Jeff Dunham's Passive Aggressive concert... it was amazing! A big buffet on the top floor, great seating... ahhhhh, a dream come true. Hopefully it will be released to home video or on Netflix or something, so you can see his newest puppet and an all-around great show. But enough about that, lets focus on the actual reason you came here, eh? Advance warning, this is mostly a POV chapter, so no epic battles... sorry :(

Chapter 10: New Routines + Nosfer-Ben (AN: Right now, imagine "Nosfer-Ben" is being written above a crossed-out "Vampire" in green spray paint... courtesy of himself.)

Ben's POV:

It's only been a couple of days since Julie came too... uh, "visit". Not gonna lie, it wasn't something I was ready to deal with... talk about expecting the unexpected, huh? In my excitement to return to Yokai Academy, I left her behind without at least saying goodbye, what kind of a boyfriend am I? Not giving my girlfriend the decenty of letting her know where I was going! I felt like my personally was rewritten from a mature teen growing up, into a 10-year-old in a 16-year-olds body... like that's ever happened, right?

In short, I was indirectly responsible for all the damage done to the school and everyone in it, and I'm gonna carry that for the rest of my life. My girls... ugh, that sounds weird; told me otherwise. Saying "how was I supposed to know that a vengeful Kratos would strike back?"... to which I replied: "I should've prevented the other one from even appearing". Because of my stupidity, the entire Academy I've grown to love was almost blown off the map!

I did get over it eventually, but I'll have to live with it. Enough about me though, the school and everyone in it; faculty, staff and students; are all safe now, that's all that matters. Julie returned home and we parted as friends, and she's also the new master of Lilith. Ishigami stole this magic mirror from the headmaster and gave it to Kokoa... and due to an extreme case of luck and circumstances, he plan to paint a picture of horror almost completely succeeded. Sure we fought our best, but it was Julie was figured out Lilith's true name and was able to get control of her... she's the real hero of that story.

Julie didn't have a greencard or anything, unless Ship could've changed into one, so they headed back home to America... I'm still shocked that not one of the girls trampled her when she kissed me goodbye, they did have a good friendship when they were all living with me though, so I guess that helped. The commotion on campus finally died down, repairs were made and school was back on schedule 4 days later. Thing's got back to normal, as normal as it CAN be anyway.

That's pretty much it... except for...

Main POV:

"Meow, MEOOOOOW! Welcome back, everyone!" Miss Nekonome cheered, happy as always. Her tail was wagging around, but everyone knew better than to call her out on it. She was taking roll when...

Miss Nekonome: Miss Akashiya?

Moka: Here!

Miss Nekonome: Miss Kurono?

Kurumu: Yahoo-hoo! Here!

Miss Nekonome: Miss Sendo?

Yukari: Present!

Kurumu: Heh, nerd.

KLONG!

Yukari: Heh, fish-titties. (AN: No one's called them that before, 2 points for me!)

Kurumu: (growls and extends nails slightly) Why you br...!

Gwen: (pinches her nose, while having both girls in mana balls) Your body swaps getting closer...

Miss Nekonome: Ahem!

Gwen, Kurumu and Yukari: Sorry!

Miss: Nekonome: Miss Shirayuki?

Mizore: (peeks from below her desk) Here.

Miss Nekonome: Mister Tennyson?

"Here." (2x)

Everyone in the class looked behind them... and were creeped out, quite understandably. Aside from the Newspaper Club who knew this already and gotten [somewhat] adjusted to it, Ben's homeroom class did not. One Ben was sitting at this desk like a good boy... another darker version was behind Moka's seat (much to Inner Moka's frustration, since it was the ONLY seat left), sitting on the desk itself and leaning on the wall like he owned the place. "What? Haven't seen fraternal twins before?" Asked the darker Ben. "Internal twin is more like it" whispered/deadpanned the lighter Ben. He knew this was a bad idea... he should've locked him in his dorm surrounded by salt and holy water.

