Reunions and Revelations

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So, the last chapter made it seem like I was fusing the Mokas, and I'm just letting you know that's NOT the case.

Sorry to all those Akasha fans, but I feel like I can't have her as a main romantic interest for Tsukune. She will definitely still play a part in the story, though, so don't fret if you are one of those fans.

Also, I'm not sure if I should start 'rosary' with a capital. Let me know what you prefer.

As you may know, I'm going to be doing work on another fic, meaning updates will be less frequent for this. Sorry about that.

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Akasha Bloodriver had been biding her time, simply observing the antics of her daughter and her soon-to-be son. It was with great happiness that she had watched them be so simply happy together, and it was fun watching them fight as a team, even if it was only for a couple of minutes.

The mempries of what had gone on prior to her reincarnation were astounding to her. Not only the times when Tsukune had thrown himself in harms way to protect her, but also the fact that he had captivated the hearts of a whole vampire family. From the outside looking in, it was easy to see. Akuha had finally found someone who was like her, and someone who could understand her intentions, purely to protect Moka. Kahlua found a kind, caring man, who saw her as more than a pretty face, which was all that she had been looking for. Kokoa realised that this person, who she had met as a weakling human, had more trench in him than all of her sisters combined. He also was the first to understand all her anger at her sisters and was able to ooze it out of her.

Akasha could easily see him returning to her family's castle and living in peace, with herself and her daughters, with Moka as his lover.

Yet, a nuisance had reared its head. Fairy Tale. Evil offered no respite, and that was clear here. The terrorist organisation previously led by Alucard and Gyokuro had been seemingly defeated, but now it had returned, led by a person who was chillingly familiar. As all the memories of the times that Moka had spent with Tsukune had come with her reawakening, she also knew first-hand of the experiences that they had gone through. And that meant that she knew the leader of Fairy Tale.

Yoshii Kiria.

Now she felt that her task would be to tell Tsukune and Moka. To not do so would be dangerous, considering the organisation's reputation of attacking enemies when unprepared. It sounded easy, in theory, to just walk up to them, saying that she had information concerning Fairy Tale, and have a nice chat with them.

But, with the recent happenings, there was no way that could be happen. Moka would no doubt be overjoyed to see her again, seeing as she had just disappeared after the Fairy Tale business. She would also be angry, that her mother had just seemingly abandoned her.

It didn't help that she was also deeply in love with Tsukune. And, unfortunately, she couldn't pursue their relationship, as it would only hurt Moka, and Tsukune.

Like she had pointed out, all the memories had come back with the rosary, so she shared Moka's thoughts and feelings about Tsukune. That didn't mean that she and the "Outer" Moka were the same person, they still had a separate mind and had their own little quirks in their personalities.

It was easy for her to see why Moka had fallen so completely in love with him. Had she been in her position, she would of as well. However, it was completely improper for a mother to hinder her daughter's relationship, let alone be jealous.

So she carried a certain guilt with her when she calmly walked to the door of their apartment.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Be right there!"

She heard a shuffling of footsteps following the voice which was clearly Tsukune's. When the door opened, she smiled at him, but the expression on his face was far from a smile.

"A-Akasha-san?!" He exclaimed, eyes darting around her to make sure she was real. When he regained body movement he suddenly broke out into a smile, eyes slightly moist.

"Tsukune?" She asked, confused.

"I'm sorry, Akasha-san, it's just, I'm happy to see you, I guess." He suddenly found a cold sweat on his hands, so he started clenching his hands into fists repeatedly. "You know, you're like a mother to me, if that doesn't offend you."

"Of course not, Tsukune." She laughed, looking into the chocolate brown eyes that she had come to love. "You know, you can drop the honorifics, like you said, we're like mother and son." Tsukune was now posotively beaming at her. "Also, as you know, since the memories and thoughts came back with the rosary, I-" She was silenced by Tsukune putting a finger on her lips.

