamed before being silenced as the rows of dagger-like fangs chomped loudly over his head.
Off to the side, Moka watched the events unfold, raising an eyebrow as the symbiote ate Saizou whole. Reverting back to his human form and rolling his shoulders when he was finished.
"So, you had questions?" the host asked as though he hadn't just eaten a person a moment ago.
The vampiress had a feeling that the conversation they would have would be an interesting one, but her being unsealed after so long had left her tired and in need of rest.
"I do, but it will have to wait for now." she said, holding out her hand. Eddie fished out the rosary from his pocket and gave it to her. "Make no mistake, Eddie Brock, you will answer my questions when I demand them."
"I'll do my best not to disappoint. I do owe your other half an explanation as well." said the host.
Moka gave a slight smirk, "You're an interesting one. Be sure to look after by other self, she is too innocent for her own safety." she clipped the rosary back on to her choker and almost immediately changed back to her pink-haired self. Swaying from side to side, Eddie quickly caught her before she collapsed. Out like a light.
"Guess the switch between her sides takes a lot out of her." the host said, scooping her up in his arms.
"Strong and dominating on one side, sweet and innocent on the other. Two good females in one. I certainly approve." said Venom.
"Considering that we just watched her other side kick a guy easily four times her size in the face and plant him in the ground, I'm going to have to question your ideals on the subject." Eddie replied as he started walking in the direction of the dorms with Moka held in a bridal carry.
"Either of her sides would be good mothers for future spawnlings. But her inner self might require us to prove ourselves worthy of her affections. It would certainly be an interesting courting." the symbiote continued.
Eddie blushed at what his other was implying, the color deepening when Moka snuggled into his chest more and sighed happily while she slept.
"See, even when she sleeps she's drawn to us."
Shaking his head, the host continued to carry the young vampire as the sun set behind them. It had only been the first day, it made him wonder what the rest of the year was going to be like.
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A/N: For those that don't already know, the rest of the school year will involve a lot more fighting that what Eddie may have already experienced.
Given that there's a whole lot of content to cover from both sides, I'll be occasionally diverting off from the manga/anime path with a few original chapters to fill the gaps. The next update is going to be one of those chapters where Eddie will tell Moka about what he and Venom are, how they came to be and even the symbiote's history.
It's raring up to be a hell of a long talk between the two new friends, but one that will hopefully form a stronger bond between them.
Until next time folks!