Devils + Vampire

The Vampire Awakens: Vergil's Side

"I have agreed to no such thing," Vergil looked up from his book to yell after Dante. But his younger brother was already walking off, Saizo digging his heels into the ground as he tried to get away. Dante merely waved without looking back at Vergil. Then he and Saizo disappeared into the distance.

Tsukune and Vergil watched them go. Tsukune with confusion and awe on his face, Vergil with annoyance.

Then they both became aware of footsteps heading their way. They turned around to see Moka rushing their way.

Vergil felt his annoyance grow as the vampire girl threw her arms around Tsukune in a form of greeting. She spoke in her normal, kind tone of voice, "Morning, Tsukune! If we don't hurry, we're gonna be late."

With a scoff, Vergil elected to walk a few paces ahead of the two. He would stay close enough to hear the two, but otherwise would try to ignore them. He had not agreed to watch the two while Dante was gone. Thus he wouldn't go out of his way to keep them in sight. Mentally adding this to his list of grievances against Dante, he began to focus his attention on the book in his hand. He had managed to reach a chapter discussing the possible uses of sealing magic.

"Uawww," Tsukune couldn't hide the uncertainty in his face as he stepped away from Moka.

Moka hummed while staring at Tsukune, not hiding the curiosity in her eyes. Her gaze fell onto the letter in Tsukune's hand. She leaned over his shoulder to get a closer look, "What's that? Is it a letter to someone?"

Vergil hummed as a particular passage caught his interest. The book detailed how sealing magic could, in theory, be used to seal away more than simply a Yokai's strength. Other possible uses included sealing away memories, body parts, even someone's personality could be locked away. However, the book stressed that such things could only be done by someone skilled in the art of sealing magic. And those were few and far between. Even among Yokai. And everything it stated was merely theoretical.

Vergil committed the knowledge to memory anyway. He wasn't sure how this world's magic would affect him and Dante. The last thing they needed was for someone to seal them away. While he doubted it would hold them forever, it would increase the amount of time they spent in this world by months at the least.

He was briefly brought from his musings by the loud gasp from the vampire. He frowned as she spoke with surprise and worry in her voice, "A withdrawal notice!? Why...is something wrong, Tsukune?"

Tsukune turned away from Moka to look at the dusty earth beneath his feet. A nervous chuckle left his mouth as he spoke, "It's...I...I can't help it, Moka! This school is just too scary for me! I'm thinking of leaving and going to a human school."

Vergil clicked his tongue at the boy's foolish statement. He should be thankful that the vampire likely misconstrued his words. Otherwise she'd have figured out what he actually was.

As if to confirm his thoughts, Moka shouted to Tsukune, "No way. You can't go off to some human school. I hate those humans!"

"...Huh!?" Tsukune sounded schocked by Moka's words. Vergil kept walking, starting to get further away from the two. They had made it halfway to the school gate by this point, and Vergil had already decided to leave the two behind. They had made it to school. They should be safe enough that Dante couldn't complain if he left them behind. He caught Moka speaking of her time at a human middle school where they insulted her for saying she was a monster. After that, he got far enough away that he couldn't hear them anymore.

At least their normal volume.

But he could still hear the human boy's yell, "I am a human! Through some kind of mistake I ended up being let into this school, but I'm different from you!"