Somewhere in Japan, a young man sat on a bus that was currently traveling towards his new school. He was dressed in the school's uniform, consisting of a green blazer with a white shirt underneath and a red tie, brown pants and black shoes. He also had his belongings, packed into two duffel bags with him. The boy seemed to have a distant yet cold look in his almost golden eyes. As he gazed out of the window at the passing countryside, his mind wandered to how he had ended up here...

Flashback to two weeks ago, somewhere on Gran Pulse

"Hey Yuel, I've got the mail," stated a young man, as he entered the house he called home for the last 9 years.

"Thank you Devon," stated the Seeress known as Yuel. She accepted the mail from the boy, now known by the name Devon, and began going through it. The Seeress seemed to be in her mid 50s, with long, dark blue hair that showed signs of graying. She had a soft, kind face with piercing blue-green eyes. She was also the one that had helped Devon learn of his powers, since she was, for lack of a better term, "servant" to the goddess of Valhalla: Etro.

"You know, you still have to find a high school to attend," she said while going through the items, "summer's almost over."

"Yeah I know," he said a little irritably. School, something he never enjoyed. He never made friends with anyone, not that he really wanted too considering his past. Running a hand through his brown hair, he quickly shoved aside the painful memories that threatened to surface. "But you know how I am, school's not something for me."

"That doesn't mean you should avoid it," Yuel replied. She worried for the boy. Ever since she found him in the woods 9 years ago, she knew he wouldn't be the most sociable person, but she knew things would change for him, and that it would happen soon.

As she was going through the mail, she came across a pamphlet, describing a school on a planet called Earth.

"Well what do we have here?" she asked. She looked over the paper. It talked about a school known as Yokai Academy, how they were taking almost anyone, regardless of grades, background, or money. "This seems like it might hold some promise for you."

He looked over the pamphlet that she had handed to him. "Earth, huh. I've never heard of that place." he said.

"It's another world my child, one that knows nothing of this world or its inhabitants." Yuel said, "you wouldn't have to worry about people shunning you for who you are, unless you outright told them that is."

Devon thought Yuel's words over, 'she's right,' he thought, 'as much as I want to avoid school, Yuel will find any and every reason in the world to make me go. I know she means well, but...'

"Alright," he said, "I'll go. Like you said, it might be easier for me at this school compared to all the others I've been too, since no one would know of my abilities."

"Unless you tell them that is," she told him with a small smile, happy that he was going to experience new things. 'And hopefully make friends,' she thought.

He gave one of his rare smiles, "yes unless I tell them."

End Flashback

Devon smirked slightly at the memories, some of the few good ones he had.

"Hey, boy."

Devon was brought out of his thoughts by the bus driver. The minute that happened, the small smile disappeared and his eyes hardened. He was wary of the driver. It wasn't the fact that the driver always smoked or had a creepy voice, he dealt with that before. No, what set him on edge was the fact that this ordinary looking bus driver, had eyes that almost looked like they glowed from the depths of the shadows of his hat. That is what made him uneasy.

"What," Devon asked, irritation in his voice.

"You heading to Yokai Academy?" the creepy driver asked.

"Yeah, so?" Devon responded.

"Heh, well just keep on your toes kid," the driver said, "Yokai Academy can be a pretty scary and dangerous place."

'Can't be as bad as what I've lived through,' Devon thought while closing his eyes, "Whatever, school can't be all that bad here," he told the driver.

"You'll soon see kid," the driver said as they entered a tunnel.

Devon noted that it looked as if the tunnel itself was glowing or something. Wondering what it meant, he eventually began meditating, thinking it was just something that occurred here on Earth.

A few minutes later, Devon was brought out of his meditative state by the bus coming to a halt.

"We're here kid," the driver stated, "don't say I didn't warn you about the school."

