Prologue: Requiem of a nightmare.
Hi everyone. Shadowflame here. I've been watching this anime series called Shiki and been thinking of making this crossover with Rosario Vampire. Both series have their emotional moments, but out of all the moments shown, Shiki is the winner. Any who, I don't own both series. They belong to their respective authors.
(Play Shiki OST Requiem)
Fire... Fire was ravaging a village. Several images of bloodcurdling screams appeared quickly. The pale bodies of the people screaming showed eyes of darkness with no light glints. Some of the eyes were glowing with a blood-red color ring, surrounding their pupils. The grounds were caked with blood. The unbearable stench of death permeated the air. Few of the living pale-skinned beings attempted to survive from the massacre, but were caught. The beings were tied to several trees till sunrise came. A hellish chorus of bloodcurdling screams sounded in the area.
A scene of a pipeline was shown. The floor of the pipelines were caked with blood. Several people looking pale-skinned were lying in the pipes, sleeping. However, several groups of people found them and began to stake them in the heart. Some made no reaction, dying in their sleep. However, a brown haired man with traces of facial scars made a loud, bloodcurdling scream, frightening the people staking him.
Heavy breathing was heard, sounding as though someone was sprinting. By then, a human shaped figure appeared and looked to be biting someone. Blood was shown flowing out of the creature's mouth. By then, darkness claimed the view.
(Requiem OST ends here)
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A young man woke up from the horrific nightmare. He was one of the few survivors of Sotoba village. However, he wasn't human. He was one of them, a Shiki. Despite being in broad daylight, the sun was not affecting him. Rather, he was a unique type of Shiki called a Jinrou. This young man's name was Sora Jin. He was one of the few survivors and witnessed the entire Shiki massacre in Sotoba village. The sights upon seeing and hearing them became the nightmares he's forever haunted with.
"Damn it... Another nightmare." He said emotionlessly.
The shock after seeing the massacre taking place in the village costed him his emotions. Despite being conscious about it, he refuses to display any emotion. Many psychiatrists attempted to fix him up, but to no avail. Some ruled it to PTSD. Others believe it's due to other psychological problems.
Sora Jin had an athletic build, with near waist length hair that was a natural brown color. His skin was a light tan as a human. His eyes shined with a rare blue color. Upon turning into a Jinrou, his hair turned pure black. His skin became paler and his eyes, although appearing azure, look dead.
Jin struggled with the nightmares every day. This isolated him from everyone around him. Everyone thought he was a delinquent, but he was only focused on his academics. He also struggled with his hunger to feed on blood, despite living on human food. The struggle to retain his humanity gnawed his psyche, making him realize one thing. He can never become a normal human being. To accommodate the lack of blood, he fed on animal blood instead. To him, it was revitalizing, but it also felt stale. It made him feel more of a monster than a human.
Jin was adopted by the Isshin family, next door to the Aono household. The next door neighbors and his adopted parents took notice of Jin's silent state. Despite being adopted, Jin kept his surname from his biological parents, who perished in the burning Sotoba. He was 14 years old when he witnessed the events and unwillingly became a Jinrou.
A year has passed since the burning of Sotoba. Despite being a Jinrou, Jin was able to show signs of aging. It provided a form of disguise to hide his true nature. It also helped to fool his adoptive parents of his true nature.
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"You had another nightmare Jin?" His adopted mother asked.
Jin nodded in response. He kept a hollow gaze.
"Jin, I believe you should go out more. Being a recluse won't make you feel any better." His mother suggested.
Jin was not mute, but enduring the daily nightmares combined with being a witness of the hellish sight in Sotoba made him psychologically numb. He hardly communicates with people, preferring to stay on his own.
"I will think about it…" He said.
Jin graduated from middle school sometime before the strange events of Sotoba village occurred. The events that followed made him become a reclusive person. Reluctantly, he began to think about attending high school.
Jin's adopted father came with a brochure for a high school.
"Honey, I'm home." He said.
"Welcome home, dear. How was your day?" She asked.
"It was splendid. I was able to find this brochure of a high school for our adopted son to attend." He said.
He observed Jin, who still had an emotionless face.
"He hasn't recovered at all. I don't understand why he has been plagued with nightmares." He said somberly.
Jin never revealed to his adoptive parents the reason why he was plagued with nightmares. He withheld the truth, not wanting to remember anything related to Sotoba village.
"Jin, we want you to attend this school. It'll be beneficial for you." His father said.
Jin looked at the brochure carefully, reading 'Yokai Academy'.
"Where did you find this?" Jin asked in a hollow tone.
His father cringed from the tone, but answered.
"It was given to me by a person wearing priest robes." His father answered.
