Chapter 5: Secret Crush and a Dragon

I don't own Rosario + Vampire everything I have is owned by the creators of the story. I just enjoy them.

Welcome to Chapter 5. Things got fun last chapter when Tsukune decided to finally punish Kurumu for the way she used Saizo to attack Moka and Tsukune. The young woman finally got what she wanted, but not the way she wanted. What will Tsukune do now?

For Tsukune Aono things were finally looking up. Now that Kurumu was taken care of he had very few issues to deal with and he could enjoy the school life at Youkai Academy. Opening his locker he noticed a few letters. One appeared to be a love letter, the other, well….not so much. Taking out the love letter, he read it and started to smile.

Dear Tsukune,

I'm sorry for the way I acted. I believed you were my destined one and I'll work hard to beat Moka. But I shouldn't have acted the way I did. I'm sorry and I hope you forgive me.

Kurumu Kuruno

The second letter just said. "Stay away from Moka Akashiya." He didn't see who the sender was but the young man didn't care.

"Morning Tsukune~" Moka herself said as she hugged Tsukune. Ever since the Kurumu was taken care of, Moka was sure she could enjoy a calm life at school. Sure, Tsukune was a bit different, but she figured things would work themselves out. The two walked to class together, though Moka was unaware that somebody was watching them.

"Oh Moka, you're so amazing." A young girl said as she watched Moka walk through the halls. This young woman was fairly short and wore a witch hat with a pink cape above a plaid shirt and the standard green skirt. She had purple eyes and brown hair that was in a slight bowl cut. This young girl was in love with Moka, but had a huge problem with the person next to her, our buddy, Tsukune. "Damn you, Tsukune Aono. I will pry Moka from your grasp. You aren't worthy of her." The young witch thought as she made her way towards class.

"Ahh, this was a nice day." Tsukune said as he sat down in his room after a long day.

"Hey boss, are you sure you should be so calm? Whoever sent you that letter is still out there." Issei said in his sprite dragon form. The sprite dragon was aware of both letters and the threat was more concerning then the apology.

"Of course I am, Issei. If the person wanted to confront me directly, they would've done so already. Plus I have a good idea of who it is."

"How is that possible? All you had was a letter: no name, no nothing." The sprite dragon wondered.

"Simple, I have a dragon's nose. All I need to do is connect the scent around my locker to the people around me. I'm not concerned about what she wants, so it's not a big deal."

"Wait! SHE!" Issei said shocked. He couldn't believe that the threat came from a woman.

"Yes, SHE." Tsukune emphasized as he relaxed for the day.

The next day Tsukune walked to class earlier than usual hoping to test the theory he had about his little opponent. Sensing danger, he reached his right arm up and he caught a golden wash basin. Knowing what this meant, Tsukune grinned savagely. 'Well, unlike Saizo this person is at least clever. Shame she has no chance of actually hurting me' Tsukune thought walking to class. What Tsukune was unaware of was that his familiar was already fast at work dealing with the perceived threat.

"Damn it, how did he see that coming? He's tougher than I thought…." The young witch in question wondered.

"Well well, so what do we have here?" A voice said from behind her.

"HUH!?" The witch said turning around to see a young man with brown hair smiling at her. Though the young witch knew this smile wasn't of the happy go lucky variety. It was more of an, if you don't watch yourself I'll kill you type of smile.

"I was wondering what kind of person would attack my master, but now I know." Issei said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Who are you?" The witch said worriedly knowing she was trapped. The young man was far too close to use her magic.

"My name is Issei. All you need to know is that I know who you are. So tell me, little witch, what do you think you're doing to my master?"

"I have a name, you beast. It's Yukari Sendo. As for what I'm doing, I'm stopping your master from defiling Moka. She's too pure and beautiful for a beast like him." The witch revealed angrily.

"You poor girl, you have no idea what you're talking about. I'll give you one last warning though. Attack my master again and you will pay dearly." Issei said before leaving.

"Hmph! Weirdo. I'm not scared of you!" Yukari said as she made her way towards class. Although he found the girl detestable, Issei decided to follow Yukari to class, and it was instantly very obvious why she envied Moka. The entire class seemed to hate the girl in question. Whether it was because she was far more intelligent than the others or because of the fact she was not a true youkai remained to be seen.

"Heh, now it all makes sense. This girl is enamored with Moka because she's a beauty and because everybody envies her. Of course being as flat as she is, she wouldn't even be a snack for master. In any fashion" Issei thought as he continued to watch from the shadows.

(Scene skip)

"Tsukune, are you alright?" Moka said as she sat at the rooftop with Tsukune during lunch break. She noticed the young man was more annoyed than usual. Naturally she wanted to know why. Usually he joined her for their morning walk to class, but recently he had been going to class alone.

"I'm fine, but it seems you have another fan. Even though this one's not as dangerous as Saizo; they're still extremely annoying."

"What do you mean?" Moka wondered. All of the sudden the door opened and Kurumu walked in smiling.

