Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire nor do I imply any ownership of that intellectual property in this work. However I DO own many of the characters you see in this story, namely: Alexander Graham, Yuki Sadamoto, Yoichi Shimada, Yue Tama, Kaede Kurono, Shira Sasaki, and Victoria Graham. This list is tenative and will probably change as I make changes to the story outline and add in or drop characters.
Content: This story is rated M for mature and as such will have mature content. If you cannot handle reading about someone getting raped or killed or savagely killed then I suggest you find another story to enjoy. That said, enjoy!
Vampire Chronicles
"I'm so screwed! How could I not get into any of the high schools I applied for!?"
My name is Yuki Sadamoto, and I'm a normal Japanese student. Living in Japan, or more specifically Tokyo all my life I've always had my life planned out for me. Both of my parents are office workers, and both of them went to good colleges and got good jobs before getting married and settling down. Neither of them had any problems getting into high school, so the fact that I failed to get into any of the high schools I applied to, and having to go with a recommendation to a less then prodigious school will be something that I'll never live down.
I can hear them now. They'll say 'How can you get into a good college when you're attending a mediocre high school? This is the most important time of your life!' I just can't believe that I didn't get into any of the schools I actually applied to! My scores aren't that bad!
With the semester over I only have the winter break to study before I begin attending high school. My only hope of getting into a good school and getting my life back on track is to go to my recommended high school for 1 year and keep my grades up. After a year I can put in for a transfer and get into a good high school, and from there I can get into a good college and everything will be perfect…
Walking back to my house, I still can't help but feel depressed. Feeling glum not only about my future but also about the earful I'm about to receive from my parents.
I'm an only child, and my parents and I live in a small house in the city. Normally I take the train to school, and I walk from my house to the train station. Since I'm the only child I've always been kind of independent, and since I was 10 years old my parents have left me alone for extended periods of time. Not that my parents are neglectful or anything, they love me very much and make a point to tell me and show me all the time. Whenever I have something important that I want them to be a part of, they always find a way to be there, though normally they both work long hours thanks to the cost of living in Tokyo…
Not that I'm helping that. I'm completely reliant on the two of them for everything. I think things will be better for them if I can just get into a good college with a scholarship. If I move out they'll have one less mouth to feed, and that'll be a tremendous relief to them financially…
Sighing lightly I stop at the mail box in front of my house. Opening the box I reach inside and grasp the envelopes there. Closing the mail box I start going through the envelopes in a last ditch hope to see an acceptance letter from one of the many schools I've applied to.
"Hmm, what's this?" I ask, spotting a white envelope addressed to me, with no return address.
Wedging the rest of the envelopes beneath my left arm, I use my fingernail to rip into the envelope, seeing a letter contained in the envelope.
"Another rejection letter? I wonder what school it's from." I mutter to myself.
Pulling the letter from the envelope I unfold it. At the top of the letter I see my name. It's written in a simple paragraph style.
Sadamoto Yuki, it is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been…accepted into Youkai Academy. You have received a full scholarship in addition to full housing and culinary support. Should you wish to accept this scholarship, you need only call the phone number listed below and inform me of your acceptance. I hope to hear from you soon.
Hayasaka Rei
327-555-0518 ex: 1045
Chief Admissions Officer, Youkai Academy.
Staring at the letter I can't believe my eyes. I've been accepted not only into a high school but I'll be given full housing and culinary support! I should call the woman immediately and tell her I accept! Though I can't remember ever applying to Youkai Academy. Then again, I applied to practically every school and did it in a daze, and besides, if I was accepted I'd be stupid to turn down a full scholarship.
Strange name for a school though, but then again, who am I to judge?
"Alex! Wait up!" A male voice calls out to me.
I stop and look over my left shoulder. A 14 year old man jogs toward me, holding a small rectangular box in his left hand.
