Rosario Vampire Fan Fiction ❯ Two Guys, A Vampire, and a Monster Academy ❯ Early Editions and Cold Shoulders ( Chapter 8 )

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 8: Early Editions and Cold Shoulders

Just before the start of the school day, the Newspaper Club began to distribute the newest editions of the Monster Times school newspaper. The cover story detailed the investigation of the club that lead to the discovery and suspension of one Hitomi Ishigami.

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” Lou called out to the approaching students. “Ishigami behind disappearances of schoolgirls!”

“Would you like a newspaper?” Moka offered a copy to a student, one among many who wished to be given a copy as an excuse to see the pink headed vampire.

“Sugoi (amazing)!” One of the students exclaimed as they shared an issue with one another.

“The newspaper club sure are working hard!” Another student noted.

“Ishigami-sensei!? Iie! How could this be true?!” A student was stricken with grief with the news. It was all a matter of time before the club ran out of newspapers to distribute.

“Yahuu!” Kurumu exclaimed as she showcased an empty cardboard box. “This issue was a hit too! Nearly all of them were passed out!”

“Chotto (hey)!” Moka exclaimed as she attempted to pry Tsukune free from the clutches of a blue-headed sucubbus whose arms were currently entangled with said youth.

“Our hard work has paid off finally ~Desu!” Yukari exclaimed.

“Yeah, and nothing says ‘good job’ like a well earned sleep!” Lou yawned as he stretched his arms.

“What if we celebrated instead?” Moka suggested just after she freed her precious Tsukune from Kurumu’s clutches. “A party for the Newspaper Club’s newest issue?”

“Sugoi! Great idea, Moka-san!” Tsukune complimented, causing the vampire to blush.

“I wanna go party too ~Desu!” Yukari demanded.

“A party? Let’s celebrate it right after school!” Kurumu suggested.

“What about Gin-sempai?” Moka asked.

“Him? He’s probably off somewhere flirting with another woman!” Kurumu scorned. “We don’t NEED to invite him!”

“That’s probably enough of a celebration for Horn Dog right there.” Lou commented.

“Let’s drink sake too ~Desu!” The little witch offered.

“What the heck are you talking about Yukari-chan?” Tsukune asked, almost jokingly.

“Yeah, none of us are anywhere NEAR legal.” Lou added. Moka could only look onto the cousins and could not help herself to a smile as she saw how well the two human cousins have gotten along with the other monsters of the club.

“Nani-ga (what’s this)?” The group heard a voice behind them. They turned to see a girl with a rather large sweater, purple-stripped stockings, and almost an icy-purple hue to her hip-length hair. “The Newspaper Club are really friendly and close together.” The mysterious girl noted, the stick of her lollipop bouncing up and down with the movement of her lips. “I don’t get it.”

“And you are?” Lou asked, just before the mysterious girl moved uncomfortably close to Tsukune’s face. Especially uncomfortable to both the vampire and the succubus.

The mysterious girl then chuckled. “So you’re Aono Tsukune-kun. You’re cuter then I imagined.” She stated. “Do you have a copy left?”

Lou then handed the strange girl a rather crumpled copy of the school newspaper. “It ain’t much, but it should be read-able.” The mysterious girl then snatched the newspaper and walked away.

“Arigato.” She waved. The mysterious girl left the group with a rather uncomfortable silence before any of them spoke.

“Who was that?” Moka asked.

“I really don’t know.” Tsukune answered.

“Don’t look at me.” Lou shrugged. “I’m just as clueless as the rest of yah are.”

Homeroom had started with an interesting announcement: the election of Class Representative, Vice-Representative, and Secretaries for class 1-3.

‘Class Representative?’ The thought echoed throughout both Tsukune’s and Lou’s minds before Shizuka Nekonome continued.

“With the second semester coming up soon, the class will need to plan and prepare for the upcoming school festival among other concerns!” Nekonome explained. “Now then, are there any candidates?” Naturally, both Lou and Tsukune slouched in their seats to make them less visible to the other students.

Just then, the sound of the door sliding open drew the attention of the class rearward. To the amazement of the Newspaper Club members within the classroom, it was the mysterious girl from before.

