♘Rosario+vampire: Year of the Dragon

Chapter 7

What did it mean, she had found him, but it wasn't him, she knew this was someone else, but it didn't matter, she had to tell the princess, if anypony could assure her what really was, it was her. Twilight kept quiet as she and her friends went to her room, which was up on a high floor, all of her friends were chatting, none of them noticed her silence, they just kept going, hopefully the princess was awake about now.

"So then, why did you run off on poor Emerald?" Rarity asked, all the other girls turned to Twilight.

"Well, I have to tell you," Twilight said, Emeralds name bringing up two faces in her mind, "But in my room."

"Alright, that's cool," Rainbow accepted the answer, she personally thought that Emerald was a fit guy, good muscle tone.

"Ah find it suspicious the way he talks, he's got secrets," Applejack said, she never liked secrets, she was an open and honest gal.

"He looks like a fun guy!" Pinkie bounced by them, then she giggled, "hehe, fungi."

"Well I think his dashing green hair is perfect with his bright gree-" Rarity suddenly gasped, realization hit her like a train.

"You know too?" Twilight asked.

"How could I miss it!?" Rarity said.

"What?" Applejack asked, they were approaching Twilight's room.

"What is it?" Rainbow and Fluttershy asked.

"It would be better if we discuss this in private," Rarity said, they stepped into Twilight's room, all waiting patiently.

"Well?" Rainbow said.

"Emerald Spire, is actually-"

An explosion rocked the building.

~~~

"Sweet salted mudcrab's butt, what was that?!" A student yelled.

"How am I supposed to know?" another yelled back at him, but before she could continue they noticed a large cloud of dust rising from the dead forest.

"What? What happened?" Twilight walked out of the building, her friends running up behind her.

"Again, how am I supposed to know?!" the second student yelled.

"Think it's another monster fight?" Rainbow asked.

"No," Twilight responded.

"What? why do ya think that?" Applejack asked her, fights were common among students, and they tended to get out of hand.

"I don't know, it just feels different," Twilight said.

"What do you mean, seems the same to me," the first student said.

"It just feels, empty," Twilight took a step forward, zoning out.

"Oh my!" Fluttershy peeped, scaring the life out of them all.

"What is it?" Rainbow asked, getting a point into the air as an answer.

Above them was what looked like a four armed metal lizard, with metal wings, it was staring at the smoke rising from the dead forest, then began to laugh. The laugh made them all feel small, it had a ring that made them shrink in fear, but they feared if they did they would be spotted by it.

"Helluva punch, almost made me flinch," said a figure as she walked out of the forest, she had blond hair and grey catlike eyes, the metal lizard growled.

"Strong words from a weak creature," the metal lizard growled out, "Guess I will have to take this more seriously."

"Oh give it up, you couldn't beat my father, you can't beat me," She said taking a fighting stance, two swords at the ready, "Well Xeima? Feeling lucky?"

"Never dirty my name with your words again!" He roared as he charged, Twilight would have helped, but the two were fighting at a level that made Princess Celestia look like a novice, they were moving faster than she could register and attacking with enough power to obliterate anything within it's range.

"How?" Twilight was dumbstruck, they moved with such grace, but hit with such force as to convey the deadly intent.

"As are the powers of Void," the girl said, parrying a blow while delivering another, the girl was smiling.

"Don't look so smug," Xeima said, "After all, you won't be when I cut you in half!"

"Calm down," the girl said, then called to Twilight and her friends, "Oh by the way, the name's Miria Zentrus."

"Will you quit ignoring me!" Xeima said, knocking her blades out of the way and going for a stab, only to meet air, but was quickly rewarded with a decapitating blow through the neck.

"Now will you shut up?" Miria asked, she then turned and waited as the lizard put it's head back on.

"Yes ma'am," Xeima said, sitting and awaiting orders.

"Good," Miria said before turning to the girls, getting a yelp as they backed up a bit, " How about lunch?"

~Hours earlier~

Miria sat on the bus as she waited to reach the grounds of Yokai Academy, she had heard a rumor of a person with unmatched prowess in battle, she was honestly scared, hoping this was not the person she seeked, and if it was, she hoped for it to go as smoothly as possible, she hoped.

"Hey kid," The bus driver said, catching her attention, "You best watch your back at this place, nothing ever goes as planned."

"I'll keep that in mind," Miria said, his words did little for her mind.

"Good, cause we have arrived," The bus driver said opening the doors, "Right this way."

"Eerie," Miria mumbled as she walked off the bus, the scenery registering before her.

~

She sat in the base's mess hall as she was again being lectured by her father about the risk she took, at the time she saw no harm in it, all she did was sit and wait for the lecture to end, she wasn't even listening to him. She had her mind on other things, like her next mission, she wondered  if it would be another fetch quest, to many of those, maybe an assassination, she loved them, or maybe it would be exploration, that could be fun.

"-So that means that you are off the team," Her father said, finally catching her attention, she was shocked, "That's right, your team voted you off, they don't want you on their team, I could not convince them otherwise."

"But," She squeaked out, she was still registering it, no more missions, " Th-they can't do that!!"

"Yet they did," He said, ignoring the ringing in his ears.

"They can't," She hung her head, she never imagined this would happen, to be thrown out of her team, "Then I guess, I will go solo."

"What?" he turned to her, "You really shouldn't-"

"No, I don't care, I WILL go solo," Miria folded her arms and walked away, that would be the last time she would see her father.

~

The forest was rather dark and intimidating, and held an odd sort of vibe, but she was far too focused on what she would say to him, she wondered if he would even accept her apology. The things she had seen during her solo work made her realize quickly how right her father had been, she went through hell during the time of her work, but she came out alive, and stronger. Her mind then wandered to the topic of her father, was he a teacher, was he a student, maybe he was something else? All of these questions, and more, flowed through her mind as she walked along, slowly getting closer to the school, but she didn't make it, a metal fist filled her vision, right before she hit the ground with tremendous force, causing her to wince in pain, great just what she needed.