Disclaimer: I own Rosario+Vampire and Demonata.... not. I never will.

Tsukune was walking out of his last class when he saw her.

She was talking to Grubbs about something. Tsukune couldn't help but take in her features. Her dark red hair, slightly pale skin, green eyes; looking at her, even thinking about her, was setting him on edge right now.

Pushing past his thoughts and the butterflies in his stomach, he walked over to her. He had to talk to her about something important. "It's only one question," thought Tsukune, "How hard can it be?"

"H-Hi Rebecca-san," said Tsukune shakily. Grubbs and Bec turned to look at him.

"Hey Tsukune," said Bec, followed by "What's up?" from Grubbs.

"I was just wondering if..." started Tsukune, but the question seemed to slip his mind, "Uh... If you could..."

"Great, of all times," thought Tsukune as he searched his brain for an answer. Bec waited patiently while Grubbs stood there with an amused look on his face.

"Ah yes," said Tsukune as he remembered, "If you could help me with my magic."

Bec didn't even think it over for a second, instantly responding with "Sure," as she smiled. "After club sound good?" he asked.

"Coolio," responded Bec. Tsukune had never heard the term coolio, but was pretty sure it was a good thing. "Great, see you then." Tsukune walked off, this time with more of a spring in his step.

"What was that all about?" asked Grubbs once the other boy was out of range.

"He... just discovered his magical prowess very recently," replied Bec. She hadn't told anyone of the night before; it didn't seem that important since they were both alright.

"Mind if I tag along?" asked Grubbs, "Who knows, maybe he'll end up fighting the Demonata with us." They both laughed at this, but it was cut short. "If Beranabus came back early, he'd probably draft Tsukune to the cause," said Grubbs with some slight concern.

"Not if we don't tell him," said Bec, "Besides, you're worrying about a problem that hasn't happened yet."

----- After club-----

"Grubbs!" shouted Moka, chasing after her precious friend in the hall, "Where are you going?"

"Hm?" said Grubbs, noticing the vampire, "Oh hey Moka. Bec is gonna help Tsukune with his magic and I thought I'd help as well."

"Oh... is it all right if I go too?" asked Moka with a slight blush. Grubbs nodded, Moka latching onto his arm as they walked off towards the woods.

Not too far behind them, Kurumu was following them. "Grubbs is going somewhere with Moka and not me?"

"Maybe he's going on a date with her," suggested from Yukari as she appeared next to Kurumu. "Now we're one step closer to that threesome."

The succubus looked at the witch with a disgusted expression. "First off, you're a little kid. Who would want you in a three way? Second, why should Grubbs go on a date with Moka when he could go with me?"

"Maybe it's because the only appeal you have are these breasts of yours that do nothing!" exclaimed Yukari. Eventually, the spat turned into their normal fight. We all know what fight that is, right?

----- -----

"In order to draw upon your talent, there has to be magic in the air," Bec explained to Tsukune. "This school is a place of magic; it's easier to call upon it here than back in the human world. If you were to go back home, you wouldn't be able to call on it."

While Bec sat next to Tsukune as she explained the concept of magic, Grubbs and Moka sat not too far off as they listened. Moka was listening in anticipation while Grubbs was kind of bored. To him, this was rookie stuff; the things that Dervish had taught him when they were preparing to fight Lord Loss for the first time.

"Is there a reason I can't use magic outside of this school?" asked Tsukune, "How would anyone find out if they could use magic?" Grubbs sighed while Bec looked slightly worried. This was the short end of the stick that came with magic.

"Normally, humans don't encounter demons in their lifetimes," said Bec, "If a window to the world of demons has opened, magic seeps out of it and a human can tap into it. Unfortunately, the Demonata, or demons, can use it as well."

"Demonata?" asked Tsukune and Moka at the same time. While it was obvious to Tsukune didn't know, neither Grubbs nor Bec had explained it to Moka or anyone else at school. Then again, no one asked about those events anyways; apparently, the teachers of the school wrote it off as a group of monsters trying to destroy the academy. Grubbs knew that was croc since the Demonata didn't care about stuff like this. "Of course, I have no idea why they even showed up," thought Grubbs as he stood up.

