It was the first day of Newspaper Club. Harry and his friends sat side by side in Ms. Nekonome's classroom. Ms. Nekonome was happily explaining the duties of the Newspaper Club. While she was talking, Harry was looking around the room. There was no one else in the classroom. It seemed that they weren't just the only recruits… they might just be the only club members.

Just as Harry raised his hand to ask, a voice came from the door. It slid open to reveal a tall boy with long black hair held back by a red bandana. He held two large bouquets in his hands and he wore a charming, butter-wouldn't-melt-in-his-mouth smirk like he was born with it on his face.

"Sorry for being late for the first day of activities, but I had to pick up these flowers." Gin walked directly to the girls, not even sparing Harry a look. "Beautiful flowers for beautiful ladies. Oh?" Gin seemed to notice that Yukari didn't have any flowers. He took a single flower from Kurumu's bouquet and handed it to Yukari. "Even though you're young, you are still a lady."

Gin's smile grew as he looked at the three girls admiring his flowers. Harry couldn't help the small pulse of jealousy that struck him when the girls directed their beaming smiles towards Gin. They all seemed very flattered at his gifts. Harry didn't say anything about it because Gin could just be a polite upperclassman. Harry would still keep a close eye on him, though. As of the first month, Harry didn't trust any of the males at Youkai Academy.

Harry stayed quiet as Ms. Nekonome explained that Gin was the only other member of the Newspaper Club. Harry's suspicions grew at that. With the current trends at this hell school, he wouldn't be surprised if Gin had eaten all of the other club members. Harry took a mental note not to allow him alone with any of the girls.

Of course, that plan failed the moment club activities began. Their first case as the Newspaper Club was a serial peeping tom. Harry wasn't at all surprised that that was the problem. In fact, he was surprised that it didn't happen every day at Youkai Academy. With the number of perverts walking around the school, it would take forever to find which one was doing these specific peepings.

Harry sighed as he was once again sent off to get more posters. When he returned, Kurumu and Moka were placing the posters up on the wall. Both of them looked like they were struggling, so Harry offered his help.

"Hey, you know that Yukari and I could just stick them up there with magic, right?"

When he heard Harry's voice, Gin leaped to his feet from where he'd been crouching on the floor. Harry narrowed his eyes in suspicion.

"What the hell were you doing down there?" Harry asked.

"I was, um, directing the girls on where to put the posters," Gin said.

"So why were you crouching so low? What exactly were you trying to see down there, pervert?" Harry growled.

Gin looked positively affronted. It was an impressive performance, but Harry had seen what he was doing with his own two eyes. Moka and Kurumu turned around, their hands covering their underwear. Bright blushes burned their cheeks and they quickly descended the ladders. They both glared at Gin furiously.

"Why would you accuse me of such a thing, Harry-kun? Do you really think someone like me would do that?" he asked innocently.

"You were peeping? That's so disgusting," Moka said.

"Only Harry-kun can look at my panties," Kurumu growled.

Gin left the room with two bright red, hand-shaped marks on his cheeks and a possible concussion from a large metal pan falling on his head. After he left, Harry and Yukari put up the posters around the school properly while Moka and Kurumu carried around two separate stacks for them. The four friends were determined to continue with club activity even without Gin present.

After the incident with Gin, the school day carried on as normal. Harry had almost forgotten about by lunch. Everything fell back into routine with Harry and the girls. Moka asked him for some of his blood at lunch, and Kurumu attempted to suffocate him with her boobs immediately after. Then, Kurumu and Yukari started to fuss with each other, and Moka and Harry were left to watch. By the end of the day, Harry was ready to go to bed, but fate had other plans.

Gin approached Harry on his way to his dorm room. "Harry!" Gin called.

Harry turned, his hand reaching for his wand, ready to be attacked. He was surprised to see Gin with his hands up in surrender. He didn't put his hand down, but he nodded to Gin, allowing his club president to speak.

"Look, I'm really sorry for the whole peeping incident earlier."

"You're telling that to the wrong person," Harry interrupted, glaring suspiciously at Gin.

