Chapter 15: Kotaro Returns + Vampire
Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire. I twisted the author's storyline into my own imagination.
It was still dark when Tsukune and his company were on their way to Yuroku's keep after the successful unexpected ambush by the two spies who were revealed to be two of the leaders of the corrupt Public Safety Commission. The full moon that was shimmering through the trees slowly disappeared into the clouds. Gin slowly transformed back into his human form again. Tsukune's group had been walking about four miles already.
"How far until we get there?" asked Gin as he was nursing his wounds.
"Gin, stop licking your wounds. It's disgusting!" advised Ruby, trying to apply the bandages on him.
"I'm fine," said Gin, refusing the bandages. "I can handle them."
A few moments later Murotsu stopped and held up his hand to stop them. Tsukune and Moka rushed up next to him to see what is going on. Right in front of them was a gloomy dark castle.
"We are here," said Murotsu, pointing straight ahead.
Lightning struck the rooftop of the castle. The group gazed into the dark sky and saw flying creatures circling around the roof of the castle. On the ground there were several monstrous goblins and ghouls patrolling on their posts.
"How are we supposed to get in there?" asked Tsukune.
"The main gate is heavily guarded by goblins. We can't slip pass them unseen," said Fong.
"The gremlins are already on the watch, which was one of the reasons why we should walk on foot," said Murotsu. "Follow me. I know a secret passage that can lead us to the dungeons."
So the group quietly followed Murotsu past the trees. No one dared to make any sound. They passed through the bushes and several patrolling ghouls. The ghouls were armed with giant spears and are wearing a bit of clothing on the lower half of their bodies. The group remembered the training and they army crawled all the way to a large rocky area behind the castle. There was a large stone right in the middle of the grassland. Murotsu quietly moved the boulder with his telekinesis. In its place was a huge hole in the ground.
"Alright here it is," he whispered as he laid down the boulder.
"We have to go into the creepy tunnel desu?" asked Yukari, shaking with fear. "I'm afraid of heights too,"
Murotsu made a jump into the hole. Tsukune, Moka, Fong, and Mizore followed. Kurumu quietly spread out her wings and carried Yukari down the hole. Ruby did the same thing for Gin. When everyone landed they found a large tunnel in front of them. The underground area was gloomy and there are torches lit in the rocky hallway.
"We are safe in here for now," whispered Murotsu. "Thankfully there is no monster in this tunnel. Neither my uncle nor his grunts would know anything about this place but we need to be careful once we get into the dungeons. The vampire prisoners are located on the second level. We would still need to proceed with caution because there are three guardian monsters that protect this dungeon. Let's not come all the way here to get caught. Okay?"
"Got it," said Moka.
Everyone began to move. There is no living thing in this tunnel. No bats or rats. Not even an insect is in the pathway. While they were walking, Kurumu had a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong Kurumu?" asked Moka with concern.
"I remembered the time when Mizore and I tried to rescue you from your sister," said Kurumu with a gloomy face. She remembered the time when she and Mizore battled against Akua. "I cannot face Akua again. She defeated both of us and our efforts for rescuing you had come to waste."
"I felt the same way too, Moka," said Mizore hanging her head. "I'm afraid she might attack us again. She almost killed us."
"It's alright Kurumu. You did your best to rescue me and that meant a lot to me," said Moka, placing a hand on Kurumu's shoulder. "Both of you did."
"I do care about your family and Akua even though she wounded me a long time ago but I'm just afraid and I don't think I should be coming with you in this mission," said Kurumu with a sigh.
"I will always be here for you Kurumu and Tsukune and Murotsu will protect us," said Moka. She then embraced Kurumu with a hug and did the same with Mizore. "I promise both of you that I will never let my father nor my sisters hurt you."
"Thank you, Moka," they both said.
A few minutes later they finally reached the dungeons. They were already on the 2nd level below the ground. The 2nd floor was dark and gloomy. Murotsu lit up his staff. The light shimmered throughout the floor. There were many prison cells with each one with a number labeled on the top of the cell gate." Moka and Kokoa desperately searched for the prison labeled number 7. A few seconds later, they finally found it.
