Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Rosario Vampire. I am merely twisting the creators vision into my own dream. If the supernatural, sexuality, or violence is offensive to you, then you should not read this.

Chapter 32

Tsukune was enjoying a lazy Saturday morning. His first one in a long time, it felt. He would take the afternoon and early evening supervision of the Student Police, so his lieutenants could have some time off, but for the moment he was free to just take it easy. Ruby had served him a simple breakfast, and then after cleaning up she lay down beside him on the floor and rested her head on his lap. Tsukune petted her head absentmindedly as he read the latest letter from home.

He had written home frequently, carefully editing what he shared with his parents. He had told them about his work on the school elections and the festival planning committee. He had also mentioned that he was now an officer on the Student Police. He had not mentioned his many fights, or that he was in charge of the Student Police. He even mailed home carefully selected clippings from the school newspaper.

In the latest letter from home, Tsukune's mother had praised his work. She was proud of his involvement with his school. She shared gossip about his old friends in the neighborhood that she had gained while talking with their mothers. She ended her letter with an admonishment to not work to hard and to make sure he got enough to eat.

"What is it?" Ruby asked when Tsukune burst out laughing.

"My mother," Tsukune explained with a smile. He handed the letter to Ruby. "She is afraid I might not be getting enough to eat."

Ruby understood what he found so humorous. Besides herself, there were three others willing to feed Tsukune. She was proud of her position as Tsukune's slave, and guarded it carefully by being diligent in all that she did for him. A part of her wished he would find a girlfriend that was a bad cook, so that Ruby would always have a place close to her master.

She read the letter from Tsukune's mother and felt warm and happy because of it. Part of her liked being involved with Tsukune and his family, even if just peripherally, because she didn't have a family of her own. She also felt a sense of warmth because Tsukune had handed her such a personal letter without hesitation. He was showing her that she was accepted into his life and that he was willing to share personal, even intimate things with her. That made her very happy.

After reading the letter she looked up at her master and thought about her closeness with him. Ruby was being very attentive to her relationship with Tsukune. She admired her master and was deeply in love with him. She spent every night in his room with him, and more often then not, in bed with him now. As long as she kept her belongings out of sight, he didn't seem aware of how much time they were together.

Ruby relaxed with Tsukune for a while longer before getting up to attend to her duties. She made a simple obento for him to take when he went on duty and then made sure his uniform was ready. He left the room to wash up before dressing for his shift, and Ruby speculated a little about the future. When he started shaving, she wondered, would Tsukune let her take care of that for him too?

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Tsukune sat in his office at the Student Police headquarters and reviewed paperwork. It seemed like a silly idea, that a student organization would have paperwork of any significance. But every patrol officer was required to write out a report of areas patrolled and any observations, including names of anybody caught breaking rules, descriptions of events, and any damage seen. The office staff under Sheezu kept records of which students was involved in which infractions of school rules, but Tsukune as captain still had to go over summaries. As the officer on watch he had to go over the reports as they came in too.

In the week since the school festival Student Police membership had gone up again. Tsukune looked over the roster of members and the duty schedule. He figured he could reasonably accept around sixty members for patrol and office duty, and add another two officer positions. After that he would start in on the reserve roster, students that would get an armband and whistle, but would not be assigned to any regular duties. He suspected that by the time he graduated the reserve roster would be mostly first year students, but then Akira would be captain and it would be his headache to worry about.

Tsukune tried not to think too much about his position. He had chosen a small office for his own. The office of the Public Safety leader had been converted in to space for Sheezu and her files, along with two additional desks for report writing. Tsukune was careful to avoid making himself too prominent. It was all well and good for Inner Moka to talk about gaining power and position, but he was Japanese, and in Japan the nail that sticks out gets hammered.

Around dinner time Tsukune enjoying the simple bento that Ruby had made for him. It was small and he wondered about why she would make so little, and if he needed to go shopping, until Moka stopped in to see him. She had brought him dinner, carefully packed and presented in a double stacked box with a thermos of tea. He put aside Ruby's small offering for a snack later and accepted Moka's cooking happily.

They sat on opposite sides of the desk as they ate dinner together. It was important to keep up the appearance of proper behavior while Tsukune was on duty. The couple ate and talked in a friendly and relaxed way, with occasional long pauses where they just looked at each other, smiling. When the meal was finished, Moka collected the dishes to take back to her room. Just before she left, she invited Tsukune to share brunch in her room Sunday morning.

