No Time Like the Present

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from or attributing to Rosario + Vampire or Fairy Tail.

(Kasumi's POV)

"Why does everything have to be such a hassle?" the newly returned vampire queen thought to herself, fingers on her temple to stave off the pending headache. She knew she'd been gone for quite some time, 20 years or so, but this was ridiculous! It's like they wanted her opinion on everything that had occurred from the time she left to the time that she returned.

"My queen! One of the elders has some business to discuss with you," said one of her attendants, bowing before her throne. "Oh great, then there's these assholes!"

"Which one in particular wants to meet with me? I swear to god, if it's that dipshit Vladimir again, I will personally come to his house and tear it down!" she said, her yoki leaking out and scaring the nearby attendants, except the one in front of her, who was called Miyumi. Miyumi and herself went way back; back to when she first inherited the throne in fact. She was her most trusted friend in this entire place, and was probably the only person that she had kept in contact with over the 20 year gap. The fact that the council did not find her served as a reminder of how much she could trust Miyumi.

"It's m'lord Issa Shuzen that wishes to meet with you this time m'lady," Miyumi replied, standing up straight, before walking towards her longtime friend and leaning towards her ear, "He wishes to meet in private as well. He said that this was not for the ears of the council to hear." she whispered.

"Interesting. I always took him for stickler when it came to rules and formalities. What could possibly be on his mind?" the queen thought, before standing up, "Very well, I will meet with him wherever he desires, as long as it is neutral territory."

"Of course my queen," Miyumi stated, before going to deliver the message. Kasumi stopped to admire her longtime friend. It was common knowledge by this point that the queen didn't differentiate between genders when it came to love, so she did this openly. She wasn't attracted to Miyumi, at least not in that way; she just found her to be so intriguing. Whether it was her short black hair, her small stature, her dark eyes, slim form, small breast, or her heaven sent gift of an ass that made her so intriguing was unknown to Kasumi. It wasn't the largest butt she had seen, but it was shapely and augmented by her long skirt. And hey, she wasn't complaining.

*Four hours later*

She watched as the scenery sped past the window of her black limo, lost in thought about why she had been able to hold the throne for so long. She was considered to be the strongest vampire but she knew it wasn't true. Alucard would always hang over her head, casting his shadow over all of life; monster or human. "Dracula….what drove you to such madness? Why didn't you try to speak to me at all? I could have helped you!" It wasn't a secret to her then, and it wasn't a secret to her now. She loved Dracula, even after he fell from grace and became Alucard. It was part of the reason that Akasha had to fight him instead of her; she just couldn't bring herself to do it, couldn't bring herself to harm him. She knew she should have put it aside, but deep down she refused to belief that he was so evil. "Pathetic Kasumi….thinking things like this now. It doesn't matter anyways; he's dead now." What she wouldn't give to talk to him again though.

"M'lady, we are here," her butler said, slowly stopping the car at the predestined location. She looked at the Shuzen manor, in all its glory. "He's definitely taken care of this place." She had allowed this location because she knew that Akasha was also living there, which meant that Issa wouldn't try anything rash. It was neutral if only because her and Akasha were so friendly towards each other. "Well, no time like the present," she said, marching towards the large intricate doors.

(Issa's POV)

Issa was not a nervous man by nature. It took a lot to make him nervous, but the queen was one of the few people that could. He had heard that she was a kind woman, but things change when given time. You could never be too careful.

"Would you relax Issa? She won't be that hard to deal with," Akasha stated, looking at him with a small amused smile.

"Easy for you to say," he snapped back, "The two of you agree on practically everything. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to find that you're related."

"Well I'm not that nervous, so you shouldn't be either," said Gyokuro, emerging from her bath wrapped in only a towel, "After all, it's like you said, her and Akasha agree on everything. So having her here will make things go smoother." Dropping the towel, Gyokuro began searching through her drawer for a suitable dress.

"How scandalous!" Akasha said with mock surprise, putting her hand over her mouth teasingly, "I never knew you were so comfortable being naked." Gyokuro just arched her eyebrow playfully, before going back to searching for a dress, causing Akasha to giggle slightly.

"I'm still not used to seeing you two so comfortable around each other," Issa said, remembering times when the two would have glared daggers at each other.

