While class periods were under way three witches stood ready before the headmaster's desk. Ruby had always been a faithful assistant to the man; after all it was he that offered her the job here to give her somewhere go after her old master had passed away. Not to mention all the odd jobs she quickly switched to during the school year to try to be closer to Tsukune. She was indebted to him, and intended to make good on that. The twin sisters on either side of her also had come to respect the headmaster, for it was he that let them stay on as assistants in this school for monsters. He trusted them, and it was that trust that they valued and swore never to break.

"So, what news do you bring me this morning ladies?" he asked with his usual smile. His glowing eyes were all that could be seen from under his white cowl as he glanced at the three girls in front of him.

"Nothing new to report yet sir," Ruby said in a professional voice.

"Yes, although it seems Mr. Tsukune and his friends are still continuing their training," Astreal commented.

"Yes, but they aren't taking it as seriously as when they were in danger," Apoch said softly.

"I see, well at least they are somewhat staying active. I do hope they can improve soon," the man said as he leaned back in his chair.

"If I may ask, what are they preparing for?" Ruby asked curiously. She knew the reports said that monsters and humans were under attack, but not many details were given about what was done or how bad.

"They are preparing for the future of course," he said with a chuckle.

"Are they in danger?" Astreal asked.

"Are we?" Apoch asked afraid.

The man looked forward again and smiled as usual.

"Well, we are all always in danger my dear witches. After all we are monsters, fighting is what comes with the territory," he said with a shrug.

"But those reports suggest that a human organization is behind this," Ruby said cautiously.

"No, the reports say that the company found in the human world is one of the suspected leads to the group. And even if that is indeed accurate, it doesn't mean humans are the ones behind the actions," he replied.

"So… what should we do then?" Ruby asked.

"Keep an eye on those students, and make sure they step up their training," he said as he looked out the window behind him.

"If I may ask, why them?" Astreal asked.

"Yes, haven't they been through enough?" Apoch said softly.

"Yes they have, and it's because they survived what they've been through that I have high hopes for them," he said without looking back to the witches. They looked to each other then back to the headmaster. They didn't understand what he meant or what he had in mind, but orders were orders. And they would be faithful to his wishes, even if they did question it.


Class was still underway in Ms. Nekonome's first period homeroom. She was still going on with her lecture while students paid little attention, as always. Some didn't really care, others were confused about how weird humans did things in comparison to monsters, and others tried to pay attention but were distracted by everyday things. In the classroom a group of students weren't paying attention for obvious reasons.

Three girls were lost in the daydreams about their new boyfriends. Moka was thinking about Tsukune's powerful vampire aura and how kind he had remained to her throughout their trials. Kurumu was thinking about Rason, and how she finally had her Destined One after all this time searching. Next up for her was to help repopulate the succubus race. And Mizore was staring at Dark next to her with loving eyes, happy that she found her future husband, and was thinking about how to remain focused so not to faint next time opportunity knocked for her.

Three boys were also not paying attention for different reasons. Dark wasn't because he had his music and, frankly, he just didn't care in the least about today's lesson. Then again it was hard to notice a time when he did seem to care about any lesson. Rason was thinking about Kurumu's beauty and daydreaming of flying with her around in the sky, something that the two loved to share together.

Tsukune however wasn't paying attention for a greatly different reason.

'Stop it…'

It wasn't that he finally had Moka as his girlfriend, and that they were so happy together.

'Just shut up…'

It wasn't that his vampire powers had helped him defend his friends and girlfriend from a great evil.

'Enough! Just stop!'

And it wasn't that his friends had all remained close after making his choice, something he often worried about before.

'Leave me alone!'

It was that while he sat there trying to focus on what the teacher was saying he was hearing a voice in his head. It wasn't his normal self, certainly wasn't any inner thoughts or monologues. No, this was far different.

'Stop thinking like this!'

'Kill them all…'

'What's going on, why am I thinking like this?'

'Rip them to pieces…'

His eyes were trying to focus ahead of him, but this voice in his head kept poking at his mind, never ceasing to talk to him.

'Stop it Tsukune, it's not like you to-'

'Tear them apart!'

He closed his eyes to try to calm his mind down. But when he did horrible images seem to appear. He would picture Moka lying on the ground in front of him. He would reach down and start clawing at her, ripping away flesh and clothing while she screamed out in agony.

'STOP IT!'

'It'll be fun...'

He pictured pushing Mizore against the wall and ripping her clothes off. She would scream and yell while he dug his hands into her flesh and started ripping her apart while licking her neck.

'NO!'

