Tekeshi ducked under the orc's wild left hook. Sliding on his heel he planted his right foot into the things crotch, and and grinned at the soprano shriek that resulted. As he finished his slide, passing through his opponent's legs he stood up and sent a vicious back kick to the orc's left knee. As he readied himself to switch legs into a roundhouse he took an elbow to the chest. Sliding back he recovered and eyed the other combatant.
He could understand why this one was the leader. He was capable of higher thought, a rarity among orcs. Usually if it didn't have anything to do with eating, pillaging, raping, or boasting they didn't spare any brain power for it, resulting in them running in flailing their fists and relying on their tremendous strength to deal with enemies. Faura seemed to have had some fight training though. He tightened up muscles when needed to absorb the impact of a blow, and he varied the types of blows he used.
"Ok you little maggot just lay down and die," the downed orc said in a hilarious high pitched voice.
Tekeshi shook his head, "You must have not ever encountered a vampire before. We aren't known for laying down and dying. Orcs however should learn their place in the world. Cleaning up after their betters."
The words had the desired effect of infuriating the beast and making him rush the vampire youth headlong. Just before impact Tekeshi dropped to his back and planted both feet in Fauru's chest and when he headed over him pushed off sending the larger monster flying upside down through the air to land against one of the few trees strong enough not to break under hard impact.
"You...little...pest. I...will...eat...your...heart...," the monster choked out.
"I like my heart where it is right now. I can give you a meal of splinters and broken gravestones. Would you like fries with that," Tekeshi asked, somehow managing to smirk around some cracked ribs.
Fauru looked him in the eyes from his collapsed position, "I'll be nice. I will kill you and your little china doll, and fix a nice stew of the both of you, and let you rejoin each other in my stomach."
Tekeshi didn't reply. He had never had a fight last this long, even when he held back against humans. Granted this was the strongest opponent he had ever faced, which he had to admit wasn't saying much. He did know that he needed to convince his parents to start helping him train himself to keep this from happening again. He doubted the orc would have lasted a blow against his mother, and his father's presence alone may have diffused the situation. All he had was agility and the ability to focus more strength on one place than the orc.
Suddenly an arctic wind blew through the clearing. Fauru was swallowed up by whirling snow. There was only one type of Yokai that possessed such an ability. Yuki-Onna. And he had a very dreadful feeling he knew the ones that were responsible, but he didn't have time ponder as a large shape suddenly shot from the cloud and sent him flying.
'A snow orc. How could I have forgotten about them. The higher intelligence, the articulation in the speech, and an orc actually having a semi-developed fighting style. That icy wind did nothing more than to refresh him. I have a bad feeling this is about to get worse.'
"Two snow women, my luck seems to be holding. You two will be my girls instead of that little china doll. Now let me finish off this tick, and I will inspect the goods," Fauru said cracking his neck, and not realizing the mortal mistake he had just made.
Vampires are the strongest monster species physically, despite their human size, and are also the proudest and most arrogant. There is no greater insult to them than to besmirch the image of their race by comparing them to such an insignificant insect, even if there was some justification based on their dietary habits. They have been known to kill for much less dire offenses.
Tekeshi stood up. Power seemed to seep from him. Utsuki standing behind Yusa and Asusa was the first to notice. He had been wearing gloves the first time she had seen him so she hadn't noticed, but he was wearing a ring on his left hand, and he was currently sliding it off his finger.
A cold feminine voice entered her ears, "That ring is something called a limiter. It keeps his power in check. It disappoints me that he must remove it to deal with an orc, no matter the type."
Utsuki looked behind her to see Moka and Tsukune standing there watching the spectacle as if this was normal. On thinking of it she decided it might actually be normal given the student body that was typically in attendance. It confused her that they were making no move to help. Yusa and Asusa had already made it worse, so she understood their sheepish looks and their kicking dirt clods, but these two were members of the school faculty.
The Headmaster smiled, "His first day and he picks a fight with a third year student, and school hasn't even started yet. As long as he doesn't kill him I can't do anything, though I probably would let it slide, there have been many disappearances since Mr. Kaguko started attending."
