Sorry I was away for so long. On with the show! Trying to get student loans and dorm payments together has been really annoying. Also this isn't the end of the story. I think it would look better if I stopped it here instead of combining a short and really long chapter into one.

Moka regaining her composure pulls away from Tsukune. She shifts herself and stares at Tsukune cautiously.

"Moka, we have to talk," repeated Tsukune.

Tsukune taking a breath began to relay his day. When he reached the point where the mysterious cat came in, he reluctantly raised his eyes and they were instantly locked to hers. Until this point in time, Tsukune had noticed that she wasn't even paying attention. She was lost in her own thoughts staring outside the window. When he mentioned the cat, Moka had suddenly grown rigid and an aura of anger and fear spread across the room. It was rare for Moka to fear anything and this was the first time she had ever feared anyone this much.

"Akasha sent him," offered Tsukune as he tried to lighten the tension. "Akasha asked him to deliver a message".

"Don't let Moka do what she wants to. It won't work that way and will only cause the two of you pain," he recalled.

The more he spoke about the cat; Moka became more agitated and fidgety. Afraid of losing Moka, he holds on tightly to her body as if it would disappear if he let go.

"I know you don't want to share but why are you so afraid of this-," started Tsukune.

"I'm not afraid Tsukune. There are things you don't understand," interrupted Moka.

"Then tell me Moka. I want to know," replied Tsukune with a smile.

"This cat is a shape-shifter more powerful than a vampire in all aspects. He was born before people became civilized and has always been a feared ally. He is the only feline son of Bastet. Begemot is the one who taught Alucard how to harness the power of the shinsoo. He has left the world alone to humans since byzantine fell," answered Moka emotionlessly.

Tsukune could still sense the fear in her voice. Before his training with Touhou Fuhai-sama, he couldn't notice her moods changing as much; however, after that incident where he had almost succumbed to the shinsoo blood. As much as Moka sounded like she despised Begemot, her tone seemed to revel in saying the name and a clear awe was evident in the way she said the name.

"I still don't understand why you are afraid of him," Tsukune whispered softly.

"He was the one who trained Kahula and me at a very young age. We went through such pain when he was teaching us… how do you think Kahula developed the technique to numb herself of any pain while fighting? He almost drove her to the brink of insanity for holding back in the fight," she said with obvious hate.

She slowly glances up from Tsukune's chest towards his eyes. She wanted him to keep prodding at her past but she knew Tsukune would be too caring to ask. Instead she tried to take comfort knowing that her suffering at the hands of Begemot was over and that there was a man in her life that would keep her safe when even she couldn't defend herself.

"I hope you don't mind me asking… what happened?" asked Tsukune barely audible.

"He would threaten to eat us every task we failed under his teaching. The screaming of those humans and youkai as they struggled while being eaten alive… it will be a sound that Kahula and I will never forget. He would ask us to try and fight him when we were younger. It wasn't much of a fight other than one to survive. There was this one time Kahula couldn't run away fast enough and she was torn apart. It was then that we found her gift," said Moka.

Tsukune was shocked by what he heard. "This thing… no, this monster is a thousand times worse than Alucard," he thought.

"What was he talking to me about thou-"asked Tsukune.

"-about taking your blood. He probably doesn't believe I can do it," scoffed Moka.

Tsukune suddenly sits up. "Is it not possible? What else could happen to me?" he interrogated.

The questions stung at Moka. She couldn't answer Tsukune because she herself didn't know what could happen.

"I- I don't know Tsukune. Whenever a ghoul appears in our territories we killed it. No one has ever tried to save a ghoul before," answered Moka carefully.

"I think we should trust him… it might earn me your father's favour and he's a lot wiser than we are," relented Tsukune before adding "as much as I dislike the way he treated you".

Tsukune returns to Moka's hard stare. After a moment, an glint in Moka's eyes showed understanding about Tsukune's decision.

"I think it's time for me to go back," Moka muttered as she turned away from Tsukune's eyes.

A bright light filled the room as the beautiful woman with gray hair and red eyes turned back into the pink haired girl. Moka's grip softened and they stayed that way through the night.

"There has to be another way," muttered Tsukune absentmindedly as he closed his eyes.