Pride and Accomplishment

Kokoa

Kokoa Shuzen, the younger half-sister to Moka Akashiya walked to her class. She was still mulling over her defeat to Ben Reilly, the American meta-human. Stupid American. Who the hell does he think he is? Treating me like that! she thought. He is nothing compared to the might of a vampire. Especially...her. Kokoa smiled as she thought about her older sister in her true form. She believed that vampires were superior not because of their strength but also because of the beauty and elegance they show when in the presence of others. No one shone brighter in her eyes than her sister who seemed to exemplify all of these qualities without falter. Kokoa let out satisfied sigh as the thought of her sister went through her head, but just as quickly her expression turned into a frown as she stopped and looked in the distance and saw what her sister had become. A dainty, flowery, non-fighter. An utter disgrace to vampires.

The sight she was seeing was Moka in her new 'Outer' form, leaning close to Tsukune Aono. The boy who's blood tastes good. "Tsukune..." Moka said with a smile and blush on her face.

"Moka-san..." Tsukune replied as the two got closer. Kokoa could practically see the cutesy pink filter fill in behind them. Tsukune turned his head, "W-We can't Moka-san...not in a place like this. Someone may see us."

Moka got closer and nearly pressed her body against his, "But...my whole body is burning up! I-I can't endure it anymore!" she got closer and closer to Tsukune as if the two would kiss. Kokoa was practically throwing up. "Meal time!" Moka said with a smile as she bit into Tsukune's neck.

My beloved older sister...has turned into this. Kokoa thought in disgust. What an absolute joke! Tsukune tried to get Moka off him, but he felt his strength leave his body, "Owwwww! You're drinking too much this morning, Moka!" Tsukune finally pushed away, but Moka only followed to drink more of his blood. Big sis... Kokoa continued to look on at the two, There isn't a trace of your former dignity or strength. You're just so enamored with the guy who's blood tastes good. What happened?

Suddenly Kokoa's thoughts were cut off when the succubus, Kurumu, burst onto the scene from out of nowhere and bitch-slapped Moka ten feet backward, "You've been drinking Tsukune's blood again haven't you?!" Kurumu shouted out in anger. She pulled Tsukune closer to her and smothered his face with her breasts as she patted his head, "Geez...I told you Tsukune isn't breakfast!"

Woah, what the hell? Kokoa thought in confusion. She held her mouth shut with the palm of her hand, How the hell could that bimbo do that to my sister? Suddenly a large grin stretched across Kokoa's face, Hehehe, surely with what she did my sister will snap! Oh, I can't wait. The writing on her head stone will be priceless! 'Here lies Succubus Bimbo. Slaughtered by a Vampire!' HA! Kokoa's heart rate increased as she thought more about how her sister will jump upwards and demolish the lesser monster in front of her. She'll find out just how fearsome my sister can be when she gets serious. Moka got up from the ground and wiped the dirt off her uniform with a smile across her face. But instead of beating the living hell out of Kurumu, Moka and her got in a cat fight. They weren't exactly throwing punches and they weren't really hitting each other, just doing a weird up and down motion with their arms. Kokoa slouched her shoulders and let out a sigh louder than her last one, And just like that, the figure of her in my heart comes crumbling down. this happened again when Mizore entered the fray and again when Yukari came. No fighting, just the awkward arm movement. "Will you all just fight to the death already!?" Kokoa shouted out, alerting the others to her presence.

Moka blinked and looked at her sister, "Oh, Kokoa what are you doing?" she asked with a smile.

Kokoa grinded her teeth and stomped off in annoyance, "Screw you! You're nothing but a dope, sis!"

The group watched as Kokoa stomped away in frustration, "Wait, Moka," Tsukune stopped, "have you and Kokoa still not made up? Shouldn't you be getting along now that your together again?"

Moka gulped and forced a smile, "No we should but...I-I'm sure she'll come around." Moka continued her way to class and the others followed.

Yukari walked up behind Tsukune and tugged on his sleeve to gain attention, "Maybe leave them alone, Tsukune." she whispered with a concerned look, "Butting into their sibling rivalry won't solve anything. Besides, if anyone actually can relate and help them in some way...well, it'd be Ben." Yukari tapped her head, "Remember, Ben has actually been through a situation similar to this before. You're an only child." Tsukune frowned, he didn't want to admit it, but he knew Yukari was right.

