Once again I have broken my record for the longest chapter! Chapter twelve contained nine thousand and nineteen words, my longest chapter, until now that is, this is my longest chapter to date! Standing at a whopping fifteen thousand seven hundred sixty nine words.
So then, this is the season finale. If you've been paying very close attention and reading my author's notes, you should have been able to guess that I'm writing this as if it was the third season for the Rosario+Vampire anime. Season one and season two both contained thirteen episodes, so this is the final episode for season three. Now if you enjoyed this story, then you'll be happy to know that I don't plan on ending it here. But what I am debating on is if this should be the final chapter for this story, and I make a sequel to it for season four, and then season five, and then six, and finally seven. That would divide it all up into five stories, counting this one anyway. Or should this story cover season three, like it already is, and season four and five as well? And then I make a sequel for season six and seven? I value your input, so if you would please go to my profile and vote on the poll I have up, it would be greatly appreciated.
Alright then, now that the author's note is over, here's episode 13/chapter 13, the season finale! Now then, please read, enjoy and review.
Within a matter of minutes the blindingly bright white light faded until visibility returned. And something had taken place at the spot the white light had emanated from. Tsukune, smothered by Moka, Kokoa, Mizore, Yukari, Kurumu and Ruby, had returned to his normal state. His Holy Lock's crosses were no longer glowing, his hair was no longer silver, his fangs had receded, and his eyes were back to normal, he was no longer in his Ghoul form. Trapped within the Girls embrace, Tsukune, tears rolling down his face, whispered to them, "I'm so sorry."
And then he lost consciousness, becoming limp in their arms. His life wasn't in danger, so the Girls did not even flinch as he passed out. He had gone through a lot in his life, and all of the darkness he had within him was just released all at once, he didn't even have enough energy left to move. The Girls slowly and gently laid Tsukune on the ground, before they started feeling the after effects of what had just transpired.
Vladimir was quite glad that he had his dark shades on, they didn't stop the white light from blocking his vision, but they helped prevent the white light from blinding him temporarily and possibly damaging his eyes. When the light had faded and Vladimir had found them, he saw the Girls lying Tsukune gently on the ground. His forehead was covered with blood, from what Vladimir had witnessed, he figured it safe to assume that some of it was his, and some of it was Kokoa's. Besides that though, there wasn't much evidence of any surface injuries. He did have some bloodstains on his clothes though, but almost none of it was actually his blood. The Girls however were a different story. Each one was battered and bloodied, some more than others. From Vladimir's perspective, Ruby, Kurumu and Yukari had gotten off easy compared to what Tsukune did to Mizore, Kokoa and Moka that is. But none of this really mattered, what did matter however was that all of them got to the school nurse as quick as possible.
Moka and Kokoa would be okay because of their Vampiric regenerative abilities but they still needed to be checked out nonetheless, Ruby and Kurumu hadn't taken too much damage so standard medical help would suffice, Gin had taken some damage but overall would be okay after a few days of rest. While Mizore and Yukari however...they needed medical treatment right away. Mizore could have some very serious internal injuries. Then There was Yukari, she was young and still growing, so even though she hadn't taken much damage, that nasty blow to the back of the head she took was quite dangerous to her health, she could have moderate to even severe brain damage. So Vladimir was going to get them to the infirmary as quick as possible.
Which was the best idea because Yukari had fallen unconscious, falling to the floor because of doing so. The rest of the Girls quickly turned to her to see if they could help, but as they did, Mizore covered her mouth as she coughed hard, a good amount of blood flying out of her mouth and onto her hand as she did so, and she too passed out, but the other Girls managed to catch her fortunately. At this Vladimir moved as fast as he could to get everyone to the infirmary.
Yukari and Mizore were both in intensive care, while Moka, Kurumu, Ruby, Gin and Kokoa were cleared after a standard medical exam. The Girls who weren't unconscious had cleaned up the best they could without going back to their rooms. They still had bloodstains on their clothes, but they had cleaned all of the blood from their faces. They had also cleaned Tsukune's face up. He was lying in the regular nurses office, unconscious, with Moka, Kokoa, Kurumu and Ruby watching over him. Gin was back in his room, sleeping off his injuries. While Vladimir waited with the nurse to hear about Yukari's and Mizore's conditions. After about fifteen minutes he was able to speak with her, "So then, what's the damage?"
"Mrs. Sendo has a concussion, and she'll need stitches for the back of her head, but otherwise she's in the clear. Mrs. Shirayuki on the other hand has some serious internal damage. Some of her internal organs have some bad bruising from whatever happened, not to mention one of the broken ribs she's sustained is dangerously close to punctuating her heart. She also has some internal bleeding, its happening at a very slow pace, but nevertheless if she doesn't get expert medical help soon, she's going to die."
Vladimir nodded his head, "I see, but what about healing magic, would that not suffice?"
"I'm sorry to say that no, very few Witches are capable of healing such extensive injuries on a monster. They could on a human, but it requires more magical energy to heal a monster, so with such injuries it would be pretty hard to find a Witch capable."
"Well then how about two? Yukari Sendo and Ruby Tojo work very well together, what if they both tried to heal Mizore?"
"It could work, are you sure their up for it?"
"I'm positive."
"Alright then, I'll stitch Yukari up and then you can send Ruby in. We have to be quick about it though, Mizore doesn't have too long, and I don't know how well Yukari will be able to perform with her concussion."
"Right."
Vladimir turned around and exited the room, he was heading toward the nurses office to get Ruby and bring her to the intensive care unit.
After Ruby used some healing magic on Tsukune, he began to stir. He did so for several moments before his eyes snapped open, he shot up into a sitting position and began to breathe raggedly. His skin was warm and clammy, and his awareness of where he was was shot all to hell. He brought his hands up to his face, and just stared down at them for several long moments, many things racing through his head, his thoughts going a thousand miles an hour. That's when Tsukune finally realized he wasn't alone in the room, his eyes drifted to the left, where he saw Inner Moka, Kokoa, Kurumu and Ruby staring at him. His eyes widened as everything finally clicked, and he remember what had taken place a little while ago. He turned to face them and put his back against the wall, still sitting on the bed as he did so. The last thing he wanted was to be anywhere near the Girls at that current moment in time.
Moka had her Rosary gripped tightly in her right hand.
The Girls watched as Tsukune put his back against a wall and stared back at them, his eyes wide, like a deer caught in headlights. However his eyes were filled with fear and despair, not of surprise and shock.
That's when Vladimir entered the room, not caring if Tsukune was awake he spoke, "Yukari will be fine after some stitches, she'll just have to deal with a concussion. Mizore on the other hand is in pretty bad shape. If we don't get you in there Ruby, to help Yukari heal her, she's going to die."
Tears began racing down Tsukune's face as he jumped off the bed, and raced out of the room. He continued to run as fast as he could, even after he exited the Academy.
He ran as fast as his legs could carry him, trying to put as much distance between himself and the Girls. He was off school grounds soon enough, entering the cemetery he had run to the last time he was greatly upset here. He found the same tree he sat under last time, sat down with his back against it, and began to cry harder. His tears were ones of despair, regret and rage.
Vladimir had been quite blunt when he entered the nurses office, and none of the Girls liked it. However when Tsukune ran off, he insisted that he would take care of it, while Ruby went to the intensive care unit, and the rest of the Girls stayed there in the nurses office. So he was now exiting the Academy, heading out to find Tsukune. It took him a few minutes before he found him, but when he did, things got tense.
As Vladimir approached Tsukune, it took a few moments for him to realize he was here. But when Tsukune caught sight of Vladimir, he was enraged. As the crosses on Tsukune's holy lock began to glow red, Tsukune was on his feet, and charging Vladimir. Vladimir wasn't expecting this, he was caught off guard, so Tsukune tackled him straight to the ground, hard. When they slammed down onto the ground, Tsukune wrapped both of his hands around Vladimir's throat, and used all of his might to choke him, to constrict his airway. Drawing on his Ghoul energy out of pure rage. Tsukune had a tight grip on Vladimir's throat as he brought his head up and slammed it down onto the ground, tears still falling from his face as he did so. He was crying out in rage and despair, "What the fuck is wrong with you!? Why, why the hell didn't you step in and stop me!? You could have stopped me damn it! Then I wouldn't have been able to hurt everyone! Then Mizore wouldn't be dying! Goddamn it I hate you!"
