Tsukune was walking into the school building, wearing a great smile on his face as he was looking forward to another day at Yokai academy. Seeing how things have started to calm down after the incident with the 'Love Love Alliance' two weeks ago, Tsukune was able to actually enjoy life in the academy for once. He never felt so calm before since coming to this school.

"Alright. I wonder what's in store today?" Tsukune said to himself.

"Morning Tsukune!"

Tsukune turned around and saw none other than Moka running up behind him to catch up with him. He couldn't help but smile as he saw her coming up to him. When she caught up, she gave him a friendly smile, to which he responded with a smile of his own.

"So, how are you today?" she asked.

"I'm pretty good, thanks. After the incident with the three guys, things have been pretty nice."

Moka nodded. "Yeah, it's nice not to have to get into a fight."

Tsukune nodded. He then turned to the campus, where he saw a number of students coming out of the building. When they saw him, they all looked at him with admiration.

"Oh, wow! It's Tsukune Aono!" one girl said.

"I heard that he took down Saizou Komiya, the class rep and those pink-shirted perverts." A boy said.

"This guy's the BEAST!" another boy said.

Tsukune raised an eyebrow. "Why do they think that I did those things? That was Moka and Ethan." He thought. Upon thinking that, his eyes widened with realization. He turned to Moka. "Hey, Moka, have you seen Ethan today?"

Moka was silent for a moment as she thought about it. "No, actually. Do you think he might be sick?" she asked.

"Don't know." He said. As soon as he said that, though, a thought occurred to him. "Actually…"

"What is it?" Moka asked.

"Well… you know how EthaaAAAGH!" Tsukune said. Before he could properly say what he wanted to say, he felt someone jump onto his back, knocking him onto the ground. Moka gasped, as did all the students in the area. Tsukune felt his body being turned over and saw that it was, not surprisingly, Kurumu.

"Morning, my destined one. She said, her nickname form him said in a seductive tone.

Tsukune immediately blushed. He could feel Kurumu pressing her chest onto his own, making him incredibly uncomfortable. However, as a blessing in disguise, he saw a water basin appear over Kurumu's head, which slammed down and left a large bump on her head.

Kurumu toppled over, freeing Tsukune, but the boy was once again restrained by a familiar witch, her arms wrapping around his neck.

"Don't let that blue-haired succubus get to you, Tsukune. You know just as well as I do that the two of us and Moka belong to each other." She said with a cheery tone.

With that, Tsukune felt even more uncomfortable after hearing that. He looked around and saw a number of angry and jealous glares from the boys, while the girls were just astonished by what they saw from Kurumu and Yukari.

He suddenly felt a strong chill go down his spine. He looked over his shoulder and saw Moka with a rather… irritated expression on her face. Before Tsukune could say anything, however, Moka leapt onto him, knocking away Yukari in the process.

"NO, TSUKUNE IS MINE!" she roared. With that, her fangs elongated and they were plunged into Tsukune's neck.

"AAAAGH, MOKAAA!" Tsukune yelled. When she was finished, Tsukune laid back on the ground, in total shock at what happened, his good mood ruined.

"Oh man, what's going to happen to me now?" he thought to himself.

…

"Morning class!" Miss Nekonome said cheerfully.

Tsukune noticed that Miss Nekonome seemed to be in an incredibly happy mood today. It wouldn't be unordinary to see her in a happy mood, but her cheerful attitude seemed to be through the roof. They couldn't figure out what was up with her.

"Oh, I have the best news this week! Today, every first year will be joining the different clubs available around the campus. By doing this, you will all be able experience what life as a human was like more easily."

A number of the students were moaning under their breath, but some were excited by the idea. The one who seemed the most excited by this was Moka, who was struggling to stay seated with the level of anticipation she was now feeling.

Tsukune noticed this and couldn't help but smile. There was nothing in the world at the moment that brought him as much joy as seeing her happy. A smile always broke onto his face when it happened.

