Rosario to Elf

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"talking"

thoughts

Formulations

~ Youkai Academy ~ (evening, one week later)

"Yes, yes I know" Kaede smiled as she was holding the phone against her ear. "Yes, I can't wait to see too mother. Good-bye and I'll see you when school goes to break" as she placed the phone back hanging it up.

"How was she doing?" Kohta asked.

"Just fine, mother was happy to hear from me again and she wanted to know if you could come over to visit so she could thank you herself".

The youth gave a slight chuckle at this. "If you don't mind having me over" he smiled.

"Of course not, you're always welcomed whenever you want to visit".

"Thanks". Kohta then stretched out his hand as he brushed through Kaede's hair as the strands slipped through his fingers. "I still can't quite get over the new look".

"Really?" as she brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. "Long hair just didn't seem like me. I don't look weird do I?"

Kohta gave a warm smile as he looked his friend over. There wasn't anything too significantly different about her, physically speaking anyways. His horned friend had decided to cut her hair short leaving it just above shoulder length. Her facial expression was a cross between Nyu and Lucy as she showed a presence between cutesy yet highly disciplined. With school regulations, everyone needed to maintain a human form. So he rebuilt her bracelet for the function of hiding her horns making her appear like any other girl. But then giving a nod, "it doesn't really matter because Kaede-chan will always be beautiful regardless of what she looks like".

The pink diclonius could only blush at this as she looked away, "idiot" to which the youth couldn't help but chuckle at this. Then clasping her hands together, she felt slightly irritated. She was never certain if Kohta was just being friendly with her or was actually flirting. Frankly she didn't even know for sure if he understood how she felt for him. But if he didn't, she sure as hell wasn't going to try to make herself clearer as it was too embarrassing and nerve wracking the first time. Perhaps when she worked up the courage, she could try again. " . . . . Yeah right".

"Well let's get going" said Kohta. "We have to get ready for tomorrow".

"Hmm? What was happening tomorrow?"

"We'll be discussing the upcoming festival and what our class plans to do for it".

~ Youkai Academy ~ (the next day)

Walking along the main road with each other, Kohta and Kaede talked happily with each other as they were politely given their morning pleasantries by fellow student passerbies.

"Good morning Kaede-san".

"Morning Kaede, I hope everything has been going well".

"Good morning Kaede, can't wait to see you in class".

The pink diclonius gave a warm smile as she waved to them.

"Well looks like no one so far has called you Nyu Kaede-chan" said Kohta.

"It took about a week, but now everyone is calling me by my real name. Although it was a bit awkward with explaining everything concerning myself" giving a strained chuckle.

"But you did have to lie in certain parts".

"Of course I had too. They wouldn't completely understand everything not to mention neither of us really needed the whole pity party. Besides, it was in large part in keeping your secret" poking Kohta's shoulder giving a smirk causing the youth to give a nervous laugh. "But I still don't quite understand. So you're the current vessel of Tsukiyomi, what does that mean exactly? How did this all happen?"

"That's a bit of a complicated story Kaede-chan. But simply, my family was one of many descendants of the dark god Tsukiyomi. But with me being the last of his bloodline, I inherited his soul by default as it chooses the youngest member of the clan at the time of the death of the former".

"So . . . . Are there like more of you out there?"

"Yes, there are still quite a few of us in world actually. But people sure do have funny ideas about us".

Kaede's brow arched at this, but then shook her head. "So are you still . . . . You?"

"A complicated answer, but yes as I'm still myself. I was born with individuality as Tsukiyomi's soul lay dormant within me. But after merging with him, I gained a part of his powers and memories that he had collected over the millennia which even a bit of it is quite a lot".

"But with what Onigumo said . . . . . Could you still die?"

"Yes, for everything that I am I'm still quite vulnerable to death as any other person is. But as I said, people sure do have funny ideas about us. Simply there is no such thing as immortality as the word 'god' was the closest translation possible to our species name. It just a fact our kind is very hard to kill due to our highly developed regenerative abilities and advanced magical knowledge . . . . Well not unless you decapitate, drown, or otherwise drain our magic which will kill us almost immediately. However after me, that'll be it".

"What do you mean?"