Vladimir was physically incapable of fighting back against Tsukune for several moments, until the flow of his Ghoul energy slowed. Until then, he used every tactic he knew to conserve his breath. But when Tsukune's Ghoul energy did let up for a second, Vladimir didn't hesitate to attack. He punched Tsukune hard in the face when the time presented itself, sending him flying back until he slammed against the tree, almost knocking it over in the process. Tsukune couldn't help but yelp in pain as he hit the tree, because of the rough impact a large piece of tree bark had broken off the tree and wedged itself into his back. Blood began seeping out of the big gash, that the bark was still in. However Tsukune didn't let his pain show, except an occasional wince, as Vladimir got to his feet, and spoke, "You were after blood, what would you of have me done? Kill you?"
Tsukune didn't even hesitate to reply, "Yes! I'd have given anything to keep myself from doing those horrible things to them! What I've done is unforgivable!"
Vladimir couldn't deny he was impressed not only with the boy's strength, but his unwavering loyalty and selflessness. That was it, Vladimir could no longer hold anything against the boy, he now trusted him completely. But knowing this wouldn't cheer Tsukune up, it would only anger him further. Vladimir of course knew this, he needed someone to snap him out of it, and he himself was incapable of doing so. Vladimir departed, leaving Tsukune with only a few words, "Its better this way, now there are no secrets left between any of the ones you care about. Everything will be for the better, in the end."
Tsukune clenched his fists and grit his teeth in unadulterated rage, as tears of sorrow fell from his eyes. "I can never be forgiven..."
When Vladimir arrived back at the intensive care unit he was greeted by the nurse, with news on Mizore. "The process was completed shortly ago, and was a success. Her life is no longer in danger, and she should be fit to return to school by tomorrow. Ruby also healed Yukari's concussion, she's still dealing with a side effect or two, but she should be good to go to school tomorrow as well. Everything is now okay and everyone is clear to return to their rooms."
Vladimir nodded his head in agreement, now all that was needed was for Tsukune to be snapped out of his state of self loathing. And then they could get back to training. So, Vladimir approached the person he knew could snap Tsukune out of it.
It had been almost an hour since Vladimir had talked to Tsukune, and he was still sitting with his back to the tree he was slammed into. However he wasn't leaning on it, as that would aggravate his gash, not to mention it could push the large piece of tree bark deeper into his back. He didn't care about pulling it out, he was still thinking over something very important, and that was what was the best course of action to take to keep the Girls safe. He wasn't thinking about them forgiving him, and he wasn't thinking about how much he'd miss them, it was out of the question to think such things. He didn't deserve to be forgiven, and what he wanted didn't matter. He had to make the best decision to keep the Girls safe, it seemed as if Moka was the only one of them who could have stopped him, but she had refused to fight, which put them all at risk.
That was a shock within itself, but nevertheless, he had to focus. And as he saw it there were only two real options, and the best one seemed to be the easiest, leave. If he left Yokai Academy, for good, then he could never hurt the Girls again. But he couldn't go home either, he would put his Family's lives at stake doing such a thing. So he would have to not only leave Yokai Academy, he'd have to leave the city as well, he had a long trip ahead of him. Tsukune wiped the tears from his eyes, but before he could stand up, someone passed a tree and came into his line of sight. That person was Moka, she still had the Rosary off, it was gripped tightly in her right hand. Tsukune's eyes widened just a bit as he saw Moka, "Moka..."
Tsukune couldn't help himself, he could feel tears begin to well up in his eyes once more. "..what are you doing out here?"
Moka didn't use her usual tone as she spoke, she used a gentle tone, with just a hint of care in there. "Me? Tsukune the real question is what are you doing out here, you should be sleeping off what happened earlier."
Tsukune couldn't keep the rage out of his voice, "No!"
Moka didn't react, but she was slightly surprised by the force in his voice. "And why not?"
Tsukune's tears began to fall once again as he spoke, "Because of what I did! Its unforgivable!"
Moka quirked an eyebrow at that, but her tone was still soft and sweet when she spoke, "Is that so? And just what did you do?"
Tsukune's looked up at Moka as if she was nuts, making eye contact the whole time. "What the hell do you mean what did I do!? All of you, every single one of you Girls has taken care of me since I met you, you seven have protected me, you've loved me, you've fought over me, and all of you even accept what a horrible person I am! And how did I repay you!? I beat on you Girls as if you were dogs, I hurt you all physically and emotionally, I didn't stop hitting any of you, I just kept doing it and doing it! I wouldn't stop! I was trying to kill you Girls! That's what I fucking did!"
Tsukune's tears were coming down fast, and the anger in his voice was off the charts, he couldn't believe what Moka had just asked, she sounded crazy.
Moka once again did not react to Tsukune's words, but she was slightly surprised at how angry he was getting. Nevertheless she spoke once again, this time her tone was more caring, but it also had a firmness in it, that wasn't to be trifled with. "I see...allow me to point a few things out. In case you don't remember, Kurumu, Mizore, Ruby, and Kokoa have all tried to kill you, two of them tried when they first met you. Not only did you forgive them without a second thought, you managed to break them down emotionally and piece them back together, helping them heal old ad festered wounds in the process. And now not only do they now love you, and care about your well being, they have better lives for meeting you. And you've seemed to forget the fact that they tried to kill you. Yukari didn't exactly make the best first impression either, trying to steal Outer away, and beating on you with magic. You were indeed angry at first, and you had a right to be, but nevertheless, without a thought for yourself, you jumped in and took a blow from a monster for her, that could have killed her, and could have killed you."
Moka was silent for a moment before she continued, because she thought she had smelled something, but decided to ignore it. "As for me and Outer, you are our very first friend, you helped not only us, but the rest of the Girls see that not all humans are bad. And then you went to my Father of all people, just so you could see Outer again, you put your life on the line like never before and actually went toe to toe with the strongest of the Dark Lords, just for Outer and I. And then even after all that, you said you couldn't decide who to pick, showing us all that you would have done the same exact thing for us that you did for Outer. And even after all of that, you never once brought up the past that still haunts you to this day. You never once thought about yourself when it came to us, ever. If we had been there for you from the beginning like you think we were, and we had been as caring as you say we are, then you never would have snapped. The fact of the matter is Tsukune, you trying to place all of the blame on yourself, when it's everyone's fault. Everyone of us, as well as a few other people, had a hand in what happened a few hours ago. Stop trying to carry all of the blame, your the one with the least amount of fault, some would even say your not at fault at all. Your right that we can't forgive you though Tsukune, but only because there's nothing to forgive."
Tsukune's eyes were wide, and the rate of his tears had slowed as Moka finished saying all of this. He was speechless, he rarely ever heard this tone of voice from Moka, and with everything she said, it left him silent. But Tsukune's emotions were still raging violently inside him, he now had no clue what to do. Whether he should leave or stay, or anything, everything was just one big whirlpool of emotion and indecisiveness. As this whirlpool of emotion raged inside him, Tsukune did his best to keep his tears from beginning to fall once more, gripping a handful of his dirty, bloodstained and raggedy pants. Squeezing hard, trying to control his emotions as best as he could. He stayed silent, feeling his voice would betray him by showing his emotions.
That's when Moka smelled that scent once more. She couldn't quite make out what it was. So she took a few steps forward. That's when the scent of Tsukune's blood hit her nose, not his normal aroma either, it smelled as if he was openly bleeding. Because she had been a little over a dozen feet away, she hadn't been able to smell it.
Moka slowly approached Tsukune, she knew what she was smelling, he had a wound on him somewhere. Before he could resist, she grabbed a hold of his shoulders and looked over them, at his back. And when she saw the deep gash the tree bark was stuck in she frowned, it must have hurt him. That was why she was slightly surprised once again, she could barely see the signs that Tsukune was in pain, and she ignored them because of the smell, already knowing he was hurt somehow. He hid his pain pretty well, he must have been working on it for some time on his own. Her frown grew deeper as she thought of Tsukune purposely inflicting pain on himself, just so as to be able to practice hiding his pain, so no one around would worry about him when he got hurt. She couldn't help but think to herself, "Tsukune you are just too damn selfless for your own good."
Moka tightened her grip so Tsukune couldn't wiggle out of it if he tried, but took away her right hand and grabbed a hold of the large piece of tree bark sticking out of Tsukune's back. "Look at this, it's wedged in deep. You idiot, you should have come back to the nurses office as soon as this happened. The longer its in here, the greater chance of you contracting an infection."
Her voice once again wasn't harsh, her tone hadn't changed at all.
That's when Moka used her strength to pull the bark out quickly, causing as little pain to Tsukune as possible. It still hurt like hell though. When she pulled it out in one motion, he winced as he gritted his teeth hard. But he kept himself from yelping in pain, so it was a bit of a success in keeping himself from showing his pain. Moka examined the large piece of bark for a second or two, half of it was covered in Tsukune's blood, it wasn't in deep enough to mess up his back muscles luckily, but he would be very sore for weeks to come, unless he used the Holy lock to draw on the his Ghoul side's regenerative abilities. Moka threw the bark off to the right, not caring where it landed, she just wanted it out of the way, and out of her sight. The Holy Lock wasn't glowing, so that meant if Tsukune didn't get medical treatment, or at least something to stop the bleeding, he could die from blood loss.
