Note: Before you read, please keep in mind that this is fictional, and is not related to any real person, group, etc. The setting is sometime after Age 790 of the Dragon Ball GT series, coming after the Shadow Dragon Saga and all that. I do not own anything, all rights to their respective owners. Props to Akira Toriyama and Akihisa Ikeda for Dragon Ball Z and Rosario + Vampire, respectively. There may be continuity errors and things like that in the story. Have fun.
Chapter 1: [Who You Gonna Call? Doorbusters!]
"This looks like it's going to be another mediocre day," said a most peculiar creature, staring listlessly out the window of a bus.
This being had all the mannerisms of a human, yet it looked like it was from another world. This creature had a body that was a strange, grey color, unlike its relatives, who were all pink. At the top of its head was an appendage that resembled an antenna or tendril of some sort. This tendril curved backwards, and ran down toward the back of its owner's neck, where it ended in a round nub. Around the head tendril was a series of small pores that might give one the impression of the creature being hollow.
The creature lacked a nose as well as ears, which were replaced by two craters; one on either side of its head. At a glance, one might not be able to tell if the creature even had eyes, as its eyeballs were a jet black color, or perhaps merely hollow sockets and its irises were little red rings. The pupils, if they even existed, were the same color as the twin voids that housed them.
Underneath the school uniform it wore, which consisted of a green jacket, red tie, tan khakis, a white buttoned shirt, and a few other articles of clothing, the creature housed a relatively muscular frame. This grey individual did not wear the uniform belt; it instead wore a black belt and a gold buckle that featured a stylized letter M. The creature was half a head taller than the average human adult (not counting the head tendril), and its face conveyed a message of boredom, perhaps with a hint of anger.
This creature was a Djinn, a race that was relatively new to this world, and one of the only four that currently were alive. A Djinn was a remarkable creature, having countless unique biological traits, one of which was their incredibly elastic bodies, which could also completely regenerate (similar to a starfish) from little more than a few molecules (not so similar to a starfish).
This one was the spawn of Majin Buu, the first Djinn who had been created millennia ago by an ambitious sorcerer. The eldritch abomination that was this Djinn's father was an obese man-child, but nonetheless very high on the list of Top Ten Things That Can Destroy Planets.
The name Majin Kazam* was bestowed upon this Djinn at birth, but it also went by the nickname Jin (A shortened form of Majin). At the moment, Jin was staring out the window of a bus, with his mind focused on various sweets, such as cakes, in order to distract himself from his current situation: he was getting tired of waiting for the bus to arrive at its final destination, as one who could fly at several hundred, if not thousand, times the speed that such a vehicle probably would.
In his seemingly infinite tedium, he couldn't help but wonder what his relatives were doing at that time…
Meanwhile, in Satan City, a large, pink, and rotund Djinn was stuffing his face with candies, while ignoring a self-aggrandizing speech from a muscular man with an afro.
Jin's state of boredom was broken by the driver of the bus, who said in a raspy voice, "Are you...a new student enrolling at the Academy?"
"Ah, uhh...yeah." replied the Djinn, who was startled by the question from the formerly silent bus driver.
"In that case, you had better prepare yourself now…" said the bus driver, who now seemed to have cobwebs on his previously spotless bus drivers' uniform. In addition to this, his eyes now seemed to be two yellow spots that were hidden by a small shadow cast by the brim of his cap. This, coupled with a cigar he had been smoking the entire time, gave him an unsettling and suspicious image.
"Prepare? For what?" thought Jin as he heard the driver's suggestion.
"Hehehe," chuckled the creepy driver, "When we come out of this looooooong tunnel, we'll be right in front of the school. As if the driver's previous comment was not unsettling enough, he followed up by saying, "This academy is a veeeeery horrifying school!"
"Can't be any worse than my digestive tract," thought Jin again as he remembered the horrendous pocket dimension Djinns contain in their bowels.
