Rosario Vampire – Birthing Chaos
Chapter 4 – Nightmare Clubs
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There was so much darkness. Cries of distant pain, and desire. Moka couldn't stand it. She tried running, running in the deepest, blackest reaches of her mind. Even though that both parts screamed for their body to wake, it wouldn't be. Oppression as heavy as death, despair so potent the heart would never recover, and the stench of carnage filled the air. No place to run, no hope of escape – that's what this darkness felt like. A light, however, came to her – stood in her way. It was not a full light, that we see at the end of the tunnel – No, this light was a soft, subtle glow from what appeared to be a very foreign and complex runic sequence. To top it all off, Moka couldn't decide to stop and wallow in the inky depths of despair, or keep running towards this figure. The decision was made for her, once the being looked at her and started to walk towards her.
The distance closed rapidly, and soon she was standing and looking up at a being that was much taller than she. What she noticed was that this being lacked a face – it's head looked painfully squeezed under a plate-looking mask. A sun-like symbol on the face of the plate, with three metal strips protruding out of the edge. It looked malnourished, ribs poking out from mangled and plagued-black flesh. The thing tilted its 'head' at her, letting out a low, yet pained cry.
She looked down at the ground as something began to claw and grasp at her ankles; a gasp escaped her visage as a bloodied, cut, broken-down Adam, with Dan and Tsukune grasping at his own ankles, both of which in a much worse shape than he – dead, or at the very edge of it. Tsukune and Dan's words of "This was your fault!" "You betrayed me worse than my own family!"
"Forgive me..." Was all that was managed to come out, before he was drug away, and light filtered into her eyes.
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She bolted upright with a small scream, breathing heavily. Coming to her senses, she stared up towards the ceiling. "Just a dream...Just a dream."
She slowly started to clamber up to her feet, then fell back down as she stared at her ankle; a bloody handprint stained the once-clean flesh. Shaking her head viciously, she started to rub at the caked-on blood, quickly ridding the substance from her being. "Calm down, it's alright, just a dream, and a very nasty coincidence. That's it."
Inner Moka on the other hand, 'Not a coincidence. Something bad is going to happen. Be careful, Omote.'
"You're reading too deeply into it, Ura. Everything is just fine..Just fine." She ignored any words that her other half may have had to say, and started to get prepared for her day...
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Moka stared at Dan, as he and Tsukune walked over to her like normal – There was a nice red hand-print on Dan's neck, and a small bump on Tsukune's head. "W-What happened to you two?" Images of the dream not more than 3 hours ago bubbled into her mind.
"I bumped my head onto the wall while sleeping." Tsukune yawned, and rubbed the spot lightly with a small whine.
"Sparring with Adam. I didn't know he could mix something with Aikido, that blow hurt." Dan responded, rubbing his neck gingerly. "That was creative, however. But where is he? He said he'd be here with you."
While this calmed her, she shook her head somewhat. "I havn't seen him since yesterday. Maybe he went to class already?"
"Nah, he wouldn't leave us like that. Plus, I think he said he hates being early – prefers being late." Tsukune added in.
"Mm. Maybe the computer lab then?" Moka questioned with a shrug.
"Sounds about right. Doesn't sound right that he would lie to us." Dan said while scratching his chin.
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Adam tossed away an empty can of soda, sitting down next to Kumuru. "So, what'd you need help with?"
"Everything. This is the first time I'm seeing one of these computers, and...well, I kinda want to be helpful for Tsukune."
Cracking open another can, he took a sip, and shrugged. "So you don't know how to turn it on, or anything else. Okay then. There's a round circular button that has a circle, and a line going through it. Find it, push it once." She did, after a minute, and the machine booted to life. The lesson proceeded with her learning the very core, very basic concepts of a computer, with the most sarcastic teacher around. After about 10 minutes, it turned out to be a rather fun lesson, despite the barking of doing something wrong and sarcastic remarks.
Adam folded his arms in front of his chest as the door slid open, staring at the computer screen with much disdain. A large '404' was seen on a screen. He looked back at Dan, Moka, and Tsukune, raising an eyebrow. "Kumuru wanted me to teach her some things while I was coming here."