Moka didn't want to risk it at the current moment, so she removed her left hand from Tsukune's right shoulder, and then she took off her green school jacket and set it down on the ground. Then she pulled off her short sleeve white blouse, leaving her top half only covered in her white bra. She tore the blouse in half, letting one piece fall to the ground, as she got down on her knees and wrapped the other piece around Tsukune's chest and back, covering the horizontal gash on his back. She tied it into a tight knot, so it would actually do it's job and stop the bleeding.
As she did this Tsukune remained silent, however because of their proximity to each other, and the fact that Moka only had a bra on her upper half, Tsukune's face was almost blood red with a blush. When she noticed this, she couldn't help but smirk, but she didn't mention that she noticed his blush. But she did bring her right hand up behind him, and put it against the back of his head, then she leaned forward and kissed him. The kiss lasted only a few moments before she pulled back, and spoke, her eyes looking directly into his, her smirk gone. "Everything's going to be alright from now on Tsukune, I promise."
Tsukune only nodded his head, still trying to hold the tears in. Moka spoke once more, "Alright then, its time for you to rest, let's get you back to your room."
Moka got to her feet, turned around, picked up her school jacket and put it back on, but she left the other half of her blouse where it was, she didn't have time for it. She then turned back to Tsukune, helped him to his feet, and then she helped him begin making his way to the Boy's dorm, and to his room.
All of the girls who were conscious, who were Ruby, Kurumu and Kokoa, were now heading to their rooms. Yukari was ordered to sleep off the side effects that remained from her concussion, so she was on the main bed in the nurses office. The reason the Girls were heading back to their rooms, was because Vladimir had ordered them to, as a school official. And he had a higher ranking than Ruby, barely, so she had to comply as well.
Ruby was a kind of exhausted, and it was only nine PM, but that was because she had used up a good amount of her magical energy already. She had healed herself, healed Yukari, healed Kurumu, and helped heal Mizore, she was actually pretty tired. She would have healed Kokoa and Moka, but they were just about fully healed already. Their regenerative abilities were very useful. She was really worried for Tsukune, but she was exhausted, and she had an order to follow, plus Moka was suppose to go after him, so she went to sleep, soon after her body landed on her bed.
Kurumu was quite worried for Tsukune, she was also worried about Moka being alone with Tsukune, but that wasn't her first concern. Her first concern was Tsukune's well being. She absolutely needed to know if he was okay, and she was being order to return to her room and go to bed, without finding out if Tsukune is okay. She would not make the same mistake as last time, she would be there for Tsukune in his time of need. However she was ordered to go back to her room, so that's what she did. She was too anxious to go too sleep though, so she sat up in her bed, looking out her bedroom window.
Yukari was asleep on the nurses main bed, in a comfortable position. Mizore, who was still in the intensive care unit, was also lying on a bed. She was sound asleep, her injuries healed, and her life safe. The nurse checking on them one last time, before she turned in for the night.
Kokoa was very worried about Tsukune, so much so, that for once, her anger was not the overriding emotion. But she was indeed angry, with Vladimir to be specific, because he wouldn't let her go after Tsukune. She refused to make the same mistake all of the other Girls made when they first began loving him, she would help heal his emotional and mental scars. She had failed to do so before, but she was late in the game she had told herself. She was far too anxious to sleep, so she sat on her bed, staring out her window. Ko flying around, although silently, not wanting to anger her. He knew it was a bad time to do so.
Vladimir was entering his office by the time the girls were settled in their rooms. There waiting for him was his assistant, he dismissed her for the day, grabbed a few papers the headmaster had left on his desk and left. As he exited the Academy, he saw Moka helping Tsukune into the Boys dorm. he couldn't help but grin at that. He also took notice of the makeshift bandage, noticing how well it was placed, applied and tied. He couldn't help but think to himself, "Mrs. Akashiya is quite the medic it seems."
Moka helped Tsukune all the way to his room, and into his room. She sat him down on his bed and leaned over to look at his back, and made sure it was tied tight enough to stay for a while. As she did this, Tsukune was less than an inch from her chest, the green jacket barely covering her bra clad breasts. And for the life of him he couldn't tear his eyes away from them, as a dark blush set in once again. Moka pulled away from Tsukune as she was sure that what was left of her blouse would stay wrapped around his gash. That's when she noticed that he was blushing, as he stared at her chest. Once more she smirked, but she wasn't silent this time, "You like what you see?"
Tsukune was quick to snap out of his slight trance, and stutter through an apology, "O..oh, I'm sorry Moka."
He couldn't meet her eyes after that, preferring to look at the floor.
Moka knew he meant it, he was just flustered. That's just how Tsukune was, he had his hormones just like every other teenager, he just realized they were quite rude and restrained himself to the best of his ability. Moka shook her head, "Does he really think I'd be angry to catch him staring at me? Poor naive Tsukune."
Moka's grin widened a bit, as she grabbed a hold of Tsukune's chin with her left hand, and made him look up at her. "I'm not mad, why would I be? Its not a bad thing to be attracted to me ya know."
Tsukune's eyes shifted from place to place, so as to avoid staring at her chest once more. He wasn't sure what to say, but he replied nonetheless, "I...I just didn't want you to think of me as...some kind of pervert."
"Is that so?"
"Y..yes."
Moka's grin faded, "Look at me Tsukune, please."
Tsukune couldn't deny her, so he stopped moving his eyes frantically from place to place, and laid them on her face. Still restraining himself from looking down even a bit. "That's better. Now then, you've been like this around me and Outer for a long time, even more so with me. So I think it's about time I ask you this, do you actually even want me?"
Tsukune was quite taken back by Moka's words, she was serious as ever, but sweet as ever. It sounded like a genuine, heartfelt question, and Tsukune couldn't stop himself from answering if he wanted to, "Of course I do, I love you."
Moka's grin returned at that, but there was gleam in her eye at his statement, that he had never seen before. She put the Rosary she had been picking up and putting down for the past hour on Tsukune's dresser. "Then you can have me."
Before Tsukune could reply, Moka turned around, walked over to the door and locked it. Then she removed her green jacket and let it fall to the floor, before she slid her skirt down, and let it all to the floor as well. She stepped out of her skirt, and left it beside her green jacket, leaving her clad in only white panties and a white bra, a smirk on her face. Tsukune had to use all of his willpower to keep from having a nosebleed, but that couldn't stop his blush, which was just about as dark as it could get. "M..Moka, what a..are you doing!?"
He was ridiculously nervous, and he had no clue what Moka was doing...well he did, but he couldn't believe it.
Moka's grin only widened a bit at this, as she took a few paces forward. "You want me, I want you, and my competition, if you could call them that, and myself have agreed to share you amongst ourselves, so everything's fair game. Besides that, this will help make you feel better."
Moka then reached behind herself and unclasped her bra, before letting it fall to the floor, exposing her breasts to Tsukune. And then she grabbed a hold of her panties, and soon slipped them off, tossing them to the side, leaving her completely naked.
Tsukune couldn't use his willpower this time, he had to hold his nostrils closed with his right hand to keep from having a nosebleed. And his blush, somehow got darker. His voice was hesitant, and shaky as he asked, "Moka, are you sure about this?"
Moka's smirk widened just a bit more, as she slowly began to approach Tsukune. "Don't worry, I know what I want. And trust me, this will make you feel a lot better. You should have known this was going to happen though, if I have to share you, then I'm damn well going be the first to claim you."
Once Moka reached Tsukune, she pushed him lightly, causing him to lay back on his bed. She then straddled his hips, leaned down and whispered into his ear in a lust filled tone, "And don't worry, you'll be the first to claim me as well."
She was a virgin, Tsukune almost fainted at this info and the fact of what was about to happen, but he didn't. He was soon too 'preoccupied' to do so.
Six Days until Summer Break...
Rokuro was more than just excited, they would be at Yokai Academy in a matter of hours, fourteen at the very most. He couldn't wait to get out of the car and have some fun with the Students. And maybe recruit some like the Division Leaders wanted. At that thought Rokuro looked to his right, where Nade was asleep in the passenger seat, and then he looked back towards the back seat, where Hikaru was sleeping. Rokuro could manipulate Hikaru, but Nade was a different story. He was a stickler for orders, he would be spoiling Rokuro's fun, much to his annoyance. But nevertheless, Rokuro couldn't wait to get to Yokai Academy.
