To all those who actually read these little disclaimers, this is a work of fanfiction. I do not own Rosario + Vampire or any of the trademarked characters and locations from the respected creator. I am only placing this disclaimer here for the sake of stating the obvious, as it should be plain to see for everybody with common sense that of course I didn't create Rosario + Vampire. Seriously, do we really need these disclaimers here? Who the hell is going to try to say they created R+V? Who could really be that stupid?

Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness

Act I

It was another typical day at Yokai Academy as the sun started to rise over the horizon. Students were walking to school, the sun was shining (well, as much as it normally does in this gloomy academy), and love was in the air.

Well, sort of.

"Tsukune!" Moka called out as she was trotting down the path from the dorms to the school. She started running down the path as her green emerald eyes shined brightly from seeing somebody up ahead.

"Wait, Tsukune!" she called out with a bright smile. She had on her normal school uniform, had her long pink hair combed neatly behind her, her rosary dangled over her bosom while glittering slightly in the sunlight, and she was smiling at the boy she was falling in love with.

Ahead of her a student down the path stopped and turned around. His chocolate colored eyes locked onto the girl and a smile drew across his mouth as he saw her running towards him, feeling a happy glow forming from within as he focused on her and her alone. For she was Moka Akashiya; the girl of his dreams, the girl he wanted to be with more than anything, the girl who when he first came to this school became his first true friend, the girl that has saved him from trouble many times before thanks to her powerful and sealed inner self.

The girl who… he could no longer see due to a yellow sweater obscuring his view while a pair of something warm and soft was suffocating him. Moka stopped running as she saw Kurumu holding onto Tsukune very tightly and pressing his face into her bosom. And by very tightly, I mean no amount of air could reach the poor boy's mouth or nose as her breasts had his face completely enveloped.

"Tsukune! I'm so glad I got to you before that evil Moka drained you dry! Did you miss me? I dreamt of you all night my lovely Destined One! And what a dream too! All the wild, hot things I know you'll do wh-"

BANG!

The blue haired succubus dropped to the ground dazed after a washtub landed square on her head. Tsukune, who had been deprived of oxygen, fell to the ground equally as dazed with a loud gasp as Yukari ran over to them.

"Stop suffocating Tsukune you dumb milk cow! Haven't you ever noticed that he almost dies every time you do that?" Yukari yelled out at her over-voluptuous friend. She looked to Tsukune then to Moka with worried eyes.

"If he dies now, he'll never have a threesome with Moka and I, and it'll be all your fault!" she cried out while shaking her head. Kurumu shook her head then quickly got up, glaring at Yukari with fury since she was interrupted before she got to the saucy details of her dream.

"I'll have you know you little brat that Tsukune loves it when I give him attention. Besides, just because you're too flat to do the same is no reason to be jealous!" she barked out.

Moka sighed then walked over to the group and watched a very familiar scene. Tsukune was regaining consciousness on the ground while his world slowly stopped spinning, Kurumu and Yukari were having a childish fight while bringing up past instances of violence on each other's part while also commenting harshly about each other's breast sizes, and she had the best hunch that they were being watched from nearby by a set of aurora eyes.

"Mizore, I know you're nearby, you always are. Come on out and help me stop these two," Moka said while looking around.

"But if we let them kill each other that's two less rivals for us to deal with," Mizore commented casually as she walked out from behind a tree. Moka shook her head then looked back to Tsukune.

"Still, Tsukune doesn't want us fighting, do something would you please? They just don't lis-"

She was cut off by the sudden silence as the yelling and cursing seemed to stop instantly. Looking over to the side she saw Kurumu and Yukari encased in a block of ice while Mizore retracted her hand, the snow girl's ice claw returning to normal.

"Happy?" Mizore asked in her usual tone before she helped Tsukune up onto his feet. He blinked a few times to regain his senses, looked over to see two of his friends encased in a large block of ice, then over to see Mizore watching him with a loving smile as she clung to his arm gently.

"Good morning my love, shall we go to class?" she asked before starting to walk him to the school. Tsukune looked around confused and stammered something nervously while the snow maiden sighed happily.

"Hold on! Tsukune is going with me!" Moka yelled as she ran over and grabbed his other arm. Soon the boy was caught in a tug of war between the vampire and snow woman. Mizore growled quietly and pulled Tsukune closer to her.

"Tsukune is going with me. I don't love him for just his blood, I love him for his heart," she said coolly.

"I love him for his heart too!" Moka defended as she pulled Tsukune back towards her.

'But his blood is yummy too.'

"He's going with me!" yelled out two Kurumu and Yukari, who had finally broken out of their icy prison. All while being tugged from four different directions by the bickering girls the only thought that came to Tsukune's mind was the same as always.

