Ugh, I've been gone longer than I wanted to. Snow days, the holidays, being at every place with a computer other than the one that had this chapter, playing The World Ends with You (which is an awesome game for the DS), New Year, and finally, back to school. Hopefully the people that subscribed don't hate me. Here's the chapter for the start of 2009.

Disclaimer: Nothings changed. I still don't own R+V or Demonata.

----- A few weeks later -----

Grubbs wasn't in his usual spot this morning, waiting for Moka and Kurumu to walk them to class. Instead, he woke up earlier and was by the phone booths calling Uncle Dervish at home. The phone rang a few times before someone picked it up.

"H-h-hello who is this?" said female voice.

"Hey Bec, how's life in the 21st century?" asked Grubbs. He could hear a gasp on the other side. "Grubbs? How are you calling the house? I thought you were with Beranabus."

"Well there was a change of plans and I was sent to a special school while he and Kernel go search for the Shadow. But enough about that. What's up with Dervish?" There was a pause on the other side. "He's.... okay I guess. Just a bit worried about you." Grubbs could tell there was something wrong with Bec. "Bec is someth-" Grubss started before there was another voice on the phone.

"Grubbs is that you?" Dervish practically yelled. "Where are you? How are you calling?" Grubbs chuckled a bit. "Gee mom what's gotten into you?" Dervish sighed, clearly worried about his remaining nephew. "I'm just worried that's all. You've been gone for a month. What happened to demon hunting?" Grubbs explained the whole situation about being at Youkai Academy.

"The monster school? What'd you do? Terrorize a village or something?" Dervish asked sarcastically. Grubbs knew about his uncle's sense of humor, he having the same exact one. "Nah, Beranabus just thought I'd be safer here."

"Well I'm coming to get you then," said Dervish. Grubbs almost dropped the phone when he said that.

"NO!" Grubbs accidentally yelled into the phone. "Uh, I mean what would Beranabus say if I wasn't here?" Under normal circumstances, he probably would have left just to piss off the old magician to move back in with his uncle. But then he met Moka and Kurumu, which was ultimately keeping him here. Then there had to be an actual reason why the old man decided to leave him here when he was perfectly capable of taking on demons. Not that he minded of course.

"Hello? Earth to Grubbs, you still there?" Grubss didn't realize that he spaced out. "Uh yeah what's up?" Dervish sighed, "I said, is there something important going on at that school?" Before Grubbs could answer, he heard a scream outside. "Gotta go Derv!" was all Grubbs said as he hung up the phone and ran outside.

Grubbs was on the scene a second later, only to be surprised at what he saw.

He saw a little girl dressed up in what looked like witch attire and her attackers was the asshole Class President with two Mini-Prez followers.

"Hey, leatherface!" shouted Grubbs as he closed in on the three, "What's goin' on?" The president glanced in his direction. "None of your business. Now run along while we take care of this filthy half-breed."

Grubbs wasn't going down without a fight, so he snapped his fingers and one of the lackeys' shirt caught on fire. "I'm on fire! PUT IT OUT!" screamed the lackey. While the other small fry went to help his friend, the CP looked coldly at Grubbs. "Use of monster powers is against the school rules."

"But picking on other students isn't?" Grubbs retorted. The CP just glared at him some more. "This filthy half-breed witch sticks out with her attire. Her existence makes me wanna puke." A spark of anger rose across the witch's face as she pulled out a pink wand and summoned.... a gold washbasin to fall on the jerk. Grubbs chuckled a bit; the wash bin idea was pretty good.

The girl got up and ran over to Grubbs, hiding behind him as the CP shoved the basin off himself. "Why you little brat..." Leatherface started, his body changing to whatever uglier thing it could become, but was interrupted as students began to come out of the dorms.

"Whoa! What's going on over there?"

"Isn't that the first year representative?"

"Hey look a fight!" As the number of voices grew, a ring formed around the group.

"Grubbs! What's going on?" Moka shouted, whose presence made an opening through the crowd. "I was just out for a stroll when this guy and his goons were harassing her," said Grubbs as he pointed at the witch by his side. The CP growled, his plans of making the witch's life worse foiled.

"Come on guys, let's go. This stench is killing me." The two followers, who managed to put out the fire, did what they did best and went with the CP, shoving away anyone who was too close.

"Violence towards girls, it's despicable," said Moka. "Yeah, no kidding," said Grubbs then he turned to the witch, "So what's your name?" There was a pause before the little girl exploded with energy. "Thank you so much for saving me! I'm Sendou Yukari."

"Wait, so you're the young prodigy that attends this school?" asked Moka. "Yup, age 11 and I'm in high school!" While the girls were talking, Grubbs was lost in thought. "She's a little girl with to have magical potential. I wonder how she'd fair against a demon... wait a minute, now I'm starting to sound like the old coot!" Grubbs remembered the story Kernel told him about how he learned about magic with Beranabus. The old magician shoved him against a man-eating tree to see if the boy could use magic. It was cruel, but it got the job done.

