Chapter 2: Schemes of the Succubus.

It was a few days after the Saizou incident, and Kenji was off by himself, skipping rocks into a lake by the school..

'God I'm sick of dealing with that idiot' Kenji thought to himself. 'We're here to deal with out-of-control monsters, not make goo-goo eyes at some vampire.' He tossed another rock at the lake. 'I can't believe Sho and Riku believe that garbage. "Diplomatic Mission", what a bunch of bullshit. Like anyone would actually want to get along with these-' his thought was interrupted by a moan coming from nearby.

'The fuck?' He thought as he went to investigate. He came upon a small clearing where there was a girl on her hands and knees, moaning. She had blue hair tied in a yellow ribbon, and wore a variant of the female student uniform, a yellow sweater vest instead of the jacket. Kenji was about to turn around and ignore her, but she moaned louder, clearly in pain. Kenji sighed to himself at this, and he approached her.

'I hate being a good person sometimes.' "Hey, you OK? You need any help?" She turned to look at him. 'Whoa, she's kinda hot. No! Focus dammit!'

"I don't know" she spoke. "I'm having trouble getting up."

"Here, let me help" he picked her up, admittedly less gently than he should've, but she didn't comment. Without warning she pulled him in close, wrapping her arms around him and pressing her breasts against his chest. After a few seconds of awkwardness Kenji asked "Uh, can you let go of me?"

"Thank you for helping me" she said, ignoring his question. "You're Kenji Ryo aren't you?"

"Uh...yeah." Kenji replied, slightly weirded out by a random, though admittedly hot, girl hugging him. He had to keep reminding himself she was a monster, not a human, to keep him from blushing from the close contact.

"I heard about you and your friends. I didn't think you'd be so nice." The girl smiled, leaning in close. "My name's Kurumu Kurono. I hope we can become friends."

"I..er..well.." Kenji stammered slightly. This kind of situation was way out of his wheelhouse. He wanted to say something, but words escaped him at the moment. He avoided eye contact as he tried to keep his thoughts focused on the task at hand, not the two soft objects pressed up against him.

"Don't you think it's kind of rude not to look someone in the eyes during a conversation?" Kurumu asked, pouting playfully at him.

Kenji turned toward her and looked her in the eyes, planning on telling her to back off. Kurumu smirked slightly and prepared one of her most reliable spells.

"Charm!" she whispered almost silently as magic pulsed out of her eyes.

Kenji felt a strange pull towards Kurumu, telling him to focus on her and only her. He began to lean in, as if he was going to kiss her. Kurumu smirked and leaned in as well. Their lips were about to touch-

"Hey Jackass!" They were interrupted by Sho's voice."Where are you? Riku wants to go get lunch so he sent me to find your ass." Snapped out of the trance, Kenji pulled away and looked to where he heard Sho's voice come from. Sho walked into the clearing, and noticed Kenji and Kurumu's position. "Well, well, well" he chuckled, his grin threatening to split his face. "What do we have here? Am I interrupting something?"

"Well if you must know," Kenji growled. "I was being a good person and helping her to her feet. Weren't you the one who said we should be nice to people?"

"Being nice? Is that what they're calling it these days?" Sho smirked. "I never knew you had it in you. To be honest I'm proud." If looks could kill, Sho would be a bloody smear on the ground with how Kenji was glaring at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Kenji denied. "Besides, shouldn't you be staring creepily at Pinky when you think no-one's watching?" Sho's smirk slid off his face.

"Shut the hell up!" Sho shouted. "And don't call Moka-Chan Pinky!"

"Why not?" Kenji said, smirking. "Pinky, Pinky Pinky!" Now it was Sho's turn to growl.

"Do you always have to be such a prick?"

"Only when dealing with a vampire-obsessed moron like you!"

"You wanna go asshole?" Sho rolled up his sleeves.

"It would be my pleasure. Someone should've knocked some sense into you a long time ago." Kenji replied. The two raised their fists and were about to scrap, when Riku's voice broke through the clearing.

"YOU MORONS HAVE ONE MINUTE TO GET OVER HERE, OR I AM LEAVING YOU TWO BEHIND!" The two stared silently for a moment, before dropping their hands.

