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Five year-old Tsukune Aono peered around the side of his house. His eyes widened as he saw a fragile blond kitten trying to wake a dead tomcat. He was so focused on sight that he didn't noticed that his mother approached and tapped him on the shoulder. "Tsukune?"

It took all of Tsukune's willpower to not let yell so he don't alert the cat. He turned to see his mother. "Mom, please don't scare me like that."

"What are you doing, Tsukune?"

"There's a baby cat, mommy."

"Oh, my god. Tsukune, stay from that cat!"

"I can't, mommy." He can't explain it but he felt drawn toward the helpless cat. He approach the kitten with caution. "Are you okay, kitty? Come over here. I can help you."

The baby animal hissed and raised it's paws as warning.

"Don't worry, kitty. I promise that I won't hurt you." He extend his hand out.

The kitten still hissed. This time, she scratches his hand.

He grimaced as he held his hand even further. "I'm not going to hurt you. I want to help you, please. Just calm down, please."

This time, something in his voice assured her to be calm and she can trust him. She licked his wounds and jumped into his arms. Despite how dirty she was, he scratch between her ears. She allowed herself to relaxed when she heard him say. "You're pretty kitty."

"I can't leave her like this. She needs me. Please, can I can keep her?"

His mother was about to say no but the way her only son latch on that kitten was giving her second thoughts. "Fine, but remember you have to responsible for her well-being and you really need to give her bath!"

"Thanks, mom. I will!" Tsukune happily went inside of his home with his new-found pet kitty in his arms. His mother shook her head and wondering if she did the right by letting him the cat. She buried the dead tomcat and followed her kid in. They didn't noticed that a pair of strange eyes observing their moves. One word came of that person's mouth.

"Interesting..."

Tsukune barely familiarize the idea that he's only human in Youkai Academy. But so far, his first week at the school went smoothly. The only person that he can trust was his former pet and now homeroom teacher, Shizuka. He can't believe that he spent most of his free time with her. Yet it's don't feel like teacher and student relationship nor master and pet relationship but more like two intimate friends.

"Master Tsukune?" She happily resting her head on Tsukune's lap. She purred as she felt him petting her head.

"Hmm?" He replied in a daze.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about the past. You?"

"Mice, Master Tsukune."

He chuckled. Then he thought of something. "Shizuka-sensei, you don't have to call me Master. Can you call me without it?"

"I do." She smirked.

He traced her neck with his fingers. "Yes, but only at school. How about right now? Do you really need call me that?"

"But you're my master and always will be." She nuzzled against his thighs. "Since we're on the subject, you could drop the teacher. We're not in a classroom."

The human smirked. "But you're my teacher for next three years. It would be improper for me to address you as an equal."

"You are so cute, Master Tsukune." After while of an odd silence moments, her ears drooped a little. She sat up, gradually. "Master Tsukune, it's time for us depart. You have school tomorrow and I have a classes to teach."

"Okay, same time tomorrow?" Tsukune stand up.

"Of course, Master Tsukune." Shizuka rose up and leaned forward to lick him on cheek. "See you later, Master Tsukune." She ran off to the teacher's dorm.

As he walked off, he wiped off his so-called pet's saliva with his sleeve. 'I don't think she would stop that anything soon.' He chuckled but for some reasons, he didn't mind about that.

As they parted in different direction, they didn't notice a certain pink-haired girl watching over them. 'I can't believe I missed my chance again.' It was strange after she gain conscious on that day, there was no one around. All she remember that she seen that boy from her homeroom class and somewhere else but she can't remember where or when. She finally got the name of the person who tried to rescue her from one of her classmates. She went to her dorm-room, quietly as she can. Another strange thing was that everybody thinks that she was the one that defeated Saizou. They either afraid of her, admire her or both. 'Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.'

The next day, Moka was mostly focused on her savior during classes. 'He saved my life. I should thank him or something for saving me.' She managed to jot down a few notes but her mind was occupied on how should she approach him.

Finally when the school day was over, Tsukune walked out toward the door. He looked at this homeroom teacher. "Shizuka-sensei, should we meet at usual spot?" He mouthed the words within her eyesight.

She simply nodded as she bid her rest of her students a good day. She watched her master walked out the door. The cat demon can't wait to see him again.

"Aono Tsukune?"

He turned to see a pink-haired girl approached him. He remember Shizuka told him about her species. 'I can't believe that she's vampire. But then again, she did drink my blood before.' "Akashiya, are you okay?"

"I'm fine and you can call me by my first name if you want." She blushed. "I wanted to thank you for helping me before."

"That's okay. I'm glad to help."

"Do you like this school so far?"

"It's not bad. How about you, Moka?"

"I prefer it over my last school. We're away from the miserable humans." She shudders. "My last school was in that dreadful human world. How could any race without any powers or magic can be so vile?"

"Humans..." Tsukune barely spoke out.

"Yes, I'm so glad that I found this school so far away from those horrible humans. I was constantly teased by them if they never saw a girl with pink hair."

As she spoke those words and continue on how cruel human beings can be, Tsukune felt his hopes crushed by her bitter outburst. 'There goes my chance of meeting a new friend.' "Akashiya, What if I was a human? What would do you do to me? If I was human, are you going to judge me harshly, too?"

Moka was speechless. She want to say something but nothing came out.

The human tried so hard not to shed tears in front of her. "I guess I got my answer. I'm sorry that you got treated that way but not all humans are like that." He couldn't think of anymore to say. He felt so depressed. "Excuse me, I have to meet someone. I don't want her to wait." He turned his back toward her and exited out of her sight.

