Rosario to Elf

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"talking"

thoughts

From the Dusk it Came

"Kohta!" Lucy screamed at seeing what had happened to the tanned youth.

At this time, the ghoul Tsukune lifted his arm as Kohta was still struggling to stay conscious from having an arm impaled in his chest. But soon the ghoulish creature flicked his arm throwing him aside like trash as the tanned youth was left to die were he laid.

Kohta barfed out more blood as his hand twitched to cover his wound.

At feeling Lucy's restraints on her weaken, "You should have let me finish this!" as Moka was now free to battle again. The silver haired vampire then re-engaged Tsukune as she sent out a flurry of kicks. "Forgive me Tsukune . . . . Everyone . . . . But it has to end this way".

As the vampire was busy fighting Tsukune, Lucy made her way to Kohta attempting to see what she could do. "Idiot! You damned idiot! If you just listened to me then this wouldn't have happened!"

Kohta gave a pained chuckle as he attempted to stretch his lips into a smile to calm the pink diclonius down. But as he tried to form words he couldn't as all he could do was gurgle as his blood was clogging his throat. Pain had now completely clouded his mind as it was taking all his willpower to stay conscious.

Lucy's eyes began to redden a bit to which she tried her best to hide this. "If you die . . . . My stupid other would never let me hear the end of this! So you better not die on me! Not like this!" Lucy then summoned her vectors as she used her psychic hands to attempt to heal him by reconstructing the damaged section of his body on the cellular level. However Lucy's expression darkened as she examined him, "the damage is too severe . . . . lacerations on several soft tissues followed with a complex compound fracture . . . . loss of blood is too great to replenish . . . . lungs are all but destroyed . . . ." Lucy then shut her eyes as she shook her head to keep herself focused. "I have to keep working . . . . I have to keep his mind active . . . . Come on you stupid boy. Don't die on me like this". As she attempted to create a connection . . . . "it can't be . . . ." In trying to connect to him telepathically, a connection would not form. If his mind had completely gone silent then, "oh no . . . . Kohta . . . ."

~ Inner World ~

Kohta at this time laid in his library as his mental projection began to reflect the state of his physical body as blood was beginning to leak through his shirt in the spot he was injured. He laid there in the center of the grand hall reflecting on how everything came to be in his life.

The tanned youth then convulsed as he spat out more blood to which he gave a bit of a laugh. ". . . . Didn't think . . . . my life would come to an end like this . . . ." He then looked to the ceiling of his library. "I guess I'll get to be with father and Kanae now . . . ." Then turning his head a bit, he started to see the shelves around him beginning to crumble and deform as the books started to fade away. "Heh heh heh, it looks like my time is up now".

"But it's not yet your time to die. . . ."

Kohta then shifted his head upward to see his child self standing above him. The tanned youth closed his eyes as he gave a soft chuckle. "Of course I am . . . . I'm pretty sure my physical body is dead as evidenced by this place falling apart" as more shelves began to crumble with more books beginning to fade away.

". . . ."

"I guess I'm going to die without getting the chance to hear what you had to say". Kohta then shifted his eyes to look around to see the lights to his library beginning to fade out as darkness began to consume the area around him. "I guess this is it . . . . That must be the shadow of death people tend to talk about when making the transition . . . ." to which he gave another weak chuckle too. "Kind of scary now that I see it".

"Actually, you're wrong" said the little boy in a kind of matter of fact way. He then walked to Kohta's side bending his knees as he began poking his finger at his cheek. "The darkness you see around you is not what you think it is".

Kohta then looked to his child self to explain further although slightly annoyed that this boy was poking fun at the fact he was a hair length away from his death.

"As I said it's not your time to die yet as there is still so much that you have to do in the world". The boy then looked out to some direction before looking back to him. "Although I would love to send you back, your mental state is too weak to do anything to be of any help to anyone. So I guess I'll have to take over for now until you recover".

"What . . . .?"

"Don't worry" young Kohta calmly smiled. "Everything is going to be alright" to which with that the entire library was consumed into the darkness.

~ Physical World ~

Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore were still left in a state of shock from what they saw. Tsukune, the boy they all liked had just mercilessly killed Kohta who was trying to help him. At this time, Ura-Moka was attacking him with everything she got as she wasn't pulling any punches in this fight.

