Alright, I hope you guys enjoy the new chapter. Because, I'm going to be taking a small break from writing this story and start back on writing my One Piece story, that I've neglected for this one. But, don't worry I'll be back after I get a few chapters in.

I want to thank you all for reading and I hope you guys understand the short break. I also want to thank uub for some monster names and the idea for the Centaur.

Disclaimer: I own only my OC. Everything else belongs to their respected creators.


Chapter 11: The Art of Sacrifice

It was currently late in the afternoon at Youkia Academy and Jake and the girls were at the small clearing that Jake had taken them to just a few days, for training.

"Okay, I think it's time to take a break." Jake called out.

And the three girls were more than happy to oblige, as they made their way over to him and basically threw themselves onto the ground to rest.

"Man...this..is..a..lot harder than you made it out to be." Kurumu said to Jake as she caught her breath.

"Well, he did say that we'd be working real hard." Moka told Kurumu.

"And you did tell Jake that you wanted to be prepared in case that Nagare guy showed up again." Yukari added.

It was true it had been two days since the whole Nagare incident and yesterday the Headmaster has told them personally that Nagare had escaped and was nowhere to be seen. And at first Kurumu was worried and the rest of the gang was concerned for her safety, the Headmaster had told them that Nagare wasn't within the academy's grounds and that if he did show back up again that he would know the moment he entered.

"I did tell you that this was going to be tough." Jake replied.

"Tough!? This is like a living hell!" Kurumu complained.

Jake gave a confused look as he scratched the top of his head. "I'm going by the training that I received while in the Plumber Academy." he explained.

"Ummm...Jake? Don't you usually complain about how tough your training was?" Moka questioned.

"Oh, yeah." Jake said. "Well, as tough as it is, it does get the job done."

"So, how much longer will you need to train us until we're ready to kick some butt by ourselves?" Kurumu asked.

"Oh...You think this is the training?" Jake asked nervously.

"What do you mean 'think'!?" Kurumu shouted at Jake.

"Well, this is actually just helping me see where your training needs to be focused." Jake explained.

This caused the three girls to face fault.

"You mean this is nothing but a warm up?" Yukari asked.

"Hehehe. More like the warm up to the warm up." Jake answered nervously.

Once again the three girls face faulted.

"If that's true, then why are we doing all this?" Moka asked.

"I need to know where to focus your training." Jake answered. "If you had excellent agility, but poor stamina then we'd work on increasing your stamina first before we got into some combat training." he explained.

"So, you have to find out where we need improvement and fix that before we can actually be taught to fight?" Moka asked.

"Pretty much." Jake replied. "Well, except for Yukari. Since she's so young she doesn't really have a lot of physical prowess. So, I'll probably have her start on working on her spells and stuff."

The reactions Jake got to that varied from Moka's understanding nod, to Kurumu's depressed whining, and Yukari's happy cheer.

"Hey, wait!" Yukari shouted. "If that's the case, then how come I've already went through two days of training?" she asked.

"Oh, well...I kind of forgot about all that." Jake answered.

And of course, Yukari reacted the way any kid would have. She jumped up and ran over to Jake and began hitting him in his legs.

"You meany!" Yukari shouted as she kept hitting Jake's leg.

"I'm sorry." Jake apologized. "How about I call an end to training tonight and have no training tomorrow." he offered.

The reaction Jake received was Yukari, Kurumu, and Moka cheering.

'I guess that means they'll take it.' Jake thought as he and the girls began making their way back to their dorms.


The Next day things went as they normally did. Moka sucked some of Jake's blood, Kurumu had her glomp time with him and of course Yukari showed up and summoned a wash pan to slam into the succubus' head and proceeded to grab hold of Jake herself.

After lunch though Jake and Moka had art class with one of the most popular teachers in Youkia Academy, Hitomi Ishigami. She was popular with the boys for her looks, but she was even more popular with the female populace of the school. Heck, there was even an entire fan club dedicated to her which consisted of attractive female students. She was slim and wore a red top which just barely showed some of her midriff and a pair of tight jeans which accented her hips. She wore it under a white coat which housed some splotches of clay or paint. Her blonde hair was done up in dreadlocks which she kept under a bandanna.

"Okay, class. We will be continuing with the project I asked you all to start earlier this week." Ms. Ishigami announced to the class.

The project in question was painting a picture of what was most important to you. And so far everyone was doing an excellent job on their paintings.

Jake was doing well, he wasn't an artist, but he was good enough that he was passing Ms. Ishigami's class. He was currently painting a picture of his late father, Richard Mension. The painting was mostly a portrait of his head. Showing his short brown hair and goatee. His eyes were brown and they seemed to radiate sternness yet a calm gentleness.

