Authors Note: *sigh* alright, let's do this.

As my subconscious began to fall into the depths of the swirling darkness I began to think. Think of what exactly? Well I can probably answer that with just one, overly complicated word…everything.

Everything that has happened to me in only a span of a few months, I was preparing myself for high school like any "normal" soon-to-be-freshmen and then all of a sudden it all changes. Now I'm a freshman in high school but said school was built for MONSTERS, Dracula, the wolf man, I bet even Frankenstein probably went here! But not only that, at any point in time (especially at night) I could suddenly burst into flames and tear this whole place apart! I mean on my first day here I took on the monster communities supposed "Monster-of-all-monsters" and nearly killed her!

Not only that but the guy responsible for turning my life around from "normal" to the complete 180 version of "BAT-SHIT-CRAZY" is my own old man! What kind of crap is this? The guy who played crazy, making me worry half-to-death might I add, kept having a spirit of untold power locked in a small black box a secret from pretty much the entire family! What is this some kind of crappy Fanfiction! I mean, yeah we had people chasing us but you should at least tell your kids when they were old enough that your family isn't exactly "normal".

I mean we live in a world where super-solders are being thawed out of giant Popsicles and the government just saying, "Yeah, nothing strange here, let's just put him back in the fight." A thunder god that puts the HAMMER in HAMMER TIME, the metal man from Oz on steroids flying around, and a giant green monster that can KO just about anything and everything with his pinkie! Is our world even considered NORMAL anymore!

(Sigh) look, I'm not trying to complain or anything, its just…how did I end up here you know? How did my life manage to get so messed up? A regular kid shouldn't have to deal with biker gangs, methodical cults, monsters, or demonic spirits.

…

(Sigh) I guess what I'm trying to get off here is that so far, I've been handling this whole situation I've been in pretty well. Most "normal" people that I know would have probably been complaining about how messed their lives are with nonstop complaining and get all depressed that they're a "monster". Only reason why I'm complaining right now is because it's kind of hard not to address the flaming elephant in the room and while yes, I do have my moments of depression of the situation that the almighty one has placed me in, I don't let it stop me from being me.

I'm still me no matter what crap comes flying my way, I'm just carrying a demonic spirit in my soul now.

…

…

I wonder how Emma is doi-

A light suddenly fills the dark void, blinding me, and bringing me back to the realms of reality.

My eyes slowly flutter open and I see…half of the ceiling…what?

It takes me a moment to realize that something is blocking my other line of sight so I tentatively reach up with my hand to said object in question. My fingers slowly graze over a leathery padding, I can feel the faint marks of scratches and other marks across the rough surface, it takes me only a second to realize what is blocking my left eyeball.

It's an eye patch…

Without a seconds thought I move my hand to discard the thing but I'm stopped when another's hand suddenly reaches out and stops me. I look up in a startled shock as I'm now looking into the…the…

The glowing eyes of the headmaster of Yokai academy, Tenmei Mikogami, a single thought raced through my mind, a very colorful expression on just how screwed I was at this very moment.

The headmaster, in a very unnerving grin, said, "Now, now mister Krastil I would not recommend removing that seal if I were you…"

My throat felt very dry whenever I was in this man's presence, so I struggled a bit when I tried to speak. "S-seal" I questioned in an embarrassingly timid tone.

His grin turned to a creepy smile as he said in a suspicious tone, "yes…seal Mr. Krastil…but I'm getting ahead of myself, would you care for a drink?"

I could only nod my head as I noticed that my voice was being torn to pieces by the sand storm that was my blazing throat. This happens from time to time when I change back from a night of letting the spirit out. It's kind of like that feeling where after you take a nap, you wake up, and you instantly think 'I need a drink' only times that by a thousand. I rose up into a sitting position on the red leathery sofa and saw the headmaster pour me a cup of water.

