Author's Notes: If Mizore's efforts had failed then it would be up to one vampire to save the day…
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Lord Issa Shuzen was a simple man who liked all the normal pleasures of life.
Dismembering enemies, allowing his harem to satisfy him five at a time, forcing family members to fight one another to the death, using a solid gold toilet, and mocking Bill Gates for his lack of business acumen.
Just your basic ordinary stuff really.
So as Lord Issa was relaxing on a sofa upholstered in Bengal Tiger fur he was surprised to get a call from none other than Mikogami; Hades Lord and Headmaster of Youkai Academy.
"Issa," Mikogami said over the phone. "I need to ask a small favor."
Lord Shuzen was immediately suspicious. "The last time you asked for a 'small favor' I had to deal with a coven of witches, an angry mummy, and a paternity lawsuit from Celine Deion."
"Yeah, that was a really great weekend in Vegas."
"I'm hanging up now."
"This involves two of your daughters." Mikogami said quickly. "Moka, Kokoa, and the entire student body have been caught up in an evil plot that has taken over Youkai Academy and threatens the entire world."
"Again? Doesn't something like this happen every semester at your school?"
"Not every semester," Mikogami said defensively. "It only happens about three in every four."
"Regardless, if the school has been overrun and the peace of the world is at stake shouldn't you deal with this yourself? You are the school's Headmaster as well as being a Hades Lord."
"Well normally I would, but you see I have a ski weekend planned up in Vail."
"You're going to leave the lives of your students in danger and risk worldwide peace just so you can go skiing?"
"They just got six inches of fresh powder and it's Vail. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get reservations this time of year?"
Issa gave a long sigh. "Very well, then why don't you ask Tohofuhai to handle this? He is your fellow Hades Lord after all."
"Well I would but he's unavailable for the next three days."
"Let me guess," Issa said sarcastically. "He is skiing in Aspen?"
"No, he's in San Diego for Comic Con."
XXX
"I am a vampire lord with wealth, power, and immortality. Just how did I get roped into this?" Issa sighed.
He was approaching the gates of the academy. At first sight nothing malevolent appeared to be going on. Students were just sitting together out on the grass eating.
Hmmm, on second thought it's ten in the morning, shouldn't they all be in class? As he approached he also noticed the bright yellow sheen of their skins. Did jaundice break out here?
Issa came up to the nearest group of students. "Pardon me, but is there some reason why all of you are out here rather than in class?"
One of the students looked up from his bowl. "We're having curry. Would you like some?"
"No thank you," Issa said politely.
"You don't want curry?"
As one all the students in the courtyard were suddenly looking in his direction. They began to shuffle towards him with arms outstretched chanting, 'Curry… curry… curry.'
Issa immediately gauged the situation. "I see, something has reduced these students to willing slaves." He looked about at all the bright yellow faces surrounding him. "I haven't seen so many mindless zombies since that Jersey Shore reunion show."
Being who he was he sent bodies flyting in all directions as he beat them down and headed into the school itself.
"Know your place!"
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Within the halls of the school there were student sitting down eating curry. They all seemed oblivious to anything else.
"Huh, it's just like the Stinky Cheese crisis back in '59." Given the cause of the crisis Issa suspected he knew who was responsible.
"Oh my! Aren't you Lord Shuzen? Moka's and Kokoa's father?"
Lord Issa spotted an attractive dark haired young woman who was dressed in a long flowing black skirt with a pink top. It took him a moment to recognize her. "You're Ruby, Mikogami's assistant aren't you?"
Ruby nodded her head. "I am, when the Headmaster left for his ski weekend I was left in charge. After that many, many things happened."
"Really? Care to elaborate?"
Ruby shook her head. "You've come here to prevent the wonders of curry from taking over the world haven't you? It would be sad if that didn't happen."
"I have a pretty good idea of what's going on, but I want confirmation." Issa cracked his knuckles. "You're going to tell me everything you know about this."
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Kurumu was heading to the roof to get another bowl delicious curry when she heard cries and groans coming from one of the classrooms. Kurumu opened the door and gasped in shock.
