Rosario to Elf

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"talking"

thoughts

The Coming Darkness

~ Inner World ~

"Hmm, this looks like something interesting to read" said Kohta as he was walking down one his library aisles. He wasn't sure when it happened, but due to Nyu's constant telepathic connections he was now able to freely roam his library but only in his dreams. Although he was curious to how this was even possible, his pink haired friend could only shrug at this as frankly she didn't know either. In a way it would be rather presumptuous of him to assume he knew how this happened, but his working hypothesis so far was that due to all the telepathic connections some part of his mind was awakened which now allowed him to enter his inner world on his own volition. Although he shrugged at this as he didn't really care how this happened.

Now most people would think that having your sub-conscious mind awake while your body was asleep was draining process. However it was strangely in a way relaxing as Kohta was able to do a ton of things in there. For one thing, the physical laws of that world were his to control which he had fun manipulating for a few nights. But for most nights when he wasn't reading in his library, he enjoyed materializing a television featuring some his favorite shows and movies he used to watch to which he was surprised he would even remember them in such detail. However Nyu told him that the sub-conscious mind always remembered to which he found rather cool.

Another interesting development to unfold was that aside from entering his inner world, his pink haired friend was now able to connect to him from a distance now. At first it was fuzzy and unstable. But soon she was able to speak to him when he was awake and enter his mind when he was asleep. Although the first time she did this was rather . . . . awkward.

~ Flashback ~

Kohta at this time was wandering around his library looking for a nice book to read. But that's when he heard something odd. "What's that sound?" as he looked around. He then cupped his ear to better focus himself. "Is that . . . . Is that snoring?"

Curiosity immediately set in as for the most part he should be the only one in 'his' library. But finally drawing closer to the noise, he circled around a book shelf to see something he wasn't expecting.

"Nyu-san?" he exclaimed in surprise. There in the empty part of his library, his ditzy friend was apparently fast asleep in her bed looking quite peaceful where she was. But as Kohta looked to her he was curious of just one thing, "is that really Nyu-san? Or is that some sort of projection of her?" Although he never tried to create any actual person in his world, he was thinking about Nyu recently so he was not sure if it was her or not."But Nyu-san is a telepath. So this might actually be her. But how can I be sure . . . ." to which a very strange thought then came to mind to which he quickly shook off as he didn't want perversion clouding his judgment. "Well . . . . there is only one way to find out" as he then approached her bed.

Now by her bed side a small smile formed as he saw how blissful she looked as she was dressed in an oversized pajama top with a hat to boot. But as she rolled to her other side facing him while flipping over her blanket, Kohta had to cover his eyes in respect to his friend's pride as apparently she didn't agree with pants. "No . . . . no . . . . I didn't see any panties" as he quickly looked away. But refocusing himself, he had to know if this was Nyu or not. So carefully lowering himself he leveled his face with her immediately taking notice she was breathing, " . . . . I think she is real". But unbeknownst to him, two arms reached up as they pulled him in smothering his face in both a heavenly and dangerous place.

"I love you rice ball" she murmured.

"Nyu-san! Wake up! You're not supposed to be here!" However he was having trouble on multiple fronts as his face was deep crimson while gagged against her chest to which he was trying not to touch something he wasn't supposed too.

"Oh rice ball, let me have a bite please".

"Nyu-san! Wait! I'm not food!" however this only came out in sounds of grunts and murmurs. Just as she bit into his ear, the tanned youth could only jump at the pain which subsequently forced his ditzy friend to 'wake up' as well.

"Ahh! Kohta-kun! What are you . . . ." as she then looked around. "Doing in your library?"

"That's what I want to know!" blushed Kohta.

~ End Flashback ~

Soon after, things calmed down as they realized that Nyu was connecting to him sub-consciously in her dreams. Although this was strange at first, Kohta didn't mind having her visit from time to time. Hell, he would even invite her over to watch some old re-runs as they spent a few nights watching favorite shows and movies.

