Chapter 21: Demon Lord + Vampire

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"You and your human creators shall taste darkness and despair," Soku yelled as his body slowly began to transform. The black and red flames began to surround and ignite him and a magenta colored light shined on him. He slowly rose up to his feet as he slowly transformed into his true identity. The black gloves on his hands began to rip open showing his bare hands. The fingers slowly changed into claws. His jacket and cloak also ripped open and a few black armor plates and gauntlets appeared on him. Giant red wings sprouted out of his back. His bearded face began to change into a devilish face and two giant horns came out of his head. Indeed, Soku was now transformed into a demon Skorne. The great beast unleashed his dark super pulse again blasting away the group. All of them were scattered all over the area. The demon gloated when he demonstrated his power.

"Ahahahaha! I guess the fantasy monsters are no match for the power of darkness! You filthy monsters and humans above should know that I am the true demon and I created this realm!" he laughed. Glancing around the unconscious beings his eyes fell on Kurumu. She was lying back against a tree. Her wings were tired and worn out. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the horrifying demon approaching her.

"Ah, what do we have here? A succubus. I hear that your kind are almost extinct," he said as he extended his claws toward Kurumu. The tips of the claws began to turn into a dark purple color. Kurumu whirled around for a place to run but was trapped. Murotsu woke up and saw the demon cornering Kurumu. He quickly got up to his feet and charged toward them.

"Your doom is at hand worm!"

"Look out Kurumu-chan!" Murotsu cried as he leap between Kurumu and the giant demon. The demon's claws struck as Murotsu dived in front of Kurumu to carry her out of the way. Tsukune glanced up and saw a puddle of blood splattered on the ground and Murotsu let out a loud scream. Soku smiled and glanced at the blood stained on his claws.

"Hah! Foolish dragon mage. Do you honestly think a succubus is worth dying for? You are just like your father," Soku whispered.

Murotsu set Kurumu down. His hands were on her shoulders. Kurumu smiled at him with relief.

"Are you...alright, Kurumu?" he grunted.

"Murotsu-senpai, thank you! That was a close one," she said. Her face blushed as his body was touching hers. Murotsu began to stagger a bit. His eyes were shut as if he were in pain.

"I am..glad that..it was me...instead of you," said whispered.

"What?!" she cried.

"I...I'm sorry…Kurumu-chan," he said, breathing heavily. He suddenly fell backwards to the ground and a puddle of blood spattered on the ground. Kurumu gasped and terror and then saw the wound inflicted on Murotsu's back by Soku. She quickly knelt down and picked him up in her arms.

"Murotsu-senpai! Are you alright?" she said, frantically. Murotsu grunted. His hands began to tremble and a stream of blood spread across the ground from his back.

"I…I…made a promise (gasps) to myself...that I will protect you...the Chosen...and my friends...even it means losing my life..." he coughed.

"Don't worry, Murotsu-senpai! You won't die. I will get Ruby-san to heal you right now," said Kurumu.

"Ruby…can't help me…this is…the power…of darkness from Soku (cough)…my wound cannot...be healed by anything," gasped Murotsu.

"You are going to be alright! Hang in there!" begged Kurumu, clutching his hand.

"I have lost…so many…people…in my life…" he choked. "I've lost …the dragon mages…my friends from…the Newspaper club…and my father…I couldn't bear… to see you…nor anyone else…getting killed…"

"No Murotsu! You mustn't try to talk. You will be fine!" Kurumu implored. Tears began to streak from her eyes.

"I remember you...telling me…Mizuka-chan…that you…are one of...the last succubus...in your generation...you and I...are the..same...I am the only...monster out of...my kind...you and I...are kind of... alike...I never thought...about that...til later..." smiled Murotsu. "Kurumu-chan…I thought that all…succubi are lustful…perverse…and selfish about their...existence but…I was wrong...I began...to see that…you were the first…succubus I have…met…that demonstrated kindness…to me…and other monsters...and even your rivals...for Tsukune during...the training...and the journey,"

Kurumu cheeks blushed when she heard that. She placed her hand on his wounded back. Her hand was drenched with blood. The demon began to snort with disgust.

"How pitiful to see the great dragon mage fall? How could you sacrifice yourself for a worthless succubus and get hit by my dark venomous claws?" gloated Soku in triumph. "I will allow you to reunite with him after he dies! You will join him in extinction!"

