Rosario Vampire Fan Fiction ❯ Two Guys, A Vampire, and a Monster Academy ❯ After School Woes and Swimsuits ( Chapter 3 )

Two Guys, a Vampire, and a Monster Academy

Disclaimer: I do not own Rosario + Vampire storyline, background, characters and similar media. Anything that sounds familiar to the readers is more then likely not mine, but originated from a source that I do not remember clearly. I may not be able to own my OC in this fiction.

Chapter 3: After School Woes and Swimsuits

At a remote lodge located deep within the snow-capped mountains, there were children playing in the ankle-deep snow. Each were building snowmen and creating snow angels upon the surface of the snow where it was thicker, many of the more active have constructed forts from the snow and had begun snow ball fights. Each and every one of them were enjoying this winter wonderland.

All but one child, who clung to the door frame and stared out at the snow in fear. A single lock of fiery red hair poked from all the winter clothing that was strapped onto the boy’s young frame. He wanted to join his siblings and cousins in play, but there was something about the snow that scared him. He didn’t know why it scared him, just that he knows that he shouldn’t approach the fallen powder.

An older man with dull red and orange hair, assumed to be the boy’s father, approached the frightened youngster. “Why don’t you join them outside? It looks like fun.”

“No!” The boy declared. “I don’t like the snow!”

Chuckling, the man grabbed a small handful of the white powder and smeared it over the boy’s coat. “See? You had some on you and you’re fine.”

“I don’t know......” The boy replied, unsure if the older man is telling the truth.

“Don’t be so worried. Besides, if something did happen, we’re just a yell away.” The older man assured the child as he scooted him off the door step and onto the snow. With great caution, the child stepped slowly and lightly through the snow, deeply worried that something will happen if he was not careful enough.

Then he was hit in the chest by a snow ball, which caused him to stumble backwards. Looking up, he saw the other children beckoning him to come play with them. Convinced and with a smile upon his face, the young boy ran forward. However, before he was able to reach the other children, the ground collapsed upon his feet and he fell into some kind of deep, dark depression that seemed to go on forever.

The boy, panicking, yelled out for someone to save him, anyone. He was able to twist and maneuver his body around until he was able to look back at the hole he fell through, only to discover to his horror that the hole was shrinking away and the rays of light were slowly disappearing. He then felt such terrible coldness in the darkness, almost as if it was sucking the heat from his body, enveloping the young boy in such freezing temperatures as the last beams of light faded and the darkness became dominant.

Then the boy felt tendrils grasping at his legs and body, their touch was akin to ice water as he struggled to get out of their grasps. Unfortunately the child could not feel any kind of tentacle limb as he waved his arms around to knock them away, even though his eyes told him that black tendrils were wrapping themselves around his body. He soon discovered that whatever these strange tentacles of darkness touched would freeze solid as he found his right hand frozen in a block of ice and growing. The boy’s struggle to get away, to get back to the surface and into daylight, were useless as he continued to fall into darkness and his body becoming entombed in ice. He could feel his life slip away as the ice soon began enveloping his face and into his mouth as he screamed in terror.

Lou shot out of his futon from the nightmare, his body covered in cold sweat and his breathing shallow and rapid. Even his limbs shook from the memory of the nightmare as well as he took a good look at his surroundings. He was still in the dorm room at Monster Academy, nothing was out of the ordinary. He then turned towards the alarm clock that just started to ring, signaling that he should get up and ready to go to class today. Groaning, Lou ruffled his hair and shook his head in an attempt to get the bad memory out of his skull.

“Ugh, I gotta stop eating ice cream before bed....What a way to recover from my sixteenth birthday....Hopefully that present from the States will be well worth it....” Lou moaned as he got out and prepared himself for the day ahead. During that time, he was reminded that it had been a full month since both Tsukune and his own near-lethal first day attending Monster Academy. It was a wonder as to how the both of them survived this long and prayed that they survive long enough to graduate and get as far away from this school as possible.

‘And all thanks to Pinkie, or to be more accurate Xena.’ Lou chuckled, recalling the past few fights the silver-headed alternate version of Moka had kept Lou and Tsukune alive, if only because she was being selfish with their blood. Tsukune was distraught to the notion that Moka, both versions, only cared about his cousin and himself due to the fact that their blood was that delicious to them. He had confined these feelings to Lou whenever they were able to have time alone to talk about such topics and away from the prying ears and potential discomfort of Moka and their recent addition to their posse, Kurumu, which has become increasingly rare as of late. Tsukune was hoping that it would have been deeper then that, such as friendship or even more. Lou, on the other hand, is more than grateful that both personalities of Moka saw some value into their continued existence, though even he admits that he could do with much less of the pain of fangs penetrating flesh and the light headedness that comes immediately after the pink haired vampire has had her fill of their collective crimson life fluid.

His train of thought was broken when Lou heard a strange, yet familiar sound that was coming from the wall that separated him from his cousin Tsukune. He slowly approached the wall to make sure that the wall was the source before placing his ear against it. Sure enough, the nature of the noise was quite clear and knew what, or more accurately who, was producing those sounds. Tsukune was snoring.