“Ara (oh)! It’s Shirayuki-san!” Nekonome exclaimed before she introduced the mysterious girl. “Minnasan (everyone), this is Shirayuki Mizore-san! She has been absent for much of the first semester due to personal reasons, but has been kept updated! Please welcome her!” The mysterious girl now identified as Mizore Shirayuki then sat in her assigned seat, just ahead of Lou, Tsukune, and Moka.

“You’re in our class?!” Tsukune exclaimed.

“Hai.” Mizore answered.

“Why didn’t we see her earlier?” Lou scratched his head in confusion.

“I heard that there would be nominations for Class Representative.” Mizore spoke. “I think that Tsukune-san would be a good candidate.”

“Wait? WHAT?!” Both Tsukune and Lou exclaimed.

“Will you accept the position, Tsukune-kun?” Nekonome asked.

“Iie! Of course not! Why me- Wait, stop clapping!” Tsukune demanded as the other students began to show their approval by clapping their hands. Even Moka and Kurumu joined in on the effor. “I won’t do it! I won’t take it! Are you guys even listening to me?!”

Lou simply groaned. “This isn’t goin’ to end well...”

Saizou smirked before raising his hand. “I think that McCorray-san would make a good Vice-Representative also.”

“You cock bite!” Lou cursed.

“It’s great that you’ll become Class Representative and Vice-Representative, Tsukune, Lou!” Moka congratulated the cousins, whose face was obvious enough to show that neither of them were overjoyed with such a position.

“I told you that I won’t do it!” Tsukune declared. “Besides, Nekonome-sensei will just do an election tomorrow!”

“Yeah,” Lou added. “We’re tryin’ to keep a low profile, if you get my drift Pinkie.”

“Nani?” Moka asked. “Wouldn’t the two of you make great representatives?”

“That’s not the point!” Tsukune exclaimed. “I want to rely upon my own strength, rather then use what is given to me!”

“I really don’t get what he’s talkin’ about,” Lou began. “But we don’t want to make us TOO visible enough to warrant more attention then we should, since we do have a slight ‘problem’ with our little ‘nature’ if you get my drift?”

Moka understood what Lou had spoken, remembering that the cousins were the only humans at Monster Academy. Then she had an idea that was suppose to help them in their distress. “How about we buy snacks for the party?”

“Moka-san, you’re not helping!” Tsukune exclaimed as he marched away, though not avoiding the attention of a certain purple-headed schoolgirl.

“Tsukune!” Lou called out. “Get back here!” However his words fell upon deaf ears as Tsukune rounded a corner. “Perfect! Just peachy!”

Tsukune grumbled as he marched down the hall with a flustered and frustrated aura.

“Chotto (hey), Class Representative. Congratulations Aono Tsukune.” Mizore appeared behind him, seemingly out of thin air.

Tsukune then spun around and faced the classmate. “What the heck are you trying to do to me?! It’s all your fault that I nearly became Class Representative!” Before he continued, Tsukune saw Mizore pull out the newspaper from earlier.

“I’ve read your article. As always, they’re very good.” Mizore commented.

“Nani?” Tsukune asked.

“Watashiwa (my name is) Shirayuki Mizore-san.” Mizore introduced herself. “You’re my favorite.”

At the campus store, both Lou and Moka were browsing the snacks that were displayed at the front of the store. Almost unexpectedly, the vampire turned to the American. “Lou? Why was Tsukune so angry at me earlier?”

“Not really sure myself.” Lou admitted. “However, it might be due to the fact that he’s unable to become his own. Or some other bull crap like that. Personally, I’m somewhat satisfied of our current arrangement as you being our guardian-”

“Yamete!” The two heard Tsukune’s voice coming around a corner. “I can walk on my own!”

“Couz’-” Lou began before he was suddenly flung around the opposite corner by the pink headed vampire to hide. Moka stealthily spied both Tsukune and Mizore approach the display stands.

“Watashi (I)....” Mizore began. “I didn’t attend class for much of the semester. I just....didn’t get along well with other people. Demo (but), I look forward to Nekonome-sensei’s delivery of the newspaper.” She then turned to Tsukune. “That’s why I’m your fan.”

Mizore then pulled out a small scrap book. “Here.” She offered, to which Tsukune accepted. “It’s a scrap book of all the newspaper articles you’ve written.”

Tsukune opened the book. “I appreciate the gesture. I didn’t think that I would actually have some fa-” His eyes suddenly widen as he looked upon the numerous notes that were written alongside the newspaper clippings. Many of them made him feel uneasy.

