Bonded: A Rosario Vampire Self-Insert

Chapter 9: Summer Vacation 1 – Around and Around

-Speech-

Japanese

Englishor journal

Lyon

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How the hell has it only been four months? Maybe it's because I don't sleep much. Yeah, that's probably it. Updates!

Komiya-teme has been spending ridiculous amounts of time outside our dorm. Like, I will stay up all night and won't see him once. But whatever. He's just the pity villain. He's probably just living his life. I've healed well. My arms are still a bit pink but they are covered all the time anyway so no big deal. Strange enough my art projects have started disappearing. Mostly the chibi spirit paintings… I really hope I'm wrong about my suspicions.

Tomorrow is the start of our summer vacation and with that comes all of the complications I know are coming. Though I have to admit, I'm curious how my presence will affect everything. Will it be like the manga or the anime? I sincerely hope it's like the manga.

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"Ohayo, Connor-san." I only barely register Tsukune's greeting as I stand by the bus stop. In truth I've been standing out here for some time now. I find the cold winds… soothing. I've changed into a simple yet comfortable red, long-sleeve shirt and an unzipped hoodie the color of sand. Over my right shoulder is a red backpack with various pencils and notebooks. I look over the protagonist once, then spare a double take.

"You clean up well." He scratches the back of his head sheepishly. Instead of the school uniform, he is wearing sneakers, some belted khakis, a white tank top and a black button up. I roll my eyes and turn back to the tunnel. I guess you just can't run away from some tropes.

Another few minutes pass and I hear, "Ohayo, Tsukune-kun" Yep, that's Moka. She is wearing a frilly sundress with an elegant top over it that covers her sleeves. The look simultaneously makes her look more modest and stupidly cute.

Tsukune, you are one lucky bastard.

I force myself to block out their conversation. I do not need to hear them gushing over each other. Honestly, it's like everybody is yelling "KISS ALREADY!" and they only want to hold hands. The necking doesn't count.

Some time passes and I'm about ready to pass out when a loud "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" pierces the air. Yep, I'm awake. Maybe. I don't know.

Oh, it's Busty-san dragging Yukari-chan. Why am I not surprised? Yukari-chan is still wearing her witch's garb while Busty-san is… Oh dear Kami above. She's wearing a plaid miniskirt, a white, short-sleeve button-up, and a small red is tied around her neck. Somebody, where's the water! Keep it away! I swear she is too provocative for her own good. And now she's bouncing! I swear she does this on purpose…

"Are you both done yet!?" I yell a bit too irritably. The girls flinch at my tone. My eye twitches a couple times.

"Are you okay, fuwafuwa-kun?"

"Stupid insomnia. No sleep. Four days. I'm sleeping on that bus." Speaking of.

The bus pulls up in front of me inches from my face. I honestly don't care. I don't have enough sleep to care at the moment. I'm the first one up the stairs of the bus and slump into a middle seat. The others crowd around me with Yukari-chan and Busty-san in the seat to the left of me and the star couple in the seat behind me.

"Are you sure you're okay, fuwafuwa-kun?"

-sigh- "I haven't slept in four days, my things are being stolen, and I haven't hear from Lyon since the Kuyou incident." One. Two. Three.

"God dammit. Lyon's gone quiet. Lyon… has gone quiet." Busty-san reaches over to me to stop my shivers. I belt out cackles before she can. "LYON HAS GONE QUIET!" My cackles continue until I slam my head into the seat in front of me. "I am so fucked…"

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I hate that bus driver so much.

I think I got a half hour of sleep before we reached our destination. My problem? The bastard slammed down on the breaks, imbedding my face in the seat in front of me.

"Uh, Cuhm Ohn!"

I successfully peel myself from the seat leather, but I'm the last one to exit the bus. I send the driver the best death glare I can muster but he just goes on smirking, his eyes glowing beneath his hat.

"Have fun kid, and tell your buddy to watch himself." Why can't anyone be not cryptic here?

The group walks for a little bit as the path that we are on would indicate there is indeed something at the end. What I find peculiar are the large burn marks on the ground. Maybe they were just something the manga never put emphasis on. I've been noticing that a lot lately. Especially with the dorms and certain classes.

