Author's Note: This chapter is a prototype and it shows a future project in the works and it's continuation will be based how its received as well as my motivation. Things are due to change in the planning process and content from both narratives may be shifted despite the concerns from the fans of both sources, probably going to be a bit of an AU. This idea has been rattling in my mind for weeks and this was the only way I felt I could get it out. Please enjoy, feel free to share your opinions. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bioshock or Rosario + Vampire.
First Day.
"Son, I know this isn't easy for you, but in time I hope you'll understand the good that will come from this. I don't…. I'm not really sure how to break this to you but….*sigh* just know I completely understand what you're going through and we'll do everything we can to prepare you for this. Just for now, ignore the diplomatic importance of this and just use this academy as an escape from home for a while. Use this as an opportunity to reconnect with your humanity, very few of us have ever really gotten that chance. Your mother and I love you and we can't be any prouder. I'll finish it off with what my father told me. Son, you're special, you were born to do great things."
It was a long quiet ride on the school bus as Tsukune Aono sat there. The timid boy was nervous about the school he was heading to; it due to his poor grades on the entrance exams that Tsukune was rejected out of every other high school. Somehow, he got lucky and was accepted into a remote boarding school called Yokai Academy. Of course in his desperation and rashness, he accepted without even doing the most basic research for his new school. All he knew was that it was deep into the country, and….that was about it. To say Tsukune was nervous was an understatement and the unrealistically long bus ride did not help one bit.
As the bus passed through a seemingly endless tunnel, Tsukune finally broke out of his thoughts and took notice of his surroundings. The bus was completely empty save for the driver and one other person. At first glance, Tsukune could see that the boy was tall, he was only sitting and Tsukune knew the teen would tower over him. The teen's body, though covered in the school uniform, Tsukune could still see that the teen was built like an Olympic athlete, so that's two reason that poor Tsukune was intimidated by him. Tsukune also noticed the teen's pale skin, though not deathly, but it was still as if the teen had spent most of his time living somewhere dark. His complexion was evermore emphasized by the teens deep brown hair which was cut into a high fade reminiscent of a military cut. Tsukune couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he just knew that there was something off about him.
Tsukune finally decides to talk to him despite every instinct in his body screaming "NO!" Tsukune clears his throat and then fully turns to the sitting teen who didn't seem to even acknowledge his own existence. Instead, the teen found himself much more interested in fiddling with the odd device which Tsukune could only guess was the teen's phone, in his hands. Tsukune guessed that he was probably texting his family or something.
"So," Tsukune finally blurted out nervously. The other teen looks slightly upward. "I guess you're going to Yokai Academy to?" The teen slowly nods. "First year?" he asks. The teen nods again. "Okay," Tsukune whispers, "Just relax…."
"You alright?" the teen suddenly asks almost making the Tsukune jump.
"W-what do you mean?" he asks turning back to the other teen who was looking straight at him, putting away the device.
"I can hear your heart beating from the other side of the country," the teen chuckles.
"I-I'm just nervous is all?" Tsukune sheepishly smiles.
"First time away from home?" the teen asks.
"Alone yeah," Tsukune replies.
"Same," the teen replies smiling warmly.
"You're from America aren't you?" Tsukune asks curiously as he started warming up to the mysterious teen.
"Mmhm," the teen answers.
"Well, what are you doing going to school way out here?" Tsukune.
"Exchange program," the teen replies simple.
"Oh," Tsukune nodded, he then sheepishly says "You speak Japanese very well. I'm only going here because I failed all my other entrance exams."
The other teen glances out the window and mused "Well I hope you do better here, we're almost there."
Tsukune looked out the window of the bus and he noticed that they had finally reached the end of the seemingly endless tunnel and the bus indeed was nearing its stop. Tsukune was startled by the landscape which resembled something out of an old cheesy horror film with dead trees, tombstones, barren wasteland, and blood red sea to boot. When he glanced back at the other teen, Tsukune could have sworn his eyes were glowing a sickly yellow green, but when he blinked and looked again, they were gone. As the bus came to a stop, the driver opened the door and turned to face the pair.
"Here we are, end of the line," the driver said, and as the pair got off the bus, Tsukune saw it again, but this time it was with the bus driver. The bus driver with red eyes and fangs smiled "You two should prepare yourselves…. Yokai Academy….is a terrifying place." He then let out a long generic evil laugh as he pulled away.
