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A/N:

(v1.0) Well, here's the 4th chapter, I think by now I have a firm grasp of where this story is going to go because in the earlier chapters I wasn't sure how I was going to mold Tsukune, but that's set in stone pretty much. It's going to get more interesting from here, I promise! Oh, and the first person that can guess the reference made in the middle of the chapter gets a cookie and a +1! XD As always, please R/R!

(v1.1) Fixed some things. Enjoy.

Reference = ?
Gin = ?
Inner Moka = ?

"This is just regular speech between characters."

"This is someone's thoughts or speech on TV, book, or mind."

This is Inner Moka speaking through the Rosario.

Chapter 4: A Pixy Without Wings

The rain continued pouring through the night, and sleep would be an elusive prey for the grieving Tsukune. Thoughts and dreams of his old friend Alvin filled his mind, the worst of which was a vivid dream of watching Alvin crash over November City with what Tsukune thought might have been his last words:

"Thunderhead…I'm going to miss that sweet voice…heh heh…"

And then, seeing his F-14A crash right into the ground, however Tsukune was to be broken from his thoughts when the lightning flashed and thundered loudly enough to shake up his entire room. Though not one to be frightened easily, that one definitely shook Tsukune to his core.

"Tsu…ku…ne…" Moka quietly whispered in her sleep as she gently nuzzled against Tsukune's neck as he went from frightened to slightly nervous. "He's…mine…"

Tsukune felt himself blush a bright red, needless to say, he was thankful for the room being dark as it was and for Moka being fast asleep. He smiled, grinning quietly to himself but then sighed as he looked up towards Alvin's belongings that sat in the box across the room. Slowly, quietly, he got back up and headed over towards the box itself. Tsukune placed the folded up Osean flag next to it and began going through the various items. He inspected Alvin's dogtags as he read the inscriptions on it which only had his name, unit, and serial number. In it were also two pictures of two different girls who were relatively attractive and on the back each had love notes from both girls. Tsukune grinned to himself as he remembered how much of a ladies man he was growing up, and a real pervert that could give Gin a run for his money. He skimmed through his rock album collection and then found a guitar pick as well. Tsukune finally came upon Alvin's journal that he kept since enlisting in the Osean Air Defense Force. Most of the journal detailed the various events through the days, and commentary on his fellow brothers-in-arms in the sky, some good, some not-so-nice. Towards the last entry, he noticed that it seemed as if Alvin was tired, weary of the war that he fought in, and that indeed he hated it as well. Upon reading all of the entries, Tsukune later deduced, and correctly as it turned out, that Alvin was a part of the squadron from Sand Island and was a part of the "Demons of Razgriz" that sunk the Yuke subs Scinfaxi and Hrimfaxi. He sighed quietly to himself as he found another picture of Alvin next to his fighter, and very quietly he pinned it up on his bulletin board in his room. Quietly, he placed on of Alvin's CD's into his computer, popping in his headphones as he listened to Alvin's favorite song, "Face of the Coin", which turned out to be a long guitar solo, but still Tsukune found it catchy nonetheless. After he had sampled the rest of the album he placed the CD back into its jewel case. He sighed quietly as he placed the box in a safe place within his closet and very quietly curled back into bed with Moka, his arms wrapped around her once more as she smiled in her sleep, Tsukune falling back asleep as well.

Some hours later, the both of them woke up as they had class in less than half-an-hour, but luckily for them, it was the last day of class since the winter vacation period was coming up. The rain had stopped overnight as they both headed towards their homeroom, Tsukune's sword in its sheath as he carried it with him, and the usual morning greetings awaited them as Kurumu quickly leapt to her feat and tackled Tsukune, burying his face into her breasts, once again.

"Good morning Tsukune! I'm glad to see that you're doing much better!" exclaimed Kurumu as Tsukune sighed quietly, slowly slipping away from her as Mizore and Yukari noticed how down and depressed he looked.

"What's wrong desu?" Yukari asked while Mizore continued to suck on her mint lollipop.

"Just found out last night that a friend of mine died in the war. I still can't believe I lost my father and my friend Alvin in the same war." Tsukune replied as he looked down towards the ground. Every time he thought back to old memories of his father or his friend Alvin just brought up more painful feelings to the surface. He wanted to grieve alone but with his friends always being around, that was damn near impossible to do.