I reached out my hand and took the glass…along with the pitcher he was using. I finished the cup in less then 3 seconds and started chugging the pitcher, after about four or so heavy chugs I finally stopped to take a breath. About one third of the pitchers water was left.

…

Then I went back to drinking the other two thirds of it.

While throughout the entire time the headmaster just watched with that strange smile of his.

…*cough*cough*

"So…" I start nonchalantly, wondering just what happened last night, and better yet why I'm in the headmaster's office. I wipe my mouth with the sleeve of my coat and continue, "…you really a priest or is it just for show?"

"…"

The immediate silence that followed was totally NOT awkward in any way…takin' another sip of the water…*cough*yep, totally not awkward.

The head master cleared his throat, most likely to wave off the air of discomfort, and said quite nonchalantly. "Well, when your father warned me of your slight…shyness to authority figures, I didn't think you would be this timid."

Wait…what?

My confusion was clearly evident on my face, much to the head masters mirth as he chuckled almost…evilly. Then he said, "Come now boy, did you really think that I, the schools headmaster no less, would not be aware of the fact that one of the most destructive creatures to roam this world throughout recorded history was attending my school and, by extension, causing more property damage than what this institution receives on a regular basis?"

I shall repeat myself…WHAT? "P-property damage?"

"Those trees didn't just plant themselves boy…" The headmaster chastised with that still, unwavering, creepy smile. But it seems that he wasn't done, "Not only that but the clean-up to wash away the tire marks you left around the dorm areas of the school alone cost quite the pretty penny…"

Alright, this guy is confusing me and I'm pretty sure were getting side-tracked here so… "W-wait, wait…your saying that you knew my dad?"

I'm not even going to bother describing just what this guy looked like when he talked anymore, cause the only expression this guy makes is the same, unwavering, unnerving, constant, smile. He continued, "Yes Mr. Krastil, your father and I are quite good friends indeed. In fact he's probably the only one that I would listen to when suggesting someone in your current case to even attend my school. You are quite the lucky boy, Mr. Krastil…"

Yeah…lucky, not the word I would use right now, heh heh, anyway, "So my old man asked you to watch over me?" That's what this felt like anyway, though not in the caring long-lost-uncle kind of way; more in the, you-step-out-of line-and-I'll-put-you-six-feet-under kind of way.

The Headmaster paused and then replied, "Yes I suppose you could look at it like that, but your father gave me permission to 'look after you' anyway that I saw fit…"

Alright I guess that makes sense, can't exactly go easy on a guy with the ability to tear down your school, but then I just had to ask about the eye patch. "So…the seal?" I allowed the question to hang a bit as I gestured to it with my left hand.

The Headmaster coughed a bit and said…embarrassingly? I couldn't tell, "Yes…well, you were actually supposed to get that on the first day of school. In fact we were supposed to have this whole meeting as soon as you walked on campus. But my…assistant instantly slammed me with paperwork that needed to be done and she 'refused to allow my responsibility to be forced unto her…like last time.' Terribly sorry about that."

Ok, glad to know that my dad actually had some sort of plan when sending me to this place, was kind of worried that I would go all spirit in EVERY fight I had I mean, kind overkill in regards to some guys. I then asked in a much more relaxed tone, "Alright, so why exactly an eye patch?"

This time the Headmasters eyes seem to shine brighter for a split second as he responded quite mirthfully, "Why? Do you have a problem with it Mr. Krastil?"

This guy, I swear I could not get a bead on him. One moment we'll be talking as calm as ever, me relaxing finally, and the next I'm shaking in my boots, it's got to be the eyes…and that smile. I responded in a timid tone, "W-well, it's not exactly ideal, I mean…I can only see out of one of my eyes…" my voice trailed off by the end of it.

Tenmei, the Headmaster, nodded in understanding and I allowed myself to relax a bit as he explained, "Yes, well I am sorry Ben but I'm afraid that the eye patch is the only seal we have at this moment for your 'unique' predicament."

