It had been a full week since Team Zazore was pushed into the School Police Force against their will - and roughly three days since Zac had gone to Mikogami - and within that week they'd established themselves as the scariest fucking people on campus.
This was because Mizore always kept her face blank unless speaking directly to her friends, in private, so people thought she was some kind of undead automaton, and given that Zachary was an outspoken Warlock, people easily believed as such.
The other reason was their sheer efficiency. Between Mizore's ability to trap and contain, and Zac's ability to drain strength from their targets it made it virtually impossible for anyone to get away from them.
It did not help that the fact that Ginei Morioka was slain by their hands, the situation spread like wildfire, the story went that Gin had attacked them and the two had responded with extreme force, which wasn't entirely untrue.
In reality it was a foolish young man, doing foolish things because he thought he could.
Sure, it coloured people's view of them, but it was better than the actual story that some retarded dog decided to pull out his dick and wave it about.
Headmaster Mikogami had called an assembly and informed the student body that the PSC would be dissolved and most of the students apart of it were being expelled. From the information provided by his moles within the group that none were above torture and brutalising their peers.
The PSC were furious, Kuyo had sworn to hell and back that he would find out who did this and get them. Even as they were carted off he resisted like a mad dog.
What confused Zac is that Kuyo didn't outwardly state that it was him that had done it, perhaps the elfin man thought someone else must have done so, but it really only made sense that it would be him or Mizore.
It was actually a rather anticlimactic end to the PSC all things considered, now they had been officially repurposed as the School Police Force, and had to report weekly to Mikogami about their goings on, their various 'arrests' and such.
Mikogami even went as fair to make Zachary and Mizore the new heads, which was both flattering and terrifying, because responsibility is scary.
Though the recruitment drive went well, Zazore had about ten trustworthy people to act as eyes and ears around the school, mostly their task was to act as informants, they didn't wear a uniform or anything like that in order to maintain some form of secrecy.
A few other interesting things occurred, more in line with the Warlock's confusing personal life.
Dorms; Morning
There was an exam that day, Zac was spending some of his morning to revision, he wasn't usually one for academics, really he looked at all school systems with disdain. But this time he felt… compelled, to do his best. If he wanted to be a man of worth, he'd need to start that path by getting decent grades.
If nothing else it would give him discipline.
"Koibito." A soft voice filled his ears, Kurumu must have woken up, as her slender arms wrapped around his shoulders he smiled, placing one of his hands on hers, "May I have some of your time?" She asked.
Zac, curious, said, "Of course."
"It's about Mizore." Ah, well this was good. He thought wryly.
"Go on."
"What do you think of her?" She asked simply.
"I think she's someone very dear to me, I think that I'm fortunate to have her in my life. Why?" Usually a man being asked this by his girlfriend would panic, but Kurumu had shown extreme maturity when it came to their relationship and thus he felt comfortable speaking freely.
He felt her smile against him, her cheek muscles widening against his own, "I'm glad." She said with a soft tone, "She and I have been speaking, at length. About you."
That gave him pause, "Uhhh, okay. Why?" He felt compelled to ask. He'd accepted Mizore's confession, but that was that, he couldn't do anything with it, and Gin had been dealt with, may he rest in peace, so he didn't see what this could be about.
Because he was paranoid.
"You don't need to be so tense." She assured gently, knowing the signs of panic in him, she would pat his shoulder but it was still tender from where he'd been bitten. And she didn't want to aggravate a wound as serious as a Werewolf bite, especially since he didn't get in treated with Monster Grade disinfectant.
She didn't mind the idea of him being a Werewolf, if nothing else it'd make him stronger, and that would mean she'd have to worry less.
"You know I love you, too the moon and back." She threw that in for context, and a cheeky joke to ease him, it worked as he chuckled in her arms, "But I've seen how she looks at you, so I asked her, her intentions. She told me plainly, that her 'mission' was to make you fall in love with her, so she could and I quote 'Have cute babies'."