“Yo! Couz’!” Lou exclaimed as he slammed his fist against the wall thrice. “Wake up! We got class today, remember?!” The fist impacted the wall three more, enough to cause Tsukune to awake from his rather pleasant dream. Within the fabric of the dreamscape, he had scored the winning goal of a soccer game and all of the other students, particularly of the female variety, had rushed towards him and congratulated him for the victory. Moka showed her own appreciation and joy by giving Tsukune the first kiss in their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend. Or what would have been if Lou had not so rudely awakened him.

Tsukune and Lou continued to walk the path that lead from the Student Dormitories to the main faculty and class buildings of Monster Academy. It was one of those few rare times that the cousins were able to convey their thoughts and feelings about their attendance at this secret high school for monsters. A time that they knew deeply that it would be interrupted by the timely arrival of either Moka or Kurumu.

“Yeah, Pinkie does get a little bit exited whenever she gets a sample of us.” Lou chuckled.

“Demo, does our blood really taste that good to Moka-san?” Tsukune asked. “Even if she is a vampire?”

“I don’t know, I ain’t no Van Helsing.” Lou shrugged. “Though, if I remember correctly....there have been some stories back over in the States that vampires are rather active creatures sexually. Maybe a mere taste of our blood brings her to orgasm or something.”

“L-Lou-kun!” Tsukune exclaimed with a beet red face. “Don’t say such things!”

“Well what can I say? We know diddly shit on vampires like Pinkie and we’re basically shooting in the dark when it comes to dealing with her.” Lou stated, before a dark thought crossed his mind. “Speaking of which, we need to do research on vampires stat! Particularly weaknesses.”

“Naze?”

“Because I don’t want to find them out the BAD way that might end up being lethal.” Lou began to explain. “Especially on our end. Let me explain...” The American began to describe the scenario.

During the lunch period, the trio were deep in discussion on their latest class assignment.

“That assignment sounds so hard, and it takes so much of our final grade!” Moka exclaimed in a worried voice. “I don’t think we can get it finished by the end of the month!”

“Don’t worry about it.” Lou reassured the flustered vampire. “We’ll get through it alright if we do it together.” Tsukune nodded in agreement.

“Demo-” Moka began.

“Everything will be fine, trust me.” Lou stated before he winked at Tsukune as he secretly showed his cousin what he was hiding behind his back. With skillful hands, he tossed a water balloon to Tsukune from behind his back before readying his own. “Besides, you need to lighten up!”

Moka screamed as the water balloons impacted her body, the cousins laughing at her reaction. Lou was the first to recover from the bout of joyful laughter. “You definitely need to turn that frown upside down, you look cuter that way!”

“Hai, very- Moka-san?” Tsukune asked in concern when they saw that Moka was recoiling from them as if they had hit her with a bat.

“Pinkie, are you alright?” Lou asked, with concern in his voice.

“Baka!” Moka exclaimed when she finally looked at them to show her face horribly scarred as if someone dumped highly corrosive acid on her. “Running water is fatal to us vampires!” As the anger in her voice increased, her hair turned from pink to silver, her eyes from emerald green to blood red. “Now you will pay for ruining my beauty with your lives!”

The two cousins screamed and begged for mercy as well as aid from the other fellow students as they were lifted into the air by other Moka’s supernatural strength. Her eyes filled with muderous intent as she squeezed every drop of life from their bodies as their collectively tragic and short lives came to a violent end.

As improbable as the scenario was, Tsukune couldn’t help but feel a foreboding cold wash across his body. He never gave a second thought about Moka, being a vampire, having such glaring weaknesses that could potentially cause death. After all, Moka was walking in daylight and yet she had not yet burst into flames. “Kowai...!”

“Yeah, you better be scared shitless!” Lou stated. “Our continued existence in the realm of the living is based upon the whims of Pinkie, and by extension Xena. If we piss even one of them off enough, our lives are effectively forfeit.” Tsukune gulped. “So first chance we get is that we hit the school library and get every book that we can on vampires and study each one of them so that we don’t make such a lethal mistake in the future.”

“Tsukune! Lou! Oyaho!!” Moka suddenly called out as she jumped towards them and earning the vampire a shriek of surprise and terror from the cousins. She landed right onto Tsukune’s back and pulled Lou towards her in a rather affectionate hug for a greeting, knowing that Lou’s back was still healing from their encounter with Kurumu several days ago. Even so, the force of her impact nearly toppled Tsukune and Lou to the ground, again.

“Son of a BITCH! You think that we’d get used to that by now!” Lou exclaimed.

“Them again?!” The cousins then heard the angry voices of the other male students who, despite a month passing by, still pinned to the thought that they would be able to date Moka.

“Why is it always them?! What relationship do they have with Moka-hime?!”

“There is nothing right with the world!”

