A\N: The shows belong to their respective creators and not me. Plus I'm sorry for the long wait for those who like this story. Full explanation at the bottom. If you've seen s-CRY-ed anime, then you should know what Kazuma should look like. I also tried to remember the flashbacks that the girls had of the stalkers following them as best I could. Kazuma's right eye will stay closed and only open when he uses his alters 2nd or 3rd stage like in the anime. And here we… go!
Chapter 4
s-CRY-ed to Fan Club
Kazuma yawned as he made his way to school after spending most of his time working. 'Damn this sucks. I'm able to pound the living hell and completely destroy an army of hundreds of Dar's. But I can't believe how hard this school stuff is. Now I know why so many people hate it.' Said the alter user. It didn't help matters that it took a while before Kurumu finally get done with her homework after she asked Kazuma to help her since he seems to understand it a little better than she did, even though he wasn't the smartest. Of course Kazuma suspected that she was playing dumb on purpose so that she could have an excuse to stay longer in his room. Still, even she had to leave so Kazuma would be able to get some sleep.
"You! Kazuma'The Shell Bullet'!" a voice shouted from behind.
Kazuma still groggy, turned around to see who was talking to him. Who he found were three fellow students, each of them were crying anime tears. One was tall with glasses but looked like he could do better as a scarecrow, the second looked completely average, and the third was short and pudgy.
"Yeah? What do you guys want?" Kazuma asked.
"You! Our eternal rival!" Glasses shouted, pointing at Kazuma.
"We'll never forgive you!" cried Pudgy.
"Today is the day we declare war on YOU Kazuma 'The Shell Bullet'!" Average finished.
Kazuma just looked at them with half closed eye. He then let out another yawn before he spoke. "Sorry you guys, I'm already busy fighting a war with some other people. Come back some other time." And with that, the alter user just turned around and went on his way to school.
"I wonder what it was that I did that made them say that." Kazuma said to himself out loud.
"You don't know?!" cried Average. "Then we'll tell you!"
"You're bothering our goddesses! That's what you're doing!" growled Pudgy.
"We cannot tolerate this!" roared Glasses.
Now Kazuma was even more confused "Would you make sense already?!" Kazuma snapped, getting annoyed with the weirdness that the three students were showing off, even though he should've gotten used to this by now. Yōkai Academy was a weird place full of different kind of monsters after all.
The trio then tossed off their jackets to reveal what could only be described as THE most hideous pink coats that made Kazuma gawk at them. They were just so tacky. Even the uniforms that HOLY used were better looking than these. It was almost too painful to look at them. Making fun of them about it probably wouldn't be helpful either. They had probably heard it all.
The Average one sang, "L.O.V.E. CUTE Mokyuu-san!"
The Pudgy one continued, "We won't lose to the likes of you," before singing, "Kurumu, love, love, lovely, Kurumu."
The Glasses one sang, "C.U.T.E. Yukarin! Moe, moe, huu huu!"
Kazuma just stared at them, nobody moved for a minute. The only thing that happened was a gust of wind blowing by between them. 'Oh yeah, these guys are definitely crazier then some of the guys back in HOLY,' thought the alter user. That's when he realized something. "Hold on sec, Mokyuu, Kurumu and Yukarin?" Kazuma blinked. "No, you don't mean…"
"That's right!" The Average one announced, "I am the leader of the Moka Akashiya-sama Fan Club, Kouzou Kasahara!"
"Furthermore," The Pudgy one continued, "I'm the leader of the Kurumu Kurono Fan Club, Gouzaburou Taira!"
"And I'm the leader of the Yukari Sendou Fan Club, Kubisaku Naga!"
"TOGETHER WE ARE THE LOVE-LOVE ALLIANCE!!!"
Kazuma stared at them again as another wind blew by. People were staring too. Kazuma said, "O.K., I'm out of here. See you guys like…never."
"Don't think you'll get away from us that easily!" Naga shouted, raising a megaphone. "You are our sworn enemy!"
"Our vengeance will be painful and swift!" Taira added, raising his own megaphone. "You won't now what hit you!"
"Prepare yourself, 'Shell Bullet'!" Kasahara finished, raising his megaphone and completing the trio.
"Damn, why now," Kazuma frowned as he got into his fighting stance. "I don't need this first thing in the morning."
"LOVE-LOVE ALLIANCE!!" Kasahara shouted loudly. "CHAAAAAARGE!!"
They all r right at him, Kubisaku went behind him, Kouzou and Gouzaburou were on his right and left. Kubisaku started to charge him from behind with Kouzou and Gouzaburou starting their charges from the front. Kazuma just stood there and sighed, he then took a step to the left which caused Kubisaku to miss him. The alter user then spun around and delivered a strong roundhouse kick to Kubisaku's back with his right leg which connected and sent him to the ground.
Using the momentum of the kick, Kazuma took his right hand and struck a powerful uppercut to Kouzou's gut, which had him staggering back arms around his stomach. That only left Gouzaburou trying to complete his attack. Unfortunately Kazuma had other plans and did a back flip while striking the overweight teen in the chin with the heel of his combat boots. When it was all said and done, all three of the fan club boys were on the ground, hands covering the respected parts of their bodies where they got hit. The fight itself took less then a few seconds from start to finish. Some of the students who were watching were looking at the scene in amazement at what Kazuma was able to do. The silence was then broken when a voice cried out.
"Hey! What the heck is going on here?" a new voice called out.
The four boys stopped their impending fight to see who was talking. Following the source of the voice, their eyes landed on none other than Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari. All three looked a little angry at the boys who were facing off against their friend. The three boys all developed blushes and adoring looks on their faces.
"Oh hey Girls!" Kazuma waved at them. Ignoring the Love-Love Alliance, the three girls went over to Kazuma.
"Did they hurt you, Kazuma?" asked Moka.
"No way, I'm fine," he smiled.