Getting up, and making sure he had his things, Devon got off the bus and looked around at his surroundings. As the bus pulled away, he noticed that all the trees in the area looked dead or dying, with crows in most of them. He saw a sign stating "Yokai Academy" that was wrapped around the neck of a pumpkin headed scarecrow, and beyond that he saw that the ocean almost looked blood red in color. Gazing back at the forest of dead trees, he saw a large building that he could only assume was the main campus.

'Wow, I didn't think school grounds could actually look creepy,' he thought. "Oh well, I've seen worse," he said, remembering the times when he was training under Yuel.

He began walking down a path that he knew would take him to the school. As he was walking, he noticed that there was a graveyard next to the path. 'Who in the name of Etro puts a graveyard right next to the path that leads to a school?' he thought. Shrugging it off as just another thing that people on Earth do, he continued walking down the path. A few seconds later he began hearing a strange noise. He stopped and listened for a second, trying to figure out what it was.

"Watch out!" he heard a voice yell before...

CRASH!

Devon was sent sprawling as a bike ran full on into his back, knocking him and the rider onto the unforgiving ground.

Devon groaned as he got up, trying to process what the hell just happened. As he did so his hand ended up touching something soft and he heard a small moan. Realizing it was the rider, a girl rider he noted, he quickly pulled back saying "I'm sorry," as he did.

He noticed that the girl was actually very pretty, with long pink hair, bright emerald green eyes, and seemingly flawless skin. He also saw that she was wearing the female version of his uniform, meaning she must be attending Yokai Academy as well. The last thing he noticed was the silver cross with an eye-like ruby in it, connected by a chain to a leather choker that she wore around her neck.

"I'm sorry," the girl said, "My anemia acted up again and I got dizzy."

"That's alright," Devon said, "just try to slow down next time, especially if you're anemic." He didn't notice that he had a small cut on the side of his head that was bleeding.

"Oh no," she gasped, "You're bleeding," she pulled out a small handkerchief to try and wipe the blood off, before she froze.

"You alright?" Devon asked. Though he was normally cold toward others, especially strangers, he couldn't leave others alone, especially those that might need help.

"Yes, it's just..." she said before she fell forward into his arms.

"Just what?" he asked confused.

"I'm sorry," she said, "It's just... I'm a vampire." She leaned into his neck and bit down.

CHUU~

"Ahhhh!" he yelled in both pain and surprise. He struggled for a second before the girl seemed to realize what she was doing and quickly pulled back.

"I'm sorry!" she apologized, "It's just I couldn't help myself, your scent was so intoxicating."

"Did you just suck my blood?!" he said, instantly on his guard.

"Yes," she replied, "I really am sorry, I would never do that, I lost control." She seemed really flustered.

Checking where she had bitten, he noticed it wasn't bleeding, in fact it looked completely healed, as did the small cut he had a second ago. Giving a small sigh he got up asking, "It's alright, so what's your name?"

"My name's Moka. Moka Akashiya." She said, "What's yours?"

"My name is Devon," he said, "Don't bother about asking for my last name, I honestly don't remember it."

"Um... do you hate vampires?" Moka asked nervously, she had noticed his expression as she had pulled away, he looked wary.

"Honestly, you're the first vampire I've met," Devon said, relaxing a bit, sensing that this girl, Moka, meant no harm, blood sucking or not, "and you seem like a pretty nice person really."

"Oh, that's a relief, I thought I wouldn't meet anyone or make friends," she said.

'Friends, huh?' Devon thought realizing he had thought the exact same thing. Putting his cold nature aside for the moment, he asked, "Well do you want to be friends?"

"I'd love to!" she exclaimed, smiling the whole time, 'I actually made a friend!' she thought happily.

"Well we better get moving otherwise we'll be late for the opening ceremony," he said.

With that the two began walking toward the school. Moka was pushing her bike, while Devon was lost in his thoughts.

'I actually made a friend,' he thought with a hidden smile, knowing Yuel would be proud of him. 'Still, what's with the whole vampire thing?' he wondered. He figured he'd find out soon enough.