“I also made some comments about your work.” Mizore stated. “I’ve always liked your columns. They were written from the standpoint of one who his shy and weak. I can relate to it very well.” Then she crossed her legs before tilting her head towards her right. “From what I’ve read, the personality and thinking are akin to my own. You’re a loner type, tadashii (right)? I can tell.”

“Sh-Shirayuki-san...” Tsukune mumbled, unsure of what to say. His mind raced as to how similar Mizore was to Yukari, Moka, even himself at this school for monsters.

Moka could only look on, observed and absorbed the information she was able to gather.

“.....ouch.....” The pink headed vampire heard a moan from Lou and turned towards the American. She then saw that the force of her swing had caused Lou to be smashed into the wall and was a fixed to the wall. Naturally, Moka panicked.

At a small swamp deep within the forest that surrounds Monster Academy. A stone skipped across the surface of the water nine times before it sank beneath the depths.

“Mite (look)! Mite!” Mizore pointed at the ripples the stone produced. “I made it skip nine times!”

“Ano (um)....Shirayuki-san,” Tsukune began. “There’s something that I need to go to at school-”

Mizore interrupted him with an embrace from behind. “Iie...! Its your turn now Tsukune-san, you can’t leave without doing more than four skips!” She then noticed the conflicted look upon Tsukune’s face. “Do you really want to go there? Go where Akashiya Moka is?”

Tsukune noticed how the tone of her voice changed into something more sinister. “Onegai, don’t go. I don’t know what I might do to her if you do. Or maybe, it’s already too late....?”

“Shirayuki-san?”Tsukune turned towards Mizore with horror in his eyes.

“You will be mine, and only mine. Tsukune.” Mizore declared as ice began to form upon her fingertips and hair.

At the classroom that was used for the Newspaper Club, the pink headed vampire laid her head upon the desk that she sat before with her arms as a kind of pillow. With her were the snacks for the party that she and Lou had purchased.

“He’s late....” Moka finally spoke up.

“They’re all late.” Lou stated as he leaned against the makeshift table before looking at his wrist watch. “I swear, if those two are taking their sweet time figuring out what to wear for the party-”

“Do you think that Tsukune could be with that Shirayuki girl?” Moka asked.

“Don’t know.” Lou shrugged before he patted atop of the vampire girl’s head. “But knowing Tsukune, he’ll want to be with yah and will do everything he can to be with yah.” The statement caused Moka to blush. Then they heard the door slide open.

“Tsukune-” Moka rose from her seat, initially happy that Tsukune had arrived. Instead it was Mizore.

Lou then started to rub his shoulders in an effort to keep warm. “Shit! Did it just get real fuckin’ cold in here? Eh?” The American then heard familiar drips of water onto the floor as Mizore approached Moka.

“Gomen, Tsukune won’t be coming.” Mizore stated in an almost threatening tone. “Even if you wait forever.”

“Wait, what did you mean by that?”

“You’re Tsukune’s cousin, seikaku (correct)? I have business with her.” Mizore then turned towards the vampire. “During lunch, you were spying upon Tsukune and I, tadashii (right) Akashiya Moka? What are you, towards Tsukune?”

Almost like lighting, Moka found her neck being squeezed by the unusually cold fingers of Mizore as both fell to the ground. “Wh-what are you?!” She nearly screamed.

“Oy! You can’t just- HOLY SHIT! That’s fucking cold!” Lou drew his hands away and stepped back towards the desks as if his fingers were burned by fire.

“YOU are an eyesore, Akashiya Moka. If you weren’t around, Tsukune would be mine.” Mizore scorned. “Even with me, all he could think about was you. I cannot forgive you. I cannot forgive you.”

“Damare (stop it)!” Moka yelled as she slapped Mizore in her face. To her dismay and shock, the enhanced strength of a sealed vampire only shattered a small portion of Mizore’s face.

“Wh-what the fuck?!” Lou nearly shrieked, his eyes widen in fear and he slowly inched away. Fear ruled each and every one of his actions.

“This is just my ice puppet.” The ice clone of Mizore replied. “The real ‘me’ is with Tsukune.” Then her right arm morphed into a strange ice sword. “Now why don’t you be so kind as to just die?”