My name is Alexander Graham; I'm a 14 year old high school student. Normally I have blonde hair and blue eyes and an average body. I normally wear black clothes, normally a black t shirt and black jeans, I really like the color. I'm somewhat handsome, by no means a male model but I'm not ugly either. The feature that most stands out about me is the scar that runs across the bridge of my nose, the scar an inch on either side of my nose. I wear a black choker collar around my neck, and attached to that black collar by a silver chain is a silver cross with a yellow gemstone center.
However beneath all of that I have a secret, a secret that I don't tell anyone. In truth I'm a vampire, and the cross on my neck is called a Rosario. It's a powerful magic item designed to seal a vampire's tremendous demonic aura and true appearance. When the Rosario is removed I look like a completely different person, my hair turns silver, my eyes turn red and my pupils become slitted. However what really would expose me is my demonic aura. Other monsters would be able to feel my presence when I'm still more than 20 feet away, while humans feel a feeling of dread when I'm around. Since real vampires don't burn in sun light and are actually only weak against pure water I'm able to go to school as a normal student. Of course I use an umbrella religiously and get a medical excuse not to have to take swimming classes. When I'm wearing the Rosario I'm basically human, and I can pass for human at a cursory glance. Due to the seal on my vampire side the only thing special about me in my sealed form is my nose, my sense of smell is beyond human, and thus I constantly have to deal with the smell of human blood taunting me all the time.
Though all of that ends today. This is my last day attending human school, and in a week I'll be a freshman at Youkai Academy. I've said good bye to all my friends here, and while I do regret leaving this school and the few people that I've made friendships with, I know that deep down I do not belong here. I'll feel much more at home at a Youkai, a school for monsters, attended only by monsters, rather than a school filled with humans, the tasty smell of their blood constantly gnawing at my willpower.
It's the end of the day, and on my last day my 'mother' has come to pick me up and take me home. Her car is a black Mercedes with tinted windows, and the car sits in the school's parking lot, surrounded by vehicles belonging to both the students and the faculty.
"What's up Will?" I ask curiously, holding my book bag by one hand.
Will is one of those people that I call friend, and saying good bye to him was rather difficult. As much as I hate to admit it, I'd grown rather fond of the dark haired young man, we share similar interests and I'd spent a good amount of time hanging out with him. I've created a small circle of friends, and even went out with all of them one day on a day trip to a large mall nearby.
"I'm glad I caught you before you left. I wanted to give you this; it's from all of us." He says, handing me a small white box.
"It's a gift?" I ask curiously, and he nods, holding it closer to me to take it from him.
Gingerly I take the box, seeing that it isn't that heavy. Finding a seam on one the top of the box, I open it and reach inside. Grasping the rectangular object inside I withdraw it to see it's a picture frame, and in the frame is a picture of me and all my friends from the school, on the day we all went to the mall together. Looking at all of their faces I'm reminded of the day, seeing all of them smiling and grinning for the picture, seeing my own smiling face I feel my lips curl slightly at the memory.
"Thanks man."
Will grins, holding out his hand.
"Have fun at your new school man, and don't forget to write and give me a call every now and again. Stop by if you can, you'll always be welcome."
I smile at the sentiment, a part of me growling at myself for getting emotional toward a lowly human.
"I'll call, but my new school is really weird, I can't leave the campus until I graduate, but I'll be sure to write." I assure him, taking his hand and shaking it.
"And I'll write you back."
With that he releases my hand, giving me a final wave before he turns, walking away.
"See you." He says over his shoulder, and I return the sentiment.
"Good bye."
With that I slip the picture back into the box, closing the box I turn away from Will, looking toward the black Mercedes waiting for me. I start to walk toward the car, crossing the grass lawn behind the school when another voice calls out to me, this one female.
"Alex!"
I stop, not recognizing the female voice. I look in the direction of the voice to see a young woman around my age approach me dressed in a black skirt and a white blouse with long red hair. She has green eyes and has a modest build. She's nothing exemplary, but she's got her good qualities.
"Can I help you?" I ask in a friendly tone.
