Just real quick want to point out that no detective work was done by anyone last chapter. This is the first case, even if it isn't actually brought to the Youkai Gakuen Detectives. I'm not gonna have Tsukune read Art of War and learn how to chess and suddenly become a super detective. In most cases he will need help, in others he will have to jerry rig something. Sometimes he will even get the shit beat out along the line. Ok just a side note do NOT ever think that taking a break in the middle of a story about a detective is a good idea. 15 minutes and a cold drink later I can't remember all the threads I was using to weave together my story. Also sorry about the wonky lengths. I'm trying to do 1 case and the stuff that comes afterward for every chapter. That isn't set in stone for now all my cases should get at least a decent length for a chapter, but should I ever do a small case I might just hook it together with another case so I don't disappoint.

Supernatural Detective

Case #1- The Succubi's Harem

Tsukune walked through the forest behind the school. It was the second week of classes and his good luck so far was not holding. The day had started bad when Moka had almost drunk him dry, making it certain he would be light headed most of the day. Then a surprise test had pretty much ruined the day permanently. It was only icing on the cake that when he went to the Detectives office to meet up with Ken, he had found the room empty as usual and a note on the white board telling him to walk around campus and get a feel for where everything was. When Ken said everything Tsukune was sure he meant absolutely everything. That was how the Youkai Gakuen's resident human, and novice detective found himself in the middle of the woods looking at a trash incinerator when technically he should have been done for the day. Moka was going to be a bit upset when he didn't meet up with her at the previously agreed time but he could probably make it without being too late. He sighed and turned back. If only he had noticed the time a bit sooner. His self deprecation was broken by the sight of a young women that appeared to be in distress. Tsukune rushed to her side. She looked up as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Help me please. Please lend me a hand. I just started feeling so... so ill." She said with labored breathing. She looked up at Tsukune and he couldn't help but notice how enticing she looked. He shook the thought though, being at a school full of monsters ready to kill you at any moment really put a stopper on your libido when it came to strange women.

"Are you ok? Should I take you to the Infirmary?" Tsukune asked helping her stand but keeping her from leaning against him so she couldn't stick him with any sharp objects without him seeing it coming.

"No it will pass. Just help me over to that tree." She said, prompting him to help her stumble over to lean against the tree. She kept her arm on his shoulder though.

"I have always been a bit weak." She admitted. "My chest just starts hurting. It feels so tight. It feels like my chest is about to burst."

Tsukune was idly distracted by her rubbing her chest lewdly. If he hadn't been he might have noticed her other hand was playing with the hair of the back of his head.

"Is there anything I can do." Tsukune asked stupidly, distracted by her actions. She had the most alluring eyes as well. Framed by beautiful blue hair that went so well with her yellow sweater. He couldn't help but let his guard down a little. Besides she really did look ill. How could a woman as ill and beautiful as this one hurt him.

"Look into my eyes Tsukune." She said turning so she was leaning with her back on the tree and wrapping her arms around his neck. He didn't think about what he was doing and did what she said. His last thought was questioning how she knew his name.

Tsukune awoke from his daze standing in front of the girls dorms. His last memory was of the girl telling him to look into her eyes. After that everything was filled with vague, blurry images of him with her throughout the school. The only thing he knew for sure was her name was Kurumu and she had charmed him somehow. The thought was not a pleasant one. He knew he was going to be a target at this school and he had let his guard down.

The first thing Tsukune did was go buy a pair of Aviators before the campus store closed. He knew some monsters were able to use shiny objects to catch someone in their spell. Since he didn't know exactly what she was he wanted to be safe and the sunglasses would stop any charms though reflection or refraction. Now all he had to do was figure out what the hell he had done all day and why.

After a quick look through his Monster book he decided she seemed closest to a Veela. He couldn't quite understand the hair color she sported because the book said it was most commonly red or blonde, though bright colors were possible, though not probable, unless her father was of some species that had a more dominant hair made him feel better that he had fallen for her spell just by being nearby her and seeing her. Apparently the closer he got the stronger it was as well. As he read further though he decided that kissing her would be a bad idea. Burning to death from the inside out as her offspring hatched from its egg in his chest sounded like a horrible way to go. He closed the book and decided to go to bed to relieve the headache that had come from Kurumu's charm.