"Are you sure?" asked Kurumu.
"Completely," nodded Kazuma.
"I'm glad!" beamed Yukari.
Seeing the exchange, the Love-Love Alliance's faces fell. Before they turned away and left, they glared daggers at Kazuma, vowing revenge.
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"A Love-Love Alliance?" repeated Moka as she; Kazuma, Kurumu and Yukari were on their way headed to class.
"Your fan boys, from what it looks like," explained Kazuma. "A bunch of nuts if you ask me. I mean did you see those coats? Even the people back in HOLY had more style then they do."
"Well, if they try and bother you, you can take care of them," said Kurumu as she placed an arm around one of his. "You can just change into your alter and pound them."
"Now that's a very tempting thing to do, but I prefer to use my power for emergencies only."
"Don't worry, Kazuma!" smiled Yukari. "I don't think they'll be much of a problem!"
"Thanks sis." Kurumu agreed with a smile to her, which Yukari responded my giving him a hug for calling her sis. At this point Kurumu spoke up. "Still, I think I recognized one of those guys. The pudgy one."
"Really?" asked Kazuma. "From where?"
"He's been stalking me…" Kurumu shivered.
This caused Kazuma to stop dead in his tracks in mid step. "He's been doing what?"
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Kurumu was busy at the schools store to stock up on supplies for her newest potion to use on Kazuma and make him hers. He was a tough guy but she would wear him down eventually, especially with the baked treats that she had made the previous night. She couldn't fail!
As she was walking, she felt like someone was watching her. Turning around to check, she spotted a pudgy guy leaning against the wall in a standard 'bishonen' pose that one would see out of anime or manga. Sadly, it didn't really work for him all that well.
Shivering, Kurumu ignored the odd boy and continued on her way. She had more important things to do after all. Things like giving Kazuma her treats and making sure she would be the one in his heart! These cookies were going to be the first step towards victory she thought while having a small evil smile on her face.
Feeling like she was being watched again, Kurumu turned around. She saw the same pudgy guy from before leaning against a different wall in a different pose. Now feeling extremely disturbed, Kurumu made tracks at a quicker pace. Of all the times to gain a stalker.
Her day didn't get much easier either. She was stretching out for gym class and going through the motions of making sure her body wouldn't cramp up on her. Bending over, she looked at some bushes that were behind her and her eyes widened in shock. That guy was back again! He was still in one of those poses too!
'He's still hanging around?!' Kurumu cried in her thoughts.
The final straw came when the busty succubus came out of the girls' washroom. Coming out into the open air, she gaped when she spotted the stalker from before hanging out in front of the washroom. He was still in his poses too!
"Would you just go away already?!" Kurumu shrieked as she ran to lose the weird student.
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"He's giving me the creeps," Kurumu huffed.
"Okay, shouldn't you have told one of the teachers or something?" Kazuma asked with some concern. "I would have done something if I knew this was happening. I mean, this is something serious. Stalkers can get pretty dangerous if you don't do anything about them quickly."
"Ooohh! You care about me! I knew you did!" Kurumu gigged while hugging Kazuma's arm while making sure he got a good feel of her chest. "And don't worry, I'm used to stalkers. What kind of succubus would I be if I didn't know how to deal with a stubborn guy?"
'Good question' thought the alter user. "I guess," he said. "But we don't know what kind of monster this guy is. For all we know he might be dangerous off school grounds."
"That's why I have you to protect me!" Kurumu smiled fondly.
"Hey!" Yukari cried. "I had to deal with a stalker too!"
"WHAT?!" the three older students cried, Kazuma yelling the loudest. Two out of concerned shock and the third one in jealous annoyance. (coughKurumucough)
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"Oof, this is heavy," Yukari huffed. She was bringing a pile of items to class that day. She decided to try to do it without any magic. Her parents always taught her that magic wasn't always the answer. Hard work sometimes was more effective than the most powerful magic.
KA-CHAK!
"Huh, what was that?" the tiny witch blinked. She turned around to see what the noise was. She found a skinny guy with glasses holding a camera up to his face in her direction. He also seemed to be in a daze of some kind too.
"Hey!" Yukari cried loudly. "What do you think you're taking pictures of?!"
"Huh?" the student blinked, coming to reality. "Oh! I'm taking pictures of the ever-changing school! Its part of my duty as a member of the photography club!"
He proved his statement by taking shots of everything in the vicinity. Despite his cover-up, Yukari had a hard time believing it. Still, she just sighed and continued taking her stuff back to class.
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"Okay, now I'm starting to get mad!" Kazuma frowned. "Just who the hell do these guys think they are?"
"Like you said, just some obsessive fan boys," frowned Kurumu. "Hey, Moka. What about you? Did you get stalked too?"
"Well…I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary," Moka answered honestly.
"Still, I'd be careful if I were you," warned Kazuma. "Who knows what these guys would do."
"Don't worry, if they try anything again to you we'll be there on top of them and crush them. That way we can take care of you andcatch them with their pants down at the same time, Yahohoo." Kurumu cried out with a hint of smugness in her voice.
"That'll be killing two birds with one stone if we did that." Yukari said as a side note after hearing what Kurumu said.
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That night, in one of the unused club rooms, plotting was taking place. Within a room that was covered wall to wall of pictures depicting the three beauties of Yokai Academy, three fan boys plotted to do away with their opponent.
"Kazuma 'The Shell Bullet," Naga growled. He was sitting with a picture of Yukari in his arms. "Why do you go to him, Yukari? Why? WHY?!"
"You can do so much better, Kurumu," Taira moaned as he cuddled against a life-size picture of Kurumu.
"We have seen the enemy, and he has seen us," Kasahara spoke from an actual shrine made to the three girls. "Now the battlefield is set for us to destroy him once and for all!"
"Huzzah!" Taira ad Naga both cried, still cuddling the pictures of their idols.