Ben

Ben sat at his desk trying his best to finish a commission so that he could get some spending cash for the next week or so. "God, I hate drawing for people who have vore fetishes but they pay soooo much money!" Ben was having a mental breakdown, "On one hand I get paid a bunch of money, on the other hand I lose more and more of my innocence!" But on the other hand you get paid! Dreamqueen chimed in. Ben slammed his fist into the table, "FUCK, YOU'RE RIGHT!" he laughed maniacally as he added shading to his abomination, holding in his disgust he powered through and finished the piece. "Fourty dollars, here I come!" Fourty dollars? Dreamqueen groaned, No wonder you damn near cry yourself to sleep every night. Ben continued to laugh like a mad man. He took in a deep breath before looking at the clock, "OH SHIT!" Ben quickly washed up before dashing out the door forgetting his blazer.

Dreamqueen made herself physical and sat at Ben's desk looking at his assortment of degenerate drawings. She sighed and placed her hand to her face, "My, my. This can't be good for a young boy. I mean, if he gets too used to things like this he won't be able to release his urges in a healthy manner...well, I suppose having a succubus help him isn't healthy either, but lesser of two evils I suppose. Hmm?" she looked at a sketch pad that was in a drawer in his desk. It was full of different super hero type characters striking dynamic poses, but every few pages there was a rejection letter. "Still couldn't get the job, huh?" she sighed. She knew Ben wanted to do a lot more. He hated being restricted to just an NSFW artist, he actually wanted to be respected and get work doing comics, but due to the industry no company would pick him up. Unfortunately that is just the facts he has to face.

Ben rushed to his classes and nearly made it to homeroom when he saw Kokoa stomping somewhere angrily. "Hey, Kokoa!" he called out, "Still miffed about yesterday? Heh."

Kokoa ground her teeth and pointed at him, "YOU!" she shouted, Ben felt the venom hit him dead on. Kokoa stomped over to him, her expression unchanging, "You said that I can fight you anytime, anywhere, right?"

Ben was surprised, he didn't think she'd willingly come to him so quickly. "Well, under the agreed upon stipulations."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Kokoa waved her hands around impatiently, "So will you fight me or not?"

Ben looked her up and down with a cocked eyebrow, "So like...what's up? What's wrong?"

"That's non of your business!" Kokoa had a pouty face and stomped the ground in annoyance, "But if you must know, I'm pissed and I want to blow off some steam." she cracked her knuckles and gave a slight smile, showing off one of her fangs in the process, followed by getting in her fighting stance. Ben took one look at her stance and snorted, "What? What!? You think you're better than me?"

"Can I...Can I fix something real quick?" Ben asked. He walked over to the vampire and grabbed one of her hands which led her to instinctively jerk her arm away and smack Ben in the head.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?" Kokoa cried out with a light blush on her face, "Holding my hand." she grumbled, "Gross, ecchi, pervert!" Ben rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm again, "No, stop! Creep!"

"Shut up. I'm trying to help you." Ben explained as he balled her left hand into a fist and put it in front of her, "If I have to deal with you and that god awful stance again I'm going to have a brain aneurysm." Kokoa frowned, "You're stance sucks, now work with me here." Ben got behind Kokoa and used his body to guide hers. He's touching me! And he's really close! Kokoa thought, partly with anger and partly with embarrassment. Ben used his foot and kicked Kokoa's right foot back and pushed her left foot forward, "You're too flat." Ben mentioned.

"EXCUSE ME?" Kokoa broke out of Ben's grasp and wrapped her arms across her chest, "I...I don't think you have any right to talk about my appearance you...you...Yankee!"

"I'm a Mets fan, actually. And I meant your feet, not your chest." Ben scoffed, "Somebody's self concious." Kokoa pouted. "Look, the stance you had was just really weak, I want to help you get one that will benefit you in a fight."

Kokoa crossed her arms and shook head defiantly, "And why would I listen to you? A lowly human. The pathetic scum of the food chain, lesser than that of dogs!"

