This is torture… Who posts students grades for everyone to see?! That's just cruel! More over, how far does this thing go? I spotted Tsukune's name somewhere in the middle, and Moka's was in the top twenty… and here I am, near the bottom… Seriously, who does this?

'This school, apparently.'

I call bullshit!

'Perhaps if thee didn't spend so much time listening to music on thy "computer", thou would have done better.'

… I'll make no comment on that.

Man. This sucks. Oh well. Guess this is just what happens when a school full of monsters tries to get it's students to blend into human society, so the school curriculum is based on a human's school. I heard from Tsukune earlier that this is just what Japanese schools do… But I still call bullshit.

"Alright! I'm 250!"

"Suck it man, I made a higher grade than you. I'm 246!"

How is the hell can those guys talk about that like it's a good thing?! Argh!

"Hey Nathan," I hear Mizore say. I look around, but I don't see her. "Up here."

"Up whe-… This does not surprise me… and I don't know if that's a good thing… Mizore, why are you hanging upside down from a tree?"

"Felt like doing something different."

"I can see… *ahem*… your underwear…" I mutter. I cover my eyes so that I can't see anymore, but I've already gotten an eyeful that I won't be forgetting anytime soon, that's for sure…

"You can look all you want. I don't mind, since it's you."

"That's isn't the type of thing a girl should do… Just get down before someone else notices." I hear her giggle in response, quickly followed by her landing on the ground in front of me. I uncover my eyes, only to see her inches away from my face.

"You're just being shy again," she whispers. "It's actually kind of cute."

"Again, I'll bring up the point that this is something that you ought to be proud of, Mizore. It's… indecent." She smiles and giggles again.

"You just keep getting cuter… You make it hard not to fall for you, you know that?"

"I-Um-Uh, well-I-Uh."

'Thou are uttering incoherent nonsense again.'

Shut up! I know!

'It is clear as day to me that thou doth have feelings for the snow woman. Why art thou being so hesitant?'

Because I'm not used to this, Ifrit! I never had a girlfriend, and I sure as hell never had a girl come onto me this strong! So yes, I'm hesitant about this! Now, stuff it!

"Nathan? You ok?"

"Oh yeah I'm fine no need to worry about me!"… I didn't even pause during that…

"If you say so."

"Hey Nathan, Mizore." I turn back to the group of students cluttered around the scores to see Tsukune waving at us.

"Hey man," I say waving back. "What's up?"

"Hating myself for getting a low score while Moka was way above me…"

"I hear ya. Hey, at least you did better than I did."

"Me too," Mizore mutters. "Speaking of which, what was Moka's-"

"Oh, man! Moka Akashia is the freakin' best!"

"Thirteen?! She's number thirteen!?"

"She's got the body and the brains! She's the perfect, ideal girl~!"

"Never mind," Mizore mutters.

"Thank you, peanut gallery," I mutter as well.

"Tsukune! Mizore! Nathan! Hey, guys!" Moka calls out before jogging over.

"Wow, Moka," Tsukune says as she closes in. "You're amazing. You totally got me beat."

"Oh, it's nothing really," she says embarrassed. "I've been good at academics, so this was nothing."

"If you were that good, you should have tutored us," Mizore says.

"Hey, thats a great idea," Tsukune adds in. "Why don't we all have a study group next time this happens? That way we could probably do better on the tests in the future!"

"Sounds like fun!" Moka exclaims, clapping her hands together.

"I'm up for it," I say.

"Sure," Mizore approves.

Well, hopefully that will prevent my grades from plummeting… Maybe.

"OOOWW! Please don't do that!"

The heck? What that a kid?

"What's going on over there?" Moka asks nobody. We elbow our way through the crowed of students gathering around whatever was happening.

