Fated Encounter
The supposed Touhou Fuhai smirked. Seems after all these years, my reputation and dastardly good looks still precedes me. if nothing else, at least he could now confidently stroke his ego. Touhou jumped down from the tile gate and landed on the ground with a soft tmp, his body barely making any noticeable noise as if he was almost light as air. Yukari looked on, partly in terror and partly in astonishment, "N-No way." she said with a slightly trembled breath, "THAT'S Touhou Fuhai? The same Touhou Fuhai that was just a wrinkly, short, perverted old man with a fetish for 2D girls just a few moments ago. This is his true form?"
Touhou's eye twitched slightly as he tried to hold his composure, "Hey, hey, young lady. There's no reason for you to be so rude." he walked towards Yukari, almost gliding with the way he moved, "Just who are you calling a pervert? I mean, that's no way of treating a gentleman like myself." while moving towards Yukari, the Dark Lord had floated past Akua without paying the vampire any mind. The vampire in question DID in fact mind how close a Dark Lord like Fuhai had gotten without her even realizing, and she backed away quickly by performing several back handsprings and cursing under her breath. "Hm?" Touhou cocked an eyebrow and squinted his eyes before letting out a slight laugh, "Sorry, did I get too close to you there? Boy oh boy, this isn't good. I look so youthful, but my sight is as bad as ever it seems!"
Akua gritted her teeth before taking a deep breath to calm herself, "Aiya, how careless of me. That's twice now I have been caught off guard. In this instance you could have killed me in an instant." she let out a slight breath before getting in a ready stance once again.
"And you, young lady," Touhou turned and pointed at Yukari, slight anger in his tone, "2D is not perversion, it's romance! ROMANCE! This is important so I'll say it twice. If it was so perverted, would your American friend make a living off the drawings he does?"
"1) I think you have a MUCH different view to what a 'living' is compared to Ben and I." Yukari started with an almost bored expression, "2) What Ben draws IS perversion. He's LITERALLY drawing porn. Honestly, it was clear you were a perverted old man, no need to try and hide it behind some sort of false deeper meaning." she said with a shake of her head as she pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration.
"Anyways," Touhou put on his glasses and was able to clear up his vision, "Ah, much better. Hm, seems you truly haven't grown at all...Akua Shuzen." he smirked, "I mean, honestly, from your height to your chest, nothing about you has grown, huh? Hahaha."
Akua gained a slight blush at the comment, "W-What is that supposed to mean!" she frowned, "It's bad enough that spider made a comment about my chest size, but to think a Dark Lord would make a remark as well. My breast size has nothing to do with this, dammit!"
"Haha, you act just like girl out of an anime." Touhou laughed.
While Touhou Fuhai seemed to be in good spirits, Yukari was certainly far from it. To think, he looks younger, prettier, and seems stronger...but in the end he's just the same perverted old man from before. she thought with a slight whine, Oh my God, we're going to die aren't we?
"Enough about me." Akua said as she shook her head quickly, "Tell me, where is Moka?" she asked, her face still a little flushed, "I can sense her, so I know she's close by. Hurry up and tell me so I can be with her awakened form!" she demanded.
It was almost immediate that Touhou gained a serious expression and he scowled at the vampire, "Why do you want to see Moka so badly?" he asked, "What is it that you truly want."
"What I truly want?" Akua scoffed, "What kind of question is that? Obviously, I want to see my sister, Moka. Because...because I love her." she said as her face began to turn red, so much so that she began to cover her face to hide it from embarrassment, "It's because I like her, I love her, I adore her. Because I want to protect her with my own hands!" she pleaded before giving a slight sigh with a smile, "But before I could do that, there's one 'promise' I need to keep. It's for that reason I've had to wait for Moka's seal to break. That's why I've waited these seven long years, biding my time." she explained.
"Promise?" Touhou asked, "Do you mean what Akasha had asked of you in her final moments?"
Akua waved her hand back and forth to brush away the question, "Anything more than that has nothing to do with you." she stated before she took a deep breath and got into her fighting stance, crouching slightly, one arm stretched back, and one stretched down in front of her. "Touhou Fuhai!" she announced, "Even if this is our first time meeting, you are still my master. If I can help it, I don't want to fight you. So, I ask that you please hand Moka over to me."