"I propose a plan," Kasahara continued. "We must wait until Kazuma is alone. That way we are able to crush him! We must not let our idols see though. Such action would crush them."
"Hai, hai," the two fan boys nodded.
"But what about the fact that Kazuma can change into a creature that has never been seen before?" asked Naga. "What do we do?"
"We can do THAT," Kasahara spoke up. "We will prove our superiority as suitors for our idols tomorrow! Kazuma 'The Shell Bullet' will fall!
"HUZZAAH!!" the two fan boys cried loudly.
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Now, as much as Kazuma liked Yōkai Academy, or at least the friends he made in it, he still missed home. It'd been awhile since he has been able to see Kanami. Heck, he was even starting to miss his fights with Ryuho. Sadly, he still had no idea on how to get home. He'd been going to the Headmaster to see if he had any ideas on how to get him home. That was when he suggested to Kazuma to try the bus stop at the opening of the tunnel and ask the bus driver. The Headmaster figured that if the school was on a different plane then the human world, it might be able to take him home. They both know that it was a long shot, but it was the best they had for now.
As Kazuma was walking along the hallway alone, he knew that when the girls found out that he was trying to find a way back home that they would be upset. The four of them have become close so it would be sad for them to see him leave.
He kept on walking until he heard footsteps approaching. He spun around and saw the Love-Love Alliance right behind him. "Oh, not you nut jobs again," grumbled Kazuma.
We shall defeat you!" Kasahara announced. "Get him!"
"I don't have time for this!" Kazuma ran as the trio ran after him.
-TIME BREAK-
The rest of the day was just the same. Kazuma had to avoid the Love-Love Alliance since he couldn't fight them in the school. He went around corners and bends. He even had to use his powered up fist to leap over the building to get to the other side so he could lose them. As he was coming down, he noticed Moka walking by. He came in from behind and before Moka knew what happened, she had a hand covering her mouth and another around her waist while being carried against the wall.
Moka was about to scream and try to fight her way out when Kazuma whispered into her ear, "Moka calm down, it's me." At that point they were against the wall and Kazuma looked around to corner. Seeing that the coast was clear, he took his hands off of her and rested his back against the wall and slide down to sit on the floor with a tired look on his face. Moka then turned around and faced Kazuma.
"Kazuma! Why did you do that?! You nearly scared me half to death!" Moka said in a comical looking pout before she took a look at her tired friend. "Kazuma, what's wrong?
"It's that damn Love-Love Alliance!" Kazuma said, clearly starting to get pissed at them. "It's like everywhere I go, their right there to try and challenge me."
"Well what are you going to do about it?" Moka asked.
Kazuma thought for a minute. He then remembered that he was heading to the bus stop to talk with the bus driver. "Moka, I'm heading to the bus stop."
Needless to say, this started to scare Moka. "What? Why are you going there?"
Kazuma just sighed and thought that now would be the best time to tell her what he was planning. "I need to talk with the bus driver to see if he can take me back to my dimension." Moka's reaction to what he had said was a lot better then what he expected, she started to tear up.
"B-b-but why? Don't you like it hear?" Cried Moka.
Kazuma stood up and placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him, tears threatening to come down her face. "Of course I like it here Moka, and I really enjoy being with you girls. But this isn't my world, I don't belong here, and I have people to protect back home who really need me." He ended with a sad looking smile on his face, knowing that this was the right thing to do and try to get back to his world. He then said, "Moka I need you to do me a favor."
At this Moka listened carefully to what he had to say.
"I want you to go and get Kurumu and Yukari, tell them what I just told you and meet me at the bus stop alright?" The alter user asked. Moka just wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded. She then turned around to find the others. Kazuma just stood there for a minute before he turned around and started to head to the bus stop all the while thinking 'They're going to kill me for this.' Shuddering at the thought of what the girls might do to him.
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Kazuma made it to the bus stop without any problem from the Love-Love Alliance, which he was really grateful for. He then walked up to the schedule for the bus and was even happier to see that the bus was coming here today. That meant he didn't have to wait long for it to arrive. Kazuma thought it was his lucky day until he heard three familiar and annoying voices. He mentally cursed Kami for this.
"'Shell Bullet'!" a voice cried.
"Dammit all, I was so close." The alter user sighed. He turned around and unsurprisingly found the fan boys again.
"We have been chasing you all day!" Kasahara shouted. "Now there is no place left to run!"
"It was very foolish to be here out in the open!" Taira added. "Here we can do anything we want!"
"Prepare yourself for defeat!" cried Naga.
Kasahara placed an umbrella over his head and immediately a single eye appeared along witha mouth and hanging tongue.
Taira opened up his shirt and his face lost all its facial features, leaving it blank. His fat belly was also hanging out.
Naga's neck stretched long and was triple the height of his body.
Kazuma just stared at them and then asked, "What in the heck are you guys?"
"We are low class monsters," cried Kasahara.
"That's why we are looked down upon," cried Taira.
"But we can take it because we have our idols!" cried Naga as well.
"But first, we must free our idols from you!" the three shouted in unison before charging.
Kazuma just waited till they got close before he made a move. The fan boys suddenly stopped and as they saw Kazuma darken in color and start to glow. Kazuma then powered up his alter to only transform his hands since he didn't want to waste the energy on these three. When he was done, Kazuma's hands were covered in his alters red claw like gauntlets.
"What is that? We never heard he was able to change his hands!" Cried Naga.
"Don't worry, there's no way they can be that powerful. All we need to do is attack him together." the umbrella-headed creature cried to his companions.
Kazuma just smiled, "Normally you would be right about that. But then again," he started to charge at them as he pulled his right hand back. "I'm not exactly what you would call normal!" The alter user finished his sentence with a sadistic grin on his face driving his fist right into Naga's face sending the long necked monster back.