For the three girls didn't know what to do. To kill Tsukune was the most humane thing to do as all he was now was a killer in the boys form. However they couldn't make the hard choice as him or not, Tsukune was the one who brought them out of their sorrow to which they couldn't turn their back on that. But what the hell were they supposed to do?

Moka had cleared her heart and mind of all distractions as she was ready to do what needed to be done. She could hate herself later for this, but there was no way around it. Kohta had lost his life for nothing to which his companion by observation was in no state to be of any help and she couldn't depend on the others as they would most likely be killed due to distraction from their own personal feelings.

But for the battle itself, it was dragging on for far too long. She was only fighting at best to a quarter of her usual strength and Tsukune's healing factor was making it difficult to injure him as he would immediately recover from any damage she dealt. So it was now a battle of attrition if either herself or Tsukune would run out of power first. If it was going to be like that, then she needed to deal a fatal hit ending this battle by either destroying his heart or taking his head. Moka's expression tightened at this, "I'm sorry Tsukune . . . ."

Lucy at this time was doing all she could to save Kohta but knew it was pointless as the damage was far too severe for any living thing to survive. "You idiot!" as she grabbed a handful of his shirt squeezing it. "You just had to go and die like the big hearted caring bastard you are!" Her eyes then clamped shut as tears threatened to spill out. Her personality was that of a hardened warrior. However, "for an insignificant boy like you to affect me like this . . . . I'll never forgive you if you die . . . ."

But unknown to her Kohta's eyes had just snapped open.

"You should have left when I told you so . . . ." thought Moka as she was close to finishing her fight. "If only you had listened . . . . It wouldn't have had to come to this" as Moka punched him again. ". . . . In the next life . . . . May you forgive me for killing you . . . ." the silver haired vampire then prepared her hand as she concentrated all the youki she could into it. "Tsukune!" as she speared hand for his heart.

"That won't be necessary".

Moka's eyes widened as she was witnessing a miracle before her now. "Impossible, you're supposed to be dead".

Kohta had grabbed her arm in mid strike as he soon pushed her behind him. "Stand aside now. This battle I can handle on my own".

Although Moka would argue this she was still stuck in a state of stupor. For the wounds he suffered were now gone as the gaping hole in his chest appeared as if nothing happened at all. As she looked to him, Kohta was exerting a kind of power she had never felt before as it didn't feel either demonic or spiritual in origin, but something else entirely. But shaking her mind of this, she was about to argue with him but was soon lifted into the air as she was pulled back by his pink haired companion. "What is the meaning of this? What are you doing?"

Lucy was at loss for words too as she couldn't even fathom what had happened just moments ago. The tanned youth was officially dead for several minutes as not only did his heart stop, but his mind also went silent. But just as suddenly as he left was just as suddenly as he came back.

~ Flashback ~

As Kohta's eyes snapped open, Lucy almost jumped back at his sudden activity.

Looking to him, that's when she felt some sort of strange energy emitting from him which started to make her shiver at feeling its radiance.

But then looking down to him, that's when the horned girl saw something that was beyond understanding. At that moment, Kohta's shadow began to misshapen as it started to filter into his wound stretching out completely enveloping the damaged section filling it up. Just a moment later, it evaporated into a shadowy like mist as his wound was no longer apparent with his shadow returning to its original form. Then from his hands, his conduit lines began to glow. But it didn't stop there as the lines began to spread all around his body in a unique pattern until every part of what Lucy could see was marked with it just before dissipating. His body soon levitated off the ground as he was then back on his feet.

The horned girl was still dumbfounded about what had just happened in front of her. Then standing up to face him, "Kohta . . . ."

"I'll deal with Tsukune. Just please stand aside and make sure Moka-san doesn't interfere" to which with that Kohta disappeared right before her eyes reappearing between the vampire and ghoul as he forced Moka to stop to which doing as she was told restrained the silver haired vampire until further notice.

~ End Flashback ~

"Just stay silent and watch . . . ." to which Moka didn't want to do however had no choice but to agree to as she didn't have to power to resist her abilities. So with that both girls watched to see how the new tide of events would play out before them.

Kohta closed his eyes as he gave a bit of a smirk. "It's looks like they were able to receive 'my' message. That's good. They'll be here shortly. So I guess all I have to do is hold you off until then".

