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The homeroom was more or less going over the rules about not showing your true form. Which is alright, I wasn't planning on go ghost too much anyways. I think I will just try flying under the radar here. But the homeroom was the last of the normal class periods, if you could call anything at this school normal.
I didn't have any more morning classes with Tsukune and Moka, but they did have a math class with each other and Japanese Literature. From what I heard from them later their teachers were… normal teachers with normal methods.
I was a little angry when I found out I was placed in the 'trouble classes'. Apparently there was a class for problem students. I have no idea why I was considered a problem student but the classes were insane. My first teacher, for science, had narrow eyes and a greasy hair cut. He was really loud and didn't like questions. And from the way he acted I am pretty sure he was a sociopath and his name was Mr. Plock.
That would be pretty normal for a teacher… if he would stop using magic on the students that spoke or fidgeted too much. The boy next to me was impaled by a stone javelin. "Come now can none of you tell me how many molecules are in a mole?" Mr. Plock said angrily. Everyone was shrinking down in their seats trying to not get picked.
I decided to answer in hopes that no one else would die this class period. "I think it's roughly 6.02 X 10^23." I said through the silence.
Mr. Plock smile waving his hands and shouted. "Correct!" And a fireball came straight for me. I threw up the desk to shield myself and it was reduced to ashes. "Oh… you lived… that's good." He said before continuing his lecture.
I was called on nine more times after that and each time I answered I would be assaulted by some kind of lethal attack. Each time I dodged or redirected the attack he would get more and more excited. "End of the first day of class and only five died. Much fewer than last semester." Mr. Plock said proudly. "Remember to read pages 10 – 23 or I will freeze you alive." He said as we were dismissed. The class had two hundred people in it. 200(students)/5(students per day) = 40(days)… how can he teach like this?
My second class was a class we don't have in ordinary schools. "How to deal with monster hunters." The teacher, Mr. Richardson, was a skinny man with huge blood red eyes. The man was a nervous wreck and when one student accidentally startled him he screamed so loud that the glass windows shattered.
Once we were all sat down for class he passed back and forth in front of us with his eyes darting between us as he talked. "You… you think that we… that we are safe from the humans. Some of you are foolish enough to think that we could just kill them… but noooooo. They are tricky little beasts." He said showing some of his teeth that were completely black. "When you are out there in the world of humans you must always be vigilant and… EEEECCCKK." He screamed as he dived under his desk the scream shattered some of the already shattered glass. Apparently someone had reached into their backpack for a new pen and he thought that the boy was going to attack him.
My language arts class was ordinary, but I didn't know who to read Japanese very well if it was written in the Kanji format. People snickered at my inability to read the text when called on. Loudest of all was this little eleven year old girl with short black hair who had a witch's outfit on.
Off in the halls after class I ran into Moka and Tsukune. "Hey guys any luck with your classes today?" I asked. I was slightly surprised to find that Tsukune was still alive.
"Oh it's been fine so far." Moka said with a smile, but Tsukune had a more hollowed look about him. "How about you?"
"Not really much different from my time at the human schools." I said with a shrug. "It is embarrassing that I can't read Japanese though." I admitted. My monster sense was telling me that one was too close behind me. I got hit in the side and tossed to the floor hard enough to damage the tiles. I turned to see a larger boy standing over me. I didn't bother fighting back. I was used to being bullied all the time. It hardly hurt more than a punch from Dash so the monster couldn't have been that strong.
"Ha there Moka, why don't you ditch this two losers and hang out with a real monster. The name is Saizou Komiya." The boy said moving in on Moka who seemed grossed out and ducked behind Tsukune. "Ha, move it pipsqueak." The guy practically growled at Tsukune.
Tsukune was frozen like a statue. Things didn't look to hot for him. I reached out my feet wrapping them around Saizou's legs twisting and sending him to the ground. "Oops sorry about that." I fake apologized pretending to be scared as he towered over me.
Saizou glared at me and pushed me against the wall. But then he seemed to think better of it. "You aren't even worth the trouble. But if I ever catch you or that other weakling with Moka again then you'll regret it." He said before turning and walking way.
