Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Rosario Vampire. I am merely twisting the creator's vision into my own dream. If the supernatural, sexuality, or violence is offensive to you, then you should not read this.

Chapter 301

The Major realized that something was wrong before he ever reached the night club. It was like an itch between the shoulder blades. Something was nagging at him so he slowed his approach, letting his team of men hurry ahead. The police appeared to be close to equal in number to Tate no Kai and holding their ground. The Major's team would clearly put the numbers in Tate no Kai's favor, but something was still off.

The Major realized that the Police were too calm and organized. The members of Tate no Kai were worked up, and with what appeared to be an advantage over the opposition, were ready to put up a good fight. The Major came to a stop as two squads of Police appeared, spilling out of neighboring buildings that had appeared closed and dark. He had just a heartbeat to realize it had been a trap, again, when the new arrivals set up a wall of riot shields behind his men.

It was a trap, but the major saw a chance to salvage the night. The police making the shield wall had their back to him. He was far enough back from the action that he was hidden in the night and shadows. The Major saw that he could strike at their back. He considered the glass bottles he was carrying. He could light and throw the first one, and chuck a second after it, and possible light a couple of the police officers on fire. If that worked, he might even be able to get to a few of them as they panicked. He might be able to create an opening for some of his men to escape. If he could hurt the police enough, the night could still be counted as a victory.

These thoughts flashed through the Major's mind in an instant. The idea of striking at the backs of men, possibly killing them, made him smile. He even felt excited enough at the thought to take a step forward.

"That's far enough," A voice came from almost right behind the Major.

"Who's..." The Major spun about, catching site of a person walking up quietly. Also hidden by shadows, the kappa had no way of knowing who it was. "I don't know who you are, but interfering with Tate no Kai is a mistake."

"I don't think so," The man said. "You are just a gang looking to cause trouble, and I am here to help put a stop to it."

"You can't stop me," The Major growled. "My men are going to do a number on your friends, but I am going to tear you apart."

"I don't think so," The mystery man said whit a dry laugh. "You're just another blind follower who's going to be made to pay for what you've done."

"Hah!" The Major crowed with ego driven confidence, ignoring how close the stranger had gotten to him. "I am one of the leaders of Tate no Kai. I am the one that others follow. I am the Major!"

"You are the Major?" The man questioned as he reached under his coat.

"So you've heard of me," The Kappa smirked. He saw the man reaching for something and readied himself for a fight, confident that he could cripple or kill any man the police could send against him.

"Oh I have heard of you," The man said as he pulled out a slip of paper. The slip of paper almost glowed in the shadows, with its black markings appearing almost alive on its surface as it fluttered in the man's hand. "More than that, I have been looking for you. It's kind of fitting that I am going to bring you down at last. And this time, I am not going to let you slink away to cause more trouble."

"Who are you?" The Major demanded. That slip of paper was pulling at his attention in an uncomfortable way."

"You know who I am," The man said as he took hold of the slip of paper with both hands. "You and I have meant before, after all." He ripped the seal in half, breaking its enchantment. As the energy of the seal faded the shadows around him seemed to evaporate.

"I am the Captain," Tsukune said with a feral grin.

"Y-y-y-y-y-you!?" The kappa stuttered out a scream of disbelief. "You!" the second shout was an accusation. "I'm going to kill you!" He threw the bottle in his hand at the man in front of him.

Tsukune dodged the bottle effortlessly and it shattered harmlessly somewhere behind him.

The kappa was livid with rage. The boy that had humiliated him and beat him again and again in school was right there, ruining his plans again. Again! Filled with the power of his anger, he shed his human form, and with his claws out stretched, he rushed at the boy who had become a man.

Tsukune side-stepped the rush, turning to keep watch of his opponent. As the kappa rushed by, he snapped out a weak kick that hit the creature in the hip and made him stumbled. With the charm removed, he was free to take the measure of the self declared major of Tate no Kai while consciously suppressing his own youki.

"Give it up," Tsukune said. "You are just a thug. No more than an animal and half as smart."

"Damn you," The Major sneered. "I'm strong enough to kill you." He took a swipe at Tsukune's face, which was blocked harmlessly.