Tsukune growled as he swung his fist at him. But at the moment his attack met its target's face, it passed right through him. Due to ghoul Tsukune overextending his attack, the creature flew to the ground uncertain to what had just happened as he looked back to see Kohta turning towards him.

"It looks like all I can do is some mediocre tricks" as he then looked to his hand flexing it into a fist. "I used up too much power to repair 'my' body. I won't be able use my usual spells. But no matter, my minor spells should be more than sufficient".

The ghoul in blinded rage clawed his way back on his feet as he attempted to take a few more shots at his current opponent. But try as he might, Kohta would either easily dodge his punches or phase right through them. But ghoul Tsukune was none the wiser as all he was now was a mindless creature just trying to kill his enemy like the berserker he was.

Kohta's expression hardened a bit as he started to feel a bit of strain. "I think I may have underestimated my condition a bit . . . . 'my' body must still be trying to adapt due to its older frame". But at seeing Tsukune's fist approach him, Kohta just looked to him as suddenly the ghoul was flipped onto his back.

"What is going on?" asked Yukari as she along with Kurumu and Mizore were still watching the events evolve in front of them. "How is Kohta-san all better now? And how is he doing that?" at seeing the overwhelming difference between the two combatants. "Tsukune-san just attacked and then suddenly went down when Kohta-san was just standing there".

"It doesn't matter" then said Kurumu. "Thank goodness no one has died . . . ." as she gave a sniffle.

"Look" pointed Mizore. "What's that?"

The little witch took note of what the ice maiden was looking at. As she closely observed, she saw something odd as long arms of shadows were stretched around Tsukune as if grabbing him as they manipulated his movements which seemed to be throwing the ghoul around or flipping him about as he tried to attack Kohta. "What kind of spell is that? I've never seen anything like it before".

As Tsukune was fighting monstrously against the forces that held him back, Kohta looked extremely relaxed. His current spell was enough to offset his attacker's movements so that he would not have to move or take minor steps to avoid him. As he looked to Tsukune's current state the boy was heavily breathing, "he seems to be wearing down . . . . it'll be over soon". The tanned youth then closed his eyes as he looked about. "They're almost here" as he reopened his eyes. "With my current power levels, my shadow sealing spell wouldn't really be that effective. But Tsukune should be weak enough now . . . . So this should work". Just as Tsukune charged in for another attack, the shadow arms that restrained him disappeared leaving him free to attack. At the moment the ghoul's fist was about to meet his face it stopped.

Everyone then looked as they were confused to what there were seeing. The creature had completely stopped now as he was frozen like a statue in front of Kohta as the tanned youth didn't even falter as the ghoul Tsukune fidgeted and growled as he attempted to break free from whatever force he was trapped in.

At seeing things quieting down everyone then began to slowly approach them.

"What did you do?" asked Moka as her aura still reflected that of killing intent as she was still readying herself to do the unhappy deed.

"Just a simple trick of mine" simply said Kohta as he moved Tsukune's fist away from his face moving it to his side. "Although I needed to drop Tsukune's power level a bit for my spell to work" as he looked to his foot which was currently stepping on the boy's shadow. Then sensing what Moka was going to ask next, "Tsukune is still alive in there and soon help will be here to cure him of his current problem".

"How do you know that?"

"I just do" he calmly said.

"Thank you" Kurumu almost cried as she could barely contain her relief. "Thank you so much for helping Tsukune" to which the tanned youth nodded too.

Mizore could only rub her eyes dry as she too was happy that things were going to be OK.

Yukari to say the least was happy to how things turned out, but something was nagging at her to what she was witness too. "Kohta-san . . . ." to which Kohta looked to her. "What . . . . are you?"

"What do you mean Yukari-chan?"

"The way you revived yourself and the powers you used to fight Tsukune-san . . . . What are you? No monster in the world should be capable of such things. Even after having your chest blown out like that, not even a vampire could survive an attack like that. I know it's against school regulation, but Kohta-san . . . . Just what are you?" This question also got Moka's interest as she wanted to know that same thing.

The tanned youth calmly looked to her as he gave a solemn expression. "Sorry Yukari-chan. But that's a spoiler for another day". Kohta gave a strained chuckle as it began to become apparent that he was sweating intensely as if he were overworking himself.

"Kohta, what's wrong?" then asked Lucy as she was back to her hardened exterior.

