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"Everyone scatter, it won't be able to track us as easily if we are spread out!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as the 200 meter long leviathan of a snake came around for another attack. "Remember, snakes can't hear and they can't see very well, they depend on the vibrations in the earth and smell to hunt! If we spread out our moments it should confuse it!"
The students that were still around began to spread out. Each was in its true form, other than me of course. It would take more than the presence of a cobra that is twice the size of a football field to force me to use my ghost form.
The plan was working somewhat, unfortunately some monsters smelt worse than others. The stinker monsters were being targeted. The cobra raised its head up high above us before striking down taking a large hairy monster in its mouth, biting it with its long fangs before swallowing it whole.
As for why I was currently fighting an oversized snake with a bunch of other students that's because of the first exam of the semester. I couldn't pass the Japanese Literature test because I was still having trouble with Japanese characters. The language teachers, other than Ms. Nekonome, decided that they would take everyone that failed the test and do a mandatory extra credit activity. So now I am fighting a giant snake with scales like armor and fangs like spears.
The snake was starting to have a hard time keeping track of us. It missed the last three lunges. But it wasn't out of tricks, like some cobras it could spit venom. The sure amount of venom it spat was impressive to say the least. Most snakes usually conserve as much of their venom as possible, but I guess this is a magical snake after all. It spat more venom then its head could possible hold.
As the venom hit the ground, it seemed to be eating the soil away. The snake was using the venom pits to limit our moments. This wasn't good, I would have to finish the fight quickly. But then I heard a scream. "Kurumu!" I shout in horror as my friend was hit by the venom. She was also unable to pass the test and even though we are in different Japanese Literature classes, we ended up in the same giant pit with an angry snake.
She was falling out of the air since the spat venom had hit her. She hit the ground hard, the impact making enough vibrations to catch the snake's attention. Its tong flicked in and out of its mouth testing the air. It got a lock on the injured succubus's perfume. Rearing up it prepared to strike.
"Kurumu!" I shouted one last time knocking her out of the way right as the snakes attack was about to hit. Next thing I know I was inside of the snake's giant mouth.
"Danny!" I could hear Kurumu shout from outside the closed mouth as the tong of the snake tried to maneuver me into falling down the throat. I reached out and grabbed onto one of the fangs and started to pry the mouth of the giant snake back open.
It hisses loudly, I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but it did. It began to thrash about and its jaw unhinged trying to get rid of my leverage underneath my feet, but it was too late of that. I had pried out the fang and damaged the muscle that it would need to close it again giving me something to hold onto.
But I didn't know exactly how long I could hold on to the slick outer surface of the fang will her snake was thrashing about. But then an idea accrued to me. The scales protected it from the outside, but nothing is protecting it inside the things head.
I pulled back one hand and charged up a punch with my ectoenergy. The punch hit the bridge of the mouth right were the fang was connected with the mouth. The snake shook with pain as the fang broke off. But that was the only thing that was stopping me from sliding down the cobra's throat.
On my way to the back of the mouth and flipped over the fang and drove it as hard as I could into the roof of the mouth. I began to twist it back and forth as the brain fluid and blood of the snake started to pour all over me. Soon the movements of the snake began to get slower and slower until I had a falling sensation as the snakes head fell to the ground.
Moments later I crawled out of the snakes head coughing and spitting. I was drenched in saliva, blood and brain fluids, but I was victories. The sounds of the survivors was deafening as I staggered to my feet clutching the six foot fang in my right hand. I was lucky I was so small, or else I would have never fit between the snakes fangs whenever it first tried to eat me.
"Danny, you're alright!" Kurumu said throwing her arms around me and dragging me into her chest. It was at times like that which make me glad I don't need to breathe to stay alive.
But as I finally pulled free of the dark rift I looked at my friend and blushed even deeper. "Um… Kurumu… I think the venom had a stronger effect on your clothes then your body." I informed her, a little embarrassed myself. She looked down to find that the right half of her top had dissolved exposing her bare chest. She squealed and covered herself from the prowling eyes of our other class mates.