'These girls are going to kill me someday.'

Once they had all finally gotten to class, which involved yelling, cursing, washtubs falling from the sky, ice kunai flying through the air, and Tsukune losing some blood (Moka missed breakfast… like she always seems to), they all took their seats and were waiting for class to start.

Tsukune was just glad to be there in one piece as he breathed out in relief while all the girls were glaring at each other with fire in their eyes. Before another fight could begin the classroom door opened and the homeroom teacher walked in.

"Good morning class!" called out the teacher with a cat tail once again sticking out.

"Good morning Ms. Nekonome," some students called out dully.

"Um miss… your tail…" one student said carefully while pointing to the woman. Ms. Nekonome looked behind her for a second, then back with a simple meow. She then howled and quickly scratched the poor kid's face before she returned to her usual perky self. Tsukune and the others just chuckled slightly; if there was one thing they learned in this classroom it was never call out the teacher's poor disguise. That or mention you brought fish with you for lunch.

"Now before we begin today's lesson we have some new students joining us. Please make them feel welcome class!" Ms. Nekonome said with a big smile on her face. She walked over to her desk and glanced to the door.

"You two can come in now," she called out. From the doorway two students walked in and stood at the front of the class. Everybody eyed them over and noticed a few differences. For one, neither of them was in school uniform, which was reasonable since maybe they didn't know of school uniforms or have gotten theirs yet. But they certainly stood out from everybody nonetheless for one reason or another.

"Now then, please introduce yourself to your new classmates," the teacher said while taking a seat at her desk.

The first boy stepped forward. He was dressed in blue jeans, white t-shirt, golden-yellow button down shirt that was not buttoned, black tennis shoes, and had a golden necklace with a cross on it. He stood a bit taller than Tsukune, had short golden hair that was neatly combed, and brown eyes, almost the same as Tsukune's. He spoke with a confident voice and smiled constantly.

"Hello, nice to meet you all. My name is Rason Miyamosa. I hope we all become good friends," he said happily as he looked around the room. He stopped his gaze on a girl in the back who was simply breathtaking to him, the boy blinking them smiling brightly.

"Especially you my dear," he said towards her. Everybody looked back to see Kurumu staring at the boy with a stunned expression. After a moment she regained her composure and looked at him with confusion. Moka leaned over and whispered to her quietly.

"Do you know him Kurumu?" she asked looking at the new boy curiously.

"No, and that was just uncalled for. As if any guy in this school can talk to me like that, except for my Tsukune," Kurumu said as she trailed off while making lovey dovey eyes at her love. Tsukune just smiled nervously and rubbed the back of his head, his standard response to his harem's advances.

After Rason spoke he took a step back, with the class then turning to the other boy standing there. This one was about the same height as Rason, perhaps slightly shorter by a hair. He had blue jeans, black tennis shoes, a black t-shirt and a gray button down shirt that was also left undone. He had short dark hair that was a bit messy and dark brown eyes. The thing that stood out the most though was the fact he had earbuds in and was listening to music. He just eyed around the room with a blank expression, and when he noticed Rason had stepped back, he stepped forth. He didn't remove either of the earbuds, but rather made a short introduction.

"My name is Dark Kuyumaya," he said simply before he stepped back, obviously not interested in anything around him.

"Um, I'm sorry, but you are going to have to remove your music player while in class," Ms. Nekonome said towards the new student who was obviously not listening. After a moment of silence Rason looked at Dark, then to the teacher.

"You know, you might want to just let that go for now. I haven't seen him take those things off since he was on the bus," he reasoned with a shrug. After giving him a confused look Ms. Nekonome decided not to fight it right now and to just get on with the day.

"Ok, then please take your seats. Oh, let's see, where to seat you. Mr. Miyamosa, you may take the seat at the back next to Ms. Kurono, and Mr. Kuyumaya… um… Mr. Kuyumaya?" she said as she realized the new student was still not able to hear her and was listening to his music, the boy casually surveying the new classroom. Everybody just stared at him as he didn't realize the teacher was talking to him.

"I'll handle this," Rason offered as he glanced around the room. He spotted an empty seat then nudged Dark, which earned a glance from him but no response. Rason merely pointed to the empty seat.

"Think you could sit there?" he asked kindly.

"Sure," Dark said after simply shrugging and then walked over. Rason went wide eyed as Dark walked past, blinking then tilting his head curiously.

"You can hear me?" he asked. Dark just walked over and sat in the seat without answering.

"I guess not," Rason said as he just looked at the student.

"You guess not what?" Dark replied without any hint of interest in his voice. Again Rason just stared at him, not sure if the new student was just messing with him or not. After shaking if off he went to the back of the room and sat next to the blue haired succubus.

