For a few long moments everyone was quiet, Tsukune knew it wouldn't last.

"Excuse me… what did you say?" asked Mizore's mother.

"I said that Moka's already said yes."

"And what the hell does that mean?" asked Kurumu's mother.

"It means a few nights ago I asked Moka to marry me and she said yes."

"Tsukune, I can hear you making words with your mouth, but they're not coming out in a way that makes sense!" said Kurumu.

"Here we go..."

"You're joking, right?" asked Mizore.

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

"Yes! You've got to be joking!"

Moka had already gotten tired of this.

"Tsukune asked me to marry him, and I said yes!" she said taking out her ring.

Moka could see that she hadn't successfully made her point, but before anyone could move, Tsukune had already drawn his sword and was standing in front of her.

"I'm only going to say this once… Stay back."

"You little leach! What did you do to him?" demanded Mizore's mother.

"It must be a vampire trick, or maybe she knows about some kind of love potion that we don't!"

"Actually being a Super Ghoul, Tsukune is unafftected by love potions, hypnosis, charms, or anything that affects his free will." said Ruby "The only way he would have proposed to anyone would be by his own volition."

Tsukune nodded in confirmation.

"How could you do this to me!" demanded Kurumu.

"You? What about you? Tsukune is mine!" said Mizore.

"He was never either of yours!" said Yukari "You just think that because one of you is a big breasted succubus and that one of you is always depressed entitles you to him!"

"You stay out of this Yukari! You never had a chance in hell with him!"

"EVERYBODY STOP!"

Since he was in his Super Ghoul state, Tsukune's yell sounded more like a fierce roar.

"We're all friends, why can't you just accept my decision?"

"Tsukune, I love you! Moka only wants you for your blood!"

"That's not true!"

"Moka, let me handle this… Girls I can see that you all really care about me, and I really care about you… but I love Moka more."

"I really hoped it wouldn't come to this Tsukune, but I'm going to have to point out that your engagement isn't valid." said Mizore's mother.

"Huh?"

"Not valid? What are you talking about?" asked Yukari.

"He may have proposed to Moka, and she may have accepted, but I'm afraid vampires have laws as to who they can and can't marry."

"If you're referring to the law that says vampires can only marry other vampires; a Super Ghoul is in the vampire family, and no one obeys that law anymore anyway!" said Moka "We vampires are free to love whoever we want!"

"That may be true, but it also says that if a man wants to marry a vampire, he must first gain her father's approval."

"You made that up!" said Moka.

"I'll be the judge of that…"

"Headmaster? How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough, I believe I can help you settle this little dispute."

In the blink of an eye the headmaster was holding an old weathered scroll of paper. He set it down on a table and looked at it.

"Hmm… Ah, Mrs. Shirayuki is right."

"What? Let me see that!"

The writing on the scroll wasn't written in any language Tsukune had ever seen, but somehow he was able to read it, perhaps this was another power he had inherited from his predecessor.

"Now I'm starting to scare myself."

Tsukune ran his fingers through the scroll and read it out loud.

"Law prohibiting… hereby abolished… yadda, yadda, yadda… It shall be the right of the father to decide whether or not another is a suitable spouse for his daughter… Well I'll be darned."

"So Tsukune… now what do you say?" asked Mizore's mother.

"Do you honestly think these changes anything?"

" It proves that you can't marry Moka without asking her father's permission first… and I believe we all know what he'll say."

Tsukune suddenly remembered what kind of person Moka's father was. He was Issa Shuzen, the head of the Shuzen family, the most powerful family of vampires in the world. He had been told that his contempt for humans knew no bounds, and Tsukune doubted that his being a Super Ghoul would make him any more appealing. Only months ago, just after his fight with Demona, Issa had threatened to kill him if he ever lost control of his powers.

"Moka…"

For the first since he proposed to her, Moka looked sad. Tsukune couldn't just run away with Moka either, because he knew that if he did the entire Shuzen family would hunt him down.

"Shall we discuss your alternatives?"

"I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but way to go Mizore's mom!" thought Kurumu.

"Wait, I believe there's more."

"What? What more is there, you just said that the vampire law says Tsukune can't marry Moka because her father won't let him!" said Kurumu's mom.

"It also says here that if the father does not approve, then it will be the individual's privilege to challenge him for the right to marry his daughter."

"Challenge? You like a fight?"

"Yes, and the rules are very simple. You lose whenever you give up or… if you die."

"Who cares? Fighting Issa Shuzen is suicide. Now tell us Tsukune, who do you want to be your new fiancée?"

"… No one."

"What?"

"I've already told you my decision is final, if I have to ask Moka's father for permission to marry her, God help me if I have to fight him, then that's what I'll do."

"What? Tsukune that's insane! Why go and get yourself killed when you can have one of us as your blushing bride?" asked Kurumu.

"I'm sorry… all I want is Moka."

"Tsukune I…"

"I can't believe you're being so difficult, you know you want my Kurumu more than anyone else here." said Kurumu's mother "You just don't want to admit it."

"If you try that charm thing again I swear I will shave your head while you're asleep."

"What did you just say to me?"

"Mom, it's the vampire blood that's talking."

"You will be my Mizore's husband, one way or another."

"No, he'll belong to my Kurumu!"

Both Mizore and Kurumu's mothers started to charge, but before they could do anything Tsukune grabbed Moka by the arm, then there was a bright flash of blue light, when it faded Tsukune and Moka were gone.

"Teleportation… His powers have grown more than I thought." said the Headmaster.

(To be continued)

Yep I managed to squeeze in another chapter before midterms, but it won't be long now, so keep praying.

New illustrations are available on my deviantart page for Tsukune, Super Ghoul Tsukune, Outer Moka, and Inner Moka.