Rosario Vampire Fan Fiction ❯ Two Guys, A Vampire, and a Monster Academy ❯ Hemoglobin and Inferno, and a little Hulk too ( Chapter 14 )

Two Guys, a Vampire, and a Monster Academy

Some of you who have paying any attention might have noticed that prior to this chapter, there were some edits to previous submissions. The reason being is mostly due to certain character traits that become important plot points in the second season of the manga. Though it doesn’t absolutely guarantee that I’ll be writing a continuation of this fanfiction, but it’s better to cover my bases just to be safe.

And as always:

Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire storyline, background, characters and similar media. Anything that sounds familiar to the readers is more then likely not mine, but originated from a source that I do not remember clearly. I may not be able to own my OC in this fiction.

Chapter 14: Hemoglobin and Inferno, and a little Hulk too

Nearly an entire day had past since the incident with Kuyou, manager of the Public Safety Commission had occurred. Nearly an entire day since Tsukune was last conscious and when both the vampire Moka Akashiya and the former Dru’j Louis McCorray had taken upon themselves to care for the unconscious cousin until he awaken.

“I hope Tsukune wakes up soon.” The pink headed vampire wished as she cooked that day’s dinner before the kitchenette.

“Don’t sweat it, Pinkie.” Lou reassured her as he checked his adopted cousin’s temperature. “He wasn’t that much of a fighter and doing THAT to ol’ Dot Brow probably pushed him beyond his limits and knocked ‘em out cold. He just needs a good rest to recharge his batteries.” Then the reincarnated fallen angel looked at the clock that hung on the wall. “‘Course, then again, he really didn’t have to take the whole day.”

Just as Lou turned his attention back towards his cousin, Tsukune suddenly rose from the futon, shaken from a nightmare that involved the aforementioned Public Safety Commission manager. This sudden movement caused the crown atop of the Japanese schoolboy’s head to smash right into the jaw of the American foreign exchange student.

“Itai (ow)! What did I hit- KYA!” Tsukune soon found a pillow that impacted his face, followed by numerous swings of the object by his own cousin.

“I nearly bit my own fuckin’ tongue because of that! Nearly gave me a fuckin’ heart attack too!” Lou cursed as he increased the veracity of his attacks.

“Yamete (stop) Lou!” Moka pleaded, to which gave pause to the American’s one-sided pillow fight and for Tsukune to get a better sense of his surroundings.

“M-Moka-san, what are you doing here?!” Tsukune exclaimed.

“Taken care of yah since the other day.” Lou answered for the pinkette vampire. “Same with me when my jaw didn’t hurt so motha fuckin’ much!”

“Gomen-ne, Lou-kun.” Tsukune apologized.

Some time later, the three sat around the table that barely accommodated them with the meal Moka had prepared earlier.

“Itadakimasu!” Both Tsukune and the pinkette vampire thanked before they began to eat.

“Or ‘Bon appétit’ as they say in France.” Lou added with a slight chuckle.

“Sugoi (amazing)!” Tsukune exclaimed. “It’s like a dream to be able to eat Moka-san’s cooking in my room!”

“Yeah, as opposed to a nightmare that ends with me with a fractured fuckin’ chin!” Lou countered just before he placed the Omurice piece in his mouth.

“I said that I was sorry.” Tsukune replied as he sampled the white rice the vampire had made. The flavor alone was enough to bring him to tears. “Kore wa oishii desu (This is delicious)!”

“But that was just normal, plain white rice Tsukune.” The pinkette corrected, barely contained her own feminine pride from the outburst alone.

“I know! It’s just incredible! I didn’t think that eating like this was even possible since Kuyou found out about Lou-kun and I.” However, the Japanese boy then added after he rolled the flavor around in his mouth. “Moka-san, is there something different about your cooking?”

“Oh well I can’t really work with pure water, but treated water with special herbs helps me cope. That’s probably what you’re smelling.”

