Rosario Vampire (Seitenkan) Chapter 1: The School Vampire (1-1), a rosario + vampire fanfic

Season I

Volume 1
Vampires

Tsuki looked on in terror as she saw Mako standing over Suzie's body; Suzie laid broken and battered. Tsuki was terrified out of her mind. "What's going on here?" she thought. "That's Mako-san, and yet…it's not him."

Just then, Mako slowly turned around to the terrified black-haired girl who continued to shiver in fear. Then, Mako saw Tsuki holding his Rosario Cross. At that moment, Mako chuckled in a sinister tone...and Tsuki could tell that even his voice sounded different. As the vampire boy walked over to her, Tsuki continued thinking, "He's far different from the boy I met earlier down the road…"

(Five Hours Ago)

A young girl sat alone on a bus, looking out the window. "I can't believe I'm actually going to school," she thought, "especially since—"

"Hey, kid!" the female bus driver called out. "What's your name?"

"My name? Aono Tsuki."

Tsuki was a young girl with short black hair, silver hair clips, and light aqua-colored eyes. Her uniform consisted of a long-sleeved green button-up shirt with white sleeves and that part on the button-holed side of her shirt. Underneath it was a typical white shirt with another collar. Her skirt was a brown-plad color with some white lines. Finally, she wore dark-blue socks and black dress shoes.

"So, you decided to enroll in Yōkai Academy this year, eh?" asked the bus driver.

"Well," said Tsuki, "'enroll' isn't really the word I would use to describe it…"

(Flashback; One Day Ago)

Tsuki woke up early in the morning. As she got up, she let out a big sigh.

Yesterday, Tsuki had failed her entrance exam for high school, so she was unable to enroll in high school this year. She got out of bed, got dressed, and headed downstairs, only to be greeted by his smiling and extremely excited parents who startled her.

"Uh, why are you both so excited?" Tsuki asked.

"GUESS WHAT!" cried her excited mother. "You won't have to repeat middle school after all!"

"Huh?"

"BEHOLD!" her even more excited father cried as he held up a yellow envelope with the words "Yōkai Academy" on the cover.

"Yōkai Academy?" asked the black-haired girl.

"That's right! And you won't believe how I found it…"

(Flashback; Last Night)

Mr. Aono walked home from work. As he turned the corner to his street, he noticed a weird-looking nun walking down the street. Just then, Mr. Aono saw a yellow envelope fall out of her skirt.

"Uh, excuse me," Mr. Aono called out, "you dropped your—"

But the nun was gone. Mr. Aono looked at the cover which read "Yōkai Academy" on the cover. Curious, he opened the envelope and saw a flier advertising the school. Intrigued, he kept the envelope for himself and slipped away back home.

(End of Flashback)

"And that, my dear, is how you became able to enter high school!" concluded Mr. Aono. "It wasn't that difficult either. All I had to do was call the number on the flier and 'BOOM!' YOU'RE IN!"

"WAIT A SECOND! You got this from some stranger off the street?!" shouted Tsuki. "There's no way in hell I'm going to this school! I haven't even HEARD of Yōkai Academy!"

"Oh yes you are! And you did NOW!" cheered her mother.

(End of Flashback)

"You should know some things," said the bus driver, snapping Tsuki back to reality. "Yōkai Academy is a very…very…VERY terrifying school!"

"W-What?!" Tsuki gave a terrifying anime-like face. Just then, her cell phone rang, so she answered it and said, "Hello?"

"Hey, Tsu-chan!" said the recipient on the other end of the line.

"Oh, Kyō-kun! What's up?"

"I heard from your mom that you were going to Yōkai Academy, right?"

"Yeah."

"You know, I did some research on that school and it turns out that Yōkai Academy is a—"

But just as the bus entered a tunnel, Tsuki got disconnected from the call. "Huh? Weird…" Tsuki thought. She looked at her phone and saw that all four connection bars were gone. All of a sudden, the tunnel got completely dark; no lights were even in the bus.

"Uh, do you know where you're going?" asked the terrified teenager.

"Don't worry," said the bus driver. "I can see in the dark, believe it or not." But Tsuki didn't believe her. Just then, they noticed a light, and as they got closer to the light, they exited the tunnel, and the bus came to a complete stop.