After the entrance ceremony, Devon was sitting in his homeroom class waiting for it to start. Part of him wondered how the year would go. He looked up as the teacher began speaking.

"Welcome to Yokai Academy everyone!" the teacher exclaimed happily. She had short blonde hair, a spaghetti strap top and a short skirt. She sported a pair of cute glasses on her face and parts of her hair looked like cat ears. "I'll be your homeroom teacher this year, Shizuka Nekonome. Now, I'm sure you all know this, but... this school is for monsters to attend only." she declared.

That got Devon's attention, 'Monsters? What is she talking about?'

Miss Nekonome continued, "Like it or not, humans run the world. In order for us monsters to survive, we have to learn to coexist with the human-world. And that is this school's goal: a peaceful life amongst the humans."

"But teacher," a muscular blonde said, he had multiple piercings around his ears and mouth, "wouldn't it be better to just eat the humans? Better yet, why not eat the men and molest all the beautiful women?"

"Sorry, but that's not possible," she said with a smile, like she didn't care or even notice what was said, "all of the students and faculty here are monsters. No human has ever seen this school since it's behind a magical barrier, well seen it and lived anyway."

'From what she said, humans aren't welcome at this school,' Devon thought coolly, he was taught to always keep his cool, no matter the situation. Though what the teacher said surprised him, he wouldn't let it get to him and make him nervous. Though he was angry at what that blonde guy had said. He really wanted to throttle the guy, but he forced himself to relax, he didn't want to cause trouble.

The teacher continued, "This brings us to rule number one, you aren't allowed to reveal your true forms to anyone, not even you're fellow students. In order to live amongst humans we have to look and act like them, so remain in your human forms at all times."

'Hmm...' Devon was deep in thought, trying to figure out what to do about the situation he was now in. He didn't have many options.

Just then the door to the classroom opened. "I'm sorry," a familiar voice said, "I got lost in the halls after the entrance ceremony."

"That's alright," Miss Nekonome replied with a smile, "just take a seat at any of the empty desks."

Looking up from his thoughts, Devon was surprised to see Moka was the late student. He wasn't the only one who noticed though, every guy in the classroom seemed to go into a heart-eyed trance when they saw Moka walk in and try to find a desk.

"That hair…"

"Those eyes…."

"That body…."

"No way that's a disguise," one of the boys drooled. "She's just too…"

"BEAUTIFUL!" the collected boys roared. Devon just shook his head in annoyance at all the other guys in the room. 'Idiots,' he thought. Noticing he had an empty desk behind him, he raised his hand to get Moka's attention. "Moka, over here," he called.

"Huh? Devon?" Moka asked as she looked to who had addressed her. Upon seeing Devon, she broke out into a huge smile, "It is you!" she cheered, leaping forward and trapping him in a tight embrace.

Despite everything going on, even Devon couldn't help but smile at the way Moka greeted her first friend here, although some were not as amused.

"Huh, who's that guy?"

"Why does he get a hug from her?"

"That guy's dead!"

After homeroom, Moka wanted to explore the rest of the school, since the rest of the day was free. With nothing else to really do, Devon went along with her. For a while they walked around the school (more like Devon being dragged around by an excited Moka), stopping by some vending machines to get a drink. Devon chose a simple Coke, while Moka got a can of tomato juice. They were sitting on a bench enjoying their drinks when the blonde delinquent from class came up to them, more precisely, up to Moka.

"Hey, you're Moka Akashiya right?" he said, "the name's Saizou Komiya, remember it."

"Um... okay." Moka was obviously nervous. Noticing this Devon took a step in front of Moka. Saizou responded by grabbing Devon's collar, worrying Moka.

"So tell me, what's a pretty thing like you doing hanging around with a weakling like this?" Saizou asked.

"Let go," Devon said, anger evident in his voice. He was not going to let this punk take advantage of his friend.

"What was that weakling?" Saizou mockingly asked.