She blinks, blushing and I can smell her nervous scent, her eyes darting up and down as she puts her hands together in front of her.
"Um, I actually want to talk to you…" She says in a low voice, and I look at the black Mercedes, and then back to her.
"All right, but I don't have long…"
"Oh no! It won't take long at all! My name is Melissa and actually I just…" She trails, and I see her look away from me again, her nervousness palpable.
"I hate to rush you, but I really don't have very long, my mother is waiting so…"
"I LOVE YOU!" She blurts out, closing her eyes as she speaks, and I just stand there, the emotion in her words impossible to deny.
Did she just say she loves me?
With her eyes still shut, the girl doesn't see my reaction, and she starts talking, afraid to let a silence fall between us.
"I've liked you for a long time now and I've been working up the courage to tell you how I feel. I thought I might be able to hang out with you some more, but then I heard that today is your last day and you're transferring schools…so I just wanted to tell you how I feel. I've never confessed to anyone before, and I wanted to tell you so at least I wouldn't regret not saying anything. I'm really sorry I couldn't say anything before now, and I don't expect you to stay at this school for me, I just wanted you to know how I feel…"
At that she opens her eyes, and I smile at the girl.
"That's very flattering, and if it wasn't my last day I'd offer to take you out sometime. However I have to transfer schools, so I hope you find someone who can make you happy and can be with you."
"Thank…you." She thanks me, smiling at me. "I really appreciate what you just said, even if it's a lie."
"I'm sure that you'll find someone, someone who makes you happy. We all have our soul mates out there."
She smiles at that, and I wave good bye, the red head waving back at me before I start walking again. Holding onto the box with the picture frame, I walk toward the car, my face set into a grime line.
All of this is behind me; in seven days my new life begins…
Chapter 1: New Beginnings
Pulling the Ferrari into the parking spot, I kill the engine. The black F355 Spyder was a gift from my mother. Getting out of the car I look around, seeing Youkai Academy for the first time 100 feet in the distance. The parking lot is normally reserved for faculty and staff, but when you're an S ranked monster with an influential family, people are willing to make exceptions for you. I wear my Rosario, so I appear to be a normal, blonde haired blue eyed human. I'm dressed in the Youkai student's uniform, and I hit the keyless remote in my pocket as I stride toward the Academy.
Youkai Academy is far from a normal school. The fact that it was built specifically for monsters and attended only by monsters that almost goes without saying. The place looks like what it is, an atmospheric castle turned educational facility. The sky overhead is dark and all around the castle there is a lifeless forest of seemingly dead looking trees. On the parking lot side of the academy are the student's dorms, the buildings separated by a half mile of open space. The buildings are separated into male and female dorms, though there is no actual wall or divider between them. The faculty all live in small single family homes on the opposite side of the school as the dorms, and next to these homes sits the school's administration building. The outdoor facilities like the pool and running track are perpendicular to the academy. Opposite the pool and track is a heavily wooded area. Through this wooded area a path winds through the lifeless forest, and it will be on this path that the majority of the students will approach the academy. Since vampires and other S ranked monsters are few and far between, there wouldn't be many coming to the school for the first time from the faculty parking lot, other than of course, the faculty.
It's the day before the first day of my freshman semester. Stopping at the edge of the forest, I cast a glance back toward the black Ferrari, probably the last look I'll get for a while.
Have to make a mental note to come out and start it and run it once a week, just to make sure the battery stays charged and it'll run when I need it.
Mental mode made I start into the academy, my goal in being here two fold. The first reason I'm here a day early is to learn the layout of the academy, though tomorrow after homeroom the freshmen will be released to do just that. The second part of my goal, I've been summoned to meet with the chairman of the academy.
"May as well get this over with…" I mutter to myself.
With that I start walking toward the academy with my hands in my pockets. I'll have to pass it in order to get to the admin building, and even though there aren't likely to be many students here today, I want to keep a low profile, otherwise I'd consider taking off my Rosario and walking around in my true form, even though it's against the rules of the academy.
