Hey, sorry everyone for the delay but college started back up and a was sick for a few days and I mean like in the bathroom most of the day sick. But, I hope this chapter more than makes up for that. But, first a few things.

To the guest reviewer asking about the Charybdis I am adding it to the Monstitrix. On my profile is list of monsters that will be in it so, just check it out for yourself. Also, for every chapter if i get any new monsters or come up with one. I will update my profile when I put up a new chapter.

Now, Evildino made a suggestion of leaving a preview of the next chapter in case i ended up being delayed so, I'm going to start doing that from now on just in case I do get delayed.

And one last thing before we begin. Do you guys think I should add the Dullahan to the Monstitrix? Let me know in a review and if you have an idea don't hesitate to let me know. Oh, and I decided to take out the Umibozu, who was going to be like Jake's Humongasuar and make the troll that. Because, of the pictures I saw of the troll from the series I would say he's roughly around that size, plus I didn't want to have to bring in the episode from the anime that had him in it since it would have been real hard to make it all fit.

Disclaimer: I own only my OC. Everything else belongs to their respected creators

Chapter 10: The Scum of Youkia Academy

It was night at Youkia Academy and everything was nice and peaceful.

"You little brat!"

"Stop it, you Boob-Cow!"

Well, it was. Until, Kurumu and Yukari began fighting each other in Jake's room. With Jake and Moka watching with a small sweat drop on the back of each of their heads.

Currently, Yukari and Kurumu were having themselves another fight that began with Yukari calling Kurumu stupid, then Kurumu making fun of Yukari's breasts which in turn caused the young witch to summon a wash tub to slam into the succubus' head. And that is why the two were currently in each other's headlocks.

"Come on you two." Jake told them. "Were here to study not wrestle."

You see the reason the four were studying was Kurumu had got wind of Moka helping Jake with his problems adjusting to Japan's culture and such. And she wasn't going to let Moka try and steal Jake away so she decided that she'd help as well. Which, lead to Yukari finding out and the young girl not wanting to be left out decided she'd help as well.

Jake didn't have a problem with it, in fact he thought it would be a good idea. He would get the help he needed, he'd also be able to help the girls understand humans and how to interact in the human world easier, and Kurumu would actually be able to do better than what she was.

"I don't see why your trying to teach us about the human world." Kurumu commented as she sat up and straightened up her clothes. "I mean that's what were here to learn anyway."

"She's right." Yukari added in. "It doesn't make a lot of sense."

"I know, but the thing is the school's info is a bit out of date." Jake replied.

"What do you mean?" Moka asked. While, she didn't have a problem with Jake helping her understand the human world, she was curious why he wanted to.

"Well, things like what's considered cool or art. And the lingo that most people us now is completely different from even ten years ago." Jake explained.

"Then we don't have to even learn what the school is teaching us." Kurumu said with a smile.

"Sorry, to spoil your moment, Kurumu. But, since the school tests you to make sure your able to fit in with the human world. You still have to learn what they're teaching." Jake told her.

"Awww." Kurumu whined.

"Well, at least thanks to Jake we'll be able to fit in with the human world better than normal." Moka said, trying to cheer up Kurumu.

"But, what about all of the other students?" Yukari asked.

"I wouldn't worry about that." Jake replied. "From what I've seen, a few students actually know what's 'in', in the human world. And for the ones that don't well...maybe I can talk to the headmaster about updating their information."

"Why does this all have to be so difficult!" Kurumu whined some more.

"Kurumu, that's why were here; to help each other understand what we need to know." Jake told the succubus. "All you need to does is just try your best and everything will turn out okay in the end."

"That's easy for you to say." Kurumu commented. "You, Moka, and Yukari do so well at all this stuff. I'll never be able to do that."

"She is right you know." Yukari commented, yawning slightly.

"Yukari!" Moka scolded the young witch.

"That's not true." Jake told Kurumu. "You just need to find your own way of learning and everything well just come to you. Like me, I normally listen to music when I study certain subjects, so when ever I think of that song, then everything I was studying just seems to come to me."

"I normally rewrite my notes so I can remember what's important." Moka added in.

"I say what's the most important piece of information of the lessons out loud so I can remember it." Yukari explained with a yawn.

"You see, you just need to find your own unique method of studying and it will a lot easier for you." Jake said.

"I guess you guys are right." Kurumu replied.

