I5 YEARS OLD

AN ABDUCTION-KIND OF

Kokoa went up to her father. "I'm going to go searching for dinner." She informed him. He nodded.

"Very well. Make sure to take the servants with you." Kokoa frowned, although she should have seen it coming. Yet another repercussion of Moka's rule breaking, Count Akashiya had deemed it necessary to that watchers accompany his daughters whenever they left the house. It was incredibly annoying; there was almost no privacy. But, Kokoa had prepared for the worst, and knew just what to do.

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"Lady Kokoa, what are you doing?" The servant to her left asked. Kokoa ignored him and instead focused on looking through the window from her perch on the tree branch. She had finally found Tsukune. At first glance, he seemed to be nothing special. Raven-black hair, chocolate-brown eyes… okay, so maybe he was pretty cute. But that didn't matter right now; Kokoa couldn't help but be disappointed. From what she had gathered, Kokoa had assumed that Tsukune had had a big crush on her sister. However, it looked like Tsukune had moved on. There was a busty and beautiful blue-haired girl sitting in his room, playing cards with him. "Lady Kokoa?" The servant asked again.

"What?" Kokoa snapped, turning and glaring at her fellow vampire.

"Why are we watching a lone human?"

"I'm stalking my prey." Kokoa used her pre-prepared excuse and turned towards the window again. "Huh?" Wait a minute, where did the girl go?

"I knew we were being watched." Kokoa and her two accomplices whipped their heads towards the sound of the voice at the base of the tree, where Kokoa saw the blue-haired girl. She swore and leapt down to confront the intruder.

"Who the hell are you?" Kokoa snarled, ever the anti-social one.

"I could ask you the same thing." The girl snarkily replied. Kokoa smirked.

Smart ass. "It doesn't matter who I am," Kokoa said, getting into a fighting stance, "because you won't be conscious long enough to feel the full wrath of a vampire!" The insult was meant as a taunt. The girl's eyes widened, and her mouth plopped open. Ha! Of course! Now that she knows what she's dealing with, she's wishing she had never messed with me!

However, Kokoa was wrong. The shock in the girls' eyes was quickly replaced by anger, and before Kokoa's startled eyes she unfurled a pair of demonic-looking wings and grew claw-like fingernails. "I hate vampires." The girl bared her teeth. "Are you here to attack Tsukune? I bet that slime Count Akashiya sent you!" The servants gasped.

"How DARE a lowly Succubus address the high and noble Count in such a horrible fashion!" The accused. Kokoa ignored them and frowned at this new development. How did a Succubus know about Tsukune's history with the vampires? It didn't make sense! But Kokoa didn't have time to ask questions as the girl launched herself towards the group.

They clashed. Kokoa had to say, she was mildly impressed. Normally, a Succubus is no match for a vampire. However, this girl managed to avoid being automatically killed when fighting three of them. As it was though, mere moments later the girl was slammed against the tree trunk. Kokoa marched over and narrowed her eyes. "Who are you?" she asked.

However, Kokoa never got her answer, because at that moment the backdoor to the house opened and Tsukune stepped out. "What in the world is going on out he-" Tsukune stopped talking as he saw what was happening. The monsters on his lawn froze. Tsukune first looked at the vampires, his face turning slightly pale at the sight of their bared fangs and scrunched faces. He then looked at the girl against the tree, and he was stunned to see his oldest friend with wings growing out of her back and claws. "Kurumu?" He squeaked in a tiny voice. Then he passed out, the shock of vampires visiting him once again and the discovery that his best friend was a monster overwhelming him.

The servants were the first to react, dashing over to Tsukune and catching him before he hit the ground. One of them swore loudly. "A witness! We must get rid of him!" Cold fear gripped Kokoa's heart. Kill Tsukune? He was the only way to get her sister back! She couldn't let him die, not now! Kokoa clenched her fists as she realized there was only one way out of this situation. I've come this far; I can't back out now! Kokoa justified as she sped forward and knocked out the two servants with two well-placed attacks. As they fell too the ground, the blue haired girl (didn't Tsukune call her Kurumu?) struggled to her feet and assumed a fighting stance.

"Don't you dare hurt Tsukune!" She said. Kokoa scoffed.

"Know your place, girl; if I wanted to hurt him, I would have done so already." Kurumu became confused. What was this girl talking about? Kurumu considered asking, but other things came into her mind when she saw the vampire tossing Tsukune over her shoulder.

"Hey hey hey! What are you doing?" Kurumu asked, jogging over to the vampire. She started walking, leaving Kurumu to trail along behind her.

"What does it look like? I'm taking Tsukune back to my house." Kokoa said coolly. Kurumu tugged on the vampire's arm.

"What do you mean? You can't do that!" She said desperately. Kokoa tried to ignore her, but the insistent tugging, combined with the unceasing whining, got Kokoa fed up. In a sudden burst of emotion, Kokoa spun around and smacked Kurumu, laying her out on the ground. As the Succubus rubbed her face in shock, Kokoa glared at her.

"Do you think I don't have a good reason for doing this?" She snapped, barely containing her anger. "Moka is different now; she's not even a person anymore!" Somewhere, in the back of her mind, Kokoa knew she shouldn't be saying anything, that she was breaking who knows how many rules. But Kokoa found that she didn't care; it felt so good to just let loose and finally spill her problems to somebody, to let someone in. "Tsukune is the only one who can possibly bring my sister back!" She cried.

Kurumu stared in silence at the vampire for a few moments. "Moka's your sister?" She asked. Kokoa nodded. Kurumu thought, then slowly got up. She gazed at Tsukune. "He always talks about her." She said. "I'm always telling him how much I like him, but I know that he likes Moka, no matter how much he tries to deny it." This information took Kokoa off guard.

"Wait, hold on-you mean he's not your boyfriend?" She asked. Kurumu let out a humorless laugh.

"No, he's not, no matter how much I want him to be." Kurumu pondered something for a moment. "You said Tsukune's the only one that can help Moka right?" Kokoa nodded yes. "That's all he ever wanted." Kurumu sighed. "Alright, lets go!"

"Wait, what do you mean?" Kokoa asked in amazement. "You can't come!"

Kurumu stuck her toungue out. "Try and stop me! Tsukune may not be my boyfriend, but he's my best friend, and there's no way I'm going to let him go into a nest of vampires alone!"

"Not a chance!" Kokoa protested.

"Try and stop me." Kurumu challenged. Kokoa didn't bother pointing out how much more powerful she was, figuring that there was some underlying meaning to the threat.

"What do you mean?" Kurumu smirked.

"Technically, you're kidnapping a human. I'm a monster too; I might accidentally let slip that some vampires are threatening the peace. How long do you think you're family would last against the entire monster world?" Kokoa almost felt her mouth drop.

"You wouldn't."

"Try me." Kokoa could tell from the look in Kurumu's eyes that she wasn't lying. Seeing no other option, Kokoa whipped around and continued on without a word. Taking the silence as acceptance, Kurumu followed, a wry smile plastered on her face.