"Here we are," the bus driver said as she opened the door. Collecting her luggage, backpack, and briefcase, Tsuki stepped off and became terrified by her surroundings; she was greeted by a pumpkin-faced scarecrow who wore the sign "Yōkai Private Academy", the ground was completely dirt, the lake was red like blood, the trees had no leaves on them, and crows sat atop the tree branches.

"Good luck," the bus driver whispered as she closed the door and drove away.

"HEY! WAIT!" Tsuki cried out. But the bus was gone, leaving the scared black-haired girl alone.

Tsuki looked out over the horizon and saw a ginormous building. "That must be the place," she whispered to herself. Just then, a lightning bolt cracked out right behind it, sending shivers down the little girl's spine. "What is that? A school? Or a haunted house?" With a big gulp, Tsuki made her way down the path to her new school—if she could even call it that. The path led her into a dark forest, where the only sound she could hear were those of owls. Just then, crows flew by, knocking the black-haired girl off her feet. As she got back up, she began hearing a weird noise. Not wanting to know what it was, she kept walking. But then she started moving faster. "What's that sound?" And faster. "It's coming closer!" And faster. "It's getting louder!" Finally, she broke into a run. She managed to run very fast since she was very athletic in her earlier school days. But regardless, the sound kept getting louder. Tsuki looked back yet saw nothing. "Who the hell's followi—"

"WATCH OUT!"

*CRASH* *BANG* *THUD*

Tsuki suddenly crashed into something and fell to the ground. As she opened her eyes, she heard the creepy sound getting ever closer to the point where she finally screamed, "WHO'S THERE?!"

Finally, the thing came out from above the trees and said, "Just me, a bat! WHEE!"

It was a dark pink anime-like bat with a pink bow flying over Tsuki. Tsuki sighed in relief. Just then, she saw a pink bicycle that looked like it was ruined. "Uh oh. I must've hit somebody." She desperately looked around for the owner of the bike, hoping s/he was okay.

*GRAB*

Suddenly, she felt something hard on her chest; particularly, in her cleavage. Terror once again consumed her face—not from fear—from embarrassment. She looked down and saw someone lying face down on top of her and in-between her breasts...and one of their hands were on her breast.

"…EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK! Get off of me!" Embarrassed, Tsuki pushed that person off of her and held her chest while blushing madly.

"OW!" The bicycle rider sat up after being pushed off. "I-I'm sorry! I-I didn't hurt you, did I?" He looked up at Tsuki and Tsuki got a glimpse of the boy who crashed into her: the boy had neck-length pink hair and green eyes. (Pretty weird for a boy to have pink hair, isn't it?) He also had a strand of hair hanging over his left eye, which he started twirling. Under his green long-sleeve shirt, he wore a red tie and had brown pants. And to top it off, he had some sort of choker around his neck with a Rosario Cross chained to it.

"He's…hot!" thought Tsuki.

"Oh my god!" cried the boy. "Your cheek is bleeding!"

Tsuki put a hand up to her cheek and felt a small cut, confirming what the boy said. The boy took out a handkerchief and crawled up to Tsuki. "Let me get that for you," he said. But as he held up the handkerchief, he started hesitating and slowing down. "Come on, man," he whispered to himself. "You can do this. It's just blood." Soon, the boy began breathing like having a panic attack.

"Are you okay?" asked Tsuki.

"I'M FINE! I'M FINE!" The boy finally dabbed the handkerchief on Tsuki in blazing fast speed. Once he took it off, he couldn't help but stare at the bloodstain in an intriguing fashion.

"What is up with this guy?" thought Tsuki.

Just then, the boy held the handkerchief up to his nose and began sniffing it. "What the…? Is he sniffing my blood?" thought the black-haired girl.

A perverted smile loomed onto the pink-haired boy's face. "It…smells…so…good!"

"Smells?!" exclaimed Tsuki. "*SNIFF* *SNIFF* *SNIFF* Heh! He doesn't smell so bad himself."