"O-Ok then, moving on, heheh..." said Miss Nekonome, awkwardly and laughing nervously.

Ben's POV:

Yup, somehow Nosfer-Me didn't return to the watch and I was a little concerned about it. I'll never complain about the 10 minute time-outs again... as much. I contacted Azmuth about it and... was that a coffee stain on his lips? Uh anyway, he was clueless about it. He said it might be a glitch, but what kind of technical glitch causes a sentient form of me to walk around on its own? It's not a Ghostfreak-style break out, maybe the mirror had a side effect on the Omnitrix?

At first, Azmuth assumed I must've hacked the Omnitrix but after showing it was fully intact he calmed down... coffee and Grey Matters clearly don't mix too well, do they? I also told him that Nosfer was out for 2 days at the time and his silhouette was still on the dial, so he was still in the database. Nosfer spoke up, telling him the Omnitrix said it lost half of its power due to his removal, Azmuth claimed it was impossible and yet he proved him wrong by making me transform. Five minutes in the form, five minute recharge and all.

Stumped, Azmuth just told us to take it easy with the Omnitrix. He'll see what he can find on his end but until then, stay out of trouble... does coffee cause memory loss with Grey Matters too?!

Since I couldn't control Nosfer-Ben at the present moment, training was on hold until further notice. If not controlling him wasn't bad enough, he freaked out every other student and teacher in our classes just by being in the same room... he was quiet as a mouse upon my request, seeing as he's gonna be a student for a while, not that it was doing much. He was as popular with the females as I was, but his dark aura made them stutter, even when he was being nice too them (again, my request). After his confession of being jealous, our club slowly treated him differently... he was still a pain at times, but it appeared he was genuinely trying.

Main POV - Day #1:

"Stalker Section!"

"Fashion Panel!"

"Stalker Section!"

"Fashion Panel!"

"Can I let Inner Elmer shoot Daffy and Bugs? I'm trying to read!" Said Nosfer-Ben, since 'Bugs Bunny' and 'Daffy Duck' were being a bit rude while the club was working on the latest issue. More accurately, everyone OTHER than Nosfer-Ben was doing a meaningful task. Kurumu and Mizore were the ones debating on what could be in it; Gwen was showing Kevin how to type/write in japanese, he has gotten better at speaking it but writing it out was something else; Deshiko was out with Gin while he was 'asking' questions for a new story and she needed to keep him in check; Yukari was working with Moka and Ben... the only ones not present of course were Ruby and Kokoa, for various reasons.

Nosfer was supposed to be proof-reading something, but he started slacking off and pulled out a manga.

Main POV - Day #3:

Yukari joined in Mizore's and Kurumu's debate yesterday, wanting to add a tarot card reading guide. The compromise came in the most unexpected way...

"Oh for the love of Kami, WHAT IS THE F*****G PROBLEM?!" Asked Nosfer-Ben, getting up from his comfortable position and throwing his manga down on the floor. "SHE STARTED IT!" The 3 monsters' pointed to one another. "I don't care! Just make a fashion-filled, tarot-reading study guide for stalkers; then you big mouths can each have a say in it! Jesus Christ!" He yelled, picking up his manga and returning to his seat. He felt the stares of everyone else. "What? Just cause I'm a dark embodiment doesn't mean I live for chaos... you jackasses do more than enough on your own" he continued, looking up for a moment before going back to his book.

No fashion-filled, tarot-reading study guide for stalkers [or anything close to it] was published that day... the group was too mind-boggled by Nosfer's astounding form of reasoning.

Main POV - Day #6:

The club was handing out newspapers before class like they always do. Nosfer-Ben was into it at first, but after selling his entire stack it grew old to him and went behind the newspaper stand to read his manga. Still, the fact that there were 2 Bens' meant double the sales since most of the female population would get a paper just to hold his hand, sparking slight jealousy among the harem. Newspapers were selling like hotcakes... what was that writing on Nosfer's arm in black marker, and why from all those girls?

