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Kurumu: Yeah, it took you long enough.

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Kurumu: You really think we don't know that?

Me: Just get in the story already.

Kurumu and Yukari: Fine.

Chapter 6: Howl of the Wolf

After a good night's sleep, breakfast, and a day in class, Pit and the girls headed to the room where Ms. Nekenome would introduce the leader of the Newspaper Club to them. Once they arrived, they took a seat at the table in the middle of the room. There was also a blackboard and tables at two of the walls with computers and computer equipment on them. Ms. Nekenome arrived and Pit asked if the leader was going to be there soon but she said to wait a little longer. "The wait's starting to kill me." he mumbled.

"Then why don't we kill some time?" Yukari suggested. "We still haven't explained what a newspaper is to Pit." she told the other girls.

"Oh yeah." Moka realized; since Pit was an angel from another world she figured that he wouldn't know what a newspaper was.

"Maybe you guys would have been able to tell me yesterday if you weren't so busy using me for tug-of-war." Pit joked. The girls were then embarrassed.

"Don't worry," Kurumu told him, "we'll tell you everything we know about newspapers."

Moka, Kurumu, Yukari, and even Ms. Nekenome explained everything they had, and Pit did his best to understand and take in the information. After a while, the door opened and a boy walked in holding two bouquets of flowers. He was tall, had black hair and was wearing a red head band, a wolf pendant, and the usual school uniform, only without a tie and the jacket was open. "Sorry I'm late," he said with his somewhat deep voice, "I had to grab a few things."

"No worries." Ms. Nekenome told him. She then turned back to the group, "Everyone, this is Ginei Morioka, a second year student and your club president." she introduced.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance, but please, call me Gin." he told them.

"Pleasure." Pit nodded, and Gin realized who was talking.

"So, you're the one I've heard all about?" Gin said, walking over to Pit. "There's quite the rumor about you, and I must say it's a pleasure to have you here." he held out his hand and Pit stood up and accepted it.

"Name's Pit." he told Gin, shaking his hand.

"I'll remember that." he replied. He then walked over to Moka. "You must be Moka Akashiya, it's a real honor to have you in our club." he told her as he handed her a bouquet.

"Thank you." she said, accepting the flowers. Gin then walked over to Kurumu.

"And you must be Kurumu Kurono, it's a real pleasure to have you here too." he said as he handed her the other bouquet. She accepted the flowers and blushed a little. Yukari had her head down because Gin didn't give her a bouquet. "Don't tell me, you must be Yukari Sendo." he then said, getting her attention. "I must say; having the smartest student in the school is definitely a good thing for us." Yukari then blushed at Gin's comment. "Now then," he started, "down to business. The purpose of this club is to publish any and all stories of interest in this school to the students in our paper: the Yokai Gazette."

"Interesting name." Pit remarked.

"Well it's gonna take more than an interesting name to get the attention of the readers." Gin continued. "All the stories we publish need to be top quality, and worth the readers time as well. So there won't be any room for slackers in this club."

The girls were feeling pretty confident but Pit on the other hand was kind of worried. He may have gotten pretty good at writing essays in the time he's been attending school (courtesy of the girls), but he had no idea what kind of stories would catch the eye of anybody that would want to read the newspaper. As Gin continued to explain what a newspaper could have, and should have, Pit started to ease up a little bit. "So, any questions?" Gin asked the group.

"I'm good." Yukari stated.

"Same here." Kurumu said.

"I think I can take it." Moka told him, with Pit nodding his head in agreement.

"Alrighty then," Gin started, "first order of business: our main article for the first page. Rumors have been going around about a 'Peeping Tom' on the school campus."

"Wait, 'Peeping Tom'?" Pit wondered with confusion; there was a lot about this world that he didn't know about.

"You mean you've never heard of a 'Peeping Tom'?" Kurumu asked him, surprised by Pit's response. He just shook his head slightly, which surprised her, along with Yukari, Gin, and Ms. Nekenome even more. Moka however wasn't all that surprised.

"A 'Peeping Tom' is somebody who spies on girls while they're changing." Moka explained to him uncomfortably.