"I'm so sorry, ma'am," said the boy in a lustful tone. "I can't help myself when it comes to blood…"

*BITE*"

The boy suddenly bit Tsuki without any warning. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tsuki screamed as she pushed the boy away. "WHAT THE HELL?! YOU JUST BIT ME…" (Yes, Tsuki also felt her blood being sucked out.)

"I-I-I'M SORRY!" cried the boy. "I-I can explain!"

"FORGET IT! YOU PERVERT!" Tsuki roared as she grabbed her belongings and ran off as fast as her legs could carry her.

"WAIT!" cried the boy. "You don't understand! I'm a—"

But Tsuki was far out of sight to see or hear him.

"Dammit! I can't believe I did that!" the boy thought as he got up and picked up his bike. "Hope I'll get to see her again."

Tsuki continued running, thinking, "I can't believe someone would bite me without any warning! Although…it didn't really hurt. And he was still kinda cute."

Later that day, Tsuki finally arrived at Yōkai Academy a few minutes later and, after the entrance ceremony, sat in her homeroom.

"Good morning, everyone. And welcome to Yōkai Academy," politely greeted the homeroom teacher who had sandy blonde hair shaped like a cat. "My name is Nekonome Shinji."

"Heh!" thought Tsuki with a smile. "It's nice to know that the teacher and students sound very nice. Maybe this place won't be so bad after all."

"Now, for those who don't know, Yōkai Academy is a specially designed school for monsters."

"Aw, a school for monsters. That sounds s—Wait! WHAT?!" Tsuki's joyful face turned to terror.

"As many of you know, the outside world is primarily controlled by humans," continued Mr. Nekonome. "So, in order to continue living, you must learn to coexist with humans. And to do that, you must follow some important rules in this school; #1: Remain in your human forms at all costs…unless in a certain situation. #2: Never reveal your monster form to anyone. Okay?"

"A SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS?!" thought the terrified human girl. Just then, she remembered what the bus driver said earlier…

"Yōkai Academy is a very…very…VERY terrifying school!"

"She wasn't joking!"

"Why should we coexist with lame humans," asked a brown-haired female students seated to Tsuki's right, "when we can just eat them and rule the world for ourselves?"

"Eat humans?!" Tsuki began giving a panicking expression.

"I'm afraid that's not possible since everyone in this school, staff and student, are all monsters," explained Mr. Nekonome. "You see, Yōkai Academy is within a magical barrier, preventing humans from entering. But if a human did come to our world and know of our existence, then s/he is to be killed immediately."

"ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF THEY FIGURE OUT THAT I'M A HUMAN, THEN I'LL BE KILLED?!" Tsuki's eyes started swirling.

"Oh yeah?" asked the brown-haired female student. "Well, I keep smelling something that smells like a human in this school!"

Tsuki's mouth hung wide open.

"I'd love to bite his or her head off," continued the brown-haired female student.

"'Bite'?" Suddenly, Tsuki remembered something as his face turned red. "Wait a second! That boy…That boy who bit me…he bit me…because he's a…a…A…"

*SLIDE*

Suddenly, the door burst open. "Sorry I'm late!" said the boy at the door. "I got lost after the entrance ceremony."

"Oh, no problem," said Mr. Nekonome. "Just take your seat."

And so, the boy stepped in and as soon as the girls (except the still panicking Tsuki) saw him, there was plenty of whispering:

"Oh my god! He's so hot!"

"I think I'm in love!

"Look at him!"

"I gotta get him to go out with me!"

Twirling his hair strand, the boy walked over to his seat, which was right behind Tsuki. As he passed her, though, he stopped dead in his tracks as he smelled something very familiar. He turned to his left and, at the same time, Tsuki turned her head to the right. Tsuki looked up and immediately recognized the boy: it was the pink-haired boy who bit her earlier today. At that moment, terror gripped her again.

The pink-haired boy was astonished at seeing Tsuki again. So much so that he became excited and hugged her, screaming, "OH MY GOD! IT'S YOU! AND YOU'RE IN THE SAME CLASS AS ME! I'M SO HAPPY!"

But poor Tsuki screamed in shock and terror as all the other girls started getting shocked and jealous.

