Tsukune, finished dressing himself for the day, made his way downstairs for breakfast. Moka, hearing him walk down the stairs, quickly followed suite, surprising him as he made Moka a plate one of the fresh omelets his mother had just finished making before getting ready to run some errands.
"Hey, Tsukune, what smells so good?" she asked as in a cheerful tone
"It's my mom's omelets; I always loved these when I was a kid. She makes them with some red and green bell peppers and onions." He replied as he placed the omelet on the kitchen table while the pink haired vampire found her seat.
"It looks amazing" she said, eyeing her food with hunger, yet patiently waiting for Tsukune to sit before eating. Tsukune made the few short steps to the table where he placed his plate down, asking Moka if she wanted anything to drink.
"Oh, um, just some juice would be fine" she replied
Tsukune grabbed two identical drinking glasses a cabinet above the kitchen sink, set them on the counter and began to pour their beverages. Tsukune returned to the table, sitting down. Not paying attention as to where his feet were, he accidentally kicked the bag of gifts he had purchased for Moka while they were at the mall the other day. He had intended on giving them to her as soon as they arrived back to his parent's home, but wasn't expecting the series of events to take place.
Moka, hearing the noise of the loud, thick, plastic bag, looked at Tsukune with a sly smile.
"What was that I wonder?" She asked him. "I thought you had forgotten about all about it"
The pink haired beauty's face fell as she said this. It crushed Tsukune to see her feel forgotten
"Seriously?" he said in a light chuckle. "Moka, I promise you, I could never forget about you, or anything that involves you. That goes for your inner self too"
He then reached under the table, fetching the solid white plastic bag from the other day, a few drops of dried blood remained on the logo of the shop where he made his purchase. "Maybe I should have taken them out of the bag" he thought to himself as he set the bag on the table. Moka took a decent sized bite of her omelet, before looking back up to Tsukune, he had her full attention.
He reached into the bag and placed his hand on the large, zombie like rat, immediately looking back up to Moka. He lifted the rat out of the bag and placed it on the table directly across from Moka. He smiled as he saw her eyes light up with glee. The over joyed, beautiful, young vampire, practically lunged after the rat, giving it a firm squeeze as she spoke up.
"Thank you Tsukune!" she exclaimed. "I love it."
"I got one more for you." He said as he smiled ever so slightly. "Do you remember when we went on our first school trip to the human world?"
"Of course I do, how could I forget? I was so upset that I didn't get to spend any time with you, Kokoa was crowned leader of a sad excuse of a gang, tried to kill us…"
"Well, I remember something that stuck out to me very well. I liked it as much as you did. The other girls just made fun of you for wanting it" Tsukune interrupted.
Moka's eyes shot wide as her inner self spoke to her through her mind.
"How did he remember that? I wanted that little key chain so damn bad, but you are to easily persuaded by other people, so you put it back"
"I'm not sure, but I don't think that's it. How would anyone remember such a small detail over a huge trip?"
"Easy, it's because he loves us, both."
Tsukune pulled out the small trinket from the back, hiding it within his fist. He placed his fist directly in front of Moka, merely inches from her chest. Moka held her hand out as she began to blush lightly. Tsukune opened his hand and let the item fall into her. Moka blushed heavier and let a light tear fall down her left cheek. She wiped the tear of joy from her face as she looked back up at Tsukune with love in her eyes.
"I can't believe you remembered such a small detail" She said with a light sniffle.
"What's the matter Moka?" He asked thinking he had done something wrong
"Nothing, It's just that, well, no one has ever paid enough attention to me to notice the small things that I like or enjoy before you. It tells me that you truly care for me, and want to do everything in your power to make me happy. I love them, thank you so much Tsukune"
As she finished her statement, the young vampire shot over the table at Tsukune embracing him in a long, loving hug.
"Holy, shit, he remembered" her inner self thought.
"I know, isn't he amazing? I don't know what we would have done if he hadn't been enrolled in Yokai Academy" outer Moka replied to her inner self.
The two finished their breakfast, reminiscing the turbulence of that trip.
No sooner had Tsukune finished eating his breakfast, Moka stood up with a smile, and reached for the young turned ghoul's plate. Tsukune simply looked at the pink haired vampire with a look of confusion.
"It's okay Tsukune, I'm going to get these dishes cleaned up, it's the least I could do for your parents after letting me stay here" Moka stated as she loaded the dishes into the sink and began to run some hot soapy water, before continuing. "If you really want to help, you can stay in here and keep me company"
Tsukune simply nodded as he spun around in his chair, before speaking up.
