Hi there, this is TJMike at your service. This is my first fanfic and any constructive comments and ideas are more than welcome.

Now the sacred words "I do not own any of the characters of Rosario+Vampire nor Highschool DxD" and enjoy today's chapter of the Book One of Journal of a Phoenix: Burning Cold.

-Entry 1: The Night Before-

"When I first saw Tsukune Aono he was still human. It was his second day at Yokai Academy, a school located in the monster realm that taught its students how to coexist with other beings, specially humans.

Why humans?

Because although there are devils, angels and gods out there, the monster realm and the human realm, oddly enough, share the same planet. As strange as it may sound, these two worlds are more connected than most believe. The students who graduate from schools like Yokai Academy are free to either return to their homes in the monster realm or take their chances in the settlements made by humans in their world.

I actually lived on many human cities and it's not that bad once you get used to their presence, their customs, the way they live... ah well, recent graduates may take some time to make their lives in the human world. But then again, when you had centuries living among them like me time seems to be irrelevant. But I digress and I forgot what I was saying... or writing... ... ... oh yeah, Tsukune.

As I was telling, it was his second day at Yokai Academy and he already made some friends, including one of the girls I was looking for. The night before however..."

-Yokai Academy, Night Time-

"So, after all these years the school hasn't changed at all" Velkan said to himself from his seat on one of the buses coming from the human world.

"I remember your face kid" the bus driver said as he looked the boy from the rear view mirror with his glowing eyes. Velkan was the only passenger that night. He wore a red shirt, a dark brown trench coat unbuttoned with a silver chain sticking out of the left pocket, dark blue jeans and black tennis shoes.

"That my friend, is because I'd already been here, long time ago" Velkan replied while staring at his own reflex on the window. He had short dark red hair that was a bit messy, light brown eyes and a slight smile on his face, caused by the pleasant memories that this place brought to his mind. Then he looked back to the bus driver. "In fact, it was you who brought me that time, remember?" said Velkan

"Ah, that's right" was the answer from the driver. "You're that guy who fell from the cliff right?" the man asked with a grin as the bus slowly stopped. Velkan flinched by the question.

"Oh come on, I thought you'd forgotten about that by now. I mean that happened... 20? 25 years ago?" Velkan whined. "Besides, although that mermaid was a beauty nobody told me that the cliff was so close to me" said Velkan as he got off the bus.

"Well as I said to you back then, it was the first time someone fell from the cliff after trying ask a girl for her number" the bus driver said with a slight chuckle, as Velkan did.

"It's good to see your humor hasn't changed either" Velkan said. "Well then, it was nice to see you again Nurari" the phoenix said offering a hand to the former king of the monsters.

"The pleasure was mine Velkan but I must ask, why did you came back after all these years?" Nurari asked while shaking hands with the phoenix. Velkan closed his eyes for a moment and then opened, with a determined expression.

"Because I have a promise to fulfill"

With that, Velkan began to move away from the bus stop to Yokai Academy's facilities. He already knew the way so it did not take long to get to the school grounds. He also knew that the guards wouldn't let him pass until next morning so he decided to go to the best refuge he could remember at this place. Then he spread his two orange feathered wings that had shades of gold and took flight to the rooftop of the nearest building, wich happened to be the girls dorm. As he climbed, for one moment he was able to see one of the girls that he came looking for by her window. It looked like the blue haired girl was sitting on her bed, but couldn't figure out what she was doing. "If she is here it means the others are here too" he said to himself with a smirk on his face. He reached the roof, landed on and retracted his wings.

"Now if I remember correctly, there should be a maintenance room up here" Velkan muttered as he looked from side to side to find the door of his shelter for the night. "There it is" the phoenix said with a relief expression. But when he tried open it he discovered it was locked up. "Well, I guess that it wouldn't be so simple" Velkan sighed. Then he extended his hand to his side and a small set of ashes began to accumulate between his fingers. He focused and the ash started to burn. His hand then touched the door lock and it turned bright red quickly. The heat was enough to melt the locking mechanism and the door ended up open.

The inside of the room was mostly clean, leaving behind the fact that the rats and a bat were also seeking refuge in there, it was a nice one-night shelter.