And this, my friends, marks the beginning of Tsuki Aono's new life in a school of monsters.

Later that day, Tsuki was walking down the hallway with the pink-haired boy walking right next to her and holding her arm in joy while also twirling his strand of hair.

"I must be dreaming!" thought the terrified human girl. "My parents enrolled me in a school for MONSTERS! They cannot be that stupid! This has to be a dream!" And to top it off, many of the girls were glaring at her in a murderous rage, most likely because they were in love with the pink-haired boy and jealous that he was hanging with her.

"Oh, I totally forgot to introduce myself!" gasped the pink-haired boy. "I'm Akashiya Mako. What's your name?"

"A-A-Aono T-Tsuki."

"I'm terribly sorry about earlier when I bit you," Mako whispered in a quieter tone so that no one would figure out his monster form.

"I-It's fine!"

"You wanna be friends?"

"Friends! I do—"

*BUMP*

Tsuki and Mako bumped into someone. It was an older looking and bustier brown-haired female student (the one who brought up eating humans in homeroom).

"Akashiya Mako, right?" the girl asked Mako. "Salutations. I'm Komiya Suzie." She suddenly pushed Tsuki away from Mako.

"Tsuki!" Mako gasped. He tried to rush to her, but Suzie grabbed his arm.

"You're not hanging out with some shitty bitch like her now, are you? When you could be with a more beautiful and more endowed lady like me?" she asked.

But Mako pulled his arm away, releasing himself from Suzie's grip. "No thank you," he said. "I like hanging out with ladies who are nice." He rushed over to Tsuki to help her up and they ran off together, leaving Suzie behind to shake her fists in anger. "Just you wait," she hissed. "I'll make you mine!"

"Are you okay, Tsuki?" Mako asked after he and Tsuki got as far away from Suzie as they possibly could.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, Mako-san," said Tsuki. "You know, I'm kinda surprised that someone so handsome as you would be attracted to a lame girl like me."

"Don't say that! You're not lame!" thundered Mako. "And…your blood," he continued in a slower pace, "it smells so good." He then grabbed Tsuki again. "I can't help myself! I'm a vampire!"

*BITE*

Mako began sucking Tsuki's blood like a real vampire. "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tsuki pushed Mako back. "WHAT THE HELL AM I?! YOUR LUNCH?! YOU CAN'T JUST SUCK MY BLOOD LIKE THAT!"

"But you taste so good," said Mako in a cheery-friendly voice. "And…" he continued at a slower pace, "…I never really sucked anyone's blood before." He began blushing. "It's so…so…embarrassing." He gave Tsuki a soft push; however, it was apparently strong enough to send Tsuki flying into a wall and cracking it. "Damn, Mako-san is really strong!" thought Tsuki.

Just then, Mako realized something. "Oh shit! I totally forgot that we're not supposed to reveal our monster forms to each other. Sorry about that. Come on! Let's go check out some other places." He took Tsuki's hand and dragged her along as swirls appeared in Tsuki's eyes. "How could my dumbass parents do this to me?" thought the nervous human girl.

"Hey, Tsuki, can I ask you something?" said Mako. "What do you think of vampires? Do you hate them?"

"Hate vampires? Uh, no! Of course not! H-Honestly, I wouldn't hate you if were really a serial killer in disguise."

"HOORAY!" He childishly embraced the terrified human girl again.

Mako and Tsuki continued exploring the school campus until they eventually arrived at a building standing behind some gravestones. "So, this is the dormitory where we stay," said Mako.

"D-D-D-D-Dormitory!" Tsuki began getting wobbly. "He's joking! Right?"

Mako suddenly began noticing Tsuki acting strange, and his cheerful tone turned into concern. "Hey, Tsuki, are you alright?"

"Huh? Oh—Oh, I'm fine, Mako-san!" said Tsuki frantically.

"Don't lie to me!" Mako said in a demanding tone. "You're acting like you've never seen a monster before in your life. Have you?"

Tsuki hesitated as she didn't know how to respond. "…No…I haven't," confessed the ashamed human girl. "In fact, I've never seen or heard of vampires who were nice before. In the movies and stories that I've heard of, vampires are usually shown as violent monsters who either kill or enslave people by sucking their blood. And they have weird accents as well. And they're nothing but evil."

