Hello, my freaky darlings, it's me Scarecrow! How have you all been? My last couple of weeks have been very hectic, and finding time to write was difficult at times. Thankfully, I now have a great deal of free time on my hands, so my writing speed should pick up. For those who are curious, I finally broke my writer's block on Naruto In Hell, and plan on completing more of the chapter soon.
A lot of people have favorited this, and put it on alert, which I am very grateful for. You know who you are. Last chapter also sparked some interesting comments from some of you, which I will address below. That said, let's answer some reviews, shall we?
RobbyTheRouge: I haven't actually decided yet if Lord Death will approve of Crona's actions, we'll just have to see. With the way Youkai Academy is portrayed, I'm not sure students going missing will attract a lot of attention, until it's too late to do anything. How will his friends react? Well...
Clemeral: Thank you, and yes you can, just please site your source.
The Lord Of Pages: I have an idea for Screech Omega, but it won't come into play for a while. Crona's ideas about justice are somewhat askew, but that's due mostly to his upbringing, as well as his relationship with various characters. Generally, Crona will simply have to ask himself 'What would Maka do?' when he wonders if he's doing the right thing. Ragnarok is another thing to be factored in, but I won't go into that right now.
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pyromania101: Oh, the police force won't find out for a while... if they ever do. Moka? That's answered this chapter. Inner Moka, not for a few more chapters I'm afraid.
NightmareSyndrom: Yeah, it seems doubtful he'd get the chance, but don't count the poetry element out of the story just yet...
byebye360: Yup, it makes writing comedic portions much easier.
Druss the Legend: Thanks, I didn't want to follow the story to the letter the whole way through. I won't comment on the possible conflict with the harem it might cause, but I will say this Inner Moka will not be a Crona fan. That's all I'm saying.
Feldoran: Thank you.
Ultimate-Zelda-Fan: Yes, to my ultimate shame, I found out I was spelling his name wrong this whole time. I honestly thought it was spelled Ragnorak, as opposed to the correct spelling Ragnarok. I have fixed that this chapter, and after this, I will be going back to edit the earlier chapters. Also, addressing what you said about what moves Crona could use... I may write things in that make that statement untrue. You never know when you might need a little extra fire power...
Majin Hentai X: Oh yeah, the monsters at Youkai Academy had better watch their step. Also "Zebra beats out Crona in sound power"? I have no idea what that means. Sorry.
Dragonssmith: I'm glad you've enjoyed it, and I hope you continue to do so. I will be going back later and trying to edit out my grammatical mistakes. Thanks for the flattery.
Baron von Nobody: Thanks. I will take your suggestion into account, and if I use it, I will be sure to site you as the one who gave me the idea. Plot twist? Who said anything about a plot twist? (adjusts collar and casts eyes about widely). I have edited my profile to fix that mistake.
crona maka: Will he, maybe, I don't know. I think he'd be an interesting addition to the Death Scythe team. Though, would anyone but Maka ever accept him?
Animeguy1101: I doubt I'll add any other Soul Eater characters. Lord Death may appear when Crona checks in with him. Other then that, I don't think they'll play a big part. The only way I think they could, would be during the chapters were Crona will go home, just like when Tsukune went home in Rosario Vampire.
Darkened Dragon: ... You may be pleasantly surprised.
Spider's Claw: Thank you, I try. It is difficult at times keeping Crona properly in character, but I do my best. Yes, I have tried to make the correction this chapter. Where am I going with it? I think I'll keep that my little secret.
Grimlock the King of Stories: It's nice of you to say. You do some excellent work yourself. Don't worry, I have no intentions of ever abandoning a story.
Kenshin El: Um... thank you? You know, I actually wonder whatever happened to the 'Black Blooded Vampire' myself. Crona is a fun character, and really sold the Soul Eater series to me. If you have some ideas, feel free to write them up and post them. It may mean some more competition, but this little section of crossovers needs all the stories it can get.
darkhero what must be done: Are you serious? Have you ever actually read Rosario Vampire? No one is ever really punished for anything! Don't believe me? Mizore is almost rapped by her teacher. The worst thing that happens to him is that he's fired. It never says he was taken into custody. Who was going to 'take her (Tamao) into custody?' the corrupt police force? One of the teacher's almost openly brainwashes her students, and she keeps her job. Heck, I'm not sure why the art teacher ran away after her battle, it's not like she'd have received a fitting punishment. Here's a kicker: Remember Saizou from chapter 1? Of course you, he nearly rapes Moka and almost kills Tskune. They beat him up, and the day is saved. So, Saizou probably receives a harsh punishment right? Sent to jail for attempted rape and murder? No. He shows up 19 chapters later, as part of a terrorist group ANTI-THESIS. He's apparently still at the school, attending class, but nobody ever really addresses that. I'm sorry if I put you off of this by killing Tamao, but this is the world both mangas are set in: a world where killing isn't really frowned upon. The DWMA trains people to go out and kill people they deem to corrupt to continue to live, and Crona is trying to subscribe himself to that life-style. Tamao had no problem killing any boy stupid enough to join her swim club. Frankly, I hate to say this, she was asking for it.
Sorry for the rant, that comment just struck me as being... to odd not to rant at.
Now, it's time to get started. One more comment before we do: This first part deals with Moka's blood lust for Crona. If it strikes anyone as being a little risque...(shrugs)... you've been told. Hopefully you'll find it more funny then anything else. This is just how I see it going down. So, without further delay, let's dive into another chapter of:
-Dealing With Youkai Academy- Chapter 4: Dealing with a Werewolf
The sky was once again the dreary gray that Crona had come to associate with this horrible place. He stared up at the clouds as they passed, walking to the classroom Neko-sensei had told them to go to. Of course he wasn't alone. By his side was his pink haired vampire friend Moka. And from his back his symbiotic partner, Ragnarok, grew from his back. He'd gone with his smaller form today, deciding that after the pool incident, they would need to be more subtle.
Moka fidgeted as they walked along, the desire becoming unbearable. Even though she had been in a coma for like the last four days, her mind hadn't been entirely unaware of the world around it. It could most certainly sense the lack of black blood it was receiving. This coupled with the fact that she hadn't had any for quite a while before hand, was what lead to her current predicament. She needed black blood. Now.
Turning to him she asked "Please Crona! I wanna suck your blood!" she told him, probably sounding more desperate then she intended. She was only asking to be polite of course. If Crona wouldn't willing give her what she wanted, no, needed, she would be forced to use violence. While it wasn't something she wanted to do, her body had needs damn it! She knew the odds of her actually being able to defeat Crona in her sealed state were likely zero. Hell, she might say the same thing about her unsealed state, but even then she wasn't sure. She also knew she wouldn't be able to physically injure him enough to bleed either. This only left one option: she would have to get Crona to use a blood attack, and drink that blood. She may get hurt, but considering the alternative was going through black blood withdrawal, she'd gladly take a few scratches.
Of course, there was always the chance that this would be the magical time when Crona finally said yes to her request.
Crona knew nothing of his female compatriot's plots. He was a little freaked out by her wanting to suck his blood, but at least she had asked this time. Maybe if he kept it up, he'd be able to wean her off the stuff entirely! Glancing up, he saw that Ragnarok had turned away, clearly indicating that Crona was on his own in explaining that there would be no Crona breakfast. If she tried to get to Crona anyway, then he'd step in.
