Amity to vampire

Chapter 9: Jell

It has been a while now. The girls had waited for Moka, but she never came back to the tabkle.

"I wonder if she's okay?"

Kurumu stood up. The succubus stopped when she felt a tug at her wrist. Looking down she could see mizore's pale hand clutching her.

"Mizore?"

Kurumu said as she furrowed her brows. Mizore shook her head. Kurumu frowned. The succubus knew Moka took it especially hard, but did she really want to admit it? Her rival?

"We'll be late desu..."

Yukari added. The succubus admitted defeat, for now, but when the day was done, she would find a way around this situation. No one, not even Tsukune himself would keep himself form her.

"Kurumu-san...Moka-san probably already went to class desu."

Kurumu hesitated, but Mizore insisted with gentle tugs. Eventually the Succubus gave in to her friend's demands and followed them back to class.

At the end of the day the girls met in the Clubroom. Kurumu was the last to club. When she walked in the only occupants were Gin, Mizore, Yukari and Kokoa.

"What's going on? Where's Moka?"

She looked to Gin but he gave no useable response as he simply shook his head. Kokoa sat at the table with her head lowered. She had a white bandage wrapped around her head from her earlier injuries, even little Kou sat on Kokoa's shoulder with a band-aid across his forehead.

"No one's seen her."

Mizore said plainly.

"We've asked all the teachers...they said Moka-san hasn't been to any of her classes all day desu!"

Yukari explained as she fought to keep the tears back.

"W..what could be wrong with her?!"

Kurumu whipped around and went to grab the doorknob.

"Wait! What do you plan on doing?"

Mizore called out as she stood to her feet, her hands clutched against her chest.

"I'm going to find out why Moka is being so spoiled about this! It was Tsukune's choice, and because of her he stuck with it!"

The succubus yelled as she stormed out the room.

"Kurumu-san..."

Yukari said with a broken voice. Seeing her friends so torn about it broke her heart. She didn't quite grasp the problem. Tsukune didn't leave forever...he'd visit right? Call? Send letters?

Kurumu made her way passed the graveyard to the dormitories.

Tsukune somehow managed to survive to the end of the day. He packed up his books and made his way outside. Kyouko had gotten her bike, and stood at the school's gates with her friends. Noticing her cousin Kyouko calls out to him

"Tsukki!"

The young girl waves to her younger cousin. Tsukuen walks over, chuckling nervously as Kyouko's female friends giggle at the young boy's presence. Kyouko pouts and shoos her friends. They run off.

"See you tomorrow Kyouko-chan!"

They call as they continue their giggles.

"Ready to go home Tsukki?"

"Hn."

Tsukune nods and follows his cousin.

"How did you like your first day Tsukki?"

Kyouko asked as the two slowly walked down the sidewalk. Tsukune sighed and looked to the ground as he walked.

"I suppose it was pretty...calm."

He said.

"It's nothing like my old school."

He laughed with a wide smile, but inside he shouted at himself. Old school! Old! It has already become an old memory? No, he couldn't give away those memories, those feelings so soon.

"I'm not used to it, it's so quiet."

He honestly spoke. Kyouko frowned a bit and looked to him.

"Tsukki...your old school was really dangerous, you're not mad at obasan and otojisan for moving you...?"

Tsukune looked up to the sky. It was a still bright blue, but at the horizon ripples of Sunkist orange danced their way higher into the sky as the sun slowly retreated.

"I'm angrier with myself for not being strong enough to say no. I know you were worried Kyouko-nee-chan, and I'm really glad you didn't tell okkasan, but..."

Kyouko stopped. Tsukune had walked ahead for a few feet until he had finally realized his cousin had stopped. He turns to face the young woman when he hears her stifling back laughter. When he looks to her she laughs harder, putting her hand over her mouth to hold what she could, back.

"W-what's so funny?"

Kyouko walked up to him and patted his shoulder.

"I think Tsukki had a sweetheart in his old school~"

She walked ahead of him, leaving him stunned in place. His face took on a shade of red that rivaled the ripest of tomatoes.

"W-wait! What do you mean?! Kyouko-nee-chan!"

Tsukune called after her, Kyouko taking to a faster stride, running from her cousin.

Tsukune was glad to get home and wash the day out of his skin. After his bath he had eaten dinner with his family. Dinner was filled with inquiry of his new school and talk of school clubs, which would be looking for members soon, although Tsukune knew there was only one club he could ever see himself being part of...

After dinner Tsukune went up to his room to do his homework. He found himself rereading the same line of questions over and over until he decided to pull out a sheet of clean washi paper. He began writing in a takegaki style.

The first day of April, and spring is just beginning. Are there sakura trees in the Youkai world? They are just starting to bloom here. Kyouko, my cousin, wants to go flower viewing. I wish you all could see it. Going to school here...is certainly different.

Soon after finishing his latter, Tsukune fell asleep on his desk. Having come in to check on him, his mother finds the young boy sound asleep. She was sure he was tired from his first day in a new school. She glanced at the letter when it came into her line of sight. Smiling warmly she straightened out his books and pulled a warm blanket over his shoulders.

"Oyasuminasai, Tsukune."

His mother said, kissing his forehead softly.

"M...moka-san..."

He muttered. His mother smiled and left the room, leaving Tsukuen to his sleep.