Chapter 8
Youth, a Wizard, and a Vampire
9 short stories in one chapter
Story 1
The Long Story Part 1
Sometimes when the days are beautiful, and the sun is shining down through the clouds. You can see the strange and wondrous sights of Yokai Academy as Ruby Tojo is sweeping dust away from the front entrance to the school. While at times she may be embarrassed about telling you her stories about the past, she can count on Yozora to tell the short version of those stories, which puts her at ease. Ruby may often talk about her bond she forged with Tsukune and his motley crew she met last year.
"Yo Ruby! You cleared that dust yet!?" called Yozora.
"It'll be done soon!" she called back to him.
Despite all the incidents that have occured in the past, Yozora and Ruby still respect each other as real friends would. When Tsukune arrived.
"Hey guys, morning," he said.
"Oh, good morning Tsukune," replied Ruby.
"Yeah you too, bro," added Yozora, giving Tsukune their secret bromantic handshake, which made Ruby giggle.
"You two seem pretty tight, for being bromantic," Ruby said to them.
Yozora smirked at her.
"Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do," Yozora said as he saw Moka arrive to greet them.
"Morning you guys," she said sweetly to them.
"Morning Moka," replied Tsukune.
"What's up?" Yozora said with a nod, when the rest of the girls arrived.
"Hey guys," said Kurumu.
"How's it going?" added Yukari.
"How's it going, my Snow Seraphs?" finished Mizore.
"Looks like the gang's all here," said Yozora with a smirk.
"Yep, looks like it," replied Tsukune.
Then suddenly Yozora went to drill sergeant mode.
"Listen up ladies! Right now Miss Tojo thinks that all your skirts are far too short, revealing your undies for that big dog Ginei to sneak up behind you and start taking snapshots of them without your explicit permission! Drill Sergeant Tojo and I have both come to an agreement that all skirts are to be lengthened so that they show less leg! DO YOU GET US!?" shouted Yozora.
"SIR! YES SIR!" all four girls said together, and saluted the wizard like obedient recruits that were joining the military.
"Uh, Yozora. Question. Don't you think that short skirts are what all the girls wear when they're in their uniforms?" asked Kurumu.
"You got a problem about what you wear Kurono!?" Yozora yelled.
"No sir," Kurumu said nervously.
"Wait, when did he start acting like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket?" asked Ruby.
"It's what you'd call a long and complicated story, Ruby," answered Yukari.
"Oh, right," Ruby said, blushing intensely.
But Kurumu and Mizore asked Tsukune if their skirts were too short for them, but Yozora blasted them back with a wind spell from his wand.
"You two better check yourselves from the neck up! You're making Tsukune uncomfortable with that question!" Yozora said furiously.
"We just want Tsukune to know if we should be wearing long skirts or short skirts!," Kurumu said innocently.
But Yozora only grew more angry, until Ruby placed her hand upon his shoulder.
"Uh, okay Yozora let's just calm down. Just take a deep breath in, and slowly, slowly let it out. That's it," she said in a soothing tone.
"Wow, I didn't know Ruby could be a master of Zen," whispered Kurumu.
"Maybe we should ask her how to find our own inner peace," suggested Yukari.
"Thanks Ruby, I needed that. Anyway I think you should serve as a dress code monitor, and have the skirts lengthened by ten centimeters," said Yozora.
"Aw crap baskets!" Tsukune and the girls said together.
Story 2
Meow, Meow, Meow
In Miss Nekonome's class, Yozora listened intently to how haikus could be written in as forms of poetry or simple phrases. When the school bell rang, all the students decided to leave except for three of Keito's former minions, who were talking about how Yozora and Ruby were planning to have all female students wear longer skirts. Yozora was a bit suspicious, but then ordered the three students to double time it to their next class. Then he approached his teacher.
"Don't let it get you down, Ma'am. Both Ruby and I think that we should try to embrace a few changes at this school, since we're going to be living in a world of, ABSOLUTES," Yozora said.
"Yeah, I guess so," Miss Nekonome replied in a dejected tone.