I sighed a bit in frustration, this was going to be annoying but if this was the only seal they had for me then I would just have to deal. I mean, it can't be too hard, having to adapt to only looking out of one eye. I mean who needs to have PERFECT depth percentage anyway right?

So I had to ask the inevitable question, "So…what does it do?"

The Headmaster went into a long, lengthy speech about the internal and outwardly workings of demonic energy which I found totally compelling…in my sleep. But by the end of it, and a near early death thanks to the Headmaster being RIGHT up in my face when I finally woke up, I got the jest of it. Basically the seal is supposed to be constantly consuming Spirits demonic energy, ensuring that no matter what Spirit would remain contain, even if Moka were to go all 'vampire' again.

Of course I did ask just how on earth he knew that Moka caused me to change in the first place, to which he informed that he knew everything that goes on in this school and that whenever Moka 'vampired' up I would spirit up as well. Point granted Tenmei…

Anyway, besides constantly eating away at the ever regenerating and overpowering demonic energy Spirit had, the seal had a few other functions. Firstly the Headmaster wasn't exactly sure how this seal would affect me as it was designed to suppress a demons demonic energy and not a riders own special demonic power, but it was clear that it did suppress not just the energy but also the abilities I had gained from Spirit as I felt myself unable to see or smell any sin and I felt increasingly tired. The Headmaster said that I would slowly get used to it and that my progression in controlling Spirit was only slightly hindered by the seal. He also said that my enchanted items (the belt, knuckles, etc.) would still work for me regardless of the seal which did confuse me a little but I didn't question…I was too tired.

I didn't raise a fuss about any of it actually; I knew the guy was just trying to protect his school. Now, the second function would be that if I removed the seal, all that demonic energy the seal had been soaking up would be…puked up, for lack of a better term, into me and I would be benefitted greatly from this, the Headmaster didn't go into details but I just assumed that if I removed it then I would get a Major energy boost. I had to ask what exactly would happen if Spirit removed it instead of me and Tenmei just gave me a deadpan look (still smiling) and said that I would transform again. I had to elaborate and say that Spirit couldn't change when he took it off, that the sun was out, and the Headmaster just said that he wasn't sure, the same thing might happen if I had taken it off or something else.

However, Tenmei did make this very, very clear that I was never permitted to take off the seal unless I deemed it totally necessary. But I was especially prohibited from removing it at night, no exceptions, no matter what circumstance.

Anyway that was just about all the functions that were confirmed as of this point but truth be told, besides those few functions the Headmaster really had no idea just what would happen in regards to the seal. He knew that the seal did other stuff but was unsure if it would affect me or not or if they would even activate in regard to Spirit.

So I quite possibly have a demon sucker seal on my face that could potentially turn into a ticking time bomb…fantastic!

So a few more minutes went by and eventually the Headmaster let me go, I looked over at the clock and yelled, "How the hell is it only 9:00 at night!?"

To which the Headmaster chided me a bit for swearing in his presence but answered all the same, "Just because Miss Moka has the ability to summon the night, doesn't mean it actually is."

Huh, that was actually what was bothering me, the fact that Moka could turn the world from a sunny sky to a night one was disorienting to me. I mean I noticed it a few times but I just thought that time flies when you're kicking ass. Wait…so that means that when I first transformed back on my first day at…4 something (I didn't check the time when those guys jumped me!) and fought to what felt like an hour or so that I slept for…14 hours!?

Usually I just get like, 4 to 5 hours of sleep, that's the longest I've ever slept for!

Speaking of sleep I could really use some right about now, man this seal is making me tired…

I trudged along through the dark night safely back to my dorm, without a second thought I fished out my keys from my right pocket unlocked the door and finally, FINALLY entered my dorm room.

