Author's Note: So, while writing this story, I tried to look back at one of the stories that I used for inspiration. It was a crossover with Danny Phantom, the story had a handful of decent ideas, and what I liked most about it was the relationship between Danny and Kokoa. It's a shame, because the ending of the story actually ended with the two getting together, but now I can't find the story. Safe to say that the author probably deleted it. So, now I'm kind of sad, but I'm sure stuff like this happens all the time, it sure isn't my first time seeing this happen.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bioshock or Rosario + Vampire.

Culture Shock

What does it mean to have a soul, what does it truly mean, to be alive. This was a question that has plagued Jayson's mind for years. As time passed and Jayson grew older, he found it difficult to answer those questions. After he had gained his freedom from the mind conditioning that Dr. Suchong and Andrew Ryan had put him through, Dr. Tenenbaum sadly, could not recover the memoirs of the life he had before he was put into the suit. Any bit of humanity he had before has forcefully taken from him and he was left with no choice but to relearn everything from scratch. Luckily for him, Jayson didn't have to face it alone, he had the support of his adopted mother and father, Dr. Tenenbaum as well as the little sisters whom were now grown up.

When Jayson had gotten word that he would be sent to Yokai Academy, his family saw an opportunity for him to try and piece together the missing pieces of the puzzle they could never quite complete. Jayson would never show it, or outright admit it, but he was worried, afraid even, he would he sent far away from the comforting depths of his home city and placed on the surface. At least back in Rapture, he knew he fit in, but out on the surface, he was truly a fish out of water. This world was strange, as was its culture, Jayson silently wished that his parents had sent him to the United States instead of Japan. At least the United States shared enough similarities with Rapture to make his transition simpler, but here? This place was alien enough that Jayson wouldn't have been the least bit surprised if someone had told him he was actually on another planet.

"Hey Big Brother!" Yukari called out snapping Jayson out of his thoughts. "Any thoughts?" she asked expectantly.

'Wait, what were we doing again?' Jayson thought to himself as he glanced around.

"I'm sorry?" he asks, slightly confused.

"Have you given any thoughts on what club you want to be in?" she asks.

'Oh right,' thought Jayson as he slowly recalled the memories from that morning.

Flashback to that Morning….

"Remember class, today and tomorrow is the club fair," Miss Nekonome announced.

"What's the club fair for?" a student asks.

"I'm glad you asked," she smiles cheerfully, "You see, you're all required to join a club as a student of Yokai Academy."

The entire class lets out a loud miserable groan.

"Why?" a student cries.

"This is so stupid," another grumbles.

"Is there a point to it?" one student asks another who just shrugs.

One student stands up and asks "What's the point of the clubs anyway?"

"The clubs are essential in introducing new monsters to the culture of the human world!" Miss Nekonome exclaims.

"Do we have to?" one groaned.

"Yes!" she replies, "Unless you don't want to pass and risk getting expelled for failing to adapt." She then clears her throat and continues on "To blend in with humans properly, we as monsters will need a better understanding of humans through human activities which we have all put together for you!" She then points to the board "Through these clubs and their exciting activities, we'll get a much deeper understanding into human society and culture."

"Um...sensei?" a student asks.

"Yes!"

"But….sensei, wouldn't it mean that you would get an F in blending him?" he asks while pointing the cat tail that had slipped out.

Miss Nekonome looked down at her tail blankly for a full three seconds while the student laughed. One cat like hiss and a girlish scream later, the student was found rolling on the floor nursing a set of fresh claw marks on his face.

"So, everyone, for today and tomorrow, spend some time looking around the fair, be careful with what you choose because that's your club for the year," she instructed, "Make sure the members are people you can work well with, I wouldn't want to be you if you get kicked out of your own club."

Flashback End….

"Its mandatory right?" he asks.

"Sadly," Yukari grumbles, "Apparently the academy doesn't think the student population is capable of learning how to blend in with human society on their own."

"So how is holding them by the hand suppose to teach them? I'm probably one of the few people in this school who has had the closest thing to a life in human culture and from where I'm standing…." Jayson asks as he glances at the booths in front of them. "Human culture is nothing like this."

Yukari lets out a sigh "I don't know, but come find me when you figure it out."

Jayson silently nods as the pair walk throughout the club fair. Tsukune, Moka, and Kurumu didn't have the same class as he or Yukari for their first period, so it made it had for Jayson to choose. He did hope to end up in the same club as his friends, that would be nice.

"So, any thoughts Big Brother?" Yukari asks.

