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Thanks for the reviews! And here I present to you… Dun dun dun… Chapter 6! If any of you were wondering if I have a grudge against Gin, I don't, I just like picking on him.

Though you'll find that hard to believe once you read this chapter. I'm pleased to say this chapter was longer than the last one. By the way, just to warn you, even though this

started at Kuyou; Kokoa and Kahlua has already been introduced, it makes my life a whole lot more easier and you won't have to read what you already know. Enjoy, my

readers! By the way, as a side note, if you haven't noticed already, I changed the title to Shattered Skies. I have a reason for that, which you will find out later in the story, so

don't be surprised by the change. The title makes it sound like something bad is going to happen doesn't it? Well maybe, I'm not giving any spoilers out.

'Oh hell… Why does this always happen to me.'

'Some people out there hate you.'

'No kidding.'

Tsukune heard a squeak and then the door closed. Tsukune sighed than threw on the rest of his clothes on and raced out into the hallways, after Moka…

Chapter 6 The Start of Summer Break:

Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morningand the rest of the day will take care of itself. ~Elbert Hubbard

The brain cells for depression are the ones that die out first. ~ Leonard Cohen

Tsukune was running through the halls after Moka. He could see the edge of pink hair at a corner. Tsukune put on an extra burst of speed, trying to catch up to Moka. As he turned around the corner however, he saw something he dreaded even in his nightmares. Kokoa… and she had caught sight of Moka and was now chasing after her. Tsukune groaned inwardly at this sudden new complication. Kokoa had a transformed Kou-chan/Morning star in her hands. Tsukune was wondering about that as he thought,

'I mean I thought weapons weren't allowed on campus. I guess it doesn't apply to demon schools.'

'You're telling me? I never even went to school. All we needed was a master and we studied under him or her as a disciple and learned the trade.'

'Well… I don't know what to say to that but okay. Got any idea how to handle this?'

'Well I've never seen the little squirt or the bat but I'd say… Bribe her with a lollipop and then throw a bag over her head and throw her in the dumpster.'

'And what would that accomplish… Besides her getting pissed off more than usual?'

'Uh, I don't know. I just want to see what would happen!' Tsukune could seriously imagine her doing a thumbs up sign at him.

'Whatever, I need to help Moka-chan so I guess I'm going to go…'

'It's your neck.'

Tsukune ran ahead and actually managed to catch up to them because Kokoa had to keep slamming Kou-chan and then pull it out which took a while. Since she had such monstrous strength, she wasn't even sweating a drop. If possible, she seemed more energetic then when she first started. Tsukune could see the whole conflict (rather one sided to me, *cough* Kokoa *cough* *cough*) and he knew he just had to help Moka. Moka wouldn't be able to last much longer if this kept up. Tsukune sighed and sneaked across the hall quickly, but quietly as he neared Moka and Kokoa. Then he did something incredibly stupid that actually worked, he tackled Kokoa to the ground and ran towards Moka, if tripping a bit as he ran. When Tsukune got to her, he grabbed her arm and pulled her along. Tsukune ran as fast as he could in his human state. Surprisingly, they managed to open the door to a random room and close it quietly behind them. They both collapsed onto the floor, gasping from the little episode. When they had caught back their breaths a bit, Moka looked over at Tsukune and said,

"Tsukune-kun… I'm sorry." Moka turned her head sideways in shame of worrying Tsukune, allowing her graceful hair fall over and cover her beautiful face. Tsukune at that moment felt blood rush towards her cheeks as he gazed upon her. He suddenly felt a sudden protectiveness towards Moka. He knew what he was going to use his powers for now. He understood Syunesh's warning of power. He would never let it consume him to the point where he was no longer in control of it. If he was no longer in control of it, he would probably hurt all the people around him in his state. Including Moka… That was one thing he would never accept, if he ever hurt her, well he would rather die. In one of their previous mental talks…

'Do you regret it?'