"I'm sorry to hear that Tsukune…But hey you know what would cheer you up?" Kurumu said as Tsukune turned to her, only to have her breasts shoved right back into his face as she clung tightly to him, Tsukune struggling to breathe. Moka looked at Kurumu with certain annoyance as Yukari dropped a magical brass pan on the blue-haired succubus.

"Stop that desu!" Yukari exclaimed as she looked over to Tsukune. "Are you alrigh-?"

The young witch was cut off as she and Kurumu were frozen solid by Mizore, her hand now transformed into an ice-claw as she approached him, with obvious perverse thoughts on her mind.

"I can make you feel better Tsukune, just come with me to the janitor's closet and we can-"

Mizore was then cut off as Moka quickly stepped in, taking Tsukune's hand and removing the rosario, undergoing her transformation into the powerful silver-haired Inner Moka. An expression of anger was evident upon her face.

"I've had about enough of this nonsense! Tsukune is going to be my bloodmate! KNOW YOUR PLACE!" Inner Moka yelled as she round-house kicked around into the walls, even some of the other students that had nothing to do with it at all. "That applies to everyone! Including you Saizou! And don't pretend like I haven't been noticing you staring at Tsukune funny this past week. I don't care if you're an assbandit in your free time, but if I catch you looking at Tsukune or even sense that you're thinking about him in perverse ways I swear on everything holy that I will shove my foot into this thing called your ass! And no, Saizou, you won't enjoy it at all. Does everyone understand?"

"BURN!" Gin blurted out as he gave out a rather obnoxious-sounding laugh as the rest of the class stared at him. "What? I mean hey that was definitely a burn, man!"

Everyone in the class nodded, except for Tsukune's harem, all of them seething with anger towards the vampire. The rest of the class looking over at Saizou as he kept his head covered, as if he was guilty, Tsukune somewhat disturbed after that revelation. He looked over to Saizou as he turned red and looked away, Tsukune gagging at the thought.

"What makes you think you own him?" yelled Kurumu.

"How would you like to own a little bit of my foot in your ass?" Inner Moka immediately shot back at the succubus, forcing her to back off, for now anyway.

"BURN!" Gin blurted out again but Moka shot him a death glare as he quickly kept his mouth shut. "Oh shit! Alright, chill…"

"Now then, Tsukune, one question before I seal myself again, how is it that you came across your immense demon power?"

"I think it has something to do with the sword that I now wield. After Kyou-chan found it and gave it to me, all sorts of weird things have been happening to me. I've been undergoing a transformation of sorts because my ancestor…well Razgriz blessed me with his powers. I'm turning into Razgriz, the great demon of the North Sea, from the fairy tales of old." Said Tsukune as everyone else looked at him shocked, Inner Moka only smirking to herself. Right before she was about to seal herself Yukari quickly interrupted.

"Wait! Desu!" Yukari yelled out. Moka looking over to her slightly annoyed.

"What?"

"Did you actually ever do that to someone with your foot, desu?" An assortment of dirty, perverse ideas going through her eleven year old mind. It made one wonder if a little child like her should even be thinking of things like threesomes. Moka blinked for a minute but then spoke again.

"Once…When I was going to a school in the human world…I can't talk about it." She looked over to Tsukune and winked as she sealed herself.

"See you soon, Tsukune." With that, she fell into Tsukune's arms as Ruby came in a teacher's outfit. He gently placed Moka into her seat as everyone else took theirs, Tsukune hurrying to his as well.

"Since Nekonome-sensei is feeling ill at the moment, I will be filling in for her as the homeroom teacher, as many…many things have happened." She grinned to herself as she stared at Tsukune, which made him more nervous considering the events that had just transpired, Moka still fast asleep. "Though this is the last day, we do have some new additions to this academy."

With that said, two new students entered in through the door. One of them was a man of average build, much like Tsukune, his hair was similarly brown but was a lot shorter, the other had a more wilder hairstyle with blue coloration, but several shades darker than Kurumu's and wore a wide grin on his face.

"Gentlemen, would you please introduce yourselves to the class?" Ruby asked politely as she smiled.

"Hi guys, the name's Larry Foulkes, but most people just call me Solo Wing Pixy, or Pixy for short." Some of the class snickered at his nickname as Ruby gave the class a harsh glare and motioned for him to continue. "In case you're wondering, I am human, but before any of you pinheads start getting any wise ideas in your head, do keep in mind I'm an Eldritch Fighter. That's right. I can use a sword and use magic too. So if you have a problem with me or my nickname, then by all means, I'll oblige you. Otherwise, hope we can be good friends."

