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Rosario + Vampire: Angel of Death
Chapter 17
Youkai Academy. Class 1-3. Morning.
"AAHHH!" Kurumu screamed. "Wh-what happened?! Y-your neck… Who hurt you?!"
Tsukune rubbed his neck, slightly smiling.
It had been a whole day since Tsukune and Moka were attacked by the Delinquent Ayashi. After they and Haru left the grounds, they went inside the school to the nurse's office to patch the human up. Thankfully, said the nurse, the wounds were superficial, possibly as a result of Tsukune turning into his temporary vampire form.
Since school ended once again, the five met once more in the classroom, Kurumu and Yukari just noticing Tsukune's wounds.
"Don't worry, Kurumu-chan." the human said, "It's not all bad, really."
Haru crossed his arms. "When he and Moka-san left to take care of the trash," he said, "Someone from the past came alongside some grunts who claimed to be from some group called the Delinquent Ayashi and attacked them. If it weren't for me intervening, today would've been different."
"He's right." Tsukune said. "All they did was just slice my chest up. If Haru-san didn't show up, who knows what would've happened?"
Haru looked away. You'll thank me for what I'll do later, I'm sure, he thought.
Ever since the fight, both Haru and Moka kept quiet. Unbeknownst to each other, they were thinking about the same thing: Tsukune's transformation despite the vampire not giving Tsukune some of her blood like she did before. But unlike Moka, Haru had something else in his mind: the Delinquent Ayashi. Since Moroha mentioned the name, Haru had asked around about them, to teachers and students of higher year. But every time he mentioned the name, people cringed, just as they did with the Public Safety Commission. They would come up with some excuse about not telling the angel anything, and then leave. After failing many times, Haru decided that his approach wasn't going to work, even if he tried different ways to ask.
Kurumu looked at Tsukune's neck. "Are you alright?" she asked the human. "That looks painful… Did someone bite your neck?"
At that time, Moka looked up, distracted from her thoughts, at the mention of Tsukune's neck, and felt guilt. Even when she did nothing, the neck wounds from the other day were still on Tsukune, reminding her that something bad was going to happen, according to her other side, if she gave more blood to the human again.
Tsukune waved it off. "Well, this neck wound wasn't from yesterday," he said, "but nonetheless, it's alright! Nothing's wrong with me anymore!"
Yukari spoke up, turning to Haru. "Earlier, you mentioned the Delinquent Ayashi… Don't you mean the Outcast Ayashi?"
Haru shrugged. "Does it matter? They still attacked us." he said.
Yukari then turned to Tsukune. "Did you guys beat them up?" she asked.
The human nodded. "Yeah, with Haru-san's and Moka-san's vampire blood's help. Why?"
Yukari lowered her head. "I thought as much. The Outcast Ayashi are comprised of hybrid monsters- beasts with two or more bloodlines mixed within, and there's a lot of them. In addition, they like to scheme things, so if you make them your enemies, it's going to be really bad." Yukari pointed up to the ceiling. "Even recently, I've heard that the Outcast Ayashi, which look down upon purebreds, are showing up more and more. I think you three should be careful for when they decide to get back at you for earlier."
Tsukune looked down. "They look down at purebreds? Why?"
"It's because they believe they are the superior race." Haru said, catching the attention of everyone in the room. "They act a lot like human gangs that use hate crimes to their advantage. If you're not like them, you're the enemy. All because they have more than one bloodline in them."
Moka looked down. "You make it sound like being a hybrid is a bad thing…" she said.
Haru raised a hand, and looked at it. "No, not really. There's nothing wrong about being different, no matter if it's how you act or where you came from. Being a hybrid doesn't change you from being a monster."
Moka looked at him, then turned to Tsukune. "W-well, either way, we should be careful from now on. If we hadn't done that thing it would have been fine."
Suddenly, Kurumu got up, staring at Moka. "That thing? What do you mean, Moka?" she asked, getting in the vampire's face. "Do you know something? Maybe about Tsukune being attacked by those guys? If so, then why didn't you tell us about it sooner. If you hide anything related to Tsukune, I'll get angry…"
Moka began to sweat. "Ku- Kurumu-chan…"
The succubus then ran up to Tsukune, and embraced him openly. "Because If anything happened to Tsukune, I won't be able to bear it!"
Tsukune squirmed, shouting about Kurumu's breasts hitting his wounds, as Moka and Yukari tried to pry the succubus off the human.