He made a choking noise but she pressed on, "I could understand that, you're a good man. And you'll get better with age." She said simply, confidently, "I'm a Succubus, Koibito. I know your heart, maybe better than you. There's a connection between you two that goes beyond friends, and I'd be remiss to deny love, in any form."
"What are you saying, Kurumu. Please speak plainly." Requested the teen, he was panicking, he really wasn't sure what the hell was going on, was she breaking up with him? Good god he don't know how he'd take that. Was she saying be with someone else to make them happy? What happened to that Destined One stuff, oh god-oh god he felt light headed.
"I want you to accept her love, and mine." She said.
His brain froze.
He looked at his notebook, perplexed.
The world didn't make sense anymore.
"S-s-s-sorry-" Fucking stutter, "Run that-run that by me again." He asked.
"Mizore, you and I. I want us to be together." She said breezily, knowing his time as a human had coloured his view on things, but this was the Monster world, and Succubae were very open with love, their entire existence revolved around getting and giving love. To love and to have lost is a tragedy, but to deny love, to a Succubus it was tantamount to heresy in her eyes it just was not done.
"You're fucking with me." Zac said firmly, convinced. "It's not funny."
"I'm not." Kurumu assured gently, "I'm not mad, I'm not trying to trick you, I want there to be more love in your heart, I'm being selfish really because the more you love the better I feel. You and I are like the sun and the earth, your love nourishes me." She said warmly, rubbing her cheek against his.
"It's- I can't even put into words, it's like every time you smile at me my heart almost bursts. I want to be able to give that feeling to someone we both love." Kurumu said with a giggle, his expression was comical, it was like steam was rising off his head.
"You want me. To date another girl. As well as you." He said, clearly fucking confused beyond belief.
"Is that so strange?" She asked with a knowing grin.
"I mean.. One of my friends back home was polyamorous so I… I know what it looks like, I just… I have no idea how I'd even manage that. I'm one guy, that last thing I'd ever want to do is fuck up what we've got." He said, looking at her like a lost puppy.
Kurumu kissed his forehead, her soft lips almost sizzling against his skin, the fever he had from the bite notwithstanding, he was so warm to her, "Calm down my love, you know I'd never let you hurt yourself, right?"
He nodded, "Of course, you've made that incredibly clear."
"So why do you think I'd let you hurt me?" She nuzzled her nose against his, "If I have a problem, I'll come to you. And you'll fix it. That's how it works, love. We fix the problems so they go away."
"I ah-I mean… I need to process this for a bit-does she know?" He asked his head almost snapping to meet her eyes.
Kurumu scoffed, "Of course she does silly, we're girls. Unlike boys we actually talk our issues out." She leaned back and stared at him imperiously, "You savages."
"So it's sorted, all… this needs is my okay?" He prodded.
The Succubus nodded, honestly she found it so sweet that he was worried but really he didn't have to be, she knew what he'd gone through, she knew what he'd done to earn Mizore's love and by the gods he'd earned it. She was convinced that the snow girl wasn't just having some form of trauma-influenced affection when it took until the end of their discussion for that to even come up.
"Don't force yourself into it, okay?" Kurumu said gently, "If it makes you too uncomfortable that's fine. I just wanted you to know, that I'm okay with it, Mizore's okay with it. Everything's fine."
"Right." Zac said, they heard the first chime of the bell, telling people that school had officially started.
"Come on Mr. Captain of the SPF." She said with a chuckle, he pulled on his black jacket and affixed the badge to the front of it, it was a pin that had an open eye on it, and underneath said - in japanese apparently - Taichou Waller.
For some reason, unlike voices, words were not translated by whatever spell was on the school.
Kurumu got on her tiptoes and kissed her lover, he picked her up around the waist and held her aloft, "I love you." She said, her eyes a burning fire of passion.
The warm emeralds that looked back at her glistened, to her they were more precious than the gems they appeared to be, "I love you too."
Homeroom
Zac walked in and plonked down in his chair, his brain swimming with thoughts he couldn't exactly comprehend.