Lou then felt the edge of a desk behind him, causing the American to break his momentary laps in judgement due to fear and now noticed that Moka’s life was in danger. With trembling fingers, he reached for a chair. “Alright, it’s now or never.” He raised the chair above his head and readied to smash it atop of the ice clone’s head, yelling out a war cry just at the moment the vampire cried out Tsukune’s name when the ice clone’s blade was about to strike.

The back of the chair slammed into the still fractured head of the ice clone and caused it to shatter into several pieces. Then Kurumu’s serve plate was accidentally smashed into the American’s own head as he collapsed atop of the blushed and recovering vampire.

“Kya! Lou! I didn’t meant to! I was trying to get-” Kurumu attempted to apologize.

“Is it just too much to ask for just ONE day of not gettin’ bruised or injured or anything?” Lou groaned.

Tsukune yelped in surprised as he found himself flung away from Mizore. It was only after his first attempt at returning to his feet did he discover that he was atop of a frozen surface. “Nani (what)?! The swamp is completely frozen over!”

“I won’t let you run away. I can control ice to my whims, like all Yuki Onna can.” Mizore warned just before she snapped her ice fingers. Then the ice just behind of Tsukune rose and shaped itself into a near identical copy of Mizore.

“See? Even I can create copies of myself and make it move and speak like me.” The ice clone stated, much to the surprise of Tsukune.

Tsukune attempted to escape but felt icy fingers wrap around one of his ankles. “Don’t go.” The cloned hand spoke.

“Tsukune, please don’t leave me.” Mizore begged as her icy fingers turned into massive claws and her hair became shards of ice. The ice hand soon increased in size as it crawled up Tsukune’s leg and began to entomb him in ice. Naturally Tsukune did not like the prospect of being frozen alive. “If I freeze you solid, you won’t leave me, seikaku? Then you will be mine.”

Tsukune could only stare in horror as the ice began to envelop his entire body. “Tsukune...it was because of destiny that we were able to meet.” Mizore then carefully and lovingly touched the side of his face with her claws. “We met each other because we were loners.... We are able to understand each other and warm each other’s cold hearts. You’re the only one.... That’s why, Tsukune, please be mine.” Tsukune could only recall how badly he had treated Moka earlier and was filled with regret.

“Tsukune!” Both Tsukune and Mizore looked up to see that Kurumu was carrying Moka and were flying towards their position.

“This is no good.” Mizore stated. “My clone should have finished you off by now.”

“Too bad!” Kurumu countered. “Thanks to my great instincts, your clone is nothing but shattered pieces!”

“Couz’!” New voices were heard as the forms of Lou and Yukari emerged from the forest. Lou nearly collapsed to his knees, using his arms as support as he attempted to regain his breath. He then turned to Yukari. “Sorry and no offense Sabrina, but even though it’s VERY stereotypical, one of these days you have GOT to learn how to fly a broom!” He suggested in between gasps of air.

“Gomen ~Desu!” Yukari shyly replied.

“Don’t get in my way.” Mizore threatened as spires of ice emerged into the air. Kurumu barely was able to dodge the spires, though in effect the action caused her to loose altitude almost immediately. The resulting crash of the succubus and the vampire into Tsukune’s nearly frozen body has freed him from his icy prison. Much to the dismay of the group, the action did not cause Tsukune to accidentally unseal Moka’s other self.

“Odd....” Lou rubbed his chin. “Usually when stuff like that happens, Xena appears.”

“Haiaku (hurry)! Haiaku! We got to help the others ~Desu!” Yukari called out over her shoulder as she raced towards the downed vampire and succubus. However, only a few moments past before she noticed that the American was not with her. “Lou-kun?”

“I’m coming, I’m coming!” Lou stated as he slowly inched around the parameter of the frozen swamp. “I’ll be there soon, don’t wait up!”Yukari could only tilt her head with a raised eyebrow as a reaction to Lou’s actions.

“Tsukune!” Moka called out as she carefully pulled herself to her feet.

“Moka-san....I-” Tsukune began when Mizore approached the monster girls, icy claws ready to strike.

“You people. Those who get in the way of Tsukune and me need to disappear!” Mizore threatened. “Especially you, Akashiya Moka!”

It was at that time did Tsukune stood in between Mizore’s claws and Moka. “Damare (don’t).” He demanded. “This is just going too far, Shirayuki-san!”

“Naze (why)?” Mizore asked. “They were interfering with us! You, of all people, should know what it is like to be so lonely, like me!”

