Volume 5
Abominable Snowman
Kōmura Nazo says:
When we last left this climactic battle off, Rupert had just begun forming a friendship with Tsuki and his friends; however, upon his return to the Witch's Knoll, his master, Lord Oyakata, accused him of treason and attempted to kill him. Tsuki and the gang arrived to save Rupert. During the battle, Mako's vampire form was awoken to take care of Lord Oyakata. Will he succeed? Let's find out! WHEE!
"Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Do not take me lightly, boy..." Lord Oyakata groaned as he got up. Holding up the book, he was suddenly swarmed by a pack of Hanabake. "I have lived for over a hundred years...so I'll show you my TRUE strength...and make you RUE the day you tried to defy me!" Eventually, the pack turned into some sort of black, ginormous, blob-looking monster.
"*TSK* Seems like this idiot won't understand shit until he dies," the silver-haired vampire thought.
"Oh god! Oyakata-sama can't be doing what I think he's doing," thought Rupert. "OYAKATA-SAMA! NO! YOU MUSN'T! STOP! PLEASE!"
*BOOM*
Everybody shielded their faces with their arms; as the smoke died down, they discovered Lord Oyakata on top of a giant, merged Hanabake monster.
"MASTER! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" cried the horrified biker wizard.
"Nothing can stop me, Rupert!" hissed Lord Oyakata. "I hate humans! I will destroy them! And this god-forsaken city! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE!"
"HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!" screamed Kumaru.
"EEK! LOOK OUT!" Tsuki noticed the monster thrusting it's claw down onto them.
The teens barely avoided the attack.
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH!" Lord Oyakata appeared in the mouth of the monster.
"Master, how could you use the Vomagashin spell?" thought Rupert in horror; he had escaped as well but was watching the battle while floating in the air. He looked down at the teenagers that stared up at the monster. "PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO STOP HIM! YOU HAVE TO STOP MY MASTER!"
"Back off, you teary-eyed bitch!" yelled Mako from down below; the left side of his pants were torn, exposing his briefs.
"MAKO-SAN!" cried Tsuki.
"You too, babe, stay the hell out of my way!"
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH! Are you really that determined to kill me? After witnessing my new form?" asked Lord Oyakata
"HMPH! My mother once told me, 'There are fates worse than death.""
*SLAM* *CRACK*
Mako was suddenly knocked into a tree by a tentacle.
Avoiding the huge explosion, Kumaru pulled Tsuki and Yukinari into the air.
"Ugh!" Mako tried to get up after enduring the direct hit; now his shirt was torn, exposing his pecs and abs.
"I have to admit, I didn't think you'd be able to survive an actual hit like that...unless..." Upon closer inspection, Lord Oyakata noticed the silver-haired boy's blood-red eyes. "NOW I get it: that hair, those eyes...you're a Shinso Vampire...the most powerful form of vampire, the race that even actual MONSTERS fear the most! So interesting...I need that power...I WANT it...THAT POWER WILL BE MINE!"
"GO TO HELL! MY POWER WILL NEVER BE YOURS!" Moka charged by the monster and leapt into the air. "KNOW YOUR PLACE, BITCH!"
*BAM*
Mako landed a direct hit to Lord Oyakata's face with a heavy kick...but some vines wrapped themselves wrapped around his arms and legs. "GAH! WHAT'S GOING ON! GET OFF ME! LET ME GO!" He tried to break free, but to no avail. "Dammit! I scored a direct hit, but his face is too goddamn gooey, and he didn't even flinch! Are my physical attacks really useless against him?"
"Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh...I'll admit, that actually DID hurt, but NOT enough to beat me! And I forgot to mention: my magic doesn't just enlarge my body, but also my strength!"
*STAB* *STAB* *STAB* *STAB*
The four tentacles impaled themselves into the silver-haired vampire's skin, and then grew bigger. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO ME, YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH?!" the Shinso Vampire screamed in pain.
"Why, I'm absorbing your power! This body of mine allows me to 'combine' with other organisms and make it mine! This is my ultimate spell: Vomagashin! With this power, I can absorb humans that can't do anything but reproduce!"
"MAKO-SAN!" Tsuki tearfully cried in the air.
"Tsuki! NO! If we get too close, we'll be absorbed as well!" yelled Kumaru.
"This is terrible! Even the invisible Mako-san can't defeat him~desu!" cried Yukinari.