Polyamory was something that had been a quiet rise in the human world, not commonplace, or even uncommon, still rare as fuck actually, but with the internet people were able to share more about themselves than ever before, so he wasn't exactly lost on how it was supposed to work but…
He'd never thought something like that would occur within his romantic radius. He was… just Zac, and yes glorious and amazing he may be but really now.
What was this a fuckin' hentai?
No-no-no. Pull up the breaks Mr. Waller, Monsters have different values, their culture is vastly different of course this shit would happen. Add in that, they were teenagers, of course they'd all be lovestruck.
Pot meet kettle, you're black.
"Yo." Greeted a familiar voice, Saizou sat down beside him, "Nice bandage."
"You can't even see it ya goof." Zac dismissed with a wave of his hand.
"Ah well, so I gotta ask, why are you leave it to germinate?" The Ogre questioned, "You know Monstrels are given a hard time."
"I'm already given a hard time for being a 'caster, so I may as well have a stronger body to stand up to people with." Zac said with a shrug, "Besides… A guy died, the least I could do is take a memento from it."
"He was trying to kill you because he was a dumbass, right? Why the politeness?" Saizou asked, leaning into his chair and looking curious.
"The thing is, I'm okay with the fact that he died, we were fighting so it's kind of implied. But I'm not okay with how okay I am with it, you know?" Saizou shook his head, not really understanding, "I guess… there's just something about having someone die in front of me that kind of messed with my head. I don't ever want to forget that conflict has real, irreversible consequences."
"So what you wanna keep it so you don't forget to pull the breaks now and again? How often do you think you'll be fighting someone to the death?" Saizou asked, now he was genuinely curious.
"I don't plan to, I'm just thinking forward." Zac said with a shrug, "Between the shit that Kuyo put me through and having someone's guts spill out all over me… I dunno, it puts mortality into perspective, ya know? No ones above a slip up."
"Amen to that, brother." Saizou said with a nod, "On a lighter note, how'dya think you'll do on the exams?"
"Dunno, probably alright. I'm aiming for alright." Zac said with a small smile.
"A reasonable goal." The Ogre chuckled, "So, you hear that there's gonna be a parents day down the line?"
"Oh really?" Zac asked, this sounded interesting.
"Yeah, it's basically a day where parents can come and observe their kids in class, to make sure we're doin' well. Also there'll be some kinda festival. Sort of like how the club fair went. Though hopefully with less attempted murder and more positive times." The brunette explained with a laugh, seeing the look on his friends face.
"That sounds really nice, how far away is it?"
"It'll be a while off now, maybe like a couple of months or so. It's a yearly thing, so if someone's parents can't make it one year, they've got the next." Saizou said, knowing about his friends parental circumstances.
The Warlock smiled, "That'd be nice…" His smile turned serene, and Saizou puffed up with pride, the issues bothering his friend were pushed away for the moment and he'd relaxed, that was how a real man got it done.
Exams were simple enough, Zac had always been a good test taker, mostly because of how little he gave a shit, but that had allowed him to remain mellow at times when he actually did care because test never equaled panic to his brain.
The only subject he had any trouble with that day was math, and that was because some fuckhead decided to get the goddamn alphabet involved, also trigonometry, he just never could get that down.
By the end of the day the Captain of the SPF found a vending machine and got himself something fizzy, he needed a sugar kick.
With tired eyes he punched in the numbers for a can of coffee flavoured soft drink (Soda), it had grown on him honestly.
"Afternoon, Taichou." Greeted a random female student, Zac offered a wave and a nod to his peer.
"Evening." He greeted, the sun was already setting at this point, exams had taken the whole day, "Enjoy your sleep."
"You too, Taichou." The student said with a smile, running off to join her friends who giggled as they walked off.
With a tired smile that made him feel 30 he sat down, "Kids." He said with fondness.
"They're the same age as you." Moka's voice said, the silver haired woman sat beside him and smirked, "You look tired." She commented.
