Tsukune was feeling good as he made his way to the path from the dorms to the academy hall. He had a wonderful time with Moka the night before and the study session left him feeling more confident about class. He was whistling a tune to himself when he heard a familiar voice calling to him.
"Tsukune!" a blue haired young woman yelled out as she ran up to the black haired boy. "Ohayo Tsukune." Kurumu greeted her destined one as she caught up with him.
"Ohayo Kurumu." Tsukune greeted back surprised to find that he was about to still breathe. He looked at Kurumu and could tell that it was taking all her will power not to jump on him, but just barely resisting. 'Wow, she is really trying to prove that she can control herself.' Tsukune was impressed. He opened his arms for a hug and braced himself.
Kurumu's eyes almost sparkled with excitement, but she held her excitement in check and just gave Tsukune a quick simple hug. She backed away just as a golden pan struck where she was just standing. "Hey! What's the big idea?" Kurumu yelled at the young witch that was coming down the path.
"I can't believe that it missed" Yukari mused. "Okay, who are you and what did you do to the boob monster?" Yukari teased.
"Yukari, Kurumu is trying hard to behave herself, maybe you should follow her example." Tsukune defended Kurumu.
"But Tsukune, she is just trying to get you to lower your guard, she still wants you take you away from Moka and me." Yukari whined.
"Well, he is my destined one after all." Kurumu huffed.
Tsukune just shook his head and chuckled lightly. 'She is doing better, but she is still the same.'
Moka emerged from the dorms and made her way to where the others were gathered. Her eyes made contact with Tsukune's and Moka blushed lightly at the sight of his gentle smile. 'I can't believe how much my day brightens up just seeing his smile.'
"Ohayo Moka!" Tsukune greeted the vampire. "Did you sleep well?"
"Ohayo Tsukune, I slept very well, thank you, how are you?" Moka responded.
"I am doing very well, and thank you for the notes." Tsukune answered.
"No problem, just happy to help" Moka blushed lightly remembering that Tsukune had seen in her other notebook.
Tsukune and Moka made their way towards the academy walking side by side. Noticing that they were being left behind Kurumu and Yukari rushed to catch up, Kurumu taking Tsukune's other side and Yukari on the other side of Moka.
Tsukune was sitting at his desk talking with Moka when Ms. Nekonome walked in and signaled that class was beginning. "Ok class, next week start exams, and then we begin summer vacation. For those of you that do not pass any exams, there will be make up tests two weeks after vacation begins." Ms. Nekonome had an almost predatory grin as she heard the cries and groans of dismay from the students.
Tsukune was looking forward to summer vacation so that he could spend time with Moka, and if he were being completely honest with himself, Kurumu as well. Tsukune knew that he would be studying harder for these exams than any others he had taken in the past.
Moka immediately opened her notebooks to begin looking over her notes. She wanted to do well on the exams so that she could have time off and spend as much of her time with Tsukune as she could. She was certain that she could find some way to convince her father to give Tsukune a chance if she could get to know more about Tsukune.
Kurumu almost had a panic attack, she just had to pass so that she didn't fall any farther behind Moka in her pursuit of Tsukune's heart. Not showering Tsukune with all her attention was driving her absolutely crazy. As a succubus, she was a creature of lust and impulse. She was excited with the fact the Tsukune was willing to give her small signs of affection, but she still longed for more. 'I need to see if I can convince him to come to my dorm for dinner soon, I mean he has already had dinner with Moka, so I need to have him over too.' She thought hopefully.
In her classroom, Yukari was not worried about the exams in the least. 'I know that there is no way that boobzilla is going to be able to pass her exams, so that will leave Tsukune and Moka alone to explore their love for each other and then I can finally join them in the throes of their passion.' Yukari almost drooled at her fantasies while she rubbed her legs together.