"WHAT?" Pit bolted upward, knocking his chair over in the process. This caught everyone in the room by surprise. "WHO IN THE NAME OF PALUTENA WOULD—"

"Whoa, whoa, dude; cool it for a minute." Gin told him. Pit took a deep breath, sat his chair up, and took a seat.

"Sorry." He said, a little embarrassed by his outburst.

"It's no problem." Gin stated. "There's always something that hits us hard. And by the sound of it, you're more of a guy who would give a beatin' to anybody that tried to sneak a peek."

"Of course I would! Why would they do something so undignified in the first place?" Pit told him, slamming his fist on the table. Everybody could feel the irritation in his voice.

"You'd be surprised." Yukari sighed.

"You know," Gin started, "I'm kind of curious about this Palutena person you mentioned."

Pit's thoughts snapped. "Uh…" he said awkwardly. Yukari and Kurumu also looked to Pit with curiosity.

"Hey, why don't we get off this topic and get back to the paper article?" Moka asked, trying to change the subject.

"Well I guess it can wait." Gin shrugged. Pit breathed a silent sigh of relief. "Now as I was saying, this guy's been going around at night spying on unsuspecting girls, but when he was spotted he vanished in an instant."

"Sounds like he'll be hard to find." Pit said, remembering the lightning nymph Phosphora and how fast she was.

"Yeah," Gin sighed, but Pit felt as though there was something off about it, "and unfortunately none of the victims were able to get a good look at him, so finding him won't be easy." Pit merely grunted; it was still pretty unbelievable that somebody would spy on girls. "But before we do any of that, let's get to work on decorating this room. If it's going to be the HQ for the Newspaper Club then it needs to look accordingly." Gin told them.

Oh, great. Pit thought. Back when he had to work with the Goddess of Nature, Viridi, he had to do a lot of decorating for her, and it wasn't easy either. "And another thing we'll need to do is decide on what other kinds of articles we're gonna put in this paper." Gin said afterwards.

A while later, Ms. Nekenome left the room leaving Gin in charge and he had them start decorating. About a few minutes into it Pit found out it wasn't all that bad; at least there were no plants to tend to. After he was done setting up a computer with Yukari, he looked over to see Moka and Kurumu hanging up posters next to the blackboard, and it looked as though Moka was having a hard time. "Is this high enough?" Moka asked, she sounded a little strained.

"Just a little more." Gin said, sitting on a chair. Something didn't seem right with that picture, and Pit was starting to get a little suspicious about it. When he looked back to Moka she started to lose her balance. With his instincts kicking in, he headed over to her. Right as Pit got next to Moka she started to fall, and he had a small window to move to be able to catch her. He managed to but they both wound up hitting the floor with Moka on top of Pit. Gin tried his best to hold back a laugh but Kurumu and Yukari were fuming slightly at the sight of Moka on Pit. When Moka realized what happened she got up and sat next to Pit. "Are you okay?" she asked him.

"I'm fine," he grunted as he sat up, "are you?" Moka nodded her head. "That's good to know." He said as he rubbed his head; it was a pretty hard fall. As he and Moka got up Kurumu was getting ideas. She then tried stretching as far as she could; she also made it look like she was trying to hang up the poster. C'mon, c'mon. She thought to herself, and she got her wish. Just a few moments later she started to tumble, and Pit noticed just in the nick of time. As he was moving for her she started to fall and wound up falling right on top of Pit. Seeing the position they were in, Gin was bursting out laughing while Moka started to fume, more so with Yukari. She could understand Moka falling on accident, but she could tell that Kurumu did it on purpose.

"Thank you for catching me Pit." Kurumu said while hugging his head to her chest. Pit on the other hand was trying to push her away.

"Kurumu, get off him!" Moka told her irritably while she and Yukari tried to pull Kurumu off of Pit.

"H-Hey!" Kurumu shouted as the others succeeded in getting her off. Pit took a few breaths of air after they did and remembered something that added sad irony to the situation.