The pink-haired vampire was stunned at his reaction. 'He can't be...'

"Do you think that all humans are evil?" That was first thing Tsukune asked when he meet up with Shizuka in one of their secret locations.

She was taken back on his question. "Well... just like demons around here, it depends on the humans; they could be pleasant or nasty. Why do you ask?"

"I'm not sure if it's safe for me to stay here."

She pulled him into a deep embrace. "Master Tsukune, please don't worry about that. No one know you're human so far. If anyone finds out your secret, I'll protect you with my life." She nuzzled her cheek against his.

Her statement had comforted him. "Thank you, Shizuka-sensei." His tears finally dripped from his eyes. All of the emotions that he felt about Moka's prejudice toward humans had slowly dissolved as he felt reassurance from the cat-demon.

"Anytime, Master Tsukune." She leaned toward his face to licked the tears away. Once she lapped the salty droplets away, she rests her head on his shoulder. She begins to purr when she felt his hand caressing her hair. She sighed in content. 'I'm in my happy place.'

Moka was searching around the campus for Tsukune. 'I'm sorry, I should realized that about you and your blood. But then again, there is something in your blood.' She shook her head. 'I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.' She searched high and low around the campus. Then she remembered where Tsukune and the Nekonome-sensei's secret rendezvous spot. She almost got there but a voice stopped her.

"Why you insists to be friend with such lowly being like Aono?"

"Who's there?"

"I'm the only friend that you ever need!" A slick navy-haired boy appeared right next to her. "Let me see your other self." He tried his hardest to pull the rosario off her choker. Few minutes later, he let out a growl as he showed his true self, a goblin. "How did that idiot got this off?"

"Get off me!" She cried as she finally find the courage to speak. But he still had her pinned. 'One thing to do, scream.' So she did.

"Akashiya..." He recognized the voice. Out of instinct, he got up and would have left if his teacher didn't stop him.

"Master Tsukune, you don't have to help her."

"Then who will?" He ran off to help her.

Shizuka shook her head in amazement. "Master's still the same." She followed along to aid her beloved owner.

Tsukune ran toward her screaming. He was shocked on how close the vampire was to them. 'Why does she want me to be her friend? I'm just human!' But the sight of her being held by a dark-blue haired goblin made him mad. He instantly tackled the demon which cause to release his pink-haired victim. 'That was stupid.' He groaned.

"Aono, I don't know why you're here but then again, I'm glad that you show up that way I can show her how useless you are."

"Who are you and what do you want with her?"

"The name's Souta and that's all you need to know." He smirked as he ran toward the human. "I don't get what she want to be friends with you. You're a weak pathetic being." He delivered a swift punch to the human's stomach. "You can't even defend yourself."

The human tried to block the next attack but it was too late.

"Too slow!" He chuckled as he served an another punch to Tsukune. "You're too easy to beat." The human fell down on his back.

Moka helped Tsukune to sit up. 'I wonder...' She grabbed his hand to pulled off her rosario charm. Plink... the rosario came off her choker and once again, she transformed into a beautiful silver haired creature of the night.

"You again?" She chuckled as she pulled the scared human toward her. Once again, her fangs sank into his head. 'His blood is definitely unique yet delicious. I must find out why later but for now, there's a bug that I need to get rid of.'

Shizuka's eyes flashed dark red. "Don't drink my master's blood like your personal snack-bar."

"Your precious master is fine." The dark persona smirked as she pushed away the stunned human toward the cat-demon.

She caught Tsukune into her arms. "Are you okay, master?"

The boy nodded as he rubbed his neck. There was no marks or bruises on it but it still hurts.

Sliver-haired Moka turned to her stalker. "How did I manged to attracted worthless scums like you? It's beyond me."

The goblin tried to looked fearless. "I'm not worthless like that annoying Saizou..." Before he know it, she grabbed by his throat and raised him in the air.

"Foolish goblin, I don't need a pitiful soul like yourself to hang around me."

"You.. need.. me..." He barely spoke as he struggled to get out.

"Are you kidding? Let me tell you something!" Inner Moka scoffed. "All I could see is annoying demonic flea who need to realize that I'm way too good for you. If you ever bother me again, the only things that anyone find will be your ears." She dropped him like a sack of potatoes. "So leave me alone and know your place!" She kicked him like he was soccer ball.

Souta flew and landed a good distance from them. "Yes, ma'am." He murmured before he passed out.

The sliver-haired smirked at her achievement of knocking her so-called stalker out cold. She walked toward Tsukune. "I'm only saying this once so listen to me carefully. She wants a friend and for some reasons, she thinks you could be it. Don't disappoint me, boy or else!" She snatched her cross from his hands.

Tsukune nodded nervously as he watched the dangerous vampire reverted back to her pink-haired self. She had fell where she was standing. He caught her in his arms. 'She's so light.' As he was about to moved her on nearby bench, he felt her stirring in his arms. "Are you okay, Moka?" He asked as she opened her eyes.

"I'm okay." She blushed slightly as she pulled away from him. "Aono, I'm sorry about before. I didn't offend you..."

"Tsukune; you can call me by first name, too." He smiled. "I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't overreacted like that."

"Can we start over?"

He nodded with a big smile.

"I'm Moka."

"Tsukune, please to meet you."

The cat-demon felt little depressed yet she gave him a smile. She was happy that her master finally made a new friend, who's the same age as him at the school. How come she felt a twinge of jealousy? She heard her master yelped. Her eye twitched as she caught the sight of pink-haired Moka sink her fangs into his neck to drink his blood. She had one thing to say: "Stay away from my master!"