Chapter 4 - Out of the ice, into the fire
Kurumu acted first, as soon as the last bell rang, she grabbed him and ran. Moka didn't even have time to notice, she had just seen that they both were gone. "That fucking bitch.." she thought to herself annoyed. Moka couldn't explain it, she liked Tsukune more than she should have, it was more than just his blood. For the first time in her life, she was able to relate to someone she met at school. He was almost as unfeeling as her, did whatever he could to get ahead, was handsome, and best of all, was intelligent. Despite being weak, he was one of the most dangerous people in the school that she'd met so far. He was a cunning sociopath, and cooked up schemes to rid himself of dangers around him. The only thing that really bothered her about him, was his attachment to that fucking succubus. She wanted to airhole her for getting so close to him, but knew he'd probably not want anything to do with her if she did, and for the first time in her life, just couldn't bear to lose someone.
Kurumu dragged him into an empty hallway. "What gives, the two people you can trust most, you keep in the dark, I know you had something to do with that announcement!" she accused. "Look, he fucked with me every day in P.E. and encouraged the other people to beat me up, I couldn't defend myself, so I had to get rid of him. Not to mention he was a pervert, that girl with the lollipop always in her mouth, I caught him molesting her after class one day trying to dig up dirt." He paused for a second, to admit that he had spent a lot of time with another girl other than Moka, she might get pissed off, also she may run and tell Moka and that was it, he was cadaverous. He sensed Moka had some kind of intense thing for him, she got really pissed at any female that talked to him, an almost murderous rage. Moka was his trump card, he couldn't afford for her to turn against him, not to mention she'd kill him. He decided it was best to just tell her, maybe him being honest would save him. "When I started working the kitchen, that girl Mizore was my partner, I figured out that snow women control if and when their ice melts, her and I ground up ice shards and put it in his food. That's why he hemorrhaged out of his nose, ears, and mouth." he explained. She stood there shocked, hurt, and apalled that he was this sadistic. She looked at the ground, visibly upset. He felt a tinge of sadness why do I care? "Look," he said "I know the way I do things bothers you, I know it was brutal, but how else could I bump off a teacher without getting caught? My only problem is, I don't want that ice girl catching feelings, you and Moka would kill me, and I can't really afford to have her go and snitch on me out of anger from being rejected." Kurumu brightened a bit at this, she was happy he had no interest in the cute girl. She wondered at what kind of people she was surrounding herself with, she was no angel, charming men into being her mindless love slaves, but to do what he did, manipulate people into killing eachother like this.
Still, she couldn't stop caring for him, she knew that he wasn't all bad. There was a sweetness to him, he always defended her from Moka, and when he wasn't out cooking up schemes for murder, he was a nice enough guy, and he was handsome, charming, and intelligent. Most of all, there was a certain mystery to him, and he was a bad boy, which turned her on. She stared at him for a moment, and decided "fuck it" and grabbed him. She had to know what it was like, she kissed him. To say Tsukune was shocked, was an understatement, he returned the kiss though, his lust towards Kurumu mounting. He broke away first "Sorry, as I've said, there's nothing here past physical for me" she looked at him, hurt, and frustrated. She couldn't take it anymore "Why?!" she belted "what is so horrible about me that you refuse to have feelings? What happened to you that made you so cold and disconnected?" Tsukune was shocked at her outburst, but upon thinking further, it couldn't really be a surprise. She was probably not used to being turned down in any way, he also realized he told her nothing about himself. He now trusted her and Moka as much as he was likely going to trust anyone at this school. He decided it was time to divulge a little information to her. Truth was, she was growing on him, he was starting to, for the first time since childhood, care about someone other than himself. He spoke again "Look, it's not to say I ever won't, I just don't let people in so easily." He went on to talk about the bike, being harassed by gangs, the priest taking advantage of him, his abusive father and apathetic mother. "All of these things" he said "cultivated the person you're talking to right now, and honestly, for the first time since I can remember, not one, but two people have penetrated my walls and made me care about someone other than myself" She looked kind of disappointed at first, she knew the other person he was referring to, it was Moka. However, upon realizing she was part of that statement, she brightened up. "Please just try to be a little less of a psychopath?" she joked. He smiled in response "No promises".
