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Rosario + Vampire: Angel of Death
Chapter 16
Youkai Academy. Class 1-3. Morning.
An excruciating migraine appeared on Haru's forehead, making him feel even worse than he had in the past.
It had only been a day since he, Moka, and Tsukune saved Shirayuki from Kotsubo-sensei, a coach who had a deadly obsession to the snow fairy and wanted to drag her to the bottom of the red sea. Since then, Shirayuki had been following Tsukune as she had before, as if the last few days hadn't occurred.
But while it pained Haru to see such idiocy, what he was seeing now made the whole Shirayuki-Tsukune relationship seem normal.
The results of the long-awaited Class Manager votes had come in, and Tsukune was number one. Moka came in second, making her the Vice Manager, and Haru was in third, making him one of the secretaries.
But that wasn't on Haru's mind at the moment. All around him, a bunch of students cheered at the announcement, and as Haru turned to see Tsukune's expression, he wasn't surprised to see the human's face deadpanned, almost understanding what he was going through in his mind.
Unbeknownst to the angel, Tsukune's train of thought was worse than Haru anticipated. Taking in all the comments from his classmates, some about how popular he had become, others on how strong they believed him to be, especially since he brought back Shirayuki from her long absence, it made him freak out to a point that he could barely make out what Nekonome-sensei was asking, as his mind was like a train wreck.
No way, no way, no way! Tsukune thought, his heart racing. Why me?! This can't be happening! Even after the secondary votes, I'm still the manager! They can't be serious about this! And with the fact that I'm the weakest person in this school… Goosebumps ran down his spine, sweat starting to slowly fall down his forehead. I…I can't do this! Everybody's misunderstanding me-.
Suddenly, interrupting Tsukune's thoughts, as well as the celebration in the classroom, the door slid open, as someone Tsukune didn't think he would ever see again reappeared in his life.
Saizou Komiya, the man that tried to hurt Moka in the beginning, resulting in Haru and the vampire revealing their true forms, had finally returned after nearly six months.
"Tch," Saizou said to himself. "What the hell is this? I haven't been in homeroom since school began, and now what's with that Tsukune, bastard…"
Tsukune's skin paled, his mind shifting gears to the memories from his first week of being a Youkai Academy student. Moka's eyes widened, remembering when the beast tried to hurt her. Haru clenched his fists. Dammit, he thought. Of all the times that I'm close to my goal, THIS guy shows up…
Nekonome-sensei told Saizou that he was late, and asked him to sit down at his desk. As the troll walked up to his desk, and stopped.
"Hmph." Saizou said, licking his lips. "So you're the manager now? Don't make me laugh, Aono. Without Moka's help, you can't do anything by yourself, you piece of gutless shit." He pointed at Tsukune. "When we had our one-on-one fight at the beginning, you barely had a chance against me, remember? A weakling like you shouldn't get all high and mighty." He walked to his desk, and sat down. "You don't have what it takes to be a manager. I'm not going to accept this at all."
As he finished, the class was in murmur. How Saizou came off as scary, even when he seemed jealous, how in the beginning of the year Tsukune "supposedly" beat up the troll, resulting in his hatred for Tsukune.
Taking in all of the hype, Saizou popped a vein, his hands over his head. These idiots are pissing me off, he thought. All of them being fooled by Aono… Saizou grew angry. Why is this guy so damn popular? This is all crap! Just wait and see, Aono. I'll show you where you stand.
His thoughts were cut short when he felt a slight jab in his back. Before he could turn around, he heard Haru's voice whisper in his ears.
"I think you left out the part when I also kicked your ass back then." The angel said. "I honestly forgot about you after that little stunt you tried to pull with Moka, and now that you're here, I have only one thing to say to you: Stay out of our way. Don't try anything on either Tsukune or Moka, or else next time I will not hesitate to kill you."
As Haru reclined back, dropping his duffel bag on the floor and letting his warning sink into the troll's mind, he suddenly felt a small sense of dread within. He had not counted on Saizou's recovery to be so soon, and as such, he began to think that this sudden change would end up ruining everything for the angel's revenge.
Men's Bathroom. Not long after.
Tsukune was terrified.
Even with his new status as Class Manager, and Saizou's sudden reappearance, Tsukune felt more fear sink in as he looked at himself in the mirror, watching his reflection pale once again as he thought about recent events.
