Volume 7
Exorcist
"...Ts...Tsu...ki..."
The human girl turned around as she heard a faint, familiar voice coming down the stairs. Looking up, she saw...
"Mako-san!" she exclaimed. "Oh, thank god! I've been looking all over for y—wait, what happened to you?!" Upon closer inspection, Tsuki saw blood dripping from the left side of Mako's neck, and he was holding a scalpel in his hand...which he suddenly held over his arm. "M-Mako-san...? Wh-What are you doing...? Wait! STOP!"
*SLASH*
Strands of Tsuki's hair fell off her head, and she jumped back against the wall in fear. "M-MAKO-SAN! A-ARE YOU INSANE?! What the hell's gotten into you?"
Around the corner, Dr. Yakumaru was watching the fight. "Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Just as I planned," he said to himself out loud. "I'll tell you what the hell's gotten into him: I used my finger to inject my body fluids into him, allowing me to take full control of him...just like a Pawn in a game of chess—sending my slaves to do my dirty work! So, Aono Tsuki, how does feel it to be killed by the boy you love?"
Kōmura Nazo says:
Uh, you're being a little loud there. WHEE!
*SLASH* *SPLURT*
"AAHHHH!" Tsuki's arm was cut.
*SLASH*
"STOP!" The human girl ducked and barely avoided the next attack. "CUT IT OUT! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!"
"...Die..."
*SLASH*
"...Die..."
*SLASH*
"...DIE..." For every word he spoke, the brainwashed vampire boy tried to attack Tsuki. He then stood over her and held the scalpel high into the air.
"MAKO-SAN! PLEASE! STOP! THIS ISN'T YOU!"
"Heh heh heh heh heh heh! Serves you right, Tsuki-chan...for interfering with the Monstrels!" Dr. Yakumaru laughed. "Now, KILL HIM!" he ordered Tsuki's boyfriend.
Mako swung his scalpel down at—
"NO!" Suddenly, an aqua-haired boy with a black leather jacket and incubus wings swooped in and knocked Mako away.
"WH-WHAT?!" Dr. Yakumaru yelled.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Kumaru screamed as he struck the pink-haired boy.
"Huh? Wha...? Where am I?" Mako suddenly began looking around in confusion...until he looked down at the hand. "WAAAAH!" He quickly threw the bloody scalpel away.
"You son-of-a-bitch! I will never let you lay your goddamn fingers on Tsuki-chan again!" Kumaru growled in disgust.
"B-But I don't remember any—"
"BULLSHIT! Tsuki, he attacked you, right?"
"W-Well, yeah," began Tsuki, "b-but—"
"I rest my case!"
"...Shit!" Dr. Yakumaru hissed before discreetly walking away.
The next day, Dr. Yakumaru walked through the hospital of Yōkai Academy in anger. "How the hell did it wear off? And right before he was about to kill that human-looking bitch!"
"Tee hee hee hee...you're so scary, Moko-san," laughed a sarcastic female voice right behind him. "You actually failed to kill Tsuki?"
Dr. Yakumaru turned to around and saw a female student with long silver hair that went past her ears sitting on a bench.
"*SCOFF* What are you doing here, Kirie-san?" Dr. Yakumaru asked in disgust.
"Well, I got a mission from ANTI-THESIS: apparently, they're trying to take care of the problem, AND they want me to help you with killing Tsuki."
*WHIP*
Dr. Yakumaru threw a whip at Kirie, but the latter moved her head a little to the left and it ended up hitting the bench and destroying it.
"Hey, what's your problem? I'm only trying to help," said the beautiful female student.
"You think I need your help?" yelled Dr. Yakumaru. "You're supposed to be my 'backup'? I think you came here to give me the same punishment I gave to Midō after my failure! STAY OUTTA MY WAY! I DON'T NEED YOU! I'LL KILL TSUKI! AND HER PATHETIC FRIENDS! IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!"
"Hey, what's going on?" asked a student in the hospital.
"I don't know. It's looks like the doctor's getting into a fight," said another.
"Maybe we should—"
*PIERCE* *PIERCE* *PIERCE* *PIERCE* *PIERCE* *PIERCE*
All the students who were witnessing the fight were suddenly pierced in their necks.
"What?! Mako-san doesn't remember attacking me?" asked Tsuki in the infirmary later that night.
"Yeah, Rupert-san is busy talking to him right now~desu. But every time he asks, Mako-san just keeps denying having any memories of the incident~desu," explained Kumaru.
The human girl looked down at his bandaged up, yet still bleeding arm. "I gotta go find him!" She got up to—
"NO!" Kumaru suddenly blocked her path. "He never tried to attack you before! And I know that the Mako WE all know would NEVER do something like that, but what if it's his psychotic counterpart! After what happened what Mako-san did, I...I can't trust him again! AND I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU!" He rushed forward to—
*CRACKLE*
Suddenly, the incubus boy was encased in ice.
"Cool off, sicko," Mizo whispered. "Let Tsuki do what she thinks is necessary."
Kōmura Nazo says:
Where did HE come from? WHEE!
"...He's right, Kumaru-kun," Tsuki said as she made her way for the door. "I...I believe in Mako-san! I HAVE to!" And so, she ran off to find her vampire boyfriend. "I have to fix this! I made Mako-san turn me into a ghoul, and I made everybody's lives fall apart! I—"
*SPLISH*
Tsuki suddenly stopped in her tracks as she looked down; below her foot was a red-colored puddle. "Wha...?! What's this? It looks like—"
Just then, the sight she witnessed nearly made her throw up: it was a bunch of bodies lying on the ground with blood spilling out of their necks.