At that moment, the bus went into a tunnel. However, it was nothing like a tunnel Jin had seen before. It at first was some sort of dark abyss, and then it was filled with peculiar, multicolored lights that danced around as if they were the aurora, the Northern Lights. In this tunnel, Jin could feel a slight pressure, and he felt as if the air around him was now filled with a slight ki. After a few minutes, he could see sunlight at the end of the tunnel…
Eventually, the bus came to a halt just outside of the tunnel, in front of a scarecrow made from a bus stop sign, a tattered cloak, and a jack-o-lantern, whose face was carved as to make it look like it were winking at the travelling passersby. A short distance away from the oddly charismatic scarecrow was a dead tree that was being used as a perch by a multitude of ravens. The Djinn's first thoughts were whether or not to turn the crows into snacks, but this train of thought was interrupted by another by another wheeze from the bus driver.
"You'd better change into your human form, sonny boy. It's against school rules to walk around looking like that." He rattled.
"Ah, right…" spoke the Jin, who was curious as to how the driver may have known about his ability to reshape his body. The boy's body began to lose its details, turned into a sludge-like substance, then reformed, albeit with a color now like human skin. His body lost its pores and head appendage, and soon formed ears and hair, which was relatively short black fuzz. He even grew a nose, although he felt awkward with this unfamiliar facial protrusion. In addition to this change of facial features, the Djinn was now a height that was closer to that of the average teenager, but still nearly half a head taller.
After his transformation was complete, he waved a modest goodbye to the bus driver, and decided to find his bearings.
Looking into the distance, he could see a cliff that seemed to curl, reminding of his now concealed head tendril. The cliff was overlooking a lake that was an eerie shade of red, making it look like a sea of blood. To the West of the curly cliff was a complex of buildings, the largest of which looked as if it were a haunted mansion.
He decided to walk toward the building instead of flying, so that he may become more acquainted with this new environment. Surveying the land further, he spotted a path through a forest of dead trees, all lifeless and topped with crows. He ultimately decided to take the path through the macabre forest, as it seemed to be the only real path around; everything else was either dead plants or completely barren like a wasteland.
During his less than pleasant stroll, his stomach began growling at him, and he remembered how he forgot to eat breakfast earlier that day. He soon came to a stop and began to heavily contemplate turning the mob of crows that rested on the trees into sweets. Because of his hunger, his head was now filled with visions of cakes, candies, and other sugary delicacies, but his hallucination was prematurely ended by a rapidly approaching bicyclist, who showed no signs of slowing down.
The bicyclist yelled, "Coming through!" and the bike crashed into him, slamming directly into Jin's face, but he was not moved so much as an inch by the impact, in fact, he hardly seemed to have felt it at all!
However, the bicycle and its rider were not as fortunate. The collision with the ridiculously overpowered Djinn felt like hitting a brick wall head on, smashing the front of the bike and sending its rider soaring overhead, only to land headfirst in the dirt. Jin merely stared on, puzzled as to how this person was unable to maneuver around him.
Analyzing the no longer airborne bicyclist, he could now see that this person was female, and had pale skin and very long pink hair. In addition to this, she was wearing the female uniform for the same school the Djinn was headed for, and wore a somewhat unusual choker along with it. Attached to it by a chain was a sort of silver cross that had a red gemstone in the center. Jin's thoughts were now centered on the outrageously bright shade of pink that her hair was, and how it reminded him of his relatives.
His train of thought then deviated towards sweets yet again, before being cut off by a faint moan from the former human crash test dummy.
"Owowow…I'm sorry," cried out the girl as she attempted to get back on her feet. She said, "I just got dizzy from my anemia…"
Jin then exclaimed, in a tone that now carried a hint of concern and not the indifferent attitude from on the bus, "Hey, are you okay? You look like you need to practice your landings a little more."
As the disoriented girl got up, she noticed a very small cut that had been produced by the bike accident. Despite the small size of the incision, it was spewing out a pressurized stream of purplish blood, like a miniature geyser. Jin was somewhat annoyed by how nearly every biological trait of Djinns was exaggerated in some way or another upon seeing the tiny wound defiantly expel blood as if it were a midget volcano.
