Tsukune Blackout: You're more than welcome, no actually, more than that, I thank you for your kind words. I really do appreciate them. As for your questions, I have something of my own in mind for Tsukune rather than turning him into a shinso vampire, and for your second one, eh...well I never said it would be battle outfit. I said he would be receiving a new outfit. And he will be, and he might even receive another one after that depending on how the story plays out, but they won't be designed specifically for combat. So, even though what you described is really fricking cool, I won't be implementing it. sorry. :(
Joshua Miller: Ah, you got me. I got the Wendigos from Until Dawn. Man was that an awesome game or what!? Seriously, so good. Anyway, I'll be putting a little spin on the Wendigos, as to what that spin is, well you'll just have to wait and see. As for Tsukune thinking Mizore's dad's a yeti...if I recall correctly, he took the mask off in front of them. If I'm remembering wrong however, let's just chalk it up to Mizore telling him that it was her dad in a suit. Maybe the students will keep up their new attitude toward Tsukune, then again maybe not. I'm certainly not telling. XP Also, you're quite welcome for the new chapter. I'm just sorry it took so long to get out. Hope you and everyone else can forgive me for that. I know what you mean, I understand life can get busy and hectic and etc, but it is still highly disappointing when a good story is abandoned. And as I said before, no one needs to worry about that. As the absolutely only way I'll ever abandon a story permanently, is if I kick the bucket. That's a promise.
SupernalGodzilla: I know, it's so very sweet. The fact that she really means that she would kill them rather than watch them kill him is even sweeter. And some might say psychotic. But I say fuck those people! Anywhore...Inner Moka with pink hair, yeah, that was the reaction I was going for. XD Nice to put out a brand new chapter, so thank you and I'll do my best.
lordredknight: It was, wasn't it? Thank you very much, glad you thought so. I'm happy I did that, as I love Mizore to death. I also love the other girls and Tsukune the same, but that's beside the point. As for the Moka thing, no they have not merged. As to what is going on...well, that's for me to know and you to find out. :P
tahu12: Of course I'd respond to your review. It was coherent, legible and worth commenting on. There was no reason not to reply to it. Anyway, yeah that song definitely describes what Tsukune would have been thinking. At least mostly anyway.
Arcias616: I'm overjoyed that you enjoy my story so much, I really am! However, I'm afraid I can't abide by your request. Why? Because that's not how it works. I write when I'm in the mood to do so for a specific fandom, if I'm not then it doesn't happen. End of story. I've explained this several times before. With that said, I understand where you're coming from, as I feel similarly toward several stories I'm awaiting an update for. My story is the best R+V story? Heh, if only everyone felt that way. Regardless, thank you ever so much for saying such kind things. :)
Spectra Phantom of ssj: Thank you. As for the answer to your question, well it would depend. If one of the girls was just injured and Kyouko was dying, then he would go to Kyouko, albeit feeling bitter toward himself as he did for not being able to do both. But if one of the girls was injured and death loomed over them, say in the form of a powerful enemy, and Kyouko was dying, there would barely be a moment of hesitation before Tsukune rushed to his lover's aid. He'd be upset and would shed tears of course, but his girls are more important than anything else, period.
IdiAmeanDada: Thank you very much. Yeah, he tends to go through hell a lot doesn't he? As do I. I tried, hope this is good enough.
Br00klynb0y96: Really? Happy to amaze then. Heh heh...but seriously, thank you, I greatly appreciate you saying such a thing. Since the beginning you say? Nice. Yeah, sorry about that. Had a lot to deal with and wasn't much in the mood for Rosario Vampire. Eight times you say? Not bad. I'm simply overjoyed you seem to love my story so much, really I am. Well I don't know about that, but I definitely appreciate being put in such high regard, so thank you. Of course I didn't forget about this story, I could never do such a thing, and I'll try.
Blazing Tempest: Well I very much appreciate you saying so, so thank you. It doesn't? Hmm...interesting.
Guest: You certainly seem surprised, what, didn't think I'd be back? (Does best impersonation of Arnold Schwarzenegger) I'll always be back. Get it? It's a Terminator reference. Okay, I'll stop now. XD Indeed, small talk time has passed. And by the way, yes, you have indeed made a big improvement.
A desert huh? Not a bad idea...but I'm not sure if I'll do it. I'll think it over. As for thinking I had brought up Yukari's home, don't mention, it's no problem at all.
My bad, I do believe I might have grouped your review in with the guest who reviewed just after you, sorry about that.
Yeah, the weddings...man are those chapters going to be complicated. I'm dreading writing them, I'm also excited for it as well, as what can I say, I love romance. I did like your idea, which is why it is under consideration, as I have yet to cement what I intend to do for the wedding chapters. As for perhaps splitting it into five or six chapters...well, I don't know about that. I'll think it over.
Yes, yes it will. There will certainly be small ones here and there, but overall...well, it might not be until next season that we see some real, long term happiness stuff. Woops. Anyway, yeah, I intend to. There's a lot to get to, a lot I have in store and want to do, bringing in more comedy and romance is just a part of what I have in mind. As for if you just typed that...well yes, yes you did.
I would say I was intrigued and bid you to go on.
Oh, that's what you had in mind. I too had thought of that, and had already planned to implement it. I just hadn't solidified all the details. So since you're offering, I would indeed love to hear your ideas for everyone's next stage of monster evolution. Their awakenings if you will.
Now I can't promise I'll use them, as I tend to stick to what I already have in mind, or, in rare cases, gut any ideas I receive from others and fill them with my own kind of stuff, using just the bare outline that I had been provided with. Of course when I do the latter, I always inform my readers where the original idea came from and give credit where credit is due. So in short, I'll most likely perform a lot of tweaks and adjustments to your ideas, if I decide to use them, but will of course inform everyone else that the original ideas came from you. In short, yes I'm interested. Please elaborate on all of their awakening ideas, if you don't mind.
No they don't. They know of his trek and the injuries he sustained during, due to bandaging them, but they have no firsthand experience with what happened, nor do they have any clue what happened at Yokai Academy before Tsukune's trek to their home began. As if they would have second thoughts or not...well, I'll keep that to myself.
Yes, yes he does. Of course he didn't, he just can't deal with the fact that he caused her and the other girls harm, unintentional or otherwise. As for finally getting it through his thick head...well, they do say history repeats itself.
Indeed it is. Something is going to occur regarding the two Mokas, as to if it'll be separation, well, I'll keep that to myself for now.
Glad you're looking forward to the next episode, as for what will happen, read on and find out my friend. I tried to get it out faster, still ended up taking awhile though, my bad.
Time for part one of episode nine/chapter nine of season four to begin. Yeah, you read that right, part one. Meaning there's going to be a part two. And a part three to boot. Ergo, next chapter will be the second half of episode nine, not episode ten. Now I know I don't usually do things this way, but I thought I'd try and structure it this way, as an experiment. Once all three parts are done and are out, please let me know which format you like better, breaking events up or grouping all correlating occurrences in the same chapter.