At the school store, Ruby was now working at the cash register, when Miss Nekonome arrived to try on different dresses. Behind him Yozora was busily writing down different notes in his trusty notebook. She began trying on different outfits to wear, when Miss Ririko arrived.
"Uh, Miss Nekonome, Miss Ririko wants to know what you're up to," said the wizard.
"Oh no. I'm so sorry Miss Ririko, I'll change into something a bit more formal!" she cried and rushed away.
"Huh, well how about them apples?" Miss Ririko said with a surprised look on her face.
"Yeah, obviously," Yozora replied, "the next outfit she wears gets wrecked, she's gonna have to pay up, pronto."
Ruby chuckled nervously, as Yozora got a soda to drink down from the refrigerated beverage aisle.
"Hey, here's a grand 1032 yen, Miss Tojo," he said.
"Thank you, Yozora," replied Ruby, just as Miss Nekonome stepped out in a more formal teacher's outfit.
"Hey, how much for this?" she asked.
"That'll be 1753 yen," replied Ruby.
Miss Nekonome soon walked off with a slight puff from her nostrils. Just as Miss Ririko decided to check out different outfits to wear.
"Oy, show people," snorted the wizard.
"As usual," replied Ruby.
Story 3
What's cool about Ginei
Most of the girls had been talking about how long it had been since they saw Gin, and what he'd been up to in the past ever since his scuffle with the old president of the Security Committee, Kuyo. Ever since his defeat, things had become a bit more safer with the new president of the School Police force making sure to follow Yozora's example of maintaining order through peaceful actions, whilst being careful not to condemn any humans to death for coming to Yokai Academy, or to visit it. Gin was happy about it, since those days. He was about to call it quits when Yozora's words lit the fire in his eyes to have his revenge on Kuyo for destroying the newspaper club he tried so desperately to rebuild, and how he acted like a true leader to his friends.
"Hey Yozora," he said.
"Yeah?" asked the wizard.
"About what you said to me before we fought Kuyo and his band of 'goodie-goodie two shoe' minions, I'll stay true to myself and continue to do my best as a leader to you, Tsukune, Moka, and everyone else at this club," said Gin.
The two guys exchanged a fist bump, which did make everyone in the club room happy that they were getting along.
"But there's just one question I've been meaning to ask. How come you and Tsukune have these girls for friends, while I have none?" he asked.
"Well, you need to be more suave and smooth like James Bond," Yozora said to him.
The next day, Yozora and Moka had just arrived to see Gin with the same hairstyle as Tsukune, but the wizard pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head. Then he pulled out his wand and pointed it at Gin.
"Okay, no!" he said, and blasted him out the window with a wind spell.
Gin landed hard on the ground as Yozora poked his head out the damaged window.
"Hey ladies! Gin's trying to make Tsukune be the bad guy again!" he called all the girls.
"KILL HIM!" shouted Kokoa.
Soon all the girls rallied to the younger vampiress' side, causing Gin to run as far and as fast as he could in his werewolf form.
"Geez, now I'm starting to feel kind of bad for him," muttered Kurumu, as she and Yukari watched poor Gin running for his life.
"Eh, give him a couple of seconds to make a good excuse," said Yukari.
Story 4
Or-You-Know-What
Miss Ririko Kagome was now teaching her students mathematics, while Yozora was carefully jotting down notes in his notebook about the right Triangle. She was about to ask Tsukune to answer it, when she saw Moka behind him, remembering the time that she got beaten by her, and how Yozora added insult to injury by threatening to burn her to ashes. Once the school bell rang, Miss Ririko wished them luck on their homework as they left.
"Right, see you in the next class," said Yozora as he left.
That night, Miss Ririko had managed to capture Moka and hold her hostage, which led to both Tsukune and Moka rushing to her rescue on the school roof, which she had anticipated carefully.
"Well now, I see you've finally arrived, Mr. Aono, and Mr. Ikeda," Miss Ririko said.
"I'm so sorry guys, I couldn't," Moka said sadly.
"As you can see, I didn't want to suffer another beatdown, so I decided to take matters into my own hands a little more carefully," she said.
"I see, that's why…" Yozora said as he glared darkly at her.
"However, I hope the both of you are fully prepared for our study session," Miss Ririko said in an unhinged tone.