"I know. I just wanted to apologize to you first because I know from all the rumors how protective you are of your girls… especially Moka-chan."

Harry's glare only increased in intensity. "If this is your attempt at an apology, you're failing badly. There is no "especially" anything. They are all my friends and they're all the friends I have here. You peeped at two of their panties. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't hex you for it right here and now."

"I found the peeping tom."

Harry was surprised at that answer, but his suspicions weren't abated one bit. "Yeah, and I bet it's you."

Gin seemed shocked. "No, of course not. Look, I saw him in that building over there. I thought maybe if the two of us caught him together, you'd be able to rely on me as a senpai again. So, what do you think?"

Harry wasn't particularly enthusiastic about spending more time with Gin, but he figured it would be best if there were no tensions in their little club. So, against his better judgment, Harry followed Gin to the building that he had pointed out. When they arrived, Gin pointed out a small window and instructed Harry to climb up onto one of the metal drums and take pictures of the peeping tom.

Harry was already suspicious, but he got on top of the metal drum anyway. The things I do to keep the peace around here, Harry grumbled in his mind. When Harry looked through the window, he saw something that, in all honesty, he'd almost been expecting. Through the window was a girls' changing room, and behind him, Harry heard a flash go off.

Immediately after he'd heard the flash, Harry jumped off of the metal drum. "You set me up," Harry accused almost dejectedly. "I'm honestly not that surprised."

Gin smirked at Harry, not nearly as charming as the ones he'd used on the girls. This one was devious. "Yeah. You know, I've had my eye on Moka ever since she got to this school. She's hot and powerful and you. don't. deserve. her. I'm gonna show her that you're not worth her time. Then she'll be mine." Gin gave Harry an evil look before yelling, "Hey! I found the peeping tom!"

Before Harry could react, Gin was gone. Harry cast a disillusionment charm on himself and took off as well, not wanting to be anywhere near the changing room when the girls came out to look. When Harry made it a good distance away, he looked back to see Gin glaring directly at him. Harry had expected it. After all, the disillusionment couldn't hide his scent.

Harry smirked back at Gin. This was only the beginning. If he thought he was going to take Moka, then he was mistaken. With a showy wand movement, Harry hid his scent as well as casting the disillusionment charm to make himself completely disappear. Unknown to both of them, they were having similar thoughts.

Well played, Gin.

Well played, Harry.

The next day, Harry noticed several people staring at him and whispering. A few girls even glared at him. Harry had an idea of what was going on, but that didn't prepare him for the sight he got when he was walking to 's classroom. On the wall outside of the school building was a giant poster with the picture of Harry peeking into the girls' changing room. Harry's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the stunt. He'd be a lot more upset if he didn't already know there was a way to prove his innocence. Still, it wasn't exactly fun to have his reputation tarnished… again.

I expected rumors and pictures spread about, but this… Gin's certainly outdone himself.

Just as he was about to rip down the poster, he noticed that there were posters just like it on nearly every wall in the school. Harry barked out a laugh at that. Gin had just made a huge mistake. He'd challenged the son of a marauder to a prank war.

Alright, Gin. If it's a war you want, it's a war you'll get.

Harry levitated all of the posters into a pile before burning the lot of them. He turned from the burning pile to get to his next class, but then he was greeted with yet another obstacle.

"There's the pervert! Get him!"

A mob of girls was charging towards Harry with fury burning in their eyes. Half of them were transformed. All of them were murderous.

"Ah, shit."

Harry knew that communication was useless at that point. They were all out to kill him. If Harry wanted to survive, he'd have to run. He cast another disillusionment charm on himself and ran for his life. An angry woman was a dangerous thing indeed.

Harry made it to the Newspaper Club in one piece, somehow. When he got to the room, he dropped the disillusionment charm and slammed the door shut. Everyone was already there, and they were all giving Harry odd looks. Gin he was watching Harry with an amused look in his eye. Instead of the devilish grin he had given him the day before, Gin showed Harry the same charming smile he always used in the presence of the girls.

