A Double Dosage Times a Thousand
Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario Vampire or any part of its franchise. I would also like to thank lord of the land of fire for giving me permission to write this.
This is a sequel to The Unsealed Vampire story by lord of the land of fire and The Unsealed Vampire: Tsukune's Revenge by yours truly.
Let's hear it for our favorite duo of female vampires with a Rosario sealing them inside the same body. Okay, I know, there aren't many vampires in that situation but, as promised, this chapter is completely Moka centered.
There could be a few mistakes here and there, I'm just too tired and lazy to find them and correct them.
On the upside, I didn't take that long to update, did I?
Now that I am done wasting your time with author's notes, let us move on to the main attraction.
Enjoy:
He was going to take a beating when he got back, Inner Moka would make sure of that. How dare he leave without even saying goodbye. She probably wouldn't have allowed him to leave but that was no reason for not telling either her or her Outer self.
Then again, he had been acting strangely for the last week, he kept trying to dodge her. What infuriated her the most was that she could do nothing about it. As long as she was locked away by the Rosario, she was powerless to act in the outside world. Though she was thankful that it had created an Outer persona that alleviated the pain of being alone, it was hindering the well being of her relationship with her soul mate which aggravated her beyond measure.
She was quick to tell her Other persona that she should be chasing after Tsukune once they had broken into his room and realized he had backed a bag and left, love just had a funny way of making you forget what was legal and what wasn't. Problem was they had no idea where he was, what he had in mind or even how long he had been gone.
What could they do? Go out into the world and search around the globe blindly? He could have been anywhere in either the monster or human world, a needle in a haystack couldn't even come close to comparing with those odds.
There still was one way to locate his whereabouts which Outer Moka was considering despite the fact that she would be letting go of her vampire pride and commit the unthinkable for her kind: admit that she was in over her head and ask a stronger being for help. Said stronger being happened to be the one and only Chairman of Yokai Academy. Of course, pride had never really been an issue for her, love for Tsukune far outweighed any semblance of pride she might ever have possessed. It did help that she never really had that trait to begin with.
Though Inner Moka did have a stronger sense of pride, it too had surrendered to love a long time ago, putting her in the exact same position Outer Moka was in. It desperately tried to stave off the inevitable by having her convince her Outer counterpart to pursue all other leads before asking for help but it was a futile fight and its grip on Inner Moka wavered by the micro-second.
And so Moka sped up towards the Chairman's office, ignoring quizzical looks thrown at her by the passing boy populace returning to their dorms, some had begun openly weeping once they realized from which room she had come from. Inner Moka couldn't help but see her esteem of these worms dwindle even further if it was all possible at this point. They hadn't even been perceptive enough to notice that Tsukune hadn't been coming to school lately? In a proper world, they should have been bowing down to him and seeing to his every whims after proving how superior he was over all of them, they should have noticed that the best one among them had disappeared. Then again, this wasn't a perfect world. If it were, Tsukune would have been born into nobility instead of having to climb the ladders with only blood and sweat to help him along. Although, perhaps that was why Tsukune was so worthy in the first place. He made it from virtually nothing and became one of the greatest forces she had ever witnessed. He would never had obtained such courage if not for his upbringing. So how much of it was he born with and how much had forged into him during his life? It didn't matter, Tsukune was Tsukune and she going to rectify the position he had been cast into by Nature.
By the time she had finishing musing the thought over in her incorporeal head, the crowd had cleared and Moka was sprinting along the cute and quaint school pass that led through one of the many graveyards to the school building complex. A air was deftly still, an aura of foreboding even more oppressive than usual was encircling the school as though a gathering of strong beings was about to occur at any instant. Did the Mokas perceive this change in atmosphere? Nothing could give that away since they both focused on how to deal with the Exorcist, any other thought would have been but a fleeting figment inside the fabric of their consciousness.