"It's like a thing with me," the human said to himself. "Every time I wake up in this place, I get into a troublesome situation where I didn't even want to get involved in the first place. And to make things worse, every time it happens, someone tries to pick a fight with me. The future's not looking so good for me…"
Suddenly, a sharp pain erupted from his neck. As he touched it, he felt the wounds from when Moka bit him yesterday, injecting him with more of her vampiric blood. But unlike with before, this time the wound would not heal. It bothered him early in the morning when he woke up, even when he met up with Moka earlier in the day.
Not again, Tsukune thought. Those same marks are hurting me again… Why isn't this healing?
As he left the bathroom, hiding the wounds once again, he was surprised to see Haru crossing paths from across the hall. The angel tagged along, walking with his friend.
While they walked towards the nearest doors leading outside, Haru kept quiet, taking notice to Tsukune's sharp expressions of pain on his face.
"Something wrong with you?" Haru asked.
Tsukune looked at him, then shrugged. "No. Why?"
Haru looked at him. "Don't lie to me, Tsukune. You're in pain. What's up?"
Tsukune looked down, and sighed. "Well, you remember when Moka-san bit me during the fight with Kotsubo-sensei?"
The angel nodded as Tsukune continued. "Ever since then, my neck's been hurting worse than ever, but unlike before, the wounds aren't healing. They just keep hurting every now and then, and it's driving me crazy."
Haru looked away, showing little expression on his face. "Sounds like you're going through a bad reaction to all the monster blood you've been given since Kuyou attacked us. Maybe it's like how you need a blood transfusion and it's a blood type different from your own."
Tsukune looked at him. "What do you think should stop this?" he asked.
Haru raised his shoulders as the two exited the building. "Do I look like a doctor to you? Maybe you should ask Moka-san to stop giving you some of her blood every now and then. That's all I can say."
Before Tsukune could reply, Kurumu appeared out of nowhere, forcing the human's face between her breasts, making Haru's eye widen in disbelief.
"Tsukune!" the succubus cheered, not noticing Tsukune's attempts to force himself off of her chest. "Let's eat lunch together!"
Yukari, who tagged along with Kurumu, was stunned. "Hey! Don't be so selfish, Kurumu-chan! I wanna squish Tsukune too!"
Kurumu looked at the witch. "A flat chest like yours can't pull off this technique, okay? You should wait until you're older to try this, Yukari-chan."
Yukari blushed. "How rude!"
After the succubus let Tsukune go, allowing him to finally breathe again, the four sat down on nearby chairs, as they brought out their lunches.
While Kurumu and Yukari participated in their usual arguments, Tsukune was yet again focused on his neck, rubbing it continuously.
Noticing this, Kurumu spoke up. "What's wrong, Tsukune? You don't look so good today."
Tsukune looked up. "R-really?" he stammered.
Kurumu nodded as Yukari spoke. "Yeah, you also look a little pale. You feel alright?"
Tsukune looked down. "Well, see, it's my neck. It's been feeling a bit tense, and it kind of hurts because of it."
"It's because of Moka-san leaving that mark on his neck when we helped Shirayuki yesterday." Haru added.
"That mark?" Kurumu asked.
Tsukune nodded, then turned to Haru. "By the way, she's not called Shirayuki anymore." he said. "This morning, she met up with me and Moka-san, and wanted me to start calling her Mizore-chan."
Haru looked away. "I honestly don't see why it matters. It's her name, right?"
Suddenly, Moka appeared, greeting Tsukune and the others, while Yukari greeted Moka in her own way.
"Thank God I made it in time." Moka said, seemingly out of breath. "Can I join you guys for lunch?"
They all nodded, as Moka sat between Haru and Tsukune. She then noticed something different about Tsukune, asking him what was wrong. He quickly dismissed the conversation, as the five (unbeknownst to them all, Mizore had joined them secretly, hiding behind a nearby bush close to Tsukune, quietly eating her lunch) went on with their daily routine.
As they began to talk about Tsukune's promotion to Class Manager, Haru felt like everything was normal, like Saizou's sudden appearance earlier didn't even happen. To him, it was just business as usual.
Unfortunately, an unnoticeable dark aura gathered above the five, plotting something malevolent for the group.
Haru was bored as hell.