“Demo (but), I’m not lonely.” Tsukune countered, the words caused Mizore to look at him with shocked eyes. “That’s why...”

“Are you....rejecting my....feelings...?” Mizore hung her head, tears building in the corner of her eyes.

“Couz’!” Lou called out to Tsukune at the midpoint of his journey to the trio. “You might want to get Xena out, fast!”

“TSUKUNE!!!” Mizore cried out as a sudden snow storm swirled around her. The Newspaper Club members braced themselves from the storm and the predictable attack. None came as Mizore was gone from sight.

“Well....that was a nice change of pace.” Lou commented with raised eyebrows.

“Shirayuki-san.....” Tsukune could only look on to the space where Mizore had once occupied.

“Where did she go?” Moka wondered. It was at that time that Kurumu heard the noise of ice cracking.

“Chotto (hey)! The ice is-” Too late, the vampire, succubus, and human fell into the freezing water. They were rescued, in time due to Lou’s fear of the ice, when Yukari used her magic to rescue them.

It was the next day and Tsukune, Lou, and Moka were summoned to the Faculty Offices. “Nani?!” Tsukune exclaimed. “You want us to do what?!” He then sneezed, catching a cold from falling into the frozen waters yesterday.

“I was concerned since she didn’t come to class today. Any further absence would just be more trouble for her later on.” Nekonome explained. “So I want you three to go to Shirayuki-san’s dorm room and drag her back to class, ookee? If she’s not there, then at the scenery watch near the cliffs overlooking the sea.”

“Tsh! Easy for you to say.” Lou sarcastically replied. Tsukune and Moka knew exactly what the American had referred to from yesterday. Both had the feeling that the encounter will only end with them encased in ice. Their occasional sneezes didn’t help relieve these fears.

Nekonome then handed Tsukune a note. “This should be her room number. I’m counting on you, since this is your first job Tsukune-kun!” Tsukune groaned, not happy with the election results. Lou was not happy with the arrangement either. “Your’s too, Lou-kun!”

“Don’t remind us....” Lou groaned. Just then, a teacher with dull red hair approached Nekonome. It was the Gym Teacher Okuto Kotsubo.

“Nekonome-sensei, do you have a minute?” Kotsubo asked. “It’s about Shirayuki-san.”

“What happened?” Moka asked before she sneezed, with concern in her voice despite the events from yesterday.

“You don’t know?” Kotsubo raised an eyebrow. “Last night, after meeting two of my Soccer Club members, Shirayuki-san nearly killed them.”

“Eh?” Was Lou’s only reply.

“Ara ma (oh no)...!” Moka gasped, still not being able to believe that Mizore was capable of such a feat, even with the memory of last the two met.

“It’s terrible.” Kotsubo continued. “After nearly beating them to death, she froze them into a block of ice. It was lucky of them to have been discovered in time or else they would HAVE died. Along with those absences, this would be the second time she attacked someone. It would be enough grounds to have her be expelled from the academy.”

Kotsubo then turned towards Tsukune. “Sou ka (I see), you’re Tsukune-san, seikaku (correct)?” The gym teacher then turned back and motioned Nekonome to follow him. “Tonikaku (anyway), we need to discuss this in detail more privately.”

Nekonome simply nodded and followed Totsukbo, leaving the three at the desk. “Yeah....as if our given task wasn’t bad enough as is....” Lou groaned just as another teacher walked up to the three.

“Chotto, Tsukune-kun, Moka-san, McCorray-san.” The math teacher, Kagome Liliko, greeted. “Are you three in trouble?”

“We might as well be.” Lou replied. “We gotta bring Snow White back to class.”

“‘Snow Whiteo’?” Liliko asked.

“He means Shirayuki-san, Liliko-sensei.” Tsukune answered for his cousin.

“Sou ka, that girl has caused too much trouble at the Academy as it stands.” Liliko noted. “However, you will have to be mindful of the other teachers around here. Kotsubo-sensei as well. They’re not as nice as I am.”

“Define ‘nice’.” Lou asked sarcastically, not believing her statement of being kind for a minute.

“Naze?” Tsukune asked.

“That Kotsubo-sensei is infamous for being fast with the other schoolgirls around here as well as being strict. If he sets his eyes on a girl, he doesn’t really let go.” Liliko warned. “Earlier in the semester, if I recall correctly, a girl got suspended because of him. He isn’t someone to have as an enemy.”

