Vampire+Vampire

Introduction

Aerokuma Takaiya. A name I'd have to live with thanks to Japanese parents adopting me and giving me a name of their heritage. Living in the United States for three years was enough to give me the accent and mannerisms that all my Japanese peers would recognize and tease. It didn't help that I wasn't just from another country but of another being. I was a cold-blooded vampire, not as described in those ridiculous stories humans told, but an honest to living vampire. The only thing those humans could get right was our curse to always crave the blood of those we hated the most. Our enemy was our own desire, essentially the living example of a "can't live with them can't live without them." My life as a pretend human was harsh but luckily it wasn't long. My adopted parents were the only ones who knew of my true self and when they were presented with Youkai Academy, my suffering seemed to be coming to an end. That was only half true…

Now as a student of Youkai Academy, I expected an easy life. I was going to blend in with the crowd I was going to be free of all uniqueness and become what I felt was my biggest dream. Normal, just another monster among the crowd. That was a false hope. How could I expect things to be normal in a school for monsters…

Chapter 1: Vampire+Vampire

"Students please welcome our new student," my new teacher proclaimed to the class, she seemed to resemble a cat. "He is a promising young mind and hopefully you will show him our school to be a warm and friendly environment. What is your name?"

"Aerokuma Takaiya," I told the class though they didn't look very interested. "I can't wait to meet all you." I faked a smile and took the seat my teacher was pointing to enthusiastically. My class mates looked pretty human to me but that was expected. As the director had previously told me, all students were to maintain human form during school hours and on school grounds. Luckily for me that wasn't hard considering we vampires have a pretty human looking monster form as well. In fact for me the only difference was my demonic red eyes turned a dark brown and my fangs weren't there either but besides that I was same old me: Dark brown hair, 5'7", 130 lbs, and some what muscular looking. Of course it would be fatal to underestimate me just going by that. My vampire blood does have its perks: strength beyond human belief, instincts and reflexes that are not easily surpassed by other monsters and speed comparable to that of a werewolf (the fastest youkai in existence.)

My talents weren't going to go unnoticed by my peers and that is probably when my problems started. I was standing with a group of higher level youkai when another student called Tsukune was about to due his part of the physical. He barely passed and basically made a fool of himself. I couldn't help but notice his smell, not a sweaty crude one like the others gave off. It was, to an extent the exact opposite. I decided not to mention as I din't need to ruin my reputation which was doing well so far. Afterwards, though, I noticed him rush with some haste to a nearby drink machine and I decided it'd be worthwhile to see what he was up to.

He waited a minute and soon a pink-haired girl came running towards him. He was obviously head over heels for her and it looked as if she was the same way. Then I realized her true intentions. She leaned up for what would seem to be a normal kiss but hen her head turned and did the unexpected, she drank his blood.

I was shocked. I didn't think I would find another vampire so easily, in fact, I'd thought I might have the only one. Now I was intrigued because a vampire would never stoop so low as to drinking the blood of a lowly demon, especially one of such low ability. Now his scent made sense. Aono Tsukune was a human and I felt as if I had hit the jackpot; a human that I could befriend and potentially use as an endless blood supply. It may sound selfish but we vampires were never fond of sharing, which would lead to my first problem: The pink-haired vampire. Getting her to let me "borrow" Tsukune might prove to be quite difficult but hey, you know what they say about not trying.

"Tsukune!" I waved and pretended to sound friendly, "Hello, I'm a new student here. We have gym together."

"Ah Aerokuma, you were in mine and Moka-san's homeroom. What's up?"

"Oh you can call me Aero," I replied trying to think of a way to get to the vampire known as Moka, "Do you think you could introduce me to your friend?"

"Huh? Oh sorry, where are my manners? Aero, this is Akayashi Moka." He blushed and stepped back allowing me to shake her hand. I did to show my acceptance but as the handshake took place she discovered my true intentions as my eyes flickered from brown to red.

"Tsukune, may I speak with Aero alone…" she asked as sincere as she could make the request. He walked away towards the machine to grab a drink and waited. "What do you want?" she asked her girly tone fading.

"My, my you are a sneaky vampire, using your," my voice hushes so no one but her can hear, "human friend to supply you with your blood as you go along pretending to be his friend."

"What? It's not like that!" Tsukune hears this as her voiced raised and I could tell he misheard that part. She goes back to a whisper, "Tsukune is my friend, and me sucking his blood has nothing to do with that."

"Well if that's the case," finally my chance to act, "Will you share?"