"This isn't over orange-boy" Kenji said as he started to walk away. Sho waited before following, deliberately staying a few feet away from him.

"Oh not by a long-shot banana brains." Sho remarked as the two left the clearing. Once the two walked away, Kurumu, who had been struck silent by their arguing, finally spoke up.

"What just happened?"

After meeting back up with Moka and Ryo, the group made their way to the cafeteria and began eating. As the others chatted, Kenji began to ruminate on what had just happened.

'It's a good thing Sho's so easy to rile up. I had no exit strategy until that moron stuck his nose into things. But what the hell was that back there? I've seen hot chicks all the time and none of them affected me like she did. One look in the eyes and I went from me to Sho in an instant. Is this a crush?' He shook his head. 'No that can't be it. There's no way I'd fall for a damn monster, especially after-' His thoughts were interrupted for the second time that day, this time by Ryo continuously poking him in the gut. Kenji raised an eyebrow. "Can I help you?"

"Yeah. There a reason you've been staring at your food for the last 5 minutes?" Ryo asked.

"He's probably thinking about his girlfriend." Sho remarked, snickering. Moka turned towards Kenji, eyes sparkling.

"You found a girlfriend? That's wonderful Kenji-kun!" She said, smiling genuinely. Kenji scowled.

"Don't listen to dumbass here. I was just helping a girl who fell get back to her feet. Nothing more, nothing less."

"That's not what I saw." Sho said in a singsong voice. "It looked like if I was 5 seconds later I would've caught you two kissing." Kenji once again glared at Sho, wishing his stare could kill people.

"Well for what it's worth," Ryo began, chuckling slightly. "I'm proud of you. I was worried when we came here that you wouldn't get along with anyone. Looks like my fears were unfounded."

"Not you too. And here I thought you were the smart one." Kenji groaned, putting his face into his hands. He turned towards Sho, who was still smirking. "Wipe that grin of your face blood-bag or I'll do it for you." Sho dropped his smirk, before kicking Kenji in the shin. "Ow!"

"Don't call me that." Sho said. Kenji just rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Can we just drop this stupid conversation? I don't have a girlfriend, and I doubt I'll ever get one here." He turned back towards his food and began to eat. 'Dammit. Should not have said that, now Pinky is-'

"What do you mean you mean by that Kenji-kun?" Moka asked innocently.

'Gonna ask me about it. Fuck!' From the way his eye began to twitch, Sho and Ryo could tell he was reaching his boiling point. "None of your business Moka." He said rudely.

"But-" Moka began.

"I said it's none of your fucking business blood-sucker!" Kenji exclaimed, finally snapping. He stood up and stomped away, leaving Moka stunned, Sho pissed, and Ryo worried. 'I don't need this shit.' he thought as he exited the cafeteria.

Kenji stalked through the hallway, his standoffish demeanor and death-glare forcing everyone to give him a wide berth. Once he found an empty section of the school, he punched the wall in rage. "Fuck!" he shouted. A few seconds passed before his arm fell to his side, and he took a deep breath. He undid his bandana and let his hair fall down. As he ran his hand through it, he thought to himself. 'Probably shouldn't have snapped like that. But goddammit those morons just keep pushing those buttons. What the hell was Takatora thinking, sending me here?' He sighed. 'Nii-san, what would you do?' He then snorted derisively. 'Probably slap me for insulting a woman.' He re-tied his bandana. 'Might as well go and apologize. Pinky didn't deserve to be yelled at.' With that, he set out to reunite with his friends. Unfortunately, he didn't notice a pair of violet eyes watching him as he walked off.

"So uhh…." Moka began, not knowing what to say. The trio finished their lunch in awkward silence before leaving the cafeteria, and were now walking the hallway. "What was that about? Why was Kenji-kun so mad? Did I do something wrong?" She asked them sadly. Sho and Riku shared a look.

"No, it's not you." Riku spoke up. "Kenji….has a problem with monsters in general." Moka's eyes widened.

"What? Why?" she asked.

"It's personal" Sho replied. "He doesn't like to talk about it. Last time I brought it up he nearly skewered me."

