Chapter 3: Revenge + Vampire
Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire. I twisted the author's storyline into my own imagination.
The girls cried after witnessing Tsukune's murder after his battle against the dragon mage. His motionless body was chained to the tree covered with blood. All of a sudden Moka's eyes flared in anguish. Her bright pink hair suddenly turned into a silver color. The Rosario on her neck gleamed with a bloody red color. Inner Moka emerges and the magical chains were destroyed. The dragon mage glanced back; shocked to see his prisoners had broken free. All of them stood up and drew their weapons.
"You bastard! How could you do this to Tsukune!" screamed Inner Moka, charging at him with full force.
"You will pay for this!" yelled Kurumu, spreading out her wings and extending her claws.
"I will not hesitate to kill you!" shouted the angered Mizore. Her eyes turned blue and the trees around her were covered with her ice. The frosty mist blew right in the challenger's dragon face but it did not freeze him.
All five of the girls began to charge at him. The dragon began to stretch out his claw toward a tall dead tree and cast a spell on it. At that moment, the dead tree began to lift. Its roots slowly ripped from the ground. Using his claw motions, the dead tree began to rotate and he hurled it at them. Inner Moka fired up a powerful kick, destroying the tree into splinters.
"Your spell is no match for my rage!" shouted Inner Moka as she crashed through the obstacles. Her powerful kick to the face sent him flying back at to the forest.
Kurumu mercilessly fired her breast missiles while Mizore summoned a humongous snowman. Ruby waved her wand to summon her crows while Yukari summoned her swarm bees. All of the attacks hit causing a huge explosion to erupt. When the smoke settled the dragon mage was seen lying unconscious on the ground. He was back in his human form and his armor was covered dirt and blood. The girls slowly crept toward him and waited for him to rise.
The dragon mage slowly lifted his head and grinned at them. "You guys were much stronger than before," he said breathing heavily. "I might be wrong about you...hah..."
"I will not forgive you for killing Tsukune!" shouted Inner Moka. She and the other girls continued to advance toward him.
The dragon mage made a grab for his staff and pointed it at them. The girls continued to charge at him.
He fired the black beams at him with his staff. Ruby remembered that attack.
"Those black beams...look out!" cried Ruby. But she was too late. One by one the beams hit them and transformed them back to their human forms. The girls staggered and fell to the ground unconscious.
***Approximately 45 minutes later****
Moka opened her eyes and found herself tied to another tree with her unconscious friends by the dragon mage's magical chains. She also realized that she was back in her Outer form. Again she tried to break free but it was no use. Moka begged her other self to awaken but her seal became silent. The rest of the girls sat motionless against the tree. They were all too weak do anything after battling him. The dragon mage put away his double-edged blade and picked up his staff. He slowly began to walk toward Tsukune's dead body.
"Don't touch him!" wailed Moka as heavy tears fell from her eyes. But the challenger did not respond and continued to walk toward Tsukune's body. A river of Tsukune's blood slowly gushed out of his chest and spread all over the ground. The stranger knelt down over Tsukune's body and dipped two fingers into the puddle of blood.
"What are you doing to him!?" cried Moka, struggling in the bondage. "I won't allow anyone to do this!"
The stranger raised his fingers with Tsukune's blood toward his nose and took a whiff of it. A few seconds later, his eyes opened with amazement.
"What is this?" he thought. "Vampire blood? How did that mingle with his blood? More importantly, this is also human blood I smelled."
At that moment, he gazed at Tsukune's dead body and saw a gold glow on his chest. The girls also stared at the glow with amazement and curiosity.
"That glow," the stranger thought in amazement. "He must be the Chosen One which Mikogami was talking about. This Tsukune must be a human and this vampire blood must have caused him to turn into a ghoul. Some how it was injected into his bloodstream."
His eyes moved to the left of Tsukune's chest. He closed them and then opened them again. His pupils turned purple.
"There are a few burns that are close to his heart," thought the stranger, peering through his chest. "It comes from a blue flame but mine did not even touch him."
He then closed his eyes again for a moment, and then he opened them.
"So that makes sense. This is the human that fought a member of the Fairy Tale organization named Kouyo, the one that nearly killed him."
He glanced at Moka and the girls and back at Tsukune. His eyes were then fixed on Moka. She glared at him.
"So this is Akashiya Moka, the daughter of the legendary vampires Akasha and Issa Shuzen. She injected her blood into Tsukune to save his life." He thought and glanced back at the blood on his fingers.