The next morning Tsukune rolled out of bed and went about his school day. He tried to stay focused in class but it was difficult to not drift off into his memories of the day before. If he was going to spend all his days at school either light headed or distracted by a possible predator it would be a miricle if he didn't fail out within the month. Even Moka noticed his distracted state at lunch. She didn't even ask for blood. After class let out Tsukune wandered back to where he had been charmed but it didn't help him remember any better and there were no clues laying around to what had come next. He sat down and closed his eyes to focus and see if anything seemed to stick out. His memory was hazy and he had been focused on the girl that charmed him so nothing really stood out about his surroundings or anyone else that had been around. He did remember her saying something to someone. It had been important. She got so riled up when she was angry. It was kind of hot. He shook implanted emotion attached to the memory. It had been about someone he knew. Kurumu wanted...

"Moka!"

Tsukune raced towards the Newspaper clubs room. His only memory was of Kurumu giving an order to several boys about bringing her Moka. Throwing the door open alerted everyone inside to his entrance. The first person Tsukune saw was Gin sitting at a desk eating a bag of chips while a pair of freshman girls worked on the paper. The werewolf didn't look happy to see Tsukune.

"Where is Moka?" Tsukune panted trying to catch his breath.

"What is it to you. She is on Newspaper business." Gin said scowling. Obviously their first meeting had not endeared the young human to the werewolf.

"She is in trouble." Tsukune growled causing Gin to shoot up. The werewolf might be a bit petty sometimes but it seemed he cared about his club members.

"She is going to the vending machine for a tomato juice." The upperclassman shouted nearly bowling over Tsukune in his hurry to leave the room. The two students rushed to the vending machines, dodging a stray student every so often. Gin was much faster than Tsukune even in human form and was starting to pull ahead. As soon as they heard the sounds of a fight he transformed and disappeared in a blur leaving Tsukune to catch up.

The fight was almost over before it started. Tsukune rounded the corner to find Gin holding a boy by the throat and Moka hitting another over the head with her math book. Around them were several unconscious young men.

"STOP!." Tsukune yelled getting the two's attention. "I need one of them conscious to figure out what is going on."

The pair nodded in assent and stepped back to allow Tsukune to survey the scene. There was a total of 8 students laying on the ground, but none of them were in their monster forms. This would have limited their strength by a good bit as well as taken away any advantages that their natural forms carried in the way of weapons. The students were a good mix. One was slightly taller and more muscular in human form, from what he had in his pack it seemed like he was in a sports club of some type. Another wore a lab coat over his uniform. Two of them looked like twins and had twin masks pinned to their bags, one of them crying one of them laughing. They were fair skinned and had could almost be called cute. The last one was pudgy and overweight but didn't look all that abnormal. The rest just looked like cookie cutter students, no abnormal affects, no clue to their clubs or year.

"Moka what happened." Tsukune said kneeling beside the one Gin was holding down. The boy struggled a bit but something was off. From the look in his eyes he was obviously charmed.

"I was getting a drink when they showed up. One of them said that I was ruining their ladies plans and that I needed to come with them. I was able to stop a few before Gin showed up and took out the rest." Moka answered. Tsukune thought about what she had said before looking up at Gin.

"What did you see?"

"By the time I got here Moka had fought off two and was using a book to keep the third back. When I showed up the rest of them just looked at me dumbly. I had taken all of them out but this one before he registered what was happening and finally moved." Gin said nodding to the boy he was holding.

Tsukune stood up, brushing his knee and allowing Gin to knock the boy unconscious. The boy took a seat and opened up a notebook he had copied down some of the things about charms. It said that unless the caster used sealed the charm in some way with their power then those charmed would be unresponsive and follow direct orders. For Veela sealing the charm took time in the presence of the source. It made sense that the boys were unsure of what to do about Gin until he had shown himself to be against the order of capturing Moka. He assumed the reason they were in human form was that they would break the spell if they changed. That meant the spell was weak as well. The question was how was Moka ruining her plans, why didn't Kurumu wait until the charm sealed, and where was the young Veela.

"Let's get out of here one of these guys smells smells half burnt." Gin said rubbing his sensitive nose and looking over the monsters on the ground.

"Yeah must be a salamander. We need to figure out what they are up to." Tsukune said closing the notebook and looking at his fellow students.

"You sound like a reporter. If you want when we figure it out you can write a piece for the paper and join the club." Gin said. His professionalism apparently came before squabbles about women.

