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Rosario + Vampire: Angel of Death
Chapter 6
Youkai Academy Grounds. Afternoon.
A crowd of students gathered around somewhere far from the main gate. Guys were screaming with delight, people coming from all over, just to witness a great spectacle.
The Newspaper Club, with their two beautiful members, had begun to sell the club's first newspaper.
Haru and Tsukune stood where they were, frozen for different reasons: Tsukune at how so many guys were drooling over Moka and Kurumu, swarming to get a newspaper from the two; Haru at how unbelievable the male students were acting. He admitted that he would have done so if certain reasons were different, but he still couldn't believe how people would act like idiot, shamelessly embarrass themselves in front of two beautiful women.
"W-well," Tsukune said, "it's nice to be in a different atmosphere than in the past few days, at least…"
Haru grunted. "And yet, everyday we have to worry that any repeat of such days do not happen again. Kinda makes you wish you were clairvoyant and prepared yourself to avoid this, huh?"
Tsukune nodded.
A couple of days had passed since the incident with Ishigami-sensei. After the celebration of Tsukune's birthday, the group found out that Ishigami was fired from teaching, and would probably never be seen again. Not long after, however, trouble began once more, this time falling on Kurumu, as it seemed some slug monster had fallen for her, and blackmailed her with dirty pictures of her so that she could model for him. She got tired of it, and without the help of the others, defeated the boy with magic that only Haru knew about, proving that she wasn't always the damsel in distress.
And now, after all that had occurred, the two found themselves once again in the focus of a giant, growing crowd.
I can only hope that nothing bad happens again, Haru thought, helping Tsukune with making the situation easy on the girls. I realize that no matter what, something happens, but I can only hope that no one tries anything stupid today…
As the students kept coming, the five found themselves passing newspapers like hot potatoes. Once one got a newspaper, four more appeared. It seemed good for business.
Out of nowhere, Tsukune felt the tight embrace of Kurumu hugging him out of nowhere.
"I'm so happy our newspaper is a big hit, Tsukune!" she said, "I love you!"
Moka turned to face her. "Kurumu-chan!" she said, "you don't need to hug Tsukune every time!"
"Seriously." Haru said. "It's getting annoying."
"What's the problem?" Kurumu asked innocently, forcing Tsukune's face to once again be between her breasts, "Tsukune is mine after all…"
Suddenly, Moka and Kurumu started their usual argument over Tsukune, whilst Tsukune himself was trying to break it up.
Haru himself could see, in the midst of the small chaos, that Yukari herself was trying to get away from guys who seemed to have the hots for her, shouting about lolicons and all other obscenities Haru didn't want to pay attention to.
Oh, well, Haru thought, picking up a newspaper, at least it's peaceful again…
Not long after, the group could see Gin coming towards them. He greeted all five, interested in how the distribution was going.
"Ohh," he said, "looks like it's hittin' off to a good start, eh? Maybe we should start charging for these."
Moka laughed. "We already passed out half of them! It really makes me happy!"
Gin smiled. Tsukune could see a glimmer of gratitude in his eyes, yet probably for a reason other than the working distribution.
"Speaking of which," he said, "why don't you help us with passing the paper out?"
Gin laughed. "Yeah, right!" he said, waving his hand. "Don't ya know boring work like this is the jobs for the underlings?"
Tsukune felt a vein pop. No interest from our club leader!? he thought. What kind of role model IS he!?
Yukari laughed. "Unless it was related to perverted stuff, "she said, "he wouldn't be interested in that! He's like a stray dog during mating season.
Gin turned around, a look of disgust in his eyes. "Hey," he said, "like a flat-chested little girl like you was ever good for anything other than badmouthing others around her!"
"Hey, I'm famous for my flat-chestedness." Yukari retorted.
"Oh yeah?" Gin said, "then how about I rub them and rub them until they get big?!"
Disgusted, Yukari raised her wand, and a big bedpan fell on Gin's head, blood seeping out from the wound.
Haru facepalmed. Oh dear Lord, he thought. Doesn't that dog ever lear-
Suddenly, Haru felt multiple dark auras behind him. He turned around, searching for the source.
Tsukune noticed Haru's look. "What is it?" he asked.
Haru, seeing the source of the bad aura, nodded at its direction. "Trouble." he said.
Tsukune and the rest turned to the direction Haru mentioned, and looked shocked.
The crowd around them began to disperse, as a small group in different uniforms walked up to the table where the Club stood.