Nade cracked one of his eyes open when Rokuro wasn't looking, he could see the anxiousness radiating off of Rokuro, figuratively of course. He was honestly just glad that Rokuro hadn't snapped during their drive, because if he had it would have made things a lot more complicated, and Nade didn't want to deal with that.
Tsukune's eyes slowly opened, his vision blurry for several moments as he stared up at the ceiling of his dorm room. As his vision cleared up as he woke up, he felt something was wrapped around his left arm, and of course, he had a guess of who it was, but he thought last night had been a dream, it was time to find out if it was or wasn't. Tsukune turned his head to his left, to see a naked Moka, with her arms wrapped around his left arm, which was also nestled between her breasts. He blushed madly, it had felt so real last night, because it was real, although that wasn't a bad thing in the least. Tsukune was blushing like crazy, but he also had a very large smile on his face. He managed to slip out of Moka's grasp and get out of the bed, he of course was nude as well, so he went to his closet and pulled out one of the back up school uniforms he kept just in case.
The one from yesterday was bloody, dirty and raggedy. He would have to throw it out altogether, he still had three back ups so it was alright. It just meant one less to wash every five days. Tsukune set his clothes out, and entered the shower to bathe. He hadn't woken Moka up yet, because it was still early. School didn't start for another hour and a half, he'd wake her up when he got back from getting her some clothes from her room. He had no desire to get into trouble for sneeking into the Girl's dorm, but Moka needed a change of clothes, and he only had clothes for males. And that wasn't really Moka's style, Tsukune had noticed that long ago. After all it wasn't like she didn't deserve it. So when he was done bathing and with the rest of his routine, he dressed himself, and headed out the door. As he exited the Boy's dorm and began the short walk over to the Girl's dorm, he began to grow nervous, he really didn't want to be caught.
Luckily he was in and out in a matter of five minutes, and he breathed a sigh of relief as he entered his room and closed the door behind him. He did not need to be caught carrying girl's underwear. He almost jumped in fright when he heard Moka's voice come from behind him, "There you are Tsukune."
Tsukune tuned around to see Moka wearing nothing but a towel that was wrapped around her, sitting on his bed, wet from a recent shower. "Please, don't scare me like that."
Moka grinned at that, and her grin grew wider as Tsukune began to blush from looking at her. "Your blushing."
"What?"
"Your a strange one Tsukune. You've already seen me nude, yet you still blush when you find me in a towel?"
Tsukune was unsure of how to answer that, so he just handed her the clothes, "Well anyways, I got a change of clothes for you. I know that...what happened yesterday ruined them. "
Moka took the clothes and shook her head, thinking to herself, "Just how many back up school uniforms does Outer have?"
She nodded her head, "Thank you Tsukune, it was nice of you to go and get me a change of clothes."
Tsukune merely blushed a little more, as he said, "Its no big deal, I knew you wouldn't like wearing anything I had in my closet, my choice in clothing doesn't seem to be your style."
Moka's smirk wouldn't go away, Tsukune was just full of pleasant surprises this morning. Nevertheless, it was time to get ready. So she stood up, grabbed her Rosary off of Tsukune's dresser, and entered the bathroom, saying a few words as she did, "See you soon, Tsukune."
And then the bathroom door closed. And then, several long seconds later, Tsukune heard a muffled 'eep' come from his bathroom. After about a minute or so, Moka exited the bathroom as her Outer self, the Rosary firmly latched on, and her face as red as Tsukune's was last night. She couldn't recall what it had felt like, but she could remember the sights, the sounds and the distinct smell vividly.
Tsukune watched, slightly perplexed, until she made eye contact with him, and the look in her eye let him know that she knows. Tsukune's blush then set in, almost as dark as Moka's. Thankfully though, Moka did not seem angry at all, just flustered and slightly embarrassed.
Nade was at the wheel once more, this time for the final time, because they would be at the tunnel that took them to Yokai Academy in a matter of minutes. Hikaru and Rokuro were both awake and ready to get there, and they were both anxious. Hikaru wanted to get there, stretch his legs, get something good to eat, and have a little fun if possible. Rokuro on the other hand was looking forward to recruiting monsters to their organization, and he would have a little fun with them as he did so. Nade was anxious for a very different reason then the other two were, he still had a bad feeling in the pit of his gut. He didn't know what it was, or what would happen, but he knew something was going to happen, whether it be here at Yokai or when they got back to their headquarters he did not know. Nevertheless though, he just wanted to get what needed to be done over with, so they could leave a soon as possible.
It was about seven PM, the sun beginning to set, as Vladimir stepped up Tsukune's training.
All of the Girls were watching from their usual tree, all of them happy Tsukune was okay. Mizore was fully healed, so she had no problem with moving around the tree when the rest of the Girls were being a little too loud. And of course when Tsukune saw Mizore he begged for her forgiveness, but she assured him that there was nothing to forgive. Ruby had also healed Tsukune's gash earlier that day, he had bandaged it up decently himself after he had taken a shower, but there was no need for the bandages anymore, so he was physically fit to train. Everything finally seemed to be getting back on track. But there was one thing that had Kokoa fuming though, Tsukune had Inner Moka's scent all over him, which could only mean one thing, they had sex. She had been enraged when she realized this, but she couldn't be angry at Tsukune, they had agreed to share him. She was still just a little angry at him though, she wouldn't tell him such a thing though.
However she was infuriated with her older Sister, she had been thinking to herself all day, "How dare she! She took Tsukune's first time!"
But there wasn't a thing Kokoa could do about it, and she knew that, so she promised herself that'd she'd have him tonight, she had to. That's when she was pulled from her thoughts by the sound of a car engine, she along with everyone else in the general vicinity, looked over towards the tunnel that led to the human world as a green Humvee exited through it, three people inside it. It pulled up by the scarecrow down by the bus stop, where Tsukune and Vladimir were.
Tsukune and Vladimir took a few steps back as a green Humvee pulled up beside the scarecrow. Soon enough the engine stopped, meaning whoever was driving had turned it off. That's when the three passengers of the green Humvee exited the car. The one who exited the driver's side looked to be in his late twenties, had slightly tanned skin, had short jet black hair and purple eyes. He stood at Tsukune's height, he wore a elbow length sleeved white t-shirt, a pair of black jeans, and brown hiking boots.
The one who had exited the passenger seat looked to be in his early twenties. He had messy blonde hair that barely even went past his ears, light brown eyes, and pale skin. He wore a white button up shirt, a pair of blue jeans, a brown belt, and brown and white sneakers. He also stood about an inch taller than Tsukune.
And the one who exited out of one of the backseats looked to be in his late teens, had green eyes, very tanned skin, and short brown hair. He wore a short sleeved brown shirt, green cargo pants, and white running shoes. He also stood an inch smaller than Tsukune.
These three men looked around for a few seconds, before their attention was focused on Tsukune and Vladimir. They took a few steps forward and passed their car, so they were only a few inches away from Tsukune and Vladimir. The one with black hair spoke first, "Hello, my name is Nade, and these two are Rokuro and Hikaru. I take it you two are from the Academy?"
Vladimir was the one to answer Nade's question, "Yes, your right. I am the school's counselor, Vladimir Petovski. And this is Tsukune Aono, one of the many students who attend Yokai Academy. But, why is that you three are here?"
Rokuro was the one to speak this time, "Just visiting, we all used to attend the Academy as well. We were actually wondering if someone could accompany us while we take a look around the place, you know for old times sake."
Vladimir quirked an eyebrow at them, "Is that so?"
Vladimir had a good hunch of who these three were, but there was no proof as of yet. And even if he knew for sure who they were, he wasn't going to take action against them. He had warned Tsukune of such things, so he would have to deal with them himself. "Well then, why don't you three wait here while I go and ask for the Headmaster's permission."
It wasn't phrased as a question, so Vladimir walked off without an answer. Leaving Tsukune alone with the three. Tsukune of course had no idea what was wrong, but with the way Vladimir walked off like that he knew something was up. But nevertheless he walked over to the three and shook their hands, greeting each of them individually.
Nade was the one to speak of the three after that, "So, Tsukune how long have you been a student here?"
Tsukune had a small smile on as he replied, "Well this is my Junior year, so three years. Soon enough I'll be a senior of course."
Nade put on a fake smile, "Yeah, I remember my Senior year. It was a blast. That was a good while ago though, almost a decade in fact. Back then they had a rule about not revealing your true monster form to anybody, does that rule still exist?"