"I know how you feel for me. And I can easily say I feel the same way about you. It's just, I don't ever want to pursue any kind of relationship with anyone apart from Moka. I'm sure we can be friends, good friends, but I would never want to leave the most beautiful, the kindest, most caring person on the planet." He paused, unsure of the appropriateness of his words, and also unsure of how to finish. "I'm really sorry, Akasha."

"Friends... Sounds good to me." Tsukune gave her a thankful smile which she returned. She had also noticed the lack of an honorific, with some satisfaction. She swapped her smile for a devilish grin when she continued. "I wouldn't be foolish enough to try and pry you away from Moka. Especially since she just heard what you had to say about her." Tsukune instantly whirled around, eyes wide, to see a smiling Moka looking back at him with watery eyes. She instantly launched herself into his arms, nuzzling her face into his warm, muscular chest.

"Tsukune..." She sighed, before looking up. Her jade eyes were sparkling, her smile was absolutely radiant. "You're too kind." She slowly got herself back up, and turned back to Akasha. The two exchanged stares, leaving the room in a tense silence which she soon broke. "Mother..."

"My darling Moka."

Moka quickly glided over to Akasha, before hugging her tightly. "I missed you, I missed you so much..." She whispered into her mother's pink hair, which was identical to hers. The hug was returned instantly, with the same vigour. The connection they shared was impossible to miss.

Tsukune, to be fair, was feeling quite dejected on the sidelines, but nothing could overshadow the overwhelming feeling of happiness that one of the things that had been bothering Moka, and himself, was solved. It was a weight off their chests, now that they knew that Akasha was alive and well.

He quickly moved over, putting a reassuring hand on both of their backs. They didn't even look up, knowing Tsukune well enough to easily tell it was him. Despite the close intimacy of the moment, they all knew that she had probably brought news, and it must've been important if it was enough to bring her out of hiding.

"Sorry to break your moment guys, but there's obviously something important you have to discuss, Akasha." Tsukune added hesitantly, his voice laced with trepidation. This caused Moka to break off, pouting at him cutely.

"Alas, it is true. I have to return to the Shuzen Castle in short order as well, so I'm just going to tell you." Akasha replied sadly. It was true, she did have to return. It was easy to decide who she would go to first, her precious Moka and Tsukune held such a large space in her heart. But she still had to eventually go back to her home and family, regardless of how they would receive her.

"You know, you don't have to go back. If you want, you can stay with us." Tsukune suggested, inciting a keen nod from Moka.

"No, I have to return. I have to face my duties, as you have so duly faced yours." She sighed, giving them a thankful smile. "Anyway, onto the serious business at hand. As you are aware of, Fairy Tale are moving again. I have come here to tell you the information I have about them.

"Their leader is someone you will be well acquainted with. Yoshii Kiria." Tsukune's normally soft eyes hardened and Moka's eyes widened at the name. "Their goal has remained the same, and they are still trying to cause conflict between monsters and humans. However, I know the first phase of their plan." She lowered her voice, whatever it was, it was serious. "They have stolen human bombs from around the world. And they are going to use these bombs to attack various cities of the monster world, framing humans. One of them is the snow village where your friend lives."

The fallout was simply silence; emotions and opinions burning inside Tsukune and Moka's heads, causing the atmosphere to thicken in the room.

"Thanks for telling us, Akasha. I'm not going to ask where you found this out, I can trust you enough. But how are we going to stop this? We're not going to be able to be at every city at the same time." Tsukune asked, eyes steely with resolve.

"Yes, but that's why I'm going back to my family. I'm going to enlist their help. I trust you two can handle the snow village, and my family and I will be spread along the other cities." Akasha answered, before standing up. She thought up some words to draw the attention away from the fact she was leaving for God knows how long. "It's great to see that you two are so happy together. I wish I could stay and see out your best years together."