Touhou gave a slight smirk before nodding, "'If I can help it' she says." Touhou replied in an almost mocking tone, trying to stifle a giggle, "You really think you can defeat me if you fight me? You let a human catch you off guard, your wounds are still healing, and you barely walked away from a fight against Rinrin. A fight against me would be suicide." suddenly his eyes shot open, his mocking tone disappeared and was replaced by frustration, "You must be kidding me little girl! Don't you think you're acting a little too cocky?" an immense amount of energy began to erupt around Touhou Fuhai the force of which began to blow everything back like a great gust of wind.
"Young lady," Touhou looked to Yukari, his voice calm as he spoke, "Take care of Rinrin and FanFan who's still asleep on the ground over there." he requested while making a hand flick motion. Yukari quickly nodded her head and got out of the way of the fight. "Akua..." Touhou started, his tone sounding as if he is trying to suppress an angry outburst, "I have little patience. Though I didn't ask for it, they call me the most emotional of the Three Great Dark Lords." he opened his eyes and looked up, his sinister aura continuing to envelope him before turning into magical glyphs on each of his hands. Dark Arts glyphs, Yukari had seen them before from both the Headmaster and Doctor Strange. "Right from the beginning: THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD FIND THE COMPASSION TO FORGIVE YOU FOR HARMING MY FAMILY!"
Akua gritted her teeth and watched as Touhou Fuhai raised his right hand, his aura seemingly splitting through reality itself as everthing seemed to distort around his hand. "This is a good one-on-one lesson. Behold firsthand, a true HOUGETSU JINGEN-TOU!" as he shouted his attack, he chopped his hand downward. Akua gasped and jumped out of the way as she felt the power of the Jingen-Tou coming towards her. Wait, coming towards me? she thought, The Jingen-Tou isn't ranged. Despite what she believed, the attack struck the ground and cut the earth in front of Touhou Fuhai, cutting the ground and even the gate wall that was behind where Akua stood previously. The attack was so powerful it even made Yukari shriek out in surprise as she hadn't expected that perverted old man from just a few hours ago being so strong.
"He-He cut the wall..." Yukari muttered out as she saw the incredible damage from a true master of the Jingen-Tou.
"Hmph, so you could dodge from even that distance, huh?" Touhou mentioned as he crossed his arms and rested his hands in his sleeves, "I suppose I didn't give you enough credit, Akua Shuzen."
Akua huffed, trying to catch her breath while she stood on another part of the gate wall, "Perhaps you still are not giving me enough credit, lowering your guard like that." she stated as she hopped down to the ground, getting into a fighting stance once more, "I ask again, hand over Moka. My patience is beginning to wane."
"Oh...I would, but I'm afraid that he may try and kill me next." Touhou smiled.
"'He'?" Akua asked before she felt two arms wrap around her torso. "No..." she turned her neck behind her, a disgusted look adorned on her face as Ben had mustered the strength to get up and continue his fight.
Music Cue: Red Sun—Metal Gear Rising Revengence OST
"Thanks for standing still." Ben spat out, his blackened blood flying against Akua's face. He squeezed tightly until he felt cracks underneath his arms as he broke several of Akua's ribs. "RAAAAAAAAGH!" Ben lifted Akua up and began to lean back, performing a German suplex, before rolling over Akua and performing the move again and again. On the fourth time, he stopped and bent Akua's body back before lifting her up so her head was by his legs and her lower half was by his torso. He gave a battlecry before jumping in the air and corkscrewing before finishing off with a piledriver. Ben rolled himself back and immediately regretted it as he felt the wound in his side open more and blood practically squeeze out.
"You..." Akua spat as she slowly got to her feet, "Do you have no concept of death?!" she huffed and tried to relax herself, wiping the blood from her forehead. Her eyes widened in surprise as another slice from Touhou came her way. Quickly she performed a back handspring and dodged the attack, then another, and another. Dammit, I need to end this quickly. This time she dodged, not because of Touhou, but because Ben came at her face with an open palm, I don't know what his plan is, but I feel like I need to avoid those at any cost. Ben turned around to attack again, this time Akua was more than ready and dodged his strike before grabbing hold of him and putting him in a headlock, spinning and facing Touhou causing the Dark Lord to stop his attack mid-stike.
Touhou gasped and stopped himself from using his Jingen-Tou last second as he saw Ben in Akua's grasp. "Okay..." Akua huffed out, "Aiya, you all have proven to be more trouble than I had anticipated. Even this one. And the way you can use the Jingen-Tou, truly impressive. That will be handy for later." she quickly pulled off Ben's helmet and held her hand inches from his face, "Since the Won patriarch and matriarch are freed, and most of the Miu members taken out, it seems I only have one chip left. My mission is Moka, so I shall avoid fighting any more if I have to, especially with you, Touhou Fuhai." Akua presses a finger against Ben's cheek and slides down, cutting him, "Now, give me Moka, or I finish him off."