"Oh" Moka said, before realizing something. "Wait, then why do you two constantly push his buttons? If his reasons are that personal, why go that far?"

"Because it's fun" Sho replied, smirking. Moka started glaring at him. Sho quickly crumbled and sighed. "I've known the guy for a few months, and if there's one thing he hates, it's pity. So me and Riku act like we normally would because otherwise he'd just get pissed. Well, more pissed than usual."

"He's right." Riku interjected. "Kenji, like a lot of people, can't stand being pitied. Usually he just fires back when we pull stuff like that."

"Then why did he snap like that?" Moka questioned.

"That's a good question." Riku mused. "Something must've been on his mind. Probably something to do with whatever happened earlier."

"I stand by what I said." Sho commented. "He had his arms around some blue-haired chick, and it looked like they were gonna kiss."

Whatever the other two might've replied to that statement with was interrupted with Kenji walked towards them. Kenji opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a voice.

"Kenji-kun!" Suddenly, Kurumu appeared and glomped him, forcing Kenji's head into her sizeable cleavage. And of course, the comments began to pour in.

"Whoa!"

"Look at those knockers!"

"Yeah, they're nearly as big as her head!"

"Who's she?"

"She's even hotter than Moka!"

"My god, no wonder the Americans call us all perverts." Sho muttered as he heard his classmates' perverse comments. All the while Kenji was struggling to extract himself from the marshmallows he found himself trapped in. He managed to extract himself, and glared at Kurumu.

"Are you trying to kill me?!" He screamed at her. Kurumu started to tear up.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to thank you for helping me out earlier" she said. Kenji's eye began to twitch at her tears.

"It's alright, just please don't tackle me again." He said. 'Dammit Nii-san, why did you have to give me your weakness for women's tears.' She immediately perked up.

"Ok!" She chirped. "So I was wondering," she began, starting to blush. "Would you like to spend some time together? I'd like to get to know you."

"The fuck?" was the only thing Sho and Riku could say to that question.

"Uh…." Kenji was panicking internally. 'WHAT?! What do I do? What do I do?' Before he could think up a response, Kurumu looked into his eyes.

'Last time I didn't use my full power, that was a mistake. Charm!' An invisible pulse of magic came from her eyes and entranced Kenji. His eyes became slightly cloudy and he smiled. Not a smirk like usual, a full on smile. Sho and Riku were so shocked by this, they froze in place.

"That sounds lovely" Kenji said, much gentler than his normal tone. Kurumu smiled and took his arm before the two began to walk off. As they passed, Moka spoke up.

"Kenji-kun" she began. Kenji barely registered her as he and Kurumu walked down the hallway and out of their view. "Sho-kun, Riku-kun, what just happened?" She turned towards them as she asked. Sho and Riku were still frozen in shock. "Sho-kun? Riku-kun?" The two finally unfroze and looked at each other before they both screamed.

"WHAAAAAAAT?!"

"Ok, does anyone have any idea why the FUCK that just happened?" Sho exclaimed as he paced back and forth. After Kenji and Kurumu disappeared, the trio attempted to follow them, but the trail had gone cold.

"I don't know" Moka said worriedly. "Why would Kenji-kun just ignore us like that?"

"Not that" Sho remarked. "I mean the part where A) a girl actually asked him out and B) he actually accepted."

"Hmm" Riku stroked his chin. "None of this situation makes any sense. Just who is that girl?"

"From what I overheard from those pervs as we were leaving, her name's Kurumu Kurono." Sho replied. "Apparently she's in the other class. Explains why we've never seen her."

"But why would she suddenly show interest in Kenji? And why would he reciprocate?" Riku questioned.

"Maybe she's into broody guys?" Sho shrugged. "As for why he'd reciprocate, maybe he's under a spell" he said jokingly.

"A spell?" Riku muttered. Suddenly, he jumped to his feet. "Of course! That would explain everything. He must be in a trance or something. But how did Kurumu do it? Is she a witch or something?" He started to pace back and forth, the gears turning in his head. Moka was contemplating the possibilities, when she heard a voice.

"She's a succubus." Moka's eyes widened and she looked around frantically.