"I said to let go, if you want to keep your arm." Devon was about to make his move when Saizou threw him into the vending machine, badly damaging it.

"Devon!" Moka was about to run to her friend when her arm was grabbed by Saizou.

"Come on babe, wouldn't you rather be with a strong guy like me?" he asked.

"Sorry but I'm having fun with Devon right now," she said, shaking out of his grip and running over to Devon's side. Saizou walked off, vowing that he would make Moka his.

"Devon! Are you alright?" Moka asked him as he slowly got up.

"Yeah, I'm alright," he replied with a small smile, "It's going to take a lot more than that to put me down."

"That's a relief," she sighed, "I thought he actually hurt you."

"No, I'm fine," he said, "I've dealt with worse."

Feeling relieved, Moka suggested they continued to explore the school. Devon agreed and the two continued walking around campus. Eventually, they found themselves near the path that led to the dorms. Moka was curious as to what Devon meant when he had said "I've dealt with worse." But Devon brushed the question off, saying it was personal. Moka accepted that answer, and Devon then had a question for Moka.

"Hey, Moka, why is it you chose me to be your first friend?" he asked, "I mean you seem like you'd make a lot of friends here."

"Well, I'm not so good at making friends," Moka said, "Besides, you... already let me suck your blood! The balance, flavor, texture... it was all perfect!" she exclaimed, holding her face and blushing. Devon sweat-dropped at that comment, he didn't know whether to be angry, embarrassed, surprised, or all three at her comment.

"Am I just food to you?" he questioned, slight irritation in his voice.

"Well to be honest, you were the first person I've ever fed from Devon," she said, "That feeling, I'll never forget it."

'Oi' Devon thought, letting his anger slide as he glanced at the bracelet he wore on his right hand. It was jet black with a brilliant, thinly cut amethyst affixed to it. Moka noticed him looking at it and asked, "What's that?"

"Oh this? It's a gift from my adoptive mother." he said with a small smile, "She gave it to me as a good luck charm." 'She also mentioned it being useful at some point.' Devon thought to himself.

"Adoptive?" Moka questioned.

"Yeah, I never really knew my real parents, they died when I was still young." He didn't want to go into greater detail, as doing so would raise painful memories, memories he didn't like visiting. "She adopted me a short time later and treated me like her own son. She truly cares for me, I'm glad to call her my mother."

"Wow," Moka breathed, looking at his mother's gift to him, but also slightly shocked that he didn't have his actual parents. She quickly pushed the question she wanted to ask away, sensing that he didn't want to talk about it. Instead she said, "I wish I had something like that, but all I have is this rosary," gesturing to the cross she wore on her neck.

"It just looks like an ordinary piece of jewelery to me," Devon stated.

"It may look like that," Moka said, "but if this rosary is removed I would change, I'd become my true form, a powerful and terrifying vampire."

'True form?' Devon thought.

Sensing his impending question, Moka continued, "This rosary acts as a seal for demonic powers. It keeps me from hurting anyone by keeping my powers in check."

"Huh, never seen anything like that where I'm from," Devon said. Shrugging, he asked, "Well why don't we go and check out the dorms?"

"Okay," she said

A few steps later, "Oh, I've been meaning to ask, where did you go to school before this?" Moka asked, remembering his earlier comment on "where he's from."

Not wanting to go into detail about where he's from, being form another world and all, Devon simply stated, "I went to school in the human world." Moka froze on hearing him say that. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"You went to school in the human world?" She clarified.

Devon could have sworn she looked afraid. "Yeah. Why? Something bug you about that?"

"Personally, I hate humans!" she exclaimed.

"What?" Devon asked in surprise to her outburst.

"I went to a human school up through middle school," she said, "and I was so isolated. They kept saying that monsters don't exist. It made me feel like a freak, like it would be better if I never existed."

"I'm sorry you think like that," Devon said in a low tone, thoughts were racing through his head, 'she hates humans, I'm human, didn't I go through something similar?' That last thought hung in his head.

