AN: In case there was any doubt after me saying this twenty one times previous, I don't own either storyline that this crazy brainchild was spawned from.

After a rather teary goodbye, Naruto finally managed to escape his mother's embrace and get back on the school bus. The other girls were given rather fond embraces as well. Mizore was given a bag by her mother that had her blushing and quickly stowing it deep within her backpack.

On the bus; Moka, Ruby, and Kurumu were all rather talkative about their time among the humans. Mizore merely napped on Naruto's shoulder.

Once the bus arrived at Youkai Academy and everyone disembarked, they were walking back to the dorms when a bike flew from the trees, barely missing the group. The orange-haired girl skidded to a stop.

Moka spoke, "Kokoa, what are you doing here? Father said that he wasn't going to send you to Youkai Academy."

The young vampire sneered. "I insisted to come to make sure you get rid of the fake you."

Moka lifted an eyebrow. Her voice now deeper spoke, "What do you mean, the fake me?"

Kokoa glomped onto Moka. "Big sis! You're back!"

The inner side of Moka kicked the orange-haired girl into a tree. Her outer side then began checking on her well-being. Kokoa pulled herself from the indentation. "Father also wants me to see what was done to you." She stared at Naruto, Mizore , Kurumu, and Ruby. "If one of you did something to her, I will kill you."

The girl had obviously been channeling her vampire aura. Naruto flared his own aura and laced some bloodlust into it as well. Kokoa visibly started, but rallied. Naruto formed a large orb of water in his hand. "If you want to try, you're welcome to little vampire. Not even Moka will fight me when I use this."

Kokoa laughed. "As if my sister would ever back down from a weakling."

Inner Moka spoke up, "Kokoa, don't be a fool."

"Big Sis?"

"Even with your weapon, you need a vampire's strength to wield it. I have seen what he is capable of. Water saps our strength. You know this."

Kokoa frowned. "He's just using cheap tricks."

Naruto let the water dissipate. "You may be Moka's sister, but you really need to be more polite. As a general rule, Vampires are physically strong, but there are ways of dealing with that strength."

Kokoa scoffed, "You are only saying that because you're weak."

Naruto frowned. "If you were to face a werewolf under a full moon, what would you do?"

Kokoa smirked. "I'd smash it to pieces."

Naruto just shook his head. "If you can't hit something, your strength would be pointless."

Kokoa launched a kick at Naruto to wipe the expression off of his face. Naruto ducked and dodged. He continued to dodge the orange haired girl's attacks. As Naruto continued to shift, he taunted the vampire. "Case in point little strawberry."

Kokoa smirked and grabbed the bat on her shoulder, transforming it into a massive warhammer. Once again Naruto evaded. He also twisted the weapon from the girl's grip before she could retaliate.

The next punch the girl threw; Naruto grabbed her wrist and threw her over his shoulder.

When Kokoa landed and dashed back towards the yoko, she was met with a powerful kick that launched her over the building.

Moka lowered her leg. Her voice was neutral. "We need to get going. Miss Nekonome wants us to man the desk at the Club Fair tomorrow."

The group nodded and left for their respective dorm rooms.

Tsukune sighed in relief as he walked into a new high school. No one out to kill him, no crazy plots or plans, just plain school. The best part was that there was no more Youkai to deal with.

Nanase's voice rang out, "Tsukune! There you are!"

Tsukune turned towards the blue haired girl. Make that no Youkai who would hate him because he was around Naruto. Yukari was likely going to call tonight to make sure that his homework was done.

Kokoa landed heavily with stars in her eyes. It looked like her big sister still loved her.

She had planned something to draw Moka out with death threats, but that would have to be put on hold. Kokoa knew that she would need to visit the nurse after an attack like that.

Naruto pulled the last of his clothes out of his bag and hung them up. He turned as the window opened. "Mizore? You normally don't come over until I am either getting ready for bed or asleep."

The Yuki-Onna grinned slightly. "It's simple Naruto. You are mine." Mizore pressed herself up against the blonde and captured his lips. As the kiss turned hungrier Naruto was barely able to pull away. Mizore's eyes were glowing light blue.