"The name is…Gabriel, that's all you all need to know about me." The other new student responded, his smirk growing. Something about him deeply disturbed Tsukune and also to an extent, Moka and Ruby. Larry turned to look over at 'Gabriel', he also felt that something was a little off about him but nonetheless shrugged it off.

"Erm, well, welcome to Youkai Academy, Larry and Gabriel. I hope you have a rewarding and joyful experience here!" Ruby looked towards the rest of the class and narrowed her eyes at Saizou. She had heard a portion of the whispers from the class about Saizou having the hots for Tsukune. She loved her precious Tsukune, her precious friend and it was already bad enough she had competition from the other girls in his harem, and she wasn't about to deal with a guy on top of that. "Saizou, I'm going to have to ask you to move over two seats so that I can place Larry and Gabriel."

"But Ruby-sensei!" Saizou pleaded, rather unhappily at that.

"Move, now. Comply with my order or you will not like the consequences." Ruby replied firmly as Saizou complied and moved over two seats as Ruby whispered, barely audible at all. "Assbandit…"

Quickly Larry looked over to Ruby as she merely nervously smiled. "Please, Pixy take your seat next to Tsukune over there. Gabriel take yours next to Saizou."

The two did as they were told as Ruby took roll. She then looked to Tsukune sadly as she began morning announcements.

"I regret to inform those of you that planned on going to the human world for the holidays will not be able to this year." Tsukune looked at her with an expression of horror and sadness as she continued. "The bus route will be temporarily suspended for the time being due to the recent chaotic events here in the Youkai World and due to the war that has broken out in the human world. It would seem that Osea and Yuktobania are content beating each other into submission until the entire world is destroyed. Just like the Belkan War 15 years ago or the Usean Continental War 5 years ago, it never ends."

With that, Larry looked down towards the ground as he sighed, both of his parents died during the Belkan War in 1995, Larry was a displaced Belkan refugee that eventually fled to Ustio.

"With that said, I know that for a lot of you, the war has had a negative effect on your lives. I know a lot of you have parents, siblings, relatives, maybe even boyfriends or girlfriends out in the human world, and some of them may even be fighting in the war." Ruby sighed quietly to herself and looking down at the ground. "Some of you may have even lost people important to you because of it. Sachiko recently heard that her fiancée was KIA in Yuktobania, her boyfriend was a werewolf that decided to fight for the humans in Osea as a paratrooper in the Osean 1st Airborne Division, Osean 3rd Army."

The girl immediately hunched over on her desk, crying as nearby students attempted to comfort her.

"And Tsukune…He only recently found this out, but his father passed away 4 months ago when Yuktobania attacked Sand Island in an air raid. And last night he also found out a close friend of his had perished in the same war. His friend was shot down over November City in Osea when Yuktobania attacked the stadium packed full of civilians. I ask that you extend your condolences to your fellow students and to support them when they need it in these, very turbulent times."

Tsukune sighed quietly to himself, Moka gently placing her hand upon his shoulder, Kurumu looking over at him with concern and sadness in her eyes, Mizore smiled for him the best she could to keep him in good spirits, Yukari couldn't help but tear up and hug Tsukune. That overwhelming sense of gloom, darkness overtook him again, and deep down inside, he wanted to cry, but he refused to do that in front of his friends and the rest of his classmates. He hated receiving pity from others and didn't want to drag the mood down. But thoughts of his father and his friend filled his mind. A mixture of sadness, grief, and anger filled his heart. As each second passed, the angrier he was with the Yukes for taking away those that were close to him. It displeased him even more due to the fact that he never even had a chance to say goodbye at their funerals. Suddenly, joining the Osean military didn't seem like such a bad prospect, until of course he felt Yukari tugging at him and looked over to Moka.

"I'm so sorry, desu!" The young witch said to him. Tsukune shook his eyes, wiping away some of the tears from his eyes, the other boys in the class that usually gave Tsukune jealous stares or jeers felt sympathetic towards him, backing off for at least today.

"Oh man, I'm sorry Tsukune." Another student told him. Larry looked over to him, sighing.

"With these tragedies in mind, I would like to remind all of you to reflect on how we can all work together to maintain the peace in our world and our roles in doing so." Said Ruby.

The rest of class went relatively quick as it was the end of the semester. Gin approached Tsukune first and shook his head, for once not saying or doing anything perverse around his harem.