“You get used to the taste of grass after a while.” Lou advised in between chop stick-fulls of rice into his own mouth. “And before you say anything Couz’, I offered to make the rice.”

It was at this moment in time that Tsukune noticed that Moka had stared at him with concern in her eyes. “Is there something wrong, Moka-san?”

“Iie (no), it’s nothing!” She covered in a barely veiled lie. “It was probably just a figment of my imagination!” Still, she internally worried about how Tsukune was unable to remember the events with the manager of the Public Safety Commission and how he would react to the truth.

“And considering what happened with ol’ Dot Brow, we could use the break.” Lou commented. “We barely got out of that little mess with the skin off our backs.”

“Well we can always depend upon Moka-san to get us out of trouble like always, tadashii (right)?” Tsukune’s statement nearly caused the American to choke on his own food. “Nani (what)? That IS what happened, right?”

“Uh...Yeah, that’s exactly it!” Before Lou added under his breath. “Let’s go with that one.”

“Ohayo (good morning) Tsukune-kun!” It was barely the start of the school day and yet the bluenette succubus enveloped Tsukune’s head in her bosom. “I’m so glad that you’re okay!”

“Pamela! Air!” Lou called out to Kurumu, who immediately released his cousin.

“Gomen-nasai (I’m so sorry), but I think that I’ve fallen in love with you again Tsukune-kun!” Kurumu confessed. “You were awesome and incredible back there!”

“Nani? Back where?” Tsukune inquired.

“Back when you fought Kuy-” The succubus was interrupted by Moka, who dragged her away to explain the situation.

“What was Kurumu-chan talking about, Lou-kun?”

“I’m not really sure myself.” Lou lied. “It was kinda crazy with Dot Brow, I barely remember what exactly happened myself.”

“So you don’t remember?” Mizore asked out of seemingly nowhere, to which the cousins nearly suffered from heart attack and shock.

“Shit man! Don’t sneak up on people like that!” Lou complained, though secretly relayed the note to not tell Tsukune what had happened the other day. The Yuki Onna simply grunted in acknowledgment.

“A-anyway, it’s all in the past so let’s not dwell on it any more!” Kurumu quickly covered as she half dragged Tsukune towards the class room, much to Moka’s chagrin.

“Ohayo minasan (everyone)!” Yukari greeted as she approached the group. “Oh Tsukune-san, Lou-kun, it was so cool how the two of you beat up-”The succubus performed damage control before the young witch could reveal any more.

“Nani ga (What was that)?” Tsukune asked.

“Don’t mind Yukari-chan, Tsukune!” Moka reassured with a forced chuckle. However, those actions could only raise his suspicions.

In the boy’s restroom, Tsukune was deep in thought as he washed his hands and recalled the events earlier that day.

“I know that look Couz’.” Lou interrupted his cousin’s train of thought. “So don’t worry about ‘em, alright? It’s probably- what the fuck is that funk nasty smell?” The cousin’s turned around to meet face to face with a literal behemoth of a man, whose physique strangely reminded the pair of a certain bodybuilder actor turned politician.

“So you two finally noticed.” The large student replied. He wore a simple t-shirt that accented his own muscles with a towel around his neck and lofted dumb bells in each fist. “Makes sense, for the legendary cousins Aono Tsukune and McCorray Louis.”

“It’s Louis McCorray.” Lou corrected.

“I’m Chopper Rikiishi of the Pro Wrestling Club!” The large student announced. “And the next time I find either of you’s backs wide open, I’ll put yah in a cobra twist, got it?”

“From one guy to another,” Lou began as he pinched his nose closed. “If you really want to sneak up on a guy, either be down wind or use deodorant.”

“Not cologne?” Tsukune asked.

“Oh HELL no! That stuff’s even worse! I can barely breath dad’s cologne and that’s considered moderate!”

“So how did two little pipsqueaks like you’s do it?” Rikiishi demanded.

“Steroids much?” Lou asked in jest with a raised eyebrow.