He then turned around quickly and charged the other two. Kazuma opened one of his fists and used its claws to slash at Kasahara. The umbrella monster yelled in pain as Kazuma finished his attack on him. Taira charged right at Kazuma, hoping to wound him, but his charge was stopped when Kazuma grabbed the pudgy students' shirt. The alter user then used the monsters own charge against Taira by using his momentum to lift up the lower class monster, heaved him over his shoulder, and slam him hard on his back on the rock ground creating a small impression where he landed.
"You guys really should just give up before you really end up hurt. You don't have what it takes to beat me." Said the alter user to the three downed monsters.
"We will never surrender to you!" All three of them cried out at once. Then Kasahara got up and yelled, "It's time for us to use our secret weapon!"
"Hai!" Cried the other two members.
Naga positioned his neck so that Taira could stand on it. Kasahara spun like a top and took to the air. He came to a stop on time of Taira's head. As they made contact, Kazuma had to cover his eye as there was a bright flash of light. He had to shield his eye for a moment as the light died down. When it did, he got a surprise at what was standing in front of him.
Instead of three small monsters, one big monster stood in their place. He had a large fleshy body with a face on the chest. His back held an umbrella while the head on his shoulders had brown hair and a single eye. The same head was also on a long neck.
"Everything is." "For the love of." "Our Idols." Said each of the three fan club members. "Just call me big brother!" TaNaKa (Taira, Naga, and Kasahara) gloated.
"Well… you don't see that everyday," Said the alter user. 'These guys are just as big as that dragon like alter when I found Kanami again.' Thought Kazuma.
"We will now crush you Kazuma 'The Shell Bullet'! TaNaKa cried.
"Oh how I would love to see you guys try!" And with the ending of that sentence, Kazuma began to darken in color again and glow the same strange light. He then stuck his right arm to the side and his alter process began once again. After he finished, he stood there in all his transformed glory looking right at the monster.
"It's time to show you guys what happens when you mess with someone like me." Said the alter user.
"There is no chance for you to defeat us! Now take this!" The now giant monster started to charge at him with the intention to strike Kazuma with his large fist.
Kazuma just stood there, and then he smiled at the large monster that was coming at him. "You wanna bet!" He then pulled back his fist, and at the same time yelled out, "SHOCKING FIRST BULLET!" With that, he was launched at great speed toward the monster. If TaNaKa thought that Kazuma was strong before, then they were completely blown away with the sheer power of his attack. When the two fists connected, TaNaKa was pushed back a good twenty feet before they came to a full stop. He just stared at the alter user who still had a grin on his face.
"What's the matter you guys? What happened to all that boasting earlier?" Said the alter user with an evil looking grin on his face that made the giant monster shudder. "Well if you're not going to attack then I will! Here I come!" At that the alter user slammed his fist into the ground and shot upwards leaving the fan boys to stare in awe. Once Kazuma at to a comfortable height, he called out his second attack. "ANNIHILATING SECOND BULLET!"
The attack came too fast for the large monster to block because of its bulky body. As a result, Kazuma's attack landed dead center of the creature's chest causing it to yell out in pain at the force of the blow.
Kazuma was about to unleash his final attack when he heard a familiar voice call out his name.
"Kazuma!" The alter user heard and he turned around to see Moka, Kurumu and Yukari approaching.
"Oh, so you girls made it huh? Good, things were starting to get boring around here." Kazuma said with a smile on his face.
"Kazuma!" Moka cried as she reached her alter user friend first. "Are you okay?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Kazuma reassured her. He then turned his head and looked at TaNaKa, then got an idea in his head that made him grow an evil looking smile. "Hey girls?" They turned their heads to face him. "Would you like in on this little fight also?" Looking back at them with the smile still on his face. The girls then understood what he was saying and grew smiles of their own.
"Why as a matter of fact I do." Said Kurumu. "You're my Destined One, and anyone who messes with you has to deal with me also." Said a now fully transformed Succubus with her now exposed wings, tail, and now razor sharp extended nails.
"That's right!" Yukari nodded. "You fought for us! Now we'll fight for you!" Getting her wand ready in her hand.
Kazuma then turned his attention to Moka for a second before she spoke.
"We'll fight with you today, Kazuma," Moka smiled. Taking his hand, she brought it up to her rosario. "Please?"
Kazuma decided to have a little fun, "Now how can I say no to a face like that." Making Moka blush. "Besides, I'm sure your other self would like to have some fun also." And at the end of those words, he removed the rosario and the familiar burst of energy came with it.
Moka's body immediately pulsed with demonic energy. Her pink hair turned silver and her body seemed to mature. Her fangs became more pronounced while her eyes turned a crimson red. Her body pulsed with the power of the vampire, making the huge TaNaKa freeze in his tracks.
"Hmmm," Inner Moka frowned as she took in the sight. "It seems trash is trash no matter where you go."
"So cold," TaNaKa shivered. He then started crying happily. "But our true idol has arrived! Hooray!"
Kazuma, having had enough of this, stepped forward to face the monster. "Come on girls; let's get rid of these guys." The four of them then started their attacks at the creature.
Kurumu flew in a high speeds to get behind TaNaKa, once she got past the large monster she slashed away at the creatures blind spot with her nails. This left the TaNaKa to yell out in pain but was soon silenced when he was hit over the head with a kitchen sink, courtesy of Yukari. This left the trio to wobble around while trying to get the swirls out of their eyes. Once they did however, they saw something that didn't make them happy.
"So Moka, do you want to attack him at the same time? I go for the body and you aim for the head?" Said the alter user to the vampire.
"Do whatever you want, just don't get in my way." Said Moka with a serious look on her beautiful face.
"Then let's get this over with then!" At the end of those seven words, both Kazuma and Inner Moka ran at full speed at TaNaKa who couldn't move out of the way fast enough.
"Let's see how that fan-club of yours will survive this! EXTERMINATING," Started Kazuma.