"Well, those whores are gonna be disappointed when he goes back to watchland" commented Kurumu.

Later at lunch, the group sat together at a large table. The only one who didn't eat was Nosfer-Ben, maybe he wasn't hungry or didn't get hungry... even though he ate some things at inconvenient times, such as during battles while he was watching. When asked why he didn't help, he would respond with: look how good ya did. "Anyone have any ideas for next weeks issue?" Asked Gwen, striking up conversation. "No, but your best friend Raven called and wants you to get Beast Boy out of her diary" commented Kokoa.

"Ya know, Gwen CAN switch peoples bodies if she's pissed off" said Nosfer-Ben, turning a manga page. "Yeah, she's been threatening that for weeks, I think its bullshit. If she really could, then Pinch-Pots and Yukari would stop bitching" said Kokoa. She and Gwen never got along well, and Gwen's heard more than enough lip out of her. Making due with her long-term threat, she activated the spell...

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Kokoa and Nosfer-Ben just looked at each other, and screamed. Their voices of course, were magically swapped. "What the fuck did you do?!" Yelled out Kokoa, now in Nosfer-Ben's body. "Who me? I can't swap bodies though, right?" Asked Gwen, sarcastically if that wasn't already made clear. Nosfer-Ben, who was in Kokoa's body, smiled. He started moving his new bodies hands to... "N-no, d-don't touch that! I-I'm warning you!" Said Kokoa, seeing herself going for a place that was forbidden by males. "Gwen! MAKE HIM STOP!" Kokoa pleaded.

Gwen realized she went too far, and swapped them back. "Come on! Not even a little?" Complained Nosfer-Ben, now back in his own body. Seeing this scene unfold; Kurumu, Yukari and even Mizore silently promised each other they would tone down the fighting while Gwen was around...

Ben's POV:

But there were times that he would drop his act and actually do something good for a change... behind my back, but still. Kurumu was sulking on the roof one day and Nosfer was there for her. I don't know exactly what transpired there, except that at some point this strange guy appeared on the roof with them. He had 2 different colored eyes and was reading the same type of manga Nosfer has been reading. Yukari has been studying extra hard for the midterms since with everything that's happened, she's been getting behind... well, behind for her anyway. She also was told by one of her teachers that she was too young to hear some part of a lesson he was teaching, and sent her out of the classroom... that had to hurt her pride a bit, I'm sure.

One time, Mizore lost her lollipop, but I didn't think too much of it. Nosfer said its not there just for flavor, and I thought he was screwing around, but it turns out I was wrong. The reason Mizore has it is to regulate her body temperature so she stays cold. Not only that, its a special kind of sucker made in her village, so I sadly couldn't just get one from a Bank of America drive-thru. Mizore had about 3 days before her body would shut down from overheating (yet, she's desperate to have my child, figure that one out) and the bus didn't come around until that time. Nosfer stood up to the plate and actually went across the continent just for her while me (as Big Chill or Arctiguana) and Gwen, Ruby's and Yukari's magic to keep her cool.

The funny part was when Nosfer got back, we all conveniently forgot that we could have had Kevin just drive there... Nosfer wasn't too happy, even after he got over his 5-day cold. "T-T-T-The t-t-t-things I d-d-d-do for y... y... a-CHOO!" He complained; sitting with his feet in a bucket full of heated water (herbed for him, of course), wrapped in a hot towel, wearing a heat-pack on his head and had a thermometer in his mouth... poor guy, but we were still laughing our asses off.

Kurumu's POV:

I was so mad one day... and when Nosfer found me, he asked with a grin if I was PMS-ing. Typical of him, but he did change his tone before I tore him a new one. I have to be honest, I wasn't totally convinced when he "confessed" about just wanting to be apart of our circle of friends. What he did for me up there was... oddly nice of him. He even gave me a surprisingly warm hug, I couldn't help but sink into it. Maybe he and Ben are more alike than we think...