"Man, if Ethan was here, he'd make fun of me until the end of time." Tsukune thought.

His brow was quickly raised when he thought of Ethan. He looked around and realized that Ethan was still a no-show. This surprised him greatly. "Where the heck is Ethan? He never missed a day so far?"

Tsukune tried to put it at the back of his mind, knowing that Ethan can literally tear his way out of any situation he was put in. But still, he couldn't help but worry.

"Now, just to let you know." Miss Nekonome continued. "This is a requirement of all students in the academy, so there's no getting out of it. Sorry." She said. "Oh, and remember, as this this is about blending in with human society, you must never reveal your true forms to anyone." She said seriously.

"Uh, excuse me, ma'am?" said one student.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Your tail?" the student said, pointing at the teacher's clearly exposed tail. After regarding it for a moment, she immediately lept at the student, clawing his face and leaving numerous red marks.

"Okay!" she said happily, while the student laid on the floor crying and gripping his face. Tsukune was amazed at how spontaneous she could be, even though it can lead to incredibly lethal situations like this one. She was nearly as scary as the inner Moka and Ethan combined sometimes.

"Alright class. From now, classes have been suspended for the rest of the day to let you search for clubs to join. You'll find stands all across the school's plaza, so I hope you find the one you like best. Oh, and I'm also the supervisor of the newspaper club, so don't forget to check it out if you have the time."

With that, all the students made their way out of the door. However, before Tsukune could follow suit, he felt someone grab onto his arm. He turned and saw that it was Moka, who seemed to be bursting with anticipation.

"Tsukune! I've got an idea! How about the two of us try to find a club to join together? It'll make it easier for us when we're with each other, right?"

Tsukune couldn't really argue with her logic… mainly because it involved being closer to Moka. "No problem." Just then, he thought of something important. "Uh, can we do it in a little while, now that we're free, I need to check on Ethan."

"Oh, good idea. I'll wait for you at the plaza." Moka said. With that, she rushed off toward her destination while Tsukune made his way over to the dorms.

"Hope he's okay. Hope he's not burning himself out too much."

….

Around seven dead trees were now burning to ash in mere seconds. As they crumbled into dust, a number of fireballs shot out into the air and struck a few more trees around the inferno. However, instead of catching on fire, they were blasted into flaming shards as they were struck with tremendous force.

As the fire began to calm itself, Ethan wiped the sweat off his brow as he admired his handy work. He couldn't help but smile at how well he was progressing in such as short amount of time.

"Guess the freak in the hood was good for something after all." Ethan thought.

After the hooded figure had somehow unlocked Ethan's power, he was able to use it like he had been practicing with it all his life. He found that he could ignite anything just by wishing to do so, firing streams of flame from his hands and, one of the most useful tricks, being able to use the force of a fire blast to push himself out of the way, like a type of dodge ability.

The only thing, however, was that he wasn't able to use that 'Fire breathing ability' everyone said he used earlier. It irked him slightly, but he decided not to let it bother him. In the meantime, he opted to focus on what he could do.

He readied himself and fired another sphere of flames, rocketing it towards another tree. As it impacted, it once again blew it into pieces. He built up another flame in his hand and, instead of firing it, decided to experiment with his capabilities a bit more. He charged up the flame and allowed it to spread along his arm. When it reached his elbow, he saw that it had formed into a gauntlet, the elbow sticking out like a blade while the fingertips were pointed, like mini-spikes. This Gothic style was surprisingly appealing to Ethan.

"You know what, I think I'll experiment a little more. Maybe I'll be able breathe fire after all." He said. To himself. He then readied himself and prepared to try the same with his other arm.

"Isn't talking to yourself the first sign of madness?" came a familiar welsh accent.

Ethan's response was swift. He spun his flame-coated fist towards the source. As he was about to strike, he saw the hooded figure briefly before he moved his head to the side. Ethan brought up a knee to his stomach, but he hit nothing but air as the figure stepped backwards and dashed to Ethan's right, sending a strong, painful fist into Ethan's stomach.

