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Chapter 31: Surviving the Test of Mystery

Katsue was awfully happy at the moment, and I could say I was partly to 'blame' for this mood.

To be fair, I had expected this to happen as I had been plotting to ask her to spar with me for a while. The real issue with that grandiose plan of mine was that I was trying to test things out with the two new forms which I managed to introduce within my array of seals. As of yet, I wasn't planning to try anything with Moka's Shinso blood due to its high magical potential and how that could have easily disrupted with the array itself, but I focused on adding Katsue's and Kurumu's own blood samples to manifest two particular 'magical replacements' to boost my current set of skills. The former granted me an impressive speed, the latter… the power of limited flight. Because, while flying sounded incredibly rad and deadly useful both in combat and platforming, I couldn't use it too much without seriously draining my reserves. It wasn't just moving around, but also remaining floating that demanded mana to happen. And while my reserves were now ten times what they had been in the beginning of this curiously lewd tale, I wasn't confident it was still enough to maintain a prolonged flight to travel from one place to another. But it was still good for combat for brief aerial blitzes.

In fact, the werewolf's amusement started to drop almost instantly when she realized that her advantage in speed over me, albeit lessened by the 'Quickfeet' form, was effectively neutralized when I started to float over her head to deliver attacks she wouldn't normally be able to achieve with speed alone. It added an extra layer of flexibility which she couldn't catch up to and soon she was growling while trying to let me release her. Sadly for her, any effort was countered by 'loving' slaps upon her buttocks which prompted some sweet moaning from her and putting her in quite a needy mood when I was done delivering some punishment. I was kind of glad we managed to get a spot there quite far from the Academy since things had been… quite awkward ever since Tsukune's older cousin was hired as part of the school's staff. In her own words, 'she was there to make sure people didn't end up as degenerates of society'. Truth be told, that sounded like a real threat to my current standing due to my situation… but I could say that her announcement was filled with so many holes that a few people beyond me definitely noticed that something was up between her and an awkward Tsukune as he tried to keep close to his only waifu.

"Isn't she a little… too close to her cousin?" Kurumu hummed quietly as we were sitting together by the cafeteria, her gaze aimed right at Kyoko as she chatted happily with Tsukune. "Like is that a… human thing?"

"I can say it is not. In fact, normally incest is regarded as a taboo in human society," Yukari sighed while petting Onyx. The kitty really loved her belly-rubs.

"But there are some crazy freaks as far as I know," Katsue pointed out with a tired sigh. "Jake, you are more experienced in this. What's your take on it?"

"I don't want to sound racist, but among all the countries in the world, Japan does have a serious thing about this. I don't exactly know why but… we're talking of the same place where tentacle porn was once considered art."

To be fair, westerners aren't that off with the whole step-family concept applied in some porn videos. Still, I guess that's more of a 'forbidden fruit' kind of situation. It's bad, everyone knows it, but when horny and up for some naughty action, people's common sense just falters enough to make that entire thing quite exciting to watch. Well, hopefully just watch.

"Are you referring to Hokusai?" Mizore hummed with a calm tone. "I think mother has a copy of the painting you're referring to."

"Your… mother likes that kind of art?"

"The artist did other nice things but… I think I saw her pause a few times in front of it," The Yukionna admitted with a sheepish look. "Maybe she is a bit more than lonely nowadays..."

That I would have to keep in mind when I would visit Mizore's home.

"There- There are paintings of that?!" Inari inquired in shock, having kept quiet due to how baffled she was at the news. "Is- Why?"

"It's the precursor of modern Japanese porn. At least, of that category," Zippy answered while checking more onto it. "And it sure sparked some… quirky ideas out of it."

Ah yes, Japan. The land of the rising lewd.