"I'm the last descendant of Tsukiyomi. Once I'm gone, his knowledge and powers will be lost forever. Well not unless I . . . ." looking up in thought.

"Unless you?"

"Have a kid" as Kohta smiled to Kaede causing her to burn red, but noticing his friend's reaction "Kaede-chan? Is something wrong? You're all red. You're not sick are you?"

"Oh just shut up!" to which a still blushing Kaede pushed his face away while facing her gaze forward again.

Kohta chuckled at this. "Well let's hurry then. We don't want to be late" taking her hand as they hurried along.

~ Youkai Academy (class) ~

"As everyone knows" said Koto. "We're going to be having our annual cultural festival soon. On that note, we need to not only choose the activity our class is going to do but also choose our representatives to organize the event as this is going to count as big points to your final grade".

At hearing this, the class could only groan in agony. Although festivals were fun, the setup and planning were quite painfully aggravating with all the time and effort needed to get things together. Furthermore, whoever was representative had to take full responsibility for the organization not to mention if anything went wrong.

"Now now, don't be like that" the fox teacher then said waving her hand to them. "Now who should be our representative?" as she rose her finger ready to pick someone. However everyone in class purposely averted their eyes looking away from the front as they didn't want to be chosen trying to make it as clear as possible that they didn't want the job. "This is quite troubling" thought Koto as seeing the lack of participation. But then recalling the only members to her photography club, "you two. Kohta and Kaede will be our class representative".

"Us?" Kohta questioned.

"I really don't want the job" said Kaede rather bluntly.

"Oh don't be silly. You two will do a wonderful job" Koto then rebutted.

"But . . . ."

"Yeah you'll do great!" as the class had now turned their attention to them.

"They are the most talented and brightest in our class after all".

"We can definitely leave it in their capable hands!" as more of the class nodded to this.

"Alright! It's decided then. Kohta and Kaede will be our class representatives for the school festival" said Koto as everyone in the class aside from the two gave a cheer to this.

"Traitors . . . ." as Kaede slammed her head against the table in pure angst to the trouble that was dropped onto her lap. "I wonder what Kohta thinks about this" turning her head to see.

Looking to the youth, he seemed indifferent yet cheerful as if he didn't seem to mind this all.

". . . ."

~ Youkai Academy (rooftops) ~ (lunchtime)

"You want to tell me why you're OK with this?" Kaede asked almost glaring at her friend

"What are you talking about?" Kohta asked nonchalantly as he leaned against the railing. "It's just a cultural festival. It should be fun".

"Not as the representative. It just means more pain in the rear for us".

"What makes you think that Kaede-chan?"

"You know what I mean!" stomping her foot against the ground in irritation. "It's so much trouble! How can you be still fine with this? Aside from needing to plan everything, if anything goes wrong it's going to be our problem!"

"It can't be that bad. Besides" as Kohta gave a bright smile. "We'll be doing this project together which I'm happy for".

Kaede stammered back slightly as her brow furrowed looking away trying to keep herself from blushing. "Idiot . . . ."

Kohta gave a chuckle at this. But then pushing off the rail, he walked till he got face to face with his friend. "How about we have a little wager then?"

". . . . What kind of wager?" the pink diclonius asked cautiously.

"A rather simple one really" said Kohta cheerfully. "If I win you have to help with the planning for the rest of the festival without complaint. But if you win, I'll talk with Koto-sensei to having the job all left to me leaving you free from this".

"Sounds tempting" as Kaede tapped her cheek with intrigue. "So what's the wager exactly?"

"Also something rather simple" said Kohta as he stepped back getting into his fighting stance, "just a match between us. No powers involved as we'll be using our skills only".

Kaede gave a devilish smirk at this as she cracked her knuckles before stepping back into her own stance. "Hope you'll enjoy in giving me my seventeenth win".

"We'll see" as he waved his hand taunting her to come at him.

On that go, Kaede dashed in throwing a right punch only for it to be parried as she followed that momentum throwing a wheel kick.

With the oncoming kick, Kohta back stepped narrowly just avoiding the attack to his head as he full stepped in getting right behind her grabbing her around the waist planning to toss her. However he was immediately countered as a back elbow was launched straight into his face to which he blocked as he followed the flow of the attack spinning around getting face to face with Kaede as he grabbed her shoulder pulling her in for a knee thrust.