"I wouldn't mind a normal club, something that reminds me of home wouldn't hurt," he murmurs.

"They have a swimming club," Yukari offered as they stopped in front of said club.

Jayson took a moment to observe the club, "I mean, it seems normal on the outside."

Jayson observed as a group a love struck boys approached the club leaders who were all dressed in swimsuits that greatly complemented their figure.

"I see they're using sex appeal to attract male members," Yukari mused.

While they were deciding on the club, they didn't notice that their presence attracted the attention of a fair skinned girl with turquoise hair and yellow eyes. The girls name was Tamao Ichinose and she just so happened to also be the club leader. The girl looks up from her bored appearance, she squinted at the pair, she rubbed her eyes just to make sure she wasn't just seeing things. Suddenly her eyes widen and she gets up from the table and approaches the pair.

"It would be nice," Yukari mumbles, "You're friends with Moka aren't you?" Jayson nodded, "Yeah, she's vulnerable to water, probably shouldn't join if you want to be in the same club as her and her….friend."

Jayson missed the slight change in tone when Yukari spoke about his vampire friend.

"You haven't met them yet have you?" Jayson asks in realization.

"Nope," she shook her head without taking her sight off the club, "How about I introduce myself after we get our club situation sorted out?" she offered.

"Alright," he replies.

"Jayson?" a voice calls out. The pair turn and come face to face with the turquoise haired girl. "I thought it was you."

"Hello Ichinose-senpai," he greets politely.

"You've known me long enough Jayson, you don't need to call me senpai," she chuckles.

"Just a formality I suppose," he says softly.

"You uh, well, you look good," she smiles, "It's been what, a year?"

"Two," he corrects.

Right off the bat, Yukari felt an awkward presence between the two.

"Right," she nods frowning, she then puts on a smile and asks "Why-How, how have you been?"

"Well," he replies, "I'm here," he motions to the academy, "So, pretty well."

"That's great," she nods. She then noticed Yukari "Who's this?"

"This is Yukari," Yukari waves, "She's my friend."

'Seems a little more than just a friend to me,' thought Tamao.

"So you're looking to join the swim club I see," she observed.

"We're considering it," he replies, Yukari nodding in agreement.

"We just have a few questions," Yukari adds, Tamao nods.

"Well first," Jayson started, "What kind of monsters usually join your club?"

"Well, usually mermaids….mostly mermaids."

"Any sirens?"

"A few, but they tend to stay away since they don't get along too well with us mermaids."

"Mermen?"

"We did have one last year, but he graduated. Also, ended up marrying a mermaid in his class, funny have that works."

"Selkie?"

"Selkie," she ponders, "That's a rare one." She shook her head, "No, I don't think we've ever had one join, not one during my time here anyways."

"Selkie?" Yukari asks, trying to recall the name, "They're like seal people aren't they?"

"Basically," Tamao shrugs. "They're also some of the nicest people you'd ever meet in the monster world." She turns back to Jayson, "Yeah, we don't get a lot of selkies around here since fitting into human society seems to just come easy to them."

"Doesn't sound to bad," Jayson muses, he then looks over to the current members and comments "Could use more male members I guess."

"Yeah I mean….we get plenty of applicants, would you like to join?" she asks.

Suddenly a blood curdling scream rings out from the pool and they trio look over and witness a club member biting into a male student. Tamao winced as they watched the student start to age rapidly in front of them. "Second thought, maybe you shouldn't join."

"Yeah," Yukari nods in agreement, "We're starting to get the same idea, come on Big Brother."

"Alright," he turns back and says politely, "Well, it was nice seeing you again."

"You to," she replies, "Sorry that this club wouldn't work out for you, good luck on your hunt."

"Thank you," he smiles, and then walks away.

As they walked away, Tamao frowned, she glanced down at her locket and opened it. With one long look, she closes it and let's out a sad sigh as she heard her friends and club-mates calling to her. She shook the thoughts from her mind and quickly went back to work.

When they were quite wells away, Yukari chose to ask a question that had been plaguing her mind during the whole encounter.

"Big Brother," she asks, he looks at her, "How did you know Ichinose-senpai?"

"She used to come by Rapture," replies softly. "We um…." Jayson stumbled slightly as he searched for the words.

"Old friends?" Yukari asks, eyes softening as she came to an understanding.

"Yeah," Jayson mumbles, "Hey Yukari, I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention this to anyone. It's something….personal."

"I understand Big Brother," she replies.

"Thank you."