"What's going on?" Tsukune asked.
"Oh, crap," Gin said, "It's the black suits! Youkai Academy's own Public Safety Commission…"
The group got closer, as Haru and the others could see them individually. A total of six, each with an aura worse than any Haru and the others encountered.
Damn. Gin thought, what do they want now?
One of them, a tall man with long, blond hair and two ovals on his forehead bowed in respect. "Salutations!" he said in a pleasant voice, "I am Kuyou, the leader of the Public Safety Commission. Pleased to make your acquaintance."
Moka was confused. "Public Safety… So you're the ones maintaining the peace of this academy? What can we do for you?"
Suddenly, Gin, with his arms outstretched, walked in front of the others as if he were shielding them from the man.
Kuyou picked up a spare newspaper, and began reading it. "So you're the Newspaper Club, hmm? I must say your work is quite good. However…" He looked up, a shimmer of superiority in his eyes. "Who gave you permission to hand out a newspaper with these contents? I don't recall having inspected this!"
Suddenly, he kicked the table down, sending newspapers flying in the air, bunches of them hitting Moka and the rest. "Do you understand that it causes problems for us!? When a gang like you selfishly does whatever it wants and disturbs the peace and order of this academy!"
The others who accompanied him started to pick up the boxes of newspapers that were lying about, and dumped the contents on the ground.
What the-?! Tsukune thought. What's going on!?
Kuyou continued. "Do you understand!? We're the ones protecting the peace at this academy, the Public Safety Commission! If you are to do anything inside these school grounds, you need to get permission from us without fail! We will continue to severely crackdown on any unapproved activity in the future!" He too began to kick at the boxes, sending more newspapers fluttering in the air.
"Hey!" Kurumu shouted, rushing to where the table was, "Stop it! All we were doing was just passing out newspapers!"
Gin reached for her. "It's no use, you'll only provoke them!" he said.
Suddenly, one of the PSC, a woman, spat out a ring of grey something at Kurumu, which landed around her wrist.
Kurumu cried out. "Wh-what is this!? It's so sticky!"
The woman smiled. "I see the Newspaper Club is filled with lowlifes just like always." she said. "You look like a stupid and indecent girl! This club hasn't really changed a bit since last year…"
Kurumu snapped. "Wh-why you!"
Tsukune blinked. "Last year?" he asked.
The woman proceeded to stomp on the newspapers on the ground. "Don't think that you can keep disturbing the peace at this academy!" She laughed out loud, as the others watched in horror.
"That's it." Haru said, reaching for his sword. "They're dead."
Suddenly, Gin blocked Haru's path, a serious look on his face. "Don't" he said, "you'll make things worse."
The woman, seeing that her comrades were leaving, turned around. "Keep this in mind," she added. "If you do anything without our permission again, we're not going to let you off so easily!"
As they left, Tsukune and the others stood there, shocked and confused.
Not long after that outrage, the club members recollected their thoughts, trying to make sense of what had happened. Kurumu only concentrated on getting the sticky thread-like substance off of her.
"How horrible…" Yukari said. "What was that!? Those guys just came out of nowhere!"
"Those guys are part of the Public Safety Commission." Gin said, his arms crossed. "To put simply, they're a more aggressive version of the student police. In order to protect the peace of this academy, a militant group was established in order to control evil by force. They're the academy's guardians, the PSC. They were organized by students, and are often called the academy police."
Tsukune stared at him. "Academy police!?" he said. "Those guys?! How come I've never seen them before?!"
Gin rubbed his head. "Yeah, you're right." he continued. "That's because those guys barely do anything in truth. They became corrupt over the years, and now are just a Yakuza gang; making their force do the talking while they collect money and tributes. They said that if we're going to hand out the paper we have to get their permission first, right? That only means they were really asking us to pay them off."
Tsukune stood still, aghast at what he had heard.
"I can't believe it!" Moka said. "They're getting away with something so messed up like that at this academy…"
Haru grunted. "Just point me at their direction." he said, "I'LL give them 'payment'."
Gin shook his head. "No. Trying to take them on is suicide. It'll only make things worse."
"Make things worse?" Haru replied. "If you hadn't stopped me, I would've made them wish they never heard of us. What, you forgetting that I kicked your ass the other day?"
"Oh, please." Gin said. "The only reason you beat me is because of Moka. Without her, you wouldn't have won any fight you've been in."