Before Tsukune could reply however, there were several voices calling for him. Tsukune, Nade, Rokuro, and Hikaru all turned their attention towards Moka, Kokoa, Mizore, Yukari, Kurumu and Ruby as they were jogging towards them. All of them calling for Tsukune. Tsukune's smile widened quite a bit, as he stepped forward and waved towards the girls as they came closer. As this happened, a grin came across Rokuro's face, he nudged Tsukune and asked a question at the volume to where only Tsukune, Nade and Hikaru would hear it. "One of those your Girlfriend kid?"
A dark blush consumed Tsukune's face as he replied, "W..well, ac...actually, um..they all are."
Hikaru's eyes widened to their fullest extent and almost fell out of their sockets, he couldn't believe what he had just heard.
Rokuro's grin widened, and gained a little malevolence to it.
Nade's eyes widened slightly, but besides that he looked calm.
When the Girls got close enough, Tsukune introduced them. "Girls this is Nade, Rokuro, and Hikaru. Guys this is Moka, Kokoa, Mizore, Yukari, Kurumu and Ruby, my uh, girlfriends."
The Girls didn't tell Tsukune they were down here, because they were suspicious of the three visitors.
After several minutes of conversation, Nade brought up an interesting topic that got everyone's attention. "So, are they still strict in the allowance of humans? When I was here, they tended to kill them on sight, if they ever got in that is. The never really did though, maybe one through all of my four years."
Tsukune was the one to answer, "Um, well yeah. Their still pretty strict when it comes to humans, and most of the students tend to, uh, hate humans pretty passionately."
Nade spoke once more, "Well how about you seven? Do you have problems with humans?"
Tsukune was the one to answer once more, "No actually. I've lived in the human world all of my life, I love it there. humans aren't as nasty and evil as their portrayed to be. Some are, but not all. None of the Girls have problems with humans either really, sure they can be cruel and vile at times, but so can Monsters."
Hikaru looked confused at Tsukune's statement, not understanding how he was okay with the human race.
Rokuro scowled at Tsukune's words, he hated hated humans with a violent passion.
Nade just nodded his head, intrigued on Tsukune's standpoint on things. "I see."
Nade watched Rokuro out of the corner of his eye, he knew he had a very violent temper, and a very short fuse. Tsukune's words could set him off.
They had upset him greatly, he was infuriated. He couldn't do it, he walked away, he started walking towards the path that led up the cliff to the school. As he walked away, Tsukune and the Girls watched him, slightly curious why he was walking away. Nade called after him, he didn't need him running off, "Rokuro, where are you going!?"
Rokuro called back, anger in his voice, "Where do you think!? The Academy! It's obvious these chumps won't join us!"
Tsukune and his Girls were now on alert, watching for anything that might come their way. This conversation, if you could call it that, rose some red flags.
Nade scowled, Rokuro had just about all but blown their cover. "Rokuro, get back here!"
"No! They sympathize with humans! If I stay near them, I'll have to kill them!"
That rose a big red flag for Tsukune, he couldn't help but think, "They aren't...are they?"
Tsukune then spoke aloud, "You three, you work for an organization that hates humans, don't you? I was warned about you guys."
That got all three of their attentions, it even got Rokuro to begin walking back. He wasn't happy of course. Nade was the one to speak of the three once more though, "What?"
Tsukune was wary of the three, but he had no intention of freezing up with fear or panic. He wasn't weak anymore, so he would fight. "Yeah, I was warned about you guys because I'm human. Or half human to be more precise."
Rokuro was just angered further, and his pace increased, "What!? Another piece of shit human has become halfer!? Goddamn it! I'll kill you!"
He lunged towards Tsukune, but he managed, barely, to dodge in time. Rokuro missed Tsukune, but he turned around, and he was ready to strike once more. Before he could though, Tsukune spoke, "Jut who are you guys exactly?"
Rokuro was the one to answer that, and he did so truthfully, "Since you'll be dead soon, I guess it won't hurt to tell you. We work for an organization called Fairy Tale. Fairy Tale is dedicated to the complete and utter annihilation of the human race, and I am the recruiter, the one who is in charge of rounding up new members."
Rokuro's normal teeth were gone, his mouth was filled with shark like teeth now.
Nade shook his head in disappointment, "I'm sorry about this, but all of you have to die now. We can not allow anyone to know of Fairy Tale."
That was exactly why Rokuro had done such a thing, because now Nade would be after blood.
So Nade, Hikaru and Rokuro took battle stances.
Tsukune, Kokoa, Mizore, Kurumu, Yukari and Ruby all got into battle positions, ready to fight. Moka wasn't much of a fighter, not with her Rosary on. So she wasn't sure what to do. Rokuro lunged forward towards Tsukune once more, as the crosses on his Holy Lock began to glow red. "The pathetic half breed is mine!"
Tsukune jumped back twice as Rokuro jumped forward once more.
The Girls were going to help, but before they could Tsukune spoke, "Don't worry about me, I got this. Handle the other two."
They were hesitant, but the Girls nodded. They all turned towards Nade and Hikaru. Kokoa stepped towards Nade, "This ones mine."
Mizore then stepped towards Hikaru, "Then I get this guy."
The rest of the Girls nodded their heads and backed up a good dozen or so feet. Moka couldn't fight with her Rosary on, but if need be Yukari, Ruby and Kurumu could provide support for Tsukune, Kokoa and Mizore.
One by one, each of the Fairy Tale members transformed.
Hikaru was first, two long fangs sprang from his mouth, almost three times as long as a vampire's, and his body began to expand. His eyes began to turn black, as his clothes began to rip and tear. His skin was slowly covered in orange and white fur, with black stripes across his back. He also began growing taller. When he was done transforming, he was six foot six head and shoulders, and he looked like a tiger standing on it's hind legs. He was what was referred to as a Weretiger, an S class race that was almost extinct. His voice was rough and primal when he spoke, "Let's do this."
Mizore took a fighting stance, and prepared herself for an attack.
Nade was second, and his was relatively short. The purple and black in his eyes faded, leaving him with hauntingly white eyes. His hair grew grey and became weathered and brittle. He was what was known as a Siren, an S class race that was very few in number. His voice was soft, dark and hoarse when he spoke, "Let's get this over with."
Kokoa took a fighting stance, and prepared herself to attack. Without Ko, who was still in her room, she would have to fight with her own two hands.
And Rokuro was last, his teeth had already changed, his body began to expand a bit, as green scales began to cover his body. His shirt was about to tear in half, when wings sprouted from his back, causing the shirt to split into three pieces, all of them falling to the ground. When his body was done expanding, the bottom half of his jeans were torn to shreds, but the upper half wasn't. He was covered in green scales, his eyes were completely red, no white, no nothing. He stood at seven foot seven, and he looked like a a reptile with wings, he looked like a dragon. He was a Dragon Man, another almost extinct S class species of monster. His voice was deep and menacing as he spoke, "I'm going to kill you!"
Tsukune took a fighting stance, readying himself for his opponents attack. His Ghoul energy was slowly but steadily coming to him, right now he was at twenty percent of his full power. Unfortunately, he couldn't go too far beyond that without bulking up. After the incident yesterday and some training with Vladimir, Tsukune found it much easier to force the monster energy into his blood stream. But the problem was that he had to force it, which meant he could only go so far with it. He still couldn't do it as if it was second nature to him, like Moka did.
Hikaru lashed out with his right paw, going for a fatal swipe right away. He didn't enjoy fighting much at all, however he didn't dislike it either. Mizore was quick to duck under the swipe, hitting him with a right jab in the gut as she did so. It didn't seem to affect him very much, as he swiped at her once more, this time with his left paw, and there for his left set of claws. Mizore swayed to her left and took a few steps back, avoiding the second swipe. Hikaru then took a step forward, and shot his right arm straight towards her chest, trying to impale her chest with his claws. She swayed to the right, but before she could do anything else, he brought his other arm over, trying to impale her once more. She ducked once more, but before she could attack, he brought both his arms down, trying to tear right into her. She pushed her feet against the ground as hard as she could, leaned back a little, and jumped back as far as she could while so low to the ground. She avoided his claws as they pierced the ground where she used to be. Because she was so low to the ground, she only went about five feet, landing on her ass when she hit the ground. She slid backwards just a little bit, but nevertheless, she had avoided Hikaru's attack.
Hikaru snarled, he was growing impatient. He was quite annoyed with her non stop dodging. As Mizore got back to her feet, Hikaru charged her. He wasn't going too fast, but as he closed in he brought his right arm back and shot it forward, trying to impale Mizore once more. Mizore swayed to her right when he got close enough to attack, took a step forward, ice covering her left hand as she did so, crouched down and hit him with a left jab to his gut. The ice covering her fist breaking upon impact, so as to increase the force of the blow, which worked, slightly.
Hikaru felt it all right, it had hurt, barely, but nevertheless it had hurt. He was growing angry with Mizore, "Just stay still!"