The dim rays of the sun set themselves upon her eternally young and beautiful face, as if a direct challenge to the preconceptions of mortals about vampires and the nasty effects of the Sun. The reflections set off by the red gem in the Rosario provided an equally mocking destruction of another one of the misconceptions of humans. That, of course, concurs with her upbringing in her early teens at a monastery. Quite the interesting contradiction of common vampire knowledge among Mankind.
The poetry of that moment was lost on the pair of vampires now leaving the dirt path and arriving into the clearing surrounding the building, the dead trees now gave way to yellow and dying grass. Moka continued past the open area and entered the now nearly deserted building, it was after hours and even the staff disliked staying near the Chairman's presence any longer than they had to which explained it's near total vacancy.
She arrived before the Chairman's assistant and stated that she wished to speak to the Headmaster concerning urgent matters. Ruby nodded before letting her pass into the grand office the head of the school occupied. Said head of the school was staring straight at the new arrival with his glowing eyes that seemed to grow in intensity as she approached the desk he was sitting at. The same grin was there and almost looked as though it was threatening to split his face.
Before Outer Moka could explain what brought her here, the Exorcist brought up a hand to silence the child so that he may be the one to initiate the conversation. What he said seconds after only half surprised the Mokas. "Good evening, Miss Akashiya. I know why you are here and I'm afraid I cannot help you with what you seek."
The grin gave it away and Inner Moka couldn't help but groan, he was playing with her Outer self and she was none the wiser to his tricks. Sure enough, the shakiness in Moka's voice started and betrayed the fear that was mounting within her. "Please, there must be something you can do to find him."
To both Mokas surprise, the Exorcist broke into laughter. This was too funny for the elder monster, Inner Moka was not at all as please as he was. The explanation he gave only served to worsen her already foul mood. "You misunderstand, I know exactly where he is. Well, where he will be, anyways. However, I think it would be best if you focused a little less on Tsukune, for now at least."
Indignation quickly overtook Moka and her fear immediately dissipated, her reply sounded half way between an angry reply and a growl. "And why is that?" Inner Moka was just wondering the exact same question, only she would have voiced it with a little more colorful vocabulary to show her disapproval.
"Because while Mister Aono is out in the world doing what he has to do, you won't be sitting idly by. That goes for the both of you." Before Moka could even try and understand what he had said, the Exorcist reached out across the desk and touch Moka on the forehead. The result was a burst of light followed by the disappearance of the two. They had seemingly vanished into thin air.
The place they appeared at was quite different from the office where they previously were. The place was an open stretch of land which was teeming with life, sounds of the wildlife could be heard in the distance. A large ocean and and an imposing cliff was on one side, the other edge of the clear open area saw itself disappear into a large forest that stretched out further than the eye could see. Outer Moka was trying to figure out where she was, this couldn't be the Academy. Her first clue was that the grass was green and the plants practically looked alive here. Inner Moka was one step ahead of nicer alter ego and had already realized they were no longer on Earth, several strange planets seemed to be rotating around this plane so that only left one explanation: this was another dimension.
"Welcome to Paradise." The Exorcist calmly spoke as he waved his hand around to show this marvel of magic, he was now standing next to her. "This, as I'm sure you've guessed, is an alternate dimension. It was created by us Dark Lords in order to protect close to extinct species and to conduct certain experiments and ceremonies away from prying eyes."
As impressed as Moka was with this place, she had to inquire about something he had just said. Curiosity always was her shortcoming along with her unwavering kindness. "What do you mean by experiments and ceremonies?"
The Exorcist chuckled at the inquiry, this was going to be interesting. "Let me show you." Both began walking a fairly long distance in complete and total silence. Inner Moka kept pestering her other persona to ask about Tsukune but Outer Moka wanted to see what he was going to show her, she promised herself she would ask after she found out why she was here.
They finally came upon a large western castle dug into a mountain, the imposing edifice was eerily close to looking like the Shuzen family castle. However, what really struck Moka was the amount of power that radiated from the castle. It could only mean one thing, at least one other Dark Lord was here. And seeing as how she was accompanied by the Headmaster, she was inclined to believe that energy was her mother's.