'What do you mean?'

'I am talking about you changing. You are no longer human anymore; actually, you never were human. You always had the elven genes, it was just never awakened.'

'I… I don't know what think of this. The past few days have gone by so fast, I don't think my brain has had time to process that I'm really not human, I don't think it can even comprehend it.'

'Well do you regret it? Do you regret being given power? That in itself carries responsibility, how you use it is up to you. However, can you handle it? Do you think you'll be able to shoulder the burden? You have the choice of making people fear you or praise you.'

'I don't really think I'm worthy of this. I mean, I don't have any redeeming qualities about me. I'm not brave, I'm not strong, I always looked from the side watching my friends fight for me. While they always got hurt… And I… I was never… All I could do was try my best to sound upbeat and, well, try not to bring down their spirits by my own misery of feeling helpless.'

'You sound like you always wanted power.'

'I… did… if only to help my friends.'

'Well than, I will give you yet another clear warning, power… It can either be the greatest gift, or the worst curse ever to bear. If you're ever faced with an important and pressing decision, do not ever listen to your heart. For from it only comes all your desires and intentions, it will cloud your mind in your time of judgment. Use your mind, It's more trustworthy than your heart.'

Tsukune sighed. He was thinking that he finally found an answer to those questions. He conveyed to the Guardian,

'I think I have finally found the answers to your questions.'

'Oh really now? Well then… Let's hear it.'

'I do not regret gaining power. I will be able to handle it, if I have my friends by my side. This… even though it will be challenging, I am quite confident that I will use it wisely. I… I know that this answer sounds pretty lame, but it's the truth.'

'Well, it seems you have grown smarter in your answers. I suppose you'll do fine.'

Tsukune felt like a huge burden over his mind had been lifted. Which it had. He spoke with a strong voice,

"Moka-chan, you have nothing to be sorry for. You had every right to be mad back at the bus (this was a sort of a lie) and it was my fault for not locking my door before changing."

Moka slowly lifted her eyes towards Tsukune's. She was feeling something more than what she usually felt towards Tsukune. What was it? She thought. Her emotions were in a big jumble, she couldn't decipher what she was even feeling. But it was pleasant all the same. Unbeknownst to both of them, they were slowly edging closer to each other. Unfortunately, there was a familiar rumbling of running feet.

"ONEE-CHAAAAAN!!! PREPARE YOURSELF!" screamed Kokoa as she swung Kou-chan into the wall, leaving a huge gaping hole there and with a pissed little figure standing in the midst of it.

"Ah! Kokoa-chan! Watch where you swing that morning star, you could hurt somebody" scolded Moka-chan.

Kokoa ignored that and swung her weapon at Moka-chan and Tsukune. *BOOOOOOOOOOOM*. Tsukune and Moka jumped to the side just in time. Sadly, the room was not so lucky.

"Moka-chan, let's run!" yelled Tsukune over the noise. They fled under the cover of the smoke Kokoa's morning star created. As they were running, they bumped into Gin.

"Hey guys, what was that n-" Tsukune "accidentally" pushed Gin back towards Kokoa. They kept running to Moka's room, and as they were running, they heard screams of pain, until they could hear nothing more… Moka-chan opened the door, and Tsukune rushed in, Moka slammed the door shut. Both of them bent over, panting.

"That was close" they said in unison.

Back over there…

Kokoa stepped on Gin's head.

"Damn it, I lost Onee-chan's trail because of this idiot pervert."

Kokoa finally got bored and went wandering around the school grounds. Luckily for Gin, someone who didn't actually hate him found him lying on the floor, groaning. He was quickly sent to the hospital.

Back over at Moka's room…

"Geez, I think I'm going to be able to enter the Olympics at this rate" sighed a very weary Tsukune.

Moka giggled slightly at his antics. The sunlight was pouring over into the room so that Moka could see everything easily. However when Moka happened to glance outside,

'What was that?'

'Hmm?'