"I think we need to be calling it a night." Jake said.

Moka and Kurumu gave Jake a curious look. "Why?" Moka asked.

"Well, for one it's almost eleven." Jake answered.

The two girls looked at the clock in the room to see that Jake was right about the time.

"And the other reason being that Yukari is asleep." Jake added in.

Kurumu and Moka then turned to look at Yukari who had fallen asleep sitting up.

"I guess we forgot that she's so young." Moka said.

'Well, when she's talking about three-way relationships. You do tend to forget her age.' Jake thought. "Here, I'll help you guys take her back to her room." he offered, as he stood up and lifted Yukari up into his arms, carrying her bridal style.

Yukari let out a small yawn as she curled up into Jake's chest.

"Awww." Moka said at Yukari's cute little act.

Kurumu even thought it was cute, but she was still a bit jealous that Yukari got to cuddle up to Jake.

'That's the cutest thing I've ever seen.' Jake thought.

"Mmmm...Jake...Moka..don't start without me." Yukari mumbled in her sleep.

'And..now it's awkward ' Jake thought with a small blush on his face. He looked over at Moka and Kurumu, and saw they were also blushing with looks of surprise on their face. "Let's hurry and get her to her room." he said.

The two girls nodded their heads in agreement as they all quickly made their way to the girls dorm.

A little while later Jake returned to his room. "Man, Yukari maybe young but she sure has one heck of a grip." he mumbled to himself. When Jake tried to put Yukari down in her bed she latched on to him and wouldn't let go, it took both Moka and Kurumu's help to pry the young witches grip off him.

"I'm just glad that I made it out before Kurumu dragged me into her room." Jake also mumbled. Jake maybe a teenaged boy, but he wasn't ready for that. "Now, I think I'll hit the hay."

And with that Jake readied himself for bed and feel asleep.

The next day in the Newspaper Club room Jake was with the girls and Gin. They were on a deadline to get their paper ready, too. A week had passed since the incident involving Gin getting exposed as a pervert, but it was also their first big scoop that they had. They would have had it done earlier but, with having to deal with a broken computer that the school didn't seem in a hurry to fix and the fact that the only people that actually worked had never had anything to do with a newspaper, then it was amazing that they were even going to be ready this week.

"It's some good fortune that you had that weird Gremlin monster, of yours Jake." Gin told Jake as he worked on the computer. "If it wasn't for you then this thing probably wouldn't have been fixed till next week and heck you even made it work better than it was before."

"Hey, I'm just glad I could help. But, I think it's weird that the school has computers and nobody with the knowledge to fix them." Jake replied. "I guess I can talk to the headmaster about updating the technology around here as well as the teaching syllabus."

"What kind of tech. updates do you think we need?" Gin asked curiously.

"Well, I guess new computers. The ones we have are like ten years old, you don't even see them anymore." Jake answered.

"You sure seem to know a lot about the kind of things that are in the human world." Gin commented.

"Well, I did go to school their before I came here." Jake replied. "So, I do know a bit more than some students."

"Hello, everyone!" Ms. Nekonome said cheerfully as she entered. "Working hard, I see!"

"All of us for once." Kurumu commented dryly, as she along with the other girls glared at Gin.

"Well, why don't you all take a break? I've brought snacks." Ms. Nekonome said as she handed them all snacks.

"Ummm..Miss Nekonome?" Jake questioned.

"Yes?" Miss Nekonome asked.

"Well, it's no that I don't like fish or anything, but I don't think we should be eating raw fish." Jake deadpanned.

Gin sighed as he shrugged, "Yeah, I forgot to mention. That's something else you're gonna have to get used to while Miss Nekonome's our advisor. She loves fish."

"And it tastes best fresh!" Ms. Nekonome answered. "Oh, Kurumu, this letter was left in front of the classroom for you."

Kurumu took the letter and read the envelope. 'Wonder who'd send me a love letter?' she thought it was from someone calling himself her secret admirer. She eyed Jake, who was hard at work, and her face got all flushed, 'Oh, Jake. Has he finally taken notice of me?'

What she found, however, was a set of photos of her…dirty pictures. Some of them showed her in her underwear, and somewhat nothing at all. 'What!?' she screamed in her head. She also found a note telling her to meet the sender at the Monster Tree, in the main schoolyard. Kurumu quickly disposed of the items in the trash.