"Don't do it, Touhou." Ben spat out as he gripped Akua's arm with his free hand, trying to pull it off him, "I'm a dad man walking, save them."
"Hm, putting on a brave face, are you?" Akua mocked, "I'm not impressed, you are only human after all."
"I'm not putting on anything. I'm not scared of you. I don't fear monsters, I don't fear demons, I don't fear death. I fear regrets, of which I have many; and I fear God. You aren't either of those." he growled before using his adhesive ability to rip off a chunk of skin.
"AAAAAH!" Akua screamed out in pain as she tightened her grip around Ben's neck, "You little bug! Enough of this! I'm killing him now!" Akua raised her arm up, ready to strike through Ben's skull with all her force before stopping. Her ears twitched and she shot a glance past Touhou to the open room that she saw her sister and the others in before. "You're in there, aren't you...Moka." Akua's frustrated expression started to turn into a smile, she didn't even notice Ben ripping off more and more of her skin.
"Dammit, Touhou, slice her, forget about me!" Ben shouted out.
Touhou Fuhai gritted his teeth before holding his hand up ready to attack, "Akua Shuzen, this is the end of the line for you!"
"HOUGETSU JINGEN-TOU!" Before Touhou could even attack, Akua was already up in the air, she had thrown Ben to the side, and to the surprise of everyone, was able to throw her Jingen-Tou at a distance just like Touhou had done eariler. The Jingen-Tou didn't go to Touhou, instead it flew past him and attacked the open room. Except, it wasn't exactly open. When the attack collided it revealed a large glyph that protected and concealed the whole room. "When did you set that barrier up there?" Akua asked with a smile, "Crafty old man you are. Because of that, no one out here could see in there. It only looked like they had moved...but in reality, they haven't moved an inch, have they?"
Touhou gulped, H-How? How has she completely grasped the Jingen-Tou as if it were her own technique? She hadn't even seen it's full capabilities until just now, how did she figure it out so quickly? Is she...some sort of combat prodigy? The shield couldn't take anymore of the stress and the glyph finally shattered like glass, behind it was Moka, standing and waiting. Akua couldn't be any happier as tears of joy began to flow from her eyes.
"Akua." Moka said with an almost surprised look, as if she was taking in everything she was seeing. The rosario was still around her neck, but it seems she hadn't reverted, either the others couldn't fix it...or it was still healing itself after they left. "I never thought I'd see you in a place like this. But why...why go through all this effort to get to me, and why-" Moka stopped as she saw Ben's downed form, blood seeping from his mouth and side as he tried desperately to get to his feet. Her head began to throb and she held her temples in pain, Something strange is happening, she thought, It's as if memories of a forgotten past are starting to flood back into me. What the hell happened...and just what happened in my past? For a brief moment she had a flash of Akua cutting her mother down.
"MOKA!" Tusukune yelled out as he and Mizore keeping Kurumu held up, stood in front of Moka to help protect her.
Moka gasped at the sight of her friends standing before her, they must have been able to tell that the fight would be futile, yet they blocked Akua's path to her anyways. "Tuskune, Mizore...Kurumu." Moka said softly.
"Aiya..." Akua said softly, sounding a little irritated, "Seems you have made a lot of friends at school, haven't you? I'm almost a little jealous." her smile disappeared and became serious, almost threatening, "You wouldn't want...anything to happen to them, would you?" she asked.
"Akua..." Moka said quietly before clearing her throat, "I heard what happened, taking hostages of 'innocent' people, going on a killing spree, everything relating to Fairy Tale." she scoffed, "I've misjudged you." What should I do? Moka thought, I know how strong Akua is, I can't hope to beat her in my condition...even then...Ben is so close to her that— Moka's train of thought stopped and she let out a gasped as time around her slowed, her head ringed and the ringing intensified as she saw Ben get to his feet and approach Akua from behind. Akua had a smirk on her face, and Moka knew exactly what was going to happen, "BEN DON'T!" she shouted as Ben sent a punch at Akua's head, but the eldest Shuzen dodged his attack and countered by putting him in a hold once again.
"I suppose this one volunteered, he's been a bit of a nuisance, so you have a time limit Moka." Akua threatened as she cocked her arm back ready to shove through Ben's skull.
