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Tskune had mixed feelings. While he was enjoying the fact a beautiful girl was walking with her arm around his, the jealousy and murderous intent of the male students who watched their passage was almost palpable, he swallowed nervously, hoping that no one would confront them. These hopes were soon dashed however; the large student from their homeroom, the one who talked about eating and molesting humans stopped them in their tracks, eyeing Tskune with pure contempt and Moka with unadulterated lust. "You are called Moka Akashiya are you not? My name is Saizou Koyima I am your classmate. By the way why is a beautiful lady like yourself associating with a guy like this?" As he asked the question he grabbed Tskune by the throat and lifted him off his feet as if he weighed nothing; Tskune felt faint, on the verge of collapse from the fear coursing through his mortal veins. Dropping Tskune contemptuously to the floor, not viewing him as any sort of rival, he once again asked Moka a question. "Wouldn't someone like me be far superior to that sort of guy? Why don't you and me go somewhere and have some fun?"
In response Moka grabbed Tskune by the hand, pulling him to his feet she began to run away from this awkward situation, dragging the still dazed Tskune behind her. "Sorry I'm having fun with Tskune just now."
Saizou watched them leave, a devious smirk plastered across his foul features. "I never let a woman such as yourself to escape my clutches Moka Akashiya."
They finally stopped in an empty stairwell, Tskune was bent over double panting, sweat dripping down his face, Moka on the other hand was not even breathing heavy. "Jeez, what a creep. You know I got a little scared, Tskune. Are you okay?"
Her voice would normally have been music to his ears, but self doubt ate away at the young man. "Yeah...I'm fine. Moka. Why are you so friendly with a worthless mediocre guy such as myself?"
The dejected look etched onto his plain features stung at Moka's heart. "You're not worthless!" She objected, her voice raised. "Not to me anyway besides..." Her words trailed off as scarlet tinged her cheeks, "We're on bloodsucking terms." She said a wistful look on her face. "Be proud of yourself, you have grade A blood. It's full bodied, rich, sweet. The mineral balance is perfect, it's much better than the blood I've drank before from transfusion packs."
He couldn't believe what she was saying. "What am I food?" He shouted, his voice a mixture of shock and outrage, Moka however barely seemed to notice, her face reddened with every passing second.
"Well that was actually..my first time. My first time drinking from someone else...that feeling. I'll never forget it." Despite the softness with which she spoke, her words sounded resolute and firm. Tskune could barely utter her name before Moka pushed him into a wall, the impact was great enough to leave a crater in the wall and to almost break Tskune's back. The mortal could not believe the strength he had just witnessed from such a slender, beautiful girl. "Come on Tskune, let's go explore the academy." She called as she ran off, seeing little choice he followed after her.
When Yusuke had walked out of the classroom earlier that day, he was followed by the sound of Kuwabara taunting him. "Heh Yurameshi was scared. Yurameshi won't fight in class because he's a teachers pet." As Hiei and Kurama looked on on amusement at Kuwabara and his childish taunts, Yusuke could feel his blood beginning to boil, turning on his heel he grabbed the larger boy by the shirt. "I'll kick your ass right now you overgrown ape. If we get kicked out first day we'd never hear the end of it from the baby, besides.." His words trailed off as an evil grin split his face, "I'll get that sleazy bastard, just you wait Kuwabara."
Kuwabara struggled to hold back a laugh. "You're sounding more and more like your old self, Yurameshi. Now let's go, I want to see if I can find my sweet Yukina." He finished with a grin wide enough to split his face in two, from behind he felt an overwhelming and truly malicious feeling output of demonic energy, strong enough that the few students walking through the corridors, all stopped dead in their tracks.
A soft spoken voice sent shivers down Kuwabara's spine. "I thought I told you before, my sister is off limits. Though that reminds me, I must find her. Good day gentlemen." With that Hiei turned on his heel and left the others as he went to look for his sister.
Tskune and Moka stood outside the school dorms,to Tskune they looked run down, dilapidated, like a squat or an abandoned building, the idea of this being his home for the next few years creeped him out; his thoughts were interrupted by the excited voice of Moka. "So cool. Such a building, full of dignity and character."
He couldn't believe what he had heard, his surprise evident. "No way, what are you looking at?" He asked rhetorically.
Surprise coloured her delicate features, "Oh you don't like it Tskune? Even though you're a monster, speaking of which what kind of monster are you?" The boy panicked he was a human, struggling to come up with some kind if answer, Moka resumed before he could speak whatever lame reply his mind could piece together. "Oh letting others know your true form is against school rules after all, sorry I forgot." She smiled her apology.