"Well, at least before you leave, could you talk with the other Moka?" Tsukune pressed, receiving a warm look from Moka's rosary.

"Of course." Akasha nodded, also eager to see her. Tsukune gave the pink haired Moka a small goodbye kiss, inciting a little smile from Akasha, before removing her rosary.

A few stretched out seconds later, Akasha found herself in the vice-like grip of a silver haired vampire. She lovingly returned the gesture, feeling the tears beading down her chest. The Inner Moka was showing how fragile she could be, how she no doubt would be like more often if she had never met Tsukune.

"If you really have to leave, come back soon..." She finally managed, her words quiet as she lay in her mother's arms.

"I will, Moka and Tsukune, I promise. But I still have things I have to do, as a Dark Lord. So, I guess this is farewell." She sighed, turning towards the door. A hand on her shoulder stopped her.

"I understand you have to leave now. But, later, please consider staying with us. I would appreciate it, and so would Moka, even more than I would." Tsukune asked one more time, more urgency in his voice this time, and Akasha closed her eyes, smiling sadly.

"Maybe." She whispered, a whisper that carried even to Moka, and she spun on her heel, walking to the door. "I love you both. My children."

The door closed, leaving Tsukune to comfort the understandably upset Moka.

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As Akasha walked, she suppressed the emotions inside of her. She hated ever having to leave Moka, or Tsukune. She had made a promise to herself to go back to them one day, but she knew that would be later rather than sooner. She turned back to survey the place where they were living together, when she saw a bunch of shady looking men slip into the complex.

Eyes narrowing, she quickly ran back and followed them in. A sudden burst of Youki awakened the panic in her, and she all but flew down the corridor to their room, to see Tsukune standing protectively in front of Moka, facing a person with daggers for fingers. Daggers that were dripping with blood. Behind the enemy was a bunch of people, most with giant fists or feet. Akasha only then noticed the small wounds peppering Tsukune's chest and arms, and the fact that Moka was unscathed. She quickly unleashed a burst of energy, enough to send the stray monster flying, and instantly went over to Moka and Tsukune.

"Tsukune..." She heard Moka whisper, sorrowfully. "Why'd you...?"

"It's alright, Moka, I'm a vampire, this won't kill me." Tsukune replied softly, before lightly smiling at her. "Don't hurt yourself."

She bit her lip. "You stay here, lover. We'll talk later." She added an evil smirk to the last part, which went unnoticed by Tsukune. Nonetheless, he knew what she was implying and shuddered at the random imagery floating into his head.

Akasha quickly scooted over to Tsukune, before exposing her neck. "Come on: drink." Tsukune looked horrified at the thought and looked at her with some confusion. "Vampires use blood as power, drink my blood and you'll start healing."

"Only if you're sure, Akasha." Tsukune looked into her eyes for any sign of hesitation, which he couldn't find. He acquiesced to her decision, lightly leaning in and inserting his fangs into her soft, pale neck. To her surprise, she didn't feel a thing. She took solace in knowing that he cared for her, the thought was heartening to her.

Turning her attention back to Moka, she realised that they were utterly outnumbered. Even so, the odds were stacked in their favour, being Shinso of course. But what struck her was the unrestrained fury in their eyes, which was returned with the same amount of power by Moka. It was clear that they had a history together, it was clear from the way that Tsukune was angered. He was never angry. With the murderous intent emanating from every member of the room, Akasha herself even felt a little scared.

"These are the Outcast Ayashi, Akasha. Or Anti-Thesis. We defeated them at Youkai Academy, as you'll remember." Tsukune reminded her, and her eyes hardened, anger overtaking her features. "However, this is our business. Please stay out of the way, I wouldn't want you getting hurt. So, please unseal me, Akasha." Tsukune suddenly spoke, his voice monotone. "Just try it." He insisted, turning to face her. Akasha nodded and slightly pulled lightly at the rosary, which to her surprise simply slid off.