“What are you talking about?” Tsukune asked.

“I’m talkin’ ‘bout if you two DID beat up Kuyou like what ‘em rumors say?!” Rikiishi exclaimed.

“Rumor?”

“You REALLY shouldn’t trust in rumors there Hulkster.” Lou began. “People do tend to exaggerate and not all of em are true.”

“I’ve been waitin’ and wantin’ to get his neck for a long time now.” Rikiishi stated as he dropped one of the dumbbells, which crashed into the tile floor as if it weight several metric tonnes. “What I, and my fellow pro wrestlers seek is ultimate strength! Mine would have gone up to the next level if I had defeated Kuyou, but instead I got two pipsqueaks who stole my opponent from me!”

“Um....sorry, our bad?” Lou apologized in a fit of confusion.

“Now let’s see if you two are really strong enough to beat Kuyou! That’s my sole reason for bein’ even near you pipsqueaks!” Rikiishi then raised his free hand that increased its size by several volumes.

“KYA! You got the wrong guys!” Tsukune defended.

“No, he didn’t.” The three then turned their attention towards Gin who had literally walked into the situation. “Both you and Lou did defeat Kuyou.”

“Nani?!” Tsukune exclaimed while Lou groaned.

“This little match’ll be postponed due to outside interference.” Rikiishi declared as he left the boy’s restroom. “But I’ll be commin’ for the both of yahs.”

“That Rikiishi is the kind of guy who has to do flying body attacks on anyone that they hear are stronger than themselves.” Gin stated as he unzipped his pants before the urinal. “Yah never really know when he’ll strike next.”

“You’re not even going to try and stop him?!” Tsukune exclaimed in disbelief. “But beyond that, what the hell is going on here?! I couldn’t have beaten Kuyou, what happened the other day?!”

“Nani?! You seriously don’t remember?” Gin asked in disbelief.

To which Lou replied when he slammed Gin’s forehead against the wall. “Do you HAVE to run that big assed mouth of yours at the worst of times?!”

“Lou-kun?” Tsukune asked.

“Look, things got really WEIRD with Dot Brow the other day.” Lou explained. “I seriously doubt that we can do a repeat.”

“Repeat what?”

“Turn into a vampire of course.” Gin groaned in pain. “Like in those human movies where a guy who had his blood sucked by a vampire becomes one.” To which Lou silenced him via Gin’s head slammed against the wall.

“I what?!”

“Like I said, things got weird.” Lou repeated. “And there’s a reason why guys don’t talk to each other at the urinal over in the states!”

“Well he DID transform into a temporary vampire due to Moka’s blood in his veins.” Gin argued. “That’s what gave him the power to defeat Kuyou, though you weren’t so bad yourself as a Fallen-”

“Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP!” Lou slammed Gin’s head into the wall thrice more.

Tsukune leaned against the railing that surrounded the edge of the roof. He looked at his own hand and contemplated on what would happen now that he has vampire blood in his body. Next to him was Lou.

“What’s going to happen to me?” Tsukune asked.

“Nothin’ permanent, hopefully.” Lou answered. “It’s best that you get your mind off of it.”

“But how can I-”

“Tsukune! Lou!” The Japanese schoolboy turned towards the voice of Moka and found her enter the rooftop. “So THAT’s where you two are! I got worried when you both didn’t return after going to the restroom. Let’s hurry, class is about to begin.”

“Moka-san.” Tsukune breathed.

“Pinkie, now’s not the best time to- What the fuck are you doin’?” Lou turned towards his cousin who held a rather worried, but comical look upon his face that was framed by his own hands. Moka then approached Tsukune.

“Moka-san.”

“Tsukune,” Moka began. “Let me suck on your blood!”

Lou could only groan in response. “Pretty straight forward and direct, aren’t yah Pinkie?”

“But it’s been so long since I tasted Tsukune’s blood! Things have finally calmed down and I just got thirsty!” Moka blushed.