This time he brought both his left set of claws and his right set of claws towards Mizore. Trying for a two way swipe. She bent backwards just enough to manage to avoid it, but this presented her with the opportunity to give herself an advantage. Before Hikaru could pull his arms back, Mizore grabbed a hold of both of his paws, and used her powers to begin freezing him as fast as she could. Ice quickly began to cover his paws, and then his forearms, however he was struggling to get out of Mizore's grasp. It didn't take more than about two pulls from Hikaru to get out of Mizore's gasp. After all he was quite strong in this form. But the fact was she had frozen the bottom half of both of his arms, and if he wasn't careful enough in breaking the ice, he would literally break the bottom half of his arms into pieces. Because she hadn't trapped them in blocks of ice, she had frozen his arms themselves. This gave her a huge advantage, now the only thing she had to worry about from his arms was blunt force, not the skin ripping claws. Now she could attack with a lot less risk involved.
She stood up, taking a quick step back as she did so. Hikaru was fuming now, he held his frozen arms a few inches from his face, "Damn it, I''l kill you!"
Mizore gave a small grin, as ice began to cover both of her hands. "I've got you, here we go!"
Mizore then took a step forward and slammed her right ice covered fist hard into Hikaru's chest, not giving him time to get too angry, Mizore then hit him with a left jab in the chest, with her other ice covered fist. The ice broke upon impact for both punches, putting more force behind each blow. Mizore didn't have any intention of stopping though, her right fist was already covered in ice once more, as she brought it up to shoot forward. She hit him with three more quick ice jabs to the chest, before he swung his half frozen arms at her. She ducked as he did this, hitting him in the gut with a few ice punches as well. They didn't hurt much, but she kept hitting him with them, they were actually beginning to grow more painful as well.
Hikaru had had enough, "Goddamn it, stop!"
Before Mizore could move out of the way, Hikaru slammed his half frozen arms into her in anger, not thinking about accidentally breaking his arms into pieces. He knocked her to the ground hard, and she rolled from the impact. Luckily for Hikaru his arms had not broken from the impact, but the battle wasn't over. Before he could advance on Mizore a torrent of paper cards began piercing his back. He could barely feel them, but they kept coming, so he turned around to stop whatever the source of the cards was. What he saw was Yukari, her magic wand glowing, and a few cards left in the air. Before he could attack her though, Kurumu had taken flight, she flew straight towards Hikaru, her nails grown into claws, ready to pierce him like blades.
As this happened, Mizore had gotten to her feet. She wiped the bit of blood dripping from the bottom right corner of her mouth onto her sleeve. She had lost her lollipop when she had been hit, it acted as a coolant for her core body temperature, if she stayed outside too long, this close to summer, she could melt. It would take awhile, but nevertheless. She had to get another from her room when this was over.
Mizore began racing towards Hikaru as fast as she could, ready to end this battle. "Hey ugly!"
Hikaru on the other hand had just slapped Kurumu with his ice covered arms, over to Yukari. When he heard Mizore he began turning to face, "What did you just say!?"
Before he could fully turn around however, Mizore lunged at him, her body collided with his upper back, and when it did, she reached forward and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly, so he couldn't shake her off. Hikaru was not happy, "What the? Damn it get off of me!"
Mizore ignored him as she began to freeze his body, hoping to take him out the best way she knew how. Hikaru struggled, turning around frantically, and trying to shake her off, as ice began to cover his body. He was already half frozen. After several more seconds of violent struggling, he called out in frustration, "Don't you ever stop!?"
Mizore's smirk returned, but she stayed silent, she would wait to answer that question. Finally Hikaru was fully frozen after several long moments, so Mizore let go, and landed on her feet. She then walked around so as to be in front of the now fully frozen Hikaru. And then she answered the last question he would ever ask, "What can I say? I just don't know how to hold back!"
Mizore slowly lifted her right leg, and lunged forward with a strong kick, breaking the now frozen Hikaru into pieces. Mizore took a deep breath and let it out, her battle was done and over with.
That's when Ko appeared on the scene, flying ten feet in the air, "The first showdown of this episode lasted around two hundred and fourty seconds, Wee!"
Kokoa rushed forward to attack her opponent head on, but as she closed in on Nade to attack, he side stepped her effortlessly. She stopped herself in her tracks and turned towards Nade once more. He was fast, really fast. She would remember that. She rushed towards him once more, and just like last time, when she closed in on him, he was able to side step her in a matter of a moment. However she did not get frustrated with this fact. She was unusually calm. Her eyes were on Nade as much as they could be, only losing sight of him when he side stepped her, and even then only for a moment. She tried this approach two more times, failing to hit Nade both times. But still she wasn't even angry, she was calm and collected. Nade noticed this, and he wondered why she was so calm. "Why so calm?"
Kokoa didn't answer, she just kept up her attacks. Still getting side stepped every single time. Kokoa was starting to get really irritated, of course she was trying not to show it, successfully so. After over a minute of the same thing, Nade felt it was time to end the battle, if it could be called that.
Kokoa's eyes were locked on Nade, and they kept on him as she raced towards him as fast as she could. When she got close enough, Nade side stepped her once more, however this time, Kokoa's eyes followed after him, she had studied his movements, she could now predict where he was going to go. So as to not give Nade anytime to dodge once more, Kokoa turned to face him before he came to a stop. She rushed forward, and was a mere two inches from him when he came to a stop. Nade's eyes widened as he realized that he didn't have enough time to dodge the pending attack from Kokoa. She brought her right arm back, and shot it forward, slamming it as hard as she could into Nade's gut. Causing him to hunch over in pain, and hack up a bit of blood. Kokoa wasn't done yet though, she had studeied his movements so that she could predict them, and get in every hit she possibly could.
She then brought her right knee up as fast and as hard as she could, when it came into contact with Nade's jaw a loud crack rang out. He jerked upwards in pain, broken teeth, and blood filling his mouth. Kokoa was going to attack him once more, but he quickly used his great speed to dodge once again, however Kokoa was able to follow his movements just as before, and quickly raced to where he was going to be. She arrived at the same time he did, and gave him a full throttle left jab to the chest, causing him to stumble back and gasp in pain. Before he could recover from that, Kokoa spun around and delivered a right spin kick to his chest, causing him to stumble back even further, and for him gasp even harder in pain, actually allowing blood to spill out of his mouth as he did so. Nade quickly moved once more with his great speed, still not recovered from the last attack from Kokoa. Kokoa was once again able to predict his movements and followed after him, but he quickly moved once again, barely managing to do so, and barely managing to avoid Kokoa.
She followed after him however, so he was forced to move again, draining his monster energy at a fast rate. Kokoa pushed herself to go even faster, so by the time he finished moving the third time, Kokoa was already too close to him for dodging to be possible. He couldn't see her though, so he looked down, and there she was, leaning close to the ground, most of her weight on her left side. Before Nade could dodge, Kokoa shot her right leg up as hard as she could, and her foot connected with his chin, hard. He was sent flying up into the air by the strength of the super kick, some blood flying out of his mouth as he did so. Kokoa stood up straight, as his body hit the ground. He slid a bit, but wasn't too far off from where he landed. Kokoa was ready to finish it, so she made her way over to him. She stood over him and crouched down. She was going to kill him, that was how she did things, and besides, it was for the best.
However Nade spoke before she finished him off, "Now I know who you are, your a Shuzen, your Kokoa Shuzen. That would explain why your so strong, I underestimated you, and you ended up demolishing me. That's what I get, I guess."
Kokoa didn't respond, but as she was preparing to strike him, he spoke once more, "I may have underestimated you, but I won't make that same mistake now. I'll finish you off as quick as possible. Let me show you what we Sirens are infamous for."
Blood was spilling out of Nade's mouth, not a lot, but there was some. He grinned, before he let out a screech louder than anything Kokoa had ever heard before. It was so loud, you could see the sound waves pelting Kokoa. She was sent flying by this screech, she flew for almost a dozen feet before she hit the ground, and rolled after the impact. Nade got to his feet, he had just used his signature attack, it would have done some damage at least. Nade began making his way over to Kokoa, he had to kill her quickly. She was a Shuzen, she was capable of many things, if he didn't act fast enough, she would kill him. As Nade slowly came closer and closer to Kokoa, she struggled to get to her feet. It took a few seconds, but she was back on her feet, and ready to fight. She rushed him, trying to end it quickly, but as she drew close enough to him, he let out another glass shattering wail, pelting Kokoa with the sound waves.