"I'm sorry man, that's pretty rough, but if you need a guy to talk to, I'm around Tsukune." Said Gin as Tsukune nodded.

Larry then approached Tsukune and smiled as he extended his hand.

"Hey, the name's Pixy, your name is?" asked Pixy as he shook Tsukune's hand. "I'm sorry for your loss buddy; I lost both my parents when I was very young during the Belkan War 15 years ago."

"Tsukune Aono." Tsukune responded. "Thank you for your condolences, I'm sorry to hear that as well. Oh, these are my friends; this is Moka, Kurumu, Mizore, Gin, and Yukari."

"Hello, nice to meet you Pixy-san." The girls plus Gin greeted.

Mizore and Kurumu said their goodbyes for the semester to everyone as they were going to leave that night, though their farewell to Moka was more adversarial, letting her know that the battle for Tsukune's heart was far from over. Yukari was going to stay with Ruby for the winter break since her parents were in the human world. Tsukune, Moka, and Larry were all stepping outside towards the dorm rooms.

"This kinda sucks, I can't go back home now if they discontinued the bus route back into the human world." Larry said to no one in particular as they walked along the concrete path. "Looks like I'm stuck on campus this Christmas."

"Don't feel bad, I'm facing the same situation as you are, Pixy." Tsukune replied, Moka looked over to him, feeling pretty bad about him not being able to go home, but then a light bulb switched on in her head.

"Wait! Tsukune you could come home with me and Kokoa-chan! Father did say he wanted to see you again!" Moka exclaimed as she smiled sweetly.

"Ahhh…I'm not too sure if that's such a good idea…I mean the last time I was there your father nearly killed me…" said Tsukune as he reflected on Count Shuzen, Moka's powerful father as the name Shuzen began to process through Larry's mind. Again, yet another reminder to Tsukune of his grief, at least Moka still had a father to speak of, as scary as he was.

"It'll be okay Tsukune, I promise, I won't let anything happen to you, and besides, I don't want you to be alone for the holidays…" said Moka as she turned away, blushing.

"I…Alright Moka, you win, I'll go with you." Tsukune said as he smiled, albeit very nervously. Honestly however, Tsukune wanted to understandably go home and spend Christmas with his mother and his cousin.

"Yay!" Moka exclaimed as she jumped up and down excitedly but then looked over to Larry with guilt. "I'm sorry, I'd invite you over too, but, my father doesn't know you at all, so-"

"Nah, don't worry about it Moka. I wouldn't want to impose in on your family, and besides, I can kinda tell you want some alone time with your boyfriend here. And don't think that I can't tell, you love him, it's written all over your face right now." Said Larry as he laughed while Tsukune turned red, in truth, he hadn't really made up his mind yet in terms of whom he wanted to be with. Moka meanwhile blushed wildly.

"Well, Pixy-san, I…yes…I do love him, and so does my Inner half…" said Moka, Inner Moka also smiling to herself as well. "Damn right I do."

"Moka-san!" Tsukune exclaimed in utter surprise that Moka, especially her Outer half was being as assertive and forward as she was in regards to him.

"Tsu…ku…ne…" Moka's voice softly blurted out, her eyes half-way closed as if she were about to kiss Tsukune for the second time but as per usual, went for his neck as she bit.

KAPUCHU!

"As expected…" Tsukune said as Larry couldn't help but laugh at this little ritual amongst lovers. As soon as Moka had her fill she pulled back with a satisfied grin upon her face.

"Wow, you sure know how to pick 'em, buddy." Larry said, teasing his new friend in Tsukune while Moka glared at him.

"We're going to leave tomorrow Tsukune, be sure to have everything you need packed up and ready." Moka said with a smile and gave him a light kiss on his lips, Tsukune turning redder than a beet at this point. "See you soon!"

Tsukune merely nodded as he and Larry turned the other way towards the boy's dormitory. For the most part, due in part to Moka's forwardness earlier, the walk back was mostly awkward until Tsukune decided to break the silence.

"Mind if I ask where you're from, Pixy?" asked Tsukune.

Larry began to reveal to Tsukune his dark, sad past that began soon after his birth, barely even being a year old.