"Hey, what's wrong, Kurumu?" Jake asked, as he had taken notice of her flustered look.

"Oh, nothing!" Kurumu denied. "Anyway, guys, I gotta go! I just remembered I have something to do!" She made a rush out of the club room.

"Wait, but the deadline!" Moka yelled. But, it was too late, Kurumu was already gone.

"Let's just finish without her!" Yukari exclaimed. "We don't need a ditcher!"

"Yukari, that's a bit harsh." Jake told the young girl. "She said she has something important to do so, that's what she's probably doing. Besides if she really didn't want to work on this then why would she have stayed behind to even learn how all of this was done anyway?" he questioned.

"I..I guess your right." Yukari admitted.

Moka however didn't seem like she had paid much attention to what Jake had said. "Maybe...she doesn't consider us friends." she said in a low whisper.

Of course, Jake was able to hear her. "Why would you say that?" he asked.

"I mean the only reason she joined the club is to be close to you, Jake." Moka explained. Which caused Jake to blush slightly. "I doubt Kurumu even does consider me or Yukari a friend. Maybe…"

"Moka, I think your jumping to conclusions." Jake told the vampire. "Sure, Kurumu's main concern thus far is been me, but I honestly believe that she considers you and Yukari friends."

"I guess your right." Moka replied.

"Alright, then let's get back to work. Kurumu will finish up what she had to do and be right back to help." Jake said with a light smile.

Meanwhile, at the Monster Tree, Kurumu had followed the directions to the Monster Tree. The plant had definitely earned the name since it looked like an actual monster rather than just a simple tree which grew to look somewhat strange. Not many people went near it most days since there was a rumor going around that it actually was a monster who was just sleeping. Others say they had stepped inside its mouth and nothing happened. However, in a school where nothing was as it appeared, lots of people didn't like to take chances.

"Come on out, you creep!" Kurumu shouted

"Oh, how mean, Kurumu." came a voice from up in the tree.

Kurumu looked up to see a teen, light build but he didn't look too strong, with brown hair that covered over one eye and freckles with a camera in hand. It was evident that he was a heavy sweater of sorts, due to his greasy hair and the slight shin his skin had. Not only that but he had a creepy grin on his face that was unnerving her.

"Who are you!?" Kurumu demanded, ready to attack the guy.

"Forgotten about me, already?" the teen snickered. "I'm Nagare, one of your fans. You once asked me to take photos of you."

Kurumu was silent for a moment, thinking on it, until she finally put it all together. "Oh, yeah! Now I remember you!" Kurumu remembered.

Back when she had her harem plot going on, she asked the guy to do a photo shoot for her so she could get her image going around and boys would try to meet her in person so she could charm them. Now that she had met Jake, she didn't need that anymore and had simply forgotten about him.

"So, it was you who took those pictures!?" Kurumu accused.

"Yup, and if you don't want me to spread them all over school, you'll spend the day with me!" said Nagare.

Kurumu scowled. She really didn't want those dirty pictures to be spread. She'd be having perverts from all over the school coming after her. Not to mention what all of the girls around school would think of her. What else would everyone think if someone spread photos of her in her underwear all over the school? She already spread sexy photos of herself once already.

"O…Okay," she yielded, slouching her shoulders in defeat.

"Alright!" Nagare shouted, as he drew out what appeared to be a trunk of costumes. "Now, all you have to do is dress up in any cosplay of my choice and pose for pictures." He sorted through the first batch, and pulled out a few pieces. "Okay, first the gym clothes, then a school swimsuit, then a maid and…"

Kurumu was making her way back to the Newspaper Club room after having to take those photos for two hours. Nagare apparently was going to make full use of his blackmail and wasn't going to let her go until he got at least one photo of her in every costume.

'I feel like I need a shower.' Kurumu thought. The perverse smile that Nagare was wearing the entire time his was taking the pictures made her feel sick and dirty.

"I'm back." Kurumu said with a sigh as she entered the room, trying to look like nothing was wrong, but the stares she received certainly didn't make her feel any better. 'Oh, man! They are mega-pissed off!' she thought, as she gulped.

"And just where were you?" Yukari questioned with a frown, her hands on her hips like a scolding mother.

"I was…dealing with something… very important," Kurumu answered, not planning on telling anyone about what happened. "I…I'm sorry it too so long."