"Ah, Mister Mension."

Jake turned around and almost got a face full of Ishigami's cleavage. Blushing and blinking, he looked up to see the look on his teacher's face.

"I'm curious as to whom you are painting." Ms. Ishigami said.

"It's my late father." Jake answered.

Ms. Ishigami's face took on a sorrowful look at Jake's answer. "I'm sorry." she apologized.

"It's alright." Jake told her. "He maybe gone but, if it wasn't for him then I wouldn't be the person I am today, heck I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for my dad."

"I see." Ms. Ishigami said. "That explains why you choose to paint him."

"Yeah, he, what he taught me, and everything he stood for are really important to me." Jake replied as he went back to his painting. If things went as Jake planed then he should have the entire thing done in the next two or three days.

Of course, Ms. Ishigami wasn't the only one who heard Jake explain that Jake's dad was no longer with him. Moka who was sitting a small distance away over heard what Jake had told Ms. Ishigami and the sad look on her face visible to all who were looking at her.

'Jake..' she thought.


After art class was over, Jake and Moka made there way to the newspaper club room to meet up with the rest of their friends.

"So, Moka. How's your painting coming along?" Jake asked.

"Oh, it's going great." Moka answered, in what seemed like a nervous voice.

Jake choose not to question her on that and just continued onward to the club room.

When the two got the club room they were surprised to see only Kurumu and Yukari in the room.

"Where's Gin?" Moka asked.

Kurumu gave Moka a deadpanned look. "Where else would he be? Out being a pervert." Kurumu replied.

"Really? He normally at least shows up for a few minutes before he runs off to take his pictures." Jake said.

"He probably decided it was better for him not to show up so, you couldn't mess with his camera anymore." Yukari explained.

"Your probably right." Jake told her. "I guess we'll be the only ones working."

"Like every other day." Kurumu added in.

So the four friends set to work, but Jake noticed that Moka seemed a bit distracted by something. So when they took a break from working Jake decided to ask her about it.

"Hey, Moka. Are you alright?" Jake asked.

Moka looked surprised by the question. "I'm fine." she answered, but Jake could tell that she was trying to brush off the question.

"Come one, Moka. I can tell that somethings bothering you. So what is it?" Jake questioned.

Moka took a deep breath before she faced Jake. "I...I was thinking about what you told Miss Ishigami earlier." she answered.

Jake's eyes slightly widened in realization that Moka heard him tell Miss Ishigami about his dad. "You heard all that?" Jake asked.

Moka turned away from Jake and took to looking at the ground. "Yes." she silently answered.

Kurumu and Yukari were confused by the conversation by the two.

"What are you two talking about?" Kurumu asked.

Moka looked up to answer the succubus. "I over-heard Jake telling Miss Ishigami that his father passed away."

Kurumu and Yukari's face took a sorrowful look at the news.

"I'm sorry, Jake." Kurumu said.

"Yeah, we didn't know." Yukari added in.

"It's alright." Jake told the three girls. "If anything it's my fault for not talking about it. So, if you guys have anything you want to ask then your more than welcome."

The three girls looked real nervous about the subject, but Moka stepped up to ask a question.

"Earlier when you told Miss Ishigami that if it wasn't for your dad you wouldn't be here. What did you mean by that?" Moka asked.

Jake took a deep breath and exhaled before he answered. "For me to answer that question then I have to tell you the entire story about my dad joining the plumbers and why I joined." he answered.

"Well, we do have plenty of time." Kurumu told him.

"Alright." Jake replied. "My dad was originally a police officer for a good portion of my childhood. At one point he was going through his patrol when a group of aliens began making some trouble. The Plumbers showed up and began trying to subdue them and with my dad's help they were able to. One of the Plumber's was real impressed with my dad and offered him the opportunity to join the Plumbers which he took." he explained.

"But, why did your dad decide to join the Plumbers?" Yukari asked.

"The same reason my dad decided to become a cop." Jake answered. "He wanted to help defend people who couldn't defend themselves and help those who couldn't help themselves. Being a Plumber just put that on a larger scale." he explained.

"But, how did you and your mom not know what he was doing?" Kurumu asked. "Because, I know you said that Plumbers had to keep it all a secret, even from family, until now."

"He said that he was offered a job at the FBI, which worked out since he had to travel a lot." Jake answered. "He was a Plumber for a while before he passed away."

"What happened?" Moka asked.