Naruto was breathing heavily. "Mizore, I..." His next words were cut off as the purple haired girl forced her tongue into his mouth. As the yoko was forced into his bed by a rather amorous girlfriend, he brought out his tails and lifted Mizore up into the air. "Mizore, I don't really mind, but didn't we say we were going to wait until the Snow White field?" He brought his hand up to her cheek. "I promised you." A small grin was on his face. "Would you want to explain to my mother why we broke the promise that we made her as well?"

This caused Mizore's eyes to clear slightly. "Naruto, I'm sorry." She looked at her feet.

Naruto brought her gaze back to him. "What is wrong?"

Mizore's voice was almost husky. "Being back home with you, made me not want to wait. Every moment we are here is another moment where I can't be next to you all the time."

Naruto put his hands on Mizore's shoulders. "Tsurara told my mom and me this might happen."

Mizore leaned in again, but was stopped as the temperature in the room began to drastically rise. "Naruto, what?" She fainted in Naruto's arms.

Naruto laid Mizore on the mattress and covered her up. With her fertile period approaching, Mizore's hormones were going into overdrive.

A knock on the door was followed by the arrival of Kurumu. She noted the unconscious Mizore. "Is everything ok?"

Naruto shrugged. "Mizore's tired."

Kurumu slinked up to the blonde. "Want to have some fun while Mizore's asleep? We could…" Kurumu's words were cut off as she had to dodge a throwing knife made from ice coming from the unconscious girl. Kurumu looked at Mizore. "She's asleep. How is that possible?"

Naruto grinned. "You should know that by now." His tone became a little more serious. "Kurumu, you might want to lay off the flirting for a while."

The succubus blinked, but hid a hurt expression. "What's going on?"

Naruto looked at Mizore. "Her birthday is coming up soon. Just a few weeks actually before she becomes able to have children. A Yuki-Onna experiences some rather serious hormones at that time. She is going to be very protective. More so than in the past, until she gets used to it again."

Kurumu nodded, internally glad that Naruto didn't want her to stop altogether. "So don't jump into bed with you two until I can tell if she's in control of not." Kurumu mused, "Well, that explains a few things."

Naruto tilted his head. "What do you mean?"

Kurumu shrugged. "Mizore had a bit of a tussle with Ruby and Moka. I didn't think that what they said was all that confrontational, but Mizore took things a little harsher than usual."

"How so?"

"Your father will probably have quite a bit of damage to clean up in your practice room."

Back at the Namikaze residence, Minato was busy putting everything to rights. The seals should have repaired the damage, but given the fact that the ice was still scattered around the room and embedded in the walls and was likely interfering with the seals. He would have to have Tsurara come down to melt it.

Naruto shrugged. "I doubt it will be anything he can't handle." He snapped his fingers and pulled an envelope out of his bag. "Kurumu can I ask you a favor?"

The succubus nodded.

He handed her the envelope. "While I get food for dinner, can you take this to Miss Nekonome for me? It's a letter from Mizore's mom explaining the situation and giving Miss Nekonome a heads up as to what is going on."

Kurumu shrugged. "Sure, but you have to go get dinner for all three of us if I do. I want more meals if I can't flirt with you as much."

Naruto readjusted the blankets around Mizore. "Deal." His tone was much quieter. "As much as I want what she was offering, I have to wait."

Kurumu smirked. "Who ever thought that a succubus would have to be a chaperone?" She was surprised when Naruto handed her a second, larger, and heavier envelope. "What's this?"

Naruto shrugged. "An admissions packet from our chef. He is going to talk to a few people and see about getting you into the same culinary school he went to. I told you he was impressed. You are exceptional in the kitchen Kurumu."

Kurumu smirked. "Why Naruto, if I didn't know any better, I would think that is you asking for me to cook for you in an apron and nothing else." She winked at Naruto as she left his dorm room. He shook his head and grabbed his wallet, leaving the room as well.

When Naruto got back with ingredients for dinner, Mizore was waking up. "Naruto what was that?"

Naruto paused in shredding the cabbage. "You needed a breather. Tsurara told me that you might lose control from time to time because your hormones are a little elevated right now."

Mizore blinked. She had forgotten about that. "So you knocked me out because you didn't want me?" Her tone was hurt.

Naruto immediately wrapped the girl in a hug. "No, but I made you a promise. I intend to keep it. No matter how difficult it may be. It's only a few more weeks Mizore."

