Well this chapter took me longer than I thought it would. Didn't help that I had lots of distractions such as my final college class and Fire Emblem. Now one of those is out of the picture. But this chapter is longer than the last several so that has to count for something, right? The second semester has finally begun.

The new school semester has finally begun and I am once again attending Yokai Academy, the school for monsters, of monsters, and by monsters. Sometimes I forget the extraordinary circumstances that I have found myself in because that has become almost normal to me. I had been really excited to return to the human world for a while but after everything that happened, I found myself looking forward to returning to the monster world for the rest of the break. I was looking forward to the mundane routine of school life, well at least as mundane as things can become here. The newspaper club had worked really hard throughout summer so that we could greet the new semester with a summer edition of the newspaper for the very first week of the new term. It turned out to be a great hit, and this time we didn't have any disciplinary committee or anything like destroying our hard work. I'm sure Kurumu was happy about that. However, there was something else that had happened.

A girl with purple hair who I had never seen before walked up and asked for a newspaper. She talked in a very quiet voice so I had to pay extra attention to make out what she was saying. It seemed like she was really happy with my work, but that was when things got weird. She said that she was my biggest fan and pulled out a scrapbook with all of my articles from the paper along with things she had written between the margins. Needless to say I was a little uneasy. It turned out that her name was Mizore Shirayuki and was a snow woman. She's also….my stalker. Mizore had been really lonely but didn't know how to reach out to people. She was really obsessed with me and lashed out at Moka, Kurumu, and the others for being my friends.

A lot of things happened and for a while it seemed as if Mizore was going to be expelled from school. The boys' soccer teacher had it out for Mizore big time, to the point that he actually tried to…touch her and then kill her. I had found the two of them hanging over the edge of the cliffs near the school. The teacher was trying to drag her down and drown her. Mizore was hanging on to a thorny root for her life. Luckily I had Belmont with me at the time. I struck at the teacher with the whip which made him let go. Mizore had let go of the root as well and was starting to fall. I reached down for her hand and was able to grab it but lost my balance and tipped over the edge. Luckily Kurumu and Moka were both there to grab me and pull the two of us up.

Once we were safe on the ground I noticed that Mizore's hand was cut up pretty badly from the thorny root she had been holding on to and was now bleeding. The crimson red fluid really contrasted with her fair ivory skin. I didn't have any bandages or handkerchief so I tore off the end of my sleeve and used it as a makeshift bandage for her. She seemed a little shaken up for she didn't say much afterwards. She just thanked us and then tried to walk off. I stopped her by mentioning that we needed to go to Ms. Nekonome and explain what had happened and try to get her record set straight. Ms. Nekonome, being the caring teacher she was, was a lot of help and said she would do everything she could for Mizore. That was when Kurumu, Moka, and I left them to their business.

Later on that night I was studying in my room when I heard a knock at the door. I went over to answer it and found Mizore standing there, but she looked different. She had cut her hair and it looked really cute. "Mizore. You uhh…cut your hair." I mentioned, not knowing what else to say to the snow woman.

She nodded and smiled a bit. I think she was happy that I had noticed, "Yeah…I thought I might try to start things new so it seemed like a good idea. Does it look good?" She asked in a soft voice.

"Yeah! It looks really good." I told her and put on a smile to try and make her feel better about herself. It seemed like she could use it. I then asked, "So, how did things go with meeting the principal? You're not going to be expelled, are you?"

Mizore shook her head and said, "No. Now that the truth about Mr. Kotsubo is out they decided to let me off the hook. I just have to make sure to come to class every day this semester."

"That's great to hear Mizore! I hope you will feel better this semester." I said and it wasn't much longer until we parted ways for the night. At least that was what I thought. When I was getting ready for bed I walked by my window and noticed a puff of purple hair peeking out from some bushes on the ground below. Like I said, she's a stalker. I'd be lying if I said I slept too well that night. I don't think Mizore is a bad person, but it still kind of disturbing.