"You couldn't kill rat," Tsukune taunted, trying to provoke his opponent's ego.

"I'm going to kills you," The kappa insisted. "Thens I am going to kills some more policemen."

"As if you ever killed anybody before," Tsukune taunted with a show of indifference.

"I killed the ones that busted up my apartment," The Major announced. "And I know I've gotten a few with the fires I've set."

"Oh, I am so glad I get to bust you for those murders," Tsukune growled. It was just the kind of confession he was looking for.

"You don't have the guts," The angry youkai spat.

The kappa saw Tsukune start to take a step forward, and then the world was sent spinning. He was aware of the side of his face hurting, and he remembered hearing a smack. As he looked up at the night sky, he realized that he had been slapped.

Slapped! He had not been punched or kicked, but slapped! His anger made him nearly insane as he scrambled back on to his feet. He saw his enemy standing in front of him. He saw the human that had infiltrated the school so many years ago and ruined everything. He looked at Tsukune and remembered every beating he had taken from him.

The kappa felt his hate burning in his gut as he turned and started to run away. A loud crack, like a gunshot, split the air. The youkai felt something grab his ankle and pull backwards. He went down, smacking his face on the street even as his ankle burned with pain. The fall had knocked the wind out of him, but he didn't dare wait to recover. Trying to regain his feet sent a sharp agony all the way up his leg. His ankle was broken.

"You and I are going to have a little talk," Tsukune said in a hard voice. His foot came down hard between the Kappa's shoulders, keeping his chest pinned to the ground.

"To hell with you," The Major spat as he clawed at the ground, trying to find the leverage to escape.

"You are going to tell me where to find the leader of Tate no Kai," Tsukune stated. "And then you are going to pay for the lives you destroyed."

"You can't do anything to make me betray the general," The kappa wheezed. The weight on his back was making it hard to breath.

"I can and I will," Tsukune declared. "You do not have any choice."

"The General would kill me if I talked," The broken major declared.

"You do not have to worry about him," Tsukune growled.

"You think he won't get to me in jail?" Challenged the youkai.

"You are so wrong about so many things," Tsukune said with a shake of his head. "You forgot who I am."

"You're just some..." The kappa began.

"I am one of those that broke the power of the outcast Akashya," Tsukune reminded the toady under his foot. "I was there to help Anti-Thesis fail. I was among those that stood up and shut down Fairy Tail. I am the one that killed the man that tortured a woman I love! I was the one that was made into a killer because scum like you wanted to use and abuse without any regard for the lives of others." He lashed out with Tetsu Odari and shattered the kappa's right elbow.

The youkai screamed out in pain. It was a noise lost in the night because a hundred meters away Tate no Kai thugs were clashing with the police. Shouts were echoing between the buildings.

"You are going to tell me everything you know,"Tsukune declared flatly. "Because you don't want to live long enough to find out what will happen to you if you don't."

"You don..." The argument was cut off in another scream as a knee was destroyed.

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The broken major was still laying in the street minutes later. All he could do was moan in pain. One eye was swollen closed. The fingers of his left hand were smashed. Even if the pain didn't keep him from crawling away, Tsukune's foot on the back of his neck was keeping him pinned in place.

Tanaka Ito saw the battered, ugly kappa on the pavement and felt sick to his stomach. The thugs had been corralled and arrested. The police had suffered no worse than a few lacerations in the scuffle. When it was clear that the fight was over, the police lieutenant had called Tsukune to see how his people had fared.

"This is the one?" Tanaka asked as he approached. He tried to not look too long at the thing on the ground. Instead he focused on the young man he had come to trust and respect.

"Yes," Tsukune answered, looking like he was angry and trying not to be physically sick at the same time. "He confessed to the killings himself."

"Well that makes things simpler," Tanaka nodded. He stole another look down. "But it might be hard to get the conviction to stick with him looking like he's been tortured."

"It doesn't work that way," Tsukune shook his head.

"Excuse me?" Tanaka questioned. "He's a murder. Under the law, he get a trial."

