Disclaimer: Any character used here is owned by their rightful owner. I do not own anything from Rosario Vampire or Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Ken'ichi

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A month has already passed since I had enrolled in this academy. At the beginning I had met and made a friend in a young girl by the name of Akashiya Moka. Our meeting was somewhat of an accident; with Moka almost running me over with her bicycle. Our first meeting was something...special, for lack of a better word. It was when we first met that I found out that Moka was a vampire; an S-class youkai, which instilled fear in others. A week later after our meeting, we met, and after some initial conflict, befriended the succubus Kuruno Kurumu. Now our story continues and we will see what will arise in this academy for monsters.

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Kenichi shook his head as he took his seat, clearing away his small migraine. Moka had once again fed on him before class. Said girl took her seat near him, her face in a dreamy expression. The martial artist could note that the slight movement of her mouth and jaw told him she was still savoring the taste of his blood. 'Yeesh, she wasn't kidding when she said she would get addicted to my blood.'

The sound of the school gong sounded, signifying the start of classes. As per usual Nekonome Shizuka bounded into the classroom enthusiastically. "Well then everyone, since this academy's goal is to train monsters to adapt to human society you are now required to join a club! We will be able to get a deeper understanding of humans by experiencing human-made activities! Doing so will allow us to transform into humans perfectly by understanding them and parts of their society!" One student raised a hand. "Um...sensei..." "Yes!?" "But sensei... wouldn't that give you an F in transforming then?" The boy pointed towards Nekonome's rear. Sure enough, a long slender, cat's tail coming from underneath her skirt was swaying happily behind her. 'A tail...' 'It's a tail...' Some students already noticed the appendage and were already formulating some thoughts. Their line of thinking stopped when a few seconds later, their teacher was in front of the student who had called her attention earlier, her hands blurring. Going back to her desk, Nekonome-sensei continued to smile. "Understand? Everyone will participate in club activities! Please visit a lot of groups and decide which one you want to enter!" The face of the student who had raised his hand earlier was bleeding profusely while he had the expression of shock comically plastered on him. The rest of the class was silent for a moment before Nekonome dismissed them to join a club. The students filed out immediately after seeing such a display of violence from their smiling teacher. "Everyone! Be sure to visit the newspaper club that I'm the advisor for, ok!!" She called out after them.

Outside, the academy's hall was packed. There were students everywhere browsing through the many clubs that were being advertised. In the background the advertisers could be heard. "Everyone try joining the baseball club!" "Anyone want to join us at Rugby!?" "The table-tennis club is accepting new members!" Moka and Kenichi walked side by side as they weaved through the heavy crowd. "Wow, I bet every club has someone advertising here!" This was the first time Kenichi would join a club, and he was amused by the different assortments of clubs being offered to the student body. "Hey Kenichi, are you going to join any of the martial arts clubs? What group should we join?"

Moka turned her head around, only to see an empty spot where her companion should have been. "Eh?! Kenichi-kun?" She looked around, she found that she was lost and she couldn't see her friend from among the crowd. She however, didn't notice the looks she was getting from the males…again. "Hey, It's Moka-san!" "Whoa…! They say she's the cutest girl in the freshman class…" "She really is pretty! I've never seen anyone so cute!!" It seems that the older males from the academy's student populace were taking an interest in the young girl as well. "B-Beautiful…Moka-san…you must be become a model…!" A shiver went down her back she heard a crusty voice come from behind her.

Turning her head slowly, Moka suppressed the urge to scream. "You m-must come t-to our Phantom Photography Club!! P-please let us take lots of p-pictures." It was an older student but they way he had approached Moka made him appear like the namesake of his club. He held up his camera as Moka waved evasively before disappearing within the around. As she moved Moka could still hear his voice being carried to her. "Are n-nudes okay?"

Catching her breath Moka continued to look for her missing friend. "Moka-san, you must join our Chemistry Club!" A nasal sounding voiced called right next to her. Looking around Moka saw a bunch of students wearing lab coats. Almost all of them (the males mostly) were wearing thick-framed glasses and each student held exotic ingredients or laboratory instruments. They were looking at Moka very enthusiastically. "Let's make lots of magic love powder together." Moka took a few steps back reflexively before a few more voices were calling out to her. "No! Join our Acupuncture club!" "You should join the Mummy Club!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm trying to find a friend! Thanks anyway!" Once again, the pink-haired girl ran away, seeking refuge into the crowd once more. In honesty the girl was uneasy around the students, especially the way they were looking at her were making her self-conscious. Finally, after feeling that she had placed enough distance between her schoolmates and herself, she had started to continue to look for Kenichi.