"Mhm! Now that I know everything, I'm good!"
Adam shot her a look, then to his screen. "Fix this then. I'm goin' to homeroom." He said, turning to face Moka; The left side of his face had a nasty bruise on it. Again, more images from the nightmare filtered into her head; she blinked and her jaw opened slightly.
"Moka, are you alright? You keep spacing out like that – see a ghost or something?" Tsukune asked concerned.
"I...had a nightmare last night. I saw the three of you dying pretty much, and well...The three of you have injuries on your body where you had them in your dreams."
"It's just a coincidence. Adam got that bruise earlier from the spar."
"Mhm. Don't worry too much about it. I'm fine, Dan's fine, Tsukune...Tsukune is just Tsukune." Adam walked out of the room while chucking the soda-can.
Moka and Tsukune share a glance, before walking closely to Adam. Dan stood back with a thoughtful look, before turning to walk over to Kumuru as she failed in tandem trying to fix the nasty 404 error, that wouldn't go away.
"Here, this works just as well." Dan said, reaching back and pulling the plug to the machine. "Adam'll fix it, or it'll fix itself when it gets turned back on." With a smile, he started to aid the bluenette in putting her newly made notes away.
"Thank you. Why are you helping me, though?"
"Why not?" Dan replied cheekily. Handing her the last of his notes
"I've been such a bitch to you, why help?"
"Mm, Was in the past, you were misguided. It's fixed now. 'Sides, can't help but stay and help the pretty women." He turned and walked to the door, holding it open for her, a charming smile upon his face.
She turned her eyes away somewhat, a slight blush warming up her cheeks. "Thanks..."
"Don't worry about it. Adam's forgiven you too, apparently. Or else he wouldn't have of come to help you, so don't worry about him either. Tsukune's too...kind for his own good." Dan said as he let the door close behind the two of them. "Let's go."
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Tsukune's eyes were shifting from booth to booth, blinking. "Where can we go?"
"I can deal with just about anything. These clubs don't really ring too much of a bell." Dan said dryly.
"What about a cooking club?" Kumuru exclaimed cheerily.
"Cooking requires patience. I don't have it." Adam responded, then looked over to the croud as the words "Join the Knife Throwing Club!" rang out.
"Knife...Throwing...?" Dan's sanity snapped with no effort, as he charged towards the booth while screaming "DIE MOTHERFUCKERS, DIE!"
"Oh shit!" Adam exclaimed, pushing Kumuru and Moka out of the way, Tsukune jumping to action as well; Adam put Dan into afull nelson just mere inches from the booth-owner's face, and Tsukune had pushed the tendant to the side just in case.
"Might want to run now, before Adam loses his grip!" Tsukune warned; the manager did just that, seeing the crazed, bloodthirsty lookin in Dan's eyes.
"If you don't calm the fuck down, I will tell EVERYONE your secret." Adam threatened warningly.
This seemed to calm him down a little. "You wouldn't dare..."
Adam tightened the grip, and looked at Tsukune. "Hey, Tsukune, wanna know what I'm referring to?"
"Alright, alright already! I'll...I'll calm down. Just leave me the fuck alone for awhile then." Adam nodded, releasing him as Tsukune came back into earshot.
"What'd you want to tell me?" Tsukune asked innocently.
"Dan has a big foot fetish. Likes your feet the most." Adam responded, walking back to the startled group.
"Adam, Go die in a fire.."
"You'll live." He waved his hand at Dan, as the now enraged teen walked away.
"What..just happened?" Moka finally spoke up, staring wide-eyed at the retreating figure.
"Bad past. That's all I'm saying."
"Why only that much?" Kumuru asked.
"Not entitled to tell you. I may be a hacker, I might snoop on people's Pcs, but I never reveal information. If you want to know, get into his dreams. You might find out."
"I HEARD THAT! KEEP THE DAMN NIGHTWALKER OUT OF MY HEAD."
"Hear this. Go ahead and suck a dick." Adam said dryly.
"I HEARD THAT TOO!"
"Uh...Can we get back to looking for clubs now?" Tsukune asked timidly.
