Well this took awhile to get done . For those that may not now, I started writing another Rosario Vampire story called Gratitude. Those interested, check it out. But read this first!
Disclaimer: My name is not Ikeda Akihisa or Darren Shan. If I had either of those names, I'd be working on an actual book instead of fanfics.
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Grubbs knew from experience that rumors spread quickly. He was in shock when he found out about 20 minutes later that half the school knew about Keito's downfall. One of those people just happened to be a perverted werewolf that was currently yelling at his underlings.
"What the hell were you thinking?!?!?!?" shouted Gin the second the rest of the club entered the clubhouse. "Did you know what you managed to do?" No one managed to answer before the werewolf started yelling again.
"You managed to pick a fight with the School Committee a few minutes after I specifically told you not to! You could've all been killed!"
"Well thanks for caring," said Grubbs sarcastically as he sat on a desk. He looked at his dislocated arm and snapped it back into place, magic already numbing the pain. "It's probably the nicest thing you've done for us." The older student didn't even seem to hear the sarcasm.
"... and now they're gonna be gunning for this club since you all managed to take down one of their own!"
"So we'll keep fighting," said Bec, "They'll have to leave us alone if we take them all down."
"If you keep fighting, they'll just resort to killing you. What do you think happened last year, huh?"
Everyone was still silent. Gin turned around and slammed his head into the blackboard a few times. "What am I going to do with you guys?" he muttered with his face pressed against the board.
"We go back and apologize for what we've done," said Tsukune. He got up and walked to the door. Grubbs and Gin wasted no time, both standing up to restrain Tsukune.
"Are you mad?" asked Gin, "They're gonna kill you now matter what you do!"
"Plus you haven't even fully healed yet," pointed out Grubbs, "At least try learning how to heal yourself." A knock at the door stopped the three of them struggling. Gin went over to answer the door while Tsukune sat down to learn the fine art of healing himself through magic.
As Gin opened the door, his face paled when he saw who was standing outside.
"If it isn't Morioka Ginei," said Kuyou, backed up by several of the school enforcers. "I just came to borrow a few of your club members."
"Look, I heard about what happened," defended Gin, "You can't shut down our club just because there was a fight with one of your members."
"Silence," commanded Kuyou coldly. "I'm looking for Akashiya Moka, Aono Tsukune, and Grady Grubitsch."
The mentioned members stepped out of the room, Grubbs looking somewhat mad; he didn't like it when people called him by his real name. Plus with the way it was ordered, it was even weirder than normal.
"Akashiya Moka, you have assaulted a school officer, Keito, and caused extreme damage to her body," said Kuyou. "As for Aono and Grady, you two have been suspected of being humans."
"What the hell?" thought Grubbs, "I may be human, but nobody here knows it." He glanced over at Tsukune. His friend looked more shaken by someone finding out his secret. Grubbs heard whispering all around him; there were students standing off to the side not that far from him. "Great, this'll be all over the school as well."
"There's no way that they're human!" said Moka "What proof do you have?"
"More than enough," said a familiar voice. From the group of officers stepped out a tall, skinny but ragged looking boy. "Those two are the humans. They got that real nice taste to them."
"It's that snake guy!" thought Grubbs, "I thought I fried his tail." He spoke up. "Since when did you stick your tongue on one of us?"
"I think I remember when," said Snakey, a wide smile on his still burnt face.
----- Flashback -----
After their transformations, the snake quickly lunged at Grubbs, jaws agape. Not having the time to dodge in time, Grubbs grabbed the top and bottom of the mouth, holding it open.
"My, my," grunted Grubbs, "What smelly breath you have!" The snake tried to move, but the Grady boy held his ground.
----- End Flashback -----
"I manage to get my tongue on some exposed skin while you weren't paying attention. Aono should know that I tasted him," said Snakey. "But if you need further proof…"
Another officer stepped out, this time with dark hair, dark yellow eyes, and a dark smile on his pale face.
"Care to do the honors Slick?" asked Kuyou, a sadistic smile on his face. It was obvious to Grubbs that he was enjoying this.
"With pleasure," said Slick, his dark eyes becoming a brighter yellow. The hallway was enveloped in a grayish background, everyone becoming different colors. When Grubbs looked at himself, his whole body was a bright white. Tsukune was white as well. The other human didn't have the same brightness. The magician looked at his friends. Moka was crimson red, and Gin was a dark blue.
"They're human all right," said Slick, adding a little laugh as well, "The bigger kid seems to be a bit tougher than the other trash."
"There you have it," said Kuyou, "Take them away."
The other officers moved in, making a grab for Grubbs' arms. He was about to fight back when he saw Gin shake his head. "Of course. Run when the odds are stacked," thought Grubbs. The officers started to push the trio out of the school and towards a more run down building about a mile away.
When the trio was pushed into the building, their ears were assaulted by agonizing screams. When Grubbs's eyes adjusted to the poor lighting of the room, he could see bars on both sides of the walls and arms desperately flailing around outside them. A dungeon.
One of the guards jabbed Grubbs with his sword. "Keep walking!" Grubbs looked through the bars to see other students. Most of them were he didn't know but there was a few he had seen around the school.
"It's a mistake! I shouldn't be here!" screamed one of the inmates, his hand clawing for freedom outside the bars. The hand brushed Kuyou's arm. The enforcer looked at the student with cold eyes. Suddenly, the student burst into flames, running around in the small cell trying to put the fire out.