Flashback, June 6, 1995, Waldreich Mountains, North Belka, The Belkan War…

A young Belkan soldier named Siegfried Foulkes who had just deserted the Belkan Army hurried to his home town near the Waldreich Mountains, in an area known as Airspace B7R, or better known to most as The Round Table. The war was nearing its end as the Belkans were forced further north towards the capital, Dinsmark. Frantically he searched for his wife Anna and his 11-month old son, Larry. Overhead an Ustio mercenary unit, comprised of two F-15C's the 66th Ustio Air Unit, Galm Team were overhead fighting off a Belkan Ace Squadron overhead. Since the Belkan government taxed Larry's family to help fund the war, they had very little money, but nonetheless Siegfried would attempt to flee the area with his family with the knowledge that the Belkan brass was going to nuke the area in order to halt the Allied advance of Osean, Ustian, Sapinian, and Yuke forces.

"Anna, get the money and Larry, let's get out of here and flee while we can!" Siegfried urged as he looked at the clock that sat in the living room of his humble abode, they only had half an hour before they would drop the V1 nukes over Waldreich.

Quickly they hurried out towards a truck that held many people, it looked fairly overcrowded, but ran to the driver and flashed what little money he had. The driver looked over to him, almost laughing in disbelief.

"You can't be serious…Is this all you have? I'll tell you what, I'll take one of you for that money."

"Will my son be safe where you will be going?" asked Siegfried.

"Belka would never drop bombs near Dinsmark. He'll be fine." Said the driver as he grabbed the money and pointed to the back of the truck. Quickly Siegfried and Anna went towards the back, weeping, crying as they knew they weren't going to live on, but at least their son could. Siegfried quickly gave his son a kiss as he handed Larry, bundled in a blanket up to a young woman, but Anna his wife got between him and the woman and snatched her son back as she cried.

"My baby! My poor son! Oh my god! I can't bear to do this Siegfried!" Anna kissed Larry on the forehead many times as Larry smiled up at her, as if to comfort her in some strange way.

"Annika, we have to let him go, he'll be able to survive this war and live a good, normal life even if we can't. Let him go, dear." Said Siegfried, as he slowly sobbed himself as he grabbed Larry back from his wife and gave him back to the young woman on the back of the truck, shaking his head as both he and his wife sobbed. "Oh my god, please forgive us son!"

Within hours of the truck leaving the Waldreich range, 7 V1 nuclear warheads were detonated over the area, both of Larry's parents were killed along with the Belkan citizens who were not fortunate enough to escape. Larry himself eventually made it to the virtually untouched Belkan capital of Dinsmark. A few weeks later, the Treaty of Lumen was signed and officially the war was over between the Belkan Federation and the Allies and soon troops from Osea, Sapin, Yuktobania, and Ustio entered the capital. There he was found and adopted by an Ustian soldier named Francois Bergeron. Since Larry's name was so similar to the Ustian mercenary pilot, Larry Foulke, or Solo Wing Pixy, he started to call the young infant by the nickname of Pixy. When the Ustian troops returned him, he took Larry back with him to Directus, the capital of Ustio and raised him as his own son. He grew up and eventually started to take an interesting in fencing and basic sword fighting techniques. After he had mastered those, his father and his aunt began to teach him various magic spells, showing great talent in that area as well. Eventually gaining him an invitation to the Youkai Academy.

"So that's basically the long and short of it." Larry Explained. "So, tell me a bit about yourself buddy."

"I'm a human, just like you. Well, mostly human anyway…I live in Tokyo with my mom, it's not a particularly big house and we aren't rich, but I guess you can say we're pretty well off. I got an older cousin, Kyouko-chan. I really like watching anime and reading manga, but I guess that's what got me in trouble in the first place since it got me mediocre grades in junior high." Said Tsukune. "I've been here for two years now, and already a lot has happened. Having to deal with a corrupt student police commission, attempting to fight Moka's scary father, then Anti-Thesis, and most recently Fairy Tale. Of course, Moka did most of the fighting. And this isn't including the everyday stuff I gotta deal with in regards to all the other girls. As you can tell, I got quite a few girls following me around these days…"

"Yea I noticed that. Say would you be willing to loan me one of your girls for a few nights?" Larry snickered as Tsukune narrowed his eyes at him, fearing that he was yet another version of Gin, but soon their thoughts were to be broken as at least a dozen grotesque looking demons rose up from the ground, their arms were merely just sharp scythes, their jaws foaming with blood as they made their way towards Tsukune and Larry. In the distance he could hear Moka shrieking in terror as she quickly ran over to Tsukune and Larry, the demons looking to close in on their prey and kill. With steely determination, Tsukune pulled out the Blade of Razgriz, the blade glowing a radiant blue this time; demons were nearby so therefore the sword would react in kind. Just then one of the grotesque creatures attempted to slice through Moka, but only cutting up a part of Moka's uniform and giving her a light cut, blood dripping from her body, and this only angered Tsukune greatly. Once more, he could feel his anger rise to the surface as he gripped the blade, this time he felt as if Razgriz was there, watching him. And right before Larry's eyes, he had transformed from an average boy into a tall, blond haired, muscled hero.