“Oy! Here’s a fucking idea: Find your own damned girlfriends!” Lou yelled back at the envious and jealous male student population before turning back to the group and rubbing the bridge of his nose in frustration. He then noticed that both Tsukune and Moka had blushing, shocked looked to their faces. “....What?”

“L-Lou-kun, did you realize what you just said?!” Tsukune exclaimed.

“Yeah, I know what I said. So?” Lou stated as he shrugged, clearly indicating that he did not understand why both his cousin and the vampire were so aflutter with embarrassment. Before Tsukune could explain, however, the sound of a growling stomach could be heard and both cousins knew as to where the sound came from.

“G-gomen nasai.” Moka apologized. “It’s just that when-”

“I know, I know.” Lou interrupted as he pulled up his sleeve enough to expose his left wrist. “Look, try here this time alright?”

“L-Lou...!” Moka gasped, wondering if perhaps maybe the words from earlier might indicate that the American sees more then friends in the pink headed vampire. “A-are you sure it’s all right?”

“Yeah, yeah. Might as well get the whole routine over with.” Lou stated. “Come on, breakfast is served.”

“Kono...this is the first time you ever offered to give your blood to me!” Moka held the look of overwhelming joy and love upon her face.

“Lou-kun?” Tsukune asked, somewhat jealous that his cousin had such a reaction from Moka.

“Well I figured that it’ll be less painful the farther away the bite is from the brain.” Lou reasoned as the pink headed vampire took hold of the American’s hand.

“Itadakimasu!” Moka thanked for the offer of blood by Lou as she took a bite into the wrist. “Kappu-chuu!”

Lou felt the lighting bolts and fire of pain as the fangs sank into the flesh of his wrist. “I WAS WRONG!! I WAS WRONG!! I WAS SO FUCKING WRONG!! AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!” He exclaimed as Moka had taken her fill of blood, licking up each last drop that flowed from the wound before it healed.

“Gochisosama....!” Moka thanked once again as she slid into her own little world, her cheeks flushed in crimson from the memory alone as she recalled the aroma, favor, and texture of Lou’s blood akin to how one tastes and judges wine. “Oishii....!”

“Feeding upon others again Moka?” Kurumu stated with her arms across her chest and shaking her head in a disapproving manner while clicking her tongue. “Not very nice of you, and he JUST turned sixteen too! If you keep that up, then Lou-san will be nothing more than withered old husk!” That harsh advise finally brought Moka out of her daydream like a bucket of cold water.

“Kurumu-chan!” Moka exclaimed just as the succubus began to rub her best features against Tsukune’s body. As always, Tsukune’s mind reverted to mush from the action.

“But I don’t mind, so long as YOU keep your FANGS off of my Destined One!” She joyfully stated as she turned towards Tsukune. “Oyaho, Tsukune-kun!”She greeted, which was answered by Tsukune with lustful gargling.

“Stay away from him!” Moka exclaimed as she pulled Tsukune away from Kurumu. The succubus, meanwhile, countered by yanking Tsukune back and smothered him with her breasts and holding his head there tightly.

“Naze? You got your own blood bank to go to! Just leave my Destined One and myself be!” Kurumu argued as Tsukune’s arms flailed in a panic as his lungs were deprived of precious air.

“Oy! Oy! Oy! Leave my couz’ and I outta this! And speaking of which, Pam?” Lou then caught Kurumu’s attention. “You’re killing him.” He stated as he pointed at Tsukune who is just moments away from death by suffocation.

Gasping in surprise, Kurumu let go of Tsukune’s head as he staggered away to recover the breath that he lost deep within the blue headed girl’s cleavage. However, that in itself prevented the visual stand off between the two monster girls.

“I thought I was going to die in there!” Tsukune exclaimed.

“Yeah well hopefully that’ll solve that little ‘attraction’ problem you got.” Lou noted, thankful that Kurumu was either occupied mentally or unable to catch what the American meant by Tsukune’s problem. “Either way, we gotta get to class.”

“Sono toori!” Moka exclaimed as she ended the staring duel with the succubus. “We don’t want to be late!” Grasping both of their hands, the vampire pulled the cousins down the path and towards the school buildings.

“Mother fucker! Not again!!” Lou exclaimed as both he and Tsukune were dragged against their will again, barely able to keep themselves steady as their feet created dust trails. Kurumu, unwilling to accept this kind of defeat from her love rival for Tsukune’s heart, followed suit.

“Well then, minna,” The teacher Nekonome began as the class period started. “As you have all been told, the goal of Monster Academy is to train and educate young monsters such as yourself adapt and integrate yourselves into human society, starting today all students are required to attend and participate in club activities!”

With those words, Tsukune recalled his dream from last night and how that dream may be made manifest in those clubs. From that thought alone Tsukune reverted back to his fantasy dream land in such a manner that it caused those within visual range and faced in his direction to look at the boy funny. Even Saizou felt uncomfortable being near him.

Lou, however, had only one thought on his mind. ‘Wait? That shit’s mandatory?’