Seeing it coming, Kaede shifted her weight to the side at the very least only getting grazed by the attack as she quickly grabbed his leg throwing it up trying to unbalance him. But in an impressive feat, Kohta managed to kick his other leg up throwing him into a back flip as he landed back onto the ground safely. As he looked up, Kaede had already jumped into the air after him as she flew forward throwing a left punch to his face.

Kohta shifted his face away just in time as he intercepted her punch with his left hand. Giving a good twist, he turned her around forcing her arm behind her back as he swung his right arm around her neck into a choke hold.

"I see you remembered how to fight Kohta. You're doing better than I expected".

"I'd say I'm doing OK so far" he half smiled.

Kaede smirked to this as she stomped his foot forcing him to loosen his grip as she wrapped her hands around his right arm before tossing him over her shoulder landing him flat on his back. She then immediately followed up by grabbing his shoulders as she flipped over him landing on his stomach as she sat down mounting him crossing her arms over his throat as she got face to face with him. "It looks like my win". But seeing Kohta holding a smile, "you seem a bit too happy for someone who just lost".

"Do I?" as the youth seemed coy.

"Yes you do" as she tightened her hold trying to make her friend feel more uncomfortable.

"Well two reasons really".

"Which are?"

"First" giving a grin, "I got plenty of opportunities to see Kaede-chan's panties".

"Ehh!" as her face flashed many orders of red as she got her face away from him.

"And secondly" grabbing one of her arms bumping his hips up flipping them over reversing their positions. "I haven't lost yet" as he grabbed both her wrists one in each hand pinning them to the ground while keeping his body weight on top of her.

Kaede struggled to get up. But after a while stopped as she laid still looking up to her friend with a deep pout. "That was just plain dirty".

"Well that is just how it is Kaede-chan" he chuckled.

"Kohta . . . . Have you always been such a pervert? I never thought you were so interested in looking at my panties".

"Well any guy would. You are a very attractive girl Kaede-chan. About every guy would jump at the chance to get with you".

Kaede's eyes then shifted to the corner as her lips quivered a bit. "Would you?" she asked softly under her breath.

"What?" as he didn't hear her.

"I said get off me stupid!" as she threw him off before standing up patting herself down straightening her uniform.

Doing the same, Kohta soon straightened himself out. "So? What says you?"

Kaede looking away rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah I suppose so . . . . As long as I'm doing the work with you . . . ."

"Good, but we still need to decide what our class is doing. Tsukune-san's class has already decided to do a fishing game and Yukari's class has decided on a maid's café. They are both pretty popular themes. So I wonder what we should do in order to maintain a good popular standing with our grade year". Placing his hand to his chin in thought, "I think I've got it! Let's create a horror maze. That should be fun".

"A horror maze, really?" as Kaede's tone was that of mocking. "Don't you think we're a bit too old for something like this let alone capable of scaring anyone?"

"Come on Kaede-chan, it might be fun. So let's give it a try".

The pink diclonius could only look to her friend strangely before letting out a soft sigh. "Whatever . . . . But you're going to have to convince everyone else to go along with it. Besides, it's going to be a lot of work to set up something as big as that".

"I don't think it'll be a problem" as he swayed his hand waving his fingers to which a strange shadowy sparkle appeared. "And don't worry about the work. I've got it covered".

~ Youkai Academy ~ (few days later)

Just like that everything was on the move. With the coming festival all academic activity was suspended for the week to allow each class their preparation time to plan for their event.

Looking all around, everyone was hard at work with construction and decorations to get their event up and running.

But for one class in particular, most of them were working outside at their front door creating signs and posters for their event.

"What's going on here?" asked Yukari who was just passing through as well as somewhat curious why their entire class was working outside.

"Hizashi-san told us he'd be taking care of the event setup by building it himself".

"Yep, the rest of us were instructed to work promoting our event and to make it as flashy as possible".

"I wonder what one guy can possibly do alone . . . ."