Clearing his throat, Crona turned and faced the hopeful eyes of the hungry vampire. "Moka, we've talked about this" he said, trying to stay calm "I don't know how to deal with you drinking my blood. I'm sorry, but you can't suck my blood…" he trailed off. Moka's shoulder's slumped, and she gave a sigh of defeat. Satisfied that would be the end of it, Crona turned and continued on to class.
Moka shook her head; she'd hopped it wouldn't come to this. When she had first thought to ask Crona, she remembered thinking at the time 'self, I don't want it to come to this'. But Crona had refused to acquiesce to her request, so now there was gonna be trouble. Saying a silent promise to beg for forgiveness when she'd had her fill, Moka took a few quick steps to catch up with Crona. Just as she was about to lunge at him, knowing she wouldn't have long before Ragnarok punched her away, she thought of something.
Ragnarok came from inside Crona. In fact, from what she had gathered, he made up Crona's entire blood stream. Which meant he was made of blood. Black Blood. Oh, this was gonna be good…
Crona was almost knocked to the ground when something slammed into him from behind. Wait, not into him, into Ragnarok! Hearing his partner call out in alarm, Crona looked up at the demon. What he saw shocked him: Moka had wrapped her arms around Ragnarok's small form, and had buried her mouth in his neck. He tried beating at her, but she wasn't easily removed. Moka didn't seem to be doing much, just sitting there with her teeth lodged in Ragnarok. And then she began to drink.
Moka couldn't believe it had actually worked! As Ragnarok's black blood flowed into her mouth, she left it there, allowing the dearly missed flavor to saturate her tongue. But then she remembered that Ragnarok could harden his body to protect himself. If she didn't want her teeth broken off, she'd need to move fast. She filled her mouth to maximum capacity with the stuff, an impressive feat, and after a brief struggle swallowed.
After realizing he wasn't going to dislodge her, Ragnarok had tried to harden the blood around her. But before he could, all the blood in the surrounding area was drawn into her. So much taken at once actually caused him to shrink a little. What was worse, she was still on him, and more of his substance had flown to fill in the gap left by the taken blood.
During the second mouthful, Moka struggled not to pass out. The blood was good. Almost too good in fact. It was sending her body into overdrive, making her feel almost mad with pleasure. But she knew it could be quite a long wait until the next time she could enjoy this, so she had to take as much as she could.
It wasn't until the third mouthful that Crona snapped out of his shocked state, and Ragnarok was the size of a miniature, that he took action. Having never tried something like this before, he figured he'd just do what his friend Maka would have done to Soul or her father. Taking a book from his school bag was hard with Moka attached like she was, but he managed rather quickly. Then, bracing himself, he swung the book mightily with a battle cry of "Crona Chop!", and bopped Moka on the head with it.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
Somewhere off at Shibusen, Maka's head jerked up. She had been mid conversation with Tsubaki while Soul and Black*Star argued over missions when she had felt it.
"What is it Maka?" Tsubaki asked concerned. Her friend was looking around widely, as though looking for something she couldn't find.
"I'm not sure" Maka said, rubbing her temples "I just felt… a disturbance" she said mysteriously, much to the confusion of the others.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
The blow came as such a surprise that Moka actually jerked back away from Ragnarok. The now much smaller demon burst into blood that retreated into Crona.
With no more blood coming in, Moka could truly enjoy what she already had. She looked at a bewildered Crona, who had Ragnarok's face sticking out of his chest. Ragnarok was glaring at her angrily, but she just couldn't care.
"What the hell you bitch! Look what you've done to me!" Ragnarok screamed in what Moka found to be a hilarious high pitched voice. She didn't know that Ragnarok hadn't quite regenerated yet, and that was planning a myriad of pranks in revenge for this assault on his person.
Moka just giggled, not wanting to move while she basked in the after glow of the experience. "Hmmm" she said slowly, her eyes half lidded as she looked at the two "Crona said I couldn't drink his blood. He didn't say anything about drinking your blood" she told them dazedly.
"They're the same thing!" Ragnarok cried, growing slightly bigger as he did "Now you spit me back out right now dammit, I'm not meant to be part of your balanced breakfast!" he threatened, stretching toward her, fists balled. Though was trying to stay a reasonable distance away from her, just in case she wanted seconds.
"He he he… what…?" Moka asked, her eyes glazed over. She had only heard, like, every other word he'd said. Lights were playing in front of her eyes, and they were so pretty. She actually found the whole thing pretty funny.
Seeing that she was ignoring him, Ragnarok figured this was the best time to strike. Then, with all the strength he could muster in his current form, he stretched out and punched her right in the stomach.
Moka doubled over, her cheeks bulging. Crona really hopped she wasn't going to barf on him. He didn't really want to deal with that. Frankly, he was just glad it wasn't him that Moka had bitten. Yeah it still freaked him out, but he was pretty sure the vampire would feel the same way if she saw Ragnarok eating a soul. His mind snapped back to attention when Ragnarok delivered a second punch. Moka's eyes widened, though they stayed glazed, as she opened her mouth.
"urp" was the only noise that came from Moka. After that tiny burp, she looked at Ragnarok and pat him on the head, clearly not certain what was going on. Then, her eyes rolled back up in her head, and she passed out.
Well, Crona thought… that just happened. Now what? He didn't really know how to deal with a passed out Moka. Picking her up gently, despite Ragnarok's protests, he began to carry her into toward the classroom. Making sure her mouth was pointed away from him of course, just in case.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"Crona, today we start in the Newspaper Club together, right?" Kurumu asked him. Before he even had a chance to answer his head was shoved into the girls boobs. "I'm just so happy I can be in the same club as you, Crona!" Kurumu cooed, running her had through his hair. Of course she didn't realize that Crona was busy trying to figure out how to handle not breathing. Though he had to admit, at least when Kurumu accosted him, it was with boobs, not pointy teeth. He was really gonna have to work with Moka on that.
Kurumu blushed as a multitude of naughty thoughts entered her head as she watched Crona flail around with his head in her chest. "Crona, you are my destined on! So just watch as I deepen my connection to you into a lovely relationship…Because I will not lose to that Moka Akashiya!" she thought defiantly in her head, casting a glance at the vampire. Moka had woken up, but hadn't said much. She mostly sat at one of the desks, giggling and staring into space.
Feeling the wiggling in her breasts stop, Kurumu looked down to see that Crona was now in danger of suffocation. Gently, she plucked his head from its spot in her chest. Looking at her destined one's face, she felt a warmth grow in her chest. She wanted him. She wanted him to love her! But right now, he only saw her as a friend. But something inside her drove her to be closer to Crona. She wondered if that odd feeling guiding her was her own Succubus nature, or something else? Before she could think much on these thoughts, a small squeeze alerted her to the presence of Ragnarok, who was now using a small hand to squeeze her boobs.
When the door to the class slide open, it caught everyone's attention. Neko-sensei walked quickly inside, a smile on her face. Seeing them all there, her smile only grew "Well then everyone, thanks for joining my club!" she exclaimed, her tail wagging. Crona smiled at his over active teacher, her mood was infectious. He stopped. What if her mood really was infectious? Could Neko-sensei do that? Oh, he how would he deal with infectious moods? Inside him, Ragnarok felt a sweat drop building. Sometimes Crona's phobias were just stupid.
"Let's begin the club activities for the Youkai Academy Newspaper Club!" she said, taking out a sample paper from the year before to show them.
Though, as she said that, Kurumu, Crona, Ragnorak, and the now only slightly dazed Moka took note of something. They were the only people in the classroom besides Neko-sensei. Were they the only members? Jeez, sensei hadn't been kidding when she said no one had joined.