She dug her feet into the ground, trying not to be blasted back, trying to stand through the pain. But it wasn't letting up, soon enough, blood began to pour from her ears. She reached up and covered her ears upon instinct, that's when Nade hit her with everything he had, sending her soaring backwards from his technique. She flew about fifteen feet before she hit the ground, rolling after the impact of landing. Nade began approaching her once more, thought this time at a faster pace. Kokoa knew she had to get to her feet, but she was really disoriented, her ears were ringing, and also bleeding. She felt slightly nauseous as well. Nevertheless, she struggled to get to her feet. By the time she was actually firmly on her feet, Nade was only about five feet from her. She stood there, still dazed and dizzy, as he approached her. However that's when a voice rang out, "Leave Miss Kokoa alone, Wee!"
Both Nade and Kokoa's eyes looked towards the direction of the voice, behind Nade himself. Ko flew past Nade as fast as he possibly could, towards Kokoa. Nade turned around, his eyes following the bat. "Miss Kokoa, are you okay, Wee?"
Kokoa gritted her teeth, trying to stop herself from yelling in rage. "And just where the hell have you been Ko buddy!? Don't you think that if I'm gone for so long, you should come looking for me!?"
She was angry, but she knew she had more important things to deal with. She shook her head, "Never mind, forget about it for now. I need you to transform into your hammer form Ko, now."
"Right away Miss Kokoa, Wee!"
Ko did as Kokoa commanded and transformed into his signature hammer form. Kokoa made sure she had a tight grip on the handle, as a smirk came to her face. "Are you ready to feel my Ko Hammer!?"
Kokoa began focusing her monster energy, she was going to end this as quick as she possibly could. She tightened her grip on her Ko Hammer, and rushed forward as fast as she could. Nade had no intention of letting her get any closer, he let out another loud screech, however Kokoa jumped high into the air, avoiding the attack. Just as he finished his attack, she landed behind him. Before he could use his speed to dodge, Kokoa had brought her hammer back to the right, and shot it forward, slamming it full force into the right side of Nade's head. He was sent flying to the left from the attack, he flew two dozen feet, and when he hit the ground, he rolled a bit. The right side of his skull was now fractured, his right cheek bone is broken, and his right ear had blood coming out of it profusely. However Kokoa didn't intend to let up, she was going to kill him before he got the better of her again, so she rushed towards him as fast as she could.
She got to his side in moments, he looked up at her face, and as she brought her Ko Hammer up and over her shoulders, he knew he was done for. He had been right about the bad feeling, and now he was going to die. Kokoa brought her Ko Hammer down as hard as she could, slamming it onto his chest with great force. She could here his ribs being crushed upon impact, Nade gasped as one of them was slammed into his heart, piercing it, his eyes were wide in pain for several long moments, before they just returned to normal. Kokoa waited for a moment, she could no longer hear him breathing, he was dead. Kokoa took in several breaths, her breathign ragged. her fight was now over.
That's when Ko turned back to normal and flew several feet up into the air, "The second showdown of this episode lasted about three hundred and thirty seconds, Wee!"
Rokuro lunged forward at Tsukune, which he managed to dodge. Tsukune didn't plan on attacking him just yet, he wanted to keep Rokuro away so that he could charge as much Ghoul energy as he could without bulking up. So he continuously dodged each attack from Rokuro, barely managing to get away each time. This game of cat and mouse continued for a little over two minutes, Rokuro getting angrier by the moment. Tsukune had charged about thirty five percent of his full power, he didn't know how much farther he could go before he bulked up, so after he dodged once more, he decided it was time to fight back. Rokuro snarled, "Hold still damn it!"
Rokuro lunged towards Tsukune once more, when Tsukune dodged this time, he wasted no time in attacking. Before Rokuro could turn around, Tsukune had shot his left arm forward, giving him a hard punch to his left side. It didn't do much damage at all, and it actually hurt Tsukune's hand, he couldn't help but think, "Stupid scales."
He jumped back so Rokuro couldn't get a hold of him. He would have to hit him in the only place where he didn't have scales, his underbelly. Some of his chest had scales on it not all of it, so if he was precise he could hit him in the chest too. Tsukune had charged up fourty percent of his full power, and he left it at that, if he went any farther he was sure to screw up, and he won't be able to inject it into his blood stream. When Rokuro dashed at him this time, instead of lunging, Tsukune met him head on. As they got close enough to each other, Rokuro lashed out with his right arm, aiming to rip into Tsukune with his claws, but Tsukune ducked and hit him in the gut with a hard right jab, causing Rokuro to grunt in pain. Tsukune knew he wasn't a match for Rokuro with only fourty percent of his full power, so he quickly swayed to the left and took four quick steps back. Besides controlling monster energy, Vladimir had been teaching him how to fight as well.
Rokuro turned to face Tsukune, and lunged forward once more, but when Tsukune dodged, he didn't have time to attack, because Rokuro had swung at him with his left set of claws. Rokuro was turning it up, making it harder on Tsukune. Tsukune took a few quick steps back, but Rokuro wasn't having any of it, he quickly closed the distance between them and tried to attack Tsukune once more. Tsukune had to begin dodging continuously once more, this time however he couldn't stop even for a second, if he did Rokuro would tear into him. This continued for about a minute, before Tsukune found an opening. Rokuro was ridiculously furious at the current moment, he just wanted to kill the pathetic human, so he dashed forward once more, bringing both arms swinging towards him. Tsukune ducked to avoid the double slash, but then Rokuro brought his claws down to try and rip into him. So Tsukune took a quick step forward and hit Rokuro in his gut as hard as he could, with his right fist.
Rokuro grunted in pain once more, but Tsukune didn't let up. He quickly hit him in the gut with his left fist, with as much strength he could put behind it. He did this several times, alternating between fists with each punch. He was able to land about nine punches, before Rokuro grabbed a hold of him. He slammed his hands into Tsukune's sides, digging his claws into him, blood beginning to pour from the five holes on each side of him. Tsukune couldn't help but yelp loudly in pain as this happened. Rokuro's claws weren't in deep enough to kill Tsukune, not yet anyway. Rokuro gave a dragon's equivalent of a grin, "I caught you ya little fucking pest!"
Tsukune struggled, but Rokuro was too strong, he couldn't break free from his grasp. Rokuro spoke once more, "Now I can kill you! How should I do it? I could dig further in and then rip you in half, or would you prefer for me to just decapitate you and get it over with?"
That's when a swarm of crows surrounded Rokuro and began slamming into him, destroying themselves in the process. It didn't have much effect, but it was annoying him quite a bit. "Who the hell is doing that!?"
Tsukune firmly in his grasp, Rokuro turned around to where the crows were coming from, and there was Ruby, her magic wand glowing, a scowl on her face. She spoke three simple words, "Put him down."
Rokuro chuckled at that, "And just what are you going to do if I don't?"
That's when Rokuro heard a voice come from behind him, "I don't know about her, but I'll tear into you with my claws!"
Before Rokuro could turn around, Gin lunged towards him, in his Werewolf form ready to fight. He buried his claws into the small spaces between two scales, but they didn't go in too deep. Nevertheless, the move had drawn blood. Gin held on tight to Rokuro as he began trying to shake him off, "Who the hell are you!? And where the hell did you come from!?"
Gin gave the equivalent of a werewolf smirk, "Doesn't really matter, because we're taking you down!"
Rokuro let Tsukune drop to the ground, his claws sliding out of the holes he made in his sides. Tsukune hit the ground with a slight thud, blood coming from each hole. Not only did he need more power to fight Rokuro, he also needed to heal himself with his Ghoul energy. The crosses on his Holy Lock began to glow red once more, as he began summoning more power. He didn't have time to take it slow, so he brought it fast, being as careful as he could not to let it slip away from him before he could force it into his blood stream.
Rokuro struggled to shake Gin off of him, but he just wouldn't let go. As he did this, he began drawing dangerously close to Tsukune. As this happened, a torrent of paper cards, and a torrent of spirit birds, crows, came flying towards Rokuro. And even though they didn't have much effect, they didn't let up, they just kept coming. This caused him to look over to where they were coming from, Ruby and Yukari stood together, their wands glowing, scowls on their faces. That's when Rokuro was pelted with ice shards from the right, all of them missing Gin luckily. They had more of a presence then the birds and card, so he turned to where they were coming from, to see Mizore scowling, more ice shards growing from her hands, ready to be fired.
That's when Kurumu came out of nowhere, trying to take Rokuro's head of with her nail claws, he moved so she missed, but even if he hadn't she would have hurt him. He didn't have time to attack her though, as Kokoa came rushing from his left side, her Ko Hammer at the ready. She closed the distance between them fast, and slammed the hammer hard into his left side, using her full strength. Rokuro felt that one very much, it had hurt a lot, he couldn't help but gasp in pain. He quickly swung at her, when he hit her, she gave a small yelp of pain, and went flying over to Yukari and Ruby, her Ko Hammer falling to the ground.