Immediately Moka's heartbeat sped up, and she began to hyperventilate. Through all that, she knew what she had to do, what she needed to do. "STOP!" she yelled out and Akua actually hesitated, seemingly waiting to hear out what Moka was going to say, "If I go with you...you won't hurt the others, right? You won't hurt him?"
"Moka what are you saying?" Tsukune asked with a surprised gasp, Mizore and Kurumu having similar expressions.
"No!" Ben grunted out, "Moka, don't do it, fuck her demands. Don't let them win!"
Moka looked to Ben with tears welling up in her eyes. "Of course, I will." Akua said with a smile, "It isn't as if I like to see blood, either."
"She's fucking lying! She beat the Won's to near death, you can't let her take you!" Ben grunted out.
Moka began to walk forward before Tsukune grabbed her arm, "Moka, hold on, don't go." he pleaded, but just as quickly, Moka broke her arm away from his grasp.
"I'm sorry, Tsukune, but this is for the betterment of everyone here. Nobody needs to get hurt." she turned and gave a teary-eyed smile to everyone, "I'll see you."
Akua happily let go of Ben and jumped up to the tile of the wall, waiting for her. As Moka followed, Ben grabbed her hand, "Don't..." he huffed out, "You can't, we can still fight her."
"Oh...Ben..." Moka's tears began to drop down and fall onto his hand. She grabbed his hand and crouched down so they were at eye level of each other, his bloodied, bruised face, and a bloodshot right eye staring into her blood-red eyes. That weird feeling she had before, that connection, it felt stronger now like static electricity shooting between both of them. "I can't stand to see you like this, to see you give your life for me. You deserve to have a happy life, Ben. So please, for me..." she leaned close and the two locked lips before she pulled apart, "Live." with that she jumped up to the tile where Akua was, her sister having a confused and dumbfounded look on her face.
As the others rushed over to help Ben, they were all blinded by a bright light in the sky. "What is this light?" FanFan asked as he squinted and tried to cover his eyes, "What...what the hell?"
"Up there!" Yukari yelled out, "It's-It's a zeppelin!" in the sky was a zeppelin airship with dozens of wyverns flying around it, before one came down to pick up Akua and Moka.
Akua held out her hand to Moka and smiled as they both stood on the back of the wyvern, "Welcome, Moka...to our Fairy Tale."
"MOKA!" Tsukune yelled out, "Moka, hold on!"
"MOKA!" Ben shouted as he tried to get to his feet. After he did so he didn't even take on step before falling flat on his face. He looked to his feet and saw they had been webbed to the ground. His eyes widened in both surprise and betrayal. "MOKA! You don't understand!" 'Live.' he thought as he slammed the ground beneath him in defeat, "DAMMIT!" With Moka leaving, and Ben's energy all but completely drained, his body finally gave out feeling as if he had nothing left to fight for, and he fell unconscious.
The others felt similar sentiment to Ben as all they could do was look up with tears in their eyes, even Tsukune collapsed to his knees in defeat, "No...no way. I can't believe that—"
"Now isn't the time to be depressed, young Aono." Touhou said as he walked up to Tsukune and picked up Ben, "The would be hostages are safe, you kids are all alive. That means there is no need to hold back. We will go after them right away."
"Touhou..." Tsukune muttered out, a hopeful expression creeping onto his face. When he looked at Touhou he could see a fierce aura surrounding the Dark Lord's body, an angry expression adorned Touhou's face.
"I will make her regret what she's done." Touhou proclaimed, "Regret how ferious she has made me."
The group stopped what they were doing as there was a faint sound of slow, rhythmic, clapping. "Well, well, that truly was amazing." Tsukune's eyes widened at the voice, he knew that voice well. How could he forget it? "Such an extraordinarily fierce aura, as expected from one of the Three Great Dark Lords." the voice praised as two figures came walking out from the darkness to make themselves known. Kiria Yoshii and Hokuto Kaneshiro.
"No need to be in too much of a rush, we know where the airship is heading. And don't worry, there's no immediate threat to Moka's well-being, after all." Kiria replied.
"Who's there? Who are you?!" Touhou demanded. When the hell did these two get here? Touhou thought, To be so close and none of us notice...that takes a powerful amount of willpower to hide that much power.
Tsukune gasped and his eyes widened as he was able to confirm what he thought he heard earlier, "H-Hokuto." he mumbled.