When Moka heard the slight metallic sound and explosion of demonic energy, she whipped around, to see vampire Tsukune in all his glory.

"What if they pull a water trick again, you'll be in danger! Seal yourself, that body has affinity, doesn't it?" Moka asked desperately, frantically trying to keep him out of harms way. To her complete surprise, Tsukune ignored her and quickly leapt up, grabbed her and beckoned Akasha, before speeding over to punch one guy with a lighter.

"Akasha, quickly, take her and go outside, I'll stop them from trashing the place." Tsukune said, with a sense of urgency. "I'll be fine, I've dealt with water before." He smiled reassuringly, inspiring Akasha to speed over to the confused Moka, grab her, before gliding down off the balcony, using her wings to great effect.

She heard the downfall of water, from what must of been sprinklers, before a body was sent flying off the balcony. To her relief, it wasn't Tsukune, but the dagger-fingered man. He was quickly followed by his allies, before Tsukune himself jumped down to join them.

"It's a fair fight now. Technically." He smiled at them, despite his body's obvious shuddering. "See you soon." He mumbled, before face planting, unconscious, his wet silver hair dripping onto the dirt.

Akasha felt numb with pain and shock, she felt utterly stupid and useless. I let him go into battle in water. I thought, when he said he could face water... She blinked back tears, and her body must of been shaking as she felt a hand on her back.

"I know how you feel, mother. I hate watching him in pain, and I hate that feeling of uselessness. Trust me, I've been there. But, my Tsukune is strong. He's just drained of energy, when he wakes up he'll be fine, but he'll need to drink, though." Moka consoled her mother, now understanding what had happened. She was also angry at Tsukune for willingly making himself like this, but that had to wait. She turned her burning crimson eyes towards the monsters who had made him like this, the ones who had already left enough horrible scars on him but had come and made more. Her calm demeanour betrayed none of her rage, but her extremely pissed off face did.

Their opponents, who were pretty much screwed, looked away, scared of the murderous glare they were receiving. Moka and Akasha were both ready and willing to beat them to pulp, considering what they had done to Tsukune. However they had to find out why they're here, and who they work for.

Moka approached the tallest man of the lot, looking him in the eyes the whole time. He cowered in fear, fear of the enraged beauty approaching him. He felt himself lifted into the air, a hand on his neck.

As the man struggled to breath, Moka calmly walked over to the nearest wall, pinning him against it.

"Tell me who you are working for." Her voice was cold, emotionless, as she kept eye contact with the man. When he just shook his head, Moka raised a fist, before swinging it down to his face, stopping just in front of the bridge of his nose.

"F-Fairy Tale." He sputtered, desperately trying to fade into the wall.

"What are your intentions here?"

"W-We came here to subdue you, as boss s-sees you as a threat." He choked out, and he felt gravity take him to the floor painfully as Moka had released him.

"What should we do, mother?" Moka sighed, not wanting to kill people, yet feeling death was what they deserved.

"Don't worry, Moka, I'll handle this." Akasha replied simply, before raising her hands, summoning a ball of energy. She closed her eyes, before looking up at the enemy. She pointed at them, and with a soft muttering, the ball of light shot over and captured them, before disappearing.

Moka was uncaring of what happened to them, instead rushing over to take care of Tsukune. She picked him up and lightly slung him over her shoulder, before walking back over to Akasha. The pair walked back into Moka and Tsukune's apartment.

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When Tsukune awoke, Akasha finally said her goodbyes.

After she had left, Moka was content to just lay in Tsukune's warm and welcoming embrace, but they both knew there were important matters happening. They had no idea when and where fairy tale were going to stage their attacks, but they knew they had to get to Mizore's village as quickly as possible, to be ready when they do. It was essential that they stopped the attacks, not only to save Mizore but to preserve the peace between humans and Ayashi.