"Well she is quite….persuasive, you know?" Gyokuro said, slipping on a pair of underwear as she had found her dress.

"Oh why thank you darling," Akasha said, wrapping her arms around Gyokuro and kissing her full on the lips. This of course led to a full blown make-out session with Gyokuro in only her panties.

"You know, now is not the time for that," Issa said, looking away while trying to cool off.

"What? You like what you see?" the pair said, posing for him.

"Possibly a little too much at that," Issa said, trying to ignore their advances.

"Well, we still have some time ya know?" Gyokuro said invitingly, "We could always….,"

"M'lord! The queen has arrived sir!" a butler said, before walking away from the door.

"Or not," Akasha deadpanned, "Maybe next time."

"You two are going to be the death of me," he grumbled, standing up and straightening his suit and tie.

"Oh please, you know you love us," Gyokuro said mockingly. Issa just grumbled again in response.

*Five Minutes later*

"First off, I would like to thank you from coming my queen," Issa said, before he was cut off by Akasha running past him to hug her friend.

"Kasumi!" his pink haired mate said, opening her arms wide for a hug, which her friend gladly returned.

"Akasha," the queen said with a genuine smile, wrapping the pink haired shinso in her arms, "As much as I am excited to see you, I do have to talk business with your roommate."

"Oh me and Issa made up, so we're back to being mates again!" Akasha said cheerfully, "And we added another into our group for some more fun if you know what I mean."

"Oh really?" Kasumi said, with a knowing smirk on her face, "Said person wouldn't be around your height, have blond hair, and enjoy wearing black leather would she?"

"Ummm….," the two Shuzen heads said, looking at their shoes in embarrassment.

"Oh and what was it I said when you two started fighting Issa? Oh right, I think it went something like this; "All you need to do is show them both the same amount of love and…,"

"Yes, yes! I admit it, you were right! Now can we please get onto the main topic?" Issa said, annoyed that this woman still treated him like a child after 20 years of not seeing each other. She really hadn't changed from her teasing self before had she?

"Yes let's," the queen said, before being led by Issa to the dining room table, which was set with porcelain plates and silver cutlery, as well as several wine glasses which were roughly half full with blood. "I was under the impression that it is illegal to serve human blood to anyone without consent from the human in question. Was I mistaken about the law I put in place?"

"No you were not mistaken. And I am not breaking any laws, as the blood in question is from blood packets. A pity though; they do lose quite a bit of flavor." Issa said, reminiscing old times when it wasn't the case.

Raising an eyebrow, Kasumi sat down and picked up her glass. She opted to swish the liquid around before drinking since that was known to improve the taste at least a little bit. "Now what did you request me here for? You must know that I'm quite busy as of lately."

Opting to take a seat before answering, Issa just about requested that they wait for Gyokuro to join them before getting to the issue at hand. Mostly due to his nerves, as he knew he wasn't as powerful as Kasumi was. Akasha may be to able to overpower her if she could access her shinso blood, but with Alucard still being alive and right beneath them, she couldn't do that. Gyokuro might be able to keep her at bay with her Enemy Zero, but that wasn't guaranteed by any stretch of the imagination.

But of course Gyokuro would join them and sit down beside him and Akasha before he got the chance. "Well, no time like the present," Issa thought before clearing his throat, "Well, m'lady, I requested you here to discuss what to do about our families joining soon and how we should handle it."

Once again quirking an eyebrow, Kasumi looked at him with disdain. "With all due respect, I have had plenty of marriage offers from other men without wives so I'll have to turn you do…,"

"I was referring to your son my queen," Issa said, interrupting her. He, as well as his two mates, tensed when they felt Kasumi's aura shift from annoyed to deadly within an instant.

"Come again?" she demanded.

"I said I was referring to your son," Issa repeated, hoping to avoid a conflict.

"If you are, in any way, threatening my son's life, I will end you. As well as anyone that attempts to get in my way," the queen said with venom dripping from her voice.

"Even if that were to be me old friend?" Akasha said, standing to move between her and Issa.

"Even you would betray me Akasha? I thought we were friends," Kasumi whispered, standing to meet her challengers, "Even if only as a mother yourself, you should understand how I feel."