'I felt a presence outside… It was not like any of the student's here.'

'Could it be more trouble?'

'Could be.'

Moka started to worry. She started having a bit of a paranoid touch to her vision. Every movement caused her to jump slightly. When Tsukune noticed this, he reached out for Moka's shoulder to ask her what was wrong. When he put his hand on her shoulder, she jumped yet again. Tsukune was worried more then ever now.

"Moka-chan, what's the matter? Did something happen? What's troubling you?"

When Moka realized it was Tsukune she relaxed. For a second, she considered telling him her problems. But she thought that he would think that she's mental. So she just shrugged it off saying,

"Nothing Tsukune-kun, I just thought I saw something."

"Oh okay."

They sat on the floor in silence as the time passed by. They chatted a bit, but neither felt like talking much. Eventually Tsukune got up, bid Moka good night, and then walked out to his dorm. Moka hardly noticed. She was preoccupied by those few sentences her inner self had told her. She didn't know why, but she had a bad feeling. It should have been nothing, after all; it was just a presence… Right?

Outside the dorms, there was a lone figure; strangely the moonlight didn't provide a sight for him. It was as if, the light couldn't even reach his face. In a chilly voice he seemed to be speaking to the air as he said,

"Yes… Tsukune Aono is… Quite an interesting case… We will begin our plan in a two days…"

An unknown voice spoke in response, "Excellent… make sure he does not know what we're doing… Do not fail me…"

"Yes… master…"

The figure slowly let darkness consume him… until the moonlight once again lit the ground where the figure had stood…

The next day…

Tsukune was walking to school yet again as yet again Moka jogged up to him. Moka had her snack, and they continued. It seemed like it was going to be another boring day when Tsukune felt a familiar softness being rubbed into the back of his head.

"Tsukune! Good morning!" cheered a cheerful Kurumu.

"Ah… Kurumu-san, please don't d-"

As if the heavens heard him, a giant wash pan slammed onto her head, knocking her unconscious. "Good morning Tsukune!" squeaked the tiny Yukari as she hugged Tsukune. Out of no where Yukari was frozen in ice.

"Hello Tsukune" said a voice behind a wall. Yes of course it was Mizore (Yes, yes. I know you people are dead tired of the same thing over and over again. So am I, but I can't think of any way to introduce them into the story.)

"Kurumu, Yukari, Mizore! Where were you guys? I haven't seen you guys for days" said Moka.

Kurumu finally having regained consciousness piped up about a whole story about them fighting. First Kurumu had talked about her having the best chance of being with Tsukune. Mizore and Yukari disagreed. Then they all fought. Yukari conjured frozen (courtesy of Mizore) wash bins at Kurumu. Kurumu retaliated with her claws and flying ability; and so on and on. Tsukune almost fell asleep, though when she finished he was completely awake. Moka on the other hand was listening avidly to her tale of bravery (yeah right) and how she graciously spared them. Well what really happened was after they fought, they all collapsed and then they were taken to the nurse. Moka drunk in all her words like a water deprived woman. As they were talking, they entered the nurse's office. Tsukune remembered what he did to Gin-sempai and he was consumed by guilt (go figure). He walked up to Gin's bed and looked at a pad with the list of his injuries.

The pad said a few things, his name and his class. Below were his injuries.

Ginei has suffered a fractured skull, three broken ribs, both legs broken, and, his manhood was severely injured. Half of it had to be cut off if he were to live with the pain. (You know EXACTLY what that meant).

Tsukune tried very head not to laugh, he really did. But it was so funny, he let a chuckle escape between his lips. The girls, curious, also read the paper on the pad. They too laughed, except they didn't try to hold it in. (Moka tried a bit). As if in a daze, Gin woke up to the laughter of his friends beside his bedside. Puzzled, he asked,

"Hey guys, what's up? What happened to me? Where am I?"

Shut up you half-a-man. said Kurumu.