Haru got in Gin's face, unzipping the part of the bag where his sword's handle was. "You want to test that theory?" he said threateningly.
"Bring it, Spiky." Gin said. "I'm not afraid of you."
Haru got closer. "You sure about that?"
Tsukune got in between them. "Stop it, you two!" he said. "Nothing good will come from you two fighting! Just stop it!"
Haru shouldered his bag. Gin rubbed his head again. "Nothin' we can do now except give in. We gotta burn all the newspapers to show them that we're not gonna stand up to them, that's the only way we can appeal to them."
The rest were surprised. "What!?" Tsukune shouted. "Burn all our newspapers!? But we already handed out a bunch of them today!"
Gin snapped at him. "I don't care, just burn them all! Nothing's gonna come from picking a fight with those guys. It's best if you don't get involved in old fights."
Tsukune and the girls' faces all deadpanned. "How can you say that, Gin-sempai!?"
Gin, not answering, turned around and walked away, leaving them behind.
Coward, Haru thought. What happened last year that you don't want to fight the PSC? Why are you chickening out without letting us know what's going on?
Later.
For the first time since he first joined the Newspaper Club, Haru felt truly alone.
The feeling wasn't fact, however, as Yukari sat opposite from him around a table near the outside cafeteria. Neither of them spoke after Moka left, and no matter how many times Yukari tried, she couldn't change the mood.
Not long ago did the Public Safety Commission made their presence known to the Newspaper Club, since Gin ordered the papers burned, and yet Haru's mind raced on how easily he could've ended the conflict.
Yet, he felt like he couldn't do so in the recent conflict between Kurumu, Moka, and himself.
Ten minutes ago.
"What a loser!" Kurumu said. "Gin-sempai isn't even thinking like a man! And why is he the one who leaves first again!?"
The five had sat down after collecting the trashed newspapers. They were discussing the recent outburst, and how Gin seemed more interested in obeying the PSC than otherwise.
Kurumu crossed her arms. "He's just too afraid of those guys, that's all!" she continued.
"Yeah," Tsukune said. "Kinda makes you wonder why…"
Kurumu stood up. "Hey, if it comes to this," she said, "I'll just pass out the rest of the newspapers myself! We don't have to burn them like Sempai says!"
Moka looked at her. "Kurumu-chan…" she said. "Maybe Gin-sempai has his own good reasons for this…"
Kurumu shook her head. "No way! That guy's head is just overloaded with perverted thoughts." She took the box holding the rest of the papers, and picked it up.
"Wait!" Moka said, "Just calm down a little and-."
Kurumu wrapped her arms around Tsukune. "Fine," she said. "I won't ask you, Moka! Come on, Tsukune, let's go!"
Tsukune blushed. "Heey, Kurumu-chan!"
Yukari laughed. "That girl really hit the bulls eye when she said you were stupid, and now the blood's going all to your head."
Kurumu snapped, and hit Yukari upside her head.
Yukari massaged the lump that grew, as Kurumu marched off, dragging Tsukune and the box with her. "Tsukune," she said, "even if it's just the two of us, let's do our best to hand out the newspaper, ok!"
Tsukune, still being dragged, looked at Moka. I'm sorry, Moka-san! he thought. Please wait for me! I'll try to calm her down.
Moka, frustrated, sat down and crossed her arms.
"You know," Haru said, the rest of the girls looking at him, "Moka does raise a good point: Gin doesn't really act like this unless something in the past happened. Maybe it has to do with what that girl said about last year…"
"Oh, yeah." Yukari said. "That's true."
Moka kept silent. The rest followed suit for a few minutes. To Haru, that was sweet music. At least he didn't have to hear Tsukune's constant whining, or Kurumu's attempts to tease him.
Suddenly, Moka got up. Yukari and Haru looked at her.
"Oh, no," Moka said, a worried look on her face. "For some reason, I have a feeling something bad is happening right now…"
"You're probably overworrying." Haru said. "Whatever troubles Tsukune and Kurumu may get into, they can take care of themselves."
Moka looked at Haru. "How can you say that!?" she said. "Don't you care about their well-being at all?"
"Of course I do." Haru lied. "I just don't worry about it like a mother leaving her children alone for the first time. If the need arises, I'll do what I can to help."
Moka lowered her head, and ran off.
"M-Moka-san!" Yukari said. "Where are you going?"
Moka didn't answer, and just kept running.
Yukari looked at Haru. "Nice one, Haru-san." she said.