"Stop this Miss Ririko, I don't wish to lose control of myself and hurt you again. One way or another, Moka's leaving here with us," Yozora said, while he maintained that serious glare.
"Then you leave me no other choice," Miss Ririko replied darkly.
"Don't make me fight you," Yozora said to her.
"If I can't teach you then I shall make you become my obedient servant!" she shouted.
Two students under her control tried to ambush Yozora, but they were defeated easily by him.
"Grr! Ren, you coward!" she snapped, and struck down the student who hesitated to fight.
"Stop this! Please! Don't make Yozorra hurt you!" pleaded Tsukune.
"It's too late for that!" shouted Miss Ririko.
More of the students that were her obedient slaves rushed to stop them, but they too were defeated as the previous students were. Soon several more students rushed in to try and stop Yozora, but they were blasted back by several blasts of wind magic from his wand. Soon Yozora started to feel himself changing into his cold-sadistic self, as he struck down a student and rendered him unconscious.
"Bring it!" he said with a blood-thirsty grin on his face.
One Student hesitated, but Yozora pulled her towards him, and punched her hard in the stomach, causing her to collapse to the ground.
"GET HIM!" screamed Miss Ririko.
Another group of two students charged at him as well, but Yozora struck them down, with two powerful punches to their stomachs, and flung them off the roof.
"I will not cower, as did before you last year. Now, I'm going to teach you some manners!" the lamia said furiously.
As she tried to strike him with her whip, Yozora dodged out of the way, and charged straight towards her. They gripped their hands and were now in a powerlock, but Miss Ririko pushed him back and tried to strike at him with her whip. Suddenly, Yozora caught it in his free hand, but didn't flinch at the pain he felt, as he ripped it out other hand, and tossed it aside.
"Kuyo couldn't discipline me. What makes you think you can?" he asked with a maniacally grin.
He extended his hand towards her, and blasted her with a massive surge of lightning that burst from his fingertips, causing the lamia to scream in unrelenting agony as Tsukune un-tied Moka, and managed to get her to safety.
"Stop it! Please stop it!" she cried out through the pain.
"I'll stop torturing you, until you swear to stop treating your students like lambs for the slaughter," replied Yozora as he blasted her with another barrage of lightning from his fingertips.
Miss Ririko slowly got back up, and looked fearfully at Yozora's bloodshot eyes, but then the wizard's anger erupted like never before, as he unleashed a swarm of dark arms that grabbed the lamia and began dragging her towards him.
"No! What are you doing!? You win! I surrender!" Miss Ririko cried out in fear and desperation.
"What's the Matter! Afraid of letting our study sessions give us a chance to slack off again!?" Yozora asked in an unhinged tone.
"I surrender!" Miss Ririko cried out as she was dragged towards Yozora who had summoned his crystal sword, and was preparing to strike down the math teacher in cold blood.
"Yozora! Stop it!" cried Mizore.
Yozora suddenly snapped out of his rage infused trance when Mizore wrapped her arms around him. The shadowy hands he had summoned disappeared, which released a now trembling Miss Ririko, just as Kurumu, and Yukari arrived.
"Don't worry Miss Ririko, you'll be okay," the succubus tried to say.
"It was so dark in there. Please, make it stop," she said in a traumatized state.
Yozora turned towards his friends, just as Gin climbed up the wall in his werewolf form and reverted to his normal state. Memories of his friends flashed through his mind, making him clutch at his head. The leader of the newspaper club and his teammates were worried that Yozora had done something terrible to Miss Ririko, who was now trembling in fear.
"I've failed you all again, guys. I lost control of myself. And now, Miss Ririko will have to spend a couple of days in the counselling room for what I did to her. I'm gonna be better than this. I must be better than this. I'm sorry everyone," Yozora said sadly, as he walked away.
But Mizore grabbed his arm, pulled him towards her, and hugged him.
"No Yozora, you haven't failed us. Do you remember that time when we confessed our feelings for each other?" asked the snow angel.
"Yeah, thanks Mizore. I know now that with all of you here, I can be something more than this. And I hope that our future sons and daughters will be willing to carry on our legacy," replied Yozora.
