Plans+Vampire 6 - (RosarioVampire Capu2, OC!I)

Returning to the academy was a life-saving experience. As expected, the 'least worrisome' thing did get slapped onto my ass: I was banned from the Land of the Yuki-Onna for having 'aided the kidnapping of one of their kin and having disrupted a diplomatic affair'.

To be fair, this wasn't slapped specifically on me, but the entire visiting group. Mizore too. Which was ironic considering she was the one that had been 'kidnapped from her duties'. That being said, ignoring this little dark mark on my overall clean score, I got a party at the alchemy club for coming back in a piece and with the least diplomatic damage handed out as possible despite who I was tagging along with.

No booze, but a whole lot of soda stuff that left me troubled to sleep that very night.

Luckily for me, the Headmaster had granted me and the Newspaper Club a week to recover. I intended to use two of those days and then go back to work. Not only because I needed to rest, but also because I needed to change my plans now that I made first contact with one of the harem members and... I don't know just yet if this was bound to change dynamics in the long run.

As I woke up the next morning with a guttural feeling of being watched, I could tell without any doubt that was being the case as...

"Good morning?"

Mizore was sitting on a chair, staring at me sleeping... definitely normal shit. If my name had been Aono Tsukune.

She blinked. "Good morning."

I shifted in bed, not even too much 'scared' of this turn of events as I doubted that she was here to play yandere or kill me. Nah... I could tell it was curiousity driving her to jumpscare me like that. In fact, it is even weirder I wasfinewith this logic being alright by this world's logic.

"So... did you have breakfast?"

Maybe it was my mood or vibe. Maybe I wanted a reaction beyond the same old stoic expression Yuki Onna are known to have but... man, did I half-succeed as she hesitated in answering.

"N-No."

"I have some ham sandwich in my cupboard there, get two from there please."

I had those microwaved before getting them on the table. To Mizore's credit, she didn't press on the topic behind her visit yet. Perhaps she expected me to ask, I really wanted to. I just knew she wanted me to, so I didn't. Not until it became too awkward.

We ate the sandwiches and... I smiled.

"Do you have something to ask me?"

This was a bit 'beyond' the 'why are you here?' and just skipping to: how are you?

Mizore hummed, staring at what was left of her own sandwich. "Yes. You are honest. And you will answer this regardless if I could kill you or not."

Debatable. I may have an inclination to, you know,not die. But I was getting where she was going and I yawned.

"You are not getting in a relationship with Tsukune," I replied flatly, and I saw her tense up. "Not Kurumu, not Yukari, and definitely not Kokoa or whoever comes next to join your group."

She bowed her head. "...Why?"

"Because this isn't a rauchy manga where this upstanding guy gets all the girls and can manage you all. You want that to be the case, and I can't fault you for it."

Raising her eyes to stare once more at me, I felt compelled to 'go on'.

"Flip the situation. Tsukune is a girl, you are all boys. Who do you think she would want? Her first real friend, or those that tag along and that she hopes to keep as her precious friends."

This was such a low blow, and I was proud of myself because it was the ultimate Uno Reverse Card. Many thinks of this possibility as a 'dude being lucky with girls', but don't understand that this world was set up to just play as bait.

Will it be her? Or her? Or maybe her if the author can dodge the allegations?

The truth is that the game was rigged from the start. It was just developed into a 'organic' turd mid-way and towards the end.

This story was never meant to be some grand manga, but it became as such as it allowed the creator to grow up and develop something more enticing for old and new fans. Somewhat it worked, but it mostly failed due to many factors, some due to flaws of the author himself and others because of external issues like the anime bullcrap that was Season II.

"It's just..."

"Bad."

"Yes," She nodded rapidly. "I just... I love him."

"Which is valid. But this isn't a competition. This was never one," I bitterly admitted. "Could we agree Tsukune isn't 'that kind of guy'? The one that plays with hearts?"

She didn't answer this.

I leaned back, holding my punches just so she could digest the gut punch I just hurled at her. I really didn't blame her. Love was fucked up, especially when you are in an anime/manga world. It feels sometimes flimsy, driven by the most foolish reasons, but it is overall 'normal' for love.

Love was weird, it can be rational and yet not. Confusing and yet not. And hurtful and yet not.

Growing pains and whatnot.

"So, are you going to need time to think or... are you just going to tag along so you can not think about it for now?"

Mizore perked up at this offer. "What do you mean?"

"I am going to be doing some basic stuff today. With the headmaster giving us a full week to rest, I can't just sit idle so I may as well do some basic checking on the inventory back at the club."

"...And?"

I sighed. "I am literally giving you an out to not think about what we talked so early in the morning. Don't think I can't tell that you are struggling and that you need tonotthink about the topic."

She didn't seem much convinced, but she did nod at my proposal. Overall, there wasn't exactly anything crazy happening through the day. Some at the club were weirded out that Mizore was sticking by my side. She had some questions, nothing about what we chatted about early in the morning and more about alchemy.

I think she wanted to look into ways to bypass the biological crap that Yuki Onna have on not using alchemy to fix that. There's a fuckton of magic around, I wouldn't be surprised that this issue could have been solved long ago, but their ruler just wanted to play matchmaker with others' lives.

That being said, a major issue that was soon to arise was that Mizore's absence was noticed and...

I was soon going to face an 'older vampiric sister' situation. Like, way too soon for my likings.

AN

A (Human) Goblin Student's life can never be too peaceful.