There was Ruby bound hand and foot to a desk with her skirt yanked up and black lace panties down about her ankles. Her ass was completely red and covered with welts and marks. Standing over her with a leather riding crop in hand was a good looking stranger in a suit and cape with hair the same color as Inner Moka's.
"You! Get away from my friend!" Kurumu shouted.
Instantly leathery wings sprouted from her back and foot long razor sharp claws extended from her fingertips.
"Don't you dare attack my friend!" Kurumu cried as she flew in slashing with her claws.
"What do you mean attack?" The stranger asked as he dodged Kurumu's strikes with ridiculous ease.
"Oh yes! Yes master! Ruby has been a bad, bad girl! Punish me more! Punish me!"
"Huh?" Kurumu stopped to stare at the tied up witch.
"Vampires really do make the best torturers!" Ruby cried in ecstasy.
"Well I have had a lot of practice," Issa admitted. "Though my victims usually aren't as enthusiastic as you."
"Just what is going on here?" Kurumu demanded.
"This is Moka's dad," Ruby explained. "He's come here to stop us from spreading the wonders of curry to the whole world. I agreed to tell him everything I knew if he would tie me up and give me a good beating."
"How could you?" Kurumu gasped.
"Don't judge me! A girl has needs!"
Kurumu turned back to Lord Issa, her claws remained extended. "Even if you're Moka's father I can't let you do that."
"You wouldn't happen to be Ageha's daughter Kurumu would you?"
"What? How did you know that? Has Moka told you about me?"
"No, Ageha mentions you sometimes while I'm bending her over a chair or grabbing hold of her ankles."
As Kurumu stood there gasping like a fish Issa rushed up and delivered a knockout blow. As he laid her down on the floor he made sure to get in a quick grope.
"Not as soft as Ageha's but not bad, they need to ripen a little bit more."
Issa hurried out to head to the roof.
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Climbing the stairs to the rooftop he came upon Kokoa waiting for him. Her skin was the color of a ripe banana and she had a plate full of curry in her hands.
"Daddy," Kokoa said. "I am so happy to see you. Let's reconnect over a meal of delicious curry. Curry!"
Issa shook his head. "Kokoa you have no idea how embarrassing it is to see you like this. I suppose Moka is a mindless follower now too?"
"She loves the delicious spiciness of curry," Kokoa said nodding proudly. "In fact I was the one who recruited her and brought her into the world of curry. Curry!"
Issa smirked. "Well I suppose we'll count that as a win. I'm glad you finally managed to beat Moka in something. Now step aside, I have business to conduct."
"I can't do that daddy." Kokoa carefully set the plate down. "If you won't have some tasty curry with me I'll just have to give you the kiss of curry! Curry!" She leapt aiming to give her father a transforming kiss.
SMACK!
Kokoa's face ran right into Lord Issa's outstretched palm.
"Kokoa, I've told you before; only on your birthday, never where anyone can see us, and never too much tongue."
He delivered a quick blow to the back of her head, knocking her out and then pushing open the roof door.
XXX
Up on the roof top was a crowd of students all of them sitting around eating curry.
Looking about he spotted his daughter Moka. Just as Kokoa had stated she was just another helpless victim of this curry madness. But what concerned Issa more than that was the fact she was personally feeding a boy and being fed by him. Issa lifted a curious eyebrow.
"Tsukune," Moka said dreamily as she fed him curry.
"Moka-san." Tsukune said as he did the same.
"Tsukune."
"Moka-san."
"Daddy."
"Moka-sa… wait, what?"
Tsukune suddenly noted an angry presence standing over him. A stern face with red slitted eyes stared down at him. Tsukune gulped and wondered if he would ever get to eat curry again.
"Daddy what are you doing here?" Moka asked as she jumped neatly to her feet.
"The usual," Lord Issa said. "I'm here to save the school and world from dire peril and all the rest. Much more importantly, who is this Moka? Is he one of your little friends? You seem rather close to him."
Tsukune quickly got to his feet and offered Issa a respectful bow. "Excuse me sir, are you Moka's father? It is an honor to meet you."