Then they kissed each other passionately. While MIss Nekonome picked up the traumatized Miss Ririko, and carried her to the infirmary.
Story 5
Kurumu's moods
"Hey guys, is it okay if I suck Tsukune's blood?" Moka asked sweetly.
But suddenly Kurumu karate chopped Moka.
"I got us candy," said Mizore, only for Kurumu to perform two Judo chops on her.
"Hey, I brought some lunch for us to share," chimed Yukari.
"Aw, you're so precious," Kurumu said in a goofy voice.
"Hey, ease up Kurumu!" said Yozora.
The succubus turned to face Yozora and bowed to him.
"I can't be mad at you or Tsukune," she said, in an ashamed tone.
"Well, just be careful not to incur the other Moka's wrath," warned the wizard.
"Yeah, Tsukune told us about how you were almost killed by both her and-" Yukari was about to say.
"I get it, okay?!" snapped Kurumu, as she ran off and took to the sky.
"Geez, what's with that girl?" asked Mizore.
"She's probably acting more like Bulma," Yozora said.
Story 5
Bathroom, a Wizard, and a Vampire (Supplemental)
Despite Kokoa's previous failures at finding Moka, she was able to try out new foods in the human world with whatever money her father had given her for an allowance, as she was searching for Moka, while violating a lot of speed regulations and avoiding the police force of various cities in Japan. When she did find her, she fought against Yozora, and lost to him and her older sibling, whom Tsukune had managed to unseal, after killing a lot of innocent people on different highways. But now that she was back in Yokai Academy, she was still sore about being defeated by Moka, with Yozora helping her out. She grabbed Kou and flung her to the ground in a blind fury.
"No. You see, I didn't fuck up. I just underestimated them! I went in a little too overconfident. But of course I was a little overconfident! I mean, have you ever met me? I'm me! I'm a big deal! And you know who's really at fault here? Yozora," she said furiously.
"What do you mean Miss Kokoa?" asked Kou.
"What I mean is that he's all: 'Oh, I help your sister out by putting you in your place!' Well maybe he wouldn't be if HE weren't such a PANSY ASS! Now once I get back in the game, and DESTROY THAT MAGICAL FUCK… there'll be nothing left to get in my way," she said as she powered up
But then she was pushed aside by several students who were running past her, and landed right on top of Kou.
"Urgh! Son of a bitch! This can't be happening! I'm the princess! I'm supposed to be the best by default! Grah! I'll show those ungrateful bastards! I'll slay all of them with my warhammer and crush them into the-!" Kokoa said as she reached up to her shoulder.
"Where's Kou-buddy? Where's my damn bat!?" she shouted furiously.
"I'm right underneath you," replied Kou.
Huh, I should've known that was where you'd end up," Kokoa said grumpily, as she walked off.
"But Miss Kokoa," replied Kou.
"I said shut it Kou!" she shouted furiously.
"Miss Kokoa you should pull me off your undies," Kou said.
"All right fine, I'll pull you off my ass!" Kokoa snapped furiously.
Story 6
Seven Different Flavors
Sometimes when Moka Akashiya drinks Tsukune's blood, it has a bit of a fruity taste to it like cherries, or strawberries, or even apples. But Tsukune may sometimes have to drink some kind of liquid to keep himself refreshed.
After drinking several gallons of milk, Moka sucked a bit more of Tsukune's blood and learned that it had a sweet taste to it. Then he started to drink some vinegar, which made Moka realize that it tasted sour. He drank a lot of hot sauce, which made Moka's tongue burn furiously. Then he drank lots of water, but Yozora stopped her, as he was aware of Moka's dislike of water, which made her perform Tsukune's secret hand shake with him.
"Oh, yeah," they said, as they walked off feeling satisfied.
The next morning, Tsukune was now working out when Moka arrived.
"Oh, what's up Moka?" asked Yozora.
"Oh nothing much I was-" replied Moka, but she smelled something off about Tsukune.
"Uh, never mind, I'm not thirsty," she said quickly and ran off.
"Geez Tsukune, you stink! In fact, I have a brilliant idea on how all guys should smell fresh for all the ladies around the world," Yozora said with a crafty grin, as he raced after Moka.
