Once inside, Moka and Tsukune were seated at a large oak table in the middle of Rainee’s room.

Looking around, Tsukune noticed it was quite messy, very much unlike his tidy room.

I imagine Moka’s room is even tidier than mine.

Shaking those currently useless thoughts away, Tsukune focuses on the moment. And at that moment, Rainee was pouring them some type of liquid.

Is that tea?

Since they entered Rainee’s room, both Moka and Tsukune were on high alert.

After pouring ‘tea’ into Moka and Tsukune’s cups, Rainee takes a seat across them. Moka watched Rainee’s every movement.

She’s not well… How did she gain… so much youki.

“So!... Moka.” Rainee’s loud voice causes the two of them to focus on her.

“How are classes?!”

To Moka’s praise, she manages to reply with a clear and crisp voice.

“It’s okay. It’s actually quite fun.”

Rainee smiles, revealing teeth covered in dirt. Then silence. Rainee didn’t reply but continued to smile and stare at Moka’s face. She didn’t even pay Tsukune any attention.

“You know Moka… I have a question. You never told me but what’s the point of your rosary?”

Moka subconsciously touches her rosary but quickly realizes that’s the wrong action and puts her hand away. Unfortunately, Rainee noticed it and her smile widened

“Is it… important?”

Standing up, Rainee then walks around the table and sits beside Moka.

“Is it related to your true monster form??”

With a smile, Rainee continues.

“You know, I’ve been asking you so many questions… why don’t I share something instead? I like the earth… ever since I’ve enrolled here, there’s so much natural earth that it makes me happy…”

Tsukune, curious and desperate to keep the current atmosphere in peace, asks why.

“Why does earth make you happy?

With a deranged laughter, Rainee replies.

“It’s cause I’m a gnome silly! We love the earth and nature… it’s where we’re most powerful.”

Turning back to Moka, as if the previous conversation didn’t exist at all, Rainee asks her a question.

“So… have you heard anything interesting lately?”

Moka felt a chill in her spine as Rainee’s aura progressively became more sporadic.

“Anything to share? Come on Moka… anything nice to tell me.”

Moka shakes her head.

“Sorry, Rainee. I’m an open book. I don’t have anything else to share.”

Like a sudden scratch on a record, Rainee's smile transforms into a frown.

“Really… Moka… I think… you don’t treat me like a friend… not at all.”

Doing her best to keep a calm face, Moka responds with a steady voice.

“That’s not true Rainee… I treated you as a friend.”

Tsukune watches her with admiration.

Moka, you can do this!

Rainee groans at Moka’s reply.

Grr… If we’re really friends… why don’t you tell me mo-”

“Why did you lie to us, Rainee?”

Moka’s sudden cutoff startles Rainee. Moka’s words seemed to have given Rainee some semblance of lucidity.

“W-what do you mean I lied? I didn’t lie.”

Moka’s fierce determination seems to surprise the youki-drunk Rainee.

“Yes, you did! You told me that you were alone and isolated but we checked your class. Everyone was worried about you! You had worried friends everywhere!”

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Moka’s voice was interrogatory but was also full of sadness. She was used to the loneliness but no one could ever get used to betrayal.

Unfortunately, Rainee’s lucidity didn’t last.

“Of course I did. Why would I purposefully go out of my way to befriend someone who’s not even in the same class!”

Rainee stands up as her aura starts to rise.

“Moka! Tell me more about yourself! At the very least, share something I can share!”

Rainee then raises her hand and points it toward Moka. Rocks then start to form in her hand.

Tsukune starts to panic and immediately looks for anything that can prevent Rainee from harming Moka. But there was nothing immediately nearby to use.

The table!

Putting all of his strength in his arms, Tsukune grabs the edges of the heavy table and flips it toward Rainee.

Seeing the table get flipped over, Tsukune couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. His workouts were paying off. The upturned table obstructs Rainee's view, causing her attack to shatter the table and veer off course.

Tsukune shouts at Moka to immediately run away.

“Moka! Run!”

Moka stands up but for a moment hesitates. Tsukune sees Rainee readjust her aim and point her hand toward Moka once more.

No!

Shards of stone fly towards Moka.

Moka tries to move away but her hesitation has a cost and someone has to pay for it.

Unfortunately for her, Tsukune was willing to.

Jumping in front of the shards, Tsukune was able to protect Moka but he felt the sharp sting of youki-infused rock pierces his back. Tsukune grits his teeth as he resists the pain.

“Tsukune!”

Moka smells an immensely powerful stench of blood emanating from Tsukune but she doesn’t have time to worry about it.

“Moka… run…”

Tsukune gasped while resisting the desire to fall unconscious.

Rainee on the other hand gasps in surprise.

“T-Tsukune… no… I-I didn’t me-”

For a moment, worry flashes in her eyes but the power in her mind quickly takes over.

“You shouldn’t have done that Tsukune! And where is your youki-armor?! What type of vampire has such weak defenses!”

As if to answer her question, an immensely powerful surge of youki starts to overwhelm her aura. It came from Moka and Tsukune.

So… so much power!

A moment of lucidity returns to Rainee. She quickly realized that she would need to create rumors that spread across hundreds of thousands if not millions of people to gain youki this large.

T-this is a vampire!

“NO! I AM MORE POWERFUL!”

Accumulating a substantial amount of youki, Rainee unleashes a potent burst of kinetic energy in front of her. The destructive shockwave materializes as a colossal cone of energy, emanating from Rainee's outstretched hands. Upon its creation, the cone of destruction obliterates everything in its path with sheer force. Swiftly advancing, it closes in on Moka and Tsukune.

Instantly, Moka reacts and grabs Tsukune. In a split second, she launches herself backward, and using her right foot to quickly touch the ground, she spins around and kicks the front door with her left foot, shattering it. She then uses the momentum of her movement to exit the room and jump off the balcony of the 7th floor.