Haru, wanting nothing to do with the situation, picked up his stuff, and walked off, no one noticing him leave.
In the hallways, Haru clenched his fists. To think Yukari would give me useless information, he thought. I need to know where to find them all, or else my plans will be ruined. And with what happened to Tsukune and him transforming via Zanryu Ketsueki, who knows how long Tsukune has… Shouldering his duffel bag, he walked out of the school, and towards the dorms. I have to hurry, or another will die by their hands.
The next day.
As soon as the day began, the morning had ended, and it was time for lunch. Haru sat with Tsukune again, as both were quickly joined by Kurumu and Yukari.
The moment Yukari sat down, she noticed something missing: Moka.
"Hey, Tsukune, Haru-san," she asked, "Where's Moka-san?"
Tsukune looked down. "We don't know." he said, "She didn't show up to class today."
"Eh?" Kurumu said, finally joining the conversation. "She's not here? Is Moka taking a break from school?"
Haru nodded. "We asked Nekonome-sensei if she knew anything, but she told us that Moka didn't ask for permission to be absent today. Tsukune's had that sad look on his face ever since."
Kurumu was surprised. "That's unusual…" she said. "For Moka to do something like that, it must be serious."
Tsukune looked away, his thoughts looming to yesterday. After the discussion with the others, Moka and himself went home, talking about the attack by the Outcast Ayashi. Moka seemed more worried about Tsukune's neck, wondering if the wounds did heal. Despite her best efforts, Tsukune would not allow her to examine his neck, claiming that anything that would happen was not her concern, and that he would take care of it. After that, he left Moka be, and walked to the male dorms.
This is bad, he thought. What if she didn't come because of our argument? What if she's angry at me… All I wanted was for Moka-san to not worry about me so much…
Kurumu noticed Tsukune's lack of attention, and asked what was wrong. Tsukune, welcomed back to reality, shook his hands, saying nothing was wrong.
"Well, I actually wanted to talk to her about something, but since she's not here…"
Haru looked at the succubus. "What were you wanting to talk about?" he asked.
Kurumu looked at the angel. "The Outcast Ayashi." she said, catching Tsukune's, Yukari's, and Haru's attention. "Yesterday, Gin-sempai seemed to notice how worried I was about the situation, and asked what was wrong. I then asked him if he knew anything about the group, and he seemed reluctant." She fumed out of nowhere. "He then groped by breasts, asking me why I wanted to know. After I punched him in the face, he told me about how much they hate to lose, and how unbelievably strong they all are. How recently they went out of their way to becoming a dangerous group, so much so that even the reformed Public Safety Commission are looking for them." She rubbed her hands. "I still think he's hiding something, but since then, I was thinking that we should all have a cautious attitude about this situation. But, with Moka gone, I guess I can't tell her what I found out-."
Before she finished her sentence, she noticed Tsukune's distant look, and blew on his neck, grabbing his attention, making him run behind Yukari.
Kurumu blushed. "Y-You don't have to run." she said. She then changed the subject. "Hey, Tsukune. By any chance, did anything happen between you and Moka?"
Tsukune looked confused as the succubus went on. "I know that no matter what we say you always look at the sky, but Moka seemed to be hiding something from the day before, so…" she got close to the human, making him blush. "Could it be that the wound on your neck has something to do with Moka?"
Tsukune was startled. "Eh?" he said.
Kurumu went on. "Like, you having to bear that wound because of some fault of Moka's… or something." She got even closer to Tsukune. "If such a thing had happened, I wouldn't forgive her. Because I wouldn't hurt Tsukune at all… If he was hurt, I wouldn't forgive myself either…"
Tsukune, taking her words in, looked down as Kurumu leaned up to kiss him.
"That's true." he said, catching Kurumu off-guard. "Thank you, Kurumu-chan." He then turned away, running from Kurumu's embrace, making Yukari giggle at the succubus's failed attempt.
Haru then got up, shouldering his bag and dusting his hands. "If you'll excuse me," he said, Yukari and Kurumu looking at him, "I have somewhere I need to be."
Leaving the girls alone, Haru walked back into the building. I can't believe I didn't think of asking that idiot Gin, he thought. It makes sense, actually. Someone who uses his powers to get around would know something about what's happening in this school. He clamped on to his fist, cracking his knuckles. It's high time that the wolf tells the truth.
Youkai Academy Rooftops. Later.
Gin raced up the stairs, his heart beating faster than he was going. He had never thought about this day actually coming so soon in his life.