This well-dressed guy appeared out of nowhere, saying how interesting we were... I was a little creeped out. But when he made light of my situation, Nosfer went off on his ass, calling him a heterochromic monkey... that word is too advanced for me, I'll have to ask Yukari about it later. Much to my surprise, the guy got back up even after a punch from a vampire as strong as Nosfer! He then taunted Nosfer, saying how could a hit as weak as that take down Mako, one of his comrades? You guessed it, Nosfer went at him again... but he blocked the vampires assault AND threw Nosfer into the wall.

I swiped at him and I was so sure I gotten him good, Nosfer even complimented my quick strike in his own way, blue and busty makes guys drop with lusty or something like that (it was kinda cute, I had to giggle). Sadly, he avoided my attack too, and got behind me in the blink of an eye! He said his name was Kiria Yoshii, he was 3x as arrogant as Nosfer and Reverse Moka combined, and he was totally calm even while Nosfer was defending me. He also said he could end the suffering between monsters and monstrels', if we could "entertain him".

His monster energy scared me too, more than Kuyo or any other S-Class monster we've faced. Nosfer started to get really angry and began his slight transformation, but the guy just laughed and said to save our energy for the big show... and left. "That's right, go back to your island and wait for Mario to hatch you!" Nosfer yelled out loud... but who's Mario?

Yukari's POV:

I still couldn't believe how far behind I've gotten! Moka was busy making a surprise for Ben and Ruby had 5 "long stories" before she could even get to mine! Who was left? When Nosfer came by, I thought he was just looking for an excuse to get out of his job for the newspaper, that was what he was doing at first. Just lying there reading an American magazine, it had a logo of a bunny with a ribbon, and the only words I could make out on the cover were: "for men" (just cause Ben taught me basic english doesn't mean I can read it easily).

I wanted to know what the heck he was reading, he kept muttering "oh yeah" like the Kool-Aid Man, deep voice and all. I tried to take a peak, but he pressed the magazine to his chest before I could get a good look, saying it wasn't for kids. There we went again! I'm too young this and too young that! I think I've more than demonstrated that I'm not a stupid little girl. It was just like this morning, my teacher even told me to wait outside the classroom so he could teach an "mature subject"... student discrimination if you ask me! It wasn't just him though, that happened all freaking day and I was sick of it... I cried into Nosfer, I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

I don't know if I heard him groan or sigh... but said he was sorry and wrapped his arms around me, it was a strangely warm feeling. He then pulled me out of my own dorm (girls saw us... because of their stares, I felt so embarrassed) and using his gift of speed and strength, carried me to my teachers' offices. I can't believe what he did next, he went out of his way for me! He asked nicely not to exclude me from lessons because of my biological age, most of the teachers listened to him. The ones that didn't... knowing Nosfer's temper, I was sure I'd see a blood bath. Much to my surprise, he vocally threatened them by asking "how would Tenmei feel about monster discrimination in a school where coexistence is the goal."

To the more stubborn ones, he also threw in: "is it REALLY all age... or because she's a witch?" That got them to change their tunes. Nosfer can be very helpful when he wants to be, and I'm very grateful. It's as I thought, deep down he's just as kindhearted as Ben is... in his own twisted way.

Mizore's POV:

I knew Nosfer was a good guy, he has his moments when he reverts back to a dickhead, but still a good guy. If him telling me to manually release him so he could protect me wasn't proof enough, going all the way to my hometown just to get me a new lollipop was. Sure it seems trivial, but I might have passed away before having Ben's baby... I was so close once, but my mother just HAD to get the Oracle involved! Love her to death, but at least my father knows when to back off.

I got a phone call from mother during Nosfer's 2nd day back... no f****ing way. Only Ben can taint my innocence! I'm not a two-timer, no matter how hot it might be to perform...

That's a wrap on this one. Leave some beautiful reviews for me and I'll see you in the next main chapter. This is more of a filler; but will impact the relationship between Ben and Nosfer-Ben, and the rest of the harem. See ya around!