Raising his hand shakily, Crona asked the obvious "Um… Sensei, I just kinda fell into this club, and I don't really know anything about it, but… well… are we really the only people in the club?" he asked fearfully "This is the newspaper club right? How are going to make a school newspaper with only three people? I don't know how to deal with something like that" Crona told his teacher, getting a blank look in return.
"Don't be silly!" she said, shaking her head vigorously. Before she could say more though, there was a sharp rap on the door. "Ah, see, here he comes, the only other club member!" she told them, gesturing to the door with an over exaggerated wave of her hand.
That statement didn't make Crona feel any better. Great, so they five members instead of four. He winced as an irate Ragnarok vehemently reminded him that he was not a part of their dinky little newspaper club.
"Man, I'm sorry! Here I am last on the first day." the other member said as he stepped into the room. He was a tall guy, and Crona was pretty sure he wasn't a first year student like them. He had brown eyes and short, stringy, black hair, which he kept back with a red headband. He was wearing the standard male uniform, except he had no tie. Instead, he had a strange wolf head pendant dangling from around his neck. In his hands he was carrying two bouquets of flowers. "Greetings!" he said, giving them a dazzling smile. "I'm the president of this newspaper club, Ginei Morioka." he said stepping toward them "Pleased to meet ya!" he told them.
Crona had to admit, this guy certainly appeared to be a nice guy. Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad club after all?
Gin suddenly dashed forward to stand in front of Moka and Kurumu. "Ooh! The teacher told me about you, what beautiful new club members you both are!" he said, handing them the flowers. Moka looked at them confusedly, having only just come out of her black blood euphoria induced trance. Kurumu, who was used to having boys hand her flowers, handled it better. Though she was taken a little a back by the boy's speed. "You can call me 'Gin.' "Gin-chan' is good too! Ahh… red flowers are always suitable for such lovely ladies!" he said, giving a thumbs up.
Crona sighed, perhaps he'd spoken too soon? This guy was beginning to remind him of Maka's dad, hitting on any hot girl he saw. How was he supposed to deal with such a pervert? Wait, had he just refer to Kurumu and Moka as hot in his head? Oh god, moods were infectious! He was becoming a pervert! How was he supposed to deal with that!
Inside, Ragnarok sighed. There were days when he really hated knowing all of Crona's thoughts. Frankly, he agreed with the assessment of Gin though. But if this guy thought he could muscle his way in on Ragnarok's girls, he'd get another then coming.
Gin looked at Moka and blushed slightly. He could smell the arousal around this girl; it was coming off her in waves! He wondered what had caused such a thing? Either way, it was driving him nuts! He had to have her, his alpha dog instincts demanded it!
Moka wondered why Gin was staring at her like that. She really wished she hadn't fainted after she had that much blood. She really needed to get back to her room for a change of panties. At least that nagging feeling insider he had been alleviated. She'd have to find a way to thank Crona later….
"Gin is the only second year club member" Neko-sensei told them as Gin stepped to the front of the room next to her. "Just ask Gin anything you don't know about this club, ok?" she said.
"Heh, you can always count on me!" Gin said, his oddly white teeth glittering in the light.
Kurumu stepped closer to Crona. Ever since she found her destined one, she didn't like hanging around flirty guys. Being closer to Crona made her feel better. She was pretty safe in the knowledge that Crona could kick the shit out of Gin if he made an inappropriate move.
"Well, I must be going, since I have a staff meeting." Neko-sensei said, heading for the door. "Take care of the rest of the club proceedings, Gin." she said, nodding to the older boy.
"You've gotta go already sensei?" Crona asked, surprised the peppy woman was leaving so early.
"Sorry." she said, sounding genuinely apologetic "See you later everyone! Make friends with Gin, ok!" she told them with a laugh as she walked out.
"Well let's see" Gin said as he began pacing "First I'll give you the explanation of just what kinda club this is! The goal of the newspaper club is to publish the School Newspaper!" he said dramatically.
"No shit sherlock!" Ragnarok screamed inside Crona's head.
"Most of your activity will be reporting on all kinds of things within the academy, and putting them in the newspaper!" Gin elaborated.
"Wow, I never would've guessed. We put things in about the school in the school newspaper you say! Oh yeah, the mystery's really coming together now" Ragnarok comment snidely. Crona told him to hush, but he had to admit, he was kinda right.
Gin stopped, standing behind the teacher's desk, turning to face them with a serious look in his eye "We'll be put into dangerous situation time after time for the sake of reporting! I'll tell you now, this ain't gonna be no easy ride! Once you've joined, you should prepare yourself." he told them.
Crona's eyes widened. Dangerous situation! Nobody said anything about dangerous situations! How was he supposed to deal with something like that!
"Oh calm down you big baby! What on earth could the school paper report on that would be dangerous to someone like us?" he asked rhetorically, which did put off some of Crona's fears.
There was a moment of silence as the three new members sat in silence. Moka was the first to break it, turning to Crona and commenting "Well… he seems like… someone we can depend on, right?" she said, though she sounded a little unsure of herself.
"Huh?" Crona asked, snapping out of his conversation with Ragnarok "I don't know… maybe?" he said.
Up at the front, Gin grinned. His coolness was already starting to work on Moka! Soon he would convince her to be with him!
"I'm just messing with yeah!" he said, breaking the tense atmosphere "Let's just have some fun without all the strict talk" he told them, lightening the mood. "This is our poster ad, let's put it up on the back wall!" he continued holding up said poster. The three newbies looked at each other, before standing up in agreement.
Crona was given the job of putting the adhesive on the posters, while Kurumu and Moka got up on chairs to place them high on the wall. Gin stood back to make sure they weren't put up crooked. The posters were of Neko-sensei and they bore the rather wordy slogan 'If you have the chance, make sure to read Youkai Newspaper - Newspaper Club' on them. Frankly, Crona found them weird, while Ragnarok found them stupid. But nobody else commented on them, so Crona didn't either.
Everything was going fine, until his attention was drawn to the girls and Gin.
"Gin, is this high enough to stick the posters?" Moka asked, already standing as high as she could without going on tip toe.
Gin shook his head "no, just a bit higher" he told them.
"What! Even higher?" Kurumu questioned, something finding this rather odd.
"Yeah! Much, much higher!" Gin instructed them.
Crona frowned why did the posters need to be up so high?Gin was odd to him. Sometimes he was flirty and other times serious. He really was like Maka's father. He wondered what type of person he really was….
"Even higher?" Moka asked stretching as far as she could.
Gin didn't immediately respond, instead bending down into a crouch. Crona always hated it when people took that pose, it looked like they were going to the bathroom for goodness sakes! Why was Gin doing that now, when he should be helping Moka and Kurumu? Gin tilted his head slightly, a blush coming to his cheeks. Crona wondered why Gin had that look. Actually, where was he looking.
Crona's eye's widened with realization. He… he couldn't be… Walking over to where Gin was crouching, Crona adjusted his line of sight to match the other boy's. What he saw gave him quite a shock. From where Gin was crouching, was the perfect view of Moka and Kurumu's panties! Gin was pantie peeping! How was he supposed to deal with this?
He had to stop him! His friends didn't deserve some creepy guy looking at him! In his head, Ragnarok silently agreed. The cry baby and big boobs were his and Crona's damn it! Nobody else got to peep on them! Only he got to peep on them!