"That's okay." Moka said. "We got most of the work done already."

"Oh…okay," the succubus nodded. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do?"

"Nah, were heading back to the dorms to relax for a bit." Jake answered, as he and the rest of the group made their way to the door. But, when everyone else left Jake stopped to turn to talk to Kurumu. "Hey, I know Yukari's a bit made and Moka's slightly disappointed But, give them some time and they'll see that your were busy and couldn't make it back in time." he told her.

"Yeah, thanks." Kurumu replied in a melancholy tone. She knew he was trying to cheer her up, but it was just making her feel worse.

"Also, don't forget me, Moka, and Yukari are your friends. If you need help with anything then all you have to do is ask and we'd be more than happy to help you." Jake told Kurumu with a smile as he then turned to leave.

Kurumu felt like telling him everything that happened so he could help, but she was scared of how he'd react to it all, so she settled for thanking him for his kind words. "I will, thanks."

When Jake left Kurumu walked over to the final draft of the school newspaper, "They really did get it all done." There wasn't much left to do but select which articles would go where and put the paper together. Now Kurumu felt even worse. She had at least hoped that something would be left for her to do, so she could make up for some of the time she had wasted dealing with that freaky pervert and his perverted photos.

Now she really wished she could have mauled the little pest, but he would have just spread those photos. But that wasn't what bugged her, it was that she had let them down. When she started school she never had any friends She had always used her succubus powers to lure people all around her. But now that she had made friends, without the use of her charms, that was something precious to her. Tears nearly swelled in her eyes, as she realized that as she tried to hide this hideous truth of this perverted photographer, that not only did she betray her true friends, but she might end up losing them.

"Why so glum Kurumu-chan?" came a voice behind her.

Kurumu whirled around to see Nagare, grinning his trademark pervert grin, and leaning on the side of the door frame.

"You!" Kurumu snapped as she quickly wiped away the tears, staring daggers at her blackmailer. "Thanks to you now, everyone thinks I ditched work!"

"Hey, you're the one who decided to leave so to protect your own reputations. Pretty selfish if you ask me." Nagare shrugged without a hint of remorse.

"You were the one who snuck up to my window, so you could take those photos!" Kurumu shouted, just inches away from beat that smug grin off of Nagare's face.

"Maybe, but no one's gonna believe that considering your little harem plot in the past." Nagare said with a laugh. "Now, about tomorrow…" he said gripping his camera, and his grin becoming slightly wider

"Whoa, hold on! There's not gonna be tomorrow!" Kurumu yelled at him. "I posed for your photos already! Deal's off!"

"Well, for those photos anyway." Nagare said nonchalantly. "But you know, those cosplay shots I got are pretty good. It would be a shame if I lost some, but I made lots of copies so I can afford to lose them anyway. But I'm just so clumsy so I might drop some again and again and never know where they might end up." His face then contorted into the darkest, and scariest, sneer you'd ever lay eyes on. "You're mine so long as you don't want these photos to fall in Mension's hands."

Kurumu's eyes widened in both fear and defeat. "Fine! Just don't you dare spread those photos! I'll be back at the Monster Tree so you can take more."

"Smart girl." Nagare replied with a laugh, as Kurumu stomped past him.

However, the guy needed another plan to make sure Kurumu stayed under his control for as long as he wanted. Sooner or later she'd either fight him or get Jake Mension's help. Gazing around the room, his eyes landed on the final draft of the school paper done up in an envelope. Seeing it brought a sinister smirk across his face as an idea came to him. Walking across the room, he grabbed the envelope and began to examine it.

"Final draft huh?" he commented as a darker sneer spread across his face, as a new plan formed.

The next day in the Newspaper Club room the day was having a horrible start for the group of friends.

"It's gone, it's all gone!" Moka yelled in a panic.

"Even all the data's been deleted!" Yukari added as she checked the computer. "And someone even opened up my personal diary!"

"And we worked all day on it yesterday too!" added Jake.

The group had returned to their club room ready to put the paper together for submission to Miss Nekonome who was in charge of printing them up for distribution. However, arriving at the club room they discovered their final draft missing and all of the data on the computer to be deleted.

"We've got no choice people! We're working on a deadline now so all we gotta do is, do it all over again!" Gin ordered. He maybe a slacker, but he always got the paper out on time and he wasn't about break that record.