"I'm a mother of two," Gyokuro said, joining her newfound friend/lover in Akasha, "So I believe that I…,"

"Oh yes," the queen quipped, voice full of sarcasm, "The mother of two nearly grown daughters who haven't even heard their mother or father say 'I love you' even once!"

"Kasumi! That was uncalled for!" Akasha yelled, as Gyokuro stood stunned by the truth in Kasumi's word.

"Oh god, I never have said it, have I?" Gyokuro asked herself, horror setting into her features.

"There is still time to fix that Gyokuro," Issa said, standing to embrace his blond haired wife, "And my queen, if you would allow me to explain, you would realize that there are no threats being sent towards you or your son. I can personally assure you that Akasha has neither thought of or attempted to betray your trust. So please, sit down, and allow us to discuss this like civilized adults."

Her deadly aura didn't abate, but thankfully she opted to listen and sat down once more. "I'm listening," she said simply, as Akasha went to comfort Gyokuro and led her out of the room.

Releasing the breath he didn't realize he had been holding, Issa sat down as well and began to speak. "Now, when I said the joining of our two families, I was not referring to me and you being joined in marriage. I already have two mates that I am completely happy with and…,"

"Get to the point!" Kasumi demanded, her voice full of barely contained anger.

"Very well. Prior to me calling you here, it seems that your son Tsukune," Issa said, pausing when he saw her twitch at the sound of his name leaving his lips, "and my daughter Moka have become mates." The queen's angry aura vanished nearly instantly, replaced with shock at having heard the news, then with recognition of his meaning.

"So long story short, it's now in your best interest to help keep my son from being discovered until he is strong enough to be accepted as the vampiric prince," she surmised, glee filling her face as she had a powerful ally to help protect her son.

"Indeed," he said simply, just grateful that she had calmed down.

"Well then, it seems there are apologies to given out, particularly from me to Gyokuro. In my rage and fear for my son, I said some things that were better left unsaid." she said, standing to go see his mates in the room adjacent to them.

Upon her leaving the room, Issa sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Well that went well."

(Kasumi's POV)

Walking into the room and shutting the door, the first thing she heard was the sound of crying. Walking towards the source of the sound, she rounded a corner and found Akasha comforting a crying Gyokuro. Akasha turned to see whose footsteps they were, and frowned when she saw who it was.

"Issa explained the situation to me, and I realize that I jumped to conclusions. And because of that, I said some things that I shouldn't have. I came here to apologize to you and Gyokuro; to you for doubting our friendship, and to Gyokuro for what I said." Kasumi said, walking over to sit next to the crying form of Gyokuro.

"Y-you don't h-have to apologize for t-t-telling the t-truth," Gyokuro said through her tears, before breaking down again. Kasumi just looked at her with sad eyes, before bringing the crying woman in for a hug.

"What I said insinuated that you didn't love your daughters like a proper mother would," she said quietly, thinking of how to phrase this, "But the way you're acting right now tells me how wrong I really was."

"You m-mean pathetically," the blond haired woman whispered, bawling into her chest now.

"It means you care, and that's not pathetic. Now listen to me about how it's the truth; we all make mistakes, some more than others, but one of the perks about being a vampire is that you have eternity to make it up to those people," Kasumi said quietly, smiling slightly when Gyokuro's sobs lessened somewhat, "And your daughters are still young. Kahlua's only 17 right now, and little Kokoa's only 14, which means you still have time to change your relationship with them. You can fix the damage that's been done."

"You really think I can fix it?" the blond woman asked desperately, looking to the both of them.

"Definitely," Akasha chimed in, making her blond companion's tears stop, "Little Kokoa's still living here you know? You could start by talking to her, and then call Kahlua in for a chat as well."

"But what if they don't forgive me?" she asked, scared for the future.

"There's only one way to find out," Akasha said, flattening out Gyokuro's hair with her hand.

"But when's the best time to do this?" the blond haired woman asked desperately. The two friends just looked at each other, before nodding.

"No time like the present," they said simultaneously.

(Gyokuro's POV)

She found herself standing before her youngest daughter's door, contemplating how she would go about this. Or if she could even go through with it, for that matter. She had neglected her daughter for the longest time, and only recently thought about how unfair she had been to her now red headed daughter.