When Moka saw her wizard friend catching up to her, she was surprised to see a crafty smile on his face.
"What's with the grin, Yozora?" she asked curiously.
"Have the girls gather at the pool. I've got a bit of a crazy idea," Yozora told her.
So Moka did just that. She gathered all the girls at the swimming pool, where Tamao Ichinose of the swimming club was, and saw Yozora standing in front of everyone with Tsukune as they were wearing their swimming trunks.
"Hello ladies, how are you? Fantastic! Does your man smell like me? No. Can he smell like me? Yes. Should he use Old Spice body wash? I don't know. Do you like the smell of adventure? Do you want a man who smells like he can bake you a gourmet cake in the dream kitchen he built for you with his own hands? Of course you do. Swan dive, into the best night of your life! So ladies, should your man smell like an Old Spice man? You tell me," Yozora said as the background changed around everyone with his mastery of illusion magic.
Once it was finished Tamao and the other girls at Yokai Academy agreed that all men should smell fresh by telling them to make sure they smell like they stepped out of the shower, and the all the guys agreed to follow Yozora's explanation of smelling fresh.
Story 8
Between a Wolf and a Dog
Yukari Sendo and Yozora were walking through the rain when they spotted a poor innocent puppy left abandoned and alone. Although Yukari took care of it to the best of her abilities, the small animal had managed to destroy some of the newspapers, Kurumu's new shirt, and Mizore's bag of chips. Unfortunately for Yukari, an angry Gin told her to get rid of the dog, but Yozora stood his ground against the werewolf and blasted him back with a powerful wind spell.
"Okay, just make sure you find someone who can take care of this pup," he said weakly as he pulled himself out of the rubble.
"Fair enough," replied Yozora.
Soon, they arrived at a nearby house in the human world, and the owner of the dog thanked both Yozora and Yukari for returning the dog to him. After that ordeal they returned to Yokai Academy, so that they could continue their studies and club activities.
Story 9
The Long Story Part 2
By the next day, Ruby was now examining every student's skirt and made sure that it was lengthy enough for everyone to wear, but the three students that gossiped in Miss Nekonome's class were still wearing short skirts, until Yozora arrived and glared darkly at them.
"If you talk trash about Miss Tojo's posting as Dress Code Monitor, you will regret it," he said darkly.
"Let's teach them some manners," agreed Ruby.
They raised their wands to the heavens above.
"Come forth, Ramuh! Lord of the Storm!" Ruby and Yozora said together.
A bolt of lightning struck the ground, and a large mountain began to rise up from where it struck as more lightning bolts arched off of it. Then an elderly man dressed in grey robes appeared with a long silver beard. He raised his staff high up in the air, and the bolts of lightning rained down on all three of the students, giving them a nasty shock, just as Gin emerged from behind the bush.
"Mother of John Talbain! This is really starting to ruin my good scoops!" he grumbled as the school bell started to ring.
When Ruby arrived, Gin tried to tell her that this dress code business was slowly starting to get to her head.
"Oh really? Well if that's the case, it's more for your private collection of lewd photos," Ruby said in a seductive tone.
"What are you talking about!? This whole long skirt schtick is really starting to get to your head! Please you have to give it a rest!" snapped the werewolf.
"Oh Ginei, while I acknowledge your concern, I was wondering if you could start a new photoshoot of me in some sweet new swimsuits I could model in. It can be the both of us together in the same room, with you taking those gorgeous photos of me to put in my private album, and you'd have a beautiful new camera of your own," she replied in a flirtatious tone.
"Okay, I'll take those photos for you, until your task is complete," said Gin.
"Aw, thank you Gin," replied Ruby.
Ruby smirked proudly, as she summoned Miss Nekonome and Miss Ririko to follow the dress code of more formal outfits for all the female teachers, which of course made them confused. Once that was done, Ruby was now back sweeping up around the front gates when Tsukune and Yozora arrived.
"Hey Ruby, morning," the two best friends said.
"Oh, good morning guys," Ruby replied in a friendly tone, as they exchanged their secret bromance handshake with each other.