Eventually I was able to get to sleep but morning came way too quickly. Part of me just wanted to sleep in, but I knew that I would have a succubus, vampire, a witch, and a snow woman all pounding down my door wondering where I was if I did. In light of that fact, I forced myself to roll out of bed and get ready for the day. I made sure to slip the whip Belmont in to my book bag before I left, hiding it at the bottom of the bag and burying it under my books to make sure no one might see it by accident. I had felt so useless during all that happened on the trip to the human world. All I could do was stand there as a weak human while all my friends were in danger, and Ruby almost lost her life. I hated that feeling of helplessness, and I never wanted to feel that way again. At the time I didn't think there would be any need for me to take Belmont along, but I was wrong. That's why I now try to take it everywhere I go so that if something happens I can have a means to help keep my friends safe.

I walked out of the dormitories and made my way towards the school. It wasn't long until I heard a certain succubus call out my name from behind. I turned around and saw Kurumu running in my direction and once she was close enough jumped right at me. She now had her chest pressing in to me and was rubbing up and down my body like usual. "Morning Tsukune!" Kurumu said happily then stared at me for a second. She put her soft hand on my forehead and asked, "Is something wrong Tsukune? You look a little under the weather. Are you sick?"

"No, I'm fine Kurumu. But thanks. Just a little tired today." I explained and yawned a bit.

"Well alright." Kurumu replied then smiled and wrapped both of her arms tightly around my arm and added, "So let's walk to school together."

Before I had a chance to respond a knife made of ice flew through the air and hit Kurumu in the forehead, stunning her a little bit. I freaked out a little and looked around to see Mizore poking her head out of some nearby bushes. "You and your friends should learn to keep your hands off my Tsukune." Mizore said.

I raised my hand up to try and help Kurumu out from the injury but she quickly pulled the piece of ice out of her head and wiped the little bit of blood off her head, revealing that the wound had already closed. Sometimes I forget that she's a succubus. Kurumu whipped her head in Mizore's direction, looking pretty angry. "Your Tsukune!? Tsukune is mine, you crazy stalker!" Kurumu yelled out.

I couldn't help but sigh a little since I could tell these two were about to fight. This was starting to seem like a routine. Soon Moka and Yukari had shown up as well and only added fuel to the figurative fire. It certainly didn't help when Moka had moved in close to me and began to bit on my neck because she said she was feeling thirsty. I'm not exactly sure what happened just after that because I started to feel a little light headed and blanked out for a short time. I think it was the lack of blood combined with the lack of sleep from the night before. Once I came to, I found myself struggling to breathe because Kurumu was holding my head pressed in to her chest while she scolded Moka for drinking my blood. Mizore then pulled me out of Kurumu's grasp, hopefully because she saw I was suffocating. Although…out of all the ways to die of suffocation, that would not have been a horrible way to go about it.

This encounter ended much like it always does. I have to intervene and remind the girls that we're going to be late for school if they don't stop their petty squabbling. You know, sometimes I wonder what other guys would do in my situation. Would they just let the girls fight it out? Well I guess it shouldn't matter, I don't feel comfortable with these girls fighting over me. It's a strange experience. I was able to get the girls to stop their fight and we headed to school as usual. And as usual, all of the nearby guys were all giving me death glares and I could hear them muttering about me under their breath. Luckily no one has tried to bother me since all the stuff that happened with Kuyou. I don't know how but the story was spread that I was the one who fought and defeated him, so none of the other guys wanted to mess with me. Either from gratitude for taking down Kuyou or out of intimidation. A strange thought since I'm the only human in this whole school.

I also noticed that Saizo in particular was giving me some pretty intimidating looks. I had seen the guy around quite a bit at school, and I knew that he was a well known 'bully' who liked to cause a lot of trouble for people. There were also rumors that he often tried to prey on and molest some of the girls in our school but somehow he always evaded getting in trouble by any of the faculty. I also knew that at the beginning of the year he had tried to go after Moka but she had been able to avoid him long enough until he had eventually lost interest.