Still, while the conversation shifted mostly away from Kyoko's own presence at the school, her presence during P.E. was felt by many. There were rules about distancing, keeping things 'formal', and also making sure her cousin didn't get too comfy with his girlfriend. At this point, it was clear the girl was trying to genuinely appear serious, but failed because she was… how do I put it? A bit of a cunt? Nah, just a perverted bitch due to why she was giving a bit of favoritism to her relationship with his cousin. I could even see Tsukune flinch at times due to how blatant it was at times and… I realized this was all because Kyoko actually felt her chances threatened a lot due to how solid of an opportunity a certain pink-haired vampire had in getting in a serious relationship with Tsukune. They just came out as boyfriend and girlfriend, thus the only way to get through with that was to give them as little time together as reasonably as possible and find cracks of insecurity to exploit. Really… upsetting to see unfolding, and while I was trying to keep away from giving any issue to Tsukune and 'Sumika', but I sure as hell was growing irked by the fellow human's cousin and her attitude. The only reason the substitute P.E. teacher did nothing about it because it wasn't too bad and… the poor woman needed some help with some cases. Kyoko, beyond her flaws, was still a strong character that knew what to say to not sound abrasive while dealing with tough personalities without escalating any conversation.

Mostly when it wasn't tied to her relationship with Tsukune.

Which was why I really did my best to not intervene altogether and move the training session away from the gym session to avoid getting caught while having fun with the werewolf. Poor Katsue was still in need to lean on me to help herself walking through the limp induced by some rough plowing when we eventually returned back to school. Zippy was humming by my right side as she signed down the progress made with that spar, specifically the drain I was subjected to while alternating between 'Quickfeet' and 'Fake wings' modes. The Spirit was tasked with keeping track of the detrimental factors tied to the early version of these spells and providing me with a report from which I could work out the flaws and make things a bit smoother. I was so confident that this solution fixed pretty much any issue tied up with Kyoko but… I was soon proven wrong when we entered through the doors of the main building and we were stopped by quick footsteps approaching us.

"Barret-san, what are you doing with Inugami-san?" The aforementioned young woman spoke as she finally reached us. A stern look on her face which matched her threatening voice due to the easy misunderstanding.

I frowned. "Helping her to her room?"

She easily picked up the rhetorical tone which I delivered that sentence, prompting her to frown harder at me.

"Is that so?"

"He is helping me to my room," Katsue flatly agreed. "Aono-san."

The bitterness was lost and the young woman looked surprised at that rebuttal. She remained silent as we retreated but… I could already tell this was far from over. Spurned so harshly? I expected the tomboy to be back to attack quite soon. And I was right, since the next day I was surprised when I found out that the girl had been testing something fairly stupid by attacking a club which I was familiar with.

"T-This is unfair," A certain karate fighter I had already faced hummed dryly while asking me for advice about a truly troubling issue he was now facing due to her intervention. "This woman- Barrett-san, surely she doesn't have the power to do this. The club- it needs that discipline and none of those weak exercises."

The issue I was looking at was an assistant-teacher trying to alter the curriculum of a club without the authorization of the headmaster and of at least a teacher. While some teachers could technically correct any problem to a curriculum if it broke bits of the school's rule without Mikogami's own permission, there was no case for what Kyoko tried to accomplish there. Maybe she failed to realize that these men, those studying Karate, weren't normal humans and thus the normal training meant for them wasn't the same as her kind. I scratched the back of my head and I nodded back at Chopper with a serious look. He had already apologized to me, so I didn't have to fear any surprises once again from his direction. Instead, I offered him the key to counter the situation as this was outright a violation of the club's regulations, and that wasn't something the headmaster was going to ignore.

"First, she doesn't have the power to impose anything of this kind. You may as well ignore the paper since the rules are clear and you don't have to listen to these ludicrous demands," I muttered calmly. "I would also suggest writing something formal, curt so that the headmaster is aware of the situation and he can act on it."

"Do you mean it, Barrett-san?" He looked actually surprised.

"The rules are clear. The headmaster had to approve this kind of radical change and he didn't, which is why you don't have to do anything to 'fix things'." Zippy argued kindly, getting a slow nod from the man.