"Hey guys! Mind if I join you?" Kurumu said happily.

"Yes, I kinda do." Moka said with a twinge of anger. Tsukune easily forgave her, but Moka was not as kind. Sure, the results had been very good for her, but she didn't appreciate how things played out.

"Don't worry Moka; Kurumu realized her mistakes so she's going to be far better behaved. At least I hope so" Tsukune said glaring at the succubus focusing his aura even more.

"Yes, that's right." Kurumu said bashfully. Although she may have enjoyed the last punishment, she knew the young man may not be so kind the next time.

As they ate Issei's sprite dragon form flew up and whispered into his ear. This caused the young dragon to get a wicked smile on his face. "Thank you, Issei. You've made my job a lot easier." Tsukune said before the sprite dragon flew back towards his room.

"Hmm? What was that and what did it want, Tsukune?" Kurumu wondered.

"That Kurumu, was Issei, my pet dragon. He was telling me something very interesting." Tsukune said calmly.

"Care to tell us?" Kurumu wondered.

"Don't worry about it. I'll deal with it on my own" Tsukune said as he finished his food and walked away.

"What's he hiding?" Kurumu wondered.

"I don't know. He hasn't told me anything either." Moka said concerned. "Tsukune has been acting weird recently and I don't know why."

"Don't you wanna find out?" Kurumu asked wistfully.

"No, I trust Tsukune." Moka said calmly though on the inside she was definitely curious. The two walked back to class and the rest of the day went by without a hitch. Though when the day was over Tsukune told the girls he wanted to be alone so he was given his space.

Moka decided to walk with Kurumu, hoping to at least bond with the succubus despite their differences. After all it was clear that they both liked Tsukune. As the two walked they noticed something else that was very interesting.

"Leave me alone you clowns!" Yukari said angrily as she stared down three of her classmates. It was clear to everyone that Yukari was being bullied. Moka and Kurumu looked on wondering how to proceed.

"Hah! You deserve this you little brat. You've been playing all these pranks, now it's time to pay." One of them said angrily.

"Bleh, you guys aren't a big deal." Yukari scoffed back.

"We gotta do something." Moka said worriedly. She remembered scenes like that from her own childhood and didn't want to see it repeated.

"No we don't Moka, it'll be fine." Kurumu said nonchalantly. She had seen stuff like this before and didn't want to get involved.

"I'm sorry, but I'm doing something about it now." Moka cried as she was about to step in.

"That's enough guys." Tsukune said arriving in front of the group.

"Who are you?" one of the goons said.

"Tsukune Aono, and I don't suggest you test my patience. Saizo learned that the hard way." Tsukune glared knowing that unlike Saizo, the lizardmen wouldn't be hard to convince.

"Okay okay…." The leader said nervously as they walked away, though Tsukune knew they would be back.

Moka ran over to the girl unaware of her connection to Tsukune and his recent events. "Are you okay?" Moka said nervously.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Yukari said trying to pretend everything was okay.

"So how about we sit and talk about what happened?" Kurumu said smiling.

"You girls can deal with this one; I don't care." Tsukune scoffed walking away. He didn't want to step in, but the bullies annoyed him more than she did. Probably a side effect from hearing about Moka's own past with bullies.

'That was weird even for Tsukune.' Kurumu thought as she decided to follow Tsukune. "Hey Moka, why don't you talk to her? I'll figure out what's eating Tsukune."

"Anyway, ignoring him, are you okay?" Moka said with a smile.

"Yes. I'm just fine, thank you." Yukari replied sternly.

"My name is Moka, what's yours?" Moka said happily.

'Wow she's even nicer than I imagined.' Yukari thought as she fought the urge to blush. "I'm Yukari Sendo."

"So Yukari, why were those guys bullying you?" Moka asked curiously. Yukari went on to explain that she was a witch and she had played some pranks on them. Moka wanted to know more, but Yukari was hesitant to say anything else.

"I see. Well listen Yukari, right now you have me as a friend. I'll talk to Tsukune later, but you have me. Just stop the pranks, okay?" Moka said calmly.

"Okay Moka." Yukari said smiling. She was a bit worried that Tsukune would reveal her letter, but the fact he hadn't yet was comforting.

"Bye!" Moka said happily as she walked away.

(Scene skip)

Tsukune went back to his room after the event wondering what he should do about the little witch. He stepped in because that wasn't the place to punish the little witch for her tricks. Of course the bullies would try again, and when they did, he could have some fun. Knowing that Kurumu was following him, he hid the letter from the witch since the succubus was nosy. Soon enough a knock on the door came as he expected. "It's open, Kurumu." Tsukune shouted as the succubus in question arrived.

"How did you know it was me?" Kurumu asked as she sat on the bed. Tsukune was sitting at his desk and relaxing for the moment.

"Hello….I'm kinda half dragon" Tsukune replied cheekily. "So what do you want?"

"Why were you so hesitant to help Yukari? I know you didn't just happen to step in just as Moka arrived. You were watching the whole time, but once it was clear Moka would get involved, you stopped those guys yourself."

