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"Dammit." I mumbled as I entered the underground base. The air was unusual tense and quiet, the monsters that I had gathered to form my army of the underclasses no longer look to me with eyes full of hope and wonder. Now their gazes were confused, and unsure.

We had all been united in a fight against our common foe, but with my most resent actions, a wedge had been driven between us. I had risked our organization, to rescue a human.

My eyes slowly went over the sixty monsters who stood in front of me, wondering which of them would be the one to betray us to the Committee. I honestly had no clue. I hardly knew any of them. But with the sheer number of individuals here, it was bound to happen. The hatred of humans ran deep, deeper than their personal struggles.

I spotted Tsukune along with the girls huddled together in a separate group with Natsu standing guard around them, glaring at any of the other monsters who let their gaze linger to long on the human boy.

"Are you all alright?" I asked them as he got closer. None of them seemed hurt, and with the boss man distracted fighting me, it was likely that the student police were not organized enough to go after them. They hadn't been expecting a rescue parting to attack them, especially with Kuyou heading up the procession.

"Those ballless jokers had a small patrol, but nothing that couldn't be easily handled." Natsu said with a grunt. "How about you? Manage to do any lasting damage to their big cheese?"

I shook my head. "Wish I could say that I did. The bastard's got some skills, I'll give him that. If the two of us went all out we would have flattened the entire school." The burn from when he had grabbed me was already gone, but the memory of that overwhelming power wasn't. He would be a hard nut to crack, even if they took out all of his reinforcement. "Could you gather up the other captains and lead them to the war council room? We need to disguise what these new events." My eyes glanced over at my friends, the members of the news paper club, bar Gen. Tsukune and Moka each looked scared, the others looked more shocked. Kurumu looked at me with her large purple eyes, as if asking me the simple question, 'did you know?' "Take them with you, best if we get everything straightened out."

"Sure thing." Natsu said with a nod.

"Why!?" Someone shorted, a monster who's name I had yet to learn. He was one of the individuals in Chopper's combat squad. "Why the hell did you rescue a human!?" Words of agreement were mumbled here and there.

But they all stopped as Chopper grabbed the monster who had spoken up by the collar and lifted him off the ground. "Don't you question the chief!" He growled, showing his troll's teeth.

"Chopper, that enough!" I said, not wanting to seem the oppressor. That was the last thing I needed while the threat of a traitor was in the air. "He is free to his own opinions, we are all here because we choose to be. It is or common enemy that unites us." I said. If I was going to play this right, I needed to keep everyone concentrated on how much they hated the Committee. "What is your name?" I ask the monster after Chopper dropped him.

"Richard." He coughed.

"Alright then Richard, tell me this, why are we fighting?" I asked, the monster blinked, trying to think of the answer. "We are fighting because the Student Police are out of control. They enforce what ever laws they choose, and decide who should live and who should die. And right now, they have decided that Tsukune should die for being human." I looked over at them watching the gears struggle to turn in their heads. "So, if we allow this, then what is next? While they decide that the boarder races should be put to death? Will they go after Claps, and little Yukari? Then next would be the Monstrals, they always hated the mutts. Then those of lesser lineage. How long will it be until they decide that only they have the right to live."

There were a few nods in the crowd, a good sign. "Tsukune is one of us. He goes to this psychotic school and every day has to struggle just to survive. He and the rest of the newspaper club were doing everything they could to undermine those arrogant bastards who called themselves our protects. So if the Committee feels like killing him in order to increase their popularity, then we will put our foots down, right on top of their faces! We will show them that they can't just do whatever they please!"

There were a few cheers in the group. Enough to make me a little hopeful. But a quickly crushed that hope inside of me. Hope was stupidity. I needed to take action to make sure that nothing would happen. I didn't know these people, and I could not trust them.

Things had to be decided, and I would have to do it soon.

"Why didn't you tell us!" Kurumu yelled at Tsukune. Her shoulders were trembling as she tried to stay in control of herself. "Did you just not trust us? Is that it? I thought we were friends, Tsukune? Why did you tell Moka and Danny, but not Yukari and me?"

Yukari herself had an upset expression as she hid over behind me, throwing Tsukune nerves glances. She was afraid. Not that surprising. Even if she had skipped all the way into high school, she was still a preteen.

I reached over, plucking off her hat before ruffling her hair. "Kurumu, we didn't tell anyways because it shouldn't have mattered what he was." I said simply before replacing Yukari's hat. "What does it matter? What does it matter that Yukari is a witch? What does it matter that you are a succubus or that Moka is a vampire. We're friends. I'm not even quite sure what the hell Natsu is." I joked earning a laugh from the fake Australian monster.

"Danny this is different! He's human!" Kurumu shouted at me.

I winced slightly at that. "Kurumu, do you know what a Halfa is?"

Kurumu blinked. "You mean, that type of monster you are? Not really." She admitted.

"A Halfa is a sub-specie of ghost." I said simply before waiting for a reaction. "Another name for my kind would be half ghosts, or living ghosts. I am half human." Kurumu blinked at me in surprise. I gave her a smile. "Does that real matter?"