"W...WH...WHAT THE—"
"Ah, good to finally MEET you, Tsuki-chan..." whispered a sinister voice from behind.
"W-Who's there?" The human girl quickly turned around in terror and saw someone coming out of the shadows.
"My name is Yakumaru Moko, and I'm a Monstrel from ANTI-THESIS...sent to KILL YOU!"
*CLUTCH*
"Wha...?!" Looking down, Tsuki saw the hand of the dead teenager grabbing her ankle. "W-WHAT'S GOING ON?!"
"I'LL tell you what's going on: you can't be allowed to escape! KILL HER!" screamed the Monstrel doctor.
Soon, more dead bodies arose to grab their target...
"OH GOD!" Mako screamed over and over. "OH GOD! OH GOD! OH GOD!"
"Mako-san, just calm down," demanded a concerned Rupert. "Just stop freaking out and start from the beginni—"
"I CAN'T! I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING! WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT! A-All I remember is meeting Dr. Yakumaru and—"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Just then, a very familiar feminine cry broke his concentration. "T-Tsuki!" Instantly, Mako got up and ran off, leaving the biker wizard behind.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! GET OFF ME!" Tsuki screamed.
"It's no use," laughed the evil doctor. "I injected my body fluids into their bodies, so they're under MY control now!"
Pretty soon, more bodies arose in a zombified state.
"You have nowhere to hide, Aono Tsuki! MINIONS! HOLD HER STILL! SO THAT I CAN CONTROL HER LIKE HER BOYFRIEND!"
"WAIT! WHAT?!" Suddenly, Tsuki's memories flashed...
(Flashback)
"Mako-san!" she exclaimed. "Oh, thank god! I've been looking all over for y—wait, what happened to you?!" Upon closer inspection, Tsuki saw blood dripping from the left side of Mako's neck, and he was holding a scalpel in his hand...which he suddenly held over his arm. "M-Mako-san...? Wh-What are you doing...? Wait! STOP!"
*SLASH*
Strands of Tsuki's hair fell off her head, and she jumped back against the wall in fear. "M-MAKO-SAN! A-ARE YOU INSANE?! What the hell's gotten into you?"
(End of Flashback)
"IT WAS YOU!" she gasped. "YOU MADE MAKO-SAN ATTACK ME!"
"...That's right," hissed Dr. Yakumaru, "and now I'm going to do the same to YOU!" And so, his tentacle lunged to pierce the human girl...
*PIERCE*
Tsuki terrifyingly slammed her eyes as she prepared to be infected...except it never happened! She opened her eyes and saw the tentacle piercing a boy with pink hair standing right in front of her. "*GASP* MAKO-SAN!" she screamed in horror.
"T-Thank god I made it in time to save you...Tsuki," Mako croaked. "I...I remember...the feeling I had...to protect you...no matter what..." And so, he began to collapse.
"MAKO-SAN!" Tsuki managed to reach out his arm and...
*CHING*
...grab his Rosario Cross...
*THUD*
...but nothing happened; he instead collapsed onto the ground.
"M-Mako-san...?" the human girl whispered in confusion. "Why the hell hasn't he transformed?"
Suddenly, Mako slowly got up...holding out his hand in an execution-like form; it became clear that he brainwashed once again.
"Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah...*GASP* You must've REALLY loved being my slave, haven't you?" laughed Dr. Yakumaru evilly. "Oh well! FINISH HER OFF!"
Mako held his chopping hand high into the air, ready to finish off the human girl.
"...G-Go ahead, Mako-san," Tsuki whispered with tears in her eyes. "It's...It's okay. I won't run...not from you. Even in death, you and I will ALWAYS be friends." She slowly closed her eyes and awaited her fate...
*STAB*
...except it didn't happen! She slowly opened her eyes and witnessed Mako having just stabbed himself in the waist.
"WHAT THE SHIT?!" Dr. Yakumaru screamed.
*SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH* *SCREECH*
Just then, the screeching bats surrounded and flew around a pink-glowing Mako...before dispersing and revealing a silver-haired boy in Mako's place.
"Sorry I'm late, babe," the silver-haired vampire said to his girlfriend. "Thanks to your words, I've finally awoken..."
"MAKO-SAN!" Tsuki screamed with tears of joy in her eyes.
"WHAT?! A SHINSO VAMPIRE!" Dr. Yakumaru screamed in shock. "ARGH! JUST DIE ALREADY!" He threw a vine at Mako, but the latter caught it and pulled him in.
"You're pathetic to think you can hide behind your slave and make them do all your dirty work like a coward!" the Shinso Vampire yelled. "KNOW YOUR PLACE, BITCH!"
*BAM*
Mako kicked the evil doctor in the face.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
*BOOM*
Dr. Yakumaru landed on a broken table in defeat. "Y-Yes, Mako..."
Kōmura Nazo says:
This chapter's climactic battle took 113! WHEE!
With Dr. Yakumaru's defeat, all the enslaved teenagers released Tsuki and collapsed.
*SCOFF* I'm NEVER getting involved in shit like this again," Mako scoffed. "Later, babe!" He turned around and—
"Mako-san! Wait!" Tsuki cried. "Where are you going? Why do you sound…so cold? Please don't go! Let's always be together…Mako-san…"
However, Mako walked away…almost as if completely ignoring her comment…
End