"I'm afraid . . . . I did things a bit out of order as I've awakened sooner then I was supposed to. My soul and body are currently experiencing a misalignment because I tried to reactivate before the correct time came for 'me' to do so".

"Me?" the horned girl questioned. "What are you talking about? What is the meaning of this? What is going on?"

"You'll have your answers" the boy calmly smiled. "Soon, 'I' will come to seek the truth and soon Kaede-chan . . . . I can finally wake you up from the long sleep you're in".

"What?" as Lucy was confused by what he was talking about, "it's that name again . . . . Kaede . . . . Who is he talking about? And why does he keep referring to himself like that?" Just as she was going to question this, two figures appeared as they came through the entrance.

"It looks like everything is OK now"

Everyone turned to see who came in as they immediately went into battle mode. "Wait! Who are you people?" questioned Kurumu as she along with everyone else were prepared for the worst.

"What? You don't recognize me by my voice? That's rather depressing" to which the white robed figure removed what she was wearing to reveal who she was.

"Ruby!" exclaimed Yukari and Kurumu in surprise as they weren't expecting to see her again or at least this soon. Upon seeing her they had a bunch of questions to ask like why she was there. However it was put on hold as there was more urgent business before them.

"What a fine mess this has turned out to be" then said the other white robed person. "But nowhere near as bad as it sounded".

"Of course headmaster" said Ruby as she bowed her head to him.

"Headmaster!" as Yukari and Kurumu had to take a double take to the fact that the mysterious headmaster of Youkai academy who has never made a physical appearance anywhere had just showed up before them now.

Kohta noticed his presence as he turned his head to face him. "Thank you for coming in person headmaster. This boy here needs your help from one of those special seals of yours made for his kind".

Mikogami tilted his head a bit as he soon went back to his usual creepy smirk. "So is that the new shell you have . . . ."

The tanned youth positioned his finger over his lips as he gave a 'shhh' sound. "Remember headmaster, spoilers".

The headmaster chuckled at this. "Of course, well let's get this over with". The robed man then approached Tsukune as he removed a crucifix from his cloths. "Now . . . . demon sealing" as he placed the tool to the boy's forehead as an impressive amount of power came forth from it as it started to swirl about condensing and filtering into him.

Tsukune's eyes then started to return to normal as the black like tattoos that grew from his bite marks began to recede. As his eyes started to reflect calmness, Kohta stepped back releasing his spell as the meek boy slowly feel to the ground as he was now back to his original human state.

Just as this happened, Kohta fell unconscious.

"Kohta!"

~ Hospital ~ (a few days later)

Nyu as this time sat bedside to Kohta as the tanned youth was in a coma like state from whatever happened to him days before.

"Kohta-kun . . . . why won't you wake up?" the ditzy girl questioned as a sad expression could not help but appear on her face.

"Hello Nyu-san".

Nyu looked to see as Yukari had just walked through the door to which she warmly smiled too. "Hello Yukari-chan, is everything going alright?"

"Yes, so did Kurumu-san and Mizore-san come by already?"

"Yes" she nodded. "They both came by to pay their respects" as she looked to Kohta.

Yukari gave a nod of approval to this. But then looking to the tanned youth who lay motionless in the bed, "so is Kohta-san OK?" giving an expression of concern.

The ditzy girl then looked down sadly as she shook her head. "I don't know. The doctor says that Kohta-kun has suddenly fallen into a coma to which it might be hours, days, or months if Kohta-kun ever wakes up again".

Yukari's eyebrow rose is curiosity to this. "Didn't you try your telepathy? Even if he's like this, his mind should still be active right? So why not try to connect to him? Maybe you can wake him like that".

Nyu shook her head once again as this. "I tried already . . . . Something is keeping me from connecting to him as if there is no signal to connect too".

"You're not saying he's . . . ."

She shook her head again. "I can sense that Kohta-kun is still active in there . . . . but it's as if . . . . he's locked himself away from the entire world around him and doesn't want anyone to come in . . . ."

"I see" then said Yukari. But then looking to the ditzy girl, she gave a bit of a mischievous smirk. "Maybe you ought to give him a bit of loving. That ought to jump start Kohta-san awake".