"Go back…from the hell hole from which you all came! DISGRACEFUL CREATURES!" Tsukune yelled out, his own demonic aura feeling quite oppressive to Larry and Moka.

"There it is again…It's Tsukune, but yet…it isn't." Inner Moka said to herself.

With that, Tsukune impaled one of the demonic horrors upon his sword, the demon itself dissipating in a wisp of unholy fire, he saw another as it charged towards him, slicing it in half, as impressive as a show this was to Larry and Moka, the next thing Tsukune did shocked them both. Another demon had its sights set on Tsukune's right flank but only to have him caught with his bare unarmed hand. Tsukune scowled at it as he squeezed his hand atop its skull, finally crushing its head in as blood squirted all over the other demons. This show of brute force was starting to make the other demons feel uneasy as they backed away slowly, Tsukune continued his slow but sure advance as he then swiftly took out 4 more with only one swath of his sword. This time Tsukune's eyes were glowing a slight blue as he raised his hand out to the last few demons remaining as lightning and a glowing blue light began to form into a vortex, enveloping the rest of them as the demons screamed out in agony, a smirk going across Tsukune's usually serene expression. Unbeknownst to him, right behind the three was the other new student Gabriel, who obviously looked visibly upset that the demons were being handily defeated by just one person, a human no less. Using his blinding speed, almost as quick as that of a python's strike he pulled out his curved broadsword and attempted to impale Tsukune with it, but only to be parried by Larry's sword as a loud clang could be heard. Moka quickly looked over to him worried that Tsukune may have been harmed by that last attack, but much to her relief noticed that Pixy was there behind him with his sword drawn.

Just as quickly, Pixy struck out at the individual, leaving a huge gash along the right side of his face, also a getting a piece of blue hair as it fell to the ground as Gabriel disappeared as quickly as he had appeared, making sure no one got a good look. Pixy looking at the figure with great suspicion but then back towards all the dead demons, he couldn't believe that Tsukune single handedly took out an entire dozen demons. He then looked over to his friend as he stood there, shaking.

"Yo, buddy, still alive?" Pixy asked with a grin on his face, but Tsukune did not respond and finally he fell to his knees as he felt all of his strength sapped out of him. The transformation process had not yet been completed, but it was close, Tsukune could feel it as he laughed quietly to himself as he transformed back into his regular human self.

"Tsukune!" Moka yelled out as she grabbed him before he fell any further to the ground.

"Yeah, Pixy, I'm still alive. And don't worry so much Moka, I'm fine." As Tsukune grinned as he slowly got back up with Moka's help while Pixy picked up the strand of blue hair on the ground as he inspected it.

"Tsukune, you were really brave today, and you fought off all the demons too!" said Moka as she smiled.

"Those weren't just any demons, those were summoned, and they were mid-level demons, pretty strong in their own right. Whoever summoned them wasn't exactly a pee-on." Pixy warned, almost ominously. A worried expression taking over on Moka's face but looked back over to Tsukune.

"Come on, Tsukune, let's get you back to your room and into the bath." Said Moka but Tsukune stopped her.

"Hey Pixy." Tsukune called out as Larry looked back over to him. "Thanks for saving my ass out there."

"Anytime, buddy." Said Pixy as he waved, going off towards his own room while Moka and Tsukune waved back and went off to his. With that, Moka got Tsukune's bath ready for him as he stepped in with nothing but a towel as Moka quickly looked away as she blushed. After his bath they both started packing some of Tsukune's belongings into a luggage carrier. The rest of the night was rather uneventful as they both had dinner and ended up watching a movie together. The movie? A strange choice to be sure since it was Inner Moka's decision: Osean Psycho. A movie about a 1980's Wall-Street yuppie named Patrick Bateman who was living the rich life in upper November City and had a bad addiction to drugs and of course, murder.