Hokuto sat in a wheelchair and smiled, adjusting his glasses before addressing the human, "It's been a while, Tsukune." he smiled, "So, you want to save Moka, yes? Well, for old time's sake, shall we lend you our strength?"
Despite everything he went through with Hokuto, despite Hokuto trying to kill Tsukune and his friends, Tsukune could only remember his last moments he had with Hokuto before the upperclassman disappeared. He didn't have to, but in the end, Hokuto helped me in the end that day. "Hokuto!" Tsukune smiled, "No way, who would've thought we'd meet here of all places?" he laughed, "I was worried after you suddenly disappeared from school, but I'm glad you're okay! Actually, I've kind of missed you."
Touhou Fuhai had never met the man before, but even so, he could still sense how much of a threat he could be. That being said, he was looking at Tsukune as if he was crazy for how he was treating Hokuto. "Oh? You missed me?" Hokuto asked with chuckle, "Well, it seems that you are the only one who has."
Without any hesitation, Yukari, Kurumu, and Mizore all stood in front of Tsukune, ready to fight Hokuto and Kiria if they need to. Kurumu looked at both Kiria and Hokuto and growled, already sick of just looking at their faces. "I don't know why you're here, but who the hell do you think you are, Hokuto?" Kurumu spat out in disgust, "You got close to Tsukune, acting as a caring senpai, made him trust your sweet words, then you used him and even tried to kill him! If you think we've forgotten everything that had happened last year, you're out of you freaking mind!"
"Ahahaha." Kiria laughed out, "Relax, we already told you why're we're here, didn't we? Akua Shuzen, the one who attacked this mansion, she took Moka with her on one of Fairy Tale's airships. We happen to know where that airship is going, and we are here to tell you that."
Kurumu looked at Kiria and about ground her teeth as she remembered all the horrible things about him, like how he black mailed her into trying to give up Moka to him, how he tried to kill both her and Moka, and how he kidnapped Moka and held her against her will forcing her to watch Tsukune get the snot beat out of him by Hokuto. Ben and Moka supposedly beat him with one kick, but who knows if that was because he was caught off guard or if they just got lucky. "Kiria," Kurumu growled, "I wanted to see you less than Hokuto."
"Ah, so mean Kurumu." Kiria replied in an almost mockingly 'nice' sounding tone, "Though it may not seem like it, I do quite like you."
Kurumu and the others looked like they were about ready to get into a brawl had Tsukune not stepped in, "Guys, guys, guys, calm down!" he pleaded as he walked past the girls, towards Hokuto so the two could actually talk face-to-face, "Right now, the important thing is to save Moka. If Ben was conscious, you KNOW he'd be telling us the same thing, regardless of where our help comes from. So now isn't the time to be talking about the past. Our enemy, our true enemy is Fairy Tale!" he proclaimed, "I know how terrifying they can be, Ben knows how terrifying they can be, hell, you ALL know how terrifying they can be. They're dangerous, we need some sort of upper hand here. That's why it's reassuring for me to know that Hokuto is willing to become our friend!"
The air was silient for some time, the others were thinking about what Tsukune had just said. The enemy of my enemy is my friend? That sort of thing. However, "Pff-" Hokuto let out a slight snort as he held his hand to his face, "PFFT-Haha. Hahahaha. HAHAHAHAHAHA." Hokuto continued to laugh and laugh, and Tsukune could only look on in horror at what the implications were. "'Friend' he says!" Hokuto continued to laugh, "You hear that, Kiria? 'Friend'! Oh, Tsukune, as usual you are just such a bright guy!" As he said this, Hokuto held his arm up and it began to deform and shot out a large array of bone-like claws that wrapped around Tsukune, allowing Hokuto to lift the human in the air. Hokuto continued to laugh as the bones wrapped around Tsukune more and more and began to squeeze his body.
"Tsukune!" Kurumu and Mizore yelled out. The two dashed forward to help him but were immediately knocked down by Kiria.
"Whoops, there's no need for you to interfere." Kiria mocked, "Just stay still for a little while." the girls tried to get up, but whatever they tried they couldn't move their bodies, it was as if he completely froze them with a single attack!
"Listen up, Tsukune, just WHY do you think the airship is heading, huh?" Hokuto asked with a deranged look to his face, "I mean, did you really think we met here of all places, just after Fairy Tale attacked, out of sheer coincidence?" he laughed, "I mean, even a child would understand it if you gave them a couple of minutes."