"Yukari-chan!" blushed Nyu. "You're too young to be talking about stuff like that". Although Nyu would admittedly say she was a bit of a pervert when it concerned social norms. However she knew when things were a bit too much.

Yukari gave a light laugh to this. "I'm sorry, knowing you I just had to say it". So after calming herself a bit she gave a light bow in respect to the occupants of the room. "Well I'm going to go back to see how Tsukune-san is doing now".

"Ohh, how is he doing? Is he awake?"

"Yes" the child witch nodded happily. "Tsukune-san had recently reawakened and seems to be back to his old self again. Plus all his injuries have fully healed which is really good".

"That's good" which Nyu softly smiled too.

"Alright, bye then" Yukari waved. "I hope Kohta-san gets better soon".

The ditzy girl smiled brightly as she waved back as the child witch left. But the moment she left, Nyu returned to her somewhat sad demeanor as she turned back to Kohta as there was still no change in his condition. As she looked to him, she reached out to hold his hand as she was saddened that she couldn't do anymore then this for him. But recalling what the tanned youth had said to Lucy before he fainted, she started to feel a bit troubled. "Kohta-kun . . . . Who is this Kaede person you keep talking about? . . . . You called me Kaede on more than one occasion . . . . Is there something you're trying to remember?"

Nyu then scooted closer as she folded her arms on his as she laid her head down to rest. "Kohta-kun . . . ." as her voice reflected concern. "Are you still going to be the same person when you wake up?" thinking back to the battle from before. However the ditzy girl then rubbed her head against his arm as she soon relaxed her body in place. "Please wake up soon Kohta-kun . . . ." to which she soon fell asleep.

~ Hospital ~ (a few hours later)

"Ahhhh!"

Nyu was at this time still fast asleep as she tilted a bit groaning. "Huh . . . ."

"Ahhhh! Help!"

The ditzy girl slowly picked up her head as the loud sounds roused her from her sleep. "What is that? What is with all the noise?"

"Ekkkkk! Someone help!"

As her mind started to clear up, Nyu immediately jumped up to see what was going on. So being wary of the situation, she slowly tip-toed to the door as she slowly cracked it open to see what was happening. Upon taking a peak out, Nyu became afraid at what she was seeing. Just outside a nurse was attacking everyone as she spared no man, woman, or child that crossed her path. The woman dressed nurse was using an attack she had never seen before as her fingers appeared to be long tendrils as they stabbed themselves into the necks of all the victims it could reach. Nyu fearfully closed the door as she changed position to keep watch of what was going on. "How terrible . . . . to kill this many people for no reason . . . . Who is that person?"

Then after finishing off everyone in the hall, the nurse soon walked off to some other area as all her victims laid on the ground apparently dead from what she could see.

"Oh no . . . . " as Nyu held her mouth as she was forced to witness such a horrible thing.

But then suddenly one of the patients started to stand up wobbly as they stabilized themselves on their feet.

"Thank goodness that he was OK" to which the ditzy girl was about to go out to confirm this.

Just before she was to leave, more of the patients started to get up which would normally be a good thing. However Nyu knew better as something about it didn't seem right. Deciding to hold off on her concerns, her wariness was rewarded as she continued to watch.

As the scene began to unfold, it was almost like a scene from a zombie film she watched as all the attacked patients started getting up like lifeless dolls as they started to drag themselves across the hall. "What is going on?"

"Tsukune . . . ." one of them chanted.

"Ehh?"

"Kill . . . . Tsukune . . . . Kill . . . . Tsukune . . . . Kill Tsukune" their voices slurred in unison with each other.

Nyu's eyes widened at their zombie like behavior as she started to cower back a bit. The patients that were stabbed then started to move as they twitched and dragged themselves down the hall. Just listening to them, it was obvious what they were out to do to which putting two to two together that the nurse that attacked them was part of the group that was gunning for Tsukune and Moka lives. However, "what am I supposed to do?" as she turned about sliding her back against the wall till she was sitting on the floor. She then held her face as her fear started to get to her. "I can't do anything without Kohta-kun's help. If the other me was awake, she could do something about this. But . . . . What am I supposed to do . . . . I can't help Tsukune-san with the way I am now" as she looked down is despair.