*Flashback*

Pit was running through the streets of a town that was just attacked by Underworld forces. At the moment, he was equipped with a Fortune Bow and had blasted his way through several monsters. As he came across a flight of stairs he encountered creatures that looked strikingly similar to metroids (aliens that looked like cells). "Remember Pit; you have to use melee attacks to take down komaytoes." A voice said in his head. It was his patron goddess, Palutena.

"Thanks for the heads up." Pit responded as he pulled the bow apart and used the two blades to slice the komayto in half. Shortly after it disappeared in a puff of purple smoke, Pit put the two blades back together and headed up the stairs. He looked to his right and saw a hole at the bottom of the stairs and decided to investigate it. Half-way there a floating eyeball appeared from the hole and shot a ball of dark energy at Pit. He managed to dodge the attack and shot an arrow of orange-yellow light at the monster, making it disappear. After he jumped in the hole he was propelled back out by a strange golden circle with purple light, surprising him. "That looks like a jump pad in there." Palutena observed.

"Get up, fall down, get up, fall down, fight in the air, fight on the ground." Pit recited.

"It's the story of your life isn't it?" Palutena asked, she sounded amused.

"Peaks and valleys, highs and lows, pick your friends, not your nose." He finished.

*End of Flashback*

Pit smiled and shook his head at the thought of that day. That little poem he made up was pretty clever, and he could just imagine the girls' reactions if he told it to them. Gin saw Pit with an amused look on his face and got curious. "Whatcha thinkin' about?" Gin asked.

"Huh? Oh! Just a memory from a long time ago." Pit responded.

"Really? What about?" Gin asked, his curiosity rising slightly.

"It's nothing." Pit dismissed. He got up and stretched a little; it helped relieve a little bit of pain. When he saw the girls arguing over him (as usual) he went to go separate them, but wound up being used for tug-of-war (again). Shaking his head out of slight amusement Gin decided to step in. He put his fingers to his mouth and whistled, catching there attention.

"As much as I'd like to see this little game continue, we've still got a bit of decorating to do. So let's get to it." He told them. The girls let go of Pit and the group continued to decorate the room. Through out the rest of the day, Pit had a bad feeling about Gin and decided to keep his eye on him.

During the night, Gin was on the roof of the school looking to the sky. One particular object had the most of his attention; the moon. "Ah, such beautiful full moon." Gin said to himself, basking in the moonlight. "But even in all its glory, it doesn't compare to you, Moka Akashiya." There was no getting over it; that girl was beautiful, she had to be his, but there was just one obstacle in his way, and he knew just how to get past it.

The next day, Gin and Pit were walking through the forest towards a building. Pit had a bad feeling about this, and the fact that Gin wouldn't tell him anything only added to it. "You mind telling me what were doing Gin?" Pit asked with concern.

"I'll tell you in a minute." Gin assured, and this added even more to Pit's worries. When they got close enough to the building Pit thought it looked familiar.

"Now are you gonna tell me what were doing here?" He asked his club president.

"Well since you've been patient, I'll tell you." Gin replied with slight but playful sarcasm. "I got a lead from an anonymous source saying this is where the peeper's been hiding." He explained, but Pit could tell there was something wrong with that story on so many levels, and he just heard the laughter from the window (that was 4/5 of a bus' length up) they were near to prove it.

"Wait a minute; were those laughs coming from girls in there?" Pit asked sternly. Gin started to realize that his plan had backfired, and Pit could tell by the look on his face. "I knew this building looked familiar! We're outside the girl's locker room, aren't we?" Pit asked accusingly. Gin held up his hands slightly, one of them had a camera.

"Alright, ya got me." He said with a smug grin. "I'm the 'Peeping Tom'."

"So what, did you decide to bring someone along on your little safaris?" Pit asked, starting to feel his anger rise slightly.

"Actually," Gin started, "I brought you hear for a different reason."

"And that is?" Pit questioned, and in the blink of an eye Gin had rushed over to him and punched him in the gut. Pit hit a tree, hard, but was still moving fairly well, despite the wind being knocked out of him.

"You're in my way." Gin said with a slightly darker voice.