Behind her, a powerful shockwave follows, destroying Rainee’s front entrance.

Moka starts to fall with an unconscious Tsukune in her arms.

She clicks her tongue angrily. She was about to shout but Rainee quickly followed up her attack by leaping outward with multiple shards of rocks following behind her.

“Don’t run! We’re not yet done!”

With a flick of her hands, dozens of sharp shards fly toward Moka.

The recently unsealed Moka notices the shards and swiftly throws Tsukune downward. Charging her entire body with youki, she adjusts her position, aligning her head toward the ground and her legs toward Rainee.

The shards are about to hit her but with quick and powerful movement, Moka spins mid-air and shatters most of them with precise kicks. She then uses one of the large remaining pieces of rock as a springboard and pushes herself downward, accelerating her fall toward the falling Tsukune.

Snatching the unconscious Tsukune mid-air, Moka adeptly maneuvers herself just before reaching the ground, landing gracefully on her feet. Swiftly, she dashes forward to evade the falling shattered shards. Approaching the dormitory, Moka safely hides Tsukune behind a wall. She promptly assesses the extent of his injuries and notes that he is still breathing.

Good, he’s still alive.

Pissed at the fact that her attempts to warn the other her for the past week were unsuccessful, inner Moka returns to the courtyard. Rainee was there with a deranged smile on her face.

With clear disdain, Moka taunts Rainee.

“Pathetic. You’ve clearly gone drunk with power. No one taught you how to regulate your youki.”

Rainee didn’t respond, perplexed by Moka’s change.

Silver hair, crimson eyes, and overwhelming youki. Truly, Moka appeared to be the quintessential vampire.

“No response? That’s fine by me. Because of your lack of self-control, I have two fools to save.”

Rainee smiles.

“Hehe… fools…”

Moka sighs and charges forward. Rainee reacts by erecting a stone wall which Moka quickly sidesteps to deliver a roundhouse kick towards Rainhee’s head.

But before she could put weight on her body, she started to sink in the dirt.

Rainee then plunges downward, as if the earth was water. Moka then feels a hand grasp her leg and drag her deeper into the ground.

As her body goes deeper and deeper, Moka is finally able to touch the solid ground with both of her arms. Super-charging her body with youki, she grips the ground with both of her hands and without giving Rainee any indication that she would move suddenly lifts her leg up with all of her strength, dragging Rainee out of the earth.

Before Rainee could let go and escape, Moka grabbed her neck with his hand. Using her other hand, Moka leaps upward and throws Rainee into the air. Moka keeps pace with her ascent and prepares for another attack.

“There’s no earth to manipulate here fool.”

Spinning in place, Moka strikes Rainee’s body with a powerful kick, sending her flying to the ground.

As the kick connects, Rainee feels Moka’s powerful youki enter her body, disrupting the flow of power within her.

Lucidity returns but it’s quickly replaced with darkness as her body hits the ground with immense force, knocking her out. Fortunately for Rainee, she was able to armor her body with youki, preventing any permanent damage.

Moka lands on the wall that Rainee raised earlier. She waits for Rainee to move but once Moka’s sure that Rainee is no longer capable of moving, Moka jumps down and walks toward her, prepared to inflict incapacitating damage.

But to her surprise, someone’s already in front of Rainee, checking if she’s fine. Moka internally frowned.

“Tsukune.”

Tsukune, with a wounded back, turns around with a weak smile. He was trembling but he did his best to stand.

“Moka… I knew you’d be fine.”

Struggling to stand up, he approaches her. But Moka glares at him, causing him to back away.

“Are you a fool?”

Tsukune was surprised by inner Moka’s cold voice.

“Once again you threw yourself in danger, this time to save us. You do realize that even the other me is tougher than your weak pathetic body?”

She goes toward Tsukune and points at his chest.

“Tell me Tsukune, what pushed you to such a suicidal act?”

Inner Moka’s cold glare was so different compared to Outer Moka’s kind gaze. But Tsukune wasn’t afraid.

“I-I It’s because I want to protect Moka. I already told her that I chose to be here.”

Despite Tsukune’s determined words, Inner Moka doesn’t respond with the same sincerity.

“Protect me? Please. You cannot protect me.”

She quickly grabs the rosary from Tsukune’s hand.

“Tsukune, know your place or else I will put you in it. Now, move. I still have to punish this brat for daring to harm me.”

But Tsukune stays in place.

His breathing was ragged but he had a determined face.

“Moka… I know you’re angry with me but… Rainee doesn’t deserve such a harsh treatment.”

Inner Moka would’ve rolled her eyes but Tsukune continued.

“I am wounded yes but she was not in the right mind… and while she did lie to us… she never said any bad rumors about us. And she really tried to befriend us. And… I know that she didn’t mean to hurt me or you.”

“With ulterior motives.” Inner Moka adds.

“Then… let’s help her recover and confront her after… Not while she’s like this. I know you’re not cruel… after all, you’re even worried about a human like me.”

Hearing that, Inner Moka couldn’t help but smirk and lightly laugh.

“You misunderstand. I am not worried about you nor am I angry at you. It’s just that I wouldn’t want my entertainment to suddenly disappear.”

Sensing that Moka was no longer going to hurt Rainee, Tsukune feels relieved.

“And since you’re so desperate to not be a burden to us, handle this situation on your own.”

Moka then seals herself again by re-attaching the rosary. Her silver hair suddenly regains its pink luster. Her crimson eyes gain shades of green until only the color of leaves remains. And her body returns to her previous size and proportions.

And just like before, Moka faints and falls forward. Tsukune catches her and despite his wounds, he forces himself to stand up.

I won’t be a burden…