Tsukune opened the door, but when he looked inside he saw nothing but darkness. When he stepped inside the door immediately slammed shut. Being a Super Ghoul Tsukune possessed an innate sense of night vision, but it didn't illuminate anything at all in the room.

"I know you're in here… I can feel your aura."

Tsukune waited for a response. He could swear he heard someone circling around him.

"Boy, where is my daughter?"

Issa's voice was like an ice cold knife slashing across the room, and despite his enhanced senses Tsukune had no idea where it was coming from. He kept his sword at the ready, if he didn't concentrate then Issa could leap out of the darkness and kill him with one strike.

"Somewhere safe… I take it you already know this isn't a social visit… You know what I want…"

"And you should already know my answer."

Tsukune didn't expect this to be easy, but he wanted to avoid violence if it was possible, Moka had already lost her mother, and he didn't want to be responsible for making her lose her father as well.

"I know how much you love your daughter, but look at all I've done for her! I've risked my life every day at Yokai Academy just so I could get close to her! I've given her my blood, I've even given up my humanity for her! I'm ready to give her all my love and the rest of my life! Isn't that enough?"

"No…"

"I hoped it wouldn't come to this… but you leave me no choice… According to your laws it is my right to…"

"I know our laws boy..."

"Then as is my right… I challenge you to a duel."

For a few moments everything was quiet. Then Tsukune could feel a swift movement behind him, he turned around but it was already gone.

"The mighty Super Ghoul… now so bold… You may think your new power makes you one of us… but at heart… you are still just Tsukune Aono… You could never understand our kind… We were born yokai… you were merely turned."

"Does it really matter? I love her, and she accepted my proposal."

"Anyone can say they love someone, but only some people can tell when someone is lying."

"What did you just say? Are you calling me a liar!"

"That will be determined with you own actions Super Ghoul…"

Tsukune had promised to give Moka all his love and the rest of his life unconditionally and irrevocably, and her father just had the nerve to call him a liar. But Tsukune couldn't let his emotions get the better of him; he needed to keep his head if he was going to make it through this with it still attached.

"So… I guess that's what this is all about."

"Are you a spineless coward who only wants my daughter for your own amusement, or are you really willing to give your life to her… are you willing to die for her?"

"I think you already know the answer to that… If I was afraid to die I wouldn't be here… And besides, some things are worth dying for."

"Very well…"

Tsukune heard the sound of Issa snapping his fingers, within moments several torches lit themselves and illuminated the room. Issa was standing about twenty feet away from him.

"I accept your foolish challenge… Choose your weapon."

Tsukune had thought Issa would have fought with his bare hands, but then again he had challenged him to a duel, and no one in the movies dueled with their bare hands. So Tsukune drew his sword.

"Hmm… The Kaiser Katana… The weapon used by your predecessor, the late Udar the Wicked... Where did you get it?"

"Does it matter to a royal vampire like you?"

"No..."

Issa raised his hand and a sword just appeared out of thin air.

"We shall begin when the moon comes out from behind that cloud." he said pointing out the window.

Tsukune wasn't showing it, but he deep down he was scared. Anyone else would have pulled their rear end out of here and left, but Udar had taught Tsukune that even the mightiest warriors in all of history felt fear; they just acknowledged it and moved on. Tsukune wanted more than anything else to marry Moka, and if he wanted that to happen he was going to have to do this. He could already feel Moka's vampire blood surging through his veins.

"And here we... go."

The moon came out, but Issa didn't move. He and Tsukune just stood there motionless.

"He's not throwing the first punch because he wants to see how I fight. That means despite all his prejudice he hasn't underestimated me yet. Well I've got better things to do than stand here and stare at him all night, so if he's not moving then I'm coming to him."

Tsukune leapt at Issa and swung his sword, Issa just stood firm and raised his sword to block the attack and shoved him back with a mere exertion of his strength, but he still didn't come any closer.

"What's he waiting for?"

Tsukune charged at Issa and attacked with a barrage of strikes, but Issa countered with some very swift parries before he forced Tsukune back again.

"Wait... I see what he's doing... He's just playing with me... I better save my strength for when he decides to get serious."

Tsukune had been holding his sword with both hands, Issa had been holding his with only one, so his parries were a lot more flexible. What really amazed Tsukune is how he was able to block so effectively even with the strength of only a single arm.

"You know what you're doing boy, I'll give you that much."

"Don't patronize me… You're holding back."

"Indeed… I can kill you at anytime."

"So why haven't you?"

Issa didn't answer.

"Maybe he can't… Maybe he's just bluffing… No, I can't think like that… If I let my guard down for a moment I'll be dead before dawn."