“Through this we will all gain a greater understanding of humans by experiencing with human-made activities through some of the various clubs available upon the academy campus!” Nekonome further explained. “To transform into humans and blend with them perfectly, we must have a clear understanding of humans!”

“Demo...Sensei, would that not give you an ‘F’ in transformation then?” One of the male students in the front pointed out as Nekonome noticed that her tail was poking out from her skirt. Her reply was to scratch the poor boy’s face with her claws.

“Yeouch! Talk about a woman’s scorn, eh Couz?” Lou cringed from the display before turning back towards Tsukune whose still deep within his dreamland. One could almost see pink and fluffy clouds surrounding him. “Oy! You even awake! Earth to Tsukune! Wakey, Wakey!”

“Wakarimasu? Everyone will join clubs and participated in club-related activities!” Nekonome resumed. “Minna, please visit a lot of the clubs who are accepting new membership and decide which ones you wish to join! You all have the rest of the day to do so! Also be sure to visit the Newspaper Club that I’m the advisor for!” The teacher concluded, ending the lecture with a rather shameless advertisement to the class.

The posse of human males and vampire girl walked down the corridors and admiring the various stalls to recruit First Years and new students into their various clubs.

“Sugoi!” Tsukune exclaimed from the number of stalls and students. “I bet every club has someone advertizing their group here!”

“Tsukune, Lou, what club should we join?” Moka asked.

“Before we decide ON a club to join,” Lou interrupted as he showed the group a piece of paper. “We need to exclude clubs that we should NOT join.”

“Lou-kun?” Tsukune asked as he pointed at the piece of paper Lou was holding. “Desu ka?”

“A copy of the registry of clubs Monster Academy has to offer, what else?” Lou replied as if stating the obvious.

“But where did you find that?”

“Details, details.” Lou brushed the question away before he continued. “Aaanyway, considering my couz’ and I’s own ‘unique’ situation, we should not join any athletic and sport related clubs. So we should forget about football, soccer, baseball and basketball.” The advise shattered Tsukune’s dream of impressing Moka enough to earn him a kiss into useless shards.

“Tonikaku, it’s still too early to decide!” Moka stated with a smile. “Let’s visit the other clubs since they’ve all gone to the trouble!”

“Noted, but no athletics or sports.” Lou advised. “Couz’ and I are barely able to survive PE as is, both alchemically and physically.” Moka simply nodded in agreement.

“Utsukushii.....Moka-san, you must become a model...!”The group heard a voice behind them. They turned and were faced with a student that was best described as spooky looking and deranged. Around his neck and in his left hand was what appears to be the kind of cameras one would expect from professional photographers, in his right were photos of pictures with students and ghostly captures. “You must come to our phantom photography club!! Please let us take lots of pictures.”

Moka simply squealed in terror as she leaped into the arms of the cousins. Tsukune held a freaked out look upon his face just by the appearance of the student before them alone while Lou simply felt greatly disturbed. “Would nude photos be ookee?”

“Fuck no, you perv’!!” Lou exclaimed as he pushed both Moka and Tsukune away and towards another club recruitment booth.

“Join the acupuncture club!” A student covered in acupuncture needles demanded of the group. Moka once again squealed in fright and leaping into the arms of the shocked and disturbed cousins.

“Not interested, Pinhead!” Lou answered as he wheeled the group to another stall.

“We are the Mummy Club, join us!” A group of students wrapped up in bandages called out. Thrice did Moka squealed in fright and jumped into the arms of Tsukune and Lou.

“I don’t even want to know how THAT works!” Lou declined as he wheeled the group away.

“Moka-san, you must join the Chemistry Club!” Several students in lab coats and holding beakers and vials of questionable liquids and substances offered. “Let’s make LOTS of magic love potions together!”

Once more, Moka cowered from the sight of the mere atmosphere this club emanated as she sought solitude and safety in the arms of the cousins who were just as disturbed as the vampire. It did not help that many of these test tubes and beakers had insects crawling out of them.

“I’m pretty sure that’s illegal, so no thanks!” Lou exclaimed as he pushed the group away once more.

“Don’t they have any NORMAL clubs at this school?!” Tsukune exclaimed.

“I know! You think that for a school training monsters to blend into human society that they’d have clubs that humans would ACTUALLY join?!” Lou agreed. Then something caught his eyes and hope began to fill his very being. Moka noticed this reaction and turned to face the direction that Lou was looking towards with such eagerness.

“Video Game club?” Moka wondered.

“YES! Finally something fucking good!!!” Lou exclaimed as he rushed towards the recruitment stall. Tsukune and Moka soon followed.

“Are you sure about joining this club, Lou-kun?” Tsukune asked in concern, unsure if Moka even liked playing video games like his cousin and himself.