"I am indeed Moka's father and a vampire of immense wealth and power." Issa told Tsukune in a commanding tone. "Just who might you be?"
Tsukune opened his mouth to say 'Moka's friend' but before he could Moka wrapped her arms around him in an affectionate hug.
"This is Aono Tsukune the boy I love!"
"Lo… love?" Tsukune gasped out in shock.
"Love?" Issa said a bit menacingly.
Moka nodded. "That's right daddy! I love him and he has already rescued me a bunch of times, so that means you're not going do to him what you did to Kahlua's old boyfriend Anton are you?"
"That depends," Issa said staring ominously at Tsukune. "I actually liked Anton."
Tsukune gulped and tried not to faint. He really wished he had some spiced curry to help settle his nerves. "Who's Anton?"
"He used to be my older sister's boyfriend." Moka explained. "He wound up breaking up with her and daddy punished him."
"Wha… what happened to him?" Tsukune asked nervously.
Issa grinned evilly. "Do you really want to know?"
Tsukune gulped again. "Ah probably not."
There was a stir behind Lord Issa and he gave an annoyed sigh. "Duty calls; we'll talk later Aono Tsukune."
Tsukune was not looking forward to that at all.
XXX
"Mwahahahaha!" A diabolical laugh filled the air. "Cooking is art! Art is explosive! Explosive means spiciness!" A blonde woman appeared surrounded by her devoted curry zombie.
Issa looked at her and appeared to be anything but surprised. "Hello again Aspara. We haven't run into each other since the little incident in Gary, Indiana."
Aspara had been acting in the guise of the academy's instructor in the culinary arts. Her true identity was that of a water spirit from Indian mythology, an Aspara.
"Don't remind me of that! I tried to bring a little culture to that place and they actually preferred eating hot dogs and hamburgers! They were deserving of my wrath!"
Issa shrugged. "It's the American Midwest. What were you expecting?"
"I expected people to be open to the wonders of curry! Do you know how embarrassing it is to have a restaurant fail when you are the living embodiment of curry?"
Issa sighed and shook his head. "So let me guess, you intend to set out and bring your delicious curry to the world whether they want it or not?"
"Mwahahahaha! That's right! For too long I have been forced to watch helpless people endure the blandness of fake curry. Now I will see that everyone gets to enjoy the flavor and spiciness of real genuine curry! In this world fake curry is rampant. It's so tragic! I can see from you pale skin that you are the only one left in this school who is yet to taste my delicious curry. Now you too will taste the wonder of…"
BAM!
In an instant Issa covered the distance between them a punch to her jaw that sent Aspara flying not just through the air but right over the side of the roof.
"Sorry, I find long speeches to be really tedious." Issa said. "Oh, and know your place."
A brown bat suddenly appeared. "This week's curb stomp lasted twelve seconds!"
"You killed Aspara-sensei!" One of the students said in shock.
"Oh don't worry," Issa said. "Minor villains are pretty much immortal except for when they are killed by their superiors as examples to others. Now then," he turned to face the crowd of zombies. "Does anyone else want to fight?"
Everyone shook their heads.
XXX
The student body and faculty were given specially prepared bowls of chicken soup and were soon returned to normal.
Aspara was in the infirmary. She was being given a two week suspension without pay and a note would appear in her record.
Following this Issa was down in the cafeteria with Moka, Tsukune, Kokoa, Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari.
Issa had wanted to speak to Tsukune alone but he had insisted on having witnesses, er, friends around.
"Thank you for freeing all of us and saving the world from being taken over." Mizore said.
Lord Issa waved it away as though it were nothing of importance. "Unfortunately it comes with being one of the most powerful beings in Earth. Sometimes you simply have to be inconvenienced."
"Still it's amazing what you did! You really are a heroic person! Desu!"
"Not really." Issa said. "It's more a matter of being practical."
"What do you mean?" Kurumu asked scratching her head.
"Well simply put if the entire world were reduced to curry zombies it would make it much more difficult for when I decide to rule the world."