However on this particular night Nyu did not come over to visit which left Kohta free to do whatever he wished. But in this particular case he didn't feel like watching any shows as he decided to look over a few books he found interesting. As he decided to cross over to the 'Animus' aisle of his library, he saw it again. That strange beat up book. He didn't know what it was, but every time he tried to read its contents, multiple strange things seemed to happen to it. The book would at times disappear, the pages would appear blank, or strange scribble doodles were drawn on each page. But something . . . . felt different about today as the book laid there on the shelf for him.

Then taking the book back to the main area he hesitantly at first wondered if he should bother trying to read it. "Ehh why not, it'll probably go blank on me anyways". But upon opening to a random page, his library began to twist and turn as Kohta looked out in shock. "What! What is going on?" But just as fast as it happened was just as fast as it faded as he now found himself standing in a fragmented train cart from what he could see. As he calmly looked around, he knew this book was like some of the others which projected itself like a life like hologram. But seeing how his surroundings were fragmented "must be because of the damaged state of the book". But soon more images began to appear as his eyes focused in what was in front of him. Soon blood began to paint the area as four figures began to appear. But that was when he felt his blood turn cold.

"Why? Why did you do this?" his child self yelled out. "Why did you have to kill father and Kanae? They had nothing to do with this!"

Kohta's eyes were stretched in shock as his child self was cradling his dead sister as she was nothing more than half a body while his father was decapitated just a few feet in front of him. Just in front of them was a person with their back turned to them. But it was easy to tell the person was a girl as she wore a white dress shirt and a red skirt.

What caught his attention most was the blood splatter that drenched her form, but even more then that was the short pink hair and horns that protruded from her head.

"Answer me! Why did you do this?"

Just as the girl began turning around Kohta saw a malevolent smirk spread across her face. Just before she came into full view he woke up.

~ Physical World ~

Kohta gasped awake as he held his chest at feeling his heart pumping erratically from the intensity of what he felt. "What the hell was that?" as cold sweat dripped from his face. For he wasn't sure what in the world it was, but what he did know was that it was horrible beyond what words could describe. For the most part, what he saw was supposed to be a memory as they were the only things that projected themselves like that.

But that couldn't be right, if what he saw was correct then that memory was something that happened roughly eight years ago. If that was the case, a horned girl eight years ago was responsible for killing his father and sister. But that couldn't be right! They both died in an accident and he saw it happen. But for the sake of argument if what he saw was true then the only girl he knew that had those features was Nyu. According to her, she was the only one of her kind.

Kohta soon calmed himself down. Then making his way to the sink, he washed his face as he looked himself in the mirror. "Yeah, just some dream. Just some sick imagination my mind made up".

So preparing himself for school, he washed up, ate breakfast, got dressed, and was soon out the door as he went along his usual route where Nyu would arrive to meet him. Just like every morning they would walk along the main road while Kohta would ignore the jealous individuals who were glaring at him while Nyu would spark up a conversation.

"Crazy week don't you think Kohta-kun?" smiled Nyu.

"Yeah" he simply replied. "It looks like the school just lost another teacher".

"But at least Tsukune-san and his friends were able to save Mizore-chan. So that's a good thing" she smiled. "And it was a good thing they were able to save her before anything bad really happened".

"I suppose, a few students were hurt in the crossfire. But I guess in the end everything turned out for the best".

Nyu nodded to this, "But I wonder what kind of girl she is".

Just as Kohta was about to speak a sudden chill came over him to which he shivered as did Nyu. " . . . . Do you feel that?"

"Yes . . . ."

The pair then looked back to see an attractive pale skinned girl with short purple hair as she seemed to have been hiding behind a few students who were having the same reaction as them.

"Would you happen to be talking about me?"

"That must be Mizore-chan" thought Nyu as she continued to rub her arms to keep herself warm.

"For some reason I get this impression that she can freeze us just by looking at us" thought Kohta. But as far as he saw, he'd rather not stick around her for too long as just something about her presence was making them feel for a lack of better words . . . . awkward. " . . . . I know this may sound rude" he thought out to Nyu. "But I'd think we should keep our distance from her for now".