A little ways of from her position, Moka could see that there was big crowd of boys. All of them were talking excitedly. "Ohhh, it's the swimming club!" "Those swimsuits are hot!" "All the girls are cute too!" "Yeah, especially their club head, she's a real babe!" Moka shivered as she heard the word swimming. Looking around, the girl saw a small tuft of brown hair from the crowd. Finally pushing her way, Moka had finally seen her friend... who was being hugged fiercely by a tall, long haired brunette. The unknown woman slightly toward over Kenichi by a head at the most; at the sides of head, in her hair, there was small pearl-like decorations in a line. Her hair slightly damp, and lustrous, hair, reached mid-way down her back. She was wearing a scale-designed, orange bikini top and orange and white patterned sarong, matching sandals and her school uniform's white long sleeved shirt.

Moka looked at the boy whose arms were flailing wildly. His face buried in the brunette's bosom. "I'm Ichinose Tamao, the school's Swimming Club Captain." The captain smiled as she hugged her quarry tighter. "Why don't we all swim together? The swimming club is all female... the ladies will end up paying lots of special attention to the boys who joins our club." The brunette said seductively. Almost immediately, Kenichi went limp in Tamao's arms. Said girl and the rest of her club-mates rushed out of the hall and towards the academy's outdoor swimming pool. Following them were the males that had crowded around them earlier. Moka followed them as well, concerned after smelling Kenichi's blood after he had gone limp.

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Kenichi awoke to find himself at the side academy's swimming pool. 'Geez, what happened? I remember accidentally separating from Moka. Then I was 'attacked' by that woman…then…I…' Kenichi turned beet red. He still remembered the sensation of his face being pressed to a pair of breast. His thoughts started to wander. 'They were soft….not as soft as Kurumu-san's but they….' Kenichi slapped himself a few times. 'Get a grip….I-must-not- think-like- that!!' A few moments later, the image of one his masters, Kōsaka Shigure, appeared in his mind wearing nothing but her wrappings and loin cloths covering her busty and voluptuous figure. Kenichi fell back and hits head on the concrete of the poolside. The cement didn't have a chance.

"Hey there, you're finally awake!" Getting up and looking around, Kenichi found he was looking at the girl who had grabbed him earlier. "Geez, we though you died or something…. that would be quite a shame…" Tamao turned around to the other girls. "Okay girls let's give everyone here a good time!" A lot cheers went around. It appears a lot of the guys had arrived at the pool. "Let's all swim together!" Some of the swimming club's members called out while others brought a few boxes. "We have spare swim wear!" Others called out as the crowd gathered around and started to going to the changing rooms. It only took a moment and the pool was filled to the brim by the members of the club and a lot men. Kenichi could see why the men were all there. All of the members of the swimming club were beautiful. They each had a figure to rival a supermodel.

"Hey hurry up and swim with us!" a few of the girls as well as their captain called out as they dragged Kenichi to the pool. It took a moment for him to realize that he was already wearing swimming shorts. "H-Hey…when did I…" Alas, poor Kenichi was given no heed as he was immediately pushed into the pool. "Kenichi!" Moka had been keeping an eye out for friend. She tried to get to him earlier when the swimming club members were changing his clothes while he was unconscious but they, along with Moka and Tamao gasped at the sight of his body. A second later, the boy was up already taking a few breathes of air.

'For some reason… there's a lot of killing intent in the air as well as…something else…' Kenichi shivered, not because of the killing intent. The amount was laughable compared to what he had faced before, while the secondary feeling was a bit unknown, and that unnerved him. He had only experienced it a few times when he went out of the dojo to train at a park near a school, but it wasn't as heavy as this moment. Everyone stopped what they were doing when they heard his tremendous splash into the pool. All the males were staring slack-jawed at him when rose up to breathe. The females, however, all had dreamy-looks…some were even drooling. Kenichi's body was covered small, tight, muscles; he even had very well defined eight-pack on his abs. With his drenched hair and well-muscled body, the girls were already proclaiming him an Adonis in their minds.