The others all stared at him.
"Is something wrong?" Issa asked.
"Wait, are you being serious?" Tsukune asked. "You're going to try and take over the world yourself?"
"Well of course," Issa said complacently. "I run a massive multinational corporation called Fairy Tale. It's pretty much to be expected. Seriously have you any idea how many times Microsoft, Apple, and Exxon have tried it? It's what we do."
"Daddy!" Kokoa said urgently. "You don't plan to unleash the great monster Alucard in an unstoppable rampage and thus bring about the fall of human civilization and allow monsters to step out of the shadows and rule over the chaos of a ruined and apocalyptic land do you?"
"No, not this time."
"If… if you don't mind my asking how do you plan to conquer the world?" Tsukune asked cautiously.
Issa reached into a pocket and pulled something out. It was a six inch tall doll with silver hair and red eyes. A perfect miniature of Inner Moka. Issa pressed a switch on the doll's back.
The doll came to life and shook a fist at them. "Know your place! Obey Lord Issa or suffer my wrath!"
Issa pressed the switch again and the doll deactivated. "It's a combination of robotics, artificial intelligence, and just a little black magic. We're going to mass market it as the 'Vampire Princess' doll along with all sorts of other accessories. It's going to be the number one seller this Christmas."
"It's so kawai!" Kurumu said.
"I want one." Mizore said.
"Me too! Desu!"
"I'll be more than happy to have free samples sent to all of you." Issa said graciously.
"Really? That's wonderful!" Kurumu said.
"Uh guys?" Tsukune interrupted. "Those aren't just dolls remember? They're really tools designed for world domination."
"But they're just so cute!" Kurumu protested.
"I'll also include the Vampire Princess Castle set." Issa said.
"Yahoo!"
Tsukune leaned into Moka and whispered. "Moka please don't take this the wrong way but I think your father is insane."
"Oh I know Tsukune," Moka said brightly. "It runs in the family. You should meet my oldest sister some time, she's totally psycho!"
Tsukune stared at her as she smiled back at him. "You know that really doesn't make me feel better about things."
"Aono," Issa growled. "Vampires have excellent hearing and I heard everything you just said."
"Eek! I… I mean I apologize sir!" He got to his feet and bowed. "When I called you insane I didn't mean it in a bad way!"
One of Issa's eyebrows quirked up. "Oh? You meant he good sort of insane?"
"Ah…"
"Daddy," Moka said. "I love Tsukune and he would never hurt me. You are not going to do what you did to Anton are you?"
Issa spread his hands. "Come now my daughter don't be silly. Do you see a carving knife, salt, or a large melon anywhere?"
'A large melon?' Tsukune mouthed silently.
Issa came around the table to stand face to face with Tsukune. It was all Tsukune could do not to cower. Holding onto his courage he stood there and looked back eye to eye with Moka's father.
"What makes you think you deserve to be with my daughter?" Issa asked quietly.
"I… I truly love you daughter and want to spend my whole life protecting her. I would never do anything to hurt Moka, and as long as she wants to be with me I would hope you would allow it sir."
Issa continued to simply stand there eying Tsukune while revealing no obvious reaction to the words. Moka and the other girls all sat there watching the tense confrontation wondering what was about to happen.
After what seemed an eternity Lord Issa finally spoke.
"Aono Tsukune."
Tsukune once again gulped. "Yes sir?"
"You smell absolutely delicious."
"Huh?"
CHOMP!
"Ow! Ow! Hey! This is wrong!" Tsukune shouted and waved his arms about frantically.
"Holy crap!" Yukari pulled out her camera phone even as her nose gushed blood. "It's vampire BL! Desu!"
Moka was on her feet. "Daddy stop it! You're embarrassing me! It's like my tenth birthday all over again!"
"Wow," Mizore murmured. "I can see where Moka gets it from."
After having a healthy drink Lord Issa finally let go of Tsukune and wiped his chin. "I can see why you like him daughter. You have my permission to marry him."
Moka supported a weakened Tsukune. "Are you all right?"
"I feel so violated." Tsukune said.