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Chapter 7 Part 1 (The Influence): Start!

Yokai Academy's Infirmary. In the month since the school began, it's seen a bit of action from students that have injured themselves in Gym class, those who've been sick, and on one very rare occasion, a student was brought in who was badly burnt after getting into an altercation with another student. The scenario and the controversy it created had been resolved thanks to the efforts of the Public Safety Commssion. Today seemed like a very normal day, the school nurse was in her chair simply reading a book before she heard whispering.

"You're just gonna walk in with the guy? What if the nurse or a teacher says something?" One male voice quietly cried out.

"If we don't tell her then he will or the numerous students that saw me carry him will." Another male voice countered, his tone showing how little he cared about the apparent case. "And why are you whispering?" The nurse heard the door open and turned her chair around, seeing the dark haired young man with the spiky black hair and his nervous brunette friend behind him.

"Oh goodness!" The nurse exclaimed as she noted the passed out student over the black haired student's shoulder. "What happened to him?"

"I…uh…well, you see…" Tsukune tried to come up with some weak excuse that wouldn't get them into trouble with the nurse.

"He started a fight with me on the school roof and what you see is the result…" Was Sasuke's response, not even showing the slightest hint of tact in his reply. The nurse gasped at how laid back the boy was in admitting that he put the downed Chopper in that state of being that he was currently in.

"Mr. Uchiha! You should be ashamed of yourself!" She scolded. "You know fighting is not allowed in this school."

"I'm not going to be ashamed or apologize for fighting back when someone tries attacking me. Tell the headmaster if you want, but I'll tell him the same thing I just told you…" Sasuke didn't even think much about the fact that the nurse knew his name. She was a nurse. There was a good chance she had access to his medical files.

"There's nothing wrong with defending yourself Mr. Uchiha. It's the matter of how much force you use when defending yourself. From the stories I've heard from other students and the research I've done, this is the second time you've brought a student to the nurse's office after an altercation with you, and this does raise concern. While I won't bring the headmaster into it, I WILL contact the Public Safety Commission and inform them of this…"

"Do what you will…" Those were Sasuke's last words before he left the nurse's office. The bumbling Tsukune rapidly bowed in respect to the nurse and apologizing.

"I-I am so sorry about what happened here Miss Nurse! And I'd really like to say sorry for my friend Sasuke's behavior. I promise neither will happen again. Have a nice day!" He rushed out of the office and right next to the devil with his hands in his pockets. "Sasuke! What were you thinking?! You could've tried coming up with some excuse or something?!"

"Were you not listening to what I said earlier?" Questioned Sasuke. "If we told her a lie, then Chopper would have told her something else. That would've caused a whole bunch of confusion, confusion that would've led to a mess of a situation that I'd rather avoid altogether…"

"Do you know what this means?! The Student Police are most definitely gonna get involved in this! And according to what you said the day we were looking for clubs, this will be the second time they've been in a situation of students fighting and you've been involved! And I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want their attention!" The human exclaimed. He could still remember the feeling of those guys walking to their club; and the aura those guys gave off. He's been in Yokai for over a month, and he's been in more life or death situations than he would've liked to be in. But there was something about that Student Police, especially their leader Kuyo, that was so different from all of the other guys. Even with Saizou, and Chopper, he never felt like he was going to suffocate just in their presence.

"Whatever happens with me and The Student Police is a road I'll cross when I get there…" Was all Sasuke had to say to Tsukune's rant. After realizing the purpose of his match with Kuyo, he knew that as much as he preferred not to, he would inevitably meet with Kuyo and the rest of The Student Police again. It was just a matter of time at this point. "She's new."

"Huh?" Tsukune asked, confused by the seemingly out of nowhere statement.

"The school nurse, she's new; at least from the one we saw from the first day of school when we brought Saizou in."

"Oh yeah, now that you mention it, she is a completely different one we saw on the first day of school…" Tsukune said. "Maybe the old one quit?"

"Maybe…" Sasuke said. He never voiced it, but he could feel it in his spine that there was something…off about that nurse. Like there was something she kept hidden so the general public didn't know, maybe it was just her monster nature and he was just overthinking things. Either way, it was nothing he shouldn't worry about today. And even if he wanted to put more thought into the new nurse, a blur of blue and yellow rushed to him and put him in a vice like hug.

"Oh, Sasuke! Are you alright? I heard from the other students about the fight that happened? I should've been there with you to help!"

Sasuke's eye twitched in annoyance before answering: "Kurumu, I'm fine. Let go of me…"

Moka herself sighed in relief hearing this then turned over to Tsukune: "Were you with him Tsukune? You didn't get hurt yourself did you?"

"Oh no! I'm fine! I've got Sasuke to thank for that…" Before the two could continue on with their own conversation, they were cut off by the Succubus's gasp; her hands were roaming the devil's back when she felt the gaping hole in the back of his shirt, resulting in her reaction.

"What happened to your back? Did he do this to you?!"

"I-"

"You poor thing!" Kurumu immediately cut him off before he could explain. "Come on, we'll go back to my room. Your personal nurse Kurumu will use all her love and attention to tend you back to health."

He would've rebutted that statement but any words he had were completely lost to him as three words kept ringing in his mind: 'Your Personal Nurse'. For future references, he would've put the blame on his own raging hormones, and a particular magazine his great uncle gave him for his thirteenth birthday, but he couldn't fight the image playing in his mind of Kurumu in a sexy nurse outfit, a plain white one that fit like a second skin, hugging her every curve and gave very much focus to her well-endowed chest and the skirt stopping mid-thigh, and the red fish net stockings and high heels to match it.

His imagination was even getting a little vivid too: he pictured himself hurt and tired on a bed, and the door to his room would open and the blue haired girl would walk in, swinging her hips with each step, then she'd crawl on the bed and say: 'Aw, don't worry my sexy little patient, Nurse Kurumu is gonna take good…care…of you…' every pause she'd take in between her sentence, her fingers would trail their way up to his chest before finding their way up to his lips. She pressed herself against him and her sweet lips would close in on his before…

"Sasuke! Your nose is bleeding!" Moka's words managed to snap Sasuke out of his little fantasy. His eyes widened before he rubbed his nose where the trickle of blood was.

"See! You're not okay! Come on, I'll make sure to treat you back to health!" Kurumu tried pulling his arm to lead him away, but the devil was having none of it.

'I think you're the reason he's bleeding Kurumu…' Tsukune wouldn't dare voice that, mainly out of pity for his only sort of male friend. While the two females of their group were lost as to what happened, the brunette was no fool, he picked up on the Succubus's words and exactly what caused THAT reaction from Sasuke. He was admittedly surprised that the Uchiha was even capable of that kind of reaction. As far as he knew from the way they interacted, Sasuke didn't show even the slightest hint of an attraction to Kurumu.