“But what about Lou-kun!?” Tsukune exclaimed.

“To be fair, I’ve been doin’ over time since you were last awake. It’s technically your turn.” Lou answered.

“Onegai (please)!” Moka pleaded as she hugged Tsukune’s arm. “Just an itsy, bitsy sip?”

“Iie (no), I’m not in the mood for that right now!” Tsukune answered.

“Couz’, we’re NEVER in the mood for it.” Lou added.

And in that moment, the words from Gin earlier echoed in Tsukune’s head. “Yamete (stop it)!” He yelled and caused Moka to jump back in surprise.

“Tsukune?” The pinkette vampire asked with concern and worry in her voice.

Tsukune then turned to face both his cousin and Moka. “Why did neither of you tell me what happened the other day with Kuyou? I was only able to learn that I temporarily transform into a vampire by Gin-sempai and even he didn’t know what will happen to me because of it! So why are you hiding something so important from me?! How can I even live like before with that kind of uncertainty?!” He then looked into the pinkette’s face. “And yet you ask me if you can suck my blood?! This isn’t something to laugh over and forget, none of you even understand how I feel! The idea of becoming a vampire disgusts me, I hate it!”

Before either Tsukune or Moka could react, Lou kicked his cousin to his forehead with enough force to knock him down.

“Lou?!” Moka exclaimed in shock and surprise.

“She was TRYIN’ to save your life back, you fuckin’ dumb shit!” Lou roared in a tone that even quieted Tsukune’s anger. “It was her blood that helped yah from those burns Kuyou gave yah, that was the only fucking reason!”

Lou then walked towards where Tsukune landed, though not before he rubbed the back of his leg and muttered something about a muscle pulled. “You having vampiric powers was just a side effect, a temporary one at that. Xena said it herself that it would only be that one time and that would be it, so get that fuckin’ stupid idea of turnin’ into a vampire out of that useless mind of yours! As for why we didn’t tell yah? Well, it’s because of this, because of how you over fuckin’ reacted! Did you even fuckin’ think of what you just said to Pinkie here just now?! How much you actually hurt her?! Now get off that ass of yours and apologize to-” It was then that Lou caught an awful smell. “Alright, which one of yah produced the foo- oh crap....”

Lou turned towards the stairwell to find that Chopper Rikiishihad just joined the trio. “So this is where you two pipsqueaks are? Monsters can grow old if they forget how to fight, so if you got time to mess around like this, then you should have the time to polish your fightin’ skills, seikaku (right)?”

“Actually, we’re just finishin’ up here and got other things to work out, so if you just excuse us-” Lou began.

“Why leave now? There’s no one here to interrupt us, we can fight as much as we want.” Rikiishi then eyed Moka. “Seikaku?” The vampire simply stood there in fright. The pro wrestler club member then turned back towards the cousins. “Now then give it your all, show me what you’ve both got!” He roared as his t-shirt ripped apart as his body grew to proportions greater then even Saizou’s true form, small horns and tusks grew to reveal that he was a troll.

“Ohhhh crap.” Lou cursed as he bore witness to the troll before him.

“Wh-what are we going to do?” Tsukune asked. It was then that the American slapped his own forehead.

“Shit, what am I worried about? I can handle this.”

“Nani?”

“Long story short, I just found out that I’m a Fallen Angel.” And Lou took hold of the gold band with his left hand to remove the object. It didn’t budge. “....It’s stuck.”

“Stuck?”

“Yeah, long story short, this ring here is kinda like Pinkie’s rosario.”

“So while it’s on...” Tsukune began.

“I’m pretty much human.” Lou finished, barely noticed the karate chop that the pro wrestler troll attempted upon them. The cousins jumped away to avoid the attack but could feel the power behind the blow as the displaced air rushed past them. “Oh yeah, this is gonna suck.”

“What do we do?!” Tsukune shrieked in terror.

“Workin’ on it!” Lou answered back as the cousins avoided the troll’s attacks.