'It'll feel so good…'

He pictured walking up behind Kurumu and ripping her wings off. He would push her over onto the ground and look at her with lustful eyes while she stared back terrified. He would grab her hips forcibly and laugh maniacally while he-

"NO!" he yelled out as he stood up. Everybody turned to look at him in class with surprise. Even Dark looked over having heard a scream over his music.

"Um, no what Mr. Aono?" Ms. Nekonome asked curiously.

"Tsukune?" Moka asked worriedly.

"You ok?" Mizore asked.

"Um… sorry…" he said as he sat back down slowly. He was breathing hard and had a shocked expression on his face still. Everybody just looked at him curiously.

"You alright?" Yukari asked worriedly. He looked at her and nodded.

"Yeah, sorry I…" he started then looked at her with wide eyes.

He saw Yukari sitting there looking at him curiously, then pictured her arms being ripped off by unknown forces and her neck twisting around all the way, the sickening crackle of her spine echoing through the air as it twisted around until the head ripped off.

"AHHH!" Tsukune yelled out and fell back onto the floor. The group stood up and looked at him as he stared at the young witch with terrified eyes.

"Tsukune! What's wrong?" Moka asked with great worry. She ran over to him and helped him back up.

"What's up with him?" Kurumu asked as she and Rason walked over.

"I don't know, he seems scared of something," Yukari said with worried eyes. Tsukune held a hand to his head and looked downwards, struggling with the images.

"I… just need to lie down…" he said weakly.

"Well, alright, why don't you head to the nurse's office then," Ms. Nekonome said gesturing to the door.

"I'll escort him," Moka said, then helped her shaken boyfriend out of the room. The rest of the gang returned to their seats wondering what had gotten into him.

"I hope he'll be alright," Rason said as he looked to the door.

"Me too, that wasn't like him," Kurumu said as she looked to his empty seat.


Class had ended and the group was walking towards the infirmary. They were all curious as to why Tsukune freaked out like that; he was always the normal one of the group, certainly not one to draw attention to himself.

"Do you think he's ok?" Yukari asked out loud.

"I hope so. I've never seen him freak out like that before," Kurumu said with worry.

"He almost did during that makeup work in math class. But that would be understandable then," Mizore said with her usual tone.

"Well let's go see what's up, hopefully he's calmed down by now," Rason said.

The group arrived in the infirmary and went over to Tsukune's room. He was sitting on the bed holding his head while looking down. Moka was sitting next to him with a worried look and holding him close.

"How is he feeling?" Rason asked as the group walked over.

"He seems ok now, just shaken up," Moka said softly.

"Tsukune? You alright?" Yukari asked worriedly. The boy just looked up and smiled weakly.

"Yeah, I think so. Sorry to worry you," he said softly.

"What happened? That wasn't like you at all," Kurumu asked as she sat on the bed across from him.

"I… I'm not sure… just some bad… just a headache I guess," he said as he looked down.

"A headache that makes you scared of little girls?" Dark asked raising an eyebrow.

"Tsukune what happened? Talk to us," Moka said gently. The boy looked back up and around at his friends.

"Well…" he started. His gaze stopped over Kurumu and he just stared at her. She tilted her head curiously as he just seemed to be looking at her with a frozen expression.

"Well?" she asked. His eye twitched and he looked away quickly.

"Well it's just…" he said before his eye glanced over to Mizore. She just looked at him with her usual stare as he seemed to watch her for a prolonged amount of time.

"Just what?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"I…" he started as he trembled a bit, and then looked down as he held his head again.

"What's up?" Yukari asked tilting her head.

"I'm not sure, just under stress or something…" he said nervously. The boy was trying to silence his mind but wasn't having any luck.

'Look at that luscious vampire, imagine ripping her back to shreds while riding her from behind…'

'STOP IT! That's my girlfriend!'

'I bet that snow girl would scream loudly if you poured hot wax on her, alllll over her, heh heh heh…'

'What is this? Who are you?'

'That succubus would bleed nicely around all those curves of hers; I bet she likes pain from every hole…'

"STOP IT!" he yelled out as he stood up. Everybody just looked at him with surprise.

"Tsukune?" Moka called out with worry.

"Stop what?" Rason asked a bit surprised still. Tsukune looked around shakily then sat back down and shook his head. He looked around at his friends who were eyeing him curiously.

"Ah… well…" he said softly.

"Just what are you hearing Tsukune?" Dark asked. Tsukune looked around then downward.

"I don't know why… but I've been hearing a voice in my head…" he said after a moment.

"A voice?" Kurumu asked

"I don't know why it started now, but it keeps talking to me… it's saying..." he started before more images flashed before his eyes.