The group was pushed further down the hall and into another room, thankfully away from the noise. "Horrible," thought Grubbs, "How does this guy get away with this?"
"What're you going to do with us?" asked Tsukune, a hint of fear in his voice.
"Publicly executed," said Kuyou, looking away from them. Grubbs was certain he was still smiling. "I will make an example out of you two to show what we monsters should be doing: Killing humans."
"But wasn't this school built for humans and monsters to get along peacefully?" protested Tsukune. Kuyou only chuckled.
"Peace? Don't bore me with that crap. Monsters and humans will never get along. We will fight and fight until only we stand and the human stain is no more."
"Human stain, now where have I heard that before?" wondered Grubbs.
"As for Akashiya here, she will be publicly executed as well but it will be a slower and more painful death to show what she gets for harboring humans." The enforcer laughed. "There's a nice little lake not too far from here. Oh, and don't worry about the rest of your little club members. They're next."
While Kuyou continued laughing, he was struck in the head by something. He turned around to see Grubbs holding a ball of energy in his hands.
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"What do you mean you won't help?" shouted Kurumu. After Gin had walked back into the classroom, he was assaulted by the other three members with questions.
"I can't help because they'll be killed. We will too for hiding away two humans," said Gin sadly. "The best thing to do wo- hey where are you going?!?!"
While he was strategizing, Kurumu and Bec had walked out, Bec close behind. "We're going to go save our friends," said Kurumu, "Run away with your tail between your legs if you want."
"Wait, you can't just go after them!" shouted Gin. With his speed, he was by Bec's side and had placed his hand on her shoulder.
"At least you must have some common sense," said Gin, "We need to think rationally about this."
"I am," said Bec, "I'm going to save the people that are important to me."
The girl broke out of the werewolf's grip. "I've cost the lives of my tribe members once. I'm not going to screw it up again."
She walked out of the room and after the other two. Gin sighed and sat on a desk.
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Grubbs dodged a vertical slice from a sword, punching the owner with a magically charged fist. After he had hit Kuyou with the sphere of magic, the rest of his goons broke in. They were all in their human guises since they knew he was human, only to be surprised by what he and Tsukune were capable of.
He glanced over at Moka, who had acquired one of the swords and was battling a short, red haired officer. There were too many targets in his way to get Moka's rosary off. Grubbs took a glance at Tsukune; he was slicing through the wooden swords while his arms were transformed into blades. "Glad to see he learned from the best!"
Grubbs' mind returned to the fight, summoning a burst of wind and knocking several of the officers into the wall. Seeing his path clear, he started to run over to Moka and Tsukune to regroup. The magician heard a crash and some stuff falling from the ceiling. He turned around to see a giant hand grab him by the leg and lift him into the air.
Grubbs was brought face to face with a Cyclops dressed in the remnants of the school officer uniform. "How you doin'?" asked Grubbs.
"Im'ma bring the pain!" said the Cyclops as he brought up his fist, "Ready for it?"
Before the giant monster could harm Grubbs, a kendo sword went flying into his eye. Crying out in pain, the Cyclops dropped Grubbs. The boy fell to the ground, groaning as he sat up.
"Are you alright?" asked Moka as Tsukune helped up Grubbs.
"I'm fine," said Grubbs, "Just a little drained. I'm taking a nap after all this is done."
"Under the ground I hope."
Grubbs sighed as he saw Snakey, his bottom half transformed into a snake body while his hands looked like snake heads.
"You know, I'm fed up with you," said Grubbs in an annoyed fashion. Snakey started to lunge at the trio but Grubbs had an idea. He focused on the wooden floor underneath the snake, the floor exploding and the shrapnel impaling the snake boy onto the ceiling.
"I'm sorry, but I don't have time to hang around," taunted Grubbs, "Let's get outta here."
His friends nodded and they ran to a door. As the magician opened the door, a fist collided with his face and sent him backwards, crashing into Tsukune and Moka.
"You won't be going anywhere Grady," said Kuyou, "With your disobedience, you'll get to die a more painful, excruciating death."
Grubbs, not seeing the hit, brought up his hand to his face. To his surprise, there was a surge of energy and what felt like magic explode around him. The magician looked in his hand to see Moka's seal.
"Grubbs, get off me now!" commanded the haughty voice of Moka's vampiric form.
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Bec, Kurumu and Yukari ran up the front steps of the Student Police HQ, two guards watching over the door. With a wave of her wand, Yukari summoned her famous wash bins over their heads and knocked them out. Just as they reached the door, a voice from behind hailed to them.
"Can't you girls stop to think for one moment?" asked Gin "You can't just rush in without a plan. Who knows what's going on in there?"
"But they're in danger now," argued Kurumu, "We can't just wait out here twiddling our thumbs while you try to run away like the pathetic dog you are."
Just then, an explosion of demonic energy shattered part of the building's roof.
"See? Even the high and mighty vampire is out now." The trio of girls ran into the building, leaving Gin standing alone.
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For those that don't know or haven't read the latest chapter of Gratitude, updates will be slow. I thought about making this chapter longer, but decided to just end it here. I've been dying to post this for awhile now. Anyways, I'll still try to update this monthly.
Read and review. Or not, depending on how you feel, but it's always nice.
P.S. For those that don't know of Darren Shan's book schedule or haven't read the Demonata, Hell's Heroes, the final book in the series, should be coming out in the U.K. while those in the U.S. will be getting Dark Calling (FYI, the covers for both look badass) in October. So if you thought about giving this book series a try, now sounds about good.