“She nearly killed two students?!” Kurumu exclaimed as Tsukune and Moka explained the situation to the succubus and witch.

“Yeah, and WE’RE suppose to bring her back to class.” Lou stated before rubbing the bridge of his nose. “I foresee corpse-sicles in our future....”

“Heart break can do that to a person ~Desu!” Yukari noted. “Shirayuki-san obviously didn’t take Tsukune-san dumping her well ~Desu!”

“Baka!” Kurumu exclaimed as she covered the little witche’s mouth.

“You’re not helpin’ Sabrina.” Lou added.

“It’s......it’s all my fault?” Tsukune held his head.

“Don’t blame yourself Couz’.” Lou slapped his cousin on his back as a way to reassure Tsukune. “The alterative was to be an ice cube. And trust me, few people can really work with the name ‘Ice Cube’.”

“She was just so lonely.” Tsukune noted. “Shirayuki-san couldn’t be that bad.”

“Weather you believe it or not is irrelevant.” The voice of Kotsubo called the group’s attention. “We have proof that it was Shirayuki-san.” He held up a scrap book, to which Tsukune immediately recognized.

Kotsubo opened the scrap book. “Forgive me, Tsukune-san, but I had to read this. It would seem that Shirayuki-san was giving you some problems and bothering you.”

“And nearly freezing us to death.” Lou commented before a thought occurred to him. “Wait, isn’t that considered an invasion of privacy? You reading her diary and all?”

“It’s a scrap book.” Kotsubo corrected.

“But isn’t that considered the same thing?”

“TONIKAKU (anyway),” Kotsubo continued. “Early on in the semester, she fell in love with a teacher. A love that wasn’t accepted by that teacher, and the end result was that Shirayuki-sanfroze him solid and nearly killed him. Like those kids from last night. Because of that, she was suspended from school. That enough should explain the kind of person Shirayuki-san truly is.”

Tsukune and the rest absorbed the information given to them by the gym teacher. Just then, Kotsubo’s words became dark and foreboding. “Don’t you think that it would be better if she was gone, Tsukune-san? Better for the school? Even not, her continued existence at this school wouldn’t make that much of a difference. It’s so annoying that she clings to you so tightly even though you have no such feelings for her, tadashii? I know how you feel.” He smirked sinisterly.

Tsukune then recalled the information given to him by Liliko. “I get it now, the teacher that she attacked that time, that was-”

“Hai, that was me.” Kotsubo finished for Tsukune. “But don’t you worry, I’ll make sure that you do not suffer such a fate as I. I will to whatever it takes to release her from this school.” The group could feel an uncomfortable chill run up and down their spines.

Tsukune soon reached Mizore’s dorm room with Moka observing at a distance and ready to save him at a moment’s notice if anything happened. It was decided earlier that the group should split up and look for Mizore at the two locations, with Lou, Kurumu, and Yukari taking the cliffs.

As Tsukune stood before the door, he pondered at how the school has such bad teachers. The inability for others to understand Mizore. Soon enough, he knocked upon the door. “....who is it?” A voice asked, that of Mizore.

“Shirayuki-san! It’s me, Tsukune!” He called out to Mizore. “Excuse me for being so sudden, but it’s about yesterday. I want to apologize. Things ended rather horribly and I was unable to say everything that needed to be said. Boku (I)-” Tsukune began when ice claws emerged from the door that ultimately pushed him away and onto the ground some distance away.

“Tsukune!” Moka cried out as she rushed to his aid. Once she reached Tsukune, she used her body as a shield to protect him from the Yuki Onna as she approached the pair baring her ice claws.

Tsukune moved Moka away before he faced Mizore. “Matte! Don’t attack us!” He pleaded. “I only want to help you Shirayuki-san!”

Mizore stopped. “Yesterday, you hurt two students, because of me. They were seriously injured and there was talk of suspension! Onegai, come with me and we can explain the situation with them! I know you didn’t do it on purpose!”

“...I thought you understood me.” Mizore nearly cried, causing Tsukune and Moka to react with surprise. “I didn’t hurt them. I did freeze them, but after I recovered from my tantrum, I defrost them. That was all.”