She hadn't been the prodigy that her sister's had been, so naturally everyone in their family just thought that she would be weak and helpless. And likewise, never even thought about trying to train her properly. It was only after that time that Kokoa found Koumori, her transformer bat, that she began to show her strength with weapons. But by that point, everyone just thought it was a fluke and still opted not to train her. No other vampire in the Shuzen household fought with weapons like she did.

Swallowing heavily, Gyokuro knocked on her daughter's door. She heard Kokoa angrily get out of bed, since she slept the most out of the household. "Who has the balls to wake me up this early in the mor-GAH!" her daughter yelled when she saw who had knocked on her door. "O-oh, M-mother. I-I'm sorry. I-I-I didn't know it was you." It hurt her to see how afraid of her mother Kokoa was.

But, thinking about it, it was warranted considering how harsh she had been in the past. "Kokoa?" Gyokuro said questioningly.

"Y-yes?" her daughter stammered out.

"I just wanted to say that," Gyokuro said, emotion filling her voice, "I'm sorry for how I've treated you in the past." She heard Kokoa's shocked intake of breath, but continued on anyways. "I know I wasn't ever there for you, because I was so wrapped up in my own problems with your father that I...never stopped to think about the wonderful gifts he gave me, in you and Kahlua."

"Mama…," her youngest said quietly.

"And I know I've never said it before, but Kokoa, I…," Gyokuro was cut off when her little redhead rushed her and wrapped her arms around her.

"Mommy, am I dreaming?" Kokoa asked, tears running down her cheeks, "I don't want to wake up if I am."

Hearing her daughter's words, Gyokuro felt her own tears coming to the surface. "Oh baby!" she said, bringing her youngest in closer. The two held onto each other as if for dear life, crying silently as they attempted convey every emotion they pent up over the last 14 years. They stayed like this for a good twenty minutes, just rejoicing at finally being able to make up for lost time.

After the two had finally calmed down enough to think, Kokoa spoke up. "Mommy, I'm tired." she said, sounding like a little girl for the first time in ages.

"Me too sweetie. How about you rest up, and then we'll wash up, ok?" Gyokuro said, holding her daughter's smaller hands in her own.

"Will you be there when I wake up?" her little redhead asked cutely, but fearful of the answer.

"Of course I will," the blond woman said sincerely, not even thinking of lying to her youngest. That seemed to calm Kokoa down and put her at ease, as she fell asleep almost instantly. Gyokuro felt sleep tugging at her consciousness as well, so she opted to carry Kokoa to her bed and tuck her in. Before long she found herself in bed with her redheaded girl as Kokoa wouldn't let go. And not long after that, she finally fell into the sweet bliss that sleep allowed.

*Some hours later at Yokai Academy*

(Moka's POV)

She currently found herself ditching class, as she opted to sit at the cliff facing the sea. Her "inner" self's words were ringing in her ears, over and over again. "'I said no,' Moka repeated, 'I don't want your power. I'll get more powerful on my own.' 'Hehehe,' the entity chuckled, 'AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh that's cute, you saying that's fine, but just know….that there will come a time when you are going to need power to protect Tsukune and you'll have to accept my power.'"

"Damn it," she said quietly, "How am I supposed to get stronger? He's made such large jumps that I don't even know if I'm qualified to teach him anymore."

"Having issues?" a voice called out from behind her, making her look back to see the little blue haired mage; the one that used a pen for her magic and was dating the one who used iron as his trade.

"Oh, Levy right?" Moka asked out of courtesy, despise not wanting to see her.

"Mmmhmmm," the girl said cheerfully, coming over to her, "Mind if I sit?"

"Whatever floats your boat," Moka said coolly, only saying yes because she owed the girl for beating her boyfriend so harshly.

"K," the girl said, sitting down and stretching her arms by reaching over her head, "Aaah, lovely view isn't it?"

"Indeed," she replied, wondering why this girl was so friendly towards her. If their positions were switched, she would be furious at the person who attacked her beloved.

"You seem troubled, in more ways than one," Levy stated, locking eyes with her, "Penny for your thoughts?"