Her shoulders sank down and she sighed. "No. I guess it doesn't." She mumbled.

"You're a ghost?" Yukari said in surprise. I only nodded. She looked as though she was deep in thought, probably thinking about all the things she knows about ghosts.

"You guys are probably tired. Hey Claps, can you take them all to a room to rest? We can bring them all up to speed on what is decided later." I asked the Leprechaun.

"Sure thing. Leave it to me." Claps said with a nodded before leading the group out.

Once the door closed behind them I let out a long sigh. "We are up shit creek now." I said with a sigh. I'd been around Natsu for too long and his way of speaking was rubbing off on me.

"What do you mean by that mate? Don't tell me you don't think you can beat Kuyou?" Natsu said with a questioning look.

"This was only round one. Next time we will have your back." Keri agreed. The two were confident as ever, but it was the real problem.

"That isn't it. It is just that with a human on board, we now have to deal with the strong possibility that someone will betray us." I said with a sigh, looking up at Keri, Natsu and Chopper. Them along with Claps were the only ones I would really trust in the entire Youkai Underground.

"You don't think anyone would be that stupid?" Chopper said smashing his hand on the table. "If they even think that they can get passed me to..."

"We can't keep an eye on everyone." I pointed out before he could finish his threat. "Sooner or later, someone is going to let it slip where we are and then we will be screwed."

There was a moment of silence before someone said something. "Alright then, what's the plan?" Keri asked as he crossed his arms.

"We have to minimize the risk for now. Keri, I want the number of guards on the prisoners doubled right away. Natsu, gather a few monsters from the baseball team you feel like you can trust and start digging a back exit." I instructed them. "It isn't much, but it will have to do until we have a better solution."

"On it." The two said together as they got up and went to start their tasks, knowing that they didn't have a moment to lose.

"What about me?" Chopper asked, once the others were gone. I looked up at the blond monster. His loyalty for me was burned into his blood, as the man who beat him in single combat. It made me sick to my stomach, thinking about what I was going to ask him to do.

"Chopper. I've got a different job for you." I said before starting to explain to him the messy task.

I knocked on the door where we had placed Tsukune before entering. The Japanese boy was sitting on the moldy old bed, staring at the ground underneath his feet.

"Hey man, you doing alright?" I asked him.

He looked up at me and tried to smile, but his face looked defeated. "Hey Danny." He said in reply before looking back at the floor. After a few seconds he asked me the question that had probably been on his mind for a while. "Danny, everyone is in danger because of me, aren't they?" He asked.

I swallowed, I probably should have lied to him. Told him that none of this had anything to do with him, that everyone was always in danger at this school. But instead only a conforming nodded went between us.

"Thought so." He mumbled weakly. "I just make everything worse. I'm going to have to leave pretty soon. Can't stay now that everyone knows that I'm..." He didn't bother finishing the sentence. It was an ugly feeling in the air.

"Probably." Said before walking up to him. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a large amulet with a green gem stone in the middle of it, slitted in the same manner as the Rosario that Moka wore. "Put thing on underneath your clothes." I said handing him the amulet.

"What is it?" He asked as he took it from me. "It looks like Moka's Rosario." He noted.

"We'll try to play you off as not being human, and saying that you are just having your powers sealed, like Moka does. Not sure how many people will buy that, but it is the best that we can do." I said before putting a hand on his shoulder and looking into his eyes. "I want you to promise me that you will never take that amulet off."

He blinked for a moment before nodded. A gave a soft sigh, my heart falling as he put the amulet on, tucking it beneath his shirt. He really trusted me. "I... I need to go check on the others. So just stay here for a while." I said before leaving the room quickly before I could change my mind.

Once out of the room I glanced over to see Chopper standing their with a small club and a length of rope. His golden eyes held no sense of hesitation. "Do it." I said before walking away. I didn't want to watch as the troll went into Tsukune's room to knock him out and drag him away.

I felt like a monster, using my friend's trust like this, even if it was for the good of everyone in the group. I closed my eyes and tried to keep down a wave of bile the wanted to make its way out of my stomach.

I could almost hear Vlad's voice whispering. 'You are more like me then you know, little badger.'

Sorry everyone, kind of lost interest in the story a long time ago. Just wanted you all to know it is discontinued/up for adoption if you want.

I think the thing that makes me lose interest in a story the fastest is the single word 'pairings'. I just have no interest in such relationships. And each time someone mentions pairings and grit my teeth a little. It wouldn't be so bad if they were based on character's outlooks on life, or their personal struggles and motivations, but the simple thing is Danny can't relate with any of the girl characters in R+V. There is no mutual respect or admiration. It is just stupid. Actual, what the hell do any of the girls see in Tsukune? What the hell does he see in any of them? There is no mutual interests at all.

That's why after a certain amount of time I just said fuck it, and had Danny run off to be the head of a Rebel Alliance where he wouldn't be around the clingy bitches anymore. But with the plot forcing them back together I just shout fuck it and toss the who thing.

I really hate harem stories.