Jin felt suspicious of the person who gave his adoptive father the brochure. He didn't want to comment about how it was acquired. Reluctant, he agreed to attend Yokai Academy.
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Jin was outside, waiting for the school bus. Near him, his next door neighbor, Aono Tsukune. He took notice of Jin and tried to chat with him.
"Good day to you, Jin-san. How are you doing?" Tsukune asked.
"I'm doing ok." He replied in a neutral tone.
Tsukune felt spooked from the tone he made. He chose not to speak to Jin. The bus arrived for the boys.
"Are you two the transfer students for Yokai Academy?" He asked in an eerily calm tone.
The bus driver was wearing a chauffeur outfit. The strangest part of him was his eyes. They only looked like glowing white orbs.
"We are." Jin said.
"Well then, climb aboard. Just for a reminder, Yokai Academy is a scary place." The bus driver warned.
Jin stopped abruptly. He turned to the bus driver with his emotionless face like a possessed doll.
"I've seen scarier stuff than any normal person shouldn't see." Jin retorted.
Very few were able to strike fear to the bus driver. Jin's tone was so void of emotion, he practically looked as though he had no soul. This made the bus driver uneasy.
The bus took off, heading inside a strange tunnel. The tunnel had multiple flashes of color. Evidently, the passage lead to an open field of dead trees. This made Jin very uncomfortable. It wasn't the sight itself that scared him. The view reminded him of the now abandoned Sotoba.
Jin reluctantly walked to the path leading to the Yokai Academy. Each step he made into the dead forest felt heavy. Although he's unable to express emotions, Jin was no stranger to them.
Tsukune took notice of Jin's awkward behavior.
"Sora-san. If you don't hurry, we'll be late for the school." Tsukune said.
Jin regained his bearings and walked forward. He didn't want to talk about the sudden change of his behavior. The boys heard something in the path. It sounded like metallic parts moving near them. They moved quickly to try and avoid whatever was heading their way to them. From the bushes, a bat appeared.
"I'm a bat, Chu~." The bat said.
Both boys relaxed, but Jin kept his guard up. From the bush opposite of Tsukune's face, a bike appeared. The person riding the bicycle was a young woman. Her hair was a bubblegum pink color. She was wearing a green brazier, a white shirt, a brown checkered skirt, knee-high white socks, and brown business shoes.
Both Tsukune and the girl were rolling on the ground. While Jin watched, another girl ran to him. The girl had paler skin, feeling cold as ice. Her hair was a purple color, with a hint of silver. Her eyes were a pure blue color, appearing similar to aniridia. She was wearing a white-black sweater with the brown checkered skirt. She was wearing striped purple, knee socks and was wearing brown female shoes. Her hair was reach shoulder length, giving her a cute look.
Both boys woke up and took notice of the girls that crashed onto them. Tsukune was extremely nervous due to lack of confidence with girls. Jin, despite keeping an emotionless face, moved back quickly.
"I'm sorry that this happened. I'm anemic and couldn't control where I was going." The pink haired girl said.
"I'm sorry. I didn't see where I was going." The purple haired girl said.
"I-I-It's fine. It was our fault for not noticing." Tsukune said.
"Um... If it's not much, I want to know something. Are you two heading to Yokai Academy?" The purple haired girl asked.
"Y-yes. We're on our way to it" Tsukune answered.
Both boys looked at the girls, who smiled. By then, the girls noticed blood seeping from the boys. Jin had a minor cut on his arm, while Tsukune injured his nose. The pink haired girl took notice of Tsukune's injury. She had a handkerchief ready to clean the wound. The moment she smelled the blood, she cringed.
"No... This scent..." She said.
Tsukune didn't understood what she meant, but Jin knew.
'A vampiric being... If it's another Jinrou, I'll have to kill it.' He thought darkly.
"Forgive me. This is because I'm a vampire." The pink haired girl said.
Jin swiftly dragged Tsukune away from the girl. She took notice of Tsukune who was being held by his friend.
"He's not food. Keep away from him, shiki." Jin said.
"Shiki? I'm a vampire. What is a shiki?" The pink haired girl said.
"Forget it…" Jin said.
Tsukune looked startled from the sudden movement. He looked at Jin.
Mizore took notice of Jin's wound healing at a fast rate.
"Interesting... You protected your friend from a vampire. Is he someone you know?" The purple haired girl asked.
"He reminds me of someone I knew." Jin said cryptically.
The girls decided not to question him, knowing of his insistence not to answer.
"Forgive us if we didn't introduce ourselves to you. My name is Akashiya Moka." The pink haired girl said.
"My name is Shirayuki Mizore." The purple haired girl said.