Yukari looked to the door with a sign saying 'do not enter' and 'construction zone, extreme caution'. Then spotting a pink haired girl working on a sign, she walked up to her. "What's going on? Do you know what oniisan is doing?"

Kaede looked up to her standing up as she stretched her back. "I don't know what Kohta is doing. He asked Koto-sensei to leave the classroom to him as he's been locked in their ever since everyday. Seeing how things are I figured we might as well be productive and make the necessary banners and posters for our event".

"Well if it's a project by oniisan then it's bound to be great!"

"I think you're giving him far too much credit Yukari" waving her hand at this.

"We'll see" she smiled to which Kaede also returned. But then began looking around. "Is there something wrong?"

"Yeah actually, a few people from my class went out to get some extra supplies. But they haven't gotten back yet". But then she raised her fist in fury as an evil like expression began to appear. "They better not be slacking off somewhere".

Yukari placed her hand to her lip in thought before looking back to her. "I think someone should go check up on them. Something bad could have happened".

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"I'm talking about that Anti-thesis group. Remember? The one that attacked Tsukune, Kurumu, and Mizore not too long ago".

"That's right. Kurumu told me about the incident involving that badger mole guy. But it seems unlikely for those delinquents to be starting trouble now. Especially with how much security was added to the recent threat made by them about attacking the school festival".

"I don't know" with a hint of worry, "it just doesn't feel right . . . ."

Kaede gave a deep sigh to this as she held her face smearing it as her hand slipped back to her side. "Alright alright" giving a scoff of surrender as she looked to Yukari with a slight smile. "For you I'll go check on them".

"Thank you Kaede-neesan!" she beamed.

~ Youkai Academy ~

Giving her instructions to her peers, Kaede was soon off as she casually strolled around the school looking for her missing classmates.

Taking her walk she was amazed and excited at the progress everyone was making as there were just so many events she wanted to go too once they were finished.

Passing by a few, she saw as Moka was leading her class in the final construction of their fishing game to which they would be done shortly. Although she heard Tsukune was one the classes representatives, he seemed to have been absent for the most part attending school council business in relation to school security. Watching the pink vampire, it was easy to tell she was lonely without him around. However she knew Moka understood to which she would wait patiently till he returned.

Not too far from them, Yukari's class was closing to a finish with their maid café event. Kaede could only give a slightly amused smile at seeing Kurumu being a part of the class was an obvious choice as one of the maid's as she seemed to have been dancing around the entrance earning a lot of stares and blushing faces to her overly alluring sex appeal as she was at this moment trying out her uniform.

Finally completing her tour of all the active areas around the school, "Where the hecks are they?" as the horned girl was now pretty peeved at the absent presence of her classmates. Granted, it wasn't uncommon for students to ditch around this time as every class had its stragglers. However her class needed those supplies, and since they didn't come back that meant less productivity as she then needed to send others to get what was needed. Seeing how three students from her class hadn't come back, she would need to be the one who needed to do it to prevent anymore slacking off. Once reaching the supply room area, " . . . . Something doesn't feel right". Bun-kun had taught her well in how to sense demonic power. But more so, her mother taught just as well in how to sense negative intention. "I feel about four of them . . . . They are close . . . . Here they come".

Out from their hiding spots, they emerged. It was pretty clear they were anti-thesis as their real bodies did not reflect any solid demon form. However that didn't really matter one way or another as they were far out of their league for someone of Kaede's level.

Almost immediately two of them that charged the pink diclonius from behind were grabbed by an invisible force as they were lifted to the very height of the two story hall before being slammed back down into the floor. With this stunning act, the two adversaries hesitated for a slight moment which gave Kaede more than enough time to which with a wave of her hand one of them flew back as they then became impaled into the wall falling unconscious. Seeing all his comrades go down instantly, the delinquent turned to retreat.

However wrapping her vectors around her legs, she kicked off the ground as she was instantly in front of him grabbing his shirt lifting him up a good six inches as his legs dangled below him. "You can save the idle chatter" said Kaede darkly squeezing her fist making it quite apparent both visually and conceptually that if she didn't get she wanted pain was going to be dealt. "I got the gist of what's happened here. Your group is probably some reconnaissance raiding party trying to find some way to effectively cripple the school festival. It's pretty clear that you have taken students who have come through here due to the lack of security around these parts. But what I want to know now" gripping his shirt tighter as she moved her way to a wall before slamming him into it. "Where are they?"

