Chapter 6: Fish Food
Damn, even though she's scary, that Moka is pretty as well… Tsukune thought, remembering the other Moka and also the punch he had to block, which still hurt him a tiny bit now. He had been walking with Moka and both of them hadn't said anything since they'd met up, but Moka decided to break the silence.
"Tsukune… you'd still like me even if it was the other me, right?" Moka asked shyly, her hands reaching towards her own chest in a cute manner.
"Of course I will!" Tsukune replied in a slightly excited manner.
"Even if you're a bit scary, even if you suck my blood, Moka-san is Moka-san to me, so it's alright," Tsukune continued with a smile & small blush.
"Good morning!" said a familiar voice from in front of them- it was Kurumu.
"Tsukune-kun, I baked some cookies, won't you eat them with me?" she asked with an enthusiastic smile.
"Huh? Why me?" Tsukune asked in reply, confused at the situation.
"Remember when I said I was searching for my life's one and only destined one?" Kurumu asked as she closed her eyes. "I've decided that it's Tsukune- you risked your life to protect me, so I've totally fallen for you," she said confessed with a blush as Tsukune also stood frozen, his hands pointing at himself in surprise.
Afterwards, they made their way into class, in spite of all the death stares and threats Tsukune got for being with two pretty girls. The teacher then informed them about joining the clubs at offer in the school, while suggesting the newspaper club because she herself was in that club. So they made their way to check out all the clubs, although personally, the only club Tsukune was interested in was the 'go home' club, or the newspaper club if he was really forced to. Unfortunately, the list of weird clubs increased as they walked by, with weirdoes trying to do 'phantom photography', or make love powder, and even a mummy and acupuncture club. Okay, so I'm definitely not joining any of those clubs- that's for sure! Tsukune said with a shake of the head.
"Oh, then what about the swimming club? Why don't we swim together? I'm the swimming club captain, Ichinose Tamao!" said a female voice from the side. Tsukune looked to see a slim, black-haired woman, who was wearing a shirt over her swimsuit.
"The swimming club is all female, so the ladies will pay extra attention to the boy who joins our club," she continued, putting her hands on his face.
Hearing this, a huge male population made their way to where they were and started cheering.
"Ohh, it's the swimming club!"
"Those swimsuits are hot, and so are the girls- I want to join!"
"Me tooo"
"I'm not letting Aono have all the fun, sign me up!"
All the boys crowded around as the swimming club girls took off their shirt and revealed their swimsuits. "Let's get swimming everyone!" someone shouted as everyone jumped into the waters. It was serene… for now.
"Moka, I don't really have any intention of swimming, and you probably don't since you're a vampire, soo let's go," Tsukune said with a faint smile as he pointed to the exit.
They both started to get up from their chairs, but the captain was quick to stop them. "Here you are, hurry up and come swim with us," she observed with her arms around Tsukune. He had to start moving back, as two more of the club girls moved in intent on getting him into the water. Using quick movement, and extreme precision, he managed to speed past both of them in a flash.
"Sorry, but swimming isn't really my thing, and I don't really like to be forced into anything," Tsukune replied in a stern voice but with a polite smile.
"I don't really want to be here…"
However, he could not react quickly enough as Captain Tamao tackled him into the water, just as he sensed that something was going wrong. "Don't think badly of us, luring men into the water and sucking their life energy… it is merely our way of life," the captain said as she plunged into the depths of the swimming pool.
What the fuck? There's something familiar about this… Tsukune thought with slight panic as he tried to rack up his mind for the answer. He turned in the water, his clothes and weapons feeling that bit heavier; then he found the answer. He saw a boy being grabbed by two girls as they both bit him… his body turning old. Oh shit… then these must be… mermaids…
"Isn't it wonderful?" the captain asked rhetorically as she jumped from the water, just like a marlin.
"You should just let us suck your life energy… we won't suck all of it away," the mermaids said as they started to chase the boys away. Tsukune turned and turned, trying to pinpoint the vibrations in the water, but there were too many to be able to distinguish.