"No thanks I joined the Detective club. I'll just give everything I find to Moka." Tsukune said standing up. When he looked over he found Gin pointing at him accusingly with eyes the size of dinner plates.

"That is why your so annoying." Gin said making the two freshman blink owlishly for several seconds.

"Do you have a problem with my club." Tsukune asked.

"Yeah Ken keeps finding me whenever someone complains about a pervert. You know how many good pictures I have lost because of him." Gin said officially outing himself as a pervert. Moka and Tsukune just looked at each other for a second.

"I guess that explains why the club only has female members." Moka shrugged.

"Back to what I was saying before. We need to figure out what they are up to and I know just how to do it." Tsukune said.

"PLEASE PLEASE help us." Tsukune begged.

Ken just looked at him flatly across the desk. "No."

"Come on this is important to the school. Don't you want to know what she is doing." Tsukune said trying to appeal to his need to solve a mystery. It appeared to work as he seemed to consider the idea. After gathering as much information as he could find on charms he and Moka had gone to the Detectives club office to ask Ken for his help. Gin of course had decided not to come along as he apparently had a rivalry with the Living Statue.

"Alright. The detectives club will take the case, and for free I might add." Ken said rubbing his eye. He smiled evilly behind his hand. "and I will put my very own novice detective, Tsukune Aono on the case immediately."

"What..." Tsukune said quickly. "Come on Ken I need help I can't figure it out."

"Then your not guessing. You have the information. Now guess. Once you have a theory then find evidence to prove or disprove it and keep going until you find a story that fits." Ken snapped getting annoyed with the pleading. His gaze softened. "What do you have so far."

"Well lets see. A girl charmed me, and we think she is a Veela. She wants to hurt Moka for "ruining" her plan. She used several charmed men to attack her. The students were all different from what we could tell. A pair of Twins from what we think is the Drama club, an Athlete, and a science club member. The rest look rather plain. We can tell they aren't fully bound to her because they aren't flexible in their following orders and because I know I didn't break it but I'm not still charmed.." Tsukune answered. While he did Moka wrote what he was saying on the big white board.

"OK and you said you had four questions." Ken said lazily yawning as he walked his junior through the basics.

"What she is doing. Why she didn't wait till they were fully sealed to make her move. How Moka is disrupting her plans, and where she is." Tsukune said ticking them off on his fingers.

"Ok well start with the easy one. What would she need people for?" Ken asked.

"Slaves." Tsukune said quickly.

"That is what they are not what they are needed for." Ken said rubbing his forehead again.

"Ummm... To do things for her." Tsukune said slowly hoping it was the right answer.

"And if she had a bunch of slaves willing to do whatever she said she would be..." Ken gestured with his hand for Tsukune to finish.

"Lazy." Tsukune answered.

"No powerful. She would be powerful. Monsters care about power and ability above all else." Tskune's mouth opened in silent realization. Ken just muttered something about humans not being all that different while he waited for Moka to write their theory up on the board. "Ok now we have a theory. Now can you find any evidence that helps support this?"

"Well she isn't choosing her targets for any recognizable reason." Moka spoke up.

"Well that is something to think about but first, what is one of the most powerful monsters on earth." Ken said standing up and walking over to the board. Tsukune and Moka looked at each other quickly.

"Vampires." Ken nodded at the two's answer and added the word under the question of why Moka was being targeted.

"Very good now your journalist friend isn't completely wrong but from what you have told me there is a progression going on." Ken said. "You say that the first couple monsters were just weak nobodies. Easy to charm probably, useful in groups, and no one will notice their weird behavior. Now these Drama club members, they are friendly, outgoing, and they are upperclassman. If you were trying to lure people into a trap who would you use."

Tskune and Moka nodded their assent knowing that Ken had answered his own question. The twins wouldn't look out of place trying to make friends with their underclass man, and they looked happy and innocent enough to keep people from suspecting foul play.

"Now you mentioned the athlete. She isn't going to be very strong even with a whole army of weaklings, so obviously she is starting to make a move towards her goal. The only one we have to look at is the one in the lab coat." Ken motioned for the two to speak up. The two took a second to think about it.

"He was probably one of the nobodies." Moka answered.

"No... He was wearing a lab coat. He has found a group and integrated himself into it. Whatever Science club he was in for sure." Tsukune blurted out before Ken could. He blushed at the look of pride Ken was giving him, as well as Moka's.