Tsukune was reviewing the motes from Moka when Ms. Ririko approached his desk. Tsukune let out an involuntary shiver when the math instructor ran her fingers along his shoulder and up his neck. "Tsukune" she almost cooed "I hope I get to see you to study for the make-up tests during the vacation. Maybe then I can show you how much more an adult has to teach you than just a girl." Kagome Ririko winked at Tsukune before walking away with an exaggerated sway to her hips that had all the boys in the class both drooling and wishing to kill Tsukune for seemingly being able to attract all the hot females in the school with no apparent effort at all. Moka and Kurumu both shot Tsukune a dirty look after the sensei's blatant display of affection.
Tsukune, blushing bright red, just put his head on his desk and wished to disappear. He could hear laughing in the back of his head. "I guess she enjoyed the thought of being dominated by you. Who knew she had a submissive side?"
'You just love causing trouble for me don't you?' Tsukune asked his inner self.
"Why wouldn't I, it gives me something to do, and you always have such great reactions." Was the reply Tsukune received. Tsukune could only sigh and hope that the fallout from this new complication in his life didn't bite him in the ass too hard.
"Umm..Tsukune?" Kurumu caught Tsukune's sleeve as he got up for lunch.
"What is it Kurumu?" He asked
"Could I talk to you for a minute?" Kurumu asked nervously.
"Umm..sure" Tsukune looked over to Moka. "Hey Moka, I'll catch up with you at the regular table shortly."
"Oh, okay Tsukune." Moka replied as she gathered her bento box. 'I wonder what she wants to talk about with Tsukune."
Tsukune and Kurumu made their way up to the roof where Tsukune sat down on a bench. He patted the seat next to him to invite Kurumu to join him. "So, what did you want to talk about?"
"Well, I was hoping that umm.. you would want to maybe.. come to my room for dinner." Kurumu could not believe how hard it was to ask.
Tsukune could see how nervous Kurumu was acting, she looked like she might actually be holding her breath waiting on his answer. "Well, you have been doing better and I can see how important this is to you, so.. I guess it would be ok. I would like to wait until after we take the exams though, I really want to get as much studying in before next week. Is that alright with you?" Tsukune accepted
"You really will come over though, right?" Kurumu felt the excitement rising inside her.
"Yes, I promise." Tsukune chuckled
"Yahoo!" Kurumu cheered and gave Tsukune a quick hug before she ran off to get her lunch.
Tsukune smiled and shook his head as he left the roof to join Moka and Yukari at their normal table. "Hi Moka, hey Yukari." Tsukune greeted the two girls as he approached.
Moka gave him a curious look, she wanted to hound him about what Kurumu wanted to talk to him about, but didn't want to look too jealous. Tsukune didn't appear to be harmed or under Kurumu's charm, so she decided to just wait for Tsukune to tell her on his own. Unfortunately, Yukari was not so understanding. "Tsukune…" Yukari whined "Where were you? Moka and I have been waiting for you, I thought that the boob monster did something to you."
"Yukari, Kurumu just wanted to ask me if I wanted to have dinner with her. I didn't have a reason to say no, but I did tell her that it will have to wait until after the exams are complete." Tsukune informed the girls.
"But what about Moka? You need to get together with her so that your love can blossom." Yukari had it all planned out in her mind.
"Look Yukari, I am just going over there as friends. We are still in school, and I am not ready for any serious relationships quite yet. I don't want to just jump to any decisions that are going to affect the rest of my life." Tsukune reasoned.
Yukari was just about to say something else when Kurumu skipped up positively beaming. Moka felt a strong stab of jealousy at the fact that Tsukune was planning on spending time with Kurumu. "Who does she think she is taking what is ours." Inner Moka grouched.
'He is not pledged to us, but I still don't want to see her getting closer to Tsukune.' Moka voiced to her inner self.
"Just because he is not pledged to us doesn't meant he isn't ours. He has promised me that he would watch out for you and he allows us to feed from him, that makes him ours." Inner argued.
Tsukune could tell that Moka was not exactly happy with the situation, but he had already made a commitment to Kurumu. He just hoped that Moka would understand. There was just something about Kurumu that Tsukune just couldn't ignore. He had realized that Kurumu was just as lonely and afraid of ending up alone as Moka was.
"Good News Club" Gin started the newspaper club meeting off "we are going to be making a trip to the human world during the summer vacation to gather information for the paper that we will release at the end of the break."