Mizore could see barely restrained emotion in his eyes. They seemed backlit and it was intoxicating. She leaned in to kiss him, but was stopped by his finger.

"If we start, it will be difficult to stop Mizore. We agreed to wait."

Mizore went to suck on his finger but nodded instead. "We did." She sighed. "Did Mother suggest raising my temperature until I passed out?"

Naruto smirked. "She suggested warming you up in another manner, but Mom said that if I did that, she would carry out her threat." Mizore noted a faint reddening of his cheeks.

"What method did she recommend?"

Naruto went back to shredding the cabbage. "Direct and full body skin to skin contact."

Kurumu came in at this point and sat on the bed next to Mizore. "So Naruto tells me that I need to be your two's chaperone for the next few weeks." She leaned in closely and whispered, "Naruto explained what's going on. I'll try to tone it down so you don't get too angry at me." She then stood and began helping Naruto prepare dinner. Moka and Ruby showed up as they were finishing up. The quintet was able to eat a relatively quiet meal before classes started up again.

The next day, all of the club members except Gin showed up. There were more than a few new students who decided that they were interested in the club because of the female representation. However, when Miss Nekonome showed up and thanked Naruto for taking over for Gin, several of them realized that the blonde who was answering questions was the one that they had heard rumors about; several of the interested boys were torn. They would get to be around beautiful girls, but they apparently were in a rather passionate relationship with a very powerful Youkai. Two made the decision to join the club, interested in the fact that maybe they could learn how to have a harem as well.

Miss Nekonome was glad that the club was growing. She was dragging a rather scratched up Gin. When the werewolf introduced himself, the pair of boys who had joined began to bow. They had heard several girls mention a peeping tom in the Newspaper Club who was a photographer. They began conversing in whispers about techniques. Gin stood and addressed the teacher. "Miss Nekonome. I would like to get them properly equipped so that they can begin their jobs as photographers."

Once Gin left, Kokoa decided to show up to harass Moka again. The ensuing fight left no one else interested in joining the club.

Mizore admitted to 'slightly chilling' a few girls who were ogling Naruto.

Gin took his new students aside. "I need to tell you guys two very, very, important rules." His tone was rather severe

The pair of amature photographers nodded.

Gin nodded, knowing he had the attention of the underclassmen. "The first rule is simple. Don't get caught." Gin shuddered as repressed memories dared to bubble to the surface. "The second rule is, under no circumstances let Naruto Namikaze catch you taking photos of any girls. Especially the Captivating Quartet that is always around him."

This caused raised eyebrows from the pair. "What do you mean?"

The other spoke up, "Is it because he is a yoko?"

Gin shook his head. "No. Just, just trust me on this. Don't do it."

"What happened?"

Gin, now regressing to the time where he was fooled by the younger teen into spying on the weight loss club and the *shudder* school hot springs incident. His face was pale and drawn. "Some things are not meant to be seen my pupils. Learn from where I have failed. Not only that, but Mizore knows a technique that makes it feel like your balls are in your lungs for three days. The nurse said that if I was any weaker of a Youkai, I would be rendered sterile for a few months."

One of the pair lost control of his human form in fear. He looked like a wookie with mange.

"You have to be joking."

Gin shuddered. "Just trust me and don't do it."

As the werewolf left to repress memories by his favorite activites, the pair was left looking at each other. "It has to be some kind of initiation prank."

The other shifted back into his human form. "You're right. Besides, what's the worst he'll do, throw a fireball at us?

(A few days later)

The pair of perverted underclassmen decided to ignore Gin's advice. When they went to capture photograpic evidence of what color underwear Moka was wearing, a powerful kick sent them into the closest wall. When they tried to proposition Kurumu, the succubus merely threatened to remove their physical evidence of being males.

The horror would truly begin when they tried to get a glimpse of Mizore as she was changing for gym class. When they told Gin about the picture that they almost got, the werewolf paled. He backed away slowly, bumping into someone before he used all the werewolf speed that he could summon to escape what he knew would be an onslaught of sheer anti-pervert terror.

Ruby brushed off Gin's rather sudden fight of panic. She frowned slightly. "I understand that you tried to peek in the girl's locker room."

The teens denied it.