"Hey, Harry-kun. You've been busy lately, haven't you?"

Harry glared at Gin. "You'd know, wouldn't you, Gin-senpai." He said "senpai" mockingly, and Gin knew how it was meant.

Before their conversation could continue, Harry was met with an angry Moka. "I can't believe you," she said.

Harry blinked in surprise. She couldn't possibly believe this bullshit, could she? She had to know that he'd been framed. They'd surely known each other for long enough now that she'd know that Harry would never do something like this.

"I hate perverts." That was all she said before marching out of the classroom angrily.

Harry watched her leave, too shocked to say anything. Was it really that easy for her to believe that he was the peeping tom? After all the shit they'd been through?

Harry felt his heart sink in his chest. This whole idiotic competition with Gin hadn't been all that serious before because he hadn't believed that his friends would actually buy any of it. Now…

Harry glared at Gin before running out of the classroom to catch up with Moka. He needed to set things straight. If not, this would turn into the same mess as second year. Harry couldn't let that happen.

It was already nightfall by the time Harry found Moka. He'd searched the whole of the forest and the school, but he couldn't find her. He'd finally decided to search the roof, and he found her there… along with Gin.

"You still want to believe him? Harry is just a filthy pervert, Moka. He moved the drum specifically so that he could see into the girls' changing room."

Harry was about to hex the lying bastard, but he was stopped by a hand on his arm. Harry looked behind him to see Yukari. The young witch put a finger to her lips conspiratorily. Harry didn't know what was going on, but he decided to trust her.

Kurumu made her appearance on the roof, dressed in a Sherlock Holmes outfit. Harry smiled fondly at the sight of Kurumu defending him. She really hadn't believed a word of what Gin had told everyone, even with the pictures.

"Is that so? And how would you know that?" Kurumu objected.

Gin stumbled a bit, not having expected anyone to defend Harry. "Well, it's all in the photos."

Gin handed the photos to Kurumu. She inspected them with a spying glass for show before declaring. "There aren't any drums in these pictures, only Harry-kun's upper half is shown."

Gin lost a bit of his composure at that. "Oh. I- I went to the scene to check it out after I saw the pictures. Even though I'd never been before. I could clearly see that he'd used the drum for support," Gin defended.

"And you knew that Harry-kun moved the drum?"

"Yes. The drum wasn't there originally."

"But didn't you say that you hadn't been to the scene before? How would you know where the drum was supposed to be?"

Gin was starting to sweat a bit.

"You already knew about the peeping spot, and you knew that the drum was used to reach the window. Furthermore, you were at the scene where these pictures were taken!"

Harry grinned as Gin began to stutter that she couldn't have proof of that. He'd begun to trip himself up. It seemed that Harry wouldn't even have to convince Moka that he wasn't the peeping tom. Kurumu was about to do it for him. Harry nearly had to wipe away a tear; he was so proud.

Kurumu smirked. Gin had fallen into her trap. "Of course I can prove it. You said that you'd gone to the scene of the crime after it was committed, but that's impossible. The girls moved the drum after the original peeping incident so that it wouldn't happen again. The only way you could've known about the drum is if you were there when the supposed peeping actually happened! Besides that, there are a few people who testified that you moved the drum before the incident occurred."

"But that would mean that…" Moka trailed off before she could finish, not truly wanting to believe it.

"That's right, Moka-chan!" Yukari said as she and Harry walked towards the assembled group. "Gin-senpai is the real peeping tom!"

Gin whipped around at the sound of Yukari's voice. The shuffle caused even more pictures to pour out of his pockets. Kurumu bent down to inspect them, and the pictures were even more damning. They were pictures of all the peeping tom victims… in their underwear.

Harry barked out an almost Sirius-like laugh. "Caught red-handed Gin-senpai," Harry mocked.

Gin flushed red, whether from anger or embarrassment, no one knew. "Enough," Gin said suddenly. "If I can't make you choose me, Akashiya Moka, I'll force you to be mine."

