Legend96 said: Is this fanfiction gonna end with Tsukune and Akuha together or a cliffhanger when it comes to his choice even though we all know it's Moka

Not quite how this fiction will end.

Said in Chapter 12's Author Notes: I know what I want to have next, but it's probably too dark and edgy. Most Rosario + Vampire stories are harem comedies, and I dislike that genre whenever it's the primary focus.

Empathies on 'primary focus'. I already admitted that this story wouldn't remain light-hearted forever.

Legend96 also said: Even though I asked this question already I would like an answer do you plan on having fong fong and ling ling in this fanfic

I didn't respond last time cause I thought it was obvious.

I appreciate the questions, as responding to them keeps me from going insane. Don't double post please.

School Hallways

Ginei walked by the energetic booths and through the noisy crowds, carrying with him a tall stack of papers that went up to his chin. His spirits weren't as high as they usually were. Being hit in the nose and given tasks to keep him away from the girls put him in a lousy mood. He also couldn't talk with Haji, as he was dealing with an unexpected money-loss that nearly bankrupted his club.

"I don't really think we need more members," Ginei thought, "We managed just fine with only four of us at the beginning of last year." He began to doze off and autopilot through the school hallways. He knew the school like the back of his hand and could probably walk it blindfolded. "Opphh!" He suddenly bumped into someone while he was looking out a nearby window. The both of them fell backwards, and the paper Ginei was holding fell all over the floor. "Sorry. I wasn't paying-" His eyes went wide at the sight of who he bumped into.

An extraordinarily pretty girl was sitting on her knees before him. Her eyes were closed due to the sudden collision. "Oww…" She said as she scratched her head. With a closer look, it was obvious she wasn't Japanese. She had long, straight, gray hair that extended down to her waist. She seemed to be wearing the standard school uniform and shoes, but in place of the knee-high blue socks, she had long black leg-socks that went up to the thighs, similar to Kokoa's. On her head was a black hair-band with fancy lace trimmings and ribbons at each end, around her neck was a black neck-ribbon, and she wore a tear-shaped diamond necklace. It was shaped a lot like Akuha's onyx necklace, but was much larger.

"Whoa!" Ginei thought, "This girl's as pretty as Moka! I never imagined anyone could look just as gorgeous!"

The girl looked at Ginei, revealing her dark purple eyes. "Oh dear." She giggled playfully. "How very clumsy of me." As she reached for one of the papers that were dropped, Ginei placed his hand onto hers. "Mmm?" She muttered, sounding intrigued.

"It's alright, I was the one at fault." Ginei smiled at the girl. "By the way, has anyone told you before…" He stroked his chin. "That you have the most beautiful eyes?" In spite of talking about her eyes, his vision seemed to be focused on something straight below them.

The girl turned her head slightly and smiled at him.

Ginei gently pulled her hand closer. "In fact, they resemble jewels." He kissed her hand.

The girl giggled to herself. "You're too kind."

"By the way," he said as he released her hand, "I'm Ginei Morioka, president of the newspaper club, though you can call me 'Gin'."

"Very well Gin," The girl gave a polite bow. "I am…" she paused, "Irena de Kermeur. It is an honor to meet you."

Ginei supposed that the girl was some sort of foreign exchange-student. "Please," he said with his hand up, "you don't need to bow or anything. You're in Japan now."

"No need to extrapolate me." Irena stood up. "It's nothing to do with being French. I just come from a very aristocratic family."

Ginei picked up most of the papers again. "My apologies." He stood up as well. "So, I can tell you're new here. Have you made many friends?"

Irena folded her hands together and shrugged. "No one as of yet." she said, still maintaining her smile, "Even back home, everyone's always had a fanatical conception that I'm Little-Ms-Perfect. Consequently I've never made many friends." She leaned forward with an even brighter smile. "Will you be my first friend at this academy?"

"Yes." Ginei answered immediately. "I'd be more than happy to." He also leaned forward, intending to put his arms around her.

"That's good." Irena backed up, avoiding Ginei's embrace. "Hey!" To Ginei's surprise, she didn't sound offended at all, and instead took it as a harmless joke. "I'd fancy you keeping your hands to yourself." She giggled playfully.

Ginei drew back. "You don't need to worry, I'm not a dirty guy."

Irena made sort of a devious look. "Are you really? A single glance can tell you so much about someone. Noting what they laugh at, their body language…" She looked like she was about to crack up. "What they're staring at."

Ginei was starting to doze off at Irena's breasts. "Sorry, what was that?"

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The Woods

Only a short distance from school grounds, staff members and authorities were gathered all over a taped-off area in the dead forest, all investigating what had occurred there only a day ago. Word of it didn't get around until two students playing hooky had come across it, a dismembered mutilated body.