"I told you, I'm fine. The hole in my shirt was something I did to myself. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm leaving…" The devil walked off in a rush before any of his acquaintances could say anything else to him. He was also hoping no one noticed the slight…'problem' he was having below the belt. 'Damn that girl, and damn Great Uncle Jiraiya for that stupid magazine!' He raged in his head. Now he had to rush to his room to go 'take care' of the problem before him.

"Sasuke, wait!" Kurumu was going to follow him before Tsukune of all people put a hand on her shoulder and stopped her.

"Uh Kurumu? I think Sasuke's better off having some alone time…" He adviced.

"And how would you know?" Questioned the pouting blue haired girl.

"It's…a guy thing. Trust me on this one." His answer earned him puzzled expressions from both his female friends. As he watched the quickly retreating from of Sasuke disappear from sight, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself. 'Never thought I'd see Sasuke's mind in the gutter like that; Guess that eliminates any previous notions I thought about him…'

XXX

Back in the nurse's office, ten seconds after he and his friend left, the nurse herself shivered in delight. There was even a sickly happy smile on her rather flushed face. "Such negative emotion, even when buried deep down it radiates off of him so strongly. I never expected something like this from you Sasuke Uchiha." She let out a moan just thinking of what it'd be to feed off such emotion like that, just how stronger she'd be if that were to happen.

A grunt brought her attention to the downed Chopper. The Pro Wrestler mumbled in his sleep. "Stronger…" he chanted. "I want to be…I need to be…stronger…"

The nurse went back to the cabinet containing student medical files, and she quickly found the picture that matched the student on the bed: Chopper Rikiishi. Age, Blood Type, height, weight, and monster type; it was all there for her viewing pleasure. But as her eyes went back to him, there was one thing drawing her to him more than anything else currently: his desire to become stronger. While that in itself is not a bad thing, for some reason there was a negative vibe behind that intent as he chanted that.

She walked over to the bed and sat on his right side, before she leaned down and silently asked: "Why do you need to be stronger Chopper?"

"Need to be stronger…to win…beat Sasuke…beat Kuyo…be…the best…" he drawled.

'I see…so his desire for strength is fueled by his selfish desire for dominance…' she laughed to herself.

"Have to…keep training…need to…win…" He tiredly went on.

The nurse licked her lips in excitement. Those negative emotions he was giving off, they were so enticing. She couldn't help herself to them. She raised her left hand and the index finger of that hand mutated into a long sickly green needle that she injected into the neck of Chopper. "Then get stronger Chopper. Keep training, keep defeating opponents, until you achieve the power you crave; and when you have it, crush your rivals, and prove to them your strength, your dominance. Why you're the strongest in Yokai Academy…" Her words were like that of a lullaby and they had the same effect as Chopper's sleep rambling came to an end and soon after he was peacefully snoring. The nurse's body glowed purple as energy seemed to seep into her. After another fifteen seconds, the glowing stopped and she removed her finger from his neck, the finger reverting back to normal and she sighed in relief.

"This little bit won't last me for long; I need to strike someone else or the energy currently running through my body will run out…" she said to herself. After seeing him in person, the obvious target to go after was Sasuke. But before the devil even came into the picture, there was someone else she had in mind to go after. Yes, she was fully aware of the stories involving her race, and with some of the rumors that went around during her stay here, she knew this person was an absolute prime target. She walked back over to the cabinet of student medical files, not even needing to open it as the file of the student she wanted was already on the top of the cabinet. She grinned looking at the picture of the student who she had her sights set on.

"You will be one of my best feasts ever, Yukari Sendo…"

XXXTwo Months Ago...XXX

"MOM!" An angry Yukari yelled as she stormed toward her mother. Although Yukari's appearance was much different from what it currently is, she was much taller and looked older to boot. Her scowling face clearly showed that she was not happy with her mother at the moment. "Why did you sign me up for this stupid high school?! You know I'm more than able enough to handle college level schooling!"

"Mentally able, yes Yukari, but emotionally, you're not ready." The witch's mother argued. "I'm sending you to Yokai Academy so you can make some friends-"

"Friends?" Yukari repeated in a mocking voice. "Who said I want to be friends with a bunch of idiots who aren't on my level?"

"This isn't about meeting people who can match you." Yukari's mother informed. "Yukari, you can't keep secluding yourself from others. Whether you like it or not, you're going to need to meet people and make friends."

"Newsflash mom: I'm a witch! A border being, a freak among humans and monsters! I'm nothing but a constant source of ridicule for people! It's pointless trying to go out and meet people!" The younger witch said with her back turned to her mother.

"Yukari, I know it's been hard for you growing up because of our race, but you can't use that as an excuse to push people away." Her mother walked over to her and placed her hands on her shoulders in an attempt to comfort her. "Trust me, going to this school will be the best thing for you."

It was those words that caused Yukari to yank herself from her mother's hands as she faced her and yelled: "I don't need this high school and I damn sure don't need what YOU think is best for me!" She turned on her heel and stomped to her room.

"Yukari-"Her mother tried to call out to her but the slamming of Yukari's door meant that she wasn't coming out any time soon and continuing this conversation.

XXX

Yukari's eyes fluttered open and she stared at her ceiling. She brought her left hand up, opening and closing it a couple of times and sighed. 'Has it really been a couple of months since dad placed this curse on me?' She internally asked. 'It's felt like forever…'

The witch got out of her bed and pulled out the mirror she had in her dresser, looking at herself in a seemingly dissatisfied manner. 'I looked into all sorts of aging and deaging spells but nothing I've come across has helped me with this curse.' She could remember the exact words of her father as she woke up the morning her body changed into what it is now: 'If you're going to act like a child, then you're going to have the look to match it!'

'This curse will finally be broken when I'm willing to care for someone other than myself. That's what dad said at least. It's so ridiculous; what does it matter that I don't have any friends? I'm a witch. I'm better off on my own…' She thought bitterly as she grabbed her clothes and prepared herself for another dreadful day of ridicule.

XXX

Sasuke was in the bathroom of the boys' dorm glaring at his reflection in the mirror. His Sharingan switched on as he continued to stare the mirror, and himself, down. He was still steaming a little about the fight with Chopper yesterday and how one of his trademarks: his illusionary techniques were nullified so easily in the fight. Not only that, but he needed to use a partial transformation into a devil to beat the troll. With his Sharingan now deactivated, he left out of the bathroom, to his own room to dress himself for his early morning training regimen.