She looked back to see the ring fall from Tekeshi's finger before the area seemed to become oppressively dark. The pink faded from the vampires hair leaving only silver streaks, and his eyes became pure red. Even his stance changed to one that was more aggressive, and almost evil.
His voice sounded more, noble, as he spoke, "A tick. You would compare my race, a race that is capable of crushing yours with only two people, to such a parasite. One that does not know when to control its hunger. No, yours is the one most comparable to such an insect, the only difference is the tick only follows instinct, you revel in what you do. Know your place."
A sense of pride washed over the elder female vampire as she heard those words. She knew that her child held even more power, though he himself was unaware of the fact, and that power being sealed aware for his protection. She felt her husband place an arm around her and pull her into his side gently. She was married to the most powerful vampire around, and he was as gentle as a kitten for the most part.
Tekeshi stood still as the enraged orc approached him. The combatants said nothing, ready for the other to try to land a blow. Finally the orc grew tired of waiting and brought its arm up to crush the vampire, and was stunned as the vampire caught it in mid blow stopping it dead and shattering the bones in its hand. Tekeshi twisted the larger monsters arm bringing it to its knees.
"You ,beast, will live for only one purpose now, you will serve my father and mother in whatever way they deem fit as penance, and if you resist I shall snap each and every bone in your body and leave you for the carrion eaters. You will learn to serve you betters, that is your place vermin."
The orc's face showed true terror. In no time at all he had gone from almost the victor to being forced into slavery. This pipsqueak in front of him wasn't a monster, no it was something worse, and if it was the child, he knew the parents must be ten times as powerful. He had no choice if he wanted to live. He bowed his head and choked out his surrender.
Tekeshi reached down and picked up the ring and slid it back on. As he did his features returned to normal. He also collapsed. Before Utsuki could move to check on him the Yuki-onna twins were at his side, shaking him and calling him onii-san.
Moka turned to Tsukune, "Should we worry about this? I know that Harumi has a crush on him, but it occurs to me now that the twins may also have something for him."
"The ball is in his court on this one. I for one just hope I fully stalker proofed this school. I remember too well the shock of having Mizore pop out of the ceiling in the infirmary. And I know that she instructed her daughters in the art of stalking as well," the man replied laughing nervously.
The first thing Tekeshi noticed when he awoke was the white ceiling. His room had a beige colored ceiling, so he wasn't in his room. He felt like he had been run over by a truck, though the last time that happened he didn't actually feel this bad. The hospital room he had been in had a white ceiling, so he had to be in a hospital. Did he get hit by a bigger truck this time.
As he lay there working things out in his head he suddenly wished it had been a truck. Instead it was a snow orc, the smarter ones. And it looked like he hadn't come out the winner this time, or he wouldn't have been the in a hospital.
"Tekeshi-san, do you feel alright, can I get you anything," he heard a concerned, and slightly hesitant voice ask him.
"You can answer a couple of questions," he replied, "One, did I win, or did I lose?"
"You won."
He sighed, "Two, were there two girls about your age, purple hair, looked like they never saw the sun, and go by the names Yusa and Asusa with you?"
"Yes, there were."
"I was afraid you were going to say that," he said trying to sink into the mattress.
"They were saying you were supposed to marry one of them," the human girl said, showing some confusion.
"A delusion on their part, one shared by another girl. Watch out for a succubus named Harumi Kurono. You will know her right off, she has bigger boobs than anyone else will. Family trait, very dangerous for me as well."
Letting the shocked look fade from her face she asked a question, "Why were Yusa and Asusa calling you Onii-san?"
"We grew up together when we were little. I was the oldest by a year, I was sick as a child so I ended up starting school a year late. They were overjoyed cause it meant that we would attend high school together."
"Isn't that kind of long term planning unusual for children that young," she asked.