Jake let out a sigh. "He was returning from a mission on a distant planet, I can't remember the name, when he spotted another ship drifting in space. He approached it and learned that it was refugee ship that had some engine failure. He tryed to help them fix it but an asteroid was heading for them, so he began getting the passengers onto his ship before the asteroid collided with their ships." he explained. He took a deep breath and then continued. "My dad however, wasn't able to make it back onto his ship before the asteroid hit."

Moka and Kurumu had sorrowful looks on their faces, while Yukari had some slight tears running down her face.

Jake took another deep breath before he continued. "I was five and a half when it happened." he added.

"I'm sorry." Moka and Kurumu apologized at the same time as their eyes began to water a bit. Yukari was almost full blown crying at this point.

"It's okay." Jake told the girls. "If anything talking about it, helps me cope."

"But, how did you learn about all this?" Yukari managed to ask.

"Well, I learned when I was seven what really happened." Jake answered. "You see, my dad's best friend was also a Plumber and he would come over to check up on me and my mom after my dad passed away, until well...he and my mom got married sometime when I was six. And then when I was seven and my step-brother was going to be born in the next month or two, my step-dad told me the truth of what happened to my dad." he explained.

Jake then saw that Kurumu was going to ask another question and he had a pretty good idea what it was so he beat her to the punch. "He told my mom everything before they got married." he added in.

"How did you take the news?" Moka asked.

"At first I was sad that my dad was still gone, but then I basically did what any kid at that age would have done when they learn that their dad had been lying to them all that time." Jake answered, but seeing how the girls seemed slightly confused he decided to elaborate. "I threw a tantrum."

"But, why?" Moka asked, confused at why Jake would have been mad.

"Like I said I was young and just learned that my dad had been lying to me all that time." Jake explained. "But, I didn't stay mad. After a few days for me to cool down, I began thinking about what I was told and what my dad actually did. And I realized that I couldn't be mad at him, while he did lie about what job he had he never actually lied about what he did."

"Isn't that the same thing?" Kurumu asked.

"No, you see he always told me that he helped people that couldn't help themselves and tried to make the world a safer place for me and other people to grow up in. And him being a Plumber, that is exactly what they do so he didn't fully lie to me." Jake explained. "So if anything I should be proud of him, which I am and if anything I wanted to be like him. And that's why I wanted to join the Plumbers, to be like my dad."

"But, how does that relate to you being here?" Kurumu asked.

"Simple really, if I never joined the Plumbers then I wouldn't have been assigned here." Jake answered.

After that the room kind of fell into a silence, that was a bit unnerving for Jake, so he decided to break it.

"How about we call it a day? Huh?" Jake said as he stood up.

"But, we haven't got much done." Yukari said.

"Well, that's Gin's problem since he is the president." Jake replied. "Besides talking about my dad made me realize that I haven't sent a video message to my mom in a while, so I need to send one to her before she freaks out and has my step-dad come here to check up on me."

And with that Jake left the room to return to his, to begin on a video to send to his mom.


The next morning, Jake was feeling a lot better after talking to the girls and sending off the video to his mom, but he did notice something odd.

"That's weird." Jake said to himself. "Normally Moka's either waiting for me or catches up to me by now."

Of course, Jake's wondering was cut short at the arrival of Kurumu, who didn't jump him like she normally did.

"Are you alright?" Jake asked, since Kurumu always jumped him in the morning.

"Yeah." Kurumu answered. "If anything I'm wondering how your doing."

"Me? I'm fine, talking to you guys about it really helped me. It's nice to know I have you guys here to support me. So, don't think that you need to be walking on eggshells around me." Jake told her.

"Well, in that case." Kurumu said in a mischievous tone. As she quickly brought Jake into one of her signature hugs.

But, the hug didn't last long as a washing pan quickly fell on Kurumu's head and Yukari made her magical appearance.

"Let go of him, you Boob-Cow!" the young witch shouted.

"What the hell!" Kurumu shouted at Yukari.

"I got here when Jake finished telling you not to worry about what happened yesterday and the next thing I see is you almost suffocating him." Yukari replied. "That's not what he needs this morning!"

"Oh and you know what he needs this morning?" Kurumu questioned.

"But, of course." Yukari responded as she quickly jumped up and latched onto Jake's chest. "He needs to spend some time with me to make him fell more at home." the young witch explained.

"I don't think so you little runt!" Kurumu shouted as she grabbed a hold of Yukari's legs and tried to pull her off Jake.

"Hey! Quite It!" Yukari shouted as she tried kicking the succubus.

Jake however was dealing with the fact that Yukari's grip was pretty strong. "Kurumu! Quite pulling! Her fingernails are digging into my side!" he pleaded, but it fell on deaf ears. 'Why do I even bother?' he thought.