Mako was shocked at what he heard. "Vampires killing or enslaving people? Weird accents? Evil?"

"Well, now that you mention it," the vampire boy whispered, "there is something I've actually been sort of hiding." He then pointed to the Rosario Cross attached to his choker. "This is my Rosario Cross. I've been wearing this since I was little. I haven't been able to do so, but if this was ever taken off, I would turn into my true form: a scary and terrifying vampire with no pity or remorse for anyone. The Rosario Cross was created to seal my powers away because vampires are the most hated out of all the monsters, and my real form was said to be extremely uncontrollable."

"Uncontrollable?" thought Tsuki. "So, underneath Mako-san…is an evil monster?"

"And yet, despite being human, I still can't control myself when it comes to your blood," Mako continued as he embraced the human girl, shocking the latter in the process. "Your blood…so sweet…so soft…so delicious…I can't stop myself…I MUST HAVE MORE!"

*BITE*

Once again, Tsuki felt her blood getting through Mako's vampire fangs. But just then, something flashed through her mind: the appearance of Mako turning into someone or someTHING completely different. Terrified, Tsuki pushed the vampire boy away and, holding her neck, fled in panic. All the while, Mako smacked himself on the forehead. "Dammit! I promised my mom I would control myself!"

Tsuki continued fleeing through the halls of Yōkai Academy. "I don't understand this! How could I attend a school for monsters? And already be friends with a…a vampire…who seems so nice but is completely different!" She then noticed many students awkwardly looking at her. "So, everyone here…in this entire school…is a monster?! I've gotta get the hell outta—"

*BUMP*

Tsuki suddenly fell on her butt. "Sorry about that," she said as she got up.

But the person she bumped into grabbed her by the neck, pinned her against the lockers, and hissed, "No, you're not! But you will be if you don't get out of this dumbass school!"

Tsuki opened her eyes and saw herself being choked by Suzie Komiya. "If I see you near my Mako-san again," Suzie whispered.

"YOUR Mako—"

Suzie suddenly punched at the lockers so hard that she left a hold in it right next to Tsuki's head. "MY Mako-san! If you go near him again…I'll drag your slutty ass as far from this campus as possible and beat the shit outta you," Suzie continued whispering into Tsuki's ear. She then released Tsuki from her grip and walked away, and as she did, licked her lips with her differently shaped tongue.

Having already made her decision long before getting threatened by Suzie, Tsuki packed up her belongings and was now standing in-between the archway of Yōkai Academy's gate, giving the monster school one final stare. "Good riddance, Yōkai Academy." She then began making her way back to the bus stop so she could—

"Tsuki!"

Instantly recognizing the voice, Tsuki turned around and saw none other than a concerned…

"Mako-san!"

"What are you doing?" asked the concerned vampire boy. "Where are you going?"

Tsuki gave her vampire "boyfriend" a shocked and regretful look. She looked at the ground for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and saying, "I'm sorry, Moka-san. You seem like a really nice guy, but…"

"'But'?" whispered Mako. "Tsuki, if there's something wrong, you can tell me," Mako said to Tsuki. "D-Does it have anything to do with Suzie? With me sucking your blood all the time?"

"No!" said Tsuki quickly. "It's not Suzie! And it's not you? It's…It's this school…I don't think I wanna go here anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"I…I'd rather go to a human school."

"A HUMAN SCHOOL?!"

"Goodbye, Mako-san," Tsuki whispered right before turning around and—

"NO!" Mako furiously grabbed Tsuki's belongings. "Are you insane? You can't go to a human school! I HATE HUMANS! They're horrible people!"

"NO, THEY'RE NOT!" Tsuki screamed in anger. "How would you know if they're horrible?! You haven't even seen one! Have you, Mako-san?!"

"…Actually," Mako said softly, "I have."

Tsuki's angry face turned to shock and concern. "You have?"