The two entered the castle and went directly to where the throne room should have been in a conventional castle. In lieu of a throne, there was a simple marble table with something on it covered by a whit sheet. Sure enough, Akasha Bloodriver was standing right next to the peculiar table and what was upon it and offered up her greatest and her most genuine smile to her now arriving daughter. She moved to meet the two and hug her daughter.
The embrace lasted for a minute before Akasha pulled back and greeted the two properly. "Welcome, I hope you two had a pleasant trip here."
The chuckle from the headmaster still was just as unsettling despite the presence of such a comforting figure nearby. "Yes, the beasts were more docile than usual, to my astonishment. Then again, I suspect you had a hand in that, Akasha."
The accused Dark Lord smiled in an embarrassed manner, caught red handed, it would seem. Instead of dwelling upon that recent incident, Akasha urged the two to approach the marble table. It was definitely out of place in such a location and the white sheet on top of it was just as off. However, another detail caught her eye, the sheet took on a very human like figure, whatever it was covering look like a sleeping body.
Unwilling to let the suspense last, Akasha hastily took the sheet off and revealed what it was covering. The up until then covered object came into view which prompted the Exorcist to laugh and the two Mokas to stand there astounded at what they were seeing. Before them laid an exact copy of Outer Moka complete with the pink hair, school uniform and Rosario attached to a choker surrounding her neck. There was absolutely no difference between the copy and original as she rapidly noticed. What the hell was going on here?
"I wanted to keep this as a surprise for obvious reasons, could you just imagine what kind of fit Gyokuro would have... I mean your mother-in-law would have thrown if she found out beforehand? She'll be mad but this way it will be done before she can interfere." The joyous tone Akasha had was borderline ecstatic right now.
Moka, on the other hand, didn't know what to think and every time she tried to process what was before her, her mind came up blank. Something just wasn't computing and Inner Moka was having just as much trouble understand. So, her only answer was to point at it, or her, in shock and ask with a bit of apprehension. "What is that/"
Akasha looked back at the body for a second before it clicked, Moka didn't understand what this was going to be used for. On top of that, it must've been quite shocking to witness something like that without being prepared or warned about what she was going to see. Akasha mentally chastised herself a bit before laying her daughters fears about the inanimate clone to rest. "It's going to be your new body, darling."
The sing song voice of her mother still wasn't soothing her concerns: Was something wrong with this body? Did the seal degenerate and was killing this body slowly enough for her not to notice? This was all to confusing for poor Outer Moka and her facial expressions were letting that fact be known to her mother who promptly went on with her explanation.
She gently laid a hand on her daughter's shoulder in a show of comfort and began. "Ever since I woke up and realized that Alucard had been defeated, I've been trying to rectify the injustice I force on the both of you, my dear daughters." She allowed a pause to let this much sink in. "Since you two souls have been forced to live inside a same body, I have been working to create a separate body so that neither of you would be forced to be sealed away ever again."
The two Mokas were even more astonished, they were going to each be able to live in autonomy. They had both long feared the possibility that one of them would disappear if the seal were ever to malfunction, now that fear could finally be laid to rest. Not only that but they could actually meet face to face for the first time, get to know each other a bit better. Live just as twin sisters usually did. They could even be able to love without the other getting in the... Oh crap.
Naturally, who would they think of first if not the dashing brown haired boy they had both fallen head over heels for. How would this shape their relationship. They were okay to share him while they were in the same body but what about now? Who would he pick? Could he even be able to pick? This was definitely going to get complicated. However, they would have time to discus the matter more fully later on. For now, the prospect of being separated and finally meeting each other face to face took precedence. What would they say to each other? Hey, how's it going? I've been living with you for, oh, say, over half a decade. Wait, would it even be awkward? After all, no one knew them better than the other so this wasn't going to be like meeting a complete stranger after all. It would definitely be odd but they would be able to learn how to cope.