"Agreed" as Nyu shivered again.

"I'm sorry Mizore-san, but we have to go to class now. So good-bye" as the pair made a hasty retreat.

~ Youkai Academy ~ (lunchtime)

"I don't think we should" said Kohta.

"Why not?" questioned Nyu.

As usual, there day went as it usually went as they went to class, took notes, answered questions, and now were on lunch break. At this time the pair was sitting in their usual spot under a tree.

"I . . . . don't think we should link today".

"Is there something wrong Kohta-kun?" as the ditzy girl looked to him in concern. "If there is something wrong you can tell me".

Kohta looked to her and he soon looked away. After last night's incident, if he said what he saw didn't bother him then he would be lying as he didn't want Nyu in his head at the moment. But more than that he didn't want to take the chance that she would happen to see that book and take offense by it. "It's nothing . . . . I just have a lot on my mind is all. So I just don't want you to run into a bunch of dumb things littering my brain".

"OK, I see"

The tanned youth then gave a strained chuckle at this. As he looked away he saw four unusual students walking by them. "Hmm . . . . that's strange. Are those guys from around here? Are they students from this school?"

Nyu looked to them as she felt their aura. "I think they might be half-breeds".

"Half-breeds?" asked Kohta. "What's that? I thought demons are supposed to be well . . . . demons".

The ditzy girl shook her head at this. "I'm afraid it's not as simple as this because we're not like humans as there are many species of demons".

"So are half-breed basically demons of two different species?"

"Not exactly" continued Nyu. "The union of some demons creates different species which in the past have led to the formation of some prominently known creatures. In other cases, the offspring would be predominantly in favor of one parent while showing minor traits of the other. But then there are the half-breeds . . . ."

"OK . . . . So what about them?"

"In a sense, they are a breed that has no classification".

"Classification?"

"Simply they are demons who belong to no one who are indistinguishable to any category of demon. They are in a sense the unwanted children of society".

"That's pretty harsh don't you think? Thrown out of society just because they don't fit in?"

"Well our society is still learning to adapt to them. But as of late there situation here has been getting progressively worse".

"Really? How so?"

"As of late they've been massing together and forming a kind of gang. But from current situations, they've proven themselves to be a rather aggressive group who attack full breed monsters without prejudice. Recently some students here on campus have been attacked".

"Sounds scary" said Kohta.

"Yeah" said Nyu. "That's why it would be best to keep our distance away from them as much as possible" to which her friend nodded too.

~ Youkai Academy ~ (the next day)

As Kohta woke up that morning, he figured his day was going to be like any other day which consisted of going to class, hanging out with Nyu during his free time, going home to do his homework, and then finally resting for the next coming day. In his opinion that was a good day so long as he avoided adversity and conflict with other demons in his school.

However, that would not be the case . . . .

During the course of their day Kohta and Nyu heard from Yukari that Tsukune and Moka were attacked to which they barely managed to escape unscathed. Due to this act of aggression, both he and the pink vampire was now a target for every half-breed demon out there.

Of course they were greatly concerned about this. But truthfully Kohta and Nyu prayed that the gang of delinquents would just suck up their pride and just let bygones be bygones. But upon the ending of classes, their worst fears were confirmed.

"Trouble!" as Yukari busted into their classroom.

"What?" asked Kohta as he confronted the child witch, "What happened?"

"Moka-san was kidnapped and Tsukune-san went alone to get her back!"

"That's suicide!" then said Nyu. "Tsukune-san is just a human!"

"That's why we have to go now!" to which the pair followed closely behind the young witch.

"Wait!" said Kohta. "I'll go alert the proper authorities. Afterwards we then can go see what we can do".

"Why?" asked Yukari. "We have to act now!"

"Look, we are probably heading right into their stronghold and we are just a handful versus and entire gang of delinquents. So it's better to be safe than sorry".

"But we've taken on armies before! Just like we did at the ranch!" she then argued.

"But those were just mindless soldiers. What we're up against this time are enemies of unknown abilities. So it would be good that we have reinforcements".

