"Do you think Tsukune can beat her?" asked Yukari
"What I want to know is, WHY DID YOU KISS HIM!?!" demanded Kurumu.
"Well… He did just save my life." replied Moka smiling.
"That doesn't give you the right to kiss my Tsukune!"
"You've got some nerve saying that Tsukune is yours he's mine!" said Mizore.
"Have you not been listening you simpletons?" asked Moka "He said he doesn't belong to anyone. Tsukune is person, not a piece of property, and now that he's a Super Ghoul no one can force him to be anyone's. Whoever he wants to spend the rest of his life with, will be his decision. Now shut up and enjoy the show."
Not far away the Headmaster stood in the shadows, and beside him stood Moka's father.
"Spectacles like this are rarely seen by even monster eyes."
"Tsukune Aono has obtained the power of a super ghoul, now we'll see if he can control it."
Before the fight, Demona went over and whispered something to Gin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a small change of rules during this final fight. You will lose if you land outside the ring, give up, or if you are knocked out, that is if you are down for ten seconds."
"Reason for the change?" asked Tsukune.
"Simple… I don't want to see you permanently damaged." said Demona winking.
"Don't worry, you want get the chance."
Both Tsukune and Demona took their opening stances.
"TSUKUNE! TSUKUNE! HE'S OUR MAN! IF HE CAN'T DO IT, NO ONE CAN!!! T TO THE S TO THE U TO THE KUNE! T TO THE S TO THE U TO THE KUNE! GO TSUKUNE! GO TSUKUNE! GO TSUKUNE!"
"Thank you girls, that's enough."
"Where did you four get those pom poms?" asked Moka.
"Alright…" said Gin "One for the money… Two for the show… Three for more money… and here we go!"
Gin struck the gong. Before Tsukune could move, Demona waved her hand, and then Tsukune was flash frozen in a thick coat of ice.
"No way!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, Demona has flash frozen the Super Ghoul just like that! Isn't she amazing?!"
"When this is over, remind me to kill him." said Moka.
"1… 2… 3…"
"He can count to one hundred, he's not going to break free." thought Demona "And this way, I can take Tsukune without hurting him at all… He may have a little hibernation sickness when I thaw him, but I'm sure my loving will perk him right up."
"4… 5… 6…"
"3… 2… 1…" said the Headmaster.
Suddenly, a loud crack was heard, then Tsukune's frozen prison exploded.
"WHAT!?!"
"You'll have to do better than that."
Tsukune wasn't showing it, but having just been flash frozen, he felt hypothermic.
"Shake it off." he told himself "Remember its do or die."
"Unbelievable! The super ghoul has just broken free! The match will go on!"
"Not for long."
Demona snapped her fingers, almost instantly eight ice dolls appeared.
"Restrain him!"
"Go ahead and try."
Demona's ice dolls charged at Tsukune. When they came too close he jumped into the air, when he came down he kicked one of them in the head, sending it into the stands. Another ice doll came up behind him; Tsukune reacted by punching it the gut, causing it to shatter. Everyone was looking at the seen with their mouths wide open.
"Guys… Tsukune just leapt thirty feet into the air…" said Yukari.
"And after all the trouble I had trying to kill those things… he does it in one blow." said Mizore.
Tsukune took out the rest of Demona's ice dolls with ease. The exercise helped him get over the hypothermia. When the last of the ice dolls fell Demona started to hurl ice daggers at him, but Tsukune just batted them away with his hands.
"Wow… And he's only warming up." said Ruby.
"Just warming up!?!"
"Yes." said Moka "Tsukune isn't used to his new body just yet, he hasn't even been hatched under an hour. Right now he's just breaking the ice."
After Demona had stopped hurling ice daggers, she and Tsukune just stood there staring at each other for a few moments.
"Playing hard to get eh? That's okay with me my dear Tsukune… I like a good game."
"Love isn't a contest Demona… Even my predecessor understood that it can only be freely given and/or received."
"Oh I'm freely giving it… and you'll take it, or I'll shove it down your throat… Actually forget I said that, being the male, it is you who do the shoving."
"Please, there are ladies present."
Demona came flying at Tsukune and started punching at kicking like crazy, but Tsukune blocked all her attacks as if they were nothing.
"Let's see you block this!"
Demona threw herself forward but Tsukune just sidestepped, and as Demona flew past him he slapped her in the back of the head.
"Bitch slap!" said Yukari.
"Only this time, it's the bitch that's getting slapped." laughed Kurumu.
"Hmm… I think it's time I gave the powers I've inherited from the witches a whirl."
Demona raised her hands in the air. Several trees from the surrounding area were ripped out of the ground, the ends of which were sharpened so they looked like huge bullets. Demona started hurling them at Tsukune. The ones he didn't dodge he blasted with bursts of dark energy form his hands.
"She's not taking this seriously!" said Mizore.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember how viciously she beat Moka?"
"That's because she hates me and wanted me out of the way." said Moka "But she and Tsukune are just having sport with each other… Frankly I'm amazed."
"About what?"
"Tsukune has been fighting like he's done this his whole life. He's only been out of that cocoon less than an hour and he hasn't tried to kill any off us."
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Kurumu.
"Super ghouls crave blood as much as any vampire. They may have a degree control over their thirst where a regular ghoul is a mindless killing machine, but it's amazing that he's gone this long without needing to feed… There aren't a lot of boys out there these days that can fight their urges."
"Most boys Tsukune's age don't crave blood, they just want to get physical with the opposite sex."
After the last of Demona's wooden projectiles was reduced to ashes Tsukune turned to face her.
"Okay… I guess that was a good enough warm up." she said.
"Okay, so why don't we get the real show started?"
"My pleasure Tsukune… and I do mean pleasure."
"Just shut up and fight."
(To be continued)