"Yup. Ooo~ What's that one?" Adam said excitedly, his ADHD kicking into high gear.
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Dan sat on the edge of the swimming pool, glaring down angerly at the reflection looking back with the same disdain. He slapped the water away. "God damn them. Why me?" he asked to no one with that violent glare. "Why did he have to bring that threat up?" He swung at the water to disturb the reflection, before sitting back down and stared at the ripples.
"Hey, what're you doing there?" A voice called out to him. He looked up and saw a vision of beauty; a woman wearing a sarong and a bikini top; an incredible bust being held back by that top. Several other women in varying swimsuits were seen, all bikinis, with the exception of 4 familiar faces; Adam, Tsukune, Moka, and Kurumu. Adam was wearing his jeans and a black cut-off-sleeve shirt, Tsukune in black swimtrunks, Kurumu in a yellow bikini, latched onto Tsukune's arm, and Moka in the full school uniform, looking nervous.
"You fuckheads followed me?" Dan snapped.
Rasing an eyebrow, Adam merely responded "No. I just thought this would be a good idea to train with. Water resistance and all that good shit."
"Y'nno...Training might get my mind off of that shit. For once, you had a good idea, ballsack!"
"All my ideas are good. You're just too stupid to realise it."
"What about the time that you decided to throw a cherry bomb down the toilets?"
"...You just named my greatest idea ever. We got out of school for 3 days while they fixed it. Or I did, at least."
"Yeah, and they blamed it mostly on me! And I got a month of after schools!"
"I forgot about that...Not my fault you're too damn inept to realize WHEN to point the blame at someone else." Adam said as he got close enough to throw Dan into the pool, the others having already jumped in as they started to converse.
"You know, you could have at least let me get into a pair of trunks..."
"Shut up." He sat next to Moka, arms folding across his chest as he stared at her, watching her twitch with annoyance.
"What's the matter Moka, don't like water?" Dan asked, rubbing his eyes from the excess water.
"Exactly..." She stated angered. "Adam was just being a pervert when he decided to join up here, looking at the women."
"Actually, his idea for using the water as training is legitimate. He hasn't stopped looking at you since you guys came here."
Adam said nothing, turning his head away from Moka's questioning, yet peeved glance in slight embarassment, ears turning red. "That, and I'm waiting for it to empty out. I'm not about to throw you into another person, Dan."
"Another good idea. We don't need any more enemies." Dan said, while punching in the water, a small wave being created from his punch's path.
Adam sat back, arms resting in his lap as his attention turned towards Tamao and Tsukune, and a furiously glaring Kumuru. "Not even in a complete, committed relationship and they're already fighting. So cute." Adam said dryly.
"You have the most appetizing scent Tsukune, almost like a humans" said Tamao in his ear as she pressed her ample chest harder into his back. Before he could respond yells were heard from across the pool. Several of the guys were being attacked by the women.
"What's going on" Tsukune asked himself.
"Looks like they couldn't wait any longer, not that I can blame them. A mermaid must drain the life force of the living. Don't hate us, it's just our way. You however Tsukune I'm going to eat whole, and perhaps let one of the others eat up your friend Dan" Tamao whispered as three more converged on Dan.
"What the duece" Dan called as two of them bit into his arms, the third one going for his neck. "Alright get the fuck off" he said as he gripped the one going for his neck with one hand and the one on his right arm wityh his off hand.
"Somehow I knew Murpheys law was going to play a part in this" said Adam as he got up from his seat.
"YOU KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN! THAT'S WHY YOU NEVER GOT IN" shouted Tsukune angrily as he fought to keep Tamao at arms length, with Kurumu helping.
"Well I didn't know, but be glad I'm coming to help your ass out anyway" said Adam with a grunt.
"What about me" called Dan.
"What about you" askd Moka with a slightly sadistic smile, some of her inner personality showing through.
"Wow your learning quick" praised Adam as he grabbed two mermaids in a choke hold and slammed their heads together, before moving to help Tsukune with Tamao.
"I...just want you all to know...I WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP" yelled Dan as he threw a fourth mermaid away only to have a fifth come and clamp onto his left leg.