Soon, Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, and Mizore were starting to complain about the new skirts of their uniforms, when Yozora had his hand raised over his head to greet them.
"Hey guys!" Kurumu said excitedly as she exchanged a high five with them.
"How's it going?" added Moka.
"You and Tsukune planning something later?" asked Yukari.
"I was wondering if we could share a few snow cones with each other after lunch," said Mizore.
Ruby was feeling a bit satisfied with herself at seeing how both the boys and girls could act more socially with each other in a more healthy environment, just as Kokoa arrived. Suddenly the wind started to blow their long skirts up, and the girls had to push them down.
"All right, that's it!" screamed Ruby.
"Oh god damn it, everyone had a Seven Year itch moment" muttered Yozora, when Miss Ririko and Miss Nekonome arrived in their old school uniforms.
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!" shouted Ruby.
"Wow, Ruby's pulling a your sister," Kurumu said to Moka.
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!" shouted Kokoa.
"Ah yeah, see?" she added.
"And now we have this," murmured Moka, as she watched Kokoa storm up to her.
"You! Witch! Too long! Explain now!" barked Kokoa.
"She became a Dress Code Monitor so that all girls could wear long skirts," explained Moka.
"The fuck is that?" asked Kokoa.
"Basically a staff position," chimed in Yukari.
"But I'm still here!" snapped Kokoa.
"Do you really believe in your own hype that much!?" asked Moka.
"I AM THE HYPE!" screamed Kokoa.
But as Ruby marched towards the teachers, she suddenly tripped and fell over, causing her own undergarments to be revealed to everyone.
"Oh good job Ruby, you finally revealed your undies to everyone around you," Yozora said while he looked away from her.
Poor Ruby was so upset, that everyone was now amused or embarrassed at what they had just seen.
"Well so much for morals and credibility. But if you wanted to hang with me and Tsukune, you should have just said so, Ruby. And that's a long story you should have told without any signs of hesitation or deviation on your part. So basically all the blame falls on you," Yozora said nonchalantly, as he shrugged his shoulders and walked off.
"So does that mean we can-?" asked Ruby.
"NO! None of that! Shame on you!" shouted Kurumu, as she kicked her hard into the ground.
"Well at least things are finally starting to calm down," said Mizore.
"Hold up a second, any idea where Gin is hiding?" asked Yukari.
"Don't you worry, you can leave that up to me," said Gin, as he pushed Tsukune towards Moka, and knocked the rosary off her chest.
This suddenly resulted in Moka's true vampiric self emerging before them, as Gin raised his camera to take several snapshots of her, but Yozora had an ace hidden up his sleeve.
"Hey Kokoa! Gin's about to take pictures of your sister without her permission again!" he called the younger Vampire.
Kokoa suddenly took a deep breath, then exhaled sharply as she smirked with pride. Then she powered up immensely causing her hair to turn silver, and her eyes into crimson catlike irises.
"Okay, what's this all about? Did I suddenly touch a nerve or something?" asked Gin who was afraid.
"You pressed the Moka button," said Tsukune.
"Excuse me, the what-?" asked Gin, but Kokoa slammed her Kou-knuckles into Gin's stomach causing him to groan in agony.
"Ya shouldn't'a did that," Kokoa said with a crazed grin.
Huh, Nice work Yozora. I guess I could use a break from putting Gin in his place and leave it to Kokoa for now," she said with a proud smile.
"Argh, stop fisting me!" groaned Gin.
"Okay," sneered Kokoa, as she pulled her fist back.
"Augh! Not all at once! But please could I have a minute?" asked the werewolf.
"Sure you can," replied Kokoa.
"Well, thank you. That's apprecia-" Gin was about to say, but Kokoa punched him hard in the chin, which sent him flying up towards the sky.
Then she jumped up, and kneed him in the back. The younger vampiress then punched him again, and grabbed his ankle.
"C-C-C-COMBO!" she shouted, as she flung him towards the ground, and landed near him.
Gin suddenly got up and tried to punch her, but Kokoa just smoothly moved her head from side to side as she smirked at him.