“What’cha both doin’? The bell’s already rung, so get with the program and change to your true forms!” Rikiishi roared as he sent another fist attack towards the cousins whom barely avoided the lethal blow. “Stop runnin’ and start fightin’ you little punks!”

It was then that Tsukune slipped and fell behind, just slow enough for Rikiishi to hit him with a backhanded slap. The force of the blow was enough to send Tsukune into flight and towards Moka, who had mentally recovered enough with the aid of her sealed inner self via the rosario to catch him and soften his landing. However, the force was enough to knock him into unconsciousness.

“Couz’!” Lou then turned towards Rikiishi. “Oh you’re gonna pay for that one.” With a determined grunt, Lou was able to pry free the ring that sealed his power and tossed the gold band towards the pinkette vampire who barely caught the item. He recalled how Moka, Kurumu, and Mizore had taught him how to unleash his alter self and set free his fallen angel powers. The sudden explosion of suppressed angelic aura forced the troll to his knees.

“Nani?! What are you?” Rikiishi demanded.

“Pretty much your worst nightmare.” Lou replied. However, he was taken off guard when the troll began to chuckle.

“So THAT’S how you beat Kuyou! Subarashii (wonderful)! I never thought that I would be able to fight somethin’ THAT powerful as a Fallen Angel! This’ll be a match worthy of the history books!”

“Then you mind fillin’ in on the details for me? I’m not exactly sure what I can do as a Fallen Angel.” Lou never got his answer as Rikiishi charged towards him, with a hand raised in a karate chop. Lou was ready to dodge out of the way of the blow to take advantage of the opening the attack revealed when, in a blur, Tsukune appeared before him and caught the karate chop attack with only his left hand. “Couz’?”

“He stopped my rock crushin’ karate chop with one hand?!” Rikiishi gasped in surprise and shock. “Funakoo (impossible)!”

Lou then leaned out to spy upon Moka. “You gave Tsukune your blood again didn’t yah?” She simply nodded just before Lou looked back towards his cousin. “Yah know, I AM able to handle this, but I’ll let yah have the honor.”

With those words, the now crimson iris Tsukune took a bloody hold of Rikiishi’s right hand and, with a mighty yell, swung the troll over his head before he slammed the body into the rooftop and knocked the pro wrestler club member into unconsciousness. The action also heavily damaged the rooftop railing.

“Wakie, wakie Couz’!” Lou gently slapped Tsukune’s cheek to awaken him. It was enough to open his eyes.

“Tsukune?” Moka asked as Tsukune sat back up and spied upon the damage the fight earlier produced.

“Welcome back to the land of the living.” Lou stated, which caused Tsukune to look back at his cousin. The moment he saw what Lou had become, Tsukune jumped back in surprise.

“L-Lou-kun?! What happened to you?!”

“Eh?” Lou cocked an eyebrow in confusion. “What are you-” Lou pointed at Tsukune, which was when he noticed that he did not wear his gold band and reminded him that his angelic powers were present. “Oh, yeah that. Pinkie?” Moka then handed Lou his ring, and the moment the metal touched flesh the fallen angel features and powers vanished as if smoke. “Yeah, this was new wasn’t it?”

Tsukune nodded. “Since when-”

“About when Kuyou nearly killed yah. Which reminds me, you kinda owe someone an apology.” Lou gestured to Moka, who blushed and adverted her eyes.

“Moka-san, I..” Tsukune began. “I really said some awful things to you without thinking didn’t I? I hope you can forgive me and suck my blood as always.”

“Hontoo ni (really)?” Moka asked, to which Tsukune nodded.

“I see that you’re getting used to your other self, brother.” The D’jinn Adar Iblis commented, though his sudden appearance frightened the trio.

“D-Don’t do that!!” Lou complained.

“He’s your brother?” Tsukune asked.

“Did I not answer that?” Adar Iblis complained.

“He was in La La Land at the time.” Lou answered.