"Whatever" said Adam as he threw another mermaid at Dan.
"STOP THROWING THESE FUCKERS AT ME! I HATE FISH" yelled Dan as he headbutted the one Adam just threw at him.
"You seem to be having an easy enough time of dealing with them yourself" said Tsukune as he relaxed into Kurumus embrace.
"I'm not invincable. Throw enough at me and I'll wear down...LIKE RIGHT NOW" shouted Dan as his shirt was ripped off and the mermaids began drawing blood from their bites.
"Why don't you get Mizores number to help us out" asked Adam.
"Not much help right now without my phone. Oh wait it's right here, but what's this, MY PHONE OS COMPLETELY RUINED FROM THE WATER" yelled Dan as he threw him useless phone along with an irate mermaid.
"Maybe you shouldn't be carrying your stuff on you at all times" called Moka from the side.
"What is this pick on the loner day" called Dan.
"Every day is pick on the loner day" said Tsukune jokingly.
"More like pick on the emo boy day" said Adam condescendingly.
"I'M NOT EMO! I HATE THOSE FUCKS! GOD DAMN IT I'M TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION HERE" shouted Dan as he finally snapped. He grabbed one of the three remaining mermaids and jerked his arms to the side ripping her arms from the sockets, as she screamed in pain he kneed her in the gut causing her to pass out. Backhanding the second one he gripped her hair and sent her flying into the wall viciously. The last one he grabbed by the head and jerked to the left with an almost deafening CRACK, he dropped the limp form into the water.
Rage still burning in his eyes he gathered what remained of his shirt and walked away not even glancing at his friends.
"Will he be alright" asked Kurumu concerned by his change from earlier.
"Today was just his day to be pissed off. He was going to be in a bad mood since the knife throwing club called out. Just wait it will be my own day soon enough" said Adam solemnly, before looking at Moka. "You gonna be alright?" He asked, bringing the unconscious Tamao to the surface, then looking back to the mermaids who littered the pool yet. "For fuck's sake. Why did he have to injure 'em like that? Tsukune, let's go mermaid fishing."
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Later that night...
Kurumu slipped into the open window determination clear even in the almost nonexistent lighting.
"Like Adam said the best way to find out what happened is his dreams. I'll just take a quick look, he'll never even know I'm there" Kurumu whispered to herself. She silently walked over to Dan and placed her hands on either side of his head.
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"Oh little Danny guess what time it is" called a mockingly sing-song voice, from behind Dan.
"Time for you to go fuck yourself" Dan replied without his usual sarcasm. It sounded...dead, like he didn't care.
SMACK, "Learn your fucking place, you arrogant shit. Just for that remark I'm going to take extra care today" said a second voice in front of him. Kurumu could see this one. He had features reminiscent of Dan, but at the same time different enough to be seen as a different person. Possibly a relative.
"I already know my place. Now hurry the fuck up, I have better things to do than listen to your monologues again" said Dan with indifference his face not betraying a single emotion. Kurumu concentrated and created a separate body in order to see what exactly was going on. What she saw disturbed and disgusted her. A nine year old Dan was bound in a metal ring with his arms pulled t the side by chains. Upon closer inspection she found his arms had been ripped out of their sockets at the shoulders. He was completely shirtless so she could see the mass of bruises that was his torso.
"Let us get started brother" said the first voice as the sound of a knife being drawn invaded her ears.
"Yes lets" said the other drawing his own knife. What she saw happening could only be described as cruel. The two brothers began using Dan...as a target for their knives. All the while they laughed at every little cringe he made, every sound brought raucous laughter from them. Until the brother behind him threw the knife and hit him at the base of the neck, but instead of sticking it slid down his back, cutting a deep gouge all the way down to his butt.
"Grraaaaaa" Dan cried in pain for the first time, she ever heard.
"I can't take any more of this, there has to be something better" said Kurumu as she used her power to change dreams.
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"You got another C, my how worthless you truly are" said a man that looked like a much older version of Dan, probably his father, to what looked to be a seven year old Dan.