"Gin, what are you doing!" Crona nearly yelled, running toward the crouching boy, getting the attention of Moka and Kurumu. "Are you really making them put the poster up high on purpose so you can do … that!" Crona asked, giving a glare to Gin.
Gin turned to Crona, shrugging as though he'd done nothing wrong. "Huh? What are you talking about?" he asked innocently. Crona couldn't believe he was actually trying to pretend he wasn't a pervert.
"Please don't pretend you don't know! You were looking up there skirts weren't you?" Crona asked incredulously. He wanted Gin to confess to his misdeeds. Perhaps then the punishment would be less severe. Either way, Crona wouldn't let him get away with treating his friends so shamefully.
"Heh, nonsense!" Gins said, giving Crona his dazzling smile. "There's no way I'm the kind of guy who'd do something so lame." Gin told him with the shake of his head.
Crona clenched his fist. He had seen this guy peep right? A quick check with Ragnarok confirmed it was indeed peeping he'd seen. Did Gin honestly think he was stupid?
"What's going on?" Kurumu asked as she and Moka hopped down off their chairs. They looked to Crona for an answer, but it was Gin who answered first.
"Oh, well this dude says he got an eyeful of your panties!" he said simply, pointing the finger at Crona.
Both the girls blushed deeply in embarrassment. "No! It wasn't me, Gin was the one who…" Crona knew he had to contain the girls rage fast. He had seen what Maka had done to perverts, and she was a normal girl. "This is just a misunderstanding! I mean, I kind of did accidentally see your panties, but it was Gin who was actually trying to peep on you!" he told the wide eyed girls.
The anger around the girls was palpable, and Gin and Crona both knew they were about to vent their wrath. Kurumu's feminine instincts wanted her to smack Crona for admitting he had seen her panties. But just as she raised her hand, a little voice in the back of her mind stopped her. "Wait a second!" the voice said lightly "This is Crona we're talking about! Think this through before you do something you regret to your destined one" it told her, before fading from her consciousness. Kurumu blinked, the voice was right. But what else had Crona said…? Something about Gin….. oh!
'SMACK'
Gin looked shocked when Kurumu rounded on him and smacked his cheek hard enough to leave a red hand print. Before he could say anything, Kurumu addressed him "I don't buy it." she told him "You've clearly never met Crona if you think such a ridiculous lie would fool me. Crona would never have the guts to peep, he gets flustered" here she grabbed Crona and shoved his head into her breasts "when I do this to him. Someone like him, peeping? Please!" she said rolling her eyes. Now, if Gin had said Ragnarok was the one pantie peeping, she might have been inclined to agree, but the little demon had been inside Crona since the meeting started.
"But, but-" Gin tried to recover, only to be stopped when Moka stepped in front of him. Before he could say anything else, she added her own hand print to Gin's face, with enough force to send the boy sprawled across the desk behind him.
"That was for trying to make me and Kurumu mad at Crona." she told him. Truth be told, a little voice in her head, one that wasn't the Rosary, had told her the same thing as Kurumu. Kurumu had just acted first.
The two girls told Crona they were leaving to go cool their heads, before walking out of the room, for the first time in total agreement. Ragnarok popped out of Crona and looked at the stunned Gin. "Gupi, You really are a moron!" he said with a laugh, "Thanks to you, it looks like the meetings done early. Thanks!" he said, as he and Crona walked slowly out of the room, leaving Gin alone.
Gin growled, how had his plan gone wrong? Granted, he'd thought it up on the fly, but it had seemed so fool proof. Was that Crona guy such a virtuous man that the idea of him peeping on the girls was automatically considered a lie? How? It shouldn't be possible. Gin narrowed his eyes. He would have Moka. She stank of arousal, and it was making his animal instincts kick in. He was the top dog, the alpha! And if this Crona was the only thing standing between him and his soon-to-be mate, well…. he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve. Tricks that would make sure Crona became the most hated boy in school!
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"Oh, how embarrassing! I can't believe Gin would really peek!" Moka muttered to herself, back in her room. "Which one was it today anyway?" she wondered. But before she could lift up her skirt to check, she was interrupted.
"What are you doing?" the Rosary asked, making Moka jump in surprise.
"Wha…oh, it's you!" moka said.
"What do you mean 'it's you'?" The Rosary asked, sounding annoyed. "More importantly, you had best take care!" the voice warned her, suddenly becoming serious. Moka also noted that the voice sounded strained. It was like the voice of the Rosary were trying to talk with a mouth full of mud. "I smell something dangerous about him! A scent as if he's hiding some strong power! Be careful of that 'Gin' male." the Rosary told Moka, making her eyes widen. Before she could ask it any questions, the Rosary spoke again "Also, I want you to… avoid that Crona boy!" the Rosary told her, much to Moka's surprise.
"What! Why? Crona's our friend, he's always been there for us…" Moka replied, wanting to know what her other self was thinking. Give up Crona? Not likely.
"I know you have feelings for that boy, but I sense something about him that isn't right! Ever since you started drinking his blood, we have started to change. This is my body too, and you have no idea how his black blood will effect us!" The Rosary told Moka angrily.
Moka bit her lip in thought. Could the Rosary be right? Could Crona be, intentionally or otherwise, effecting her? 'Oh course he is' a little voice in the back of Moka's mind told her. 'he showed us friendship. He made us more confidant in ourselves. He has never done anything to warrant our distrust of him' Moka nodded as she worked through her problem.
"Are you listening to me?" the Rosary snapped at her.
'Maybe the other me is just jealous? She's been sealed up for so long, she's probably resents us for experiencing things she cannot' Moka's thoughts whispered gently through her mind. Moka finally came to a decision.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that" Moka told the Rosary.
"What did you say?" the Rosary asked, unable to believe that the outer her was defying her.
"I know you must hate being stuck inside like you are" Moka told the Rosary "But for the time being, this is my body, and I'm the one in control." she genteelly ran her thumb across the Rosary's eye. "So I'll be friends with whoever I want. And that's final" Moka told the Rosary, her tone clearly indicating the conversation was over.
Deciding it was too late for anything else tonight, Moka got ready for bed. A part of her was proud for telling off her inner self. Who knew she could be so bossy? And to doubt Crona's friendship? A part of her did wonder about the second voice in her head. That was her right? Her conscience maybe, trying to make sure she didn't ruin her friendship with Crona? Yeah, that was it. She was in control of her own body, no matter what the other her thought.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
Crona didn't see Moka until the next day. He wondered if she would still be in a bad mood. As he approached her, he noted that she didn't look upset. He asked her if she had any plans to go back to the Newspaper club. Frankly, he wouldn't be surprised if she chose to stop because of Gin's bad behavior.
"Nah," she'd told him "I probably just won't talk to him for a while as revenge for peeping".
Once again she proved she was a good person. If it had been Crona or Ragnarok, their version of revenge likely would have involved a Bloody Needle lodged somewhere very uncomfortable for Gin.
The two didn't seem to realize they were being watched by the very person they were talking about. Gin frowned as he watched the two walk side by side. Turning to a passing pair of female students, he approached them. "Hey, excuse me! You girls! Have a sec?" he asked.
Both girls blushed as the tall handsome boy approached them, wondering what he could want with them. "There's something I'd like you to tell me." he said, giving his shiny grin. He smirked inside as he watched the girls blush and squirm under his gaze. This was the way it was supposed to be.
"What is it?" the one on the left asked, hearts in her eyes.