Both have their pros and cons. All in one means longer chapters, but also means a longer wait time. And on a neither sour or sweet note, there would be fewer chapters in total. Shorter chapters, broken into pieces in other words, mean less wait time, though you still have to put up with my mood writing thing of course, but would also mean less content per chapter. And again, on neither a good or bad note, that would mean more chapters.
One last thing on the matter, if you guys decide you like the broken up format better, that does not mean every chapter will be like that. There will still be chapters that are gigantic in length, when I have that much content to put in said chapters anyway, that will come about from time to time. Though there's a bigger chance of some of them being broken into two or more parts, since you guys would, theoretically, like that better if you like the broken up format better.
If you prefer my all in one chapter/episode thing however, then...well things will return to being done only that way after this three parter is done.
Anyway, here it is. Please read, review and enjoy.
Tsukune's vision was blurry as his eyes finally began to open, the teen blinking several times to try and clear away the fog as he moved to sit up. "Ugh, did anyone get the license plate number of that bus that hit me?" He queried to no one in particular, putting his head in his hands as it pounded like a nonstop drumbeat.
"Which one? There were a lot of them." Mizore quipped from her spot beside him.
Immediately the ghoul's eyes locked onto the snow woman, who, he quickly realized, he had been lying in the lap off just a moment ago. Speaking of said snow woman, she appeared to have cleaned up, as she no longer sported any black blood and wore a different kimono, this one dark blue. She also lacked the coolant lollipop she usually had in her possession.
As for where they were, well, they appeared to be in one of the rooms in the ski lodge. Only this one lacked a bed and they both rested on large mats.
"Mizore..." He breathed her name with surprise, his vision clearing completely as his eyes widened. "I'm so-"
"Ah, no you don't." She quieted her lover, putting one of her index fingers to his lips as she did. "You are not going to apologize to me. If you do, I just might slap you."
As it was what she wanted, the brown haired seventeen year old kept silent, allowing her to continue. "There is nothing for you to be sorry for. I told you that when it happened, and I meant it. It wasn't your fault Tsukune. You would never hurt me."
"But I-" He started to protest, only to be shushed once more.
"I don't want to hear it." She began, her gaze intense as she spoke. "All you've ever done is blame yourself. But not this time, I won't let you." She continued. "You're not the villain here Tsukune, you're the hero. You're my hero. You saved Yokai Academy, you saved me. How much more proof do you need?" She questioned, her tone gentle.
"No one would have been in any danger if it wasn't for me." Tsukune argued, moving to try and stand as he did. "It was my fault-AH FUCK!" He cried suddenly, a surge of agony shooting through his body as he fell back onto his back on to the floor, clutching at his right leg as he did.
His injuries hadn't healed even in the slightest he suddenly realized, in fact, they seemed to have worsened due to all the stress that his body had been put under from extreme over exertion. They were also aggravated by his attempt to stand, if the fact that his mummified leg's bandages were beginning to soak through with blood said anything on the matter.
"Stop being so petulant, you're still injured you know." Mizore chided him. "Now here, let me take care of you." She told him, pulling his head back into her lap as he tried to sit up again, so as to get a better look at his fucked up leg.
"Oh, uh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize that I was still in such bad shape." He admitted sheepishly.
Looking down at himself, he saw that his body was more covered in bandages than clothes, as beside a pair of underwear, said bandages were the only things covering him. Though with all the injuries he had accumulated, they covered a lot. And judging by the fact that his skin wasn't crawling anymore from the sickly sensation the black blood induced, it was a safe bet that he had been bathed and had new bandages applied to all his wounds, someone having to have redressed them to prevent infection.
All of that had been necessary of course, nevertheless, that fact didn't stop the red hue from emerging on Tsukune's face. The fact that he was in nothing but his underwear, black boxers, and that he had been bathed by someone, regardless of who it was, had him feeling rather embarrassed.
"I'm sorry." Mizore whispered suddenly, stroking her lover's hair all the while.
At those words, Tsukune looked up at the snow woman, his eyes tracing her face before planting themselves at her eyes, their orbs catching each other. "What could you possibly be sorry for?" He inquired, his confusion clear.
"Just look at the state you're in Tsukune. You can't even stand up. If you weren't a ghoul...you'd be dead right now. And if you somehow did manage to survive, you'd never be able to walk again. And it's all my fault."
Tsukune wanted nothing more than to vehemently protest, to tell her how wrong she was, that it wasn't her fault. That it was his. But he knew better than anyone how hard it was to accept such a fact, as even now, he still couldn't accept it, that he wasn't at fault. Because that's how he had felt almost his entire life, that everything was his fault.
So instead of trying to assure her it wasn't her fault, which he ached to do but knew wouldn't do much good, he opted to make a joke out of it, as he had slowly came to start doing. Diffusing tense situations with humor, it was a better method than doing nothing as far as he was concerned.
"Yeah, that would suck pretty bad. I mean an amputee-gimp, not very attractive. Especially with the whole missing a limb thing." He joked, a small grin present on his face as he did.
This had the desired effect, as it managed to get the young girl to give a bit of a mirthful smile. "You're damn sexy, legs or no legs."
The ghoul couldn't help but chuckle at that. However, unfortunately, the mood became somber once more as Mizore's smile fell away and she began speaking once more.
"You pushed yourself so hard...too hard. You always do. You throw yourself on the sacrificial altar every chance you get, and it makes me so angry. You're always the first one to volunteer for anguish, willing taking on all the pain you possibly can. All for our sake." She was crying at this point, albeit silently, her tears sliding down her face and slowly dripping down and onto Tsukune's own face.
Her sobs were quiet as quiet could be as she continued, but were still detectable, as her body shook ever so subtly. "You're so ready and willing to take on everyone else's burdens, their pain. But you never let anyone do the same for you. Not once have you ever come to me, to any of us and asked for our help. And no matter how hard I try, I can't figure out why. Is it because you think you have to be strong for us? That you're not allowed to show that you're hurting? That we won't love you if you need our help? Because if so you're wrong, and you should know that. You didn't willingly show us that you were hurting and in need, but we saw it, and we didn't turn our backs on you. And we never will. I love you for who you are, so do the others. It doesn't matter to us whether you're strong or you're weak, whether you have to protect us or we have to protect you, none of it matters, so long as we have you."
She took a shaky intake of oxygen then. "I would take all your pain for you if you'd let me, because seeing you in pains hurts so much worse than anything else ever could." She confessed.
"Mizore...that's not it. I love all of you girls so much, I never meant-"
"Then what is it Tsukune?" She asked him, her voice cracking slightly as she cut him off. "What makes you think that you're not allowed to ask for our help, my help? No one would think of or treat you differently, not even Kokoa or the other Moka. So why? Why must you be so damn selfless to the point where it's almost selfish!?"
"Because...because there's nothing else I can do." That answer wasn't going to fly, and the ghoul knew that, so elaborated further. "You girls are perfect. Beautiful beyond compare both inside and out, stronger than you give yourselves credit for, graceful and elegant when you want to be, more selfless, caring and sweet than any of you'll ever realize, smarter than me for sure and, well, the list just goes on. While me...I'm just me. I'm nothing special, and I was even less so before you girls made me who I am today. I can't even pretend to be average because of everything that's happened to me, so I'm scarred and messed up. And yet...all of you still manage to love with me, and for the life of me I still can't figure out why. So I...I want to prove that I'm worth your love, even if I know I never really will be. So I do whatever I can to to help you, even though it's never enough. And I keep my problems to myself because...well, you girls loving me was asking for the impossible, and if I add on to that with my petty burdens that don't even deserve to be called burdens, well...then I'm afraid you'll all finally realize I'm not worth it." As he confessed this to her, he couldn't help but avert his eyes, not wanting to look at her as he told her all this.
