Author's Note: So… it's been awhile hasn't it? I've probably made a bunch of you guys angry at me for making you wait forever for this chapter and I have no real excuses, except for that one time when my computer decided that it was going to update and restart and deleted all my progress on this chapter. Lady Muse was not happy with that one bit so she decided to take a long break. Now she is back and we will get this out to the good people of Fanfiction to enjoy. Now that that shit is taken care of I have a question for you ravenous bastards. No doubt you've all noticed that Moka, or at least Inner Moka, is pulling away from Tsukune and is gravitating to Andrew. Now my question for you people is, Should Andrew get both Mizore and Moka or not? Let me know in your reviews. On with the story damnit.
You could have heard a pen drop and it would have sounded like a bomb going off in the silence that ensued from Issa's comment. Tsukune felt his heart rate quicken and he broke out in a cold sweat. Kurumu subtly shifted so that she was in a better position to spring to Tsukune's defense. Yukari readied her most powerful spells so that she was ready for if Issa so much as moved. Surprisingly, or not depending on your perspective, none of the parents got into any type of combat ready stance and neither did Moka.
Tsukune rubbed the back of his head nervously and shifted so that he was in a better position to bolt if it came to that. "W-what are you talking about, I'm not a human…he-he-he." he asked with a stutter. Issa just stared at him impassively "Do not insult my intelligence, boy. I am far too old for someone like you to convincingly lie to. Besides your human stench is overwhelming, how no one has been able to discover you before now I have no idea." he replied with a biting tone in his first statement and moved into a reproachful tone at his second statement.
Tsukune's tone soon turned accusatory "Hey, what about Andrew? He's human too." he said in an obvious attempt at shifting Issa's attention away from himself. Issa regarded Tsukune for a moment as if contemplating whether or not he was worth giving his reason too. "While that may be true he has two things that you lack. The first is a spine and the second is the smell of death." he said after a short time. "That boy has seen death and destruction on a level I can't even begin to imagine and I've watched a thousand years' worth of wars between the various Youkai races and humanity, Youkai races between themselves, and humans fighting humans." he explained. He then took on a contemplative stance and held it for a few minutes.
He eventually nodded to himself as if coming to a conclusion. "In all my years he is the first human to gain my respect as a warrior and my approval." That statement instantly put a stop to all the thoughts anyone may have been thinking at that moment. Moka could do nothing to hide the shock and astonishment on her face. "Are you serious father?" she asked softly. Issa only nodded in response. Nobody else could form a coherent thought or words at that point.
It wasn't rare, just very uncommon for Issa to declare his respect for someone as a warrior. Up until that point it had never been a human, it had always been other vampires or other exceedingly powerful Youkai. It was unheard of for him to give his approval for anyone though; and never before had anyone, vampire or otherwise, been gifted with both Issa's respect and approval.
In fact at one point he had declared that he would never bestow that honor on anyone and if he did he would allow that person to marry one of his daughters, however, he had adamantly sworn that he would never even consider bestowing any type of honor on a human.
One of the younger vampires had asked him what he would do if he ever did find a human who he would bestow that honor on. Thinking that it was an event that would never come to pass, he had flippantly declared that if it were to happen he would adopt the human into his family. That had caused a massive stir in the Youkai world and some of the more ambitious vampires scoured the world to find a human that would garner Issa's favor, while other Youkai attempted to gain Issa's favor themselves.
Issa had gone along with it because it amused him how with a single statement he had thrown the Youkai world into chaos. He sent each and every single one of the people who showed up on his doorstep on utterly impossible situations and suicide missions. None of them ever returned; eventually the fervor died down and people began to forget about Issa's statement.
Now, legends and myths that Ageha, Tsurara, Tamanori, and Fujiko grew up with about the coming of human who would end millennia of oppression and secrecy and bring about a golden age jumped to the forefront of their minds.
But before that particular train of thought could build up steam, the nurse exited the infirmary and derailed it. Before she could even say anything or even move very far from the door Mizore practically teleported in front of her. "Is he going to be ok?" she asked. The nurse sighed and pulled off her bloody gloves. "He'll live, he'll have a pair of new scars go augment his collection but otherwise he'll be fine he's resting now, and yes you can see him just keep your voice down." she replied.
Mizore barely gave a nod before she was through the door and looking around for Andrew. When she finally found him she gave a small whimper. He was lying on a bed with fresh bandages across his chest. There was a diagonal line of red that stretched from his right hip up to his left shoulder.