“Oh right, I remember now.” Adar Iblis recalled as he tapped his chin.

“Anyway Tsukune, this is my younger brother ha-Shay’tan Adar Iblis.”

“Ha-Shay’tan?” Tsukune attempted to repeat with little success. “It kind of sounds like Satan-”

“That’s because he is.” Lou interrupted. “And apparently I’M the reincarnation of Lucifer.” Tsukune could only look upon his cousin with confusion and disbelief. “Yeah, it’s kinda hard to swallow. And while we’re on the subject, what are you doing here?” Lou turned back towards his past life’s brother.

“Personally, I am here to see what my brother is up to.” Adar Iblis answered. “However, I am not alone.”

“Wait, what?” Lou asked. The inquiry was answered as the clouds parted to make way for what could be best described as heavenly beings, their decent herald by celestial horns that brought about an air of dread and forebode. However, unlike what was indoctrinated into the minds of Lou, Tsukune and Moka, these were not simply humanoid beings with wings. Not all of them. Rather, they were grotesquely more and several of which were supernaturally large. This group of Mal’akh comprised of armored beings with six ethereal wings that covered their bodies like a cloak, four ethereal winged creatures whom had the faces of the bull, lion and eagle as well as the face of man, great organic wheels within wheels whose hundreds of eyes limned the rim and inflamed, illuminated clouds. None of these monstrous beings were no less than ten meters in scale. Yet when these massive beings landed, it was as if with the grace of a feather to the amazement of those unfamiliar to such displays of both power and elegance. “Angels I take it?”

Iblis nodded his head. “Each represents the various...what’s the word you Ash’a and Dai’mon use..? Oh yes, choirs and spheres that structures all the Mal’akh within Elysion beneath the shining light of Empyreus and the deity.”

“Th-those are angels?!” Both Tsukune and Moka exclaimed.

“THIS is the infamous Angra Mainiuu who defied Ahura Mazda?” One of the four faced Mal’akh asked in disbelief through the face of man, which was quickly moved aside from the front of the head towards the sides to make room for the bull face as it shifted towards dominance. “He seemed rather small and weak. Not all at all I expected.” The bull then shifted to allow the lion face to speak. “I thought he’d be bigger.”

“He is my brother and this is his reincarnation.” Iblis explained.

“And you should be thankful that the Arch Daeva Hel’el Iblis donned this form rather then his true self.” One of the armored, six ethereal winged beings advised. “You had only recently breathed life and thus lack the recollection of just how powerful he once was. Not even the combined strength of the First Borns were enough to subdue the Angra Mainiuu and forced the hand of the deity.”

Lou, naturally and understandably, was confused. “Wait, what’s with this ‘Arch Daeva’ and ‘Angra Mainiuu’ business? I thought my name used to be Hel’el?”

“How much was he told of his previous history Labbi’el?” Another four-faced Mal’akh, who spoke through the eagle face, turned and asked the armored being who advised the first.

“From what I understand, insignificantly little.” Labbi’el replied before he turned to Lou. “Your title long before was that of Arch Daeva Hel’el Iblis the Angra Mainiuu, elder one.”

“Sounds like a mouthful- wait what? Elder one? How exactly old was I?” Lou asked.

“To put it simply,” Adar Iblis began. “Hel’el was the first Mal’akh ever created by the boss. The ‘First Born’ if you will. Preceding even the First Born Cha’yot such as Jibri’el, Mikha’el, Azra’el, Rasu’el, Zerach’el, Jerahme’el, Uri’el, Jaho’el, Iophi’el, Ara’el, Hesedi’el, Yehudi’el, and Labbi’el before you.”

“The what?” Lou asked.

“And who?” Tsukune added.

“Oh, my apologies. In your tongues, it would be the Seraph of Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Azrael, Raguel, Zerachiel, Jerameel, Uriel, Chamuel, Jophiel, Ariel, Zadkiel, Jegudiel and Rafael.” Adar Iblis.