"Tsukune, you idiot."
That wasn't the reaction he had been expecting, and as such, he found his eyes once more locked with hers, now gazing at her with uncertainty, wondering what she was thinking at the moment.
"Is that how you really feel? How deluded could you be?" She queried rhetorically with a bit of a bitter chuckle. "You put us on such towering pedestals, while you throw yourself down below like a worthless dog. It should be the other way around."
Tsukune opened his mouth to refute that, but was cut off as the young snow woman continued. "You seem to be forgetting just how scarred and broken we are. How very imperfect we really are. Moka more often than not gets you into trouble rather than anything else, not to mention her sometimes childish attitude has hindered you and others on several occasions and her naivete...well it speaks for itself. Then there's the fact that she's taken more verbal abuse than most people can handle, which has caused her to develop a slight inferiority complex. The other Moka belittled you and talked down to you to hide her feelings for you, can't express herself outside of combat, has a bit of a superiority complex to match her other halve's inferiority complex and has a father that wants you dead, that of course applies to both Mokas and Kokoa as well. Speaking of Kokoa, she's got a temper, sometimes which is uncontrollable, tried to off you several times, making her much more violent than necessary and is as hardheaded as they come."
She paused for half a second, her eyes burrowing into Tsukune's so he could see the sincerity in every word she spoke, before continuing. "Yukari doesn't understand what being in a relationship with her will entail for you, especially so concerning her age, is quite naive for being so smart and can fall victim to the pitfalls of being a child more often than she would like to admit. Not to mention she's far too trusting and would get you killed quicker than you could blink out in the real world. Ruby is dependent on you like a dog is to their master, has expectations of you that you're not sure you can meet and has a small history of psychotic breaks. Kurumu is arguably the most childish of all, is not as bright as you make her out to be, easily the dimmest of our entire group, has a bad habit of throwing fits when she doesn't get what she wants, as long as you aren't the one to deny her of course, and has an unhealthy obsession with the size of her breasts. On top of that, she tried to make you hers through charms rather than working for it. She also has no idea how the world really works."
Taking a deep breath, Mizore finished her little speech. "And finally, there's me. The snow woman who's about as introverted as they come, has extreme stalking tendencies, tried to force you to be with her against your will by freezing you solid, lacks empathy in most regards and has a history of suicide attempts." Tsukune couldn't help but cringe when she brought that up, the teen having confided in him about such a thing over summer break. To hear her use it against herself like that, it twisted his stomach into knots. "Not to mention...how I was almost made impure before you so much as even kissed me." She was, of course, referencing the incident with Okuto Kotsubo.
"So you see Tsukune, we're just as scarred as you are, more so even. We're far more screwed up than you give us credit for. Even disregarding the things we had no control over, giving us far more lenience than you should, you still don't measure up to our flaws."
"Enough." Tsukune ordered, actually ordered then. His tone was soft, but still commanding.
This took Mizore completely off guard, so she simply stopped speaking, her lover reaching up and caressing her face as she did. "If all you're going to do is bad talk yourself and the rest of the girls, then I don't want to hear another word. You girls are perfect, that's all there is to it. You have your quirks sure, but so does everybody. That doesn't make you, any of you, anything less than perfect. And the rest of it, all of it was completely out of your control. None of it matters, as none of it changes who you all are. And none of it was your fault." He explained to her. "It wasn't your fault." He repeated, this time clearly only speaking about Mizore as he did. As for what he was talking about...well, everything.
"Understand me?" He questioned her, his eyes boring into hers for a change, his gaze highly intense.
Her tears had failed to halt, only coming faster with every word her lover spoke. So, as he asked her if she understood him, she simply nodded her head, not trusting her voice at the moment.
"Good." With that he pulled her down so their lips could meet, kissing her with passion, to convey his feelings, to show that he meant every word he spoke. Needless to say that, when they pulled apart, both breathless from the intensity of the lip lock, the message had been received.
As the two panted, Tsukune finally noticed her overwhelming scent, said smell flooding his nostrils and filling him with the need to feed. And as that need flooded his body, every wound he had ached, just about every part of his body letting him know that he needed blood, now. In theory it was the perfect solution, as the sustenance a good blood gorge would provide would allow him to heal at an even more rapid rate than usual, not to mention that his body couldn't really heal itself at this point with how little monster energy he had, and the fact that such a thing needed to be corrected immediately so they could head back to Yokai Academy. But...the concern that lingered was that Tsukune was still fearful of feeding, for stupid reasons yes, but reasons nonetheless.
However, the decision was taken out of his hands, as the snow woman noticed him beginning to chew on his bottom lip, grinding his teeth against said flesh to the point where he would soon bring blood. "Here." She said, leaning down and presenting her neck to him, doing so after wiping away her tears
"Mizore?" He breathed her name like a question.
"I know you need blood to survive, and I also know that you haven't been drinking any. Kokoa was your first, and now I'll be your second."
"Bu-but Mizore-"
"I don't mind Tsukune, not in the slightest. This is part of who you are now, and I love all of you. So by all means, drink my blood."
Once more he attempted to dissuade her, or was going to anyway, but was interrupted and stopped before he could even open his mouth. "Your body is a wreck, you need blood to heal. If you drink form me, you'll feel better. Stop being stubborn and take it." She admonished.
"Are...are you sure?" He questioned her then, since protesting would simply be met with resistance.
"Yes, I am. Now drink." She told him, pushing his face into the crook of her neck as she did.
With her permission, his body demanding he do so as pain surged through it, and the urge to overwhelming him, his holy locked glowed for a millisecond, as his fangs appeared and he sunk them deep into the pale flesh of his lover's neck, causing her to gasp in pain and shock as he did.
Even as he began to drain her blood from her body, she didn't mind the bodily intrusion his fangs posed in the slightest. They belonged to Tsukune, and as far as she was concerned, he could do anything to her body that he wanted to. In fact, as his body unconsciously got into it, he pulled her down flush against him, squeezing her breasts against his abdomen, and she found she was beginning to enjoy it. The fangs in her neck, eh, but the body contact, now that she liked.
His hands roamed her back, his holy lock glowing brighter and brighter as he continued to feed on her, his healing factor already kicking into overdrive. His flesh began to reattach itself, regenerating any bits that were missing as it did, his bones began to knit back together and his wounds began to close. And as this happened, his body was in a state of almost synthetic euphoria, simply because all the duress his body had been under finally began to lift. It was almost overwhelming. Add in the fact that Mizore was pressed so tightly against him, well let's just say it was very hard work not losing control.
All the while, unbeknownst to the two, a tiny crack formed in one of the links of the lock, it shaking as the ghoul fed on the snow woman. Something else peculiar they failed to notice, the fact that the tips of the ghoul's locks of hair had turned a frosty white color.
