"Wards" asked Tsukune as he looked across at Moka similarly captured
"Just to hold you for a while" Hokuto smiled "I actually mean you no harm nor will I harm your other girlfriends or your little witch" He smiled "I'm the leader of Anti Thesis" he looked at the lack of surprise "You knew?"
"Well your little mole told me quite a lot although he didn't know it. It wasn't too hard to work out"
Hokuto nodded "Just don't associate me with Midou, he was an Outcast and only attached to us on the periphery. We as Anti Thesis had nothing to do with his actions, although if he'd neutralised you I'd not have minded" he waved to the wards "He did show me that any overt action against either of you and by association those you hold dear was very unwise, hence the temporary restriction and my assertion that I'll not harm them. My associate will be here soon to keep you company, if you can get his nose out of his book he's a good conversationalist. Before I go can you move enough and sit down, as I said I'll not harm either of you"
Moka looked across at Tsukune and nodded "How long" she asked
"A few hours is all" he looked up "should be finished by dusk then you can all go home" he frowned "By the way who set that ward on your house"
"Yukari"
"That's a fine piece of work she is very talented, especially at her age. It was good that you looked after her, she wouldn't have lasted otherwise. Congratulate her for me when you see her"
Sora watched and listened to the conversation, then waited until he'd gone before quickly going to Tsukune and Moka "Are you alright?"
"We're fine. I don't think he's lying about us and the others; we'll wait and see if we can get any more from his associate. Speaking of which you'd better make yourself scarce"
"I'll be back later" she vanished into the trees "Control Hokuto's made his move. Looks like it's early for some reason and he's now working off the cuff"
"Ok I'll pass it on. Where are you?"
"Coming back; I'll be there shortly. Out"
oOoOo
"Well shall we go" Kurumu looked at the letter that Mizore had passed her. Then followed her gaze to Yukari "Ah"
"Pass it over please mother"
"I know you're angry when you call me mother in that tone" Kurumu handed the note to Yukari "I know you'll want to go but I don't think it would be wise"
"But you might need a witch"
"Then I can go" a voice said from the door "Sora said that you'd better not and the Chairman agreed. You're to go to his study with this gentleman if you would please Yukari"
"Ruby" Kurumu looked shocked and then stopped as Yukari hugged the witch
"Ruby you're all better" Yukari was ecstatic
"Yes I am, thanks to your healing" Ruby hugged her back "They said that I was still serious when you took us to the witches' compound, but the potions you'd given me had all but healed me. It gave me time to learn about the realms"
"And your mistress" Yukari stepped back "And the fact I slipped you a Mickey"
"Yukata has settled in well. I'll tell you all later but for now we need to get on, and you need to be safe"
Kurumu walked to the guard "Sora" she said "Is he yours"
"Yes" Kurumu heard over the earpiece "Tsukune and Moka are alright and should join us later. They're in no danger but we need to play this out. I don't know what's planned so it's better if Yukari is safe otherwise"
"She said" the guard started
"Kurumu heard" Sora told him "Ruby's working for the Chairman now Ku"
Kurumu looked at the guard until he was nervous enough to wonder what he'd done wrong "Sora she's just looking at me"
"Ku he'll bring her straight to me"
"He'd better" Kurumu turned "Yukari go with the guard to Sora please" She didn't realise but she used the same inflections as Moka.
"Yes mama" Yukari handed her the note and walked up to the guard "we're going straight to Sora?"
"Yes Miss Sendou. I'll follow you if you would" he indicated
"Beside please" Kurumu said "And Yukari"
"In place" Yukari grinned then frowned "Don't be long mama"
Kurumu watched until Yukari had turned the corner then turned back to Ruby "You still fly?"
Ruby nodded "Yes" then grinned holding her wand "I can carry Mizore"
"I can do that" she walked to the window and opened it wide "Shall we go" she removed her Rosario and picked up Mizore and stood on the sill.