Ruby shook her head. "I will offer you one piece of advice. Naruto is very protective of all of his girls, Mizore most of all. If you go now and beg forgiveness, you might be spared horrible mental trauma."

The pair of photographically inclined pervs merely thought this was all part of the induction prank and laughed it off.

One of them laughed. "What will he do?"

The other agreed, "Tell him to do his worst."

Ruby shook her head. She used her connection to find Naruto. When she knocked on his dorm room door; Mizore, Kurumu, and Moka were all present working on homework. Ruby bowed upon entering. "My apologies for any intrusion. I heard what the two new members of the Newspaper Club had attempted and I went to speak with them in an effort to have them apologize."

Mizore frowned slightly. "What did they say?"

Ruby swallowed nervously. "They said that Naruto could do his worst. They aren't afraid of him."

All four girls saw a vicious grin slowly form on Naruto's face. "My worst?"

Moka spoke first. Her voice switched a few times between her two sides before finally settling into the normal tone for her new appearance. "Well, I don't think... that they should live-Naruto... you shouldn't do anything... that will allow them full body movement in the near future... just do enough that they won't do it again."

Kurumu nodded, the tips of her ears beginming to show a point and her nails were slightly longer than usual. "They need to be taught a lesson, just like Gin was."

Mizore turned to Naruto. "No scarring."

Naruto tilted his head. "Physical or emotional?"

"Physical."

Naruto nodded. "I can do that."

The perverted duo was looking over photos when a sense of foreboding came over them. At that exact moment, Gin felt an unseen burden lift slightly.

The next morning, screams of terror echoed from two different floors of the male dorms. One window had gouts of flame shoot out as a figure was running back and forth. The other, an oily green smoke came out from under the door accompanied by a retching noise.

Throughout the day, they would find themselves covered in various substances, or beset by increasingly dangerous traps. During lunch, they were knocked unconscious and appeared, tied up and blindfolded in the female locker room as the girls were changing. That was only the tip of the iceberg

After the first day, they would spend the rest of the week in the hospital wing. One had to be restrained as he had fits of terror. The other backed himself in a corner and was refusing to sleep.

At the end of the week, Gin merely brought them a get well gift and a card. Inside the card was simply written, 'I told you so.'

About three weeks later, it was a cooking day. Moka and Kurumu were in the Home Ec room. This week's lesson was on curry. Miss Aspara was practically dancing. She was excited for this particular lesson. This single lesson on curry was one that she anticipated every year. "Curry must be spicy! It must set the taste buds alight in flavor!"

Moka and Kurumu were talking about sharing their food with Naruto since it was a well known fact that Mizore had issues cooking. It had gotten even worse now that her hormones were fluctuating so wildly. That didn't stop the girl from watching from the window. Mizore frowned as Kokoa approached.

"What do you think you're doing stalker?"

Mizore turned to the short vampire. "What about you? Shouldn't you be in class as well?"

Kokoa huffed. "It's swimming in gym class today. I'm excused for obvious reasons."

"Funny, I thought you had to stay nearby even if you were excused."

Kokoa grit her teeth at this. She then looked in the window and frowned. It was clear that her sister was freeing herself from the fake, but she wished Moka would hurry things along. "Why are you spending time around such inferior Youkai Moka? Where is your Vampire Pride?"

Mizore huffed. "Where's yours? When she is acting like a 'regular vampire' Moka's always extremely aloof. You're peeking in a window you little tsundere siscon."

Kokoa grabbed the bat on her shoulder. "Why you…no-one speaks to me like that." The bat morphed into a giant spiked club.

Mizore merely froze the girl in a block of ice.

The altercation had been observed by the classroom. Moka opened the window and shook her head before her voice took on the qualities of Outer Moka. "Kokoa! Mizore, is she going to be alright?"

Miss Aspara peeked her head out the window. "Miss Shirayuki, why are you not in here with the rest of your year?"

Kurumu came to her friend's rescue. "Miss Aspara, did Miss Nekonome give you a note about that?"

The woman shook her head. "Was I supposed to be informed about something?"

Kurumu quickly whispered the situation.

The blonde nodded. "Understood. Miss Shirayuki, I would prefer if you were still in the class, even if it would not be wise for you to actively participate."