Still, even with resisting his urges, Tsukune managed to slip up, as one of his hands went a little too far south and proceed to cup one of his lover's butt cheeks through her kimono. Her reaction was to moan pleasantly. Nevertheless, it still managed to snap the teen out of his trance-like state.
Quickly removing his hand from her backside, his fangs receding from her neck only a moment later, he apologized sheepishly, red dusting his cheeks. "S-sorry, I guess I let myself get a little too carried away." His holy lock ceased glowing at this point, the link not fully broken, but the beginnings of it having already occurred. Luckily, he was just about fully healed at this point. The tips of his hair had also returned to their original brown color by this time, having changed and changed back without either of the two noticing.
Hand moving to cover the holes in her neck, Mizore smiled seductively at her boyfriend. "I'm not. I enjoyed it."
Tsukune's blush darkened at that, the teen barely managing not to eep as he did, suddenly very embarrassed. No matter how hard he tried, he was still ludicrously nervous when it came to sexual matters. One of the main reasons being because he didn't want to take advantage of any of his girls. Another was his inexperience...well maybe not inexperience, but lack of any sexual activity before them.
"And I'm not the only one either it seems." She remarked, sitting up as she did, while also groping the bulge that had formed in his boxers.
It was at this point that his entire face was red, the crimson contrasting with his brown hair and brown eyes, making him look somewhat ridiculous. "Sorry." He squeaked out then.
"Don't be. It makes me feel good that I can get you like this." Mizore explained to him, her smile widening as she did.
"Um, could you ma-maybe...you kno-know, stop tha-that?" He asked, as she continued to grope him.
"Why would I do that?" She queried, teasing him at this point.
"Be-because you know, w-we can't do an-anyth-anything, you're pa-parents can't b-be far." He attempted to reason, but stuttered as twinges of pleasure ran through him.
"Didn't I tell you before? Wherever, whenever, however." She reminded him, a blush staining her cheeks at this point as well, but her zeal not fading in the least.
"Mi-Mizore, you ca-can't be seri-serious. They co-could w-walk i-in and se-see. Yo-you don't wa-want that do yo-you?" He tried to argue, it losing most of it's effectiveness because of his speech pattern.
She all but ignored him, not addressing his concern about her parents in the slightest."You know, I still have one virginity left intact for you to take." She informed him, lust oozing from her voice as she did. "I bet none of the others have had you in there, have they?" She questioned, even though she already knew the answer from talking with the other girls, her blush darkening several shades as she did.
He noticeably twitched at that, showing his excitement at what she had in mind. However, as usual, his big head exerted control over his little head, as he objected to this further. "Th-this is a ba-bad idea Mi-Mizore. You shouldn't d-do any-anything you-you're not comf-comfortable with. Be-besides, we could ge-get cau-caught any se-second-"
Once more he was silenced, as the snow woman put a finger to his lips to shush him. "Would you stop it already? You want this, I know you do, I can feel it. As for me, I want it just as much. You're not forcing me to do anything, it wasn't even your idea. Besides, I told you before, I'll do anything you want me to do, I'll let you do anything you want to do to me. My body is yours do with as you please. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I belong to you, heart, mind, body and soul. What part of that don't you understand?" She inquired, leaning forward to peck him on the lips afterward.
Tsukune was at a loss for words, as he just couldn't fathom how to reply to that. It was painstakingly perplexing to him that anybody could have such devotion towards him, especially seven perfect girls that he saw on a regular basis. 'I don't know if I'll ever be able get used to this.' He thought to himself.
Still unable to find the right words, the teen used actions instead. Pulling her hand away from his groin, he proceeded to pull her into a tight embrace, no fondling, no kissing, no sexual purpose at all, simply wanting to hold her close.
It took her by surprise of course, though it wasn't unwelcome. Especially as he whispered in her ear, "I love you so much." Her blush faded, as did her sensual approach, as a bright smile of pure happiness crossed her face. It almost hurt her cheeks in fact, because it was easily the largest smile she had ever worn in her life. "I love you too Tsukune."
The two stayed like that for awhile, before the ghoul's other head let itself be know, twitching a bit and poking Mizore in the thigh. Tsukune's reaction was to, of course, blush and apologize sheepishly.
"No need. You just reminded me of what I was supposed to be doing." With that comment she grabbed his boxers by the waistband.
"Wait, what are you doing?" He queried, having thought that this whole thing had passed.
"Well, since you sucked something of mine, I figured it's only fair that I suck something of yours." She explained, her blush returning as she did.
Stopping her from going down on him, literally having to move her head back up to do so since she had been so close, the brown haired teen spoke once more. "That's not what I meant. What I meant was-"
"Don't worry about it Tsukune." She cut him off, as she moved to do what she had originally intended to. "Just sit back, relax and let your little snow bunny take care of you."
Soon after, words failed Tsukune, due to being in Mizore's mouth. He was at that point, obviously, unable to argue any further.
Moka wore a deep scowl, as she tapped her foot impatiently against the floor, while just about everyone in the makeshift infirmary gawked at her. They had been staring a good hour at this point. Mostly because she had been unusually adamant about fixing this, having gone so far as threaten Vladimir and Mikogami that they had better fix it or else, though admittedly it was brought on after the older men had made certain comments about the situation.
In the past hour she had also tried removing the rosary, so as to reverse the change and to try again, in hopes that it would work the second time. It failed to come off of course, as only Tsukune could remove it. Despite the fact that she knew that, and everyone else knew she knew it, she became quite aggravated by it. And the whole time everyone just stared at her, never seeing her lose her cool like this before. She hadn't lost it entirely, not even close, but for even a little of it to fall away was so rare that the rest of them could hardly believe it.
"So uh, what um, what does this actually mean?" Gin suddenly questioned, his bewilderment as clear as everyone else's.
"I'm not a hundred percent sure. I mean I'm no expert when it comes to her rosary, but as far as I know there really isn't an explanation for this." Vladimir informed him.
"It's highly possible Issa gave her a defective rosary, simply to screw with her and Tsukune." Mikogami put forth.
The silver haired teen growled at them irritably then, warning them to shut their traps.
They, of course, did not listen.
"Could the rosary not simply be broken?" Ruby inquired.
"Well it's certainly defective, that's for sure." Yukari stated, agreeing with the headmaster to a degree.
"It could be that the energy it's imbued with has been distorted in some way or is unable to take full effect because of some kind of blockage." Fang Fang offered.
"You sound like you speak from experience." Ruby responded, quirking a brow as she did.
"I do." The yasha confirmed with a nod of his head. "My father-
Moka glared at the three then, shutting them up.
"Sis you look...weird with pink hair." Kokoa told her, still not used to the sight.
Deshiko cocked her head to the side, as she examined the now pink haired vampire. "I don't know...it kind of works. Just barely though." She said, giving her opinion on the matter.
"I think pink looks good on her." Kyouko commented. "Though maybe pink hair is a bit much." She proceeded to concede.
"Oh would you all shut up about it already!? Whatever the issue is, I will correct it! Until then just keep quiet about it!" She barked at them, before stomping off, exiting the auditorium slash makeshift infirmary as she did.