“I am ABSOLUTELY positive!” Lou nearly squealed in joy and relief. “I couldn’t deal with those FPS-heads and their fanboy-ish devotion back in the states! They couldn’t appreciate the other games genres that are available and the gaming platforms that support them. They only want the best in graphics in any video game that they wish to blow up with their weapons, not even caring about how much dedication and hard work the game creators put through into bringing their vision to life! Hell, they don’t even consider older games from back in the 70s and 80s as worthwhile subjects to talk about and how they impacted gaming today. But HERE, I finally found a Video Game Club who enjoy playing and talking about video games for video game’s sake, regardless of genre and platform! Here with all of their,” Lou then gave a good look at what video games were being displayed by the recruitment stall. “Final....Fantasy....and.........Role....Playing.....Games......?&rdq uo;

“Lou?” Moka asked in concern as she noticed that the American’s shoulders slumped as he absorbed what was laid before them.

“FUCK!” Lou exclaimed as he ruffled his own bright red hair in frustration before hanging his shoulders and head in defeat. Rubbing the bridge of his nose, he growled in frustration to no particular individual as he walked away from the stall. “You just KEEP on breakin’ my FUCKING dick, aren’t yah? Just KEEP on BREAKIN’ my FUCKIN’ dick.....!”

“Lou-kun? Doo shita?” Tsukune asked as he and Moka caught up with the frustrating American.

The Video Game Recruiter looked upon the retreating form of the former potential new members for the club. “Guess just showing these games wasn’t the best of ideas.” He stated as he replaced all of the Final Fantasy and Role Playing video game boxes with a more varied selection such as Killzone, Ace Combat, Sonic the Hedgehog and Resident Evil.

Lou walked down the hallway in defeat, with Tsukune and Moka in tow as they left previous candidate clubs of joining. Both the Animation and Manga Club and Hollywood Cinema Club were no longer taking in new members due to their member roster being filled and the high demand of joining those clubs from the other students.

“Shinpai shinai de, Lou.” Moka attempted to brighten the American’s spirit. “I am sure that there are other clubs that we can all join. Daijoubu!”

“Moka-san does have a point.” Tsukune agreed.

“But what clubs are left?” Lou stated rather then asked. “Either they’re too weird for us to join or they’re no longer accepting new members.”

“Ara, why not join the swimming club?” The group turned towards the voice to find a pale, green headed woman who wore a silken cloth around her hips and a dress shirt of the school’s uniform unbuttoned to reveal her two piece swim suit and her own natural assets.

“I’m the Swimming Club Captain Ichinose Tamao! Why don’t we swim together?” The Swimming Club Captain offered. All the male students who were not affiliated with clubs were gazing upon the older members of the Swimming Club and wearing their rather revealing and attractive swim suits. Even some of the students who were currently apart of a club are beginning to wonder if they should switch to the Swimming Club and even those males who have female companions could not help but gawk at the senior members, much to the chagrin of their significant other.

“Swimmin’? In this weather?!” Lou exclaimed as he thumbed towards the outside environment just beyond the door frame of the hallway.

Tamano then approached Tsukune, swinging her hips suggestively the entire time as she reached out and touched his cheeks with just her finger tips. “The Swimming Club is all female. Datte, the ladies will end up paying lots of special attention to the boy who joins our club.”

Tsukune’s mind was already mush as the other male students declared their interest in joining the Swimming Club as well when Lou pulled his cousin away from the Swimming Club Captain’s touch. “Tempting, but I think we should consider your offer another time. Right Tsukune?” Lou turned towards his cousin and found that his face was still affixed with unabashed lust. Lou pulled his cousin away from the Swimming Club Captain and simply gave a good, hard slap across Tsukune’s face to break him out of his dream world, though some present would attest that the sound of the slap was akin to that of a whip cracking and still cringe from the memory. “Stop that!”

Tsukune rubbed his red cheek to sooth away the pain before he spoke again. “It couldn’t hurt to at least check out the club before deciding, soo desu ka?”

Moka felt a twang of betrayal from Tsukune’s suggestion as his American cousin started to shack his body rather violently. “Hey! Hey! Hey! What did I say about joinin’ sport-related clubs?”

“W-well if it’s not something for even one of us, then we can just leave and find another club. Ookee?” Tsukune reasoned.

“Well then why not come with us now?” Tamano winked as she hooked her arms with Tsukune’s own and half-dragged him against his will in the direction of the pool area, followed by the senior members and nearly all of the First Year Boys.

“Hey! Hey! Hey! That’s considered kidnapin’!” Lou yelled as he gave chase to the Swimming Club that has taken his cousin hostage with Moka not far behind.

At the swimming pool, many of the first year male students were rejoicing at the sight of the senior members of the Swimming Club reveal their swim suits. Each one were given spare swimming trunks so that they may join their current idols into the water.

“Sugoi, it’s a little different then what I’m expecting but we’re free to do whatever we want!” Tsukune stated in amazement as he observed the club in action, his arm long since liberated from the Swimming Club Captain’s grip by Lou and Moka. He then mentally fantasized and formulated a plan to get closer to Moka and show her how cool and great he can become, perhaps even teach her how to swim.

Moka, however, was staring at the pool with such fear and terror. A look that Lou caught on and recalled what he said to his cousin earlier today about vampire weaknesses. Perhaps water IS like acid to Vampires, but to be sure he had to ask. “So then Pinkie, feel like takin’ a dip?”

