Bonded: A Rosario Vampire Self-Insert
Chapter 10: Summer Vacation 2 –
-Speech-
Japanese
English or journal
Lyon
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-Looks back at last chapter- 'Usually updates every 1-2 months. –cackles-' Yeah, I missed that deadline. I don't really have a good excuse for this. Thank you all for being patient.
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-Since there is no journal entry this chapter, I thought I would add what I consider the 'opening' of this story. The song is an English dub of Clattanoia by NateWantsToBattle. Enjoy-
Can someone give me the answer
To my question
Where's my soul?
(Open into a panning shot from the ground. Pass by Mizore (very brief with a hidden face), Yukari, Kurumu, Moka, and Tsukune, then show me with my back to the camera, looking up at the sky. Pan up to the sky past Yokai Academy, showing the upper half of a cloaked figure. His face is hidden except for a demented smile. Fade to black before showing "Bonded" in a bold archaic font.)
It's like a virus in my body while I'm dreaming
When I wake up all that's left of me are bones
I'm in a panic! Get out hurry
Oh there are mysteries and many miseries
(Shiftto Tsukune, sitting in his desk in Nekonome-sensei's classroom. He is rubbing his neck while staring out the window. Silhouettes of Saizou, the mermaid, Gin's monster form, the art teacher, and Kuyo pass by in the glass. Something catches his attention, bringing his face to the camera with a smile.)
Dead or alive, I'm on the brink of self-destruction
As I'm roaming from left to right to hell
An invitation to come disappear
We're dancing one, two, three steps on this dark stage
(The camera switches to Moka who just walked in. There is a short pause on her face before she attempts to greet the protagonist.Kurumu rushes in, followed by a close up of her face, interrupts Moka and attempts to glomp Tsukune only to have a wash bin dropped on her head. Shift to Yukari, holding her wand proudly and a short close up on her face. Zoom out to reveal the class glaring at the protagonist. At the same time, my silhouette can be seen in the foreground while Gin can be seen in a corner of the class and a small bit of purple can be seen out the window.)
Raise your flag
March on fight
Break your mask and show some pride
While this war just sends a shiver down my crooked spine
(Show Lyon, grinning madly into a book while scenes showing the academy staff play in the background finishing with the headmaster.)
Wars and swords tears and blood
Feel my heart begin to race
As I laugh in this bloodbath we made
(Lyon throws the book over his shoulder, opens his cloak to reveal his arms, and starts making beckoning gestures. In the shadows of his robes the audience can make out each of the main characters. At the last line Lyon cackles openly before swinging his arm so that the cloak cover the screen.
Can someone give me the answer
To my question
Where's my soul?
Where's my heart?
Am I losing my own self
(Show each main canon character in a montage showing off their abilities against nameless mooks ending with inner Moka wiping out a small battalion before being knocked back. She flies into Tsukune and she bites down on his neck causing a dark aura to explode from the boy.)
Don't you hesitate
Go this way
I don't know
And I don't care
Tell me are you not entertained now?
(Vamp Tsukune tears through more mooks before a strong wind halts his momentum. Glyphs open in front of him showing him several silhouetted characters. The camera pans up to show Lyon laughing at a table.)
I'll just keep surviving
I just cannot hide it all
(Lyon's interest changes and the camera swerves showing me on the other side of the table, a pensive look on my face and my fingers locked.)
I am not to fall a victim
I'll continue living in this
Misery driven world
(I glare and the camera pans out, showing one last shot of Lyon and I at the table thrusting our arms forward at each other as if ordering armies to march. The camera spins clockwise, pans out further and fades to black.)
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For once, I am very tired that I am glad.
I meant glad that I am tired.
We have been traveling for the past couple hours and have been taking our time in the human city. I never saw a sign saying the town though. I'll say this much though, it's not Tokyo or Akihabara. I would know if it was.
As it turns out, Busty-san and Yukari made up shortly after I regrouped with them. I still love their reactions. It gave me a good laugh. I think Inner-Moka was cursing me out if the rosary's rapid blinking was any indication.
Funny enough, the pedestrians we keep on passing have little trouble with most of us. MOST. Moka, Kurumu, and Tsukune get nearly no odd looks. Yukari has been getting some glances, though I think it is because of her hat. Then there is the way that they look at me, sending one clear message.
YOU DON'T BELONG.
Who knew that a school for monsters could be more accepting than random humans? I mean I was expecting this, but it still kind of stings. Probably because I haven't been looked at that way in a long time. I think I was twenty-seven when I first visited Japan. It was a business trip with NOA and I had some free time so I went to check out the cosplayers at Akihabara. Even then I wasn't really liked, though the animosity was at least timed by the years I had in contact with the culture. Now I'm back to being a teenager and to everyone here I am just another Gaijin.