'Nagare! That jerk!' Kurumu screamed in her. She knew it was him he was the last one in the room yesterday. She quickly began making her way to the door.

"Kurumu, where are you going!?" Moka shouted at Kurumu causing her to stop but she didn't answer. "Kurumu…" Moka whispered, until she shot up. "You're just thinking about yourself, when everyone else's having a hard time! Don't you think about how everyone else feels?!"

Kurumu felt a stab of guilt, as she looked to everyone, uncertain what to tell them. But she shook her head. 'I… I can't tell them.. photos or not, there's no telling what that slime ball would do with the final draft. Even if I told them the truth.' She turned her back to them, resolved in her decision, "I'm sorry… but I have to go." And was on her way out.

Feeling betrayed by Kurumu's actions, Moka, forgetting what Jake had told her yesterday, shouted in anger, and a slight tear going down her eye, "Kurumu! I thought you were different, as did Jake! But in the end, you don't think of us as friends or anything, did you? If that's the case, then leave the newspaper club… And Don't Come Back!"

Kurumu closed the door as she left, but stopped on the wall, as she silently sobbed at what Moka had shouted out to her. But hardening her resolve, she sped off towards the Monster Tree.

"Okay, enough melodrama," Gin suddenly said, as he looked to everyone with a serious determination. "Our draft may be gone, but the battle's not over yet! We're just gonna have to slap something together as fast as we can!"

"Yeah, but what about Kurumu?" Jake asked, slightly confused about her behavior. "She looked like something was wrong?"

Moka's back was turned, as she hid the look of being betrayed from everyone else, "She made her choice. I know you said that she did consider us friends. But, this proves she didn't care about us at all."

"But..." Jake tried to reason.

"Forget her, that ditcher!" Yukari shouted. "We have a lot of work to do and we have to do it fast!"

Jake sighed as he got to work as much as he wanted to reason with the two they needed to finish the paper. 'But, I feel as if something bad is going to happen.' he thought.

Kurumu arrived at the Monster Tree and to say she wasn't happy would be an understatement.

"Nagare, you slimy bastard! Come on out!" Kurumu shouted as she showed up

And of course, Nagare was sitting up on one of the branches with his normal grin on his face. In one hand he was holding his camera. In the other, he was holding the final draft of the school paper. His grin just bragged how he thought he had her right where he wanted her. It wasn't too hard to figure what he wanted with that stupid look on his face.

"Looking for this?" he with a smirk, waving the envelope around.

"Give that back!" Kurumu demanded.

"Oh, and why should I? Unless of course you're willing to do something for me in return…" Nagare said lecherously.

"Just…give it back." Kurumu said slightly trembling.

"Why don't you get on your knees and beg? How about you do it naked too?" Nagare chortled. His finger was already going to his shutter button. But, when she didn't submit he quickly produced a lighter, bringing it close to the envelope as he began playing with the igniter. "Now, off with your clothes Kurumu-chan!"

"What?!" the succubus cried out.

"Off with your clothes, Kurumu!" he laughed, "Or say bye to this garbage. Honestly, I could write better articles in my sleep! And this photography? Disgusting!"

"It's not garbage! It's something me and my friends worked so hard together to make!" Kurumu shouted, finally loosing her cool. She let loose her wings and flew straight at Nagare. He was taken by surprise as she snatched the draft out of his hands. "Yahoohoo! Got it!"

"Oh…now you've done it…" Nagare snarled as a sort of tendril came out from his neck. "Take this!" He started to pump out some sort of weird gas.

Kurumu coughed, but as some of the gas entered her lungs, she felt weak around the knees. "W-what is this!?" Kurumu shouted, unable to focus or stay standing.

"I was just going to take photos, but maybe I'll just take the whole thing!" His skin started becoming a disgusting green, as his whole body began to change shape, "And when you're unconscious, you can't stop me!" He drooled, his teeth becoming spread apart as his whole body began to sag and droop like there weren't any bones in it.

"No…" Kurumu whispered.

Back in the Newspaper Club room everyone was working hard, but Jake seemed to be distracted. He then quickly stood up surprising everyone in the room.

"Jake?" Moka said in concern.

"I'm going to look for Kurumu." Jake told everyone. "I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen."