I looked around at the survivors. We had started with 112 people, now only 89 were left standing. "Come on guys! We need to get the injured to the nurses. And someone cut open the things stomach! The thing didn't exactly chew its food very well. Some might not be dead from the venom!" I shouted out as I gave Kurumu my green school outer jacket.
The monsters groaned but accepted my orders. I guess since I was the one giving the orders during the fight they accepted them during the clean up. I helped them cut open the stomach using the oversize fang and there were three of the nine eat victims were still breathing. Only four of the noneaten victims had died. So that made ten dead and thirteen injured. 'That's too many…' I thought sadly.
"Danny, are you ok?" Kurumu asked me cheerfully. "Come on we did it! It's time to celebrate!" She said throwing one fist up into the air. But then the smile disappeared from her face. "Except we still have afternoon classes." She said miserably.
I chuckled and put on my best smile. "Come on. We can still make it back to school in time for lunch." I said and start to walk along with the others back towards the school building. Before fighting the snake I had gotten a 35 on the test and Kurumu had a 42. But surviving the snake was worth 50 extra credit points. Probably because they didn't expect anyone to survive. It was disgusting that teachers were practically murdering the students without any consequences, then again students sometime killed or ate each other without getting in any trouble. Monster society was different then human society on the value of life. Even ghosts put a higher value on life… and they're dead.
When we got to the school Kurumu went to take a shower and get all the stuff that had been on her shirt off her before changing. I went and grabbed a sandwich deciding that I would rather be filthy then hungry. I was eating my sandwich when I saw Tsukune alone for once. "Ha Tsu!" I said as I approached waving the fang of the giant snake.
Tsukune stared at me for a second and asked. "Danny… what is that?"
"A roast beef." I said holding up the sandwich.
"You know what I meant." He sighed.
"You're no fun." I said presenting the giant tooth. "Me and some of the other students had to take down a giant cobra for extra credit. 50 points on that Japanese Literature test for surviving." At his shocked look I merely shrugged. "It was required for everyone that failed the test in every class except for yours with Ms. Nekonome. So make sure you study hard in the future." He nodded rapidly.
"Tsukune! Danny!" We looked over to see Moka coming told us flushed completely red as everyone stared at her.
At first I thought it was the usual staring but then I noticed what the difference today was. "Moka… there's a 11 year old girl groping your from behind… why?" I asked trying to get my head around it.
"That's none of your business, stupid!" the girl said harshly as she peeked out from behind Moka. It was the witch girl from my Lit class, she was apparently super smart and skipped some grades. She was the top student in our year. Not really saying much when you're comparing yourself to a bunch of beings that have difficulty to understand how to bubble in questions.
"True enough I suppose. You're Yukari right?" I asked her with a small shrug. "Congratulations on being the top of the class, I guess."
"Yeah that's right. I am a genius." She said puffing out her chest proudly and continued to grope Moka.
"Um… Yukari I don't think you should be doing this in public…" Tsukune said uncomfortably.
Yukari got out from behind Moka and held her arms out as if to protect Moka. "You two just stay out of our way. I know all about you. Tsukune Aono: your grades are barely above average and you athletic abilities are terrible, much like a human's. You have no hobbies, no special skills. By all accounts you are ordinary and unworthy of Moka's greatness."
"Ouch…" I muttered feeling a little sorry for Tsukune as he shrank back as if slapped.
"And you are Danny Fenton: your grades are even worse and your athletic abilities are only above average. You're only hobby is stargazing and your only real talent is fighting. A brainless brute like you has even less right to be around Moka." Yukari said to me. I really didn't mind that much. I was used to being made fun of and bullied for my abilities from my days at human school. "And you're filthy."
I looked down at myself. "Sorry, I had a choice between lunch and a shower. You can see where my priorities lie." I said taking a bit out of my sandwich.
"What even is that stuff you're covered in?" Moka asked holding her nose.