"Jerk." I said as he left. To see Moka clinging onto Tsukune's arm as all the guys in the hall glared daggers. "Um… what do you guys want to do for lunch?" Tsukune was shifting back and forth between horror and pleasure at his current predicament.
Soon we all ended up on the roof to get away from other prying eyes that were always seemed to be watching around Moka. "I'm going get some juice." Moka said going off to a vending machine.
Tsukune and I were now alone. "I suppose I don't need to explain to you anymore that you need to keep the fact that your human a secret." I said casual. Tsukune quivered at what I said.
"You… you know?" He asked. I nodded. "Are… are you a monster to?" he asked.
"Good question." I hadn't really thought about if Ghosts were really monsters. The feel of them was all different. "I don't think so. I am human born and raised." I said smiling at Tsukune. 'And died.' Though I didn't say that last part.
"So we both must be here by mistake." He said a little depressed.
"Maybe, but I think I'm going to stay here." I said to his surprise. "It isn't so bad. And I really don't feel like going home." I said staring off into the graveyard forest. "What would I even tell my parents, 'sorry, I couldn't go to school there because of all the monsters'?" I joked. If I did tell them that then my parents would come down here guns-a-blazing.
Tsukune didn't look like he knew what to say about my declaration that I would stay. We all ate our lunch together and then broke off for where afternoon classes were, yet again they had classes together and I was still alone.
Art was ok I guess, though the teacher kept trying to talk us into painting with our own blood. And my last class of the A-day schedule was gym. It was… actually a relief to be able to just run around at inhuman speed without people gawking. Hell most of the people there were still doing better than me.
But there was still one probably… the after gym showers. Even in a school for monsters I still stuck out there. I looked like I have been through a war zone with both sides shooting at me with all my cuts and burns. And if you think about it I had.
"Wow! Fenton, what happened to you?" Keri asked as he stared at my scarred body. "I've never seen that many scars on one body."
"I… had a hard time in the human world." I admitted with a shrug.
Keri was alright, he was faster and stronger then I was will we were both in our human forms, but I was a lot more skilled. So when the dodge ball game came and we were the last men standing on either side it was a long and difficult match. But in the end skill and strategy won the day. I tossed one ball in a slower arc for him to dodge will the second was faster and took advantage of his pulled attention with the first ball. 'That won't work on me twice.' He had declared.
On my out of the gym I was looking around wondering if I would be able to find Moka and Tsukune again. But the worlds were not very kind to me. "Ah Mr. Fenton." It was Mr. Plock. I backed up a little remembering the acts of the psychopath. "Just the kind of monster I was looking for. I need some holes dug over in the forest for… reasons… I think five will do." He said handing me a shovel.
I shuddered at the thought of what the holes were for. "Chop chop, or I will chop you in half." The mad man said and walked away. "Make sure you make them nice and deep." He said over his shoulder as he went. Students were ducking into classrooms and running out of the hall way. Some girls ran into the boy's bathroom as he passed and one man jumped out the window.
"That Mr. Plock is going to be the death of all of us." Said Keri from his spot in a garbage can.
I sighed and started walking outside with the spade. It was relatively easy work once I found a spot that didn't already have a tombstone. I am kind of worried that all the graves are really those of old students that didn't survive the academy. 'I hope Moka and Tsukune don't have any teachers like him.' I wasn't exactly worried about my own safety. I had been through more than one or two life or death scenarios. But I don't want my new friends to get hurt.
I had finished the fourth hole when I noticed a small piece of monster energy traveling through the forest. It was obviously Moka's. Hers was a little weaker than the other students for some reason. 'I wonder where she's going.' I thought as the energy passed by outside of my field of vision. I started on the five and final hole when I noticed that another monster was following her. Then the energy from that monster grew to that of one of the teachers. "Moka." I said worried.
I swung the spade up over one shoulder and went off in the direction of the energy as fast as I could without flying. I came to the clearing where Tsukune and I were dropped off by the bus early that very day. And there in the middle of the clear next to the overhanging cliff was Moka with an injured Tsukune in her lap.