"If my species is so bad, how come mine is thriving and vampires are practically endangered?" Ben asked with a deadpan expression. Kokoa's eyes widened slightly, she clearly wasn't prepared for a follow up that went against what she said. Ben sighed, "Fine. Then don't listen to me. Are we going to fight or not?" Kokoa smirked, and despite what she said only thirty seconds ago, she got into the stance Ben was showing her. One hand out in front and one closer to her face with her legs staggered slightly. She may as well be a pro boxer. Ben let out a quick breath before he tossed his backback in the air and webbed it against the wall. He then rolled up his sleeves and loosened his tie. "Let's rock, baby." Kokoa dashed forward and her first attack was to throw a hook, which Ben ducked under and slid to her side sending a simple jab at her lung. Kokoa flinched in pain, That bastard actually hit me really hard. Kokoa swung her hand around like she was doing a lariat. Again, Ben dodged and sent a jab to her gut.

"You think...you're hot shit? Huh, human!?" Kokoa taunted a smile adorned on her face, "I have fought my sister time and time again. I am the greatest being to ever walk the earth! I am the mighty vampire, and you are a lowly human who thinks he's a monster." Ben frowned and then sighed, Okay...time to school her. Kokoa shot forward and threw several punches all for Ben to dodge them all every time he dodged Ben would throw a massive counter to her gut or lung region. On his last punch Ben made sure to twist his fist in Kokoa's gut. "Blegh!" Kokoa had the wind knocked out of her and nearly threw up, "You...son of a bitch." in anger Kokoa threw a punch at Ben's ribs that were recovering and felt them crack again.

"GUGH!" Ben held back tears as the pain shot throughout the entire left side of his body. His anger boiled and he clenched his teeth as he sent a monstrous right uppercut into Kokoa's diaphragm causing her to lose all breath in her lungs. He then placed one of his legs behind hers and head butted her which knocked her to the ground. As Kokoa lay on the ground trying to desperately catch her breath she felt pressure as Ben pressed down on her chest with his foot. His angry expression stayed for sometime and Kokoa thought the look somewhat resembled her sister's. He then calmed down and let out a long breath, "Pin, I win." he said with a relaxed voice.

"Huh?" Kokoa was confused about what had just occured.

"Knock out, tap out, death, or pin. That's how we'll determine a winner." Ben pointed out as he counted on his fingers, "I pinned you, I won. Fair and square." Kokoa could't believe what had just happened, I...I lost?

"No way." Kokoa grumbled, "No way! I don't believe it! I'm a vampire you're a hu-OW!" she stopped when Ben flicked her forehead.

"You know why I won?" Ben asked while clutching his side. No answer was given to him so he responded, "I may not be a vampire, or a monster...but I don't have to out-strength an opponent to beat them. I can do perfectly fine out smarting them." he said tapping his head, "All I had to do was get you to make sloppy mistakes, which you did because you fight like you just flail your arms around hoping to connect. After that I simply knocked you down bit by bit by doing gut punches or lung strikes. Eventually you started to get out of breath, right?" he asked. Kokoa still struggled to breath so he continued, "Right. Then I finished with a massive strike to your diaphragm. You're lucky I held back, if I hadn't I could have stopped your heart." Ben looked at her with an angry expression, "I thought you and I had an agreement that you wouldn't go for my broken ribs. I'm kinda pissed you broke your promise that you kept yesterday."

"All's fair in the heat of battle." Kokoa replied.

"What happened to that Vampiric pride?" Ben asked, "A cheap shot like that...makes you sound like a human."

The accusation made Kokoa shoot upwards, "NO! I'm nothing like you! You're nothing but pathetic trash not a worthy opponent!"

I think I've got her. Ben thought with a smirk, "Oh yeah? Try asking Moka, the next time you see her. Even she would want to fight her opponent when he's at his best and not resort to dirty tactics like yourself."

Kokoa growled in annoyance, "Whatever! It doesn't matter!" she began stomping off when she looked back, "Hey!" she called out and Ben looked back to her, "Heal your wounds...and when you do I'll fight you again."

Ben smirked, "Can't wait to beat your ass."

After Classes...