"I… I- THANK YOU, BARRETT-SAN!" The manly hug that ensued really made my mood a bit drier than it was meant to be at this point, and it definitely didn't help that I realized that the situation with the Karate Club was the testing ground to try something against my club. Sadly, Kyoko failed to consider that while 'unnatural' for a club the size as mine to be and have a budget almost twice as the regular one, I still had to submit to twice the regulations due to various reasons. And have the English Teacher around to make sure that the activities unfolding there weren't straying from the curriculum given to the headmaster.

In a sense, that's where Kyoko realized things were much different than in the classic Japanese high school as she finally found herself dealing with someone that could not only put her to silence, but also reprimand her harshly. Excellent Maki, in a display that could only be considered as rare as terrifying, decided to personally deal with this matter when Kyoko asked for some moment of my time to discuss club-related issues in the middle of the session itself. Much to her surprise, the teacher went for it, mentioning that it wouldn't have been 'nice' to interrupt the lesson considering how deep we were in the lore of fanfiction and why this phenomenon was so strong nowadays in the human world. The human girl still tried to push through a set of restrictions against the club, saying that the current situation was plain weird due to the size of the club, the budget allocated to it, and the fact that it had a much more general topic compared to others. It was there that the English Teacher went on to explain that the club represented the core reason for this school's existence, hence why it stood a little above other clubs, but not without some extra rules that it was following to avoid a repeat of what happened with Kuyo. She kept on bickering over this matter, but eventually stopped as soon as she realized that 1) the teacher she was speaking with had a solid case to put her in trouble; 2) She was being obnoxious at this point, and pressing any further just messed up her cover for why she was doing this.

With this victory, I knew that one thing had to be done. I had to personally intervene and find a peaceful solution before any of the students got the bright idea of taking this matter in their hands and… that was going to end brutally since Kyoko didn't have a pink-haired blood-sucking waifu to protect her butt- actually, even Sumika found her detestable from what she told Moka regarding this matter.

'Too obsessed with Tsukune-kun,' She admitted tensely. 'It is always like she is competing with me or something but… I am his girlfriend.'.

I could have easily prepared better defenses and endured another storm since she really didn't have much of a footing to stand on, but I decided to actually kill the issue at once by bringing out the big guns and hope those worked as intended. So I decided to go to the only guy who had the power to push some sense into the young woman's mind and put an end to this. Finding Tsukune was easier than any other kind of task. He was just going through the usual routine, never straying too much from his routine. Ever since he got his bipolar waifu situation solved, his life sure went for a serious improvement. I wasn't sure if it was Sumika's own request or Tsukune just feeling the need for it, but he started to do physical training to get his shape put in a healthy and slightly athletic frame. His grades improved too, and I could say that it was tied to the fact he didn't have a harem. With just a girl giving him affection and cheering him up during homework sessions, he wasn't outright stressed by multiple ladies clashing with each other to get his attention.

Now that his cousin was there, a degree of unease entered the brunet's mind, which was a bit of a pity since he had already taken steps to form his backbone thanks to his training and how his confidence was soaring with someone like Sumika by his side to help him through conversations. He was fairly surprised when I asked if he could spare me a minute or two to discuss important stuff, but he still accepted as we walked through an unoccupied section of the school to talk about what was going on with Kyoko and why this was bad.

"Tsukune, I hope you understand that I mean you or others you care about no harm when I say that the situation with your cousin is getting out of hand," I explained as politely as possible. "But your cousin is starting to attract some unhealthy attention of the vicious kind. Especially with how she recently behaved while pushing some changes in clubs she couldn't do starting with the karate club of all possible targets."

The young man flinched at this. "I… I didn't know it was that bad."

"And I don't blame you for not knowing, but I will put this out here as honestly as I can. While I've been handling problems at Yokai Gakuen as peacefully as possible, I can't protect her if she alienates more than half the school. I just can't."

"You want me to talk to her?"

"And drive some sense in her brain. I know she is a headstrong individual, but that doesn't mean she should just be left unattended considering she is a human in a school of monsters."

…

"I… I see. I'm sorry if-"

"Don't apologize, just make sure she doesn't do anything stupid from now on. You're the only family she has here at school and you had plenty of time to know what not to say or do while working or studying here."