"What the hell? Who's a half-a-man? Tsukune! What happened?"

"Well, that is…" Tsukune started. Saving him from answering, Kurumu butted in,

"Tsukune doesn't have to answer that. After all, he doesn't know what happened either, right?"

"Err… Right Kurumu-san…" Tsukune lied. Moka glanced nervously at Tsukune, but kept quiet.

"Hmm, well if you say so Tsukune" said Gin. When everything seemed to have quieted down, Gin unexpectedly piped up,

"So what do you mean by half a man…?" Without a word, Kurumu handed Gin the pad. Gin quickly scanned the pad through and through. After a few seconds, his eyes narrowed on a particular spot and he shuddered. He slowly looked down and said,

"Do you mind giving me a moment?" Wordlessly they quietly walked outside the room and closed the door. As soon as it was shut, the girls started cheering and laughing. Tsukune on the other hand seriously pitied Gin, after all he knew how important it was to a male. Especially to a pervert like Gin.

'Oh well, at least he still has the other one, he only needs one.' Tsukune thought cheerfully. On the other side of the door, Tsukune could hear Gin crying. Suddenly, he remembered if a little blurry, that the bell had already rang thirty minutes ago. He didn't notice because he was busy talking with Moka.

'Ah shit. What do I do now…?'

'I don't know. What do you want from a dead person? I lived my life already, I don't have to do anything anymore.'

'Well… you're helpful…'

Tsukune had three choices. Just keep going, and act like nothing was wrong. Two, just go back to his room and sleep the whole day and screw tomorrow. Or three, grab Moka and rush to homeroom. Tsukune chose the latter. As he grabbed Moka, he put on a burst of speed and ran like the devil himself was chasing him. Moka seemed to be fluttering like a flag behind Tsukune. She was confused as much as any person who finds herself being pulled and dragged away from her friends. Tsukune forgot his common sense and slammed into the door without turning the knob first. As the door swung open, he couldn't see anyone inside except Ms. Nekonome at her desk.

"Oh Tsukune-kun, what a surprise! And Moka-chan too! What are you two doing here right now?"

"Huh? Where is everybody?" answered Tsukune

"Ah, I suppose you didn't know after all, coming to class late" Ms. Nekonome gave Tsukune a disappointed look.

"Oh, sorry sensei. We were visiting Gin-sempai after we heard that he got injured" Tsukune replied.

"Good job you guys, I'm sure Gin-kun must've been happy to be visited by his friends."

"Well I suppose I should explain" went on Ms. Nekonome. "You see, the Board Chairman has announced to take this day off to call your parents and remind them that you will be going back home for break tomorrow."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I was too busy to remember that"

Ms. Nekonome smiled and said "You aren't the only one. I only just remembered when the Board Chairman told me this morning on my way here. I'll see you after break. Have a good time Moka-chan, Tsukune-kun." As she waved them off.

As they were walking towards the phone booths, Moka was having an internal conversation.

'I feel sad.'

'Why is that?'

'Because, I won't be able to see Tsukune-kun for three whole months.'

'Now who decided that?'

'Well it's not like we can follow Tsukune to his house and stay there the whole family.'

'There are other ways to have fun during summer then just hanging around Tsukune the whole time.'

'I know… but I'll miss him, and Kurumu-chan and Mizore-chan and Yukari-chan and.' Moka listed a whole bunch of people attending Youkai Academy.

'Enough! I don't want to hear all these people I don't even know or care about. Now hurry up and phone mother. We're here.'

And so they were. After they finished talking to their families Tsukune and Moka went looking for their friends to say goodbye.

The following morning…

Tsukune was somewhere dark. He couldn't see anything. All he could see was black, black, and more black. Soon he got sick of trying to penetrate the darkness with his eyes. He couldn't even see his hands as he held them in front of his face. As Tsukune was really beginning to get worried, a voice called rang inside his head.