It was standard to say the least, a little square room with a little study/eating area in one corner, the bed mat in the center with the light directly over it, a little cooking area accessible through a sliding door in another corner, and dust practically EVERYWHERE. One thing ran through my mind, 'this room is so bland…'

I was too tired for my germaphobic instincts to kick in and demand that I clean every inch of this room, more so they demanded that I get out my alarm clocks and set them for 5 o'clock in the morning so I could wake up and do that the next day cause right now every part of my being agreed that I needed some sleep. But there was just one problem…

I lost my duffle bag during the introduction ceremony…

But then I tripped and fell lightly down on my bed mat thingy, I looked back to see what I had tripped on and guess what I saw. My duffle bag! Yyyaaaaayyyyyy…

I pulled it over to me, hugged it, and found a note lodged into one of its many pockets, it was from the Headmaster. 'Dear Mr. Krastil, I was hoping to return this to you as soon as possible, hopefully after I had summoned you during the first day but alas it seems not to be as my assistant is right now forcing me to do an ungodly amount of paperwork (some of which I'm not even sure is mine) and has figuratively and literally glued me to my desk. Do expect a summons by me in due time Mr. Krastil. Best of wishes, Tenmei Mikogami…P.S. please do keep better track of your belongings.'

I find it funny that he drew a chibi version of himself at the bottom giving me a thumbs up, it even matched his creepy smile…

Anyway, I pulled out my alarm clock, plugged it into the wall, set the time and timer, placed it down, flipped open my phone, put that timer on, put that down on the desk (so I had to get up to turn it off), and pulled out another alarm clock and did the exact same thing to the first one what I did to the third one.

That's right…3 alarm clocks…

I am a very heavy sleeper…

I took of my trench coat, pulled off my shirt, banished my pants, unleashed my feet (which smelled heavenly by the way), and don the royal regalia of a world champ sleeper.

My Spiderman footie pajamas…

Pfft…nope couldn't do it with a straight face, no I'm just kidding. My pajamas were just a buttoned up blue shirt that was made from the softest material ever, I'm not sure what it is but it's softer then a cloud and just as comfy. Pants were largely the same, blue, softest thing you've ever worn, etc.

But finally, finally I was able to crawl into bed, close my eyes, and just…sleep.

*BEEP*BEEP*BEEP*BEEP*

*RING*RING*-*RING*RING*-*RING*RING*

*WAKE UP*WAKE UP*WAKE UP*

My slumber was disturbed by three infidels who dared to disturb such dreams of skittles and badass-ery. One was made of machine with no heart to care for one such as me or my blessed dream land as it continued to beep away at my still form. Another was manually crafted but held no brain as to why it continued to ring out at me, only knowing that it would kill whatever merriment I held with such distressing rings it seemed to create. But finally, the last called out to me, far away but with no courage behind such hollow words as it begged for me to rise.

Oh, rise I shall you fools for you have called forth a rage that is not to be trifled with, I slammed my fist down upon the heartless machine and it beeped no longer. I grabbed the manually made devil and twirled its face around until I heard a click and it rang no more. But finally, the creature that called to me was too far away to reach and it forced me to leave my sanctum, my cave and venture out into the still foreign land, but venture I did, not for exploration but on the grounds of pure, unadulterated, hate. Who was this creature to call me out and slaughter my once epic dreams, I did not know, my mind was foggy and fuzzy. But I do know this; whoever they are they have called for DEATH!

I did however find the naïve that has summoned me, the being with no courage inside their words as they continued to irritate me with their constant screaming, their constant demand. I grabbed it and the demands volume intensified as it but took me a flip of my fingers to open the creature up, their insides blinded me! What sorcerer is this!?

I pressed the off button on my phones alarm and finally turned on the lights, I checked the time, yep 5:00 o'clock in the morning. I stretched a bit as I went over to my duffle bag, before I could open it and dispose of its contents a single thought ran through my head…or correction, multiple thoughts that led up to one main thought.

Other people have been in this room…

Other MONSTERS have been in this room…

It's a dorm in high school…

You don't know what they did in here…

They could have done a number of things with this room…

All of which is none too pleasant either…

You've heard the stories of what goes on in highschool…

And you're standing in a room where all those things have probably happened…

YOU…MUST…CLEAN!