"Exactly. He sticks out like a sore thumb even in her group. We should always assume the worst possible outcome, therefore she is smart and she isn't taking chances with him for no reason." Ken agreed.

"So why is she not sealing her charm permanently and where is she?" Tsukune wondered aloud.

"Could be anywhere." Ken said shrugging. "This used to be 3 schools in one there are plenty of empty buildings as you can see from our spacious club room for an underpopulated club that no one remembers. Then there are the inner workings of the school. This place has so many different secret places just under the surface. Our school has rooms with everything from water pipes to lava pipes. We even have generators that run on anything from gerbils on wheels to experimental elements. That is why utilities are so unreliable and hard to fix. Not to mention the fact that there all sorts of maintenance tunnels and boiler rooms, along with natural caves and catacombs under the school. The Explorers club records say that there are more than 20 levels. They made it that far but they only ever read about anything deeper."

"What happened to them." Tsukune asked at the tone that Ken used.

"Which one. The first one, the second one or the fourth one?" Ken saw their confused looks. "The club has been wiped out 3 times on their expeditions below the school."

"What about the third one." Moka asked sounding nervous.

"Well they retired early, but most of them are in an asylum, the only one that isn't won't... or maybe can't talk about it." Ken answered smiling happily. The two freshman couldn't tell if the sight or the story were creepier. "Let's just say I'm glad my thirst for knowledge pertains to mystery's and not adventures."

"Well that still doesn't help us find Kurumu." Tskune said shaking himself and looking down at the map Ken had pulled out of the drawer earlier.

"Hey Tsukune which auditorium does the Drama club use?" Ken asked leaning back in his chair and pushing his hat over his eyes.

"Yeah its the Kurioshi one isn't it... The one over behind the chemis...stry... building. On the back side of campus with the baseball field." Tskune said slowly as everything fell into place. The lab coat hadn't been charmed cause he was a nobody, he had seen something. The human student grabbed his friend and shot out the door"THANKS GOTTA GO BYE."

"I wonder if he will survive once he figures out he is wrong." Ken said putting his feet up on the desk and pulling out a newspaper. "Oh well my job here is done."

Moka split off to go get her camera leaving Tsukune to go check out the Chemistry labs himself. It was getting late and the dim light filtering through the windows of the labs made the rooms looked ominous. As Tsukune went down the hall he checked every door to no avail. All of them were locked up tight except the one the Chemistry Club used and it had a girl working in it. According to what Tsukune had read members of the same sex as the caster were immune to the affects of the majority of monsters charms. Tsukune was about to give up when the last door opened. He gripped harder on the handle to keep it from slamming open, and felt a sharp pain in his palm. A quick check revealed a small cut on his hand.

Tsukune kneeled down to find what had cut him. The face of the lock had been gouged by something in an attempt to break the inner mechanisms of the lock. It seemed fishy enough to warrant further inspection. Tsukune entered the room. It looked absolutely clean. There was nothing out of place, nothing seemed like it shouldn't be there. It was even covered in a fine layer of dust. Tsukune wanted to be sure though.

After a half hour of searching Tsukune couldn't find anything out of order. He surmised that either someone else had broken the door or Kurumu had simply used the room to enthrall the student he had met earlier in privacy. He growled and threw the rubber hosing he was holding back into the storage locker when he heard the door click shut.

The human student whirled around to find several students standing between him and the door. One look in their eyes told him everything he needed to know. The crowd looked just like the ones that had attacked him earlier. It was comprised mostly of freshman that didn't seem to stand out in any way. A few of them did, athletes mostly. It didn't surprise him when the crowd parted to reveal Kurumu standing at the back of the group.

"My... My... My... If it isn't little Tsukune." She said sweetly, sauntering forward trailing her hands over her followers as she passed. "I was looking for you all day. It is so troublesome having to continually charm people to get work done."

"Why don't you just seal the charm?" Tsukune asked backing into the open storage cabinet to get away from her. Maybe he could stall her until Moka showed up, if she could find the room that is.

"Why I want my first to be with someone special." Kurumu purred placing her hand on his chest and leaning in to sniff at his neck with half lidded eyes. Her fingers dug into him at the top of the pectoral muscle almost painfully "And you are special. You smell so good... so, human."

Tsukune turned his head away from her trying to escape what he was sure would be a fiery and painful death. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a bottle labeled H2O. Her eyes snapped open. "Not to mention you will help me bring down my greatest rival...Moka."