"Did you guys hear that?" She said.

"Hear what?" They replied in tandem.

"It sounded like a voice."

"It was me" the voice said again. "Look down." Moka looked down and saw her rosario glowing slightly.

"My rosario!" She exclaimed. "Then that means….other me? Is that you?"

"Yes, it's me. As I was saying, that Kurumu girl is a succubus. Most likely trying to build a harem, and the boy is her latest target." Moka gasped at that and shot up.

"Guys! My rosario spoke to me!" She said frantically. The two raised an eyebrow at that. "Other me says Kurumu's a succubus!"

"Other Moka can speak to you? Interesting" Riku mused, before registering what else Moka said. "Wait, Succubus?!"

"Isn't that a sex demon?" Sho asked, turning towards Riku.

"Indeed." Riku said, nodding. "They feed on the energy created through sex, and are masters of seduction and illusion. It's said that if you're kissed by a succubus, you're forever in their thrall." Sho's eyes widened at that.

"Dude" he said. "Kurumu and Kenji were about to kiss when I found them this morning. What if that's what they're doing now?"

"Shit! You're probably right" Riku replied. "We need to find them and fast." He reached into a pocket and pulled out a padlock. This one was bulkier than the grape one, and had the pattern of a rose on it. He clicked it open and it unfolded while growing bigger, until it became a motorcycle. "Moka can ride with you" he said as he got on the bike.

"Right." Sho nodded as he pulled out his own lock, this one patterned after a sakura petal. He clicked it and just like the other one, it too became a motorcycle. Moka stared in wonder at the bikes.

"I...how does that work?" she asked, baffled.

"Y'know, I never thought to ask." Sho replied. "Now get on, we're wasting time." Moka nodded and got on the back of the seat after him. "Hold on tight." She nodded and did so. "Riku, let's roll." Riku nodded and the two started up their bikes. The bikes roared to life and they sped off into the woods.

Kurumu and Kenji walked to the spot where they had met earlier, an evil smile gracing Kurumu's face. 'I love it when a plan comes together. With Kenji under my sway it won't be long until his friends fall to my charms as well.' She stopped walking once they neared the lake. "Isn't it beautiful Kenji-kun?" she asked.

"Yes" he said, still under her spell. "But not as beautiful as you."

"You're so sweet." she said. "But you know what would make this better?"

"What?"

"A kiss by the lake. Doesn't that sound romantic?"

"Indeed" he replied. Meanwhile, in his subconscious, Kenji was trying to resist the spell. 'Goddammit, let me out of here you crazy bitch!' Against his will, Kenji leaned in to kiss her.

'Perfect.' Kurumu thought as she leaned in as well. Their lips met and Kenji felt her power coursing through him, putting him fully under her thrall. His last thoughts before the spell was complete were a string of obscenities that quickly became incoherent. They stood there like that, kissing, for a bit before separating. They smiled at each other, Kurumu's filled with triumph, and Kenji's filled with false affection. Before they could continue, they were interrupted by the roar of engines. Riku, Sho and Moka rode into the clearing at high speed, before stopping a few meters away from them. They turned off the bikes and quickly got off them.

"Alright Kurumu" Sho said. "The jig is up. Step away from the moron."

"Kenji, get away from her!" Riku exclaimed. "She's a succubus!"

"So?" Kenji replied, raising an eyebrow.

"So?" Riku said. "She's trying to hypnotize you and make her your slave!"

"You're just jealous." Kenji remarked. "You know that no one as beautiful as her would ever look at either of you so you want to sabotage my chances with her."

"No," Moka denied. "We're trying to help you."

"Oh wonderful." Sho said, facepalming. He turned to Kurumu and asked her, deadpan. "You already kissed him didn't you?"

"Yup" Kurumu chirped happily. "And it was wonderful." Kenji turned back towards her and gave her a smile.

"Joy. Hey Riku, there any way to free someone under a succubus' spell?"

"From what I've read, either true love, or the death of the succubus in question can do it." Riku replied. Kenji immediately tensed, and pulled out his sengoku driver. He placed it on his waist and then pulled out his lockseed.