Gin pointed to where Crona and Moka were walking in the distance. "That Crona dude and Moka are always together, but are they dating?" he asked bluntly.
The two girls shared a look. It figured he was just after Moka. "Well, I'm not really sure but… they don't really match, do they?" the one on the left, a blonde said.
"Crona is too normal! Moka has the kind of beauty that charms even other women!" her friend, a brunette, told him.
Gin just nodded, beckoning for them to continue "But listen… rumor has it that people have seen Moka kissing Crona on the neck!" the blond whispered, as though she were imparting some great secret. "So, I guess they might be dating…" she trailed off unsure.
Gin twitched, horrified by this turn of events. "Wha… his neck!" how could this be? "You say a kiss on his neck!" It couldn't be true! "No way, you've gotta be kidding me!" Gin cried, falling to his knees, pulling his hair so hard, the two girls feared he'd tear it out.
Suffice to say, Gin's actions caused the girls to beat a hasty retreat. It didn't matter how cute he was, the guy was just too weird.
Gin stood slowly, his head bowed. This would not stand! He would not allow some loser like Crona to have a beauty like Moka! Never! He would have to break them up. And he was sure he had the perfect plan to do just that…
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
Kurumu walked through the halls of Youkai Academy, enjoying the quite of the after school hallways. She had found, recently, that she rather enjoyed these quite times, which allowed her to think and reflect. No one was around to ogle her, which was a refreshing change of pace. She loved being every man's wet dream, but since finding her destined one, the stares had become slightly annoying. That was why she had taken to staying in the building after school, when she didn't have to meet up with Moka or her beloved Crona. She had found that the best places for her to just relax and think were usually the corners of rooms or halls. In fact, there was this nice little corner near the library that she found particularly comfortable and isolated.
It was on her way to visit her 'Mr. Corner' that she spotted the unusual pair. Crona and Gin, were walking down the hall. Well, more like Gin was speed walking toward Crona, who looked rather unhappy to see him. Not that Kurumu could blame him, she was still mad at the stupid pervert. too. Slipping behind a wall, she leaned out just far enough to hear what they were saying. Sure it was technically eavesdropping, but maybe listening to Crona talk when he thought his friends weren't around would give her some insight to his real personality.
Gin approached Crona, ready to put his brilliant plan into action. "Yo, Crona!" he called out, getting the younger boy's attention. The boy shook his head, as he was brought out of his thoughts. Gin ideally wondered what the strange boy was thinking.
"Oh…Gin" Crona said turning to face him. Crona frowned, still not particularly happy with Gin. There were some things he'd love to say to him, but he knew he wouldn't. Even after all Maka's efforts, he still wasn't good with people. Especially not when it came to social confrontations. That just wasn't something he knew how to deal with. This wasn't a problem he could solve with violence which was, honestly, was what he was good at. He couldn't even put the scare into Gin by flaring his wavelength; because his soul perception told him that Kurumu wasn't too far away. Unlike Gin, she was his friend, and he didn't really want to scare her. Oh well, maybe later. For now, he guessed he'd just have to live with Gin like he'd done with Maka's dad.
Gin gave Crona a bright smile "Today's club activities will be held outside. Why don't you come with me?" Gin said, doing his best to look nonthreatening "I had something I wanted to talk to you about anyway."
Crona clenched up internally. Go somewhere with Gin the pervert? He didn't want to…but perhaps he should give him the benefit of the doubt. He did say he had something to tell him, so maybe he should just such it up? Besides, it wasn't like Gin could actually do any harm to him right?
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"Um… Isn't this just the back of the school?" Crona asked surveying his surroundings. Gin had lead him on a long walk around campus, chatting about a myriad of insignificant things. Now that they had arrived, Crona took note of the fact that it was just a dingy alley behind the school. "Are we really having our activities here?" he asked, suspicion in his voice. He and Ragnarok were already preparing for whatever attack Gin had planned. The only good thing was that Gin had been dumb enough to lead them to a secluded spot.
"Haha, don't you worry, everybody'll be comin' soon!" He said, before turning to face Crona. "By the way, sorry about yesterday. Moka and Kurumu got majorly pissed didn't they?" he said, his smile dimming somewhat.
Crona was surprised Gin would actually be the one to bring that up. At least he was apologizing. That wasn't something Crona had thought he would do. Maybe he had lead them back here so nobody would no, and it would save him some pride? Either way, Crona didn't want Gin to think he'd get off scot free.
"Yeah they did." Crona responded. "I don't know why you would do something so mean to them. Don't you know that peeping is rude?" Crona asked, disturbed by the fact that Gin still seemed so at ease. Geez, he just didn't know how to deal with perverted guys.
Gin ignored him, instead gesturing to the alley around him "We're here! This is the place Crona!" Gin said.
"Here?" Crona asked, looking around. It was the end of the alleyway, what was so special about this place. The only outstanding feature was a window high up on the wall.
Which apparently Gin seemed to love, given how he suddenly pointed at it saying "Look, over there! There's a little window up there." Crona was beginning to wonder if there wasn't something wrong with Gin in the head. Did he honestly think he hadn't seen the window? "Why doncha take a peek inside?"
"Wh-What? Why?" Crona asked. Why did Gin want him to do that? What was on the other side of the window? Crona got a bad feeling, that there was more to this then meets the eye, and it wasn't going to be something he wanted to deal with.
"It's not gonna bite, just take a look! It'll be interesting" Gin tried to reassure him, his friendly smile suddenly ringing false with Crona. Plus, given what Gin found interesting compared to what he found interesting, Crona was now sure he shouldn't look in the window. But it didn't look like Gin was going to take no for an answer, so how was he going to get out of this.
Crona stepped forward, stepping on some crates piled under the window to boost himself up. Gin turned away to hide the sneer forming on his face. Looks like the little punk wasn't so smart after all. "Oh, and and one more thing!" he said, as he heard the sounds of climbing "Moka is even better than I heard y'know…I really like her! She's even got me falling love at first sight." he said wistfully. He turned, seeing the very surprised face of Crona. How someone so bland could score a hotty like Moka he'd never understand. "I'm serious! I'm gonna make sure that Moka Akashiya becomes my woman!" he declared.
Crona wondered why Gin was telling him all this now. Of course, it wasn't the first time he'd heard someone declare that Moka would be their's, so he wasn't too shocked. But really, why just bring it up? Was he planning on attacking when his back was turned? Was that why he had to look in the window?
The window in question was slightly open, allowing the faint sounds of conversation to drift outward. Crona wondered why it was noisy, and against his better judgement, turned back to the window.
Gin turned around again, digging his camera out of his back pocket. When he was sure Crona was definitely looking through the window, he'd turn around and snap a picture to use as blackmail! It was brilliant! Hearing a startled gasp, he snapped around and took the picture of… nothing. Huh?
Crona was standing away from the window, a scarlet blush on his face. From his back, the little creature from yesterday was stretched upwards. The creature was at just the right hight to see through the window, but it and Crona were positioned so they were just out of his shot!
Crona couldn't believe what had happened. Gin had apparently tried to get him to look into some kind of girls changing room. Having decided to play it safe, Crona had waited until Gin's back was turned to use a plan of his own. Okay, plan wasn't the right word. He had just quietly hopped off the crate, while Ragnarok stretched out his back to look through the window for him. Frankly, Ragnarok thought he got the better end of the deal. He would definitely try convincing Crona to come back here later. Right now there was business to take care of.