"Hm? So you're the rumored Akashiya Moka-san." Moka turned from staring at her friend to face Tamao. "Rumors say that you're also a vampire, I wonder if it's true?" The older girl's face turned smug. "Well anyway…this is a swimming club…if you have no intention to swim, then why don't you leave!?" Moka could only watch as Tamao jumped into the pool gracefully and moved towards Kenichi who was busy thinking.

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Moka just sat by at poolside chairs as her friend was being given special attention by the swimming club's captain; her ire growing at a steady pace as the minutes passed. "Wow Kenichi-san you have a perfect form. I've never seen anyone swim like you have." Tamao laughed as she swam beside him. In truth, she was already hard pressed to keep up. "Thanks, I had a great teacher." He said while remembering how he was taught. It scared him to death since he was around six when he was tossed over a cliff and almost drowned to learn how to swim; or how he had swum up a waterfall… with more than a ton of weights strapped to his body, half of it he used how to float and tread water. Yes…fond memories of his youth. Kenichi slowed down a bit then stopped as Tamao floated beside him. "It's been a while since I had nice relaxing swim. So thanks for the opportunity for a warm-up." Tamao just smiles. "No problem." 'THAT was a warm-up!!?'

As the two were conversing they didn't know that they were being the central topic of another conversation. "Tamao-sempai really has a mature charm doesn't she?" One of Ichinose's admirers sighed longingly looking at the brunette club captain. "Forget that, I want to know why that jerk gets all the action?" "Yeah, just because he has muscles, the girls instantly flock to him." All the men we're glaring at Kenichi's back; jealousy and rage bubbling in their thoughts. 'I'm going to kill that bastard one day.'

At the other side of the pool another talk was taking place. "So that's Kenichi-kun!" one blonde said dreamily. As Tamao drifted towards the girls, a short haired red-head faced her. "Tamao-san, you really did a good job of keeping an eye on him for a while now hasn't you?" Their captain just blushed and waved them off. "I though he was quite the find before, but now…" Tamao looked at Kenichi again, her eyes dancing around his exerting muscle as he swam a few laps around the pool. "Aw, I wish I called out to Kenichi-kun first!" A brown-haired girl said in disappointment. All the girls looked at Kenichi with an intense, lustful look. 'I wish I had Kenichi too!'

At another part of the campus the news of Kenichi and Moka's appearance at the swimming club's venue was spreading like wildfire. "Did you hear!? There's a rumor that Moka-san might join the swimming club!" "No way!" "Yeah! Some say she got in the pool, others say she didn't?" "That smells fishy…but… I want to see Moka-san in her swimming suit!" Nearby, Kuruno Kurumu overheard this little tidbit of information. 'Moka in the swimming club…? Then I wonder if that means that Kenichi will join the swimming club too? After all, they're probably going to do something together.' An image of Kenichi swimming danced in her mind. 'If I wasn't imagining things when I hugged Kenichi at those times then…' I heavy blush formed on her cheeks as she looked up in determination. 'I'm not going to lose to you, Akashiya Moka...because I'm going to make sure I join the swimming club too!' Then a puzzling expression crosses her features. "Huh…but isn't that strange? I thought vampires and water…" Kurumu mumbled the rest as she made a beeline towards the academy swimming pool.

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Moka couldn't take much more of this. Her anger and jealousy kept on growing as she watched Kenichi interacting with Tamao and the other girls. Her emotions reached their boiling point when she saw the two laughing together as they splashed some water on each other. Not noticing her rising temper Kenichi waved over to Moka. "Oi! Moka-san, why don't you come join us the water is great?!" His slight lack of attention elsewhere cost the boy a hug from behind from the swimming team captain. That was all Moka could stand. "STOP IT ALREADY!! WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, YOU JUST WANTED TO JOIN THE SWIMMING CLUB TO GET CLOSER TO THE GIRLS DIDN'T YOU!!?" Moka just fixed a heated glare at Kenichi stomping off, not noticing the destruction she had caused the poolside table she had been sitting near when she slammed her hands down on it.

