Sorry it took so long to update. Please everyone, tell me what you think! I really want your feedback on this story.
I don't own Rosario Vampire, I do own my OC.
In a dilapidated building, somewhere far off Youkai Academy, the sounds of torture and hard objects connecting with flesh were heard. Inside the building, Saizo was getting the ever loving crap kicked out of him by his former comrades.
"You idiot, you didn't listen to Midou's warning. You used our members to fight Aono didn't ya? Now we all look like complete idiots thanks to you!"
"M-Midou…" he raised his hand to the leader of the group.
"Idiot, I thought I told you that losing was unforgivable. I could go off on a rant about our mission which you conveniently forgot, but there's a more pressing matter."
Saizo looked at him in confusion. "Y'see, thanks to you, six of us are dead, problem is, we don't know who or what they were up against. Didn't you ask for a dispatch of a few monsters?"
Saizo's eye's widened "I-I only sent them to beat up this one transfer student Krausman, h-he didn't look like he could kill any of 'em…"
"Krausman eh?" Midou thought to himself, "Thanks a lot Saizo…you can die now."
As Saizo was screaming in anguish, on of the lieutenants walked over to Midou, "So, what should we do now?"
"I originally thought the vampire was our greatest threat, but if there's someone who can kill that many monsters with ease, the situation could get more tricky."
He thought for a moment, then he smiled. "I have an idea, let's see which one poses a greater threat and eliminate him first, the second will follow soon after."
"Not a bad idea, but who are you going to call?"
Midou grinned "I know someone…"
Later at the academy, Dante gave out a yawn as he was walking to class. He didn't have to worry about anyone roughing up on him. He already built up a rather scary reputation for himself. The other students just avoided him or whispered about him behind his back. Sometimes he really didn't want to project the image of him as someone who will snap at the very mention of the word vampire. However, for all his experience was worth, Dante was , to put it nicely, socially inept in all cases.
Really, his outbursts were to just stand up to that silver haired vampire, someone had to, right? Dante hated to admit it, but he could be painfully shy sometimes. Recalling the disastrous first date with Mizore, most of the time, he was stammering and blushing a lot. Inwardly, he cursed his lack of experience with women. But he had to be tough, he had to stay strong. After all, if they had any idea what he really did they'd…
"AAAHH! Tsukune, what happened?" Kurumu's scream snapped him out of his thoughts. He took a peek inside the homeroom classroom through the window to see Kurumu and Yukari with worried looks and Tsukune with a bandage around his neck and an awkward expression on his face.
"Ah this? Well the truth is…I was attacked yesterday by the outcasts and one of them slashed at me.
"But what about that bandage around your neck? Did one of them bite you?"
"O-oh this?" he looked a little nervous "This was actually from another time…anyway everything okay!"
Dante sighed at his naivety. 'Honestly, what is that pink haired ditz thinking?' he thought to himself 'Doesn't she know what happens to humans who take that much blood. Is she looking ahead at all?' He gave a groan 'Vampires, they're all the same.' Truth be told, he still didn't have a high opinion of vampires. He gave a glare to the human. 'And Tsukune doesn't know any better than her.' He heaved a heavy sigh, thinking about what he'll have to deal with.
His inner monologue stopped short when he saw a patch of purple hair right beside him.
"So that's what happened yesterday, what a pity. I've missed Tsukune's fight myself."
"Mizore!"
She looked up "Ah, Dante?"
Dante was doing his best to get any bad impressions of him out of the way. In all fairness, Dante really didn't have a whole lot of experience when it came to social intercourse, save for a select few. Right now in order to ensure he was on Mizore's good side, he decided to take simple actions, talking to her, sitting next to her during lunch, simple things in order to forget the ruined romantic gesture that one night. After all, first impressions counted for a lot.
Now wasn't the time for any of that though…
"Could you please come with me? There's something I have to tell you."
She tilted her head in confusion.
Unbeknownst to any of them, a figure was overlooking them all with a predatory gleam in his eye and a creepy grin on his face. "Hm, so many women. So many tasty morsels. Hehehehehehe." The smile widened "I get paid and get a free dinner. This is the best deal I ever made!"
"What? Then Tsukune is…"
Dante gave a grave nod. "The blood inside his veins is being corroded on an extremely high rate. At this point I really don't know what will happen to him."
"But, doesn't Moka know anything about this?"
Dante snorted "I honestly don't believe that ditz would find out anything before it's too late. We have to let him know about this now."
Mizore agreed and they set off together towards the two.
Little did they know that things would be ending very differently.
In another part of the school, Tsukune and Moka were walking awkwardly, what with him and the bandage around his neck and an uneasy silence around them all. Moka decided that she would be the first to break it.