"It's the prison!" Kokoa loudly whispered as she came running towards the prison cell number 7. "Father! Kahlua! Akua! I'm coming!"
"Shhhh! Wait!" said Gin, grabbing her arm and covering her mouth.
"Hey! What's the big-"
"Shhhh! Look over there."
They all hid inside a large pipe on the wall. Murotsu immediately turned off his light.
Three women were approaching from the stairs. One of them is tall and had short black hair. Another one had wavy brown hair and is skinny. The third lady has long white hair and wearing lipstick.
"Who are they?" asked Kurumu.
"They are Yuroku's deadliest guardians: Surazi, Yakuma, and Ushia. They are more dangerous than you think once you see them in their true form," whispered Murotsu.
"This is not going to be easy!" Tsukune whispered, pointing straight ahead. "There are keys to the prison cells on their belts.
"How do we obtain these keys?" asked Moka.
"There has to be some way to distract them," said Fong.
"There is one thing that has to be done," said Gin with a smile. "Guys watch and learn from the good looking."
"You wish, Gin," hissed Kurumu, sweat-dropping.
"Besides it's too dangerous for you," said Ruby.
"Alright. Then do you have any other better ideas?" asked Gin, with his arms crossed.
"Hmmmm," said Murotsu. "This rescue mission is a lot tougher than I anticipated."
"I got an idea!" said Kokoa.
"What's that Kokoa?" asked Fong.
"Why don't we have Ko-chan transform into Ijuin Kotaro and he can do all the flirting while we free my family?" she said.
"M-Me?" cried Koumori. "No way. I was told that one of their true forms is a hellbat and I'm afraid of hellbats dechu."
"I think it's such a good idea, desu. His ability to sweep girls without their feet was successful," agreed Yukari.
"Man, I hated that guy," said Mizore.
"Can I ask who is this Kotaro she is talking about?" asked the puzzled Murotsu.
"He's a guy that uses hypnosis on girls to enslave them," explained Mizore, quietly.
"Well, I guess it's worth a shot to try," said Murotsu, frowning.
"Alright Ko-chan, I order you to transform into Kotaro," commanded Kokoa to her bat.
"As you wish Kokoa-sama," said the bat. He spread out his wings and slowly began to transform. Then Kotaro appeared in his place. He twirled around and posed in front of everybody."
"Hey Kokoa, do I look sexy enough? Je'taime," said Kotaro in a cool voice.
Kokoa raised her hand and smacked him on the face.
"Control yourself Ko-chan, I mean Kotaro!" snapped Kokoa.
"Please Kotaro. Go and sweep these ladies off their feet by sweet-talking them," said Moka.
Kotaro looked at the three ladies.
"(gulp) I-I don't think I'm r-ready for this, Kokoa-sama," stuttered Kotaro.
"Do as I command Kotaro! Do this for my father and my sisters!" said Kokoa, angrily.
"Umm…as you wish Kokoa-sama," he said, slowly walking toward the three ladies.
"Do you think this is going to work?" asked Tsukune.
"It's gotta work. It worked on many girls including Gin too," said Kurumu.
"Was I the only guy that got hit by his hypnosis?" asked Gin.
"Yes, and that means his hypnosis should be powerful enough work on them," said Ruby, giggling.
"Come on Ko-cha, I mean Kotaro," thought Moka. "We are counting on you."
Kotaro slowly crept toward the ladies, shaking with fear. His face is white with horror afraid that Yakuma, the hellbat would kill him. As he stood in front of him the three ladies began to stare at him. One of them licked her lips with her pointy tongue, tempted to eat him. Kotaro stood up straight and tried to put a smile on his face.
"Hello ladies," Kotaro said in a deep charming voice. He gave them a wink.
"Who are you and what do you want?" asked the shorthaired lady, licking her lips again.
"I just wanna know your lovely names, Je'taime," he said, forming a charming smile on his face.
"Fine, just before I will eat you up, handsome," said the wavy-haired lady strolling toward him and tickling his chin. "My name is Yakuma."
Sweat began dripping down his cheeks when her finger got in contact with his skin. Her presence made him shiver.