"It is you that will go back to the Underworld, you pathetic monster!" interrupted Inner Moka as she got up to her feet and leapt up into the air.

As Soku was about to strike Kurumu, Moka's shockwave struck one of his claws. Soku glanced down and also saw Mizore firing her ice beam at him. But the attacks had no effect on him.

"I will not let you kill hurt them!" shouted Mizore as she plucked out her ice kunais. She ran to join the fight.

"I think it is time for you to know your place!" yelled Inner Moka as she was charging at him with a powerful kick. The demon laughed at her.

"I think not!" laughed Soku as he clasped his claws together. He opened them and a dark ball of energy appeared between them. The beast roared and clashed with Moka and Mizore. The snow girl fired her ice kunais at the Skorne's eyes but the fiery eyes melted them. Soku fired his dark beam at Moka and Mizore. Both of them leapt up in the air to dodge the attack. While the fight was going on Tsukune ran to Kurumu and Murotsu.

"Murotsu-senpai! Are you alright? I will take you to Nazere and have Ruby treat your wounds!" he said, as he was about to pick him up.

"No," protested Murotsu, holding his trembling hand up. "Do not waste…your time…on me. My life does…not matter...right now."

"Don't say things like that, you idiot!" wailed Kurumu, shaking her head violently.

"Only...the life of the Chosen...and your life...my friends are...more important to me...Kurumu-chan..."

"No there is another way!"

Murotsu's head slowly turned to Tsukune. His trembling hands grasped his staff.

"Tsukune…my time is going…to be…at an end. I'll meet...my father...shortly..." coughed Murotsu.

"No! We need you!" cried Tsukune.

"No Tsukune..."coughed Murotsu. "The Youkai and...the humans...don't need me to defeat Soku. You...are the...only one that can...stop him! I trained you...enought to become...who you become..."

"Please Murotsu-senpai, you shouldn't talk or you will bleed more!" Kurumu cried.

"Please take this…" Murotsu said, handing him his staff. "You must…use it… my father's power…and combine…it with yours…hurry and…destroy him before…he annihilates the humans…and the monsters…please…save us…protect everyone...protect Kurumu...chan...Tsukune...you are…our only...hope..."

Tsukune nodded. Tears also fell from his eyes. He was the first human friend he ever met in the Youkai world. He was like an older brother to him ever since he trained him. Murotsu's head turned back to Kurumu.

"Kurumu-chan...this may shock you...but…even though…you love Tsukune…the truth is ...even though you...don't...love...me...I...love...you..." he said his last words and moved no more. Tsukune was shocked to hear Murotsu confess to her. Kurumu clasped her hands over her mouth. Her cheeks turned beet red. The final words that came out of his mouth touched her heart. She realized that she loved him too, the same way she loved Tsukune.

"Murotsu…Murotsu?"

But Murotsu didn't move. Kurumu shook him but he laid motionless on her lap.

"No, Murotsu! Noooooooo!" she screamed, hugging Murotsu's lifeless body. Her forehead was leaning against his. Many tears fell from her eyes and dripped all over Murotsu's face. It was hard for her to bear to see a person she loved in her life die in her arms. Kurumu pulled him close and kissed Murotsu on the lips.

He was the only male that showed to have honest feelings for her and actually cared about her and understands what she is going through. Tsukune clutched Murotsu's staff in his hand and continued to weep. He knelt down and gently closed Murotsu's eyelids. It was his first known death that actually occurred.

Kurumu gently laid down Murotsu's body and got up to her feet She angrily watched Soku who is still fighting Moka and Mizore and sharpened your claws. Her eyes immediately turned red. Tsukune glanced at her with horror.

"What do you thing you are doing?!" Tsukune shouted, assuming that she will make a reckless mistake.

"I will not forgive you for doing this to him, Soku!" Kurumu screamed as she marched to Soku.

"No Kurumu!" Tsukune said, immediately grabbing her.

"Let me go! He shall pay for taking his life!" Kurumu cried, struggling to break free.

"I can't let you do that. This is not your battle and I won't let you do that. Soku is way too powerful for you!" Tsukune responded still holding on to her.

"Why?" she cried. Tears streaked down her cheeks.