Before she could charm him again he grabbed the bottle and poured the contents on her. It wouldn't drain her Youkai like it would Moka but her fire element would be weakened and her charm would be harder to control. It was a last ditch effort however as she might just slam the charm on full blast and leave him twitching on the floor. The pain might distract her enough though that he could escape.

"Awww... my sweater." She pouted pulling the article of clothing over her head. Tsukune's mouth dropped open, though from the sight of her wet white button up or the fact that the water hadn't phased her no one can be sure.

"But... But... Veela... water..." He stuttered as she turned to toss her sweater to one of her minions.

"Oh sweetheart. You thought I was a Veela." She said turning back and laughing. Tsukune went through all his other options. He had been so sure that she was a Veela. When she had turned he had noticed a tear at the back of her skirt. Then he remembered the scratched lock. He thought through all the monsters that fit, but it wasn't until he remembered looking into her eyes that he realized the truth."I'm a succubus."

He mentally berated himself for being wrong. The "aura" he had felt must have just been hormones. He hadn't wanted to feel weak. He didn't know whether to laugh at his own stupidity or curse Ken who probably knew about his blunder. His recent successful deductions had gone to his head and he hadn't ever considered that he might be wrong. Now h e was going to pay for it now. She stepped forward again and looked him in the eyes.

"Look into my eyes Tsukune."

Everything was hazy. He heard something in the background. It was a voice. It was Moka. Tsukune's eyes snapped into focus to reveal a scared Moka standing at the open door. He couldn't do anything though. It was like watching a television as Kurumu's men grabbed her and pulled her to the front of the room. When they let her go and formed a wall between her and the door, she ran to him.

"TSUKUNE. Tsukune can you hear me. Tsukune." She said looking him in the eyes.

"He can't hear you." Kurumu's voice said from just outside his eyesight to the right.

"Tsukune. Take the Rosary off." Moka said pulling his hand up to her chest. He couldn't respond. He couldn't move. He cursed at his own helplessness, his stupidity, and most of all at the succubus he was going to kill if he ever got the chance.

"Ha ha ha. And release your vampire powers. No I don't think so." Kurumu's voice said again.

"Pleas Tsukune. I know your in there. Just move your hand a bit. Just pull it off. You can do it." Moka said calmly, lifting her hand up to caress his cheek. "Please."

Suddenly his hand clenched around the Rosary. Moka's look of relief was soon washed away though as it wouldn't come off. Tsukunes will might have allowed him to move for a fraction of a second, but his intent was not strong enough, or possibly in sync with the emotion that fulfilled the seals requirements for release. Moka was quickly pushed away as Kurumu stepped forward to taker her place. Tsukune watched as several of the students grabbed the vampire and kept her back.

"That was close." Kurumu smiled at Moka. "But my servant would never betray me. Would you Tsukune."

The succubus ran her hand up Tsukune's chest and around the back of his neck to rest on the back of his head while she rested her forehead against his and looked into his eyes.

"Now all I have to do is kiss him and seal the charm forever."

"No don't... You have me let him go." Moka screamed from behind the succubus causing her to turn and look at the pleading vampire.

"I will make all of the males in this school my slaves including your cute little plaything. Once I have done that I will pick, at my leisure, the strongest among them to be my mate. You see my race is dying and we have to find the strongest. That is why I am here. To find the strongest in all of Youkai Gauken. Tsukune should feel honored. He will be the first I kiss to complete the charm." Kurumu answered.

"Why Tsukune?" Moka questioned

"Because it will crush you, the "prettiest" girl in school, and my only competition." Kurumu said smiling before turning back to kiss Tsukune.

"NO." Moka screamed as the succubus leaned in closer. Her scream snapped Tsukune from his trance though. Through the entire exchange he had been throwing himself against whatever was holding him back. It was like being crushed. He couldn't move in any direction. Something gave though at the vampires shout.

Tsukune shoved Kurumu away from him and back into the Lab table behind her, causing her to yelp. The human rushed forwards toward Moka. All he had to do was pull the rosary off and Moka would be able to get them out of their situation. The tips of his fingers brushed the Rosary before he was yanked away by his foot. When he looked down he found a tail wrapped around his ankle.

