Tskune: Supernatural Detective

By: R2aper27

Ch 2 Truly Human


The bell rang loudly just as Tsukune and his new vampire friend sprinted in the door. It turned out Moka was in his Homeroom, but looking for her name and room number on the board had almost made them late.

The boy collapsed into an empty desk next to Moka and looked around at the class. He might have seen some interesting people on his way to class, but his class looked rather normal. The only odd people that stood out in the class were Moka with her bright hair, and a large blonde boy with a lip piercing in the back.

The Homeroom teacher started talking about classes and schedules while Tsukune looked around. Of the class she was the least normal. He was fairly certain she styled her hair specifically to look like a cat. Overall he felt pretty good about this school year, the classes didn't seem too hard, and he had even made a friend already.

The next words out of the teacher mouth broke him out of his thoughts.

"At this Academy you will also be studying to live with Humans. In order for us Monsters to continue to exist we have to learn how to hide among the majority population on Earth, Humans."

MONSTERS.

Tsukune wasn't quite sure he had heard right. Moka had claimed to be a vampire but he thought that had just been a lifestyle choice. It wasn't until his teacher got onto one of the students for having a tail that it became clear it was no joke. The student grimaced and then hissed at the teacher; his mouth opening far wider than should be humanly possible.

The class continued on only being interrupted by the blonde boy in the back interrupting the class to talk about eating humans. The rest was just a blur for Tsukune. They all stood up and walked to the auditorium where the new class was given a speech by some priest up front about co-existence.

Once they were released Tsukune walked mechanically out the front doors and into the campus grounds. He flinched as Moka grabbed onto his arm.

"It is going to be such a great year." She sang out before dragging him down the hall.

He allowed her to pull him through the crowd, finally distracted from the disturbing fact he had just learned. Moka seemed so normal for a monster. He watched as she gushed about the school and the uniforms, even the other students. He also noticed the glares he was getting from the male population. It was exactly like he had assumed school would be like. Although he had figured he would be the one glaring at the popular group, and not the one being dragged around by a beautiful girl. Maybe monster school wouldn't be so bad.

Moka stopped abruptly and Tsukune bumped into her, surprised out of his train of thought.

"Your name is Moka Akashiya isn't it." A voice said from in front of them. Tsukune discovered it belonged to the blonde kid in Homeroom. "My name is Saizou Komiya. I'm your classmate."

Tsukune didn't even see the boy move. He was just suddenly in front of the human boy, holding him up in the air by his collar.

"Why is such a beautiful young girl associating with a guy as lame as this." Saizou said shaking Tsukune roughly.

Tsukune grabbed the boy's wrist and tried to pry his thumb back to escape his grip, but Saizou's strength was too monstrous. Then without warning he let go and Tsukune fell to the floor, barely catching himself on his feet.

"Wouldn't you rather spend your time with someone better. Why don't we go find somewhere to have some fun." Saizou said turning to Moka.

"No thank you." Moka said grabbing Tsukune's hand and running away. "I'm having fun with Tsukune."

Tsukune was jerked forward by his arm and dragged down several hallways before they could make it outside. Finally Moka stopped by a vending machine and bought a pair of tomato juices.

"That was surprisingly scary." Moka said handing one to Tsukune while he collapsed on a low wall nearby. "This school sure is filled with lots of different kinds of people."

"Yeah and none of them are my type." Tskune said under his breath.

"What was that?" Moka asked.

"Nothing." Tsukune said with a fake smile. "But wouldn't you get along better with him than me. He seems like your type."

"NO WAY!" Moka exclaimed. "You are my first friend."

The human boy's smile turned genuine at this.

"Besides, we are on blood sucking terms."

Tsukune couldn't help it, he laughed nervously for a minute. That minutes stretched on as he continued laughing all the stress away.

"What is it?" Moka said pouting. "That means something."

Her face turned more serious and she began to blush. "Besides you were my first, and that is special. I'll never forget that feeling."

Tsukune didn't know what to say. That seemed like an extremely weird thing to say, but he had wasn't sure anymore. His definition of weird was changing by leaps and bounds as this day went on.

"I didn't have many friends growing up." Moka continued. "Especially after I went to a human school. They all said I was weird. I may seem normal now, but if you take this rosary off, I turn into a big scary vampire. Royal vampires are some of the strongest monsters in the world, so not even monsters like them. But I found you."

She looked at Tsukune and smiled. He felt himself beginning to blush and before he could stop himself it slipped out.

"I'm a Human." He blurted out.

He didn't know what made him say it. Maybe it was her honesty. Maybe he had kept it bottled up all day and just needed to tell someone. Maybe he was afraid if he kept it a secret and she found out she would go all evil scary vampire on him. Whatever it was, he immediately regretted it. Moka just laughed though.

"You can't be a human. Humans only made fun of me, but Tsukune has been so nice to me." She said when she finally stopped laughing.

"I'm serious." Tsukune said a little perturbed that something so serious and hard for him to say had just been laughed at.

"You can't be." Moka repeated looking confused, as if she was waiting for him to tell her it was a joke.

"I am." Tsukune said. "That doesn't mean I am not your friend. Quite the opposite, I am a human, in a monster school just trying to be friends with a vampire."

It sounded so ridiculous to Tsukune that he almost had to stop himself from laughing hysterically again. Moka seemed to withdraw into herself however.

"Humans are just mean. You can't be a human. This is just a mean joke." She said dropping her half drunk tomato juice and backing away.

"It isn't. I really am a human." Tsukune said standing up and stepping towards her. "I don't want to hurt you though."

Moka didn't say anything. Instead she turned and ran away towards the dorms. Tsukune sighed and trudged back across the campus to his own dorm on the boys side.

He found his duffle bag laying on his bed in a small room. There was a bed just big enough for one person, with a nightstand next to it, and a desk/chair combo against the wall at the foot of the bed. A small dresser was against the wall next to the nightstand. There was just enough room between the bed and dresser for someone to stand, and just enough room for the chair between the bed and the desk. The walls were plain and unadorned, as was the entire room. Tsukune guessed that most people decorated to make it feel more at home, but he didn't have much with him.

He dug though his duffle until he found a picture of his dad in his police uniform after being promoted to detective. On his shoulders was a little black haired boy. It was Tskune at the young age of 4. Tskune dropped his duffle on the floor and placed the photo on his desk. He sat at the end of the bed looking at the photo for a minute before deciding to unpack tomorrow. He lay down to rest his eyes before dinner, and before he knew it he was dead asleep.