"Speaking of which,Moka. I can't really see you as anything but a regular human, are you really a vampire Moka?" He struggled to believe that this sweet, beautiful girl was really a monster, if not for the fact she had drank his blood already that day, he would have thought this was all some joke.
"Yep, of course I am." She answered with a shy smile. "If I take this rosary off of my chest, I become my true self, a powerful, evil, scary vampire. Rosaries have the effect of sealing off a vampire's power, in my original form I was hated and seemed to cause conflict wherever I went. I put this rosary on to keep my power sealed, but still even if our power is sealed we do end up craving blood." Tskune, oblivious to the hint could only cry out in surprise as her fangs once again pierced his flesh.
Kurama turned to the others shortly after Hiei had left to look for his sister. "I think I'm going to take a walk around the campus, just to get my bearings and then I'll turn in for an early night, I'll see you in the morning before classes." He finished his farewell with a small polite bow.
"Hey you don't need to be so serious, Kurama. Have fun,besides from the energy I've felt around this school so far, it's not like anyone here could even give you any trouble if they wanted to." Yusuke flashed him a smile and a thumbs up, while Kuwabara merely raised his hand.
"See ya around Kurama."
Kurama nodded before turning away from the two boys, his eyes scanning the corridors as he began to fully take in his surrounding, his thoughts lingering on Yusuke's words, the spirit detective was indeed correct, the students energy levels paled before any of theirs, even Kuwabara who had fallen behind the others was much stronger than any student he had seen thus far. It was strange, perhaps Koenma was honest and sending them here was just a precaution, in case their powers had an adverse effect on the living world, but a part of him doubted that, things were rarely so simple in his experience. Lost in his thoughts he barely noticed that he had made his way outside of the school building, as a chill in the air roused him from his stupor, he shrugged and muttered to himself. "Perhaps I've spent too much time around the scheming of Demon Lords of late." Sighing he continued his aimless wandering, having circled the school grounds and still feeling restless he decided to follow the trail towards the wooded area outside the school. As the sun began to set and the pleasant glow of dusk, lit up his long red hair, away in the distance he could faintly hear the sound of water splashing, curious he followed these sounds until he happened upon a clearing with a view of the ocean, but rather than focus on the stunning visa, his eyes were drawn to the source of these sounds, a slender girl with long purple hair, who stood skimming stones along the waters surface. With each throw he could hear her softly counting every bounce of the pebbles, her voice was enchanting to him. Soft and sensual, barely more than a whisper, he had yet to see her face but something had already formed a deep attraction to her; her slender waist, long legs clad in knee high socks, the only thing that let him know she was a fellow student was the skirt she wore, she wore sneakers rather than the dress shoes of the academy dress code, knee high striped socks and a baggy white and black t-shirt. Kurama stood motionless for several minutes, silently watching her skim stones.
"Seven. A new record." Though the voice was soft, he could hear the faintest hint of excitement, it was then that she turned around and Kurama finally saw her face. He was left speechless, her skin was as pale as freshly fallen snow, her features delicate, small lips barely flushed with colour, it was her eyes however that drew the greatest part of his attention, they were devoid of pupils but they were a stunning blew that seemed to look right through him. In the brief moment their eyes met, he noticed her cheeks become flushed and she quickly looked away, one arm unconsciously hugging herself as if to shield her from some danger. Kurama felt his ears grow hot, he had made her uncomfortable and for some reason this deeply troubled him. "I'm sorry, please forgive me I didn't mean to startle you, I was just taking a way and happened to stumble upon this place." He bowed low arms at his side, "My name is Kurama, I hope I have not made a bad first impression."
Seeing him bow and apologise to her, she couldn't help but smile, "My name is Mizore Shirayuki." As Kurama brought himself back up to his full height, her blush intensified, he was kind of cute she thought to herself. Feeling unusually brave and unusually talkative, she spoke first. "I was just surprised, nobody has ever been able to sneak up on me like that before."
Kurama smiled, noticing the tinge to her cheeks, she must be rather shy, he thought, he didn't want to make her uncomfortable. "I'm sorry, I wasn't intending to sneak up on you, I seen you were in the middle of skipping those stones and I didn't want to distract you." There was a long pause, it seemed the girl was too shy to continue the conversation so Kurama, not wanting to leave her alone just yet, spoke again. "I've never known how to do that. I've always been too clumsy, perhaps you could teach me?" While it was true, that he did not know how to skip stones, in truth it was more that he had never been interested enough to learn, even now he found little of interest in the idea, however he did desire to spend more time with this beautiful young woman.