She looked up at his face and noticed how pale he was compared to how he normally looked with a pained grimace marring his features. Mizore set her hand on Andrew's wound and willed her icy aura to spread from her hand and into the wound. A slight blue hue started to spread from her hand, covering the wound. When she looked back up to his face, she noticed that his grimace was fading and his face took a more neutral look.
Sighing she kicked off her shoes and climbed up on top of Andrew and snuggled into his warmth. What she wasn't expecting was for his arms to encircle he waist and pull her tighter to himself. The absolutely faintest of smiles graced his features and it had the power to light up his entire face in bliss. She smiled as well and settled down to one of the most restful sleeps in her entire life.
Back outside, everyone had watched the interactions between the sleeping Andrew and Mizore. "Is this sort of thing normal?" she asked. "Mizore sleeping on Andrew? Yes. Andrew pulling her closer? No." Moka replied. Issa nodded, then looked at the nurse expectantly. She glanced at him and sighed "Alright, so I wasn't entirely truthful with the girl." she said. Everyone turned startled eyes onto her "He's not going to die, right?" Moka asked with a hint of steel in her voice.
The nurse looked a might bit nervous at Moka's words "Well no…" she began. At that everyone turned their gazes onto the nurse. She started to fidget with the combined weight of the gazes of two super-vampires, two succubae, two snow-women, and three witches. "W-well he's not going to die. I know that for sure, however, there were other complications." she explained and broke out into a cold sweat as the glares intensified.
"You have exactly 5 seconds to explain yourself before I decide your services are no longer required." Issa spoke slowly and venomously. Now with all the heated glares and Issa's threat hanging over her, fear began to creep into her eyes as a shiver ran down her spine. "T-there is a tremendous amount of scar tissue which pegs him as human or a very weak monster. Either way, I had to use human healing techniques to get the slash across his chest closed. The best I could do for the burn on his shoulder was to put some burn salve on it and bandage it up." she explained with a twinge of fear coloring her voice.
She took a deep breath and continued on. "In all honesty, he shouldn't have been up and moving when he was, nor allowed to bleed that much, and I can't do a blood transfusion because either none of the human blood is compatible with him or the Youkai blood would end up turning him into something horrible. On the same token, I've noticed that his body is exhausted; that is not helping his chances of survival. The best we can do is hope for the best and pray he manages to pull through this intact; this forced rest should do wonders for him." she continued.
Her nervous gaze passed over everyone in the hallway outside the infirmary. One by one the various people waiting outside the door left. The adults to consult their various leaders and/or shaman, the kids leaving to think further on Andrew's words; with Tsukune re-thinking his lot in life. Once they had all left only Issa and the nurse remained. He didn't say anything for a moment; just as the nurse was beginning to inch away Issa caught her by the throat and slammed her against the wall.
He turned blood red eyes onto her struggling visage and her face betrayed the complete and utter terror she was feeling. "Listen to me very carefully…" he began. "You had better pray that my son survives or else this school will be looking to replace a nurse and I'll have gained a new slave. And the existence as said slave will be most…unpleasant." he finished in a deathly quiet tone.
The nurse could only nod as her face began to turn red then purple then finally settling on blue. Once he was convinced that the nurse had gotten the message he released her and she slumped to the ground spluttering and coughing and sucking in giant lung filling gulps of air. Issa strode away, already mentally preparing himself for the shit-storm that was going to hit all because he had believed that no human would ever be able to gain his favor.
The nurse continued to sit and breathe deeply long after Issa had left. Finally after a long minute she had finally managed to get her breathing under control and shakily stood, leaning heavily on the wall as she did so. After regaining her balance she reentered the infirmary and began to search for Andrew's bed. Once she found it she breathed a breath of relief as she noted that his chest was still rising and falling. She also noted that Mizore had not moved from her spot and Andrew a little bit more color to his face than when she had first operated on him.
She contemplated waking Mizore and asking her to leave but she thought better of that and left them alone. Nodding to herself that her patient was alive and well considering, she checked on the other patients. Once that was finished she left the infirmary and settled in her room on her bed and fell instantly asleep from the exhausting day.
Author's Note: So it's not my longest chapter but I just couldn't figure out how to continue this train of thought considering that I have gotten exactly zero sleep at all. Besides you people have been waiting forever for this so here it is. TAA DAA