"I've been away from home longer than I thought." said Moka.

Moka and the others had spent the last few minutes trying to find Tsukune. Her father must've done some renovating around the house, because so far they had gotten lost several times. Moments ago they heard a loud crash.

"Please God, no!"

Moka ripped the door open and saw her father and Tsukune staring each other down.

"Tsukune!"

Kurumu tried to go through the door, but as she did it was like she ran into a brick wall.

"Ow… What the heck was that?"

Ruby placed her hand against the doorway to confirm her suspicions.

"It's some kind of barrier… I don't think your father wants us to interfere." she said to Moka.

"I'll take care of this…"

Mizore created a huge icicle and threw it at the doorway, but it just shattered the instant it hit the barrier.

"I knew that wouldn't work." said Yukari.

"Tsukune! TSUKUNE!"

"He can't hear you."

"But we've got to get in there!"

"Yes, we need to convince him to marry my Mizore instead."

"You know, I'm standing right here!" said Moka.

"This is all your fault anyway leech girl." said Kurumu's mother.

"Shut the **** up! Tsukune chose to marry Moka on his own free will, get over it!"

"Yukari… I never knew you had such a colorful vocabulary."

"Well, they're getting on my nerves."

"Do you plan on continuing this fight any time today?" asked Tsukune.

"Someone is eager to die… Very well, I'll give you what you're asking for."

Issa waved his hand again, but this time Tsukune was ready for it. When the blast came he dodged sharply to one side. Issa waved his hand again, but Tsukune just dodged it again, and this time he turned invisible.

"If you think invisibility can protect you from an opponent like me, you're sadly mistaken."

Issa opened all his senses and waited, but much to his surprise nothing happened.

"WHAT! I can't sense where he is! I should at least be able to smell him, or hear his heartbeat!"

"Teleportation and invisibility! Tsukune's even more powerful than I thought."

"Do you think he has a chance?" asked Moka.

"No, but it is impressive nonetheless."

Moka couldn't believe what was happening. If Tsukune lost then she would lose her fiancée, if he won then she would lose her father. She knew tonight would get ugly, but this was a nightmare.

Issa slowly moved around the room. He had encountered enemies who could turn invisible before, but it never did them any good. Apparently Tsukune knew something they didn't.

"You can tell a lot about a person by the sound of their heartbeat… Normally when they're in my presence… I can almost dance to the beat… Strange that I can't even hear yours… Most impressive… but you can't hide forever boy."

Tsukune had experienced firsthand the enhanced senses of a vampire. When he was still in the early stages of becoming a Super Ghoul the sound of his own two feet against the ground gave him a headache. He figured Issa would be able to hear crickets chirping a hundred miles away, but Udar had taught Tsukune to control his heartbeat and how to move so silently not even a vampire like Issa could detect him, but he couldn't earn the right to marry Moka just by hiding all night.

"Here I come."

Tsukune reappeared behind Issa and started to shower him with a barrage of punches and kicks, but Issa just either dodged or blocked them. At one point Issa jumped back and waved his hand, but Tsukune dodged the blast and came like a bullet at him.

"Dodge this one!"

When any part of the human body moves, voluntarily or by reflex, nerve impulses travel from the brain to the particular muscles involved. In laymen's terms, your brain is what tells your legs to stand up, but if these nerve impulses are blocked we would collapse like a poorly built house of cards. This was demonstrated in Star Trek every time someone used the Vulcan neck pinch. Udar taught Tsukune that even though most opponents won't hold still long enough for Tsukune knock them out this way, he could stun an opponent for a few seconds if he hit them in the right spot. Tsukune hammered Issa where his shoulder met his neck, but he was careful enough not to do too much damage. With his opponent disoriented Tsukune seized the opportunity to kick him in the face.

"Did you see that?" exclaimed Yukari.

"How would I have missed that?" asked Kurumu.

"So… you want to play rough do you?"

Without warning Issa flew at Tsukune and elbowed him in the chest, then he punched him in the chin knocking him into the air, then with a wave of his hand he sent Tsukune into the wall.

"So tell me boy… Do you surrender?"

Much to everyone's surprise Tsukune just got up, brushed himself off, flexed the muscles in his neck, and got back into a fighting stance.

"Is that all you've got? If it is I'm very disappointed."

"You're either very brave, or very foolish."

"Neither, I just love your daughter that much."

"That will be determined by your actions."

"Okay then…"

Tsukune flew at Issa and despite his best efforts to block or dodge his attacks, he managed to land a direct blow to head, while he was disoriented Tsukune seized the opportunity to beat him to the ground. Before Issa could regain his senses Tsukune turned invisible again, much to Issa's annoyance.

"Err… This can't be happening! He's a boy! And he's making me look like a fool!"

Issa started waving his hands and blasting in random directions since he still couldn't sense where Tsukune was. Tsukune created two energy balls and threw them while Issa was distracted; the vampire lord was barely able to dodge them. Tsukune then flew at him and there was another scrap of punches and kicks, until finally they struck each other and were knocked back.

"I think it's time to turn up the heat."

Tsukune cupped his hands together.

"Uli…kai'e'…emake…LOA!"

The Ulikai'e'emakeloa was one of the most powerful attacks in Tsukune's arsenal, but Issa blocked the blue beam of energy with his hands and used the power of the attack to send out a big shockwave. But Tsukune jumped into the air and dodged the attack, and then he descended on Issa.

"AHH!"

Tsukune had slashed Issa across the face with his claws.

"Oh boy… now he's mad." said Ruby.

"Err… DAMN YOU! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FACE!"

"If you give up, I won't have to damage it anymore."

"I'd rather die by my own hand than lose or surrender to the likes of you!"

"… As you wish."

"I won't die boy… Until now I've just been playing with you... As much as I hate to admit it you're the first person to actually hurt me in a fight since dear Akasha."

"I'll bet Moka's parents were pretty crazy in the bedroom." thought Ruby.

"Despite my best efforts she always had the advantage whenever we sparred… But then it happened… I transformed."

"What? Transform?"

"Well this isn't going to be good." said Mizore.

"As I'm sure you remember, only months ago Demona transformed when you fought her. All vampires can do that, we just choose not to because we're so vain… But now you've really pissed me off."

Tsukune could already feel Issa's energy skyrocketing.

"You should feel honored… I can't remember the last time I needed to transform to defeat an opponent… With this transformation the limits of your powers will become apparent… Prepare to die Tsukune Aono!"