With that, Gin leaped away from the group. Everyone turned to watch what would happen, and Harry withdrew his wand. Gin's face elongated, and his teeth grew sharper. Fur sprouted from everywhere on his body, and a tail lashed furiously behind him. Even though he didn't look like the ones in Europe, Harry knew immediately what Gin was.

"A-a werewolf," Moka whispered fearfully. "With the moon as bright as it is tonight, we won't stand a chance. Harry, you have to take off my rosary right now."

Harry shook his head defiantly. "No way. This bastard gives werewolves everywhere a bad name. My uncle, Remus, is a werewolf. Even if it's a different kind, he'd be disappointed if I ever let a man like Gin anywhere near the girls I care about. Besides. Don't you think it'd be a bit overkill if Inner Moka and I both took on this perverted chihuahua?" Harry said.

The girls he… what? the girls all thought in unison.

Harry stared down the wolf on the other side of the roof. "Come on, then, Gin!"

The girls ran to the relative safety of the stairway. Without her powers, Moka wouldn't be much help. Neither Kurumu nor Yukari could hope to stand up to an S-class monster. They'd only get in Harry's way, but if Harry started to struggle, they'd help.

Gin smirked wolfishly(pun intended) at Harry. "You think a wizard is any match for an S-class monster? You sure got a lot of balls, Potter," he growled.

"So I've been told."

Gin charged Harry, nearly disappearing in the light of the full moon. Even with his glasses on, Harry couldn't track him.

"What are you looking at, Harry-kun? I'm over here~. How do you expect to beat me if you can't even see me?"

"One lucky hit'll do the trick."

Gin growled at that. He disappeared once again. Harry turned and hexed the spot behind him. Gin hit him from the side instead. Harry cast a cushioning charm on the wall before he could hit it. Even with the invisible cushion, the impact still knocked the breath out of Harry. Gin appeared directly in front of Harry with his claws pulled back.

"Depulso!"

The spell hit, but it didn't do much damage. Gin hit the wall he was thrown into with his feet. He launched off the wall immediately after contact. Harry looked back and forth. All that he could see of Gin were flashes of brown all over the place. By the time he sent the hex at a certain place, Gin was already gone. The only times he got any hits in were when Gin stopped to attack him.

The two boys threw each other around the roof, neither sustaining any lasting damage. Gin howled eerily, his voice everywhere and nowhere at once due to his speed. He hadn't attacked Harry in a few minutes. He was obviously hoping to catch Harry with his guard down, but Harry wasn't making it easy for him.

The girls watched anxiously from the stairwell, screaming in alarm when Harry took a hit. They were all more than aware that without his wand, Harry was still mostly human. His body was just as fragile as a human's. Any of Gin's hits could potentially snap Harry's neck.

Moka wanted to cover her eyes when she saw Gin throw Harry across the roof. His claws dug into Harry's back, leaving large, bloody scratch marks on Harry's skin. Harry sent a blasting hex in his direction, but he was gone before it could land.

Kurumu had tried to fly in and help Harry, but there was a barrier around the roof that threw her back towards the stairwell. Harry had put up a ward so that none of them would get hurt. Moka's blood froze in her veins when she realized that Harry was truly intent on facing Gin by himself.

This is all my fault, Moka thought. If I'd just let Harry explain himself in the first place, we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.

Harry watched his surroundings warily. The wounds on his back stung worse than Vernon's belt. He'd cast a quick healing spell on them, but he had yet to learn anything more effective than a simple episky.

A devious chuckle echoed around the roof. "Tired already, Harry-kun? You were a fool to think you could face off against a werewolf."

With a victorious howl, Gin launched himself at Harry, intent on finishing him off in one move. Harry had been a worthy opponent, far more capable than he'd expected of a wizard, but he would not be defeated today. Gin extended his claws towards the undefended neck of Harry, expecting to feel the smooth slice of flesh around his claws, but instead, he felt himself stop midair.

What?

Harry held his wand before him. A smirk spread across his face like butter. "Gotcha."

"How…" Gin looked up to see a cloudy sky and... no moon!