"Hello," he said with a kind smile at her. Kurumu just looked at him then after a moment replied back.

"Hello," she said slowly. Something about the way he looked at her seemed to cause a strange tingle in her chest, although she reasoned she was probably just creeped out by him.

Dark was still looking forward while his music was playing, seeming like he didn't care in the slightest that he was there. To his left Mizore watched him with a curious expression.

'He's odd.'

"Ok class, well let's start today's lesson then," Ms. Nekonome called out as she regained her cheery self before walking over to the board.

While she started going on about something that literally nobody in the classroom was paying attention to, seriously, not one student, Rason whispered to the pretty girl at his left.

"So if I may ask, what's your name?" he asked curiously. She just looked at him for a moment then back ahead.

"Kurumu," she said simply.

"So your name is Kurumu, that's a lovely name. If I may ask what kind of monster are you?" he asked with a smile. She huffed slightly with annoyance and shook her head.

"Sorry, but it's against school rules to reveal your monster identity. And just so you know, I have a boyfriend," she answered with a stern tone while glancing to him.

"Sorry, I suppose it's to be expected, to think that the most beautiful girl in the school would be single was just hoping for too much I guess," he replied sincerely and regrettably. As he said that Kurumu felt that tingle in her chest again, a small spike of warmth that quickly faded.

'What the hell is that?'

"No need for apologies, just don't get any ideas. That boy over there is my only love and the only one who will ever be my lover," she declared while pointing to Tsukune.

"What?" a startled Tsukune, a concerned Moka, an enraged Mizore, and a shocked Yukari all said while looking back at her.

"Tsukune is mine and you know it!" Moka yelled out.

"No, he's mine and we're going to get married!" Mizore called out.

"He belongs to me and my Moka!" Yukari cheered out.

"Please, everybody just calm down," Tsukune nervously said. Rason just looked around then at Tsukune with amazement.

"Dude, you're dating all of them?" he asked surprised. Tsukune could only stammer and stutter a form of defense, but no words could come out properly. Rason just looked at him with a raised eyebrow then back to Kurumu.

"They wish they were, he's my Destined One. And nothing can top that!" Kurumu stated proudly.

Rason looked at all the girls, then back to Tsukune.

"So… is that true?" he asked curiously. Tsukune just shook his head violently and started to say something when he noticed he was in something's shadow. He looked up to see a tall kid standing there glaring at him.

"Yeah, he keeps all the hot ones for himself. Selfish bastard!" the boy yelled out. At this point class had stopped and everybody was staring at the scene.

"Um, please… um, return to your seats students," Ms. Nekonome said worriedly.

'Not again, why can't I just have a normal school day? Meow.'

The towering student over Tsukune growled as he cracked his knuckles.

"You stupid little bastard, I'm tired of you hogging all the girlies to yourself," the tall boy called out as he pointed to Tsukune, who just stared with wide eyes.

"What? Wait, who are you even?" Tsukune asked shaking his head.

"Mr. Tokaya, please return to your seat at once," Ms. Nekonome called out.

"Every day you flaunt those girls over the rest of us, I've had enough of your damned arrogance! Who the hell do you think you are anyway, what makes you so special? You're nothing but a twig!" the bully shouted out with anger. Tsukune opened his mouth to try to reason with the bully until Rason stepped up and walked over.

"Whoa, hey calm down there buddy, no need to get physical," he said calmly with a smile on his face. The bully, who stood a good foot or two taller than the new student, shot him a glare.

"Sit back down pretty boy, this doesn't concern you," he barked out.

"Pretty boy?" Rason asked tilting his head curiously. The girls around Tsukune all started to stand up, all of them not about to let any harm come to the human they loved.

"Sit back down yourself, or else," Yukari growled while holding up her wand.

"Nobody hurts my soon to be husband," Mizore said as she stood up.

"You're asking for it buddy," Kurumu threatened with a glare as she prepared to extend her nails.

"Please don't fight," Moka squeaked out. Before anybody could make a move Dark stood up and turned around to look at the standoff.

"Sit down now," he said calmly. The bully looked over and chuckled at the new student.

"Or what, you gonna play some bad music for me? Hahaha!" the bully laughed.

"No, either you sit down and shut up or I'll make you," Dark simply replied. Everybody stopped and just looked at him.

"How… did he hear that?" Tsukune asked puzzled.

"Ok, so I wasn't crazy earlier when he spoke back to me…" Rason said in a confused tone.

"Well then let's see you try," the bully dared as he took a swing at Dark. Before he made contact Dark stepped to the side, grabbed his arm, and flung him over onto the ground with a crash. The bully yelled as he hit the ground, however before he could get up Dark twisted the arm, resulting in a loud bone cracking sound.