Tsukune could only nod in agreement, and for a serious moment I thought this mess was now going to solve itself with proper talking, with some moderated crying and then new resolutions from the young woman. I was so confident of this that what would ensue just the next day left me… shaken to the core. After facing what happened in Kyoto, I didn't exactly have a sense of worry or outright fear when it came to sudden threats, even those coming from within the school. I was ready, I was confident enough in my skills… but there was a front I didn't cover well enough, at least, not as much as I would have wanted. I was wandering around the school with Zippy in tow, the girl was telling me that she had been tracking Kyoko for a while and that she saw her dart from being close to Tsukune to move as far as possible from him. The conversation had happened, and she had to be distraught at this point. I decided to still check since she went to quite the distant section of the school that was prone to suffer from some 'accidents' due to how minimally maintained that section was, but my patrol soon picked up pace when the spirit muttered something that sharpened my attention.

"Someone is approaching Kyoko. It's a familiar pattern, but my radar is having trouble picking it up properly."

I merely nodded, doubling my pace as I knew well enough that it could have been bad news. I rushed left and right, until I stopped right by the classroom where the two were meant to be and… I heard a loud shriek.

"P-PLEASE NO!"

Kyoko's scream pushed me to open the door, my eyes swiftly staring at the lone troll grinning and drooling while slowly approaching the back-crawling girl. Moving with her legs and her right arm only, Kyoko was covering her chest as her shirt and jacket had been ripped off, leaving just a few pieces of clothes to cover her modesty from her attacker. It didn't take me long to realize what was going on, but, for some reason, I hesitated. Something about this scene just felt incredibly… wrong.

"You have nowhere to hide, little human~." The troll hummed hungrily, my jaw dropping as I recognized it. I was shocked, having not known that the guy I was quick to recognize was that big monster.

"Ayato?" I muttered in shock.

The monster paused- no, he froze mid-approach as he looked right at me, his eyes going wide in pure fright. That face, albeit grotesque, had the same facial features as one of the members of the club, Yonamime Ayato. One of the many short and slim students that had kind of made a fanclub about me for being 'cool' or something like that. He was rather prominent as he really needed some help from time to time and… it was so surprising to find him in this very situation. What was he doing here? And why was he attacking Kyoko? The kid looked frail in his human form, but he was definitely a healthy troll right now. I recognized the many times he asked for help, the sheepish mannerism and the way he addressed me as his-

"Senpai?"

Numbness ruled over my thoughts as my brain scrambled to think of a plan to subdue him, but he was already charging while still speaking to me. I expected something more vicious, that would explain his betrayal of what he tried to show himself as. And yet Ayato cried while charging at me.

"I-I'm so sorry, Senpai. I can't control it. The dare- I thought I could hold it but- but I can't!"

Dare? What dare? That was something I was definitely going to check on once I had it solved. I was perplexed by this situation, but I was also worried about what to do. I couldn't exactly stun the young man considering that Trolls had a thick skin that held well against all kinds of magic, and that the only thing that could deal some damage were physical attacks. I noticed the ceiling was weak-looking, just enough for a mana push to have it collapse and so I did. Ayato didn't notice, too busy into that frenzy he had abandoned himself with and failing to cover his head as he was struck by the debris falling from above. He was buried in some, groaning but hopefully just losing consciousness rather than outright dying. My attention swiftly shifted back to Kyoko. The girl was shivering and partly-whimpering as I approached her. She even tensed up when I crouched, eyes closed and sobbing at the entire situation. Her tension peaked when I calmly charmed a small towel and made it bigger.

"Don't worry, I got you. Please… let me help you."

Much to my surprise, after a bit of reluctance, the girl actually allowed me to carry her to the infirmary. Once she was there, she let me set her up by one of the free beds so she could be properly checked while I went to retrieve Ayato. The young man had switched back to his human form, suddenly storming me with apologies as I picked him up from the floor.

"It's alright," I interrupted his apologies. "But… once you're better, I want to talk to you about who forced you into this, okay?"