"The Demonata are creatures of magic that hate humanity. They want to do nothing but eat the flesh off of your bones," stated Grubbs bluntly. Tsukune's eyes widened at the new info, but it was all true. "Least he learned it the easy way," thought Grubbs.

"But if that's so, then why did they show up here?" asked Moka.

"I don't know," said Grubbs. If Beranabus was right, they shouldn't have been able to get in, "And I doubt it was because they wanted to destroy the school. All those ugly things care about is killing."

There was silence as Tsukune sat on his butt, making strange faces as he digested in the info. Moka wasn't making faces, but sat quietly as well. Bec spoke up first.

"We're not here to learn about demons, we're here to help Tsukune become more acquainted with magic," she said encouragingly.

----- Sometime later -----

Tsukune was sitting Indian style, his eyes closed as he focused on lifting a small rock with magic. The tiny stone shook as if it were trying to get off the ground, but it stopped.

"Whew, that's really tiring," said Tsukune through heavy breaths, "How is something simple so hard?"

"It takes a lot of time and practice," said Bec, "It took me forever to get a rock to float in my hand."

Grubbs sat in slight boredom. When he first used magic, he had used it so fast that he didn't realize it. Then again, when you're running away with the crap scared out of you by demons, it's easy to get lost in the moment. He looked over at Moka, who looked just as bored as him. He sighed as he stood up.

"Is there a faster way to get him up to speed?" asked Grubbs. Bec thought it over for a moment.

"It's not like we're in a rush here," she responded, "It's not like Tsukune is about to get into a fight."

"But that's the reason I want to get better at magic," said Tsukune, "Yesterday, I couldn't defend myself from two bullies trying to eat me. I felt helpless as I was about to die." He looked over at Bec with confidence, "But when I projected that shield to save us, I felt like I could truly defend myself and my friend. I want to be able to make sure no one comes to harm."

There was another moment of silence before Grubbs broke out into a smile. "See, he's got the fighting spirit right there!" he said excitedly. "Come on Bec, we should really test him out."

Bec looked worried; she looked over at Tsukune, who looked determined to prove himself. She sighed but nodded her head. "If that's what you really want Tsukune." Her worried look was replaced by anger as she stood up and pushed Tsukune with unnatural strength, catching everybody off guard.

Tsukune crashed into a tree, its roots coming out of the ground and wrapping around him. He looked around in complete fear for someone to help him. Realizing no one was going to help him as the roots began to crush him, he let out a shout as he pulled his left arm, ripping out some of the roots. He wasn't finished yet; Tsukune's hand suddenly lit up with fire! He slammed down his hands onto the roots, which began to burn away from the touch. The rest of the roots recoiled from his burning hand and released him, dropping Tsukune to the ground.

"What the hell was that for?!?" he shouted as he looked between Grubbs and Bec. "Are you trying to get me killed?"

"It's what you wanted," said Bec, "You said you were ready."

"I wasn't expecting that!" said Tsukune "I thought you were trying to help me?"

Grubbs slapped his hand to his face. "Bec did help you," said Grubbs, "Look what you did to that tree."

Tsukune, still angry, looked over at the tree, his anger quickly changing to disbelief. The tree and some of the ground was scorched from the fire he had summoned. "I-I-I did that?" stuttered Tsukune as he looked at his hands.

"And that's just a dent on the surface!" exclaimed Grubbs.

"It depends on your physical and mental limits," explained Bec, "You also have to take into account the amount of magic in the air."

"There's only that much to it?" asked Tsukune, more relaxed after having escaped.

"Those things and this," said Grubbs as he pointed to his head. "Imagination is key. You can use just about anything in terms of magic."

After that, there weren't as many questions. Tsukune's powers weren't as great as Bec or Grubbs, but he came up with some good moves.