"You can't, Jake! If you leave now, then the newspaper really will miss the deadline!" Moka shot up from her seat, preventing him from leaving, as she tried to reason with him.

"But, Moka..." Jake tried to reason.

"Please, Jake." Moka begged, looking to him. "… please… let's just concentrate on this right now. Why can we all just do what we can? Please, if not for the club, then, do it for m…"

"I'm sorry, Moka." Jake said cutting her off as he side stepped her.

Moka's eyed widened in shock, and then sunk over in sadness. 'Why…? We should have deepened our friendship in this club… and yet…' she thought.

"Jake," Gin said as he shot a stern look at Jake. "Does that mean the Newspaper you said we'd create doesn't matter to you?"

Jake stopped, with his back still turned to all of them, but answered. "No, in fact it gives me another reason to go find Kurumu, she is still a part of this club and a newspaper that the entire club didn't work on just doesn't seem right." He then turned to look at all of them, with a look of determination on his face. "The other reason being that earlier when we were all angry at what happened, Kurumu looked the most furious, like she knew who may have done it and if she did then she would have went after them and she's been gone a long time, and that makes me worried."

Before Gin or Moka could ask him what he meant, Yukari interrupted them.

"Oh, my! Guys!" Yukari cried.

"What is it?" Jake asked. Yukari was tossing out some wrappers from the snacks Moka had gotten from the vending machines so everyone could have something to eat. Apparently something had shocked her.

"Look at these!" the tiny witch cried, bringing over several…candid photos of Kurumu in varies sets of underwear. She seemed to be totally unaware that she was being photographed. Jake blinked in shock before the witch pushed a letter on top of the photos. "There was a letter too!"

Jake picked up the letter and scanned over the words, his eyes narrowing in anger as he finished. "I don't believe this. Someone was blackmailing Kurumu! He was going to pass these all over school if she didn't meet up with him!" he yelled curling his right hand into a fist so hard his knuckles popped.

"WHAT?!" Gin and Moka cried out, scrambling to read over Jake's shoulder.

Sure enough, the threat was written on the paper. Everyone quickly began to feel disgusted that someone was willing to do such a terrible thing to their friend. Even Gin. He may have been a pervert, but what he saw or what photos he collected stayed with him alone. He never passed photos along and he never told anyone anything about what he may have seen.

Jake reached out and grabbed the photos from Yukari's hand and began tearing them up into tiny little pieces.

"He must have taken the draft as an extra precaution to ensure she'd stay under his thumb." Gin said scratched his chin. "And I thought framing you was low, Jake."

"Does anyone know where the Monster Tree is?" Jake asked in low voice.

"It's just back behind the gym. You can't miss it." Gin told him.

And with that Jake ran out of the room fueled by pure rage. In his anger flung the door open so hard, the doorknob put a hole in the wall.

"Jake! Wait!" Moka called out as she chased after him.

Yukari was going to follow as well, but Gin grabbed a hold of her shoulder stopping her. "I'm sorry to say as much as I'd like to get my hands on the guy who did this. Some of us need to stay behind in case the guy already destroyed it." he explained to the young girl.

"Okay." Yukari replied as she began helping Gin.

Kurumu felt like she was in a nightmare. At the moment, she had locked herself inside of the equipment shed, huddled in a corner with the draft of the school paper in her arms. The gas that Nagare produced was definitely potent. Her wings felt like lead so she couldn't fly and her vision was swimming slightly. If she had inhaled any more of the gas then she would have been out cold and at Nagare's mercy.

"Damn it…" She cursed under her breath. "Jake…everyone…help me…" she pleaded sobbing.

"Nowhere to run, Kurumu…"

Kurumu's eyes widened as she scrambled away. She saw slime coming in through under the door and saw a pair of eyestalks and a scary grin. The organism alone looked like a pile of snot and Kurumu thought she might gag at the sight of him.

"Here I am…Kurumu…" Nagare told her.

"W-what are you!?" Kurumu demanded. She didn't want to sound afraid, to at least show some courage.

"Oh, just a Madslug." Nagare answered.

Monster Fact:

Madslug a B-ranked monster. They are normally found in wet places like swamps and wetlands. They normally just scare people and are little more than a nuisance They can turn into an ooze that can easily slip under doors and they can release a poisonous gas that if enough is inhaled, can kill. But, due to their structure they aren't very strong and have very little durability.