“Watashi......don’t really like swimming.” Moka confessed, the very words had confirmed Lou’s suspicion and smashed Tsukune’s fantasy of swimming with the vampire to dust.

“You heard Pinkie couz’, let’s get outta here. Vámonos!” Lou ordered.

“Y-you sure?” Tsukune asked, hoping to salvage his dream.

“There’s no sense that we all join a club only for one of us to suffer. Now let’s get our asses in gear. Ándale! Ándale!”

“Ara, what are you doing just standing around?” Tamano asked both Lou and Tsukune. “Hurry and come swim with us!”

“We’ll have to pass- ACK!!” Lou exclaimed as both he and Tsukune were grabbed by the senior members of the club and were being changed out of their clothes. “I need an adult! I NEED AN ADULT!”

“T-Tsukune! Lou!” Moka exclaimed while covering her eyes and afraid that she might see too much of their bodies. However not even their underwear was made public as the senior members stepped away to reveal both Lou and Tsukune in swim trunks.

“....I’m not sure if I should be amazed or violated....” Lou stated and Tsukune agreed by nodding his head.

“Ara, you are the rumored Akashiya Moka-san, seikaku?” Tamano turned and ask Moka. “Sate...tonikaku, this is a Swimming Club. If you have no intention to swim, then why don’t you leave?!” She asked in a rather threatening voice.

“Oy! You can’t just say- ACK!!!” Lou exclaimed as both he and Tsukune were pushed into the water by more playful and eager members of the Swimming Club. The unexpected dive into the water created a splash large enough to almost hit Moka if she had not moved out of the way fast enough.

Lou, upon reaching the surface of the pool, spat out the water in his mouth in a stream before turning towards his offenders. “Hey! Isn’t there a rule against rough housin’ around a pool?!” Then he noticed that one of the Swimming Club members was missing, in particular the Captain. “Eh? Where’d she go?”

He soon locates Tamano showing Tsukune how to swim with his arms rather closely. So close that when her breasts were pressed against him, Tsukune’s mind suddenly decided to take a vacation. Slapping his palm to his forehead at his own flesh and blood’s antics before he marched through the water towards him. Once he was within range, Lou slams his fist atop of Tsukune’s head. “Control yourself man! Do you really have to do that EVERYTIME a girl does that?!”

“Come on, we’re leaving!” Lou exclaimed as he grabbed Tsukune’s wrist and pulled him away and towards the edge of the pool so that they can get out and leave. However, they were stopped when Tamano took a hold of Tsukune’s shoulder. “What now? We’re not interested!”

“I can’t permit you to leave.” The Swimming Club’s Captain smirked rather devilishly as she slowly transformed into something more marine-like. “Especially not you two...”

Then the sound of yelling was heard as one of the new male students came under attack by the senior members of the Swimming Club. The bites he received soon reduced his youthful physique into that of an old man. “What the fuck?!”

“Don’t think too badly of us.” Tamano chuckled as her body morphed into her true form. “Luring men into the water and sucking their life energy, this is simply our natural way of life as mermaids, isn’t it wonderful?!”

“Somehow I imagined mermaids being.....different.” Lou stated.

“Tsukune! Lou! Get out of there!” Moka called out.

“Workin’ on it!” Lou exclaimed as he pushed his cousin away as the chaos in the pool escalated.

“All of you should let us suck your life energy, daijoobu?” One of the attacking mermaids demanded.

“It’s useless to resist, we’re all invincible in the water!” Another mermaid exclaimed.

“Daijoobu, we won’t suck your entire life away!” A third mermaid offered in a strange attempt to calm their prey down.

“Treating new members as food?! I’ve heard of some dangerous clubs here, but I never thought that this club would be one of them!!” An escaping student exclaimed before he too was overwhelmed by the mermaid.

“Now someone tells me that fucking factoid?!” Lou exclaimed as Tamano swam rather elegantly around Tsukune and wrapping her arms around him. “Couz’!”

Tsukune, in the meanwhile, was trying to get himself out of the grasp of a monster who is about to eat him. “No need to panic, daijoobu. You’re special, Tsukune-kun!”

“Yeah, real good fuckin’ job at convincin’ us of that!” Lou exclaimed as he pulled and struggled to free his cousin from the grasp of a rather hungry mermaid. He would give a few harsh words and equally harsh punches at Hans Christian Andersen if the man was still alive. Apparently the man didn’t do his homework on the subject of mermaids.

“Shinjitsu, I’ve had my eye on you ever since the Entrance Ceremony... Since then, I’ve spent all of my time dreaming about you!” Tsukune and Lou were definitely confused. Just what kind of love confession is this, they wondered. “It’s just that, you see....you have such a delicious scent, just like a human Tsukune-kun! I just want to gobble you up!”

“EEAAAAAA!!!!” Tsukune screamed as he saw how Tamano’s mouth morphed into a row of razor-sharp teeth.

