The Night Has Only Just Begun
Chapter 2: Deovtion
A/N: This chapter is told through the point of Mizore, though I may in the future switch to an omniscient POV. Anyway this basically just retells the first chapter from Mizore's aspect, Sorry if this feels like a cop out, but it's the way in which the story flows through me. In due time there will come the explanation of why things happened the way they did.
Just a fun fact the character James in this story is based off of one of my friends from back home, I actually stole the whole fight scene from something that actually happened to him in school, course I made it more spectacular and made it more one-sided.
Anyway, I would like to thank everyone for showing their support, and I hope everyone enjoys the chapter. Also everything involving the original characters from "Rosario + Vampire still belongs to Akihisa Ikeda, nothing has changed since I posted the last chapter.
Mizore woke up much the same way she did every morning at 3:55 Am; five minutes before the time she has set for her alarm. She reached over and turned the alarm function off before springing out of bed. The crisp coldness of the room refreshed and awakened her as she moved about undressing and redressing. After a breakfast consisting of snowberries and milk she brushed her teeth and washed her face. Stepping back into her bedroom, she stopped at her night stand. Reaching inside the drawer, she pulled out her favorite picture, one safely inside a picture frame. The frame itself was a sapphire which had been carved into the shape of a heart with a pure crystal slide running the inside of the heart. It was roughly as wide as her 2 hands with only half the length.
The picture was of her and Tsukune hugging, of course the photo had been cropped; it was originally a picture of him and Moka. But she had skillfully cut Moka out and replaced it with a picture of herself. A slight smile flashed on her lips before she kissed the picture. She replaced the picture in the drawer then pulled out one of her magical suckers, today she chose peach.
It was 4:15 by the time she was finished and was ready for the day ahead; she wore a bright smile "20 minutes, a new record! I should be able to get in 3 hours of observation before walking to school."
She immediately headed to the boy's dormitory, the cold and snow gave her a seemingly endless boost of energy. Tsukune's room was on the fifth floor, third window from the right, so all she had to do was get on the roof, then camp outside the awning just beneath the window. Her natural pale skin and light clothes blended into the snow that surrounded her, all she had to do was mat her hair and skirt down with snow and she'd be invisible in this current climate.
Once she was on the roof she walked 40 paces (a distance she had calculated earlier in her days of stalking Tsukune) then dropped down landing softly on the snow. A cloud of powdery snow blew up from the upheaval but it was quickly swept away by the wind.
She looked in the window, but the darkness of the inside combined with the heavy curtain made it impossible for her to gaze at her beloved while he slept. Instead she settled for placing her ear against the window. Phasing out all other sounds she concentrated on the inside of the room. She could hear the slow, deep, rhythmic breaths of a sleeping Tsukune. She became lost in the melody of breaths, letting it completely wash over her sense of self.
It seemed she had only just gotten there when she heard his alarm go off, waking her from her stupor. But still she kept her ear pressed against the window, Tsukune was talking to himself, she could just barely make out the muffled sounds though, ""Morning already," he sighed, "and I was having such a nice dream, I can still remember the way Moka's soft skin felt against mine."
A spike of rage ruined her bliss, she could feel her powers beginning to activate, the temperature of the surrounding area dropped considerably and moisture in the air began to form a floating spike of ice, "Why is it always Moka he dreams of, he always talks about her, when she's not around he's always moping. It's her, it's always her, can't Tsukune see that I love him more?!" The icicle now too large for her to leave suspended crashed to the ground below.
"Shit, that's going to draw unwanted attention." she muttered before hopping back on the roof. Her body laying flat against the roof keeping only her head exposed over the edge.
Tsukune was quick to make it to his window he didn't open it but he pressed his face to the glass, Mizore felt light headed as she watched Tsukune who scanned the outside of his window seemingly blindly.. Her blue eyes lit up before she retracted her head, 'I was the first to see him,' though it was true most days she always felt happy when she thought that.
Mizore waited for 20 minutes before lowering the top half of her body over the edge, suspending herself upside down. Tsukune had already changed his underclothes and put his pants on, but he had yet to put his shirt on, Mizore nearly lost her grip from shock. She stared in at her target of affection, her blue orbs hungrily devouring the form of a shirtless Tsukune, and the way his cable-like muscles stretched and flexed as he moved All too soon he had his shirt over his head and had left her area of sight. Though his physique was more physically appealing Mizore couldn't help but long for the original Tsukune, the confused scared human boy who seemed so lonely. There hadn't been a fight in over a year where he needed help. She couldn't help but feel Yukari, Kurumu and herself slowly being separated from Tsukune, the only one he ever saw was Moka.