"Whoa" Riku said nervously. "No need to get hasty, it was just something I read in a book." Kurumu saw an opportunity and wrapped her arms around Kenji's arm, and feigned being afraid.

"Kenji-kun, you won't let them hurt me will you?" she asked. Kenji turned to her and gave her a tender look that of course made Sho want to throw up.

"Of course not." He turned towards them. "If you want Kurumu you'll have to go through me."

"Good." Sho said as he pulled out his sengoku driver. "It'll be fun to knock some sense into your head." He strapped it around his waist.

"I guess it can't be helped." Riku said as he placed his own driver on his waist. "You two will just kill each other if I don't participate. Moka, it's your job to make sure Kurumu doesn't run."

"Got it." Moka said, determined to help.

The trio held their lockseeds aloft and clicked them open, causing their respective arms to appear.

"HENSHIN!"

"ORANGE/BANANA/BUDOU"

Kurumu stared in wonder as the mechanical fruits descended and the three placed their lockseeds on their drivers.

"LOCK ON"

The standby music from before began to play, until they pressed down on the blade, opening the locks.

"SOIYA!/COME ON! HAI!"

In a flash of light, the fruits descended and once again formed armor on the trio.

"ORANGE ARMS! HANAMICHI ON STAGE!/ BANANA ARMS! KNIGHT OF SPEAR!/ BUDOU ARMS! RYU HOU HA HA HA!"

"What the?" Kurumu questioned, baffled by the transformation. "What kind of monster are these three?"

"This is my stage now!" Sho called out.

"Take your best shot, mine won't miss!" Riku shouted.

"You've shown me your power, now I'll show you mine." Kenji stated calmly as he pointed his lance towards his comrades-turned-opponents.

The trio stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity, before the suddenly struck. Kenji lunged with the Banaspear, but was parried by Sho with the Daidaimaru. Riku fired a shot with the Budou Ryuhou, but Kenji used his shoulder pad as a crude shield, deflecting the shot. Kenji swung towards him, but Sho blocked it with the Musou Saber. The two were locked in a struggle until Kenji lashed out with a kick, striking Sho in the knee. Sho buckled slightly and Kenji pushed forward, until Riku fired a shot into his side just under his ribs. He pulled back and went into a stance, before re-engaging them in a three-way brawl. As this was going on, Moka ran over to Kurumu.

"Why are you doing this?" she demanded.

"Why?" Kurumu replied. "You have some nerve asking me anything, since it's your fault I'm doing this!"

"My fault? What are you talking about?"

"I had it all planned out. I'd come here and bring every male in the school under my thrall. It would be perfect, but you just had to get in my way! Now half the student body is fawning over you, ruining my plans to make this school into my harem!

"Wait what?" Sho and Riku interrupted as they heard that statement. Kenji took the opening and slashed them with his lance. They quickly refocused and counter-attacked.

"So I decided" Kurumu began, not acknowledging the interruption. "To get back at you for ruining my harem by destroying yours!"

"What?" Moka gasped, shocked at the accusation. "They're not my harem, they're my friends."

"Sure they are" Kurumu replied sarcastically. "I'll admit, it was harder to get Kenji under my sway than I hoped. He's the first male I've ever had to use my full charm on, but now he's completely under my control. And once he deals with the other two, they'll join me. Face it Akashiya, you've lost to the most beautiful girl in Yokai Academy!" At that moment, Kenji flew past them, and landed face down on the ground near them. He quickly got up and ran towards the other two.

"Take this!" He cried out as he pushed down on the blade on his driver.

"BANANA SQUASH!"

"Spear Victory!" He shouted as yellow energy began to collect on the blade of the lance. He thrust forward, sending the energy forward in a spear-shaped beam. Sho responded by pressing down on his driver as well.

"ORANGE SQUASH!"

"Daidai Ittou!" He called out as he slashed at the beam of energy. Orange energy flew from his sword in a slash, countering the yellow beam. He turned to Riku and said "Riku, Empty hand maneuver."