“Fuck this shit!” Lou then did what he never though that he would do in such a situation: He punched a girl in the face. Granted, it was in a life or death situation so it was forgivable. “Move your ass couz’, there are fuckin’ sharks in the water!” He yelled as he first pulled and then pushed Tsukune towards the ladder that lead out of the pool.

“I won’t let either of you escape!” Tamano exclaimed as she reached out and grabbed the cousins. “Not when the both of you smell like tasty humans!”

“Yeah well fuck you too, bitch!” Lou cursed as he used his legs to keep a distance away from her, but it was failing fast.

“What are we going to do?!” Tsukune panicked.

“Pinkie!” Lou called as he attempted to prevent Tamano from slashing them with her claws and biting them to drain their life force. “Get somethin’ to drag us out of here! Rope, a chair, anything!!!”

Tsukune finally noticed how Moka was acting so skittish around the pool and how her eyes widen in fright each time a splash was produced in her direction. Could water really be that lethal to vamp- “Tsukune! Pay attention!” Lou exclaimed after he bonked his cousin on the head. “Now help me with She-Bruce here!”

“There is nothing neither you nor that water hater vampire over there can do!” Tamano yelled as she struggled to close the distance between the mermaid and the cousins. “Just submit and it will all be over soon!”

“No thanks, yah chicken of the sea! I prefer livin’!” Lou exclaimed as he continued his balancing act of fighting Tamano off, making sure that she does not get any closer, and keep his head afloat above the water so he doesn’t inhale water. Tsukune, however, was busy with his own problems of keeping other mermaids from flanking his cousin.

Moka, all the while, was attempting to summon the courage necessary to save her precious friends. They were within an environment that her vampire kin are unable to approach in full sanity due to the universal solvent’s effects upon their bodies. While fighting her flee response of the situation, what rational thoughts that existed through her mind looked for anything long enough to reach both Lou and Tsukune that she could use to rescue them. From what her mind was able to calculate, there were none within reach that she could take and rescue them in time.

Suddenly, she was ripped from her abyss of fear when she heard Lou’s scream as Tamano’s claw scratched his shoulder when he attempted to block another of her attacks. She looked and saw that they were losing the battle to survive as one mermaid had dug her claws into Tsukune’s shoulder as he attempted to push back a lethal dual-row of teeth that was ready to bite into him and Lou was occupied with keeping Tamano’s other claws from doing any further damage while nursing his own flesh wound. Moka could not wait any longer, she could not be held back by her own instinctual fear.

“Pinkie, you idiot! Not that!” Lou yelled as he was able to glimpse Moka diving into the water. Arcs of what appeared to be electricity could be seen emerging from the vampire’s body as she swam back up into the surface and was suffering from the effects of being immersed into the dreaded liquid.

“Moka-san! Iie!” Tsukune yelled. Lou then noticed how shocked the other mermaids had become from that strange and unnatural act that Moka had performed. Taking the chance, he punched Tamano in the face that was strong enough to knock her out and repeated the process with the other mermaid that had previously struggled with Tsukune.

“Couz’! Get your ass outta here, I’ll get Pinkie!” Lou ordered.

“Demo-” Tsukune began but his cousin interrupted him.

“We NEED Xena’s help in gettin’ out of this!” Lou yelled as he swam towards the struggling Moka who was losing the battle of buoyancy verses sinking as quickly as he could before the mermaids attempted to stop him from taking off the rosario.

“What’s going on?! Why did Moka jump into the water?!” Tsukune turned towards the familiar voice of Kurumu as she hurried towards the pool.

“Kurumu-san!” Tsukune yelled back as he swam back towards the pools edge in an attempt to get himself out of danger.

Kurumu then turned towards Tsukune. “Tsukune-kun, daijoobu? If we don’t hurry and save Moka, she’ll die!”

“Nani?”

“Don’t you know? Vampires can’t go into the water! It’s due to water’s purification properties that it drains vampires of their energy!” Kurumu explained.

“Yeah, we know that NOW!” Lou exclaimed as he reached out towards the rosario with his able hand. Though for some strange reason once his hand had a good enough grip upon the object, Lou could feel arcs of electricity rush though his arm and through his body. His muscles contracted without his consent and felt pain through his entire body, barely staying conscious but the last he knew was that the rosario was in his hands.

The pool was then a boil with supernatural energy as Moka’s seal was removed to unleash her true power and darker persona. The other mermaids recoiled in shock and fear of this latest outcome.

“Iie....This overwhelming feeling...” Tamano gasped. “This is the rumored true form of Moka...Demo, I never expected such a...vam...vampire!”

“Lou-kun!” Tsukune exclaimed as he dove back into the pool, despite the dangers, to save his cousin from drowning as he saw the barely moving form of Lou sinking deeper into the water.

“How dare you.....” The other Moka growled as arcs of energy traveled up and down her body due to the water. “How dare you treat me like this?!”

