I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Gx, Rosario + Vampire, or any other franchises used in this story related to the for-mentioned or not. The events and people in this story are completely fictional and any resemblance to real events or people in purely coincidental.
Bad Dog
As Jaden sat in the clubroom for the newspaper club two thoughts ran through his head one was, 'Why are the only ones here me, Kurumu Yukari Moka and Tamao?', because the somewhat spacious clubroom was void of anyone else, and the other thought was, 'Why is Tamao here?'
After ransacking his mind and finding no reason for her to be there Jaden decided to just let the mermaid be. If asked she would said the reason for being at the newspaper club that she wanted to understand what Jaden meant by honoring the power of darkness, but she was also feeling something that was unexplainable when ever, but didn't want to say that in front of a succubus who had already tried to kill her in an over protective rage concerning the same Umbralist.
Ms. Nekonome came in with Pharaoh and what appeared to be enough kitty supplies to care for a feline army Jaden smiled as saw the poor cat being smothered and by a teary-eyed teacher.
As the cat sought protection from the feline-lover in the arms of the spirit-seer, an upperclassman walked in as the teacher cried in parting to Pharaoh and introduced him "Hello, I'm the newspaper-club's president Ginei Morioka. You can call me Gin. It's a pleasure to meet all of you."
He had red-violet eyes and black hair which was being held back by a red headband. He was wearing the school uniform except he wasn't wearing the tie and he had the collar of the shirt open showing a wolf-head pendent that he was wearing around his neck.
"I had heard from Ms. Nekonome that we were going have some new members, but she didn't tell me that such beautiful ladies would be joining," he said as he gave all of the female members a rose.
"Well, if that is the case then where is my rose?" Jaden asked sarcastically.
"...?" The confusion was addable.
"Well, if he didn't know that there were going to be attractive girls then he got a rose for everyone regardless who they were so where is mine?" Jaden said.
After everyone had agreed in silent conversion to ignore the seemingly random comment, they moved on.
"So does anyone have any ideas, what our first story of the year should be about?" Gin asked.
Kurumu pressed a finger against her lips in thought. "Well how about the Phantom Peeper everyone has been talking about?" she suggested.
Jaden tilted his head towards her in confusion. "Phantom Peeper?" he asked, he had been spending most of his time either training to master his powers as a natural Umbralist or hanging without his friends so this was all new to him.
"Yeah, apparently someone has been peeping on the girls at this academy and is so fast that no one has ever gotten a good look at him." the succubus elaborated, and Jaden nodded his head in understanding, "Okay, I think that would be a good story to investigate. I'll start by interviewing the known victims to try to figure out who this "Phantom Peeper" is and report back here when I've finished."
"But, I thought no one had gotten a good look at him?" Moka asked as the duelist got up to leave.
"I hope so," Jaden said with his trade mark grin, "It wouldn't be any fun if it was easy."
x-x
"Up a little more," Gin instructed.
Kurumu, Moka and Tamao were hanging up posters asking for information about the mystery peeper in the hallway and Yukari was making runs for more posters when they ran out.
"Hay, guys..." Jaden said before he blinked as he took in what he was seeing.
Jaden smiled and said in a most pleasant tone as black miasma started to wrap around him like smoke, "Ginei, why are Moka, Tamao and Kurumu hanging up posters a few feet down from the ceiling?"
Not turning around and seeing his doom building, Gin said, "So we can be sure people can see them." and then froze as started to feel a deep sense of fear as Jaden's darkness swelled around him.
"Oh, I see!" Jaden said conversationally, "So... Why are you kneeling down on the floor? It looks like you're some kind of pervert who is trying to look up their skirts." And the club president started shaking as Jaden's miasma was joined by the three girls who unleashed ton of killing intent at him.
"Have mercy," he begged.
"Not a chance," Tamao snarled
x-x
After he had peeled Gin off the wall with a spatula he borrowed from the Culinary Arts Club, Jaden presented his club mates with the fruit of his labors.
"Based on the findings my preliminary investigation turned up, I can conclude that the culprit is male and a werewolf," Jaden said in a "matter of fact" way.
Gin's eyes widened in surprise, "Now, how could know that?!" he exclaimed.
Jaden shrugged as he explained, "Well, the male part is obvious. A lesbian pervert just has to walk into the changing room, so the peeper is a male. As for figuring out his yokai identity, I must admit that took longer than I thought it would."