When we finally manage to get through them and get a clear view of what's going on, I see three male students shoving a little kid, probably no more than ten or eleven. But… the kid had on a strange outfit. She followed the school dress code, mostly, aside from an overly large hat and a cape that was only inches from the ground… Who wears a cape? Moreover, why is she here? Is she someone relative or something? I don't see why else a grade schooler would be here. That, or she looks a lot younger than she actually is… And now that I say that, I find it pretty dumb.

"As your class representative, your very existence gives me a headache." Ok then, ass-wipe. You have issues. "Moreover, that outfit of yours is totally against school regulations." I turn to the nearest student and tap her on the shoulder.

"Do you know who that is and why those guys are picking on her?" I ask when I get her attention.

"You don't know? That's Yukari Sendou," she responds.

"Who?"

"She's supposed to be some kind of genius that was able to skip quiet a few grades. I hear she's only about eleven years old, but was able to get the top ranking in scores."

"Eleven?!"

"Yup."

Holy shit, I got beat by a grade schooler… Self-respect: gone.

"Why are those guys picking on her?" Mizore asks for me.

"I'm not sure. I think it's because of what she is."

"What she is?"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" I turn back to the commotion… only to see Moka standing between the little kid and the three bullies. What is she thinking? "I know that I don't have anything to do with this, but I won't stand by and do nothing. Please stop picking on little girls!"

The three students look at her and then to the crowd that accumulated around them. They were quick to leave, but were muttering something the whole time they were leaving. I look to Moka, still standing in front of Yukari, and walk up to her, followed by Tsukune and Mizore.

"Are you ok, Moka?" Tsukune immediately asks as he reaches her.

"I'm alright," she assures him. She turns around and kneels down a bit to be at eye level with Yukari. "What about you? Are you alright?"

"Oh, yes!" she responds. "I'm ok! Thank you so much for saving me, Moka!"

"It was no trouble," Moka says with a smile. "Come on, lets sit over here." She walks over to some of the tables used during lunch and we all follow her.

"Again, I want to thank you for helping me!" Yukari says once we're all seated. "My name is Yukari Sendou!"

"Oh yeah, I've heard of you," Moka say. "You're supposed to be in the same grade as us, even though you're eleven, right? And you were even ranked first!"

"Eleven?" Tsukune asks himself. "So, wait, you're in grade school? How did you manage to get all the way to high school?"

"By super smart, of course," Yukari says enthusiastically.

"What did those guys from before want to accomplish by picking you?" I ask.

"I don't know. They were just being mean to me! They even said that I couldn't wear my outfit…"

"Bunch of jerks, if you ask me," Mizore says.

"Well, I think it's pretty cool," Moka says, seeing Yukari looking down. To my amazement, she blushes heavily and quickly shakes her head.

"Oh what? Me cool?! I don't know if I'd classify as cool!" she says quickly. She then looks down again and starts to shake. "If anyone, you're the one who's cool, Moka. You popular, smart, pretty…"

Whoa, where is this going?

"What I'm trying to say is… is… I LOVE YOU, MOKA!"

*CRASH*

…. What?

I look down to where Yukari tackled Moka to the ground and-… HOLY SHIT!

"I've alway been admiring you from the hallway when you pass by my class, and every time I fell deeper in love with you!" WHY IS SHE GROPING HER?!

"Wha-what do you mean?" Moka stammers out.

"Duh, silly! I WANT YOU TO BE MY GIRLFRIEND!"

"What?!"

"WHAT?!" Tsukune and I yell out.

"Saw that one coming." Mizore?!

"Um, well…" Come on, Moka. Just say no and be done with it! "Well, I can be a friend and a girl, if that helps."

"YAAAY! I'm so happy!"

Could've fooled me, what with you groping her like that…

'That is a lot of love for one so young… and tiny.'

You can say that again…

"Um, I think that we should be getting to class," Moka says getting up… with Yukari still hanging on her breasts. Moka walks on, trying to act normal, but failing.

Ok… This is weird.