"It was years ago," explained the pink-haired vampire boy sadly. "My father had recently passed away and my mother forced me to live in the human world until I graduated from middle school. Since the humans of the human school didn't believe in monsters, they saw me as a weirdo. I tried to make friends with some of them, but they refused, calling me an outcast, and saying the world would be better if I never went to school. They even spread rumors behind my back that I was really a monster. It wasn't until I graduated from middle school that I learned the truth from my mother: she sent me to the human world to show me what humans were like. And…to tell you the truth, I never really had any friends. Aside from my parents, my entire family hated me because I was apparently so uncontrollable. So, growing up without friends or family was difficult…but then…then I met you…and you said you wouldn't hate me for being a vampire. And for the first time in my life, I felt happy! Happy to find a friend! Someone who doesn't see me as a monster." Tears began rolling down his eyes.

"Oh yeah?" Tsuki asked in a harsh tone. "What if you learned that I turned out to be one of those humans you hate so much? Could you still see me as a friend?

Mako became shocked by what Tsuki said. "W-W-Why would you say that?"

"I…I AM a human!" said Tsuki. "And the only reason I'm here is because my parents made a mistake!"

"…What?" Mako gasped as he took a few steps back. "You can't be! Humans couldn't get into this school!" Just then he remembered something. "But that means…" He remembered the first time he sucked Tsuki's blood. "…that time…" And the second time. "…and THAT time…" And the third. "…and THAT time…" Mako soon became more stricken with fear in realization. "…Oh god…I've been…drinking the blood of…a HUMAN?!" Mako took more steps back.

"Mako-san?" exclaimed Tsuki.

"G-G-G-Get away from me!" Mako continued stepping back in terror. "S-STAY BACK!"

Tsuki showed a hurt face, but then she turned disgusted. "I knew it," she whispered. "You'd just treat me the same way as any other human you hated!" Her voice began growing louder. "Well, you know what? Fine! Like I'd wanna be friends with a blood-sucking MONSTER!" She stormed off and never looked back, leaving the vampire boy just standing there in shock and devastation. But as he did, tears of his own started falling down his face.

But little did he—or Tsuki for that matter—know that a dark figure was hiding behind a tree and eavesdropping on the fight between Tsuki and Mako. "A human, eh? Well, there's only one thing to do about this!" The figure let out her ginormous tongue.

Tsuki finally arrived at the bus stop where she began her misadventure. But as she was panting, she began thinking of all the good times (if any) she had with Mako. "Once I arrive home, I can go back to being a normal kid. My first day at this horrible school…is pretty much the worst day of my life…and yet…it almost felt like the BEST! I made friends with someone who looked hot…and liked me, even though he was a vampire who continuously sucked my blood. And once I leave, I might never see Mako-san again."

*CRUNCH*

"Mako-san!" Tsuki turned around but saw that it WASN'T Mako; it was Suzie. "I was watching the whole time," Suzie growled. "I know what you are."

"Y-You DO?" asked Tsuki.

"Yes," whispered Suzie; but then her voice began getting louder. "And thus…" Soon, her muscles began growing bigger. "…you…" As well as her height. "…must die!"

Tsuki became more terrified than ever before.

Mako was standing on the Yōkai Academy rooftop and holding his hands over his mouth; still in trauma over his experience with Tsuki. "I just can't believe it! All this time…I've was drinking blood out of an actual human! She was a HUMAN! But even so, she was the first friend I ever made…and her blood! Oh, it tasted so good! I don't know if—"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Mako suddenly came back to his senses as he heard a blood-curdling scream coming from the woods.

Tsuki backed away in terror as she saw Suzie in her monster form: a Monstrel. "What's wrong?" roared Suzie. "We're so far away from school grounds, so it's perfectly okay to reveal your monster form! "Besides, you've stayed on campus the entire time in your true form: A HUMAN!"

She stuck out her extremely long tongue and wrapped it around Tsuki's neck, choking her. Tsuki tried to break free, but the Monstrel's tongue was just too strong. "And like I said: I'd love to bite the head off of a human if I ever saw one!" growled Suzie.

"TSUKI!" Suddenly, Mako came out from the forest, panting from exhaustion.

"MAKO-SAN!" choked Tsuki.

But then, Mako got a glimpse of the Monstrel. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!" Mako screamed.