"You life Huey Lewis and the News?" Patrick Bateman asked as he showed Paul Allen the CD cover for 'FORE!' while Paul was still passed out on the chair covered with a white tarp, copies of the style section all over the floor.

"They're alright I guess." Paul replied back as he laid back in his chair, clearly drunk.

"Their early work was a little too…new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically." Patrick said as he made his way to the bathroom, putting on a clear raincoat and went towards his sink as he popped his medication into his mouth and drank a glass of water. "The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour."

Patrick made grabbed a sterling silver ax and did a small jig backwards towards his kitchen to hide the ax and hid it behind the counters.

"Hey Halberstram." Paul called out.

"Yes, Allen?" Patrick replied.

"Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?" Paul asked as he gave a drunken laugh.

"No, Allen." Patrick replied as he walked towards his CD player and popped in his Huey Lewis CD and pointed towards the disc player as the music started.

"Is that a rain coat?" Paul again asked.

"Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album." Patrick explained as he moved back towards the kitchen and grabbed his ax. "I think their undisputed masterpiece is 'Hip to be Square', a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself."

Slowly he began to raise his ax as he approached Paul Allen closer and yelled out: "HEY PAUL!"

And with one fell swoop of his ax came a rush of blood that spattered all over Patrick's face and on his raincoat.

"TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU STUPID FUCKING BASTARD!" Patrick screamed as he continued to hack away at Paul with his now bloody ax. "STUPID FUCKING BASTARD!"

Eventually, Patrick calmed down and sat down on his couch, removing his bloodied raincoat and lit a cigar.

Something about seeing Patrick Bateman's gruesome murders of Paul Allen and the blond prostitute (via chainsaw) made Inner Moka giggle while it rather disturbed Tsukune. After the movie, Tsukune had decided to call his mother to break the bad news about him not coming home for the holidays.

"Hey mom. I got a bit of bad news, Youkai Academy suspended the bus route back home, so…I'm more or less stuck over here." Said Tsukune.

"Oh Kyou-chan will be disappointed! But I'm sure she'll eventually understand. And it's probably just as well since the war has brought a lot of chaos here. Not too long ago there was a Yuke air raid on the Osean Air Force Base nearby the house. A lot of weird, but very bad things have been happening all around, a few weeks ago a dam in Osea exploded mysteriously and flooded a whole bunch of cities and knocked out power for many more. And apparently a Yuke nuclear power plant had a serious meltdown and the radiation killed many people." His mother told him.

"Yeah, so I've heard. Oh, mother, I just got some news the other day that Alvin died, he got shot down over…November City by Yuke fighters." Tsukune said as he sighed, gently rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry to hear that. I remember that nice young man when you boys were playing out in the front yard. Such a shame he moved back to Osea."

"Yeah…" Tsukune replied as he tried to keep his mind off the grief that he was feeling at the moment, his mother attempting to shift gears on the subject matter.

"So how is that Akashiya girl doing? Are you two official yet?" His mother inquired as she giggled.

"Mom! I told you it isn't like that! I haven't even made up my mind in regards to that anyway!" Tsukune shot back into the phone, sighing in embarrassment.

"Oh come now Tsukune, I know for a fact you two are going to end up marrying, you'll see. But anyway, I'm sorry that you'll be spending Christmas alone." His mother said as she giggled.

"Actually…I'm not exactly spending it alone…I'm going to go home with Moka this year." Said Tsukune as his mother was giddy with excitement.

"Let me know what her parents are like!" His mother said. "Maybe arrange a mutual visit sometime between her parents, Kyou-chan and me?"

"Sure, I'll see what I can do." Tsukune replied back. "I better go, it's getting kinda late over here, I'll talk to you later mom. Love you. Happy Holidays mom."

"Love you too Tsuki. Behave and stay safe, okay? Happy Holidays son." His mother replied back as the two hung up. It had been an unbelievably hard couple weeks for Tsukune, learning of his father and Alvin's death. It almost seemed too much to bear at times, but he remained resolute, to remain strong, for his friends, for himself, and if for no one else, for Moka.

The walk back to his dorm was a long and quiet one, the blood red moon overtook a great portion of the dark red sky as he came up to his room and sat upon his bed. He felt that all-too-familiar warm, salty liquid flow through from his eyes as he buried his face into his pillow. Slowly he pulled out a small brown teddy bear from behind the pillow that his father gave to him when he was but an infant boy to help "fight that mean evil closet monster at bedtime". Though the bear looked worse for the wear, he kept it close to him throughout his life. More often than not, Tsukune had his father come into his room back home and check the closet just to make sure there was nothing lurking in there that shouldn't have been.