"Simple. I've been spelling clouds into the sky since our fight began, Gin-senpai. You were so focused on evading my hexes that you didn't bother to look up."

Harry dissipated the barrier around the roof. The girls ran to surround Harry, concerned eyes watching his every move. Harry managed to keep himself from hunching over due to his wounds. He allowed the girls to latch onto him while he turned to face Gin.

The wolf remained suspended in mid-air. His claws were still stretched towards Harry's neck, and Harry approached him with a daring smirk. He walked towards Gin until his neck was directly under Gin's claws.

"You aren't a threat to me, Gin. As a matter of fact, if I wanted, you wouldn't be a threat to anyone, ever again. I could remove those teeth and claws if I wanted, Gin. Do you know why I don't?"

Sweat formed on Gin's brow. Even in wolf form, his fear was palpable. "W-why?"

"Because I won't sink to your level, Gin. And because we'll be needing a club president."

Gin's eyes widened at the implication. "You're all staying in Newspaper Club? And you're still gonna let me be president after all this?"

Harry glared at the wolf. "Don't think that you're going to get off scot-free. There are going to be quite a few repercussions for what happened today."

Harry smirked. Gin had transformed back into human form in shock. He hadn't expected anything but death for what he'd done. For monsters, trying to steal someone else's girl was a death sentence. Gin glanced back and forth from Yukari to Kurumu to Moka to Harry. The girls all watched Harry carefully, clearly wondering the same things as Gin.

When nothing was said for a while, it was Yukari who decided to speak up. "Sooo, you're gonna leave him alive?"

Everyone else looked to Harry for his answer. Moka had a strange, knowing look in her eye while the others seemed confused.

"Yup. What, you thought I was just going to kill him for something he didn't even manage to do?"

It was Harry's turn to look confused. Moka, finally, decided to speak up. "You guys are forgetting something very important."

All eyes turned to Moka.

"Harry-kun is an English wizard. They don't adhere to monster customs."

Harry looked around at the understanding looks on everyone's faces. "Will someone please explain what I'm missing here?"

Kurumu turned away from Gin to answer Harry's question.

"Well, Harry-kun. With monsters, behavior like Gin's usually ends in death. Monsters will kill if someone tries to steal their mates. Gin just attempted to steal Moka from you, and now that you've won, it's expected that you kill him. If you don't people will think you're weak."

Harry frowned. "That's rather archaic, don't you think? I've already beaten his arse, shouldn't that be enough? And what about Saizou? I let him be, yet Moka wasn't even a little bit surprised when I didn't kill him after finding my wand."

Moka smiled softly at him, making his heart speed up just a bit. "I knew you wouldn't kill him even then because you're the sweetest person I've ever met, Harry-kun. I'd only just met you then, but I was completely certain that you'd choose mercy over violence."

Harry's growing smile was slightly forced after that declaration. He remembered their little fight with the Lizardmen. He remembered that tiny whisper in the breeze that had called for blood and revenge. He remembered answering that call without hesitation. Instead of joy at Moka's conviction, Harry felt ashamed. He knew that he wasn't the person that she thought he was.

But, Harry thought, there's a way I can become the person she thinks I am.

Harry returned his gaze to the werewolf caught in his spell. He released the teen in his grasp, the clouds above ensuring that he would be no threat to them anytime soon.

"For your punishment, you'll publicly announce that you were the peeping tom, then you'll personally apologize to every girl you've peeped on. Have fun, Gin. Make sure we never have to do this again, alright?" Harry said, his last words holding a blatant threat.

The wolf nodded quickly before sprinting to the staircase leading off the roof. Harry smirked as the dust settled. Despite his injuries, tonight had been rather fun. Maybe he'd spar with the wolf again one day.

Soon after Gin's departure, Harry found himself with an armful of girls. All of them clamored over each other to get to him, leaving Harry at the bottom of a dog pile. His wounds ached and breathing was difficult, but Harry didn't protest the rough treatment. Why would he, when all of his girls were right where they should be, held close and safe around him? Harry let out a sigh of relief as the girls continued to chatter and argue around him.

Yes, this is how it should be.