"First, I interviewed one the victims, who said that the mystery pervert was too fast to get a good look at, but one said that she had seen enough to now that he was at least seven feet tall, which was confirmed by the others. Now that wasn't that much help since there are several yokai are taller in their true-forms, but, after asking around some more, I found out that while none of the victims had seen enough to identify the perpetrator, a hand full had seen some of the his true form, such as a wolf like tail. And given that the full moon will be at its fullest this week the conclusion that the peeper is a werewolf was no great stretch."
Everyone stared at the shadow-manipulator in silence.
"That's incredible!" Moka exclaimed, it was like he was a detective from a mystery novel, Jaden smirked, "Elementary, my dear Moka."
x-x
Later the next night Gin had asked Moka to meet him up on the roof.
"Moka, you're pretty close to Jaden so I thought that you should know first to know..." he said as he pulled out a photo of Jaden peering into a window, "This was taken outside of the girl's changing room. Jaden is the phantom peeper."
"No..." Moka whispered. She couldn't believe it, "Jaden wouldn't..."
Gin growled quietly, "Look, I know it's hard to except, but-"
"But, I didn't do it." Standing on the far end of the school was Jaden with Kurumu and Yukari standing to his left, "Gin tried to trick me into taking the fall for his crimes. And it all most worked but I was able to avoid being caught by fleeing onto the roof of the building instead of standing around."
"Quit trying to worm your way out of this! You climbed in top of those supply boxes crates and you're trying to pin it on me!" Gin shouted.
Jaden shrugged and said, "Well, I can't prove you tricked me..."
Gin smirked, he had won.
"But, there is something I would like you to explain..." Jaden started smiling like cat with a cornered rat, "Why were you there?"
Gin stepped back like he had been struck but recovered quickly, "I wasn't!"
"Then why do you have a photo of Jaden there?" Kurumu rebuffed the older student's statement.
"Well, I didn't take it! I got in an anomalous letter!"
"But, that photo doesn't show Jaden's legs!" Yukari pointed out. "So, how could you know that about the supply boxes?"
"W-well, I went there to investigate after the girls had reported the incident and figured it out myself."
"Wow! I'm guessing it's "two for one" for on bullshit," Kurumu mocked, "First you've already said you've never been to the changing rooms and the girls moved the crates so there wouldn't be a repeat of the incident."
"Ginei Morioka... it's over. Given how you tried to peek up the girl's skirts yesterday it's obvious that you're the Phantom Peeper and tried to frame me because I was close to figuring who you were... And now there's only one thing left to say." Jaden shook his head and then pointed at the upperclassman and said, "Gotcha! It's been fun playing with ya!"
Then Gin did something strange... he started to laugh. "Ha! Ha! You're right! This has been fun!" the club president said smiling like a loon, "But, there is something you're deductions missed. I didn't frame you just because you were close to finding me out. I wanted to separate you from Moka so I could have her." He said and Moka's green eyes widened as she heard that.
"And I haven't lost yet!" Gin said as he began to transform into his werewolf-form and let out a fearsome beastly howl and charged Jaden, punching the younger man in the gut.
"Jaden!" Moka cried out. She tried to run over to help him, but Gin got back and was holding her by the arm to keep her from going to him.
The werewolf opened his mouth to say something when… SNAP! A shadow empowered uppercut from Jaden to Gin's mussel closed his mouth and made the upperclassman stagger back.
'He's pretty tough. That would have dislocated a human's jaw completely' Jaden thought to himself. Pressing the advantage he had gotten with his first attack Jaden continued his assault with heavy punches and quick kicks. But the werewolf blocked the last of the duelist's attacks with and then counterattacked, forcing Jaden to use his shadow skates to dodge a strike that slammed down on the roof instead, crushing the hard concrete and making a creator.
'Damn! If he hits me with that kind of attack, it'll be game over for good!" Jaden thought to himself as he stood a few yards away from the club-president while Kurumu and Yukari tried to fight Gin only to be knocked back.
'Where the hell is a mermaid turned sea-serpent girl when you need her?' Jaden asked the cosmos before rejoining the fray.
x-x
Tamao was currently enjoying a nice hot bubble-bath. Kurumu had come by earlier saying something about a big showdown, but there wasn't like anything was going to really happen.
x-x
'Jaden having a fight with a werewolf on even footing?!' Moka thought in wonder as the two clashed and then broke apart again.