Ethan felt the air leave his stomach as the figure's fist impacted. He was sent skidding backwards, but he still stood strong.

The figure smiled. "Damn, you're one tough punk." He said.

"What do you want?" Ethan asked.

"Aww, is that how you treat the guy who helped you unlock those new tricks of yours?" the hooded figure asked, feigning sorrow at Ethan.

Ethan glared at him in response. "Don't mess with me." He said in a dark tone. "Just because you unlocked these powers doesn't mean you're an ally. You could be wanting to use my power for your own purposes." His fist, having been extinguished after the figure's surprise attack, was re-ignited. "Besides, you knocked me out and kidnapped me. Not the best way to earn trust."

While Ethan couldn't see his eyes, he could tell the figure was rolling them. "How many times have I told you 'I'm sorry'?" the figure asked.

"… Zero." Ethan replied.

"… Ah, right."

The figure spun around and faced the school. "Well, it's been nice chatting with you, but we'll need to cut this short. You've got a busy day today." He said. With that, he quickly suddenly vanished into thin air. Ethan blinked a few times, just making sure that his vision wasn't damaged in any way. He pondered on what he said.

Within a second, it clicked with him, causing him palm himself in the face. "Oh crap, that's right, the club selection's on today!" he said to himself. He looked at himself and saw that he was wearing only a pair of gym pants and a pair of sandals, deciding to forgo a shirt in case it got burnt in the process.

"Better change before checking it out." Ethan thought before racing over back to the dorms.

…

"That's weird, if he's not here, where could he be?" Tsukune asked himself. After he went to check on Ethan, he saw a note sticking out from under the door, saying that he wasn't there but that he'd be back later.

Deciding to check on him later, he went over to the plaza, where he found Moka sitting on a bench. She noticed him and immediately rushed over to him. "Alright, Tsukune, let's find a club together!" she said.

"Alright then." He replied. He was looking forward to it.

However, the experience was less than pleasant. The first one they went to was the photography club, but the club leader seemed more interested in taking inappropriate pictures of Moka, so that one was off the list. The next club was the acupuncture club, with the leader of that club having so many needles sticking out of his head like a terrifying porcupine, scaring them both. Then there was the chemistry club, which tried to force a love potion on Moka.

After a number of other clubs later, they were both back on the benches, exhausted and trying to catch their breath.

"I'm pretty sure that they're all trying to kill us." Tsukune said.

"Well, it wasn't the most pleasant experience, I'll admit. But at least we saw all our options." She then let her head rest on her palm. "Still… nothing seems to click. Trying to find a club that we can both join is trickier than I thought."

Suddenly, a strong bout of commotion was occurring nearby. Curious as to what was going on, the two friends made their way over to the source. Surprisingly, there wasa huge number of male students gathered around the area. Tsukune and Moka broke through the crowds to reach the source. When they managed to do so, the situation was quickly explained.

In the centre of the crowd was a bunch of female students in bikinis waving at the boys and giving them flirtatious winks at the same time. As they all continued, one of them stood out in front of the group. She had long, blue hair, wore sea-shells in her hair and had a towel wrapped around her waist. She gave everyone a big, Friendly smile.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Tamao Ichinose and we're now allowing boys to join the swimming club." She said. With that, all the boys were either cheering or crying with incredible joy. She continued, "Anyone who joins up today will receive special benefits from our current members."

Many of the male students began to blush when they imagined what 'special benefits' meant. Tsukune noticed this and couldn't help but chuckle nervously. "I wonder what Ethan would think if he were here?... Actually, it's probably best he isn't here." He thought.

His thoughts were interrupted when Moka called out to him. He turned to her and saw a confused look on her face.

"Are you alright, Tsukune?" Moka asked.