A nod, he didn't speak any further until I had him back in the infirmary. Kyoko had fallen asleep by the time I was back, with Tsukune having been called to deal with the situation. He merely nodded my way as I had the doctor help the young guy out now that her other patient was fine. There was a moment of quiet and I sat down to recollect what had just happened. I was incredibly confused about Ayato's involvement in this matter. I would be soon told that he hadn't taken the medication his race and others with problems tied to instinct should take while at school. I quickly connected this to a dare but I had yet to discern if this was an expected situation or not, or even if the one that called for this 'dare' was in the club or not. I doubted it was someone else in the club since I had been quite stern in reminding everyone to take these medications to handle tests and other social situations better than without. The grades had improved thanks to this, so I was quite certain that it wasn't something from within…

But who did this? And why?

I couldn't get any direct answers for the time being since Ayato was quick to promptly faint as soon as he was placed on the bed. Not like I expected him to last beyond that concussion I left him to endure, but that really left me pissed about who caused this entire mess and how I was going to punish that bastard for doing that.

I wasn't going to allow this mess to pass once more and I knew that someone at school had just signed their own death warrant with this one.

With not much left to do but wait, I returned back to my room to think about what had just happened.

Zip had left once we arrived there, mentioning she wanted to search a couple of things she had noticed on the 'crime scene'. I allowed her to go as I calmly lied on the bed to think about what happened. It didn't take long for a girl to come visit and check on me, with my eyes aimed at the intruder that eagerly set herself atop of me and merely hugged me tightly while resting over me. It was a bit of a surprise considering I thought most of them would be studying or be busy with club activities at this hour, but… I guess a certain girl's sixth sense had perceived trouble in the Force. I blinked, a bit surprised by the tame behavior this time around, and so I asked about her current plans at the moment.

"Are you sure you don't want more?" I found myself asking at the smiling Succubus, Kurumu merely humming as she nuzzled her face onto my shirt.

"Nope," She finally answered. "Just cuddling right now. I can tell you are not in the mood."

I frowned. "That evident?"

Not like I was bothering covering it, but I was expecting to at least surprise a simple glance at my face to let it be known to the rest.

"Are you kidding, Jake?" She huffed mirthfully. "I believe even a blind man could tell as much. All broody and pouty, what happened, dear?"

"Something about Tsukune's cousin. I think… someone is trying to sabotage the club."

She turned to look at me, a confused look on her face. "How do these two facts connect actually?"

"Kyoko was attacked by one of the club members. I was told by the nurse that he hadn't taken his pills for a while now, so his instincts were stronger than usual and controlling him in that regard. He ended up attacking Kyoko and… he mentioned something about a dare before falling asleep and I know it wasn't something made by other club members."

"Do you think there is a group actively working to sabotage your effort?"

"Not mine in particular, I would say the club's purpose and the school altogether. Which means that someone is actually trying to pull a Kuyo again," I muttered dryly. "Now I will have to track down who it is and if they are in a club I know about."

It wasn't exactly good news regardless of what their goals truly were. If they managed to somewhat infiltrate the club just so that they could influence some of the students to do stupid things like not taking the needed pill, then I had to keep wary about those students that could have been behind it. Anime logic dictated that the culprit had to have something, either within their personality or appearance, which made them easier to notice as the true culprits. And I was going to look long and wide until I found the ones that caused this whole mess.

"You will manage. As usual."

…

"Something's on your mind, Kurumu-chan?" I asked, feeling like her comment felt so distracted and unfocused.

The girl had been behaving a bit oddly as of recently, and I noticed this happening with Katsue too. I could tell something happened with the two, but both were quite 'tight-lipped' about it. I asked the other girls if they knew anything about it, but they were completely unsure of what was going on between these two. I could only suspect it was something insignificant but stupidly meaningful in some way. But as she sat up and looked at me with a serious look while also smiling, I could tell something else was cooking within her mind as we talked about it.

"I spoke with Katsue about… stuff. Big stuff and… some big thoughts too."