"In the way of what?" Pit rasped as he slowly got up, but Gin had swept his foot from beneath Pit's legs, tripping him and making him fall on his back. Gin then stood next to him and placed a foot on Pit's chest.

"The woman of my dreams," Gin told him, "that's what."

"The woman of…" Pit repeated softly as Gin started to press on Pit's chest.

"From the first moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she was for me, but you're in the way, for the moment that is." Gin said as he started to press harder. Pit cringed as he felt pressure being applied to his rib cage, and Gin grinned at the sight of Pit suffering. No…not like this. Pit thought to himself. He couldn't concentrate on transforming because of the pain he was receiving. His bones were on the verge of breaking when… "HEY!" a voice rang out. Gin was caught off guard, causing him to relieve pressure on Pit's chest slightly but just enough to where Pit grabbed Gin's leg and pulled it forward, causing him to lose balance. As he fell, Gin dropped the camera he was holding and it bounced a few inches away. He hit the ground but rolled over and vanished somehow.

Pit slowly got up, clutching his chest as he did so. "Are you okay Pit?" the new voice asked. Now recognizing the voice, he looked over to see Yukari in what appeared to be the school's gym clothes for girls.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He grunted, as he rubbed his chest. "How did you know that something was going on anyway?" he asked the witchling.

"Well I'm pretty good at hearing things," she started with a light smile, "and I was close to the window when I heard you talking to someone outside of it." She then remembered the scene she stumbled onto. "Speaking of which, was that Gin earlier?" she asked as her concern started to rise. Remembering Gin had a camera; Pit looked around and saw that (by sheer dumb luck on Pit's part) Gin had forgotten it completely. He walked over to it and picked it up. Remembering the different kinds of cameras his friends told him about also; he hoped it was digital, that way if there were pictures of Gin's recent stakeouts, he would have evidence of what he heard earlier.

Looking back to the window of the girl's locker room he looked to Yukari. "Let's head to better area for this." He told her. Yukari nodded and they both headed in to the forest somewhat, no way that were they risking Pit getting caught by the other girls there.

Later that night, Moka was on the roof. She had found a note in her shoe locker earlier that day and it said to go to the roof at night to meet someone there. Who ever it was, they sure picked a heck of a time to meet. "So you came." A voice said behind her. She looked over to see Gin standing on the entrance to the roof.

"Gin?" Moka asked, surprised. Gin leaped off the door way and walked over to her. "Are you the one who gave me the note?" She wondered.

"You catch on pretty quick." Gin replied. "Isn't the moon beautiful tonight?" he asked her. Moka looked over to the moon and saw it was full, but she had questions of her own that needed answering.

"Why did you ask me to come here Gin?" she asked her.

"I wanted to make a proposal." Gin told her, continuing to look at the moon.

"A, proposal?" Moka repeated; whatever Gin had in mind it couldn't be good.

"Yeah," he started, "see, I've seen you and that Pit guy hanging out." Some how Moka was starting to get a feeling of nostalgia. "I've had my eye on you for a while now, and all I have to say is: that you're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You and a guy like me, we'd be perfect for each other, so what do ya say?" He asked her as he held up her hands, but Moka was getting a bad feeling about this.

"I don't think so." Moka told him, looking away.

"Wh-what?" Gin asked, taken back by her response. "But, I'm way better than Pit ever could be!" he told her.

"She said she's not interested." Came a new voice. Gin looked behind him to see Pit, Kurumu, and Yukari standing a few feet away from them, glaring at Gin.

"And just what are you guys doing here?" Gin asked, this would be a nice meeting, if Pit wasn't around.

"What do you think? To expose you for the fraud you really are." Kurumu stated firmly, she looked as though she was in a bad mood.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Gin said.

"Then what do you call these then?" Yukari shot at him, holding up a few pictures (A/N: and since I'm gonna stick to the rating I'm not gonna describe what's in them). Gin was shocked that they had evidence against him.

"Where did you get those?" he asked them.

"From the camera you left behind." Pit told him, holding up the item of subject.

"You mean you've been the 'Peeping Tom' this whole time?" Moka asked, shocked at the events that were unfolding before her.