"No need to panic, it's fine," arms grabbed his boy from behind.
"I've had my eyes set on you since the entrance ceremony, and I've been dreaming about you… your smell is just so delicious, just like a human," she said as she opened her mouth.
"I've always wanted to eat you up!"
Fearing for Tsukune's life, Moka jumped into the water, endangering her vampire self. "No Moka!" he shouted in horror as he saw the water react with sparks as Moka sank. Therefore, he quickly made his way to where he saw her sink. Forgive me, Moka… I should've protected you better, he said as he pulled the rosary, hoping it would wake her up.
Bright light exploded from the water as the water flew high up in all directions, supernatural energy emanated all around them. When the foam receded, there were the two figures of Tsukune & an unsealed Moka.
"I'm really sorry Moka, I should've noticed there was something weird about these girls," Tsukune said apologetically as he looked down. Moka merely nodded in reply.
"Alright, I'll take on the others, and you can take on the captain or something… it's my job to protect you after all," Tsukune said sheepishly as he started stretching out his arms and straightening the bandages around his arms.
"How dare you treat me like this? You low class fish," Moka spitted with vehemence as her anger flowed around her.
"I am not going to give up Tsukune-kun to someone like you, so why won't you get out the way? I've got a better idea- I'll get rid of you for good! This is our territory after all, we have the advantage," she stated with a smile as she snapped her fingers, the mermaids charging towards them on cue.
"I've got this…" Tsukune said as he jumped up from the water to engage the enemy, as the Captain herself decided to go for Moka. Tsukune had to dodge at least five arms flying out towards him as he parried the first strike, then jumped off the back of one mermaid, before delivering an incapacitating punch to another, causing a large shockwave to the water.
Moka on the other hand jumped fully upwards to avoid all the attacks.
"You're too slow- though you talk all tough, it seems you're totally weak. You're an easy target in mid air, so die now!" Tamao shouted with arrogance. But her face did not look too smug when the force of Moka's punch hit it dead on.
"To take the bait and be caught so simply… you have to be fish! Now realise your place!" Moka declared with anger as she kicked Tamao, sending her (and some others) flying. Meanwhile, Tsukune was done with all his opponents, with a pile of unconscious girls lying next to him.
"Moka-san, are you alright?" Tsukune came running over with a lot of worry written over his face.
"No I'm not, you have to protect me better than this Tsukune… I need rest," Moka stated with a tired look, walking away, slightly limping as the effects of the water started to manifest itself. Tsukune could not tell whether she was being serious about the first part or not.
A few days later and Moka had still not arrived; Tsukune was worried. This isn't good; she's been off for a few days now- I really need to get stronger, don't I? Tsukune said in his head as he clenched his fists.
"Have you decided to join a club yet?" a voice said from next to him.
"No I haven't, Nekonome-sensei," Tsukune replied in a monotonous voice.
"Splendid, then I wonder if you and Akashiya-san would like to join my club? The newspaper club- nobody has joined so it might close down," the cat teacher replied, her hands clasped together.
Sounds like a quiet and calm club… one where others won't attack me, Tsukune considered with a sigh of relief.
"That's great, I'll join the club as well- morning Tsukune!" the voice of Moka said, surprising Tsukune.
"I thought you weren't coming back Moka-san!" Tsukune stated with a voice filled with worry.
"I kinda slept the whole time for rejuvenation…heh," Moka said with a sheepish smile as she started to scratch the back of her head.
"That's newspaper club for both of you then, right?" the teacher said as she bought out a banner introducing them to the club.
"I'm also joining too!" shouted an enthusiastic Kurumu as she stuck her hands up into the air.
Hey everyone, hope you like this chapter. It's slightly altered from the original chapter, but I did it so that it fits more with Tsukune's changed character. Theres also a lot of speech in this chapter so I apologise if this chapter was boring. I'll release another chapter this weekend, so see you then. Please review if you can, thanks for reading!