XXX

A couple of hours of intense physical training later, Sasuke walked out of the dead forest. His mind still heavy on ways he could improve his use of the Sharingan and the thought of this subject was currently racking his brain. 'Geh, this is so frustrating!" He annoyingly thought as he once again recalled the fight from yesterday. 'All he had to do was keep his eyes away from mine and my illusions were taken away. Itachi could trap people with illusions just by pointing at them!' He looked down at his clenching and unclenching left hand as he continued his walk back to his dorm room, his mind drifting off to the past. More specifically, one day: the day his whole life changed.

He could still remember it very vividly, the orange masked man that stared him down. The fear Sasuke felt under that man's gaze, the breath that seemed to leave his body as he wondered if he was going to die on that day by that man's hand and then him walking away, leaving the then young devil to watch his brother die.

Only one thought was running through his mind as he entered his room: 'I have to get stronger, no matter what…'

XXX

After showering and getting dressed in his uniform, which was only him in a spare long sleeved shirt he brought as he had to get his blazer sewn back up after the fight with Chopper yesterday, Sasuke got some breakfast, and went through his classes just fine. Aside from the usual drabble with his group of associates before the start of class; it was a pretty simple day, nothing out of the ordinary. Which, after the incident with Chopper, was something he was very appreciative of; Moka and the others were off to lunch, and he was on his way to his room to grab something he needed for the next class (Not without promising he would return to the cafeteria to, of course). Once again, no shenanigans occurred. He was strolling through campus to his room, mind back on the sharingan issue. No one was calling him out for a fight, or to hit on him. It was…quite delightful, and he hoped the rest of the day would play out like this. So of course seconds after thinking that, he was hit with a wave of Deja-Vu as he caught sight of four very familiar people in a similar side: On one end all by herself was the young witch Yukari Sendo. On the other, the guys from her class that were searching for her the first day he met the girl. The guy in the middle of the trio of males, the class president if memory served him correctly, seemed to be mouthing off at the girl; and if he were to judge from body language, the witch clenching her wand behind her back probably meant she took offense to whatever the older student was saying. If that little motion didn't signal anything, then Yukari using her magic to nail the three guys over the head with wash bins definitely did.

"That girl just asks for trouble…" The devil muttered to himself. That action definitely set the representative off if he were to judge from body language. Before the representative could try something violent against the girl, Sasuke used his speed to interject before the young witch could be harmed.

With a firm grip on the wrist of Tadashi, the devil asked: "Taking this a little far, aren't you?"

Tadashi's eyes met Sasuke's before telling him: "This matter is one concerning me and a member of my class. This is none of your business."

"Probably not, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let you harm a little girl…" Retorted Sasuke as he released his grip on Tadashi by giving it a throw down, the force of which it was done caused the dark brown haired young man to stumble back a little and lightly rub his wrist. Tadashi's associates stepped up in front of the Uchiha, seemingly ready to do combat, the Uchiha himself stood ready and firm for whatever action the two wanted to take. The two were stopped from whatever action was going to take place by a hand being placed on their shoulder via Tadashi.

"Not here," the class president whispered in each of their ears. "There are too many people watching this." When Sasuke got himself in the matter between them and Yukari, especially with him in the defense of the girl, students gathered around to see what was going on and there were even whispering going on among the students. The dark brown haired young man let go of each of their shoulders and said: "That's enough guys, let's go. Don't forget this Yukari…" he told the witch as the trio went their way from the two and once they left, so did the growing crowd.

Sasuke let out a sigh and looked towards the young girl. "This is the second time this week I had to cover for you…" he told her.

Yukari quite cheekily grinned at the devil. "And I'm very appreciative of it!" she said. She then stood on the tip of her toes to reach for Sasuke's right cheek and pulled it in a playful manner. "Thanks Sasuke. You're like my own knight in shining armor!" She kept up her actions for a few seconds, despite the obvious scowl on the devil's face before finally letting go of his face and the smile remained on her face.

"You know, you're not doing any favors for yourself by pulling these pranks on people…" Sasuke told her as he resumed the walk back to his room, the little girl following him as he did so.

"Hmph! If people want to make me a pariah and hate me just because I'm a witch then I'll give them a reason to hate me." The witch explained.

"You're gonna make more enemies that way…" The raven haired young man said. Yukari opted to ignore that statement and discuss something else.

"Speaking of doing favors, since you did help me out just now. I shall give you the pleasure of having the spectacular and beautiful witch Yukari assist you!" She announced.

"Assist me? And how do you plan on doing that?" Questioned Sasuke.

"From what my sources have told me-"

"By sources, you mean you overhead other students talking about it." His interruption earned him a pout from the witch.

"As I was saying, my sources have told me you joined the Newspaper Club! I feel it's only right to repay you for all the times you've helped me by joining the club myself and lend a helping hand!"

"So what? You're just going to quit the club you just joined and expect to have a spot for the newspaper club?" Upon being asked that question, Yukari grinned and rubbed the back of her head, trying to conceal just how sheepish she was at the moment.

"About that…I actually never officially joined a club…" Seeing the raised eyebrow the devil was giving her, the witch further explained her reasoning. "Oh come on! There weren't that many clubs I was interested in. Or any clubs that would want the school witch in them…" Her face reflected the bitterness she had over being discriminated against other clubs. "Since I have to join a club, it might as well be with someone I sort of know and get along with right? Plus, if my hunch is correct, if you joined then there were others that joined because you did."

"So you want to join the Newspaper Club just because Moka's in it?" Sasuke asked, fully aware of what Yukari was implying in that sentence.

"That's not…completely true." Argued Yukari. "I completely meant what I said a few seconds ago. Not to mention when my teacher asked me about it, I told him I joined the newspaper club just to get him off my back. Getting a chance to see and work with Moka is sort of an added bonus; and you could vouch for me to join!" Seeing the silent expression on the Uchiha's face, the young girl practically sang the next sentence out to try and convince him: "If I joined, you'd get to see my pretty face every day! Wouldn't that be nice?"

"No. I get headaches dealing with you two days in a row." The blunt response from him nearly caused Yukari to fall on the ground face first. Her face turned into that of a scowl and she gave him a light kick to the shin.

"You're a real jerk you know that?!"

"Not the first time I've been told…" He retorted.

"Oh come on Sasuke, The club could use an extra hand, I know."

"And what makes you so sure?"

"I've heard a couple things about the club…"

"Is listening to gossip all you do?" Chided the raven haired young man. He sighed after that statement when he saw Yukari puffing her cheeks out. "Like what?" He decided to humor the girl.

"I don't know the whole story, but apparently the newspaper club had an altercation with The Student Police last year. Because of it, there's only one member of the club left; and no one else wants to join The Newspaper Club."