"A lot of things really; drool, blood, brain fluid, and stomach juices, maybe a little venom." I listed of the various fluids that were on my body. Moka looked a little sick at that.
"That is it. You two are way too different from my Moka. I love Moka and I'm not going to let people like you drag her down." Yukari said pulling out an extremely girly looking pink heart wand. "So I'm declaring war! When I'm done, you'll never go near Moka again!"
She started waving her wand and large metal wash pans fell from nowhere and hit Tsukune and me on the head. The impact was less surprising to me then the open decoration that the little girl was in love with Moka. I'm pretty sure that it was just some kind of fan warship, but it was still weird to hear it, especially after seeing her walking down the hall groping Moka.
Tsukune on the other hand was in a lot more concerned about the pain. He rubbed his head and was moaning a little. "Now scram." Yukari said waving her wand again and four nearby brooms came to life and started attacking us. Two went after me and two after Tsukune.
Tsukune started to run away with the brooms chasing him. I merely caught the two brooms that were attacking me in the same hand I was holding the fang and held them away. I looked down at the little witch, towering over her. "What…" Yukari said surprised that her little prank didn't drive me away.
"I accept your challenge." I said happily to Moka's dismay. "I haven't been part of a prank war since Vladimir died. I sure do miss them." I said throwing the brooms to the side. "I'm off to prepare." I said laughing a little evilly as I walked away, the monster in the halls staring after me.
And so the prank war began. By the next morning I had gathered the needed materials for my pranks and had set them up. I was confident that I would be the winner this time. Going to my locker though to get my books I opened it and a large number of frogs fell out on top of me.
The people around my locker laughed at my expense and I saw Yukari among them. "It did take a while to gather all the frogs but it was worth it." She said mocking me as she opened up her own locker.
A wave of dippers fell out on top of her and the laughter redoubled. "Did you know they sold dippers that the students' store here? I got a lot of weird looks when I bought them." I mocked back laughing. She was red with embarrassment and anger at my own prank which was fairly close to hers.
"This isn't over." She said digging herself out of the pill of dippers and marched away.
"No it certainly is not." I said with an evil grin. My ghost half loved the pointless chaos. That and I am a fifteen year old boy.
Thing got a little more interesting later that day. It was an A-day and we shared the Literature class. As I sat down in my chair static ran through my body and my hair stood straight up on end. It was a pretty good prank and I noticed the runes for 'charge' and 'sink' at me feet.
"Give up yet?" Yukari was laughing at me until she opened her desk and a balloon with a poorly drawn smiley face blow up in front of her leaving her surprised. Once it had gotten as big as her head a needle on the stand it was attached to shot out popping the balloon and the smell of Sulfur Dioxide, or rotten eggs for anyone that doesn't know chemistry, washed over her.
"Not a chance." I said before the class room was evacuated to get away from the smell. A few of the monsters that had stronger senses of smell had to be cared out. The teacher was one of these monsters. Needless to say, class was canceled for the day.
The pranks kept going and they were mostly harmless, but at the end of the day Tsukune, Moka and Kurumu pulled me aside for an intervention. "Danny this has to stop before someone gets hurt." Moka said sounding like a concerned mother.
"Come on, it is just some little less than innocent fun." I said trying to defend myself. "Besides she started it. Why don't you ask her to stop? She literally worships you." Moka looked unsure.
"Where is she right now anyways?" Tsukune said.
"I gave her a fake love from 'Moka' as a prank. She should be behind the pool waiting for her." I said with a shrug. Then we all heard a large number of metal wash pans hitting someone outside. "That that was probably the creepy stalker that I gave the other letter to. Thanks for writing the letters by the way Kurumu, my hand writing isn't very good and they always seem to believe it after the perfume is sprayed on the things." I chuckled. Moka was giving us disapproving looks. "Come on Moka, she was pulling pranks before we started this prank war. The only real difference between her pranking me or someone else is that I am not likely to eat her for it."
