Chapter 2

Electro vs. Lizard Man

To their surprise the school was much bigger than they thought it would have been. They suspected that it would have been just one main school building, which it was, but it was pretty big as well. After their little walk through the woods they both found a nice comfy wooden bench to sit down and relax on, they still had about thirty minutes before classes started so why not use it to get to know each other.

"So, what kind of monster are you?" she said as she nudged him.

"That's against the rules you know. We can't reveal our monster forms unless it's an emergency."

"Oh come on, what will it hurt if we know?"

True, even if he told her it wasn't as if they were going to instantly break out into a fight, which would have been so random.

"Alright, well in books we are known as Electros but what we are really called are Electro Elementals."

"So you can control electricity?"

"To some extent yeah, see?"

She watched as he opened up his hand as his energy started to manifest itself into a small orb of electricity.

"That's pretty nice, does it do anything?"

He couldn't resist teasing her a bit.

"Want to find out?" he asked as a smile spread across his face.

"No thanks, it's alright?" she said as she gave a nervous laugh.

Now that he told her what he was it was time for her to spill the beans. Ever since she saw her sniffing the air around him he had been pretty curious as to what she was.

"So now that I told you maybe you could tell me what you are?"

She seemed a bit hesitant to answer before she spoke.

"Will you promise not to freak out or anything?"

"Don't worry, I can handle it."

After a moment she opened her mouth to tell him.

"I'm a…vampire."

Her eyes closed shut as she waited for his response.

"Really, that's so awesome!"

That was a pretty big surprise to her; she had been told by her mother that vampires were the most feared out of any race.

"You really don't mind?"

"Of course not, that's pretty cool. I have met many monsters but never a vampire. Although I did hear they have a sense of pride and don't hang out with lower levels."

"No, no I don't mind talking to you! I just didn't know how you would react. It's true that some of us have that sort of pride but I don't."

"Nice, so I guess that explains why you were sniffing the air earlier huh?"

"Yeah, the truth is your blood smells really good." She said as her face turned a bit red.

Before she could tell him anything else they heard what sounded like a grumbling stomach. It wasn't his so if it wasn't his it had to be, uh oh.

"Just a little taste…" she said as she grabbed his shoulders.

She was really going to drink his blood right then and there or was she just teasing him? He found his answer as she opened her mouth to reveal those fangs of her, pearl white and pointy.

"Eheh, are you sure you want my blood?" he asked nervously.

He braced for the bite but before she could drive those fangs of her into his neck they both heard what sounded like a fight going on around the side of the school building.

"Sorry, breakfast will have to wait." He said as he jumped over the bench.

"Awe, please?" she asked as she followed him.

Whatever was going on sure attracted quite a number of people but from where they were standing they could see a arena with what looked like two students fighting in their monster forms. They thought revealing their monster forms weren't allowed but here they were, fighting in broad daylight, out in the open and fully transformed, although they couldn't quite tell what they were.

"Oh man, Gino really knows how to put a man down." He heard a fellow student say.

They both tried to make their way to the front but as soon as they could see the two fighters' one of them flew out of the arena and changed back to their human form.

"Hahah, alright who is next to challenge the mighty Gino to battle?!"

That guy was huge! He had to weight at least two hundred-fifty pounds and all pure muscle.

"Hey, why don't you fight him?"

"Hm, I don't do so well in front of crowds."

He didn't feel like fighting right before classes started but he had no choice as Minami started pushing him towards the entrance.

"Come on, show them what you got."

"Wait Minami, please wait he's going to eat me."

But it was too late, as he was pushed into the arena the barrier that sealed them in formed around them.

"So, it looks like we do have a now challenger, tell us all what is your name?"

"It's Ryo and I'm not really supposed to be here." He replied back as he ran his hands over the solid barrier in hope that he could find an exit.

"Nonsense, let's have a fun fight before school starts shall we?"

There was no getting out unless he won or got his butt handed to him was there? Well if he was going to fight he was going to have a bit more entertainment while doing so. Everyone in the crowd watched as he grabbed his headphones and pulled them over his ears before he cranked up the volume on his player.

"Alright, well let's do this." He said as he tapped his foot along to the beat.

It really confused both Gino and Minami as to why he was listening to music, but if that's the way he wanted it then so be it. As he listened he watched his opponent transform into a large reptile like that of a lizard.

"Let's go!" both yelled as they leapt into combat.