After lunch, Gin went to his next class, and as always, admiring the beautiful women around him. When he sat down, he noticed a note on his desk, and opened it. Inside was Moka's handwriting, asking him to meet with her on the rooftops as soon as possible. Making the excuse that he needed to go to the bathroom, Gin sped out of the classroom and to the nearest stairway.
Oh man, oh man, oh man! Gin thought, smiling. At long last, my beloved Moka finally realizes who her man is! Sorry, Tsukune, but I win this time! He chuckled to himself as he reached the door leading to the roof.
Bursting through with a big smile, Gin said, "HERE I AM, BABY DOLL!"
When there was no response, he opened his eyes, and was shocked at what he saw.
Instead of his darling Moka standing in front of him, the cold look of Haru Uematsu was in his way.
The werewolf looked around. "Wh- What is this?" he asked. "Where's Moka-san?"
"Not here." the angel replied. "I knew you wouldn't come here if I asked you, so I decided to take some of Moka's handwriting and bait you here."
Gin was confused. "You serious? Well, why the hell are you wasting my time for?" he asked.
Haru walked up to him. "Kurumu told me of her encounter with you yesterday," he said, "and how you seemed to know an awful lot about the Outcast Ayashi. I want you to tell me everything you know about them."
Gin turned away, walking towards the door. "What? Forget it. Why should I tell you anything?"
As he reached for the door handle, a hand forced the door closed. Gin looked up to see Haru, wings outstretched, in front of him.
"That wasn't a request." The angel said, forcing Gin back. "I need to know where to find them, so that they can suffer the same fate, maybe worse, which the former PSC did long ago. And you're the only one with all the answers."
Gin growled, and then ran past Haru with his werewolf speed. But before he was cleared of him, the angel swept low, knocking Gin in the air, and with his left arm he caught the werewolf in the air by his ankles.
The next thing Gin knew was that he was flying backwards. The angel, still holding him, flew up in the air, high enough that Gin could see the school roof look like a white cracker sitting on top of chocolate.
The werewolf screamed out loud, as Haru raised him higher to where the pervert could look at him. "Here's how this will work: You tell me what I need to know, or this school will have one less student in their midst. And please don't lie to me, I'm holding onto you with my weak arm, so you may not have much time."
"Aaaahhh! Noooo!" Gin screamed, tears running down his forehead.
"Don't try to call for help." The angel said. "We're so high up that no one, not even the Headmaster himself can hear you." He shook the werewolf, making him scream more. "Clock's ticking. Where are the Outcast Ayashi?"
Gin looked down. The wind was hitting him so hard he felt like he was going to freeze to death.
"Okay! Okay!" he said, looking back at the angel. He looked around the area, pointing at an old structure, far away from the dorms. "There! That abandoned school gym building! They hang out there a lot! If they're anywhere right now, that's where they'd be!"
Haru looked at the building. "Thanks." he said, letting go of the werewolf.
As the wind blew all around him, Gin screamed, the rooftop rapidly getting closer, as if it wanted him dead too.
But before he hit the ground, he felt his descent slow, and someone grabbing his ankle. He opened his eyes to see Haru, having dived down to catch up, holding him a few feet from the ground. The angel then let go, dropping the werewolf on his head, hurting him.
As Haru landed, Gin slowly got up, massaging his head. "These guys are nothing like the PSC's." he said. "Their leader, Midou, is as sadistic as they come." He looked at Haru, eyes full of fear. "What the hell is wrong with you, angel? Why do you want to know so much about the Outcast Ayashi?"
Haru didn't look back at the beast. "Because these bastards are getting in my way. Nothing else." he said.
As the angel took off, Gin rested near the building, exhausted. "What the… What's his problem?" he said to himself. "Why'd he try to kill me? What did those poor bastards do to piss him off?"
Youkai Academy Abandoned Building.
Tsukune felt pain as he was forced to a nearby broken wall, Midou smiling as he dusted off his hands.
Not long after he left Kurumu, Yukari, and Haru, the human made his way to the girl's dorms in search of Moka. On his way, he was stopped by the Outcast Ayashi, who claimed to have Moka in their possession, Tsukune realizing why she wasn't in school today, as they dropped her bag in front of him.
Following the group to an abandoned building, Tsukune noticed Moka, in chains, shouting at him to get away. Before Tsukune could react, Midou hit the human, whom he believed to be a vampire like Moka, with his arm, sending him crashing to a nearby crumbling wall.
