Chapter 1

Author notes: So this is my first time writing for a truly public audience. I always thought that Kurumu belonged in Tsukune's life, I just couldn't figure out how. Well, with this story, and complete AU, I either found out, or failed. Either way, enjoy!

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Beep, beep, beep.

Groan.

Beep, Beep, Beep. The alarm chirped a little louder.

Another groan.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The alarm was practically screaming now.

"Nghea," Tsukune yelled unintelligibly, smacking the wretched clock with an open palm. Thinking he had won, the boy rolled over to retreat to dream land.

No such luck.

"Tsukune," called his sister, pounding on the door to his room. "You'd better get out of bed or I'm coming in there to strangle you with my own tail." The shuffling of bedding told her that her message had been received, so Kurumu went downstairs to breakfast. In the kitchen area, her mom was already frying up meat on the stove.

"Morning, Kuru," Ageha greeted her daughter. "Is our Tsuki up, yet?"

Rubbing her eyes, Kurumu nodded. "Yeah, he's moving," she affirmed. "So we're having chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, right," she asked hopefully. Her mom gave her a knowing smirk. "You eat enough sweets as it is, honey." Ageha placed a plate in front of her daughter. "You get bacon and fruit salad," she said with a smile before turning to the stairs. "Tsukune! Time for breakfast," she called.

About a minute later, the boy in question walked down the stairs, rubbing his soft brown eyes in the process. "Morning mom," he said as he sat next to Kurumu. "So we're having chocolate chip pancakes, right," he asked, following right in his sister's footsteps. Said sister smiled at him, pleased that he was on her side.

Ageha shook her head. "You two are just impossible," she complained, placing Tsukune's plate infront of him. She then sat across from them to eat her meal. "So are you two excited for your first day of high school," she asked before sipping some orange juice.

Kurumu nodded. "I can't wait to meet my destined one," she practically purred, blushing to herself. Ageha took this moment to dish out some motherly advice. "If you're going to use your charm, just remember that you have to be discreet about it. Monsters have to stay in their human forms, so that means don't be obvious."

"Umm," Tsukune said. "Doesn't 'stay in your human form' mean 'no powers' at all?"

Ageha just chuckled, while kurumu replied, "silly human, you wouldn't understand."

Tsukiune grinned, saying "yeah, I guess not."