In the girl's dormitory of Yokai Academy, Moka slept soundly. The wind rustled the curtains of her open window. The wind tickled Moka's nose, waking her. Moka sat up in her bed and stretched. She stopped mid-stretch as she heard a low, deep growl from outside her door.
She looked and saw a shadow of an animal under the door. She gasped, which made the shadow of whatever was behind the door tense. The shadow walked away, growling. Moka sighed with relief, but couldn't go back to sleep.
The next day, Moka was completely exhausted, having gotten absolutely no sleep last night. She decided to take a turbo-nap in homeroom. Seiteki noticed and grinned evilly. She batted her eyes at Tsukune.
"You never answered my question." she said in a singsong fashion.
"What question?"
"Do you want a girlfriend?"
Seiteki poked her lip out.
"It would break my heart if you refused."
"Uh…" Tsukune said uncomfortably.
"Pleeeease?" Seiteki poked her lips out even more at batted her eyes suggestively. She grinned as her eyes glowed red. Tsukune's eyes glowed as well.
"Um, we could try to work something out." Tsukune smiled at her.
Seiteki grinned and kicked Moka's desk, waking her. Moka blinked sleepily and looked around, trying to find who woke her.
"Thank you so much, Tsukune. I promise, I'll be the best girlfriend ever." Seiteki leaned in and kissed Tsukune on the lips, twice.
Moka's eyes widened, tears welling up in them. She stood and ran out of the door, crying.
"Moka, meow?" Nekonome asked, purring in surprise.
Students began murmuring amongst themselves. Seiteki smiled. Tsukune's eyes stopped glowing and he shook his head.
"Huh? What happened?" Tsukune asked.
"Oh, nothing important." Seiteki blinked at him charmingly. Behind her, Kurumu was steaming. Mizore just listened, staring out of the door where Moka ran out.
Moka sat in the courtyard of the school, bawling her eyes out. "Why, Tsukune? Why would you do this?" she asked the air.
The bell rang, interrupting Moka's thoughts. She regained her composure and entered the school, going to her next class. On the way, she ran into Seiteki.
"Hi-hi." she said cheekily.
"What do you want?" Moka asked angrily.
"I'm here to finish my mission. Tsukune's already under my skirt, now I'm going to make you the most hated person in Yokai."
Moka crossed her arms. "And how are you going to do that? I'm adorable."
"By framing you."
"And what are you going to do to frame-" Moka stopped as Seiteki cocked her arm back and punched herself hard in the face, knocking herself down.
Moka gasped, covering her mouth. Seiteki slowly rose to her feet, her cheek bleeding and bruised. She dribbled and spit a couple of teeth out of her mouth.
"W-Why did you d-do t-that to m-me, M-Moka?" Seiteki whimpered.
"What?! You did that yourself." Moka said, becoming uncomfortable with all the sudden attention.
"Are you serious?! Why would I punch myself?! There's no way you can deny punching me in the face."
"Moka, how could you?" asked a sickened voice from nearby. Moka turned and stared at the horrified face of Tsukune. Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari were behind him, their sad faces upsetting Moka even more.
"Look what you did to her. Why? You're not like this."
"Tsukune! You don't understand! I didn't punch her!" Moka pleaded.
" Well, who did?"
"She punched herself!"
"Save it, Moka. I don't mind you using my blood. I want you to stay healthy. But other than that, I don't think we should be friends anymore. I can't associate with thugs. I'm sorry."
Tsukune took Seiteki by the arm and helped her to the infirmary. The rest of his harem followed him. Kurumu stopped.
"I've gotta admit, Moka, I'm impressed. You don't know how long I've wanted to do the exact same thing." she said, then left.
Moka's leg buckled from under her and she fell down on the floor, crying. People started whispering disdainfully about her. Vicious rumors were beginning to circulate. Moka couldn't hear them; she was crying too loudly. Nearby, Ginei was listening, having heard and seen everything.
The next day, Moka saw Tsukune walking toward the school. She ran up to him.
"Hi, Tsukune!" Moka said.
"Hi." Tsukune said, cocking his head to one side to let Moka bite his neck.
"Y-You're not even going to protest. I think that's cute."
"I told you. I'll let you stay healthy with my blood, but we can't be real friends anymore."
Moka sighed and was about to bite Tsukune's neck, but changed her mind at the last second.
"What's wrong?" Tsukune asked.