"Ya know, maybe if you actually TRAINED instead of being such a perverted piece of filth, your punches might actually hit a little closer to home," said Kokoa.
Gin tried to strike back, but Kokoa punched the werewolf and sent him crashing into a tree away from the school gates.
"Okay, this is an unfortunate turn of events," said Gin who's face was now on the ground.
"Actually, yes. Yes it is," Kokoa said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well… to be fair, Kokoa, You are still a student at this school, and killing me will get you expelled," warned Gin, as he slowly got up.
"Oo, that is the closest thing you've done to damage since I've gotten here," replied the vampiress.
"Well let's fix that, shall we?" replied Gin as he transformed into his werewolf form.
Kokoa however just smirked at him, as she already knew that she tried to make Moka his mate back then, thanks to some info from previous sources.
"There we are. Now, do you understand, Kokoa?" asked Gin.
"What I understand is that I'm about to pound you so hard, the boy's mother is going to be jealous," Kokoa said with pride.
"Oh can we not!?" shouted Tsukune.
"But if it makes you feel any better, I'll give you one free shot. But I'm warning you, if you waste i-" Kokoa said, just as Gin punched her in the lip.
Gin smirked at this, but Kokoa suddenly chuckled as she wiped the blood away.
"You're gonna regret it," she said ominously.
"But how!? How did you get this strong!?" demanded Gin.
"I trained all day yesterday," said Kokoa.
"Oh, you think you're being cute?" Gin asked furiously.
"Bitch, I'm adorable," grinned the younger vampiress.
Gin tried to lunge at her, but Kokoa managed to punch him back, and kick him up into the sky, while Moka stood with a proud smile on her face, as she watched Gin fall to the ground in a crumpled heap.
"Okay, Kokoa, I think Gin's had enough and has learned his place," she said to her, as Ruby couldn't help but smile and giggle.
"I can't stay mad at you, Big Sis," said Kokoa as she reverted to her normal form.
Finally Ruby decided it was time to let go of her uptight self and become more fun and fancy free, as she walked off through the halls as she thought of a song she knew from her childhood. Later that day, she decided to hold a concert in the auditorium with all of her friends together on the stage as she sang lead vocals with all her friends on guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, and drums.
"Well, I've been wondering 'bout who I am
And just how far I'd drive to see the end
I started from, when I believe I've won
And as the sweat rolls down my face
I put my heart into this place of mine
Go back in time, to see what I'm living in
My will, my way
My fear fades away
With wings I fly high
Watch me fly"
While Ruby sang her heart out to the audience, Kurumu began playing with the rest of her bandmates on the piano.
It's just my wild heart moving in
It's just my will to live the win you know
I need it so, life's when the race begins
And all the years I've wondered why
I've stared at speed with open eyes you see
It lives in me, now, that's what sets me free
My will, my way
My fear fades away
With wings I fly high
Watch me fly"
Soon Kurumu began jamming on the piano, with Tsukune playing rhythm guitar along with her, as Yozora jammed on the lead guitar.
"I keep this fire
Burning inside me
The thrill of desire
Coming over, over me"
Then Yozora began playing a solo as he stepped next to Ruby who started dancing alongside him, and even did some air guitar movements with him as remembered walking along the riverside with the dog Yukari found, and was happy to see her family together with smiles on their faces.
"Now I believe whether near or far
The road is windy there where you are
Try to take the curve
Next turn, another learned
And so I finally see my way
Straight and true pass yesterday, my friend
I've waited for
The thrill, the chase forever more
Watch me fly"
When the concert ended, everyone took their bows and decided to turn in for the night, except for Yozora and Ruby. She asked the wizard to accompany him to the headmaster's office as he looked outside the window.
"You know Ruby, there are some things in life that you can do, and what you can't do," said Yozora.
"You're right, Yozora," Ruby said as she led him through the corridors.
They stopped at a room which contained a rosary surrounded by a pentagram, and Ruby told him that this was what maintained the barrier between the Human World and the Yokai World. At last, they arrived at the headmaster's office.
"Today was the same. I didn't see anything unusual," said Ruby.
"You're doing an incredible job, thank you," said the headmaster.