Tsukune's face turned to one of disappointment as he caught on to what Hokuto told him, "No...you don't me-"
"Oh yeah." Hokuto replied with a large grin, "We're also part of Fairy Tale, Tsukune." Hokuto let Tsukune look at him with a surprised face before he continued to explain, "Well, Fairy Tale isn't an organization working under one volition after all. Even though we all strive thowards the grueling task of overthrowing human society, the Headquarters that Akua is a part of, and our first subdivision have different ideals on how we should achieve that goal. You could even say we're opposing them. However, the one thing we do have in common is that we need Moka's strength to achieve our target."
Yukari's eyes widened as she started to put two and two together, "Wait...so you mean that you want us to 'secretly' take Moka from Fairy Tale Headquarters?"
Hokuto smirked and adjusted his glasses, "Very well done, Yukari, as perceptive as ever. Good thing you're at least conscious. If both you and Reilly were knocked out, then I'd be here for hours explaining my plan." he said with an almost mocking sigh. He brought Tsukune closer so that the two were only inches apart, "So you see, we aren't friends or some bullshit like that," he warned, "We're just under a temporary 'alliance pact,' as it were, with the common goal of taking Moka back. Of course, there is always a choice," Hokuto mentioned as his face became extremely serious and deadpan, "You can help us...or you can refuse. Choose the former, and no worries...choose the latter," he chuckled, "Well, I wouldn't hesitate to just kill you right here and now."
Tsukune looked at Hokuto, his mind moving at a million kilometers a second as he processed everything, as well as their final battle last year. "Last year, when we fought," Tsukune started, grunting slightly as Hokuto's bone claws were wrapped around his neck, "When we risked everything...I thought I understood you."
"Oh, Tsukune, that naivety of yours is why you can't even protect a single woman." Hokuto mocked before he tossed Tsukune back along the ground towards the girls and tossed him a thumb drive and Motorola Razor, "Here's all the data you'll need for our future plans, and burner phone too." Hokuto turned around and began rolling away, with Kiria close behind him, "The airship's destination is the Fairy Tale main HQ. Be warned, it's a highly secured stronghold, so you'll need time to make the right preparations if you're going to save Moka." Tsukune tried to call out to Hokuto, but the former human continued rolling away until he and Kiria were nearly out of sight, "Either way, you'll be killed instantly by Akua as you are now. Think about what you're capable of during this time before we move out...even that human was more capable of taking on Akua in his current state than you are."
Tsukune, feeling defeated, once again slammed the ground in frustration, "Dammit!"
"Shit." Mizore mumbled, "That damn four eyes, saying whatever the hell he wants. Besides, what will happen to Moka now that she's been captured? If we don't save her soon who knows what Akua may do to her."
"Don't worry about any of that." Touhou said. The group turned around to see the Dark Lord already helping Ben by removing some of his armor and laying him on his side so he didn't choke on any of his own blood while Touhou started patching up the side that Akua stabbed through with her hand repeatedly. "Akua is just someone with a sister complex, she won't bring any actual harm to Ms. Akashiya. Actually, it's possible that within the next few hours Ms. Shuzen will see the little counter measure I left for her." he smirked, "Now come, we'll get the men to start fixing up the mansion, we'll heal the wounded. Mr. Reilly here is going to need extensive care."
Moka...
It has been roughly two hours since Moka had agreed to follow along with Akua to the airship. She had never been aboard an airship before, but it felt...strange. Here senses were blaring all around her, she didn't know if it was because the ship was full of Fairy Tale members, or because one mistake onboard and she could experience the Hindenburg tragedy firsthand.
Akua led her through the, admittedly, luxurious airship, passing by dozens upon dozens of Fairy Tale members who were all dressed like soldiers, standing at attention as Akua walked by. What a bunch of fucking stiffs. Moka thought with a chuckle, I wonder if having a stick up the ass is a requirement for joining or if they give you one in basic training for Fairy Tale. A smirk crept up her face before she shook her head, Geez, that isn't like me. "This will be your room, Moka." Akua stated as they two reached a room guarded by two guards.
Akua opened the door to the room and Moka was met with what looked to be a hotel room belonging to a luxury hotel. King sized bed with privacy drapes, Ben's not here, so those are useless. her face turned red and she slapped herself a few times, Impure, impure, Impure. Stop it! Even if just a stupid joke. It looked like there was also a snack tray waiting for her complete with cheese, crackers, and prosciutto and what looked to be either red wine or grape juice, she wasn't sure. There was also a flatscreen tv with internet connection...somehow, and a stocked fridge full of snacks and various drinks. As a jail cell goes...well, you can't get much better than this, really.