"Uh, yeah. It's just that I was thinking that Ethan wouldn't be happy with how the swimming club is getting its members." Tsukune explained.

"Really?" Moka asked again, to which Tsukune nodded.

"He doesn't like the idea of anyone selling themselves out in some form or another. I remember when he broke a guy's nose when he ordered one of his employees to dress up in a humiliating costume when she didn't want to. He never did anything like that again.

"Is he always so violent?" Moka asked.

Before Tsukune could answer, he felt a pair of arms wrap around his torso. He turned his head, half expecting Kurumu to be the culprit, but was surprised to see the student, Tamao, getting close to Tsukune.

"How about it, cutie, you want to join the club as well?" she asked softly into his ear. Tsukune couldn't help but blush from her being close to him. Moka, on the other hand, was completely appalled by her behaviour. Before she could say anything, Tsukune managed to free himself from her grip and went over to Moka's side.

"Well, that was close." Tsukune muttered to himself.

"Tsukune, are you alright?" Moka asked.

"Yeah, thanks." Tsukune replied. He looked back at the club and, as a result, an idea occurred to him. "Hey, how about we join the swimming club? I know they seem a little weird, nut it wouldn't be the first time we saw something like this. Besides, I'm pretty good at swimming. What do you say?"

After hearing Tsukune's proposal, Moka immediately fell silent. She then looked back at Tsukune with worried-looking eyes. "Do you… really want to join the club?"

"Uh, is something the matter?" Tsukune asked.

Moka fidgeted for a bit with her hands before responding. "It's just that… well… I don't like water that much."

Tsukune immediately felt disappointed. "Aw, really? I thought we finally found something we could do together." He said.

"No, no, no, no, i-if you really want to join, then… then I… " Moka tried to speak up, but couldn't find it in her heart to speak her mind.

Tamao came up to the two. She looked a t Tsukune and smiled. "Well, if your friend doesn't want to join, then you can join by yourself, after all, I'm sure a friend who doesn't consider your wants isn't worth your time."

Moka immediately felt like a knife had go through her heart. One of her biggest weaknesses was wanting to make everyone else happy before herself, and as such, if she didn't want to do something, she felt incredibly guilty.

"So, you both are joining then?" Tamao asked.

Moka walked up to her and nodded. "Yes, we'll both join!"

…..

"Christ, this is a waste of time." Ethan said to himself.

After returning to his dorms and changing back into his uniform, he made his way over to the plaza to check what clubs are up for offer. However, he found that none of the ones present were worth joining. They were either insane or were trying to make themselves look tougher than him. When the chemistry club made a formula that gave them builds like a steroid user, Ethan decided to test out his 'flame gauntlet' and sent them all flying. He still tried to find something interesting to join, but he had no luck.

"Why is it I'm only lucky in beating up bad guys?" he asked himself.

"Aw, don't beat yourself up like that?" came a voice from behind him.

He perked up and turned around, only to be surprised (pleasantly for once) by what he saw. Standing before him were two girls around his age. One was close to six feet with short bob cut, blond hairstyle, wearing the same version of the uniform as Kurumu. Beneath a pair of spectacles were a pair of brown eyes that showed interest and, for some reason, victory. The other girl had long, raven-black hair that was tinted white at the ends, as well as having… silver eyes. She wore the usual version of the school uniform. The girls seemed quite different to each other. The one in the spectacles seemed quite energetic and curious, however her from seemed… nervous? Shy? Ethan couldn't tell.

With his nerves still tense after being annoyed by the chemistry club, he wasn't in the mood for talking, but he tried to be nice all the same (Tsukune and the girls told him it would be better to try and be nice from time to time).

"Uh… hello?" Ethan said.

"Are asking us or actually saying hello? Wait, don't answer that, that was a bit rude, sorry, let me introduce myself; the name's Ann Archer, bookworm and detective in training. My favourite book is Sherlock Holmes "A Study in Scarlet", and I love cranberries." The first girl said.