Not clearly understanding what was going on and why he received such a reply, Kenichi called out to her. "Wait! Moka-san I don't understand! I just thought you would've wanted to join us and have some fun with other people!" Moka hesitated in her steps. She turned around and looked back, her fury subsiding, a pleading look surfacing in its stead. "THAT'S RIGHT KENICHI YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I…THE TRUTH IS, I…" Whatever she was going to say was stopped when a handful of water landed on Moka, surprising when it did. "Though you are free to visit…fighting is such an ugly sight. And it looks so childish…whether you understand each other or not…how petty. Between a man and a woman, the important thing is finding out if you've had your heart stolen or vice versa. Tomao just looked at Moka smugly; it was evident by her posture that she was the one who had splashed Moka with water.

Kenichi was surprised when Moka had begun to quake, fear very evident in her eyes when she looked at her own soaked extremities. Moka bolted out of the pool faster than anyone, except Kenichi, could see. His calls for her to wait were not heard, leaving Kenichi to look at her retreating figure. Tamoa just smirked. "Oh, so the rumor was true." Moka ran further away from the others, ducking behind one of the nearby buildings. Her body was shaking; her breathes were ragged, red energy crackled around her body as she braced her self against the side of the building. "YOU FOOL! Why were you so close to something like a pool...!!?" Moka looked weakly at the piece of metal hanging from her collar. "Oh, the rosary again..." she mumbled weakly. "You knew this would happen if water splashes on you! Water resists supernatural energy; as the power drains from you, your body will be paralyzed! Water is the weak point of vampires! I, too, inhabit this body, so put an end to your reckless behavior! Do not let the likes of Kenichi make you do such things!" "No...No!" "What!?" "I'm sick of this body ...Why can't I be like everyone else?" Tears started to fall from her cheeks. "I'm weird...I want to swim with Kenichi and the others too..." The rosary stayed silent. "I wish I could be with Kenichi too..."

Back at the pool Kenichi silently floated in the water, not focusing at anything in particular; Moka's pleading look still haunting his mind, her words ringing in his ears. "THAT'S RIGHT KENICHI YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" 'What is it I don't understand? I mean it's just wa...ter..." Realization hit the martial artist, just as hard and fast as one of his sensei's attacks 'That's right, if I remember correctly, water is suppose to have strong purification properties, more so if it's holy water, if that's the case then...' Turning around quickly to Tamao who was right beside him, Kenichi bowed. "Tamao-san, I'm sorry, but I don't want to stay in the swimming club." 'I promised Moka-san I would be her friend, If I isolate her just because of this then I'm no friend of hers...I have to apologize...' Tamoa was silent, causing the brown haired student to look up at his senmpai with concern. She just smiled a dark smile that set Kenichi on edge. "Oh, what are you talking about? And I just finished chasing off that bothersome girl! Isn't the fun just beginning?" Gone was the sunny atmosphere the pool had moments ago. Kenichi's became fully alert to his surroundings. "Didn't I say it clearly?" Kenichi saw that Ichinose's hand was transforming, her hands becoming webbed, her nails lengthening. "Either you have your heart stolen, or you steal theirs!" "WAAAAAH!" Kenichi made a quick about-face. "Stop it!! Why are you suddenly coming after me sempai!!?" It was one of the boys, he was being chased by two of the members of the swimming club, but something was off. Kenichi could clearly see that there were fish tails attached to the women. Soon enough both had caught up to their prey and sunk down their teeth into his arms. Slowly, the male teen started to turn old before everyone's eyes. His skin became wrinkly, his hair becoming gray, his eyes becoming bloodshot. "Hu hu, don't think too badly of us." Of to his side, Kenichi saw a shape dart in the water, rise jump out. "Luring men into the water and sucking their life energy... this is simply our way of life." It was Ichinose Tamao, she had transformed into her true form. 'A Mermaid?!' Kenichi was no fool concerning the lore of mermaids. While there were the fairy tale versions, the real lore about them was something else. Tomao, now had tail fin, the same color as her bikini, her human ears now replaced by fin like appendages. For a moment it enhanced her beauty. Kenichi was no fool. He knew from books that some people would consider mermaids a bad omen. They were feared by sailors as fierce water monsters, causing shipwrecks by luring the sailors into watery grave by their luscious figures.