"Impossible. You shouldn't have been able to break my charm." Kurumu raged, kicking Tsukune in the chest and launching him into the cabinet behind him. Her face was curled into a furious snarl as she looked down at the wounded human. His lower ribs burned and he was sure he had cracked one of them. "No matter. I have Moka. I will let my Minions deal with you."

Kurumu wrapped her tail around Moka's neck, dragging her from the room as the enthralled students advanced on Tsukune. A quick assessment, and some rather easy deductions later, Tsukune knew he couldn't get past his fellow students to save Moka. He scrabbled backwards trying to find a way out when his hand hit something on the floor. When he looked at them he found a handful of Magnesium strips wrapped in a rubber band.

An mad idea ran through his head and he dodged the first students lunge as he picked up the strips. Youkai Gauken's token human student rushed over to a lab table, grabbing a sparker and a pair of tongs from their bins on the teachers desk on his way. The gas poured from the bunsen burner as Tsukune grabbed the sparker and tried to light it. The idle thought that a lighter might just come in hand one day flit through his mind after the 6th spark, but after 8 tries the gas lit. Tsukune turned to find the students about to grab him. Pulling away from the hand Tsukune grabbed the magnesium with the tongs and jammed them into the fire, closing his eyes and turning his head, as he felt fingers close around his other bicep.

The magnesium lit, causing its bearer to drop the tongs to cover his eyes, and the students to yell in pain as the light burned into their corneas. Even behind his hands his could see the outlines of his fingers through his eyelids. After several seconds the light died down and Tsukune carefully opened his eyes. Even with all the precautions he had taken he had spots burned into his vision briefly. The students around Tsukune were not so lucky and could be seen blinking and rubbing at their eyes, but it appeared the flash had broken the succubi's charm. Tsukune knew he needed to find Moka soon though. He whistled causing the newly freed students to focus on him.

"Does anyone know where Kurumu took Moka." Tsukune asked hurriedly. They all shook their heads no and Tsukune looked them over. Tsukune grabbed the first one he saw. "Where were you when she charmed you?"

"I was heading to the baseball field for practice." The boy said looking a bit scared at the look in Tsukune's eyes.

"Me too." A voice in the crowd said.

"And me."

"I was going to the athletic shed between the baseball field and the soccer field." Added a fourth. Tsukune couldn't think of anywhere else to look, and Ken would be gone from the office.

"Ok I'm going to the field." Tsukune said mostly to himself, turning to leave. He stopped in the doorway though at the next students words.

"It won't do much good. It's nighttime and the field lights have been shoddy since the 3rd day. Stupid power keeps cutting out so no one bothers to even turn them on anymore, cuts into our practice time too." The first student he had asked said.

Things started clicking in Tsukune's head though. The shoddy lights, Ken's explanation about the inner workings of the school, the coal smell that had annoyed Gin, the black on the hands of the students that had tried to abduct Moka earlier, it all triggered a memory deep within Tsukune. He knew where they were going.

With a quick thank you, Tsukune rushed down the hallway. As he turned to descend the stairs out of the building though his foot caught something laying on the ground and sent it spinning. It landed at the bottom of the stairs and lit up the ascending darkness for a brief second. When he bent down to pick it up he found a disposable camera. Moka had bought it at the school store the weekend before until she could get her father to send her a nicer one. He decided she must have dropped it when Kurumu was dragging her out the door. When he picked it up an idea flitted through his head. When he had been a kid he had gone on a field trip to the Natural History Museum. All of his friends had brought disposable cameras and one guy had had one with a flash feature like this one. Tsukune remembered that when his friend had slapped the bottom the flash had engaged and the boy had spent the entire day using it to blind his friends.

Tsukune scanned the baseball fields. The only structure out there was a shed for extra athletic supplies. Next to that however was a small set of metal doors leading down to a cellar. A quick check revealed the lock on the door gouged open. After descending the stairs Tsukune looked around to find three boys standing at the door to another room. They noticed him but didn't move towards him until he reached for the door between them. One of them grabbed his shoulder and got flashed for his troubles. The second one didn't even get his hands on Tsukune before he was flashed. The third however grabbed Tsukune from behind before he could stop him. Tsukune watched as the first two rubbed their eyes and tried to squirm out of the students grip.

"Guys, grab him I need to use the camera to break the charm." Tsukune yelled at the disoriented students. Unfortunately they didn't hear him. Fortunately someone else did. Tsukune felt someone grab his assailant from behind.