All they could was watch in horror as Lord Oyakata absorbed Mako's power, weakening the vampire. "Ah yes! The power...the ULTIMATE power of a vampire...once I absorb you, NOBODY WILL STOP ME! MORE! I NEED MORE! MORE!" More tentacles launched themselves at Mako.
"MASTER! STOP!"
Mako braced for impact...
*STAB* *CRACK*
...but felt nothing. Confused, he opened his eyes and saw...
"RUPERT!" Lord Oyakata exclaimed.
Rupert had stood in the way of his master's attack, taking the hit himself and being impaled by the vines, along with his wand's purple gem being shattered.
*SLICE*
The blades of his wings cut the vines off Mako. Mako landed on the ground with blood spilling out his impaled holes. He looked up and became shocked at the biker wizard who saved his life.
Coughing out some blood, Rupert turned his attention to his wand. "Shit! My Magu's broken! No witch—or wizard—can use magic without a Magu."
"R-Rupert!" A look of horror appeared on Lord Oyakata's face. "How could you...why would you side with those filthy humans...after everything we've been through...?"
"I...I'm sorry, O-Oyakata-sama. T-This was not what I *COUGH* wanted. N-Not any...more!" Weak, dying, and coughing out blood, Rupert dropped his wand. "M-Mako-san, p-please stop Oyaka...kata-sama..." And with that, his eyes closed...
"...Rupert...RRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTT!"
*CHOMP*
The biker wizard was suddenly thrown into the upper mouth of the monster.
"*GASP* D-Did he just EAT him?!" gasped Tsuki.
*PUMP* *PUMP* *PUMP* *PUMP*
"...YES...YES...YES...! YOUR POWER IS FLOWING INTO ME! MORE! I NEED MORE!" Lord Oyakata felt Rupert's powers flow into his body.
"How pathetic..." grunted a familiar voice on the ground. Mako held up Rupert's wand. "Rupert sacrificed himself to stop you, so now I will do it in his place!"
"SILENCE! I SHALL ABSORB YOU AS WELL! DIE!" Lord Oyakata threw his tentacles back at the silver-haired vampire, but Mako dodged in hasty speed, eventually landing right in front of him.
"YOU'RE FINISHED!" the vampire screamed.
*STAB* *CRACK*
"WHA—" Looking down, Lord Oyakata saw his book being pierced by the sharp end of Rupert's staff. "W-What did you just do?"
"Something your friend taught me: no witch—or wizard—can use magic without a Magu." Indeed, as Mako had stabbed the Magu on the book; Mako leapt off the monster, leaving Lord Oyakata to scream in agony and pain...
"AAHHHH...AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lights began to spew out of his body...and then...
*BOOM*
Kōmura Nazo says:
This chapter's climactic battle took 1,154 words! WHEE!
"...ta-sama...Oyakata-sama..."
"...R-Ru...pert...?" Slowly opening his eyes, Lord Oyakata found himself floating off the ground...being carried up by...
"Rupert!" he exclaimed. "But...why...? After what those humans did, why would you..."
"Oyakata-sama," the biker whispered with a sad smile, "let's go home...together..."
"Rupert..." Lord Oyakata widened his eyes. "I'm so sorry. I didn't know you still cared. Thank you...for anything...but it's not your time..."
*BOOM*
The Newspaper Club teenagers managed to escape the blast radius, watching as the explosion finally dissipated.
The next morning, Tsuki, Mako, Kumaru, and Yukinari looked out over a hill at the ruined sunflower field. In the end, they couldn't save Rupert.
"I wish I could've held on longer," said Tsuki sadly.
"It's NOT your fault~desu," said Yukinari.
"Hey, guys!" All of a sudden, Mr. Nekonome was rushing to the Newspaper Club members with a basket of fish on his back. "Sorry for the delay! I was just stocking up some—huh? Why the gloomy faces?"
*VROOM*
Just then, the Yōkai Academy bus pulled up the group. "Sorry I took so long," said an older girl who stepped out of the bus.
"Gina-senpai!" the club members exclaimed.
"Why the gloomy atmosphere?" Gina asked. "I just managed to finish my supplementary lessons you know. Can't you cut me some slack, boys?"
Just then, the club members noticed a battered young man in biker clothing in the club president's arms. "Rupert-san!"
"Huh? You know this man?" Gina asked. "That can't be right. I found this man lying on the beach on my way here. He looked like he was protecting something."
And so, with their task complete, the group returned on the bus to Yōkai Academy, leaving behind a strangely blooming sunflower field.
Kōmura Nazo says:
HEY! I barely got to be in this chapter! WHEE!
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