"Come on, hurry up and get in." said one of the guards as he placed a hand on Moka's shoulder to nudge her through before Akua gripped his wrist.
"Just what the hell are you doing?" Akua asked with an angered expression, "Moka is my sister, and the only daughter of the highly respected Akasha Bloodriver. The next time you touch her, I'll slice you're head off your body!" she threatened. The guard's whole body shook in fear, and he apologized to both Moka and Akua several times before backing away. "Now," Akua smiled, "Go ahead and change, and I'll be back in a little bit."
Moka looked down at what she was wearing. It was still the Scarlet Spider hoodie she had received as a gift from Ben last year. "No, I don't think I will."
Akua's eyes widened slightly as she got a good look at the...atrocious hoodie, all torn and sewn back together, as well as the very noticeable insignia on the chest and back. "I don't understand, what is so special about a human like him?" she asked, putting two and two together.
"What's special?" Moka echoed, "How about everything." she replied with a smile, "He's more than just a human, he's the stongest human I've ever met. I've seen him stand toe-to-toe with a Yoko and come out the victor; I've seen him face the Penance Stare from a Ghost Rider, and survive; I've seen him fight Kokoa and win, every time; Even against Kahlua, he held her off for several minutes, dodging many of her attacks, before I came in to assist." she said with a proud tone, "You saw it firsthand, didn't you? You can tell already, he's more than just some regular human. If you think he was irritating now, wait until he fights you again, and believe me, he WILL fight you again. It's the person he is. I think you'll find he's hitting you harder, moving faster, and his tactics will be MUCH smarter than you could ever hope to plan for. Because that's the type of person he is. He doesn't fear you nor Fairy Tale...but I think most of you will come to fear him."
"Why?" Akua asked, "Why do you defend this human so much? Why do you feel so strongly about how strong he is? He was on death's door when we left him, he will take months to recover. Why do you put so much faith into him?"
Moka simply shrugged as she walked through the door to her holding room and smiled as she turned back to Akua, a tear rolling down her cheek, "Because...I love him."
Akua stared wide eyed, shocked beyond disbelief, "I...I see." she said with a nod, "Well, as said, I'll be back to check on you."
Several hours passed, Moka sat in the room thinking of something, anything to do in her 'holding cell'. "God this place is boring, mindless schlock on the tv, no books, magazines or even manga to read." she sighed, "God, I'd even take Ben's shitty singing right now." she lied on her back on the large bed and tried to relax. How do you know they'll come for us? Or at least Ben? Omote asked. "Ha." Moka reached into the pocket of the hoodie and pulled out a small device, not much bigger than the face of her index finger, "Ben put a tracer in my pocket when I wasn't paying attention, just like how I webbed his feet down when he wasn't paying attention. Great minds, huh?"
There was a faint creaking sound before a bright light shone from her rosary, "Wait, the rosary is glowing? Don't tell me-"
Akua walked away from Moka's room in a bit of a hurry before entering her own dorm aboard the airship. "Aiya, Moka." she said quietly, "You've certainly grown in the last couple of years. 'Love'? You? I didn't think I'd see the day." she walked to her bed and flopped down before gripping her pillow, "But when I did I thought it'd be meeeee!" she cried, "I mean, aren't you a little too beautiful for that human? What do you see in him? He's a little bug and nothing more! I'm right heeeeeere!" she whined. She heard a wimpering sound and turned her head to see her greyhound, Earl Grey. "Oh, Earl Grey!" she said excitedly as she jumped up and began petting her dog up and down its back and head, "Sorry for not greeting you sooner, see I just came back, and guess what? I brought Moka back with me! You remember her, right?" she asked, "Come, come, I'll tell you all about it."
Akua sat on her couch, with Earl Grey right next to her as she talked about her trip down to Hong Kong. "It was a little dangerous this time though, Earl Grey." she said with a sigh, "I fought some strong oppenents down there." she thought back to Touhou Fuhai, Rinrin Won and even...Ben Reilly. Akua gritted her teeth, thinking to what Moka told her just a few moments ago, "No...it was merely a fluke. I was unprepared, and he caught me off guard. I know the extent of his strength now. Even if we meet again, it will only be to his detriment." she shook her head and smiled, "Even so, I'm glad Moka is back. She's my yin and yang, the only person I've shown everything to. She's the only one that truly understands me."