"Whatever the problem is, she's certainly pissy about it." Kurumu remarked.
"I do believe she's upset about the fact that the transformation failed to occur." Ling Ling observed.
"Well no duh." The succubus replied with a roll of her eyes.
"You misunderstand. I do not mean that she is upset at the state she is in. I believe she is upset at the fact that she is still out here, among us, rather than the other her." Ling Ling further elaborated.
Several of them seemed a little taken back by that, but Kokoa in particular, well, she could only stare down at her feet as that night on Tsukune's rooftop ran through her mind. 'Big sister...' As her thoughts wandered, she failed to register the words being spoken amongst the others on the subject.
Moka was in no mood to deal with anyone, which was why she made directly for the girls dorm, a direct course set for her room. Thankfully, for them, no one bothered her. This allowed her to reach her room without disturbance, though that didn't stop her from slamming her door shut, nearly knocking it off it's hinges as she did. If it hadn't been designed to handle monster strength it would have been downright obliterated from the force she used to close it.
Teeth grit, she ground them together as she fought the urge to lash out and attack, lacking any target to take this out on. This didn't last long, as she gave in to the destructive urges filling her and began to tear her room apart. Ripping her bed sheets and pillows off her mattress, they along with their insides were sent flying, knocking all the school stuff and the hygiene products off her desk, breaking her chair to pieces with a kick, scattering papers about, she went on a tiny rampage inside her room.
Why was she so damn angry? Simple. If the rosary didn't work then there was no Outer Moka, if there was no Outer Moka then Tsukune would be heartbroken. If Tsukune was heartbroken...she needn't finish that thought. 'If she's gone, where will that leave me with Tsukune?'
This continued for a few minutes, until, turning toward the vanity mirror that sat at her desk, she had to force her body to come to a stop, as, without realizing it, she had been intending to shatter it with her fist. She had been going to punch it...she never punched anything, she kicked, she did not punch.
Panting slightly, having been working overtime to exert some of the pent up anger she felt at her situation, she gazed long and hard at herself in the mirror she was now face to face with. "If she's gone...will he still want me, love me?" She questioned her reflection, reflexively grasping at her left breast as she did, her heart shuddering in pain at the thought of Tsukune no longer wanting to be with her.
No answer awaited her, as she continued to stare at herself, the silence that filled her room at her question deafening to the young woman.
The vampire was unsure how long she stood there, her eyes attempting to burn a hole in herself through her reflection, before the sound of a voice, one all too familiar, caught her attention.
"Of course he would."
Moka's eyes widened considerably as those words rang throughout her head. "Outer?" She queried, unsure if she had heard what she thought she had.
Kohaku and Tsurara were currently on their way to the ski lodge, meaning to check on their daughter and her boyfriend.
"I'm still not sure about this." Tsurara muttered suddenly.
"I know how you feel dear, but it's Mizore's choice, not ours." Her husband reminded her.
"I know that. It's just...I can't say I hate him, as from the time I've spent around him I can't help but like him, but the thing is...he was a human all along. He hid that from us, Mizore even helped him do so. For her to lie to us like that...and now he's got the blood of a vampire flowing through him and has become a ghoul of incredible power, so our daughter would have no chance against him in a fight. She really does seem to be in love with him, judging by the way she'll do anything he asked of her, and now he has the physical capability to force her if she ever refused. That just doesn't sit well with me."
"That's understandable, and I can't deny it worries me greatly as well, even still, I don't believe the boy would ever force her to do anything. It just doesn't seem to be in his nature." The snow man spoke in the teen's favor.
"I suppose. Even still...disregarding everything else, he hurt her. She says it wasn't his fault, and I'd like to believe her, but...the genuine guilt and shame in his eyes says otherwise. Then there's the fact that she's lied to us before." She pointed out.
"I for one believe our daughter, simply for the fact that I don't believe someone who would willingly harm her so would make the trek through the wastes that he did. And...believing that will be the only way that I will be able to sleep at night." He confessed to her.
Silence reigned between the two for several moments then, before Tsurara spoke once more. "Regardless of how we feel, we have no choice in the matter." The snow woman winced as she said this, as her hand grazed across the wound her own daughter had inflicted upon her no less than two hours ago.
Seeing his wife in pain, Kohaku came to a stop, forcing her do the same as he opened up her kimono slightly, to check on her bound wound.
Tsurara let her husband check her wound, knowing nothing would come of it and he was just being a worrywart like usual. Though she couldn't blame him, as if Mizore's aim had been just a few centimeters off, it would have been her heart that had been pierced by her blade of ice. 'To think she almost killed me over that boy...' Shaking her head clear of those thoughts, she reassured Kohaku that she was fine, and the two continued on their way to the lodge.
A few minutes later and they had reached the building, Kohaku holding the door open for his wife, allowing her to enter the lodge first, before following afterward. And almost immediately upon their entry, the sound of moaning pierced their ears.
"Right, perhaps we should come back later." The male of the two remarked, turning to leave as he did, only to be stopped by his life partner. "Hang on." She told him. "We came here to check on them and that's exactly what we're going to do."
The snow man quirked a brow at that. "You sure about that? You and I both know what they're doing up there."
"Oh Tsukune!" The sound of their daughter's voice rang out in ecstasy, getting both of them to look toward the stairs.
"And quite frankly, they sound just fine to me." He remarked further as he returned his eyes to her, only to see she was no longer there.
His wife was already halfway up the stairs he noted then, as he found her. Instead of following or trying to stop her, he just sighed and opted to wait, as he had no desire to see what she was about to walk in on. As to whether she was going up there to sate her curiosity or because she genuinely distrusted Tsukune, well...only she knew.
Several moments later he heard his wife's voice yell out, "Hey, that's the wrong hole! You can't give me grandchildren that way!"
"MOM!" Mizore cried irately, the sound of which was mixed in with a yelp of shock and embarrassment from Tsukune.
Groaning in the discomfort he now felt thanks to his wife's words, which painted a mental picture he did not need to have in his head, the snow man could only face palm.
"Planning on casting a spell girls?" Vladimir questioned the witch duo.
"Huh?" The two didn't know what he was talking about, till they realized their wands were glowing.
"What's going on?" Deshiko inquired.
"Wait, I didn't do anything!" Gin exclaimed upon seeing the sight, flinching afterward, raising his arms to defend from crows and golden washtubs as he did. Only, after a few moments, he realized none were coming, so put his arms down, breathing a sigh of relief as he did.
"What was that?" Kyouko queried the werewolf still in human form with a quirked brow.
"Oh, that?" He chuckled nervously. "That, uh, that was nothing. Yeah, nothing at all." He insisted, a sheepish grin crossing his face as he did.
"That was his usual reaction to the two casting spells out of combat, since he's such a pervert and can't help but peep, we give him a good wallop to put him in his place. And they're usually the ones to take care of it." Kurumu explained to the only human among them.
"Ah, I see." She acknowledged, her eyes narrowing as she looked back at Gin, who just chuckled nervously some more.
"Um, I don't want to be mean girls, but could you please refrain from casting spells in here? I don't want to risk worsening anyone's injuries." Mrs. Nekonome cut in, coming off as almost overly nice despite her words of not wanting to be mean.
