sorry for the unexpected extended wait i didn't expect it either but here it finally is my second chapter! and half cred to my beta don't forget that :)
After the ceremony Tsukune couldn't get those weird, glowing eyes that the headmaster had when he gave his speech to the freshmen out of his mind. However, Tsukune shook it off as some type of prank to scare freshmen into following the rules.
He stood at the door, waiting for the girl he met on the trail, Moka. He didn't see her, so he figured he needed to hurry to his homeroom or else he'd be late. He checked his school schedule and searched the halls for his classroom. When he finally found it, he walked in and took his seat. Tsukune glanced at the woman standing by the door, greeting the other students.
'Hmmmm... That must be my homeroom teach-... Wait! Are those cat ears and a tail!? What kind of school is this!? But... on the bright side, she is kind of cute...' He quickly gave himself a mental slap for that thought. After about two minutes, he tried focusing on something else and that's when his mind landed back on the girl from the trail. 'Maybe I was hallucinating … It would explain a few things. One, why would such a cute girl be talking to me? And two, she claimed to be a vampire! Ugh...'
Dong! Dong! Dong!
'Are that church bells? That's creepy...'
"That's the tardy bell, class" the woman with tabby cat ears and tail announced as she slid her class door close. She walked to the head of the class and pointed to her name on the board. "Hello, class! My name is Nekonome," she said gleefully, certainly too gleefully for a teacher. "And, as all of you know, this is a school strictly for monsters!" At that, Tsukune's face cringed with visible panic. 'Oh my god... This has got to be a joke... that would explain so much; like the girl from this morning, the creepy eyes, and the cat ears... M-maybe it's not as bad as I am thinking.' He tried to calm down and listen to grasp his situation better, when the teacher continued. "This school is here to teach you to coexist with the human race. Since they currently own most of the world, there's not much we can do sadly..."
That's when a husky looking guy, who had punk-trouble-maker written all over him, from the long, unkempt hair to the piercings on his face, said cockily, "Why don't we just eat the guys and have our way with the gals? Ha!" At that, Tsukune knew he was in trouble. 'Oh great! It's worse than I thought.' He covered his mouth to keep his panic from becoming audible, while trying to keep listening as the guy kept up his rant. "We are much too powerful for them to resis-"
"You maybe be right, Saizo," Ms. Nekonome chirped not deterred at all by his thuggish remarks and looks. "You can easily overpower one human, but for every monster in our world, there are thousands of humans in theirs. We can't handle their numbers and their growing technology, so if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!" She smiled. "Besides, no human can get in here, anyway. If one managed to, it would be killed on sight..."
Saizo took a big, long sniff of the air around him. "Oh, yeah?" he boasted. "Then why does my nose say otherwise? I definitely smell a human. Ha! He smells so scared, it should be easy to rat him out!" He glanced around the room, his eyes dashing to each student around him, right before his eyes landed on a panicking young Aono. Right then, the class door slid open, and a beautiful young woman walked into the class, catching the attention of every student; even Saizo.
But Tsukune was too focused on his panicking, racing thoughts to notice, or even remember, who this pink-haired beauty was. She walked to the teacher and said shyly, "I'm sorry for being late, Sensei. I got lost; this school is so big!" Every male student stared with lust; even some girls gave her the googly eyes, at least the ones who weren't staring in jealousy, that is. Some of the braver guys even made their lustful ambitions audible.
"Wow! She's hot!"
"Man, I'd kill to tap that!"
"Who knew we had a goddess at this school?"
Understanding the freshmen girl's hardship at finding her class, Ms. Nekonome pointed her to her seat, without scolding her for being late. The young pink-haired girl noticed her seat was right behind a very familiar, average, dark brown-haired looking gentleman. She gasped and squealed in excitement. She couldn't get to his side fast enough; wrapping her arms around him, almost tackling him out of his seat. This brought him back to reality and actually eased some of his panic. That was until he saw all the jealous male faces in the class over her shoulder. "Ummmm... Moka, uhm, this is kind of awkward," he shyly mumbled.
"Oh!" Moka jumped back. "I'm sorry, Tsukune! I just got excited and couldn't help myself." She quickly sat in her seat, giving Tsukune a full view of all the jealous eyes and even worse, he heard threats being tossed at him.
"Who the hell is this guy hugging her?"
"Yeah! What gives him the right to hug our goddess!?"
The worst of it though, was that he had now caught the attention of that rough looking guy, Saizo. 'Great,' Tsukune thought. 'Now I'm definitely dead!' The class's attention, however, was quickly brought back to the head of the class, when Ms. Nekonome once again started to speak. "Now, class, since this school is all about coexistence one of the biggest rules of Yokai Academy is to never reveal your true forms. You must stay in your human disguise at all times." At that, a small flicker of hope flashed in Tsukune's heart 'Maybe I'm not dead! I just have to keep to myself, until I can write a resignation letter to the headmaster.' Slowly, he lost himself in thought and time flew by and the class ended.
He stood up and tried to get to his dorm room as soon as possible, since today's homeroom was the only class for freshmen. When he started to walk away, his arm was grasped by something. He froze, thinking someone had already got him, and class just ended. Tsukune turned and, to his relief, locked eyes with the beautiful girl he had met on the way to this evil school. She looked at him, blushing. "Umm... Will you walk with me to look around our new school?" Melting at the fact that she was holding his arm against her chest, Tsukune could only nod his head in agreement. She barely suppressed a squeal and walked quickly, practically dragging him around the school, pointing at various random pieces of scenery, and showing way too much interest. Tsukune could only agree with her every time she asked if he thought this school was beautiful; even though he felt the exact opposite.