Haru looked at her. "What did I do?" he asked.
"Don't pretend you don't know! You just gave Moka-san the coldest answer a friend could give about someone! How do you think that makes her feel?"
Haru shrugged. "I don't know." he stated. "I honestly just told her what I felt, and that's that. No need to explain anything otherwise."
Yukari crossed her arms. "Meanie…" she said.
Present Time.
Haru and Yukari remained silent. Still not a word came from the two, as each was wrapped in their own thoughts.
Finally, Yukari looked at Haru, and said, "Haru," she asked. "Do you have any idea that Moka-san trusts you?"
Haru looked at Yukari. "What?"
Yukari nodded. "Remember when those representatives attacked me, and you and her other half beat them all up? When you came to the rescue, I saw in her eyes a sign of trust. It was as if she knew that you would come and save us, like a real hero. I knew then and there that she trusted you, and now, I'm not sure if she does anymore…"
Haru stared at Yukari, then bowed his head. So, he thought, that monstrosity trusts me without hesitation? He closed his eyes. Perhaps I've been so blind to notice how close I am now…
He got up, picked up his sword, and walked off.
Yukari looked at him. "Where are you going?" she asked.
Haru looked back at her, and gestured at the direction Moka went. "To prove to Moka that she can still trust in me." He took of his jacket, folded it under his arm, expanded his wings, and took off.
Yukari sat there for a while, then got up, running to Moka and the rest.
Elsewhere.
Tsukune felt the pain on his back as he was thrown into a nearby tree.
Not long after he and Kurumu left the others, the woman from before attacked them. She seemed disgusted of the two's plans to ignore the PSC's warnings, and told them about last year's Newspaper Club: apparently they had talked bad about the PSC, and in retaliation, were driven to the point of breaking up. The woman expressed her disgust in their need to disobey, as she took the box of newspapers using her strange thread-like rope and sending it into a nearby incinerator. Kurumu and Tsukune watched in horror as the newspapers were burned to a crisp.
Then, the woman sent her thread to Tsukune and Kurumu, and with her strength sent them flying and crashing to the trees around them.
As Kurumu looked on, tied up to a nearby tree, Tsukune was sent to a nearby pile of trash, wincing in pain.
"No, no, no." the woman said. "If you want me to let you go, you're going to have to be a lot more obedient." Suddenly, her uniform started to unbutton as strange spikes appeared from her belly. "Oh, yes," she continued, "by the way, the PSC is allowed to publicly use supernatural powers in order to protect the safety of the academy." The spikes got bigger, turning into strange insect-like legs.
Tsukune watched in horror as she transformed into her true form. Kurumu from afar could see what the woman was: a Spiderwoman. A monster that takes the appearance of a woman just to lure her prey closer.
"That means we exist on a different plane than you!" the woman said, as the spider legs grew to full length, the beast posing while showing her disgusting true nature.
Tsukune screamed in horror, trying to get free.
The woman laughed. "No matter how much you struggle, it's of no use! You can't break the threads I spin so easily!" She fell to the ground face first as her spider legs touched the ground and carried her closer to Tsukune.
"I'll drink all of your bodily fluids," she continued, pincers and eyes appearing on her face, "just to show what happens to those who defy us! Prepare yourself!"
The beast, fully formed, lunged at Tsukune, helpless to stop her.
Suddenly, Moka appeared, and used her strength to force the spiderwoman away from Tsukune.
"Stop!" she said.
The monster struggled to regain balance.
"Moka-san!?" Kurumu and Tsukune said.
Moka reached down to untie Tsukune. "Are you all alright?" she asked.
The monster, in a rage, spat out thread, and wrapped it around Moka's arm.
"You scum!" the beast screamed. "We are this academy's order and justice! Raising your hand against me," she grabbed the string holding Moka, and pulled her towards the spiderbeast, "means a death sentence. Now die, and think about what you have caused in hell!"
Moka screamed, and closed her eyes.
She could hear one of the legs moving to kill her, but could feel no pain. She opened her eyes to see Tsukune in front of her, wincing in pain as he took the blow to his back, falling to the ground, unable to move.
"Tsukune!" Moka shouted.
"You brats!" the spiderwoman screamed. "How far do you intend to go on defying me!? Die!"
But before she could reach the two, she heard a man's voice say, "Hey, insect!" She looked to the side just in time to see Haru thrust his masamune at her, sending her flying with the sword, as Haru brought it up, it sent her flying, with Haru racing to the air where she was, forcing his sword onto her, as she slammed to the ground.