Tsukune who was already one edge was now trembling, he glanced over to the other guy only to be shocked at how calm he was. The giant teen just casually slung on his army style duffle bag and picked up his tan backpack with his free hand. Tsukune's eyes bulged out when he saw what looked like a gun holster hidden under the teens uniform.
The teen looked up finally noticing that Tsukune was watching, he stands up and then says "You know you'll catch flies with your mouth open like that," snapping Tsukune out of his shock. As he walks past the trembling boy, the mysterious teen then stops and says to Tsukune "It's Jayson, in case you were wondering what to call me. Jayson Ryan."
Tsukune smiles and replies "Tsukune Aono."
Jayson smiles politely and then begins to walk away while Tsukune looks on in a daze. After a few paces, Jayson stops and looks back expectantly, "You coming?" he asks.
Tsukune is quickly snapped out of his trance, he quickly nods and then runs up to Jayson who patiently waited for him.
"We should get going, class is going to start a couple of hours," Jayson warned. Tsukune nods and the pear walk off together towards their new school.
Tsukune was still nervous and depressed about being out in the middle of nowhere with no one he recognized, and the creepy land that he was now to reside in did not help quell his feelings. Though, it did provide some comfort to Tsukune that for the time being he wouldn't be forced to confront these feelings on his own. Though a word wasn't really spoken, it had seemed that the newly met companion Jayson had taken a silent liking to the timid boy. Tsukune wasn't really in the position of arguing who he made friends with; so he decided to try and small talk with the mysterious teen walking next to him. The two then come to a stop in front of a creepy forest.
"Man is this creepy," Tsukune murmurs to himself, he then suddenly stops and his eyes widen the two then come up to the entrance of a creepy forest.
"J-Jayson?" Tsukune nervously calls out, "Are you sure you know where we're going?" Jayson nods and continues forward.
"This way," Jason says in a creepy singsong voice and continues on.
Tsukune takes a deep, attempts to put on a brave face and follows Jayson into the woods but soon found himself lost in the woods.
"J-Jayson?" he nervously calls out. As Tsukune stumbled into a cemetery, he grew more and more distressed as he had now lost his guide in this strange and bizarre world he had found himself in. "Jason?" he calls out, louder this time, he then takes a step back and a flock of bats explode out from a tomb behind him.
Tsukune lets out a girlish yelp and runs off in the direction he last saw Jayson heading in. Having no real idea where he was heading, Tsukune's mind had now hit panic mode as he ran through the forest screaming. It only worsened as he heard a loud squeaking noise emitting from behind him and rather than looking back; Tsukune decided to run faster crying out for his lost companion to no avail as the sound drew closer. As he ran, the frightened boy failed to notice a random tree branch hanging out. As he ran past the tree, the branch snagged his coat and swung him around and Tsukune came face to face with the noise.
"Just me, a bat!" it squeaked as it flew away. Not even bothering to question why it was talking, Tsukune breathes a sigh of relief now that he wasn't in any danger. Then all of a sudden….
*CRASH*
Tsukune soon found himself on the ground, now a good 8 feet from where he was last.
"Ow, that hurt," he grunts as he slowly picks himself from off the ground.
"Tsukune!" he Jayson voice call out. "Where are you?"
"Here!" he shouts back.
Jayson quickly ran in and saw Tsukune on the floor with a girl with pink hair next to him and a bicycle behind them and put two and two together.
"You alright?" Jayson asks.
"Yeah," Tsukune grunts painfully, he then noticed how soft the ground was. It wasn't until the girl let out a soft moan had Tsukune realized where his hand was.
"Oh I'm so sorry," the girl whispers, "I just got dizzy from my anemia."
It was then Tsukune's eyes met the girls and he was stunned. To him, she was the most beautiful girl he had ever see….and his hand was resting on her lap. He froze upon noticing this and thought that if he moved slowly, he could avoid….his hand then slips further down her skirt causing both of them to blush furiously. On instinct, Tsukune quickly retracts his hand from her thigh throwing out a slur of apologies before the girl could properly process what had just happened. Tsukune looks over to Jayson who just watches perplexed with his head bent to the side, almost as if he was as unfamiliar with the current scene as Tsukune was.
"Oh you're bleeding," cries the girl worriedly and reaches into her pocket and pulls out a handkerchief. Tsukune reaches his hand to his nose and finally notices the blood that has accumulated.