"If we wait then Moka-san and Tsukune-san could die!"

Kohta grunted at this as he didn't like his options. He then closed his eyes to think up of a new plan until something came to mind. "Do you know where they are?"

"Mizore-san said that they were taken to the abandoned gymnasium, why?"

The tanned youth then quickly took out a piece of paper as he jotted down everything he knew about the current situation starting with who was involved, who the perpetrator was, the location of where this was going on, and what to expect. He then folded the letter and he handed it off to a fellow student. "Please take this directly to the principal! It's urgent you get that to him now! Do you understand?"

The said student could only nod at this as they had no time to respond as Kohta, Nyu, and Yukari were well out the door.

By the time they reached the front of the school, they were joined by Kurumu and Mizore as the ice maiden led the way to where Tsukune and Moka were taken. As they raced there, they could only pray they were still OK.

"I'm sorry . . . ." to which everyone looked to Mizore. "If only I were braver I could have done something about this . . . ."

"It's not your fault" then said Kohta. "Considering the situation you did what you could".

"But I . . . ."

"He's right Mizore-chan" continued Nyu. "You did what you could. So you have no reason to blame yourself".

"That's right" said Kurumu. "But now that we're here, let's do what we can to save them!"

As they approached the abandon building it appeared that it would not be easy to get in as many of the gang members surrounded the exterior which forced the group to hide.

"We have to get in there" said Kurumu. "Tsukune could be in great danger!"

"But we can't" then said Yukari. "The only way we're getting inside is through them and that's a lot of bad guys".

Mizore remained silent as she looked out to the odds.

Nyu looked out as well as she then looked to Kohta. "Kohta-kun . . . ." she thought out.

The tanned youth nodded as they needed to get in there and get in there now. He then looked to the group as he had a plan, a dumb plan but a plan nonetheless. "Nyu-san and I will divert their attention while you three go in there to assist Tsukune-san and Moka-san".

"But that's crazy!" exclaimed Yukari. "You can't take that many on your own!"

"Look there is no other way!" rebuttal Kohta. "It's either wait for reinforcements or this. So we don't have a lot of options to work with here".

"Then let us stay and fight with you too" then said Kurumu as her nails began to grow.

"No, you need to be as fresh as possible as there is no telling what can be in there. So Nyu-san and I will lead them away as you three will go in".

"But Kohta-san . . . ."

"Don't worry about us Yukari-chan" calmly smiled Kohta. "Have faith in us and know that everything will be alright".

The child witch bit her lip as she looked away at the hard decision she had to make.

"Just come back safely OK" said Kurumu to which Mizore gave a nod too.

"Right" chimed Nyu.

So getting themselves prepared Kohta and Nyu made their way out into an open area. Choosing the right words to get their attention, "hey stupid half-breeds! Come and get us!" which was ample enough to entice their attention. Kohta and Nyu then started to run with a now angry mob of demons chasing them. Then briefly looking back they saw as Kurumu, Mizore, and Yukari were clear as they ran inside.

Soon getting far enough Nyu gave him the nod as Kohta released her as an explosion of power emitted from her as Lucy had now come out to play. Of course there enemy was intimidated by what they were up against, but they were confident that they could win with their sheer numbers alone.

"You really have a good knack for getting me involved in some rather troublesome problems Kohta" said Lucy plainly as she began to summon her vectors.

"Sorry Lucy-san, but some friends are in trouble and I couldn't just turn my back on them" as the conduit lines began to light up on Kohta's forearms.

"So how many are there you think?" the horned girl then questioned.

"Thirty . . . . forty. So that would make twenty for each of us".

"My my Kohta, I thought you didn't like fighting. You would usually leave the dirty work for me to handle".

"People are in trouble Lucy-san, and we have to get to them as soon as possible".

"There you go again dragging me into other people's problems" as Lucy then glared as she looked to Kohta with some contempt.

"I'm sorry, but please loan me your power as good people are in trouble and I don't want them to get hurt".

The horned girl looked to him before looking back to her opponents as a smirk formed. "Just make sure to beat down your twenty got it or you'll lose my respect as a man who can't honor his word".