After Kurumu and Yukari finished their game of tug-of-war they made their way to class, it was in class that Jake saw Moka was already there.

"Hey, Moka." Jake greeted.

Moka looked towards Jake with a smile. "Morning Jake." she replied.

"Where were you this morning?" Jake asked. "Normally you walk with me to school, but this morning you weren't around."

"Oh, I had something I needed to do this morning." Moka answered, but she seemed a bit nervous.

"Moka, if your worried about yesterday don't be, talking to you guys really helped me out." Jake told the vampire.

"I'm glad, but I really did have something to do this morning." Moka replied.

"Umm...Okay." Jake said, he really didn't know what to say so he just went with the first thing that came to mind.

Class went how it normally did, but the strange thing was Moka quickly left when class was over. And that pattern continued throughout the day. Moka would leave as soon as class was over and Jake never see her until he went to the next class.

Even at lunch she just showed up to suck a bit of Jake's blood before she left to do something.

She didn't show up to the newspaper club, she had talked to Miss Nekonome and told her that she wouldn't be able to make it cause she was busy with something. She even missed out the training later that day.


Jake was laying in his bed looking up at the ceiling thinking about all that happened earlier.

"Does Moka think I'm upset with her for bringing up my dad yesterday?" Jake asked himself. "Or is she just avoiding me all together?"

Jake quickly shook the thoughts from his head. "What am I thinking? Moka said she had something to do and she wouldn't lie about something like that."

Jake let out a sigh. "I guess I'll just have to wait until she's done or wants to talk about it." he mumbled to himself as he then went to sleep.


The next day went the same as yesterday, with Moka seemingly avoiding Jake.

It wasn't until it was time for everyone to meet at the newspaper club room, that Jake learnt what Moka was doing.

"Modeling?" Jake asked.

"That's what she told me." Yukari replied.

"I can't believe Moka is being a model for Miss Ishigami." Kurumu said.

"I just wish that Moka would've told me that's what she was doing." Jake said. "At least then I wouldn't have felt like she was avoiding me."

"Umm...Jake? You do know why she wouldn't tell you right?" Yukari asked.

Jake gave her a confused look. "Not really. I still don't see why she wouldn't tell me." he replied.

"Well...she could, possibly, maybe, might be a...nude model." Yukari explained.

Jake blinked a few times. "Nude...Model?" he questioned, the information taking a while to sink in, but when it did, Jake's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"As much as I'd like this conversation to continue, we've got more important things to handel." Gin said as he entered the room.

"What are you talking about, Gin?" Kurumu asked in an annoyed voice.

"Well, I've just heard that a girl went missing yesterday." Gin replied.

"Gin, while that is bad. It doesn't seem that bad." Yukari said.

"Yeah, she could have just decided to go home." Kurumu added.

"True, but she is the eighth one to go missing in the past few days." Gin explained.

"What!?" Jake, Kurumu, and Yukari shouted.

"Yup, no one is sure what happened to them, but they aren't wanting to cause a panic for the students." Gin explained.

"How'd you learn about it then?" Jake asked.

"Well, while I was out earlier I happened to come across a girl, who's best friend was the eighth girl to go missing. When I heard the girl was missing I went to ask Miss Nekonome and she told me the rest." Gin answered.

"Do you have anything else for us then?" Kurumu asked.

"All the girls that went missing were super hot." Gin added. Which earned him a quick beating from Kurumu and Yukari.

"Is that all?" Jake asked in disbelief.

"Well, no." Gin answered as he picked himself off the ground. "The eighth missing girl was last seen heading to meet up with Miss Ishigami."

"Alright, then." Jake said. "Gin, why don't you go around and see what else you can learn about the missing girls."

"On it." Gin replied.

"Kurumu and Yukari why don't you go and talk to the girl who told Gin about her missing friend." Jake told the two girls.

"You can count on us!" the two said.

"What about you?" Gin questioned.

"I'll head to Miss Ishigami's class and see if the girl ever made it to her class." Jake said. "Now, let's move out."

And with that the newspaper club began investigating the case of the missing girls.


Jake had arrived at Miss Ishigami's classroom to see that the door was closed.

"Hello? Miss Ishigami?" Jake asked as he knocked on the door. When he received no reply he decided to go on in.

The classroom was completely empty, no Moka or Miss Ishigami.

"I wonder where they could be?" Jake asked himself.

Then all of the sudden he heard something. It sounded like faint crying and it was coming from the room in the back was used to keep the art supplies. Curious, Jake went to investigate. Placing an ear at the door, Jake could indeed hear sobbing on the other side. Now concerned, he gripped the door handle and opened the door wide. His eyes widened in shock.