"Moka, thanks for staying with me during the break. It, really means a lot."
"What do you mean?" Moka asked as she kept with her task at hand.
"Well, it shows that you want to spend time out of school with me."
As Moka heard this, she stopped washing the dirty dishes from their breakfast, fetched a small hand towel that was on the counter to her left and turned to look at Tsukune while drying her soapy hands.
"Of course I want to spend time with you outside of school Tsukune" She replied as her rosary began to glow a faint red as her inner self spoke up.
"Same here."
Moka, walking towards Tsukune, pulling him in for a loving embrace, whispered in his ear, "Because we love you"
Kasumi heard this transpire from the other room. Being the over protective mother she was, she had been ready to leave for some time now, but wanted to know exactly what was on Moka's mind when it was focused on her little angel.
"Oh, my God, she did the dishes without a single person having to ask! She is too good to be true. I don't care that she is a vampire; she loves my son with all of her heart, both her outer self and her true inner vampire. This girl would make the perfect wife for my baby boy" his mother thought as she put one hand over her mouth to keep her scream of joy withheld.
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Tubolcain made his way across the courtyard, traveling the same path he had this morning, back to his temporary home. "I wonder exactly who he has drafted to play in this little show for the families, students and faculty." He thought to himself. "Let alone, what the damn set list looks like. I just hope that he doesn't expect us to play this new aged pop shit that's plastered all over the place in the human world." Tubolcain felt a sudden flair of monster energy, no sooner had the feeling hit him like a ton of bricks, and it was gone. The metal worker spun around on his heels, dropping to one knee and he reached for his right boot retrieving a large razor sharp knife. As he saw a man standing merely inches away from him he made a quick slash towards the figures legs before noticing the long, white robes that concealed them. He stopped the attack with the blade only hairs away from the man's femoral artery.
"Goodness Tubolcain, just a little jumpy are we?" Mikogami said, with his hood up so only his smirk was visible.
Tubolcain stood up, sheathing the knife back into his boot before answering the headmaster.
"You know better than to sneak up on me like that. I have always been jumpy" he replied as he bent over slapping the dirt off of his knees. "So, what's up?"
"I forgot to give you a set list before you left the office" he said as he revealed a small slip of paper for behind his back, handing to Tubolcain. The new found maintenance man, reached out for the piece of paper, only to have Mikogami pull it back just in time to keep him from snatching it.
"Now, keep to the set list, it is very important that you do this. I know the reason behind the crucifix you wear around your neck, and how music effects you're mood. I want to prevent any problems from occurring." Mikogami said in a very serious and straight forward tone.
"Ok, you got it."
The headmaster presented the small slip yet again to Tubolcain. No sooner did he have the set list in his possession, he began to quickly read what Mikogami had selected them to play as he began to speak.
"Now, I have already taken a survey of the students to find out what type of music they would prefer, and to my surprise, this was the end result" said Mikogami.
"Hey, this is actually pretty good", Tubolcain said as a wide smile spread across his face before he finished speaking. "I actually know most of these songs already." As he looked up to tell Mikogami how pleased he was with what was selected, the headmaster had already begun to walk away, now several feet from him.
"I have a bad feeling about this. We will see how it will all pan out. I have bigger things to worry about. Come Monday, I must send for her" Mikogami thought as he walked across the court yard.
"Huh, guess he needs to think somethings over" Tubolcain said to himself before turning back, and continuing down the path back to his new home. As he neared the stoned exterior of the dwelling, he saw four young men standing outside, talking amongst themselves.
"Great, now who are all of these people" he thought as he approached the four young men, recognizing one of them immediately.
"Hibiki, what in the entire hell are you doing here?" he said with a slight fear in his voice
"Hey man, I got a letter in the mail from this Mikogami guy, asking me to accompany you with some music?" asked the mail carrier
"Yea, that's right, but I only just found out about it this morning. So, l can only assume you will be playing bass?" Tubolcain asked.
"You know it man" Hibiki replied. "So, you got a song list?"
"Yea, I actually just got it from Mikogami" Tubolcain replied as he handed Hibiki the small slip of paper.
"Not, bad, can we change it up a little bit?" he asked as he handed the slip to his right as a tall slender man grabbed it and read the list.
"Actually, I am under strict orders to play what he has listed in that order" replied Tubolcain