Before Akua knew it, she had drifted off to sleep, only being woken up by Earl Grey when he licked her face. "Oh, Earl Grey, did I drift off to sleep? My oh my, what time is—GOOD LORD!" she yelled out in surprise, scaring Earl Grey, "It's been two hours? I need to go check on Moka!"
Akua burst out her room and had to fix her clothes, remind herself to look presentable. She then quickly walked down to Moka's room and opened the door, "Oh, Moka, I've come to check on you! How are you finding your accommodations—HUH?!" as Akua entered the door, she was greeted by a bright flashing light, before the Moka before changed into her 'other' self. Akua's eye twitched as she saw a note hanging around Moka's neck where her rosary was.
"The seal has been fixed, sorry!
-Touhou Fuhai."
"TOUHOU FUHAI!" Akua shouted out in frustration.
Hong Kong...
The time of day had moved from night to daytime as the sunrise began to light up the Won Family Manor. Touhou and the teens stood in the front room, as other members of the Won family took their men in ambulances, or the dead Miu men in vans. "In order to keep her promise to Akasha, Akua waited all this time for Moka's seal to break." Touhou explained to the teens, minus Ben who was resting in spare room to heal, "Which means, Akua will not lay a hand on the Outer Moka. I doubt she'd break her promise now, she's been keeping it for seven years after all. It was an emergency measure, but I was able to fix her seal." he said, making an 'OK' gesture with his hand, "As long as she remains sealed, Moka will be safe."
"Amazing...when did you do that?" Yukari asked, impressed, but also confused.
"Ahahahaha! I bet Akua is bawling her eyes out right now!" Touhou laughed. Touhou eventually stopped and gained a serious expression as he held up the thumb drive Hokuto had left for them, "Anyways, on a more serious note, I took a look at that thumb drive that Hokuto guy left for you all. I only glanced over it, but this is some seriously classified information regarding Fairy Tale itself. I don't know what he wants, but it seems like he really wants us to take down Fairy Tale itself."
Tsukune, upon hearing those words, and thinking to what Hokuto told him before leaving, bowed politely to Touhou Fuhai, "Touhou Fuhai!" he yelled out, scaring the Dark Lord a little bit.
"Geez, no need to shout kid, I'm like two meters away from you." Touhou complained as he cleaned his ear with his pinky.
"Hokuto said he'd give us some time before we move out, in other words he postponed it for me." Tsukune explained, "He's right...even compared to Ben, I'm useless as I am now. I'm weak, and I barely know how to fight." the girls looked at Tsukune with sympathetic expressions, they know he's worked hard...but even then, they know he's barely cracked the surface of his strength. He wasn't like Ben or Moka, or even them who had had years to hone their power and still continue to do so. "I need to struggle with the time I have left, in order to have the power to save Moka with my own hands. So please, I beg of you, make me strong! Strong enough that I can fight with the Jingen-Tou." the girls gasped in surprise, at this moment they had only encountered three people who knew and used the Jingen-Tou, all of which have likely been practicing with it for years.
"So...you still have the will to fight after seeing Akua's terrifying power. After seeing what she did to my family, and your friend?" Touhou asked, "I have very little patience for weaklings, if you suck you'll die before you even get to fight." he said seriously. Tsukune returned the gaze with an equally serious expression. "Hm...well then-"
"Please wait!" a female voice called out. The group turned and, to their surprise, they saw Ruby, along with Kokoa, the Karate Club president Haiji Miyamoto, Gin, The Monster Hunter: Elsa Bloodstone, The Vampire Slayer: Blade, and The Ghost Rider: Johnny Blaze (in his human form, thankfully). "Mind adding us to that proposal? With everything that was happening, and especially after last night, Headmaster Mikogami has decided to let the school aid you in the fight against Fairy Tale."
Tsukune could only stare, dumbfounded, "E-Everyone? Even you guys?" he said, looking towards Elsa, Blade and Blaze.
"We've been at this longer than you have, kid." Blade replied, "This is a battle for the Midnight Suns as it is for any of you."
"You have any idea what they're saying?" Johnny asked as he leaned over to Elsa.
"No idea. Good thing we have three interpreters, huh?"she replied with a chuckle.
To be continued...
A/N: Things are heating up, but now I have to blue ball you guys and go focus on some other stories for a while. I don't know when I'll be back, but I will, eventually. But now we are entering into the third act, and it's a long one. See you guys next time!