Walking past the dorms I see a handful of students moving about the dorms. With a curt nod I acknowledge them, and those that see me return the nod, one monster acknowledging another, nothing more.
Finally! I don't have to deal with the smell of human blood tempting me all damn day!
Having gone to both elementary and middle school in the human world wearing the Rosario I've been seemingly inundated with the smell of human blood. Even if I never smell another human again I'll never forget the smell. Walking to the administration building I don't smell the scent at all, and I can't help but grin at the lack of the intoxicating smell. Wearing that grin I walk into the administration building.
The exterior of the admin building is like the academy. Outside it appears to be a decrepit and run down 4-story building that should be condemned. Inside it's clean and in good order, looking like any other office building. Walking into the lobby I see a desk on the far side of the 30 foot wide room. A large sitting area situated around a coffee table dominates the majority of the floor space of the lobby. Behind the secretary's desk is a bank of 3 elevators side by side. Striding to the desk the secretary dressed in office attire sitting behind the desk immediately recognizes my student uniform.
"I'm here to see the Chairman. My name is Alexander Graham, I'm a freshman here starting tomorrow." I explain for the dark haired woman, speaking the language of the academy, Japanese.
She quickly nods.
"Go on up, the chairman is waiting to see you. He's on the 4th floor. You can't miss his office."
"Thank you."
With that I walk to the elevator and hit the call button. One of the elevators dings and the doors open almost immediately and I step inside the empty car. The elevator's interior is simple and undecorated. The walls and floor are stainless steel, and a plastic mat covers the floor. On the right of the door is a control panel, set at elbow height. The panel has four main buttons, along with the various call and stop buttons. Hitting the button marked '4' the elevator doors ding before closing. The elevator smoothly rises, an LCD display above the door showing the current floor. The number rises, going from L to 2 to 3 and finally to 4 when the elevator dings again. The doors part and I step out into a 10 foot long hallway with only one door at the far end. Striding toward the door I set my face in a proper, chiseled expression.
Opening the door I look into the Chairman's office, the rather large room empty save for a desk with said Hades Lord sitting at the far end of the room. He wears white priestly looking robes, looking almost like a 50 year old man save for the fact that his eyes glow like yellow light bulbs. What I take note of is a gold Rosario similar to mine attached to wrist by a bracelet. His face seems to be plastered into a permanent, unflappable grin.
"Chairman Sir." I say in greeting, bowing my head in respect.
"You must be Alexander Graham." He says in perfect English.
"Yes, I am." I confirm for him. "You wanted to speak with me?"
"Yes. I see that you're wearing a Rosario to seal your true form, and I'm told that you have to ability to remove it on your own."
"That's correct." I confirm for him. "I can remove my Rosario at any given time, just as any of the other students here can transform into their true forms at will."
"That may be true, but most of the other students aren't S Class monsters that require external assistance to suppress their power."
I keep my emotions carefully concealed.
"I cannot help being born what I am, and I will not apologize for it."
The Chairman's permanent grin seems to get wider.
"I see you have some backbone." He comments, and I quickly bow my head in supplication.
"I would never challenge you, Chairman Sir." I speak with respect in my voice. "I merely refuse to apologize for being what I am."
"I have called you here for this meeting to reinforce this school's rules. You will remain in human form at all times, you will not remove your Rosario for any reason unless you're attacked, am I clear?"
"Absolutely sir."
"Good. I won't have a vampire walking around this school intimidating the student body."
"I only want to be a normal student, nothing more."
"That's good." He says, that grin never once faltering. "That's all I have to say. You may leave now."
"Thank you sir." I say, bowing my head again before I turn on my heels and march out of the room, closing the door to the chairman's office behind me.
I march to the elevator, doing everything I can to keep my cool until I hit the elevator. As soon as the doors close, I breathe a sigh of relief, the elevator smoothly sliding down.
My tenure here will undoubtedly be interesting.