"Soku will kill you before you can attack him. We already lost Murotsu-senpai. He did that to save you. Do not let his sacrifice be in vain! I will not lose you too!" Tsukune shouted.

"What?" she whispered, surprised. She slowly began to realize that he changed.

"I made a promise to him to protect you! I will face Soku alone. You need to get out of here! Go!" said Tsukune.

Kurumu saw that he is beginning to care about her as well and how Murotsu's words began to change him. She nodded and began to retreat away from the battlefield, dragging Murotsu's body with her.

Tsukune wiped his tears and marched toward Soku who is still clashing with Mizore and Moka. Soku fired his dark beam blasting Mizore and Inner Moka away from him. Both of them landed near the unconscious Nazere. The giant demon extended his hands. His body size enlarged dramatically. Tsukune's eyes widened as he saw the demon turned bigger and bigger. How was he supposed to stop this beast, he thought. Soku lowered his hands and turned to Tsukune, standing in front of him with Murotsu's staff in his hand.

"Well, well. We finally meet, Chosen," said Soku with a wicked smile on his face.

"How could you do this to Murotsu and how did you get revived? I thought you were sealed in the Underworld," asked Tsukune, pointing the staff at him.

"That's right. The four sages, who were Bloodriver Akasha, Konjuro Zukoshi, Touhou Fuhai, and Tenmei Mikogami, sealed me in the Underworld. The way they sealed me is that they planted four keystones around me and concentrated their power on them, weakening me and creating a barrier so I cannot escape. Then the earth swallowed me and I was banished into the Underworld below. I was incarcerated in this pitiful realm for about 200 years until my pawns freed me," replied Soku.

"How?"

"That's easy. I needed vampire power, dragon mage magic, and dark Chinese monster power to destroy the keystones. Gyokuro used her power to destroy Akasha's keystone. Yuroku destroyed Zukoshi's keystone and the Masked King can destroy Fuhai's keystone. Only Mikogami's was left so they combined their powers to destroy it which freed me from this tormenting realm."

"Why are you so powerful?"

"I managed to regain my power into myself while I was in the Underworld. When my servant Gyokuro brought the remains of the Alucard before me, I incorporated his body parts and his remaining power with mine, which made me unstoppable. Also Yuroku and the Masked King transferred some of their power to me while revitalizing me and they did not know about it and I have their powers now. You will not be able to destroy me! No one can! I am the lord of all demons and the creator of the Youkai realm!"

"Not if I can help it!"

"Foolish boy. Do you think a lowly human like you can defeat me?"

Tsukune was shocked hearing that he knows who he truly is.

"Yes, I know," continued Soku. "I heard that a kitsunebi (fire fox) almost destroyed you with his blue flames. A vampire injected her blood inside you in order to spare your life that slowly transformed you into a vampiric ghoul. Mikogami was foolish to bring you to that Youkai School, filled with man-eating monsters. He was a fool to have the students fight against me."

"What do you have against humans?" asked Tsukune angrily.

"Simple. Humans are the reason why these monster students exist. I created the world until those filthy humans twisted my realm into some fantasy!"

Infuriated with his words,Tsukune clenched his fists and slowly transformed into his ghoul form. Still, holding Murotsu's staff, he charged at the demon.

"How surprising that you were able to control that nature of the ghoul. Let's see if you can get a taste of my power of pure darkness!" boomed Soku. He unleashed a beam of dark light at Tsukune. The blast was so powerful that it thrust Tsukune off balance and was thrown to the ground. Tsukune was already on his hands and knees. He stood up raised the staff in the air. But nothing came out. No power, not even magic. Soku raise his giant claws with purple mist on his finger tips and slammed it toward Tsukune. Tsukune rolled to dodge the killing blow.

"Impudent fool," Soku sneered. "You do not have the ability to use that magic splinter against me. Even if you do, it won't have any effect on me!"

Tsukune slowly got up to his feet to face the Skorne. He transformed into his ghoul form and fired a red beam at him. Soku held out his giant hands to block the beam and then unleashed a dark beam at him. Tsukune dodged the beam and jumped onto a nearby tree. His teeth gritted like mad and he leapt in the air with his fists and feet ready to strike Soku.

The beast spread out his wings and unleashed ten giant shockwaves, which smacked Tsukune in the stomach and sent him flying toward the forest, and landing flat on his back. Soku slammed his powerful fists on the ground causing the earth to crack and rumble. Part of the ground began to rise up which thrust Tsukune skyward with powerful force. As the ghoul began to fall, the Skorne made a grab for him and gave him a deadly squeeze.