"This is different," Tsukune explained. "This isn't a man who just broke the law. He is a youkai who's killed people who were only doing their jobs. If he goes to jail, he will heal, eventually, and become too strong to keep locked up. He will kill again."

"All the more reason..." Tanaka pressed.

"This is not a person," Tsukune cut off the older man. "This is an animal that has gone feral. This is an animal that is endangering everyone."

"But still," Tanaka's sense of morals didn't like where Tsukune was leading. "There are laws."

"Fine," Tsukune growled. "Then how about this. He is a kappa. A monster out of the oldest history of Japan, so he can face the oldest form of law."

"What are you talking about?" Ito questioned.

"Simple, old fashion law," Tsukune said as he let his youki swell. As his energy filled him and radiated out, he could feel the life energy all around him. He detected Inair and her team, all of whom were youkai that were loyal to him. Pushing his awareness out to his limits, Tsukune could feel the spirits of people and of things in the area that might have been human once, and others that had never been.

"I own land," Tsukune declared. "I rent some of it out, making me a land lord. More than that, there are those that are sworn to my service. They are sworn to obey me. By the oldest traditions of man and youkai, I am a lord. Dusk, when the light of day and the dark of night mix together, that is where I have been forced to live. On the balancing edge is where I have chosen to exist."

"That boundary is my domain," Tsukune stated flatly. " I am Aono Tsukune, Hakumei Omo, and I pronounce this kappa to be a nothing but a wild beast, guilty of killing for no reason but its own enjoyment. Further, it has tried to harm those under my protection and declared its intention to inflict more suffering. For these crimes, the sentence is death."

Tsukune trod down on the kappa's neck with all of his weight and strength. The sounds of bones snapping wetly could be clearly heard. The youkai's body spasmed briefly before going still. When Tsukune lifted his foot, what breath that was left in the body escaped in a bubbling sigh. The collection of fluid in the top of its head, oozed out, resembling the scum that collected in disused drains.

Tanaka Ito felt his stomach want to rebel at the sight. The brutal killing made him question Tsukune's humanity. A small part of him even wondered if his maid or his son-in-law might have some darkness he should be afraid of.

At the same time he felt repulsed by what he had witnessed, Ito knew he could not condemn his friend. The logic of Tsukune's decision had real truth behind it. In a very real way, Tsukune had been protecting the greater good.

Tanaka hated to admit it, but he was also feeling a touch of satisfaction with what had happened. The creature on the ground had killed police men. Just a hundred meters away there was a large team of dedicated and professional police officers that would feel better knowing that the one that had killed some of their own was no longer poisoning Japan with his presence.

"Excuse me," Tsukune said in a gruff voice, breaking Tanaka's train of thought.

Tsukune crouched beside the remains in the street and gave it a once over. He emptied the pockets of the body's clothes, finding two more bottles of gasoline. One of them was broken. The other still had the rag stuffed in place. A good lighter was also pulled out, along with a wallet and a cell phone. Once he was satisfied that there was nothing useful left, Tsukune picked up the body.

Tanaka watched Tsukune carry the body over to the cover of a sewer pipe. He pulled it open and jammed the body down into the hole in the street. He knelt over the whole for a moment, and then vomited violently. When he was done, he closed the sewer back up again. After taking a moment to recover himself, Tsukune returned to where Tanaka was waiting.

"Inari and her team are waiting with the men they caught," Tsukune said, trying to project a sense of calm as he damped down on his youki. "If you want to send some officers to take custody, my people and I will leave the rest of this to you."

"Thank you for your help tonight," Tanaka said with a nod. "And Tsukune?"

"Yes?" Tsukune replied.

"Thank you for that to," Ito gestured to the blood spatter on the street where the kappa had died. "You were right, so you shouldn't let it eat at you too much." Tanaka had felt some relief that his friend had been sick over what had happened.

"Even killing an animal should not be taken too lightly," Tsukune sighed. "That bear that Ageah told you about... I had to kill it for almost the same reason. It was a danger to others, but I still felt bad about it."

"Did you get his name?" Tanaka asked.

"No," Tsukune shook his head. "I never knew his name before, and it would be too much of an honor for him to be remembered anyway."

Tanaka only nodded as Tsukune turned and walked away.