It was strange, Tsukune felt excited yet apprehensive. He knew that Fairy Tale would cause problems, but it wasn't them he was worried about. He was worried about meeting Mizore. Tsurara had written a few days ago, saying that she had recovered well, and was now living peacefully. It didn't take much thought to know that she was probably being tough, hiding her conflicts inside.

His thoughts wondered back over to Moka, as they always did, and he looked over to see her gazing back at him, with sadly lit crimson eyes, and Tsukune realised she had been watching him and his reaction the whole time. Tsukune instinctively squeezed her tighter, knowing the feelings he had were no doubt going through her mind as well. He found himself slowly running his hands through her silver hair. She stood up soon enough, easily prying off Tsukune's grip.

"I'll have you know that this doesn't mean your forgiven." She said, giving Tsukune a small smirk.

"Is that so?" Tsukune replied quickly, and Moka could've sworn she saw his eyes flicker with red for just a moment. They shared a quick stare into each others eyes, before Tsukune lifted the rosary. "Feeling sleepy?"

Moka nodded, with some reluctance, but she did have to go to sleep. "See you later, lover." She sighed as she clipped on her rosary, going to sleep at peace.

Later, still in the early hours of the night, Moka woke up. Brushing her pink hair out of her eyes, she looked around, to find herself in the bed, alone. She got up, wondering where Tsukune was. She ventured into the living room, to find a figure on the couch.

Sighing in annoyance, but smiling to herself, she picked him up easily and carried him to the bed, before snuggling in with him.

Now, with the warmth of his body with her, she could rest much easier.

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As the dawn broke over their apartment, Tsukune and Moka knew that they had a job to do. However, they had no idea how they would see it through. First of all, they had to figure out how Fairy Tale planned to attack, then they also had to find their way to Mizore's village.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Tsukune broke the peaceful early morning silence, looking at Moka with a soft expression.

"I..." Moka began, before sighing, shifting her gaze to Tsukune, looking straight into his eyes. "I don't even know how I'm feeling myself. You seem to have the ability to see into my eyes like they're windows, so you should know." Tsukune smiled softly at the remark.

"We need to find bus driver-san." It was the only viable solution they could think of, yet they had no idea how to do so, he just...appeared when he was needed. However, going by that logic...

Tsukune popped his head out the window, but no one was there on the street. Sighing, he decided to just ring up Tsurara and talk to her about it.

"Moka, I'm going to call Tsurara and see of she can get us there." Moka nodded at the suggestion, it seemed a good idea, and it couldn't hurt just to talk with her. She handed Tsukune her phone, seeing as Tsukune didn't seem to have one, and he smiled in thanks.

Tsukune drummed his fingers as he tried to remember what her home phone was, remembering nothing apart from it starting with 0.

"What was her number again, Moka?" Tsukune asked sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. Moka laughed lightly, before pulling out a phonebook that Tsukune had never seen before. She flipped it open, lightly browsing over to a page.

"03 9223 8562." She called, Tsukune punching the numbers in as she did. Tsukune gave Moka one last look, and she nodded, confirming the decision, and Tsukune pressed the green "dial" button.

"Hello?" The fuzzy voice broke the short silence that had followed. "Moka?"

"It's me, Tsukune. Listen, Tsurara, a lot has been happening, and we need to get to your village."

"Oh, yeah, the snow priestess told me this would happen." Tsukune's eyes lit up in hope.

"Oh, so you already know why-"

"Nope."

"Alright," Tsukune sighed, "Fairy Tale have begun to operate again. And their first plan is to bomb your village, and Moka and myself have been assigned to protect it."

There was a small silence, as Tsurara paused to think. Suddenly, the line went blank. Shocked, Tsukune looked towards Moka, who shrugged, just as confused. The small table shook all of a sudden, and they saw that the phone had lit up, as Tsurara had sent them a message.

Meet me at your parents house.

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It was one reunion after another.