"Hey, Tsukune," he looked at her "That wound on your neck never healed did it?" a nervous expression dawned on his face.
"Ah..." he looked away "Nah it's healed, really..." Moka looked on with a sweatdrop 'You're horrible at lying Tsukune.' she thought.
"Tell me the truth!" she yelled "I don't know what to say to the others about what's happening to you! Because of injecting my blood, your transformation may be deteriorating your body!"
A nervous look came upon Tsukune's face but he turned around and laughed again. "That can't be it! I mean sure yesterday I felt a little wierd but today I feel just fine!"
"Then let me check your wound!" she tackled him to the ground and so began a wrestling match to see who would get the bandages. In the end it was a draw. Thank goodness he wasn't fighting the inner Moka or else she would pin him down in about three seconds.
"This doesn't have anything to do with you." he panted "I don't care if it's your blood, it's my body! This is none of your concern!"
"Touching," a voice said behind them "Very touching, almost makes me sad to devour you all." Moka and Tsukune turned to look at a sleazy looking guy skulking over by the bushes. "Really, you two make a nice couple , but I've been suppressing my hunger for so long"
"W-who are you? Are you with the outcasts?" he only smiled.
"The name's Hyakushiki." his body started to grow and expand into insect legs. "Don't take this too personally but they told me I could eat you all."
A scream erupted from where Dante and Mizore were headed. They stopped for a second, then looked at each other. The two began a mad dash toward the sound, when they came upon the location, they saw Tsukune and Moka getting sliced repeatedly by a huge centipede monster.
"Tsukune!" Mizore yelled.
"Honest to God, it's like their magnets for trouble..." Dante grumbled. Instantly he shifted into his malphas for while Mizore brought out her ice claws and both charged the insect demon. The monster turned to them with a huge smile on his ugly face "More food!" he shouted "This really is an all you can eat!"
Dante summoned his scythe and slashed at the insect, cutting open one of his sections while Mizore cut the legs that held Tsukune and Moka. The monster reeled back and tried to strike again at Dante, but he managed to repel him with a dark bolt from his talons, sending him crashing into a tree.
"All you all right?" Mizore asked the two as they got up.
"Yeah" Tsukune winced "A little hurt but other than that, we're alright."
"What is it with you and other monsters?" Dante asked with his scythe over his shoulder. Tsukune sighed "I really don't know..."
Just as he was finishing that sentence, Hyakushiki burst out from the ruins and charged at them again. "How dare you interrupt my meal!"
Dante sent an arc of lighting at him easily hitting his midsection throwing him off balance. However, he quickly recovered and changed direction to Mizore who was charging him with her claws. The insect demon was faster than he looked and got a in a solid strike.
'Shit! Mizore!' Dante panicked
He quickly dashed over to her and carried her out of harms way before the centipede monster could do anymore damage. "Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah," she said looking down "I'm fine."
Suddenly they felt a surge of familiar energy and looked over to see Moka with her rosario off. 'Oh so now she decides to join the fight'
The silver haired vampire glared at the hungry monster. "You dare think you can feast on me? A lowly insect that can barley control his own stomach? Know your place!" and at the uttering of her catchphrase, she delivered a devastating roundhouse kick to his skull. The monster crashed into a thicket of trees, splintering quite a few as he went. Inner Moka turned around with a bored look on her face.
Dante gave her a look "Thank you for finally joining us." he spat
She glared back at him "Don't tell me you were having trouble with that weakling."
"Of course not." he rebutted "But he was going right for Mizore, I had to support her."
Inner Moka narrowed her eyes at him "That kind of thinking will..." suddenly the tree wreckage burst behind her. Hyakushiki erupted in a storm of rage.
"I'll devour you all!" Moka dropped into a ready stance but an arc of dark lightning hit him right in the face and he dropped like a sack of potatoes.
"Now we're even." said Dante as his talons crackled.
Moka sneered at him. "Far from it. I still haven't forgiven you for your blatant insults at my kind the other night."
Dante stopped, gave her an angry look and said quietly "When did I ever ask you for your forgiveness?"
Moka stopped and looked at him "Excuse me?" she replied in a dangerous tone
"You heard me." His volume grew "What made you think I was sorry for anything I've said? Because I'll let you in on something right now, I'm not."
She took a threatening step towards him, "W-wait Moka..." tried to diffuse the situation, but Moka pushed him out of the way. "You annoying little demon..." she snarled "Didn't you learn any manners with your parents or that damn priest?"
Dante looked calm but his wings flapped angrily as Mizore worriedly looked on. "Well for one thing, I learned that coldhearted elitists are the true scum of this world."