By the time the two had finished thinking about what was to occur, an identical marble table had appeared right next to clone body. Said clone body seemed to be fast asleep or in a coma, so that's what a body without a soul looked like. Without further instruction required, Outer Moka laid down on the table and closed her eyes. She could hear chanting in the background and an incredible amount of magic overwhelm her before she felt like she was being ripped away from someone else, most probably Inner Moka. Once that feeling had subsided, she fell into a deep slumber filled with peaceful dreams with her beloved. The same happened to the other Moka.
When Outer Moka finally came too, she felt the comfortable sensation of a warm bed surrounding and resolved herself to staying asleep for a little while longer. She just didn't feel like getting up today. To top it all off, her memories of yesterday were fuzzy. The best she could do, she convinced herself, was to enjoy the comfort of this lovely bed while she comfortably remembered what happened. The inevitable outcome soon ensued.
In no time flat after she came up with that course of action, a soft chuckle of a quite familiar voice made itself heard. "Come on, wake up." Her Inner self called out to her. "You've got a long day ahead of you."
The reply was always the same at this point. 'Please just let me sleep a little more, 5 minutes and I'll be up." She begged to her Inner self. She had long since taken the habit of talking out loud to her Inner self whenever they were alone.
"Oh really? Does this mean you don't feel like meeting me face to face like you wanted to yesterday?" The silver haired vampire teased. "Tsk tsk tsk, and here I thought you would value that above your sleep but oh well, I'll leave you to your slumber." Outer Moka shot upright faster than the eye could see only to be met with her alter ego leaning against the doorway of a very luxurious room with her arms crossed and a mocking smile on her lips.
Outer Moka felt her head was spinning. It had worked, it had actually worked. Her memories of what happened yesterday all rushed back and she could only stare dumbfounded at her other self looking back at her.
The immediate question that went through her mind was the following. "Who kept the original body?" At that question, Inner Moka frowned slightly before answering.
"Mother refused to tell me, saying she was afraid it might make one of us feel less important than the other." She merely brushed it off with a small shrug and went back to studying her counterpart who finally got out of bed. "Cute pajamas, or absence of."
That immediately brought a blush to Outer Moka's face as she realized she was completely naked. She located her uniform neatly folded on a chair in the corner and went to put it on. After she had done so, she realized she had no reason to have been so embarrassed. This was herself and she had seen her naked more times than could be counted. Her face morphed into a cute pout as her Inner persona's mocking grin wider, she fell for that one hook, line and sinker.
After she had gotten dressed, she noticed that her alter ego didn't change a bit: still had that same silver hair, those crimson eyes despite the fact that she was wearing a Rosario like the one dangling from her neck. Actually, now that she looked a bit more closely, she realized her red eyes were now longer slitted, replaced by two normal pupils. Was that the manifestation of their power? Through slit pupils?
Inner Moka knew exactly what her Outer self had noticed and instead dismissed her observations by informing her that their mother was currently waiting for them in throne room. Both made their way through several empty corridors and stairs before arriving in the equally luxurious, albeit, slightly less deserted throne room since Akasha was waiting for them on a newly appeared throne. As soon as they came into view, she rushed off her seat and went to meet them, careful to hug them each for no less than 2 minutes.
Once that was done, they were free to discuss things here and there. They walked through a courtyard located in the center of the castle grounds. As they suspected, the place had been modeled after castle Shuzen when Paradise was created by the Dark Lords. And as it turned out, this was no ordinary castle, this was the meeting place for the Dark Lords whenever an important event was to take place. One such event was about to occur and the Mokas were informed that this concerned them directly which was why they were still obligated to stay for a little while at the castle.
The inevitable question about their power came up, what happened to it? Was it split up when they were divided? Did one of them take all the power and the other was left with nothing? The answer was none of the above. In essence, when the clone body had been created, it was an exact replica of Moka's body, made from strands of Moka's DNA. Hence the reason why Akasha had to swipe off a few strands of hair during parents day. From these few locks of hair, the whole body had been recreated, right down to the amount of power Moka possessed in her Inner, unsealed form. The only difference now was that Inner Moka would be able to experience what it was like to be without power and her Outer persona would know what it felt like to have power.