Yukari looked at her pseudo older brother, she found herself surprised as she observed his face. It looked neutral as always, but upon closer inspection, she saw the slightest frown and a tiny hint of hurt in his eyes. She didn't know what for sure, but she could tell something had happened between the mermaid and her older brother and it had left an impression on him. Rather, then pressing for more information, she chose to respect his wishes and decided to just be there for him and support him any way she could.

3 Days Later….

"You guys have any luck finding a club?" Jayson asks as he approaches his group.

"Nope," Tsukune sighs.

"Who's this cutie?" Moka gushes as she kneels down to Yukari.

Yukari blushed as the vampire drew closer.

"This is Yukari, she's a friend of mine."

"How old are you?" Moka asks.

"12," she meeps.

"Wow," Moka praised, "You must be pretty smart to have gotten into this school at such a young age."

Yukari nervously smiled, blushing even harder under Moka's complements.

"Did you find any clubs destined one?" Kurumu asks as she lapsed onto his arm.

"I found a couple," but none you guys would be into. He then squints his eyes at Tsukune and Moka and asks "Why do guys seem to look a little worse for the wear today?"

"W-well," the pair stuttered, "We had a little trouble with one of the clubs."

Yukari and Jayson deadpanned and answered "You tried to join the Swimming Club didn't you?"

"How did you know!?" Tsukune cries.

"Because it's you!" snaps Yukari.

Tsukune looks back to Jayson who shrugs "She has a point, from the short time I've been with you, I've discovered that you're a trouble magnet. So what happened?"

Kurumu shrugs, "Oh you know the usual, Tsukune gets drawn in by a monster, either him and Moka decide to complicate things, and Moka rescues Tsukune by turning into a vampire."

"Really?" Jayson asks, "What did Moka do this time?"

"She decided not to tell Tsukune that she was vulnerable to water."

Jayson deadpans again and turns to Moka who glances off to the side, whistling and twiddling her thumbs.

"I think I can picture what happened," he sighs.

"So yeah," Tsukune laughed sheepishly, "We didn't end up finding a club."

"Pretty much all the other clubs are full of perverts," Kurumu pouted, "My body is reserved for one person only."

"Aw that's sweet," Jayson smiles while everyone around him blushes heavily at the succubus's implication.

"Oh! Just the people I wanted to talk to!" a voice rings out.

The group turns and sees Miss Nekonome walking up to them.

"You guys haven't found a club yet have you?" she asks.

"Well Jayson has," Yukari points out, "But he wanted to know if he could split his time between the two clubs."

"That's fine, people attend multiple clubs all the time," Miss Nekonome replies happily, "But the rest of you still need a club don't you?"

They all nodded.

"Why don't you join the Newspaper Club!?" she joyfully offered, "I'm the advisor of it and I was worried that it might get shut down if they don't get new members."

"Aw that sounds nice," Moka nods contently.

"Sounds quiet," Yukari comments.

"Sounds normal," Kurumu optimistically added.

"And we all know it's not going to stay that way, so we should probably join now and enjoy it while we can," Jayson commented honestly.

"So are we all agreed on the new club?" Tsukune asks.

"Yep."

"Of course!"

"Uh huh."

"Sure."

Tsukune turns back to the teacher and says "Yeah, I guess if we're all in agreement, sure we'll join your newspaper club."

"Splendid!" Miss Nekonome gushes. "Just sign these forms!"

"Well," Tsukune whistle, "I guess it worked out after all. When is our first meeting?"

"Tomorrow after lunch," Miss Nekonome answered.

"That sound good to you guys?" he asks, everyone agreed. "So yeah, thanks Miss Nekonome."

"No problem!"

So now the group had a club. One place where they could all get together and have fun. Sadly, Tsukune would not find the place of normality that he sought so hard after. It was apparent to everyone there but him that everything surrounding the boy was anything but normal. If only they knew just how crazy and odd it was going to get.

The Day Before….

Jayson glanced up at the shed like building and then back at the flier in his hand. He then glances up at the building one last time, this time focusing on the sign that simply read "Workshop." He takes a deep breath, steps forward and then knocks on the gate. A stall student slim student with eye protection answers the door. He eyes Jayson from head to toe then notices the club flier in his hand.

"I'm assuming that by you standing here, you want to join the club?" the student inquired, Jayson also picked up the light german accent in his voice.

Jayson nods. The student opens the gate wider and lets Jayson walk in. Right as he passed through the door, Jayson's eyes widened at how large the complex actually was. It was more like a small warehouse, brightly lit with several members walking about.