Gin was now locked in a staring contest with Crona and the thing on his back. It was obvious to all that he had tried to set them up; the camera was all the proof they needed. How had things gone so far south. Maybe he could fake them out?
"Peeping is a crime Crona! And the photo evidence has been taken. If Moka or Kurumu sees this picture, they're probably gonna hate you forever!" he said, making himself sound tougher then he felt.
Ragnarok just rolled his bulbous "You don't have any evidence moron." he said, calling Gin's bluff. "You weren't even pointing the camera at us!"
Gin stuttered as he tried to come up with a lie. Suddenly, a tendril of black blood whipped out of Ragnarok's body and snatched his camera while Gin was distracted. After checking that there really was no picture, Ragnarok smashed it to pieces with his bare hands.
"Now I think it's time we talked about what we're gonna do with you for trying to frame us" Ragnarok warned, popping his knuckles menacingly.
Gin knew he had been caught. But he couldn't afford to fight Crona or his creature right now. He'd have to stall for time. Cupping his mouth he cried "Hey, who's that outside the girl's changing room?" Instantly, shouts of protest were heard, as girls scrambled to cover themselves, before heading to the window to see who the peeper was. Looking at Crona in contempt, his face suddenly changed back to his false smile "Heh, I'll stop at nothing to get a woman in the palm of my hand. Later Crona!" he said, then in a sudden gust of wind, he was gone.
Crona looked around widely as Ragnarok disappeared back into him. Both figured it was time to beat a hasty retreat. The girls in the room arrived outside to see a figure fading into the distance. Crona had gotten pretty fast at running away. It was easy in pants, and he'd spent the better part of his life wearing a robe.
Now onto other matters. He had to find Moka and Kurumu! Gin was definitely a womanizer of the worst sort, and they needed to be warned. Reaching out with his Soul Perception, Crona went about the task of finding his two friends, in this very large school.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
Moka leaned against the fence on the roof. She had gone by the Newspaper Club room, but no one was there. She had looked around for Kurumu or Crona, but she couldn't find them either. She had tried asking for help, but none of the students were any help. The girls were jealous of her for being one of the girls that got every guys attention, so most had just outright ignored her. Not that she could blame them. When she had tried asking the boys, they had become drooling love struck puppies. It had been just after school when she had stared her search, and now it was late after noon; and it would be dark in about an hour. She figured she'd just have to except that for whatever reason, she wasn't going to see either of her two good friends, well okay, one rival and a…what? A really good friend? A really really good friend? A super special awesome friend who had amazing blood? Moka sighed, pondering just what she was with Crona, what she thought she was to him, and maybe, just maybe, what she wanted to be with him.
Moka's reflective time was cut off though, when she heard the sound of the door to the roof being opened. Turning away from where the sun was just barely starting to set, she turned toward possibly the very last person she wanted to see: Gin. For some reason, he looked even more disheveled then he had been yesterday. He also looked out of breath. Weird.
"Oh, so this is where you've been Moka." Gin said, trying to sound civil, while also trying to catch his breath. After ditching Crona, Gin had begun to search frantically for Moka. He knew that if Crona got to her first, he'd blab and the chances of getting any from Moka would drop to zero. Using his enhanced senses and super speed he'd scoured the academy from the bottom up, finally checking sent leading up to the roof.
"Wow, it's almost evening already. I hear we're supposed to have a beautiful full moon tonight." he spoke, forced nonchalance in his voice as he sauntered toward her. Inside though he was frowning. He knew it would do him no good, but all the same he prayed for the sun to set faster and for the full moon to rise. While he had access to his full transformation at any time, he would be at his most powerful at night. He didn't want it to come to that, but it was seeming more and more likely.
Oh, he may act stupid, but Gin had done his homework on the newest members of the Newspaper club. The fact that two of them were supposed to be the hottest girls in school had only increased his desire to know. As a reporter, Gin had contacts in all the high, and low, places.
First was the fact that Moka was a vampire, reportedly one of the strongest races around, though also with the most weaknesses. So far, there had been no instances of her using her vampiric power though, leading Gin to believe it had been sealed like many monster powers were at the academy. Frustratingly though, no one knew exactly what the seal was. The best guess was the Rosary around her neck, which she had never been seen taking off.
Second, was the major babe Kurumu; a succubus. Gin had managed, like many of the more intelligent monsters, to avoid being hypnotized by the busty beauty. But there was apparently a fighter's soul beneath those massive boobs. One of his contacts had been near the infirmary when Kurumu unleashed her true form. She specialized in air combat, and wasn't too bad with her finger blades. Since meeting her, Gin had made sure to always look just between her eyebrows. It gave the appearance of looking her in the eye, without actually exposing himself to her charm move.
That just left the third member of the trio, or fourth depending on how you looked at it, and what he'd found either had become common hadn't been encouraging. Pretty much everyone at the Academy knew Crona as a paranoid guy who was afraid of practically everything. He seemed to have a strange demon like creature growing from his back, but had never explained to anyone how or why. His blood was apparently black. What most people didn't know, was that the boy was incredibly strong. He could apparently manipulate his blood, and was known to use high powered sonic attacks. He was also quite skilled in sword combat. This was gathered from the fight with the mermaids and Kurumu. The last thing that had been relayed to him, was that the boy had the most disturbing aura. There was something fundamentally wrong about it. Something…maddening. At first Gin had thought his guys were playing him, but he had already seen the little demon for himself. He still hadn't figured out a way to perfectly counter what Crona might throw at him. That was why he was going to have to make Moka his woman quick.
"Gin…" Moka said, clearly not very happy to see him. Gin frowned internally. Why did all of his plans up to now have to fail. He had to do something to regain her trust.
"Moka… I want to apologize to you." He said in a rush, surprising both himself and Moka. Oh well, he'd just have to go with it. "I've already apologized to Kurumu and Crona. I would have done this sooner, but I've had trouble finding you" he said, trying to look sheepish.
Moka blinked. She honestly hadn't been expecting that. Gin didn't strike her as the type who was used to saying sorry for their actions.
"What I did was unforgivable, Moka, I realize that now…" Gin said, totally ad libbing by this point. He was slowly moving closer and closer to Moka. He glanced at the sun, which was only half way set. "It's just… I've been the only person in the Newspaper club for a while now… and I've never actually been with anyone as beautiful as you" he said, standing before her.
Despite herself, Moka blushed. Gin stood beside her, looking up at the sky. "I hurt you Moka, and that is unforgivable" Gin said, placing a hand on Moka's shoulder. "Tonight… I will console you!" He said, making Moka go wide eyed. "I will show you that I can be a truly passionate man!" Gin said, throwing every romantic sounding word he knew into his speech.
Moka wasn't sure, but something told her she wasn't going to like Gin's 'passion'…
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"oh… where are they!" Crona groaned out loud. He had searched floor by floor for his friends. He was on the third floor now, and so far his search had yielded nothing. He knew he had to hurry, because it appeared that Gin was a monster! Not just any monster, but the type who would do anything to get a girl. If he didn't hurry, Kurumu or Moka might be next. Though if he was honest, Moka might be in more danger. He had been told Vampires were supposed to be super powerful, but he'd never actually seen Moka fight. Kurumu seemed like she might be able to handle herself. Though he had no idea what Gin was….
"Crona? Crona!" Crona heard his name being called frantically. "Crona over here!" turning his head, Crona looked out of the third story window to see Kurumu bobbing through the air toward him. Opening the window, he quickly told Kurumu what had happened.