"AHHH!" the bully yelled out in pain as the class stared with wide eyes. Dark just held him there and looked down at the kid with his same blank expression.

"I warned you. Now, I think you should go to the nurse's office, your arm appears to be broken," he said simply. With that he let go, and without a second word the bully ran out of the room while holding his broken arm and shouting out foul obscenities. All eyes returned to Dark as he casually took his seat again and looked forward at the teacher who was still speechless.

"Sorry for the interruption, please continue," he said calmly.

"Um, you didn't have… to use such force with him," Ms. Nekonome said worriedly. Dark merely shrugged, still remaining silent and not seeming to care that he sent a student to the infirmary with a broken arm on his first day in class. Rason walked up behind him with a big grin as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Wow, I have to say that was pretty amazing, you sure handled him well. I mean I would have handled it myself if things had gotten out of hand," he said before glancing back at Kurumu, getting nothing but a dull glare back from the girl. He laughed nervously then looked back to Dark.

"But I am surprised, didn't figure you to be that strong. Where did you learn to fight… like… that?" he trailed off as he realized Dark wasn't looking at him or saying anything.

"Hey, Dark?" Rason asked curiously.

No response.

"Oh c'mon, you were just talking back to that guy, I know you can hear me… can't you?" Rason asked confused.

No response.

Rason blinked then looked back to Kurumu with a shrug.

"Was it something I said?" he asked puzzled. She and everybody else just shrugged in response. They turned back to the boy with the headphones on as he kept looking ahead toward the front of the classroom. Suddenly Yukari's eyes widened slightly and a smile slowly appeared on her face. She examined Dark carefully, seeing how he didn't seem to notice everybody watching him.

"Wait, I got it!" she called out.

"Got what?" Rason asked confused. Yukari walked up behind Dark with a curious smile and tilted her head.

"Hello," she said politely.

No response.

"Wow, you're a genius," Kurumu said flatly.

BANG!

Kurumu dropped to the floor from the hit by a golden washtub as Yukari lowered her wand. While Rason just looked down bewildered at the blue haired girl and the golden tub which was spinning around next to her Yukari continued.

"As I was about to show you, watch," she said simply.

"Hey, what was that for?" Kurumu yelled out as she jumped back up.

"Just watch," Yukari said towards the group, everybody now watching with interest. She walked in front of Dark to make sure she was in his eye line and looked at him with a curious smile.

"Hello," she said again with a wave. Dark just glanced at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Hello," he said after a pause.

"That was pretty cool what you did, thank you for shutting up that bully for us," Yukari said with a curious smile on her face. Another moment of silence followed then Dark replied.

"Don't worry about it, he was just annoying me. I could hear him over my music," Dark said with a shrug. Yukari smiled knowingly and put a finger to her chin.

"You can read my lips, can't you? That's how you're able to talk back to people while listening to music," she asked with a giggle. Dark continued to just look at the strange girl then after a moment of silence replied.

"Correct," he said with a nod.

"Wow, I didn't even think of that," Rason said astonished. Yukari nodded and looked back to the group while gesturing towards Dark.

"I figured that's how he was able to talk back to you only when he was actually looking at you. He could read your lips, that's how he was able to understand you," she explained.

"That's our Yukari, always able to solve a good mystery for us," Tsukune said with a kind smile. Yukari smiled with a blush then swayed back and forth on her feet with a giddy laugh. Dark just watched her for a moment then looked back behind to see who she was talking to. He saw the group watching him curiously, his eyes scanning over their lips quickly as they were all saying something to him.

"Not bad buddy, you're stronger than I thought," Rason said with a smile.

"Yeah, not to mention you shut that other bastard up for us, thanks," Kurumu agreed with.

"Thank you so much, that was incredibly brave of you," Moka said kindly.

"Thank you for helping like that," Tsukune said with a nod. But as Dark turned over to Mizore his gazed stopped. She said something to him; however it didn't quite make sense to him.

"What?" he asked. Mizore blinked then looked to her friends questioningly, then back to Dark.

"I said, thank you for helping protect Tsukune," she said softly.

Again Dark just stared at her with a blank expression.

"…what?" he asked after a pause.

"…thanks," Mizore said, a slight tone of agitation. Dark gave her a confused look then glanced back to Rason.

"What is she saying?" he asked simply. The group looked at him puzzled then to Mizore.

"I thought he could read lips," Kurumu whispered to Moka.

"He seemed able to a moment ago," Moka whispered back.

"She's saying thank you. Can't you understand her?" Rason asked confused. Dark shook his head as the group watched him curiously.

"All I'm getting out of her is gibberish. It's hard to understand lips when she's sucking on a lollipop like a little girl," Dark said flatly. Everybody looked to Mizore who just blinked at that remark.

"Ah," she said flatly.