"I tried my best" said Dan not averting his eyes.
"Well your best just isn't good enough. In light of this I'm afraid I'm going to have to do it again" he replied uninterested. Dans eyes widened a fraction of an inch when his father said that.
"I'll do better next time, don't make the innocent suffer for my short comings" asked Dan to no effect. His father walked over to a crate and pulled out a puppy, one that looked to be not even a month old.
"Too bad, so sad. Do it or you know what I'll do" said his father. Dan walked over and took the puppy cradling it gently for a moment.
"Please forgive me" he whispered just before he snapped the neck as hard as he could, it wasn't enough and the puppy howled in pain before he could end it's pain.
"Next time I won't stop at one. Keep that in mind, oh and throw that rash away with the rest of the garbage, also today is burning day so take care of it, and make sure the entire thing is out before you leave" his father said with a shooing motion. Dan gingerly picked up the body and carried it to another room. What Kurumu saw inside could only be described as horrifying, for filling the entire room almost floor to ceiling were the bodies of dead animals. They ranged in age from newborns to those who would have did soon, from species of squirrels and chipmunks, to foxes, to deer, to dogs and cats. Dan walked to the edge of the pile and almost reverently set the body on the edge.
"I'm so sorry, to all of you. You never deserved this fate" he said as he soaked the bodies with lighter fluid and threw a lit match on, creating a bonfire in seconds. In the light of the flames Kurumu could swear she was hallucinating from the heat waves, because it looked to her as if Dan was crying. Upon closer inspection she had to accept that she was truly seeing it. Mr. Emotionally Dead Dan, was crying. She couldn't take any more of it and changed the dream again.
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A twelve year old Dan lay undressed in a bed staring up at the ceiling. A woman stood at the foot of the bed in the exact same state of undress as Dan. She was overweight and kind of homely. Kurumu sighed in relief, she had finally found a more normal dream, one expected of a boy his age, though she had to question his taste in women. It seemed kind of odd that he would fantasize about a fat woman when he complained a few weeks ago about Japan getting all the hot women. Her relief was shattered just as soon as it came.
"Come on Dan, if you really loved your mother you would fuck me. I know you have been sneaking glances at me, fantasizing about my body" said the woman running a hand along her chest, trying to look sexy and failing miserably. Dan said nothing so she took it as a sign to continue. "I'll make every fantasy come true, you just let momma take care of everything" said the woman again as she crawled on top of Dan and began doing things no mother and son should ever do. All the while Kurumu noticed a dead look in his eyes, the very same look he had when Adam wasn't around. It was at this point she realized, these weren't normal nightmares...these were pure memories.
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Kurumu pulled back, harshly nearly toppling over in horror. "Dear god...and people call Yokai evil. I know we can be cruel, but that is just fucked up. Families NEVER do that. At least I never HEARD of it happening" she spoke to herself as she nearly bolted to the window and flew out, not noticing the single strand of blue hair that rested on Dans face.
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Kurumu couldn't stop thinking on what she saw last night. She felt dirty, but more than that she felt ashamed. Dan didn't want to talk about his past for a reason and she just trampled over that like it didn't matter. She betrayed his trust in forcing him to show her what he went through, or at least part of it. She was just glad that he didn't know it was her.
Before she could take another step a hand shot out from the trees and grabbed her by the neck before slamming her into a tree. She tried to shake the daze from her head only to be slammed again. Once her vision cleared she almost pissed herself at the sight before her. Dan, and he was beyond livid. She had only seen that look n his eyes once, and that was yesterday when he charged the knife throwing club. He lifted his left hand and she saw in his grip a single strand of hair, a single strand of HER hair.
"I thought I was clear when I said to STAY OUT OF MY HEAD. WHAT PART OF THAT DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND YOU FUCKING CUNT" he shouted slamming her into the tree again this time cracking the trunk, and cutting the back of her head open.
"I-I-I'm...s-s-s" she stuttered unable to get out her apology.
"YOU'RE WHAT! YOU'RE SORRY! SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH" he continued shouting, spittle flying onto her face just before he pulled his fist back and punched her as hard as he could right on the mouth, knocking her unconscious. He dropped her with a scoff and stormed away, heading to a place to clear his head...the cliffs.