Then, all of a sudden, the girl seemed to fall into a trance like state as her sole attention was drawn to the splotches on the handkerchief.
"I….can't…." she whimpers as if she was attempting to hold back something. She holds the handkerchief up to her nose and inhales deeply with moans of pure ecstasy. "The scent of ….blood," she breathes.
She then draws closer to the poor boy who looked as if he was having a field day. The girl groans and leans forward using Tsukune as support for her weight.
"I lose control when I get that scent," she explains sadly, "I….sorry, but, it's just cuz…." she leans in even closer, to the point where they were almost kissing and this makes Tsukune blush even harder. "I'm a vampire!" she cries and then proceeds to clamp don't on his neck and drain his blood.
"What am I watching?" Jayson whispers to himself, "Whatever it is…. I can't take my eyes off it."
"Shouldn't you be helping me?!" Tsukune cries.
Jayson throws his hands up and takes a step back, "This is out of my hands," he replies apologetically.
When the girl drank her fill of Tsukune's blood, she got up and apologized again saying, "As I was saying, I'm a vampire and I'm so sorry for losing control like that."
"It's okay," Tsumunke mumbles as he massaged his bite. "Wait…." he freezes, "Vampire?"
"Ooh, thank you for the treat," the girl continues on absentmindedly, "Your blood was soooo sweat and yummy."
"Vampire?!" Tsukune nervously laughs, "As in the bloodsucking monsters that hate crosses and garlic?!"
"Yes," the girl nods.
"And yet you are wearing a rosary," Jayson quietly comments as he helps the two up, "It's a little counterintuitive if you ask me."
"Thank you," she say politely and as they were walking to the academy, she asks the pair "You don't hate vampires do you?"
"Why would, I just met you?" Jason asks confused.
"Yeah," Tsukune laughs failing at his attempt of hiding the panic in his voice, "You're the first I've met too and personally, I think vampires are pretty unique."
"That's great," the girl cries cheerfully, "Then if you don't mind can we please be friends? I was feeling lonely since I didn't know anyone here."
Tsukune glances back at Jayson who shrugs.
"Sure," he smiles politely, "We'll be your friends."
The girls smile seemed to grow wider as she replies "Oh, then in that case, my name is Moka Akashiya and I am very pleased to meet the two of you!"
"I'm Tsukune Anona," he replies, "I'm pleased to meet you too!"
"Jayson Ryan, the pleasure was all mine," Jayon greets politely.
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The rest of the trip to the school had been uneventful for the trio. When they arrived at the orientation, Moka separated from the group much to the disappointment of Tsukune. It wasn't a complete loss though, Tsukune still had Jayson; the mysterious soft spoken giant of a teen he had literally just met and the two already looked as if they have been friends for weeks. Words could not express the look of relief on Tsukune's face when he found out he shared a class with one of his new found friends. Tsukune happily rambled on about his personal life while pausing every now and then to hear either Jayson's input or to hear him talk briefly about his own home life.
From what Tsukune could gather, Jayson seemed just as an outcast as he was. Here Jayson was, thousands of miles away from everything he knew, forced to blend into a completely different culture and language. It did not help one bit that Tsukune could already notice how socially awkward Jayson really was; from the outside, one wouldn't really notice it, but upon further inspection, it really did seem as if Jayson had never truly felt connected to anyone. It was either that or he was really good at hiding it. The school itself wasn't that bad, it had a real gothic look but for the most part seemed as normal as highschool can be.
'Maybe he just likes to be alone,' thought Tsukine, but if that was the case, why did he let Tsukune stay around.
"You don't think she was serious about being a vampire do you?" Tsukune asks Jayson as they sat down next to each other in the classroom.
"Oh no, she definitely was," Jayson replies casually. "After all, we are in a school for monsters"
"W-what?" Tsukune asks nervously, not quite believing what he had just heard.
Jayson turns to Tsukune with a surprised expression. "I thought you knew," he responds softy, "I mean, how couldn't you."
Before Tsukune could drum up a response, the classroom door opens and a busty woman with glasses and blonde hair with black tips ruches to the front of the class.
"Hello everyone!" she greets excitedly, "I am your home room teacher Shizuka Nekonome and let me be the first to welcome to Yokai Academy, and academy for monsters!"