"Devon?" Moka asked, noticing his expression and tone of voice.

"Would you still want to be my friend if I was one of those humans you hate?" he asked.

"What are you..." she started to ask but Devon cut her off.

"I'm human, alright," he almost yelled, "that's the flat-out truth." Looking at her, his eyes were filled with anger, and pain.

"But...but..." Moka couldn't find the words.

"I see you can't accept it," Devon coldly stated, "Can't make friends no matter where I go, hmpf. Goodbye Moka." he stated as he walked off.

"Devon!" Moka yelled, tears starting to run down her face. Devon didn't even look back. Moka ran off crying.

Devon was walking back toward the bus stop. 'Doesn't matter where I go, I can never make friends. I should have known making a friend was to good to be true.' he thought. As he came near a clearing, something in Devon's head made him pause. It was the thought he had on hearing Moka's claim of hating humans: 'Didn't I go through something similar in my earlier school years?' The thought once more hung in his head, and he realized it was true. He was always shunned for his attitude toward others, some had even thought that he was a freak or something. There were times that he thought, no, that he wished he never existed. Realizing that he and Moka were more alike than he thought, he turned around to try and find her.

'I have to apologize to her' he thought. He only went a few steps before he heard a loud scream. He instantly recognized it as Moka's. He quickly broke into a run, beginning to call on the powers within him. He never used them before except in self-defense or training, but Yuel had always told him, "Use your powers to protect those you care about." He was going to do that now, he was going to protect Moka, at any cost.

A few minutes earlier

Moka watched as Devon walked off, before running in a different direction, tears streaming down her face. She was hurt, not by what Devon had said, but by what she had said. She had pushed the only friend she had made away So what if he was human, he had shown that he cared for her, in his own way.

'I actually made a friend, I shouldn't have cared that he was human,' she thought sadly, ' I just wanted a friend.'

Hearing someone approaching, she turned around hopefully, but that hope was crushed when she saw who it was: Saizou.

"Hey babe," he said, "remember me?"

"S..Saizou!" Moka was definitely frightened now. Saizou grabbed Moka and threw her to the side, deeper into the forest. After throwing her, he began to change, he grew larger, stronger, and uglier as he revealed his true form. Saizou was an orc, brutish creatures that relied on their strength to get whatever they wanted.

"I can never keep control of myself when I get riled up," he laughed, "now then, let's have some fun!"

He shot his tongue out and used it to throw Moka into another tree, she screamed loudly while she was in the air but that scream was cut short when she hit the tree, knocking the wind out of her. She slumped to the ground struggling to catch her breath. 'Devon,' she thought desperately, 'help me.'

The orc chuckled as he moved in until...

"Hey, Saizou!" a commanding voice yelled. Both Moka and Saizou looked to see who it was and both were surprised to see Devon standing there, a determined look in his golden eyes.

"What do you want punk?" the orc asked smugly.

"What I want is for you to get away from Moka, NOW!" Devon yelled. His anger was reaching its boiling point, this guy was dead.

"You little punk, think you're tougher than me?" Saizou sneered, "you want me away from her, you'll have to make me!" Saizou charged and slammed his oversized fist right into Devon's chest. Expecting to hear the sounds of bones breaking and seeing his fist smash this weakling, Saizou was royally disappointed. When his fist connected, Devon's body seemed to flare and disappear into a visible dark energy of sorts. The energy seem to fly around for a moment before reforming into Devon's body again, behind the orc.

"It's going to take a lot more than that to stop me." Devon declared.

Saizou spun around, going for a second try on hitting him, but Devon seem to effortlessly dodge the orc's clumsy attack and deliver a powerful kick that sent Saizou flying into a couple of trees. He followed up by launching multiple dark red energy spheres from his hand that bombarded the orc, knocking him further back. Satisfied his enemy was incapacitated for the moment, Devon glanced over at Moka, noticing her surprised expression at what he had just done. Before he could say anything though, Saizou let out an angry roar as he got back up.