"My name is Aono Tsukune. Pleased to meet you two." Tsukune said.
"Sora Jin." Jin said.
Moka went to Tsukune, holding his hand while walking to the school. Mizore held Jin's hand, watching him as they walked.
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Inside the school, Jin and Tsukune were being introduced by the homeroom teacher.
"Hello everyone. Welcome to Yokai Academy. My name is Nekonome Shizuka." The blonde haired female teacher said.
'Well, at least she's friendly. Good thing too' Tsukune thought.
'She's not what she seems. Although friendly, she isn't human.' Jin thought.
"As you all know, this school is for monsters." She said in a ditsy tone.
This made the boys stop thinking. Tsukune had a scared look, while Jin looked indifferent.
"For us monsters to live peacefully, we must coexist with the humans." Nekonome said.
The boys reluctantly listened to the teacher's speech.
"Therefore, the staff has established rules in this academy. One: all students must retain their human form at all times, except in emergencies. Two: never reveal your true form to anyone." Shizuka explained.
Jin inwardly felt more secure, knowing he won't expose much of himself. By then, a male voice spoke.
"What a bunch of boring rules." The male next to Tsukune said.
Nekonome-sensei looked at her attendance sheet.
"You are Komiya Saizou-san?" She asked.
"Why don't we eat those humans up and molest the beautiful girls?" Saizou asked.
This made Jin uncomfortable. He kept his neutral gaze at Saizou.
"I don't think you should do that, Komiya-san. Incidentally, all the staff are Yokai. We're hiding inside a secret barrier in the school. Any human that has wandered inside, will be killed on the spot." Shizuka said in jovial manner.
'What an ironic statement. An academy that teaches Yokai how to coexist with humans while killing any that wander here.' Jin thought.
Saizou took notice of Tsukune, who shivered.
"Now that you mention it, I picked up a human scent just now." Saizou replied.
This made Tsukune spooked. By then, two girls appeared.
"Sorry we're late. We got lost and had to look for our class." A familiar voice said.
"Wow, look at them. So cute." The male students complimented.
Tsukune and Jin noticed the girls that walked in. It was Mizore and Moka. By then, the girls took notice of the boys.
"Tsukune! Jin! We're at the same class." Moka shouted with delight, hugging Tsukune.
"I'm glad we have the same class, Jin." Mizore said, holding his right arm happily.
The two couples were walking around the school. They all stopped at a vending machine. Moka purchased tomato juice while Tsukune purchased coffee. Mizore purchased a sweet drink while Jin had tomato juice.
When Jin drank the tomato juice, he felt his thirst of blood wane. This surprised him upon consuming the juice.
'My thirst...! It's no longer severe. I feel quenched as though I had fed on someone. Hard to believe tomato juice can act as a substitute for blood…' Jin thought incredulously.
By then, Jin felt a presence.
"You are Akashiya Moka, aren't you?" A male voice asked.
Tsukune noticed the presence, taking note of Saizou nearby. Saizou gripped Tsukune and Jin at the collar of their shirts.
"What's a beautiful girl like you doing with two worthless guys like them?" He asked smugly.
Jin made a powerful grip on Saizou's hand, making him shout in pain. He turned to see Jin's eyes which had red, glowing irises. With his grip on Saizou, Jin quickly tore off his hand effortlessly. Saizou screamed in pain.
(Play Shiki OST: Thirteen Moons)
Tsukune watched the brief massacre with horror. Moka and Mizore also watched, scared of Jin.
"This is why I don't like people like you, Saizou. Scum like you should disappear…" He said darkly.
Jin grabbed Saizou's legs and spin tossed him out in the dead forest. He ran to where he tossed Saizou out, with Tsukune, Moka, and Mizore following.
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Saizou was bloodied from having his arm forcefully dismembered. Pain was surging over his body. Unfortunately, Jin arrived quickly to his location. Tsukune, Moka and Mizore arrived at a nearby bush to watch the horrifying scene.
"Spare...me…" Saizou begged weakly.
"Spare you...? A monster who wishes to cause death and despair? I don't think so." Jin said.
Jin gripped Saizou's head and violently ripped it off, spine included. By then, he created a field of ice and froze Saizou's body solid. He shattered the frozen body with a powerful punch, leaving nothing of it behind.
(Thirteen Moons OST stops here)
Tsukune, Moka, and Mizore witnessed the whole thing and were deeply scared. They watched Jin, who was shaking his legs. He collapsed onto the ground, shaking.
(Play Shiki OST - Dead Sea)
Jin made a loud yell to the sky in emotional pain. The emotions surging in him were finally unleashed, but only sadness was shown from him. Mizore looked at Jin with sadness, feeling his pain.