"Know your place!" Moka leaped into the air aiming to land a powerful kick to the creature.
"LAST BULLET!!!" And with the last two words spoken, Kazuma and Moka delivered their respected attack at once. Kazuma sending his punch deep into TaNaKa's over sized stomach and Moka landing a devastating kick to the creatures head. Bothattacks send the trio that was the Love Love Alliance into the side of the cliff leaving a very large hole.
When TaNaKa got out of the hole, he suddenly broke up into the three club member. By the way they were groaning andstill on the ground, they were obviously in great pain.
"So, you guys ready to give up yet? Kazuma asked them while walking towards them.
"Never! We're not giving up yet!" The three of them said, of course it took a great deal of effort.
"You guys had better give up. There's no way that you have anymore strength to fight us with." Kurumu said in the distance.
That's when the fan-club grew a smirk on their faces and started to get up. "That's why we brought our backup plan!"
After that was said, there was an explosion in front of the trio which forced Kazuma and the others to back away, covering their eyes from the dust. When it was clear, what awaited them shocked the group. Even Moka had to raise an eyebrow at what she was seeing.
"WE HAVE COME TO DEFEAT YOU KAZUMA 'THE SHELL BULLET'!" Came the cry of what appeared to be a small army of a hundred of the schools students of all shapes and sizes standing on top of the cliff. They all had the look of getting what they want.
"W-what is this?" Said Kurumu, trying to stand her ground while facing such large odds.
"This is the force of the Love-Love Alliance and its dedication to the getting rid of Kazuma and freeing our idols from him!" Yelled Kasahara while he and the other two original members of the Alliance were standing by his sides. "We know that he doesn't have more than three main attacks of which he can use. And now that he has already used them all, we will finally defeat him!"
The girls looked at Kazuma with a worried at what they heard because it was true. They hadn't seen Kazuma use his attacks more then three times. Kazuma just stood there however with a look of pure determination on his face.
"So what are you waiting for then? An invitation? Come on and give me your best shot!" Said the alter user which surprised everyone with his bold statement in the face of such a large number of opponents. Some were wondering if he's lost it.
"We will and we will continue to feel the joy we get being saved by the strength our idols give us to bear the taunts we receive. Behold!" Naga growled. And with that, the three of them transformed once again into there giant form. All the while, Kazuma just stood there not amused.
"Don't make me laugh. You think being rescued is exciting?" Asked Kazuma.
"Why? Do you havea problem with being rescued?" Asked TaNaKa.
"You mean other than the fact that you can't accomplish anything on your relying on someone else?" Stated the alter user. This got the attention of a certain S-Class vampire who was now listening with great interest at what the alter user was saying. She found it matched well to her way of thinking.
TaNaKa just started to clap his hands together and said, "Thanks for the macho philosophy. But I'm not sure what you're hoping to accomplish in a situation like this. You're hopelessly outnumbered."
"Heh heh, idiot. You just don't get it do you?" Kazuma said with a grin on his face.
"Oh, and what is it that I'm supposed to get exactly?" TaNaKa asked while all the other students were getting ready to fight Kazuma.
"Because you're always relying on something. Because you're always controlled by your own past. You haven't gained anything by yourself! I'll show you. I'll show you what real determination looks like!" After his little speech, it everyone's full attention turned to the alter user, wondering what he meant by that.
Kazuma then started to flex his right arm as if putting his strength into it whiles another piece of the area around him 'boomed' out of existence. "Haaaaaaaa, haaaaaa!" grunted the alter user when suddenly, for the first time since the girls have met him, he opened his right eye and was now looking with both eyes. Three orange fins then formed on his face near his right eye extending to cover the light brown portion of his hair with a forth one underneath it. After the fins were formed, Kazuma's entire body glowed as if it were going through a spin cycle of a rainbow of different colors.
To say that the others who were watching were freaked out about what they were seeing was an understatement, they had no idea what was happening to him. They had never seen Kazuma act like this before. The looks on their faces ranged from amazement to shock at what they were watching. Moka herself was practically speechless at the amount of power that was coming off of Kazuma right now. 'What is this power!? What is he!?' The S-Class vampire thought to herself. She and everybody else had to place a hand to their eyes to cover the bright light that was coming off of Kazuma.
"MORE POWER!" Cried the alter user. "AND MORE! AND MORE! SHINE BRIGHTER!" After those final two words were spoken, Kazuma raised his right arm into the air and, to everyone's horror since they didn't know any better, completely disintegrated. It was then replaced by an even bigger and thicker version of his alter arm.
Instead of the normal three red fins, they were replaced by what looked like a large golden propeller on his back with what looked like thorns on it. His shoulder was protected by red colored armor. He had a strange device in the middle of his fist which looked more like a large disk than a hand. Everything from the elbow down was encased in some kind of large, strange orange and gold colored armor that was twice as big as his first stages alter though still kept the red clawed fist and had a serrated line run down the middle with the right side of the arm hollowing out to form a sharp point at the end. There was what looked like a small cuff on the wrist that seemed as if it was keeping the arm together while the rest of his arm looked to have changed half orange and half pale orange. There were also two golden spikes on the right side of his fist in a slightly laid back angle, but not enough that they couldn't be used as a weapon. Once the transformation was complete, Kazuma brought his arm down in front of him, blocking the right side of his face yelling, "SHELL BULLET!!!"
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" Everyone at the scene cried out at Kazuma's new form.
"You mean this thing?" Asked the alter user. "It's a power I've gained."
"D-d-don't th-th-think that y-y-you're going to scare us with th-th-that! We will defeat you, and we will do it now!" Said TaNaKa in a nervous voice. And with that most of the student behind them transformed into their monster forms, most of them capable of shooting fire, water and ice. Once they got the signal to attack, they each shot out streams of fire, water, ice, and what ever other range attacks to attack Kazuma.