"Let's face it Velkan, you've slept in worse places" he said with a defeat tone. Then he found a corner and cuddled in there. Before sleep he pulled the chain of his pocket and look at the silver watch that was attached to. He checked the time on it, put it back and closed his eyes.

'Tomorrow will be a long day' he thought. And with that he fall asleep.

-Dorm Building, Girls Section-

Kurumu thought she saw something out there from her window, but then returned to the whirlwind of ideas in her mind. She heard that a big fight took place that day by the gateway to the human world and that involved that Saizo guy and three other students. She also heard that among those students was Moka Akashiya.

Although she didn't saw the fight she was reluctant to believe that Moka fought that guy, she though the other two boys did all the job. She was still thinking how to beat the pink haired girl that keep messing with her big plans.

"That bitch!" she said with traces of anger in her voice.

'How I'm supposed to find my Destined One if she keeps stealing all the boys attention?' she thought with frustration. And out of nowhere, an idea crossed her mind. It seemed the only answer she could figure out to remove her from the way. Kurumu's face turned from despair to determination.

"If she won't stay out of it... the I'll make her"

-Dorm Building, Girls Section... in other Room-

In another room Moka was already in bed but for some reason she couldn't sleep. She was exhausted but all the emotions she had felt on the day didn't let her sleep.

'I'm glad that this day is over' she whined. 'I can't believe I already made two friends' Moka said. She began to remember her time in human schools, all the ones that were mean to her just because she was different, all the pain and loneliness that she felt back then. And out of nowhere, two boys came to her mind.

'The American boy was a bit sarcastic all day, but it seems Joseph is ok to be friends with. And Tsukune...' she though while a slight smile on her face was formed.

She was indeed thinking about that boy and she hoped to be his friend as long as she stay in this school. After all, she crashed her bike against him in the main road to the school and even let her drink blood of his neck. Joseph just keep making jokes about that but he was with Moka and Tsukune trying to fight Saizo when the orc had picked on them and that fact make her trust in him too.

'I should try to be nice to them tomorrow, after all they help make my transfer to this school much easier' she though.

She was curious about their future but between thinking in that and Tsukune she quickly fell asleep, decided to get to know better her new and only friends in this strange place.

-Dorm Building, Boys Section-

Joseph and Tsukune walked back to the dorms after escorting Moka to the girls building.

"Are you sure you ok?" Joseph asked. He was about the same height of Tsukune, with dark brown eyes and short messy blond hair. He was wearing a pale green shirt, a dark green unzipped denim vest, black jeans and black tennis shoes.

"Although it was a bit fun to watch, that guy beat the crap out of you" Joseph said with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you for help us with that guy by the way" Tsukune said while grabbing the back of his head. His back still hurt him and he was having a light headache for the day the three students had, mostly because of the shock of being in a school filled with monster. But deep down, he was happy for the luck of meeting the most beautiful girl he ever saw.

"You're welcome. You know, you're not bad company for a human" Joseph said getting Tsukune out of his trance. The blond hadn't very pleasant memories with humans so he was cautious, but didn't wanted to spoil his first day in school. Tsukune looked at him with confusion.

"I mean you are easy be friends with and you're not much of the fighter type right?" Joseph joked with a smile. He didn't trusted that much in Tsukune but at leats he neither saw any threats from him just yet.

"Well it is my first day here and you were with me in that bus" Tsukune said weakly. Despite the fact that Joseph was a monster and he didn't revealed his true nature yet, the blonde was one of the two people in this scary place that knew he was human. He was relieved that Joseph and Moka agreed to not tell anybody about his "nature". That and the fact that one of the big rules of the school was to "never reveal your kind nor species to anyone, even your friends" as the enthusiastic teacher Nekonome said in the beiggining of her class, it make the perfect cover for him.

The two boys reached their rooms that were next to each other. Joseph walked to his door and opened but then looked to Tsukune.

"See you tomorrow man. And watch out for the blood sucking bats uh?" the blond said with a grin before entering his room and close the door. Tsukune just stared in his direction smiling weakly.

"Yeah, good night" Tsukune said. Then he looked with wide eyes where Joseph was a few seconds ago.

"Wait, what?!"

And that's it for today. Please leave your thoughts and ideas and see you all the next time.