A10riddick: Thank you. Either in this chapter, or the next.
Guest: I'm going to assume you're one person as it you review each chapter, if not, I'm sorry. That's a tricky one, they will, it is, I didn't want to give them the same flavor and decided to go with their personality, he'll need it and he is.
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Iruma sat on a tree stump, glaring off into the foggy distance with narrowed eyes. Hearing a twig snap from behind him, he jumped up and looked back as his eyes flashed before he saw Clara, Ameri, Kerori, Elizabetta, Narfa, their families and Sullivan and Opera approaching him, "What the hell? What are you doing here? I've got that fight tonight an-"
"We know, Iruma-kins," Clara frowned as she stepped closer to her undead best friend, "But…we don't want you to fight this Vampire alone and-"
"We don't have much of a choice, Clara," Iruma sighed as he patted the top of her head, "Everyone knows what'll happen if they try to help in this fight,"
The demons nodded before Ameri narrowed her eyes and stepped forward, "What if we fight you?" Iruma looked at her in confusion, "What if we help that Vampire and fight you? Would you be declared the winner and you can live freely?"
"He's already seen you, Clara, Elizabetta, Kerori and Narfa, Ameri, and I highly doubt he's stupid everyone else as random demons," Iruma looked back and narrowed his eyes, "Here he comes," the demons looked up as Iruma turned his attention towards Clara, "Clara?" Clara hummed as she looked at her best friend in confusion, "Do you mind if I drink some of your blood before he gets here?"
Clara's eyes widened as she felt her face grow warmer before she smiled and held out her arm, "Here you go, Iruma-kins," Iruma leaned down and lightly bit her arm before pulling away.
He looked at his female best friend and smiled, "Taste like sugar cookies…thanks Clara," Clara smiled and nodded as Iruma turned around and narrowed his eyes before stretching his arm out and a colony of bats flew at them, only to be stopped by Iruma.
"Impressive," the five demonesses and Iruma glared off into the distance as the others narrowed their eyes, "Seeing your quick reflexes when you pushed your little friend out of the way when we first met made me believe you're the defensive type and wouldn't have any bite in him at all,"
They saw a pair of familiar red eyes emerging from the trees as the Vampire narrowed them, "I don't like being proved wrong, boy,"
"I'm not losing this fight, old man," Iruma crouched down and prepared to attack the Vampire in front of him.
"Old man?" the Vampire laughed, running is fingers through his black hair, "I'll have you know I'm only 232-years-old, boy, I'm nowhere near an old man," Iruma growled as everyone stepped away from him, "So you know what has to happen, right boy?"
Everyone looked at Iruma as he growled and hissed through his fangs, "I'm not joining your Clan, old man…I have demons who care about me and I care about them…I'm not going to leave them," cracking his knuckles, Iruma's body shook in anger.
The Vampire laughed as he stood in a fighting stance, "Now this is precious, you believe that you and those demons care for each other? You're a member of the undead, boy, they'll fear you, just like-" the older Vampire was thrown back as a colony of flew at him.
Looking up, the Vampire narrowed his eyes at Iruma before jumping up, "Impressive. You know how to summon some of your familiars, but don't get overconfident about that, boy. I'm a far more experienced fighter than you'll ever be," everyone watched as the other Vampire summoned three Hellhounds before sicken them on Iruma.
The demons watched as Iruma fought with the three demonic hounds. Everyone looked back at Clara, Ameri, Kerori, Elizabetta and Narfa struggled to not intervene with his fight, "Master Iruma will be fine," everyone turned their attention to Opera as Opera turned his attention to the fight, "We all helped train him all night last night, and from the look of things, you five have been allowing him to drink some of your blood over the weekend,"
"You think a little training and some blood will save him!" the Vampire laughed, "I've been alive for centuries, feasting on many demons and wildlife, a few pints of blood and a little training won't be able to help him!" he looked at Iruma and narrowed his eyes, "Join me, boy! Leave these demons behind and I will show you how Vampires live their lives,"
"No," Iruma hissed as he continued to fight the Hellhounds, "I…will never join you,"
"Open your eyes, boy!" the Vampire snapped, "Do you honestly believe you can live alongside the demons? It doesn't matter if you beat me or not, they won't accept you! I'm surprised they accepted you as human!"
"Don't listen to him, grandson!" Sullivan shouted,
"Speak for yourself, Lord Sullivan," Henri spoke before he felt someone hit both his sides and he looked back to see his wife and daughter standing beside him, glaring at him, "Was it something I said?"
"Dear, we didn't spend all last night training Iruma to fail and plus…him and Ameri seem to be close," Henri looked down at his daughter and saw her, Clara, Elizabetta, Kerori and Narfa staring at the battlefield with anticipated looks crossing their faces, "Whether he wins or loses, all five of them are going to be devastated because he's going to have to leave," Henri sighed as he shook his head and they paid their attention to the battlefield.
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Iruma was thrown against a large boulder and slid down to the floor of the forest. The Vampire walked over to him and narrowed his eyes, "I can't believe I accidently turned someone as weak as you," Iruma grunted as he slowly stood up, holding onto the boulder behind him for support, "How in the hell did a human come into the Netherworld and not go notice by demons? You should've been torn to shreds and nothing but bloody remains should've remained an-"
"We don't care if he was human!" the five demonesses shouted in unison and the old Vampire looked up, "Leave him alone!"
The Vampire smirked, revealing his fangs as Iruma panted, "Stay out of this, all of you!" everyone looked down at Iruma as Iruma looked at the Vampire and hissed, "And you! You stay away from them!" the Vampire chuckled, "I'm waning you…you…who are you? What the hell am I supposed to call you?"