'Correction, he's odd and rude.'

"Ok class, that's enough, let's try to resume with today's lesson. Everybody take your seats now. Meow!" Ms. Nekonome called out. The group nodded then took their seats, with Mizore glancing to Dark with a raised eyebrow before looking forward again.

The rest of the class was uneventful compared to the first ten minutes of it. Towards the end of the class Tsukune and his friends were busy talking about what to do for the next newspaper article, Dark continued to listen to his music and pay no mind to the world around him, and Rason kept looking from Tsukune to Kurumu with a curious expression.

'She says he's the only one for her, yet all four girls say the same thing. I wonder which one is his real girlfriend.'

"Ok class, before we end today's class I just want to remind you that in one week we will be having our school dance! Now we need volunteers to help organize the event, and of course, make sure you have a date to enjoy the wonderful night with!" Ms. Nekonome said aloud. Upon hearing that all four girls looked to Tsukune with sparkles in their eyes.

"Uh oh…" Tsukune nervously mumbled as he looked around at his friends.

Ruby was seated at her desk outside of the headmaster's office during normal class hours. Her duties of dealing with all the paperwork she was assigned were taking forever, and she was starting to get sidetracked. Not by work of course, but by her daydreaming of her beloved.

"Oh Tsukune… yes… just like that… make me your toy…" she mumbled half awake and half in la la land. Before her dream could progress any further she was snapped back to reality by the headmaster's voice.

"Ruby, come in here please," he called out from his office. His tone was never harsh, but when he spoke all around would certainly pay the utmost attention. Ruby was instantly returned to reality and swiftly made her way into the chambers for her boss. When she entered she looked to the headmaster's desk, which he sat behind in his customary white robes. All that could ever be seen were his glowing eyes and a smile that seem to hide any emotion. Even after working for him for so long, and being in debt to his kindness, he still kind of creeped her out.

"Yes sir, you called?" she replied as she stood at attention for him, her tone always professional when it came to the headmaster's requests.

"Yes, how are things progressing for your day my faithful assistant?" the man asked curiously.

"Very well, a lot of new transfers in today, but nothing out of the ordinary," Ruby reported with a shrug.

"Actually my dear, the fact that we have so many transfers during the school year is out of the ordinary. How many have you processed this morning?" he asked with a calm tone.

"Oh, well, there were eight new students that I've filed paperwork for this morning so far. Is something wrong with that sir?" she asked curiously.

"I've been receiving word that some of these students are not here to learn to coexist with humans. In fact my dear, two of them are being considered threats," he answered without any hint of concern.

"Threats? To the school?" she replied curiously.

"No, but my spies in the monster world have ears that reach deep. And word is that somebody in this school has great importance to some unsavory monsters in this realm," the man said looking to some papers on his desk.

"Somebody…" Ruby asked, almost afraid to know.

"Yes, I believe you know him quite well. Tsukune Aono. That name is known deep into the monster realm. How he supposedly stood up to the dark lord Issa Shuzen and lived to see daylight again. Some have taken an unhealthy interest in him it appears," the headmaster said with a bit of concern in his voice. Ruby looked down while remaining silent. If the headmaster was concerned about Tsukune being a target for monsters in the underworld, how much danger was he really in?

"What should we do then sir?" she replied, the concern in her voice becoming more evident.

"Keep a close eye on him, and see who is after him. Then find out who sent them. I want to know what kind of forces are at work here and why. I will take no chances with such an interesting student," he replied. Ruby wasn't about to question just what kind of 'interesting' he meant by that, but knew to find Tsukune to make sure he was in no real danger. Plus, this would give her an excuse to spend some extra time with her love interest.

"Yes sir, I will keep a very close eye on him," she declared then started to walk away, pausing then turning around and smiling calmly at the man.

"For you of course," she added with a nod. Her smile gave away her true motives, but that was to be expected anyway.

"Yes, I'm sure you will indeed my dear," the man chuckled to himself.

Class was just about to let out in Ms. Nekonome's homeroom, and Tsukune had been dodging questions regarding who he was going to take to the dance. Of course he wanted to take Moka, she was the girl he wanted to ask from the start. But to do so would be to say no to his other friends and he knew doing that would devastate them. He had no idea how to tell them so they wouldn't get mad. Or kill Moka. Or kill him. Or kill both of them. Before the class was let out the teacher made one last announcement.

"And yes, Rason? Dark? You're new so you may not have known, but all students must join a student club while here. It will let you learn and explore interests that humans have in their own world. So don't forget to sign up for one today!" she said with a cheery smile. Dark glanced to her then looked back down at his desk, not being remotely interested with the idea. Rason however was curious on what clubs to join and was thinking about joining one with Dark, since somebody that strong and mysterious was a bit interesting to him. Rason got up and walked in front of Dark's desk to get his attention. He knew calling from behind would be useless, if Dark couldn't see you he wouldn't interact with you. When the silent boy looked up at the new presence in front of him Rason spoke up.