Within a moment I had summoned my tools and felt the very god of cleanliness, Hygieia herself guide my mighty sponge to the germs and dirt to their lairs and purge such filth out. The battles were long and hard, countless times I doubted myself on if I could win or not, but with my cleanliness apron, bacteria mask, and mighty sponge blessed by the deities themselves I prevailed and I concurred. Not one inch of my room was spared the onslaught of my cleaning spree until I was ABSOLUTLY satisfied that it was clean (not even my bed was spared my war on germs).

I looked at the clock and saw that a full blown hour had passed by; I disrobed my most sacred of attire, traded it out for a T-shirt and the school's gym shorts and began for my morning workout. I was completely energized this morning and I planned to use such energy to its fullest!

I began by mapping out my new jogging routine as I jogged around the campus, around the track, all the way to the pumpkin scarecrow and back again at least three times (you've all seen how fast I can run, no argue there). I looked over to the clock and twenty minutes had gone by, Time for push-ups and sit-ups. Time was against me this morning and I had to push myself so I was not late for school…that thought only sent me into overdrive as I finished my push-up at 120 in ten minutes and began my sit-ups. I finished my sit-ups in ten minutes at a modest 125 and pulled two 25 pound dumbbells from my duffle bag, which suspiciously felt heavier than before (probably cause of the seal) and reminded myself that I needed to empty out my duffle bag once I was done with school. I finished my curls, lifts, extensions, etc. by the time it was 7.

I gave myself a minute to cool down before I headed to the dorms showers with towel in hand. On the way there, you would not believe the things I saw in the hallways, a lot of kids who apparently "accidently" transformed in their sleep, weirded me out a little but I guess who wouldn't get a little weirded out by a kid with the face of a bore.

I took a quick cold shower, went back up to my dorm cause I forgot my tooth brush, and went to the nearest sink to brush my teeth…only then to go back up to my dorm cause I forgot my tooth paste! Sometimes living on the top floor can be a real pain.

However I did manage to catch Tsukune bright and early, though as soon as he saw me he nearly swallowed his tooth paste as he blurted out, "Ha-What happened Ben!? Don't tell me Kurumu did that!"

I was confused at first, but then reminded myself that my seal WAS an eye patch. He probably thought I lost an eye or something. Anyway I calmed his fears by telling him not to worry, it was just some seal I had to wear from now on, of course Tsukune asked what the seal was for but I told him that I couldn't tell him because it had to do with what I was as a 'monster'. Not necessarily a lie…

Anyway, Tsukune and I both got ready for school and were heading there when he told me how Moka and him tried to find me last night but it seemed that I had just disappeared all of a sudden. I told him simply that the headmaster found me, to which he asked, "Really? The Headmaster just found you out in the middle of nowhere?"

Not going to lie the story did sound a bit fishy, even from me, but that's what happened, I continued. "Yeah, not sure how though, I mean all I remember is hitting the ground head first, blacking out, and waking up in the Headmaster's office with this seal on my face."

Before Tsukune could dwell on the matter any longer we both heard a very feminine voice call out with concern laced in their words, "BEEEENNNNN!"

Suddenly I found myself being shaken back and forth by a very concerned Moka as she began asking a mile a minute on why I'm wearing an eye patch, was I hurt, how did it happen, and about a million other questions that were lost in the blur that was her lips. Eventually Tsukune managed to calm her down and we continued on our journey to school with idle chatter. Apparently rumors began to spread around the school, one being that Tsukune was a vampire which I knew was a lie instantly cause the kid is purer than driven snow, and another that I was desperate to avoid at all cost. Word was that Yokai Academy was being haunted by a creature that rode on fire and punished those that crossed its path, I could tell instantly that the rumor was about Spirit and I tried to find some way to change the current subject by whatever meant possible. Luckily for me, I didn't have to.

