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Tsuki drank an entire bottle of water on her way to school. "Man, why do I feel so thirsty all of a sudden?"

"Good morning, Tsuki," said Mako warmly from behind. "Hey! Your bandages are gone! I was worried that my bite would leave a permanent mark."

"Oh yeah, well...maybe it's because of the demon-sealing Holy Lock that exorcist gave me." The human girl held up her right arm, revealing the Holy Lock around her wrist. "It seems like the lock can seal the vampire body within me. My body's been feeling great. So great...that I seem to be a little TOO energetic."


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Time has passed since our heroes' last battle with ANTI-THESIS and the Monstrels. Peace has returned to Yōkai Academy as we begin the second semester. WHEE!


"Hey, Tsuki, did you know that Yōkai Academy will be holding school festivals really soon?" asked Mako at school. "Gina-senpai told me there will be a huge, crowded bazaar. It's gonna be very hectic. *YAWN*"

"Huh? Mako-san? Are you okay?" asked Tsuki. "You seem tired."

"Wha—Me? Tired?" Mako nervously stepped back a couple steps. "N-No! Of course not. I'm just—"

*TRIP* *THUD*

Suddenly, Mako tripped backwards and fell on his back.

"Ack, Mako-san! Are you alright?" The human girl quickly rushed up to him.

"Ow! I-I'm fine. But my head..." Mako grabbed the back on his sore head with his right hand.

"Here..." Tsuki held out her hand to help him up. "Let me—"

Just then, she noticed something under Mako's left hand palm—which was pushed onto the ground. "...Blood...!"

"Thanks!" Mako grabbed his girlfriend's reached-out hand, but the latter didn't help him up. "Tsuki! What's wrong?"

Not listening to his words, Tsuki slowly knelt down by Mako's left hand, drawing her face closer...and closer...and sticking out his tongue to—

*BAM*

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! You slut!" Mako screamed after kicking Tsuki in the chest. He angrily got up and stormed off.


In the schoolyard, a long, black-haired woman wearing a white jacket and a black skirt was leaning against a tree while smoking a cigarette.

Just then, Mako stomped through the schoolyard while Tsuki desperately followed. "Mako! Wait!" Tsuki cried. "Just listen to me! I can explain."

"Then explain!" Mako snapped as he turned around.

"...I...I..."

While the human girl tried to think up an excuse, the black-haired woman eavesdropped on the conversation, setting her sights on the girl. "There she is—my target: Aono Tsuki," the woman whispered. "She looks great, although that boy she's chasing seems to have more taste..."


"I-I don't know why I did it, but I'm sorry, Mako-san!" Tsuki cried in homeroom. "I never meant to—"

"I don't care! Being a pervert is wrong!" said Mako.

"Hey, what's all the commotion?" Kumaru asked as he and Yukinari entered the room (with Mizo also coming in stealthily).

"Oh, you didn't hear~desu?" asked the wizard boy. Rumor has it Tsuki-san was about to go down on Mako-san~desu."

"S-Say WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" the incubus boy screamed. "I-Is it true, Tsuki-chan? You were actually gonna go down on Mako-kun?"

"NO! It's not like that!" the human girl protested.

"Are you sure, Tsuki-san?" teased Yukinari. "Rumor has it you pushed Mako-san down, then you reached for his finger to put in your mouth, and—"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I DIDN'T! I SWEAR! MAKO-SAN! PLEASE TELL THEM THE TRUTH!"

"..." But while blushing and saying nothing, Mako just walked out the door in embarrassment.

"Wait, where are you going?" the human brunette whispered to herself.

"Tsuki-chan! Why couldn't I be the one you wanted to go down on?" Kumaru cried as he pushed his face into her cleavage. "I'd be willing to turn you on if you ever wanted me too!

"I want to curse that asshole..." The snow goth began writing "CURSE MAKO" in his sketch book.


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While drinking another full bottle of water, Tsuki walked down the hallways in search of her boyfriend. "Man, where could he have gone? And, come to think of it, why DID I behave like that...? What the hell's wrong with me?" Just then, she noticed Mako leaning against an outdoor pillar and holding a can of tomato juice...in a sort of frozen state. "Mako-san!" Tsuki called out as she rushed up to him. "Look, I-I'm...I'm sorry about what I did earlier today, t-the thing is...there was blood under your...Mako-san?" She lightly shook the pink-haired vampire boy, when suddenly...he nearly fell over onto Tsuki, dropping and spilling his tomato juice can. "WHOA!" Tsuki caught him just in time. "Mako-san! What's wrong with you?"

Mako's head leaned over to his right, exposing his neck to the human girl.

"*GASP*" Tsuki couldn't stop staring at the neck. "Are...Are those...veins...?" She slowly moved her face closer and closer to the neck as she opened her mouth...almost as if she wanted to—

"...Huh? WAH!" Snapping back to reality, Mako quickly caught wind on what Tsuki was doing and pushed her back violently. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

"M-Mako-san! It's not what you're thinking!" Tsuki quickly claimed.

"Really? Because it looked to me like you were going to bite my neck! What's wrong with—with...with..."

*THUD*

Mako suddenly fainted.


Tsuki quickly took Mako's body to the infirmary.

"Don't worry," said Dr. Maemi Tsugumi. "He's just a little anemic, but he'll be better after a little rest.


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later that evening, Tsuki sat by the vending machine drinking yet another full bottle of water, in fact, a LOT of bottles. "Man, how many water bottles have I drank today? And yet my throat is STILL dry from...wait, that's it! What I'm craving for...is Mako-san's blood! But...But I thought I returned to normal—because of the lock that exorcist gave me."