"And these two told me that you not only tried to frame Pit, but you tried kill him too. So when we're done with you, you won't even think about spying on girls ever again!" Kurumu stated with a slightly elevated voice; everyone could tell that she was pretty mad. Realizing they had him, Gin merely looked to the ground and smirked.

"Alright, you got me, guilty as charged." He admitted. Everyone else's anger started rise a little. "And just so you know," he started, "you think that Ms. Nekenome would've offered you the chance to join the Newspaper Club if I didn't ask her to?" he asked them.

"Why you little!" Kurumu said as she revealed her claws and charged at Gin, who disappeared as she took a slash at him. Everyone was caught by surprise.

"I did it for good reason too." Gin continued. Everybody looked over to see him standing on the entrance to the roof again. "Like I said Moka; I've had my eye on you for a while, and I swore that I would make you mine one day. So if killing your little friend Pit is what it's gonna take, then so be it!" He finished as he started to transform. Gray fur erupted from his pores and his hair became a mane, as well as his face becoming more wolf-like and his nails turning into claws. After his tail appeared, he started howling to the moon. The group stood in shock upon seeing what he truly was: a werewolf.

"He, he's a…" Yukari stammered as she took a step back. Pit looked to her with concern; apparently werewolves were a big deal in this world.

"That's right; I'm a werewolf, one of the most powerful monsters there is." Gin bragged. "So then, think you've got what it takes to stand up to me?" he asked Pit, who merely started to transform himself as he became cloaked in a white light. Once the light faded, Pit now stood in his angel form, ready to fight. "Hmph, so you really are an angel." Gin said, not all that impressed. "Alrighty then, let's see if those little chicken wings of yours can help you out." He stated as he leaped of the roof entrance and took a fighting stance along with Pit.

"Pit wait," Kurumu protested, "werewolves are S-Class monsters just like vampires! You can't—"

"I've gone up against several gods before, this is nothing!" Pit told her as he formed his Rosario Palm, making his right gauntlet disappear in the process. Kurumu and Yukari were shocked while Gin was a little surprised.

"So you've gone up against gods and lived huh?" Gin asked. "Then this should be fun!" He charged at Pit, who dodged to the right but Gin had managed scratch his left arm. He winced slightly but recovered and shot an energy blast at Gin. Despite his weapon's outstanding homing ability Gin was able to dodge and land a punch to Pit's back. Pit slid a few feet before rolling forward and launching another energy blast at the wolf shortly after he turned to face him. Gin had dodged again and this time landed a punch to the angel's stomach (again), this time making him slide towards Moka who, along with the other girls, were watching the fight carefully. When he stopped, the wind was knocked out of him but tried to get up with Moka kneeling down to help him. Gin then laughed at the site of the injured Pit. "Your little tattoo may be able to hunt me down with its firepower but you move at a snail's pace compared to me!" he bragged, Kurumu and Yukari glared at Gin for that comment. When Moka helped Pit to his feet, he grabbed her Rosario with his left hand.

"Time to even the odds then." He muttered as he pulled off the cross with ease. One crimson lightshow later, Inner Moka was now standing next to Pit glaring daggers at Gin.

"Well well, looks like I know how to pick 'em." Gin said with a smug.

Moka then looked to Pit who had put away his Palm and was now holding his bleeding left arm with his right hand. "You two take care of him." She said looking to Kurumu and Yukari as she walked over to Gin. The two walked over to Pit and sat him down as Moka stopped a good distance from Gin.

"You know, you really should stop wasting your time with that little weakling and actually set your eyes on someone like me." Gin stated, trying to appeal to the vampire.

"Give me a break," Moka stated flatly, "I plan on kicking your ass for all you've done."

"Hmph," was Gin's response, "well if you think you can stand up to me think again. Tonight's a full moon which means my powers are at their maximum."

Pit was getting his arm tended to by Yukari who had conjured up some bandages while he was listening to the conversation. "Wait," he said, surprised by what he just heard, "a werewolf's powers are dependant on the full moon?"

Yukari nodded. "The fuller the moon, the more powerful they are. That's what makes them S-Class monsters." Kurumu explained.