"Spending all day concentrating is draining." Zac supplied with a shrug, "How about you, think you did well?"
Moka nodded, crossing one leg over the other and leaning into his shoulder, "I feel I performed well enough."
"That's good, I hope you get a good score." He said with a smile.
"You're sweet when you're tired." She praised cheekily, "I like it."
"I'm always sweet." He defended with a chuckle, "I'm just softer when I'm tired."
"Hmm, less sexual advances and more genuine kindness." Moka commented with a wry smile.
"You like my jokes." He said with a laugh, "I've seen how yo-" He paused, his voice falling away, "Well… I guess you may not like my jokes."
"I miss her greatly." The vampire said.
"I do too, Draculina. But I got you, so that's enough for me. Hopefully it'll be enough for you too." He said softly, kissing her temple.
Moka felt her face flush and her heart beat rapidly, "Y-you're quite bold."
"I express better through gestures." He said simply, "Like I said yesterday, you've got people that love you. I'm one of those people so don't worry."
"Really?" Moka asked, looking at him. "Say it, look me in the eyes and say it."
Not seeing the harm Zac sat straighter and placed a hand on her leg, "I Zachary Alexander Waller, love you very much, Moka Akashiya. You are very dear to me and I hope that if anything happens in the future, you'll come to me."
Moka kissed him, her dainty fingers ran through his hair and knotted themselves in his curly locks.
'Oh shit wrong love-wrong love!' A rational part of his mind thought, only for that thought to die as she nibbled at his lower lip.
Ahem.
Kurumu stood, looking the scene over, appearing quite displeased. "I said you could hang out with him, not that you could tongue-fuck him." The Succubus said with a frown.
Moka, grinning broadly at the blue haired girl, "I'll assume you have ears, girl." She said simply.
"Of course I do, leech. But you also know that it's first come first serve, you've gotta wait in line." Snapped the teen, then she turned to her boyfriend and frowned, "And you, where do you get off just telling girls you love them huh?"
Zac held up his hands placatingly, "I love Moka, she's like family. Everyone of my friends is, I think this whole situation may have been a misunderstanding."
Moka nudged his shoulder, "What, am I not attractive or something?" Interrogated the girl.
Zac sighed and rubbed his forehead, "No Draculina, you're a gorgeous young woman but that's not what I meant, I'm sorry for misleading you."
"What do you mean? Speak plainly!" Commanded the girl with a snap.
"Don't order around my boyfriend!"
"I'll order around whoever I want, especially when someone's playing with my feelings!"
"He wasn't playing with your feelings dumbass you just misunderstood the context of his words!"
"I'll put you in your place you harlot!"
At one point they started literally butting heads, Zac sipped from his can and looked at the scene, unsure what to really make of it.
"Getting pretty out of hand, aren't they?" Mizore asked, appearing at his side, sitting like she'd been there the whole time.
Zac nodded, "I have no idea why my life got so complicated."
"Because you're desirable." Mizore said simply, "Not to downplay your good points, but have you met some of the boys around campus? Between the blood puritans, the dangerous sex-fiends and the moody idiots, there's not a lot of options."
"You raise a valid point." Zac conceded, "So why aren't you going ape with 'em?" He asked, amused.
"I don't need to, I get to spend most of the day with you anyway. What happens outside that time doesn't bother me." She stated, as though it was just that easy.
Maybe it was to her? Maybe she was putting on a front? Zachary did not know, but he appreciated her sanity.
"I wish they'd just fuck and get it over and done with." Zac said with a note of distaste in his tone.
"Wanna stay with me tonight?" Mizore offered, rolling her sucker around and smirking at him.
"I may just take you up on that, Kurumu basically lives in my room at this point, so letting her have some time to cool down may be for the best." Zac said with an equally cheeky smirk.
"What's going on?" Yukari asked, walking out of the school to get something to drink.
"I told Moka I loved her, she and Kurumu are fighting because she thought it was in the romantic sense." Explained the Warlock with a shrug.