"Whoa those are large" Ruby's eyes were round "Won't take long then" She was talking to herself so she jumped through the window and followed.
oOoOo
Hokuto looked at the trio as they came through the door, they'd arrived quicker than he'd expected and he's only just laid the last of the committee out. However one look told him why, the witch, by her wand, he'd never seen before but the other two. The reports were grossly incorrect. Kurono was a succubus but the size of her wings and aura she was far stronger than anything he'd ever read about. Then there was Shirayuki; she was translucent and was also stronger than the reports. "Who's the witch?"
"Pardon" he turned at the voice and froze as he looked at Kurumu's eyes. His supposed tested succubus proof glasses had no effect, he couldn't move. "Heal the one's in danger Ruby, then let's get this back to the Chairman. We'll send the doctors to pick them up"
Ruby quickly went round the unconscious members of the committee "They're all alive, just knocked out" her wand moved "This one had stopped breathing with shock, he's ok" She stood back up and some of her feathers turned into bands and held Hokuto "If you carry Mizore again I can carry him, will the charm still work"
Kurumu walked up to Hokuto and took off the glasses putting them in the pocket of his jacket then looked into his eyes again and smiled. "Yes it will now, he was faking a little and fighting before"
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"So why are we here" Tsukune asked the figure sat reading the book
"The two of you are just going to annoy me until I talk to you aren't you"
"Pretty much" Moka said
Kiria put the book away "Well the plan" he turned around "Since you have basically taken over from the Public Safety Commission we thought that it would be better if you didn't interfere with Hokuto's plan"
"Which is" Tsukune prompted
"The Great Barrier, you know I've often wondered what would happen if it came down" he waved his hand "How would the Youkai and humans get along, would the Youkai stop fighting amongst themselves."
"You mean that Hokuto wants to bring the Barrier down" Moka asked
"Yes" he smiled "imagine the chaos. It'll quite interesting don't you think" he was looking at Moka "Free food for you"
"So Anti Thesis is part of Fairy Tale"
"Good connection, but not quite right, associated due to current converging interests" he gave a lopsided grin "They don't want the Barrier down, they helped him so that he could kill the Chairman"
"When the Barrier comes down there'll be panic and the death toll will be immense" Tsukune said in a controlled voice
Kiria shrugged "Mostly among humans to start with, not your family" he turned to smile at Moka "Your sweet wife will be safe"
She wasn't looking at him she was looking at Tsukune. "My parent's" he rumbled
"That's the point he didn't consider" Kiria said and turned towards Tsukune "Mind if I take a step back" he said backing away and watching "I was right when I guessed that you were originally human" he watched Tsukune manipulate yoki like a putty into a hollow tube
"Just like Hokuto" Tsukune answered as he worked "What about his parents and family, they'll die as well"
"His mother was his father's dead lover, his father he hated because he abused him and kept him locked up and away from making any friends. He couldn't believe that a vampire would take a once human for a lover" Tsukune was now pointing one end towards Moka's ward and placing an exceptionally fine thread of Yoki into the hollow "Ah, clever"
Tsukune ignored him "When I say now release your Rosario Moka, but get down, lie flat" Tsukune watched her lie down and released the yoki he'd prepared. The thread expanded rapidly and went straight through the wall of his ward and both of Moka's. The heaver tube had recoiled to sit against the other wall and brace the thread as it passed through Moka's. "Now" Moka pulled the Rosario off and the explosion of yoki blew the damaged ward apart. Tsukune released his yoki as well and then recovered it and the yoki he'd used making his device as his ward also vanished.
"Impressive" Kiria sat again "Don't mind me I'll just watch" his brows came together "What are you by the way"
"Angry" said Tsukune as he picked up Moka and vanished
"And still he didn't change" he opened the book and started reading again.
oOoOo
Tsukune set Moka down outside the doors then staggered and dropped to his knees "Sora"
Moka shut her eyes then smiled "She's alright" she helped him up "Remember"
"First the opponent" Tsukune growled and stood; holding hands they walked through the door together.
Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore and to Tsukune's surprise Ruby were trapped in a ward, the guards were in another and there were two bodies on the floor. Blood was coming from underneath the Chairman's, staining the normally pristine robes. "Where's Sora"
"There" Yukari pointed to the other figure on the floor "She should be alright he just hit her. He stabbed the Chairman"
Tsukune placed his hand on the ward and drew in the yoki, breaking it down "Help her, Ruby the Chairman" he turned to Hokuto "I won't let you destroy the Great Barrier"
"Why should you care?"
"Because my parents are human; you'll create a war between Youkai and humans, millions will die"
"You can't be serious" he created a magic circle "Why protect this academy, all it does is causes pain" he started to sink through the floor "And you can't stop me"
As his eyes went below the floor Tsukune took Moka's hand and jumped into the circle.
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"Tsukune where are we"
"In the basement of the Academy where the control for the Great Barrier is located; I've been here quite a few times" He shut his eyes and turned "That way" he pointed through the forest of pillars.
"Control, isn't it a ward like the one at the house"
"No, from what Yukari and the Chairman have told me the creation of a zone needs to be grounded, Yukari is affiliated to the earth and she grounded hers through that, when I added yoki to it I reinforced the grounding. The Great Barrier wasn't created by witches but by the Chairman and so he couldn't ground to the earth and had to design and build a machine to interface with his magic. It's based on the same principals as Rosario's and personal Seals" Tsukune smiled "It's all state of the Ark technology, and we've also been replacing some of the conduits. Some of the older cables weren't pure copper and didn't conduct as well as they should have. There's always Yoki usage in maintaining a Rosario or Seal but with the inefficient technology and materials it meant that all three Lords had to pour energy into it on a regular basis. When Akasha had to stop Alucard Fuhai became rather stretched because it's totally alien to his Yoki, that's why he's drained at the moment and I told him to take what he wanted when he repaired your Rosario"
"But doesn't it drain you as well"
"A little, but that's what I need. It's getting less and less as we replace more of the bits and pieces. The Barrier needs less Yoki to run than it did, and we've a lot of work to do yet" he chuckled "Quite a few parts required silver and as the Chairman didn't have the time these were contracted out. They used something similar to Tibetan Silver, which is actually copper nickel and a little silver, that's where a large part of the drain is coming from. We're remaking them as we can and the improvements are marked" he frowned "The downside is that the drain back into the Rosario of Judgement will also be quicker. If he places it and starts to bring it down the bits we haven't replaced yet mean that it will require a lot of extra Yoki to take it back up" They were approaching a series of consoles
"You are full of surprises Tsukune, I never thought that you would follow me here. But you're too late, my plan for the destruction of this Academy are complete. I've the Rosario of Judgement and I'm standing waiting to place it" he held the Rosario so that they could see it.
"Why" asked Tsukune
"Because I was trapped here, then surrounded by monsters who hated what I was. Do you know what sort of monster I was Tsukune"
"That's obvious" Tsukune drawled "You're a spoilt brat of a human who thinks that the world owes you an existence. So you cut yourself off despising everyone here and finally found someone to turn you"
"What do you know" Hokuto screamed
"I'm human as well. Only I accepted the changes and stayed human, what's your excuse"
"My excuse" Hokuto ripped off his jacket and held up his arm showing the Holy Lock there. He went to take off the Lock and remembered he still held the Rosario. "Too late" he placed the Rosario in the niche then took off the Lock "They turned me into this" In the flash of Yoki he was revealed as a huge thirty foot skeletal lizard with three bladed wing like structures where each arm should have been "A violent disgusting monster"
"Well it ain't pretty that's for sure. So what this boils down to is that you're Debby and you got changed into Malibu Barbie when you wanted to be Ballerina Barbie" he looked at Hokuto shocked face "The Addams Family remember, that's when I knew you were human"
"Bastard" the arms extended and spun, cutting through the columns nearby, they slowed enough for both Tsukune and Moka to avoid easily.