Tsukune, Moka, and Kurumu, gathered in the club room. Except this year it wasn't a typical classroom like the year before, no, now they had been upgraded to a full fledged club room! Ms. Nekonome clasped her hands together and cheered with joy, her tail perking up unintentionally, "Heyyy everyone, check it out! The school finally recognized our club last year and gave us a room!"

"Probably because we were stuck cleaning up the school's messes." Kurumu murmured. Moka elbowed her side. "What? It's true."

Just outside the club Kokoa snuck around following Moka. She flattened herself against the wall and waited for Nekonome to leave. Ms. Nekonome walked out of the club room and turned to Kokoa and smiled, "Oh, hello there." she said, "You're a freshman right? Are you here to check out our club?"

Kokoa froze up slightly, she wasn't expecting to be spoken to, "Um..no I uh...I'm just fixing my shoe is all."

"Oh?" Nekonome's ears drooped slightly, "Well, if you do think about joining be sure and come back later! I'm sure all our members will welcome you with open arms. Especially...OH! Mr. Reilly!" Kokoa turned around to see Ben walking up to the club room.

"What are you doing here?!" Kokoa asked while she pointed at Ben.

Ben cocked his eyebrow, "To sleep with your sister. Why do you think? I'm part of the club, genius." Kokoa growled in annoyance. "I've got this Ms. Nekonome, go ahead and call it a day." Ms. Nekonome smiled and went on her way. "Alright, spill. Why are YOU here?" Ben questioned.

Kokoa crossed her arms, "If you must know I'm here because I want to know why my sister became so wimpy! And I think I figured it out." she laughed, "It's because she's spent all her time with all you lazy morons! If I get her away from you then she'll go back to her regular self."

"Oh my god, you are so stupid it almost hurts." Ben smirked and shook his head, "Whatever." Ben opened the door to see Kurumu, Moka and Tsukune lazing around, Well...I guess lazy was pretty accurate. Ben thought. "What's up guys? How's our loser's club doing today?"

"Ahhhh," Tsukune smiled, "Now that we have our own club room we can take it easy."

"Soooo truuuue!" Moka agreed as she yawned.

Kokoa would have kicked over the table if Ben hadn't held her back, "Geez, will you just do something already!?" she complained.

Kurumu yawned, "Oh, it's you. Look I don't know what you're doing here, Kokoa but don't cause any trouble otherwise I'll kick you out."

"Kick me out?" Kokoa asked with an annoyed look, she kicked her foot against the table as if she was some thug, "Yeah, and who's gonna enforce that? Huh? Who?" she suddenly felt her body leave the ground, "Hey! What the--?" Ben had lifted her up by the back of her collar and connected a web strand to her so that she would hang from the ceiling.

"I'll enforce it." Ben stated, "If you thought that little bitch slap I gave you earlier hurt, just wait until I lace my fist with Holy Water and garlic."

I'm sorry, what happened? Moka's inner self asked.

"If you join me for dinner sometime I'll tell you." Ben replied.

Are...are you hitting on me?

"Of course not! I haven't even laid a hand on you." Ben tried to hold his laugh in, he apparently really liked that joke.

Kokoa looked at Ben stare at her sister's chest and talk to her the whole time with disgust, "Hey! At least look into her eyes when you talk to her dammit!"

"What? Jealous that if I did the same to you there would be nothing to look at?"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, YOU PUNK!" Kokoa began kicking and squirming, "I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!"

Suddenly the door burst open and young little Yukari came bursting in and short on breath. The surprise caused Kokoa to jump as she was flailing around, the resulting motion led to the web snapping and Kokoa falling to her back. "Guys! Emergency!" Yukari warned, "Big emergency! There's been a terrible incident!" the other members of the club looked at each other and let Yukari say what she had to. Yukari put up a large map and marked out different places with a marker. "They say it's a Phantom Assailant." she said with a gulp, "The culprit is on the run and nobody has been able to identify him." The group stared at the map, even Kokoa seemed to be paying attention to what she was saying, "It looks like he suddenly attacks and injures students when they come by these places." she pointed to the marking she made which Ben recognized as being near the sports shed by the field, near the swim club, near the gardening shed and over by the incinerator. So he's choosing places that he can either be hidden or where few people go. Ben thought. "All we know is that twelve people were injured and three people are missing...all the attacks were committed with a bladed weapon." Yukari continued.