"Is that right?" He wasn't one for rumors, but when the Uchiha thought about it, it sort of made sense. Unlike most of the other clubs during the fair, there wasn't a whole lot of promotion for the Newspaper Club aside from Miss Nekonome in the classroom. He didn't put too much thought about it during the time, assuming that all of the members were all upperclassmen that simply graduated. But considering how the Student Police were reacted to on that day by all of the other students, it might very well be true that The Newspaper Club and The Student Police had a confrontation at some point; and if what Yukari's saying was true, then he has another reason to be wary of the group.

The witch took note of the look of concentration on Sasuke's face, which turned her expression into that of a rather smug one. "You see that? Gathering information for others to know; isn't that one of the requirements of a news reporter? I'm practically a shoe in for the Newspaper Club." She boasted.

"You spreading gossip around doesn't automatically make you a reporter." Seeing her puff her cheeks out, he assumed he had some kind of response to that, and seeing he was already bored of this argument, he said: "I'm new to the club myself, so I don't know how much my word will do, but I'll vouch for you. Just make sure you're at the club."

"You have a witch's oath that I'll be there!" Yukari insured with a gleeful tone of voice. The two continued walking on down to the dorms before Yukari spoke again. "So, where are you headed?"

"My room, going to grab something and then head to the cafeteria."

"OOH! Are you going to meet Moka? I want to come to!" Her exclaim earned her a stare from the older looking student. "If we're going to be in the same club, it's in our best interest for us to interact now and establish some kind of relationship before we start working, don't you think?"

Sasuke knew that argument of hers was some crock of an excuse that she just made up, but in spite of that, her logic did make sense. "Fine," He gave in to the very giddy witch's request. Yukari seemed to have a girl crush on Moka; his mind easily recalled the comments she made about her body yesterday. The witch was going to do anything to meet her, which included getting on his nerves. And since this seemed to be another of those issues that would be continuously pestered about until he caved in, he let her have her way. Besides, it's not like she would actually act out on all the things she said she wanted to do to her yesterday.

XXX

Moka was on the floor of the cafeteria having her breasts groped and nuzzled by Yukari.

Tsukune was trying to stop the gushing nosebleed he had over the sight of the two girls.

And Sasuke was fighting the urge to repeatedly bash his head against the table he was currently sitting in. After grabbing what he needed from his room, he and Yukari made their way to the cafeteria where he introduced her to both Moka and Tsukune and things initially went off without a hitch, Moka complimented her for her intellect and cute costume while Yukari, for the first time in the days that he's known her, was actually bashful and reserved. She even surprised him by staring at the ground at her body was trembling, he thought for a moment that she was a nervous wreck in front of the girl she admired and couldn't handle this meeting. Then…it happened. No one saw the action coming but the witch proclaimed her love for the vampire and then tackled her to the ground. She then proceeded to fondle the pinkette's breasts and go on to say how she loved her since the first time she met her and how she wanted to be her girlfriend.

Sasuke was a little taken back by the girl's perverted acts and the fact that she pulled it in public. It didn't matter if they were girls; it was a matter of decency!

"Ooooh, your boobs are even bigger than they look, and they're so soft! It's like I'm touching two pillows…" Cooed Yukari. That statement was the straw that broke the camel's back for Tsukune. The human stood out of his chair and shouted:

"What the heck are you doing?!" The girl he had feelings for was getting molested by a little girl. Needless to say, he was a little steamed right now. Yukari stopped from her groping of Moka and glared at Tsukune.

"Hmph! So you're Tsukune Aono…" She said, completely unimpressed.

"You know me?" asked the surprised brunette.

"Of course I do. I've been doing my homework on you. Average Grades, below average athletic ability, no hobbies or useful skills at all. You're just a plain nobody."

'Plain Nobody… Plain Nobody…Plain Nobody…" Those two words seemed to echo over and over into Tsukune's mind as he fell to his knees, like a man who just suffered a devastating blow in combat.

'Should've known that was coming…' Sasuke thought as he chewed on his slice of tomato, nonchalantly watching the scenario play out.

"Now you listen here!" Yukari began. "I'm not gonna stand by any longer while a creep like you is sullying my Moka. So here I, Yukari Sendo, beautiful and passionate witch stand!" She was back on her feet now, her magic wand in hand and glowing as she stared Tsukune down. It was the first time in the human's life that he was scared of a kid. "And as of this moment, Tsukune Aono, I declare war on you!" She raised her wand in the air, threatening to attack while the human cowered in fear of what the girl was planning to do.

The entire tension of the situation was killed however when Yukari received a bop to the back of the head by one Sasuke Uchiha.

"OW!" She cried as she rubbed the back of her head. She glared daggers at the raven haired young man. "What the hell was that for?!"

"If we're going to be in the same club, it's in our best interest for us to interact now and establish some kind of relationship before we start working." Sasuke repeated the words Yukari gave him mere minutes ago, and Yukari was seen sweating a little as she certainly recalled those words leaving her mouth. "Those were your words, weren't they? Well guess what, Tsukune's going to be in this club, just like Moka is. Whether or not you like it, you two WILL have to get along. Because I refuse to put up with you two arguing for the next three years while we're attending this school. Got it?"

Yukari puffed her cheeks out, almost like there was something on her mind that she wanted to say, but simply couldn't. Before she could voice a comeback, Moka added to Sasuke's argument: "Yukari, Tsukune's my friend and I care about him. I have no problem with being your friend, but I'd also like for the both of you to be friends too. We're all in this club together, so let's all get along!"

After hearing both their input from it, Yukari groaned. "Fine…" she said begrudgingly. She walked away from Tsukune, allowing him to sit back in his seat, and took her place back on her seat next to Sasuke. Both the vampire and human had a breath of relief before sending thankful smiles over the devil's way as he himself sat back in his chair, he paid it no mind and resumed his eating. Although the scene they had did get some attention from the audience of students in the cafeteria watching.

'Dude, did you see that? Uchiha totally put the witch in her place!'

'Well of course he did. Sendo's a pain in the ass, but even she's not dumb enough to cross Uchiha.'

'Glad to see someone put that little brat on a leash. Maybe now she'll stop all those pranks…'

Yukari shrank in her chair; despite the other students' attempts to whisper so she wouldn't hear, it proved for naught as every word was like a little needle piercing her and for the first time since she arrived in the cafeteria, she was aware of all the stares in her direction, and they made her feel even smaller.

She felt comfort when Sasuke looked behind him at the nearby table, the effect it had on the students sitting there was astounding as they all ceased looking at the witch and tried focusing on anything else. This caused a bit of a domino effect as the devil's eyes wandered around the entire cafeteria, and everyone picked up on it and averted away to something else in hopes of not catching his intense gaze. If that didn't help, she felt Moka's hand on top of hers and the young witch looked ahead to see those warm green eyes of hers looking at her and a bright smile that only further reassured her.