"As for me, I'll do my best to help her out in times of turmoil. So I promise to help Ruby keep the barrier stable enough between the two worlds," said Yozora.
"Very good, Yozora. We need the great barrier. It is the key to the whole existence of Yokai Academy. If something were to happen that would result in a breach of the great barrier, then the human world-" the headmaster explained.
"Would be inundated with a flood of monster energy. Without a barrier between the two worlds, our entire existence would be plunged into endless chaos," said Ruby.
"Your right, No one would be prepared for what would come to humanity. They'd be ill equipped for what would be born. Because if the barrier breaks then everything would leak into the human world via a resonance cascade. Every monster in various mythologies, Every vampire, demon, sorcerer, sorceress, or any other type of monster we are known as. There would be travisties, degradations, slaughter houses, endless nightmares, and a lot of bloodshed that would result in what would be called the Zero Mortal Plan! The war would turn into Hell! And that's what would happen, right on this Earth! Hell would descend!" Yozora said darkly.
"That's something we can't let happen," replied the headmaster.
"And because of Operation Zero Mortals, not even Tsukune's family would survive the massacre!" Yozora said in a serious tone.
"It would mark the final sanction. The end of time would come at the hands of something pure evil. The ruptures would continue until the dimensional barriers would collapse," said a figure dressed in a grey hooded robe.
"That would be suicide," replied Ruby.
"Humanity would then be forced to bow down to all the Yokai as they'd assert their dominance over them, and make them be slaves for their amusement, and their twisted desires for a perfect world. That is why we, the Keepers of Fate, stand vigilant so that the timeline will not be corrupted by those who seek to create an alternative destiny for them. Our duty is to ensure that all that was created, shall forever be preserved by our hands Arrtemus," said the headmaster.
"Yes, all is as it shall be written, in the Book of the Stone," replied Artemus.
"Managing the barrier is of the utmost importance. And you've done excellent work," the headmaster said to Ruby.
"Your praise does me great honor," Ruby said as she bowed to him.
"Even though we've done it to hide your true purpose here, I still feel bad about making you take odd jobs around campus. I'm sure it's a source of constant difficulty," said the headmaster.
"Hey, it's fine. Besides, if Ruby's happy that you're all on her side, that's more than enough reason to trust you guys. Especially with that sacred talisman that keeps the barrier active day and night, I'm sure I can give you some helping hands in keeping the barrier stabilized. But if it starts to break, I'm sure Moka's rosary will stabilize it again," Yozora assured him.
"Well done, Yozora. I'll continue relying on both you and Ruby," the headmaster said.
"May your destinies be unclouded by the darkness," added Artemus.
"Right, you can count us!" Ruby and Yozora said together as they saluted like well trained soldiers.
As they left, Ruby saw that Yozora was now looking more serious than he had ever been after their conversation with Artemus and the Headmaster.
"I'm not sure what that Keeper of Fate meant by our destinies being unclouded by the darkness, but I've got a feeling that Kokoa may be planning something really crazy like unleashing the human monster wars, that could plunge all of reality in oblivion," he said.
"Maybe it's to make it so that we can observe what happens later on," replied the witch.
The two friends were still wrapped up on that subject, when they saw that it was already starting to get late. They soon returned to their dormitories, but then Ruby did something that Yozora didn't anticipate. She gently kissed his forehead, and wished him a pleasant sleep. When Yozora entered his dormitory and changed into his Pajamas, he saw Mizore sitting on his bed in her night clothes, smiling at him.
"How'd your meeting with the headmaster go?" she asked.
"It went well. He said that if this barrier collapsed, all of humanity would be toast," replied the wizard.
Mizore didn't want to have that happening to Tsukune's parents or the other people she saw during her future visits to the human world. But she promised to help both Tsukune and her snow night protect the human population from those that would harm it. After finishing an entry in his personal journal, Yozora soon got into bed and prepared himself for a long and peaceful sleep.
"Anyway, let's get some sleep. We've got a busy day tomorrow, Snow Angel," he said.
"Yep, we sure do," replied Mizore, as she pulled the covers over them.
They shared another peaceful kiss with each other, and soon fell asleep, hoping for more fun and adventures that would await them.