As the bus rode along, I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It was as if a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders, I was finally going to high school. Now that I was on this bus, there was no stopping it. No technicality or surprise occurrence to get in the way. I know that may sound like a bizarre thing to be worried about, but given my recent situation it was quite normal. My name is Tsukune Aono, and I have just recently graduated from middle school. Usually this is a time of great celebration, but throughout the entire last month I've been down. You see, it turns out that I failed all of my high school entrance exams, so my parents and I were worried that I'd be held back an entire year. How embarrassing. But it seemed as if some divine being was looking down on me, because a few nights ago my father came home and explained that he had met someone who was able to get me in to this school that I've never heard of. Yokai Academy. It was like a dream come true.

Looking back at it now, I sometimes wonder if it was the beginning of a dream, or a nightmare. Perhaps a little bit of both. One thing is for certain though, from that day onward my life would never be the same again.

I looked down at the new student information packet in my hand, feeling the texture of the envelope with my fingers to make sure it was there. To reassure myself that this wasn't just some dream. I don't know how my dad was able to get me in to this school, but I'm too relieved to ask questions. But unfortunately the questions in my mind just wouldn't go away. I took a look around the inside of the bus I was riding in, to see that there was not another living soul riding. Except for the bus driver of course, but even he was a little…peculiar. Not only that, but apparently Yokai Academy is a boarding school. I'm going to be living there from now on, but I've always thought that boarding schools were really expensive and high class. The kind of places that only kids from really rich and prestigious families could afford to get in to. So how in the world was my dad able to get me in when I hadn't even taken an entrance exam? It's not that I'm ungrateful; it's just that the situation doesn't seem to make any sense. I guess I probably shouldn't worry about it though, since I'm sure I'll find out soon enough.

I was pulled out of my thoughts though when I heard my phone ringing. I pulled it out and looked at the caller id. It was from my cousin, Kyouko. I quickly hit answer before it went to voicemail and put it to my ear. She was saying something about how she had heard from my mom that I had been accepted to Yokai Academy, and that she had done some research. But then the strangest thing happened; just as we entered a long dark tunnel, the reception completely went out without warning. I looked down at my phone to see that all of my bars were completely gone. I merely shrugged and put my phone back in to my pocket since that was all I could do. She had been researching the academy, why? I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, Kyouko is always trying to watch out for me. I'm an only child, but Kyouko and I were raised really close together by our parents, so in a way she is more like my big sister.

I looked up to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I felt the need to rub my eyes when they beheld the otherworldly sight before me. The bus slowly came to a stop and the door opened, the driver waiting for me to grab my bag and climb off. I stepped out on to the dark grassless dirt and looked out over a cliff to what looked like an endless ocean of crimson But how was that possible? It was as if I had gone down the rabbit hole in to Wonderland. There was a nearby sign with the name of the school, so I had to be in the right place; but the sign was strangely made on what looked like a scarecrow with a jack o lantern for a head. Perhaps they really love Halloween at this school. I then heard the driver speak a single warning. 'Watch your back, Kid.'

The bus doors then shut and he sped off back through the tunnel, and he left me there on the side of a cliff. I had expected he'd drive up to the school, but maybe there are no return trips from Yokai Academy. That was the thought that briefly ran through my head. I pulled out my phone again to try and call back Kyouko, but the phone was dead, no signal at all. I was starting to become curious of what her research had found. In the distance I saw a large building that sort of looked like a mansion. Could that be the school? Having no other course of action available to me, I slung by bag over my shoulder and started walking along.

I followed a nearby path that took me through a dimly lit forest where all the surrounding trees were dark and lacked any leaves at all, their long branches reaching out as if they were long fingers. Above my head, there were countless black crows sitting in the trees. But that wasn't all; the pathway was lined with tombstones. What an eerie place to have a school. As I walked along I started to hear the sound of rustling bushes behind me but off to the side a bit. Perhaps there was a parallel path on the other side of those trees.

"Oh crap! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" I heard a soft, sweet, yet frantic voice call out over and over. Maybe it was the white rabbit. "I can't be late for my first day of class! Talk about embarrassing!"

The sound of that person was getting closer and closer, but I didn't see anyone. It was just then that as I passed a rather large tree that I ran in to someone head first. I groaned and slowly wobbled backwards, trying to keep my balance. I backed in to one of the headstones with my legs and fell over it. I probably looked like a real idiot. Once I regained my senses, I slowly sat up to see who I had ran in to and I immediately blushed. On the ground before me was a beautiful girl with light blue hair like the sky tied back with a ribbon, and a pair of big deep violet eyes. She wore a school uniform similar to my own, but she had on a light yellow sweater over her blouse. It was then that I realized that it wasn't just her eyes that were big, and the thought made me blush deeply.

"Ouch!" She groaned out and rubbed her backside where she had landed. She then looked up at me with those eyes and there was a strange look on her face that I can't quite explain. Kind of like a look of superiority but also of anticipation, or something along those lines. She frowned a bit and said, "You should really look where you're going!"