"I can't do it. The blood-letting was cute because you protested and joked with me about it. That's what made your blood sweet, but now, I just don't have it in me to take your blood. I'm sorry." Moka ran off, a few tears dropping from her eyes.
Tsukune followed her. "Moka, wait!"
Moka didn't stop and ran into the building. Inside, Moka ran into Ginei.
"What do you want? Here to ask about a rumor? I can hear them spreading around."
Gin shook his head.
"No. I've been trying to stop those rumors. I saw everything: Seiteki punching herself, her daring you to punch her, your conversation in the bathroom…"
"Wait, how would you know about that?"
"Uh, a couple of girls told me about it."
"Girls don't talk to you. You were peeking again, weren't you?" Moka prodded playfully.
"That's not the point. The point is, I have the proof you need to bust her."
"What proof do you have? Nobody here really likes you and they won't believe a word you say."
"Take this." Gin gave Moka a small voice recorder.
"It'll hide snuggly in your hair. Talk to Seiteki and try to get her to tell you her intentions. If you can do that, you can expose her."
"Thanks, Gin. Seeya later!"
As Moka ran back toward the main hall, energy began to leave her. The sudden loss of strength made her legs buckle from under her and Moka tumbled to the ground. Tsukune happened to be nearby and saw what happened. He was talking to Seiteki at the time, but walked away from her to help Moka.
"Are you okay?" he asked, lifting her to her feet.
"I-I think so. I must have fainted."
"Come on, Moka. Take my blood. You need it."
"I can't, Tsukune. I just can't. I can live off of tomato juice. I don't want to use your blood if you don't like me anymore. It… It wouldn't feel…feel…"
Moka trailed off as she fainted again. Tsukune fell to his knees and took a can of tomato juice from his backpack. "I was going to use this for soup, but you need it more than my stomach does."
Tsukune poked the can beneath Moka's fangs, pierced it, then tilted Moka's head back, making the tomato juice flow into her fangs. Moka slowly came to.
"Thank you, Tsukune." Moka said. "And I'm sorry. Can you please forgive me?"
Tsukune was silent for a second or so.
"Okay, Moka. I'll give you another chance."
He helped Moka to her feet again. The two renewed friends hugged. Nearby, Seiteki was steaming mad. She was so angry, she ripped the door off of a nearby locker with no problem at all. She then stormed off.
During lunch period, Moka and Tsukune were conversing, while steam was still poured from Seiteki's ears.
"Aren't you glad that Moka and I are friends again, Seiteki?"
"No, not really. Especially considering she knocked two of my teeth out."
"Moka explained that." Tsukune said.
"Oh, I'd love to hear this." Seiteki moved a tuft of hair from her ear to listen closely.
"Moka's a vampire. There's another 'Moka' hidden inside the rosario on her neck. It separates the Moka you see now from the other Moka. Over the past few weeks, the seal of the rosario had been weakening. It's weakened so much, Inner Moka has the power to control Outer Moka's movements. Apparently, Inner Moka doesn't like you very much."
Seiteki's jaw dropped.
"That is…. A plausible excuse. Okay, Moka. I forgive you. Come with me for a second. I knew you wouldn't be a bad as I claimed, so I have a little present for you that I stashed in the forest. Come on!"
Seiteki grabbed Moka by the arm and pulled her from the table, into the dead forest. She dragged Moka for several yards into the forest, then stopped.
"What's over here?" Moka asked.
Seiteki tightened her grip on Moka's arm and threw her, head-over-heels, into a tree. Moka slumped to the ground, unable to move. She heard a tiny beeping in her head, but she assumed she was dazed from the throw.
"I did EVERYTHING! I took Tsukune away from you! I framed you with assault! I kissed him twice, right in your face! Yet still, you are so persistent to continue to cling to him!"
As Seiteki spoke, she began to change. Orange ears replaced the regular human ears on the side of Seiteki's head. Her eyes went from a beautiful blue to a deathly red. Sharp fangs began to protrude from Seiteki's teeth. New fangs even grew in the place of the teeth she lost. Super-sharp claws grew on her nails. A large tuft of beautiful orange chest fur emerged from her bust. To finish it off, four elegant tails sprouted from Seiteki's behind.
"Y-You're true form?" Moka asked weakly.
"No. This isn't my true form. My true form is hideous. And even though, I used it to try to take YOU out, Moka! That's how frustrated and angry I am at you!"