"Vampires use blood to survive you disgusting parasites" he grinned "Come closer and I'll slice you apart, your blood will drain. You know what will happen to you Tsukune when you've lost enough blood, you'll turn into a mindless killing machine"
"Doubt it, I'll just die. I'm not a vampire" he held up his own arm showing the seal and chain there "You know Hokuto you're still a weak little brat throwing a tantrum because you can't get your own way, I can defeat you without removing my seal" he walked into the area of collapsed columns and turned as if waiting to fight.
Hokuto rushed after him and extended his arms to slice Tsukune. They stopped on a shield.
"You're not the only one to look at barriers and wards" Tsukune smiled "And I'm not alone. Unlike you I made friends; we look after each other"
Hokuto looked to his side where Moka now stood on his arms "Threaten my mate you arrogant shit" her foot slammed into his face.
"That's useful" Tsukune said as Hokuto mostly resumed his human form "Drag him over here we can use his Yoki to repair some of the damage he's done"
Tsukune placed Hokuto's hand over the Rosario and then his on top. Forcing his Yoki through Hokuto's hand he drew the Yoki out and into the Barrier. When Hokuto was drained he moved him out of the way and continued on his own until he felt the Barrier settle back. Then he removed the Rosario and placed it in his pocket. "We'd better bring him along as well. We can walk out but it's got a lot of steps.
"It'll keep him quiet" Moka said as she picked up Hokuto's ankle and dragged him off the small dais, his head hit the floor and Moka smiled "See"
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The Chairman was waiting, sat at his desk when they walked through the hidden door. His robes had been changed and he was alone. He looked at Moka as she dragged Hokuto into the room and left him by the door as it closed.
"With the Great Barrier stabilised I'd assumed that you'd walk back. I was wondering how you'd keep the secret from Hokuto but Mrs Aono appears to have found a solution to that problem"
"Personally I'd put him down" Moka replied, her inner self coming to the fore at the moment.
"Um, not quite a total integration of the personalities yet" the Chairman grinned "He might have a part to play in the future" Moka shrugged indifferently "My Rosario" he said to Tsukune
"Ah yes" Tsukune walked to the desk and handed it to the Chairman "I assume that no one knows what happened"
"The rest of the school think that the Barrier had a fit that soon passed. It appears that the ward around your house has influenced the way those without knowledge see such things" he used the intercom to call his guards "You are all excused school tomorrow, Sora is resting at your house she's fine but has a headache" he watched the relief in both and waved his hand towards the door.
oOoOo
"I know he said he was alright, but he was drained when he reinstated the Great Barrier" Moka was talking to the family. She'd put Tsukune to bed as soon as they got home "So what happened"
"We got a note that we should come to the committee room for something newsworthy, I went with Mizore and Ruby. Yukari was with the Chairman. We picked him up and took him back to the Chairman's office where he put Hokuto in a ward and I removed the charm" She looked for Mizore to continue
"They talked for a bit, and then he broke his ward and placed all of us under another. Yukari he picked up and he pushed her through to join us. That's when Sora got hurt; she went to stop him picking her up. One of his arms formed some large scythe type things and he hit her from behind. We could see that another part went through the Chairman. His guards stopped at that and he sealed them as well"
Yukari decided to add a little "I looked at the ward but it was a reverse Yoki, use Yoki inside and it would strengthen the ward, that's how daddy was able to collapse it so quickly, the outside was pure Yoki that he could absorb" she looked around and got a nod from Kurumu "After I'd looked at it he asked me what I thought, so I told him, he seemed pleased and then told me he was impressed with the house ward"
"He told us that as well, you impressed him" Moka smiled as Yukari was justifiably proud of the unexpected praise
"Anyway" She continued "He told us that he'd placed you in wards and that you were quite safe but not to expect you to come to the rescue as the wards were twice as strong as the strongest ever made for a vampire" Yukari looked "Why would he say that"
"Because he thought that Tsukune was a vampire" Moka smiled again "The one he set to watch us also didn't know what Tsukune was but he didn't interfere, he just wanted to see what was going to happen"
"Well just after he'd picked up the Chairman's Rosario you two came in. I was watching he was shocked, especially as daddy so easily collapsed the ward. What happened to you?"