"Sure you can stomach this?" Ruby asked as she and Akuha entered the restricted area.

"I know I can stomach this, and a lot more." Akuha said. She was already informed of the bloody mess, but she had cut people apart herself in the past. "I'm used to this sort of stuff."

Ruby looked uneasily at her for a moment. "Well, you did say you worked as an assassin." The both of them softly walked towards a small clearing. "Well," Ruby pointed and looked away, "this is him."

Akuha saw the bloody, decapitated body in the middle of the barren clearing. He appeared to be a student, as he was wearing a red-stained school uniform. Most notable was his severed head, pinned to a nearby tree with two daggers stabbed through the eyes. "Gruesome." Akuha said impassively. She inspected the rest of the body, where there was a massive opening in the chest with fragments of organs spread like a salad. "It looks almost as if he were… eaten."

"The daggers suggest it wasn't an animal." Ruby still looked in another direction. "What kind of sick mind could have conjured this? I hurled last time I looked at this mess."

Akuha casually walked closer to the body. "Then don't look at it." She knelt down and inspected the mound of flesh and blood. Placing the brutality of the execution aside, something seemed very strange about how the torso was opened up. The perimeter of the opening looked like outlines of handprints, as if the attacker ate the victim with his hands. "Eww…" Akuha stood back up and fanned the smell away. "Certainly smells bad."

"Smells bad?" Ruby repeated, still looking away. "There's been a ghastly, sickening, nauseating cult-like murder on campus… and all you can say about it is that it smells bad?"

Akuha gave a relaxed nod. "Pretty much. I've seen far worse before."

Ruby made a grossed-out look. "I don't even want to know!"

Akuha looked back at the body. There was nothing anyone could do for him now. What could be done is to make sure something like this wouldn't happen again. "Perhaps the doppelganger's gang of thugs was behind this? They and Kuyou's friends are probably still on campus."

Ruby shook her head. "I don't think even serial killers are this twisted. This is a whole 'nother league of sick-minded."

Akuha turned and started back at the school. "Well whatever the case, I'm not going to wait for them to make the next move."

Ruby followed after her. "What do you have in mind?"

"I want you to tell me about every basement, every passageway, and every abandoned building. I'm going to search every possible area where these sickos could be hiding." Despite the seriousness of the situation, Akuha felt excited. Being a security guard at Yōkai Academy turned out to be more interesting than her last few years as an assassin.

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School Hallways

Kuzu wandered alone in the hallways, feeling around with his cane to avoid bumping into any walls. Not long ago, a mysterious girl had cleaned off his cane and given it back to him. She never told him her name, and she spoke with loads of big words that he would need a dictionary to interpret. Nonetheless, he could still piece together some of what she asked him. Did he want power? What would he do if he had it?

"You are like Bartimaeus, the blind man." The girl had said to him. "Dejected, downcast, desperate, and yet… bold, persistent, hopeful, sincere."

Kuzu didn't know who Bartimaeus was, but he sounded like a character from mythology or a famous story. When Kuzu tried to ask the girl who she was, she had vanished as quickly as she appeared. What a strange encounter.

"Do you hate them?" Kuzu remembered her asking him.

With his other hand in his pocket, Kuzu brought out the object that the strange girl had given to him. It felt like some kind of injector or syringe. Sounds of the girl's playful giggling echoed from the back of his head.

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Dormitories

Irena giggled quite loudly. "You wish to know what yōkai am I?" she asked, reacting to Ginei's question. The two of them were walking side-by-side along the hallways of one of the campus dorm buildings. "I was under the impression we weren't allowed to shed light on that."

"Kind-of sort-of." Ginei said, "It's against school rules to transform on school grounds, but there's nothing really wrong with just sharing our identities." He smiled at her. "So how about we keep this between you and me?"

Irena stared at Ginei for a moment. "Very well." She blinked and looked forward again. "I belong to a very rare species know as… Lecorjamasi."

"Wait…" Ginei thought that sounded familiar. "You're winged humanoids right? A Female-only race that mates with males of other races."

Irena lifted an eyebrow. "From whom did you hear that?" They stopped in front of the door to her room and faced each other. "I was also under the impression that roughly no one has heard of us."

"Uh…" Ginei searched through his memories. "I remember during my freshman year, the former president of the newspaper club told me. Lecorjamasi are distant relatives of her race."

Irena took a cross-legged stance. "Was she a Siren?"

"She was actually." Ginei thought about Sun for a moment. He completely lost touch with her after she graduated, and she didn't seem to have anywhere to go.

"Well," Irena said as she opened the door to her room, "now it's your turn. What kind of yōkai are you?"