Mizore stepped in through the window, pointedly ignoring Kokoa. While the students were starting, Kurumu turned to Mizore. "I'm thinking a Miso flavored curry for Naruto. What do you think?"

Mizore nodded and sat back in her chair. Miss Aspara came up to sample the sauce. Her reaction was immediate. "This is not curry! It must be spicy! This tastes like a cheap bowl of ramen!"

Mizore spoke up, frost creeping across the wall behind her. "Kurumu is making some for my boyfriend in my stead. Miso is one of his favorite flavors. I asked her to make it."

Aspara, being a wind and water spirit knew that facing a Yuki-Onna with control issues would likely not end well for her. "We are making curry this week Miss Shirayuki, not ramen."

Moka spoke up, "Didn't you say that we could make our own style of curry? Have you ever attempted a miso style curry before?"

Aspara shook her head.

Kurumu smiled. "Then this is just a test. If it fails, I will make the next batch extra spicy."

The teacher nodded and went to add pepper to the sauce but was stopped when a dome of ice covered the simmering pot. Given the fact that the girl's eyes were glowing blue, the teacher backed away a little.

The blonde went around sampling dishes and made sure to spice up several others. Ruby, as an assistant, was making the rounds while at the same time, she was starting her own pot of sauce.

As the class ended, Aspara was fuming. No one had made a proper curry. As she passed the window, she saw the frozen form of the first year student who had attacked Mizore.

Naruto was surprised when Kurumu, Moka, and Ruby all presented him with dishes to try. Kurumu said that she had made the miso curry because Mizore would likely be disappointed that she was unable to cook for him because she couldn't really be in a kitchen right now. Naruto sampled each one and was encouraging of each girl's efforts. He made sure to spend extra time talking to Mizore, who was disappointed over her inability to cook at that moment.

As she thawed the girl, Aspara made a batch of suitable curry. It was spicy enough to burn the roof off of your mouth. The younger student would likely appreciate it after being frozen solid.

Aspara's hopes were dashed as the uppity vampire forcefully declined the dish. This final rejection was the straw that broke the camel's back. Pouring some of her magic into some of the remaining sauce, the teacher dished up some more and followed the vampire. She would need a minion to do a few things while she made a truly monstrous batch of curry.

The day after the cooking practical, Naruto was eating in the classroom with all the girls when Kokoa entered the room. Naruto and the other girls were immediately on edge at the young vampire's skin tone. However, Outer Moka took over and hugged her sister. Inner was still assessing the situation.

Naruto, Kurumu, and Mizore all were leery of the dishes provided. The fact that several students now sported the yellow color to their skin, Moka included, had them in full retreat.

The trio hid in one of the outer areas of the school and watched as their zombified classmates proliferated.

Kurumu turned to Naruto. "What is going on?!"

Mizore answered. "There was some kind of Youkai Energy in that curry."

Naruto turned to his girlfriend. "How do we combat it?"

Mizore shrugged.

Kurumu looked thoughtful. "Would another type of food, rich in power, offset things?"

Naruto thought it over. "It might."

Kurumu nodded. "Then we need to do something."

Mizore added. "We need something that is easy and fast to cook that we can imbue with power."

Naruto's face was serious. "We will need to also be able to cook enough for the whole school. Fast." He thought for a moment. "Ramen."

The two girls huffed. "Now is not the time Naruto."

Naruto shook his head. "No, we make ramen. Kurumu, I've seen you make a batch of noodles in under a minute. I can handle the water and heat. Mizore, will adding spices set it off?"

Kurumu blinked. "And it only takes a few minutes to cook."

They discussed what would be needed. Naruto sent clones out to find the ingredients.

Naruto then shushined the three up to the roof. He reformed the concrete into a giant cauldron, filled it with water and lit a fire underneath it. The clones brought all the supplies they would need. Kurumu was a blur, stretching batches of noodles and setting them out.

As the water in the cauldron began to boil, Mizore tossed in spices and then retreated. All three poured a bit of Youkai power into it.

As Kurumu sliced the noddles with her nails, the door to the roof burst open and a tide of yellow tinted students flooded the area. Kurumu rapidly tossed the noodles in. Naruto gave the cauldron a stir and set a timer.

As they advanced, Naruto frowned. "I really hate the time it takes for the noodles to cook."