Gin then started to dash around Moka, who was standing unfazed. "And since my powers are at maximum, then my speed is at its fastest. So try catching me now!" he stated. But unfortunately, he got his wish, for Moka had caught his arm as he threw her a punch. "What, you caught it? But, but how?" he asked, he looked to the moon and was shocked and surprised even more upon seeing a cloud covering the moon. "DAMN IT! OF ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD!" Gin shouted as he went into a fit. Kurumu, Yukari, and Pit felt sweat drop as they saw what happened.

"I guess if the skies aren't clear then that means his powers drop." Pit observed.

"Only when they cover the moon." Yukari added.

"Ah hell, it doesn't matter." Gin stated as he looked back to Moka. "If I'm gonna make a vampire my woman then she needs to learn some respect!" He said as he started to throw another punch but got a taste of his own medicine as she punched him in the gut, knocking the wind out of him.

"Time for you," she started as she round-house kicked him in the side, "to know your place!" she finished as Gin was launched to the side. He was propelled off the roof, breaking the railing in the process.

"I think I do!" he howled as he fell.

Moka then walked over to Pit as he was helped up by Kurumu. His arm was nicely bandaged and he offered her the Rosario. "Thanks," she said as she accepted the cross, "you did pretty good out there Pit, better than I thought at least."

"Thanks." Pit said, sweat dropping. "You were pretty good too. Luckily the clouds rolled in huh?" he asked.

"I guess you could say that." She shrugged. Without saying anything else she reattached the Rosario to her chain and she started to fall forward. After he caught her he changed to his human form as he now held Outer Moka.

"We should get going, it is pretty late." Pit remarked, remembering that they should be in bed by now.

"Yeah, and tomorrow is when the Yokai Gazette is going to be making its debut." Kurumu said, bring out a small recording device.

"And we know exactly what's going on the front page." Yukari stated proudly, bringing out the camera. Pit could feel sweat drop. Tomorrow would be an interesting day.

The crew woke up very early that morning so they could get to work on the paper. After a considerable amount of time typing, editing, and arranging the articles, the Newspaper Club had set up shop close to the school next to the walk way. When the students started to arrive, the club handed out copies of they newly printed Yokai Gazette. The students found themselves entranced by the surprisingly good writing in the article, especially a certain group of girls. After a while of handing out papers at the booth the crew noticed Gin run past them, he was in his human form but his tail was still out and he was running as though he was a dog. Hot on his trail were all the girls he ever spied on; and they meant business. Seeing that; Pit couldn't help but feel sorry for him as he shook his head.

"Ya know, despite all that he did, I kind of feel bad for him." He said looking in the direction the club leader ran.

"He had it coming though." Kurumu told him.

"Yeah, now he'll learn never to spy on women again." Yukari chimed in.

"You can never be too sure about that." Pit stated. "Right Mo-" before he could finish Moka had kicked him out of reflex; due to the fact that she was standing on a step ladder hanging up a copy of the front page of the Gazette. Realizing what she had done she stepped down from the step ladder and got on her knees next to Pit, failing to notice a shocked Kurumu and Yukari.

"Are you alright?" Moka asked.

"Yeah," he grunted, sitting up and holding his face where she kicked him, "even with the Rosario on that's some kick." He remarked.

"I'm sorry Pit, I just—" Pit had raised his other hand up.

"I can understand why, so I don't blame you." He told her. Pit then looked at the hand he was holding his face with and saw a smeared spot of blood. Realizing his nose was bleeding he looked to Moka and saw that she caught the scent as she moved closer. Oh, boy. He thought to himself, prepared for what was about to happen. Right then, she bit him; he didn't shout this time, but it still had a lot of getting used to.

Phew, finally. I'm so sorry that I took so long to update this guys. I kind of lacked motivation to write this at one point and I had some trouble figuring out to put the paragraphs together. Also, sorry about the long AN at the top, but hopefully this chapter makes up for it.

And for anybody who hasn't played Kid Icarus: Uprising; that little flashback is an actual event in the game.

Anyways, please rate and review, and until next time.