Ginei scratched his head, trying to look modest. "I happened to be the all-powerful werewolf!" He cheerfully said, hoping Irena would be impressed.

For the first time, Irena's smile seemed to have faded.

"Is there something wrong? I hope nothing bad happened between our races."

Irena put her hand up. "It's nothing like that Gin," she said, "I've just always been more of a cat person." She smirked as her blissful expression returned. "As a matter of fact, I'm keeping a cat in my dorm room right now." She walked into her room.

"Well don't worry then." Ginei said with a tense grin. "I'm great with cats."

Irena looked back at him with a devious look. "Are you really?"

Ginei studied Irena's room from the open doorway. It was a bit larger than most other dorms, probably because the owner came from a rich family. At the center of the room was a coffee table with a chess-set on it, positioned between two cushioned armchairs. Straight-ahead was a large window with its curtains drawn, a bed was sitting on the far right side of the room, and to the left were a dresser, a mirror, and a harp. "Seems a little plain," Ginei thought, "I guess she hasn't had time for decorating yet."

"Well?" Irena said from near the coffee table, "How long do you plan to linger there?"

"Oh…" Ginei mumbled, "You're okay with me coming into your room? Just the two of us… alone… with the door closed?"

"Why of course." Irena turned her side towards him, bent a knee forward, and put a hand to her hip. It looked like she was making an intentional 'sexy pose'. "I can't imagine anything bad coming from this." she teased sarcastically.

"You don't think I might… try something?"

Irena tilted her head a little. "Would you?"

Ginei thought about his answer. Sure he was perverted, but trying to grope Irena would probably chase her off. Unlike the other girls, she seemed to like him, and didn't have a crush on an average-looking guy whose name started with a T. Maybe it was better to take things slow. "No, I wouldn't." Ginei said, deciding he shouldn't blow his chance. He probably would never find another girl quite like this. "Like I said, I'm not a dirty guy." He walked in and closed the door.

Irena walked over to one of the chairs and looked down at it. Resting there was a snow-white fluffy cat curled into a ball. "Here's that good-for-nothing I told you about." she jokingly said, "Her name's Ivory."

Ivory woke up, looking at them with her blue eyes. She meowed as Irena picked her up. She seemed comfortable in Irena's arms.

Ginei approached them. "Ivory eh?" He tried to pet Ivory, but she hissed and lightly bit his finger.

"Oh dear." Irena cried softly. She quickly took a seat and let Ivory lay on her lap. "Sorry, she isn't used to strangers."

Ginei whipped his hand a little. "I can see that now." He sat down on the other chair.

Irena looked down at Ivory and stroked him on the head. "Some cats adore belonging to someone. In many ways, the cat owns you." Ivory purred loudly on her lap. "Providing her with food, shelter, and maybe a few toys, merely so that she'll allow you to pet and comfort her."

"Sounds like a girlfriend." Ginei thought.

"Cats are smart, don't you agree? Letting humans and yōkai alike take them in as pets. They live such easy lives this way."

Ginei thought of how to keep the conversation going. He didn't want to blow things so soon. "I remember one of my relatives has a cat. One time while I was visiting, my dad poured some of his beer into the cat's bowl." He chuckled a little. "After one lick the cat went straight up."

Irena laughed quite loudly with him.

"Anyways," Ginei said, putting his lady-killer smile on, "What kind of school did you attend prior to this one?"

Irena paused. "I went to a human school," she giggled, "and despite what you may expect, I rather enjoyed myself while it lasted."

Ginei felt curious. Yōkai almost always disliked humans, similar to how Moka was after attending a human middle school. "You don't mind humans?"

"Are you trying to imply that they're any different?"

Ginei shrugged. "Well they don't seem the same to me."

Irena played with a strand of her hair with her finger. "Does having wings, fur, or scales make us so different? Both humans and yōkai alike can feel love, grief, and can fight for what they believe in. These and many more qualities are what separate them from mere animals." She went back to petting Ivory. "To me, they're no different. In fact I'm quite fascinated with how much humans have accomplished with what little strength they have."

"Yeah, cause there's so many of them."

Irena laughed as if she'd heard a joke. "You think that numbers are the only reason why they're so successful? Discoveries, inventions, advancements… it is not sheer quantities, but remarkable individuals that have made it all possible for their people." Ivory got off of her lap and strode away. "Just my opinion."

Ginei couldn't help but notice how passionate Irena sounded. "I'm getting the impression that you don't just respect humans. You really like them too."

"Oh yes, I'm quite fond of them." Irena curled a leg over her other knee. "My own father was human… and my mother loved him."

Ginei paused at that. "Her father was a human?" he thought, "That explains a lot… and raises some questions."