Tsukune accepted her invitation gladly. After seeing her out he returned to his desk and pulled out his office copy of the student rule book. This copy of the rules was something he had found when settling into the headquarters. It contained all of the school rules that the student handbook did, but it also included annotations and extrapolations added by the Public Safety gang.

An example of their work, and outlook, could be seen under the section about weapons and possessions. If a student used a cane to help get around it was, according to the Public Safety leadership, to be counted as a weapon and confiscated, with punishment for repeat offenses, unless the student had a written note from the school hospital that had been approved by Public Safety. Approval could be withheld for any reason.

Tsukune flipped to the part of the rules about visitors in the dorms. As with all the other rules set down by the school, the guidelines for visitors were ambiguous at best. Tsukune started to slug through them once again. A student was allowed to keep familiars, but not pets. Room were for single occupancy with exemptions granted on a case per case basis. Visiting family were permitted to spend one night per school year, except where an exemption had been granted. All visitors not otherwise permitted were to be out of the dorms by curfew. Visiting of the dorms can change if residents of the dorm in question agreed by simple majority to effect access of individuals, groups, or times of visiting.

The rules on inter-student relationships were just as badly worded. Tsukune had learned during the process of getting rid of the Public Safety Commission and helping with the school elections that the Board Chairman had a very liberal view of rules because he wanted the students to make decisions for them selves. Pretty much as long as all parties are willing, and nobody is forced to participate or watch, and it didn't interfere with school, students were free to do as they wished on their own time.

The ambiguous nature of the school rules was a headache. Tsukune wondered if he should find out if there was a student attorney club. If the people caught breaking rules by the Student Police could get legal representation then Tsukune would probably get an ulcer before graduation.

The rest of Tsukune's duty shift passed without incident. After he was relieved from duty for the night he headed back to the dorms. He handed Ruby the empty obento and patted her on the head before undressing and going to bed. He was asleep before Ruby could follow him.

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"Dear Mother," Aono Kasumi read the letter from her son. "I hope that you and father are well and that things have been going well for you. School is going well for me. Now that the school festival is over everything is quieting down. I am looking forward to spending more time studying."

"He's growing up so well," Mrs. Aono sighed to the empty kitchen where she sat reading the letter.

"I am really very thankful for my friends," The letter continued. "With all that has been happening they have helped me keep up with all of my class work. Sometimes I wonder if you have been writing to them in secret and telling them to take care of me, because every day I am offered one or two lunches, and about once a week I am asked to share dinner with one of them. I am thankful for their friendship and caring, but I am afraid I will over eat."

'Oh my!" Kasumi felt her heart flutter over her son's popularity with the young women of his school.

"With Winter break coming soon," Tsukune's letter explained. "We are studying together very hard. I know that my scores have never been the best, but with Moka's help I have been improving. I am now in the top third for my year. Kurumu is having a hard time with some of the subjects, but we have faith in her."

"Many of the students here, like I have said before, come from far away because this is the best school for them. Many of them were home schooled and have a lot of catching up to do before graduation. This is why we can't come home during Summer and Winter breaks. I am really looking forward to coming home at the end of the school year."

"I would like to ask a favor. Would it be alright to invite Moka to stay with us after the end of the school year? I do not know if she will accept or not yet. I know that her parents do not have much time to spend with her and it makes her lonely. She might choose to go home for the sake of her little sister; I told you about her in a previous letter, she is a first year student here."

"All of my friends apologize for how they acted the last time they visited, and promise not to be inconsiderate in the future. Kurumu plans to spend time in Tokyo, with her mother, shopping after the end of the school year. Mizore and her mother have invited me to their home. I told you how the Newspaper Club visited their village as a part of a cultural study trip and to help out with their traditional festival. Even in the Summer it was very cool there, so I don't thing I want to visit in early spring. I am looking forward to relaxing and catching up with friends and family, but I will miss my friends her at school."

"I am also looking forward to taking a break from the Student Police. We now have forty seven members! I am glad I had not planed on a career as a police officer. My friend Matsumoto Akira is the most likely person to replace the current captain, so he has a lot of responsibilities to look forward to before he graduates. I have enough to do just being a shift supervisor when the lieutenants want a break. "

"It is getting late here so I will close this letter now. I am well and thinking of you all."

"Best Wishes, Tsukune."

"I'm so proud of him," Aono Kasumi said as she held his letter to her heart.