"Aw, getting a little rough now, Aono Tsuki?" said a mysterious woman. "Can't blame ya...seeing a hunk like that and not being able to 'eat' him, of course you'd be frustrated. I know how you feel, I bear the same pain you do: wanting to eat and yet being UNABLE to at the same time. And even when you DO, you do seem satisfied. My name is Hyakishiku, and don't blame me for THIS..."

*SLASH*

Tsuki suddenly got slashed in the arm by Hyakishiku's Mukadagemi tail.


Bite-Size Monster Dictionary:

Mukadegami
A well-known giant centipede-like monster from Japan and China. It can grow to a few tons of meters and its appearance can be quite frightening. It is often described as a monster that harms humans, having a voracious appetite and eating humans and livestock.


"...TSUKI!" Mako quickly shot out of bed. "Huh? How did I end up..."


(Flashback)

"...Huh? WAH!" Snapping back to reality, Mako quickly caught wind on what Tsuki was doing and pushed her back violently. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"

"M-Mako-san! It's not what you're thinking!" Tsuki quickly claimed.

"Really? Because it looked to me like you were going to bite my neck! What's wrong with—with...with..."

*THUD*

Mako suddenly fainted.

(End of Flashback)


"Oh, that's right, Tsuki must've brought me here. Where IS she?" The pink-haired Vampire boy quickly got out of his bed to look of his girlfriend.


"And especially don't blame me for wanting to EAT you either!" Hyakishiku yelled.

Tsuki turned around and made a—

"Ah ah aaahhhhh!" Hyakishiku quickly blocked her path. "No use running! You're my prey! And you need to be eaten obediently. I took on this job to kill you because they promised to let me eat all I want."

"WHAT?! Who sent you? ANTI-THESIS? AAAAHHHHH!"

"Doesn't matter!" the Mukadagemi yelled as she stabbed her leg. "As long as I have somebody to eat...just like you did?"

"Me?! Somebody to eat?! I'd NEVER eat anyone!"

"LIKE YOUR BOYFRIEND?!"

"*GASP* Mako-san!"

"I know how you feel...I was a student here just like you. And before that, I lived in the human world as well, and I had a handsome human lover. He gave off the greatest manly scent, so great...that one day—without even knowing—I ATE him, I dug out his guts, I gnawed on his bones, and I drank out his blood. And by the time I realized what I was doing, it was too late. And surprisingly, YOU give off that same scent...and—"

"Tsuki!"

Tsuki suddenly noticed a pink-haired boy rushing over to her. "Mako-san! No! Don't come! Get outta here! NOW!"

*SNATCH*

But it was too late, Mako was suddenly snatched by Hyakishiku's legs.

"Ah. Akashiya Mako, we were just talking about you," the Mukadagemi hissed. "To be honest, Aono Tsuki, it's not YOU I want to eat, it's HIM! Just to spare him the pain of being eaten by YOU!"

"WHAT?!" Mako widened his eyes in shock.

"NO! I wasn't trying to eat you, Mako-san," Tsuki tried to explain. "I was...was..."

"No, it's true, sweetheart," Hyakishiku whispered loudly into Mako's ear. "Her mind was full of thoughts of eating you...especially your blood. Why do you think she moved her mouth to your neck?"


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She's gotcha there. WHEE!


"She's lying!" the human girl screamed.

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But Hyakishiku sliced Mako's body, spilling out blood onto her body and making her freeze in shock; Mako eventually lost consciousness. "How is it, Tsuki? Does the sight of his blood excite you? Want some more?" Hyakishiku then grabbed Tsuki's body with her lower body and her tail. "I'll pull you up to him so you can feast on his—"

*BREAK*

Tsuki suddenly broke free and fell to the ground, much to Hyakishiku's surprise.

"WHAT?!" the Mukadegami gasped. She suddenly noticed Tsuki acting demonic and glaring at her. "Well now, looks like this bitch has finally shown her true colors." Hyakishiku released his vampire prey. "YOU REALLY ARE JUST LIKE ME!" And so, she charged forward and—

*PUNCH*

—was suddenly punched in the face, knocking her out.


Kōmura Nazo says:

This chapter's climactic battle took 67 words! WHEE!


Glaring over her victim's unconscious body, Tsuki reverted back to her normal state. "Mako-san!" She rushed over to Mako's body.

"*MOAN*" Opening his eyes, Mako noticed Tsuki looking over him. "Tsuki! W-Where am I? And where's the Mukadegami?"

Looking back, Tsuki noticed Hyakishiku had disappeared. "She's gone! Well, it doesn't matter. I'm glad you're okay. Anyways, I noticed you've been avoiding me earlier today. Was it because I tried to lick your hand?"

"NO! You've got it all wrong!"

"Oh, I see. It's because I was acting strange and scared you."

"No, you are NOT the strange one, I am. I kept wanting to suck your blood so much that I...couldn't focus. No...just staying by your side...is causing my control to wane. After your neck healed, I just didn't want you to get hurt anymore. I kept holding myself back...I never intended to avoid you, I...*SIGH* I'm just so useless..."

"Mako-san...do you wanna suck my blood?" Tsuki asked with a smile.

"...Wait, what? No way! You hate it when I suck your blood. And besides, you'll probably faint from anemia!"

"It's fine," the human girl said as she leaned her head over to expose her neck. "Go on..."

Shocked by her permission, Mako walked right up to Tsuki, and after whispering, "Thank you, Tsuki," he moved his mouth to her neck and...

*BITE*


Not far away, a white-hooded figure was watching over Mako and Tsuki while holding Hyakishiku's now human body. "Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee...looks like Tsuki-chan's 'lock' is growing well," she laughed. "Thanks, Hyakishiku, for helping test her strength..."

End