He then clutched his staff with grief. Tiny tears streaked down his face. He grabbed his weapon and ran his arm along the blade. Blood began to streak from his arm.
"What have I done? Dad, Mikogami forgive me,! he cried, burying his face in his hands.
The girls frowned at him and became puzzled after they saw that the dragon mage was crying.
"What the hell is going on with him, desu?" asked Yukari.
"I really don't know Yukari," replied Ruby. "He's pretty strange."
"No kidding. That weirdo just slashed his own arm!" commented Yukari with a shocked look.
"But that's no excuse for what he did to Tsukune!" snapped Kurumu.
"The big breasted girl is right. We must break free and avenge our friend," said Mizore in a quiet voice.
The dragon mage stopped crying and stood up and raised his staff in the air. The girls still glared at him remembering what he had done to Tsukune. Suddenly a beam of blue light shot out if his staff and darted toward Tsukune's body.
"What is he doing?" asked Kurumu.
The dragon mage let out a shout as the blue beam of light hit the gold glow on Tsukune's chest. Only Ruby knew what was going on.
"I-I don't believe it," gasped Ruby with astonishment. "He is using his resurrection spell on him. It's an advanced spell that takes away much of your energy and brings a dead person to life in an instant. He is using it on him. Why?"
"I don't know, but I still won't forgive that weirdo from killing Tsukune," said Mizore, glaring at the stranger.
The stranger still raised his hands and his staff. After a while, the blue light faded and he lowered his hands and staff. He then stood above Tsukune, panting. Tsukune's wounds on his chest and on his left wing disappeared. A minute later Tsukune's eyes opened and then slowly got up. The girls became amazed to see Tsukune all right. The dragon mage clasped his hands together and a red light flashed. The magic chain that was holding the girls captive disappeared.
At that moment, the girls ran toward Tsukune with open arms. Tears of joy streaked down their cheeks. They all cried, hugging him, and even kissing him, making Tsukune's face turn pink. He glanced at the dragon mage who was hanging his head down.
"Who are you?" he asked the dragon mage.
Before the dragon mage could answer he staggered and fell face down to the ground. Tsukune and the girls circled him waiting for him to rise. Ruby began to shake him but he did not move. He was still breathing but looked more dead than alive.
"Is he dead, desu?" asked Yukari.
"I don't think so. He must have been exhausted from battling Tsukune and using his resurrection spell. The spell must have used up his power," said Ruby.
"Then what should we do with him?" asked Moka.
" Let's finish him!" shouted Kurumu. Everyone except Tsukune agreed.
"I say we take him to the infirmary immediately," said Tsukune with a normal look on his face.
The girls gasped the moment he said that.
"Are you crazy? That guy killed you!" protested Kurumu.
"Well, we can't just leave this guy lying here," said Tsukune. "Besides if he gave me back my life, then I shouldn't take his.
"I guess he's right. He may have brought Tsukune back from the dead but we might need answers from him and why he wanted to fight him," said Moka.
"But that's risky. Who knows what might happen when he wakes up?" said Mizore.
"Well just have to at least give this guy a chance. Let's take him into the infirmary and make sure he gets well. If he tries anything we will make sure he was sorry to do that," said Tsukune.
"We need to be careful. This could be a trick, desu," said Yukari.
The girls glanced at each other and looked down at the unconscious challenger. Ruby and Moka knelt down to pick him up. He was pretty heavy for them because Moka was not able to use her vampire strength so Tsukune had to help them. It was already 5:45AM and the Youkai academy was finally opened. The entered the two double doors and hurried into the infirmary. Luckily, there was a nurse in her office. She was already using the computer until they came in.
"What's wrong?" asked the nurse as she stopped what she was doing.
"We have an injured guy here. He is a monster but not a student from this school," Tsukune said as he and Ruby set the challenger onto the bed.
"I don't know if I am allowed to do that," said the nurse.
"He saved my life!" shouted Tsukune. "So...I must save his."
The nurse looked at the unconscious stranger and back at Tsukune and the girls.
"I'll see what I can do," answered the nurse. "You guys can go to your classrooms. You class is about to start."
Tsukune and his friends thanked the nurse and exited out of the infirmary. They went into the classroom and sat down. Everyone was talking and gossiping about their last academic year in high school. Tsukune's group was still wondering about the dragon mage and why he resurrected him after the battle.