"Umm…" Ethan was surprised by the girl, having said all that in under four seconds. He managed to pick up on what she said though. He then turned to the other girl and gave her a small wave. She looked at him briefly and smiled, giving him a small nod.

"Oh, c'mon, Rebecca, you were wanting to talk to him since he stopped the class rep and his goons. Don't waste your chance!" the girl, now known as Ann sad to the girl known as Rebecca.

Rebecca immediately blushed at what her friend said.

Ethan, noting how they had western names rather than Japanese names like most of the students, however, raised an eyebrow. "Meet me? Seriously? Normally people can't get far enough away from me."

"Well…" Ann started before walking up to Ethan and began to pulling Ethan over to Rebecca, shocking the silent girl even further. "I'd tell you why, but I think it's better if she says so herself."

"Ann, please don't." Rebecca said softly.

"AND SHE SPEAKS!" Ann said. When she was finished pulling Ethan, she took a step back from them both and waited for her friend to say something else. Ethan, still being confused by what was going on, opted to speak first.

"You said that you wanted to speak since the incident with the class rep. Did he do something to you?" he asked.

The girl nodded. "He, uh… he knew what I really am… and he bullied me over it. I was afraid to fight back. I didn't tell anyone because I was scared." She ten looked directly at him. "I want to say thank you. He hasn't been in school since you stopped him, so no one's afraid anymore. Thank you so much." She finished, quickly followed by a bow.

Ethan's face hardened. He knew what happened to the class rep. As a result, he remembered the hooded figure, and what he was capable of. His hand instinctively went over where he struck him this morning.

"No problem, I guess." He said.

The girl immediately smiled. Ann grinned at her friend.

A thought occurred to Ethan. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking, do you know of any good clubs around here? All of them so far seem too… freakish." He admitted.

Rebecca giggled. "Yeah, you're right there. I'd say the newspaper club would be the best choice. Oh, but the swimming club was also opening up to boys now. I bet there are going to be more guys now that Miss Akashiya has joined." She said.

"…Wha?" Ethan said, shock covering his face.

"Yeah, she and her friend Tsukune joined up a while ago. Aren't they friends of yours?" Ann said.

Ethan was silent for a moment before rushing off towards the school pool.

"Sorry girls, need to run, let's talk later though!" he said as he ran, creating a large dust cloud in the process.

The girls stood still for a moment. Then Ann punched her shy friend's shoulder and grinned at her. "Hear that? He wants to talk to you more. I knew you could pull it off."

….

Ethan ran like the wind as he made his way over to the pool, even going as far as using his flames to add a boost of speed.

"Damn it! Why would Moka go near the water!? Her kind is weak against water!" he thought to himself. When he arrived, he heard the sound of a stereo going off. He briskly walked up the stairs and finally reached the pool. He saw the majority of the first years in the pool, on the sun chairs or near a huge karaoke machine. The place looked like it was set up for a huge party.

He didn't really pay attention to it though, as his main concern was Moka and Tsukune. He scanned the area and, fortunately, found Moka sitting by herself. She seemed unusually annoyed. Before he could make his way over, a girl with long, blue hair stepped out of the pool and blocked his path.

"My, my, MY. It's the famous Ethan Drake. What brings you to are humble abode. Are you here to join the swimming club?" she said.

"No. I'm here to pick up my friends Tsukune and Moka. Now get out of my way." Ethan said. He had given up being nice. When he tried to move, the girl wrapped her arms around one of his.

"Oh, come on. Why upset Tsukune when he's having so much fun?" she said. Ethan moved his eyes towards Tsukune, who was swimming contently… but was obviously upset by something. He then looked over to Moka. The situation then became clear to Ethan.

"Don't tell me the retard got Moka to join the club with him. For Feck sake. I guess he just wasn't aware." Ethan thought.