"You are not even worth my time to fight, human, who pretended to be a vampiric ghoul," mocked the Skorne. "Such a joke. I thought you were the Chosen to destroy me and your power had no effect on me. How disappointing. I expected a challenge from you. Not some dance with an amateur!"

When Tsukune heard these words, he began to roar with anger. Red light began to streak in all directions. Tsukune tried hard to break free from Soku's grip but it was no use. Soku began to squeeze harder and harder.

"Did you hear all the cries around you? It is the sound of their fate. First the human world will fall after I destroyed your school and then your human kind. Once my army of demons start rampaging the human cities, your monster friends around you will fade and die before me and the human world will be no more. Then I will take the fragments of the human world and combine this Youkai realm into one to recreate the demonic world. Before that I will have some fun and let you and your friends witness the destruction of the human world. These filthy humans will fear my wrath," Soku boomed.

Soku raised his hands and unleashed a dark magenta beam at the school. The beam hit the school, destroying it into smithereens. The windows began to break and the pillars were falling down. Shattered glass and bricks began to rain down on the monster management army and the remaining goblins and gremlins. Horror then fell upon Tsukune. As he looked up he saw the sky began to crack. The seal has been destroyed and the barrier has been down.

"No! The barrier has been destroyed!" he cried.

Soku then fired a dark beam on the ground and unleashed a purple mist over it. The beam created a large hole on the ground and black mist permeated throughout the area. A moment later after the mist settles millions of monstrous beings crawled out of the hole. The skin on their bodies is a rough magenta color. Their eyes are red and horns stuck out of their skulls. The faces were hideous looking that would give little kids nightmares the moment they see them. All of them carried some kind of odd shaped saber in their hands. Soku laughed with content and pointed at the broken part of the sky. Tsukune began to feel weak and he collapsed in Soku's hand.

"Now go my demons," he boomed as he thrust Tsukune down to the ground. "Go into the human world and promote chaos, destruction, and despair! Destroy every city in every country! Leave no survivors!"

The demons spread their wings, stood up straight, and flew into the hole in the ground. Tsukune's injured friends watched in terror as they saw the demon army approaching the human world. Tsukune was on the ground unable to move. The demons arrived in France destroying many cities including the Eiffel Tower itself. Many terrified people ran in all directions. Another large squad of demons flew toward New York City, firing red beams that destroyed the statue of liberty. Tourists that were in boats and cars screamed and retreated back into the city. While more the demons flew into the large city a tenth of it was already on fire. The American military entered the ruined city of New York. The soldiers stared as they saw the demonic warriors approaching them.

"Open fire!" commanded the officer. The American tanks and the soldiers fired at the demonic army. Though many of the demons fell, more of them kept pouring into the ruined city. They were not able to hold back the demons and were already outnumbered. Flames spewed out of the demons mouths destroying the tanks and burning the soldiers alive. The American army has been overpowered with many bodies and tank debris lying on the ground.

One afternoon Kyouko and the Aonos were on their way to the living room to watch the news. When they turned on the TV, a young news reporter appeared before them.

"We are in London right now and as you can see here there are many unknown flying creatures swarming in this city. Thousands of buildings are on fire and many people are running in all direct- aaaaah!" his words were cut off as he burst into flames. A demon appeared in the camera and breathed fire at the screen and the camera shut off.

"Oh my, this is terrible. Tsukune has got to see this," said Tsukune's mom.

"I hope Tsuki is alright," said Kyouko as she grabbed the remote to change the channel.

Another reporter appeared on the screen. Her face was white with horror.

"In New York, there are a lot of flames and dead bodies on the ground. Though the military tried to defend it, these alien attackers overwhelmed their forces alre-," she changed the channel again.

"The Great Wall of China has already caught fire and many demon like creatures are destroying many trees and monuments-," Kyouko changed the channel one more time.

"In Tokyo News, there appears to be unknown flying creatures approaching from the Pacific Ocean and seemed to be heading our way. It looks like we are going to experience a massive invasion,"

"Oh no. This is no good. They are coming here! Tsukune must be already in trouble in the Youkai realm," thought Kyouko.

To Be Continued…