"So what clubs were you thinking of joining?" he asked with his usual smile.

No response.

"We have to join something, so why not join one together? Could be fun, you know?" Rason said with the smile still standing. After a long silence Dark answered.

"Like what?" he asked flatly. Rason started to answer, and then thought to himself. He didn't even know what clubs there were, let alone which to join. He just gave a dumb smile and shrugged in response.

"You should join the newspaper club," Tsukune called out, overhearing the conversation and looking for an excuse to dodge his harem's hounding of the date question.

"What's that?" Rason asked.

"We're all in it together. We make the newspaper for the school every week. We could use some more members, what do you say?" Moka chimed in with a smile.

"You're all in it?" Rason asked curiously, the boy then realizing that meant the blue haired beauty was in it to. He smiled and nodded eagerly.

"Count me in!" he declared. He chuckled then looked to Dark.

"What do you think of that Dark, we get to be newsies," he said proudly. Dark just looked at him, glanced back at the group, then back to Rason. After a while of silence Rason shrugged.

"Oh c'mon, like there is another option you could go for anyway. We need to join something, and this way we are with people we know… sort of," Rason tried to reason with. Dark just looked at him with an emotionless stare, sighed, and then looked back to Tsukune.

"Fine," he simply said.

"Great, always glad to have more people to help. And I'm sure you'll have fun too," Tsukune said with a warm smile.

"So, what do we do first?" Rason asked, being eager to work near and impress Kurumu.

"Well the meeting isn't until after school in the clubroom. We will just meet you there and we can get you started. You'll have to meet the club president, but I'm sure he'll let you in," Tsukune replied.

"Like it matters what that perv says," Kurumu grumbled as she looked away while crossing her arms. She then glanced to Rason with a cautious expression.

'Still, this Rason guy gives me a weird vibe. Not sure I want him the same club as me. But if Tsukune says it's ok, then I'll try to deal with it.'

"Yeah, he's the enemy of all women!" Yukari chimed in.

"What's so bad about him, and why is he the president of the club if you all hate him so much?" Rason questioned.

"Well, he's our friend too. Sort of..." Moka said, not sure of her answer herself.

"Yeah, he's no real gentleman, like my Tsukune," Mizore added while staring at Tsukune from a very close proximity. And by very close I mean within breathing distance… and by kneeling down next to his desk.

"Hey, he's mine you stalker! And he's taking me to the dance!" Kurumu yelled with anger in her voice.

"He's going with Moka and I, and it's going to a magical evening, right Moka?" Yukari added while looking at Moka with bright eyes.

"Well… no… he's going with just me. Sorry," Moka replied timidly. She wanted Tsukune all to herself but didn't want to anger her friends.

Rason and Dark just watched the four-way tug of war resume again, with Mizore and Kurumu pulling on Tsukune's arms each while Moka was tugging back on his shoulders. Yukari was apparently trying to pull both Tsukune and Moka away with a loving expression. While watching Rason spoke to Dark without taking his eyes off of the war.

"I wonder if we made a mi-"

"I think we made a mistake with this club," Dark interrupted with while watching the fight as his music was playing.

"Ah. Well, I was thinking the same thing," Rason replied back, then sighed. The silent boy was just as hard to deal with as the group in front of them.

Throughout the first half of the day Tsukune had been dealing with the girls' constant question of who he would be taking to the dance. Of course more often than not before he could even give a reply the girls broke out into a fight as they all argued on his behalf who he would be taking. As lunchtime rolled around Tsukune was still trying to think of how to get through the rest of the day before somebody needed to go to the infirmary. The new students Rason and Dark were in most of their classes that morning, and saw firsthand how persistent Tsukune's harem really was. As a means of avoiding the big question Tsukune often tried to start up a conversation with the two, or rather with just Rason as Dark was always quiet and rather hard to speak to since he was always listening to his music.

The two new boys agreed to sit with them during lunch after they went off to see the rest of the school, and said they would meet up at the cafeteria. Of course on this day Tsukune wasn't really walking to the cafeteria. It was more like him being dragged there by the Moka and Kurumu holding his arms, pushed by Yukari from behind, and watched over by Mizore who was staying very close to the group. As they walked down the hall with the helpless boy three male students stepped out in front of them.

"Hold it right there, you're that Tsukune boy aren't ya? Of course you are, I mean, just look at all them hot ladies you KEEP TO YOURSELF!" the middle boy yelled out. All three were just normal looking students, no real muscle or threat emanating from them.