"Besides, why waste your time with that pink-haired traitor of a friend who won't even swim with her best friend?" she said softly with a sinister tone.

With that, Ethan grasped one of her wrists and squeezed hard, causing her to let go out of pain. Ethan then threw her back into the pool and made his way over to Moka.

She heard the commotion and saw what Ethan did. She was shocked by his behavior, but was secretly pleased to see Tamao put in her place.

"Ethan? What are you doing?" she asked.

"Getting you out of here. I know you want to be with Tsukune, Moka. But what's the point if it's going to get you killed?" Ethan said.

"Ethan?" came Tsukune's voice.

The two on the ground looked to see Tsukune swimming up to them. Ethan knelt towards the edge. "Tsukune, listen, Moka can't stay here."

Tsukune widened his eyes. "Huh, why?"

Ethan whispered the next part into his friend's ear. "Vampires are weak against water. A single drop can cause unbearable pain. She needs to leave before she gets hurt."

Tsukune was shocked when he heard this. He looked at Ethan for a second before he looked over at Moka. "Moka, I'm so sorry, I didn't know." He said.

"Its okay, Tsukune, I should've told you from the start." She said.

"Oh, for feck sake, just move already." Ethan said.

"Geez, what's got your clams' steamiiiAAAGH!" Tsukune said. Before he could say what he wanted to say, he was pulled back into the water. What caught him was, in fact, Tamao. This time, however her skin has a number a scales growing on her skin, her fingers were webbed and she had fins coming out of her arms and her temples.

"I'm sorry, but I'm afraid Tsukune won't be going with either of you." She said. With that, her mouth immediately grew fangs and looked just about ready to bite down on Tsukune. Moka gasped.

"Leave Tsukune ALONE!" she yelled. She was about to jump in after Tsukune when Ethan shot out an arm, blocking her way.

"You can't go near the water. Leave these… fish girls?"

"Mermaids." Moka corrected him.

"Thank you. Leave the mermaid to me. How hard is one anyway?" Ethan said with confidence.

As if to answer the question, the other female members who had been watching the scene immediately took on forms similar to Tamao. Within seconds, the pool was filled with the sea maidens. Within seconds, one of the mermaids latched on to a first year boy and bit down on his shoulder. As she did, the boy aged at an accelerated rate, fainting when he was nothing more than an old man.

"Mmm, delicious." The mermaid said.

Ethan tensed his fist, and Tsukune had saw what had happened as well.

"WHAT THE HECK!" Tsukune yelled.

Ethan shook his head with annoyance. He then looked to his friend. "Hold on, moron, I'm on the way."

Ethan dived into the water and used his enhanced strength to swim more quickly to Tsukune. Some of the mermaids swam in aid of their leader, hoping to take him down. Ethan smirked at this, deciding to test the fire gauntlet trick he practiced with in the forest. He commanded the fire to engulf his arms, hoping to use the power to drive them away.

However, the flames wouldn't come alive.

"What the-" before Ethan could finish, the mermaids were on top of him. They grabbed onto him and pulled him under the water.

"ETHAN!" Tsukune and Moka yelled.

Tamao smirked. "Looks like Drake can't use his extra power in water. How foolish of him to try." She re-elongated her fangs. "I hope he drowns."

"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT!" Moka yelled.

"Why shouldn't I? I thought I would enjoy his life force, but he shoved me away. However, I will enjoy Tsukune's life force on my own."

"I WON'T LET YOU!" Moka yelled. With that, she jumped into the air and dived towards the water.

"MOKA, NO!" Tsukune watched in horror as his friend dived in. When she went in, the pool sparked with energy. Moka briefly popped back up, her face contorted with pain. She then slowly sank back down.

"Oh dear, that was unfortunate." Tamao said. She then chuckled, which was interrupted when a water basin appeared over her head and slammed down hard onto her. The pain caused her grip on Tsukune to loosen, which allowed him to escape.

"Leave Tsukune alone!" Yukari yelled.