Tsukune watched as all of this happened, and he forgot about being cautious, he began drawing on the Ghoul's energy as fast as he possibly could, and it was coming to him much easier than before. Before he knew it, he was at sixty percent of full power, but he couldn't do it any longer, he was already straining himself by putting this much into his blood stream, if he summoned any more monster energy, he wouldn't be able to inject it into his blood stream properly. But as Kokoa was smacked over to Ruby and Yukari, he thought, "Fuck it!"
So he drew on the Ghoul energy as a stream, not trying to force into his blood stream any more. His wounds began to heal as he reached seventy percent full power, and soon enough he would be ready to fight.
Rokuro was beginning to get out of control, Gin was barely hanging on, and he was maximum level pissed, he was going to kill the first thing he got his hands on, and then the second, and the third, so on and so on. So he turned towards Tsukune, "This is all because of you, you filthy half breed! Today you die, even if I have to go with you!"
He charged towards Tsukune, ready to kill. The Girls could see this, and so could Gin. Gin used every ounce of strength in his body to dig his claws deeper into Rokuro, but he wasn't slowing down. The Girls quickly rushed to where they were in front of Tsukune. Moka, Kokoa, Mizore, Ruby, Kurumu and Yukari all stood in front of Tsukune to protect him. Tsukune realized this of course, and he knew they were going to die if he didn't do something. So he sucked up as much Ghoul energy as he could, and then he stopped the flow, he couldn't inject it into his blood stream, so he sent it all to his strength. As Rokuro was closing in, Tsukune began growing. When Rokuro was a mere four feet away, Tsukune bulked up all at once. His muscles grew to match Rokuro's, and his size as well, becoming seven foot seven. He was at eighty percent full power.
Gin could see what was about to happen, and jumped off of Rokuro.
Tsukune took one step forward and shot his right arm forward as hard as he could, as Rokuro finished closing the gap, and Tsukune hit him in the face with a viciously strong haymaker. The sound of bone cracking was heard, as Rokuro went soaring backwards at greater speeds than Kokoa could run. He flew until he slammed directly into the cliff that overlooked the bus stop, and he went very deep into it, about ten feet, creating a deep indentation of his body. He lost consciousness, so he stayed there in the indentation of his body. Tsukune's muscles expanded and contracted two or three times, before he shrunk down back to his normal size, gritting his teeth as he did his best to endure the pain. The crosses on the Holy Lock ceased their glowing, and Tsukune fell, but before he could hit the ground the Girls caught him. That's when Ko transformed back to his normal form and flew up into the air a few feet and spoke once more, "The third and final showdown of this episode lasted about four hundred and thirty five seconds, quite a long one, Wee!"
While the Girls took Tsukune to the infirmary once more, just in case, so as to make absolutely sure he was okay, Vladimir stepped out from behind one of the trees up on the cliff. He jumped down to the bus stop, and turned to where Rokuro had went soaring. He slowly began making his way towards him, thinking to himself, "Tsukune has come a long way in such a short time. If he keeps advancing like this, he'll be ready to help take on Fairy Tale in no time. But he has to learn to kill his opponents, Fairy Tale won't stop until their destroyed, he has to learn that sometimes killing is necessary."
Vladimir was soon only a few feet away from Rokuro, he entered the big indentation and came to a stop mere inches from Rokuro. He was unconscious still. Tsukune had most likely broken every bone in his head, because blood was just pouring out of his mouth and nostrils. Vladimir had suspected Tsukune wouldn't kill his opponent, so now he would have to do it for him. So he brought his right arm back, and shot it forward with all his might, it tore straight through Rokuro's chest, and pierced his heart, killing him in an instant. Vladimir retracted his arm out of Rokuro and shook some of the blood off. He then turned around and walked off, heading back to Yokai Academy.
It had been four hours since the three battles, everyone was in their rooms, resting. Tsukune was still awake though, he sat up and then stood up, but before he could even move, there was a knock at his window. He turned around to see who could be knocking, and he saw Kokoa. He walked over and opened the window allowing her to come in. He didn't blush even though he was in his underwear, because most of the girls had seen him like this. He closed the window and turned around to look at Kokoa, and she didn't look to happy, she was scowling. Tsukune was curious as to why, "What's wrong Kokoa?"
He of course, as usual, was being genuine, however that didn't quell Kokoa's anger or frustration very much. "I know what you and my bis Sister did last night."
Tsukune's eyes widened, "H..how?"
"Her scent was all over you today, even now I can still smell a bit of it's remnants."
Tsukune was worried, he hadn't wanted to make Kokoa angry, he loved her he didn't want her to feel like she was betrayed. But it looked as if she felt that way. "Kokoa I..."
Kokoa was trying her best to hold it together, "Why did you...do that with my Sister?"
Tsukune tried to speak once more, "Kokoa listen..."
But halfway through her anger disappeared, and her sadness showed, tears beginning to well up in her eyes. "Am I not good enough for you?"
Tsukune was confused now, he wasn't sure what she meant. "What?"
"Why did you...choose to give her your first time, why not me?"
Kokoa couldn't help but let two tears fall from her eyes.
Tsukune's eyes widened even more as he understood what was going on now. The very last thing he had ever wanted to do was to make one of his Girls cry. "Kokoa, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt your feelings. Your shouldn't have to ask that question, your the one who's too good for me. I love you, and I'm sorry that I hurt you."
Tsukune was trying to calm her down, he'd rather have her angry and beating on him then have her crying. He hated to see anyone cry, especially one of the Girls he was in love with. He wiped the tears from her eyes, and she looked up at him, as he apologized once more, "I'm very sorry Kokoa. I didn't even know you'd be ready for such a thing."
Tsukune hugged her tight, and they remained silent for several moments before anyone spoke again. Kokoa was the one to do so, "Tsukune?"
"Yes Kokoa?"
Kokoa began to blush, "Could you take my first time...tonight?"
That really caught Tsukune off guard, he pulled back so as to look her in the eyes, a dark blush adorning his face. "Wha...what? Are you serious?"
She merely nodded her head, becoming shy, which she rarely did. As her blush darkened. "Kokoa, are you sure you want this?"
Kokoa was silent for several moments before she replied, her voice small, whisper like, "Yes, I'm sure."
Tsukune shook his head, but smiled, a dark blush still upon his face. "If your sure, then alright."
Five Days until Summer Break...
Tsukune's eyes slowly opened, his vision blurry as he stared at the ceiling. Before his vision even cleared, he noticed that someone was lying on top of him. He already knew who it was when he looked at her, a blush adorning his face. Kokoa lied on top of him, the only thing covering her naked body was the blanket that laid over them both. Tsukune's face was red with a deep blush, but he also had a big smile on his face. His smile only grew as he watched Kokoa sleep so peacefully atop him.
Nine Hours and Fourty Four Minutes until Summer Break...
Tsukune sat up in his bed, yawning as he did so. He stood up, grabbed a set of clothes to wear, and entered the bathroom. Once he was done with his morning routine and was fully dressed, he grabbed a hold of the satchel he was taking home with him, filled with clothes. He liked the clothing he had brought over here a lot more than the clothes he had at home. He took one last look around his dorm room, he wouldn't see it for a while. And then he exited the room, locking it on the way out.
Five Minutes until Summer Break...
Tsukune stood next to Gin, Mizore, Kurumu, Yukari and Ruby, as they waited for the Bus to arrive. Moka and Kokoa had to go home to their Father, because he ordered them to do so. While the rest of the gang was going to spend the Summer at Tsukune's. He had already ran by his Parents and they were okay with it, if a little wary of who Tsukune was bringing. Tsukune was bummed Moka and Kokoa couldn't come, but he was also really glad Gin could come. Gin would be heading to College after the Summer was over, so he wouldn't be at Yokai Academy next year, like everyone else would be. And Tsukune considered Gin to be his best friend, so he was glad that he was coming.
That's when the Bus pulled up, and it's doors opened, the Bus Driver sitting there, looking the same as usual. Everyone climbed aboard the Bus, Tsukune being the last one to do so. The doors closed behind Tsukune, and the Bus Driver spoke to him, "How was your Junior year Kid?"
Tsukune gave a small smirk, "Hectic as usual, but it was very eye opening, and very exciting. Can't wait for Senior year."
The Bus Driver chuckled, "Neither can I Kid, neither can I."
Tsukune's smirk widened into a smile as he took his seat, and the Bus Driver began driving through the tunnel. And when they exited the tunnel, entering the Human World as they did so, his smile grew even wider, and he said, "Summer break has officially begun."