"And I know that vexacious people like you, malphas or not, should always be brutally punished!" Moka roared as she swung a vicious right hook to Dante's face. The demon in question however, ducked under the punch, placed his talons on Moka's abdomen and sent a full blast of energy, launching her into a tree splintering it.
"Moka-san!" Tsukune cried. The silver haired vampire got back up and aggressively stepped toward Dante. The young malphas had his scythe in his talons crackling with dark bolts.
"You really want a repeat of what happened the other night?" he asked.
"Last night you had surprise on your side, this time you won't be so lucky."
"We'll see!" he launched a arc of lightning at her only for her to dodge it and attempt to deliver a side kick to the face. He however blocked it with the staff of his scythe and pushed her off. Moka flipped back to the ground and Dante was instantly on the offensive, swiping at her with the scythe. Moka lighted to the side attempted a round house kick only for Dante to dash back and sent another bolt at her. She dodged it and dashed towards him but Dante flew upwards and threw out both of his talons, sending an electric storm Moka's way. This was something that Moka could not dodge this time and had to shoulder the full brunt of Dante's power.
"Moka-san!" Tsukune yelled and started to run towards her.
"Stay back Tsukune! You'll just get in the way!" she yelled back. He stopped with a hurt look on his face.
"Just give it up, Tsukune." said Dante overhead "This arrogant bloodsucker would rather die instead of swallowing just a bit of her pride."
Moka had an enraged looked on her face and made an impressive jump at Dante who only flew just out of her reach and struck her back down.
"Come down and face me you coward!" she shouted at the young demon.
"Boy that gives me a lot of incentive." Dante sarcastically said. He then charged his scythe with energy and made a slicing motion, sending waves of energy to the earth.
Moka dodged the waves and hiding under the dust the attack kicked up, climbed up a nearby tree and leapt right at Dante, sending a flying sidekick to his stomach.
Dante crumpled to the ground in a state of extreme pain. 'Shit, that hurts.' He thought. His wings flapped weakly as he stumbled off the ground. He only had a few seconds to recover though as Moka did a dive bomb right towards him
'That was way to close.' She only missed him by a few inches and the force of her foot crashing to the ground tore at his skin. The impact actually launched him back, sending him crashing into the woods.
He barely got a chance to get back up, Moka was instantly on the offensive once more. 'Not good. ' he thought. When he was on the ground, the vampire had the greater advantage. His only chance of surviving this fight was to get back in the air.
Unfortunately, that was easier said than done, Moka's vampire ability, coupled with her rage, made her a very deadly enemy. She sped to him and gave him a hard punch that he could only block. He winced as her fist made contact. He was sure she broke his arm with that strike. He manage to duck and weave from her flurry of punches and kicks, however she countered with a double punch and kick combo that sent Dante flying back to the woods.
'Okay, enough playing around, I have to end this quickly.' He thought. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He concentrated inward. Dante felt his energy circulate throughout his body, giving him a sense, a feeling of power. All over, bolts crackled up and down, spreading over his wings. He opened his eyes and saw Moka fast approaching.
The silver haired vampire was nothing short of furious as she approached the woods with gritted teeth. Right now, nothing would compare to ripping of that cocky demon's wings and hearing him scream. She was about to break into a full blown run, but something caught her eye. It looked like Dante, but he was glowing with some sort of energy...
Then what happened, even she couldn't totally recall. All of the sudden, there was a flash and Dante was instantly standing in front of her. He shot his talons into her side and discharged a huge amount of electricity. Moka went flying back, coughing up blood as she did. She hit the ground rolling in pain. When she finally got up, Dante was already back in the air and was readying a bolt. 'I see, he can even regulate his energy throughout his own body. With it he can move as fast as lightning itself.' she observed how he was putting a lot of effort trying to fly. 'But it looks like he can only do that once.' She quickly used what was left of her strength and sped off to a different spot.
Dante overhead was growling in frustration. He thought for sure that discharge would keep her down. How could she still be moving? His self regulation used up a lot of energy and she could still dodge the bolts.
'Dammit, I'm almost out and she can still dodge them! How can I hit an enemy that moves this quickly and constantly?' that question brought up a certain memory from his past.
He was only eight when he first received combat training. Back then however, he could barely stay in the sky. He was, at that moment, hovering over scorched earth, panting heavily as his little wings flapped furiously. His hands crackled with small sparks as the red eyed figure ahead of him stood untouched.
"I-I can't do it!"
"Well of course you can't, not with the way your aiming." the figure said. "At some point in time. You will have to face enemies that move constantly at high speeds. When that time comes, striking a single point will do you no good."
"T-then, what do I do?"
Dante focused all of his remaining energy and directed it to his talons and his scythe.
"The answer is quite simple..."
He dive bombed towards the ground letting out a great roar, streams of energy trailing behind him.
"Strike a whole plane!"