Seeing this, a few of the mermaids swam to Tamao's aid. They jumped into the air, hoping to catch the young witch off guard. However, being in mid-air was their undoing, as a familiar blue-haired succubus lashed at them with her claws, taking them out of the fight.

"Don't think for a second we'll let you get away with this." She yelled. She hovered mid-air with a furious look on her face. "I had the BEST bikini ready to show Tsukune."

"Huh, speaking of which, where is he?"

Without any warning, a pillar of flame erupted from the water, with it an ear-piercing below of rage. Everyone covered their ears from the sound. When the pillar faded and the cry faded, someone landed at the edge of the pool. Ethan was back above ground.

If ever he was angry before, it was incomparable to the boiling rage he was feeling now.

"What… what is this?" Tamao asked in disbelief.

Ethan activated his flame gauntlets, seemingly ready to strike, but he was as still as a statue.

"Ethan, c'mon! What are you waiting for!?" Kurumu asked.

As if to answer the question, the pool began to move on its own, spinning in a large circle. As it did, the water and sky alike turned crimson, and bats flew down from the sky. All familiar aspects of a certain appearance. A few seconds after the bats entered the pool, an explosion from under the water erupted and silver-haired vampiress was back on the scene.

She landed right beside Ethan, with Tsukune in her arms. She glanced over at Ethan, noticing he was itching for action.

"Whatever you have planned, I suggest you take action before these Minos do something." She said.

"Minos?" Tamao asked. Her face was then plastered with anger. "I'll make you pay for that!" she yelled as she made her way towards her opponents. As she did, Ethan built up energy front beneath his feet and shot up into the air. When he reached a certain height, he shot down like a ballistic missile.

"What the heck is Ethan dong" Kurumu asked.

Ethan was then roaring at Tamao. "DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH HURTING MY FRIENDS! IT'S TIME TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD!" he yelled, his voice now more beast-like than ever.

She blasted into the pool. However, this time his flames were alive and well beneath the water. He landed both his fists on the ground in the pool, creating a huge crack and opening. The water was then drained from underneath, leaving the mermaids out of their element.

Tsukune, Kurumu and Yukari looked at him in awe as they saw his power, especially Yukari as she knew the fire shouldn't have been burning within the water.

Moka smirked at the pyromancer. "It seems that our friend had a bit too much anger under his belt." She said. She put Tsukune back down on the ground and leapt into the pool. Now that all the water was gone, she was able to fight back.

Tamao and the other girls were clearly afraid for their lives. "Wait, please, don't hurt us! We'll do anything, just please, stop!" she said.

"All of you… know your place." Moka said bluntly.

With that, she spun her foot around and knocked them all high up into the air. Only Tamao had landed back within the immediate area, landing in a nearby net. She was now defeated.

Tsukune and the other girls rushed up to the two fighters. After venting out his anger, Ethan seemed a lot calmer. However, the silver haired vampiress was less than happy with Tsukune.

"What were you thinking!" she yelled at Tsukune, smacking him in the face at the same time. "Don't you realise that she got hurt because of your carelessness? If you had paid more attention to Moka, then this never would've happened. Don't you realise she was close to tears because of your selfishness?"

Clearly, she herself was boiling with rage. With that, Ethan decided to step in. "To be fair, Moka, neither you nor the outer you didn't think to tell him in the first place. I know it wouldn't have hurt to do some extra research on his part, but we're not all perfect. Besides, he was completely freaked out with trying to keep her safe after I told him about it. Doesn't that count for something?"

She was silent for a moment, thinking about what Ethan said. When she was finished, she turned to Tsukune with a glare, causing him to jump.

"Don't let this happen again." She said. She held out her hand towards Tsukune, who responded by placing her rosary in her palm. Tsukune had managed to dive down towards Moka and pulled it off in the nick of time. Ethan had also seen Moka sinking for the bottom, causing him to lose himself to his rage briefly.