Blinking, I felt like this was really important if she was going around it like that. "What about?"

"Well, us. As in me, you, her, the other girls- what happens once school is over and we realized one thing we could agree on."

I slowly nodded at that reasoning and I knew a big question was about to come up soon and… I was shocked by what she soon said.

"When we're done with school, how about you marry us all? Moka too, of course."

The question left me surprised at how genuine and serious it sounded. A proclamation, a confession, a true confirmation of complete love and desire in a single query. It came out of nowhere, but also not. I should have expected it to happen due to how close we were all getting after so long.

"Right as we are done with school?" I asked quietly, still trying to recoil from that sudden question.

"Yep," Kurumu mirthfully said. "It's not like we will not have the time to test and see if it can work. It might not even be that hard since polygamy isn't a surprise for many monsters and… I know it will work."

"I guess it can be… thought about it up until that point, right?"

"Are you worried about something tied to this lovely scenario?" She asked tensely, picking up that I wasn't completely onboard with this.

"It's just… don't take it as me saying no to it, but you know that it's a big shot and that you girls have to be careful to not-"

"Step on each other while at it, and I can see some trouble happening. Which is why I'm asking you if you would want us to be your wives. Because I would definitely accept you as my beloved Husband together with Katsue."

"I wouldn't say no to that. In fact… I would be quite happy if that ended up really happening. I wouldn't want anything better than that," I admitted with a proper smile. "But I would then have to find many rings to match up with your personalities."

The little joke had her smiling mirthfully… before humming sultrily as she reached down to her groin, teasing both hers and mine as she thought about something else tied to this possibility.

"And when we are husband and wives… I want to see many pregnant bellies, you know," Kurumu added lustfully. "I have… seen a few interesting videos. And I wanted to actually ask you if-"

"Magic can replicate those effects."

…

"Really? I really want to know about that kind of sex. It looks so messy but… so gorgeous. It seems fitting for a loving family," She admitted with a mixture of eagerness and innocence.

"I can be done, yes," I conceded with a hum. "Still, what would our kids think about how active we are?"

"Well, they wouldn't need to know… until they are old enough to know how to keep a door closed when needed," The succubus replied with a bit of nervousness, her face flushing red. "Plus, I can imagine all of them getting big groups of lovers on their own. Like their Papa."

"Even the girls?" I asked jokingly and she nodded determinedly.

"Especially our lovely daughters! They will have cadres of men and women to call their lovers and provide an endless source of grandchildren!"

Talking about an adorable future and about the active life of our future children. Truly an unholy combination, but I was also thinking about something else. Kurumu had been keeping quiet for a while about what happened 'next', after we were done here at school and I realized that the current state of things wouldn't survive well. We either made things fully serious and we braced for the life beyond it, or we hoped that due to some BS miracle the current status quo lasted. It meant that I would have to be more involved with them not just lewdly but also romantically and… I had to plan this the best possible. There was no way I was going to allow others to disrupt that perfect ending. And just as I felt myself convinced of this, I saw Kurumu shake her breasts.

"So, let me put this straight, you can actually make those let out milk or wha-ah?" She paused, freezing when she saw her breasts swell up a little bit and… start to lactate. She removed her upper body's clothes and revealed that her tits were indeed letting out a slow but steady stream of white milk. She grasped her breasts, squeezing softly as her eyes widened in surprise and… desire. A shiver, she licked her lips and moaned.

"I guess now I want something more than just cuddles, Jake~," Kurumu mentioned with an eager tone. "I hope you're ready to suck, because I have a lot saved up due to that spell."

I smiled mirthfully, the bad mood shifting away due to the conversation and current development. What ensued was a particularly kinky and steamy session to warm the lovely succubus' body up as she pondered of the future, of the many good things about said future, and how she was going to be the 'coolest mom' ever. Even better than her own.

It wasn't something I was going to ignore but for now I will have to start nurturing the greatest future I could gain for myself and the girls.

AN

A group is acting in the dark within Yokai Gakuen. A mystery beyond Canon, one that could threaten the stability within the school.