When he finally came up for air he was glad to see Moka's face was a bit flushed and she seemed excited.

"So I guess you're not going to kill me."

"Idiot," she muttered. Her arms were still wrapped firmly around his shoulders and her body was pressed tightly against him. "After all the times I have had to save you and all the times you have saved me, did you really think I would kill you?"

"Well, I wasn't sure. I mean you've hit me, hard, a couple time just for touching you. I wasn't sure what you would do for something like a kiss."

"Those times when I hit you," she said. "It was never because I hated you or was really angry with you Tsukune."

"Then why'd you hit me?"

"Pride," she said sounding a little unhappy with herself. "As a vampire I found it unacceptable that someone beneath me should touch me in such a familiar way."

"Gee thanks."

"That is the truth Tsukune, pretty or not." She told him. "The truth is I always liked you, from the very first time we met. From the beginning you were kind to the other Moka and you had courage even though you lacked even the smallest scrap of power."

"Heh, well I was only human."

"Yes exactly, and as such, even if I did like you, I did not feel I could accept you as an equal." And evil grin twisted that lovely mouth. "Do you remember when I told you that if you wanted this body I was the one you would have to seduce?"

His face turned a deep red. "Ah, yeah."

"When I said that I believed it meant we would never be intimate. The other Moka would be willing but I would never allow it with anyone I could not accept as my equal."

"Does… does that mean you see me as your equal now?" He asked hesitantly.

"Yes," she reached with one hand and gently touched his cheek. "My blood flows in your veins and you have my strength. I acknowledge you as my equal Aono Tsukune. Which means we can become lovers, and one day mates."

"Mates?" He said nervously.

Seeing his reaction she laughed a little. "There is no need to be frightened Tsukune, I am in no great rush to make you permanently mine. Now that you have shown me your intentions I am happy to simply court for a time."

He stared at her a bit confused. "Is that the same as dating?"

"Yes you idiot," she said teasingly. She leaned forward and kissed him aggressively, eagerly. Sliding her tongue into his mouth and letting it carouse with his.

When she done she slowly detached herself from him. He noticed that at some point she had taken her rosario back. "I will go now. And so we are clear you are free to do whatever you and the other Moka wish to. But if you do anything with any other girl I will not be happy."

Tsukune quickly nodded. Making the silver haired Moka unhappy was not a smart thing. "Do you have to go right now? Couldn't you stay just a little longer?" He whined.

"It is not wise to leave the Rosario off for too long, it damages the seal. But, for being so brave just now I will give you a reward. I will tell you something that will make you very happy." She told him.

"What?"

"Those dreams you have been having of me," she said with a purr deep in her voice. "They are more than just dreams."

His face slowly darkened. "Wha… you, you know about those dreams?!"

She nodded. "My blood is inside you Tsukune. We now share a very special bond. Our sub conscious minds can communicate with one another. So when you dream I can be with you."

He gasped and stared at her. "You mean all those dreams! The red dress and the tub and the… the …"

"Bed?" She offered. "Yes, I was there doing all those… pleasurable things with you and encouraging you to show me how you felt."

"So we've… we've already…"

"In a way," she said. She brought the rosario to her collar. "I'll see you in your dreams." She gave him a wink and popped the rosario back into place.

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Kurumu and the other girls were happy to spot Tsukune coming out of the woods carrying the pink haired Moka. His rosario was back on his wrist so he too appeared human now.

"Tsukune!" Kurumu called with relief. "Are you all right? We wanted to talk to you but the other Moka dragged you away."

"I'm just fine," he told them. "But I don't have time to talk right now. I'm sort of in a rush."

"Where are you in a rush to?" Mizore asked politely.

"I'm going to get Moka to her dorm and then I'm going to bed, I really want to get to sleep."

The girls all looked up in the sky where the sun was still well above the horizon. "But it's not even 6:30 yet."

"Well I've had a really tiring day." He mimed a yawn. "I'll see you all tomorrow."

The girls stood and watched as he ran away with an unconscious Moka.

"Desu! I bet he wants to take advantage of Moka!"

"Tsukune would never do something like that," Mizore said.

Kurumu sprouted her wings and took to the air. "Wait Tsukune! Take advantage of me! I'll pretend to be in a coma!"

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That night he dreamed.

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He was lying in a huge bed with a canopy over it. He recognized the room from previous dreams. He thought this was Moka's bedroom from when she was growing up. He wasn't totally sure and didn't care enough to ask.

At the moment he was lying naked on satin sheets with Moka straddling his chest. The only thing she had on was a tiny red silk teddy. Both of them were in their vampiric forms. His hands were playing with her soft firm tits through the silk. Here in his dreams he knew he could do whatever he liked.

She smiled down wickedly and ran her nails over his smooth chest. In his dreams he had no scars anywhere on his body. "Not so shy now are you Tsukune?"

"Look where we are, look how we're dressed, or not dressed. Do I need to be shy?"

"No, my lover, you don't." She pulled off the teddy and tossed it to the floor.

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"Tsukune, why are you smiling like that?" Kurumu asked the next morning.