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Adam scratched the back of his head later in the morning, leaning on the library walls next to Moka. "So, Swimming club's out of the question now, 'specially now that you're weak against it." He folded his arms and looked at the perplexed vampire. "So, what should we do for a club? You don't seem like the martial arts type. I highly doubt that computer work will be your forte, especially that...other you." He leaned back, turning a green, aluminum-tipped baseball-bat pipe in his mouth whilst thinking. He looked up along the edges of the wall as he thought, while raising an eyebrow as his eyes stopped out the window, towards a tree. He slowly stood up, eyes widening in disbelief and confusion. "What the hell...?"
"What's wrong?" Moka inquired, following his gaze outside to the fallen succubus; "KURUMU!"
"Go get Tsukune, I'll grab her and meet you two at the hospital wing. Go, Now!" Adam commanded, jumping over a desk and otherwise bolting towards the girl as it started to rain.
He slid to a stop, and leaned over the unconscious woman. Panic overridden in his mind, two fingers the base of her neck, under her ears – there was still a pulse. A small sense of relief stopped the panic, but he picked her up gingerly, and started to run in the now torrential rain, carrying her bridal style.
As he ran as fast as his fat ass could run, he heard her coming to slowly. He didn't spare her a glance for risk of running into someone or something. "You'll be fine. Even if you didn't get injured too much, I'm not running that risk."
"Where...Where am I?"
"Right now in the arms of an insanely attractive man." Adam spared her that glance with a slight taste of sarcasm.
"What happened..?"
"Your guess is as good as mine." Said Adam, as he had arrived at the hospital wing. He took two, normal walking steps, and slipped on the cold floor with his still-wet boots, losing grip of Kurumu, causing her to land none-too-gingerly on the bed next to the door, and Adam to take a hard landing on his ass. "OW!" he had yelped.
He sat up, and looked at her with a slight grin. "Not the most graceful landings, but thank you for riding Fatty Airlines." He stood up and removed his boots, dry socks padding on the ground. He stood before the woman as she situated herself easier on the bed. "Remember anything now?"
She shook her head as a perplexed look came over her face; a gasp of pain as she moved a hand to the back of her head, rubbing slowly growing, slightly bloody bump from a concussion. The sight of blood caused her to gasp, and she looked up at him. "D-Dan...Dan did this." She looked back at Moka and Tsukune as they walked in, gently pulled Tsukune into a hug and cried lightly.
"Why…Why would he do this?" Moka was shocked; both of them.
"You took me seriously enough to look into his head, hm?" Adam responded in a gentle tone. "Stay here, we'll work this out. I'm grabbing the Nurse's attention. Then we're going to kick some epicene ass."
Tsukune, however, wouldn't have it. He disentangled himself from the bluenette, storming out of the building saying nothing. Adam poked his head out and shouted "HE'S PROBABLY AT THE CLIFFS! MAKE SURE THERE'S AT LEAST A HEAD FOR ME TO KICK AROUND!"
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Dan let the rain soak through his cloths, the chill not bothering him in the least. His hair matted down and shadowed his eyes as he gazed at the waters below. His anger had cooled with the rain letting him reflect in just what he had done. He looked down at his hands, the hands of a murderer of the innocent. The hands used to hurt a friend. The true monster wasn't Kurumu here it was him, and that damned temper of his. He usually had so much more control than this. What the fuck was happening to him that would make his normally level head so unbalanced. Was it being at the bottom of the food chain again? Was it knowing that he could no longer control the factors around him? Back home people either feared him or hated him, excluding Adam. Now...now nobody feared him.
"YOU BASTARD" somebody yelled behind him. Dan turned and saw Tsukune charge at him in a blind rage. Dan sighed and charged back simply to keep the idiot from killing them both by knocking them over the cliff edge. Once they crashed into each other Tsukune began punching and kicking with everything he had. He expected to get layed out within seconds, but didn't stop. It never registered to him that he was punching for well over a minute and Dan hadn't moved since he charged. As he backed away to catch his breath he realized he was still conscious and ABLE to catch his breath. "WHY WON'T YOU FIGHT ME? YOU HAD NO PROBLEMS BEATING KURUMU" he bellowed.