"I'm sorry Tsukune… I didn't mean it when I said I hated all humans." She said practically in tears. "When I was at that human world school, all I really wanted was a friend I didn't care if it was a monster or a human." She shook her head. "You and Danny were my very first friends, so please just be ok."
"I feel the same way Moka, I don't care about monster or human. I really like you." Tsukune said with a pained smile.
Down from the cliff above them came the second monster. "Enough of that talk. You two are making me sick." The thing was around eight feet tall, extremely top heavy and had a ridiculous tongue. "Now I'll get rid of this weakling once and for all!" He shouted charging them. Tsukune and Moka both closed their eyes.
Clang! The sound made when I clubbed the monster's face with the flat side of the spade reverberated through the air. The monster bounced three times before coming to a stop. "You two really should try to stay out of trouble." I said in my cocky manner that I saved for when I was doing something heroically stupid.
"Dan… Danny? But what are you doing here?" Moka said in surprise after she had opened her eyes to see me.
"I was just digging some graves for Mr. Plock. Looks like I'm going to have to make one more." I said getting a better grip on the spade. The monster was starting to get back up. "Look buddy, I don't want any trouble so you just head on home before things get out of hand." I don't know why I bothered. They never pick the easy way. The monster rushed me and I guarded with the spade.
As it turned out holding back a giant monster with a wooden shovel was not the smartest of moves to make. With a loud snap the spade broke and monster's fist made contact with my stomach. I fell back a few paces and righted myself. "Please, you're just another wimp like Tsukune. You don't scare me." The monster said.
"Danny!" Tsukune shouted trying to get up but he couldn't move.
"Don't worry, I got this under control." I said trying to calm him down.
The monster laughed. "Under control? You got to be kidding me. You don't stand a chance." He chuckled. "Tell you what, I want you to turn into your true form. It wouldn't be fun to kill you without that."
"My true form you say." I said mocking him. "Don't make me laugh. You aren't even worth my true form." I took off my backpack and pulled some tech out of it. "Any real monster would know that the true form is a last resort. Because once your true form becomes known to your enemies you are as good as dead. They will have time to research your strengths and weaknesses. And because of that fact, I will not use my true form." I lifted up a short bar pressing a button causing it to lengthen into the Fenton Quarterstaff. Each end of the staff glowed with the green ectocharge.
"You think you can beat a rogue monster with a fancy stick!?" The monster came charging at me. But he was telegraphing his attacks days in advance. I ducked underneath his swing and delivered a blow to his crutch discharging to energy into it. Whether you're human or monster, whenever a couple thousand volts of electricity passes through your nut sack you go down.
Once he was on his knees I pulled out one last device, the Fenton Flare. It's a supped up lighter that produced enough light to blind someone for a few hours. I placed it in front of his face and closed my eyes. I could still she the giant flash of green light through my eye lids. The effects were huge.
"My… my eyes." The monster stumbled half a step on his knees before falling over and vomiting. The overpowering of his sense of sight was so bad that it spilt over into his other senses that helped him balance and guidance. Soon he was flat on his stomach in a pool of his own vomit.
"Let this be a listen to you. Don't do drugs." I joked since he was too out of it to hear me anyways, before hitting him across the head with my quarterstaff and knocking him out. I returned the quarterstaff to being just a short rod and replaced it and the flare into my backpack. "You two going to be alright?" I asked as I came up to Moka and Tsukune.
"Danny… you just beat a monster." Tsukune said in surprise.
"It's not that big of a deal. I had to do it all the time back in my home town. This guy is a small fry." I said with a shrug. "Who is this guy anyways?"
"It was Saizou." Moka informed me.
I looked at Moka. "I guess Tsukune has told you about him being human. Well, I was also born human. But like I said before, I try not to judge people on things they can't help. Hope we can still be friends." I said sticking out one hand.
"It… it's alright." Moka said but then she looked surprised again. "Danny, you're bleeding." I looked down and saw that my hand had a few cuts from the broken shovel. Moka started to get out a handkerchief but then stopped. "This scent…" My eyebrow rose slightly from the knowledge of what was coming. But then to my surprise she clapped her hands over her nose. "Danny, your blood smells so weird."
Tsukune and I just sat there stunned for a second before saying the all powerful phrase. "Huh?"