Her heart felt heavy as she was powerless to do anything for her friend as she was forced to stay aside and watch as these terrible things play out in front of her. "Kohta-kun . . . . What should I do?" She then looked to his bed as the tanned youth was still asleep and unable to give her an answer. But upon looking to his unconscious form, Nyu closed her eyes in thought before a moment later reopening them exerting a greater determination behind them. She soon stood up as she faced the door going out. "That's right! Kohta-kun would do something about it! Powers or not, he would do the right thing!" She then turned her head to look at the boy, "Just wait for me here OK Kohta-kun" she softly smiled. "I'll be right back" to which she left locking the door behind her ready to face the danger head on.

"But what should I do?" as she was now lurking around the corner to observe the mob of patients. "Maybe my telepathy can do something" to which she connected to the person closest to her. However upon connecting, "it's not any form of hypnosis or spell casting . . . . is it some sort of drug effect?" Then trying to dig deeper, "they don't seem to be connected like a hive mind . . . . so they must all have been individually programmed". Nyu then looked around as she spotted a fire extinguisher. Then making a grab for it, Nyu understood one definitive thing about this situation. Who she was facing were patients who were victims of the real perpetrator. So using violence against them would be no good as they were innocent people being used like puppets. "So what I have to do is seal them up". So spotting the zombified janitor, Nyu blasted him with the fire extinguisher. "I don't know the full programming they've undergone. So they might attack me too". As the janitor rubbed his face of what he was sprayed with Nyu promptly took that time to steal his keys. Then quickly studying what key opened and locked what, she popped the broom closet open, threw as many people as she could into it, and locked the door. Still finding more people under the influence, she quickly scanned the halls for empty rooms as she captured more of the infected in them.

However her span of successes was not to last as the zombie puppets were wising up.

"How many of them are there?" breathed out Nyu as she was tiring from her efforts. She still hadn't cleared out the floor she was on and there was still many of them left to deal with from what she saw. Getting ready to deal with the next group of infected, that was when the patients started getting hostile.

"Errrrrr" they slurred as they started fighting back now.

"Ahhh!" yelped Nyu at having her left arm clawed at. She then slouched a bit holding the wounded area as she started to back off from seeing the advancing hoard. Nyu's expression tightened at this, "I think I might be in trouble . . . ."

The patients were starting to revert to there more demonic instincts as some of them started growing claws while some were baring there fangs. At taking a few swipes at the ditzy girl, they were only successful at clawing her uniform with near paper thin misses to her actual body. But eventually some attacks did get in as Nyu suffered some minor shallow cuts.

"What am I going to do now?" Nyu then questioned as her fear started to overwrite her reason. In the classic fight or flight response, she really wanted to run now. "But I can't! Our friends need help, but . . . ." as she looked down as fear started to affect her mental and physical state. "I'm not as brave or strong as Kohta-kun or Lucy . . . . but what am I supposed to do?"

"You dig in your heels and fight".

Nyu's eyes snapped open as she looked to her side to see Lucy's projection standing next to her. She couldn't believe nor understand how this was happening. "How can you be talking to me? We shouldn't have this kind of ability to interact with each other?"

"That doesn't matter right now. What I need you to do is focus on the here and now and fight back!"

"But I can't!" Nyu stuttered. "I don't know how to! Even so, they are innocent people. I can't fight them!"

"You fool" as Lucy glared at her. "It's either us or them and I refuse to die here because you were too gutless to do something about it". The horned girl's projection then saw as Nyu was now cornered at a dead end hallway with no way out.

"Someone . . . . help me . . . ." as Nyu looked out fearfully.

"No one is coming" Lucy tried to argue. "This is a fight you must handle on your own".

"But I . . . ."

"I'm not asking you to kill them. Just knocking them out should be sufficient".

"But I don't know how to fight".

"Just follow what I do and do as I say. If you do we might just survive this".

"Ehh!"

One of the patient's then came in thrusting his claws at her.

"Step forty-five degrees now!" commanded Lucy to which Nyu did avoiding the attack. "Now use your hand that's inside his guard and slam it against chin while moving your back leg to sweep his front and sweep hard!" to which Nyu threw her opponent to the ground effortlessly.

"Sorry" Nyu apologized.

"At least you follow orders well enough. But pay attention, we've got a battle to win" to which command after command Nyu slowly but surely was holding her own. However due to her kind nature, it irritated Lucy at how her other would not do what was necessary in order to live. But then after twenty minutes of fighting, "it was just as I feared" as fatigue had more or less eaten away at Nyu's stamina.