Kohta sighed at this. "Yes I understand Lucy-san" to which the battle began.

Lucy bashed the ground with her vectors launching her like a projectile as she dashed forward meeting danger head on as her half-breed opponents began to mutate into each of their own unique forms generating each of their own unique abilities. But the horned girl didn't care much for that. For her blood boiled in excitement at the fury of battle. She didn't know why, but something about fighting just made her feel so alive. The violence, the blood, the pain, she just couldn't get enough of it. Although all this was racing through her mind, it did not in the slightest weaken her focus or technique as she beat down every demon that approached her.

Her companion however was different. Violence was not in his nature as he preferred to solve his problems through conversation and understanding. However the situation in itself would not allow such a thing to be possible, and so he fought as he had people he wanted to protect. As he fought hand to hand with the demons, just like that time with the safety committee, his body instinctually knew what to do as he blocked, parried, and attacked every demon that faced him. He wondered previously how he could know such martial arts to which he believed his magic was responsible for. However as he continued to move it just felt too close to second nature to just be simply that. But it didn't matter now, they were winning and soon after a few minutes they were both done as all forty of them were beaten to the ground.

"Not bad Kohta, maybe I ought to fight you sometime and see what you're made of".

Kohta simply waved his hands at this. "Some other time perhaps. But we need to see what the situation is over there. Tsukune-san and his friends might need our help".

"Tsk, fine let's go then".

After a bit of running they soon arrived back at the abandoned gymnasium to see something neither of them could understand. "What is going on here?" asked Kohta. "Why are Moka-san and Tsukune-san fighting?" to which the two were ferociously attacking each other.

"Look" said Lucy as she noted the currently incapacitated Kurumu as her side was bleeding as Yukari and Mizore were with her trying to heal her.

The pair then made their way to them. "What's going on here? Are you alright? Why are they fighting?"

The girls looked shaken as they stared at the still ongoing fight.

Kohta soon kneeled to meet with Yukari face to face. "Please tell me what is going on? How did this happen?"

The young witch trembled as she soon faced him tears beginning to form in her eyes. "Tsukune-san is . . . . Tsukune-san is . . . ."

"He's dead" plainly stated Lucy.

"What?" as the tanned youth looked back at her, "what are you talking about? He's right there isn't he?"

The horned girl shook her head at this. "I can tell. Every living thing has some degree intelligent thought. But what that 'thing' is now is no longer human or demon. For that 'thing' doesn't even deserve to be called alive".

"Don't say that!" exclaimed Kurumu as her tears were now present. "Tsukune is still in there! Please! Please! Stop this! Don't let Tsukune die! Not like this!"

Mizore could only tremble as she watched the situation escalate.

Kohta then looked out as he didn't like how things were turning out. But then . . . . what was he supposed to do? "But what has happened to Tsukune? Why is he fighting with Moka?"

"Tsukune-san was injured while protecting Moka-san when her powers were drained by water. So in a last ditch effort to save him Moka-san injected some of her blood into him to save his life. But instead of turning into a vampire like he usually did . . . . he became a ghoul".

"A what?"

"What a true monster is" continued Lucy. "A creature with an unquenchable thirst and hunger for blood and flesh who must always seek conflict to get it". The horned girl then gave a growl. "This creature is truly an abomination that should be put out of its misery".

"Please don't" begged Kurumu. "Please . . . . please save Tsukune . . . . Don't let Moka kill him. If she does . . . . no one will ever recover from this . . . ."

Kohta narrowed his sight at this. He then closed his eyes in thought slowly contemplating his next move before reopening them. "I understand" as he looked to the blue succubus. "We will save Tsukune; we will not allow him to die. We promise".

" . . . . Thank you" weakly smiled Kurumu as Yukari and Mizore nodded in relief to this.

The pair then raced out to them as Kohta began filling Lucy in on the plan. "You restrain Moka-san as I try to capture Tsukune-san. After I manage to slow him down, I'm going to need your help to scan his mind to find Tsukune-san in there".