The school day had ended, and as always, the five met up again in the Newspaper Club's meeting room, going about their usual business. Tsukune didn't bring up the wounds on his neck after lunch again, but the angel could tell that the human was still in pain, despite trying to hide it from Moka and the others.
And now, after a few minutes of work, things were still quiet. Moka and Tsukune had recently left to burn some trash, and now, it was just Haru, Kurumu, and Yukari. It was quiet for a bit, and despite enjoying it at first, the angel began to hate it. Even when he was working on the latest newspapers with the girls, he felt boredom creep in, and it was unsettling.
He then heard Yukari gasp, noticing her expression had changed. He followed her gaze, and saw that, while working, she had pulled out her crystal ball. And now, the inside had turned dark, shaped like black tendrils waving around like wildfire.
"Yukari-chan." Haru said, catching the witch's attention. "What's wrong? Is something bad happening?"
Yukari trembled, slowly nodding. "I-I was just sneaking a peek at how Tsukune and Moka was doing, and suddenly, it just turned evil! Even worse than before when Ishigami-sensei tried to turn Moka-san into stone!"
Kurumu looked at the crystal ball. "What do you think is happening?"
Haru got up, grabbing his duffel bag. "I'll go check it out. It may not be anything serious, so it's probably best if you two stay here. No need to worry about anything that may end up as nothing. Plus, it's best if only one of us went instead of all of us. Divide and conquer, right?"
Yukari and Kurumu nodded, trying to stay calm as the angel left them in the room.
In the hallways, Haru cursed under his breath. He knew that there really was something to worry about. If he was right, then Saizou had ignored his warnings, and therefore, Haru had to find him and make the troll suffer for his ignorance.
* * * * * *
Outside.
Tsukune was in excruciating pain.
Not long after he and Moka left the others, the pain on his neck appeared once again, this time taking out all of his strength, resulting in him collapsing onto Moka's boobs, then onto the ground. From what her other side told her, he had resisted the monster blood they had given him time and time again, and it was taking a toll on his body, almost to the point where it could break him.
At that point, she was greeted by someone she never suspected to see: Saizou. But this time, he was accompanied by two others, and judging by their behavior, they didn't seem to be in the mood to help. Out of nowhere, one of them, a long haired man who called himself Moroha, attacked Tsukune with blades formed from his own hands, slicing in an X-pattern on the human's chest.
As Moka rushed to save him, she was caught by Saizou, who boasted that he knew that if she was kept far from Tsukune, her rosario wouldn't be taken off, and she would remain as a helpless woman. As he transformed into his true form, while the other two watched from afar, he goaded the wounded Tsukune to watch as he would "toy with his favorite girl" until he was done.
While this was going on, Tsukune could barely move a muscle in his body. The man who attacked him, Moroha, cut some deep and painful wounds, causing him to bleed out worse than before.
Ignoring Saizou and the others, Moka tried again to rush towards Tsukune, only to be once again stopped by the troll, who laughed. "You think I'll let you get away with this, idiot? Think again!"
In one swoop, the troll grabbed Moka's shirt, and ripped it off, exposing her bra and upper body.
Taken off guard by this, Moka was then thrown to a nearby tree, as the troll and his friends surrounded her, making it impossible to escape.
Moka felt tears form under her eyes. No, she thought, I don't want this… Help me… Somebody please! Tsukune!
Admiring his handiwork, Saizou reached out to Moka ready to do what he had intended to do since the beginning of the year.
But before he could even touch the vampire, he felt a fist connect with his face, sending him back several steps. He tasted blood in his mouth, then looked up to see Haru standing behind Moka, his arm outstretched.
Moka looked at the angel, surprised. "H-Haru-san…"
Saizou swore. "Damned angel! Who the hell do you think you are, trying to stop me again?!"
Haru looked at the troll. "I wanted to ask the same thing, you bastard! You think you can just do whatever you want, and not have to worry about the consequences? I told you before not to get in our way, but you decided to ignore my warnings, resulting in you hurting Tsukune and trying to hurt Moka-san. And now," he shot a look so full of rage that it was almost blinding, "it's time that you pay for your crimes!"
Saizou was taken aback. Unlike before, the angel showed unbelievable malice in both his eyes and in his aura, which in the eyes of a monster, looked like a giant inferno, ready to burn everything to the ground.
