Rosario + NEEDLESS

Chapter 1

He was one of the two passengers on the bus: Adam Czar. His appearance was of a young man on his way to school. A green jacket clung to his arms. Underneath the jacket was a white collared shirt with a black necktie. His face was angled and his scalp was graced with a forest of white hair. There were two irregularities with his appearance, which concerned him. First was the steel collar that encircled his neck with '080.A.C.' engraved into it. "It makes the uniform collar too low and it's too noticeable. If only I could control Doppelganger for hours at a time, this would be easy to hide, but NO, Doppelganger requires huge calorie intakes and 'Super Gel Dero Doro Drink' won't be around for a few decades, at least," he thought to himself. His thoughts shifted to the small gem in the middle of his forehead, "Well at least the Byakugou shouldn't be too noticeable." In his mind he guessed that he was handsome and hoped that the school would accept him.

"So you're the new student at Youkai Academy," the bus driver asked, interrupting Adam's thoughts.

"Yeah," Czar answered back. He found the bus driver as an average kind of guy despite the driver's eyes being only specks of light in the shadow of his hat. "He's a lot tamer than some of the things in the BLACK SPOT," Adam thought, remembering his past that took place in the far future.

"Wow," the other passenger, another boy of Adam's age exclaimed, seemingly only noticing Adam for the first time, "I never thought there'd be another rider on this bus." He wore the same uniform as Adam, had dark hair and a bland face that was unremarkable. The boy had introduced himself as Tsukune Aono when he sat down opposite of Adam. He cast an aura of cheerfulness that seemed out of place for simply going to high school.

He gritted his teeth as memories of the Triple 6 Committee resurfaced. "At least they can't follow me here," he smirked.

"Here we are," the driver declared, "Youkai Academy." Adam moved to the front of the bus. As the boys stepped off, the driver added, "Be careful, Youkai Academy is a scaaaarrry place."

"I'll manage," Czar replied, scanning the area as the bus drove off.

The area was not too far removed from the Black Spot in terms of atmosphere, desolate. The sky was greyish blue and a sea that was visible was a shade of violet. The only noticeable variance was the forest of trees on either side of the path that Czar walked on. The Black Spot had been void of plant life except for one patch of sunflowers, a patch that no longer existed.

"So Adam," Tsukune asked awkwardly, "How do you feel about the first day of high school? At least, I'm assuming you're a first year?"

"Apparently so," Czar replied, "It'll be a change. I won't be able to punch the face in of every punk who thinks their 'above everyone else'. I'll have to, how'd the message put it, 'use my words to solve problems'. I guess it's for the best with me not having met people my age who weren't trying to kill me. If it's not like St. Rose Academy it should be fine."

"St. Rose Academy? What's…"

"You don't wanna know," Czar cut off the boy. "Not like you'd believe me anyway. NEEDLESS shouldn't exist for another century."

"Well," Tsukune continued, "It's different for someone else to ride the bus here but me so, I don't mean to pry but, what's your true form?"

"Huh? True form?"

"You don't need to tell me, it's kind of against school rules to reveal it but I was just curious of if you're human."

"You mean there are NEEDLESS and Half-s here too? I thought those wouldn't appear for another several decades. What kind of school is this?"

"Judging by that reaction, I take it that you are human," Tsukune stated. He sighed, "I guess I'll have to tell you. Youkai Academy is a school for monsters, though I've not heard of those two things you mentioned. Anyway, this is a school were monsters learn to integrate with human society. The first requirement is a human disguise. Monsters are required to maintain it at all times. Revealing your true form is against the rules except in a few circumstances, but no one really cares if someone falls out of disguise. At least nobody did last year when it felt like I had to fight off an attacker every other week."

"What kind of monsters are they? And why's being human so special?" asked Adam, the thought of being attacked he considered irrelevent because of his fragments.

"Oh, you know, your generic horror movie set, but some are different than fiction depicts. As for being human…"

The second year was cut off by the sound of growling. Both boys turned to see a beast with the head of a bull, the body of a dog, and the quills of a hedgehog, twenty feet behind them on the path. It snarled, showing an impressive collection of sharp teeth, before charging at Tsukune.

"I'll tell you later," Tsukune yelled franticly as he fled, "Look for me at the Newspaper Club and don't tell anyone else about your species. I'll explain then!"