"Who's going to protect me from the evil closet monster at night now…He did a lot for me you know, and he's gone now. I didn't even get to say bye to my dad the last time I was home and when he was still alive." Tsukune spoke to the inanimate teddy bear as if it had something to say back, only staring back at Tsukune with its dark beady eyes. It was a pretty ironic thing to say since he was in a school specifically for monsters and being surrounded by them everyday, even befriending them, some even falling for him and vice-versa. Perhaps rather, he was speaking more about the harsh realities of life rather than a literal closet monster. He could fight and defeat a monster, but life was something he had to live and pull through; it wasn't something he could fight against or conquer. Tsukune got up, placed one of Alvin's CD's into his laptop and listened to Alvin's favorite song, "Face of the Coin" as he remembered that he wasn't able to say goodbye to him either. In fact he hadn't seen him since they were little kids. Sadly, he had even planned on taking a flight to Osea after the war and hang out with him for a week or two, though this wasn't going to obviously happen now. At the very least though, he could go to Osea to visit his gravesite. Little did he know, Moka was listening in on the other side of his door as she softly whispered to herself.

"I will…Tsukune-san…I love you." Moka said quietly as she blew a kiss to him, slowly walking away as Inner Moka spoke to her through the rosary.

"I love him too, Omote-chan, however, I feel uncomfortable leaving him alone in there by himself." This sudden show of concern from Inner Moka considering her pride shocked Outer Moka.

"You really have fallen for him haven't you…" Outer Moka teased as she giggled.

"You mean WE have. He's in a rather dark place right now, I feel that we should go in there and comfort him. I mean, what if he tries to…-" Inner Moka hesitated with that last part, she couldn't bear to say it.

"Tsukune wouldn't do that. He has too much too live for, his mother would be sad, so would his cousin Kyou-chan, and the rest of our friends. And I'm pretty sure that Mr. Aono wants his son to live his life to the fullest, as would his friend Alvin-san." Outer Moka explained to her Inner half. "A part of loving someone means trusting the person, and sometimes, some people just need their space to grieve. I think we need to leave him alone for tonight, let him think about what has happened lately. He has been through a lot."

"I have to admit…this feels rather strange. I feel like we've reversed roles somewhat."

"I agree somewhat, it is strange, but we're still the same person, we have each other's personality to a degree." Said Moka, who was being rather unusually perceptive. "Though I know the other reason why you want to go in that room with Tsukune…"

"I…Omote-chan, I don't know what you're talking about…" Inner Moka flatly denied as if she was extremely guilty about something.

"Don't you remember, me and you share the same dream, and this past week you've been having some…rather naughty dreams about Tsukune. And some of the weirdest things too, I didn't know you were into that kind of thing, like the one dream about where you straddled Tsukune on top of the bed and-"

"Omote!" Inner Moka yelled out, but was blushing beet red from embarrassment while Outer Moka giggled and continued on to her own dorm room.

Meanwhile, Grabacr was cursing himself as he reverted out of his disguise. He had botched the beginning phase of his operation to destroy Youkai Academy, now he would have to wait for next semester to carry out the rest of his master's plan. Quickly he contacted his master through a psychic channeling mirror, Abbaddon being on the other end.

"Master, I regret to inform you that the plans have been slightly delayed. I have not yet been able to destroy the Youkai Academy or its students. I will have to wait a few months for the next semester." Grabacr said, expecting his master's fury to be unleashed upon him.

"You idiot! You're infinite uselessness continues to astound me! Your cohort Ofnir is causing chaos in the human world and here you are trying to explain away your failures! What's your excuse this time?" Abbaddon was clearly unhappy with the situation as Grabacr hesitated to answer back.

"I encounter someone strange today…A boy named Tsukune Aono, his demonic aura is unlike any other power I have seen in my entire life…It's so, oppressive and powerful…It's like he's…Razgriz…reborn." Grabacr stammered out as a look of shock and instant panic overtook Abbaddon.

"You best not be lying to me, boy. But nonetheless, I want more information on this Tsukune, see if this is indeed true…You have your orders Grabacr, carry them out or I will kill you personally." Abbaddon yelled at him as the mirror faded out…

TO BE CONTINUED

Well, a long chapter to be sure. Please leave a review and/or constructive criticism, thanks! ^^