"I was wondering why you seem so friendly towards me after what I did to your boyfriend. Gajeel, I think his name was," Moka said, curious to see how she would respond.

"That's in the past," Levy replied, laying back, "And besides, it may not look like it, but Gajeel hated Fairy Tail at one point. So much so that he attacked me and my friends viciously."

"Then how did you two become an item?" Moka asked, forgetting all about the fact that she supposedly didn't want company right now.

"After Fairy Tail beat his guild, Gajeel had no place to go. Master saw that he was just a lost soul who didn't completely understand companionship like the rest of us did, and invited him to the guild. One thing led to the next, and here we are," Levy explained, looking up at her companion, "That wasn't the only thing on your mind now was it? It helps to talk about things you know."

"Well," Moka started wondering if she should trust this girl with this information that she hadn't even told Tsukune yet.

"Fairy Tail is here to help Tsukune too," Levy said with seriousness, "And we have to know what's going on in order to do that."

Finally giving in, Moka told the blue haired mage everything she could think of. From Tsukune's meetings with Damph to her meeting with her "inner" self, as she had dubbed the woman from her psyche. By the time she finished telling it all, she fully expected for the mage next to her to call her crazy or deranged. She wouldn't have been far off in her own opinion.

"Well, while I don't know what to tell you about how to go about dealing with it," Levy started, after some time of thinking, "I can tell you that whatever your 'inner' self was referring to probably won't happen for some time."

"Why's that?" Moka asked, desperate for an answer as to what she should do.

"She only said, that something would happen. She never said it would happen soon. And if she really wanted you to accept her that badly, that seems like something she would have included. The fact that she didn't says volumes as to how close this event is to occurring." Levy explained.

"Huh, I never thought of it like that," Moka said honestly.

"It makes sense why you wouldn't, considering how worried you were at the time," Levy said, making to get up, "Well I had best be off to school, since classes will start again soon."

"Soon? Aren't they already going on already?" Moka asked confused, only to be greeted with Levy's laughter.

"It's lunchtime right now Moka," Levy said, shocking Moka to the core.

"What, how?" she asked, before she heard her stomach grumbling for food, "Oh." Her face turned red in embarrassment from losing track of time so horribly.

"Let's go eat, grumbly. You sound like you need it," Levy teased, offering her hand out to Moka. Who took the hand gratefully, before dusting off her skirt. "As to your issue, I would say don't worry so much. After all, there's no time like the present." Levy said as the duo started walking back to school.

(Kasumi's POV)

She was driving back to her mansion, when the limo suddenly got smashed off of the road. Opening the door to her side of the car, Kasumi managed to jump out of the car before it flew off the cliff face. Landing on the gravel road, Kasumi heard the car explode upon hitting the ground below.

"Liam!" she yelled, calling for her personal driver, "Liam, where are you!?"

"My queen!" she heard him say, turning to face him, "My queen are you alright?" He was near the woods opposite the cliff, meaning he had jumped out earlier. He likely saw whoever knocked the limo over and hadn't had time to warn her appropriately.

"I'm fine, I'm just...Watch out behind you!" she yelled, seeing a hand grab him by the neck from the woods. Before she could react, she saw the hand visibly snap Liam's neck, killing him instantly. Rage blinded her, as she rushed the man in the woods and kicked at where his torso would be, knocking him back several meters into a tree.

"Who are you?!" she screamed in anger, before the voice that replied stopped her dead in her tracks.

"You really haven't changed, have you Kasumi?" a man's voice asked, laughing as he stood up from his position.

"No it can't be," she said shaking, as the face of her long time lover appeared before her, "Dracula…"

"Hello Kasumi," Dracula, or rather Alucard in human form, replied, "I must say that you are as beautiful as when we last met a hundred years ago."

"Why? Why did you kill Liam?!" she asked in horror, not understanding. There had to be a reason why he did it; there had to be.

"I'm supposed to be dead Kasumi, and there was no other time I could see you aside from now. The elders would have recognized my handwriting, and if I had another person write a letter for me, you wouldn't have come alone. His death was necessary for me to see you again." he said, walking closer to her.

"Stay back!" she yelled, shaking when doing so, "I-I can't forgive you for what you've done in the past."