With all that nonsense down, the Uchiha resumed eating his lunch; in spite of everything that's transpired with Yukari, the day's been rather peaceful. With things going how they were, he'll have some extra time to himself after classes. Since he had nothing to worry about today aside from homework, he could focus more on his afternoon training.

XXX

Focus: whenever he had a goal set, whether for academic or personal reasons, Sasuke knew how to stay focused and strive towards completing that goal, with very little being capable of breaking that focus. Right now, he was in a situation where his focus was on something he shouldn't be: two plentiful globes of female flesh covered by a white shirt and a yellow vest and they were currently pressed against his arm.

He loudly exhaled from his nose. "Kurumu…" The devil began.

"Yes?" The Succubus practically sang out.

"Can you not press yourself against me?" He asked.

"Nope!" She said with the same inflection as she had before.

"And why not?" He questioned again, this time looking directly in her eyes.

"Because I was so preoccupied with helping the teacher out after classes, I didn't get a chance to see you at lunch." She explained as she further pressed his arms against her breasts. "This is me making up for lost time…"

Sasuke quickly looked away from the girl, not out of annoyance per say, but for the sake that he wouldn't get lost in her eyes. Her beautiful…half-lidded purple eyes that were focused only on him, and filled with so much affection, so much so he could've sworn she was using her charm on him, but he would've been able to tell if she was. He yanked his arm away from hers, earning a discontent whine from the blue haired girl. Once again, this action was done for his own sake as currently, the feeling of her breasts weren't doing his brain any favors as the action reminded him of his rather provocative thoughts of yesterday.

'Damn it! Why am I thinking of this right now?!' Sasuke was nothing like a lot of the guys in the school, he didn't turn into some sex crazed hound that only thought with his other head whenever a pretty girl like Moka or Kurumu walked around. Did he have…particular urges in regards of the opposite sex? Yes, he was a teenage boy after all; one that knew a rather perverted old man who wrote smut for a living that he considered family. But for the most part, he was in control of those urges and didn't let his mind run rampant with dirty thoughts. Now he wasn't going to lie, he knew Kurumu was a beautiful girl with an amazing figure; and he knew because of their races, there would be a special force that attracted them to one another. But his thoughts never went past that.

But with just three single words from the blue haired girl that had a crush on him, his mind was filled with images he'd take to his grave before telling anyone. He thought he took care of the problem yesterday and all day the matter hadn't crossed his mind once. But now that they were alone together, the images he fantasized were starting to come up again. It was best he put some distance between himself and her for today and put his mind on other things. Only problem with that was the girl trying to invade his thoughts was bad at taking at hint because the second he tried taking a few steps away, his back felt boobs and his chest felt arms around his chest.

"Let go. I'd like to spend some time to myself…" He demanded.

"Wouldn't you rather spend some time with me?" She asked, trying to sound as flirtatious as possible.

"…No…" he sounded a little strained, internally yelling at himself to break away from the familiar soft body pressed against him. Soon enough his body responded to his mind and he was out of Kurumu's grasp and attempting to walk away again, both from the girl and the lustful thoughts that were weaseling their way into his mind.

"You're so mean Sasuke…" She cried as she tried following after him again. The antics of the two stopped however when they heard childish laughter. Looking ahead, they saw an approaching Yukari. For the second day in a row, Sasuke was happy to see someone he wouldn't like to under normal circumstance.

"Yukari, did you need something?" He questioned.

The witch shrugged her shoulders before answering: "Nah, I was actually looking for Moka in hopes that we could hang out together; and just stumbled across you and…" the little girl's eyes wandered over to Kurumu and she snickered, surprising the bluenette. "I'd ask if I'm interrupting something, but as it turns out, I'm stopping your wannabe girlfriend from further humiliating herself." She started laughing, which in turn angered Kurumu.

The succubus walked over to the witch and shouted: "Hey! Don't talk like you know about our relationship! I'll have you know, Sasuke's my destined one!"

"If by destined one, you mean he's destined to forever reject you then I can definitely see it!" Yukari resumed her laughter, the very sound ringing through Kurumu's ears and echoing in her mind, only serving to fuel the anger that was building up in her. Oh how she wanted to slap that little brat silly. No, she wouldn't stoop down so low that she'd hit a kid. Instead, if she wanted to play this game of verbal barbs, she was going to beat her at it.

The once seething mad face of hers morphed into a smug one, halting Yukari's laughter and made her pay attention to what the large chested girl had to say. "I know who you are, Yukari Sendo, as a matter of fact: I've heard the rumors about you." Those words caused earned her Yukari's attention.

'Does everyone in this school spend their time spreading and listening to gossip?' Pondered The Uchiha. Seriously, he couldn't even begin to recall the number of times he's heard news that's been passed through word of mouth.

"You're supposedly a genius, but you act all childish and bratty, and everyone in your class hates your guts! And seeing you in person, I can see why: you're way too full of yourself because you're such a braniac."

This time it was the witch who was pissed by the words of the female in front of her. She already put up with enough insults from her class and other random students who saw her and she REFUSED to take it from this girl. Her magic wand glowing in anticipation as she was ready to cast on spell on this harlot; she refrained from the action when she saw Kurumu's cocky grin and she quickly picked up on what she was doing. 'Nice try, but two can play this game…'

Yukari's face soon matched Kurumu's as she already formulated a comeback. "Funny, I've actually heard some things about you two Kurumu Kurono. You're some sleazy skank who tried to seduce all the boys in the school, but you failed when all the guys wanted Moka: A.K.A a girl with some actual class." The grin on her face grew wider when she saw Kurumu's left eye twitch and her body tremble in anger. With that Grade A response, she decided to go for the finishing blow: "And now you throw yourself at Sasuke Uchiha, the most popular boy in our year, only to meet failure each and every time because he isn't interested in a fat cow…"

"FAT COW?!" She repeated the words with venom in her voice. Oh the words of the witch had gotten to her good and well, every single one of them. The fat cow comment was just the cherry on top of the rage sundae that fed her explosion.

"Yeah!" Yukari was not going to back down from her statement. In fact, she added to it by pointing her wand at the Succubus's chest and said: "You've got the udders to prove it!"

Even with all her anger, Kurumu forced a smile and a dry chuckle. "So that's what this about? Here's a tip for you kiddo: A woman's feminine appeal is in her breasts and mine are my best feature! Of course, I wouldn't expect a toddler such as you to understand that. I mean look at you, I bet you don't even wear a bra yet; you look like you still need help getting your diapers changed."

With the tides in the battle of insults changing, Yukari's face became red from embarrassment as the Succubus hit her with a one two jab combo at her appearance; something that, even with her actual teen body, she was very conscious of. But even with a blow as devastating as that, she would not lose this battle as she had one last ace up her sleeve.