Moka flashed back to last night, when a strange monster-like shadow stalked her door.
"That was you?"
Seiteki grabbed Moka by the shirt and lifted her in the air. She clutched the rosario as well. "Of course it was me! Who else could it be? The bumbling witch? The blue-haired seductress? Or maybe the mint-eating stalker? Why can't you accept that Tsukune is mine?! He's mine, not yours, and you will NEVER have him!"
Moka knew that Seiteki was going to kill her, so she distracted her with more questions.
"Why? Why do you hate me and why do you want Tsukune?"
Seiteki chuckled. "I know what you're trying to do, but I'll humor you for your last few minutes. First of all, you really need to step up your kitsune knowledge. I don't just hate you because you cling to Tsukune like a greedy tick."
Seiteki spit disdainfully as she talked.
"Kitsune in general don't have very good relationships with women. The only women friends that kitsune really have are each other. In other words, I hate every single prissy girl that goes to this school. We do have great relationships with cute guys A.K.A: Tsukune. Second, kitsune are VERY jealous. They don't like competition, so when I see I guy I like, A.K.A: Tsukune, surrounded by other pretty girls, one of which who happened to be excruciatingly jealous, that puts me a little on edge."
Seiteki gritted her fangs and tightened her grip on Moka's shirt.
"You, Moka, irritate me more than any girl I've come across, and that's saying something. To answer your question, I go for Tsukune because I can. And another thing. That conversation with your little posse yesterday was a fluke to get sympathy. Well, most of it was true. The affair I had with my old boyfriend didn't just happen. I made it happen. I WANTED it to happen, because that's a kitsune's nature. Another thing. That girl I mentioned was never expelled. I killed her."
Moka gasped in horror.
"I also killed my boyfriend when he broke up with me. I escaped society and eventually ended up here. Now enough talk. Die!"
Seiteki threw Moka to the other side of the clearing, ripping the rosario off in the process. Seiteki threw the rosario down on the ground. Moka was beginning to stir. Her hair went from pink to silver and her eyes turned blood red.
"You've just made the biggest mistake of your life, releasing me." Moka said menacingly.
"Ha! I'm a Class-S yokai, like you. Unlike you, however, I'm much more powerful. I'm technically older, wiser,"
Seiteki flashed forward and jabbed Moka in the face, knocking her backwards.
"and I can kick your butt all across this forest."
Moka stood, steaming. Using her super vampire speed, she ran forward, landing several blows on Seiteki, who didn't seem fazed at all. In fact, Moka herself seemed weaker.
"You're starving, aren't you? Your little 'blood strike' may have gotten you back in Tsukune's good graces, but it's made you into a weakling. Even in your most powerful form, you're not even half as strong as I am."
Seiteki knocked Moka to the ground and began kicking her. Moka tried to get up, even though she was critically injured. To retaliate, Seiteki stomped hard on Moka's head, knocking her unconscious. Seiteki grabbed the rosario and reattached it to the necklace around Moka's neck.
"That should keep you quiet for a while."
Moka's hair reverted back to its original pink state. Seiteki made her ears retract, re-revealing her regular ears. Her fangs turned back into teeth and her chest fur retracted back into her bust. Her four tails retracted into her behind. Seiteki fixed her hair and walked out of the forest, right when the lunch period ending bell began to ring.
"Where's Moka?" Tsukune asked.
"After she thanked me for my present, she said she had to go back to her dorm for something. I don't know what. She told me that she'd see you guys later."
Seiteki grinned evilly as she walked back into the school.
Moka slowly came to. She found herself in the infirmary. Ginei was standing next to her bed.
"She throttled me. I never had a chance because I wasn't at my full strength." she told Gin sadly.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that. I am proud of you, though. It was an ingenious plan, using Seiteki's emotions toward Tsukune to bait her."
Moka was confused. "Bait her? Bait her into what?"
"I got it all. Every single word she said came in loud and clear in the listening bug."
Gin pressed a button on a device on a nearby table. Seiteki's voice played out.
"I did EVERYTHING! I took Tsukune away from you! I framed you with assault! I kissed him twice, right in your face! Yet still, you are so persistent to continue to cling to him!"
Gin pressed the stop button.
"I got that?" Moka asked, shocked.
"And more." Gin pressed the play button again.
"No. This isn't my true form. My true form is hideous! And even though, I used it to try to take YOU out, Moka! That's how frustrated and angry I am at you!" said the recording of Seiteki's voice.