"Yes, we are going to be going to investigate some strange happenings at Witch's Hill. There have been reports of people disappearing and sightings of strange creatures." Ms. Nekonome continued for Gin. "Participation is going to be based on passing your exams because we will be leaving the Monday after next."
"Hey Kurumu, we will send you a post card." Yukari teased.
"Just you watch, I will pass all my exams!" Kurumu shot back.
As the club meeting broke up, Kurumu pulled Moka aside "Hey Moka, do you have a minute?"
"Sure Kurumu, what is it?" Moka asked, wanting to try and remain civil.
"Well, umm.. I was wondering if you could help me study for the exams?" Kurumu asked nervously rubbing her arms.
"Well, I guess you can join Tsukune and me Saturday afternoon for our study session." Moka agreed. Moka looked around and noticed that they were alone in the room. "So, you are going to have Tsukune over for dinner after the exams are over? What are your intentions with him?" Moka asked in a warning tone.
"He is my destined one, I just want some time with him." Kurumu stated.
"I will not tolerate you trying to take Tsukune from me. If you try to charm him or enslave him, Hell have mercy on you because I will not." Moka warned.
Kurumu saw silver streak Moka's pink hair and red ring emerald irises. Kurumu realized that this was no empty threat. "I promise I won't even try anything like that, I just want to be able to spend some time with him outside of school activities." Kurumu assured.
Moka considered the succubus for a moment. "Fine. Still, I am not completely happy with it, but Tsukune seems to trust you enough." Moka relented.
Kurumu smiled at the vampire "Well, I guess I will see you on Saturday." Kurumu left before Moka could reconsider letting her study with her and Tsukune.
A blonde male wearing a black uniform was sitting at his desk with a hooded figure across from him. "I should have you executed just for showing yourself here. Give me a reason why I should spare your life."
"I have some information that you might find worthwhile. It involves several of the students." The hooded figure responded.
"Give me the information and I will determine what value it holds." Kuyou ordered.
"You have a student here that was born a human, and at least one other student here knows, and is helping him cover it up" revealed the mystery person.
"That is a serious accusation, who is the offender?" Kuyou wanted to know.
"Tsukune Aono is a human and the vampire, Moka Akashiya is harboring his secret."
"Now, this is very interesting information" Kuyou said intertwining his fingers in front of his face with his elbows on the desk. "I will allow you to leave here with your life this time, but remember this Hitomi Ishigami, if I ever see you in this realm again, I will not be so merciful." Kuyou said dismissing the former art instructor.
"Keito, go get Saizo for me." Kuyou instructed the spider woman to get the ogre from the cell that had held him since his loss to the unsealed Moka.
"Yes Kuyou." Keito responded heading for the cells.
"Get in there scum." Keito spat pushing Saizo into Kuyou's office.
"What the hell do you want." Growled the ogre.
"I have an offer for you." Kuyou stated. "I am willing to overlook your rules violations if you will do something for me."
"I ain't doing shit for you." Saizo spat.
"Oh, but I think you might find this assignment to your liking, or if you prefer, I can just end your pitiful existence here and now." Kuyou stated standing up forming a ball of fire in his hand.
Saizo eyed the fox demon cautiously. "So, what is the job?"
"I need you to eliminate a student, one that you have had business with in the past. Tsukune Aono." Kuyou grinned maliciously.
Saizo, hearing the name of the whelp that had somehow unsealed Moka leading to his current situation, couldn't help but grin at the prospect of getting revenge. "Done."
Tsukune arrived at Moka's door Saturday for their study session, he had dressed on the nice side of casual. Tsukune was speechless when Kurumu answered his knock. "Hey Tsukune!" Kurumu greeted the confused boy. Grabbing his arm, Kurumu dragged Tsukune into the room.
"Hi Kurumu, umm..what are you doing here?" Tsukune asked.
"I invited her to join us today, she had asked for assistance with studying, and I didn't see any harm in having her here." Moka explained.
"Oh, well that makes sense. Maybe we should invite Yukari, that way it would almost be like a club thing." Tsukune suggested.