"Mako-san! RUN!" cried the choking Tsuki. "It's Suzie-san!"

"Suzie-san! So, that's what Suzie looks like as a monster!"

"GRRRR, SHUT UP, YOU WEAK BITCH!" Suzie threw Mako at the Yōkai Academy sign, causing Tsuki to barf out some blood as she landed on the ground.

"TSUKI!" Mako rushed over to the bruised human girl and held her in his arms. Tsuki painfully opened her eyes, seeing Mako bursting in agonizing tears. "I'm so sorry, Tsuki!" Mako croaked. "This is all my fault. I just always thought that the differences between humans and monsters was too much. I'm a vampire, a monster who sucks blood and hates humans. But the truth is…my whole life…all I wanted was a friend…human or not…and I thought it was impossible…until I met you, Tsuki! I…I love you!"

Tsuki's eyes widened as she felt some semblance of joy and courage in her heart. There's something I've been wanting to tell you, Mako-san: I…I love you too, even if you're a vampire." She unconsciously raised her hand and placed it on Mako's shoulder. "In fact, I think I'd like you more…if I saw your true self."

Mako's heart became filled with joy after hearing Tsuki's agonizing words. Unfortunately, this began pissing Suzie off. "Enough of this bullshit!" the Monstrel roared as she charged at the two teenagers.

*BAM*

*CHING*

Suzie kicked Tsuki in the face, sending her flying. Seeing Tsuki getting knocked back, Mako reached out to clutch his Rosario Cross...but grabbed nothing except the end of the chain attached to his choker. "MY…MY ROSARIO CROSS!" He looked over to the bruised Tsuki and saw his Rosario Cross unconsciously clutched in her hand.

"Did she just take it off?" Mako thought. "I couldn't do so myself!"

"Now that's she's out of the way," Suzie growled as she reached for Mako, "you're—"

*THUMP*

"GAH!" Mako suddenly grabbed his heart in pain, causing Suzie to pause and step back a few steps. Mako got up, clutching his heart.

*THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP* *THUMP*

"GAAAAHHHHHHH!" Mako's screams became more longer and louder and more painful. "WH-WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?! GAAHHHH! GAAAAAHHHHHHHH! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

A bright pink light flashed from Mako's body. The murky blue sky then became as red as the blood-colored water from over the cliffs. Bats came out of nowhere and encircled the pink-haired vampire boy as he continued screaming in agony and clutching his heart. More and more bats gathered around Mako until neither Suzie nor the barely conscious Tsuki could see any part of her. They could, however, still hear him crying until the bats started screeching and drowning out Mako's screams of agony. Then, the screeching finally stopped, and the bats disbanded.

Suzie and Tsuki suddenly got a glimpse at what they witnessed: it was Mako (with his eyes closed), and yet…it wasn't. Mako's hair became silver, and he looked like he had more muscles within his body; in fact, he could be just as buffed as Arnold Schwarzenegger was at Mako's age.

"M-M-Mako-san?" Tsuki didn't understand what was going on, but then she felt something in her hand, she looked down and saw Mako's Rosario Cross in her hand; the cross also looked different as the red jewel in the middle had some sort of serpent eye in it. Then Tsuki remembered…

(Flashback)

(End of Flashback)

"So, this is what Mako is really like? As a vampire?" thought Tsuki.

Suzie, on the other hand, had now become scared, especially when Mako opened his eyes, now colored blood red with serpent like slits for pupils. (Suzie also noticed that Mako's vampire fangs grew longer.) "It…can't be!" she terrifyingly whispered. "That hair! Those eyes! That aura! He's a Shinso Vampire! But I thought they were myths!"

"Are you the reason why I just awoke from my long peaceful sleep?" Mako asked Suzie in a lower, more-sinister voice, while twirling his hair strand.

Suzie began trembling more as the predator had become the prey. "Why am I hesitating?" she thought nervously. "Come on, lady!"

Mako cracked his left knuckle with his right hand.

"Pull it together!"

Mako cracked his right knuckles with his left hand.

"If I took down a Shinso Vampire..."

Mako stretched his legs out.

"…I could be stronger than the entire goddamn school!"

Mako stretched his arms out.