Miss Aspara stood at the head of the crowd. "Misses Shirayuki and Kurono and Mister Namikaze. You have not tasted the divinity that is my curry. You will be baptized in the ture curry. You will never want ramen again."

Naruto pointed at the water nymph. "The day I stop wanting ramen is the day I am dead and gone! Bring it!"

The three defended the batch of ramen as the timer ticked down. Small gales threw the students back, ice stopped them in place. Kurumu darted in and out to incapacitate the students.

Kurumu was the first to be hit. A plate full of curry hit her in the face, drenching the succubus and the magically infused dish made its way into her mouth. Kurumu stopped fighting to eat.

Naruto called over his shoulder, "Kurumu's been caught." The roof shot students into the air and a ring of fire surrounded Naruto. As the timer ticked down, Naruto deflected several attacks from Miss Aspara. Mizore froze any and all who came her way.

The bell dinged, signifying that the ramen was done. "Mizore! Moo…"

Mizore watched in horror as a furry blur, likely Gin, smashed a plate of curry into Naruto's open mouth. He tried to spit it out, but his skin was rapidly becoming yellow as well.

Mizore knew that she had to stop Miss Aspara. She ran towards the cauldron, a shield of ice over her mouth, she hit the cauldron full force, tipping it over. There was one small problem. Mizore's magic reacted heavily to the heat from the stone container. The ramen shot out of the cauldron like a cannon. It drenched all the students and covered the roof in a noodly mess. The power that the trio had sunk into it seemed to cause the ramen to keep forming. IT shot from the stone pot like a fire hose.

Students were blasted back and the odor in the air of cumin and turmeric dissipated to be replaced by miso.

Miss Aspara was thrown over the building, gargling about how miso would never match the taste of curry.

Moments later, the water nymph rose, standing on a plate of rice and curry. "All will bow before the spicy goodness of curry!"

Naruto, the yellow fading from his skin, stood. He transformed into his battle form and melded water and fire for the first time. The omnipresent broth began to form around him, instantly coming to a boil. Naruto took the cauldron of ramen and hefted it over his head. "Ramen forever!" The pair threw their respective dishes which collided, drenching the school in a mix of miso and curry.

Aspara tried to pick herself up off the roof, but Mizore was in front of her, hair a shifting cloud of purple. "Miss Aspara, you need to cool off." The water nymph was encased in ice, ending the fight.

As the students came back to themselves, Miss Nekonome came up to the roof, "What happened here?"

As the school was being restored to its normal state, Kokoa was sneaking up on Moka again.

Moka threw out a hand and stopped the warhammer in place. "Kokoa, this is getting annoying."

"Big sis!"

Moka took Kokoa by the throat and threw her to the ground. "Kokoa, this needs to stop."

Inner Moka was in complete control

"Big Sis, you're back!"

Moka sighed heavily. "Kokoa, stop now."

"I won't stop until I defeat you!"

Moka smacked her sister into a tree. "Listen well Kokoa. You are being a brat and this needs to stop. You need to let go of the past."

"What?!"

"Kokoa,"

"Yes Big Sis?"

"Grow up."

Whatever the orange haired vampire was expecting, it wasn't that.

Moka continued. "You keep going on and on about Vampire Pride. Let me tell you something. How many times do you see other Youkai around Vampires?"

"Noble Vampires can't be troubled by…" Kokoa was cut off by another smack.

"Never, they are never around. Vampires are a lonely race. You have said that you miss me. Let me tell you something. Do you know why Vampires are lonely?" Moka continued without giving her sister a chance to speak. "It's because we are fools. We sit in our castles thinking that we are the mightiest. Let me ask you a question. If Mizore had wanted you dead, would you still be alive?"

"Of course, she is no match…"

Moka cut her sister off again. "You idiot. She had you encased in a block of ice as you charged ahead, trusting your strength to prevail. What would have happened if Mizore took the block of ice and dropped it in the deep end of a pool and let it melt?"

Kokoa paled.

Moka nodded. "Exactly. For all of your 'Noble Vampire Pride,' it means nothing. Listen to me and listen well Kokoa. I have friends here. Friends who don't care about the fact I can kick them over the nearest treeline or drink their blood. I'm not lonely anymore. Naruto is strong enough to actually put up a fight. If he uses his elemental abilities, namely his water nature, I would be destroyed."