Sighing miserably, she raised herself back over the roof and walked to the downspout, she gracefully jumped down creating a burst of sight-obscuring snow. By the time the cloud had settled the snow maiden had gone leaving no signs of her having ever been there. Aside from the giant icicle sticking out of the ground, she reluctantly reminded herself.
Mizore waited 45 minutes in a low-lit alley before she saw Tsukune. But in that she had decided she merely had to make herself stand out more, she hadn't lost to Moka yet and she wouldn't quit until utterly defeated. Yukari, Kurumu and Moka had already surrounded themselves around Tsukune, thus the chaotic morning bickering had already began.
After the group passed she began to quietly tail right behind them, no one was even aware that she was there until she announced herself., "Good morning Tsukune!"
Everyone turned around dramatically aside from Tsukune, who merely replied, "Good morning Mizore"
"Is something wrong? You're not your usually energetic self?" Mizore asked worriedly.
"No I'm fine I just didn't sleep too well last night." Tsukune answered monotonously
'He's lying, I listened to him sleep most of the night and most of this morning, and he wasn't disturbed even once.' Seeing how it could cause a misunderstanding she chose not to voice her thoughts. Instead she spent that walk fantasizing about a half-naked Tsukune, and how much better he would look frozen like that. 'A beautiful contrast,' She thought, 'the heat of Tsukune's body forever trapped frozen in pure untainted ice.' It was only a thought she had fancied for a moment. Though it would be nice to have him all to herself in such a manner, she had promised she would win fairly.
Home room started at 8:00 the teacher was going on about something but Mizore's gaze was captured by terrain outside. So beautiful and peaceful, it brought back memories of her home, a serene snow maiden village atop a mountain. Her thoughts of home brought a calm meditative state to her being, as they always did. 'Someday' she thought, 'I would like to bring Tsukune to my home'.
She came back to reality only for a moment. Moka was waving energetically at a tall dark man who was walking toward her. She turned her gaze to the board, 'A new student, his name is…. James.'
She turned her back to be able to face Moka and the new student. As he walked past Moka sniffed the air, she smiled as her cheeks began to redden. Mizore blinked suddenly, then widened her eyes in disbelief. 'No' she said shaking her head as she returned her attention outside 'Moka likes Tsukune, doesn't she?'
Mizore was in her own world completely missing the lecture of Ms. Nekonome, she tried to pay attention in the next class but Human History was so boring and needlessly violent, she was glad humans like Tsukune were finally being born into the world.
Lunch was always enjoyable for her, any time where she openly got to spend time with Tsukune was enjoyable for her though, 'Moka Invited the transfer to lunch and she's been acting weird all day, I wonder if my suspicions are correct.' She couldn't help but want her suspicions to be true, if they were Tsukune would be devastated, and then he would accept her; they would bask in each other's loneliness. And in that time she would imrpove their relationship until their love was so strong nothing could melt it. They would suffer together until one day they suffered no more, they merely rested in one another's arms, drawing strength from one another while giving their power to the other.
The clattering of trays hitting the ground drew her attention to the source of the noise. She remembered the three heavy-set boys from her first year; they were B-class golems. Her initial response was to help Tsukune, but was relieved to see, that for once Tsukune appeared to be in no immediate harm, it was actually the new kid. Interested in seeing James's power she merely sat back and watched.
The fight was over quickly, the three assailants lay unconscious on the floor, it took him less than a minute to finish the fight. The conversation following revealed to Mizore (who was not paying attention earlier) that James was in fact a human, just like Tsukune.
"Finding humans who are worth anything is like finding a needle in an ocean, it's rather depressing really, that's why I transferred to this school as soon as I heard about it, there were no challenges in the human world so I invaded the demon world, nothing will improve my strength like surviving here."
Moka who had been quiet up until now spoke up, "So are you some sort of monster hunter, killing us for your own gains?" She asked clearly hurt
"I'm afraid you have me all wrong, I took it easy on those three they're all just unconscious, except for the leader I think his hand may be broke. But anyways, my goal here is to merely survive, through that alone I will become stronger. After all it's not like I'm starting anything, my being human should be enough to provoke attacks."
"That sounds like an excuse for violence if you ask me, your intent of being here is to cause fights" Mizore added, 'Not all humans have changed, this man has just as much bloodlust in him as the opponents he just defeated'
"I don't intend to cause fights; I just have to get stronger. There's someone who I must defeat, and to do that I must live with my life on the line and continue to fight stronger opponents. All the Human schools people feared me and left me alone worried that I may be prone to indiscriminate violence. But I know that here there are people even more powerful than me; and systematically I must improve until on the day they challenge me I can defend myself. So my methods may be crude and barbaric, even violent but this is the path I must walk, I can never forgive that person for what he did to me. So with these fists I will crush him." With his explanation over he stood up and walked away.
"I knew I wouldn't be understood even here." He muttered as he was leaving.