Moroha laughed, stepping in between Haru and the troll. "So this is the true power of the infamous Haru Uematsu, hmm? To be honest, I wanted to fight you from the moment Saizou told me of your skill with a masamune. And now," he raised his blade hands defensively, an eerie smile creeping on his face, "I can finally have the pleasure of killing you!"
Haru drew his sword, wings bursting out from his back, shielding Moka. "Very well. If you want death, then I shall gladly give it to you!"
He rushed at the monster, swinging his sword viciously, Moroha blocking every attack, taunting the angel as he countered every chance he had.
Haru performed Lion Cross, which opened the monster up for several strikes, sending the beast back several steps. While Moroha was staggered, Haru performed Ragnarok from the ground, sending the blade-wielding beast flying in the air.
"I don't have time to waste with you, dammit!" The angel said, turning back to see Saizou once again trying to attack Moka during the fight. Haru rushed towards the troll, hoping to stop him in time.
But before he could, the other monster that came with Moroha and Saizou screamed as he felt his skull crushed while being lifted in the air.
Saizou turned around to see Tsukune standing up, the wounds Moroha gave had healed.
Haru was shocked. He knew what he was seeing, but something was different this time.
Unlike before, Moka didn't get a chance to inject her monster blood into Tsukune. This time, he had regained his temporary vampiric form all by himself.
"Wh-what?!" Moroha said, having recently recovered from the effects of Ragnarok. "H-How?! There's no way he could stand after that injury I gave him!"
Moka was shocked. "What? How? Why is this happening? I haven't injected him with my blood yet…"
The rosario glowed. 'No!' it said, 'This is… Zanryu Ketsueki! My leftover blood that's inside Tsukune that caused the pain in his neck must have turned him into his temporary form by giving him strength. It's giving him the same effect as when we inject him with our own blood!'
Screaming in pain, the third monster cried out, wondering out loud why Tsukune could still fight despite supposedly being weak.
Moroha, still winded from his fight with Haru, lunged at Tsukune. "Tch," he said, "this is your last life. This time I'm really going to kill you!"
But before he got close, Tsukune swung the other monster around, hitting Moroha with his friend, sending them flying into the sidelines.
Haru was shocked. No way, he thought. This can't be happening!
Saizou couldn't believe it. He then noticed something about Tsukune: like Moka, the human's eyes were red.
It can't be, the troll thought. Those eyes… It's just like when the true Moka is awakened! Saizou clenched his fists in rage. "It's a lie! You can't also be a vampire!" He then rushed at Tsukune, his fist rushing to meet with Tsukune's face. "YOU'RE JUST A WEAKLING!"
But before he could land a hit, Haru appeared next to Tsukune, and together, they each sent a fist to the troll's gut, causing him to cough up blood, sending him crashing through multiple trees, flying past Moka and from the battlefield.
Moka stood where she was, surprised at the duo's combined attack's power.
Trembling, Saizou raised a hand towards a close by Tsukune, asking before losing consciousness what he was.
Tsukune stayed silent, then turned around to face Moka and Haru, reverting back to his human form, smiling.
As he was embraced by Moka, Haru walked up to Moroha, who was breathing hoarsely, unable to move. The angel placed a foot on the monster's chest, making him cough up blood.
"Stay awake, bastard." Haru said, looking down at the beast. "I want to know what your involvement with Saizou is. Why are you helping him? Who are you?"
Moroha weakly laughed. "H-how dare you, looking down at me, a hybrid, an outcast. Like Saizou, we are from the Delinquent Ayashi, and we will n-not stand for purebreds and others to look down at us. We will show that we belong at the top of the food chain, and are a force to be reckoned with. Heh… heh… heh."
As the beast lost consciousness, Haru looked away, his gaze directed at Tsukune and Moka. Damn, he thought. Once again, we find ourselves thrown into another battle, time and time again. He clenched his sword, almost strong enough to break the handle. Dammit! Why is it that every time I feel close to fulfill my promise, someone has to get in my way?! He felt his chest tighten, and a burning sensation in his head. Slowing his breath and concentrating hard, He managed to bring both effects within to a manageable point. I… I can't lose control of myself. If what happened long ago happens again, I may do more harm than good. All I have to do is find the Delinquent Ayashi's hideout and destroy them all before they cause more problems for me…
To be continued…