"What? But they're just my friends…" Tsukune started to say.

"Back off creep, me and my boyfriend are going to eat lunch, so just step aside!" Kurumu yelled out.

"And the proper context is all of those hot ladies," Yukari quipped arrogantly.

The other boys didn't flinch, rather looked at the girls with amused grins. Kurumu glanced around at them with a raised eyebrow.

'Either they are braver than most, or incredibly foolish.'

"I don't think so," said the boy on the left.

"Why don't you pretty young girls come with us, we'll show you a good time," the boy on the right said, and with that they started chuckling amongst themselves.

"Yeah, we'll take much better care of you," the middle one chimed in.

"Get out of our way or we'll make you," Mizore said coldly.

"We only prefer nice guys like Tsukune, so no thank you," Moka replied, half politely but half in a harsh tone.

"Yeah, now beat it or else!" Yukari said while still hiding behind Tsukune. From around the corner Ruby watched the scene play out.

'Tsukune never does seem to make many male friends here. I could easily get rid of them I'm sure, but I don't think there is a need for me to be seen yet. Besides, I know the girls love to protect Tsukune, so I won't rob them of their fun.'

"Fine, then we shall just make you see for yourself that you belong to us!" yelled the middle boy again, and with that all three boys changed from their human forms, which originally looked weak and frail, to their monster forms, which were by any means not. The center boy turned into a giant ogre, with one eye that locked onto Moka and Tsukune. The boy on the left changed into his true form; a minotaur that stared at Kurumu with lustful eyes. The boy on the right changed into his true self, a wolf demon. But not just any wolf, as his fur was set ablaze and burned brightly. He stood ready on all four legs and eyed Mizore closely. The group backed up, the girls not prepared for three larger bullies at once. As they did Ruby paid close attention to the situation, holding her wand in one hand tightly.

'Ok, looks like these guys mean business. But I can't risk being seen here unless I need to be. And these kids aren't any of the transfers, so they are not the threats. I'll just have to trust Tsukune and the others to deal with it. I hope they can, if any harm comes to my dear Tsukune I'll show them a true witches wrath.'

"Uh… wow, wasn't expecting that," Kurumu said showing a little fear in her voice. The larger minotaur was looking straight at her, and in these close halls flying wouldn't be easy for the girl.

"Not good…" Mizore said taking a step back. A wolf demon is one thing, but one that can use fire means serious trouble for any snow woman.

"Umm… what should we do?" Moka asked a bit worried and grabbing onto Tsukune's arm very tightly.

"What do you mean? Tsukune, just take off Moka's rosary! This will be over in seconds flat!" Yukari cried from behind. Tsukune and Moka looked at each other and realized the obviousness of her statement; Inner Moka would wipe the floor with these guys no problem. The fact that neither of them figured this out without being told about it first, given how many times its come down to this in the first place, will forever remain a mystery.

"Right, let's do this!" Tsukune yelled with renewed confidence. But before he could Moka was swiped up and held in the ogre's hand. The large monster backed up to his comrades and began to laugh.

"You're done hanging around this weakling my little pet. Now, either you all surrender to being our beautiful slaves forever, or we'll kill her and all your friends!" the ogre taunted as Moka squirmed and cried out in its grip. Mizore and Kurumu held back their anger, both girls not sure of what to do. Yukari started to cry while Ruby just stared with frustration. Even if she wanted to help she couldn't now, Moka would die if anybody made a move.

"Let me down you stupid-" Moka yelled out, being cut off with a gasp as the ogre tightened its grip around her. She flinched and whimpered as Tsukune watched with frustration.

"Watch your language there, or else I might have to get rough with you. Now then, the rest of you come over here and away from that useless weakling. Or I'll crush this girl in my hands right now!" the ogre laughed out. Mizore and Kurumu looked at each other then towards the three monsters with their friend. They then looked to Tsukune, the boy staring in disbelief and anger at the ogre. He wanted to help, he wanted to strike down that oversized monster and save Moka, but knew he couldn't. He struggled to keep himself in check. As he did he felt something in him tightening. He needed to help. He felt anger in him building. He felt something in him he hasn't felt since-

WHAM!

An earth shattering explosion rocked the school hallway, snapping everybody to attention. They looked over to see the minotaur was no longer at the side of the trio of bullies, but rather in a hole in the ground.

"What… what just hap-" the ogre started to say, but was interrupted when his arm holding Moka yanked down, and snapped at an angle no bone could go into without breaking.

"AHHH!" he yelled. With his arm broken his hand lost its grip, and Moka jumped free. She dashed over to Tsukune who grabbed her and held her tight.

"Tsukune!" she cried as she held him tightly. Then they looked back to the sight of the ogre and his broken arm.