Mizore watched as James marched stoically out of the cafeteria. Tsukune stood as if to follow him but dropped back into his seat immediately after Moka rose and went running after him.
Kurumu began to assault Tsukune with her overly large breasts smashing Tsukune's face against them, "Why so down, allow my breasts to cheer you up, behold Magical Happy Jiggle!"
A washbasin fell atop her head before Mizore had the chance to extend her claws, 'heh, serves her right for throwing herself all over Tsukune like that'
Yukari and Kurumu began to fight as they usually did; Mizore took an opportunity in their distraction, "Come on Tsukune follow me to the crooked cliff, if you're not feeling right the best thing to do is skip class and throw stones into the sea."
"Sorry I'm fine, just a little tired, besides the midterm is coming up I really need to cram in as much studying as possible." Was how Tsukune replied.
"Suit yourself, I'll be there during class so if you want to skip out we can spend some time alone," her pale face pinkened as she spoke.
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind" Tsukune replied rubbing the back of his head nervously.
Mizore nodded, smiling like a fool, 'He's going to keep me in mind…' She thought, clearly missing that it was an excuse.
For the rest of class that day she spent her time tossing rocks into the red sea; today her record was 13 skips. Mizore fantasized about a life with Tsukune as she threw the rocks until she heard the after-school bell. She didn't want to leave, but she had to go to the newspaper club.
She slowly headed headed towards the main building, atop the roof she spied someone with pink hair and someone tall and dark next to it. From 70 feet she had trouble distinguishing characteristics, but she was pretty sure that Moka was the only person with pink hair that long, and the other person was definitely James. To be certain she pulled out her foldable binoculars, the resolution of her picture through the binoculars was much better, there were no uncertainties about who the couple was. She folded the binoculars up and set them back in her shirt pocket.
A Mischievous light flashed in her eyes, she was going to watch them until they did something then snap a picture of it. She reached into her shirt and pulled out a small camera, 'Every good stalker hsd a camera on them at all time.' The two figures suddenly stepped out of sight, putting the camera back away she stepped towards a large downspout connected the roof and began to climb. She reached the top with no difficulty. Sticking only her head and camera hand above the edge, she scanned the area for the couple.
There in the middle of the roof locked together in a kiss were Moka and James. With a sad smile Mizore took the picture. She didn't want to hurt Tsukune by showing him this but it was for the better. They stood together for 20 seconds kissing, until Moka removed her mouth from his and placed it on his neck; Mizore snapped a second shot then put her camera up. She was about to descend the pipe when something from the stairwell door caught her eye, it was Tsukune. He turned and ran the look on his face spoke of his pain. 'Now is the time to move' with that she dropped down from the pipe.
As she descended she heard whistles and hoots, she knew why, the air resistance blew her skirt up, providing a clear view of her purple and white striped underwear, "And that's why I love short, loose skirts!"
"Amen to that friend."
"Can I have your room number?"
Feeling tears of embarrassment moisten her eyes she ran away from the herd of boys shrieking, "Perverts!!!"
She ran until she found a barren oak tree to hide behind. 'I'll repay those bastards for what they did later, but I have more important matters to attend to right now!' She peeked over one of the side of the tree, looking back in the direction of school and waited. After a few minutes it didn't appear Tsukune was coming this way, so she decided she'd wait outside his window for him to return.
Using her usual tactics she matted her hair and skirt with snow then climbed the downspout. She sat on the awning in a pile of snow, virtually invisible to onlookers. Sitting down she was just barely able to see the inside of the room. With patience she waited, finally it was rewarded when Tsukune arrived. Out of trained habit she immediately jumped to the roof, 'So stupid he wouldn't have seen you, if anything you just drew his attention.' With that thought finished, as if it were on cue; Tsukune opened his window scanning every direction. Mizore lay as flat as possible against the roof, obfuscating in the snow.
After some time a clicking noise signaled to Mizore that Tsukune had closed his window, immediately Mizore heard his loud sobs, "absolutely no romantic thoughts at all, how could I have been such a fool!? How could a vampire like her ever fall for an ordinary ghoul like me?"
It broke Mizore's heart to hear him like this, it was then she decided that she would break him out of this sorrow, even if it meant giving him her body, even if only to use. With a nod, she stood and shook of the snow from her clothes and body before dropping to the awning below. Creating a thin crystal of ice she inserted into the window lock and pushed it upwards. The window slid open with ease, allowing her access to his room.
AN: And so ends another chapter, tune in next time, things may actually happen instead of being a retelling of past events, or maybe not. I'm not going to tell you, but for those of you who care I will try to put it the next one up ASAP. Don't expect much though; I was pretty lucky to get time off this week as it stands I might not even get Christmas off (course that means 2.5x pay)