“Seraph? As in Seraphim? Those guys I had to learn back in Sunday School who can basically burn anything by light alone?” Lou questioned.

“The Cha’yot light was never as powerful as your former self,” Labbi’el corrected. “However, we have come close. Close enough to require these wings to protect those far more frail then our own constitution and the armor I now don.”

“So pretty much ‘not that bad, but bad enough’.” Labbi’el simply nodded. “I can’t even imagine how difficult that’s gotta be.”

“One adjusts over several eons.”

“I figured.”

“And the others?” Moka finally spoke after she recovered the ability to speak before such creatures.

Labbi’el understood the vampire’s inquiry. “The Mal’akh before you that have only four wings yet four faces are Kr’uv, or what you would call Cherubs.”

“Weren’t cherubs suppose to be cute, cubby baby angels that-” Tsukune never finished the words as a rather angry Bull Face dominant Kr’uv kneeled down towards his eye level.

“What was that?!” The bull face roared as Tsukune could have almost swore that it had breathed out jets of flame from its nostrils. The display of the bull face was enough intimidation for him to regret his words, the other angry faces cemented that fact.

“G-gomen!”

“As you can see, the Bull is the more dominant of the Kr’uv faces.” Labbi’el near chuckled before he continued with his explanation. “The wheeled Mal’akh are Oph’an, or Thrones in your tongues and the inflamed cloud are Hash’mal. And finally, the four winged Arch Mal’akh and two winged Ma’akh that I presume you are more familiar with.”

Moka simply nodded as she attempted to ignore the many eyed wheel and inflamed cloud beings that stared at her. Or she assumed that the cloud Mal’akh stared at her from how it held itself.

“These ‘vampires’ are suppose to be the most powerful of Dai’mon breeds?” The Oph’an asked, whose voice the trio knew not where it originated. “So why are they barely the size of Ash’a?”

“Yes, so small.” The Hash’mal added.

“Be mindful that power does not always scale to size alone.” Iblis advised, though it barely contained the d’jinn’s ire.

“Yes, as far as I know, the power within Hel’el would only increase in time, especially now that he has discovered his true self.” Labbi’el added.

“Wait, what?” Lou asked, to which both Tsukune and Moka shared in his confusion.

“Your Mal’akh and Dru’j abilities were suppressed for such a long time- Well, long in your particular time reference to be proper.” Labbi’el corrected himself. “Remember that they were once housed in a being far more powerful then any Mal’akh, let alone an Ash’a. Additionally, due to your unique case, you are the first and sole Mal’akh and Dru’j incarnate and despite my name of healing and medicine, I simply do not know the full effects of this reincarnation.”

“Which pretty much means that you have no idea what I’m capable of, nor of what can hurt me?”

“Only Ahura Mazda would fully know-”

“And she ain’t talkin’ is she?” Lou interupted with his own conclusion, to which the Cha’yot nodded in agreement. “Well that can’t be good.”

“What do you mean Lou-kun?” Tsukune asked.

“If I don’t know my weaknesses and I don’t have a point of reference, to simply put I don’t know what I’m capable of and what to avoid. Unlike Pinkie here,” Lou gestured towards Moka “We know what to keep her away from to make sure she don’t get hurt.”

“They’re leaving?” Moka’s sudden question brought the cousin’s attention back towards the heavenly beings who now accended towards the sky.

“What’s the deal?”

“Like myself, they could only descend for a short period of time before their duties call them back. And so I must go.” Iblis bowed towards the trio. “Hopefully I would bear useful fruit in the sojourn of life ahead. Until we meet again.” And thus the cousins and vampire were once more alone to their own devices.

“This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.” Lou groaned in frustration.

Well, we got a little bit more insight into how this world’s mythology operates. Will this be relevant to successive chapters?

Probably not, but it does give some depth and flavor to it, don’tcha think?

As always, flames and brutally honest reviews will not be tolerated.