Just like their leader, the rest of the swimming club had transformed. "All of you should let us suck you life energy alright!?" One said as she jumped into the air and did a mid-air flip, before disappearing to the waters. Panic had set in as the rest of the males tried to reach the safety of the poolside. "It's useless to resist, we're all invincible in the water!" The mermaids started to give chase. "Don't worry we won't suck your entire life away!" "Treating new members like fish food… I heard there were dangerous clubs out there…but I never thought this would be one!" "Everyone swim for your lives!" "Mommy!" None of the escaping men were able to make it. The pool water started to swirl, forming into a gigantic whirlpool. Kenichi, thanks to his training was able to keep himself from being sucked in without too much problems. 'If this keeps the others will…' "Hu hu hu… no need to panic, it's fine." Long slender arms wrapped around Kenichi. "You're special Kenichi-kun. The truth is, I've had my eyes set on you since the entrance ceremony…" Kenichi didn't like the vibes he was getting of the mermaid. He turned ready to tell of her off when he noticed how close their lips were. "Ever since then, I've spent all my time dreaming about you!' 'Eh!!!!????' The poor boy became red-faced even in the cooling temperatures of the school's pool. "It's just, you see…" Crarks started to from around Tamao's cheeks, originating from her mouth. "You have such a yummy smell, just like a human…" The cracks widened, and Tamao's jaws opened to show lines of razor white fangs. "I've always wanted to eat you up!" The surprise didn't last long, Kenichi prepared to strike… "KENICHI!!" Turning his head, but keeping his arms-length distance from the fish monster that held him, Kenichi saw Moka running back towards the pool, her body still slightly wet, her still wet clothes clinging to her figure, as she made her way. "Moka-san…!" Before he could further his words to Moka, Tamao took notice of her. "What, are you back again? Don't get in my way!" The mermaid shouted angrily, but then she smiled. "Not that you could do anything about it! You're nothing but a worthless monster that can't even swim!" Moka hesitated again as she reached the edge of the poolside. Tamao just smirked. "I'm right aren't I!? It's a well known story… There's nothing you can d, is there, water hater!" Tamao's smirk grew wider. "Pitiful!! At least quietly over there…" Without much as another word, Moka executed a perfect dive into a pool. "DON'T BE A FOOL!" Moka didn't pay attention to the rosary. She didn't pay attention to Tamao who screamed at her. She only focused of Kenichi; she focused on the first friend she had made at this academy and her thoughts of helping him. The moment that Moka's body had disappeared under the water, waves of youki started to gush from where Moka had landed into. The energy was churning the waters around the pool, red energy bolts crackling everywhere. "What is this!" Tamoa had to cover her eyes, the sheer intensity blinding her. Kenichi stood firm. 'Moka-san…'

"What's going on?! Why did Moka jump into the water?!" A familiar voice had reached Kenichi's ears. Turning Kenichi saw Kurumu making her way to the poolside. "Kurumu-san!" His call had taken her attention. "Kenichi! You have to hurry! Water will drain a vampire's energy, if you don't save Moka she's gonna die!" Without further prompting Kenichi dived into the water and headed towards his vampire friend. 'Damn it… I was right…I have to save her so I can apologize…' Under the water, Kenichi swam at breakneck speed, reaching Moka and repositioning her in his arms in a matter of milliseconds. 'She's unconscious…' Bringing back his right leg, Kenichi focused his Ki into it. 'Got to be careful, don't want to cause too much damage….'