"Saying what?" Moka asked curiously.

He envisioned Moka standing before him, his arms tearing at her flesh and biting on her neck. He knocked her to the ground and started to maul her viciously while she screamed out. She would cry out his name while blood dripped down from her body as his hands ripped apart her stomach and breasts.

"It's…" he stammered.

He pictured Mizore chained down on her class desk bent over, looking back at him with terrified eyes as she squirmed about to get free. He would reach under her skirt and laugh manically while she would scream and thrash about, blood flowing down her purple leggings as her hips bucked around in pain.

"I see…" he said turning pale.

He could see Kurumu pinned down on the floor by him, her clothing town to shreds while she looked in horror up at him. He would start clawing at her while laughing, blood streaks racing across her curves as she screamed out in pain. He would dig his hand deep into her womanhood, the girl screaming bloody murder as he tore her apart from the inside.

Tsukune held his head tightly with his hands and struggled not to scream.

"What's wrong?" Kurumu asked getting worried again.

He pictured himself ripping Rason's jaw right off then slashing down his chest, sending blood pouring out from the angel as he dropped to the ground choking on his own blood. He would then rip off the angel's wings and snap his neck, then tear the head right off.

"Make it stop…" Tsukune said as he started to sway.

He pictured bending Dark's arm back and snapping it in two, then sending a fierce punch through his chest, destroying his heart. He would laugh at Dark's shocked expression as he dropped down to his knees, right before sending a knee to the demon's face and crushing in the skull.

"He's losing it again," Rason said backing up.

He saw himself tearing the clothes off of Yukari and knocking her to the ground. She would scream and stare at him with terrified eyes as he prepared to skin her alive with a crazy smile. He would grab her legs and-

"AHHHH!" Tsukune yelled out as he dropped to the ground again, shaking as he held his head.

"Tsukune! What's happening?" Moka cried out as she looked at her boyfriend fearfully.

"Why? Why am I seeing these images? Make it stop!" he cried out as he shook about.

"Go get Ruby, hurry!" Kurumu yelled at Yukari. The witch nodded fearfully then ran out of the room.

Tsukune thrashed about then screamed out yet again. He then started to calm down slightly while murmuring to himself. After a while he slowly stood back up and sat on the bed.

"Tsukune…" Moka said worriedly.

"I'm seeing… disturbing things… about you guys," he said as he looked wearily around the room. Everybody looked at him with concern.

"About us?" Mizore asked.

"Just how disturbing are we talking here?" Rason asked curiously. Tsukune looked at him with his pale expression for a moment then back down.

"I…" he said softly.

'You know you like it.'

Tsukune looked up in surprise, staring off into space while everybody looked at him curiously.

'Kill them all, it'll be so fun…'

"What is this, who are you?" he yelled as he gripped his head, shutting his eyes tightly while shaking his head furiously.

"Tsukune what are you hearing?" Moka asked scared for him. He trembled as the voice continued to speak to him.

'Think of all that blood flowing between your fingers…'

"Stop it..." he murmured.

'How fun it would to see the looks in their faces…'

"Stop it…" he said louder. Everybody looked at him cautiously.

'I bet their screams would be like ecstasy…'

"STOP IT!" Tsukune yelled out as he looked back down.

"Ok, well I'm getting pretty worried here," Rason said raising an eyebrow at the boy.

"Something is seriously wrong with him," Kurumu said looking at him nervously.

"Tsukune, tell us. What are you hearing?" Moka asked as she held him closely.

"I'm hearing… it's telling me to…" he looked around then back at Moka.

"Tsukune?" she said softly.

Before he could say anything Yukari came running in with Ruby.

"What's going on here, are you alright Tsukune?" Ruby asked with worry.

"He's freaking out, like, a lot," Rason said as he kept his eyes on the boy.

"He says he's seeing disturbing images, about us," Mizore said in her usual tone.

"And that and he's hearing voices," Kurumu added.

"Tsukune, is all this true? What are you hearing or seeing?" Ruby asked as she walked over to examine the boy. He just looked down at the ground and shook a bit.

"Tsukune, talk to me, what's happening with you?" she asked kindly as she rested her hand on his shoulder.

"I don't know, all I do know is my head is killing me," he said weakly as he held his head with one hand.

"Perhaps you should rest for a bit," she said softly. She was worried about him; these symptoms were nothing like anything he's ever had before.

"Tsukune, we're here if you want to talk," Moka said softly.

'Aww, such a sweetie. No wonder you want to fuck her.'