The girls all knew that they wouldn't be able to get to Kazuma in time to get out of the way. Moka herself had to admit that taking an attack like that head on would cause her damage. And by the time she even got to Kazuma they wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time. All in all, things looked bleak for their alter user friend from another dimension. All they could do was look on in horror (or in Moka's case, in frustration) as the attack was nearing Kazuma. That's when they noticed that he didn't look afraid or scared at the attack coming towards him. In fact, they could swear that they saw him smiling at it just before it hit him.
BOOM!!!
There, where Kazuma was standing was nothing but a large black cloud of smoke. There were still rocks and debris falling around the girls, though their attention was focused on where their friend once stood. While on the cliff the fan club was cheering at their success.
"Hah! You see? Not even the great 'Shell Bullet' could have survived that attack. Now we can finally worship our idols as they shou-." Unfortunately for the fan club, they were put to silence when they felt the unbelievable amount of killing intent coming off of the girls who looked at the boys as if they were ready to kill.
However, before any well deserved blood could be shed, all and actions were put to a standstill when a beam of what could any be described as a pillar of golden light shot up to the sky, creating holes in the clouds above. They looked and saw that the beam was coming from where Kazuma was supposed to be and couldn't believe their eyes.
-Scene Change-
"And that class is how you… Class?" Nekonome turned around only to see that her class wasn't listening to her but all looking to the left. "Class? What is it?" All she got for a response was a slowly rising hand from one of the students pointing out the window. Nekonome just followed to where the finger was pointing. Once she did, her disguise failed her as her cat ears and tail shot pointing straight up standing on end.
There, off in the distance where the bus stop should be located, was a very tall, very bright golden pillar of light that seemed to shoot up to the heavens. But that wasn't what was getting her worried, what was scaring her was the sheer amount of power she could feel coming from it. Even her students seemed to be able to feel it as some were starting to sweat.
"Class dismissed until further notice!" Cried the cat teacher as she ran as fast as her legs could take her to the Headmasters office. Once she got to the door though, she had to hit the breaks before she crashed into the schools gym teacher Kotsubo, math teacher Ririko, and art teacher Ishigami also inside the Headmasters office.
"Headmaster, what is the meaning of this?! What's with that light?! The entire school can practically see it! And if they can't they sure a hell can feel the power coming off of that thing! Just what is it?!" Yelled out Kotsubo, a serious look on his face. All the while the Headmaster had his back turned to them while looking out of the window to look at the light in the distance. The mysterious man that was the exorcist had his ever present grin on his face and chuckling to himself.
"Heh heh heh, I would have never expected that the young man would be this powerful." The exorcist said out loud. The other teachers were looking out him in confusion.
"Sir, do you know what's causing this? Asked Ririko.
"Not what Ririko sensei, but who." This of course got the teachers to go wide eyed, even Nekonome had her usually closed eyes opened at this new information that the Headmaster had given them.
"This power is coming from a person?! That's not possible! Even if that was true then this being would have to be hundreds of years old to be this powerful! Even an S-Class monster like a vampire wouldn't probably be able to defeat something like this!" Cried Kotsubo.
'I'm going to enjoy this.' The Exorcist mentally himself while having an even bigger smile on his face. "Not centuries Kotsubo sensei, not even close. Try 15 years old," He said. 'And in 3…2…1…'
"NANI!!!" All the teachers shouted at the same time. The exorcist now had their complete and undivided attention.
'I was right, I am enjoying this.' He thought to himself while chuckling. He then proceeded to pull out a picture out of his robs. "Here is the source of the power that you're feeling. I'm sure that you'll all be surprised. You especially Nekonome sensei." He said his ever present grin on his face.
He passed the photo to them; the gym teacher took it and held it in front of him so that the rest of the teachers can see it. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!" The all shouted at the same time, eyes going white and as big as dinner plates.
What was looking right back at them was the picture of Kazuma. Each of the teachers minds were going crazy with the information that they have been given.
Kotsubo just stared in disbelief; he knew Kazuma had excellent grades in his gym classes but didn't think he had a power like this. Nekonome and Ririko were wondering how he could do something like this. Sure they saw that he wasn't a push over, but didn't think he could be this strong. Ishigami, while shocked, couldn't help but wonder if she should try to "introduce" him to her art work.
'This is better than cable.' The Headmaster thought to himself while letting another chuckle slip through.
-Back with Kazuma and the gang-
All the girls could do while looking at the pillar of light shooting up to the sky was stair wide eyed. Kurumu and Yukari were currently behind Moka, holding each other while slightly shaking in fear at what was happening. Moka had a barley noticeable bead of sweat coming down the side of her cheek. The power she was feeling matched that of most S-Class monsters if not more.
The fan-club was doing a lot worse in trying to keep their cool. They looked as if they were ready to piss themselves where they stood. It didn't help matters that they were shaking in fear and sweating bullets. That's when they, along with the girls, noticed the outline of a figure from the source of the light as the smoke was clearing away. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Standing there, as if nothing had happened was none other than Kazuma in the center of the beam of light. And then it hit them. Harder than a dozen of Kazuma's 'bullet' attacks.
'He's the one doing all this! The light! That incredible amount of power! It's all coming from him!' Once they figured this out, the girls couldn't help but wonder at what other surprises Kazuma had yet to show. The fan club was still glued to where they were, they knew that they were totally screwed. Kazuma just looked at them and smiled, his body still covered in the gold light.
"Not bad you guys. If that attack was more powerful, you might have been able to leave a scratch on me. Or at least mess up my clothes or something." Kazuma said in a mocking tone. "Now how about I show you one of my attacks?" Said the alter user. He then brought his arm in front of him and started to grunt again. "Haaaaaaaa, haaaaaa!" That's when the device in the middle of his fist opened up, causing the armor on his forearm to expand open, making the cuff on his wrist snap right off. What got everyone's attention was that the inside of the arm was completely black with what looked like red circuit lines weaved in it which made the arm look more like a machine. Once the device opened up, it made a whirling sound as if it was sucking something into it with what looked like a vortex appearing in front of it.