"They call me Ushia," said the shorthaired lady, sticking out her tongue.
"And mine is Surazi," introduced the woman with long white hair. "And prepare to die!"
All three of them began to advance toward him. Kotaro froze for a moment and looked back at Kokoa and Moka. What was he supposed to do? As the three ladies came closer he began his sweet talking phrase and fired his hypnotic sound wave.
"Oh, my darlings, please don't kill me," implored Kotaro in a helpless deep voice. "I was looking forward to meet you all, Je'taime."
Kotaro fired a sonic wave at the ladies. All of a sudden Surazi froze. Ushia and Yakuma glanced back her.
"Kotaro-kun, I-I wanted to meet you too," cried Surazi, clinging on to him. Her cheeks began to turn pink. "You bad boy! (Hey what's happening to me?)."
"Hey Surazi what are you doing?" said Yakuma, watching Surazi gazing into Kotaro's beautiful eyes. Surazi did not move and was still under his hypnosis. He then turned to Yakuma and gave her a charming smile.
"Oh, my dear Yakuma, your charming voice warms my heart! Je'taime," said Kotaro, firing another sound wave.
"Je'taime? Why on earth are you-" she tried to talk but her words died out. The bat ears began to sprout out of her head. She lunged for him clinging on to his arm.
"Je'taime!" she cried. "Please let me be your slave. (Why the heck did I say that?)"
"Yakuma! Surazi!" Said the angered Ushia. "What has gotten in to you two? Why are you clinging on to them?!"
But Yakuma and Surazi did not answer and continued to gaze into his eyes. Kotaro then turned to Ushia, standing in front of him.
"Oh lovely Ushia, your eyes are prettier than a diamond, Je'taime," said Kotaro, giving her a wink.
"What is this feeling?" she asked herself. She clenched her fists and shook her head.
"Ha! You may have gotten my two companions but you won't get me!" Ushia said as she advanced toward Kotaro and her female companions.
"Oh no she resisted! Must try once more," he thought. "Je'taaaaime!"
"I'll snap up my two girls out of what ever you hit them with and kill you," she cried sharpening her claws. Three monstrous heads sprouted out of her body.
Tsukune's group stared in terror as they saw the unaffected woman approaching him. Kotaro trembled with Yakuma and Surazi rubbing their heads on his chest. He tried harder to use his hypnosis but was not successful so far.
"Oh, no! My pet is done for," cried Kokoa.
"Now I would never be able to rescue my family," cried Moka.
"It means…this mission is…all for nothing," sighed Gin.
"Don't jump into conclusions guys," said Murotsu. "Look. I think it's working."
Everyone glanced at Ushia, as she was about to strike Kotaro. Suddenly she froze in that position. She lowered her claws and her three monstous heads disappeared. Kotaro still stared at her trembling with fear. The dungeon became silent for a few minutes until Ushia leapt from the ground and crashed into Kotaro.
"I love you, Kotaro!" she cried rubbing her head on his chest. "I want to be with you forever."
Kotaro smiled and raised his hand in salute.
"Are you angels? Cuz you brought me luck to all you three cuties! Ha! Ha! Ha!" he said in triumph.
"Oh, Kotaro-sama….Je'taime," they all cried.
Kotaro glanced back at Tsukune and his party and winked at them. Moka and Kokoa ran toward the three seduced women and carefully retrieved the keys from their belts. Murotsu reached from his pocket and took out several potions.
"Tsukune, go to the throne room and retrieve the stolen Rosario," said Murotsu.
"What about you?" asked Tsukune.
"We'll smuggle them out of here and take them to the lair," said Murotsu.
"I'll go with you, Tsukune," said Kurumu.
"Wait! It's best that you talk to Akua first," advised Mizore. "I'll go with him. My stalking ability would help bypass the guards."
"But I-" Kurumu said.
"Mizore is right," Moka. "Don't worry. I'm with you, Kurumu.
"I'll accompany Tsukune and Mizore," said Yukari.
"And I'm in," offered Fong.
"Will do," agreed Murotsu.
To be continued…
My apologies for Kataro's terrible pick up lines. :(