"Why are you defending the brat anyways?" Tsukune said in an angry voice. He was still sour about being hit by the brooms. I was surprised to see that the weak hits were actually enough to break the skin on him.
Before Moka could respond Tsukune punched himself in the face. This caught us all off guard. But then it was even worse when his arms shoot out and he grabbed Kurumu breasts. Kurumu moaned at the feeling. "Tsukune you pervert!" Moka said slapping Tsukune hard in the face causing him to go flying.
Then from the window Yukari's giggles could be heard. "Oops, I thought that I had one of Danny's hairs." Yukari said with a voodoo doll in her hand. "But you still deceived it."
"See what I mean, Moka?" Tsukune said to the vampiress. "She is out of control and nothing but a nuisance. If you keep this up Yukari then you won't ever make any friends." He said to her.
"Tsukune please she's just a child." Moka said.
"That is no excuse and you know it." Tsukune said angrily.
"Calm down man." I said trying to intervene. "They're just pranks."
"It doesn't matter what you think anyways." Yukari said blowing raspberries at Tsukune before turning to Moka. "That's because I'm a genius. It doesn't matter what some moron like you says, right Moka?" She said smiling up at her idol.
"Now wait a second, Yukari." Moka said trying to talk to the girl. "You really have been going too far, and you can't talk about my friends like that." She scolded the little girl.
The smile faded of the girls face. "But… I'm your friend…" She said tears coming to her eyes before she turned around and waved her wand causing three more pans to appear all falling on Tsukune. "That's okay… I've don't need friends then…" She said before running off. I felt sad to let her go.
"Wait, Yukari!" Moka said looking worried.
"Why are you still defending her Moka?" Tsukune said confused.
"If you understood her feelings, then you would feel sorry for her to." Moka said before chasing after the little witch.
"Why is she so accepting of that girl. And what about how I feel." Tsukune asked.
"Maybe vampires have early maternal instincts or something." I said watching the vampiress go. "I have to admit I am worried about the kid to. Like you said she doesn't seem to have any other friends. She gets bullied a lot, and it isn't just the normal 'pick on the smart kid' bullying." I said sadly.
"It's probably because she is one of the hated races." Kurumu said.
"Feel like running that by us?" I asked the succubus.
"You don't know?" Kurumu said as if wondering how we couldn't know something so obvious.
"Tsukune and I both grow up in the human society with little exposure to other monsters. Something like racism among monsters isn't taught in human schools." I said so Tsukune wouldn't need an excuse.
Kurumu looked a little sad about it. "It isn't like I agree with this… but… well you see witches are what you would call 'boarder beings'. Though some call them 'half-breeds' like it was an insult or something." That was a concept I could understand. I immediately felt ashamed of myself for not trying to comfort the little girl. "They have always been discriminated against because they aren't really monsters. They don't have another form or even a demonic aura, but they aren't like humans either." Tsukune also looked a little guilty.
"Rejected by both." I said sadly thinking of the merciless attacks from both ghosts and ghost hunters. I started to walk out the door. "I'm going to find them. Maybe I can help or something."
I was gone before they could say another word. I went off in the direction that I thought Yukari went into the forest, but it was harder to track her since she didn't have a demonic aura. But then I felt three monsters revealing their true forms. 'If Yukari is there then she's in trouble.' I thought and dashed off in that direction.
I arrived in just a matter of seconds to find Yukari and Moka surrounded by three lizardmen. Yukari's wand was broken, looking like the top had been bitten clean off. "Help!" Yukari cried out.
The lizardmen laughed. "There's no one to help you here you dirty little half-breed." Said the one at the front. He must have been the leader of the group. "So what do you guys think we should do with them?" He said.
"Let's just eat them." One of the Lizardmen suggested.
"Yeah." Agreed the third.
They began to move in. Moka and Yukari screamed as the leader lunged at them. But he was batted aside by a green ray of energy. They all looked up to see me standing there with a finger that was smoking green as I held my hand in the shape of a gun. "Bang." I said simply as I walked over and stood between them and my friends. "You two alright?"