"Do we know what kind of monster they are?" Ben asked.

Yukari shook her head, "No, every student said they remained in human form."

Moka sighed, "What a terrible thing to happen, and so early in the year."

Kurumu looked outside the window, seems like a bunch of the student body was bombarding the Protection Committee with questions, Keito was doing her best to keep them calmed down, "There's a massive uproar outside," Kurumu said, "Looks like the Protection Committee is getting blamed for not doing anything."

"They aren't police, they're just students like us." Ben mentioned, "I mean, we do shit all the time but I'm a vigilante." Ben paced the room cupping his chin with his thumb and index finger, "Three missing people you said? What, is he kidnapping people?" Ben asked, "What if they aren't being kidnapped but are being killed and just haven't been found?"

Mizore, who apparently had been hiding underneath the table the whole time, suddenly popped up with her same deadpan expression, "Hey, that sounds like something we could write about." she said softly, "Tsukune, why don't you and I investigate."

"Hey, Mizore! Don't just try to run off with Tsukune!" Kurumu cried out. The two of then tugged at Tsukune by his arms, meanwhile Kokoa studied the map that Yukari set out. Yeah, you see it too don't you kid? Ben thought with a smile, I knew you weren't bad. You have the intuition of a hero don't you?

"What is it Kokoa?" Moka asked.

"So, are we just gonna let the guy get away with it?" she asked. The girls stopped bickering and stared in surprise even Ben smiled, Damn kid, I'm starting to like you.

"Umm..." Moka looked at Kokoa and then to the map, "That's not really the newspaper club's responsibility...Why do you ask?" Ben and Tsukune both glanced at each other with confused looks, You can't be serious. We were basically police last year.

Kokoa frowned, "What is this mark on the map?" she pointed to a spot on the map with with a triangle marking.

Yukari snapped her fingers in realization, "Ah, those are the dungeon ruins." she explained, "Long ago, there was a place where students who committed atrocious crimes like murder at the school or in the human world were locked away. It hasn't been used in ages so it's all ruins. It has been out of commission for a long time, but others say you can still hear the howling of those who've died there so nobody goes near it."

"Pretty sure those were just stories so that guys could bang their girlfriends in the shed that's over there." Ben laughed.

"Plural?" Mizore asked.

"Hey, I try not to get involved unless it's unwanted."

Mizore paused, "You're a good person. I want you to know that."

"Guys, shut up." Kurumu interrupted, "We should be paying attention to what Kokoa said." she smiled, "I mean, who the hell would believe such an idiotic suggestion? Why would he go to a dungeon."

"Actually I would have said the same thing." Ben mumbled.

Kokoa laughed haughtily, "I see, I see. If someone as weak looking as you found the culprit he'd probably take you out too." A realization came to Kokoa's mind and she smiled, "Fine. I see how things are. How about this, big sis and I will crack this case by ourselves." the others were silent they weren't sure what to think.

Ben clicked his tongue, "I think that's an aw--"

"I think that's a good idea." Tsukune blurted out.

Ben turned his head over to his friend, "Tsukune, a quick word with you." Ben and Tsukune both placed an arm over each other's shoulder and turned around "What the fuck are you talking about?" he whispered, "This is a terrible idea, Moka can't fight and Kokoa has no idea how that rosario works."

"I get that, but this is a good chance for them to bond as they are now!" Tsukune replied. Both felt the glares of the girls on them as they discussed, "Uh, just a minute." Tsukune said with a smile as he and Ben looked at the girls. "Besides, you saw that, right? Kokoa wants to do the right thing and she wants to be with Moka. This is the only shot Moka will have to reconnect with her." Ben squinted his eyes, it was clear he still didn't agree, "Okay, how about this. We'll decide on a match." Tsukune suggested.

"A match? What, you want to play Street Fighter or something?" Ben chuckled.

"No. A fight, first one who gets hit loses." Ben snorted at the suggestion.

"So what? You want to go to the roof or-?"