"Like I'd tell a bitch like you" the delinquent spat out seeming rather smug about it.

Kaede's eyes then narrowed at this. "We'll see about that".

~ Youkai academy (forest) ~

After a bit of 'persuasion', it appeared that if their raid and recon went sour they'd have hostages to cover their escape. "Pathetic cowards" was all Kaede could say about them. Granted she understood where they were coming from as they were the outcasts of demon society as others would treat them with scorn and disgust due to their heritage. So in a way it was inevitable this would be how they turned out. However she could not condone such an unsightly act as these tactics were not only shameful but dishonorable as well.

Entering the forest, she followed the directions cautiously keeping her senses aware for any possible dangers till eventually she came about a clearing and saw three of the delinquents along with quite a handful of the academy students tied and bounded on the ground. Watching the captors, it was apparent to see who the leader was amongst them.

"What do you think we should do with them Gyutto? We haven't received word from our away team of what's been happening?"

"We'll give them a few more minutes, if they don't show up then too bad. We'll use these students as cover to make our getaway".

"But what happens if someone really strong comes? Like that vampire that beat Midou-san?" to which in response his neck was grabbed as tremendous pressure began to be applied as murderous intent poured onto him in waves.

"Are you calling me weak that I can't handle some little vampire?"

"N . . . . No . . . ." the cohort stuttered in fear.

"Do not mistaken the fact that I'm weaker than Midou. That fool lost because he was careless in believing that no one could rival his physical power. If such a person did come along be certain I will crush them with absolute certainty if you have not forgotten my unbeatable ability".

"Really?" as the delinquents reacting to the voice turned to see a pink haired girl coming out from the brush. "Then do you care to give me a try against this unbeatable ability?"

Without so much as a word, the two cohort delinquents rushed out to attack only to be easily subdued as if an invisible fist punched both of them in the face as Kaede walked quickly past them confronting the leader while cracking her knuckles.

"Do you know who I am?" said Gyutto with over-confidence. "I'm . . . .", but was cut short as the pink diclonius delivered one of the her vector enhanced punches to his face sending him crashing through several trees before being impaled in a stump not too far away.

"I don't really care much for long winded speeches" said Kaede. "I find that to be a rather irritating quality in punks when they want to talk about how great they are or how they plan to crush me" as she then shook her head too before letting out a soft sigh.

"Kaede-san!"

"Hikaru-san came to save us!"

"Thank you for saving us!"

"You can thank me later when I'm done rescuing you and lecturing you all about being more careful".

"Maybe a lecture you missed out on".

Kaede's eyes widened at this. "Behind me!" as she stepped forward narrowly dodging the delinquent's attack just grazing her uniform jacket as she turned around quickly to see her opponent take on a completely different form from earlier. Now in his monster form, the delinquent outcast's skin appeared to have turned scaly green appearing almost like a lizard hide as his eyes then became slits. But he didn't look that impressive or the least bit intimidating. However her senses told her otherwise as each scale on his skin seemed to have been condensing an impressive amount of demonic power. For what purpose, she didn't know. But it was something she was going to find out soon as she went in for her attack.

Wrapping her fist in her vector, she wanted to end this quickly as she saw no point in a drawn out fight. So going for a kill shot, her punch landed right on his chin shooting diagonally as she pivoted her hip and foot on the ground in order to achieve the best torque from her attack. Just as expected, her opponent went flying. However, "that didn't feel right. Why was there so much resistance?"

Soon enough Gyutto stood up wearing a rather arrogant smile as he raised his arm flipping his finger back and forth taunting her to try again.

Kaede gave a slight glare at this as she dashed in once again, but this time choosing a three hit combo with a right kick to his solar plexus, left punch to his crown, and right jab to his throat. But once again the same result as she felt like she was punching steel as the outcast continued to hold his arrogant smirk.

"Do you understand now?" Gyutto sneered. "It doesn't matter how strong you are. When I'm like this my skin becomes like armor. There is nothing you can do to hurt me. Yet I'm certain the same doesn't apply to you" to which he dashed forward with a straight punch.

