The Truth

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Italics= thoughts

Regular=speech

(Tsukune's POV)

"A damphir!?" Moka's mother shouted, "Kasumi, are you out of your fucking mind?!"

"I knew you would react like this," Kasumi stated.

"Of course I would, you know how deadly damphirs are Kasumi!" Akasha screamed, "And you also know what their abilities entail!"

"Are you implying, Akasha, that I should kill my own son?" Kasumi said, menacingly, "And on top of that, you are raising a Shinzo. Which have more destructive capabilities than a damphir. Why should I not be allowed my son, when your daughter could effectively end the peaceful years we have had in a single moment."

"Uuurgh," Akasha grimaced, trying to find an argument against Kasumi's words.

"Exactly, you have no right to tell me about the dangers of raising my child," Tsukune's mother said.

"Uuum, Mom? What exactly is a damphir?" Tsukune asked, "You keep talking about it like it's some kind of disease or something, but I have no idea what it is."

"You guys obviously have some stuff to sort out, so I'll just see myself out," Gajeel said walking out the door of the Aono residence.

"Well, Tsukune, a damphir is a vampire/human hybrid," his mother informatively, "And the reason that we are talking about it negatively is because damphirs are often excessively dangerous."

"Wait, hold on a second, I can't be a damphir then because I couldn't do anything when Moka attacked me earlier today!" Tsukune argued, "If damphirs are so dangerous, then why was I so helpless?"

"Well, there are two reasons for that; the first being that most damphirs don't learn to control their powers," Akasha said sharply, "And the second reason that you're a damphir is that you nearly killed my daughter."

"Mother, leave it be, I nearly killed you before that," Moka said, her eyes downcast, "He had every right to defend himself."

"I'm not angry at him," her mother said quietly, "I'm angry at you."

"Mother I'm sorry I was weak enough to give into my desires but…" Moka started.

"That's not what I'm angry about Moka!" her mother said hysterically, gripping Moka tightly by the shoulders, "I'm angry that you gave up, and that you were so willing to leave me after I just got you back. You can't leave me, not now, not ever! Do you understand me!?"

"Mom…," Moka said with tears going down her cheeks, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

As Moka and Akasha sat there holding each other, Tsukune's mother turned to him directly and explained what happened. Everything that happened after Tsukune passed out from Moka's attack.

"That's why damphirs are dangerous Tsukune; their powers will activate when put in situations like that, or when they feel a necessarily powerful amount of a negative emotion," his mother explained, "And when their powers do emerge, it often required many deaths to seal them again."

"That can't be right; it's not possible," Tsukune argued, grasping at straws.

"I'm afraid it is Tsukune. I know that I should have told you, but I wanted you to be able to live a semi-normal life," his mother said, "I was also selfish. I didn't want you to leave, and go to train yourself on how to control your vampiric side." As Kasumi brushed the tears from her eyes, she finished her thought. "It makes me very sad, but you have to go to Yokai Academy."

"What's Yokai Academy?" Tsukune asked, wondering why it made his mom so sad.

"It's a school for monsters. One where you can learn to control your powers," Kasumi said, "At this point, it's the only option for you."

(Moka's POV)

As Moka and her mother pulled apart, they rejoined the conversation to see Kasumi hugging Tsukune, while crying.

"Kasumi, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Akasha asked.

"I have to send him to Mikogami's school," Kasumi replied, still in tears, "He had Belmont, which is the only for Tsukune to get a feel for what his powers actually are."

"Oh…," Akasha said sadly, "I'm sorry Kasumi."

"Mom, why is that a bad thing?" Moka asked innocently, "Is the school that horrible?"

"No, it's that Kasumi won't be able to see or hear from him until he comes back," her mother explained.

"Why? Couldn't he write to her?" Moka asked, thoroughly confused by her mother's statement.

"Remember how I told you that the vampire queen was in hiding?" Akasha asked her daughter, glancing at Kasumi when she did so.

"You can't mean Tsukune's mother is…," Moka stated, understanding dawning on her.

"Yes, Kasumi is the vampire queen I hiding," Akasha stated, "She went into hiding because she fell in love with Tsukune's father. If the Council of Elders find her, and find out that she birthed a damphir, they will force her to watch them kill him as punishment."

"…. I won't let that happen…," Moka said quietly, "Ms. Aono has been nothing but kind to me since we met, and Tsukune is too nice of a person to be killed off just because he was born. If they find out where she is, I will help her fight back."

"I'm proud of you Moka, I'm proud of the woman you have become," Akasha said, "If you really want to help, then you will train Tsukune on how to control his vampire powers at Yokai Academy."

(Two months later *Tsukune's POV)

As Moka and Tsukune boarded a bus that would take them to Yokai Academy, their respective mothers waved off and cried at being separated. During the two months that it took to get everything ready, and for Moka's broken bones to heal, the duo got exponentially closer. Tsukune allowed Moka to drink from him on a regular basis, as it was better than her losing control again. And in return Moka ever drank for longer than half a minute.

While on the bus, Moka was prepping Tsukune for what they would see in the monster world, the bus driver said, "You kids ready for Yokai Academy? That's one scary ass school you're going to." The creepiest part about that phrase was the fact that his glowing white eyes were staring at the duo the whole time, in a way that made them feel like he was staring through them.

"I'm not so sure that much of anything will mess a vampire once they realize how much stronger I am," Moka said coolly, "And we always have a back-up."

"Heh heh heh. If you're sure," the Bus Driver said cryptically, "We're hear."

Sure enough, they looked out the left hand window to see a Gothic style castle surrounded by a forest of dead trees. To their right, they saw a blood red sea and a scare-crow like figure with a pumpkin head and a lamented piece of paper that they assumed was the bus schedule.

After getting off the bus and watching it drive away, Moka turned towards Tsukune and said, "Here we go, Yokai Academy."

"Yeah," Tsukune responded.

And with that, they both set off towards the school.

Looks like our heroes made to Yokai Academy. Now I still need your guys' help with whether or not this should be a cross-over series since I left it open to being written that way. Just say which you want in the comments below, and I will do the what the majority of you guys want. Anyway, with that hope you enjoyed, and I hope you have a nice day.