“Ii kagen ni shite yo.. What is this?” The Swimming Club Captain began, trying to regain her composure against such an opponent. “Why don’t you just get out of our way?” She snapped her fingers to summon the other mermaids to her aid. “I’ve had my eyes set on Tsukune-kun! And I’m never going to give him up to the likes of you!”

The other Moka then found herself surrounded by hostile mermaids. “I’ll get rid of you for good!” Tamano declared. “I don’t know how strong you are, but in our territory a mermaid will always be victorious!”

The unsealed Moka simply smirked in response. “Coming from a low class fish that can’t think of anything else beyond food! Don’t make me laugh!”

“Nani?!” The other mermaids exclaimed as they leaped towards the silver-headed vampire with lethal intent. Moka countered by leaping into the air.

“You’re too slow!” Tamano taunted. “Though you talk tough, it appears that you are very weak and stupid!” Then she and the other mermaids leaped into the air after the other Moka. “You’re a great target in mid-air!”

Tsukune was barely able to drag Lou out of the water and onto the safety of dry concrete when he saw the other Moka being attacked by the other mermaids in mid-air. “Moka-san!”

The silver haired fighter, however, countered the attack with a swift punch to Tamano’s face. “Obviously, a mid-air fight does not end in victory for a mermaid.” Kurumu stated as the other Moka began her counter attack.

“To take the bait and be caught so simply... you all have to be fish! Now realize your place!” With several well timed and well placed spinning kicks, the other Moka was able to knock out all the mermaids that have gone after her and landed gracefully some distance away from the pool. She then turned towards the cousins and the succubus.

“Moka-san!” Tsukune called out in a worried voice.

“Is he breathing?” Was all the other Moka stated. It took Tsukune a few seconds to realize what she had meant before he turned and went to his cousin’s aid, pumping the unconscious’ American’s chest until Lou was able to cough out the water in his lungs.

Once he recovered enough to speak, Lou turned towards the other Moka. “I’ll take it that we won, Xena?”

“If you had meant that if I had taken out the Swimming Club, then yes, we have won.” The other Moka stated.

“That’s good to hear.” Lou stated before he asked in concern. “So y’alright?”

“I will manage.” The other Moka replied. “And I will only need to rest to recover.”

Lou simply tapped the back of his hand against Tsukune’s shoulder. “See? THIS is why we need to do research on vampires.” Tsukune chuckled in response, though feeling rather guilty that this all happened because he had a few selfish thoughts.

“Datte,” The other Moka began. “Why DO you call me ‘Xena’?” Kurumu wondered as well.

“I’ll take it that you never even heard of ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’, have you?” Lou asked, causing both the vampire and succubus to cock an eyebrow in confusion.

Four days had past since the incident with the Swimming Club, the cousins and Kurumu roamed the halls as they headed to their classes.

“Pamela, do you MIND if you quit doin’ THAT to my Couz’!” Lou sighed as Kurumu embraced Tsukune’s head against her breasts once again, causing the poor Japanese boy to struggle in order to breath. “You’re gonna kill him one of these days! Granted, it’s not such a bad way to go...”

“Why do you care? The two of you aren’t even related! You were adopted for crying out loud!” Kurumu countered, recalling how in the past few days the succubus had gotten to know the cousins rather well. “Besides, Tsukune-kun LOVES breasts, am I right daarin?”

Tsukune was able to escape the suffocating death trap and able to breath in oxygen again. Just at that moment did Nekonome approach the group. “Ara, just the people I wanted to talk to!”

“Teach.” Lou stated as he raised his hand in greeting. “So what’s the occasion?”

“I just wanted to see if any of you have decided upon a club to join.” Nekonome answered. “The only ones who haven’t decided yet were you guys and Moka-san.”

“Iie Nekonome-sensei,” Tsukune answered. “We haven’t yet.”

“Rippa! Then I wonder if you three would join my Newspaper Club?” Nekonome offered. “The Newspaper Club... Nobody has joined and it might be shut down due to lack of membership!”

“Ano....” Tsukune began.

“Sugoi! I’ll join that club!” The group turned to see a recovered Moka.

“Pinkie!” Lou approached the girl and gave her a rather friendly slap on the back. “What took yah?”

“Ohayo Lou, Tsukune!” Moka smiled before she sheepishly answered with her hand rubbing the back of her head. “I kinda slept the whole time for rejuvenation!”

“That’s gotta make for some bad bed burns.” Lou joked.

“Then you’ve decided upon joining the Newspaper Club, soo ka ne?” Nekonome asked, to which Moka replied by nodding her head and smiling. The teacher then turned towards the rest of the group.

“I’ll join too!” Tsukune exclaimed in joy, glad that he would be in the same club as Moka.

“Watashi mo! I’m also joining!”Kurumu decided as well.

Lou groaned before replying. “Alright, alright, I guess I can find some pocket protectors around here SOMEWHERE...” The American was still sore from the fact that the very Video Game Club that he passed up all those days ago not only was the kind of club that he was looking for, but that it was no longer taking up any new members. “Man! My life just sucks ass! ‘Sweet Sixteen’ my foot!”