"Why do we need to invite her? It's not like she needs to study or anything." Kurumu complained.
"She is still a part of our little group, I just don't want her to feel left out." Tsukune shrugged.
"Tsukune's right, we should invite her to join us." Moka agreed somewhat reluctantly.
"Fine, I'll go get the little twerp." Kurumu sighed.
Kurumu arrived back at Moka's dorm moments after Yukari had burst through the door. "Moka!" Yukari cheered as she leapt at the pink haired vampire and tackled said vampire in a tight hug. "Thank you for sending Kurumu to get me, I knew that you loved me!"
Moka gave Tsukune and Kurumu a pleading look as she tried to dislodge the hyperactive witch, who was currently nuzzling Moka's breasts with her face. Tsukune was quick to try and help Moka, while Kurumu did everything she could not to fall on the floor laughing.
"Just what did you say to her when you asked her to join us?" Moka asked once Yukari was calmed down sufficiently.
"She told me that you and Tsukune wanted me to join you in your dorm room." Yukari said depressed that her fantasies were not about to come true.
"She took off before I could finish saying that it was to study." Kurumu defended.
"Would you like to study with us?" Tsukune asked Yukari.
"Absolutely, let me go get my notes." Yukari accepted the invitation excitedly, running back out the door to get her books.
"That girl has entirely too much energy." Moka said, to which Tsukune and Kurumu merely nodded in agreement.
After the study session, which included many traded insults between the young witch and the succubus, Tsukune sat back in his chair "I think I might actually be able to pass the exams." Tsukune smiled.
Yukari was the first to leave, happy to have been able to spend time with her favorite people.
Kurumu was next to take her leave. "Thank you so much for letting me study with you" Kurumu thanked Moka.
"It's no problem, we are part of the same club after all." Moka said dismissively.
"See you later Tsukune!" Kurumu called out as she exited the room.
Tsukune started to pack up his books and notes. "This was actually enjoyable, maybe we should do it again." Tsukune suggested. While there had been some bickering, it was still nice to be able to hang out with his friends.
"I know you are going to be going to Kurumu's room after the exams are over, but please promise me that you will be careful." Moka said quietly.
Tsukune looked at the young vampire with warmth in his eyes. "Kurumu is a good friend, I trust that she isn't going to try anything." Tsukune assured.
Moka just nodded. 'I just have a bad feeling something is about to happen.'
"Well, I guess I will get going too. See you later Moka." Tsukune said as he made his way to his dorm room.
Tsukune had just made it out of the Girls dorms when the busty succubus dropped out of the sky, nearly causing the teen to have a heart attack. "Tsukune!" Kurumu called as she landed.
"Gah!" Tsukune jumped "Kurumu, is everything alright?"
"Hehe, sorry Tsukune" Kurumu giggled embarrassedly "I just wanted to walk with you back to your dorm."
"It's okay, what did you want to talk about?" Tsukune asked as they started across the courtyard.
"Well, I wanted to ask you if.." Kurumu was interrupted when a large fist hit her face, knocking the bluenette sprawling across the ground.
"Kurumu!" Tsukune called out worriedly as he ran to the fallen girl's side.
"Hey there pipsqueak." A voice addressed Tsukune from behind. "Where is your little vampire friend?"
Tsukune turned towards the voice that he had not heard since he had first started school. "Saizo" Tsukune growled.
"I hear you are just a dirty human. Well, I am going to do this school a favor and dispose of you, and then I am going to have a bit of fun with the little succubus right there." Saizo sneered as she transformed into his true form. He noticed that Tsukune was just standing where he was with his fists clenched. "Now die!" Saizo yelled as he swung his massive fist toward the stationary teen.
Saizo's eyes widened in surprise when his punch was stopped cold by Tsukune's upraised hand. 'he stopped my fist with just one hand, what the hell is he?' Tsukune's form was slowly encased in smoke and shadows. As the smoke cleared, Saizo almost had to take a double take. In the place of the teen wearing the standard academy uniform stood a figured clothed in light armor and whose face was obscured by a midnight black hooded cloak. The only this visible under the hood was a pair of glowing blue eyes.