However Kaede easily saw this becoming. But, "what speed . . . ." and at dodging and seeing him pierce a hole right through the tree. "Interesting . . . ."

Gyutto sneered as he retracted his arm. "Not only does my ability protect me from all damage. But it increases my speed and strength as my skin is like a bunch of little knives capable of cutting about anything it touches. So what do you think now huh? Let's see you look down on us outcasts!"

"As I said earlier" as Kaede unwrapped her vectors as the psychic arms hung around waiting for their next command, "I really hate long winded explanations". Raising her arm, the vectors shot out as they soon wrapped themselves on her opponent.

The outcast was surprised as he found himself immobilized. Yet he still held his high confidence that nothing could penetrate his armor. But soon he found his entire body under an intense pressure as if he was being squeezed by a trash compactor. "Wha . . . . What are you doing?" he barely managed to cough out.

"I guess in a way I should thank him" Kaede thought in a sense of irony. "But I would have figured it out eventually". Essentially her opponent was channeling his demonic energy into his scales forming a kind of cushion which absorbed kinetic force as it would then disperse harmlessly to the surrounding scales making the attack ineffective. But if this was the case, she had two options to either pull him or squeeze him in order to damage him. Seeing that she only wanted to hurt him and not maim him, squeezing it was as she could now hear the cracks occurring all over his skin as her vectors pushed tremendous pressure all around his body crushing him like a tin can.

Coughing out blood as his ability was being used against him. His energy ricocheted inside him causing severe internal damage as his own skin was stabbing him now. Straining his eyes just to keep them opened, "who . . . . Who the hell are?"

"Me?" as Kaede gave a bit of a smirk. "I'm just the festival representative of class 2C". With her opponents defenses completely busted, she motioned her hand towards her as her vectors pulled him in to which she wrapped her right fist in her vectors once again. Once close enough, she nailed the outcast right in the face busting his nose in as he then fell unconscious on the ground. "Well let's get this clean up over with".

~ Youkai Academy ~ (late afternoon)

Contacting the proper authorities, the delinquents were soon rounded up into detainment while the students who were injured were sent to the on-campus hospital while the uninjured returned back to their respective classes to report in.

Walking back to her own class, Kaede could only give a soft sigh as she rubbed the back of her head. "Told him being a representative was only going to be trouble". But seeing some of the students thank her as they ran past her, "but I guess it's worth it in a way" as she waved to them.

Finally arriving back at her class, most of the students had already left for the day as all the signs and posters were ready for when the time came their event was ready to go. Just wondering how her friend was doing, the door then popped open almost right on cue.

"Hey Kaede-chan! I hope nothing too troubling happened while I was busy" as Kohta smiled to his horned friend.

"Not really. Just finished the signs, needed to find some lost students, and clean up some trash. Nothing I really couldn't handle".

"Cool, well Kaede-chan do you want to see what I've come up with thus far?"

"Why not, I'm pretty sure it's going to be lame anyways". Approaching the door, the tanned youth slid it open. Looking inside Kaede's eyes widened like saucers as her mouth hung open at the extremity of what she saw. Frankly it was no longer their classroom as the inside space seemed to have been multiplied by the factor of a hundred as it was filled with walls, doors, and stairs stretching all over the place in completely impossible architecture. Furthermore, everything inside had the look of outer space as everything was dark with the stars being the only thing that gave light to the room. "What did you do here?" she blurted out.

"Just a few little tricks here and there. I used space manipulation magic to increase the volume of the room. The rest in just a little illusionary work and portal bridging to connect the maze as you see it. Theoretically you could get lost in here forever. But I still need to put in some scary stuff to complete this. So what do you think so far Kaede-chan? Isn't it cool?"

Collecting herself, the pink diclonius could only give a strained chuckle as she couldn't understand how her friend could turn such a simple idea into something so strikingly outlandish. However, "I think this is going to be a rather interesting festival".

To be continued . . . .

Author's notes: Hopefully this chapter was entertaining as I was experimenting with a new concept to my writing. So hopefully it went well.

So I thank you all for reading this fic and I further extend my gratitude if you can review it as well.