'Damn, should have finished him.' he thought.

"You are so DEAD!" the orc bellowed.

"Don't tempt me," Devon stated, before gathering the energy within him to his palm.

"Chaotic powers of Valhalla, heed my call!" he called and in a flash, a large demonic looking sword appeared in his hand. It was almost as large as he was, it was a dark purple color and the blade seemed to have many smaller points branching off it, showing that it could tear into something no matter which way he swung it. The most striking part of the blade though, was near its handle. It looked as though an eye was embedded, no, part of the sword. Channeling his powers, the eye on the sword opened and began glowing. "Now then Saizou," Devon said, "Let's dance."

The orc roared and charged at Devon who simultaneously began running toward him, sword held behind him at the ready. Saizou attempted a wide swipe with his claws that Devon easily jumped over. As he jumped over the orc, he swung his sword in a somersault maneuver that left a large gash in Saizou's back. The orc roared in pain.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" Saizou bellowed, swinging his fist for another attempted punch at Devon. Smirking, Devon grabbed the orc's fist and spun around, using the orc's own momentum to throw him into the treeline again, felling one of the trees. Getting back up, angrier than ever, Saizou grabbed the tree that had fallen over and prepared to throw it.

"IF I CAN'T HAVE MOKA," he bellowed, "NO ONE CAN!" He then hurled the tree, directly at Moka!

"Moka, watch out!" Devon yelled. He quickly pushed Moka out of the way and ended up taking the tree to the chest. Unlike the orc's fist, Devon was knocked back pretty hard by the hit, sending him flying into a few tombstones nearby.

"Devon!" Moka cried, quickly running to his side, seeing that he was hurt while protecting her. He seemed dazed, struggling to get to his feet, a small amount of blood leaking from his mouth.

"Devon," Moka cried with tears running down her face, "you came back, even though you're only human, I-I..." She was shushed as Devon began speaking.

"Don't worry Moka," Devon said with a small smile as he slowly got up, "this is nothing compared to what I've been through for the last 10 years."

"Why did you lie to me?" Moka asked.

Devon looked over at her, confused.

"No human could do what you did. Why did you lie to me?" she asked again, causing Devon to close his eyes and sigh.

"I didn't lie Moka, I am human," Devon answered her, "I was gifted with these powers and learned to control them through time and effort."

"You promise that's true?" she asked, looking him in the eye to confirm that he was telling the truth.

"I promise." he answered, giving a serious look to show he wasn't lying.

"Okay, I believe you." she said accepting what he said, before suddenly hugging him, "And I'm sorry," surprising Devon.

"What for?" Devon asked, once more confused.

"About humans and monsters being different," she explained, "all along I just wanted a friend, even if it was with a human. But since I'm a vampire, I suck the blood of humans and just end up hurting them." she said while choking on her tears.

"But I'm starting to think that it would be impossible," she said, tears flowing down her face again, "since I would only end up hurting you as well."

"You're wrong Moka," he said returning Moka's hug, "I should be the one apologizing, I shouldn't have been so cold toward you. Until I came here, I never had a friend either. Now that I have a friend, I'll do everything I can to keep that friend. Vampire or not." he told her with a small smile on his face, while Moka cried tears of joy at hearing what Devon said.

"What are you blabbing on about you weakling?" Saizou snarled as he stomped into the clearing Moka and Devon were in.

"Moka, you need to get out of here," Devon said pushing himself to his feet, using his sword to help support himself.

"No," Moka declared, "I won't leave you."

"I wasn't giving you an option, now GO!" Devon yelled, attempting to push Moka away. He was still a little dazed from the tree hitting him and stumbled slightly. His hand snagged on Moka's rosary as he stumbled, and it came off with a metallic *clink*. 'Uh-oh.' Devon thought, noticing what he did.