"You're going through an awful amount of trouble Kohta. But then tell me, what are you going to do if there is nothing left of that boy in that head of his?"

Kohta looked down before looking back to her. ". . . . We just have to have faith".

"Tsukune!" called Moka as she was going to deliver another devastating punch. But just an inch away from his face she was stopped as she felt some sort of hand holding her arm back. The vampire then looked back to see Lucy there as she was soon being reeled back further restrained while being lifted into the air. "What do you think you're doing?"

Just as Tsukune recovered and was about to attack her, Kohta jumped in as he caught his punch while throwing the boy some distance away.

The silver haired vampire continued to struggle against her restraint as Lucy stood there nonchalantly as she watched the current battle occurring. "Put me down now! I must finish what I started!"

"Don't push me vampire" half-threatened Lucy. "You're in no condition to be telling me what to do especially with how weak you are at the moment. But frankly I would rather have had that thing destroyed" which caused Moka to jerk a bit. "However my stupid other's friend wants to believe in him as well as those groupies over there. So I'll give him the time he wants to which I'll let you go once you've calmed down some".

Moka gave a growl to this as she had no choice for now but to watch. "But this should give me some time to recover . . . ."

Now at this time Kohta wasn't certain what to do. He didn't actually have any spells that could possibly restrain him and he didn't want to use his magic that could actually hurt him. But at the way things were turning out, "he's more than likely to hurt me".

Just from the few punches that passed by his face, he could tell that his attacks were quite lethal. Just one of those hits could send him to the pearly gates. But for now he needed to buy time so that he could stall him long enough for Lucy to perform a link to his mind to see if some part of Tsukune was still in there. But if he wasn't . . . . he was prepared to do what had to be done. He was certain Tsukune would not want to be trapped in the body of a killer. Simply, it was the most humane thing to do.

"But is has not yet come to that!" as Kohta shot his hands up using minor telekinetic abilities to which the Earth below Tsukune reached up as they grabbed his legs binding him in place. Then with a few motions of his hands, the Earth began to curl and wrap around him solidifying him in place as it bounded his arms to his body. Tsukune then began to roar and scream in an inhuman fashion as he struggled against his restraints. "There" the tanned youth breathed out, "capture complete". He then looked back to Lucy, "please Lucy-san, do it now!"

"You fool!" Moka then yelled. "That will not hold him!"

"What?" as Kohta looked back, Tsukune busted through it as he shot a spear hand right at him. With the attack being this close to him, Kohta was not able to get out of the way. So doing the only thing he could do, his shield spell immediately activated as the circular shield of light materialized to stop the attacker from hurting its user. But the moment Tsukune made contact with the shield; Kohta couldn't believe what he was seeing. The ghoul had not only just sliced right through it, but his attack was still coming as there was nothing he could do now to protect himself. Within that last possible moment, " . . . . Damn" as the attack had then pierced his chest ripping through skin, muscle, and bones at Tsukune's hand re-emerged out through his back side. Kohta's eyes widened in shock to what had happened as not only did blood gush out from his wounds but also from his mouth at the extreme internal trauma his organs had just suffered.

Everyone watched in shock to what had happened as Yukari cupped her mouth in horror, Kurumu gaped as the horrific scene, Mizore froze in fear, while Moka narrowed her eyes in guilt and anger for not finishing this sooner.

But out of everyone, Lucy was the most shocked and horrified as she couldn't believe what she just saw. As it started to settle in, tears began to form as her breathing started to feel heavy. But finally after a moment in grief, the horned girl was able to find her voice again as she was only able to scream out the one thing that came to mind. "Kohta!"

To be continued . . . .

Author's notes: I was just wondering how the principal would have known where to find Moka let alone prepare a seal for Tsukune. So I figured I would at least fill in that plot hole. Plus I was also curious how Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore were able to barge in without any trouble to which I figured I might as well fill in that gap as well.

But anyways I hope this chapter was an enjoyable read.

Anyways, I thank you all for reading this fic and I further extend my gratitude if you can review it as well.