Those last three words just made all the color from Tsukune's face drain as all his horrors were starting to come to fruition. Ms. Nekonome danced around the black board as she excitedly gave first day orientation to the new student every now and then throwing out a few mews and trills with every other sentence.
"At this academy, you will be studying "How to Coexist with Humans,"" she instructed, "Our current problem is that the Earth has come under control of the humans! In order for us monsters to continue to survive, we have no choice but to continue to peacefully coexist with the humans."
Jayson glances worriedly over to Tsukune who looked like he was having a full blown mental meltdown this very second. To be fair, he kind of was.
"So for that reason," Ms. Nekonome continued, "You will all live your lives at this academy in human form! You are, under no circumstances, ever allowed to reveal your true monster form to any fellow student. Do you understand?" she asks, it was a rhetorical question because instead of waiting for an answer, she just went straight ahead saying "Being able to hold your disguise will be the foundation for this coexistence."
Even though that one rule did help calm down Tsukune's nerves, it still didn't help that now he was forced to keep his nature a secret from the entire school.
"Hey teach," a rather large brute with ring piercings under his lip smirks, "Wouldn't it just be easier if we ate all those puny humans; or in the case of those cute females, have some….fun with them." The student then proceeded to slither out his tongue like a snake and wag sexually at the female student.
"Careful with your tongue," Jayson warns ominously, "You might lose it."
The student recoils his tongue and growls "Is that a threat?"
"We'll see," Jayson replies simply and then turns back around.
The student rolls his eyes and turns back to the teacher saying "That's what I would do anyway."
"Well Mr…." Ms. Nekonome glances down at the seating chart, "Saizou Komiya, there's no chance of that happening since all teachers and students here are monsters." As if on cue, a cat tail shot out from behind the teacher like a spring. She then causally continues on "You see, this academy is enclosed in a giant magical barrier that hides it from the rest of the world and even if the tiny chance that a human got in…." Jayson glances suspiciously back at Tsukune who was now cowering under his textbook. "They would be killed immediately!"
Then suddenly there was a crash as Tsukune dropped his text book drawing the eyes of the class onto him. Quickly realizing this, he quickly scrambles up his textbook and hunkers down into his desk like nothing was going on. The other students shot him an odd look but they ultimately paid him no mind.
"Say what you want," Saizou grunts, "But I swear I've been smelling a human this whole time."
Before anyone could respond a voice calls out "Excuse me," and the classroom door opens up and in walks Moka and says "Sorry I'm late, I got lost after the entrance ceremony."
"That's fine," Ms. Nekonome replies, casually waving away the young girls truancy, "Just go find yourself a seat."
"Okay," Moka chirps.
"Oh my god she's gorgeous!" a male student squeals.
"She's so cute!" another comments.
"I wonder if she'll go out with me?" a third ponders.
"Oh my god!" Tsukune whimpers quietly to himself, he never noticed Moka walking up to him.
At Least until "Jayson? Tsukune?" she calls out drawing his attention. Tsukune freezes, and slowly his eyes rise up and meet hers.
"Hi Moka," he greets politely.
"Tsukune, Jayson!" she squeals drawing them both into a tight hug, "I can't believe we're in the same class together!"
"Who the hell are they?!" one student cries.
"I don't know," another growls angrily, "But they better get their hands off of my girl!"
"Why do they get hugs from her?" a third sobs.
"Well this is going to be interesting," Jayson mutters to himself.
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"This is quite an interesting place," Jayson comments as the trio explored the school.
After the class had ended, the three decided to head for the lunch hall, at least that was the original plan. The three ended up getting sidetracked along the way; by three, it was Moka who really wanted to explore the school and dragged poor Tsukune, who really wasn't complaining, along. So by rule of thumb, Jayson ended up going with them. At least he wasn't disappointed with what he saw. To be honest, Jason was worried about his friend Tsukune, he was concerned because Tsukune hasn't once exited his state of dread since they had left the bus stop. All along the way, the gang was hit with the full wave of student gossip. The student populace truly found itself enamored with Moka's beauty. Moka's new found attachment to whom new friends didn't come without their fair share of comments. Mostly ranging from commenting on Moka's beauty to slandering Tsukune for "Taking their precious princess away from them."
Ultimately what made Jayson nearly stop in his tracks were the comments made on him, all of them ranging from hate like Tsukune, to intimidation from his size….
"Oh my," a random student gossiped, "Look at the foreigner, he's huge!"
"Looks like we now know who all the chicks will be going for," a male student sighs.