"I lost control then. I'm back in control now, and I will find a way to make it up to her. As for you I have no intention of denying my just punishment. Batter me until you believe My debt is paid" Dan replied somberly. Tsukune didn't hesitate and continued wailing on a stock still Dan. For five minutes Tsukune rained blow after blow until he couldn't feel his arms and his knuckles were bruised and bloody.
"Thanks for leaving most of 'im for me. You get back to the girls, I'll handle the rest" said Adam calmly with a nod to the exhausted Tsukune. Tsukune nodded back and ran back to the hospital wing. "You fucked up" said a calm Adam.
"I know. Let's get this over with so I can seek forgiveness from the one I harmed" said Dan.
"Fight me" commanded Adam.
"No"
"FIGHT ME"
"No"
Adam charged in and grabbed Dan by the neck before he threw him against the ground…hard. He then picked Dan up by his ankles and slammed him into a nearby tree. All the while Dan remained silent and stoic.
"WHY WON'T YOU FIGHT BACK" shouted Adam as he drug Dan along the ground harshly.
"Because I deserve every ounce of pain I endure today. To fight back means that I don't feel my own pain as justified."
Dropping the leg, and Dan, Adam backed up, arms folding across his chest. "If you fight the fuck back, then I can use your momentum against you and hurt you more.."
"You're fighting with a clouded mind. My mind is clear; I have the advantage."
"Clear my ass." Adam stood there, now arms folded across his chest. "Look, Fight me, or I'll go grab Inner Moka. You –won't- live past that one."
"I won't live past 18 regard-" He didn't get the chance to finish, as a solid haymaker was sent into Dan's Jaw with a resounding crack.
"So, won't live past 18? Does that excuse you from attacking? Does that excuse you from life? Fuck no." Cracking his knuckles, then turning his back to Dan. "No, I will not throw any more punches. Instead, I'm going to let you sit there, and stew. Stew in the fact that you've truly forgotten what the phrase 'Sword and Shield' means. Fuck you; You forgotten our promise? Fuck you." Adam stormed off.
"Have I really fallen that far…?"
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Next Morning
Adam was standing in front of the school, pipe in mouth, smoke coming from the green metal tip. His eyes shifted to a nearby bulletin board, and cocked a brow as he read 'Standard Placement Tests Next Week.'
"SPTs? Fuck that shit." Adam said with a slight snarl. "Japanese and Youkai schools suck."
"So, things all settled with Dan then?" Tsukune asked
Adam didn't say anything, opting to instead empty the pipe and stick another bud of green into it, relighting.
"That bad, huh?"
Again, he said nothing for some time, only to release a large puff of smoke. "It's one thing to assault a woman monster; a monster yes, but also a woman. That in itself is inexcusable." He took another puff. "It's also another thing to forget a promise you made to someone who is like your own brother. In other words, Yes. That bad." Emptying the pipe, and dropping it into his blazer, his back popping as he stretched. "Well, I guess it's time to go and talk to Nekonome about clubs once Moka and Kumuru come here."
"Musta really been bad if you didn't mention Dan."
"Emo kid's probably sittin' in his room and stewing. Pretty much told him off last night after I decked him."
"Seems like you let him off lightly."
"Not when I called his honor and friendship into question." Adam shook his head. "His own mind will fuck with him until he comes to grips. Until then, we might not see him for awhile." He turned to look at Kumuru and Moka, a slight smile coming to his face. "Mornin' you two. Feeling alright, Kumuru?"
Kumuru nodded slightly. "Yeah..Still sore, but I'll be fine."
"Good to hear." He looked at Moka and cocked a brow as she stared at him. "What?"
"I didn't get a chance to eat breakfast…can I…?"
"Oh for fuck's sake!" Adam growled halfheartedly, then sighed. "Okay, Okay. Go for it."