The first half of the day went by as usual. Ms. Nekonome was just as enthusiastic and in high spirits as ever. I tried my best to pay attention but I was feeling really fatigued. I had woken up late and had to skip breakfast so I was running pretty low on blood after Moka had bitten my neck. I was really looking forward to lunch so that I could try to get some of my energy back. Eventually the bells rang and we were released to go to the cafeteria to eat. I walked out the door with Moka and Yukari a few steps ahead of me. I stopped in my tracks when I felt a hand cover my mouth and another hand grab my wrist and start to drag me in the opposite direction. I turned around to the direction I was being pulled and found Kurumu leading me away with a big mischievous smile on her face. I was about to ask what she was doing but she held her finger up to her lip to tell me to keep quiet. "Shhh, hehe just come with me. Yahoo-hoo." She whispered.

Kurumu led me to clubroom and grabbed a small parcel then we walked together outside. I looked over at her and asked, "Kurumu? What are you doing? We're going to miss lunch."

Kurumu smiled brightly and said, "No we're not. I thought we could go eat in private off campus."

"That sounds nice but…we're not allowed to go off campus during lunch break." I mentioned to her.

"That's exactly why we're doing it. Hopefully no one will find us that way." Kurumu said with a big grin and led me out in to the forest to the small pond that was a little ways off the school grounds. It was obvious to me that she had planned this out in advance because there was a small blanket laid out on the grass near the pond.

"Kurumu umm…what's the big idea?" I asked her. Kurumu always loved to flirt with me, but this seemed to be taking it further than that.

Kurumu sat down on the blanket and then unwrapped the cloth that hid the parcel she had picked up to reveal a sort of basket filled with food. "Isn't that obvious? I wanted to get some alone time with you. Moka and the others are always around so I never get to have you just to myself, no time for just the two of us."

Kurumu looked up at me with those big deep violet eyes and patted a spot next to her on the blanket as she added, "Now c'mon. You've been looking kind of out of it today so let's eat. I bet you could use a nice meal after Moka went and sucked your blood this morning."

That was all I needed to hear to be convinced. It wasn't as if I could refuse anyways. I could tell that Kurumu had put a lot of thought and effort in to this, so I was flattered by the gesture. She opened up the box to reveal a few different kinds of sandwiches she had made and cut in to triangles. Kurumu eagerly pulled one out and held it up to my mouth then said, "Okay Tsukune, say ahhh."

I blushed but did as she said and opened my mouth and then bit in to the bread. I was surprised to find that it tasted spectacular. I smiled at her and said, "Wow Kurumu. That tastes amazing. You're a great cook."

Kurumu's eyes widened and she smiled brightly at me. She wrapped her arms around mine and hugged on to my arm tightly, pressing herself in to me. She stared up at me and said, "Really Tsukune? You really like my cooking? I'm so glad!"

"It's true Kurumu. I'm surprised you could make a sandwich that tasty. But aren't you making a really big deal over such a small compliment?" I asked her curiously.

Kurumu shook her head and replied, "Not at all! I'm really really happy to hear you like my cooking. I promise to cook you lots of really yummy food every day once we're married."

"M-married? Aren't you rushing things a little?" I stuttered out, surprised that she would bring up marriage out of nowhere like that.

"I'm not saying we should run out and get married tomorrow or anything. Just talking about the future. After all, you are my destined one. You're the only guy in the world for me, and I want you to help me rebuild the succubus population together." Kurumu said enthusiastically. "A succubi's destined one is the most important person in the whole world for them."

"Y-yeah, about that. You said back when we met that the succubi were an endangered monster species right? Why is that, Kurumu? Did something happen to the succubi?" I asked her curiously. I really wanted to try to steer the conversation away from where Kurumu was taking it. I like Kurumu a whole lot, but it makes me really embarrassed to hear her talking about marriage and….kids. I can't imagine how my mom would react if I came home one day with a girl and had to tell her and my dad that she was a succubus.

Kurumu started to pull out some of the food she had made for us, and once we had begun to eat she answered between bites. "Well…there are a few different reasons. You may not know this, but a long long time ago the human and monster worlds weren't separate. During that time, humans and monsters would fight and battle against each other quite often. Even though monsters are stronger, we still have our weaknesses and the humans always had higher numbers. That's why monsters originally went in to hiding, because they were being destroyed by the humans. That's part of the reason why monsters are so hostile to humans these days. That applies for a lot of types of monsters, but there are extra reasons for the succubi. Even though we can seduce and have our pick and choosing of any male we want, we don't become impregnated the same way others do. There's an extra condition for us."