'What has caused him to experience such sadness? It must be something that has made him like this…' Mizore thought.
She walked to Jin, who struggled to keep himself at check. He kept his emotionless face, but tears were streaming from his eyes.
Jin took notice of Mizore approaching him.
"Stay away from me. I'm not sane…" He said.
Mizore stopped and looked at his eyes. She was shocked of what she saw. They looked dead, almost as though his soul was gone. This shocked her for what she saw. Before she question anything, Jin took off.
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Jin ran off to the school dormitory in fear. The people he met witnessed his frenzied state. He didn't want to talk about it with them right now. Memories of Sotoba Village began to plague him. He tried to shut his eyes and block them, but they got worse and appeared vivid.
(Dead Sea OST ends here)
(Play Shiki OST - SHI-KI)
The sound of the Shiki screaming in sunlight began to creep into his memories. He took notice of several Shiki attempting to escape, but were unable to. The hellish sight made him shake in fear. By then, he noticed a man staring at them in sadness. Unable to handle the tormenting screams, he grabbed a sharp metal pole and stabbed them in the heart. He was putting them out of their misery, one by one. He had the same expression Jin, moving slowly to each one.
"Hasegawa-san. You don't have to euthanize them…" A male villager said.
The man named Hasegawa continued to stab the other screaming Shiki. He took notice at the last one, who was a female and had blue hair. She was making bloodcurdling screams while being burned from the sun. When Hasegawa went to the female Shiki, she smiled, knowing she would be free of her pain. Hasegawa nearly impaled her heart and collapsed to his knees. He was quietly shedding tears, holding his sadness back. A blurred figure saved Nao from the sun, hiding in a secret spot for her to recover.
"I'll be ok…" He said.
A brown haired woman went to him.
"It's not that difficult, I'll be fine…" He relied in sadness.
The woman hugged him, trying to comfort him.
Jin watched the whole scenario, shedding tears from the memory. He wished he never wanted to live in Sotoba after seeing such a horrific and sad sight.
'Damn it all... Why did that family of Shiki moved to my home village? Why...!? WHY DID THEY TURN ME TO ONE OF THEM!? I RATHER DIE AS A HUMAN THAN BEING A MONSTER!' Jin thought in near psychosis.
By then, Nao struggled from her recent burning from the sun. She clamped onto Jin, who watched in sadness.
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Jin clanged onto his legs, trying to forget the memories. By then, he heard his window open. Mizore took notice of Jin clinging onto his legs. She took notice he was shedding tears.
"What happened to you? You look like you were suffering." She asked worriedly.
"Just stay away from me for today. I don't want to talk about it…" Jin answered.
Mizore reluctantly left his room. Jin was emotionlessly distraught, not wanting to question how Mizore entered his dorm or even found him. Jin slowly went to the bathroom to wash himself and sulked to his bed. The events of today triggered his horrific memories of Sotoba, leaving him exhausted.
(SHI-KI OST ends)
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Tsukune was spooked and attempted to leave the academy. Before he had the chance to, Moka came up to him and hugged him close. This made Tsukune calm down to think rationally.
"What was that...? What caused Jin to suddenly become like that?" He questioned
"I don't know. He looked as though he has been through severe events that made him what he is." Moka explained.
Tsukune didn't want to stay, but didn't left the academy. Reluctantly, he decided to stay with Moka, knowing his friend Jin would keep him safe from the monsters
'I have a feeling that I may have to fix up the problems here and there…' Tsukune thought comically.
That's all from here.
Note 1: The main character, Jin, was a witness to the whole events in Sotoba from the anime, Shiki. He was a bystander, who watched the whole massacre.
Note 2: The main character is a Jinrou, but take note that all Shiki, variants or otherwise, displayed psychic abilities. If possible, then they could manifest it in different forms, like pyrokinesis, telekinesis etc.
Note 3: Yes, I killed Saizou off early. It serves as to provide hints to the other main characters about Jin being a Jinrou and his history. Plus, he was an asshole.
Note 4: Tsukune was more scared with Jin killing Saizou bare-handed than knowing about the academy. The encounter with Inner Moka will appear in the next chapter.
Note 5: It should be pretty obvious, but Shiki are essentially yokai. If one notices in a particular scene with Toshio's experimentation against shiki, he made a drop of his blood fall into a shiki's blood. In the anime, you can see the youki devouring the human blood. It's no surprise.
Note 6: Moka and Mizore are best friends in the story. They almost act like sisters with one another.
Note 7: Saizou's death was inspired from Sub-Zero's spine rip fatality from Mortal Kombat.
Any questions, PM me.