"Welcome, welcome to our final year in the Youkai academy," she announced. Just then a black-haired girl walked into the classroom. She is tall and wore a nice jade necklace. Her hair was tied in a nice silky white bow.
"Oh, goodie! She is here! This is our new transfer student," said Nekonome.
"Good morning, everyone. My name is Keitaru Mizuka and I am pleased to be in your classroom," the new student said with a bow. The other students became amazed after hearing her sweet milky voice.
"Wow, that girl is pretty cute," whispered a male student.
"I know, right?" whispered another student.
"Oh great another girl has become popular," sighed Kurumu.
The new girl smiled and shook hands with Nekonome.
"Mizuka, take a seat right next Kurumu-chan," said the teacher, pointing toward the seat near Kurumu.
Mizuka grabbed her bag and sat in the desk to the right of her.
"I hope this girl doesn't take my Tsukune too. Four rivals is already enough," thought Kurumu. She glared at Mizuka, who was already putting on her lipstick. Mizore and Yukari did the same thing. Nekonome smiled and resumed began her Japanese lesson. She grabbed her tail and spun it around.
"Now then," said Nekonome, adjusting her glasses. "Today I will be assigning an essay for this class."
Everyone groaned and booed at the teacher.
"What's the point?" groaned Saizo, slouching in his chair. "We have written a thousand lame essays over the past two years."
"What the...where did you come from, Saizo-san?" asked Tsukune with a surprised look.
"I thought Tsukune killed you a long time ago," said Moka.
"I know nothing of what you are talking about. I didn't die so shut your yapper!" snapped Saizo.
Tsukune and Moka sat back from their seats and kept silent.
"Gee, that Saizo guy is pretty rude," whispered Mizore.
"Desu, desu," whispered Yukari.
"To answer your question, Saizo-kun," said the teacher. "Writing essays is important for the Youkai curriculum. It is not good when we misuse or misspell words in our sentences. I am even tired of grading papers that lack thesis statements in the past three years."
"Oh, not this again," sighed Kurumu, placing her head on her desk face down.
Several hours passed as Nekonome gave her lecture about thesis statements.
"A thesis statement is a short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence," Nekonome lectured. "A good essay must contain a thesis statement in the first paragraph."
She then picked up her teaching stick and tapped it on the heading on the chalkboard.
"The topic that you guys are going to be doing is why the human world is essential to our world," she said.
Everyone began to complain except for Tsukune, his friends, and Mizuka.
"Humans are important to this world because of technology, food, and stuff like that," Nekonome responded, smacking her stick on her desk and wagging her tail.
"I want you to do some research on why humans are important to our world. There are many answers to this, but anyone who gives the answer I am looking for in his or her essay will receive a lot of extra credit. This is for those of you who are not doing well in class."
Later on, the bell rang and everybody got off their seats and walked out of the classroom.
"Oh, I forgot it's a half-day. Class dismissed…nyah," meowed Nekonome.
Tsukune and his friend were the last ones to leave the room. They passed through the hallway and past the cafeteria to their dorms. Mizuka ran after Tsukune and his friends.
"Tsukune!" called Mizuka. Tsukune and his friends stopped and turned to the black haired girl.
"Is it okay if I can be your friend?" she asked with a smile on her face.
"Oh, sure," said Tsukune smiling back at her
"What?!" the girls screamed.
"Yay!" she cheered. "I never had friends before I got here.
"You need to stay away from him," snapped Kurumu.
"Yes I won't allow any girls like you to flirt with him," said Mizore.
"Desu, desu," said Yukari in agreement.
"Oh, I would never do that," said Mizuka, still smiling. "I have no interest in having a relationship with him. I just wanted to make friends."
The girls still glared at her.
"May I be your friend as well?" Mizuka asked the girls in a polite manner.
"Well, I guess it's okay. As long as she doesn't try to flirt with him," said Moka.
"Yay!" cheered Mizuka. "I'm so happy! I love making friends!"
"Were all of you guys just worried about that?" asked Tsukune with an embarrassed look on his face.
"I got to go right now. See you tomorrow!" Mizuka said waving her hand. She skipped away with a smile on her face.
"Man, that girl is kind of weird," said Moka.
"But she kind of piss me off," said Kurumu crossing her arms. The other girls nodded their heads.
"Let's just go and find out if dragon mage is okay," said Tsukune.
To be continued…