Czar watched as the boy disappeared through the trees, the beast following closely. The member of the Adam Series decided that if humanity was special, then using a fragment right after someone came to the conclusion that he was human, even if it was mostly wrong, he would not prove them wrong. A second later, he resumed his own stroll at a leisurely pace.

The entrance ceremony for first years had been dull. Simply a reiteration of what Tsukune had told him: co-existence with humans. Afterwards, Czar reported to his homeroom, 1-C. Czar chose the seat closest to the door, deciding that it'd be the fastest seat to leave from when class ended and the quickest to reach if he was ever running late.

The teacher, Ms. Ririko, was once again going over the school rules. Czar noticed that the other boys in class were hanging on to her every word, many of them drooling. 'Pfft,' he thought to himself, 'She may be pretty, but she has nothing on Riru.'

"As you all are aware," the shapely teacher said, "Youkai Academy exists for the purpose of preparing monsters for living in the human society. The humans rule so it is our responsibility to remain existent only in their myths and legends."

"I take issue with that! We are obviously superior to them! Why should we bow to them?" a female voice spoke up behind Adam, accompanied by the sound of a sliding chair. The clone of the Second Christ slowly turned in his seat to see the source.

The objection was from the desk directly behind him, Adam realized. The girl had a petite frame and auburn hair styled in a way reminiscent of Solva, short twin-tails. One of the more striking features about the girl's appearance was the bat sitting on her shoulder.

The room fell silent for a few seconds at the authority in the girl's voice. "And you would be?" Ms. Ririko asked.

"Kokoa Shuzen," came the reply. Immediately the room was abuzz with whispers. The only things that Czar was able to pick up were "vampire" and "S-class monster".

"Okay then, Kokoa," Adam spat contemptuously, "Kindly sit down, and SHUT UP."

The other students gasped. Kokoa seemed at a loss of words. Ririko sighed as the situation started to deteriorate.

The little vampire finally found her voice, "What did you just say?"

"You got wax in your ears, Missy? I told you to shut up and take your seat. This is the third time I've had to listen to this speech and I want it over with so that I can talk with someone I met earlier."

"Someone seems sure of their superiority here," Kokoa returned with similar contempt, as she gripped the edges of her desk. The in an instant she had the desk over her head, "We'll write it on your tombstone," she declared as she swung it down at Czar, "Right under 'Pissed off a vampire'."

"Power fragment," Czar whispered under his breath as he reached with his left hand. The improvised weapon collided with the intercepting limb and the stress of being caught between two clashing strengths caused the furniture to shatter.

The clash ended with wood fragments littering the floor and Kokoa standing dumbfounded, holding a desk leg in each hand. A second passed before she seemed to realize the outcome. With a blush, she dropped one of the broken legs and pointed at Czar with her free hand, "What is your name?" the little vampire demanded.

"Adam Czar," replied the Needless.

"Well then, Adam Czar, we'll continue this later at a more discreet location," Kokoa declared as she sat down in her chair, ignoring the fact she no longer had an intact desk.

"Fine by me," Adam replied as he turned back to face the front of the classroom, ignoring the stares from his amazed classmates.

Author Notes

Hey everyone, slugboy here. This was just a story idea that I had back in October but never really got around to. Originally it was the bland 'replace Tsukune' formula but that is entirely overused. I finally decided that it would take place during Season two of the R+V manga. Adam Czar IS an OC that I made to fit this crossover because, as those familiar with NEEDLESS would know, neither Blade nor Arclight (Adam series clones 079.A.B. and 078.A.A. respectively) would be young enough or even interested with high school. None of the other known characters would be able reach this time in the past because NEEDLESS only ever have one fragment (power) and there hasn't been a space-time fragment, yet. For those who don't know about NEEDLESS, the Adam series was man's attempt to clone God. Arclight and Blade were the first successes and the fragment that all Adam series have is 'Zero', the ability to learn other fragments. I'd highly suggest reading NEEDLESS or watching the anime to anyone curious.

Also, to those who were hoping I'd post the next chapter to Zero's Dog, I'm sorry for it taking so long but I've got writer's block about the chapter 14 ending.

Thank you for reading. Please review.