Chapter 14: Ambush + Vampire
Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire. I twisted the author's storyline into my own imagination. If the violence is any offense to you, don't read this.
Tsukune immediately woke up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he Fong and Gin right in front of him already armed with their weapons.
"Tsukune! Tsukune! Wake Up!" called Fong.
"What is it? What's going on? Why are you guys armed already?" grunted Tsukune.
"We need to get out of the tent! We are under attack! We are surrounded by goblins!" cried Gin.
Goblins, thought Tsukune. Tsukune grabbed his two katanas and hurried outside. As he staggered his way out of the tent, he saw Moka and the girls standing back to back behind Nazere and Hiyata. All of them drew their weapons that were given to them during the training. He whirled around and there was no doubt that they were surrounded by goblins. Could they be Yuroku's minions, he thought.
"We must protect Deshiko!" cried Moka, clutching her wooden bo staff.
"Where on earth did these goblins come from?" asked Tsukune, whirling around.
"If the goblins are here, we were probably expected," said Moka.
"Correct as always, Moka. They were brought here under our command and we have been expecting you to come," hissed a voice.
"Who's there?" shouted Gin, glancing at the direction of the voice.
The goblins moved out of the way. From the darkness, two figures were approaching them. One of them is a tall male and had long hair. The other is a bespectacled male who is the same height as Moka. Both of them are wearing black outfits.
"I-I recognized these guys, desu. They are the two other leaders who stood beside Kuyo and Deshiko in the Public Safety Commission," said Yukari, shaking with fear.
"Dammit, Murotsu! Why did you leave us in such a bad time?" thought Kurumu.
"I thought the headmaster got rid of you guys after Moka defeated Kuyo a long time ago," said Ruby, pointing her naginata at them. "You two must be the spies!"
Both of the figures laughed.
"Yes, the headmaster banished us from the school police but we are not gone for good," said the bespectacled male, adjusting his glasses
"What do you guys want?" snapped Tsukune.
"We are here to kill that traitor you were trying to protect. Also we are here for the two remaining vampires in your party as well as the dragon mage and you, human," said the bespectacled male, pointing at Tsukune. "So it seems that you are all armed with human made weapons in the past. How pathetic."
"I hope we put our training to use with these weapons, desu," whispered Yukari to Mizore.
"You guys are too late! The dragon mage left!" said Kurumu, nervously.
"We won't let you have them without a fight," yelled Hiyata, clutching his scythe.
"Bring it four-eyes, desu!" cried Yukari.
"You amuse me," laughed the bespectacled male. "I actually have six eyes!"
At that moment the bespectacled male suddenly began to transform. His three dog heads suddenly sprouted out oh his body. His true appearance was a cerberus. The tall male with long hair transformed into a rock golem. The two monsters roared and stood in their fighting pose.
"Goblins go! Capture the two vampires and Tsukune. Also find that dragon mage for Yuroku-sama! Kill the others and Deshiko!" ordered the cerberus.
The goblins roared and charged forward waving their swords in the air. Tsukune and his friends charged clashing with the goblins. He swung his two katanas killing many goblins using the techniques that were from the training. After a lot of fighting, he found himself back to back with Fong. Fong slashed many goblins with his own sword, trying not to reveal his monster form. The training was useful everyone thought but it would be difficult for them when they had to face the cerberus and the golem. Moka was already face to face with the cerberus.
"Now Moka, where were we on our last battle, eh?" snarled the heads of the cerberus.
"I thought Yuroku ordered you to capture me," said Moka.
"Mistress Gyokuro ordered me to capture you. But if it were up to me I will bring her your carcass instead," roared the cerberus.
Moka lodged her bo staff toward him but one of his heads bit the bo staff and snatched it away from her and snapped it in half. The cerberus advanced closer and closer to Moka.
"Your pathetic stick is no match for me," snarled the cerberus.
"We'll see how you like this!" she yelled, lashing her powerful fist at him and punching one of his heads. Moka flipped backwards and unleashed a powerful tornado kick, which struck him on the middle head. The kick was so strong that the hellhound flew backwards to the trees. The hellhound quickly got up to his feet. His eyes on each of his monstrous heads turn red with anger. He darted toward Moka with incredible speed, knocking her off her feet. Moka tried to get up but the cerberus stamped his paw on top of her, causing her to scream in pain. Tsukune heard her cry.
"Moka-san, I'm coming!" he cried, running after Moka. But there were too many goblins in front of him. Right behind them was the rock golem. The stony monster smashed his fists together and posed in a fighting stance. Gin and Kurumu were already right next to next to him.
"Tsukune, I'll help Moka. My werewolf abilities are a good match against a hellhound," said Gin, putting down his weapons.