"He wasn't as strong as he thought, and Tsukune made him loose his temper. We have got to watch that film, did you get it"
Yuakri nodded "Now all we need is a television and a DVD player" she said "Oh Ruby would like to come for a visit when her duties are finished at the end of classes tomorrow"
Moka nodded still grinning at Yukari's comment "Well since we're so old fashioned let's just go and have a soak before dinner and yes Ruby can come"
oOoOo
Tsukune breathed a sigh of relief at the start of the festival. Since he was the only member of the committee left a lot of the work had fallen onto him. Having assured himself and the few members who came back that the world hadn't ended he we went to find out what his family was up to. Moka was inundated with customers most of who seemed to want a picture since the goldfish pool was empty. Nekonome leaving the area licking her lips gave the reason for that.
When an angry Moka turned to catch someone who'd touched her Tsukune went and rescued her "Until we get the next stock of goldfish in there's no point is just sitting there. I need to relax a little now, let's have a drink"
Stopped looking down from the balcony they watched the gathering crowd "Strange really Hokuto said that he wanted three days of peaceful festival, now he's gone there's a chance of it happening"
"Tsukune I know you feel for him, but it's as you said when you were making him loose his temper. He chose to be like that; he had the choice to either integrate or always be an outsider" she snuggled under his arm "This is the first Festival that I've attended that I'm not outside looking in. I can enjoy it because of you. You made friends with a vampire on the first day; he was here almost two years and didn't even try to make a single friend"
They watched for a while then Tsukune turned her "We'd better get back home, the mothers will be arriving" He looked as if he was to go to the dentist and have teeth pulled without anaesthetic.
"Meeting the mother in laws" Moka grinned
"I take it Mizore's asked then"
"Yes" Moka nodded "She said that you were the one for her" Moka sighed "Our little family is getting bigger"
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They walked towards the house "And you're ok with this. You were alone for a few years and now you've a mate almost four wives and if what you've told me, soon to be three dependants"
"I won't say I don't like it because I do. What I don't like is sharing you" they were in the woods so she stopped and kissed him "But if I didn't then the outcome would have been so much worse"
Tsukune just walked until they were almost at the ward "Well we can all enjoy things now"
They walked through the Ward to see two women fighting "Why did I open my big mouth" Tsukune said "Looks like the mother in laws from hell have arrived"
Moka frowned and handed Tsukune her Rosario "Stand still" She bellowed to the two women
"Says who" one asked
"Not till she's frozen" said the other
"Tsukune bring the other to the stump" Moka grabbed what was obviously Mizore's mother and Tsukune picked up Kurumu's
"Whoa big boy use a little finesse" she melted against him "Smells wonderful and so strong" She stayed there until she saw Moka sit and pull the other over her knees and lift up the skirts of the Kimono and pull down the pants. She grinned as Moka slapped each cheek of the bare bottom hard enough to cause an instant hand mark then pulled her pants up roughly and stood her back on her feet.
"Stay there" she said to the woman "Next" Moka turned to Tsukune
"What" the woman said and tried to struggle, however Tsukune deftly placed her over Moka's knees. The skirt was so short that it rode up from the position. Moka's irritation meant that the pants fell apart instead of coming down.
"Stay still" commanded Moka as she squirmed "You'll get another if you don't" After the two hard slaps on the still squirming bottom Moka paused and added a third "Stay still" a fourth brought compliance. She was set on her feet and handed the remains of her pants.
"Whilst you are here you will obey the rules of this house. If you behave like children you will be treated as children do you understand" There were two nods "Go and sort yourselves out then we will have proper introductions with drinks"
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"Proper introductions" Tsukune asked when they were alone
"Well normally you'd see their faces first, not their bare bottoms getting spanked" Moka smiled at him
Tsukune paused "I'd not thought of that" he slowly smiled "Definitely a different sort of introduction. I wonder if I'll recognise them again"
"Just match up the curtains and the drapes" Moka's smile turned into a grin "You were standing behind them"
oOoOo
"So why were they fighting" Moka asked Yukari as a neutral observer
Yukari looked at Mizore and Kurumu "Something about stalker girl, big boobs and boyfriend thief"
"The mothers" Moka blinked at Yukari's reiteration of the normal comments from Mizore and Kurumu excepting that Kurumu called Mizore husband thief.