They met Tsurara later that afternoon, and she had arrived in the yellow bus they had associated with Youkai Academy. The short bus ride through the dimensional tunnel was strangely awkward, Tsukune made sure that Moka was close by him all the time, yet not even that could give them comfort, as Tsurara was constantly staring at them with her piercing blue eyes. It was highly unnerving.

When they finally arrived, they were instantly hit by the constant cold of the Yuki-onna village. It was chilling, not just the weather, but even the slightly cold undertone of Tsurara's voice. After they got off the bus, Tsurara eyed Tsukune for a second, before grabbing him by the shoulders.

"Yes..?" He asked, pretty confused. The pink-haired vampiress beside him gave her a small, possessive glare.

"About Mizore..." Tsurara started, gripping Tsukune's heart in a vice. "I just wanted to thank you." Tsukune and Moka were both shocked, looking between each other with varying degrees of bewilderment. Tsurara chuckled lightly. "You changed her. She used to be such a weak-minded girl. Now, you've made her such a brave and strong woman." She smiled at him after finishing.

"I-I guess your welcome. I don't feel like I did anyth-"

"Nonsense! Geez, she did warn me you were like this, so stupidly humble." Tsurara started muttering to herself, causing Tsukune to back away slowly, before turning his attention back to Moka.

"So how are we going to find her?" He asked quietly, not quite meeting her eyes. She sighed quietly, carefully choosing her words.

"I feel like she will be the one to find us." She said softly, not quite sure what she meant herself. She just had a gut feeling, that they would encounter Mizore unintentionally, before they met formally. She turned, looking back at Tsurara, who had finally regained a hold of herself. She turned again, to (not) find a missing Tsukune.

"Tsukune?" She asked hesitantly, fear gripping her out of the blue. No response. She warily walked around the palace, looking for any sign of her lover. She was surprised to hear his voice behind one of the first doors she passed, so she stopped, learning in to catch the conversation.

"Hey, Mizore, you didn't do anything to Moka, right?"

It was Tsukune's voice. Moka felt her heart warm, both at the mention of her name and at the sound of his voice. But she felt apprehension settling in, at the other name she had heard.

"Of course not. She's probably just wondering where you are."

Moka had her fears confirmed when she heard the voice of her past friend. Not quite sure what she was doing, she burst into the room, to see them sitting next to each other, staring into the ground. Their gazes instantly whipped up, and both their faces broke into relieved smiles.

"M-Mizore..."

"Yo."

There was a tense silence, as the two analysed each other. Mizore calmly stared into the fearful emerald eyes of the vampire that had been her rival for so long.

"So, how've you been?" Mizore's voice was so cold that she surprised herself. She saw Moka visibly almost squirm, with some satisfaction.

"I-I-" Moka's stuttering was stopped when Tsukune put a reassuring hand on her back. "I'm just sorry. I won't bend words, I really am-"

"I don't hate you." Mizore's voice was much lighter, causing Moka to smile again.

"Really?" Moka wasn't expecting one answer over another, she knew she was holding no right to demand forgiveness.

"Of course." Some warmth had found its way back into Mizore's voice, as she put on a small smile.

The two friends shared a smile, one that was long overdue. It was a pleasing sight for Tsukune, of course after he had found that Mizore had found someone for her he was glad for her. Yet he didn't completely miss the sad glances that she had given him.

"So, why are you two here?"

Important note.

So I have discovered a new manga called "Horimiya." It's a really sweet story, and I recommend you to read it, it's ongoing and 30 chapters long so far.

Then I looked at it's fandom. And I found 4 fics.

So I've decided to start work on a fic for that. This doesn't mean this story is over, right now I'm just finding it hard to be motivated to write for this. Sorry guys. This story is probably considered on hiatus as of now, and will resume soon, hopefully.

I already have half a chapter for this written up, maybe it won't actually be on hiatus, just i will have slower updates.

Once again, I'm really sorry guys.