I slowly stood to my feet and she did the same. I was tempted to point out that she had been just as part of the problem as I had been, and that it was in reality just an accident of timing, but I bit tongue and let it go. I looked up at the pretty girl and said, "Sorry about that, you're not hurt are you?"

"Oh please, what kind of weakling second rate monster do you think I am?" The girl asked. What in the world did she mean by monster? Was she trying to make some weird joke? Or perhaps she was referencing something I wasn't aware of. She looked at me a bit more and said, "Well I guess I might as well start with you. So let's take a look."

And with that, the beautiful girl began to walk around me in a small circle with her hand on her chin, looking at me inquisitively. It was as if she was sizing me up for some strange reason. It felt a little embarrassing, and I blushed a bit. "Umm, what are you doing?" I asked her.

"Trying to see if you're worth my time, you sure don't look like much." She said, referring to me as if I was some sort of household item. She then made me blush even more when she stared in to my eyes and leaned in close to me. What was she doing? Was she going to kiss me? I could feel my heart start to race a bit. If there were girls like her at this school, then I had hit the jackpot. How strange to meet someone so beautiful in such an uninviting place. I gulped a little when she came closer to me and at the last second she move her head to the side and started to actually smell me. She was sniffing along my neck. Her eyes widened and she slowly backed away from me, her violet eyes looking at me with a puzzled look. "You smell like….a…." she paused and licked her lips a bit, "A human. Hmm…you're not bad but I'd rather see the rest of the selection."

Everything that came out of the girl's mouth confused me, but before I could ask her any questions she ran off down the pathway towards the building that I could only guess was the school. I started walking again since I didn't want to be late for class either. Fortunately I was able to find my way to the school without too much trouble. I was given my dorm room key and instructed to quickly put my bag away because classes were just about to begin. I rushed and soon I was sitting in my new classroom. The school was definitely nothing like what I had been expecting. Something told me that this was probably the strangest school in the whole country. But as I looked around, everyone seemed normal enough. Maybe this would turn out to be a really fun and exciting school. At least that's what I hoped.

That blue haired girl was in the same class as me, but she hadn't said anything to me when I came in. I wondered if I had done something wrong to make her angry at me, I hoped not. That would be a horrible way to start out my high school days. The strange thing was that as I would turn my head to check out the room or look out the window, I could swear that I could see her looking at me out from the corner of my eye. But every time that I would begin to look in her direction, she seemed to look away.

I was pulled out of my thoughts though when I heard the door slide open. I looked up to see yet another gorgeous girl enter the room. This one had long flowing pink hair and big green eyes. Wow, two gorgeous girls in my homeroom class, this school was just getting better and better. I watched as all of the guys gawked at her and made big heart shaped eyes as they stared. She was a head turner, that was for sure. I then looked over my right shoulder at the blue haired girl. She was very beautiful as well. But now she seemed to be looking at the pink haired girl, almost as if she was angry at her. She noticed me looking at her though and her eyes stared at me for a moment, but then back to the pink haired girl. It was then that I saw her lips slowly curl up in to a small smile. It was a little unsettling smile, but a smile all the same, and she looked even more entrancing when she smiled.

I was soon pulled out of my thoughts and quickly faced forward as the homeroom teacher walker in. She was also a very pretty woman. She looked so lively and happy to be there, a small bright smile on her face. She introduced herself as Ms. Nekonome. How fitting, for some reason she seemed very…cat like. I listened and nodded along to what she said about the school being very unique and special, and a school full of monsters. Wait…what? My eyes went wide and I slowly started to look around. She said that this school was a monster school where they were taught to fit in with the human world. Was this some sort of joke? Or was it just what was needed to make everything make perfect sense? My eyes went from student to student. They all looked normal, but as I looked closer, there was something there. Something very…not human. I felt a cold chill run down my spine when one of the larger boys started to say unsettling things about humans. I felt like a sheep who had just woken up in the lion's den.

But did that mean that everyone there was a monster? I looked over at the pink haired girl, and then over my shoulder at the blue haired girl. Even them? But how could girls so pretty and sweet looking be vicious monsters? I could feel myself starting to go in to a cold sweat, but I tried to calm myself down. It was okay, Ms. Nekonome said they all had to stay in human form and not tell each other what kind of monsters they were. Maybe that meant he could blend if he just acted natural. Unfortunately the more normal and I tried to behave, the more uneasy I think I made myself seem.

My heart stopped beating when I noticed the large guy from before start to sniff the air and say that it smelled like human. That was the same thing the girl from before had said. I subtly darted my eye over my shoulder at her to see her now staring at me. That wasn't good.

This is my first ever Rosario fanfic, so I'm just sorta swinging in the dark here. Next time, Tsukune tries to keep his identity a secret but Kurumu has caught on to his scent and is preparing to charm and seduce all of the boys in the school.