A hand waved in Grubbs' face, bringing him back to reality. Well, as real as monsters, demons and magic could get.

"Grubbs, you still with us? Yukari asked you something." Said Moka.

"Oh, uh, what was your question?"

"I just wanted to know how you set that guy's shirt on fire. I didn't see a wand or anything at all." Dang, Yukari is already onto me thought Grubbs. "Oh that, I'm just really good at using magic so I don't need a wand."

"But all witches need a wand to use magic... unless..." Yukari pulled out her wand, waved it, and a book popped up out of thin air. "Let's see.... no wand, so that makes you a mage... or impossibly a magician, but they're only born once every great period of time..."

And she skips right past the answer for the more obvious solution thought Grubbs. He thought he was a mage at one point, but it wasn't until after the incident at Slawter that he figured out he was something much more.

"... I'm just glad that I found the perfect boy to spend the rest of my life with!" That snapped Grubbs out of his thoughts. "Whoa Yukari, you might wanna slow down a bit, I just met you."

"You're right Grubbs!" Grubbs sighed with relief, the nasty turn of events avoided... "I was talking so fast that I forgot about my perfect girl." ...which flew right off the cliff. Yukari turned to face Moka. "Ever since I saw you in the classroom across, the hall, I fell in love with you. It all became perfect when Grubbs showed up with his magic." Moka's face had turned a beet red while Grubbs was facing a different direction.

What is it with everybody at this school?

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After walking hand-in-hand with Yukari, Grubbs and Moka finally made it to class. After sitting in their usual spots, Nekonome walked into the room, the students who were talking quieting down.

"Alright class! Now I'm sure you've all heard the news about today, for we will be picking which clubs in which to join." Grubbs just sat there looking bored again. He didn't have to do club activities at his old school. Just thinking about his old school made him remember his old life. Living with Dervish, spending time with Bill-E and his other friends, it was all so simple back then. It was still the same there as it was here, except his friends were monsters in disguise. Plus he didn't do as much daydreaming there as he did here... Grubbs focused his attention in class again as his teacher clawed one of the other students in the face.

That was something you don't see everyday Grubbs thought as he laughed.

"Anyways, today will be all about going around the school to see which group you want to enter. Just remember to visit the newspaper club that I advise!"

And with that the class high tailed it out of the class.

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When Grubbs walked out of the class, it was like he walked right into a carnival. There were stalls set up advertising clubs and every student in the area was crammed right into a pile. The clubs here really are a big deal thought Grubbs Then again, they are required.

Before Grubbs could wander off in one direction, someone grabbed his hand and pulled him the other way. He looked to see Moka pulling him along, so Grubbs didn't really mind. It was like living the first day of school here again.

"Come on Grubbs! Let's go check out all of the club activities!" said Moka happily. Grubbs really didn't care which club he joined, as long as he knew somebody there, which was most likely going to be Moka. Besides, how bad could choosing a club be?

30 minutes later....

Apparently, it was harder than it looked. Grubbs and Moka had gone through most of the clubs, running into every kind of crazy fruitcake imaginable. No matter what activity it was, the group members were usually trying to get Moka to join. Not surprising, Moka is the hottest girl at school thought Grubbs.

After politely refusing to join the mummy club (and by politely, I mean Grubbs standing there looking intimidating), Grubbs ran face first into something really soft. When he backed up from embarrassment, he saw that he ran into another incredibly hot girl clad in a bikini.

"I'm Ichinose Tamao, captain of the swimming club. Let's all swim together!" said Tamao.

Grubbs thought for a moment. Moka in a swimsuit? That would be a dream come true for him and every guy in the school. Plus the club seemed pretty harmless, so he glanced over at Moka to get her opinion but when he turned around, Grubbs saw that Moka looked frightened at the idea, so he came up with a quick lie. "No thanks, I'm not really a good swimmer," he lied. A frown came across Tamao's face and surprised look on Moka's. Before anyone could say anything else, Grubbs dragged Moka for once and got out of the area quick.

Once out of the hearing range of the swim captain, they stopped moving. Grubbs looked back at Moka, the surprised look still on her face. "Moka, you there?" asked Grubbs, lightly knocking on her head. She snapped back to reality with a question that Grubbs almost didn't hear it.

"...you rejected her club?" Moka said quietly. Grubbs' face donned the surprised appearance. "Well, you had that look like you'd die if you joined the club." Said Grubbs jokingly, but Moka didn't laugh which made him stop laughing. "Is there something wrong with the swim club?"

Moka stood there quietly for another moment before speaking up again. "Vampires and water don't mix. If I were to get even slightly wet, then my powers would fail and I'd be paralyzed from the shock." Grubbs took in the new information, he had never known this before and he had seen a lot of monster movies before. Yeah, then I get sent to monster school thought Grubbs.