Another long pause followed before she gave a small smile,"O...okay, I'll try to show you. I've never really shown anyone before..." Her words trailed off as she picked up a handful of smooth pebbles and walked up to the taller boy, inhaling his scent as she got close. Awkwardly she positioned herself next to him and threw her stone in demonstration. "Kinda like that." She lamely explained, Kurama had no idea what help that was supposed to be, but appreciating the fact she was trying he did his best to copy her form, only for his stone to splash into the water on its first bounce. "Oh." She said as she watched his stone sink to the bottom. "You're bad at this." With each movement filled with trepidation, hesitantly she stood behind him and gently grasped his arm, despite the boy's soft almost feminine features, the muscles in his arm were as hard as banded steel, she felt her body shudder as she gently held his arm. Awkwardly she tried to pantomime the correct motion with his arm, and the throw was a little better. For the next hour, until the sky was too dark to continue, they stood without a word casting stones out into the ocean, in that time Kurama managed to skim his stone four times, though they stood in silence, a silence which was uncomfortable at first as time passed it grew ever more comfortable. Eventually she turned to him and spoke, in that soft whisper like voice. "I need to go it's late." Mizore felt oddly hesitant, even though they had barely spoken to one another, she felt saddened by the thought of being without his company, she noticed a look of disappointment cross the boy's delicate features. Kurama was indeed feeling a little disappointed that they would be parting ways, spurred on by some strange impulse, he bent down placing one hand upon the barren lifeless ground, sending a delicate stream if demonic energy into the soil, within a matter of seconds a single solitary flower bloomed. A rose. This rose however, was a peculiar purple colour, the same shade as the girl's hair. Plucking it from the ground Kurama handed it to her, a tinge of scarlet colouring his cheeks, gingerly Mizore reached out and took the flower from him. "I hope to see you in school, Mizore." With that Kurama turned and walked away, leaving the shy girl clutching her rose lovingly.
The next morning Tskune stood outside the school, clutching a withdrawal notice in one hand, qnd his suitcase in the other, he had wrestled with his decision all night and he was still no closer to making up his mind. "I just don't know," He muttered to himself, "I don't want to be separated from Moka but..."
His words were interrupted by a familiar voice, "Hey lover boy. " Turning to face the voice he was grabbed by the tie as Saizou Koyima stared into his eyes. "Looks like you had a lot of fun with Moka yesterday and today I am going to make you pay. Your true form, what is it?" He demanded as he slammed him against a wall, Tskune was in a state of panic, he knew that if the fact he was really a human was discovered he would be killed, panicking he blurted our the first thing that came to mind, "My true form is...a vampire." Enraged Saizou punched the wall scant inches above Tskune's head, narrowly avoiding the frail mortal body and destroying a large section of the wall.
Growling his words Saizou sent spittle flying with every syllable uttered. "Vampires are atrocious, obscenely powerful western monsters. It's said they're the strongest of all monsters, there's no way you're such a creature." His hand transforming into a huge misshapen talon he casually tossed Tskune through the shattered ruins of the wall. "Whatever, talk to Moka again and you'll be a dead boy."
Rising to shaky feet he hastily grabbed his belongings and began running back towards the bus stop, fear overtaking all other senses. Before he could make his way to the bus stop he was intercepted by another familiar, though infinitely more pleasant voice. "Morning Tskune," He felt a warm embrace wrap around his back, "If we don't hurry we're gonna be late for class." Suddenly noticing the suitcase firmly clasped on his hand she gasped. "What's wrong? Are you leaving?"
Straining to speak, his voice little more than a whisper as he cast his gaze downwards. "I want to go to a human school, this place is too scary."
Moka was indignant, "No. No you can't go to a human school; I hate humans. When I was little I went to a human school, I've never felt do alone, I was hated and ridiculed. No one believed in monsters, I was an outcast, I've never had a friend before...but then I met you. You said it was okay that I was a vampire and for the first time, I didn't feel alone, so let's stay together. We can study hard and get through anything here."
"If I said I was one of those humans, would you still try to stop me?" The question was greeted with silence. "I'm a human. Through some weird accident, I somehow wound up here." Tskune noticed her changing expression, "That look on your face tells me all I need to know, that I shouldn't be here." Determine he began to walk away from the confused young woman.
Rushing after him she called out. "Tskune wait!"
Turning to face her, he snapped. "Back off, you hate humans after all, besides I don't need a monster for a friend." Hurt by his words, Moka allowed Tskune to make his way towards the bus stop.
Moka stood dejected, tears welling in her eyes, "For the first time in my life, I thought I had finally made a friend." Lost in thought she didn't notice the presence making its way behind her, until she felt a large hand bran her from behind.