To, well….
"Oh my, who is that cutey?" a female student gushes, and many like that.
"I don't know how Moka is able to ignore this," Jayson grimaced.
The trio eventually reached the vending machines where Jayson could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Normally he didn't care what people really thought of him, but he couldn't help but feel slightly offset by some of the comments; even border line violated. That was not the type of scrutiny he was ready to face.
"Isn't this fun?" Moka cheerfully asks as she opens up her can of tomato juice.
"Hehe, yeah," Tsukune nods, "A little."
"We're not really doing anything," Jayson mumbles.
"Well do you have anything in mind?" Moka asks but before anyone could respond, something walking up to them drew their attention.
"Hey it's Moka Akashiya isn't it?" it was the brute from class. "I'm Saizou Komiya."
Tsukune, all of a sudden found himself snatched up by his color by Saizou and lifted up into the air while Moka out a frightened gasp.
"What's a beautiful girl like you doing hanging out with a loser like this?" he asks arrogantly.
"Let him go!" she cries.
"Forget about this wimp," he laughs throwing him into the ground. "Hang out with me instead."
Before Moka could respond, Jayson places a hand on her shoulder and whispers "I'm going to provide a window."
Moka only got more confused, "Huh?"
"Make sure to grab Tsukune," he told her, she slowly nods as she was forced to just trust him.
"It's Saizou wasn't it?" Jayson asks casually strolling up to him.
"Yeah, what's it to you punk?" Saizou sneers as he sizes up Jayson.
"Nothing," Jayson replies, "It's just you have something on your uniform."
"What?" Saizou snaps.
"Right here," Jayson points to Saizo left breast.
The moment Saisou looked to where Jayson was point, without missing a beat, Jayson delivers a left hook nailing the large brute in the side of the head and stunning him. This gave Moka the chance to take advantage of the distraction; she quickly grabs Tsukune and rushes off around the corner with Jayson following closely behind. The trio didn't stop running and by the time they felt that they had lost Saizou, they stopped and found themselves halfway up a staircase.
"Wow, that was pretty scary," Moka breathes, she turns to Jayson and says "Thanks for the help." Jayson nods.
"I should go," he tells them all of a sudden.
"Wait why?" Moka asks saddened that her friend had to leave.
"We have an hour left in our lunch break," Jayson replies, "Since I'm not hungry, I think I'll use this time to check out the place I had been staying."
"Oh okay," Moka cheerfully replies, "Good luck!"
Jayson nods, he was about to leave, but he then turns and gives the two a piece of paper, "You two have a phone by any chance?" The two nod. "I don't know if they'll work, but here's my number, and here's where I'll be staying. If anything is wrong, you can either call me or see me personally alright?"
"Okay, thank you!"
"Yeah, you got it."
With that, he walks away. Jayson quickly made his way around a corner, he then quickly checked his surroundings making sure there was no one else around. When he was sure he was hidden, his hand started to glow a cloudy bloody red, Jayson quickly placed his thoughts on the student front desk where he got his schedule and in the next few seconds he disappeared in a cloud of floating red molecules. A few moments later when he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in front of the student attendant office. He casually walks up to the desk and the lady took notice of him.
"Hi can I help you?" she asks.
"Yes, I'm here to pick up the key to my room," Jayson replies.
"Okay full name please?" she asks.
"Jayson Booker Ryan," Jayson replies.
The lady finds his file and then hands him an envelope, she then says "Here's your key, enjoy your stay."
Jayson smiles and says "Thank you very much," before heading out. When he reached the front of the apartment, he takes out the envelope and started reading the letter aloud, "Dear Mr. Ryan, thank you for applying for on-campus housing, we appreciate your patience….we would like to remind you that the apartment you're staying in is school property….please don't vandalize anything, and please keep the building clean. Any damages or complaints will be dealt with accordingly."
He reaches into the envelope again and then pulls out the key and opens the door. He lets out a small smile as his bags were already neatly placed inside as well as a footlocker which he had shipped to the school rather than carrying it with him.
"Home sweet home," he smiles.
Author's Note: This was a crossover you probably really didn't need...or want, but I thought hey, why the fuck not. I decided to not change too much since this is the first chapter and I'm practically stepping into a whole new world. If you have any questions, stay tuned, all will be explained in due time. Like I said earlier, this is really just a one-shot for now. Thank you for reading.