"WHAT?" Tsukune yelled out in shock from the voice in his head.

"Um, I said if you want to talk we're here for you," Moka said a bit scared. Dark took off his earbuds and put them in his pocket while looking at the boy carefully.

'You do, I know you do. I can read you like a book after all.'

"What do you mean by that?" Tsukune said as he looked around frantically.

"That's pretty self-explanatory dude," Rason said, worried for his friend. Dark held up his hand to get Rason to be quiet. Everybody else looked at him, then back to the boy.

'I know all the dirty things you want to do to her, such a naughty boy, hahaha.'

"How… how do you know what I want…" Tsukune asked a bit embarrassed and scared.

"What is he talking about?" Kurumu asked quietly. Again Dark held up his hand to silence her. He was looking at Tsukune with a curious eye.

'Isn't it obvious to you by now? Haven't you figured it out?'

"Figured what out? Who are you?" he replied angrily.

Dark took a step closer and narrowed his eyes, looking at Tsukune intently.

"Dark?" Mizore asked curiously, and then looked back to Tsukune.

'My my, how thick you are. C'mon, let's have some fun with this one. She seems game.'

"What are you talking about?" Tsukune replied again still confused. Dark looked at him then to Moka with a questioning glance.

"What is it?" Moka asked softly.

'Just admit it already, you want to fuck her. Who could blame you though, look at her. Woof!'

"Ah… how… who are you?" he stammered as he blushed from that comment.

"Tsukune," Dark said, getting the confused boy's attention.

"What are you hearing?" Dark asked simply.

"Well… I'm… it's…" Tsukune stammered.

"Enough already. Tell me, does it know what you're thinking?" Dark asked with a careful eye. Tsukune just looked at him for a moment then nodded quickly.

"What's going on?" Ruby asked curiously.

"What is this, how come I can hear this voice?" Tsukune asked worriedly.

"Ask this… voice something that only you would know Tsukune," Dark said in his usual tone.

"Um, what is this about?" Rason asked curiously.

"Do it," Dark said in a commanding voice. Tsukune nodded and thought to himself.

'Ok, so tell me this then… um… what is my favorite food?'

'Really? We're going to start this game of 20 questions with something so boring?'

'What else should I ask?'

'How about what position we should start in when fucking that vampire? I know which one you would pick first, hahaha!'

'What? Are you crazy?'

'How about how cold you imagined that snow girl's pussy to be for you? Or how hot you could make it…"

'Wha? How? But!'

'Or maybe something you always wanted to do with that succubus's breasts… bouncy bouncy bouncy, hahaha!'

Tsukune turned bright red as he had this conversation in his mind.

"Tsukune?" Yukari asked curiously. After a moment the boy looked back to Dark with a stunned expression.

"Um… he knows some personal stuff, yeah…" he said as he tried not to freak out again. Everybody looked to Dark who was just staring at Tsukune with his usual expression.

"Well, what does that mean?" Ruby asked. Dark just stared at the boy without saying anything.

"Maybe he'll be fine after a little rest?" Moka suggested worriedly.

"What? Have you forgotten about his little episode earlier?" Rason said as he looked at Tsukune with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, he screamed out about seeing and hearing things!" Yukari yelled out.

"Tsukune, tell me, that voice you're hearing, what does it sound like?" Dark asked.

"It sounds… evil… dark and cold…" Tsukune said as he looked down.

"But who does it sound like?" Dark asked still eyeing the boy intently. Tsukune looked up at him and thought about it for a moment.

"Well… it kinda sounds like…" he started. Then his eyes widened at the thought.

'Wow, so you're starting to figure it out. Bravo, want a cookie? Haha.'

'It can't be…'

'Oh, can't it? C'mon pal, think about it…'

'No way…'

'Uh, yeah way.'

"No…" he said softly.

"Tsukune?" Moka asked softly.

"What is it?" Mizore asked worriedly.

"Tell us, who does it sound like?" Yukari asked curiously.

"The voice…" Tsukune said as he looked at his hands. They were shaking in front of him. He was scared and confused about what was happening. Those horrific images he saw were nothing but the stuff nightmares would be made of. The things this voice said to him sounded like a horrible monster's wet dream.

But the voice in his mind was very familiar, so much that it frightened him. It spoke in a dark tone, a bloodcurdling voice that seemed to smile a nasty grin and glare when speaking in his mind. It sounded bloodthirsty, crazy, deranged. Yet the voice was still familiar, sounding like somebody he knew very well.

"Tsukune?" Moka asked again softly. The boy looked up at her then to Dark with fright.

"It sounds like… me."