Kurumu looked up at me with a small smile on her face and I began to blush from hearing this. Seems like the conversation went right back to where it was before. "R-really. What kind of extra condition?" I asked, I hate to admit it but I was curious.

Kurumu smiled even more and added, "It's love, Tsukune." She moved even closer to me and wrapped her arms around my neck, looking directly in to my eyes. "A succubus can only become pregnant if there are mutual feelings of true love between the succubus and her mate. That's one of the reasons why a destined one is so important to us. It's one of the reasons why you're so important to me."

I could feel my face becoming even redder from her explanation. I felt embarrassed, and yet also a little flattered by her words. Kurumu loved to flirt and come on to me, but I know that she's sincere with her feelings. I feel really lucky that such an amazing girl would care about me so much. After learning a little more about what it means to be a succubus, I feel like I understand her more. I smiled at her a little and said, "I see, so is it really that hard to find a…destined one? Is that the only other reason?"

Kurumu shook her head and slowly pulled away from me so that we could continue to eat before we had to go back to the school for our afternoon classes. She looked at me and said, "No, there's one other reason. Have you ever heard of an incubus, Tsukune?"

"Umm, I think so. It's like a male version of a succubus, right?" I asked before I took a drink of some fresh lemonade that Kurumu had brought along.

"I guess you could say that, but it's not exactly so. In the human world, legends talk about incubi and succubi as if we're simply counterparts. We're similar but there are a lot of big differences between the two groups. For example while a succubus feeds off of love and is driven by it, an incubus was driven by nothing but lustful desires. They would use their charm powers to seduce as many women as possible to have their way with them. The more females under an incubi's control, the stronger they would become. To say that succubi and incubi didn't get along would be putting it mildly. Succubi and incubi hated each other and were constantly at war. I hear that the incubi were so aggressive and despicable that the rest of the monster world rallied against them and eventually killed them all off. But the incubi made sure to take down most of the remaining succubi as well. That's why there are so few of us now." Kurumu explained, giving me a bit of a history lesson of the monster world.

The two of us finished eating and talked about various things until it was time for us to sneak back on to campus. Needless to say Kurumu heard and ear full once Moka and the others saw us. The rest of the school day went by without incident for the most part. We all met up together in the newspaper club's room and tried to explain things to Mizore who had reluctantly joined us. Ms. Nekonome had suggested that if Mizore were to become involved with a club then it would help her standing with the faculty. Because we had just recently put out an issue of the paper, we were then discussing new and interesting topics to write about for the next issue. Gin mentioned that there had been rumors about girls being spied on in the locker room and in their bedrooms on the campus. I couldn't help but get a feeling of déjà vu and it seemed the other girls felt the same way. All of the girls were staring at Gin with incriminating looks on their faces until he reassured them that it wasn't him and then played it off by saying something that he'd never be able to get caught because he was too fast, or something along those lines. I felt inclined to believe Gin because I didn't think he would be the one to bring it up if he was the guilty party, especially after we had already caught him the first time.

Once we finished up our club activities for the day, the girls and I all started to walk back to the dormitories. Gin said he had 'research' for an article to work for. I'm pretty sure that was code for go take pictures of girls. Oh well, it doesn't bother me as long as he doesn't try to implicate me in it again. I was doing my best to walk but was finding it a little difficult with Yukari hanging off of my body with her arms around my neck. I also had Kurumu and Moka walking on both of my sides, while Mizore followed along behind. "Yukari…can't you let go please?" I asked her.

"No way! After Kurumu went and abducted you earlier today, I'm not letting you out of my sight." Yukari replied.

"Hey! I didn't abduct him!" Kurumu protested. It seemed like the two of them were going to get in to one of their usual arguments but everyone went silent when we heard someone cry out in pain at the front of the school. We ran out to the gates to find Saizo holding a small kid by his shirt up in the air. Surprisingly the kid was wearing a Yokai Academy uniform.