"But we're not!" Yukari defended.
"I don't understand, why are our wands glowing?" Ruby wondered aloud.
"I do believe you two are being summoned." Mikogami stated then.
As if to prove his point, a voice began to broadcast from both of their wands, the same one from both.
"The Witching Fields, two days from now a gathering will take place there. Witches and warlocks all around the world, you are invited to attend. Be there or consider your life forfeit." The deep and dark baritone voice instructed. And once it faded, so did the glow of the girls's wands.
"Okay, that was weird." Kyouko stated the obvious.
"Yeah, no kidding." Kurumu agreed.
"The Witching Fields? Where is that exactly?" Deshiko questioned.
"I have no idea, I've never heard of such a place." The younger of the witches replied. "What about you Ruby?" She proceeded to ask.
"I've heard of it, but I thought it was just a legend. Like a fairy tale you would tell to young witches and warlocks. My..." She hesitated for a moment before continuing, "...my old Mistress told me of it originally, but I suppose she could have been doing so wistfully, though at the time I simply thought she had been fantasizing about it. But other than the fact that it used to be a safe haven for all witches and warlocks, she never said anymore on the subject."
"So you don't know where it is or what the place is supposed to look like?" Fang Fang inquired.
"No, I'm afraid I don't." Ruby confirmed with a frown.
"Then how does that man expect you two to get there?" Shizuka questioned with a frown of her own.
"More importantly, where does he get off threatening you guys like that?" Gin cut in, looking somewhat agitated by the threat to his friends
"His voice sounded kind of familiar..." Kokoa mentioned offhandedly, finally joining the conversation.
"You know him then?" Ling Ling queried, also joining the conversation.
"Not really, I just think I've heard his voice before." She explained. For the life of her though, the young vampire was unable to put a name or face to the voice, no matter how many times she went over it in her head. Nor was she able to recall where she remembered hearing his voice at.
"The most important question of all..." Vladimir began, getting everyone's attention on him as he did. "...is whether or not you two are going to answer the summons you've received. So then, are you?"
"I mean, I'd like to go just to see these Witching Fields, but I'm worried about Tsukune and Mizore. Then there's what's going on with Moka's rosary. So it just doesn't seem like the right time to take a trip to anywhere, let alone to a place we have no idea how to get to." Yukari reasoned.
"I too would like to see such a place, especially with the way my Mistress would speak of it with such fondness. However, I am far too anxious about Master's return to so much as think about going anywhere. It hasn't been long I know, only a few hours, however he was in no condition to be doing anything when he left. He could barely stand after all. For good reason, as he had just finished a very tough and strenuous battle. He will need his toy to take care of him when he returns." Ruby rationalized.
"Hey! Taking care of Tsukune is my job!" Both Kokoa and Kurumu proceeded to object in unison. And seeing as they did, they glared at one and other for daring to say such a thing.
With both witches having given reasons not to go, the subject, you would figure, would be closed at that point. However that was not so, as Mikogami decided to point something out. "But if you were to refuse this invitation you two have been given, then a death sentence shall be handed down. As to who will be executing it, well only the man who summoned you in the first place would know."
"Indeed. And considering who you're little group has trifled with in the past, that could be a big problem for all of you." Ling Ling added.
At that Fang Fang proceeded to nudge his sister in the side. "Oh alright. It could be a big problem for us." She corrected, putting emphasis on us at the behest of her brother, since he was so adamant about them being a part of their group.
"Yeah well maybe, but whoever he is, I doubt he could handle all of us at once. Hell, with that power boost Tsukune got from drinking Kokoa's blood he could probably take on whoever the guy is by himself, no problem. So if he thinks he can get his hands on Ruby and Yukari so easily, then he's got another thing coming." Gin asserted.
"Huh, you know what, if you weren't such a pervert you'd be a pretty sweet guy Morioka." Deshiko stated then.
"Why thank you." Gin responded, a sparkle in his eye and a smile across his face.
"He does realize that was backhanded compliment right?" The bo staff wielding red head questioned.
Kurumu waved her off at that. "He doesn't get compliments often, just let him have this one."
"Whatever."
"You know with all this debate about going or not, I find myself highly curious as to just what these Witching Fields are like." Fang Fang thought aloud. "More importantly, is the place even truly real?"
"Oh it's real alright. And you'll need my help in getting there." A new voice cut in, getting everyone's attention on it's owner. None other than the bus driver, wearing his usual attire and smoking a cigar.
"Damn it Nurari, how the hell do you always manage to sneak up on people like that?" Vladimir questioned his colleague.
"So he does have a name." Gin, Kurumu, Kokoa, Ruby and Yukari all muttered audibly at that, as not once had they or any other student heard the man's name spoken before.
"Of course I have a name, everybody has a name. None of you ever asked what it was is all." The still quite mysterious bus driver told them with an almost mocking grin as he did.
"What do you mean by we'll need your help to get to the Witching Fields?" Ling Ling made the obvious inquiry then.
"And why would we suddenly make the decision to go simply because you know how to get us there?" Deshiko inquired further.
Nurari's mocking smirk became almost predatory at that. "Why? Because of who'll be in attendance at that gathering of magical beings. The greatest practitioner of magic still alive today, the one who enchanted those bullets that are buried in the corpses of your classmates, he'll be there. Completely out in the open and just waiting to be assassinated. And come on, let's be honest here, you all know you need to take him out. After all, just imagine if that kind of ammo got in hands of the humans, or worse was mass produced and was made available to everyone with a gun. At the very least he'll equip the rest of Fairy Tale with that special ammo of his, and that's thousands of monsters with itchy trigger fingers. No matter what, the odds just aren't in your favor."
"Just who do you think we are exactly? I mean, assassination? We're high-school students, not assassins." Kurumu objected to his words.
"More importantly, we don't even know who this guy is or what he's like. He might not be so bad. He might just be misunderstood. He might even be a good guy." Yukari dissented.
"That's a lot of mights little missy." Nurari indicated. "You sure you wanna gamble on'em?"
"She has a point though." Ruby intervened on her fellow witch's behalf. "To go around killing people simply because they can do something you can't, that sounds a lot like how humans of old thought." She pointed out, not mentioning that a good portion of humans still thought that way.
"I see your point." He conceded. "However, I do believe there's one last bit of information that could change your minds."
As no one tried to dissuade him from speaking, clearly having everyone's full attention, he spoke further. "He's quite intent on removing Tsukune from this world, having apparently seen him as an obstacle in the way of whatever he's trying to achieve. In fact, you know that little visit most of you were paid over summer break by that Thunder Beast? Courtesy of this warlock." He explained to them.
And just like that, the atmosphere of the room shifted. Yukari, Ruby, Kokoa, Kurumu, Gin and Kyouko all seemed to tense, their eyes narrowing. That's where the bus driver knew he had them. Fang Fang and Deshiko didn't look too happy to hear this either, even if they didn't understand the implications of the summer break incident. Ling Ling seemed indifferent as usual. And Vladimir, well Vladimir had a tendency to disregard people trying to kill one and other, seeing as it was what they all did best. Nevertheless, he knew he was on board as well.