"No, the werewolf hasn't even begun to fight. If Gin was taking this seriously Jaden would be dead," the voice of Moka's inner vampire said from within the rosary, "Werewolves are S-class yokai whose physical powers are linked to the moon and are unmatched on a full-moon like tonight. And while Jaden is powerful, his body is still human. If Gin attacks with his full power Jaden will be ripped to shreds."
That was more than enough to motivate Moka to act. "Stop! He's just toying with you! You can't beat him!" Moka shouted and rushed in front of Jaden to stop him from trying to attack again and renewing the battle. Moving with all the speed he could muster Jaden grabbed Moka and jumped back, not wanting the pink-haired vampire injured by accident.
As the sound of the rosary coming off its chain interred Jaden's ears and Moka's hair drained of color, the spirit-seer looked down at the cross in his hand and thought, 'What is with this cross? Is it magnetically attracted to my hand or something?'
The Fangs' crimson vampiric eyes glared at the werewolf, "Idiot. Did you think that I would accept perverted scum like you as a mate?"
"So there was a seal keeping her true form and personality locked away..." Gin mused before his mussel stretched in a smirk, "I guess, I'd better get serious." Then he started dashing around the roof to fast to be seen.
"NOTHING CAN BEAT A WEREWOLF WHEN THE FULL-MOON IS SHINING! NOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE MY-"
"Stop trying to flip Moka's skirt up and fight, ya overgrown fleabag!" Jaden bellowed making the werewolf stop and turn to face the Umbralist. Gin's eye twitched, "SHUT UP!" he yelled as he dashed at Jaden full speed and unleashed a powerful punch, intent on shutting the pest up for good.
Only to be stopped by Jaden's hand grabbing his wrist, keeping the lager man at bay.
"WHAT!?" Gin shouted in shock, "HOW THE HELL DID YOU STOP MY ATTACK!"
Jaden smirked, "'Nothing can beat a werewolf when the full-moon is shining"... How about when it's not?" he asked pointing to the sky.
"Waugh!" Gin howled in frustration as he saw a large could over where the moon would have been if it wasn't blocked by a stroke of deus ex machina, "The stupid moon went behind those stupid clouds!"
Jaden smirk changed into an evil grin as Fangs warmed up for the pitch, "And you're dead-meat."
"My I have the honor, Jaden?" Fangs asked as she crouched down into her fighting stance.
Jaden's eyes, already the bichromel colors of Yubel's, glowed as thick, heavy vines wrapped around the werewolf as Jaden moved away, "Feel free."
"Mercy..." Gin begged his voice barely a whisper.
Moka smiled at the werewolf, "No."
Moka's strike was quick, fast and powerful, it sent the werewolf flying and made the contents of his pockets empty out on the floor for everyone to see. That was when Kurumu and Yukari started to beat the upperclassman until blissful unconsciousness came; he had been carrying a camera and several pictures of different girls in versus states of dress.
Jaden picked up the camera and took a snap shot of the unconscious Gin and turned to where the silver-haired was to make a crack about what the headline for their first story of the year only to find that she was standing on top of the ornamental steeple for the staircase, the night breeze blowing her hair back as she stood in the moonlight.
x-x
The headlines in the first Yokai Times of the year, resulted in mass mobs formed by the enraged female students.
"Phantom Peeper Identified As Ginei Morioka"
There was the traditional apology part of the article for whenever any newspaper was connected to something scandalous, but most of the female readers didn't read that far... They were busy finding pitchforks and torches to chase the culprit and strike bloody vengeance upon the pervert.
"So, we beat the pervert, sold-out our first paper and set a new record for fastest published school paper," Jaden said, "All in all I'd say it was a pretty good week."
Kurumu nodded happily, "Yeah and it was a pretty good cover photo."
"Before I forget, I took two photos on the rooftop," Jaden said as he fished out the photo of Fangs on the roof with the moon in front of her and handed it to the pink-haired vampire, "I'm thinking of starting a scrapbook."
Moka looked at it astounded at both at the remarkable clarity and her inner-self's appearance. It was the first time she had ever seen her.
"Jaden..."
"What? Did the photo not come out all good?" Jaden asked, he thought it was a fairly nice snapshot.
"No... It's very good photo... It's just..." Moka said, an embarrassed blush on her cheeks, "That smell... I can't help myself..."
'I can see where this is going,' Jaden thought to himself, more than familiar with the routine 'Yubel, brace for blood loss.'