"Yes, frightening déjà vu if you ask me" and turned to Sora who'd joined them after the event. She was laughing quietly.
"What" Moka asked.
"I'd forgotten that, they were both here a few years ago. The spitting image now I think of it to Mizore and Kurumu. They used to fight like that all the time, but were always careful not to hurt the other" she looked at the two shocked daughters "I'd bet that these two would be just the same if it wasn't for Yukari. Mind you Tsukune can see just how they will look when they're older" she grinned "Not bad"
"Your mother's not coming as well is she" Tsukune was suddenly struck that he'd have all the mother in laws under the same roof
"Ah no, she's a little unhappy" Sora's smile failed a little "Apparently there was a good boy, doing very well and would soon be old enough that the fathers had talked about"
"Oh sorry" Tsukune said not actually knowing what to say
"Don't be, he was sent back home, apparently someone welded his tails together" her lips now twitched as she suppressed a grin at the shocked faces
"You're joking" Kurumu asked
Sora shook her head "It appears that Kuyou talked himself up at home, telling everyone how important he was and how well he was doing" she looked at Tsukune "She doesn't know whether to be pleased or not, she didn't really like him. But it's upset my father and the other elders. We are all from races with falling birth rates" Sora indicated the rest "They thought that Kuyou was a choice, the only one I had actually even though he's a Yako; he's the only unattached male that was considered acceptable at the moment. It doesn't impact so much on us as we're long lived and can wait, but it's beginning to be a problem, for Mizore and Kurumu's races however"
"My mother would jump you given half a chance" Kurumu said nodding
"Then your mother might be the same if what we think is true" Tsukune said to Mizore
"Then some" she replied "The men in the villages won't touch anyone over twenty four" she looked at the faces "Tsukune and I have been looking at the fertility problem. It used to be that we could conceive until we were at least a hundred and fifty, well that's what's in the history books we've found. We were going to get my mothers blood compared to mine to see if there are any differences as a first step. There have been a lot of advances in fertility in the human world Tsukune thought they might help us"
"Let's wait and see the results first" Moka said in a resigned voice
"First" Tsukune asked and got blank stares from the rest. He drew a deep breath and sighed. "Are there any limits" he asked Moka
"Not really, six vampire wives, but there's never been consideration of other races as there's never been the need before"
"Put bluntly" Yukari said "It's the function of the house to get and protect children; that's your job daddy. The wives run it and make sure it's viable" She sat on his lap and gave him a hug "It's not all bad is it?"
"No, but I was having a mind dead day and just enjoying myself" he lent back on the settee to rest her on him and returned the hug.
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Moka waited on the roof where it had all started and thought about what was happening in her household. Tsukune had left some time ago with Yukari to take her home. With her blood parents here they suggested that they stay with her as the rest enjoy the festival. Ageha and Tsurara were with their daughters and Moka was looking forwards to spending time at a festival with someone. She smiled as she saw him walk into the building. She heard the door and didn't turn as she assumed that it was Tsukune.
"Oh you're alone" the voice was not Tsukune's and she was grabbed from behind "All alone on the festival night, don't worry I'll give you something pleasurable to make this an unforgettable night" his hand started to go under the yakuta when it stopped.
"I don't think you'll forget it" Tsukune's voice joined the other and the hand was removed to a crunching sound
"My fucking hand" he screamed
"Be elsewhere" Tsukune said as he threw him off the roof.
"Be elsewhere" Moka queried as she adjusted her top
"I can't say know your place, you and your mother have rights on that one" he shrugged "His elsewhere will be at the hospital. Now what did you want to do, since it's your first festival?"