Tsukune then held a look of confusion. It did not match the story Kotsubo gave at the faculty offices earlier. “Did you really think that I’m the kind of girl that would do such a thing to innocent people?” Mizore’s eyes were in tears. “You’ve crossed the line....” And with those words, she disappeared in a flurry of snow and ice.

“Where did she go?” Moka asked. Nearby and hiding his presence, Kotsubo observed the entire conversation.

At the observation point at the cliffs overlooking the red ocean, Lou awaited the Yuki Onna to appear. Off to a distance in hiding, Kurumu and Yukari hid and ready to come to his aid once the code word was uttered by the American.

“Fuckin’ hate the cold!” Lou complained as he rubbed his arms in an effort to get warm.

“I don’t mind it.” Mizore commented from behind, causing the American to jump away in surprise and lost a few years to his time here on Earth.

“Don’t sneak up on people like that!” Lou scolded. “You almost gave me a heart attack!”

“Why are you here?” She asked.

“You, actually.” Mizore turned to face Lou, unsure of what he meant by those words. “Teach want’s you back in class with the others.”

“I don’t mind being alone.” Mizore replied just before Lou flicked the tip of her nose. “Itai!”

“That would be because you don’t give people the chance to really know you, to become friends.” Lou answered.

“Naze? Who would want to be friends with me?”

“I’ve seen weirder actually.”Lou answered. “Trust me, once they warm up to yah they’ll want to be friends.” Then he thought of something. “Um...you don’t have a fear of melting or anything, do you?”

“You always go here when you get depressed, Shirayuki-san.” Kotsubo’s voice brought Lou’s and Mizore’s attention. “Though I didn’t expect McCorray-san to be here as well.”

“Why are YOU here anyway?” Lou asked. “Feel like being an icicle again?” Kotsubo ignored the American’s comment and grabbed Mizore’s shoulders from behind. “Whoh! Personal space there buddy!”

“What are you-” Mizore was interrupted by Kotsubo’s words.

“Be careful,” He warned. “One slip and you fall down to the rocks below. The strong wind doesn’t help either. Shikashi (however), it wouldn’t be so strange and sudden for a girl who skips class to just suddenly fall from a cliff, seikaku?”

“Kotsubo-sensei...?!” Mizore gasped as the gym teacher held a smirk on his face.

“Those aren’t exactly the kind of words you wanna throw around as a joke, Teach.” Lou cautioned.

“Let me go!” Mizore screamed as she struggled to free herself from Kotsubo’s grasp. However the end result was for her to accidentally push him off the cliff.

“Oh crap!”

“Sensei!” Mizore cried out as she looked over the side, only to have an octopus-like tentacle wrap around her leg and pull her towards the edge. Lou barely was able to take hold of the Yuki Onna’s left arm before she was pulled off the cliff.

“That wasn’t very nice, Shirayuki-san.” Kotsubo scolded as he slowly appeared from the cliff side. “If it was anyone else, they would have died.”

“What the fuck?!” Lou cursed, barely keeping hold.

“I was just teasing at first, but now I can’t forgive you.” Kotsubo’s true form was revealed, causing Mizore to scream.

“Oh fuck! It’s a tentacle monster!”

“Nani?! Iie, I’m a kraken!” Kotsubo corrected.

“You holding onto Show White’s leg here like that ain’t helpin’ your argument!” Lou countered before he yelled out over his shoulder. “Peaches!”

At a bush, the succubus and little witch turned to each other. “Does Lou-kun need our help ~Desu?” Yukari asked.

“He didn’t say the code word.” Kurumu answered, but then she added. “What was the code word?”

“Peaches!” Lou yelled as he was suddenly pulled closer to the cliff edge then he would like as Mizore was dragged over and barely hanging on. “Peaches! Peaches! Peaches!!”

“Look at yourself Shirayuki-san. Earlier in the semester, you tried to freeze me to death, tadashii? A dangerous girl like yourself should be dragged to the bottom of the sea!” Kotsubo yelled.

“Oh yeah, we ALL know what tentacle monsters do to young schoolgirls!” Lou commented with sarcasm. “But I think Snow White here would have to pass THAT opportunity. Peaches!”

“I’m a kraken!”

“As if there’s a difference right now!”

“You tried to take advantage of me, harass me!” Mizore yelled out. “I was only trying to defend myself!”

“And considering that he’s a tentacle monster, you were well within your rights. Peaches! For the love of god, peaches!” Lou yelled over his shoulder once again.