"Oh, how rude of me…my old name was Toshino before I was bitten and cast down here to rot well over two hundred years ago by my family, my friends, by all those who I thought would support me. I managed to survive be feasting on wildlife and demons…I later learned that Vampire cannot turn demons, which is why I had no problem coming after you and your little friends, but you had to be stupid, you had to push the green-haired girl out of the way and got yourself bit…now look at you, barely understanding the gravity of the situation you've gotten yourself into,"
He looked back up and smirked, "I don't want a weakling like you to join me, so I'll just kill you and after that, I'll have a little feast…but I'll spare the five girls," Iruma's eyes widened, "I think I have other uses for them before they di-" before Toshino could finish, he fell back as a colony of bats flew past him.
He looked back up and laughed as bats circled around Iruma, "There it is, there's the fiery passion a Vampire carries! I'll let you live after all an-" the bats flew at him again, biting and scratching him as they did.
Iruma jumped back, standing in front of the demons as he raised his arm up as the bats flew upwards and the demons watched with wide eyes as Iruma clenched his fist before punching the ground below him as the colony of bats clustered together before attacking Toshino at once.
Everyone looked at Iruma as the bats continued to attack Toshino as Iruma reached into his pocket and pulled something out, "Iruma? Is that a summoning seal?" Kerori asked and Iruma nodded, "But you told us if we join, you'll lose an-"
"He's a familiar, so it's technically not cheating," Iruma smirked as he put the seal on his hand and rose it.
In a cloud of smoke, the group saw a white-feathered bird flapping its wings in front of them. Looking back, it glared at Iruma with narrowed eyes, "What in the hell do you think you're doing? I told you not to summon me under any circumstances and-"
"Attack him," Iruma ordered, pointing towards Toshino and Naberius turned his attention towards him, "Attack him,"
"And if I do-" before the educator turned familiar could finish, he received a painful shock throughout his body before falling to the ground.
"You don't have much of a choice, now go out there and kick his ass," Naberius growled before racing towards the Vampire.
The group watched as Naberius flew around the Vampire, attacking him, "Annoying little pest!" Toshino reached out, trying to grab him, only to feel the sheer pain of a kick to the side. Toshino looked at Iruma and hissed as Naberius continued to attack him, "You little bastard! Fight me like a real Vampire!"
The demons gasped as Iruma's eyes widened and Naberius stopped and looked back, "Vampire? You're a demon, and demons can't be affected by the Vampire venom," Toshino laughed as Naberius turned his attention towards him, "And what in the hell is so funny, if I may ask?"
"You honestly believe he was a demon?" Toshino laughed, looking at him, "Come now, you, a demon, are his familiar, and the last I read, a demon cannot summon another demon as a familiar, but humans can," Naberius narrowed his eyes as he turned his attention towards the group before flying at them at top speed.
Stopping in front of Iruma, he shouted, "You were a human! And you summoned me as your familiar! How dare you!" he looked at the demons and hissed, "And everyone knew about this! I ought to have everyone here severely punished an-"
"Finish attacking and killing Toshino," Iruma narrowed his eyes as Naberius looked at him, "Human or Vampire, you're still my familiar and you have to obey me unless you want to be punished. Now go and kill that Vampire. Pierce his heart with your claws," Naberius growled before he turned ad flew at the Vampire at top speed aiming his claws out.
The Vampire prepared for a counterattack when his eyes widened as he felt a sharp pain in his leg. Looking down, he spotted a Hellhound biting at his ankle, "What the hell do you think you're doing you mangy mutt! Release me before-" before he could finish, he coughed up blood before looking down to see a hole in his chest.
Looking back, he spotted the blood-covered bird behind him, and he hissed, "That damn brat…he's a strategist in the making," he fell back as his body began to whither to dust.
Naberius looked at the group before flying towards them before stopping in front of them, glaring at Iruma, "Now you pest, tell me what in the hell is going on? Tell me that craton was just fooling around and that you're not a Vampire and that you weren't human before any of this-"
"I'm going to send you back and you're not going to tell anyone what you heard tonight,"
"No wait, do-" before he could finish, Iruma clapped his hands, and everyone watched as the white-feathered bird vanished in a cloud of smoke.
The demons smiled before Clara, Ameri, Kerori, Elizabetta and Narfa frowned and walked over to him, "So," Iruma hummed as he looked back at Ameri in confusion, "We guess since you won and killed the one who turned you…you're going to go out and find your mate?"
Iruma sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "Y-yeah…I can't really put that aside unless I want to go Rogue and start attacking anyone I see," the demons frowned as Iruma took a deep breath, "I'll…see everyone around," he ran off without saying another word as the five frowned.
Aleena frowned as she stepped closer to her oldest daughter, "Clara…since you're upset about your little friend…you don't have to go to school," Clara looked at her mother and slowly nodded.
"Why don't all five of you have a personal day?" Sherri suggested, an expressionless look crossing her face as she stepped towards her daughter, "Kerori, you don't have to worry about school tomorrow,"
Kerori slowly nodded as Marissa looked at her daughter, "Ameri, you might be the president, but you should take some time to yourself after seeing your friend run off like that."
"Mother,"
"You too, Elizabetta," Kotori spoke, "You can stay home too,"
Elizabetta frowned and slowly nodded, "And since your friends are staying home from school tomorrow, you can too, Narfa," Yuno spoke, "You five can go to that cabin,"
"An excellent idea," Sullivan spoke, stepping forward, "We'll all accompany you to make sure you get there safely," before either of them could argue, the adults began ushering them through the forest.
So I know the fight was short, I didn't have anything planned for that…please enjoy everyone.