Inside of the room were several statues. Each of them depicted a teenage girl, completely naked, and striking a pose that you would normally see a model do for any kind of artwork. However, there was only one thing that was odd about them that caught Jake's suspicion. Each statue's face depicted pain, fear, and a sense of betrayal. Even stranger, each of the statues was crying actual tears.

"What in the world?" Jake asked.

"Jake?" Moka asked suddenly appeared behind him, startling the poor boy. He whipped around to see her, almost shocked from what he discovered, and was about to tell her. But he noticed the look of startlment, almost like she was hiding something, as well as a slight annoyance. "You shouldn't be here, Jake." she stated, ignoring what he was about to say, and pushed him away from the room.

"But, I have to talk to Miss Ishigami." Jake argued.

"You can do that later." Moka countered. "She won't be here for a bit anyway, so just go."

"But..." Jake tried to argue some more, but was cut off.

"No, 'buts'!" Moka shouted. "Just go!" And with that she pushed Jake out the door and shut it.

Jake just let out a sigh and scratched his head. 'I guess the whole modeling thing really is what Yukari said it was.' he thought. 'It would explain why she just pushed me out.'

Since Jake was going to be able to talk to Miss Ishigami now, he decided to go back to the club room and see if the others had any luck.


Jake arrived back at the newspaper club room to see that Kurumu, Yukari, and Gin were all there.

"So, what did Miss Ishigami tell you?" Gin asked.

"I couldn't find her." Jake replied. While, he didn't really look for her he didn't want to tell the others about what happened with Moka. "What about you guys?" he asked.

"All we got from the girls was that her friend was a part of Miss Ishigami's fan club." Kurumu answered.

"Well, I managed to get some pictures of the missing girls." Gin proudly boasted, hold a stack of pictures.

"Let me see!" Kurumu and Yukari shouted as they grabbed the pictures from Gin's hands to look at them.

"Wow, I'm surprised that you actually took your job seriously." Jake told the werewolf.

"Hey, finding beautiful girls is what I do." Gin replied.

Jake just rolled his eyes at the older students reply. "Can I see the photos?" he asked.

Kurumu and Yukari handed over the individual photos they each had.

When Jake saw the very first picture, his eyes widened and as he looked through the rest, his eyes grew even larger.

The reason being that the missing girls looked just like the statues in Miss Ishigami's classroom, right down to every possible detail.

'If these are the missing girls and Miss Ishigami has creepy crying statues that look just like these girls in her classroom, and the eighth missing girl was last seen heading out to meet her then...Oh God!' Jake thought.

Jake quickly ran out of the room still gripping the photos.

"Jake!" called out the other members of the newspaper club, but it was to late he was already gone.


Jake made his way back to Miss Ishigami's classroom and this time he didn't even bother to knock as he flung the door wide open, startling Moka who was sitting at a desk, fully dressed as well.

"Jake!" Moka shouted in shock, which quickly turned into annoyance. "I told you to go!"

"Moka, please. Let me explain." Jake begged.

Moka could tell that even though Jake was begging that he was still serious, so she decided to let him explain.

So, Jake began explaining everything that had happened earlier today and after he left the classroom a few minutes a go.

"Jake, I think you over-reacting." Moka told him.

"No, I'm not." Jake argued. "You can see for yourself." he added as he lead Moka to the room holding the statues. He opened the door and turned to face Moka. "Here, look." he told her, while handing her the photos of the missing girls.

Moka took the photos from Jake and began looking at them and the statues and the photos constantly shifting between the two, until she let out a gasp and dropped the photos. "It is them!" she exclaimed.

"Oh, so you two found my collection," a female voice spoke up. Jake and Moka instantly whirled around in shock; Jake's training keeping him from being caught totally by surprise. The two students found Miss Ishigami standing not to far behind them, but her face looked nothing like the caring, enthusiastic teacher he had come to know. In fact, she looked downright sinister.

"So, you really are behind the missing girls!" Jake shouted at the art teacher.

"I must say I'm surprised that you managed to figure it out, Mister Mension." Miss Ishigami told the Plumber. "Your smart perhaps top smart for your own good."

"At least tell us why?" Moka asked. "We at least deserve to know that much."

"Why? Why, it's for art, of course!" Ms. Ishigami proclaimed walking past the two, and towards her 'work'. "True beauty needs to be preserved. I'm doing these lovely ladies a favor by helping them preserve their natural beauty!" She gently caressed a petrified girl's face. A whimper was heard through the stone lips which could not move at all. "I was going to add just you to my collection, Moka. But it wasn't the right time…yet."