The ditzy girl was breathing heavily as she tried to follow her others command. But it had come to a point where her muscles would no longer listen to her.

"She doesn't have my vector which is making it hard for her to battle". Then after a few minutes later, Nyu was down on her knees as she could no longer continue. "What are you doing? Get up now! Or we're both dead!" But her other was unresponsive as the leftover hoards began to tower over her. "Damn it!" as Lucy shut her eyes to this. "For everything to come to an end like this . . . ." After a moment and seeing her life has not yet come to an end she looked out to see that their attackers had now fallen unconscious. "What?" But then looking up at the ceiling that's when she felt a familiar presence. "Moka?"

"Thank goodness" smiled Nyu as she soon fallen back and has too fallen unconscious.

Lucy slightly gaped at this, but then sighed before giving a somewhat relieved smile.

~ Hospital ~ (sometime later)

Nyu at this time was sitting back in Kohta's room as she relaxed in her chair. Then looking to her bandaged arm, she closed her eyes only to reopen them to find Lucy's projection standing next to Kohta on his bedside. As noted before, Nyu didn't understand how she could be interacting with Lucy as her seal prohibited this. For the only way either of them knew what the other was up too was through recollection of their memories as they still shared that part with each other. Lucy herself didn't understand how it was possible for them to be communicating with each other in real time. But nonetheless it wasn't that important as neither of them minded how it happened. At seeing the opportunity, Nyu figured she could strike up a conversation with her other.

"So . . . .Uhh . . . . how have you been?"

". . . ."

Nyu gave a bit of a pout at how Lucy was giving her the cold shoulder. I mean she had the vague idea to what kind of person Lucy was. But they were both the same person in the end right? So they should have had plenty of things to talk about. However the atmosphere around the horned girl somehow made it difficult to converse with her even though Lucy didn't seem to have any problems talking with Kohta before, so why should she? Then thinking of a topic she would at least get a response from, "So uhh Lucy-san, who taught you how to fight? You seem so good at it".

The horned girl looked to her briefly before looking back to Kohta. "I don't know . . . ."

"Huh?" as Nyu was now giving her a quizzical look.

"Ever since you were young as I watched over you from the back of your mind, I always knew how to fight. I just didn't know how though. But then it didn't really matter either".

Nyu's eyebrow perched at this. Just as she was about to question this someone came into the room.

"Is everything OK in here?" asked Yukari.

Lucy's projection disappeared as Nyu then turned to face the child witch. "Yes, Kohta-kun slept soundly through the entire event".

Yukari gave a light chuckle at this. "Thank goodness everyone turned out OK".

The ditzy girl nodded at this, "so the perpetrator was really part of the half-breeds group?"

"Yes, but thanks to the efforts of Tsukune-san and Moka-san she was caught and everyone was freed from her spell. Thankfully there were no deaths and injuries were relatively minor. So all the victims pulled through rather well".

"In good time" as Nyu gave a strained chuckle. "If it were a moment later then I could have been killed".

"Then thank goodness to that as well" happily nodded Yukari. "But you also helped them by holding off the main hoard which bought time for both Tsukune-san and Moka-san". The child witch then looked up as something caught her eye. "Did Kohta-san just move?"

The ditzy girl looked to her side to see that the tanned youth was indeed moving. Her eyes glowed ecstatically to his revival. "Kohta-kun! Thank goodness that you're awake now!"

Kohta grumbled a bit as he started sitting up. He then held his face as he tried to rub the weariness from his eyes.

Nyu happily took his hand as she looked to his face. "Are you feeling better now Kohta-kun?"

The tanned youth slowly opened his eyes as his focus began to clear up. As he started becoming fully conscious, he turned to look to the person holding his hand to which his grip started to get tighter.

"Oww, Kohta-kun you're hurting me" said Nyu as she grimaced at feeling her hand being squeezed. She then looked back to look into Kohta's eyes which reflected something she had never seen before. "Kohta-kun?"

"It was your fault" his voice reflected venomously.

"What?" as Nyu was starting to get scared as she tried to move away.

"You killed them! You're the one who killed my family!"

To be continued . . . .

Author's notes: I hope this chapter was an OK read.

Now this is where everything is going to change.

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