"Now, don't be shy. Let me a give you a hug!" Nagare sad as he began making his way towards Kurumu.

Kurumu's courage failed her as she let out a terrified scream.

"Jake I heard a scream from the equipment shed!"

The next thing Kurumu and Nagare knew a bright flash of green light flashed on the other side of the door.

"What the..." Nagare began to question, but a large orange colored claw burst through the door and grabbed him and the face and then proceeded to yank him through the door, shattering it.

Kurumu looked out the door to see Rath throwing Nagare on the ground and Moka running in the shed to check on her.

"Kurumu are you okay?" Moka asked.

Kurumu was still trying to overcome her shock so, she just shook her head to signal she was alright.

Outside Rath was beating the stuffing or slime out of Nagare by repeatedly slamming him into the ground. "LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU SLIMY, DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A BEING! YOU MADE A HUGE MISTAKE DOING WHAT YOU DID TO KURUMU KURUNO, AND RATH IS GOING TO SPLATTER YOU ALL OVER THIS PLACE!" Rath yelled as he continued to beat Nagare into...well a pulp.

Back inside the shed Moka was trying to comfort the scared succubus.

"Kurumu, I'm so sorry." Moka apologized. "You risked everything to save our newspaper. I'm sorry I doubted you." Moka slowly hugged Kurumu. "We found the photos that were being used to blackmail you. Kurumu. You shouldn't have tried to deal with something like this yourself. We would have helped you no matter what."

"Oh…Moka…" Kurumu sobbed, hugging her back.

She knew she should have had more faith in her friends and asked them to help, like Jake had told her yesterday. But those photos were so embarrassing and her damn succubus pride in dealing with clingy men probably helped her make her decision.

"Come, on. Let's get you out of here." Moka said as she helped Kurumu to her feet and began leading her out of the shed.

Once outside they saw Rath throw Nagare into a nearby tree, breaking of a lot of large branches.

Rath then began taking some deep breathes to try and calm himself, considering the claws on his wrist had grown from all his anger. "HAD ENOUGH, SLIME BALL! OR IS RATH GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP WIPING YOUR FACE ACROSS THE GROUND!"

Nagare began slowly sitting, sending a glare that oozed hatred at Rath. "I won't let you stop me!" he screamed at Rath like some kind of mad man. "Kurumu is mine! Mine you hear me! And I won't let you have her!"

Rath's eye narrowed at Nagare after his declaration. "SHE DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU, YOU SNOT RAG!" Rath yelled as he charged Nagare.

Nagare had a smirk on his face when Rath began charging him. 'Got you.' he thought as he began releasing his gas.

Rath was so caught up in his anger that he didn't notice the gas, but by the time he reached Nagare he was out of energy and barely able to stand. "Wh...what's...going...on?" he asked.

"Oh, just a little bit of poisonous gas." Nagare said nonchalantly, as he released some more gas causing Rath to fall back onto the ground. "But, don't worry I won't let the gas kill you." he told Rath as he picked up a large stick with a rough jagged end. "I want to do that with my own two hands!"

Moka and Kurumu saw what was about to happen and Moka knew she wouldn't be able to make it in time, but Kurumu quickly took off towards the two. "Kurumu!" she called out.

"Sorry, Moka but, I'm going to teach that worm not mess with me or my friends." Kurumu called back. "Also...No One Messes With My Destined One!" she yelled out as she flew even faster.

Nagare continued to gloat over Rath, until he decided it was time to end it. "Now, Die! Jake Mension!" he roared.

"Leave Jake Alone!" Kurumu yelled as approached the two, her eyes glowing bright red and her monster aura rose to extreme heights.

Then all of the sudden the reality around Nagare began to warp. "What's going on?" he asked.

Meanwhile, from a distance Moka was watching in amazement at the sudden rise in Kurumu's monster energy.

"It's her true power!" Moka's rosario spoke. "A succubus is not only able to Charm her victims with her gaze, but is also able to cast illusions. It seems that in her rage the succubus has awakened her potential." The Inner Moka also smirked. "Hmm, I wonder. Had she used that before we became allies, she would have probably beaten me. Better to have her as a comrade than as an enemy, I guess."

Back with Nagare, he felt the earth tremble beneath him, which gave him pause. Looking around, he saw the Monster Tree beginning to groan and growl. To Nagare's horror, the eyes of the tree began to light up with a monstrous glare as its roots tore themselves out of the ground. The Monster Tree lashed out, trapping the increasingly terrified slug monster within its grasp.