Moka was looking everywhere, jealous rage and worry that the succubus was doing something with him building up inside of her. She hated that she had feelings for him, it made her angry at herself and at him for making it happen. She was walking when she passed the Student Police room and overheard an interesting conversation. Kuyou, the notoriously dickish leader, and just as widely known - a Kitsune, demon fox. "That Aono boy, everyone tells me he has a distinctly human scent. I'd like to investigate further to confirm this before confronting him, it wouldn't be good to be wrong and carry out an execution, the headmaster would rack me." Moka heard this and tensed up "execution?" she wouldn't let this happen, not to her Tsukune. Her Tsukune? Annoyed and worried, she decided she needed to find him urgently. After his ordeal with the succubus, he was strolling along to his dorm room, his friend from the human world had mailed him some of his old DVDs and his player, it was time to chill and watch some movies, there was no classes tomorrow, he only had two hours of kitchen detail, so he wanted to relax, his friend had also snuck his favorite alcohol in the package. Tsukune took a few shots of his Bacardi 151, perused his collection to figure out which movie he wanted to watch. He was in the mood for a slasher, one of the classics. He decided on the original Black Christmas, Bob Clark was one of his favorites Porkies was a hilarious movie and the only good memories he had from Christmas in his life all came from watching A Christmas Story with his cousins. It was no wonder that Bob Clark's classic slasher, one of the first slashers ever made, was a favorite of his. He popped in the DVD and settled in, buzzed, but not drunk, and relaxed with some food he made in his kitchen. After about 20 minutes, he heard a knock on his door "fuck" he groaned internally. He opened the door and was surprised to see Moka standing there staring at him. "We need to talk now" she said sternly, and walked in. "Sure, come right in..." he muttered and looked in the hallways to see if anyone saw, then closed the door. As he was going to the window to close it, he heard Moka chuckle. "Fun night in, Tsukune? I haven't seen this one in ages" she was talking about the movie, but picked up his bottle of Bacardi. "Jesus, how do you drink this stuff?" she asked.
"Acquired taste" he responded flatly, he went to go close the window, and noticed a girl across the alley looking at him from her window. It was Kurumu, she waved, he waved in response, but noticed a change of her look on her face. He turned to see that Moka had gotten too close to the window and Kurumu had definitely seen it. He quickly closed the curtain, and decided he'd deal with that later. Moka told him what she heard and who it was who said it. "Fuck" he said out loud "alright, thanks, what's the plan?" he asked. Moka shrugged "you're the brains in this operation, I'm just the executioner." was her only response. Moka spoke up again "he's not going to make a move for a while, so why don't we just hang out for now?" she smirked and picked the bottle back up. Tsukune was kind of nervous, Moka was going to make a move, and if he resisted he was dead, if he gave in, she'd feel more intensely for him, and eventually, he was dead. He was in a really bad spot, but Moka was his friend and was his partner in crime, for the most part, so he decided to see what would happen. He wasn't wrong, halfway through the movie she made her move, and it was surprising to see that she was more forward the the succubus. She kissed him and unbuttoned her shirt slightly to give him a better view of her cleavage, she was tipsy which only amplified her feelings for him. With her now openly visible cleavage, she leaned in making it look even more appetizing, and bit his neck and sucked on it. This was such a pleasant feeling and the liquor was in his dick, this in combination with her titties pressing against him turned him on, a lot.
She must've sensed this, because she smiled at him "Your face may be relatively stoic, but your friend seems to want to tell me something" he didn't even have time to respond before she was touching him. She then overpowered him, but backed off at the last second, with a red face. He looked at her confused and longing "What happened?" he asked. "I don't want to take this too far" she said, for the first time being shy around him. "We won't go all the way then" he said, reaching under her skirt and playing with her. She returned the favor and they experimented, and then Moka left. Tired, half satisfied, and drunk now, Tsukune decided it was best to just go to sleep. his last thought before going to sleep was that he had to find a way to airhole Kuyou before he could whack him.