"Kasumi, I was in agony over the loss of my family, and by the time I finally managed to separate from that form, it was already too late," Alucard said, cupping her cheek with his palm, "But now I've changed. I don't want to kill anymore. No. I just want our love to be whole again. Let me love you again Kasumi," he said, leaning towards her.

Every instinct in her body told her to stop him, but her heart screamed over them, telling her to accept him and love him for the first time in a century. So she did; she wrapped her arms around him, and let him ravish her mouth with his. It just felt sooooo right. His kiss was as great as she remembered, as their tongues danced around each other in joy at being reunited.

Before long, his hands drifted and he massaged her butt with one hand and her breast with the other. Gasping from his ministrations, Kasumi pulled away from his kiss and started to fumble with the zipper of her dress. God, how she wanted him right now. Her whole body was now telling her to let him take her, and she was responding eagerly.

Pulling her hands away, Alucard opted to rip the dress straight off her body, her underwear and bra following soon afterwards. Reinitiating the kiss, Alucard started to work on getting his belt undone, while Kasumi worked on undoing the buttons on his shirt.

(Alucard's POV)

Finally as naked as she was, Alucard lifted her leg over his shoulder and lined himself up with her entrance, before violently shoving himself hilt deep inside of her. Kasumi cried out in pleasure, loving how rough he was. They had always been like this; with him taking her violently while she enjoyed every minute of it. She liked it rough, even by vampire standards.

Starting to thrust with all his might, Alucard fucked his lady love like a bitch. She was his kryptonite, so to speak. The only person he could never bring himself to kill or hurt. He would exterminate the human race, and together they would rule the world. He hadn't been with a woman for many, many years, so he finished rather quickly.

Kasumi cried out as he shot his load into her, before yelping when he flipped her around so that her arms were on a tree and started to take her again.

"Aaah! Aaah! Aaah!" Kasumi cried out, bucking her hips in time to meet his, "Yes! Please more! Fuck me more!"

"Kasumi!" Alucard exclaimed, pulling her head back to kiss her passionately as he continued his thrusting. Their tongues danced around one another, as their heavy breathing and moaning filled the forest.

Pulling away from him, Kasumi started to cry out more. "Dracula my love! I'm cumming! I'm cumming, I'm cumming, I'm cumming, I'm cumming!"

"Me too Kasumi!" Alucard screamed out, his thrusting becoming even more erratic.

"Together!" she demanded, before they cried out their simultaneous release as Alucard painted her insides white.

*Ten minutes later*

They laid on the grass, stark naked, entangled in each other's bodies. "Mmmm," Kasumi moaned, the soreness in her legs starting to set in, "I never thought I'd feel that again."

"Nor did I, my love," Alucard said, resting his head on hers, "And we'll feel that many more times in the future, depending on how you answer my question."

"What question?" she asked, looking him in the eyes.

"Will you marry me Kasumi?" he asked, watching her eyes light up like christmas trees.

"Yes," she said quietly, before rolling on top of him to kiss him again.

"Not here my love," he said, feeling himself get hard once again.

"Then where?" she asked, attempting to line up her entrance, before a shadow fell over the both of them.

"There," he said, pointing the floating forretress above them.

"What is that?" she asked, looking up at it.

"The Floating Garden, my home. And now, yours as well," he said, kissing her passionately, as a white light enveloped the two of them and transporting them into the Floating Garden.

They fell on his bed, in the same position they were in before. "Where are we?" she asked, looking around in confusion.

"Our bedroom, although I haven't used it much," he said, watching a smirk form on her face.

"Well then," she said, before sitting down on his dick and moaning as he entered her. Alucard hissed as her felt her walls wrap around him, before flipping their positions to where he was on top.

"Shall we break it in?" they asked simultaneously, before resuming their activities for the rest of the night.

Ok, so I know Gyokuro is extremely out of character from how she is in the manga, but I feel like this could have been her if Issa paid attention to both her and Akasha. We know he's a polygamist, so it's his duty to to pay equal attention to both of his mates, which he didn't do. And it's because of that fact, that I feel like Gyokuro is also a victim in the manga, but for different reasons than everyone else. But anyways, to get off my going on a tangent, I do hope you enjoyed. And I also hope you continue to support the series in all its entirety. Bye.