Moka backed behind Jake, in fear for what was coming to her. "You Disgust Me!" Jake shouted at the teacher. "These girls trusted you! And you betrayed them, what kind of disgusting monster are you!?"

"One that's going to end your miserable life!"Miss Ishigami snapped, as she began to reveal her true form.

Her hair transformed into many snakes. Her skin cracked and turned a slight shade of green on her cheeks, revealing it to be similar to a snake's. Her eyes turned yellow with a slit for a pupil, giving a more reptilian look. She had revealed her true form to be that of a gorgon.


Monster Fact:

Gorgon a B-Ranked Monster. The first Gorgon in history was Medusa, who's power was so strong that she could turn anyone who glanced into her eyes to stone. But, luckily not all Gorgons are able to due this, they have to achieve some much power before they can, so before that they have to have the snakes on their head to bite their prey to inject the poison that turns it's enemies to stone.


Jake's eyes widened in surprise at Miss Ishigami's transformation, but he then quickly became frustrated. "Oh, come on! How am I suppose to fight some one that I can't look at!" he complained.

"Umm...Jake? Weren't you looking into her eyes the entire time you were talking?" Moka asked.

Jake blinked in a few times as the information before it sunk in. "Your right!" he exclaimed.

Causing the other two members in the room to sweat drop at his outburst.

"Enough!" Miss Ishigami shouted as she lunged at the two.

Jake's Plumber training allowed him to quickly react as he jumped out of the way, grabbing Moka to get her out of the crazed teachers path.

"You okay, Moka?" Jake asked as he helped the vampire up.

"I'm fine." Moka replied.

"Alright Miss Ishigami, I think it's time to tame that wild hair of yours." Jake said to the art teacher as he activated the Monstitrix.

And in a flash of green Jake was replaced with Novamesses.

Novamesses didn't waste anytime as he quickly shot out his bandaged hand to grab Miss Ishigami, bu he didn't expect the snakes on her head to bite his bandaged hand.

"Ahhh!" Novamesses screamed as he retracted his arms.

"While, I've never considered adding a boy to my collection, I think you'll make an excellent piece." Miss Ishigami gloated.

"What are you talking about?" Moka asked.

"While, I may not be strong enough to turn some one to stone with a glance. The snakes on my head hold a special venom that does the job for me, all they need to do is take a bite." Miss Ishigami explained.

"Oh, No! Jake!" Moka shouted in fear as she turned to look at Novamesses, but was surprised to see that his arm was perfectly fine.

"Impossible!" Miss Ishigami screamed. "Your entire arm should be turned to stone by now!"

"Well, if that poison had anywhere to go, then it would be." Novamesses replied. And just to prove his point he opened up the bandages that made up his chest to reveal nothing inside, just his bandage back.

Before Miss Ishigami could make a reply she was grabbed by one of Novamesses hands and threw into the wall on the other side of the room. "Now, give up." Novamesses told the teacher. "Your power is useless against me, turn yourself over and maybe your punishment won't be to bad."

"Never!" Miss Ishigami shouted at the mummy alien. "I'll never give up my art!"

"Have it your way." Novamesses replied as he threw a punch at the teacher, but Miss Ishigami dodged and charged him.

Novamesses wasn't able to bring his arm back, before Miss Ishigami tackled him sending the two out the window that was behind Novamesses. But, luckily they were on the first floor.

"Get Off!" Novamesses shouted as he wrapped some bandages around Miss Ishigami and threw her away from him.

Miss Ishigami went a good distance from Novamesses and skidded across the ground a bit but, she quickly recovered and began charging the Plumber.

Novamesses tried hitting her with a few punches but, being a Gorgon gave her snake like reflexes allowing her to easily dodge. When she got in close she tried punching the alien, but Novamesses light body allowed him to move fast enough to get out of the way.

This pattern continued for a few minutes.

Moka seeing how things were going jumped out the window to help in some way.

Unfortanlety, Miss Ishigami saw this and quickly began making her way towards the vampire.

"Moka!" Novamesses called out, but before he could start running the Monstitrix began beeping and in a red flash he was back to Jake. "No! Not now!" he screamed at the device on his wrist, but quickly ignored it and began running to Moka's rescue.

Moka saw Miss Ishigami was coming towards and backed into the wall of the school in fear. "No! Stay Away!" she shouted at the teacher.

"Dear, Moka." Miss Ishigami said to the vampire in a soothing voice. "Don't worry it will only hurt for a second and then your beauty will last forever."And with that she prepared to lunge at the vampire.