Kurumu had really starting to worry, when neither Kenichi nor Moka hadn't surface yet. 'Where are they?! Shouldn't they have surfaced by now?" The succubus was starting to panic. There was nothing to indicate what happened to the two, not even air bubbles. Then, a large explosion burst from the pool, spraying water and mist all over; obscuring everyone's view momentarily. At first the blue-haired student thought it was Moka, but there was no accompanying gushing of youki when Moka is unsealed. When she took a look at the pool, Kurumu was stunned. The pool water was split into two, and in the dry area was a kneeling Kenichi, cradling an unconscious Moka. The martial artist wasted no more time, and jumped to the pool side, a feat in her eyes as the pool bottom was about seven feet deep and he was carrying a body with him. The moment he landed on solid ground, the pool water merged, making it whole again. Kurumu made her way to Kenichi was immediately applying first aid. "She's not breathing…" She heard him say as he placed both his hands on Moka's chest, rhythmically trying to resuscitate Moka. She looked at the scene with worry. "Kenichi…" Kenichi's mind was blurring, he had to save her he just had to. 'Her youki is really low and is deteriorating fast to nothing, but that's because most of her powers are sealed…' Hoping he was right, Kenichi placed a hand on the rosario. 'Moka…' The burst of supernatural energy was astounding; Kurumu felt her body tremble at the amount that was being produced. Kenichi on the other hand stood his ground. Back in the water, the mermaids were regaining their bearing from the sudden parting of the pool water; the surface of the water was rippling wildly. "What's going on!?" Tamao looked around spottin Kenichi, and Kurumu near and explosive site. "No…This overwhelming feeling…" The geyser of energy increased, making the water churn. "This…This is the rumored true form of Akashiya Moka… But I never expected such a…such a…" Tamao stopped speaking, Moka's body had risen up on its own accord, and the mermaid could see the transformation take place. Her hair changing colors, her body becoming more shapely, her fangs lengthening, Moka opened her eyes which had now changes as well, into their blood-red state.

The now transformed Moka glared at Kenichi, who looked at her with some shame but still holding eye contact,just before turning her attention to the swimming club members, though her glared, went up a degree after seeing the club's captain. 'Va…Va…Vampire!' Tamoa just acted on instinct, she couldn't believe the sheer force that was being directed at her. "How…dare…you…" Mako started to take a few steps towards the pool's edge, the fact that her energy had dimmed, and the water's churning pace increased started to worry Tamao. "How dare you treat me like this!?" The vampire had jumped into the water, but the reaction was tremendous, the water around her was moving erratically, and bolts of energy were crackling around her body. Tamao just grit her fangs, shoving aside her want to run, she sneered at the vampire. "Come on…What is this? Why won't you get out of the way?! I had my eyes set on Kenichi-kun! And I'm never going to give him up to someone like you!!" Giving the other mermaids a signal, the rest of the club swam in to surround the silver-haired woman. "I'll get rid of you for good!" Seeing her friends going in for the kill, the swimming captain allowed herself a vicious smile. "I don't know how strong you are, but in our territory, a mermaid will always be victorious!!" Her smile, if possible, widened and grew sadistic. "If you're going to beg for your life, now's the time!" Moka just smirked. "Hmph…coming from a low class fish that can't think about anything but food?!" She chuckled. "Don't make me laugh." Two shadows had darted around her, two mermaids had surfaced behind her in a pounce, ready to take down the vampire, and the others closed in from the other sides.

At the last second, Moka had jumped into the air, a good ten feet from the surface of the water she was treading in moments ago, surprising the surrounding sea-monsters. "You're to slow…" Tamao and the rest of her crew rushed and and jumped into the air as well, easily matching Moka's height. Though you talk tough, it seems you're totally weak!" They closed around their target. "You're a great target in midair!" She reeled back her clawed, webbed, hands ready to strike. "Now DIE!!!" Using only mere seconds, Moka smashed her elbow into the side Tamao's face. 'That was a text book Muay Thai elbow strike…'Kenichi had been observing Moka's movement since her unsealing. 'She has some form of training, though her unsealed self has the knowledge, her other self doesn't know anything on how to fight…' Kenichi thoughts continued to turn as his battle between the mermaids and Moka raged on. With a series of midair spins, Moka had deflected all of the attacks, by countering with strong kicks her attackers' faces. Kurumu just sighed at the one sided fight. "Obviously…a midair fight is not a mermaid's territory…" "To take the bait and be caught so simply…you have to be fish!" Finishing of her attack, Moka had dived after Tamao and finished her off with a axe kick to the mermaid's head.