Yukari is clearly going to be stuck to Moka like white on rice. What's even more disturbing is that she is hanging off of her breasts like it's nothing at all! Who does that?! Nonstop, she has been going on and on and on and on about how deeply in love she is with her… Whatever she may be, this cannot be normal. I think I even saw Yukari try and grab Moka's butt! What little kid does that?! Forget genius, this kid is nothing but a pervert! She almost makes Kurumu look like a nun! This is so wrong!

"Ok, this is defiantly something we should do something about," Mizore says, looking at Yukari being dragged behind Moka.

"I agree," I say. "Let's talk to her, see if she won't leave her alone."

"I could always freeze her."

"Let's leave the option open, but as a last resort." We walk a little faster to-

"HOOOOLLLDDD ITTT!" Tsukune? "What are you girls doing?! You can't do stuff like that!" Well, looks like he's snapped.

"Don't get in the way of our love!" Yukari snaps at him, with a surprising amount of bite for a little girl. "I know all about you, you know. Tsukune Aono. Your grades are simply average; your athletic abilities are akin to that of a human. You have no hobbies or specialties. Your the picture perfect ordinary, boring guy!" Ouch… "You and Moka are way too different! You aren't meant to be together!" Double ouch. "If Moka were to hang out with you anymore, she'd be dragged down to the dirt! You and your American buddy!"

"Whoa, how do I factor into this?" I ask abruptly.

"Humph. I saw your score on the board. If I were you, I'd consider myself lucky to even be at this school, let alone be friends with someone like Moka!"

Question, Ifrit; killing a kid is wrong, right?

'Unfortunately it is looked down upon, yes.'

"Don't talk about him like you know him too, brat," Mizore says with malice to the kid.

"Nathan Santos. Born in the United States of America, Louisiana to be precise. Like Tsukune, his athletic ability is that of a human, but his grades are much lower. He spends most of his time on his computer, either playing games or listening to music, rather than studying like he should. If you ask me, he should have stayed in America. At least there he would be proud of his low intellect."

I'm two seconds away from giving this kid a well-deserved beating.

'Looked down upon.'

And that's what's stopping me, Ifrit, thank you.

"I'll have you know that he was studying a lot just as he should for those tests. He's just not used to Japan or it's grading system. Moreover, he has a difficult time reading Japanese even though he can speak it just fine."

"Yeah… Wait, how'd you know that, Mizore?" I look at her, curious and scared at the same time. She simply shrugged.

"I was watching you. You look so cute when you strain yourself thinking."

… This girl will be the end of my sanity. I swear it.

"Anyway," I say, trying to change the subject. "Yukari, you have to see that-"

"Quiet!" she shouts. "I refuse to hand over my Moka to you two! So, that's why I'm declaring war on you!" She twirls around in a showy fashion, and then whips out a weird stick, with a heart on the tip and a star in the middle of it. She waves it at storage locker… which begins to rattle and shake. Just what is this girl doing?

Why are those brooms floating?

'Ah. She is a witch.'

Oh. So she's using magic to make them-

Is that a bucket?

*CLANK*


Oww…. What happened? Why am I in the infirmary?

"Nathan! Are you ok?" Mizore?

"What hit me?"

"A bucket, the way I heard it." Kurumu's here too?

I look to my right to see her tending to Tsukune, who was even worse off than I was. The guy was covered in bruises and cuts, which I assume he got from Yukari's little prank.

"Good to see your ok," he says. "You had Mizore and us scared there."

"Mostly frosty," Kurumu adds.

"Shut up, boob-monster," Mizore shoots back at her.

"Ignoring that, what the hell happened?" I ask.

"That brat happened. She used magic to make brooms and buckets attack you and Tsukune. He got hurt and you…"

"You took a bucket to the face and quickly made friends with the floor."

"Thank you, Kurumu…"

"Happy to help!"

So… A bucket knocked me out? How many times am I going to get hit in the face this week? Shit, it still hurts too.