The succubus was furious that someone would try to stain the honor of her Destined One, and she did agree that they should find Moka. Not because she liked the other girl or anything of course. No, only because that was where Gin was most likely. Actually, Kurumu was quite excited to see Crona fight again. Every time he released his aura, her heart fluttered in her breast.
So without further delay, the two began their frantic search for the pink haired girl.
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"Kyaa! No! Let go!" Moka said squirming in Gin's grasp. "What are you doing Gin?" she asked her face red from a mix of anger and embarrassment.
"What? Am I not just holding you tenderly?" Gin asked, trying to feign innocence. He knew he shouldn't have, but he just couldn't resist. Moka was too beautiful for him to not try. He could tell his inner beast was dying to come out and ravage her...
"NO! You just felt me up!" Moka cried out, mortified that not only had someone felt her up, but that that someone wasn't Crona! Wait…. what?
"Haha…well… it's the scenery!" he said, trying to think up any excuse. "With such a romantic setting, I'm overcome with a feeling of power and suddenly lose all control!" he told her, trying to keep his voice level, and the lust out of it.
"Don't you feel the magic in the air Moka? Just give in to it!" he said, puckering her lips while drawing her close to him. "When I go wild, my sudden urges just make me go crazy!"
Moka didn't know what to do. This was Saizou all over again. "No, Stop!" she pleaded, to no avail. At that, something inside her reacted. She would not be a victim again! With a strength she didn't know she had she placed her hands on Gin's chest and shoved. The boy couldn't hide his surprise as he was suddenly hurled across the roof. Gin slammed into the wall hard enough to send up a cloud of dust. Geez, what was it with some guys at this school? She sighed to herself "huh, I don't think I deal with guys like that…" she muttered to herself.
Suddenly the dust settled and Moka watched as Gin stood up, seeming none the worse for where. Moka decided that now might be a good time to try and talk Gin down "Gin… I'm sorry. I don't feel about you that way. And to be honest, I don't think I ever will." she told him, putting on a mask of determination to hide her nervousness.
Gin just smiled at her. Where before it had come off as kind and friendly, now it was cruel and condescending. He laughed at her "Are you serious? How cute… you think your feelings really matter. I'm falling for you harder and harder Moka." he grinned, and Moka saw his teeth beginning to grow. "But I told ya right? That when my urges get the better of me… my self control weakens!"
With a sudden burst, Gin's aura grew by leaps and bounds. Moka struggled to keep herself balanced. "Uh… Gin…" Moka asked hesitantly.
"When my… emotions excite me so much…" Gin spoke, his voice sounding strange, given that he was in mid transformation "I suddenly lose control over myself!"
There was a burst of wind, and suddenly Gin towered over her, his transformation almost complete "I'll take you by force then, and make you my woman, Moka Akashiya!"
"WAIT!" a voice cried
Gin turned slowly "What… are you doing here?" he asked, though he already knew the answer.
Hovering just over the roof were Crona and Kurumu. Kurumu had her wings out and had flown them to the roof to save time. Crona had told her he could make his own wings, but she had insisted, saying it would save time. Plus it gave her an excuse to have Crona in her arms. She set him down, allowing him to reactivate his black blood. He couldn't have it to active while she carried him, as it would have made him to heavy even for her. Neither one of them seemed to happy with Gin. Kurumu grew her nails as soon as Crona touched down, and Crona formed Ragnarok in his sword form, holding him in a ready stance.
"Gin you bastard, I saw what you did!" Kurumu cried out, her eye twitching with rage. She turned to Moka "Gin called Crona over, and after that, I saw him try and make Crona peep!"
Moka gasped, hardly believing the depths that Gin had sunk. Well okay, considering everything that had happened, it wasn't that unbelievable. Actually, it was very believable…. In fact-
Moka's drifting thoughts were broken when Gin growled deep in his chest. "Damn! How dare you… get in the way of our special moment!" he roared. Moka blinked. Who's special moment? She certainly hadn't been having any recently.
"Back Off!" Gin roared, revealing his full transformation to the others. Gin was actually a werewolf. He was coated in fur, had sharp pointy teeth and claws, and other wolf like features such as a snout and wolf tail. Crona was actually a bit relieved by this. He had seen werewolves before. Free, the immortal werewolf had been in the employ of his mother for a great deal of the war. Come to think of it, whatever happened to him…
"Focus you idiot, we're about to have a battle!" Ragnarok chastised him in his mind. Crona refocused on the scene before him, preparing himself to strike. Seeing that Gin was waiting for him to make the first move, Crona charged forward, ready to chop Gin in half if need be.
Though she didn't show it, Kurumu did have some worry in her about Crona. Battling a werewolf was extremely dangerous; and it said to be almost as bad as battling vampires. Both were thought to be equally strong monsters, and a lesser monster going against one didn't have high chances. Then again, she didn't actually know what type of monster Crona was. But if he thought he could take a werewolf, and had the balls to charge one head on, his true form must be pretty bad ass.
Crona was almost to Gin, and Ragnarok opened his mouth in preparation of his signature scream. But before he could let forth a single shout, Gin suddenly disappeared. Something struck Crona in the knees, sending him sprawling forward, and stunning Ragnarok into silence.
"Don't even think you have a chance, idiot!" Gin called out, suddenly behind Crona. Crona righted himself, wondering how Gin had gotten behind him. Was it teleportation? Was it pure speed? Free had never been that fast. Crona frowned; he may have to take this fight more seriously then the others.
Gin bared his claws in an effort to look menacing "I guess you want to die, since you can't seem to keep your hands off Moka, Crona!" Gin charged "So hurry up and die!" Gin knew he had to finish this quickly. If the moon had been out, he would have been much faster. As it was, he was relieved to find he was still quicker then Crona.
The claws attempted to slice through Crona to no avail, thanks to Ragnarok. But the force behind them was not negated, meaning that while no blood was shed, Crona felt like he just got punched by a rhino.
Rubbing his sore chest, Crona pointed his sword at Gin, the mouth opening. "Screech Alpha!" he proclaimed, expecting a wave of sound to fire out. But before it did, Gin slammed into him again, making him and Ragnarok lose focus, and the attack never launched. He tried to resonate with Ragnarok again, but the same thing happened.
Gin smirked as he slammed Crona into the ground. "I know all about your little tricks, punk!" he said sneering "If I can keep that 'thing' from screaming, you can't launch any attacks!" he called circling Crona at high speeds, pummeling him from all sides. With a final right hook, Crona slammed into the same wall Moka had sent Gin to not long ago. The sword he held dissolved into liquid blood again, as Crona tried to steady himself.
Ragnarok poked his body out of Crona's torso, and began shaking him back and forth "Get your head in the game you idiot!" he said, clearly expressing his displeasure.
Crona shook his head, trying to get the almost cartoon like images out of his vision "There are stars and planets and stuff floating around me! I don't think I can deal with astronomy right now." he muttered.
Ragnarok shook his head and Crona's words, and saw Gin gearing up for another assault "Trust me, astronomy's a lot easier to deal with then death kid, so move it! If you get hit by his attack one more time, I'm gonna go back to putting thumb tacks in your shoes!" he threatened. When worse came to worse, threatening almost always worked. He didn't think he'd actually do anything to Crona though, sense it was only partially his fault. If that stupid skull faced bastard Lord Death had allowed them a little more wiggle room with the seal, this might be easier.