To say the he was excited was an understatement.

"I never even dreamed stuff like this was possible!" Tsukune exclaimed. "Then again, I never expected to end up here at Youkai."

Grubbs just watched with a smirk as Tsukune ran off in excitement. "If only I had been that way," he said as he shook his head. He seriously hoped his friend would never have to rely on magic. It only brought more problems.

"Hey Grubbs," said Moka as she walked up to him, "That was very nice helping him practice."

"Thanks," he said before his eyes widened in surprise, "Oh crap I forgot all about you!"

"Don't worry about it," she said with a smile, "I had fun seeing you in action." Grubbs was pretty surprised. Most girls, heck, most people don't usually accept being all forgotten like that.

"I at least want to make up for it," said Grubbs as he exposed his neck a bit, "Go ahead and drink some blood." There was a look of surprise on Moka which was soon replaced with joy as she wrapped her arms around him and bit into his neck. Grubbs was even surprised he offered so quickly.

"Maybe I'm starting enjoying this..." thought Grubbs before he banished those thoughts. "Nah!"

----- -----

"I can't believe we get to hand out the newspapers today!" said Kurumu excitedly as she carried the last box of said newspapers the club had worked so hard on.

Grubbs, Tsukune and Yukari were unpacking stacks of newspapers while Moka and Bec were handing them out to students. At first, most of them were male since they knew a majority of the club had the hottest girls in school in it, but more and more students had come by to pick up a copy of the paper. Needless to say, everyone was proud of their work.

Grubbs listened in on two guys as they were commenting on his section, which had been advice on girls. Since so many guys bugged – and tried to kill - him about hanging out with Moka and Kurumu, it was the least he could've done. Hearing compliments from the two, he smiled at his achievement and looked back at everyone else. Everyone was smiling; their first paper was a success!

"I see things are working out quite nicely here," said Gin, almost appearing out of thin air. "Then again, he's ridiculously fast," thought Grubbs, "So what brings the super perv out of hiding?"

"What, I can't check on my club to see how their doing?" asked Gin.

"Oh no, we just expected you to be chasing after some girl instead of helping us pass out papers from your club!" said Kurumu.

"I'm hurt," said Gin, a hurt look on his face, "I would never chase after a girl while there are important club activities going on."

"So you're going to help us then?" asked Moka cutely.

"Pfh, no," said Gin, "Why would I have to do that when I have six underlings to do it for me?"

Before anyone could argue, there were several shouts of "get out of the way!" and "move it or die!" near them. The club members looked at the newcomers, who were clad in black uniforms.

Grubbs heard Gin curse under his breath. It was obvious that these guys meant trouble if they got Gin scared. Grubbs had to admit that there was something... wrong about a few of them. As he looked at them, he spotted a male in the center, who must've been the leader. Blonde hair, elf like ear, no eyebrows, an air of utmost authority, yep this guy was the leader alright.

The leader stepped forward and picked up one of the newspapers. "So you're this year's newspaper club, huh? Let's take this moment to get acquainted: I'm Kuyou, the leader of the Public Safety Commission."

"Public Safety Commission? So you guys protect the school or something?" asked Grubbs. "Where the hell where these guys a couple days ago then?"

"That is exactly what we do," said Kuyou, "We're this school's peacekeepers. However," He crumpled up the newspaper he was holding, "We didn't receive permission from you to hand out these papers!" He lifted the table up and tossed it aside, sending the stacked papers flying into the air. "How can we protect students when a gang like you selfishly goes around acting like you can do whatever you want?!?"

"Okay one, you're the one disturbing the peace," thought Grubbs angrily, "And two, we didn't even do anything wrong!" He wanted to say that to this guy's face, but if these guys were the school's police, he wasn't going to get himself expelled. Grubbs hated feeling like a coward; after facing the apocalypse, he could take a few snotty members of the school police. But if he started a fight and got kicked out, he was a long way away from home. Plus that old coot Beranabus would probably be pissed he got thrown out after a month.