The beast coughed up blood, as Haru landed nearby her wings outstretched.
"Haru-san!" Moka said, holding an injured Tsukune in her arms, "what are you doing here?!"
Haru turned to Moka, and gripped his blade. "To prove to you that your trust in me won't go to waste." he said.
Moka's eyes widened, as she gasped.
"So," he said, turning to face the monster in front of him, "THIS is your true form? I figured it would be something slimy…"
The woman felt her blood boil. "WHAT!?" she screamed.
Haru lowered his wings and closed his eyes. "You keep talking about justice," he continued, "using it as a shield to cover your own weaknesses. But in truth," he looked at the woman, a look of rage directed at her. "You don't know the first thing about justice! You merely use the words 'order' and 'peace' as a front to get away with committing crimes that go against your own rules. And that," he stood sideways, raising his sword with both hands until the handle was directly close to the right of his face, the blade pointing at her. "is why you are pathetic."
The woman growled. "What do you know about justice, you freak!?" she shouted. "You think you know what true justice is!?"
Haru, lowering his blade, calmly said, "I do, and to prove it to you," he said, raising his blade to where the sharp ends faced the ground and the air, and while holding on to the sword with one hand, the other resting near the metallic wolf-shaped hilt, "I will teach you the true meaning of those words!"
The wolf head opened its mouth wide, and as Haru ran his free hand over the blade, a surge of energy ran through it, covering the blade in ethereal light.
The beast backed away in horror. "Wh-WHAT!?" she screamed.
Haru looked on. "Ancient runes." he said. "Gives the blade a bit more power while keeping it from ever breaking." Then, having paused for a few seconds, he rushed to the beast, slicing her side open with a couple of slashes.
The spiderwoman, feeling the full force of the attack, cried out in pain. It felt like she was struck by lightning repeatedly, as the force caused her to bleed out almost severely.
Haru lowered his blade, and said, "Tsukune."
Suddenly, a bright flash of light appeared in front of the woman, blinding her to a near full extent. She looked ahead to see Moka transforming into her true form, as the Other Moka held on to Tsukune, still clutching the rosario in his hands.
"Well done, Haru." Other Moka said. "Perhaps I was wrong about you being weak."
Haru looked at her, and shrugged. "You take care of her." he said. "She bores me."
"Hmph." Other Moka said, lowering Tsukune to the ground.
The spiderbeast was shocked. What is that woman!? she thought. "Is that her true form? What powerful supernatural energy!
She then noticed the thread was still around Other Moka's arms.
Perfect! she thought. I can defeat her right now no matter what she is! Get over here so that I can split you in half and drain all your bodily fluids!"
She pulled on the thread, but Other Moka didn't budge.
"What?" the beast said. "H-How can this be!?"
"What's wrong?" Haru said. "Never fought a vampire before?"
Other Moka looked at Tsukune, then at the beast. "How dare you do this to Tsukune!" she said, grabbing the thread around her arm,
The beast panicked. "Wait!" she said, "I-I was wrong! Don't you realize that if you raise your hand to us anymore that you won't get off so easily!? This is far enough!"
Other Moka, paying no attention to the monster's pleas, pulled on the string, delivering a powerful kick to the beast's face.
"Isn't it the opposite? If you put one hand on me you're no going to walk away scot-free. Know your place!"
The monster landed near where Tsukune was, broken from the attack.
Haru walked up to her. "When you see your boss," he said, "tell him that we're more than willing to continue our activities, and when he's not scared to face us, he should talk."
Other Moka, turning to Tsukune, raised her hand as she wanted to help him up.
Tsukune took her hand, as she helped him up.
Not long after, Yukari arrived, and seeing the result of the fight, helped Kurumu out of her bonds. Then all three girls helped Tsukune walk back to the school building.
Haru folded his wings as he put his jacket on. Well, he thought, so much for that fight. At least I got some frustration out of my system, and I found out that Moka trusts me. Now that woman is out of the way, and the PSC sees how strong we are, they may, if they're smart, stay out of our way next time. He placed his sword, which lost its energy, into his duffel. Still, he thought, looking into the distance, why can't I help but feel that a terrible storm is brewing? What could possibly happen that will cause us more problems?
Haru, shrugging off the feeling, caught up with the others, confident in their victory.
To be continued…