The headmaster and Shizuka, well they were preoccupied at the moment. More specifically the headmaster had all but dragged the cat-woman away, so that they were taken out of the equation.
Before any of them could speak on the matter, as things had changed at this point, another voice cut in. "Then our next course of action is clear isn't it? We take the bastard down." Moka dictated, her scowl from before still quite present as she entered the room.
"That's what I like to hear." Nurari remarked with almost twisted enthusiasm. "And now that I've really got your attention, I'll tell you how we'll be getting there." He said then, finally addressing Ling Ling's question.
Tsukune held Mizore close, his arms wrapped around her midsection, simply enjoying the feeling of being so close to her, the feeling of her skin on his and the pleasant cool she had to her body. The fact that they were both nude amplified these pleasant feelings a great deal.
The two lie on the large mat that had been laid out in the guest room he had been put in to rest, both more than content to stay where they were, eyes closed and basking in each other's presence, or eyes open and gazing at one and other, made possibly since the snow woman was facing him with her arms wrapped around his neck.
While it was true they had experienced a rather awkward moment, or rather a series of moments, a while ago with her mother, the young snow woman's insistence that they not let it ruin their time pulled them through. Said snow woman had to chase her mother away first of course, though it was more like shooing her away, seeing as she had been rather 'attached' to Tsukune when the older snow woman had come in, but things fell back into place when their privacy had been restored.
The lovers were in the midst of a comfortable silence, when it was broken by the taller of the two. "You know, since we're both fixed up and all, we should really be getting back to Yokai Academy. With the way we left, the others are sure to be worried sick about us."
"But I don't wanna go yet, I want to stay like this with you, at least a little longer." She protested the idea, snuggling closer to him as she did.
"I'm glad you feel that way Mizore, and I understand, I want to stay like this too. But the others could probably use our help, I mean the academy wasn't exactly in the best shape when we left. And I want to make sure they're all okay too." He tried to reason with her.
"Please Tsukune, snuggle with your little snow bunny just a bit longer." She pleaded cutely with him.
And with the tone of voice she used and the way her eyes seemed to shimmer, he couldn't find it in himself to deny her. "Oh okay, but just a bit. Okay snow bunny?" He queried teasingly, a mirthful smirk present as he did.
With a blush and a nod, she confirmed it. "Okay." It was the first time he had called her by the pet name she had picked out, and did she ever love to hear him say it.
The two let the quiet return then, as no words needed to be spoken to enjoy each other's company. Only it couldn't last, as no less than two minutes later...
HONK
The sound of a car horn blaring pierced their eardrums and made them jump. What followed after was the shouting of a voice the female one of the two hadn't hope to hear anytime soon. "Snow bitch! Get your ass out here already!"
"Kurumu." That one word was said with such venom that one would think she was the snow woman's worst enemy. Which, admittedly, wasn't too far from the truth.
"Master! Your toy has dutifully come to pick you up!" That was clearly Ruby who shouted that.
"Tsukune, are you and Mizore okay in there!?" Yukari shout-asked with concern.
"If you're doing what I think you're doing in there, I'll tear you apart you stupid ice-broad!" Kokoa threatened.
"I'd like to see you try." Mizore goaded, having stood and poked her head out the window of the room as she did, to look down at the others, who all stood outside the lodge in front of the school bus. Though it was clear more than her head could be seen, as Gin proceeded to wolf-whistle at her. Looking down she saw why, her breasts could be seen.
"Very nice!" The untransformed werewolf called, but was quickly shut up as an ice dagger came flying his way, which he barely managed to avoid, it nicking the side of his head.
"Next time I won't miss, and I'll be aiming at your other head." She informed him menacingly.
"Understood, shutting up now." Gin acknowledged the danger he was in and proceeded to avert his eyes, begrudgingly.
"You did it with Tsukune didn't you!? Dammit that's your third time!" Kokoa complained angrily.
"Third time!?" Yukari, Ruby and Kurumu repeated with aggravation and surprise.
"Got something to say about it? Say it then. Matter of fact, come say it to my face." The lavender haired beauty prodded, to which the pig-tailed red head proceeded to rush the lodge, the sound of her knocking down the door clearly audible even upstairs.
A short while, a couple of monster girl scraps, some catcalls from the girls at Tsukune's nude form and a quick goodbye to Mizore's parents later...
Tsukune and Mizore were dressed, both having been brought fresh versions of their uniform by Fang Fang, and seated on the bus along with the rest of their group. Everyone else also wore fresh versions of their usual attire, as it seemed Tsukune and Outer Moka were not the only ones to keep spares of their usual outfit handy.
Counting them, there were a total of fourteen people on the bus. Moka, Kokoa, Kurumu, Yukari, Ruby, Kyouko, Gin, Fang Fang, Ling Ling, Vladimir, Deshiko and, of course, Nurari, the bus driver. Tsukune too acted with surprise upon hearing his name.
As to why they were all here and where they were going, well Tsukune had yet to find out, as soon after boarding, he noticed Moka sitting in the back all by herself. He had, of course, immediately moved to sit with her, Mizore stopped from following by the other girls who still had a bone to pick with her.
He soon realized that she was far from in a pleasant mood, and he didn't know for sure of course, but he had a pretty good hunch it was because of the fact that she now had pink hair. Or at least something relating to that, as what else could it be?
"You okay?" He simply asked, as he took the seat next to her.
"Just fine." She replied automatically, not even bothering to turn and face him as she did, brushing him off as she watched the scenery go by through the window as the bus began to move again.
"We'll get this fixed, you know that." He assured her, having no idea that he wasn't making things better by doing so.
"I know." She affirmed, her tone making it clear that didn't absolve her of any of the ill feelings she was dealing with.
Frowning, Tsukune thought over what was best to say to her. She was clearly upset, the question is about what? If it didn't have to do with this whole debacle, then what did it have to do with? "Moka, what's wrong, really?" He inquired, his concern all too clear.
The vampiric teen could only sigh sadly at that. "I'm sorry Tsukune."
"What for?" He questioned, his confusion clear.
"For...this. I know you must be dying to see her, the other Moka. I'm just sorry that I'm standing in the way." She confessed to him, her feelings all too clear in her tone.
"Hey, that's not something you should be apologizing for. It's not your fault. And while I admit, I have been wanting to see the other Moka, I've been wanting to see you just as much. I wanted to know if you were okay and, well I just wanted to be with you. I love you Moka, just as much as I love the other Moka. What do I have to do to prove that to you?" The sincerity in his eyes as he queried her about this made her feel warm inside despite the mixed feelings she was struggling with.
"You don't have to prove anything to me Tsukune." She tried to wave him off.
"I feel like I do. I just really want you to know that...I love you..." He breathed out those last words quietly, as he leaned in, before pressing his lips to hers, kissing her.
She hadn't been expecting it, as only once before had he ever initiated a kiss between them, and the circumstances surrounding that kiss, well, she was sure it couldn't have been pleasant kissing the lips of someone who had a third degree burned face, not that he seemed to care at the time. Regardless, he had done so while flowing with power and the purpose of making her feel better. He was usually far too shy to initiate anything outside that one instance, let alone with her. Sometimes she had to remind herself that he wasn't scared of her, as it was hard to realize that at times, what with the way he acted around her a lot. 'Though I suppose he was afraid of me at one time...' She preferred not to think about that.