Unfortunately, Kurumu and surprisingly Bec moved forward. They didn't get too far. One of the few females of the group spat out something at them, wrapping Kurumu and Bec together.

"What the hell is this?" said Kurumu as she and Bec struggled to free themselves out of what looked like spider webs. The girl who spat the web walked to the trapped girls. Just like the rest of her group, she looked intimidating as she observed Kurumu and Bec.

"Don't you two look like little tramps. Well it looks like we got ourselves another batch of brats this year. The newspaper club hasn't changed a bit since last year." She walked over to one of the fallen papers on the ground and stomped on it, laughing merrily as she did.

"Let this be a warning," said Kuyou, "If we catch you doing anything without our permission, we won't be as kind."

"You call this kind?" thought Grubbs, "I'd hate to see that guy pissed off then."

The committee started to walk away, students unfortunate to get in their way getting shoved aside. There was nothing but the sound of shuffling feet as the observing students started to walk off, whispering about the unfairness of the school police. Tsukune was the first one of the club to do move. He walked over to the still trapped Kurumu and Bec, turning his finger into a knife and cutting them free.

"Are you alright?" he asked them, helping up Bec in the process.

"Yeah," said Bec, brushing off some dirt off her skirt.

"Who did they think they were?" said Kurumu. Grubbs noticed that she was angrier about the ordeal.

"They're the Public Safety Commission," said Gin, his usual grin replaced by a mask of seriousness, "They were formed in order to make sure peace was kept here. After awhile, they just became corrupt and became the opposite of what they were supposed to be. Now all they do is force money out of other students for their 'protection.'"

"That's a load of croc," said Grubbs, "Why hasn't anyone done anything about this?" After that display, he wanted to see some justice. Maybe a good old prank or two from the original trick master himself, Grubbs Grady!

"It's pointless," said Gin, "If you knew what was good for you, then you'd lay low and behave like good little freshmen. Now let's get rid of these papers."

"Okay, now I know you've gone and lost it," exclaimed Grubbs, "We worked hard to get these done and I'm not gonna bow down to some a group of kids high off the smell of their own piss!"

Gin didn't back down. "Look, you're all new here so let's get one thing straight: I'm not going to let throw your lives away because you went and added salt to old wounds. Now get rid of the papers in anyway you can."

And with that, he turned and walked away. Grubbs almost went after him, but Moka placed a hand on his shoulder. He took another look at the retreating form of Gin before shaking his head.

----- Later -----

"I can't believe the nerve of him!" exclaimed Kurumu for the umpteenth time. The group was hanging around at a table outside; several boxes of the newspaper they didn't get pass out on the table. "He just expects us to throw away our hard work just like that?"

She was still upset over the police gang messing up their operations while everyone else say around looking depressed. "Well I'm not going to back down," she said as she picked op one of the boxes.

"Where are you going?" asked Moka, concerned about her friend. "You're not going to pass out more papers, are you?"

"I am," she said, "And I don't care if any of you want to help."

"Shouldn't we at least consider things?" asked Tsukune. "Gin acted like he knew something about the Committee."

"He did say something about adding salt to old wounds," noted Yukari, "And he has been here another year than us."

"His head is just loaded with perverted crap," said Kurumu. She continued to walk off. Moka stood up and took a box as well.

"You're going to then?" asked Grubbs.

Moka nodded. "I'm not letting my friend go in this alone." Grubbs nodded, taking the last box and standing up.

"I'm not letting that cow take all the credit," said Yukari. She pulled out her wand and conjured a couple more boxes of newspapers. Bec and Tsukune looked at each other before taking the boxes as well.

Soon the whole group was together, making their way past the incinerator to the front gate to pass out papers to students eating lunch. Of course, life is never that easy.

The boxes Kurumu, Moka and Grubbs were holding were yanked out of their hands by a familiar white web while Tsukune's, Bec's and Yukari's were blasted out of their hands by a yellow ball of light.