"I'm not a toddler!" She yelled. Her face turned rather sinister as her final attack was reared up and ready to go: "But even if I was, I'd rather be a toddler than some brainless bimbo whose only worthwhile feature are two giant lumps of fat on her chest that'll sag when she's in her late thirties!"

Kurumu's reaction was…unexpected to say the least. After their previous exchanges, one would expect the bluenette's face to be the angriest one could muster. But that wasn't the case. No, Kurumu's face was a rather scary one: it was blank, completely devoid of any emotion. And her expressionless eyes were centered right on the young witch. "Did you just say…that my breasts were going to sag…?"

"T-That's right!" No matter how freaked out she was at the older looking girl's face, Yukari was not going to backpedal on her words. "I wonder how you'd be able to snag any guy when you're a sagging old biddy!"

That was the sentence where something snapped inside of the blue haired girl's eyes. And at that moment, she didn't care how low she'd go; she could be buried six feet under as far as she was concerned. She was going to slap this kid senseless. She stalked slowly towards the witch, her purple eyes hollow shadows in comparison to her bright visage. Her left hand slowly raised in the air before she spoke to Yukari: "Now you listen h-"

Any kind of threat that Kurumu would've made was made completely moot as Yukari, via the power of her magic wand, summoned a wash bin to clonk the Succubus in the head and knock her out. The purple eyes that promised agonizing pain were now replaced with swirls for eyeballs.

The small girl stuck her tongue out and tugged her bottom eyelid. "Ha! That's what you get, ya slut!" After her one of a kind celebratory line, she finally took note of her surroundings: for one, Sasuke seemed to have left during her argument with Kurumu, and the devil was soon replaced by a few nearby students watching, and after that ending result, they were now walking away whispering, unfortunately not quietly enough for her to not hear.

"Dude, did you see that? Kurumu just got wiped out by that witch!"

"Yeah, but Kurumu did say some mean stuff to her prior to the hit."

"You weren't there the whole time. The only reason Kurumu even began saying all the stuff he did was because Sendo was shooting off at the mouth!"

"Wait, seriously? God, what a brat…"

"You're telling me. It's no wonder no one likes her…"

"Yeah…hey do you think she's paying Uchiha to talk to and stick up for her?"

"Wouldn't be surprised!"

Yukari only bit her bottom lip as the words she heard stung her. They were just like everyone else who insulted her when she started in this school. Sure, she could use her magic and wipe those guys out, same as she's been doing for nearly the entire time she's been in the school, but what would that do? Even more will do the same thing tomorrow. So with no other option, she turned her back and headed back to her room.

XXX

Sasuke was currently out of the school building and heading back to his room. Yes, he left Yukari alone with Kurumu while they had their bickering. Was it wrong of him to do? Maybe? But he wasn't in the right frame of mind to deal with those two and he needed some time to clear his head. Right now, he just wanted to go to his room, get his homework done and get some more training in.

"Sasuke!" And then he heard a voice he didn't want to hear right now. Turning behind him, he was met with the faces of both Moka and Tsukune. With the enthusiasm he expected from the vampire, Moka said: "Hey there. Tsukune and I were going to head to the library to study together. Would you like to come with us? After all, the math exam is coming up soon and we want to be prepared before then. Plus studying is more fun with a group of friends!"

"Of course, if you're too busy or just don't feel like it, we totally understand." Tsukune added with some nervous laughter. To be perfectly honest, he wanted to spend this time with Moka alone; at least that was the intention he had in mind when the vampire invited him to the library after Math class. He had no problems with Sasuke, but he didn't want him to be a third wheel in this instance. 'Wait, would he be the third wheel in this instance, or would I?' He couldn't help but question.

"No thanks," declined the devil. "I've got some things to take care of."

"Oh…I understand." While initially disappointed, Moka's voice became more chipper when another thought came to her mind. "Maybe tomorrow, all of us can—AH!" She screamed as someone running at a frantic speed bumped into her. She would've fell on the ground, hadn't Sasuke's left arm found its way around her waist catching her.

"You alright?" The vampire looked up and saw the intense gaze of his onyx black eyes. Just looking into them, she could feel the power behind them. Such a feeling currently aimed at her was…intimidating, but there was also a spark of excitement surging through her body. Was this the feeling Kurumu got whenever she was around the raven haired boy? If so, she could definitely understand why she…

Her green eyes shrank and her cheeks were soon matching the color of her hair as she realized she was staring a little too long in his eyes and she quickly broke away from his hold on her. "I-I-I'm Okay! Thanks for catching me, I have no idea what caused me to fall!" She was waving her hands in front of him in a panicky manner while letting out a forced high pitched laugh.

"I think I've got an idea…" Tsukune said, reminding the vampire that he was still here. He pointed down to the ground where a student laid, but they noticed he wasn't in the best condition. His right eye was starting to blacken, his lip was split and his nose was busted. He got to a knee and tried helping the guy stand up. "Hey, what happened to you?" he asked the stranger.

The student in question's eyes widened as he pushed Tsukune away from him and sprang to his feet. "I've got to find the headmaster! He's gone crazy!" He shouted as he began to run off. But before he could, Sasuke caught him by the wrist.

"Wait, who's going crazy?" He questioned.

"It's Chopper!"

"!" This was the reaction of both the devil and the human, and to add to this panic, more students were running, seemingly in the same direction that the original was coming from.

"Chopper? But wasn't he in the nurse's office just yesterday?!"

"I don't know, all I know is that when me and the rest of the Pro wrestling club came in for practice, he was going nuts in training: lifting insane amounts and doing drills like it was nobody's business. When the President of the club tried to call him off so we could start practice, he turned into his monster form and started attacking everyone! After he beat everyone up, he said he was going after all the martial arts clubs!"

"Where is he now?" Moka asked.

"I...I think he was heading towards the gym! Someone's got to go to the headmaster and stop this!" After revealing that statement, the young man removed himself from Sasuke's grip in pursuit of the headmaster's office, leaving the trio to ponder on the situation. It didn't take long before Tsukune came up with a theory.

"Sasuke, you don't think... he's doing this because of what happened between you and him yesterday?"

A scowl etched his way on the devil's face. If what his human acquaintance was saying was true, then the fault of Chopper's rampage was to be placed on him; that made the situation his business, and if there was one thing that peeved Sasuke Uchiha more than anything, it was people (intentionally or unintentionally) getting involved in his business. "If that's the case, then I'll deal with him…" He stated.

"We'll come with you!" Moka insisted.

"We will?" The surprised Tsukune questioned. Hey, don't knock the guy for not wanting to get involved with a guy that tried to crush him twenty-four hours ago.

"No, you won't." The adamant Uchiha answered. "This matter isn't of your concern. Either of yours…" His onyx black eyes settled towards Moka with his last sentence.