"Oh no reason," he said. "I just had a really nice dream."

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But no matter how good his dreams had been he was forced to deal with reality quick enough. With the school destroyed and gutted by fire teachers had been sent to the various dorms to make an emergency announcement.

"I'm afraid with the main building gone there's no choice but to close the school until repairs can be made," Nekonome announced.

"Close the school?" Moka said. "For how long?"

Nekonome-sensei's 'ears' seemed to droop. "There's no knowing, but it will be months at least. There will be school buses available to take each of you home this afternoon. So please pack up all your things and be ready to go by four o'clock."

"But will we be able to come back?" Tsukune asked. When he'd first come here he'd been desperate to make it back to the human world alive and in one piece. In a way this was a dream come true, if this hadn't happened he would not have gotten to see his family until he graduated. But now that he was about to go home he found himself worried about what he was losing.

"I don't want to go!" Kurumu wailed and grabbed onto Tsukune shoving his face into her chest. "I don't want to be separated from my destined one!"

"Desu! I don't want to leave him until he's made me into a woman!" Yukari held onto one of his legs.

"I don't want to be without him!" Mizore said and grabbed onto his back.

"There's no need to be so upset," Nekonome promised. "When the school is ready to open again you'll all be contacted."

In his human form he was not able to pull Kurumu free and was slowly being suffocated.

She voluntarily let him go. "Tsukune what are we going to do? I can't be apart from you for months!"

He quickly recovered his breath and answered. "It's o.k., Kurumu, everyone, I'll give you my home phone number and address. That way we can keep in touch with each other."

Her eyes lit up at that suggestion and she quickly calmed down.

"Uh, Tsukune?" Moka approached him and spoke nervously. "Aren't you forgetting something? You said you would come with me to meet my family. Remember?"

"Ah, about that Moka-san, since I have a rosario now…"

"You can't not go!" She grabbed him pleadingly. "I already spoke to my father and he insists on meeting you! If you don't come with me it will be bad!"

"How bad?" He looked at her worriedly.

She shuddered. "You don't want to know Tsukune."

"Your father is an elder vampire who destroys people who upset him right?"

She nodded. "That's right Tsukune, so you really need to come with me so I can introduce you to daddy. Besides," she cheered up. "You'll really enjoy it! My ancestral home is this really beautiful castle that's located in this majestic and breathtaking spot overlooking a river. You'll love it I promise!"

"Well… it doesn't sound like I have much choice. But winter break was only going to be for three weeks. Now it sounds like it may be months."

(Note: In Japan and in the RV manga the school year begins in the spring with the first break being for summer and the second at the end of the school year for winter. It's opposite of what it is in the U.S.)

"That's no problem Tsukune," Moka said. "Just stay for three weeks like we planned and then you can go back to your family."

"Do you want to come with me when I go back Moka-san?"

"What?"

"Well you did say you wanted to meet my family right?" Tsukune said. "Well, why don't you just come back with me when I leave your family and you can visit them with me?"

"Really?" She said eagerly. "You really want me to meet your mom and dad? I would be happy to! I would love to meet them."

"Good that's settled then," Tsukune said. "Now I guess we better pack up."

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As they got ready to get on their different buses Tsukune gave Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore pieces of paper with his contact information.

"I won't be there for three weeks, but you can reach me after that whenever you want."

Kurumu took the paper and cast a jealous glance at Moka. "Thanks Tsukune." Heh, heh, heh.

Both he and Moka climbed onto the same bus with a single piece of luggage. As the bus pulled out they waved a last goodbye to their friends.

Kurumu had a very wide grin as she waved goodbye.

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The bus was packed as it pulled out of the academy parking lot. Traveling through the interdimensional tunnels it traveled to various hidden monster worlds as well as many locations throughout the human world. The zipped from a village in Mozambique to the north side of Chicago to a barren island in the Adriatic.

Slowly the bus began to empty out as various students departed. Moka and Tsukune were the last two. The bus cleared a final tunnel and came to a halt on a road in what looked like a rather desolate local somewhere in the mountains.

"Last stop, everyone out." The bus driver looked at Tsukune with his glowing eyes. "Take care boy; this can be a pretty scaaaary place."

"Ah… thanks?"

The two of them stepped off the bus and watched it pull away.

"Look at it Tsukune! Castle Akashiya! Isn't it magnificent and majestic just like I said?" She was obviously very excited.

Up ahead of them was an ancient and decrepit looking castle with four stone towers rising above the mist. A wall that had surrounded it lay broken and in disrepair. Between them and the castle was an old stone bridge only about ten feet wide and about fifty lards long. It spanned a chasm about a thousand feet high. Far below were the jagged rocks and white foam of a fast moving river.

"You call this magnificent?!" He cried and wondered if there was any way he could catch the bus before it reached the tunnel.

"Of course it is Tsukune! For a monster this is a dream!"

Too late he recalled how she had gushed over the dorms that he saw as concrete slums.

As he was trying to think what to say the mists in front of them suddenly thickened and closed in around them. He suddenly felt a powerful demonic aura as a figure stepped out of the mist and spoke.

"Welcome home little sister."