With a gleeful 'Thank you!' She bit down hard on his neck; Adam growled lightly, but held her regardless; Tsukune and Kumuru looked away with a slight blush. She pulled away, and promptly her food source was knocked to the ground with a knee to the face, with Adam shouting "FUCK! OW!"
Dan stood before them, dressed in foreign attire; Shirtless, black trenchcoat, hands being wrapped up to the elbows, baggy navy-blue cargo pants, and black combat boots. He said nothing as he slid into his Muay Thai starting stance. Adam stood up and rubbed his cheek, then slid into a responding Aikido stance; "Back the hell up; This is just me and him." He said with a psychotic grin.
Dan said nothing, charging foreward with a high kick; it was plainly intercepted with Adam's left hand, the applied momentum being changed to throw Dan a little bit away from the group. With a twist in the air, Dan barely landed on his feet. Without a word he charged again this time spinning into an elbow strike aimed at the solar plexus. Adam easily blocked and redirected the attack to land a palm strike on Dans face, breaking his nose. Adam stood, grin wide, with a foreign stance. "Alright, bitch, Stop joking around. I want to try something on you; That'll be your true punishment from me."
"Still think I've forgotten?"
"Not anymore, but I'm still pissed off at you. Now stop douchin' and move yer ass!"
In response, Dan charged in low, bringing a devastating knee strike aimed at his chin. Adam merely tilted his head back to dodge the knee-strike, but was kicked in the face. Adam smirked as he whipped himself back to normal stance, having bent backwards in fluid motion. That's when shit changed; In stead of Adam being the charged, Adam charged Dan; the surprise was enough to keep him from dodging a quick, yet powerful blow to the chest that sent him off of his feet; Dan rose up to his feet and spat up the remaining spittle, and heaved hard. "What the hell…?"
"Not done yet, you poncy motherfucker!" Adam Shouted, shooting out a booted foot to slam into Dan's left knee, who grabbed Adam's head and brought it down to knee him in the face with the opposite, all while Adam's fist came out from the right to nail Dan in the Kidneys; both hits struck at the same time. Adam's glasses broke, and Dan released his head, falling to his still good knee clutching his side.
"One last charge..?"
"Ffffuck no." Adam brought his knifed hand up, and grinned as he lunged foreward to stab at his eyes; Dan's fist was balled and being sent straight to Adam's solar plexus. However, both attacks stopped just before connecting.
"Am I cleared with you now?" Dan asked with a small smile.
At first Adam's eyes were cold, bitter. He reached his hand back as if to strike him illegally, only to instead smack him upside the head. "That's for kneeing me in the face twice, dickhead."
For a minute, nothing happened; then the two chuckled, and finally gut-wrenching laughter broke from the two.
"What…just happened?" Tsukune asked, blinking.
"Sushi-Dick here reminded me of what I needed to be reminded of. Now, Kumuru! C'mere!"
Apprehensively, she shifted her eyes and walked up to him. Adam standing there, however, with a small, kind smile on his face however calmed her; If anything were to happen again, there would be hell to pay.
She stood now before Dan; "I don't expect you to forgive me easily if at all. What I did was completely inexcusable, but to make it up, I'm going to give you a freebee. You can attack me in any way, and I won't retaliate. Cut off my arm, gouge my heart, stab my eyes…Whatever you want, it's yours." Said Dan as he stood, prepared to be crucified, hands held out to the sides.
Two things happened at the same time; a powerful slap across the face and a nice, hard kick to the groin. Seeing Dan curl up in pain made Adam and Tsukune shiver uncharacteristcally.
"We good…?" Dan asked, voice having become that of a soprano opera singers.
"Mmmhmm." She grabbed Tsukune and skipped away to the homeroom. Moka looked at Dan, Inner just blinked inside of her Rosario, unable to say anything to what just transpired.
"Uh, Dude. Your voice sounds that of a 16 year old canadian white Usher."
"Never…EVER compare me to Canadian Bacon. That does NOT count as a man." Dan squeaked, straining to return to normal octaves.
Saying nothing in retalition, Adam turned and gently lead her into the school. "Have fun there, Opera."
"Die in a fire…Painfully." Came the reply as it returned to normal octaves, under falsetto.