The pink-haired girl came towards Jin, with a tissue or napkin of some sort, intent on wiping the blood off the irritated Djiin's brow, but came to a halt upon coming near the miniaturized Old Faithful.**
"The scent of…blood…I…I…can't…" she said weakly. "I'm sorry; I lose control when I smell that scent. It's just 'cuz…"
At this point, she positioned her head close to the Jin's neck and opened up her mouth and bared her teeth, as if she were about to tear out his jugular vein with them. Sensing a slight killing intent, Jin snatched the tissue out of her hand and took a large step backwards in a single, rapid movement. The girl seemed to bite an empty space where the Djinn once stood, and now looked quite embarrassed.
"Oh…I'm so sorry!" she meekly cried out.
The pink-haired female now looked thoroughly embarrassed, blushing heavily. Jin, feeling slightly ashamed at making the girl feel like this, spoke up as he wiped the blood off his head,
"Hey, don't apologize. If anyone should be apologizing, it should be me. I mean, I guess it's my fault that your bike is wrecked; I should have moved out of the way instead of standing around."
This comment brought the girl's attention to her bike, the front of which looked like it lost a fight with a trash compactor.
"Oh no!" said the girl, still in an upset voice, "That was brand new!"
The Djiin, whose mind was now wracked with guilt, extended his arm toward the bike, and opened up his hand, fingers spread out. A bluish-green light soon engulfed his hand, then shout out toward the damaged bicycle. The bike seemed to levitate slightly and mend itself. Once the process of repair was complete, it rested on the ground, looking brand new.
"Wow!" exclaimed the girl, whose attitude suddenly performed an about-face. "How did you do that? Was that magic or something?"
The Djiin merely replied with, "Well, it's something, but I'm still not entirely sure myself."
Jin was still trying to figure out if this particular trick was sorcery, or the usual manipulation of ki, the energy of living beings. He knew that this wasn't exactly a Kamehameha Wave, but he still was not sure if it was "magic."
The girl then spoke up, "Thanks so much for that." She then assumed a worried look, and asked Jin, "So…er…um…what do you think of vampires?"
Jin was a bit perplexed by this question, as bringing up bloodthirsty corpses out of nowhere isn't the most normal of actions. He then thought back to stories he had been told during his childhood, which were about aliens, androids, demons, dragons, and machine mutants. By comparison to parasitic babies and omnicidal man-children, a dead body feeding off of the living did not seem to be much of a problem.
"They're not that bad," Jin said, while chuckling inwardly at the thought of Count Dracula being crushed underfoot by a rampaging Great Ape.
"That's great! Then, if you're okay with me, please be my friend!" exclaimed the girl, who was once again suddenly joyous.
Jin was a bit shocked by the sudden request to become her associate, as he was never really one for making bonds of any sort. He was more of an introvert at times, and found that making friendships was too difficult for him.
"Alright, fine." said the Djinn, who took up this opportunity to bond with someone else from this school.
"R-really?! Thank you so much!" said the girl. She was delighted that someone was willing to be friends with her.
"By the way, my name is Kazam. Majin Kazam."
"Ka….zam?" said the girl, obviously confused by this peculiar name.
"Weird name, I know. It's a long story. Just call me Jin. It'll be a lot easier that way."
"My name is Moka Akashiya," Jin's new acquaintance said. "And I'm very pleased to meet you. When the school entrance ceremony is over, please come talk to me some more, ok?
"Alrighty." said Jin, now carrying a slightly pleasant tone in his voice. "Speaking of the school, there it is," he pointed out. A short distance away was the school building they had been walking towards, which carried some distinct components of Gothic architecture.
Jin could detect numerous energies emanating from the school, ranging from about 10 to 50, on average. Clearly they were not human, as humans have a power level of 1 to 4, with the exception of people like Krillin and the Turtle Hermit Roshi, who had power levels that might even be over 9000, and were among the most powerful humans on Earth.
After the school entrance ceremony, Jin spent his time familiarizing himself with the campus. He found several odd things on the school grounds, including a massive, gnarled tree that had a malevolent aura, and a small tunnel network that run under the school. He would have to figure out everywhere it went and what its purpose was later, as the school bell rang, which meant Jin was late to class.