"Understood." Riku responded. Sho ran towards Kenji, and made a feint, moving his hands seemingly to strike from the right. Kenji moved to counter, but his hand was struck with shots from Riku, causing him to accidentally drop his weapon. Sho continued the swing, causing sparks to fly from Kenji's armor as he slashed. Sho dropped his weapons and grabbed onto Kenji's shoulderpad with his left hand. He then started punching him with his right.

"Get a hold of yourself you jackass!" He yelled as he continued punching. Kenji tried to punch him back, but Sho grabbed it, and headbutted him in response. "Do you realise what you're doing you stupid fucking moron?! You're that monster's bitch! Is that what you want? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?! Remember what the Inves did to you! Remember your mother, your father, your brother! REMEMBER THE FAMILY THEY KILLED!" Kenji's arms fell limp to his sides.

"My...family" he said.

"Yes, your family. Remember that vow you made? 'I will never allow"

"I will never allow another innocent to be harmed by monsters as long as I draw breath" Kenji finished, his voice slightly strained.

"Riku-kun?" Moka asked, concerned. "Is that true? Did Kenji's family really…?" she couldn't finish the sentence.

"Yes" Riku replied bluntly. Moka gasped.

"Now what are you gonna do Kenji?" Sho asked. "Are you just gonna stand there and be a puppet to that big-breasted-bluenette-bimbo? Or are you gonna stand up and be a Kamen Rider?" Kenji was silent. "What are you? A puppet, or a Kamen Rider? ANSWER ME!"

"It's useless." Kurumu said smugly. "No-one can break out of a succubus' spell once they've been kissed."

"I'm…" Kenji began, fighting the control. "I'm…" He pushed Sho away and began to hold his head. "I'm…" Memories began to run through his head. Him playing with his parents as a child. His brother reading to him. Going on walks with them through Zawame City. The Inves invasion. Him standing in front of 3 bodies covered in white sheets. Him standing in a graveyard in the rain, staring at 3 tombstones. "I am…" He stood straight, and raised his head up as he cried out to the heavens. "I AM KAMEN RIDER BARON!" He turned towards Kurumu, picked up his lance and glared at her so intensely, she could feel it through his helmet.

"No…" Kurumu denied in shock. "That's impossible, he broke through my spell. How? How?!"

"It's simple." Sho said as he picked up his weapons and moved to stand beside Kenji. "You made one crucial mistake."

"You messed with our friend." Riku finished the statement as he walked to stand on Kenji's other side.

"You shouldn't have fucked with my head." Kenji said. "Cause now I'm gonna fuck you up."

"Grrrrr…" Kurumu growled. "How dare you? I go through all this trouble, I create all these plans, and you throw them aside like they were nothing?! Screw subtlety!" Suddenly, wings grew out of her back, her nails extended into claws, and a tail poked out from under her skirt. "I'm going to punish you!" Her wings began to flap, and she took to the air.

"Alright guys, alpha formation." Sho said. Before he could attack, Kenji held his hand out in front of him. "Kenji?"

"This is my fight" he stated bluntly. "Don't interfere."

"Alright," Sho said, cracking a smirk under his helmet. "Just don't get pissed when I pull your ass out of the fire."

"Bitch please," Kenji said. He removed the banana lockseed from his driver, causing his outer armor and to disappear. He pulled out another lockseed, this one styled after a mango. He clicked it open. Another zipper appeared in the sky and a large mechanical mango descended from it.

"MANGO!"

He placed it on the driver and locked it in.

"LOCK ON!"

He pressed down on the blade and the mango split apart and landed on his head, forming armor.

"COME ON! MANGO ARMS! FIGHT OF HAMMER!"

Instead of the silver armor of banana arms, this armor was red and yellow.. The chest piece was red, with yellow forming the lower center and neck sections. His shoulder pads were red with yellow sections, modeled after a sliced mango, protruding from the center. On his back a yellow, two-section caped flowed down to mid-thigh. The silver back of his helmet was replaced with a yellow back, also modeled after a sliced mango, and featured a mohawk and two curved horns that pointed down towards his chin. In his hand was a large mace with a spiked tip. The head of the mace was, like his shoulders and helmet, patterned after a diced mango. This was the Mango Punisher. Kaito hefted the mace onto his shoulder, and made a 'come get me' gesture towards Kurumu.