The final concerns about the seals were cast away when Akasha explained that she modified the two seals while they were both sound asleep so that they would be able to remove them at will just as Tsukune could. All in all, it was a pretty good deal.
All that was left to do now was to wait for the two other Dark Lords to return to the castle and inform the Shuzen clan of the latest development concerning Moka. However, there still was one major source of concern: How to tell the two apart when speaking? That answer was quite easy, they would simply have to refer to the as they did to each other. (A/N: I'm sorry for doing this but I will refer to Inner and Outer by the Japanese equivalents because it sounds better, I will no be making a habit of introducing Japanese to an English story) Hence, they were from then on to be known as Moka Ura Akashiya and Moka Omote Akashiya.
The call to the Shuzen household was actually interesting. At first, maid picked it up who immediately recognized the voice of lady Akasha and passed it on to Issa Shuzen as soon as she had found him. Akasha then explained what had just happened to Issa who simply acquiesced at the new change and insisted on hearing from both his daughters. Under normal circumstances, he would have been furious to not have been kept in the loop but he could never find it in him to stay mad at a member of his own family. Especially when it was one of his wives, that was his great weakness, his Achilles heel if you will.
By the time Lord Shuzen ended the call and went on to inform the rest of the family, two new auras could be sensed in the distance. The Dark Lords were here and they seemed ready to get down to business seeing as how they didn't even try and restrain their aura, the air had become close to suffocating.
The three Shuzen family members waited for them at the throne room. After a short greeting, the three Dark Lords all turned to face the two Mokas. Omote was a slight bit tense while Ura casually crossed her arms and waited for an explanation. She didn't ave to wait long at all for the answer she waited for.
The Exorcist opened by asking them if they knew why they were here which very much irritated Ura, he was playing with them again. Of course he knew they didn't know what they were still here for, so she merely kept her arms crossed and refused to be baited into the Exorcist's trap by answering. Omote was not as analytical about the situation and went to reply that they did not. That action earned her a death glare on behalf of her counterpart that caused her to shiver at the rise in killing intent directed at her.
She shook it off just in time as Lord Fuhai began to speak in order to better explain why they had been summoned before the dark Lords. "In light of the power you wield and the recent separation you two have undergone as well as your leanings towards coexistence between monsters and humans. We, the Dark Lords, officially invite you, Moka Omote Akashiya and Moka Ura Akashiya, daughters of Lord Issa Shuzen and Lady Akasha Bloodriver, to enter into the fold and become the fourth and fifth Dark Lords. What say you?"
They weren't expecting that at all. They both looked at each other in bewilderment before turning back to the Dark Lord to make sure he had just said what they think he had said. Though Ura had enough control to simply raise an eyebrow to mark her puzzlement, Omote's jaw had almost literally dropped. A quick look at their mother who was beaming with joy showed them that had to answer positively. Any other answer would likely to have been ignored completely or thoroughly disapproved of, not that either of them could even phantom refusing such an offer that only few could ever even dream of.
The answer was a resounding yes that left no room for error, the Exorcist's chuckle became louder and more obnoxious while still retaining it's hint of dread and gloom. Touhou Fuhai nodded as he went on to rip off the Rosarios around the two Mokas necks. And Akasha smiled and nearly came to tears on the spot.
"In that case." The Dark Lord in charge of the mafia continued. "You two are to remain here until you ascend to the rank of Dark Lord by growing in strength and power." Though both were anxious about going back to their search for Tsukune, they realized they wouldn't have any luck finding him just yet so might as well train to be a better match for him and even possibly obtain enough power to locate him.
However, the Dark Lord wasn't quite done yet. "The Dark Lord in charge of your training will be Akasha Bloodriver, Paradise will be your training ground and you shall not be allowed to leave until you have ascended to the mantle of Dark Lord. Good training." And with that, Both Mikogami and Fuhai vanished into thin air, leaving only the three Shuzens in the throne room.
Akasha insisted on hugging her daughters once more before they left for their first series of exercises and training. This had just gotten a whole lot more interesting in a very short amount of time.