“I’m a kraken you baka!” Kotsubo defended.

“Whatever! PEACHES!” Lou yelled as he slipped and barely caught a thorny vine with his hand before he fell over.

“Either way, it will be troublesome for the both of you to spread such distasteful rumors.” Kotsubo threatened. “It will be better if neither of you go to school forever!”

Mizore then realized that Kotsubo tried to frame her for the assault with those two students from last night. Then she looked at Lou who was struggling to save her, though crying out the word “peaches” made her wonder about his sanity. Even so, he was still struggling to save her, from both Kotsubo and from her loneliness. She reasoned that it would have been better for everyone if she was gone as she grabbed Lou’s wrist. The action caused Lou to loose his grip upon the yuki onna.

“What are you doing?!”

“Gomen nasai (I’m so sorry), for causing you such trouble.” With those words, she let go of Lou’s wrist. She felt herself falling towards the sea for but a moment before she felt the hands of another grasping her wrist. The hand of Tsukune as he was being prevented from falling over by Moka’s hold. “Naze?”

“Don’t let go! Hold on!” Tsukune pleaded just as Kurumu and Yukari arrived on the scene.

“Took yah long enough! I was yelling ‘peaches’ at the top of my lungs!” Lou scolded.

“Gomen!” Both Yukari and Kurumu apologized.

“We didn’t remember the code word.” Kurumu revealed, causing Lou to slap himself in the forehead.

“How could you forget a word like ‘peaches’- never mind, just make sure I don’t fall over!” Lou ordered as he held out his hand for Mizore. “Give me your other hand!”

“DON’T GET IN MY WAY!” Kotsubo yelled out as he shot a tentacle towards the group.

“Shit! Xena time!” Lou then grabbed Moka’s rosario and pulled it, causing a massive wave of supernatural aura to be emitted from her and changing the vampire to her other self. She was able to take a hold of the tentacle before it reached Tsukune.

“Nani?! A vampire?!” Kotsubo exclaimed.

“An octopus?” The other Moka raised an eyebrow. “You’ve awakened me for an octopus?”

“Yeah, a fuckin’ tentacle monster!”

“I’m a kraken!” Kotsubo corrected.

“We don’t fuckin’ care!” Lou countered. “Look: Japanese Schoolgirl in a uniform, tentacles, molestation, do the math!”

“Such a bother...” The other Moka sighed in boredom as she pulled on the tentacle, causing Kotsubo to be flung over the cliff face and slammed into the ground. The action caused the kraken to release its hold upon Mizore, allowing Tsukune and Lou to pull her back up to safety.

“Wh-what strength!” Kotsubo gasped in horror. Just then, the other Moka pulled upon the tentacle to draw the kraken towards the released vampire. She then kicked the gym teacher in the face and the resulted, combined force caused Kotsubo to fly over the vampire and over the cliffs to the sea below.

A day had passed since the incident with Kotsubo at the cliff. He sustained several injuries that would take him a full two weeks to fully recover and the other faculty knew the truth from what was revealed to them by those who were present at the area. Combined with his own confession, Kotsubo was suspended as a teacher until the next semester, the entire faculty concluded that he had suffered enough. Also, the issue with Mizore’s suspension was resolved.

On the way to school, Tsukune, Moka, and Lou walked down the path that lead to the school gates when they suddenly felt a chill from behind. They turned to find a certain yuki onna who revealed herself from her hiding spot behind a nearby tree.

“Ohayo (good morning) Tsukune-kun.” Mizore greeted.

“Shirayuki-san!” Tsukune exclaimed. “What did you do to your hair?”

“I tried cutting it.” Mizore answered. “Do you like it?”

“It looks cute!” Moka complimented.

“Yeah, it looks great on you!” Tsukune added.

“It looks okay for me.” Lou shrugged.

“Arigato (thank you), Tsukune-kun, Lou-kun, now I don’t feel so burdened.” Mizore thanked. The trio were glad that the yuki onna was opening up to other people more.

However, during the walk to class, they soon learned that Mizore still insisted on stalking Tsukune. “Don’t pop out of nowhere like that!” Tsukune yelled. Lou could only rub the bridge of his nose.

“THIS just keeps getting better, and BETTER..!” Lou groaned before he noticed that Mizore had spied upon him as well. “What are you looking at?”