"Hey! What's the big idea you dumb jerk! Put him down!" Yukari called out angrily and held up her wand, making a large golden washtub fall on to Saizo's head with a loud thud, making him drop the kid on to the ground.

"What's the deal Saizo? Are you really going to pick on a little kid?" I asked him, trying to walk closer to help the kid up but stopped in my tracks when Saizo turned towards my way.

"Yeah, why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Kurumu taunted angrily.

Saizo smirked a little and said, "You know what, that's not a bad idea. I've gotten really sick of you, Tsukune. Always walking around like you own the place and picking up all the hot chicks for yourself. You also kicked Kuyou's ass, so if I beat you down then the whole school will know I'm the strongest monster here. Get ready you little runt!"

I quickly started to grab in to my book bag, trying to pull out Belmont to defend myself. I turned out not needing to however on account of a freezing cold wind that blew through the air and within seconds Saizo had been encased in a block of ice. Mizore had snuck up behind him without any of us noticing and frozen him solid. She stepped out from behind the large piece and pushed her hand against it, making it roll over on to the ground.

I sighed a little in relief and said, "Hey, thanks a lot Mizore. I appreciate the help."

Mizore simply smiled a little and nodded as she pulled out yet another lollipop from her pocket and slipped it in to her mouth. "I can't have idiots like him trying to hurt my Tsukune. There's no need to thank me, just do me a favor from now on." Mizore said in her usual quiet voice.

"Oh umm….what's that?"I asked, a little nervous of what she was going to ask of me.

Mizore smiled a little more and walked up closer to me and answered, "I want you to call me your little Snow Bunny from now on."

"What! No way in hell is Tsukune going to call you that!" Kurumu yelled out.

Mizore's eyes narrowed and she replied, "Hey, if I wanted the boobs with legs' opinion then I would ask for it. This is none of your business."

I sighed a little since I could see this was going to lead to another argument between the two of them so I decided to get out of the middle of it. I walked over to the small kid who was already being seen about by Moka and Yukari. He looked to be around ten years old or so, just a little younger than Yukari. He had short dark black hair and green eyes. "Hey, are you alright?" Moka asked in a soft voice as she leaned over a little be at eye level with him.

The boy nodded with a bigsmile and said, "Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks a lot for your help. That big guy was a total jerk. I just wanted to know where the faculty office is since that was where I was told to go."

"Oh? Are you a new student? You look really young." Yukari asked curiously.

The boy frowned a little and said, "Yeah? I could say the same about you, Shorty. But yeah, they said that my grades were good enough so they let me come here to the academy." The boy then bowed a little and said, "How do you do, my name is Kaoru Akayama."

"Hi! My name is Moka Akashiya, and this is Yukari Sendo and Tsukune Aono." Moka said, smiling as brightly as always.

"Nice to meet ya! So could I ask if one of you could please show me to the faculty room? I need to go talk to my homeroom teacher." Kaoru asked politely.

"Hey Yukari, why don't you go show him around? You two are the closet in age after all." I suggested. I knew that it must be hard for Yukari always being the youngest out of all of us in the whole school with no one close to her in age. So I was hoping maybe the two of them would become friends.

"What? But why me?" Yukari protested.

"I think that's a great idea. I'll go with you as well if you want, Yukari." Moka offered.

Yukari sighed and said, "Oh okay fine. Come on, it's this way."

"Aww isn't that cute. There is finally someone smaller than Yukari in this school." Kurumu teased playfully.

"Can it Boob Monster!" Yukari snapped back and then grumbled a little as she and Moka led the new student back towards the front of the school.

Well there you have it folks. Ten chapters in and only one OC has shown up. Could very well be the only one too, depending on how you might count Tsukune's junior high friends who had a grand total of thirty seconds in the anime. Just in case you all are wondering, no I'm not going to do the Anti-thesis arc. I couldn't really do that part even if I wanted to since it was so interplayed with Tsukune being a Ghoul which obviously isn't the case now. Instead I have some fun stuff planned I hope everyone really enjoys. Thanks for taking the time to read as always, I know this one was a long one. Leave a comment or review if you like and I shall be back hopefully before too long.