He slammed into the ground, the scorched earth erupting with dark electric energy. Moka was shaken off her feet and was engulfed by the bolts that covered the earth.
"Dante!" Tsukune yelled "Moka-saaaaaan!"
For awhile, there was no sound, a cloud of dust covered the view of Tsukune and Mizore. Then when it finally settled, they saw both combatants lying on the ground, the two were barely conscious, probably fighting to stay awake at that point. Tsukune rushed over to Moka while Mizore, tenatively went over to Dante and helped him off the ground before stepping away from him. Moka looked at him, with narrowed eyes and he glared back at her. Mizore and Tsukune looked nervous, wondering if another fight would happen.
Dante finally broke the tense silence. "Call it a draw for now?"
Moka stood silent for a while before finally answering "Fine."
Tsukune and Mizore both sighed in relief. Dante began to limp off to the dorms, before suddenly seizing up and collapsing to the ground, clutching his heart and groaning in pain.
"Dante!" Tsukune ran over to him. "Are you all right?"
"I-I'm fine," he tried to brush it off. "It's just a little pain, that's all."
Tsukune however wasn't convinced. "I'll help you back to the dorms. Come on." And ignoring any protest, Tsukune got under Dante's arm and carried him off to the dorms.
Meanwhile, Moka and Mizore stared after the two boys. Moka had a distant look in her eyes.
"Just now…his aura…it…"
Mizore looked at the silver haired vampire in question. "Something wrong?"
She narrowed her eyes at the retreating figures before finally shaking her head."No, it's nothing."
Unbeknownst to either of the girls, a shikigami was hiding in the bushes, it's giant eye projecting all the events that transpired there. From the other end, a group of figures were huddled around the image.
"Wow, that was some fight."
"Just one question, why didn't that Tsukune become a vampire like Saizo said?"
"Maybe he was just concentrating on the boy too much, all that idiot can really do is just make a big mess of things anyway."
"Yeah, but that one female vampire was hot! Did you see her?"
"Regardless, now there's a new obstacle in our path." everyone's heads turned to Midou. "That foreigner, Dante, is way to powerful for us to overlook him."
"Yeah, what kind of monster is he anyway? Looked like nothing I've ever seen before."
"He didn't look like a outcast at all." another pipped up "He's a purebred all right, of what I'm not so sure."
Midou looked at the projection for a while before turning to the rest of the outcasts. "It doesn't matter anyway. He's not with us so that means he's against us. Tomorrow, we'll set some bait for him. Once he's here, I'll take care of him personally."
Back at the boys dorms, Tsukune finally got Dante to his room.
"Are you going to be all right?" the human asked.
Dante gave a slight smile back at him. "Yeah, I'll be fine, thanks." there was a moment of awkward silence between the two before Dante finally broke it. "Listen, I'm sorry for getting you mixed in this."
Tsukune looked back at him for a moment and smiled. "It's okay, you must have had your reasons, but..." he face turned serious. "Moka-san is not a bad person. You just have to get to know her a little that's all."
Dante looked down for a moment before looking back and offering Tsukune an attempted smile."Sure, I'll keep that in mind." With that he closed the door and turned away.
"He's naive, but good hearted." he smiled softly "It's hard to find people like that nowadays."
He walked away from the door to the center of his room. His dorm was like most others, a small kitchen, TV and a video game system, a picture of him and some other people, and a well made bed.
However at the far end of the room, up against the wall was a small altar with a crucifix flanked by three candles on each side and a picture of the Virgin Mary overhead. He knelt down in front of the altar, made the sign of the cross and began to say the act of contrition.
"Oh my God.
I am heartily sorry for having offended thee.
And I detest my sins not only because of your just punishments.
But because they offended you.
My God who art all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve with the help of your grace.
To sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin.
Amen"
Dante had a look of utter despair and sorrow before continuing his personal prayer.
"Lord, forgive me of the sins I have committed."
He began to breathe heavily.
"Forgive me of the sins that I will commit."
Tears were almost flowing down his face and he bit his thumb so hard that it began to bleed. He said his final lines through chocked sobs.
"And please forgive the evil nature of my body and soul."
There was deathly silence. As though the darkness itself snuffed out all sound in the room. The only light was emitted by the flickering candles. Finally, the silence was broken with a final sound coming from Dante.
"Amen."
Night took its course.
So there you have it. Hopefully I'm adding some depth to the story. In the fight, my original concept was to have Dante beat Moka, but I feared that would leave me to the whole "way overpowered character thing" so I put him on equal terms with Moka. Another thing is, Dante doesn't really have the all powerful badass attitude either, really it's just a front for Moka. Really he's actually shy and socially awkward at times. Just trying to make my character seem more human (ironic) and less God like.