Jin exclaimed, "Oh, crap! Not good, not good, not good!" as he rushed down the hallways of the school toward his homeroom class, 1-3. He was in a panic, as being late on the first day wouldn't leave a good first impression on his fellow classmates.
As he reached the door to the classroom, he failed to realize that he was still in panic mode, and his hand shot out and slightly crushed the doorknob in an attempt to open the door. Upon opening it, he completely tore off the now-deformed doorknob, and even tore the door off one of its hinges. Upon entering the classroom, everyone was silent for a moment, staring directly at Jin.
"Oh, s-," he thought, "Doing stuff like this so early in the school year…..this is gonna suck for me."
After their moment of absolute silence, the class burst out into a hysterical fit of laughter. This raucous wave of laughs woke up the teacher, who had been napping, her head planted firmly on her desk at the front of the classroom. An odd thing about this teacher was she had two tufts of hair on either side of her head that stood up a bit, vaguely resembling a cat's ears.
"M-meow?!" she said, reminding Jin of a cat. "Oh, you must be….Ah! Jin Buu!" she said while looking at a roster sheet for the class on her desk.
Upon mention of his full name, the class exploded with laughter a second time, and Jin quickly became infuriated. The name he inherited from his father was a most peculiar one, indeed. "I'm never gonna hear the end of this. I'll be messed with all year long because of my freakin' name. Great." thought the young Djinn as he took a seat toward the back of the room.
"Sorry about the door. I can pay for that." said Jin to the teacher sheepishly.
"Oh, don't worry about that, dear! Besides, that door was getting old anyway!" the teacher said with a seemingly impossible amount of enthusiasm.
At this point, the laughter had died down to quiet chatter, but Jin could hear one of the students call him a "door buster."
As Jin was getting accustomed to his new desk, a familiar pink-haired individual stepped into the room, nervously eyeing the totaled door.
"Sorry I'm late!" Moka said, while courteously bowing to the teacher.
Immediately, all the other male students in the room began discussing the girl, who was now the absolute center of their attention. While they were blurting out some unnecessary comments, Jin thought about how he was never one for bowing, or any courteous actions such as that.
Moka surveyed the room, becoming increasingly uncomfortable due to the behavior of the male students. Upon seeing Jin near the back of the classroom, her disposition suddenly brightened, and she rushed toward him, greeting him with a powerful hug.
Jin's response was to say, "Moka….what are you doing?"
"Don't be so silly!" she said, "Isn't this how friends act?"
"Riiiiiight…" he said, now noticing the sinister auras the entire class was emitting. "Great. The whole class officially hates me. Perfect way to start the year." he thought sarcastically.
After that little incident, the teacher discussed the nature of the school and the rules for student conduct. Jin paid only a little attention to the lecture, and learned that he was in a school for non-human species. He wasn't permitted to fight or change into his true form on campus, nor was he allowed to reveal what he was. The teacher, who introduced herself as Miss Nekonome, began a speech about monsters harmonically coexisting with humankind, but was interrupted by an untidy student with a lip piercing.
"Hey, teach!" said the student, who seemed to be a delinquent, "Wouldn't it just be easier to eat those puny humans, and have our way with the pretty ones?"
"Oh? Well, Mister Komiya," said the energetic teacher as she looked at the roster again, "This academy is sealed in a powerful barrier. It wouldn't allow humans to get in. Even if it did, we would punish them with death…..or something."
"Whoa. Brutal," Jin mumbled. "Why does weird crap always happen to my family and friends? Dragon balls, aliens, and now this? Where did I go so wrong?"
On that note, he began to recall how he enrolled in the school…
*Bibidi, his son, Babidi, and his creation, Majin Buu, all had their names based off the magic words: Bibidi-Babidi-Boo. Similar to this, Jin's name is based off the magic words: Abra-kadabra, Alakazam.
**Old Faithful is a geyser from the Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It can release nearly thirty-thousand liters of boiling water per eruption.