"And then, no one would dare to defy me!"

"*YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN*" Mako covered his mouth with his hand as he let out a long yawn.

"Now! While he's distracted!" Suzie lunged at the silver-haired vampire and attempted to strike him with down. But Mako wasn't distracted for long; he grabbed Suzie's claw, and while Suzie's hands were larger, Mako clutched it so hard with his smaller hand that Suzie was screaming in pain. Mako forced the Monstrel girl down onto her knees, giving her an ice-cold glare that frightened her to the core, all while still twirling his hair strand.

"STOP!" Suzie pleaded. "LET ME GO! PLEASE!"

"Know your place, bitch!" hissed Mako in a heartless tone.

*BAM*

Mako performed a flip kick, sending Suzie flying into the air. Mako then landed on the ground with his right knee and right palm touching the dirt. After about ten seconds, a terrifying scream could be heard.

"…AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

*THUD*

Suzie's back violently collided with the ground, and despite one kick it the face, she was completely bruised yet still living…barely, with her tongue laying out of her mouth. "…Y-Yes, Mako-san!" Suzie uttered before finally losing consciousness.

Kōmura Nazo says:

(with rainfalls of tears in her eyes)
SO QUICK! WHEE!

Just then, Mako slowly turned around to the terrified black-haired girl who continued to shiver in fear. Then, Mako saw Tsuki holding his Rosario Cross. At that moment, Mako chuckled in a sinister tone…and Tsuki could tell that even his voice sounded different. As the vampire boy walked over to her, Tsuki continued thinking, "He's far different from the boy I met earlier down the road…"

She tried getting up as Mako got closer to her. "I-Is this really the real Mako-san?" Just then, she lost consciousness once again, and she fell over with her face landing on Mako's muscular chest, surprising the vampire boy as he caught her. As she drifted off into an unconscious sleep, the last she thought about was, "That scent…it's still the same…as…that…boy…"

Her body limping, Tsuki lost her clutch on the Rosario Cross, but Mako managed to catch it just as it left Tsuki's grip. "So," he thought as he gave a sinister smile and twirled his strand of hair over his eye, "you must be the one…"

Tsuki started regaining consciousness. She saw Mako looking over her in concern.

"Tsuki! Are you alright?!" Mako cried.

Suddenly, Tsuki bolted straight up.

"Tsuki?!"

Tsuki turned her head to Mako and saw that he had pink hair once again. "Was I dreaming? Oh, that's right! The bus!"

"Where's the bus?!" the female human asked.

"Oh, the bus doesn't come for another month," said Mako.

"WHAT?!"

Mako gave him the bus station schedule.

"A-A-Are you telling me the schedule is based on months?!" Tsuki frantically asked.

"Yep! It only comes once a month. Sorry."

Wavy lines appeared above Tsuki's head as she realized she was stuck in the monster world for another month.

"Oh, your cheek is bleeding!" Mako cried.

Confused, Tsuki raised her arm to touch where her cut was, but Mako stopped her. "No, let me," said the pink-haired vampire sternly. He pulled out his handkerchief to wipe the blood off.

All the while, Tsuki blushed a bit as she learned that not all monsters, real or imaginary, are necessarily evil. Monsters like Mako Akashiya—as long as her Rosario Cross was attached to his choker—could be very nice. (And who knows, maybe she'll meet more nice monsters.)

*SNIFF* *SNIFF*

All of a sudden, Mako started smelling something. "I-I-I'm sorry, Tsuki," said Mako sadly, "but…"

"'But what, Mako-san?"

"…Your blood…"

*BITE*

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

End

Cast:

Kasumi Aono: Haruhi Nanao (Japanese); Laura Bailey (English)

Kōji Aono: Daisuke Kishio (Japanese); Travis Willingham (English)

Kōmura Nazo: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)

Natsuki: Megumi Ogata (Japanese); Cynthia Cranz (English)

(Outer) Mako Akashiya: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Vic Mignogna (English)

Suzie Komiya: Eri Kitamura (Japanese); Carli Mosier (English)

Shinji Nekonome: Akio Otsuka (Japanese); Aaron Roberts (English)

Tsuki Aono: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)