It was then that Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari started seeing parts of the area break apart. The device itself started to dematerialize the surrounding area and was absorbing it, powering the second stage further. That's when they noticed the propeller on his back beginning to spin andpick up speed. They were all frozen in place seeing Kazuma's body starting to float off the ground and hover a good 3 feet about it.
"SHELL BULLET BURST!!!" The alter user called out loud while completing a full rotation, getting ready to attack.
"N-N-Now h-h-hold on th-th-there," Said scared TaNaKa trying to say something to Kazuma. But it was too late.
Before they could say anything else, Kazuma shot forward at even greater speeds than what his fins usually gave him. The large propeller spinning at incredible speeds while at the same time was expelling a black and grey exhaust like mist which seemed to help propel him forward. All the while shouting, "THAT'S IT SHINE! NOW KEEP SHINING! BRIGHTER!! SHINE EVEN BRIGHTER!!!" Each time he said that, Kazuma's fist kept glowing brighter until it shone as if it was made of gold itself. Needless to say, Moka and the others were completely entranced with this display of power.
Moka was the first to come out of her stupor and realized the dangers of the attack. She then turned around and grabbed hold of Kurumu and Yukari. She then started to pull them behind a large fallen tree to use as cover.
"What are you doing Moka?! We have to help Kazuma!" Cried Kurumu, Yukari nodding her head in agreement.
Moka just turned to look at them, a very stern look on her face. "Kazuma can take care of himself. We have to get to cover before that attack of his hits." And not a moment too soon did they get behind the down tree and waited for what was sure to be a big explosion.
…And they were right.
"Haaaaaaaaa!" Yelled the alter user, approaching the fan club at high speed.
"St-st-st-stay back!" Cried a terrified fan club, but their yells fell on depth ears.
"Yeeeeeaaaaah!!" And with that final cry, Kazuma landed his attack. The following explosion was enormous. It engulfed the entire cliff side in a blazing red sphere.
The force of the wind generated from the explosion was fierce. The girls had to keep low or else they would have been blown a along with the rest of the debris.
-Scene Change-
Many of the students had made their way outside to see what was going on. Those that were still in the school had made their way to the nearest window or roof to see. Amongst the students were rumors and questions on what was going on.
"Hey, what do you think is happening?" Asked one student.
"Don't know. But did you see that beam of light earlier? That thing was huge!" Said another student. That's when one of the girls in the crowed yelled out.
"What's that?!" She cried while pointing.
The rest of the students turned to where she was pointing to. And… well lets just say that what happened next scared the living crap about of them.
BOOOM!!
A huge explosion sounded off in the distance with a force that made the very ground they were standing on shake. They were all able to see it themselves off in the distance. It was huge, and seemed to be coming from the bus stop.
-Back with Kazuma and the gang-
Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari were still hiding behind the fallen tree as there was still debris falling all over the place. They kept hidden for another minute before it stopped raining debris. When it did finally stop, they slowly raised form there cover to see what had happened. There eyes went as wide as dinner plates when they saw the bus stop… or at least what was left of the place. Even Moka paled at what she was looking at. 'No way…' Was the thought on each of their minds.
What they were seeing was that the ground in front of them was littered with the remains of rock, trees, along with the battered, beaten, and bruised bodies of the fan-club. And to even further their overloaded minds to what just happened, the cliff face that the club was originally standing on had a large chunk of it missing. Instead it had a hundred foot wide crater on its face.
"Kazuma." Kurumu said as they were going through the ruined landscape with Moka up front and Yukari and herself behind her.
"Who knew he could have this much power in of him." Said Yukari looking around to see any trace of him among the rubble and groans of the beaten boys.
"Wait. Over there, look!" Kurumu pointed to the others. What they saw her pointing to was an arm behind a boulder that had a crimson red sleeve on it. "That's Kazuma's shirt!" With that they ran to the boulder.
"Kazuma?" Kurumu and Yukari asked hoping he was there, as well as a certain S-Class vampire, though she would never admit it. But she was more than impressed with what Kazuma has done by himself.
"Yo." Hey said from where he was sitting with a smile on his face as if nothing had happened. His right eye was now closed again. This of course made the girls almost face fault because of it. It was when he got up that Kurumu started saying.
"Yo? What do you mean yo! Do you have any idea what you just did?! You had us all worried you… you… baka, baka, baka!" Yelled Kurumu with tears in her eyes while she was pounding her fists on his chest with Yukari soon joining in. Moka just stood there watching the whole thing with uninterested eyes. Kazuma of course only moved a little with the light pounding.
That's when Kazuma moved his arms and wrapped one around her and the other one patting Yukari's head to try and calm her down them down. "I'm sorry if I worried you girls. But it's just the way I am. I'm Kazuma 'The Shell Bullet', the alter user. But I'll do my best and try not to scare you again." He said giving them a reassuring smile.
That's when Moka interrupted their little moment. "As touching as this little scene of yours is," Kurumu, Yukari and Kazuma separate with blushes on their faces, while Kazuma was rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "How are you going to explain to the teachers, let alone the students back at the academy over what just happened. They were sure to feel that power you were giving off earlier. And what exactly was that power?" She asked looking at him. It didn't help that Kurumu and Yukari were also thinking the same thing and were looking at him also.
"Well, the Headmaster already knows about me and my power so he should be able to say something to them when we get back to the school. And that power you were feeling and my arms new look was my alter in its second form. It's called "Shell Bullet", and it really packs one hell of a punch. Oh and in case you're wondering, that attack I just did there to those guys, wasn't even half of what 'Shell Bullet' can do." The alter user said to them.