"What are you doing here, all alone? You shouldn't be lonely Moka Akashiya, not when you can be with a man like me." Saizou pushed her to the ground, lust and madness both shone in his eyes. "I can't help myself around you." His words distorted as his visa he became ever more bestial. "My body aches and I can't hold back any longer, I can't stay in this frail fragile form any longer; your beauty is incomparable to the human girls I've molested, I'm going to enjoy this little...violation."
That single word sent a shiver of fear throughout Moka unlike anything she had ever felt before, recoiling in both fear and disgust as Saizou ran his prehensile tongue over Moka's soft flesh, tears welled in her eyes, dreading what she knew was about to happen to her.
"Moka!" She opened her eyes and turned towards the boy calling her name.
"Tskune why did you come back? Run!" She pleaded with him to flee, tears freely flowing as she feared for the human boy's life, it was only then that he noticed the source of Moka's fear. Saizou's true form, a gargantuan, hulking beast, it looked like something from a childhood nightmare.
"What is that thing? A monster?" Each word was almost screamed, terror etched into his features, his eyes wide, his skin ashen and pale. He leapt back instinctively, narrowly missing a blow designed to end his life.
"Please run, Tskune. This is Saizou's true form, I don't want you to die." Almost as if fate was mocking her words, Saizou crashed a fist into Tskune with enough force to send him flying more than a dozen feet, lying dazed and bloodied he lapsed in and out of consciousness as Moka ran to his side. "I'm sorry this is all my fault." Her words came as choked whispers in between sobs. "You came back to me and this happened...Maybe we are too different, I'm a vampire all I do is hurt people. I suck the blood of humans, all I ever really wanted was a friend, even if it was a human but that's impossible; after all I'm the reason you got hurt."
Her words were enough to rouse the young man, "I may be a weak guy, a worthless human but it wasn't right me running away like that. I want to be your friend Moka, even if you are a vampire, I like you. He reached out a hand towards her, but the effort require to hold his hand aloft was too much and it slipped back down towards him, however on its downward trajectory, his hand caught Moka's rosary and pulled it off. A blinding flash of light. An ominous presence that even Tskune felt. As the light faded and Tskune's vision returned, his eyes were drawn to the woman standing beside him. Silver hair and scarlet eyes slitted like a cat's. The features were undoubtedly Moka's but there was a hardness there, he had never seen on her before. Saizou trembled in fear, he knew what stood before him. "What power...so this is a vampire. An S class super monster..." Totally devoid of fear, this new Moka strode towards him. "Weren't you going to violate me, come. Take me by force." The mocking tone with which she spoke enraged the larger monster, who threw a thunderous punch at the vampire, who did not even deign to dodge. She merely stood there and took the blow. "You expected to damage me with this level of power?" The question was loaded with both contempt and anger. "Know your place,scum." With one kick she sent the monster flying much farther than he had managed with Tskune, the impact of his fall caused a small crater in the earth, he had been kicked through trees and tombstones before finally landing. "A giant with no real strength is no match for an elite monster." Turning from her fallen for, she turned and began waking towards Tskune, who watched frozen in fear, his hand still clutching the rosary. He wondered which was the real Moka. "Scared of this me?" She asked with almost sickening sweetness. Before he could answer she snatched the rosary from his hand, "You have no need to fear me. I've just woken from a long slumber, I'm still tired. Your blood is too delicious to my other self for me to harm you. You will see me again, until then take care of the other Moka." With a gentle caress of his cheek, she spoke her farewell and clasped the rosary back onto her choker. She fell limp into his arms, as she returned to the form he had first met her in.
Saizou walked into the school, embarrassed but uninjured, he possessed a tremendous healing factor. "I'll get my revenge, I'll rape her and then I'll kill her, then I'll have my way with the corpse." He growled his threat to no one in particular, as he strode through the school, glaring at anyone who happened to come near him. Suddenly a voice called out to him, "Hey you're that big doofus from my class." Turning towards the sound Saizou seen the boy he had argued with in his homeroom class, smiling maliciously, he eyed the boy up and down. He was small with dark hair, his face was twisted into a scowl. "Yeah." The boy continued, "You're the asshole who wanted to molest women and eat humans." Rather than answer him Saizou merely hit him as hard as he could, and for the second time that day, someone took his punch without flinching. Fear surged through the larger boy, as Yusuke grinned and cracked his knuckles, unlike last time his defeat was witnessed by most of the school. Yusuke supressed his power as much as he was able to, however one punch to the monster's gut sent him through the wall, and broke all of his ribs and ruptured some of his internal organs. Yusuke stood and looked at the hole in the wall. "Huh..." He stroked his chin in surprise, before turning on his heel and walking away, hands in his pockets. "I guess Hiei was right, these guys really are weak."