"Nooo! Let Me Go!" Nagare screeched as he was pulled closer to the Monster Tree's widening mouth.

"Now…as a close friend of mine likes to say…Know Your Place!" Kurumu shrieked, diving down at the screaming slug monster and slammed both of her feet into the top of Nagare's head, knocking him unconscious.

Then all of the sudden in a flash of red Rath was replaced with Jake who slowly began sitting up. "What...happened?" he asked while rubbing his head.

"You were knocked unconscious." Kurumu answered, helping Jake stand.

"But, what about him?" Jake asked while pointing to Nagare.

"Oh, well I kind of beat him." Kurumu explained, slightly.

Jake was still being heavily affected by the gas so he didn't ask for any more details.

"Jake!"

Jake and Kurumu turned slightly to see Moka running towards them, the final draft in hand. 'Are you guys okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine." Kurumu answered.

"I feel really weak." Jake answered.

Moka went over to help Kurumu support Jake. "Let's take you to the nurse." she explained.

And with that the three friends made their way back to the school.

After the three had stopped by the nurse, who gave Jake an antidote to flush the last bit of the poison from his system. They went to the headmaster to inform him of what Nagare did. And let's just say he wasn't happy. And the Nagare was going to be expelled and returned to his people. The headmaster informed them while, Madslugs like scaring people that Nagare's behavior was not tolerated by their leader.

Miss Nekonome came to pick up the paper for the printing, only to find a finished paper and a sleeping Gin. She was curious as to where the rest of the club members were, but she saw a note that said they had left to gone to their rooms, on top of the finished product.

Jake and the girls really didn't go back to their rooms, just yet. Jake wanted to talk to the girls about something so they were now in a small clearing by the lake that they all liked to hang out by.

"Jake couldn't this have waited till morning?" Yukari asked.

"Sorry, this will only take a second." Jake answered.

"Exactly, what is so important?" Kurumu asked.

"Well, after today I realized that I'm not always going to be around to help." Jake explained. "I took today for me to actually admit that to myself. So, that's why I've decided that I'm going to help train you guys to better defend yourselves."

The three girls were giving Jake a confused look. So, he decided to go in a bit more detail.

"Like, teach Kurumu a fighting style and help her practice her illusions, or help Yukari practice some new spells, and help you Moka, since if I'm not around then you can't unleash all of your power." Jake told them.

The three girls managed to get what he was saying this time and were happy that he was looking out for their safety over everything. So, they quickly swarmed him in a massive hug.

"Whoa! Guys wait a second!" Jake pleaded as he was quickly smothered.

During this time though, Nagare had managed to escape from where he was being held and was making his escape from the school.

"I'm not going to be sent back to the leader. No telling what he'd do to me." Nagare said as he made his way to the bus stop, panting.

"Well, what do we have here." came a voice.

Nagare quickly turned around to see Psyphon floating in front of him. "Who are you?" Nagare questioned.

"Me? I'm just someone looking for people like you to help me take my revenge on a certain individual." Psyphon explained.

"Yeah and who's that?" Nagare asked.

"Jake Mension, I'm sure you know of him." Psyphon replied.

Nagare's eyes narrowed at the mention of Jake's name. "Yeah, I know him, Thanks to him my life is ruined!"

"Then how about you join me. We can get our revenge and in return I'll help you obtain what you desire most." Psyphon offered the former student.

A wicked grin spread across Nagare's face at the offer. "You've got yourself a deal." he said. 'I'll be able to have sweet Kurumu all to myself.' he thought.

"Excellent, now then I think it's best that we take out leave." Psyphon said as he made his way towards the tunnel, with Nagare following behind.

I hope you guys and enjoyed and don't forget to review. And now let me introduce to you guys our new announcer, the Announcer from the Dragonball Z series.

Announcer: Thank you. Now, on the next installment of 'Aliens and Monsters'. The mysterious disappearance of some female students has caught the eye of the Newspaper Club. Not, only that but Moka seems to be distancing herself from her friends. What sinister foe is behind it all and will Jake learn what's wrong with Moka? Stayed tuned for the next update in...

'The Art of Sacrifice'!

I hope that is what you wanted Evildino. So, until next time!