"How… how? How could this hap-" the ogre started before being sent flying back into a wall. The wolf demon just looked at his friends with surprise then around franticly. He started to back up, but backed into something. He turned around however and saw nothing there.

"Wha… what's going on? Who's there?" the wolf snarled. Just then a familiar boy came out of the hole where the minotaur was last seen and dusted himself off. He looked towards the group and called out with a smile.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Rason said with a friendly wave.

"Rason?" Tsukune asked bewildered.

"Yeah, just thought I'd lend a hand. After all, have to watch out for my fellow newsies," Rason said as he winked at Kurumu. As he did she felt that tingle again, but she was too stunned at the sight to think anything of it.

"How… how did you do this?" the wolf demon yelled as he focused on Rason with narrowed eyes.

"Well, I just rushed up to this guy and smacked his sorry ass into the ground. I think I used too much strength though, made a pretty big hole, and well… I fell in," Rason said then started laughing.

"You son of a… wait. If you fell in, how did you beat our boss?" the wolf hissed.

"Oh you mean that ogre? Some boss, only picking on girls," Rason mocked.

"Enough, how did you do that?" the wolf replied with fire starting to build around his tail.

"Oh, I didn't. He did," Rason said with an amused grin on his face, and then glanced to the side of the demon.

And with that the wolf dropped to the ground with a loud cracking sound. He looked around but didn't see anybody. He tried to get up but his back was in immense pain. Before he could get up he started flying around backwards. His tail was being gripped and the wolf was being spun around in circles, the group just watching with surprise at the sight. The fire wolf was then let go and sent flying right into the ogre with a loud crash. Everybody just stared at the sight speechless.

"What… just happened?" Yukari asked slowly.

Suddenly a figure seemed to appear out of thin air. A dark cloud seemed to flow around and slowly a boy became visible from within. First his shoes became visible, then his jeans, then his dark shirts, then his head complete with headphones.

"I despise those who don't treat women right," Dark said coldly as he stood there.

Everybody just stared at the boy who appeared out of nowhere, including Ruby who was speechless still after the show.

'Are these… they are. Yes, I'm sure of it. These are two of the transfers. Could they be the ones?'

Dark turned around and looked at Mizore, the girl still staring in surprise with her lollipop almost falling out of her open mouth.

"You ok?" he asked her calmly. She paused then slowly nodded.

"... yes… thank you," she said softly. Dark just looked at her for a moment then replied.

"I'm going to assume you said you're fine," he said simply. She blinked and then realized as she glanced down to her candy.

'Oh. The lollipop, right.'

Rason walked up to Kurumu with his usual smile as the girl just stared at him with surprise.

"Are you ok my dear?" he asked gently. The tingle in her chest was there again, the girl feeling the sensation as she stared into his eyes. After a long pause she slowly nodded.

"Uh, yeah. Thank you for helping us again," she said softly. She was trying to fight away the blush on her face, but not prevailing.

"I'm glad then," he said as he smiled back. The boy then looked to Tsukune and Moka.

"And you're ok as well I assume? The nerve of some ogres, am I right?" he asked with a laugh.

"Uh, yes, thank you," Tsukune replied.

"Thank you so much for your help," Moka said kindly as she looked at the boy carefully.

"Why didn't your boyfriend save you?" Dark's voice came from behind, walking up to the others with a blank expression still.

Everybody fell silent.

"Yes, that should have been Tsukune being the knight in shining armor for his girl, not Dark," Rason reasoned, and then looked at Tsukune curiously. Tsukune nodded then looked down with a worried smile.

"Well I wanted to help, but, I… I don't know what… I could…" he started to argue with, but then stopped. He couldn't think of anything to say that would help his case. He was human; he was weak compared to nearly every other monster out there. He couldn't have done anything to help his friends, even when the one he loved the most was in serious danger.

"Next time save her yourself," Dark said, bringing Tsukune back to reality.

"Ah… I will. But thank you. Really, thank you both so much for helping," Tsukune said graciously.

Ruby, still watching from the corner, felt sorry for Tsukune. She knew he was strong; he stood up to a dark lord alone and prevailed somehow. But how he did was still unknown to her. Where did that power come from, and where was it now remained a mystery. Mizore and Kurumu just looked at Tsukune with saddened eyes. They knew he wasn't able to fight off monsters like they could. Yet he did defeat a dark lord, or maybe it was Inner Moka who did but he got credit for it. It wouldn't be the first time something like that happened. Still, Moka said he did do it. So why was he back to normal with no power at all?

But the one question that was on their minds was why didn't Tsukune hold them close and comfort them. Sure, Moka was in danger, but then they were all about to become those three bullies' slaves, or worse. Still, he's the one she runs to, and she's the one he holds and cares for.

Why?