"Hmm….I don't know what you're talking about." Tsukune said calmly. Sure he knew but there was no reason to tell Kurumu, at least in his mind.

"Listen Tsukune, you got mad because I acted behind the scenes with Saizo. Now you're doing it and you aren't saying why. Please, can you at least tell me what's going on?" Kurumu pleaded.

Tsukune was impressed by her logic and decided to reveal the truth. "Fine Kurumu, I'll tell you." Tsukune said smiling as he reached into his desk and grabbed the letter before tossing it to Kurumu.

"What's with this letter?" Kurumu asked before reading the contents. She was shocked by the words, and given everything that happened; she realized what was going on. "Seriously, you're not saying that…."

"Yes, that's right. The letter was written by little Yukari. The little witch actually tried to attack me a few times but I dealt with them. I've been walking to class alone for a few days because I don't want Moka worrying about it."

"So why not tell Moka?" Kurumu asked in confusion.

"How would you feel if somebody told you that they were being attacked because of a witch having a crush on her?" Seeing Kurumu's reaction told Tsukune all he needed to know. "This way Yukari has her crush and I can relax." Tsukune said with amusement.

"What are you after? Moka just helped Yukari, but that won't be enough. Those guys will be back."

"Yes, I know. If Yukari is smart, she'll be fine. However if she's foolish, things will take care of themselves." Tsukune said smirking.

"I don't think that's very fair to Moka, but okay, I'll go along with your plan." Kurumu said as she walked back to her room.

"You can come out now, Issei." Tsukune said with a grin on his face.

"So, are you really going to keep it a secret from Moka?" Issei said smirking as he appeared in his human form.

"Sure, I'm fairly certain the other Moka will figure it out soon enough though." Tsukune said happily as he went to his bed to relax. "Plus, you know the type, Issei. She won't stop her pranks. She'll just be more discreet. Once she does something stupid, we can decide what to do then."

"So I take it that means you're gonna punish her like you did Kurumu?" Issei wondered.

That remains to be seen. Kurumu's punishment was unique to the fact she's a succubus. As for Yukari, well I'll figure out what to do with her when the time comes."

"You're quite the bastard. The old man would be sorta proud." Issei responded happily.

"Thanks I guess."

Just as Tsukune expected, Yukari continued to do her pranks; and as expected, the little witch made sure to hide her antics from Moka. Tsukune was the victim of a few of those pranks himself. Notably among them was when Kurumu ambushed Tsukune when he went to get more supplies from the nurse's office. He knew she tried to take control of him using her voodoo. Of course his bracelet saved him on that occasion but he knew she'd be back. Unfortunately for the witch, her other victims decided to act again and this time Tsukune wasn't anywhere near her.

"I've got you this time, Tsukune. I don't know why my magic keeps failing, but this time I'm going to get you." Yukari said as she hid behind a tree trying to drop a basin on the young man's head. She failed a lot recently, but this time she was going to use multiple basins since he appeared to be able to block one at a time. As Yukari got ready to strike she was interrupted by a very familiar voice.

"Well well, what do we have here?" One of the bullies who Tsukune stopped before stepped from behind a tree.

"What are you guys doing here?" Yukari yelled. Unfortunately nobody heard her because she had done such a good job of hiding herself.

"We've decided it's time to pay you back for all your pranks." One of the guys said before knocking her unconscious with a punch to the gut.

"Damn you!" Yukari cursed as she fell unconscious.

"Now boys let's take this little witch away and show her what happens when you mess with the wrong guys." A second guy said as they dragged her away.

'Seems you got your just desserts, Yukari. Now let's see what happens next.' Tsukune thought as he secretly followed the lizardmen from a distance. As he told Issei, he wouldn't do anything until the time was right. He figured that at the very least he would watch them for a while and then step in if they did something really ridiculous.

Meanwhile Kurumu was walking back from another classroom and noticed that Yukari was being dragged away by the same guys. "Oh great, what do I do? This is just what he was talking about." Kurumu thought. Yukari was in deep trouble, but she couldn't take on the three lizardmen by herself. Since she knew Tsukune wouldn't help, she had to find Moka as quickly as possible. Otherwise the witch was certainly going to be killed. Taking to the sky she quickly found the vampire in question and stopped her.

"Moka, listen, I need you to come with me!" Kurumu said nervously.

"What's this about, Kurumu?" Moka said suspiciously she still didn't trust the succubus so she wondered if this wasn't a prank.

"Remember those bullies we stopped from attacking that witch? Well they took her again." Kurumu said nervously.

"Are you sure?" Moka said nervously.

"Yes I am, now let's get moving!" Kurumu shouted as she grabbed Moka and started running towards where she expected the guys to take her.

That's it for Chapter 5. Yeah this was an interesting chapter to write and the setup was certainly one of those rare ones. Next chapter Moka steps in and Tsukune finally gets to witness Moka's real power.