"But Gin…" protested Tsukune.
"He's right," said Kurumu. "There is no other way. The full moon is shining anyways. Let Gin handle this. A werewolf is a good match for a hellhound. You and I must hold off that walking hunk and his goons."
Tsukune knew that he had no choice, so he and Kurumu charged into the mob of goblins and the golem. Gin glanced at the full moon and he immediately transformed into a werewolf. He then leapt over the mob and crashed into the hellhound and the two began to fight. They snarled, scratched, and rolled over the ground. Tsukune broke through the mob and helped Moka up.
"Moka-san, are you alright? I'll bring out the other you," he said making a grab for her Rosario.
"No, Tsukune," she said, pulling his wrist away from her seal. "Don't bring the other me until our greatest need."
"But what about you, Moka-san? There is just too many goblins!" exclaimed Tsukune.
"The other me would bring more attention to the goblins and gremlins and it would be impossible. Let us fight together and summon her at our best need," she said quietly.
"Moka-san,"
"Tsukune,"
"Moka-san,"
"Tsukune,"
"Hey you two!" cried Kokoa, swinging her giant mace and sending many goblins flying. "This is no time to get lovey-dovey! We still have many goblins to kill and we have a girl to protect!"
"She's right! We can use a little help over here," said Mizore, slashing two goblins with her ice swords.
Tsukune and Moka got up immediately and continued fighting the goblins. Kurumu is now face to face with the golem. She flew up and landed on a branch of a tree. She took out her kusarigama and hurled it at him, wrapping the chains around its stony body. She tried to pull but he was too heavy. The golem grabbed the chain with Kurumu still holding on to the chain weapon. He swung it around in circles with Kurumu hanging on the chain and thrust her away. She crashed into a tree and fell to the ground.
As the golem advanced toward her she tried to get up to her feet but she was hurt from crashing into a tree. The golem advanced toward her and raised his solid fist in the air. Kurumu raised her hands to protect herself and even shut her eyes. She waited for the golem to smash her with his powerful fist. But nothing happened.
Kurumu opened her eyes and saw another figure in front of her. He was holding a staff with lightning flashing like a tesla coil. His electrically charged fist was embedded in the golem's stony body. The golem roared in pain and was slowly forced to transform into his human form. He was thrown back to the ground unconscious from the blast of his electrical fist. Kurumu recognized the figure in front of her.
"Murotsu-senpai!" she cried. Her face was blushing. "Thank you for saving me! I thought I was a goner."
"It's a good thing I found you guys," Murotsu said as he helped Kurumu to her feet. "I believe these guys were Deshiko's attackers and the spies Mikogami and Fuhai were talking about."
Murotsu drew his other weapon and dashed through the mob of goblins, slashing many of them in half. The goblins were almost defeated. A few of them were trying to escape. Murotsu put down his weapon and took out his staff. He raised the staff in the air and plunged it into the earth. Streaks of ice beams darted toward the fleeing goblins.
When the ice beam hit them, the goblins became frozen. Not one of them was able to escape. Everyone stared in amazement and was impressed with his fighting abilities, especially Kurumu.
"Is everyone alright?" Murotsu called.
"Everyone is alright. Deshiko is unharmed," reported Nazere.
"That's a relief," Murotsu said.
"How come you get to use your magic but we don't get to be in our monster forms?" questioned Kurumu. "I almost got smashed by that big stone monster and Moka was almost killed by the hellhound?"
"Have you forgotten your training? You can't waste your time to fight mindless grunts with your true power. You must save it for a big enemy. You could have used your succubus power against that golem. Even Gin used his against the cerberus," answered Murotsu. "As a matter of fact your monster abilities would cause explosions that would attract more goblins. My ice beam is quiet and it does not make any loud noise for the goblins in Yuroku's castle nearby."
"First off, you ditched us and we got attacked. If you haven't ditched us to find these guys, we would have been better off!" Kurumu argued.
"Aw, I didn't have to break a sweat to fight these bozos," said Kokoa.
"Yeah, I guess the training partially paid of," said Tsukune.
"Speaking of the cerberus, where's Gin?" asked Ruby whirling around.
A while later Gin appeared, dragging the bespectacled male by the collar. Both of them were badly bruised and covered with dirt and blood.
"You defeated him? Way to go Gin!" cheered Moka.
"Hey Gin, are you alright? Your arm is bleeding," said Ruby with a concerned look.
"I'm alright. He just chewed me up a bit during that fight we had," he said panting.
"I'm glad you are alright," she said.
"Thanks, Ruby," said Gin.