"But those would stick into my feet whenever I walked, and it would hurt, I don't think I could deal with that!" Crona shouted in what sounded like fear. In reality, he and Ragnarok had had a conversation similar to this long ago, when he first fought the meister know as Stein. While he and Ragnarok bantered back and forth, he had come up with an idea, and relayed it to Ragnarok for his input. He didn't actually think the demon would do those things he threatened to do. Now. Probably. Actually, Crona thought, just to be safe, he'd try to make sure he didn't get hit.
Gin charged, unable to take more of the stupid back and forth his opponents were spouting. With this attack, he'd crush that little brat's skull in, and then Moka would be all his-
Gin was cut off when he suddenly crashed to the ground, intense pain running through his ankles and legs. Looking down, he saw long black needles sticking out of them. Where had those come from? Suddenly, his instincts were screaming at him to look around. What he saw made him want to smack himself. So focused was he on his target, he had lost track of his surroundings! All around him, more floating needles pointed at him. Each had a single eye like the demon on Crona's back, and as one they spoke in a mocking high pitched voice "Bloody Needles!"
Injured, it took all Gin's focus to dodge the onslaught of pointy death. Which allowed Crona to perform his next move unchallenged. More blood flowed from Crona, who reached into the cloud that was forming and pulled out a handle. But has he continued to pull, what came out was not the usual Ragnarok sword, but something else entirely.
It was a whip; or perhaps more accurately, a cat o' nine tails. Like most things that came from Crona, it was pitch black, with notable exception of the white band wrapped around the handle. The ends of the nine whip heads were large vicious knots. The knots were white like Ragnarok's eyes, and could move independently of the whip.
With a crack Crona sent the tails of the whips speeding toward Gin, ready to flay the skin from his bones. Gin finally noticed them, and used his speed to dodge them. Looking back where he had just been standing, Gin's eyes widened when he saw the whips turn in his direction before flying at him again.
This process repeated itself for a while, only varying when Gin tried to attack Crona directly. He stopped doing this when Crona started having Bloody Needles circle his body like hawks. Finally, Gin had had enough. Waiting until all the whip tails were almost at him, he used his incredible speed to snatch them all out of the air in one move.
"Haha! Is that the best you can do you little shit?" Gin called arrogantly. Crona didn't seem upset though. In fact, he seemed to be smirking, something that just looked off on the normally frightened boy's face. He got ready to yank the whip from Crona when he felt something strange. Looking down at his hands he yelped in surprise to see they had coiled around his hand, making dropping them impossible. One by one, the knots opened up, revealing nine tine mouths. Gin tried to run away on instinct, but the he was effectively tied down. He tried to jerk it out of Crona's hand, but somehow the scrawny looking kid was able to hold his own.
Crona's brief smirk turned into a frown. He and Ragnarok resonated their soul wave length higher and higher, pushing the boundary of the seal. Gin would be made an example of.
As Crona's wavelength washed over the whole roof, Gin's instincts were screaming at him, telling him he was a fool. Why had he picked a fight with a bigger predator then himself? He hadn't known, but he should have! His animal instincts should have shown him all the signs! How could this kid be so good at hiding his true nature? What was he?
The girls were having a completely different reaction. Kurumu felt her heart swell, and she wanted nothing more then to crawl to Crona on bended knee, wrap herself around him, and never let him go. Moka felt her mind go fuzzy, as the numbingly good feelings she had experienced yesterday resurfaced. The other her clearly didn't know what she was talking about… could feelings so good really be wrong? Moka didn't think so, and by the looks of it, Kurumu would certainly agree.
When Crona spoke, it was not in the frightened tone he had used early. Now, when victory was clearly his, his voice was firm, and spoke with a determination that was in sharp contrast to his usual personality. This was the voice he only used for those who would threaten his friends.
"You have treated my friends so shamefully, Gin Morioka." Crona said, making Gin wimpier with fear, even as he struggled to free himself. He glanced over his shoulder, why couldn't the full moon come out?
Crona tightened his grip on the Whip, his soul force flowing through it. "You will not do it again" the energy reached the mouths, each of them taking in a deep breath "Screech Iota!"
Each of the nine mouths released a tiny, but powerful, concentrated blast of sound waves right into Gin's head and chest. Gin was immediately blasted off his feet, the whip unwinding as it did so. Blood leaked from Gin's nose, and he was pretty sure he felt two of his ribs crack. Gin's head was thrown back in a scream of pain, several of his teeth having shattered from the pure sonic output.
The unfortunate werewolf slammed into and through the less then sturdy roof fence, flying outward into open space. His eyes widened with panic; because as it turned out, flight was not an ability werewolves happened to possess, or even learn in a pinch. This meant that the three freshman were treated to a new scream, this one of fear, as Gin plummeted several stories to the hard, unforgiving earth. Oh well, he'd be fine. Probably.
Crona turned to his two friends to find them stunned. As soon as they recovered, he was quickly glomped and showered with praise. He tried to wave it off, but they would have none of it. He was there hero, and they wanted him to know it!
-Dealing With Youkai Academy-
"Extra! Extra! From the Newspaper Club!"
It was not long after the Gin incident, and the three friends were happily passing out the first addition of the school newspaper. Most of their customers were boys who wanted to be close to Moka and Kurumu. But surprisingly, and to the annoyance of the said girls, Crona had his own decent fan base. Being the only one with a vibe that didn't scream 'perverted loser', he was actually getting a few doey eyed glances from some of the schools female population. Something Crona found very difficult to deal with, no matter how much Ragnarok was enjoying the attention.
None of them had thought that the story they were running would be their first job. 'Gin Morioka, 2ND year, outed as notorious perpetrator in Peeper Riot', was a story that was selling very well, and was certainly giving the girls a lot of things to say. Most of them to Gin.
-Omake-
"Now you just rust up now, and you should be out of here in no time!" the school nurse said, looking down on her patient. The boy was apparently outed as the school peeper, and had received a vicious beating from the girls at the school. That, combined with his already grievous injuries; the cause of which he hadn't said, had lead to him being confined to a hospital bed.
Turning from her patient, the nurse closed the door behind her, signed all the right papers, and prepared to leave for the day. Walking out of the Infirmary, she stopped to take a deep breath of non-sterilized air.
Suddenly, a piece of paper smacked her right in the face. With a grunt of annoyance, she removed the offending paper, wondering where it had come from. Glancing at the top, she read:
A Poem by Crona.
How original. Glancing at the first line, she found herself compelled to keep reading it. After about a minute, she had read the very last line.
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Doctors and nurses alike were baffled by this new case. A woman had just collapsed in front of the Infirmary, weeping profusely, muttering 'nothing has meaning' over and over again. The woman was on suicide watch until the cause of her sudden mental break could be more properly diagnosed.
When the person who found her was questioned, the couldn't account for her strange behavior either. The only thing they noted was that the woman had been holding a piece of paper when she broke down; but that before they could get a look at it, a gust of wind blew it away. Most doctors just shrugged that piece of information off. After all, what could have possibly been written to cause such state?
End Chapter 4
I hope you all enjoyed that little Omake at the end. I figure, any chapter that I don't end with an vital piece of plot, will end with an Omake instead. Last chapter didn't have one, for instance, because it ended on Crona starting his crusade to protect the school.
Also, "Screech Iota". Love it? Hate it? Let me know. If you have an idea for one of Crona's moves, please, feel free to comment. If I use it, I'll be sure to post who gave me the idea.
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Until Next Time...