I shake that thought from my head. That is not something I should be thinking about. Besides, it looks like Yukari is having a harder time with this than I am. She grips her wand like it's a lifeline and is constantly fidgeting. Hopefully she doesn't crack on us. Knowing how she feels about humans, this could turn ugly quick.
No, there's no chance of – The crowd just noticed them. Damnit all!
"Hey dude, check it out. Those girls are so hot!" Seriously!? That is what the crowd thinks!? When did I get beck to America!?
"That girl's so cute!"
"Her style is perfection!"
"This one is hot too!"
"That one has humongous tits!"
"Are they models!?"
"There skin is so smooth!"
"This is great!"
"I can't believe I could meet someone so hot in this town!"
Now I know I live in an anime. No self-respecting Japanese citizen would act this way in public, much less an entire crowd! And here comes the trash, crowding around Yukari, who (along with Tsukune) was pushed to the ground in the rush. Nobody could get me to move.
"Hey miss, are you okay?" asks an overweight individual in a headband and glasses. He has his hand out, expecting Yukari to take it.
"Whoa, that's a cosplay, right?"
"Look, a little witch!"
"She's so cute!"
"What character are you!?"
"Is there a cosplay party?"
"Can I get a picture?" came an American accent.
"Moeee!" –eye twitch- Alright, intervention time. I can see Yukari is in the middle of a panic attack. Moving behind the little witch, I pick her up at the waist and put her on my shoulders. She seems confused, though she grabs my hair for stability.
"Hey Gaijin, what are you doing!? Share her with the rest of us!" yelled the overweight one. Yukari tries to hide into herself. Luckily for me, I have an extra foot of height on the bastard. I, literally, glare down at him. He has to look up to keep eye contact with me.
"For your information, I speak Japanese quite well. I would rather appreciate it if you didn't treat my classmate like one of your bodypillows. YOU ALL are going to apologize to her, NOW." I can see a wet spot growing at his crotch. In fact, most of them have similar wet spots. I give one final glare, getting them to unanimously scream. A "We're sorry!" can be heard echoing towards us as they run into the horizon.
That felt intensely satisfying.
Slowly I place Yukari on the ground. "You okay Yukari-chan?" I ask. She gives a slow nod. She looks so innocent right now. And vulnerable. I look over to see the girls helping Tsukune up, despite all of the attention they are getting. Some of their admirers' attentions have passed over to me though. Them, and so many others just walking down the streets.
"That savage."
"Who does that Gaijin think he is?"
"He's so scary."
Everything is spoken in loud whispers. That settles it, this is not my Japan. Those comments would never be spoken aloud in the real Japan. The glares, maybe, but not the comments. I'm already done with this place.
-Flash- Flash- Flash- Flash-
What the hell was that!? Oh, it was the one with the camera and the American accent. Apprently he took pictures of the main cast members… including Tsukune…
"Cosplay great! Wait can't these publish!" That had to be some of the most broken Japanese I have ever heard. Maybe he is still learning? Still, what did he mean by Cosplay?
The young man walks up to each of the cast and hands them 500 yen before heading off. "Product the finished at . Thank you!" And he's gone. How weird. I feel like I've met him before. But where…?
"Mathias-kun, I think it's time we left." Thank you, Tsukune, for pulling me from my thoughts. Meh, if it was important then I would have remembered. Can't say Tsukune's wrong either. I can see the crowd gaining hearts in their eyes. Any longer here and they may riot.
"Right, let's find our hotel room." I reply with a nervous chuckle. I reach for Yukari's hand… She's gone. Oh fuck…
"Guys, Yukari's gone…"
"What do you mean gone!?" yells Moka and Kurumu. Their faces are beet red, and rapidly going to a deeper hue. Of course it makes sense that they direct their anger at me. I was the one to save her from the trash, only to get distracted.
"Fuck my life."
Where could she have gone!? It is the middle of the day on a moderately busy street. She was here long enough to receive her money from "EXPERIMENTMATCH1" but gone within the time I was thinking. She doesn't know the buildings so she would be too cautious to use them as hiding spots. Any alleyways are at least a ten second run away and another twelve to find a place to hide or turn a corner. There is no sewer or drain system on this road, or at least none where she would fit. That leaves two options. Either she took to the sky, or she was kidnapped. The problems with that are that the crowd is too afraid of me right now to consider kidnapping her and she can't-
CAW
-fly… Why is it only now that I notice all of the crows on the light posts?
"Guys, you notice all of the birds?"
"Don't change the subject!" both girls yell. Though it seems Tsukune caught on.
"Why is there are bird on every lamp post?"
"Exactly. Birds never act like this. And even if they did, they would be pigeons, not crows." The crowd seems confused.
"Maybe we should discuss this somewhere more private…"
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We managed to find a nearby alley to talk in. A couple recycling bins obscure us from the street and we have managed to get out of ear shot of the crowd.
"Any ideas?" Moka asks.
"Well I did meet a crow witch in the flower field."