"Well it's a good thing we didn't join them huh?" said Grubbs trying to lighten the mood again. This time, Moka smiled with him. "Yeah but at this rate, there won't be a group to join."

"Hey you! Big guy! You with the pink-haired girl!" Grubbs turned around to see a group of several guys. "You'd look like a great wrestler! Join us!"

Grubbs sighed. Sure, he wasn't the skinniest guy around but seriously, did everybody have to suggest him to join the wrestling team? First his old (now dead) friend Loch, now these twerps.

"No thanks!" he shouted back. Wrestling was okay, but not something he wanted to do all the time. "Oh come one! At least go a round with us," said the guy. Grubbs sighed again, grudgingly walking up to them. "I'll be done in a second Moka!"

Ten minutes later....

Grubbs was still standing and really sweaty. The group of guys that formed the wrestling team were now on the ground, either unconscious or lacking the strength to get up. Moka just looked in awe. Grubbs walked back to her as if nothing happened. "Ready to go?" he asked. Moka nodded, grabbed onto his arm, and then let go with a repulsed look. "You're all smelly!" said Moka with a disgusted look.

"Well that's what these guys get for not taking no for an answer," said Grubbs. Before the two could leave, it suddenly became dark. They turned around to see a large, heavily muscled male. "Where do you think you're going gaijin?" said the guy. The muscle man looked around at the scene before him, not very pleased at what he saw. "I leave for a couple minutes and find you weaklings laying down on the job!" He kicked one of the guys, and then looked back at Grubbs, "I'm Chopper Rikishi, one of the members of this pathetic club," said Rikishi looking like he'd blow up. Grubbs looked on in disinterest, but didn't let his guard down. After some painful experiences, it was better to keep an eye on everything.

"I'm gonna wrestle you into the ground!" shouted Rikishi. Grubbs rolled his eyes, wanting to get to the point. "Yeah yeah, are you gonna stand there all day or what?" said Grubbs as he got into position. Before he could make anymore moves, Musclehead moved his giant fist into Grubbs stomach, sending the Grady boy flying. Grubbs was able to soften his landing, but the punch took quite a bit out of him.

"There's no punching like that in wrestling!" shouted Grubbs. Rikishi just laughed. "You think I'm gonna play fair if you were able to take down all my friends? No, I want a real fight!" Musclehead started to grow, if that was even possible. He became even more muscular and grew out some spikes from his back.

"Show me your true form so we can fight!" shouted Musclehead. "I don't need my true form to beat you," said Grubbs, spitting out some blood. If he tried to heal, he'd be an easy target.

"That ain't fun, you need to fight me for real punk." The troll looked around and spotted Moka, who was trying to sneak over to Grubbs. Rikishi moved in fast and gathered Moka in a vice-like grip.

"You got a pretty girl. I think I can use her." Rikishi put his thumb under Moka's neck. "If you won't fight, then I'll just snap her neck. It'll be easy!" Grubbs had to admit, he was almost out of ideas.

But he had a trick or two up his sleeve. Grubbs stood up, ignoring the pain in his chest and watched Musclehead's reaction as he turned invisible. Using this quick distraction, Grubbs charged Rikishi, performed one of his favorite uses of magic by changing his hands into blades. He jumped into the air and jammed his right arm-blade into the arm with Moka captive. The troll let out a mighty howl as he dropped the pink-haired vampire, who put some distance between herself and the confused giant.

"Where are you you punk? Fight me like a man!" Grubbs complied by making himself visible, appearing right in front of Rikishi. He took his left arm and jammed it into the troll's chest, blood flowing everywhere. Grubbs pulled his arm out, worn out from shoving both his arms into the steel-like skin of the troll.

"Ding ding! We have a winner!" said Grubbs with a smirk. Rikishi fell over, forming a giant blood puddle underneath. He looked over at Moka, who ran over to Grubbs and embraced him, despite the blood, with her supernatural strength.

After assuring Moka that he was okay, Grubbs walked off hand-in-hand with the vampire. But they forgot about one thing...

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"Uhh... weren't we supposed to join a club?" asked Grubbs. The two were hanging out in front of the school. "I don't think there any clubs left. We rejected most of them," said Moka. The two sighed, they were in for it.

Luckily for them, Nekonome-sensei walked over to them, the smile on her face turning into a frown for once. "What's wrong? Haven't you guys decided which club to join yet?" asked the cat-woman.

"We ran into some trouble along the way and never chose one," said Moka sadly. Nekonome's smile was back on her face again. "Great! You two can join my newspaper club!" The two smiled, the club actually sounded normal and after everything they went through, gladly accepted. And like a bolt from the blue, Kurumu and Yukari appeared too, wanting to join the same club as Grubbs.

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And there's chapter 3! Hopefully I can get Chap 4 up sooner, but with finals popping up, it may be another month or the more desired choice, up before finals. I'm ready to get this next one up cuz I really know what to write next chapter....