"If you think changing fruits will help you, you're wrong!" she yelled as she descended, aiming to slash him. She was given a rude awakening when, much faster than she thought he could move with his heavier weapon, he swung the mace into her side, launching her into a nearby tree. She stood up, holding her side, and flew towards him again, this time attempting to lash at him with her tail.

"Nice try." Kaito said as her tail merely bounced off his shoulder pad, barely affecting him. He swung with the mace again, though this time Kurumu was able to dodge the swing. She flew straight up until she was a good 10 feet above them.

"Try and get me up here!" she taunted. Suddenly, she was struck out of nowhere and started falling. Kenji turned and saw Sho and Riku aiming at her with their weapons.

"I thought I said to stay out of this?"

"You did, but she was just too easy a target." Sho replied. Kurumu landed on the ground with a thud. She stood up again, seemingly unaffected by her large fall, and attacked again. This time Kenji jabbed her in the stomach with the point of his mace, knocking her back.

"You're persistent aren't ya?" Kenji said. "Let's see if you're so persistent after this." He pushed down on the blade of his driver 3 times.

"MANGO SPARKING!"

He swung the mace around, gathering energy into it that formed into a giant projection of the mace's head. He swung down towards Kurumu, the projection following his movement. Kurumu tried to run, but her injuries caught up to her and all she could do was stare in terror at the descending mace.

"Punish Mash!"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Kurumu screamed in fear.

BOOOOM!

A cloud of dust and debris flew up when Kenji's mace made impact. The others were slightly concerned he may have gone too far, but their concerns were assuaged when the cloud of debris cleared. Kenji had moved, driving his mace into the ground mere inches from Kurumu. The shockwave from the attack had gouged a trench in the earth, stretching far behind her. Kurumu looked at him in fear and curiosity.

"I'm giving you one chance." Kenji said, answering her unasked question. "One chance. You abandon this stupid harem plan for good. Got it?" Kurumu nodded frantically. "Good." As she stood up, he grabbed her by the throat. "And you get a single warning. If I hear about you doing this to anyone else, or if you come after me, Pinky, Blood-bag, or Brainiac, I will kill you myself." He let go and let her collapse to ground. She had fainted in fear. He closed the lockseed, causing his armor to disappear and sighed. "I hate being nice." He picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. As he walked by the others, he spoke. "I'm taking her to the infirmary, then I'm going to bed. I'll see you guys in the morning." As he walked away, Sho, Riku and Moka looked at him in a combination of relief, exasperation, and bafflement.

"Why is Kenji-kun taking her to the infirmary? She hypnotized him and tried to kill you guys!" Moka exclaimed. Sho just turned towards Riku.

"His brother?" he asked.

"His brother." Riku responded, nodding.

"What the heck does that mean?" Moka asked. The two looked at each other before responding in unison.

"Not our place to tell."

"Of course not." Moka said, pouting. Sho was tempted to tell her by how adorable she looked, but a discreet elbow to the ribs from Riku stopped him.

"C'mon." Riku said. "We should probably get going." With that, the two kamen riders, and their vampire companion walked back to the school.

As the new day started, Riku Sho and Moka met up near the dorms.

"How's Kenji-kun doing?" Moka asked.

"No idea" Sho responded, shrugging. "By the time we got back to the dorm room, he was dead asleep. And he was gone when we woke up."

"I hope nothing happened to him" Moka said worriedly. "You don't think he might still be affected by Kurumu's spell do you?"

"If he is I'll be sure to give him another beating." Sho said cockily, cracking his knuckles.

"Like you could even come close to me when I'm not under some spell" A voice near them spoke out. The turned and saw Kenji standing there. "Sup." He said nonchalantly.

"So where'd you go off to this morning?" Riku asked.

"I was hungry so I decided to get an early breakfast." Kenji replied.

"Kenji-kun," Moka pouted. "You shouldn't go off without telling anyone where you're going." Her face then changed into one of concern. "Are you O.K? After yesterday…"

"I'm fine." Kenji said. As if on cue, all three raised their eyebrows disbelievingly. "I mean it. I'm fine. I got my pound of flesh from Kurumu from messing with me, and she's not gonna pulling anymore crap."