"But…" any sort of argument that the pinkette would've made was shut down as her dark haired friend ran past her and towards the gym. She would've followed immediately had it not have been for Tsukune's hand on her shoulder stopping her from doing so. "Tsukune?"

"Maybe…we should let him handle this on his own." Seeing the questioning look from his crush, he elaborated on his reasoning: "Look Moka, we both know how strong Sasuke is. He can take care of himself no problem."

"Even so, we can't just leave him alone, can we?"

"Well, it's a good thing he won't be alone for long now, will he?" The two turned behind them, where they saw that the origin of the new voice came from the purple haired member of The Student Police, Keito.

It took little time for the sweat to break out on Tsukune; it was like raindrops were falling on his head. Moka on the other hand gasped as he remembered the familiar face in front of her. "You, you're one of The Student Police! But if you're here, does that mean…"

"Yes, Kuyo is here with us. He's actually on his way to take care of matters with Chopper Rikiishi was it?"

'Oh man, are things so bad, The Student Police has to get themselves involved?' The human couldn't help but wonder.

XXX

*Cue Vim and Vigor from the Kingdom Hearts 2 Soundtrack*

"AAAH!" A student from the Muay Thai Club shrieked as he was tossed several feet and smacked hard against the wall.

"Come on! Is that all you guys got?!" A fired up Chopper in his Troll form challenged. When he thought about it, he should feel like hell right about now. After his throw down with Sasuke yesterday, he was sure the devil broke one of his ribs with that final combo of his, and he could still feel that pain. But when he woke up this morning, all the pain he felt was completely overshadowed by his fighting spirit! All he wanted to do was hit the weights and get better so he could focus on his rematch with Sasuke, and then focus on his original target, Kuyo! But he soon found that the weights weren't doing him any favors in getting the kind of strength he needed. He needed a partner to practice with! He tried with the other members of his club, but it didn't give him the results he wanted, so now he was off to challenge to Muay Thai club, but now even that wasn't doing him any favors!

"You Bastaaaaard!" Another Muay Thai member charged at him and threw and ick at the troll's side, but he easily caught the kick and using his strength, he spun the kicker around so that his back was facing Chopper's front; what came next was vicious punishment as the troll applied a powerful crush grip around the boy's waist and lifted him overhead for a suplex, planting the poor boy right on the top of his head and rendering him unconscious.

Chopper after delivering the devastating maneuver got back up to a vertical base, in time to see more three more students, coming at him, with a few flicks of his wrist, he swatted each of them away. "COME ON!" He roared. "This can't be the best you guys have! I have to get STRONGER! That ain't happening with the weak shit you guys keep throwing at me!"

After that large boast, he turned around, surprising the other Muay Thai member with his extraordinarily quick reflexes. "Ya thought you could get the sneak up on me?" He asked the boy, his grip tightening as he fully intended on crushing him. The club member's cries of agony served as music to the troll's ears as he fully planned on ending the boy's life.

His focus on this task however was broken. But it wasn't the fireball shot above him to the ceiling, triggering the fire sprinklers and causing a downpour of water that caused this loss of focus. No, it was the words of the person who shot the ball that did.

"Everyone that isn't too hurt, leave now; and if you can, take every knocked out person you can…" Chopper's grip started to loosen as he slowly turned a full hundred and eighty degrees and there in the flesh was one of his prime targets. Sasuke Uchiha, Sharingan fully ablaze, and staring the troll down. "Put him down Chopper…"

"With Pleasure…" He released the boy who, despite his pain, exited the gym along with the other students that could run and carry others. Now it was just those two, face to face. Neither afraid nor willing to back down. It was several moments of silence before Chopper started chuckling. "Well, ain't this a surprise." He said. "I was hoping to wait a little longer before you an' me had a rematch…" He admitted.

"You lost that chance when you started viciously going after other students…" The devil said.

"Heh heh. Funny, you didn't strike me as someone who cared about what happened to a bunch of random people."

"When you start doing it and saying it's for the sake of fighting me, then we have a problem. If it's a fight you wanted, you should've come to me for the start. Because now, you're damn sure gonna get one…"

The time for talking was done; Chopper came running at the devil full speed ahead. "Then bring it Sasuke! Because I don't intend to hold back this time!"

"Neither did I…" Sasuke raised his left hand up and it, along with the rest of his body, started crackling with lightning. In a sick way, he was glad Chopper went after the Muay Thai club in the gym, because he knew exactly how to deal with Chopper this go round. He brought his left arm back and flung it, causing the electricity surging through him to shoot to the water. This had a very strong effect on the troll as he was forced to stop and shout in pain from the shocking attack from the Uchiha.

And while the move stunned him, the Sharingan bearer planned on following through with a knockout blow. The mark on his neck burned red before spreading all over his face and body and with the right amount of power, he charged forth at a speed nearly impossible to react to for most, and the troll was just another victim of this speed as before one could blink, Sasuke was directly in front of Chopper and he buried his left fist deep into the troll's gut. The force of the strike was so hard, the wrestler spat up some saliva.

The two silently remained like this for several seconds before the devil eventually removed his fist from the stomach of his enemy and his entire body, eyes and all, reverted back to normal. He stood regularly, while Chopper slumped to his knees, desperately gasping for air. "Wasn't sure if I broke a rib or not yesterday," The Uchiha began. "But I definitely know I did now…" With those parting words, he turned on his heel and began to leave the gym.

"W…Wait…" The weak call from the wrestler did in fact cause the devil to stop his movement and look back to Chopper. Much to his surprise, the upperclassman was struggling, not only to get back to his feet, but to stay conscious. "W…We're not…done yet…"

"Stay down, you're barely on your feet as is." He matter of factly said.

"No…this fight…" the wrestler made very slow steps towards Sasuke. Even his half-conscious eyes were filled with a fiery determination, but now that Sasuke got a good look at them, he could sense another emotion from within, but he just didn't know what it was. "…This fight…is over…when I say…it's over…"

The devil couldn't help but sigh. Despite how foolish it was for him to continue the fight, the devil would admit that he respected the older student's guts and determination, despite the bored look on his face. That bored expression however quickly changed to a stunned one when a spear of blazing inferno whizzed right by his face and nailed Chopper right in the center of his chest and exploded into a great fire that enshrouded the wrestler in excruciating pain before his burned body hit the ground.

"CHOPPER!" Sasuke was completely surprised by the action that transpired; and even more so, there was concern on his part over the condition of his opponent. That strike just now, no doubt that was a death blow. But before he could check to see if he was still alive, an all too familiar voice spoke and stopped him dead in his tracks.

"Wrong, the fight's over when I say it's over…" Looking behind him, he was greeted with the same familiar blond hair, the same evil golden eyes, the black uniform, and last but not least: the wicked fox grin.