"Here," the student suddenly appears in front of him with a few forms. "Fill these out bitte." Jayson did as he was told and took his time taking in his surroundings. He then walked over to the student with his finished forms, "Hm, that was fast," he murmured, slightly impressed as he filed the papers away. "Alright Jayson," he nods and holds his hand out, "Welcome to Workshop."

Jayson smiles and takes the hand, "Thank you…."

"Streicher," he replies, "Marius Streicher, but everyone calls me Jäger." He then turns and spots another student. "Oh, Dawn!" he calls out, the girl looks up and walks over.

She was a short and petite, fair-skinned, and had neck-length, choppy, black hair that graduated into a deep red. She skipped over to the pair and that's when Jayson took notice of her silver eyes.

"Hey, this Jayson," Marius introduced the two.

"Hi," she waves happily.

"Hello," he smiles back.

"He just joined our club."

"Oh that's great!" she smiled wider.

"Can you give him a quick tour?" he asks, "I would, but I'm working something at the moment."

"Sure," she nods and turns back to Jayson, "Come on." She grabbed Jayson by the hand and lead him off. Jayson was quickly taken aback by the girl's eagerness.

"It was Jayson right?" she asks.

"Yes, Jayson Ryan," he answers.

"Oh, well since I'm calling you by your first name, you deserve the same respect," she replies as she stops and holds her hand out to him, "I'm Dawn Pyrkagiá. Please call me dawn, none of that senpai stuff since it would be pretty weird for someone the same age as me to call me that."

"Older?" he asks.

"Mhm," she nods, "I started a year early, so technically I should still be a freshman."

"Oh, that's nice," he comments politely.

"Not really," she instantly shot it down, "Kinda pointless actually because I didn't really gain anything. Anyway, you can do almost anything you want in here. Carpentry, welding, mechanics, hell, even glassware, as long as we have the tools, you can make it here. We also respect your privacy and we tend not to ask questions, though you may get the judgmental stare,"

"What's the catch," he asks, "Like how do you get funding for all this?"

"Oh, we rent out the tools to all students and faculty that want to work," she replies, "Of course they have to sign a bunch of guidelines, disclosure agreements, and immunity agreements they have to follow. Members get free access to it, but also have to follow the same rules, but are also asked to help provide to the club."

"Clever," he nods going over the guide he was given.

"I know right?" she laughed, "I said the exact same thing when I first got here. So what kind of work environment are you looking for in here?"

"I was hoping for somewhere quiet, somewhere I could keep to myself," he replies.

"Okay," she nods, "I have just the thing."

Dawn lead Jayson over to what looked like a bunch of offices.

"Here, the walls are sound resistant and I think you'll find everything you need," she smiles, "It's a little old, but we try to keep it as tidy as we can, we ask that you do the same."

"What about tools and guidance in certain subjects?" he asks.

"If you need help or supplies, all you gotta do is ask a fellow member," she replies. "There's also complementary cafe and break room for you to relax if you want. We have vending machines and a food truck comes around here at around lunch time. We also have a small kitchen with things like a fridge, a toaster, microwave, small oven, a coffee maker, and just recently an espresso maker if you're into that. We just ask you keep the places clean and that you chip in to refill and maintain said machines. So what do you think?"

Jayson sat down on the office chair and smiles brightly at his new office.

"I think it's perfect."

She smiles as she leans against the doorway and crosses her arms, "I'm glad you like it. Just remember, we technically meet on the weekends, but as long as you're signed in here throughout the week you don't have to really go."

"Really?" he asks.

"Yeah, it's pretty chill here, just keep an eye on the announcement board for any news just in case, I'll leave you to it for now. I hope you have a good time here in our club," she then walks out.

Jayson smiles contently as he sat around drinking in his new work place. He basically felt like he was in heaven, the place was full of nice people who all understood the idea of hard work. Over the next day, Jayson would spend his time filling out his office off all the tools and blueprints he would need for his future projects. He knew he would be spending significant amount of his time here, he would need it, he had a lot of work to do because now he had the means to build and assemble the devices and equipment that the Luteces had sent him. He also knew he would be expecting more shipment from Rapture as well. This place was perfect for his needs.

Author's Note: This chapter is a little shorter, but this was all I could write up for this. I do have a decent outline of how I'm going to carry out this story, so that's cool. Just be patient on the updates since I'm also updating another story on my account. I'll stick to the original outline from the manga for now since I don't have a whole lot of ideas to branch off of. See you then, hope you guys enjoyed and thank you for reading.