"But Big Sis…"

"But nothing Kokoa!" Moka fixed her sister with a ferocious stare that pinned the young vampire in place. "You need to grow up and realize that this world isn't about thinking that Vampires are the greatest. Do you want to end up like most of the family? Everyone seems trapped by what has happened in the past and other vampire's expectations of them. Father stays in his castle all the time, playing politics. And the less said about our sisters the better. Vampires need to realize something Kokoa. Yes we're strong, but if we anger the wrong group of Youkai, such as the Water Yoko Clan, there would be far fewer of us left in the world."

"What did they do to you here?"

Moka smacked her sister once again, but this time it was almost halfhearted. "I was shown what the world is really like outside of Vampire society. I learned that you can't simply order people to be your friends and take what you want just because you are stronger. No one likes a bully. I learned that sometimes to not be lonely you sometimes need to give up your pride and become a better Youkai because of it."

Naruto and Ruby were coming back from a sealing lesson and heard most of the conversation.

It was at this point Naruto stepped in. "Kokoa, your sister is right. The last yoko that was on campus was a bully. He used his abilities to keep others under his control because of what he could do. Other students don't look at me in fear because they know I won't incinerate them if they irritate me. Everyone has said how happier they are now that he is gone." Naruto sighed looking at Kokoa's defiant stare. "Let me tell you something Kokoa. I don't let Moka drink my blood just because she is a vampire. I do it because she is my friend and I care that she is able to eat properly. And that goes for both sides of her."

Ruby spoke up. "Kokoa, before I was rescued by Naruto and his friends, I was literally trapped by my past. The witch who raised me refused to let go of the past and killed humans. If it weren't for Naruto's help, she would have killed me too. Not only was I trapped, but I was lonely too. I am no longer lonely and I am seeing a world that before all that happened, I could only look at from afar. Yes I am a witch and most Youkai see me as little better than a human, but I don't care anymore. The important and good ones like Naruto, see me as Ruby, their friend." She added under her breath, and romantic rival. "If you want to no longer be lonely, which you are. I know. I acted a lot like you. You think that Moka's Shinso side is the only one who cares, the only one who you can connect with. I know I was the same with other witches. You are wrong. You can make friends; you can be no longer lonely. Or you can retreat in fear to a Vampire's Castle and be alone and abandoned the rest of your life."

Kokoa was fighting back tears. The words that had been said had hit her and cut deeper than she realized. "You don't know anything!" She ran off into the trees.

Naruto turned to both of the girls. "I didn't know you two felt that way."

Both girls nodded slightly, a pink tinge on their cheeks.

Naruto smiled. "Well then, Kurumu's making dinner. Would you two like to join us?"

All three retreated to Naruto's dorm where a meal better than the cafeteria offered awaited them.

Kokoa went to the campus phone for calling the outside world. "Father, I need to tell you what is going on."

A few days after the confrontation with Kokoa, all of the girls had invaded Naruto's dorm room.

They were talking as a white glow lit up from Mizore's bag, followed by a yellow one from Naruto's.

Converstaion ceased as the pair opened letters.

Mizore spoke first. "It's from my mother. Something bad has happened in the village. They need my help."

Naruto's voice was grave. "This is from Yukari. Apparently, my grandfathers have come to town to 'take care of' their wayward children."

Everyone stood. "Let's get going!"

Naruto stared at Moka, Kurumu and Ruby and was about to try to convince them that coming along was a bad idea. Kurumu spoke first. "There's no way we're going to let you face that alone."

Moka smirked, "You will probably need a Vampire's strength."

Ruby smiled. "Besides, you don't know how to drive the bus. I do."

Naruto stood and grabbed a large pouch of equipment. "Fine then, let's go." Naruto sent a clone to find Miss Nekonome to explain that they likely wouldn't be in class the next day and it was due to family issues.

As the five students ran towards the bus stop, they found the Bus Driver already there. "Sorry kids, no trips to the Human World today."

Naruto sighed, "For what this is worth, I'm sorry." He blurred behind the bus driver and the resulting hit embedded the man's face into the ground.

All five were on the bus and it was driving away before the man could recover. A multicolored flash lit the tunnel as the bus disappeared.

The Bus Driver lit another cigar. "Good luck kids."