Now that Ethan was calm and the issue between Tsukune and Moka was solved, everything was back to normal. Ethan couldn't help but notice Kurumu and Yukari were dressed in swim suits, deducing that they were wanting to try and arouse Tsukune in the swimming club. He couldn't help but chuckle at them.

"Well, at least they're making some kind of effort,,, I think." Ethan thought.

….

The next day, Tsukune had been apologising to the outer Moka non-stop for what he had done. Moka had already forgiven him from the start, of course, as she wasn't the kind to hold grudges.

"It's fine, Tsukune. We were all okay in the end, right?" she said. However, her face showed a hint of sadness. "Although, now we don't have a club to join. What'll we do?"

"Excuse me?"

Tsukune and Moka turned around and saw Miss Nekonome in a swimsuit and a sun hat, carrying a towel and a bottle of sun-block.

"Uh, Miss Nekonome? What are you doing?" Tsukune asked.

"Oh, I'm going over to the pool to do some tanning. Since it's the weekend, I thought I'd take the opportunity." She explained.

"Didn't you hear? The pool was destroyed yesterday. It won't be fixed for weeks." Moka said.

At that, the feline teacher's head hung low with disappointment. "Ooooh. I wanted to get a tan." She then perked up immediately. "I guess I can wait. Anyway, I heard that you guys were still looking for a club to join. I would like to ask if you guys are interested in joining the newspaper club." She said.

Tsukune and Moka were at a loss for words. Somehow, despite all the mayhem in their lives, they also had quite a bit of luck to boot.

"Uh, sure, I guess. It's not like we have a lot of options." Tsukune said, with Moka nodding in agreement.

"HOORAAAAY!" yelled the teacher immediately. "I finally have some new members! This is the best day EVER!"

The two students were a bit surprised by her strong reaction, but it was short lived when Tsukune was knocked down onto his back, with Kurumu currently sitting on top of him.

"If Tsukune's joining, so am I!" the succubus yelled.

A water basin appeared over Kurumu's head and slammed down hard, knocking her off Tsukune. Yukari bounced onto Tsukune soon after. "I'm in too!"

"Mind if I take a spot?"

Everyone turned to the direction of the voice and saw Ethan. Only now, he wore a black version of the school blazer, seemingly made of a type of leather.

"Ethan? What's with the jacket?" Kurumu asked.

"Ah, I asked the school board for some fireproof clothes, my other clothes kept burning off after I got my flames."

"Must be a pain." Tsukune said, who was in tears as he was suffering his own brand of pain.

Ethan shrugged his shoulders and turned to Miss Nekonome. "So, can I join the club too? I like the idea of reporting news to the school, good way to show some jackasses not to cause trouble in the school."

Miss Nekonome was more than happy to have him on board. "Oh, yes, thank you. Meet me after school on Monday so we can get started. Until then, enjoy your weekend." She said. With that, she dashed off.

Ethan turned back to his friends and saw them all arguing again. Once again, Moka took a sip from Tsukune, who became as dried up as a prune. He looked up into the sky and pondered on something.

"Joining the club might also help me get resources to find out more on that guy. If he thinks he can keep messing around with me… I'm going to show him I shouldn't be messed with."

With that, he went over to his friends and helped Tsukune up and they all walked over to cafeteria to get something to eat. Just another eventful time at Yokai Academy.

[Well, that's that for this chapter.

I'd like to apologize for not updating the story sooner. The ol' college work kept me busy and I needed time to rest afterwards. I planned to get this done by around Christmas, and mission accomplished.

Also, in case there are any readers of Fairy Tail: Dark Void here as well, I'm also going to be getting back to that, no worries. Like they say on a number of TV quiz shows 'I started so I'll finish'.

Also, I saw that there were a number of reviews since my last chapter, so all sum it all up, saying thanks very much for sharing your thoughts, you're all really sound.

Well, see you all later, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!]