"Ye… yeah." Moka answered.
I nodded and looked to the lizardmen. "You have one chance to back off and never bother them again before I start getting rough." I said raising my fists.
"What the hell, why are all you people coming to the defense of that little bitc…" One of the lizards started but he was cut off by another weak ghost ray in the mouth. The lizard in question was sent back into a nearby tree and rendered unconscious.
"You sure have a mouth on you. Too bad I don't have any soap on me." I said shaking with anger. "You were… you were going to kill Yukari… to eat her because she was different." I was vaguely aware of the blazing green energy that was leaking out of my eyes. "Unforgivable."
The two remaining lizards flinched a little but then rushed me. I lifted each hand and shot them both dead in the chest launching them back, each had been rendered unconscious. "Know your place." I said glaring at them before turning to Moka and Yukari.
"You ok, Yukari?" I said all the traces of green gone from my eyes, replaced by icy blue. "I'm sorry they broke your wand before I got here." I said sadly looking at what was left of the girly wand.
"Why… why did you come here?" Yukari said a little suspicion in her voice. She hugged herself closer to Moka. The sound plucked at a few of my heart strings. The little girl had just experienced people trying to kill her… I know what that is like… but she is just too young.
"We're friends aren't we?" I said smiling at the little girl. She looked a little taken aback by my question. "It's not like I'm going to judge you for being a bit of a prankster, after all I am one to. And things like races are too far above the head of an idiot like me." I said shrugging. "But… maybe we should stop with all the jokes for a bit. It really does get on some people's bad side. Tsu is alright. You two just got off on the wrong foot." I stuck out my hand to the little girl. "So take this as my formal surrender. You win the prank war."
Yukari hesitated for a second before jump out of Moka's arms. Her hat fell off as she knocked me to the ground with a hug and began to cry. "I was so scared." She said.
I was a little taken aback by the reaction but I recovered. I began to pat her head trying to calm her down. "Don't worry Yukari. You don't have anything to be scared of. We will keep you safe, I promise." I said to the crying girl. "And I always keep my promises."
It had been three days since the incident with the lizardmen, and Yukari was turning over a new leaf. She apologized to not only Tsukune and Kurumu, but everyone that she had used her magic on in those first two weeks of school.
She still wasn't having much luck making friends outside of our little group, but there was no long open hostility towards her. We don't know if that is because they forgave her, or because they heard about what happened to the giant lizards, her class president and his two stooges.
I was out front with Moka, Tsukune and Kurumu as Moka was recounting the 'fight' between me and the lizardmen. If you could call it a fight, it was more like a spanking and sending them off to sit in time out.
"So Danny used is monster powers?" Kurumu said enviously. "I wish I could have seen it." The then put her arms around me and pressed herself against me. "Come on Danny, can't you show me your true form, just once?" She asked sweetly causing me to blush.
"Hey you get off him boob for brains." Yukari had arrived and jumped on Kurumu's back trying to peel her off. "You're not good enough for my Big Brother." The term Yukari had decided she would use for me after the rescue.
"Well who asked you, you little witch?" Kurumu said trying to hang onto me but she was pulled off. Yukari had decided that Kurumu wasn't good enough to be my girlfriend in pretty much the same way that she had decided that Tsukune and I were not good enough to be friends with Moka earlier. So every time something came up they would go at it and tease and taunt each other. There was no real danger of either of them getting hurt, but we couldn't break up the little spats.
"Come on you two we need to get to school." I said as Moka, Tsukune and I started on our way.
Kurumu, who had had Yukari in a head lock dropped the little girl and came running. "Coming my Destined One!" Kurumu said chasing after.
"Oh no you don't, you succubus!" Yukari shouted running shortly behind her. It was all just the usual morning. Still more normal then Amity Park anyways.
That last sentence pretty much summarizes Danny's feeling about Youkai. There is nothing you can throw at him that Amity Park didn't prepare him for.