"So, I take it that she still refuses to get away from Moka?" I ask while rubbing my sore nose.

"No," Tsukune says sadly. "She's stuck to her like glue and isn't letting me or anyone else get anywhere near Moka at all."

"Well, great. Now what?"

"You know, I heard a few things about that girl from my classmates," Kurumu interjects. "From what I've heard, she may be a genius, but she acts like a total brat. She often pulls pranks on everyone who messes with her."

"Everyon-" I'm not surprised at this… Kurumu is crawling on the bed that Tsukune is on while he backs away.

"Should we give you two some privacy?" Mizore asks the two.

"What?! No!" Tsukune cries out.

"You sure?" I ask slyly. "Cause I'm fine, so I don't think that I'll need to stay any more. We can just leave and you two can have some private time."

"No, no, it's fine! Please stay!"

*WHAM*

"Tsukune?!"

The hell?! Why'd he just hit himself?!

Yukari. But how is she-

"Kya! Tsukune, your so bold!"

Aaaand now he's groping Kurumu.

"I never took you as the type of guy to do that," Mizore comments.

"It's not me! I'm can't control my body!"

Ifrit, you have any idea how Yukari's doing this?

'If I am not mistaken, the little witch is using a voodoo doll.'

No shit?

'None. If I remember correctly, a witch would make a doll out of straw in the shape of a human. If she were to put something from Tsukune's person, like a lock of his hair, she would be able to control him to some degree.'

From what I see, I don't think that it's 'some degree'. Looks like she's got full control over him.

'That may be because of the fact he is a human. Witches would not have the power to control, say, a vampire or a werewolf. She should have little difficulty controlling him.'

"Tsukune?!" And in walks Moka. "What are you doing?! Kurumu, you used your charm on him, didn't you?"

"What? I did not!" Kurumu defends, getting off the bed and dragging Tsukune with her. "I said that I was done with doing that! I would never-"

"Gah!"

*THUMB*

Oh… My… Good… God…

"Don't look!" Mizore shouts as she covers my eyes. "Kurumu, pull up your panties!"

"I am! Tsukune! Wake up!"

"What happened?" I ask, my sight still being blocked.

"Tsukune had a massive nosebleed and passed out," Mizore informs me.

"This is getting out of hand… Where is that little-"

"Haha haha ha! I got you, dummy!" Guess that question answered itself.

Everyone, excluding poor Tsukune, turns to the window, where the little brat was trying to hide. I say trying because… well, her body was ducked behind the window, but her hat was in plain view. With Mizore removing her hand from my eyes, I walk over, open the window and stare down Yukari. Mizore was next to come over, and then proceeds to freeze her in a block of ice.

"Mizore?!" Moka cries. "What're you doing?!"

"Dealing with the problem," Mizore replies. "So, what should we do about brat genius here?"

"Unfreezing her would be a good start!"

"I'm going to say that she stays like that for a while," I say, joining to argument. "Let's say that it's the first step to her paying for what she's done."

"Nathan!"

"What?! She knocked me out and beat Tsukune up! Your just going let that slide?!"

"No.. But please, can't we just talk to her first?"

"Uh, we tried that, remember? That's how we ended up in the infirmary in the first place!"

"I'll talk to her then. Please."

Ugh. I don't want to say it, but at least if she talks to the brat, she just might listen.

"Fine. Mizore? If you please."

Reluctantly, and with a groan, Mizore waves her hand and unfreezes Yukari. Once defrosted, she shivers and sneezes. She looks up and jumps through the window and beelines for Moka (go figure).

"You people are violent!" Yukari shouts. She then begins to tug at Moka's arm. "Come on, Moka. Let's leave these guys and go have fun!"

"Yukari, we need to talk," Moka tells her.

"About what?"

This is going to be good. Moka had better tell her to back off. I don't think that Tsukune is going to be able to live without seeing Moka. And with her around, who knows how long he'll last. I just pray that Yukari will actually listen.