"No, now." Tsukune then threw his fist and punched Ben in the nose, "I win! Okay, as I said. This is a good idea, we won't get in your way." Kokoa smiled and led Moka out the door.

Ben turned around and placed his hand on Tsukune's shoulder, blood trickling down his nose, "Actions have consequences, Tsukune." Tsukune nodded, "Oh, I didn't mean for them by the way, I meant you. I'm going to get you back for sucker punching me in the nose." Ben groaned and wiped the blood off his face, "Fuck it, I'm gonna do my thing."

"Wait, where are you going?" Kurumu asked, "Are you going to stop them? Because that seems to defeat the point. Also, Kokoa's a vampire, she's more than capable of handling herself."

Ben rolled his eyes, "Have you guys learned nothing?" he asked, "We don't know anything about this guy. He could be a vampire for all we know, and if he's killing others then these girls may be in over their head. Also, I'm a vigilante, I don't really care." he sighed, "But first I need to go talk to someone who may have more information."

"What does that mean?" Yukari asked.

Ben opened the window, "It means I'm a reporter with an informant!" he yelled out as he swung away.

Kokoa and Moka walked along a cracked pathway that led to the dungeons. The whole time Kokoa had a wide grin and she laughed as they walked, "I'm so happy! I finally stole my sister away from those dopes!" she cheered, "Especially that stupid American. Can you believe it? He actually suggested that he's a worthy enough opponent for you that you would care if you fought him at his strongest or not."

Well...yeah. He's a crafty one, I would like to fight him at his strongest the next time I get the chance. "I...I wouldn't know." Moka said nervously, "Ben is really strong, maybe he can deal with the other me."

"HA! What a joke!" Kokoa laughed.

"Why are you making fun of my friends?" Moka snapped as they reached the entrance to the dungeons, "What have they ever done to you? They have only ever been a help to me!"

"Ha! Friends are pointless big sis." Kokoa opened the entrance to the dungeon with a forceful shove, "We live in completely different worlds than they do. For example, knowing that this would be the place to go!"

Ben called it out too.

"The Phantom Assailant was just attacking people at random," Kokoa continued, "He always had an escape route ready. And those routes converged on this location didn't they? But I easily realized the villain's intentions. And so did you. I could see it in your face." Kokoa smiled, "It was simple right? Because you and I are the same as him! We were all born in the house of villains." Moka only showed a worried expression. "Buy it's bad right now, because you're only strong when you're awakened. I want you to be more reliable than you are now. So let's go! To a much darker place!" Kokoa could only laugh giddily as she and Moka descended the steps to the old dungeon.

Meanwhile...

In Headmaster Tenmai Mikogami's office there stood an unusual visitor. He stood at about six-foot two-inches tall. He had short black hair with gray starting to show, the man was in his mid to late forties. He wore a black leather biker's jacket with spikes. He also wore black denim jeans and steal toe boots. "I understand why you are hear." the headmaster said to his guest in english. The headmaster pointed to some of his subordinates watching over the room, "Put out a signal, get all the students in the school." he sighed, "This is not how I wanted things to start off. Ruby," he called, "Assist our guest." Ruby, the witch, nodded. "Now. I hope you don't mind, but I've asked my assistant to help you out on your...bounty. Mr. Blaze."

"Yeah, well...If you think it's necessary, but I usually do things on my own." the man was American. His name: Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider.

To be continued...A/N: Awe yeah, I'm back! I didn't mean to make you guys wait but man am I glad I can actually work on other things for a change! (That and the COVID situation is keeping my state on quarantine) I hope you guys like the chapter, it isn't massive but I feel it sets up some new situations. And, no, the Ghost Rider won't be long standing. I liked how, in the manga, the people harming the students are like monster terrorists fleeing from the human after some sting. Well, who else would be on their ass than the flaming skull himself? A real one this time too, not Robbie Reyes.

Hopefully the next chapter comes out quicker than this one, but I hope you guys enjoy this regardless.

OH! Quick Reviews:

Doom Eternal: Kicks ass, buy it. If you like fast paced, high octane, badassery then this is the game for you.Beastars: Was cool, a little jarring at first because the characters are 3D models and not traditional 2D, but I got used to it after a few episodes.

Okay, that's it from me. I'll see you next time!