"Kuyo…"

XXX

Yukari sighed to herself as she checked her height in the nurse's office. Why was she in the nurse's office and not in her own room? That was a question even she didn't fully know the answer to. For some reason it just felt like this particular office was calling out to her.

She looked in front of the huge mirror in the office and sighed once again. Despite all she said to Kurumu in their argument, even she would admit that her body, no matter how you'd look at it, was completely childish.

"You're a little too young to be walking around this campus on your own. Did you get separated from your parents?"

'You're supposedly a genius, but you act all childish and bratty…'

'Glad to see someone put that little brat on a leash…'

'God, she's so bratty! Why do we have to be in c'

"If I had my real body back, would the 'kid' comments stop?" she asked herself. It would be a nice thing, to see all the people who made fun of her for her child-like appearance to shut up. "No, if I did that, then people would question whether or not I used magic to age myself up." She frowned. "Even if I did…" Her mind wandered to the other reason for her poor treatment in class.

"Hey guys, did you hear that that Yukari girl is a witch?"

"No way! You mean she's one of those border beings?"

'That explains the super obnoxious outfit. God, we must have pretty crap luck to get put in a class from her. I mean, witches are closer to humans than they are monsters. That runt has no business being in this academy.'

That's right. No matter how her body looked, at the end of the day, she was still a witch. She would be considered a freak by both monsters and humans. She would always be alone. Sure, Moka said she wanted to be friends, but when she graduated, would that even matter? And then there was Sasuke, who despite all his acts to help her, could they even be considered friends? He only seemed to be willing to lend an ear and help her out this week due to the fact that she looked incredibly young; and in the interactions they had he didn't seem to care about having her around, like he only put up with her only out of pity.

She shook her head, chastising herself for her self-induced pity party. Why was she getting so upset about this now? All the insults thrown her way throughout her duration in Yokai so far, especially today, were no different from anything she hadn't ever heard before in her life. She was a witch; she was used to receiving nasty words and insults from others. So why was it, that it was affecting her more today than it had before?

"Oh my, I didn't know there was someone in here…" Yukari turned around and saw the school nurse right behind her. She quickly wiped away the terms forming I her eyes and sniffled a bit.

"I'm sorry. I'll leave your office and be out of your hair."

"Oh no, you're not in my hair at all!" Reassured the nurse. "As a matter of fact, things have been pretty quiet in here today. But, what has you upset?"

"Why do you care…?" The witch questioned.

"Because as a nurse of this school, it's my job to not only help students with injuries but to also provide them with emotional support." The nurse walked over to Yukari and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "And you look like you could use some emotional support Yukari."

"How do you know my name?"

"Well, I'm kind of new here and I've been looking through the medical files to familiarize myself with some of the students. That's when I came across your file. It must be difficult for someone of your race here in this school."

"If this is your attempt at pitying me save it. I don't need any more of that crap…" The witch said, rudely rebuking the nice act.

"This isn't me pitying you Yukari, I promise. I just thought you'd like to get some things off your chest."

"Hmph. Yeah, I'd like to get some things off on my chest. But what good would that do? I'll always be an easy target to make fun of; if it isn't my race, then it's my appearance. Talking about it is pointless…" She started to walk away but the nurse's next question made her stop in place.

"Is that why you act out and cause harm to the other students?" When she heard silence, she added: "I heard some of those stories going around the school…"

"And so what if I do?!" She shouted with her back still turned. "It's what all those idiots talking about me deserve! All they see is the little witch and they mock me because of it. So if they want to hate me, I'll give them a reason to!"

'That's it…' the nurse was on the verge of cackling as she succeeded in bringing Yukari's negative emotions out to the forefront. Quicker than Yukari could've reacted to, the nurse was right behind her and injected her finger into her neck. The witch's wand fell to the ground and her eyes were dilated.

"It's just as I thought: you lash out at the other students to make yourself feel better…" The nurse said, her tone was oddly enough, sensuous as she came to the conclusion of why Yukari acted the way she did. The little girl's hands began to twitch as her body glowed purple. "Most would tell you that what you're doing is wrong Yukari, but I don't think there is. As a matter of fact, I'd tell you to keep doing it. Punish those who've done you wrong in this school, who discriminated against you and only saw you for what you are and not who you are. Make them feel the pain you feel every day. Do it, until you feel better about yourself."

"I…I…" Yukari's eyes closed as her body stopped glowing and she dropped to the ground. Mako let out a breath of content as her feeding came to an end. She smiled down at the now unconscious witch.

"Don't worry Yukari, when you wake up, you'll heed the advice of Nurse Mako, and you're going to feel all better. I hope to see you again soon…

Chapter End

Now THIS! This was the toughest chapter of AOAD to date, and what I have in mind for it was so huge, I had to split it into two parts. I didn't want this chapter to be a hundred percent like Yukari's introduction in the manga/anime so I combined elements from both the Manga and the Capu 2 Anime, such as the character of Mako: in the Manga, she was able to control people's minds by injecting fluids into them, in the anime; she fed off of negative emotions (Or something along those lines). So I made the character an amalgamation of those two interpretations. And even though this was only the SECOND chapter of AOAD I posted this year, I hope the length more than made up for it…that is if it didn't scare you away, cause I KNOW. I threw a lot of shit at you guys. Now if you'll excuse me, after writing this behemoth of a chapter, I'm off to watch some stuff on Hulu and play some Persona 4.

Have a Happy New Year Folks, and I'll see you in 2016 with more Awakening of a Devil!

Reviews Response

Danish78: I'm glad you enjoy the character interactions! It gets tough to progress them and make them feel natural without making characters come off as too cruel, OOC, or falling into Fanfic clichés (Pretty sure I failed to avoid that last one though…). This chapter was one of the harder ones, what with more SasuKuru interactions and subtly trying to advance the SasuMoka relationship.

The 7th Knight: Newspaper Club Chapter's coming after this two parter, I swear!

Croniklerx: I haven't really considered any female characters outside the main cast to be in Sasuke's Harem…

TheNightingale13: The answer is simple: Sasuke is the only one that actually adheres to the rule of not revealing his monster identity.

DaOneInDaCorner: Don't worry, Tsukune will get some lovin' as well.

Stalker: I'll see what I can do with that one…

Ithinker: Thanks for the advice and the compliments; and I have a couple of things in mind for Tsukune down the line.

King of Spears: We're still a ways from seeing Naruto in AOAD outside letters and Flashbacks.

SuperSOULEATERLOVER: ...Okay…

GSP224: It was a decision that only made sense when looking at Sasuke and his Curse Mark Forms.

HolySheet: Thank you for your patience HolySheet. It has paid off for you in dividends.

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