Before Saizo could recover from the shock of Tsukune's changes, he found himself flying across the courtyard after Tsukune punched him in the gut. Picking himself up off the ground, Saizo looked up in time to see Tsukune's foot nearing his face. Siazo bounced across the grass until he hit the side of the dorms. He was able to bring his arms up to block Tsukune's next attack and countered with a kick to Tsukune's side. Tsukune grunted from the hit that slid him back several feet before he charged again.
'What the hell is he? That damned fox said that he was just a human, but there is no way a mere human could hit this hard.' Saizo thought as he spit out a tooth that had been knocked loose by Tsukune's kick. 'Even so, there is no way I can lose to him.' Seeing Tsukune charge again, Saizo stepped out the way of the attack and tried to bring both of his hands down on top of his opponent in an attempt to crush him.
Tsukune rolled out of the way of the hammer punch and punched the ogre in the kidney. Saizo grunted in pain and spun to try and backhand the cloaked boy. Tsukune caught Saizo's wrist and threw the ogre into one of the trees that decorated the courtyard. Tsukune walked across the grounds with deadly calm and silence. Kurumu groaned as she picked herself up from where Saizo had sent her flying. Looking around, she saw a cloaked figure stalking towards an ogre that was at the base of a tree that had been knocked over. 'What the hell is going on?' Kurumu thought to herself.
"What the hell are you Aono? I was told that you were a human." Saizo yelled at the cloaked teen.
'Is that really Tsukune? What does he mean human?' Kurumu thought. "Tsukune.."
Even though she had whispered his name, Tsukune stopped an turned towards his friend and pulled back his hood, offering her a sad smile. Kurumu was shocked by his appearance and the fact that he had apparently beaten the ogre so soundly. Kurumu shook herself and realized that he had protected her from whatever the ogre had planned for her. She quickly ran over to Tsukune, who allowed his cloak and armor to evaporate into the smoke and shadows that they had come from.
"Come on Tsukune, let's go." Kurumu said taking his arm.
"Are you okay Kurumu?" Tsukune asked out of concern.
"I'll be alright, let's just get going" Kurumu insisted.
As Tsukune and Kurumu entered the boys dorm, Saizo stood and started to follow when he found himself bound in a sticky substance. "What the hell is this?!" Saizo bellowed.
Kuyou appeared in from of the ogre with Kieto and another PSC on either side of him. Kuyou looked to where Tsukune and Kurumu had entered the dorms. "So, he is not as Ishigami said. This will require further investigation." Kuyou said in an indifferent tone. Turning to Saizo "First though, I think it is time to take out the trash."
"We had a deal!" Saizo yelled.
Kuyou formed a fireball in his hand, thrusting it into the ogre's chest. "I lied." Kuyou said simply as Saizo was burned from the inside out. After Saizo's corpse hit the ground, Kuyou directed a couple of PSC members to dispose his remains. Kuyou and the other PSC members turned and made their way back to their headquarters.
In the boys dorms, Kurumu walked with Tsukune to his door. "Thank you Tsukune for protecting me." Kurumu said before kissing him on the cheek.
Tsukune blushed brightly at that. "Of..of course I protected you. You are my friend after all."
Kurumu smiled at that, but then she took on a serious look. "What did he mean by calling you a human?" Kurumu asked.
Tsukune looked down and away from Kurumu ashamed that she had to find out his secret this way. "It's because I was born human. I was still human when I first started here." Tsukune said sadly.
"But why didn't you tell me? Did you not trust me?" Kurumu asked, tears forming in her eyes.
Tsukune sighed and pulled Kurumu into a light hug. "It's not that Kurumu. I just figured that the fewer people that knew that I was human, the better. It isn't that I didn't trust you. I'm sorry if I hurt you."
Kurumu returned the hug. "Does Moka know?"
"Yes, she found out on our first day of class, but Yukari doesn't know yet." Tsukune confessed.
Kurumu sniffled one last time. "So.. what are you anyway?"
"I'm complicated." Tsukune said before directing Kurumu to sit on his bed so that he could tell her about what has happened to him.