Kubo

**Kubo** (クボ, *Kubo*) is a secondary character in Vampire in the Garden series. He is the uncle of Momo, and he is a skilled vampire hunter who abandoned his life in Central and lives in the wilderness. He kills vampires ruthlessly, but he is still haunted by an incident he had with a vampire a long time ago. He is sent by Nobara to find and get back Momo.

## Personality

Despite being skilled and serious during his hunts and during the search for his niece Momo, he has a doubtfully silly, idiotic, slow and conceited character, despite being a former military man who was part of the central. And besides, he is possibly very lazy and likes to tease his older sister, who sends him to get Momo back home, and tells him to shut up because she doesn't like to be teased. He knows how to survive alone in the woods and makes a fire to get a source of fire and heat during his search for Momo, and it is also more than noticeable that he does not like to be betrayed by anyone, mainly because in his early, Kubo believed that humans and vampires could live together, and even fell in love with a vampire he wanted to marry. But on his wedding day, his wife and other vampires tried to attack him, and with the help of his sister, Kubo had to kill your wife. Due to the fact that he was betrayed by her and other vampires that day, since that time, he has a strong dislike for vampires, as his opinion of them has changed and he has started to think of them as monsters who cannot control themselves. Kubo not only hates them because of their race, but also because he is afraid of being infected by vampire blood, bitten and betrayed again. Because of this fear, he may also not like to betray people, because he knows that maybe if he becomes a vampire, he will also betray the people he loves just like his wife did to him before she died. He then also dislikes vampires for fear of becoming one and becoming a traitor to the human race.

## History

In his past, Kubo lived with his older sister Nobara, and her family, but believed that humans and vampires could live together. At some point, he saw his sister get married. Shortly afterwards, he falls in love with a female vampire, and decides to marry her. But, Kubo asked for his sister's help to kill his Vampire Wife, as she was attacking him with all the vampire guests. He and his sister annihilate them, and later, Kubo becomes arrogant, vain and ignorant, starting to hate the entire race of vampires.

## Plot

Vampires attack Central. In the aftermath, Kubo and his group return and encounter a transformed vampire chasing Momo and Fine. After taking it down with a rocket, Kubo goes to behead the vampire.

Nobara contacts him about Momo, and Kubo promises to bring her back, although is a bit annoyed by the soldiers she send. Nobara explains she send them due to pressure from the deputy commander, and while they are on the pretext to test their new weapon, in reality they are trying to find some dirt on her. Kubo speaks with team, but they explain they won't be able to continue tracking Momo on wheels. Kubo then wants to go to the neighbouring town to see if they can get some help.

In the next town, Kubo speaks with some vampires, who tell him Fine is likely in a villa in the mountains. As thanks, his men give blood to the vampires, which makes one of the soldiers wondering why he is feeding them. Kubo explains they can't manage their carvings for blood and its better to appeal to their needs and gain cooperation than they loose their judgement and start hunting humans. Approaching the villa, Kubo tells the soldiers to not use their weapon until he says, but they intend to use it right away. They shoot Fine in the next with an arrow and get in to get Momo, but Momo can't recognize Kubo and refuses to go with them. Other vampires come and Momo manages to escape. Fine then takes on Kubo, while his men go after Momo. Fine manages to follow Momo and saves her, taking her to a shed outside. After that, she returns to fight Kubo, but soon Momo hits Kubo with a car and she and Fine manage to escape.

While they continue chasing Momo, Kaede asks Kubo why he thinks Momo is with a vampire and he explains she is misled, thinking that there is a paradise out there, where humans and vampires live happily together.

Kubo's group had reached the town that Fine and Momo stopped by. They speak with the hotel owner, who gives them the picture from the music box, but doesn't know the place. The soldier with them recognizes it as Volskaya, a village in the permafrost region. He had seen the place in their research material and explains that a submarine washed up there, causing massive environmental contamination, causing the villages to perish. Nobara had joined Kubo, who believes its because Nobara wants to keep her status and if Momo died, the ones at Central won't bother her. Nobara states that there is no use to traitors and if you disobey, you will have to deal with the consequences. The group then departs, crossing the frozen lake and heading towards the village.

Reaching the village, Kubo's group makes contact with the villagers. They explain they are looking for Momo, but the village elder says there is no one with that name in the village. Kubo doesn't believe it, causing the villagers to call for back up and vampires arrive to attack Kubo's group. As the fight occurs, the soldiers use their mechs and end up damaging the submarine, causing it to start taking in water. Kubo prepares to dive, taking out his clothes, but then sees Fine diving in and saving Momo.

They proceed chasing them to an abandoned town. Kubo's men manage to injury Fine and force her to use the drug to transform. After defeating his men, Kubo faces Fine and is excited to see her in her true form. As they fight, he manages to cut her and then stab her in the back. He prepares to finish her, but Momo interrupts him and goes to Fine. Kubo warns her that she no longer can recognize her and Fine attacks Momo, biting her two times. Kubo saves her and pins Fine to the wall, but Momo still tries to fight him. Kubo pins Momo to the ground and tells her that the paradise she is searching for, doesn't exist anywhere. Fine recalls Aria saying the same thing, but Momo tells him to not tell her what is possible and what not, as he doesn't know anything about them. She stabs him with a glass on the leg and continues fighting him. Kubo states they have only spend a few days together. He points a gun at Momo and tells her he won't kill her if she comes back to Central, however Momo refuses, wanting to live with Fine. Fine then frees herself and attacks Kubo, pinning him to the ground. He is ready to die, telling Fine to kill him and prove that vampires are just monsters, but Momo stops Fine and she releases him. Kubo takes his gun back and tries to shoot Momo, but Fine pushes her and gets shot in the shoulder. Momo and Fine then walk away, making Kubo recall his wedding day and how he had to kill his vampire wife.