After almost an hour of walking around and "sight-seeing", they stopped at a beverage machine. Moka looked at him and when his eyes met hers, he could almost see a plan forming in her eyes. She blushed and looked away. "Hey, Tsukune...?"
"Yeah, Moka?" Tsukune replied nervously.
Moka recovered her courage. "Umm, could you close your eyes for me?" she asked shyly. Tsukune looked utterly surprised, his mind running a mile a minute. 'Oh my god... Isn't that what a girl says right before she kisses a guy...? Am I about to get kissed!?' He slammed his eyes shut as quickly as he could. She smiled, walked to the vending machine, and bought two drinks; one water and the other a can of tomato juice. She looked at the water and opened it, being extremely careful not to splash any on herself. Then she looked at the drink, debating with her inner self. 'I really want to know if he's a vampire... and this is a sure way to find out because water hurts us... But that being said, if I hurt him, would he hate me or understand?'
"Moka?" Tsukune asked curiously, wondering what was taking so long. He was barely able to keep his eyes closed.
"Open your mouth wide, please," she said worriedly. Tsukune's heart jumped in his chest. 'What kind of kiss is this going to be?! I've never kissed a girl, but I still don't think that this is how it works...' Moka slowly raised the bottle to his lips and let it flow into his mouth. Tsukune quickly coughed it up, not expecting to be drinking liquid.
"Ah! What was that for?! You nearly drowned me!"
Moka looked surprised that the water didn't have the effect on him she'd expected. "Umm, Tsukune, I'm... I'm sorry! I just needed to test something. Please don't be mad!" she pleaded. He could see the nervousness in her face.
"I'm not mad," he stated, his voice filled with care. "I just wasn't expecting it is all... but what do you mean 'test'"?
She looked at him seriously. "You're not a vampire, are you Tsukune?"
He was dumbfounded. 'It took her this long to figure that out?' "I told you already, Moka. No, I'm not." He stared at her like she had asked him if he were a bird or fish.
She blushed in embarrassment. "Well, I thought you were just joking... but when the water didn't have the right effect on you, I knew you weren't a vampire..."
Tsukune ignored what she mentioned about water. "Ugh, well. I can't tell you what I am now because of the school rules. I'm sorry, Moka."
A disappointed look crossed her face. "Well, I guess I understand, but you know, when I remove this rosary, like the one you have, I become extremely powerful and scary... Does that make you hate me?"
Tsukune stared at her. "No matter how scary you become, you're still Moka. And Moka, you're my friend, so no, I won't hate you. "He smiled, just to be cut off by a rude shove. He looked up to see a man standing between him and Moka, and he remembered him immediately; Saizo...
Saizo licked his lips, and suggested in a sultry voice, "Hey, babe. How 'bout you ditch the loser and hang with me, a real man."
Moka glanced at him then looked around him at Tsukune. "No, I can't do that. I want to be with Tsukune, today, but thank you for the offer," she said as nicely as she could, hoping he would just leave.
He turned to Tsukune, however, picking him up by his shirt and pinning him against the wall. He stared at Tsukune, agitated. "Who, this punk?" Saizo chuckled "What does this lil' man have to give you? I do gotta say, though, he smells a lot like a hu-" Tsukune grabbed the man's arm tightening his grasp. Saizo's eyes bulged a bit at the sudden surge of pain that shot through his arm. It felt like someone had just shoved his entire arm into a tub of burning charcoal. He looked into Tsukune's eyes, just to be met by two solid blue pools, emitting a hypnotic light. Tsukune spoke up, his voice sounding musical, yet deadly; deep and harsh, yet soothing.
"You will unhand me this instant, or you will lose this grotesque appendage," he growled at him.
Saizo quickly put his arm down, his eyes shading over, as if he were in a trance.
"Now, leave!" Tsukune's voice boomed, sending Saizo running to the door like a cowarding puppy. Before Moka could get a good look a Tsukune, her view was blocked by Saizo's retreating body. Tsukune's eyes reverted to normal, and his face quickly filled back up with fear. "Hey, what happened? Where did Saizo go?! Are you ok? ... Did he knock me out?"
She looked at him in surprise. "No, Tsukune. I couldn't see very well, but you did or said something that scared him off."
"I did?" he asked, surprised and in disbelief. Moka gave him a strange look and he wondered what for. "What's wrong?"
She glanced down toward the floor. "Nothing. I'm just hungry again..." She blushed a deep red.
"Oh, no! Don't you da-" Tsukune was cut off by her teeth entering his neck. "Ow!" He gasped, but then became used to it, settling down.
Later, after walking Moka to her dorm, he smiled, waving to her as she entered the building. He started towards the boys' dorm, only to be met by a large fist hitting him in the gut. "Ah!" he cried, doubling over onto the ground. Looking up and panting in pain, he saw Saizo.
Saizo smiled roughly. "If I ever see you around Moka, I'll kill your ass. You're lucky I'm letting you get away with embarrassing me like you did." Saizo leaned over and spat on Tsukune, then walked off, leaving Tsukune on the ground. After he was able to walk again, he pretty much dragged himself to his dorm and took a long, hot bath, thinking about what to put in his resignation letter.