"The rosary..." Moka gasped, before a brilliant glow engulfed her. Day turned to night as the glow spread. Both Devon and Saizou could only watch as Moka's form changed. Her hair became a brilliant silver, her body became more voluptuous, her fangs became more prominent. As the glow faded, they noticed that her eyes had become blood-red in color, with slitted pupils.

'Wow, Moka wasn't kidding when she said she'd be scary when the rosary was severed.' Devon thought, in awe of the power he was feeling from the transformed vampire.

Saizou, on the other hand, was shaking almost uncontrollably. "The legends," he said, "they're true! Silver hair, red eyes, and an overwhelming energy! She's an S-class super monster, a real vampire!"

Brushing a lock of her hair aside, Moka looked at Saizou and said, "So, I suppose you're the reason I was awakened?" Her voice had also changed, instead of sounding sweet and innocent, her voice now held power, sounding dominant and mature. Saizou shuddered, feeling her crushing aura.

Sensing his hesitation, Moka then spoke mockingly while beckoning the orc with a finger, "What's the matter rouge one, you wanted me didn't you? Well come and get me." Saizou, forgetting his fear and becoming angry at the vampire's tone, growled and charged at Moka.

"Vampire or not, you will be mine Moka Akashiya!" Saizou roared, swiping his claw at Moka. With a smug grin, Moka easily caught the orc's attack and stopped him in his tracks. "What?" Saizou gasped in utter shock.

"Pathetic," Moka said, "trash such as yourself has nothing to show except for his size. You have no right challenging one such as me." Pulling her leg back, Moka delivered a bone-crushing kick to Saizou's midsection, launching him back through multiple trees and rocks, sending him a fair distance away, and leaving a crater where he impacted.

"Know your place," she stated.

Devon was awestruck by the power that Moka demonstrated. 'she's far stronger than anything I've encountered.' he thought. He was brought out of his thoughts when he saw Moka walking toward him. Though he knew this was his friend, seeing (and sensing) the change in her, he was instantly on his guard.

"There is no need to be wary, Devon," Moka said, "I won't harm you."

"Are you really Moka?" Devon asked, still a little wary.

"Yes, or at least I'm her true inner self." she said, " I believe you have something of mine." Devon looked at her for a second, confused, before remembering the rosary, which was still clutched in his hand. He held it out to her and she snatched it from his hand. She looked at it for a second before asking him, "So what are you exactly?"

Knowing he would have to explain sooner or later, Devon sighed. "I'm human, that is the truth Moka. The difference is, I've been granted incredible powers by the goddess of my world, Etro." As he said this, he placed his left hand over his heart and Moka's eyes widened as she saw his chest begin to glow red. "The Heart of Chaos," Devon said, "A manifestation of Chaos, a very part of the goddess herself."

Devon began to explain a bit about his home-world of Gran Pulse, as well as how he came to possess the Heart. Moka listened intently the whole time, she could tell that some of what he told was painful for him, but he continued to speak and Moka didn't interrupt.

When Devon finished his tale, Moka spoke up, "You certainly have been through a lot, to think you were feared for possessing such power." 'I know how that feels,' she thought.

"Well, you seem to be able to handle yourself," she said, "Just make sure you keep the other me safe, or you'll regret it." With that, she reattached the rosary to its chain. Her appearance reverted to her pink-haired self and she fell forward, unconscious, into Devon's arms.

'Split personalities, huh?' he thought, 'this is definitely going to be an interesting school year.'

As he waited for Moka to wake, he silently made a vow. 'As my friend, I will protect you Moka, that is a promise.'

Well, there's my first chapter. Please rate and review (or is it review and rate?). For those unfamiliar with FFXIII-2, Devon's powers are the Chaotic energies of Valhalla, the "realm of the dead" in the game, which is where Etro resides. The red spheres he had launched was one of his basic attacks known as "Graviton," a spell that is similar to the Ruin spells of the playable characters (and some enemies).

Next time: "Chaos and a Succubus."