As Tsukune got up, he noticed Midou's aura beginning to grow.
"I really hate you guys," the leader said, his arm beginning to grow spikes, "with your dignity and being well off as pure-breed brats." He raised his transformed arm, its size growing to triple normal length. "And you guys look down at us hybrids! That's why we must prove ourselves! That we are the ones who have a higher worth of existence!"
He sent his arm down on Tsukune, creating a giant tremor as it landed on the ground hard.
Moka, from where she was chained up, was shocked. Tsukune! she thought.
As the dust settled, she saw that Tsukune was fine, and that the blow missed him by a hair's length, but took out a big chunk of the building they were in.
Tsukune was scared. W-What destructive power! he thought. Moreover, I couldn't even see that attack at all! Wh… What IS he?
He then noticed a giant, bony arm in front of him, and what looked like an eye on where the wrist would be. As more dust settled, he then noticed all of Midou's arm and most of his face was covered in spikes and horns.
The monster got up, smiling, as he raised his giant arm again. "Hey hey," he said to Tsukune, "Receive it or avoid it, the next one I will pull no punches, vampire!"
The human shook in fear. Oh God, he thought. Am I going to die?
As he sent his giant fist at Tsukune, Midou was stopped by Moka screaming at him to stop.
"Stop!" Moka said. "I'm your enemy!"
Midou and Tsukune looked at her. What? Tsukune thought.
The vampire continued. "The opponent that you want is different. The vampire is me."
Midou was confused. "What?!"
Moka went on. "All of this is my fault." she said, tears beginning to fall down her cheeks, her mind going back to all the times she gave Tsukune her vampire blood. "Everything is my fault. I'm the one who's wrong! If you want someone to hate, then take it out on me..."
Tsukune was struck by her words as Midou walked up to the vampire. "Oh ho ho, so it's you then? Come to think of it," he said, raising his monster arm at her, "before he died, Saizou did say something like this-."
"You're wrong!"
Moka looked up in surprise as Tsukune looked away. "You're wrong, Moka-san. That's not true. How can this be your fault? It's because of you that I'm still alive! Please, don't say such things like that!" He ran towards Moka, a determined look on his face. "She's done nothing wrong at all!"
Midou turned around. "Idiot!" he said, raising his arm. "What are you trying to pull, coming at me head on?!" He sent his arm at the speeding Tsukune. "You want to die?! You're an ideal target, Aono Tsukune!"
But before he could land a hit on him, the human's eyes turned red, as he swiftly dodged the attack, making his way to Moka.
Midou was shocked. What?! How?!
As Tsukune walked up to Moka, his neck began to bleed out, his skin looking like it was crackling, forcing him to get on his knees, rubbing his neck.
Midou, seeing his chance, lunged at Tsukune, confident that he can defeat the one he called vampire. But before he could hit flesh, he hit steel, as he saw Haru block the attack with his masamune, standing between him and Tsukune.
"Wh- WHAT?!" Midou shouted.
Haru looked at the beast. "Sorry that I'm late." he said to Tsukune and Moka. "I had to ask for directions from our werewolf 'friend'."
He then forced the beast back, pointing his blade at him. "So, you're Midou, huh?" the angel said. "I heard about you, but I don't remember anyone saying how damn ugly you are."
Midou growled. "You little bastard! I'll make you eat those words!"
As he lunged at the angel, he was blinded by a shining light from behind Haru. As it waned, he saw Haru and Other Moka, who had been released by Tsukune taking off her rosario, hit him simultaneously in the face, one kicked, the other swiped with his sword, sending the beast flying and crashing to the walls behind him.
As the Other Moka removed the remaining chains from her arms, she turned away from the beast. "Trash." she said calmly. "To be laying your hands on me. Know your place!"
As she walked up to Tsukune, who got up not long after the vampire and the angel attacked, she spoke up. "Tsukune, what you said earlier has made my heart feel lighter as well as the Moka you know." She looked down, "And that's why I think you need to know what's going on in your body."
Haru looked at the vampire. "You serious?" he asked. "You're talking about something dangerous, something that could change his life forever, and you're just okay with that?"
"It's too late to contemplate about his feelings." Other Moka said. "He has a right to know what will happen to his body in the future."
As they went on, Tsukune looked at them, confused.
But none of them noticed the rubble where Midou was buried in begin to shake, as he slowly got the strength to set himself free.
To be continued…