The perpetrators were none other than the other girl from before and a boy with orange hair, who was chewing on what looked like a stick.

"Well well well, it looks like the newspaper trash wasn't going to obey the rules," said the girl, "What do you say to that Kariya?"

The other boy, Kariya, merely grunted. "To be honest, I don't really give a damn Keito. Can you explain why we're here again?"

The girl, Keito, sighed. "Kuyou sent us here to make sure that these roaches didn't try anything funny. Plus since you're new, I thought it'd be great to set an example." Using one of her webs, she used it to lower herself to ground level.

"Give us back our papers!" shouted Kurumu, nails extending out. Moka stepped up front.

"Please, we don't mean any harm," said Moka, "We didn't do anything to deserve this."

At this Keito laughed. "I'm guessing that Morioka fool didn't tell you of the newspaper club's past. You see, the newspaper club has always been a thorn in our side for years now. Your predecessors from last year thought they could change the school by taking matters into their own hands, so they published articles to try and overthrow us."

She laughed manically, throwing one of the boxes into the nearby incinerator. "Of course whoever opposes the ones who protect this school should be brought to justice!"

She acted first, spitting out web in all directions. Grubbs moved out of the way, just barely dodging the web. He saw Bec in front of him, muttering an incantation he could barely understand. She finished the spell, a stone fist rising out of the ground and aimed at Keito. Before it even got close, a yellow ball of light intercepted it and demolished the fist.

"Looks like we got a spell caster in our midst," noted Kariya as he leaned against the tree and watched with an amused grin.

Keito ignored Kariya, focusing her gaze on Bec. "Using your powers against a peacekeeper? That's grounds for expulsion!"

Bec gritted her teeth, readying another spell. Keito saw it coming this time, spitting out several webs. The first one covered Bec's mouth, the rest pinning her against a wall.

"Bec!" shouted Tsukune, quickly looking back at her before getting pinned as well.

Keito laughed, giving Grubbs the chance to charge in. He jumped into the air, his right arm changing into a blade and aimed straight for Keito! The magician didn't expect to get blasted out of the way by Kariya. He landed on his left shoulder, wincing when he felt it become dislocated. Grubbs tried pushing himself up, but was soon knocked back down courtesy of Keito's foot. She placed her foot on him and kept him pinned down.

"Grubbs!" shouted Kurumu, wings spreading out and flying at Keito.

"If it isn't the slut from earlier. I know just what to do with you." The enforcer readied another mouthful of web. Roots shot out of the ground and broke her focus.

"Where'd these come from?!?" she exclaimed. She removed her foot off Grubbs, giving him time to escape. He ran over to Moka and Yukari, who was trying to cut down Bec and Tsukune.

Meanwhile, Kurumu was flying through the air, slashing into Keito with her nails. She didn't cry out in pain, but noticed something off. Grinning, several spider-like legs burst out from her chest, going right through the roots but doing nothing to them.

"Illusions!" the spider woman shouted, the fake roots disappearing. "You think you can fool me with petty tricks?" Keito continued to change, her face becoming more spider-like. "I will devour you all for defying me!"

The Jorougumo leapt up into the air, grabbing Kurumu with her somewhat human hands. The succubus screamed, trying to slash at her assailant as they were dragged back to earth. Keito brought her head closer to Kurumu, pincers snapping in anticipation.

There was a surge of demonic energy below them, turning the sky a dark red. "Vampire Moka!" thought Kurumu, "Never thought I'd be so glad to see her."

While Keito was distracted by the youkai, Kurumu threw her off and flew back to the rest of her group.

"What happened to her?" asked Tsukune, fear evident in his tone.

"Wha- What are you?" asked Keito. Even she was starting to freak out. She shook her head, regaining her composure. "I'll just devour you too!" She spat out the web, the sticky rope wrapping itself around Inner Moka's arm. Keito pulled the web rope, but Moka didn't move an inch. At this, the vampire laughed.