Tekeshi shook his head, "Not for Yuki-onna. They have such a narrow time frame compared to others in which they can conceive children. They taught them to plan long term for so many generations they started to be born with the ability. Since I am unaware of any male Yuki-onna they usually take mates from other Yokai races, or even kidnap humans for husbands. They freeze their mates solid when they take them, keeps them from running away and it changes them so they are compatible biologically. Pretty interesting reading if your into sciences."
"That is um...well...it's...I really don't know what to think. But do you like any of them in that way?"
"No, Yusa, Asusa, Harumi, and Machiko are all my little sisters, even if we aren't related by blood. I wouldn't let anyone hurt them, and I just can't think of them in a romantic fashion. Of them only Machiko has no interest in me. I'll be lucky if I get out of this school without having been raped by one of them."
Utsuki gasped, "That's a horrible way to talk about them. Though after what Asusa said in my room before we chased after you I understand what you mean. Might be worse if they thought of poligamy."
"I pray to any deity that might exist, and a few I am pretty sure are works of fiction that they never learn that word or its meaning. I would like to find someone for myself, not have one or all of them forced upon me," the injured boy said.
The door opened at that time and Tekeshi looked over at it. He could see the twins sitting on a bench across from the door. Shifting his gaze he saw his parents enter.
"And the reason for you to remove your limiter was what young man," his mother asked, her voice almost as cold as finding one of the twins in bed with him. (Long story involving them visiting him in America and him forgetting to lock his bedroom door one night.)
He grimaced, "I had been fighting humans for too long. I'm not conditioned to fighting something with even a hint of strength. Did I kill him?"
His father answered, "No, you just made him into mine and your mother's slave until such time as we deem his punishment over. A nice touch there, your whole 'Orcs should clean up after their betters' speech gave us the idea to force him to clean every bathroom in the building everyday until he graduates the end of the year. That should take up enough of his time to prevent him from causing any more problems."
"Utsuki-san, are you afraid," Moka asked the girl.
Utsuki looked at her, "Afraid. Actually no. I should be, but after I saw Tekeshi take off the ring, I felt safe."
Tsukune cleared his throat, "Let's let Tekeshi get some rest, remember classes start the day after tomorrow. Miss Shiraishi, you may stay until the doctor requests you leave. I will send the twins back to their rooms as well. Don't do anything we wouldn't do."
"Moka, what was with that question," Tsukune asked when they were alone, annoyance written on his face.
Moka cocked her head to the side, "Asking her if she was afraid seemed like the thing to do, wouldn't you think."
"If she were alone, not in front of Tekeshi. I don't know how much of what Yukari told us is true, and how much comes from her perversions, but I don't want to give him anything he could use to seduce her," the man replied.
"I wouldn't really mind it if they got together. She seems like a really nice girl. She is downright gorgeous to look at, and if her grades are an indication she is extremely smart. There are multiple notes from her past teachers extolling her kindness. She might be a good influence on him."
Tsukune looked at his wife. No matter how long they were together she always found a new way to surprise him. More and more often as the years went on she displayed traits of her outer self who had been lost so long ago, and had also been a copy of her mother's personality without any memories, made in an attempt to keep her safe from a monster that awoke with her blood after her mother had sealed the beast with her soul and flesh. The whole concept still gave him headaches when he thought about it, but also a heartache at the loss of such a large part of himself.
"You still miss her too, don't you," the silvery haired vampire asked.
He nodded, "I doubt it will ever really stop hurting, but I'm not sure I really want it to stop. I feel like if the pain fades completely away we will forget her, and what she meant to us. I often wonder what she would think of Tekeshi. And if she would have agreed with our choice."
"We did what we had to, if we hadn't he would have died. As long as the seal lasts he will be safe from the consequences of the choice."
Tsukune looked deep into his wife's crimson eyes, "I worry every time I hear he got into a fight. What if the power overwhelms the seal, and floods him all at once. I know that being here is almost a guarantee of him being in a fight often, but if it breaks here I can fix it before too much damage is done. I hope."
A/N: A seal. Wonder what it's sealing. If it was anything good it probably wouldn't be sealed. Oh well, too early to reveal what it is yet. It will be a game changer though.