"I got you." Tsukune slipped out of the boys grip to find the voice belonged to one of the baseball players he had freed from Kurumu's charm back in the chem lab. "Flash him."

Tsukune shook himself and did as he was told. By the time the three students that had been guarding the door were reoriented the basement room was filled with students that had been freed from Kurumu's charm. They all gathered behind Tsukune leaving him confused as to how a human, albeit a closet human, had become the leader of a small gang of very powerful monsters.

"Alright. As soon as I open this door you grab whoever is in there and let me break the spell they are under. Together we can take out the succubus. Try and get Moka away from her." Tsukune ordered. He hoped no one questioned why a vampire needed saving. He would need to get her rosary off so she didn't look weak.

The group burst through the door to find Kurumu sitting at a small table sipping tea. Across the table sat Moka, chained to a chair. Around them were several charmed students acting like butlers. Several baked goods lay arranged around the table along with a pot of Tea. Moka was chained so that she could still enjoy the food spread out before her.

"Shit." Kurumu cursed letting her tail and wings out once more and spilling her tea as she stood up. "You are interrupting my gloating over tea. GET THEM"

Tsukune was able to flash several students before a scuffle could really start. Most of the enthralled students had taken a moment to follow the order while Tsukune's group had taken a minute to squeeze in the door. He was about to flash another one, when he was forced to duck under Kurumu's claws. While he survived unharmed, his camera wasn't so lucky. He noticed something though, no one was standing between him and Moka, Kurumu overextended herself when she swung. She was used to fighting while flying, where she could just swoop down on her opponent and fly away to make another pass. All her movements were large, giving Tsukune lots of time in between. The thought was interrupted by another swing and he was forced to continue to dodge until another opportunity arose. The opportunity came as a monster with several tentacles grabbed her arm. She cut his tentacles, causing him to scream in pain, but in her anger she overextended her next swipe at her true target, Tsukune. He stepped forward this time instead of back, and pushed her, using her momentum to send her stumbling into the crowd of monsters. Most of her enthralled had been detained while Tsukune danced around her attacks and the remaining monsters that had come with Tsukune grabbed her. Tsukune didn't look back though as he jumped over the table, grabbing Moka's rosary in the process.

The room grew heavy as Moka's vampire form was released. Her hair turned silver and her eyes became red slits. Tsukune knew that it was necessary, but he also knew nothing good could come from what he had just done. Inner Moka stepped towards where her prey was being held.

"You dare bare your fangs at me." The crowd parted allowing Moka to step towards the trembling form of her prey. "You egotistical woman. Know your place."

The kick that Moka delivered sent Kurumu rocketing into the wall behind her. Tsukune winced as he heard several ribs break. The succubus fell to her knees on the ground and coughed up blood from where one of the ribs had punctured her lung. Moka didn't let up though. Her hand descended like a blade, cutting Kurumu from the right side of her collar bone to her left hip, straight down between her breasts. Tsukune knew that Inner Moka would most likely cripple, if not kill this woman and rushed towards her. The sadistic look on the vampires face bespoke of the murder she planned. She wasn't going to like what Tsukune was about to do though.

"Why don't I tear off those wings and that tail you are so proud of." She said grabbing her opponents wings. Before she could go any further though she felt a hand on her forearm. "Who dares... Tsukune." Her anger lessened at the sight of him but only for a moment as she felt her power weakening. She looked down to find her rosary pressed against the skin of her wrist. "Clever human."

Tsukune was just glad she had murmured the last bit. She fell forward and he had to catch her as her form reverted to her pink haired gentle self again. A quick scan proved his friend unharmed and he gently lay her against the wall. When he stood back up he looked around to find the Youkai around him looking to him for guidance. It was apparent to him that Moka's barbarism had somewhat lessened their lust for the Succubi's blood. He looked down at her.

Her shirt was shredded and her bust was much to large to hide behind her dainty arm, as the other was being used to hold her ribs. Blood ran from the thin cut that crossed her torso was not deep or harmful, but would no doubt scar. The thin belt that held up her skirt had been cut as well and her skirt had sunk down around her knees to reveal a pair of yellow panties quickly soaking up the thin trail of blood that ran down her body. She clutched herself as the tears in her eyes started to fall down her face. Tsukune couldn't help but feel sorry for her. He took his jacket off and tossed it over her. She grabbed the offered clothing and pulled it to her tear stained face to cover her quivering lips, as well as her naked chest.