Because she hadn't seen it coming, she failed to reincorporate. Which had Tsukune pulling back a few moments later, a blush dusting his cheeks as he tripped over his words. "I'm, uh, I'm sorry. I-I really should have asked you before I did that."
"No, don't be. Please, do it again." She told him, her tone gentle, but holding a slight undertone of need in it. What could she say? She liked it better when he started it.
"Um, again?" He repeated, unsure if he had heard her right.
"Yes, again. Please Tsukune, kiss me again." She beseeched him.
Hearing her ask him to kiss her like that, he certainly couldn't deny her, not that he ever would be capable of or willing to do so. So he leaned forward once more and pressed his lips to hers, giving her a chaste kiss. It being clear she wanted more than that, he gave her a third kiss, this one much deeper. As he did, he reached up and began to caress her cheek, to which she responded by placing her hands on his shoulders and pulling him closer.
Said kiss turned to a heated open mouthed one quickly, as Tsukune began to run his hands through her, now, pink locks and her hands began to roam as well.
"Hey, no making out on the bus!" Surprisingly, it was not the bus driver to yell this.
"You're just saying that because it's Moka and not you Kurumu." Yukari pointed out.
Kokoa just grumbled to herself, as she could almost, almost handle the sight. At least enough to not make a big fuss about it. Besides, what good would irritating her sister do?
Mizore kept quiet, though she did feel the urge the send some ice projectiles Moka's way, she refrained from doing so of course. Besides, she could content herself with the fact that she and Tsukune had such a good time together not too long ago. Though it didn't do much for her jealousy, it did make it possible for her to keep from doing anything...aggressive.
Gin chuckled at it all. "Looks like she's not so pissed about her hair anymore."
"As I said before, I do not believe that was why she was upset." Ling Ling reiterated her statement from earlier.
Fang Fang just wondered aloud, "I wonder how he keeps up with seven girls?" There was no real inclinations in his tone, he was simply curious.
Vladimir made no remarks, simply shaking his head good naturedly, a mirthful smirk present on his face.
Kyouko was also quiet, though she couldn't hide the near face splitting grin she sported. She loved this, she really did. 'I should have transferred here ages ago, could have gotten this train rolling a long time ago.' She thought to herself.
Deshiko did her best to avert her eyes from the scene, and hide the blush that consumed her face.
"Master, I'm more than willing to sate your needs!" Ruby called out, hoping to get the teen's attention.
"If I see anyone having sex, I will immediately remove them from this bus. And I won't bother stopping to do it." Nurari finally spoke up then, adjusting his rear-view mirror as he did, so that everyone could see he was serious by his reflection. Then again, he always looked serious.
Tsukune and Moka broke apart after all this, obviously, one glaring at the rest for interrupting and the other avoiding their gazes as he blushed heavily.
When everything quieted down, the two were able to speak with one and other again. They made sure to do nothing else besides that, so as to avoid more backlash from the other riders of the vehicle.
"I suppose I should have taken that off and tried to put it back on before huh?" The ghoul mentioned, gesturing to the rosary as he did.
"No actually, I've been listening to Outer for awhile now. If I hadn't been, I would have taken you by the hand and forced the damn thing off so I could fix this crap." She told him.
"Listening...? You mean the other Moka can talk to you now? I thought you said that wasn't how it worked."
"It isn't. Or rather, it wasn't. Whatever caused...this..." She gestured to her pink hair as she said this. "Seems to have also caused a warp in the rosary's function. Now, just as I can talk to Outer, she can talk to me." What she didn't say was that, unlike her, Outer didn't have to speak through the rosary.
Tsukune couldn't help but smile at that. "That's good." The look he received in return to such a comment quickly had him backtracking though. "Eh, what I mean to say is, that'll be good just as soon as we can get this fixed."
"Better." She affirmed with a nod of her head.
"I don't understand though, why don't you want me to take your rosary off then? How else could we fix this?" He questioned her.
"Well, in theory, taking the rosary off and putting it back on again should fix this. However, things are never that simple. On top of that, I don't think it'd be fair to Outer, seeing as she's quite relishing the fact that she can see and experience what's going on when she's not out. So, I was going to write my father and ask him about it. Besides, there's no point in messing with it right now, as you'll be needing my strength once we get to our destination. When we're done there, we will try removing and putting it back on and seeing what occurs." She clarified for him.
"Wait, need your strength? We're going somewhere to fight? Why? You girls have barely just recovered. You can't be throwing yourselves into combat again so soon."
"Speak for yourself. And as for why, go ask them." She indicated Yukari and Ruby as she told him this.
Not liking this, Tsukune stood to go and find out what this was about. Just before he could though, Moka stopped him in his tracks, grabbing him by the wrist and getting him to look back at her. "And one more thing, Outer wants you to know that she misses you."
In spite of the fact that he was upset about the fact that the girls were going to be fighting again so soon, he couldn't help but smile at her words. "I miss you too Moka."
With that she let go of him and he moved toward the front of the bus to get an explanation.
As he did, the formerly silver haired vampire inquired, "Happy now?"
"Very. Thank you." Outer chimed in from inside the teen's head.
"You're welcome." She told her alternate persona with a smile despite herself.
Not more than a few moments later, just as Tsukune reached the front, where Yukari and Ruby were at, but before he could actually take a seat, the bus proceeded to swerve to avoid something. What? Only the driver would have been able to tell you. And no more than a moment after swerving, their momentum, having built up a great deal of it from the speed they had been travelling at, caused their vehicle to flip as it tried to screech to a halt after swerving. And it didn't just flip once, it went on to do at least a dozen of them.
The whole time all the passengers were thrown about the vehicle, crashing into one and other, the seats, the roof and the floor. Though, thankfully, no one hit a window, which would have sent them flying out of the vehicle. There were screams of shock and surprise from everyone as they were thrown about like rag-dolls, several of them calling out to Tsukune, said ghoul calling out to almost everyone on the flipping ride, his girls first of course.
He grabbed onto Yukari and Ruby first, as they were closest, as he began trying to use his body to protect them from all the impact. He then tried to reach for the other girls, Mizore and Kurumu specifically since they were the next closest out of all of them, but was unable to get to them as he was thrown about by the ever changing position metal contraption they rode in. Not that it would have made much difference, as he hadn't a hope in hell of actually being able to protect them all from the damage the crash was going to inflict on their bodies.
The ghoul had also attempted to grab onto Kyouko a few times, but was saved the hassle, as Gin did so for him, though some damage had already been done to the young girl, having been knocked unconscious after hitting her head at one point of particular impact.
The entirety of the crash they scrambled to protect one and other, or themselves or just tried to recover from a particularly nasty impact, until everything just came to a stop. And it wasn't that the crash ended either, rather eventually they were blinded by a bright light before being consumed by said light and everything just came to a stop. No one was aware of anything anymore, as the light whisked them away to wherever it willed.
To be Continued...
So...like cliffhangers? No, sorry. XD