Maybe I'm right. As soon as we cross the burn marks all of the forest surrounding us melts away revealing a pristine and undisturbed field of sunflowers. I can't help but let out a whistle of appreciation.

"Damn, I didn't realize places like this still existed." To be fair, I did know about this place from Manga knowledge. That said, even the anime does not do this place justice. It is per- Wait. No. Those burn marks are still here. They are a bit more sporadic than the rather obvious ones we passed over but they are still noticeable.

"Are we in a flower garden?" Busty-san asks, obviously captivated by the field's beauty.

"It's beautiful… Is this where we are staying?" Moka asks, obviously having a similar reaction to Kurumu.

From the back I can hear Nekonome-sensei (when the hell did she get here!?) arguing with the bus driver about the current location. I can't quite make out what they are saying, but I get the gist. This is some type of 'tourist destination' known for people 'disappearing' mysteriously. "Don't you think being spirited away is sort of romantic in this day and age?" He finishes as he hands each of us the local paper and bribes sensei with fish. Brilliant.

And now they are leaving… We just got ditched… I hate that driver so much.

Everybody stands in place, shocked as what has happened to us. A passing wind blows audibly behind us like this is meant to be a comedic moment.

"I can't believe it!" Surprisingly, this is not my yell. That outburst was from our little witch. "What's that bus driving thinking! We've been deserted deep in the mountains! What're we gonna do now!? I don't like this! I wanna go home!" Yep, still a pre-teen. Kurumu walks over to her and starts pinching her cheeks wjile wearing a fake smile.

"What are you talking about? We just got here! I'll give you something to really cry about if you don't stop complaining!" Wow, those two.

"Hey stop it!" Moka yells while attempting to tear Kurumu from Yukari. Honestly the scene is quite comical. Given the art style of this world it is sort of strange to see faces stretch like that.

The field shakes as a guttural growl echoes through the air. Everybody seems worried. I just glare at the offending field. "Shut up! I am not in the mood!" More growls echo. "I don't care!" Another echo. "You cheeky bastard!" By now the others have evacuated to a nearby shack (Where the hell did that come from!?).

Surprisingly I don't feel crazy. Given what I know about this field I should be going nuts right now. Sure I'm ornery, but that's the sleep deprivation. I just really want to hit something right now. And whatever is growling at me is asking for it.

A vine slips through the flower patch and attempts to grab my ankle. A glyph forms below it and quickly spins in place. The vine winds inwards like a coil. Some struggling is heard, then a quick groan, and then the beast makes its appearance. A creature with the body shape of a giant leek with thin vine arms and an oversized mouth like an exaggerated xenomorph. Its jaw snaps at nothing as it spins in place on my glyph. I punch its snout.

"Bad, no biting." It yells at me indignantly, still spinning. I hit it again.

"What did I just say?" It grumbles like a child who just lost a game.

"That's right!" A shadow approaches from my right. The glyph under the plant monster spins faster as I turn to the shadow.

"Yes, may I help you?" The hooded figure holds out an ornate staff. It looks familiar…

"Leave now, Human."

"Ooh, scathing." I watch as the plant continues to spin faster and faster. This is amusing. And soothing.

Something black whips out and cuts my new toy to ribbons. "Awwwwwww…"

"Did I stutter?" The figure, definitely female, asks rhetorically. I just pout.

"Now why did you have to do that? I was enjoying myself." Six black wing blades erupt from her cloak and point towards me. So that's why the staff looked familiar.

"Whatever." I turn 180 degrees on my heel and let another glyph open beneath me. The sound of crinkling paper is the only thing heard as I leave. I may not be able to travel far with this yet, but almost 46 meters is still decent.

I pop back into view just a couple feet behind the main cast. It's not like I knew where they were, though it was simple to find Moka and Kurumu's yokai energy in this place even if they hadn't used it. I found I was more sensitive to it than ever after that 'fight' with Kuyou. It took a bit to get Lyon's abilities back under my control once I woke up.

"What's up?"

"Hyaaa!" They all jump at my greeting. I give a tired chuckle.

"So what did I miss?"

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