"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING!?" I have to clean my ear with my pinky. Those girls are going to make me deaf, I swear.
"I didn't think it was important at the time." I duck away from Kurumu's nails.
"Now that was uncalled for." Maybe it's the adrenaline, but I feel less tired than before. My eyes still sting, but there is nothing to be done for that.
"Kurumu-chan, please. We need to focus on finding Yukari-chan." Thank you Tsukune for being the voice of reason. "Mathias-kun, you said she was a crow witch, right?" I nod. "Then we should start on the rooftops. She can't have gone too far. It hasn't been that long, so she can't have traveled too far away."
The protagonist gives a quick scan of his surroundings. "Should we start with the building swarmed by crows?" he deadpans. Kurumu and Moka follow his gaze to find said murder, and appropriately faceplant.
-Blink-Blink-
I turn to my only male companion. "Are you seriously that lucky?" He shrugs.
"Great, I'll meet you up there." A glyph opens below me, flashing me away. I leave them with a nod and two thumbs up.
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"This city has no wind, no water, no flower, and not even any earth or green. Only ego and selfishness remain. As a witch, the only way to describe this city is pitiful, correct?" says the crow witch to Yukari.
Apparently I flashed in while the witch had her eyes closed or something because she didn't notice me. Yukari is sitting on the ground, listening with rapt attention. Or at least she was before I flashed in. her eyes keep darting to me. I smile and put a finger to my lips. She seems to understand.
One of the witch's crows flies over to Yukari and caws. Yukari is plenty scared but stays quiet. That doesn't stop her from backing away.
The witch puts on a genuine smile and swings her staff behind her back. "Oh… don't worry about them. These crows are my friends. They've helped me bring you here from those humans."
Some friends. They didn't even alert her to me. Even despite the flash.
"What- What are you?" Yukari asks cautiously.
"My name is Ruby. I'm a resident of the Witche's Ranch. I really wanted to be your friend so I came over from the ranch."
I am this close to cracking up with laughter. Apparently my grin is infectious because soon Yukari is trying to hold back a laugh.
"What, what's so funny?" Ruby asks Yukari. I can't help it.
"Ahem." Oh my god, I'm dying. She jumped a full meter into the air. I swear the shiver that went up her spine was visible. I think even the crows are laughing. Were they anticipating this?
"Oh my, your face, I can't- gasp-" And now I'm on the floor. Roof. Whatever, it's still funny.
"What are YOU doing here!? How are you even here!? I told you to leave!"
I have to force down my laughter, though I did get Yukari to laugh so that makes me happy.
"You told me to leave the flower field. I did." I think she's gonna skip right past beet and go straight to tomato.
"I hate humans! You always have to twist words! You are powerless, pitiful creatures that do nothing but destroy!"
"I can't disagree with those-"
"How did you even get up here anyway!?"
"I 'ported." To prove my point I glyphed over to Yukari. Ruby aimed her wand at me.
"A warlock!?"
"I guess." I give with a shrug. Yukari seems to go wide eyed at this revelation, though I have no idea why.
"Die you greedy scum!" Greedy? –SHICK-
"Mathias-kun!" Ow, that hurt. I didn't realize that she could summon her wings that fast. I also forgot how sharp those damn things are. I drop to one knew, holding my bleeding stomach.
"Hehe, Now I am really glad I chose a red shirt…"
-SHICK-
"Really, the same place twice?"
"You're worse than Human!" I can't help but laugh at this.
"You are setting a stunning example for Yukari-chan, you know?"
-SHICK-
And now I'm on the floor. Again. Damn this hurts. It's fine, just laugh off the pain. Should be easy enough with how long I've been doing it.
"How heartless, Ruby-chan. Truly."
"DIE!"
-SHICK-
Why didn't that one hurt? Have I gone delirious? Maybe, it is a little darker than it was before…
Yukari is standing over me… Don't tell me.
"Ruby, please stop!" Holy shit, she actually did it. Yukari took a blade for me. The slash goes from her abdomen to just below her rips. That's going to leave a scar. Scar…
I can't help it, I'm laughing. Nay, I'm cackling. Cackling at the sheer stupidity at this woman. I manage to get to one knee. Yukari is crying. I hear a slam behind me, and some type of raucous follows it. My blood has stained my legs and is pooling slightly on the concrete floor… ceiling… roof. Whatever.
"So, how does it feel, Ruby?"
The crow-witch is speechless, and tearing a bit.
"You okay, Yu-"
-BLACK-
I think that's a good place to stop for this chapter. I'll try to have the next chapter out sooner than it took for this one. This was 2200 words, excluding the author's notes and opening. Why does Ruby hate Warlocks? Just what is a warlock? What was that raucous behind "me" and Yukari? (As if you don't know.)
As always, I thank everyone who reviewed and remained patient. Review, favorite, follow, and I will see you all next chapter.