"How can something as pathetic as you devour me?" asked Inner Moka, pulling her arm back and with it, Keito. The spider woman flew forward, panic in her eyes as Inner Moka came closer and closer.

"Know..." said Inner Moka, slamming her foot into Keito's face and sending her flying in the opposite direction.

"Your..." The web was still wrapped around Moka's arm, becoming taut as Keito came to a stop in the air. Inner Moka pulled the rope again, the officer darting forward even faster than before.

"PLACE!" She landed another kick onto Keito, sending her skyward once more. This time the rope broke as the Jorougumo went flying off into the clouds, becoming a mere speck before being lost in the sky.

Moka's crimson eyes scanned for Keito's associate, but he was nowhere to be found. The vampire took the rosary from Grubbs' hand and placed it back on.

----- -----

Kariya was looking down at his partner, shaking his head as he twirled a stick with what looked like brown goop on one end. Keito had reverted back to her regular form, ugly bruises covering her beautiful face from where she was kicked.

"That was some example you set for me. I don't think I can ever aspire to someone of your magnitude. Not that I would."

"I don't care what you think," shouted Keito loudly, "Just help me!"

"Not with that kind of tone I won't," said Kariya, throwing the lollipop into the air and catching it in his mouth. "Maybe you should use some manners."

He watched with amusement as Keito continued to yell at him. Curses and spit went flying at him, but Kariya paid no heed to his superior. At some point, he began walking away when Keito said she would slowly eat his entrails as he watched in horror.

"Where are you going? Get back here and help me you bastard!"

Kariya looked behind him, and then shrugged. "I'll just send someone else here to help. Too much work for me."

----- Unknown -----

Kuyou was back at the police headquarters, venting his anger on severely burnt training dummies. "Defeated you say?" he snarled at Kariya. The other member was currently leaning against a wall, cleaning his glasses as he made eye contact with Kuyou.

"Yep. Newspaper kids handled her pretty rough," said Kariya, "I gotta say I-" He quickly ducked to avoid a flaming projectile aimed at his head.

"How can you talk so casually of this loss? I'm going to see that everyone in that club is expelled, no, killed! By my hand!"

"Whoa, calm down there," said Kariya, "You know the rules. You can't just go shutting down clubs just because you're out for blood. There has to be good judgement-"

"They attacked a school enforcer!" shouted Kuyou. A bead of sweat rolled down Kariya's face as his boss went off into a frenzy, balls of fire shooting off into every direction. He was glad someone came in, interrupting Kuyou's tantrum.

"Hey boss, we found this rat banging on our doorstep," said one of the unknown committee members, dragging in a deranged boy and throwing him to the floor in front of Kuyou.

"What do you want?" asked Kuyou impatiently, having calmed down considerably in just two seconds.

"Humans!" hissed the boy, "Humans in the school!"

Kuyou narrowed his eyes at such a claim. "Impossible. No human can enter the school grounds."

"But they're human! I swear on it!" pleaded the bewildered male, "I even got a bit of a taste on them."

Kuyou glared at the crazy teen, before turning back to face the blackened dummies. "Get him out of my sight."

The enforcer that brought the teen grabbed him by the back of his shirt and started to drag him. "Wait! I can tell where they are!" The enforcer kicked the kid in his side, but it didn't stop him.

"They're in the newspaper club!" That certainly got Kuyou's attention.

"Stop." The enforcer stopped dragging the kid and backed up several feet. "Newspaper club you say?"

The teen sat there dumbstruck before his lips curled into a smile. "Yesssss."

Kuyou turned to face the pale, skinny boy. "Tell me more."

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And it's finished! Woot. Time to start the next one, but one thing: Despite being summer, I got school work over the summer. While it's not that hard, it may interrupt me working on the next chapter since it's all due on the first day (no fair, the first day is supposed to be easy). Will it stop me from my writing and your viewing pleasure? Heck no, I love this fic to death, even if it's not perfect. Though I will enjoy working on my senior project since its photoshopping and drawing stuff.