Gin dragged the hellhound next to the unconscious tall, longhaired male. Everyone was exhausted from the battle. The tents were all torn up and many corpses of goblins were lying on the ground and covered with blood. Murotsu used his magical chain spell to secure the attackers.
"We need to report to the headmaster that we found the two spies," said Ruby.
"Yes, but how are we going to do that, desu? We can't walk back to the Youkai academy. It's too far from here and Murotsu-sempai said we are close to Yuroku's fortress, desu," said Yukari.
"It's a good thing I brought along a cell phone that can be used in the Youkai world," said Nazere, taking out a cellular device. "I invented it out of human technology before we went on our journey. The signal is far away and I was able to extend the signal to the lair from a far distance before we left. Murotsu gave one to Mikogami when we need to contact him."
"Alright. Tsukune, you contact Mikogami by going to the contacts in the phone," instructed Murotsu, taking the phone from Nazere and handing it to Tsukune. "Tell him we captured the two spies."
Tsukune dialed the number and held the phone next to his ear. He waited until the ringing stopped.
"Hello?" called out an elderly voice.
"Headmaster!" Tsukune called, recognizing the voice. "This is Tsukune."
"Thank goodness you alright, Tsukune," said Mikogami, feeling relieved. "How is everyone else?"
"We are all alright," he replied. "We happened to get ambushed by the two spies but we managed to defeat them."
"Excellent work," praised Mikogami. "Where are the spies right now?"
"Murotsu has tied them up to a tree, already." said Tsukune.
"Excellent work guys. Are there any injured people in your party?" asked the headmaster.
"Well Gin got bitten by the cerberus but he is still strong enough to continue. The injured person we have is not from our party but originally was a student from our school. Her name is Deshi Deshiko," exclaimed Tsukune.
"We will question her since she was an ex-member of the Public Safety Commission," said Mikogami.
"It's okay. The spies were the ones that injured Mikogami and she is planning to return to the Youkai academy as a brand new student. She is sorry for everything she did in the past," explained Tsukune.
"Very, well then. I'm sending the bus driver along with Nekonome and several members of the school police to pick up the injured girl and the two spies," said Mikogami. "You have done well but still remain cautious when you enter Yuroku's keep."
"I will sir and thank you," said Tsukune and he hung up.
He stepped right in front of the unconscious spies.
"Alright, about the vampire prisoners. Where is your master detaining them?" questioned Tsukune to the spies.
Kokoa slowly walked forward toward the spies and stood next to Murotsu. The spies groaned and said nothing. Everyone waited for the spies to reply. Still there is no answer from them.
"Answer me!" snapped Tsukune, losing his patience.
Finally the bespectacled male began to speak.
"You will get nothing from me," he said.
Hearing his refusal, Kokoa marched up to him and grabbed him by the throat, choking him. As she lifted him up from the ground, his glasses fell to the ground and shattered. Murotsu tried to stop her but Kokoa pushed him away and squeezed the male's throat harder. The male gagged and gasped for air but Kokoa's grip became tighter and tighter.
"Where is my family? What have you done to them?!" she yelled in anguish. The male tried to loosen her grip, but she was too strong. Finally he gave in.
"Even though…I told…you," he gagged. "you will never… make it alive when you attempt…to…rescue you father…and your precious…sisters."
"Kokoa you can't kill him! We need him alive," said Murotsu, as he stood back up.
"Kokoa, that's enough. Please stop hurting him," pleaded Moka.
"It won't help if you choke him," said Tsukune.
But Kokoa ignored them and continued choking him. The poor guy gasped for air and tried to loosen her grip once more but it was too strong for him. He was still chained to the tree and his back is pressed against the trunk.
"I'm am willing to take chances. Now tell me where they are now!" yelled Kokoa, shaking him with fury.
"They…are…detained…in the dungeon…underground...two levels below...the entrance…prison 7," gasped the bespectacled male.
Kokoa released him and threw him onto the ground. The bespectacled male gasped and coughed for air. Murotsu put them to sleep with his spell and released them from their chains.
"Nazere and I can watch over Deshiko and those two slime balls. You guys go on ahead to rescue Issa and his two daughters," said Hiyata.
"Alright, the rest of us will head for the castle. It's pretty close," said Murotsu picking up his weapon and staff.
"The Youkai bus driver and several student police members are on their way to pick you guys up," said Tsukune.
"Alright," agreed Hiyata. "Once you rescued the vampires we will be here waiting for you."
"Please return safely," requested Nazere. "Especially you, Murotsu and Tsukune."
So Tsukune, Murotsu, Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, Ruby, Kokoa, Gin, Koumori, and Fong hurried on their way to the castle while Hiyata and Nazere stayed behind to guard the captives.
To be Continued….