That did it. They all blanched and a chill went down all three of their spines. They turned and looked back at the devastation of his attack and back toward Kazuma. Kurumu and Yukari gulped, they could only imagine that if this was less then half his strength, then they shuddered to think what he could do if he went all out.
Moka on the other hand just didn't know how to take that piece of information. 'He's strong, it's possible that he's even stronger than me! If he could make what he just did look like nothing with the full power of his second form, than his third form could possibly beat father!' thought the silver haired vampire. While a part of her couldn't help but be amazed that this being in front of her could possibly be that powerful, her pride as a vampire didn't like the fact that this man, possibly no older than her, was capable to wield an unknown amount of power that could make a vampires strength look small in comparison.
"Well, this is going to raise more rumors around the school. How are we going to explain that Kazuma completely destroyed a small army's worth of students?" Said Kurumu while looking at the said students still on the ground.
"We could always say that Moka did it since she is an S-Class vampire." Kazuma said, only to receive a glare form said vampire. Apparently, Moka didn't like getting credit for something unless she was the one who earned it.
"If you enjoy living, I suggest you come up with a better plan." She said with a voice that promised pain in the future.
"Or we could just say that I did it and try to stay away from the students who want to know more about what happened, that works too." Said the alter user, who released a grateful sigh when seeing the glare form Moka tune down a bit. Kurumu and Yukari were giggling to themselves while seeing this.
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Kazuma, Moka (who put her rosario back on), Kurumu, and Yukari were now all waiting at the tunnel entrance waiting for the bus to arrive. They waited there for about half an hour till they all saw headlights in the darkness of the tunnel coming closer.
The bus stopped near them and the door opened. That's when the bus driver spoke, "Hello young man." He said with the equally creepy smile and glowing eyes as the Headmaster.
'Man, if it wasn't for that suit he's wearing, I'd swear it was Headmaster. They've got to be related.' Thought the alter user. "Yeah, I need to ask you something." Kazuma then proceeded to enter the bus so he could speak with the bus driver who then closed the door behind Kazuma so that they could speak.
The girls waited patiently outside, but were really worried and nervous about what was happening. 'Is this it? Is this the last time we're going to see Kazuma?' That was the thought going through their minds. They knew that Kazuma had to get back to his own world, but that didn't meant that the girls wouldn't miss him. In the short time that the alter user was in their lives, they had become pretty attached to him. Moka's inner self, though she would never admit it, had been very impressed with his skills and strength and would be disappointed to see such talent go away before she had a chance to test it out herself.
That's when the doors to the bus opened and Kazuma walked out, waving at the bus driver and said "Thanks." He then turned to the girls who were looking at him with worry in their eyes. "Well, I got good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?" The alter user said.
"What's the good news?" Asked Kurumu.
"The good news is that it looks like I'm staying here you girls for awhile longer." He said with a smile. Needless to say this got the girls happy also and ran up and gave him a bone crushing hug. 'Good thing I'm used to pain or I would have passed out by now.' Thought the alter user as it was getting hard to breath.
"And the bad news?" Moka asked, after they let go of him.
"The bus driver can't take me back to me home dimension. So I'm going to have to find another way to get home." Kazuma said, after letting out a stressed filled sigh. He then grew a gin on his face, "Looks like I'm gonna get to know you girls a lot better now. Come on; let's get back to the school. It's been a long day. And with that, the group of four headed back to the school, each wondering what was going to happen when they got back.
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Things weren't pretty when the group came back to the school only to meet with what looked like every student and teacher in their face demanding to know what happened. They practically surrounded the group. They were asked questions from 'what happened out there?', and 'did one of you do that?' to 'what was with that power and light we saw?'
All they said that it was because of a fight that broke out between the Love-Love Alliance and Kazuma who they wanted to get ride of. They also told them that the light and power was because of Kazuma himself while he was fighting off the fan club and their reinforcements who were going to do unspeakable things to the girls if Kazuma hadn't fought them off. The Headmaster of course knew that the last part was a lie, but went with it anyway seeing as it was very humorous. The teachers that were with him earlier went along with it as well. Considering just who the girls were, what they were saying was possible considering some of the students in the school. (coughSaizoucough)
The whole thing ended with the Headmaster having his arm in a sling and an ice pack on it after having to write over a hundred detentions and suspension slips for all the students who attacked Kazuma and his friends that day. That was of course after the fan club had gotten out of the hospital since they were in critical condition after what Kazuma did to them. After that a few things happened that would affect the school.
One was the fact that the school was going to be pretty empty now that so many were in the hospital and may getting taken home by not so pleased parents at theirs sons actions. Another is that because of what Kazuma did; even more rumors were spreading around. Some saying that Kazuma has more than one form he can turn into with enough power to match most S-Class monsters. Others saying that it was because of him that got all of those students in the hospital. Though none of the doctors were complaining much since they made a killing with the bills they gave the parents. Now many of them can retire early on a nice tropical beach.
This got a lot of the students to wonder exactly who and what Kazuma'The Shell Bullet' was. Little did they know that things were going to get even more interesting around the school.
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FighterPlaneAce: Alright, now that I FINALLY got this chapter done, I would like to say that I am sorry that you had to wait 2 months for it. It's just that things have really been crazy in school plus I was busy applying for colleges. Rest assured that I will NOT give up in this story. It just may take a little bit for me to post new ones. And I would also like to say thank you to all of those who have enjoyed this story of mine.
I would also like to say that while I was busy working, I kept on thinking what would happen if I gave the girls alter powers as well. What do you think about that? Be sure to leave comments and if you have questions or suggestions I'd be happy to answer them if I can. The question of a KazumaxMoka or KazumaxHarem, it seems that a harem will happen. But I still need to get Mizorein the story, but later. Next up, swim pool of horror! Will the water bring back painful memories of Kazuma's past? Or make him stronger? Find out in the next chapter!