"Lecorjamasi keep a common appearance," Irena said, "but our strength, abilities, and even level of intelligence are determined entirely by our fathers. If my father were a vampire, I would be as strong as one. If my father were an incubus, I would have the succubus's charm ability."

Ginei was aware how well Lecorjamasi copied their fathers. Because of this, their abilities were some of the most varied of all yōkai. "And if your father was a werewolf, then you'd be just as fast."

"Indeed…" Irena shrugged. "But of all the beings my mother met… Sirens, Youkos, and even a vampire, the most remarkable was one amazing human."

"Must have been quite an interesting guy then." Ginei said with an impressed nod. "Was he a good father?"

Irena blushed and made a kind smile. "He was a great father." she said warmly.

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Newspaper Clubroom

The sun was setting outside, and all the students had already returned to their dormitories. As the clubroom was empty, Akuha and Ruby decided to use it for planning their next move. The map of the entire campus pinned to the wall complemented such uses.

"Alrighty then," Ruby said as she pulled a red pin off the large map in front of her, "that covers both the west and south sides." To keep track of the places they searched, Ruby had red pins on all the places of the map that Akuha would search through. After confirming an area to be clear, Ruby would remove the pin that marked the spot.

"How many more places do I have to search?" Akuha asked irritably.

"This was your idea." Ruby looked from pin to pin.

Akuha took a seat at the table. "I didn't think there could so many hiding places in such a small area." She sighed. "How hard could it be to find eight people?"

Ruby pulled her attention from the map. "Couldn't you use your ability to sense energy?"

"Not really." Akuha rested her chin on the table. "There's nothing special about them, so they would feel no different from another student."

Ruby looked back at the map. Exactly every building the Student Police Force had once used was empty. "Akuha?"

Akuha still had her face on the table. "What?" she said in a muffled voice.

"You think there could be a secret underground room in one of the former Student Police buildings?"

Akuha sat up. "If there is, there's no one in them. I would have felt their energy."

Ruby shrugged. "You're the secret-agent girl, so I'll take your word for it." She looked back at the map and scanned a few more of the old buildings. She recalled one of them being the place where Tsukune had fought Midou and became a ghoul for the first time. Thank goodness she and the headmaster had arrived to save him in time.

"Hey," Akuha pointed at the northeastern part of the map, "What's that place?"

"Oh that? That used to be a dungeon for containing crazy students. We don't use it anymore though." Ruby looked back at Akuha and noticed she was already in front of the door. "Going to check it out?"

Akuha didn't even look back at her. "Of all the places I haven't checked, that's the most likely for them to be in." She left out the door. "I don't want to be doing this all night."

Ruby looked back at the map. "I know you'll be back before five minutes. See you again soon."

Akuha slammed the door behind her and made a gigantic leap forward, seemingly flying a significant distance to the top of another building.

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Formal Dungeon Building

Akuha found the place after no time at all. "This place has seen better days…" The entire building was far into ruin, so much that it resembled a medieval keep abandoned for thousands of years. Maybe it was. Akuha didn't know how old this building could be. "They'd better be hiding here. I'm starting to lose interest." She leapt up high again, rapidly climbing the ruined structure. The entire rooftop, if not the top two or three floors, were completely missing, and so entering without opening a rusty door wasn't a problem.

Once inside the structure, Akuha slowed her pace. She began to move quietly, just like she often did on her assassination jobs. By the time she worked down to the second floor, she noticed a few lights from the crevices below her. "Found 'em." she mumbled. She looked through one of the cracks and saw what looked like people sitting against the walls of the room below her. They didn't seem to be moving much or making any noise.

Akuha readied herself, and thought of how she would approach them. Secrecy wouldn't matter if she were this close. Her prey wouldn't be able to run from a vampire. Surprise!" She shouted, stomping through the floor and plunging into the room below. After spending so much time with the others, she was starting to develop a sense of humor.

"Uh!" Her eyes went wide as she landed and looked around. There were a lot of red candles illuminating the room, and smeared all over the place was… "Blood! There's blood everywhere!" The entire room from top to bottom was painted red. Mutilated corpses of thugs and Student Police force members sat around the entire room. Their blood smelt stale and nauseating rather than fresh and appetizing, suggesting it had been spilt a while ago, and not just less tasty monster blood.

Akuha looked closely at one of the bodies. It was cut open with hand-shaped outlines.

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To be continued in next chapter…

I'm won't even try to hide it: That's Talia using a different name. Ginei just isn't supposed to know that.

Legend96 said: "What happened to the comments that had to do with writers block?"

Kind of turning into spam, not that I dis-encourage it. I still read and take them into account before deleting them. The comments just aren't relevant to the story itself, that's all.