"So you meant in the familial manner?" Yukari questioned, getting a nod, "She's attractive… but very stubborn, I don't know if I could be with someone like her." The little Witch said with a thoughtful expression.
"I'm of the mind that she's too vulnerable at the moment, so I wouldn't want to take advantage." The Waller said with a shrug, "Losing someone close makes people do and say stupid things, I'm sure that once she's had some time arguments like this won't happen."
"Pretty confident in that." Mizore pointed out.
"I like to think I attract reasonable people. It'd be silly if Kurumu and Moka spent the whole time fighting whenever we hang out." Explained the blond with a smile.
"And if this is just how they are?" Yukari asked, taking a spot on his other side.
"Dunno, jump off that bridge when we come to it." He chuckled, Yukari giggled at the silliness, Mizore observed the Succubus-Vampire conflict.
"I think they may actually fight at this point." She pointed out, the other two noticed that the scuffle had turned from words to trying to strangle each-other.
Zac sighed, standing up and putting his can down, "Alright-alright you two, this is getting silly."
"Stay out of this!" Snapped the two in sync, before looking back at one another, "Don't copy me!"
Zac sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose as though a headache was approaching, "Look, I'm sorry that I spoke without clarifying, Moka. And Kurumu, you know better than to start fights over small things."
"Are you saying my feelings are a small matter?" Moka hissed, Kurumu smirked with perceived vindication.
"No, Moka. I hold you, and your feelings in very high regard, but I did misspeak and the blame for this conflict is mine, so how about we stop with the arguing and the threats of violence before someone gets hurt." Zac replied patiently.
"Yeah, how about you chill out." Kurumu said with a smirk.
"Kurumu!" Snapped the Taichou, making the girl jump with fright, "What did I just say?" She nodded submissively and bowed her head slightly. "You two need to cool off." Ordered the teen, pushing the two apart and pointing in opposite directions.
Monday Evening
Zac threw off his jacket and grabbed a change of clothes, Kurumu was sitting on his bed frowning, "So, I probably shouldn't ask, but what's the deal with Moka?" Ventured the youth, leaning against the desk in his room and crossing his arms.
Kurumu looked up from the book she was reading and frowned slightly, "I just… I hate how holier-than-thou she is all the time, she acts like she's so much better than us but at the end of the day, if you didn't decide to hang out with her she'd be a friendless loser with nothing but a shity attitude."
Zac nodded, accepting that but not letting it sit, "You do know that she spent most of her time in primary school-err, middle school, surrounded by people who thought she was nuts right? She hasn't had friends before, I know she's got a stick up her arse about Vampire superiority but you gotta stop letting her get under your skin."
"That's just the thing though!" Kurumu defended, "She has no right to demand anyone's time or affection the way that she does! Even though you let her drink from your it doesn't mean she owns you!"
"And she doesn't." The Warlock said patiently, "So if I know that, and you know that, what's there to get mad about? If anything it should just mean that she's delusional. We aren't her servants, or whatever she had growing up, we're her peers. Sooner or later she'll understand that."
"And if she doesn't?" The Succubus asked with a huff.
"Then more's the pity, because it means she'll have lost the first people who called her friend in a long time, and if that's not sad, I dunno what is." Zac explained with a soft smile, "You've got nothin' to worry about, oh darling mine." He said with a flourish, getting a cheeky grin in return.
"You're kind of a goof, aren't you?" She said fondly.
"I am indeed." Agreed the Australian, chuckling. He looked at his watch and nodded, "I'm gonna spend the night with Mizore, 'kay?"
"Sure… kinda wish these beds were bigger, then we'd just all sleep in the same one." Most of the dorm room beds were singles, so it was really only one person, or two cuddling people, per bed.
"It is kind of a kick in the pants, but hey. If you guys wanna visit during the holidays, I've got a double bed at home." He said with a grin, walking over and kissing her gently, "Sleep well."
End of Chapter
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