Moka had landed gracefully on the poolside, but she collapsed under her own weight. "Moka-san!" Kenichi immediately rushed towards her to offer her assistance. He was met by a slap to the face; though Kenichi was already half-expecting the response the force was behind the blow was enough to make his head turn despite his body's instinct to tense his muscles to handle the attack. Kurumu ran beside Kenichi. "What are you doing to Kenichi?!" The succubus was shocked that Moka, unsealed or not, would have done such a thing to him. "The other Moka cried… Due to her inferiority complex over being different from others, she blamed herself for not being able to swim…She's always hadto live with being hurt in human society like that!" Moka just leveled another glared at Kenichi. "Those kinds of men who think about anything but themselves have no right to come near me!" Moka turned around and started to leave. "Stay out of my sight… Kenichi!" Kenichi just continued to watch her leave, though his eyes never wavered off her form. After Moka had disappeared from his view, he turned to Kurumu who was still by his side. "Arigatou Kurumu-san… for all your help today." Without another word, Kenichi gathered his clothing and left the area; leaving Kurumu to watch him, alone with her own thoughts, as Kenchi did earlier with Moka.

The next three days went by. For those three days Moka had not been to class at all. Kenichi did not act stranger, nor did his altercation with his friend shift his attitude in any way. On the fourth day of Moka's absence, Kenichi was on his way back to the dorms when his homeroom teacher called his attention. "Ara, Kenichi-kun, just the person I wanted to see." Nekonome smiled as she approached her student. "Is there something I can help you with sensei?" Kenichi asked, he had no problems with lending assistance to the faculty when needed. "I just wanted to ask if you have decided which club you're going to join. You and Moka-san are the only ones left who have not yet decided on a club." Kenichi looked thoughtful for a few moments. 'Well, it is true I haven't given any of the clubs any thoughts, especially after that fiasco down at the academy pool. Thinking about now though, what kind of club can I join?' Kenichi kept on thinking, the swimming club was a big NO, and everything else didn't seem to catch his interest, not even the library, botany, or any of the other martial arts clubs. "Well, I haven't really given it much thought sensei…" Shizuka smiled. "Well then, why don't you join the newspaper club?" The student looked at his teacher, having a small inkling where this conversation was going. "Yes, nobody has joined and it might be forced to shut down." Before Kenichi could give his answer, another voice cut in. "Sensei, I'll join the newspaper club!" The chirpy voice was unmistakable, Kenichi turned around to see Moka, pink hair and all, looking at him and the faculty none the worse for wear. "That's great!" Without missing a beat Nekonome had Moka's hands in hers, excitedly moving them up and down. "Kenichi-kun, how about you?" With a smile on his face, he nodded his head. "I'll join as well!" Appearing out of nowhere, Kurumu had joined the small group. "Then I welcome you all to the newspaper club!" With bright smiles on their faces, the four of them made their way to end their day.

It was on their way to the dormitories that Kenichi had asked a question to Moka. "Ah, Moka-san, were you ever trained in any form of martial arts?" Moka looked pensive for a moment. She shook her head seconds later. "I'm sorry Kenichi-kun, I'm not so sure, I think, before I sealed I did have some form of training, but I don't really recall anything?" "Would you like to learn?" Moka stopped dead in her tracks. "Why?....Why would you ask such a question?" "It was an honest question Moka-san. You see, I've learned quite a few things from the martial arts from my masters. And one of those things was learning to control my life energy, and the to channel the universal energy around us." Kenichi opened his eyes, which had been closed the entire walk to the dorms. "Teaching some of these principles through training, you will be able to control your youki more and more. Doing so will allow you to create a strong layer of youki around body. This may shield you from harm, and if you are real good enough, you could be able to enter water without many problems." The vampire just looked incredulously at her friend. This was something new. No one would ever offer her such a thing. And a chance to do normal activities such as swimming was presenting to be a very hard temptation to resist. Curiously, the voice inhabiting the rosary was peculiarly silent this entire time. Not trusting her voice to speak yet, Moka nodded her head vigorously. Kenichi smiled. "Well, then, it's settled , I'll teach you some martial arts, though I warn you, it's going to be tough, so you'll have to work hard. Understand?" When Moka looked into her friend's eyes, he lost all traces of playfulness, he was serious about this, and about the claims he was telling. Resolving herself, she answered. "I understand." With that said Akishiya Moka had become fully associated with Shirahama Kenichi and Ryozanpakou.

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A/N:

Hi everybody, I know it's been a long while, and I apologize for it. School work really caught with me, and I'm starting to have problems incorporating my ideas, with the mangas, while keeping it on a progressinve scale.

I thank you for supporting my work, and for circulating it at as well.

-RogueGreenArcher

Signing off……