Moka's voice then played out.
"That was you?"
Seiteki's angry voice spoke again.
"Of course it was me! Who else could it be? The bumbling witch? The blue-haired seductress? Or maybe the mint-eating stalker? Why can't you accept that Tsukune is mine?! He's mine, not yours, and you will NEVER have him!"
Gin pressed stop, then eject.
"I think that's all the proof we need."
Moka smiled. "Let me help you up. You've gone too long without any blood to try to act on your own."
Gin grabbed Moka's hand and helped her out of her hospital bed, to a wheelchair. Moka was so exhausted from blood deficiency, she couldn't even push herself in a wheelchair, so Gin pushed her. She went all the way to the main office, attracting strange stares on the way.
"Stay here. I'll talk to the administrator." Gin said, knocking on the door.
Gin entered, leaving Moka alone in the waiting room. When Gin exited the office, he was smiling.
"The admin is going to let us play the recording over the intercom, to prove that Seiteki's evil."
"That's great. Let's expose us a man-stealer."
Moka put the recording on the intercom mike. "Ready?"
"Do it." Gin said.
Moka took a breath and pressed play.
Out in the hall, Seiteki was laying on Tsukune's shoulder affectionately. Mizore was nearby, taking a drink of liquid nitrogen from a sports bottle. Kurumu was also nearby, arguing with Yukari over breast size. Suddenly, a crackling was heard over the intercom. After a few seconds of static, a voice boomed into the intercom.
"I did EVERYTHING! I took Tsukune away from you! I framed you with assault! I kissed him twice, right in your face! Yet still, you are so persistent to continue to cling to him!"
Seiteki gasped.
"Seiteki, is that…your voice?" Tsukune asked.
"Uh…Uh…" was all the blonde could say.
"No! This isn't my true form! My true form is hideous! And even though, I still used it to try to take YOU out, Moka!"
Tsukune gasped. "What?" he asked, surprised.
"That was you?" Moka's voice played out.
"Of course it was me! Who else could it be? The bumbling witch?"
Yukari gasped in surprise, staring at Seiteki.
"The blue-haired seductress?"
Kurumu growled angrily at Seiteki, who began to back away.
"Or maybe the mint-eating stalker?"
Mizore's eyes widened as she blushed, then scowled at Seiteki, who backed away even more.
"Why can't you accept that Tsukune is mine?! He's mine, not yours, and you will never have him!" then the recording stopped.
"I think that's enough." said a quiet voice in the background.
Everywhere, murmurs were beginning to circulate and angry glances were being cast at Seiteki.
"The office." she murmured.
Seiteki ran as fast as she could toward the main office. She punched the door, splintering it into pieces. She easily knocked Gin out of the way, going straight for Moka, who couldn't move at all without help. Seiteki grabbed Moka's wheelchair and slammed it into the wall, making Moka fall out in a heap on the floor.
"That is the last straw, you pink-haired brat!"
Seiteki lifted Moka's crumpled body off of the ground.
"You're going to die today!" Seiteki cocked her hand back, prepared to smash Moka's face in. Before her fist could connect, a large sheet of ice covered Seiteki, stopping her dead.
"I wanted to say 'Freeze.' before I did that, but that would be too corny, and you were about to die." Mizore said, stepping into the office through the ruined.
Moka slumped to the ground, unable to even lift her head. Tsukune ran in with Kurumu and Yukari following him. Yukari walked up and tapped on the frozen girl standing in the center of the room.
"Cool."
"Well I say good riddance. We don't need people like that at this school." Kurumu said.
She opened the window and tossed Seiteki's frozen body. It fell on the ground and began to bounce down a cliff. Kurumu clasped her hands, proud of herself.
"Moka, are you okay?" Tsukune asked.
"Blood. I need blood." Moka said.
Tsukune lifted up Moka's head and put her fangs on his neck. Moka weakly sucked blood from Tsukune's neck, and her strength rapidly increased. After a few seconds, Moka was able to stand.
"Thanks."
Moka hugged each of her friends.
Seiteki's frozen body bounced painfully down a cliff. She hit a big dip and fell for several yards. When she hit the flat ground, the ice broke away from Seiteki's body. The blonde shivered horribly.
"J-J-J-Just y-y-you w-wait, M-Moka. I-I'll b-b-be b-back." she murmured wickedly.