But, Jake had made it just in time to tackle the Gorgon away from Moka sending both tumbing in the dirt. With Jake receiving a bite to his arm form Miss Ishigami's snake hair.

The area on Jake's arm was slowly turning a gray as the poison spread through his body. Jake was so caught up in looking at his arm that he forgot about Miss Ishigami, who grabbed Jake by his shirt and slammed him into the wall.

"Jake!" Moka screamed as she ran over to try and help.

But, Miss Ishigami saw her coming out of the corner of her eye and grabbed Moka by her throat and slammed her into the wall next to Jake.

"Now, I think I'll let you watch as your friend is turned into a statue." Miss Ishigami told the vampire. "The expression on your face after he's a statue will make for an amazing piece in my collection."

Moka tried to struggle against the Gorgon and while she had more strength than the teacher, the fact that Miss Ishigami had her by the throat made it very difficult.

"Let Her Go!" Jake shouted.

Miss Ishigami turned her attention towards Jake, with smirk on her face. "I don't think your in the position to be making demands." she told him. "Especially when you'll be a statue in a few more seconds."

It was true the poison was spreading and most of Jake's body was already stone, the only parts not stone were his head and the upper part of his chest, and his left arm.

"True, but I pretty sure that your going to lose in the end." Jake told her with a smirk. All the while slowly inching his hand towards Moka's rosary.

"Oh, and what makes you so sure?" Miss Ishigami asked.

Jake had a smirk on his face. "Just a feeling." he responded as he grabbed hold of Moka's rosary. He then lunged forward and gave Miss Ishigami a head-butt.

The art teacher wasn't prepared for the attack and when Jake's head connected with her face she let go of the two students. "You bastard!" she shouted while holding her bleeding nose and glaring at Jake.

Jake still had a smirk on his face as the poison began creeping up his neck. "You lose." he said. As the poison finished it's job.

Miss Ishigami was confused as to why he was so sure of her defeat in the end. It was when she saw something fall out of his stone hand that she soon realized what had happened.

Because, the thing that fell from his hand was Moka's rosary.

Miss Ishigami then felt the crushing force of a large amount of monster energy. She turned towards the source to see the now transformed Moka and she did not look happy.

Inner Moka just glared at the art teacher for a few seconds before she finally spoke. "Know your place."

And before Miss Ishigami could react Inner Moka was in front of her delivering a spinning kick to the center of her face, sending her flying back and through a tree head first. Leaving her unconscious.

Inner Moka turned and made her back towards the stone Jake, who was leaning against the school building, a smirk still on his face.

"You fool." Inner Moka said to the statue. "Risking your life like that, don't you know hoe much the other Moka would cry if you were badly hurt?"

Of course the statue did not reply, so with a sigh Inner Moka picked up her rosary and Jake. She then began making her way into the school.


All of the sudden Jake jerked up with a fright. Taking a deep breath as he did, he looked around and realized that he was no longer a statue and that he was in the nurses office.

"How..." Jake began to question, but was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. He turned his head to see it was none other than Moka.

"Jake!" Moka exclaimed when she saw he was awake. She ran over to him and pulled him into a bear hug. "I'm so glad you okay!"

"Moka!" Jake shouted. "My spine!"

A look of embarrassment came over Moka's face as she realized that she forgot how strong she was... again. "Sorry." she apologized as she let go of Jake.

"It's alright." Jake told her as he popped his back. "What happened?" he asked in a serious tone.

"The other Moka told me that after you removed the rosary, she quickly beat Miss Ishigami and brought you to the nurse." Moka began to explain. "She ran into the others and she explained the situation to them. After she dropped you off here she went with the rest of the newspaper club back to Miss Ishigami's room to get the girls, but when they arrived the girls were back to normal."

"That's good." Jake replied. "So, how long have I been out?"

"At least a day." Moka replied.

"A Day!?" Jake shouted in shock. "I thought the girls were back to normal in a few minutes."

"They were." Moka answered. "But, for some reason you were taking longer to get better. No one knew why." she explained her tone becoming sad.

Jake calmed down a bit after that as he looked at the Monstitrix. "Maybe it's because of this." he said. "Or maybe because I'm human." he added.

Moka wasn't paying much attention as she was looking at her hands in her lap. "Why?" she asked in a low voice.

"Huh?" Jake asked since he wasn't able to hear what Moka said.

"Why!?" Moka shouted this time as she raised her head to look at Jake, with tears streaming down her face. "Why did you sacrifice yourself to save me?"

Jake gave her a confused look. "Moka, I don't understand why your upset." he replied.

"Idiot!" Moka shouted, pulling Jake into another, less dangerous hug. And burying her face in his shoulder as she cried. "I was so scared, that you'd never be okay."