"Let her go. She has had enough." Tsukune said picking up Moka and carrying her out of the room. The Youkai around him shrugged. They followed their unspoken leader, leaving the battered form of Kurumu Kurono alone in the generator room of the athletic shed.

The next day found Tsukune standing in the Detectives club office with Moka, across the desk from where Ken was reading the first official publication of the Youkai Gauken school newspaper club. It wasn't a full newspaper, since they hadn't had enough stories. It was a simple one page newsletter with an add for the school store and a list for upcoming functions on the back, as well as as small section describing what the Newspaper club's job was and that any females were allowed to join. The big part was the front page where Moka had written an article about Kurumu trying to take over the school. It even had a great picture of her lunging towards the camera. It turned out Gin was scarily capable of taking the film from a torn up camera and developing it somehow. The story had caused quite a stir and made Moka quite famous as a writer. Not that the reception was all good. It seemed several students wouldn't mind being Kurumu's slaves. Several of the more feral Youkai welcomed it as long as they got to be with a succubus. Tsukune watched as Ken put the paper down after finishing the story.

"So how did I do." Tsukune asked smiling proudly.

"Horribly." Ken said flatly looking across the desk at his apprentice as Tsukune's face fell. " You didn't ever consider you might have been wrong and you rushed right into it. Hell you needed my help to get as far as you did. Thank god you were lucky that your sunglasses weakened the charm so you could fight it, and that your little trick with the flash broke the spell."

Tsukune couldn't fault his mentors reasoning. The magnesium had been just to disorient them originally. He hadn't expected to be able to even make it out of the room, much less break the spell. The sunglasses had been a precaution for reflecting charms but he had been lucky that they worked for the visual charm that succubi could cast through their eyes. He was roused from his thoughts though by Ken's voice.

"But I'm not saying it isn't a successful case. Most of the time you will find this job is luck. The only thing you need to learn is you WILL be wrong a lot of the time, and you need to always be ready to be wrong and either change your theory or outright find a new way to keep from getting killed. Do that, and learn your not always right and you will succeed." Ken said smiling at his junior. "Now get out of here. You did your work for today. God knows I won't need help with whatever lost cat or misplaced wallet cases will come in today."

Tsukune thanked him before turning to walk out with his friend. Moka had worked tirelessly with him to make sure all the facts they could find were included in the story. It seemed they made quite a team as investigator and journalist.

"You did a good job Tsukune, and gave me a great story to write about." Moka said smiling at him. Tsukune stiffened as she slid her hand into his. "And you defeated me in my unsealed form before I could hurt someone. Why don't we go get something to drink. On me of course, for all your hard work."

Tsukune's uneasy smile was still wide enough to hurt his cheeks. He knew he might pay for the date later if Inner Moka got out again, but it sure seemed worth it right then.

"I have one question though. How did you know where she took me." Moka asked.

"I remembered making tea for her using a makeshift coal stove. It had been almost out because everyone that came in got charmed." Tsukune shrugged. "Everything else came together."

"Why didn't you turn her in to the teachers?" Moka asked looking up at his compassionate face. She knew why deep down. It was part of why she had a crush on him. She could see it in the cute honest expression he wore.

"She didn't seem bad, just misguided. I didn't think she would be able to do it again now that everyone was on to her. She just kind of seemed lonely, like she hasn't ever really had friends. She even went so far as to have tea parties with us. I don't know what trauma she suffered in her child hood, but whatever it is I don't want her kicked out of school. I want her to find friends and have the life she wants, not the life that is expected of her." Tsukune answered rubbing the back of his head. Moka smiled fondly at him. She hoped the succubus could find friends as good as her friend.

The two walked off hand in hand, never noticing the form on the roof of the detectives club building watching them.

"My cute little Tsukune. You will be all mine."

Alright so that is the first actual case. It was a bitch since I was done with it when both it and my notes were corrupted and I couldn't access them. I hope you liked it. No Kurumu will not be Tsukune's "friend". She will be a reoccurring character but Tsukune doesn't have friends like he does in Rosario. He is going to spend a lot of time on his detective work alone. He will have friends but their interests will lie elsewhere. They will cross paths, for one reason or another, often. Some will help with cases and some will be the cases. As for the reflected charm I am thinking of something like how Itachi used his ring to capture Naruto in a Genjutsu.