"I'm glad to hear that." Moka said. "But I was talking about…" she couldn't finish the sentence.

"My family?" Kenji finished for her. She nodded. He sighed at that. "I really don't know what to tell you. I miss them. A lot. And I'm still pissed off about it. But I shouldn't take that out on you guys. I'm sorry about snapping at you yesterday Pinky." His teasing smirk told her it wasn't meant as an insult. "I've had to deal with a lot of crap in the past year, not helped by me being shipped off to a school full of monsters. And I'm gonna say it right here, I don't trust monsters." At Moka's sad look, he clarified. "Present company excluded. And I think this mission's gonna turn out bad. But since I'm stuck here, might as well try I guess?"

"Don't tell me you're going soft on me Ryo?" Sho said with a smirk.

"How about we go five rounds and we see just how soft I've gotten Blood-bag?" Kenji replied, lightning sparking between their eyes.

"I thought I told you not to call me that." Sho remarked.

"You say that like I care." Kenji snarked. Riku sighed at this.

"Looks like everything's back to normal" he muttered. He took a look at his watch and said "C'mon guys, we need to get to class." As they were about to head inside, they heard a voice.

"KENJI-KUN!" Suddenly, Kurumu popped out of nowhere and glomped him, once again shoving his head into her breasts. Riku and Sho immediately pulled out their lockseeds, ready to fight. Kenji on the other hand, was trying not to suffocate. He managed to extricate himself from her cleavage.

"WHAT THE HELL WOMAN?!" He screamed. "GET OFF ME!" She did so, and instead of being put off by his tone, smiled brightly at him. "The hell do you want Kurumu? I thought I told you to stop with this harem shit?"

"And I am." Kurumu chirped. "I merely wanted to spend the day with my destined one."

"Destined one?" the four questioned in unison.

"Yup. I've been looking for my destined one for a while now. It's why I wanted to build a harem here, so I could find him. But imagine my luck when I found him without even needing to put my full plan into action."

"Riku," Kenji began. "Is there any truth to what she's saying, or is she fucking with us?"

"From what I remember, Succubi do have something called a "mate of fate" or something like that. The book I read didn't go into detail about it." Riku replied.

"Ok, so you're telling the truth." Kenji said. "But why me? You do remember that you tried to brainwash me and I beat the crap out of you right?"

"Sure we had a rocky start," Kurumu conceded. "But I've never met someone who made me feel the way I do with you Kenji-kun. Not to mention someone as strong, noble, or kind."

"Noble? Kind? We talking about the same guy here?" Sho snarked.

"Of course." Kurumu said indignantly. "He was strong enough to break out of a succubus' kiss, something I've never heard done before with sheer willpower. He fights for a noble goal of defending the innocent to make sure they don't feel his pain, and after all that I did to him, he spared me and even took me to be healed." She began to blush. "Who wouldn't fall for a guy like that?" Sho faced Moka and Riku and began to do the 'she's crazy' motion. Kenji on the other hand just looked at Kurumu blankly, before turning around and walking towards the school.

"I'm not dealing with this shit." He muttered as he walked away. The others quickly followed, Sho laughing his ass off at this recent development. As they left, Kurumu began to monologue.

"I'm not surprised you feel that way Kenji-kun. Especially after what I did. But I promise, I will make you fall for me without using my succubus abilities. This I swear!"

"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU KURUMU!" Kenji yelled. "SHUT UP!"

Silver: Well, I finally got it done. It took 2 years, the death of my old laptop, at least 3 total restarts, multiple bouts of depression, and a swift kick in the ass by my colleagues, but I finally got chapter 2 under my belt. I deeply apologize for the incredibly long wait, but I hope you all enjoy. A heartfelt shoutout Gokai-red, without whom I wouldn't even be close to actually getting this done. And worry not true believers, updates on this story will not take nearly as long, I promise. That's all I have to say for now, so remember to please leave your thoughts and comments. And if you have suggestions, OC ideas etc, please send them to makeitshowy at . Thanks for being patient and I hope you enjoyed.