Jake's eyes widened in realization, as he put his arms around Moka in an attempt to comfort her. "Shhh, it's okay." he told her.

"No, it's not!" Moka screamed at him from his shoulder. She then puller her self out to look Jake straight in the eyes. "You don't have to throw your life away to save me."

"Yes, I do." Jake answered in a serious voice. "Because, that's the kind of guy I am. I would gladly risk and give up my life to save my friends or anyone who needs to be saved."

"Why?" Moka asked once again.

A small smile made it's way onto Jake's face as he answered. "It's what my dad taught me to do. To always be the one to help those who can't help themselves and to hero that people need." he explained.

Moka slowly began wiping the tears that were left on her face away as she nodded to Jake's answer. "Okay, but promise me that you'll stay alive as well." she said.

"Promise." Jake replied with a smile.

All of the sudden the door was thrown open by Kurumu with Yukari right behind her.

"Jake!" the two new guest shouted as they ran towards him.

"I was so worried!" Kurumu shouted.

"Me too!" Yukari said while crying.

"Hey, it's alright." Jake said to comfort the two girls. "It's going to take more than a crazy art teacher to take me out." he bragged.

"That reminds me!" Moka exclaimed, surprising everyone. She left the room for a second and came back in with an item almost half her height and cover with a cloth.

"What's that?" Jake asked.

"Remember how I was modeling for Miss Ishigami?" Moka asked, which Jake and the girls nodded their heads to. "Well, it was so she would give me some extra help on the art project that she assigned." she explained, as she removed the cloth.

The item was actually a full painting of Jake with the lake that he and the girls normally hang out at as the background. It actually looked almost like a photo, since it was that well done.

"Wow! Moka that's great!" Yukari cheered.

"I agree." Kurumu added. "You really captured how handsome Jake is."

"It's amazing." Jake told her. "But, why did you paint a picture of me?"

At the question a blush appeared on Moka's face. "Well, Miss Ishigami asked us to paint what was special to us, and your special to me." she answered.

A blush appeared on Jake's face at the answer. "Really?" he asked.

Moka nodded her head. "Yes, that's why I painted you. Also, I want you to have it."

"But, Moka I can't take something you worked so hard on." Jake argued.

"I made it for you as a thank you gift." Moka explained.

"Thanks, for what?" Jake asked.

"For being my friend, helping me all the time, and for the training your giving me, Kurumu, and Yukari." Moka answered. "But, it's not just a thank you gift."

"What else is it?" Jake asked.

"It's a way for me to say..." Moka tried to explain with a blush as she got quite, but she took a deep breath and gave Jake a great big smile. "I Love You!" she exclaimed.

Jake, Kurumu, and Yukari were floored by the declaration Moka was always with Jake, but it looked like they were just friends, but now she was saying she loved him.

Kurumu quickly grabbed Jake and pulled him closer to her. "They're is now way I'm letting you have my Destined One!" she shouted.

Yukari then grabbed one of Jake's arms. "I'm not letting you get in the way! My dream of a relationship between me, Moka, and Jake is closer to being made a reality!"

"No!" Moka shouted. "Jake's mine!" she added as she lunged towards the group.

"Wait! Moka!" Jake pleaded.

CHUUUU!


Meanwhile, in a cell somewhere on Youkia Academy, Miss Ishigmai was waiting for her punishment.

"I can't believe it's all over!" she shouted in anger. "I'll get you, Jake Mension! If it's the last thing I do!"

"Would you like some help with that?" asked a voice.

Miss Ishigami quickly turned around to see some one at the bars of her cell. "Who are you?" she questioned.

The person in question stepped a bit more into the light to reveal it was the former student Nagare. "Some one who can help you with your revenge." he answered.

"Please, you were defeated by that succubus. How can you help me defeat Mension?" Miss Ishigami asked.

"Because, I now work for someone who can." Nagare replied. "And all you have to do is join us and you'll be free and able to take your revenge."

Miss Ishigami thought about it for a second. While, she wasn't sure if the boy was telling the truth, the promise of her freedom and revenge was to good an opportunity to pass up. "Fine, I'll help you and your boss." she answered.

"Good." Nagare replied as he unlocked her cell. "Now, let's go before word get's out."

And with that Nagare and Miss Ishigami made their escape.


I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and don't forget to review.

Announcer: On the next installment of 'Monster and Aliens'. Jake has a new and more chilling problem than he has ever faced in his time at Youkia Academy. Can he handel this new threat or will he be rendered stone cold? Find out in...

'A Chilling Discovery'!