An all too familiar voice suddenly sang out ahead of us, "Good Morning!"

I looked over and guess who it is, blue hair shimmering in the morning sun, face bright an innocent as can be, and a shirt stretched tight over a certain someone's very voluptuous chest. Yep it's none other than Kurumu Kurono…aka Jugs.

Good thing to, cause somewhere along the way from talking about local rumors, I'm not sure how, Moka and Tsukune were about to enter some kind of lovey-dovey stare off thing. Meanwhile I'm just thinking, god Tsukune you are in the fast track there buddy, might want to slow it down I mean you haven't even gone on a date yet!

Anyway Kurumu was acting very strange, I mean at first she wanted to kill Tsukune yesterday but now she's saying things like "Won't you come eat these cookies I baked with me?" and "I've chosen you to be my destined one!"

I didn't really understand any of it at the time…however I just realized that I didn't have breakfast. So I did the most logical thing at the time, I stuck out my hand and took one of Kurumu's cookies and began munching on it.

She didn't seem to appreciate that one bit as she stomped her foot and yelled, "HEY! Those are only for my destined one, not some pervert who looked up my skirt!"

I scoffed at her and replied snidely as I stole yet another cookie, "Oh please, like I actually wanted to look up anywhere near there girlfriend."

I moved to take another cookie, they really were quite good, but was stopped as she moved the box away, "stop that! These are only for Tsukune and Tsukune alone!"

"Oh come on, you owe me for that cheap shot yesterday." I tried again for another cookie but she moved it again.

"That's because you were loking up my skirt you perv!" Kurumu retorted.

"Only cause I was dangling off your foot there jugs, now come on I skipped breakfast." Another grab.

"How is that my fault that you skipped breakfast, and don't call me Jugs!" slipped right by my fingers.

"It is your fault when your handing out free food and don't share it with everyone Jugs!" Another grab, another slip.

"That's because I baked these specifically for Tsukune, you don't see Moka trying to grab a piece!" I could feel the crust glide by my fingers, just a bit more.

"Um, actually…I already had breakfast…" Yeah, as in Moka tongue breakfast=Tsukune's blood. Where as to me breakfast=cookies!

"See, Moka already ate breakfat, unlike me, now come on! Didn't your mother ever tell you about sharing?" I nicked a piece off but it was blown away in the wind, another turn from Jugs.

"I told you these cookies are for-"

*SMOOSH*

All of time stopped in that moment, a sensation ran down my spine and up to my brain again as I registered what had just happened. Never before have I felt the sensations that I am currently feeling run from my hand back to my brain. What I was touching was far softer than even my own pajamas yet firmer then any fruit. I dared to look at what exactly I was feeling and realization dawned onto me, here was a girl, who had somehow fallen for Tsukune, when only a day ago she wanted to try and kill him. A single thought ran through my mind, a thought that made me want to cry a little, 'damn it Tsukune…there real…'

"YOU PERVERT!"

On this day I ran at speeds unimaginable not for the sake of time, but for the sake of my own life as I was chased by a very peeved and very upset Kurumu. Cookies scattered to the air as I hesitantly looked back and allowed a single tear to roll down my cheek, they really were good cookies…

Authors Note: God damn, you have no idea how difficult this chapter was for me to write, eventually I just said F it and get it out of the way so we can move on to something else. Not only that but I just realized how difficult it is in life when you DON'T HAVE A FUNCTIONING HOME COMPUTER TO WORK WITH FOR ALMOST A YEAR…AGAIN! Now, obviously I plan for Kurumu's and Ben's relationship to be an aggressive one with much unintentional perverseness to occur, let me know what you think and how you believe their relationship should go. Meanwhile Ben and Tsukune are for now going to be Bro's but eventual become true friends as now Ben can protect his friends without worrying about Spirit or inner Moka and Tsukune can try to get to learn more about his only guy friend in the group. Want more? Then tune in next time on the next Dragonb- I mean Rosario Plus Cyclone!