"TSUKUNE AONO?" The words rang inside his head and caused him to fall to his knees in pain.

"W-wh-who a-ar-are you?" Tsukune managed to say through gritted teeth.

"TSUKUNE AONO?" The voice repeated.

"Yes… now what do you want?" the pain started to fade a bit.

The voice quieted down and then "YOU ARE IN GRAVE DANGER… BEWARE HE WHO IS HALF, YET WHOLE."

"What do you mean" Tsukune called out.

The voice ignored him and didn't speak again.

"Hey… Hey! Answer me damn it!" Pain seemed to be seeping through him again. Suddenly a crack of light appeared above him. It flooded all over him and he awoke in a sweat. Tsukune lay gasping on his bead, sweat all over his body.

"Just a dream… Just a dream… Don't let it get to you Tsukune." He murmured to himself. He slowly got up and as if he were in great pain, limped across to the bathroom. He locked the door and went into the shower. The warm water pouring onto him seemed to calm him down tremendously. After he was done, he dried himself with a towel he brought then rushed to his closet. He hurriedly changed into regular clothing, not the uniform of Youkai Academy. He then started stuffing his belongings into his suitcase and then hurried down to the bus. Yet again as he climbed onto the bus, there was no one else inside. Or so he thought. As he greeted the bus driver and sat down in the middle of the bus, another person climbed in. It wasn't anyone he recognized, Tsukune had never seen him before. He had a bit longer hair then most males. He had dark brown hair that shined in the light. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt and black jeans. He had blue eyes, and dark leather black shoes. He looked around his own age. Overall, he was quite the looker. He was smiling as he climbed onto the bus. He walked across the aisle way and sat into the seat to the left of Tsukune. He glanced over and said,

"Hey, how are ya doing?"

"Not bad, just going home" answered Tsukune.

"Cool, the names Richard, you?"

" My name's Tsukune." Tsukune got the impression that Richard was a playful, carefree guy with little or no troubles at all. He kind of envied him for that.

'Something's not right.'

'What?'

'That person… Something just feels strange about him.'

'Who? Richard? Nah, you're just thinking too much.'

"So, where are you getting off?" asked Richard.

"Uh, Japan."

"Oh cool, I am too. I guess that makes sense since we're on the same bus." They talked more and Tsukune found Richard's company to be delightful. Time flew by quickly that when Richard said that sentence, he almost didn't catch it.

"Did you hear? I heard a student from our school got kidnapped. Some girl named Moka Akashiya I think. Tsukune's heart stopped beating when he heard that.

"What did you say?" Tsukune managed to croak out.

"Yea, I'm surprised too. I heard some vampire named William took her early in the morning." Tsukune suddenly stood up and yelled

"Bus driver-san! STOP RIGHT NOW!" The bus stopped and the bus driver asked in a confused voice,

"Why?"

"NO TIME!" Tsukune started to run out but then realizing he didn't know where Moka was he ran back to Richard and asked,

"I forgot, where is it?"

Richard sweat dropped and told him. His mind couldn't process much, all he could think about was that Moka had been kidnapped. He didn't even note how Richard knew this or knew where Moka was. Although it was very strange. Visions of Moka being tortured passed across his eyes and he put on a burst of speed. Tsukune ran to the destination and came across a quite large and decent house. It had a pleasant feeling to it and there didn't seem to have any other houses nearby. You could see the sea here. He took a deep breath, and then kicked into the door than ran in…

Next chapter…

"No, this is my summer house" replied Moka

"Woah, that's cool. So umm… sorry about what just happened." Tsukune said

"Don't worry about it, my father's forgiving enough."

excuses. Goodness knows you've had enough so yeah. Umm, Richard does play a role in this story, but not a big one. So I don't think you can really count him as another

character… but whatever. Anyways review advice, complaints, thoughts, whatever. Or PM me for questions. I know this chapter wasn't really funny or fun but whatever. Blame

my manager (I don't have one =D)